Straight Lines

1. L is variable line such that the algebraic sum of the distances of the points (1, 1), (2, 0) and (0, 2)
from the line is equal to zero. The line L will always pass through
a. (1, 1) b. (2, 1) c. (1, 2) d. none of these
2. The acute angle between the medians drawn from the acut angles of a right angled isosceles
triangle is
2 3 4 5
a. cos 1   b. cos 1   c. cos 1   d. cos 1  
3 4 5 6
3. The distance between the orthocentre and circumcentre of the triangle with vertices 91, 2), (2, 1)
 3 3 3 3 
and  ,  is
 2 2 
a. 0 b. 2 c. 3  3 d. none of these
4. The equation of the straight line which passes through the point (-4, 3) such that the portion of the
line between the axes divided internally by the point in the ratio 5:3 is
a. 9x - 20y + 96 = 0 b. 9x + 20y = 2 c. 20x + 9y + 53 = 0 d. none of these
5. The point which divides the join of (1, 2) and (3, 4) externally in the ratio 1:1
a. lies in the III quadrant c. lies in the I quadrant
b. lies in the II quadrant d. cannot be found
6. A line passes through the point (2, 2) and is perpendicular to the line 3x + y =3. Its y-intercept is
a. 1/3 b. 2/3 c. 1 d. 4/3
7. The line segment joining the points (-3, -4) and (1, -2) is divided by y-axis in the ratio
a. 1:3 b. 2:3 c. 3:1 d. 3:2
8. The area of a triangle with vertices at (-4, -1), (1, 2) and (4, -3) is
a. 17 b. 16 c. 15 d. none of these
9. The line segment joining the points (1, 2) and (-2, 1) is divided by the line 3x  4 y  7 in the ratio
a. 3:4 b. 4:3 c. 9:4 d. 4:9
10. If the point (5, 2) bisects the intercept of a line between the axes, then its equation is
a. 5x  2 y  20 b. 2 x  5 y  20 c. 5x  2 y  20 d. 2 x  5 y  20
11. A  6,3 , B  3,5 , C  4, 2  and D  x,3x  are four points. If  DBC :  ABC  1: 2, then x is equal to
a. 11/8 b. 8/11 c. 3 d. none of these
12. If p be the length of the perpendicular from the origin on the lines x/a + y/b = 1, then
1 1 1 1 1
a. p 2  a 2  b2 b. p 2  2  2 c. 2
 2 2 d. none of these
a b p a b
13. The value of  for which the lines 3x  4 y  5, 5x  4 y  4 and  x  4 y  6 meet at a point is
a. 2 b. 1 c. 4 d. 3
14. Three vertices of a parallelogram taken in order are (-1, -6), (2, -5) and (7, 2). The fourth vertex is
a. (1, 4) b. (4, 1) c. (1, 1) d. (4, 4)
15. The centroid of a triangle is (2, 7) and two of its vertices are (4, 8) and 9-2, 6). The third vertex is
a. (0, 0) b. (4, 7) c. (7, 4) d. (7, 7)
16. If the lines x  q  0, y  2  0 and 2 x  3 y  5  0 are concurrent, then the value of q will be
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 5
17. The medians AD and BE of a triangle with vertices A  0, b  , B  0,0  , C  a,0  are perpendicular to
each other, if
b a
a. a  b. b  c. ab  1 d. a   2b
2 2
18. The equation of the line with slope -3/2 and which is concurrent with the lines 4 x  3 y  7  0 and
8x  5 y  1  0 is
a. 3x  2 y  63  0 c. 2 y  3x  2  0
b. 3x  2 y  2  0 d. none of these
19. The vertices of a triangle are  6,0  ,  0,6  and  6,6  . The distance between its circumcentre and
centroid is
a. 2 2 b. 2 c. 2 d. 1
20. If the lines ax + 12y + 1 = 0, bx + 13y + 1 = 0 and cx + 14y + 1 = 0 are concurrent, then a, b, c are in
a. H.P. b. G.P. c. A.P. d. none of these
21. The number of real values of  for which the lines x  2 y  3  0,  x  3 y  1  0 and 4 x   y  2  0
are concurrent is
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. infinite
22. The equations of the sides AB, BC and CA of  ABC are y  x  2, x  2 y  1 and 3x  y  5  0
respectively. The equation of the altitude through B is
a. x  3 y  1  0 c. 3x  y  2  0
b. x  3 y  4  0 d. none of these
23. If p1 and p2 are the lengths of the perpendiculars from the origin upon the lines
x sec  y cosec  a and cos  y sin   a cos 2 respectively, then
a. 4 p1  p2  a 2 c. p1  p2  a 2
2 2 2 2

b. p1  4 p2  a 2
2 2
d. none of these
24. Area of the triangle formed by the points  a  3 a  4 ,  a  3 ,  a  2 a  3 ,  a  2 and
 a  1 a  2 ,  a  1 is
a. 25 a 2 b. 5 a 2 c. 24 a 2 d. none of these
25. If a  b  c  0, then the family of lines 3 ax  by  2 c  0 pass through fixed point
a. (2, 2/3) b. (2/3, 2) c. (-2, 2/3) d. none of these
26. The equation of the line passing through (1, 5) and perpendicular to the line 3x  5 y  7  0 is
a. 5x  3 y  20  0 c. 3x  5 y  6  0
b. 3x  5 y  7  0 d. 5x  3 y  7  0
27. The figure formed by the lines ax  by  c  0 is a
a. Rectangle b. square c. rhombus d. none of these
28. Two vertices of a triangle are (-2, -1) and (3, 2) and third vertex lies on the line x  y  5 . If the area
of the triangle is 4 sq. units, then the third vertex is
a. (0, 5) or (4, 1) b. (5, 0) or (1, 4) c. (5, 0) or (4, 1) d. (0, 5) or (1, 4)
29. The inclination of the straight line passing through the point (-3, 6) and the mid-point of the line
joining the point (4, -5) and (-2, 9) is
a. π/4 b. π/6 c. π/3 d. 3π/4
30. Distance between the lines 5x  3 y  7  0 and 15x  9 y  14  0 is
35 1 35 35
a. b. c. d.
34 3 34 3 34 2 34
31. The angle between the lines 2 x  y  3  0 and x  2 y  3  0 is
a. 90° b. 60° c. 45° d. 30°

Answers

1. a 2. c 3. a 4. a 5. d 6. d
7. c 8. a 9. d 10. b 11. a 12. c
13. a 14. c 15. b 16. d 17. c 18. a
19. b 20. b 21. b 22. c 23. d 24. b
25. c 26. a 27. c 28. b 29. d 30. c 31. a