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Extra Practice Module
Chapter: - Straight Line
1. The area of the triangle with vertices a, b , ar, bs , ar 2 , bs2 is
(A) ab r 1 s 1 (B) ab r 1 s 1 s r
1 1
(C) ab r 1 s 1 s r (D) ab r 1 s 1 s r
2 2
2. If the portion of a straight line intercepted between the axes of coordinates is
bisected at (2p, 2q). Find the equation of the straight line
3. The equation of the line passing through the points at12,2at1 , at 22, 2at 2 is
(A) y t1 t 2 2x 2at1t 2 (B) x t1 t 2 2y 2at1t 2
(C) y t1 t 2 2x 2at1t 2 (D) x t1 t 2 2y 2at1t 2
4. Equation of line which passes through (–3, 10) and sum of whose intercepts on
the axes is equal to ‘8’ is.
(A) 5x 3y 15 0; 2x y 16 0
(B) 5x 3y 15 0; 2x y 16 0
(C) 5x 3y 15 0; 2xy y 6 0
(D) 2x 3y 1 0
5. P , lies on the line y = 6x - 1 and Q , lies on the line 2x – 5y = 5. Then
the equation of the line PQ is
(A) 2x + y = 3 (B) 3x + 2y = 5
(C) x + y = 6 (D) 3x + y = 7
6. Each side of a square is of length 4. The centre of the square (3, 7) and one of its
diagonals is parallel to y = X. Then co-ordinates of its vertices are
(A) (1, 5), (1,9), (5, 9). (5,5) (B) (2, 5), (2, 7), (4, 7), (4, 4)
(C) (2, 5), (2, 6), (3, 5), (3, 6) (D) (5, 2), (6, 2) . (5, 3), (6, 3)
7. In a rhombus ABCD the diagonals AC and BD intersect at the point (3, 4). If the
point A is (1, 2) the diagonal BD has the equation.
(A) x – y – 1 = 0 (B) x + y – 1 = 0
(C) x – y + 1 = 0 (D) x + y – 7 = 0
8. If the points (1, 2) and (3, 4) were to be on the same side of the line 3x – 5y + a =
0, then
(A) 7 < a < 11 (B) a = 7
(C) a = 11 (D) a < 7 or a > 11
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9. A (1, 0), B(0, 1) are two points. If P (x, y) is a point such that xy > 0 and x + y < 1
then.
(A) P lies ether inside OAB or in third quadrant
(B) P cannot be inside OAB
(C) P lies inside the OAB
(D) P cannot be outside OAB
10. If the lines joining any point O to vertices A, B, C of a triangle meet the opposite
BD CE AF
sides in D, E, F respectively then , ,
DC EA FB
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) –3 (D) 3
11. A (2, 3), B(-3, 4) be two given points. Find the equation of locus of P so that the
area of the PAB triangle is 8.5
12. Find the equation of locus of P, if the line segment joining (2, 3) and (-1, 5)
subtends a right angle a P.
13. A(1, 2), B(2, -3) and C(-2, 3) are three points. A point P moves such that
PA 2 PB2 2PC2 Show that the equation to the locus of P is 7x – 7y + 4 = 0.
14. The locus of the point which is at a distance 5 units from (-2, 3) is
(A) x 2 y2 4x 6y 12 0 (B) x 2 y 2 4x 6y 12 0
(C) x 2 y2 4x 6y 12 0 (D) x 2 y 2 4x 6y 12 0
15. The equation to the locus of a point P for which the distance from P to (4, 0) is
double the distance from P to x- axis is
(A) x 2 3y 2 8x 16 0 (B) x 2 3y 2 8x 16 0
(C) x 2 3y 2 8x 16 0 (D) x 2 3y 2 8x 16 0
16. Sum of the squares of the distance from a point to (c, 0) and (–c, 0) is 4c 2. It’s
locus is
(A) x 2 y 2 c 2 0 (B) x2 y 2 4c 2
(C) x2 y2 c 2 (D) x2 y 2 c 2
a 1 a 1
17. The locus represented by x t , y t is
2 t 2 t
(A) x2 y2 a2 (B) x2 y2 a2 (C) 2x 2 y2 a2 (D) x2 2y2 a2
18. The equation to the locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances
from (3, 0) and (-3, 0) is less than 9 is
(A) 20x 2 36y 2 405 (B) 20x 2 36y 2 405
(C) 36x 2 20y 2 405 (D) 36x 2 20y 2 405
19. The base of a triangle lies along the line x = a and is of length a. The area of the
triangle is a2. The locus of the vertex is
(A) x a 0 (B) x a 0 (C) x = 0 (D) 2x a
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20. The lines x + 2y + 3 = 0; x + 2y + 7= 0; 2x – y - 4 = 0 form three sides of two
squares. The equation of the fourth side of these square is
(A) 2x + y – 14 = 0; 2x + y + 6 = 0
(B) 2x – y – 8 = 0; x – 2y + 6 = 0
(C) x + 2y – 14 = 0; x + 2y + 6 = 0
(D) 2x – y – 8 = 0; 2x – y = 0
21. A straight line L is perpendicular to the line 5x – y = 1. The area of the triangle
formed by the line L and coordinate axes is 5. The equation of the line L is
(A) x 5y 5 2 (B) x 5y 2 5 (C) 5x y 5 2 (D) 5x y 2 5
22. Find the transformed equation of 2x 2 4xy 5y 2 0 , when the origin is shifted to
(3, 4) by the translation of axes.
23. Find the point to which the origin is to be shifted so as to remove the first-degree
terms from the equation 4x 2 9y 2 8x 36y 4 0
24. If the area of a triangle is 5 square units, then the area of the triangle when the
origin is shifted to (2, -1) is
(A) 2 sq. units (B) 3 sq. units (C) 4 sq. units (D) 5 sq. units
25. When the axes are rotated through an angle 450, the transformed equation of a
curve is 17x 2 16xy 17y 2 225 . Find the original equation of the curve
26. The point (4, 1) undergoes the following three transformation successively
(i) reflection about the line y = x
(ii) translation through a distance 2 unit along the positive direction of x-axis. The
final position of the point is
(A) (3, 4) (B) (4, 3) (C) (-1, 4) (D) (1, 4)
x y
27. The perpendicular distance from origin to the line 1is
p sec A p cos ecA
(A) p sin 2A (B) p cos 2A (C) p tan A (D) p
28. The equations of the lines parallel to 3x- 4y = 1 and at a distance of 4 units from
(3, 4) is
(A) 3x 4y 27 0, 3x 4y 13 0
(B) 5x 12y 0, 5x 12y 52 0
(C) 2x 3y 12 0, 5x 3y 21 0
(D) 5x 9y 2 0, x y 13 0
29. Consider points A (3,4) and B(7,13). If P be a point on the line y = x such that PA
+ PB is minimum, then coordinates of P are
(A) (12/7, 12/7) (B) (13/7, 13/7) (C) (31/ 7, 31/7) (D) (0, 0)
30. If a, b, c are distinct then x y 0 and
b 3
c 3 x c 3 a3 y a3 b3 0 represent the same line when
(A) a = b = c (B) a + b +c = 0 (C) a / b c / a (D) a b c 0
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31. An iron rod of length 2I is sliding on two mutually perpendicular lines. Find the
equation of locus of the mid point of the rod.
32. The diagonals of the parallelogram whose sides are lx my n 0 ,
lx my n1 0, mx ly n1 0 include an angle
(A) / 3 (B) / 2
I m
2 2
(C) tan1 2 (D) None of these
I m2
2 cos 3 sin
33. If is acute angle between the lines x 2 7xy 12y 2 0 then =
4 sin 5 cos
(A) 39 / 61 (B) 61/39 (C) 29/69 (D) 69/29
34. If the pair of lines ax 2 2 a b xy by 2 0 lie along diameters of a circle and
divide the circle into four sectors such that the area of one of the sectors is thrice
the area of another sector then
(A) 3a2 10ab 3b2 0 (B) 3a2 2ab 3b2 0
(C) 3a2 10ab 3b 2 0 (D) 3a2 2ab 3b2 0
35. The product of the slopes of the lines represented by 6x 2 5xy y 2 0 is
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
36.
If the pair of lines given by x 2 y 2 sin2 x cos y sin are perpendicular
2
to each other, then =
(A) /2 (B) 0 (C) /4 (D) /3
37. The condition that the slopes of the lines represented by ax 2 2hxy by 2 0 are
in the ratio p : q is
(A) ab p q 4pqh2 (B) ab p q 4pqh2
2 2
(C) ab p q 2pqh2 (D) ab p q 2pqh2
2 2
38. The equation of the line common to the pair of lines
p2 q2 x 2 q2 r 2 xy r 2 p2 y 2 0 and l m x 2 m n xy n l y 2 0 is
(A) x y 0 (B) x y 0 (C) x y pqr (D) x y pqr
39. The equation to the pair of lines through (1,- 1) and perpendicular to the
pair of lines x 2 xy 2y 2 0 is
(A) 2x 2 xy y2 5x y 2 0 (B) 2x 2 xy y2 5x y 2 0
(C) x2 xy 2y 2 5x y 2 0 (D) 2x 2 xy y2 5x y 2 0
40. The condition that one of the lines ax 2 2hxy by 2 0 will bisect the angle
between the coordinate axes is
(C) a b h2 (D) a b 4h2
2 2
(A) a2 b2 2h2 (B) a2 b2 h2
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41. The equation of the pair of bisectors of the angles between the pair of lines
x 2 2axy y 2 0 is x 2 2bxy y 2 0 . Then
(A) ab = 1 (B) ab + 1 = 0 (C) ab = 2 (D) ab + 2 = 0
42. The lines 36x 2 33xy 20y 2 0 are equally inclined to the line
(A) 3x 11y 5 0 (B) 3x 11y 5 0
(C) 3x 4y 5 0 (D) 3x 7y 5 0
43. The point of intersection of the pair of lines x2 xy 2y 2 3x 2y 4 0 is
(A) (1, 2) (B) (–1, 2) (C) (–2, 1) (D) (2, –1)
44. The quadrilateral formed by the pairs of lines xy x y 1 0, xy 3x 3y 9 0
is
(A) parallelogram (B) rhombus (C) rectangle (D) square
45. A diagonal of the rectangle formed by the lines x 2 7x 6 0 and
y2 14y 40 0 is
(A) 5x 6y 0 (B) 5x 6y 0
(C) 6x 5y 14 0 (D) 6x 5y 14 0 c
46. The sides of rectangle are given by the pairs x 2 7x 6 0 and y 2 14y 40 0 .
Then the length of the diagonals is
(A) 5 (B) 61 (C) 41 (D) 85
47. The condition that the pair of lines represented by
ax 2 2hxy by 2 2gx 2fy c 0 intersect on x – axis is
(A) f 2 ac (B) 2fgh af 2 ch2 0
(C) g2 bc (D) 2fgh bg2 ch2 0
48. If the pair of lines ax 2 2hxy by 2 2gx 2fy c 0 c intersect on x-axis then
(A) a, g, c are in G.P. (B) a, f, c are in G.P.
c a b f g
2 2
c a b f 2 g2
(C) (D)
ab h2
2
ab h2
49. The square of the distance from origin to the point of intersection of the pair of
lines ax 2 2hxy ay 2 2gx 2fy c 0 is.
f 2 g2 f 2 g2 f 2 g2 f 2 g2
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2
a h2 a h2 h a2 h a2
50. If ax 2 2hxy by 2 2gx 2fy c 0 represents two straight lines equidistant from
the origin, then f 4 g4
(A) bf 2 ag2 (B) ag2 bf 2
(C) c bf 2 ag2
(D) c af 2 bg2
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51. Let POR be a right angled isosceles triangle, right angled at P(2, 1). If the
equation of the line OR is 2x + y = 3, then the equation representing the pair of
lines PQ and PR is
(A) 3x 2 3y 2 8xy 20x 10y 25 0
(B) 3x 2 3y 2 8xy 20x 10y 25 0
(C) 3x 2 3y 2 8xy 10x 15y 20 0
(D) 3x 2 3y 2 8xy 10x 15y 20 0
52. If the line lx + my +1 =0 meets the circle x2 y2 a2 in P and Q and PQ subtends
a right angle at the centre of the circle, then
(A) a2 l2 m2 1 (B) a2 l2 m 2 2
(C) l2 m2 2a2 (D) None
53. The condition that the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the two
curves a1x 2 2h1xy b1y 2 2g1x 0 , a2 x 2 2h2 xy b2 y 2 2g2 x 0 will be at right
angles is
(A) g1 a2 b2 g2 a1 b1 (B) g1 a2 b2 g2 a1 b1
(C) g1 a2 b2 g2 a1 b1 (D) g1 a2 b2 g2 a1 b1
54. The lines joining the origin to the points of intersection x 2 y2 2gx c 0 and
x 2 y2 2fy c 0 c are right angle, if
(A) g2 f 2 c (B) g2 f 2 c (C) g2 f 2 2c (D) g2 f 2 c 2
55. If the angle between the lines represented by 2x 2 5xy 3y 2 6x 7y 4 0 is
tan1 m and a2 b2 ab a b 1 0 , then 2a 3b
(A) 1/m (B) m (C) – m (D) None
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ANSWER KEY
x y
1. D 1
2. 3. A 4. A 5. C
p q
6. A 7. D 8. D 9. A 10. A 11. (x
+ 5y)(x + 5y – 34) = 0 12. x y x 8y 13 0, x, y 2, 3 1, 5
2 2
14. B 15. D 16. C 17. B 18. A
19. A 20. D 21. A
22. 2x 2 4xy 5y 2 28x 52y 146 0 23. (1, -2) 24. D
25. 25x 9y 225
2 2
26. A 27. D 28. A
29. C 30. B 31. x 2 y 2 2 32. D 33. C
34. D 35. B 36. C 37. A 38. B
39. B 40. D 41. B 42. A 43. D
44. D 45. C 46. B 47. B 48. A
49. A 50. C 51. B 52. B 53. A
54. C
55. A
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