St. Lines Assignment
St. Lines Assignment
1. A = (2,1) and B= (1, 2) are two points. If P is a point such that PA:PB = 2 :1, then
the locus of ‘P’ is…
a) 3x 2 3 y 2 4 x 14 y 15 0 b) 3x 2 3 y 2 4 x 14 y 15 0
c) 3x 2 3 y 2 2 x 7 y 13 0 d) 3x 2 3 y 2 2 x 7 y 13 0
2. The locus of the point represented by x cos 2 t , y 2sin t is…
a) y 2 4 x b) y 2 4 x 1 c) y 2 4 x 1 d) y 2 4 x 4
3. If (p, q), (acos , bsin ), (bcos , asin ) are the vertices of a triangle, where is a
parameter then the locus of the centroid of the triangle is …
a) 3 x p 3 y q a b b) x 2 y 2 9 a b
2 2 2 2
c) 3 x p 3 y q a b d) x x a y y b 0
2 2 2
2 2
p q
4. If x h p sec , y k q cos ec then
xh yk
5. Given P,Q,R are the midpoints of AB, BC , CA of ABC. If the area of ABC is 20,
then the area of PQR is…
6. In a triangle ABC, If BC 5 , CA 6 AB 7 then the length of the median drawn
from B onto AC is 2 k . Then value of K is.
7. A(2,3), B(1,1) are two points if p is a variable point such that A P B 9 0 the locus
of P is x 2 y 2 2 gx 2 fy c 0 then area of the triangle formed by points
(2 g , f )( f , c ) and (2c,2 g f ) is _____.
8. If the equations x t 2 t 1, y t 2 t 1 represents a curve c with parameter 't'
Then the cartesian equation of c is x 2 y 2 2hxy 2 gx 2 fy c 0,
The points (2h, c),( g, f ) and (c, k ) are collinear the value of | k | is
9. Two fixed points are A(a,0) and B (a,0) . If A B then the locus of
a point C of a triangle ABC is
(a) x 2 sin y 2 sin 2 xy cos a 2 sin
(b) x 2 cos y 2 cos 2 xy sin a 2 cos
(c) x 2 y 2 2 xy cot a 2 (d) x 2 y 2 2 xy tan a 2
L2 : p 2 1 x p 2 1 y 2q 0
2
35. L1 and L2 are Perpendicular to a common line for exactly how many value of P _
36. For above value of P, the area of triangle formed by the line L1 with the coordinate axes
2 sq units Then the absolute value of q is _____
PASSAGE II
The line 3 x 2 y 24 meet the y-axis at A and x-axis at B. Then
37. The equation of the perpendicular bisector of AB is
A) 2 x 3 y 10 0 B) 2 x 3 y 10 0
C) 2 x 3 y 10 0 D) 2 x 3 y 10 0
38. The perpendicular bisector of AB meets the line through (0,-1) parallel to the x-axis at
C. Then the area of the triangle ABC is
A) 91 sq units B) 90 sq units C) 19 sq units D) 9 sq units.
39. A straight line L with negative slope passes through the point (8,2) and cuts the posi-
tive coordinate axes at points P and Q. The absolute minimum value of OP+OQ is K,
then the value of K/6 is ___
40. The slope of a straight line through A(3, 2) is 3/4 then the coordinates of the two
points on the line that are 5 units away from A are
a) (-7,5)(1,-1) b) (7,5)(-1,-1) c) (6,9)(-2,4) d) (7,3)(-2,1)
41. The equation of the straight line which bisects the intercepts between the axes of the
lines x y 2 and 2 x 3 y 6 is
a) 2 x 3 b) y 1 c) 2 y 3 d) x 1
42. If (4, -3) divides the line segment between the axes in the ratio 4 : 5 then its
equation is
a) 15 x 16 y 12 0 b) 3 x 4 y 24 0
c) 15 x 16 y 108 0 d) 15 x 16 y 108 0
43. The lines 2 x 3 y 6, 2 x 3 y 8 cut the X-axis at A, B respectively. A line L 0
drawn through the point (2,2) meets the X axis at C in such a way that the abscissa
of A, B, C are in arithmetic Progression. then the equation of the line L is
a) 2 x 3 y 10 b) 3 x 2 y 10 c) 2 x 3 y 10 d) 3 x 2 y 10
44. The sum of the intercepts cut off by the axes on lines x y a, x y ar , x y ar 2 ,
1
........... where a 0 and r
2
a) 2a b) a 2 c) 2 2a d) a
45. Angles made with the x - axis by the two lines drawn through the point (1,2) and
2
cutting the line x y 4 at a distance from the point (1,2) are
3
3 5
a) and b) and c) and d) and
6 3 8 8 12 12 4 2
46. Distance of origin from line (1 3) y (1 3) x 10 along the line y 3 x k
is
a) 5 / 2 b) 5 / 2 k c) 10 d) 5
47. Points A and B are in the first quadrant; point ' O ' is the origin. If the slope of OA is 1,
slope of OB is 7 and OA=OB, then the slope of AB is
1 1 1 1
a) b) c) d)
5 4 3 2
48. The Point P(2,1) is translated parallel to the line L : x y 4 by 2 3 units. If the
new point Q lies in the third quadrant, then the equation of the line passing through Q
and perpendicular to L is.
a) x y 2 6 b) x y 3 3 6
c) x y 3 2 6 d) 2 x 2 y 1 6
49. A point P moves on the line 2 x 3 y 4 0 . If Q(1,4) and R(3, 2) are fixed points,
then the locus of the centroid of PQR is a line-
2
a) parallel to y-axis b) with slope
3
3
c) parallel to x-axis d) with slope
2
50. If the straight line drawn through the point P( 3, 2) making an angle with x-axis
6
meets the line 3 x 4 y 8 0 at Q. Then PQ is
51. If the lines y 3 x 4 , ay x 10 and 2 y bx 9 0 represent three consecutive
sides of a rectangle then ab
52. The equation of the straight line whose intercepts on x-axis and y-axis are respectively
twice and thrice of those by the line 3 x 4 y 12 , is 9 x 8 y k , then k is
53. The sum of the length of the intercepts cut off by the axes on the lines
x y a, x y ar , x y ar 2 ,... where a 0 and r = 1/2 is
a) 2a b) a 2 c) 2 2a d) a / 2
54. If (4, –3) divides the line segment between the axes in the ratio 4 : 5 then its equation is
a) 15x + 16y – 12 = 0 b) 3x – 4y – 24 = 0
c) 15x – 16y +108 = 0 d) 15x – 16y – 108 = 0
55. The line 2x+3y=6, 2x+3y=8 cut the X-axis at A,B respectively. A line L = 0 drawn
through the point (2,2) meets the X-axis at C in such a way that abscissa of A,B,C are
in arithmetic Progression. then the equation of the line L is
a) 2x+3y=10 b) 3x+2y=10 c) 2x-3y=10 d) 3x-2y=10
56. The line 2x+3y+12=0 cuts the axes at A & B. Then the equation of the perpendicular
bisector of AB is
a) 3x-2y+5=0 b) 3x-2y+7=0 c) 3x-2y+9=0 d) 3x-2y+8=0
57. The equation of the straight line cutting off an intercept 8 on x–axis and making an
angle of 60 with the positive direction of y –axis is
a) x 3 y 8 0 b) x 3 y 8 c) y 3 x 8 d) y 3 x 8
58. The point (2, 1) is translated parallel to the line L : x y 4 0 by 2 3 units. If the
new point Q lies in the third quadrant, then the equation of the lines passing through
Q and perpendicular to L is
a) x y 2 6 b) 2 x 2 y 1 6
c) x y 3 3 6 d) x y 3 2 6
59. If x cos θ y sin θ p is the normal form and y mx c is the slope-intercept form
of the line x 2 y 1 0 , then tan 1 (tan θ m c)
a) 0 b) 2
c) d) 4
60. If (-4,5) is one vertex and 7x-y+8=0 is one diagonal of a square, then the equation of
the other diagonal is
a) x+7y-31=0 b) x+7y-15=0 c) x+7y+8=0 d) x+7y-35=0
61. (6, 6) is a point on the circle x 2 y 2 4 x 6 y 12 0 by translation of origin to a
certain point. The translated equation is x 2 y 2 25 , then the new co-ordinates
of (6, 6) are…
a) (3,4) b) (3,2) c) (4,3) d) (6,6)
62. The angle of rotation of axes so that 2 x 3 y - 7 0 transformed as x = k is…
3 2
a) tan 1 b) tan 1 c) 4 d)
2 3 6
63. The coordinates of a point on x y 3 0 , whose distance from x 2 y 2 0 is
5 are 1, k & l ,6 then k l
64. A line is drawn through the point (1,2) to meet the coordinate axes at P and Q such
that it forms a triange OPQ , where O is the origin. If the area of the triangle OPQ is
least, then the slope of the line PQ is
65. If the line passing through the points(-8,3) (2,1) is parallel to the line passing
through the points (11,-1) (k,0) then the value of k is
66. A straight line L with negative slope passes through the point (8, 2) and cuts the
positive coordinate axes at points P and Q. As L varies, the absolute minimum value
of OP + OQ is _______( O is origin)
67. The line 3 x 4 y 7 0 is rotated through an angle in the clockwise direction
4
about the point (-1, 1). The equation of the line in its new position is 7 y x k 0 ,
then k =
68. If the line y 3 x 3 0 cuts the curve y 2 x 2 at A and B and point on the line P
4
is ( 3,0) then | PA.PB | ( a b) Then a b is _______
3
69. The distance of the point (3, 5) from the line 2x 3y 14 0 measured parllel to the
linex 2 y 1 is k then k is _______
70. The area of a triangle is 5 sq unit. Two of its vertices are (2, 1) and (3, -2). The third
vertex lies on y x 3 . The coordinates of the third vertex can be
A) (-3 / 2, 3 / 2) B) (3 / 4, -3 / 2) C) (7 / 2, 13 / 2) D) (-1 / 4, 11 / 4)
71. A line which makes an acute angle with the positive direction of x-axis is drawn
through the point P(3, 4) to meet the line x 6 at R and y 8 at S, then
A) PR 3sec B) PS 4 cosec
2(3sin 4cos ) 9 16
C) PR PS D) 1
sin 2 ( PR )2 ( PS ) 2
72. Let L be the line 2 x y 2 . If the axes are rotated by 45 then the intercept made by
the line L on the length of new axes are respectively
A) 2 and 1 B) 1 and 2
2 2 2 2
C) 2 2 and D) and 2 2
3 3
73. Match the following
List - I List-II
1
a) If the lines x y 2 0 and x ky 3 0 p)
2
are parallel lines (where , k 0 ), then the
minimum value of 2 k 2 is :
b) Points A and B are in the first quadrant. q) 2
Point O is the origin. If the slope of OA is 1 ,
slope of OB is 7 and OA = OB, then slope of AB is :
c) If the lines x (k 4) y 2 0 and x y 1 0 r) 29
where , k R are perpendicular lines, then max.
value of 2 k 2 2 k 3 is :
d) Number of straight lines parallel to x 3 y 7 0 s) 27
and having intercept of length 10 between coordinate
axis is :
A) a-q, b-p, c-s, d-q B) a-r, b-p, c-s, d-q
C) a-q, b-p, c-s, d-r D) a-p, b-q, c-s, d-r
74. Match the following
Column - I Column-II
a) If the line 2x y k passes through the point p) 1
which divides the line segment joining the points
(1, 1) and (2, 4) in the ratio 3: 2, then k =
b) The points ( 1,1),(2 1,3) and (2 2,2 ) q) 2
are collinear, then the value of can be
c) Harmonic conjugate of the point (6, 8) with r) (-2, 0)
respect to the points (2, 4) and (8, 10) is the point
d) The points A, B are (2, 4) and (6, 0) respectively. s) (14, 16)
If A B is rotated through an angle of 90 in the
clockwise direction about the point A, then the
new position of B becomes the point t) 6
A) a-q, b-p, c-s, d-r B) a-t, b-q, c-s, d-r
C) a-t, b-r, c-s, d-p D) a-p, b-q, c-s, d-r
75. The line which is concurrent with the lines 2x + 3y = 7, 2x = 3y + 1 and passing
through the origin is
a) x + 2y = 0 b) x – 2y = 0
c) 2 x y 0 d) 2 x y 0
a) 4 p 2 q 2 a 2 b) p 2 q 2 a 2
c) p 2 2q 2 a 2 d) 4 p 2 q 2 2a 2
a) a 2 b 2 1 b) a 2 b 2 2
2
2
c) 2 a b 1 2 2
d) a b 1
83. A straight line L through the point (3,-2) is the inclined at an angle 60o to the
line 3 x y 1 . If L also intersects the X-axis , then the equation of L is
a) y 3 x 2 3 3 0 b) y 3 x 2 3 3 0
c) 3 y x 3 2 3 0 d) 3 y x 3 2 3 0
84. The acute angle between the lines lx + my = l+m, l (x-y) + m (x+y) = 2m is
a) / 4 b) / 6 c) / 2 d) / 3
85. If the lines y 2 3 x 4 and y k x 6 are inclined at an angle 60o to
each other, then the value of k will be
86. If the straight line 2 x 3 y 17 0 is perpendicular to the line passing through
the points (7,17) and (15, ) then equals
87. The number of integer values of m for which the x-coordinate of the point of inter-
section of the lines 3 x 4 y 9 and y mx 1 is also an integer, is ___
88. The number of real values of k,such that the lines x 2 y 3 0 , kx 3 y 1 0
and 4 x ky 2 0 are concurrent, is ___
89. A line L has intercepts 1 and 1/2 on the coordinate axes. When the axes are rotated
through a given angle keeping the origin fixed, the same line L has intercepts p and
1 1
q. Then the value of 2
2 is ____
p q
90. L is a line passing through the origin and making an angle with the positive di-
rection of x-axis. Ln is a line perpendicular to L at a distance n from the origin. Ln
meets x-axis at An. Distance of An from the origin O is dn. If the geometric mean of
d1, d2, .... dn is 5040 sec then the value of n is _____
91. Three lines px qy r 0 , qx ry p 0 , and rx py q 0 are concurrent, if
A) p q r 0 B) p 2 q 2 r 2 pq qr rp
C) p 3 q 3 r 3 3 pqr D) p 2 q 2 r 2 pq qr rp
92. A straight lines through the origin has an intercept 3 between the lines
2 x 3 y 12 and 2 x 3 y 15 . Its slope is
A)
2 2
B)
2 2 C)
3 3 3 3
D) 4
3 3 4
93.Two equal sides of an isosceles triangle are 7 x y 3 0 and x y 3 0 and the
third side passes through the point (1,-10). Its equation is
A) 2 x y 8 0 B) x 3 y 31 0 C) 3 x y 7 0 D) x 2 y 21 0
94. If the point a,a falls inside the angle made by the lines y x / 2, x 0 and
2
y 3 x , x 0 , then a
1 1 1
A) ,3 B) 3, C) 0 , D) 3,
2 2 2
a b c
95. If 2 where a, b, c > 0 then family of lines ax b y c 0
bc c b
passes through the point
A) (1, 1) B) (1, -2) C) (-1, 2) D) (-1, 1)
96. If the point (a, a) lies between the lines | x y | 2 , then
1
a) | a | 2 b) | a | 2 c) | a | 1 d) | a |
2
97. A point P(x, y) moves such that the sum of its distances from the lines 3x 4y 1 and
4x 3y 1 is 1 . The locus of P is
a) a rectangle b) square c) parallelogram d) rhombus.
98. Two sides of a triangle are 2x y 0 and x y 2 0 . If its orthocentre is (2,3), the
third side is
a) 5x 8y 10 0 b) 8x 5y 10 0
c) 5x 8y 10 0 d) 8x 5y 10 0
99. An equilateral triangle has its centroid at the origin and one side is x y 1. The other
sides are
a) y (2 3)(x 1) b) y 1 ( 3 1)(x 1)
c) y 1 (2 3)(x 1) d) y 1 (2 3)(x 1)
100. Two equal sides of an isosoles triangle are 7x y 3 0 and x y 3 0 and the
third side passes through the point (1,-10). Its equation is
a) 2x y 8 0 b) x 3y 31 0 c) 3x y 7 0 d) x 2y 21 0
101. In a triangle ABC, AB=AC. The equations of AB and AC are 2x y 1 and
x 2y 2 . If the third side BC passes through the point (1,2), then its equation is
1
a) x y 1 0 b) x y 3 0 c) 2x y 0 d) x 2y 3 0
4
102. The image of the line 2x y 1 in the line x y 0 is
1 2 1
a) x 2y b) x 2y 1 c) x 3y d) 2x y
3 3 3
103. The image of the curve x 2 y 2 1 in the line x y 1 is
a) x 2 y2 2x 2y 1 0 b) x 2 y 2 2x 2y 1 0
c) x 2 y 2 2x 2y 1 0 d) x 2 y 2 2x 2y 1 0
104. A straight lines through the origin has an intercept 3 between the lines 2x 3y 12 and
2x 3y 15 . Its slope is
2 2 (2 2) 3 3 3 3
a) b) c)
d) 4
3 3 4
105. The point (4,1) undergoes the following three transformations successively.
(i) reflection about the line y=x
(ii) translation through a distance 2 units along positive x direction
(iii) rotation through an angle / 4 about the origin in the counter clockwise direction.
The final position of the point is
1 7 1 7
a) , b) ( 2, 7 2) c) , d) ( 2, 7 2)
2 2 2 2
106. If L1 and L2 are two lines belonging to the family of line (3 2)x (4 3)y 7 5
such that they are at maximum and minimum distances from the point (2,3), then the
equation of line through the point (1,2) and making equal angles with L1 and L2 is
a) x 3y 5 0 b) 3x y 5 0 c) x 2y 7 0 d) 2x y 0
107. A square of side a lies above the x-axis and has one vertex at the origin .
A side passing through the origin makes an angle , 0 , with tl positive x-axis.
4
The equation of its diagonal not passing through O is
a) y(cos sin ) x(sin cos ) a
b) y(cos sin ) x(sin cos ) a
c) y(cos sin ) x(sin cos ) a
d) y(cos sin ) x(cos sin ) a
108. The slopes of the sides of a triangle are 1, 2, 3 . If the orthocentre of the triangle is
y
the origin O, the locus of its centroid is
x
a) 2 / 3 b) 2 / 5 c) 2 / 7 d) 2 / 9
109. A line cuts the x-axis at A(7,0) and the y-axis at B(0,-5). A variable line PQ is drawn
perpendicular to AB cutting the x-axis at P and the y-axis at Q. If AQ and BP intersect
at R, find the locus of R.___
110. Let ABC be a triangle such that the coordinates of A are (-3,1). Equation of the
median through B is 2x y 3 0 and equation of the angular bisector of C is
7x 4y 1 0 . Find the equations of the sides of the triangle_____.
KEY
1. b 2. d 3. a 4. 1 5. 5 6. 7 7. 4 8. 6 9. a,b
10.a,c 11. c 12.27 13.147 14.50 15. b 16. b 17.6 18.9
19.b,d 20.a,d 21. 9 22. 4 23. a 24. b 25. a 26. b 27. c
28. d 29. 18 30. a,b,d 31. a,b 32. a,b 33. 3 34. 6 35. 1 36. 8
37. b 38. a 39. 3 40. b 41. b 42. d 43. a 44. c 45. c
46. d 47. d 48. c 49. b 50. 6 51. 18 52. 72 53. c 54. d
55. a 56. a 57. b 58. d 59. d 60. a 61. c 62. a 63. 36
64. -2 65. 6 66. 18 67. 6 68. 5 69. 5 70. a,c 71. a,b,c,d 72. c,d
73. a 74. b 75. b 76. b 77. c 78. c 79. b 80. b 81. a
82. b 83. b 84. a 85. -1 86. 5 87. 2 88. 0 89. 5 90. 7
91. a,c,d 92. c,d 93. b,c 94. a 95. d 96. c 97. a 98. b 99. d
100. b,c 101.a,b 102.b 103.d 104.c,d 105.c 106.a,b 107.d 108.d
109. x 2 y2 7x 5y 0 110. 2 x-3 y+9=0;18 x-y-49=0; 4 x+7 y+5=0