PRACTICE SHEET - STRAIGHT LINES

Section (A)
A-1. If the points (k, 2 – 2k), (1 – k, 2k) and (–k –4, 6 – 2k) be collinear, the number of possible values of
k are
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 3

A-2. Given a ABC with unequal sides. P is the set of all points which is equidistant from B & C and Q is the
set of all point which is equidistant from sides AB and AC. Then n(P  Q) equals :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) Infinite

A-3. A line segment AB is divided internally and externally in the same ratio (> 1) at P and Q respectively and
M is mid point of AB.
Statement-1: MP, MB, MQ are in G.P.
Statement-2 AP, AB and AQ are in HP.
(A) STATEMENT-1 is true, STATEMENT-2 is true and STATEMENT-2 is correct explanation for
STATEMENT-1
(B) STATEMENT-1 is true, STATEMENT-2 is true and STATEMENT-2 is not correct explanation for
STATEMENT-1
(C) STATEMENT-1 is true, STATEMENT-2 is false
(D) STATEMENT-1 is false, STATEMENT-2 is true
(E) Both STATEMENTS are false

Section (B)

B-1. Find the area of the triangle formed by the mid points of sides of the triangle whose vertices are (2,
1), (– 2, 3), (4, – 3)
(A) 1.5 sq. units (B) 3 sq. units (C) 6 sq. units (D) 12 sq. units

B-2. A straight line through P (1, 2) is such that its intercept between the axes is bisected at P. Its
equation is :
(A) x + 2y = 5 (B) x – y + 1 = 0 (C) x + y – 3 = 0 (D) 2x + y – 4 = 0

B-3. The number of integral points (integral point means both the coordinates should be integer) exactly in the
interior of the triangle with vertices (0, 0), (0, 21) and (21, 0), is
(A) 133 (B) 190 (C) 233 (D) 105

B-4. The line joining two points A (2, 0) and B (3, 1) is rotated about A in the anticlock wise direction
through an angle of 15º. The equation of the line in the new position is :

(A) x  3y2=0 (B) x  2y  2 = 0

(C) 3xy2 3 =0 (D) 2x–y–2 2 =0

B-5. In a ABC, side AB has the equation 2x + 3y = 29 and the side AC has the equation
x + 2y = 16. If the mid point of BC is (5, 6), then the equation of BC is
(A) 2x + y = 16 (B) x + y = 11 (C) 2x – y = 4 (D) x + y = 10

B-6. A square of side 'a' lies above the x-axis and has one vertex at the origin. The side passing through the
 
origin makes an angle   0     with the positive direction of x-axis. The equation of its diagonal not
 4
passing through the origin 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

Section (C)
C-1. The distance of the point (2, 3) from the line 2 x  3 y + 9 = 0 measured along a line x – y + 1 = 0 is
:

(A) 5 3 (B) 4 2 (C) 3 2 (D) 2 2

C-2. Find the equation of a straight line which passes through the point of intersection of the straight lines
x + y – 5 = 0 and x – y + 3 = 0 and perpendicular to the straight line intersecting x-axis at the point (–2, 0)
and the y-axis at the point (0, –3),
(A) 2x + 3y + 10 = 0 (B) 2x – 3y + 10 = 0 (C) 2x – 5y + 10 = 0 (D) 2x + 5y + 10 = 0

C-3. Two particles start from the point (2, – 1), one moving 2 units along the line x + y = 1 and the other 5 units
along the line x – 2y = 4. If the particles move towards increasing y, then their new positions are


(A) 2  2, 2  1 ,   2 5  2, 5  1 
(B) 2 5  2, 5  1 ,  2 2, 2  1 
(C)  2  2, 2  1 ,  2 5  2, 5  1 (D) none of these

C-4. Two straight lines x + 2y = 2 and x + 2y = 6 are given, then find the equation of the line parallel to given
lines and divided distance between lines in the ratio 2 : 1 internally
(A) 3x + 6y + 8 = 0 (B) 3x + 6y = 14 (C) 3x + 6y + 14 = 0 (D) 3x + 2y = 10

Section (D)
D-1. The set of values of 'b' for which the origin and the point (1, 1) lie on the same side of the straight
l i n e ,
a2x + a by + 1 = 0  a  R, b > 0 are :
(A) b  (2, 4) (B) b  (0, 2) (C) b  [0, 2] (D) (2, )

D-2 The point (a2, a + 1) is a point in the angle between the lines 3x  y + 1 = 0 and x + 2y  5 = 0
containing the origin, then
(A) a  1 or a  3 (B) a  ( 3, 0)  (1/3, 1)
(C) a  (0, 1) (D) a  (– , 0)

D-3. The image of the point A (1, 2) by the line mirror y = x is the point B and the image of B by the line
m i r r o r
y = 0 is the point (, ), then :
(A)  = 1, =  2 (B)  = 0, = 0 (C)  = 2, =  1 (D)  = 1, =  1

D-4. T he equations of the perpendic ular bisec tor of the sides AB and AC of a ABC are
x – y + 5 = 0 and x + 2y = 0 respectively. If the point A is (1, –2), then the equation of the line BC is
:
(A) 14x + 23y = 40 (B) 14x – 23y = 40 (C) 23x + 14y = 40 (D) 23x – 14y = 40
 Section (E)
E-1. The orthocentre of the triangle ABC is 'B' and the circumcentre is 'S' (a, b). If A is the origin, then the
coordinates of C are :

 a b
(A) (2a, 2b) (B)  ,  (C)  a 2  b 2 , 0 (D) none
 2 2  

E-2. A triangle ABC with vertices A ( 1, 0),B (  2, 3/4) & C (  3,  7/6) has its orthocentre H. Then the
orthocentre of triangle BCH will be :
(A) (  3,  2) (B) (1, 3) (C) ( 1, 2) (D) none of these

E-3. Find locus of centroid of ABC, if B(1, 1), C(4, 2) and A lies on the line y = x + 3.
(A) 3x + 3y + 1 = 0 (B) x + y = 3 (C) 3x – 3y + 1 = 0 (D) x – y = 3

E-4. The locus of the mid-point of the distance between the axes of the variable line x cos  + y sin  =
p, where p is constant, is
1 1 4 4 1 1 2
(A) x 2 + y2 = 4p2 (B) 2 + 2 = 2 (C) x 2 + y2 = 2 (D) – =
x y p p x2 y 2
p2

E-5 . A variable straight line passes through a fixed point (a, b) intersecting the coordinates axes at A &
B. If 'O' is the origin, then the locus of the centroid of the triangle OAB is :
(A) bx + ay  3xy = 0 (B) bx + ay  2xy = 0
(C) ax + by  3xy = 0 (D) ax + by  2xy = 0

E-6. Consider a triangle ABC, whose vertices are A(–2, 1), B(1, 3) and C(x, y). If C is a moving point such that
area of ABC is constant, then locus of C is :
(A) Straight line (B) Circle (C) Ray (D) Parabola

E-7. If the equation of the locus of a point equidistant from the points (a1, b1) and (a2, b2) is
(a1 – a2) x + (b1 – b2) y + c = 0, then the value of ‘c’ is :
1 2
(A) (a + b22 – a12 – b12) (B) a12 – a22 + b12 – b22
2 2
1 2
(C) (a + a22 + b12 + b22) (D) a12  b12  a 2 2  b 2 2
2 1

Section (F)
F-1. The equation of bisectors of two lines L1 & L2 are 2 x  16 y  5 = 0 and 64 x + 8 y + 35 = 0. If the
line L1 passes through ( 11, 4), the equation of acute angle bisector of L1 & L2 is :
(A) 2 x 16 y  5 = 0 (B) 64 x + 8 y + 35 = 0
(C) 2x  16y  5 = 0 (D) 2x  16y  5 = 0

F-2. The equation of the internal bisector of BAC of ABC with vertices A(5, 2), B(2, 3) and
C(6, 5) is
(A) 2x + y + 12 = 0 (B) x + 2y – 12 = 0 (C) 2x + y – 12 = 0 (D) 2x – y – 12 = 0

F-3. Consider the family of lines 5x + 3y – 2 + 1 (3x – y – 4) = 0 and x – y + 1 + 2(2x – y – 2) = 0. Equation of

a straight line that belong to both families is -
(A) 25x – 62y + 86 = 0 (B) 62x – 25y + 86 = 0
 (C) 25x – 62y = 86 (D) 5x – 2y – 7 = 0

F-4. The equation of a line of the system 2x + y + 4 +  (x – 2y – 3) = 0 which is at a distance 10 units

s
from point A(2, –3) is
(A) 3x + y + 1 = 0 (B) 3x – y + 1 = 0 (C) y – 3x + 1 = 0 (D) y – 3x – 1 = 0

F-5. The lines ax + by + c = 0, where 3a + 2b + 4c = 0, are concurrent at the point :

1 3  3 1
(A)  ,  (B) (1, 3) (C) (3, 1) (D)  , 
2 4 4 2

Section (G)

G-1. If the slope of one line of the pair of lines represented by ax 2 + 10xy + y2 = 0 is four times the slope
of the other line, then a =
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 16

G-2. The combined equation of the bisectors of the angle between the lines represented by
(x 2 + y2) 3 = 4xy is

x2  y2 xy
(A) y – x = 0
2 2
(B) xy = 0 (C) x + y = 2xy
2 2
(D) =
3 2

G-3. The equation of second degree x 2 + 2 2 xy + 2y2 + 4x + 4 2 y + 1 = 0 represents a pair of straight

lines. The distance between them is
4
(A) 4 (B) (C) 2 (D) 2 3
3

G-4. The straight lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the line 2x + y = 1 and curve
3x 2 + 4xy – 4x + 1 = 0 include an angle :
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 6

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 ANSWERS
A-1. (B) A-2. (B) A-3. (A) B-1. (A) B-2. (D) B-3. (B) B-4. (C)
B-5. (B) B-6. (D) C-1. (B) C-2. (B) C-3. (A) C-4. (B) D-1. (B)
D-2 (B) D-3. (C) D-4. (A) E-1. (A) E-2. (D) E-3. (C) E-4. (B)
E-5 . (A) E-6. (A) E-7. (A) F-1. (A) F-2. (C) F-3. (D) F-4. (B)
F-5. (D) G-1. (D) G-2. (A) G-3. (C) G-4. (A)