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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) tan1  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

tan1  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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