DPP Straight Lines

Questions BITSAT Crash Course

1*. The vertices of ΔABC are A(2, 2), B(−4, −4) and C(5, −8). Find the length of a median of a triangle, which is passing through the point C .
(1) √117 (2) √85

(3) √116 (4) none of the above

2. The points which trisect the line segment joining the point (0, 0) and (9, 12) are -
(1) (3, 4), (6, 8) (2) (4, 3), (6, 8)

(3) (4, 3), (8, 6) (4) (3, 4), (8, 6)

3*. If P (1, 2), Q(4, 6), R(5, 7) and S(a, b) are the vertices of a parallelogram P QRS , then
(1) a = 2, b = 4 (2) a = 3, b = 4

(3) a = 2, b = 3 (4) a = 3, b = 5

4*. The point A divides the line segment joining the points (−5,1) and (3,5) in the ratio k : 1 internally and the coordinates of points B and C are (1,5) and (7, −2)
respectively. If the area of ΔABC is 2 sq. units, then the sum of all the values of k is equal to
(1) 32

9
(2) 7

(3) 94

9
(4) 31

5. The points (1, 3) and (5, 1) are the opposite vertices of a rectangle. The other two vertices lie on the line y = 2x + c , then the value of c will be -
(1) 4 (2) −4

(3) 2 (4) −2

6*. The area of a triangle is 5. If two of its vertices are (2, 1), (3, −2) and the third vertex lies on the line y = x + 3, then the third vertex is -
(1) (−
7
,−
13
) (2) (−
7
,
13
)
2 2 2 2

(3) (
7
,−
13
) (4) (
7
,
13
)
2 2 2 2

7. If the sides of a triangle are given by the equations x − y + 1 = 0, x + y + 3 = 0 and 2x + 5y − 2 = 0, then the coordinates of its orthocentre are
(1) (2, 1) (2) (2, −1)

(3) (−2, 1) (4) (−2, −1)

8. Orthocentre of a triangle whose vertices are (0, 0),(3, 4) and (4, 0) is

(1) (3, 7/3) (2) (3, 5/4)

(3) (5, −2) (4) (3, 3/4)

9*. The vertices of a triangle are A(0, 0), B(0, 2) and C(2, 0), then find the distance between its orthocentre and circumcentre.
(1) √2 units (2) 1
units
√2

(3) √3 units (4) none of these

10. The area of a triangle is 5. If two of its vertices are (2, 1), (3, −2) and the third vertex lies on the line y = x + 3, then the third vertex is -
(1) (−
7
,−
13
) (2) (−
7
,
13
)
2 2 2 2

(3) (
7
,−
13
) (4) (
7
,
13
)
2 2 2 2

11*. If the middle points of the sides of a triangle be (−2, 3), (4, − 3) and (4, 5) , then the centroid of the triangle is -
(1) (
5
, 2) (2) (
5
, 1)
3 6

(3) (2,
5
) (4) (1,
5
)
3 6

12. Two vertices of a triangle are (3, −2) and (−2, 3) and its orthocentre is (−6, 1) . The coordinates of its third vertex are-
(1) (1, 6) (2) (−1, 6)

(3) (1, − 6) (4) None of these

13*. LetP (−1, 0) , Q(0, 0) andR(3, 3√3) be three points. The equation of the bisector of the angle PQR is

(1) √3
x + y = 0
(2) x + √3y = 0
2

(3) √3x + y = 0 (4) x +

√3
y = 0
2

14*. If the points (−2, 0),(−1, 1

) and (cos θ, sin θ) are collinear, then the number of values of θ ∈[0, 2π] is
√3

(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) infinite (4) 3

15. The intercept cut off from Y -axis is twice that from X-axis by the line and line is passes through (1, 2) then its equation is
(1) 2x + y = 4 (2) 2x + y + 4 = 0

(3) 2x – y = 4 (4) 2x – y + 4 = 0

16. The equation of the line passing through the point (−3, 1) and bisecting the angle between coordinate axes is
(1) x + y + 2 = 0 (2) −x + y + 2 = 0

(3) x + y + 4 = 0 (4) 2x + y + 5 = 0

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DPP Straight Lines
Questions BITSAT Crash Course

17*. The combined equation of the straight lines passing through the point (4, 3) and each line making intercepts on the coordinate axes whose sum is - 1 is
(1) (3x − 2y − 6)(x − 2y + 2)= 0 (2) (3x − 2y + 6)(x − 2y + 2)= 0

(3) (3x − 2y − 6)(x − 2y − 2)= 0 (4) (3x − 2y + 6)(x − 2y − 2)= 0

18*. The equations of the lines passing through the point (1, 0) and at a distance √3
from the origin are
2

(1) √3x + y − √3 = 0, √3x − y − √3 = 0 (2) √3x + y + √3 = 0, √3x − y + √3 = 0

(3) x + √3y − √3 = 0, x − √3y − √3 = 0 (4) None of the above

19. The point P (1, 1) is translated parallel to 2x = y in the first quadrant through a unit distance. The coordinates of the new position of P are
(1) (1 ±
2
,1 ±
1
) (2) (1 ±
1
,1 ±
2
)
√5 √5 √5 √5

(3) (
1
,
2
) (4) (
2
,
1
)
√5 √5 √5 √5

20*. A square, of each side 2, lies above the x-axis and has one vertex at the origin. If one of the sides passing through the origin makes an angle 30° with the
positive direction of the x-axis , then the sum of the x-coordinates of the vertices of the square is:
(1) 2√ 3 − 2 (2) √3 − 2

(3) 2√3 − 1 (4) √3 − 1

21. A square of side a lies above the x-axis and has one vertex at origin. The side passing through the origin makes an angle α(0 < α < π
) with the positive
4

direction of x-axis. The equation of its diagonal not passing through the origin is
(1) y(cos α − sin α) − x(sin α − cos α) = a (2) y(cos α + sin α) + x(sin α − cos α) = a

(3) y(cos α + sin α) + x(sin α + cos α) = a (4) y(cos α + sin α) + x(cos α − sin α) = a

22*. The perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining P (1, 4) and Q(k, 3) has y-intercept - 4. Then a possible value of k is
(1) −4 (2) 1

(3) 2 (4) −2

23. Let P S be the median of the triangle with vertices P (2, 2), Q(6, −1) R(7, 3) and . The equation of the line passing through(1, −1) and parallel to P S is :
(1) 4x + 7y + 3 = 0 (2) 2x − 9y − 11 = 0

(3) 4x − 7y − 11 = 0 (4) 2x + 9y + 7 = 0

24*. Suppose that the points (h, k), (1, 2) and (−3, 4) lie on the line L . If a line L passing through the points (h,
1 2 k) and (4, 3) is perpendicular to L , then
1
k

equals:
(1) −
1

7
(2) 3

(3) 0 (4) 1

25. The equation of the straight line perpendicular to 5x − 2y = 7 and passing through the point of intersection of the lines 2x + 3y = 1 and 3x + 4y = 6, is
(1) 2x + 5y + 17 = 0 (2) 2x + 5y − 17 = 0

(3) 2x − 5y + 17 = 0 (4) 2x − 5y = 17

26*. The distance of the point (3, 5) from 2x + 3y − 14 = 0 measured parallel to x − 2y = 1 is

(1) (2)
7 7

√5 √13

(3) √5 (4) √13

27*. If a line L is perpendicular to the line 5 x − y = 1, and the area of the triangle formed by the line L and the coordinate axes is 5, then the distance of line L from
the line x +5 y = 0 is :
(1) 7
(2) 7

√13 √5

(3) 5
(4) 5

√13 √7

y y
28. The line L given by x

5
+
b
= 1 passes through the point (13, 32). If the line K is parallel to L and has the equation x

c
+
3
= 1 , then the distance between L
and K is
(1) 23
units (2) √17 units
√15

(3) 17
units (4) 23
units
√15 √17

29. If the point P ( 3a

, 1) lies between the two different lines x + y = a and x + y = 2a, then the least integral value of |a| is equal to
2

(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 3 (4) 4

30*. The number of integral points (integral point means both the coordinates should be integers) exactly in the interior of the triangle with vertices (0, 0),(0, 21) and
(21, 0) is
(1) 233 (2) 105

(3) 133 (4) 190

31. The set of all possible values of θ in the interval (0, π) for which the points(1, 2) and (sin θ, cos θ) lie on the same side of the line x + y = 1 is?
(1) (0,
π
) (2) (
π
,
3π
)
2 4 4

(3) (0,
3π
) (4) (0,
π
)
4 4

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DPP Straight Lines
Questions BITSAT Crash Course

32*. The coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point (3, 4) on the line 2x + y − 7 = 0 is
(1) (
9
,
17
) (2) (1, 5)
5 5

(3) (−5, 1) (4) (1, − 5)

33. The equation of the image of line y = x with respect to the line mirror 2x − y = 1 is
(1) y = 7x − 5 (2) y = 7x − 6

(3) y = 3x − 7 (4) y = 6x − 5

34*. A ray of light passes through the points A(2, 3) reflected at a point B on the line x + y = 0 and then, passes through (5, 3) . Then the coordinates of B are
(1) (
1
, −
1
) (2) (
2
, −
2
)
3 3 5 5

(3) (
1
, −
1
) (4) None of these
13 13

35*. The sum of all values of λ for which the lines 2x + y + 1 = 0, 3x + 2λy + 4 = 0, x + y − 3λ = 0 are concurrent, is
(1) 1

4
(2) 1

(3) 7

2
(4) 7

12

36. Consider the family of lines (x + y − 1)+λ(2x + 3y − 5)= 0 and (3x + 2y − 4)+μ(x + 2y − 6)= 0, equation of a straight line that belongs to both the
families is
(1) x − 2y − 8 = 0 (2) x − 2y + 8 = 0

(3) 2x + y − 8 = 0 (4) 2x − y − 8 = 0

37*. A family of lines is given by (1 + 2λ)x +(1 − λ)y + λ = 0, λ being the parameter. The line belonging to this family at the maximum distance from the point
(1, 4) is
(1) 33x + 12y + 7 = 0 (2) 12x + 33y = 7

(3) 11x + 12y − 7 = 0 (4) none of these.

38. Equations of the bisectors of the lines 3x − 4y + 7 = 0 and 12x + 5y − 2 = 0 are given by
(1) 21x + 77y − 101 = 0, 11x − 3y + 9 = 0 (2) 15x − 9y + 67 = 0, 15x + 4y + 33 = 0

(3) 21x − 77y − 101 = 0, 11x + 3y + 9 = 0 (4) none of the above.

39*. The equation of the line bisecting the obtuse angle between y − x = 2 and 2y + x = 5 is
y−x−2 x+2y−5
=
n
, where n is equal to
√2

(1) √2 (2) √5

(3) 2 (4) None of the above

40*. If A(2, −3) and B(−2, 1) are two vertices of a triangle and third vertex moves on the line 2 x + 3 y = 9, then the locus of the centroid of the triangle is
(1) 2 x − 3 y = 1 (2) x − y = 1

(3) 2 x + 3 y = 1 (4) 2 x + 3 y = 3

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