DPP# Straight Lines

Er. Vineet Loomba, B.Tech. IIT Roorkee

Mathematics for JEE Main and Advanced Plus Code: VINEETLIVE

38. The equation of the straight line which passes through the point (1,2) and cuts off equal intercepts from
axes, is
(a) x  y  1 (b) x  y  1 (c) x  y  1  0 (d) x  y  2  0
39. The equation of the straight line passing through the point (3, 2) and perpendicular to the line y  x is
(a) x  y  5 (b) x  y  5 (c) xy 1 (d) x  y  1
x y
40. The equation of the line perpendicular to the line   1 and passing through the point at which it cuts x-axis,
a b
is
x y a x y b x y x y a
(a)   0 (b)   (c)  0 (d)  
a b b b a a b a b a b
41. If the equations y  mx  c and x cos   y sin   p represent the same straight line, then
2 2
(a) p  c 1  m2 (b) c  p 1  m (c) cp  1  m (d) p 2  c 2  m2  1
42. A line passes through the point of intersection of 2 x  y  5 and x  3y  8  0 and parallel to the line
3 x  4 y  7 is
(a) 3 x  4 y  3  0 (b) 3 x  4 y  0 (c) 4 x  3y  3  0 (d) 4 x  3y  3
43. The equation of the line joining the origin to the point (–4, 5) is
(a) 5 x  4 y  0 (b) 3 x  4 y  2 (c) 5x  4y  0 (d) 4 x  5y  0
44. The equation of the line which cuts off an intercept 3 units on OX and an intercept –2 unit on OY, is
x y x y x y x y
(a)  1 (b)  1 (c) 1 (d)  1
3 2 3 2 2 3 2 3
45. The equation of line passing through (c, d) and parallel to ax  by  c  0 is
(a) a( x  c)  b(y  d)  0 (b) a( x  c)  b(y  d)  0
(c) a( x  c)  b(y  d)  0 (d) None
46. The equation of a line through the intersection of lines x  0 and y  0 and through the point (2, 2) is
(a) y  x  1 (b) y   x (c) y  x (d) y   x  2
47. For what values of a and b the intercepts cut off on the coordinate axes by the line ax  by  8  0 are
equal in length but opposite in signs to those cut off by the line 2 x  3y  6  0 on the axes
8 8 8 8
(a) a  , b  4 (b) a   , b  4 (c) a  ,b  4 (d) a   ,b  4
3 3 3 3
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48. The equation of line passing through (4, –6) and makes an angle 45 with positive x-axis, is
(a) x  y  10  0 (b) x  2y  16  0 (c) x  3y  22  0 (d) None of these
3 3
49. The equation to the straight line passing through the point (a cos  , a sin  ) and perpendicular to the line
x sec   ycosec  a , is
(a) x cos   y sin   a cos 2 (b) x cos   y sin   a cos 2
(c) x sin   y cos   a cos 2 (d) None of these
50. Equation of the right bisector of the line segment joining the points (7, 4) and (–1, –2) is
(a) 4 x  3y  15 (b) 3 x  4 y  15 (c) 4 x  3y  15 (d) None of these
51. Equations of lines which passes through the points of intersection of the lines 4 x  3y  1  0 and
2 x  5 y  3  0 and are equally inclined to the axes are
(a) y  x  0 (b) y  1   1( x  1) (c) x  1   2(y  1) (d) None of these
52. The opposite vertices of a square are (1, 2) and (3, 8), then the equation of a diagonal of the square passing
through the point (1, 2) is [IIT JEE]
(a) 3 x  y  1  0 (b) 3y  x  1  0 (c) 3 x  y  1  0 (d) None of these
53. If the intercept made by the line between the axis is bisected at the point (5, 2), then its equation is

Er. Vineet Loomba B.Tech. IIT Roorkee. 10+ yrs IIT JEE Teaching Experience
Mathematics for JEE Main and Advanced Plus Code: VINEETLIVE

(a) 5 x  2y  20 (b) 2 x  5y  20 (c) 5 x  2y  20 (d) 2 x  5 y  20

3 3 3 3 3 3
54. The equations (b  c)x  (c  a)y  a  b  0 and (b  c )x  (c  a )y  a  b  0 will represent the same
line, if
(a) bc  0 (b) b  c and c  a and a  b or a  b  c  0
(c) ab  0 (d) abc  0
55. If the line segment joining (2,3) and (–1, 2) is divided internally in the ratio 3:4 by the line x  2y  k , then

k is
41 5 36 31
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
56. If the slope of a line passing through the point A(3,2) be 3/4 , then the points on the line which are 5 units
away from A, are [IIT JEE]
(a) (5, 5), (1,1) (b) (7, 5), (1,1) (c) (5, 7), (1,1) (d) (7, 5), (1, 1)

57. Given the four lines with equations x  2y  3 , 3 x  4 y  7,2 x  3y  4 and 4 x  5 y  6 , then these
lines are [IIT JEE]
(a) Concurrent (b) Perpendicular (c) The sides of a rectangle (d)None
58. The equation of line, which bisect the line joining two points (2, –19) and (6, 1) and perpendicular to the line
joining two points (–1, 3) and (5, –1), is
(a) 3 x  2y  30 (b) 2 x  y  3  0 (c) 2 x  3y  20 (d) None of these
59. Equation of the line which passes through the point (–4, 3) and the portion of the line intercepted between
the axes is divided internally in the ratio 5:3 by this point, is
(a) 9 x  20y  96  0 (b) 20 x  9 y  96  0 (c) 9 x  20y  96  0 (d) None of these
60. A(1, 1), B(5, 3) are opposite vertices of a square in xy-plane. The equation of the other diagonal (not passing
through A, B) of the square is given by
(a) x  3y  4  0 (b) 2 x  y  3  0 (c) y  3x  8  0 (d)
x  2y  1  0

38c 39b 40d 41b 42a 43a 44a 45c 46c 47d 48a

49a 50c 51b 52a 53b 54b 55a 56b 57d 58a 59c 60c

Er. Vineet Loomba B.Tech. IIT Roorkee. 10+ yrs IIT JEE Teaching Experience