MATHEMATICS

Straight Lines and Pair of Straight Lines

No. of Questions Maximum Marks Time
30 120 1 Hour
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1. If (– 4, 5) is one vertex and 7x – y + 8 = 0 is one diagonal of a 2 2 2

square, then the equation of second diagonal is 15 10 6
+ = , then the equation of the line
(a) x + 3y = 21 (b) 2x – 3y = 7 AB AC AD
(c) x + 7y = 31 (d) 2x + 3y = 21 is
2. Two lines are given by (x – 2y)2 + k (x – 2y) = 0. The value of (a) 2x + 3y + 22 = 0 (b) 5x – 4y + 7 = 0
k, so that the distance between them is 3, is : (c) 3x – 2y + 3 = 0 (d) None of these
(a) k = 0 (b) k 3 5 4. The number of lines that are parallel to 2x + 6y + 7 =0 and
have an intercept of length 10 between the coordinate axes
(c) k 5 (d) k = 3 is
3. A line through A (– 5, – 4) meets the line x + 3y + 2 = 0,
(a) 1 (b) 2
2x + y + 4 = 0 and x – y – 5 = 0 at B, C and D respectively. If
(c) 4 (d) Infinitely many
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5. The distance of the point (1, 2) from the line x + y + 5 = 0 10. The straight line y = x – 2 rotates about a point where it cuts
measured along the line parallel to 3x – y = 7 is equal to the x-axis and becomes perpendicular to the straight line
(a) (b) 40 ax + by + c = 0. Then its equation is
4 10
(a) ax + by + 2a = 0 (b) ax – by – 2a = 0
(c) 40 (d) 10 2 (c) bx + ay – 2b = 0 (d) ay – bx + 2b = 0
6. If p1, p2 are the lengths of the normals drawn from the origin 11. The number of possible straight lines, passing through
on the lines x cos + y sin = 2a cos 4 and (2, 3) and forming a triangle with coordinate axes, whose
x sec + y cosec = 4a cos 2 area is 12 sq. units, is
(a) 1 (b) 2
respectively, and mp12 np22 4a 2 . Then
(c) 3 (d) 4
(a) m = 1, n = 1 (b) m = 1, n = 4 12. The slopes of the lines represented by
(c) m = 4, n = 1 (d) m = 1, n = – 1 x2 + 2hxy + 2y2 = 0 are in the ratio 1 : 2, then h equals
7. For what value of ‘p’ , y2 + xy + px2 – x – 2y + p = 0 represent
2 straight lines : 1 3
(a) (b)
2 2
2
(a) 2 (b)
3 (c) 1 (d) 3
13. The distance of the line 2x + y = 3 from the point (–1, 3) in the
1 1 direction whose slope is 1 is
(c) (d)
4 2
2 2
8. One vertex of an equilateral triangle is (2,3) and the equation (a) (b)
of line opposite to the vertex is x + y = 2, then the equation 3 3
of remaining two sides are
2 2 2 5
(a) y – 3 = (2 3 ) (x – 2) (b) y + 3 = (2 3 ) (x + 2) (c) (d)
3 3
(c) y + 3 = ((3 2 ) (x +2) (d) y – 3 = (3 2 ) (x – 2) 14. The equation of the straight line, the portion of which
9. The point on the line x + y = 4 which lie at a unit distance intercepted between the coordinate axes being divided by
from the line 4x + 3y = 10, are the point (–5, 4) in the ratio 1 : 2, is
(a) (3, 1), (– 7, 11) (b) (3, 1), (7, 11) (a) 8x + 5y = 60 (b) 8x – 5y = 60
(c) (–3, 1), (–7, 11) (d) (1, 3), (–7, 11) (c) –8x + 5y = 60 (d) None of these
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15. The reflection of the point (4, –13) in the line 5x + y + 6 = 0 , is (a) (b)
x 3y 0 3x y 0
(a) (–1, –14) (b) (3, 4)
(c) (1, 2) (d) (–4, 13) (c) x 3y 0 (d) 3x y 0
16. The combined equation of the pair of lines through the point
(1, 0) an d parallel to th e lines represented by 20. If the image of point P(2, 3) in a line L is Q(4, 5), then the
image of point R(0, 0) in the same line is:
2 x2 xy y2 0 is (a) (2,2) (b) (4, 5)
2 (c) (3, 4) (d) (7, 7)
(a) 2x xy y2 4x y 0 21. The coordinates of a point which is at +3 distance from
2 2 points (1, –3) of line 2x + 3y + 7 = 0 is
(b) 2x xy y 4x y 2 0
2 2 9 6 9 9
(c) 2 x xy y 2 x y 0 (a) 1 , 3 (b) 1 ,1
13 13 13 13
(d) None of these
17. P is a point on either of the two lines y 3 | x | 2 at a 6 6 9 6
(c) 3 ,3 (d) 1 , 3
distance of 5 units from their point of intersection. The 13 13 13 13
coordinates of the foot of the perpendicular from P on the 22. If one of the diagonals of a square is along the line x = 2y
bisector of the angle between them are and one of its vertices is (3, 0), then its sides through this
4 5 3 4 5 3 vertex are given by the equations
(a) 0, or 0, depending on which the (a) y 3x 9 0, 3y x 3 0
2 2
point P is taken (b) y 3x 9 0, 3y x 3 0
(c) y 3x 9 0, 3y x 3 0
4 5 3
(b) 0,
2 (d) y 3x 3 0, 3y x 9 0
23. Given a family of lines a(2x + y + 4) + b(x – 2y – 3) = 0, the
4 5 3
(c) 0, number of lines belonging to the family at a distance 10
2
from P(2, –3) is
(a) 0 (b) 1
5 5 3
(d) , (c) 2 (d) 4
2 2 24. The line parallel to the x- axis and passing through the
18. The distance between the parallel lines intersection of the lines ax + 2by + 3b = 0 and
bx – 2ay – 3a = 0, where (a, b) (0, 0) is
9 x 2 – 6 xy y 2 18 x 6 y 8 0 is
3
2 1 (a) below the x - axis at a distance of from it
2
(a) (b)
10 10 2
(b) below the x - axis at a distance of from it
3
4
(c) (d) None of these 3
10 (c) above the x - axis at a distance of from it
2
19. Equation of the hour hand at 4 O' clock is
2
(d) above the x - axis at a distance of from it
3
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25. The equation 28. The points (1,3) and (5,1) are two opposite vertices of a
2 2 rectangle. The other two vertices lie on the line y = 2x + c,
8 x 8 xy 2 y 26 x 13 y 15 0 represents a pair of
then one of the remaining vertices is
straight lines. The distance between them is (a) (4,4) (b) (2,2)
(a) 7/ 5 (b) 7/2 5 (c) (0,2) (d) (4,2)
29. (sin , cos ) and (3, 2) lies on the same side of the line
(c) 7 /5 (d) None of these x + y = 1, then lies between
26. A straight line L through the point (3, –2) is inclined at an (a) (0, /2) (b) (0, )
(c) ( /4, /2) (d) (0, /4)
angle 60° to the line 3x y 1. If L also intersects the
30. The perpendicular distance between the straight lines
x-axis, then the equation of L is 6x + 8y + 15 = 0 and 3x + 4y + 9 = 0 is
(a) y 3x 2 3 3 0 (b) y 3x 2 3 3 0 3 3
(a) units (b) unit
3 y x 3 2 3 0 (d) 2 10
(c) 3y x 3 2 3 0
27. The equation of a straight line, which passes through the 3 2
point (a, 0) and whose perpendicular distance from the point (c) unit (d) unit
4 7
(2a, 2a) is a, is
(a) 3x – 4y – 3a = 0 (b) x – a = 0
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) Neither of (a) and (b)