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11TH (MATH) STRAIGHT LINE

(ASSIGNMENT-3)

1. Slope of a line which cuts intercepts of equal lengths on the axes is

(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c)2 (d) 3
2. If the coordinates of the points A and B be (3, 3) and (7, 6), then the length of the portion of
the line AB intercepted between the axes is
5 10 13
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
4 4 3
3. If the line 2 x + 3 y = 5 and y = mx + c be parallel, then
(a) m = 2/3, c = 5 (b) m = – 2/3, c = 5
(c) m = – 2/3, c = any real number (d)None of these
4. The line (3x − y + 5) + λ ( 2 x − 3 y − 4) = 0 will be parallel to y-axis, if λ =
1 −1 3 −3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 2 2
5. The gradient of the line joining the points on the curve y = x 2 + 2 x whose abscissa are 1 and
3, is
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
6. The parallelism condition for two straight lines one of which is specified by the equation
ax + by + c = 0 the other being represented parametrically by x = α t + β , y = γ t + δ is
given by
(a) αγ − bα = 0 , β = δ = c = 0 (b) aα − bγ = 0 , β = δ = 0
(c) aα + bγ = 0 (d) aγ = bα = 0
7. 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
8. The equations of the lines which cuts off an intercept – 1 from y-axis are equally inclined to the
axes are
(a) x − y + 1 = 0, x + y + 1 = 0 (b) x − y − 1 = 0, x + y − 1 = 0
(c) x − y − 1 = 0, x + y + 1 = 0 (d) None of these
9. A line L is perpendicular to the line 5 x − y = 1 and the area of the triangle formed by the line L
and coordinate axes is 5. The equation of the line L is
(a) x + 5 y = 5 (b) x + 5 y = ±5 2
(c) x − 5 y = 5 (d) x − 5 y = 5 2
10. The equation of the line whose slope is 3 and which cuts off an intercept 3 from the positive
x – axis is
(a) y = 3x − 9 (b) y = 3x + 3 (c) y = 3x + 9 (d) None of these

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11. If the coordinates of the points A, B, C, D, be ( a , b), ( a ′, b ′), ( − a , b) and ( a ′, − b ′)

respectively, then the equation of the line bisecting the line segments AB and CD is
(a) 2a ′y − 2bx = ab − a ′b ′ (b) 2ay − 2b ′ x = ab − a ′b ′
(c) 2ay − 2b ′x = a ′b − ab ′ (d)None of these
12. 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
13. If the coordinates of A and B be (1, 1) and (5, 7), then the equation of the perpendicular bisector of
the line segment AB is
(a) 2 x + 3 y = 18 (b) 2 x − 3 y + 18 = 0 (c) 2 x + 3 y − 1 = 0 (d) 3x − 2 y + 1 = 0
14. If the coordinates of the points A, B, C be (– 1, 5), (0, 0) and (2, 2) respectively and D be the
middle point of BC, then the equation of the perpendicular drawn from B to the line AD is
(a) x + 2 y = 0 (b) 2 x + y = 0 (c) x − 2 y = 0 (d) 2 x − y = 0
15. The equation of the line passing through the point ( x ′, y ′) and perpendicular to the line
yy ′ = 2a ( x + x ′) is
(a) xy ′ + 2ay + 2ay ′ − x ′y ′ = 0 (b) xy ′ + 2ay − 2ay ′ − x ′y ′ = 0
(c) xy ′ + 2ay + 2ay ′ + x ′y ′ = 0 (d) xy ′ + 2ay − 2ay ′ + x ′y ′ = 0
16. If the middle points of the sides BC, CA and AB of the triangle ABC be (1, 3), (5, 7) and (– 5, 7),
then the equation of the side AB is
(a) x − y − 2 = 0 (b) x − y + 12 = 0 (c) x + y − 12 = 0 (d) None of these
17. If the coordinates of the vertices of the triangle ABC be (– 1, 6), (– 3, – 9), and (5, – 8)
respectively, then the equation of the median through C is
(a) 13x − 14 y − 47 = 0 (b) 13x − 14 y + 47 = 0
(c) 13x + 14 y + 47 = 0 (d) 13x + 14 y − 47 = 0
x y
18. The equation of the line perpendicular to the line − = 1 and passing through the point at
a b
which it cuts x–axis, 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
19. The equation of the line passing through the point (1, 2) and perpendicular to the line
x + y + 1 = 0 is
(a) y − x + 1 = 0 (b) y − x − 1 = 0 (c) y − x + 2 = 0 (d) y − x − 2 = 0
20. A line passes through the point (3, 4) and cuts off intercepts from the coordinates axes such
that their sum is 14. The equation of the line is
(a) 4 x − 3 y = 24 (b) 4 x + 3 y = 24 (c) 3x − 4 y = 24 (d) 3x + 4 y = 24
21. The equation of the line bisecting the line segment joining the points (a, b) and (a′, b′) at right
angle, is
(a) 2( a − a ′) x + 2(b − b ′) y = a 2 + b 2 − a ′ 2 − b ′ 2
(b) ( a − a ′) x + (b − b ′) y = a 2 + b 2 − a ′ 2 − b ′ 2
(c) 2( a − a ′) x + 2(b − b ′) y = a ′ 2 + b' 2 − a 2 − b 2
(d) None of these

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22. A line meets x–axis and y-axis at the points A and B respectively. If the middle point of AB be
( x1 , y1 ), then the equation of the line is
(a) y1 x + x1 y = 2 x1 y1 (b) x1 x + y1 y = 2 x1 y1
(c) y1 x + x1 y = x1 y1 (d) x1 x + y1 y = x1 y1
23. The equation of the line parallel to the line 2 x − 3 y = 1 and passing through the middle point
of the line segment joining the points (1, 3) and (1, – 7), is
(a) 2 x − 3 y + 8 = 0 (b) 2 x − 3 y = 8 (c) 2 x − 3 y + 4 = 0 (d) 2 x − 3 y = 4

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24. The equations of the lines passing through the point (1, 0) and at a distance from the
2
origin, are
(a) 3 x + y − 3 = 0, 3x − y − 3 = 0 (b) 3 x + y + 3 = 0, 3x − y + 3 = 0
(c) x + 3 y − 3 = 0, x − 3 y − 3 = 0 (d) None of these
25. The equation of a straight line passing through x + 2 y = 2 and cutting an intercept equal in
magnitude but opposite in sign from the axes is given by
(a) x − y + 5 = 0 (b) x + y − 5 = 0 (c) x − y − 5 = 0 (d) x + y + 5 = 0
26. The equation of a line passing through the point of intersection of the lines
x + 5 y + 7 = 0, 3x + 2 y − 5 = 0, and perpendicular to the line 7 x + 2 y − 5 = 0, is given by
(a) 2 x − 7 y − 20 = 0 (b) 2 x + 7 y − 20 = 0
(c) − 2 x + 7 y − 20 = 0 (d) 2 x + 7 y + 20 = 0
27. A line passes through the point of intersection of 2 x + y = 5 and x + 3 y + 8 = 0 and parallel
to the line 3x + 4 y = 7 is
(a) 3x + 4 y + 3 = 0 (b) 3x + 4 y = 0
(c) 4 x − 3 y + 3 = 0 (d) 4 x − 3 y = 3
28. The equation of the line joining the origin to the point (– 4, 5), is
(a) 5 x + 4 y = 0 (b) 3x + 4 y = 2 (c) 5 x − 4 y = 0 (d) 4 x − 5 y = 0
29. 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

30. The equation of a line through (3, − 4) and perpendicular to the line 3x + 4 y = 5 is
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(a) 4 x + 3 y = 24 (b) y − 4 = ( x + 3) (c) 3 y − 4 x = 24 (d) y + 4 = ( x − 3)
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