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Straight Line | Test Exam | FM: 100 | Time: 1.5 H

SEC - A

Topic : Straight Lines (Answer any 25 questions)

Type of Questions M.M., Min.

Single choice Objective (no negative marking) Q.1,2,3,4,5 (3 marks, 3 min.) [15, 15]
Subjective Questions (no negative marking) Q.6 (4 marks, 5 min.) [4, 5]

1. If A & B are the points ( 3, 4) and (2, 1), then the coordinates of the point C on AB produced such
that AC = 2 BC are :

 1 5
(A) (2, 4) (B) (3, 7) (C) (7, 2) (D)   , 
 2 2

 11 4 
2. If in triangle ABC , A  (1, 10) , circumcentre   13 , 23  and orthocentre   ,  then the
 3 3

co-ordinates of mid-point of side opposite to A is :

(A) (1,  11/3) (B) (1, 5) (C) (1,  3) (D) (1, 6)

3. Harmonic conjugate of the point (5, 13) with respect to (2, –5) and (3, 1) is

 13   13   13 7  7 13 
(A) 1,  (B)  , 1 (C)  ,   (D)   , 
 5   5   5 5  5 5 

4. An equilateral triangle has each of its sides of length 6 cm. If (x 1, y1) ; (x2, y2) & (x3, y3) are its vertices,

2
x1 y1 1
then the value of the determinant x2 y2 1 is equal to :
x3 y3 1

(A) 192 (B) 243 (C) 486 (D) 972

5. ABC is a triangle. The coordinates of whose vertices are (–2, 4), (10, –2) and (–2, –8). G is the
centroid of triangle ABC, then area of the triangle GBC is equal to
(A) 26 (B) 36 (C) 24 (D) 39

6. One end of a thin straight elastic string is fixed at A (4 ,  1) and the other end B is at (1 , 2) in the
unstretched condition . If the string is stretched to triple its length to the point C , then find the
coordinates of this point .
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SEC - B

Topics : Straight Lines, Solutions of Triangles

Type of Questions M.M., Min.

Single choice Objective (no negative marking) Q.1,2,3 (3 marks, 3 min.) [9, 9]
Multiple choice objective (no negative marking) Q.4 (5 marks, 4 min.) [5, 4]
True or False (no negative marking) Q.5 (2 marks, 2 min.) [2, 2]
Subjective Questions (no negative marking) Q.7 (4 marks, 5 min.) [4, 5]
Match the Following (no negative marking) Q.6 (8 marks, 8 min.) [8, 8]

1. Equation of line inclined at an angle of 45º with positive x-axis and dividing the line joining the points
(3, –1) and (8, 9) in the ratio 2 : 3 internally, is
(A) x – y – 2 = 0 (B) 3x – 3y + 1 = 0
(C) 3x– 3y+2=0 (D) None of these

2. The straight line 2x + 5y – 1 = 0 and 4ax – 5y + 2 = 0 are mutually perpendicular, then the value of 'a'
will be
25 1 25 1
(A) (B) – (C) – (D)
8 2 8 2

3. A line passes through (2, 2) and is perpendicular to the line 3x + y = 3 . Its y  intercept is:
(A) 1/3 (B) 2/3 (C) 1 (D) 4/3

4. The vertices of a triangle are A(x1, x1 tan ), B(x2, x2 tan ) and C(x3, x3 tan ). If the circumcentre of triangle
a
ABC coincides with the origin and H(a, b) be the orthocentre, then =
b
x1  x 2  x 3 x1 cos   x 2 cos   x 3 cos 
(A) (B)
x1 tan   x 2 tan   x 3 tan  x1 sin   x 2 sin   x 3 sin 

tan   tan   tan  cos   cos   cos 

(C) (D)
tan  . tan  . tan  sin   sin   sin 

5. The circumcentre, orthocentre, incentre and centroid of the triangle formed by the points
A(1, 2) , B(4, 6) , C( 2,  1) are collinear . [True or False]

6. Find the equations to the straight lines which pass through the point (1, –2) and cut off equal distances
from the two axes.

7. Match entry of column-I with one or more than one entries of column-II.
Column-I Column-II
(A) Four lines x + 3y – 10 = 0, x + 3y – 20 = 0, (p) a quadrilateral which is neither
3x – y + 5 = 0 and 3x – y – 5 = 0 form a figure a parallelogram nor a
which is trapezium
(B) The point A(1, 2), B(2, –3), C(–1, –5) and D(–2, 4) (q) a parallelogram
in order are vertices of
(C) The lines 7x + 3y – 33 = 0, 3x – 7y + 19 = 0, (r) a rectangle of area 10 sq.units
3x – 7y – 10 = 0 and 7x + 3y – 4 = 0 form a
figure which is
(D) Four lines 4y – 3x – 7 = 0, 3y – 4x + 7 = 0, (s) a square
4y – 3x – 21 = 0, 3y – 4x + 14 = 0 form a figure
which is
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SEC - C

Topic : Straight Lines

Type of Questions M.M., Min.

Single choice Objective (no negative marking) Q.1,2,3,4,5 (3 marks, 3 min.) [15, 15]
Subjective Questions (no negative marking) Q.6 (4 marks, 5 min.) [4, 5]
Match the Following (no negative marking) Q.7 (8 marks, 8 min.) [8, 8]

1. B & C are fixed points having coordinates (3, 0) and ( 3, 0) respectively . If the vertical angle BAC
is 90º, then the locus of the centroid of the  ABC has the equation :
(A) x2 + y2 = 1 (B) x2 + y2 = 9 (C) 9 (x2 + y2) = 1 (D) 9 (x2 + y2) = 4

2. The coordinates of the midpoints of the sides of a triangle ABC are D(2, 1), E(5, 3) and F(3, 7).
Equation of median of the triangle ABC passing through F is
(A) 10x + y – 37 = 0 (B) x + y – 10 = 0 (C) x – 10y + 67 = 0 (D) none of these

3. The coordinates of the orthocentre of the triangle bounded by the lines, 4x  7y + 10 = 0; x + y = 5

and 7x + 4y = 15 is :
(A) (2, 1) (B) ( 1, 2) (C) (1, 2) (D) (1,  2)

4. The family of straight lines 3(a + 1) x – 4 (a – 1) y + 3 (a + 1) = 0 for different values of 'a' passes through
a fixed point whose coordinates are
(A) (1, 0) (B) (–1, 0) (C) (–1, –1) (D) none of these

5. The coordinates of a point P on the line 2x  y + 5 = 0 such that PA  PB is maximum,
where A is (4,  2) and B is (2,  4) will be :
(A) (11, 27) (B) ( 11,  17) (C) ( 11, 17) (D) (0, 5)

6. Given vertices A(1, 1), B(4, –2) and C(5, 5) of a triangle, find the equation of the perpendicular
dropped from C to the interior bisector of the angle A.

7. Match the column

Column – I Column – II
(A) Area of the region enclosed by 2|x| + 3|y|  6 is (p) 12

(B) OPQR is a square and M, N are the mid points of the (q) 2
sides PQ and QR respectively. If the ratio of the areas
of the square and the triangle OMN is  : 6, then  is
equal to
(C) If slope of the straight line through the point (1, 2), whose (r) 4

m
distance from the point (3, 1) has the greatest value, is ,
6
then m is equal to
(D) Area of ABC is 20 sq. units where points A, B and C are (s) 16
(4, 6), (10, 14) and (x, y) respectively. If AC is perpendicular
to BC, then number of positions of C is
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SEC - D

Topic : Straight Lines

Type of Questions M.M., Min.

Comprehension (no negative marking) Q.1 to Q.3 (3 marks, 3 min.) [9, 9]
Single choice Objective (no negative marking) Q.4,5,6 (3 marks, 3 min.) [9, 9]
Multiple choice objective (no negative marking) Q.7 (5 marks, 4 min.) [5, 4]

COMPREHENSION (Q.No. 1 to 3)

Consider the family of lines passing through the point of intersection of lines
L1 : 3x + 4y + 7 = 0
L2 : 4x – 3y + 1 = 0

1. A member of family which bisects the angle between them and is closer to origin, is
(A) x – 7y – 6 = 0 (B) 7x + y + 8 = 0 (C) 7x – y + 6 = 0 (D) 7x + y + 4 = 0

2. A member of family with gradient – 2 has y-intercept equal to

(A) 2 (B) –3 (C) 1 (D) –2

3. A member of this family whose slope is not defined is

(A) y + 1 = 0 (B) x = 1 (C) 3x = 4 (D) x + 1 = 0

4. Chords of the curve 4x2 + y2 – x + 4y = 0 which subtend a right angle at the origin pass through a fixed
point whose co-ordinates are :

1 4  1 4  1 4  1 4
(A)  ,  (B)   ,  (C)  ,  (D)   , 
5 5  5 5  5 5  5 5

5. The image of the pair of lines represented by ax 2 + 2h xy + by2 = 0 by the line mirror y = 0 is :
(A) ax2  2h xy  by2 = 0 (B) bx2  2h xy + ay2 = 0
(C) bx2 + 2h xy + ay2 = 0 (D) ax2  2h xy + by2 = 0

6. The value of k so that the equation 12x 2 – 10xy + 2y2 + 11x – 5y + k = 0 represents a pair of lines is
(A) – 2 (B) 2 (C) 7 (D) – 7

7. The sides AB, BC and CA of a triangle ABC are given by the equation 3x + 4y – 6 = 0, 12x – 5y – 3 = 0 and
x + y + 2 = 0 respectively. Find the equation of bisector of internal angle B.