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Mathematics : Straight Line
Practice Paper – 01
1. Angles made with the x - axis by two lines drawn through the point (1, 2) and cutting the line

x + y = 4 at a distance

(A)  and  (B)  and 3 (C)  and 5 (D)  and 

6 3 8 8 12 12 4 2
2. Consider a family of straight lines (x  y)  (2x  y  1)  0 . Find the equation of the straight
line belonging to this family that is farthest from 1, 3

(A) 6x  15y  7  0 (B) 6x  15y  7  0 (C) 5x  2y  1  0 (D) 5x  2y  1  0

3. One side of an equilateral triangle is 3x+4y=7 and its vertex is (1,2). Then the length of the
side of the triangle is

(A) 4 3 (B) 3 3 (C) 8 3 (D) 4 3

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4. Equation of the line through the point of intersection of the lines 3x+2y+4=0 and 2x+5y-1=0
whose distance from (2,-1) is 2
(A) 2x – y + 5 = 0 (B) 4x + 3y + 5 = 0 (C) x + 2 = 0 (D) 3x + y + 5 = 0
5. The acute angle bisector between the lines 3x-4y-5=0, 5x+12y-26=0 is
(A) 7x–56y+32=0 (B) 9x–3y+13=0 (C) 14x–112y+65=0 (D) 7x–13y+9=0
6. Find the equation of the bisector of the angle between the lines x+2y–11=0, 3x–6y–5=0
which contains the point (1,–3)
(A) 2x  19  0 (B) 2x  19  0 (C) 3x  19  0 (D) 3x  19  0

7. A straight line which make equal intercepts on +ve x and y axes and which is at a distance '1'
unit from the origin intersects the straight line y  2x  3  2 at x 0 , y0  then 2x 0  y0

(A) 3  2 (B) 2 1 (C) 1 (D) 0

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8. 
If p 1  t 2, 2  t 2  be any point on a line, then the range of the values of t for which the
point p lies between the parallel lines x+2y = 1 and 2x + 4y = 15 is
(A) 4 2 /3t5 2 /6 (B) 0  t  5 2 / 6
t0 (D) t  4
(C) 4 2 2
9. A ray of light passing through the point (8,3) and is reflected at (14,0) on x axis. Then the
equation of the reflected ray
(A) x+y=14 (B) x-y=14 (C) 2y=x-14 (D) 3y=x-14
10. A non-trival solution of the system of equations x  y  2z  0 , 2x  z  0 ,
2x  2y  3z  0 is given by x : y : z =
(A) 1 : 2 : –2 (B) 1 : –2 : 2 (C) 2 : 1 : 2 (D) 2 : 1 : –2

11. The number of values of k for which the linear equations 4x  ky  2z  0 , kx  4y  z  0 ,

2x  2y  z  0 posses a non zero solution is
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) zero

12. The locus of the image of the point 2, 3 in the line x  2y  3    2x  3y  4   0  R 
is
2 2 2 2
(A) x  y  3x  4y  4  0 (B) 2x  3y  2x  4y  7  0
2 2 (D) none of these
(C) x  y  2x  4y  3  0

13. A straight line L with negative slope passes through the point 8, 2 and cuts the positive
co-ordinate axes at points P and Q . As L varies, the absolute minimum value of OP  OQ (O
being origin) is
(A) 10 (B) 18 (C) 16 (D) 12
14. When the origin is shifted to a point P, the point (2, 0) is transformed to (0, 4) then the
coordinates of P are

(A) 2,  4 (B) 2, 4 (C) 2,  4 (D) 2, 4

15. If the transformed equation of a curve when the origin is translated to (1, 1) is
2 2
X + Y + 2X – Y + 2 = 0 then the original equation of the curve is
2 2 2 2
(A) x + 2y = 1 (B) x + y + 3y + 3 = 0
2 2 2 2
(C) x + y + 3y – 3 = 0 (D) x + y – 3y + 3 = 0
16. In order to make the first degree terms missing in the equation 2x2 + 7y2 + 8x – 14y + 15 = 0,
the origin should be shifted to the point
(A)   2  (B)   (C) (2, 1) (D) (2, 1)
1, 2, 1

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17. The distance of any point (x, y) from the origin is defined as d = max | x |,| y |, then the
distance of the common point for the family of lines x(1 + ) + y + 2 +  = 0 ( being
parameter) from origin is

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 0

2
18. If the point P( , ) lies in the region corresponding to the acute angle between the lines x – 3y
= 0 and x – 5y = 0 then

(A)  5,15 (B)  5,8 (C)  4,8 (D)  3, 5

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19. Let ax + by + c = 0 be a variable straight line, where a, b and c are 1 , 3 and 7 terms of
some increasing A. P. Then the variable straight line always passes through a fixed point which
lies on
2 2 2 2 2
(A) x + y = 13 (B) x + y = 5 (C) y = 9x (D) 3x + 4y = 9
20. Give the family f lines, a(2x + y + 4) + b(x – 2y – 3) = 0.amongteh lines of the family, the
number of lines situated at a distance of 10 from the point M(2, 3) is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 

2 2
21. Angle between the lines x + 2xy sec  + y = 0 is
(A) /2 (B)  (C) 2 (D) /2
2 2
22. If  is the acute angle between the pair of liens x + 3xy – 4y = 0 then sin  =
(A)  (B)  (C) 5 (D) 3
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The product of perpendiculars from 1, 2 to the pair of lines x + 4xy + 3y = 0 is 4 then k
23. 2 2

5
is
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (C) 1

2 2
24. The value k such that 3x + 11xy + 10y + 7x + 13y + k = 0 represents a pair of straight lines is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
2 2
25. Angle between the pair of lines 2x – 7xy + 3y + 3x + y – 2 = 0
(A) /2 (B) /3 (C) /4 (D) /6
2 2
26. If the angle between the pair of lines 2x + xy + 3y + 8x + 14y + 8 = 0 is (/4), then the
value of  is
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 5 (D) 1
2 2 2
27. If the distance between the pair of parallel lines x + 2xy + y – 8ax – 8ay – 9a = 0 is 25 2
then a =
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5

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28. The equation to the pair of lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of y = x + 3 and
2 2
2x + 2y = 1 is
2 2 2 2 2 2
(A) 12(x + y ) = (x – y) (B) 6(x + y ) = (x – y)
2 2 2 2 2
(C) 18(x + y ) = (x – y) (D) 2(x + y ) = (x – y)
29. If the lines ax + by + c = 0, bx + cy + a = 0 and cx + ay + b = 0 are concurrent then the point of
concurrency is
(1) (0,0) (2) (1,1) (3) (2,2) (4) (-1,-1)
30. If the lines 3x + 2y – 5 = 0, 2x – 5y + 3 = 0, 5x + by + c = 0 are concurrent then b + c =
(1) 7 (2) –5 (3) 6 (4) 9

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