Ch 7: Coordinate Geometry

1.

The coordinates of the point where line

(A) (a, 0)

2.

(B) (0, b)

intersects Y-axis are:

(C) (0, 7b)

(D) (7a, 0)

The area of the triangle OAB, the coordinates of the points A(4, 0), B(0,-7) and O is
origin, is
(A) 11 sq. units

3.

x y
7
a b

The line

x y
+ =1
2 4

(b) 18 sq. units

(C) 28 sq. units

(D) None of these

intersects the axes at P and Q. The coordinates of the midpoint of PQ

are:
(A) (1, 2)
4.

(D) 2 units

(B) 1 unit

(C) 5 units

(D) 2 units

(C) 9

(D) 3

The points (1, 2), (-5, 6) and (a, -2) are collinear if a =
(B) 7

(C) 2

(D) 5

The two points of a line segment are (1, b) and (-a, -b), then the length of the line is:
a 2 b2

(A)
9.

(C) 5 units

(B) 6

(A) -3
8.

(B) 1 unit

If a is any positive integer such that the distance between the points P(a, 2) and Q(3, -6)
is 10 units, then the value of a is:
(A) -3

7.

(D) (2, 1)

The distance between the points (5cos35o ,0) and (0,5cos55o ) is:
(A) 10 units

6.

(C) 0, 40

The distance between the lines 2x+4=0 and x-5=0 is:

(A) 9 units

5.

(B) (2, 0)

(B) 2 a 2 b2

(C)

2 2
a b2
3

(D)

2 a 2 b2

If the points (a, 0) , (0, b) and (1, 1) are collinear, then

(A) a 2 b2 ab

(C) a b a 2b2

(B) a b ab

(D) None of these

10. If the points A(6, 1), B(8, 2), C(9, 4) and D(p, 3) are vertices of a parallelogram, taken in
order, then the value of p is
(A) 7

(B) 9

(C) 5

(D) 8

11. The centroid of a triangle with two vertices (3, -10), (-1, -9) is (2, -4). The coordinates of
the third vertex are:
(A) (-4, -7)

(B) (4, -7)

(C) (4, 7)

(D) (7, 4)

12. If the points (1, x), (5, 2) and (9, 5) are collinear, then the value of x is:
(A) 5/2

(B) -5/2

(C) -1

(D) 1

13. The end points of diameter of circles are (2, 4) and (-3, -1). Its radius is:
(A)

5 2
2

(B) 5 2

(C) 3 2

(D)

5 2
2

14. The ratio in which x-axis divides the line segment joining the points (5, 4) and (2, -3) is:
(A) 5:2

(B) 3:4

(C) 2: 5
1

(D) 4:3

15. If the distance between the points (2, 2) and (1, x) is 5, one of the values of x is
(A) 2

(C) 1

(B) 2

(D) 1

16. The mid-point of the line segment joining the points A (2, 8) and B ( 6, 4) is
(A) ( 4, 6)

(B) (2, 6)

(C) ( 4, 2)

(D) (4, 2)

17. The points A (9, 0), B (9, 6), C (9, 6) and D (9, 0) are the vertices of a
(A) square

(B) rectangle

(C) rhombus

(D) trapezium

18. The distance of the point P (2, 3) from the x-axis is

(A) 2

(B) 3

(C) 1

(D) 5

19. The distance between the points A (0, 6) and B (0, 2) is

(A) 6

(B) 8

(C) 4

(D) 2

20. The distance of the point P (6, 8) from the origin is

(A) 8

(B) 2 7

(C) 10

(D) 6

21. The distance between the points (0, 5) and (5, 0) is

(A) 5

(B) 5 2

(C) 2 5

(D) 10

22. AOBC is a rectangle whose three vertices are vertices A (0, 3), O (0, 0) and B (5, 0). The
length of its diagonal is
(A) 5

(B) 3

(C) 34

(D) 4

23. The perimeter of a triangle with vertices (0, 4), (0, 0) and (3, 0) is
(A) 5
(B) 12
(C) 11
(D) 7 5
24. The area of a triangle with vertices A (3, 0), B (7, 0) and C (8, 4) is
(A) 14

(B) 28

(C) 8

(D) 6

25. The points (4, 0), (4, 0), (0, 3) are the vertices of a
(A) right triangle

(B) isosceles triangle

(C) equilateral triangle

(D) scalene triangle

26. The point which divides the line segment joining the points (7, 6) and (3, 4) in ratio 1:2
internally lies in the
(A) I quadrant

(B) II quadrant

(C) III quadrant

(D) IV quadrant

27. The point which lies on the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points
A (2, 5) and B (2, 5) is
(A) (0, 0)

(B) (0, 2)

(C) (2, 0)

(D) (2, 0)

28. The fourth vertex D of a parallelogram ABCD whose three vertices are A (2, 3), B (6,
7) and C (8, 3) is
(A) (0, 1)

(B) (0, 1)

(C) (1, 0)

(D) (1, 0)

29. If the point P (2, 1) lies on the line segment joining points A (4, 2) and B (8, 4), then
1
3

(A) AP = AB

1
3

(B) AP =PB

(C) PB = AB

1
2

(D) AP = AB

30.

a
If P ,4 is the mid-point of the line segment joining the points Q( 6, 5) and R( 2, 3),
3

then the value of a is

(A) 4
(B) 12

(D) 6

(C) 12

31. The perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points A (1, 5) and B (4, 6)
cuts the y-axis at
(A) (0, 13)
32.

(B) (0, 13)

(C) (0, 12)

(D) (13, 0)

The coordinates of the point which is

equidistant from the three vertices of the
AOB as shown in the figure is
(A) (x, y)
(B) (y, x)
x y
2 2

(C) ( , )
y x
2 2

(D) ( , )

33. A circle drawn with origin as the centre passes through ( 13 , 0). The point which does
2

not lie in the interior of the circle is

(A) (

3
,1)
4

7
3

(B) (2, )

(C) (5,

1
)
2

5
2

(D) ( 6, )

34. A line intersects the y-axis and x-axis at the points P and Q, respectively. If (2, 5) is the
mid-point of PQ, then the coordinates of P and Q are, respectively
(A) (0, 5) and (2, 0)

(B) (0, 10) and ( 4, 0)

(C) (0, 4) and ( 10, 0)

(D) (0, 10) and (4, 0)

35. The area of a triangle with vertices (a, b + c), (b, c + a) and (c, a + b) is
(A) (a + b + c)2

(B) 0

(C) a + b + c

(D) abc

36. If the distance between the points (4, p) and (1, 0) is 5, then the value of p is
(A) 4 only

(C) 4 only

(B) 4

(D) 0

37. If the points A (1, 2), O (0, 0) and C (a, b) are collinear, then
(A) a = b

(B) a = 2b

(C) 2a = b

(D) a = b