Rectangular coordinates, Straight Lines

1. The inclination of the straight line passing through the point (-3,6) and the midpoint
of the line joining the points (4,-5) and (-2,9) is

(a) π (b) π (c) π (d) 3π (e) 5π

4 6 3 4 6

2. Three vertices of a parallelogram taken in order are (-1,-6), (2,-5) and (7,2). The
fourth vertex is

(a) (1,4) (b) (1,1) (c) (4,4) (d) (4,1) (e) (0,0)

3. Distance between the lines 5x+3y-7=0 and 15x+9y+14=0 is

(a) 35 (b) 1 (c) 35 (d) 35 (e) 35

√34 3√34 3√34 2√34

4. The angle between the lines 2x-y+3=0 and x+2y+3=0 is

(a) 900 (b) 600 (c) 450 (d) 300 (e) 1800

5. The points (-2,-5), (2,-2), (8,a) are collinear, then the value of a is

(a) -5 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 1

2 2 2 2

6. If the segment joining the points (a,b) and (c,d) subtends a right angle at the origin,
then

(a) ac - bd = 0 (b) ac + bd = 0
(c) ab + cd = 0 (d) ab - cd = 0

7. The centroid of the triangle formed by the points (1,a), (2,b) and (c2,-3) lies on the
x-axis, then

(a) a=3 (b) b=3

(c) a+b=3 (d) a-b=3
8. The in centre of the triangle formed by (1,2), (3,4) and (2,3) is

(a) (2,3) (b) (-2,3) (c) (2,-3) (d) None of these.

9. The line 3x+4y=24 cuts the axes at A and B. The area of OAB is

(a) 48 (b) (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 64

10. The length of the perpendicular from the origin to the line x - y = 1 is
3 4
(a) 11 (b) 5 (c) 12 (d) -5
5 12 5 12

11. If the lines x-y-1=0 , 4x+3y=k and 2x – 3y+1 = 0 are concurrent, then K is

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 25 (d) 5 (e) -20

12. The foot of the perpendicular from (-2,3) to the line 2x - y - 3 = 0 is

(a) (-2,3) (b) (2,1) (c) (3,2) (d) (1,2) (e) (-3,-2)

13. The equation of the line passing through (a,b) and parallel to the line x + y = 1 is
a b
(a) x + y = 3 (b) x + y = 2 (c) x + y = 0 (d) x + y + 2 = 0
a b a b a b a b

(e) x + y = 4
a b

14. The equation of the line passing through (-3,5) and perpendicular to the line through
the points (1,0) and (-4,1) is

(a) 5x + y + 10 = 0 (b) 5x - y + 20 = 0 (c) 5x - y - 10 = 0

(d) 5x + y + 20 = 0 (e) 5y - x - 10 = 0

15. The slope of the straight line 2x - 5y = 3 is

10 10
 (a) 5 (b) -5 (c) 2 (d) -2 (e) 4
2 2 5 5 3
16. If y-intercept of the line 4x-ay=8 is thrice its x-intercept, then the value of a is equal
to

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) -3 (d) -4 (e) -2

4 3 4 3 3

17. If the orthocenter, centroid, incentre and circumcentre coincide in triangle ABC and
if the length of side AB is √75 units, then the length of the altitude of the triangle
through the vertex A is

(a) √ 3 units (b) 3 units (c) √15 (d) 15 units (e) √ 5 units
2 2 2
18. A triangle with vertices (4,0) , (-1,-1) , (3,5) is

(a) iscosceles and right angle d

(b) iscosceles but not right angled
(c) right angled but not isosceles
(d) neither right angled nor isosceles

19. Two sides of a parallelogram are along the lines x+y=3 & x-y+3=0. If its diagonals
intersect at (2,4) then one of its vertex is

(a) (2,1) (b) (2,6) (c) (3,5) (d) (3,6)

20. If in a parallelogram ABDC, the coordinates of A,B and C are respectively (1,2) ,
(3,4) and (2,5) then the equation of the diagonal AD is:

(a) 5x + 3y - 11= 0 (b) 5x - 3y + 1 = 0

(c) 3x - 5y + 7 = 0 (c) 3x + 5y - 13 = 0
 Answer Key ( Rectangular coordinates, Straight lines)

1. d 6. b 11. c 16. d

2. d 7. c 12. b 17. d

3. c 8. a 13. b 18. a

4. a 9. c 14. b 19. d

5. b 10. c 15. c 20. b