Straight Lines and Pair of Straight Lines

563 Questions
2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift

Let ABC be an equilateral triangle with orthocenter at the origin and the side BC on the line $x+2 \sqrt{2} y=4$. If the co-ordinates of the vertex A are $(\alpha, \beta)$, then the greatest integer less than or equal to $|\alpha+\sqrt{2} \beta|$ is

A.

5

B.

4

C.

2

D.

3

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

Let the angles made with the positive $x$-axis by two straight lines drawn from the point $\mathrm{P}(2,3)$ and meeting the line $x+y=6$ at a distance $\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}$ from the point P be $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$. Then the value of $\left(\theta_1+\theta_2\right)$ is:

A.

$\frac{\pi}{2}$

B.

$\frac{\pi}{3}$

C.

$\frac{\pi}{12}$

D.

$\frac{\pi}{6}$

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

Let $A(1,0), B(2,-1)$ and $C\left(\frac{7}{3}, \frac{4}{3}\right)$ be three points. If the equation of the bisector of the angle ABC is $\alpha x+\beta y=5$, then the value of $\alpha^2+\beta^2$ is

A.

5

B.

10

C.

8

D.

13

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

Let $\mathrm{A}(1,2)$ and $\mathrm{C}(-3,-6)$ be two diagonally opposite vertices of a rhombus, whose sides AD and BC are parallel to the line $7 x-y=14$. If $\mathrm{B}(\alpha, \beta)$ and $\mathrm{D}(\gamma, \delta)$ are the other two vertices, then $|\alpha+\beta+\gamma+\delta|$ is equal to :

A.

3

B.

6

C.

1

D.

9

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift

A rectangle is formed by the lines $x=0, y=0, x=3$ and $y=4$. Let the line L be perpendicular to $3 x+y+6=0$ and divide the area of the rectangle into two equal parts. Then the distance of the point $\left(\frac{1}{2},-5\right)$ from the line $L$ is equal to :

A.

$\sqrt{10}$

B.

$2 \sqrt{5}$

C.

$2 \sqrt{10}$

D.

$3 \sqrt{10}$

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Evening Shift

Among the statements

$(S 1)$ : If $A(5,-1)$ and $B(-2,3)$ are two vertices of a triangle, whose orthocentre is $(0,0)$, then its third vertex is $(-4,-7)$

and

(S2) : If positive numbers $2 a, b, c$ are three consecutive terms of an A.P., then the lines $a x+b y+c=0$ are concurrent at $(2,-2)$,

A.

both are incorrect

B.

only (S2) is correct

C.

both are correct

D.

only (S1) is correct

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Morning Shift

Let a point A lie between the parallel lines $\mathrm{L}_1$ and $\mathrm{L}_2$ such that its distances from $\mathrm{L}_1$ and $\mathrm{L}_2$ are 6 and 3 units, respectively. Then the area (in sq. units) of the equilateral triangle ABC , where the points B and C lie on the lines $\mathrm{L}_1$ and $\mathrm{L}_2$, respectively, is :

A.

$21 \sqrt{3}$

B.

$12 \sqrt{2}$

C.

$15 \sqrt{6}$

D.

27

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

Let a be the length of a side of a square OABC with O being the origin. Its side OA makes an acute angle $\alpha $ with the positive x-axis and the equations of its diagonals are $(\sqrt{3}+1)x+(\sqrt{3}-1)y=0$ and $(\sqrt{3}-1)x-(\sqrt{3}+1)y+8\sqrt{3}=0$. Then $a$2 is equal to :

A.

48

B.

16

C.

24

D.

32

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

A line passing through the point P($a$, 0) makes an acute angle $\alpha $ with the positive x-axis. Let this line be rotated about the point P through an angle $\frac{\alpha}{2}$ in the clockwise direction. If in the new position, the slope of the line is $2 - \sqrt{3}$ and its distance from the origin is $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$, then the value of $3a^2 \tan^2 \alpha - 2\sqrt{3}$ is :

A.

8

B.

4

C.

5

D.

6

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Evening Shift

If the orthocenter of the triangle formed by the lines y = x + 1, y = 4x - 8 and y = mx + c is at (3, -1), then m - c is :

A.

0

B.

2

C.

-2

D.

4

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Morning Shift

Let ABC be the triangle such that the equations of lines AB and AC be $3 y-x=2$ and $x+y=2$, respectively, and the points B and C lie on $x$-axis. If P is the orthocentre of the triangle ABC , then the area of the triangle PBC is equal to

A.
8
B.
4
C.
10
D.
6
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

Let the three sides of a triangle are on the lines $4 x-7 y+10=0, x+y=5$ and $7 x+4 y=15$. Then the distance of its orthocentre from the orthocentre of the tringle formed by the lines $x=0, y=0$ and $x+y=1$ is

A.
$\sqrt{20}$
B.
$20$
C.
$\sqrt{5}$
D.
$5$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 3rd April Evening Shift
Consider the lines $x(3 \lambda+1)+y(7 \lambda+2)=17 \lambda+5, \lambda$ being a parameter, all passing through a point P. One of these lines (say $L$ ) is farthest from the origin. If the distance of $L$ from the point $(3,6)$ is $d$, then the value of $d^2$ is
A.
10
B.
20
C.
15
D.
30
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 3rd April Morning Shift

A line passes through the origin and makes equal angles with the positive coordinate axes. It intersects the lines $\mathrm{L}_1: 2 x+y+6=0$ and $\mathrm{L}_2: 4 x+2 y-p=0, p>0$, at the points A and B , respectively. If $A B=\frac{9}{\sqrt{2}}$ and the foot of the perpendicular from the point $A$ on the line $L_2$ is $M$, then $\frac{A M}{B M}$ is equal to

A.
5
B.
3
C.
2
D.
4
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift
Let the area of the triangle formed by a straight line $\mathrm{L}: x+\mathrm{b} y+\mathrm{c}=0$ with co-ordinate axes be 48 square units. If the perpendicular drawn from the origin to the line L makes an angle of $45^{\circ}$ with the positive $x$-axis, then the value of $\mathrm{b}^2+\mathrm{c}^2$ is :
A.
90
B.
83
C.
93
D.
97
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Let the line x + y = 1 meet the axes of x and y at A and B, respectively. A right angled triangle AMN is inscribed in the triangle OAB, where O is the origin and the points M and N lie on the lines OB and AB, respectively. If the area of the triangle AMN is $ \frac{4}{9} $ of the area of the triangle OAB and AN : NB = $ \lambda : 1 $, then the sum of all possible value(s) of $ \lambda $ is:

A.

$\frac{1}{2}$

B.

$\frac{5}{2}$

C.

2

D.

$\frac{13}{6}$

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Let ΔABC be a triangle formed by the lines 7x – 6y + 3 = 0, x + 2y – 31 = 0 and 9x – 2y – 19 = 0. Let the point (h, k) be the image of the centroid of ΔABC in the line 3x + 6y – 53 = 0. Then h2 + k2 + hk is equal to :

A.

47

B.

37

C.

40

D.

36

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift

Two equal sides of an isosceles triangle are along $ -x + 2y = 4 $ and $ x + y = 4 $. If $ m $ is the slope of its third side, then the sum, of all possible distinct values of $ m $, is:

A.

$-2\sqrt{10}$

B.

12

C.

-6

D.

6

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift

If A and B are the points of intersection of the circle $x^2 + y^2 - 8x = 0$ and the hyperbola $\frac{x^2}{9} - \frac{y^2}{4} = 1$ and a point P moves on the line $2x - 3y + 4 = 0$, then the centroid of $\Delta PAB$ lies on the line :

A.

$x + 9y = 36$

B.

$9x - 9y = 32$

C.

$4x - 9y = 12$

D.

$6x - 9y = 20$

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

Let the points $\left(\frac{11}{2}, \alpha\right)$ lie on or inside the triangle with sides $x+y=11, x+2 y=16$ and $2 x+3 y=29$. Then the product of the smallest and the largest values of $\alpha$ is equal to :

A.
22
B.
33
C.
55
D.
44
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

Let the lines $3 x-4 y-\alpha=0,8 x-11 y-33=0$, and $2 x-3 y+\lambda=0$ be concurrent. If the image of the point $(1,2)$ in the line $2 x-3 y+\lambda=0$ is $\left(\frac{57}{13}, \frac{-40}{13}\right)$, then $|\alpha \lambda|$ is equal to

A.
91
B.
113
C.
101
D.
84
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

A rod of length eight units moves such that its ends $A$ and $B$ always lie on the lines $x-y+2=0$ and $y+2=0$, respectively. If the locus of the point $P$, that divides the rod $A B$ internally in the ratio $2: 1$ is $9\left(x^2+\alpha y^2+\beta x y+\gamma x+28 y\right)-76=0$, then $\alpha-\beta-\gamma$ is equal to :

A.
24
B.
22
C.
21
D.
23
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift

Let the triangle PQR be the image of the triangle with vertices $(1,3),(3,1)$ and $(2,4)$ in the line $x+2 y=2$. If the centroid of $\triangle \mathrm{PQR}$ is the point $(\alpha, \beta)$, then $15(\alpha-\beta)$ is equal to :

A.
21
B.
19
C.
22
D.
24
2025 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 22nd January Evening Shift

Let the distance between two parallel lines be 5 units and a point $P$ lie between the lines at a unit distance from one of them. An equilateral triangle $P Q R$ is formed such that $Q$ lies on one of the parallel lines, while R lies on the other. Then $(Q R)^2$ is equal to _________.

2025 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 2 Online

Let S denote the locus of the point of intersection of the pair of lines

$4x - 3y = 12\alpha$,

$4\alpha x + 3\alpha y = 12$,

where $\alpha$ varies over the set of non-zero real numbers. Let T be the tangent to S passing through the points $(p, 0)$ and $(0, q)$, $q > 0$, and parallel to the line $4x - \frac{3}{\sqrt{2}} y = 0$.

Then the value of $pq$ is :

A.

$-6\sqrt{2}$

B.

$-3\sqrt{2}$

C.

$-9\sqrt{2}$

D.

$-12\sqrt{2}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

$A(2,0), B(0,2), C(-2,0)$ are three points. Let $a, b, c$ be the perpendicular distances from a variable point $P$ on to the lines $A B, B C$ and $C A$ respectively. If $a, b, c$ are in arithmetic progression, then the locus of $P$ is

A.

$|\sqrt{2} y|=2|x-y+2|-|x+y-2|$

B.

$\sqrt{2}|y|=|x-y+2|-|x+y-2|$

C.

$2|x-y+2|=\left|\frac{x+y-2}{\sqrt{2}}\right|+\left|\frac{x-y-2}{\sqrt{2}}\right|$

D.

$2|x-y+2|=|x+(\sqrt{2}+1) y+2|$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

Two families of lines are given by $a x+b y+c=0$ and $4 a^2+9 b^2-c^2-12 a b=0$. Then, the line common to both the families is

A.

A line passing through $(-1,2)$ and $(2,3)$

B.

A line passing through $(3,2)$ and $(2,3)$

C.

A line passing through $(-3,-2)$ and $(-2,-3)$

D.

A line passing through $(2,-3)$ and $(-2,3)$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

Two non-parallel sides of a rhombus are parallel to the lines $x+y-1=0$ and $7 x-y-5=0$. If $(1,3)$ is the centre of the rhombus and one of its vertices $A(\alpha, \beta)$ lies on $15 x-5 y=6$, then one of the possible values of $(\alpha+\beta)$ is

A.

$\frac{18}{5}$

B.

$\frac{12}{5}$

C.

$\frac{37}{5}$

D.

$\frac{39}{5}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Evening Shift

If the equations $3 x^2+2 h x y-3 y^2=0$ and $3 x^2+2 h x y-3 y^2+2 x-4 y+c=0$ represent the four sides of a square, then $\frac{h}{c}=$

A.

$\frac{1}{4}$

B.

$\frac{-2}{3}$

C.

-3

D.

-4

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

$(a, b)$ are the new coordinates of the point $(2,3)$ after shifting the origin to the point $(3,2)$ by translation of axes. If $(c, d)$ are the new coordinates of the point $(a, b)$ after rotating the axes through an angle $\frac{\pi}{4}$ about the origin in the anti-clockwise direction, then $d-c=$

A.

0

B.

1

C.

$\sqrt{2}$

D.

$2 \sqrt{2}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

The lines $x+y+4=0, x-2 y-4=0$ and $3 x+4 y-2=0$

A.

are concurrent

B.

form an isosceles triangle

C.

form a right-angled triangle

D.

form a scalene triangle

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

The area of the triangle formed by the line $L$ with the coordinate axes is 12 sq. units. If $L$ passes through the point $(12,4)$ and the product $P$ of $X$ - intercept of $L$ and square of the $Y$-intercept of $L$ is negative, then $P=$

A.

-48

B.

-24

C.

-192

D.

-72

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

The area of the quadrilateral formed by the lines $x+2 y+3=0,2 x+4 y+9=0, x-2 y+3=0$ and $3 x-6 y+11=0$

A.

$\frac{5}{12}$

B.

$\frac{1}{4}$

C.

$\frac{3}{4}$

D.

$\frac{7}{12}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 4th May Morning Shift

If $(-1,-1)$ is the point of intersection of the pair of lines $2 x^2+5 x y-3 y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0$. Then $g+f$

A.

4 c

B.

$3 c$

C.

2 c

D.

C

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

A straight line passing through a point $(3,2)$ cuts $X$ and $Y$ axes at the points $A$ and $B$ respectively. If a point $P$ divides $A B$ in the ratio $2: 3$, then the equation of the locus of point $P$ is

A.

$\frac{9}{x}+\frac{4}{y}=1$

B.

$9 x+4 y=5 x y$

C.

$4 x+9 y=5 x y$

D.

$\frac{4}{x}+\frac{9}{y}=1$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

By shifting the origin to the point $(-1,2)$ through translation of axes, if $a x^2+2 h x y+b y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0$ is the transformed equation of $2 x^2-x y+y^2-3 x+4 y-5=0$, then $2(f+g+h)=$

A.

$a+b+c$

B.

$a-5(b+c)$

C.

$3(a+b+c)$

D.

$c-5(a+b)$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

If a line $L$ passing through the point $A(-2,4)$ makes an angel of $60^{\circ}$ with the positive direction of $X$ - axis in anti-clockwise direction and $B(p, q)$ lying in the 3rd quadrant is a point on $L$ at the distance of 6 units from the point $A$, then $\sqrt{p^2+q^2-8 q}=$

A.

6

B.

7

C.

8

D.

9

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

If the perpendicular drawn from the point $(2,-3)$ to the straight line $4 x-3 y+8=0$ meets it at $M(a, b)$ and $a^3-b^3=k^3$, then $k=$

A.

1

B.

-1

C.

2

D.

-2

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

Let $Q$ be the image of a point $P(1,2)$ with respect to the line $x+y+1=0$ and $R$ be the image of $Q$ with respect to the line $x-y-1=0$. If $M$ and $N$ are the mid-points of $P Q$ and $Q R$ respectively, then $M N=$

A.

$\sqrt{10}$

B.

4

C.

$\sqrt{22}$

D.

5

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Evening Shift

If the slopes of the lines represented by the equation $6 x^2+2 h x y+4 y^2=0$ are in the ratio $2: 3$, then the value of $h$ such that both the lines make acute angles with the positive $X$-axis measured in positive direction is

A.

5

B.

$\frac{5}{2}$

C.

-5

D.

$-\frac{5}{2}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Morning Shift

If $2 x^2+x y-6 y^2+k=0$ is the transformed equation of $2 x^2+x y-6 y^2-13 x+9 y+15=0$ when the origin is shifted to the point $(a, b)$ by translation of axes, then $k=$

A.

1

B.

0

C.

21

D.

15

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Morning Shift

The line $L \equiv 6 x+3 y+k=0$ divides the line segment joining the points $(3,5)$ and $(4,6)$ in the ratio $-5: 4$. If the point of intersection of the lines $L=0$ and $x-y+1=0$ is $P(g, h)$, then $h=$

A.

$2 g$

B.

$2 g-1$

C.

$3 g$

D.

$g+1$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Morning Shift

A straight line through the point $P(1,2)$ makes an angle $\theta$ with positive X -axis in anticlockwise direction and meets the line $x+\sqrt{3 y}-2 \sqrt{3}=0$ at $Q$. If $P Q=\frac{1}{2}$, then $\theta=$

A.

$\frac{\pi}{6}$

B.

$\frac{5 \pi}{6}$

C.

$\frac{2 \pi}{3}$

D.

$\frac{\pi}{3}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Morning Shift

The lines $x-2 y+1=0,2 x-3 y-1=0$ and $3 x-y+k=0$ are concurrent. The angle between the lines $3 x-y+k=0$ and $m x-3 y+6=0$ is $45^{\circ}$. If $m$ is an integer, then $m-k=$

A.

-6

B.

18

C.

6

D.

-18

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 3rd May Morning Shift

If $\tan ^{-1}(2 \sqrt{10})$ is the angle between the lines $a x^2+4 x y-2 y^2=0$ and $a \in Z$, then the product of the slopes of given lines is

A.

$\frac{3}{2}$

B.

$\frac{2}{3}$

C.

$-\frac{2}{3}$

D.

$-\frac{3}{2}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Evening Shift

The point $P(\alpha, \beta)(\alpha>0, \beta>0)$ undergoes the following transformations successively.

(a) Translation to a distance of 3 units in positive direction of $X$-axis.

(b) Reflection about the line $y=-x$.

(c) Rotation of axes through an angle of $\frac{\pi}{4}$ about the origin in the positive direction.

If the final position of that point $P$ is $(-4 \sqrt{2},-2 \sqrt{2})$, then $(\alpha+\beta)=$

A.

5

B.

7

C.

$6 \sqrt{2}$

D.

$2 \sqrt{2}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Evening Shift

If the line passing through the point $(4,-3)$ and having negative slope makes an angle of $45^{\circ}$ with the line joining the points $(1,1),(2,3)$, then the sum of intercepts of that line is

A.

$\frac{7}{3}$

B.

1

C.

12

D.

$\frac{26}{3}$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Evening Shift

$O(0,0), B(-3,-1)$ and $C(-1,-3)$ are vertices of a $\triangle O B C$. $D$ is a point on $O C$ and $E$ is a point on $O B$. If the equation of $D E$ is $2 x+2 y+\sqrt{2}=0$, then the ratio in which the line $D E$ divides the altitude of the $\triangle O B C$ is

A.

$\sqrt{2}: 4 \sqrt{2}+2$

B.

$1: 4 \sqrt{2}+1$

C.

$\sqrt{2}: 4 \sqrt{2}-2$

D.

$1: 4 \sqrt{2}-1$

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Evening Shift

Every point on the curve $3 x+2 y-3 x y=0$ is the centroid of a triangle formed by the coordinate axes and a line $(L)$ intersecting both the coordinates axes. Then, all such lines $(L)$

A.

are parallel

B.

are concurrent

C.

intersect each other at different points

D.

are perpendicular to the tangents to the curve

2025 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TG EAPCET 2025 (Online) 2nd May Evening Shift

The value of ' $a$ ' for which the equation $\left(a^2-3\right) x^2+16 x y -2 a y^2+4 x-8 y-2=0$ represents a pair of perpendicular lines is

A.

2

B.

-1

C.

3

D.

4