Straight Lines and Pair of Straight Lines
If the line $2 x-y-4=0$ divides the line segment joining the points $(2,-1)$ and $(1,-4)$ at the point $(a, b)$ in the ratio $m: n$, then $4\left(a-b\left(\frac{m}{n}\right)^2\right)=$
-5
14
11
10
The distance between the points of concurrency of the two families of straight lines given by $x+(5 \lambda+1) y+1-3 \lambda=0$ and $(5 \mu+2) x-3 y+3+6 \mu=0$ is
4
$\frac{2 \sqrt{2}}{5}$
$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{5}$
6
Let the line $L$ drawn perpendicular to the lines $2 x-3 y+4=0$ and $6 x-9 y+7=0$ meet them at $A$ and $B$, respectively. If $P(\mathrm{l}, \mathrm{l})$ is a point on $L$, then the ratio in which $P$ divides $A B$ is
$9: 4$ internally
$9: 4$ externally
$4: 9$ internally
$4: 9$ externally
The orthocentre of the triangle formed by the points $(1,3),(-3,5)$ and $(5,-1)$ is
$(-8,-10)$.
$(-3,2)$
$\left(-\frac{2}{3}, \frac{4}{3}\right)$
$(19,27)$
If $\alpha x^2+2 \gamma x y+\beta y^2=0$ is the equation of pair of lines passing through the origin and perpendicular to the pair of lines $b h x^2+a b x y+a h y^2=0(a \neq 0, b \neq 0)$, then $\alpha \beta / \gamma^2=$
$\frac{h^2}{a b}$
$\frac{-2 h^2}{a b}$
$\frac{-h^2}{a b}$
$\frac{4 h^2}{a b}$
$\frac{x^2}{a}+\frac{x y}{h}+\frac{y^2}{b}=0(a \neq 0, h \neq 0, b \neq 0)$ represents two coincident lines if
$h^2=a b$
$4 h^2=a b$
$h^2=4 a b$
$h^2=2 a b$
If the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the line $x+y=k$ and the curve $x^2+y^2-2 x-4 y+2=0$ are at right angles, then the sum of all the possible values of $k$ is
0
1
3
5
The transformed equation of $3 X^2+4 X Y+Y^2-8 X-4 Y-4=0$ is $f(X, Y)=a X^2+2 h X Y+b Y^2+c=0$ when the origin is shifted to a new point by the translation of axes. Then, $f(1,1)=$
0
1
-1
-8
If the line $2 x-3 y+4=0$ divides the line segment joining the points $A(-2,3)$ and $B(3,-2)$ in the ratio $m: n$, then the point which divides $A B$ in the ratio $-4 m: 3 n$ is
$(-17,18)$
$\left(-\frac{59}{7}, \frac{66}{7}\right)$
$(-5,6)$
$\left(-\frac{5}{7}, \frac{12}{7}\right)$
If the lines $L_1 \equiv 2 x+y+3=0, L_2 \equiv k x+2 y-3=0$ and $L_3 \equiv 3 x-2 y+1=0$ are concurrent then the cosine of the acute angle between the lines $L_2=0$ and $2 x-5 y+7=0$ is
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\left(\frac{15}{2 \sqrt{29}}\right)$
$\left(\frac{25}{29}\right)$
$\left(\frac{20}{29}\right)$
If $Q$ is the image of the point $P(1,1)$ with respect to the straight line $x+y+1=0$, then the length of the perpendicular drawn from $Q$ to the line $3 x-4 y+3=0$ is
$5 / 2$
2
1
$1 / 2$
The centroid of the triangle formed by the lines $x-3 y+3=0, x+3 y+3=0 x+y-1=0$ is
$\left(0, \frac{-1}{3}\right)$
$\left(\frac{2}{3},-1\right)$
$\left(\frac{-1}{3}, 1\right)$
$\left(1, \frac{-1}{3}\right)$
If the slope of one of the lines represented by $5 x^2+\frac{40}{3} x y+k y^2=0$ is 3 , then the angle between the pair of lines is
0
$\frac{\pi}{4}$
$\frac{\pi}{3}$
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
If a line $L$ is common to the pairs of lines $6 x^2-x y-12 y^2=0$ and $15 x^2+14 x y-8 y^2=0$ then the combined equation the other two lines is
$10 x^2-19 x y+6 y^2=0$
$5 x^2-4 x y+7 y^2=0$
$x^2-9 x y+y^2=0$
$3 x^2+6 x y+11 y^2=0$
If $L$ is a line passing through the point $(-1,1)$ and parallel to the common line of the pairs of lines $6 x^2-x y-12 y^2=0$ and $15 x^2+14 x y-8 y^2=0$, then the equation of pair of lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the curve $2 x^2-x y-y^2+x-y=0$ and the line $L$ is
$x^2-x y-y^2=0$
$x^2+x y-y^2=0$
$x^2-y^2=0$
$2 x^2+3 x y-6 y^2=0$
Let $A(5,-3), B(3,-2), C(-1,5)$ be three points. If $P$ is a point satisfying the condition $P A^2+2 P B^2=3 P C^2$, then a point that lies on the locus of $P$ is
$\left(-\frac{1}{7}, \frac{1}{2}\right)$
$\left(-\frac{5}{2},-2\right)$
$\left(-\frac{2}{21}, \frac{31}{66}\right)$
$\left(2, \frac{37}{22}\right)$
If $\theta$ is the acute angle between the lines $\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}=1, \frac{x}{b}+\frac{y}{a}=1$, then $\sin \theta=$
$\left|\frac{2 a b}{a^2+b^2}\right|$
$\left|\frac{a-b}{a+b}\right|$
$\left|\frac{a^2-b^2}{2 a b}\right|$
$\left|\frac{a^2-b^2}{a^2+b^2}\right|$
If the line $x-y+1=0$ cuts the lines $2 x+2 y+3=0$ and $3 x+3 y+2=0$ at the points $A$ and $B$ respectively, then $A B=$
$\frac{5}{6 \sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{1}{6 \sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{5}{\sqrt{3}}$
$\frac{5}{6 \sqrt{3}}$
If the incentre and the circumcentre of the triangle formed by the lines $x=2,4 x+3 y+7=0$ and $y=3$ are $I$ and $S$ respectively, then $I S=$
5
$\sqrt{5}$
$4 \sqrt{2}$
$2 \sqrt{5}$
$a x^2-4 x y-2 y^2=0$ represents a pair of lines. If $\theta$ is the angle between these lines, $\cos \theta=\frac{1}{5}$ and the possible values of ' $a$ ' are $a_1$ and $a_2\left(a_1
11
10
-5
-6
Let $L_1, L_2$ be the lines represented by the equation $4 x^2-5 x y+3 y^2=0$. Let $L_3, L_4$ be two lines passing through the point $(4,3)$ such that $L_3$ and $L_4$ are perpendicular to $L_1$ and $L_2$ respectively. If the combined equation of $L_3$ and $L_4$ is $a x^2+2 h x y+b y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0$, and $a f+b g+c h=$
144
66
78
216
The equation $x^2-y^2+a x+b=0$ represents a pair of lines for the ordered pair $(a, b)=$
$(2,6)$
$(3,4)$
$(4,8)$
$(6,9)$
Suppose $P$ and $Q$ lie on $3 x+4 y-4=0$ and $5 x-y-4=0$ respectively. If the mid-point of $P Q$ is $(1,5)$, then the slope of the line passing through $P$ and $Q$ is
The length of intercept of $x+1=0$ between the lines $3 x+2 y=5$ and $3 x+2 y=3$ is
Suppose the slopes $m_1$ and $m_2$ of the lines represented by $a x^2+2 h x y+b y^2=0$ satisfy $3\left(m_1-m_2\right)-7=0$ and $m_1 m_2-2=0$. Then, which of the following is true?
Suppose that the sides passing through the vertex $(\alpha, \beta)$ of a triangle are bisected at right angles by the lines $y^2-8 x y-9 x^2=0$. Then, the centroid of the triangle is
Suppose $P$ and $Q$ are the mid-points of the sides $A B$ and $B C$ of a triangle where $A(1,3), B(3,7)$ and $C(7,15)$ are vertices. Then, the locus of $R$ satisfying $A C^2+Q R^2=P R^2$ is
If the points of intersection of the coordinate axes and $|x+y|=2$ form a rhombus, then its area is
Suppose, in $\triangle A B C, x-y+5=0, x+2 y=0$ are respectively the equations of the perpendicular bisectors of the sides $A B$ and $A C$. If $A$ is $(1,-2)$, the equation of the line joining $B$ and $C$ is
If the pair of straight lines $9 x^2+a x y+4 y^2+6 x+b y-3=0$ represents two parallel lines, then
A line passing through $P(2,3)$ and making an angle of $30^{\circ}$ with the positive direction of $X$-axis meets $x^2-2 x y-y^2=0$ at $A$ and $B$. Then the value of $P A: P B$ is
The least distance from origin to a point on the line $y=x+3$ which lies at a distance of 2 units from $(0,3)$ is
Starting from the point $A(-3,4)$, a moving object touches $2 x+y-7=0$ at $B$ and reaches the point $C(0,1)$. If the object travels along the shortest path, the distance between $A$ and $B$ is
Suppose a triangle is formed by $x+y=10$ and the coordinate axes. Then, the number of points $(x, y)$ where $x$ and $y$ are natural numbers, lying inside the triangle is
If the lines represented by $a x^2+2 h x y+b y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0$ intersect on the $X$-axis, which of the following is in general incorrect?
For $\alpha \in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right]$, the angle between the lines represented by $[x \cos \theta-y] [(\cos \theta+\tan \alpha) x-(1-\cos \theta \tan \alpha) y]=0$ is
x cosec $\alpha$ $-$ y sec $\alpha$ = k cot 2$\alpha$ and
x sin$\alpha$ + y cos$\alpha$ = k sin2$\alpha$
respectively, then k2 is equal to :
(a) reflection about the line y = x.
(b) translation through 2 units along the positive direction of x-axis.
(c) rotation through angle ${\pi \over 4}$ about the origin in the anti-clockwise direction.
If the co-ordinates of the final position of the point P are $\left( { - {1 \over {\sqrt 2 }},{7 \over {\sqrt 2 }}} \right)$, then the value of 2a + b is equal to :
A line y = mx, m > 0, intersects lines AC and BC at point P and Q respectively. Let A1 and A2 be the areas of $\Delta$ABC and $\Delta$PQC respectively, such that A1 = 3A2, then the value of m is equal to :





















