Straight Lines and Pair of Straight Lines
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
5
4
2
3
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:
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
$\frac{\pi}{3}$
$\frac{\pi}{12}$
$\frac{\pi}{6}$
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
5
10
8
13
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 :
3
6
1
9
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 :
$\sqrt{10}$
$2 \sqrt{5}$
$2 \sqrt{10}$
$3 \sqrt{10}$
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 $(2,-2)$,
both are incorrect
only (S2) is correct
both are correct
only (S1) is correct
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 :
$21 \sqrt{3}$
$12 \sqrt{2}$
$15 \sqrt{6}$
27
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$2 is equal to :
48
16
24
32
A line passing through the point P($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 :
8
4
5
6
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 :
0
2
-2
4
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
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 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
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:
$\frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{5}{2}$
2
$\frac{13}{6}$
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 :
47
37
40
36
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:
$-2\sqrt{10}$
12
-6
6
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 :
$x + 9y = 36$
$9x - 9y = 32$
$4x - 9y = 12$
$6x - 9y = 20$
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 :
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 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 :
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 :
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 :
$-6\sqrt{2}$
$-3\sqrt{2}$
$-9\sqrt{2}$
$-12\sqrt{2}$
$A(2,0), B(0,2), C(-2,0)$ 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
$|\sqrt{2} y|=2|x-y+2|-|x+y-2|$
$\sqrt{2}|y|=|x-y+2|-|x+y-2|$
$2|x-y+2|=\left|\frac{x+y-2}{\sqrt{2}}\right|+\left|\frac{x-y-2}{\sqrt{2}}\right|$
$2|x-y+2|=|x+(\sqrt{2}+1) y+2|$
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 line passing through $(-1,2)$ and $(2,3)$
A line passing through $(3,2)$ and $(2,3)$
A line passing through $(-3,-2)$ and $(-2,-3)$
A line passing through $(2,-3)$ and $(-2,3)$
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
$\frac{18}{5}$
$\frac{12}{5}$
$\frac{37}{5}$
$\frac{39}{5}$
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 $\frac{h}{c}=$
$\frac{1}{4}$
$\frac{-2}{3}$
-3
-4
$(a, b)$ 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 $d-c=$
0
1
$\sqrt{2}$
$2 \sqrt{2}$
The lines $x+y+4=0, x-2 y-4=0$ and $3 x+4 y-2=0$
are concurrent
form an isosceles triangle
form a right-angled triangle
form a scalene triangle
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 $P=$
-48
-24
-192
-72
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 $3 x-6 y+11=0$
$\frac{5}{12}$
$\frac{1}{4}$
$\frac{3}{4}$
$\frac{7}{12}$
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 $g+f$
4 c
$3 c$
2 c
C
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
$\frac{9}{x}+\frac{4}{y}=1$
$9 x+4 y=5 x y$
$4 x+9 y=5 x y$
$\frac{4}{x}+\frac{9}{y}=1$
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 $2(f+g+h)=$
$a+b+c$
$a-5(b+c)$
$3(a+b+c)$
$c-5(a+b)$
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 $\sqrt{p^2+q^2-8 q}=$
6
7
8
9
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 $k=$
1
-1
2
-2
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 $M N=$
$\sqrt{10}$
4
$\sqrt{22}$
5
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
5
$\frac{5}{2}$
-5
$-\frac{5}{2}$
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 $k=$
1
0
21
15
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 $h=$
$2 g$
$2 g-1$
$3 g$
$g+1$
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 $\theta=$
$\frac{\pi}{6}$
$\frac{5 \pi}{6}$
$\frac{2 \pi}{3}$
$\frac{\pi}{3}$
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 $m-k=$
-6
18
6
-18
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
$\frac{3}{2}$
$\frac{2}{3}$
$-\frac{2}{3}$
$-\frac{3}{2}$
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 $(\alpha+\beta)=$
5
7
$6 \sqrt{2}$
$2 \sqrt{2}$
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
$\frac{7}{3}$
1
12
$\frac{26}{3}$
$O(0,0), B(-3,-1)$ 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
$\sqrt{2}: 4 \sqrt{2}+2$
$1: 4 \sqrt{2}+1$
$\sqrt{2}: 4 \sqrt{2}-2$
$1: 4 \sqrt{2}-1$
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 $(L)$
are parallel
are concurrent
intersect each other at different points
are perpendicular to the tangents to the curve
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
2
-1
3
4
If the points $A(2,3), B(3,2)$ form a triangle with a variable point $p\left(t, t^2\right)$, where $t$ is a parameter, then the equation of the locus of the centroid of $\triangle A B C$ is
$9 x^2-30 x-3 y+20=0$
$3 x^2-10 x-y+10=0$
$9 y^2-30 y-3 x+20=0$
$3 y^2-10 y-x+10=0$


























