Straight Lines Test Paper
Straight Lines Test Paper
Straight Lines Test Paper
SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each.
1. The equation of line whose intercepts on the axes of x and y are –2 and 3 respectively is
(a) 3x – 2y = 6 (b) 3x – 2y + 6 = 0 (c) 3x + 2y = 6 (d) 3x + 2y = –6
2. The new coordinates of point (3, –5), if origin is shifted to the point (–3, –2) are
(a) (6, 3) (b) (6, –3) (c) (–6, 3) (d) (–6, –3)
3. The angle between the X -axis and the line joining the points (3, − 1) and (4, − 2) is
(a) 45° (b) 135° (c) 90° (d) 180°
4. The value of y will be, so that the line through (3, y ) and (2, 7) is parallel to the line through (−1, 4)
and (0, 6).
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10
5. The equation of the line passing through the point (1, 2) and perpendicular to the line x + y + 1 = 0 is
(a) y − x + 1 =0 (b) y − x −1 =0 (c) y − x + 2 =0 (d) y − x −2 =0
6. The equation of line, which passes through point (4, 3) and parallel to the line 2x − 3y = 7 is
(a) 2x − 3y + 1 =0 (b) 2x − 3y −1 =0 (c) 2x + 3y + 1 =0 (d) 2x + 3y −1 =0
For Q9 and Q10, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Choose the
correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
SECTION – B
Questions 11 to 14 carry 2 marks each.
11. Line through the points (–2, 6) and (4, 8) is perpendicular to the line through the points (8, 12) and (x,
24), find the value of x.
12. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point (6, 2) and having slope – 3.
14. Find the equation of lines passing through (1, 2) and making angle 30° with y-axis.
SECTION – C
Questions 15 to 17 carry 3 marks each.
15. Find the equations of the altitudes of the triangle whose vertices are A(7, –1), B(–2, 8) and C (1, 2).
16. If P (a, b) is the mid-point of a line segment between axes. Show that equation of the line
x y
is = 2.
a b
17. The vertices of the triangle are A(2, 3), B(4, –1) and C(1, 2). Find the length and equation of the
perpendicular drawn from the point A on side BC.
SECTION – D
Questions 18 carry 5 marks.
18. Find the equations of the lines which pass through the point (4, 5) and make equal angles with the
lines 5x – 12y + 6 = 0 and 3x = 4y + 7.
19. One triangular shaped pond is there in a park. Three friends Rani, Mansi, Sneha are sitting at the
corners of the triangular park. They are studying in Class XI in an International.
Rani marked her position as (2, –2), Mansi marked as (1, 1) and Sneha marked her position as (–1, 0)
as shown in figure given below.
20. One day the mathematics teacher drew a triangle ∆ABC while revising straight lines. He marked
vertices A(1, 4), B (2, − 3) and C(− 1, − 2) as shown in the given below figure. AD is the median and
AM is the altitude through A.