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1. If a, c, b are in GP then the line ax  by  c  0

(a) has a fixed direction
(b) always passes through a fixed point
(c) form a triangle with the axes whose area is constant
(d) always cuts intercepts on the axes such that their sum is zero

2. The equation of the family of lines is xt  y  t 3  2t (t is a parameter). The locus of the intersection of
perpendicular pair of lines of the family is a conic
(a) The latus rectum of the conic is 1
(b) Point of intersection of the pair of perpendicular lines is (3, 0)
(c) Centre is (3, 0)
(d) One vertex is (3, 0)
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3. A parallelogram OABC drawn in 1 quadrant has side OA lying on x-axis with O as origin, OC = 4 cm,
OA = 6cm and AOC = 60. A toy is placed at the mid point of the diagonals. The parallelogram is
rotated through an angle of 30 in anticlockwise direction about O.
3 3 7 7 3 3
(a) The new position of toy is  ,  (b) The new position of toy is  , 
 2 2 2 2 
(c) The new position of vertex C is (0, 4) (d) The new position of vertex A is  3 3,3

4. Given a family of lines a  2 x  y  4   b  x  2 y  3  0 , then the number of lines belonging to the family at a
distance 10 from the point A  2, 3 is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) none of these

5. ‘P’ is a point in the plane of ABC such that aAP2 + bBP2 + cCP2 is minimum, a, b, c being the sides of
ABC. Then P lies
(a) Outside the ABC if triangle is acute angled
(b) Outside the ABC if triangle is obtuse angled
(c) Outside the ABC if triangle is right angled
(d) Inside the ABC

6. If PT is a variable tangent drawn from point P on the straight line belonging to both the families of straight
lines 2x – y + 1 + λ (x + y – 1) = 0 and 3x – y + 2 + μ (2x + y –2) = 0 to the parabola (y – 1)2 = 4(x – 1),
then all circles having tangent PT as diameter pass through a fixed point given by
(a) (1, 2) (b) (1, 0) (c) (2, 2) (d) None of these

7. In ABC internal bisectors angle B and C are y = x -1 and x-1 =0, then angle A of ABC is
(a) 90o (b) 60o (c) 120o (d) none of these

8. ABCD is a square. E(4, 3), F(2, 5) lie on AB and CD respectively such that EF divides the square in two
equal parts. If the coordinates of A is (7, 3) other coordinates of the vertices can be
(a) (7, 2) (b) (7, 5) (c) (-1, 3) (d) (-1, 7)

9. If 5a + 4b + 20c = t, then the value of t for which the line ax + by + c – 1 = 0 always passes through a
fixed point is
(a) 0 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) none of these

10. The number of integral values of ( , ) for which the area common to circle x2 + y2 – 2a2 x - 2 2 y  c = 0
and its image in the line x + y = 1 is maximum is
 (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

11. If the points A(1, 3) and B(5, 5) lying on a parabola are equidistant from its focus, then the slope of the
directrix is
1 1
(a) (b)  (c) 2 (d) -2
2 2

12. The number of integral points inside the triangle made by the line 3x + 4y – 12 = 0 with the coordinate
axes which are
equidistant from at least two sides is / are (an integral point is a point both of whose coordinates are
integers)
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

13. The vertices of a triangle are A(5, 0), B(3, 4) and (4, 3). The maximum value of radius of circle touching
the side BC and
Arc BC is
1 7  1 3  1 3 
(a) 5 (b) 5 (c) 5 (d) none of these
2  
2 2  
2 2  
2

14. Any member of the family of lines (x + y – 1) +  (2x + 3y -2) = 0 intersects any number of the family of
lines
(ax + y – 2) +  (bx + 4y – 5) = 0 at a fixed point then the ordered pair (a, b) is
(a) (2, 5) (b) (1, 2) (c) (1, 0) (d) none of these

15. P is point lying on line y = x then maximum value of a PA – PB, (where A = (1, 3), B = (5, 2))
3
(a) 5 (b) 2 2 (c) 17 (d)
2

16. Locus of point of intersection of the perpendicular lines are one belonging to (x + y -2) + ( 2x + 3y – 5)
=0 and other to (2x + y – 11) + ( x +2y – 13) = 0 is a
(a) circle (b) straight line (c) pair of lines (d) none of these

17. If x + y = 0 is the angle bisector of the angle containing the point (1, 0) for the line 3x + 4y + b = 0, 4x +
3y – b = 0
line then
(a) b > 4 or b > -3 (b) -3 < b < 4 (c) b  R (d) none of these

18. The value of a for which the locus of the point equidistant from the point (1, 1) and the line 2x + y – a = 0
can not be a parabola is
(a) a = 3 (b) a  R  3 (c) a  R (d)None of these

19. A(-3, 4), B(5, 4), C and D form a rectangle x – 4y + 7 = 0 is a diameter of the circumcircle of the
rectangle ABCD the area of ABCD is
(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 64

20. The set of values of b for which the origin and the point (1,1) lie on the same side of the straight line a2x +
aby + 1 = 0 a  R, b  0 are
(A)b  (2, 4) (B)b  (0, 2)
(C)b  (0, 2) (D) none of these
21.Equation of a straight line passing through the point of intersection of x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + y – 5 = 0 are
perpendicular to one of them is
(A) x + y + 3 = 0 (B) x + y - 3 = 0
(C) x – 3y - 5 = 0 (D) x - 3y + 5 = 0

22. If from point P(4, 4) perpendiculars to the straight lines 3x  4 y  5  0 and y  mx  7 meet at Q and R
and area of PQR is maximum, then m is equal to:
4 4
(A) (B)  (C) 1 (D) 1
3 3

23. Triangle formed by the lines x  y  0, x  y  0 and x  my  1. If  and m vary subject to the condition
 2  m 2  1 then the locus of its circumcentre is:
(A) ( x 2  y 2 ) 2  x 2  y 2 (B) ( x 2  y 2 ) 2  x 2  y 2
(C) ( x 2  y 2 )  4 x 2 y 2 (D) ( x 2  y 2 ) 2  ( x 2  y 2 )2

24. If 2 x 2  2sin  xy  3 y 2  2 p( x  y  1)  0 represents a pair of straight lines (  R ) then p may lie in the
interval :
 10 10  1 1 1 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  , 6  (D) None of these
7 3 3 2 6 

25. Find the number of integral values of h if one of the lines represented by 3x 2 sin   2hxy  4 y 2 cos   0
  
bisects the angle between coordinate axes   (2n  1) , where n  Z 
 2 
(A) 5 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) None of these

26. If algebraic sum of the distances of (1,  1), ( 2, 9) and (6, 1) from y  mx  c be always zero then, c, m
can be the roots of
(A) x 2  3 x  1  0 (B) x 2  3 x  5  0 (C) x 2  3 x  1  0 (D) x 2  3 x  5  0

27. Equation(s) of the straight line(s) inclined at 30o to the positive x-axis such that the length of each of their
line segment(s) between the co-ordinate axes is 10 units is
(A) x  3 y  5 3  0 (B) x  3 y  5 3  0
(C) x  3 y  5 3  0 (D) x  3 y  5 3  0

28. The minimum value of x 2  2 xy  3 y 2  6 x  2 y, where x, y  R, is equal to:

(A) – 9 (B) – 11 (C) – 12 (D) – 10

29. A point P moves inside a triangle formed by A (0, 0), B(1, 1/ 3 ), C (2, 0) such that
min  PA, PB, PC   1, then the area bounded by the curve traced by P is
3   3
(a) 3 3  (b) 3  (c) 3  (d) 3 3 
2 2 2 2

30. If 3 p 2  3q 2  4 pq  p  0 and a variable line px  qy  1 always touches a parabola whose axis is parallel
to x  axis. Then the equation of the parabola is
(a) ( y  4) 2  24( x  2) (b) ( y  3) 2  12( x  1)
(c) ( y  4) 2  12( x  2) (d) ( y  2) 2  24( x  4)2
31. If the straight lines x  y  2  0, 2 x  y  1  0 and px  qy  r  0 are concurrent then the slope of
member of family of lines 2 px  3qy  4r  0 which is farthest from origin is
1 2 3
(a)  (b) 2 (c)  (d) 
2 3 10

32. Each side of a square is of length 6. The centre of the square is (4, 5) . If one of its diagonals is parallel to
y  x , then the coordinates of the vertices of the square are
(a) (0, 2), (0,8),(6,8), (6, 2) (b) (1, 2), (1,8), (7,8), (7, 2)
(c) (2,3), (2,9), (8, 9), (8, 3) (d) (3, 4), (3,10), (9,10), (9, 4)

33. O being a fixed point and P moves along a straight line ax  by  c  0 . If Q be taken in OP such that
OP.OQ  K 2 , K being a fixed constant, then the locus of Q is
(a) a straight line (b) a circle (c) a parabola (d) an ellipse

34. If one of the lines given by 6 x 2  xy  4cy 2  0 is 3x  4 y  0 then c is equal to

(a) – 3 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) 3

35. If the line y  3 x cuts the curve x 4  ax 2 y  bxy  cx  dy  6  0 at A, B, C and D, then OA.OB.OC.OD
(where O is the origin) is
(a) a  2b  c (c) 2c 2 d (c) 96 (d) 6

36. If each of the points ( x1 , 4), (2, y1 ) lies on the line joining the points (2, 1), (5, 3) , then the point ( x1 , y1 )
lies on the line
(a) 6( x  y )  25  0 (b) 2 x  6 y  1  0 (c) 2 x  3 y  6  0 (d) 6( x  y )  23  0

37. A man starts from point P(–3, 4) and reaches point Q(0, 1) touching x-axis at R (, 0) such that PR + PQ
is minimum, then  =
2 3 1
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) None of these
5 5 5

38. If the area of a triangle whose vertices are (b, c), (c, a) and (a, b) is , then the area of triangle whose
vertices are (ac– b2, ab – c2), (ab – c2, bc – a2) and (bc – a2, ca – b2) is
(A) 2 (B)  a  b  c 2  (C) a  b 2 (D) None of these

39. In order to remove from xy from general equation of second degree ax 2  2hxy  by 2  2 gx  2 fy  c  0 , then
axes should be rotated by an angle  where sin cos is equal to
2h h 2h a b
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a  b
2
 4h 2
a  b
2
 4h 2 a b 2h

40. Let a1, a2, a3 be distinct, then the points  a1 , 2aa1  aa13  ,  a2 , 2aa2  aa23  and  a3 , 2aa3  aa33  are collinear if
(A) a1a2 a3  1 (B) a1  a2  a3  a1a2 a3 (C) a1  a2  a3  0 (D) a1  a2  a3  1

41. O is a fixed point and P moves along a straight line ax  by  c  0 . If Q be taken on OP such that OP. OQ =
k2, k = constant, the locus of Q is
(A) A straight line (B) A circle (C) A parabola (D) An ellipse
42. A  (1, 1) and any point P on the line x  y  4 gives the area of PAB = 3 sq. units of AB is parallel to the
given line then B can be
(A) (4, –2) (B) (–4, –2) (C) (–2, 4) (D) (2, 4)

43. The area of a triangle is 5 sq. units. Two of its vertices are (2, 1) and (3,  2). The third vertex lies on
y  x  3. The co-ordinates of the third vertex can be:
 3 3 3 3  7 13   1 11 
(A)   ,  (B)  ,   (C)  ,  (D)   , 
 2 2 4 2 2 2   4 4

44. If two of the straight lines represented by the equation y 3  axy 2  (a 2  6) x 2 y  2 x3  0 are perpendicular
to each other, then
(A) a  {4, 2} (B) a  {4,  2} (C) a  {4,  2} (D) a  {4, 2}

45. A line through the origin divided parallelogram with vertices (10, 45), (10, 114), (28, 153) and (28, 84)
into two congruent pieces. The slope of the line is
19 99 9 19
(A) (B) (C) (D)
99 19 19 9

46. A line through the point ( a, 0) cuts from the second quadrant a triangular region with area T. The
equation for the line is
(A) 2Tx  a 2 y  2aT  0 (B) 2Tx  a 2 y  2aT  0
(C) 2Tx  a 2 y  2aT  0 (D) 2Tx  a 2 y  2aT  0

47. ABC is an acute angled triangle of area 1 sq. unit D, E, F are the feet of perpendiculars from the centroid
to AB, BC, CA. The area of DEF can not be
6 1 23 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
25 2 100 4

x2  y2 x2  y2 x8  y 8 x8  y 8
48. If   4, then  is equal to
x2  y2 x2  y 2 x8  y 8 x 8  y 8
11 41 12
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
20 20 20

49. The reflection of the pair of straight lines x 2  y 2  2 x  1  0 in the point (1,  1) is
(A) x 2  y 2  6 x  2 y  5  0 (B) x 2  y 2  6 x  2 y  4  0
(C) x 2  y 2  6 x  2 y  5  0 (D) x 2  y 2  6 x  2 y  4  0

50. A    
5, 0 , B(0,  2), C  5, 0 and D (0, 2) are four vertices of a rhombus. If a point P moves such that it
subtends acute angle at BD and PA + PC < 6, then area of the region traced by P is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C)  (D) 4

51. A circle C1 passes through the points P(3, 4), Q(4, 3) and R(5, 0). Another circle C2 passing through R(5,
0) and having centre on the line x – y = 0 intersects C1 at S. The orthocentre of SPQ is
(A) (7, 7) (B) (12, 12) (C) (7, 12) (D) (12, 7)

52. The reflection of the pair of straight lines x2 – y2 + 2x + 1 = 0 in the point (1, –1) is
 (A) x2 – y2 – 6x – 2y + 5 = 0 (B) x2 – y2 + 6x – 2y + 4 = 0
(C) x2 – y2 – 6x + 2y + 5 = 0 (D) x2 – y2 – 6x + 2y + 4 = 0
53. A  5, 0  , B  0, 2  , C   5, 0  and D  0, 2  are four vertices of a rhombus. If a
point P moves such that it subtends acute angle at BD and PA + PC < 6, then area of the region traced by
P is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C)  (D) 4

54. A ray moving along the line px + qy = 1, after striking a mirror placed along the line is = 3, is reflected
along the line
(A) px – qy = 1 (B) px – qy = 1 – q (C) px – qy = 1 – 6q (D) px – qy = 1 – 4q

55. The distance p1 , p2 , p3 of points (a 2 , 2a), (ab, a  b) and (b 2 , 2b) respectively from the straight line
x  y tan   tan 2   0 are in
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these

56. The lines joining the origin to the point of intersection of 3x 2   xy  4 x  1  0 and 2 x  y  1 are
(A) at right angles if    (B) coincident if   
(C) at right angles if   8 (D) coincident for all values of 

57. If from any point of the circle circumscribing a given square, tangents be drawn to the circle inscribed in
the same square, these tangents will meet the diagonals of the square in four points which lie on a
(A) circle (B) parabola (C) hyperbola (D) straight line

58. If we have a conic touching the four lines x  y  4, then the director circle of the conic has its centre at
(A) (2, 0) (B) (0, 2) (C) (0, 0) (D) None of these

59. The image of the image of (3, 8) in y-axis, in the line x  3 y  7 is

(A) (1,  4) (B) (1, 4) (C) (1,  4) (D) (2,  3)

60. A triangle has two lines y  mx and y  m1 x as two of its sides where m and m1 are the roots of
ax 2  bx  c  0. If H(c,a) is the orthocentre of the triangle. Then the equation of the third side of the
triangle is
(A) ( a  b)(bx  ay)  ab(a  b  c) (B) (b  c)(cx  by )  bc (b  c  a)
(C) ( a  c )(cx  ay )  ac(a  c  b) (D) none of these

Comprehension – 1
By taking B (3, 0) and C (3, 0) triangles PBC of perimeter 16 are constructed. If S is the locus of incentre of
triangle ABC, then

61. Equation of S is
(a) x 2  4 y 2  4 (b) x 2  4 y 2  9 (c) x 2  4 y 2  12 (d) none of these

 3 3  3
A ray emanating from   is incident on the curve S at P whose ordinate is . The equation of
 2 , 0 
62.
  2
the reflected ray is
 (a) 4 x  3 3 y  12 (b) 4 x  3 3 y  12 3
(c) 8 x  8 3 y  12 3 (d) none of these

Comprehension-2
A
Incircle of a triangle is a circle which touches all the sides of a triangle
and the centre of the such a circle called the incentre always lies inside E(5, 1)
F(–2, 2)
the triangle. The incircle of a triangle ABC touches the sides BC, CA
and AB at the points D  (4, 2), E  (5, 1) and F  (–2, 2) respectively.
B D(4, 2) C

63. Equation of the side BC is

(A) 3 x  4 y  20 (B) 3x  4 y  4 (C) x  3 y  2  0 (D) 2 x  y  10  0
64. Coordinates of the vertex A are
(A) (1, 3) (B) (2, 5) (C) (3, 1) (D) (–4, 2)
65. Centroid of the ABC has coordinates
(A)  ,  (B) 
50 103 
(C) 
53 101 
(D) 
52 103 47 107 
,  ,  , 
 21 28   21 28   21 28   21 28 

Assertion and Reasoning

(A) Both STATEMENT 1 and STATEMENT 2 are true and STATEMENT 2 is correct explanation of
STATEMENT 1.
(B) STATEMENT 1 is true, STATEMENT 2 is true; STATEMENT 2 is NOT a correct explanation for
STATEMENT 1
(C) STATEMENT 1 is true, STATEMENT 2 is false
(D) STATEMENT 1 is false, STATEMENT 2 is true
66. STATEMENT The equation 2 x 2  3xy  2 y 2  5 x  5 y  3  0 represents a pair of perpendicular
1: straight lines
and
STATEMENT A pair of lines given by ax 2  2hxy  by 2  2 gx  2 fy  c  0 are perpendicular if a +
2: b = 0.

Match the Following

M1: Match the following
COLUMN – I COLUMN – II
If the slope of one of the lines represented by
A P –6
ax 2  6 xy  y 2  0 is square of the other then a is
If two of the lines given by ax3  9 x 2 y  xy 2  4 y 3  0 are
B Q 8
perpendicular then a is
C If angle between lines x 2  xy  ay 2  0 is 45, then a is R 1
The value of a for which one of the lines of
D ay 2  1  a 2  xy  ax 2  0 is a bisector of the angle S 4
between the lines xy = 0 is
 Numericals

N1. If the lines px  y  1  0; x  qy  1  0 and x  y  r  0 (a, b and c are distinct and different from 1)
p q r
are concurrent then 2    is _________
1 p 1 q 1 r

N2. Let P(1 , 1 ), Q( 2 , 2 ), R(3 , 3 ) be the centroid, orthocentre and circumcentre of a scalene triangle having
1  2  3
its vertices on the curve y 2  x3 then   is equal to _________________________.
1 2 3

N3. The equations of perpendicular bisectors of sides AB and AC of a triangle ABC are x  y  5  0 and
x  2 y  0, respectively. If the point A is (1, - 2), and equation of line BC is 14 x  23 y  10k then K is
________________.