CHAPTER # 2

THE STRAIGHT LINE

1) The coordinates of the centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (2,8), (8,2) and (9,9) are:

A) (3,4)
B) (19,19)
 19 19 
C)  , 
 3 3
1 1
D)  , 
 3 3

2) The inclination of y-axis is:

A) 90 o
B) 0o
C) 45 o
D) 270 o

3) The distance of the point (2,3) from x-axis is:

A) 3 Unit
B) 5 unit
C) 3 unit
D) 2 unit

4) Every linear equation represents a:

A) Straight line
B) Circle
C) Curve
D) Point

5) The x-intercept of y  x 2  3x  2 are:

A) 1 and 2
B) 1 and 2
C)  3 and  2
D) 3 and  2
6) The measure of angle from a line with slope 4 to the line with slope 6 is:

 2 
A) tan 1  
 25 
 2 
B) tan 1  
 25 
1
C) tan 1  
8
3
D) tan 1  
5

7) The point of concurrency of medians of a triangle is called:

A) In-center
B) orthocenter
C) Centroid
D) Circum-center

8) The slope of a straight line which bisects the second and fourth quadrants is:

A) 1
B) 0
C)  1
D) 

9) If the distance between (7,1) and (3, y ) is 5 units. The value of ‘y’ is:

A) 4
B) -2
C) A & B
D) -4

10) The slope of Horizontal line is:

A) 0
B) 1
C)  1
D) 

11) If slope of a line is 3 and y-intercept is 2 , the equation of line is:

A) 2x  y  3  0
B) x  2y  3  0
C) 3x  y  2  0
D) 3x  y  2  0
12) The point of intersection of internal bisectors of the angles of triangles is called:

A) In center
B) Centroid
C) Orthocenter
D) Circumcenter

13) If a line is perpendicular to x-axis then its equation is:

A) x  0
B) y=constant
C) x=constant
D) y  0

14) A line is parallel to y-axis if its slope is:

A) 1
B) 0
C)  1
D) 

15) The point (4, 4) is the mid-point of the join of (7,8) and X . The coordinate of X are:

A) (0,0)
B) (0,1)
C) (1,0)
D) (1,0)

16) The angle between the two bisectors of opposite quadrants is:

A) 80 o
B) 45 o
C) 60 o
D) 90 o

17) The point ( 2,4) divides the join of (7,9) and (1,1) in a ratio of:

A) 3: 5
B) 5: 3
C) 5: 2
D) 2: 5
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18) The equation of line through (6, 2) which is perpendicular to a line having slope is:
4

A) 3x  4 y  30  0
B) 4 x  3 y  30  0
C) 4 x  3 y  18  0
D) 3 x  4 y  18  0

19) The measure of the angle from the line through (3,1) and ( 4,3) to the line through (1, 1)
and (3, 8) will be

A) 0o
B) 90o
C) 60 o
D) 45 o

20) If the points ( x, 2), (0,1) and ( 2,3) are collinear, the value of ‘x’ will be

A) 1
B) 3
C) -3
D) -1

21) If the line joining (0,1) and (1, y ) is parallel to the line joining (1,5) and (1,1) then the
value of ‘y’ will be

A) -2
B) 2
C) -1
D) 1

22) The value of k for which the line kx  3 y  4k will have y-intercept 4 is:

A) 3
B) 3
3
C)
2
3
D)
2

23) The value of k for which the kx  3 y  6k will pass through the point ( 2,4) is:

A) 3
B) 6
C) -6
D) -3
24) If B is the mid-point of line segment AD and C is the midpoint of line segment BD , what
is the value of | AB | / | AC |

3
A)
4
2
B)
3
1
C)
2
1
D)
3

25) If m1  1 and m2  1 then tan  will be:

A) 
B) 0o
C)  1o
D) 90 o

26) Two lines l1 and l 2 with slopes m1 and m 2 are parallel if m1  m2  ______

A) 0
B) 1
C) -1
D) 

27) The centroid of ABC divides each median from the vertex in the ratio

A) 1: 2
B) 2: 1
C) 2: 2
D) 1: 1

28) Slope of the line is positive if

A) 0    90 o
B) 90 o    180 o
C) o    180 o
D) None of these

29) In the normal form x cos   y sin   p the value of p is

A) Positive
B) Negative
C) Positive or negative
D) Zero
30) The straight line which passes through one vertex and through the midpoint of the opposite
side is called

A) Median
B) Altitude
C) Perpendicular bisector
D) Normal

31) The straight line which passes through one vertex and perpendicular to the opposite side is
called

A) Median
B) Altitude
C) Perpendicular bisector
D) Normal

32) y  x is the straight line

A) Bisecting the 1st and 3rd quadrants

B) Parallel to x-axis
C) Bisecting the 2nd and 4th quadrants
D) Parallel to y-axis

33) If all the sides of four-sided polygon are equal but the four angles are not equal to 90 o each
then it is a

A) Kite
B) Rhombus
C) Parallelogram
D) Trapezoid

34) If  is the inclination of a line then it must be true that


A) 0   
2

B)  
2
C) 0    
D) 0    2

35) A four-sided polygon (quadrilateral) having two parallel and two non-parallel sides is
called

A) Rhombus
B) Kite
C) Trapezoid
D) Parallelogram
36) The equation of the line through (-5, 6) having slope undefined is

A) y 5  0
b) x 8  0
C) y 8  0
D) x5  0

37) The points (2,0), (1,0), (1,0) and ( 2,0) lie on

A) y-axis
B) x-axis
C) y  x
D) y  2 x

38) The points (1,1), (2,2), (4,4) are

A) Collinear
B) Non collinear
C) On three lines
D) Vertices of a triangle

39) If b = 0 in the equation ax  by  c  0 then the line is

A) parallel to x-axis
B) parallel to y-axis
C) inclined
D) passing through origin

40) Point P ( x, y ) lies on the line bisecting quadrant I and III if

A) x  y
B) x y
C) x y
D) x  2y

41) If x  a is a line with a = 0, then the line is

A) Parallel to x-axis
B) Parallel to y-axis
C) x-axis
D) y-axis
42) Which of the following points is at 15 units from the origin?

A) ( 176 ,7)
B) (10,10)
C) (1,15)
D) (15,15)

43) The point of intersection of lines x  y  2 and 2 x  y  1 is

A) (1,2)
B) (-1, -2)
C) (-1,2)
D) (1,1)

44) If the origin is the midpoint of (a, -3) and (5, b) then

A) a  5, b  3
B) a  5, b  3
C) a  5, b  3
D) a  5, b  3

45) l : ax  by  c  0 has matrix form as

 x
A) a b    c
 y
B) a bx y   c
 x
C) a b   0
 y
D) None
ANSWER KEY

1 C 16 D 31 B
2 A 17 B 32 A
3 C 18 C 33 B
4 A 19 B 34 C
5 B 20 C 35 C
6 B 21 D 36 D
7 C 22 B 37 B
8 C 23 D 38 A
9 C 24 B 39 B
10 A 25 A 40 B
11 C 26 A 41 D
12 A 27 B 42 A
13 C 28 A 43 D
14 D 29 A 44 B