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+= 1 (d) none of these


  1. The equation of line passing through the point of
    intersection of the lines 4x – 3y – 1 = 0 and 5x – 2y – 3 = 0
    and parallel to the line 2y – 3x + 2 = 0, is
    (a) x – 3y = 1 (b) 3x – 2y = 1
    (c) 2x – 3y = 1 (d) 2x – y = 1

  2. Equation of the hour hand at 4 O’ clock is
    (a) xy− 30 = (b) 30 xy− =


(c) xy+= 30 (d) 30 xy+=



  1. Equation of a straight line on which length of
    perpendicular from the origin is four units and the line
    makes an angle of 120° with the x-axis, is


(a) xy 380 ++= (b) xy^38 − =


(c) −xy 38 += (d) xy− 380 +=



  1. The equations of two lines through (0, a) which are
    at distance ‘a’ units from the point (2a, 2a) are
    (a) y – a = 0 and 4x – 3y – 3a = 0
    (b) y – a = 0 and 3x – 4y + 3a = 0
    (c) y – a = 0 and 4x – 3y + 3a = 0
    (d) none of these

  2. A line is such that its segment between the straight
    lines 5x – y – 4 = 0 and 3x + 4y – 4 = 0 is bisected at the
    point (1, 5), then its equation is
    (a) 83x – 35y + 92 = 0
    (b) 35x – 83y + 92 = 0
    (c) 35x + 35y + 92 = 0
    (d) none of these

  3. The equations of the lines through the point of
    intersection of the lines x – y + 1 = 0 and 2x – 3y + 5 = 0
    and whose distance from the point (3, 2) is 7/5 is
    (a) 3x – 4y – 6 = 0 and 4x + 3y + 1 = 0
    (b) 3x – 4y + 6 = 0 and 4x – 3y – 1 = 0
    (c) 3x – 4y + 6 = 0 and 4x – 3y + 1 = 0
    (d) none of these

  4. The number of lines that are parallel to
    2 x + 6y + 7 = 0 and have an intercept of length 10
    between the co-ordinate axes is
    (a) 1 (b) 2
    (c) 4 (d) infinitely many

  5. The point P(a, b) lies on the straight line
    3 x + 2y = 13 and the point Q(b, a) lies on the straight line
    4 x – y = 5, then the equation of line PQ is
    (a) x – y = 5 (b) x + y = 5
    (c) x + y = –5 (d) x – y = –
    18. Equation of a line passing through the point of
    intersection of lines 2x – 3y + 4 = 0 and 3x + 4y – 5 = 0
    and perpendicular to 6x – 7y + 3 = 0, then its equation
    is
    (a) 119x + 102y + 125 = 0
    (b) 119x + 102y = 125
    (c) 119x – 102y = 125
    (d) none of these
    19. The equation of the line bisecting perpendicularly
    the segment joining the points (–4, 6) and (8, 8) is
    (a) 6x + y – 19 = 0 (b) y = 7
    (c) 6x + 2y – 19 = 0 (d) x + 2y – 7 = 0
    20. The opposite angular points of a square are (3, 4)
    and (1, –1). Then the co-ordinates of other two points are


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(b) DB^1
2

9
2

1
2

5
2
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(d) none of these


  1. Two consecutive sides of a parallelogram are
    4 x + 5y = 0 and 7x + 2y = 0. If the equation to one
    diagonal is 11x + 7y = 9, then the equation of the other
    diagonal is
    (a) x + 2y = 0 (b) 2x + y = 0
    (c) x – y = 0 (d) none of these

  2. The equation of the lines on which the
    perpendiculars from the origin make 30° angle with
    x-axis and which form a triangle of area^50
    3


with axes,
are
(a) xy+±= 3100 (b) 3100 xy+± =
(c) xy± 3100 − = (d) none of these


  1. The base BC of a triangle ABC is bisected at the
    point (p, q) and the equations to the sides AB and AC
    are respectively px + qy = 1 and qx + py = 1. Then the
    equation of the median through A is
    (a) ()()()() 21 pq− px qy+ − 1 =+p^22 q − 1 qx+py− 1
    (b) (p^2 + q^2 – 1)(px + qy – 1) = (2p – 1)(qx + py – 1)
    (c) ()()()()pq−11 11px qy+ − =+p^22 q − qx+py−
    (d) none of these

  2. A straight line moves so that the sum of the
    reciprocals of its intercepts on two perpendicular lines
    is constant, then the line passes through

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