STRAIGHT LINE
MATHEMATICS
JEE MAIN PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS – 2018-2023
Straight
Chapter NameLines
:- STRAIGHT LINE
(Important Questions Only)
1. Two vertices of a triangle are (0, 2) and (4, 3). If its orthocentre is at the origin, then its third vertex lies in
which quadrant?
(1) Fourth (2) Third (3) First (4) Second
2. If a straight line passing through the point P(–3, 4) is such that its intercepted portion between the
coordinate axes is bisected at P, then its equation is:
(1) 3x – 4y + 25 = 0 (2) 4x – 3y + 24 = 0
(3) x – y + 7 = 0 (4) 4x + 3y = 0
3. A point on the straight line, 3x + 5y = 15 which is equidistant from the coordinate axes will lie only in:
(1) 4th quadrant (2) 1st quadrant
(3) 1st, 2nd and 4th quadrants (4) 1st and 2nd quadrants
4. Slope of a line passing through P(2, 3) and intersecting the line, x + y = 7 at a distance of 4 units from P,
is :
7 1 1 7 5 1 1 5
(1) (2) (3) (4)
7 1 1 7 5 1 1 5
5. The region represented by x y 2 and x y 2 is bounded by a :
(1) Square of side length 2 2 units (2) Square of area 16 sq. units
(3) Rhombus of side length 2 units (4) Rhombus of area 8 2 sq. units
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6. Lines are drawn parallel to the line 4x – 3y + 2 = 0, at a distance from the origin. Then which one of
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the following points lies on any of these lines?
1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
(1) , (2) , (3) , (4) ,
4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3
7. A triangle has a vertex at (1, 2) and the mid points of the two sides through it are (–1, 1) and (2, 3). Then
the centroid of this triangle is :
1 1 5 1 7
(1) ,2 (2) , (3) ,1 (4) 1,
3 3 3 3 3
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8. The locus of the mid-points of the perpendiculars drawn from points on the line, x = 2y to the line x=
y is
(1) 5x – 7y = 0 (2) 2x – 3y = 0 (3) 3x – 2y = 0 (4) 7x – 5y = 0
9. The length of the perpendicular from the origin, on the normal to the curve, x2 + 2xy – 3y2 = 0 at the
point (2, 2) is
(1) 2 2 (2) 2 (3) 4 2 (4) 2
10. The set of all possible values of in the interval (0, ) for which the points (1, 2) and (sin, cos) lie on the
same side of the line x + y = 1 is :
3 3
(1) 0, (2) , (3) 0, (4) 0,
2 4 4 4 4
11. If the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points P(1, 4) and Q(k, 3) has y-intercept
equal to –4, then a value of k is :
(1) 14 (2) 15 (3) –4 (4) –2
12.
A ray of light coming from the point 2,2 3 is incident at an angle 30° on the line x = 1 at the point A.
The ray gets reflected on the line x = 1 and meets x-axis at the point B. Then, the line AB passes
through the point :
3
(1) 3,
1
3
(2) 3, 3
(3) 4, 3 (4) 4,
2
13. Let L denote the line in the xy-plane with x and y intercepts as 3 and 1 respectively. Then the image of
the point (–1, –4) in this line is :
29 8 29 11 8 29 11 28
(1) , (2) , (3) , (4) ,
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
14. If the curve x2 + 2y2 = 2 intersects the line x + y = 1 at two points P and Q, then the angle subtended by
the line segment PQ at the origin is :
1 1 1 1
(1) tan 1 (2) tan 1 (3) tan 1 (4) tan 1
2 3 2 3 2 4 2 4
15. The intersection of three lines x – y = 0, x + 2y = 3 and 2x + y = 6 is a
(1) Right angled triangle (2) Equilateral triangle
(3) Isosceles triangle (4) None of the above
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16. The number of integral values of m so that the abscissa of point of intersection of lines 3x + 4y = 9 and y
= mx + 1 is also an integer, is :
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 0
17. The equation of one of the straight lines which passes through the point (1, 3) and makes an angles
ta n –1 2 with the straight line y 1 3 2 x is
(1) 4 2 x 5 y (1 5 4 2 ) 0 (2) 5 2 x 4 y (1 5 4 2 ) 0
(3) 4 2 x 5 y 4 2 0 (4) 4 2 x 5 y (5 4 2 ) 0
18. Let the equation of the pair of lines, y = px and y = qx, can be written as (y – px) (y – qx) = 0. Then the
equation of the pair of the angle bisectors of the lines x2 – 4xy – 5y2 = 0 is:
(1) x2 – 3xy + y2 = 0 (2) x2 + 4xy – y2 = 0
(3) x2 + 3xy – y2 = 0 (4) x2 – 3xy – y2 = 0
19. The point P (a,b) undergoes the following three transformations successively :
(a) reflection about the line y = x.
(b) translation through 2 units along the positive direction of x-axis.
(c) rotation through angle about the origin in the anti-clockwise direction.
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1 7
If the co-ordinates of the final position of the point P are , , then the value of 2a + b is equal to :
2 2
(1) 13 (2) 9 (3) 5 (4) 7
20. Two sides of a parallelogram are along the lines 4x + 5y = 0 and 7x + 2y = 0. If the equation of one of
the diagonals of the parallelogram is 11x + 7y = 9, then other diagonal passes through the point :
(1) (1,2) (2) (2,2) (3) (2,1) (4) (1,3)
21. Let ABC be a triangle with A(–3, 1) and ACB = , 0 < < . If the equation of the median through B
2
is 2x + y – 3 = 0 and the equation of angle bisector of C is 7x – 4y – 1 = 0, then tan is equal to:
1 3 4
(1) (2) (3) (4) 2
2 4 3
22. Let A be the set of all points (, ) such that the area of triangle formed by the points (5, 6), (3, 2) and
(, ) is 12 square units. Then the least possible length of a line segment joining the origin to a point in
A, is :
4 16 8 12
(1) (2) (3) (4)
5 5 5 5
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23. Let the area of the triangle with vertices A(1, ), B(, 0) and C(0, ) be 4 sq. units. If the point (, –), (–
, ) and (2, ) are collinear, then is equal to
(1) 64 (2) –8 (3) –64 (4) 512
24. A line, with the slope greater than one, passes through the point A(4, 3) and intersects the line x – y – 2
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= 0 at the point B. If the length of the line segment AB is , then B also lies on the line :
3
(1) 2x + y = 9 (2) 3x – 2y = 7 (3) x + 2y = 6 (4) 2x – 3y = 3
25. A point P moves so that the sum of squares of its distances from the points (1, 2) and (–2, 1) is 14. Let
f(x, y) = 0 be the locus of P, which intersects the x-axis at the points A, B and the y-axis at the point C,
D. Then the area of the quadrilateral ACBD is equal to
9 3 17 3 17
(1) (2) (3) (4) 9
2 2 4
26. Let A (, –2), B (, 6) and C , – 2 be vertices of a ABC. If 5, is the circumcentre of ABC,
4 4
then which of the following is NOT correct about ABC :
(1) ares is 24 (2) perimeter is 25 (3) circumradius is 5 (4) inradius is 2
27. A man starts walking from the point P(–3,4), touches the x-axis at R, and then turns to reach at the point
Q(0, 2). The man is walking at a constant speed. If the man reaches the point Q in the minimum time,
then 50((PR)2 + (RQ)2) is equal to _____.
28. If the system of linear equations 2x – 3y = + 5, x + 5y = +1, where , , R has infinitely many
solutions, then the value of |9 + 3 + 5| is equal to
29. The equations of the sides AB, BC and CA of a triangle ABC are: 2x + y = 0, x + py = 21a, (a 0) and x
– y = 3 respectively. Let P (2, a) be the centroid of ABC. Then (BC)2 is equal to
30. A triangle is formed by X-axis, Y-axis and the line 3x + 4y = 60. Then the number of points P(a, b) which
lie strictly inside the triangle, where a is an integer and b is a multiple of a, is_____.
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ANSWER ANSWERKEY_STRAIGHT LINE
1. (4)
1. (4)2.2. (2)(2)3. (4)3. 4. (2)
(4) 5. (1)
4. 6. (3)
(2) 7. (1)
5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (1)
8. (1)
8. (1)9.9. (1)(1)10. (1)
10. 11.(1) 11. (2) (3)
(3) 12. 12. 14. (2)
13. (4) (4) 13. (4) 14. (4)
15. 15. (3)
(3) 16.16. (2)
(2) 17.17.(1) 18.
(1) (3) 18.19. (2)
(3) 20.19.(2) 21.
(2) (3)20. (2) 21. (3)
22. 22. (3)
(3) 23.23. (3)
(3) 24.24.(3) 25.
(3) (2) 25.26. (2)
(2) 27.26.1250 (2)28. 27.
58 1250 28. 58
29. 29. 122
122 30. 30.3131
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