Practice Test


Q1) Find the distance between the points (3, 4) and (8, -6). Show Answer


Q2) Find the distance between the points (5, 2) and (0, 0). Show Answer


Q3) Find the value of p if the distnace between the points (8, p) and (4, 3) is 5. Show Answer


Q4) Find the value of c if the distance between the point (c, 4) and the origin is 5 units. Show Answer


Q5) Find the mid-point of the line segment made by joining the points (3, 2) and (6, 4). Show Answer


Q6) If the origin is the mid-point of the line segment joined by the points (2, 3) and (x, y) find the value of (x, y). Show Answer


Q7) Find the points that divide the line segment joining (2, 5) and (-1, 2) in the ratio 2 : 1 internally. Show Answer


Q8) In what ratio does the x-axis divide the line segment joining the points (2, -3) and (5, 6)? Show Answer


Q9) How many squares are possible if two of the vertices of a quadrilateral are (1, 0) and (2, 0)? Show Answer


Q10) If the point R (1, -2) divides externally the line segment joining P (2, 5) and Q in the ratio 3 : 4, what will be the coordinates of Q? Show Answer


Q11) Find the coordinates of the points that trisect the line segment joining (1, -2) and (-3, 4) Show Answer


Q12) Find the coordinates of the point that divides the line segment internally. Show Answer


Q13) Find the coordinates of the point if it divides the points externally. Show Answer


Q14) What ratio is the line segment joining? Show Answer


Q15) Find the nature of division? Show Answer


Q16) What ratio is the line segment divided by the y-axis? Show Answer


Q17) What is the nature of the division? Show Answer


Q18) If the coordinates of the mid-point of the line segment joining the points (2, 1) and (1, -3) is (x, y) then the relation between x and y can be best described by Show Answer


Q19) Points (6, 8), (3, 7), (-2, -2) and (1, -1) are joined to form a quadrilateral. What will be this structure? Show Answer


Q20) Points (4, -1), (6, 0), (7, 2) and (5, 1) are joined to be a vertex of a quadrilateral. What will be the structure? Show Answer


Q21) What will be the centroid of a triangle whose vertices are (2, 4), (6, 4) and (2, 0)? Show Answer


Q22) The distance between the lines 4 x + 3 y = 11 and 8 x + 6 y = 15 is Show Answer


Q23) If the mid-point of the line joining (3, 4) and (p, 7) is (x, y) and 2 x + 2 y + 1 = 0, then what will be the value of p? Show Answer


Q24) Find the third vertex of the triangle whose two vertices are (-3, 1) and (0, -2) and the centroid is the origin. Show Answer


Q25) Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (1, 3), (-7, 6) and (5, -1). Show Answer


Q26) Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (a, b + c), (a, b - c) and (-a, c). Show Answer


Q27) The number of lines that are parallel to 2 x + 6 y + 7 = 0 and have an intercept of length 10 between the coordinate axes is Show Answer


Q28) Which of the following three points represent a straight line? Show Answer


Q29) Which of the following will be the equation of a straight line that is parallel to the y-axis at a distance 11 units from it? Show Answer


Q30) Which of the following will be the equation of a straight line parallel to the y-axis at a distance of 9 units to the left? Show Answer


Q31) What can be said about the equation of the straight line x = 7? Show Answer


Q32) What can be said about the equation of the straight line y = -8? Show Answer


Q33) Which of the following straight lines passes through the origin? Show Answer


Q34) What will be the point of intersection of the equation of lines 2 x + 5 y = 6 and 3 x + 4 y = 7? Show Answer


Q35) If P (6, 7), Q (2, 3) and R (4, -2) be the vertices of a triangle, then which of the following is not a point contained in this triangle? Show Answer


Q36) What will be the reflection of the point (4, 5) in the second quadrant? Show Answer


Q37) What will be the reflection of the point (4, 5) in the third quadrant? Show Answer


Q38) If the origin gets shifted to (2, 2), then what will be the new coordinates of the point (4, -2)? Show Answer


Q39) What will be the length of the perpendicular drawn from the point (4, 5) upon the straight line 3 x + 4 y = 10? Show Answer


Q40) Find the area of the quadrilateral the coordinates of whose angular points taken in order are (1, 1), (3, 4), (5, -2) and (4, -7). Show Answer


Q41) Find the area of the quadrilateral the coordinates of whose angular points taken in order are (-1, 6), (-3, -9), (5, -8) and (3, 9). Show Answer


Q42) Two vertices of a triangle are (5, -1) and (-2, 3). If the orthocenter of the triangle is the origin, what will be the coordinates of the third point? Show Answer


Q43) Find the equation of the straight line passing through the origin and the point of intersection of the lines x/a + y/b = 1 and x/b + y/a = 1. Show Answer


Q44) One side of a rectangle lies along the line 4 x + 7 y + 5 = 0. Two of its vertices are (-3, 1) and (1, 1). Which of the following may be an equation which represents any of the other three straight lines? Show Answer


Q45) The points (p - 1, p + 2), (p, p + 1), (p + 1, p) are collinear for Show Answer


Q46) The straight line joining (1, 2) and (2, -2) is perpendicular to the line joining (8, 2) and (4, p). What will be the value of p? Show Answer


Q47) What will be the length of the perpendicular drawn from the point (-3, -4) to the straight line 12 (x + 6) = 5 (y - 2)? Show Answer


Q48) The area of the triangle with vertices at (a, b + c), (b, c + a) and (c, a + b) is Show Answer


Q49) Find the distance between the two parallel straight lines y = m x + c and y = m x + d? [Assume c > d] Show Answer


Q50) Find the equation of the straight line if it is perpendicular to the straight line 3 x - 4 y = 5? Show Answer


Q51) Find the equation of the straight line if it is parallel to the straight line 3 x + 4 y = 5? Show Answer


Q52) The orthocenter of the triangle formed by the points (0, 0), (8, 0) and (4, 6) is Show Answer


Q53) The area of a triangle is 5 square units, two of its vertices are (2, 1) and (3, -2). The third vertex lies on y = x + 3. What will be the third vertex? Show Answer


Q54) The equations of two equal sides AB and AC of an isosceles triangle ABC are x + y = 5 and 7 x - y = 3 respectively. What will be the equation of the side BC if area of triangle ABC is 5 square units. Show Answer


Q55) Three vertices of a rhombus, taken in order are (2, -1), (3, 4) and (-2, 3). Find the fourth vertex. Show Answer


Q56) Four vertices of a parallelogram taken in order are (-3, -1), (a, b), (3, 3) and (4, 3). What will be the ratio of a to b? Show Answer


Q57) What will be the new equation of straight line 3 x + 4 y = 6 if the origin gets shifted to (3, -4)? Show Answer


Q58) What will be the value of p if the equation of straight line 2 x + 5 y = 4 gets changed to 2 x + 5 y = p after shifting the origin at (3, 3)? Show Answer


Q59) A line passing through the points (a, 2a) and (-2, 3) is perpendicular to the line 4 x + 3 y + 5 = 0. Find the value of a? Show Answer


Q60) The area of a triangle is 5 square units. Two of its vertices are (2, 1) and (3, -2). The third vertex lies on y = x + 3. What will be the third vertex? Show Answer


Q61) One side of a rectangle lies along the line 4 x + 7 y + 5 = 0. Two of its vertices are (-3, 1) and (1, 1). Which of the following is not an equation of the other three straight lines? Show Answer


Q62) The area of triangle formed by the points (p, 2-2p), (1-p, 2p) and (-4-p, 6-2p) is 70 units. How many integral values of p are possible? Show Answer


Q63) What are the points on the axis of x whose perpendicular distance from the straight line x/p + y/q = 1 is p? Show Answer


Q64) If the medians PT and RS of a triangle with vertices P (0, b), Q (0, 0) and R (a, 0) are perpendicular to each other, which of the following satisfies the relationship between a and b? Show Answer


Q65) The point of intersection of the lines x/a + y/b = 1 and x/b + y/b = 1 lies on the line Show Answer


Q66) PQR is an isosceles triangle. If the coordinates of the base are Q (1, 3) and R (-2, 7), then the coordinates of the vertex P can be Show Answer


Q67) The extremities of a diagonal of a parallelogram are the points (3, -4) and (-6, 5). If the third vertex is the point (-2, 1), the coordinate of the fourth vertex is Show Answer


Q68) If the points (a, 0), (0, b) and (1, 1) are collinear then which of the following is true? Show Answer


Q69) If P and Q are two points on the line 3 x + 4 y = -15, such that OP = OQ = 9 units, the area of the triangle POQ will be Show Answer


Q70) If the coordinates of the points A, B, C and D are (6, 3), (-3, -5), (4, -2) and (a, 3a) respectively and if the ratio of the area of triangles ABC and DBC is 2 : 1, then the value of a is Show Answer


Q71) The equations of two equal sides AB and AC of an isosceles triangle ABC are x + y = 5 and 7 x - y = 3 respectively. What will be the length of the intercept cut the side BC on the y-axis? Show Answer


Q72) A line is represented by the equation 4 x + 5 y = 6 in the coordinate system with the origin (0, 0). You are required to find the equation of the straight line perpendicular to this line that passes through the point (1, -2) [which is in the coordinate system where origin is at (-2, -2)]. Show Answer


Q73) Two sides of a square lie on the lines x + y = 1 and x + y + 2 = 0. What is its area? Show Answer


Q74) Find the value of k if the straight line 2x + 3 y + 4 + k (6x - y + 12) = 0 is perpendicular to the line 7x + 5y = 4. Show Answer


Q75) How many points on x + y = 4 are there that lie at a unit distance from the line 4x + 3y = 10? Show Answer


Q76) The coordinates of the mid-points of the sides of a triangle are (4, 2), (3, 3) and (2, 2). What will be the coordinates of the centroid of the triangle? Show Answer


Q77) A wooden box (open at the top) of thickness 0.5 cm, length 21 cm, width 11 cm and height 6 cm is painted on the inside. The expenses of painting are Rs. 140. What is the rate of painting per square centimeter? Show Answer


Q78) Which one of the following cannot be the ratio of angles in a right-angled triangle? Show Answer


Q79) A slab of ice 10 inches in length, 15 inches in breadth, and 3 inches thick was melted and re-solidified in the form of a rod of 10 inches diameter. The length of such a rod, in inches, is nearest to: Show Answer


Q80) The area of the triangle whose vertices are (a, a), (a + 1, a + 1), (a + 2, a) is : Show Answer


Q81) In a rectangle, the difference between the sum of the adjacent sides and the diagonal is two-thirds the length of the shorter side. What is the ratio of the shorter to the longer side? Show Answer