NDA/NA Mathematics

PREVIOUS YEAR EXERCISE

1. What is the perpendicular distance of the point 7. From the point (4, 3) a perpendicular is
(x, y) from x-axis ? (2012-I) dropped on the x-axis as well as on the y-
(a) x (b) y axis. If the lengths of perpendiculars are p, q
(c) |x| (d) |y| respectively, then which one of the following
is correct ? (2012-II)
2. If the mid point between the points (a + b, a – (a) p = q (b) 3p =4q
b) and (–a, b) lies on the line ax + by = k, (c) 4p = 3q (d) p +q = 5
whata is k equal to (2012-I)
(a) (b) a + b 8. What is the value of λ if the straight line
b ( 2 x  3y  4)  λ (6 x  y  12)  0 is parallel to
(c) ab (d) a – b
y-axis ? (2012-II)
3. What is the perimeter of the triangle with ver- (a) 3 (b) –6
tices A(–4, 2), B(0, –1) and C(3, 3) ? (c) 4 (d) –3
(2012-I)
9. The line y = 0 divides the line joining the points
(a) 7  3 2 (b) 10  5 2 (3, –5) and (–4, 7) in the ratio : (2012-II)
(c) 11 6 2 (d) 5  2 (a) 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 5
(c) 5 : 7 (d) 7 : 9
4. The solution of the simultaneous linear equa-
tions 2x + y = 6 and 3y = 8 + 4x will also be 10. The equation of a straight line which makes an
satisfied by which one of the following linear angle 45 o
with the x-axis with y-intercept 101
equations ? (2012-I) units is (2012-II)
(a) x + y = 5 (b) 2x + y = 9 (a) 10x + 101y = 1 (b) 101x + y = 1
(c) 2x – 3y = 10 (d) 2x + 3y = 6 (c) x + y – 101 = 0 (d) x – y + 101 = 0

5. What is the perpendicular distance between 11. If the points (2, 4), (2, 6) and ( 2  3 , k ) are
the parallel lines 3x + 4y = 9 and 9x + 12y + the vertices of an equilateral triangle, then what
28 = 0? (2012-II) is the value of k ? (2012-II)
7 8
(a) 6 (b) 5
(a) units (b) units (c) –3 (d) 1
3 3
10 11 12. What is the area of the region bounded by the
(c) units (d) units lines y = x, y = 0 and x = 4 ? (2012-II)
3 3
6. Let p, q, r, s be the distances from origin of (a) 4 square units (b) 8 square units
the points (2, 6), (3, 4), (4, 5) and (–2, 5) (c) 12 square units (d) 16 square units
respectively. Which one of the following is a 13. The locus of a point equidistant from three col-
whole number ? (2012-II) linear points is (2012-II)
(a) p (b) q (a) a straight line (b) a pair of points
(c) r (d) s (c) a point (d) the null set
1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (c)
10. (d) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (a)
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14. The equation to the locus of a point which is 20. For what value of k, the equations 3x – y = 8
always equidistant from the points (1, 0) and and 9x – ky = 24 will have infinitely many so-
(0, –2) (2012-II) lutions ? (2013-I)
(a) 2x + 4y + 3 = 0 (b) 4x + 2y + 3 = 0 (a) 6 (b) 5
(c) 2x + 4y – 3 = 0 (d) 4x + 2y – 3 = 0 (c) 3 (d) 1

15. The points (5, 1), (1, –1) and (11, 4) are 21. What is the area of the triangle bounded by
(a) collinear (2012-II) the side x = 0, y = 0 and x + y = 2 (2013-I)
(b) vertices of right angled triangle (a) 1 square unit (b) 2 square unit
(c) vertices of equilateral triangle (c) 4 square unit (d) 8 square unit
(d) vertices of an isosceles triangle 22. If 8x – 9y = 20 and 7x – 10y = 9, then what is
2x–y equal to ? (2013-II)
16. What is the equation of a straight line which
(a) 10 (b) 11
passes through (3, 4) and sum of whose x and
(c) 12 (d) 13
y intercepts is 14 ? (2013-I)
(a) 4x + 3y = 24 (b) x + y = 14 23. If the three vertices of the parallelogram
(c) 4x – 3y = 0 (d) 3x + 4y = 25 ABCD are A(1, a), B(3, a), C(2, b), then D is
equal to (2013-II)
17. What is the inclination of the line (a) (3, b) (b) (6, b)
3x  y  1  0 (2013-I) (c) (4, b) (d) (5, b)
(a) 30 o
(b) 60 o
24. The value of k for which the lines 2x + 3y + a
(c) 135 o
(d) 150o = 0 and 5x + ky + a = 0 represent family of
18. Two straight line paths are represented by the parallel lines is (2013-II)
equation 2x – y = 2 and –4x + 2y = 6. Then (a) 3 (b) 4.5
the paths will be (2013-I) (c) 7.5 (d) 15
(a) cross each other at one point 25. What is the equation of the line which passes
(b) not cross each other through (4,–5) and is perpendicular to
(c) cross each other at two points 3 x  4 y  41  0 (2013-II)
(d) cross each other at infinitely many points (a) 4x – 3y – 31 = 0 (b) 3x – 4y – 41 = 0
(c) 4x + 3y – 1 = 0 (d) 3x + 4y + 8 = 0
19. A straight line passes through the points (5, 0)
and (0, 3). The length of the perpendicular 26. For what value of k are the two straight lines
from the point (4, 4) on the line is (2013-I) 3x + 4y = 1 and 4x + 3y + 2k = 0 equidistant
from the point (1, 1) ? (2013-II)
17 17
(a) (b) 1
2 2 (a) (b) 2
15 2
17
(c) (d) (c) –2 (d) –1/2
34 2
14. (a) 15. (a) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (b) 20. (c) 21. (b) 22. (a)
23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (d)
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27. A point P moves such that its distances from 34. What is the area bounded by the lines x = 0, y
(1, 2) and (–2, 3) are equal. Then the locus of = 0 and x + y + 2 = 0 ? (2013-II)
P is (2013-II) (a) 1/2 square unit (b) 1 square unit
(a) straight line (b) parabola (c) 2 square unit (d) 4 square unit
(c) ellipse (d) hyperbola 35. Consider the following points: (2014-I)
1. (0, 5) 2. (2, –1) 3. (3, –4)
28. The equation of the locus of a point which is
equidistant from the axes is (2013-II) Which of the above lie on the line 3x + y = 5
and at a distance 10 from (1, 2) ?
(a) y = 2x (b) x = 2y
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) y   x (d) 2y + x = 0
(c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
29. What angle does the line segment joining (5, 36. What is the equation of the line through (1, 2)
2)and (6, –15) subtend at (0, 0) ? (2013-II) so that the segment of the line intercepted be-
π π tween the axes is bisected at this point ?
(a) (b) (2014-I)
6 4
π 3π (a) 2x – y = 4 (b) 2x – y + 4 = 0
(c) (d) (c) 2x + y = 4 (d) 2x + y + 4 = 0
2 4
37. What is the equation of straight line passing
30. What is the equation to the straight line pass- through the point (4, 3) and making equal in-
ing through (5, –2) and (–4, 7) ? (2013-II) tercepts on the coordinate axes ? (2014-I)
(a) 5x – 2y = 4 (b) –4x + 7y = 9 (a) x + y = 7 (b) 3x + 4y = 7
(c) x – y = 1 (d) None of the above
(c) x + y = 3 (d) x – y = –1
38. What is the equation of the line midway be-
31. What is the angle between the lines x + y = 1 tween the lines 3x –4y + 12 = 0 and 3x – 4y
and x – y = 1? (2013-II) = 6? (2014-I)
π π (a) 3x – 4y – 9 = 0 (b) 3x – 4y + 9 = 0
(a) (b) (c) 3x – 4y – 3 = 0 (d) 3x – 4y + 3 = 0
6 4
π π 39. A(3, 4) and B(5, –2) are two points and P is a
(c) (d)
3 2 point such that PA = PB. If the area of triangle
PAB is 10 square unit, what are the coordi-
32. The centroid of the triangle with vertices (2,
nates of P? (2014-II)
3), (–2, –5) and (3, 5) is at (2013-II)
(a) (1, 1) (b) (2, –1) (a) (1, 0) only (b) (7, 2) only
(c) (1, –1) (d) (1, 2) (c) (1, 0) or (7,2 ) (d) Neither (1, 0) nor (7,2)
33. The equation of the line, the reciprocals of 40. What is the product of the perpendiculars
whose intercepts on the axes are m and n, is drawn from the points ( a 2  b 2 ,0) upon
given by (2013-II) the line bx cos α  ay sin α  ab ? (2014-II)
(a) nx + my = mn (b) mx + ny = 1 (a) a2 (b) b2
(c) mx + ny = mn (d) mx – ny = 1 (c) a2 + b2 (d) a + b
27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (c) 31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (c) 35. (c)
36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (c) 40. (b)
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41. Which one of the following is correct in re 46. If a line is perpendicular to the line 5x – y = 0
x 1 y  2 and forms a triangle of area 5 square units with
spect of the equations  and 2x
+ 3y = 5? 2 3(2014-II) co-ordinate axes, then its equation is
(a) They represent two lines which are (2015-II)
psarallel. (a) x + 5y ± 5 2 = 0 (b) x – 5y ± 5 2 = 0
(c) 5x + y ± 5 2 = 0 (d) 5x – y ± 5 2 = 0
(b) They represent two lines which are
47. The three lines 4x + 4y = 1, 8x – 3y = 2, y =
perpendicular. 0 are (2015-II)
(c) They represent two lines which are neither (a) the sides of an isosceles triangle
parallel nor perpendicular. (b) concurrent
(d) The first equation does not represent a line. (c) mutually perpendicular
(d) the sides of an equilateral triangle
42. A line passes through (2, 2) and is perpen-
dicular to the line 3 x  y  3 . Its y-intercept is 48. The line 3x + 4y – 24 = 0 intersects the x-axis
(a) 3/4 (b) 4/3 (2015-I) at A and y-axis at B. Then the circumcentre of
(c) 1/3 (d) 3 the triangle OAB where O is the origin is
(2015-II)
43. The perpendicular distance between the (a) (2, 3) (b) (3, 3)
straight lines 6 x  8 y  15  0 and (c) (4, 3) (d) none of these
3 x  4 y  9  0 is (2015-I)
49. Two straight lines passing through the point
3 3 A(3, 2) cut the line 2y = x + 3 and x-axis
(a) units (b) unit
2 10 perpendicularly at P and Q respectively. The
3 2 equation of the line PQ is (2015-II)
(c) unit (d) unit (a) 7x + y – 21 = 0 (b) x + 7y + 21 = 0
4 7
(c) 2x + y – 8 = 0 (d) x + 2y + 8 = 0
44. The length of perpendicular from the origin to
50. A straight line intersects x and y axes at P and
a line is 5 units and the line makes an angle
Q respectively. If (3, 5) is the middle point of
1200 with the positive direction of x-axis. The
PQ, then what is the area of the triangle OPQ?
equation of the line is (2015-I) (2016-I)
(a) x  3 y  5 (b) 3x  y  10 (a) 12 square units (b) 15 square units
(c) 3 x  y  10 (d) None of the above (c) 20 square units (d) 30 square units
For the next two (02) items that follow:
45. The equation of the line joining the origin to Consider the two lines x + y + 1 = 0 and 3x +
x y 2y + 1 =0
the point of intersection of the lines   1
a b 51. What is the equation of the line passing through
x y
and   1 is (2015-I) the point of intersection of the given lines and
b a parallel to x-axis? (2016-I)
(a) x – y = 0 (b) x  y  0 (a) y + 1 = 0 (b) y – 1 = 0
(c) x = 0 (d) y = 0 (c) y – 2 = 0 (d) y + 2 = 0
41. (b) 42. (b) 43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (a)
50. (d) 51. (d)
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52. What is the equation of the line passing through Select the correct answer using the code given
the point of intersection of the given lines and below
parallel to y-axis? (2016-I) (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(a) x + 1 = 0 (b) x – 1 = 0
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) x – 2 = 0 (d) x + 2 = 0
58. A straight line cuts off an intercept of 2 units
53. What is the acute angle between the lines
on the positive direction of x-axis and passes
represented by the equations y  3x  5  0 &
through the point (–3, 5). What is the foot of
3y  x  6  0? (2016-I)
the perpendicular drawn from the point (3, 3)
(a) 30° (b) 45°
on this line? (2016-II)
(c) 60° (d) 75°
54. What is the equation of the right bisector of (a) (1, 3) (b) (2, 0)
the line segment joining (1, 1) and (2, 3)? (c) (0, 2) (d) (1, 1)
(2016-II)
59. What is the equation of the straight line paral-
(a) 2x + 4y – 11 = 0 (b) 2x – 4y – 5 = 0
lel to 2x + 3y + 1 = 0 and passes through the
(c) 2x – 4y – 11 = 0 (d) x – y + 1 = 0
point (–1, 2) ? 2017 (I)
55. If the point (a, a) lies between the lines | x + y (a) 2x + 3y – 4 = 0 (b) 2x + 3y –5 = 0
| = 2, then which one of the following is correct?
(c) x + y –1 = 0 (d) 3x – 2y + 7 = 0
(2016-II)
60. What is the acute angle between the pair of
(a) | a | < 2 (b) | a |  2
straight lines 3x  2y  1 and
1
(c) | a | < 1 (d) | a | 
2 2x  3y  2 ? 2017 (I)
56. What is the equation of the straight line which
passes through the point of intersection of the 1  1  1  1 
(a) tan   (b) tan  
straight lines x + 2y = 5 and 3x + 7y = 17 and 2 6  6
is perpendicular to the straight line 3x + 4y =  1 
10 ? (2016-II) (c) tan 1
 3  (d) tan 1  
 3
(a) 4x + 3y + 2 = 0 (b) 4x – y + 2 = 0
(c) 4x – 3y – 2 = 0 (d) 4x – 3y + 2 = 0 61. The angle between the lines x + y – 3 = 0 and
x – y + 3 = 0 is  and the acute angle be-
57. If (a, b) is at unit distance from line 8x + 6y tween the lines x  3y  2 3  0 and
+1= 0, then which of the following conditions 3x  y  1  0 is  . Which one of the fol-
are correct? lowing is correct? 2017 (II)
1. 3a – 4b – 4 = 0 2. 8a + 6b + 11 = 0 (a)    (b)   
3. 8a + 6b – 9 = 0 (2016-II) (c)    (d)   2
52. (b) 53. (a) 54. (a) 55. (c) 56. (d) 57. (b) 58. (d) 59. (a)
60. (a) 61. (b)
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62. The distance of the point (1, 3) from the line (a) 7x – 7y  18  0 (b) 5x – 7y  18  0
2x + 3y = 6, measured parallel to the line 4x + (c) 5x – 5y  18  0 (d) x – y  5  0
y = 4, is 2017 (II)
67. Condider the following statements : 2018 (I)
5 3
(a) units (b) unit 1. The length p of the perpendicular from the
13 17
origin to the line ax  by  c satisfies the
17 c2
(c) 17 units (d) units relation p 2  2 2 .
2 a b
2. The length p of the perpendicular from the
63. The equation of a straight line which cuts off x y
origin to the line   1 satisfies the
a b
an intercept of 5 units on negative direction of 1 1 1
y-axis and makes an angle 120o with positive relation p2  a 2  b 2 .
direction of x-axis is 2017 (II) 3. The length p of the perpendicular from the
origin to the line y  mx  c satisfies the
(a) y  3x  5  0 (b) y  3x  5  0
1 1  m 2  c2
(c) y  3x  5  0 (d) y  3x  5  0 relation 2  .
p c2
Which of the above is/are correct ?
64. The equation of the line passing through the
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 only
point (2, 3) and the point of intersection of
(c) 1 and 2 only (d) 2 only
lines 2x – 3y + 7 = 0 and 7x + 4y + 2 = 0 is
(a) 21x + 46y – 180=0 2017 (II) 68. What is the equation of the straight line passing
(b) 21x–46y+96= 0 through the point (2, 3) and making an intercept
(c) 46x + 21y – 155= 0 on the positive y-axis equal to twice its intercept
(d) 46x –21y – 29 = 0 on the positive x-axis ? 2018 (I)
(a) 2x  y  5 (b) 2x  y  7
65. What is the equation of the straight line cutting
(c) x  2y  7 (d) 2x – y  1
off an intercept 2 from the negative direction of
y-axis and inclined at 30 with the positive 69. The perpendiculars that fall from any point of
direction of x-axis ? 2018 (I) straight line 2x  11y  5 upon the two straight
(a) x –2 3y–3 2  0 (b) x  2 3y – 3 2  0 lines 24x  7y  20 and 4x – 3y  2 are
(c) x  3y – 2 3  0 (d) x – 3y – 2 3  0 2018 (I)
(a) 12 and 4 respectively
66. What is the equation of the line passing through
the point of intersection of the lines (b) 11 and 5 respectively
x  2y – 3  0 and 2x – y  5  0 and parallel to (c) Equal to each other
the line y – x  10  0 ? 2018 (I) (d) Not equal to each other
62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (b) 65. (d) 66. (c) 67. (c) 68. (b) 69. (c)

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70. The equation of the line, when the portion of it 74. What is the equation of straight line passing
intercepted between the axes is divided by the through the point of intersection of the lines
point (2, 3) in the ratio of 3 : 2, is 2018 (I) x y x y
  1 and   1, and parallel to the line
(a) Either x  y  4 or 9x  y  12 2 3 3 2
(b) Either x  y  5 or 4x  9y  30 4 x  5 y  6  0? 2018 (II)
(a) 20 x  25 y  54  0 (b) 25 x  20 y  54  0
(c) Either x  y  4 or x  9y  12 (c) 4 x  5 y  54  0 (d) 4 x  5 y  45  0
(d) Either x  y  5 or 9x  4y  30 75. What is the angle between the straight lines
71. What is the distance between the straight lines  m – m n  y   m n  n  x  n and
2 2 3

3x  4y  9 and 6x  8y  15 2018 (I)

 mn  m  y   mn – n  x  m where
2 2 3

(a) 3/2 (b) 3/10

mn? 2018 (II)
(c) 6 (d) 5
 2mn   4m 2 n 2 
72. The angle between the two lines (a) tan –1  2  (b) tan –1  4 
 m  n2   m – n4
 
lx  my  n  0 and l , x  m ' y  n '  0 is given by
tan 1  . What is  equal to 2018 (II) –1  4m n
2 2 
(c) tan 
 m4  n 4  (d) 45o
lm ' l 'm lm ' l 'm  
(a) ll ' mm ' (b) ll ' mm '
76. If the lines 3y + 4x = 1, y = x + 5 and 5y + bx
lm ' l 'm lm ' l 'm = 3 are concurrent , then what is the value of
(c) ll ' mm ' (d) ll ' mm ' b? 2019 (I)
(a) 1 (b) 3
73. Consider the following statements : 2018 (II) (c) 6 (d) 1/2
1. The distance between the lines 77. What is the equation of the straight line which
is perpendicular to y = x and passes through
c1  c2
y  mx  c1 and y  mx  c2 is . (3, 2) ? 2019 (I)
1  m2 (a) x - y = 5 (b) x + y = 5
2.The distance between the lines (c) x + y = 1 (d) x - y = 1
c1  c2
ax  by  c1  0 and ax+by+c 2  0 is . 78. The equation ax + by + c=0 represents a
a 2  b2
straight line 2019 (II)
3.The distance between the lines (a) for all real numbers a, b and c
x  c1 and x = c 2 is c1  c2 . (b) only when a  0
Which of the above statements are correct? (c) only when b  0
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (d) only when at least one of a and b is none
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 zero

70. (d) 71. (b) 72. (c) 73. (d) 74. (a) 75. (b) 76. (c) 77. (b) 78. (d)

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79. What is the angle between the lines xcosα + 83. If the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the
ysinα =a and xsinβ- ycosβ=a ? 2019 (II) point (0, k) to the line 3x - 4y - 5 = 0 is (3, 1),
(a)    (b)      then what is the value of k? (2020-I & II)
(a) 3 (b) 4
  2  2    2  2  (c) 5 (d) 6
(c) (d)
2 2
84. What is the obtuse angle between the lines
80. What is the distance between the points P(m
whose slopes are 2  3 and 2  3 ?
cos2α, m sin2α) and Q(m cos2β, m sin2β)?
2019 (II) (2020-I & II)
(a) |2m sin(α - β)| (b) |2m cos(α - β)| (a) 105 0
(b) 120 0

(c) |m sin(2α - 2β)| (d) |m sin(2α - 2β)| (c) 1350 (d) 1500
81. The point (1, -1) is one of the vertices of a 85. If 3x - 4y - 5 = 0 and 3x - 4y + 15 = 0 are the
square. If 3x + 2y = 5 is the equation of one eqyations of a pair of opposite side of a square,
diagoanl of the square, then what is the equation then what is the area of the square?
of the other diagonal? (2020-I & II) (2020-I & II)
(a) 3x - 2y = 5 (b) 2x - 3y = 1 (a) 4 square units (b) 9 square units
(c) 2x - 3y = 5 (d) 2x + 3y = -1 (c) 16 square units (d) 25 square units
82. Under which condition, are the points (a, b),
(c, d) and (a - c, b - d) collinear?
(2020-I & II)
(a) ab = cd (b) ac = bd
(c) ad = bc (d) abc = d

79. (d) 80. (a) 81. (c) 82. (c) 83. (c) 84. (b) 85. (c)

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