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 :

$$\left( {{{11} \over 5},{{28} \over 5}} \right)$$

$$\left( {{{29} \over 5},{{11} \over 5}} \right)$$

$$\left( {{{29} \over 5},{8 \over 5}} \right)$$

$$\left( {{8 \over 5},{{29} \over 5}} \right)$$

Straight Lines And Pair Of Straight Lines — JEE Main Previous Year Questions

142 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · Mathematics

Solved PYQs: 142
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~13
Subject: Mathematics

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Straight Lines And Pair Of Straight Lines has contributed 142 questions to Joint Entrance Examination (Main) papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 13 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 55,289 JEE Main questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 142 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Straight Lines And Pair Of Straight Lines within Mathematics, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

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Question 1 · JEE Main 2021
The image of the point (3, 5) in the line x - y + 1 = 0, lies on :
1. (A) $(x - 4)^2 + (y - 4)^2 = 8$
2. (B) $(x - 4)^2 + (y + 2)^2 = 16$
3. (C) $(x - 2)^2 + (y - 2)^2 = 12$
4. (D) $(x - 2)^2 + (y - 4)^2 = 4$
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$Answer: (D) (x - 2)^2 + (y - 4)^2 = 4$
Question 2 · JEE Main 2021
The intersection of three lines x - y = 0, x + 2y = 3 and 2x + y = 6 is a :
1. (A) $Right angled triangle$
2. (B) $Equilateral triangle$
3. (C) $None of the above$
4. (D) $Isosceles triangle$
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$Answer: (D) Isosceles triangle$
Question 3 · JEE Main 2021
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. (A) $1$
2. (B) $2$
3. (C) $3$
4. (D) $0$
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$Answer: (B) 2$
Question 4 · JEE Main 2020
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. (A) $14$
2. (B) $-4$
3. (C) $-2$
4. (D) $15$
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$Answer: (B) -4$
Question 5 · JEE Main 2020
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 :
1. (A) $(\frac{11}{5}, \frac{28}{5})$
2. (B) $(\frac{29}{5}, \frac{11}{5})$
3. (C) $(\frac{29}{5}, \frac{8}{5})$
4. (D) $(\frac{8}{5}, \frac{29}{5})$
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$Answer: (A) (\frac{11}{5}, \frac{28}{5})$

Straight Lines And Pair Of Straight Lines questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	14
2025	17
2024	24
2023	10
2022	18
2021	19
2020	11
2019	18
2018	4
2017	2
2016	5

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