Question

Signs of the abscissa and ordinate of a point in the second quadrant are respectively:

• A. $+,+$
• B. $-,-$
• C. $-,+$
• D. $+,-$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$-,+$

The signs of the $x$ and $y$ co-ordinates in the $4$ quadrants are as tabulated below:

Quadrant	$x$	$y$
$\text{I}$	$+$	$+$
$\text{II}$	$-$	$+$
$\text{III}$	$-$	$-$
$\text{IV}$	$+$	$-$

From the table, it can be observed that in the second quadrant, $x$ is negative and $y$ is positive hence the coordinates of a point in the second quadrant will have sign of the form $(-,+)$.