The point (-4, 5) lies on

1. x = -4 < 0 and y = 5 > 0. 2. Negative x with positive y is above the x-axis to the left. 3. That region is the second quadrant. 4. So option A is correct. _Source: Selina Concise Mathematics Class 9, Ch 26 Co-ordinate Geometry (Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on quadrants_