UNIT-3

ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY
CIRCLES

SYNOPSIS
Definition: The locus of the point moving in a plane such that it is at a constant distance from a
fixed point is called a circle.
Here the constant distance is called the radius and the fixed point is called the center.
1) If (h,k) is center and ‘r’ is radius, then the equation of the circle is (x-h)2+(y-k)2=r2. (or)
x2+y2-2hx-2ky+( h2+k2-r2)=0
2) The circle with center as origin and radius ‘r’ is x2+y2=r2
3) Equation of every circle is
i. Second degree in x and y and in it
ii. Coefficient of x2 = coefficient of y2
iii. Coefficient of xy=0
4) Standard formof a circle is x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0
i. g2+f2-c>0 => real circle
ii. g2+f2-c=0 => point circle(represented by its center)
iii. g2+f2-c<0 => imaginary circle(not a real circle)
5) If x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 represents a circle, then its center is (-g,-f) and radius= g 2  f 2  c
6) The equation of the circle x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 contains three arbitrary constants hence to fix
a circle at least three conditions are required.
g f
7) The general equation of a circle is ax2+ay2+2gx+2fy+c=0 its center is   ,  ,
 a a
g 2  f 2  ac
radius =
a
8) The equation of the circle passing through origin and making intercepts a and b on x and y
axis respectively is x2+y2-ax-by=0.The circle passing through (0,0),(a,0),(0,b) is x2+y2-ax-by=0.
9) The equation of the circle passing through origin and through the points of the interception of
the line ax+by+c=0 with coordinate axis is ab(x2+y2)+c(bx+ay)=0
10) The equation of the circle with (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) as extremities of a diameter is
(x-x1)(x-x2)+(y-y1)(y-y2)=0 (or) x2+y2-x(x1+x2)-(y1+y2)y+(x1x2+y1y2)=0
11) Any circle touching
i) x – axis is of the form x2+y2+2gx+2fy+g2=0 (i.e. c=g2), radius = f .
ii) y – axis is of the form x2+y2+2gx+2fy+f2=0 (i.e. c=f2) radius = g
iii) Both the axis is x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 with c= g2=f2. radius = g = f
12) Equation of the circle which center (a,b) and touching
i) x- axis is x2+y2-2ax-2by+a2=0
ii) y – axis is x2+y2-2ax-2by+b2=0
iii) Both the axis with radius r are x2+y2  2rx  2ry+r2=0
13) If ‘C’ is center ‘r’ is radius of a circle and the perpendicular distance from center ‘C’ to a line
‘l’ is d, then
i) d>r <=> / is outside of the circle
ii) d=r <=> / is a tangent (touches the circle)
iii) d<r <=> / is cuts the circle in two distinct points
14) Conditions for a line to touch a circle:
i) y=mx+c to touch x2+y2=r2 is c2=r2(m2+1)
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 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
 lr 2 mr 2 
ii) lx+my+n=0 to touch x +y =r is n =r (l + m ) and the point of contact is   , 
 n n 
iii) lx+my+n=0 to touch x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 is (l2+m2)(g2+f2-c)= (lg+mf-n)2
15) For the circle x2+y2=r2 tangent with slope ‘m’ is y=mx  r m 2  1
16) For the circle (x-x1)2+(y-y1)2 =r2 tangent with slope ‘m’ is
(y-y1)= m(x-x1)  r( m 2  1 )
17) For the circle (x-x1)2+(y-y1)2 =r2
i) tangents parallel to x – axis : y=y1  r
ii) tangents parallel to y – axis : x=x1  r
18) For the circle (x-x1)2+(y-y1)2 =r2 tangents parallel to lx+my+n=0 are
lx+my=lx1+my1  r l 2  m 2
19) The intercept made by the circle x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 on
i) x – axis is 2 g 2  c
ii) y – axis is 2 f 2  c
20) If ‘r’ is radius of a circle then a line which is at a distance ‘d’ from center of the circle , cuts (a
chord) and intercept of length 2 r 2  d 2
21) The number of circles touching all the three given lines which are
i) Forming a triangle is four
ii) Such that two of the lines are parallel is two
iii) Concurrent is one (the point circle, represented by the point of concurrence)
iv) All parallel zero
22) In a circle, normal at any point of the circle passes through its center
23) Parametric equations of the circle
i) x2+y2=r2 are x=r cos  , y=r sin  , parameter is  , point ‘  ’ is (r cos  , r sin  )
ii) (x-x1)2+(y-y1)2=r2 are x=x1+r cos  , y=y1+r sin  , point ‘  ’ is
(x1+r cos  , y1+r sin  )
24) Equation of the tangent at ‘  ’ to the circle x2+y2=r2 is x cos  + y sin  =r
25) Equation of the normal at ‘  ’ to the circle x2+y2=r2 is x sin  - y cos  =0
26) The equation of the normal at P(x1,y1) to x2+y2=r2 is y1x- x1y =0
27) The equation of the normal at P(x1,y1) to x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 is y1(x+g)-x1(y+f)=0
28) Equation of the chord joining the two points  1 and  2 of the circle x2+y2=r2is
  2     2    2 
x cos 1  + y sin 1   r cos 1 
 2   2   2 
29) The length of the chord AB joining A( 1 ), B(  2 ) of the circle x2+y2=r2 (or)
(x-x1)2+(y-y1)2 =r2 is 2r sin(1   2 )
30) Notations : S= x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c, then
S1= xx1+yy1+g(x+x1)+f(y+y1)+c
S12= x1x2+y1y2+g(x1+x2)+f(y1+y2)+c
S11= x12+y12+2gx1+2fy1+c
31) If S=0 is a circle P(x1,y1) is a point, then
i) S11>0 <=> P lies outside the circle
ii) S11=0 <=> P lies on the circle
iii) S11<0<=> P lies inside of the circle
32) If P(x1,y1) is a point lying outside of the circle S=0 then the length of the tangent from P is S11
33) The equation of the chord joining the two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) of circle S=0 is S1+S2=S12
34) The equation of the tangent at P(x1,y1) of the circle S=0 is S1=0

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35) Chord of contact (Def): If P is a point outside of the circle and the tangents from P touch
the circle in A and B, then the chord joining the points A and B ( points of contact) is called as
chord of contact of P, with respect to that circle.
The Chord of contact P(x1,y1) with respect to circle S=0 is S1=0
36) Pole and Polar (Def) : If ‘P’ is a point (other than center) in the plane of a circle and a
secant line through P cuts the circle A and B. If the tangents at A and B intersect in Q, then the
locus of ‘Q’ is a straight line called polar of P with respectto the circle .
To this polar P is called the pole with respect to the circle
Equation of the Polar of the point P(x1,y1) with respect to the circle S=0 is S1=0
37) Some important aspects of pole and polar :
i) If P lies outside the circle, then polar is chord of contact of P
ii) If P lies on the circle then polar is tangent at P to the circle
iii) If P lies inside the circle, then polar completely lies outside the circle
iv) The polar of center of circle with respect to the same circle does not exit.
v) For any diameter pole does not exit.
vi) Polar is a straight line and it is perpendicular to the line joining center and the point
vii) The Polar of a point if exists in unique
viii) Polars of colliner points are concurrent
ix) Poles of concurrent lines are colliner.
  lr 2  mr 2 
38) Pole of the line lx+my+n=0 with respect to the circle x2+y2=r2 is  , 
 n n 
39) The pole of the line lx+my+n=0 with respect to the circle x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 is
  lr 2  mr 2 
  g  , f   where N=l(-g)+m(-f)+n
 N N 
40) Conjugate points (Def) : If polar of point P with respect to a circle passes through another
point Q, then the polar of Q passes through P. Two such points are called a pair of conjugate
points.P(x1,y1) and Q(x2,y2) are conjugate points with respect to the curve (circle) S=0
<=> S12=0 for a point there exists an infinite number of conjugate points.
41) Conjugate Lines (Def) : If pole of the line l1 with respect to a circle lies on the line l2 then
the pole of l2 with respect to same circle lies on l1.
Two such lines are called conjugate lines. The condition that the lines
l1x+m1y+n1=0 and l2x+m2y+n2=0 to be conjugate with respect to the circle.
i) x2+y2=r2 is r2(l1l2+m1m2)= n1n2
ii) x2+y2+2gx+2fy+c=0 is (g2+f2-c) (l1l2+m1m2)= (l1g+m1f-n1) (l2g+m2f-n2)
For a line there exists infinite number of conjugate lines.
42) The length of the chord of contact of the point P(x1,y1) with respect to the circle
S11
S=0 is 2r
S11  r 2
43) If d is the distance between center of two circles whose radii are r1 and r2 thenlength of
direct common tangent of two circles is d 2  (r1  r2 ) 2 and length of transverse common
tangent of two circles is d 2  (r1  r2 ) 2
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 Solved problems:
I.1.If ax2+2pxy-3y2+8x+12y+6=0 represents a circle then a= p=
a) 3,0 b) -3,0 c) 0,3 d) 0,-3
Ans: a=b => a=-3, p=0 (h=0)
2.If x2+y2+4x+6y+c=0 represents a circle of radius 5 then c=
a) -15 b) -25 c) -13 d) -12

Ans: r= => 5= 4  9  c => 25=13-c => c= -12

3.The radius of the circle 1  m 2 ( x2+y2)-2cx-2cmy=0 is

a) c b) –c c) |c| d) 2c

c2 c 2m2 (1  m 2 )c 2
Ans: r=  = = c
1 m2 1 m2 1 m2

II. 4.Equation of the circle with extremities of the diameter (2,4) and (4,6) is
a) x2+y2-6x-10y-32=0 b) x2+y2-6x-10y+32=0c) x2+y2+6x+10y+32=0 d) None
2 4 4 6
Ans: Center =  ,   (3,5) r= 9  25  32 = 2 Distance = (2,4) and (3,5) = 2 , Ans : b
 2 2 

5. Equation of the circle with extremities of the diameter (3,4) and (-7,2) is
a) x2+y2+4x-6y+13=0 b) x2+y2+4x-6y-13=0c) x2+y2-4x+6y+13=0d) None

Ans: Center = (-2,3), r= 4  9  13 = 26 Distance 25  1 = 2 6 Ans : b

6. The center of the circle (x-1)(x-7)+(y+4)(y-6)=0 is
a) (3,-1) b) (-3,1) c) (3,1) d) (4,1)
1 7  4  6
Ans: Center =  ,   ( 4,1)
 2 2 

III. 7.Equation of the circle having the center of (a,b) and touches the x - axis
a) (x-a)2 + (y-b)2 = b2b) (x+a)2 + (y-b)2 = b2 c) (x-a)2 + (y+b)2 = b2 d) (x-a)2 + (y-b)2 = a2
Ans: radius =b => equation (x-a)2+(y-b)2=b2
Formula : The distance from (x,y) to x – axis y The distance from (x,y) to y – axis x

8. The equation of the one of the diameter of the circle x2+y2-6x+2y=0 is

a) x+3y=0 b) x+y=0 c) 3x+y=0 d) x-2y+3=0
Ans: Center =(3,-1) which diameter passes => 3+3(-1)=0
9. The equation of the circle passing through the points (-1,0),(1,1),(2,3) is
a) x2+y2+3x-7y+2=0 b) x2+y2+3x+7y+2=0 c) x2+y2-3x-7y-4=0 d) None
Ans: (-1,0) lies on the circles a,b,c (1,1) lies on the circles a (2,3) lies on the circles a Ans: a

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IV. 10.Equation of the circle having center (a,b) and touching x – axis is
a) x2+y2+2ax+2ay+a2+b2=0 b) x2+y2-2ax-2by-a2-b2=0
c) x2+y2-2ax-2by+a2=0 d) None
Ans: g2=c => 3) a2=a2 (or) (x-a)2+(y-b)2=b2 (or) x2+y2-2hx-2ky+(h2+k2-r2)=0
x2+y2-2ax-2by+a2+b2-b2=0
11. Equation of the circle having the center at (2,-3) and touching x – axis is
a) x2+y2+4x+6y+4=0 b) x2+y2-4x+6y+4=0 c) x2+y2-4x-6y+4=0 d) None
Ans: g2=c => 22=4 and center of 2 is (2,-3) (or) x2+y2-4x+6y+4+9-9=0
12. Equation of the circle having center (1,-3) and touching y – axis is
a) x2+y2-2x+6y+9=0 b) x2+y2-2x-6y+10=0 c) x2+y2-2x+6y-9=0 d) None
Ans: x2+y2-2x+6y+1+9-1=0 x2+y2-2hx-2ky+(h2+k2-r2)=0
13.Find the equation of the circle passing through (1,1) and concentric with x2+y2-6x-8y+2=0 is
a) x2+y2-6x-8y+12=0 b) x2+y2-6x-8y-12=0 c) x2+y2-6x-8y+6=0 d) x2+y2-6x-8y-6=0
Ans: Equation of the concentric with the given circle is x2+y2-6x-8y+k=0 since (1,1)
lies on the circle = 1+1-6-8+k=0 k=12i.e. required circle equation is x2+y2-6x-8y+12=0
14. The equation of the circle concentric with x2+y2+2x+4y-5=0
a) x2+y2-2x-4y-5=0 b) x2+y2-2x+4y+5=0 c) x2+y2+4x+6y=0 d) x2+y2+2x+4y-116=0
Ans: Centers are equal x2+y2+2x+4y-116=0

LEVEL - 1

1. Find the equation to the circle centre is (a,-b) and radius is a+b
a) x2+y2-2ax+2by-2ab = 0 b) x2+y2+2ax+2by-2ab = 0
c) x2+y2-2ax-2by-2ab = 0 d) x2+y2-2ax+2by+2ab = 0
2. Find the center and the radius of the circlex2+y2+4x-6y = 0

a) (2,3), 13 b) (-2,3), 13 c) (2,-3), 13 d) None

3. Find the equation to the circle having the points (2,3) and (6,9)as the hence of the diameter
a) x2+y2+8x+12y-20 = 0 b) x2+y2-8x+12y-20 = 0 c) x2+y2-8x+12y+39 = 0 d) x2+y2-8x+12y-39 = 0
4. Find the equation to the circle passing through the points (1,0), (0,-6) and (3,4)
a) 4x2+4y2-142x+47y+138 = 0 b) 4x2-4y2-142x+47y-138 = 0
c) 4x2+4y2-142x-47y+138 = 0 d) None
5. Find the equation to the circle whose centre is (2,3) and passes through the origin
a) x2+y2+4x-6y = 0 b) x2+y2-4x-6y = 0c) x2+y2+4x+6y = 0 d) None
6. If (3,4) is one end of a diameter of the circle x2+y2-4x-6y+11 = 0 find the other end of the diameter
a) (1,1) b) (2,1) c) (1,2) d) (2,2)
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7. Find the equation of the tangent to the circle x2+y2-6x-3y-2 = 0 at (2,-2)
a) 2x+7y+10 = 0 b) 2x-7y-10 = 0 c) 2x+7y-10 = 0 d) None
8. Find the pole of the line 3x+4y-45=0 with respect to the circle x2+y2-6x-8y+5 = 0
a) (6,-8) b) (6,8) c) (-6,8) d) None
9. Find the polar of the point (4,5)with respect to the circle x2+y2-4x-6y+12 = 0
a) 2x+2y-11 = 0 b) 2x-2y+11 = 0 c) 2x+2y+11 = 0 d) None
10. Find the equation to the circle centre is (-1,2) and radius is 3
a) x2+y2+2x-4y-4 = 0 b) x2+y2+2x-4y+4 = 0 c) x2+y2-2x-4y-4 = 0 d) x2+y2+2x+4y-4 = 0
11. Equation of the circle having center (1,-3) and touching y – axis is
a) x2+y2-2x-6y+9=0 b) x2+y2-2x+6y+9 =0c) x2+y2-2x+6y-9=0 d) None
12. The polar of (3,-1) with respect to the circle x2+y2+2x-4y+1=0 is
a) 4x-3y+6=0 b) 4x-3y+1=0 c) x+2y=0 d) 4x-3y+11=0
13. Find the equation of the circle passing through (1,1) and concentric with x2+y2-6x-8y+2=0 is
a) x2+y2-6x-8y+12=0 b) x2+y2-6x-8y-12=0 c) x2+y2-6x-8y+6=0 d) x2+y2-6x-8y-6=0
14. If x2+y2-4x+6y+k=0 touches x – axis then k=
a)  20 b) -1,-5 c)  2 d) 4

15.The point (-1,0) lies on x2+y2-4x+8y+k=0 then its radius is

a) 4 b) 5 c) 3 d) None
16. The center of the circle (1+m2)(x2+y2)-2cx-2cmy=0 is
c c  cm c  m cm  c cm 
a)  
2
, 2  b)  2
, 2 
c)  2
, 2 
d)  2
, 2 
1  m 1  m  1  m 1  m  1  m 1  m  1  m 1  m 
17. If the equation of a circle is (4p-3) x2+py2+6x-2y+2=0 then its center is
a) (-3,1) b) (3,-1) c) (-3,-1) d) None
18. If the equation of a circle is 3x2+3y2+kxy+9x+(k-6)y+3=0 then its radius is
1 2 3
a) b) c) d) None
2 3 2
19. The circle with center origin and passing through (-1,2) is
a) x2+y2=5 b) x2+y2=1 c) x2+y2=2 d) x2+y2=4
20. For the circle x2+y2+bx+dy+2=0 center is (1,2) then 2b+3d=
a) -16 b) 16 c) 8 d) -8
21.If (x,3) and (3,5) are the ends of a diameter of a circle with center at (2,y) then(x,y)=
a) (1,4) b) (4,1) c) (8,2) d) None
22. The radius of the circle (x-3)(x-5)+(y-1)(y-7)=0 is

a) 2 5 b) 10 c) 3 10 d) 4 10
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23. The extremities of a diameter of a circle are (-4,3) and (12,-1), the intercept made by the
circle on y – axis is

a) 3 13 b) 2 13 c) 4 13 d) None
24. The ends of a diameter of a circle are (3,2),(-1,-4). The length of intercept made by the
circle on the x – axis is

a) 3 b) 2 3 c) 3 3 d) 4 3
25. If (1,2) (2,a) are extremities of a diameter of the circle x2+y2-3x-4y+6=0 then a=
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
26. If (2,3) is an extremity of a diameter of the circle x2+y2-5x-8y+21=0, then the other extremity
of the diameter is
a) (3,5) b) (-3,-5) c) (4,1) d) (3,2)
27. The equation of the circle passing through (1,0),(0,1) and having the smallest radius
a) x2+y2+x+y=0 b) x2+y2-x-y=0 c) x2+y2-2x-2y=0 d) None
28. The equation of the circle passing through (2,3),(4,7) and having the smallest radius
a) x2+y2-6x-10y+21=0 b) x2+y2-6x-10y+29=0 c) x2+y2+6x+10y+29=0 d) None
29. Equation of the circle having the radius ‘a’ and touching both the axes which lies in the 4th
quadrant is
a) x2+y2-2ax-2ay+a2=0 b) x2+y2-2ax+2ay+a2=0 c)x2+y2+2ax+2ay+a2=0d) None
30. Equation of the circle having the radius 5 and touching both the axes which lies in the
2ndquadrant is
a) x2+y2-10x-10y+25=0 b) x2+y2+10x+10y+25=0c) x2+y2-10x-10y+25=0d) None
31. Equation of the circle passing through (1,2) and having the diameters x+y+1=0,x-y-3=0 is
a) x2+y2+2x-4y+11=0 b) x2+y2-2x+4y-11=0 c) x2+y2+2x+4y-11=0 d) None
32. Equation of the circle passing through the points (0,0),(a,0) and (0,b) is
a)x2+y2+ax+by+ab=0 b) x2+y2-ax-by+ab=0 c) x2+y2+ax+by=0 d)x2+y2-ax-by=0
33. The centre and radius of the circle passing through the points (1,0),(3,-2) and (-1,-2) are
a) (-1,-2),2 b) (-1,2),2 c) (1,-2),2 d) (1,2),2
34. The center and radius of the circle passing through the points (1,0),(3,-2) and (1,-2) are given by

a) (-1,0), 3 b) (1,1), 3 c) (1,0), 2 d) (2,-1), 2

35. Equation of the circle whose center is (-3,-2) and which passes through the center of the
circle x2+y2+4x=0 is
a) x2+y2+6x+4y+8=0 b) x2+y2+6x-4y+8=0 c) x2+y2=13 d) None
36. Equation of the circle whose center lies on the lines 2x+3y+5=0, 3x-4y-1=0 and having
radius 5 units is
a) x2+y2+2x+2y=0 b) x2+y2=23 c)x2+y2+2x-+2y+23=0 d) x2+y2+2x+2y-23=0

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37. The equation of the circle passing through the origin such that the x-axis is its diameter is
given by
a) x2+y2-2ky=0 b) x2+y2-2hx=0 c) x2+y2-2hx+h2=0 d) x2+y2-2ky+k2=0
38. Equation of the circle with center on x – axis and passing through the points (0,1),(1,1) is
a) x2+y2-y-1=0 b) x2+y2-x-1=0 c) x2+y2-x+1=0 d) x2+y2-y+1=0
39. The center, radius of the circle passing through the points (3,8),(1,2) and having the center
on the line x+2y-10=0 are

a) (5,2), 5 b) (-4,7), 5 2 c) (4,-7), 3 10 d) None

40. Equation of the circle passing through the points (4,1),(6,5) and has the center on the line
4x+y-16=0 is
a) x2+y2-6x-8y+15=0 b) x2+y2-8x-6y+15=0c) x2+y2-4x-8y+15=0 d) None

3 1 3
41. The circle with center  ,  and radius
2 2 2

a) x2+y2-2x-2y+1=0 b) x2+y2+2x+2y+1=0 c) x2+y2-3x-y+1=0 d) x2+y2+3x+y-1=0

42. The equation of the circle with radius 3 and center as the point of interception of the lines
2x+3y=5,2x-y=1 is
a) x2+y2=9 b) x2+y2-2x-2y-7=0 c) x2+y2-2x-2y+7=0 d) x2+y2+9=0
43. The circle with center (1,1) and radius 1 is
a) x2+y2-2x-2y+1=0 b) x2+y2+2x+2y+1=0c) x2+y2-x-y+1=0 d) x2+y2+x+y+1=0
44. For a circle two diameters are x+y=3, x-y=1 then center is
a) (-1,4) b) (3,0) c) (1,2) d) (2,1)
45. Circle with center (-1,2) and passing through the origin is
a) x2+y2+2x+4y=0 b) x2+y2-2x+4y=0 c) x2+y2-2x-4y=0 d) x2+y2+2x-4y=0
46. For the circle x2+y2-4x+2y+c=0 radius is 4, then c=
a) -11 b) 11 c) 4 d) -4
47. The equation of the circle with center (2,3) and distance between (0,0) and (3,4) as radius is
a) x2+y2-4x-6y-12=0 b) x2+y2-4x-6y+12=0 c) x2+y2-4x-6y-1=0 d) x2+y2-2x-3y-12=0
48. The equation of the circle with radius 4 and the center as the midpoint at (1,4),(-3,2) is
a) x2+y2-2x+6y-6=0 b) x2+y2+6x-4y-3=0 c) x2+y2+2x-6y-6=0 d) x2+y2-2x-8y+1=0
49. The circle with center (1,-3) and radius being the distance between the parallel lines 3x-4y-
2=0, 3x-4y+8=0 is
a) x2+y2-2x+6y+6=0 b) x2+y2-2x+6y+8=0 c) x2+y2-2x+6y-90=0 d) x2+y2+2x-6y+6=0
50. The circle passing through (0,0), (a,0),(0,b) is
a) x2+y2+a2+b2=0 b) x2+y2=ax+by c) x2+y2=a2+b2 d) x2+y2+ax+by=0

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51. The mid point of chord 3x-y=10 with respect to x2+y2=18 is
a) (3,-1) b) (2,1) c) (1,3) d) Not existing
52. The midpoint of chord 2x+y-5=0 of the circle x2+y2=9 is
a) (1,2) b) (2,1) c) (-1,2) d) (2,-1)
53. The mid point of the chord 4x-3y+5=0 with respect to the circle x2+y2-2x+4y-20=0 is
 7  1 7 1  17  11   7 8
a)  ,  b)  ,  c)  ,  d)  , 
 5 5  5 5  5 5   5 5 

54. Equation of the circle with the radius 10 and whose two diameters are x+y=6 and x+2y=4 is
a) x2+y2+16x-4y-32=0 b) x2+y2-16x+4y-32=0c) x2+y2-16x+4y+32=0 d) None
55. The circle with center (2,3) touching x – axis has the radius equal to

a) 2 b) 3 c) 13 d) 5
56. Equation of the circle which touches the both the axes in the first quadrant and the line x=2 is
a) x2+y2+2x+2y+1=0 b) x2+y2-2x-2y+1=0 c) x2+y2-2x-2y-1=0 d) None

57. Equation of the circle which touch both the axes in the fourth quadrant and the line x=3
a) x2+y2-12x-12y+9=0 b) 4x2+4y2-12x+12y+9=0 c) 4x2+4y2-12x-12y+9=0 d) None
58. Equation of the circle which touch both the axes and the line y=-4 which line in the 3rd
quadrant is
a) x2+y2+4x+4y+4=0 b) x2+y2-4x-4y+4=0 c) x2+y2-4x+4y-4=0 d) None
59. Equation of the circle which touches the coordinate axes in the 1st quadrant and also the line
x y
+  1 and lies below the line is
3 4
a) x2+y2+2x+2y+1=0 b) x2+y2-2x-2y+1=0 c) x2+y2-2x+2y+1=0 d) None
60. The equation of the circle passing through (1,-2) and touching x – axis at (1,0) is
a) x2+y2-2x+2y+1=0 b) x2+y2-2x-2y+1=0 c) x2+y2-2x-3y+1=0 d) None

61. The equation of the circle passing through (-1,0) and touching the y –axis at (0,+ 3 ) is

a)x2+y2-4x- 2 3 y +3=0 b)x2+y2+4x+ 2 3 y +3=0

c)x2+y2+4x- 2 3 y +3=0 d)x2+y2-4x+ 2 3 y +3=0

62. Equation of the circle which touches the x – axis at the point (-3,0) and y – axis at (0,3) is
a)x2+y2+6x-6y+9=0 b) x2+y2-6x+6y+9=0 c) x2+y2=9 d) x2+y2-6x-6y+9=0
63. Equation of the circle which touches the coordinate axis at the point (-5,0) and (0,-5) is
a) x2+y2-10x-10y+25=0 b) x2+y2+10x+10y+25=0 c) x2+y2-5x-5y+25=0 d) None
64. The circle x2+y2-2x+4y+1=0 touches
a) x – axis b) y – axis c) Both the axis d) None
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65. For every value of k the circle x2+y2-kx-2ky+k2=0 touches
a) x – axis only b) y – axis only c) Both the axis d) None
66. The circle x2+y2+ax+3y+16=0 touches the x – axis then a =
a)  4 b)  6 c)  7 d)  8
67. The circle x2+y2+6x-by+49=0 touches the y – axis then the b=
a)  14 b)  10 c)  7 d)  49
68. The length of the intercepts made by the circle x2+y2-7x+5y+12=0 on x – axis equal to
a) 1 b) 3 c) 4 d) 7
69. The length of the intercept made by the circle 3x2+3y2-5x+6y=0 on y – axis is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) None
70. The intercept made by the circlex2+y2+2hx cos  +2ky sin  - h2sin2  =0 on the x – axis is

a) 2h b) 2 sin  c) 2 cos  d) None

71. The equation of the circle touching x – axis at (a,0) and passing through (b,c) is
a) b(x2+y2)-2acy-2abx+bc=0 b) c(x2+y2)-(a2+b2+c2-2ab)y-2acx+a2c=0
c) c(x2+y2)-(b2+c2-2abc)y-2bcx+a2c=0 d) b(x2+y2)-(a2+b2+c2-2bc)y-2abx+a2b=0
72. Equation of the circle which touches the x – axis at the point (-2,0) and which make an
intercept of length 4 2 units on y – axis is

a) x2+y2+4x  2 12 y+4=0 b) x2+y2+2x  4 12 y+16=0

c) x2+y2-4x-2 12 y+17=0 d) None

73. Equation of the circle which touches y – axis at (0,-3) and makes an intercept of length 8 on
the x – axis is
a) x2+y2  10x+6y+9=0 b) x2+y2+10x  6y+9=0 c) x2+y2  10x+9=0 d) None

74. Equation of the circle whose center is (1,-2) and which makes an intercept of length 2 3 on
the line 12x-5y-9=0 is
a) x2+y2+2x+2y+1=0 b) x2+y2-2x+4y+1=0 c) x2+y2-2x+4y+11=0 d) None
75. The circle with center (4,-1) and touching x – axis is
a) x2+y2-8x+2y+16=0 b) x2+y2+18x-2y-16=0 c) x2+y2-4x+y+4=0 d) x2+y2+14x-y+4=0
76. Circle touching both the axes and radius 5 is
a) x2+y2-10x-10y+25=0 b) x2+y2-10x+10y+25=0 c) x2+y2+10x-10y+25=0 d) All the above
77. The equation of the circle of radius 3 that lines in 4th quadrant and touching the line x=0, y=0 is
a) x2+y2-6x+6y+9=0 b) x2+y2-6x-6y+9=0 c) x2+y2+6x-6y+9=0 d) x2+y2+6x+6y+9=0
78. The circle x2+y2-2ax-2ay+a2=0 touches axes of coordinates at
a) (a,a) (0,0) b) (a,0) (0,0) c) (a,0)(0,a) d) (0,a)(1,a)

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79. The y intercept of the circle x2+y2+4x+8y-5=0 is

a) 2 21 b) 12 2 c) 8 2 d) 6 2

80. The intercept made by the circle x2+y2+4x-8y+c=0 on x – axis is 2 10 then c=

a) -6 b) 6 c)  6 d) 12
81. If x2+y2-4x+6y+k=0 touches x – axis then k=
a)  20 b) -1,-5 c)  2 d) 4
82. Circle touching y – axis and center (3,2) is
a) x2+y2-8x+2y+16=0 b) x2+y2+18x-2y-16=0 c) x2+y2-6x-4y+4=0 d) x2+y2+14x-y+4=0
83. The equation of the circle touching both the axes lying in the 3rd quadrant and having the
radius 1 is
a) x2+y2-6x-6y+9=0 b) x2+y2+10x-10y+25=0 c) x2+y2+2x+2y+1=0 d) x2+y2-4x+4y+4=0
84. Circle with radius 5 and touching the coordinate axes in the 3rd quadrant is
a) (x-5)2+(y+5)2=25 b) (x+5)2+(y+5)2=25 c) (x+4)2+(y+4)2=25 d) (x+6)2+(y+6)2=25
85. The ‘x’ intercept of the circle x2+y2+8x-9=0 is
a) 8 b) 10 c) 7 d) 20
86. If x2+y2+6x+2ky+25=0 touches y – axis then k=
a)  20 b) -1,-5 c)  5 d) 4
87. The equation of the circle with center at (4,3) and touching the line 5x-12y-10=0 is
a) x2+y2-4x-6y+4=0 b) x2+y2+6x-8y+16=0c) x2+y2-8x-6y+21=0d) x2+y2-24x-10y+144=0
88. If a circle a radius 2 touches x – axis at (1,0) then it’s center may be
a) (1,2) and (1,-2) b) (1,2) and (2,1) c) (-1,2) and (1,-2) d) (-1 ,2) and (-1,-2)
89. Equation of the circle with center (5,-4) and touching y – axis is
a) x2+y2-10x+8y+16=0 b) x2+y2+10x+8y+16=0
c) x2+y2-10x-8y+16=0 d) x2+y2+10x-8y+16=0

3 1 3
90. The circle with center  ,  and radius is
2 2 2

a) x2+y2-2x-2y+1=0 b) x2+y2+2x+2y+1=0 c) x2+y2-3x-y+1=0 d) x2+y2+3x+y+1=0

LEVEL –II

1. The equation of the circle with radius 3 and center as the point of intersection of the lines
2x+3y=5, 2x-y=1 is
a) x2+y2=9 b) x2+y2-2x-2y-7=0 c) x2+y2-2x-2y+7=0 d) x2+y2+9=0

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2. Circle with center origin and passing through (-1,2) is
a) x2+y2=5 b) x2+y2=1 c) x2+y2=2 d) x2+y2=4
3. The circle through the points (2,3)(2,2)(3,2) is
a) x2+y2+2x+3y=0 b) x2+y2=13 c) x2+y2-5x-5y+12=0 d) x2+y2+5x+5y+12=0
4. The locus of the point from which the length of tangent to the circle x2+y2-2x-
4y+4=0 is 3 units is
a) x2+y2-2x-4y-9=0 b) x2+y2-2x-4y-4=0 c) x2+y2-2x-4y-3=0 d) x2+y2-2x-4y-5=0
5. The equation of the tangent to the circle x2+y2-4x+4y-2=0 at (1,1) is
a) x-3y+2=0 b) x+3y-2=0 c) 3x+y-1=0 d) x+3y=4
6. The tangent to the circle x2+y2-4x+2y+k=0 at (1,1) is x-2y+1=0 then k=
a) -1 b) 0 c) 1 d) 2
7. The equations of the tangents to the circle x2+y2=25 with slope 2 is

a) y=2x  5 b) y=2x  2 5 c) y=2x  3 5 d) y=2x  5 5

8. The equations of the tangents to the circle x2+y2=4 which are parallel to x – axis are
a) x=  2 b) y=  2 c) a) y=  1 d) a) y=  4
9. The line 4y-3x+  =0 touches the circle x2+y2-4x-8y-5=0 then  =
a) 29 b) 10 c) -35 d) 35

10. The point of contact of y=x+3 2 with x2+y2=9 is

 3 3   3 2   3 3   3 3 
a)  ,  b)  ,  c)   ,  d)  , 
 2 2  2 2  2 2  2 2
11. The normal at (1,1) to the circle x2+y2-4x+6y-4=0 is
a) 4x+3y=7 b) 4x+y=5 c) x+y=2 d) 4x-y=3
12. If (1,4),(-2,3) are conjugate points with respect to x2+y2=k, then k=

a) 10 b) 10 c) 100 d) 4
13. If (1,1),(k,2) are conjugate points with respect to the circle x2+y2+8x+2y+3=0, then k=
12 12
a) -12 b) - c) - d) -4
7 5
14. If 3x+2y=3 and 2x+5y=1 are conjugate lines with respect to the circle x2+y2=r2 then r2=
3 16 4 3
a) b) c) d)
16 3 3 4

15. If kx+3y=1, 2x+y+5=0 are conjugate lines with respect to the circle x2+y2-2x-4y-4=0then k=
a) 3 b)4 c) 2 d) 1

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16. The chord of contact of (2,1) with respect to the circle x2+y2=2 is

a) x+2y=2 b) 2x+y=2 c) 2x+y=1 d) x+2y= 2

17. The polar of (3,-1) with respect to the circle x2+y2+2x-4y+1=0 is
a) 4x-3y+6=0 b) 4x-3y+1=0 c) x+2y=0 d) 4x-3y+11=0
18. The pole of 2x+3y=0 with respect to x2+y2+6x-4y=0 is
5 5
a)  ,  b) (2,3) c) (-3,2) d) Not existing
 6 4
19. If the points (k,1) and (2,-3) are conjugate with respect to x2+y2+4x-6y-12=0 then k=
4 5
a) 4 b) 5 c) d)
5 4
20. The pole of the line 8x-2y=11 with respect to the circle 2x2+2y2=11 is
a) (4,1) b) (4,-1) c) (3,1) d) (4,2)
21. The points (4,-2) (3,b) are conjugate with respect to the circle x2+y2=24, then b=
a) 6 b) -6 c) 12 d) 4
22. If (1,a),(b,2) are conjugate points with respect to the circle x2+y2=25 then 4a+2b=
a) 25 b) 50 c) 100 d) 150
23. If (1,2), (3,a) are conjugate points with respect to x2+y2=16, then a=
a) 8 b) 7.5 c) 6.5 d) 5.5
24. If 2x+3y=1 and 3x+4y=k are conjugate lines with respect to the circle x2+y2=4 then k=
a) 36 b) 72 c)24 d) 144
25. If the lines 2x+y+12=0, kx-3y-10=0 are conjugate with respect to the circle x2+y2-4x+3y-1=0 then k=
a) 4 b) -9 c) -3 d) -5
26. The points (-6,2), (-3,1) with respect to the circle x2+y2=20 are
a) extremities of a diameter b) conjugate points
c) Inverse points d) lie on the circle
27. The inverse points of (1,2) with respect to the circle x2+y2=25 is (5,k) then k=
a) 10 b) 12 c) 22 d) 40
28. The locus of the point (2+3cos  , 1+3sin  ), when ‘  ’ is parameter is
a) x2+y2-4x-2y+4=0 b) x2+y2-4x-2y-4=0 c) x2+y2+4x+2y-4=0 d) x2+y2+4x+2y+4=0
29. If x=3+2cos  , y=5+2sin  , then the locus of the point (x,y) is a circle with center and radius
a) (2,5), -2 b) (3,5), 2 c) (5,7), 6 d) (8,11), 4
30. The coordinates of the point on the circle (x-1)2+(y+2)2=9 having ‘  ’ as the parameter are
a) (2+3 cos  , 2+3 sin  ) b) (1+3cos  , -2+3sin  )
c) (1-3 cos  , -2-3 cos  ) d) (10+13 cos  , -5+8sin  )
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31. The parametric equation of the circle x2+y2+8x-6y=0 are
a) x=4+5 cos  , y=3+5 sin  b) x=-4+5 cos  , y=3+5 sin 
c) x=4+5 cos  , y=-3+5 sin  d) x=-4+5 cos  , y=-3+5 sin 
32. The circles x2+y2-4x-6y-12=0, x2+y2+6x-8y+21=0 are
a) intersecting b) touching externally
c) touching internally d) one is laying inside the other
33. The circles x2+y2-2x+4y+4=0, x2+y2+4x-2y+1=0 are
a) intersecting b) touching externally
c) touching internally d) one is laying outside the other
34. The equation of the circle concentric with x2+y2+4x-6y+6=0 and passing through the origin is
a) x2+y2+4x-6y-6=0 b) x2+y2+4x+6y-6=0 c) x2+y2+4x+6y=0 d) x2+y2+4x-6y=0
35. The equation of the circle concentric with x2+y2+2x+4y+5=0 and having the radius 5 is
a) x2+y2+2x+4y+25=0 b) x2+y2+2x+4y-20=0 c) x2+y2-2x-4y-20=0 d) x2+y2+2x+4y+5=0
36. Equation of the circle concentric with the circle x2+y2-4x-6y+5=0 and touching the x – axis is
a) (x-2)2+(y-3)2=22 b) (x-3)2+(y-2)2=32c) (x-2)2+(y-3)2=32 d) (x-3)2+(y-2)2=22
37.The polar of the point (1,2) with respect to the circle x2+y2-2x-4y-4=0
a) touches the circle b) intersects the circle in two points
c)does not meet the circle d) None
38. If the pole of a line with respect to the circle x2+y2=a2 lies on the circle x2+y2=a4 then the line
touches the circle
a) x2+y2=2 b) x2+y2=1 c) x2+y2=3 d) x2+y2=4
39. The equation of the polar of (-2,3) with respect to the circle x2+y2-4x-6y+5=0 is
a) x=y b) x+y=0 c) x=0 d) y=0
40. If the pole of line with respect to the circle x2+y2=c2 lies on the circle x2+y2=9c2 then the line
is tangent to circle with center origin is
a) x2+y2=9c2 b) 9x2+9y2=c2 c) 3x2+3y2=c2 d) 81x2+81y2=c2

LEVEL - III

1. The intercept made by the circle with center (2,3) and radius 6 on y – axis is

a) 18 2 b) 12 2 c) 8 2 d) 6 2
2. The polar of point (2t,t-4) with respect to the circle x2+y2-4x-6y+1=0 passes through the Point
a) (1,3) b) (1,-3) c) (-3,1) d) (3,1)
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3. The length of the tangent from (1,1) to the circle 2x2+2y2+5x+3y+1=0 is

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a) b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
2
4. The circle with center (1,1) and radius 1 is
a) x2+y2-2x-2y+1=0 b) x2+y2+2x+2y+1=0 c) x2+y2-x-y+1=0 d) x2+y2+x+y+1=0
5. For the circle x2+y2-4x+2y+c=0 radius is 4 then c=
a) -11 b) 11 c) 4 d) -4
6. The equation of the circle with center (2,3) and distance between (0,0) and (3,4) as radius is
a) x2+y2-4x-6y-12=0 b) x2+y2-4x-6y+12=0 c) x2+y2-4x-6y-1=0 d) x2+y2-2x-3y-12=0
7. The equation of the circle with radius 4 and center as the mid point of (1,4)(-3,2) is
a) x2+y2-2x+6y-6=0 b) x2+y2+6x-4y-3=0 c) x2+y2+2x-6y-6=0 d) x2+y2-2x-8y+1=0
8. The circle with center (1,-3) and radius being the distance between the parallel lines
3x-4y-2=0, 3x-4y+8=0
a) x2+y2-2x+6y+6=0 b) x2+y2-2x+6y+8=0 c) x2+y2-2x+6y-90=0 d)x2+y2+2x-6y+6=0
9. The center of the circle (x-1)(x-7)+(y+4)(y-6)=0 is
a) (3,-1) b) (-3,1) c) (3,1) d) (4,1)
10. The point (-1,0) lies on x2+y2-4x+8y+k=0 then its radius is
a) 4 b) 5 c) 3 d) None
11. Equation through the points (0,0),(a,0) and (0,b) is
a)x2+y2+ax+by+ab=0 b) x2+y2-ax-by+ab=0 c) x2+y2+ax+by=0 d)x2+y2-ax-by=0
12. If (1,2) (2,a) are extremities of a diameter of the circle x2+y2-3x-4y+6=0 then a=
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
13. Equation of the circle having the radius ‘a’ and touching both the axis which lies in the 4th
quadrant is
a) x2+y2-2ax-2ay+a2=0 b) x2+y2-2ax+2ay+a2=0c)x2+y2+2ax+2ay+a2=0 d) None
14. The mid point of chord 3x-y=10 with respect to x2+y2=18 is
a) (3,-1) b) (2,1) c) (1,3) d) Not existing
15. The circle with center (4,-1) and touching x – axis is
a) x2+y2-8x+2y+16=0b) x2+y2+18x-2y-16=0 c) x2+y2-4x+y+4=0 d) x2+y2+14x-y+4=0
16. The circle x2+y2-2x+4y+1=0 touches
a) x – axis b) y – axis c) Both the axis d) None
17. Find the equation of the circle passing through (1,1) and concentric with x2+y2-6x-8y+2=0 is
a) x2+y2-6x-8y+12=0 b) x2+y2-6x-8y-12=0 c) x2+y2-6x-8y+6=0 d) x2+y2-6x-8y-6=0

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18. The line 4y-3x+  =0 touches the circle x2+y2-4x-8y-5=0 then  =
a) 29 b) 10 c) -35 d) 35
19. The locus of the point (2+3cos  , 1+3sin  ), when ‘  ’ is parameter is
a) x2+y2-4x-2y+4=0 b) x2+y2-4x-2y-4=0 c) x2+y2+4x+2y-4=0 d) x2+y2+4x+2y+4=0
20. The equation of the circle concentric with x2+y2+4x-6y+6=0 and passing through the origin is
a) x2+y2+4x-6y-6=0 b) x2+y2+4x+6y-6=0 c) x2+y2+4x+6y=0 d) x2+y2+4x-6y=0

Answer
Level I:
1) a 2) b 3) c 4) a 5) b 6) c 7) a 8) b 9) a 10) a
11) b 12) a 13) a 14) d 15) b 16) d 17) a 18) c 19) a 20) a
21) a 22) b 23) c 24) d 25) b 26) a 27) b 28) b 29) b 30) c
31) b 32) d 33) c 34) d 35) a 36) d 37) b 38) b 39) b 40) a
41) c 42) b 43) a 44) d 45) d 46) a 47) a 48) c 49) a 50) b
51) a 52) b 53) a 54) b 55) b 56) b 57) b 58) a 59) b 60) a
61) c 62) a 63) b 64) a 65) b 66) d 67) a 68) a 69) b 70) a
71) b 72) a 73) a 74) b 75) a 76) d 77) a 78) c 79) a 80) a
81) d 82) c 83) c 84) b 85) b 86) c 87) c 88) a 89) a 90) c
Level II:
1) b 2) a 3) c 4) d 5) a 6) b 7) d 8) b 9) c 10) c
11) b 12) a 13) c 14) a 15) c 16) b 17) a 18) d 19) d 20) b
21) b 22) b 23) c 24) b 25) a 26) c 27) a 28) b 29) b 30) b
31) b 32) a 33) d 34) d 35) b 36) c 37) c 38) b 39) c 40) b
Level III:
1) c 2) d 3) a 4) a 5) a 6) a 7) c 8) a 9) d 10) b
11) d 12) b 13) b 14) a 15) a 16) a 17) a 18) c 19) b 20) d

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 PARABOLA

SYNOPSIS
CONICS:
If a point moves in a plane such that it’s distance from a point bears a constant ratio to it’s
distance from a fixed line the curve described by the point is called a conic.
SP
Thus it S is a fixed point , MN is a fixed line and p is a point moving in such a way that
PM
=constant, then the curve traced by P is a conic
SP
The constant ratio is called eccentricity of the conic and is denoted by ‘e’
PM
Fixed
If e=1, the conic is called a parabola point
p
If e<1 the conic is called an ellipse Fixed
M S
If e>1 the conic is called a hyperbola. line N

The fixed point S is called the focus and the fixed line MN is called the directrix of the conic.
PARABOLA:
Parabola is the locus of a point which moves in a plane such that it’s distance from the
focus is equal to its distance from the directrix.
The line about which the parabola is symmetrical is called the axis at the parabola and the
point where the axis cut’s the curve is called the vertex of the parabola. The tangent at this point
perpendicular to the axis is called the Tangent at the vertex.

Y
latus -rectum
Directrix

O
M vertex axis S focus X

Tangent of the vertex

CHORD: It is the joint of two points on the parabola

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FOCAL CHORD:
It is the chord that passes through the focus
DOUBLE ORDINATE:
A chord through a point p on the parabola and drawn perpendicular to the axis of the parabola is
called the double ordinate of the point p.
LATUS RECTUM:
The chord ll of the parabola through the focus ‘s’ and at right angles to the axis of the parabola is
called the latus –rectum of the parabola.
FOCAL DISTANCE:
It is the distane from the focus to a point on the parabola. That is , it p is any point on the
parabola, then sp is called the focal distance of p where s is the focus of the parabola.
y2
The standard equation of the parabola is =4ax(a>0)
Y
2a L
M
latus -rectum
Directrix 2a
a
a
axis
O(0,0) S (a, 0) X
N(-a, 0)

2a

L1
Tangent of the vertex

Parabola----------y2=4ax
1) vertex=(0,0)
2) focus=(a,0)
3) Equation of axis  x-axis  x=0
4) Tangent of the vertex  y-axis  x=0
5) Equation of directrix, x = -a
6) Equation of latus-rectum ,x=a
7) Lengthof latus rectum = 4a.

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S. PARABOLA FIGURE VERTEX FOCUS EQUITION TANGENT EQUATION EQUATION LENGTH
N OF AXIS OF OF OF LATUS OF
O VERTEX DIRECTRIX RECTUM LATUS
RECTUM
1 Y2 = 4ax y (0,0) (a,0) Y=0 X=0 X=-a X=a 4a
(x-axis) (y-axis)
0 S x
y X=-a 4a
Y2 = -4ax
2
S o x
(0,0) (-a,0) Y=0 X=0 X=a

S Y=a
4a

3 x2 = 4ay o x (0,0) (0,a) X=0 Y=0 Y=-a

(y-axis) (x-axis)

4 x2 = 4ay (0,0) (0,-a) X=0 Y=0 Y=a Y=-a 4a

o x
S

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 (h,k) (a+h,k) Y=k X=h X=-a+h X=a+h 4a
2
5 (y-h) = 4a(x-h) (alineIItox-
Y Y axis)
a o
(h,k) s
x

6 (y-h)2 = -4a(x-h) y Y (h,k) (-a+h,k) Y=k X=h X=a+h X=-a+h 4a


xg
(h,k)
x

(0,0)

y y (h,k) (h,a+k) X=h Y=k Y=-a+k Y=a+k 4a

2
7 (x-h) = 4a(y-k) s (alineIItoy-
axis)
(h,k)
x

8 (x-h)2 = -4a(y-k) x (h,k) (h,-a+k) X=h Y=k Y=a+k Y=-a+k 4a

(h,k)
x
s
y y

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EQUATION OF PARABOLA y =ax2+bx+c x = ay2+by+c
  b 4ac  b 2   4ac  b 2  b 
Vertex  ,   , 
 2a 4a   4a 2a 

Focus   b 4ac  b 2  1   4ac  b 2  1  b 

 ,   , 
 2a 4a   4a 2a 

4ac  b 2  1 4ac  b 2  1
Equation of Directrix y x
4a 4a
b b
Equation of Axis x y
2a 2a

4ac  b 2 4ac  b 2
Tangent at Vertex y x
4a 4a

4ac  b 2  1 4ac  b 2  1
Equation of latus –rectum y x
4a 4a

Length of latus –rectum coefficient of y 1 coefficient of x 1

 
coefficient of x 2 a coefficient of y 2 a

1) The focal distance of the point (x1,y1)on the parabola y2=4ax is |x1+a|
2) The focal distance of the point (x1,y1) on the parabola x2=4ay is |y1+a|
3) The parabola y=ax2+bx+c is symmetrical about the line 2ax+b=0(dy/dx=0)
4) The parabola x=ay2+bx+c is symmetrical about the line 2ay+b=0(dx/dy=o)
5) Co-ordinates of the extremilies of latusrectrum of the parabola y2=4ax are (a,2a) and (a,-2a)
6) The length of the latus-rectum =4a=2X 2a
=2(length of perpendicular from the focus on the directrix)
7)The Equation of the parabola whose axis is parallel to x-axis is of the form x=ay2+by+c
8)The Equation of the parabola whose directrix is parallel to x-axis is of the form y=ax2+bx+c
9) The equation of the parabola whose axis is parallel to y-axis is of the form y=ax2+bx+c
10) The equation of the parabola whose directrix is parallel to y-axis is of the form
x=ay2+by+c
11) The equation of the parabola whose focus is (x1,y1) and the directrix is ax+by+c=0
( ax  by  c ) 2
is ( x  x1 ) 2  ( y  y1 ) 2 
a 2  b2
12) NOTATION: S  y2-4ax
S1  yy1-2a(x+x1)
S2  y12-4ax1
S12  y1 y2-2a(x1+x2)
13) The point (x1,y1)lies in side or on or outside the parabola S  y2-4ax=0 according as S11<=> 70
14) The equation of the chord joining two points (x1,y1)and (x2,y2) on the parabola S=0
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 is S1+S2=S12

15)TANGENT:
In general a straight line meets a parabola in two points. If the two points of intersection
coincide, then the straight line becomes a tangent to the parabola
1. Equation of the tangent at the point (x1,y1) to the parabola S=0 is S1=0
2. Equation of the tangent to the parabola y2=4ax at (at2,2at) is ty=x+at2
3. Equation of the tangent to the parabola y2=4ax in terms of it’s slope m is
y= mx+a/m. The point of contact is (a/m2, 2a/m)
(slope of ax+bx+c=0 is m=-a/b
Slope of angle 450 is m=tan450)
4 .The condition for the line y = mx+c to touch the parabola
1.y2=4ax is c=a/m
2.x2=4ay is c=-am2
5. The condition for the line lx+my+n=0 to touch the parabolay2=4ax is ln=am2
6. The condition for the line y=mx+c to touch the parabola y2=4a(x+a)is c=a/m+am
16) NORMAL:
If P is any point on the parabola ,then the line passing through p and perpendicular to the tangent at
‘p’ is called the normal at p
 y1
1. Equation of the normal to the parabola y2=4ax at (x1,y1)is y-y1= (x-x1)
2a
2. The equation of the normal to the parabolay2 = 4ax in slope form is y=mx-2am-am3
Note:Any point on the parabola can be taken as (at2,2at) is denoted by ‘t’
If (at12,2at1)and (at22,2at2)are the co-ordinates of the extremities of a focal chord of the
parabola y2=4ax then t1t2=-1
17). CHORD OF CONTACT:
Two tangents can be drawn from an external point p to the parabola The chord joining the two
points of contact called the chord of contact of p w.r.to the parabolaThe equation of the chord of
contact of the point (x,y) w.r.to the parabola s=0 is s=0
18) POLE AND POLAR:
Through a given point P(x1,y1) chords be drawn to the parabola s=0.The locus of the points of
intersection of the tangents drawn to the parabola at the ends of the chords is a straight line called
the polar of p .p is called the pole of that line(polar)
1. The equation of the polar of P(x1,y1) w.r.to the parabola s=0 is s=0i.e,yy1=2a(x+x1)
2. The pole of the line lx+my+n=0 w.r.to s=o is (n/l,-2am/l)
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 3. Pole of the line Ax+By+C=0w.r.to the parabola y2=4ax is (C/A,-2aB/A)
4. The polar of the focus of a parabola w.r.to the parabola is it’sdirectrix.
19) If (x1,y1)and (x2,y2)are the extremities of a focal chord of the parabola y2=4ax then 1.x1x2=a2
2. y1y2=-4a2
Solved problems

1) Find focus,vertex,Equation of axis,Tangent at the vertex,Equation of directrix,Equation of

latus-Rectum and length of latus-Rectum of the parabola
3x+2y2+8y-4=0
 2y2+8y=-3x+4
 2y2+4=-3x+4
 2y2+4y+22-22= -3x+4
 2(y+2)2-4= -3x+4
 2(y+2)2-8= -3x+4
 2(y+2)2= -3x+12
 2(y+2)2= -3(x-4)
3
 (y+2)2 = - (x-4)
2
3
 (y-(-2))2= -4( )(x-4)
8
Compare to (y-k)2= -4a(x-h)
3
Here h=4,k=-2,a=
8
i) Vertex =(h,k)=(4,-2)
3 29
ii) Focus =(-a+h,k)=(- +4,-2)=( ,-2)
8 8
iii) Equation of axis;y=k  y=-2
iv) Tangent at the vertex,x=h  x=4
v) Equation of directrix ; x=a+h
3
X= +4
8
35
X=
8
 8x-35=0.
vi).Equation of latus-Rectum ; x=-a+h
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 3
X= +4
8
29
 x=
8
 8x-29=0.
vii).Length of Latus-Rectum =4a
3 3
=4. =
8 2
(OR)
3x+2y2+8y-4=0.
2 2 8 4
 x= y - y+
3 3 3
Compare to x=ay2+by+c
2 8 4
Here a= ,b= ,c=
3 3 3
 2 4 8 2 8 
 4ac  b 2  b   4( 3 )( 3 )  ( 3 )  ( 3 ) 
Vertex=  , = ,  =(4,-2)
 4a 2a   2 2 
 4( ) 2( ) 
 3 3 

 2 4 8 2 8 
 4ac  b 2  1  b   4( 3 )( 3 )  ( 3 )  1  ( 3 )  29
Focus=  ,  = ,  =( ,-2)
 4a 2a   2 2  8
 4( ) 2( ) 
 3 3 
8
(
)
b 3
Equation of axis;y=  y=  y=-2
2a 2
2( )
3

 2 4 8 2 
 4ac  b 2   4( )( )  ( ) 
Tangent at the vertex;x=    x=  3 3 3   x=4
 4a    2 
 4( ) 
 3 

 2 4 8 2 
 4ac  b 2  1   4( )( )  ( )  1 
Equation of directrix;x=    x=  3 3 3 
 4 a    2 
 4( ) 
 3 
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 x=  8x-35=0.
8

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  2 4 8 2 
 4ac  b  1  2  4( )( )  ( )  1 
Equation of latus-Rectum;x=    x=  3 3 3 
 4 a    2 
 4( ) 
 3 
29
 x=  8x-29=0.
8
Coeffofx 1 1 3
Length of Latus-Rectum . 2
= = =
Coeffofy a 2 2
3

2).Find the equation to the parabola Whose focus is at (1,-1) and Whose
directrix is the line 3x+4y+5=0.
Sol.Given s=(1,-1)=focus
And directrix,3x+4y+5=0. Compare to ax+by+c=0.
Let p(x,y) be any point on the parabola.
2
2
Equation of the parabola, (x-x ) +(y-y ) =
ax  by  c 
2
1 1
a2  b2
(3x  4y  5)2
 (x-1)2+(y+1)2=
32  4 2
 25x2-2x+1+y2+2y+1=(3x+4y+5)2
 25x2+25y2-50x+50y+50=9x2+16y2+25+24xy+40y+30x
 The equation of the parabola is 16x2+9y2-24xy-80x+10y+25=0.
3).Find the equation of the parabola whose focus is (5,2) and vertex is (3,2)
Sol.Given vertex A=(3,2) and focus S=(5,2)
Since the ordinates of A and S are equal the axis As of the parabola is parallel to x-axis
 The equation of the parabola is of the form (y-k)2=4a(x-h)
Given vertex A=(h,k) =(3,2), h=3,k=2
And S=(a+h,k)=(5,2) ,a+h=5  a=5-3=2
 Equation of the parabola is (y-2)2=4(2)(x-3)
i.e,(y-2)2=8(x-3) or y2-8x-4y+28=0.
Since the parabola passes through the vertex
Substitute the Vertex in the given equations.
Which equation satisfies the given vertex.That is the equation of the required parabola.
4).Find the equation of the parabola whose vertex is (4,1) and focus is (3,2)
Sol.LetA(4,1) be the vertex and S(3,2) be the Focus
Let the axis meet the directrix at Z.
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 Let the Co-ordinates of Z be(x1,y1)
 A is the midpoint of SZ
x1  3 y1  2
 =4  x1=5,  Y1=0.
2 2
 Co-ordinates of Z are (5,0)
Diff .ofordinates 2  0
Slope of axis SZ= = =-1.
Diff .ofabscissa 3  5

 Slope of the directrix which is  ar to axis=1

 Equation of the directrix is y-0=1(x-5)( y-y1=m(x-x1))
Let p(x,y) be any point on the parabola
If PM is drawn perpendicular to the directrix,then by det.
2
2
(x-x ) +(y-y ) =
ax  by  c 
2
1 1
a2  b2

2
 (x-3) +(y-2) =2 x  y  5 2
12  12
 x2+y2+2xy-2x-18y+1=0.
(OR)
Since the parabola passes through the vertex.
Substitute the vertex in the given equations.
Which equation satisfies the given vertex.
That is the equation of the required parabola.
5).Find the equation of the parabola whose vertex is (2,5) and directrix B the line 4x+3y+2=0.
Sol. Axis is the line through the focus and  ar to the directrix
Any line  ar to directrix is 3x-4y+k=0.
Since (2,5) is a point on it,we have 3(2)-4(5)+k=0.  k=14.
 Equation of the axis is 3x-4y+14 =0.
Let the axis meet the directrix at Z.
Z is the point of intersection of the directrix and the axis.
 Co-ordinates of Z are obtained by solving their equations.
4x+3y+2=0.  (1)
And 3x-4y+14=0.  (2)
Solving (1) & (2) we get x=-2,y=2
Thus,we have Z(-2,2)
Let the Co-ordinates of S be (x1,y1)
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 x1  2 y 2
Since A is the midpoint of SZ, =2  x1=6 and 1 =5  y1=8.
2 2
 Co-ordinates of S are (6,8)
Let p(x,y) be any point on the parabola .It PM is drawn  ar to the directrix,then (x-x1)2+(y-y1)2=
ax  by  c 2
a2  b2
 (4x  3y  2) 2
 (x-6)2+(y-8)2=
4 2  32
 Equation of the parabola is 9x2+16y2-24xy-316x-412y+2496=0.
(OR)
Since the parabola passes through the vertex.
Substitute the vertex in the given equations.
Which equation satisfies the given vertex.
That is the equation of the required parabola.

6. The latus rectum of y2 = 8x is

1) 4 2) 6 3) 8 4)1
Sol: Latus rectum = 4ay2 = 8x = 8y2 = 4(2)x

7. The latus rectum of (y+1)2 = -4(x-1) is

1) -4 2) 6 3) 8 4) 4
sol: (y+1)2 = -4(1)(x-1)latus rectum = 4a = 4(1)
8. The latus rectum of the parabola y=ax2+bx+c is
1) ¼ a 2) 1/3 a 3) ½ a 4) 1/a

sol: latus rectum coe of y2  1

coe ofx a

9. The langth of the latus rectum of the parabola x2+8x+12y+4=0

1) 3 2) 4 3) 10 4) 12
sol: x2+8x+12y+4=0
12y = -x2-8x -4

y =  1 x 2  8 x  4
12 12 12

length of the latus rectum = coe ff . of y  1  12

2
coe ff . ofx 1
12

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10. The length of latus – rectum of x = 2y2+y+1 is
1) 2 2) 3 3) ½ 4) 6
coeff . of x 1
sol: 
coe ff . ofy 2 2

11. The vertex of the parabola x2+12x-9y = 0

1) (4,6) 2) (6,4) 3) (6,-4) 4) (-6,-4)
sol: x2+12x-9y = 0
1 2 12
9y = x2+12x y = x  x  a = 1/9, b = 4/3, c = 0
9 9
 12 16 
vertex    b , 4ac  b 2     9 ,
0 
9   (6,4)
 2a 4a   2 1 4 1 
   
 9 9 

12. The vertex of the parabola x = y2+2y+2 is

1) (5/4, 1) 2) (-5/4, 1) 3) (-5/4, -1) 4) (1, -1)’
2
Sol: vertex =  4ac  b ,  b    8  4 ,  2   ( 1,1)
 4a 2a   4 2 

13. The focus of the parabola (y-1)2 = 8(x-3)

1) (2,1) 2) (1,2) 3) (5,1) 4) (1,5)
Sol: focus =(a+h,k) = (2+3,1) = (5,1)
14. The co – ordinates of the focus of the parabola y2-x-2y+2=0 is
1) ( ¼ , 0) 2) (1, -2) 3) (3/4 , ¼ ) 4) (5/4, 1)
sol: x = y2-2y+2 a = 1, b = -2, c = 2
2
focus =  4ac  b  1 ,  b    8  4  1 , 2   ( 5 ,1)
 4a 2a   4 21  4

15. The focus of the parabola x2-2x-4y-3=0, is

1) (2,1) 2) (1, 0) 3) (-1, 0) 4) (-2, 1)
4y = x2-2x-3y = ¼ x2- ½ x – ¾ , a = ¼ , b =- ½ , c = - ¾
 1  3 1   3 3 
 4    1 
  b 4ac  b   1 4 4  4  4   4 4 
2
focus =  ,   ,  1,   (1,0)
 2a 4a   2  2 1   1 
 4    
  4   

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 LEVEL - 1

1. Equation of the parabola having (1,-1) as focus and 3x+4y+2=0 as directrix is

1) 16x2-24xy+9y2-62x+34y+46=0. 2) 9x2-12xy+16y2-35x+64y+64=o.
3) 2x2+7xy-23y2+32x+17y+15=0. 4) None
2. Equation of the parabola whose focus is(1,2) and the directrix is x+1=0. is
1)(y-2)2=4x 2)(y+2)2=4x 3).(x-2)2=4y 4)(x+2)2=4y
3. The equation of the parabola whose focus is (-2,0) and the directrix is x-2=0 is
1)y2=8x 2)x2=8y 3)y2=-8x 4)x2=-8y
4. The equation of the parabola whose focus is (2,0) and the directrix is x+2=0 is
1)y2=-8x 2)y2=8x 3)x2=8y 4)x2=-8y
5. The equation of the parabola whose focus is (-4,3) and directrix is y+5=0,is
1)(x-4)2=4(y+4) 2)(x+4)2=4(y-4) 3)(y-4)2=4(x+4) 4)(y+4)2=4(x+4)
6. The equation of the parabola whose focus is (-3,2) and directrix is 3x+2y-1=0,is
1) 9x2-12xy+4y2+84y-48x+168=0. 2) 4x2+12xy+9y2+84x-48y+168=0.
3) 4x2-12xy+9y2-84x-48y-168=0. 4)4x2-12xy+9y2+84x-48y+168=0.
7. The equation of the parabola whose vertex is (0,0) and whose directrix is x – 4 = 0, is
1) y2 + 16x = 0 2) y2 - 16x = 0 3)y2 + 16y = 0 4)y2 - 16y = 0
8. The equation of the parabola whose vertex is (0,0) and focus is (3,0) is
1) y2 =12x 2) y2 =-12x 3)x2 =12y 4)x2 =-12y
9. The equation of the parabola whose vertex is (0,0) and focus is(0,-b) is
1) x2 – 4by = 0 2) x2 +4by = 0 3)y2 + 4bx = 0 4)y2 – 4bx = 0
10. The equation of the parabola whose axis is parallel to y –axis, latus rectum is 4 and focus is
(4,3) is
1) (y-2)2 = 4(x-4) 2)(y+2)2 = 4(x+4) 3)(x-4)2 = 4(y-2) 4)(x+4)2 = 4(y+2)
11. The equation of the axis of the parabola y2-4ay = 2ax is
1) x = -3 2) y = -1 3) x = 3 4) y =2a
12. What is the axis of the parabola x2+4x+2y-8 = 0
1) x -2 = 0 2) y-2=0 3) y+2 = 0 4) x+2 = 0
13. The parabola (y-4)2 = 4(x-2) is symmetrical about the line
1) x – 2 = 0 2) y = 0 3) x = 0 4) y – 4 = 0
14. The parabola (x -1)2 = 4(y -2) is symmetrical about the line
1) x – 2 = 0 2) y = 0 3) x-1 = 0 4) y – 2 = 0

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15. Focus of the parabola is (-1, 2) and vertex is (3,1) then the eq of the axis of the parabola is
1) x+4y-7 = 0 2) x+4y+7=0 3) x-4y+6 = 0 4) None
16. The focus of the parabola is (2,3) and its directrix is 2x+3y-4 = 0.Then the equation of axis of
the parabola is
1) 3x-2y +4=0 2) 3x-2y -6 =0 3) 3x-2y =0 4) None
17. Focus (-1, -1) , vertex(2,3) length of the latus rectum is
1) 10 2) 20 3) 30 4) 40
18. Focus (1, -2), vertex (0,2) then the lengt of the L.R is
1) 4 2) 415 3) 4 17 4) 5 3
19. Focus(1,1) equation of the directrix is x-y+4 = 0 then the length of LR is
1) 2 2 2) 3 2 3) 42 4) 5 2
20. Focus (-1, -1) and equation of the directrix is 2x+3y+1 = 0 then the vertex of the parabola is
1) (9/13, 1/13) 2) (-9/13, -7/13) 3) (9,7) 4) (13,0)
21. Focus is(0,0)and its directrix x+2y+2=0then the vertex of the parabola is
1) (-1, -1) 2) (-2, -2) 3) (- ½ , - ½ ) 4) (-1/5, -2/5)
22. The axis of the parabola y2-2y-8x-23=0 and its directrix meet the point
1) (5,1) 2) (5, -1) 3) (-5,1) 4) (-5, -1)
23. Equation of the parabola whose vertex is (-2, 0) and directrix is x = 1
1) y2 = x+2 2) y2 = 12(x+2) 3) y2 = -12(x+2) 4) y2 = -12(x-2)
24. Equation of the parabola whose vertex is (1,1) and focus is (4,1) is
1) (y-1)2 = 12(x-1) 2) (y-1)2 = 6(x-4) 3) (y-1)2 = 8(x-4) 4) (y+1)2 = 12(x-4)
25. The equation of the parabola whose focus is (3,1) and vertex (1,1) is
1) y2+8x+2y+9=0 2) y2+2x+8y-9=0 3) y2-5x-4y-1=0 4) y2+8x+2y-9=0
26. If the axis of the parabola is parallel to x – axis then the equation of the parabola is of the form
1) x2 =ly+m 2) x2=ly2+my+n 3) x = py2+qy+r 4) y = px2+qx+r
27. The equation of the parabola with vertex at (1, -2) its axis parallel to x – axis and of latus
rectum 5 is
1) (y+2)2 = 5(x -1) 2) (y-2)2 = 5(x -1) 3) (x+1)2 = 5(y+2)2 4) (x+1)2 = 5(y-2)
28. The equation of the parabola whose focus is (-3, 0) and directrix is x+5 = 0 is
1) x2=4(y-4) 2) x2=4(y+4) 3) y2=4(x-4) 4) y2=4(x+4)
29. Two ends of latus rectum of a parabola are the points(3,6) and (-5,6) the focus is
1) (1,6) 2) (-1, 6) 3) (1, -6) 4) (-1, -6)

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30. In a parabola , the distance of the focus from the directrix is 5, the length of latus rectum is
1) 5 2) 10 3) 15 4) 20
31. The vertex is (1,2) and latus – rectum is 4.The equation of the parabola is
1) (x-1)2 = 16(y-2) 2) (x-1)2 = 8(y-2) 3) (x-1)2 = 4(y-2) 4) None
32. In the parabola y2+25x = 0, the distance between the latus –rectum and directrix is
1) 25/4 2) 25/2 3) 50 4) 100
33. The equation of the latus – rectum of the parabola x2+8y =0
1) y-2=0 2) y+2 =0 3) x – 2 = 0 4) x+2 = 0
34. The parabola y = ax2+ax+b is symmetrical about the line
1) x = b 2) x = a 3) 2x =1 4) 2x+1= 0
35. The equation ofthelatus – rectum of the parabola(y-k)2 = 4a(x-h)
1) x = h-k 2) x = h+k 3) x = a-b 4) x = a+b
36. The parabola passes through (-2, 1), (1,2) (-1,3) and its axis is parallel to x –axis. Its equation is
1) 5y2+2x-21y+20 = 02) 5y2-2x+21y-20 = 03) 5y2-2x-21y+20 = 0 4) None
37. The parabola passes through (0,4), (1,9) and (-2, 6) and its axis is parallel to y – axis. Its
equation is
1) y=2x2-3x+4 2) y=2x2+3x+4 3) y=2x2-3x-4 4) None
38. If the parabola y2=4ax passes through the point (-3,2) then the length of the latus – rectum is
1) 2/3 2) 4/3 3) 1/3 4)4
39. Equation of the parabola whose vertex is (-1, -2) axis is vertical and which passes through
(3,6) is
1) x2+2x-2y-3=0 2) x2+4x+8y-13=0 3) x2+4y-16x-12=0 4) None
40. The equation of the parabola having the focus (2, 3) Latus Rectum and whose axis is parallel
to X- axis is
1) y2-4x-6y+13=0 2) y2-4x+6y-13= 0 3) y2-4x-6y-13=0 4) None
41. The vertex of the parabola x2-8x+4y = 0 is
1) (4,3) 2) (-4, -3) 3) (4, 4) 4) (-3, -4)
42. If the ordinate of a point on the parabola y2 =4x is twice the latus – rectum then the point is
1) (-8, 16) 2) (16, 8) 3) (16, -8) 4) (8, -16)
43. The point on the parabola y2 = 18x of which the ordinate is equal to three times of the
abscissa is
1) (2,6) 2) (2, - 6) 3) (-2, 6) 4) (6,2)

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44. The equation of directrix and latus –rectum of a parabola are 3x-4y+27 =0 and 3x-4y+2=0
then the length of latus –rectum is
1)5 2) 10 3) 8 4) None
45. If 2x+y+a=0 is a focal chord of the parabola y2+8x=0 then a = ?
1) -4 2) 4 3) -2 4) 2
46. The focal distance of the point(16,8) on the parabola y2 = 4x is
1) 8 2) 17 3) 9 4) 16
47. The focal distance of the point(4,2) on the parabola x2 = 8y is
1) 5 2) 3 3) 6 4) 4
48. The product of the abscissa of the extremities of a focal chord of the parabola y2 = 16x is
1) 1 2) 4 3) 8 4) 16
49. Equation of the parabola having the vertex at (2,3) and its axis parallel to y – axis and
passing through the point (4,5) is
1) (x-2)2 = 2(y-3) 2) (y-3)2 = 2(x-2) 3) (x-2)2 = 4(y-3) 4) None
50. t1 and t2 are the parameters of the end points of a focal chord of a parabola, then
1) t1+t2 = -1 2) t1t2 = 1 3) t1t2=-1 4) t1+t2=1
51. The equation of tangent to y2 = 4ax at (a, 2a) is
1) x+y+a=0 2) x-y+a=0 3) x+y-a=0 4) x+y+2a=0
52. Equation of tangent at (3,6) to the parabola y2 = 12x is
1) x-y+3= 0 2) x-y-3= 0 3) x+y+3= 0 4) x+y-3= 0
53. If the line x = 4 cuts the parabola y2 = 4x at P&Q then PQ is equal to
1) 8 2) 4 3) 16 4) 12
54. If the focus is (3,2) and vertex is(4,1) of a parabola, then the equation of the tangent at the vertex is
1) x+y+3=0 2) x-y+3=0 3) x-y-3=0 4) x+y-3=0
55. Equation of the directrix of the parabola whose focus is(3,2) and vertex (4,3) is
1) x+y-9=0 2) x-y+9= 0 3) x-y-9=0 4) x+y+9=0
56. Equation of the tangent at the end of the latus – rectum in the first quadrant of the parabola y2 =4x is
1) x-y+1=0 2) x+y-1= 0 3) x-y-1= 0 4) x+y+1= 0
57. Equation of the normal at the end of the latus – rectum in the fourth quadrant of the parabola
y2 = 4ax is
1) x-y+3a=0 2) x+y-3a=0 3) x-y-1=0 4) x+y+1=0
58. Equation of the normal at (1,2)to the parabola y2=4x is
1)x-y+3=0 2) x+y-3=0 3) x-y-3=0 4) x-y+3=0

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59. The focus and vertex of a parabola are (1, -1) and (2,1). The equation of the directrix is
1) 2x+y-9=0 2)x+2y-9=0 3) 2x+y+9= 0 4) None
60. The equation of the normal at a point on the parabola y2 = 8x whose ordinate 4 is
1) x-y+2 = 0 2) x+y-6=0 3) x+y-2 = 0 4) none
61. Equation of the tangent to the parabola y2 = 16x inclined at an angle 450 to x – axis
1) x-y+4= 0 2) x+y-4= 0 3) x+y+4= 0 4) none
62. Equation of the normal to y2 = 20x at (5, 10) is
1) x-y+5= 0 2) x+y-15= 0 3) y+4x= 10 4) x – y+4=0
63. In parabola the latus rectum, ordinates of any point on it and its abscissa are in
1) G.P 2) H.P 3) A.P 4) none
64. The equation of the tangent to the parabola y2 = 16x parallel to 3x-4y+9= 0 is
1) 9x+12y+64=0 2) 9x+12y-64=0 3) 9x-12y+64=0 4) 9x-12y-64=0
65. The line x – y – 6= 0 is a normal to the parabola at the point
1) (-2, -4) 2)(2, -4) 3) (-2, 4) 4) (2,4)
66. If 2y=5x+k is a tangent to the parabola y2 = 6x then K =
1) 2/3 2) 4/5 3) 3/5 4) 6/5
67. The point of contact of the line x -2y +4 = 0 w.r to y2 = 6x is
1)(-4, -6) 2) (4, -6) 3) (4, 6) 4) (-4, 6)
68. Equation of the tangent to the parabola y2 = 6x at the point whose ordinate is6 is
1) x-2y-6=0 2) x-2y+6=0 3) x+2y+6=0 4) None
69. Equation of the normal to the parabola y2 = 12x which makes an angle 450 with the x – axis is
1) x-2y+9=0 2) 2x-y+9= 0 3) x+2y+9=0 4) x – y -9 = 0
70. If 7x+6y = 13 is a tangent to the parabola y2 – 7x-8y+4 = 0 then the point of contact is
1) (1,1) 2) (1, -1) 3) (-1, -1) 4) (-1, 1)
71. The line Kx – y+2 = 0 is a tangent to the parabola y2 = 4x then K =
1) 1 2) ½ 3) 2 4) 0
72. The point on the curve y2 = 4x which is nearest to (2, 1) is
1) (4,4) 2) (4, 6) 3) (9, 6) 4) (1, 2)
73. The point on the parabola y =x2+7x+2 closest to the line y = 3x-3 is
1) (-2, 8) 2)(2, 8) 3) (2, -8) 4) (-2, -8)
74. The tangent to y2 = kx makes an angle 450 with x –axis then its point of contact is
1) (k/2, k/4) 2) (-k/2, k/4) 3) (k/4, k/2) 4) (-k/4, k/2)

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75. The line x – y =2 is a normal to the parabola y2 +8x = 0 at the point
1) (-2, -4) 2) (-2, 4) 3) (2, -4) 4) (2, 4)
76. The equation of the tangent to the parabola y2 = 16x parallel to 2x-y+5=0
1) 2x+y-2=0 2) 2x-y+2=0 3) 2x+y+2=0 4) 2x-y-2=0
77. Equation of the tangent to the parabola y2 = 7x and which is ar to x – 4y-7=0
1) 64x+16y+7=0 2) 16x+64y+7= 0 3) 64x-16y-7= 0 4) 16x-64y-7=0
78. Equation of the axis of the parabola whose focus is (3, -4) and directrix x+y-2=0
1) x+y+7=0 2) x+y-7=0 3) x-y-7=0 4) x-y+7=0
79. The line y = mx+c is a normal to the parabola if
1) c = 2am-m2 2) c = 2am+m2 3) c = 2am+am2 4) None
80. Equation of the normal to the parabola y2 =4x which is parallel to y-2x+5 = 0 is
1)2x+y-12=0 2) 2 x-y-12=0 3) 2x-y+12=0 4) None
81. Equation of the tangent to the parabola y2=24x inclined at an angle of 450 with the axis is
1) x-y+6 = 0 2) x+y+6 = 0 3) x+y-6 = 0 4) x-y-6 = 0
82. If 2y=x+4a is a tangent to the parabola y2 = 4ax, the point of contact is
1) (a,a) 2) (4a, 2a) 3) (4a, 4a) 4) None
83. Equation of the normal to the parabola y2 = 4x which is artox+3y+1=0 is
1) 3x-y+6 = 0 2) 3x-y+10 = 0 3) 3x+y+33 = 0 4) 3x-y-33 = 0
84. On the parabola y2 = 8x if one extremity of focal chord is ( ½ , -2) then its other extremity is
1) (2, ½ ) 2) (1, 4) 3) (8, 8) 4) (-8, 8)
85. The normal at (at12, 2at1) to the parabola y2 = 4ax meets the parabola again at (at22, 2at2) then t2 =
1) t1+2/t1 2) –t1-2/t1 3) t1-2/t1 4) t1+1/t1
86. The length of the chord intercepted by the parabola y2=x2+3xon the line x+y = 5 is
1) 6 2 2) 2 26 3) 3 24 4) 3 2
87. The point on the curve y=x2 which is nearest to (3, 0) is
1) (1, -1) 2) (-1, 1) 3) (-1, -1) 4) (1, 1)
88. Length of the focal chord through the point (at2, 2at) of the parabola y2 = 4ax is
1) a2(t+1/t)2 2) a(t-1/t) 3) a(t+1/t)2 4) a(t-1/t)2
89. A parabolic arc has a height at 12m and a span of 20m. The height of the arc 5m away on
either side of the center is
1) 2m 2) 3m 3) 6m 4) 9m
90. The no. of tangents to the parabola y2 = 6x through (-1, 4) is
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
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 LEVEL - II

1. The point (2, -1) is the focus of a conic whose corresponding directrix is given by 8x – 15y +3
= 0 if the latus rectum of the conic is 4, then the conic is
1) parabola 2) Ellipse 3) Hyperbola 4) Rectangular Hyperbola
2. The focus of a parabola is at(1,1) and the directrix is the line 2x+3y-4=0 its vertex is the point
given by
12 23 13 26 12 13
1)  ,  2)  ,  3)  ,  4) None
 13 26   12 23   23 26 
3. The equation of the parabola whose vertex and focus are on the axis of ‘x’ distance ‘a’ and a1
from the origin respectively given by
1) y2=4(x – a –a1) 2) y2=4(a1-a)(x – a ) 3) y2=4(a1+a)(x+a ) 4) None
4. The position of the point (-2, -3) with respect to the parabola2y2 = 9x is
1) Inside the parabola 2) outside the parabola3) lies on the parabola 4) none
5. If L1, L2 is the latus rectum of the parabola x2 =4ay and O is the vertex then the area OL1L2 =
1) a2 2) 2a2 3) 4a2 4) none
6. The equation of the tangent at the vertex of the parabola a whose focus is (5,-1) and vertex is
(3,2) is given by
1) 2x+3y = 0 2) 3x+2y = 0 3) 3x – 2y = 0 4) 2x-3y = 0
7. Equation of the axis of the parabola y2 = 4(x+y) is given by
1) x+2 = 0 2) y+2 = 0 3) x-2 = 0 4) y – 2 = 0
8. The equation to the locus of intersection of two perpendicular tangents of x2=4 by is
1) y+b = 0 2) y-b = 0 3) x+b = 0 4) x – b = 0
9. The equation of the parabola with (1,3) as focus and (-2, 3) as the vertex is given by
1) y2 -12x +6y-15=0 2) y2 -12x -6y-15=0 3) y2 +12x-6y-15=0 4) none
10. An equilateral le is inscribed in a parabola y2 =4ax so that one of its angular points is at the
vertex. The length of the side of the le is
1) 2s 2) 8a 3 3) 4a 3 4) None
11. The length of the ar from a point (x1, y1) on the parabola y2=4ax to x–axis is equal to
1) 4ax1 2) ax1 3) 2 ax1 4) none
12. The equation of the focal chord of the parabola y2 = 4x inclined at an angle /4 to the x –axis is
1) x – y – 1 = 0 2) x +y -1 = 0 3) x – y -2 = 0 4) none

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13. The length of the latus rectum of the parabola bx2-4ay+dx+e = 0 is
1) 4a/b 2) 4a 3) 4d/b 4) a/b
14. The equation of the parabola with vertex (0, b) and focus(0, 5b/4) is
1) y2 = (bx – b2) 2) x2 = 5by 3) x2 = (by – b) 4) x2 = (by – b2)
15. For a parabola, the vertex is (1, -2) and focus is (1, -1) the directrix is the line
1) y = 3 2) y = 2 3) y+3 = 0 4) y+2 = 0
16. The focus of x2+2x+16y-31=0
1) (-1, 2) 2) (-1, -2) 3) (-2, -1) 4) none
17. The vertex is (1,2) and latus rectum is 4. The equation of the parabola whose axis is parallel
to y – axis
1) (x-1)2 = 16(y-2) 2) (x-1)2 = 8(y-2) 3) (x-1)2 = 4 (y-2) 4) none
18. The focus of the parabola (y-4)2 = 4(x+2)
1) (2,4) 2) (-2, 4) 3) (-1, 4) 4) none
19. The axis of the parabola 4x2-20x-12y+49=0 is
1) 2x = 5 2) x = 5 3) y = 5 4) none
20. In the parabola y2 +25x = 0, the distance between the latus rectum and directrix is
1) 25/4 2) 25/2 3) 50 4) 100
21. The equation of the parabola is (y-2)2 = -16(x-1). The latus rectum and focus are respectively
given by
1) 16 and (2, -3) 2) -16 and (-2, -3) 3) 16 and (-3,2) 4) none
22. The focus of the parabola x2+20y+4x-56=0 is given by
1) (2, -2) 2) (2,2) 3) (-2, 2) 4) (-2, -2)
23. The axis of the parabola y2+2y+4x+5=0 is
1) x+1=0 2) y+1 = 0 3) x = 0 4) y = 0
24. The end points of the latus rectum of a parabola are at (5,2) and (3,4). The focus of the
parabola is
1) (4,3) 2)(1, -1) 3)(2, -2) 4)(6, 6)
25. The equation of the parabola with directrix x+2 = 0 and having (2, 14)as the end point of
latus rectum is
1) y2 = 4(x -2) 2) (y+1)2=4(x+2) 3) (y-1)2 = 8x 4) None
26. The equation of the parabola with vertex at (0, 0) axis as y-axis and passing through the point
(-2, -4) is
1) y=x2 2) y = -x2 3) y2 = 8x 4) none
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27. The co – ordinates of the focus of the parabola x = 4t2, y = 8t are given by
1) (1,0) 2)(2, 0) 3)(4, 0) 4) (8, 0)
28. The locus of a point whose distance from (5,2) is equal to its distance from the line 3x+y = 4 is
1) aline 2) a pair of lines 3) a parabola4) rectangular hyperbola
29. If the end points of a latus rectum of a parabola are (-3, 6) and (-3, 2) then the equation of its axis
1) x+3 = 0 2) y = 4 3) x -3 = 0 4) y+4 = 0
30. A parabola has its vertex at the origin, its axis is along x, and it passes through point (-1, 2).
The equation of the parabola and its latus rectum are
1) y2 = 4x, -4 2) y2 = -4x, 4 3) x2 = 4y, 4 4) x2 = -4y, 4
31. If the focus of a parabola is at (3,3) and directrix is 3x-4y-2=0 then latus rectum is
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 5
32. The angle made by a double ordinate of length 8a at the vertex of the parabola y2=4ax is
   
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 3 4 6
33. The vertex of a parabola is the point (a,b) and latus rectum of length ‘l’ if the axis of the
parabola is a long the +ve direction of y – axis , then its equation is
l l l l
1) (x+a)2 = (2 y  2b) 2) (x- a)2 = (2 y  2b) 3) (x+a)2 = (2 y  2b) 4) (x- a)2 = (2 y  2b)
2 2 2 8
34. The parametric representation (2+t2, 2t+1) represents where ‘t’ is parameter
1) A parabola with focus at (2, 1) 2) A parabola with vertex at (2, 1)
3) A parabola with latus rectum 2 4) an ellipse center (2,1)
35. The equation of tangent at vertex of the parabola x2+4x+2y=0
1) x = -2 2) y = 2 3) x = 2 4) y = -2
36. If (2,0) is the vertex and y – axis the directrix of a parabola then its focus is
1) (4,0) 2)(-2, 0) 3)(2, 0) 4)(-4, 0)
37. If the parabola y2 = 4ax passes through (3,2) then length of latus rectum is
1) 2/3 2)4/3 3) 1/3 4) 4
38. If the vertex of the parabola y = x2-8x+c lies on x – axis then the value of c is
1) -16 2)-4 3)4 4)16
39. The equation of the parabola whose focus is at(1,0) and directrix x = 0 is
1) y2 = -2x+1 2) y2 = 2x-1 3) y2 =-2x -1 4) none
40. The equation of the chord of the parabola y2 = x, through the vertex and negative end of latus rectum is
1) 2x-y = 0 2) 2x+y=0 3) x – 2y = 0 4) x+2y =0

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 LEVEL -III
1. An arch is in the shape of a parabola whose axis is vertically downward and measures 80m across it bottom on
the ground.Its highest point is 24m.The measure of the horizontal beam across the section at a height of 18m is
1) 50 2) 40 3) 45 4)55
2. The point (s) on the parabola y2=8x whose focal distance is 4 are
1)(-2,-4) 2)(2,-4) 3)(  2,4) 4)(2,  4)
3. The pole(or point of contact) of the line 2x+3y-4=0.W.r.to the parabola y2=4x is
1)(2,3) 2)(-2,-3) 3) (1,1) 4)(2,-3)
4. Foot of the normal to the parabola y2=4x which makes an angle 450 with x-axis is
1)(3,-6) 2) (3,6) 3) (-3,6) 4) (-3,-6)
5. A parabolic are has a height of 12m and a span of 20m. The height of the arc 5m away on either side of
the centre is
1) 2m 2) 3m 3) 6m 4) 9m
6. A cross section of an arch is in the form of a parabola,the axis being vertical is 80m across the bottom and height
point is 24m above the horizontal .Length of the horizontal bean across the section 6m from the top is
1) 20m 2) 40m 3) 55m 4)60m
7. The length of the chord intercepted by the parabola y=x2+3x on the line x+y=5 is

1) 6 2 2) 2 26 3)3 24 4) 3 2
8. Equation of the Tangent to the parabola y2=24x inclined at an angle at 450with the x-axis is
1) x-y+6=0. 2)x+y+6=0. 3)x+y-6=0. 4)x-y-6=0.
9. The line y=mx+c is a normal to the parabola it
1) c=2am-m2 2)c=2am+m2 3)c=2am+am2 4)None
10. The tangent drawn from the point p(-2,19) to the parabola y2=8x are  ar to each other.Then the point
p lies on the parabola.at
1) Tangent at the vertex 2) directrix 3)latus-rectum 4) diameters through the foucs.
11. P is a point on the parabola with vertex A,focus S and the foot of the directrix x.It PM is a parallel to
XS,then the normal at P
1) bisects spm 2) bisects APM 3) trisects xPM 4) trisects xPS externally.
12. X2-cy2+6x+8y+14=0. is a paranola.if
1) C>0. 2) C<0 3)C=0. 4)C is arbitraray.
13. (9,12) is one end of the focol chord of the parabol y2=16x .It’s equation is
1).12x-5y-48=0. 2).12x+5y-48=0. 3).5x+12y-48=0. 4).5x-12y+48=0.
2
14. If the line y=x+3 is a tangent to the parabola y =12x,the point of contact is
1) (-3,6) 2) (3,6) 3) (6,3) 4)(-6,-6)
15. The condition that the tangents drawn from a point p(x1,y1) to a parabola y2=4ax may be perpendicular is
1)x1-a=0. 2)x1+a=0. 3)y1-a=0. 4)y1+a=0.
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16. The angle between the two tangets from the point (1,4) to the parabola y2=12x is
1 3
1)tan-1(1) 2)tan-1( ) 3)tan-1(2) 4) tan-1( )
2 2
17. On the parabola Y2=8x if one extremity of a focal chord is (1/2,-2) then its other extremity is
1)(2,1/2) 2)(1,-4) 3) (8,8) 4) (-8,8)
18. Equation of the normal to the parabola y2=4x which is parallel to y-2x+5=0. is
1) 2x+y-12=0. 2) 2x-y-12=0. 3)2x-y+12=0. 4)None
19. Equation of the tangent to the parabola y2=7x and which is perperdicular to x-4y-7=0.is
1)64x+16y+7=0. 2)16x+64y+7=0. 3)64x-16y-7=0. 4) 16x-64y-7=0.
20. In parabola the latus-rectum,ordinates of any point on it and its abscissa are in
1) G.P 2) H.P 3) A.P 4)None
Previous Questions:
1. The vertex of the parabola x2+12x-9y = 0 is
1) (6, -4) 2) (-6, 4) 3) (6, 4) 4) (-6, -4)
2. The focus of the parabola y2 – 4y -8x-4 = 0
1) (1,1) 2) (1,2) 3) (2, 0) 4) (2,2)
2
3. The equation of the directrix of the parabola y – 2x-6y-5 = 0
1) 2x+15=0 2) x +5 =0 3) 2x+3=0 4) x+2=0
4. Axis of the parabola x2-3y-6x+6 = 0
1) x = -3 2) y = -1 3) x = 3 4) y = 1
5. The focus of the parabola y2 – x – 2y +2 = 0 is
1) (1/4 , 0) 2) (1,2) 3) (3/4, 1) 4) (5/4, 1)
6. An arch is in the shape of a parabola whose axis is vertically down ward and measures 80mts across irs
bottom on the ground. Its highest point is 24mts. The measure of the horizontal beam across the section
at a height of 18mts. is
1) 50mts 2) 40 mts 3) 45mts 4) 44mts
7. The vertex of the parabola x2+8x+12y+4 = 0 is
1) (-4, 1) 2) (4, -1) 3) (-4, -1) 4) (4, 1)
8. The focus of the parabola y2-4y-8x+4 = 0 is
1) (1, 1) 2) (1, 2) 3) (2, 1) 4) (2, 2)
9. The equation of the parabola with focus (2, 0) and directrix x+3=0 is given by
1) y2-10x+5 = 0 2) y2-10x-5 = 0 3) x2-10x+5 = 0 4) x2-10y-5=0
10. The vertex of the parabola y2 = x+4y+3 is
1) (-7, 2) 2) (7, -2) 3) (7, 2) 4) (-7,-2)
11. The eqn of the parabola with focus at (0, -2) and directrix y=2, is given by
1) y2+8x = 0 2) x2 = 8y 3) y2 = 8x 4) x2+8y=0
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12. The vertex of the parabola x2+6x+4y+5 = 0 is the point
1) (3, -1) 2) (3, 4) 3) (-3, -1) 4) (-3, 1)
13. The length of the latus rectum of the parabola 32y2 +6y+8x-5=0
1) 8/3 2) 3/8 3) 3 4) 8
14. The directrix of the parabola 2x2+9y = 0 is
1) 8x = 9 2) 8x+9=0 3) 8y = 9 4) 8y+9=0
2
15. The focus of the parabola x +12y = 0 is
1) (3,0) 2)(-3, 0) 3)(0,3) 4)(0, -3)
16. The directrix of the parabola y2 +8x = 0 is the line
1) y = 2 2) y+2 = 0 3) x+2 = 0 4) x = 2
17. The no.of tangents that can be drawn from (9, 6) to the parabola y2 =4x is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
2
18. The pole (or point of contact) of the line 2x +3y-4 = 0 w.r.to the parabola y = 4x is
1) (2,3) 2) (-2, -3) 3) (1,1) 4) (-2, -3)
19. The no. of tangents that can be drawn from (2, 1) to y2 = 8x is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
20. The pole of the line 2x-3y+1=0 w.r.to the parabola y2 = 8x is
1) (1, 6) 2) ( ½ , 3) 3) (-1, 6) 4) ( ½ , -6)
PARABOLA- KEY
1.1 2.1 3.3 4.2 5.1 6.4 7.1 8.1 9.2 10.3 11.4 12.4 13.4 14.3 15.1 16.3 17.2
18.3 19.3 20.2 21.4 22.3 23.3 24.1 25.3 26.3 27.1 28.4 29.2 30.2 31.3 32.2 33.2 34.4
35.1 36.1 37.2 38.2 39.1 40.1 41.3 42.2 43.1 44.2 45.2 46.2 47.3 48.4 49.1 50.3 51.2
52.1 53.1 54.3 55.1 56.1 57.3 58.2 59.2 60.2 61.1 62.2 63.1 64.3 65.2 66.4 67.3 68.2
69.4 70.1 71.2 72.1 73.4 74.3 75.1 76.2 77.1 78.3 79.1 80.2 81.1 82.3 83.4 84.3 85.3
86.1 87.4 88.3 89.4 90.2
LEVEL – II
1.1 2.1 3.2 4.2 5.2 6.4 7.4 8.1 9.2 10.2 11.3 12.1 13.1 14.4 15.3 16.1 17.3
18.3 19.1 20.2 21.3 22.4 23.2 24.1 25.3 26.2 27.3 28.3 29.2 30.2 31.1 32.1 33.2 34.2
35.2 36.1 37.2 38.4 39.2 40.2
LEVEL – III
1.2 2.4 3.2 4.1 5.4 6.2 7.1 8.1 9.1 10.2 11.1 12.3 13.1 14.2 15.2 16.2 17.3 18.2
19.1 20.1
REVIOUS QUESTIONS
1.4 2.2 3.1 4.3 5.4 6.7 7.1 8.4 9.2 10.1 11.4 12.4 13.1 14.3 15.4 16.4 17.1 18.2
19.1 20.4

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 ELLIPSE

SYNOPSIS

1.The locus of a point ‘p’ is an ellipse, if SP/PM=e where e<1.S is the focus. PM is the
perpendicular distance from ‘p’ to the fixed line ZK.ZK is the directrix of the ellipse.
x2 y2
2. The standard equation of the ellipse is 2  2  1 =1 where b2=a2(1-e2)
a b
Y
B
L
1 P
M M

1 Z1 Z
X 1 1 X
A1 S CY S N A

B1 L1

x2 y2 2 2 2
3. For the ellipse 2
 2  1 (a>b) b =a (1-e )
a b
the centre is (0,0)and
Foci are S (ae,0),S1(-ae, 0)
The directrices are x = a/e, x = -a/e
The length of the latus–rectum is 2b2/a
The vertices are A (a, 0), A1(-a, 0) and End points of minor axis are B(0, b) and B1(0, -b)
AA1 = 2a is the major axis
BB1 = 2b is the minor axis
(x  ) 2 (y   ) 2
4. For the ellipse   1 ; (a>b)
a2 b2
Centres is (, ) , b2 = a1(1-e2)
Foci are S(ae+, ) and S1(-ae+, ). Equation of the directrices are x -  = a/e and x -  = -a/e
Length of the latus–rectum is 2b2/a
The major axis is 2a; The minor axis is 2b.
x2 y2
5. For the ellipse   1 , where a<b(ie., b>a)
a2 b2
a2 = b2(1-e2)
Centre is (0, 0) Foci are S(0, be) and S1(0, -be) Equation of the directrices are y = b/e and
y = -b/e Length of the latus rectum is 2a2/b
Length of the major axis is 2b Length of the minor axis is 2a.
(x   ) 2 ( y   ) 2
6. For an ellipse  1
a2 b2
Where a<b(ie., b>a) Center is (, ) Forci are S(,be+) and S1(,-be+).
Directrices are y - = b/e and y -  = -b/e Length of the latus rectum is 2a2/b
Length of the major axis is 2b Length of the minor axis is 2a.

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7. The point (a cos, b sin ) satisfies the equation  1
a2 b2
x = a cos, y = b sin 
are the parametric equation s of an ellipse
a2  b2 b2
Horizontal ellipse (a>b) e = . or 1  2
a a
Equation center Foci Directrix Major Minor latus– Vertices
axis axis rectum
x2 y2 (0, 0) (ae, 0) a Y=0 X=0 2b 2 (a, 0)
 1 X =
a2 b2 e a
(x   ) 2 ( y   ) 2 (, ) (ae+,) a Y=y- X=x- 2b 2 (a,)
 1 X-= 
a2 b2 e = 0 =0 a
a2
Vertical ellipse (a<b) e = 1 
b2
Equation center Foci Directrix Major Minor latus – Vertices
axis axis rectum
x2 y2 (0, 0) (0, be) a X=0 y=0 2a 2 (a, 0)
2
 2
 1 Y= 
a b e b
(x   ) 2
(y  ) 2
(, ) (,be+) b x=x- y=y- 2a 2 (a+,)
2
 2
1 y - =  = 0 = 0
a b e b
2 2
x y xx yy
Notation: S = 2  2  1  S1 = 21  21  1
a b a b
2 2
xx yy
S11 = x12  y12  1  S12 = 1 2 2  1 2 2  1
a b a b
1. The point (x1,y1) w.r.to the ellipse S=0lies
1)inside if S11< 0 2)on the curve S11=0 3)outside ifS11>0
2. Let p(x1,y1)be a point on the ellipse whose foci are s and s1.then 1)sp+s1p=2a(a>b)
2)sp+s1p=2b(a<b)
(i,e.) the sum of the focal distance of any point on the ellipse is equal to the major axis
3. The eq of the chord joining two points (x1,y1)and (x2,y2) on the ellipse s=0 is
s1+s2=s12
4. If x=acos  ,y=bsin  are coordinates of any point on the ellipse and are known as
it’s parametric eq’s
The point (acos,bsin) it is denoted by  ,  is called the eccentric angle of the point
(acos,bsin)on s=0
Tangent:
xx yy
1. Equation of the tangent at the point (x1,y1)to the ellipse s=0 is s1=0  21  21  1
a b 
2. Equation of the tangent in slope form is y=mx a 2 m 2  b 2
x2 y2
3. The condition for the line y=mx+c to touch the ellipse   1 is c =
a 2 b2
2 2
 
a 2 m 2  b 2 and the point of contact   a m , b 
 c c 
4.If  is the acute angle between the tangents drawn from (x1,y1) to the ellipse

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 x2 y2 2ab s11
S= 2
 2  1 then tan = 2 2
a b x1  y1  a 2  b 2
5.The locus of the point of intersection of two perpendicular tangents to the ellipse
S=0 is the circle x2+y2 = a2+b2 (known as director circle)
6.Tangent at  :Eq of the tangent to the ellipse s=0
x cos  y sin 
at the point (acos,bsin)is  1
a b
7.The equationto the chord of contact of p(x1,y1)w.r.to the ellipse s=0 is s1=0
2 2
Normal:Eq of the normal to the ellipse s=0 at the point (x1,y1)is a x  b y  a 2  b 2
x1 y1
Normal at :equationof the normal to the ellipse s=0 of
ax by
(acos,bsin)is   a2  b2
cos sin 
Pole&Polar:The equation to the polar of (x1,y1)w.r.tothe ellipse s=0 is s1=0
  a 2l  b 2 m 
The pole of the line lx+my+n=0 w.r.to the ellipse s=0is  , 
 n n 
Solved problems:
1). Find the Centre,vertices,eccentricity,Focimlength and equations of Major and Minor
axes.Equation of directrices,Equation of Latera.recta and length of Latus-rectum of the
ellipse 25x2+16y2-150x+128y+81=0.
Sol. Given ellipse 25x2+16y2-150x+128y+81=0.
 25x2-150x+16y2+128y=-81
 25x2-6x+ 32-32+16y2+8y+42-42=-81.
 25(x-3)2-9+16(y+4)2-16=-81
 25(x-3)2-225+16(y+4)2-256=-81
 25(x-3)2-116(y+4)2=400
( x  3) 2  y  4 2
 + =1.
16 25

Compare to
x  h 2  ( y  4) 2 =1.
a<b
a2 b2
Here h=3,k=-4 a=4, b=5
i)Centre=(h,k)=(3,-4)
ii)vertices=(h,k  b)=(3,-4  5)
=(3,1)(3,-9)
a2 42 9 3
iii)eccentricity,c= 1  2 = 1 2 = =
b 5 25 5
3
iv)foci,=(h,k  be)=(3,-4  5. )=(3,-1),(3,-7)
5
v)length of Major axis=2b=2(5)=10
Equation of Major axis,x=h  x=3
vi)length of Minor axis=2a=2(4)=8
Equation of Minor axis,y=k  y=-4
vii)Equation of directrices,y=k  be
5 25 25
 y=-4   y=-4+ ,y=-4-
 3 3 3
 
 5
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 y=
,y=
3 3
viii)Equation of latus-rectum y=k  be
3
 y=-4  5.  y=-1,y=-7
5
2
2a 2( 4) 2 32
ix)Length of latus-rectum =  
b 5 5

2). Find the equation of the ellipse whose focus is (3,1) ,eccentricity is ½ and directrix is x-
y+6=0.
Sol. Let p(x,y) be any point on the ellipse.Whose focus is S(3,1) and let directrix
1
x-y+6=0. Compare to ax+by+c=0. and c=
2
 The equation of the ellipse is
2
2
(x-x1) +(y-y1) =e2ax  by  c 
2
2 2
a b
2
 1  x  y  b 
2
2 2
 (x-3) +(y-1) =   2 2
 2  1  (1)
 7x2+7y2+2xy-60x-4y+44=0.
3). Find the equation of the ellipse whose areas are the co-ordinate axes and whose foci are
1
the points (  2,0) and eccentricity is since y-Co-ordinates of s and s1 are o,the Major
2
axis along x-axis .Distance between =SS1=2ae =4
1
 2a. =4  a=2 2
2
1 b2 1 b2 1
Since C=  1=  1- =
2 a2 2 a2 2
1 b2 1 b2
 1- = 2  ,=  b2=4
2 a 2 4( 2)
x2 y2 x2 y2
 The equation of the ellipse is 2  2 =1.   =1
a b 8 4
4). Find the equation of the ellipse with it’s axes as the co-ordinate axes and whose latus-
rectum is 5 and eccentrictity is 2/3.
x2 y2
Sol. Let the equation of the ellipse be  =1.
a2 b2
2b 2 5a
Given latus-rectum = =5  b2=
a 2
b2 2 b2
Eccentricity e= 1   e =1-
a2 a2

 2
2 5a 9
   =1- 22  a=
 3 a 2
5 9 45
 b2 =  =
2 2 4
 The Equation of the ellipse is

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 =1.   =1.  20x2+36y2=405.
a2 b2 81 45
4 4
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5). Find the equation of the ellipse whose latus-rectum is and the distance between the
2
foci is 2 with axes being co-ordinates axes.
2b 2 15
Sol. Given length of latus-rectum = =
4 2
And Distance between the foci=2ae=2.
 2ae=2.
1
 e=
a
2b 2 15
Since =
4 2
15a
 4b2=15a  b2=
4
1
E=
a
2
b 1 b2 1 a2  b2 1
 1  2 =  1- 2 = 2  = 2
a a a a a2 a
2 2
 a -b =1.
15a
 a2 - =1.  4a2-15a-4=0.
4
1
 a=4,a=
4
1
 a=4 (a  )
4
15a 15 X 4
 b2 =  b2   b2=15
4 4
x2 y2
 The equation of the ellipse is  =1.
a2 b2
x2 y2
 =1.
16 15
6. The length of the semi major and minor axes of the ellipse 4x2+9y2 = 36 are respectively
1) 3, 2 2) 6,4 3) 9, 6 4) 3,4

x2 y2
Sol:   1  a = 3, b = 23,2
9 4
x2 y2
7. The length of the major and minor axes of the ellipse   1 are respectively
36 64
1) 12, 6 2) 36, 64 3) 16,12 4) None
Sol: a = 6, b = 8
Length of the major axis 2b = 2(8) = 16
Length of the minor axis 2a = 2(6) = 12
8. The vertices of the ellipse 9x2+16y2 = 144 are
1) (0, 4) 2) (0, 3) 3) (3,0) 4) (4,0)

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 x2 y2
Sol:   1 , a = 4, b =3 a, b
16 9
Vertices (  a, 0) = (4, 0)
9. The eccentricity of the ellipse 2x2+5y2 = 20 is
1) 0.6 2) 10.6 3) 5 4) 3
3 5
2 2
x y 2
Sol:   1 a =10, b = 4 (a>b)
10 4
b2 4 6 3
e = 1 2 = 1   
a 10 10 5
10. The foci of the ellipse 3x2+2y2 = 6 are
1) (1, 0) 2) (0, 1) 3) (2, 0) 4)(0, 2)
2 2
x y 2 2
sol:   1 a = 2, b = 3 (a<b)
2 3
a2 2 1
foci = (0 , be) , e = 1  2 = 1  = =(0,  1 )
b 3 3
x2 y2
11. The length of the Latus - rectum of the Ellipse  1
9 4
8 3 5 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 8 3 3
2
2b 2(4) 8
sol: a=3, b =2 (a>b) , L.R = = =
a 3 3
12. Equation of the ellipse with center at the origin y –axis as major axis and lengths of semi –
axes 3 and 2 is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)  1
9 4 4 9 2 3 16 30
sol: b = 3, a = 2  b2 = 9, a2 = 4

13. In an ellipse the major and minor axes are in the ratio 5:3. The eccentricity of the ellipse is

1) 1/5 2) 2/5 3) 3/5 4) 4/5

sol: 2a = 5, 2b = 3
a = 5/2, b = 3/2
b2 9 4
e = 1 2 = 1 
a 25 5
14. The latus – rectum of an ellipse is 1/3 of the major axis. Its eccentricity is
2 3 2 2
1) 2/3 2) 3
3) 2
4)
3
2b 2
sol: L.R =
a
1
L.R = ( Length of major axis)
3
2
2b 1
= (2a)
a 3
a2 b2 1
 3b 2  a 2  b 2   2 
3 a 3
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 b2 1 2
e = 1 2
= 1 
a 3 3

15. If the length of the major axis of an ellipse is three times the length of its major axis then
its eccentricity is
3 2 2 2 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 3 3 3
Length of the major axis 2a
Length of the minor axis 2b 2/a = 3 (2b) = b/a = 1/3
b2 1 2 2
e = 1 2 = 1 
a 9 3

LEVEL - 1
3
1. The equation of the ellipse whose focus is (0,3) ,e= and directix is 3y-25=0 is
5
1)252+16y2=400 2).16x2+25y2=400 3)4x2+5y2=20 4).None.
2
2. The equation of the ellipse whose latus rectum is 5 and e= is
3
1)36x2+20y2=405 2).20x2+36y2=405 3)6x2+5y2=200 4).None
2
3. The equation of the ellipse whose focus is (1,2) e= and directrix is 2x-3y+6=0 is
3
1)101x2+48xy+81y2-330x-324y+441=0 2) 101x2+48xy+81y2 +330x+324y-441=0
3) 101x2-48xy+81y2-330x-324y+441=0 4).None
1
4. The equation of the ellipse whose focus is (-1,1) ,e= and directrix is x-y+3=0.
2
1)7x2-2xy+7y2+10x-10y-7=0. 2). 7x2+2xy+7y2-10x-10y+7=0
3) 7x2+2xy+7y2+10x-10y-7=0 4).None
5. The equation of the ellipse whose vertices are(-4,1) ,(6,1) and one focus lies on x-2y=2 is

1)
x  12   y  12 =1. 2). x  12   y  12 3)
x  4 2   y  6 2 4).None
25 16 16 25 25 16
6.The equation 3x2+5y2-x-2y-5=0. represents
1).parabola 2).ellipse 3)hyperbola 4)None
7. The equation of the ellipse with focus (6,2),centre(1,2) and which Passes through (4,6) is

1)
x  12   y  2 2 =1. 2). x  12   y  2 2 =1 3).
x  12   y  2 2 =1 4).None
20 45 45 20 45 20

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8.The equation of the ellipse whose eccentricity is ,foci are (-3,0) and (3,0) is
2
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2).  1 3).  1 4).None
36 27 27 36 9 4
9.The equation of the ellipse whose major axis is 6 and foci are (0,  2) is
1)5x2+9y2=45 2)9x2+5y2=45 3)3x2+2y2=9 4).None
10. The equation of the ellipse whose latus rectum is 10 and distance between the foci is equal to
minor axis is
1)x2+2y2=100 2)2x2+y2=100 3) x2+2y2=10 4).None
11. In an ellipse two vertices are (5, 0) and (0, -4). Equation of the ellipse with center at the origin is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
5 4 25 16 100 64
12. The latus – rectum of an ellipse is equal to one half of its minor axis. The eccentricity of the
ellipse is
3
1) 1 2) 2 3 3) 4) 3/2
2
3
13. Eccentrcity of the ellipse whose latus –rectum is times the minor axis is
2
3
1) 1 2) ½ 3) 4) 3/2
2
14. The equation of the ellipse whose focus is (2, 0) and e = 2/5 is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)  1
5 2 25 21 25 21 50 34
15. In an ellipse the distance between the foci is 1/3 times the distance between the directrix, then e = ?
1) ½ 2) 1/2 3) 1/3 4) 1/3
16. If the distance between the foci is equal to length of latus – rectum of an ellipse then its e is
1 5 1 5 1 5
1) 2) 3) 4) 1/3
2 2 3
17. The distance between the foci of the ellipse x = 3 cos, y = 4 sin  is
1) 7 2) 7/2 3) 2 7 4 7/3
18. The distance between the foci of an ellipse is 3 and e = ½ , then equation of the ellipse is
x2 y2 x2 2y2 x2 4y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)none
9 27 9 27 9 27
19. The length of the latus –rectum of an ellipse is 5 and e = 2/3 then its equation is
x2 y2 2x 2 2 y 2 x2 y2 4x 2 4 y 2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)  1
81 45 81 45 27 15 81 45
20. If the distance between the directrix is 16 and e = ¾ then equation of the ellipse is
x2 4y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
36 63 6 63 36 63

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21. The center of an ellipse is (2, -3) and lengths of axes which are parallel to x and y axes are
respectively 6 and 4. equation of the ellipse is
2 2 2
( x  2) 2  y  3 ( x  2) 2  y  3 ( x  2) 2  y  3
1)   1 2)   1 3)  1 4) none
9 4 36 16 9 4
22. Equation of the ellipse whose distance the foci is 8 and the distance between the directrix is 25 is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)  1
50 34 34 50 100 34 50 17
23. The eccentricity of the ellipse whose focus is (1, 0) and length of the major axis is 6 is
1) 1/ 3 2) 1/3 3) ½ 4) 1/ 2
2
( x  3) 2  y  2 
24. The latus –rectum of the ellipse is   1 is
36 16
1) 18 2) 16/3 3) 3/16 4) 72
2
( x  1) 2  y  2 
25. Vertices of the ellipse   1 are
9 4

1) (-1, 1) (-1, 5) 2) (2, -2) (-4, -2) 3) (-15, -2) 4) (-1, 25)
26. The distance between the foci of the ellipse 4x2+9y2+36y+4 = 0 is
1) 5 2) 2 5 3) 5/2 4) 5/4
27. The eccentricity of the ellipse 9x2+4y2+36x -8y+4 = 0 is
1) 5 2) 5/2 3) 5/3 4) 25
28. The equation to the axes of the ellipse 9x2+4y2+36x -8y+4 = 0 is
1) x + 1 = 0, y -1 = 0 2) x – 2 = 0, y – 1 = 0 3) x + 2 = 0, y+1 = 0 4) x +2 = 0, y-1=0
29. The equation to the axes of the axes of the ellipse 3x2+4y2 -12x -8y +4 = 0 are
1) x -2 = 0, y +1 = 0 2) x – 2 = 0, y – 1 = 0 3) x + 2 = 0, y-1 = 0 4) x +2 = 0, y+1=0
30. The equation to the directries of the ellipse x2+4y2 -4x +24y +31 = 0
1) x = 2 3 2) x = 2(1 3) 3) y = 2 3 4) y = 2(1 3)
31. The equation to the directries of the ellipse 25x2+9y2 -100x +18y -16 = 0 are
1) 4 y -21 = 0, 4 y +29 = 0, 2) 4 y +21 = 0, 4y -29 = 0
3) 4y -21 = 0, 4 y -29 = 0, 4) 4 x-21 = 0, 4x+29 = 0
32. The equation to the laterarecta of the ellipse 25x2+9y2 -150x -90y+225 = 0 are
1) y = 1 2) y = 9 3) y = 9, y = 1 4) x = 9, x = 1
33. The equation to the latera recta of the ellipse 4x2+9y2+8x+36y+4 = 0
1) x = -1 5 2) y = -15 3) x = -1 3 4) y = -13

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34. The length of latus –rectum of 3x2+4y2+6x-8y-5 = 0
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
35. The length of latus –rectum of x2+4y2-4x+24y+31 = 0
1) 1 2) 3/2 3) 12 4) 3
36. The length of major axis of the ellipse 3x2+4y2-12x-8y+4 = 0
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4)6
37. The length of minor axis of the ellipse 9x2+25y2-18x -100y-116 = 0 is
1) 2 2) 4 3) 6 4)8
38. The equation of the ellipse focus is (3, 1) , e = ½ and directrix x–y +6 = 0 is
1) 7x2 +2xy+7y2 -60x – 4y +44=0 2) 7x2 -2xy+7y2 -60x + 4y +44=0
3) 7x2 +2xy+7y2 -60x + 4y- 44=0 4) None
39. The equation of the ellipse with its foci (4, 0) and e = 1/3 is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)   16 2)   16 3)   32 4) none
9 8 8 9 9 8
40. The equation of the ellipse whose foci are (0, 3) & (0, -3) and e = ½ is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  4 3)  1 4) none
36 27 27 36 27 36

41. The equation of the ellipse whose foci are (0, 7) and e = 7/8 is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 3y 2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)  1
15 8 8 15 15 64 15 64

42. The eq. of the ellipse with foci are (2, 0) and e = 1/ 2 is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 5y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
8 4 4 8 8 4
43. (2, 4) and (10, 10) are the ends of a latus –rectum of an ellipse with eccentricity ½ . The length
of major axis is
1) 20/3 2) 40/3 3) 25/3 4) none
44. The center of the ellipse 3x2+4y2 -12x-8y+4 = 0
1) (2, 1) 2) (2, -1) 3) (-2, 1) 4) (-2, -1)
45. The equation of the ellipse whose latus –rectum is 15and the distance between the foci is 10
with axes being co ordinate axes is
1) 3x2+4y2 =300 2) 4x2+3y2 =300 3) x2+4y2 =12 4) 4x2+3y2 =12
46. The equation of the ellipse whose latus –rectum is 4 and the distance between foci is 4 2 is
1) 2x2+y2 =16 2) x2+2y2 =16 3) x2+4y2 =12 4) None

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47. The distance between the foci is 2 and the minor axis of the ellipse is 4. If the axes lie along the
co – ordinate axes, then the equation of the ellipse is
1) 4x2+5y2 =200 2) 5x2+4y2 =12 3) 4x2+5y2 =20 4) None
48. If the distance between the foci is equal to the length of latus –rectum then e =
1 5 5 1 5 5
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 2 3
49. The eccentricity of the ellipse whose minor axis is equal to the distance between the foci is
1) ½ 2) 1/3 3) 1/ 3 4) 1/ 2
50. The ends of the minor axis are (0, 3) and the distance between the foci is 27. Then the
equation of the ellipse is
1) 3x2+4y2 =12 2)4x2+3y2 =12 3)9 x2+16y2 =144 4) 16x2+9y2 =144
51. Equation of the ellipse whose vertices are (-2, 4) and (6, 4) and eccentricity is ¼ is
2 2 2
( x  2) 2  y  4  ( x  2) 2  y  4  ( x  2) 2  y  4 
1)   1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
16 15 16 15 16 15

52. The equation of the ellipse with directrix x = 16/7 and minor axis 6 is
1) 16x2+9y2 =144 2) 4x2+3y2 =12 3) 9 x2+16y2 =144 4) 3x2+4y2 =12
x2 y2
53. If the distance of a point on the ellipse   1 from the center is 2. The eccentric angle of
6 2
the point is
1) 3/4 2) /3 3) /2 4) 2/3
54. The curve with parametric equations is x = 3(cost+sint) , y = 4(cost-sint) is
1) parabola 2) ellipse 3) hyperbola 4) none
55. An ellipse passing through the origin has its foci at (5, 12) and (24, 7) . Its eccentricity is
1) 38 2) 1/38 3) 38 386 4) 386/38
2
( x  y  2) 2  x  y 
56. The center of the ellipse   1 is
9 16
1) (0, 0) 2) (1, 1) 3) (1, 0) 4) (0, 1)
x2 y2 1
57. P(3, 2) is a point on the ellipse   1 whose foci are s and s . The sum of the distances
18 8
from s and s1 to the point p(3, 2) is
1) 3 2 2) 2 3 3) 4 3 4) 6 2
58. Equation of the ellipse whose foci are (0, 8) and vertices (0, 17) and major axis on y – axis is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 3y 2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)  1
225 289 64 89 15 64 15 64

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59. Equation of the ellipse whose foci are (5, 0) and x = 36/5 is one of its directrix is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
6 11 36 9 36 11

x2 y2
60. In an ellipse   1 the area of the rectangle formed by the ends of the latera – recta is
25 16
1) 32/5 2) 96/5 3) 192/5 4) 48/5
61. In an ellipse 9x2 +4y2 = 36 the area of the rectangle formed by the ends of the lactera-recta is
1) 16/3 2) 16 5/3 3) 8 5/3 4) 4 5/3
x2 y 2
62. For the ellipse   1 the point (4, 5) lies
16 25
1) inside 2) on 3) outside 4) none
63. The equation of the ellipse whose vertices are (-4, 1), (6,1) and one of the latus –rectum is
x – 2y-2 = 0
2
( x  1) 2  y  1
2 2 2
( x  1) 2  y  1 ( x  1) 2  y  1 ( x  1) 2  y  1
1)  1 2)   1 3)  1 4)  1
16 25 25 16 16 25 25 16
64. Center of the ellipse is (2, 3) and passing through (2, 0). If the axes are parallel to the axes and e
= 1/2 then its equation is
2 2 2 2
( x  2) 2  y  3 ( x  1) 2  y  2  ( x  2) 2  y  3 ( x  2) 2  y  3
1)  1 2)   1 3)   1 4)  1
18 9 18 9 18 9 9 18
65. If p is any point on the ellipse 4x2+16y2=64 whose foci are s and s1 then sp+s1p
1) 4 2) 8 3) 12 4) 16
66. An ellipse with e = ½ has a focus at (0, 0) and the corresponding directrix is x+6 = 0. The
equation of the ellipse is
1) 3x2+4y2+12x-36=0 2) 3x2+4y2-12x+36=0 3) 3x2+4y2-12x-36=0 4) none
67. Equation to the ellipse whose center is at the origin and axes along the co – ordinate axes and
passing through (4, 3) and (6, 2) is
x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3) 13x2+52y2 = 1 4) 52x2+13y2=1
52 13 13 52
68. Equation to the ellipse whose center is at the origin and axes are the co – ordinate axes and
passing through (1, -3), (-2, 2) is
1) 3x2+5y2 = 32 2) 5x2+3y2=12 3) 5x2+3y2 = 32 4) 3x2+5y2=20
69. Equation of the ellipse whose vertices are (5, 0) and one focus lies on the line 3x-5y-9 = 0 is
x2 y2 x2 y 2
1)  1 2)  1 3) 16x2+25y2 =400 4) none
16 25 25 16

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70. S and T are the foci of an ellipse and B is an end as the minor axis. If STB is an equilateral
triangle the eccentricity of the ellipse is
1) ¼ 2) 1/3 3) ½ 4) 2/3
71. Equation of the tangent at (-3,1) on the ellipse x2+3y2=12 is
1) x+y+4=0 2) x – y+4=0 3) x+y-4 = 0 4) x – y-4 = 0
72. A circle is described with minor axis at the ellipse as diameter. If the foci lie on the circle, its e is
1) ½ 2) 1/2 3) 1/22 4) (3/2)
73. Equation of the tangent at one end of the latus –rectum in first quadrant of the ellipse 2x2+3y2 = 6 is
1) x + 3y-3 = 0 2) x + 3y+3 = 0 1) x -3y+3 = 0 1) x -3y-3 = 0
x2 y2
74. The equation of the polar of (-1, -3) w.r. to the ellipse  1
2 4
1) 2x+3y +4 = 0 2) 3x+2y -1 = 0 3) 2x+3y -1 = 0 4) 3x+2y -4 = 0
75. The pole of the line x-2y+3 = 0 w.r.to the ellipse 3x2+4y2 = 12 is
1) (4/3, 2) 2) (4, 2/3) 3) (-4/3,2) 4) (4/3, 2)
76. The length of the latus –rectum of an ellipse is 1/3 of its major axis. Its eccentricity is
2 2 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 3 3 2
77. If the length of the major axis of an ellipse is 3 times the length of minor axis , then the
eccentricity is
1 1 2 2
1) 1/3 2) 3) 4)
3 2 3

78. The equation of the ellipse whose focus are (3, 0) , (-3, 0) and whose eccentricity is ¾
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
9 1 7 16 16 7
79. The distance between the foci of an ellipse is 8 and the distance between directrices is 18. The
equation of the ellipse is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
36 20 20 36 6 10

x2 y2
80. The eccentricity of the ellipse   1 is
9 4

1) 5/3 2) 3/5 3) 1/5 4) 1/3

81. The equation of the ellipse whose minor axis is 4 and the distance between the foci is 6 is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
13 4 4 13 2 13

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82. The equation of the ellipse whose latus–rectum is 10 and distance between the foci is equal to
minor axis is
1) x2+2y2 =100 2) 2x2+y2 =100 3) x2+2y2 =50 4) 2x2+y2 =50
83. The equation of the ellipse whose focus is (2, 0) eccentricity is ½ directrix isx-8=0 is
1) 4x2+3y2 = 48 2) 3x2+4y2 = 48 3) 4x2+3y2 = 32 4) none
84. Equation of the ellipse with focus (3, 0) directrix x = 5 and e = ½ is
1) 4x2+3y2 -14x -11= 0 2) 3x2+3y2 -14x +11= 03) 4x2+3y2 +14x -11= 0 4) none
85. The equation of the ellipse whose latus–rectum is 8 and e = 1/2 is
1) x2+2y2 = 64 2) x2+2y2 = 46 3) 2x2+2y2 = 64 4) none
86. The equation of the ellipse with center (-2, -4) , major axis 12 and minor axis 8 is
2 2 2 2 2 2
1) ( x  2)  ( y  4)  1 2) ( x  2)  ( y  4)  1 3) ( x  2)  ( y  4)  1 4) none
36 16 36 16 36 16

87. The equation of the ellipse whose focus is (0,0) , e = 5/6 and directrix is 3x+4y -1 = 0 is
1) 27x2-24xy+20y2 +6x +8y-1= 0 2) 27x2+24xy+20y2 +6x +8y-1= 0
3) 27x2-24xy20y2 -6x -8y+1= 0 4) none
88. The equation of the ellipse whose vertices are (2, -2), (2, 4) and e = 1/3 is
( x  2) 2 ( y  1) 2 ( x  2) 2 ( y  1) 2
1)  1 2)  1
9 8 8 9

( x  2) 2 ( y  1) 2 ( x  2) 2 ( y  1) 2
3)  1 4)  1
9 8 8 9
89. The equation 3x2+5y2-x-2y+5=0 represents
1) parabola 2) ellipse 3) hyperbola 4) none
90. The equation of the ellipse if the center is (1, 4) , minor axis is 10, major axis is 26 and parallel
to y – axis is
( x  1) 2 ( y  4) 2 ( x  1) 2 ( y  4) 2 ( x  1) 2 ( y  4) 2
1)   1 2)   1 3)  1 4) none
25 169 25 169 169 25

LEVEL –II

1. If the focus of an ellipse is the mid point of the center and the corresponding directrix, then the
eccentricity of the ellipse is equal to
1) ½ 2) ¼ 3) 1/2 4) none
2. The foci of the conic, given by x = 2(cost-sint) , y = 3(cost + sint) where ‘t’ is the perimeter, are
1) (5, 0) and (-5, 0) 2) (5, 0) and (-5, 0) 3) (0, 10) and (0, -10) 4) none

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 x2 y2
3. The end of the latus rectum of the ellipse   1 in the fourth quadrant is
a2 b2

 b2    b2    b2 
1)  ae,  2)   ae,  3)  ae,  4) none
 a  a   a 

4. For an ellipse eccentricity 1/ 5 the distance between directrix is 45. The length of semi major
axis is
1) 2 5 2) 2 3) 4 4) 5
x2 y2
5. C is the center of ellipse   1 and S is one focus. The ratio of CS to semi major axis is of
16 9
the ellipse is
1) 7: 16 2) 7:4 3) 4: 7 4) none
6. The greatest length of the focal chord of the ellipse 18x2+9y2 = 36 is
1) 2 2 2) 4 2 3) 4 4) none
7. For an ellipse the distance between foci is 8 and the distance between the directrices is 18. Then
the value of ‘e’ is equal to
1) 4/9 2) 2/3 3) 1/3 4) none
x2 y2
8. Circles are described on the major axis and an the line joining the foci of an ellipse  1
a2 b2
as diameters. The radii of the circles are in the ratio
1) 1:e 2) e:1 3) ae: 1 4) 1:ae
9. An ellipse with center at origin cuts the x – axis at (3, 0) and (-3, 0) and its eccentricity is ½ .
Then length of semi minor axis is
3 3 3 3 3 3
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 4 4 2
10. In an ellipse the distance between the foci is 8 and the distance between the directrices is 25; the
length of major axis is equal to
1) 10 2 2) 202 3) 302 4) none
11. The focus of standard ellipse is (3, 0) it’s e = 3/5. The latus rectum is
32 5 2
1) 2) 3) 4) none
5 32 5
x2 y2
12. In an ellipse 2  2  1 , a = 1 and the equation of a directrix is x = 3. The length of minor
a b
axis is equal to

2 2
1) 1/3 2) 1/6 3) 1/3 4)
3

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13. The distance between the foci of the ellipse x = 3cos, y =4 sin is
1) 2 17 2) 5 3) 10 4) 2 7
14. The eccentricity of the ellipse is ½ if the length of minor axis 6 what is the length of semi major
axis is
1) 3 2) 2 3 3) 4 3 4) none
15. If d1 and d2 are respectively the distance of any point on an ellipse from a focus and
corresponding directrix, then
1) d1>d2 2) d1 = d2 3) d1<d2 4) d1 d2
16. The equation of an ellipse with center (0,0) length of major axis as 10 and a focus at (0, 4) is
1) 9x2+25y2 = 225 2) 25x2+9y2 = 225 3) 25x2+16y2 = 400 4) none
17. In an ellipse the distance between directrices is 32 and eccentricity is ½ then the length of the
minor axis is
1) 2 3 2) 4 3 3) 4 4) 8 3
18. The center of an ellipse is (1, 1) and lengths of axis are 42 and 4 if the axis are parallel to x
and y axis then the equation of the ellipse is
1) x2+2y2 -2x-4y+5 = 0 2)x2+2y2 -2x-4y-5 = 0 3) 2x2+y2 -4x-2y+5 = 0 4) none
x2 y2
19. The area of the rectangle formed by the ends of latusrecta of the ellipse   1 is
9 4

16 5 8 5
1) 2) 3) 32 4) 48
3 3
2 2
20. In the ellipse x  y  1 , the area of the le formed by the two foci and one end of minor axis
25 16
equal to
1) 20 2) 15 3) 12 4) 15/2
2 2
21. The ratio of the greatest and the least focal distances of a point on the ellipse x 2  y 2  1 is
a b

1) e: (1-e) 2) (1+e):( 1-e) 3) (1-e) : 2e 4) none

x2 y2
22. The length of a focal chord of the ellipse   1 ar to major axis
25 16
1) 3.2 2) 6.4 3) 1.8 4) none
23. An ellipse has its center at (0, 0) , a vertex at (0, 13) and a focus at (0, 12) then its equation is
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
169 25 25 169 144 169
24. The equation of the ellipse passing through (2, 1) having e =1/2 is
1) 3x2+4y2 = 16 2) 3x2+4y2 = 1 3) 5x2+3y2 = 23 4) none

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25. The foci of the ellipse 25(x+1)2+9(y+2)2=225 are
1) (-1, 2) and (-1, -6) 2) (-2, 1) and (-2, 6) 3) (-1, -2) and (-2, -1) 4) (-1, -2) and (-1, 6)

26. The foci and the directrix of the ellipse (3, 0) and x = 12. The equation of the ellipse is
1) 3x2+4y2 = 108 2) 1) 4x2+3y2 = 1083) 1) 3x2+4y2 = 36 4) 1) 4x2+3y2 = 36
27. The area of an ellipse is twice the area of the circle with minor axis as diameter. The ‘e’ of the
ellipse is
1) ½ 2) 2/3 3) 3/2 4)none
28. The ellipse through the point (213, 4) has its foci at (-4, 1), (4,1). The ‘e’ is
1) 2/3 2) 1/3 3) ½ 4)3/4
29. A man running a race course notes that sum of the distances of two flag posts from him is
always 10 meter and the distance between the flag posts is 8 meters. The area of the path be
encloses in square meter
1) 15  2) 12  3) 18 4) 8
30. If latus –rectum of the ellipse x2 tan2 + y2 sec2 = 1 is ½ then (0 <<) is
1) /12 2) /6 3) 5/6 4) none
31. An arch way is in the shape of semi ellipse the major of axis coincide with the road level. If the
breadth of the arch way is 34 feet and a man 6 feet tall just touches the top when 2ft from the
side. Then the greatest height of the arch is
1) 22.03 feet 2) 12.75 feet 3) 21.30 feet 4) none
x2 y2
32. Let P be a variable point on the ellipse   1 with foci F1 and F2 if A is the area of the le
a2 b2
PF1F2. then the maximum value of A is
1) abe 2) ½ abe 3) ab 4) ½ ab
33. The center of the ellipse 4(x-2y+1)2+9(2x+y+2)2 = 75 is
1) (!, 0) 2) (-1, 0) 3) (0, -1) 4) (0, 1)
34. S1 and S2 are the area of the circles described on the major and minor axis respectively of an
ellipse of area S then
1) S ia H.M between S1 and S2 2) S ia G.M between S1 and S2
3) S ia H.M between S1 and S2 4) none
35. If the angle between the line joining the foci of an ellipse to an extremity of the minor axis is
900, then e =
1) ½ 2) 1/ 2 3) 3/2 4) none
36. The equation of the ellipse which passes through the origin and has foci at the points (1, 0) and
(3, 0) is
1) 3x2+4y2 -4x= 0 2) 3x2+4y2 -12x= 0 3) 3x2+4y2 = 12 4) none
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 x2 y2
37. If S and S1 are the foci of the ellipse 
1 1
 1 and L S L is the latus –rectum then S L =
a2 b2
1) a(1-e2) 2) a(1+e2) 3) ae 4) ae2
38. The eccentricity of the ellipse whose vertices are (-4, 1), (6,1) whose focus lie on the line if
x-2y = 2
1) 3/5 2) ¾ 3) 1/5 4) none
x2 y2 2 2
39. Let E be the ellipse   1 , and C be the circle x +y = 9.Let P and Q be the points (1, 2)
9 4
and (2, 1) respectively then
1) Q lies inside C but outside E 2) Q lies outside both C and E
3) P lies both C and E 4) P lies inside C but outside E
40. If P is a point on the ellipse with foci at A(-2, 3) , B(1,7) such that PA+PB = 6 then the
eccentricity is
1) 6/5 2) 5/6 3) 5/6 4) 5/3

LEVEL –III

1. An ellipse is described by using an endless string which is passed over two pins.If the axes are
to be 6 cm and 4 cm, find the necessary length at the string and the distance between the pins.
1) 6+2 5 cm,2 5 2) 6-2 5 cm,3 5 3) 3+2 5 cm,2 5 4) None
2. The cross-section of a tunnel is a semi-ellipse,the road level being the major axis.The breadth of
the road is 12 mts.A vehicle 4 mts high just touches the tunnel when one metre from a side.Find
the greatest height of the tunnel
23 24 24
1) mt 2) mt 3) mt 4)None.
11 11 13
3. The area of the ellipse is twice the area of the circle with the minor axis as diameterThe
eccentricity of the ellipse is
1)- 3 /2 2) 2/ 3 3) 3 /2. 4) 2/ 5
4. The two foci and an end of the minor axis of an ellipse with eccentricity.form the vertices of an
equilateral triangle.Then
1) e2-1=0. 2)2e2-1=0. 3)3e2-1=0. 4)4e2-1=0.
5. S1 and S2 are the areas of the circles described on the major and minor axes respectively of an
ellipse of area S.Then S=

1)A.M between S1&S2 2)G.M between S1&S2 3) 2 S1S2/( S1 +S2) 4) s1 2  s2 2

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6. The normal at an end of a latus-rectum passes through one end of the minor axis of the ellipse
x2 y2
 =1.Then the eccentricity ‘e’ of the ellipse satisfies
a2 b2
1) e 4  e 2 =1. 2) e 4  e 2 3) e4=1/4 4) e2 =1/4
7. The locus of the point of intersection of a pair of  ar tangents to an ellipse is
1) hyperbola 2) ellipse. 3) cirlce 4)parabola
Hint:- By definition,the locus of the point of intersection of two  ar tangents to an ellipse is a
concentric circle called the directox circle of the ellipse .The eq. of the directrix .circle is
x2+y2=a2+b2
x2 y2
8. It Sand S1 are the foci of the ellipse 2
1 1
 2 =1 and LSL is the latus-rectum,then S L =
a b
1)a(1+e2) 2)a(1-e2) 3)ae 4) a/e.
x2 y2
9. The sum of the focal distances of the ellipse  =1 is
16 7
1)4 2)16 3)8 4)2
10. The pole of the line x-2y+3=0. w.r.to the ellipse 3x2+4y2=12 is
4 4 4 4
1)( ,2 ) 2) ( ,2 ) 3)( ,2 ) 4) ( ,2 )
3 3 3 3
11. The eq.of the directrix circle of the ellipse 2x2+3y2=6 is
1) x 2  y 2  a 2 2) x 2  y 2  36 3) x 2  y 2  5 4) x 2  y 2  4
12. An arch way is in the form of a Semi-ellipse such that it’s major axis coincides with the road
Level. It the width of the road is 10 mts and a span of 2mts just reaches the top when he is at a
distance of 1 mt from a side of the road,find the Greatest height of the arch.
10 9 3 3
1) mt 2) mts. 3) mts. 4) mts.
3 3 10 9
x2 y2 1
13. The tangent at any point on the ellipse 2
 2 =1 meets the tangets at the vertices A and A in
a b
L and L1 respectively. Then AL. A1 L1=
1)a2 2)b2 3)a2+ b2 4)a+b.
14. P is any point on the ellipse whose foci are S and S1eccentrictity e and  PSS1=  ,  PS1S= 
.Then tan(  /2).tan(  /2)=
1 e 1 e
1)1-e 2)1+e 3) 4)
1 e 1 e
15. The number of normals that can be drawn from the point (1,2) to the ellipse 4x2+y2=8 are
1)1 2)2 3)3 4)4

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16. The centre of the ellipse
x  y  12 + x  y  5 2 =1 is
12 16
1)(-2,3) 2)(2,-3) 3) (2,3) 4)(-2,-3)
17. It P is a point on the ellipse of eccentricity e and A,A1 are the vertices and S,S1 are the foci
then  SPS1:  APA1=
1)e 2)1/e 3)1/e2 4)e3
x2 y2
18. If the distance of a point on the ellipse  =1 from the centre is 2. The eccentric angle of
a2 b2
the point is

1) 3 4 2)  3 3)  4 4) 2 3

15
19. Find the eq. of the ellipse whose latus-rectum is and the distance between the foci is 2 with
2
axes being co-ordinates axes
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  =1. 2)  =1. 3)  =1 4)  =1
15 16 16 15 4 15 15 4
20. Find the eq. to the ellipse whose centre is at the origin and axes are the axes at co-ordinates
and which passes through the points (4,3) and (6,2)
x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  =1. 2)  =1. 3)  =1. 4)None.
52 13 13 52 12 52

Previous Questions:
1. Vertex of the ellipse 25x2+9y2=225 is
1) (5, 0) 2) (0, 5) 3) (0, 3) 4) (3, 0)
2. The equation of the ellipse whose latus rectum is 10 and distance between the foci = length of
minor axis is
1) x2 – 2y2 = 100 2) x2 +2y2 = 50 3) x2 +y2 = 100 4) x2 + 2y2 = 100
3. The co ordinates of the foci of the ellipse 2x2 +y2 -8x-2y+1=0 are
1) (-2, -3) and (2, -1) 2) (2, -1) and (-2,3) 3) (2, -1) and (2, 3) 4) none
4. The equation of the ellipse whose focus is (6,7) directrix is x+y +2=0 and e = 1/3 is
1) 5x2 +5y2 +76x+88y+2xy+506=0 2) 5x2 +5y2 -76x-88y-2xy+506=0
3) 1) 5x2 +5y2 -76x-88y-2xy+506=0 4) none
5. The ‘e’ of the ellipse whose latus rectum is half of the major axis is
1 1
1) 2) 3) ½ 4) - ½
2 2

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6. The equation of the ellipse whose foci(0,1), (0, -1) and minor axis of length 1, is
x2 y 2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3) 4x2+5y2 = 1 4) none
4 5 1 5
4 4
7. The equation of the ellipse whose vertices are (-1, 2) and (9, 2) and e = 4/5 is
( x  4) 2 ( y  2) 2 ( x  4) 2 ( y  2) 2 ( x  2) 2 ( y  4) 2 ( x  2) 2 ( y  4) 2
1)  1 2)   1 3)   1 4)  1
25 9 9 25 25 9 25 9
8. The eccentricity of the ellipse whose latus rectum is equal to the distance between the foci is
5 1 5 1 5 3
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 2 2
9. The equation of the ellipse whose center is (2, -3), focus (3, -3) and vertex is (4, -3) is
1) 3x2 +4y2 +12x+24y+36=0 2) 3x2 +4y2 -12x+24y+36=0
3) 3x2 +4y2 -12x-24y-36=0 4) 3x2 +4y2 +x+12y+24=0
10. The equation of the ellipse whose distance between the foci is equal to 8 and distance between
the directrix is 18 is
1) 5x2- 9y2 = 180 2) 9x2 +5y2 = 180 3) x2+ 9y2 = 180 4) 5x2+ 9y2 = 180
11. The equation an to the ellipse whose one focus is at (4, 0) and whose eccentricity is 4/5 is
x2 y 2 x2 y 2 x2 y 2 x2 y 2
1) 2  2  1 2) 2  2  1 3) 2  2  1 4) 2  2  1
3 5 5 3 3 4 4 5

x2 y 2
12. The length of the latus rectum of the ellipse  1
25 49
1) 96/6 2) 72/7 3) 50/7 4) 25/3
x2 y 2
13. The length of the latusrectum of the ellipse   1 is
25 9
1) 9/5 2) 18/5 3) 50/3 4) 25/3
14. If the major axis of an ellipse 3 times its minor axis its eccentricity is equal to
2 2 2
1) 2) 2/3 3) 4) 1/3
3 3
15. P is any point an the ellipse 9x2+36y2 =324 whose foci are S and S1 then SP+S1P is equal to

1) 9 2) 12 3) 27 4) 36
16. In the ellipse 9x2+5y2 =45 , the distance between the foci is
1) 4 5 2) 35 3) 3 4)4
17. An ellipse with the eccentricity e = ½ has a focus at(0,0) and the corresponding directrix is x+6
= 0. The equation of the ellipse is
1) 3x2+4y2+12x -36 = 0 2) 3x2+4y2-12x+36 = 0 3) 3x2+4y2-12x -36 = 0 4) None

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18. The eccentricity of the ellipse 9x2+25y2 = 225
1) ½ 2) 5/4 3) 4/5 4) 9/25
19. If P is any point on the ellipse 4x2+16y2 = 64 whose foci are S and S1 then SP+S1P =
1) 4 2) 8 3) 13 4) 16
20. The length of the latus rectum of the ellipse 49x2+64y2 = 3136 is
1) 49/64 2) 64/3136 3) 49/4 4) none

ANSWERS:

LEVEL – I
1. 1 2. 2 3. 1 4. 3 5. 1 6. 2 7. 3 8. 1 9. 2 10. 2
11. 2 11.3 12. 2 13.2 14. 4 15.1 16.3 17.3 18.4 19.1
20. 1 21. 1 22. 2 23. 2 24. 2 25. 2 26. 3 27. 4 28. 2 29. 2
30. 1 31. 3 32. 1 33. 3 34. 2 35. 3 36. 3 37. 1 38. 1 39. 3
40. 4 41. 1 42. 2 43. 1 44. 1 45. 2 46. 3 47. 3 48. 1 49. 3
50. 2 51. 3 52. 1 53. 2 54. 4 55. 2 56. 4 57. 1 58. 3 59. 3
60. 2 61. 3 62. 2 63. 1 64. 2 65. 3 66. 1 67. 3 68. 2 69. 3
70. 4 71. 2 72. 1 73. 1 74. 3 75. 1 76. 4 77. 3 78. 1 79. 1
80. 1 81. 1 82. 2 83. 2 84. 1 85. 3 86. 1 87. 2 88. 2 89. 1
LEVEL – II
1. 3 2. 3 3. 3 4. 2 5. 2 6. 3 7. 2 8. 1 9. 1 10.1
11.1 12. 4 13. 4 14.3 15.3 16.2 17.4 18. 2 19.1 20.3
21. 2 22. 2 23. 2 24. 1 25. 1 26. 1 27. 3 28. 3 29. 1 30. 1
31. 2 32. 1 33. 2 34. 2 35. 2 36. 2 37. 2 38. 1 39. 4 40. 2
LEVEL – III
1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4 5. 2 6. 2 7. 3 8. 1 9. 3 10.
11 .3 12. 1 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 2 220.1
2 4 1 3 1 3
Previous Questions:
1. 2 2. 4 3. 3 4. 2 5. 1 6. 2 7. 1 8. 2 9. 2 10. 4
11. 2 12. 3 13. 2 14. 1 15. 2 16. 4 17. 1 18. 3 19. 2 20. 3

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 HYPERBOLA
SYNOPSIS
1. The locus of a point P is said to be a hyperbola if SP/PM=e(e>1), where S is the focus and PM is
perpendicular to the directrix .
x2 y2
2. Standard equation of the hyperbola is 2 - 2 =1
a b
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
b =a (e -1 ) or a + b = a e
a2  b2 b2
e or 1  2
a a
Centre C is (0,0)
Focii are S(ae, 0), S’(-ae,0)
Equation of the directrices are x=a/e, x=-a/e
Length of the latus rectum =2b 2 /a
Transverse axis is x-axis.
Conjugate axis is y-axis
Length of the transverse axis =2a
Length of the conjugate axis =2b

3. For the hyperbola

x      y   
2 2
1
a2 b2
Centre is (  ,  )
Foci are S (  ae+  ,  )
Directrices are x-    a / e
Length of the latus rectum =2b 2 /a
x2 y2
4. For the hyperbola 2 - 2 =-1
a b
Transverse axis is y-axis
Conjugate axis is x-axis
Centre is (0,0) Foci are (0,  be)
Directrices are y=  b / e
Length of the latus rectum=2a 2 / b

5. For the hyperbola

x      y   
2 2
 1
a2 b2
Transverse axis is x-   0
Conjugate axis is y-   0
Centre is (  ,  )
Foci are  ,be   
Directrices are y-   b / e
Length of the latus rectum =2b 2 /a

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 Solved Examples
2
x y2
1. The eccentricity of the hyperbola - =1 is
144 36
1 5 5
1) 2) 3) 4)none
2 2 2
Sol:- a 2 =144, b 2 =36
b 2  a 2 (1  e 2 )
2 2 1 5 5
 36=144 (e  1)  e  1  Or e2 i.e. e=
4 4 2
Ans: (3)
2. The eccentricity of the rectangular hyperbola is
1) 2 2) 3 3) 5 4)none
Sol:- In the rectangular hyperbola a=b
But b 2  a 2 (e 2  1)
a 2  a 2 (e 2  1 ) 1=e 2 -1
 e2  2  e  2
Ans: (1)
3. The foci of the hyperbola 9 x 2  16 y 2  18 x  32 y  151  0 are
1) (-4,1), (6,1) 2) (-4,1), (-6,1) 3) (-4,1), (-6,1) 4) (4,1), (6,1)
2 2
Sol:- 9 x  16 y  18 x  32 y  151  0
 ( x 2  2 x  1)  16( y 2  2 y  1)  9  16  151  0
 9(x+1) 2 -16(y-1) 2 =144

x  12   y  12
1
16 9
Centre is (-1,1), a=4, b=3
b2
b 2  a 2 (e 2  1)  e 2  1 
a2
 1+(9/16)=25/16e=5/4
Focii are (ae+  ,  ), ( ae   ,  )
i.e.4(5/4)-1,1, -4(5/4)-1,1
i.e.(4,1), (-6,1)
Ans: (3)
4. The foci of the hyperbola 9 y 2  4 x 2  36 are
1)(0.  13 ) 2)  3,0 3) 0,3 4) (  13 ,0)
y2 x2
Sol:- - =1  a 2  4, b 2  9
4 9
2 2 2
b  a (e  1)  9=4(e 2 -1)
9 13
e 2 1   e 2 =13/4 or
4 2
ae=2( 13 )= 13
2
Focii are (0,  ae ) i.e.(0,  13 )
Ans: (1)
5. The length of the transverse axis of the hyperbola 4 x 2  9 y 2  8 x  40  0 is
1)4 2)6 3)2 3 4)4 2

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 Sol:- 4 x 2  9 y 2  8 x  40  0
4( x 2  2 x  1)  9 y 2  36
2
y 2  x  1
9 y 2  4( x  1) 2  36   1
4 9
Length of the transverse axis=4
Ans: (1)
6. If e and e’ the eccentricities of hyperbola and its conjugate then 1/e 2 +1/e’ 2 =
1) 4 2) 1 3) 2 4)3
2 2 2 2 2 '2
Sol:- b  a (e  1) and a  b (e  1)
2
b 2 a2
2
 e 1 and 2
 e '2  1
a b
2 '2 b2 a2
(e  1)(e  1)  2 . 2  1
a b
2 '2 2 '2
 e e  e  e 1  1
 e 2 e '2  e 2  e ' 2
e 2  e '2
1
e 2 e '2
Ans: (2)
7. The centre of the hyperbola 9 x 2  16 x 2  36 x  96 y  252  0 is
1) (2,3) 2) (-2,3) 3) (3,2) 4)(3.-2)
2 2
Sol: 9 x  16 x  36 x  96 y  252  0
   
 9 x 2  4 x  4  16 y 2  6 y  9  36  144  252  0
  x  2  16 y  3  144
2 2

x  22   y  32 1
16 9
Centre is (-2,3)
Ans: (3)
8. The eccentricity of the hyperbola 4 x 2  9 y 2  8 x  32  0 is
13 13 5
1) 3/2 2) 3) 4)
2 2 3
Sol: 4 x 2  9 y 2  8 x  32  0
 
 4 x 2  2 x  1  9 y 2  4  32  0
 
 4 x  1  9 y 2  36
2

x  12  y 2 1
9 4
a 2  9, b 2  4
b 2  a 2 (e 2  1)  e 2  1  4 / 9
e 2  13 / 4ore  13 / 2
Ans: (3)
9 5
9. The equation of the hyperbola whose latusrectum is and e= is
2 4
2 2 2 2
1) x2 y2 2) x  y  1 3) y  x  1
2 2
4)  x  1
y
 1
16 9 9 16 9 16 16 9
2
2b 9
Sol: Latusrectum =   4b 2  9a
a 2
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 2
 25  9a
b 2  a 2 (e 2  1) = a 2   1 
 16  16
 16b  9a  4(9a )  9a 2
2 2

 9a 2  36a  0, i.e.a  4
4b 2  9a  36  b 2  9
x2 y2
Equaation of the hyperbola is  1
16 9
Ans: (1)
10. The equation of the hyperbola whose focus is (4,o) directrix is 4x-9=0 and e=4/3

1) x 2  7 y 2  63 2) 7 x 2  y 2  63 3) y 2  7 x 2  63 4) 7 y 2  x 2  63
Sol: S is (4,0), directrix is 4x-9=0, e=4/3
Let P(x,y) be any point on the hyperbola.
SP=e PM  SP 2  e 2 PM 2
4x  9 4x  9
But PM= 
42 4
 SP 2  e 2 PM 2
2
2 2 16  4 x  9 
  x  4   y  0    
9  4 
2
2 216 4 x  9
 x  8 x  16  y 
9 16
 9 x  72 x  144  9 y  16 x 2  72 x  81
2 2

 7 x 2  9 y 2  63
Ans: (2)
LEVEL-1

1. The equation of the hyperbola whose focus is (0,0), directrix is x+1=0 and e= 2 is

1) x 2  y 2  4 x  2  0 2) x 2  y 2  4 x  2  0 3) x 2  y 2  4 x  2  0 4) x 2  y 2  4 x  2  0

2. The equation of the hyperbola whose focus is (1,2), e= 3 and directrix is 2x+y-1=0

1) 7 x 2  12 xy  2 y 2  2 x  14 y  22  0 2) 7 x 2  12 xy  2 y 2  2 x  14 y  22  0

3) 7 x 2  12 xy  2 y 2  2 x  14 y  22  0 4)none

5
3. The equation of the hyperbola with focus (3,0), e= and directrix 4x-5y-3=0 is
4
1) 7 y 2  24 xy  72 x  18 y  128  0 2) 7 y 2  24 xy  72 x  18 y  135  0

3) 7 y 2  24 xy  72 x  0 4) 7 y 2  24 xy  72 x  18 y  0

5
4. The equation of the hyperbola whose foci are (  5,0) and e= is
4
1) 9 x 2  16 y 2  144 2) 16 x 2  9 y 2  144 3) 3 x 2  4 y 2  12 4)none

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 5. The equation of the hyperbola whose focus is (6,0), centre is (1,0) and length of transverse axis 6, is

1) 16 x 2  9 y 2  32 x  128  0 2) 16 x 2  9 y 2  32 x  128  0

3) 16 x 2  9 y 2  32 x  128  0 4) 16 x 2  9 y 2  32 x  128  0

6. The equation of the hyperbola if the latusrectum is 9/2 and e=5/4 is

x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)  1
16 9 9 16 4 3 3 4

7. The equation of the hyperbola whose distance between the foci 16, e= 2 is

1) x 2  y 2  16 2) 2 x 2  2 y 2  15 3) x 2  y 2  32 4)none

8. The equation of the hyperbola whose centre is (0,0) one focus is (3,0) and corresponding vertex is
(2,0) is

1) 4 x 2  5 y 2  20 2) 5 x 2  4 y 2  20 3) 2 x 2  3 y 2  10 4)none

9. The equation of the hyperbola whose centre is (6,2) one focus is (4,2) and e=2 is

1)  x  6 2 
 y  2 2 1 2)
x  6 2   y  2 2 1 3)
x  6 2   y  2 2 1 4)none
3 3 2 3

10. The eccentricity of the hyperbola 9 x 2  16 y 2  144 is

5 25 4
1) 2) 3) 4)none
4 16 5

11. the eccentricity of the hyperbola 2 x 2  3 y 2  5 is

5 5 5 5
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 3 3 3

12. The length of the latus rectum of the hyperbola 9 x 2  25 y 2  225 is

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1) 2) 3)8 4)none
18
x2 y2
13. The length of the latus rectum of the hyperbola  1
16 25
5 3 25 13
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 2 2

14. The centre of the hyperbola

3x  4 y  122  4 x  3 y  122  1 is
225 100
84 12 4 1 8 1
1) ( ,- ) 2) ( ,- ) 3) ( , ) 4)none
25 25 25 25 25 25
15. The foci of the hyperbola x 2  y 2  8 are

1) (2 2 ,0) 2) (4,0) 3) (4 2 ,0) 4)(0,  4)

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16. The foci of the hyperbola 9 x 2  16 y 2  18x  64 y  199  0 are

1)(6,-2),(-4,-2) 2) (6,-2),(4,2) 3)(6,-2),(4,-2) 4)(6,-2),(-4,2)

17.The foci of the hyperboola 9 x 2  16 y 2  18 x  32 y  151  0 is

1)(-4,1),(-6,1) 2) (4,1),(6,1) 3)(4,1),(-6,1) 4)none

18. The foci of the hyperbola 4 x 2  9 y 2  36 are

1) ( 13,0) 2) ( 0,  13 ) 3) ( 3 ,0 ) 4) ( 0, 3 )

19. The foci of the hyperbola 9 x  1  16 y  2  144 are

2 2

1)(-4,2),(6,2) 2) (4,2),(-6,2) 3)(4,2),(6,2) 4)(-4,2),(-6,2)

20. The vertices of the hyperbola 9x2-16 y 2 -18x-64y-199=0 are

1)(6,-2),(-4,-2) 2) (-6,-2),(-4,-2) 3)(5,-2),(-3,-2) 4)(-6,-2),(4,2)

21. The difference of the focal distance of any point on the hyperbola 9 x 2  16 y 2  144 is

1) 6 2) 4 3) 8 4)16

x2 y2
22. The equation of the directrices of the hyperbola   1 are
144 36

24 5 5 24
1) x   2) x   3) y   4) y  
5 24 24 5

23. x 2  y 2  5 x  8 y  4  0 Represents

1) Parabola 2) ellipse 3) hyperbola 4)none

24. The equation of the hyperbola having (2,4) as focus, e=5 and 4x-3y-1=0 as directrix is

1) 15 x 2 +8 y 2 -24xy-4x+14y-19=0 2) 9 x 2 -24 xy+16 y 2 -76x+68y+91=0

3) 16 x 2 -24 xy+9 y 2 -62x+34y+46=0 4)none

25. The equation of the hyperbola whose focus is (2,1), e=5/2 and directrix is 3x-4y-1=0 is

1) 5 x 2  24 xy  12 y 2  10 x  16 y  19  0 2) 5 x 2  24 xy  12 y 2  10 x  16 y  19  0
3) 5 x 2  24 xy  12 y 2  10 x  16 y  19  0 4)none

26. The equation of the hyperbola, the distance between whose foci is 8 and e= 2 is

1) x 2  y 2  4 2) 4 x 2  y 2  1 3) x 2  y 2  16 4) x 2  y 2  32

4 5
27. The distance between the directrices is and e= , then the equation of the hyperbola is
5 2

1) x 2  4 y 2  1 2) 4 x 2  y 2  4 3) 2 x 2  y 2  1 4) x 2  2 y 2  1

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28. The equation of the hyperbola whose center is (-3,2) vertex is (-3,7) and e=5/2 is

1) 4 x 2  21 y 2  24 x  84 y  36  0 2) 4 x 2  21y 2  24 x  8 y  36  0

3) 4 x 2  21y 2  24 x  8 y  36  0 4)none

29. The equation of the hyperbola whose center is (0,0), distance between the foci is 18 and the distance
between the directrices is 8, is

x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)  1
9 4 45 36 36 45 4 9
30. The equation of the hyperbola whose conjugate axis is 3 and the distance between the foci is 5, is

1) 16 x 2  9 y 2  36 2) 9 x 2  16 y 2  36 3) 3x 2  4 y 2  6 4) 4 x 2  3 y 2  6

31. The equation of the hyperbola whose center is (0,0) vertex is (4,0) and e=2 is

1) 3x 2  y 2  48 2) x 2  3 y 2  48 3) x 2  3 y 2  16 4) 3 x 2  y 2  16

32. The equation of the hyperbola whose center is (3,2), transverse axis is 10 which is parallel to x-axis
and conjugate axis is 8 is

1)
x  32   y  2 2  1 2)
x  32   y  2 2  1 3)
x  32   y  2 2  1 4)
x  32   y  2 2 1
25 16 16 25 25 16 16 25
33. The equation of the hyperbola referred to it axes as co-ordinate axes, latus rectum is 4 and e=3 is

1) 2 x 2  16 y 2  1 2) 16 x 2  2 y 2  1 3) 3x 2  4 y 2  1 4) 4 x 2  2 y 2  1

34. The eccentricity of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 -18x-64y-199=0 is

1) 4/5 2) 2/ 5 3) 5/4 4) 5 /2

35. The eccentricity, latus rectum, foci, vertices and the directrices of the hyperbola 4 x 2 -9 y 2 =36 are

1) 13 / 3,8 / 3, ( 13,0), (3,0), x  9 / 13 2) 13 / 3,8 / 3, (  13 ,0 ), (  2,0 ), x   3 / 13

3) 13 / 3,7 / 3, (  13 ,0 ), (  3,0 ), x   5 / 13 4)none

36. The length of the latus rectum of the hyperbola 16 x 2 -9 y 2 -32x+36y=164 is

32 9 32 5
1) 2) 3) 4)
9 8 3 9
37. The latus rectum of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 =144 is

9 5 2 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 9 5
38. The center of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 -18x-64y-199=0 is

1) (1,2) 2) (1,-2) 3)(-1,2) 4)none

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39. The foci of the hyperbola
x  12   y  12  1 are
16 9
1) (4,-6), (1,1) 2) (-4,1), (6,1) 3) (4,1), (-6,1) 4)none

40. The foci of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 =144 are

1) (5,0), (-5,0) 2) (5,1), (-5,1) 3) (2,0),(-2,0) 4) (2,1), (-2,1)

41. The vertices of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 =144 are

1) (4,1), (-4,1) 2) (4,0), (-4,0) 3) (3,1), (-3,1) 4) (3,0), (-3,0)

x2 y2
42. The foci of the hyperbola   1 are
36 16

1) (  13,0) 2) (  4 13 ,0) 3) (  2 13 ,0) 4)none

9x 2 9 y 2
43. The directrices of the hyperbola   1 are
16 20
1) 9x =  8 2) x =  8 3) 9x =  4 4)none

LEVEL-2
1. The centre of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 +36x+96y-252=0 is

1) (2,3) 2) (-2,3) 3) (3,2) 4) (3,-2)

2. The eccentricity of the hyperbola 4 x 2 -9 y 2 -8x-32=0 is

3 13 13 5
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 3 2 3
3. The eccentricity of rectangular hyperbola is

1)e 2)infinity 3) 2 4) 3

4. The asymptotes of the hyperbola 16 x 2 -9 y 2 =144 are

x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y 2 y2 x2
1)  0 2)  1 3)  0 4)  1
9 16 9 16 9 16 9 16

5. The length of the latusrectum of hyperbola 49 x 2 -16 y 2 =784 is

49 784 49 49
1) 16 2) 3) 4)
47 4 2
6. A hyperbola with the eccentricity e=2 has a focus at (0,0) and the corresponding directrix y-1=0. The
equation of the hyperbola is

1) x 2 -3 y 2 +8y-4=0 2) x 2 +3 y 2 +8y-4=0 3) 3 x 2 - y 2 +8y-4=0 4) none

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7. The eccentricity of the hyperbola 4 x 2 -9 y 2 =36 is

13 13 13 13
1) 2) 3) 4)
9 3 3 9

8. The length of the conjugate axis of the hyperbola 49 x 2 -4 y 2 =196 is

1) 4 2) 7 3) 14 4)2

9. The eccentricity of the hyperbola 4 x 2 -9 y 2 -8x=32 is

5
13 13
1) 3/2 2) 3 3) 4)
2 3

10. The length of the transverse axis of the hyperbola 4 x 2 -9 y 2 +8x+40=0 is

1) 6 2) 2 3 3) 4 2 4)4

11. The centre of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 -18x-32y-151=0

1) (1,1) 2) (-1,1) 3) (1,-1) 4)none

12. The foci of the hyperbola 9 y 2 -4 x 2 =36 are the points

1)(  3,0) 2)(0,  3) 3)(  13 ,0) 4)(0,  13 )

3 4
13. The Conic with eccentricities and are respectively
2 5
1)Ellipse, hyjperbola 2)Hyperbola, Ellipse 3)Ellipse,, Ellipse 4)none

x2 y2
14. The distance between the foci of hyperbola   1 is equal to
16 9
1) 5 2) 10 3)20 4)40

x2 y2
15. The eccentricity of the hyperbola   1 is
16 25

41 4 41
1) 2) 3) 4)none
4 41 2

16. The eccentricity of a hyperbola is 2 and the distance between their foci 1 its equation is given by
1) x 2  y 2  32 2) x 2  y 2  32 3) 8 x 2  8 y 2  1 4) x 2  y 2  0

17. The length of the conjugate axis of the hyperbola 16 x 2 -9 y 2 -64x-18y+199=0

1) 6 2) 8 3) 3 4)4

18. A vertex of the hyperbola

x  52   y  42  1 is
36 64
1)(-5,4) 2)(11,-4) 3)(-11,4) 4)none

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19. which of the following is an equilateral hyperbola

1) x 2  y 2  1 2) y 2  x 2  1 3)xy=1 4)all of these

20. The centre of the hyperbola x 2 -4 y 2 -2x+16y=40 is

1)(1,-2) 2)(-1,-2) 3)(1,2) 4)none

21. The difference between the focal distances of any point on the hyperbola is equal to its
1)latusrectum 2)transverse axis 3)conjugate axis 4)semi transverse axis

x2 y2
22. The angle between the asymptotes of   1 is equal to
a2 b2

b b a a
1) 2 tan 1   2 ) tan 1   3) 2 tan 1   4 ) tan 1  
a a b b

x2 y2
23. The parametric equation of the hyperbola are given by  1
a2 b2
1)x=a cos  , y=b sin  2) x=a tan  ,y=b sec  3) x=a sec  ,y=b tan  4)x=a cos  , y=-b sin 

24. The foci of the hyperbola 16 x 2 -9 y 2 -64x-18y-89=0 are

1)(7,-1) (-3,1) 2)(7,1) (-3,1) 3)(7,1) (-3,-1) 4)(7,1) (-7,-1)

3
25. The hyperbola having the ends of its conjugate axis as (0,  2 ) and e= is
5

x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)all
15 4 14 5 5 4

x2 y2
26. The equation of the directrices of the hyperbola   1 is
16 25
16 16 16 16
1) x   2) y   3) x   4) y  
41 31 13 4

27. The centre of the hyperbola, whose foci are two vertices of the ellipse 2 x 2 +3 y 2 =1 and whose
vertices are the foci of the ellipse is
1)(2,0) 2)(3,0) 3)(2,3) 4)(0,0)

3 2 3 2
28. The eccentricity of the hyperbola x  y  3000 is
25 25

1) 2 3 2) 2 2 3) 2 4) 3

29. If P is any point on lthe hyperbola

x  22   y  22  1 and S1, S2 its foci, the IS1 P-S2PI=
9 16
1)3 2)4 3)6 4)8

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30. The distance between a focus and the corresponding end point of transverse axis of the hyperbola
x2 y2
  1 is
9 16
1) 8 2) 2 3) 4 4)none
31. If the distance between foci of a hyperbola is 36 and the transverse axis is 9, the its e is
1) 2 2) 4 3) 3 4)none

x2 y2
32. The asymptotes to the hyperbola 2  2  1 will be mutually perpendicular, If the following
a b
condition is satisfied
1) a  b 2) a  b 3) a  b  0 4) none

33. The eccentricity of a rectangular hyperbola x 2 - y 2 = a 2 is equal to

1) 1 2) 2 3) 1/2 4) greater than 1

2 2
34. which of the following do not divide a hyperbola x 2  y 2  1 into two similar and equal parts
a b

1)x-axis 2)y-axis 3)x=a and y=b 4)both x and y axes

35. The centre of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -36x-16 y 2 +96y-252=0 is

1)(2,3) 2)(-2,-3) 3)(-2,3) 4)(2,-3)

36. The vertices of the hyperbola are (-5,-3) and (-5,-1) if e= 5 then the length of the latus rectum is

1) 4 2)8 3) 2 4)16

37. The eccentricity of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -4 y 2 +18x-8y-31=0

13 13 13
1) 4 2)13/4 3) 2 4) 2 5

38. The distance between foci of the hyperbola x  3   y  1  1 is

2 2

60 4

1) 2 56 2) 16 3) 8 4)none

39. The foci of the hyperbola 9 y 2 - 4 x 2 =36 are the points

1) (  3,0) 2) 0,3 3)  13,0  

4) 0, 13, 
40. The length of transverse axis of the hyperbola 4 x 2 -9 y 2 +8x+40=0 is

1) 6 2) 2 3 3) 4 2 4)4

41. The length of the conjugate axis of the hyperbola 4 x 2 -4 y 2 =196 is

1) 4 2) 7 3) 14 4)2

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42. A hyperbola with eccentricity e=2 has a focus at (0,0) and the corresponding directrix, y-1=0. Then
the equation of hyperbola is

1) x 2  3 y 2  8 y  4  0 2) x 2  3 y 2  8 y  4  0 3) 3 x 2  y 2  8 y  4  0 4)none

43. The distance between the foci of the hyperbola 36 x 2 -25 y 2 =900 is equal to

1) 2 71 2) 2 61 3) 2 41 4) none
44. The equation of the hyperbola whose asymptotoes are x+xy+3=o and 3x+4y+5=0 and passing
through the point (1,-1) is given by

1) 3 x 2  8 y 2  10 xy  14 x  22 y  23  0 2) 3 x 2  8 y 2  15

3) 3 x 2  8 y 2  10 xy  14 x  22 y  15  0 4)none

45. If e 1 and e 2 are the eccentricities of a hyperbola and its conjugate then the value of 1  1 is
2 2
e1 e2

1)1 2)-1 3)0 4)none

46. The eccentricity of the hyperbola a x 2 - y 2 =1 is equal to

1
1) 2)a 3) a 4) a  1
a
47. The equation of the hyperbola with vertices (3,0) and (-3,0) and semi latusrectum 4 is

1) 4 x 2 -3 y 2 +36=0 2) 4 x 2 -3 y 2 +12=0 3) 4 x 2 -3 y 2 =36 4) none

2 2
48. The equation of the hyperbola x 2  y 2  1 with focus at (4,0) and e=2 is given by
a b
2 2 2 2
1) x2 y2
 1 2) x  y  1 3) x  y  1 4)none
4 8 8 16 4 12
49. The equation of the hyperbola with centre (6,2) one focus (4,2) and e=2 is given by

3) x  2 2   y  6 
2
1) x  6   y  2
2
2
2) x  6   y  2
2
2
 1 4)
 x  2 2   y  6 2  1
1 1
3 3 3 3

50. The product of the perpendicular from any point on the hyperbola to its asymptotes is equal to

a2 b2 a 2b 2
1) 2) 3) 2 4) none
a2  b2 a2  b2 a  b2

51. The ‘e’ of the hyperbola represented by x 2 -4 y 2 =4 is equal to

1)5/2 2) 5 / 2 3) 5 / 2 4)none

52. The equation of the asymptotes of the hyperbola 2 x 2  5 xy  2 y 2  11x  7 y  4  0 are

1) 2 x 2  5 xy  2 y 2  11x  7 y  5  0 2) 2 x 2  4 xy  2 y 2  7 x  11 y  5  0

3) 2 x 2  5 xy  2 y 2  11x  7 y  5  0 4) none

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53. The centre of
2 x  3 y  8   3x  2 y  1
2 2
 1 is
4 9
1) (0,0) 2)(8,-1) 3)(1,2) 4)(2,1)

54. The product of the perpendicular distances from any point on the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 =1 to its
asymptotes is
1)144/5 2)25 3)25/144 4) 1/25

x2 y2 x2 y2 1
55. If the foci of the ellipse  2  1 and the hyperbola   coinside the value of b 2
16 b 144 81 25

1) 7 2)7 3)9 4) none

x2 y2
56. The foci of the hyperbola conside with foci of the ellipse   1 , if e=2 the equation of
25 9
hyperbola is

1) x 2 +3 y 2 =12 2) 3 x 2 - y 2 =12 3) x 2 -3 y 2 =12 4) none

x y x y 1
57. The locus of the point of intersection of straight lines    and  
a b a b 
(  is a variable) is
1)a circle 2)a parabola 3)an ellipse 4) a hyperbola
58. The equation of the hyperbola whose foci are (6,5) and (-4,5) and eccentricity 5/4 is

x2 y2 x  12   y  52
1) x  1   y  5
2 2
1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
16 9 16 9 16 9

59. The distance between foci of a hyperbola is 16 and its e= 2 its equation is

2 x2 y2
2
1) x - y =32 2)  1 3) 2 x 2 -3 y 2 = 7 4) none
4 9
60. The equation of the hyperbola referred to its axes as co-ordinate axes whose latusrectum is 4 and e=3 is

1) 16 x 2 +2 y 2 = 1 2) x 2 -16 y 2 = 1 3) 2 x 2 -16 y 2 = 1 4) 16 x 2 -2 y 2 = 1

61. The equation of the hyperbola passing through (1,-1) and having asymptotes x+y+1=0 and x-y=0 is

1) x 2  y 2  x  y  2  0 2) x 2  y 2  x  y  2  0 3) x 2  y 2  x  y  2  0 4)none

62. The length of the conjugate axes is 5 and the distance between the focii is 13 the equation to the
hyperbola to its axes of co-ordinate is

1) 25 x 2 -144 y 2 =900 2) 144 x 2 -25 y 2 =900 3) 25 x 2 -12 y 2 =800 4) none

4
63. The hyperbola passes through (2, 0) and the distance between directricesis , the eccentricity is
3

1) 2 2) 5 3) 3 4)none

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64. The distance between directrices is and eccentricity of a hyperbola is . The equation of
3 2
hyperbola is

x2 y2 x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4) none
2 4 2 1 1 2

LEVEL-3
1. The equation of the hyperbola whose focus is (4,0), the directrix is 4x-9=0 and e=4/3 is
1) 7 x 2  9 y 2  63 2) 9 x 2  7 y 2  63 3) 7 x 2  y 2  5 4) x 2  7 y 2  5
2. The equation of the hyperbola whose center is (3,2), one focus is (5,2) and the corresponding vertex is
(4,2) is
x  32   y  22  1 2)  x  32 
 y  2 2 x  32   y  22 2  y  2 2
1)  1 3)  1 4)  x  2   1
3 1 3 3 3
3. The equation of the hyperbola whose foci are (6,5), (-4,5) and e=5/4 is

1)
x  12   y  52  1 2)
x  12   y  52  1 3)
x  12   y  52 1 4)
x  12   y  52 1
9 16 9 16 16 9 16 9
4. The equation of the hyperbola whose conjugate axis is 8 and which passes through the point (3,-2) is
5x 2 y 2 x2 5y2 5x 2 y 2
1)  1 2)  1 3)  1 4)none
6 36 16 36 36 16
5. The equation of the hyperbola whose focus is (a,0), e=5/4 and directrix is 4x-5y-a=0 is
1) 7 x 2  24 xy  24ax  6ay  15a 2  0 2) 7 x 2  24 xy  24ax  6ay  15a 2  0
3) 7 x 2  24 xy  24 ax  6ay  15a 2  0 4)none
6. The eccentricity of the hyperbola x 2 - y 2 =a2 is
1) 2 2) 3 3)2 4) 6
7. The ‘e’ of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 =144 is
4 5 5 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 4 2 3
2
8. The latusrectum of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y +72x-32y-16=0
9 9 32 32
1) 2) - 3) 4)-
2 2 3 3
9. The centre of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 =144 is
1) (3,4) 2) (1,1) 3)(0,0) 4)none
10. The equation of the hyperbola whose centre is (1,2) and focus is (6,2) and the transverse axis is 6, is

1)
x  12   y  2 2  1 2)
x  12   y  2 2  1 3)
x  12   y  2 2 1 4)
x  12   y  2 2 1
9 16 16 9 3 4 4 3
11. The latus rectum of the hyperbola 16 x 2 -9 y 2 -32x+36y=164 is
1) 32/9 2) 11/3 3)32/3 4)11/9

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12. The locus of the point of intersection of the lines 3x  y  4 3k  0 and 3kx  ky  4 3  0 for
different values of k is a hyperbola whose eccentricity is
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3/2 4)5/2

13. The foci of the hyperbola

x  12   y  22  1 and whose transverse axis is parallel to x-axis, are
25 16
  
1)  1  41,2 ,  1  41,2    
2)  1  41, 2 ,  1  41, 22 
3) (2,1  41), (2,1  41) 4)none
x2 y2
14. The foci of the hyperbola coincide with foci of the ellipse   1 . if e=2, the equation of the
25 9
hyperbola is
1) 2 x 2  y 2  12 2) x 2  3 y 2  12 3) 3 x 2  y 2  12 4) x 2  2 y 2  12
4
15. The hyperbola passes through (2,0) and the distance between the directrices is then e=
3
1) 3 2) 5 /2 3) 2/ 3 4)5/4
3
16. The distance between the directrices is 4/ 3 , and e  the equation of the hyperbola is
2
x2 y2 x2 y2
1)  1 2)  y2  1 3) x  2
1 4) none
2 4 2 2
1 1
17. If e and e’ be the eccentricities of a hyperbola and its conjugate, then  
e2 e'2
1) 1 2) -1 3)0 4)none
18. .eccentricity of the hyperbola 4 x 2 -9 y 2 =2ax+b2
a b
1) 2) 3) 13 4) 13
b a 2 3
19. One of the foci of the hyperbola is origin and the corresponding directrix is 3x+4y+1=0. The
eccentricity of the hyperbola is 5 . The equation of the hyperbola is
1) 4 x 2  24 xy  11 y 2  6 x  8 y  1  0 2) 8 x 2  24 xy  9 y 2  6 x  6 y  1  0
3) 8 x 2  24 xy  9 y 2  6 x  8 y  1  0 4)  8 x 2  24 xy  9 y 2  6 x  8 y  1  0
x2 y2
20. The product of perpendicular, form any point on the hyperbola   1 to its asymptotes is
a2 b2
2 2
1) a 2 b 2 2) a 2  b 2 3) a 2 b2 4) a 2b2
a b a2  b2

x2 y2
21. Radius of the director circle of the hyperbola   1 is
81 36
5
1)2 5 2) 5 3)3 5 4)
2
22. The eccentricity of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 +72x-32y-16=0 is
1) 5/4 2) 4/5 3) 9/16 4)16/9

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23. If e ande’ are the eccentricities of the hyperbola xy=c 2 , x 2  y 2  c2 then e 2  e' 2 
1) 1 2)4 3) 6 4)8
24. The combined equation of asymptotes of the hyperbola xy+x+y+5=0 is
1) xy=o 2) (x-1)(y-1)=0 3) (x-1)(y+1)=0 4) (x+1)(y+1)=0
25. If e1 and e2 are the eccentricity of a hyperbola and its conjugate, then
2
1) e1  e2 2  3 2) e1 2  e 2  3 3) e1 2  e 2 2  e1 2 e 2 2 4) e1  e2
26. The curve represented by x=2(cos h   sinh  ) ,y=2(cos h   sinh  ) is
1)a hyperbola 2)an ellipse 3)a parabola 4)a circle
27. The equation of the conic with the focus at (1,-1), directrix along x-y+1=0 and with eccentricity 2
2 2
1) x  y  1 2)xy=1 3) 2 xy  4 x  4 y  1  0 4) 2 xy  4 x  4 y  1  0
28. The foci of the hyperbola 9 x 2 -16 y 2 +18x+32y-151=0 are
1) (4,-1), (-6,-1) 2) (4,1), (6,1) 3) (4,-1), (6,-1) 4) (4,-1), (-6,1)

ANSWERS

LEVEL-1
1) 4 2)1 3) 2 4)1 5)2 6) 1 7)3 8)2 9)1 10)1 11)2 12)2 13) 3 14) 1
15) 2 16)1 17) 3 18)1 19)1 20)3 21)3 22)1 23)3 24) 1 25)1 26)2 27)1 28)2
29)3 30)2 31)1 32) 1 33)2 34) 3 35) 1 36) 3 37)1 38)2 39)3 40)1 41)2 42)3
43) 1
LEVEL-2
1) 2 2) 2 3)3 4)4 5) 4 6) 2 7) 4 8) 3 9)4 10)4 11) 3 12)4 13) 1 14)2
15) 1 16) 3 17) 1 18) 3 19)4 20)3 21) 2 22)1 23) 3 24)2 25)3 26) 1 27)4 28) 3
29) 3 30)2 31)2 32) 2 33)2 34)4 35)1 36)2 37)3 38)2 39)4 40)4 41)3 42)1
43) 2 44)1 45)1 46)4 47) 3 48)3 49)1 50)3 51)3 52)2 53)3 54)4 55)2 56)2
57)4 58)1 59)1 60)4 61)1 62)1 63)3 64)2
LEVEL-3
1) 1 2)2 3)3 4)3 5)1 6)1 7) 2 8) 1 9)3 10)1 11)3 12)2 13)1 14) 3
15)1 16)2 17)1 18)4 19)1 20)4 21) 3 22) 1 23)2 24) 4 25) 3 26) 1 27)3 28)1

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