Conic Section (Question Paper)
Conic Section (Question Paper)
1. A circular of radius 320 units is touches internally a circle of radius 1000. The smaller circle touches
a diameter of larger circle at the point p, least distance of the point p from the circumference of the
larger circle is
(A) 300 (B) 360 (C) 400 (D) 420
2. The mirror image of the parabola y 2 4x in the tangent to the parabola to the point (1, 2) is
x 1 4 y 1 x 1 4 y 1
2 2
(A) (B)
x 1 4 y 1 x 1 4 y 1
2 2
(C) (D)
3. P is any point of the hyperbola x 2 y 2 a 2 . If F1 and F2 are foci of the hyperbola and
PF1.PF2 OP 2 , where O is the origin then is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) None of these
x 2 y2
4. If S and S are the foci of the ellipse 1 and P is any point on it then range of values of
25 16
SP SP f is
(A) 9 f 16 (B) 9 f 25 (C) 16 f 25 (D) 1 f 16
6. Two parabolas with the same axis, focus of each being exterior to the other and the latus rectum
being 4a and 4b. The locus of the middle points of the intercepts between the parabolas made on the
lines parallel to the common axis is a
(A) Circle if a = b (B) parabola if a b
(C) Parabola for all a, b (D) Ellipse if b > a
8. A variable point P on an ellipse of eccentricity 3/4 is joined to its foci S, S, then the locus of the
incentre of the PSS is an ellipse. If be the eccentricity of the ellipse, then find the value of 5
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) None
9. If tangents PQ and PR are drawn from a point on the circle x2 y2 25 to the ellipse
x 2 y2
1 b 4 so that the fourth vertex ‘S’ of parallelogram PQSR lies on the circumcircle of
16 b 2
triangle PQR, then the eccentricity of the ellipse is
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 7 (D) 5
4 3 4 3
10. From the point A 4,3 tangents are drawn to the ellipse 9 x 2 16 y 2 144 to touch the ellipse at B
and C. let EF be a tangent to the ellipse parallel to the line BC and towards the point A. The distance
of A from EF is equal to
4 18 12 12 2 18 24 2 18
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
5 5 5
11. Let the end points M and N of the diameter 4x y 15 of the circle x 2 y 2 6x 6y 16 0 are
also on the tangents at the end point of the major axis of the ellipse respectively such that MN is also
tangent to the same ellipse at point ‘P’. If the major axes of the ellipse is along the line y x , then
4
(A) Eccentricity of the ellipse is
5
18
(B) Length of the latus rectum is
5
(C) Centre of the ellipse is at (1, 1)
25 2
(D) Equation of one of the directrix will be x y
4
13. Parabola y 2 4ax is given. Three normal are drawn from any point (N) inside the parabola. Tangents
drawn at the intersection points (P, Q, R) of parabola and normal form an equilateral triangle
( ABC) .
(A) Circumcentre of ABC a, 0
(B) Co-ordinates of N(5a, 0)
(C) Co-ordinate of a point lying on negative x-axis which is at a distance ‘a’ from one of the
intersection point (P, Q, R) is (–a, 0)
(D) None of these
14. A and B are the points (2, 0) and (0, 2) respectively. The coordinates of the point P on the line
2 x 3 y 1 0 is/are :
1 1
(A) (7, –5) is PA PB is maximum (B) , if PA PB is maximum
5 5
1 1
(C) (7, –5) is PA PB is minimum (D) , if PA PB is minimum
5 5
16. If tangent of any of family of hyperbola xy 4sin 2 , 0, 2 is not a normal of family of
circles x 2 y 2 2x 2y 0 , where is any real perimeter then belongs to
5 7 11 5
(A) , (C) 0, (C) , 2 (D) ,
6 6 6 6 6 6
17. A right triangle ABC, right angle at A is inscribed in hyperbola xy c 2 c 0 such that slope of BC
is 2. If distance of point A from centre of xy c 2 is 10 , then which is / are correct ?
(A) c = 2
(B) c = 4
(C) Equation of normal at point A can be y 2x 3 2
(D) Equation of normal at point A can be y 3x 8 2
18. A ellipse intersects the hyperbola 2 x 2 y 2 1 orthogonally. The eccentricity of the ellipse is
reciprocal of that of the hyperbola. If the axes of ellipse are the coordinate axes, then
(A) The ellipse is x 2 2y 2 2 (B) foci of the ellipse are 1, 0
(C) The ellipse is x 2 2y 2 4
(D) foci of the ellipse are 2, 0
20. Let A = (–1, 0) and B = (2, 0) be two points on the x – axis. A point ‘M’ (lying on only one side of
AB) is moving in the xy-plane in such a way that MBA 2MAB . Then the point ‘M’ moves
along a conic whose
1
(A) Eccentricity is 2 (B) Eccentricity is
2
1
(C) Latus rectum is of length 6 (D) Directrices are x
2
21. A tangent to the ellipse x 2 4y 2 4 meets the ellipse x 2 2y 2 6 at P and Q. The angle between
the tangents to the second ellipse at P and Q is , then K =
K
22. An ellipse in inscribed in ABC where A 0, 0 , B 1, 2 , C 2, 0 and one focus of ellipse is
1 1
at S 1, . If e is the eccentricity of this ellipse then is
2 e
x 4 y 3
2 2
23. If the equation of the curve on reflection of the ellipse 1 about the line
16 9
x y 2 0 is 16x 2 9y 2 k1x 36y k 2 0 , then
k1 k 2 is ___________
33
24. If the locus of intersections of tangents to the parabola y 2 4ax which intercept a fixed length 'l' on
the directrix is y 2 ax x a l 2 x 2 . Then find .
2
x 2 y2
25. Let P, Q be two points on the ellipse 1 whose eccentric angles differ by a right angle.
25 16
Tangents are drawn at P and Q to meet at R. If the chord PQ divides the join of C (C being centre of
ellipse) and R in the ratio m : n (m : n is in simplified form), then m + n is equal to ___________
x2
26. Let A(0, 1), B and C are three points on y 2 1 . Equation of altitude from A on BC is x = 0.
4
Length of side of this equilateral triangle is , then is equal to
27
For the ellipse 2x 2 2xy 4y 2 3 2 0 , then inclination of major axis of it with x-axis is
3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 8 8 8
28. The maximum area of the circle lying inside the given ellipse is
3 2 3 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 2 3 2
rmax r
29. lim
b 0 sin b
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) Does not exist
2 2 2