PARABOLA_JEE MAIN PYQ

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1. A line is common tangent to the circle (x – 3) + y = 9 and the parabola y = 4x. If the two points of
contact (a, b) and (c, d) are distinct and lie in the first quadrant, then 2(a + c) is equal to
(A) (B) (C) (D)
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2. Let L1 be a tangent to the parabola y = 4(x + 1) and L1 and L2 intersect at right angles. Then L1 and L2
intersect at right angles. Then L1 and L2 meet on the straight line
(A) x + 3 = 0 (B) 2x + 1 = 0 (C) x + 2 = 0 (D) x + 2y = 0
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3. The centre of the circle passing through the points (0, 1) and touching the parabola y = x at the point
(2,4) is
 53 16   6 53   3 16   16 53 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 10 5   5 10   10 5   5 10 
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4. If the common tangent to the parabolas, y = 4x and x = 4y also touches the circle x + y = c , then c
is equal to
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 4 2
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5. Let P be a point on the parabola, y = 12x and N be the foot of the perpendicular drawn from P on the
axis of the parabola. A line is now drawn through the mid-point M of PN, parallel to its axis which
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meets the parabola at Q. If they-intercept of the line NQ is , then
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1 1
(A) PN = 4 (B) MQ = (C) MQ = (D) PN = 3
3 4
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6. Let the latus rectum of the parabola y = 4x be the common chord to the circles C1 and C2 each of
them having radius 2 5 . Then, the distance between the centres of the circles C1 and C2 is
(A) 8 5 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 4 5
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7. The area (in sq. units) of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the parabola y = 8x, which one of its
vertices on the vertex of this parabola, is
(A) 64 3 (B) 256 3 (C) 192 3 (D) 128 3

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If one end of a focal chord AB of the parabola y = 8x is at A  , 2  , then the equation of the
 2 
tangent to it at B is
(A) 2x + y – 24 = 0 (B) x – 2y + 8 = 0
(C) x + 2y + 8 = 0 (D) 2x – y – 24 = 0

9. The locus of a point which divides the line segment joining the point (0, -1) and a point on the
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parabola, x = 4y, internally in the ratio 1 : 2, is
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(A) 9x – 12y = 8 (B) 9x – 3y = 2
2 2
(C) x – 3y = 2 (D) 4x – 3y = 2
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10. Let a line y = mx(m > 0) intersect the parabola, y = x at a point P, other than the origin. Let the
tangent to it at P meet the x-axis at the point Q, if area (OPQ) = 4 sq. units, then m is equal to
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2
11. If y = mx + 4 is a tangent to both the parabolas, y = 4x and x = 2by, then b is equal to
(A) -32 (B) -64 (C) -128 (D) 128
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12. The tangents to the curve y = (x – 2) – 1 at its points of intersection with the line x – y = 3, intersect at
the point
5   5  5   5 
(A)  ,1 (B)   , 1 (C)  , 1 (D)   ,1
2   2  2   2 
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13. If the line ax + y = c, touches both the curves x + y = 1 and y = 4 2x, then |c| is equal to
1 1
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D) 2
2 2
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14. The area (in sq. units) of the smaller of the two circles that touch the parabola, y = 4x at the point (1,
2) and the x-axis is

(A) 8 2  2  
(B) 4 2  2  (C) 4 3  2  
(D) 8 3  2 2 
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15. The shortest distance between the line y = x and the curve y = x – 2 is
7 7 11
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D)
8 4 2 4 2
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16. If the tangents on the ellipse 4x + y = 8 at the points (1, 2) and (a, b) are perpendicular to each other,
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then a is equal to
128 64 4 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 17 17 17
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17. The tangent to the parabola y = 4x at the point where it intersects the circle x + y = 5 in the first
quadrant, passes through the point
 1 4 1 3 3 7  1 1
(A)   ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)   , 
 3 3 4 4 4 4  4 2

The equation of a tangent to the parabola, x = 8y, which makes an angle  with the positive direction
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of x-axis, is
(A) y = x tan + 2 cot (B) y = x tan - 2 cot
(C) x = y cot + 2 tan (D) x = y cot - 2 tan
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19. Equation of a common tangent to the parabola y = 4x and the hyperbola xy = 2 is
(A) x + y + 1 = 0 (B) x – 2y + 4 = 0
(C) x + 2y + 4 = 0 (D) 4x + 2y + 1 = 0
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20. If the area of the triangle whose one vertex is at the vertex of the parabola, y + 4(x – a ) = 0 and the
other two vertices are the points of intersection of the parabola and y-axis, is 250 sq. units, then a
value of ‘a’ is
1/3 2/3
(A) 5 5 (B) 5(2 ) (C) (10) (D) 5
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21. If the parabola y = 4b(x – c) and y = 8ax have a common normal, then which one of the following is a
valid choice for the ordered triad (a, b, c) ?
1  1 
(A)  ,2,3  (B) (1, 1, 3) (C)  ,2,0  (D) (1, 1, 0)
 2   2 

The length of the chord of the parabola x = 4y having equation x  2y  4 2  0 is:

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(A) 3 2 (B) 2 11 (C) 8 2 (D) 6 3

23. Axis of a parabola lies along x-axis. If its vertex and focus are at distance 2 and 4 respectively from
the origin, on the positive x-axis then which of the following points does not lie on it?
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(A) 5,2 6  (B) (8, 6) 
(C) 6,4 2  (D)  4, 4  \

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24. Let A(4, -4) and B(9, 6) be points on the parabola, y = 4x. Let C be chosen on the arc AOB of the
parabola, where O is the origin, such that the area of ACB is maximum. Then, the area (in sq. units)
of ACB, is
1 1 3
(A) 31 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) 31
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25. Two parabolas with a common vertex and with axes along x-axis and y-axis, respectively, intersect
each other in the first quadrant. If the length of the latus rectum of each parabola is 3, then the
equation of the common tangent to the two parabolas is?
(A) 3(x + y) + 4 = 0 (B) 8(2x + y) + 3 = 0
(C) 4(x + y) + 3 = 0 (D) x + 2y + 3 = 0