XI – Second Reading Home Assignment - 105

Chapters – Conic Sections & Quadratic Equations

Topics – Chord of Contact and Comprehensions
 This worksheet contains 52 objective questions.
 Q1 to Q.12 are ‘Write the answer type’ questions.
 Q13 to 52 are ‘Comprehension type’ questions (with one correct answer).

1. Write the equation of the chord of contact of tangents from (2, 5) to the parabola
y 2  3 x  2  .

2. The equation of chord of contact of tangents from a point to the hyperbola 3x2  4 y 2  3
is 3x  8 y  3  0 . Write the coordinates of the point.
3. Tangents are drawn to the circle x2  y 2  1 from the point P  h, k  . The area of the
1
triangle formed by them and their chord of contact is sq. units. Write the distance of P
2
from origin.
4. Area of the triangle formed by the chord of contact of the tangents drawn from (5, 3) to
125
the circle x2  y 2  r 2 and the coordinate axes is sq. units. Write the value of r.
6
5. If OP and OQ are the tangents from the origin to the circle x2  y 2  8x  12 y  51  0
where P and Q are the points of contact. Write the equation of the circumcircle of the
triangle OPQ.
6. Write the length of chord of contact of the circle x2  y 2  25 drawn from the point (7, 1).
x2 y 2
7. From a point P, tangent PQ and PR are drawn to the ellipse   1 so that equation
2 3
of QR is 2 x  3 y  1. Write the sum of co-ordinates of P.
8. The chord of contact of a point w.r.t the parabola y 2  2 x  1 , touches the circle
2 x2  2 y 2  1 . Write the equation of locus of the point .

 8 8
9. The equation of chord of contact of the point   ,  w.r.t the hyperbola xy  k , is
 3 3
x  y  3  0 . Write the value of ‘k’.

 1
10. If chord of contact of the point 1,   to the hyperbola 3x2  4 y 2  1  0 is tangent to
 2
the parabola y 2  4ax , then write the equation of directrix of the parabola.

11. Write the equation of incircle of the triangle formed by the co-ordinate axes and the
x2 y 2
chord of contact of the point (1, 1) to the hyperbola   1.
4 3
12. The area of the triangle formed by the co-ordinate axes and the chord of contact of the
1
point (1, p) w.r.t the parabola x   y 2  y , is sq. units. Write all possible values of ‘p’.
6

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 Passage-I
An ellipse with the centre at the origin and axes along the coordinate axes meets the
x y x y
straight line   1 on the x-axis and the straight line   1 on the y-axis.
7 2 3 5
Tangents are drawn at the end points of major and minor axis.
13. Equation of such ellipse is
x2 y 2 x2 y 2 x2 y 2 x2 y 2
(A)  1 (B)  1 (C)  1 (D)  1
25 49 49 25 7 5 5 7
14. Its eccentricity is
2 3 6 6
(A) 6 (B) 2 (C) (D) 2
7 7 7 7
15. Area of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents is
(A) 40 (B) 120 (C) 40 (D) 28
Passage-II
A normal chord to the parabola y 2  16 x , having positive slope passes through (16, 0).
16. The angle subtended by the chord at the vertex is
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 3 2
17. The circumcentre of the triangle made by joining the end points of the chord and the
origin, is

(A) 20, 4 2 
(B) 10, 2 2 
(C) 20, 2 2  (D) 10,4 2    
Passage-III
The equation of the chord of parabola y 2  4ax which is bisected at  x1 , y1  is given to
be yy1  2a  x1  x   y12  4ax1 . The tangent at the point P  2, 4 to the parabola y 2  8x
meets the parabola y 2  8x  5 at Q and R.
18. The sum of squares of co-ordinates of the mid-point of QR is
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 13 (D) None of these
19. The equation of QR is
(A) x  y  2  0 (B) x  y  2  0 (C) x  y  2  0 (D)  x  y  2  0
20. The equation of the circle in which the line segment joining mid-point of QR is diameter is
(A) x2  y 2  2 x  4 y  0 (B) x2  y 2  2x  4 y  1  0
(C) x2  y 2  2 x  4 y  0 (D) None of these
Passage-IV
2
x y2
Let D be a diameter of the ellipse   1 . Chords are drawn parallel to the diameter
2 8
D. The locus of the mid-points of these chords turns out to be another diameter of the
ellipse, and this diameter is called conjugate diameter of the ellipse with respect to the
diameter D.
21. If D lies along the line y  4 x , then the equation of the conjugate diameter with respect
to D is
(A) x  2 y  0 (B) x  3 y  0 (C) 2 x  y  0 (D) x  y  0
22. The product of slopes of a diameter and its conjugate diameter for the given ellipse will
be
(A) 6 (B) -4 (C) 4 (D) -5
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 Passage-V
A tangent PT is drawn to the circle x2  y 2  4 at the point P  
3,1 . A straight line L,
perpendicular to PT is a tangent to the circle  x  3  y 2  1
2

23. A possible equation of L is

(A) x  3 y  1 (B) x  3 y  1 (C) x  3 y  1 (D) x  3 y  5
24. A common tangent to two circles is
(A) x  4 (B) y  2 (C) x  3 y  4 (D) x  2 2 y  6 d

Passage-VI

Let a, r, s, t be non-zero real numbers. Let P  at 2 , 2at  , Q, R  ar 2 , 2ar  and

S  as 2 , 2as  be distinct points on the parabola y 2  4ax . Suppose that PQ is the focal
chord and line QR and PK are parallel, where K is the point  2a, 0  .
25. The value of r is
1 t2 1 1 t2 1
(A)  (B) (C) (D)
t t t t
26. If st  1, then the tangent at P and the normal at S to the parabola meet at a point whose
ordinate is
 t 2  1 a  t 2  1 a  t 2  1 a t 2  2
2 2 2 2

(A) (B) (C) (D)

2t 3 2t 3 t3 t3

Passage-VII
x2 y 2
Let F1  x1, 0 and F2  x2 , 0  for x1  0 and x2  0 be the foci of the ellipse
  1.
9 8
Suppose a parabola having vertex at the origin and focus at F2 intersects the ellipse at
point M in the first quadrant and at point N in the fourth quadrant.
27. The orthocenter of the triangle F1MN is
 9  2  9  2 
(A)   , 0  (B)  , 0  (C)  , 0  (D)  , 6 
 10  3   10  3 
28. If the tangents to the ellipse at M and N meet at R and normal to the parabola at M meets
the x-axis at Q, the ratio of area of triangle MQR to area of quadrilateral MF1 NF2 is
(A) 3:4 (B) 4:5 (C) 5:8 (D) 2:3

Passage-VIII
Let f ( x)  mx  (m  3) x  1 be a quadratic polynomial ; m . Define
2

S1  {m  0 | f ( x) has atleast one –ve root}, S 2 = {3m | both roots of f ( x ) are greater
than one} and S 3 = { 2m |m < 0 and f(x) has exactly one root >2 }. Now answer the
following:
29. Number of integral points in ' S1 ' is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) infinite (D) None of these
30. Number of integral points in ' S 2 ' is
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) None of these
31. Number of integral points in ' S3 ' is
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) None of these
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 Passage-IX
A point P moves in the co-ordinate plane such that its chord of contact with the curve
x2  y 2  4 always subtends right angle at the centre.
32. Locus of the point P is
(A) Circle (B) Parabola (C) Ellipse (D) Hyperbola
33. Possible slope of the common tangent to the curve x 2  2  y  1  6 and the locus of P
2

is
1 2
(A) –1 (B) –2 (C) (D)
2 3

Passage X
Centre of circle C1 is A(3, 13). Point B(1, 2) divides chord PQ of the circle into two parts
of lengths 2 and 12 respectively. R and S are points of intersection of circles C1 & C2 , C2
being x2  y 2  15 .
34. Radius of C1 equals
(A) 149 (B) 147 (C) 164 (D) None of these
35. If M is mid point of PQ, then sum of all possible abscissae of M, is
14 9  22 12
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
5 5 5
36. A circle passing through R and S has its centre on the line 4 x  y  1 . The ordinate of its
centre is
(A) -29/3 (B) -9 (C) -13 (D) None of these

Passage XI
Consider the ellipse x  2 y  36 and the parabola y 2  8x . They intersect at A & B .
2 2

Tangents to the ellipse at A & B intersect each other at C, and tangents to the parabola at
A & B intersect each other at D.
37. Length CD equals
(A) 24 (B) 22 (C) 18 (D) 20
38. Tangents to the ellipse which are parallel to AD are drawn. Distance between them equals
(A) 3 6 (B) 6 3 (C) 2 3 (D) 3 2
39. Normal to the parabola which is perpendicular to BC is drawn. It meets the parabola in a
point whose ordinate may be
(A) -16 (B) -14 (C) -18 (D) -12

Passage-XII
If P1 x  x  2mx  4m  1;
2
P2 x  x 2  4x  2mm2  1 be two real valued
2

polynomials, then answer the following :

40. The number of integral value(s) of ‘ m ’ for which P1  x . P2  x   0 has exactly three
different roots is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these
41. For the greatest value of ‘ m ’ obtained in above part, the value of  for which
P1  x   P2  x  has equal roots
(A) 5 6 (B) 6 7 (C) 7 8 (D) None of these
42. For the least value of ‘ m ’ obtained in first part if P1  x   P2  x   0 , then
(A) x   5, 10 (B) x  11, 20 (C) x   20,  6 (D) None of these
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 Passage XIII
Consider the curves C1 : y  x  x  1 and C2 : y  x2  3x  10 . Tangents are drawn to
2

both the curves.

43. Number of common tangents to C1 and C2 are
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
44. If ‘m’ is the slope of common tangent then value of ‘m’ is
(A) 16 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) Does not exist
45. Equation of directrix of C1 and C2 respectively is
1 15 15 1 1 15 15 1
(A) y  , y  (B) y  , y  (C) y  , y  (D) y  , y
2 2 2 2 4 2 2 4

Passage-XIV
Let p, q be integers and let  be the roots of the equation, x 2  x  1  0 , where    .
For n  0,1,2... , let an  pn  qn
FACT: If a and b are rational numbers and a  b 5  0 , then a  0  b .
46. If a4  28 , then p  2q 
(A) 21 (B) 14 (C) 7 (D) 12
47. a12 
(A) a11  a10 (B) a11  a10 (C) 2a11  a10 (D) a11  2a10

Passage-XV
25
The general equation of a system of parallel chords of the parabola y 2  x is
7
4x  y  k  0 .
48. The equation of the line joining the mid-points of these parallel chords is
25 1 10 15
(A) y  (B) x  (C) y  (D) x 
56 6 13 51
49. The value of k for which such a chord passes through the focus is
5 7 25
(A) –25 (B) (C) (D)
7 15 7

Passage-XVI
A circle circumscribing an equilateral triangle with centroid at (0, 0) of side ‘a’ is drawn
and a square is drawn whose four sides touch the circle.
50. The equation of the circumcircle of the equilateral triangle is
a2 a2 2
(A) x  y  2a
2 2 2
(B) x  y 
2 2
(C) x  y 
2 2
(D) x 2  y 2  a 2
3 3 3
51. The equation of the circle circumscribing the square is
(A) x2  y 2  3a2 (B) x2  y 2  2a2 (C) 3x2  3 y 2  2a 2 (D) 5x2  5 y 2  3a2
52. The area of the square is
2a 2 4a 2 3a 2
(A) (B) (C) 2a 2 (D)
3 3 4

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