Quiz- Parabola,Ellipse,Hyperbola

Single Choice Questions

1. The normal to curve xy = 4 at the point (1, 4 ) meets the curve again at :
 1 1
(A) ( −4, −1) (B)  −8, −  −16, −  (D) ( −1, −4 )
(C)
 2 4
Let PQ :2 x + y + 6 = 0 is a chord of the curve x − 4 y = 4. Coordinates of the point R ( ,  ) that
2 2
2.

satisfy a +  − 1  0 ; such that area of triangle

2 2
PQR is minimum; are given by :
 −2 1   −2 −1   2 1   2 −1 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 5 5  5 5  5 5  5 5
x2 y2
3. If y = mx + c be a tangent to hyperbola − = 1, then least value of 16 m 2 equals to :
 ( + +)
2 3 2 2

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 9

2 2
x y
4. Let the double ordinate PP ' of the hyperbola − = 1 is produced both sides to meet asymptotes
4 3
of hyperbola in Q and Q '. The product ( PQ )( PQ ') is equal to :
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 5
5. If eccentricity of conjugate hyperbola of the given hyperbola :

( x − 1) + ( y − 2 ) − ( x − 5) + ( y − 5) = 3 is e ' , then value of 8e ' is :

2 2 2 2

(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 17 (D) 10

2 2
x y
6. A normal to the hyperbola − = 1 has equal intercepts on positive x and positive y − axes. If
4 1
x2 y 2
this normal touches the ellipse 2 + 2 = 1, then 3 ( a + b ) is equal to :
2 2

a b
(A) 5 (B) 25 (C) 16 (D) None of these
Locus of a point, whose chord of contact with respect to the circle x + y = 4 is a tangent to the
2 2
7.
hyperbola xy = 1 is/a/an :
(A) ellipse (B) circle (C) hyperbola (D) parabola
2 2
x y
8. Let the chord x cos  + y sin  = p of the hyperbola − = 1 subtends a right angle at the centre.
16 18
Let diameter of the circle, concentric with the hyperbola, to which the given chord is a tangent is d ,
d
then is equal to :
4
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
9. If the tangent and normal at a point on rectangular hyperbola cut-off intercept a1 , a2 on x − axis and
b1 , b2 on the y − axis , then a1a2 + b1b2 is equal to :
1
(A) 2 (B) (C) 0 (D) -1
2
One or more than one answer is/are Correct
A common tangent to the hyperbola 9 x − 16 y = 144 and the circle x + y = 9 is/are
2 2 2 2
10.
3 15 2 25
(A) y= x+ (B) y= x+
7 7 7 7
3 2 25
(C) y=2 x + 15 7 (D) y = −3 x+
7 7 7
 Tangents are drawn to the hyperbola x − y = 3 which are parallel to the line 2 x + y + 8 = 0. Then
2 2
11.
their points of contact is/are ;
(A) ( 2,1) (B) ( 2, −1) (C) ( −2, −1) (D) ( −2,1)
Paragraph for Question Nos. 12 to 14
A point P moves such that sum of the slopes of the normals drawn from it to the hyperbola xy = 16 is
equal to the sum of the ordinate of the feet of the normals. Let ' P ' lies on the curve C , then :
12. The equation of ' C ' is :
(A) x = 4y
2
(B) x 2 = 16 y
(C) x 2 = 12 y (D) y 2 = 8x
13. If tangents are drawn to the curve C , then the locus of the midpoint of the portion of tangent
intercepted between the co-ordinate axes, is :
(A) x2 = 4 y (B) x2 = 2 y (C) x2 + 2 y = 0 (D) x2 + 4 y = 0
14. Area of the equilateral triangle, inscribed in the curve C , and having one vertex same as the vertex of
C is :
(A) 768 3 (B) 766 3 (C) 760 3 (D) None of these
Single Choice Questions
x2 y 2
15. If CF be the perpendicular from the C of the ellipse + = 1, on the tangent at any point P and
12 8
G is the point where the normal at P meets the major axis, then the value of ( CF . PG ) equals to :
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) None of these
16. If lines 2 x + 3 y = 10 and 2 x − 3 y = 10 are tangents at the extremities of a latus rectum of an ellipse;
whose centre is origin, then the length of the latus rectum is :
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 2 (D) 11
x2 y 2
17. If F1 and F2 are the feet of the perpendiculars from foci S1 and S 2 of the ellipse  = 1 then
25 16
tangent at any point P of the ellipse, then :
(A) S1 F1 + S 2 F2  2 (B) S1 F1 + S 2 F2  3 (C) S1 F1 + S 2 F2  6 (D) None
Integer Type Question
Points A and B lie on the parabola y = 2 x + 4 x − 2 , such that origin is the mid-point of theline
2
18.
segment AB. If ' l ' be the length of the line segment AB, then find the unit digit of l 2 .
19. For the parabola y = − x , let
2
a  0 and b  0; P ( a, −a 2 ) and Q ( b, −b 2 ) . Let M be the mid-point of
PQ and R be the point of intersection of the vertical line through M , with the parabola. If the ratio of
the area of the region bounded by the parabola and the line segment PQ to the area of the triangle

PQR be 
; where  and  are relatively prime positive integers, then find the value of (  +  ) :

20. The chord AC of the parabola y 2 = 4ax subtends an angle of 900 at points B and D on the
parabola. If points A, B, C and D are represented by ( at
i
2
, 2ati ) , i = 1, 2,3, 4 respectively, then find
t2 + t4
the value of .
t1 + t3