Conic Sections 742

98. The equation of tangent and normal at point (3, –2) of ellipse [IIT Screening 2005]
are [MP PET 2004]
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) ab (d)

106. The eccentricity of the ellipse

is
(c) (d) None of these
[Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
(a) 2/5 (b) 2/3
99. The value of , for which the line is a (c) 4/5 (d) 3/4
(e) 3/5
normal to the conic is [MP PET 2004] 107. The point (4, –3) with respect to the ellipse
[Orissa JEE 2005]
(a) Lies on the curve (b) Is inside the curve
(a) (b)
(c) Is outside the curve (d) Is focus of the curve
108. A point ratio of whose distance from a fixed point and line
(c) (d) is always 2 : 3. Then locus of the point will be
[DCE 2005]
100. The pole of the straight line with respect to (a) Hyperbola (b) Ellipse
ellipse is [EAMCET 2002] (c) Parabola (d) Circle
(a) (1, 4) (b) (1, 1)
(c) (4, 1) (d) (4, 4)
Hyperbola

101. In the ellipse , the equation of diameter 1. A point on the curve is [MP PET 1988]

conjugate to the diameter , is (a) (b)

(c) (d) None of these
(a) (b)
2. If the eccentricities of the hyperbolas and

(c) (d) None of these

be e and , then
102. An ellipse has OB as semi minor axis, F and F its foci and the
angle FBF is a right angle. Then the eccentricity of the ellipse [MNR 1984; MP PET 1995; DCE 2000]
is [AIEEE 2005]
(a) 1 (b) 2
(a) (b) (c) 3 (d) None of these
3. If P is a point on the hyperbola whose

(c) (d) foci are and , then

(a) 4 (b) 6
103. If the foci of an ellipse are and its eccentricity is (c) 8 (d) 12
4. If the latus rectum of an hyperbola be 8 and eccentricity be
, then the equation of the ellipse is [J & K 2005] , then the equation of the hyperbola is
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d) (c) (d)
104. The sum of the focal distances of any point on the conic 5. The eccentricity of a hyperbola passing through the points (3,
0), will be [MNR 1985; UPSEAT 2000]
is [Karnataka CET 2005]
(a) (b)
(a) 10 (b) 9
(c) 41 (d) 18
105. Minimum area of the triangle by any tangent to the ellipse (c) (d)

with the coordinate axes is 6. The one which does not represent a hyperbola is
[MP PET 1992]
 743 Conic Sections
(a) (b) 16. If the centre, vertex and focus of a hyperbola be (0, 0), (4, 0) and
(6, 0) respectively, then the equation of the hyperbola is
(c) (d)
(a) (b)
7. The equation of the hyperbola whose conjugate axis is 5 and
the distance between the foci is 13, is (c) (d)
(a) (b) 17. The eccentricity of the hyperbola can never be equal to

(a) (b)
(c) (d)

8. The length of the transverse axis of a hyperbola is 7 and it (c) (d)

passes through the point (5, –2). The equation of the hyperbola
is 18. A hyperbola passes through the points (3, 2) and (–17, 12) and
has its centre at origin and transverse axis is along x-axis. The
(a) (b) length of its transverse axis is
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) None of these
(c) (d) None of these 19. The locus of the point of intersection of the lines
and
9. If (4, 0) and (–4, 0) be the vertices and (6, 0) and (–6, 0) be the for different value of k is
foci of a hyperbola, then its eccentricity is (a) Circle (b) Parabola
(a) 5/2 (b) 2 (c) Hyperbola (d) Ellipse
(c) 3/2 (d) 20. The difference of the focal distance of any point on the
hyperbola , is
10. The eccentricity of the hyperbola is
[MP PET 1995; Orissa JEE 2004]
[MP PET 1987] (a) 8 (b) 7
(a) (b) (c) 6 (d) 4
21. The eccentricity of the hyperbola , is
(c) 2 (d)
11. The equation of the transverse and conjugate axis of the (a) (b)
hyperbola are
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(c) (d) None of these
22. The eccentricity of the conic , is
12. If the length of the transverse and conjugate axes of a hyperbola [MP PET 1999]
be 8 and 6 respectively, then the difference focal distances of
any point of the hyperbola will be (a) (b)
(a) 8 (b) 6
(c) 14 (d) 2
(c) (d)
13. If and be the foci and vertices of a
hyperbola, then its equation is 23. The locus of the centre of a circle, which touches externally the
given two circles, is [Karnataka CET 1999]
(a) (b) (a) Circle (b) Parabola
(c) Hyperbola (d) Ellipse
24. The foci of the hyperbola , is
(c) (d) [MP PET 2000]

14. The locus of the point of intersection of the lines (a) (b)
and is
(a) A parabola (b) An ellipse (c) (d) None of these
(c) A hyperbola (d) None of these
15. The locus of the point of intersection of the lines 25. The latus-rectum of the hyperbola ,
and , is
where is the parameter, is [MP PET 2000]
(a) A straight line (b) A circle (a) (b)
(c) An ellipse (d) A hyperbola
 Conic Sections 744
35. The vertices of a hyperbola are at (0, 0) and (10, 0) and one of
(c) (d) its foci is at (18, 0). The equation of the hyperbola is

26. The foci of the hyperbola are (a) (b)

[MP PET 2001]
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)
27. The length of transverse axis of the parabola
is [Karnataka CET 2001]

(a) (b) 36. The equation represents

(a) An ellipse (b) A pair of straight lines
(c) (d) (c) A hyperbola (d) None of these
37. The equation of the directrices of the conic
are
28. The directrix of the hyperbola is
(a) (b)
[UPSEAT 2003]
(c) (d)
(a) (b)
(c) (d) 38. Foci of the hyperbola are
29. Locus of the point of intersection of straight lines
(a) (5, 2) (–5, 2) (b) (5, 2) (5, –2)
and is [MP PET 1991, 2003] (c) (5, 2) (–5, –2) (d) None of these
39. Centre of hyperbola
(a) An ellipse (b) A circle is
(c) A hyperbola (d) A parabola (a) (1, –1) (b) (–1, 1)
30. The locus of a point which moves such that the difference of its (c) (–1, –1) (d) (1, 1)
distances from two fixed points is always a constant is 40. The equation of the hyperbola whose foci are (6, 4) and (–4,
[Karnataka CET 2003] 4) and eccentricity 2 is given by [MP PET 1993]
(a) A straight line (b) A circle (a)
(c) An ellipse (d) A hyperbola
(b)
31. The eccentricity of the hyperbola is
(c)
[MP PET 1992]
(d)
(a) (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 41. The auxiliary equation of circle of hyperbola , is
32. The distance between the foci of a hyperbola is double the
distance between its vertices and the length of its conjugate axis (a) (b)
is 6. The equation of the hyperbola referred to its axes as axes
of co-ordinates is (c) (d)
(a) (b) 42. The equation
represents
(c) (d)
(a) Parabola (b) Ellipse
33. The equation (c) Hyperbola (d) Two straight lines
43. The latus rectum of the hyperbola
represents is [MP PET 1996]
(a) Parabola (b) Ellipse
(c) Hyperbola (d) None of these (a) (b) 9
34. The equation of the hyperbola whose directrix is
, focus (2, 1) and eccentricity 2 will be (c) (d)
[MP PET 1988, 89]
(a) 44. The equation of the hyperbola whose directrix is
, focus (1, 1) and eccentricity , is
(b)
(a)
(c)
(b)
(d) None of these
(c)
 745 Conic Sections
(d) None of these (a) (b)
45. represents [DCE 1999]
(c) (d)
(a) A pair of straight lines (b) An ellipse
55. The equation of the tangent to the hyperbola
(c) A hyperbola (d) A parabola
46. The distance between the directrices of the hyperbola which is parallel to the line ,
is [Karnataka CET 2003] is
[MNR 1993]
(a) (b)
(a)
(c) (d)
(b)
47. The eccentricity of the hyperbola
is [UPSEAT 2004] (c) and
(d) None of these
(a) (b) 56. The locus of the point of intersection of any two perpendicular
tangents to the hyperbola is a circle which is called the director
(c) 2 (d) 3 circle of the hyperbola, then the eqn of this circle is
48. The latus rectum of the hyperbola
(a) (b)
is [Pb. CET 2004]
(c) (d) None of these
(a) (b) 57. The equation of the tangents to the hyperbola
which cuts equal intercepts from the axes,
(c) (d) are
(a) (b)
49. The point of contact of the tangent to the
(c) (d)
hyperbola is
58. If and are the slopes of the tangents to the hyperbola
(a) (9/2, 5/2) (b) (5/2, 9/2)
(c) (–9/2, –5/2) (d) None of these which pass through the point (6, 2), then
50. The line will be a tangent to the hyperbola

, if [MP PET 2001] (a) (b)

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(c) (d) None of these
59. The equation of the tangent to the hyperbola
51. If the line be a tangent to the hyperbola at the point (1, 0) is [Karnataka CET 1994]
, then (a) (b)
(a) 16 (b) –16 (c) (d)
(c) (d) None of these 60. The value of m for which is a tangent to the
52. The line is a tangent to the hyperbola
hyperbola , is [Karnataka CET 1993]
. The point of contact is
(a) (3, 1) (b) (2, 1/4)
(c) (1, 3) (d) None of these (a) (b)
53. The equation of the tangent at the point
(c) (d)
of the conic , is
61. The equation of the tangent to the conic
(a) at (2, 1) is
[Karnataka CET 1993]
(b) (a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) 62. The point of contact of the line with
is [BIT Mesra 1996]
(d) None of these
(a) (4, 3) (b) (3, 4)
54. The equation of the tangents to the conic (c) (4, –3) (d) None of these
perpendicular to the line is
 Conic Sections 746
63. If the straight line be a tangent to
71. Let E be the ellipse and C be the circle
the hyperbola , then [Karnataka CET 1999]
. Let P and Q be the points (1, 2) and (2, 1)
(a) respectively. Then [IIT 1994]
(a) Q lies inside C but outside E
(b)
(b) Q lies outside both C and E
(c)
(c) P lies inside both C and E
(d) (d) P lies inside C but outside E
64. If the tangent on the point of the 72. The length of the chord of the parabola which
passes through the vertex and makes an angle with the axis
hyperbola is parallel to ,
of the parabola, is
then the value of  is [MP PET 1998] (a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)
73. The equation of the normal at the point
65. The radius of the director circle of the hyperbola
of the curve is [Karnataka CET 1999]
, is [MP PET 1999]
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
66. What is the slope of the tangent line drawn to the hyperbola
at the point (a, 1) [AMU 2000] (c) (d)
(a) 1/a (b) –1/a
(c) a (d) – a

67. The line touches the curve , if

74. The condition that the straight line may be a
[Kerala (Engg.) 2002] normal to the hyperbola is given by
(a) (b) [MP PET 1993, 94]

(c) (d) (a) (b)

68. The straight line will touch the hyperbola
, if [Orissa JEE 2003]

(a) (b)

(c) (d) (c) (d)

69. The equation of the director circle of the hyperbola

is given by [Karnataka CET 2004]

(a) (b)
75. The equation of the normal to the hyperbola
(c) (d)
at the point is [MP PET 1996]
70. The equation of the tangent parallel to drawn
(a) (b)
to is [UPSEAT 2004]
(c) (d)
76. The equation of the normal at the point (6, 4) on the hyperbola
(a) (b)
(c) (d) , is

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
 747 Conic Sections
77. What will be equation of that chord of hyperbola 85. The coordinates of the foci of the rectangular hyperbola
, whose mid point is (5, 3) are
[UPSEAT 1999]
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d) (c) (d) None of these

78. The value of m, for which the line , is a

86. The eccentricity of curve is [MP PET 1995]

normal to the conic , is [MP PET 2004] (a) (b)

(c) 2 (d)
(a) (b)
87. The locus of the point of intersection of lines
and , where t is the parameter, is
(c) (d) 1
(a) A circle (b) An ellipse
(c) A rectangular hyperbola (d) None of these
79. The equation of the normal to the hyperbola 88. The equation of the hyperbola referred to its axes as axes of
coordinate and whose distance between the foci is 16 and
at is [UPSEAT 2002] eccentricity is , is [MNR 1984]
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)
80. The eccentricity of the conjugate hyperbola of the hyperbola
, is [MP PET 1999]
89. If the foci of the ellipse and the hyperbola
(a) 2 (b)
coincide, then the value of is
(c) 4 (d)
[MNR 1992; UPSEAT 2001; AIEEE 2003;
81. If e and e’ are eccentricities of hyperbola and its conjugate Karnataka CET 2004; Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
respectively, then [UPSEAT 1999] (a) 1 (b) 5
(c) 7 (d) 9
(a) (b)
90. A tangent to a hyperbola intercepts a length of

(c) (d) unity from each of the co-ordinate axes, then the point (a, b) lies
on the rectangular hyperbola
82. The product of the lengths of perpendiculars drawn from any
(a) (b)
point on the hyperbola to its asymptotes
is [EAMCET 2003] (c) (d) None of these
(a) 1/2 (b) 2/3 91. Curve is said to be
(c) 3/2 (d) 2
(a) Parabola (b) Rectangular hyperbola
83. The equation of a hyperbola, whose foci are (5, 0) and (–5, 0)
and the length of whose conjugate axis is 8, is (c) Hyperbola (d) Ellipse
92. The reciprocal of the eccentricity of rectangular hyperbola, is
(a) (b)
[MP PET 1994]
(c) (d)
84. The equation of the hyperbola whose foci are the foci of the (a) 2 (b)

ellipse and the eccentricity is 2, is

(c) (d)

(a) (b)
93. The eccentricity of the hyperbola is

[Karnataka CET 1999]

(c) (d)
(a) (b)
(c) 2 (d)
 Conic Sections 748
94. If transverse and conjugate axes of a hyperbola are equal, then 104. The equation to the hyperbola having its eccentricity 2 and the
its eccentricity is [MP PET 2003] distance between its foci is 8 [Karnataka CET 2005]
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d) 2
95. If represents a rectangular hyperbola, then (c) (d)
equals
105. If  is the acute angle of intersection at a real point of
(a) 5 (b) 4
intersection of the circle and the parabola
(c) –5 (d) None of these
96. The equation of the hyperbola referred to the axis as axes of co- then tan is equal to [Karnataka CET 2005]
ordinate and whose distance between the foci is 16 and (a) 1 (b)
eccentricity is , is [UPSEAT 2000]
(c) 3 (d)
(a) (b)

(c) (d) 106. The equation of the hyperbola in the standard form (with
transverse axis along the x-axis) having the length of the latus
97. If e and e’ are the eccentricities of the ellipse rectum = 9 units and eccentricity = 5/4 is
and the hyperbola [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
respectively, then [EAMCET 2002]
(a) (b)
(a) 9 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 1
98. The distance between the directrices of a rectangular hyperbola (c) (d)
is 10 units, then distance between its foci is
[MP PET 2002]
(e)
(a) (b) 5
(c) (d) 20 107. If and cut orthogonally,
then the value of p is [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
99. Eccentricity of the curve is [UPSEAT 2002] (a) 1/9 (b) 1/3
(a) 2 (b) (c) 3 (d) 18
(e) 9
(c) 4 (d) None of these 108. Find the equation of axis of the given hyperbola
100. Eccentricity of rectangular hyperbola is [UPSEAT 2002]
which is equally inclined to the axes
(a) (b)
[DCE 2005]

(c) (d) > 2 (a) (b)

(c) (d)
101. The eccentricity of the hyperbola conjugate to
is [UPSEAT 2004]

(a) (b)

(c) 2 (d) None of these

102. The locus of a point moving under the condition 1. The equation of
that the line is a tangent to the hyperbola represents
[IIT 1994]
is [AIEEE 2005] (a) No locus if (b) An ellipse, if
(c) A point if, (d) A hyperbola, if
(a) A parabola (b) A hyperbola
2. The number of points of intersection of the two curves
(c) An ellipse (d) A circle
and is [IIT 1994]
103. The eccentricity of the hyperbola is (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d)
[Karnataka CET 2005]
(a) 3/4 (b) 3/5
(c) (d)
 749 Conic Sections
3. If the chord joining the points and 10. Which one of the following curves cuts the parabola
at right angles [IIT 1994]
of the parabola passes through
(a) (b)
the focus of the parabola, then [MP PET 1993]
(a) (b) (c) (d)

(c) (d) 11. The angle of intersection of the curves and

, is [Roorkee 1998]
4. The locus of the midpoint of the line segment joining the focus
to a moving point on the parabola is another (a) (b)
parabola with the directrix [IIT Screening 2002]
(c) (d)
(a) (b)
12. The equation of the common tangent to the curves
and is [IIT Screening 2002]
(c) (d)
(a) (b)
5. On the parabola , the point least distance from the (c) (d)
straight line is [AMU 2001] 13. The equation of the parabola whose focus is the point (0, 0) and
(a) (1, 1) (b) (1, 0) the tangent at the vertex is is
(c) (1, –1) (d) (0, 0) [Orissa JEE 2002]
6. The length of the latus-rectum of the parabola whose focus is
(a)
and directrix is (b)

, is (c)

(a) (b) (d)

14. If and the line passes

(c) (d) through the points of intersection of the parabolas

and , then [AIEEE 2004]
7. The line is the directrix of the parabola
(a) (b)
. Then one of the values of k is
[IIT Screening 2000] (c) (d)
15. The locus of mid point of that chord of parabola which
(a) (b) 8
subtends right angle on the vertex will be [UPSEAT 1999]

(a) (b)
(c) 4 (d)
(c) (d)
8. The centre of the circle passing through the point (0, 1) and
16. The equation of a circle passing through the vertex and the
touching the curve at (2, 4) is [IIT 1983]
extremities of the latus rectum of the parabola is

(a) (b) [MP PET 1998]

(a) (b)

(c) (d) None of these (c) (d)

17. The centre of an ellipse is C and PN is any ordinate and A, A’
9. Consider a circle with its centre lying on the focus of the are the end points of major axis, then the value of
parabola such that it touches the directrix of the
parabola. Then, a point of intersection of the circle and the is
parabola is [IIT 1995]

(a) (b) (a) (b)

(c) (d) 1
(c) (d)
 Conic Sections 750
25. The area of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents at the end
18. Let P be a variable point on the ellipse with
points of latus rectum to the ellipse , is
foci and . If A is the area of the triangle ,
[IIT Screening 2003]
then maximum value of A is [IIT 1994; Kerala (Engg.) 2005] (a) 27/4 sq. unit (b) 9 sq. unit
(a) ab (b) abe (c) 27/2 sq. unit (d) 27 sq. unit

(c) (d) 26. Tangent is drawn to ellipse at

19. A man running round a race-course notes that the sum of the where . Then the
distance of two flag-posts from him is always 10 metres and the value of such that sum of intercepts on axes made by this
distance between the flag-posts is 8 metres. The area of the path tangent is minimum, is [IIT Screening 2003]
he encloses in square metres is
[MNR 1991; UPSEAT 2000]
(a) (b)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(c) (d) 27. The locus of the middle point of the intercept of the tangents
20. If the angle between the lines joining the end points of minor drawn from an external point to the ellipse
axis of an ellipse with its foci is , then the between the co-ordinates axes, is [IIT Screening 2004]

eccentricity of the ellipse is (a) (b)

[IIT Screening 1997; Pb. CET 2001; DCE 2002]
(a) 1/2 (b)
(c) (d) (c) (d)
21. The eccentricity of an ellipse, with its centre at the origin, is
28. If the normal at any point P on the ellipse cuts the major and
. If one of the directrices is , then the equation of minor axes in G and g respectively and C be the centre of the
ellipse, then [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
the ellipse is [AIEEE 2004] (a)
(a) (b)
(b)
(c) (d)
(c)
22. The line will be a tangent to the
(d) None of these
29. The locus of the poles of normal chords of an ellipse is given
conic , if [Roorkee 1978]
by [UPSEAT 2001]

(a) (a) (b)

(b)
(c) (c) (d)
(d) None of these
30. If and are eccentric angles of the ends of a pair of
23. The angle of intersection of ellipse and circle
conjugate diameters of the ellipse , then
, is
is equal to
(a) (b)
(a) (b)

(c) (d) (c) 0 (d) None of these

24. On the ellipse , the points at which the 31. If PQ is a double ordinate of hyperbola such
tangents are parallel to the line are [IIT 1999] that OPQ is an equilateral triangle, O being the centre of the
hyperbola. Then the eccentricity e of the hyperbola satisfies
(a) (b) [EAMCET 1999]
(a) (b)
(c) (d) (c) (d)

32. Equation represents [EAMCET 2002]

(a) A rectangular hyperbola (b) A hyperbola

 751 Conic Sections
(c) An ellipse (d) A parabola the point P, to the circle and the hyperbola

33. If the two tangents drawn on hyperbola in . The equation of the ellipse in the standard
form, is [IIT 1996]
such a way that the product of their gradients is , then they
intersects on the curve (a)
(a) (b)
(b)
(c) (d) None of these

34. C the centre of the hyperbola . The tangents at (c)

any point P on this hyperbola meets the straight lines

and in the points Q and R (d)
respectively. Then
(a) (b) 39. If a circle cuts a rectangular hyperbola in A, B, C, D
and the parameters of these four points be and
(c) (d)
respectively. Then [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]

35. If is the chord of contact of the hyperbola (a) (b)

, then the equation of the corresponding pair of
(c) (d)
tangents is [IIT 1999]

(a) (b) 40. The equation of common tangents to the parabola

and hyperbola , is

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)

36. Let and ,

where , be two points on the hyperbola

. If (h, k) is the point of intersection of the

normals at P and Q, then k is equal to [IIT 1999; MP PET 2002]

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

37. The combined equation of the asymptotes of the hyperbola

[Karnataka CET 2002]

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

38. An ellipse has eccentricity and one focus at the point

. Its one directrix is the common tangent nearer to