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46. The shortest distance between the line y  x  1 and the curve x  y is:

3 2 2 3 3 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 8 5 4
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47. Tangents are drawn from the point P ( 2,  1) to the parabola y  4x . AB is the chord of contact. The
normals at A and B meet at C. The area of triangle ABC is:
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

48. From the focus of the parabola y 2  2 px as centre, a circle is drawn so that a common chord of the
curves is equidistant from the vertex and the focus. The radius of the centre is:
p 3p 3p 3p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 8 8
49. The maximum number of common chords of a parabola and a circle can be equal to:
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

50. If a  0 and the line 2bx  3cy  4d  0 passes through the point of intersection of parabolas y 2  4ax

and x 2  4ay , then:

(A) d 2  (2b  3c )2  0 (B) d 2  (3b  2c )2  0

(C) d 2  (2b  3c )2  0 (D) d 2  (3b  2c )2  0

51. If p be the perpendicular distance of focal chord of PQ of length l from the vertex A of the parabola

y 2  4 x . If the length l  . Then, the value of  is ________.
p2
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

52. The length of the chord of the parabola y 2

 x which is bisected at (2, 1) is:

(A) 3 (B) 14 (C) 6 (D) 2 5

53. PQ is a normal chord of the parabola y 2  4ax at P, A being the vertex of the parabola. Through P a line

is drawn parallel to AQ meeting the X-axis in R. Then the length of AR is equal to:

(A) the length of latusrectum

(B) the focal distance of point P
(C) the twice the focal distance of point P
(D) the distance of the point P from the directrix

54. The mid-point of the chord intercepted on the line 4 x  3y  4  0 by the parabola y 2  8x is (, ) , then
the value of (4    ) is:
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 6

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55. The polar of a point with respect to y 2  4 x touches x 2  4y . If the locus of this point is xy   , then
the value of |  | is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

56. Let P, Q, R be three points on parabola y 2  4 x and normal P and R meet at Q, then the locus of the

mid-point of the chord PR is a parabola whose vertex is at:

(A) (2, 0) (B) (0,  2) (C) ( 2, 0) (D) None of these

57. If two different tangents of y 2  4 x are the normals to x 2  4by , then:

1 1 1 1
(A) | b | (B) |b |  (C) |b |  (D) |b | 
2 2 2 2 2 2

58. The circle is x 2  y 2  2gx  2 fy  c  0 , cuts the parabola x 2  4ay at points Ai (x i , yi ), i  1, 2, 3, 4 ;

then:
(A)  yi  0 (B)  yi   4( f  2a )
(C)  xi   4(g  2a ) (D)  xi   2(g  2a )
59. Minimum distance between the curve y 2  4 x and x 2  y 2  12x  31  0 is equal to :

(A) 21 (B) 26  5 (C) 5 (D) 28  5

60. Normals drawn to y 2  4ax at the points where it is intersected by the line y  mx  c intersected at the
point P. Foot of the another normal drawn to the parabola from the point P is:
 a 2a   9a 6a   4a 4a 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C) (am 2,  2am ) (D)  , 
 2 m   2 m   2 m 
m  m  m 

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