DPT Conic Section (Parabola)

1. The axes of parabola x 2  2ax  2by  c  0 , is : 11. Locus of middle points of chords of parabola y 2  10 x
(a) parallel to x-axis that pass through positive end point of latus rectum is :
(b) parallel to y-axis (a) y 2  x  y  5  0
(c) makes with x-axis an angle of 45°
(d) none of these (b) 2 y 2  5 x  y  10  0

2. The coordinates of focus y 2  8 x  4 y  4  0 are : (c) 2 y 2  10 x  10 y  25  0

(a) (1, 3) (b) (3, 1) (c) (2, 2) (d) (1, 2)
(d) y 2  10 x  5 y  25  0
3. If 2 x  y  c  0 is a focal chord of y 2   8 x then c is : 12. A point moves so that sum of its distances from two
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) – 4 (d) – 2 fixed points is always constant; then the locus of this
moving point is a :
4. An equilateral triangle is inscribed in the parabola (a) straight line (b) circle
y 2  4ax , whose vertices lie on parabola then length of (c) parabola (d) ellipse
its sides is : 13. If (2, 0) is the vertex and y axis is the directrix of a
parabola, then its focus is :
(a) a 2 (b) 4a (c) 4a 3 (d) 8a 3 (a) (2, 0) (b) (– 2, 0) (c) (4, 0) (d) (– 4, 0)
5. The path of a projectile is a : 14. The line lx  my  n  0 touches the parabola
(a) parabola (b) ellipse
(c) hyperbola (d) none of these y 2  4ax , if :

6. The equation of the directrix of the parabola (a) lm  an 2 (b) In  am 2

4 y 2  12 x  12 y  39  0 is : (c) mn  al 2 (d) None of these

(a) 4 x  7  0 (b) 7 x  4  0
15. Locus of mid points of chords of parabola y 2  8 x
(c) 4 x  7  0 (d) 7 x  4  0 which passes through focus is :
7. The straight line y  2 x  c , touches the parabola (a) y 2  8 x  4 (b) y 2  4 x  8

y 2  8 x ; then the value of c is : (c) y 2  4 x  4 (d) None of these

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 16. Equation of parabola with vertex (0, 1) and focus (0, 2)
is:
8. Equation of the normal to the parabola y 2  4ax at a
(a) x 2  2 ( y  1) (b) x 2  4 ( y  1)
point (at 2 , 2at ) is :
(c) y 2  4 ( x  1) (d) y 2  2 ( x  1)
(a) ty  x  at 2 (b) tx  y  at 2
17. The equation of the normal to the parabola x 2  4 y
(c) y  tx  2at  at 3 (d) None of these through the point (1, 2) is :
9. If normal drawn at any point ‘P’ of parabola meets the (a) 2 x  y  4  0 (b) 4 x  3 y  2  0
curve again at ‘Q’, then the least distance of Q from (c) 2 x  y  0 (d) None of these
origin is equal to :
(a) 6 3 (b) 4 6 (c) 9 6 (d) None 18. The point on the curve y 2  x , the tangent at which
makes an angle of 45° with the x-axis is given by :
10. If parabola y 2  4 x and x 3  32 y cut each other at  1 1  1 1  1 1
(16, 8) then angle between them is : (a)  2 , 4  (b)  2 , 2  (c) (2, 4) (d)  4 , 2 
     
4 3
(a) tan 1   (b) tan 1   19. A stick of length  rests against the floor and a wall of a
5 5 room. If the stick begins to slide on the floor, then the
locus of the middle point is :
2  4 
(c) tan 1   (d) tan1   (a) a straight line (b) circle
5  15  (c) parabola (d) ellipse

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 27. Equation of pair of tangents drawn from point (–1, 0) to
20. The vertex of parabola x 2  2 y  8 x  7 lies in quadrant
number : parabola y 2  16 x , is :
(a) 1st (b) 2nd (c) 3rd (d) 4th
(a) x 2  y 2  16 x  4  0 (b) x 2  y 2  10 x  2  0
21. The point (1, 2) is one extremity of focal chord of
(c) x 2  4 y 2  8 x  2  0 (d) 4 x 2  y 2  8 x  4  0
parabola y 2  4 x . The length of this focal chord is :

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 8 28. Equation of tangent to parabola y  2 x 2  6 x  3 at the

point on curve where x = 2 is :
22. The point intersection of the latus rectum and axis of
(a) y  2 x  5 (b) y  2 x  5
parabola y 2  4 x  2 y  8  0 , is :
3
7 5 9  5  3  (c) 2 y  8 x  3 (d) 2 y  x 
2
(a)  2 , 2  (b)  4 , 1 (c)  4 , 1 (d)  2 ,  2 
        29. Equation of parabola whose focus is (–1, –1) and
23. The point of contact of tangent drawn from (2, 3) to directrix is 2 x  3 y  6  0 is :
parabola y 2  4 x is : (a) 9 x 2  4 y 2  12 xy  2 x  62 y  10
(a) (2, 2) (b) (2, 4) (c) (1, 2) (d) (1, 4)
(b) 2 x 2  y 2  12 xy  2 x  2y  15  0
2
24. Equations x  2  t and y  2t represent parametric
equation of which of following parabola : (c) x 2  y 2  6 xy  5 x  4 y  7
(d) None of these
(a) y 2  4 x (b) y 2   4 x
30. The ends of a line segment are P(1, 3) and Q(1, 1). R is
(c) x 2   4 y (d) y 2  4( x  2) a point on the line segment PQ such that
25. The equation of common tangent of parabolas PR : QR  1 :  . If R is an interior point of the parabola

x 2  108 y and y 2  32 x is : y 2  4ax , then :

(a) 4 x  5 y  36 (b) 2 x  3 y  36  0  3 
(c) 3 x  2 y  56 (d) None of these (a)   (0, 1) (b)     , 1
 5 

26. Equation of chord of parabola y 2  24 x whose middle  1 3

point is (7, 3) is : (c)    ,  (d) None of these
 2 5
(a) y  4 x  25 (b) y  3 x  25
(c) 2 y  3 x  15 (d) 5 x  3 y  10  0

SCORE SHEET
a b c d a b c d a b c d a b c d a b c d
1 7 13 19 25
2 8 14 20 26
3 9 15 21 27
4 10 16 22 28
5 11 17 23 29
6 12 18 24 30

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