PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

PRACTICE WORKSHEET (CH- CONIC SECTIONS)

Class 11 - Mathematics

Section A
1. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
A farmer wishes to install 2 handpumps in his field for watering.

The farmer moves in the field while watering in such a way that the sum of distances between the farmer and each
handpump is always 26m. Also, the distance between the hand pumps is 10 m.

(i) Name the curve traced by farmer and hence find the foci of curve.
(ii) Find the equation of curve traced by farmer.
(iii)Find the length of major axis, minor axis and eccentricity of curve along which farmer moves.
(iv)Find the length of latus rectum.
2. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
The girder of a railway bridge is a parabola with its vertex at the highest point, 10 m above the ends. Its span is 100
m.

(i) Find the coordinates of the focus of the parabola.

(ii) Find the equation of girder of bridge and find the length of latus rectum of girder of bridge.​​
(iii)Find the height of the bridge at 20m from the mid-point.
(iv)Find the radius of circle with centre at focus of the parabola and passes through the vertex of parabola.

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3. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Arun is running in a racecourse note that the sum of the distances from the two flag posts from him is always 10 m
and the distance between the flag posts is 8 m.

(i) Path traced by Arun represents which type of curve. Find the length of major axis?
(ii) Find the equation of the curve traced by Arun?​​
(iii)Find the eccentricity of path traced by Arun?​​
(iv)Find the length of latus rectum for the path traced by Arun.
4. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Indian track and field athlete Neeraj Chopra, who competes in the Javelin throw, won a gold medal at Tokyo
Olympics. He is the first track and field athlete to win a gold medal for India at the Olympics.

(i) Name the shape of path followed by a javelin. If equation of such a curve is given by x2 = -16y, then find the
coordinates of foci.
(ii) Find the equation of directrix and length of latus rectum of parabola x2 = -16y.

(iii)Find the equation of parabola with Vertex (0,0), passing through (5,2) and symmetric with respect to y-axis
and also find equation of directrix.
(iv)Find the equation of the parabola with focus (2, 0) and directrix x = -2 and also length of latus rectum.
5. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
A satellite dish has a shape called a paraboloid, where each cross section is parabola. Since radio signals (parallel to
axis) will bounce off the surface of the dish to the focus, the receiver should be placed at the focus. The dish is 12 ft

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 across, and 4.5 ft deep at the vertex.

(i) Name the type of curve given in the above paragraph and find the equation of curve?
(ii) Find the equation of parabola whose vertex is (3, 4) and focus is (5, 4).
(iii)Find the equation of parabola Vertex (0, 0) passing through (2, 3) and axis is along x-axis. and also find the
length of latus rectum.
(iv)Find focus, length of latus rectum and equation of directrix of the parabola x2 = 8y.
Section B
6. The foci of the hyperbola 2x2 - 3y2 = 5 are

a) None of these b) (±
5
, 0)
6

c) (± √5
, 0) d) (±
5
, 0)
6 √6

7. The number of tangents to the circle x2 + y2 - 2x + 4y = 0 through the point (-1, 2) is

a) 2 b) 0

c) 1 d) none of these
2
2
y
8. The radius of the circle passing through the foci of the ellipse x

16
+
9
= 1 and having its centre at (0, 3) is
−−
a) 7

2
b) √12

c) 3 d) 4

9. If the circles x2 + y2 = a and x2 + y2 - 6x - 8y + 9 = 0, touch externally, then a =

a) 1 b) -1

c) 16 d) 21
–
10. The distance between the foci of a hyperbola is 16 and its eccentricity is √2. Its equation is

a) none of these b) x2 – y2 = 32
2

c) 2x – 3y2 = 7 d)
2
x y
− = 1
4 9

11. If the point (2, k) lies outside the circles x2 + y2 + x - 2y -14 = 0 and x2 + y2 = 13 then k lies in the interval.

a) -3, 4 b) ( - 3, - 2 ) ∪ (3, 4)

c) (−∞, −2) ∪ (3, ∞) d) (−∞, −3) ∪ (4, ∞)

= 1, b2 = a2 is a
2
y
12. The ellipse =
x
+
2 2
a b

a) a hyperbola b) none of these

c) horizontal ellipse d) vertical ellipse

13. The eccentricity of the ellipse, if the distance between the foci is equal to the length of the latus-rectum, is

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 a) √5−1
b) None of these
4

c) √5+1
d) √5−1

2 2

14. The distance between the directrices of the hyperbola x = 8 sec θ , y = tan θ , is
– –
a) 16√2 b) 6√2

– –
c) 8√2 d) 4√2

15. If the focus of a parabola is (0, –3) and its directrix is y = 3, then its equation is

a) x2 = 12y b) x2 = –12y

c) y2 = 12x d) y2 = –12x

Section C
16. Assertion (A): A line through the focus and perpendicular to the directrix is called the x-axis of the parabola.
Reason (R): The point of intersection of parabola with the axis is called the vertex of the parabola.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

17. Assertion (A): The circle x2 + y2 + 2ax + c = 0, x2 + y2 + 2by + c = 0 touch if 1

2
+
1

2
=
1

c
a b

Reason (R): The circles with centre C1, C2 and radii r1, r2 touch each other if r1 ± r2 = C1 C2

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

18. Assertion (A): The sum of focal distances of a point on the ellipse 9x2 + 4y2 - 18x - 24y + 9 = 0 is 4.

Reason (R): The equation 9x2 + 4y2 - 18x - 24y + 9 = 0 can be expressed as 9(x - 1)2 + 4(y - 3)2 = 36.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

19. Parabola is symmetric with respect to the axis of the parabola.

Assertion (A): If the equation of standard parabola has a term y2, then the axis of symmetry is along the x-axis.
Reason (R): If the equation of standard parabola has a term x2, then the axis of symmetry is along the x-axis.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

20. If the distances of foci and vertex of hyperbola from the centre are c and a respectively, then
Assertion (A): Eccentricity is always less than 1.
Reason (R): Foci are at a distance of ae from the centre.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

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 Section D
21. Find the equations of the circles which passes through two points on the x-axis which are at distances 4 from the origin
and whose radius is 5.

22. Find the eccentricity of the hyperbola 9y2– 4x2 = 36.

23. Find the equation of the circle drawn on the intercept made by the line 2x + 3y = 6 between the coordinate axes as
diameter.

24. Find the area of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the circle x2 + y2 + 2gx +2fy + c = 0.
25. Find the equation of each of the following parabolas directrix x = 0, focus at (6, 0)
26. ABCD is a square whose side is a; taking AB and AD as axes, prove that the equation of the circle circumscribing the

square is x2 + y2 - a (x + y) = 0.
27. Find the equation of a circle which touches both the axes and the line 3x - 4y + 8 = 0 and lies in the third quadrant.
[Hint: Let a be the radius of the circle, then (– a, – a) will be centre and perpendicular distance from the centre to the
given line gives the radius of the circle.]

28. Find the centre and radius of the circle x2 + y2 - 6x + 4y - 12 = 0.

29. Find the equation of the circle passing through the point (2, 4) and having its centre at the intersection of the lines x - y =
4 and 2x + 3 y + 7 = 0.
30. Find the equation of the circle, the coordinates of the end points of one of whose diameters are A (-2, -3) and B (-3, 5)
31. Find the (i) lengths of the axes, (ii) coordinates of the vertices, (iii) coordinates of the foci, (iv) eccentricity and (v)
2
2
y
length of the latus rectum the hyperbola: 16
−
x

49
= 1.
32. A man running on a race course notes that sum of its distances from two flag posts from him is always 10 m and the
distance between the flag posts is 8 m. He notes that he can read the messages of value system "Honesty" and "Respect
for other" on the poles which ever side he moves. Find the equation of the path traced by the man. Do you think these
value systems are necessary in life?
33. Find the equation of the set of all points, whose distance from (0, 4) are 2

3
of their distance from the line y = 9.
34. Find the coordinates of the foci, the vertices, the length of major axis, the minor axis, the eccentricity and the length of
the latus rectum of the ellipse.
2
2
x y
+ = 1
49 36
−−−−−−
35. Find the equation of the circle with Centre (a, b) and radius √a 2
+ b
2
.
36. A parabolic reflector is 5 cm deep and its diameter is 20 cm. How far is its focus from the vertex?
37. Find the equation of hyperbola, when foci are at (± 5, 0) and transverse axis is of length 8.
38. Find the equation of the circle having (1, -2) as its centre and passing through poin of the intersection of two lines 3x + y
= 14 and 2x + 5y =18.

39. Find the eccentricity, coordinates of the foci, equations of directrices and length of the latus-rectum of the hyperbola 2x2

- 3y2 = 5.
–
40. Find the equation of the ellipse whose vertices are at (0, ±4) and foci at (0, ± √7) .

41. Find the vertex, axis, focus, directrix and length of latusrectum of parabola y2 - 8y - x + 19 = 0.
42. Find the axes, eccentricity, latus-rectum and the coordinates of the foci of the hyperbola

25 x2 - 36 y2 = 225.
–
43. Referred to the principal axes as the axes of coordinates, find the equation of the hyperbola whose foci are at (0, ± √10 )
and which passes through the point (2, 3).

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44. A rod of length 12 m moves with its ends always touching the coordinates axes. Determine the equation of the locus of a
point P on the rod, which is 3 cm from the end in contact with the X-axis.
45. Find the equation of the ellipse which passes through the point (4, 1) and having its foci at (±3, 0) .

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