Eamcet Complete I & II YEAR CO ORDINATE GEOMETRY Aimstutorial f918bfbd

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM(2D) LEVEL - 1

𝟏) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛂, 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂, −𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛂 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝟐 2) 𝟏 3) 𝟐 4) 𝟔
Solution
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
= 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 𝟐 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 𝟐
= 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛂 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝛂
= 𝟐
KEY : 1
𝟐) 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐤, 𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑, 𝟒 𝐢𝐬 𝟖, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐊 =
1) 𝟔𝟎 2) − 𝟔𝟎 3) 𝟓 4) 𝟑 ± 𝟔𝟎
Solution
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐤−𝟑 𝟐 +𝟒=𝟖

⇒ 𝐤 − 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟔𝟎
⇒ 𝐤 = 𝟑 ± 𝟔𝟎
KEY : 4
𝛑
𝟑) 𝐈𝐟 < 𝛂 < 𝛑, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝛂, 𝟐 ,
𝟐
𝟎, 𝟏 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝛂 2) −𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝛂 3) 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝛂 4) − 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝛂
Solution
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 + 𝟏
= 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝛂
= −𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝛂 ∵ 𝛂 ∈ 𝐈𝐈𝐐
KEY : 4
𝟐𝛑 𝟐𝛑
𝟒) 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛉 + , 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛉 +
𝟑 𝟑
𝛑 𝛑
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛉 + , 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛉 + 𝐢𝐬
𝟑 𝟑
1) 𝟐𝐚 2) 𝟑𝐚 3) 𝐚/𝟐 4) 𝐚
Solution
𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝛉 = 𝟎
𝐚 𝟑𝐚 𝐚 𝟑𝐚
, , − ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝐚 𝐚 𝟐
𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 = + +𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
=𝐚 KEY : 4
𝟓) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝟓. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝟑, 𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 − 𝟏, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐱 − 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞
1) 𝟕, −𝟏 2) −𝟕, 𝟏 3) −𝟕, −𝟏 4) 𝟕, 𝟏
Solution
𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 = 𝐱−𝟑 𝟐 + −𝟏 − 𝟐 𝟐 =𝟓
⇒ 𝐱 − 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
⇒ 𝐱 − 𝟑 = ±𝟒
∴ 𝐱 = 𝟕, −𝟏
KEY : 1
𝟔) 𝐈𝐟 𝟑, 𝟐 , −𝟑, 𝟐 , 𝐨, 𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥
𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡 < 𝟎, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡 =
1) 𝟐 − 𝟑 2) 𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟑 3)𝟐 − 𝟑 𝟑 4) 𝟑 − 𝟐 𝟑
Solution
∴ 𝐀𝐁 = 𝐁𝐂 = 𝐂𝐀 ∵ 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 ∆𝐥𝐞
𝐀𝐁 = 𝐁𝐂 ⇒ 𝟑𝟔 + 𝟎 = 𝟗 + 𝐡 − 𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝐡 − 𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟕
⇒ 𝐡 − 𝟐 = ±𝟑 𝟑
⇒𝐡=𝟐±𝟑 𝟑
KEY : 3
∴𝐡= 𝟐−𝟑 𝟑 ∵𝐡<𝟎
𝟕) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚, 𝟎 𝟎, 𝐛 𝟏, 𝟏 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐟
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
1) + = 𝟏 2) + = 𝟐 3) + = 𝟑 4) + = 𝟒
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚 𝐛 𝐚 𝐛 𝐚 𝐛
Solution
Slope of AB = Slope of BC
𝐛−𝟎 𝟏−𝐛
⇒ =
𝟎−𝐚 𝟏−𝟎
⇒ 𝐛 = −𝐚 + 𝐚𝐛
⇒ 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝐚𝐛
𝟏 𝟏
⇒ + =𝟏 KEY : 1
𝐚 𝐛
𝟖) 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐱, 𝐲 + 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐱 + 𝟏, 𝐲 + 𝟐
𝟑 𝟓
𝐢𝐬 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐱 − 𝟏, 𝐲 + 𝟏 ,
𝟐 𝟐
𝐱 + 𝟏, 𝐲 − 𝟏 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝟏, 𝟏 2) −𝟏, −𝟏 3) 𝟏, −𝟏 4) −𝟏, 𝟏
Solution
𝟐𝒙+𝟏 𝟐𝒚+𝟑 𝟑 𝟓
, = ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 = 𝟑 ; 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟓
∴ 𝒙, 𝒚 = 𝟏, 𝟏
𝒙 − 𝟏, 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟐 , 𝒙 + 𝟏, 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟎
KEY : 1
∴ 𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 = 𝟏, 𝟏
𝟗) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟒, −𝟐 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝟐, −𝟒
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟕, 𝟏 𝐢𝐬
1) −𝟖, −𝟏𝟒 2) 𝟐, 𝟑 3) −𝟐, −𝟑 4) 𝟏𝟑, −𝟓
Solution
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 𝟐: 𝟑
𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝟐: −𝟑
𝟏𝟒−𝟔 𝟐+𝟏𝟐
𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 = ,
𝟐−𝟑 𝟐−𝟑
= −𝟖, −𝟏𝟒
KEY : 1
𝟏𝟎) 𝐈𝐟 ∆𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ∆𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞; ∆𝟐 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞
𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧
𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 ∆𝟏 : ∆𝟐 =
1) 𝟑: 𝟒 2) 𝟒: 𝟏 3) 𝟒: 𝟑 4) 𝟐: 𝟏
Solution
𝟏 𝟏
∆𝟏 = ∆𝑨𝑩𝑪 ∶ ∆𝟐 = ∆𝑨𝑩𝑪
𝟑 𝟒
∆𝟏 ∶ ∆𝟐 = 𝟒: 𝟑
KEY : 3
𝟏𝟏) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚, 𝐛 , 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 , 𝐱 𝟐 , 𝐲𝟐 ,
𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚, 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐱 𝟐 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆. 𝐏. 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 ′𝐫 ′ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛, 𝐲𝟏 ,
𝐲𝟐 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆. 𝐏. 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 ′𝐬 ′ 𝐢𝐬
𝟏
1) 𝐚𝐛 𝐫 − 𝟏 𝐬 − 𝟏 𝐬 − 𝐫 2) 𝐚𝐛 𝐫 + 𝟏 𝐬 + 𝟏 𝐬 − 𝐫
𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
3) 𝐚𝐛 𝐫 − 𝟏 𝐬 − 𝟏 𝐬 − 𝐫 4) 𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐬
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝐱 𝟏 = 𝐚𝐫, 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝐚𝐫 𝟐 ∴ 𝐚, 𝐛 , 𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐬 , 𝐚𝐫 𝟐 , 𝐛𝐬 𝟐
𝐲𝟏 = 𝐛𝐬, 𝐲𝟐 = 𝐛𝐬 𝟐
𝟏 𝐚 − 𝐚𝐫 𝐚 − 𝐚𝐫 𝟐
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 =
𝟐 𝐛 − 𝐛𝐬 𝐛 − 𝐛𝐬 𝟐
𝟏 KEY : 3
= 𝐚𝐛 𝐫 − 𝟏 𝐬 − 𝟏 𝐬 − 𝐫
𝟐
𝟏𝟐) 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚, 𝟏 ;
𝐛, 𝐜 𝟐 −𝟏, 𝟒 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧
1) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟑 2) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟏 3) 𝐚 − 𝐛 = 𝟏 4) 𝐜 𝟐 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐚+𝐛−𝟏 𝟏+𝒄𝟐 +𝟒
𝐆= ,
𝟑 𝟑
𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 ⇒ 𝐱 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝐚+𝐛−𝟏=𝟎
⇒ 𝐚+𝐛=𝟏
KEY : 2
𝟏𝟑) 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩, 𝐪 , 𝐪, 𝟏 , 𝟏, 𝐩
𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝟑 + 𝐪𝟑 + 𝟏 =
1) 𝟎 2) 𝟑 𝐩𝐪 3) 𝐩𝐪 4) 𝟐 𝐩𝐪
Solution
𝐩+𝐪+𝟏 𝐪+𝟏+𝐩
𝐆= , = 𝟎, 𝟎
𝟑 𝟑
𝐩 + 𝐪 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐩𝟑 + 𝐪𝟑 + 𝟏 = 𝟑𝐩𝐪
KEY : 2
𝟏𝟒) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬
𝟐, 𝟑 , 𝟐, 𝟓 , 𝟒, 𝟑 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝟎, 𝟎 2) 𝟒, 𝟑 3) 𝟐, 𝟓 4) 𝟐, 𝟑
(2,5)
Solution
𝟐, 𝟑 , 𝟐, 𝟓 , 𝟒, 𝟑
∆𝒍𝒆 is right angled triangle
(2,3) (4,3)
∴ Orthocenter = vertex at the right angle

∴ Orthocenter = 𝟐, 𝟑
KEY : 4
𝟏𝟓) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝟏, −𝟏
−𝟑, 𝟐 , 𝟑, 𝟒 𝐢𝐬
𝟔 𝟖 −𝟔 −𝟖 −𝟔 𝟖 𝟔 −𝟔
1) , 2) , 3) , 4) ,
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
Solution
𝐀 𝟏, −𝟏 , 𝐁 −𝟑, 𝟐 , 𝐂 𝟑, 𝟒
𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 (𝟎, 𝟎) 𝐭𝐨 𝐀
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞
𝐀𝟏 = 𝟏, −𝟏 − 𝟏, −𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟎
𝐁 𝟏 = −𝟑, 𝟐 − 𝟏, −𝟏 = −𝟒, 𝟑
𝐂 𝟏 = 𝟑, 𝟒 − 𝟏, −𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟓
𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 = 𝐤 𝐲𝟐 − 𝐲𝟏 − 𝐤 𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐱 𝟐 𝐱 𝟏 𝐱𝟐 +𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟐 𝟕
∵𝐤= =−
𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟐 −𝐱 𝟐 𝐲𝟏 𝟐𝟔
𝟕 𝟐𝟏
𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁𝐂 = − , + 𝟏, −𝟏
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
𝟔 𝟖
= ,
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
KEY : 1
𝟏𝟔) 𝐈𝐟 𝐎 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀 𝟏, −𝟑 ,
𝐁 𝟕, 𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂 𝟐, 𝟓 then the distance between the orthocenters
of ∆𝐁𝐎𝐂, ∆𝐀𝐎𝐁 𝐢𝐬
𝟏
1) 𝟔𝟓 2) 𝟐 𝟔𝟓 3) 𝟔𝟓 4) 𝟑 𝟔𝟓
𝟐
Solution
𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐎𝐂 𝐢𝐬 𝐀 = 𝟏, −𝟑

𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐎𝐁 𝐢𝐬 𝐂 = 𝟐, 𝟓
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 = 𝐀𝐂 = 𝟏 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟔𝟓
KEY : 1
𝟏𝟕) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 −𝟐, 𝟑 , 𝟐, −𝟏 ,
𝟒, 𝟎 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝟑, 𝟏 2) 𝟐, −𝟗 3) 𝟒, −𝟏 4) 𝟑/𝟐, 𝟓/𝟐
Solution
𝐒𝐀 = 𝐒𝐁 = 𝐒𝐂 verification
𝐨𝐫
⊥ 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁 𝐢𝐬 − 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏 …(1)
⊥ 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐂 𝐢𝐬 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = −𝟏 …(2)
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏 & 𝟐
𝟑 𝟓
𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 = , KEY : 4
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏𝟖) 𝐈𝐟 𝐎 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀 = 𝟏, 𝟐 , 𝐁 = 𝟐, 𝟑 , 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦 − 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝐎𝐀𝐁 𝐢𝐬
𝟏𝟑𝟎
1) 𝟏𝟑𝟎 2) 3) 𝟐 𝟏𝟑𝟎 4) 𝟔𝟓
𝟐
Solution O (0,0)
𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦
𝐚𝐛𝐜 a
𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐬 = b
𝟒∆
𝐎𝐀.𝐎𝐁.𝐀𝐁
= A (1,2) c (2,3) B
𝟐 𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟐 −𝐱 𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟓. 𝟏𝟑. 𝟐
=
𝟐 𝟑−𝟒
=
𝟏𝟑𝟎 KEY : 2
𝟐
𝟏𝟗) 𝐈𝐟 𝐀 = 𝟏, −𝟏 , 𝐁 = 𝟐, 𝟏 , 𝐂 = 𝟑, 𝟎 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦 − 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐬
𝐨𝐟 ∆𝐀𝐁𝐂 𝐢𝐬
𝟓 𝟐 𝟓 𝟐 𝟓 𝟐 𝟓 𝟐
1) 2) 3) 4)
𝟑 𝟒 𝟔 𝟏𝟐
A
Solution
c b
𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦
𝐚𝐛𝐜 B a C
𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐬 =
𝟒∆
𝐚 = 𝐁𝐂 = 𝟐
𝟐. 𝟓. 𝟓
= 𝟑 𝐛 = 𝐂𝐀 = 𝟓
𝟒.
𝟐 𝐜 = 𝐀𝐁 = 𝟓
𝟓 𝟐 𝟑
= ∆=
𝟔 𝟐 KEY : 3
𝟐𝟎) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧 − 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝟎, 𝟎 , 𝟏, 𝟎 ,
𝟎, 𝟏 𝐢𝐬
𝟐− 𝟐 𝟐− 𝟐 𝟐+ 𝟐 𝟐+ 𝟐 𝟐−𝟏 𝟐−𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
1) , 2) , 3) , 4) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟑
Solution
𝐚𝐛 𝐛𝐚
𝐈𝐧 − 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 = ,
𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐚𝟐 +𝐛 𝟐 𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐚𝟐 +𝐛 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
= ,
𝟐+ 𝟐 𝟐+ 𝟐
𝟐− 𝟐 𝟐− 𝟐
= ,
𝟐 𝟐
KEY : 1
𝟐𝟏) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 ∆𝐀𝐁𝐂 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐂 = 𝟓, 𝐂𝐀 = 𝟒, 𝐀𝐁 = 𝟑. 𝐈𝐟 𝐀 𝟎, 𝟎
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐀 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐
𝐁𝐂 𝐢𝐧 𝐃 = , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧 − 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞
𝟕 𝟕
1) 𝟐, 𝟐 2) 𝟑, 𝟐 3) 𝟐, 𝟑 4) 𝟏, 𝟏
Solution
𝐀𝐈: 𝐈𝐃 = 𝐛 + 𝐜: 𝐚
= 𝟕: 𝟓
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐
𝐀 = 𝟎, 𝟎 , 𝐃 = ,
𝟕 𝟕
𝟏𝟐+𝟎 𝟏𝟐+𝟎
𝐈𝐧 − 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 = ,
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐
KEY : 4
= 𝟏, 𝟏
𝟐𝟐) 𝐈𝐟 𝐈𝟏 , 𝐈𝟐 , 𝐈𝟑 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬
𝟎, 𝟎 , 𝟓, 𝟏𝟐 , 𝟏𝟔, 𝟏𝟐 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝐈𝟏 𝐈𝟐 𝐈𝟑 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝟔, 𝟗 2) 𝟕, 𝟗 3) 𝟗, 𝟔 4) 𝟗, 𝟕
Solution
Orthocenter of triangle 𝐈𝟏 𝐈𝟐 𝐈𝟑 is In-center
of triangle OAB A(0,0)
𝟎+𝟏𝟎𝟎+𝟐𝟎𝟖 𝟎+𝟐𝟒𝟎+𝟏𝟓𝟔
= ,
𝟒𝟒 𝟒𝟒 c b
=
𝟑𝟎𝟖 𝟑𝟗𝟔
, 𝐚= 𝟏𝟏
𝟒𝟒 𝟒𝟒 𝐛= 𝟐𝟎 B(5,12) a (16,12) C
= 𝟕, 𝟗 𝐜 = 𝟏𝟑
KEY : 2
𝟐𝟑) 𝐈𝐟 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝟏, 𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝟗, −𝟔 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝟑, −𝟔 2) 𝟐, 𝟒 3) −𝟑, 𝟔 4) 𝟐, −𝟔
Solution
𝟐𝑺+𝟏𝑯 2 1
𝐆=
𝟑 H G S
𝟑 𝑮−𝟏 𝑯
∴ 𝐒=
𝟐
𝟑 𝟏,𝟐 −𝟏 𝟗,−𝟔
=
𝟐
𝟔 𝟏𝟐
= − ,
𝟐 𝟐
KEY : 3
= −𝟑, 𝟔
𝟐𝟒) 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝟓, −𝟏 , −𝟐, 𝟑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 −𝟒, −𝟕 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞
𝐢𝐬
−𝟏 −𝟓 −𝟏 −𝟓
1) , 2) 𝟓, 𝟒 3) −𝟑, 𝟔 4) ,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟒 𝟒
Solution
1 1
𝟏 𝟓
𝐇 = 𝟎, 𝟎 𝐒= − ,− H(0,0) N S
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟓
−𝟐,−𝟐
𝐍 = 𝐦. 𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐒
𝟏 𝟓
∴ 𝐍 = − ,−
𝟒 𝟒
KEY : 4
𝟐𝟓) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞
𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝟒, 𝟔 , 𝟎, 𝟒 , 𝟔, 𝟐 𝐢𝐬
𝟕 𝟓 𝟓
1) 2) 𝟐 3) 4)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞
𝟏
= 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐁 = 𝟐𝟎
𝟐
𝟏 𝟒𝟎 𝟏 𝐁𝐂 = 𝟒𝟎
= ∵ 𝐑 = 𝐡𝐲𝐩
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝐂𝐀 = 𝟐𝟎
𝟏𝟎 = 𝟓
= 𝟐
𝟐 KEY : 3
Forms a right angled triangle
𝟐𝟔) 𝐈𝐟 ′𝐎′ 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏 = 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 , 𝐐 𝐱 𝟐 , 𝐲𝟐 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐎𝐏. 𝐎𝐐
𝐜𝐨𝐬 ∠𝐏𝐎𝐐 =
1) 𝐱 𝟏 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟐 2) 𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟐 + 𝐱 𝟐 𝐲𝟏
3) 𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟐 + 𝐱 𝟐 𝐲𝟏 4) 𝐱 𝟏 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟐
Solution
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞:
𝐏𝐐𝟐 = 𝐎𝐏 𝟐 + 𝐎𝐐𝟐 − 𝟐𝐎𝐏. 𝐎𝐐 𝐜𝐨𝐬 ‫𝐐𝐎𝐏ہ‬
𝐎𝐏𝟐 +𝐎𝐐𝟐 −𝐏𝐐𝟐
⇒ 𝐎𝐏. 𝐎𝐐 𝐜𝐨𝐬 ‫= 𝐐𝐎𝐏ہ‬
𝟐
= 𝐱 𝟏𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟐
KEY : 1
1. The distance of the point (x, y) from its image in x-
axis is
1) 2 𝒙 2) 2 𝒚 3) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 4) 0
Solution
The image of 𝒙, 𝒚 w.r.to x-axis is 𝒙, −𝒚

Distance = 2 𝒚
KEY : 2
2. The number of points equidistant from three given collinear points is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) Infinite
Solution
Does not exist
KEY : 1
3. The number of points equidistant from three given non-collinear
points is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) Infinite
Solution
Circumcentre is equidistant from three non-

collinear points.
KEY : 2
4. The points (-a, -b), (0,0)(a, b),(𝒂𝟐 , ab) are the vertices of
1) A rectangle 2) A square 3) Rhombus 4) Collinear
Solution
Sl of AB = sl of BC = sl of AC
KEY : 4
5. If 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒙𝟐 , 𝒙𝟑 are in A.P and 𝒚𝟏 , 𝒚𝟐 , 𝒚𝟑 are in A.P., then the points
(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ), (𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 ), (𝒙𝟑 , 𝒚𝟑 )
1) From a right angled triangle 2) From a Equilateral triangle
3) From an isosceles triangle 4) Are collinear
Solution
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝟏 = 𝒙𝟑 − 𝒙𝟐 and 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚𝟏 = 𝒚𝟑 − 𝒚𝟐
Since slopes of two line segments are equal, so the points are collinear.
KEY : 4
6. If A=(-2, 5) B = (3, 1) and P, Q are the points of trisection of AB, then
mid point of PQ is
1) (2, 3) 𝟏 −𝟏 4) (1,4)
2) ,𝟑 3) ,𝟒
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
Midpoint of PQ = Midpoint of AB
KEY : 2
7. The ratio in which x –axis divides the join of (2,-3) and (5,6) is
1) 2:1 2) -2:1 3) -1:2 4) 1:2
Solution
−𝒚𝟏 ∶ 𝒚𝟐
KEY : 4
8. If the centroid of the 𝚫𝒍𝒆 is (1,4) and two of its vertices are (4,-3);
(-9,7) then area of the triangle
𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟑
1) sq. units 2) sq.units
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏𝟕𝟒 𝟏𝟗𝟕
3) 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 4) sq.units
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
Area of 𝚫𝒍𝒆 = 3GAB

KEY : 2
9. If A = (6,3), B = (-3, 5), C = (4,-2) and P = (, ) then the ratio of
the areas of the triangles PBC, ABC is
1) 𝜶 + 𝜷 : 𝟕 2) 𝜶 − 𝜷 : 𝟕
3) 𝜶 + 𝜷 + 𝟐 : 𝟕 4) 𝜶 + 𝜷 − 𝟐 : 𝟕
Solution
Area of 𝚫𝒍𝒆 PBC : Area of 𝚫𝒍𝒆 ABC

𝟏 𝜶+𝟑 𝜶 − 𝟒 𝟒𝟗
∶ KEY : 4
𝟐 𝜷−𝟓 𝜷+𝟐 𝟐
10. If the midpoints of the sides AB,BC,CA of 𝚫𝒍𝒆 ABC are (6,-1) (-4,-3),
(2,-5) respectively then centroid of ABC is
4 4 4
1) (4,1) 2) , −𝟑 3) ,𝟑 4) − , 𝟑
3 3 3
Solution
Centroid is same as the midpoints of ABC
KEY : 2
11. If a vertex of a 𝚫𝒍𝒆 is (1,1) and the midpoints of two sides through
this vertex are (-1,2)(3,2) then centroid of the triangle is
𝟕 𝟏 𝟕 𝟕 𝟏 𝟕
1) −𝟏, 2) − , 3) 𝟏, 4) ,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
KEY : 3
Solution
A (1,1)
D = E+F- A = (-1+3-1,2+2-1)
(3,2) F E (-1,2)
D= (1,3)
Centroid of  ABC = centroid of  DEF

A D C
12. The centroid of a triangle is (2,3) and two of its vertices are (5,6)
and (-1,4) then the third vertex of the triangle is
1) (2, 1) 2) (2, -1) 3) (1, 2) 4) (1, -2)
Solution
3rd vertex = 3G-A-B
= 3(2,3)-(5,6),(-1,4)
KEY : 2
13. The orthocentre of the triangle with vertices (0,0),(1,2),(2,5) is
1) (-36, 12) 2) (36, -12) 3) (-12, 36) 4) (12, -36)
Solution
Apply the synopsis formula for orthocentre
KEY : 2
14. The circumcentre of the triangle formed by (2,-5), (2,7)(4,7) is
3 5
1) (3,1) 2) (2,-9) 3) (4, 1) 4) ,
2 2
Solution
𝚫𝒍𝒆 is Right Angled triangle
KEY : 1
15. The vertices of a triangle are (0,0), ( 𝟑, 𝟑), (- 𝟑, 𝟑) then the in-centre is
𝟔 𝟖 −𝟔 −𝟖 −𝟔 𝟖 𝟔 −𝟔
1) , 2) , 3) , 4) ,
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
Solution
Apply Incentre formula
KEY : 1
16. If A(2,3) , B(-2,-5), C(-4,6) and if P is a point on BC such that AP
bisects angle A, then P =
−𝟐𝟐 𝟗 𝟐𝟐 𝟗 𝟐𝟐 𝟗 𝟐𝟐 𝟗
1) , 2) , 3) ,− 4) − ,−
𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕
Solution
BP:PC = AB:AC = 4:3

𝟐𝟐 𝟗
Then P= − ,
𝟕 𝟕
KEY : 1
17. The orthocentre and circumcentre of a triangle are (-3,5), (6,2) then
the centroid is
1) 𝟐, −𝟑 2) 𝟑, 𝟑 3) 𝟒, 𝟑 4) −𝟑, 𝟓
Solution
OG:GS = 2:1
KEY : 2
7 5
18. Orthocentre of the triangle is (2,1) and circumcentre is , , then
2 2
its nine point circle centre is
11 7 11 7 11 7 7 11
1) , 2) , 3) , 4) ,
4 4 2 4 2 2 4 4
Solution
Nine point centre is mid point of circumcentre and orthocentre
KEY : 1
19. The distance between the orthocentre and the centroid of the
triangle formed by (0,0),(0,-6),(2,0) is
4 10 2
1) 10 2) 𝟏𝟎 3) 4) 10
3 3 3
Solution
𝟐
H = (0,0), G = , −𝟐
𝟑
4 40 2 10
GH = +4 = =
9 9 3
KEY : 4
20. If ‘O’ be the origin and P = 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 , 𝑸 = 𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 then OP. OQ
sin POQ =
1) 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 2) 𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟏
3) 𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟏 4) 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐
Solution
Apply cosine rule and find the sine angle
KEY : 3
21. If O is the origin A (2,3), B (4,5) then OA. OB cos AOB =
1) 8 2) 15 3) 22 4) 23
Solution
𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟐𝟑
KEY : 4
22. The opposite vertices of a square are (1,-2) and (-5,6); then the other
two vertices are
1) 𝟐, −𝟓 −𝟔, −𝟏 2) (-2,5) 𝟔, 𝟏
3) 𝟐, −𝟓 𝟔, −𝟏 4) (1,4)(-5,0)
Solution
Verification
KEY : 1
23. If the points (0,0)(3, 𝟑), (p,q) from an equilateral triangle and
𝒒𝟏 , 𝒒𝟐 are the two values of q, then 𝒒𝟏 + 𝒒𝟐 =
1) 𝟐 𝟑 2) 𝟑 3) - 𝟑 4) 0
Solution
𝒙𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 ± 𝟑 𝒚 𝟏 − 𝒚 𝟐 𝒚 𝟏 + 𝒚 𝟐 ± 𝟑 𝒙𝟏 − 𝒙𝟐
,
𝟐 𝟐
KEY : 2
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𝟏) 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝
𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐀, 𝐁 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
2) 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁
3) 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁
4) 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐁
Solution :
Locus of the point which is equidistant from two fixed points A, B is
perpendicular bisector of AB
KEY : 3
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝟐) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭
𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚 + 𝐛, 𝐚 − 𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 − 𝐛, 𝐚 + 𝐛 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐚 + 𝐛 2) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 4) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐀 𝐚 + 𝐛, 𝐚 − 𝐛 , 𝐁 𝐚 − 𝐛, 𝐚 + 𝐛 , 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲
𝐏𝐀 = 𝐏𝐁 ⇒ 𝐏𝐀𝟐 = 𝐏𝐁𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝐱− 𝐚+𝐛 + 𝐲− 𝐚−𝐛 = 𝐱− 𝐚−𝐛 𝟐 + 𝐲− 𝐚+𝐛
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⇒ 𝐱𝟐 + 𝐚 + 𝐛 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐚 − 𝐛 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 𝐚 − 𝐛
= 𝐱𝟐 + 𝐚 − 𝐛 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 𝐚 − 𝐛 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐚 + 𝐛 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 𝐚 + 𝐛
⇒𝐱 𝐚+𝐛 +𝐲 𝐚−𝐛 =𝐱 𝐚−𝐛 +𝐲 𝐚+𝐛
⇒𝐱 𝐚+𝐛−𝐚+𝐛 +𝐲 𝐚−𝐛−𝐚−𝐛 =𝟎
⇒𝐱−𝐲=𝟎
KEY : 2
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𝟑) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐱 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 2) 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐱 𝟐 3) 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 4) 𝐱 = 𝟐𝐲
Solution :
Let 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲
Given that distance from the x-axis = 2 × distance from the y-axis
⇒ 𝐲 =𝟐𝐱
⇒ 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 𝟐
KEY : 1
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𝟒) 𝐈𝐟 𝐏 𝟏, 𝟎 𝐐 = −𝟏, 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑 = 𝟐, 𝟎 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐒 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡
𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐐𝐒𝟐 + 𝐒𝐑𝟐 = 𝟐𝐒𝐏𝟐 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐱 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 2) 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝟎, 𝟎
3) 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟎, 𝟎 4) 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐲 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬
Solution :
𝐏 𝟏, 𝟎 , 𝐐 −𝟏, 𝟎 , 𝐑 𝟐, 𝟎 , 𝐒 𝐱, 𝐲
𝐐𝐒 𝟐 + 𝐒𝐑𝟐 = 𝟐𝐒𝐏 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 + 𝐲𝟐
⇒ 𝐱+𝟏 + 𝐲𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝟐
+ 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟏
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⇒ 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
−𝟑
⇒𝐱=
𝟐
∴ a straight line parallel to y-axis
KEY : 4
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝟓) 𝐈𝐟 𝐀 = 𝟔, 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁 = 𝟎, 𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬
𝐨𝐟 𝐏 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝐏𝐎𝐁 = 𝟐 (𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝐏𝐎𝐀)
1) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
Let 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲 Given that area of ∆𝐏𝐎𝐁
= 𝟐 × 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝐏𝐎𝐀
𝟏 𝟏
⇒ 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟎 = 𝟐 × −𝟔𝐲
𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝟐𝐱 = −𝟔𝐲
⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟗𝐲 𝟐
KEY : 3
⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
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𝟔) 𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐁 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 ′𝐚′ 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬
𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐏 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 𝟏: 𝟐 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 2) 𝟗 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝟐
3) 𝟗 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐚𝟐 4) 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝟐
Solution :
B(o,k)
𝑨𝑩 = 𝒂 2
𝑶𝑨 = 𝒉 P(x, y)
1
𝑶𝑩 = 𝒌
O A(h,o)
Let 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲
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𝟐𝐡 𝐤
, = 𝐱, 𝐲
𝟑 𝟑
𝟑𝐱
⇒𝐡= ,𝐤 = 𝟑𝐲
𝟐
⇒ 𝐎𝐀𝟐 + 𝐎𝐁𝟐 = 𝐀𝐁𝟐
⇒ 𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
⇒ 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝟐
KEY :4
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𝟕) 𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝟖, 𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐲 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐁 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐱 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐀 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟔𝟒 2) 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱𝐲 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟕𝟐
Solution :
B(0,b)
𝐩 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 = 𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁
P(x1,y1)
𝐚 𝐛
= ,
𝟐 𝟐
A(a,0)
⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟐𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐛 = 𝟐𝐲𝟏
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬
𝐱 𝐲
+ =𝟏
𝟐𝐱 𝟏 𝟐𝐲𝟏
𝐱 𝐲
⇒ + =𝟐
𝐱𝟏 𝐲𝟏
𝐈𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟖, 𝟒
𝟖 𝟒
⇒ + =𝟐
𝐱𝟏 𝐲𝟏
∴ 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ′𝐏 ′ 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝐱𝐲
∴ 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ′𝐏 ′ 𝐢𝐬 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲
=𝟎 KEY :2
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝟖) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 , 𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 ,
𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝛉 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫; 𝐢𝐬
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
1) 𝟐 + =𝟏 2) 𝟐 − =𝟏 3) 𝟐 − =𝟐 4) 𝟐 + =𝟐
𝐚 𝐛𝟐 𝐚 𝐛𝟐 𝐚 𝐛𝟐 𝐚 𝐛𝟐
Solution :
Let 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲 = 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 , 𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
𝐚 𝐛
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 𝟐
⇒ 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 ⇒ 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚 𝐛 KEY :4
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝟗) 𝐈𝐟 𝐩, 𝐪 , 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 , 𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉, −𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟
𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝛉 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐩 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝐪 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 2) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗 𝐚 + 𝐛 𝟐
3) 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐩𝟐 + 𝐪𝟐 4)𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐩𝟐 + 𝐪𝟐 + 𝐚 + 𝐛 𝟐
Solution :
𝐩+𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉+𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 𝐪+𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉−𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉
Let 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲 = ,
𝟑 𝟑
⇒ 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐩 = 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉; 𝟑𝐲 − 𝐪 = 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 − 𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉

⇒ 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐩 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝐪 𝟐
= 𝐚𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐛𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 KEY :1
= 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝟏𝟎) 𝐈𝐟 𝐀 𝐚, 𝟎 , 𝐁 −𝐚, 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐏𝐁 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐱 − 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟎
3)𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐲 + 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐲 − 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐀𝐏𝐁 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 P(x,y)

𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝐲
Slope of 𝐏𝐀 =
𝐱−𝐚
𝐲
Slope of 𝐏𝐁 = B(-a,0) A(a,0)
𝐱+𝐚
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝐦𝟏 −𝐦𝟐
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟒𝟓𝟎 =
𝟏+𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐
𝐲 𝐲
−
𝐱−𝐚 𝐱+𝐚
⇒𝟏= 𝐲 𝐲
𝟏+𝐱−𝐚×𝐱+𝐚
⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐲 − 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟎
KEY :4
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝟏𝟏) 𝐈𝐟 𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭
𝐚
𝐚 − 𝐛𝐭, 𝐛 − 𝐢𝐬
𝐭
1) 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐚𝐲 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐚𝐲 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐛𝐱 − 𝐚𝐲 = 𝟎 4) 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞
Solution :
𝐚
Let 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲 = 𝐚 − 𝐛𝐭, 𝐛 −
𝐭
𝐚−𝐱 𝐚
⇒𝐭= :𝐲 =𝐛−
𝐛 𝐭
𝐛
⇒𝐲=𝐛−𝐚
𝐚−𝐱
−𝐛𝐱
⇒𝐲= ⇒𝐚𝐲 − 𝐱𝐲 = −𝐛𝐱
𝐚−𝐱
⇒ 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐛𝐱 − 𝐚𝐲 = 𝟎 KEY : 3
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
1. The perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points
(2,-3) and (3,-4) is
1) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟑 2) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟔
3) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑 4) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟔
Solution :
𝑷𝑨𝟐 = 𝑷𝑩𝟐
𝒙−𝟐 𝟐 + 𝒚+𝟑 𝟐 = 𝒙−𝟑 𝟐 + 𝒚+𝟒 𝟐
x–y =6
KEY :2
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
2. The equation of the locus of points which are equidistant from the
points (2,3) and (4,5) is
1) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟕 3) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑 4) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟔
Solution :
PA = PB
⇒ 𝐏𝐀𝟐 = 𝐏𝐁𝟐
𝒙−𝟐 𝟐 + 𝒚−𝟑 𝟐 = 𝒙−𝟒 𝟐 + 𝒚−𝟓 𝟐
x+y=7
KEY : 2
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
3. The equation of the locus of the point which moves equidistant from
(a, b) and (b, a) is
1) ax + by = 0 2)ax – by = 0 3) x – y =0 4) bx – ay =0
Solution :
PA = PB
PA𝟐 = PB𝟐
𝒙−𝒂 𝟐+ 𝒚−𝒃 𝟐
= 𝒙−𝒃 𝟐
+ 𝒚−𝒂 𝟐
x–y=0
KEY : 3
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
4. The equation of the locus of the point which moves equidistant from
the coordinate axes is
1) x – y = 0 2) x + y = 0
3)𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 4) bx – ay = 0
𝑦
Solution :
𝒙 P(x, y)
𝒚
Let P(x, y) be any point on the locus
𝑜 𝒙
𝒚 = 𝒙
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 KEY :3
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
5. The locus of a point whose distance from the y-axis is half its distance
from the origin is
1) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
3) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝑦
Solution :
𝟏 𝒙
𝒙 = 𝑶𝑷 P(x, y)
𝟐
𝟏 𝟐 𝒙
⇒ 𝒙 = 𝒙 + 𝒚𝟐 𝑜
𝟐
⇒ 𝟒𝒙𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐
KEY : 3
⇒ 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
6. A = (-9,0) and B(-1,0) are two points. If p(x,y) is a point such that
3PB = PA, then the locus of P is
1) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗 2) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗 4) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑
Solution :
P(x, y)
3PB = PA 𝟗𝑷𝑩𝟐 = 𝑷𝑨𝟐
𝒙
𝟗 (𝒙 + 𝟏)𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 = 𝒙 + 𝟗 𝟐
+ 𝒚𝟐 A(-9,o) B(-1,0)
⇒ 𝟖𝒙𝟐 + 𝟖𝒚𝟐 − 𝟕𝟐 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 KEY : 3
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
7. The equation of the locus of P such that the join of (a, b) and (b, a)
subtend a right angle at P is
1) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝒙 − 𝒃𝒚 + 𝒂𝒃 = 𝟎
2) 𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝒙 − 𝒃𝒚 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 = 𝟎
3) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂 − 𝒃 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝒂𝒃 = 𝟎
4)𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂 + 𝒃 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 = 𝟎
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
Solution :
B(b, a)
Slope of PA x slope of PB = -1
𝒚−𝒃 𝒚−𝒂
𝐱 = −𝟏
𝒙−𝒂 𝒙−𝒃 P(x, y) A(a,b)
 (x-a)(x-b)+(y-a)(y-b)=0
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂 + 𝒃 𝒙 + 𝒂𝒃 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂 + 𝒃 𝒚 + 𝒂𝒃 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂 + 𝒃 𝒙 + 𝒚 +𝒚𝟐 +𝟐𝒂𝒃 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂 + 𝒃 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 = 𝟎 KEY :4
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
8. If A (a,0) , B (-a,0) then the locus of the point P such that
𝑷𝑨𝟐 + 𝑷𝑩𝟐 = 𝟐𝑪𝟐 is
1) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎 2) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎
3) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒂𝟐 − 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎 4) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝟐𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
 𝒙−𝒂 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝒂 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒄𝟐
 2 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟐𝒄𝟐
 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎 KEY : 1
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
9. The locus of P such that the area of  PAB is 12 sq. units where
A = (2,3) and B (-4, 5) is
1) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟐𝐱 − 𝟔𝟔𝐲 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
2) 𝐱 𝟐 +𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐𝐱 + 𝟔𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎𝐱 + 𝟔𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎

4) None
Solution :
𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲 , A(2,3), B(-4,5)
Area of ∆𝒍𝒆 PAB = 12

LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝟏 𝒙−𝟐 𝒙+𝟒
= 𝟏𝟐
𝟐 𝒚−𝟑 𝒚−𝟓
⇒ −𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏𝟐
𝟐
⇒ −𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏𝟏 =144
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝟔𝒚 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
KEY : 1
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
10. The locus of a point which is collinear with the points (3,4) and
(-4,3) is
1) 2x + 3y -12 =0 2) 2x + 3y +12 = 0
3) 2x + 3y – 20 = 0 4) x - 7y + 25 = 0
Solution :
Slope of PA = slope of AB
𝐲−𝟒 𝟒−𝟑
=
𝐱−𝟑 𝟑+𝟒
𝐲−𝟒 𝟏
=
𝐱−𝟑 𝟕
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝟕𝐲 − 𝟐𝟖 = 𝐱 − 𝟑
𝐱 − 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 =0
KEY :4
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
11. A(5,3), B(3,-2), C(2,-1) are three points . If P moves such that
area of quadrilateral PABC is 10 sq. units, locus of P is
1) 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎 2) 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝒙𝒚 − 𝟖𝟎 = 𝟎
3) 𝟗𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎 4) (4x-3y-38)(4x-3y+2)=0
Solution :
Let 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲 , A(5,3), B(3,-2), C(2,-1) area of quadrilateral PABC =10
𝟏 𝒙𝟓 𝟑 𝟐 𝒙
= 10
𝟐 𝒚 𝟑 −𝟐 −𝟏 𝒚
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 − 𝟏𝟗 + 𝟏 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝒙 = 𝟐𝟎
𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟐𝟎
KEY :4
𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟑𝟖 (𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟐)= 0
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
12. The ends of a rod of length 𝒍 move on two positive coordinate
axes. The locus of the point on the rod which divides it in the
ratio 1:3
1) 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒍𝟐 2) 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔𝒍𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 4) 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗𝒍𝟐
3) 𝟏𝟔𝒙 + 𝟏𝟒𝟒𝒚 = 𝟗𝒍
y
Solution :
B(0,b)
Let 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲
𝟑𝒂 𝐛 3 P(x, y)
= , = (x, y) ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟒𝐱 , 𝐛 =4y
𝟒 𝟒 𝟑 1
o A(a, 0) x
⇒ 𝑶𝑨𝟐 + 𝑶𝑩𝟐 = 𝑨𝑩𝟐
𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
+ 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝒍𝟐 ⇒𝟏𝟔𝒙 + 𝟏𝟒𝟒𝒚 = 𝟗𝒍 KEY : 3
𝟗
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
13. If AB=4 and the ends A,B move on the coordinate axes, the locus
of the midpoint of AB is
1) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐 2) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒
3) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 4) x + y = 2
Solution : y
B(0,b)
Let P 𝐱, 𝐲 and AB =4
𝐚 𝒃 P(x, y)
= , = (x, y)
𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟐𝐱, 𝐛 = 𝟐𝐲 o A(a, 0) x
⇒ 𝑶𝑨𝟐 + 𝑶𝑩𝟐 = 𝑨𝑩𝟐
⇒ 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒𝟐 KEY : 2
⇒ 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 =16 ⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 =4
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
14. The locus of the point (sec+tan , tan -sec ) is
1) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 2) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
3) 𝒙𝒚 = 𝟏 4) x y+1 = 0
Solution :
Let 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲
⇒ (x, y)= (sec𝛉+ tan 𝛉, tan 𝛉- sec 𝛉 )
⇒ 𝐱 = 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛉 + tan 𝛉
⇒ 𝐲 = −(𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛉 - tan 𝛉)
⇒ 𝐱𝐲 = −(𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛉 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛉)
⇒ 𝐱𝐲 = −𝟏 ⇒ xy+1 =0 KEY :4
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
𝟏 𝟏
15. If t is the parameter, then the locus of the point 𝒕 + , 𝒕 − is
𝒕 𝒕
1) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 2) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒
3) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐 4) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐
Solution :
Let 𝐩 𝐱, 𝐲
𝟏 𝟏
⇒(x, y) = 𝒕 + , 𝒕 −
𝐭 𝐭
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
⇒ 𝒙 −𝒚 = 𝒕+ − 𝒕−
𝐭 𝐭
𝟏 KEY : 2
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 4(t) =4
𝐭
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
16. The sum of the distances of a point from two perpendicular lines
is 1; then its locus is a
1) Straight line 2) Pair of lines
3) Square 4) Circle
y
Solution :
Let P(x,y) be any point 𝑥

. P(x,y)
𝑦
x
𝑥 + 𝑦 =1
Which is a square
KEY : 3
LOCUS LEVEL - 1
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LOCUS PCQs
LOCUS
LOCUS PCQs
LOCUS PCQs
1. Let O be the vertex and Q be any point on the parabola 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟖𝒚. If
the point P divides the line segment OQ internally in the ratio 1:3
then the locus of P is [JEE MAINS-2015]
1) 𝒙𝟐 = 𝒚 2) 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒙 3) 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙 4) 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐𝒚
Solution : 𝟒𝒕, 𝟐𝒕𝟐 + 𝟑 𝟎, 𝟎

𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = (4t,2𝑡 2 )
𝟒 1:3 Q
P
𝒕𝟐
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝒕, O
𝟐
LOCUS PCQs
𝒕 = 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟐𝒚𝟏
𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐𝒚𝟏
𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐𝒚
KEY : 4
LOCUS PCQs
2. Let PQ be a double or dinate of the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = −𝟒𝒙, where p lies
in the second quadrant. If R divides PQ in the ratio 2:1, then the
locus of R is [J.M.O.L-2015]
1) 9𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 2) 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = −𝟒𝒙

3) 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙 4) 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = −𝟐𝒙
Solution :
End point of double ordinate can be taken as −𝒕𝟐 , 𝟐𝒕 & −𝒕𝟐 , −𝟐𝒕
according to given condition
−𝟐𝒕𝟐 − 𝒕𝟐 −𝟒𝒕 + 𝟐𝒕
𝒙= &𝒚=
𝟑 𝟑
LOCUS PCQs
⇒ 𝟑𝒙 = −𝟑𝒕𝟐 & 𝟑𝒚 = −𝟐𝒕
−𝟑
−𝒕𝟐
𝒊. 𝒆 𝒙 = &𝒕= 𝒚 P(-t 2 , 2t)
𝟐
𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 ′𝒕′
R(x, y)
𝟐
𝟑𝒚
𝒙=− − Q(-t 2 , -2t)
𝟐
𝟗 𝟐
𝒊. 𝒆 𝒙 = − 𝒚
𝟒
𝒊. 𝒆 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = −𝟒𝒙 KEY : 2
LOCUS PCQs
3. If the equation of the locus of a point equidistant from the points
𝐚𝟏 , 𝐛𝟏 and 𝐚𝟐 , 𝐛𝟐 is 𝐚𝟏 − 𝐚𝟐 𝐱 + 𝐛𝟏 − 𝐛𝟐 𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 then the
value of c is [AIEEE-2003]
𝟏
1) 𝐚𝟐𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐𝟏 − 𝐛𝟐𝟏
𝟐
2) 𝐚𝟐𝟏 − 𝐚𝟐𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐𝟏 − 𝐛𝟐𝟐
𝟏
3) 𝐚𝟐𝟏 + 𝐚𝟐𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐𝟏
𝟐
4) 𝐚𝟐𝟏 + 𝐛𝟐𝟏 − 𝐚𝟐𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐𝟐

LOCUS PCQs
Solution :
Let P =(x, y); A= (a1, b1); B=(a2, b2)
Given that PA = PB ⇒ PA2 = PB2
⇒ 𝒙 − 𝒂𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚 − 𝒃𝟏 𝟐 = 𝒙 − 𝒂𝟐 𝟐 + 𝒚 − 𝒃𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝟐𝒂𝟏𝒙 − 𝟐𝒃𝟏𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐𝟏 + 𝒃𝟐𝟏 = −𝟐𝒂𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒃𝟐𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐𝟐
⇒ 𝟐𝒙 𝒂𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚 𝒃𝟏 − 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐𝟏 − 𝒃𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎

𝟏
⇒ 𝒂𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 𝒙 + 𝒃𝟏 − 𝒃𝟐 𝒚 + (𝒂𝟐𝟐 +𝒃𝟐𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐𝟏 − 𝒃𝟐𝟏 ) = 𝟎
𝟐
𝟏 𝟐
∴ 𝐜 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐𝟏 − 𝐛𝟐𝟏 𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 1
𝟐
LOCUS PCQs
4. Locus of centroid of the triangle whose vertices are
𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭 , 𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭, −𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭 and 𝟏, 𝟎 , where 𝐭 is a
parameter, is [AIEEE-2003]
1) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
2) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
3) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
4) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
Solution :
𝐀 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭 , 𝐁(𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭, −𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭)

𝐂 𝟏, 𝟎 , 𝐏(𝐱, 𝐲)
LOCUS PCQs
𝟏+𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭+𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭−𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭
𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 (𝐱, 𝐲) = ,
𝟑 𝟑
⇒ 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 = 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭 + 𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭, 𝟑𝐲 = 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭 − 𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭

𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝐭 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝐭 + 𝐛𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝐭 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝐭
⇒ 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 2
LOCUS PCQs
LOCUS PCQs
1. The locus of the point P which is equidistant from 3x+4y+5=0 and
9x+12y+7=0 is [TS E 2015]
1) A hyperbola 2) An ellipse 3) A parabola 4) A straight line
Solution :
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟓 𝟗𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟕
=
𝟓 𝟐𝟓
𝟏𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 − 𝟗𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟔𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
Straight line 𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 4
LOCUS PCQs
2. If the equation to the locus of points equidistant from the points
(-2, 3), (6,-5) is ax+by+c = 0
Where a > 0 then, the ascending order of a, b, c is [AP E 2015]
1) a, b, c 2) c, b, a 3) b, c, a 4) a, c, b
Solution : 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟐 − −𝟏
𝒙−𝒚=𝟑
𝒙−𝒚−𝟑=𝟎
𝒂 = 𝟏, 𝒃 = −𝟏, 𝒄 = −𝟑
𝒄<𝒃<𝒂 𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 2
LOCUS PCQs
3. The locus of the centroid of the triangle with vertices at
𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 , 𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉, −𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 and 𝟏, 𝟎 is (Here 𝛉 is a
parameter) [EAMCET-2014]
1) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
2) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
3) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
4) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
Solution :
𝐀 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝜽 , 𝐁 𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝜽, −𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
𝐂 𝟏, 𝟎 , 𝐏(𝐱, 𝐲)
𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 2
𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
LOCUS PCQs
4. The locus of a point such that the sum of its distances from the
points 𝟎, 𝟐 and 𝟎, −𝟐 is 𝟔, is [EAMCET-2011]
1) 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓 2)𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓
3) 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓 4)𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓
Solution :
𝐀 𝟎, 𝟐 , 𝐁 𝟎, −𝟐 , 𝐏 𝐱, 𝐲
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐀 + 𝐏𝐁 = 𝟔, 𝐊 = 𝟔
𝟒 𝐱−𝐚 𝟐 𝟒𝐲 𝟐
⇒ + 𝟐 =𝟏
𝐊 𝟐 −𝟒𝐛 𝟐 𝐊
𝟒𝐱 𝟐 𝟒𝐲 𝟐
⇒ + =𝟏
𝟑𝟔−𝟏𝟔 𝟑𝟔
𝐱𝟐 𝒚𝟐
⇒ + =𝟏 𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 3
𝟓 𝟗
⇒ 𝟗𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓
𝟐
LOCUS PCQs
5. If the sum of the distances of a point P from two perpendicular lines in
a plane is 1 then the locus of P is a [EAMCET-2008]
1) 𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐬 2) 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞
3) 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 4)𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬
𝒚
Solution :
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐏 𝐱, 𝒚
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏 𝐏(𝒙, 𝒚)
⇒±𝐱± 𝐲=𝟏 𝒙
𝐎
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐬.
𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 1
LOCUS PCQs
6. If a point P moves such that its distances from the point 𝐀 𝟏, 𝟏 and
the line 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 are equal then the locus of P is [E-2005]
1) A straight line 2) A pair of straight line
3) A parabola 4) An ellipse
Solution :
From the definition of conic
AP = PM
Then locus of ‘P’ is a parabola
∴KEY =(3)
LOCUS PCQs
7. If a point 𝐱, 𝐲 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛉, 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝛉 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛉 , then the locus
of 𝐱, 𝐲 is [E-2002]
𝟐/𝟑 𝟐/𝟑
1) 𝟐
𝐱 𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 =𝟏 2) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱𝐲
𝟐
3) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 4) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱𝐲
Solution :
𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉, 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛉
𝟐
⇒ 𝐱𝟐 − 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛉 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉
⇒ 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟏𝟔 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛉 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉
𝐱𝐲 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛉 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉
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= 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛉 𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉
= 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛉 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉
⇒ 𝟏𝟔𝐱𝐲 = 𝟏𝟔 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛉 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉
𝟐
∴ 𝐱𝟐 − 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱𝐲
𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 4
LOCUS PCQs
8. The equation 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱𝐲 − 𝟕𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕𝟖𝐲 + 𝟐𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
represent [E-2001]
1) circle 2) parabola 3) ellipse 4) hyperbola
Solution :
𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱𝐲 − 𝟕𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕𝟖𝐲 + 𝟐𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐡 = 𝟖; 𝐚 = 𝟏𝟔; 𝐛 = 𝟏
𝐡 = 𝟒; 𝐚𝐛 = 𝟏𝟔
⇒ 𝐡𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
∴ 𝐡𝟐 = 𝐚𝐛
Parabola 𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 2
LOCUS PCQs
9. The curve with parametric equations 𝐱 = 𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭 , 𝐲=
𝟒 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭 is [E-2001]
1) ellipse 2) parabola 3) hyperbola 4) circle
Solution :
𝐱 = 𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭 , 𝐲 = 𝟒 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭
𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 𝟐
⇒ + = 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝐭 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝐭
𝟑 𝟒
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
⇒ + =𝟏
𝟏𝟖 𝟑𝟐
Ellipse
𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 1
LOCUS PCQs
10. A straight rod of length 9 unit slides with its ends A, B always on
the x and y axes respectively. Then the locus of the centroid of
∆𝐎𝐀𝐁 is [E-2000]
1) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑 2) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗 3) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 4) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝟏
Solution :
B(0,b)
Let 𝐆(𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 ) be the centroid of triangle ABC
𝐀 𝐚, 𝟎 , 𝐁 𝟎, 𝐛 , 𝐎 𝟎, 𝟎 𝐆(𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 )
O A(a,0)
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𝒂 𝒃
(x1, y1) = ,
𝟑 𝟑
a = 3x1, b = 3y1
Given that AB = 9
⇒ 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟖𝟏
⇒ 𝟗𝐱 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲𝟏𝟐 = 𝟖𝟏
⇒ 𝐱𝟐 + 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟗
𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 2
LOCUS PCQs
11. If the point R divides the line segment joining the points (2,3) and
π
(2tan, 3sec); 0<< , externally in the ratio 2:3 then the locus of R
2
is [B.Arch-2015]
1) An ellipse length of whose major axis is 12
2) An ellipse length of whose major axis is 8
3) A hyperbola length of whose transverse axis is 12
4) A hyperbola length of whose transverse axis is 8

LOCUS PCQs
Solution : Let R(h,k)
−𝟒𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽 + 𝟔 −𝟔𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽 + 𝟗
𝒉= ,𝒌 =
𝟏 𝟏
𝒉−𝟔 𝒌−𝟗
= 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽, = 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽
−𝟒 −𝟔
𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽 − 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝜽 = 𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
𝒌−𝟗 𝒉−𝟔
− =𝟏
−𝟔 −𝟒
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𝟐 𝟐
𝒌−𝟗 𝒉−𝟔
− =𝟏
𝟑𝟔 𝟏𝟔
𝒚−𝟗 𝟐 𝒙−𝟔 𝟐
𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 − =𝟏
𝟑𝟔 𝟏𝟔
Which is hyperbola whose transverse axis = 2x6=12
𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 4
LOCUS PCQs
12. The locus of the midpoint of the chords of the parabola 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟒𝒑𝒚
having the slope m is a [B. Arch-2014]
1) Circle with centre at origin and radius 𝟐𝒑𝒎 from it
2) Line parallel to x-axis at a distance 𝟐𝒑𝒎 from it
3) Line parallel to y-axis at a distance 𝟐𝒑𝒎 from it
4) Line parallel to y = mx, m ≠0 at a distance 𝟐𝒑𝒎 from it

LOCUS PCQs
Solution : 𝑨 𝟐𝒑𝒕𝟏 , 𝒑𝒕𝟐𝟏 , 𝑩 𝟐𝒑𝒕𝟐 , 𝒑𝒕𝟐𝟐
𝒕𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐
𝒎= … (𝒊)
𝟐
𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑨𝑩
𝑷 𝒕𝟐𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐𝟐
𝒉, 𝒌 = 𝒑 𝒕𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐 ,
𝟐
𝒑
𝒉 = 𝒑 𝒕𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐 , 𝒌 = 𝒕𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐 𝟐 − 𝟐𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐
𝟐
 h = p(2m)
𝐊𝐄𝐘 : 3
x = 2pm
LOCUS PCQs
Thank you…
CHANGE OF AXES LEVEL-I
CHANGE OF AXES
1. The coordinates of the point (3,-5) in the new system when the origin
is shifted to (-2,3) are
1) (-5,8) 2) (5,-8) 3) (4,6) 4) (3,1)
solution
Given that (x, y) = (3, -5) , (h, k) = (-2, 3)

(X, Y) = (x – h, y- k)
= (3+2, -5-3) = (5, -8)

2. The origin is translated to the point A. The point (3,4) is changed to
(6,8) ; then A =
1) (3,4) 2) (-3,-4) 3) (9,12) 4) (-9,-12)
solution
(x, y) = (3, 4) , (X, Y) = (6, 8)
 (h, k) = (x - X , y – Y)
= (3 - 6, 4 – 8)
= (-3, -4)
3. The point to which the origin should be shifted in order to eliminate x
and y terms in the equation 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟑𝟔𝒚 + 𝟒 = 0
1) (1, 3 ) 2) (-4, 3) 3) (-1, 2) 4) (1, - 2)
solution
Given that 4𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟑𝟔𝒚 + 𝟒=0

a = 4, b = 9 , 2g = -8, 2f =36
−𝒈 −𝒇 +𝟒 −𝟏𝟖
, = , = (1, -2)
𝒂 𝒃 𝟒 𝟗
(or)
𝝏𝒔
= 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟖 = 𝟎  𝒙 = 𝟏
𝝏𝒙
𝝏𝒔
= 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟏𝟖𝒚 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎  𝒚 = −𝟐
𝝏𝒚
∴ Req . Point = (1, -2)
KEY: 4
4. If the origin is shifted to the point (2,-2) the equation
(𝐱 − 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝐲 + 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟗
1) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗 2) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏
3) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 -2x+6y=0 4) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
solution
Given that (h, k) = (2, -2)
x = X+2, y =Y-2
X= x - 2, Y = y +2
Transformed eqn is 𝐗 𝟐 + 𝐘 𝟐 = 𝟗
5. If the axes are rotated through an angle
𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐 ,− 𝟐
𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐞
1) (2,0) 2) (-2,0) 3) (0,2) 4) (0,-2)
solution
Given that  = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝐱 , 𝐲 = ( 𝟐, − 𝟐)

X = x cos+ y sin
𝟏 𝟏
= 𝟐. − 𝟐.
𝟐 𝟐
=0
(x, y) = ( 𝟐, − 𝟐)
Y = − x sin +y cos
𝟏 𝟏
= − 𝟐. − 𝟐.
𝟐 𝟐
= −𝟐
∴ 𝐗, 𝐘 = (𝟎, −𝟐)
KEY: 4
6. The angle of rotation of axes in order to eliminate xy term in the the
equation 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟑𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝟐
1) 𝝅/6 2) 𝝅/4 3) 𝝅/3 4) 𝝅/2

solution
Given that 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟑 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝟐

a=1, 2h = 2 𝟑, b = -1
𝟏 𝟐𝒉
 = 𝑻𝒂𝒏−𝟏
𝟐 𝒂−𝒃
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
= 𝑻𝒂𝒏−𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏
= 𝐓𝐚𝐧−𝟏 𝟑
𝟐
𝟏 𝛑
= .
𝟐 𝟑
𝛑
=
𝟔
KEY: 1
7. The angle of rotation of the axes so that the equation 𝟑x-y+1= 0
may be reduced to the form y=k, is
1) 𝝅/6 2) 𝝅/4 3) 𝝅/3 4) 𝝅/2

solution
Given that 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟏=0

−𝒂
 = 𝑻𝒂𝒏−𝟏
𝒃
− 𝟑
= 𝑻𝒂𝒏−𝟏
−𝟏
= 𝑻𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝟑
= 𝝅/3
8. If the axes are rotated through an angle
𝛂 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟
𝐱𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 − 𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 = 𝐩 𝐢𝐬
1) X =p 2) Y=p 3) X =-p 4) Y=-p
solution
Given that  = 𝜶, 𝒘𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕

−𝒙 sin + y cos =Y
− 𝒙 sin𝜶 − y cos𝜶 =Y
 The transformed eqn is Y = -p
9. The transformed equation of 4xy - 3𝐱 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞
Rotated through an angle 𝐭𝐚𝐧−𝟏 𝟐 𝐢𝐬
1) 2XY+𝒂𝟐 = 0
2) XY= 𝒂𝟐
3) 𝑿𝟐 − 𝟒𝒀𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
4) 2𝒀𝟐 − 𝑿𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 =0
Solution
Given 𝟒𝒙𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 ,  = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝟐

𝟐 𝟏
⇒ tan  = 2 sin = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 =
𝟓, 𝟓
𝐗−𝟐𝐘
x =X cos -Y sin =
𝟓
𝟐𝐗+𝐘 𝟓
x =X sin +Y cos = 2
𝟓
Transformed eqn is : 𝛉
𝐗−𝟐𝐘 𝟐𝐗+ 𝐘 𝐗−𝟐𝐘 𝟐 1

4 −𝟑 = 𝒂𝟐
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
𝟒
 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟒𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐
𝟓
𝟑
− 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱𝐲 = 𝐚𝟐
𝟓
 8𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲- 8𝐲 𝟐 − 3𝐱 𝟐 − 12𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 = 𝟓𝐚𝟐

 5𝑿𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝒀𝟐 = 𝟓 𝒂𝟐
 𝑿𝟐 − 𝟒𝒀𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
KEY: 3
1. Origin is shifted to the point (-1,-2) without changing the direction of
the axes, then (5,7) is transformed to.
1) (4, 5) 2) (6, 9) 3)(9, 6) 4) (7, 8)
solution
(h,k) = (-1,-2) (x, y) = (5,7)

(X,Y) = (x-h , y-k)
=(5+1, 7+2)
= (6, 9)
2. If (7, 5) are the coordinate of a point P in the new system when the
origin is shifted to (-5,3) then the original coordinates of P are
1) (-1, 2) 2) (1, -5) 3)(2, 8) 4) (4, 1)
solution
(x,y) = (X+h, Y+K)

= (7-5, 5+3)
= (2, 8)
3. The point to which the origin should be translated in order to make
the first degree term missing in the equation 2xy+4x-2y+7=0 is
1) (2, -1) 2) (-1, 2) 3)(1, -2) 4) (-2, 1)
solution
2xy+4x-2y+7=0
h = 1, g = 2, f = -1
−𝒇 −𝒈
(h, k) = , = 𝟏, −𝟐
𝒉 𝒉
4. The point to which the origin should be shifted to eliminate x and y
terms in the equation 14𝒙𝟐 -4xy+11𝒚𝟐 -36x+48y+41=0 is
1) (1, 3) 2) (-4, 3) 3)(-1, 2) 4) (1, -2)
solution
𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒔
= 𝟎, =𝟎
𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒙
𝟐𝟖𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
7x-y-9=0 --- (1)
-4x+22y+48 = 0
2x-11y-24=0 ---(2)
Solving (1) & (2) we get
(1, -2)
KEY: 4
5. The transformed equation of 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎 when the origin
is shifted to the point (-1,2) is
1) 𝑿𝟐 + 𝟐𝒀𝟐 = 𝟏 2) 𝑿𝟐 + 𝟑𝒀𝟐 = 𝟏
3) 𝑿𝟐 − 𝒀𝟐 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 4) 𝟒𝑿𝟐 + 𝟗𝒀𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
solution
Put x = X-1, y = Y+2

(𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 − 𝒚 + 𝟐 𝟐
+𝟐 𝒙−𝟏 +𝟒 𝒚+𝟐 =𝟎
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
6. If the axes are rotated thought an angle 𝟒𝟓𝟎 , and the point P has new
coordinates (2 𝟐, 𝟐), then the original coordinates of P are
1)(1, 3) 2)(-1, 3) 3) (3, 1) 4) (3, 3)
solution
x = Xcosθ -Ysinθ, y= X sinθ+Y cosθ
𝟐 𝟐− 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐+ 𝟐
x= , 𝐲=
𝟐 𝟐
(x, y) = (1,3)
7. The angle of rotation of axes to remove xy term in the equation
xy = 𝒄𝟐 is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟐 𝟔 𝟑 𝟐
solution
π
a =b , 𝛉 =
4
8. The angle of rotation of axes to remove xy term in the equation
𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟗 𝒚𝟐 =10 is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝟓𝝅
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟐 𝟔 𝟑 𝟏𝟐
solution
𝟏 −𝟏
𝟐𝒉
𝜽 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏
𝟐 𝒂−𝒃
𝟏 −𝟏
−𝟐 𝟑
= 𝒕𝒂𝒏
𝟐 −𝟔
𝟏 𝟏 𝝅
= 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 =
𝟐 𝟑 𝟏𝟐
KEY: 1
9. The angle of rotation of axes so that the equation x+y-6=0 may
be reduced to the form X = 3 𝟐 is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟔 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐
solution
𝒃 𝝅
𝜽 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝟏 =
𝒂 𝟒
10. The transformed equation of x cos α +y sinα = P when the
axes are rotated through an angle α is
𝟏) X = P 𝟐) Y = P 𝟑) X+P = 0 𝟒) Y +P = 0
solution
X= xcos α +ysinα
X=p
11. The transformed equation of 𝟕𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖 when the axes
π
are rotated through an angle is
3
𝟏) 𝟑𝑿𝟐 − 𝒀𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟐𝒀 − 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟐)𝟓𝑿𝟐 + 𝟑𝒀𝟐 = 𝟓
𝟑) 𝟓𝑿𝟐 + 𝟑𝒀𝟐 = 𝟒 𝟒)𝟒𝑿𝟐 + 𝟑𝒀𝟐 = 𝟔
solution
x = X cos θ -Ysin θ, y = X sin θ +Ycos θ
𝑿 − 𝟑𝒀 𝟑𝑿 + 𝒀
𝒙= ,𝒚 =
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝑿− 𝟑𝒀 𝑿− 𝟑𝒀 𝟑𝑿+𝒀 𝟑𝑿+𝒀
𝟕 +𝟐 +𝟗 =8
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟓𝑿𝟐 + 𝟑𝒀𝟐 = 𝟒
KEY: 3
12. If the transformed equation of 𝟏𝟕𝑿𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝐗𝐘 + 𝟏𝟕𝒀𝟐 = 𝟐𝟐𝟓 when
the axes are rotated through an angle 𝟒𝟓𝟎 , then the original equation
of the curve is
𝟏) 𝟐𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟐𝟓 𝟐)𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟐𝟓
𝟑) 𝟐𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟐𝟓 𝟒)𝟗𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟐𝟓
solution
X = x cos θ +ysin θ, Y= - x sin θ +ycos θ

𝒙+𝒚 −𝒙 + 𝒚
𝑿= ,𝒀 =
𝟐 𝟐
𝒙+𝒚 𝟐 𝒙+𝒚 𝒚−𝒙 𝒚−𝒙 𝟐

𝟏𝟕 − 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟐𝟐𝟓
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟐𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟐𝟓
KEY: 1
Thank you…
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𝟏. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 (− 𝟐 , 𝟐 ) and
then the co ordinate system is rotated anti clock wise through an angle
450, the point P(1, -1) in original system has new co ordinates
(TS.E - 2015)
1) ( 𝟐, −𝟐 𝟐) 2) (𝟎, −𝟐 𝟐) 3) (𝟎, −𝟐 − 𝟐) 4) (𝟎, −𝟐 + 𝟐)
solution
(x,y)= (1,-1), =450
 X Y X=(1+ 𝟐)
𝟏
+ (−𝟏 − 𝟐)
𝟏
=0
𝟐 𝟐
x-h cos -sin
𝟏 𝟏
y-k sin cos Y= − (1+ 𝟐) + (−𝟏 − 𝟐) = −𝟐 − 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
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2. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐩 𝟏, 𝟑 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢vely
(i) Reflection with respect to the line y = x
(ii) Translation through 3 units along the positive direction of
the x - axis
𝝅
(iii) Rotation through an angle of about the origin in the clock
𝟔
wise direction The final position of the point P is (E -2014)
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𝟕 −𝟓 𝟔+ 𝟑 𝟏−𝟔 𝟑
1) , 2) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟔 𝟑 −𝟏 𝟔+ 𝟑 𝟔 𝟑 +𝟏 𝟑 −𝟔
3) , 4) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
solution
(i) Reflection of (1,3) w.r.to y=x is (3, 1)
(ii)Translation through 3 units along the + ve of the x-axis is (6,1)
𝛑
(iii) After the rotation through an angle of about the origin the
𝟔
clockwise direction is
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−𝝅 −𝝅 −𝝅 −𝝅
𝟔𝒄𝒐𝒔 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 , 𝟔𝒔𝒊𝒏 + 𝒄𝒐𝒔
𝟔 𝟔 𝟔 𝟔
𝟔 𝟑 + 𝟏 −𝟔 + 𝟑
= ,
𝟐 𝟐
KEY: 4
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3. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝟑, 𝟐 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
in the order given
(i) Reflection about the line y = x
(ii) Translation by the distance 1 unit in the positive
directions of x –axis
𝛑
(iii) Rotation by an angle about the 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤
𝟒
𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (E -2012)
1) − 𝟏𝟖, 𝟏𝟖 2) − 𝟐, 𝟑
3) 0 , 𝟏𝟖 4) 0, 𝟑
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solution
(i) Reflection of (3,2) a bout y=x is (2, 3)
(ii) Translation through distance 1 unit in the positive direction of x-axis
is (3,3)
𝛑
(iii) Rotation by an angle of about the origin in the anti clockwise
𝟒
direction is
The final position of the point is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝟑 𝟑
𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔 + 𝟑𝒔𝒊𝒏 , 𝟑𝒔𝒊𝒏 + 𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔 = 𝟎, + = (𝟎, 𝟏𝟖)
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐
KEY: 3
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4. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐀 𝟐, 𝟎 , 𝐁 𝟑, 𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧
𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 of 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 ′𝐀′ 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞
𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 coordinates of ‘B’ in new position (EAMCET 2011)
1) 2, 𝟐 2) 𝟐 ,𝟐 3) 2, 𝟐 2) 𝟐, 𝟐
solution
A(2,0),B(3,1) ; slope of AB = m = tan =1
 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 =
AB = r = 𝟐 ,  = 𝟗𝟎𝟎
∴ (∠𝑿𝑶𝑩 + ∠𝑩𝑶𝑪 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 + 𝟒𝟓𝟎 = 𝟗𝟎𝟎 )

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The new coordinates of B are (𝒙𝟏 + r cos , 𝒚𝟏 + r sin  )
= 𝟐 + 𝟐. 𝟎, 𝟎 + 𝟐. 𝟏
= 𝟐, 𝟐
Y
C
𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝟗𝟎𝟎
𝟒𝟓𝟎
X
A(2, 0) KEY: 1
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5. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞
rotated through an angle 𝟑𝟔𝟎 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝟓𝑿𝟐 − 𝟒𝑿𝒀 + 𝒚𝟐 2) 𝑿𝟐 + 𝟐𝑿𝒀 − 𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
3) 𝑿𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 4) 𝑿𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
solution
Equation of the circle will not change

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𝟔. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 = 𝟐 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞
coordinatre axes are rotated through an angle of 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝐢𝐬
(EAMCET 2008)
1) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 2) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
3) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 4) 𝒙𝟐 +𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
solution
Given 3𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚 = 𝟐, 𝜽= 𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝑿−𝒀
𝐱 = 𝐗𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟒𝟓𝟎 − 𝒀𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓𝟎 =
𝟐
𝑿+𝒀
𝐲 = 𝐗𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓𝟎 − 𝒀𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟒𝟓𝟎 =
𝟐
The Transformed equation is :
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𝑿−𝒀 𝟐 𝑿+ 𝒀 𝟐 𝑿−𝒀 𝑿+ 𝒀
𝟑 +𝟑 +𝟐 =2
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
 𝟑 𝑿𝟐 + 𝒀𝟐 + 𝑿𝟐 − 𝒀𝟐 = 𝟐
 4𝑿𝟐 + 𝟐𝒀𝟐 = 𝟐
 2𝑿𝟐 + 𝒀𝟐 = 𝟏
KEY: 2
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𝟕. 𝐈𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
2𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝟐𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧
is to be shifted is (EAMCET 2007)
1) (1, -3) 2) (2, 3) 3) (-2, 3) 4) (1, 3)
solution
Given : 2𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝟓𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝟐𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝒅𝒔
= 𝟎 , 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 … (𝟏)
𝒅𝒙
𝒅𝒔
= 𝟎 , 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎 … (𝟐)
𝒅𝒚
Solving (1) and (2) 6y = 18  y = 3 ,x= -2
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Required point (-2,3)
(or)
𝐡𝐟 − 𝐛𝐠 𝐠𝐡 − 𝐚𝐟
,
𝐚𝐛 − 𝐡𝟐 𝐚𝐛 − 𝐡𝟐
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 = 𝟐, 𝐡 = 𝟐, 𝐛 = 𝟓, 𝐠 = −𝟐,
𝐟 = −𝟏𝟏
= (−𝟐, 𝟑)
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𝟖. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱𝐲 = 𝟏𝟎 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 the axes
𝛑
are rotated through an angle is (EAMCET 2006)
𝟒
1) 15𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 3𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
2) 15𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟒𝐱𝐲 −3𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
3) 15𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟒𝐱𝐲 +3𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
4) 15𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝐱𝐲 −3𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
solution
𝝅
Given 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝟖𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎, 𝜽 =
𝟒
𝑿−𝒀 𝑿+𝒀
𝐱= ,𝐲 =
𝟐 𝟐
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The transformed equation is
𝑿−𝒀 𝟐 𝑿−𝒀 𝑿+𝒀 𝑿+𝒀 𝟐
+𝟔 +𝟖 = 𝟏𝟎
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝟔 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎
 15𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟒𝒙𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎
KEY:3
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𝟗. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬
𝐨𝐟 𝟒, −𝟑 𝐚𝐫𝐞 (𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐂𝐄𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑)
𝟏 𝟕 𝟏 −𝟕 −𝟏 −𝟕 −𝟏 𝟕
1) , 2) , 3) , 4) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
solution
Given (X, Y) =(4,-3),  = 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎

−𝟏
x = 4cos𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎 + 𝟑𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎 =
𝟐
𝟕
y = 4s𝐢𝐧𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎 − 𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎 =
𝟐
−𝟏 𝟕
Required point = ,
𝟐 𝟐
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𝟏𝟎. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞
𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐, 𝟒 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐥𝐝
System are (EAMCET 2002)
1) (1 - 2 𝟐, 1 +2 𝟐, )
2) (1 + 2 𝟐, 1 − 2 𝟐, )
3) (2 𝟐 , 𝟐 )
4) (2 , 𝟐 )
solution
Given: (x , y) = ( 𝟐, 𝟒) 𝜽 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎
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𝟏 𝟏
𝐱 = 𝐗𝐜𝐨𝐬 − 𝒀𝒔𝒊𝒏 = 𝟐 . − 𝟒. = 𝟏 − 𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
y= 𝐗𝒔𝒊𝒏 + 𝒀𝒄𝒐𝒔 = 𝟐 . + 𝟒. = 𝟏 + 𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
Required point (𝟏 − 𝟐 𝟐 , 𝟏 + 𝟐 𝟐 )
KEY: 1
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𝟏𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫
clockwise direction through an angle of 𝟔𝟎𝟎 . If p and q are intercepts
𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝
𝟏 𝟏
𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏,Then 𝟐 + 𝟐 =
𝐩 𝐪
1) 2 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8
solution
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
We know that + = +
𝒑𝟐 𝒒𝟐 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
Put a = 1 , b=1
𝟏 𝟏
 + =𝟐
𝒑𝟐 𝒒𝟐
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1𝟏. 𝐓he point (2, 3) reflected in y=x and then translated ‘2’ units along
positive x-axis then the co-ordinates of transformed point are
(AP. E- 2015)
1) (5,4) 2) (2,3) 3) (5,2) 4) (4,5)
solution
P(2,3) reflection in y = x is (3,2)
2 units along positive x – axis is (3+2, 2) = (5,2)

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Thank you…
STRAIGHT LINES LEVEL-I
STRAIGHT LINES
1. Inclination of a line bisecting an angle between the co –ordinate
axes is
𝛑 𝛑 𝟑𝛑 𝛑 𝟑𝛑
𝟏) 𝟎 𝐨𝐫 𝟐) 𝐨𝐫 𝟑) 𝐨𝐫 𝟒) 𝟎 𝐨𝐫 𝛑
𝟐 𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲 = ±𝐱
m= ±𝟏
𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎
𝐦 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝛉 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝐦 = −𝟏 ⇒ 𝛉 = 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎
𝛑 𝟑𝛑
(𝐨𝐫)
𝟒 𝟒
2. The inclination of the line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝛑 𝟐𝛑 𝛑 𝟓𝛑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑 𝟔 𝟔
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐲 = − 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐦=− 𝟑
𝐭𝐚𝐧 = − 𝟑
𝟐𝛑
= 𝐭𝐚𝐧(𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎 ) =
𝟑
3. Slope of a Straight line passing through (𝐚𝐭 𝟏 𝟐, 𝟐𝐚𝐭 𝟏 ), (𝐚𝐭 𝟐 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 𝟐 )
is
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝐭𝟏 + 𝐭𝟐 𝐭𝟏 − 𝐭𝟐 𝐭𝟏𝐭𝟐 𝐭𝟏 + 𝐭𝟐
Solution :
𝐏(𝐚𝐭 𝟏 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 𝟏 )
𝐐(𝐚𝐭 𝟐 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 𝟐 )
𝟐𝐚(𝐭 𝟐− 𝐭 𝟏)
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐏𝐐 =
𝐚(𝐭 𝟐 − 𝐭 𝟏 )(𝐭 𝟐 + 𝐭 𝟏)
𝟐
=
𝐭𝟏 + 𝐭𝟐
4. The medians AD and BE of the triangle with vertices A(0,b) ,
B(0,0) and C(a,0) are mutually perpendicular (a, b >0) if
𝟏) 𝒃 = 𝟐𝒂 𝟐) 𝒂 = 𝟐𝒃 𝟑) 𝒃 = − 𝟐𝒂 𝟒) 𝒂 = − 𝒃
Solution :
A(0,b)
E
F
D
𝐀𝐃 ⊥ 𝐁𝐄
B(0,0) C(a,0)
𝐚
𝐃= 𝟎
𝟐
𝐚 𝐛
𝐄=
𝟐 𝟐
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐀𝐁 . 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐁𝐄 = −𝟏
𝐛−𝟎 𝐛/𝟐
= −𝟏
−𝐚/𝟐 𝐚/𝟐
−𝟐𝐛 𝐛
. = −𝟏
𝐚 𝐚
𝟐𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 Key : 2
𝐚 = 𝟐𝐛
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱 𝐲
5. The slope of the line + −𝟏 +𝐤 + − 𝟏 = 0 is -1 , then
𝐚 𝐛 𝐛 𝐚
the value of ‘k’ is
𝟏) − 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution :
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱 𝐲
+ −𝟏 +𝐤 + −𝟏 =𝟎
𝐚 𝐛 𝐛 𝒂
𝟏 𝐤
− +
𝐚 𝐛
𝐦= = −𝟏
𝟏 𝐤
+
𝐛 𝐚
𝟏 𝒌 𝟏 𝒌
+ = +
𝒂 𝒃 𝒃 𝒂
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
− =𝒌 −
𝒂 𝒃 𝒂 𝒃
𝒌 = +𝟏
Key : 1
6. If the line represented by 𝟐 − 𝟏 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 is horizontal
then the value of  is
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑) − 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
𝟐 − 𝟏 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 ⇒ 𝐦 = 𝟎
−(𝟐 − 𝟏)
=𝟎

𝟏
=
𝟐
7. If the line represented by  + 𝟏 𝐱 − 𝟑 + 𝟐 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is vertical
line then  =
−𝟐 −𝟑 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) − 𝟏 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟐 𝟑
Solution :
 + 𝟏 𝐱 − (𝟑  + 𝟐)𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟏
𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 ⇒ 𝐦 = 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝
𝟎
− +𝟏
=𝐦
− 𝟑 + 𝟐
−𝟐
𝟑 + 𝟐 = 𝟎  =
𝟑
8. Equation of the line dividing the joining the points (1,1) and
(2,4) in the ratio 1: 2 and having slope 11 is
𝟏) 𝟑𝟑𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝟑𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝟑𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟑𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝟑𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟑𝟖 = 𝟎
Solution :
p
A(1, 1) 1 :2 B(2, 4)
𝟐+𝟐 𝟒+𝟐 𝟒
𝐩= , = ,𝟐
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏(𝐱 − 𝟒/𝟑)
𝟑𝐲 − 𝟔 = 𝟑𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝟒
𝟑𝟑𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑𝟖 = 𝟎
Key : 2
9. A (-1, 3), B (-3, 5) and C(7, -9) are the vertices of a triangle then the
median of the triangle through C is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟑𝐱 + 𝟗𝐲 − 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟑𝐱 − 𝟗𝐲 − 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟏𝟑𝐱 + 𝟗𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟏𝟑𝐱 − 𝟗𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎
Solution :
A(-1, 3)
F
(-2, 4)
B(-3, 5) C(7, -9)

𝟒+𝟗
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐂𝐅 =
−𝟐 − 𝟕
𝟏𝟑
=
−𝟗
𝟏𝟑
𝐲+𝟗= (𝐱 − 𝟕)
−𝟗
𝟗𝐲 + 𝟖𝟏 = −𝟏𝟑𝐱 + 𝟗𝟏
𝟏𝟑𝐱 + 𝟗𝐲 − 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎
Key : 1
10. The equation of perpendicular bisector of the segment joining
(4,-1), (2,3) is
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution :
A(4, -1) (3, 1) B(2, 3)
(x-1)
𝟑+𝟏
𝐦= = −𝟐
−𝟐
−𝟏
𝐲+𝟏 = × (𝐱 − 𝟏)
−𝟐
𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝐱 − 𝟏
𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Key : 3
11. If (- 4 ,5) is one vertex and 7x-y+8 = 0 is one diagonal of a
square , then the equation of the second diagonal is
1) 𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟑𝟏 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 4) 𝟕𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟑𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝟕𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟖 = 𝟎
−𝟏
7
𝟕
(-4,5)
−𝟏
(𝐲 − 𝟓) = (𝐱 + 𝟒)
𝟕
𝟕𝐲 − 𝟑𝟓 = −𝐱 − 𝟒
𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟑𝟏 = 𝟎
Key : 1
12. A (-1, 1) , B (5, 3) are opposite vertices of a square. The equation
of the other diagonal (not passing through A, B) of the square is
1) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 2) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
3) 𝐲 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution :
B(5, 3)
D
-3
p C
A(-1, 1)
𝟑−𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁 = = =
𝟓+𝟏 𝟔 𝟑
𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁 = 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐂
𝟑+𝟏 𝟓−𝟏
𝐩= ,
𝟐 𝟐
𝐩 = 𝟐, 𝟐
𝐄𝐪 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐃 𝐲 − 𝟐 = −𝟑(𝐱 − 𝟐)
𝐲 − 𝟐 = −𝟑𝐱 + 𝟔
𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 Key : 3
13 . One side of a rectangle lies along the line 4x+7y+5 = 0 . Two of its
vertices are (-3,1) and (1,1). Then the equation of the other sides
are
1) 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎, 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
2) 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎, 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
3) 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
4) 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution : p C(1,1)
B 4x+7y+5=0
A(-3,1)
−𝟒
Slope AB =
𝟕
−𝟒
𝐄𝐪 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐃 𝐲 − 𝟏 = (𝐱 − 𝟏)
𝟕
𝟕𝐲 − 𝟕 = −𝟒𝐱 + 𝟒
𝟒𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟕
𝐄𝐪 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐃 𝐲 − 𝟏 = (𝐱 + 𝟑)
𝟒
𝟒𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟐𝟏
𝟕𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟕
𝐄𝐪 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐂 𝐲 − 𝟏 = (𝐱 − 𝟏)
𝟒
𝟒𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟕
𝟕𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Key : 1
14 . If (3, -1) , (2, 4), (-5, 7) are the mid points of the sides
𝐁𝐂, 𝐂𝐀, 𝐀𝐁 of triangle ABC . Then the equation of the side
𝐂𝐀, is
1) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
2) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟔 = 𝟎
4) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐀𝐂 ∕∕ 𝐃𝐅
𝟕+𝟏 −𝟖
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐀𝐂 = = = −𝟏
−𝟓 − 𝟑 𝟖
𝐄𝐪 𝐀𝐂 𝐲 − 𝟒 = −𝟏(𝐱 − 𝟐)
𝐲 − 𝟒 = −𝐱 + 𝟐 A
𝐱+𝐲−𝟔= 𝟎
F(-5, 7)
E(2, 4)
B D(3, -1) C
Key : 3
15 . The equation of the st . line whose slope is 4 and y-intercept is -2 is
1) 4𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 2) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
3) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 4) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐦=𝟒
𝐜 = −𝟐
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐜
𝐲 = 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐
𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝛑
16 . The equation of the st . line whose inclination is and
𝟒
x- intercept is 4 is
1) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝛑
=
𝟒
𝐦 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 = 𝟏
𝐱 − 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 = 𝟏
𝐲 = 𝐦(𝐱 − 𝐚)
𝐲 = 𝟏(𝐱 − 𝟒)
𝐲= 𝐱−𝟒
𝐱−𝐲−𝟒 =𝟎
Key : 3
17 . The equation of the st . line having equal intercepts and passing
through (3,5 ) is
1) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 2) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒙 𝒚
+ =𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
𝒙+𝒚=𝒂 8 (3, 5)
𝟑+𝟓=𝒂
𝒂=𝟖
8
18 . The intercepts a , b of a st . line on the co-ordinate axes are given
by a + b = 5, ab = 6 then the equation of the line is
1) 2𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟔 2) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟔 = 𝟎
3) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 4) 2𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒙 𝒚
+ =𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟓, 𝒂𝒃 = 𝟔
(𝒂 − 𝒃)𝟐 = (𝒂 + 𝒃)𝟐 −𝟒𝒂𝒃
= 𝟐𝟓 − 𝟐𝟒
𝐚−𝐛=𝟏
𝐚+𝐛=𝟓
𝟐𝐚 = 𝟔
𝐚=𝟑 𝐛=𝟐
𝐱 𝐲
+ =𝟏
𝟑 𝟐
𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟔 = 𝟎
Key : 2
19 . The intercepts of the st . line passing through the points (1,2) and
(-4,3) are
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
𝟏) 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟏, 𝟏𝟏 𝟑) − 𝟏𝟏, −𝟏 𝟒) − 𝟏𝟏, −
𝟓 𝟓
Solution :
𝐀(𝟏, 𝟐) 𝐁(−𝟒, 𝟑)
𝟑−𝟐
𝐲−𝟐 = (𝒙 − 𝟏)
−𝟒 − 𝟏
−𝟓𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝐱 − 𝟏
𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒙 𝒚
+ =𝟏
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏/𝟓
𝟏𝟏
𝟏𝟏,
𝟓
Key : 1
20. The length of the portion of the st . line 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
intercepted between the co-ordinate axes is
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒)𝟏
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐
𝐱 𝐲 3
+ =𝟏 A
𝟒 −𝟑
-3
𝐀𝐁 𝟐 = 𝐎𝐀𝟐 + 𝐎𝐁 𝟐
𝐀𝐁 = 𝟓 B
𝟏 𝟏
21. A st . line passes through the fixed point , .The sum of the
𝐤 𝐤
reciprocals of its intercepts on the coordinate axes is
1) 𝟐/𝐤 2) 𝐤/𝟐 3) 𝐤 4) 𝐤/𝟑
Solution :
𝟏 𝟏
,
𝒌 𝒌
𝒙 𝒚
+ =𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝒌+𝒌=𝟏 + =𝒌
𝒂 𝒃 𝒂 𝒃
22. The equation of the line whose y –intercept is 4/5 and which is
perpendicular to 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
1) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 2) 𝟏𝟎𝐱 − 𝟏𝟓𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
3) 𝟐𝟖𝐱 − 𝟐𝟏𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 4) 𝟐𝟎𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝟒
𝐂=
𝟓
𝟓𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
−𝟓
𝐦=
𝟐
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 = 𝟐/𝟓
𝟐 𝟒
𝐲= 𝐱+
𝟓 𝟓
𝟓𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒
𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Key : 1
23. A line passing through (-4, 3) have intercepts on the axes equal in
magnitude but opposite in sign then the area of the triangle formed
by the line with the co –ordinate axes in square units
𝟒𝟗 𝟐𝟓 𝟒𝟗 𝟒𝟗
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟖 𝟔 𝟒 𝟐
Solution :
B
(-4, 3)
A
O
𝐎𝐀 = 𝐎𝐁
𝐎𝐀𝐁 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐚, −𝐚
𝐱 𝐲
+ =𝟏 𝐱−𝐲=𝐚
𝐚 −𝐚
−𝟒 − 𝟑 = 𝐚
𝐚 = −𝟕
𝟕, −𝟕
𝐱−𝐲= 𝟕
𝟏 𝟒𝟗
 = |𝟕. 𝟕| = 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬
𝟐 𝟐 Key : 4
24. The equation of the line parallel to the line 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 and
making a triangle of area 6 square units with co-ordinate axes is
1) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
2) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 ± 𝟔 = 𝟎
3) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 ± 𝟔 = 𝟎
4) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 ± 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝐱 𝐲
+ =𝟏
−𝟕/𝟑 −𝟕
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐲 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
𝐤𝟐
= =𝟔
𝟐|𝟑. 𝟏| -7/3 O
A -7
𝐤𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔 B
𝐤 = ±𝟔
𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 ± 𝟔 = 𝟎
Key : 3
25. If the area of the triangle formed by the lines 𝒚 = 𝟎, 𝒙 = 𝟎 ,
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝒂 (a > 0) is 1 , then a =
1) 𝟔 𝟐)𝟐 𝟔 3) 𝟒 𝟔 4) 𝟔 𝟐
Solution :
𝐚𝟐
∆= =𝟏
𝟐|𝟑. 𝟒|
𝐚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒 a/4
𝒂 = ±𝟐 𝟔
0 a/3
𝒂=𝟐 𝟔
26. The area of the triangle formed by the line 𝐱𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝐩 with
1) 𝐩𝟐 |𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐𝛂| 2) 𝐩𝟐 |𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐𝛂| 3) 𝐩𝟐 |𝐬𝐞𝐜𝟐𝛂| 4) 𝐩𝟐 |𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝟐𝛂|
Solution :
𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂=p
𝐜𝟐 𝐩𝟐
= = 𝐩𝟐|𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝟐𝛂|
𝟐|𝐚𝐛| 𝟐|𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂. 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂|
27. The area of the triangle is 5 square unit . Two of its vertices are
(2,1), (3,-2) and third vertex lies on the line 𝒚 = 𝒙 + 𝟑 The third
vertex can be
𝟕 𝟏𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟕 𝟏𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏)( , ) 2)( , ) 𝟑)( , − ) 4)(− , )
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
𝟏 𝒙𝟏 − 𝒙𝟐 𝒙𝟏 − 𝒙𝟑
𝟐 𝒚𝟏 − 𝒚𝟐 𝒚𝟏 − 𝒚𝟑 = 5
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟐−𝜶
=5
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟐 − 𝜶
𝟐+𝜶 − (𝟔 − 𝟑𝜶) = 𝟏𝟎
A(2,1)
𝟒𝜶 − 𝟒 = 𝟏𝟎
𝟒(𝛂 − 𝟏) = ±𝟏𝟎
𝟓 𝟓
𝜶 = + 𝟏, − +𝟏 C(𝜶, 𝜷)
𝟐 𝟐 B(3,-2) (𝜶, 𝜶 + 𝟑)
𝟕 −𝟑 𝒀=𝒙+𝟑
𝜶= ,
𝟐 𝟐
−𝟑 𝟑
𝑪= ,
𝟐 𝟐 Key : 4
28. A straight line L is perpendicular to the line 𝟓𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟏 . The area
of the triangle formed by the line L and coordinate axes is 5. The
equation of the Line L is
1) 𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = ±𝟓 𝟐
2) 𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = ±𝟐 𝟓
3) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝐲 = ±𝟓 𝟐
4) 𝟓 𝐱 − 𝐲 = ±𝟐 𝟓
Solution :
𝟓𝐱−𝐲−𝟏= 𝟎
⊥ 𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬
−𝟏 𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
−𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
𝐤𝟐
△= =𝟓
𝟐 −𝟏. −𝟓
𝐤 𝟐 = 𝟓𝟎
𝐤 = ±𝟓 𝟐
−𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + ±𝟓 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = ±𝟓 𝟐
Key : 1
29. A line passing through (3,4) meets the axes OX and OY at A and B
respectively. The minimum area of the triangle OAB in square units
is
1) 8 2 ) 16 3) 24 4) 32
Solution :
B(0, b)
p(3, 4)
A(a, 0)
O
𝚫 𝐎𝐀𝐁 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 ⇒ 𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐃
𝐚 𝐛
, = (𝟑, 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐
𝐚 = 𝟔, 𝐛 = 𝟖
𝟏
∆𝐎𝐀𝐁 = 𝟔. 𝟖 = 𝟐𝟒 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬
𝟐
Key : 3
30. The equation of the line which is 10 units from the origin and the
𝛑
normal from the origin to it makes an angle with x-axis in the
𝟒
positive direction is
1) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟎
2 ) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐𝟎
3 ) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 𝟐 = 𝟎
4 ) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟎 𝟐
Solution :
𝛑
𝛂= 𝐏 = 𝟏𝟎 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝐏
𝟒
𝛑 𝛑
𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧 = 𝟏𝟎
𝟒 𝟒
𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟎 𝟐
10
𝛑
𝟒 Key : 4
31. The normal form of line 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐 is
𝛑 𝛑
1) 𝐱 𝐒𝐢𝐧 + 𝐲𝐂𝐨𝐬 = 𝟏
𝟒 𝟒
𝛑 𝛑
2) 𝐱 𝐂𝐨𝐬 + 𝐲𝐒𝐢𝐧 = 𝟏
𝟒 𝟒
𝟑𝛑 𝟑𝛑
3) 𝐱 𝐂𝐨𝐬 − 𝐲𝐒𝐢𝐧 = 𝟏
𝟒 𝟒
𝛑 𝛑
4) 𝐱 𝐂𝐨𝐬 − 𝐲𝐒𝐢𝐧 = 𝟏
𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
𝐱+𝐲= 𝟐
𝐱+𝐲
=𝟏
𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
𝒙+ 𝐲=𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
𝛑 𝛑
𝐱 𝐂𝐨𝐬 + 𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐧 = 𝟏
𝟒 𝟒
Key : 2
32 . A straight line passes through (4,5) and makes an angle 𝟔𝟎𝟎 with
x – axis in the positive direction. Its equation in the symmetric form
is
1) (𝒙 − 𝟒)/ 𝟑 = (𝒚 + 𝟓)
2) (𝒙 − 𝟒)/ 𝟑 = 𝟓 − 𝒚
3)(𝒙 + 𝟒)/ 𝟑 = 𝒚 + 𝟓
4) 𝒙 − 𝟒 = (𝒚 − 𝟓)/ 𝟑
Solution :
𝛉 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝒙 − 𝒙𝟏 𝒚 − 𝒚 𝟏
=
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝛉 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝛉
𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 = (𝟒, 𝟓)
𝐱−𝟒 𝐲−𝟓
=
𝟏/𝟐 𝟑/𝟐
𝐲−𝟓
𝐱−𝟒=
𝟑
Key : 4
33 . A line makes intercepts a , b on the co -ordinate axes . Then the axes
are rotated through a certain angle. In the new system the above
line makes intercepts p , q on the new axes. Then
1) 𝒂𝒃 = 𝒑𝒒
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟐) + = +
𝒂 𝒃 𝒑 𝒒
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟑) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐 + 𝟐
𝒂 𝒃 𝒑 𝒒
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟒) 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟐 − 𝟐
𝒂 𝒃 𝒑 𝒒
Solution :
⊥ 𝐞𝐫 distance from (0,0) to the st . lines in two systems are equal

𝐱 𝐲
+ = 𝟏 → 𝐨𝐥𝐝
𝐚 𝐛
𝐱 𝐲
+ = 𝟏 → 𝐧𝐞𝐰
𝐩 𝐪
𝟏 𝟏
=
𝟏/𝐚 𝟐 + 𝟏/𝐛 𝟐 𝟏/𝐩 𝟐 + 𝟏/𝐪 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 Key : 3
+ = +
𝐩𝟐 𝐪𝟐 𝐚𝟐 𝐛 𝟐
34 . If A (5,-3), B (-3,-2), C(9,12) then the length of the altitude from A
to the side 𝐁𝐂 of ∆ 𝐀𝐁𝐂 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝟔𝟐/ 𝟖𝟓 2) 𝟐𝟏/ 𝟏𝟎𝟔 3) 𝟔𝟔/ 𝟒𝟏 4) 𝟗𝟐/ 𝟒𝟑

Solution :
A (5,-3)
B (-3,-2) C (9,12)
Eq 𝐁𝐂
𝟏𝟒
𝐲+𝟐= (𝐱 + 𝟑)
𝟏𝟐
𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟐𝟏
𝟕𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
|𝟑𝟓 + 𝟏𝟖 + 𝟗|
𝐀𝐁 =
𝟒𝟗 + 𝟑𝟔
𝟔𝟐
=
𝟖𝟓 Key : 1
35. Two parallel lines make intercepts a , b on x, y axes respectively then
the distance between the line is
𝐚 𝟐𝐛
𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐛
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝐚 + 𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
Solution :
𝟏 𝟏 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
𝐚𝐛 = 𝟐 .𝐝
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
= .𝐝
𝟐 𝟐
𝐚𝐛
𝐝=
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
36. If the distances from the points (6,-2) and (3,4) to the lines 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲
= 𝟏𝟐, 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐 are 𝐝𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝟐 respectively then
𝐝𝟏 ∶ 𝐝𝟐
1) 2 :3 2) 4 : 5 3) 3: 7 4) 1: 2
Solution :
|𝟒 𝟔 + 𝟑 −𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐|
𝐝𝟏 =
𝟒𝟐 + 𝟑𝟐
|𝟐𝟒 − 𝟔 − 𝟏𝟐|
𝐝𝟏 =
𝟓
𝟔
𝐝𝟏 =
𝟓
|𝟒 𝟑 − 𝟑 𝟒 − 𝟏𝟐| 𝟏𝟐
𝐝𝟐 = =
𝟒𝟐 + 𝟑𝟐 𝟓
𝟔 𝟏𝟐
𝐝 𝟏 : 𝐝𝟐 = ∶ =𝟏∶𝟐
𝟓 𝟓
Key : 4
37. The equation of the line which is parallel to 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 and
𝟓𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 and lying midway between them is
1) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
2) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
3) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
4) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐜𝟏 + 𝐜𝟐
a𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + =𝟎
𝟐
5𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟏+𝟕
5𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + =𝟎
𝟐
5𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Key : 3
38. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
𝐱 𝐲
+ = 𝟏 𝐢𝐬
𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛂 𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛂
1) |𝒑 sin 𝟐𝜶| 2) |𝒑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝜶| 3) |𝒑 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝜶| 4) |𝒑|
Solution :
𝐱 𝐲
+ =𝟏
𝐩 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛂 𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛂
𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝛂 = 𝒑
⊥ 𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟎, 𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬
| − 𝒑|
𝒅= 𝒅 = |𝒑|
𝟐 𝟐
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜶 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜶
39. The nearest point on the line 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 from the origin is
1) (2,1) 2) (2,-1) 3) (-2,1) 4) (-2,-1)
Solution :
𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
By verification
|𝟒 − 𝟏 + 𝟓| 𝟖
𝟏) =
𝟓 𝟓
|𝟒 + 𝟏 + 𝟓| 𝟏𝟎
𝟐) =
𝟓 𝟓
| − 𝟒 − 𝟏 + 𝟓|
𝟑) =𝟎
𝟓
| − 𝟒 + 𝟏 + 𝟓| 𝟐
𝟒) =
𝟓 𝟓
Key : 3
40. The points A(2,1) ,B(3,-1), C(1,-3) are given. The pair of points
which are on the same side of the line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 are
1) (B,C) 2) A, B
3) A, C 4) Cannot be determined
Solution :
A(2, 1) B(3, -1) C(1, -3)
𝐋 = 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟕
𝐋(𝟐,𝟏) = 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟕
𝐋(𝟐,𝟏) = 𝟔 + 𝟒 + 𝟕
= 𝟏𝟕
𝐋(𝟑,−𝟏) = 𝟗 − 𝟒 + 𝟕
= 𝟏𝟐
𝐋(𝟏,−𝟑) = 𝟑 − 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟕
= −𝟐
A(2, 1) , B(3,-1) are same side of the line
Key : 2
41. If the line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 is denoted by L, then the points
(2,-5) (-5,2)
1) lie on L
2) lie on same side of L
3) lie on opposite sides of L
4) equidistant from L
Solution :
𝐋 = 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟖
𝐋(𝟐,−𝟓) = 𝟑(𝟐) + 𝟒(−𝟓) − 𝟖
= 𝟔 − 𝟐𝟎 − 𝟖
𝐋(−𝟓,𝟐) = 𝟑(−𝟓) + 𝟒(𝟐) − 𝟖
= −𝟏𝟓 < 𝟎
Lie on same side of ‘L’
Key : 2
42. If the lines 2𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐚𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
are concurrent then a =
1) 4 2) 0 3) -4 4) Any real number
Solution :
𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒂𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝟏 −𝟏
𝒂 𝟑 −𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑 𝟐 −𝟐
𝟐 −𝟔 + 𝟔 − 𝟏 −𝟐𝐚 + 𝐚 − 𝟏 𝟐𝐚 − 𝐚 = 𝟎
𝟎 + 𝟐𝐚 − 𝐚 − 𝟐𝐚 + 𝐚 = 𝟎
𝟎=𝟎
a is any real number
Key : 4
43. The condition that the three different lines 𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎,
𝒃𝒙 + 𝒄𝒚 + 𝒂 = 𝟎 , 𝒄𝒙 + 𝒂𝒚 + 𝒃 = 𝟎 to be concurrent is
1) 𝒂 = 𝒃 = 𝒄 2) 𝒂 + 𝒃 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
3) 𝒂 + 𝒃 + 𝒄 ≠ 𝟎 4) 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝒄
Solution :
𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
𝐛 𝐜 𝐚 =𝟎 ⇒ 𝐚+𝐛+𝐜= 𝟎
𝐜 𝐚 𝐛
44. The family of lines given by 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐤 𝐱 + 𝟑 − 𝟓𝐤 𝐲 +
(𝟒 − 𝟏𝟑𝐤) = 𝟎 concurrent at the point
1) (1,-2) 2) (1,2) 3) (2,-1) 4) (2,3)
Solution :
𝟐 + 𝟑𝐤 𝐱 + 𝟑 − 𝟓𝐤 𝐲 + 𝟒 − 𝟏𝟑𝐤 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟒 𝐤 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
By solving 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 3𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
3 4 2 3
-5 -13 3 -5
𝐱 𝐲 𝟏
= =
−𝟑𝟗 + 𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟐𝟔 −𝟏𝟎 − 𝟗
𝐱 𝐲 𝟏
= =
−𝟏𝟗 𝟑𝟖 −𝟏𝟗
(x , y) = (1,-2)
Key : 1
45. If a, b, c are in A . P then the lines represented by
𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 are concurrent at the point
1) (1,2) 2)(2,4) 3) (-2,1) 4) (1,-2)
Solution :
𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 ⟶ 𝐀. 𝐏
𝟐𝐛 = 𝐚 + 𝐜
𝐚+𝐜
𝐛=
𝟐
𝐚+𝐜
𝐚𝐱 + 𝐲+𝐜=𝟎
𝟐
𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝐚𝐲 + 𝐜𝐲 + 𝟐𝐜 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝐲(𝐚 + 𝐜) + 𝟐𝐜 = 𝟎
𝐚(𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲) + 𝐜(𝐲 + 𝟐) = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎, 𝐲+𝟐=𝟎
𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝐲 = −𝟐
(𝟏, −𝟐)
Key : 4
46. The lines 𝐩 − 𝐪 𝐱 + 𝐪 − 𝐫 𝐲 + 𝐫 − 𝐩 = 𝟎 , 𝐪 − 𝐫 𝐱 + 𝐫 − 𝐩 𝐲
+ 𝐩 − 𝐪 = 𝟎 , (𝐫 − 𝐩) 𝐱 + (𝐩 − 𝐪) 𝐲 + (𝐪 − 𝐫) = 𝟎
1) Form an equilaterial triangle
2) Form an Isosceles triangle
3) Concurrent
4) Form a right angled triangle
Solution :
(𝐩 − 𝐪)𝐱 + (𝐪 − 𝐫)𝐲 + (𝐫 − 𝐩) = 𝟎
(𝐪 − 𝐫)𝐱 + (𝐫 − 𝐩)𝐲 + (𝐩 − 𝐪) = 𝟎
(𝐫 − 𝐩)𝐱 + (𝐩 − 𝐪)𝐲 + (𝐪 − 𝐫) = 𝟎
𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟎𝐱 + 𝟎𝐲 + 𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟎=𝟎
Given lines are concurrent
Key : 3
47. If p , q , r are distinct , then (𝐪 − 𝐫)𝐱 + (𝐫 − 𝐩)𝐲 + (𝐩 − 𝐪) = 𝟎 and
(𝐪𝟑 − 𝐫 𝟑) +(𝐫 𝟑 − 𝐩𝟑 )y + (𝐩𝟑 − 𝐪𝟑 )=0 represents the same line if
1) 𝐩 + 𝐪 + 𝐫 = 𝟎
2) 𝐩 = 𝐪 = 𝐫 = 𝟎
3) 𝐩𝟐 + 𝐪𝟐 + 𝐫 𝟐 = 𝟎
4) 𝐩𝟑 + 𝐪𝟑 + 𝐫 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐪𝟑 − 𝐫 𝟑 𝐫 𝟑 − 𝐩𝟑 𝐩𝟑 − 𝐪𝟑
= =
𝐪−𝐫 𝐫−𝐩 𝐩−𝐪
𝐪𝟐 + 𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐪𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐩𝟐 + 𝐫𝐩 = 𝐩𝟐 + 𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐩𝐪
𝐪𝟐 + 𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐪𝐫 = 𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐩𝟐 + 𝐫𝐩
𝐪𝐫 − 𝐫𝐩 = 𝐩𝟐 − 𝐪𝟐
−𝐫(𝐪 − 𝐩) = (𝐩 − 𝐪) (𝐩 + 𝐪)
𝐩+𝐪+𝐫= 𝟎
Key : 1
48. If the lines 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎, 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐜𝐲 + 𝐚 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝐜𝐱 + 𝐚𝐲 + 𝐛 = 𝟎 (𝐚 ≠ 𝐛 ≠ 𝐜 ) are concurrent then the point of
concurrency is
1) (0, 0) 2) (1, 1) 3) (2, 2) 4 ) (-1, -1)
Solution :
By verification (1, 1) satisfies all the lines

point of concurrency is (1,1)
49. If 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐱 𝟐 , 𝐱 𝟑 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝟏 , 𝐲𝟐 , 𝐲𝟑 are in G .P with same common ratio, then
the points P(𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟏 ) , Q(𝐱 𝟐 𝐲𝟐 ), R(𝐱 𝟑 𝐲𝟑 )
1) They lie on straight line
2) They form a triangle
3) They on a circle
4 ) Are concurrent
Solution :
𝐱 𝟐 = 𝐱 𝟏𝐫 𝐲𝟐 = 𝐲𝟏 𝐫
𝐱 𝟑 = 𝐱 𝟐𝐫 = 𝐱 𝟏 𝐫 𝟐 𝐲𝟑 = 𝐲𝟐 𝐫 = 𝐲𝟏 𝐫 𝟐
P(𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟏 ) Q(𝐱 𝟏 𝐫 𝐲𝟏 𝐫) R (𝐱𝟏 𝐫 𝟐 𝐲𝟏 𝐫 𝟐 )
𝐲𝟏 𝐫 − 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟏 (𝐫 − 𝟏)
Slope of PQ = =
𝐱 𝟏𝐫 − 𝐱 𝟏 𝐱 𝟏 (𝐫 − 𝟏)
𝐱 𝟏𝐫 𝟐 − 𝐲𝟏 𝐫 𝐲𝟏 𝐫(𝐫 − 𝟏)
Slope of QR = =
𝐱 𝟏 𝐫 𝟐 − 𝐱 𝟏 𝐫 𝐱 𝟏 𝐫(𝐫 − 𝟏)
𝐲𝟏
=
𝐱𝟏
P, Q, R are collinear
Key : 1
50. Equation of the line belonging to the system 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟖 + 𝛌(𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲
+ 𝟏) = 𝟎 and having equal intercepts is
1) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏 3) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐 4) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟖 +  𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐗 𝟑 + 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟓 + ( − 𝟖) = 𝟎
𝐱 𝐲
+ =𝟏
𝟖−𝛌 𝟖−𝛌
𝟑 + 𝟐𝛌 𝟐 − 𝟓𝛌
𝟖−𝛌 𝟖−𝛌
=
𝟑 + 𝟐𝛌 𝟐 − 𝟓𝛌
𝟐 − 𝟓 = 𝟑 + 𝟐
−𝟏 = 𝟕
−𝟏
=
𝟕
−𝟏
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟖 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟕
−𝟏
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟖 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟕
𝟐𝟏𝐱 + 𝟏𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓𝟔 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟏𝟗𝐱 + 𝟏𝟗𝐲 − 𝟓𝟕 = 𝟎
𝐱+𝐲−𝟑 =𝟎 Key : 4
51. The orthocenter of the triangle formed by (0, 0), (5, -1), (-2, 3) is
1) (4, -7) 2) (-4, 7) 3) (4, 7) 4) (-4, -7)
Solution :
(0, 0) (5,-1) (-2,3)
Let (𝛂, 𝛃) 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 (5, -1)
𝛃 𝟒
= −𝟏
𝛂 −𝟕
𝟒𝛃 = 𝟕𝛂 (0, 0) (-2, 3)
𝟕𝛂 − 𝟒𝛃 = 𝟎
𝛃+𝟏 𝟑
= −𝟏
𝛂−𝟓 −𝟐
𝟑𝛃 + 𝟑 = 𝟐𝛂 − 𝟏𝟎
𝟐𝛂 − 𝟑𝛃 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝛂, 𝛃 = (−𝟒, −𝟕)
Key : 4
52. The orthocenter of the triangle formed by the lines 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱
− 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 , 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 is
1) (0, -1) 2) (0, 0) 3) (1, 1) 4) (-1, 0)
Solution :
𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝐦𝟏 = −𝟏
𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟏
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝐦𝟑 = −𝟑/𝟒
𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞

𝐱+𝐲+𝟏 =𝟎
𝐱−𝐲+𝟏 =𝟎
𝟐𝐱 = 𝟎
𝐱 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐲 = −𝟏
𝐎 = (𝟎, −𝟏)
Key : 1
53. The orthocenter of the triangle formed by (𝐚 cos 𝛂 , 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂),
(𝐚 cos 𝛃 , 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛃), 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛄 , 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛄 𝐢𝐬
1) ( σ −𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂 , σ 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂)
2) ( σ 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂, σ 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂)
3) ( σ(−𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂, σ(−𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂))
4) ( σ(−𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂, σ(−𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂))
Solution :
𝐀(𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂)
𝐁(𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛃, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛃)
𝐂(𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛄, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛄)
𝐎(𝟎, 𝟎)
𝐎𝐀 = 𝐚
𝐎𝐁 = 𝐚
𝐎𝐂 = 𝐚
𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒 = (𝟎, 𝟎)
𝒂 𝒂
𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐆 = ෍ 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶, ෍ 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶
𝟑 𝟑
Key : 2
𝐇 = 𝟑𝐆 − 𝟐𝐒 = ෍ 𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶, ෍ 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶
54. The circumcenter of the triangle formed by the lines 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
, 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑 𝟑 4) 𝟎, 𝟏
1) (1, 5) 2) (-1, -5) 𝟑) ,
𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝐦𝟏 = −𝟏
𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟏
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝐦𝟑 = 𝟏/𝟑
𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝐀+𝐁
𝐒=
𝟐
−𝟑 𝟑 𝟏 − 𝟑
𝒙 𝒚 𝟏
= =
−𝟑 − 𝟑 −𝟏 − 𝟑 −𝟑 + 𝟏
𝒙 𝒚 𝟏
= =
−𝟔 −𝟒 −𝟐
𝐀 (𝟑, 𝟐)
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
−𝟑 𝟑 𝟏 − 𝟑
𝒙 𝒚 𝟏
= =
𝟑 − 𝟑 −𝟏 − 𝟑 −𝟑 − 𝟏
𝐱 𝐲 𝟏 A
= =
𝐱−𝐲−𝟏=𝟎
𝟎 −𝟒 −𝟒
𝐁 = (𝟎, 𝟏)
𝟑 𝟑 B
𝐒= , 𝐱+𝐲−𝟏=𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
Key : 3
55. The incenter of the triangle formed by the line 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
with the coordinate axis is
𝟏 𝟏 4) 𝟑, 𝟑
1) (2, 2) 2) (1, 1) 𝟑) ,
𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
B(0, 3)
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟏𝟐
A(4, 0)
O(0, 0)
𝟓 𝟎 + 𝟒 𝟎 + 𝟑(𝟒) 𝟓 𝟎 + 𝟒 𝟑 + 𝟑(𝟎)
𝐈= ,
𝟓+𝟑+𝟒 𝟓+𝟑+𝟒
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐
𝐈= , = (𝟏, 𝟏)
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐
Key : 2
56. The equation of the sides of a triangle are 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟎, 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟓
= 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡
1) The incenter
2) The centroid
3) The circumcenter
4) The orthocenter of the triangle
Solution :
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝐦𝟏 = −𝟑
𝟏
𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟑
Orthocenter = (0,0)
𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞
Key : 4
57. Two sides of a triangle are y =𝒎𝟏 𝒙 and y= 𝒎𝟐 𝒙 ; 𝒎𝟏 , 𝒎𝟐 are the
roots of the equation 𝒎𝟐 + 𝒂𝒎 − 𝟏 = 𝟎. For all values of ‘a’ , the
orthocenter of the triangle lies at
1) (1, 1) 𝟑 𝟑 4) (0, 0)
2) (2, 2) 𝟑 ,
𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
−𝟏
y= 𝒎𝟐 𝒙
𝐦𝟏 . 𝐦𝟐 = = −𝟏
𝟏
𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞
y= 𝒎𝟏 𝒙
𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 = (𝟎, 𝟎)
58. An angle between the lines 𝐱 + 𝐲 𝟑 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 and √𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
1) 𝟑𝟎𝟎 2) 𝟒𝟓𝟎 3) 𝟗𝟎𝟎 4) 𝟔𝟎𝟎
Solution :
𝟏 − 𝟑
𝐦𝟏 = − 𝐦𝟐 =
𝟑 −𝟏
𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 = −𝟏 ⇒ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 ⊥ 𝐞𝐫
𝛉 = 𝟗𝟎𝟎
59. If the angle between the lines 𝐤𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 and 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝛑
is then k=
𝟒
1)1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
Solution :
𝐊𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎, 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑
𝐦𝟏 = 𝐊 𝐦𝟐 =
𝟓
𝐤 − 𝟑/𝟓
𝟏=
𝟑
𝟏 + 𝐤( )
𝟓
𝟑 𝟑𝐤
𝐊− = 𝟏+
𝟓 𝟓
𝟐𝐤 𝟖
=
𝟓 𝟓
𝐊=𝟒
Key : 4
60. The angle between the lines 𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜶 + 𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 = 𝒑𝟏 and
𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔 β + 𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏β = 𝒑𝟐 where 𝜶 > 𝜷 is
1) 𝜶 + 𝜷 2) 𝜶 − 𝜷 3) 𝜶𝜷 4) 𝟐𝜶 − 𝜷
Solution :
Angle between their normals is (𝜶 − 𝜷 )
The Angle between the lines is (𝜶 − 𝜷)

61. If the foot of the perpendicular from (-4 ,5) to the straight line
𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎 is (𝛂, 𝛃) then the value of 𝛂 + 𝛃 =
1) 1 2) -1 3) 5 4) -5
Solution :
P
Q 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
(h, k)= (𝛂, 𝛃)
𝛂 + 𝟒 𝛃 − 𝟓 −(𝟑 −𝟒 − 𝟒 𝟓 − 𝟏𝟖)
= =
𝟑 −𝟒 (𝟑)𝟐 +(−𝟒)𝟐
𝛂 + 𝟒 𝛃 − 𝟓 − 𝟓𝟎
= = =𝟐
𝟑 −𝟒 𝟐𝟓
𝛂 = 𝟐 𝛃 = −𝟖 + 𝟓 = −𝟑
𝛂 + 𝛃 = −𝟏
Key : 2
62. If 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is the perpendicular bisector of the segment
joining the points A(1, 2) and B(𝛂, 𝛃) then the value of 𝛂 + 𝛃 is
𝟖𝟏 −𝟏𝟑𝟔 −𝟏𝟑𝟓 −𝟏𝟑𝟓
𝟏) − 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
Solution :
A(1, 2) B(𝜶, 𝜷)
𝛂 − 𝟏 𝛃 − 𝟐 −𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 + 𝟑 𝟐 + 𝟒
= =
𝟐 𝟑 𝟐𝟐 + 𝟑𝟐
𝛂 − 𝟏 𝛃 − 𝟐 −𝟐 𝟏𝟐
= =
𝟐 𝟑 𝟏𝟑
−𝟒𝟖 −𝟕𝟐
𝛂−𝟏 = 𝛃−𝟐=
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
−𝟒𝟖 + 𝟏𝟑 −𝟑𝟓 −𝟕𝟐
𝛂= = 𝛃= +𝟐
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
−𝟖𝟏 −𝟒𝟔
𝛂+𝛃= 𝛃= Key : 1
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
1. The Inclination of a line is 𝟏𝟓𝟎 . Its slope is
𝟏) 𝟑 − 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟏 + 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟑 − 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐 − 𝟑
Solution :
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞  = 𝟏𝟓𝟎

𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 = 𝐦 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟏𝟓𝟎 = 𝟐 − 𝟑
𝟓𝛑
2. Slope of a st . line making an angle with positive direction of x-
𝟔
axis is
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) − 𝟑) − 𝟑 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
𝟓𝛑 𝟏𝟖𝟎
= =𝟓 × = 𝟏𝟓𝟎
𝟔 𝟔
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 = 𝐦 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟓𝟎 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧(𝟏𝟖𝟎 − 𝟑𝟎)
𝟏
 𝐦 = − tan 𝟑𝟎 = −
𝟑
3. If the line passing through the points (-8, 3) (2, 1) is parallel to the
line passing through the points (11, -1) (k, 0) then the value of k is
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟕 𝟑) 𝟓/𝟐 𝟒) 𝟔
Solution :
Given lines are parallel
 𝐦𝟏 = 𝐦𝟐
𝟏−𝟑 𝟎+𝟏
 =
𝟐 + 𝟖 𝐤 − 𝟏𝟏
−𝟐 𝟏
 =
𝟏𝟎 𝐤 − 𝟏𝟏
 − 𝐤 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟓  𝐤 = 𝟏𝟏 − 𝟓 = 𝟔
Key : 4
4. If the straight line (𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟓) + 𝐤(𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑) = 𝟎 is parallel to
x- axis then the value of k is
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution :
Given line
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟓 + 𝐤 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Line is parallel to x-axis
 Cofficient of x=0
𝟑 + 𝐤 = 𝟎  𝐤 = −𝟑
5. If the line (𝟑𝐱 + 𝟏𝟒𝐲 + 𝟕) + 𝐤(𝟓𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟔) = 𝟎 is parallel to x-
axis then the value of k is
𝟏) 𝟏/𝟑 𝟐) − 𝟑/𝟓 𝟑) − 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution :
Given line
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟏𝟒𝐲 + 𝟕 + 𝐤 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
Line is parallel to y-axis
 Cofficient of y=0
 14+𝟕𝐤 = 𝟎
 𝟕𝐤 = −𝟏𝟒  𝐤 = −𝟐
6. If the straight lines (𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏) + 𝒍(𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏) = 𝟎 is
perpendicular to 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 then 𝒍 =
1) 5 2) -5 3) 4 4) -4
Solution :
𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 + 𝒍 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐱 𝟏 + 𝟐𝐥 + 𝐲 𝟏 − 𝐥 + 𝟏 − 𝐥 = 𝟎 … . (𝟏)
−𝐚 −(𝟏 + 𝟐𝐥)
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝟏 = =
𝐛 𝟏−𝐥
𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 … . . (𝟐)
−𝐚 −𝟐
𝐦𝟐 = =
𝐛 𝟑
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 = −𝟏
−(𝟏 + 𝟐𝐥) −𝟐
× = −𝟏
𝟏−𝐥 𝟑
𝟐(𝟏 + 𝟐𝐥) = −𝟑(𝟏 − 𝐥)
𝟐 + 𝟒𝐥 = −𝟑 + 𝟑𝐥
𝐥 = −𝟓
Key : 2
7. If the straight lines 𝐲 = 𝟒 − 𝟑𝐱, 𝐚𝐲 = 𝐱 + 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝐲 + 𝐛𝐱 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
represents three consecutive sides of a rectangle then the value of ab
is
1) 12 2) 6 3) 18 4) 24
Solution :
𝐲 = 𝟒 − 𝟑𝐱 … (𝟏)
𝐚𝐲 = 𝐱 + 𝟏𝟎
𝟏 𝟏𝟎
𝐲= 𝐱+ ….(2)
𝐚 𝐚
𝟐𝐲 + 𝐛𝐱 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐲 = −𝐛𝐱 − 𝟗
𝐛 𝟗
𝐲 = − 𝐱 − …(3)
𝟐 𝟐
The lines (1) and (2) are perpendicular
 𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 = −𝟏
𝟏
 −𝟑 = −𝟏  𝐚 = 𝟑
𝐚
The lines (1) and (3) are parallel

 𝐦𝟏 = 𝐦𝟑
𝐛
−𝟑 = −  b = 6
𝟐
Area = 𝐚𝐛 =18 Key : 3
8. The equation of straight line perpendicular to 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 and
passing through (1, -2) is
1) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎 2) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
3) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 4) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution :
Line 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝐚= 𝟕𝐛= 𝟒𝐜= 𝟑
𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 = (𝟏, −𝟐)
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬
𝐛 𝐱 − 𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐚 𝐲 − 𝐲𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒 𝐱−𝟏 −𝟕 𝐲+𝟐 =𝟎
𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒 − 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
Key : 1
9. The points (1, 6) and (12, 9) are two opposite vertices of a
parallelogram. The other two vertices lie on the line 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟏𝐱
+ 𝐤. Then k=
2) 49 3) -35 4) -49
1) 35
Solution :
M = mid point of AC
𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐱 𝟐 𝐲𝟏 + 𝐲𝟐
= , p
𝟐 𝟐 B
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟓 3y=11x+k
𝐩= ,
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟓
𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 , 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
𝟐 𝟐
𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟏𝐱 + 𝐤
𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟑
𝟑 = 𝟏𝟏 +𝐤
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟑
𝟑 = 𝟏𝟏 +𝐤
𝟐 𝟐
𝐤 = −𝟒𝟗
Key : 4
10. If the line 𝟐𝛂 + 𝟓 𝐱 + 𝟑𝛃 − 𝟐 𝐲 + 𝟐 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 passes through
origin then
𝟓 𝟕 𝟓
1) 𝛂 = −
𝟓
2) 𝛃 = − 3)  = 4) 𝛂 =
𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
(2𝜶 + 𝟓)𝒙 + 𝟑𝜷 − 𝟐 𝒚 + 𝟐 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
The line passing through (0, 0)
 𝟎 + 𝟎 + 𝟐 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
 𝟐 = 𝟕
𝟕
=
𝟐
11. A(1, -1) B(4, -1) C(4, 3) are the vertices of a triangle . Then the
equation of the altitude through the vertex ‘A’ is
1) 𝐱 = 𝟒 2) 𝐘 = 𝟒 3) 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱 = 𝟏
Solution : A(1, -1)
𝟑+𝟏
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐂 =
𝟒−𝟒
𝟒 B(4, -1) D C(4, 3)
𝐦=
𝟎
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡
𝟏
𝐀 =− =𝟎
𝐦
Equation of the altitude through A =0
𝒚 − 𝒚𝟏 = 𝒎(𝒙 − 𝒙𝟏 )
𝒚+𝟏=𝟎
Key : 3
12. A, B, C are the points (-1, 2) ,(8,5), (4,9). If D lies on 𝐀𝐁 such that
AD : BD = 1: 2 . Then the equation of the line 𝐃𝐂 is
1) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 2) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟑
3) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 4) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐𝟏
Solution :
AD : BD = 1:2
D divides 𝐀𝐁 in the ratio 1:2 internally
D divides 𝐀𝐁 in the ratio 1:2 internally
𝟏 𝟖 + 𝟐(−𝟏) 𝟏 𝟓 + 𝟐(𝟐)
𝐃 = , = (𝟐, 𝟑)
𝟏+𝟐 𝟏+𝟐
𝐃 𝟐, 𝟑 𝐂(𝟒, 𝟗) A(-1, 2)
1
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝑫𝑪
D
𝒚 − 𝒚𝟏 = 𝒎(𝒙 − 𝒙𝟏 ) 2
𝟗−𝟑 C(4, 9)
𝒚−𝟑 = (𝒙 − 𝟐)
𝟒−𝟐
𝟔
𝒚 − 𝟑 = (𝒙 − 𝟐)
𝟐
𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟔
𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Key : 2
13. 𝐏 (𝐚, 𝐛) lies on the line 𝐲 = 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟏 and 𝐐 (𝐛, 𝐚) lies on the line
2x-5y +1= 0, then the other diagonal is
1) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑 2) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟓
3) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟔 4) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟕
Solution :
𝐏 𝐚, 𝐛 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲 = 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟏  𝐛 = 𝟔𝐚 − 𝟏  𝟔𝐚 − 𝐛 = 𝟏(𝟏)
Q 𝐛, 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟓 𝟐𝐛 − 𝟓𝐚 = 𝟓 … . (𝟐)
Solving (1) and (2) we get (1, 5)
P(a, b)= P(1, 5)

P(a, b)= P(1, 5)
Q(b, a)= Q(5, 1)
Equation to the line 𝐏𝐐 𝐢𝐬

𝟏−𝟓
𝐲−𝟓 = (𝐱 − 𝟏)
𝟓−𝟏
−𝟒
𝐲−𝟓= (𝐱 − 𝟏)
𝟒
 𝐲 − 𝟓 = −𝐱 + 𝟏
𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟔
Key : 3
14. If the center of a square is (3, 1) and one diagonal is parallel to
𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, then the other diagonal is
1) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏𝟕 2) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟕
3) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟑 4) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟕
Solution :
Center (3,1)
𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐚 = 𝟐 𝐛 = −𝟓 𝐜 = 𝟏
𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬
𝐛 𝐱 − 𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐚 𝐲 − 𝐲𝟏 = 𝟎
 −𝟓 𝒙−𝟑 −𝟐 𝒚−𝟏 =𝟎
 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟏𝟓 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
 − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟏𝟕
Key : 1
15. If A(2, 4) and C (6,2) are the two opposite vertices of a rectangle
ABCD and the slope of BD is ½ , then the equation of BD is
1) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
M =midpoint of AC =midpoint of BD
M =midpoint of BD = (4, 3)
𝟏
P(4,3) slope of BD =
𝟐
Equation of 𝐁𝐃
𝟏
𝒚 − 𝟑 = (𝒙 − 𝟒)
𝟐
 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
D C(6, 2)
A(2, 4) B
Key : 2
16. The equation of a st . Line passing through (3, -1) and having
intercepts equal in magnitude but opposite in sign is
1) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏 4) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution :
Let the intercepts are a, -a
𝐱 𝐲
+ = 𝟏  𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝐚 … (𝟏)
𝐚 𝐛
Substitute (3,-1) in the equation
 𝟑 + 𝟏 = 𝐚  a=4
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
17. Equation of a line which passes through the point (-3, 8) and cut off
positive intercepts on the axes whose sum is 7 is
1) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐 2) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐
3) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐 4) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐
Solution :
Verify the option (2)

 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐
Substitute (-3, 8)
 − 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟏𝟐
 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐  𝟎 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝  𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟕
18. The length of the line segment intercepted between the axes by the
line joining (3, 4), (-9,20) is
1) 13 2) 10 3) 12 4) 5
Solution :
A(3, 4) B(-9,20)
Equation to the line 𝒚 − 𝒚𝟏 = 𝒎(𝒙 − 𝒙𝟏 )
𝟏𝟔
𝒚−𝟒= (𝒙 − 𝟑)
−𝟏𝟐
 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐
 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟐𝟒
𝐱 𝟒
 + =𝟏
𝟔 𝟖
𝐱 𝟒
𝐀𝐁 = + =𝟏
𝟔 𝟖
𝐀𝐁 = 𝐚𝟐 +𝐛 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟏𝟎
Key : 2
19. If a and b are the intercepts made by the straight line on the
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
coordinate axes such that + = then the line passes through
𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
point
𝟏 𝟏 𝐜 𝐜
1) (1, 1) 2) (c, c) 3) , 4) ,
𝐜 𝐜 𝐚 𝐚
Solution :
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
+ =
𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
𝐜 𝐜
 + =𝟏
𝐚 𝐛
𝐱 𝐲
𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 + = 𝟏
𝐚 𝐛
𝐱 = 𝐜, 𝐲 = 𝐜
 The line passing through fixed point (C,C)
Key : 2
20. A line makes intercepts whose sum is 9 product is 20. If the x-
intercept is greater than y-intercept, then equation of the line is
1) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎 2) 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎
3) 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎 4) 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = −𝟐𝟎
Solution :
Given 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟗 and ab =20
verify the option (1)
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎
𝒙 𝒚
 + =𝟏
𝟓 𝟒
 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟓 + 𝟒 = 𝟗 and ab =(5) (4) =20
21. The area (in square units) of the triangle formed by the lines 𝐱 = 𝟎 ,
𝐲 = 𝟎 and 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐 is
1) 3 2) 4 3) 6 4) 𝟏𝟐
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐚 = 𝟑 𝐛 = 𝟒 𝐜 = −𝟏𝟐
𝒄𝟐 𝟏𝟒𝟒
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 = =
𝟐|𝐚𝐛| 𝟐|𝟑 × 𝟒|
𝟏𝟒𝟒
= =𝟔
𝟐 × 𝟏𝟐
22. The area of the triangle formed by the line passing through the
points (3, 4), (5, 6) with the coordinate axes is
1) 24 sq. unit 2) 49/8 sq . unit 3) ½ sq . unit 4) 𝟏𝟐 𝐬𝐪 . 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭
Solution :
Points A(3, 4) B(5,6)

Equation of the line 𝑨𝑩 𝒊𝒔
𝒚 − 𝒚 𝟏 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝟏 = 𝒙 − 𝒙𝟏 ( 𝒚 𝟐 − 𝒚 𝟏 )
 𝒚 − 𝟒 𝟓 − 𝟑 = 𝒙 − 𝟑 (𝟔 − 𝟒)
 𝒚−𝟒= 𝒙−𝟑
 𝐱−𝐲+𝟏= 𝟎
 𝐚 = 𝟏, 𝐛 = −𝟏, 𝐜 = 𝟏
𝒄𝟐 𝟏
 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 = =
𝟐|𝐚𝐛| 𝟐
Key : 3
23. Equation of the line inwhich the length of the perpendicular from
origin is 5 and the angle which is perpendicular makes with the x
axis is 𝟔𝟎𝟎
1) 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟏𝟐
2) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎
3) 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟖
4) 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎
Solution :
Distance p = 5
angle d = 𝟔𝟎𝟎
Equation of the line in normal form is 
𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 + 𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 = 𝒑
𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟔𝟎 + 𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟔𝟎 = 𝟓
𝟏 𝟑
𝒙 +𝒚 =𝟓
𝟐 𝟐
𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎
Key : 4
24. Normal form of 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 is
𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬 + 𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧 = 𝟐
𝟑 𝟑
𝟐𝛑 𝟐𝛑
𝟐) 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬 + 𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧 =𝟑
𝟑 𝟑
𝟑𝛑 𝟑𝛑
𝟑) 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬 + 𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧 =𝟔
𝟒 𝟒
𝟓𝛑 𝟓𝛑
𝟒) 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬 + 𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧 =𝟔
𝟔 𝟔
Solution :
𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟔=0
𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = −𝟔
𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 = 𝟏+𝟑= 𝟐
𝟏 𝟑
𝐱− 𝐲=𝟑
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟑
 − 𝐱+ 𝐲=𝟑
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐𝛑 𝟐𝛑
 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧 =𝟑
𝟑 𝟑
Key : 2
25. A straight line is such that its distance of 5 units from the origin
and its inclination is 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎 . The intercepts of the line on the co-
ordinate axes are
1) 5, 5 2) 𝟐 , 𝟐 3) 5 𝟐 , 5 𝟐 4) 5/ 𝟐 , 5/ 𝟐
Solution :
y
Distance p = 5
𝛂 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 L
5
𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎
Normal form is
o x
𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝐩
𝟏 𝟏
𝐱 +𝐲 =𝟓
𝟐 𝟐
𝐱 𝐲
+ =𝟏
𝟓 𝟐 𝟓 𝟐
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝟓 𝟐, 𝟓 𝟐
Key : 3
26. If 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 is changed in to the, 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝐩,
then 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 is
−𝟓 −𝟐
𝟓 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟗
𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟗
Solution :
𝟓𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟕
𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 + 𝟒 = 𝟐𝟗
𝟓 𝟐 𝟕
𝒙− 𝒚=
𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟗
𝟓
𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 = 𝒑  𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 =
𝟐𝟗
27. The perpendicular form of the line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬
1) 𝐱𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝟏 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 = 𝟑/𝟓, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝟒/𝟓
2) 𝐱𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂 − 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝟏 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 = 𝟑/𝟓, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝟒/𝟓
3) 𝐱𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝟏 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 = 𝟒/𝟓, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝟑/𝟓
4) 𝐱𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂 − 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝟏 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 = 𝟒/𝟓, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝟑/𝟓
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟓
𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 = 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟓
𝟑 𝟒
𝒙+ 𝒚=𝟏 𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 + 𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 = 𝟏
𝟓 𝟓
𝟑 𝟒
𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 =
𝟓 𝟓
Key : 1
28. The least distance from origin to the st . line 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 is
𝟏 2) 1 3) 2 4) 0
𝟏)
𝟐
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎
𝐚 = 𝟑, 𝐛 = 𝟒 , 𝐜 = 𝟏𝟎
|𝐂| 𝟏𝟎
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 = = =𝟐
𝟐
𝐚 +𝐛 𝟐 𝟓
29. If the perpendicular distance from (1, 1) to the st . Line
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝒂 = 𝟎 is 5 units then a =
1) 32, 18 2) 32 , -18 3) -32 , 18 4) -32 , -18
Solution :
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝒂 = 𝟎
𝒂 = 𝟑, 𝒃 = 𝟒, 𝒄 = −𝒂
𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
|𝒂𝒙𝟏 + 𝒃𝒚𝟏 + 𝒄|
=
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 = 𝟓
|𝟑 + 𝟒 − 𝒂|
 = 𝟓  𝟕 − 𝒂 = 𝟐𝟓
𝟓
𝟕 − 𝒂 = ± 𝟐𝟓  𝒂 = 𝟑𝟐, −𝟏𝟖
Key : 2
30. The distance between the parallel lines 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎,
𝟔𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
1) 1 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
Given lines are
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 ′𝟐′ 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬
𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 … . (𝟏)
𝐚 = 𝟑 , 𝐛 = 𝟖, 𝐜 = 𝟔
𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 … (𝟐)
Distance between the parallel lines (1) and (2)
|𝐂𝟏 − 𝐂𝟐 | |𝟔 − 𝟏𝟏|
= =
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 𝟑𝟔 + 𝟔𝟒
𝟓 𝟏
= =
𝟏𝟎 𝟐
Key : 2
31. The distance between the straight lines 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐜𝟏 and 𝐲
= 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐜𝟐 is |𝐜𝟏 − 𝐜𝟐 |
1) m =0 2) m =1 3) m=2 4) m = -2
Solution :
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐜𝟏 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐜𝟐
𝐦𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝐜𝟏 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝐜𝟐 =0
𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬
= |𝐜𝟏 − 𝐜𝟐 |
|𝐜𝟏 − 𝐜𝟐 |
= |𝐜𝟏 − 𝐜𝟐 |
𝐦𝟐 + 𝟏
 𝐦𝟐 + 𝟏 = 𝟏
 𝐦𝟐 + 𝟏 = 𝟏
 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟎  𝐦 = 𝟎
Key : 1
32. The equation of the line is parallel to 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 and is at
distance of 𝟓 units from origin is
1) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 2) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐗 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
Equation of the parallel line is
𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 𝐚 = 𝟏, 𝐛 = −𝟐, 𝐜 = 𝐤
|𝐂|
Distance from(0,0) to the line =
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
|𝐂|
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 = = 𝟓
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
|𝐤|
= 𝟓
𝟓
 𝐤 = ± 𝟓  k = −5
𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
Key : 1
33. The line segment joining the points (1, 2) and (k, 1) is divided by the
line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 in the ratio 4 : 9 then k is
1) 2 2) -2 3) 3 4)-3
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 points (1, 2) (k,1)
𝐚 = 𝟑 , 𝐛 = 𝟒, 𝐜 = −𝟕
𝟒
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 =
𝟗
−𝐋𝟏𝟏 𝟒
 =
𝐋𝟐𝟐 𝟗
−(𝒂𝒙𝟏 + 𝒃𝒚𝟏 + 𝒄) 𝟒
 =
(𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 + 𝒄) 𝟗
−(𝟑 + 𝟖 − 𝟕) 𝟒
 =
(𝟑𝒌 + 𝟒 − 𝟕) 𝟗
 𝟑𝐤 − 𝟑 = −𝟗
 𝟑𝐤 = −𝟔
 𝐤 = −𝟐
Key : 2
34. The ratio in which the line joining the points (-1 -1) (2,-1)
divides the line joining the points (3, 4) and (1, 2) is
1) 7 : 5 externally
2) 7 : 3 externally
3) 7 : 5 internally
4) 7 : 4 externally
Solution :
Equation to the line joining the points
(-1,-1) (2,1) is
𝟐
𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝒙 + 𝟏  𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑
 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝟑, 𝟒 (𝟏, 𝟐)
−𝟒𝟏 −(𝟔 − 𝟏𝟐 − 𝟏) −𝟕
 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 = = =
𝐋𝟐𝟐 (𝟐 − 𝟔 − 𝟏) 𝟓
 7 : 5 Externally
Key : 3
35. If the lines 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 , 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 are
concurrent then k=
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
Solution :
𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏
 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 =𝟎
𝟏 −𝟑 𝐤
 𝟏(−𝐤 + 𝟑) − 𝟏(𝐤 − 𝟏) − 𝟏(−𝟑 + 𝟏) = 𝟎
 −𝐤+𝟑−𝐤+𝟏+𝟐
 − 𝟐𝐤 = −𝟔 𝐤=𝟑
36. The condition that the lines 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐡𝐲 + 𝐠 = 𝟎, 𝐠𝐱 + 𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 =0
to be concurrent is
1) 𝐚 + 𝐡 + 𝐠 = 𝟎
2) 𝐠 + 𝐟 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
3) 𝐚𝐛𝐜 + 𝟐𝐟𝐠𝐡 − 𝐚𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐛𝐠 𝟐 − 𝐜𝐡𝟐 = 𝟎
4) 𝐚𝐛𝐜 = 𝟐𝐟𝐠𝐡
Solution :
𝐚 𝐡 𝐠
𝐡 𝐛 𝐟 = 0
𝐠 𝐟 𝐜
𝐚 𝐛𝐜 − 𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐡 𝐡𝐜 − 𝐠𝐟 + 𝐠 𝐡𝐟 − 𝐛𝐠 = 𝟎
𝐚𝐛𝐜 − 𝐚𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐜𝐡𝟐 + 𝐟𝐠𝐡 + 𝐟𝐠𝐡 − 𝐛𝐠 𝟐
𝐚𝐛𝐜 + 𝟐𝐟𝐠𝐡 − 𝐚𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐛𝐠 𝟐 − 𝐜𝐡𝟐 = 𝟎
Key : 3
37. All the lines whose sum of reciprocals of intercepts is ‘k’ will be
concurrent at the point
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏)(𝒌 , 𝒌) 𝟐) , 3) (−𝒌 , −𝒌) 𝟒) − , −
𝒌 𝒌 𝒌 𝒌
Solution :
𝟏 𝟏
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 + = 𝒌
𝒂 𝒃
Dividing by k on both sides𝒌
𝟏 𝟏
+ =𝟏
𝒂𝒌 𝒃𝒌
𝟏 𝟏
 + =𝟏
𝐤 𝐤
𝐚 𝐛
𝐱 𝐲
𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 + = 𝟏
𝐚 𝐛
𝟏 𝟏
𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 ,
𝐤 𝐤
Key : 2
38. Equation of the line belonging the system of lines
𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟐 +  𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 and parallel to the 𝟒𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔
1) 𝟒𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
2) 𝟒𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
3) 𝟒𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
4) 𝟒𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟐 +  (x−y)= 0
𝑳𝟏 +  𝑳𝟐= 0
𝒙+𝒚−𝟐= 𝟎
𝐱−𝐲= 𝟎
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐩(𝟏, 𝟏)
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟏, 𝟏 𝐢𝐬
𝐚 𝐱 − 𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐛(𝐲 − 𝐲𝟏 )
𝟒 𝐱−𝟏 −𝟏 𝐲−𝟏 = 𝟎
 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Key : 3
39. The ortho center of the triangle formed by (-2, 1), (3, 1),(-2, 4) is
𝟏 𝟓
1) (𝟑, 𝟏) 2) (−𝟐, 𝟏) 3) (−𝟐, 𝟒) 4) ,
𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
A(-2, 1) B(3,1) C(-2,4)
x - coordinates are equal in A and C
A line parallel to y-axis

y- co - ordinates are equal in A and B
A line is parallel to x-axis
It is a right angle triangle at A orthocenter A(-2,1)
C
A B
Key : 2
40. The incenter of triangle formed by the line 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏 with the
co-ordinate axes is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 4) none
𝟏) , 𝟐) 𝟐, 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏 − ,𝟏−
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
O
𝐱+𝐲= 𝟏
𝐱 𝐲 c b
+ =𝟏 I
𝟏 𝟏
𝐨 𝟎, 𝟎 𝐀 𝟏, 𝟎 𝐁(𝟎, 𝟏) A a B
𝐚 = 𝐀𝐁 = 𝟐 a= 𝟐 , b=1, c=1
𝐛 = 𝐨𝐁 = 𝟏
𝐜 = 𝐨𝐀 = 𝟏
𝐚𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐛𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐜𝐱 𝟑 𝐚𝐲𝟏 + 𝐛𝐲𝟐 + 𝐜𝐲𝟑
𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈 = ,
𝐚+𝐛+𝐜 𝐚+𝐛+𝐜
𝟎+𝟏+𝟎 𝟎+𝟎+𝟏
𝐈= ,
𝟐+𝟐 𝟐+𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
= ,
𝟐+𝟐 𝟐+𝟐
𝟐− 𝟐 𝟐− 𝟐
= ,
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
𝐈= 𝟏− ,𝟏 − Key : 3
𝟐 𝟐
41. The three lines 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎, 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓, 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
from the sides of a triangle . Then the point (1, 2) is
1) Centroid of the triangle
2) In center of the triangle
3) Orthocenter of the triangle
4) Circumcenter of the triangle
Solution :
𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 … . (𝟏)
𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓 … . (𝟐)
𝟕𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 … . (𝟑)
C
𝒂 𝟒
𝒎𝟏 = − =
𝒃 𝟕 2
1
𝒂 −𝟕
𝒎𝟑 = − =
𝒃 𝟒
A B
𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟑 = −𝟏 3
Lines (1) and (3) are ⊥ 𝒆𝒓
Solving (1) and (3) we get orthocenter
(1) × (7) : 𝟐𝟖𝒙 − 𝟒𝟗𝒚 + 𝟕𝟎 = 𝟎
(3) × (4) : 𝟐𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚 − 𝟔𝟎 = 𝟎
−𝟔𝟓𝒚 = −𝟏𝟑𝟎
𝐲=𝟐
𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐲 = 𝟐 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝟏)
𝟒𝐱 − 𝟏𝟒 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎
𝐱=𝟏
 𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁(𝟏, 𝟐)
Key : 3
42. If  is the obtuse angle between the lines 𝟖𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 and
𝟒𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎, then 𝐭𝐚𝐧
𝟒 −𝟑 −𝟒 −𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟓 𝟑 𝟒
Solution :
𝟖𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
−𝐚
𝐦𝟏 = = −𝟖
𝐛
𝟒𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
−𝟒
𝐦𝟐 =
𝟕
𝒎𝟏 − 𝒎𝟐
𝐭𝐚𝐧 =
𝟏 + 𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐
𝟒
−𝟖 +
= 𝟕 = −𝟓𝟐 = −𝟒
𝟑𝟐 𝟑𝟗 𝟑
𝟏+
𝟕
Key : 3
43. The acute angle between 𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 = 𝒂 + 𝒃 and
𝒂(𝒙 − 𝒚) + 𝒃(𝒙 + 𝒚) = 𝟐𝒃
𝝅
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝟒)
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟐
𝟔 𝟒 𝟑
Solution :
𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 = 𝐚 + 𝐛
𝒂𝟏 = 𝒂, 𝒃𝟏 = 𝒃
𝐚 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝐛 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐛
𝐚𝐱 − 𝐚𝐲 + 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 = 𝟐𝐛
𝐱 𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐲 𝐛 − 𝐚 = 𝟐𝐛
𝐚𝟐 = 𝐚 + 𝐛 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐛 − 𝐚
|𝐚𝟏 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟏 𝐛𝟐 |
𝐜𝐨𝐬 =
𝐚𝟐 𝟏 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟏 𝐚 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟐
|𝐚 𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝐛(𝐛 − 𝐚)|
=
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 (𝐚 + 𝐛)𝟐 +(𝐛 + 𝐚)𝟐
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐚𝐛 + 𝐛𝟐 − 𝐚𝐛 𝟏
𝐜𝐨𝐬 = =
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟐
𝛑 Key : 2
= 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝐨𝐫
𝟒
44. The foot of the perpendicular drawn from (1, 4) to the line
𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 is
1) (2, 5) 2) (5, 2) 3) (3, 4) 4) (4, 3)
Solution :
𝐱+𝐲−𝟕 =𝟎
𝐚 = 𝟏, 𝐛 = 𝟏, 𝐜 = −𝟕
𝐈𝐟 𝐩 𝐡, 𝐤 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ⊥ 𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧
𝐡 − 𝐱 𝟏 𝐤 − 𝐲𝟏 −(𝐚𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐛𝐲𝟏 + 𝐜)
= =
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
𝐡 − 𝟏 𝐤 − 𝟒 −(𝟏 + 𝟒 − 𝟕)
 = = =𝟏
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏+𝟏
 𝐡 − 𝟏 = 𝟏  𝐡 = 𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤 − 𝟒 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝐤 = 𝟓
𝐡, 𝐤 = (𝟐, 𝟓)
A(1, 4)
P(h, k)
𝐱+𝒚−𝟕=𝟎 Key : 1
45. The image of the point (3, 1) w. r. t the line 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 is
−𝟖 −𝟗 −𝟑𝟑 𝟐𝟏 −𝟒𝟖 𝟏𝟔 𝟒)(𝟎, 𝟎)
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) ,
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝐚 = 𝟑, 𝐛 = −𝟏, 𝐜 = 𝟖
𝐈𝐟 𝐡, 𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧
𝒉 − 𝒙𝟏 𝒌 − 𝒚𝟏 −𝟐(𝒂𝒙𝟏 + 𝒃𝒚𝟏 + 𝒄)
= =
𝒂 𝒃 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝐡 − 𝟑 𝐤 − 𝟏 −𝟐(𝟗 − 𝟏 + 𝟖) −𝟑𝟐 −𝟏𝟔
= = = =
𝟑 −𝟏 𝟗+𝟏 𝟏𝟎 𝟓
𝐡 − 𝟑 −𝟏𝟔 𝐤 − 𝟏 −𝟏𝟔
 = 𝐚𝐧𝐝 =
𝟑 𝟓 −𝟏 𝟓
𝐡 − 𝟑 −𝟒𝟖 𝟏𝟔
 = 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤 − 𝟏 =
𝟑 𝟓 𝟓
−𝟒𝟖 −𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟏
𝐡 = +𝟑= 𝐤= +𝟏=
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
−𝟑𝟑 𝟐𝟏
 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡, 𝐤 = ,
𝟓 𝟓
Key : 2
46. The foot of perpendicular from the origin to 𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 is
−𝒄 −𝒄
𝟏) ,
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
−𝒃𝒄 −𝒂𝒄
𝟐) 𝟐 ,
𝒂 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
−𝒃𝒄 −𝒂𝒄
𝟑) 𝟐 ,
𝒂 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
−𝒂𝒄 −𝒃𝒄
𝟒) 𝟐 ,
𝒂 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
Solution :
𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭(𝟎, 𝟎)
𝐩 𝐡, 𝐤 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ⊥𝐞𝐫
𝐡 − 𝐱 𝟏 𝐤 − 𝐲𝟏 −(𝐚𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐛𝐲𝟏 + 𝐜)
= =
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
𝐡 𝐤 −(𝟎 + 𝟎 + 𝐜) −𝐜
= = = 𝟐
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝐚 + 𝐛𝟐
−𝐚𝐜 −𝐛𝐜 Key : 4
𝐡, 𝐤 = 𝟐 ,
𝐚 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
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1. Locus of the image of the point (2,3) in the line
(2x-3y+4)+k(x-2y+3)=0, kR is a : [JEE MAINS 2015]
𝟏) Straight line parallel to x-axis

2) Straight line parallel to y−axis
3) Circle of raidus 𝟐
4) Circle of raidus 𝟑
Solution :
𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
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𝐁𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
𝐱, 𝐲 = 𝟏, 𝟐 , 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞, 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 (𝟏, 𝟐)
𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒔 = 𝟐−𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟑 − 𝟐 𝟐= 𝟐
Key : 3
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2. A straight line L through the point (3,-2) is inclined at an angle of 𝟔𝟎𝟎
to the line 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟏. If L also intersects the x-axis, then the
equation of L is : [J.M.O.L-2015]
𝟏) 𝒚 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 − 𝟑 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 + 𝟑 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝒚 − 𝒙 + 𝟑 + 𝟐 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝒚 + 𝒙 − 𝟑 + 𝟐 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒎− − 𝟑
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟔𝟎𝟎 =
𝟏+𝒎 − 𝟑
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𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝒎+ 𝟑 =𝟑 𝟏−𝒎 𝟑
⇒ 𝒎 = 𝟎 𝒐𝒓 𝒎 = 𝟑
∴ 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟑 𝒙−𝟑
𝒊. 𝒆., 𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 + 𝟑 𝟑 = 𝟎
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3. Let PS be the median of the triangle P(2, 2), Q(6, -1) and
R(7, -3). The equation of the line passing through (1, -1) and
parallel to PS is (JEE MAINS – 2014)
𝟏) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟗𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟗𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐒 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐐𝐑
𝟏𝟑
𝐒= ,𝟏
𝟐
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𝟐−𝟏 𝟐 P(2,2)
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐒 = =−
𝟏𝟑 𝟗
𝟐−
𝟐
𝟐
𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝟏, −𝟏 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐦 = −
𝟗 Q(6,-1) S R(7, 3)
𝟐
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐲 + 𝟏 = − (𝐱 − 𝟏)
𝟗
𝟗𝐲 + 𝟗 = −𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐
𝟐𝐱 + 𝟗𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
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4. Let a, b, c and d be non –zero numbers. If the point of
intersection of the lines 𝟒𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐚𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐛𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 +
𝐝 = 𝟎 lies in the fourth quadrant and is equidistant from the
two axes then: (JEE MAINS - 2014)
𝟏) 𝟑𝐛𝐜 − 𝟐𝐚𝐝 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟑𝐛𝐜 + 𝟐𝐚𝐝 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐛𝐜 − 𝟑𝐚𝐝 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝐛𝐜 + 𝟑𝐚𝐝 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝟒𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐚𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
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𝟓𝐛𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝐝 = 𝟎
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬
𝐱 𝐲 𝟏
𝟐𝐚 𝐜 𝟒𝐚 𝟐𝐚
𝟐𝐛 𝐝 𝟓𝐛 𝟐𝐛
𝐱 𝐲 𝟏
= =
𝟐𝐚𝐝 − 𝟐𝐛𝐜 𝟓𝐛𝐜 − 𝟒𝐚𝐝 −𝟐𝐚𝐛
𝟐𝐚𝐝 − 𝟐𝐛𝐜 𝟓𝐛𝐜 − 𝟒𝐚𝐝
𝐱= 𝐲=
−𝟐𝐚𝐛 −𝟐𝐚𝐛
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𝟐𝐚𝐝 − 𝟐𝐛𝐜 𝟓𝐛𝐜 − 𝟒𝐚𝐝
+ =𝟎
−𝟐𝐚𝐛 −𝟐𝐚𝐛
⇒ 𝟑𝐛𝐜 − 𝟐𝐚𝐝 = 𝟎
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5. A ray of light along 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟑 gets reflected reaching x-axis,
the equation of the reflected rays is (JEE MAINS - 2014)
𝟏) 𝟑𝐲 = 𝐱 − 𝟑
𝟐) 𝐲 = 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟑
𝟑) 𝟑𝐲 = 𝐱 − 𝟏
𝟒) 𝐲 = 𝐱 + 𝟑
Solution :
𝐱 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟑
𝟏
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐲 = −
𝟑
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𝟏
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 =
𝟑
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 = ( 𝟑, 𝟎)
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬

𝟏
𝐲−𝟎= (𝒙 − 𝟑)
𝟑
⇒ 𝟑𝐲 = 𝒙 − 𝟑
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6. The x-coordinate of the incentre of the triangle that has the
co-ordinates of mid points of its sides as (0, 1) (1, 1) and
(1, 0) is (JEE MAINS - 2014)
𝟏) 𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏 + 𝟐
𝟑) 𝟏 − 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐 + 𝟐
Solution :
A(2, 0)
𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐱 𝐀 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝟑 − 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟐 +𝒚𝟑 − 𝒚𝟏 = (𝟐, 𝟎)
F(1, 0) E(1, 1)
𝐁 = 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒙𝟑 − 𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟏 +𝒚𝟑 − 𝒚𝟐 = (𝟎, 𝟎)
B(0, 0) D(0,1) C(2, 0)

𝐀 = (𝟐, 𝟎) 𝐁 = (𝟎, 𝟎) 𝐂 = (𝟎, 𝟐)
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𝐚 = 𝐁𝐂 = 𝟐
𝐛=𝟐 𝟐
𝐚𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐛𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐜𝐱 𝟑
𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 =
𝐚+𝐛+𝐜
𝟐(𝟐) + 𝟎 + 𝟎 𝟒
= =
𝟐+𝟐+𝟐 𝟐 𝟒+𝟐 𝟐
𝐈=𝟐− 𝟐
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7. A line is drawn the point (1, 2) to meet the co-ordinate axes at
P and Q such that it forms a triangle OPQ , where O is the
origin. If the area of the triangle OPQ is least, then the slope of
the line PQ is (A – 2012)
𝟏) − 𝟐 𝟐) − 𝟏/𝟐
𝟑) − 𝟏/𝟒 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution : 𝟏, 𝟐 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝑷𝑸

𝒂 𝒃
, = (𝟏, 𝟐)
𝟐 𝟐
𝒂 = 𝟐, 𝒃 = 𝟒
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𝐱 𝐲
+ =𝟏
𝐚 𝐛
⇒ 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐐 = −𝟐
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8. If the line 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐤 passes through the point which divides the
line segment joining the points (1, 1) and (2, 4) in the ratio
3: 2, then k equals. (A – 2012)
𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟗
𝟏) 𝟔 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟓
𝟓 𝟓
Solution :
𝟏, 𝟏 𝟐, 𝟒 𝐦 ∶ 𝐧 = 𝟑 ∶ 𝟐
𝟑 𝟐 + 𝟐(𝟏) 𝟑 𝟒 + 𝟐(𝟏)
𝐩= ,
𝟑+𝟐 𝟑+𝟐
𝟖 𝟏𝟒
𝐩= ,
𝟓 𝟓
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⇒ 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐤
𝟖 𝟏𝟒
Substitute 𝐩 ,
𝟓 𝟓
𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟒
⇒ + =𝐤⇒𝐤=𝟔
𝟓 𝟓
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𝐱 𝐲
𝟗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 + = 𝟏 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭
𝟓 𝐛
𝟏𝟑, 𝟑𝟐 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐋 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐱 𝐲
+ = 𝟏 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐋 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊 𝐢𝐬 (𝐀 − 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎)
𝐜 𝟑
𝟐𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟏𝟕
𝟏𝟓
𝟏𝟕 𝟐𝟑
𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟕
Solution :
𝐱 𝐲
+ =𝟏
𝟓 𝐛
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−𝐛
Slope of the line L =
𝟓
𝐱 𝐲
+ =𝟏
𝐜 𝟑
−𝟑
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐤 =
𝐜
−𝐛 −𝟑
= ⇒ 𝐛𝐜 = 𝟏𝟓
𝟓 𝐜
𝟏𝟑, 𝟑𝟐 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐋 = 𝟎
𝟏𝟑 𝟑𝟐
+ = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝐛 = −𝟐𝟎
𝟓 𝐛
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𝟑
𝐜=−
𝟒
−𝟒𝐱 𝐲
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐤 𝐢𝐬 = + =𝟏
𝟑 𝟑
⇒ 𝐲 − 𝟒𝐱 = 𝟑
𝐱 𝐲
𝐚𝐧𝐝 + =𝟏
𝟓 −𝟐𝟎
⇒ 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟐𝟎
Distance between parallel lines
|𝐜𝟏 − 𝐜𝟐 | 𝟐𝟑 Key : 4
= =
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟏𝟕
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𝟐
𝟏𝟎. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩 𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝐪 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏 𝐱 +
𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫
(A – 2009)
𝟏) 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩
𝟐) 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩

𝟑) 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩
𝟒) 𝐧𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩
Solution :
𝐩 𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝐪 = 𝟎
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐦𝟏 = 𝐩(𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏)
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𝟐
𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏 𝐱 + 𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏 𝐲 + 𝟐𝐪 = 𝟎
𝟐
𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏
𝐦𝟐 = − 𝟐 = − 𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏
𝐩 +𝟏
𝐦𝟏 = 𝐦𝟐
⇒ 𝐩 𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏 = − 𝐩𝟐 + 𝟏 ⇒ 𝐩 = −𝟏
𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏
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𝟏𝟏. The perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining P(1, 4)
and Q(k, 3) has y-intercept -4. Then a possible value of k is
(A – 2008)
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟐 𝟒) − 𝟒
Solution : Midpoint of PQ
𝐤+𝟏 𝟕
𝐌= ,
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐐 = −
𝐤−𝟏
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𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 = 𝐤 − 𝟏
𝟕 𝐤+𝟏
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐲 − = 𝐤 − 𝟏 𝐱−
𝟐 𝟐
𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐱 = 𝟎, 𝐲 = −𝟒
P(1, 4) M Q(k, 3)
⇒ 𝐤 𝟐 − 𝟏 = 𝟏𝟓
𝐤 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 bisector
𝐤 = ±𝟒, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐤 = −𝟒
Key : 4
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𝟏𝟐. Let A(h, k), B(1, 1) and C(2, 1) be the vertices of a right angled
triangle with AC as its hypotenuse. If the area of the triangle
is 1 square unit, then the set of values which ‘k’ can take is
given by (A-2007)
𝟏) −𝟏, 𝟑 𝟐) −𝟑, 𝟐
𝟑) 𝟏, 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟎, 𝟐
Solution :
𝐀 𝐡, 𝐤 𝐁 𝟏, 𝟏 𝐂(𝟐, 𝟏)
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 = 𝟏

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𝐱 𝐲𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 𝟏
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝟏 =𝟏
𝟐 𝐱 𝐲𝟑 𝟏
𝟑
𝟏 𝐡 𝐤 𝟏
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 =𝟏
𝟐
𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
⇒ 𝐤−𝟏 =𝟐
⇒ 𝐤 − 𝟏 = ±𝟐
⇒ 𝐤 = −𝟏, 𝐤 = 𝟑
⇒ 𝐤 ∈ −𝟏, 𝟑 Key : 1
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𝟏𝟑. Let P = (-1,0), Q=(0,0) and R=(3, 3 𝟑) be three points. The
equation of the bisector of the angle PQR is (A-2007)
𝟑
𝟏) 𝐱+𝐲= 𝟎
𝟐
𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑
𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲=𝟎
𝟐
Solution :
Slope of 𝐐𝐑 = 𝟑
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𝛉 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝐏𝐐𝐑 = 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎
𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝐎𝐐 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐏(−𝟏, 𝟎) Q(𝟎, 𝟎)
 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐐 = 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 𝐦 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟏𝟐𝟎 = − 𝟑
𝐲= − 𝟑𝐱 ⇒ 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
Key : 3
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𝟏𝟒. A straight line the point A(3, 4) is such that its intercept
between the axes is bisected at A. Its equation is (A-2007)
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟕
𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟐𝟒
𝟒)𝟑 𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟐𝟓
Solution :
𝒙 𝒚
+ =𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
𝐀 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐐
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𝐚 𝐛
, = (𝟑, 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟔, 𝐛 = 𝟖
𝐱 𝐲
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 + = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟐𝟒
𝟔 𝟖
Q(0, b)
A(3, 4) Key : 3
O P(a, 0)
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𝐱
𝟏𝟓. If (𝐚, 𝐚𝟐 ) falls inside the triangle made by the lines 𝐲 = , 𝐱 >
𝟐
𝟎 and 𝐲 = 𝟑𝐱, 𝐱 > 𝟎, then a belong to (A – 2006)
𝟏
𝟏) 𝟎, 𝟐) (𝟑, ∞)
𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
𝟑) ,𝟑 𝟒) −𝟑, −
𝟐 𝟐
Solution : 𝐱
𝐲 = ⇒ 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐
𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚, 𝐚𝟐 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞
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𝐚, −𝟐𝐚𝟐 𝟑𝐚 − 𝒂𝟐 < 𝟎
𝟏
−𝟐𝐚 𝐚, − (−𝐚) 𝒂 − 𝟑 < 𝟎
𝟐
𝟏
⇒ 𝐚, − 𝒂−𝟑 <𝟎
𝟐
𝟏
⇒𝒂∈ ,𝟑 Key : 3
𝟐
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𝟏𝟔. Let P be the point (1, 0) and Q a point on the locus 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱
the locus of mid point of PQ is (A – 2005)
𝟏) 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
M is the midpoint of 𝐏𝐐
𝟏+𝐱 𝐲
, = (𝐡, 𝐤)
𝟐 𝟐
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𝟏𝟔. The line parallel to the x-axis and passing through the
intersection of the lines 𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝟑𝐛 = 𝟎 and 𝐛𝐱 − 𝟐𝐚𝐲 −
𝟑𝐚 = 𝟎 where (a, b) ≠ (0, 0) is (A – 2005)
𝟑
𝟏) below the x-axis at a distance of from it
𝟐
𝟐
𝟐) below the x-axis at a distance of from it
𝟑
𝟑
𝟑) below the x-axis at a distance of from it
𝟐
𝟐
𝟒) above the x-axis at a distance from it
𝟑
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Solution :
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬
𝐋𝟏 + 𝐋𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝟑𝐛 +  𝐛𝐱 − 𝟐𝐚𝐲 − 𝟑𝐚 = 𝟎
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐱 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬

⇒ 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐱 = 𝟎
−𝐚
⇒ =
𝐛
−𝐚
𝐏𝐮𝐭  = 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝟏)
𝐛
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𝐛 𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝟑𝐛 − 𝐚 𝐛𝐱 − 𝟐𝐚𝐲 − 𝟑𝐚 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟐 𝐛𝟐 + 𝐚𝟐 𝐲 + 𝟑 𝐛𝟐 + 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
−𝟑
𝐲=
𝟐
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰
𝟑
𝐱 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐭
𝟐
Key : 1
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⇒ 𝐱 = 𝟐𝐡 − 𝟏, 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐤
Q (x, y)
𝐐 𝟐𝐡 − 𝟏, 𝟐𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱
M (h, k)
⇒ 𝟒𝐤 𝟐 = 𝟖(𝟐𝐡 − 𝟏)
P (1, 0)
⇒ 𝐤𝟐 = 𝟒𝐡 − 𝟐
⇒ 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡, 𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
Key : 1
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𝟏𝟕. 𝐈𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇. 𝐏. , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
𝐱 𝐲 𝟏
𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 + + = 𝟎 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭
𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
is (A – 2005)
𝟏) (−𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟐) (−𝟏, −𝟐)
𝟏
𝟑) (𝟏, −𝟐) 𝟒) 𝟏, −
𝟐
Solution :
𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇. 𝐏
𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
⇒ = +
𝐛 𝐚 𝐜
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𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
⇒ − + = 𝟎 ⟶ (𝟏)
𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
𝐱 𝐲 𝟏
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 + + = 𝟎 ⟶ (𝟐)
𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
⇒ 𝐱 = 𝟏, 𝐲 = −𝟐
𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 = (𝟏, −𝟐)

Key : 3
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𝟏𝟖. 𝐈𝐟 a vertex of a triangle is (1, 1) and the mid points of two
sides through this vertex are (-1, 2) and (3, 2) then the
centroid of the triangle is (A – 2005)
𝟕 −𝟏 𝟕
𝟏) −𝟏, 𝟐) ,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟕
𝟑) 𝟏, 𝟏 𝟕
𝟑 𝟒) ,
𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
𝐃=𝐄+𝐅−𝐀
𝐃 = (𝟏, 𝟑)
𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 ∆ 𝐀𝐁𝐂 = 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟∆ 𝐃𝐄𝐅
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𝟏−𝟏+𝟑 𝟑+𝟐+𝟐 𝟕
𝐆= , = 𝟏,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 A(1, 1)
E(-1, 2) F(3, 2)
B D C
Key : 3
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𝟏𝟗. Let A(2, -3) and B(-2, 1) be vertices of a ∆𝐀𝐁𝐂. If the centroid
of this triangle moves on the line 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏 then locus of
the vertex C is the line (A – 2004)
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟗 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟑
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟕
Solution :
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐜(𝛂, 𝛃)
𝟐 − 𝟐 + 𝛂 −𝟑 + 𝟏 + 𝛃
𝐱, 𝐲 = ,
𝟑 𝟑
𝛂 𝛃−𝟐
𝐆 𝐱, 𝐲 = ,
𝟑 𝟑
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𝐆 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏
A(2, -3)
𝛂 𝛃−𝟐
⇒𝟐 + =𝟏
𝟑 𝟑
⇒ 𝟐𝛂 + 𝟑𝛃 − 𝟔 = 𝟑 G
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝛂, 𝛃 𝐢𝐬 B(-2, 1) C(𝛂, 𝛃)

𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟗
Key : 1
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𝟐𝟎. The equation of the straight line passing through the point
(4, 3) and making intercepts on the co-ordinate axes whose
sum is -1 is
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱 𝐲
𝟏) − = 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 + =𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟐 𝟏
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱 𝐲
𝟐) − = −𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 + = −𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟐 𝟏
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱 𝐲
𝟑) + = 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 + = 𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝟏
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱 𝐲
𝟒) + = −𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 + = −𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟐 𝟏
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Solution :
𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝟒, 𝟑 𝐚 + 𝐛 = −𝟏
𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝟏)
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱 𝐲
− = 𝟏, + =𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟐 𝟏
𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟐 − 𝟑 = −𝟏 − 𝟐 + 𝟏 = −𝟏
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𝟐𝟏. A square of side a lies above the x-axis and has one vertex at
the origin. The side passing through the origin makes an angle
𝛑
𝛂 𝟎<𝛂< with the positive direction of x-axis . The
𝟒
equation of its diagonal not passing through the origin is
(A – 2003)
𝟏) 𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 + 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝐚
𝟐) 𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 − 𝐱 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 = 𝐚
𝟑) 𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 + 𝐱 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 = 𝐚
𝟒) 𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 + 𝐱 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 = 𝐚
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Solution :
𝐀(𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉, 𝐲𝟏 + 𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉)
𝐀(𝟎 + 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂, 𝐲𝟏 + 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂)
𝐀 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂, 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 𝐁(−𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂, 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂)
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐁 𝐢𝐬
𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 − 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂
𝐲 − 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = (𝐱 − 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂)
−𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 − 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂
⇒ 𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 − 𝐚(𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛂)
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𝒙 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 + 𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝐚
B A
a 𝛂
Key : 1
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𝟐𝟐. The sides of a triangle are 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎, 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟎 and
𝟓𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟎 where x, y > 0 then the triangle is (A – 2002)
𝟏) 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝
𝟐) 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝
𝟑) 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥
𝟒) 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞
Solution :
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞

𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞
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𝟐𝟑. Locus of mid point of the portion between the axes of 𝒙 cos𝜶 +
𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 = 𝒑 where p is constant is (A -2002)
𝟐 𝟐
𝟒
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟐 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒑𝟐
𝒑
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 𝟒
𝟑) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐
𝒙 𝒚 𝒑 𝒙 𝒚 𝒑
y
Solution : B(0, b)
𝐱𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 = 𝐩 (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )
x
O A(a, 0)
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𝐱 𝐲
𝐩 + 𝐩 =𝟏
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂
𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁
𝐩 𝐩
𝐱 𝟏, 𝐲𝟏 = ,
𝟐𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 𝟐𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂
𝐩 𝐩
⇒ 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 = 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 =
𝟐𝐱 𝟏 𝟐𝐲𝟏
𝐩 𝟐 𝐩 𝟐
⇒ 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛂 = 𝟐
+
𝟒𝐱 𝟏 𝟒𝐲𝟏 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟒
⇒ 𝟐+ 𝟐= 𝟐 Key : 4
𝐱 𝐲 𝐩
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1. The combined equation of the straight line passing through the point
(4,3) and each line making intercepts on the coordinate axes whose
sum is -1 is [TS – E - 2015 ]
𝟏) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟔 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟔 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟔 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟔 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒙 𝒚
Solution : + = 𝟏 𝝐 𝟒, 𝟑
𝒂 −𝟏 − 𝒂
𝟒 𝟑
+ =𝟏
𝒂 −𝟏 − 𝒂
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−𝟒 − 𝟒𝒂 + 𝟑𝒂
=𝟏
𝒂 −𝟏 − 𝒂
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟒
𝒂 = ±𝟐
𝒙 𝒚
+ =𝟏
𝟐 −𝟑
𝒙 𝒚
+ =𝟏
−𝟐 𝟏
−𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚
=𝟏
−𝟔
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−𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚
=𝟏
−𝟔
𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = −𝟐
−𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = −𝟔
𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 … … 𝟐
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 … … 𝟏
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟔 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
Key : 1
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2. The value of k>0 such that the angle between the lines 4x-y+7=0 nd
kx-5y-9=0 is 𝟒𝟓𝟎 is [TS – E - 2015]
𝟐𝟓 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟓
𝟑 𝟑
Solution : 𝒌
𝒎𝟏 = 𝟒, 𝒎𝟐 =
𝟓
𝒌
𝟒−
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟒𝟓𝟎 = 𝟓
𝟒𝒌 ⇒ 𝟓𝐤 = 𝟏𝟓, 𝐤 = 𝟑
𝟏+
𝟓 Key : 3
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3. An equation of a line whose segment between the coordinates axes is
1 1
divided by the point , in the ratio 2:3 is [TS E 2015]
2 3
𝟏) 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟗𝐲 = 𝟓 𝟐) 9x+6y = 5 𝟑) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟗𝐲 = 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟗𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟓
Solution :
𝟐𝟗 𝟏 𝟑𝐛 𝟏
= =
𝟓 𝟐 𝟓 𝟑
𝟓 𝟓
𝐚= 𝐛=
𝟒 𝟗
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𝒙 𝒚
+ =𝟏
𝟓 𝟓
𝟒 𝟗
𝟒𝒙 𝟗𝒚
+ =𝟏
𝒇 𝟓
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟗𝒚 = 𝟓
Key : 3
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4. If the straight lines 2x+3y-1=0, x+2y-1=0 and ax+by-1=0 from a
triangle with origin as orthocentre, then (a, b)= [AP E 2015]
𝟏) 𝟔, 𝟒 𝟐) (-3, 3) 𝟑) −𝟖, 𝟖 𝟒) 𝟎, 𝟕
Solution :
𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 − 𝟏 + 𝝀 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 A
−𝟏 + 𝛌 −𝟏 = 𝟎 x+2y-1=0
ax+by-1=0
(0,0)
⇒ 𝛌 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝝀 = −𝟏
𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 − 𝟏 − 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 B C
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𝒂 − 𝟏 𝒙 + 𝒃 − 𝟐 𝒚=0
𝒂−𝟏 𝟐
× = −𝟏
𝒃−𝟐 𝟑
𝟐𝒂 − 𝟐 = −𝟑 𝒃 − 𝟐
= −𝟑𝒃 + 𝟔
𝟐𝒂 + 𝟑𝒃 = 𝟖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟎
Key : 4
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5. The point on the line 4x-y-2=0 which is equidistant from the points
(-5, 6) and (3, 2) is [AP E 2015]
𝟏) 𝟐, 𝟔 𝟐) (4, 14) 𝟑) 𝟏, 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑, 𝟏𝟎
Solution :
𝒚 = 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐 𝑨 = −𝟓, 𝟔 𝑩 = 𝟑, 𝟐
𝑷 = 𝜶, 𝟒𝜶 − 𝟐
𝑷𝑨𝟐 = 𝑷𝑩𝟐
𝜶+𝟓 𝟐 + 𝟒𝜶 − 𝟐 − 𝟔 𝟐 = 𝜶−𝟑 𝟐 + 𝟒𝜶 − 𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟐
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−𝟓𝟒𝜶 + 𝟖𝟗 = −𝟑𝟖𝜶 + 𝟐𝟓
𝜶=𝟒
𝑷 𝜶, 𝟒𝜶 − 𝟐 = 𝑷 𝟒, 𝟏𝟒
Key : 2
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6. If the lines x+2ay+a=0, x+4cy+c=0 are concurrent, then a,b,c are in
[AP E 2015]
𝟏) Arithmetic progression 𝟐) Geometric Progression
𝟑) Harmonic Progression 𝟒) Arithmetico− Geometric

Progression
Solution : 𝟏 𝟐𝒂 𝒂
𝟏 𝟑𝒃 𝒃 =0
𝟏 𝟒𝒄 𝒄
𝟑𝒃 − 𝟐𝒂 𝒄 − 𝒂 − 𝟒𝒄 − 𝟐𝒂 𝒃 − 𝒂 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒃𝒄 − 𝟑𝒂𝒃 − 𝟐𝒂𝒄 + 𝟐𝒂𝟐 = 𝟒𝒃𝒄 − 𝟒𝒂𝒄 − 𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝟐𝒂𝟐
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𝟎 = 𝒃𝒄 + 𝒂𝒃 − 𝟐𝒂𝒄
𝒃 𝒂 + 𝒄 = 𝟐𝒂𝒄
𝒃 𝒂𝒄 𝟐𝒂𝒄
= ;𝒃 =
𝟐 𝒂+𝒄 𝒂+𝒄
𝒂, 𝒃, 𝒄 → 𝑯. 𝑷
Key : 3
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𝟕. The equation of a straight line, perpendicular to 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟔
and forming a triangle of area 6 squares units with coordinate
axes, is [E 2014 ]
𝟏) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐
𝟐) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐
𝟒) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏
Solution : 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝐤 = 𝟎
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𝐜𝟐
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 = =𝟔
𝟐|𝐚𝐛|
𝐤𝟐
=𝟔
𝟐|𝟒 × 𝟑|
𝐤 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒
𝐤 = ±𝟏𝟐
𝐤 = −𝟏𝟐
𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
Key : 1
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𝟕 𝟔
𝟖. 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 − ,− 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝟏, 𝟐 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝟓 𝟓
Of the line is (E- 2014)
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐
𝟐) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏
𝟒) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏
Solution :
𝐌 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝑨𝑩
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𝟕 𝟔
𝟏− 𝟐− −𝟏 𝟐
𝐌= 𝟓 , 𝟓 = ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟓 𝟓
𝟒
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁 =
𝟑
−𝟑
⊥ 𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 =
𝟒
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
𝟐 −𝟑 𝟏
𝐲− = 𝐱+
𝟓 𝟒 𝟓
Key : 3
⇒ 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏
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𝟗. If a line L passes through (k, 2k), (3k, 3k) and (3, 1), k ≠0, then
the distance from the origin to the line L is (E-2014)
𝟒 𝟑 𝟐 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Solution :
𝐀 𝐤, 𝟐𝐤 𝐁 𝟑𝐤, 𝟑𝐤 𝐂(𝟑, 𝟏)
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁 = 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐂
𝐤 𝟏 − 𝟑𝐤
=
𝟐𝐤 𝟑 − 𝟑𝐤
−𝟏
⇒ 𝐤=
𝟑
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−𝟏 −𝟐
𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 , −𝟏, −𝟏 (𝟑, 𝟏)
𝟑 𝟑
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐂 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
|𝐜| 𝟏
𝐝= =
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 𝟓
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𝟏𝟎. If p and q are the perpendicular distances from the origin to
the straight lines 𝐱 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛉 − 𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛉 = 𝐚 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 =
𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐𝛉 (E-2014)
𝟏) 𝟒𝐩𝟐 + 𝐪𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
𝟐) 𝐩𝟐 + 𝐪𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
𝟑) 𝐩𝟐 + 𝟐𝐪𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
𝟒) 𝟒𝐩𝟐 + 𝐪𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚𝟐
Solution :
𝐏 =⊥ 𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟎, 𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
𝐱𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛉 − 𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛉 − 𝐚 = 𝟎
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|𝐚|
𝐏= = 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛉
|𝐜| | − 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐𝛉|
𝐐= = = 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐𝛉
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉
𝟒𝐩𝟐 + 𝐪𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝛉𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐚𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝟐𝛉

= 𝐚𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝟐𝛉 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝟐𝛉
= 𝐚𝟐
Key : 1
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𝟏𝟏. If 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟓 is the perpendicular bisector of the line segment
𝟏
joining the points A 𝟏, and B, then B= (E-2013)
𝟑
𝟐𝟏 𝟒𝟗 𝟏𝟕 𝟑𝟏
𝟏) , 𝟐) ,
𝟏𝟑 𝟑𝟗 𝟏𝟑 𝟑𝟗
𝟐𝟏 𝟑𝟏
𝟕 𝟒𝟗 𝟒) ,
𝟑) , 𝟏𝟑 𝟑𝟗
𝟏𝟑 𝟑𝟗
Solution :
𝐁 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀 𝐰. 𝐫. 𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
𝐡 − 𝐱 𝟏 𝐤 − 𝐲𝟏 −𝟐(𝐚𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐛𝐲𝟏 + 𝐜)
= =
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
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𝟏
𝐡−𝟏 𝐤−
= 𝟑 = −𝟐(𝟐 + 𝟏 − 𝟓) = 𝟒
𝟐 𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏
𝐀 𝟏,
𝐡−𝟏 𝟒 𝟐𝟏 𝟑
= ⇒𝒉=
𝟐 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
𝟑𝐤 − 𝟏 𝟒 𝟒𝟗
= ⇒𝒌=
𝟗 𝟏𝟑 𝟑𝟗
𝐁(𝐡, 𝐤)
𝟐𝟏 𝟒𝟗
,
𝟏𝟑 𝟑𝟗
Key : 1
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𝟏𝟐. If the points (1, 2) and (3, 4) lie on the same side of the
straight line 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝐚 = 𝟎 then a lies in the set (E – 2013)
𝟏) 𝟕, 𝟏𝟏 𝟐) 𝐑 − 𝟕, 𝟏𝟏 𝟑) 𝟕, ∞ 𝟒) −∞, 𝟏𝟏
Solution :
𝐋𝟏𝟏 𝐋𝟐𝟐 > 𝟎
𝟑 − 𝟏𝟎 + 𝐚 𝟗 − 𝟐𝟎 + 𝐚 > 𝟎
−𝟕 + 𝐚 −𝟏𝟏 + 𝐚 > 𝟎
⇒ 𝐚 < 𝟕 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 > 𝟏𝟏
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𝟏𝟑. If a, b, c form a geometric progression with common ratio r,
then the sum of the ordinates of the points of intersection of
the line 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 and the curve 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
(E-2012)
𝐫𝟐 𝐫
𝟏) 𝟐) −
𝟐 𝟐
𝐫
𝟑) 𝟒) 𝐫
𝟐
Solution :
𝐚 = 𝐚, 𝐛 = 𝐚𝐫, 𝐜 = 𝐚𝐫 𝟐
𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
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⇒ 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐚𝐫𝐲 + 𝐚𝒓𝟐 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝐱 + 𝐫𝐲 + 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐱 = −𝟐𝒚𝟐
⇒ −𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝒓𝒚 + 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟎
−𝒃 𝒓
𝐒𝐮𝐦 = =
𝒂 𝟐
Key : 3
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𝟏𝟒. The equation of a straight line passing through the point (1, 2)
and inclined at 𝟒𝟓𝟎 to the line 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 is (E-2012)
𝟏) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟕
𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑
𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐋𝐞𝐭 ′𝐦′ 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐦𝟏 = 𝐦
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟐

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𝐦𝟏 − 𝐦𝟐
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 = 𝛉 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 B
𝟏 + 𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐
𝐦−𝟐 𝐦−𝟐
𝟏= ⇒ = ±𝟏 𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝟏 + 𝟐𝐦 𝟏 + 𝟐𝐦 A
C
𝐦 = −𝟑
⇒ 𝐲 − 𝟐 = −𝟑(𝐱 − 𝟏)
⇒ 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
Key : 2
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𝟏𝟓. A point moves in the xy -plane such that the sum of its distance
from two mutually perpendicular lines is always equal to 5
units. The area (in square units) enclosed by the locus of the
point , is (E-2012)
𝟐𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐𝟓
𝟏)
𝟒
𝟑) 𝟓𝟎 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎𝟎
Solution :
𝐱 + 𝐲 =𝟓
𝟐𝐜 𝟐
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 =
|𝐚𝐛|
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𝟐(𝟐𝟓)
= = 𝟓𝟎 B
𝟏 𝐱 − 𝐲 = −𝟓 𝐱+𝐲 = 𝟓
A
C O
𝐱 + 𝐲 = −𝟓 𝐱−𝐲=𝟓
D
Key : 3
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𝟏𝟔. The image of the point (3, 8) in the line 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟕 is
𝟏) (𝟏, 𝟒) 𝟐) (𝟒, 𝟏) 𝟑) (−𝟏, −𝟒) 𝟒) (−𝟒, −𝟏)
Solution :
𝐁 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀 A(3,8)
𝐡 − 𝟑 𝐤 − 𝟖 −𝟐(𝟐𝟎)
⇒ = = = −𝟒
𝟏 𝟑 𝟏𝟎
𝐡 = −𝟏 B(h , k)
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤 = −𝟒
𝐡, 𝐤 = −𝟏, −𝟒
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𝟏𝟕. The line joining the points A(2, 0) and B(3, 1) is rotated
through an angle 𝟒𝟓𝟎 , about A in the anticlockwise direction.
The co-ordinates of B in the new position (E - 2011)
𝟏) 𝟐, 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 ,𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐 , 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐, 𝟐
Solution :
𝐫 = 𝐀𝐁 = 𝟐
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟏
𝛉 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝒄 = 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
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𝒄 = 𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟎 , 𝟎 + 𝟐 = 𝟐, 𝟐 y
C B(3, 1)
𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝟒𝟓𝟎
x
A(2, 0)
Key : 1
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𝟏𝟖. The number of points P(x, y) with natural numbers as
co-ordinates that lie inside the quadrilateral formed by the lines
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐, 𝐱 = 𝟎, 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓 𝐢𝐬 (E - 2011)
𝟏) 𝟏𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏𝟎 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution :
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐, 𝐱 = 𝟎, 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 > 𝟐, 𝐱 + 𝐲 < 𝟓
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞

𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐃 𝐭𝐨 𝟏, 𝟏 𝟏, 𝟐 𝟐, 𝟏 𝟐, 𝟐 𝟏, 𝟑 (𝟑, 𝟏)
=𝟔
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D(0, 5)
𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 > 𝟐
C(0, 2) 𝒙+𝒚<𝟓
O
A(1, 0) B(5, 0)
𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟐 𝒙+𝒚=𝟓
Key : 3
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𝟏𝟗. A straight line makes equal intercepts on positive X and Y
axes and which is at a distance 1 unit from the origin intersects
the straight line 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑 + 𝟐 at (𝐱 𝟎 , 𝐲𝟎 ) then 2𝐱 𝟎 + 𝐲𝟎 =
(E - 2011)
𝟏)𝟑 + 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 − 𝟏
𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟎
Solution : 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞
𝐱 𝒚
+ =𝟏 ⇒ 𝒙+𝒚= 𝒂
𝒂 𝒂
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|𝐜| | − 𝐚|
𝐝= = 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝 = 𝟏
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 𝟐
| − 𝐚|
=𝟏 ⇒𝐚= 𝟐
𝟐
𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐 … . (𝟏)
𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 = −𝟑 − 𝟐 … . (𝟐)
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭
𝐱 𝟎 , 𝐲𝟎 = −𝟏, 𝟐 + 𝟏
𝟐𝐱 𝟎 + 𝐲𝟎 = 𝟐 − 𝟏
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𝟐𝟎. The image of the line 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 in the y-axis is (E - 2010)
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐲 − 𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution : 𝒚
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝑨𝑩
𝐱+𝐲= 𝟐 B(0, 2)
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝑨𝟏 𝑩 x+𝒚 = 𝟐
𝟐
𝐲 − 𝟎 = (𝐱 + 𝟐)
𝟐 x
⇒ 𝒙−𝒚+𝟐= 𝟎 𝑨𝟏 (−𝟐, 𝟎) A(2, 0)
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𝟐𝟏. Image of the point (4, -13) w. r. t. the line 𝟓𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) (−𝟏, −𝟏𝟒) 𝟐) (𝟑, 𝟒) 𝟑)(𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟒) (−𝟒, 𝟏𝟑)
Solution :
𝟓𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭(𝟒, −𝟏𝟑)
𝐡 − 𝟒 𝒌 + 𝟏𝟑 −𝟐(𝟐𝟎 − 𝟏𝟑 + 𝟔)
𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 = =
𝟓 𝟏 𝟐𝟔
= −𝟏
𝐡, 𝐤 = (−𝟏, −𝟏𝟒)
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𝟐𝟐. The point on the line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟓 which is equidistant from (1,
2) and (3, 4) is : (E- 2009)
𝟏) (𝟕, −𝟒) 𝟐) (𝟏𝟓, −𝟏𝟎) 𝟑)(𝟏/𝟕, 𝟖/𝟕) 𝟒) (𝟎, 𝟓/𝟒)
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟓
𝐏𝐀 = 𝐏𝐁
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 O
𝒙−𝟏 + 𝐲−𝟐 = 𝒙−𝟑 + 𝐲−𝟒
⇒ 𝐱+𝐲 −𝟓=𝟎
⇒ (15, -10) is the point of intersection
of x + y – 5 =0, 3x + 4y = 5. A(1, 2) B(3, 4)
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𝟐𝟑. The equation of the straight line perpendicular to the straight
line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 and passing through the point of intersection
of the lines 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is : (E- 2009)
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
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𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 , 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐 −𝟑 𝐤
𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟏 −𝟐 𝟒
𝟐 𝟏𝟐 − 𝟐 + 𝟑(𝟒 + 𝟏 + 𝐤 −𝟐 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟓𝐤 = 𝟑𝟓
⇒𝐤=𝟕
𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
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𝟐𝟒. If l, m, n are in arithmetic progression, then the straight line
𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐧 = 𝟎 will pass through the point (E- 2008)
𝟏) (−𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟐)(𝟏, −𝟐) 𝟑) (𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟒) (𝟐, 𝟏)
Solution : 𝐥, 𝐦, 𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀. 𝐏
⇒ 𝟐𝐦 = 𝐥 + 𝐧
⇒ 𝐥 − 𝟐𝐦 + 𝐧 = 𝟎 … . (𝟏)
⇒ 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐧 = 𝟎 … . (𝟐)
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝟐)
𝐱 = 𝟏, 𝐲 = −𝟐 𝐏(𝟏, −𝟐)
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𝟐𝟓. The value of k such that the lines 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎, 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 −
𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟏𝐲 − 𝟑𝟑 = 𝟎 are concurrent is(E- 2008)
𝟏) 𝟐𝟎 𝟐) − 𝟕 𝟑) 𝟕 𝟒) − 𝟐𝟎
Solution :
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭
𝟐 −𝟑 𝐤
𝟑 −𝟒 −𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟖 −𝟏𝟏 −𝟑𝟑
𝟐 𝟏𝟑𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝟑 + 𝟑 −𝟗𝟗 + 𝟏𝟎𝟒 +
𝐤(−𝟑𝟑 + 𝟑𝟐) = 𝟎
⇒ −𝟐𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓 − 𝐤 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐤 = −𝟕
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𝟐𝟔. If A(2, -1) and (6, 5) are two points the ratio in which the foot
of the perpendicular from (4, 1) to AB divides it is (E- 2007)
𝟏) 𝟖 ∶ 𝟏𝟓 𝟐) 𝟓 ∶ 𝟖 𝟑) − 𝟓 ∶ 𝟖 𝟒) − 𝟖 ∶ 𝟓
Solution : 𝟑
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁 =
𝟐
−𝟐
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐃 =
𝟑
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐏𝐃
−𝟐
𝐲−𝟏= (𝐱 − 𝟒)
𝟑
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⇒ 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐋𝟏𝟏
𝐃 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐁 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨 = −
𝐋𝟐𝟐
−(𝟒 − 𝟑 − 𝟏𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟓
= = =
(𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓 − 𝟏𝟏) 𝟏𝟔 𝟖
=𝟓∶𝟖
Key : 2
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𝟐𝟕. The angle between the line joining the points (1, -2), (3, 2) and
the line 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 is (E- 2007)
𝟏) 𝝅 𝟐)𝝅/2 𝟑)𝝅/3 𝟒) − 𝟐
Solution :
𝐀 𝟏, −𝟐 𝐁(𝟑, 𝟐)
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝟏 = 𝟐
−𝟏
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝟐 =
𝟐
𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 = −𝟏
𝛑
⇒𝛉=
𝟐
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𝟐𝟖. The lines 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟔 meet in
the common point : (E- 2007)
𝟏) (𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟐) (𝟐, 𝟐) 𝟑) (𝟑, 𝟏 ) 𝟒) (𝟏, 𝟏)
Solution : 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭

𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑 (𝟑, 𝟏)
𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬
∴ 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 (𝟑, 𝟏)
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𝟐𝟗. The equation of the line passes through the point of
intersection of the lines 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
and perpendicular to the line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 (E- 2007)
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐)𝟔𝐱 − 𝟗𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑)𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
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⇒ 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
𝟐 −𝟑 𝐤
𝟏 −𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝟓 −𝟕
𝟐 𝟐𝟏 − 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟑 −𝟕 − 𝟒 + 𝐤(𝟓 + 𝟔) = 𝟎
⇒ −𝟏𝟏 + 𝟏𝟏𝐤 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐤 = 𝟏
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key : 1
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𝟑𝟎. The area (in sq . Units) of the triangle formed by the lines 𝐱 =
𝟎; 𝐲 = 𝟎 and 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐 (E- 2005)
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒)𝟏𝟐
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒄𝟐
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 =
𝟐|𝒂𝒃|
𝟏𝟒𝟒
= =𝟔
𝟐|𝟑 × 𝟒|
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𝟑𝟏. If PM is the perpendicular from P(2, 3) on to the line 𝐱 + 𝐲 =
𝟑 then the co- ordiantes of M are (E- 2005)
𝟏) (𝟐, 𝟏) 𝟐) (−𝟏, 𝟒) 𝟑)(𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟒) (𝟒, −𝟏)
Solution :
𝐏(𝟐, 𝟑)
𝐌 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫
𝐡 − 𝟐 𝐤 − 𝟑 (−𝟐 + 𝟑 − 𝟑)
= = = −𝟏
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝐌(𝐡, 𝐤) 𝐱+𝐲−𝟑=𝟎
𝐡 = 𝟏, 𝐤 = 𝟐
𝐡, 𝐤 = (𝟏, 𝟐)
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𝟑𝟐. The equation of the straight line perpendicular to
𝟓𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟕 and passing through the point of intersection of
the lines 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟔 is (E- 2005)
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟏𝟕
Solution :
𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨
𝟓𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟕 𝐭𝐨𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝐤 = 𝟎
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𝟐 𝟓 −𝐤
𝟐 𝟑 −𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑 𝟒 −𝟔
𝟐 −𝟏𝟖 + 𝟒 − 𝟓 −𝟏𝟐 + 𝟑 − 𝐤(𝟖 − 𝟗)
−𝟐𝟖 + 𝟒𝟓 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝐤 = −𝟏𝟕
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
Key : 2
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𝟑𝟑. Suppose A, B are two points on 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 and P(1, 2) is
such that PA = PB . Then the mid point of AB is (E- 2004)
−𝟏 𝟏𝟑 −𝟕 𝟗
𝟏) , 𝟐) ,
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
𝟕 −𝟗 −𝟕 −𝟗
𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Solution :
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐐 𝐡, 𝐤 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁
𝐐 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫
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𝐡 − 𝟏 𝐤 − 𝟐 −(𝟐 − 𝟐 + 𝟑) −𝟑
= = =
𝟐 −𝟏 𝟒+𝟏 𝟓
P(1, 2)
𝐡 − 𝟏 −𝟑 −𝟏
= ⇒𝐡=
𝟐 𝟓 𝟓
𝐤 − 𝟐 −𝟑 𝟏𝟑
= ⇒𝐤=
−𝟏 𝟓 𝟓
−𝟏 𝟏𝟑
𝐡, 𝐤 = , A Q(h, k) B
𝟓 𝟓
Key : 1
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𝟑𝟒. If the lines 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 ; 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟑 =
𝟎 are concurrent then k = (E- 2004)
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟕
Solution :
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭
𝟒 𝟑 −𝟏
⇒ 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝒌 𝟓 𝟑
𝟒 𝟑 − 𝟐𝟓 − 𝟑 −𝟑 − 𝟓𝒌 − 𝟏 𝟓 + 𝒌 = 𝟎
⇒ −𝟖𝟖 + 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟒𝒌 = 𝟎
⇒𝒌=𝟔
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𝟑𝟓. If a straight line perpendicular to 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 forms a
triangle with the co-ordinate axes whose area is 2sq . Units,
then the equation of the straight line(s) is (E- 2002)
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = ±𝟐
𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = ±𝟔
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = ± 𝟒
Solution :
𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨
𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝐤 = 𝟎
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𝐜𝟐
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 =
𝟐|𝐚𝐛|
𝐜𝟐
⇒ =𝟑
𝟐|𝟑 × 𝟐|
𝐤 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
𝐤 = ±𝟔
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = ±𝟔
Key : 2
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𝟑𝟔. If (-2, 6) is the image of the point (4, 2) with respect to the
line L=0, then L = (E- 2002)
𝟏) 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐌 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝑨𝑩
𝐌 = (𝟏, 𝟒)
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𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟑−𝟖+𝟓=𝟎
0=𝟎
Key : 3
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𝟑𝟕. The lines 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟔, 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟖 cut the X-axis at a A , B
respectively . A line L drawn through the point (2, 2) meets the
X-axis at C in such a way that abscissae of A, B, C are in
arithmetic progression . Then the equation of the line L is
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟎 (E- 2002)
𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏𝟎
Solution :
𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟔, 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟖 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐱 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬
𝐚𝐭 𝐀 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁
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𝐀 𝟑, 𝟎 𝐁(𝟒, 𝟎)
𝟑, 𝟒, 𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀. 𝐩 ⇒ 𝐜 + 𝟑 = 𝟖 𝐜 = 𝟓
𝐜 𝟓, 𝟎 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 (𝟐, 𝟐)
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞

−𝟐
𝐲−𝟐= (𝐱 − 𝟐)
𝟑
⇒ 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟎
Key : 1
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𝟑𝟖. The number of circles that touch all the straight lines
𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎, 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲 = 𝟐 𝐢𝐬 (E- 2001)
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution :
𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞
𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 = 𝟒
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𝟑𝟗. For all values of a and b the line 𝐚 + 𝟐𝐛 𝐱 + 𝐚 − 𝐛 𝐲 +
𝐚 + 𝟓𝐛 = 𝟎 passes through the point (E- 2001)
𝟏) (−𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟐) (𝟐, −𝟏) 𝟑) (−𝟐, 𝟏) 𝟒) (𝟏, −𝟐)
Solution :
𝐚 + 𝟐𝐛 𝐱 + 𝐚 − 𝐛 𝐲 + 𝐚 + 𝟓𝐛 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝐚 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 + 𝐛 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝐛
⇒ 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝐚
∴𝐱+𝐲+𝟏=𝟎
𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 (−𝟐, 𝟏)
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𝟒𝟎. The incenter of the triangle formed by the lines 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏,
𝐱 = 𝟏, 𝐲 = 𝟏 is (E- 2001)
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟏 − ,𝟏−
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
𝟐) 𝟏 − ,
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
𝟑) ,
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
𝟒) ,𝟏 −
𝟐 𝟐
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Solution :
𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏, 𝐱 = 𝟏, 𝐲 = 𝟏
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐀 𝟏, 𝟎 𝐁 𝟏, 𝟏 𝐂(𝟎, 𝟏)
𝐚 = 𝐁𝐂 = 𝟏
𝐛 = 𝐂𝐀 = 𝟐
𝐜 = 𝐀𝐁 = 𝟏
𝟏+ 𝟐 𝟐+𝟏
𝐈= ,
𝟏+𝟏+ 𝟐 𝟏+𝟏+ 𝟐
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𝟏+ 𝟐 𝟐+𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝐈= , = ,
𝟐(𝟏 + 𝟐 𝟐(𝟏 + 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
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𝟒𝟏. The area of triangle formed by the axes and the line (𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐡𝛂 −
𝟏) 4 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏
Solution :
𝒄𝟐
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 =
𝟐|𝒂𝒃|
𝟒
=
𝟐(𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒉𝜶 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒉𝜶)(𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒉𝜶 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒉𝜶)
𝟐
= =𝟐
𝟏
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𝟒𝟐. If the points (1, 2) and (3, 4) were to be on the same side of
the line 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝐚 = 𝟎 then (E- 2000)
𝟏) 𝟕 < 𝐚 < 𝟏𝟏 𝟐) 𝐚 = 𝟕
𝟑) 𝐚 = 𝟏𝟏 𝟒) 𝐚 < 𝟕 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 > 𝟏𝟏
Solution : 𝐋𝟏𝟏 𝐋𝟐𝟐 > 𝟎
⇒ 𝟑 − 𝟏𝟎 + 𝐚 𝟗 − 𝟐𝟎 + 𝐚 > 𝟎
⇒ −𝟕 + 𝐚 −𝟏𝟏 + 𝐚 > 𝟎
∴ 𝐚 < 𝟕, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 > 𝟏𝟏
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𝟒𝟑. The co-ordinate of the image of the origin O with respect to
the straight line 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 (E- 2000)
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) − , − 𝟐) (−𝟐, −𝟐) 𝟑) (𝟏, 𝟏) 𝟒) (−𝟏, −𝟏)
𝟐 𝟐
Solution : 𝐏 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 ′𝐎′

𝐡 𝐤
= = −𝟏 O(0,0)
𝟏 𝟏
𝐡 = −𝟏, 𝐤 = −𝟏 x+y+1=0
(𝐡, 𝐤) = (−𝟏, −𝟏) P(h , k)

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𝟒𝟒. If the points (x,-3x) and (3,4) lie on the opposite sides of the line 3x-
4y=8 then (B. Arch- 2015)
𝟖 −𝟖 𝟖 −𝟖
𝟏) 𝐱 > ,𝐲 < 𝟐) 𝐱 > ,𝐲 <
𝟏𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟏𝟓
𝟖 −𝟖 𝟖 −𝟖
𝟑) 𝐱 < ,𝐲 < 𝟒) 𝐱 = ,𝐲 =
𝟏𝟓 𝟓 𝟏𝟓 𝟓
Solution : (3, 4) 3x-4y=8
𝟑, 𝟒 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒙, −𝟑𝒙 lies on the opposite sides

of the line 3x-4y-8=0
STRAIGHT LINES PCQ
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐𝒙 − 𝟖
⇒ <𝟎
𝟗 − 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟖
⇒ 𝟏𝟓𝒙 − 𝟖 > 𝟎
𝟖
⇒𝒙>
𝟏𝟓
−𝟖
𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒚 = −𝟑𝒙 <
𝟓
Key : 1
STRAIGHT LINES PCQ
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PAIR OF STRAIGHT LINES LEVEL-I
PAIR OF
STRAIGHT LINES
1. The equation 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 represents
1) Real and distinct lines 2) Real and coincident lines
3) Imaginary lines 4) none
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐡𝟐 = 𝟏𝟓
𝐚𝐛 = 𝟑 𝟓 = 𝟏𝟓
∴ 𝐡𝟐 = 𝐚𝐛
⇒Real and coincident lines KEY - 2
2. 𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 represent a pair of distinct lines than ‘a’ lies in
−𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 represent a pair of
distinct lines
⇒ 𝐡𝟐 > 𝐚𝐛
⇒ 𝟏 > 𝟗𝐚𝟐 ⇒ 𝟗𝐚𝟐 − 𝟏 < 𝟎
𝟑𝐚 − 𝟏 𝟑𝐚 + 𝟏 < 𝟎
𝟏 𝟏
𝐚∈ − , KEY - 2
𝟑 𝟑
3. If the slope of the lines represented by 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 are in
the ratio 3:2 , then
𝟏) 𝟐𝟓𝐚𝐛 = 𝟐𝟒𝐡𝟐 𝟐) 𝟖𝐡𝟐 = 𝟗𝐚𝐛 𝟑) 𝟏𝟔𝐡𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓𝐚𝐛 𝟒) 𝐡𝟐 = 𝟗𝐚𝐛
Solution :
Given 𝐦 ∶ 𝐧 = 𝟑 ∶ 𝟐
We know that
𝐦+𝐧 𝟐 𝟒𝐡𝟐
=
𝐦𝐧 𝐚𝐛
𝟐𝟓 𝟒𝐡𝟐
⇒ =
𝟔 𝐚𝐛
KEY - 1
⇒ 𝟐𝟒𝐡𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓𝐚𝐛
4. If the slope of the lines represented by 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 the
square of the other, then 𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝟖𝐡𝟑 =
𝟏) 𝟒𝐚𝐛𝐡 𝟐) 𝟓 𝐚𝐛𝐡 𝟑)𝟔 𝐚𝐛𝐡 𝟒) 𝟖 𝐚𝐛𝐡
Solution :
𝐦𝟏 = 𝐦; 𝐦𝟐 = 𝐦𝟐
𝐦𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 = 𝐦 + 𝐦𝟐
𝟐𝐡
− = 𝐦 + 𝐦𝟐
𝐛
Cubing on b.s
𝐚 𝐚
∴ Product of slopes = 𝐦𝐦𝟐 = ⇒ 𝐦𝟑 =
𝐛 𝐛
−𝟖𝐡𝟑
= 𝐦𝟑 + 𝐦𝟔 + 𝟑𝐦𝟑 𝐦 + 𝐦𝟐
𝐛𝟑
−𝟖𝐡𝟑 𝐚 𝐚𝟐 𝐚 −𝟐𝐡
= + +𝟑
𝐛𝟑 𝐛 𝐛𝟐 𝐛 𝐛
−𝟖𝐡𝟑 𝐚𝐛+𝐚𝟐 −𝟔𝐚𝐡
=
𝐛𝟑 𝐛𝟐
−𝟖𝐡𝟑 = 𝐛 𝐚𝐛 + 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟔𝐚𝐡
𝐚𝐛 𝐚 + 𝐛 − 𝟔𝐡 + 𝟖𝐡𝟑 = 𝟎
𝐚𝐛 𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝟖𝐡𝟑 = 𝟔 𝐚𝐛𝐡
KEY - 3
5. If the slope of one line is double the slope of another line and the
𝐱𝟐 𝟐𝐱𝐲 𝐲𝟐
combined equation of the pair of lines + + = 𝟎 then
𝐚 𝐡 𝐛
𝐚𝐛: 𝐡𝟐
𝟏) 𝟗: 𝟖 𝟐) 𝟑: 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟖 ∶ 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟏: 𝟐
Solution :
Given pair of lines
𝐱𝟐 𝟐𝐱𝐲 𝐲𝟐
+ + =𝟎
𝐚 𝐡 𝐛
Comparing with 𝐀𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐇𝐱𝐲 + 𝐁𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎

𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
𝐀 = ; 𝟐𝐇 = ; 𝐁 =
𝐚 𝐡 𝐛
Given 𝐦: 𝐧 = 𝟏: 𝟐
𝐦+𝐧 𝟐 𝟒𝐡𝟐
=
𝐦𝐧 𝐀𝐁
𝟗 𝟒
= 𝟏
𝟐 𝐡𝟐
𝐚𝐛
𝟗 𝟒𝐚𝐡
=
𝟐 𝐡𝟐
𝟗𝐡𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐡
𝐚𝐛 𝟗
=
𝐡𝟐 𝟖
𝐚𝐛: 𝐡𝟐 = 𝟗: 𝟖
KEY - 1
6. The difference of the slopes of the lines
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛂 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛂𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution :
If 𝛂 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏+ 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝐡𝟐 −𝐚𝐛 𝟐 𝟒−𝟑
𝐦𝟏 − 𝐦𝟐 = = =𝟐
𝐛 𝟏
KEY - 2
7. The combined equation to a pair of straight lines passing through
the origin and inclined at 𝟒𝟓𝟎 , 𝟔𝟎𝟎 with x-axis is
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑 + 𝟏 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑 + 𝟏 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑 + 𝟏 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑 − 𝟏 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝐦𝟏 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟒𝟓𝟎 = 𝟏
𝐦𝟐 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟔𝟎𝟎 = 𝟑
Equations are 𝐲 = 𝐦, 𝐱 𝐲 = 𝐦𝟐 𝐱
𝐲=𝐱 𝐲 = 𝟑𝐱
Combined Equation is 𝐱 − 𝐲 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟑𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏 + 𝟑 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
KEY - 1
8. One of the lines 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is perpendicular to
𝐥𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 then 𝐥 =
𝟏) − 𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟎
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱𝐲 + 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑𝐱 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝐲 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎; 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
If 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 is perpendicular to 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Then −𝟑 −𝐥 = −𝟏
𝟏
𝐥=−
𝟑
If 𝐱 + 𝐲 is perpendicular to 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Then −𝟏 −𝐥 = −𝟏
𝐥 = −𝟏
KEY - 1
9. Angle between the lines 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛂 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝛂 𝟒)𝟐𝜶
𝟐 𝟒
Solution :
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛂 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝐡𝟐 −𝐚𝐛 𝟐 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛂−𝟏
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 = =
𝐚+𝐛 𝟐
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛂
∴𝛉=𝛂
KEY - 3
10. Angle between the lines 𝐱 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉 − 𝟏 − 𝐱𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐲 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 = 𝟎
is
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟑 𝟔 𝟐
Solution :
𝐱 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉 − 𝟏 − 𝐱𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐲 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 = 𝟎

Here 𝐚 + 𝐛 = −𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 = 𝟎
𝛑
Angle between them 𝛉 =
𝟐
KEY - 4
11. If the pair of lines 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 = 𝐱 − 𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛂 𝟐 are
perpendicular to each other then 𝛂 =
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟔 𝟖 𝟒
Solution :
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 = 𝐱 − 𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛂 𝟐
𝐱 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 + 𝐲 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 = 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛂
𝐱 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 − 𝟏 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛂 + 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 − 𝟏 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎

are perpendicular to each other
𝛑
⇒𝛂= KEY - 4
𝟒
12. If the slope of the line represented by 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱𝐲 + 𝐤𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is 2
then k=
𝟏) − 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟎 𝟒)𝟏
Solution :
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱𝐲 + 𝐤𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 ……(1)
Given one of the line is 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 …… (2)
Substitute (2) in (1)
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐤 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐤𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟖𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐤𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒𝐱 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐤 = −𝟐 KEY - 1
13. Angle between angle bisectors of lines 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟕𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝟐) 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝟑) 𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝟒) 𝟒𝟓𝟎
Solution :
Angle between angular bisectors is

always 𝟗𝟎𝟎
KEY - 3
14. If the equation of the pair of bisectors of the angle between the
pair of lines 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎, then
b=
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) − 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒) − 𝟖
Solution :
Given pair of lines
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Pair of angle bisectors is
𝐡 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚 − 𝐛 𝐱𝐲
𝟏
𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑 − 𝐛 𝐱𝐲
𝟐
𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟑 − 𝐛 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Comparing with 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟏𝟒 = 𝟐 𝟑 − 𝐛
𝟑−𝐛=𝟕
𝐛 = −𝟒
KEY - 2
15. If 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 represents angular bisectors of
coordinate axes, then 𝐚 + 𝐛, 𝐡 respectively are
𝟏) 𝟎, 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏, 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟎, 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟏, 𝟐
Solution :
Pair of angular bisector of co-ordinate
axes is 𝐱 + 𝐲 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝐱𝟐 − 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟎
Comparing with 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟏 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐𝐡 = 𝟎
𝐡=𝟎
KEY - 1
16. If the two pairs of lines 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐩𝐱𝐲 − 𝐚𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐱 𝟐 +
𝟐𝐪𝐱𝐲 − 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 are such that each pair bisects the angle
between the other pair, then
𝐩 𝐪 𝐩 𝐪
𝟏) 𝐩𝐪 = 𝐚𝐛 𝟐) 𝐩𝐪 + 𝐚𝐛 = 𝟎 𝟑) = 𝟒) =
𝐚 𝐛 𝐛 𝐚
Solution :
Angle bisectors of 1st pair is

𝐩 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 𝐚 − −𝐚 =𝟎
𝐩 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐱𝐲 = 𝟎
𝐩𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐱𝐲 − 𝐩𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 comparing with
2nd pair 𝐛𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐪𝐱𝐲 − 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐩 −𝟐𝐚 −𝐩
= =
𝐛 𝟐𝐪 −𝐛
𝐩𝐪 = −𝐚𝐛
𝐩𝐪 + 𝐚𝐛 = 𝟎
KEY - 2
17. If the two pairs of lines 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟖𝐱𝐲 +
𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 are equally inclined, then b=
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) − 𝟐
Solution :
The two pair of lines
𝐚𝟏 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝟏 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝟏 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝟐 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝟐 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
have same angular bisector lines then they
are said to be equally inclined lines. Then
𝐚𝟏 −𝐛𝟏 𝟐𝐡𝟏
=
𝐚𝟐 −𝐛𝟐 𝟐𝐡𝟐
𝟐−𝟏 𝟔
=
𝟒−𝐛 𝟏𝟖
𝟏 𝟏
=
𝟒−𝐛 𝟑
⇒𝟑=𝟒−𝐛
⇒𝐛=𝟏
KEY - 1
18. If one of the lines represented by 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 bisects
an angle between the coordinate axes, then
𝟐
𝟏) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟐𝐡 𝟐)𝐚 + 𝐛 = −𝟐𝐡 𝟑) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟒𝐡𝟐 𝟒) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐡𝟐
Solution :
Angular bisectors of co-ordinate axes
are 𝐲 = 𝐱; 𝐲 = −𝐱
⇒ 𝐲 = ±𝐱
Substitute 𝐲 = ±𝐱 is 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐛𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐱 𝟐 𝐚 + 𝐛 + 𝟐𝐡 = 𝟎
𝐚 + 𝐛 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐡𝟐 KEY - 3
19. If the lines 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 are equally inclined with the
coordinate axes, then
𝟏) 𝐡𝟐 = 𝐚𝐛 𝟐) 𝐡 = 𝟎, 𝐚𝐛 > 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐡 = 𝟎, 𝐚𝐛 < 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞
Solution :
The lines which are equally inclined with
co-ordinate axes are
𝐲 = 𝐱; 𝐲 = −𝐱
𝐱+𝐲 𝐱−𝐲 = 𝟎
𝐱𝟐 − 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐚 = 𝟏; 𝐡 = 𝟎; 𝐛 = −𝟏
𝐚𝐛 = −𝟏 < 𝟎; 𝐡 = 𝟎 KEY - 3
20. The pair of lines 𝐚 − 𝛌 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛 − 𝛌 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 are
𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐫𝐞
𝟏) 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝟐) 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬
𝟑) 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝟒) 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥
Solution :
Pair of lines
𝐚 − 𝛌 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛 − 𝛌 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
and 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐚𝟏 −𝐛𝟏 𝐚−𝟏−𝐛+𝟏
here = =𝟏
𝐚𝟐 −𝐛𝟐 𝐚−𝐛
∴ Equally inclined to each other
𝐡𝟏 𝐡
= =𝟏
𝐡𝟐 𝐡 KEY - 3
21. The line 𝐲 = 𝟑𝐱 bisects the angle between the lines
𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is a=
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) − 𝟐, 𝟐) − 𝟑, 𝟑) − 𝟏, 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟎
𝟐 𝟑
Solution :
Given pair of lines 𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Pair of angular bisector is
𝐚 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 ………(1)
Substitute 𝐲 = 𝟑𝐱 in equation (1)
𝐚 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱 𝟑𝐱 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐱 𝟐 −𝟖𝐚 − 𝟑𝐚𝟐 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
⇒ −𝟑𝐚𝟐 − 𝟖𝐚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟑𝐚𝟐 + 𝟖𝐚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟑𝐚𝟐 + 𝟗𝐚 − 𝐚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟑𝐚 𝐚 + 𝟑 − 𝟏 𝐚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟏
𝐚 = ; 𝐚 = −𝟑
𝟑
KEY - 2
22. If 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 bisects the angle between the lines
𝐱 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 − 𝐲 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧
𝛑
𝛉 = 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝟐 + 𝟐𝐦
𝟒
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution :
Given pair of lines are
𝐱 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 −𝐲 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 = 𝟎
𝛑 𝟏 𝐲𝟐
Where 𝛉 = ⇒ 𝐱𝟐 𝟏+ + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 − =𝟎
𝟒 𝟐 𝟐
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 𝐲𝟐
+ 𝟐𝐱𝐲 − =𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 ……(1)
angular bisector of equation (1)
−𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 𝐱𝐲
𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐱𝐲
𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Substitute 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱
𝐱 𝟐 𝟏 − 𝟐𝐦 − 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐦𝟐 + 𝟐𝐦 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 KEY - 1
23. The area of the triangle formed by two rays whose
combined equation is 𝐲 = 𝐱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟐 𝐢𝐬
𝟖 𝟒 𝟏𝟔
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
Given 𝐲= 𝐱
𝐲 = ±𝐱 ⇒ 𝐲 + 𝐱 𝐲 − 𝐱 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐧𝟐 𝐡𝟐 −𝐚𝐛
Area =
𝐚𝐦𝟐 −𝟐𝐡𝐥𝐦+𝐛𝐥𝟐
𝟒 𝟎− −𝟏 𝟒
= = KEY - 2
𝟒−𝟎−𝟏 𝟑
24. If 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟐𝐡, then the area of the triangle formed by the lines
𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 and the line 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎, in sq . units, is
𝐚+𝐛 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 𝐚−𝐛 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝐚−𝐛 𝐚−𝐛 𝐚+𝐛 𝐚+𝐛
Solution :
Given pair of line
𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
and given line 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐧𝟐 𝐡𝟐 −𝐚𝐛
Area =
𝐚𝐦𝟐 −𝟐𝐡𝐥𝐦+𝐛𝐥𝟐
𝟒 𝐡𝟐 −𝐚𝐛
=
𝐚+𝟐𝐡+𝐛
𝐚+𝐛 𝟐
𝟒 −𝐚𝐛
𝟒
=
𝟐 𝐚+𝐛
𝐚−𝐛 𝟐
=
𝐚+𝐛
𝐚−𝐛
=
𝐚+𝐛
KEY - 3
25. If the product of the perpendicular distance from (1, k) to the
𝟑
pair of lines 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 units, then k=
𝟐
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution :
Given pair of line
𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 … … (1)
Product of perpendicular from 𝟏, 𝐤
𝟑
Equation (1) is
𝟐
𝐚𝛂𝟐 +𝟐𝐡𝛂𝛃+𝐛𝛃𝟐
=
𝐚−𝐛 𝟐 +𝟒𝐡𝟐
𝟏−𝟒𝐤+𝐤 𝟐
=
𝟒
𝟑
=
𝟐
𝐤 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐤 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝐤−𝟓 𝐤+𝟏 =𝟎
𝐤 = 𝟓; 𝐤 = −𝟏
KEY - 2
26. If the pairs of lines 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝐩𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 and
𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 have one line in common, then 𝐩 =
𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓 −𝟐𝟓 −𝟐𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐, 𝟐) − 𝟐, 𝟑) − 𝟐, 𝟒) 𝟐,
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
Solution :
𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟔𝐱 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟓𝐲 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟔𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 + 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎; 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟎
If 𝐱 = 𝐲 is common
Substitute 𝐲 = 𝐱 in 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝐩𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐩𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 𝐩 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 ⇒𝐩=𝟐
𝟔𝐱
If 𝐲 = − is common then
𝟓
𝟐 𝟔𝐱 𝟑𝟔𝐱 𝟐
𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓𝐱 − +𝐩
𝟓 𝟐𝟓
𝟑𝟔𝐩 𝟐𝟓
𝟗=− ⇒ 𝐩 = −
𝟐𝟓 𝟒
Condition for pair of lines have one line is
common
𝐚𝟏 𝐛𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟒 𝐚𝟏 𝐡𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝐡𝟏 𝐛𝟏 𝐡𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 𝐡𝟏 = 𝟎
KEY - 4
27. The equation of the line common to the pair of lines
𝐩 − 𝐪 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐫 − 𝐪 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐫 − 𝐩 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐩𝐪𝐫 𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝐩𝐪𝐫
Solution :
By option verification 𝐲 = −𝐱 is satisfies

both equations.
KEY - 3
28. The centroid of the ∆𝐥𝐞 formed by the lines
𝟖𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) (𝟐, 𝟐) 𝟐) (−𝟐, 𝟑) 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
𝟑
Midpoint of third side = 𝐆
𝟐
By option verification
𝟑
Option (1) 𝟐, 𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝟑 is satisfies.
𝟐
Third side 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
∴ Centroid = 𝟐, 𝟐 KEY - 1
29. If two sides of a ∆𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞 along 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 and its
orthocenter is (2, 1) then the equation of the third side is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟎𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 − 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution :
Equation of third side is
𝐚 + 𝐛 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 = 𝐚𝐦𝟐 − 𝟐𝐡𝐥𝐦 + 𝐛𝐥𝟐
Given 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
and orthocenter = 𝟐, 𝟏
𝟑 + 𝟐 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑 𝟏 𝟐 − 𝟓 𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝟓 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑 − 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟖
⇒ 𝟏𝟎𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟐𝟏 KEY - 2
30. If the two sides of a triangle are given by 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
and the centroid is (2, 3), then the equation of the 3rd side is
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟔 𝟐) 𝟕𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟒 𝟑) 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟒
Solution :
𝟑
Midpoint of 3rd side = (𝐆)
𝟐
𝟑 𝟗
= 𝟐, 𝟑 = 𝟑,
𝟐 𝟐
Option (3) satisfies
𝟗
𝟕 𝟑 −𝟐 = 𝟐𝟏 − 𝟗 = 𝟏𝟐
𝟐
KEY - 3
31. If 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 represents two equal sides of an
isosceles triangle and the third side passes through (3, 1).
Then the equation of the third side is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟒 𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟔 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟒
Solution :
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Pair of angular bisector is
𝟓
− 𝐱𝟐 − 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐
⇒ 𝐱𝟐 − 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐱−𝐲 𝐱+𝐲 = 𝟎
𝐱−𝐲= 𝟎, 𝐱+𝐲=𝟎
Third side of isosceles triangle is

perpendicular to one of the line passing
through (𝟑, 𝟏) is
𝐱+𝐲=𝟒
KEY - 2
32. If the two sides of a triangle are given by 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
−𝟓 𝟏
and the centroid is , ,then the equation of the 3rd side is
𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution :
Mid point of third side
𝟑 𝟑 𝟓 𝟏 𝟓 𝟏
= 𝑮 = 𝟐 −𝟑,𝟑 = −𝟐,𝟐
𝟐
𝟓 𝟏
Option (1) satisfies − , KEY - 1
𝟐 𝟐
33. The triangle formed by the pair of lines
𝟏𝟏𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎 is
1) Equilateral 2) Isosceles 3) Right angled 4) Scalene
Solution :
𝟏𝟏𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 , 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝐚 + 𝟑𝐛 𝐦 −𝟐𝐡𝐥
= 𝟏𝟏 − 𝟑 −𝟐 −𝟏𝟔 𝟏
= 𝟖 −𝟐 −𝟏𝟔
= −𝟏𝟔
∴ 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞
𝟐 𝟐
or 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 − 𝟑 𝐦𝐱 − 𝐥𝐲 =0 KEY - 1
34. The three lines whose combined equation is 𝐲 𝟑 − 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 = 𝟎
form a triangle which is
1) Isosceles 2) Equilateral 3) Right angled 4) Concurrent
Solution :
𝐲 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐲 = 𝟎; 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐲 = 𝟎; 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎; 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
⇒ Lines are concurrent
KEY - 4
35. A pair of mutually perpendicular lines is drawn through the
origin forming an isosceles triangle with the line
𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟔, right angled at origin. Then the area of triangle is
𝟏𝟑 𝟏 𝟏𝟑 𝟑𝟔
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑𝟔 𝟒 𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟑
Solution :
𝐂𝟐 Given line
Area =
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝛂 𝐚𝟐 +𝐛 𝟐
𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟔
𝟑𝟔
=
𝟏 𝟒+𝟗
𝛂 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝟑𝟔
=
𝟏𝟑
KEY - 4
36. A pair of mutually perpendicular lines is drawn through the
origin forming an isosceles triangle with the line 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟔,
right angled at origin. The pair of lines is
𝟏) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 − 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
Given line 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟔
𝛂 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎
Pair of line is 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 𝐦𝐱 − 𝐥𝐲 𝟐 =𝟎
𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 =𝟎
𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 − 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 = 𝟎
−𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 − 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
KEY - 3
37. If the equations 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 represents
a pair of lines then 𝐜 =
𝟏) − 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟓
Solution :
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
represents a pair of lines then
∆= 𝐚𝐛𝐜 + 𝟐𝐟𝐠𝐡 − 𝐚𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐛𝐠 𝟐 − 𝐜𝐡𝟐 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟐 −𝟏 𝐜 − 𝟐 𝟑 −𝟑 −𝟏 − 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 + 𝟏 −𝟑 𝟐 − 𝐜 −𝟏 𝟐 =𝟎
⇒ −𝟑𝐜 + 𝟏𝟖 − 𝟏𝟖 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑𝐜 = +𝟗
𝐜=𝟑
KEY – 3
38. If (1, k) is the point of intersection of the lines given by
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 then 𝐤 =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟏 𝟑) − 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution :
𝛛𝐬
= 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 … … (1)
𝛛𝐱
𝛛𝐬
= 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟕 … … (2)
𝛛𝐲
P.I. is (1, k) substitute any one equation

𝟒(𝟏) + 𝟓𝐤 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟓𝐤 = −𝟏𝟎
𝐤 = −𝟐 KEY - 3
39. If 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 + 𝐚𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 are concurrent then 𝐚 =
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) − 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) − 𝟑
Solution :
𝐱𝐲 + 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 … … (1)
𝐱 + 𝐚𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 … … (2) are concurrent
𝛛𝐬
=𝐲+𝟏=𝟎
𝛛𝐱
𝐝𝐬
=𝐱+𝟏=𝟎
𝐝𝐲
P.I. = (−𝟏, −𝟏)
Substitute (-1,-1) in equation(2)
−𝟏– 𝐚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐚 = −𝟒 KEY - 2
40. The length of the intercept cut off by the pair of lines
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝐱𝐲 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟖𝐱 − 𝟐𝟖𝐲 + 𝟒𝟗 = 𝟎 on the x - axis
𝟏𝟒 𝟖
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝐱𝐲 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟖𝐱 − 𝟐𝟖𝐲 + 𝟒𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝐠 𝟐 −𝐚𝐜
x-intercept =
𝐚
𝟐 𝟏𝟗𝟔−𝟏𝟒𝟕
=
𝟑
𝟏𝟒
=
𝟑
KEY - 2
41. The length of the intercept cut off by the pair of lines
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝛌𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎 on the y-axis is
𝟖 𝟏𝟎
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝛌𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝐟 𝟐 −𝐛𝐜
y-intercept =
𝐛
𝟐 𝟒𝟗−𝟒𝟎
=
𝟐
=𝟑
KEY - 3
42. If the pair of lines 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
intersect on the y-axis, then 𝐛𝐜 =
𝟏) 𝐠 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐟 𝟐 𝟑) 𝐟𝐠 𝟒) 𝟐𝐟 𝟐
Solution :
If pair of line
𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
intersect on y-axis
⇒ 𝐲 − 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐭 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝐟 𝟐 −𝐛𝐜
=𝟎
𝐛
𝐟𝟐 = 𝐛𝐜 KEY - 2
43. If the angle between the pair of lines
𝛑
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝛌𝐱𝐲 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟒𝐲 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝛌 =
𝟒
𝟏) ± 𝟕 𝟐) ± 𝟔 𝟑) ± 𝟓 𝟒) ± 𝟏
Solution :
𝟐 𝐡𝟐 −𝐚𝐛
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 = Given 𝛉 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝐚+𝐛
𝛌𝟐
𝟐 𝟒 −𝟔 𝛌𝟐
𝟏= ⇒𝟓=𝟐 −𝟔
𝟓 𝟒
𝛌𝟐
⇒ 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟒 −𝟔
𝟒
⇒ 𝛌𝟐 = 𝟒𝟗
⇒ 𝛌 = ±𝟕 KEY - 1
44. The product of the perpendicular from the origin to the pair of
st . Lines 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏/𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution :
Product of perpendiculars from origin to
pair of straight lines 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐜
𝐚−𝐛 𝟐 +𝟒𝐡𝟐
𝟏
=
𝟒
𝟏
= KEY - 2
𝟐
45. The product of the perpendiculars from (f, -g) to the pair
of st . line 𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐠𝐱 + 𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 is
𝐟𝐠 − 𝐜 𝐟𝐠𝐡 − 𝐜
𝟏) 𝐟𝐠 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝐟𝐠𝐡 − 𝐜 𝟒)
𝐡 𝐡
Solution :
Product of perpendiculars from 𝐟, −𝐠 to
the pair of straight line
𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐠𝐱 + 𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 is
𝐬𝟏𝟏 −𝐟𝐠𝐡+𝐠𝐟−𝐟𝐠+𝐜 𝐟𝐠𝐡−𝐜
= =
𝐚−𝐛 𝟐 +𝟒𝐡𝟐 𝐡𝟐 𝐡
KEY - 4
46. Let PQR be a right angled isosceles triangle, right angled at
P(2, 1). If the equation of QR is 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑, the area of 𝐏𝐐𝐑 =
𝟏) 𝟐/𝟓 𝟐) 𝟓/𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒/𝟓 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution :
When Q
h
𝐡 = perpendicular distance h h
from 𝟐, 𝟏 to 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
P R
𝟐
∴𝐡=
𝟓
From right angled isosceles triangle
𝟏 𝟒
Area = 𝟐𝐡 × 𝐡 = KEY - 3
𝟐 𝟓
47. If the distance between the pair of parallel lines
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐚𝐱 − 𝟖𝐚𝐲 − 𝟗𝐚𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟓 𝟐, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟓
Solution :
Distance between pair of parallel line
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐚𝐱 − 𝟖𝐚𝐲 − 𝟗𝐚𝟐 = 𝟎 is 𝟐𝟓 𝟐
𝐠 𝟐 −𝐚𝐜
𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 𝟐
𝐚 𝐚+𝐛
𝟏𝟔𝐚𝟐 +𝟗𝐚𝟐
𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 𝟐
𝟐
𝟐 𝟓𝐚 = 𝟐𝟓 𝟐 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟓 KEY - 4
48. The distance between the pair of parallel lines represented
by 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟒𝐛 𝟐) 𝐛 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚 𝟑) 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟒) 𝐛 𝟐 − 𝐚
Solution :
Distance between pair of parallel line
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛 = 𝟎
𝒈𝟐 −𝒂𝒄
=𝟐
𝒂 𝒂+𝒃
𝒂 𝟐
𝟐
−𝒃
=𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 − 𝟒𝒃 KEY - 1
𝟏
49. The side of parallelogram are given by 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
and 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎 then the equation of
the diagonal not passing through the origin is
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟏 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑 𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐
Solution :
Given that 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 … … (1)
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎… (2)
Equation of diagonal not passing through
origin is equation (2) − equation (1)
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝐱+𝐲−𝟑 =𝟎 KEY - 2
50. The equation to pair of opposite sides of a parallelogram are
𝐱 𝟐 −𝟓𝐱 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎. The equation of a
diagonal is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏𝟑 𝟐) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟑
𝟑) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟕 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟕
Solution :
𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝐱−𝟐 𝐱−𝟑 =𝟎 𝐲−𝟏 𝐲−𝟓 =𝟎
𝐱 = 𝟐, 𝐱 = 𝟑 𝐲 = 𝟏, 𝐲 = 𝟓
D C
∴ 𝐀 = 𝟐, 𝟏 ; 𝐁 = 𝟑, 𝟏 y=5
𝐂 = 𝟑, 𝟓 ; 𝐃 = 𝟐, 𝟓
𝟒 y=1
Equation of 𝐀𝐂 = 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟏 𝐱 − 𝟐 A B
x=2 x=3
Equation of 𝐁𝐃 ⇒ 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟕
𝟒
𝐲−𝟏= 𝐱−𝟑
−𝟏
𝐲 − 𝟏 = −𝟒𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐
𝟒𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟑
KEY - 2
51. The figure formed by the pairs of lines 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝟗𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓𝟔 = 𝟎 is a
𝟏) 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝟐) 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐬
𝟑) 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝟒) 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞
Solution :
𝐱𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐱−𝟐 𝐱+𝟏 =𝟎
𝐱 = −𝟏, 𝐱 = 𝟐
Distance between them = 𝟑
𝐚𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓𝟔 = 𝟎
Distance between perpendicular lines
=𝟐
𝐚 𝐚+𝐛
𝟑 𝟐
+𝟓𝟎𝟒
=𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟗 =𝟑
𝟗 𝟐𝟓
and adjacent sides are not perpendicular

⇒ Figure formed by the pair of line is
Rhombus
KEY - 2
52. If 𝐟𝐠 = 𝐜𝐡, the lines represented by 𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐠𝐱 + 𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 form
a quadrilateral with the coordinate axes which is a
𝟏) 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝟐) 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞
𝟑) 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝟒) 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐳𝐢𝐮𝐦
Solution :
Given 𝐟𝐠 = 𝐜𝐡
𝐜𝐡
⇒𝐟=
𝐠
Given that 𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐠𝐱 + 𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
𝐜𝐡𝐲
𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐠𝐱 + + 𝐜=𝟎
𝐠
𝐜
𝐱 𝐡𝐲 + 𝐠 + 𝐡𝐲 + 𝐠 = 𝟎
𝐠
𝐜
𝐱+ + 𝐡𝐲 + 𝐠 = 𝟎
𝐠
𝐜 𝐠
∴ 𝐱 = − ,𝐲 = −
𝐠 𝐡
∴ Rectangle
KEY - 3
53. If the equation 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 represents two
straight lines and form a rectangle with coordinate axes
then its area is (sq . units)
𝐟 𝐟𝐡 𝐟𝐠 𝐠𝐡
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐
𝐠 𝐠 𝐡 𝐟
Solution :
Given that
𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
𝝏𝑺 𝐠
= 𝟐𝐡𝐲 + 𝟐𝐠 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐲 = −
𝝏𝒙 𝐡
𝝏𝑺 𝐟
= 𝟐𝐡𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐱 = −
𝝏𝒚 𝐡
𝐟𝐠 𝐟
Area = −
𝐡𝟐 𝐡
𝐠
−
𝐡
KEY - 3
54. If the pair of lines 𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙𝒚 − 𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 −
𝟔𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 form a square then area of square is
𝟏) 𝟏/𝟑 𝟐) 𝟏𝟑 𝟑) 𝟏𝟑/𝟒 𝟒) 𝟏/𝟏𝟑
Solution :
𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟔𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟔𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
here 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟎
𝐂 𝟏
Area = =
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 −𝒂𝒃 𝟏𝟑
KEY - 4
55. In the above problem, the length of its side is
𝟏 𝟏𝟑 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟏𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟐 𝟏𝟑
Solution :
Area of square formed by

𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟔𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎,
𝟏
𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟔𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 is 𝟏𝟑
𝟐 𝟏
∴ Area = 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 =
𝟏𝟑
𝟏
∴ side =
𝟏𝟑 KEY - 4
56. Area enclosed by the pair of lines
𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐠𝐱 − 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 is
𝟐𝐜 𝐜 𝟑𝐜 𝟒𝐜
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐
𝐡 − 𝐚𝐛 𝟐
𝐡 − 𝐚𝐛 𝐡𝟐 − 𝐚𝐛 𝐡𝟐 − 𝐚𝐛
Solution :
𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜
= 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐧 𝐥𝟏 𝐱 + 𝐦𝟏 𝐲 + 𝐧𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐠𝐱 − 𝟐𝐟𝐲 − 𝐜

= 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 − 𝐧 𝐥𝟏 𝐱 + 𝐦𝟏 𝐲 − 𝐧𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐜𝟏 −𝐝𝟏 𝐜𝟐 −𝐝𝟐
Area =
𝐚𝟏 𝐛𝟐 −𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟏
𝟐𝐧 𝟐𝐧𝟏
=
𝐥𝐦𝟏 −𝐥𝟏 𝐦
𝟒𝐧𝐧𝟏
=
𝐥𝐦𝟏 +𝐥𝟏 𝐦 𝟐 −𝟒𝐥𝐥𝟏 𝐦𝐦𝟏
𝟒𝐜
=
𝟒𝐡𝟐 −𝟒𝐚𝐛
𝟐𝐜
=
𝐡𝟐 −𝐚𝐛
KEY - 1
57. The equation of the pair of lines passing through the origin and
parallel to the pair of lines 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
is 𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
Pair of parallel line passing through 𝟎, 𝟎
and perpendicular to
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝐱 − 𝐱𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟓 𝐱 − 𝐱 𝟏 𝐲 − 𝐲𝟏 +𝟐 𝐲 − 𝐲𝟏 𝟐 =𝟎
𝟐 𝐱−𝟎 𝟐 +𝟓 𝐱−𝟎 𝐲−𝟎 +𝟐 𝐲−𝟎 𝟐 =𝟎
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
KEY - 1
58. The equation of the pair of lines passing through (3, 2)
and perpendicular to the coordinate axes is
𝟏) 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱𝐲 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution :
Equation of pair of parallel line passing
through 𝟑, 𝟐 and perpendicular to the
co-ordinate axes.
Pair of co-ordinate axis is 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟎
Required equation is − 𝐱 − 𝟑 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
− 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 KEY - 4
59. The diagonals of a square are along the pair of lines
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎. If (2, 1) is a vertex of square then another
vertex consecutive to it is
𝟏) 𝟏, 𝟒 (−𝟏, 𝟒) 𝟐) 𝟏, −𝟐 (−𝟏, 𝟐)
𝟑) 𝟏, −𝟑 (−𝟏, 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟏, 𝟎 (𝟎, 𝟏)
Solution :
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝐲 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎, 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
Slope of 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎 is C A(2,1)
𝟓
𝐦 = −𝟐
−𝟏
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 = 𝟓
𝟓 (0,0)
𝟐
𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 B
𝟓
−𝟏 𝟐
∴𝐁= 𝟓 , 𝟓 2
𝟓
𝟓 𝟓
𝐁 = −𝟏, 𝟐 1
−𝟏 𝟐
∴𝐂= − 𝟓 ,− 𝟓
𝟓 𝟓
𝐂 = 𝟏, −𝟐 KEY - 2
60. Let PQR be a right angled Isosceles triangle, right angled at
𝐏(𝟐, 𝟏). If the equation of the line QR is 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑, then the
equation representing pair of lines PQ and PR is
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝟎𝐱 + 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝟎𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎𝐱 + 𝟏𝟓𝐲 + 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱𝐲 − 𝟏𝟎𝐱 − 𝟏𝟓𝐲 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
Solution : Q
𝐏 = 𝟐, 𝟏
Equation of pair of lines PQ, PR is 𝐏 = 𝟐, 𝟏 R

𝐥 𝐱 − 𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐦 𝐲 − 𝐲𝟏 𝟐 − 𝐦 𝐱 − 𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐥 𝐲 − 𝐲𝟏 𝟐 =𝟎
𝟐 𝐱−𝟐 +𝟏 𝐲−𝟏 𝟐 − 𝐱−𝟐 −𝟐 𝐲−𝟏 𝟐 =𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 − 𝐱 − 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐 =𝟎
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟓 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 =𝟎
𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓 + 𝟒𝐱𝐲 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 − 𝟐𝟎𝐱 − 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝟎𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
KEY - 2
61. The orthocenter of the triangle formed by the pair of lines
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 and the line 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) (−𝟏, 𝟎) 𝟐) (𝟎, −𝟏) 𝟑) (−𝟏, 𝟏) 𝟒) (𝟑, 𝟓)
Solution :
Given pair of equations
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 ……(1)
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝐲 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝐱−𝐲=𝟎
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝐥 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝐦
Coefficient x and y on both sides
𝟐𝐦 + 𝐥 = 𝟏 𝐦 − 𝐥 =𝟐
∴ 𝐦 = 𝟏 𝐥 = −𝟏
Equation (1) represents
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 … … (2)
𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 … … (3)
Given line 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 … … (4)
Ortho center is the point
intersection of (3) & (4)
= −𝟏, 𝟎 KEY - 1
62. Circumcenter of triangle formed by 𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎,
𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) (𝟏, 𝟏) 𝟐) (𝟏, −𝟏) 𝟑) (−𝟏, 𝟏) 𝟒) (−𝟏, −𝟏)
Solution :
𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝐱 𝐲+𝟐 +𝟐 𝐲+𝟐 =𝟎
𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 … … (1)
𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 … … (2)
𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 … … (3)
Solving (1) & (2) 𝑨 = −𝟐, 𝟐
Solving (2) & (3) 𝑩 = 𝟎, −𝟐
Solving (3) & (1) 𝑪 = −𝟐, 𝟎
∴ ∆ ABC is the right angle triangle
Circumcenter = mid point of BC
= −𝟏, −𝟏
KEY - 4
63. The angle between the pair of lines joining the origin to the
points of intersection of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 with the line
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐜 𝐢𝐬 𝟗𝟎𝟎 , then 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝐜 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐𝐜 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑𝐜 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒𝐜 𝟐
Solution :
Given that
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 … … (1)
𝐲−𝐦𝐱
= 𝟏 … … (2)
𝐜
Homogenizing equation (1) with help of
equation (2)
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 =𝟎
𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝐲−𝐦𝐱
𝐱 +𝐲 −𝐚 =𝟎
𝐜
𝐜 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐦𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐦𝐱𝐲 = 𝟎
𝐱 𝟐 𝐜 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝒎𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 𝐜 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 + 𝟐𝐦𝐚𝟐 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟎
Given that 𝐀𝐎𝐁 = 𝟗𝟎𝟎
Coefficient 𝐱 𝟐 +Coefficient 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐜 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 + 𝐜 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐜 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐚𝟐 𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟐𝐜 𝟐
KEY - 2
64. The combined equation of the pair of lines passing through
the (0, 0) and which are at distance of 4 units from (2, 3) is
𝟏) 𝟕𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝟎𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟕𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝟎𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟕𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟕𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
The combined equation of pair of lines
passing through 𝟎, 𝟎 and which are at a
distance of 4 units from 𝟐, 𝟑 is
𝐱𝐲𝟏 − 𝐱 𝟏 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐝𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐
𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐
𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐
𝟕𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 KEY - 4
1. The equation 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 represents
1) Real and distinct lines 2) Real and coincident lines

3) Imaginary lines 4) none
Solution :
𝐡𝟐 < 𝐚𝐛
𝟏
<𝟑
𝟒
KEY - 3
2. The equation K𝒙𝟐 +4xy+5𝒚𝟐 = 0 represents two lines inclined at an
angle π if K =
𝟓 𝟒 4
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) − 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟒 𝟓 5
Solution :
θ=π
⇒ 𝐡𝟐 = 𝐚𝐛
⇒ 𝟐𝟐 = 𝑲 × 𝟓 ⇒ 𝟓𝑲 = 𝟒
4
K= KEY - 2
5
3. If one of the lines 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 = 0 passes through (-4, -2) then b =
𝟏) -6 𝟐) -4 𝟑) -2 𝟒) -1
Solution :
Sub (-4, -2)

𝟐(−𝟒)𝟐 − (−𝟒)(−𝟐) + 𝒃(−𝟐)𝟐 = 0
𝟒𝒃 = 𝟐𝟒
𝒃=𝟔 KEY - 1
4. The sum and product of the slopes of the lines 2𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 =0 are
𝟏)1, -2 𝟐) 2, -1 𝟑) 3, -1 𝟒) -1, 3
Solution :
−2h
𝐦𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 = =𝟏
b
a
𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 = = −𝟐
b
KEY - 1
5. The difference of the slopes of the lines 3𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) 1 𝟐) 2 𝟑) 3 𝟒) 4
Solution :
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
𝒎𝟏 − 𝒎𝟐 =
𝒃
KEY - 2
6. If the slopes of the lines represented by 6𝒙𝟐 +2hxy+ 𝒚𝟐 = 0 are in the
ratio 1 : 2 then h =
3 𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) − 𝟒)
2 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
(𝒑 + 𝒒)𝟐 𝒂𝒃 = 𝒑𝒒 𝟒𝒉𝟐
p:q = 1:2
KEY - 4
7. If the slope of one line of the pair 8𝒙𝟐 +2hxy+ 𝒚𝟐 = 0 twice the slope of
the second line, then h =
𝟏) 3 𝟐) 9 𝟑) 16 𝟒) 12
Solution :
(𝒑 + 𝒒)𝟐 𝒂𝒃 = 𝒑𝒒 𝟒𝒉𝟐
p:q = 1:2
KEY - 1
8. The difference of the tangents of the angles made by the lines
3𝒙𝟐 -2xy- 𝒚𝟐 =0 with x-axis is
𝟏) ± 𝟐 𝟐) ± 𝟒 𝟑) ± 𝟑 𝟒) ± 𝟓
Solution :
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
𝒎𝟏 − 𝒎 𝟐 =
𝒃
KEY - 2
9. The difference of the slopes of the lines 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜽 𝒙𝟐 −
𝟐 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜽 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 2 𝟑) 3 𝟒) 4
Solution :
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
𝒎𝟏 − 𝒎𝟐 =
𝒃
KEY - 2
10. One of the lines of -3𝒙𝟐 +2xy+ 𝒚𝟐 = 0is parallel to lx+y+1=0 then l =
𝟏) − 𝟏 𝟐) 1 𝟑) 2 𝟒) 0
Solution :
𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
 3x+y=0
x-y=0
KEY - 1
11. The difference of the slopes of the lines represented by 𝒚𝟐 +
𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜶 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 − 𝟐 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 4 𝟑) 6 𝟒) 8
Solution :
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
𝒎𝟏 − 𝒎𝟐 =
𝒃
KEY - 1
12. The difference of the slopes of the two lines represented by 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟐𝒙𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜶 + 𝟐 + 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝜶 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝜶 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟏) 6 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒)𝟖
Solution :
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
𝒎𝟏 − 𝒎𝟐 =
𝒃
KEY - 3
13. The angle between pair of lines 2𝒙𝟐 -7xy+3 𝒚𝟐 = 0 is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝟏𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏
𝟔 𝟒 𝟑 𝟏𝟓
Solution :
𝒂+𝒃
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 =
𝒂−𝒃 𝟐 + 𝟒𝒉𝟐
KEY - 2
π
14. The angle between the pair of lines 𝒚𝟐 -2xycosec θ+ 𝒙𝟐 =0 , 0 ≤ θ≤
2
is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝟏) − 𝜽 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝛉 𝟒) − 𝛉
𝟐 𝟐 𝟒
Solution :
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝜽 =
𝒂+𝒃
KEY - 1
15. If θ is the acute angle between the pair of lines 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱𝐲 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
then sinθ =
𝝅 𝝅 𝟓 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟔 𝟑 𝟑𝟒 𝟑𝟒
Solution :
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 =
𝒂−𝒃 𝟐 + 𝟒𝒉𝟐
KEY - 3
16. If the acute angle between the pair of line 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝛌𝐱𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
π
then λ =
3
𝟏) ±6 𝟐)± 8 𝟑) ± 10 𝟒) ±12
Solution :
𝝅
𝜽=
𝟑
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽 =
𝒂+𝒃
𝟐 𝝀𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏
𝟑= KEY - 2
𝟏𝟎
17. If the pair of lines given by 𝝀 𝝀 − 𝟑 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝝀 + 𝟏 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
perpendicular to each other, then λ =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution :
a+b = 0
 λ(λ-3)+(λ+1)=0
 (λ−1)𝟐 =0
KEY - 1
 λ=1
18. If the pair of line given by 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝒙 − 𝒃𝒚 𝟐 are
perpendicular to each other, then λ =
𝟏) 𝐚 = 𝐛 𝟐) 𝐚 = −𝐛 𝟑) 𝐚 = ±𝒃 𝟒)𝐚 = −𝟐𝐛
Solution :
a+b=0
 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟎
 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐
 a= ±𝒃 KEY - 3
19. The angle between the pair of lines 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 = (𝒙𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜷 +
𝟏) 𝛃 𝟐) 𝟐𝛃 𝟑)𝛂 𝟒) 𝟐𝜶
Solution :
𝒙𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 − 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜷 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜷𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜷 + 𝒚𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜷 = 𝟎
𝒂+𝒃
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 = = cos2α
𝒂−𝒃 𝟐 + 𝟒𝒉𝟐
 θ= 2α KEY - 4
20. The equation of the pair of angular bisectors of the pair of lines 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 −
𝟐𝟎𝐱𝐲 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒉 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂 − 𝒃 𝒙𝒚
 -10 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓𝒙𝒚 KEY - 1

21. The equation of the pair of angular bisectors of
𝒂 − 𝒃 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒉𝒙𝒚 − 𝒂 − 𝒃 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐡𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂 − 𝒃 𝒙𝒚 − 𝐡𝒚𝟐 𝟐)𝐚𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉𝒙𝒚 − 𝒃𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐡𝒙𝟐 + 𝒂 − 𝒃 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒉𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐡𝒙𝟐 + 𝒉𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒉 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂 − 𝒃 𝒙𝒚
 𝟐𝒉 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂 − 𝒃 + 𝒂 − 𝒃 𝒙𝒚 KEY - 1
22. The straight lines 3𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝟖𝒙𝒚 + 𝟓𝒚𝟐 + 𝝀 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 have the same
pair of angular bisectors with that of 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝟖𝒙𝒚 + 𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 for
𝟏) All values of λ 𝟐) λ=1 only 𝟑)λ = 0 only 𝟒) λ = -1
Solution :
𝒉 𝒂−𝒃 3+λ − 5+λ

= ′  1 =
𝒉′ 𝒂 − 𝒃′ 3−5
KEY - 1
23. If one of the lines 𝐚𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 bisects the angle
between the axes in the first quadrant, then
𝟏) 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃 𝟐)𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃 𝟑) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟐𝐡 𝟒) a+b = -2h
Solution :
Put y=x
𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
a+b = -2h
KEY - 4
24. If one of the lines 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝒉𝒙𝒚 + 𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 bisects the angle between
the coordinate axes, then h =
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒) 𝟏𝟔
Solution :
𝒂+𝒃 𝟐 = 𝟒𝒉𝟐
Here 2h = h
𝟑 + 𝟓 𝟐 = 𝒉𝟐
 𝒉𝟐 = 𝟔𝟒
 h = ±8 KEY - 3
25. If the coordinate axes are two bisectors of the angle between
𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝒌 − 𝟏 𝒙𝒚 − 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 then k =
𝟏) − 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏
Solution :
h=0
 K-1 =0
 K= 1 KEY - 4
26. If the pair of lines 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑 + 𝒌 𝒙𝒚 − 𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 are equally inclined to
the coordinate axes, then k =
𝟏) 0 𝟐) − 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟔
Solution :
h=0
 3+k=0
KEY - 2
27. The pair of lines 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝟏𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
are
𝟏) mutually perpendicular 𝟐) equally inclined to the axes
𝟑) equally inclined to the axes 𝟒) parallel
Solution :
𝒂−𝒃 𝟐−𝟓 𝟑 𝒉 𝟑
= = =
𝒂′ − 𝒃′ 𝟒 − 𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟏 𝒉′ 𝟐𝟏
KEY - 3
28. The pair of lines 𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 bisect the angle between the
coordinate axes if
𝟏) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟎, 𝐡 ≠ 𝟎 𝟐)𝐚 + 𝐛 ≠ 𝟎, 𝐡 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐚 + 𝐛 ≠ 𝟎, 𝐡 ≠ 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟎, 𝐡 = 𝟎
Solution :
a+b=0
h=0
KEY - 4
29. The pair of lines 𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉(𝒂 −
𝟏) 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝟐) 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫

𝟑) 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝟒) 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞
Solution :
𝒂−𝒃 𝒂−𝒃 𝟏
= =
𝒂′ − 𝒃′ 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 𝒂+𝒃
𝒉 𝒉 𝟏
= = KEY - 2
𝒉′ 𝒉 𝒂+𝒃 𝒂+𝒃
30. If one of the lines of 𝒎𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏 − 𝒎𝟐 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒎𝒙𝟐 = 𝟎 is a bisector of
the right angle between the lines xy=0 then m=
𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) − 𝟒) 𝟏 𝐨𝐫 − 𝟏
𝟐
Solution :
h=0
 1-m2 = 0
m=±1
KEY - 4
31. The bisectors of the angle between the line
𝒎𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐 𝒎 + 𝟏 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 are the axes of coordinates if m =
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) − 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟏
Solution :
h=0
 m+1 = 0
m= -1
KEY - 3
32. If the pairs of straight lines 𝒂𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and
𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 be such that each pair bisects the angle
between the other pair then
𝟏) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐚 − 𝐛 = 𝟐 𝟒) 𝐚 − 𝐛 = −𝟐
Solution :
-1 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 -xy (a-b) = 0
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂 − 𝒃 𝒙𝒚 = 𝟎
Compare with
𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
KEY - 2
 a+b = 0
33. The area of the triangle formed by the lines 𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
and the line x+y-5=0 (in sq.units) is
𝟐𝟓 𝟓 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐)𝟓 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟓
Solution :
𝒏𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 =
𝒂𝒎𝟐 − 𝟐𝒉𝒍𝒎 + 𝒃𝒍𝟐
KEY - 3
34. The area of the triangle formed by the lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗𝒙𝒚 + 𝟏𝟖𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
and the line y-1=0 is (in sq.units)
𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑)𝟔 𝟒)𝟑
𝟒 𝟐
Solution :
𝒏𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃 3
𝒂𝒎𝟐 − 𝟐𝒉𝒍𝒎 + 𝒃𝒍𝟐 =
2
KEY - 2
35. If the area of the triangle formed by the lines 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 − 𝟖𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
and the line 2x+y-k=0 is 5sq. Units then k=
𝟏)𝟓 𝟐)𝟔 𝟑)𝟕 𝟒)𝟖
Solution :
−𝑲 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟐 − 𝟑 −𝟖
5=
𝟑 𝟏 𝟐+𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 −𝟖 𝟐 𝟐
 K = ±5 KEY - 1
36. The area of triangle formed by angle bisectors of 𝟑𝒙𝟐 +
𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 − 𝟖𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and x-3y+7=0 is
𝟕 𝟐𝟐𝟏 𝟏 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟐𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
Solution :
Angle bisectors of 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 − 𝟖𝒚𝟐 =0
𝟓 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 𝟑 − −𝟖 =𝟎
𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝒙𝒚 − 𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎, x-3y+7 =0
𝒏𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃 KEY - 1
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 =
37. If the product of the perpendicular from (k, k) to the pair of lines
4
𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 is then k is
5
𝟏) ± 𝟒 𝟐) ± 𝟑 𝟑) ± 𝟐 𝟒) ± 𝟏
Solution :
𝑲𝟐 + 𝟒𝑲𝟐 + 𝟑𝑲𝟐 𝟒
=
𝟏−𝟑 𝟐 + 𝟒𝟐 𝟓
 K= ± 1 KEY - 4
38. The product of perpendiculars from (p, q) to the pair of line 𝒙𝟐 −
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝒑𝟐 − 𝒒𝟐 𝒑𝟐 + 𝒒𝟐 𝒑𝟐 − 𝒒𝟐 𝒑𝟐 + 𝒒𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
𝒂𝜶𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉𝜶𝜷 + 𝒃𝜷𝟐 p𝟐 −q𝟐

 𝟐
𝒂−𝒃 𝟐 + 𝟒𝒉𝟐 2 +0
KEY - 1
39. The equation of the line common to their pair of lines
𝒎𝒙𝟐 − 𝒎𝟐 + 𝟏 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒎𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝒎𝒙𝟐 − 𝒎 + 𝟏 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒎𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟑)𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒)𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐦
Solution :
 Option (1) satisfies the given pairs of lines
 (1) mx = y
KEY - 1
40. The equation of the line common to the pairs of lines
𝒑𝟐 − 𝒒𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒒𝟐 − 𝒓𝟐 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒑𝟐 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and
(m-n)𝒙𝟐 +(l-m)xy+(n-l)𝒚𝟐 =0
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐩𝐪𝐫 𝟑)𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒)𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝐩𝐪𝐫
Solution :
By Option Verification
 3) Put x = y in both the pairs of line
KEY - 3
41.One line common to pairs of lines 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙𝒚 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝒙𝟐 +
𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏)𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙 = 𝟎 𝟐)𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟑)𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒)𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution :
By verification of option (3)
x+3y=0 satisfies the given two pairs
KEY - 3
42. Two pairs of straight lines 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟐 = 𝟎 and
a 𝒙𝟐 +2hxy+b 𝒚𝟐 = 0 have one line in common if.
𝟏) 𝒂 = 𝟐(𝒃 + 𝒉) 𝟐) a = -3(2h+3b) or a = 8(h-2b)
𝟑) a=-3(b+h) 𝟒) 𝒂 = 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒉
Solution :
𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙 𝒚 + 𝟒𝒙 = 𝟎
Put y = 3x in the pair of line
 a= -3(2h+3b)
(or)
Put y = - 4x in the pair of line
a = 8(h-2b)
KEY - 2
43. The orthocentre of the triangle formed by the lines and the 𝒙𝟐 −
𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎, x=a is
𝒂 𝟐𝒂 𝟒𝒂
𝟏) , 𝟎 𝟐) ,𝟎 𝟑) 𝒂, 𝟎 𝟒) ,𝟎
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
Given pair of lines form an equilateral le

a a
P.I of lines are (0, 0), a, −, a,
3 3
2a KEY - 2
Orthocentre = Centroid = ,0
3
44. If 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 represents two sides of  OAB and the
orthocentre is (-1, -1), then the 3rd side is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏 𝟑)x+y+1=0 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑
Solution :
(a+b)(cx+dy)= a𝒅𝟐 -2hcd+b𝒄𝟐
2(-x-y)=(1 −𝟏 𝟐 -4(-1)(-1)+1 −𝟏 𝟐 )
KEY - 2
45.If the two sides of a triangle are given by 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 − 𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and the
𝟏𝟏
centroid is , −𝟏 , then the mid point of the 3rd side is
𝟑
𝟏𝟏 −𝟑 𝟏𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏𝟏 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟏𝟏, −𝟑 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟔 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
3
Midpoint = G
2
KEY - 2
46. If the two sides of a triangle are given by 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 − 𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and
𝟏𝟏
the centroid is , −𝟏 , then the equation of the 3rd side is
𝟑
𝟏)𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟖 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟒 𝟑)𝟑𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟒 𝟒)𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟓
Solution :
𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
Where 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 is midpoint KEY - 2
47. The centroid of the triangle whose three sides are given by
combined equation 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟐 𝟕 𝟐 𝟕 𝟐
𝟏) ,𝟎 𝟐) , 𝟑) − , 𝟒) 𝟐, 𝟑𝟐
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
Vertices are (0,0),(𝒙𝟏 , 1),(𝒙𝟐 , 1), 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒙𝟐 are roots of 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 𝟐
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒊𝒅 = , KEY - 3
𝟑 𝟑
48. If the centroid of the triangle formed by the lines 2𝒚𝟐 +5xy-3𝒙𝟐 =0,
1 11
and x+y=k is , then k =
18 18
𝟏) -1 𝟐) 0 𝟑) 1 𝟒) 2
Solution :
3
Midpoint of 3rd side = G
2
KEY - 3
49. The lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎, x+y = 3 form a triangle which is
𝟏) Equilateral 𝟐)Right angled 𝟑) Isosceles 𝟒)Scalene
Solution :
For an equilateral triangle

 𝒙+𝒚 𝟐 −𝟑 𝒙−𝒚 𝟐 =𝟎
 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
It is the same as the given pair of lines KEY - 1
50. The triangle formed by the lines whose combined equation is
𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙𝒚 − 𝒙𝟐 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) Equilateral 𝟐) Right angled 𝟑)Isosceles 𝟒)Obtuse angled
Solution :
a+b=0
 Right angle
KEY - 2
51. The triangle formed by the pair of lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and kx+2y=1
is Isosceles then K =
𝟏) 1 𝟐) 2 𝟑) 3 𝟒) 0
Solution :
𝒉 𝒍𝟐 − 𝒎𝟐 =(a-b)lm
0= (1-(-1))2k
 4k = 0
KEY - 4
k=0
52. The triangle formed by the pair of lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and x-a=0 is
always
𝟏) Equilateral 𝟐) Isosceles 𝟑) Right angled 𝟒) Scalene
Solution :
𝒉 𝒍𝟐 − 𝒎𝟐 =(a-b)lm
KEY - 2
53. The area of the equilateral triangle formed by the lines 𝒙𝟐 −
𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and the line x+y-3=0, in sq.units is
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟓 𝟑 𝟑 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
𝒄𝟐 𝟗
=
𝟑 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝟑 𝟏+𝟏
𝟑 𝟑
= KEY - 2
𝟐
54. The area of the equilateral triangle formed by the line 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
and the lines x-3a=0 in sq.units, is
𝟏) 𝟑𝒂𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑𝒂𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟑 𝒂𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑 𝟑 𝒂𝟐
Solution :
𝒄𝟐
𝟑 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
KEY - 3
55. The area of an equilateral triangle formed by the lines passing
through the origin and the line 12x-5y+13=0 is (in sq. units)
𝟏
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒)
𝟑
Solution :
𝒄𝟐
𝟑 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
KEY - 4
56. The equation of the pair of lines through the origin and forming an
equilateral triangle with 2x+y+1=0 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝒙𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑)𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏𝒙𝒚 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝒚 − 𝟏𝟏𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 𝟐 − 𝟑 𝒃𝒙 − 𝒂𝒚 𝟐 =𝟎
 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 𝟐 − 𝟑 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 𝟐 =𝟎
KEY - 4
57. If the equation 2xy+gx+fy+5=0 represents a pair of lines, then fg =
𝟏) 1 𝟐) 10 𝟑) 5 𝟒) 0
Solution :
∆ = 𝒂𝒃𝒄 + 𝟐𝒇𝒈𝒉 − 𝒂𝒇𝟐 − 𝒃𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄𝒉𝟐 = 𝟎
 fg = 10
KEY - 2
58. The value of k such that 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝒙𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚𝟐 − 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟑𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎
may represent a pair of straight lines is
𝟏) 3 𝟐) 4 𝟑) 6 𝟒) 8
Solution :
∆ = 𝒂𝒃𝒄 + 𝟐𝒇𝒈𝒉 − 𝒂𝒇𝟐 − 𝒃𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄𝒉𝟐 = 𝟎
 k= 4
KEY - 2
59. If the equation 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
represents a pair of parallel lines, then f =
𝟏)- 4 𝟐) -3 𝟑) -8 𝟒) -12
Solution :
𝒉𝟐 = 𝒂𝒃  144 = 9b
 b = 16
𝐚𝒇𝟐 = 𝒃𝒈𝟐  9𝒇𝟐 = 16 x 364
KEY - 3
f=±8
60. The point of intersection of the line
𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙𝒚 − 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟑𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) (-1, 1) 𝟐) (1, -1) 𝟑) (-1, -1) 𝟒) (1, 1)
Solution :
𝒉𝒇 − 𝒃𝒈 𝒈𝒉 − 𝒂𝒇
𝐏. 𝐈 = ,
𝒂𝒃 − 𝒉𝟐 𝒂𝒃 − 𝒉𝟐
=(-1, 1) KEY - 1
61. The pair of lines 𝐚𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 intersect
on the x-axis, then ac =
𝟏) 𝒈𝟐 𝟐) 𝒇𝟐 𝟑) fg 𝟒) 𝟐𝒈𝟐
Solution :
𝟐 𝒈𝟐 − 𝒂𝒄
=𝟎
𝒂
 𝒈𝟐 = 𝒂𝒄 KEY - 1
62. If the equation 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒑𝒚𝟐 + 𝒚 = 𝒂𝟐 represents a pair of a
perpendicular lines, then the point of intersection of the lines is
𝟏)(1, a) 𝟐)(1, -a) 𝟑) (0, a) 𝟒) (𝟎, 𝟐𝒂)
Solution :
a+b=0, 1+p=0
 p = -1
Also =0
𝟐
𝟏
+𝒂 − 𝟏 × = 𝟎
𝟒
𝟏
𝒂𝟐 =
𝟒
𝟏
⇒𝒂=±
𝟐
𝒈 𝒇
𝑷. 𝑰 = − , −
𝒂 𝒃
= (0, a)
KEY - 3
63. The equation of the line concurrent with the pair of lines 𝟐𝒙𝟐 +
𝟑𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟕𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) x-y+2=0
𝟑) x = y 𝟒) y = x-1
Solution :
𝑷. 𝑰 = , =(1, 1)
(1, 1) satisfies option (3) KEY - 3

64. The equation of lines 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟗𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
represents a pair of straight lines, the distance of the point of
intersection from the origin, is
𝟑 𝟗 𝟑 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟖
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Solution :
𝒉𝒇 − 𝒃𝒈 𝒈𝒉 − 𝒂𝒇 𝟑 𝟗
𝑷. 𝑰 = , = ,
𝒂𝒃 − 𝒉𝟐 𝒂𝒃 − 𝒉𝟐 𝟓 𝟓
𝟗 𝟖𝟏
the distance of the point of intersection from the origin = +
𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓
KEY - 3
65. The length of the intercept made by the pair of lines
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 on the y-axis is
𝟏) 0 𝟐) 1 𝟑) 4 𝟒) 2
Solution :
𝟐 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒃𝒄
=𝟎
𝒃
KEY - 1
66. If θ is the acute angle between the pair of lines 𝒙𝟐 −
𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎, then sinθ is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
Solution :
𝒂+𝒃
cos θ =
𝒂 − 𝒃 𝟐 + 𝟒𝒉𝟐
𝟑 1
=  sin θ = KEY - 4
𝟏𝟎 10
67. The angle between the pair of lines
𝟐 𝒙+𝟐 𝟐+𝟑 𝒙+𝟐 𝒚+𝟐 −𝟐 𝒚+𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟑 𝟔 𝟐
Solution :
a+b = 0
π
θ=
2
KEY - 4
68. The product of the perpendiculars from the origin to the pair of
straight lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 1 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟒
Solution :
𝒄 𝟏
𝟐
=
𝒂−𝒃 + 𝟒𝒉𝟐 𝟐
KEY - 2
69. The product of the perpendiculars from the origin to the pair of
straight line xy+x+y+1=0
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟒
Solution :
𝒄
=𝟏
𝒂−𝒃 𝟐 + 𝟒𝒉𝟐
KEY - 3
70. The product of the perpendiculars from (2, 0) to the pair of lines 𝒙𝟐 +
𝟐 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 is
𝟏 𝟐 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 1 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
𝒔𝟏𝟏 𝟒
𝟐
=
𝒂−𝒃 + 𝟒𝒉𝟐 𝟑
KEY - 4
71. The product of the perpendicular from the origin to the pair of lines
𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟒 𝟓 𝟔
Solution :
𝒄 𝟏
𝟐
=
𝒂−𝒃 + 𝟒𝒉𝟐 𝟓
KEY - 3
72. The area of the triangle whose combined equation is
(2𝒙𝟐 -xy-𝒚𝟐 +x+2y-1)(x+y+1)=0 is
𝟑 𝟐
𝟏)𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 2
𝟐 𝟑
Solution :
𝑷. 𝑰 = , = 𝟎, 𝟏
= 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏
𝒍𝒙𝟏 + 𝒎𝒚𝟏 + 𝒏 𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
Ares of  =
=3
KEY - 1
73. Area of the triangle formed by xy+2x+2y+4=0 and x+y=2 is
𝟏) 18 𝟐) 20 𝟑) 36 𝟒) 8
Solution :
𝑷. 𝑰. = −𝟐, −𝟐 = 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏
𝒍𝒙𝟏 + 𝒎𝒚𝟏 + 𝒏 𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
Area =
KEY - 1
= 18
74. The distance between the two parallel lines 𝟗𝒙𝟐 +
𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟖𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 is
𝟏 𝟐 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
Solution :
𝒈𝟐 − 𝒂𝒄
The distance between the two parallel lines = 𝟐
𝒂 𝒂+𝒃
2
=
10KEY - 2
75. The distance between the two parallel lines 𝟗𝒙𝟐 +
𝟐𝒉𝒙𝒚 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏 𝟐 𝟒 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
Solution :
𝒈𝟐 − 𝒂𝒄
The distance between the two parallel lines = 𝟐
𝒂 𝒂+𝒃
4
=
𝟏𝟑 KEY - 3
76. If the distance between the parallel lines
8
𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 is , then c =
5
𝟏) 8 𝟐) -12 𝟑) -8 𝟒) 12
Solution :
𝟑𝟔 − 𝟗𝒄 𝟖
𝟐 =
𝟗 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 𝟓
36−9c 𝟒
 = KEY - 2
5×3 𝟓
77. The equation 𝒙𝟐 + 𝝀 + 𝝁 𝒙𝒚 + 𝝀𝝁𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝝁𝒚 = 𝟎 represents two
parallel lines if
𝟏) 𝛌 + 𝛍 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝛌 = 𝟒𝛍 𝟑) 𝛌 = 𝝁 𝟒) 𝛌 = 𝟑𝝁
Solution :
𝒉𝟐 = 𝒂𝒃
𝝀+𝝁 𝟐
 = λ
𝟒
 λ=  KEY - 3
78. The equation xy+2x-5y-11=0 represents a pair of
𝟏) Parallel lines 𝟐) Perpendicular lines
𝟑) Oblique lines 𝟒) None
Solution :
a+b=0
KEY - 2
79. The equation 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 represents a pair of
𝟏) Parallel lines 𝟐) Perpendicular lines
𝟑) Coincident Lines 𝟒) Imaginary lines
Solution :
𝒉𝟐 = 𝒂𝒃, 𝒂𝒇𝟐 = 𝒃𝒈𝟐
KEY - 1
80. The equation 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 represents a
pair of lines which are
𝟏) Parallel 𝟐) Perpendicular
𝟑) Coincident 𝟒) Imaginary
Solution :
𝒉𝟐 < 𝒂𝒃
KEY - 4
81. The equation of the diagonal passing through the origin of the
parallelogram formed by the lines
𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is a
𝟏) x+y=0 𝟐) 3x+5y=0 𝟑)5x+3y=0 𝟒) x-y=0
Solution :
Equation of diagonal passing through (0,0) is

𝒈𝒉 − 𝒂𝒇
𝒚= 𝒙  x+y=0
𝒉𝒇 − 𝒃𝒈 KEY - 1
82. The figure formed by the two pairs of lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 = 𝟎,
𝒚𝟐 + 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 is a
𝟏) Parallelogram 𝟐) Rhombus
𝟑) Rectangle 𝟒) Square
Solution :
x-1=0, x-2=0, y+2=0, y+3=0,

Opposite sides parallel, adj sides are  lar
Distance between ∥𝒍𝒆 sids are equal they from a square KEY - 4
83. The figure formed by the two pairs of lines 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and
𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟏𝟓𝒚 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 is a
Solution :
a+b=0 and
(a-b)fg+h(𝒇𝟐 − 𝒈𝟐 )=0
 square KEY - 4
84. The figure formed by the pair of lines 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and
𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 is a
Solution :
Verify a+b ≠ 0 and

(a-b)fg + h(𝒇𝟐 − 𝒈𝟐 )=0
KEY - 2
85. The figure formed by the pairs of lines 𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and
𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 is a
Solution :
a+b=0
and
(a-b)fg+h(𝒇𝟐 − 𝒈𝟐 )≠0
KEY - 3
86. The figure formed by the pairs of lines 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 and 𝟑𝒙𝟐 +
𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟖𝒙 − 𝟐𝟖𝒚 + 𝟒𝟗 = 𝟎 is a
Solution :
a+b≠0
and
(a-b)fg+h(𝒇𝟐 − 𝒈𝟐 )=0
KEY - 2
87. If the pair of lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟔 = 𝟎, 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒𝟎 = 𝟎 form a
parallelogram, then the centre of parallelogram is
𝟕 𝟕
𝟏) 𝟕, 𝟐) 𝟕, 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟎, 𝟔 𝟒) ,𝟕
𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
(x-1)(x-6)=0; (y-4)(y-10)=0
A(1, 4), B(6, 4), C(6, 10), D(1, 10)
Centre= midpoint AC=midpoint of BD KEY - 4

88. In above problem, the length of its diagonal is
𝟏) 𝟔𝟏 𝟐) 𝟓𝟏 𝟑) 5 𝟒) 10
Solution :
(x-1)(x-6)=0; (y-4)(y-10)=0
A(1, 4), B(6, 4), C(6, 10), D(1, 10)
KEY - 1
89. The area of rectangle formed the pair of lines xy+x+y+1=0 and
xy+2x+3y+6=0 is
𝟏) 1 𝟐) 2 𝟑) 3 𝟒) 4
Solution :
(x+1)(y+1)=0; (x+3)(y+2)=0
KEY - 2
90. Area of rectangle formed by the pair of lines 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
and 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟒 𝟔 𝟖
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 2
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Solution :
𝒄
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃
KEY - 3
91. The equation to the pair of lines passing through (1, 1) and parallel to
the pair of lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒙−𝟏 𝟐 −𝟑 𝒙−𝟏 𝒚−𝟏 +𝟒 𝒚−𝟏 𝟐 =𝟎 KEY - 3

92. The equation of the pair of lines passing through (1,-1) and parallel to
the pair of lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒙−𝟏 𝟐 − 𝒚+𝟏 𝟐 =𝟎
KEY - 2
93. The equation of the pair of straight lines passing through (1,1) and
perpendicular to the pair of lines 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎

𝟐) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝟑 𝒙−𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎 𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒚 − 𝟏 + 𝟑 𝒚 − 𝟏 𝟐 = 𝟎KEY - 2
94. The equation of the pair of st. lines passing through (2,1) and
perpendicular to the pair of lines 4xy+2x+6y+3=0 is
𝟏) 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
-4(x-2)(y-1)=0
KEY - 4
95. The equation to the pair of st. lines passing through (1, 2) and
perpendicular to the pair of lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution :
−𝟏 𝒙 − 𝟏 𝟐 +𝟏 𝒚−𝟐 𝟐 =𝟎
KEY - 3
96. The orthocentre of the triangle formed by 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎 and
2x-y+4=0 is
𝟏) (11, 4) 𝟐) (-11, -4) 𝟑)(-11, 4) 𝟒) (11, -4)
Solution :
Altitudes are x+2y-3=0, x+y-7=0
KEY - 4
97. Orthocentre of triangle formed by xy+2x+2y+4=0, x+y+2=0 is
𝟏) (-2, -2) 𝟐)(-1, -2) 𝟑)(2, -2) 𝟒) (2, 2)
Solution :
x+2=0, y+2=0, x+y+2=0,
Form a right angled triangle
KEY - 1
98. If the line joining the origin to the points of intersection of the line
y=kx+1 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 are at right angles, then k =
𝟏) ± 𝟑 𝟐) ± 𝟐 𝟑) ± 𝟏 𝟒) ± 𝟒
Solution :
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟐
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒚 − 𝒌𝒙 𝟐
These line are 

a+b=0  k = ± 1
KEY - 3
Thank you…
PAIR OF STRAIGHT LINES PCQ
PAIR OF
STRAIGHT LINES
1. The angle between the straight lines represented by
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 = 𝒙𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 − 𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 𝟐 is (AP -E – 2015)
𝜶 𝝅
𝟏) 𝟐)𝜶 𝟑) 𝟐𝜶 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
𝒙𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 + 𝒚𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 − 𝒙𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜶 − 𝒚𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 + 𝒙𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝜶 = 𝟎

𝒂+𝒃 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐𝜶
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 = ⇒ 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 =
𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐𝜶 𝟐 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝜶 𝟐
𝒂−𝒃 + 𝟒𝒉𝟐
𝜽 = 𝟐𝜶
2. If the slope of one lines represented by
𝒂𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 is the square of the other, then the value of a is
(AP -E – 2015)
𝟏) − 𝟐𝟕 𝒐𝒓 𝟖 𝟐) − 𝟑 𝒐𝒓 𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟔𝟒 𝒐𝒓 𝟐𝟕 𝟒) − 𝟒 𝒐𝒓 𝟑
Solution :
𝟐𝒉 𝟔 𝒎𝟐 + 𝒎 − 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝒎+𝒎 =𝟐 =
𝒃 𝟏 𝒎+𝟑 𝒎−𝟐 =𝟎
𝒂
𝒎. 𝒎𝟐 = = 𝒂
𝒃 𝒎 = −𝟑; 𝒎 = 𝟐
𝒎𝟑 = 𝒂
𝒂 = −𝟐𝟕; 𝒂 = 𝟖
3. Two pairs of straight lines with combined equations xy + 4x – 3y – 12
= 0 and xy – 3x + 4y – 12 = 0 form a square, then the combined equation
of its diagonal is (TS -E – 2015)
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 +𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 +𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 +𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒙𝒚 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒙 = 𝟑, 𝒚 = −𝟒
𝒙𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒙 = −𝟒, 𝒚 =3
𝑨 −𝟒, −𝟒 𝑩 𝟑, −𝟒 𝑪 𝟑, 𝟑 𝑫 −𝟒, 𝟑
𝟕
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑪 𝒊𝒔 𝒎 = = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑪 𝒊𝒔 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟕
𝟕
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝑫 𝒊𝒔 𝒎 = = −𝟏 ⇒ 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝑫 𝒊𝒔 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
−𝟕
𝒙−𝒚 𝒙+𝒚+𝟏 =𝟎
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
KEY - 3
4. The line x + y = k meets the pair of straight lines 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 +
𝟐 = 𝟎 in two points A and B. If O is the origin and ∠AOB = 900then the
value of k > 1 is (TS -E – 2015)
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution :
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 … … . 𝟏
x+y
= 1………. (2)
𝐤
𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝟐)
x+y x+y x+y 𝟐

𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 +𝟐 =𝟎
𝐤 𝐤 𝐤
2 2 4 2
𝟏− + 𝟐 + 𝟏− + 𝟐 =𝟎
𝐤 𝒌 𝐤 𝒌
𝒌𝟐 − 𝟑𝒌 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒌−𝟏 𝒌−𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒌=𝟐
KEY - 4
5. The area (in square units) of the triangle formed by the lines
𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 (E – 2014)
𝟑 𝟏 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟓 𝟑
Solution :
𝒏𝟐 𝒉𝟐 −𝒂𝒃 𝟏
∆= =
𝒂𝒎𝟐 −𝟐𝒉𝒍𝒎+𝒃𝒍𝟐 𝟐 𝟓
6. If 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝛂𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝛃𝐲 = 𝐚𝟐 represents a pair of perpendicular lines
then 𝛃 = (E – 2014)
𝟏) 𝐚 𝟐) 𝟐𝐚 𝟑) 𝟑𝐚 𝟒) 𝟒𝐚
Solution :
𝛂+1=0
𝛂=-1
And ∆ = 0
𝜷𝟐 = 𝒂 𝟐 ⇒ 𝛃 = a
7. The equation of the pair of line passing through the origin
whose sum and product of slopes are respectively the
arithmetic mean and geometric mean of 4 and 9 is (E – 2013)
𝟏) 𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟑𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟑𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝟏𝟑
𝒎𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 = 𝑨𝑴 of 4 and 9 =
𝟐
𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 =GM of 4 and 9 = 𝟑𝟔 = 6
(y - 𝒎𝟏 𝒙)(y - 𝒎𝟐 𝒙) = 0
𝟏𝟑
𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 + 𝟔𝒙𝟐 =0
𝟐
12𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 =0
KEY - 1
8. The equation 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝐩𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 represents a
pair of straight lines. If 𝛉 is the angle between them, then
𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = (E – 2013)
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓𝟎 𝟕 𝟓 𝟏𝟎
Solution :
∆=0
∆≡abc+2fgh-𝒂𝒇𝟐 - 𝒃𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄𝒉𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟗 𝟐𝟓
2P + 30 – 16 - p − =0
𝟒 𝟐
P=6
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 −𝒂𝒃
Sin 𝛉 =
(𝒂−𝒃)𝟐 +𝟒𝒉𝟐
𝟏
sin𝛉 =
𝟓𝟎
KEY - 1
9. The distance between the parallel lines given by 𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 𝟐 +
𝟒 𝟐 𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟒𝟐 = 𝟎 is (E-2012)
𝟏) 𝟒/𝟓 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐
Solution :
𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝟒𝟗𝒚𝟐 +4 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝟖 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒𝟐= 0 ……(1)
distance between the parallel lines =2
𝒂 𝒂+𝒃
𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 +𝟒𝟐 𝟖+𝟒𝟐
=2 =2 =𝟐
𝟏 𝟏+𝟒𝟗 𝟓𝟎
10. If the pair of lines given by 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉 =
(𝐱𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉)𝟐 are perpendicular to each other , then 𝛉 =
(E-2012)
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟑
𝟒 𝟑 𝟒
Solution :
Coefficient of 𝒙𝟐 + coefficient of 𝒚𝟐 =0
⇒ 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜽 − 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜽 + 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜽 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜽 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜽
𝝅
⇒𝛉=
𝟒
11. If the area of the triangle formed by the pair of lines 𝟖𝐱 𝟐 −
𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 and the line 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝐚 is 7 then 𝐚 =
(E-2012)
𝟏) 𝟏𝟒 𝟐) 𝟏𝟒 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐𝟖 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐𝟖
Solution :
𝒏𝟐 𝒉𝟐 −𝒂𝒃
=𝟕
𝒂𝒎𝟐 −𝟐𝒉𝒎𝒍+𝒃𝒍𝟐
𝒂𝟐 𝟗−𝟖
⇒ =𝟕
𝟕𝟐+𝟑𝟔+𝟒
⇒ 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟕(𝟏𝟏𝟐)
⇒ a =28
12. The lines 𝑳𝟏 : 𝒚 − 𝒙 = 𝟎 and 𝑳𝟐 : 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎 intersect the 𝑳𝟑 : 𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
at P and Q respectively. The bisector of the acute angle between 𝑳𝟏 and 𝑳𝟐
intersect 𝑳𝟑 at R .
Statement – I : The ratio PR : RQ equals 𝟐 𝟐 ∶ 𝟓
Statement – II : In any triangle bisector of an angle divides the
triangle into two similar triangles.
(E-2012)
𝟏) 𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞, 𝐈𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞
𝟐) 𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞, 𝐈𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞
𝟑) 𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞, 𝐈𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞
𝟒) 𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞, 𝐈𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞
Solution :
The lines 𝑳𝟏 : 𝒚 − 𝒙 = 𝟎 and 𝑳𝟐 : 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎 intersect the 𝑳𝟑 : 𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
at P and Q respectively. The bisector of the acute angle between 𝑳𝟏 and 𝑳𝟐
intersect 𝑳𝟑 at R
P(-2,-2), Q(1,-2) 𝐿2
𝐿1 (0,0)
O
PR:RQ = OP:OQ
= 2 𝟐: 𝟓 𝐿3
P R Q
KEY - 1
13. If one of the lines in the pair of straight lines given by 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 +
𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝐤𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 bisects the angle between the coordinate axes,
then k ∈ (E – 2011)
𝟏) −𝟐, −𝟏𝟎 𝟐) −𝟐, 𝟏𝟎 𝟑) −𝟏𝟎, 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐, 𝟏𝟎
Solution :
Put y = ±x in
𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝒌𝒚𝟐 =0
⇒4±6+k=0
K= 2, - 10 K∈{-10,2}
14. If 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 represents a pair of
parallel lines then (E – 2011)
𝐟 𝟐 −𝐛𝐜
𝐚 𝐚 𝐛 𝐛
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝐛 𝐛 𝐚 𝐚
Solution :
𝒈𝟐 −𝒂𝒄 𝒇𝟐 −𝒂𝒄
2 =𝟐
𝒂(𝒂+𝒃) 𝒃(𝒂+𝒃)
𝒈𝟐 −𝒂𝒄 𝒂
⇒ =
𝒇𝟐 −𝒃𝒄 𝒃
15. If s and p are respectively the sum and the product of the
slopes of the line 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎, then 𝐬 ∶ 𝐩 =
(E – 2011)
𝟏) 𝟒 ∶ 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟐 ∶ 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟑 ∶ 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟑 ∶ 𝟒
Solution :
𝟐 𝟑
S= ,𝑷 =
−𝟏𝟓 −𝟏𝟓
S:P = 2:3
16. The distance between the two lines represented by
𝟖𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟖𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟗𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 is (E – 2010)
𝟑 𝟔 𝟕
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟐 𝟏𝟑
Solution :
distance between the two lines = 2
𝒂(𝒂+𝒃)
𝟗 + 𝟒𝟎 𝟕
=𝟐 =
𝟖(𝟐𝟔) 𝟐 𝟏𝟑
17. A pair of perpendicular lines passes through the origin and
also through the points of intersection of the curve
𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 with 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐚 where 𝐚 > 𝟎 then 𝐚 = ( E – 2010)
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟓
Solution :
𝒙+𝒚 𝟐
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒 =𝟎
𝒂𝟐
⇒ 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖. 𝒙𝒚 = 𝟎
Coefficient of 𝒙𝟐 +coefficient of 𝒚𝟐 =0
⇒ 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟖
⇒ a =± 2 ⇒ a = 2 (a > 0)
18. If 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝒙𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚𝟐 − 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟑𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 denotes a pair of
straight lines then the point of intersection of the lines is
( E – 2010)
𝟏) (𝟏, 𝟑) 𝟐) (𝟑, 𝟏) 𝟑) (−𝟑, 𝟏) 𝟒) (𝟏, −𝟑)
Solution :
𝝏𝑺
= 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏𝟏𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝝏𝒙
𝝏𝑺
= 𝟎 ⇒ −𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟐𝟎𝒚 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝝏𝒚
Solving both the equations, we get (3,1)

19. The value of 𝛌 with 𝛌 < 𝟏𝟔 such that 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 +
𝟓𝐱 + 𝛌𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 represents a pair of straight lines is
( E – 2009)
𝟏) − 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) − 𝟗 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) 𝟗
Solution :
∆=0
𝝀 𝟓 𝝀 𝟐 𝟓 𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝟐 𝟏𝟐 −𝟑 + 𝟐 −𝟓 − 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐 − −𝟑 −𝟓 =𝟎
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
⇒𝝀𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝝀 + 𝟏𝟒𝟒 = 𝟎

⇒ (𝛌+16)(𝛌+9)=0
⇒ 𝛌=-16,-9 Since -16<𝛌<16 ⇒ 𝛌=-9
20. The area (in square units ) of the triangle formed by 𝐱+
𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 and the pair of straight lines 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
is ( E – 2009)
𝟏) 𝟕/𝟏𝟐 𝟐) 𝟓/𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏/𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏/𝟔
Solution :
𝟗
𝒏𝟐 𝒉𝟐 −𝒂𝒃 𝟏 −𝟐
𝟒
area of the triangle = =
𝒂𝒎𝟐 −𝟐𝒉𝒍𝒎+𝒃𝒍𝟐 𝟏+𝟑+𝟐
𝟏
=
𝟏𝟐
21. The pair of straight lines 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱𝐲 +
𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 form a
𝟏) 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐬 ( E – 2009)
𝟐) 𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐬
𝟑) 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦
𝟒) 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞
Solution :
Given lines are x – y =0 ; x – y – 1 =0
x – 2y =0 ; x – 2y + 2 =0
a + b ≠ 0 and 𝒅𝟏 ≠ 𝒅𝟐 ⇒ parallelogram
22. The value of 𝛌 such that 𝛌𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 −
𝟑 = 𝟎 represents a pair of straight lines, is ( E – 2008)
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) − 𝟐
Solution :
∆=0
𝟓 𝟐 𝟓 𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝛌 𝟏𝟐 −𝟑 + 𝟐 −𝟖 −𝟓 − 𝛌 −𝟖 − 𝟏𝟐 − −𝟑 −𝟓 =𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
⇒−𝟑𝟔𝛌 + 𝟐𝟎𝟎 − 𝟔𝟒𝛌 = 𝟎

⇒𝛌=2
23. A pair of perpendicular straight lines passes through the origin
and also through the point of intersection of the curve 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝐚 = 𝟎. The set containing the value of
‘a’ is ( E – 2008)
𝟏) −𝟐, 𝟐 𝟐) −𝟑, 𝟑
𝟑) −𝟒, 𝟒 𝟒) −𝟓, 𝟓
Solution :
𝒙+𝒚 𝟐
𝒙𝟐+ 𝒚𝟐
−𝟒 𝟐 =𝟎
𝒂
⇒𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙𝒚 = 𝟎
Coefficient of 𝒙𝟐 + coefficient of 𝒚𝟐 = 0
⇒ 𝟐𝒂𝟐 = 𝟖 ⇒ 𝒂 = ± 2
24. If the lines 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝟑𝟓𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟒𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝐱 + 𝛌𝐲-
𝟖 = 𝟎 are concurrent , then the value of 𝛌 is ( E – 2007)
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) − 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution :
𝝏𝑺
=𝟎⇒𝒙+𝒚−𝟐=𝟎
𝝏𝒙
𝝏𝑺
= 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙 + 𝟑𝟓𝒚 + 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎
𝝏𝒚
𝟒 𝟐
Solving ( , )
𝟑 𝟑
⇒ 𝛌=2
25. If one of the lines of 𝐦𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟏 − 𝐦𝟐 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐦𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟎 is a bisector
of the angle between lines 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟎, then m is ( E – 2007)
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟏/𝟐 𝟒) − 𝟐
Solution :
Put y = ± x
⇒ m±(1-𝒎𝟐 ) – m = 0
⇒m=±1
26. The lines represented by the equation 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
are : ( E –2006)
𝟏)𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟐 = (𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝒍)(𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝒎)
= 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒍 + 𝒎 𝒙 + −𝒍 + 𝒎 𝒚 + 𝒍𝒎
⟹ l+m = - 1 , - l + m = 3
⇒m=1,l=-2
x + y – 2 = 0 and x – y + 1 = 0
KEY - 4
27. The centroid of the triangle formed by the pair of straight
lines 𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝐱𝐲 + 𝟕𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 and the line 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝟖 𝟖 ( E –2006)
𝟕 𝟕
𝟏) − , 𝟐) − ,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟖 𝟖 𝟒 𝟒
𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
𝟑
Mid point of 3rd side = G, Verify option 3
𝟐
28. If the pair of lines 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐 𝐚 + 𝐛 𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 lie along
diameters of a circle and divide the circle into four sectors
such that area of one of the sectors is thrice the area of
another sector, then ( E –2005)
𝟏) 𝟑𝐚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐛 + 𝟑𝐛𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟑𝐚𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐛 + 𝟑𝐛𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐛 + 𝟑𝐛𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝐚𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐛 + 𝟑𝐛𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝟏
Area of sector = 𝒓𝟐 𝜽
𝟐
𝑨𝟏 = 𝟑 𝑨𝟐
⇒ 𝜽𝟏 = 𝟑𝜽𝟐
𝜽𝟏 + 𝜽𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎 ⇒ 𝜽𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝒂+𝒃
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟒𝟓𝟎 =
(𝒂−𝒃)𝟐 +𝟒(𝒂+𝒃)𝟐
S.O. B.S.
⇒ 𝟑𝒂𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝟑𝒃𝟐 =0 KEY - 2
29. The area of the triangle formed by the pair of straight lines
𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑 𝐛𝐱 − 𝐚𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 is
𝐜𝟐 𝐜𝟐 ( E –2005)
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐)
𝐚 + 𝐛𝟐 𝟐(𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 )
𝐜𝟐 𝐜𝟐
𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 (𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 ) 𝟑(𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 )
Solution :
P = perpendicular distance from (0,0) to ax + by + c = 0
𝒄
=
𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐
𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝟐 𝒄𝟐
Area of equilateral ∆ = =
𝟑 𝟑(𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐 )
30. The product of the perpendicular distances from the origin on
the pair of straight lines 𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝐱 + 𝟏𝟏𝐲 +
𝟐=𝟎 ( E –2005)
𝟏 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐)
𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓
𝟑 𝟒
𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓
Solution :
𝒄 𝟐 𝟐
product of the perpendicular distances = = =
(𝒂−𝒃)𝟐 +𝟒𝒉𝟐 𝟎+(𝟐𝟓)𝟐 𝟐𝟓
31. The angle between the lines represented by 𝐲 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 −
𝐱𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 + 𝐱 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 is ( E –2004)
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟒 𝟔 𝟐
Solution :
a + b = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜽 − 𝟏 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜽 = 𝟎
𝝅
⇒𝛉=
𝟐
32. Area of the triangle formed by the lines 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 =
𝟎 , 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟔 is ( E –2004)
𝟏) 𝟏𝟔 𝟐) 𝟐𝟓 𝟑) 𝟑𝟔 𝟒) 𝟒𝟗
Solution :
𝒏𝟐 𝒉𝟐 −𝒂𝒃 𝟑𝟔 𝟒−𝟑
Area of the triangle = = = 𝟑𝟔
𝒂𝒎𝟐 −𝟐𝒉𝒍𝒎+𝒃𝒍𝟐 𝟑−𝟖+𝟒
33. If the pair of st . lines given by 𝐀𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐇𝐱𝐲 + 𝐁𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎(𝐇 𝟐 >
𝐀𝐁) forms an equilateral triangle with line 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
then 𝐀 + 𝟑𝐁 𝟑𝐀 + 𝐁 = ( E –2003)
𝟏) 𝐇 𝟐 𝟐) − 𝐇𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐𝐇 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒𝐇 𝟐
Solution :
Compare 𝑨𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝑯𝒙𝒚 + 𝑩𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
With (𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚)𝟐 −𝟑 𝒃𝒙 − 𝒂𝒚 𝟐
=𝟎
⇒ 𝒂𝟐 − 𝟑𝒃𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟖𝒂𝒃𝒙𝒚 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟑𝒂𝟐 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
(A + 3B) (3A + B) = (𝒂𝟐 − 𝟑𝒃𝟐 + 𝟑𝒃𝟐 − 𝟗𝒂𝟐 )(𝟑𝒂𝟐 − 𝟗𝒃𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝟑𝒂𝟐 ))
= (𝟖𝒂𝒃)𝟐 = 𝟒𝑯𝟐
34. The area of quadrilateral formed by the two pair of lines
𝐥𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐦𝟐 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐧 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐦𝟐 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐧 𝐥𝐱 − 𝐦𝐲 = 𝟎
(in sq . units) is ( E –2003)
𝐧𝟐 𝐧𝟐 𝐧 𝐧𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝐥𝐦 𝐥𝐦 𝟐 𝐥𝐦 𝟒 𝐥𝐦
Solution :
(lx+my)(lx – my -n)=0
(lx - my)(lx + my -n)=0
(𝒄𝟏 −𝒄𝟐 )(𝒅𝟏 −𝒅𝟐 ) 𝒏𝟐
Area = =
𝒂𝟏 𝒃𝟐 −𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟏 𝟐|𝒍𝒎|
35. If the coordinate axes are the bisectors of the angles between
the pair of lines 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝟐 > 𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝐚 ≠ 𝐛 then ( E –2002)
𝟏) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐡 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐡 ≠ 𝟎, 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐚 + 𝐛 ≠ 𝟎
Solution :
h (𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 ) = ( a – b)xy
⇒ xy =0 ⇒ h = 0
36. If the angle 2𝛉 is acute, then the acute angle between the pair
of straight lines 𝐱 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 +
𝐲 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = 𝟎 ( E –2002)
𝛉 𝛉
𝟏) 𝟐𝛉 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝛉
𝟐 𝟑
Solution :
𝒂+𝒃
cos𝛉 =
𝒂−𝒃 𝟐 +𝟒𝒉𝟐
37. If the pair of straight lines 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 and the line
𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 are concurrent then 𝐚 = ( E –2002)
𝟏) − 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑)𝟏 𝟒) 𝟎
Solution :
(x - 1)(y – 1) =0 ⇒ P.I = (1,1)
Lines are concurrent, P.I = (1, 1) Lies on ax + by – 3 = 0
⇒a=1
38. If the slope of one line is twice the slope of the other in the
pair of straight line 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 then 𝟖𝒉𝟐 =
( E –2001)
𝟏) 𝟕𝐚𝐛 𝟐) − 𝟕𝐚𝐛 𝟑) 𝟗𝐚𝐛 𝟒) − 𝟗𝐚𝐛
Solution :
p:q = 2:1 ⇒ 𝟒𝒉𝟐 𝒑𝒒 = (𝒑 + 𝒒)𝟐 𝒂𝒃
𝟖𝒉𝟐 = 𝟗𝒂𝒃
39. If one of the lines 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 bisects the angle
between the coordinate axes then (E –2001)
𝟏) 𝐡𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
𝟐) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟒𝐡𝟐
𝟑) 𝐚 + 𝐛 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐡𝟐
𝟐
𝟒) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝐡𝟐
Solution :
(𝒂 + 𝒃)𝟐 = 𝟒𝒉𝟐
40. The orthocenter of the triangle formed by the lines 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 −
𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is (E –2001)
𝟏) (𝟏, 𝟑) 𝟐) (𝟑, 𝟏) 𝟑) (−𝟏, 𝟑) 𝟒) (𝟏, −𝟑)
Solution :
(3x - y)(2x - y)=0
Orthocenter = P. I. of 3x – y = 0, x + 3y-10=0
Orthocenter = (1, 3)
41. If the equation 𝛌𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟔𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟎 represents a pair
of straight lines then their point of intersection is (E –2000)
𝟏) (−𝟑, −𝟏) 𝟐) (−𝟏, −𝟑) 𝟑) (𝟑, 𝟏) 𝟒) (𝟏, 𝟑)
Solution :
∆=0 ⇒ 𝛌 = 1
𝒉𝒇−𝒃𝒈 𝒈𝒉−𝒂𝒇
P.I = ( , )
𝒂𝒃−𝒉𝟐 𝒂𝒃−𝒉𝟐
= ( - 3, - 1)
42. The equation of the pair of lines through the point (a, b)
parallel to the coordinate axes is (E –2000)
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐛 𝐲 − 𝐚 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝐚 (𝐲 + 𝐛)=0
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝐚 𝐲 − 𝐛 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐚 𝐲 − 𝐛 = 𝟎
Solution :
Equation of lines passing through (a,b) parallel to coordinate axes is (x

– a) =0, y – b =0 combined equations is (x –a ) (y – b) =0
43. The area bounded by the angle bisectors of the lines
represented by 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏 and the line 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑 is
(A –2004)
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟔
Solution :
−𝒈 −𝒇
P.I = ( , ) = (0,1)=(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )
𝒂 𝒃
Angular bisectors are xy – x = 0
(𝑙𝑥1 +𝑚𝑦1 +𝑛)𝟐 𝒉𝟐 −𝒂𝒃

∆= =𝟐
𝒂𝒎𝟐 −𝟐𝒉𝒍𝒎+𝒃𝒍𝟐
44. If the sum of slopes of lines given by 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐜𝐱𝐲 − 𝟕𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
four times their product , then c has value (A –2004)
𝟏)𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) − 𝟑
Solution :
𝒎𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 = 𝟒𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐
𝟐𝒄 𝟏
=𝟒
−𝟕 −𝟕
c=2
45. If one of the lines given by 𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 + 𝟒𝐜𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 is 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 =
𝟎 then c is (A –2004)
𝟏)𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) − 𝟑
Solution :
−𝟑𝒙
Sub y = in G.E
𝟒
𝟐
𝟐
−𝟑𝒙 −𝟑𝒙
𝟔𝐱 − 𝐱 + 𝟒𝐜 =𝟎
𝟒 𝟒
𝟑 𝟗𝒄
𝟔+ + =𝟎
𝟒 𝟒
c = -3
46. If the pair of straight lines 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐩𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐱 𝟐 −
𝟐𝐪𝐱𝐲 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 be such that each pair bisects the angle
between the other pair , then (A –2003)
𝟏) 𝐩 = −𝐪 𝟐) 𝐩𝐪 = 𝟏 𝟑) 𝐩𝐪 = −𝟏 𝟒) 𝐩 = 𝐪
Solution :
− P (𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 ) = 2xy
Comparing with
𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒒𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
⇒ pq = - 1
47. The pair of lines represented by 𝟑𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟐 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎
perpendicular to each other for (A –2002)
𝟏) 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚
𝟐) ∀ 𝐚
𝟑) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚
𝟒) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚
Solution :
a + b = 0 ⇒ 3a +𝒂𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
∴∆ > 0
Two values of ‘a’
48. If the chord 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝟏 of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 subtend an
angle of measure 𝟒𝟓𝟎 at the major segment of the circle then
value of m is (A –2002)
𝟏) ± 𝟐 𝟐) ± 𝟑 𝟑) ± 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟓
Solution :
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏 𝒚 − 𝒎𝒙 𝟐 =𝟎
a+b=0
1 - 𝒎𝟐 = 0
m =±1
49. If the pair of lines 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 intersect
on the y-axis then (A –2002)
𝟏) 𝟐𝐟𝐠𝐡 = 𝐛𝐠 𝟐 + 𝒄𝒉𝟐 𝟐) 𝐛𝐠 𝟐 ≠ 𝐜𝐡𝟐
𝟑) 𝐚𝐛𝐜 = 𝟐𝐟𝐠𝐡 𝟒) 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞
Solution :
𝟐 𝒇𝟐 −𝒃𝒄
= 0 ⇒𝒇𝟐 = 𝒃𝒄
𝒃
∆=0
∆≡abc+2fgh-𝒂𝒇𝟐 - 𝒃𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄𝒉𝟐 = 𝟎
2fgh = 𝒃𝒈𝟐 + 𝒄𝒉𝟐
50. The area of the triangle formed by the lines 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐱𝐲 −
𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 = 𝟐 is (REE –2000)
𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑)
𝟑 𝟑
Solution :
𝒏𝟐 𝒉𝟐 −𝒂𝒃 𝟏𝟎
area of the triangle = =
𝒂𝒎𝟐 −𝟐𝒉𝒍𝒎+𝒃𝒍𝟐 𝟑
51. The angle between lines joining the origin to the points of
intersection of the line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐 and the curve 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 𝟐 =
𝟒 is (REE –1999)
−𝟏
𝟐 𝛑
𝟏) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟐)
𝟑 𝟔
−𝟏
𝟑 𝛑
𝟑) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐
Solution :
𝟐
𝟑𝒙+𝒚
𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 +𝟒 =𝟎
𝟐
𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟑𝒙𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝒉𝟐−𝒂𝒃 𝟑
tan 𝛉 = =
𝒂+𝒃 𝟐
𝟑
∴ 𝛉 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏
𝟐
KEY - 3
52. The orthocenter of the triangle formed by the lines 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟎
and 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏 is (IST – 1995)
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) (𝟎, 𝟎) 𝟒) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒 𝟒
Solution :
The lines xy = 0 and x + y = 1from a right angle triangle
∴ (0,0) is orthocentre
53. Which of the following pair of straight lines intersect at right
angle ? (REE – 1990)
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 = 𝐲(𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲)
𝟐) 𝟐𝐲 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐱𝐲
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐱(𝐲 − 𝟑𝐱)
𝟒) 𝐱 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution :
𝒂+𝒃=𝟎
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𝟏. The equation of the circle whose radius is 4, center lies in
the first quadrant and which touches x-axis, line 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
(h, 4)
.
r=d
𝟒𝒉−𝟏𝟐
⟹4=
𝟓
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⟹4h-12=±𝟐𝟎
⟹h=8, h=-2
⟹h=8(∴c ∈ 𝑸𝟏 )
∴C=(8,4) ; r=4
𝟐 𝟐
Circle is : 𝒙 − 𝟖 + 𝒚−𝟒 = 𝟏𝟔
⟹𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐. Equation of the circle which touches the lines 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 and having center on the line
𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟏𝟓−𝟓
4x+ 3y+ =𝟎
𝟏𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⟹4x+3y+5=0-------(1)
Given 3x+2y+4=0------(2)
Solving (1) & (2)

∴ C=(-2, 1)
𝒄𝟏 −𝒄𝟐
2r= =𝟒 ⟹𝒓=𝟐
𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐
Circle is : (𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟒
⟹ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟑. Circle with center (−𝟏, 𝟐) and passing through the centroid of
the triangle formed by (𝟑, 𝟏), (𝟐, −𝟏), (𝟏, 𝟑) is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
X G(2, 1)
Solution
.C
r=CG= 𝟏𝟎 (-1, 2)
Circle is : 𝒙 + 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚−𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎
⟹𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟒. The image of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 = 𝟎 in the line 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟐
is the circle
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 = 𝟎
𝑪 = 𝟏, 𝟎 ; 𝒓 = 𝟏
𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝟏, 𝟎 𝒘. 𝒓. 𝒕𝒐 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 (𝟐, 𝟏)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐 𝟐
𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 ∶ 𝒙−𝟐 + 𝒚−𝟏 =𝟏
⟹𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟓. The circle with radius 1 and centre being foot of the
perpendicular from (5,4) on x-axis, is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐱 + 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐱 + 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution
Centre on x-axis is (5, 0) : radius=1
Circle is : 𝒙 − 𝟓 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
⟹ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔. The abscissae of the two points A, B are roots of the equation
𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒙 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟎 and their ordinates are the roots of
𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒑𝒚 − 𝒒𝟐 = 𝟎. The equation of the circle with AB as
diameter is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐩𝐲 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒒𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐱 − 𝟐𝐩𝐲 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐩𝐲 − 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒒𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐩𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution
Required circle is sum of those quadratic equations
∴ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒙 − 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒑𝒚 − 𝒒𝟐 = 𝟎 Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕. 𝐈𝐟 𝐀 = 𝟎, 𝟏 , 𝐁 = (𝛂, 𝛃) and the circle on AB as diameter
intersects x-axis in 2 points whose x-coordinates are the roots of
the equation 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 (𝛂, 𝛃)
𝟏) (𝟓, 𝟑) 𝟐) (𝟑, 𝟑) 𝟑) (−𝟓, 𝟑) 𝟒) (𝟑, −𝟓)
Solution
Circle is : 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝜶𝒙 − 𝒚 𝟏 + 𝜷 + 𝜷 = 𝟎
𝑿 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 ⇒ 𝒚 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 − 𝜶𝒙 + 𝜷 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
∴ 𝜶, 𝜷 = (𝟓, 𝟑) Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖. 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎 is the equation of diameter of the circle which
touches the lines 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑𝟎 = 𝟎. The
center and radius of the circle are
𝟏) −𝟐, 𝟏 ; 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟏, −𝟐 ; 𝟖 𝟑) 𝟏, −𝟐 ; 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟏, −𝟐 ; 𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝟏𝟎 − 𝟑𝟎
𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝒚 + =𝟎
𝟐
⇒4x-3y-10=0---------(1) r
r
Given : 2x+y=0---------(2)
Solving (1) & (2) Centre (1, -2)

CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒄𝟏 −𝒄𝟐 𝟏𝟎−𝟑𝟎
2r= = =8
𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐 𝟓
⇒𝒓=𝟒
𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 ∶ (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
∴ 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝟏, −𝟐 : 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒔 = 𝟒
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗. If the chord joining the points 𝟐, −𝟏 , (𝟏, −𝟐) subtends a right
angle at the center of the circle , then its center and radius are
𝟏) 𝟐, −𝟐 ; 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐, −𝟐 ; 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟏, 𝟏 ; 𝟏 𝟒) −𝟐, −𝟏 ; 𝟐
Solution
𝟏
AB= 𝟐 ⇒ 𝑨𝑴 =
𝟐
𝟏/ 𝟐
cos𝟒𝟓𝟎 = ⇒𝒓=𝟏 C
𝒓
Perpendicular bisector of 𝑨𝑩 𝒊𝒔 1 450
A M B
2x(1)+2y(1)=(4+1)-(1+4) (2, -1) (1, -2)
⇒x+y=0 ; CA=CB
Verify opt ion (2) Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟎. The locus of the center of the circles which touch the lines
𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 and 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎 is 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
then k=
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟖 𝟒) 𝟗
Solution
𝟓 + 𝟏𝟑
𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + =𝟎
𝟐
⇒6x-8y+9=0
Comparing ∴ k=9
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟏. If 𝐱, 𝟑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝟑, 𝟓) are the ends of the diameter of a circle with
center at (𝟐, 𝐲) then (𝐱 , 𝐲)
𝟏) (𝟏, 𝟒) 𝟐) (𝟒, 𝟏) 𝟑) (𝟖, 𝟐) 𝟒) (𝟐, 𝟖)
Solution
𝒙+𝟑 𝟑+𝟓
, = 𝟐, 𝒚
𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝒙, 𝒚 = ( 𝟏, 𝟒)
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟐. If two circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐟𝐲 − 𝐜 =
𝟎 have equal radii then locus of (𝐠 , 𝐟) is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐜 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐜
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐜 𝟐 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 = 𝐜 𝟐
Solution
𝒓𝟏 = 𝒓𝟐 ⇒ 𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝒇𝟐 + 𝒄
⇒ 𝒈𝟐 − 𝒇𝟐 = 𝟐𝒄
𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒄
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟑. The locus of the centers of the circles for which one end of a
diameter is (1,1) while other end is on the line 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟑 is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟓
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟓 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓
Solution
Other end = 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏
𝒙𝟏 +𝟏 𝒚𝟏 +𝟏
Centre (x , y) = ,
𝟐 𝟐
∴ 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 =(2x-1,2y-1) lies on x+y=3
⇒2(x+y)=5
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟒. Equation of the circle passing through 𝐀 𝟏, 𝟐 , 𝐁(𝟓, 𝟐) such that
𝛑
the angle subtended by AB at points on the circle is is
𝟒
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 C
Solution 450
B 2 M A
𝟐
s𝐢𝐧 𝟒𝟓𝟎 = ⇒𝟐 𝟐 (5, 2) (1, 2)
𝒓
Verify option (2)

Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟓. The equation of the circle passing through 𝟐, 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟎, 𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝
having the minimum radius is….
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution
A(2, 0), B(0, 4)
Minimum radius ⇒𝑨𝑩 as diameter
Circle is : 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟔. It 𝐝𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝟐 be the longest and shortest distances respectively
of the point −𝟕, 𝟐 from any point (𝜶, 𝜷) on the circle 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟏𝟒𝒚 = 𝟓𝟏, then G.M. of 𝐝𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝟐 is :
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟏𝟏 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟏𝟑 𝟒) 𝟏𝟓
Solution
𝒓 = 𝟓 𝟓 ∶ 𝑪 𝟓, 𝟕 ; 𝑷(−𝟕, 𝟐)
∴ 𝑪𝑷 = 𝟏𝟑
𝒅𝟏 = 𝐂𝐏 + 𝐫 = 𝟏𝟑 + 𝟓 𝟓 ; 𝒅𝟐 = 𝑪𝑷 − 𝑹 = 𝟏𝟑 − 𝟓 𝟓
G.M of 𝒅𝟏 , 𝒅𝟐 = 𝒅𝟏 𝒅𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟏𝟏
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟕. The point on a circle nearest to the point 𝐩 while the point
P(1,2) is 4 units away from ‘P’ while the point farthest from P is
−𝟑, −𝟐 . Then the radius of the circle is ….
𝟏) 𝟐 − 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟐−𝟏 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟐−𝟏 𝟒) 𝟒 𝟐−𝟏
Solution
S.D=d-r=4 : L.D=d+r= 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟒 𝟐
⇒2r=4 𝟐 − 𝟒 ⇒ 𝒓 = 𝟐( 𝟐 − 𝟏)
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟖. The shortest distance from a point on the circle
𝟏𝟔 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝟖𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟒𝟑 = 𝟎 to the line 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟕𝟑 = 𝟎 is …
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟓
Solution
16(𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 ) ± 𝟒𝟖𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟒𝟑 = 𝟎
−𝟑 𝟏
Centre = , ; 𝒓= 𝟓
𝟐 𝟒
𝟔𝟎
S.D = d-r=3 𝟓 − 𝟓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅 = =𝟑 𝟓
𝟖𝟎
=2 𝟓
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟗. The equation of the locus of the feet of the perpendiculars from the
origin to the lines which are passing through fixed point 𝟐, 𝟐
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution C
OP perpendicular AP
𝒚 𝒚−𝟐
⇒ = −𝟏 300
𝒙 𝒙−𝟐
A B
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟎. The line 𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂 + 𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛂 = 𝐩 intersects the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒
at A and B. If the chord AB makes an angle 𝟑𝟎𝟎 at a point on the
circumference of the circle then
𝟏) 𝐩𝟐 = 𝟑 𝟐)𝐩𝟐 = 𝟒𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝟑) 𝐩𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟒)𝐩𝟐 = 𝟔
Solution
𝜽
AB=2r sin
𝟐
𝜽
⟹2 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 =2r sin
𝟐
𝜽
⟹𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 =𝒓𝟐 sin𝟐
𝟐
𝟏
⟹𝟒− 𝑷𝟐 = 𝟒. ⇒ 𝑷𝟐 = 𝟑 Key -1
𝟒
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟏. The square of the distance between points 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 and 𝐱 𝟐 , 𝐲𝟐
on the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐱 𝟏 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐱 𝟏 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟐
𝟑) 𝟐 𝐱 𝟏 𝐱𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝟒) 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐱 𝟏 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟐
Solution
A(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ) , 𝑩(𝒚𝟏 , 𝒚𝟐 )
𝑨𝑩𝟐 = (𝒙𝟏 − 𝒙𝟐 )𝟐 +(𝒚𝟏 − 𝒚𝟐 )𝟐
= 𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐𝟐 − 𝟐(𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 )
= 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 − 𝟐(𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 )
= 𝟐(𝒂𝟐 −𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 )
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝐱 𝐲 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟐𝟐. A straight line + = 𝟏 moves such that 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐 𝐜 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭 .
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
Then the Locus of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from 𝟎, 𝟎 to
the given line is
𝟏
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐜 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐
𝐜
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐜 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟒𝐜 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
B(0, b)
Solution
𝒙 𝒚 P(x, y)
Equation of 𝑨𝑩 𝒊𝒔 + = 𝟏 −−−− −(𝟏)
𝒂 𝒃
OP=perpendicular distance from (0, 0) to (1)
𝟏 A
⟹ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟏
= 𝒄 (𝒔. 𝒐. 𝒃. 𝒔) O
+ (0, 0) (a, 0)
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
⇒𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐 Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟑. A locus of the point which divides the join of 𝐀 −𝟏, 𝟏 , and a variable
point P on the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 in ratio 𝟑: 𝟐 is
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔 𝟐) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟔 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟏𝟔
𝟑) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔 𝟒) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
Solution
Let P(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ) , 𝑨 −𝟏, 𝟏 ; 𝟑: 𝟐
𝟑𝒚𝟏 − 𝟐 𝟑𝒚𝟏 + 𝟐
𝒙, 𝒚 = ,
𝟓 𝟓
𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐 𝟓𝒚 − 𝟐
⇒ 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = ,
𝟑 𝟑
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝑳𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒
𝟓𝒙+𝟐 𝟐 𝟓𝒚−𝟐 𝟐
⇒ + =4
𝟑 𝟑
⇒ (𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝟓𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟒. Perpendiculars PL and PM are drawn from 𝐏 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 to the pair of
lines 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎. The equation to the circum circle of
∆𝐎𝐋𝐌 is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 , where ‘a’ is the distance from P to LM
𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝐱 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝐲𝟏 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 , where ‘a’ is the distance from P to LM
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐲𝐲𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐱 𝟏𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏𝟐 M P(𝑥1 , 𝑦1 )
Solution
O(0, 0) and P(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 O L
∴𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙𝒙𝟏 − 𝒚𝒚𝟏 = 𝟎

Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟓. If the power of 𝟐, 𝟏 with respect to the circle
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 is positive if
𝟏) 𝟎 < 𝐤 < 𝟏𝟐 𝟐) − 𝟏𝟐 < 𝐤 < 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝐤 > 𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝐤 < 𝟏𝟐
Solution
𝑲
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + = 𝟎 ∶ (𝟐, 𝟏)
𝟐
𝑺𝟏𝟏 > 𝟎
𝑲
⟹ −𝟔 + > 𝟎 ⇒ 𝑲 > 𝟏𝟐
𝟐
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟔. The point 𝟏, 𝟒 is inside the circle ‘S’ whose equation is of the form
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝐊 = 𝟎, K being an abitary constant. If the
circle “S” neither touches the axes nor cuts them. Then 𝐊 ∈
𝟏) 𝐑 𝟐) 𝟏, ∞ 𝟑) 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟗 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟓
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝑲 = 𝟎 ; (𝟏, 𝟒)
𝑺𝟏𝟏 < 𝟎 ; 𝒈𝟐 < 𝑪 ; 𝒇𝟐 < 𝑪
⇒ −𝟐𝟗 + 𝑲 < 𝟎 ; 𝟗 < 𝑲 ; 𝟐𝟓 < 𝑲
⇒ 𝑲 < 𝟐𝟗 ; 𝑲 > 𝟗 ; 𝑲 > 𝟐𝟓 9 25 29
∴ K∈ (25,29)
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟕. If the point 𝛂, 𝛂 is an interior point of the larger segment of the
circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 made by the chord whose
equation is 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 Then “α” lies in
𝟏) 𝟎, ∞ 𝟐) −𝟖, 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒, 𝟓 𝟒) −𝟏, 𝟒
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 ; (𝜶, 𝜶)
𝑺𝟏𝟏 < 𝟎 .(1, 1)
⇒ 𝛂𝟐 − 𝟐𝛂 − 𝟖 < 𝟎 .C
⇒ 𝛂 + 𝟐 𝛂 − 𝟒 < 𝟎 ; 𝜶, 𝜶
centre are on the same side of the chord
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
∴ 𝑳𝟏𝟏 . 𝑳𝟐𝟐 > 𝟎
⇒ 𝒂 > −𝟏
∴ 𝒂 ∈ (−𝟏, 𝟒)
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟖. The equation of the circle concentric with
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 and having 𝐲 − intercept 8 units is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝐊 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟖
⇒ 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟏𝟔
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒ 𝟑𝟔 − 𝑲 = 𝟏𝟔
⇒ 𝑲 =20
∴ 𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟗. Equation of the circle concentric with 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
and touches y-axis is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟓
Solution
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝐊 = 𝟎
𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒚 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 ⇒ 𝒇𝟐 = 𝑪
⇒𝐊 =64
𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 ∶ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟑𝟎. The equation of the circle concentric with circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 and double its area is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑𝟎 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝐊 = 𝟎
𝛑𝒓𝟐 = 𝟐(𝝅𝒓𝟐𝟏 )
⇒ 𝟒𝟓 − 𝑲 = 𝟐(𝟑𝟎)
⇒ 𝑲 = −𝟏𝟓
⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟑𝟏. If 𝟎, 𝟎 is the center of the circle passing through the vertices of
an equilateral triangle. If the length of the median of the triangle
is 9 units then equation of the circle is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔
Solution A
𝟐 𝟐
𝑨𝑫 = 𝟗 ; 𝑨𝑮 = 𝑨𝑫 = 𝟗 = 𝟔
𝟑 𝟑 .1 G
2
∴ 𝒓 = 𝑨𝑮 = 𝟔 D
Circle is : 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟑𝟐. If the centroid of an equilateral triangle is 𝟏, 𝟏 and its one
vertex is −𝟏, 𝟐 then the equation of the circumcircle is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟓
Solution
R=AG= 𝟓 A(-1, 2)
Circle is :(𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟓

⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 .G (1, 1)
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟑𝟑. The radius of the circle passing through the vertices of the
triangle formed by the lines 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐, 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟔, 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟐𝟎 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎𝟎
Solution
3x-4y=6 is diameter C(2, 0)
x+y=2 : x-y=0 are perpendicular r
Forms a right angle triangle r
2r=BC= 𝟔𝟒 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟏𝟎 B(-6, -6)
A(1, 1)
⇒r=5
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟑𝟒. The center of the circle passing through the points
𝐡, 𝟎 , 𝐤, 𝟎 , 𝟎, 𝐡 , 𝟎, 𝐤 is
𝐡 𝐡 𝐤 𝐤 𝐡+𝐤 𝐡+𝐤 𝐡 𝐡
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution N
Given (h, 0) , (k, 0), (0,h), (0,k)

(0, k)D
𝒉+𝒌
M= ,𝟎 C
𝟐
N
𝒉+𝒌
N= 𝟎, (0, h)C
𝟐 O M
A B(k, 0)
𝒉+𝒌 𝒉+𝒌
∴ Centre = , 𝟐 (h, 0)
𝟐
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟑𝟓. The center of the circle circumscribing the quadrilateral whose sides
are 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟒, 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐𝟐, 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟒 and 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟔𝟐 is
𝟑 𝟐𝟕 𝟐𝟕 𝟑
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) 𝟐𝟕, 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟑, 𝟐𝟕
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
x-3y=4, x-3y=14
And 3x+y=22, 3x+y=62 are parallel
𝟒 + 𝟏𝟒 𝟐𝟐 + 𝟔𝟐
𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + = 𝟎 ; 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 =
𝟐 𝟐
⇒x-3y=9 ; 3x+y=42
𝟐𝟕 𝟑
Solving ; centre = , Key -2
𝟐 𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟑𝟔. The equation of the circle circumscribing the triangle formed
with coordinate axes and the line with slope – 2 and passing
through 𝟐, 𝟐 is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟏𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution
Given : (2, 2) : m=-2
⇒y-2=-2(x-2)
𝒙 𝒚
⇒2x+y=6 ⇒ + = 𝟏
𝟑 𝟔
Circle is : 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎 Key -3
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𝟑𝟕. The points 𝟓, 𝟎 , 𝟎, 𝟏𝟐 and −𝟓, 𝟎 are the vertices of an
isosceles triangle. Then the equation of its in circle is
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎𝐱 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎𝐱 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution
Given : A(5, 0), B(0, 12) and C(-5, 0)
A=13 , b=10 , C=13
𝟏𝟎
In centre = 𝟎,
𝟑
𝟏
∆= 𝟏𝟎. 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟔𝟎 , 𝒔 = 𝟏𝟖
𝟐
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𝟔𝟎 𝟏𝟎
r= =
𝟏𝟖 𝟑
𝟏𝟎 𝟐 𝟏𝟎𝟎
Circle is: 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚− =
𝟑 𝟗
⇒ 𝟑 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝒚 = 𝟎
Key -1
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𝟑𝟖. The circle circumscribing the triangle formed by the lines 𝐱 =
𝟑𝐲 + 𝟔, 𝐱 = − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟔, 𝐱 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
Given : x= 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟔 ∶ 𝒙 = − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟔 ∶ 𝒙 = 𝟎
Solving A(6, 0), B(0, 2 𝟑), 𝑪(𝟎, −𝟐 𝟑)
Verify option (3)
Key -3
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𝟑𝟗. If the lines 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 and 𝐤𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 intersect the
coordinate axes in concyclic points then 𝐤 − 𝟏 =
𝟑 𝟑 𝟓 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) − 𝟑) − 𝟒) −
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
Given : 2x+3y-1=0 ; kx-y+4=0
Con cyclic points ⇒𝒂𝟏 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒃𝟏 𝒃𝟐
⇒𝟐𝒌 = −𝟑
−𝟑
⇒𝒌 =
𝟐
−𝟑 −𝟓
∴𝐤 − 𝟏 = −𝟏= Key -3
𝟐 𝟐
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𝟒𝟎. If 𝐚𝐚𝟏 = 𝐛𝐛𝟏 ≠ 𝟎, the points where the coordinate axes cut the
lines 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 and 𝐚𝟏 𝐱 + 𝐛𝟏 𝐲 + 𝐜 𝟏 = 𝟎 form
𝟏) cyclic quadrilateral 𝟐) Quadrilateral
𝟑) Square 𝟒) Rectangle
Solution
Concept : from cyclic quadrilateral
Key -1
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𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟒𝟏. If 𝐀 𝟐, , 𝐁 𝟑, , 𝐂 𝟒, , 𝐃 𝐤, are concyclic ⇒ 𝐤 =
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝐤
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟏𝟒 𝟐𝟒 𝟓
Solution
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
Given A(2,𝟐), 𝑩 𝟑, 𝟑 , 𝑪 𝟒, 𝟒 , 𝑫(𝒌, 𝒌)
𝟏
If the points 𝒎𝒊, 𝒎𝒊 , 𝒊 = 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒
Are concyclic then 𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 𝒎𝟑 𝒎𝟒 = 𝟏
⇒𝟐. 𝟑. 𝟒. 𝒌 = 𝟏
𝟏
⇒𝒌 = Key -3
𝟐𝟒
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟒𝟐. If the lines 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 intersect the
co-ordinate axes, then the circle passing through the points is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
Given : 2x+3y+1=0 , 6x+4y+1=0
Multiply and remove “xy” term
⇒ 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏 − 𝒙𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 = 𝟎
⇒𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟒𝟑. The area of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 is ……(in sq. u)
𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) 𝛑 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐜 𝟐) 𝐠𝟐 + 𝐟𝟐 − 𝐜
𝟏𝟔
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟑) 𝐠𝟐 + 𝐟𝟐 − 𝐜 𝟒) 𝐠𝟐 + 𝐟𝟐 − 𝐜
𝟒 𝟒
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
𝒉𝟐
Area of equilateral triangle = 𝟑
𝟑
Where 𝒉=𝟐 𝒈𝟐 +𝒇𝟐 −𝒄
𝟗 𝟑 𝟑
∴Area=𝟒 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 = (𝒈 𝟐
+ 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄) Key -3
𝟑 𝟒
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟒𝟒. Area of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 in sq. units is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒 𝟐
Solution
Given : 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
Side (x)= 𝟐𝒓 ; 𝒓 = 𝟐 r
r x
= 𝟐. 𝟐 = 𝟐
x
Area =(𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆)𝟐 = (𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟒
Key -2
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𝟒𝟓. A rectangle ABCD is inscribed in a circle with a diameter lying
along the line 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎. If 𝐀 −𝟔, 𝟕 , 𝐁 𝟒, 𝟕 then the area
of the rectangle ABCD is
𝟏) 𝟒𝟎 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝟐) 𝟔𝟎 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝟑) 𝟖𝟎 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬
Solution
Given : x-3y+10=0 ; A(-6,7), B(4,7) C(4,-1)
D
Perpendicular bisector of 𝑨𝑩 𝒊𝒔 (-1,3)
2x(𝒙𝟏 − 𝒙𝟐 ) + 𝟐𝒚(𝒚𝟏 − 𝒚𝟐 ) = (𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 ) − (𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐𝟐 ) A(-6,7) B(4,7)
⇒x=-1 : y=3
∴centre (-1, 3)
Centre =mid point of 𝑨𝑪
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒙−𝟔 𝒚+𝟕
⇒(-1,3)= , 𝟐
𝟐
∴ C(x,y)=(4,-1)
∴AB=10 ;BC=8
Area=(length)(breadth)
(10)(8)=80
Key -3
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𝟒𝟔. A circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle and a square is
inscribed in the circle. The ratio of the areas of the triangle to the
area of the square is
𝟏) 𝟑: 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑: 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟑: 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑: 𝟐
Solution
𝟑
Area of equilateral ∆𝒍𝒆 = 𝟒 𝒂𝟐
Area of a square =𝒙𝟐
a a
𝒓
Where : x= 𝟐𝒓 ∶ ∆= r xr x
𝒃
𝒂 𝒂 x
⇒r=𝟐 ⇒𝒙=
𝟑 𝟔 a
𝟑 𝟐 𝒂𝟐
∴∆= 𝒂 = =𝟑 𝟑∶𝟐 Key -3
𝟒 𝟔
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟒𝟕. The triangle PQR is inscribed in the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓. If Q
and R have coordinates 𝟑, 𝟒 and −𝟒, 𝟑 respectively, then
𝐐𝐏𝐑 =……
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟔
Solution P
Given : 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 ∶ 𝑸 𝟑, 𝟒 , 𝑹(−𝟒, 𝟑)
O
𝝅
QOR =2 𝛉 =𝟐
Q R
𝝅
⇒𝛉=𝟒 = 𝑸𝑷𝑹
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟒𝟖. A regular polygon of 9 sides where length of each side is ‘2’ is
inscribed in a circle. The radius of the circle is
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
𝟏)𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐) 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟑) 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟒) 𝐭𝐚𝐧
𝟗 𝟗 𝟗 𝟗
Solution
𝒂 𝝅
𝒓 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄 r 𝜋
𝟐 𝒏
9
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ∶ 𝒂 = 𝟐, 𝒏 = 𝟗
𝝅 1
𝒓 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄
𝟗
Key -2
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𝟒𝟗. The equation of the circles which touches the x-axis at 𝟒, 𝟎 and
radius 2 units are
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 ± 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 ± 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 ± 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 ± 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏: 𝑨 𝟒, 𝟎 , 𝒓 = 𝟐
(𝒙 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝒄
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝒄
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∴ 𝒈 = −𝟒 ; 𝒄 = 𝟏𝟔
𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝒇 = ±𝟐
𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 ± 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
Key -3
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𝟓𝟎. A circle which touches the axes, and whose center is at distance
𝟐 𝟐 from the origin, has the equation
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
(r,r)
Solution C
r
Given : OC=2 𝟐 O r A
⇒ 𝟐𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟐
⇒r=2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
C=(±2,±2)
Circle is: (𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟒
⇒𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Key -4
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𝟓𝟏. The radius of the largest circle lying in the first quadrant, touching
𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐 and co-ordinate axes is
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 6 𝟑) 7 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
C=(r, r) : 4x+3y=12
r=d
𝟕𝒓−𝟏𝟐
⇒r=
𝟓
⇒ r=6, 1
Largest circle : r=6
Key -2
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𝟓𝟐. The radius of the circle which touches y-axis at 𝟎, 𝟎 and passes
through the point 𝐛, 𝐜 is
𝐛𝟐 +𝐜 𝟐 𝐛𝟐 +𝐜 𝟐 𝐛𝟐 +𝐜 𝟐 𝐛
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐𝐛 𝟐𝐜 𝟐 𝟐 𝐛 𝟐 +𝐜 𝟐
Solution
Passes through origin ⇒c=0 ;r= 𝒈 ; 𝒇 = 𝟎
∴ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 ± 𝟐𝒈𝒙 = 𝟎
Passes through (b, c) ⇒𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 ± 𝟐𝒈𝒃 = 𝟎

𝒃𝟐 +𝒄𝟐
⇒r= 𝒈 =
𝟐𝒃
Key -1
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𝟓𝟑. If a circle with radius 2 units touches the x-axis at 𝟏, 𝟎 then its
center may be
𝟏) ±𝟏, 𝟐 𝟐) ±𝟏, ±𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏, ±𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏, ± 𝟓
Solution Y
𝒓 = 𝟐, 𝑿 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕 (𝟏, 𝟎)
(1, 2)
∴ 𝒓 = ±𝟐 X
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 = (𝟏, ±𝟐)
𝑥′ (1, 0) X
O
(1, -2)
𝑦′
Key -3
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𝟓𝟒. The distance between two parallel chords each of length 10 units
is 24 units. Then the radius of the circle is
𝟏)𝟓 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑)𝟏𝟑 𝟒)𝟑𝟎
Solution
12 13
𝒓 = 𝟏𝟑 5
10
Key -3
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𝟓𝟓. Two circles which touch the co-ordinate axes intersect at 𝟖, −𝟏 .
Then the other point of intersection is
𝟏) 𝟖, 𝟏 𝟐) −𝟏, 𝟖 𝟑) −𝟖, 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟏, −𝟖
Solution
Image of (8, -1) w.r.to
y=-x is (1, -8) O
(8, -1)
(1, -8) y=-x
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟓𝟔. Equation of the circle passing through the origin and makes
intercepts 4 and 6 on negative x-axis & negative y-axis
respectively is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution
Passes through origin ⇒c=0
2𝒈 =𝟒 ∶ 𝟐𝒇 =𝟔
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
g=±2 : f=±3
Negative X-axis and Y-axis
Circle is : 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟓𝟕. If the chord joining the points 𝟏, −𝟑 , −𝟑, 𝟏 subtends a right
angle at the center of the circle, then the equation of the circle is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 C
r
450
Solution A B
M
𝑨 𝟏, −𝟑 , 𝑩 (−𝟑, 𝟏)
𝑨𝑩= 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟒 𝟐 ⇒ 𝑨𝑴 = 𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓𝟎 = ⇒ 𝒓 = 𝟒 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝟐) Key -2
𝒓
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟓𝟖. The square of the intercept made by the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝟐𝐤𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 − 𝐡𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 = 𝟎 on the x-axis is
𝟏) 𝟐𝐡𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐𝐡 𝟑) 𝐡 𝟒) 𝟒𝐡𝟐
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 + 𝟐𝒌𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 − 𝒉𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜽 = 𝟎
𝑺𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝑿 − 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 = 𝟒(𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄)
𝟒(𝒉𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜽 + 𝒉𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜽)
= 𝟒𝒉𝟐
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟓𝟗. If the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 makes an intercept of
length 1 unit on x-axis, then the intercept made by the circle on
y-axis is
𝟏) 12 𝟐) 2 𝟑) 8 𝟒) 4
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑿 − 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 = 𝟏
𝟒𝟗
⇒𝟐 𝒈𝟐 −𝒄=𝟏⇒𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟏 ⟹ 𝒄 = 𝟏𝟐
𝟒
𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒀 − 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 = 𝟐 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟒
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔𝟎. Let AB be a chord of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 subtending a right
angle at the center. Then the locus of the centroid of the triangle
PAB as P moves on the circle is……
𝟏) a parabola 𝟐) a circle
𝟑) an ellipse 𝟒) a pair of straight lines
Y
Solution (0, r)B
P(rcosθ,rsinθ)
𝑨 = 𝒓, 𝟎 , 𝑩 = (𝟎, 𝒓) G
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷 = (𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽) X
A(r, 0)
𝒓 + 𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝒓 + 𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒊𝒅 𝑮 𝒙, 𝒚 = ,
𝟑 𝟑
𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 ′𝜽′ ∴ 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑮 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔𝟏. If the line 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐜 intersects the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 then the
length of the chord so formed is 2b. Then 𝐜 𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 𝐦𝟐 + 𝟏 𝟐) 𝐛𝟐 + 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 − 𝟏
𝟑) 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 𝐦𝟐 + 𝟏 𝟒) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 𝐦𝟐 − 𝟏
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏: 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 ∶ 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒄
𝒂𝒏𝒅 ∶ 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 = 𝟐𝒃
𝒄
⇒ 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 ∶ 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒓 = 𝒂: 𝒅 =
𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
𝒄𝟐
⇒ 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 = ⇒ 𝒄𝟐 = (𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 )(𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 )
𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔𝟐. The length of the minor Arc formed by a chord of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 is 𝛑. Then the length of the chord is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟐𝛑 𝟒) 𝟑𝛑
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 ; 𝒓 = 𝟑
𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝑹 = 𝒓𝜽 ⟹ 𝝅 = 𝟑𝜽
𝝅 Major arc
⟹𝜽= Minor arc A B
𝟑
𝜽 𝝅
𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟐𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒏 = 𝟐 𝟑 . 𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟐 𝟔
=𝟑
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔𝟑. If the length of the intercept made by the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 on the line 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is 𝟐 𝟔, then
𝐜=
𝟏) −𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) −𝟐𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐𝟏
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 ; 𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟔 ⟹ 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 = 𝟔
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ∶ 𝒓 = 𝟏𝟑 − 𝒄 ; 𝒅 = 𝟏𝟎
⇒ 𝟏𝟑 − 𝒄 − 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟔
⇒ 𝒄 =-3 Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔𝟒. Number of circles with a given radius and touching both the
coordinate axes is
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) infinite
Solution
Y
𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉
𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒙𝒆𝒔 = 𝟒
X
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔𝟓. If the line 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝛌 intersects the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟓
then the range of 𝛌 is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟓, 𝟑𝟓 𝟐) −𝟏𝟓, 𝟑𝟓 𝟑) −𝟑𝟓, 𝟏𝟓 𝟒) −𝟑𝟓, 𝟏𝟓
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ; 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 ; 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝝀 = 𝟎
−𝟏𝟎 − 𝝀
𝒓=𝟓 ∶ 𝒅=
𝟓
𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 ⇒ 𝒅 < 𝒓
𝟏𝟎+𝝀
⇒ < ±𝟓 ⇒ 𝟏𝟎 + 𝝀 < ±25
𝟓
⇒−35<𝝀<15 ∴ 𝝀∈(-35, 15) Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔𝟔. If the line 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 passes outside the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐱 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎,
then the value of m is given by
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒
𝟏) 𝐦 = 𝟐) 𝐦 < 𝟑) 𝐦 > 𝟒) 𝐦 <
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟑
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 ; 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙
𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 ⇒ 𝒓 < 𝒅
𝟓𝒎
⟹𝟑< ⟹ 𝟑 𝒎𝟐 + 𝟏 < 𝟓𝒎
𝒎𝟐 + 𝟏
𝒔. 𝒐. 𝒃. 𝒔
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒ 𝟗 < 𝟏𝟔𝒎𝟐 ⇒ 𝟏𝟔𝒎𝟐 > 𝟗
𝟗 𝟑
𝒎𝟐 > ⇒ 𝒎 >
𝟏𝟔 𝟒
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔𝟕. The length of the tangent from a point on
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐜 − 𝐜 𝟏 𝟐) 𝐜 𝟏 − 𝐜 𝟑) 𝐠 − 𝐠𝟏 + 𝐟 − 𝐟𝟏 + 𝐜 − 𝐜𝟏 𝟒) 𝟎
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 𝑠11
𝑥1 , 𝑦1
𝟐 𝟐 ′ .
𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔
𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝒄′ − 𝒄
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔𝟖. If the tangent at the point P on the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟐
meets the straight line 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 at a point Q on the y-axis
then the length of PQ is
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒀 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
⇒Q(0, 3)
𝑷𝑸 = 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑸 𝟎, 𝟑 = 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟓
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟔𝟗. The angle between the tangents to the circle with center 𝟒, 𝟓
drawn from 𝐏 −𝟐, −𝟑 is 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎, then the length of the tangent to
the circle from P is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟓
Solution
A
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝑪 𝟒, 𝟓 , 𝑷 −𝟐, −𝟑 , 𝜽 = 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝑠11
(4,5)C 600
𝑷𝑨 P
cos𝟔𝟎𝟎 = 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝑨 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 ⇒ 𝒄𝒑 = 𝟏𝟎 (-2,-3)
𝑪𝑷
B
𝟏 𝒔𝟏𝟏
= ⇒ 𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝟓
𝟐 𝟏𝟎
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕𝟎. The two tangents to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 at A and B meet at
𝐏 −𝟒, 𝟎 . The area of the quadrilateral PAOB, When O is the
origin is (in sq. u)
𝟏) 𝟔 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟑 𝟒)𝟔 𝟑
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒, 𝑷(−𝟒, 𝟎)
𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟑
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 = 𝒓 𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒 𝟑
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕𝟏. Let 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱𝐲 = 𝟎 be the equation of a pair of tangents
drawn from the origin ‘O’ to a circle of radius ‘3’ with center in the
first quadrant. If A is one of the points of contact, then length ‘OA’ is
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟓+𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑 𝟓+𝟐
Solution
A
𝟐 𝟐
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙𝒚 = 𝟎 ∶ 𝒓 = 𝟑 3
θ/2
⇒ 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 − 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 C O
⇒ 𝒙 − 𝒚 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑 𝟏 𝟏𝟎 B
∴ 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 = ⇒ =
𝟏𝟎 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝟑
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐 & 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏+𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝟏𝟎+𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒕𝟐 𝜽 𝟐
= ⇒ = 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟑
𝟏−𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝟏𝟎 −𝟑 𝟐
𝜽 𝟏 𝜽 𝒓
⇒ 𝑻𝒂𝒏 = = 𝑻𝒂𝒏 =
𝟐 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟑 𝟐 𝒔𝟏𝟏
𝟏 𝟑
⇒ = ⇒ 𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 3 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟑
𝟏𝟎 + 𝟑 𝒔 𝟏𝟏
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕𝟐. The point P is at a distance 𝟒 𝟑 from the center of the circle. If the
angle between the tangents from P is 𝟔𝟎𝟎 . The area of the
quadrilateral formed by the two tangents from P and the radii at
the point of contact is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑
𝟑) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑 𝟒)𝟏𝟔 𝟑 A
r
Solution 300
C P
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝑪𝑷 = 𝟒 𝟑 ∶ 𝜽 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝒓 B
sin𝟑𝟎𝟎 = ⇒𝒓=𝟐 𝟑
𝟒 𝟑
𝑨𝑪 = 𝟐 𝟑 ∶ 𝑪𝑷 = 𝟒 𝟑 ⇒ 𝑷𝑨 = 𝟔 = 𝒔𝟏𝟏
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 = 𝒓 𝒔𝟏𝟏
𝟐 𝟑 𝟔 = 𝟏𝟐 𝟑
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕𝟑. The locus of the point from which length of the tangent to the
circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is 3 units is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 ∶ 𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝟑
Lows of ‘P’ is :𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕𝟒. The points on the line 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 from which the lengths of the
tangents to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱 = 𝟎 are of length 2 units are
𝟑 𝟓
𝟏) −𝟏, 𝟎 , , 𝟐) −𝟏, 𝟎 , 𝟐, 𝟑
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟓
𝟑) − , , 𝟏, 𝟐 𝟒) , , 𝟑, 𝟒
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒕, 𝒕 + 𝟏 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 ⇒ (𝒕, 𝒕 + 𝟏)
𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 = 𝟎⇒𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝟐 ⇒ 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒
⇒ 𝒕𝟐 + (𝒕 + 𝟏)𝟐 −𝟑𝒕 = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝟐𝒕𝟐 − 𝒕 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒕 = −𝟏. 𝟑/𝟐

𝟑 𝟓
𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 −𝟏, 𝟎 , , Key -1
𝟐 𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕𝟓. The tangent making equal intercepts on coordinate axes to the
circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 ± 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 ± 𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒔 𝒎 = −𝟏
𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝒓= 𝟖=𝟐 𝟐
𝑻𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 ∶ 𝒚 + 𝒇 = 𝒎(𝒙 + 𝒈) ± 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒y-3=-1(x-2)±2 𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎 ;𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕𝟔. The line 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟑𝐱 + 𝛌 = 𝟎 touches the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 then 𝛌 =
𝟏) 𝟐𝟗 𝟐) 𝟏𝟎 𝟑) −𝟑𝟓 𝟒) −𝟐𝟓
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝝀 = 𝟎
−𝟏𝟎 − 𝝀 −𝟏𝟎−𝝀
𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒓 = 𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ∶ 𝒓 = 𝟓, 𝒅 = ⇒5=
𝟓 𝟓
⇒10+=±25 ⇒= –35, 15

Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕𝟕. The position of the line 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 with respect to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 is
𝟏) outside the circle 𝟐) touches the circle
𝟑) cuts the circle in two points 𝟒) can not be decided
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 ∶ 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐
𝒓=𝟐 ; 𝒅= = 𝟐
𝟐
𝒓 > 𝒅 ⇒ 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕𝟖. The locus of point of intersection of perpendicular tangents on
each to the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝟏 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟏
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟏 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟓𝟎
Solution
B P
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 : 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟐𝟓
O A
∴𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝟏
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟕𝟗. The locus of point of intersection tangents to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 which include an angle 𝟐𝛂 is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛂
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐 𝛂 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛂
Solution
A
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 ∶ 𝜽 = 𝟐𝜶 r 𝑠11
α
𝒓 C P
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜶 = ⇒ 𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒕𝜶
𝒔𝟏𝟏
B
𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔
⇒𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒕𝟐 𝜶
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 = 𝒓𝟐 (𝟏 + 𝒄𝒐𝒕𝟐 𝜶)
𝑳𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒐𝒇 ′𝑷′ 𝒊𝒔 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜶
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟎. The angle between a pair to tangents drawn from a point P to the
curve 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛂 + 𝟏𝟑𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛂 = 𝟎 is 𝟐𝛂. The
locus of ‘P’ is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
Solution
A
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 r
α
∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟗𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 + 𝟏𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝜶 (-2,3)C P
= 𝒂𝒏𝒅
𝟎 𝜽 = 𝟐𝜶 (x,y)
B
r=2 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 : 𝑪(−𝟐, 𝟑)
𝒓
𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 =
𝑪𝑷
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
Where r=2 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 : 𝑪𝑷 = (𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟑)𝟐
𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶
⇒sinહ=
(𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟑)𝟐
⇒𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟏. The condition that the pair of tangents drawn from 𝐠, 𝐟 to the
circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 may be at right angles is
𝟏) 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐜 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 = 𝐜 𝟒) 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐜
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 ∶ (𝒈, 𝒇)
𝜽 = 𝟗𝟎𝟎
⇒ 𝒓 = 𝒔𝟏𝟏 ⇒ 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝟐 + 𝟐𝒇𝟐 + 𝒄
⇒ 𝟐𝒈𝟐 + 𝟐𝒇𝟐 + 𝒄 = −𝒄
⇒ 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟐. Tangents PQ, PR are drawn to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 from
𝐏 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 touching the circle at Q, R respectively. The center of
the circum circle of the ∆PQR is
𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟏
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 𝟐) 𝟎, 𝟎 𝟑) , 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 𝟏 , 𝟐𝐲𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
Solution Q
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑷(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )
(0, 0)Q P
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 (𝑥1 , 𝑦1 )
∴ 𝒄 = 𝟎, 𝟎
R
𝑹𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆
𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏
= 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟎, 𝟎 = , Key -3
𝟐 𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟑. Tangents TP and TQ are drawn from a point T to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 . If the point T lies on the line 𝐩𝐱 + 𝐪𝐲 = 𝐫, then the
locus of center of the circumcircle of ∆ 𝐓𝐏𝐐 is
𝐫 𝐫
𝟏) 𝐩𝐱 + 𝐪𝐲 = 𝟐) 𝐩𝐱 + 𝐪𝐲 = 𝟑) 𝐩𝐱 + 𝐪𝐲 = 𝟐𝐫 𝟒)𝐩𝐱 + 𝐪𝐲 = 𝐫
𝟑 𝟐
Solution
P
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒘𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 r
α P
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 , 𝑪(𝟎, 𝟎) (0, 0)C
(𝑥1 ,𝑦1 )
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 = 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 (𝟎, 𝟎) P

𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏
⇒ 𝒙, 𝒚 = ,
𝟐 𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒ 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟐𝒙, 𝟐𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒙 + 𝒒𝒚 = 𝒓
⇒ 𝟐𝒑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒒𝒚 = 𝒓
𝒓
⇒ 𝒑𝒙 + 𝒒𝒚 =
𝟐
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟒. Locus of the center of a circle touching the lines 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 and
𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟑) 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟏
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎 ∶ 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎
𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 𝑑1
𝒅𝟐 = 𝒅𝟐 ⇒ =
𝟓 𝟓 𝑑2
⇒ 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = ± 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 ⇒ 𝒚 = 𝟎, 𝒙 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝒙𝒚 = 𝟎
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟓. The tangent at any point to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 meets the axes at
A, B. If lines drawn parallel to the axes through A and B interest at
‘P’, then the locus P is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐫 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟑) + = 𝟒) + = 𝐫𝟐 B P(x,y)
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐫𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
Solution
𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 "(𝛉)" A
𝒕𝒐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
𝒊𝒔 ∶ 𝒙𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 + 𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 = 𝒓
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𝒓 𝒓
𝑨 ,𝟎 , 𝑩 = 𝟎,
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
𝒓 𝒓
𝐏 , = (𝒙, 𝒚)
Eliminate ‘𝛉’
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
⇒ 𝟐+ 𝟐= 𝟐
𝒙 𝒚 𝒓
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟔. If the line 𝐡𝐱 + 𝐤𝐲 = 𝟏/𝐚 touches the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 then
the locus of 𝐡, 𝐤 is a circle of radius
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏)
𝐚
𝟐) 𝐚𝟐 𝟑) 𝐚 𝟒)
𝐚𝟐
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
𝟏
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒙 + 𝒌𝒚 =
𝒂
𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 ⇒ 𝒓 = 𝒅
𝟏
⇒
𝒂 𝒉𝟐 + 𝒌𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒ 𝒉𝟐 + 𝒌𝟐 = 𝒂−𝟒
𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏
𝑳𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉, 𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒉 + 𝒌 = 𝟐
𝒂
𝟏
∴ 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒔 = 𝟐
𝒂
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟕. If the tangents to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 at 𝐩, 𝐪 and 𝐫, 𝐬 are
parallel then
𝟏) 𝐩𝐫 − 𝐪𝐬 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐩𝟐 + 𝐪𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐬𝟐
𝟑) 𝐩𝐬 − 𝐪𝐫 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐩 + 𝐬 = 𝐪 + 𝐫
Solution
𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒑, 𝒒 𝒕𝒐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒙 + 𝒒𝒚 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎

𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒓, 𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒂𝟏 𝒃𝟏 𝒑 𝒒
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 ⇒ 𝟐 = 𝟐 ⇒ = ⇒ 𝒔𝒑 − 𝒒𝒓 = 𝟎
𝒂 𝒃 𝒓 𝒔
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟖. The radius of the circle passing through the point 𝟔, 𝟐 and
having 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟔 as a normal and 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟒 as a diameter is …
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒 𝟓
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟒
𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒙, 𝒚 = (𝟖, −𝟐)
∴ 𝑪 𝟖, −𝟐 : 𝑷 𝟔, 𝟐
𝒓 = 𝑪𝑷 = 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟐 𝟓
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟗. The product of the slopes of the tangents from 𝟑, 𝟒 to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 is
𝟏𝟐 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟎 𝟒) − 𝟏
𝟓 𝟏𝟐
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 ∶ (𝟑, 𝟒)
𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 ∶ 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 ± 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 (𝟑, 𝟒)
⇒ 𝟒 = 𝟑𝒎 ± 𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 ⇒ 𝟒 = 𝟑𝒎 = ±𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 ⇒ 𝟓𝒎𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝒎 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟏𝟐
∴ 𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 = Key -1
𝟓
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗𝟎. If a tangent to the 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐜 𝟐 makes intercepts a and b on the
coordinate axes then
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝐜 𝟐) 𝐚 + 𝐛 = 𝐜 𝟑) + = 𝟒) + =
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝐜𝟐 𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐
𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 = 𝒄𝟐

𝒙 𝒚 𝒄𝟐 𝒄𝟐
⇒ 𝟐 + 𝟐 ⇒𝒂= : 𝒃=
𝒄 /𝒙𝟏 𝒄 /𝒚𝟏 𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏
𝒄𝟐 𝒄𝟐
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = , 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐
𝒂 𝒃
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒄𝟒 𝒄𝟒 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
⇒ 𝟐+ 𝟐=𝒄 ⇒ 𝟐+ 𝟐= 𝟐
𝒂 𝒃 𝒂 𝒃 𝒄
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗𝟏. If the lengths of the tangents from P to the circles 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗 and
𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 are in the ratio 3:4 then the locus of P is a circle of
radius
𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕
Solution
𝟗 𝟏𝟔
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
= 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒙 + 𝒚 =
𝟒 𝟗
𝒔𝟏𝟏 𝟑
= ⇒ 𝟏𝟔𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝟗𝒔𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝟒
𝒔𝟏𝟏𝟏
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗 𝟏𝟔
⇒ 𝟏𝟔 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − =9(𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − )
𝟒 𝟗
⇒ 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔

⇒ 𝟕𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎
⇒𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = ∴𝒓=
𝟕 𝟕
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗𝟐. If the line 𝐲 = 𝐱 touches the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
at P. Where 𝐎𝐏 = 𝟒 𝟐 then 𝐜 =
𝟏) 𝟖 𝟐)𝟏𝟔 𝟑)𝟑𝟐 𝟒) 𝟔𝟒
Solution
𝐎𝐏 = 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 "O"to circle s=0
⇒ 𝑶𝑷 = 𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝒄
⇒ 𝒄 = 𝟒 𝟐 ⇒ 𝒄 = 𝟑𝟐
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗𝟑. The angle between the tangents from the point 𝐩 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 to the
circle whose radius is 𝟐 𝟑 units is 𝟔𝟎𝟎 then the length of the
tangent from p to the circle
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟔 𝟑
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 , 𝒓 = 𝟐 𝟑 , 𝜽 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎
300 P
𝟎
𝒓 𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 (𝑥1 ,𝑦1 )
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟑𝟎 = ⇒ =
𝒔𝟏𝟏 𝟑 𝒔𝟏𝟏
⇒ 𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝟔
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗𝟒. The normal at 𝛉 to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 + 𝐲 𝐲 − 𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 − 𝐲 − 𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 + 𝐲 − 𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 = 𝟐 𝟐
𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 − 𝐲 − 𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 = 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔 ∶
𝒙+𝒈 𝒚+𝒇 𝒙−𝟐 𝒚−𝟑
= ⇒ =
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗𝟓. The line 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 is normal to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 . The
portion of the line 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 intercepted by this circle is of
length.
𝟏) 𝐫 𝟐) 𝐫 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐𝐫 𝟒) 𝐫
Solution
𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍
𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 r , r
A B
∴ 𝑨𝑩 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓
∴ 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟐𝒓
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗𝟔. The number of feet of normals from the point 𝟕, −𝟒 to the circle
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓 is
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓 ∶ (𝟕, −𝟒)
𝒔𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟓 = 𝟔𝟎 > 𝟎
𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 ⇒ 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗𝟕. The locus of the point of intersection of the lines 𝐱𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 + 𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 = 𝐚
and 𝐱𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 − 𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = 𝐛(for various value of 𝛉) is a circle of radius
𝟏) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 𝟐) 𝐚 + 𝐛 𝟑) 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟒) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒙𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 + 𝒚𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 = 𝒂

𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒙𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 − 𝒚𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 = 𝒃
𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
∴𝒓= 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
Key -4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗𝟖. The tangent at any point P on the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐 cuts the axes
in L and M. The locus of middle point of LM is …
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟐 𝟑) + =𝟒 𝟒) + =
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝟐
Solution 𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐
𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 ∶ 𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 = 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝑳 , 𝟎 , 𝑴 = 𝟎,
𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏
𝟏 𝟏
𝑴. 𝑷 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝑴 = , lies on 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐
𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏
𝟏 𝟏
⇒ 𝟐
+ 𝟐
=𝟐 Key -2
𝒙 𝒚
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟗𝟗. Tangents drawn from 𝟐, 𝟎 to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 touches the
circle at A, B then A = , B =
𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏 − 𝟑 −𝟏 − 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑
𝟏) , , , 𝟐) , , ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 − 𝟑
𝟑) , , , 𝟒) 𝟏, 𝟐 𝟑, 𝟒
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 ∶ (𝟐, 𝟎)
𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 (𝟐, 𝟎)
𝒘. 𝒓. 𝒕𝒐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝟏 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 = 𝟏
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏
𝟐, 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟐𝒙 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒙 = 𝒔𝒖𝒃 𝒊𝒏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
𝟐
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
𝟑 𝟑
⇒ +𝒚 =𝟏⇒𝒚 = ⇒𝒚=±
𝟒 𝟒 𝟐
𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 − 𝟑
𝑷𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 ∶ 𝑨 = , ,𝑩 = ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Key -3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟎𝟎. The chords of contact of the pair of tangents drawn from each
point on the line 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 passes
through the point.
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟒 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒 𝟒 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝟏 = 𝟎
⇒𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟐𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝟏 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝒙 𝒚 −𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
⇒ = = ⇒ 𝒙, 𝒚 = , Key -2
𝟐 𝟏 −𝟒 𝟐 𝟒
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟎𝟏. The line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 meets the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒 at A
and B. If the tangents at A and B to the circle intersect at P, then P=
𝟏) 𝟑, 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟔, 𝟖 𝟑) −𝟔, −𝟖 𝟒) −𝟑, −𝟒
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒 ∶ 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
−𝒂𝟐 𝒍 −𝒂𝟐 𝒎
𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆 = , = (𝟔, 𝟖)
𝒏 𝒏
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟎𝟐. The area of the triangle formed by the two tangents drawn from
the point 𝟑, 𝟏 to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 and
their chord of contact is
𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝟐 𝟐𝟕 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) None
𝟒𝟏 𝟒𝟏 𝟒𝟏
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 ; (3,1)
𝒓 𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟑/𝟐
Area of 𝒍𝒆 PAB =
𝑺𝟏𝟏 +𝒓𝟐
Where 𝐫 = 𝟒 𝟐 ; 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟗
𝟒 𝟐 𝟗 𝟑/𝟐 𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝟐
Area = Key -2
𝟗+𝟑𝟐 𝟒𝟏
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟎𝟑. If the pole of a straight line w.r.t the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐜 𝟐 lies on the
circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗𝐜 𝟐 and the line is a tangent to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 then 𝐫 𝟐 =
𝐜𝟐 𝐜𝟐
𝟏)𝟗𝐜 𝟐 𝟐)
𝟗
𝟑)𝟑𝐜 𝟐 𝟒)
𝟑
Solution
Polar of ‘p’ w.r.to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐 is 𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 lies on 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 = 𝟗𝒄𝟐
Line tangent to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
r=d
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒄𝟐 𝒄𝟐 𝒄
𝒓= = =
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 𝟑𝒄 𝟑
𝟐
𝒄
𝒓𝟐 =
𝟗
Key - 2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
104. If the polar of 𝐏 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 w.r.t the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 touches
the circle 𝐱 − 𝐚 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 then locus of P is
𝟏) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝐚𝟐
𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟒) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚 𝐱 − 𝐚
Solution
Polar is 𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 = 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒙𝟏
Tangent to 𝒙 − 𝒂 𝟐
+ 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂 𝟐 Locus of ‘p’ is 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒙 = 𝒂𝟐
r=d
𝒂𝒙𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐
⇒𝒂= Key - 3
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
105. The locus of the poles of the chord of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐
which subtend a right angle at the center is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐫 𝟐
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝐫 𝟐 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐫 𝟐
Solution
𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎 𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 = 𝒓𝟐
𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏
 =𝟏
𝒓𝟐
Homogenising
𝟐
𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
𝒓𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒂𝒓 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟎
𝒓𝟐 𝒙𝟏𝟐 𝒓𝟐 𝒚𝟏𝟐
𝟏− 𝒏 +𝟏− 𝒏 =𝟎
𝒓 𝒓
Locus of ‘p’ is 𝟐𝒓𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
106. The locus of the poles of the chord of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
which make an angle 𝟐𝜶 at the origin is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜶 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜶
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
Solution A
Given 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 ; 𝜽 = 𝟐𝜶 C
α
P(x1,y1)
(0,0)
CP = 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 ; 𝑪𝑨 = 𝜶
𝒂 B
And 𝛂 =
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 +𝒚𝟏 𝟐
Locus of ‘p’ is 𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜶 Key - 1

CIRCLES LEVEL-1
107. The locus of the poles of the line 𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 with respect to
the system of circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝝀(𝝀 is a variable) is a straight line
whose slope is 𝒃 𝒃
𝒂
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟑) − 𝟒)
𝒃 𝒂 𝒂
Solution
−𝒂λ −𝒃λ
𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒙, 𝒚 = ,
𝒄 𝒄
−𝒄𝒙 −𝒄𝒚
𝝀 = =
𝒂 𝒃
𝒃𝒙 − 𝒂𝒚 = 𝟎
𝒃
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 = Key - 4
𝒂
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
108. The pole of the line 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝟑 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟎 w.r.t. the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 − 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐚, 𝐛 𝟐) −𝐚, −𝐛 𝟑) 𝟐𝐚, 𝟐𝐛 𝟒) −𝟐𝐚, −𝟐𝐛
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 − 𝐛𝐲 − 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝟑 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟏 + 𝒂 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒃 𝟐 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒆 = = = −𝟏
𝒂 𝒃 −𝟐 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
∴ 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = −𝟐𝒂, −𝟐𝒃 Key - 4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
109. The polar of the origin with respect to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 touches the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 if 𝐜 𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝐚𝟐 𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐠 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐚𝟐 𝐟 𝟐 + 𝐠 𝟐
𝟑) 𝐚 𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐠 𝟐 𝟒) 𝐚 𝐟 𝟐 + 𝐠 𝟐
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝒄 = 𝟎𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒘. 𝒓. 𝒕𝒐 𝑺 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
⟹ 𝐠𝐱 + 𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
∴𝒓=𝒅
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝐜
𝐚
𝐠𝟐 + 𝐟𝟐
 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
110. The locus of poles of concurrent lines with respect to a circle is
𝟏) a straight line passing through the center
𝟐) a straight line not passing through the center
𝟑) a circle concentric with the given circle 𝟒) Circle
Solution
A Straight line not passing through the centre
Key - 2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
111. If the chord of contact of tangents drawn from the point 𝐡, 𝐤
to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 subtends a right angle at the center.
𝟏) 𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
𝟑) 𝐡𝟐 − 𝐤 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟒) 𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚𝟐
Solution
𝒉𝒙+𝒌𝒚
Chord of contact of (h,k) is hx+ky = a2  =𝟏
𝒂𝟐
Homogenising
𝒉𝒙+𝒌𝒚 𝟐
𝒙𝟐 + 𝐲𝟐 = 𝐚 𝟐
𝒂𝟐
𝒉𝟐 𝒌𝟐
𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟎𝟐 = + 𝒉𝟐 + 𝒌𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝟐 Key - 4
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
112. 𝐋 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 and 𝑷 = 𝟑, 𝟒 with respect to the circle
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟏) L is a tangent at of P 𝟐) L is chord of contact of P
𝟑) L is polar of P 𝟒) chord
Solution
polar of (3,4) is 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏 𝒙 + 𝟑 − 𝟐 𝒚 + 𝟒 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
‘L’ is a polar of p(3,4)
Key - 3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
113. For all values of 𝛌, the polar of the point 𝟐𝛌, 𝛌 − 𝟒 with
respect to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 passes
through the fixed point
𝟏) 𝟐, −𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑, 𝟏 𝟑) −𝟑, −𝟏 𝟒) 𝟏, −𝟑
Solution
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝟐λ, λ − 𝟒 w.r. to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎

−𝟐𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟏𝟑 + λ 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
−𝟐𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝒙, 𝒚 = 𝟑, 𝟏 𝐅𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝟑, 𝟏 Key - 2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
114. Let the equation of a circle be 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 . If 𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 < 𝟎
then the line 𝐡𝐱 + 𝐤𝐲 = 𝐚𝟐 is the
𝟏) polar line of the point 𝐡, 𝐤 w.r.t the circle
𝟐) Real chord of contact of the tangents from 𝐡, 𝐤 to the circle
𝟑) Equation of a tangent to the circle from the point 𝐡, 𝐤
𝟒) Mid-point chord of the circle which is bisected at 𝐡, 𝐤
Solution
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐡, 𝐤 𝐰. 𝐫. 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 Key - 1

CIRCLES LEVEL-1
115. The polar of 𝒂, 𝟑 with respect to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 is 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟑
then 𝒂 =
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝒂, 𝟑 𝐰. 𝐫. 𝐭𝐨 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝐎𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 , 𝐚 = 𝟔
Key -2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
116. If the lines 𝐥𝟏 𝐱 + 𝐦𝟏 𝐲 + 𝐧𝟏 = 𝟎 and 𝐥𝟐 𝐱 + 𝐦𝟐 𝐲 + 𝐧𝟐 = 𝟎 are
conjugate lines with respect the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 then 𝐥𝟏 𝐥𝟐 + 𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝐠𝐥𝟏 + 𝐟𝐦𝟏 + 𝐧𝟏 𝐠𝐥𝟐 + 𝐟𝐦𝟐 + 𝐧𝟐
𝐧𝟏 𝐧𝟐 𝐧𝟏 𝐧𝟐
𝟐) 𝟑)
𝐠 𝟐 +𝐟 𝟐 −𝐜 𝐠 𝟐 +𝐟 𝟐 −𝐜
𝐠𝐥𝟏 +𝐟𝐦𝟏 −𝐧𝟏 𝐠𝐥𝟐 +𝐟𝐦𝟐 −𝐧𝟐
𝟒)
𝐠 𝟐 +𝐟 𝟐 −𝐜
Solution
𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝒍𝟏 𝒍𝟐 + 𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 𝒓𝟐 = 𝒍𝟏 𝒈 + 𝒎𝟏 𝒇 − 𝒏𝟏 𝒍𝟐 𝒈 + 𝒎𝟐 𝒇 − 𝒏𝟐𝟏
Key - 4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
117. f 𝟏, 𝟏 , 𝐤, 𝟐 are conjugate points with respect to
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 then 𝐤 =
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐
𝟏) − 𝟏𝟐 𝟐) − 𝟑) − 𝟒) −𝟒
𝟕 𝟓
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏, 𝟏 , (𝐤, 𝟐)
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 ⟺ 𝐒𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎

𝒌+𝟐+𝟒 𝟏+𝒌 +𝟏 𝟏+𝟐 +𝟑 =𝟎
−𝟏𝟐
𝒌= Key - 3
𝟓
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
118. 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟑 and 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟏 are conjugate lines
with respect to 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 , then 𝐫 𝟐 =
𝟑 𝟏𝟔 𝟒 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟔 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 ; 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
 𝒓𝟐 = 𝒍𝟏 𝒍𝟐 + 𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 = 𝒏𝟏 𝒏𝟐
𝟑
 𝒓𝟐 𝟔 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟑  𝒓𝟐 =
𝟏𝟔 Key - 1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
119. If the inverse point of 𝐏 −𝟑, 𝟓 w.r.t a circles is 𝟏, 𝟑 then the
polar of P w.r.t ‘S’ is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟕 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
−𝟏
𝐏 −𝟑, 𝟓 , 𝐀 𝟏, 𝟑 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 =
𝟐
𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 = 𝟐
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 ′𝐩′ 𝐢𝐬 𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟏
 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 Key - 3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
120. If 𝟔, 𝟖 , 𝐤, 𝟐 are inverse points with respect to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓, then 𝟐𝐤 =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟕
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟔, 𝟖 , (𝐤, 𝟐)
𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬
 𝑺𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎  𝟔𝒌 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟐𝟓
 𝟔𝒌 = 𝟗  𝟐𝒌 = 𝟑
Key - 2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
121. The points −𝟔, 𝟐 , −𝟑, 𝟏 with respect to the circle
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎 are
𝟏) conjugate points but not inverse points
𝟐) ends of a diameter
𝟑) inverse points
𝟒) inverse points but not conjugate points
Solution
𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬
Key - 3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
122. The points 𝟑, 𝟐 , 𝟐, 𝟑 with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐
are
𝟏) extremities of a diameter 𝟐) conjugate points
𝟑) inverse points 𝟒) none of these
Solution
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬
Key - 2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
123. If the lengths of the tangents from two points A, B to a circle are
6,7 respectively. If A, B are conjugate points then 𝐀𝐁𝟐 =
𝟏) 85 𝟐) 21 𝟑) 81 𝟒) 65
Solution
𝑨𝑩𝟐 = 𝒍𝟏𝟐 + 𝒍𝟐𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔 + 𝟒𝟗 = 𝟖𝟓
Key - 1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
124. If a circle touches the line 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 at 𝟏, −𝟐 and the
center lies on 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎 then its center and radius are
𝟏) 𝟒, 𝟐 ; 𝟓 𝟐) −𝟐, 𝟐 ; 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟕, 𝟔 ; 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐, 𝟐 ; 𝟑
Solution
−𝟑
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 ; (𝟏, −𝟐)
𝟒
𝟒
𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 = = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉
𝟑
𝒙, 𝒚 = 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽
𝟑𝒓 𝟒𝒓
= 𝟏+ −𝟐+ 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟓 𝟓
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟑𝒓 𝟒𝒓
=𝟐 𝟏+ + 𝟑 −𝟐 + − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟓 𝟓
𝐫=𝟓
∴ 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 (𝟒, 𝟐)
Key - 1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
125. The centers of circles which touch 𝟏𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 at 𝟐, 𝟒
and having radius 13 units are given by
𝟏) 𝟗, 𝟖 , 𝟒, −𝟏 𝟐) −𝟏, 𝟗 , 𝟏𝟒, 𝟎
𝟑) −𝟏𝟎, 𝟖 , −𝟏𝟒, 𝟏 𝟒) −𝟏𝟎, 𝟗 , 𝟏𝟒, −𝟏
Solution
𝟏𝟐
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟐𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬
𝟓
𝟓
𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 = − = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 = 𝛉 𝛜 𝐈𝐈𝐐
𝟏𝟐
𝟓 −𝟏𝟐
𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = ; 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 =
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 = 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫 = 𝟏𝟑 ; 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟒
−𝟏𝟐 𝟓
= 𝟐 ± 𝟏𝟑. , 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟑
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
= −𝟏𝟎, 𝟗 , 𝟏𝟒, −𝟏
Key - 4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
126. A straight line passes through the point − 𝟖, 𝟖 and makes an
angle 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎 with the positive direction of the x-axis intersects the
circle 𝐱 = 𝟓𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉, 𝐲 = 𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 at A and B. Then the length of AB =
𝟓
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎
𝟐
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 − 𝟖, 𝟖 ; 𝜽 = 𝟏𝟑𝟓°
𝒚 − 𝟖 = −𝟏 𝒙 + 𝟖
𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎 , 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫
𝑨𝑩 = 𝟐𝒓 = 𝟏𝟎 Key - 4
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
127. Length of the chord joining the points ‘𝛉’ , ‘∅’ on the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 is
𝛉−∅ 𝛉−∅
𝟏) 𝟐𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟐) 𝟐𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬
𝟐 𝟐
𝛉+∅ 𝛉+∅
𝟑) 𝟐𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟒) 𝟐𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬
𝟐 𝟐
Solution 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
𝑨 𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 , 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 ; 𝑩(𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝝋, 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝝋)
𝑨𝑩 = 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 − 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝝋 𝟐 + (𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝝋)𝟐

𝜽−𝝋
= 𝒂 𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒄𝒐𝒔(𝜽 − 𝝋) = 𝟐𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏 Key -1
𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
128. AB is a chord of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 . If AB passes through 𝐡, 𝐤
then the locus of the center of the circle whose one diameter is AB is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐡𝐱 + 𝐤𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐡𝐱 − 𝐤𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐡𝐱 − 𝐤𝐲 + 𝐡𝐤 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏
 𝐱𝐱𝟏 + 𝐲𝐲𝟏 = 𝐱𝟏𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏𝟐 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 (𝐡, 𝐤)
 𝐡𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐤𝐲𝟏 = 𝐱𝟏𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏𝟐
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐱𝟏 + 𝐲𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝐡𝒙 + 𝐤𝒚 = 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐
Key - 3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
129. The locus of mid points of the chords of the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 which are parallel to 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟖 𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏𝟒
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐
Solution
𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
 𝐱𝐱𝟏 + 𝐲𝐲𝟏 +2 𝐱 +𝐱 𝟏 + 𝟒 𝐲 +𝐲𝟏 + 𝟏 = −−−− −
 x 𝐱 𝟏 + 𝟐 + 𝒚 𝐲𝟏 + 𝟒 + −−−− − = −−−− −
parallel to 3x+2y+5=0
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒂𝟏 𝒃𝟏
 =
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝒙𝟏 +𝟐 𝒚𝟏 +𝟒
 =  𝟐𝒙𝟏 + 𝟒 = 𝟑𝒚𝟏 + 𝟏𝟐
𝟑 𝟐
Locus of p is 2x  3y 8=0
Key - 1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
130. The locus of mid points of chords of 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
which are perpendicular to 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟕 𝟒) 𝐱 = 𝟎
Solution
Given 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
Key - 2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
131. Locus of the mid point of chord of the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 which subtend a right angle at the
center is
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐠𝐱 + 𝟒𝐟𝐲 + 𝟐𝐜 = 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐
𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐠𝐱 + 𝟒𝐟𝐲 + 𝐠 𝟐 +𝐟 𝟐 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐠𝐱 + 𝟒𝐟𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐
Solution
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝜽 𝒅
𝒄𝒐𝒔 =
𝟐 𝒓
C(-g,-f)
𝐱𝟏 + 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏 + 𝐟 𝟐
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟒𝟓° = r
𝐠𝟐 + 𝐟𝟐 −𝐜 45° d
𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐛. 𝐬 A P (x1,y1) B
 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ′𝐩′ 𝐢𝐬 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 = 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐜
 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐠𝐱 + 𝟒𝐟𝐲 + 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
Key - 3
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
132. The locus of the middle points of chords of length 4 on the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 is
𝟏) a straight line 𝟐) a circle of radius
𝟑) a circle of radius 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒) an ellipse
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐 =0
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐 𝐫 𝟐 − 𝐝𝟐 = 𝟒 𝐫 𝟐 − 𝐝𝟐 = 𝟒
𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫 = 𝟒 ; 𝐝 = = 𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐
𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐
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𝟏𝟔 𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐 = 𝟒
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ′𝐩′ 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐
𝒓 = 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟑
Key -3
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133. The locus of the mid points of the chords of 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 which
are at a distance 𝐝 < 𝐚 from center is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐝𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐝𝟐
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐝𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝟒) not possible
Solution
𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝐱𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒅 = 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆

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𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐
= = 𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐
𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐
𝐝 = 𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝒅𝟐
Key - 1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
134. If a tangent to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 intersects the coordinate
axes at A and B then the locus of the mid point of the portion AB is
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱𝐲 𝟐) 𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 𝟐
𝟑) 𝐚𝟐 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 𝟐 𝟒) 𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 𝟐
Solution
𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐱𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒂𝟐 𝒂𝟐
𝑨 , 𝟎 , 𝑩 𝟎,
𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏
𝐚𝟐 𝐚𝟐
𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁 = , 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
𝟐𝐱 𝟏 𝟐𝐲𝟏
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𝟐 𝟐
𝒂𝟐 𝒂𝟐
 + = 𝒂𝟐
𝟐𝒙𝟏 𝟐𝒚𝟏
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 𝟐
Key - 2
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135. If the locus of the mid points of the chords of the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 which are parallel to the line
𝐚+𝐜
𝐲 = 𝐱 + 𝟓 is 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 𝐚 > 𝟎 then =
𝐛
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) −𝟏 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution 𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝐱 𝒙𝟏 − 𝟏 + 𝒚 𝒚𝟏 + 𝟏 + -----= ------

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝒂𝟏 𝒃𝟏 𝒙𝟏 − 𝟏 𝒚𝟏 + 𝟏
 =  = 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 𝟏 −𝟏
𝒂+𝒄 𝟏+𝟎
 𝒂 = 𝟑, 𝒃 = 𝟏, 𝒄 = 𝟎  = =𝟏
𝒃 𝟏 Key - 1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
136. If the length of a chord of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 is 𝟐𝐤 then the
locus of the mid point of that chord is a circle of radius
𝟏) 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐤 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐤 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝟑) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐 𝟒) 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐤 𝟐
Solution 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
2 −𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟐𝒌 − 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝒌𝟐  − 𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒌𝟐
Locus of ‘p’ is 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 - 𝒌𝟐
radius = 𝒂𝟐 −𝒌𝟐
Key - 4
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137. The locus of the mid point of the chord of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
which passes through the fixed point 𝟒, 𝟔 is a circle. The radius of
that circle is
𝟏) 𝟓𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟑 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎
Solution
𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝐱𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 = 𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏𝟐
passes through (4,6)  𝟒𝒙𝟏 + 𝟔𝒚𝟏 = 𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏𝟐
 Locus of p is 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎
R = 𝟒 + 𝟗 = 𝟏𝟑 Key - 3
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138. If the combined equation of the tangents from 𝟏𝟏, 𝟑 to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝟓 is 𝟏𝟏𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟔𝟓 𝟐 + 𝐤 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝟓 = 𝟎 then 𝐤 =
𝟏) − 𝟔𝟓 𝟐) 𝟔𝟓 𝟑)𝟏𝟑𝟎 𝟒)𝟏𝟒
Solution 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝟓 ; 𝟏𝟏, 𝟑
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟔𝟓 ; 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟔𝟓
𝑺𝟏𝟐 = 𝑺. 𝑺𝟏𝟏
 𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟔𝟓 𝟐 = 𝟔𝟓 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝟓
 𝒌 = −𝟔𝟓 Key - 1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
139. The locus of the mid point of a chord of the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 which makes an angle 𝟗𝟎𝟎 at the center
of the circle is 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐠𝐱 + 𝐟𝐲 + 𝟐𝐜 = 𝟎 then 𝐜 =
𝟏) − 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
Solution 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 , 𝑪 = (𝟏, 𝟏)
𝜽 𝒅
cos =
𝟐 𝒓
C(1,1)
𝐱𝟏 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏 − 𝟏 𝟐
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟒𝟓° = r
𝟔 45° d
𝐎𝐧 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 A M (x1,y1) B
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𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐
 =
𝟐 𝟔
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝐜 = −𝟏
−𝟏
⇒𝒄=
𝟐
Key - 2
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
140. The area bounded by the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐,
and the pair of lines 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝐲 > 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝛑/𝟒 𝟐) 𝛑/𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑𝛑/𝟒 𝟒) 𝛑
Solution
𝑹𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 = 𝑳𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 − 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓
𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
= 𝑹 𝜽− 𝒓 𝜽
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝝅 𝟏 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
= . 𝟐. = . 𝟏. = − =
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒 𝟒
Key -1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
1) Equation of the circle with centre (1, 2) and passing through (2, 1) is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 r
p
C
Solution
C=(1,2) , p=(2,1)
r=cp= 𝟐 Req circle is (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟐
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 ∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
2) Equation of the circle which touches the line x + y – 8 = 0 and centre
(3, 3) is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution C
r
𝑪 = (𝟑, 𝟑)
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𝒓 = 𝒅 = perpendicular distance from centre to the line

𝟑+𝟑−𝟖
= = 𝟐
𝟏+𝟏
Required circle is (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟑)𝟐 = 𝟐

⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (4)
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3) The equation of the circle whose radius is 𝟏𝟑 and which touches the
line 2x – 3y + 1 = 0 at (1, 1) is
𝟏) (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑 𝟐) (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑
𝟑) (𝒙 + 𝟒)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑 𝟒) (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑
Solution C
r= 𝟏𝟑
Slope of the given line = 2/3 𝟏𝟑
−𝟑 𝟑
Slope of 𝑪𝑷 = = tan 𝛉 (say) P(1,1)
𝟐
𝟑 −𝟐 𝟐
𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 =
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
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From parametric form of st. line
𝟐 −𝟑
C=(𝒙𝟏 + 𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽, 𝒚𝟏 +r sin𝛉)=(1+ 𝟏𝟑 × ,𝟏 + 𝟏𝟑 × )
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
= (3, -2)
∴ req circle is (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟐)𝟐 = ( 𝟏𝟑)𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
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4) If 2x – 3y = 5 and 3x – 4y = 7 are the equations of 2 diameters of a
circle whose area is 154 sq.units, then the equation of the circle is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎
C
Solution
On solving diameters we get centre = (1, - 1)

𝝅𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏𝟓𝟒  𝒓𝟐 = 𝟒𝟗
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
Req circle is (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 + 𝒚 + 𝟏 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟗
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (4)
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5) The circle with centre (1, -3) and radius being the distance between the
parallel lines 3x-4y-2=0, 3x-4y+8=0 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒄𝟏 − 𝒄𝟐 −𝟐 − 𝟖
𝑪 = (𝟏. −𝟑), 𝒓= =
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔
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Req circle is (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟑)𝟐 = 𝟒
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
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6) The equation of the circle with radius 3 and centre being the point of
intersection of the lines x+2y+3=0, 5x+3y+1=0 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑪 = point of intersection of given lines = (1,-2)
𝒓=𝟑
Required circle is (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟗 ∴KEY = (1)
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
7) The equation 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎 represents a real circle, then
𝟏) 𝒌 = 𝟏𝟕 𝟐) 𝒌 ≥ 𝟏𝟕 𝟑) 𝒌 ≤ 𝟏𝟕 𝟒) 𝟕 > 𝒌 > 𝟏𝟕
Solution
S =0, represents real circle ⇒ 𝒈𝟐 +𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 ≥ 𝟎

⇒ 16+1-k≥o
⇒ k≤17
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
8) The circle passing through the three points (0, 0), (a, 0), (0, b)
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂(𝒙 + 𝒚) 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
y
Solution (0,b)
B
Angle in a semi – circle is a right angle

𝑨𝑩 is the diameter of circle O A
(a,0)
Req. circle is (x - a)(x - 0)+(y-0)(y-6) =0
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝒙 − 𝒃𝒚 = 𝟎 ∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
9) The circle passing through (2, 3), (2, 2), (3, 2) is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖
A (2,3)
Solution
𝑩𝑪 perpendicular 𝑩𝑪⇒𝑨𝑪 is the diameter of

circle B (2,2) C (3,2)
Req circle is (x-3)(x-2)+(y-2)(y-3)=0

∴KEY = (3)
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
10) If the centre of the circle 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝒑𝒙𝒚 + 𝒒𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
(1, -3) then the radius of the circle is
𝟏𝟕 𝟏𝟕
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟕 𝟑) 𝟏𝟕 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝒑=𝟎 2= 𝒒
𝟑
Circle becomes 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒈𝒙 + 𝒇𝒚 + = 𝟎
𝟐
−𝒈 −𝒇
( , ) = (1,-3) ⇒ g = -2 , f= 6
𝟐 𝟐
𝒈𝟐 𝒇𝟐 𝟑 𝟑 𝟏𝟕
∴r= + − = 𝟏𝟎 − = ∴KEY = (4)
𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
11) The diameter of the circle 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 is
𝟒 𝟖
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒) 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒕
𝟓 𝟓
Solution
Given circle is 𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 = 𝟎

𝟖
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 = 𝟎
𝟓
𝟏𝟔 𝟖
∴ dr = 2 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟐 +𝟎−𝟎=
𝟐𝟓 𝟓
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
12) The centre and radius of the circle (1+𝒎𝟐 ) (𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 )-2ax-2amy = 0 is
𝒂 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒂𝒎 𝒂
𝟏) , ;𝒂 𝟐) , ;
𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
𝒂 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 −𝒂 𝒂𝒎 𝒂
𝟑) , ; 𝟒) , ;
𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎 𝟏 + 𝒎
Solution
𝟐𝟗 −𝟐𝒂𝒎
Given circle in std form is 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − . 𝒙 .𝒚 =𝟎
𝟏+𝒎𝟐 𝟏+𝒎𝟐
𝒂 𝒂𝒎
Centre = (-g,-f) = ( , )
𝟏+𝒎𝟐 𝟏+𝒎𝟐
𝒂𝟐 +𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 𝒂𝟐 𝒂 ∴KEY = (2)

r= 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 −𝒄= = =
(𝟏+𝒎𝟐 )𝟐 𝟏+𝒎𝟐 𝟏+𝒎𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
13) The centres of the circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎,
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟏 are
𝟏) 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆
𝟐) 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆
𝟑) 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆
𝟒) 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓
Solution
Centres ; 𝑪𝟏 𝟎, 𝟎 𝑪𝟐 −𝟑, 𝟏 𝑪𝟑 (𝟔, −𝟐) are collinear

∴ slope of 𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 = slope of 𝑪𝟐 𝑪𝟑
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
14) If the circle for which (3, 2), (a, 3) are the extremities of a diameter,
passes through the origin, then a=
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) − 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) − 𝟑
Solution
𝒙𝟏, 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟑, 𝟐 , 𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 = (𝟗, 𝟑)
(𝐱 − 𝒙𝟏 )(x−𝒙𝟐 )+(y−𝒚𝟏 )(y−𝒚𝟐 ) =0
Sub (0,0) we get 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
⇒ 3a +6 = 0⇒ a = -2
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
15) The centre of the circle y(x-y+8) = x(x+y-6) is
𝟏) (𝟒, 𝟑) 𝟐) (𝟑, 𝟒) 𝟑) (−𝟒, −𝟑) 𝟒) (−𝟑, 𝟒)
Solution
Given circle in std. form 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟎

Centre = (-g, -f) = (3,4)
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
16) If the equation of the circle passing through the points (2, 1), (5, 5),
(-6, 7) is 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 then c =
𝟏) − 𝟔𝟓 𝟐) − 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟏𝟓 𝟒) 𝟓
Solution C(-6,7)
𝐀𝐁 ⊥ 𝐀𝐂
⇒ 𝑩𝑪 is the diameter of the circle A(2,1)
B(5,5)
Equation of circle is (x-5)(x+6)+(y-5)(y-7)=0

⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
∴ c =5 ∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
17) The equation of the circle passing through the points (4, 1), (6, 5) and
whose centre lies on the line 4x+y-16 = 0
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
C
Solution
A (4,1), B (6,5) A B
Perpendicular bisector of 𝑨𝑩 is
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
2x(𝒙𝟏 − 𝒙𝟐 )+2y(𝒚𝟏 − 𝒚𝟐 )=(𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 )-(𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐𝟐 )
⇒ 2x(-2)+2y(-4)=17-61
⇒ x +2y-11=0……(1)
Centre lies on 4x+y-16=0 ….(2)
Solving (1) & (2) : C = (3,4)
r=AC = 𝟏𝟎
Req. circle is (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
18) The equation of the circle whose centre lies on the x-axis and which
passes through the points (0, 1), (1, 1) is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 = 𝟏
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 = 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 = 𝟑
Solution
Verify options
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
19) The equation of a circle which passes through (1, 2) and (2, 1) and
whose radius is 1 units is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
Verify options
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
20) The centre of the circle
(𝒙𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 + 𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 − 𝒂)𝟐 +(𝒙𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 − 𝒚𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 − 𝒃)𝟐 = 𝒌𝟐
𝟏) (𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 + 𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶, 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 + 𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶)
𝟐) (𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 − 𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶, 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 + 𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶)
𝟑) (𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 + 𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶, 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 − 𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶)
𝟒) (𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 − 𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶, 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 − 𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶)
Solution
On solving xcosહ+ysinહ – a =0 & x sinહ – y cosહ – b =0

We get the centre (a cosહ + b sinહ, a sin હ – b cos હ) ∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
21) The sum of the shortest and longest distances from the point (-3, 2) to
the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐 𝟓
Solution
𝒑 = (−𝟑, 𝟐) 𝒄 = (𝟏, −𝟏) r= 𝟏 + 𝟏 − 𝟏 = 𝟏
𝒅 = 𝑷𝑪 = 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟗 = 𝟓
∴ S.D+L.D=(d-r)+(d+r)=2d=10
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
22) The point on the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 which is at
maximum distance from the point (-9, 7) is
𝟏) (−𝟏, 𝟏) 𝟐) (𝟕, −𝟓) 𝟑) (𝟎, −𝟔) 𝟒) (𝟎, 𝟐)
Solution
𝒑 = (−𝟗, 𝟕) 𝒄 = (𝟑, −𝟐)

P Q
C
d= PC = 𝟏𝟒𝟒 + 𝟖𝟏 = 𝟏𝟓, 𝒓 = 𝟓
PQ = 𝒅 + 𝒓 = 𝟏𝟓 + 𝟓 = 𝟐𝟎
Find a point Q from options s.t. PQ = 20 ∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
23) If a line is drawn through a point A(3, 4) to cut the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒
at P and Q then AP.AQ =
𝟏) 𝟏𝟓 𝟐) 𝟏𝟕 𝟑) 𝟐𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐𝟓
Solution
A (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ) = (3,4)
S = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒 A P Q
𝑨𝒑. 𝑨𝑸 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝟒

= 9+16 – 4 =21
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
24) The shortest distance from the point (1, -5) to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 +
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
P = (1, -5) , C = (-2, -1)

P Q C
r= 𝟒 + 𝟏 − 𝟒 = 𝟏
d=PC = 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟓
S.D = PQ = d – r =4 ∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
25) If the farthest point from A(3, 4) on the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚 +
𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎 is B then AB
𝟏) 𝟐𝟎 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟏𝟗 𝟒) 𝟏𝟑
Solution
A = (3,4) , C =(-2 , -8) A C B
r = 𝟒 + 𝟔𝟒 − 𝟏𝟗 = 𝟕
d= AC = 𝟐𝟓 + 𝟏𝟒𝟒 = 𝟏𝟑
𝑳. 𝑫 = 𝑨𝑩 = 𝒅 + 𝒓 = 𝟐𝟎 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
26) An equation of the chord of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 passing through
the point (2, 3) farthest from the centre is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟏𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟑
𝟑) 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
C
A chord through (2,3) and from centre
is positive when M (2,3) is the mid
M
point of the chord.
Equation of chord having M (2,3) as mid point is 𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
⇒ 2x+3y=13 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
27) The line x+y = 2 𝟐 touches the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 at
𝟏) ( 𝟐, 𝟐) 𝟐) ( 𝟐, − 𝟐)
𝟑) (𝟑 𝟑, − 𝟐) 𝟒) (𝟒 𝟐, −𝟐 𝟐)
Solution
O (0,0)
P.O.C = foot of perpendicular
𝒉−𝟎 𝒌−𝟎 𝟐 𝟐 (h,k)

= =
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
∴ (h,k)= ( 𝟐, 𝟐) ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
28) The power of the centre of 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 with respect
to 𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟏𝟏𝟗 𝟏𝟏𝟗 𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝟏) 𝟏𝟏𝟗 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟏𝟎 𝟓
Solution
P 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = centre of 1st circle = (4,-2)

𝟒 𝟐 𝟏
S = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝒚 −
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
𝟒𝒙𝟏 𝟐𝒚𝟏 𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏
Power of P wrt 2nd circle =𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 + + − =
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
29) If the power of (1, -2) with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 is radius
and (3, 2) is centre of a circle, then equation is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
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Solution
P=(1,-2) , S =𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏
r= 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = power of P =4
Equation of circle with centre (3,2) and radius 4 is

(𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
30) The power of P(1, 2) with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 +
𝟑 = 𝟎 is double the power of P with respect to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 +
𝒌=
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) − 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
S = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑, 𝑺′ = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟒
P = (1,2)=(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟐 𝒔′ 𝟏𝟏 ⇒ 𝒌 = −𝟏
∴KEY = (3)
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31) The position of the point (2, 3) with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝟐) 𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆
𝟑) 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝟒) 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅
Solution
P (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ) = (2,3) S = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟒
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝟒𝒙𝟏 − 𝟔𝒚𝟏 + 𝟒 = −𝟗 < 𝟎
∴ P lies inside the circle ∴KEY = (1)
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32) If A = (1, -1), B=(4, 3) and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is a circle then
𝟏) 𝑩𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝑨, 𝑩 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝟐) 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝑨, 𝑩 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆

𝟑) 𝑨 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝑩 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝟒) 𝑩 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝑨 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒 > 𝟎 for A = (-1,1)

𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟕 > 𝟎 for B = (4,3)
∴ both A, B lies outside
∴KEY = (2)
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33) If the powers of the point P with respect to the circles 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗,
𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 are in the ration 3 : 4 then locus of P is
𝟏) 𝟕𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
Solution
𝟗 𝟏𝟔
Let P = (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ); S = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − ; 𝑺′ = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟒 𝟗
𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 = ⇒ 𝟑𝒙 𝟏 + 𝟑𝒚 𝟏 = 𝟏𝟏
𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟒
∴ locus of P is 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏 ∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
34) If the powers of the point P with respect to the circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 −
𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 are equal then the locus of P
is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
S = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑 , 𝑺′ = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏
According to the def . Of R.A
Locus of P is S - 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
35) If the circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎 and 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 +
𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 are concentric then (g, f) =
𝟏) (−𝟗, −𝟏𝟐) 𝟐) (−𝟔, −𝟖) 𝟑) (−𝟑, −𝟒) 𝟒) (𝟗, 𝟏𝟐)
Solution
Given circles in std. form;

𝟐𝒈 𝟐𝒇 𝐜
S = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟐𝟒, 𝑺′ = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝒚 +
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Concentric = having same centre
−𝒈 −𝒇
(3,4) = ( , ) ⇒ g = - 9 , f = -12 ∴KEY = (1)
𝟑 𝟑
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
36) If (-3, 2) lies on the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 which is
concentric with the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎, then c =
𝟏) 𝟏𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟏𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐𝟒 𝟒) − 𝟐𝟒
Solution
(-3,2) lies on 1st circle ⇒ 13 – 6g + 4f + c=0 …(1)
Concentric = having same centre

(- g, - f) = (-3, -4)⇒ g=3 , f=4
(1)⇒ C = -11 ∴KEY = (2)

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37) The equation of the circle cicumscribing the triangle formed by the
lines x = 1, y = 1, x+y = 3 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 ± 𝟑𝒙 ± 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 ± 𝟑𝒙 ± 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
Vertices of ∆𝒍𝒆 are (1,1) , (2,1), (1,2)
Circle passing through (1,1), (2,1), (1,2)
∴KEY = (2)
Verify options
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38) A square is formed by the pair of lines 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒𝟓 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 +
𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎. A circle is inscribed in it. Then the centre of the circle is
𝟑
𝟏) (𝟕, 𝟒) 𝟐) (𝟒, 𝟕) 𝟑) (𝟑, 𝟕) 𝟒) ( , 𝟒)
𝟖
y D y=9 C
Solution x=6
x=2
A = (2,5), B =(6,5) A
y=5
B
x
O
C=(6,9), D=(2,9)
Centre of circle = mid point of AC (or) BD
= (4,7)
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(OR) equation of circle is (𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐)+(𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒𝟓)=0

Its centre =(4,7)
∴KEY = (2)
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39) A rectangle of sides a and b is inscribed in a circle. Then its radius is
𝟏
𝟏) 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝟐) 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝟐
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝟑) 𝟒) 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
𝟐
r
r b
Solution
a
Let r be the radius of circle

𝟏
(𝟐𝒓)𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 ⇒ 𝒓 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝟐 ∴KEY = (2)
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40) If a square of side 10 is inscribed in a circle then radius of the circle is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟓
Solution
Let r be the radius of circle
(𝟐𝒓)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎 + 𝟏𝟎𝟎

⇒ r =5 𝟐 ∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
41) If a circle is inscribed in a square of side 10, So that the circle touches
the four sides internally then radius is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟓
10
Solution
10 10
Diameter = 10
10
Radius =5
∴KEY = (4)
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42) One vertex of a square is the origin and the other two are A(4, 0), B(0,
4). Then the equation to the circle circumscribing the square OACB is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎 y
(0,4)
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎 B C
Solution
x
Equation of circle having O A (4,0)
A (4,0), B ( 0,4) as ends of diameter is

(x-4)(x-6)+(y-0)(y-4)=0
∴KEY = (2)
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
43) The equation of a circle with origin as centre and passing through the
vertices of an equilateral triangle whose median is of length of 3a is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗𝒂𝟐 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝒂𝟐
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝟐 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 A
Solution
2
S=(0,0)
G=S = (0,0) 1
G divides median AD in the ratio 2:1 B D C
3 parts = 3a ⇒ 1 part =a
Required circle is 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂 𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
44) If the points (0, 0), (2, 0), (0, 4), (1, k) are concyclic then 𝒌𝟐 − 𝟒𝒌 =
𝟏) − 𝟏 𝟏) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟎 𝟒) − 𝟑
y
(0,4)
Solution
x
O (2,0)
Circle passing through (0,0) ,(2,0) ,(0,4) is
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎
Sub (1,k) we set k = 1

∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
45) If the points (2, 3), (0, 2), (4, 5), (0, k), (k≠2) are concyclic then k =
𝟏) − 𝟏𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟏𝟕 𝟑) 𝟏𝟕 𝟒) 𝟏𝟏
B
(0, k)
Solution
(0, 2) A
A,B,C,D are concyclic
⇒ OA . OB = OC . OD (0, 1)
O C D
⇒ 1. (𝟏 − 𝒌)𝟐 = 𝟒 + 𝟒. 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏𝟔 (2, 3) (4, 5)
⇒ 𝟏 − 𝒌 = 𝟏𝟔 ⇒ 𝟏 − 𝒌 = ±𝟏𝟔
∴KEY = (3)
⇒ k = -15 or 17
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
46) If the points (1, -6), (5, 2), (7, 0), (-1, k), (k≠0) are concyclic then K =
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) − 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐
A(1,-6)
Solution
(slope of 𝑩𝑪) × 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑪 = −𝟏

C(7,0)
⇒ 𝑨𝑪 perpendicular to 𝑩𝑪 B(5,2)
⇒ 𝑨𝑩 is diameter of circle
Circle passing through A, B, C is
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
(x-5)(x-1)+(y-2)(y+6)=0
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
Sub (-1,k) we get 𝒌𝟐 + 𝟒𝒌 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒌 = −𝟒 ∵ 𝒌 ≠ 𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
47) If the points (a, 0), (b, 0), (0, c), (0, d) are concyclic then
𝒂 𝒄
𝟏) = 𝟐) 𝒂𝒃 = 𝒄𝒅 𝟑) 𝒂𝒄 = 𝒃𝒅 𝟒) 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝒄 + 𝒅
𝒃 𝒅
y
Solution C
x
O A B
A(a,0) B(b,0) C(0,c) D(0,d) are concyclic
⇒ OA.OB = OC.OB
⇒ ab = cd ∴KEY = (2)
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48) If the points (0, 0), (2, 3), (3, 2), (k, k), (k≠0) are concyclic then K =
𝟓 𝟏𝟑 𝟓 𝟏𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟑 𝟔 𝟔 𝟓
Solution
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉
(0, 0), (a, b) =(2,3) , (b, a) = (3,2) is
𝒂 + 𝒃 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎
Sub (k,k) we get 𝟏𝟎𝒌𝟐 − 𝟐𝟔𝒌 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒌 =
𝟏𝟑
∵𝒌≠𝟎 ∴KEY = (4)
𝟓
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49) If the lines x + ky + 3 = 0 and 2x – 5y + 7 = 0 intersect the coordinate
axes in concyclic points then k =
𝟐 −𝟑 𝟑 −𝟓
𝟏) − 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟓 𝟐 𝟑
Solution
Lines intersects the axes in concyclic points

𝟐
⇒ 𝒂𝟏 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒃𝟏 𝒃𝟐 ⇒ 𝟐 = −𝟓𝒌 ⇒ 𝒌 = −
𝟓
∴KEY = (1)
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50) If the lines 2x – 3y + 1 = 0 and 3x – 2y + 1 = 0 intersect the coordinate
axes in concyclic points then the centre of the circle passing through
those points is
−𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 −𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 −𝟓 𝟓
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟔 𝟔 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝟔 𝟔 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐
Solution
To get equation circle, multiply and leave the xy term

Equation of circle is 𝑳𝟏 𝑳𝟐 − 𝐱𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 = 𝟎
⇒ (2x-3y+1)(3x-2y+1) – xy term =0 ∴KEY = (4)
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⇒𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝟔𝒚𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟓 𝟓 𝟏
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝒚 + = 𝟎
𝟔 𝟔 𝟔
−𝟓 𝟓
∴ centre = ( , )
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐
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51) A right angled isosceles triangle is inscribed in a circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 then the length of the side of the triangle is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟐 𝟐
r
Solution
x
r
r= 𝟒 + 𝟏 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒
x
(𝟐𝒓)𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝟐
⇒ x = 𝟐 r=4 𝟐 ∴KEY = (2)
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52) If the lines 𝒂𝟏 𝒙 + 𝒃𝟏 𝒚 + 𝒄𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝒂𝟐 𝒙 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒚 + 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎 cut the co-
𝒂 𝒂
ordinate axes is concyclic points then 𝟏 𝟐 =
𝒃𝟏 𝒃𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) − 𝟏 𝟒) 𝒄𝟐 /𝒄𝟏
Solution
Given lines cuts the axes in concyclic points

𝒂 𝟏 𝒂𝟐
⇒ 𝒂𝟏 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒃𝟏 𝒃𝟐 ⇒ =1
𝒃𝟏 𝒃𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
53) The equation of the circle which touches x-axis at (0, 0) and touches
the line 3x+4y-5 = 0 is
y
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 = 𝟎
𝛌
Solution O
x
Let (0,𝛌) be the centre and 𝛌 be the radius of circle

r=d
𝟒𝝀−𝟓
⇒𝛌=
𝟓
∴KEY = (4)
⇒ 𝛌 = - 5 or 5/9
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
Required circle is (𝒙 − 𝟎)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝝀)𝟐 = 𝝀𝟐
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝝀𝒚 = 𝟎
⇒𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 = 𝟎 (or) 𝟗 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 = 𝟎
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
54) If (-2, 5) is the centre of the circle which touches y-axis, then the
equation of the circle is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
y
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 r
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 (-2,5)
x
O
Solution
𝑪 = (−𝟐, 𝟓) 𝒓 = −𝟐 = 𝟐
Req. circle is
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
(𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟓)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟐
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
55) Equation of the circle passing through the origin and makes
intercepts 4 and 6 on positive x-axis and y-axis respectively is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎 y
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎 (0,6)
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎
O x
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎 (4,0)
Solution
Equation of circle having (4,0) & (0,b) as ends of

diameter
Is (x-4)(x-0)+(y-0)(y-6)=0
∴KEY = (1)
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒙
56) The equation of the incircle of triangle formed by x = 0, y = 0 and +
𝟑
𝒚
= 𝟏 is
𝟒 y
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎 x
O
Solution
Let (r,r) be the centre

And r be the radius of circle
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
r=d
𝒓 𝒓
+ −𝟏
𝟑 𝟒
⇒r =
𝟏 𝟏
+
𝟗 𝟏𝟔
⇒ 5r = 𝟕𝒓 − 𝟏𝟐 ⇒ 𝒓 = 𝟏 𝒐𝒓 𝟔
Req circle is (𝒙 − 𝒓)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝒓)𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 (or) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
(smaller circle ) (larger circle )
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
57) The equation of the circle touching the axes at (a, 0) and (0, a) is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒙 − 𝟐𝒂𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎 y
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒙 + 𝟐𝒂𝒚 = 𝟎
a (a,a)
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝒙 − 𝒂𝒚 = 𝟎 (0,a)
a
a
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝒙 − 𝒂𝒚 = 𝟎 O a (a,0)
x
Solution
𝑪 = (𝐚, 𝐚) 𝒓=𝒂
Equation of circle is
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
(𝒙 − 𝒂)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝒂)𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐

⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒙 − 𝟐𝒂𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
58) If a circle touches x-axis at (3, 0) and passing through the point (2, 1
then its equation is)
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
Solution
Let the circle be 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎

Circle touching x – axis of (𝒙𝟏 , 𝟎)=(3,0)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝒄 = (𝒙 − 𝑥1 )𝟐
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝒄 = (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟗
⇒ 2g = - 6, c = 9
(2,1) lies on circle ⇒ 5 +4g+2f+c=0
⇒ 5 +(-12)+2f+9=0 ⇒ 2f = -2
Req circle is 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
59) Circle touching both the axis and the line 3x + 4y =12 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
y
Solution
Let C = (r,r), radius = r
r=d x
O
𝟕𝒓−𝟏𝟐
⇒r=
𝟓
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒ r =1
Req. circle is (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 + 𝒚 − 𝟏 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐 ⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
60) The radius of circle touching y-axis at origin and touches x = 6 is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟒
y
Solution
Radius of circle =3
O 3 C 3 x
x=6
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
61) Equation of the circumcircle of the triangle formed by the co-ordinate
axes and the line 3x + 4y = 24 is
y
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎
B
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎 6
x
8
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎 O A
Solution
A = (8,0) , B =(0,6)
𝑨𝑩 is diameter of circle
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
Equation of circle is (x-8)(x-0)+(y-0)(y-6)=0
⇒𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
62) If the line 3x – 2y + 6 = 0 meets x-axis and y – axis respectively at A
and B, then the equation of the circle with radius AB and centre at A
is:
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙 𝒚
3x – 2y+6=0 ⇒ + =𝟏
−𝟐 𝟑
𝑨 = −𝟐, 𝟎 ; 𝑩 = (𝟎, 𝟑)
𝒓 = 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟏𝟑
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
Equation of circle with centre A (-2,0) & radius r = 𝟏𝟑 is
(𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
63) Circle with centre (0, 4) and passing through the projection of (2, 4)
on x-axis is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 P (2,4)
𝟐 𝟐 y
𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
C
𝟑) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 Q (2,0)
x
O
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
C=(0,4)
Projection of (2,4) on x – axis
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
= (2,0) =Q
r=CQ= 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟑𝟎
Req circle is (𝒙 − 𝟎)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
64) A circle of radius ‘r’ passes through the origin ‘O’ and cuts the axes at
A and B, Locus of the centroid of triangle OAB is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒓𝟐 𝟐) 𝟗(𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 ) = 𝟒𝒓𝟐 y
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝒓𝟐
B
Solution G
x
O A
Let A = (a,0), B =(0,b)
𝒂 𝒃
G (x,y)=( , )⇒a=3x, b=3y
𝟑 𝟑
G.C:𝑨𝑩𝟐 = 𝑶𝑨𝟐 + 𝑶𝑩𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒ (𝟐𝒓)𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
⇒𝟒𝒓𝟐 = 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 is locus of G
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒙 𝒚
65) Radius of a circle which touch the both axes and the line + =𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
being the centre lies in first quadrant
𝒂𝒃 𝒂𝒃
𝟏) 𝟐)
𝟐 𝟐
𝒂 +𝒃 + 𝒂+𝒃 𝒂+𝒃+ 𝒂+𝒃
𝒂𝒃 𝒂𝒃
𝟑) 𝟒)
𝒂 + 𝒃 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 y
B(0,b)
Solution
I
In centre = (r,r)
x
∆ 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 ∆𝑶𝑨𝑩 O A(a,0)
r = =𝟏
𝑺 (𝑶𝑨+𝑶𝑩+𝑨𝑩)
𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒂𝒃
∴ 𝒓=
𝒂+𝒃+ 𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
66) If the line x + y = 1 intersects the co-ordinate axes at A and B then the
centre and radius of the circle whose diameter is AB are
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟏, 𝟏 ; 𝟐 𝟐) , , 𝟐 y
𝟐 𝟐
B (0,1)
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟑) , ; 𝟒) 𝟎, 𝟎 ; 𝟏
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
A(1,0)
x
Solution O
A=(1,0) B =(0,1 )
𝟏 𝟏
Centre = midpoint of 𝑨𝑩= ( , )
𝟐 𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
Radius = 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟏+𝟏=
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
67) The x-coordinates of the points A and B are the roots of the equation
𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 and y-coordinates of A, B are roots of the equation
𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎. The radius of the circle on AB as diameter is
𝟐𝟗 𝟏𝟕 𝟏𝟕
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟏𝟕
𝟐 𝟒 𝟐
Solution
Let A =(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ), B=(𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 )
Then 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟓, 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟔
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒚𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐, 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 = −𝟑
Equation of circle having 𝑨𝑩 as diameter is
(x-𝒙𝟏 )(x-𝒙𝟐 )+(y-𝒚𝟏 )(y-𝒚𝟐 )=0
⇒𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟕
∴r = ±𝟑=
𝟒 𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
68) If a chord of length 2 𝟐 subtends a right angle at the centre of the
circle then its radius is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟏/𝟐
Solution
C
𝟏 𝟒𝟓𝟎
AM = 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟐 r
𝟐
A M B
𝑨𝑴
From ∆ACM: sin𝟒𝟓𝟎 =
𝑨𝑪
⇒ r = AC = 𝟐× 𝟐=2
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
69) A chord of length 8 units subtends a right angle at the centre of the
circle, then radius is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
𝟏 C
AM = 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟒 𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝟐 r
𝑨𝑴 A M B
From ∆ ACM : sin𝟒𝟓𝟎 =
𝑨𝑪
⇒ r = AC = 4× 𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
70) A chord of length 24 units is at a distance of 5 units from the centre of
the circle then the radius is
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟑 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎
Solution
C
𝟏
AM = 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟏𝟐 , 𝑪𝑴 = 𝟓 r 5
𝟐
A 12 M B
From ∆ACM : 𝑨𝑪𝟐 = 𝑨𝑴𝟐 + 𝑪𝑴𝟐
⇒ r =13
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
71) The centre of the circle whose centre is on the straight line 5x – 2y + 1
= 0 an dcuts the x-axis at two points whose abscissae are -5 and 3 is
−𝟗 𝟏
𝟏) , −𝟒 𝟐) ,𝟏 𝟑) (−𝟏, −𝟐) 𝟒) (𝟏, 𝟑)
𝟓 𝟓
Solution
Circle cuts the x –axis at A =(-5,0) and B =(3,0)
Perpendicular bisector of 𝑨𝑩 in
2x(-8)+2y(0)=25-9 ⇒ x= -1 …..(1)
5x-2y+1=0…..(2)
On solving (1)&(2) we get p.o.i = (-1,-2)
∴KEY = (3)
∴ centre = (-1,-2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
72) The radii of the circles touching both the co-ordinate axes and passing
through the point (-4, -8) are
𝟏) 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟎, 𝟖 𝟑) 𝟏𝟔, 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟏𝟗, 𝟓
Solution
Centre of circle in 𝑸𝟑 = (-r,-r)
And radius =r
Sub (-4,-8) in 𝒙 + 𝒓 𝟐 + 𝒚+𝒓 𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
We get r= 4, 20 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
73) A rod PQ of length 2a slides with its ends on the axes the locus of the
centroid of ∆OPQ is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝟐 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝟐
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝒂𝟐 𝟒) 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝟐
y
Solution
Let 𝑷 = 𝒍, 𝟎 , 𝑸 = (𝟎, 𝒎) G
G
𝒍 𝒎
𝑮 𝒙, 𝒚 = , ⇒ 𝒍 = 𝟑𝒙, 𝒎 = 𝟑𝒚
𝟑 𝟑
∴ 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝟐 ∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
74) Equation of the circle with centre on y – axis and passing through the
points (1, 0),(1, 1) is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎

−𝐠, −𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 ⇒ −𝒈 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒈 = 𝟎
𝟏, 𝟎 , 𝟏, 𝟏 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 ⇒ 𝟏 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒄 = −𝟏
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐 + 𝟐𝒇 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟐𝒇 = −𝟏
 𝒓𝒆𝒒 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
75) The line 3x+4y=12 cuts x-axis at A and y-axis at B. The equation of
the excircle of the triangle formed by this line and coordinate axes,
opposite to the vertex B is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑨 𝟒, 𝟎 𝑩 𝟎, 𝟑 𝑪(𝟎, 𝟎)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒂𝒙𝟏 −𝒃𝒙𝟐 +𝒄𝒙𝟑 𝒂𝒚𝟏 −𝒃𝒚𝟐 +𝒄𝒚𝟑
𝑰𝑩 = , = 𝟑, −𝟑 and r= 3
𝒂−𝒃+𝒄 𝒂−𝒃+𝒄
𝒓𝒆𝒒 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒙 − 𝟑 𝟐 + 𝒚+𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
76) The circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 − 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎 cuts the x-axis at A and B and
y-axis at C and D then AB + CD =
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐𝟏 𝟑) 𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐 𝟓
y
Solution
D
𝑨𝑩 + 𝑪𝑫 = 𝟐 𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄 + 𝟐 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 C
O A B x
𝟐𝟓
= 𝟐 𝟏 + 𝟐𝟒 + 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟐𝟏
𝟒
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
77) The number of circles touching 3x+2y+5=0. 2x+5y+1=0 and x+y+5=0
is
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝒂𝟏 𝒃𝟏 𝒄𝟏 𝟑 𝟐 𝟓
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟓 𝟏 = 𝟑𝟗 ≠ 𝟎
𝒂𝟑 𝒃𝟑 𝒄𝟑 𝟏 𝟏 𝟓
Given lines are not concurrent and hence
they forms a triangle
 No. of circles =4 ∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
78) The x-intercept of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟗 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟖 𝟐) 𝟏𝟎 𝟑) 𝟕 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝒙 − 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 = 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒙 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔

= 𝟐 𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟐 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟗 = 𝟏𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
79) The y-intercept of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐𝟏 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟐𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐𝟏
Solution
𝒚 − 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 = 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒚 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔

= 𝟐 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟐 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟓 = 𝟐 𝟐𝟏
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
80) The intercept made by the circel with centre (2, 3) and radius 6 on y
axis is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟖 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟔 𝟐
Solution
𝑪 = 𝟐, 𝟑 , 𝒓 = 𝟔
𝒙−𝟐 𝟐 + 𝒚−𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟔𝟐 ⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒙 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 = 𝟐 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟐 𝟗 + 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟖 𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
81) The intercept made by the circle with centre (2, 5) and passing
through (1, -4) on x-axis is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟏𝟗 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑𝟒 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟑𝟖 𝟒) 𝟐 𝟓𝟕
Solution 𝑪 = 𝟐, 𝟓 , 𝑷 = 𝟏, −𝟒
𝒓 = 𝑪𝑷 = 𝟏 + 𝟖𝟏 = 𝟖𝟐
𝒙−𝟐 𝟐 + 𝒚−𝟓 𝟐 = 𝟖𝟐 ⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟓𝟑 = 𝟎
𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒙 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 = 𝟐 𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟐 𝟒 + 𝟓𝟑 = 𝟐 𝟓𝟕
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
82) If the intercept made by the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 on x-
axis is 2 𝟏𝟎 then c =
𝟏) − 𝟔 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) ± 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟏𝟐
Solution
𝟐 𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟐 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟒 − 𝒄 = 𝟏𝟎 ⇒ 𝒄 = −𝟔
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
83) A circle touches the x-axis at (2, 0) and has an intercept of 4 units on
y-axis. Then the equation of the circle is……
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎

∆𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒙 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒙𝟏 , 𝟎 = 𝟐, 𝟎
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝒄 = 𝒙 − 𝒙𝟏 𝟐
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝒄 = 𝒙 − 𝟐 𝟐
= 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒
𝟐𝒈 = −𝟒, 𝒄 = 𝟒
𝟐 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟒 = 𝒇𝟐 − 𝟒 = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝒇 = ±𝟐 𝟐
 𝒓𝒆𝒒 ∆𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 −𝟒𝒙 ± 𝟒 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
84) The chord of contact of (1, 2) with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑)𝟐 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Solution
𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝟐 , 𝑺 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐
𝑺 = 𝟏 + 𝟒 − 𝟒 − 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟐 < 𝟎
∴ 𝒑 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
85) The length of the chord of contact of the point (3, 6) with respect to
the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎 is
𝟐 𝟕𝟎 𝟏𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟓
Solution
𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝟑, 𝟔 𝒘. 𝒓. 𝒕 𝑺 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
𝒓 = 𝟏𝟎 , 𝒅 = 𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝟏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 (𝟎, 𝟎)

CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
=
𝟗 + 𝟑𝟔 𝟒𝟓
 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 = 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐
𝟏𝟎 𝟐 𝟕
= 𝟐 𝟏𝟎 − =
𝟒𝟓 𝟑
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
86) The area of the triangle by the tangents from the point (4, 3) to the
circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 and the line joining their points of contact is….(in
square units)
𝟏) 𝟐𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟕𝟐/𝟐𝟓 𝟑) 𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏𝟗𝟐/𝟐𝟓
A
Solution
𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟒, 𝟑 P
𝑺 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟗 ⇒ 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟗 − 𝟗 = 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟐𝟒 B
𝒓𝑺𝟏𝟏𝟑/𝟐 𝟏𝟗𝟐
∆𝑷𝑨𝑩 = = ∴KEY = (4)
𝑺𝟏𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 𝟐𝟓
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
87) Length of the chord of contact of the tangents drawn from (4, 6) to
the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 is
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟏𝟓 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟐𝟓 𝟒) 𝟓𝟎
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
Solution
𝑬𝒒𝒏𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝟒, 𝟔 𝒊𝒔 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎

𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓
𝒅 = 𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒕𝒐 𝟏 = =
𝟏𝟔+𝟑𝟔 𝟓𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1

A
𝟔𝟐𝟓 𝟑
= 𝟐 𝟐𝟓 − = 𝟏𝟓
𝟓𝟐 𝟏𝟑 P
B
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
88) If 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 (𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 ) and the line y = mx + c intersects the circle 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝟐 then the length of the chord so formed is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒂 𝟐) 𝟑 𝒂 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐 𝟑 𝒂
Solution 𝒓 = 𝟐𝒂
𝒄
𝒅 = 𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 =
𝒎𝟐 +𝟏
𝒄𝟐 ∵ 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
𝟐
= 𝟐 𝟒𝒂 − = 𝟐 𝟒𝒂 𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟑𝒂
𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
89) Length of the chord PQ of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
whose midpoint is (2, -3) is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟏 𝟑) 𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏𝟑
Solution
𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟐, −𝟑 , 𝑺 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟏𝟑
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒 + 𝟗 − 𝟏𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒 − 𝟏𝟑 = −𝟑𝟔
 𝑷𝑸 = 𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟐 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟏𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
90) The length of the chord of contact of the point (3, 6) with respect to
the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 is
𝟑 𝟏𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟓
Solution
𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟑, 𝟔 𝐢𝐬 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
𝟑
𝒅 = 𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒕𝒐 𝟏 =
𝟓
𝟗 𝟐
= 𝟐 𝟗 − = 𝟔. ∴KEY = (4)
𝟓 𝟓
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
91) If the line x-7y-8=0 intersects the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎 at A,
B and O = (0, 0) then the area of the ∆OAB is
𝟏) 𝟖 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝒉= 𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒕𝒐 𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟖 𝟖
= = , 𝒓 = 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟗 = 𝟓
𝟓𝟎 𝟓 𝟐
𝒅 = 𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟗, 𝟑 𝒕𝒐 𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟐𝟓 𝟓
= =
𝟓𝟎 𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟏 𝟏
Area of OAB = 𝑨𝑩. 𝒉 = . 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 . 𝒉
𝟐 𝟐
𝟖 𝟐𝟓 𝟖 𝟓
= 𝟐𝟓 − = × =𝟒 y
𝟓 𝟐 𝟐 𝟓 𝟐 𝟐 B
𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒙 = 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟖 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 ,
𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒚 = 𝟎, −𝟏 A
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝒙 = 𝟖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚 = −𝟏 x=1
O x
 𝑶 = 𝟎, 𝟎 , 𝑨 = 𝟖, 𝟎 , 𝑩 = (𝟏, −𝟏)
𝟏 𝟏
∆𝑶𝑨𝑩 = 𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟏 = −𝟖 − 𝟎 = 𝟒
𝟐 𝟐 ∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
92) Area of the triangle formed by the pair of tangents drawn form the
origin to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 and the chord of contact of the
origin in sq.units is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒) 𝟏𝟔
A
Solution
𝑶 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟎 O
B
𝑺 ≡ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔 ⇒ 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏𝟔, r= 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟒
𝒓𝑺𝟏𝟏𝟑/𝟐 𝟒 × 𝟔𝟒
∆𝑶𝑨𝑩 = 𝟐
= =𝟖
𝑺𝟏𝟏 + 𝒓 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏𝟔 ∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
93) The circle 𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝒂𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 meets the x-axis in two
points on opposite sides of the origin if
𝟏) 𝒂𝒄 < 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒂𝒄 > 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟖𝒂 > 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒄 < 𝟎
Solution
y
𝑷𝒖𝒕 𝒚 = 𝟎, 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
𝒄
𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 = 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 = < 𝟎
𝒂 B O A x
∵ 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏
𝒂𝒄 < 𝟎 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
94) If (2, 3) is the mid point of a chord of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 then the
sum of the intercepts of that chord is
−𝟔𝟓 𝟏𝟔𝟗 𝟔𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟏𝟑 𝟒)
𝟔 𝟔 𝟔
Solution
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟑 𝑺 ≡ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟓
𝒙 𝒚
𝐄𝐪𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏 ⇒ 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎 ⇒ + =𝟏
𝟑/𝟐 𝟏𝟑/𝟑
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟔𝟓
 𝑺𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒔 = + =
𝟐 𝟑 𝟔
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
95) Length of the tangent to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 drawn from the image
of origin with respect to 3x + 4y + 25 = 0 is
𝟏) 𝟗𝟔 𝟐) 𝟗𝟔 𝟑) 𝟗 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟔 𝟖
Solution
𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟎, 𝟎 𝐰. 𝐫. 𝐭 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲
𝒉 𝒌 −𝟐 𝟐𝟓
= = ⇒ 𝒉, 𝒌 = −𝟔, −𝟖
𝟑 𝟒 𝟐𝟓
 𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒈𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = −𝟔, −𝟖 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝟏𝟏
= 𝟑𝟔 + 𝟔𝟒 − 𝟒 = 𝟗𝟔 ∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
96) If the lines represented by 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟗𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 are
two tangents of a circle than its real area is
𝟐𝟓𝝅 𝟐𝟓𝝅 𝟓𝟎𝝅 𝟐𝟓𝝅

𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟑 𝟓𝟐 𝟏𝟑 𝟐𝟔
Solution 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
𝒈𝟐 − 𝒂𝒄 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 𝟓
∴ 𝟐𝒓 = 𝟐 =𝟐 ⇒𝒓=
𝒂(𝒂 + 𝒃) 𝟓𝟐 𝟐 𝟏𝟑
𝟐𝟓
∴ 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 = 𝝅𝒓𝟐 =𝝅×
𝟓𝟐 ∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
97) The length of the tangent from (2, 3) to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 is
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟗
Solution
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟑 𝑺 ≡ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒
𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟗 = 𝟑
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
98) The length of the tangent from (2, -3) to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 −
𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟒 is
𝟏) 𝟔 𝟐) 𝟑𝟓 𝟑) 𝟑𝟔 𝟒) 𝟕
Solution
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟐, −𝟑 𝑺 ≡ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏
𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒 + 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟔 + 𝟏 = 𝟔
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
99) The locus of the point from which the tangents to the circles 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎 are of equal length is
𝟏) 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐀
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝑺 − 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
100) The length of the tangent from (2, 3) to the circle 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 −
𝟖𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎 is 2 units then k=
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟒 𝟑) 𝟏𝟖 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝒌
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟐, −𝟑 𝑺 ≡ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 +
𝟐
𝒌
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝟒 + 𝟗 − 𝟒 − 𝟏𝟐 + = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝒌 = 𝟏𝟒
𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
101) The length of the tangent from a point on 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟒 =
𝟎 to 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑/𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑/ 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
𝟗 𝟑
𝒄𝟏 −𝒄= =
𝟐 𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
102) A tangent is drawn to the circle 2(𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 )-3x+4y = 0 and it touches
the circle at A. The tangent passes through the point P(2, 1). Then
PA=
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
𝑷𝑨 = 𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑷(𝟐, 𝟏)
∴ 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒 = 𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
103) The angle between the tangents from P to the circle of radius 4 𝟑
units is 𝟔𝟎𝟎 , then the length of the tangent from P to the circle is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑
Solution
𝜽 𝒓
𝒕𝒂𝒏 =
𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
104) The equation of the tangent to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
at (1, 1) is
𝟏) 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟒
Solution
𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
105) The tangent to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎 at (1, 1) is x –
2y +1 = 0 then k =
𝟏) − 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
106) The equation of the tangents to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 with slope 2
is
𝟏) 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 ± 𝟓 𝟐) 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 ± 𝟐 𝟓
𝟑) 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 ± 𝟑 𝟓 𝟒) 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 ± 𝟓 𝟓
Solution
𝒚 = 𝑴𝒙 ± 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝑴𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
107) The tangent to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 which is
parallel to the tangent at (2, 1) is
𝟏) 𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟒
Solution
𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 = (𝟔, −𝟑)
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
108) The equation of the tangent to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 which are
parallel to x-axis are
𝟏) 𝒙 = ±𝟐 𝟐) 𝒚 = ±𝟐
𝟑) 𝒙 = ±𝟏 𝟒) 𝒚 = ±𝟒
Solution
𝑴=𝟎
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒚 = 𝑴𝒙 ± 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝑴𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
109) The tangents to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 which are parallel to y-
axis are
𝟏) 𝒙 = 𝟓, 𝒙 = 𝟑 𝟐) 𝒙 = 𝟕, 𝒙 = 𝟑
𝟑) 𝒙 = 𝟕, 𝒙 = −𝟑 𝟒) 𝒙 = −𝟑, 𝒙 = 𝟓
Solution
𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
110) The equation of a tangent to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
which is perpendicular to the line y = 2x – 1, is
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 ± 𝟒 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 ± 𝟒 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟏
𝒎=−
𝟐
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒚 + 𝒇 = 𝒎(𝒙 + 𝒈) ± 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝑴𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
111) The equation of a tangent to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 whose
inclination with x – axis is 𝟔𝟎𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 ± 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 ± 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 ± 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 ± 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒎= 𝟑
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒚 = 𝑴𝒙 ± 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝑴𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
112) The tangent to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 whose inclination is 𝟒𝟓𝟎
is
𝟏) 𝒚 = 𝒙 ± 𝟐 𝟐) 𝒚 = 𝒙 ± 𝟐 𝟐
𝟑) 𝒚 = 𝒙 ± 𝟑 𝟐 𝟒) 𝒚 = 𝒙 ± 𝟒 𝟐
Solution
𝒎=𝟏
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
113) The line xsinહ –ycosહ = a touches the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 , then
𝟏) 𝜶 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐) 𝜶 ∈ [𝟎, 𝝅]
−𝝅 𝝅
𝟑) 𝜶 ∈ [−𝝅 , 𝝅] 𝟒) 𝜶 ∈ ,
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝒓=𝒅
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
114) The point of contact of x+3y+1=0 with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) (𝟐, −𝟏) 𝟐) (−𝟏, 𝟎)
𝟑) (𝟐, 𝟎) 𝟒) (𝟑, 𝟏)
Solution
𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟑, 𝟐 𝒕𝒐 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
115) The point where y = mx + a 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 touches 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 is
−𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒂𝒎 𝒂
𝟏) , 𝟐) ,
𝟏+ 𝒎𝟐 𝟏+ 𝒎𝟐 𝒎 𝟏+ 𝒎𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
−𝒂𝒎 −𝒂
𝟑) , 𝟒) (𝟎, 𝟎)
𝟏+ 𝒎𝟐 𝟏+ 𝒎𝟐
Solution
𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟑, 𝟐 𝒕𝒐 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒂 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
116) The number of tangents that can be drawn from (2, 3) to the circle
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓 is
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 > 𝟎 𝑻𝒘𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
117) The circle which two tangents can be drawn from origin is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 (𝟑)
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 > 𝟎
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
118) The position of 3x – 4y + 3 = 0 with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝟐) 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
𝟑) 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝟒) 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅
Solution
𝒓=𝒅 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
119) If the lines 3x – 4y + 4 = 0 and 6x – 8y – 7 = 0 are tangents to a circle,
radius of the circle is
𝟏) 𝟑/𝟒 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟕/𝟖 𝟒) 𝟏𝟏/𝟏𝟎
Solution
𝟑
𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 = 𝟐𝒓 =
𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
120) The circle touching the lines 4x + 3y + 15 = 0, 4x + 3y – 5 = 0 and
centre lying on 3x + 2y + 4 = 0 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎

∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
121) The circle touching the line 3x + 4y - 10 = 0 at (2, 1) and with radius
5 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟑𝟓 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 ± 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 ± 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎

∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
122) The circle touching the line 2x – 3y – 7 = 0 at (2, -1) and passing
through the point (4, 1) is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟐𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎

∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
123) The area of the triangle formed by the positive x – axis, the normal
and the tangent to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 at (1, 𝟑) is…(in sq. u)
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟓 𝟑
Solution
𝒅𝒚 −𝟏
= =𝒎
𝒅𝒙 𝟑
𝟏 𝒚𝟐 (𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 )
∆=
𝟐 𝒎 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
124) The point on the line 5x – y – 9 = 0, the length of the tangent from
which to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 is minimum, is
𝟏) (𝟑, 𝟔) 𝟐) (𝟐, 𝟏) 𝟑) (𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟒) (𝟐, −𝟏)
Solution
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
125) If the line 4x + 3y + k = 0 is a normal to the circle 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙 +
𝟒𝒚 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 then k =
𝟏) − 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝟎 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) − 𝟐𝟎
Solution
𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
126) The equation of the circle which touch the y-axis and having the pair
of normals of the circle 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑷𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 = 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆

∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
127) Equation of the normal at (2, 1) to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 +
𝒌 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟑 𝟐) 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟏
𝟑) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟒 𝟒) 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
128) The normal to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎 which is
perpendicular to x – 3y + 2 = 0 is
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟒
Solution
𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 (−𝟏, 𝟓)
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
129) The length of the intercept made by the normal at (1, 6) of the circle
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 between the coordinate axes is
𝟓
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟏𝟎 𝟒)
𝟐
Solution
𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
130) The area of the triangle formed by the tangent and normal at
(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ) on the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 and X-axis is
𝒚𝟏 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐
𝟏) 𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏 (𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 ) 𝟐)
𝒙𝟏 𝟐
𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟏
𝟑) (𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 ) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝒙𝟏
Solution
𝟏
(𝑳𝑻)(𝑳𝑵)
𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
131) If normals at (1, 1) on 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎 is x + 2y -3 = 0,
k=
𝟏) − 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) − 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝟏, 𝟏 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
132) If the normal at two points on a circle coincide then the point a
𝟏) 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝟐) 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔

𝟑) 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝟒) 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅
Solution
𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
133) The intercept made by 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 on any one of
its normal is
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏
Solution
𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
134) The angle between the normals at (1, 3), (-3, 1) to the circle 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎 is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟔
Solution
𝜽 = 𝟗𝟎𝟎 (𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝑷 × 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝑸)
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
135) The normal of the circle (𝒙 − 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 which bisects the
chord cut off by the line x – 2y – 3 = 0
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 − 𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 (𝟐, 𝟏)
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
136) The area of the triangle formed by the tangent and normal at (2, 4)
on the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎 and X-axis is sq. units is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟒𝟎 𝟑) 𝟐𝟎 𝟒) 𝟔𝟎
Solution
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕
𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
137) If the equation of the tangent to the circle x = 3 + 5cos𝛉, y = -1+sin𝛉
at the point (0, 3) is px+qy+r = 0 and p > 0 then p + q =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟎
Solution
(𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
138) The lengths of the tangents from the points A and B to a circle are 𝒍𝟏
and 𝒍𝟐 respectively. If A, B are conjugate points then 𝑨𝑩𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝒍𝟐𝟏 − 𝒍𝟐𝟐 𝟐) 𝒍𝟐𝟏 + 𝒍𝟐𝟐
𝟑) 𝒍𝟏 𝒍𝟐 𝟒) 𝒍𝟏 /𝒍𝟐
Solution
𝒍𝟐𝟏 = 𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎

𝒍𝟐𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎
𝑨𝑩𝟐 = 𝒍𝟐𝟏 + 𝒍𝟐𝟐 ∴KEY = (2)

CIRCLES LEVEL-1
139) If the chord y = mx + 1 of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 subtends an angle
of measure 𝟒𝟓𝟎 at the major segment of the circle then m =
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) − 𝟏 𝟑) − 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒆
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
140) The polar of centre of a circle
𝟏) 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝟐) 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓
𝟑) 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝟒) 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Solution
𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
141) The polar of (2, -1) with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 −
𝟏 = 𝟎 is 5x + y + k = 0 then k =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝟓𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
142) The pole of 3x – y = 4 with respect to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐 is
𝟑 −𝟏
𝟏) , 𝟐) (𝟑, −𝟏)
𝟐 𝟐
𝟑 −𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏
𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟒 𝟒 𝟓 𝟓
Solution
−𝒍𝒓𝟐 −𝒎𝒓𝟐
𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒆 = ,
𝒏 𝒏
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
143) The pole of the line 3x + 5y + 17 = 0 w.r.t the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 +
𝟔𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) (−𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟐) (𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟑) (𝟏, −𝟐) 𝟒) (−𝟏, −𝟐)
Solution
𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒆 = (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )
𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
144) If the polar of any point on the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 with respect to
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 touches 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐 than a, b, c are in
𝟏) 𝑨. 𝑷 𝟐) 𝑮. 𝑷 𝟑) 𝑯. 𝑷 𝟒) 𝑨. 𝑮. 𝑷
Solution
𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 = 𝒃𝟐 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
145) The locus of poles of tangents to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 with respect
to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒙 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝟐
𝟑) 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 𝟒) 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒂𝒙 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆
𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝒂 𝒙 + 𝒙𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔

𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
146) The polar of the origin w.r.t the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
touches the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 then
𝟏) 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 (𝒇𝟐 + 𝒈𝟐 ) 𝟐) 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒇𝟐 + 𝒈𝟐
𝟑) 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒇𝟐 + 𝒈𝟐 𝟒) 𝒄𝟐 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒇𝟐 + 𝒈𝟐
Solution
𝒈𝒙 + 𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
147) The locus of poles of lx + my + n = 0 with respect to a variable circle
passing through the points (a, 0) and (-a, 0) is
𝟏) 𝒍𝒙𝟐 − 𝒎𝒙𝒚 + 𝒏𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒍 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒍𝒚𝟐 − 𝒎𝒙𝒚 + 𝒏𝒙 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒍 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒎𝒙𝟐 − 𝒍𝒙𝒚 + 𝒏𝒙 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒍 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒎𝒚𝟐 − 𝒍𝒙𝒚 + 𝒏𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒍 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂, 𝟎 , −𝒂, 𝟎 𝒊𝒔

𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒙 + 𝒎𝒚 + 𝒏 = 𝟎 … … (𝒊)

𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎 … … … (𝒊𝒊)
𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊 & (𝒊𝒊)
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
148) The polar of the point (2, -4) with respect to the circle 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 =
𝟐 divides the line segment joining (-1, 2) and (5, 4) in the ratio
𝟏) 𝟓: 𝟖 𝟐) − 𝟓: 𝟖 𝟑) 𝟖: 𝟓 𝟒) − 𝟖: 𝟓
Solution
−𝑳𝟏𝟏
𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐 =
𝑳𝟐𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
149) If (1, 2), (3, a) are conjugate points with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 then a =
𝟏) 𝟖 𝟐) 𝟕. 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟔. 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟓. 𝟓
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
150) If (1, 4), (-2, 3) are conjugate points with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝒌 then k =
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟎 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
151) If (2, 1), (-3, 2) are conjugate points with respect to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 −
𝟒𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎, then k =
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟒 𝟒) 𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
152) 2x + 3y = 1 and 3x + 4y = k are conjugate lines with respect to the
circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒, then k =
𝟏) 𝟑𝟔 𝟐) 𝟕𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐𝟒 𝟒) 𝟏𝟒𝟒
Solution
𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟏 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝒌
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
153) The inverse point of (1, -1) with respect to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 is
𝟏) (𝟏, −𝟏) 𝟐) (−𝟏, 𝟏) 𝟑) (𝟐, −𝟐) 𝟒) (𝟑, −𝟑)
Solution
𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒕𝒐
𝒙−𝒚−𝟒=𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
154) The inverse point of (2, 1) with respect to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 =
𝟎 is
𝟏) (𝟐, −𝟏) 𝟐) (𝟑, 𝟐) 𝟑) (𝟐, 𝟏) 𝟒) 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Solution
𝟐, 𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝟐, 𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
155) If A and B are conjugate points w.r.t a circle centre ‘O’ radius r then,
𝑨𝑩𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝑶𝑨𝟐 + 𝑶𝑩𝟐 𝟐) 𝑶𝑨𝟐 + 𝑶𝑩𝟐 + 𝟐𝒓𝟐
𝟑) 𝑶𝑨𝟐 + 𝑶𝑩𝟐 + 𝒓𝟐 𝟒) 𝑶𝑨𝟐 + 𝑶𝑩𝟐 − 𝟐𝒓𝟐
Solution
𝑨𝑩𝟐 = 𝑶𝑨𝟐 + 𝑶𝑩𝟐 − 𝟐𝒓𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
156) The locus of point of intersection of perpendicular tangents to 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓𝟎
Solution
𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐

𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒓𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
157) The locus of intersection of perpendicular tangents to 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
(𝒙 − 𝒉)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝒌)𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐

∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
158) The locus of point of intersection of perpendicular tangents one each
to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟐𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
(𝒙 − 𝒉)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝒌)𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐

∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
159) The locus of point of intersection of tangents to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 which include an angle 𝟔𝟎𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟑𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒𝟎 = 𝟎
Solution
𝜽 𝒓
𝒕𝒂𝒏 =
𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏 ∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
160) The locus of point of intersection of tangents to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 =
𝒓𝟐 which include an angle 𝟔𝟎𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒓𝟐
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝒓𝟐
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒓𝟐
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
Solution
𝜽 𝒓
𝒕𝒂𝒏 =
𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
161) The angle between the pair of tangents from (0, 0) to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 +
𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 (𝟏/𝟐) 𝟐) 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 (𝟐/𝟑) 𝟑) 𝝅/𝟑 𝟒) 𝝅/𝟐
Solution
C (-2, 0)
r= 𝒄𝟏 − 𝟐 = 𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 0+0+0+2
𝑬 𝒓 𝟐
Tan = = =1
𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟐
𝝅
Tan 𝟒𝟓𝟎 ⇒ 𝛉 = 𝟗𝟎𝟎 (or) ∴KEY = (4)
𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
162) The locus of the point of intersection of tangents to the circle 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 which touch the circle in A and B and ∠AOB = 2 હ is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜶
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜶
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝜶
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜶
Solution
𝜽 𝒓
𝑻𝒂𝒏 =
𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒓
Tan(90) =
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 +𝒚𝟏 𝟐 −𝒓𝟐
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 − 𝒓𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝜶
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜶
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
163) If 𝒒𝟏 , and 𝒒𝟐 are inclination of the tangents through P to the circle
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 and cot𝒒𝟏 + cot𝒒𝟐 = k, then locus of P is
𝟏) 𝒌𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟐) 𝒌 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙𝒚
𝟑) 𝒌 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝟒) 𝒌 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙𝒚
Solution
𝒚𝟏 = +𝒎𝒙𝟏 + 𝒂 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
𝟐
𝒚𝟏 − 𝒎𝒙𝟏 𝟐 = 𝒂 𝟏+ 𝒎𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒚𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒎𝟐 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 − 2m𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏 = 𝒂𝟐 +𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐
𝒎𝟐 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 − 2m𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 −𝒂𝟐
𝒎 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 = , 𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 =
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 −𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 −𝒂𝟐
𝑩𝒖𝒕 cot𝜽𝟏 + 𝒄𝒐𝒕𝜽𝟐 = k

𝟏 𝟏
+ = 𝒌 ⟹ 𝒎𝟐 + 𝒎𝟏 = k𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐
𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝒙 𝒚 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 −𝒂𝟐
⇒ 𝟐𝟏 𝟏𝟐 =k
𝒙𝟏 −𝒂 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 −𝒂𝟐
⇒ 𝟐𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏 = k 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
164) Two tangents are drawn from P to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 touch at A
and B. Then the circum circle of ∆PAB when P = (a, b) is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝒙 − 𝒃𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝒙 − 𝒃𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑷 𝒂, 𝒃 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 & 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒎 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝚫𝑷𝑨𝑩
∴ 𝑹𝒆𝒒. 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒙 − 𝒂 𝒙 − 𝟎 + 𝟎 − 𝒃 𝒚 − 𝟎 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 −ax-by =0 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
165) If the tangents from origin to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 =
𝟎 (c > 0) touch at A and B then the circum circle of ∆OAB is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒈𝒙 + 𝒇𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒈𝒙 − 𝒇𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒈𝒙 − 𝟐𝒇𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑪(−𝒈, −𝒕), O(0, 0) are diameter ends of the circum circle 𝚫OAB
∴ 𝑹𝒆𝒒. 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒙 + 𝒈 𝒙 − 𝒂 + 𝒚 + 𝒕 𝒚 − 𝟎 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 +gx+ty =0 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
166) The tangents from an external point p(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ) to the circle S = 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 touch at A and B, then centre of the circum
circle of ∆ PAB is
𝒙𝟏 − 𝒈 𝒚𝟏 − 𝒇 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒈 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒇
𝟏) , 𝟐) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝒙𝟏 + 𝒈 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒇 𝒇 𝒈
𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Solution
𝒙𝟏 −𝒈 𝒚𝟏 −𝒇
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 = 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 (−𝒈, −𝒇) = ,
𝟐 𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
167) If the angle between the tangents from (0, 0) to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 +
𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟒𝟎 = 𝟎 is 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 (𝒎) then m =
𝟑 𝟏 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟐 𝟑
Solution
𝜽 𝒓
𝒕𝒂𝒏 =
𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝑪(−𝟓, -5) r = 𝟐𝟓 + 𝟐𝟓 − 𝟒𝟎 = 𝟏𝟎
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 + 𝟎 + 𝟎 + 𝟎 + 𝟒𝟎
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝜽 𝟏𝟎 𝟏
𝑻𝒂𝒏 = =
𝟐 𝟒𝟎 𝟐
𝜽
𝟐𝒕𝒂𝒏
𝟐
𝑻𝒂𝒏𝜽 =
𝜽
𝟏 − 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐
𝟐
𝟏
𝟐× 𝟒
𝟐
= 𝟏 =
𝟏−𝟒 𝟑
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
168) If the tangents from (3, 4) to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
are making an angle ‘𝛉’ with each other, sin𝛉 =
𝟐𝟏 𝟐 𝟐𝟏 𝟒 𝟐𝟏 𝟐𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐𝟒 𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓
Solution
𝜽 𝒓
𝑻𝒂𝒏 =
𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝟑 𝟗 𝟐𝟏 𝟐𝟏
𝑪 ,𝟐 𝒓= +𝟒−𝟏= =
𝟐 𝟒 𝟒 𝟐
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟗 − 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏 = 𝟏
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟏
 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝜽 =
𝟐
𝜽 𝟐𝟏
𝟐𝑻𝒂𝒏 𝟐 𝟐× 𝟐 𝟒 𝟐𝟏
∴ 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝜽 = 𝜽 = 𝟐𝟏 =
𝟏+𝑻𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝟏+ 𝟒 𝟐𝟓
𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
169) The centre of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎 is C. If the
tangents to the circle at A (1, 7) and B(4, -2) intersect at P, then area of
the quadrilateral PACB is
𝟏) 𝟐𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐𝟓 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟕𝟓 𝟒) 𝟏𝟓
Solution
𝟕+𝟐 𝟗
𝑨 (𝟏, 𝟕), B(4, -2), 𝒎𝑨𝑩 = = = -3
𝟏−𝟒 −𝟑
𝐀𝐁 is y-7 = -3(x-1) ⇒ 3x+y-10 = 0 →(i)

𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 𝒃𝒆 𝑷(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )
𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 ‘i’ w.r.t s=0 is 𝒔𝟏 = 𝟎

CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒ 𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 - 1(𝒙 +𝒙𝟏 )-2(𝒚 +𝒚𝟏 )=20 =0
⇒ 𝒙(𝒙𝟏 −𝟏) + 𝒚(𝒚𝟏 - 2)-𝒙𝟏 -2𝒚𝟏 -20 =0 →(ii)
(i) ≡ (ii) ⇒ P(16, -7)
Area of the quadrilateral PACB is = = 15×5 = 75
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
170) If the tangent to the circle s = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟎 from (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ) are
perpendicular then
𝟏) 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝑺𝟏𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝑺𝟏𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝑺𝟏𝟏 + 𝒓 = 𝟎
Solution
𝜽 𝒓 𝟗𝟎 𝒓
Tan = ⇒ 𝑻𝒂𝒏 = ⇒ r = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 ⇒ 𝑺𝟏𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 =0
𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
171) The slopes of the tangents through the point (7, 1) to the circle 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 satisfies the equation.
𝟏) 𝟏𝟐𝒎𝟐 − 𝟕𝒎 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟏𝟐𝒎𝟐 + 𝟕𝒎 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟏𝟐𝒎𝟐 − 𝟕𝒎 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟏𝟐𝒎𝟐 + 𝟕𝒎 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒚𝟏 = 𝒎𝒙 ± 𝟓 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
𝑷 𝟕, 𝟏 = (𝒙, 𝒚)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
⇒ 𝟏 = 𝟕𝒎 ± 𝟓 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
⇒ 𝟏 − 𝟕𝒎 = ±𝟓 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
𝑺. 𝑩. 𝑺
𝟏 + 𝟒𝟗𝒎𝟐 -14 𝒎 = 25+25𝒎𝟐
𝟐𝟒𝒎𝟐 -14 𝒎-24=0
𝟏𝟐𝒎𝟐 -7 𝒎-12=0
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
172) O = (0, 0), A = (2, 0), B = (0, 2) then the centre of the circle with OA,
AB and BO are tangents is
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟏 − ,𝟏 − 𝟐) 𝟐 − 𝟐 , 𝟐 − 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 𝟏
𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟐 𝟒 𝟐 𝟑
Solution
𝒂𝒙𝟏 +𝒃𝒙𝟐 +𝒄𝒙𝟑 𝒂𝒚𝟏 +𝒃𝒚𝟐 +𝒄𝒚𝟑

𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝑨𝑩 = ,
𝒂+𝒃+𝒄 𝒂+𝒃+𝒄
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐. 𝟎 + 𝟐. 𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟐. 𝟎 𝟐. 𝟐 + 𝟐. 𝟎 + 𝟐 𝟐. 𝟎
= ,
𝟐+𝟐+𝟐 𝟐 𝟐+𝟐+𝟐 𝟐
𝟒 𝟒
= ,
𝟒+𝟐 𝟐 𝟒+𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
= ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
= 𝟐 − 𝟐, 𝟐 − 𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
173) The value of  (>0) so that the lines 3x – 4y =  may touch the circle
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐𝟓 𝟑) 𝟑𝟓 𝟒) 𝟒𝟓
Solution
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆(𝑪) = (𝟐, 𝟒)
𝒓= 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟓 = 𝟓
𝟑.𝟐−𝟒.𝟒−𝝀
𝒅=
𝟑𝟐 +(−𝟒)𝟐
𝟑.𝟐−𝟒.𝟒−𝝀 −𝟏𝟎−𝝀
𝒅= =
𝟑𝟐 +(−𝟒)𝟐 𝟓
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒓 = 𝒅
−𝟏𝟎 − 𝝀
𝟓=
𝟓
2𝟓 = −𝟏𝟎 − 𝝀
± 2𝟓 = −𝟏𝟎 − 𝝀
𝝀 = −𝟏𝟎 ± 𝟐𝟓
𝝀 = 𝟏𝟓 (or) -35
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
174) The area of the triangle formed by the tangent to the circle 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 at (4, -3) and the coordinate axes is
𝟔𝟐𝟓 𝟔𝟐𝟓 𝟔𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟐 𝟒𝟖 𝟐𝟒 𝟐𝟒
Solution
𝑺𝟏 =0 ⇒ 4x-3y = 25
𝒂𝟐 −𝟐𝟓 𝟐 𝟔𝟐𝟓
∴ ∆= = =
𝟐 𝒂𝒃 𝟐 𝟒(−𝟑) 𝟐𝟒
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
175) If the ratio of the length of tangents from a point ‘P’ to the circles
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 is 1 : 2 then the locus of
P is a circle whose centre is
−𝟏𝟏 −𝟐𝟐
𝟏) ,𝟎 𝟐) ,𝟎
𝟑 𝟑
−𝟏𝟏
𝟑) −𝟏𝟏, 𝟔 𝟒) ,𝟎
𝟓
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟏 𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟏
= ⇒ 𝟏
=
𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟒
𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟏
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑 𝟏
⇒ 𝟐 =
𝒙 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟓 𝟒
⇒ 4𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝒙+12 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟓
⇒ 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐𝒙+7 =0
−𝟏𝟏
∴𝑪 ,𝟎
𝟑
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
176) The locus of the point of intersection of the tangents to the circle x =
𝝅
acos𝛉, y = asin𝛉 at the points whose parametric angles differ by is a
𝟐
circle of area
𝟐
𝟐 𝝅𝒂
𝟏) 𝟐𝝅𝒂𝟐 𝟐) 𝝅𝒂𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐𝝅𝒂 𝟒)
𝟐
Solution
𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝟐
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 = 𝝅(𝟐𝒂𝟐 )
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 = 𝟐𝝅𝒂𝟐 ∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
177) The chords of contact of the pair of tangents to the circle
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟒 then the point is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) 𝟏, 𝟒) ,𝟎
𝟐 𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 = 𝟏
𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟒
𝟏 𝟏
 𝒙, 𝒚 = ,
𝟐 𝟒 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
178) The distance between the chords of contact of the points (0, 0) and
(g, f) with respect to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 is
𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 + 𝒄 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄
𝟏) 𝟐)
𝟐 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐
𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒄
𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐(𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 ) 𝟐 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐
Solution
𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂, 𝟎 𝒕𝒐 𝑺 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔
𝒙. 𝟎 + 𝒚. 𝟎 + 𝒈 𝒙 + 𝟎 + 𝒕 𝒚 + 𝟎 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝒈𝒙 + 𝒕𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 → (𝒊)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒈, 𝒇 𝒘. 𝒓. 𝒕 𝑺 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝒙𝒈 + 𝒚𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 + 𝒈 + 𝒇 𝒚 + 𝒇 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
𝒈𝟐 +𝒇𝟐 +𝒄
𝒈𝒙 + 𝒚 + = 𝟎 → (𝒊𝒊)
𝟐
𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 + 𝒄
𝒄−
𝟐
𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊 𝒊𝒊 𝒊𝒔
𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐
𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 + 𝒄
=
𝟐 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
179) The points of contact of the tangents from (4, -2) to the circle 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎 are
𝟏) 𝟏, 𝟑 , (𝟑, 𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟏, −𝟑 , (−𝟑, 𝟏)
𝟑) 𝟏, −𝟑 , (𝟑, 𝟏) 𝟒) , (𝟑, −𝟏) (𝟏, 𝟑)
Solution
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑷 𝟒, −𝟐 𝒕𝒐 𝑺 = 𝟎
𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎
⇒ 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 =5
∴ 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝟑)
𝟏, −𝟑 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟓, 𝟑, 𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟓 ∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
180) The equation of the chord of 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 whose mid
point is (1, -2) is
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Solution
𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝒙 𝟏 + 𝒚 −𝟐 − 𝟐 𝒙 + 𝟏 + 𝟑 𝒚 − 𝟐 + 𝟑 = 𝟏𝟐 + (−𝟐)𝟐 − 𝟒 𝟏 + 𝟔 −𝟐 + 𝟑
−𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
181) The mid point of the chord 3x – y = 10 w.r.t the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖
is
𝟏) (𝟑, −𝟏) 𝟐) (𝟓, 𝟓) 𝟑) (𝟏, 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Solution
𝒉 − 𝟎 𝒌 − 𝟎 −(−𝟏𝟎)
= = =𝟏
𝟑 −𝟏 𝟗+𝟏
𝒉 = 𝟑, 𝒌 = −𝟏
𝒉, 𝒌 = (𝟑, −𝟏) ∴KEY = (1)

CIRCLES LEVEL-1
182) The mid point of the chord x – 2y+7 = 0 w.r.t the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟕 𝟐𝟏 𝟕 𝟐𝟏 −𝟕 −𝟐𝟏
𝟏) (𝟕, 𝟐𝟏) 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟒 𝟒 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Solution
𝒉 − 𝟏 𝒌 − 𝟓 −(𝟏 − 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟕) 𝟐
= = =
𝟏 −𝟐 𝟏+𝟒 𝟓
𝟐 𝟕 −𝟒 𝟐𝟏
𝒉=𝟏+ = 𝒌−𝟓= =
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
𝒉, 𝒌 = (𝟑, −𝟏) ∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
183) The length of the least chord of 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
passing through (2, 1) is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 = (𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝟐, 𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅)
= 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐
𝒄(𝟏, 𝟐)
= 𝟐 𝟏𝟖 − 𝟐
𝒓 = 𝟏 + 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟐 𝟏𝟔
𝒅= 𝟏+𝟏 = 𝟐 = 𝟐. 𝟒
=𝟖 ∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
184) The locus of mid points of the chords of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 +
𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 passing through origin is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒈𝒙 + 𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒈𝒙 + 𝒇𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒈𝒙 + 𝒇𝒚 + 𝟐𝒄 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒈𝒙 + 𝒇𝒚 − 𝒄 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
⇒ 𝒙𝒙𝟏 +𝒚𝒚𝟏 + 𝒈 𝒙 + 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒇 𝒚 + 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒄 = 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙𝟏 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚𝟏 − 𝒄
𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉(𝟎, 𝟎)

CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟎 + 𝟎 + 𝒈 𝟎 + 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒇 𝟎 + 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒄 = 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 − 𝟐𝒈𝒙𝟏 − 𝟐𝒇𝒚𝟏 − 𝒄
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒈𝒙𝟏 + 𝒇𝒚𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒈𝒙𝟏 + 𝒇𝒚𝟏 = 𝟎
𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒈𝒙 + 𝒇𝒚 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
185) The locus of mid point of the chords of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
which pass through (3, 2) is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟖 𝟒) 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆
Solution
𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟓
𝑰𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 (𝟑, 𝟐)
𝟑𝒙𝟏 + 𝟐𝒚𝟏 = 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐
𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
186) The locus of mid points of chords of 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 which subtend a
right angle at the centre of the circle is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝟐
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
Solution
𝟎
𝑪𝑷
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟒𝟓 = C
𝒂
𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝟏 𝒙𝟏 − 𝒄 𝟐 + (𝒚𝟏 − 𝟎)𝟐
= A B
𝟐 𝒂 P(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟏 𝟐 ∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
187) The locus of mid points of chords of 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 which subtend a
right angle 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎 at the centre is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
𝟑) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
Solution
𝟎
𝑪𝑷
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟔𝟎 =
𝒂
𝟏 (𝒙𝟏 − 𝟎)𝟐 +(𝒚𝟏 −𝟎)𝟐
=
𝟐 𝒂
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟏 𝟐 ∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
188) AB is a chord of the circel 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟒 = 𝟎. If (1, -1) is the mid
point of the chord AB then the area of the triangle formed by AB and
𝟗 𝟗 𝟑 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟐𝟎 𝟓
Solution
𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝟕
𝒙. 𝟏 + 𝒚 −𝟏 − 𝒙 + 𝟏 − 𝟒 = 𝟏𝟐 + −𝟏 𝟐
− 𝟕. 𝟏 − 𝟒
𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟕 = −𝟏𝟎
−𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝒄𝟐 𝟗 𝟗
△= = =
𝟐 𝒂𝒃 𝟐 𝟓. 𝟐 𝟐𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
189) The equation of the tangent from the origin to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 +
𝟖 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎, 𝟕𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎, 𝒙 + 𝟕𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎, 𝒙 + 𝟕𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙 = 𝟎, 𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔

𝟐) 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎, 𝒙 + 𝟕𝒚 = 𝟎
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒄 = (𝟑, 𝟏) 𝟑+𝟕 𝟏𝟎

𝒅= =
𝟏 + 𝟒𝟗 𝟓 𝟐
𝒓= 𝟗+𝟏−𝟖= 𝟐
= 𝟐=𝒓
𝟑−𝟏
𝒅=
𝟏+𝟏
= 𝟐=𝒓
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
190) If 3x + y = 0 is a tangent to the circle its centre is (2, -1) taken then
equation of the another tangent is
𝟏) 𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟔−𝟏 𝟐 − 𝟑(−𝟏) (𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔)
=
𝟗+𝟏 𝟗+𝟏
𝟓 𝟓
=
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
𝟓 𝟓
= ∴KEY = (1)
𝟐 𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
191) The parametric equation of the circle passing through the points (2,
5), (2, 3), (4,3) are
𝟏) 𝒙 = 𝟑 + 𝟖 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒚 = 𝟒 + 𝟖 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
𝟐) 𝒙 = 𝟑 + 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒚 = 𝟒 + 𝟖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
𝟑) 𝒙 = 𝟑 + 𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒚 = 𝟒 + 𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
𝟒) 𝒙 = 𝟒 + 𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒚 = 𝟑 + 𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
Solution
𝑨 𝟐, 𝟓 , 𝑩 𝟐, 𝟑 𝑪(𝟒, 𝟑)
𝚫𝑨𝑩𝑪 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝚫𝒍𝒆
𝑨𝑪 𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟐+𝟒 𝟓+𝟑
𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒎 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒔 = , = (𝟑, 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏
𝒓= (𝟏 − 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝟑 − 𝟓)𝟐
𝟐
𝟏
= 𝟒+𝟒
𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
= = 𝟐
𝟐
𝒙 = 𝟑 + 𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒚 = 𝟒 + 𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 ∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
192) The locus of the point of intersection of the tangents to the circle
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 at the points whose parametric angles differ by 𝟔𝟎𝟎 is a
circle of radius 𝟐𝒂
𝟐𝒂 𝒂
𝟐) 𝟐𝒂 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟑
𝟑
Solution
y
𝟎
𝑶𝑷 Q
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟑𝟎 = R
𝑶𝑹 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝟎 P
𝟑 𝒂 𝟑𝟎
= O
x
𝟐 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐
𝟒𝒂𝟐
𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 = ∴KEY = (4)
𝟑
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
193) The length of the chord joining the points (4cos𝛉, 4sin𝛉) and [4cos(𝛉
+𝟔𝟎𝟎 ), 4sin(𝛉+𝟔𝟎𝟎 )] on the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟔 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝜽 = 𝟎𝟎 ,
⇒ 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝟒, 𝟎 , (𝟐, 𝟐 𝟑)
𝑨𝑩 = (𝟏 − 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝟎 − 𝟐 𝟑)𝟐

∴KEY = (4)
𝑨𝑩 = 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟒
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
194) The centre and radius of the circle represented by the equation
x=4+5cos𝛉 and y = 2 + 5sin𝛉 are
𝟏) −𝟒, −𝟐 , 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐, 𝟒 , 𝟓
𝟑) 𝟒, 𝟐 , 𝟓 𝟒) −𝟐, −𝟒 , 𝟓
Solution
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 = (𝟒, 𝟐)
𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒔 𝒓 = 𝟓
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
195) The equation of the tangents to the circle x = 4 + 5cos𝛉, y = 2 + 5sin
𝝅
𝛉 at the parametric point is
𝟑
𝝅 𝝅
𝟏) 𝒙 − 𝟒 𝒄𝒐𝒔 + 𝒚 − 𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 = 𝟓
𝟔 𝟔
𝝅 𝝅
𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝟒 𝒄𝒐𝒔 + 𝒚 + 𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 = 𝟓
𝟔 𝟔
𝝅 𝝅
𝟑) 𝒙 − 𝟒 𝒄𝒐𝒔 + 𝒚 − 𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 = 𝟓
𝟑 𝟑
𝝅 𝝅
𝟒) 𝒙 − 𝟒 𝒄𝒐𝒔 + 𝒚 + 𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 = 𝟓
𝟑 𝟑
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
Solution
𝒙 + 𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 + 𝒚 + 𝒇 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 = 𝒓
𝝅 𝝅
𝒙 − 𝟒 𝒄𝒐𝒔 + 𝒚 − 𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 = 𝟓
𝟑 𝟑
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟓𝝅 𝝅
196) The length of the chord joining the parametric points and on
𝟔 𝟑
the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟒 𝟐
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝜽𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝜽𝟐 𝒊𝒔
𝜽𝟏 − 𝜽𝟐
𝟐𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟓𝝅 𝝅
𝒂= 𝒓= 𝟏+𝟒+𝟑 −𝟑
= 𝟐. 𝟐 𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟔
=𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏
= 𝟒 𝟐. =𝟒
𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝟑𝝅
197) 𝛉 = is a point on the circle (𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟑)𝟐 = 𝟖. Then the
𝟒
coordinates of the point are
𝟏) (𝟎, 𝟐) 𝟐) (−𝟒, 𝟏) 𝟑) (𝟎, 𝟓) 𝟒) (−𝟒, 𝟓)
Solution
𝒙 = 𝒙𝟏 ± 𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝒚 = 𝒚𝟏 ± 𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
𝟑𝝅 𝟑𝝅
= −𝟐 ± 𝟐 𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔 = 𝟑 ± 𝟐 𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟒 𝟒
−𝟏 𝟏
= −𝟐 ± 𝟐 𝟐 =𝟑±𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
=𝟑±𝟐
= −𝟐 ±(-2)
𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = −𝟒, 𝟓 𝒐𝒓 (𝟎, 𝟏) ∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
198) The area of the circle 2𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏𝟗𝝅 𝟐𝟎𝟗 𝟐𝟎𝟗 𝟏𝟗
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟒𝟏 𝟏𝟒 𝟒
Solution
−𝟑
𝑪 𝟏,
𝟐
𝟗 𝟑
𝒓= 𝟏 + + = 𝟏𝟗
𝟒 𝟐
𝟐𝟐 𝟏𝟗 𝟐𝟎𝟗
∆= 𝝅𝒓𝟐 = × = ∴KEY = (3)
𝟕 𝟒 𝟏𝟒
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
199) The number of circles which touch the coordinate axes and the line x
= 2 is
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution y
𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆

𝒄𝒐 − 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒙𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒙 = 𝟐 𝒊𝒔 𝟐 x
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
200) The number of circlces which touch all the 3 lines x + y = 1, x – y =1
and 2x + 3y +4 = 0 is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆

𝑵𝒐. 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 = 𝟒
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
201) The number of tangents from the point of intersection of the lines x
+ 3y = 4, 4x – y = 3 to the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝟑 −𝟒 1 𝟑
-4 −𝟑 𝟒 −𝟏
−𝟗 + 𝟒 −𝟏𝟔 + 𝟑
𝑷= , = (𝟏, 𝟏)
−𝟏 − 𝟏𝟐 −𝟏 − 𝟏𝟐
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏 + 𝟏 − 𝟒 − 𝟔 + 𝟏 < 𝟎
∴ 𝑷𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆,
𝑺𝒐, 𝒏𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆
∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
202) The number of the common points of the line 5x + 12y = 4 and the
circel 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒄 = (𝟑, −𝟐)

𝒓 = 𝟗 + 𝟒 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟏
𝟏𝟓 − 𝟐𝟒 − 𝟒 𝟏𝟑
𝒅= = =𝟏
𝟓𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝟐 𝟏𝟑
∴ 𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 = 𝟏 ∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
203) A line of symmetry to the circle is a
𝟏) 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝟐) 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝟑) 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝟒) 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓
Solution
𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓

A B
∴KEY = (4)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
204) The circles represented by 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 (c<0) and y-axis
intersect in points whose coordinates are
𝟏) (𝟎, 𝟎) 𝟐) (𝟎, 𝒄) 𝟑) (𝟎, ± −𝒄) 𝟒) ( −𝒄, 𝟎)
Solution
𝑷𝒖𝒕 𝒙 = 𝟎  𝒚𝟐 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
 𝒚 = ± −𝒄
𝑷𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 (𝟎, ± −𝒄)

∴KEY = (3)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
205) A (1, 5) and B(3, 1) are the ends of diameter of a circle the ends of
the perpendicular diameter to the above are
𝟏) 𝟒, 𝟒 , (𝟎, 𝟐) 𝟐) 𝟓, 𝟏 , (−𝟏, 𝟓)
𝟑) −𝟔, 𝟏 , (𝟏𝟎, 𝟕) 𝟒) 𝟐, 𝟐 , (𝟑, 𝟑)
Solution
𝑨𝑩 = (𝟏 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝟓 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
𝟓−𝟏
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑩 = = −𝟐
𝟏−𝟑
𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝟏) ∴KEY = (1)
CIRCLES LEVEL-1
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CIRCLES PCQs
1. If one of the diameters of the circle, given by the equation,
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 is a chord of a circle S, whose centre is
at (-3,2), then the radius of S is
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𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎
Solution
𝒄 𝟏, 𝟏 , 𝝅𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏𝟓𝟒
𝟏𝟓𝟒
𝒓𝟐 = × 𝟕 = 𝟒𝟗 ⇒r=7 Key -42
𝟐𝟐
CIRCLES PCQs
2. A cricle passes through (-2,4) and touches the y-axis at (0,2). Which one
of the following equations can represent a diameter of this circle?
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𝟏) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 − 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution Required circle is

𝒙−𝟎 𝟐 + 𝒚−𝟐 𝟐 +𝝀 𝒙 =𝟎
It passes (-2,4)
CIRCLES PCQs
 4+4-2=0, =4
 Circle is 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Centre (-2,2) which satisfy

2x-3y+10=0
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
3. Equation of the tangent to the circle, at the point (1,-1), whose centre is
the point of intersection of the straight lines x-y=1 and 2x+y=3 is
[J.M.O.L-2016]
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution 4 1
Centre of circle is ,
3 3
⇒ equation of circle is
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟒 𝟏 𝟒 𝟏
𝒙− + 𝒚− = 𝟏− + −𝟏 −
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟖 𝟏𝟔 𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏𝟔
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 + + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚 + = +
𝟑 𝟗 𝟑 𝟗 𝟗 𝟗
𝟐 𝟐
𝟖 𝟐
⇒𝒙 +𝒚 − 𝒙− 𝒚 =𝟎
𝟑 𝟑
⇒ 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎
Equation of tangent (1,-1) is
3x-3y-4(x+1)-(y-1)=0
⇒-x-4y-3=0 ⇒x+4y+3=0 Key - 1

CIRCLES PCQs
4. If y+3x=0 is the equation of a chord of the circle, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝟎𝒙 = 𝟎,
then the equation of the circle with this chord as diameter is
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𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟗𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟗𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟗𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟗𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 + 𝝀 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
4−λ λ+6
Centre = ,− = −𝟑, 𝟐
2 2
Key - 2
 = 10, r = 5 𝟑
CIRCLES PCQs
5. If the incentre of an equilateral triangle is (1,1) and the equation of its
one side is 3x+4y+3=0, then the equation of the circumcircle of this
triangle is
[J.M.O.L-2015]
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
Solution
Passes through (0,2)
4+4f+𝒇𝟐 =0 ⇒ f = -2
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Passes through (-2,4)

⇒g=2 Centre =(-2, 2)
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
6. The set of all real values of 𝛌 for which exactly two common tangents
can be drawn to the circles
[J.M.O.L-2014]
𝟐 𝟐
𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 and
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝛌 = 𝟎 is the interval
𝟏) 𝟏𝟐, 𝟑𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏𝟖, 𝟒𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟒 𝟒) 𝟏𝟖, 𝟒𝟖
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝝀 = 𝟎
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟓, 𝟓 ⇒𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟒 + 𝟒 − 𝟔 = 𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 + 𝟐𝟓 − 𝝀 = 𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀
𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 < 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 < 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
𝟐 − 𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀 < 𝟏𝟖 < ( 𝟐 + 𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀)
±( 𝟐 − 𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀) < 𝟏𝟖)
( 𝟐 − 𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀) < 𝟏𝟖 𝟏𝟖 − 𝟐  𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀
𝟐 𝟐 < 𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀
𝟐 𝟐 > − 𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀)
∈R 𝟖 < 𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀
 < 𝟒𝟐
CIRCLES PCQs
− 𝟐 + 𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀 < 𝟏𝟖
𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀 < 𝟒 𝟐
𝟓𝟎 − 𝝀 <32
 >18
 ∈(18, 42)
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟕. The equation of the circle described on the chord 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 as diameter is [J.M.O.L-2014]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 16
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒔 + 𝝀𝒄 = 𝟎
3x+y-5=0
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔 + 𝝀 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 ------(1)
CIRCLES PCQs
−𝟑 −
𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 , 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
−𝟑 −
𝟑 + + 𝟓 = 𝟎 ⇒ −𝟓 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 ⇒  = 𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟏 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏(𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟓) = 𝟎
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟖. If the point (1, 4) lies inside the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝐩 = 𝟎 and
the circle does not touch or intersect the coordinate axes, then the set
of all possible values of P is the interval: [J.M.O.L-2014]
𝟏) 𝟎, 𝟐𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐𝟓, 𝟑𝟗 𝟑) 𝟗, 𝟐𝟓 𝟒) 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟗
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 < 𝟎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝟐 < 𝒄 , 𝒇𝟐 < 𝒄
𝟏 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟔 − 𝟒𝟎 + 𝒑 < 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟗 < 𝐩 , 𝟐𝟓 < 𝐩

 -29+p0  P < 29
⇒ p∈(25, 29) Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟗. For the two circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 there is/are
𝟏) 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 [J.M.O.L-2014]
𝟐) 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

𝟑) 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
𝟒) 𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒄𝟐 = (𝟎, 𝟏)
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟒 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟏
𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟒 − 𝟏 = 𝟑
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 < 𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐
𝑵𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟏𝟎. Let C be the circle with the centre at (1,1) and radius=1. If T is
the circle centred at (0,y), passing through origin and touching the
circle C externally, then the radius of T is equal to
[J.M.O.L-2014]
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐
Solution (0, 0)
x 𝒄𝟏 (1, 1)
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
𝒄𝟐 (0, y)
 𝟏 + (𝒚 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟏 + 𝒚
𝟏
𝟏 + (𝒚 − 𝟏)𝟐 = (𝟏 + 𝒚)𝟐 ⇒ 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒚 = Key - 2
𝟒
CIRCLES PCQs
11. If a circle has two of its diameters along the lines 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓 and 𝐱 −
𝐲 = 𝟏 and has area 𝟗𝛑 then the equation of the circle is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 [PAPER-2, 2014]
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟓 … . (𝟏)
x − y = 1…..(2)
Solving (1)& (2)
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒙=𝟑⇒𝒚=𝟐
𝟑, 𝟐 ⇒ 𝑨 = 𝟗𝝅 ⇒𝛑𝒓𝟐 = 𝟗𝝅 ⇒r=3
(𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟗
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
12. S-I: The only circle having radius 𝟏𝟎 and a diameter along line
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓 is 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 [J.M.O.L-2013]
S-II: 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓 is a normal to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟏) S-I is false, S-II is true
𝟐) S-I is true, S-II is true, and S-II is a correct explanation for S-I
𝟑) S-I is true, S-II is false
𝟒) S-I is true, S-II is true, and S-II is not correct explanation for S-I
Solution
𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝟑, −𝟏 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟓
CIRCLES PCQs
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 ∶ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎 (false)
𝑰𝑰. 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒆
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
13. If the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 − 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟎 touches the axis of ‘x’
then ‘a’ equals to [J.M.O.L-2013]
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) ± 𝟒 𝟑) ± 𝟐 𝟒) ± 𝟑
Solution
𝒈𝟐 = 𝒄
𝟗 = 𝟐𝟓 − 𝒂𝟐
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 ⇒ 𝒂 = ±𝟒
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
14. If two vertices of an equilateral triangle are A(-a,0), and B(a,0) (a>0)
and the third vertex ‘C’ lies above x-axis. Then the equation of the
circum circle of ∆𝐀𝐁𝐂 is … [J.M.O.L-2014]
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟑 𝐚𝐲 = 𝟑𝐚𝟐
C (0, 3 𝑎)
𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐲 = 𝟑𝐚𝟐
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐲 = 𝐚𝟐
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐚𝐲 = 𝐚𝟐 (0, a/ 3)
Solution A(-a, 0) (0, 0) B(a, 0)

a
𝟑 𝟑
𝒉= 𝒂⇒𝒉= (𝟐𝒂) 2a
𝟐 𝟐
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟐 𝟐𝒂
𝒓= 𝟑𝒂 =
𝟑 𝟑
𝟐
𝒂 𝟐𝒂
(𝒙 − 𝟎)𝟐 +(𝒚 − )𝟐 =
𝟑 𝟑
𝟐𝒂 𝟒𝒂 𝟐 𝒂 𝟐
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚= −
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐𝒂 𝟑𝒂𝟐
𝒙 +𝒚 − 𝒚=
𝟑 𝟑
𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 −2 𝟑𝒂𝒚 = 𝟑𝒂𝟐
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟏𝟓. If each of the lines 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟏𝟑 and 𝟒𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟑 contains a diameter
of the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟕𝐚 + 𝟏𝟏 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟔𝐚 + 𝟔 𝐲 + 𝐛𝟑 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 then..
𝟏) 𝐚 = 𝟓 and b∉ −𝟏, 𝟏 [J.M.O.L-2013]
𝟐) 𝐚 = 𝟏 and b ∉ −𝟏, 𝟏
𝟑) 𝐚 = 𝟐 and b ∉ −∞, 𝟏
𝟒) 𝐚 = 𝟓 and b ∈ −∞, 𝟏
Solution
𝟓𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟏𝟑 ……(1)
32x-8y =24 …….(2), From (1) and (2)

CIRCLES PCQs
𝒙 = 𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚 = 𝟏 ⇒ (𝟏, 𝟏)
𝒂𝟐 − 𝟕𝒂 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝒂𝟐 − 𝟔𝒂 + 𝟔 = 𝟏
𝒂𝟐 − 𝟕𝒂 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 𝒂𝟐 − 𝟔𝒂 + 𝟓 =0
𝒂 = 𝟓, 𝟐 ; 𝒂 = 𝟏, 𝟓
𝒂 = 𝟓 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝒃𝟑 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒓 > 𝟎 𝟏 + 𝟏 − 𝒃𝟑 + 𝟏 > 𝟎
 𝟏 − 𝒃 𝟏 + 𝒃 + 𝒃𝟐 > 𝟎
⇒𝟏−𝒃>𝟎
Key - 4
⇒ 𝒃 < 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒃 ∈ (−∞, 𝟏)
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟏𝟔. The length of the diameter of the circle which touches the x-axis at the
point (1,0) and passes through the point (2,3) is [A-2012]
𝟏𝟎 𝟑 𝟔 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟓 𝟓 𝟑
(2, 3)
Solution
x (h, k)
(𝒉 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒌 − 𝟎)𝟐 = 𝒌𝟐 ⇒ (𝒉 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒉 = 𝟏 k
(1, 0)
(𝒉 − 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝒌 − 𝟑)𝟐 = 𝒌𝟐 ⇒ 𝟏 + 𝒌𝟐 − 𝟔𝒌 + 𝟗=𝒌𝟐
𝟓
𝟔𝒌 = 𝟏𝟎 ⇒ 𝒌 =
𝟑
𝟏𝟎
𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝟐𝒌 = Key - 1
𝟑
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟏𝟕. The equation of the circle passing through the points (1,0) and (0,1)
and having the smallest radius is: [A-2011]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙−𝟏 𝒙−𝟎 + 𝒚−𝟎 𝒚−𝟏 =𝟎
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟏𝟖. The two circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝐱 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐜 𝟐 𝐜 > 𝟎 touch each
other if: [A-2011]
𝟏) 𝟐 𝒂 = 𝒄 𝟐) 𝒂 = 𝒄 𝟑) 𝒂 = 𝟐𝒄 𝟒) 𝒂 = 𝟐𝒄
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝒙 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐
𝒂 𝒂
𝒄𝟏 = ,𝟎 𝒄𝟐 = (𝟎, 𝟎) 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 =
𝟐 𝟐
𝒂
𝒓𝟏 = 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝟐 = 𝒄
𝟐
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 ± 𝒓𝟐
𝒂 𝒂
= ±𝒄
𝟐 𝟐
𝒂 𝒂
⇒ = ±𝒄
𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝒂 = ∓𝒄
𝒂 =𝒄
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟏𝟗. The circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟓 intersects the line 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝐦 at
two distinct points if [A-2010]
𝟏) − 𝟖𝟓 < 𝐦 < −𝟑𝟓 𝟐) − 𝟑𝟓 < 𝐦 < 𝟏𝟓
𝟑) 𝟏𝟓 < 𝐦 < 𝟔𝟓 𝟒) 𝟑𝟓 < 𝐦 < 𝟖𝟓
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 , 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝐦
x
𝒄 = (𝟐, 𝟒)
𝒓 = 𝟒 + 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟓 = 𝟓
𝒓>𝒅
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟔−𝟏𝟔−𝒎
5>
𝟓
 𝟐𝟓 > 𝒎 + 𝟏𝟎
 − 𝟐𝟓 < 𝒎 + 𝟏𝟎 < 𝟐𝟓 ⇒ −𝟑𝟓 < 𝒎 < 𝟏𝟓
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
20.If P and Q are the points of intersection of the circles 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 +
𝟕𝐲 + 𝟐𝐩 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝐩𝟐 = 𝟎 then there is a
circle passing through P,Q and (1,1) for [A-2009]
𝟏) 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩 𝟐) 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩
𝟑) 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩 𝟒) 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩
Solution
𝐋𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 + 𝒑𝟐 + 𝟐𝒑 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝑺 + 𝝀𝑳 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟐𝒑 − 𝟓 + 𝝀(𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 + 𝒑𝟐 + 𝟐𝒑 − 𝟓) =0
It is passing through the point (𝟏, 𝟏)
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟏 + 𝟏 + 𝟑 + 𝟕 + 𝟐𝒑 − 𝟓 + 𝝀 𝟏 + 𝟓 + 𝒑𝟐 + 𝟐𝒑 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐𝒑 + 𝟕
𝛌=
(𝒑 + 𝟏)𝟐
𝛌 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒅 (𝒑 + 𝟏)𝟐 ≥0 ⇒ p≠-1
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟐𝟏. Consider a family of circles which are passing through the point (-1,1)
and are tangent to x-axis. If (h,k) are the coordinates of the centre of
the circles, then the set of values of k is given by the interval
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 [A-2007]
𝟏) 𝟎 < 𝐤 < 𝟐) 𝐤 ≥ 𝟑) − ≤ 𝐤 ≤ 𝟒) 𝐤 ≤
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝒓 = 𝑪𝑷
𝒌𝟐 = (𝒉 + 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒌 − 𝟏)𝟐
⇒ 𝒉𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉 − 𝟐𝒌 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
≥𝟎
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟒 − 𝟒(𝟏)(𝟐 − 𝟐𝒌) ≥ 𝟎
𝟏 ≥ 𝟐 − 𝟐𝒌
𝟏
𝒌≥
𝟐
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
22. If the lines 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 and 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 are two diameters
of a circle of area 𝟒𝟗𝝅 square units, the equation of the circle is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎 [A-2006]
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟔𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟔𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 … … . (𝟏)
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 … … . (𝟐)
CIRCLES PCQs
(1)× (2)  6𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
(𝟐) × 𝟑 ⇒ 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟗𝒚 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 (𝟐) 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒚 = −𝟏 ⇒ 𝒙 = 𝟏
𝒙, 𝒚 = (𝟏, −𝟏)
𝝅𝒓𝟐 = 𝟒𝟗𝝅 ⇒ 𝒓 = 𝟕
(𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟏)𝟐 =𝟕𝟐
𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 −𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
23. Let C be the circle with centre (0,0) and radius 3 units. The equation of
the locus of the mid points of the chords of the circle C that subtend an
𝟐𝛑
angle of at its centre is [A-2006]
𝟑
𝟐 𝟐
𝟑
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏
𝟐
𝟐𝟕 𝟐 𝟐
𝟗
𝟐
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 =𝟐 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 =
𝟒 𝟒
Solution (0, 0)
𝝅 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 (0, 0) 3
π/3
𝒄𝒐𝒔 =
𝟑 𝟑 (x, y)
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐
=
𝟒 𝟗
𝟐 𝟐
𝟗
𝒙 +𝒚 =
𝟒
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
24. A circle touches the x-axis and also touches the circle with centre at
(0,3) and radius 2. The locus of the centre of the circle is
𝟏) 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝟐) 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟑) a hyperbola 𝟒) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 [A-2005]
Solution
𝑪𝟏 (𝟎, 𝟑)
X (0, 3)
𝑪𝟐 (𝒙, 𝒚)
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝒓𝟐 = 𝒚 Y
(x,y)
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
𝒙𝟐 + (𝒚 − 𝟑)𝟐 = (𝟐 + 𝒚)𝟐
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟒 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚
𝒙𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟓
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟐𝟓. If the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝐜𝐲 + 𝐚 = 𝟎 and
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐚𝐱 + 𝐝𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 intersect in two distinct points P and Q
then the line 𝟓𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 − 𝐚 = 𝟎 passes through P and Q for [A-2005]
𝟏) 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚
𝟐) 𝐧𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚
𝟑) 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚
𝟒) 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 P
Solution
𝟓𝐚𝐱 + 𝐜 − 𝐝 𝐲 + 𝐚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 Q
𝟓𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 − 𝐚 = 𝟎
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟓𝒂 𝒄 − 𝒅 𝒂 + 𝟏
= =
𝟓 𝒃 −𝒂
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒂 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 (∴ 𝑸𝑹)
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
26.The intercept on the line 𝐲 = 𝐱 by the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟎 is AB.
Equation of the circle on AB as a diameter is: [A-2004]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 2𝑥 = 0
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + (𝐱 − 𝐲) = 𝟎
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
A B
𝐱𝟐+ +  − 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝐲𝟐
𝟐−  y=x
, 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟐− 
− =𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
=𝟏
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
27.If a circle passes through the point (a, b) and cuts the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒
orthogonally then the locus of its centre is: [A-2004]
𝟏) 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 − 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐚𝐱 − 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝐚𝐱 − 𝟐𝐛𝐲 − 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
It is passes through the point (a, b)
 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒂 + 𝟐𝒇𝒃 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒂 + 𝟐𝒇𝒃 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
−𝟐𝒂𝒙 − 𝟐𝒃𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟐𝒂𝒙 + 𝟐𝒃𝒚 − 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟎
𝒄−𝟒=𝟎⇒𝒄=𝟒
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
28. A variable circle passes through the fixed point A(p,q) and touches x-
axis. The locus of the other end of the diameter through ‘A’ is …
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐩 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐪𝐲 𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝐪 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐩𝐲 [A-2004]
𝟑) 𝐲 − 𝐩 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐪𝐱 𝟐
𝟒) 𝐲 − 𝐪 = 𝟒𝐩𝐱
Y
Solution
𝒉+𝒑 𝒌+𝒒 𝒌+𝒒 𝟏
𝒄 , ⇒ = 𝑨𝑩
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 B(h,k)x xA(p,q)
k+q= (𝒉 − 𝒑)𝟐 +(𝒌 − 𝒒)𝟐 X

(𝒉 − 𝒑)𝟐 = (𝒌 + 𝒒)𝟐 − 𝒌 − 𝒒 𝟐 ⇒ 𝒉−𝒑 𝟐 = 𝟒𝒒𝒌
(𝒙 − 𝒑)𝟐 = 𝟒𝒚𝒒 Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟐𝟗. If the lines 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 and 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 lie along diameters
of a circle of circumference 10𝛑, then the equation of the circle is:
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎 [A-2004]
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟏𝟏𝒙 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒙 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒚 = −𝟏
(𝟏, −𝟏)
𝟐𝝅𝒓 = 𝟏𝟎𝝅 ⇒ 𝒓 = 𝟓
(𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟓𝟐
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐𝟑 =0
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
30. If the two circles 𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 +
𝟖 = 𝟎 intersect in two distinct points, then [A-2003]
𝟏) 𝐫 > 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 < 𝐫 < 𝟖 𝟑) 𝐫 < 𝟐 𝟒) 𝐫 = 𝟐
Solution
𝒄𝟏 𝟏, 𝟑
𝒓𝟏 =r
𝒄𝟐 𝟒, −𝟏
𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
CIRCLES PCQs
𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 = 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟓
𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 < 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 < 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
𝒓 − 𝟑 < 𝟓 <r+3
−𝟓 < 𝒓 − 𝟑 < 𝟓
−𝟐 < 𝒓 < 𝟖 −−−− −(𝟏)
𝒂𝒏𝒅
𝒓 > 𝟐 −−−− −(𝟐)
𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟏 & 𝟐 𝟐<𝒓<𝟖 Key - 2

CIRCLES PCQs
31. Locus of centroid of the triangle whose vertices are
𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭 , 𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭, −𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭 and 𝟏, 𝟎 . Where t is a parameter
is [A-2003]
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟏 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
Solution
𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 + 𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒕 + 𝟏 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒕 − 𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕
𝒙, 𝒚 = ,
𝟑 𝟑
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏 = 𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 + 𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒕, 𝟑𝒚 = 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒕 − 𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕
(𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝟑𝒚)𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
32. The sum of the radii of inscribed and circumscribed circles for an n
sided regular polygon of side ‘a’ is [A-2003]
𝐚 𝛑 𝛑 𝐚 𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐) 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟑) 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟒) 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐭
𝟒 𝟐𝐧 𝟐𝐧 𝟐 𝟐𝐧 𝟒𝐧
Solution
𝝅 𝒂 𝝅 𝒂 a/2
𝒕𝒂𝒏 = , 𝒔𝒊𝒏 =
𝒏 𝟐𝒓 𝒏 𝟐𝑹 π/𝑛2
𝝅
𝒂 𝟏 𝒄𝒐𝒔
𝒓+𝑹= + 𝒏
𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝝅 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝝅
𝒏 𝒏
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐 𝝅
𝒂 𝟐𝒏
= 𝝅
𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝒏
𝝅
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝒂 𝝅
=𝒂 𝟐𝒏 = 𝒄𝒐𝒕
𝝅 𝝅 𝟐 𝟐𝒏
𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒔
𝟐𝒏 𝟐𝒏
Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟑𝟑. The lines 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟓 and 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟕 are diameters of a circle
having area as 154 sq. units. Then the equation of the circles is:
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟔𝟐 [A-2003]
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟔𝟐
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟒𝟕
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟒𝟕
Solution
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟓 −−− −(𝟏) × 𝟑
3𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟕 −−− −(𝟐) × 𝟐
CIRCLES PCQs
𝟔𝒙 − 𝟗𝒚 = 𝟏𝟓
𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟏𝟒
𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝟏 & 𝟐 ⇒ −𝒚 = 𝟏
𝒚 = −𝟏 ; 𝒙 = 𝟏
𝟐𝟐 𝟐
𝝅𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏𝟓𝟒 ⇒ 𝒓 = 𝟏𝟓𝟒
𝟕
𝒓𝟐 = 𝟒𝟗 ⇒ 𝒓 = 𝟕
(𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟒𝟗
Key - 4
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎
CIRCLES PCQs
34. The greatest distance of the point P(10, 7) from the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎 is: [A-2003]
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟓 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟏𝟐
Solution
𝐂 𝟐, 𝟏 ; 𝐏(𝟏𝟎, 𝟕)
𝒄𝒑 = 𝟔𝟒 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟏𝟎
𝒓 = 𝟒 + 𝟏 + 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟓
𝒄𝒑 + 𝒓 = 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟓 = 𝟏𝟓
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
35. The equation of the tangent to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
which makes equal intercepts on the positive coordinate axes is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟒 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟖 [A-2002]
Solution
𝒙+𝒚=𝒌
𝒚 = −𝒙 + 𝒌
𝑪𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 + 𝟏 ; 𝒌𝟐 = 𝟒(𝟏 + 𝟏)
𝒌𝟐 = 𝟖 ⇒ 𝒌 = ±𝟐 𝟐
𝒙 + 𝒚 = ±𝟐 𝟐
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
CIRCLES PCQs
1. The value of a such that the power of the point (1,6) with respect to the
circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 − 𝒂 = 𝟎 is [TS E -2015]
𝟏) 𝟕 𝟐) 𝟏𝟏 𝟑) 𝟏𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐𝟏
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = −𝟏𝟔
1+36+4-36-a=-16
a = 5+16 = 21
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
2. The area (in square units) of the triangle formed by the tangent, normal
at (1, 𝟑) to the circle by the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 and the X-axis is
7 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟑
2 𝟐
Solution
−𝟏
𝒎= 3 −1
𝟑 Area = − 3
2 3
𝟔
= =𝟐 𝟑
𝟑 Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
3. If (4,2) and (k,-3) conjugate point with respect to
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎, then k = [TS E - 2015]
𝟐𝟖 𝟐𝟖 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) − 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑 𝟐𝟖 𝟐𝟖
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟓
𝟒 𝒌 + 𝟐 −𝟑 − 𝟒 + 𝒌 + 𝟒 𝟐 − 𝟑 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟐
𝟐𝟖
𝒌= Key - 1
𝟑
CIRCLES PCQs
4. The sum of the minimum and maximum distance of the point (4,-3) to
the circle is 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 is [AP E -2015]
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟔 𝟒) 20
Solution 𝑺. 𝑫 = 𝑪𝑷 − 𝒓
𝑳. 𝑫 = 𝑪𝑷 + 𝒓
𝑺. 𝑫 + 𝑳. 𝑫 = 𝟐𝑪𝑷 = 𝟐𝟎
𝑪 = −𝟐, 𝟓 𝑷 = 𝟒, −𝟑 𝟐𝑪𝑷 = 𝟐𝟎
𝑪𝒑 = 𝟑𝟔 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟏𝟎 Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
5. The equation of the circle passing through (2,0) and (0,4) and having
the minimum radius is [AP E -2015]
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 𝟒)𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
Solution
Optional Verification 𝟏 + 𝟒 = 𝟓
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
6. A circle with center at 𝟐, 𝟒 is such that the line 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
cuts a chord of length 6. The radius of the circle is [E-2014]
𝟏) 𝟏𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐𝟏 𝟑) 𝟑𝟏 𝟒) 𝟒𝟏
Solution
C (2,4)
𝟐+𝟒+𝟐 𝟖 r
𝑪𝑷 = = =𝟒 𝟐 4 𝟐
𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐 𝟐
Q 3 P3
𝟐
𝒓𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐 + 𝟒 𝟐 = 𝟗 + 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟒𝟏 𝒙+𝒚+𝟐 =𝟎
𝒓 = 𝟒𝟏
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
7. The point at which the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟒𝟓 = 𝟎 touch each other is [E-2014]
𝟐 𝟓 𝟏𝟒 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟐 𝟐𝟏 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟒
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) ,𝟐 + 𝟒) ,
𝟓 𝟔 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Solution
𝑪𝟏 𝟐, 𝟐 𝑪𝟐 𝟔, 𝟓
⇒ 𝒓𝟏 = 𝟒 + 𝟒 − 𝟕 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔 + 𝟐𝟓 − 𝟒𝟓 = 𝟒
𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟗 = 𝟓
𝒓𝟏 +𝒓𝟐 = 𝟓
𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 +𝒓𝟐
CIRCLES PCQs
𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐
P
𝑷 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐 𝒓𝟏 : 𝒓𝟐 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚
𝟔+𝟖 𝟓+𝟖 𝟏𝟒 𝟏𝟑
𝑷= , = ,
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
8. The condition for the lines 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐧 = 𝟎 and
𝐥𝟏 𝐱 + 𝐦𝟏 𝐲 + 𝐧𝟏 = 𝟎 to be conjugate with respect to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 is [E-2014]
𝟏) 𝐫 𝟐 𝐥𝐥𝟏 − 𝐦𝐦𝟏 = 𝐧𝐧𝟏
𝟐) 𝐫 𝟐 𝐥𝐥𝟏 + 𝐦𝐦𝟏 + 𝐧𝐧𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐫 𝟐 𝐥𝐦𝟏 + 𝐥𝟏 𝐦 = 𝐧𝐧𝟏
𝟒) 𝐫 𝟐 𝐥𝐥𝟏 + 𝐦𝐦𝟏 = 𝐧𝐧𝟏
Solution
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐧 = 𝟎 𝐰. 𝐫. 𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐
−𝐥𝐫 𝟐 −𝐦𝐫 𝟐
𝐢𝐬 ,
𝐧 𝐧
CIRCLES PCQs
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝒍𝒙 + 𝒎𝒚 + 𝒏 = 𝟎 𝐰. 𝐫. 𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝒍𝟏 𝒙 + 𝒎𝟏 𝒚 + 𝒏𝟏 = 𝟎
−𝒍𝒓𝟐 −𝒎𝒓𝟐
𝒍𝟏 + 𝒎𝟏 + 𝒏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒏 𝒏
𝒍𝒍𝟏 + 𝒎𝒎𝟏 𝒓𝟐 = 𝒏𝒏𝟏
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
9. The circle 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 [E-2013]
𝟏) touches both the axes 𝟐) touches the x-axis only
𝟑) touches the y-axis only 𝟒) does not touch the axes
Solution
𝟐 𝟐
𝟗
𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + = 𝟎
𝟒
−𝟑 −𝟑 𝟗
𝐠= ,𝐟 = ,𝐜 =
𝟐 𝟐 𝟒
𝟐
𝟗 𝟐 𝟗
𝐠 = ,𝐟 = ⇒ 𝐠𝟐 = 𝐟𝟐 = 𝐜
𝟒 𝟒
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
10. For the circle C with the equation 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝐱 − 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎
match the list – I with the list – II given below: [E-2013]
List – I List –II
i) The equation of the polar of −𝟓, 𝟏 a) 𝐲 = 𝟎
with respect to C b) 𝐲 = 𝟔
ii) The equation of the tangent at 𝟖, 𝟎 to C c) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟕
iii) The equation of the normal at (2,6) to C d)𝟏𝟑𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟗𝟖
iv) The equation of the diameter of C e) 𝐱 = 𝟖
through (8,12)
CIRCLES PCQs
The correct match is
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
1) (d) (b) (a) (e)
2) (d) (a) (b) (e)
3) (c) (d) (a) (b)
4) (c) (e) (b) (a)
Solution
𝒊) −𝟓, 𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎

The equation of the polar is 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒙𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝟖 𝒙 + 𝒙𝟏 − 𝟔 𝒚 + 𝒚𝟏 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒙 −𝟓 + 𝒚 𝟏 − 𝟖 𝒙 − 𝟓 − 𝟔 𝒚 + 𝟏 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎
−𝟏𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟗𝟖 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟏𝟑𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟗𝟖
𝒊𝒊) 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟎𝒚 − 𝟖 𝒙 + 𝟖 − 𝟔 𝒚 + 𝟎 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝒊𝒊𝒊) 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝟐, 𝟔 to c is
𝒚𝟏 + 𝒇 𝒙 − 𝒙𝟏 − 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒈 𝒚 − 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟔−𝟔 𝒙−𝟐 − 𝟐−𝟖 𝒚−𝟔 =𝟎 ⇒𝒚=𝟔

CIRCLES PCQs
𝐢𝐯) 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟖, 𝟏𝟐 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 = 𝟖
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝟖, 𝟔
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
11. If the length of the tangent from 𝐡, 𝐤 to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 is
twice the length of the tangent from the same point to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎, then [E-2013]
𝟏) 𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐡 + 𝟒𝐤 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐡 + 𝟑𝐤 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐡𝟐 + 𝟑𝐤 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐡 + 𝟖𝐤 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝐡𝟐 + 𝟑𝐤 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐡 + 𝟒𝐤 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟐 𝑺𝟏𝟏𝟏 ⇒ 𝒉𝟐 + 𝒌𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟐 𝒉𝟐 + 𝒌𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉 + 𝟐𝒌
𝑺𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔
𝒉𝟐 + 𝒌𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟒 𝒉𝟐 + 𝒌𝟐 + 𝟐𝒉 + 𝟐𝒌
= 𝟑𝒉𝟐 + 𝟑𝒌𝟐 + 𝟖𝒉 + 𝟖𝒌 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
12. Given the circle C with the equation 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟑𝟖 = 𝟎.
Match the List –I with List –II given concerning C: [E-2012]
List – I List –II
i) The equation of the polar of 𝟒, 𝟑 a) 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
with respect to C b) 𝐱 = 𝟏
ii) The equation of the tangent at 𝟗, −𝟓 on C c) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟐𝟕
iii) The equation of the normal at (-7,-5) on C d)𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑
iv) The equation of the diameter of C passing e) 𝐱 = 𝟗
through (1,3)
CIRCLES PCQs
i ii iii iv
1) c a e b
2) d e a b
3) c e a b
4) d b a e
Solution
𝒊) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝒙 + 𝟒 + 𝟓 𝒚 + 𝟑 − 𝟑𝟖 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟐𝟕 = 𝟎
𝒊𝒊) 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟗𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 − 𝒙 + 𝟗 + 𝟓 𝒚 − 𝟓 − 𝟑𝟖 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟖𝒙−𝟕𝟐 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙 = 𝟗
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒊𝒊𝒊)𝑪 𝟏, −𝟓 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 −𝟕, −𝟓 ⇒ 𝒚 = −𝟓
𝒊𝒗) 𝑪 𝟏, −𝟓 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝟏, 𝟑 ⇒ 𝒙 = 𝟏
Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
13.Consider the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 whose center is
𝐀 𝟐, 𝟏 . If the point 𝐏 𝟏𝟎, 𝟕 is such that the line segment PA meets
the circle in Q with PQ=5, then c = [E-2012]
𝟏) −𝟏𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐𝟎 𝟑) 𝟑𝟎 𝟒) −𝟐𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟖 = 𝟎
5 5
𝑷𝑨 = 𝟔𝟒 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟏𝟎
A 𝟐, 𝟏 𝑸 𝑷 𝟏𝟎, 𝟕
𝑨𝑸 = 𝟓, 𝒓 = 𝟓
𝟒 + 𝟏 − 𝒄 = 𝟐𝟓 ⇒ 𝒄 = −𝟐𝟎
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
14. If the line 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟎 is the tangent at 𝟎, 𝟎 to circle of radius 1,
then the center of one such circle is [E-2012]
−𝟏 𝟑 𝟑 −𝟑 𝟏 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟑, 𝟎 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
Solution 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎
−𝟏 𝒌 0,0
𝒉𝟐 + 𝒌𝟐
= 𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 × = −𝟏 ⇒ 𝒌 = 𝟑𝒉
𝟑 𝒉
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏
𝒉 + 𝟗𝒉 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝟏𝟎𝒉 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒉 = ±
𝟏𝟎 h,k
𝟑 𝟏 𝟑
𝒌=± Centre = ,
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟎 Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
15. If the lines 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎 and 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 are both
tangents to a circle, then its radius is [E-2011]
𝟕 𝟕 𝟕
𝟏) 𝟕 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟒 𝟔
Solution 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟕
𝟕 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + =𝟎
𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟒 𝟏 𝟑𝟓 𝟕 𝟐
𝒓= = × =
𝟐 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟎 𝟐 𝟒
Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
16. The point of contact of the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 and
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is [E-2011]
𝟏) 𝟎, 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟎, −𝟏 𝟑) 𝟏, 𝟎 𝟒) −𝟏, 𝟎
Solution
𝑪𝟏 = −𝟏, −𝟏 , 𝑪𝟐 = 𝟏, −𝟏
𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 = 𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏
𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 +𝒓𝟐
𝑷 = 𝑴𝒊𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 = 𝟎, −𝟏
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
17. If the line 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐜 is a tangent to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟓, then a
value of 𝐜 is [E-2011]
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑)𝟒 𝟒) 𝟓
Solution
𝒓=𝒅
𝒄
𝟓= ⇒ 𝒄 = 𝟓 ⇒ 𝒄 = ±𝟓
𝟓
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
18. A Line segment AM = a moves in the XOY plane such that AM is
parallel to the x-axis. If A moves along the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
Then the locus of M is [E-2011]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚𝐱
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚𝐲 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐚𝐲
𝑨 𝒙𝟏 − 𝒂, 𝒚𝟏
Solution 𝑴 𝒙 𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏
𝑨 𝒙𝟏 − 𝒂, 𝒚𝟏 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟎, 𝟎
𝒙𝟏 − 𝒂 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
𝒙𝟏𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒙𝟏 = 𝟎 Key - 2

CIRCLES PCQs
19. The equation of the circle concentric with the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 and of double its area is: [E-2010]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
Solution 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝑪𝟏 = 𝟑, −𝟔
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟗 + 𝟑𝟔 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟑𝟎
𝑨 = 𝝅𝒓𝟏𝟐 = 𝟑𝟎𝝅
CIRCLES PCQs
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
𝑨𝟐 = 𝟐𝑨𝟏 ⇒ 𝟐 𝟑𝟎𝝅 = 𝟔𝟎𝝅
𝝅𝒓𝟐𝟐 = 𝟔𝟎𝝅 ⇒ 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟔𝟎
𝟗 + 𝟑𝟔 − 𝒌 = 𝟔𝟎
⇒ 𝟒𝟓 − 𝒌 = 𝟔𝟎 ⇒ 𝒌 = −𝟏𝟓
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
20. The equation of the circles which pass through the origin and
makes intercepts of lengths 4 and 8 on the x- and y-axis
respectively, are: [E-2009]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 ± 𝟒𝐱 ± 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 ± 𝟐𝐱 ± 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 ± 𝟖𝐱 ± 𝟏𝟔𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 ± 𝐱 ± 𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟎, 𝟎 , ±𝟒, 𝟎 , 𝟎, ±𝟖
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 ± 𝟒𝒙 ± 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟎
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
21. The locus of center of a circle which passes through the origin and
cuts off a length of 4 units from the line 𝐱 = 𝟑 is: [E-2009]
𝟏) 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 = 𝟏𝟑
𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 = 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟏𝟎
C (-g,-f)
Solution 𝑪𝑷 = −𝒈 + 𝟑 = 𝒈 − 𝟑 𝒈+𝟑
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 = 𝟎 Q 3 P3
𝒙 =3
𝑳. 𝑪 = 𝟒
𝟐 𝒓𝟐 − (𝒄𝒑)𝟐 = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝟐 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 − 𝒈 − 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟒⇒𝒇𝟐 + 𝟔𝒈 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 −𝒈, −𝒇 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎 Key - 2

CIRCLES PCQs
22. The diameters of a circle are along 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 and
𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎. Then, the equation of this circle, which also
passes through 𝟓, 𝟕 is: [E-2009]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟕 =𝟎 5,7
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎 2,3
−𝟓𝒚 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒚 = 𝟑 , 𝒙 = 𝟐
𝒙−𝟐 𝟐 + 𝒚−𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟓−𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟕−𝟑 𝟐
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
23. If the lines 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟓 and 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟕 are two diameters of a
circle of radius 7, then the equation of the circle is [E-2008]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟗
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟕
Solution
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟓 ⇒ 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟗𝒚 = 𝟏𝟓
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟕 ⇒ 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟏𝟒
− + −
−𝒚 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒚 = −𝟏 , 𝒙 = 𝟏
𝒙, 𝒚 = 𝟏, −𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
𝒙−𝟏 + 𝒚+𝟏 = 𝟕𝟐 ⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒𝟕 = 𝟎 Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
24. The inverse of the point 𝟏, 𝟐 with respect to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 is [E-2008]
𝟏
𝟏) 𝟏, 𝟐) 𝟐, 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟎, 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟏, 𝟎
𝟐
Solution 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐 𝒙 + 𝟏 − 𝟑 𝒚 + 𝟐 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
−𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒉−𝟏 𝒌−𝟐 − 𝟏+𝟐−𝟏
𝒙+𝒚−𝟏 = 𝟎 = =
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐
𝒉 − 𝟏 = 𝒌 − 𝟐 = −𝟏 ⇒ 𝒉 = 𝟎, 𝒌 = 𝟏
𝒉, 𝒌 = 𝟎, 𝟏 Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
25. If 𝛉 is the angle between the tangents from (-1,0) to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 then 𝛉 = [E-2008]
−𝟏
𝟕 −𝟏
𝟕 −𝟏
𝟕 −𝟏
𝟕
𝟏) 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟐) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟑) 𝟐𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟒) 𝐜𝐨𝐭
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
Solution
𝒓 𝟐𝟓 𝟕
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝜽 𝟐 = 𝒓= +𝟒+𝟐=
𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟒 𝟐
𝟕
𝜽 𝟐 𝟕 𝟕
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟐 = = ⇒ 𝜽 = 𝟐𝒕𝒂𝒏 −𝟏
𝟏+𝟎+𝟓+𝟎−𝟐 𝟒 𝟒
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
26. The equation of the circle of radius 3 that lies in the fourth
quadrant and touching the lines 𝐱 = 𝟎 and 𝐲 = 𝟎 is [E-2007]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
Solution x
(+3, -3)
(𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟑)𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
27. The inverse point of 𝟏, 𝟐 with respect to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 is [E-2007]
𝟏) 𝟎, 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏, 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟎, 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟏, 𝟏
Solution
𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐 𝒙 + 𝟏 − 𝟑 𝒚 + 𝟐 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
−𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒙+𝒚−𝟏=𝟎
𝒉 − 𝟏 𝒌 − 𝟐 −(𝟏 + 𝟐 − 𝟏)
= =
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒉 − 𝟏 = 𝒌 − 𝟐 = −𝟏
𝒉 = 𝟎, 𝒌 = 𝟏
(𝟎, 𝟏)
Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
28. The number of common tangents to the two circles 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 [E-2006]
𝟏)𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝑪𝟏 𝟒, −𝟏 ; 𝑪𝟐 (𝟏, 𝟖)
𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 = 𝟗 + 𝟖𝟏 = 𝟗𝟎 = 𝟗
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟒, 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏 + 𝟔𝟒 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟒𝟎 = 𝟔
𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 < 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 > 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
𝑵𝒐. 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 = 𝟐 Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
29. Observe the following statements
I. The circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 touches y-axis [E-2006]
II. The circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 touches x-axis which of the
following is a correct statement?
𝟏) Both I and II are true
𝟐) Neither I nor II is true
𝟑) I is true, II is false
𝟒) I is false, II is true
Solution
𝑰. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝒇𝟐 = 𝟒 , 𝒄 = −𝟕 ⇒ 𝒇𝟐 ≠ 𝒄
CIRCLES PCQs
𝑰𝑰. 𝒈𝟐 = 𝟗, 𝒄 = −𝟕
𝒈𝟐 ≠ 𝒄
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
30. The length of the tangent drawn to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎, from the point 𝟏, 𝟑 is [E-2006]
𝟏) 1 𝟐) 2 𝟑) 3 𝟒) 4
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏 + 𝟗 − 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟑
Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
31. If 𝐏𝟏 , 𝐏𝟐 , 𝐏𝟑 are the perimeters of the three circles
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟎 , 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟖𝟔 = 𝟎 [E-2004]
and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎 respectively
𝟏) 𝐏𝟏 < 𝐏𝟐 < 𝐏𝟑 𝟐) 𝐏𝟏 < 𝐏𝟑 < 𝐏𝟐
𝟑) 𝐏𝟑 < 𝐏𝟐 < 𝐏𝟏 𝟒) 𝐏𝟐 < 𝐏𝟑 < 𝐏𝟏
Solution
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟗 = 𝟓
𝟏 𝟗 𝟗𝟑 𝟏 + 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟖𝟔 𝟏𝟗𝟔
𝒓𝟐 = + + = = = 𝟒𝟗 = 𝟕
𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 𝟒 𝟒
𝒓𝟑 = 𝟗 + 𝟗 + 𝟗 = 𝟐𝟕 = 𝟑 𝟑
CIRCLES PCQs
𝑷𝟏 =2𝝅𝒓𝟏 , 𝑷𝟐 =2𝝅𝒓𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝟑 =2𝝅𝒓𝟑

𝒓𝟐 > 𝒓𝟑 > 𝒓𝟏
𝒑𝟐 > 𝒑𝟑 > 𝒑 𝟏
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
32. If the line 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 meets x-axis, y-axis respectively
at A and B, then the equation of the circle with radius AB and
center at A is … [E-2004]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒙 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑨(−𝟐, 𝟎)

𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒚 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑩(𝟎, 𝟑)
Key - 2
𝒓 = 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟏𝟑
𝑨 −𝟐, 𝟎 = (𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟎)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑 ⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
CIRCLES PCQs
33. The number of circles that touch all the three lines 𝐱 + 𝐲 −
𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 and 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is ... [E-2004]
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟏
Solution
𝒎𝟏 = −𝟏, 𝒎𝟐 = 𝟏, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒅
𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 = −𝟏
𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
34. If 𝟏, 𝐚 , 𝐛, 𝟐 are conjugate points with respect to the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓, then 𝟒𝐚 + 𝟐𝐛 =…. [E-2004]
𝟏) 𝟐𝟓 𝟐) 𝟓𝟎 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟒) 𝟏𝟓𝟎
Solution
𝟏, 𝒂 , (𝒃, 𝟐)
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
𝟏 𝒃 + 𝒂 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟐𝟓
4a+2b=50
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
35. If 𝐲 = 𝟑𝐱 is a tangent to a circle with center 𝟏, 𝟏 then the
other tangent drawn through 𝟎, 𝟎 to the circle is [E-2004]
𝟏) 𝟑𝐲 = 𝐱 𝟐) 𝐲 = −𝟑𝐱 𝟑) 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 𝟒) 𝐲 = −𝟐𝐱
Solution
y=3x
𝒎−𝟏 𝟐
=
𝒎𝟐 +𝟏 𝟏𝟎 (0, 0) (1, 1)
𝒎−𝟏 𝟐
=±
𝒎𝟐 +𝟏 𝟏𝟎 mx-y=0
CIRCLES PCQs
𝒎−𝟏 𝟐 𝒎−𝟏 −𝟐
= , =
𝒎𝟐 + 𝟏 𝟏𝟎 𝒎𝟐 + 𝟏 𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟎(𝒎 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟒(𝒎𝟐 + 𝟏)
𝟏𝟎 𝒎𝟐 − 𝟐𝒎 + 𝟏 = 𝟒𝒎𝟐 + 𝟒
𝟔𝒎𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝒎 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒎𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒎 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒎𝟐 − 𝟗𝒎 − 𝒎 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟑𝒎( 𝒎 − 𝟑 − 𝟏 𝒎 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒎 = 𝟑
𝟏
𝒚 = 𝒙 ⇒ 𝟑𝒚 = 𝒙
𝟑 Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
36. If P is a point such that the ratio of the squares of the lengths of the
tangents from P to the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎 and
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟒𝟒 = 𝟎 is 2 : 3 then the locus of P is a circle
with centre [E-2003]
𝟏) (𝟕, −𝟖) 𝟐) (𝟖, −𝟕) 𝟑) (𝟕, 𝟖) 𝟒)(−𝟕, −𝟖)
Solution
𝟐
𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟐
=
𝟑
𝑺𝟏𝟏𝟏
CIRCLES PCQs
𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟐
𝟏
=
𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟑
𝟑 𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 + 𝟐𝒙𝟏 − 𝟒𝒚𝟏 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟐 𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝟒𝒙𝟏 + 𝟐𝒚𝟏 − 𝟒𝟒
𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 + 𝟏𝟒𝒙𝟏 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟏 + 𝟐𝟖 =0
𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐𝟖 = 𝟎
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
37. If 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 and 𝟏𝟐𝒚 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 are two tangents to
a circles then radius of the circle is [E-2003]
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟔
Solution
x
Distance between the given parallel 5x-12y+10=0
lines is
x
𝟏 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟏𝟔 5x-12y-16=0
𝒓= =𝟏
𝟐 𝟏𝟑
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
38. A square is formed by following two pairs of straight lines 𝐲 𝟐 −
𝟏𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒𝟓 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎. A circle is inscribed in it.
Then the centre of the circle is [IST- 2003]
𝟑
𝟏) 𝟕, 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟒, 𝟕 𝟑) 𝟑, 𝟕 𝟒) ,𝟒
𝟖
Solution
(2, 9) (6, 9)
𝒚 = 𝟓, 𝟗 ; 𝒙 = 𝟐, 𝟔 x x
𝟐, 𝟓 , 𝟐, 𝟗 , 𝟔, 𝟓 , (𝟔, 𝟗) (4, 7)
x x
(2, 5) (6, 5)
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
39. If the tangent at the point ‘p’ on the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟐
meets the straight line 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 at a point Q on the y-axis,
then the length of PQ is [IST-2003]
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒)𝟑 𝟓
Solution
(5x-2y+6=0)
P
𝑷𝑸 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 x Q(0, 3)
= 𝟎𝟐 + 𝟑𝟐 + 𝟔 𝟎 + 𝟔 𝟑 − 𝟐
y-axis
= 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟖 − 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟓
Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
40. Circle with radius 5 and touching the co-ordinate axis in the third
quadrant is [E-2002]
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝟓 𝟐 + 𝐲 + 𝟓 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝟓 𝟐 + 𝐲 + 𝟓 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝟒 + 𝐲+𝟒 = 𝟐𝟓 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝟔 + 𝐲+𝟔 = 𝟐𝟓
Solution
(𝒙 + 𝟓)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟓)𝟐 = 𝟓𝟐 5

x
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 (-5,-5)
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
41. The radius of the largest circle lying in the first quadrant and
touching 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟏𝟐 and co-ordinate axes is [E-2002]
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟕 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution B(0, 4)
𝒂+𝒃+𝒄 𝟑+𝟒+𝟓
𝒔= = =𝟔
𝟐 𝟐 4 5
= 𝒔(𝒔 − 𝒂)(𝒔 − 𝒃)(𝒔 − 𝒄)
= 𝟔(𝟔 − 𝟑)(𝟔 − 𝟒)(𝟔 − 𝟓) D 3 A(3, 0)

(0, 0)
= 𝟔×𝟑×𝟐×𝟏= 𝟔
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
42. The four distinct points (0,0), (2,0), (0, -2) and (K, -2) are concyclic
then k = [E-2002]
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) − 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟏
Solution
x2+y2-2x+2y = 0
(k,-2)
k2+4-2k-4 = 0
k = 0, 2
× Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
43. A line is at a constant distance ‘c’ from origin and meets axes in A,B.
The locus of the centre of the circle passing through O,A,B is
[E-2002]
𝟏) 𝐱 −𝟐 + 𝐲 −𝟐 = 𝐜 −𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 −𝟐 + 𝐲 −𝟐 = 𝟐𝐜 −𝟐
𝟑) 𝐱 −𝟐 + 𝐲 −𝟐 = 𝟑𝐜 −𝟐 𝟒) 𝐱 −𝟐 + 𝐲 −𝟐 = 𝟒𝐜 −𝟐
Solution
1 1 1
= +
c2 a2 b2
1 1 1
= +
c2 4x2 4y2
x-2+y-2 = 4c-2 Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
44. A variable circle passes through the fixed point (2,0) and touches
the y-axis, then locus of its centre is [E-2002]
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟐) a circle
𝟑) 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝟒) 𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
Solution
(x-h)2+(y-k)2 = h2 4+0-4h+K2 = 0
x2+y2-2hx+k2 = 0 y2-4x+4 = 0
(2,0) y2 =4(x-1)
It represents a parabola
Key - 1
CIRCLES PCQs
45. If a > 2b > 0 then the positive value of ‘m’ for which
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 − 𝐛 𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 is a common tangents to 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐛𝟐 and 𝐱 − 𝐚 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐛𝟐 is [IST-2002]
𝟐𝒃 𝐚𝟐 −𝟒𝐛 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐)
𝐚𝟐 −𝟒𝐛 𝟐 𝒂−𝟐𝒃
𝟐𝒃 𝒃
𝟑) 𝟒)
𝒂−𝟐𝒃 𝒂−𝟐𝒃
Solution
Q= (a,0) and r=b

CIRCLES PCQs
y=mx−b 1+m𝟐 4b2 =m2(a2-4b2)
ma−0−b 1+m𝟐 4b𝟐

b= m𝟐 =
m𝟐 + 𝟏 a𝟐 − 4b𝟐
2b
b 1+m𝟐 =ma−b 1+m𝟐 m=±
a𝟐 − 4b𝟐
2b m𝟐 + 𝟏 = ma
Key - 1
4b2(m2+1) = m2a2
CIRCLES PCQs
46. The number of circles that touches all the straight lines 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎,
𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝐲 = 𝟐 is [E-2001]
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
Given lines form a right angle triangle
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
47. The equation of the normal to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 at
(1, -2) is [E-2001]
𝟏) 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
(x1+g)(y-y1) –(y1+f)(x-x1) = 0
(1+3) ( y+2) –(-2+2)(x-1) = 0
y+2 = 0
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
48. The polar of a point on the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐩𝟐 with respect to the
circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐪𝟐 touch the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 the p,q,r are in
progression [E-2001]
𝟏) 𝐀. 𝐏 𝟐) 𝐆. 𝐏 𝟑) 𝐇. 𝐏 𝟒) 𝐀. 𝐆. 𝐏
Solution
Let P(x1,y1) be any point on x2+y2 = p2
x12+y12=p2(1)
Polar of (x1,y1) w.r.t circle x2+y2 = q2is
CIRCLES PCQs
xx1+yy1 = q2 (2)
2 touches x2+y2 = r2
|−q𝟐 |
r=
x𝟐𝟏 + y𝟐𝟏
q2=pr
p,q,r are in G.P
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
49. Let PQ and RS be tangents at the extremities of the diameter ‘PR’ of a
circle of radius ‘r’. If PS and RQ intersect at a point ‘X’ on the
circumference of the circle, then 2r equals : [IST-2001]
𝐏𝐐 + 𝐑𝐒 𝟐𝐏𝐐 + 𝐑𝐒 𝐏𝐐𝟐 +𝐑𝐒𝟐
𝟏) 𝐏𝐐. 𝐑𝐒 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝐏𝐐 + 𝐑𝐒 𝟐
Solution Q
S
X
RS PQ
tan𝛉 = , cot𝛉 =
PR PR P 𝜽 𝟗𝟎 − 𝜽 R
PR2 = RS.PQ
PR = PQ.RS 2R = PQ.RS Key - 1

CIRCLES PCQs
50. Let AB be a chord of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 subtending a right angle at
the centre. Then, the locus of the centroid of the triangle PAB as P
moves on the circle is [IST- 2001]
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
𝟐) 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞
𝟑) 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 (0,r)
B
P
𝟒) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
C
Solution A
(r,0)
CIRCLES PCQs
r+rcos𝛉 r+rsin𝛉
G , = (x,y)
3 3
3x-r = rcos (1)

3y-r = rsin (2)
(3x-r)2+(3y-r)2 = r2
Key - 2
CIRCLES PCQs
51. The centre of the circle touching y-axis at (0,3) and making an
intercept 2 units on the positive x-axis is [E-2000]
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎, 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑, 𝟏𝟎 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎, 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟑, 𝟏𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝟐 = 𝒄
𝟎 + 𝟗 + 𝟎 + 𝟔𝒇 +c=0 (0, 3) (0, 3)
𝒇𝟐 + 𝟔𝒇 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝒇 = −𝟑
𝒄 = 𝒇𝟐 = 𝟗
−𝒈, −𝒇 = 𝟏𝟎 , 𝟑
𝒈𝟐 − 𝒄 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒈𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎 ⇒ 𝒈 = ± 𝟏𝟎 Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
52. The slope m of a tangent through the point (7, 1) of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 satisfies the equation [E-2000]
𝟏) 𝟏𝟐𝐦𝟐 + 𝟕𝐦 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟔𝐦𝟐 + 𝟕𝐦 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟏𝟐𝐦𝟐 − 𝟕𝐦 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟗𝐦𝟐 + 𝟒𝐦 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 ± 𝟓 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
𝟏 = 𝟕𝒎 ± 𝟓 𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐
𝟏 + 𝟒𝟗𝒎𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝒎 = 𝟐𝟓(𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 )
𝟐𝟒𝒎𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝒎 − 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟏𝟐𝒎𝟐 − 𝟕𝒎 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
53. The number of common tangents that can be drawn to the circles
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
[E-2000]
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝑪𝟏 𝟎, 𝟎 , 𝑪𝟐 (𝟏, 𝟑)
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏 + 𝟗 − 𝟔 = 𝟐
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟑 ⇒ 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 > 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
Number of common tangents =4
Key - 4
CIRCLES PCQs
54. The triangle PQR is inscribed in the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓. If Q and R
have coordinates (3, 4) and (-4, 3) respectively, then ∠𝐐𝐏𝐑 is equal to
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 [IST-2000]
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟔
Solution P
x
𝟑 450O(0, 0)
𝒎𝑶𝒑 =
−𝟒 900
𝟒 Qx x R(-4,3)
𝒎𝑶𝑸 =  𝒎𝑶𝑷 𝒎𝑶𝑸 = −𝟏 (3,4)
𝟑
𝝅 𝝅
 𝜽 = and QPR =
𝟐 𝟒
Key - 3
CIRCLES PCQs
Thank you…
SYSTEM OF CIRCLES LEVEL-1
SYSTEM OF
CIRCLES
1. The 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) intersecting circles
𝟐) touching externally
𝟑) touching internally
𝟒) one is lying inside of the other
Solution
𝒄𝟐 = −𝟐, 𝟓
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟒, −𝟑
𝒓𝟐 = 𝟒 + 𝟐𝟓 + 𝟏𝟏𝟓
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟗 − 𝟐𝟏
𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐
𝒄 𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟒 + 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟓 + 𝟑 𝟐
= 𝟑𝟔 + 𝟔𝟒 ⇒𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 =10
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓 𝟏 − 𝒓 𝟐
∴ Two circles touch each other internally
Key - 3
2. The circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎
are
𝟏) intersecting circles 𝟐) touching externally
𝟑) touching internally 𝟒) one lies out side the other
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟑 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟑, 𝟒
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟒 + 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟐 ⇒𝒓𝟏 =5 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟐𝟏
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟐 + 𝟑 𝟐 + 𝟒 − 𝟑 𝟐 = 26 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟐
𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟓 + 𝟐=7
𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 = 3
∴ 𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 < 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 <𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
∴ Two circles Intersecting at two distinct points Key - 1
3. The circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟒𝟖 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
are
𝟏) intersecting circle 𝟐) touching externally
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟔, −𝟒 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟐, −𝟏
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟑𝟔 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟒𝟖 ⇒𝒓𝟏 =2 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟒 + 𝟏 + 𝟒
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟔 − 𝟐 𝟐 + −𝟒 + 𝟏 𝟐= 𝟓 𝒓𝟐 =3
𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟑 + 𝟐 = 5
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒓 𝟐
∴ Two circles touch each other externally Key - 2
4. The circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
are
𝟏) intersecting circle 𝟐) touching externally
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟏, −𝟐 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟐, 𝟏
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟏 + 𝟒 − 𝟒 ⇒𝒓𝟏 = 𝟏 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟒 + 𝟏 − 𝟏
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟐 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟏 + 𝟐 𝟐
=3 2 𝒓𝟐 =2
𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏 + 𝟐 = 3
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 > 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒓 𝟐
∴ One circles lies out side the other circle Key - 4
5. The equations of two circles are 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓. Then
𝟏) They touch each other 𝟐) They cut each other orthogonally
𝟑) One circle lies inside the other
𝟒) One circle lies wholly outside the other
Solution
2 𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝒇𝒇𝟏 = 2[(0)(0)+(-13)(0)] = 0
c + 𝒄𝟏 = 𝟐𝟓 − 𝟐𝟓 = 0
2 𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝒇𝒇𝟏 =c + 𝒄𝟏
∴ Two circles cut each other orthogonally Key - 2
6. The number of common tangents to 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐 is
𝟏) one 𝟐) two 𝟑) four 𝟒) zero
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝟎
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟐
∴ Given circles are concentric

the common tangents are does not exist
no.of common tangents = 0
Key - 4
7. The number of common tangents
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟎
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝟒
𝒄 𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟑−𝟎 𝟐 + 𝟒−𝟎 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟐𝟒
=5
𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 > 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒓 𝟐
∴ One circle will be a way from the other circle
no.of common tangents = 4 Key - 3
8. The number of common tangents
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟐, −𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝟐
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟒 + 𝟏 − 𝟏 ⇒𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟗 + 𝟒 − 𝟒
𝟐 𝟐
𝒓𝟐 = 𝟑
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟑−𝟐 + 𝟐+𝟏 = 10
𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟐 +3 = 5
𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟐 − 𝟑 = 𝟏
∴ 𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 < 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 <𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
∴ Two circles Intersecting at two distinct points
No . Of common tangents =2 Key - 2
9. The common tangents to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟎
form
1) Right angled triangle 2) Isosceles triangle
3) Equilateral triangle 4) Isosceles right angled triangle
Solution
𝒓𝟏 =3, 𝒓𝟐 =1
𝒓𝟏 : 𝒓𝟐 = 3 : 1 (or) 1 : 3
∴ form an Equilateral triangle
Key - 3
10. The condition that the two circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝐜 = 𝟎,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 may touch each other is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟒) + =
𝐚 𝐛 𝐜 𝐚 𝐛 𝐜 𝐚 𝐛 𝐜 𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟎, −𝒃
𝒄𝟏 = −𝒂, 𝟎
𝒓𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄
𝒓𝟏 = 𝒂𝟐 −𝒄
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
∴ Two circles touch each other
⟺ 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓 𝟏 ± 𝒓 𝟐
⟺ 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒓𝟐 𝟐 ±2𝒓𝟏 𝒓𝟐
⟺ 𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 - c +𝒃𝟐 - c ± 2𝒓𝟏 𝒓𝟐
⟺ 𝟐𝒄 =±2𝒓𝟏 𝒓𝟐
⟺ 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓 𝟏 𝟐 𝒓 𝟐 𝟐
⟺ 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒄 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄
⟺ 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝒄 − 𝒃𝟐 c +𝒄𝟐
⟺ c [𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 ] = 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
⟺ + =
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 𝒄
Key - 1
11. If the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠 ′ 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟 ′ 𝐲 = 𝟎
touch each other then
𝟏) 𝐟𝐠 = 𝐟 ′ 𝐠′ 𝟐) 𝐟𝐠 ′ = 𝐟 ′ 𝐠 𝟑) 𝐟 + 𝐠 = 𝐟 ′ + 𝐠′ 𝟒) 𝐟 + 𝐟 ′ = 𝐠 + 𝐠′
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = −𝒈, −𝒇 𝒄𝟐 = −𝐠 ′ , −𝐟 ′
𝒓𝟏 = 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇𝟐 𝒓𝟐 = 𝐠′𝟐 + 𝐟′𝟐
touch each other ⇒𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 ± 𝒓𝟐
⇒ −𝒈 + 𝐠 ′ 𝟐 + −𝒇 + 𝐟 ′ 𝟐 = 𝒈𝟐 + 𝒇 𝟐 ± 𝐠 ′ 𝟐 + 𝐟 ′ 𝟐
s.o.b.s
⇒ −𝒈𝐟 ′ + 𝐟𝐠 ′ 𝟐
= 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐟𝐠 ′ = 𝒈𝐟 ′
Key - 2
12. If the two circles 𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 and
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 intersect in two distinct points then
𝟏) 𝐫 < 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐫 = 𝟐 𝟑) 𝐫 > 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐 < 𝐫 < 𝟖
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝟑 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟒, −𝟏
𝒓𝟏 = 𝒓 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏 − 𝟖
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟒 − 𝟏 𝟐 + −𝟏 − 𝟑 𝟐 = 5 𝒓𝟐 =3
∴ Two circles Intersecting at two distinct points
⟺ 𝒓 𝟏 − 𝒓 𝟐 < 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 < 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒓 𝟐
⟺ 𝒓 − 𝟑 <5 < r+𝟑
⟺𝒓 − 𝟑 <5, 𝟓<𝒓+𝟑
r<8 2 <r
r>2 ∴ 𝟐 <r<8 Key - 4
13.The internal centre of similitude of two circles
𝐱 − 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟗, 𝐱 + 𝟔 𝟐 + 𝐲 + 𝟓 𝟐 = 𝟗 is
𝟏) −𝟐, −𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐, 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐, −𝟏 𝟒) −𝟐, 𝟏
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟑 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟔, −𝟓
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟑
𝒓𝟐 =3
𝑃 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 in the ratio = 𝒓𝟏 : 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟑 ∶ 𝟑 = 𝟏 ∶ 𝟏
𝑃 is the mid point of 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐
2−6 3−5
𝐼. 𝐶. 𝑆 = , = (−2, −1)
2 2
Key - 1
14. If the distance between the centres of two circles of radius 3, 4 is 25
then the length of the transverse common tangent is ….
𝟏) 𝟐𝟒 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐𝟔 𝟒) 𝟏𝟑
Solution
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟑, 𝒓𝟐 =4, d= 25
length of the transverse common tangent = 𝒅𝟐 − 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 𝟐
= (𝟐𝟓)𝟐 − 𝟑 + 𝟒 𝟐
= 𝟔𝟐𝟓 − 𝟒𝟗
= 𝟓𝟕𝟔 = 𝟐𝟒
Key - 1
15. Length of common tangents of the circles
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑, 3 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐 𝟑, 𝟑 𝟑
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟑, 𝟎 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟏, 𝟎
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟑
d =𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟑 + 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟎 = 𝟒 𝒓𝟐 =1
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒓 𝟐 = 𝟒
length of the direct common tangent = 𝒅𝟐 − 𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 𝟐
= 𝟒𝟐 − 𝟑 − 𝟏 𝟐
= 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟒
= 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟐 3 Key - 3
16.For the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝛌𝐱 + 𝐜 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 𝟐𝛍𝐲 − 𝐜 = 𝟎, the
number of common tangents
𝟏) 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝟐) 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝟑) four 𝟒) 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨
Solution
2 𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝒇𝒇𝟏 = 2[(𝛌)(0)+(0)(𝛍)] = 0
c + 𝒄𝟏 = 𝒄 − 𝒄 = 0
∴2 𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝒇𝒇𝟏 =c + 𝒄𝟏
∴ Two circles cut orthogonally
∴ The No . Of common tangents = 2
Key - 2
17.The circles 𝐱 − 𝐚 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝐛 𝟐 = 𝐫𝟐, 𝐱 − 𝐛 𝟐 + 𝐲−𝐚 𝟐 = 𝐫𝟐
may touch each other if
𝟏) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟐𝐫 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 = 𝐫𝟐
𝟑) 𝐚 − 𝐛 = 𝟐𝐫 𝟐 𝟒) 𝐚 − 𝐛
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝒂, 𝒃 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒃, 𝒂
𝒓𝟏 =r
𝒓𝟐 = r
touch each other ⇒𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
⇒ (𝒂 − 𝒃)𝟐 + 𝒂 − 𝒃 𝟐 = 2r
s.o.b.s
⇒(𝒂 − 𝒃)𝟐 = 𝟐𝐫 𝟐 Key - 3
18. I : The condition that the circles
𝐱 − 𝛂 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝛃 𝟐 = 𝐫𝟐, 𝐱 − 𝛃 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝛂 𝟐
= 𝐫𝟐
may touch each other is 𝛂 − 𝛃 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐫 𝟐
II : The condition that the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐛𝐱 + 𝟐𝐚𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 touch
each other is 𝐚 + 𝐛 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐜
𝟏) 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝟐) 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞
𝟑) 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐈 & 𝐈𝐈 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝟒) 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞
Solution
Statement - I
𝒄𝟏 = 𝜶, 𝜷 𝒄𝟐 = 𝜷, 𝜶
𝒓𝟏 =r 𝒓𝟐 = r
⇒ (𝜶 − 𝜷)𝟐 + 𝜷 − 𝜶 𝟐 = 2r
s.o.b.s
⇒(𝜶 − 𝜷)𝟐 = 𝟐𝒓𝟐
Statement I is true
Statement - II
𝒄𝟏 = −𝒂, −𝒃 𝒄𝟐 = −𝐛, −𝒂
𝒓𝟏 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄 𝒓𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒄
⇒ 𝟐(𝒂 − 𝒃)𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄
s.o.b.s
⇒(𝒂 − 𝒃)𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝟐 + 𝟐𝒃𝟐 − 𝟐𝒄
⇒(𝒂 + 𝒃)𝟐 = 𝟐𝒄
Statement II is true
both I and II are true
Key - 3
19. I : The equations to the direct common tangents to the circles
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟎 are
𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
II : The equation to the transverse common tangents to the circles
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟐𝟖 = 𝟎,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 are
𝐱 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞
𝟐) 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞
𝟑) 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐈 & 𝐈𝐈 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞
𝟒) 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞
Solution
Statement - I 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟏, 𝟎
𝒄𝟏 = −𝟑, −𝟐
𝒓𝟐 = 1
𝒓𝟏 =3
𝒓𝟏 𝒙𝟐 −𝒓𝟐 𝒙𝟏 𝒓𝟏 𝒚𝟐 −𝒓𝟐 𝒚𝟏
E.C.S = , 𝒓 −𝒓
𝒓𝟏 −𝒓𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
𝟑+𝟑 𝟎+𝟐
= , 𝟐 = (3, 1)
𝟐
E.C.S (3, 1) satisfies the D . C . T are 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎

Statement I is true
Statement - II 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟐, 𝟑
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟓
𝒓𝟐 = 3
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟏
𝒓𝟏 𝒙𝟐 +𝒓𝟐 𝒙𝟏 𝒓𝟏 𝒚𝟐 +𝒓𝟐 𝒚𝟏
I.C.S = , 𝒓 +𝒓
𝒓𝟏 +𝒓𝟐 𝟏 𝟐
𝟗
= 1, 𝟐
𝟗
I.C.S 1, satisfies the T . C . T are 𝐱 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐
both I and II are true
Key - 3
20. Statement – I: If the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎
touch externally then a = 1
Statement – II: Two circles with centres 𝐂𝟏 , 𝐂𝟐 and radii 𝐫𝟏 , 𝐫𝟐
respectively touch externally if 𝐂𝟏 𝐂𝟐 = 𝐫𝟏 + 𝐫𝟐
1) Statement I is true, Statement II true, Statement II is the correct
explanation for Statement I
2) Statement I is true, Statement II true, Statement II is not the
correct explanation for Statement I
3) Statement I is true, Statement II is false
4) Statement I is false, Statement II is true

Solution
Statement – I:
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝟒
𝒓𝟏 = 𝐚 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟗= 4
touch each other externally ⇒ 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
⇒ 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔= a + 4 ⇒ a = 1
Statement I is true
Statement I is true, Statement II true, Statement II is the correct explanation
for Statement I
Key - 1
21. i) The circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 touch externally.
ii) The circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 intersect each other.
Which of the statement s correct.
1) Only i 2) Only ii 3) Both i & ii 4) Neither i nor ii
Solution
Statement - I
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟒, −𝟑 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟐, 𝟓
𝒓𝟏 =2 𝒓𝟐 =12
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = (𝟒 + 𝟐)𝟐 +(𝟓 + 𝟑)𝟐 = 10
𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 = 14 ⇒ 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 ≠ 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒓 𝟐
Statement I is false
Statement - II :
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟑 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟑, 𝟏
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟓 𝒓𝟐 = 3
𝒄𝟏 𝒄 𝟐 = (𝟐 + 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝟑 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 29
𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 = 8
𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟓 − 𝟑 = 𝟐
⟺ 𝒓 𝟏 − 𝒓 𝟐 < 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 < 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒓 𝟐
Key - 2
22. If radii of two circles are 4 and 3 and distance between centres is
𝟑𝟕 then angle between the circles is
𝟏) 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝟐) 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝟑) 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝟒) 𝟗𝟎𝟎
Solution
Given 𝒓𝟏 = 𝟒, 𝒓𝟐 = 3, d = 𝟑𝟕
𝒅𝟐 −(𝒓𝟏 𝟐 +𝒓𝟐 𝟐 ) 𝟏
∴ cos 𝛉 = =
𝟐𝒓𝟏 𝒓𝟐 𝟐
θ = 600
Key - 3
23. The angle between the circles
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟔 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = −𝟒, 𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟏, −𝟒
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐𝟔 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒
d = 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟓𝟎
𝒅𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 𝟐 +𝒓𝟐 𝟐
𝝅
θ =𝟐 Key - 4
24. If the circles of same radius r and centres are (2,3), (5,6) cut
orthogonally then r =
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟑 ,𝒄𝟐 = 𝟓, 𝟔
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 𝟏𝟖
r= = =3
𝟐 𝟐
Key - 1
25. If the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐤𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐤𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
intersect orthogonally then k = …..
−𝟑 −𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
1) 2 or 2) − 2 or 3) 2 or 4) − 2 or
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
intersect orthogonally
⇒2𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝟐𝒇𝒇𝟏 =c + 𝒄𝟏
⇒2𝒌𝟐 = 6 + k
⇒2𝒌𝟐 -k-6 = 0
−𝟑
∴ k = 2 or 𝟐
Key - 1
26.The circle cutting 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 orthogonally and
having centre (-1, 2) is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟑, −𝟐 , 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟏, 𝟐
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟓 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝟐 =r
Orthogonally ⇒ 𝒅𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 𝟐 +𝒓𝟐 𝟐
⇒ 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 + 𝒓𝟐
⇒ 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟕
∴ the equation of circle is(𝒙 + 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟕
⇒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 Key - 1
27.The Centre of the circle cutting orthogonally the three circles 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏 and
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟐 is
𝟏) 𝟏, 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐, 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒, 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟎, 𝟎
Solution
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏 =0
𝟑 𝟓
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 =0
𝟐 𝟐
In three circles constant is same
∴ radical centre = (0,0)
Key - 4
28. A circle passes through origin and has its Centre on x=y and cuts
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 orthogonally, then its equation is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
passes through (0,0) ⇒ c = 0
Centre lies on x = y⇒ g = f
Orthogonally ⇒2𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝟐𝒇𝒇𝟏 =c + 𝒄𝟏

⇒ g= -1 = f
∴ 𝐱𝟐
+𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 Key - 3
29. The locus of the centre of the circle cutting the two circles 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠 ′ 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟 ′ 𝐲 + 𝐜 ′ = 𝟎
orthogonally is
𝟏) 𝐠 − 𝐠′ 𝐱 + 𝐟 − 𝐟′ 𝐲 = 𝐜 − 𝐜′ 𝟐) 𝟐 𝐠 + 𝐠′ 𝐱 + 𝟐 𝐟 + 𝐟′ 𝐲 = 𝐜 + 𝐜′
𝟑) 𝟐 𝐠 − 𝐠′ 𝐱 + 𝟐 𝐟 − 𝐟′ 𝐲 = 𝐜′ − 𝐜 𝟒) 𝟐 𝐠 + 𝐠′ 𝐱 + 𝟐 𝐟 + 𝐟′ 𝐲 = 𝐜 − 𝐜′
Solution
𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 S= 0 and 𝐒 ′ =0 is S - 𝐒 ′ =0
𝟐 𝐠 − 𝐠′ 𝐱 + 𝟐 𝐟 − 𝐟′ 𝐲 = 𝐜′ − 𝐜
Key - 3
30.Match the following :
𝐈: 𝐈𝐟 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝐚) 𝟏
cut orthogonally
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 then k=
𝐈𝐈: 𝐈𝐟 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎, 𝐛) − 𝟏𝟎
cut orthogonally
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 then k=
𝐈𝐈𝐈: 𝐈𝐟 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎, 𝐜) − 𝟐𝟒
cut orthogonally
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐤𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 then k=
𝟏) 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 𝟐) 𝐛, 𝐜, 𝐚 𝟑) 𝐜, 𝐛, 𝐚 𝟒) 𝐚, 𝐜, 𝐛
Solution
𝐈 ∶ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 , 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
cut orthogonally ⇒2𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝟐𝒇𝒇𝟏 =c + 𝒄𝟏 ⇒ k = -24
𝐈𝐈: 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 , 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝐈𝐈𝐈: 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐤𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
cut orthogonally ⇒2𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝟐𝒇𝒇𝟏 =c + 𝒄𝟏 ⇒ k = 1
∴ 𝐜, 𝐛, 𝐚
Key - 3
31. Statement – I: If 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎, cut each other orthogonally then k = 10
Statement – II: The circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠 ′ 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟 ′ 𝐲 + 𝐜 ′ = 𝟎 cut each other orthogonally if 𝟐𝐠𝐠 ′ +
𝟐𝐟𝐟 ′ = 𝐜 + 𝐜 ′ .
Solution
I: 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎

∴ 𝑰 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆
II: II is true
Statement I is false, Statement II is true
Key - 4
32. If the locus of the centre of the circle which cuts the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 +
𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 orthogonally is
𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎, then the ascending order of a,b,c is
𝟏) 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 𝟐) 𝐛, 𝐜, 𝐚 𝟑) 𝐜, 𝐚, 𝐛 𝟒) 𝐚, 𝐜, 𝐛
Solution
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 , 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
∴ 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 ∶ 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
𝐚 = 𝟖, 𝐛 = −𝟏𝟐, 𝐜 =5
b< 𝐜 <a
∴ 𝐛, 𝐜, 𝐚 Key - 2
33. Two circles of radii r and R intersect at an angle 𝜽. The length of
their common chord is
𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
𝟏) 𝟐)
𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐑𝟐 − 𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐑𝟐 + 𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉
𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
𝟑) 𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉
𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐑𝟐 𝟒)
𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐑𝟐
Solution
𝟏 𝟏
𝐫𝐑 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = hd where PQ =2h
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
⇒2h = = =
𝑑 𝐫 𝟐 +𝐑𝟐 −𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝐱−𝛉) 𝐫 𝟐 +𝐑𝟐 +𝟐𝐫𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉
Key - 2
34. The equation of the circle with the chord y = 2x of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝐱 = 𝟎 as its diameter is ….
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚
Solution
equation of the circle is S + 𝛌L = 0
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝛌 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎 ⟶ (𝟏)
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝛌 − 𝟏𝟎 𝒙 − 𝛌𝐲 = 𝟎
𝛌
𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 = 𝟓 − 𝛌, 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙
𝟐
𝛌
⇒ =2(𝟓 − 𝛌)⇒𝛌=4
𝟐
∴ 𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 Key - 3
35.If the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
intersect, then equation of common chord is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
equation of common chord ( R . A)is S - 𝐒 ′ =0
⇒ 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 1
36. The length of the common chord of 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
The equation of common chord is S - 𝐒 ′ =0 ⇒2x + 1 =0 → (1)

−𝟑 𝟗 3
For S =0 : C= −𝟏, ,𝒓 = 𝟏+𝟒−𝟏=2
𝟐
−𝟑 𝟏
d= perpendicular distance from c −𝟏, to (1) =
𝟐 𝟐
9 1
length of the common chord =2 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 = 2 − =2 2
4 4
Key - 3
37.The length of the common chord of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱 = 𝟎,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐤𝐲 = 𝟎 is
𝐡𝐤 𝟐𝐡𝐤 𝐡𝐤 𝟐𝐡𝐤
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝐡 +𝐤 𝟐 𝐡 +𝐤 𝟐
𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐 𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤 𝟐
Solution
The equation of common chord is S - 𝐒 ′ =0 ⇒hx +ky =0 → (1)
For S =0 : C= −𝒉, 𝟎 , 𝒓 = h
𝒉𝟐
d= perpendicular distance from c −𝒉, 𝟎 to (1) =
𝒉𝟐 +𝒌𝟐
𝟐𝐡𝐤
length of the common chord =2 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 =
𝐡𝟐 +𝐤 𝟐
Key - 4
38. If the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝐝 = 𝟎 bisects the circumference
of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎, then length of the common
chord is
𝟏) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 − 𝐝 𝟐) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 + 𝐝
𝟑) 𝟐 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐜 𝟒) 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 + 𝐜
Solution
length of the common chord =diameter of 2nd circle
= 𝟐𝐫 = 𝟐 𝐠 𝟐 + 𝐟 𝟐 − 𝐜
Key - 3
39.The equation of the circle described on the common chord of the
circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 as diameter is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution
The equation of common chord is S - 𝐒 ′ =0 ⇒L ≡ x - y =0
The equation of req circle is S +𝛌L=0
⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝛌 𝒙 − 𝒚 =0 → (1)
⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐 + 𝛌 x − y𝛌 =0
−𝛌 − 2 𝛌
𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒 = , 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝐿 = 0
2 2
−𝛌−2 𝛌
⇒ −2=0
2
⇒ 𝛌 = −1
∴ ⇒ 𝐱𝟐 + 𝐲𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟎
Key - 4
40.If the common chord of the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝛌 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 and 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 subtend a right angle at (0, 0) then 𝛌 = ⋯
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟐 𝟑) ± 𝟒 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
The equation of common chord is S - 𝐒 ′ =0

⇒ 2𝛌y - 𝛌𝟐=0
𝟐𝒚
⇒ = 𝟏 → (𝟏)
𝛌
Homogenies S=0 with (1)
𝟐𝒚 𝟐
𝐱𝟐 + 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 ⇒𝛌𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝛌𝟐 − 64 𝐲 𝟐 = 0
𝛌
𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏 ⇒ 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟎
⇒𝛌𝟐+ 𝛌𝟐 − 64 = 0
⇒𝛌=±4 𝟐
Key - 3
41.Two circles of radii 𝒓𝟏 and 𝒓𝟐 intersect at right angles. The length of
the common chord is
𝐫𝟏 𝐫𝟐 𝟐𝐫𝟏 𝐫𝟐 𝐫𝟏 +𝐫𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞
𝐫𝟏𝟐 + 𝐫𝟐𝟐 𝐫𝟏𝟐 + 𝐫𝟐𝟐 𝐫𝟏𝟐 + 𝐫𝟐𝟐
Solution
𝟐𝒓𝑹𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
length of the common chord =
𝒓𝟐 +𝑹𝟐 +𝟐𝒓𝑹𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽
put 𝑟 = 𝑟1 , R = 𝑟2 , 𝜽 = 900
𝟐𝐫𝟏 𝐫𝟐
𝐿. 𝐶. 𝐶 =
𝐫𝟏𝟐 + 𝐫𝟐𝟐 Key - 2
42. The equation of the radical axis of the two circles
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
R. A of S = 0 & 𝐒 ′ = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 S − 𝐒 ′ = 0
⇒ x – 4y + 2 = 0
Key - 2
43. If (1, 2) is a point circle and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 a circle
then radical axis is
𝟏) 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 = 𝐲
Solution
The equation of point circle (1,2) is 𝑥 − 1 2 + 𝑦−2 2 =0
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
R.A of two circles is S - 𝐒 ′ = 0 ⇒ 6x -2y -3 =0
Key - 1
44. The equations of two circles are 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝛌𝐱 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝛌𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎. P is any point on the line 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎. If PA and PB
are the lengths of the tangents from P to the two circles and PA=3
then PB=…
𝟏) 𝟏. 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
The line 𝐱 − 𝐲 =
𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑. 𝐀 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐑. 𝐀
PA= PB
PB= 3
Key - 4
45. The distance from (1,2) to the radical axis of
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟔 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
R . A of given circles is S - 𝐒 ′ = 0 ⇒ 4x +3y -5 =0

5
⊥r distance from (1,2) to R.A = 5 = 1
Key - 1
46. If the length of the radical axis of two circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝛍𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 is 𝟐 𝟔 then 𝛍 = ….
𝟏) ± 𝟐 𝟐) ± 𝟒 𝟑) ± 𝟖 𝟒) ± 𝟑
Solution
R . A is S - 𝐒 ′ =0 ⇒4x - 𝛍𝐲 + 1 =0
For S =0 : C= −𝟒, 𝟎 , 𝒓 = 𝟏𝟔 − 𝟏 = 𝟏𝟓
𝟏𝟓
d= perpendicular distance from c −𝟒, 𝟎 to R.A=
𝟏𝟔+𝛍𝟐
length of R.A =2 6
𝟐𝟐𝟓
⇒ 2 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 = 2 6 = 15 - 𝟏𝟔+𝛍𝟐 =6 ⇒ 𝛍 = ±𝟑
Key - 4
47. The radical Centre of the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟏,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏is
𝟏) 𝟎, 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏, 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟏, 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟎, 𝟏
Solution
R. A of S = 0 & 𝐒 ′ = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 S − 𝐒 ′ = 0 ⇒ 𝑥 = 0 → (1)
R. A of 𝐒 ′ = 0 & 𝐒 ′′ = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝐒 ′ − 𝐒 ′′ = 0 ⇒ 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 0 → (2)
On Solving (1) & (2) we get x = 0, y= 0
∴ Radical Centre = (0, 0)
Key - 1
48. You are given n 𝒏 ≥ 𝟑 circles having different radical axes and
different radical centres. The value of n for which the number of
radical axes is equal to the number of radical centres is
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
From every two circles we get one R.A.
From every three circles we get one radical Centre
By data 𝑛𝑐2 = 𝑛𝑐3
⇒n = 2+3 =5
Key - 3
49. The members of a family of circles are given by the equation
𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝛌𝐱 − 𝟏 + 𝛌𝟐 𝐲 − 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎. The number of circles
belonging to the family that are cut orthogonally by the fixed circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 is …
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
Req . No .of circles = no.of values of λ
λ 1+𝛌𝟐
S ≡ 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 + 𝑥 − y-5=0
2 2
𝐒 ′ ≡ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝑻𝒘𝒐 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 ⇒ 𝟐𝒈𝒈′ + 𝟐𝒇𝒇′ = 𝒄 + 𝒄′
𝜆 −1−𝛌𝟐
⇒ .2+ 3 = −5 + 3
2 2
⇒ 3𝛌𝟐 − 2𝜆 − 1 =0
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝜆 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 Δ > 0
∴ 𝑟𝑒𝑞 𝑛𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 = 2
Key - 3
50.Match the following :
Circles Radical centre
I. 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏, 𝐚) 𝟎, 𝟎
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 = 𝟏,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏
II. 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝐛) 𝟐, 𝟑
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
III. 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟒𝟎 = 𝟎, 𝐜) 𝟖, −𝟏𝟓/𝟐
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎,
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟔𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 𝟐) 𝐛, 𝐜, 𝐚 𝟑) 𝐜, 𝐚, 𝐛 𝟒) 𝐚, 𝐜, 𝐛
Solution
I. In these three circles the constant term is same
∴ R.C is (0,0)
II. R. A of 𝟏 & 𝟐 S − 𝐒 ′ = 0 ⇒ 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 → (𝒊)
R. A of 𝟐 & 𝟑 𝐢𝐬 𝟒𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 → (𝒊𝒊)
∴ Radical Centre =P .O.I of (i) &(ii) = (2, 3)
III. R. A of 𝟏 & 𝟐 𝒊𝒔 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙 = 𝟖 → (𝒊)

R. A of 𝟐 & 𝟑 𝐢𝐬 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒𝟒 = 𝟎 → (𝒊𝒊)
−𝟏𝟓 Key - 1
∴ Radical Centre =P .O.I of (i) &(ii) = (8, 𝟐 )
51. Observe the following statements:
I. The length of the tangents from any point on the line 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟓
to the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟏𝟗are equal
in length.
II. There is only one point such that the tangents from it to the three
given circles are equal in length. Then the correct statement is:
𝟏) 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈 𝟐)𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐈
𝟑) Both I & II 𝟒) 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐈
Solution
I. 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟓 is the R.A of given two circles
∴length of the tangents from any point on R. A to given circles
are equal .
II. There is only one point i.e. R . C such that the tangents from it to the
three given circles are equal in length.
Hence both I & II are correct
Key - 3
52. The radical centre of three circles described on the three sides of a
triangle as diameter is
𝟏) 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝟐) the circum centre
𝟑) 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝟒) 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝

Solution
𝒄𝟏 , 𝒄𝟐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑩 &𝑩𝑪
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 ∥ 𝑨𝑪 & 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 ⊥ 𝑩𝑷
∵ R.A is ⊥𝒓 to line of centres.
∴ 𝑹. 𝑨 𝑩𝑷 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑪
Here R.C = orthocentre of △ ABC
Key - 1
53. If A,B,C are the centres of three circles touching mutually externally
then the radical centre of the circles is the
𝟏) 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝟐) 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞
𝟑) 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝟒) 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞
Solution
Conceptual
Key - 3
54. The centres of n circles are such that no three of them are collinear
then the number of possible radical axes for these n circles is
𝟏) 𝐧𝐩𝟐 𝟐) 𝐧𝐜𝟐 𝟑) n! 𝟒) 𝐧𝐩𝟐 -n
Solution
No. of R.A = 𝐧𝐜𝟐
Key - 2
55. The minimum number of radical axes for n circles is
𝟏) 𝟏
𝟐) 𝐧𝐜𝟐
𝟑) 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐧𝐜𝟑
Solution
For one circle R.A does not exists
For two or more circle R.A exists
∴ Min no.of R.A = 0

Key - 3
56. If no two of the n circles are concentric and no three of the centres are
collinear then the number of possible radical centres is
𝟏) 𝐧𝐜𝟑 𝟐) 𝐧𝐩𝟑
𝟑)𝐧𝐩𝟑 − 𝐧𝐜𝟐 𝟒) cannot be decided
Solution
For every 3 circles R.C exists

∴ no.of R.C = 𝐧𝐜𝟑
Key - 1
57. If two circles cut a third circle ‘S’ orthogonally, then the radical axis of
the two circles
𝟏) 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐒 𝟐) 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐒
𝟑) 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒 𝟒) none
Solution
We know that the Centre of a circle cutting two given circles orthogonally,
lies on their R.A
Key - 3
58. A,B,C are the centres of 3 circles of each radii which do not touch
externally pair wise whose centres are non-collinear. The radical centre
of the circles is _________ of 𝚫𝐀𝐁𝐂
𝟏) circumcentre 𝟐) 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞
𝟑) 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝟒) 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝
Solution
Conceptual
Key - 1
59. A,B,C are centres of 3 circles 𝐜𝟏 , 𝐜𝟐 , 𝐜𝟑 such that 𝐜𝟏 , 𝐜𝟐 touch each other
externally and they both touch 𝐜𝟑 from in side then the radical centre
is _____ of the 𝚫𝐀𝐁𝐂
1) Circumcentre 2) Excentre opp. to c
3) Excentre opp. to A 4) In centre

Solution
Conceptual
Key - 2
60. B and C are two points on the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 . A point A(b,c) lies
on that circle such that AB = AC = d. The equation to BC is ….
𝟏) 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐚𝐲 = 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 𝟐) 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐚𝐲 = 𝒅𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐
𝟑) 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐜𝐲 = 𝟐𝒂𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐜𝐲 = 𝟐𝐚𝟐 − 𝐝𝟐
Solution
Draw a circle having Centre A(b , c) and radius ‘d’
d
Equ of that circle is (𝒙 − 𝒃)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝒄)𝟐 = 𝒅𝟐 A (b , c)
B
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒃𝒙 − 𝟐𝒄𝒚 + (𝒃𝟐 +𝒄𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 ) = 𝟎 → (𝟏) d
Given circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟎 → (𝟐) C
Equ to common chord 𝑩𝑪 is S − 𝐒 ′ = 0
⇒𝟐𝐛𝐱 + 𝟐𝐜𝐲 − 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒄𝟐 + 𝒅𝟐 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟐 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐜𝐲 = 𝟐𝐚𝟐 − 𝐝𝟐
∵ 𝒃, 𝒄 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 ⇒ 𝒃𝟐 +𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
Key - 4
61. A line ′𝒍′ meets the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝟏 in A, B and P (-5, 6) is such
that PA = PB = 10. Then the equation ′𝒍′ is
𝟏) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
Draw a circle having Centre A(-5 , 6) and radius ‘10’
Equ of that circle is (𝒙 + 𝟓)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟔)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟐
⇒𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 − 𝟑𝟗 = 𝟎
Given circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝟏 = 𝟎
Equ to common chord (l)is S − 𝐒 ′ = 0
⇒10𝐱 − 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎⇒ 5x -6y +11 =0 Key - 3
62. The locus of the centres of the circles through the intersection of the
circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏
𝟑) 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟒) a pair of lines
Solution
−𝟏
𝒄𝟏 = (0, 0), 𝒄𝟐 = (𝟏, )
𝟐
−𝟏
𝑬𝒒𝒖 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 is y =𝟐 .x⇒ x +2y =0
Locus of Centre of a circle is x + 2y =0

Key - 1
63. The number of common tangents to the circles one of which passes
through the origin and cuts off intercepts 2 from each of the +ve axes,
and the other circle has the line segment joining the origin and the
point (1,1) as a diameter, is ….
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 1 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
Given two circles touching internally at the origin
∴two circles have one common tangent that exists at origin
Key - 2
64. If the equation of the circle passing through the origin and the points
of intersection of the two circles
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 then the ascending order of a, b, c is
𝟏) 𝐚, 𝐛, 𝐜 𝟐) 𝐛, 𝐜, 𝐚 𝟑) 𝐜, 𝐚, 𝐛 𝟒) 𝐚, 𝐜, 𝐛
Solution
equation of a circle passing through the P.O.I. of S =0 & 𝐒 ′ =0
is S +𝛌(S - 𝐒 ′ ) =0 ⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟑 + 𝛌(8x+4y−1) = 𝟎
Sub. (0,0) we get 𝛌 = -3 ⇒ 𝛌 = -3 sub. Above equation
⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟖𝐲 = 0
𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
a=-14, b= -9, c= 0 ⇒ ascending order : a, b, c Key - 1
65. The locus of a point the lengths of the tangents from which to the
circles are in a constant ratio is a circle
𝟏) cutting them orthogonally 𝟐) touching each other externally
𝟑) coaxial with them 𝟒) lying inside the circles
Solution
Let (a, 0), (-a, 0) be the centres and 𝒓𝟏 , 𝒓𝟐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒊𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔
𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚
𝑬𝒒𝒏′ 𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒓𝟏 𝟐 = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒓𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟎 → (𝟐)
𝑆11 : 𝐒′11 = 𝜆(𝜆 > 0)
−𝟐𝒂+𝟐𝒂𝜆
⇒ 𝑆11 = 𝜆𝐒′11 ⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + x +𝜆′ = 𝟎 → (𝟑)
𝟏−𝜆
𝐿𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑃 𝑥, 𝑦 𝑖𝑠 3
𝑎 + 𝑎𝜆
𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒 ,0
1−𝜆
Centres of (1), (2) & (3) are collinear
𝐻𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 3 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 1 &(2)
Key - 3
66. The locus of a point such that difference of the squares of the tangents
from it to two given circles is constant, is given by
1) A circle 2) A line perpendicular to radical axis
3) A line parallel to radical axis 4) A pair of straight lines
Solution
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑎, 0 , −𝑎, 0 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟1 , 𝑟2 𝑏𝑒
The radii of two circles respectively.
Eqn’s of two circles are
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒓𝟏 𝟐 = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒓𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟎 → (𝟐)
R.A of (1) & (2) is S - 𝐒 ′ = 0
⇒ x = k (parallel to y-axis)
Given 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝑺𝟏𝟏 − 𝐒 ′ 𝟏𝟏 = λ
⇒ 𝟒𝒂𝒙 + 𝒓𝟏 𝟐 - 𝒓𝟐 𝟐 = λ
⇒ 𝒙 = 𝐤 ′ (parallel to R.A.)
Key - 3
67. Three circles are drawn with the sides of a triangle as diameters their
radical centre w.r.t. the triangle is
1) centroid 2) circumcentre 3) orthocentre 4) incentre
Solution
𝒄𝟏 , 𝒄𝟐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑩 &𝑩𝑪
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 ∥ 𝑨𝑪 & 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 ⊥ 𝑩𝑷
∵ R.A is ⊥𝒓 to line of centres.
∴ 𝑹. 𝑨 𝑩𝑷 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑪
Here R.C = orthocentre of △ ABC
Key - 3
68. If four circles are mutually orthogonal then their centres form the
vertices of a triangle and its
1) circumcentre
2) orthocentre
3) incentre
4) centroid
Solution
conceptual
Key - 2
69. S and S’ are two circles and P, Q are their centers of similitude. The
circle on PQ as diameter is
1) Orthogonal to S and S’ 2) Coaxial with S and S’
3) Concentric with S or S’ 𝟒) none
Solution
Conceptual
Key - 2
1) The circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
are
𝟏) 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝟐) 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓
𝟑) 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝟒) 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝟐 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟐, 𝟏
𝒓𝟏 =5 𝒓𝟐 = 1
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎
𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟒
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 < 𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 ∴KEY = (2)
2) The number of common tangents to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓𝟔 ,
(𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐𝟏 is
𝟏) 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝟐) 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝟑) 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝟒) 𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒐

Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝟒
𝒓𝟏 =16 𝒓𝟐 = 11
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 5
𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 =5
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓 𝟏 − 𝒓 𝟐
𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓
∴KEY = (1)
 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕
3) The number of common tangents to 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒, (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 =
𝟗 is
𝟏) 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝟐) 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝟑) 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝟒) 𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒐
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝟒
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 = 3
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 5
𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 =5
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
 𝟑 𝑪. 𝑻 𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆
′
4) The circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 , 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 touch extrenally
then a =
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝟒
𝒓𝟏 =a 𝒓𝟐 = 4
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 5
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
5=a+4
𝒂=𝟏 ∴KEY = (4)
5) The circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 − 𝟗𝒚 = 𝟎 touch
each other if g =
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟗 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒈𝟏 = 𝒇𝟏 𝒈
∴KEY = (2)
6) The external centre of similitude of the circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 and 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) (𝟏, 𝟑) 𝟐) (𝟐, 𝟔) 𝟑) (𝟑, 𝟗) 𝟒) (𝟏, 𝟐)

Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟏, 𝟑
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 =1
𝑷 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 in the ratio = 𝒓𝟏 : 𝒓𝟐 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚
𝟐−𝟎 𝟔−𝟎
E. 𝑪. 𝑺 = , 𝟏 = (𝟐, 𝟔)
𝟏
∴KEY = (2)
7) The length of transverse common tangent of the circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 −
𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟖 = 𝟎 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟐𝟎 𝟒) 𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟓 𝒄𝟐 = −𝟐, 𝟑
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟑
d = 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
The length of transverse common tangent = 𝒅𝟐 − (𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 )𝟐
= 𝟐𝟎 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
8) If the circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + = 𝟎 have exactly
three real common tangents the  ∈
𝟏) {𝟔, −𝟏𝟎} 𝟐) {𝟔, 𝟏𝟎} 𝟑) {−𝟔, 𝟏𝟎} 𝟒) {−𝟔, −𝟏𝟎}
Solution
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
9) The circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒙 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒃𝒙 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 have
no common tangent (or) one lies in the other if
𝟏) 𝒂𝒃 > 𝟎, 𝒄 < 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒂𝒃 < 𝟎, 𝒄 > 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒂𝒃 > 𝟎, 𝒄 > 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒂𝒃 = 𝟎, 𝒄 < 𝟎
Solution
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 < 𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
10) If exactly two real common tangents can be drawn to the circles 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + = 𝟎 then
𝟏) < 𝟑𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐𝟒 < < 𝟑𝟐
𝟑) < 𝟐𝟒 𝟒) 𝟎 < < 𝟐𝟒
Solution
𝒓𝟏 − 𝒓𝟐 < 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 < 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
11) The circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎
cut orthogonally then k =
𝟏) − 𝟏𝟐 𝟐) − 𝟏𝟖 𝟑) − 𝟐𝟒 𝟒) 𝟏𝟐
Solution
𝟐𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝟐𝒇𝒇𝟏 = 𝒄 + 𝒄𝟏
∴KEY = (3)
12) The circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 cuts the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 −
𝟐𝒇𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 orthogonally then f =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟏 𝟒) − 𝟐
Solution
𝟐𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝟐𝒇𝒇𝟏 = 𝒄 + 𝒄𝟏
∴KEY = (1)
13) The circle with centre (2, 3) and intersecting 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 −
𝟕 = 𝟎 orthogonally has the radius
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝒅𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒓𝟐 𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
14) The circle through origin and cutting 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 orthogonally is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 −𝒈, −𝒇 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚
𝟐𝒈𝒈𝟏 + 𝟐𝒇𝒇𝟏 = 𝒄 + 𝒄𝟏
∴KEY = (1)
15) The circle through (-2, 5), (0, 0) and intersecting the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 orthogonally is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
∴KEY = (1)
16) If the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟗𝟎 =
𝟎 are touching each other, then the common tangent at the point of
contact is
𝟏) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟑𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟒𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟑𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟓𝟎 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑺 − 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
17) The radical axis of the two circles 2𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 −
𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑺 − 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
18) For the circles 3𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 −
𝟏 = 𝟎 radical axis is
𝟏) 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟕𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 = 𝟓
Solution
𝑺 − 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
19) Let 𝑪𝟏 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 , 𝑪𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 +
𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎, L = 2x+7y+7 = 0, then L is
𝟏) 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝟐
𝟐) 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝟐
𝟑) 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝟐
𝟒) 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝟐
Solution
𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒙𝒊𝒔
∴KEY = (3)
20) The length of common chord of the circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 = 𝟎 and
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟎 is…
𝟔 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Solution
𝟐𝒉𝒌
𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉, 𝟎 𝟎, 𝒌 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔
𝒉𝟐 + 𝒌𝟐
𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔
∴KEY = (4)
21) Length of the common chord of the circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 + 𝒄 =
𝟎 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒃𝒙 + 𝒂𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 is….
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) (𝒂 − 𝒃)𝟐 +𝟒𝒄 𝟐) (𝒂 + 𝒃)𝟐 +𝟒𝒄
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
𝟑) (𝒂 + 𝒃)𝟐 −𝟒𝒄 𝟒) (𝒂 − 𝒃)𝟐 −𝟒𝒄
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝟐 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐 ∴KEY = (3)
22) If the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝟐𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 bisects the circumference of
the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 − 𝒅 = 𝟎 then c+d=
𝟏) 𝟔𝟎 𝟐) 𝟓𝟎 𝟑) 𝟒𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝟎
Solution
𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆.
∴KEY = (2)
23) The equation of the smallest circle passing through the intersection of
the line x + y = 1 and the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑺 + 𝑰𝑳 = 𝟎 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑳 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝑹. 𝑨. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑳 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
∴KEY = (2)
24) The radical centre of the circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟏) (𝟐, 𝟑) 𝟐) (𝟐, −𝟑) 𝟑) (−𝟐, 𝟑) 𝟒) (−𝟐, −𝟑)
Solution
𝑷𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒙𝒊𝒔
∴KEY = (1)
25) From the point O(2, 3), tangents OP, OQ are drawn to circle 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏. Equation to the line joining the mid-point of OP and OQ is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟕 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟕
𝟑) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟑
Solution
𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝑶𝑪 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑪 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
∴KEY = (1)
26) (-2, 3) is the middle point of a chord AB of the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝟏.
The equation of the circle through th epoints A, B and (0, 1) is…
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒙 + 𝟐𝟒𝒚 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐𝟒𝒚 + 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑨𝑩 𝒆𝒒𝒖. 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝑹𝒆𝒒. 𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑺 + 𝟏𝑨𝑩 = 𝟎
𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 (𝟎, 𝟏) ∴KEY = (2)
27) The radical axis of the system of circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑 + 𝟐 𝒙 +
𝟒 − 𝝀 𝒚 + 𝟏 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆
Solution
𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝑺 + 𝒌𝑳 = 𝟎 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑳 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝑹. 𝑨
∴KEY = (3)
28) For the equation 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 then
𝟏) 𝑰𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝝀 ∈ 𝑹

𝟐) 𝑰𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍  > 𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝟑) 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒙 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝟒) 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒂 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒓= 𝟐 − 𝟒\ 𝟏 > 𝟐  𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 ∴KEY = (2)

29) A is a point on the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟐𝟖 = 𝟎, B is a point on
the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 = 𝟎. If the distance between A and B is ‘d’
then
𝟏) 𝟏 ≤ 𝒅 ≤ 𝟗 𝟐) 𝟐 ≤ 𝒅 ≤ 𝟖
𝟑) 𝟏 ≤ 𝒅 ≤ 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟑 ≤ 𝒅 ≤ 𝟔
Solution
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 > 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 A B B
A
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 > 𝟒
𝑺𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 = 𝟏
𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 = 𝟗 ∴KEY = (1)
30) I: The equation of the circle cutting orthogonally the circles 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 , 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 and passing
through the point (1, 1) is 3𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟒𝒙 + 𝟐𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
II: The equation of the circle which cuts orthogonally the three circles
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏𝟕𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 , 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 , 𝒙𝟐 +
𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟐𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 is 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑰 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝟐) 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑰𝑰 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆
𝟑) 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝑰 & 𝑰𝑰 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝟒) 𝑵𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝑰 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆

Solution
𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 ∴KEY = (3)
31) If the locus of the centre of a circle which touches externally the circle
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎 and also touches the y-axis is 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝒙 +
𝒃𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎, then the descending order of a, b, c
𝟏) 𝒂, 𝒃, 𝒄 𝟐) 𝒃, 𝒄, 𝒂
𝟑) 𝒄, 𝒂, 𝒃 𝟑) 𝒄, 𝒃, 𝒂
Solution
(𝒙 − 𝒉)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝒌)𝟐 = 𝒉𝟐
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
32) Match the following:
Circles Number of common tangents
I: 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒,
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 a) 0
II: 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏,
b) 1
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
III: 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔, c) 2
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟓𝟔 = 𝟎
IV: 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎, d) 3
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
e) 4
𝟏) 𝒂, 𝒃, 𝒄, 𝒅 𝟐) 𝒅, 𝒆, 𝒃, 𝒂
𝟑) 𝒄, 𝒃, 𝒆, 𝒅 𝟒) 𝒂, 𝒄, 𝒃, 𝒅
Solution
𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔
∴KEY = (2)
33) Statement-1: The radical centre of the circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 −
𝟑𝒙 = 𝟒, 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟒 is (0, 0)
Statement-2: Radical centre of three circles is the point of concurrence
of the radical axes of the circle taken in pairs
Solution 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 ∴KEY = (1)

34) Statement-1: The circles S=0, 𝑺𝟏 =0 intersect each other, then the
radical axes is S-𝑺𝟏 = 0
Statement-2: The radical axis is perpendicular to the line of centres
The correct answer is
Solution 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 ∴KEY = (2)
35) Observe the following statements:
Statement-1: The equation 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 represents a real
circle for all  ∈ R
Statement-2: The radical axis of any two circles of the family
represented by 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is the x-axis
Solution ∴KEY = (4)
𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍
36) Observe the following statements:
I. If two circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝒙 + 𝟐𝒇𝒚 = 𝟎 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒈𝟏 𝒙 +
𝟐𝒇𝟏 𝒚 = 𝟎 touch each other, then g𝒇𝟏 = f𝒈𝟏
II. There are 4 circles of radius ‘a’ which touch both the axes and have
their centres on the line y = x.
Then the correct statement is:
𝟏) 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑰 𝟐) 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑰𝑰
𝟑) 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝑰 & 𝑰𝑰 𝟒) 𝑵𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝑰

Solution
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐 & 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒚 = ±𝒙 ∴KEY = (1)
37) Observe the lists:
List I List II
A) The circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 a) If c = 1
and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎 touch
each other
B) The circles 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + b) If c < 2
𝒄 = 𝟎 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 +
𝒄 = 𝟎 intersect orthogonally
C) The circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 contains the c) If c = 1/2
circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 − 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎
D) The circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 contained d) If c > 1
in the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 −
𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎
A B C D
1) a b c d
2) c a b d
3) c b a d
4) d a b c
Solution
𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔
∴KEY = (2)
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SYSTEM OF CIRCLES PREVIOUS
SYSTEM OF
CIRCLES
JEE MAINS
1. The number of common tangents to the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 −
𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟖𝐲 + 𝟐𝟔 = 𝟎 is: [JEE MAINS-2015]
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒)𝟒
Solution
𝒄𝟏 = (2, 3)
𝒄𝟐 = (-3, -9)
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟓 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟗 + 𝟖𝟏 − 𝟐𝟔 = 𝟖
⇒ 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 + 𝟏𝟒𝟒 = 𝟏𝟑
𝒓𝟏 +𝒓𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑
number of common tangents = 3

Key - 3
2. If the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 touches the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 externally and cuts the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 orthogonally then 𝐤 = [A-2011]
𝟏) 𝟓𝟗 𝟐) − 𝟓𝟗 𝟑) 𝟏𝟗 𝟒) −19
Solution
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 touches the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎

externally
𝑪𝟏 𝑪𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 + 𝒓𝟐
5 = 𝟐𝟎 − 𝒄+4 ⇒ c =19
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 orthogonally
𝟐𝒈𝒈′ + 𝟐𝒇𝒇′ = 𝐜 +𝒄′

𝟐(𝟒)(−𝟑)+2(-2)(4) = c + k
−𝟐𝟒 - 16 = 19 + k
k = - 59
Key - 2
3. If a circle passes through the point (a, b) and cuts the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐩𝟐 orthogonally, then the equation of the locus of its centre is
[A-2005]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐚𝐱 − 𝟒𝐛𝐲 + 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝐩𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 − 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒑𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐱 − 𝟑𝐛𝐲 + 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 − 𝐩𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 − 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝐩𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒆𝒒𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
𝟏 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂, 𝒃 ⇒ 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐚 + 𝟐𝐟𝐛 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 → (𝟐)
𝟏 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐩𝟐 orthogonally
2(g)(0)+2(f)(0) = c - 𝐩𝟐 ⇒ c = 𝐩𝟐
𝑺𝒖𝒃. 𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝟐 , 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐚 + 𝟐𝐟𝐛 + 𝐩𝟐 = 𝟎
2(-g)(a)+2(-f)(b) –(𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝐩𝟐 )= 0
𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 −𝒈, −𝒇 𝒊𝒔
𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝟐𝐛𝐲 − 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝐩𝟐 = 𝟎
Key - 4
4. If the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝐜𝐲 + 𝐚 = 𝟎 and
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐚𝐱 + 𝐝𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 intersect at in two distinct points P and
Q then line 𝟓𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 − 𝐚 = 𝟎 passes through P and Q for [A-2005]
𝟏) 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝟐) 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚
𝟑) 𝐧𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝟒) 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚
Solution
𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝟓𝒂𝒙 + 𝒄 − 𝒅 𝒚 + 𝒂 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟓𝐱 + 𝐛𝐲 − 𝐚 = 𝟎
𝟓𝒂 𝒄 − 𝒅 𝒂 + 𝟏
= = ⇒ 𝒂𝟐 + 𝐚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟓 𝒃 −𝒂
𝒏𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 ′𝒂′
Key - 3
5. The centre of the circle passing through (0,0) and (1,0) and touching
the circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 is [A-2002]
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 𝟏 𝟑
𝟏) , 𝟐) ,− 𝟐 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝟑
L𝒆𝒕 𝒄 𝒉 , 𝒌 , r = 𝟐
𝟗
(𝒙 − 𝒉)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝒌)𝟐 =
𝟒
𝟗
𝒉𝟐 + 𝒌𝟐 = 𝟒 → (𝟏)
𝟗
(𝟏 − 𝒉)𝟐 +𝒌𝟐 = 𝟒 → (𝟐)
𝟏
(2) - (1) : 1- 2h = 0 ⇒ h = 𝟐 , 𝒌𝟐 = 2 ⇒k = ± 2
𝟏
(h , k) = 𝟐 , − 𝟐 Key - 2
EAMCET
1. The locus of centres of the circles which cut the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 −
𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 orthogonally is: [AP E-2015]
𝟏)𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐)𝟗𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑)𝟗𝐱 + 𝟏𝟎𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 𝟒)𝟗𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟐𝒈𝒈′ + 𝟐𝒇𝒇′ = 𝐜 +𝒄′
−𝟓
𝟐𝒈(𝟐)+2f(-3) = c + 9 → (1) , 𝟐𝒈 + 2f(2) = c + 2 → (2)
𝟐
𝟏 − 𝟐 , 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 9𝒈 − 10 f = 7
The locus of centres of the circles is - 9𝐱 + 10 y = 7
𝟗𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
Key - 2
2. If 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟
𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 orthogonally is: [AP E-2015]
𝟏)(−𝟓, −𝟔) 𝟐)(𝟓, 𝟔) 𝟑)(𝟑, 𝟓) 𝟒)(−𝟖, −𝟏𝟑)
Solution
R.A is S -𝑺′ = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝑳 ≡ 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Req 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 S + λL = 0
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟓 + λ(𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟒) = 𝟎
𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 ⇒ r = 0
𝟐 𝟐
λ −𝟒 λ −𝟐
+ 𝟒 -5-4λ=0
𝟒
2λ 𝟐 - 28λ = 0
λ = 0 , λ = 14
4−λ 2−λ
Centre = , 𝟐
𝟐
if λ = 0 ⇒(2,1)
if λ = 14 ⇒(−5,−6)
Key - 1
3. If 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 meets the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 at A and B,
then the equation of the circle with AB as diameter is : [AP E-2015]
𝟏) 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 + 𝛌 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
−𝛌 𝛌−𝟑 𝟑
𝐶 , 2 lies on x - y+1 =0 ⇒ 𝛌 = 2
2
𝟑
𝒔𝒖𝒃. 𝛌 = 2 in (1), we get ⇒ 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 Key - 1
4. The length of the common chord of the two circles 𝒙 − 𝒂 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 =
𝒂𝟐 and 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚 − 𝒂 𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 is : [TS E-2015]
𝒂𝒃 𝟐𝒂𝒃 𝒂+𝒃
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒) 𝒂 𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝒂 +𝒃
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
Solution
Given circles cut orthogonally

𝟐𝒓𝟏 𝒓𝟐
∴ length of the common chord =
𝒓𝟏 𝟐 +𝒓𝟐 𝟐
𝟐𝒂𝒃
=
𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐
Key - 1
5. The equation of the circles passing through (1,2) and the point of
intersection of the circles 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 −
𝟐𝐱 -15 = 𝟎 is [TS E-2015]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 9 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 9 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 9 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 9 = 𝟎
Solution
R.A is S -𝑺′ = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝑳 ≡ 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟔 = 𝟎
Req 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝐢𝐬 S + λL = 0
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐𝟏 + λ(𝒙 + 𝒚 - 6) = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
It passing through (1, 2)
⇒λ=2 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 9 = 𝟎 Key - 3
6. The length of the common chord of the two circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 is [E-2014]
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟑𝟓 𝟏𝟒𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟏𝟑𝟓 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟒 𝟒
Solution
common chord is S -𝑺′ = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
length of the common chord = 2 𝒓𝟐 − 𝒅𝟐
𝟏𝟏 𝟐
=2 𝟐𝟐 − 𝟖
𝟏𝟐𝟏 𝟐𝟓𝟔−𝟏𝟐𝟏 𝟏𝟑𝟓

=2 𝟒− =2 =
𝟔𝟒 𝟔𝟒 𝟒
Key - 3
7. The locus of the centre of the circle which cuts the circle
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝐱 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 orthogonally and touches the line 𝐱 = 𝟐 is
𝟏) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱 [E-2014]
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐲 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐲
Solution
𝑪𝟏 (10, 0) , 𝑪𝟐 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ,
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟗𝟔 𝒓𝟐 = 𝒙𝟏 − 𝟐
d= (𝒙𝟏 − 𝟏𝟎)𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝟐 ⇒ 𝒅𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒓𝟐 𝟐
𝒚𝟏 𝟐 = 16 𝒙𝟏
Key - 2
8. (a, 0) and (b, 0) are centres of two circles belonging to a co-axial
system of which y-axis is the radical axis. If radius of one of the circles
is ‘r’, then the radius of the other circle is
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏/𝟐 𝟏/𝟐 [E-2013]
𝟏) 𝐫 + 𝐛 + 𝐚 𝟐 𝟐
𝟐) 𝐫 + 𝐛 − 𝐚 𝟐
𝟏/𝟑 𝟏/𝟑
𝟑) 𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝟒) 𝐫 𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝐚𝟐
Solution
𝟐 𝟐
two circles are 𝒙 − 𝒂 + 𝒚 −𝟎 = 𝐫𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝒙 −𝒃 + 𝒚 −𝟎 = 𝐫𝟐𝟏
R.A is 2x(b-a) + 𝐚𝟐 - 𝒃𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 − 𝐫 𝟐 𝟏
𝐫 𝟐 = 𝐫 𝟐 𝟏 + b - 𝒂𝟐 = 0 (∵Given R.A is y- axis)
𝑟1 = 𝒓𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 Key - 2
9. If the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 bisects the circumference of
the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎, then c =
𝟏) 𝟏𝟔 𝟐) 𝟐𝟒 𝟑) − 𝟒𝟐 𝟒) − 𝟔𝟐 [E-2013]
Solution
R.A is 10x – 10y + (c + 12) = 0 → (1)

𝐶2 3, −2 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 (1)
𝟑𝟎 + 𝟐𝟎 + (𝒄 + 𝟏𝟐) = 𝟎
𝒄 = - 62
Key - 4
10. The equation to the line joining the centres of the circles belonging to
the coaxial system of circles
𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟑 + 𝛌 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟔 = 𝟎 is [E-2012]
𝟏) 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
R.A is x + 2y - 6 = 0
Line of Centre's is 2x – y + k =0
𝟓 −𝟓
c , 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎
𝟒 𝟒
−𝟏𝟓
𝒌= , sub. In Above eqn , we get
𝟒
𝟖𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 Key - 1
11. A circle passes through the points (3,4) and cuts the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 =
𝐚𝟐 orthogonally; the locus of its centre is a straight line. If the distance of
this straight line from the origin is 25, then 𝐚𝟐 = [E-2012]
𝟏) 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝟐𝟓 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝟓
Solution
𝐒 ≡ (𝐱 − 𝟑)𝟐 + (𝐲 − 𝟒)𝟐 =0
𝐒 ′ ≡ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 =0
𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐒 − 𝐒 ′ = 0
6x + 8y - 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟓 = 0 → (1)
𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟎, 𝟎 𝒕𝒐 𝟏 𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝟓
𝒂𝟐 +𝟐𝟓
= 25 ⇒𝒂𝟐 = 225 Key - 2
𝟏𝟎
12. The length of common chord of circles of radii 15 and 20 and whose
centres are 25 units of distance apart is [E-2010]
𝟏) 𝟏𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏𝟔 𝟑) 𝟐𝟒 𝟒) 𝟐𝟓
Solution
𝟐𝒓𝟏 𝒓𝟐
length of common chord =
𝒓𝟏 𝟐 +𝒓𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 × 𝟏𝟓 × 𝟐𝟎
=
𝟏𝟓𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎𝟐
𝟐×𝟏𝟓×𝟐𝟎
=
𝟐𝟓
= 24 Key - 3
13. If the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 cuts another circle 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 in A and B, then equation of circle with AB as
diameter is [E-2010]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
S + λL = 0, L ≡ 2x+1 = 0
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 λ + 𝟏 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏 + λ = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
−𝟑
C − λ+𝟏 , lies on L = 0
𝟐
−𝟏
λ= , sub. In eqn (1) we get
𝟐
𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 Key - 2
14. If the length of tangents drawn to the circles
1) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟒𝟎 = 𝟎
2) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟓𝐱 + 𝟖𝟎 = 𝟎
3) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟔𝟎 = 𝟎 [E-2010]
From the point P are equal, then P =
𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟓
𝟏) 𝟖, 𝟐) −𝟖,
𝟐 𝟐
−𝟏𝟓 −𝟏𝟓
𝟑) 𝟖, 𝟒) −𝟖,
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝒐𝒇 𝟏 & 𝟐 𝒊𝒔 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟒𝟎 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒙 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 → (𝒊)
𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝒐𝒇 𝟐 & 𝟑 𝒊𝒔 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟔𝟎 = 𝟎

⇒ 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒𝟒 = 𝟎 → (𝒊𝒊)
𝒆𝒒𝒏 (𝒊)𝒔𝒖𝒃. In Eqn (ii) is
⇒ 𝟐𝟒 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒𝟒 = 𝟎
⇒ 𝟏𝟔𝒚 = −𝟏𝟐𝟎
−𝟏𝟐𝟎 −𝟏𝟓
⇒𝒚= ⇒𝒚=
𝟏𝟔 𝟐
−𝟏𝟓
𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 centre = 𝟖, Key - 3
𝟐
15. The equation of the circle which passes through the origin and cuts
orthogonally each of the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 −
𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟕 is : [E-2009]
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟑𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝟗𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝟗𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟐𝟗𝐲 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒆𝒒𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
𝟏 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝟎, 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒄 = 𝟎 → (𝟐)
𝟏 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 orthogonally
2(g)(-3)+2(f)(0) = c + 8
−𝟒
-6g = 0 + 8 ⇒ g = 𝟑
𝟏 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 orthogonally
2(g)(-1)+2(f)(1) = c - 7
−𝟐𝟗
⇒ f= 𝟔
𝑺𝒖𝒃. 𝒈, 𝒇, 𝒄 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝟏 , 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 +𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟐𝟗𝐲 = 𝟎
Key - 4
16. The point (3, -4) lies on both the circles 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
and 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎. Then the angle between the circles
is : 𝟏 −𝟏
𝟑 [E-2009]
𝟎 𝟐) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 −𝟏 𝟑)𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟎
𝟏) 𝟔𝟎 𝟒) 𝟏𝟑𝟓
𝟐 𝟓
Solution
𝒄𝟏 (1, -4) 𝒄𝟐 (2, -3)
𝒓𝟏 = 𝟐 𝒓𝟐 = 2
⇒ 𝒅 = 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 2
𝒅𝟐 − 𝒓𝟏 𝟐 −𝒓𝟐 𝟐
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 =
𝟐𝒓𝟏 𝒓𝟐
𝟐−𝟒−𝟐 −𝟏
= = ⇒ 𝜽 = 1350
𝟐×𝟐× 𝟐 𝟐 Key - 4
17. The number of common tangents to the two circles
𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 is
[E-2006]
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝒄𝟏 (4, -1) 𝒄𝟐 (1, 8)

𝒓𝟏 = 17 𝒓𝟐 = 40
𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 = 90
𝒓 𝟏 − 𝒓 𝟐 < 𝒄𝟏 𝒄𝟐 < 𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒓 𝟐
Two circles intersect each other number of common tangent = 2
Key - 2
18.The equation of the circle whose diameter is the common chord of the
circles 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 [E-2005]
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐋 = 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐒 + 𝛌𝐋 =0
𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟐 + 𝛌(𝐲 + 𝟏) = 𝟎
𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝛌 + 𝟑 𝐲 + 𝟐 + 𝛌 = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
𝛌+𝟑
𝐶 −1, − lies on y+1 =0 ⇒ 𝛌 =-1
2
𝒔𝒖𝒃. 𝛌 = −1 in (1)
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 3
19. If 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 meets the circle 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 at A and B,
then the equation of the circle with AB as diameter is : [E-2005]
𝟏) 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐒 + 𝛌𝐋 =0 ⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 + 𝛌 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
−𝛌 𝛌−𝟑 𝟑
𝐶 , 2 lies on x - y+1 =0 ⇒ 𝛌 = 2
2
𝟑
𝒔𝒖𝒃. 𝛌 = 2 in (1), we get ⇒ 𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 1
20. A line ′𝒍′ meets the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝟏 in A, B and P(-5, 6) is such
that PA = PB = 10. Then the equation of ′𝒍′ is …. [E-2004]
𝟏) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
Draw a circle having Centre A(-5 , 6) and radius ‘10’
Equ of that circle is (𝒙 + 𝟓)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟔)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟐
⇒𝒙𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 − 𝟑𝟗 = 𝟎
Given circle 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝟏 = 𝟎
Equ to common chord (l)is S − 𝐒 ′ = 0
⇒10𝐱 − 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎⇒ 5x -6y +11 =0
Key - 3
21. If the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 bisects the circumference of
the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 then k =
[E-2003]
𝟏) 𝟐𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟐𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐𝟑 𝟒) − 𝟐𝟑
Solution
𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝒌 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 → (𝟏)
𝒄𝟐 (-1, 3) lies on (1)
−𝟒 + 𝟏𝟐 + 𝒌 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝒌 = - 23
Key - 4
22. The radical axis of the circles 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎, and 𝐱 𝟐 +
𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟔 = 𝟎 is [E-2001]
𝟏) 𝟖𝐲 − 𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟖𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐲 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐒 − 𝐒 ′ = 0
𝟖𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 2
23. Two circles of equal radius r cut orthogonally. If the centres are (2,3)
and (5,6) then r = [E-2000]
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝒅 𝟐 = 𝒓𝟏 𝟐 + 𝒓𝟐 𝟐
(𝟐 − 𝟓)𝟐 +(𝟑 − 𝟔)𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐 +𝒓𝟐
18 =𝟐𝒓𝟐
𝒓𝟐 = 9
r=3
Key - 3
24. The radius of the circle having centre at (2,1) whose one of the chord
is a diameter of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 is [IST-2003]
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝟏 (2, 1)
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒄 (𝟏, 𝟑)
𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒔 𝒓 = 𝟐
𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 = 𝒓𝟐 +𝒄𝒄𝟏 𝟐
= 𝟒+𝟓
=𝟑 Key - 3
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ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
ELLIPSE
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
1. Given two fixed points A and B and AB = 6. The simplest form of the
equation to the locus of P such that PA+PB = 8 is
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏 𝟑) + =𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟕 𝟏𝟔 𝟗 𝟗 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟐 𝟐𝟏
Solution
𝐏𝐀 + 𝐏𝐁 = 𝟖 , 𝟐𝐚 = 𝟖, 𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟔 ⇒ 𝐞 = 𝟑/𝟒
9
𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐  b2 = 16 (1 - )=7
16
x2 y2
∴Required ellipse is 16 + 7 = 1
Key - 1
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
2. Equation to the locus of the point which moves such that the sum of the
distances from the points (3,9) (3,1) is 10 is
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝐱−𝟓 𝐲−𝟑 𝐱−𝟑 𝐲−𝟓
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏
𝟗 𝟐𝟓 𝟗 𝟐𝟓
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱−𝟑 𝟐 𝐲−𝟓 𝟐
𝟑) + =𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟗 𝟐𝟓 𝟑𝟔 𝟒𝟗
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Solution
𝐒 𝟑, 𝟗 , 𝐒𝟏 𝟑, 𝟏 and SP + S’ P = 𝟐𝐛 = 𝟏𝟎 ⇒ 𝐛 = 𝟓
𝐱 − 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 Major axis is parallel to y-axis
Centre = M.P of 𝐒𝐒𝟏 = 𝟑, 𝟓
𝟒
2be = 8 𝐞 =
𝟓
a2 = 𝐛𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐
16
= 25 (1- ) = 9
25
𝐱−𝟑 𝟐 𝐲−𝟓 𝟐
∴Required ellipse is + =𝟏 Key - 2
𝟗 𝟐𝟓
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟑
3. Equation of the ellipse with focus (3,-2), eccentricity and directrix
𝟒
𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟒𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝟕𝟏𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝟕𝟒𝐱 − 𝟓𝟐𝟖𝐲 + 𝟕𝟓𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟒𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝟕𝟏𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟓𝟖𝟖𝐱 + 𝟑𝟕𝟒𝐲 + 𝟗𝟓𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝟕𝟏𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝟓𝐱 − 𝟐𝟕𝟒𝐲 + 𝟔𝟓𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟒𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝟕𝟏𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝐱 − 𝟒𝟕𝐲 + 𝟖𝟓𝟗 = 𝟎

ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒 𝟑, −𝟐 , e = ¾, directrix is 2x - y + 3 = 0
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲
𝐒𝐏 = 𝐞𝐏𝐌
𝐒𝐏𝟐 = 𝐞𝟐 𝐏𝐌 𝟐
𝟐
𝟗 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟑
 𝐱−𝟑 𝟐 + 𝐱+𝟐 𝟐 =
𝟏𝟔 𝟓
 𝟒𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝟕𝟏𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟓𝟖𝟖𝐱 + 𝟑𝟕𝟒𝐲 + 𝟗𝟓𝟗 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪. 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟏
4. Foci are ±𝟓, 𝟎 , 𝐞 = , equation of the ellipse is
𝟐
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏 𝟑) + 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟕𝟓 𝟓𝟎 𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟓𝟎
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 ±𝐚𝐞, 𝟎 = ±𝟓, 𝟎 , 𝐞 = 𝟏/𝟐
1
𝐚𝐞 = 𝟓 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟏𝟎 , 𝐛𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 = 100 ( 1− ) = 75
4
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
R𝐞𝐪. 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 + =𝟏
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟕𝟓
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟏
5. Major axis is 8 and 𝐞 = , axes are co-ordinate axes, equation of the
𝟐
ellipse is
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏 𝟑) + = 𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟏𝟐 𝟒 𝟏𝟔 𝟖 𝟐𝟒 𝟏𝟔 𝟑𝟐 𝟐𝟒
Solution 𝟏
𝟐𝐚 = 𝟖 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟒, 𝐞 =
𝟐
1
𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 = 16 1 − =𝟖
2
x2 y2
R𝐞𝐪. 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 + =𝟏 Key - 2
16 8
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟑
6. Latusrectum 8, 𝐞 = , axes are co-ordinate axes equation of the
𝟐
ellipse is
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟏) + = 𝟏 𝟐) + = 𝟏 𝟑) + = 𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟔𝟒 𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟓𝟔 𝟔𝟒 𝟔𝟒 𝟑𝟐 𝟐𝟓𝟔 𝟏𝟐𝟖
Solution
𝟑 𝟐𝐛𝟐
𝐞= , = 𝟖 ⇒ 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚 (1)
𝟐 𝐚
⇒ 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 = 4a
𝟑
⇒𝐚 𝟏− = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟏𝟔, (1) ⇒ b = 8
𝟒
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
R𝐞𝐪. 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 + =𝟏 Key - 2
𝟐𝟓𝟔 𝟔𝟒
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
7. Centre (1,2) axes are parallel to co-ordinate axes distance between the
𝟏
focii 8, 𝐞 = then equation of the ellipse is
𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝐱−𝟏 𝐲−𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏
𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟔 𝟖
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱−𝟏 𝟐 𝐲−𝟐 𝟐
𝟑) + =𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟔𝟒 𝟑𝟐 𝟐𝟒 𝟏𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Solution
𝟏
𝐜 𝟏, 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟖  𝟐𝐚 = 𝟖 ⇒ 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐
𝟐
1
𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 = 32 1 − = 𝟏𝟔
2
𝟐 𝟐
𝐱−𝟏 𝐲−𝟐
∴ + =𝟏
𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟔
𝐱−𝟏 𝟐 𝐲−𝟐 𝟐
𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟔 Key - 1
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟏
8. The vertices of an ellipse are (-4, 3), (8, 3), 𝐞 = equation of the ellipse
𝟐
is
𝐱−𝟐 𝟐 𝐲−𝟑 𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏
𝟑𝟔 𝟏𝟖
𝐱−𝟐 𝟐 𝐲−𝟑 𝟐
𝟐) + =𝟏
𝟑𝟔 𝟐𝟕
𝐱−𝟐 𝟐 𝐲−𝟑 𝟐
𝟑) + =𝟏
𝟏𝟖 𝟗
𝐱−𝟐 𝟐 𝐲−𝟑 𝟐
𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟑𝟔 𝟏𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Solution
𝐂 = 𝐌. 𝐏 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐀𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟑
𝐀𝐀𝟏 = 𝟐𝐚 = 𝟏𝟐 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟔
1
𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 = 36 𝟏 − = 𝟐𝟕
4
𝐱−𝟐 𝟐 𝐲−𝟑 𝟐
𝟑𝟔 𝟐𝟕
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
9. Equation of the ellipse with foci 𝟐 ± 𝟕, 𝟑 and the length of major
and minor axes are 8, 6 respectively is
𝟏) 𝟗 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔 𝐲 − 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟐) 𝟏𝟔 𝐱 + 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟗 𝐲 + 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒
𝟑) 𝟗 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔 𝐲 + 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟒) 𝟗 𝐱 + 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟔 𝐲 − 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒
Solution 𝐒 𝟐 + 𝟕, 𝟑 𝐒𝟏 𝟐 − 𝟕, 𝟑
𝐲 − 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞  major axis is parallel to x - axis

𝟐𝐚 = 𝟖, 𝟐𝐛 = 𝟔
centre = M.P of 𝐒𝐒𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝟑
R𝐞𝐪. 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝟗 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔 𝐲 − 𝟑 𝟐
= 𝟏𝟒𝟒 Key - 1
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
10. The equation + = 𝟏 represents an ellipse if
𝟏𝟎−𝐚 𝟒−𝐚
𝟏) 𝐚 < 𝟒 𝟐) 𝐚 > 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟒 < 𝐚 < 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) 𝐚 > 𝟏𝟎
Solution
𝟏𝟎 − 𝐚 > 𝟎 and 𝟒 − 𝐚 > 𝟎 …………………………………..

………………………. ⋮
𝐚 < 𝟏𝟎 and a< 𝟒 ⇒ 𝐚 < 𝟒 ⋮ ⋮
𝟒 𝟏𝟎
Key - 1
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
11. If A and B are two fixed points and if the point P moves such that
PA+PB = constant, then the locus of P is
𝟏) 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟐) 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟑) 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝟒) 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
Solution
𝐏𝐀 + 𝐏𝐁 = 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 ⇒ 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ′𝐏′ 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞
𝐁 𝐀
Key - 3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
12. The centre of the ellipse 𝟒𝐱𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 – 𝟐𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝟔𝐲– 𝟕𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) (2, –1) 𝟐)(3, 5) 3) (3, –2) 4) (5, 3)
Solution
Convert the given equation in the form
𝐱−𝐡 𝟐 𝐲−𝐤 𝟐
+ = 𝟏, 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 = 𝐡, 𝐤
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝛛𝐬
(or) = 𝟎  8x-24=0  x=3
𝛛𝐱
𝛛𝐬
= 𝟎  18y+36=0  y = -2  Centre =(3, -2) Key - 3
𝛛𝐲
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
13. The eccentricity of the ellipse + = 𝟏 is
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔
𝟒 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟓 𝟒 𝟑
Solution
𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐 𝟐𝟓 − 𝟏𝟔 𝟑
𝐞= = =
𝐚𝟐 𝟐𝟓 𝟓
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
14. If the major axis is n times the minor axis of the ellipse in the
standard form then eccentricity is
𝐧−𝟏 𝐧−𝟏 𝐧𝟐 − 𝟏 𝐧𝟐 − 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝐧 𝐧𝟐 𝐧𝟐 𝐧
Solution
Given that 𝟐𝐚 = 𝐧(𝟐𝐛) ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝐧𝐛
𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐 𝐧𝟐 𝐛 𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐 𝒏𝟐 − 𝟏
𝐞= = =
𝐚 𝟐 𝐧𝟐 𝐛 𝟐 𝒏
Key - 4
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
15. If A, A’ are the vertices, S,S1 are the foci and Z,Z1 are the feet of the
directrices of an ellipse with centre C then CS,CA,CZ are in
1) A.P. 2) G.P. 3) H.P. 4) A.G.P.
Solution
𝐚 a,b,c are in A.P  2b = a+c
𝐂𝐒 = 𝐚𝐞, 𝐂𝐀 = 𝐚, 𝐂𝐙 =
𝐞 a,b,c are in G.P  𝒃𝟐 = ac
𝐚 2ac
𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐞, 𝐚, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆. 𝐏 a,b,c are in H.P  𝒃 =
𝐞 a+c
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
16. The ends of major axis of an Ellipse are (5,0) (-5,0) and one of the foci
lies on 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎. Then the ‘e’ of the Ellipse is
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟓 𝟓 𝟑
Solution
±𝒂, 𝟎 = ±𝟓, 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟓
𝐚𝐞, 𝟎 = 𝟓𝒆, 𝟎 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
3
e=
5
Key – 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
17. If the length of latusrectum of an Ellipse be equal to half its minor axis
then its eccentricity is
𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑
Solution
𝟐𝐛𝟐
= 𝐛 ⇒ 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟒𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐
𝐚
𝟑
 e=
𝟐
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
18. If the angle between the lines joining the foci to an extremity of minor
axis of an Ellipse is 𝟗𝟎𝟎 its eccentricity is
𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
b
Tan𝟒𝟓𝟎 =
ae
 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐
 𝒂𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐
1
𝒆= Key - 4
2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
19. In an Ellipse the major and minor axes are in the ratio 5:3. The
eccentricity of the Ellipse is
𝟑 𝟏 𝟐 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟓 𝟑 𝟓
Solution
𝐚: 𝐛 = 𝟓: 𝟑, 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐
𝟗 = 𝟐𝟓 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐
4
𝐞=
5
Key - 4
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
20. If P is a point on the Ellipse of eccentricity e and A, A1 are the vertices
and S,S1 are the foci then area of ∆𝐒𝐏𝐒𝟏 : ∆𝐀𝐏𝐀𝟏 is
1) e3 : 1 2) e2 : 1 3) e : 1 4) 2e : 1
Solution
Area of ∆ SPS’ : ∆ APA’

𝟏 𝟏
𝟐𝐚𝐞 𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = 𝟐𝐚 𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
𝟐 𝟐
e:1
Key - 3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
21. If the eccentricity of an ellipse tends to zero, then the ellipse becomes
𝟏) a closed figure 𝟐) a quadrilateral
𝟑) a circle 𝟒) a hexagon
Solution
𝐒𝐏
= 𝐞 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐒𝐏 = 𝟎
𝐏𝐌
𝐱−𝐡 𝟐+ 𝐲−𝐤 𝟐 =𝟎
Locus of ‘P’ is a circle
Key - 3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
22. The area of an ellipse is 8𝝅 sq. units distance between the foci is 4 𝟑
then e =
1) sin 30° 2) sin 45° 3) sin 60° 4) sin 75°
Solution
𝛑𝐚𝐛 = 𝟖𝛑 ⇒ 𝐚𝐛 = 𝟖
𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟒 𝟑 ⇒ 𝐚𝐞 = 𝟐 𝟑
𝟔𝟒
𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐛𝟐= 𝐚𝟐𝟏− 𝐞𝟐
⇒ 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐
𝐚
𝐚𝟒 − 𝟏𝟐𝐚𝟐 − 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎, 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔 𝐚𝟐 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐
𝟑
𝐚 = 𝟏𝟔 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟒, 𝐞 = = 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟔𝟎𝟎 Key - 3
𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
23. The latusrectum subtends a right angle at the centre of the ellipse
then its eccentricity is
1) 2 sin 18° 2) 2 cos 18° 3) 2 sin 54 3) 2 cos 54°
Solution
𝐛𝟐
𝐚 𝐛𝟐
𝐓𝐚𝐧𝟒𝟓 = ⇒ 𝐞 = 𝟐 = 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐
𝐚𝐞 𝐚
𝟓−𝟏
𝐞𝟐 +𝐞−𝟏 =𝟎⇒𝐞= = 2 sin 18°
𝟐
Key - 1
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
24. If the minor axis of an ellipse forms an equilateral triangle with one
vertex of the ellipse then e =
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓
Solution B
𝑪𝑩
Tan 𝟑𝟎𝟎 = 300
𝑪𝑨 A’ C A
𝟏 𝐛
⇒ =  3𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 B’
𝟑 𝐚  3𝒂𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
𝟐
e= Key - 2
𝟑
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱−𝟔 𝟐 𝐲−𝟑 𝟐
25. The foci of the ellipse + = 𝟏 are
𝟏𝟔𝟗 𝟏𝟒𝟒
1) (11, 3), (6, 3) 2) (11, 3), (1,3)
3) (18, 3), (–6,3) 4) (–4, 3), (16, 3)
Solution
𝐡, 𝐤 = 𝟔, 𝟑 , 𝐚 = 𝟏𝟑, 𝐛 = 𝟏𝟐 𝐚 > 𝐛 ;
𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐 𝟓
𝐞= =
𝐚𝟐 𝟏𝟑 Key - 2
foci 𝐡 ± 𝐚𝐞, 𝐤 = 𝟏𝟏, 𝟑 𝟏, 𝟑

ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
26. S and S1 are the foci of the ellipse 𝟐𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎. Then the sum
of the distances from S and S’ to the point 𝟒 𝟑, 𝟓 is
1) 20 2) 15 3) 40 4) 30
Solution
𝐏 = 𝟒 𝟑, 𝟓
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
+ = 𝟏, 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟔𝟒, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎(𝐚 < 𝐛)
𝟔𝟒 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝐒𝐏 + 𝐒′ 𝐏 = 𝟐𝐛 Key - 1
= 2×10 = 20
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
27. A focal chord perpendicular to major axis of the ellipse 𝟗𝐱𝟐 + 𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓
cuts the curve at P and Q then length of PQ is
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟖
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟐 𝟓
𝟑 𝟓
Solution
x𝟐 y𝟐
Given ellipse is + = 𝟏 ; 𝒂𝟐 = 5, 𝒃𝟐 =9 (a<b)
5 9
Focal chord is latusrectum
𝟐𝐚𝟐 𝟐 × 𝟓 𝟏𝟎
𝐋𝐋𝐑 = 𝐏𝐐 = = =
𝐛 𝟑 𝟑
Key - 1
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
28. A point moves so that its distance from the point (2,0) is always 1/3
of its distance from the line 𝐱– 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎. If the locus of the point is a
conic, its length of latusrectum is
1) 16/ 3 2) 32/ 3 3) 8/3 4) 15/4
Solution
𝟏
𝑺 𝟐, 𝟎 , 𝒆 =, 𝒛 = (𝟏𝟖, 𝟎)
𝟑
𝟏
𝑺𝑳 = 𝒆𝑳𝑴 = 𝒆𝑺𝒁 = × 𝟏𝟔
𝟑
𝟐𝐛𝟐 𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟑𝟐
∴ 𝐋𝐋𝐑 = = = Key - 2
𝐚 𝟑 𝟑
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
29. PSQ is a focal chord of the ellipse + = 𝟏, then + =
𝟒 𝟗 𝐒𝐏 𝐒𝐐
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 𝟗
Solution
𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟒, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟗 (𝒂 < 𝒃)
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
+ = , 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝒍 = 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐦
𝐒𝐏 𝐒𝐐 𝒍
𝟐 𝟑
= 𝟐=
𝒂 𝟐
𝒃
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐
30. C is the centre of the ellipse + = 𝟏 and S is one focus. Then the
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔
ratio of CS to semi major axis is
1) 4 : 5 2) 2 : 3 3) 3 : 5 4) 2 : 5
Solution
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 (𝒂 > 𝒃)

𝟐𝟓−𝟏𝟔 𝟑
𝒆= =
𝟐𝟓 𝟓
 CS : a = 𝐚𝐞: 𝐚
= 𝟑: 𝟓 Key - 3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
31. The equation of the normal to the ellipse + = 𝟏 at (2, –1) is
𝟒 𝟏
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟓𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟐, −𝟏 ; 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟒, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏
𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝐛𝟐 𝐲
Equation of normal is − = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 Key - 4
𝐱𝟏 𝐲𝟏
 2x+y-3=0
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
32. The equations of the tangents to the ellipse 𝟑𝐱𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐 which
are parallel to the line 𝟐𝐱– 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 are
𝟏𝟓𝟓
𝟏) 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 ± =𝟎
𝟑
𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 ± 𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟏𝟓𝟓
𝟑) 𝟏𝟔𝐱 + 𝟐𝟐𝐲 ± =𝟎
𝟑
𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 ± 𝟑𝟗 = 𝟏
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Solution
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟒, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟑
Slope of given line =4
Slope of line parallel to given line =4
Equation of tangent in slope form is 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 ± 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 ± 𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
33. The point of contact of the line 𝟒𝐱– 𝟓𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 with respect to the
ellipse 𝟗𝐱𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟐𝟓 is
𝟗 𝟑
𝟏) −𝟒, 𝟐) −𝟒, 𝟑) 𝟒, −𝟑 𝟒) −𝟓, 𝟐
𝟓 𝟓
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
Given ellipse is + = 𝟏; 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟗
𝟐𝟓 𝟗
l = 4, m = -5, n = 25
𝒂𝟐 𝒍 𝒃𝟐 𝒎
Point of contact = − , −
𝒏 𝒏
𝟗 Key - 1
= −𝟒,
𝟓
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐
34. The number of tangents to + =1 through (3,2) is
9 4
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
x𝟐 y𝟐
𝑺= + −1, (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )=(3, 2)
9 4
𝐒𝟏𝟏 > 𝟎  point lies out side the ellipse
 No. of tangents = 2
Key - 3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐
35. The sum of the slopes of the tangents to the ellipse + =1 drawn
9 4
from the point (6, –2) is
𝟑 −𝟔 −𝟖
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟕 𝟗
Solution
Here 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟗, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒, (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ) = (6,-2)
𝟐𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟏
𝐦𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟐
𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐚𝟐
𝟖
=−
𝟗 Key - 4
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐
36. The radius of the director circle of + =1 is
9 16
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 25
Solution
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟗, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 𝒂 < 𝒃
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
= 𝟗 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟐𝟓
𝐫=𝟓
Key - 3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐
37. The equation to the auxiliary circle of + =1 is
7 5
1) 𝐱𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 2) 𝐱𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟕
3) 𝐱𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖 4) 𝐱𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓
Solution
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚 > 𝐛, 𝐚𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐
 𝐱𝟐 + 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟕
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟑𝟖. 𝐀 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐀 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁.
𝐚 𝐛
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁 𝐢𝐬
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟒
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱 𝐲
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝟏
𝟑) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐 + 𝟐 =
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱 𝐲 𝟐
Solution
𝐱 𝐲
Equation of tangent at  is 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = 𝟏
𝐚 𝐛
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐚 𝐛
It cuts the axes at 𝐀 , 𝟎 , 𝐁 𝟎,
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
Let mid point of AB = (x, y)

𝐚 𝐛
⇒ = 𝐱, =𝐲
𝟐𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 𝟐𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
By eliminating  we get
𝐚 𝟐 𝐛𝟐
+ =𝟒
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
39. A tangent to 𝟑𝐱𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐 is equally inclined with the coordinate
axes. Then the perpendicular distance from the centre of the Ellipse
to this tangent is
𝟕 𝟓 𝟗 𝟏𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
Given ellipse is + =𝟏
𝟒 𝟑
For equally inclined, m= -1
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 ± 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
⇒𝒙−𝒚± 𝟕=𝟎
𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭

𝐜
=
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
𝟕
=
𝟐
Key - 1
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
40. The equation to the locus of point of intersection of the lines 𝐲 −
𝐦𝐱 = 𝟒𝐦𝟐 + 𝟑, 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐱 = 𝟒 + 𝟑𝐦𝟐 is
1) 𝐱𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐 2) 𝐱𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟕
3) 𝐱𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 4) 𝐱𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒
Solution
Eliminate the parameter ‘m’

On squaring and adding we get 𝐱𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟕
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
41. Tangents are drawn from any point on the circle 𝐱𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝟏 to
x𝟐 y𝟐
the Ellipse + = 𝟏 then the angle between the two tangents is
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟑 𝟔 𝟐
Solution
Here 25+16 = 41
𝟐 𝟐
x y
𝐱𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 + =𝟏
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔
π
 Angle between the tangents = Key - 4
2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
42. Product of the perpendicular distances from the foci of the Ellipse
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 on any tangent to it is
1) 25 2) 25/4 3) 15 4) 12
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + =𝟏 𝒂>𝒃
𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓
𝟒
Product of the perpendicular distances = 𝐛𝟐
25
=
4
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
43. Tangents to the ellipse 𝐛𝟐𝐱𝟐 + 𝐚𝟐𝐲𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 makes angles 𝛉𝟏 and
𝛉𝟐 with major axis such that 𝐂𝐨𝐭𝛉𝟏 + 𝐂𝐨𝐭𝛉𝟐 = 𝐤. Then the locus of
the point of intersection is
𝟏) 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟐𝐤 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
𝟐) 𝟐𝐱𝐲 = 𝐤 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝟑) 𝟒𝐱𝐲 = 𝐤 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝟒) 𝟖𝐱𝐲 = 𝐤 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
Solution
Given 𝐜𝐨𝐭𝛉𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐭𝛉𝟐 = 𝐤
𝐓𝐚𝐧𝛉𝟏 + 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝛉𝟐 = 𝐤𝐓𝐚𝐧𝛉𝟏 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝛉𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
 𝐦𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 = 𝐤. 𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐
𝟐𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟏𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
⇒ 𝟐 𝟐
= 𝒌. 𝟐
𝐱𝟏 − 𝐚 𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐚𝟐
 Locus of P (x, y) is 2xy = k (𝒚𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 )
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
44. Tangents one to each of the ellipses + = 𝟏 and + 𝟐 =𝟏
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 +𝛌 𝐛 +𝛌
are drawn. If the tangents meet at right angles then the locus of their
point of intersection is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝛌
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐛𝟐 + 𝛌
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 + 𝛌
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 + 𝛌
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Solution
B P 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏
C A
Key - 3
𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐁 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞, 𝑪𝑷 = 𝑨𝑩
 𝐂𝐏𝟐 = 𝐀𝐁𝟐
 𝐱 𝟏𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝛌 + 𝐛𝟐
 Locus of P is 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝛌 + 𝐛𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
45. Equation of the pair of tangents from (3, 4) to the ellipse + =𝟏
𝟗 𝟏𝟔
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝟑 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝟑 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝟒 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
Key - 2
𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝟒 𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
Equation of pair of tangents drawn at (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ) to the ellipse + =𝟏
𝟗 𝟏𝟔
is (𝒙 − 𝒙𝟏 ) (𝒚 − 𝒚𝟏 )=0
 (x-3) (𝒚 − 𝟒)=0
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
46. Area of the triangle formed by the x axis, the tangent and normal at
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
(3,2) to the Ellipse + = 𝟏 is
𝟏𝟖 𝟖
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟓 𝟗
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟑, 𝟐 ; 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟖
𝟖
m = slope of the tangent at (3,2) = − .
𝟐𝟕
𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟏𝟑
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 = 𝐲𝟏 𝒎 + =
𝟐 𝒎 𝟑 Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
47. The tangent at any point P on the ellipse meets the tangents at the
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
vertices A & A1of the ellipse + = 𝟏 at L and M respectively.
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
Then AL .A1M =
𝟏) a2 𝟐) b2 𝟑) a2+b2 𝟒) ab
Solution M P(B) L
A
A’ C
AL = b, A’M = b
AL .A1M = b. b = 𝒃𝟐
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
48. The locus of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the foci of the
ellipse S = 0 to any tangent to it is
1) a circle 2) an ellipse 3) a hyperbola 4) not a conic
Solution
Auxilliary circle
Key - 1
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
49. If the normal at one end of latusrectum of the ellipse with eccentricity
‘e’, passes through one end of minor axis then
𝟏) 𝐞𝟒 + 𝟐𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐞𝟒 − 𝟐𝐞𝟐 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐞𝟒 + 𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐞𝟒 + 𝟐𝐞𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
B
Solution L(ae, 𝒃𝟐 /𝒂)
𝐛𝟐
𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐞, is
𝐚
𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝐛𝟐 𝐲 𝒂𝐱 B’(0,-b)
− = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 ⇒ − 𝒂𝒚 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝐱𝟏 𝐲𝟏 𝒆
This passing through B’ (0, -b)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
 𝐚𝐛 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
⇒ 𝐞𝟒 + 𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
50. Number of normals that can be drawn through the point (-2,3) to the
ellipse 𝟑𝐱𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟎 is
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 1
Solution
(𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )= (-2,3) & 𝑺 = 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝟎

Number of normals = 1 ∵ 𝐒𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆.
Key - 4
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
51. C is the centre of the ellipse + = 𝟏, the normal at the end of
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
latusrectum to the ellipse meets the major axis in G. Then CG =
1) ae4 2) ae3 3) ae2 4) ae
Solution
𝐛𝟐
𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐞, is
𝐚
𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝐛𝟐 𝐲 𝒂𝐱
− = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 ⇒ − 𝒂𝒚 = 𝐚 𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝐱𝟏 𝐲𝟏 𝒆
Cuts major axis, put y = 0  x = a𝒆𝟑
Key - 2
 𝐆 𝐚𝐞𝟑 , 𝟎  𝐂𝐆 = ae3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
52. The normal at a point P on the ellipse having A, A1 as vertices and S,
S1 as foci, bisects the angle
𝟏) ∠𝐀′ 𝐏𝐀 𝟐) ∠𝐀′ 𝐏𝐒 𝟑) ∠𝐒′ 𝐏𝐒 𝟒) ∠𝐒′ 𝐏𝐀
Solution Equation of the normal at P is

𝒂𝒙
−
𝒃𝒚
= 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐
P(acos, bsin)
Meets major axes at G (a𝒆𝟐 cos,0)
S’(-ae,0) G S(ae,0)
 S’G:SG = S’P:SP
 PG is angle bisector of ∠𝐒′ 𝑷𝑺
Key - 3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
53. If 𝛑 + 𝛉 is the eccentric angle of a point on the Ellipse
𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎 then the corresponding point on the auxilary
circle is
𝟏) (−4 cos𝛉, −4 sin𝛉) 𝟐) (−5 cos𝛉, −5 sin𝛉)
𝟑) (4cos 𝛉, 4 sin 𝛉) 𝟒) (5 cos𝛉, 5 sin𝛉)
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔
Corresponding point on auxiliary circle is

𝐏′ = 𝟓𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛑 + 𝛉 , 𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛑 + 𝛉 = −𝟓𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉, −𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
54. The area of the ellipse 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 is
1) 9𝛑sq. units 2) 25 𝛑 sq. units
3) 15 𝛑 sq. units 4) 20 𝛑 sq. units

Solution
𝐱−𝟏 𝟐 𝐲−𝟐 𝟐
Given ellipse can be written as + =𝟏
𝟐𝟓 𝟗
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 = 𝛑𝐚𝐛
= 𝟏𝟓𝛑
Key - 3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐
55. If the chords of contact of P(x1 , y1) and Q (x2, y2) w.r.t. the ellipse +
𝐚𝟐
𝐲𝟐 𝐱 𝐱
= 𝟏 are at right angle then 𝟏 𝟐 = .....
𝐛𝟐 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟐 𝟒
𝐚 𝟐 −𝐛 𝟐 −𝐚 −𝐛𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟒
𝐛 𝐚 𝐛 𝐚
Solution
Polar of P (OR) chord of contact of 𝐏 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 𝐰. 𝐫. 𝐭. 𝐒 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝟏 = 𝟎

Polar of Q (OR) chord of contact of 𝐐 𝐱 𝟐 , 𝐲𝟐 𝐰. 𝐫. 𝐭. 𝐒 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝟐 = 𝟎
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 ⇒ 𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 = −𝟏
𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 −𝒂𝟒
⇒ = 𝟒 Key - 3
𝒚𝟏 𝒚 𝟐 𝒃
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
56. The midpoint of the chord 𝟑𝐱– 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 of the ellipse
𝟑𝐱𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒 is
1) (1, –2) 2) (2, –1) 3) (–2, 1) 4) (2, 1)
Solution
Here l=3, m=-2, n=8
x𝟐 y𝟐
Given ellipse is + =1
8 6
−𝐚𝟐 𝒍𝐧 −𝐛𝟐 𝐦𝐧
𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 = 𝟐 𝟐 , 𝟐 𝟐
𝐚 𝒍 + 𝐛 𝐦 𝐚 𝒍 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝐦𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
Key - 3
= (-2, 1)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟓𝟕. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 + = 𝟐 touches the ellipse + = 𝟏 𝐚𝐭 𝐏 then the
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
eccentric angle of P is
𝟏) 𝟎𝟎 𝟐) 𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝟑) 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝟒) 𝟔𝟎𝟎
Solution
𝐱 𝐲
Equation of tangent at P () is 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = 𝟏 → (𝟏)
𝐚 𝐛
𝐱 𝐲
Given tangent is + =𝟏→ 𝟐
𝐚 𝟐 𝐛 𝟐
(1) and (2) represents the same line
1 1 π
By comparing we get cos  = , sin  =   = Key - 3
2 2 4
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
58. The distance of a point P on the ellipse x2 + 3y2 = 6 from the centre is
2, then the eccentric angle of P is
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟔 𝟒 𝟑
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟔 𝟐 Key - 3
𝐏 𝟔𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉, 𝟐𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 , 𝐂 𝟎, 𝟎
𝐂𝐏 = 𝟐
 6𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝛉 + 𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝛉=4
π
=
4
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
59. The condition that the line 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐧 = 𝟎 to be a normal to the
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
ellipse is + = 𝟏 is
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝟐
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
𝟏) + =
𝒍𝟐 𝐦𝟐 𝐧𝟐
𝟐
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝟐) 𝟐 + 𝟐 =
𝒍 𝐦 𝐧𝟐
𝟐
𝐚𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
𝐛𝟐
𝟑) 𝟐 − 𝟐 =
𝒍 𝐦 𝐧𝟐
𝟐
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝟒) 𝟐 − 𝟐 =
𝒍 𝐦 𝐧𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Solution
Given normal is 𝒍𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐧 = 𝟎 … . . 𝟏
𝐚𝐱 𝐛𝐲
Equation of normal at  is − = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 … . . 𝟐
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
(1) and (2) represents the same line
𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝒎𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 𝒏
=− = 𝟐
𝒂 𝒃 𝐚 − 𝐛𝟐
𝟐
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 Key - 2
Eliminating ‘’ we get + 𝟐=
𝒍 𝟐 𝐦 𝐧𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
60. The area of the parallelogram formed by the tgts. at the pts. whose
𝛑 𝟑𝛑 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
eccentric angles are 𝛉, 𝛉 + , 𝛉+𝛑,𝛉+ on the ellipse + =𝟏
𝟐 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
is
1) ab 2) 2ab 3) 3ab 4) 4 ab
Solution
Q 𝟏
∙ Area of PQRS = 4 𝐚𝐛
P ∙ ∙R 𝟐
∙
S = 𝟐𝒂𝒃
Key - 2
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
61. If 𝜶 and 𝜷 are the eccentric angles of the extremities of a focal chord
of an ellipse then the eccentricity of the ellipse is
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛃 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛃

𝟏) 𝟐)
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂 − 𝛃 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛂 − 𝛃
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛃 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛃

𝟑) 𝟒)
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛂 − 𝛃 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛂 + 𝛃
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Solution
Equation of the chord joining  and  is
𝒙 𝜶+𝜷 𝒚 𝜶+𝜷 𝜶−𝜷
𝒄𝒐𝒔 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔
𝒂 𝟐 𝒃 𝟐 𝟐
It is passing through focus (ae,0)
α+β α−β
 e cos = cos
2 2
𝛂−𝛃
𝐜𝐨𝐬
𝟐
⇒𝐞=
𝛂+𝛃
𝐜𝐨𝐬
𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
On applying componendo and dividendo we get
𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛃
𝒆=
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛂 + 𝛃
Key - 4
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
62. The length of the chord intercepted by the ellipse 𝟒𝐱𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲𝟐 = 𝟏 on
the line 𝟗𝐲 = 𝟏 is
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐)
𝟑
Solution
1
On solving ellipse and line i.e. put y = in 4𝒙𝟐 +9 𝒚𝟐 =1
9
we get points of intersection
𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
, & − ,
𝟑 𝟗 𝟑 𝟐
Key - 2
2 2
 Length of the chord =
3
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
63. The locus of the midpoints of parallel chords of an ellipse is a straight
line
1) parallel to the major axis
2) parallel to the minor axis
3) passing through the focus
4) passing through the centre
Solution
Always passes through the centre of the ellipse
Key - 4
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
64. Let ‘E’
be the ellipse + = 𝟏 and C be the circle 𝐱𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗. let P
𝟗 𝟒
and Q be two points (1,2) and (2,1) respectively. Then
1) Q lies inside ‘C’ but outside ‘E’
2) Q lies outside of both C and E
3) P lies inside of both C and E
4) P lies inside C but outside E
Solution
𝐂𝟏𝟏 < 𝟎 P lies inside C

𝐄𝟏𝟏 > 𝟎  Q lies out side E
Key - 4
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟏
1) Focus (4, 0), e = directrix is x – 16 = 0. Then equation of the ellipse is
𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗 𝟔𝟒 𝟑𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑) + =𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟔𝟒 𝟒𝟖 𝟒𝟖 𝟔𝟒
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Solution
𝒂 𝟏
𝒂𝒆 = 𝟒, = 𝟏𝟔  𝒂 = 𝟖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆 =
𝒆 𝟐
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 = 𝟒𝟖
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝑹𝒆𝒒. 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + =𝟏
𝟔𝟒 𝟒𝟖
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟑
2) Foci are (0, ±3), 2 = , 𝐭𝐡𝐞 equation of the ellipse is
𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏
𝟕 𝟏𝟔 𝟗 𝟏𝟔
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑) + =𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟗 𝟏𝟖 𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟓
Solution
𝟑
b𝒆 = 𝟑, 𝒆 =  𝒃 = 4., 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 = 7
𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟕 𝟏𝟔 KEY (1)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
3) Major axis is 8, distance between the directrices is 16 𝟐 then equation
of the ellipse is
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟖
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑) + =𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟒
Solution
𝟐𝒂 𝒂 𝟏
𝟐𝒂 = 𝟖,  𝒂 = 𝟒, = 𝟏𝟔 𝟐  = 𝟖 𝟐 𝒆 =
𝒆 𝒆 𝟐 𝟐
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 (𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 ) = 14
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟒
KEY (4)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
4) Axes are co-ordinate axes, distance between the foci is 8, distance
between directrices is 32 then equation of the ellipse is
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏
𝟔𝟒 𝟑𝟐 𝟔𝟒 𝟏𝟔
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑) + =𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟔𝟒 𝟒𝟖 𝟔𝟒 𝟖
Solution
𝟐𝐚 𝐚
𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟖,  𝐚𝐞 = 𝟒, = 𝟑𝟐  = 𝟏𝟔
𝐞 𝐞
𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟔𝟒
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟏
𝐚𝐞 = 𝟒 e =
𝟐
𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 (𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 ) = 48
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟔𝟒 𝟒𝟖
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟐𝟎
5) Equation of the ellipse with foci (±4, 0) and length of latusrectum is
𝟑
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏
𝟐𝟎 𝟑𝟔 𝟐𝟎 𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑) + =𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟑𝟔 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟒 𝟖
Solution
𝟐𝒃𝟐 𝟐𝟎 𝒃𝟐 𝟏𝟎
=  = 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝒂𝒆 = 𝟖  𝒂𝒆 = 𝟒
𝒂 𝟑 𝒂 𝟑
𝐎𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐧𝐬. 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔.

ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑𝟔 𝟐𝟎
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
6) Equation of the ellipse with foci (±5, 0) and length of major axis 26 is
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏
𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟔𝟗 𝟐𝟗 𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑) + =𝟏 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟑𝟗 𝟏𝟒 𝟏𝟔𝟗 𝟏𝟒𝟒
Solution
𝟐𝒂 = 𝟐𝟔  𝒂 = 𝟏𝟑
𝒂𝒆 = 𝟓, 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏𝟔𝟗 𝟏𝟒𝟒
KEY (4)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
7) Equation of the ellipse with vertices (±5, 0) foci (±4, 0) is
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏) + =𝟏 𝟐) + = 𝟏 𝟑) + =𝟕 𝟒) + =𝟏
𝟐𝟓 𝟗 𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟓 𝟕 𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟐
Solution
𝟒
𝒂 = 𝟓, 𝒂𝒆 = 𝟒 𝒆 =
𝟓
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 (𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 ) = 9
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟐𝟓 𝟗 KEY (1)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
8) An ellipse with foci (-1, 1)(1, 1) passes through (0, 0) then its equation is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution 𝑺 −𝟏, 𝟏 , 𝑺𝟏 (𝟏, 𝟏),P (0,0)
𝑺𝑷 + 𝑺𝟏𝑷 = 𝟐𝒂 ⇒ 𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂
𝟏
𝑺𝑺𝟏 = 𝟐𝒂𝒆 ⇒ 𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝒆 ⇒ 𝒆 =
𝟐
𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 = 𝐌. 𝐏 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐒𝟏 = (𝟎, 𝟏)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 (𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 ) = 1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚−𝟏 𝟐
𝟐 𝟏
𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎
KEY (4)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
9) The equation + = 𝟏 represents an ellipse if
𝟏𝟎−𝒌 𝒌−𝟒
𝟏) 𝒌 < 𝟒 𝟐) 𝒌 > 𝟏𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒 < 𝒌 < 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) 𝒌 = 𝟏𝟎
Solution
𝟏𝟎 − 𝒌 > 𝟎, 𝒌 − 𝟒 > 𝟎;
𝒌 < 𝟏𝟎; 𝒌 > 𝟒
∴ 𝟒 < 𝒌 < 𝟏𝟎
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
(𝒙+𝒚−𝟏)𝟐 (𝒙−𝒚)𝟐
10) The centre of the ellipse + = 𝟏 is
𝟗 𝟏𝟔
𝟏) (𝟎, 𝟎) 𝟐) (𝟎, 𝟏) 𝟑) (𝟏, 𝟎) 𝟒) (𝟏, 𝟏)
Solution
𝑶𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 = (𝟏, 𝟏)
KEY (4)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
(𝒙−𝟏)𝟐 (𝒚−𝟐)𝟐
11) The eccentricity of the ellipse + = 𝟏 is
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝟑 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓
Solution
𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 𝟕
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟗 𝒂>𝒃 , 𝒆= =
𝒂𝟐 𝟒
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
12) If the major axis is 3 times the minor axis of the ellipse then e is
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
𝟐𝒂 = 𝟑(𝟐𝒃)
 a2 = 9b2
 a2 = 9(𝒂𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐 )
2 𝟐
e= KEY (3)
𝟑
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
13) If the latus rectum is half of its major axis then e is
𝟏 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒
Solution
𝟐𝒃𝟐 𝟏 𝒃𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
= (𝟐𝒂)  𝟐 =  𝟏 − 𝒆 =  𝒆 =
𝟐
𝒂 𝟐 𝒂 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
KEY (1)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
14) In the ellipse distance between the foci is equal to the distance
between a focus and one end of minor axis then its eccentricity is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟒 𝟑 𝟓
Solution
𝑪 = 𝒂𝒆, 𝟎 , 𝑩 = (𝟎, 𝒃)
𝟐𝒂𝒆 = 𝒂𝟐𝒆𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝟏
𝟐𝒂𝒆 = 𝒂  𝒆 =
𝟐 KEY (1)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
15) The distance between the foci of an Ellipse is equal to the length of
latusrectum. Its eccentricity is
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟓−𝟏 𝟑−𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝟐𝒃𝟐
𝟐𝒂𝒆 =  𝒆 = 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐
𝒂
𝟓−𝟏
𝒆 +𝒆−𝟏=𝟎 𝒆=
𝟐
𝟐 KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
16) The ellipse + = 𝟏 cuts x - axis at A and 𝑨𝟏 , y - axis at B and 𝑩𝟏 .
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝟑𝝅
The line joining the focus S and B makes an angle with x-axis. Then
𝟒
the eccentricity of the ellipse is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑
𝑩
Solution
𝒃 𝟑𝝅
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟒𝟓𝟎 = 𝟒
𝒂𝒆 𝑺
 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 = a2 (1-e2)
𝟏
𝒆= KEY (1)
𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
17) The eccentricity of the conic represented by (𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 +𝒚𝟐 −
𝒙 + 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖 is
𝟏) 𝟏/𝟑 𝟐) 𝟏/𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏/𝟒 𝟒) 𝟏/𝟓
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐒𝐏 + 𝐒𝟏 𝐏 = 𝟐𝐚
𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝟏 = −𝟐, 𝟎 , 𝐒 = 𝟐, 𝟎 , 2a = 8
𝟏
𝑺𝑺𝟏 = 𝟐𝒂𝒆  𝟐 = 𝒂𝒆  e =
𝟐 KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
18) If the minor axis of an ellipse subtends an angle 𝟔𝟎𝟎 at each foci then
its eccentricity is
𝟏) 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝟐) 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝟑) 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝟒) 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟔𝟎𝟎
Solution 𝑩
𝐛 𝟑 𝟑𝟎𝟎
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟑𝟎𝟎 = 𝐞= = 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝑺
𝐚𝐞 𝟐
𝑩𝟏
KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
19) The distance between the foci is equal to half of its minor axis then
eccentricity is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝟓
Solution
1
𝟐𝒂𝒆 = 𝒃  4 a2 e2 = b2  e =
𝟓
KEY (4)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙 𝒚 𝒙 𝒚
20) If a line + = 𝟏 meets the ellipse on x-axis and the line + =𝟏
𝟖 𝟓 𝟑 𝟒
meets the ellipse on y-axis then its eccentricity
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓
Solution
𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐱 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 at A = (8,0)
𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐘 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 at B = (0,4)
𝟔𝟒 − 𝟏𝟔 𝟒𝟖 = 𝟑
𝒂 = 𝟖, 𝒃 = 𝟒  𝒆 = = 𝟒
𝟔𝟒 𝟔𝟒 KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
21) The foci of the ellipse 9𝒙𝟐 + 5(𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓) = 45 are
𝟏) −𝟐, 𝟓 , (𝟐, 𝟓) 𝟐) 𝟎, 𝟑 , (𝟎, 𝟕)
𝟑) 𝟎, 𝟏 , (𝟎, 𝟗) 𝟒) (±𝟒, 𝟓)
Solution
𝐱 𝟐 (𝐲 − 𝟓)𝟐
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 + =𝟏
𝟓 𝟗
𝒉, 𝒌 = 𝟎, 𝟓 , 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟓, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟗 (a < b)
𝒃𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝟐
𝒆= 𝟐
=
𝒃 𝟑
𝑭𝒐𝒄𝒊 = 𝒉, 𝒌 ± 𝒃𝒆 = 𝟎, 𝟑 , (𝟎, 𝟕) KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
22) If x = 2 (cost – sint); y = 3 (cost + sint) represents a Conic, its foci are
𝟏) (± 𝟏𝟎, 𝟎) 𝟐) (± 𝟏𝟑, 𝟎) 𝟑) (𝟎, ± 𝟏𝟑) 𝟒) (𝟎, ± 𝟏𝟎)

Solution
𝐁𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 ‘t’ from given equations we get the
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
ellipse + = 𝟏 (a < b)
𝟖 𝟏𝟖
𝒃𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝟓
𝒆= 𝟐
= ; 𝒉, 𝒌 = (𝟎, 𝟎)
𝒃 𝟑
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐢 = 𝐡, 𝐤 ± 𝐛𝐞 = (𝟎, ± 𝟏𝟎) KEY (4)

ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝝅 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
23) P is a point on the ellipse + = 𝟏, S and 𝑺𝟏 are the foci of the
𝟔 𝟑𝟔 𝟗
ellipse then SP + 𝑺𝟏 𝑷 =
𝟏) 𝟔 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝟒) 𝟔𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟔𝟎𝟎
Solution
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔, 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟗 (𝐚 > 𝐛)
𝐒𝐏 + 𝐒𝟏 𝐏 = 𝟐𝐚 = 𝟏𝟐
KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝝅 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
24) P is a point on the ellipse + = 𝟏, S and 𝑺𝟏 are the foci of the
𝟔 𝟑𝟔 𝟗
ellipse then SP − 𝑺𝟏 𝑷 =
𝟏) 𝟔 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟗 𝟑) 𝟗 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐𝟕
Solution
𝝅
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔, 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟗 𝐚 > 𝐛 , 𝛉 =
𝟔
𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 𝟑
𝐞= =
𝒂𝟐 𝟐
𝐒𝐏 − 𝐒𝟏 𝐏 = 𝟐𝐚𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 = 9 KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
(𝒙+𝟏)𝟐 (𝒚−𝟑)𝟐
25) The vertices of the ellipse + = 𝟏 are
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔
𝟏) 𝟑, 𝟒 , (−𝟔, 𝟑) 𝟐) 𝟒, 𝟑 , (−𝟔, 𝟑)
𝟑) 𝟓, 𝟑 , (−𝟕, 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟔, 𝟑 , (−𝟖, 𝟑)
Solution
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔, 𝒉, 𝒌 = (−𝟏, 𝟑)
vertices = 𝒉 ± 𝒂, 𝒌 = −𝟏 ± 𝟓, 𝟑 = 𝟒, 𝟑 , (−𝟔, 𝟑)
KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟑
26) The eccentrycity of an ellipse is , its length of latusrectum is
𝟐
𝟏) 𝟏/𝟐(𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔) 𝟐) 𝟏/𝟑 (𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔)
𝟑) 𝟏/𝟒 (𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔) 𝟒) 𝟐/𝟑 (𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔)
Solution 𝟑
𝒆=
𝟐
𝟐𝒃𝟐 𝟐𝒂𝟐 (𝟏−𝒆𝟐 )
LLR = =
𝒂 𝒂
𝟑 𝒂 𝟏
= 𝟐𝒂 𝟏 − = = (𝟐𝒂) KEY (3)
𝟒 𝟐 𝟒
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
27) The distance of the point ‘𝛉’ on the ellipse + = 𝟏 from a focus
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
(-ae, 0) is
𝟏) 𝒂(𝒆 + 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽) 𝟐) 𝒂(𝒆 − 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽)
𝟑) 𝒂(𝟏 + 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽) 𝟒) 𝒂(𝟏 + 𝟐𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽)
Solution
𝑺′ −𝒂𝒆, 𝟎 , 𝑷(𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽)

𝑺𝟏𝑷 = 𝒂(𝟏 + 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽)
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
28) The ratio of the lengths of the major and minor axis of the ellipse
𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒 is
𝟏) 𝟓 ∶ 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑: 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟔: 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟒: 𝟑
Solution
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 + =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟗 (𝒂 > 𝒃)
𝟐𝒂 ∶ 𝟐𝒃 = 𝟒: 𝟑 KEY (4)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
29) The equation of the tangents to the ellipse 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓 which are
perpendicular to the line 3x – y + 7 = 0 are
𝟓𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 ± 𝟓𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 ± =𝟎
𝟐
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 ± 𝟔𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 ± 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 + =𝟏
𝟓 𝟓
𝟒 𝟑
𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐧𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐥𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 𝐦𝟐
𝟓 𝟓
 𝒌𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟐 + (𝟗)
𝟒 𝟑
𝟔𝟓
𝒌=±
𝟐
𝑹𝒆𝒒. 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 ± 𝟔𝟓 = 𝟎
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
30) If x + ky - 5 = 0 is a tangent to the ellipse 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎 then k =
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) − 𝟑 𝟑) ± 𝟑 𝟒) 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒆
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + =𝟏
𝟓 𝟐𝟎/𝟗
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟓, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎/𝟗, l = 1,m = k, n = -5
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝒏𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒍𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒎𝟐
𝒌 = ± 𝟑 KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
31) The product of the slopes of the tangents to the ellipse 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟔
drawn from the point (1, 2) is
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟏 𝟒) − 𝟐
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + = 𝟏
𝟑 𝟐
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟐, (x1, y1 ) = (1,2)
𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝒃𝟐
𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟐
= −𝟏
𝒙𝟏 − 𝒂 KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
32) If the line y = x + c touches the ellipse 2𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 then c =
𝟓 𝟑 𝟐 𝟔
𝟏) ± 𝟐) ± 𝟑) ± 𝟒) ±
𝟔 𝟐 𝟑 𝟓
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
Solution 𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + =𝟏
𝟏/𝟐 𝟏/𝟑
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏/𝟐, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏/𝟑, m = 1, c = c
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 ∶ 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝟓
𝒄 = ± KEY (1)
𝟔
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
33) Equation of the tangent of + = 𝟏 making an angle 𝟔𝟎𝟎 with x-
𝟐𝟖 𝟏𝟔
axis is
𝟏) 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟓 𝟐) 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎
𝟑) 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟕 𝟒) 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒
Solution
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟐𝟖, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔,  = 𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝒎 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟔𝟎𝟎 = 𝟑
𝑹𝒆𝒒. 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎 KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
34) A tangent having slope -4/3 to the ellipse + = 𝟏 meets the major
𝟏𝟖 𝟑𝟐
and minor axis at A and B. If O is the centre of the ellipse then the
area of ∆OAB is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟔 𝑺𝒒 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝟐) 𝟐𝟎 𝑺𝒒. 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔
𝟑) 𝟐𝟒 𝑺𝒒. 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝟒) 𝟐𝟐 𝑺𝒒. 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔
Solution
−𝟒
𝒂𝟐= 𝟏𝟖, 𝒃𝟐
= 𝟑𝟐, 𝒎 =
𝟑
𝑬𝒒𝒏. 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎
𝒄𝟐
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 = = 𝟐𝟒
𝟐 𝒂𝒃
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒕𝒙 𝒚 𝒙 𝒕𝒚
35) The locus of point of intersection of the lines − + 𝒕 = 𝟎, + −
𝒂 𝒃 𝒂 𝒃
𝟏 = 𝟎 is (t is parameter)
𝟏) 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝟐) 𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝟑) 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝟒) 𝑬𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆
Solution
𝒕𝒙 𝒚 𝒙 𝒕𝒚
− = −𝒕, + =𝟏
𝒂 𝒃 𝒂 𝒃
𝑻𝒐 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 ′𝒕′ , 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
+ = 𝟏 (𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆) KEY (4)
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
36) If 𝛉 is the angle between the two tangents drawn from (4, 1) to the
ellipse 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟔 then tan𝛉 =
𝟑 𝟑 𝟏 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟓 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
Given ellipse is + = 𝟏, 𝑺 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔
𝟔 𝟑
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟔, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝒙𝟏, 𝒚𝟏 = (𝟒, 𝟏)
𝟐𝒂𝒃 𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽 = 𝟐 = 𝟑/𝟐
(𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 ) KEY (4)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
37) The locus of point intersection of orthogonal tangents to the ellipse
(𝒙−𝟏)𝟐 (𝒚−𝟐)𝟐
+ = 𝟏 is
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝟏) (𝒙 − 𝟏) +(𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
𝟐 𝟐) (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟕
𝟑) (𝒙 + 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 𝟒) (𝒙 + 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝒚 + 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟕
Solution
𝐚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔, 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟗, 𝐡, 𝐤 = (𝟏, 𝟐)
locus of p.o.i of orthogonal tangents is (𝐱 − 𝐡)𝟐 +(𝐲 − 𝐤)𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
(𝐱 − 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝐲 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 (𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞)

KEY (1)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
38) The nature of the intercepts made on the axes by the tangent at the
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
point , to the ellipse 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒 are
𝟓 𝟓
𝟏) 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝟐) 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍
𝟑) 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏
𝟒) 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐 𝟏: 𝟐
Solution 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝑬𝒒𝒏. 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟗, 𝒙𝟏, 𝒚𝟏 = ,
𝟓 𝟓
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝑬𝒒𝒏. 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒙 𝒚
 + = 𝟏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒔.
𝟓 𝟓
KEY (1)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
39) The minimum area of the triangle formed by any tangent to the
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
ellipse + = 𝟏 and the coordinate axes is
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝟏) 𝒂𝒃 𝟐) 𝟐𝒂𝒃 𝟑) 𝟒𝒂𝒃 𝟒) 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
Solution
𝒙 𝒚
𝑬𝒒𝒏. 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑷 𝜽 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 = 𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
𝒄𝟐 𝟏 𝒂𝒃 𝒂𝒃
𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑶𝑨𝑩 = = =
𝟐 𝒂𝒃 𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜽
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
T𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂, 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝜽 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎
ab
minimum area = ∵ 𝒎𝒂𝒙. 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝜽 𝒊𝒔 𝟏
𝟏
= ab
KEY (1)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
40) Product of the perpendicular distances from (± 𝟕, 0) to the line
𝒙 𝒚
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 = 𝟏 is
𝟒 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟏𝟐 𝟐) 𝟕 𝟑) 𝟗 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 product of the perpendicular distances from foci to

𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
any tangent of the ellipse + = 𝟏(a > b ) is b2.
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝐱 𝐲
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞(± 𝟕, 0) are the foci and 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = 𝟏
𝟒 𝟑
𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 𝟐
𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝛉 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 + =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 = 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟗
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
41) If x + y 𝟐 = 2 𝟐 is a tangent to the ellipse 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 then the
eccentric angle of the point of contact is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟔 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
KEY (2)
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝑬𝒒𝒏. 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + =𝟏
𝟒 𝟐
𝒙 𝒚 𝒙 𝝅 𝒚 𝝅
𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 + =𝟏 ⇒ 𝒄𝒐𝒔 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏 =1
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒 𝟐 𝟒
𝒙 𝒚 𝝅
𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒔 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏 = 𝟏 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 eccentric angle  =
𝒂 𝒃 𝟒
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
42) 𝒍𝟏 is the tangent to 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟓 at (4, -1) and 𝒍𝟐 is the tangent to
𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 at (2, -3). The distance between 𝒍𝟏 and 𝒍𝟐 is
𝟏𝟎 𝟔𝟎 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟎 𝟒)
𝟕𝟑 𝟕𝟑 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
𝒘𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒙𝟏, 𝒚𝟏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝑺 = 𝟐 + 𝟐 − 𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝟏 = 𝟎
𝐚 𝐛
𝑳𝟏 = 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟑𝟓 𝑳𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟐𝟓
𝒄𝟏 − 𝒄𝟐 𝟏𝟎
𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 = =
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝟕𝟑 KEY (1)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
43) The number of tangents that can be drawn to an ellipse perpendicular
to a given straight line is
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
given line
𝑵𝒐. 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 = 𝟐 KEY (3)

ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
44) Number of normals that can be drawn from the point (0, 0) to 𝟑𝒙𝟐 +
𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 = 𝟐
𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝟏𝑪𝑨 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝟏𝑪𝑩
KEY (1)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
45) Equation of the normal to the ellipse 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 at the point
whose ordinate is 2 is
𝟏) 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝐒𝐮𝐛. 𝐲 = 𝟐 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 + = 𝟏 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐱 = 𝟑
𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓/𝟒
𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝐛𝟐 𝐲
T𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝟑, 𝟐 𝐢𝐬 − = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝐱𝟏 𝐲𝟏
 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎 KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
46) The points on the ellipse 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟕, where the normals to it are
perpendicular to 6x + 5y – 2 = 0 are
𝟏) 𝟑, 𝟓 ; (−𝟑, −𝟓) 𝟐) 𝟐, 𝟓 ; (−𝟐, −𝟓)
𝟑) 𝟓, 𝟑 ; (−𝟓, −𝟑) 𝟒) −𝟓, 𝟑 ; (𝟓, −𝟑)
Solution
𝟑𝟕
a2 = , 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟑𝟕
𝟑
Given line is 6x + 5y – 2 = 0 – (i)

Eqn. normal at (x1, y1) is
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙 𝒚 −𝟐
− = ___________________(𝒊𝒊)
𝟑𝒙𝟏 𝒚𝟏 𝟑
𝒊 & 𝒊𝒊 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 ⇒ 𝟓𝒙𝟏 − 𝟐𝒚𝟏 = 𝟎 ____________(𝒊𝒊𝒊)
𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟐 𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒊𝒊
KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
47) Equation of the auxillary circle of the ellipse + = 𝟏 is
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟖
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 𝟐)𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 =18
𝟑)𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 =12 𝟒)𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 =30
Solution
a2 =12, b2 = 18 (a < b)
Eqn. of auxillary circle is 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐  𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖
KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝟑𝝅 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
48) The equation of the tangent at a point 𝛉 = to the ellipse + =𝟏
𝟒 𝟏𝟔 𝟗
is
𝟏) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟑𝝅
𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝜽 = ,𝒂 =𝟒,𝒃=𝟑
𝟒
𝒙 𝒚
𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝛉 is 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 = 𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟎 KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
49) The equation of the normal to the ellipse + = 𝟏 at the point
𝟒 𝟐
𝝅
whose eccentric angle is is
𝟒
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟏
𝟑) 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟑
Solution
𝝅
𝒂 = 𝟐, 𝒃 = 𝟐 ,𝜽 =
𝟒
𝒂𝒙 𝒃𝒚
𝒆𝒒𝒏. 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝜽 𝒊𝒔 − = 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟏 KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
50) If P(𝛉) is a point on the ellipse + = 𝟏 (a>b) then its
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
corresponding point is
𝟏) (𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒏𝜽) 𝟐)(𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, −𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒏𝜽)
𝟑)(𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏𝜽) 𝟒) (𝟎, 𝟎)
Solution
𝑷𝟏 𝜽 = 𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇

𝑷 𝜽 = (𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒏𝜽)
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
51) The distance of a point P on the ellipse + = 𝟏 from centre is
𝟏𝟐 𝟒
𝟔 then the eccentric angle of P is
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟔
Solution
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒, 𝑪(𝟎, 𝟎), 𝑷( 𝟏𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽)

𝝅
𝑪𝑷 = 𝟔  𝜽 =
𝟑
KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
52) The locus of the point of the intersection of the tangents drawn at the
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
extremities of the chords of the ellipse + = 𝟏 whose eccentric
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝝅
angles differ by is
𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝟏 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐) 𝟐 + 𝟐 =
𝒂 𝒃 𝟒 𝒂 𝒃 𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟒
𝒂 𝒃 𝒂 𝒃
Solution
𝒙 𝒚
𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑷 𝜽 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 = 𝟏 … … … . (𝐢)
𝒂 𝒃
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝝅
𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑸 𝜽 + 𝒊𝒔
𝟐
𝒙 𝒚
− 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 = 𝟏 … … … . (𝐢𝐢)
𝒂 𝒃
𝑻𝒐 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝜽 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊 & (𝒊𝒊)
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟐
𝒂 𝒃
KEY (3)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝝅
53) If the equation of the chord joining the points P(𝛉) and D 𝜽 + on
𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
+ = 𝟏 is x cos𝛂 + y sin𝛂 = p then 𝒂𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝛂 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝛂 =
𝟏𝟐 𝟒
𝒑𝟐
𝟏) 𝟒𝒑 𝟐
𝟐) 𝒑𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟐𝒑𝟐
𝟐
Solution
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒
𝑷(𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽) 𝑫(−𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽, 𝒃 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽)
𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑷𝑫 𝒊𝒔
𝒙 𝝅 𝒚 𝝅 𝟏
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 + + 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 + = … … . (𝒊)
𝒂 𝟒 𝒃 𝟒 𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 + 𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 = 𝑷 … … . (𝒊𝒊)
𝒊 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒊 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔. 𝑩𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕
𝟏 𝝅 𝟏 𝝅 𝟏
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 + , 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 = 𝒃 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 + 𝟒 , 𝒑 = 𝟐
𝒂 𝟒
𝝅
 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜶 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 + , 𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜶 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 + 𝝅 , 𝒑 = 𝟏
𝟒 𝟒 𝟐
𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝟏
a2 cos2  + b2 sin2  = 1= 2× = 𝟐𝒑𝟐
𝟐
KEY (4)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
54) 𝛂 and 𝛃 are the extremities of a focal chord of the ellipse + =𝟏
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝜶−𝜷 𝜶+𝜷
then 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 /𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 =
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐
𝒂 +𝒃 𝟐 𝒂𝟐 𝒂𝟐 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒)
𝒂𝟐 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒂 − 𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐
Solution
𝜶−𝜷 𝜶−𝜷
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
= 𝒆 ⇒ 𝒆𝟐 =
𝜶+𝜷 𝜶+𝜷
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝜶−𝜷
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
𝟐
 = ∵ 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 (𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐)
𝜶+𝜷 𝒂𝟐
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝟐
KEY (4)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
55) The points on the ellipse + = 𝟏 whose eccentric angles differ by
𝟐𝟓 𝟗
a right angle are
𝟏) 𝟓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝟑𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 , (𝟓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽, 𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽)
𝟐) 𝟓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝟑𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 , (−𝟓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽, 𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽)
𝟑) 𝟓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, −𝟑𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 , (𝟓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽, 𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽)
𝟒) 𝟓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, −𝟑𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 , (𝟓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽, 𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽)

ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Solution
𝒂 = 𝟓, 𝒃 = 𝟑
𝑷 𝜽 = (𝟓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽, 𝟑𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽)
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝑸 𝜽+ = 𝟓𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝜽 + , 𝟑𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽 +
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
= (−𝟓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽, 𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽)
KEY (2)
ELLIPSE LEVEL-1
Thank you…
ELLIPSE PCQs
ELLIPSE
ELLIPSE PCQs
ELLIPSE PCQs
x𝟐 y𝟐
1. If the tangent at a point of the ellipse + = 𝟏 meets the coordinate
27 3
axes at A and B and O is the origin, then the minimum area (in sq.units)
of the triangle OAB is [J.M.O.L -2016]
𝟗 𝟐𝟕
(1) 𝟑 𝟑 (𝟐) (𝟑) (4) 27
𝟐 𝟐
Solution 𝒙𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝜽
+ = 𝟏 is the tangent at 
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟗
Area formed with co-axes = =
𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝜽
Area is a minimum at sin2 = 1
 Minimum area = 9sq. units Key = 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟐) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞
x2 y2
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 latusrecta to the ellipse + = 1, is
9 5
[JEEMAINS -2015]
𝟐𝟕 𝟐𝟕
(1) (2) 𝟏𝟖 (3) (4) 27
𝟒 𝟐
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
Given ellipse + = 1 (𝒂 > 𝒃)
𝟗 𝟓
𝒃𝟐 𝟓
a = 3, b = 𝟓⇒ =
𝒂 𝟑
𝒃𝟐 𝟓
∴ One of the end point of a latus rectum = 𝒂𝒆, = 𝟐,
𝒂 𝟑
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟓
∴ 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝟐, 𝒊𝒔
𝟑
𝟐𝒙 𝟓𝒚 𝒙 𝒚
+ = 1⇒ + =1
𝟗 𝟏𝟓 𝟗/𝟐 𝟑
𝟏 𝟗
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 = . . 3.4 = 27 sq.units
𝟐 𝟐
Key = 4
ELLIPSE PCQs
3. An ellipse passes through the foci of the hyperbola 𝟗𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
and its major and minor axes lie along the transverse and conjugate
1
axes of the hyperbola of the two conics is , then which of the following
2
points does not lies on the ellipse? [JEEMAINS -2015]
𝟏𝟑 𝟏 𝟑 𝟑𝟗
1) ( 𝟏𝟑, 𝟎 ) 2) , 𝟔 3) 𝟏𝟑, 𝟒) , 𝟑
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
Solution Hyperbola is − =𝟏
𝟒 𝟗
Foci ± 𝟏𝟑, 𝟎
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟏𝟑
𝒆=
𝟐
𝟏
𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝟏 × 𝒆𝟐 =
𝟐
𝟏
𝒆𝟏 = = 𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞
𝟏𝟑
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 = + =𝟏
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝟏𝟑, 𝟎 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟏
𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 =
𝟏𝟑
𝟏
⇒ 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 =𝒂
𝟏𝟑
𝟏𝟑 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏
𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐
Key - 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
4. If the distance between the foci of an ellipse is half the length of its latus
rectum, then the eccentricity of the ellipse is: [J.M. O.L 2015]
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐−𝟏 𝟐−𝟏
1) 2) 3) 𝟐 − 𝟏 4)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution 𝟏 𝟐𝒃𝟐
𝟐𝒂𝒆 =
𝟐 𝒂
b𝟐 b𝟐
⇒ 2ae = ⇒ 2e = 𝟐
a a
b𝟐
⇒ 𝒆𝟐 =𝟏 − a𝟐 ⇒ 𝒆𝟐 = 1-2e ⇒ e = 𝟐-1 Key - 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
5. The locus of the foot of perpendicular drawn from the centre of the
ellipse 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔 on any tangent to it is
[JEEMAINS -2014]
𝟐
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐
𝟐
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐
𝟐
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐
𝟐
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐
ELLIPSE PCQs
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 + =1
𝟔 𝟐
𝐲𝟏
𝐜 𝟎, 𝟎 , 𝐩 𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟏 , 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐩 =
𝐱𝟏
e𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 of the tangent in slope form is 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
−𝐱 𝟏
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 = 𝐦 = substitute in above line
𝐲𝟏
⇒ 𝐲𝐲𝟏 + 𝐱𝐱 𝟏 = 𝟔𝐱 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲𝟏𝟐 𝒔. 𝒐. 𝒃. 𝒔
𝟐
∴ 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐
Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
6. The tangent at an extremity (in the first quadrant) of the latus rectum
x𝟐 y𝟐
of the hyperbola − = 𝟏 meets x-axis and y-axis at A and B
4 5
respectively. The 𝑶𝑨 − 𝑶𝑩 𝟐 , where O is the origin equals
𝟐
[J.M.O.L-2014]
−𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟔 −𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 4 𝟒)
𝟗 𝟗 𝟑
Solution
b𝟐
One end of latus rectum is 𝒂𝒆,
a
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝐱 𝒂𝒆 𝒚 𝒃𝟐
The equation of tangent is − =𝟏
𝟒 𝟓𝐚
4 5a
x- intercept = = OA y- intercept = = OB
ae b𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏𝟔 −𝟐𝟎
𝑶𝑨 − 𝑶𝑩 = −𝟒 =
𝟗 𝟗
Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
7. If OB is the semi-minor axis of an ellipse, 𝐅𝟏 and 𝐅𝟐 are its foci and the
angle between 𝐅𝟏 𝐁 and 𝐅𝟐 𝐁 is a right angle, then the square of the
eccentricity of the ellipse is: [J.M.O.L -2014]
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒
Solution 𝐁
From the figure 𝐛 𝟒𝟓𝟎

𝑭𝟐 𝐎 ae 𝑭𝟏
𝐚𝐞 𝐚𝐞
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟒𝟓𝟎 = ⇒𝟏= ⇒𝐛 = 𝐚𝐞 ⇒ 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 (−𝐚𝐞, 𝟎) (𝐚𝐞, 𝟎)
𝐛 𝐛
⇒ 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 ∵ 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐
𝟏
⇒ 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 = 𝐞𝟐 ⇒ 𝟐𝐞𝟐 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝐞𝟐 = Key - 1
𝟐
ELLIPSE PCQs
8. The minimum area of a triangle formed by any tangent to the ellipse
x𝟐 y𝟐
+ = 𝟏 and the co-ordinate axes is : [J.M.O.L-2014]
16 81
𝟏)12 𝟐)18 𝟑) 26 𝟒) 36
Solution
x𝟐 y𝟐
Given ellipse + = 𝟏 (a<b), a = 4, b = 9, P 𝟒𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉, 𝟗𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
16 81
𝐱 𝐲
Equation of tangent at 𝟒𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉, 𝟗𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 is 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = 𝟏
𝟒 𝟗
4 𝟗
𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒙𝒆𝒔 ∴ 𝐎𝐀 = , 𝟎 , 𝐎𝐁 = 𝟎,
cosθ 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟏 𝟒 𝟗 𝟑𝟔 𝐝𝐬 𝛑
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 = × = ∵ =𝟎⇒𝛉=
𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝛉 𝐝𝛉 𝟒
∴ Min. Area = 36
Key - 4
ELLIPSE PCQs
x𝟐 y𝟐
9. If a and c are positive real numbers and the ellipse 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏 has
4c c
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
four distinct points in common with the circle 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟗𝐚 , then
[J.M.O.L-2013]
𝟏) 𝟗𝐚𝐜 − 𝟗𝐚𝟐 − 𝟐𝐜 𝟐 < 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟔𝐚𝐜 + 𝟗𝐚𝟐 − 𝟐𝐜 𝟐 < 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟗𝐚𝐜 − 𝟗𝐚𝟐 − 𝟐𝐜 𝟐 > 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟔𝐚𝐜 + 𝟗𝐚𝟐 − 𝟐𝐜 𝟐 > 𝟎

Solution
Solving two curves
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔𝐚𝟐 − 𝟒𝐜 𝟐
𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐜 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐚𝟐
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟑𝟔𝐚𝟐 − 𝟒𝐜 𝟐 > 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟒𝐜 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐚𝟐 > 𝟎
⇒ 𝟒𝐜 𝟐 − 𝟑𝟔𝐚𝟐 < 0 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝐜 − 𝟑𝐚 𝟐𝐜 + 𝟑𝐚 > 𝟎
⇒ 𝟐𝐜 − 𝟔𝐚 𝟐𝐜 + 𝟔𝐚 < 𝟎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝐜 − 𝟑𝐚 𝟐𝐜 + 𝟑𝐚 > 𝟎
⇒ 𝟐𝐜 − 𝟑𝐚 𝟐𝐜 − 𝟔𝐚 < 𝟎
⇒ 𝟐𝐜 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐚𝐜 + 𝟗𝐚𝟐 < 𝟎

⇒ 𝟗𝐚𝐜 − 𝟗𝐚𝟐 − 𝟐𝐜 𝟐 > 𝟎
Key - 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
x𝟐 y𝟐 x 𝟐 y𝟐
10. Let the equations of two ellipses be 𝐄𝟏 : + = 𝟏 and 𝐄𝟐 : + 𝟐 =
3 2 16 b
1
𝟏. If the product of their eccentricities is , then the length of the
2
minor axis of ellipse E2 is : [J.M.O.L-2013]
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒) 𝟗
Solution
x𝟐 y𝟐 x𝟐 y𝟐
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝐄𝟏 : + = 𝟏 and 𝐄𝟐 : + 𝟐 = 𝟏
3 2 16 b
𝟏 𝟏𝟔 − 𝒃𝟐
∴ 𝒆𝟏 = 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝟐 = 𝒂>𝒃
𝟑 𝟏𝟔
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟏
𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝟏 𝒆𝟐 = 𝟐
𝟏
⇒ 𝒆𝟏𝟐 𝒆𝟐𝟐 =
𝟒
𝟏 𝟏𝟔 − 𝐛𝟐 𝟏
⇒ =
𝟑 𝟏𝟔 𝟒
⇒ 𝟏𝟔 − 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐
⇒ 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝐛 = 𝟐
∴ Length of minor axis = 2b=4

Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
11. A point on the ellipse, 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔, where the normal is parallel
to the line, 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎, is [J.M.O.L-2013]
𝟗 𝟖 𝟖 𝟗 −𝟗 𝟖 −𝟖 𝟗
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Solution
G𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
𝟖𝐱 𝟒𝐱
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 = 𝐦 = − =−
𝟏𝟖𝐲 𝟗𝐲
𝟗𝐲
𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 =
𝟒𝐱
𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟗𝐲 𝟖𝐱
⇒ =𝟐 ⇒ 𝐲= 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆
𝟒𝐱 𝟗
𝟐 𝟐
𝟖𝐱 𝟔𝟒𝐱
⇒ 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 +𝟗 = 𝟑𝟔 ⇒ 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + = 𝟑𝟔
𝟗 𝟗
𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 𝟐
𝟗
⇒ 𝐱𝟐 + = 𝟗 ⇒ 𝟐𝟓𝐱 = 𝟖𝟏 ⇒ 𝐱 =
𝟗 𝟓
𝟗
𝟖×
⇒𝐲= 𝟓=𝟖
𝟗 𝟓
𝟗 𝟖
∴ 𝐫𝐞𝐪. 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 = , Key - 1
𝟓 𝟓
ELLIPSE PCQs
ELLIPSE PCQs
x𝟐 y𝟐
1. The radius of the circle passing through the foci of the ellipse + =
16 19
𝟏 and having it centre at (0,3) is
1) 6 2) 4 3) 3 4) 2
Solution 𝟗 𝟕
𝒆= 𝟏− =
𝟏𝟔 𝟒
𝒂𝒆 = 𝟕 𝑺= 𝟕, 𝟎 𝑪 = 𝟎, 𝟑
𝒓 = 𝑪𝑺 = 𝟕+𝟗=𝟒
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚 − 𝟑 𝟐
= 𝟏𝟔 Key - 2
ELLIPSE PCQs
2. The values that m can take to that the straight line y = 4x+m touches
the curve 𝒙𝟐 +𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 𝒊𝒔
1) ± 𝟒𝟓 2) ± 𝟔𝟎 3) ± 𝟔𝟓 4) ± 𝟕𝟐
Solution 𝒚 = 𝟒𝒙 + 𝒎
𝒙 𝟐 𝒚𝟐
+ =𝟏
𝟒 𝟏
𝒎𝟐 = 𝟒 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏
𝒎 = ± 𝟔𝟓
Key - 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
3. For the ellipse
+ = 𝟏, 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒓𝒆
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔
𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝑰 ∶ [TS E−2015]
List -I List -II
1) Directrix corresponding to the focus (-3, 0) a) y =4
2) Tangent at the vertex (0, 4) b) 3x =25
3) Latus rectum through (3, 0) c) x = 3
d) y + 4 =0
e) x+3=0
f) 3x+25 =0
ELLIPSE PCQs
The correct matching :
i ii iii
1) b a e
2) f a c
3) b d c
4) f a e
Solution −𝟏𝟔 𝟑
𝒆= 𝟏 =
𝟐𝟓 𝟓
𝑺 = 𝒂𝒆, 𝟎 = 𝟑, 𝟎
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝒂
𝒙=− (0, 4)
𝒆 Y=4
𝟓
=−
𝟑
−𝟐𝟓 S(-3,0)
= 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑
𝒊 𝒇 x = ae = 3
𝒊𝒊 𝒚 = 𝟒 𝒂
𝒊𝒊𝒊 𝒙 = 𝟑 𝒄
Key - 2
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟐 𝟐
x+y−3 x−y+1
4. The centre of the ellipse + =𝟏
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is
1) (-1, 2) 2) (1, -2) 3) (-1, -2) 4) (1, 2)
Solution
𝒙+𝒚−𝟑=𝟎
𝒙−𝒚+𝟏=𝟎
𝒙 𝒚 𝟏
= =
𝟏−𝟑 −𝟑 − 𝟏 −𝟏 − 𝟏
Centre (1, 2)
Key - 4
ELLIPSE PCQs
5. An ellipse drawn by taking a diameter of the circle 𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏
as its semi minor axis and a diameter of the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟒
as its semi major axis. If the centre of the ellipse is at the origin and its
axes are the co-ordinate axes, then the equation ellipse is [A-2012]
𝟏) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
𝟑) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖
Solution
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟒
𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒊 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 = 𝟐 ⇒ 𝒃 = 𝟐; 𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒊 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔 = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝒂 = 𝟒
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝒆𝒒𝒏. 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 Key - 2
𝟏𝟔 𝟒
ELLIPSE PCQs
6. Equation of the ellipse whose axes are the axes of coordinates and
2
which passes through the point (-3, 1) and has eccentricity is
5
[A-2011]
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
2
Given e =
5
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
Let the ellipse be + =𝟏
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟗 𝟏
It passes through (-3, 1) ⇒ + = 𝟏…(i)
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝟐/𝟓 ⇒ 𝟓𝐛𝟐 = 𝟑𝐚𝟐 ….(ii) Substitute in (i)

𝟗 𝟓
⇒ + = 𝟏 ⇒ 3a2 = 32
𝐚𝟐 𝟑𝐚𝟐
𝟑𝟐 𝟑𝟐
∴ 𝐚𝟐 = , 𝐛𝟐 =
𝟑 𝟓
∴ req. ellipse is 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐
Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
7. The ellipse 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 is inscribed in a rectangle aligned with the
coordinate axes, which in turn is inscribed in another ellipse that
passes through the point (4,0). Then the equation of the ellipse is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 𝟐) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝟖𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟖 [A-2009]
𝟑) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟔𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟖 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + =1 (2,1)
𝟒 𝟏
(0,0) (4,0)
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
Let req. ellipse be 𝟐 + =𝟏
𝐚 𝐛𝟐
ELLIPSE PCQs
It passes through (4,0) ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟒
𝟒 𝟏 4 𝟐
(2,1) is also on the ellipse ⇒ + 𝟐 = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒃𝟐 = ⇒ 𝐛 =
𝟏𝟔 𝒃 3 𝟑
𝒙𝟐 𝟑𝒚𝟐
∴ the eqn. of the ellipse is + =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟒
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
8. For an ellipse with eccentricity 1/2 the centre is at the origin . If one
directrix is x = 4, then the equation of the ellipse is
[A-2009, E-2008]
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐
𝟑) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐
Solution
1 𝐚
Given 𝐞 = , 𝐜 𝟎, 𝟎 , 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 ∶ 𝐱 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 ⇒ = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟒𝐞 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟐
2 𝐞
𝟐
𝟏
𝒘𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝐛 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝒆𝟐
=𝟒 𝟏− =𝟑
𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
∴ 𝒓𝒆𝒒. 𝒆𝒒𝒏 𝒊𝒔 + = 1 ⇒ 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 +𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐 Key - 2
𝟒 𝟑
ELLIPSE PCQs
9. A focus of an ellipse is at the origin. The directrix is the line x = 4 and
the eccentricity 1/2. Then the length of the semi major axis is
[A-2008]
𝟖 𝟐 𝟒 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟓
Solution
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐱 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧
𝐚
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 = − 𝐚𝐞 = 𝟒
𝐞
𝐚 𝒂
⇒ − 𝐚𝐞 = 𝟒 ∵ > 𝒂𝒆
𝐞 𝒆
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝟏
⇒𝒂 −𝒆 =𝟒
𝒆
𝟏
⇒𝒂 𝟐− = 𝟒 ⇒ 3a = 8
𝟐
8
∴ length of the semi major axis = a =
3
Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
10. An ellipse has OB as semi minor axis, F and F1 its foci and the angle FBF'
is a right angle. Then the eccentricity of the ellipse is [A-2005]
1) 𝟏/ 𝟐 2) 1/2 3) 1/4 4) 𝟏/ 𝟑
Solution
B (o,b)
𝑭 𝒂𝒆, 𝟎 , 𝑭′ − 𝒂𝒆, 𝟎 , B 𝟎, 𝒃
𝒃 900
𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝑭 = = m1
𝒂𝒆 O
F’ F
𝒃
𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝑭′ = − = m2 say
𝒂𝒆
∠𝐅𝐁𝐅 ′ = 𝟗𝟎𝟎 ⇒ m m = -11 2
ELLIPSE PCQs
𝒃 𝒃
⇒ − = -1
𝒂𝒆 𝒂𝒆
⇒ b2 = a2e2
⇒ a2 - a2e2 = a2e2 ∵ 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐
⇒ 2a2 e2 = a2
⇒ 2 e2 = 1
𝟏
⇒e=
𝟐
Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
x𝟐
11. Area of the greatest rectangle that can be inscribed in the ellipse 𝟐 +
a
y 𝟐
= 𝟏 is [A-2005]
b𝟐
𝐚
𝟏) 𝐚𝐛 𝟐) 𝟑) 2ab 𝟒) ab
𝐛
Solution
Area = 𝟐𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 𝟐𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 = 𝟐𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐𝛉
= 𝟐𝐚𝐛 ∵ 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐𝛉 ≤ 𝟏
Key - 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
x𝟐
12. The radius of the circle passing through the foci of the ellipse +
16
y𝟐 [A-2002]
= 𝟏 and having its centre at (0, 3) is
9
𝟏) 4 𝟐) 3 𝟑) 𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 7/2
Solution
x𝟐 y𝟐
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + = 𝟏, a > b
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𝟏𝟔 − 𝟗 𝟕
𝐞= = , 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐢 = ± 𝐚𝐞, 𝟎 = ± 𝟕, 𝟎
𝟏𝟔 𝟒
𝟐
𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 = 𝟕−𝟎 + 𝟎−𝟑 𝟐 =𝟒 Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
13. If tangents are drawn from any point on the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 to
x𝟐 y𝟐
the ellipse + = 𝟏 then the angle between the tangents is
16 9
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 [E-2014]
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟒 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑
Solution
x𝟐 y𝟐
𝐱𝟐 + 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 is the director circle of the ellipse + =𝟏
16 9
𝛑
𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬
𝟐
Key - 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
14. An ellipse passing through 𝟒 𝟐, 𝟐 𝟔 has foci at (–4, 0) and (4, 0).
Its eccentricity is [E-2014]
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑
Solution
𝐒𝐒′ = 𝟐𝐚𝐞, 𝐒𝐏 + 𝐒′𝐏 = 𝟐𝐚

𝑺 = 𝟒, 𝟎 , 𝑺𝟏 = −𝟒, 𝟎 , 𝑷 = 𝟒 𝟐, 𝟐 𝟔 ,
𝐒𝐏 + 𝐒′ 𝐏 = 𝟐𝐚 ⇒ 𝟕𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟓𝟏𝟐 + 𝟕𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟓𝟏𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂
⇒ 𝟔𝟒 − 𝟖 + 𝟔𝟒 + 𝟖 = 𝟐𝒂
ELLIPSE PCQs
⇒𝒂=𝟖
∵ 𝒂+𝟐 𝒃= 𝒎 + 𝒏 + 𝟐 𝒎𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎 > 𝒏
= 𝒎+ 𝒏
𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝑺𝟏 = 𝟐𝒂𝒆 ⇒ 𝟖 = 𝟏𝟔𝒆 ⇒ 𝒆 = 𝟏/𝟐
Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
15. The midpoint of a chord of the ellipse 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝟎𝐲 = 𝟎 is
(2, -4). The equation of the chord is [E-2013]
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟐𝟔 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟐𝟔
𝟑) 𝟔𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟐𝟔 𝟒)𝟔𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐𝟔
Solution
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟐, −𝟒 , 𝑺 = 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝟎𝐲
𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
⇒ 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 −𝟒 − 𝟏 𝐱 + 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟒 + 𝟔𝟒 − 𝟒 − 𝟖𝟎
⇒ 𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟐𝟔 Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
16. If the line 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐 intersects the ellipse 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎 into
distinct points A and B, then the mid point of AB is [E-2012]
𝟏) (0, 1) 𝟐) (1, 2) 3) (1, 0) 4) (2, 1)
Solution
Verify option (2), the chord having (1,2) as its mid point is
𝟒𝐱 + 𝟏𝟎𝐲 = 𝟒 + 𝟐𝟎 ⇒ 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐
∵ 𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏
Key - 2
ELLIPSE PCQs
17. The eccentricity of the ellipse 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎 is
[E-2011]
𝟑 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
𝐱+𝟏 𝟐 𝐱+𝟐 𝟐
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 + = 𝟏, 𝐚 > 𝐛,
𝟒 𝟏
𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐
𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐞 = 𝟐
= 𝟑/2
𝐚 Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
18. If the distance between the foci of an ellipse is 6 and the length of the
minor axis is 8, then the eccentricity is : [E-2009, A-2006 ]
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟐 𝟓 𝟓
Solution
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏, 𝒂 > 𝒃
𝐚 𝐛
𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟔, 𝟐𝐛 = 𝟖
𝐚𝐞 = 𝟑, 𝐛 = 𝟒, 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 ⇒ 𝟏𝟔 = 𝐚𝟐 − 𝟗 ⇒ 𝒂 = 𝟓
𝒂𝒆 𝟑
∴𝐞= = Key - 3
𝒂 𝟓
ELLIPSE PCQs
19. Equations of the latus rectum of the ellipse
𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎 are [E-2006]
𝟏) 𝐲 = ± 𝟓 𝟐) 𝐱 = ± 𝟓 𝟑) 𝐲 = 𝟏 ± 𝟓 𝟒) 𝐱 = −𝟏 ± 𝟓
Solution
𝟗 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟐𝟑 ⇒ 𝟗 𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟒 𝐲 − 𝟏 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔
𝐱−𝟏 𝟐 𝐲−𝟏 𝟐
⇒ + =𝟏
𝟒 𝟗
𝟐 𝟐 𝒃𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝟓
𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 = 𝟒, 𝐛 = 𝟗, 𝐚 < 𝐛 , 𝐡, 𝐤 = 𝟏, 𝟏 , 𝒆 = =
𝒃𝟐 𝟑
Equation of latusrectum : 𝐲 = 𝐤 ± 𝐛𝐞
⇒𝐲 = 𝟏 ± 𝟓 Key - 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
20. The sides of the rectangle of greatest area can that be inscribed in the
ellipse 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝟒 are : [E-2006]
𝟏) 𝟔 𝟐, 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟖 𝟐, 𝟒 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟐, 𝟖 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏𝟔 𝟐, 𝟒 𝟐
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 + =𝟏
𝟔𝟒 𝟏𝟔
𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 = 𝟖, 𝒃 = 𝟒 𝒂 > 𝒃
The sides of the greatest rectangle are 𝒂 𝟐, 𝒃 𝟐 = 𝟖 𝟐, 𝟒 𝟐

Key - 2
ELLIPSE PCQs
21. The eccentricity of the conic 𝟑𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟒𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝟔𝐱 − 𝟗𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎
[E-2004]
𝟑 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟒 𝟑
Solution
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
𝐱− 𝐲−
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝟐 + 𝟑 =𝟏
𝟒 𝟏
𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟒, 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟏 𝒂 > 𝒃
𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐 𝟑
𝐞= =
𝐚𝟐 𝟐 Key - 1
ELLIPSE PCQs
22. The eccentricity of the ellipse 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝐱 − 𝟐𝟎𝐲 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 is
[E-2003]
1) 1/2 2) 2/3 3) 1/3 4) 3/4
Solution
𝟐 𝟐
𝐱−𝟏 𝐲−𝟐
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 + =𝟏
𝟓 𝟗
𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟓, 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟗 𝒂 < 𝒃
𝐛 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝟐
∴ 𝐞= =
𝐛𝟐 𝟑 Key - 2
ELLIPSE PCQs
x 𝟐 y𝟐 [E-2001]
23. The eccentricity of the ellipse + = 𝟏 is
9 16
𝟕 𝟓 𝟕 𝟕
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟔 𝟒 𝟒 𝟐
Solution
𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟗, 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 , (𝐚 < 𝐛)
𝐛 𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝟕
∴𝐞= =
𝐛 𝟒
Key - 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
24. The curve represented by x = 2(cos t + sin t) y = 5(cos t – sin t) is
[E-2000]
1) a circle 2) a parabola 3) an ellipse 4) hyperbola
Solution
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞

𝐱 𝐲
= 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐭 … . (𝐢) , = 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐭 … . (𝐢𝐢)
𝟐 𝟓
Squaring and adding we get
𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
+ =𝟐⇒ + = 𝟏 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞
𝟐 𝟓 𝟖 𝟓𝟎 Key - 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
25. The product of the perpendiculars from the foci on any tangent to the
x𝟐 y𝟐
ellipse 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏 is [E-2000]
a b
𝟏) 𝐚 𝟐) 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 𝟑) 𝐛𝟐 𝟒) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
Solution
𝑭𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒊 = ±𝒂𝒆, 𝟎
𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
aem+ a2m2+b2 −aem+ a2m2+b2

product of ⊥r′s from focii = .
m2+1 m2+1
ELLIPSE PCQs
a2 e2m2− a2 m2 +b2
=
m2 +1
a2 e2m2− a2 m2 +a2 − a2e2

=
m2 +1
= −𝒃𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐
Key - 3
ELLIPSE PCQs
26. The eccentricity of the ellipse 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 [E-2000]
1) 2/3 2) 3/4 3) 4/5 4) 1/2
Solution
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝟏 + 𝟏 = 𝟏, (𝐚 > 𝐛)
𝟓 𝟗
𝟏 𝟏
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝒂𝟐 =𝟓 , 𝒃𝟐 =𝟗
𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐 𝟐
𝐞= = Key - 1
𝐚𝟐 𝟑
ELLIPSE PCQs
Thank you…
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
PARABOLA
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
1. The point on the parabola which is nearest to directrix is
𝟏) 𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐦
𝟐) 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬
𝟑) 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐱
𝟒) 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱
Solution
Equation of the directix is 𝐱 + 𝐚 = 𝟎
Let 𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 the any point on the parabola, distance
= 𝐚𝐭 𝟐 + 𝐚 ⇒ 𝐟 ′ 𝐭 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐭 = 𝟎 Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
2. The foci of the parabolas 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱, 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐲, 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 = 𝟎, 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎
taken in order are the vertices of a
1) rectangle 2) parallelogram
3) rhombus 4) square
Solution
Foci are A(1, 0) B(0, 1) C(-1, 0) D(0, -1)

forms a square.
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
3. Which of the following equations represents a parabola
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐲 𝟑 =𝟑 𝐱 𝐲
𝟐) − = 𝟎
𝐲 𝐱
𝐱 𝟒 𝟐
𝟑) + = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 +𝟑=𝟎
𝐲 𝐱
Solution
Write in the form

𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐡𝐱𝐲 + 𝐛𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐠𝐱 + 𝟐𝐟𝐲 + 𝐜 = 𝟎
and 𝚫 ≠ 𝟎, 𝐡𝟐 = 𝐚𝐛
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
4. 𝐲 = 𝐱 represents
1) Part of ellipse
2) Semi parabola
3) Parabola
4) circle
Solution
Semi parabola
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
5. The length of the latusrectum of a conic as 5. Its focus is (-1, 1) and its
directrix is 3x-4y+2=0 then the conic is
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟐) 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝟑) 𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟒) 𝐚 𝐑. 𝐇.
Solution
𝐒𝐋 𝟓/𝟐
=𝐞⇒ =𝐞>𝟏
𝐒𝐙 𝟏
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
6. Equation of the parabola whose focus is (3, -4) and directrix is the line
𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝟎𝐲 + 𝟒𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝟎𝐲 + 𝟒𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟐𝟎𝐲 + 𝟒𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝟎𝐲 − 𝟒𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐒𝐏 = 𝐏𝐌
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
7. The vertex and focus of a parabola are at distances of ‘a’ units and ‘b’
units on the positive x-axis from the origin. Then the equation of the
parabola is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟒 𝐚 − 𝐛 𝐲 − 𝐛
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟒 𝐛 − 𝐚 𝐲 − 𝐚
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝐚 𝟐 =𝟒 𝐛−𝐚 𝐲−𝐛
𝟒) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 𝐛 − 𝐚 𝐱 − 𝐚
Solution
Vertex (a, 0), Focus (b, 0) use
𝐲 − 𝐤 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚′ 𝐱 − 𝐡
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
8. The ends of the latusrectum of a parabola are (4,8) and (4, -8) then the
equation of the parabola is
𝟏) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱 𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐲
Solution
Ends of latusrectum are (a, 2a) and (a, -2a)
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
9. Equation of the parabola whose vertex is the origin, axis along the x-
axis and which passes through the point (-2, 4) is
𝟏) 𝐲 𝟐 = −𝟖𝐱 𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 = −𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝐲
Solution
Let the parabola be 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
10. Equation of the parabola whose axis is horizontal and passing through
the points (-2,1), (1,2), (-1,3) is
𝟏) 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏𝟎𝐲 + 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝟏𝐲 + 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟐𝟏𝐲 + 𝟒𝟎 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐱 + 𝟏𝟎𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐱 = 𝐚𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐛𝐲 + 𝐜 (Axis is horizontal line)
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
11. Equation of a parabola whose vertex is (2, -3), axis is parallel to the x
axis and latusrectum 8 is
𝟏) 𝐲 + 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟖 𝐱+𝟐
𝟐
𝟐) 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟏𝟔 𝐱 − 𝟐
𝟑) 𝐲 + 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟖 𝐱−𝟐
𝟒) 𝐲 + 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟐
Solution
𝟐
Use 𝐲 − 𝐤 = 𝟒𝐚 𝐱 − 𝐡
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
12. The vertex of the parabola 𝐲 = 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐜 is
𝐛 𝐛𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐜 𝐛 𝟒𝐚𝐜 − 𝐛𝟐
𝟏) − , 𝟐) − ,
𝟐𝐚 𝟒𝐚 𝟐𝐚 𝟒𝐚
𝐛 𝟒𝐚𝐜 − 𝐛𝟐 𝐛 𝐛𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐜
𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟐𝐚 𝟒𝐚 𝟐𝐚 𝟐𝐚
Solution
𝟐
𝐛 𝟏 𝟒𝐚𝐜 − 𝐛𝟐
𝐱+ = 𝐲−
𝟐𝐚 𝐚 𝟒𝐚
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
13. The focus of the parabola 𝐲 = 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐛𝐱 + 𝐜 is
𝐛 𝟒𝐚𝐜 − 𝐛𝟐 + 𝟏 𝐛 𝐛𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐜 − 𝟏
𝟏) − , 𝟐) − ,
𝟐𝐚 𝟒𝐚 𝟐𝐚 𝟒𝐚
𝐛 𝐛𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐜 + 𝟏 𝐛 𝐛𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐜
𝟑) − , 𝟒) − ,
𝟐𝐚 𝟒𝐚 𝟐𝐚 𝟒𝐚
Solution
𝟐
𝐛 𝟏 𝟒𝐚𝐜 − 𝐛𝟐
𝐱+ = 𝐲−
𝟐𝐚 𝐚 𝟒𝐚 Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
14. The vertex and focus of the parabola 𝐲 − 𝟒 𝟐 = 𝟖 𝐱 − 𝟑 are
𝟏) 𝟒, 𝟑 , 𝟔, 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑, 𝟒 , 𝟓, 𝟒
𝟑) 𝟑, 𝟒 , 𝟑, 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟑, 𝟒 , 𝟏, 𝟒
Solution
𝐀 𝛂, 𝛃 = 𝟑, 𝟒 , 𝐒 𝛂 + 𝐚, 𝛃
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
15. If the vertex of the parabola 𝐲 = 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝐜 lies on x-axis then c =
𝟏) 𝟖 𝟐) 𝟏𝟔 𝟑) − 𝟏𝟔 𝟒) − 𝟖
Solution
𝐲 = 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝐜 ⇒ 𝐱 − 𝟒 𝟐 = 𝐲 + 𝟏𝟔 − 𝐜
Vertex 𝟒, 𝐜 − 𝟏𝟔 lies on x-axis
∴ 𝐜 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐜 = 𝟏𝟔
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
16. If 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 is a focal chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 = 𝟎 then k=
𝟏) − 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟒 𝟒) 4
Solution
Focus is (-1, 0) substitute in equation of line
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
17. Equation of the directrix of the parabola 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟐
𝟑 𝟓 𝟕
𝐱− =− 𝐲− ⇒𝐲=𝛃+𝐚
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
18. The vertex of the parabola whose focus is (2,1) and directrix is 𝐱 −
𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐, 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏, 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟑, 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟎, 𝟓
Solution
Vertex is mid point of focus and foot of perpendicular from focus on

directrix
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
19. If (3,6) is the vertex and (4,5) is the focus of a parabola, then the
equation of its directrix is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
Let 𝐙 = 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 be the foot of the perpendicular drawn from focus to
directrix. Then A is mid point of 𝐙𝐒 ⇒ 𝐙(𝟐, 𝟕) and directrix is
perpendicular to SA
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
20. The parabola 𝐲 = 𝐚𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛 is symmetrical about the line
𝟏) 𝟐𝐚𝐱 + 𝐛 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐚𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 = 𝟎
Solution
Simplify to general form parabola is symmetric about it’s axis (or)

Partially diff. w.r.t x.
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
21. The vertex and focus of a parabola are (-2,2), (-6,6). Then its length
of latusrectum is
𝟏) 𝟖 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟔 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏𝟐 𝟐
Solution
Distance from focus to vertex = a L.L.R = 4a
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
22. If the focus and directrix of a parabola are (3,-4) and 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
then its length of latusrectum is
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟖 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟔 𝟐
Solution
Distance from S to directrix = 2a
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
23. If (9, 12) is one end of a focal chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱 then
the slope of the chord is
𝟏) 𝟓/𝟏𝟐 𝟐) 𝟕/𝟑 𝟑) 𝟏𝟐/𝟓 𝟒) 𝟑/𝟕
Solution
Focus S(4, 0), One end P(9, 12), Slope = 𝟏𝟐/𝟓
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
24. The parabola 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝐩𝐲 passes through (12,16). Then the focal
distance of the point is
𝟓𝟕 𝟕𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟏𝟑 𝟒) 𝟏𝟖
𝟒 𝟒
Solution
Find ‘P’ by 𝐒𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 Now, focal distance = 𝐲𝟏 + 𝐚
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
25. If (9,12) is one end of a double ordinate of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱
then its equation is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
Solution
Equation of double ordinate 𝐱 = 𝛌

It passes through (9, 12)
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
26.The length of the latusrectum of the parabola 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
is
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟏𝟔 𝟒) 𝟏𝟓
Solution
𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲
𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐱 𝟐
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
27. 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐𝟕 = 𝟎 is the directrix and 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 is the
equation of the latusrectum of a parabola then the length of its
latusrectum is
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟏𝟎 𝟑) 𝟏𝟓 𝟒) 𝟐𝟎
Solution
Distance between L.R and directrix = 2a,

length of L.R = 4a
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
28. If b and c are the length of the segments of any focal chord of a
parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 then the length of its latusrectum is
𝐛𝐜 𝐛+𝐜 𝟒𝐛𝐜
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝐛𝐜 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝐛+𝐜 𝟐 𝐛+𝐜
Solution
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
+ =
𝐒𝐏 𝐒𝐐 𝐚
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
29. The length of the double ordinate on 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱 passing through
(5,0) is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟏𝟔 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟖 𝟓
Solution
Sub x=5 in 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱, length = 2y
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
30. The focal distance of the point (9,6) on the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟖 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) 𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝐅. 𝐃 = 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒂
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
31. Vertex of the parabola 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟐𝟓 −𝟕 𝟐𝟓 −𝟑 𝟏𝟓 𝟕 𝟏𝟕 −𝟑
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟑𝟐 𝟒 𝟑𝟐 𝟒 𝟑𝟐 𝟒 𝟑𝟐 𝟒
Solution
𝟐
Convert into 𝐲 − 𝐤 = 𝟒𝐚 𝐱 − 𝐡
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
32. AB is a focal chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱. If A = (4a, 4a) then B =
𝐚 −𝐚 𝐚 𝐚 −𝐚 𝐚
𝟏) , 𝟐) , −𝐚 𝟑) , 𝟒) , −𝟒𝐚
𝟐 𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒
Solution
𝐚𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 = 𝟒𝐚, 𝟒𝐚 ⇒ 𝐭 = 𝟐,
𝐚 −𝟐𝐚
other end 𝟐 ,
𝐭 𝐭
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
33. Equation of the focal chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 inclined an
𝛑
angle with the x axis is
𝟒
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐒 𝟏, 𝟎 , 𝐦 = 𝟏
Equation 𝐲 − 𝟎 = 𝟏 𝐱 − 𝟏 ⇒ 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
34. Equation of the tangent to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐚𝐱 at (2a,4a) is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐𝐚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟖 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐒𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
35. Equation of the tangent to 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 at the end of the latusrectum in
the 4th quadrant is
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
The point 𝐏 𝟐, 𝟒 , use 𝐒𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
36. If 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 is a tangent to the parabola 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐲 then k =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
Condition 𝐜 = −𝐚𝐦𝟐
Key -1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
37. Condition for 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐜 to be a tangent to the parabola
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚 𝐱 + 𝐚 is
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝐜 = 𝐚 𝐦 + 𝟐) 𝐜 = 𝐚 𝐦 −
𝐦 𝐦
𝐚 𝟏
𝟑) 𝐜 = 𝟒) 𝐚 = 𝐦 −
𝐦 𝐦
Solution
Tangent to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚 𝐱 + 𝐚 is
𝐚 𝐚
𝐲= 𝐦 𝐱+𝐚 = 𝐜 = 𝐚𝐦 +
𝐦 𝐦 Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
38. The line 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 touches the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 at the point
𝟗 𝟗 𝟗 𝟗
𝟏) −𝟑, 𝟐) 𝟑, 𝟑) , −𝟑 𝟒) − , −𝟑
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
Solution
𝟐 𝟑 𝐚 𝟐𝐚
𝐲 = − 𝐱 − ,𝐩 = ,
𝟑 𝟐 𝐦𝟐 𝐦
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
39. The tangent to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝐱 makes an angle 𝟒𝟓𝟎 with x-axis then the
point of contact is
𝐚 𝐚 𝐚 𝐚 𝐚 𝐚 𝐚 𝐚
𝟏) , 𝟐) − , 𝟑) , 𝟒) − ,
𝟐 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 𝟒 𝟐
Solution
𝐚 𝟐𝐚
Point of contact is ,
𝐦𝟐 𝐦
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
40. The sum of the slopes of the tangents to the parabola 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐲
from (5,1) is ‘a’ and the product of the slopes is ‘b’ then a-b =
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟐 𝟒
Solution
𝐱𝟏 𝐲𝟏
𝐦𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 = and 𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 =
𝐚 𝐚
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
41. A tangent to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟕𝐱 is equally inclined with the coordinate axes.
Then the area of the triangle formed by the tangent with the
coordinate axes is
𝟐𝟓 𝟒𝟗 𝟑𝟔 𝟒𝟗
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟔 𝟑𝟐 𝟐𝟓 𝟑𝟔
Solution
𝐤𝟐
Find tangent 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐤 and area
𝟐
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
42. If the line 𝐲 = 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟏 touches the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 then its
length of latusrectum is
𝟏) 𝟐𝟒 𝟐) 𝟏𝟔 𝟑) 𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝟏𝟖
Solution
𝐚
𝐜 = ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝐜𝐦, 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐋. 𝐑 = 𝟒𝐚
𝐦
= 𝟒𝐜𝐦
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
43. The straight line 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐤 + 𝟏 touches the parabola 𝐲 = 𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐱 is
𝟏) 𝐤 = −𝟏 𝟐) 𝐤 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐤 = 𝟏 𝟒) 𝐤 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐞
Solution
Solving 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐊 + 𝟏 and
𝐲 = 𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐱 ⇒ 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐤 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 and 𝚫 = 𝟎
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
44. Number of tangents drawn from (-2, -3) to the parabola 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗𝐱 is
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
𝐒𝟏𝟏 > 𝟎 ⇒two tangents
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
45. If the line 𝟓𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 meets the parabola 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐲 in A and
B then the point of intersection of the two tangents at A and B is
𝟏) 𝟓, 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑, 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟒, 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟔, 𝟒
Solution
Compare the line with 𝐒𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
46. Locus of the point of intersection of the tangents to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱
which includes an angle 𝛂 is
𝟏) 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐱 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐱 = 𝐱 + 𝐚 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐 𝛂
𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐱 = 𝐱 + 𝐚 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝛂 𝟒) 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐱 = 𝐱 − 𝐚 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐 𝛂
Solution
𝐒𝟏𝟏
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛂 =
𝐱𝟏 + 𝐚
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
47. Locus of the point of intersection of any two perpendicular
tangents of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 is
𝟏) 𝐱 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐲 + 𝐚 = 𝟎
Solution
Directrix
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
48. The locus of the centre of a circle passing through a point and
touching a line is
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝟐) 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝟑) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟒) 𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
Solution
The locus is a parabola having the given point as its focus and
the given line as its directrix.
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
49. The locus of the point of intersection of the tangents to the parabola
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 which makes angle 𝛉𝟏 and 𝛉𝟐 with its axis so that
𝐜𝐨𝐭𝛉𝟏 +𝐜𝐨𝐭𝛉𝟐 = 𝐤 is
𝟏) 𝐤𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐤𝐱 − 𝐚 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐲 − 𝐤𝐚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝐤𝐚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐚 𝟏 𝟏
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + , + = 𝐤, 𝐦𝟏
𝐦 𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐
= 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉𝟏 , 𝐦𝟐 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉𝟐
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
50. The point of intersection of the two tangents at the ends of the
latusrectum of the parabola 𝐲 + 𝟑 𝟐 = 𝟖 𝐱 − 𝟐 is
𝟏) 𝟎, −𝟒 𝟐) 𝟎, −𝟑 𝟑) −𝟏, −𝟑 𝟒) −𝟐, −𝟑
Solution
They meet on directrix
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
51. Length of the chord of contact of (2,5) with respect to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱 is
𝟑 𝟒𝟏 𝟐 𝟏𝟕 𝟕 𝟑 𝟓 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟓 𝟕
Solution
𝟏
𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝟏𝟐 + 𝟒𝐚𝟐 𝐲𝟏𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐱 𝟏
𝐚
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
52. Area of the triangle formed by the pair of tangents drawn from (-1,4)
to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱 and the chord of contact of (-1,4) is
𝟏) 𝟖 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏𝟔 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟐 𝟒)𝟏𝟔 𝟐
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 𝟑/𝟐
𝚫=
𝟐𝒂
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
53. The point of intersection of the tangents at the points on the
parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 whose ordinates are 4 and 6 is
𝟏) 𝟔, 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟕, 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟗, 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) 𝟔, 𝟏𝟎
Solution
𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 , 𝐚 𝐭 𝟏 + 𝐭 𝟐
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
54. Tangents are drawn from P to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱. If the difference of the
ordinates of the points of contact of the two tangents is / then the
equation to the locus of P is
𝒍 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏) 𝐲 − 𝟒𝐚𝐱 = 𝒍 𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐱 =
𝟐
𝟐
𝒍
𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐱 = 𝟒) 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐚𝐱 = 𝟐𝒍𝟐
𝟒
Solution
𝐚𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 , 𝐚 𝐭 𝟏 + 𝐭 𝟐 = 𝐱, 𝐲 , 𝒍 = 𝟐𝐚 𝐭 𝟏 − 𝐭 𝟐
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
55. Locus of the point of intersection of the tangents drawn to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱
which makes complementary angles with x-axis is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐚 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝟒𝐚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝐚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐚
𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟏 ⇒ = 𝟏
𝐱
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
56. Equation of the tangents drawn from (4,10) to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗𝐱
are
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎; 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟎; 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎; 𝟗𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎; 𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐚
𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑 , 𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 = ,
𝐱𝟏
𝐲𝟏
𝐦𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 =
𝐱𝟏 Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
57. Equation of the common tangent to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐𝐱 and 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟖𝐲 is
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐚𝟏/𝟑 𝐱 + 𝐛 𝟏/𝟑 𝐲 + 𝐚𝐛 𝟐/𝟑 = 𝟎, where

𝐚 = 𝟖, 𝐛 = 𝟐𝟕
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
58. Equation of the common tangent to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒𝐱 and the
circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖 is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
Solution
Equation of tangent to the parabola
𝟐
𝟔
𝐲 = 𝟐𝟒𝐱 𝐢𝐬 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 +
𝐦
It is tangent to 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖
Use 𝐫 = 𝐝
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
59. Equation of the normal at the point (4,8) to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱 is
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟒 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟒
Solution
Equation of normal at 𝐏 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 is
−𝐲𝟏
𝐲 − 𝐲𝟏 = 𝐱 − 𝐱𝟏
𝟐𝐀
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
60. Equation of the normal to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱 which makes an angle 𝟒𝟓𝟎 with x-
axis is
𝟏) 𝐲 = 𝐱 + 𝟔 𝟐) 𝐲 = 𝐱 − 𝟔
𝟑) 𝐲 = 𝐱 + 𝟐 𝟒) 𝐲 = 𝐱 − 𝟐
Solution
Use normal equation 𝐦 = 𝟏 = −𝐭, use

𝐲 + 𝐱𝐭 = 𝟐𝐚𝐭 + 𝐚𝐭 𝟑
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
61. If the line 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎 is a normal to 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 then the value of k
is
𝟏) 𝟒𝐚 𝟐) − 𝐚 𝟑) − 𝟓𝐚 𝟒) − 𝟑𝐚
Solution
Use 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 − 𝟐𝐚𝐦 − 𝐚𝐦𝟑
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
62. Equation of the normal to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 which is perpendicular to 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 +
𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟑𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟐𝟕 = 𝟎
Solution
Use normal condition 𝐂 = −𝟐𝐚𝐦 − 𝐚𝐦𝟑 ,

where 𝐦 =slope of the normal
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
63. Number of normals to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 through the point (9, -6) is
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
Equation of normal is 𝐲 + 𝐱𝐭 = 𝟐𝐚𝐭 + 𝐚𝐭 𝟑

sub 𝐩 𝟗, −𝟔 , find ′𝐭 ′ .
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
64. The number of normals through (1,2) to the parabola
𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝟐
𝐲−𝟐 = 𝟖 𝐱 + 𝟏 , normal is
𝐲 − 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟏 𝐭 = 𝟐. 𝟐. 𝐭 + 𝟐. 𝐭 𝟑
sub. 𝐩 𝟐, 𝟏 , 𝐭 = 𝟎 only exist
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
65. If the normal at P to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 meets the axis in G and if
S is the focus of the parabola then SG =
𝟏
𝟏) 𝐒𝐏 𝟐) 𝟐𝐒𝐏 𝟑) 𝐒𝐏 𝟒) 𝟑𝐒𝐏
𝟐
Solution
Normal at P(t)is 𝐲 + 𝐱𝐭 = 𝟐𝐚𝐭 + 𝐚𝐭 𝟑
It meets axis in G, ∴ 𝐆 = 𝟐𝐚 + 𝐚𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟎
𝐒𝐆 = 𝐚 + 𝐚𝐭 𝟐 = 𝐒𝐏
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
66. If the chord joining any two points 𝐭 𝟏 and 𝐭 𝟐 on the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 =
𝟒𝐚𝐱 pass through its focus then 𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) -1 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟎
Solution
For focal chord 𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 = −𝟏
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
67. If 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 and 𝐱 𝟐 , 𝐲𝟐 are the ends of the focal chord of the parabola
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 then 𝐱 𝟏 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲𝟏 𝐲𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝐚𝟐 𝟐) − 𝟒𝐚𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟑𝐚𝟐 𝟒)𝟓𝐚𝟐

Solution
Let 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 = 𝐚𝟐𝟏 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 𝟏 , 𝐱 𝟐 , 𝐲𝟐
= 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 𝟐 and use 𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 = −𝟏
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
68. If 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝐚 = 𝟎 is a chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 then its
length is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟓𝒂 𝟐) 𝟐𝟎 𝐚 𝟑) 𝟓 𝐚 𝟒) 40 a
Solution
Given equation of straight line is focal chord
𝟏
of slope 𝐦 = ⇒ 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 = 𝟐𝐋. 𝐅. 𝐂
𝟐
= 𝟒 𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛉
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
69. Number of focal chords of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗𝐱 whose length is less
than 9 is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟎
Solution
Least length of chord = L.R = 9

∴there is no chord less than 9
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
70. Length of the chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 passing through the
vertex and making an angle ′𝛉′ with its axis is
𝟏) 𝟒𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛉 𝟐) 𝟒𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛉
𝟑) 𝟒𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 𝟒) 𝟒𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
Solution
Sub. 𝒍𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉, 𝒍𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 in 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱, where
𝒍 =length of the chord.
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
71. If the normals at ′𝐭 𝟏 ′ and ′𝐭 𝟐 ′ on 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 intersect on the parabola
then
𝟏) 𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 = −𝟏 𝟑) 𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 = −𝟐 𝟒) 𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 = 𝟏
Solution
𝐭𝟏𝐭𝟐 = 𝟐
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
72. If the normal at ‘t’ on 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 subtends a right angle at the vertex
then t =
𝟏
𝟏) ± 𝟏 𝟐) ± 𝟑) ± 𝟐 𝟒) ± 𝟐
𝟐
Solution
Homogenise 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 with the help of
normal at 𝐩 𝐭 , 𝐱 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐟𝐟 + 𝐲 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐟𝐟 = 𝟎
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
73. If the normal at ‘t’ on 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 subtends a right angle at the focus
then 𝐭 𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒) 𝟏𝟔
Solution
Normal at 𝒑 𝒕 subtends 𝟗𝟎𝟎 at the focus
⇒ 𝐚𝐭 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚𝐭 ⇒ 𝐭 = 𝟐
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
74. Angle subtended by the latusrectum of the parabola at the origin is
−𝟏
𝟒 𝟖 𝟐
𝟏) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 − 𝟐) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 −𝟏 𝟑) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 −𝟏 𝟒)𝐭𝐚𝐧−𝟏 𝟐
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Solution
𝐦𝟏 − 𝐦𝟐
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 = ; 𝐦𝟏 = 𝟐
𝟏 + 𝐦𝟏 × 𝐦𝟐
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝟐 = −𝟐
𝟐 − −𝟐
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 =
𝟏 + 𝟐 × −𝟐
𝟒 𝟒
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 = − 𝛉= 𝐭𝐚𝐧−𝟏 −
𝟑 𝟑 Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
75. The focal chord of 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱 is a tangent to 𝐱 − 𝟔 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐. Then
the possible values of the slope of this chord are
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟏, −𝟏 𝟐) − , 𝟐 𝟑) − 𝟐, 𝟒) , 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝐲 = 𝐦 𝐱 − 𝟒 it is a tangent to the given
circle ∴ 𝐝 = 𝐫
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
76. Length of the double ordinate of the point which is at a distance of 2
𝟏 𝟏
units from the vertex of the parabola 𝐱 = 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐲 + 𝟏 is
𝟖 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟖 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝟒 𝐚𝐝
d = distance from vertex
𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐱
𝐚=
𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲 𝟐
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
77. If 𝐭 𝟏 and 𝐭 𝟐 are the ends of a chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 such that
𝟓 + 𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 = 𝟒 then the angle between the tangents at 𝐭 𝟏 and 𝐭 𝟐 is
𝟏) 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝟐) 𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝟑) 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝟒) 𝟔𝟎𝟎
Solution
𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 = −𝟏
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
78. If the tangents to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 at 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 and 𝐱 𝟐 , 𝐲𝟐 meet
on the axis then
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟏 = −𝐱 𝟐 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟏 = 𝐱 𝟐 𝟑) 𝐲𝟏 = 𝐲𝟐 𝟒) 𝐲𝟏 = −𝐲𝟐
Solution
𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟏 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 𝟏 = 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 , 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 𝟐 =
𝐱 𝟐 , 𝐲𝟐 ; P.I. of tangents 𝐚𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 , 𝐚 𝐭 𝟏 + 𝐭 𝟐
meet on axis 𝐭 𝟏 + 𝐭 𝟐 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐲𝟏 + 𝐲𝟐 = 𝟎
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
79. If the tangents at 𝐭 𝟏 , 𝐭 𝟐 , 𝐭 𝟑 on 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 make angles 𝟑𝟎𝟎 , 𝟒𝟓𝟎 , 𝟔𝟎𝟎
with the axis then 𝐭 𝟏 , 𝐭 𝟐 , 𝐭 𝟑 are in
𝟏) 𝐀. 𝐏 𝟐) 𝐆. 𝐏 𝟑) 𝐇. 𝐏 𝟒) 𝐀. 𝐆. 𝐏
Solution
𝟏
𝟑, 𝟏, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆. 𝐏
𝟑
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
80. If the tangents at P and Q on the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 meet in T and if
S is the focus of the parabola then SP, ST, SQ are in
𝟏) 𝐀. 𝐏 𝟐) 𝐆. 𝐏 𝟑) 𝐇. 𝐏 𝟒) 𝐀. 𝐆. 𝐏
Solution
𝐒𝐏 = 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟏 + 𝐚, 𝐒𝐐 = 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟐 + 𝐚
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓 = 𝐚𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 , 𝐚 𝐭 𝟏 + 𝐭 𝟐 Now
Now 𝐒𝐓 𝟐 = 𝐒𝐏. 𝐒𝐐
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
81. If a normal is drawn to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐𝐱 making an angle 𝟒𝟓𝟎 with the axis
then the foot of the normal is
𝟏) 𝟑, 𝟖 𝟐) 𝟑, −𝟔 𝟑) 𝟏𝟐, −𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝟖, −𝟖
Solution
𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 = 𝐚𝐦𝟐 , −𝟐𝐚𝐦

where 𝐦 = 𝟏
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
82. The ordinates of the feet of three normals to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱
from the point (6a, 0) are
𝟏)𝟎, −𝟑𝐚, 𝟑𝐚 𝟐)𝟎, −𝟐𝐚, 𝟐𝐚 𝟑)𝟎, −𝟒𝐚, 𝟒𝐚 𝟒)𝟎, −𝟓𝐚, 𝟓𝐚
Solution
𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟑 + 𝟐𝐚 − 𝐱 𝐭 − 𝐲 = 𝟎 it
passes through 𝟔𝐚, 𝟎 , 𝐭 𝟑 − 𝟒𝐭 = 𝟎 ⇒
𝐭 = 𝟎, −𝟐, 𝟐
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
83. Equation of the normal at t=4 to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱 is
𝟏)𝟒𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏𝟎𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟐)𝟒𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟑)𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏𝟎𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟒)𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟎𝟖 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐲 + 𝐱𝐭 = 𝟐𝐚𝐭 + 𝐚𝐭 𝟑
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
84. P(-3, 2) is one end of focal chord PQ of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟎.
Then the slope of the normal at Q is
−𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒) − 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
Slope of tangent at P = Slope of normal at Q
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
85. The sub tangent, ordinate of the point, and subnormal to the
𝟒
parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐𝐱 at , 𝟒 are in
𝟑
𝟏) 𝐀. 𝐏 𝟐) 𝐇. 𝐏 𝟑) 𝐆. 𝐏 𝟒) 𝐀. 𝐆. 𝐏
Solution
𝐲𝟏
, 𝐲 , 𝐲 𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆. 𝐏
𝐦 𝟏 𝟏
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
86. At any point P on the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 a normal PG is drawn
intersecting the axis in G. If S is the focus of the parabola then 𝐏𝐆𝟐 =
𝟏)𝟐𝐚. 𝐒𝐏 𝟐)𝟑𝐚. 𝐒𝐏 𝟑)𝐚. 𝐒𝐏 𝟒)𝟒𝐚. 𝐒𝐏
Solution
Equation of the normal 𝐲 + 𝐱𝐭 = 𝟐𝐚𝐭 + 𝐚𝐭 𝟑
it meets axis in G.P 𝐚, 𝟐𝐚 = 𝐚𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 ⇒
𝐭 = 𝟏, 𝐆 = 𝟐𝐚 + 𝐚𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟎 = 𝟑𝐚, 𝟎 , 𝐒 𝐚, 𝟎
and calculate 𝐏𝐆𝟐 .
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
87. A tangent to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 meets the axes at A and B. Then
the locus of mid point of 𝑨𝑩 is
𝟏)𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐚𝐱 = 𝟎 𝟐)𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐚𝐱 = 𝟎 𝟑)𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐚𝐱 = 𝟎 𝟒)𝟒𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐚𝐱 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐭 = 𝐱 + 𝐚𝐭 𝟐
⇒ 𝐀 = −𝐚𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟎 , 𝐁 = 𝟎, 𝐚𝐭 midpoint of
−𝐚𝐭 𝟐 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝐲
𝐀𝐁 = 𝐱, 𝐲 = , 𝐭=
𝟐 𝟐 𝐚
𝟐𝐲 −𝐚𝐭 𝟐
𝐭= 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐱 =
𝐚 𝟐 Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
88. Equation of the chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱 which is bisected at
the point (2, -3) is
𝟏)𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐)𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑)𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒)𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
89. The locus of middle points of all chords of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱
passing through the vertex of the parabola is
𝟏) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚𝐱 𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚 𝐱 − 𝐚
𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚 𝐱 − 𝐚 𝟒) 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝐱
Solution
𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏 and passes through 𝟎, 𝟎
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
90. Length of the perpendicular dropped from the focus of the parabola
𝐲 𝟐 = −𝟏𝟔𝐱 to a line making the equal intercepts 2 on the positive
axes
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟖 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝐱 𝐲 𝟔
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 + =𝟏 and 𝐒 −𝟒, 𝟎 length of
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
the perpendicular from focus to the line
𝟔
=
𝟐
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
91. The ordinate of a point on the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖𝐱 is one third of its
length of the latusrectum. Then the length of sub tangent at the point is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟐 𝟐) 𝟖 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝟏
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐲𝟏 = 𝟒𝐚 ;
𝟑
𝐲𝟏 𝐝𝐲
𝐋. 𝐒. 𝐓 = ; 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦 =
𝐦 𝐝𝐱 𝐱 𝟏 ,𝐲𝟏
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
92. If O is the vertex and L, L’ are the extremities of the latusrectum of
the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 then the area of the triangle OLL’ is
𝟏) 𝟒𝐚𝟐 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝟐) 𝟐𝐚𝟐 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬
𝟑) 𝐚𝟐 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝟒) 𝟖𝐚𝟐 𝐬𝐪. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬
Solution
𝟏 𝟏
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 = 𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐒 = 𝟒𝐚 𝐚 = 𝟐𝐚𝟐
𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
93. The tangents to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 at 𝐏 𝐭 𝟏 and 𝐐 𝐭 𝟐 intersect
at R. Then the are of ∆𝐏𝐐𝐑 is
𝐚𝟐 𝟐
𝐚𝟐 𝐚𝟐
𝟏) 𝐭𝟏 − 𝐭𝟐 𝟐) 𝐭 − 𝐭𝟐 𝟑) 𝐭 − 𝐭𝟐 𝟑 𝟒) 𝐚𝟐 𝐭 𝟏 − 𝐭 𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏
Solution
𝐏 = 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟏 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 𝟏 , 𝐐 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭 𝟐 ,
𝐑 𝐚𝐭 𝟏 𝐭 𝟐 , 𝐚 𝐭 𝟏 + 𝐭 𝟐 find area of 𝚫𝐏𝐐𝐑
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
94. PQ is a double ordinate of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱. Then the locus of
its point of trisection is
𝟏) 𝟕𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 𝟐) 𝟏𝟏𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 𝟑) 𝟏𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 𝟒) 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱
Solution
Let ends of D.O are 𝐏 = 𝐥, 𝐦 , 𝐐 = 𝐥, −𝐦

𝐱, 𝐲 be the point trisection of PQ
𝐦
𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐱 = 𝐥, 𝐲 = 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
𝟑
𝐩 = 𝐱, 𝟑𝐲
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
95. If the join of ends of the latusrectum of 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐲 subtends an angle
𝛉at the vertex of the parabola then 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 =
−𝟒 −𝟐 −𝟑 −𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟑 𝟓 𝟓
Solution
Find the equation of 𝐎𝐋 and 𝐎𝐋𝟏 , then
find 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉
Key - 3
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
96. Area of the triangle formed by the vertex, focus and one end of
latusrectum of the parabola 𝐱 + 𝟐 𝟐 = −𝟏𝟐 𝐲 − 𝟏 is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟖 𝟐) 𝟑𝟔 𝟑) 𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝟗
Solution
𝟏
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 = 𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐋
𝟐
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
𝐒𝐏
97. PSQ is a focal chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱. If 𝐏 = 𝟏, 𝟒 then =
𝐒𝐐
𝟑 𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟑 𝟗 𝟒
Solution
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝐒𝐏 𝐒𝐏
+ = ; ⇒𝟏+ =
𝐒𝐏 𝐒𝐐 𝐚 𝐒𝐐 𝟒
Key - 4
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
98. L (1,3), L’(1,-1) are the ends of the latusrectum of a parabola. A is the
vertex of parabola then area of triangle ALL’ is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟔 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
𝟏 ′
𝚫 = 𝐋𝐋 . 𝐀𝐒
𝟐
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
99. L (1,3), L’ (1,-1) are the ends of the latusrectum of parabola then
area of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents and normals at L, L’
is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟖 𝟑) 𝟏𝟔 𝟒) 𝟏𝟐
Solution
Required area = 𝟖𝐚𝟐
Key - 2
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
100. The name of the conic represented by the equation 𝐩𝐱+ 𝐪𝐲 = 𝟏,
wher 𝐩, 𝐪 ∈ 𝐑 and 𝐩, 𝐪 > 𝟎 is
𝟏) parabola 𝟐) ellipse 𝟑) hyperbola 𝟒) circle
Solution
𝐩𝐱 + 𝐪𝐲 + 𝟐 𝐩𝐱 𝐪𝐲 = 𝟏
⇒ 𝐩𝐱 + 𝐪𝐲 − 𝟏 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐩𝐪𝐱𝐲
⇒ 𝚫 ≠ 𝟎, 𝐡𝟐 = 𝐚𝐛
Key - 1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
1) Equation of the parabola whose vertex is (-1, 2) and focus is (3, 2) is
1) (𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟕(𝒙 − 𝟑) 2) (𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔(𝒙 − 𝟑)
3) (𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔(𝒙 + 𝟏) 4) (𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = −𝟏𝟔(𝒙 + 𝟏)
Solution
Y – Coordinates are same, Axis is parallel to X - axis
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
2) Equation of the parabola whose vertex is (2, 5) and focus is (2, 2) is
1) (𝒙 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐(𝒚 − 𝟓) 2) (𝒙 − 𝟐)𝟐 = −𝟏𝟐(𝒚 − 𝟓)
3) (𝒙 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐(𝒚 − 𝟐) 4) (𝒙 − 𝟐)𝟐 = −𝟏𝟐(𝒚 − 𝟐)
Solution
Focus and vertex lie on a line parallel to y – axis
Use the form
𝒙−𝒉 𝟐 = −𝟒𝒂(𝒚 − 𝒌) ∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
3) Equation of the parabola whose ends of latus rectum are (3, 6) and (3, -
2) is
1) 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 2) 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
3) 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 4) 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
Ends of latusrectum are (2, 2a) and (a, -2a)
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
4) Equation of the parabola whose vertex is the origin, axis along the y
axis and which passes through (4, 2) is
1) 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟖𝒚 2) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟎
3) 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒙 4) 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙 = 𝟎
Solution
Let the parabola be 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒚
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
5) Equation of the parabola whose axis is vertical and passing through
the points (4, 5), (-2, 11), (-4, 21) is
1) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 2) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟗𝒚 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
3) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 4) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒚 = 𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝒃𝒙 + 𝒄 (𝑨𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆)
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
6) Equation of the parabola whose vertex is (-3, 4), axis is parallel to the y
axis and the latus rectum 12 is
1) (𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐(𝒙 + 𝟑) 2) (𝒚 + 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐(𝒙 − 𝟑)
3) (𝒙 + 𝟑)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐(𝒚 − 𝟒) 4) (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐(𝒚 + 𝟒)
Solution
𝑼𝒔𝒆 (𝒙 − 𝒉)𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂(𝒚 − 𝒌)
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
7) The ends of the latus rectum of a parabola are (-3, 1) and (1, 1) then
the equation of the parabola is
1) (𝒙 + 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟒𝒚 2) (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟒𝒚
3) (𝒙 + 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟐𝒚 4) (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟐𝒚
Solution
𝑺 = −𝟏, 𝟏 , 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒙 𝒉, 𝒌 = (−𝟏, 𝟎)
𝑼𝒔𝒆 (𝒙 − 𝒉)𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂(𝒚 − 𝒌)

∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
8) The vertex and the focus of the parabola (𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = −𝟒 𝒙 − 𝟒 are
1) (4, 2), (3, 2) 2) (4, 2), (5, 2)
3) (4, 2), (4, 1) 4) (3, 2), (3, -2)
Solution
𝑨 𝟒, 𝟐 = (𝒉, 𝒌)
𝑺 = (−𝒂 + 𝒉, 𝒌)
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
9) The vertex and the focus of the parabola (𝒙 − 𝟐)𝟐 = −𝟖 𝒚 − 𝟒 are
1) (2, 4), (4, 4) 2) (2, 4), (0, 4)
3) (2, 4), (2, 6) 4) (2, 4), (2, 2)
Solution
𝑪𝒂𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 (𝒙 − 𝒉)𝟐 = −𝟒𝒂(𝒚 − 𝒌)

𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒙 = (𝒉, 𝒌)
𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝑺 = (𝒉, −𝒂 + 𝒌) ∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
10) The vertex and the focus of the parabola (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 𝒚 − 𝟐
1) (2, 3), (6, 3) 2) (3, 2), (7, 2)
3) (3, 2), (3, 6) 4) (3, 2), (3, -2)
Solution
𝑨(𝒉, 𝒌)
𝑺 = (𝒉, −𝒂 + 𝒌)
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
11) Equation of the directrix to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔
1) 2x + 15 = 0 2) x + 5 = 0
3) 2x + 3 = 0 4) x + 2 = 0
Solution
𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎
𝒙=𝒉−𝒂
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
12) The line x = 1 is the derectrix of the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒌𝒙 − 𝟖 then k =
1) 4 2) -8
𝟏
3) 4 or -8 4)
𝟒
Solution
𝟖 −𝒌 𝟖
𝒚𝟐 =𝒌 𝒙−  + = 𝒙 (𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒙)
𝒌 𝟒 𝒌
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
13) The parabola 𝒙𝟐 -3y-6x+6=0 is symmetric about the line
1) x + 3 = 0 2) y + 1 = 0
3) x - 3 = 0 4) y -1 = 0
Solution
′ ′
𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇 𝒘. 𝒓. 𝒕𝒐 𝒙 =𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
14) The axis of symmetry of the conic y = a𝒙𝟐 + bx +c is
1) y = 0 2) x = 0
3) b + 2ax = 0 4) y = ax
Solution
′ ′
𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇 𝒘. 𝒓. 𝒕𝒐 𝒙 =𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
15) The focus and directrix of a parabola are (1, -1) and x + y + 3 = 0. Its
vertex is..
𝟕 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 −𝟕 𝟏 𝟓
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐙 𝐨𝐟 𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧

𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐱 𝐢𝐬 𝐌. 𝐏 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐙
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
16) The length of the latus rectum of the parabola
𝟏𝟑 (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 = (𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟓)𝟐 is
𝟐 𝟒 𝟏 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
Solution
𝟐
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟓
(𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 +(𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 =
𝟏𝟑
∴KEY = (1)
𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 = 𝟑, 𝟒 & 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒙 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐𝐚 = 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
17) The length of the semi latus rectum of the parabola whose focus is (1,
2) and vertex is (5, -1) is
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟏𝟎 𝟑) 𝟏𝟓 𝟒) 𝟐𝟎
Solution
𝒂 = 𝑺𝑨
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
18) The length of the latus rectum of the parabola 𝟒𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝟎𝒚 +
𝟔𝟕 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
𝒄𝒐𝒆𝒇𝒇. 𝒐𝒇 𝒙
𝑳. 𝑳. 𝑹. =
𝒄𝒐𝒆𝒇𝒇. 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
19) The focal distance of the point (4, 2) on the parabola 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟖𝒚 is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟏𝟓 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
𝑭. 𝑫 = 𝒚𝟏 + 𝒂
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
20) The coordinates of a point on the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙 whose focal
𝟓
distance is are
𝟐
𝟏) (𝟐, ±𝟐) 𝟐) (𝟑, ±𝟑) 𝟑) (𝟓, ±𝟓) 𝟒) (𝟖, ±𝟖)
Solution
𝟏 𝟓
𝟒𝒂 = 𝟐  𝒂 = , 𝑭. 𝑫 = = 𝒙𝟏 + 𝒂
𝟐 𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
21) Focus of the parabola 4𝒙𝟐 - 12x +8y + 13 = 0 is
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) −𝟐 𝟐) , −𝟓 𝟑) , −𝟑 𝟒) , −𝟏
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 (𝒙 − 𝒉)𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂(𝒚 − 𝒌)
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
22) A parabola with vertex (2, 3) and axis parallel to the y axis passes
through (4, 5). Then its length of latus rectum is
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟖 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟔
Solution
𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂

(𝒙 − 𝒉)𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂 𝒚 − 𝒌 ; 𝒉, 𝒌 = (𝟐, 𝟑)
𝟏
𝒂 =  𝟒𝒂 = 𝟐
𝟐 ∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
23) L and 𝑳′ are the ends of the latus rectum of the parabola 𝒙𝟐 = 6y. The
equation of OL and 𝑶𝑳′ where O is the origin is
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋, 𝐋𝟏 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐋 𝐢𝐬 𝐲 = 𝐦𝟏 𝐱

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐋𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐲 = 𝐦𝟐 𝐱
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
24) Equation of the tangent to the parabola 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝒚 at (8, 4) is
𝟏) 𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟖 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑺𝟏 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
25) Equation of the tangent to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 inclined at 𝟑𝟎𝟎 to x-
axis is….
𝟏) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒂 𝟏
𝑻𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 +  𝒚 = 𝒙+𝟐 𝟑
𝒎 𝟑
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
26) Equation of the tangent to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 which is parallel to
the line x – y + 3 = 0 is
𝟏) 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒎 = 𝟏, 𝒂 = 𝟐
𝒂
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 +
𝒎
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
27) Equation of the tangent to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝒙 which is
perpendicular to the line x – 4y – 7 = 0 is
𝟏) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟒𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒎 = −𝟒, 𝒂 = 𝟒
𝒂
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 +
𝒎
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
28) If the line 2y = 5x + k is a tangent to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟔𝒙 then k =
𝟐 𝟒 𝟑 𝟔
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
Solution
𝟓 𝒌 𝒂
𝒚= 𝒙+ 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒄 =
𝟐 𝟐 𝒎
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
29) The line x + y – 1 = c touches the parabola 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚 − 𝒙 = 𝟎 then c =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) − 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟎
Solution
𝑺𝒖𝒃. 𝒚 = −𝒙 + 𝟏 + 𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
𝑾𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝑸. 𝑬. 𝒊𝒏 𝒙  ∆= 𝟎
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
30) The line x + y = 1 touches the parabola 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚 + 𝒙 = 𝟎 at the point
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) (𝟏, 𝟏) 𝟐) , 𝟑) (𝟎, 𝟏) 𝟒) (𝟏, 𝟎)
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝑺𝒖𝒃. 𝒙 = 𝟏 − 𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
 (𝒚 − 𝟏)𝟐 = 𝟎  𝒚 = 𝟏, 𝒙=𝟎
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
31) The sum of the slopes of the tangents to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 from
the point (-2, 3) is
𝟑
𝟏) − 𝟐 𝟐) − 𝟑 𝟑) − 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟐
Solution
𝒚𝟏
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 =
𝒙𝟏
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
32) The slopes of the tangents drawn from the point (4, 10) to the
parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗𝒙 are
𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 𝟗 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟑 𝟒 𝟐 𝟒
Solution
𝑺𝒖𝒃. 𝟒, 𝟏𝟎 𝒊𝒏 𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + (𝟗/𝟒)/𝒎
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
33) If the line y = x + 2a touches the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂 𝒙 + 𝒂 then the
point of contact is
𝟏) (𝟐𝒂, 𝟎) 𝟐) (𝒂, 𝒂) 𝟑) (𝟎, 𝟐𝒂) 𝟒) (−𝒂, 𝒂)
Solution
𝑺𝒖𝒃. 𝒙 = 𝒚 − 𝟐𝒂 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
 (𝒚 − 𝟐𝒂)𝟐 = 𝟎  𝒚 = 𝟐𝒂, 𝒙=𝟎

∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
34) Number of tangents to 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙 through (1, 2) is
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 > 𝟎  𝑻𝒘𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
35) Number of tangents to 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 through (1, 1) is
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 < 𝟎  𝒏𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
36) Angle between the tangents drawn to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 at the
ends of the focal chord is
𝟏) 𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝟐) 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝟑) 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝟎𝟎
Solution
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = −𝟏
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
37) Locus of the point of intersection of any two perpendicular tangents
to the parabola 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒚 is
𝟏) 𝒙 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝒙 + 𝒂 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒚 + 𝒂 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
38) The angle between the tangents drawn from point ‘P’ to the parabola
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 is 𝟔𝟎𝟎 then the locus of ‘P’ is
𝟏) 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒙 = 𝟑(𝒙 + 𝒂)𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑(𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒙) = (𝒙 + 𝒂)𝟐
𝟑) (𝒙 + 𝒂)𝟐 = 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒙 𝟒) 𝟑(𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂𝒙) = 𝒙 + 𝒂
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽 =
𝒙𝟏 +𝒂
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
39) The tangents drawn from P to the parabola 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟖𝒚 makes angles 𝜽𝟏
and 𝜽𝟐 with it axis in the first quadrant such that tan 𝜽𝟏 + tan 𝜽𝟐 = 3
then the locus of ‘P’ is
𝟏) 𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝟏
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 =
𝒚𝟏
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
40) If 𝛉 is the angle between the two tangents to 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐𝒙 from the point
(1, 4) then tan 𝛉 =
𝟐 𝟑 𝟑 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟒 𝟓 𝟐
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽 =
𝒙𝟏 +𝒂
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
41) The locus of the point of intersection of any two perpendicular
tangents to the parabola 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒙
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
42) Two tangents to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 make supplementary angles
with the x axis. Then the locus of their point of intersection is
𝟏) 𝒙 = 𝒂 𝟐) 𝒙 = 𝒂𝒌 𝟑) 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 + 𝒚 =a
Solution
𝒚
𝒎𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 = 𝟎  =𝟎
𝒙
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
43) The point of intersection of the tangents at the ends of the latus
rectum of the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 is
𝟏) (𝟎, 𝟎) 𝟐) (𝟎, 𝟏) 𝟑) (−𝟏, 𝟎) 𝟒) (𝟏, 𝟎)
Solution
Foot of the perpendicular from the vertex (or focus) on to the

directrix
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
44) Equation of the common tangent to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 and 𝒙𝟐 =
𝟒𝒃𝒚 is
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
𝟏) 𝒂𝟑 𝒙 + 𝒃𝟑 𝒚 + (𝒂𝒃)𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒂𝟑 𝒙 + 𝒃𝟑 𝒚 = (𝒂𝒃)𝟑
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
𝟑) 𝒂𝟑 𝒙 − 𝒃𝟑 𝒚 + (𝒂𝒃)𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒂
𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒄 = −𝒂𝒎𝟐
𝒎
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
45) Equation of the common tangent to 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 and 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐𝒚 is
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙𝒂𝟏/𝟑 + 𝒚𝒃𝟏/𝟑 + (𝒂𝒃)𝟏/𝟑 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
46) Equation of the normal to the curve 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟒𝒚 at (2, 1) is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒎 = 𝟏
−𝟏
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒚 − 𝒚𝟏 = (𝒙 − 𝒙𝟏 )
𝒎
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
47) If lx + y = 0 is a normal to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 then l =
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) − 𝟏 𝟑) 1 𝟒) 2
Solution
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

𝑪 = −𝟐𝒂𝒎 − 𝒂𝒎𝟑
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
48) The line y = x 𝟐 +  is a normal to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙, then  =
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐) − 𝟒 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒) − 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

𝑪 = −𝟐𝒂𝒎 − 𝒂𝒎𝟑
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
49) Number of normals from (-3, 0) to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 is
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟎
Solution
𝒚 + 𝒙𝒕 = 𝟐𝒕 + 𝒕𝟑  𝟎 − 𝟑𝒕 = 𝟐𝒕 + 𝒕𝟑
 𝒕 𝒕𝟐 + 𝟓 = 𝟎  𝒕 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
50) Number of distinct normals to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 through the
𝟏𝟏 𝟏
point , is
𝟒 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 2
Solution
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒚 + 𝒙𝒕 = 𝟐𝒂𝒕 + 𝒂𝒕𝟑

−𝟏
𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒗𝒂𝒌𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕, 𝒕 = 𝟏,
𝟐 ∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
51) If ‘t’ is one extremitity of the parabola of the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 then
the length of the focal chord is
𝟐 𝟑
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝒂 𝟐) 𝒂𝒕 𝟑) 𝒂 𝒕 + 𝟒) 𝒂 𝒕 +
𝒕 𝒕
Solution
𝟐
𝟏
𝒂 𝒕+
𝒕
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
52) The slope of the focal chord of the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝒙 is 2 then the
length of the focal chord is…
𝟏) 𝟖 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐𝟎 𝟒) 24
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅 = 𝟒𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽

𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽 = 𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
53) The slope of the chord of the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐𝒙 passing through (3,
0) and making an angle 𝟑𝟎𝟎 with its axis is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟔 𝟒) 𝟒𝟖
Solution
𝟒𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽 , 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝜽 = 𝟑𝟎𝟎 ,
𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝟑, 𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 ∴KEY = (4)

PARABOLA LEVEL-1
54) If the tangents at 𝒕𝟏 and 𝒕𝟐 on 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 are at right angles then
𝟏) 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = −𝟏 𝟐) 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟑) 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟒) 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = −𝟐
Solution
𝟏 𝟏
. = −𝟏
𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
55) If the normal at ‘𝒕𝟏 ’ on 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 pass through ‘𝒕𝟐 ’ then
−𝟐 −𝟏
𝟏) 𝒕𝟐 = − 𝒕𝟏 𝟐) 𝒕𝟏 = − 𝒕𝟐 𝟑) 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = −𝟏 𝟒) 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟐
𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐
Solution
𝟐
𝒕𝟐 = −𝒕𝟏 −
𝒕𝟏
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
56) If 𝒚𝟏 , 𝒚𝟐 are the ordinates of two points A and B on the parabola and
𝒚𝟑 is the ordinate of the point of intersection of the tangents at A and
B then
𝟏) 𝒚𝟏 , 𝒚𝟐 , 𝒚𝟑 are in A.P. 𝟐) 𝒚𝟏 , 𝒚𝟑 , 𝒚𝟐 are in A.P.
𝟑) 𝒚𝟏 , 𝒚𝟐 , 𝒚𝟑 are in G.P. 𝟒) 𝒚𝟏 , 𝒚𝟑 , 𝒚𝟑 are in G.P.
Solution
𝒚𝟏 = 𝟐𝒂𝒕𝟏 , 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝒕𝟐 , 𝒚𝟑 = 𝟐𝒂(𝒕𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐 )
 𝒚𝟏 , 𝒚𝟑 , 𝒚𝟐 are in A.P.
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
57) Length of the double ordinate of a given parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 which
subtends an angle 𝟗𝟎𝟎 at its vertex is equal to ‘k’ times the length of
its latus rectum then ‘k’ =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution 2at
𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝟐𝒂𝒕
𝟎 𝒂𝒕𝟐
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟒𝟓 = 𝟐
𝒂𝒕
𝒕=𝟐
∴ length of double ordinate = 4at = 8a ∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
58) The points of intersection of the tangents at 𝒕𝟏 and 𝒕𝟐 to the parabola
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 lies on the line x + y + 2 = 0 then (1 + 𝒕𝟏 )(1 + 𝒕𝟐 ) =
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) − 𝟏
Solution
𝑷. 𝑰 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 = (𝒂𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 , 𝒂(𝒕𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐 ))
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆

∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
59) If the normals at ‘𝒕𝟏 ’ and ‘𝒕𝟐 ’ on 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 meet at (a𝒕𝟐𝟑 , 2a𝒕𝟑 ) then
𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 + 𝟕 =
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟗 𝟑) 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟕
Solution
𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝟐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
60) The slope of the tangent at ‘𝒕𝟏 ’ on the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 is ‘5’. Then
the slope of the normal at 𝒕𝟐 on the parabola if 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟏
𝟏) − 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) − 𝟓
𝟓
Solution
𝟏 𝟏
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝟏 𝒊𝒔 = 𝟓  𝒕𝟏 =
𝒕𝟏 𝟓
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝟐 = −𝒕𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
=− − = =𝟓 ∴KEY = (2)
𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟏
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
61) If the tangents to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 make complementary angles
with the axis of the parabola then 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟗 𝟑) 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟕
Solution
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚  𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 = 𝟏  𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟏
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
62) If the tangents at (a𝒕𝟐𝟏 , 2a𝒕𝟏 ) and (a𝒕𝟐𝟐 , 2a𝒕𝟐 ) in the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙
intersect on the axis then
𝟐
𝟏) 𝒕𝟏 = 𝟐) 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = −𝟒 𝟑) 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = −𝟏 𝟒) 𝒕𝟏 = −𝒕𝟐
𝒕𝟐
Solution
𝒂 𝒕𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
63) If the normal at P(18, 12) to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 cuts it again at Q
then Q =
𝟐𝟒𝟐 −𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟐𝟏 −𝟒𝟒
𝟏) , 𝟐) ,
𝟗 𝟑 𝟗 𝟑
−𝟏𝟐𝟏 𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟐𝟏 −𝟕𝟕

𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟗 𝟑 𝟗 𝟗
Solution
𝟐
𝒕𝟐 = −𝒕𝟏 − ∴KEY = (1)
𝒕𝟏
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
64) y = x 𝟐 - 4a 𝟐 is a normal chord to 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙. Then its length is
𝟏) 𝟖𝒂 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟒𝒂 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟔𝒂 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐𝒂 𝟑
Solution
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 & 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕
𝟐𝒂, −𝟐 𝟐𝒂 & 𝟖𝒂, 𝟒 𝟐𝒂
𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 = 𝟔𝒂 𝟑
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
65) The point of intersection of normals to the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 at the
points whose ordinates are 4 and 6 is…
𝟏) (𝟑𝟎, −𝟐𝟏) 𝟐) (𝟐𝟏, −𝟑𝟎) 𝟑) (𝟏𝟕, −𝟏𝟗) 𝟒) (𝟏𝟗, −𝟏𝟖)
Solution
𝟐𝒕𝟏 = 𝟒, 𝟐𝒕𝟐 = 𝟔, 𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝑷. 𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔
= 𝟐𝒂 + 𝒂 𝒕𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐 𝟐 − 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 , −𝒂𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 (𝒕𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐 )
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
66) If P(-5, 1) is one end of the focal chord of the parabola x = 𝒚𝟐 - 8y + 2
then the slope of the tangent at the other end is
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) − 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟒) − 𝟔
𝟔 𝟔
Solution
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 ′𝑷′ = 𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒕 ′𝑸′
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ′𝑸′ 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
67) If the line 4x + 3y + 1 = 0 meets the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 then the mid
point of the chord is
𝟏) (−𝟏, 𝟏) 𝟐) (𝟐, −𝟑) 𝟑) (𝟑, −𝟑) 𝟒) (𝟓, −𝟕)
Solution
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
68) The locus of mid points of the chords of the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 𝒙 + 𝟏
which are parallel to 3x = 4y is
𝟏) 𝟓𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟓𝒚 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟑
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝟏 − 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 𝒊𝒔
𝟒
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
69) The parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒌𝒙 passes through (9, 6). Then the length of
subnormal at that point is
𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟏
𝟐
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎  𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒌, 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝑳. 𝑺. 𝑵 = 𝒚𝟏 . 𝒎
∴KEY = (1)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
70) Area of the triangle inscribed in the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 the ordinates
of whose vertices are 1, 2, 4 in sq. units is
𝟕 𝟓 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒
Solution
𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑳, 𝑳𝟏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝑳 𝒊𝒔 𝒚 = 𝒎𝟏 𝒙

𝒂𝐧𝐝 𝑶𝑳𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒚 = 𝒎𝟐 𝒙
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
71) The point on 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 nearest to the focus has its abscissa equal to
𝒂
𝟏) − 𝒂 𝟐) 𝒂 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟎
𝟐
Solution
𝟏
𝑼𝒔𝒆 ∆ = (𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 )(𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚𝟑 )(𝒚𝟑 − 𝒚𝟏 )
𝟖𝒂 𝟏
∴KEY = (4)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
72) If (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 )(𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 ) are the extremities of a focal chord of the parabola
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝒙 then 4𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟏 𝒚𝟐 =
𝟏) − 𝟒𝟖 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) − 𝟔𝟒 𝟒) 𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒙
∴KEY = (2)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
73) L(2, 4), 𝑳′ (2, -4) are the ends of a latusrectum. P is any point on the
directrix of the parabola then area of triangle 𝑷𝑳𝑳′ is
𝟏) 𝟖 𝟐) 𝟏𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏𝟔 𝟒) 𝟐𝟒
Solution
Use 𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 = −𝟏
∴KEY = (3)
PARABOLA LEVEL-1
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PARABOLA PCQs
PARABOLA
PARABOLA PCQs
PARABOLA PCQs
1. Let P be the point on the parabola. 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 which is at a minimum
distance from the centre C of the circle. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚 + 𝟔 𝟐 = 𝟏. Then the
equation of the circle passing through C and having its centre at P is
[JEE MAINS-2016]
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
𝒙
𝟑) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟗𝒚 + 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟒
Solution 𝟐𝒕𝟐 , 𝟒𝒕
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙
Centre = (0,-6) r=1

PARABOLA PCQs
y+xt = 4t+𝒕𝟐
It passes through (0, -6)
𝟐𝒕𝟑 + 𝟒𝒕 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝒕 = −𝟏
𝒑 𝟐, −𝟒 , 𝒄 𝟎, −𝟔
𝒄𝒑 = 𝟖
𝟐 𝟐
𝒙−𝟐 + 𝒚+𝟒 =𝟖
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟖𝒚 + 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
2. The minimum distance of a point on the curve 𝒚 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒 from the
origin is
[JEE MAINS-2016]
𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟗 𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟗
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution Distance from origin = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒 𝟐
=𝒇 𝒙
Max distance or minimum distance

⇒ 𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟎
PARABOLA PCQs
i.e. 2x+2 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒 𝟐𝒙 = 𝟎
(2x)(1+2𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖)=0
7
i.e. x =0, x=0, x = ±
2
f(0)= 4
𝟐
7 𝟕 𝟕
𝒇 ± = + −𝟒
2 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏𝟒 + 𝟏 𝟏𝟓
= =
𝟒 𝟐
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
3. P and Q are two distinct points on the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙, with
parameters t and 𝒕𝟏 respectively. If the normal at passes through Q,
then the minimum value of 𝒕𝟐𝟏 is [J.M.O.L-2016]
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐)𝟔 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒)𝟐
Solution 𝟐
𝒕𝟏 = −𝒕 − P(𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐭)
𝒕
𝟒
𝒕𝟐 = 𝒕𝟐 + 𝟐 + 𝟒
𝒕
𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝟐𝟏 = 𝟖 Q(𝒕𝟐𝟏 , 𝟐𝒕𝟏 )
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
4. Let O be the vertex and Q be any point on the parabola 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟖𝒚. If the
point p divides the line segment 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟖𝒚. If the point P divides the
line segment OQ internally in the ratio 1:3 then the locus f P is
[J.M.O.L-2015]
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 = 𝒚 𝟐) 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒙 𝟑) 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐𝒚
Solution 𝟒𝒕, 𝟐𝒕𝟐 + 𝟑 𝟎, 𝟎

𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 =
𝟒
𝒕 𝟐 1:3 Q(4t, 2t 2 )
P
𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 = 𝒕, , 𝒕 = 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒕𝟐 = 𝟐𝒚𝟏
𝟐 O
𝒙𝟐𝟏 = 𝟐𝒚𝟏 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐𝒚
Key - 4
PARABOLA PCQs
5. Two tangents are drawn from a point (-2, -1) to the curve 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱. If
𝛂 is the angle between them, then 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛂 is equal to [J.M.O.L-2014]
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟑
𝟑 𝟑
Solution
𝐒𝟏𝟏
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛂 =
𝐱𝟏 + 𝐚
Key - 4
PARABOLA PCQs
6. A chord is drawn through the focus of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱 such that
𝟓
its distance from the vertex of this parabola is , then its slope can
𝟐
be [J.M.O.L-2014]
𝟓 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟓 𝟑
Solution
𝟑
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 = ,𝟎
𝟐
𝟑
𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 , 𝟎 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐦 𝐢𝐬
𝟐
PARABOLA PCQs
𝟑 𝟑𝐦
𝐲=𝐦 𝐱− ⇒ 𝐦𝐱 − 𝐲 − =𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
−𝟑𝐦/𝐥 𝟓 𝟓
Distance 𝐱 = = ⇒𝐦=
𝟏 + 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 𝟐
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
7. Let L1 be the length of the common chord of the curves 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗
and 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱 and L2 be the length of the latusrectum of 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱
𝟏) 𝐋𝟏 > 𝐋𝟐 𝟐) 𝐋𝟏 = 𝐋𝟐 𝟑) 𝐋𝟏 < 𝐋𝟐 𝟒) 𝐋𝟏 = 𝟐 [J.M.O.L-2014]
𝐋𝟐
Solution
Point of intersection of 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗 &
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱 are 𝐀 𝟏, 𝟐 𝟐 , 𝐁 𝟏, −𝟐 𝟐
𝐋𝟏 = 𝐀𝐁 = 𝟒 𝟐, 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱
𝐋𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚 = 𝟖, 𝐋𝟐 > 𝐋𝟏
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
8. The slope of the line touching both the parabolas 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 and 𝐱 𝟐 =
− 𝟑𝟐𝐲 is [JEEMAINS-2014]
𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟖 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝟏
𝐚 𝟑
𝐦=−
𝐛
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
9. Given a circle 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟓 and a parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 𝟓𝐱
Statement-I: An equation of common tangent to these curves is 𝐲 =
𝐱+ 𝟓 [JEEMAINS-2013]
𝟓
Statement-II: If the line 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐦 ≠ 𝟎 is their common tangent
𝐦
then m satisfies 𝐦𝟒 − 𝟑𝐦𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
1) Statement I is true Statement II is true, Statement II is correct

explanation for statement I
𝟐) Statement I is true Statement II is true, Statement II is not correct
explanation for statement I
3) Statement I is true, Statement II is true
PARABOLA PCQs
Solution
𝟓
Let the common tangent 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 +
𝐦
𝐫=𝐝
𝟓
𝐦 𝟓
=
𝟏+𝐦 𝟐 𝟐
𝐦 = ±𝟏
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
PARABOLA PCQs
1. The points (3,4) is the focus and 2x-3y+5=0 is the directix of a
parabola. Its latus rectum is
[AP E-2015]
𝟏 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟐 𝟒
Solution 𝟔 − 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟓 𝟏
𝟐𝒂 = =
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
𝟐
𝟒𝒂 =
𝟏𝟑
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
2. An equilateral triangle is inscribed in the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙, with one of
its vertices is the vertex of the parabola. Then the length of the side of
that triangle is [AP E-2015]
𝟏) 𝟐𝟒 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟏𝟔 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒 𝟑
P(𝒂𝒕𝟐 , 𝟐𝒂𝒕) = (24, 8 𝟑)
Solution 𝟐𝒂𝒕 𝟐
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟑𝟎𝟎 = =
𝒂𝒕𝟐 𝒕
𝟏 𝟐 O
= ⇒𝒕=𝟐 𝟑
𝟑 𝒕
Side = 4at = 8 𝟑a
Q
= 16 𝟑 Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
3. The equation of the parabola with focus (1,-1) and directix x+y+3=0 is
[TS E-2015]
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution 𝑺𝑷𝟐 = 𝑷𝑴𝟐
𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟑 𝟐
𝒙−𝟏 𝟐+ 𝒚−𝟏 𝟐 =
𝟐
Key -1
𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
PARABOLA PCQs
4. If P is a point on the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙 and A is the point (1,0) then the
locus of the line segment AP is
[TS E-2015]
𝟐
𝟏
𝟏) 𝒚 = 𝟒 𝒙 − 𝟐) 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏
𝟐
𝟏
𝟑) 𝒚𝟐=𝒙− 𝟒) 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏
𝟐
Solution 𝜶 = 𝟐𝒙𝟏 − 𝟏,  = 2𝒚𝟏 𝜷𝟐 = 𝟖𝜶
𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟐 𝟏
𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 𝒙 − Key - 1
𝟐
PARABOLA PCQs
5. The slopes of the focal chords of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐𝐱 which are
tangents to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒 are [E-2014]
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟑 𝟑 𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
Equation of focal chord 𝐲 = 𝐦 𝐱 − 𝟖
⇒ 𝐦𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟖𝐦 = 𝟎
Use 𝐫 = 𝐝
𝒎 𝟎 −𝟏−𝟖𝒎
⇒=
𝒎𝟐+𝟏
PARABOLA PCQs
⇒ 4(m2+1)=64m2
⇒ m2+1=16m2
⇒ 15m2=1
𝟏
⇒ m=±
𝟏𝟓
Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
6. If a normal chord at a point t on the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 subtends a
right angle at the vertex, then 𝐭 = [E-2014]
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟏
Solution
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝑷 𝒂𝒕𝟐, 𝟐𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝒚𝟐
= 𝟒𝒂𝒙 𝒂𝒕 𝑸 (𝒂𝒕𝟐𝟏 , 𝟐𝒂𝒕𝟏 )
𝟐 (𝟐 + 𝒕𝟐)
∴ 𝒕𝟏 = −𝒕 − = −
𝒕 𝒕
𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝑨(𝟎, 𝟎)

PARABOLA PCQs
𝑮. 𝑻. ∟PAQ=900
⇒ 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑷 𝒙 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑸 = −𝟏
𝟐𝒂𝒕 𝟐𝒂𝒕𝟏
⇒ =-1
𝒂𝒕𝟐 𝒂𝒕𝟐𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
⇒ = −𝟏
𝒕 𝒕𝟏
(𝟐+𝒕𝟐)
⇒ 𝒕𝟏 𝒕 = −𝟒 ⇒t − =-4
𝒕
⇒t2+2=4⇒t2=2
⇒t=± 𝟐 Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
7. A circle of radius 4, drawn on a chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱 as
diameter, touches the axis of the parabola. Then, the slope of the chord
is [E-2013]
𝟏 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟐 𝟒
Solution
𝟐𝐭 𝟐𝟏 , 𝟒𝐭 𝟏 𝟐𝐭 𝟐𝟐 , 𝟒𝐭 𝟐
𝐫 = 𝟐 𝐭𝟏 + 𝐭𝟐
𝟒 = 𝟐 𝐭𝟏 + 𝐭𝟐 , 𝐭𝟏 + 𝐭𝟐 = 𝟐
𝟒 𝐭𝟏 − 𝐭𝟐 𝟐
𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 = = = 𝟏 Key - 3
𝟐 𝐭 𝟐𝟏 − 𝐭 𝟐𝟐 𝐭𝟏 + 𝐭𝟐
PARABOLA PCQs
8. Let 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝐤 be a normal to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐𝐱. If ‘P’ is the length
of the perpendicular onto this normal, then 𝟒𝐤 − 𝟐𝐩𝟐 = [E-2012]
𝟏) 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) − 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
𝐜 = −𝟐𝐚𝐦 − 𝐚𝐦𝟑
𝐤=𝟗
Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
9. If a chord of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 passes through its focus and makes
an angle ‘𝛉’ with the X-axis, then its length is [E-2011]
𝟏) 𝟒𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛉 𝟐) 𝟒𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝛉 𝟑) 𝟒𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛉 𝟒) 𝟒𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛉
Solution
Length of focal chord = 𝟒𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝛉
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
10. If the straight line 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + 𝐜 is parallel to the axis of the
parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝐱 and intersects the parabola at 𝐜 𝟐 𝟖 , 𝐜 then the
length of the latusrectum is [E-2011]
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
𝒄𝟐
𝐒𝐮𝐛 , 𝒄 in the parabola ⇒ 𝒍 = 𝟖
𝟖
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱
Key - 4
PARABOLA PCQs
11. Let M be the foot of the perpendicular from a point P on the
parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖 𝐱 − 𝟑 onto its directrix and let S be the focus of the
parabola. If ∆𝐒𝐏𝐌 is an equilateral triangle, then P = [E-2010]
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟑, 𝟖 𝟐) 𝟖, 𝟒 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟗, 𝟒 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟒 𝟑, 𝟗
Solution
𝐒 = 𝐡 + 𝐚, 𝐤 = 𝟑 + 𝟐, 𝟎 , 𝐀 = 𝟑, 𝟎 , 𝐙 𝟏, 𝟎 ,
𝟒
𝐒𝐢𝐧𝟑𝟎𝟎 = , 𝐥 = 𝟖, 𝐏 = 𝟑 + 𝟐𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟒𝐭
𝐥
and 𝟑 + 𝟐𝐭 𝟐 = 𝟗 ⇒ 𝐭 𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝐭 = 𝟑
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
12. The number of normals drawn to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 from the
point (1,0) is [E-2009]
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝐭 = 𝟐𝐭 + 𝐭 𝟑 ⇒ 𝐭 𝟑 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐭 𝐭 𝟐 + 𝟏
=𝟎⇒𝐭=𝟎
No.of normals = 1
Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
13.For the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
I) The vertex is (-2, -3) II) The directrix is 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎
Which of the following is correct? [E-2007]
𝟏) 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐈 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞
𝟐) 𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞, 𝐈𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞
𝟑) 𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞, 𝐈𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞
𝟒) 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐈 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞
Solution
𝐲+𝟑 𝟐 =𝟐 𝐱+𝟐
Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
14. Let O be the origin and A be a point on the curve 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱. Then the
locus of the mid-point of OA is [E-2006]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐲 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐲 𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟒) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐱
Solution
𝐎 = 𝟎, 𝟎 , 𝐀 = 𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐭
𝐭𝟐
𝐏 𝐱, 𝐲 = ,𝐭
𝟐
By eliminating ‘t’
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐱
Key - 4
PARABOLA PCQs
15. If a point P moves such that its distance from the point A(1,1) and
the line 𝐱 + 𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 are equal then the locus of P is [E-2005]
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝟐) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬
𝟑) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟒) 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞
Solution
𝐒𝐏 = 𝐏𝐌 (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚)
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
16. The parabola with directrix 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 and focus (1,0) is
𝟏) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 [E-2005]
𝟐) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
Let 𝐏 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 be and y point on parabola

𝐒𝐏 𝟐 = 𝐏𝐌 𝟐
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
17. The line, among the following, that touches the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐚𝐦𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐚𝐦𝟐 = 𝟎 [E-2005]
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 − 𝐚𝐦𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 + 𝐚𝐦𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐚𝐦𝟐 = 𝒍𝒏 and verify the options
Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
18. Match the points on the curve 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐱 + 𝟏 with the slopes of
normals at those points and choose the correct answer. [E-2004]
Point Slope of the normal
𝐈) 𝟕, 𝟐 𝐚) − 𝟒 𝟐
𝟏
𝐈𝐈) 𝟎𝟎 − 𝐛) − 𝟖
𝟐
𝐈𝐈𝐈) 𝟏, −𝟏 𝐜) 𝟒
𝐈𝐕) 𝟑, 𝟐 𝐝) 𝟎
𝐞) − 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏) 𝐛, 𝐝, 𝐜, 𝐚 𝟐) 𝐛, 𝐞, 𝐜, 𝐚
𝟑) 𝐛, 𝐜, 𝐞, 𝐚 𝟒) 𝐛, 𝐞, 𝐚, 𝐜
PARABOLA PCQs
Solution
𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐲 𝟏
𝟒𝐲 =𝟏⇒ =
𝐝𝐱 𝐝𝐱 𝟒𝐲
Slope of the normal = −𝟒𝐲
Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
19.The equation of the parabola with focus (0,0) and directrix 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟒
is [E-2003]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐏 = 𝐏𝐌
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
20. The equation of the parabola with the focus (3,0) and the directrix
𝐱 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 is [E-2002]
𝟏) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝐱 𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱 𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝟒) 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐱
Solution
𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐏 = 𝐏𝐌
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
21. The equation 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱𝐲 − 𝟕𝟒𝐱 − 𝟕𝟖𝐲 + 𝟐𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 represents
[E-2001]
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟐) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟑) 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝟒) 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
Solution
𝐡𝟐 = 𝐚𝐛, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
22. If the normal to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 at P(1,2) meets the parabola
again at Q then Q = [E-2001]
𝟏) −𝟔, 𝟗 𝟐) 𝟗, −𝟔 𝟑) −𝟗, −𝟔 𝟒) −𝟔, −𝟗
Solution
𝐭 𝟐𝟏 , 𝟐𝐭 𝟏 = 𝟏, 𝟐 ⇒ 𝐭 𝟏 = 𝟏
𝟐
𝐭 𝟐 = −𝐭 𝟏 − = −𝟑, other point 𝐭 𝟐𝟐 , 𝟐𝐭 𝟐
𝐭𝟏
Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
23. The length of the latusrectum of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
is [E-2001]
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒) 𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐱
𝐔𝐬𝐞
𝐜𝐨𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲 𝟐
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
24. The vertex of the parabola 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 is [E-2000]
𝟏) −𝟒, 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟒, −𝟏 𝟑) −𝟒, −𝟏 𝟒) 𝟒, 𝟏
Solution
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 = −𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟒 ⇒ 𝐱 + 𝟒 𝟐
= −𝟏𝟐 𝐲 − 𝟏
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
25. The line 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟔𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 touches the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 at the point
[E-2000]
𝟗 𝟗 𝟗 𝟗
𝟏) −𝟑, 𝟐) 𝟑, − 𝟑) , −𝟑 𝟒) ,𝟑
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
Solution
𝐚 𝟐𝐚
,
𝐦𝟐 𝐦
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
26. The equation of the chord of 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔𝐱 with mid point at (-1,1) is
𝟏) 𝐲 − 𝟑𝐱 = 𝟒 𝟐) 𝐲 − 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 [E-1996]
𝟑) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
Equation of the chord 𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
27. The shortest distance between the line 𝐲 − 𝐱 = 𝟏 and the curve 𝐱 =
𝐲 𝟐 is [A-2009, 2011]
𝟑 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟖 𝟖 𝟓 𝟒
Solution
Slope of the tangent, 𝐦𝟏 = 𝐦 = 𝟏.The
point is
𝐚 𝟐𝐚 𝐚𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐛𝐲𝟏 + 𝐜
, , 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐝 =
𝐦𝟐 𝐦 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
28. If two tangents drawn from a point P to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 are at
right angles, then the locus of P is [A-2010]
𝟏) 𝐱 = 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐱 = −𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
If two tangent are perpendicular from a point on parabola P, then

locus of P is directrix of parabola. Directrix of 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 is 𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
29. A parabola has the origin as its focus and the line x = 2 as the
directrix. Then the vertex of the parabola is at [E-2008]
𝟏) 𝟎, 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏, 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟎, 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐, 𝟎
Solution
𝐒𝐏 = 𝐏𝐌
Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
30. The equation of a tangent to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱 is 𝐲 = 𝐱 + 𝟐. The
point on this line from which the other tangent to the parabola is
perpendicular to the given tangent is [E-2007]
𝟏) −𝟏, 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟎, 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐, 𝟒 𝟒) −𝟐, 𝟎
Solution
The foot of the directrix = z
Key - 4
PARABOLA PCQs
𝐚𝟑 𝐱 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 𝐱
31. The locus of the vertices of the family of parabolas 𝐲 = + −
𝟐𝐚
𝟑 𝟐
is [A-2006]
𝟏𝟎𝟓 𝟑 𝟑𝟓 𝟔𝟒
𝟏) 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟐) 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟑) 𝐱𝐲 = 𝟒) 𝐱𝐲 =
𝟔𝟒 𝟒 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟎𝟓
Solution
−𝟑
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐰. 𝐫. 𝐭𝐨 ′𝐱 ′ = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐱 = ,
𝟒𝐚
−𝟑𝟓𝐚 𝟏𝟎𝟓
𝐲= . 𝐱𝐲 =
𝟏𝟔 𝟔𝟒
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
32. Let P be the point (1,0) and Q a point of the locus 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱. The locus
of mid point of PQ is [A-2005]
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐏 𝟏, 𝟎 , 𝐐 𝟐𝐱 𝟏 − 𝟏, 𝟐𝐲𝟏 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐱
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
33. If 𝐚 ≠ 𝟎 and the line 𝟐𝐛𝐱 + 𝟑𝐜𝐲 + 𝟒𝐝 = 𝟎 passes through the points
of intersection of the parabolas 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱 and 𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐲, then
[E-2004]
𝟏) 𝐝𝟐 + 𝟑𝐛 − 𝟐𝐜 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐝𝟐 + 𝟑𝐛 + 𝟐𝐜 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐝𝟐 + 𝟐𝐛 − 𝟑𝐜 𝟐 =𝟎 𝟒) 𝐝𝟐 + 𝟐𝐛 + 𝟑𝐜 𝟐 =𝟎
Solution
𝐏. 𝐎. 𝐈 𝟎, 𝟎 , 𝟒𝐚, 𝟒𝐚
𝐬𝐮𝐛 𝟐𝐛𝐱 + 𝟑𝐜𝐲 + 𝟒𝐝 = 𝟎
Key - 4
PARABOLA PCQs
34. The angle between the tangents drawn from (1,4) to the parabola
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 is [IIT Screening -2004]
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝟐𝛑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟔 𝟑 𝟑
Solution
𝐒𝟏𝟏
𝛉 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧
𝐱𝟏 + 𝐚
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
35. A point on the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟖𝐱 at which the ordinate increases at
twice the rate of the abcissa is [A-2003]
𝟗 𝟗 𝟗 𝟗
𝟏) 𝟐, 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟐, −𝟒 𝟑) − , 𝟒) ,
𝟖 𝟐 𝟖 𝟐
Solution
𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐱 𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐱
= 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟏𝟖
𝐝𝐭 𝐝𝐭 𝐝𝐭 𝐝𝐭
𝐝𝐱 𝐝𝐱 𝟗 𝟗
𝟐𝐲 = 𝟗 ,𝐲 = ,𝐱 =
𝐝𝐭 𝐝𝐭 𝟐 𝟖
Key - 4
PARABOLA PCQs
36. The normal at the point 𝐛𝐭 𝟐𝟏 , 𝟐𝐛𝐭 𝟏 , on a parabola meets the
parabola again in the point 𝐛𝐭 𝟐𝟐 , 𝟐𝐛𝐭 𝟐 , then [A-2003]
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏) 𝐭 𝟐 = −𝐭 𝟏 − 𝟐) 𝐭 𝟐 = −𝐭 𝟏 +
𝐭𝟏 𝐭𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
𝟑) 𝐭 𝟐 = 𝐭 𝟏 − 𝟒) 𝐭 𝟐 = 𝐭 𝟏 +
𝐭𝟏 𝐭𝟏
Solution
𝟐
𝐭 𝟐 = −𝐭 𝟏 −
𝐭𝟏
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
37. The focal chords to 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔𝐱 is tangent to 𝐱 − 𝟔 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐 then
the possible values of the slope of the [IIT Screening-2003]
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) −𝟏, 𝟏 𝟐) −𝟐, 𝟐 𝟑) −𝟐, 𝟒) 𝟐, −
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
Focal chord is, 𝐲 = 𝐦 𝐱 − 𝟒

This is tangent to the circle then d = r
Key - 1
PARABOLA PCQs
38. Two common tangents to the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝐚𝟐 and parabola
𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐚𝐱 are [A-2002]
𝟏) 𝐱 = ± 𝐲 + 𝟐𝐚 𝟐) 𝐲 = ± 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐚
𝟑) 𝐱 = ± 𝐲 + 𝐚 𝟒) 𝐲 = ± 𝐱 + 𝐚
Solution
Equation of tangent is 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖𝐚𝐱 is
𝟐𝐚
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 +
𝐦
It is tangent the circle if d = r
Key - 2
PARABOLA PCQs
39. The locus of the midpoint of the line segment joining the focus to a
moving point on the parabola 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒙 is another parabola with
directrix is [IIT Screening -2002]
𝒂 𝒂
𝟏) 𝐱 = −𝐚 𝟐) 𝐱 = − 𝟑) 𝐱 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 =
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝐒 𝐚, 𝟎 , 𝐏 𝐚𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐚𝐭
𝟏 + 𝐭𝟐
𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚 , 𝐚𝐭 = 𝐱, 𝐲 ,
𝟐
𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 ′𝐭′
Key - 3
PARABOLA PCQs
40. The equation of the directrix of the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 is
[IIT Screening -2001]
𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) 𝐱 = −𝟏 𝟐) 𝐱 = 𝟏 𝟑) 𝐱 = − 𝟒) 𝐱 =
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟐
𝟏
𝐲+𝟐 = −𝟒 𝐱 − ,
𝟐
∴𝐱=𝐚+𝐡
Key - 4
PARABOLA PCQs
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HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
HYPERBOLA
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
1. A point moves in a plane so that its distances PA and PB from two fixed
points A and B in the plane satisfy the relation 𝐏𝐀 − 𝐏𝐁 = 𝐊 𝐊 ≠ 𝟎 ,
then the locus of P is
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟐) 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
𝟑) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟒) 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞
Solution
𝐒𝐏 − 𝐒𝟏 𝐏 = 𝟐𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
PA-PB=K
𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
2. The equation + = 𝟏 represents a hyperbola if
𝟕−𝐊 𝟓−𝐊
𝟏) 𝟓 < 𝐊 < 𝟕 𝟐) 𝐊 < 𝟓 or 𝐊 > 𝟕 𝟑) 𝐊 > 𝟓 𝟒) 𝐊 ≠ 𝟓, 𝐤 ≠ 𝟕

Solution
𝟕 − 𝐊 > 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟓 − 𝐊 < 𝟎

𝟕 > 𝐊 ,𝟓 < 𝐊
𝟓> 𝐊 <7
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱 𝐲
3. The locus of the point of intersection of the straight lines + = 𝛌 and
𝐚 𝐛
𝐱 𝐲 𝟏
− = (𝛌 is variable) is
𝐚 𝐛 𝛌
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟐) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟑) 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝟒) 𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚

Solution
Point of intersection of lines
𝐱 𝐲 𝐱 𝐲 𝟏
+ − = 𝛌.
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚 𝐛 𝛌
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟐
− 𝟐=𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
It is hyperbola Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
4. Two straight lines passing through the fixed points ±𝒂, 𝟎 and having
slopes whose product is k > 0, then the locus of point of intersection of
the lines is
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝟐) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟑) 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝟒) 𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
Solution
Let P(x , y) be the Locus 𝒚𝟐
= 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐
𝑲
𝐲−𝟎 𝐲−𝟎
× =𝐤 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝐱−𝐚 𝐱+𝐚 − = 𝒂𝟐
𝟏 𝑲
𝒚𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
=𝑲
𝒙 −𝒂 Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
5. No part of the hyperbola + = 𝟏 lies between the lines
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝟏) 𝐱 = ±𝟐𝐚 𝟐) 𝐱 = ±𝐚 𝟑) 𝐲 = ±𝐛 𝟒) 𝐲 = ±𝟐𝐛
Solution
A hyperbola
𝐬' 𝑨‘(-a,0) 𝐬(a,0)
Tangent at the vertices 𝐱 = ±𝐚
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
6. The equation 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝐱 − 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 represents
𝟏) 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝟐) 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟑) 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝟒) 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
Solution
𝟓 𝟐 𝟐𝟓 𝟗
𝐡𝟐− 𝐚𝐛 = −𝟐 𝟐 = − 𝟒 = >0
𝟐 𝟒 𝟒
∆≠0
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
7. The point 𝐚𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐛𝐭 lies on the hyperbola − = 𝟏 for
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
1) all values of t 2) 𝐭 𝟐 = 𝟐 + 𝟓
3) 𝐭 𝟐 = 𝟐 − 𝟑 4) no real value of t
Solution
Substitution the point 𝐚𝐭 𝟐 , 𝟐𝐛𝐭 in hyperbola
𝟐
𝐚𝐭 𝟐 𝟐𝒃𝒕 𝟐 𝐭 𝟐 =2± 𝟓
− =𝟏
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝒂𝟐 𝒕𝟒 𝟒𝒃𝟐 𝒕𝟐
𝐭 𝟐 =2+ 𝟓
𝒂𝟐 - 𝒃 𝟐 = 𝟏
𝐭 𝟒 − 𝟒𝐭 𝟐 − 𝟏 = 𝟎 Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
8. Equation of the hyperbola with focus (-3,4) directrix 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟓
and 𝐞 = is
𝟐
𝟏) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟕𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝐱 + 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟓𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟕𝐱 − 𝟏𝟐𝐲 − 𝟔𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐒 −𝟑, 𝟒 , 𝐋 ≡ 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟓 = 𝟎,
𝟓
𝐞 = , 𝐩 𝐱, 𝒚 𝐒𝐏 𝟐 = 𝐞𝟐 𝐏𝐌 𝟐
𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝟐
𝟐𝟓 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟓
(𝐱 + 𝟑)𝟐 + 𝒚 − 𝟒 𝟐 =
𝟒 𝟐𝟓
𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝐱𝐲 + 𝟏𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟕𝟓 = 𝟎
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
9. Origin is one focus and the corresponding directrix is x+3=0. If the
eccentricity is of the hyperbola 𝟑 its equation is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝟕 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟖𝐱 + 𝟐𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔𝐱 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝐱 + 𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐒 𝟎, 𝟎 𝐋 ≡ 𝐱 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝐞 = 𝟑, 𝐩 𝒙, 𝒚
𝐒𝐏 𝟐 = 𝐞𝟐 𝐏𝐌 𝟐
𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
𝒙+𝟑
𝒙 +𝒚 =𝟑
𝟏 Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
10. Equation of the hyperbola with 𝒆 = 𝟐 and having the distance
between the foci 1 is
𝟏
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟐) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟓
𝟒
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝐲 =
𝟔 𝟖
Solution
𝟏
𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞 = 𝟐 ⇒ 𝐚 = =𝐛
𝟐 𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝟏
𝟏 − 𝟏 = 𝟏 𝒙𝟐 - 𝒚𝟐 =
𝟖
𝟖 𝟖
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
11. Equation of the hyperbola with vertex (4,0) and focus (6,0) is
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟏) − =𝟏 𝟐) − =𝟏 𝟑) − =𝟏 𝟒) − =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟔 𝟑𝟔 𝟑𝟔 𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝟐
𝟓
𝟔 𝟑 𝐛 = 𝟏𝟔
𝐚, 𝟎 = 𝟒, 𝟎 , 𝐚𝐞, 𝟎 = 𝟔, 𝟎 , 𝐞 = = 𝟒
𝟒 𝟐
𝐛𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟎
𝟗
𝐛𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 −𝟏
𝟒 Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
12. Equation of the hyperbola with conjugate axis 4 and the distance
between the foci 12 is
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟏) − =𝟏 𝟐) − =𝟏
𝟒 𝟑𝟐 𝟑𝟐 𝟒
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟑) − =𝟏 𝟒) − =𝟏
𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟔 𝟑𝟐
Solution
𝟐𝐛 = 𝟒 𝒃 = 𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟏𝟐, 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 𝟑𝟐 𝟒
4= 36-𝒂𝟐  𝒂𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
13. Equation of the hyperbola with centre (0,0) distance between the foci
18 and distance between directrices 8 is
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟏) − =𝟏 𝟐) − =𝟏
𝟑𝟔 𝟒𝟓 𝟒𝟓 𝟑𝟔
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟑) − =𝟏 𝟒) − =𝟏
𝟔𝟒 𝟑𝟐 𝟑𝟐 𝟔𝟓
Solution
𝟐𝐚 𝐚
𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟏𝟖, = 𝟖 ⇒ 𝐚𝐞 × = 𝟗 × 𝟒 = 𝟑𝟔
𝐞 𝐞
𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝟖𝟏
𝐛𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔 −𝟏
𝟑𝟔
𝐛𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟑𝟔 𝟒𝟓
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐
14. The foci of the hyperbola coincides with the foci of the ellipse +
𝟐𝟓
𝐲𝟐
=𝟏. Then the equation of the hyperbola if its e = 2.
𝟗
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟏) − = 𝟏 𝟐) − =𝟏 𝟑) − =𝟏 𝟒) − =𝟏
𝟏𝟐 𝟒 𝟒 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟖 𝟖 𝟏𝟔
Solution
Let the foci of the hyperbola 𝐒 a′𝐞, 𝟎 , 𝐞 = 𝟐

𝟒
Foci of the ellipse s′ a′𝐞, 𝟎 = s′ 𝟓 × , 𝟎 = (4,0)
𝟓
∴s=s′
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝟐a′ , 𝟎 = 𝟒, 𝟎 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟐, b‘ 𝟐
= a′ 𝟐
𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏  b‘ 𝟐
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟒 𝟏𝟐
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
15. Equation of the hyperbola with centre at the origin, transverse axis Y
axis and passing through the points (4,6) and (-1,-3) is
𝟏) 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = −𝟑𝟔 𝟐) 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐲 𝟐 = −𝟑𝟔
𝟑) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟕𝐲 𝟐 = −𝟔𝟐 𝟒) 𝟕𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = −𝟔𝟐
Solution
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝟐 − 𝟐 = −𝟏
𝐚 𝐛
𝐬𝐮𝐛. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚, 𝐛
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
16. The vertices of a hyperbola are (2,0), (-2,0) and the foci are (3,0),
(-3,0). The equation of the hyperbola is (1996)
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝟏) − =𝟏 𝟐) + =𝟏 𝟑) + =𝟐 𝟒) − =𝟐
𝟒 𝟓 𝟒 𝟓 𝟒 𝟓 𝟒 𝟓
Solution
𝐚 = 𝟐, 𝐚𝐞 = 𝟑, 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏
𝐛𝟐 = 9-4=5
x𝟐 y𝟐
equation of the hyperbola is 4 − = 𝟏
5
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
17. The equation of the hyperbola whose foci are (4,2) and (8,2) and
eccentricity is 3, is (JEE 2002)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐)𝟗 𝐱 − 𝟔 𝟐 −𝟗 𝐲−𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐
𝟏)𝟕𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟔 −𝟗 𝐲−𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐
𝟑)𝟔 𝐱 − 𝟑 𝟐 −𝟒 𝐲−𝟐 𝟐 =𝟏 𝟒)𝟑 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝟐 −𝟐 𝐲−𝟐 𝟐 =𝟏
Solution
𝐒 𝟒, 𝟐 , 𝐒𝟏 𝟖, 𝟐 , 𝐞 = 𝟑, 𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝐚𝐞 = 𝟐
𝟐
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 = , 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏
𝟑
𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 = 𝐌. 𝐏 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐒′ = 𝟔, 𝟐 = 𝐡, 𝐤
𝐱−𝐡 𝟐 𝐲−𝐤 𝟐
𝐬𝐮𝐛. 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 − =𝟏
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝟐 𝟐
𝟗 𝒙−𝟔 𝟗 𝒚−𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟒 𝟑𝟐
𝟕𝟐 𝐱 − 𝟔 𝟐 −𝟗 𝐲−𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟐
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
18. In a hyperbola the distance between the foci is three times the
distance between the directrices then its eccentricity is
𝟓 𝟑 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟑
𝟐 𝟐 𝟒
Solution
𝐚
𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟑 𝟐 × ⇒ 𝐞𝟑 = 𝟑
𝐞
𝒆= 𝟑
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
19. In a hyperbola the latusrectum equals to semi transverse axis its
eccentricity is
𝟑 𝟒 𝟓 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
Solution 𝟐𝐛𝟐
= 𝐚 ⇒ 𝟐𝒃𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 ⇒ 𝟐𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏 = 𝐚𝟐
𝐚
𝟐
𝟏
𝐞 −𝟏=
𝟐
𝟑 𝟑
𝐞𝟐 = ⇒𝒆= Key - 4
𝟐 𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
20. e and e1 are the eccentricities of the hyperbolas 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒
and 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐 = −𝟏𝟒𝟒 then 𝐞 − 𝐞𝟏 =
𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟎 𝟒)
𝟐
Solution
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟏 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
𝐞= ,𝐞 =
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝟓 𝟏 𝟓
𝒆 = ,𝒆 = ⇒ 𝒆 − 𝒆𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑 𝟑
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
21. The ratio between the transverse axis and conjugate axes of a
hyperbola is 5:2 then its e =
𝟑𝟏 𝟐𝟗 𝟑𝟑 𝟐𝟗
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟓 𝟓 𝟒
Solution
𝐚𝟐 𝟐𝟓
𝐚: 𝐛 = 𝟓: 𝟐 ⇒ 𝟐 =
𝐛 𝟒
𝐚𝟐 𝟐𝟓
⇒ 𝟐 𝟐 =
𝐚 𝐞 −𝟏 𝟒
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
22. If the latusrectum of a hyperbola subtends an angle 𝟔𝟎𝟎 at the other
focus then its 𝒆 =
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟔
L
Solution
s
s'
L'
𝐛𝟐 /𝐚
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟑𝟎𝟎 = ⇒ 𝟑𝐞𝟐 − 𝟐𝐞 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝐞 = 𝟑 Key - 2
𝟐𝐚𝐞
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
23. The eccentricity of the conjugate hyperbola of the hyperbola 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 −
𝟗𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟖𝐱 − 𝟑𝟐 = 𝟎 is
𝟏𝟑 𝟓 𝟓 𝟏𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑 𝟒 𝟐
Solution
𝟐
𝐱−𝟏 𝐲 𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟗+𝟒 𝟏𝟑
− = 𝟏, 𝐞′ = = =
𝟗 𝟒 𝐛 𝟗 𝟑
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
e𝟏+e−𝟏 e𝟏 −e−𝟏
24. The locus of the point , is a hyperbola of eccentricity
2 2
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
𝐱 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐭, 𝐲 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐭
𝒙𝟐 −𝒚𝟐 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒉𝟐 𝒕 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝟐 𝒕 = 𝟏

It is rectangular hyperbola  e= 𝟐
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
25. A point P moves so that the product of the slopes of the two lines
joining it to −𝟐, 𝟏 , 𝟒, 𝟓 is 3. If the locus of P is a hyperbola then
its 𝐞 =
𝟓 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝐲𝟏 − 𝟏 𝐲𝟏 − 𝟓
× =𝟑
𝐱𝟏 + 𝟐 𝐱𝟏 − 𝟒
⇒ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ′𝐏 ′ 𝐢𝐬
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐𝟔
𝐱−𝟏 𝐲−𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟑
+ 𝟐𝟔
− =𝟏 𝐞= ⇒ =𝟐
𝟐𝟔 𝟐𝟔 𝐚𝟐 𝟐𝟔
𝟑 𝟑 Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
26. The eccentricity of the hyperbola 𝟐𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝐱 − 𝟑𝟕𝟓 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟐𝟐 𝟒) 𝟐𝟔
Solution
𝟐𝟓 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟖𝐱 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟕𝟓
𝐱+𝟒 𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
⇒ − = 𝟏, 𝐞 =
𝟕𝟕𝟓 𝟕𝟕𝟓 𝐚𝟐
𝟐𝟓
𝐱+𝟒 𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
⇒ − = 𝟏, 𝐞 = = 𝟐𝟔
𝟑𝟏 𝟕𝟕𝟓 𝐚𝟐 Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
27. In a hyperbola the transverse axis is double the conjugate axis then
its eccentricity is
𝟓 𝟕 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝟐𝐚 = 𝟐 𝟐𝐛 ⇒ 𝐚𝟐 = 𝟒𝐛𝟐 ,
𝒂𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟒𝒃𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟓
𝒆 = 𝒆 = =
𝒂𝟐 𝟒𝒃𝟐 𝟐
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
28. e1 and e2 are the eccentricities of two conics S and S1 . If 𝐞𝟐𝟏 + 𝐞𝟐𝟐 then
both S and S1 can be
1) ellipse 2) parabolas 3) hyperbolas 4) circles
Solution
𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝒆𝟏 = 𝟏 , 𝐞𝟐 = 𝟏
𝒆𝟐𝟏 + 𝒆𝟐𝟐 ≠3
𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝒆𝟏 < 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝟐 < 𝟏
𝒆𝟐𝟏 + 𝒆𝟐𝟐 ≠3
∴ 𝒆𝟏 > 𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝟐 > 𝟏
∴ s & s‘ are hyperbolas. Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
29. If the angle between the asymptotes of a hyperbola is 𝟑𝟎𝟎
then eccentricity =
𝟏) 𝟔 + 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟔 − 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟓 − 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟓 + 𝟑
Solution
𝛉 = 𝟐𝐬𝐞𝐜 −𝟏 𝐞
𝟑𝟎 = 𝟐𝐬𝐞𝐜 −𝟏 𝐞
𝟏𝟓 = 𝐬𝐞𝐜 −𝟏 𝐞
𝐞 = 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟏𝟓
𝐞 = 𝟔- 𝟐
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝟏
30. The latusrectum of the hyperbola − = 𝟏 is . Its eccentricity 𝐞 =
𝟏 𝐩 𝟐
1) 4/5 2) 5/4 3) 3/4 4) 4/3
Solution
𝟐𝐛𝟐 𝟗 𝟐 𝟐
𝟓
= , 𝐚 = 𝟏𝟔, 𝐛 = 𝟗, 𝐞 =
𝐚 𝟐 𝟒
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
31. A triangle formed by the latusrectum of the hyperbola with the
farther vertex of the conic is equilateral triangle then the eccentricity
is equal to [KERALA -2001]
𝟑+1 𝟑+1
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑 + 1 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑
Solution
𝟏 𝐛𝟐 /𝐚
= ⇒ 𝐞 + 𝟏 = 𝟑𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏
𝟑 𝐚 𝐞+𝟏
𝟑+𝟏
𝐞=
𝟑 Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
32. If e and e1 are the eccentricities of the hyperbola − = 𝟏 and its
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
conjugate hyperbola, the value of + 𝟐
[1995]
𝐞𝟐 𝐞𝟏
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟎
Solution
L ae,
𝒃𝟐
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟏 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐
𝒂 𝐞= ,𝐞 =
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
600 A S (ae,0) 𝟏 𝟏
A‘ + =1
𝐞𝟐 𝟐
(-a,0) 𝐞𝟏
L‘
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
33. If e and e1 are the eccentricities of the hyperbola and its conjugate
then 𝐞𝟐𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 = [Kerala PET − 2001]
𝟏) 𝐞𝟐 𝐞𝟐𝟏 − 𝟐𝐞𝟐 𝟐) 𝐞𝟐 𝐞𝟐𝟏 + 𝟐𝐞𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐𝐞𝟐 − 𝐞𝟐 𝐞𝟐𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐𝐞𝟐 + 𝐞𝟐𝟏
Solution
𝐞𝟐𝟏 + 𝐞𝟐 = 𝐞𝟐 𝐞𝟐𝟏 ⇒ 𝐞𝟐𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 = 𝐞𝟐𝟏 𝐞𝟐 − 𝟐𝐞𝟐
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
34. If e and 𝐞𝟏 are the eccentricities of a parabola, hyperbola respectively,
such that 𝐞𝟐 + 𝐞𝟐𝟏 = 𝟒 then the eccentricities of the hyperbola.
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
𝐞 = 𝟏, 𝐞𝟐 + 𝐞𝟐𝟏 = 𝟒
𝟏 + 𝐞𝟐𝟏 = 𝟒 𝐞𝟐𝟏 =3  𝐞𝟏 = 3
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
35. If e and 𝐞𝟏 are the eccentricities of 𝐱𝐲 = 𝐜 𝟐 , 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 then
𝐞𝟒 + 𝐞𝟒𝟏 =
𝟏) 𝟗 𝟐) 𝟔𝟒 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒) 𝟖𝟏
Solution
𝒆 = 𝟐, 𝒆𝟏 = 𝟐
𝐞𝟒 + 𝐞𝟒𝟏 = 𝟒 + 𝟒 = 𝟖
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
36. Let 𝐞 𝐤 be eccentricity of conic xy = k then value of 𝐞 𝟏 − 𝐞 𝟒 =
1) −1 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟎 4) 𝟐
Solution
𝐞 𝐤 represents eccentricity of rectangular hyperbola

𝐞 𝐤 = 𝟐, 𝐞 𝟏 = 𝐞 𝟒 = 𝟐
e 𝟏 −𝐞 𝟒 =𝟎
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
37. The distance between the foci of the hyperbola − = 𝟏 is
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
1) 𝟐 𝟕 2) 10 3) 8 4) 6
Solution
𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐 𝟐𝟓 𝟓
e= = =
𝒂𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟒
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
The distance between the foci of the hyperbola − = 𝟏 is 2ae =10
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
38. The foci of the hyperbola 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝐱 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝟒𝐲 + 𝟖𝟗 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) 𝟏, 𝟑 , 𝟏, −𝟕 𝟐) 𝟏, 𝟓 , 𝟏, −𝟗
𝟑) 𝟏, 𝟏 , 𝟏, −𝟓 𝟒) 𝟏, 𝟓 , 𝟏, −𝟏𝟏
Solution
𝐱−𝟏 𝟐 𝐲+𝟐 𝟐
− = −𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝟓
𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐢 = 𝐡, 𝐤 ± 𝐛𝐞 = 1,−2± 3× 𝟑 = 1,3 & 1, − 𝟕
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
39. The distance between the foci of the hyperbola
𝟗𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟖𝐱 + 𝟑𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓𝟏 = 𝟎 is
1) 2 2) 8 3) 10 4) 6
Solution
𝐱+𝟏 𝟐 𝐲−𝟏 𝟐 𝟓
− = 𝟏, 𝟐𝐚𝐞 = 𝟏𝟎  e=
𝟏𝟔 𝟗 𝟒
distance between the foci =2ae=10
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
40. S and 𝐒𝟏 are the foci and A is one vertex of 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 then
SA.S1A =
𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟒
Solution
𝐒 𝐚𝐞, 𝟎 , 𝐒𝟏 −𝐚𝐞, 𝟎 , 𝐀 𝐚, 𝟎
𝟏
𝐒𝐀. 𝐒𝐀𝟏 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 − 𝐚𝟐 = 𝐛𝟐 =
𝟐
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐
41. The difference of focal distances of any point on the hyperbola −
𝟑𝟔
𝐲 𝟐
= 𝟏 is
𝟗
1) 36 2) 9 3) 12 4) 6
Solution
𝐒𝐏 − 𝐒𝟏 𝐏 = 𝟐𝐚 = 𝟐 𝟔 = 𝟏𝟐
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
42. The product of focal distances of the point (4,3) on the hyperbola
𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = is
1) 25 2) 12 3) 9 4) 16
Solution
𝐒𝐏. 𝐒𝟏 𝐏 = 𝐂𝐏 𝟐  16+9=25
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝟐
x−1 y𝟐
43. The length of latusrectum of − = 𝟏 is
25 9
1) 50/3 2) 18/5 3) 9/5 4) 25/3
Solution
𝟐𝒃𝟐 𝟐 𝟗 𝟏𝟖
𝟐𝒍 = = =
𝒂 𝟓 𝟓
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
44. The length of latusrectum of the hyperbola
𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝐱 − 𝟓𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟎𝟏 = 𝟎
1) 8/5 2) 8/7 3) 8/9 4) 8/3
Solution
𝟐𝐛𝟐
𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝
𝐚
𝒙−𝟐 𝟐 𝒚+𝟑 𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟗 𝟒
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟗, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒
𝟐 𝟒 𝟖
𝑳. 𝑳. 𝑹 = = Key - 4
𝟑 𝟑
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
9
45. In a hyperbola 𝐞 = and the distance between the directrices is 3.
4
Then the length of transverse axis is
1) 27/2 2) 27/8 3) 27/4 4) 17/4
Solution
𝟗 𝟐𝐚
𝐞= , = 𝟑 ⇒ 𝟐𝐚 = 𝟑𝐞
𝟒 𝐞
𝟗
𝟐𝐚 = 𝟑
𝟒
𝟐𝟕
𝐚= Key - 3
𝟖
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
46. The centre of the hyperbola is origin and one directrix is x+3 = 0. Its
e = 5. Then the length of semi transverse axis is
1) 20 2) 25 3) 30 4) 15
Solution
𝐚
𝐞
𝐚
𝐞 = 𝟓, = 𝟑 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟑𝐞𝒂 = 𝟏𝟓 Key - 4
𝐞
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐲−𝟐 𝟐 𝐱+𝟑 𝟐
47. Equation of the transverse axis of the hyperbola − = 𝟏 is
𝟗 𝟏𝟔
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
Solution
Equation of the transverse axis is x-h = 0 x+3=0
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
48. The equations of latusrecta of the hyperbola
𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟑𝟎𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟑𝟗 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) 𝐱 = 𝟗, 𝐱 = −𝟑 𝟐) 𝐱 = 𝟔, 𝐱 = 𝟑
𝟑) 𝐱 = −𝟗, 𝐱 = 𝟑 𝟒) 𝐱 = −𝟔, 𝐱 = −𝟑
Solution
𝒙−𝟑 𝟐 𝒚+𝟏 𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟖𝟎 𝟖𝟎
𝟓 𝟒
𝟑
𝐡 = 𝟑,k=-1,𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔,𝒃𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎,e=
𝟐
𝐱 = 𝐡 ± 𝐚𝐞𝐱 = 𝟗, 𝐱 = −𝟑 Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
49. Equations of the directrices of the hyperbola
𝟗𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟕𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝟏 = 𝟎, 𝐱 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝟒 = 𝟎, 𝐱 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 = 𝟎, 𝐱 = 𝟖 𝟒) 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎, 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒙+𝟒 𝟐 𝒚+𝟏 𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝟓
𝐡 = −𝟒,k=-1,𝒂𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔,𝒃𝟐 = 𝟗,e=
𝟒
a
𝐱 = 𝐡 ±  𝟓𝐱 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎, 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 Key - 4
e
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
50. The foci of the hyperbola are 𝐒 −𝟑, −𝟐 , 𝐒𝟏 𝟓, 𝟔 . If its 𝐞 = 𝟐 then
the equation of its directrix corresponding to focus S is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐂𝐒: 𝐒𝐙 = 𝐞𝟐 : 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 = 𝟒: −𝟑 𝐬' 𝑐 𝐳 𝐬
𝐙 = 𝟎, 𝟏 lies on the directrix 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
51. The centre of the hyperbola 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝟑𝐱 + 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 is
−𝟑 −𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏) , −𝟐 𝟐) −𝟐, 𝟑) 𝟐, 𝟒) ,𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝛛𝐒 𝟑
= 𝟎, 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝒚 = −
𝛛𝐱 𝟐
𝛛𝐒
= 𝟎 2x+4=0 x=-2
𝛛𝐲
−3
∴centre = −2, 2 Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
52. Equation of the tangent to the conic 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 − 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 at
(2,1) is
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐬𝟏 = 𝟎 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 x-2=0
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
53. Equation of the tangent to the hyperbola 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑 parallel to the
line 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒 is
𝟏) 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑 𝟐) 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟑
𝟑) 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏 𝟒) 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓
Solution
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 ± 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐
𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 ± 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 −𝟑
Key - 3
𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟏
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
54. A tangent to the hyperbola 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐 makes equal intercepts
on the axes. Then the area of the triangle formed by the tangent with
coordinate axes is
1) 2 2) 1/4 3) 4 4) 1/2
Solution 3𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
− =𝟏 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟒, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟑
𝟒 𝟑
For equal intercepts, 𝐦 = −𝟏
Let tangent be 𝐲 = −𝐱 + 𝐜
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
use 𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐  𝒄𝟐 = 𝟒 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟑=𝟏
Area of the triangle formed by the tangent with

c𝟐 1
coordinate axes is =
2 ab 2
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
55. If 𝐲 = 𝟒𝐱 + 𝐤 touches the hyperbola − = 𝟏 then K is
𝟔𝟒 𝟒𝟗
𝟏) 𝟖𝟕𝟓 𝟐) 𝟕𝟕𝟓 𝟑) 𝟔𝟕𝟓 𝟒) 𝟗𝟕𝟓
Solution
𝐤= 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐
𝐤= 𝟔𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 − 𝟒𝟗
𝐤 = 𝟗𝟕𝟓
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
56. Equation of the tangent to the hyperbola − = 𝟏 which is
𝟑𝟔 𝟓
perpendicular to the line 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟖 = 𝟎
Solution
Let perpendicular line be 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝐤 = 𝟎
use 𝐚𝟐 𝐥𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 𝐦𝟐 = 𝐧𝟐
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
57. Equation of the tangent to the hyperbola 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒 which
make an angle 𝟔𝟎𝟎 with x-axis is
𝟏) 𝐲 = 𝐱 𝟑 ± 𝟏𝟐 𝟐) 𝐲 = 𝐱 𝟑 ± 𝟏𝟎
𝟑) 𝐲 = 𝐱 𝟑 ± 𝟗 𝟒) 𝐲 = 𝐱 𝟑 ± 𝟓
Solution
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 ± 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐 , 𝐦 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟔𝟎𝟎 = 𝟑
Equation of the tangent is 𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 ± 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐
Y= 3 𝑥 ± 18 − 8
Y= 3 𝑥 ± 10 Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
58. The equations of tangents to the hyperbola 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐 which
make equal intercepts on the axes are
𝟏) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = ±𝟏 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟐 𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟑 𝟒) 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟒
Solution
For equal intercepts, 𝐦 = −𝟏 ∴ Equations of tangents is y=-x±1

Let tangent be 𝐲 = −𝐱 + 𝐤 x + y =±1
Use 𝐜 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝒌𝟐 = 𝟒(𝟏)-3=1
K=±1
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
59. The slopes of the common tangents to the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒𝐱 and the
hyperbola 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟓 are
𝟏) ± 𝟑 𝟐) ± 𝟐 𝟑) ± 𝟔 𝟒) ± 𝟓
Solution
𝟔
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + ……………… (1)
𝐦
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 − =𝟏
𝟏 𝟓
∴ 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
36=𝒎𝟒 − 𝟓𝒎𝟐
𝒎𝟒 − 𝟓𝒎𝟐 − 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒎 = ±𝟑
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
60. If 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟑 is a tangent to 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏 then the eccentric
angle of the point of contact is
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟔 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛉 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 𝟒
𝐏 𝛉 = , , 𝐒𝟏 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦 =
𝟐 𝟑 𝟑
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
61. Sum of the slopes of the two tangents drawn from (-2,-1) to 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 −
𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔
𝟏) 𝟒 2) 9/2 3) 7/2 𝟒) 𝟕
Solution
𝟐𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟏
𝐦𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟐
𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐚𝟐
𝟐(−𝟐)(−𝟏)
=
(−𝟐)𝟐 −𝟑
𝟒
= =𝟒
𝟏
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
62. Product of the slopes of two tangents drawn from (0,2) to 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟗 𝟐) − 𝟖 𝟑) − 𝟗 𝟒) 𝟖
Solution
𝐲𝟏𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
𝐦𝟏 𝐦𝟐 = 𝟐
𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐚𝟐
𝟐𝟐 + 𝟓
= −𝟗
𝟎−𝟏
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
63. The equation of a line which touches both the curves 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐱 and
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐 is
𝟏) 𝐲 = 𝐱 − 𝟏 𝟐) 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝟑) 𝐲 = 𝐱 + 𝟏 𝟒) 𝐲 = 𝟏 − 𝐱
Solution
𝟏 𝟏
𝐲 = 𝐦𝐱 + , 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
𝐦 𝐦
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
64. Number of tangents drawn from (-2,-1) to 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟔 are
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟎 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
𝐒𝟏𝟏 < 𝟎
−2,−1 lies on out side of the hyperbola
Number of tangents =2
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
65. Total number of tangents of the hyperbola − = 𝟏, that are
𝟗 𝟒
perpendicular to the line 𝟓𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 is/are
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 1 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞
𝟐
𝐦 = , 𝐚𝟐 𝐦𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐 < 𝟎
𝟓
It is not possible
number of tangents =0
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
66. If the chord of contact of tangents from a point P to the hyperbola
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
− = 𝟏 subtends a right angle at the centre, then the locus of P is
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
1) a parabola 2) an ellipse 3) a hyperbola 4) a circle

Solution
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝐒𝟏 = 𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟏,
𝐚 𝐛
𝐚+𝐛=𝟎
∴ The locus of p is an ellipse
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝛑
67. Equation of the normal to 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒 at 𝛉 = is
𝟔
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 𝟑 + 𝟑𝒚 𝟑 = 𝟐𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 𝟑 + 𝟓𝒚 𝟑 = 𝟐𝟐
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 𝟑 + 𝟓𝒚 𝟑 = 𝟏𝟎 𝟒) 𝟓𝐱 𝟑 + 𝟐𝒚 𝟑 = 𝟖
Solution
𝐚𝐱 𝐛𝐲
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 + = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐
𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛉 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉
𝟐𝐱 𝟑 + 𝟑𝒚 𝟑 = 𝟐𝟓
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
68. The line 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 is a normal to 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟓 at the point
𝟏) 𝟏, 𝟐 𝟐) −𝟏, 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟑, −𝟏 𝟒) 𝟑, 𝟑
Solution
−𝐚𝟐 𝐦 −𝐛𝟐 𝐦
𝐏. 𝐂 = ,
𝐜 𝐜
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
69. For the hyperbola 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑 the line 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐲 = 𝟑 is
1) a tangent line 2) not a chord 3) a chord 4) normal chord
Solution
Sub. 𝐲 = 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟑 in the hyperbola and 𝚫 > 𝟎
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
70. The line 𝟗𝐱 − 𝟖𝐲 − 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 meets the hyperbola 𝟗𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒
in the points A and B. Then the mid point of chord AB is
𝟏) 𝟐, 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐, −𝟏 𝟑) −𝟐, 𝟏 𝟒) −𝟐, −𝟏
Solution
A
Verify the option (2), 𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏

is the given line.
B
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
71. The locus of middle points of chords of the hyperbola
𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 = 𝟎 parallel to 𝐲 = 𝟐𝐱
𝟏) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟒𝐱 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟐
Solution
𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏 and equating the slopes.

𝟐 𝟐
3x𝒙𝟏 − 𝟐y𝒚𝟏 + 𝟐(𝒙 + 𝒙𝟏 ) - 𝟑 𝒚 + 𝒚𝟏 = 𝟑𝒙𝟏 − 2𝒚𝟏 + 𝟒𝒙𝟏 − 𝟔𝒚𝟏
− 𝟑𝒙𝟏 +𝟐
Slope: m= =2  𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 = 𝟒
− 𝟐𝒚𝟏 +𝟑 Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
72. Chords of the hyperbola 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 touch the parabola 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝐚𝐱
then the locus of their mid points is
𝟏) 𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 − 𝐚 = 𝐲 𝟑 𝟐) 𝐲 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝐚 = 𝐱 𝟐
𝟑) 𝐲 𝟐 𝐱 − 𝐚 = 𝐱 𝟑 𝟒) 𝐱 𝟐 𝐲 + 𝐚 = 𝐲 𝟑
Solution
Let the locus of mid points of chord 𝐩 𝐱 𝟏 𝐲𝟏
a
Equation of the chord 𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏 and 𝐂 =
m
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
73. If the locus of middle points of the chords of the
hyperbola 𝟐 − =𝟏
𝐚 𝐛𝟐
which passes through a fixed point (h,k) is a hyperbola its centre is
𝐤 𝐡 𝐡 𝐤 𝐡 𝐤 𝐤 𝐡
𝟏) , 𝟐) , 𝟑) , 𝟒) ,
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
Solution
𝐒𝟏 = 𝐒𝟏𝟏
𝐡𝐱 𝟏 𝐤𝐲𝟏 𝐱 𝟏𝟐 𝐲𝟏𝟐 𝛛𝐒 𝛛𝐒
𝟐
− 𝟐
= 𝟐
− 𝟐
. 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 = 𝟎, =𝟎
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚 𝐛 𝛛𝐱 𝛛𝐲
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
74. The asymptotes of a hyperbola 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎.
Its centre is
𝟏) 𝟏, 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟏, 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐, 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐, 𝟐
Solution
asymptotes is centre
𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝟕𝐱 + 𝟓𝐲 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
Point of intersection =(1,1)
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
75. The equation of a rectangular hyperbola is
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
If one asymptote is 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 then the other asymptote is
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎
Solution
Other asymptote is perpendicular to 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 and passes
through the centre.
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
76. The product of the distances from any point on the hyperbola
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
− = 𝟏 to its asymptotes is
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝟏𝟐𝟒 𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟒𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟐𝟒 𝟏𝟒 𝟐𝟓
Solution
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝟏𝟒𝟒
𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂 = 𝟐 =
𝐚 +𝐛 𝟐 𝟐𝟓
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
77. Equations of the asymptotes of the hyperbola − = 𝟏 are
𝟗 𝟒
𝐱 𝐲
𝟏) ± = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 ± 𝟓𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝟑
𝐱 𝐲
𝟑) ± = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟓𝐱 ± 𝟐𝐲 = 𝟎
𝟑 𝟐
Solution
𝐱 𝐲
𝐀𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 = ±
𝐚 𝐛
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
78. Angle between the asymptotes of the hyperbola 𝟐𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
is
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟔
Solution
𝟏
𝐱+𝟏 𝐲+𝟏 =
𝟐 𝛑
This is in the form of xy=𝒄𝟐  angle =
𝟐
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
79. If 𝛉 is the angle between the asymptotes of the hyperbola
𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟐𝐱𝐲 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱 + 𝟕𝐲 + 𝟗 = 𝟎 then 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 =
𝟐 𝟏 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟓 𝟓
Solution
𝟐 𝐡𝟐 −𝐚𝐛
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 = =2
𝐚+𝐛
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
80. The points of intersection of the asymptotes with directrices of a
hyperbola lie on
1) Director circle
2) Auxiliary circle
3) Circle on the foci as diameter
4) Circle on the ends of conjugate axis as diameter
Solution
Definition of auxiliary circle
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
81. Rectangular hyperbola has one of its asymptotes as 𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 .
If it passes through 𝟔, 𝟎 and −𝟑, 𝟎 then its equation is
𝟏) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟏𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟑𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏𝟑𝐲 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐱𝐲 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟔𝐱 − 𝟏𝟑𝐲 − 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
Solution
𝐱 + 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟓 𝟐𝐱 − 𝐲 + 𝐤 𝟏 = 𝐤 𝟐
Passes through (6,0), (-3,0), find 𝐤 𝟏 , 𝐤 𝟐
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
82. 𝐒 = 𝟎 is a hyperbola, if 𝐒 + 𝐊 = 𝟎 (K is real number) represents
equation of the asymptotes then 𝐒 + 𝟐𝐊 = 𝟎 represents
1) Hyperbola 2) Ellipse 3) Parabola 4) Circle
Solution
Asymptote and hyperbola differ by a constant.
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
83. The eccentricity of the conic represented by
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏𝐱 − 𝟕𝐲 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟓 𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟒 𝟒 𝟓
Solution
𝟐 𝐡𝟐 − 𝐚𝐛 𝟑
𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝛉 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 −𝟏 =
𝐚+𝐛 𝟒
𝟑 𝟒 𝛉 𝟏𝟎
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉 = 𝟒  cos 𝛉=𝟓 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝟐 = 𝟑
𝟏𝟎
e= 𝟑 Key - 1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
84. The equation to the conjugate hyperbola of 𝐱𝐲 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝐱 − 𝟒 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝐱𝐲 + 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟒𝐲 − 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝐱 − 𝟒 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟐𝟓 𝟒) 𝐱 − 𝟒 𝐲 + 𝟑 = −𝟐𝟓
Solution
Give hyperbola is 𝐱 − 𝟒 𝐲 + 𝟑 = −𝟐𝟓

𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐱 − 𝟒 𝐲 + 𝟑 = 𝟐𝟓
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
1) If − = 𝟏 represents a hyperbola then
𝟏𝟐−𝒌 𝒌−𝟖
𝟏) 𝒌 < 𝟖 𝟐) 𝒌 > 𝟏𝟐
𝟑) 𝟖 < 𝒌 < 𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝒌 ≠ 𝟏𝟐, 𝒌 ≠ 𝟖
Solution
12 – k >0 and 8 – k <0
∴KEY = (3)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
2) The curve is represented by (1994)
x = a(cosh𝛉+sinh𝛉) ;y = b(cosh𝛉 –sinh𝛉)
𝟏) 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝟐) 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
𝟑) 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝟒) 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
Solution
𝒙 𝒚
=𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
⇒ 𝒙𝒚 = 𝒂𝒃(𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒉𝟐 𝜽 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒉𝟐 𝜽) ∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
3) The locus of x = 𝒕𝟐 + t + 1, y = 𝒕𝟐 - t + 1 represents
𝟏) 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝟐) 𝑬𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆
𝟑) 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝟒) 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
Solution
𝒙−𝒚 𝒙−𝒚 𝟐 𝒙−𝒚

= 𝒕; + +𝟏
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
In which 𝒉𝟐 = 𝒂𝒃 and ≠0, it is parabola ∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝟑
4) If the eccentricity of a conic is then the conic is
𝟓
𝟏) 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝟐) 𝒂 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
𝟑) 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝟒) 𝒂 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
Solution
𝟑
𝒆= >𝟏
𝟓
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
5) The equation 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑 represents (NDA 2002)
𝟏) 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝟐) 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔

𝟑) 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝟒) 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
Solution
x𝟐 y𝟐
It is in the form of 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟏
a b
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 ∴KEY = (4)
− =𝟏
𝟑 𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
6) A = (3, 2), B = (7, -1) are two points. Then the locus of P such that
PA-PB = is
𝟑) 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝟒) 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
Solution
PA-PB = K (K=4)
AB=5, AB > K ∴KEY = (3)

HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
7) Focus is (1, 2) directrix is 7x – y – 30 = 0 and latusrectum is 10 units
then the conic is
𝟑) 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝟒) 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
Solution
𝒍 ∴KEY = (4)
𝒆= , Where l = semi LLR
𝒅
d = perpendicular distance from focus to the directix
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
8) Equation of the hyperbola passing through (2, 1) and having distance
𝟒
between the directrices is
𝟑
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 =
Solution
Verify the option (2), ∴KEY = (2)

𝟐𝒂 𝟒
= , 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 (𝟐, 𝟏)
𝒆 𝟑
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
9) Equation of the hyperbola with length of the latusrectum 4 and e = 3 is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
𝟑) 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
Solution
b𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
2 =4, e= 3⇒𝒂𝟐 = , 𝒃𝟐 = ⇒ 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟐 −𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
a 𝟏𝟔 𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
10) Equation of the hyperbola with length of the latusrectum 4 and e =3 is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟓𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
𝟑) 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟖𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏
Solution
k=3, be+k=5, ⇒be=2

∴KEY = (3)
Use 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝟏
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
9 5
11) Equation of the hyperbola with length of the latusrectum and e =
2 4
is
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏) − =𝟏 𝟐) − =𝟏
𝟒𝟓 𝟑𝟔 𝟏𝟔 𝟒𝟓
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑) − =𝟏 𝟒) − =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟔 𝟗
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
b𝟐 𝟗 𝟓
2 = , ⇒e=
a 𝟐 𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
Use 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 −𝟏 ⇒ − =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
∴KEY = (4)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
5
12) Equation of the hyperbola with foci (0, ±5) and e = is
3
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏) − =𝟏 𝟐) − =𝟏
𝟗 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑) − =𝟏 𝟒) − =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟑
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
S(0, ±be)=(0,±5)
𝟓
𝒆=
𝟑
Use 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝟏
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
13) Equation of the locus of all points such that the difference of its
distance from (-3,-7), (-3,-3) is 8 is
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝒙+𝟑 𝒚+𝟐 𝒙+𝟑 𝒚+𝟐
𝟏) − =𝟏 𝟐) − = −𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗 𝟗 𝟏𝟔
𝒙+𝟑 𝟐 𝒚+𝟐 𝟐 𝒙+𝟑 𝟐 𝒚+𝟐 𝟐

𝟑) − =𝟏 𝟒) − = −𝟏
𝟗 𝟏𝟗 𝟕 𝟏𝟗
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
𝑺𝑷 − 𝑺𝟏 𝑷 = 𝟖  b= 4,
𝑺𝑺𝟏 = 𝟐𝒃𝒆 = 𝟏𝟎
Use 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
14) e =2 and the difference of the focal distance of any point on the
hyperbola is 24. If the origin is the centre then the equation of the
hyperbola is
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟏) − =𝟏 𝟐) − =𝟏
𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟒𝟑𝟐 𝟒𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟒𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝟑) − =𝟏 𝟒) − =𝟏
𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟐𝟑𝟔 𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟐𝟖
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
e=2, 2a = 24  a= 12
𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝟏
Use 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒃𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
15) The standard equation of the hyperbola having the distance between
the foci as 32 and eccentricity 2 𝟐 is
𝟏) 𝟕𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓𝟔 𝟐) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟕𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓𝟔
𝟑) 𝟕𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓𝟔 𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟕𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟐𝟒

HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
2ae=32 e=2 𝟐
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝟏
∴KEY = (3)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
16) In a hyperbola the distance between the foci is 2 and the difference
between the directies is 1 its eccentricity is
𝟑 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝟐𝒂
2ae=2 =𝟏
𝒆
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝟏 ∴KEY = (3)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
17) The latusrectum of a hyperbola subtends a right angle at its
centre its e=
𝟑+𝟏 𝟕+𝟏 𝟓+𝟏 𝟓

𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
Solution 𝒃𝟐 𝐿
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟒𝟓𝟎 = 𝒂
𝒂𝒆 450
𝐴′ 𝑆′ 𝐶 900 𝑆 𝐴
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝟏
𝐿′
∴KEY = (3)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
18) The latusrectum of a hyperbola subtends a right angle at its
centre its e=
𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟐
Solution 𝐿
𝟐𝒃𝟐 450
= 𝟏𝟐, 𝒃 = 𝟐 𝟑, 𝒂 = 𝟐, 𝐴′ 𝐶 450 𝑆
𝒂 𝑆′ 𝐴
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝐿′
𝒆=
𝒂𝟐 ∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐 22
19) The length of latusrectum of a hyperbola − = −𝟏 is then
k 25 5
its e is
𝟕 𝟕 𝟔 𝟕
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟓 𝟓 𝟐
Solution
𝟐𝒂𝟐 𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝒌 𝟐𝟐
= , 𝒂𝒏𝒅 =  k = 11 = 𝒂𝟐
𝒃 𝟓 𝟓 𝟓
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝟔
𝒆= =
𝒃𝟐 𝟓 ∴KEY = (3)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
20) The ecentricity of the conjugate hyperbola of the hyperbola 𝟗𝒚𝟐 −
𝟒𝒙𝟐 = 𝟑𝟔 is
𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟓 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
− = −𝟏 Conjugate hyperbola is
𝟗 𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐 𝟏𝟑
− = −𝟏, 𝒆= =
𝟗 𝟒 𝒃𝟐 𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
21) The “e” of the hyperbola with centre at origin transverse axis is x
axis and passing through the points (3,0), (3 𝟐, 2)
𝟕 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑
Solution x 𝟐 y𝟐
Equation of hyperbola 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟏
a b
(3,0) and (3 𝟐, 2) lies on hyperbola
𝟗
A(3, 0)⇒ = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟗
𝒂𝟐
𝟏𝟖 𝒚𝟐 𝟏𝟑
B(3 𝟐, 𝟐) ⇒ − = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝒆 =
𝟗 𝒃𝟐 𝟑 ∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
5
22) The eccentricity of a hyperbola is then the eccentricity of the
3
conjugate hyperbola is
𝟓 𝟕 𝟕 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒
Solution
𝟓 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟗 𝟏𝟔 𝟓
𝒆= , + =𝟏⇒ 𝟐 =𝟏− = ⇒ 𝒆𝟏 =
𝟑 𝒆𝟐 𝒆𝟐𝟏 𝒆𝟏 𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓 𝟒
∴KEY = (4)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
23) If 𝒆𝟏 and 𝒆𝟐 are the eccentricities of the hyperbolas 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟕
and xy = 3 then 𝒆𝟐𝟏 + 𝒆𝟐𝟐 =
𝟏) 𝟔 𝟐) 𝟖 𝟑) 𝟏𝟐 𝟒) 𝟒
Solution
𝒆𝟏 = 𝟐, 𝒆𝟐 = 𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
24) The eccentricity of xy = 10 is
𝟑 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
Solution
𝒆= 𝟐
∴KEY = (4)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
25) A hyperbola with foci 𝟎, ± 𝟏𝟎 passes through (2,3) then its e=
𝟓
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟐
𝟑
Solution
S(0, ±be) = 𝟎, ± 𝟏𝟎 𝒃𝒆 = 𝟏𝟎
P(2, 3)
𝑺𝑷 − 𝑺′ 𝑷 = 𝟐𝒃
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝟐
Wher SP = 𝟒 + 𝟑 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟏𝟖 + 𝟓
𝑺′ 𝑷= 𝟏𝟖 − 𝟓
∴KEY = (4)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
26) z=x+iy is a complex number. If the imaginary part of 𝒛𝟐 is 32, then
locus of z is a hyperbola of eccentricity
𝟑 𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟑
Solution
z = x+iy  𝒛𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐ixy
∴KEY = (1)
 2xy=32⇒xy=16
Rectangular hyperbola
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
27) If secθ is the eccentricity of a hyperbola then the eccentricity of the
𝟏) 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽 𝟐) 𝒄𝒐𝒕𝜽 𝟑) 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 𝟒) 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽
Solution e = secθ
1 1 𝟏 𝟏
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏 ⇒ + =𝟏
e 𝒆𝟏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽 𝒆𝟐𝟏
𝟏 𝟏
=𝟏−
𝒆𝟐𝟏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝟏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽 − 𝟏
⇒ 𝟐 =𝟏−
𝒆𝟏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽
𝟏 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝜽
⇒ 𝟐=
𝒆𝟏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽
𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽
𝒆𝟏 =
𝑻𝒂𝒏𝜽
𝟏
⇒ 𝒆𝟏 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 ⇒ 𝒆𝟏 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽
𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 ∴KEY = (4)
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
28) In the hyperbola the distance between the foci is equal to distance
between one focus to one end of conjugate axis then its eccentricity
𝟓 𝟕 𝟕
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑
Solution
Given that S(ae, 0), B (0,b)
2ae = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐  𝒆𝟐 = 1 not possible ∴KEY = (4)

2
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
29) The eccentricity of the hyperbola 𝟒𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃𝟐 is (1999)
𝒂 𝒃 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝒃 𝒂 𝟐 𝟑
Solution
𝟏𝟑
𝒂𝟐 = 𝟗, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒⇒e=
𝟑
∴KEY = (4)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
30) The eccentricity of the hyperbola 𝟗𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 + 𝟕𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎
is
𝟓 𝟒 𝟗 𝟏𝟔
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟓 𝟏𝟔 𝟗
Solution 𝟐 𝟐
𝒙+𝟒 𝒚+𝟏
− =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝟓 ∴KEY = (1)
𝒆= =
𝒂𝟐 𝟒
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
a 1 a 1
31) The locus of the point t+ , t− , (where t is parameter) is a
2 t 2 t
hyperbola with eccentricity.
𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒)
𝟐
Solution
𝟐𝒙 𝟏 𝟐𝒚 𝟏
=𝒕+ , = 𝒕− 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒂
𝒂 𝒕 𝒂 𝒕
𝒆= 𝟐
∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
32) If 𝒆𝟏 and 𝒆𝟐 are the eccentricities of a hyperbola and its conjugate
then (1994)
𝟏) 𝒆𝟐𝟏 + 𝒆𝟐𝟐 = 𝟑 𝟐) 𝒆𝟐𝟏 + 𝒆𝟐𝟐 = 𝒆𝟐𝟏 𝒆𝟐𝟐
𝟑) 𝒆𝟐𝟏 + 𝒆𝟐𝟐 = 𝟒 𝟒) 𝒆𝟏 = 𝒆𝟐
Solution
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
+ = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒆 𝟏 + 𝒆 𝟐 = 𝒆 𝟏 𝒆𝟐
𝒆𝟐 𝒆𝟐𝟏
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
33) If the eccentricity of a hyperbola is 𝟑, then the eccentricity of its
𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟑 𝟑) 𝟒) 𝟐 𝟑
𝟐
Solution
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝒆= 𝟑, + = 𝟏⇒ + =𝟏
𝒆𝟐 𝒆𝟐𝟏 𝟑 𝒆𝟐𝟏
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟑
⇒ 𝟐 = ⇒ 𝒆𝟏 = ⇒ 𝒆𝟏 =
𝒆𝟏 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
∴KEY = (3)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
34) If e and 𝒆𝟏 are the eccentricities of the hyperbolas 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔, 𝒙𝟐 −
𝒚𝟐 = 𝒌𝟐 then 𝒆𝟐 + 𝒆𝟐𝟏 =
𝟏) 𝟑 𝟐) 𝟒 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐
Solution
𝒆= 𝟐, 𝒆𝟏 = 𝟐 ⇒ 𝒆𝟐 + 𝒆𝟐𝟏 =4
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐
35) The foci of the conjugate hyperbola of the hyperbola − =𝟏
4 12
𝟏) 𝟎, ±𝟐 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟎, ±𝟑 𝟑) 𝟎, ±𝟒 𝟒) 𝟎, ±𝟓
Solution
𝑺 𝟎 ± 𝒃𝒆 𝒃=𝟐 𝟑
𝟐
𝒆𝟏 =
𝟑
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
36) If the lengths of transverse and conjugate axes of the hyperbola are
4,2 then the distance between the foci is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟖 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟓 𝟒) 𝟐 𝟓
Solution
𝟓
𝟐𝒂 = 𝟒, 𝟐𝒃 = 𝟐 ⇒ 𝒆 = ⇒2ae=2 𝟓
𝟐
𝒆=𝟐 𝟓
∴KEY = (4)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
37) The foci of the hyperbola 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) ±𝟐 + 𝟐, 𝟓 𝟐) 𝟐 ± 𝟐, 𝟓
𝟑) ±𝟑 + 𝟐, 𝟓 𝟒) ±𝟒 + 𝟐, 𝟓
Solution
𝟐 𝟐 𝒆= 𝟐
𝒙−𝟐 − 𝒚−𝟓 =𝟏
𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒊 = 𝒉 ± 𝒂𝒆, 𝒌 = 𝟐 ± 𝟐, 𝟓
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
38) S and 𝑺𝟏 are the foci and B is one vertex of 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙𝟐 = 𝟒 then
𝑺𝑩. 𝑺𝟏 𝑩 =
𝟑 𝟏𝟔 𝟏
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟏 𝟒)
𝟒 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
𝑺 𝟎, 𝒃𝒆 𝑺𝟏 𝟎, −𝒃𝒆 , 𝑩(𝟎, 𝟎)
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝑺𝑩. 𝑺 𝑩 = 𝒃 𝒆 = 𝒃𝟐 ∴KEY = (2)
𝒃𝟐
= 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
39) The distance between the foci of the hyperbola 𝒙𝟐 −
𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟒 𝟐) 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟖 𝟒) 𝟏𝟎
Solution
(𝒙 − 𝟐)𝟐 𝒚+𝟏 𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟏𝟐 𝟒
𝟐 𝟐 𝟒 ∴KEY = (3)
𝒂 = 𝟏𝟐, 𝒃 = 𝟒 ⇒ 𝒆 = ⇒2ae=8
𝟐 𝟑
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
40) The foci of the hyperbola 𝟗𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝒙 − 𝟑𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏𝟓𝟏 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) 𝟏 ± 𝟓, 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟏 ± 𝟓, 𝟏
𝟑) −𝟏 ± 𝟓, −𝟏 𝟒) 𝟏 ± 𝟓, +𝟐
Solution
(𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐 𝒚−𝟏 𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
𝑭𝒐𝒄𝒊 = 𝒉 ± 𝒂𝒆, 𝒌 = (𝟏 ± 𝟓, 𝟏)
𝟓 ∴KEY = (1)
𝒆=
𝟒
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
5
41) The eccentricity of a hyperbola is , then its length of latusrectum is
2
𝟏
𝟏) 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝟒
𝟏
𝟐) 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝟐
𝟐
𝟑) 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝟑
𝟏
𝟒) 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝟑
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
𝟓 𝟐𝒃𝟐 𝟐𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝟏
𝒆= , =
𝟐 𝒂 𝒂
𝟓
= 𝟐𝒂 −𝟏
𝟒
∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐
42) The length of latusrectrum of the hyperbola − = 𝟏 is
36 64
𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟖 𝟔𝟒
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟗 𝟒)
𝟑 𝟓 𝟑
Solution
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟒 𝟏
𝟐𝒃𝟐 𝟔𝟒
= 𝑳𝑳𝑹 = ∴KEY = (4)
𝒂 𝟑
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
43) The length of the latus rectum of the hyperbola 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 is
𝟏) 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟒 𝟒) 𝟑
Solution
2b𝟐 2(1)
Write in standard form and find = =1
a 2
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
44) In a hyperbola e=2 and the length of semitransverse axis is 3 and the
length of conjugate axis is
𝟏) 𝟏 ± 𝟓, 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟏 ± 𝟓, 𝟏
𝟑) −𝟏 ± 𝟓, −𝟏 𝟒) 𝟏 ± 𝟓, +𝟐
Solution
e = 2, a = 3
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝟏 ∴KEY = (2)

HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
45) In a hyperbola the length of conjugate axis is 5 and the distance
between the foci is 13 then the length of transverse axis is
𝟏) 𝟏𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏𝟒 𝟑) 𝟏𝟔 𝟒) 𝟏𝟐
Solution
2b = 5, 2ae =13
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝟏 ∴KEY = (4)

HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
46) The lengths of the axes of the hyperbola 𝟗𝒙𝟐 −
𝟏𝟔𝒚𝟐 + 𝟕𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 are
𝟏) 𝟏𝟔, 𝟗 𝟐) 𝟖, 𝟔 𝟑) 𝟒, 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟏𝟖, 𝟖
Solution
(𝒙 + 𝟒)𝟐 𝒚+𝟏 𝟐
− = 𝟏 ⇒ 𝟐𝒂 = 𝟖, 𝟐𝒃 = 𝟔
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
47) Equation of the conjugate axis of the hyperbola 𝟓𝒙𝟐 −
𝟒𝒚𝟐 − 𝟑𝟎𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟑𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟏) 𝒙 − 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒚 + 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 + 𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
Solution
(𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 𝒚+𝟏 𝟐
− =𝟏
𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
Equation of conjugate axis is x-h=0⇒x-3=0
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
48) Equation of one of the latusrectum of the hyperbola
𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟓 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚 − 𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟗(𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟕)𝟐 is
𝟏) 𝟑𝟎𝒙 + 𝟒𝟎𝒚 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟒𝟎𝒙 + 𝟑𝟎𝒚 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟑𝟎𝒙 + 𝟒𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟒𝟎𝒙 + 𝟑𝟎𝒚 + 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒙− + 𝒚+ = 𝟗 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟕
𝟐 𝟓
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
1 1
𝑺 , , equation of latusrectum is
2 5
3x+4y+k=0 and passign through ‘s’
∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
a 1 a 1
49) If the locus of the point t+ , t− represents a conic the
2 t 2 t
distance between the directrices is
𝟏) 𝒂 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟒𝒂 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐𝒂 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑𝒂 𝟐
Solution
𝒂 𝟏 𝒂 𝟏
𝒙= 𝟏+ ,𝒚 = 𝒕−
𝟐 𝒕 𝟐 𝒕
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
 x+y = at , x-y= a/t
⇒ 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐
𝒆= 𝟐
𝒂 𝟐𝒂
𝟐 =
𝒆 𝟐
= 𝟐𝒂
∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
50) The foci of the hyperbola are S(-3,-2), 𝑺𝟏 𝟓, 𝟔 . If its e=2 then the
equation of its directix corresponding to the focus 𝑺𝟏 is
𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟗 = 𝟎
Solution
Midpoint of SS1=C=(1,2)
𝒛′ lies on the directix CZ1:Z1S1=1:e2 -1 ∴KEY = (1)

HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
51) The centre of the hyperbola 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 − 𝟒 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) −𝟏, −𝟑 𝟐) 𝟏, 𝟑 𝟑) −𝟏, 𝟑 𝟒) (𝟏, −𝟑)
Solution
𝝏𝑺 𝝏𝑺
= 𝟎, =𝟎
𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒚
𝝏𝑺
=4x+5y-11=0----------(1) ∴KEY = (3)
𝝏𝒙
𝝏𝑺
= 𝟓x+4y-7=0----------(2)
𝝏𝒚
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟏 & (𝟐)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
52) Equation of the tangent to 𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓 through the point (2, 8)
𝟏) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏𝟕𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟐𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 ± 𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
𝟐𝟑 ∴KEY = (3)
Passes through (2, 8) ⇒m=3 or
𝟑
𝟐𝟑
If m= ⇒ Equation of the tangent is 𝟐𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐
53) If the line y = mx+c is a tangent to the hyperbola − = 𝟏 then c is
25 9
𝟏) ± 𝟒 𝟐) ± 𝟓 𝟑) ± 𝟑 𝟒) ± 𝟔
Solution
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
𝒎 = 𝟏, 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓, 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟗
∴KEY = (1)
𝒄𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓 − 𝟗 =16
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x y x𝟐 y𝟐
54) The condition that the line + = 𝟏 to be tangent to 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟏 then
p p a b
c is
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟐) 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟏
𝒑 𝒒 𝒑 𝒒
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝟑) 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟒) 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏
𝒒 𝒑 𝒒 𝒑
Solution
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 ∴KEY = (2)
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂 𝒍 − 𝒃 𝒎 = 𝒏 ⇒ 𝟐 − =𝟏
𝒑 𝒒𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐
55) If the line y = mx+1 touches the hyperbola − = 𝟏 then m =
9 2
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏) ± 𝟐) ± 𝟑) ± 𝟒) ±
𝟐 𝟑 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
𝟏
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 ⇒𝐦 = ±
𝟑 ∴KEY = (3)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x𝟐 y𝟐
56) If the tangent at a point (2secθ, 3tanθ); of the hyperbola − = 𝟏 is
4 4
parallel to 3x-y+4=0, then the value of θ is
𝟏) 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝟐) 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝟑) 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝟒) 𝟕𝟓𝟎
Solution
(𝟐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽, 𝟑𝑻𝒂𝒏𝜽)
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
− = 𝟏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟒 𝟗
𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒 𝒐𝒓 𝟑
𝒚𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝟗
𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 = − 𝟏 ⇒ 𝒚𝟐 (𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒) ∴KEY = (3)
𝟗 𝟒 𝟒
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝒅𝒚 𝟗 𝒅𝒚 𝟗𝒙
𝟐𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 ⇒ =
𝒅𝒙 𝟒 𝒅𝒙 𝟒𝒚
𝒅𝒚 𝟗 𝟐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽 𝟑 𝟏
𝒎= = =
𝒅𝒙 (𝟐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽,𝟑𝑻𝒂𝒏𝜽) 𝟒 𝟑𝑻𝒂𝒏𝜽 𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
∴ 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍

𝟑 𝟏 𝟏
𝟑= = 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 =
𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 𝟐
𝜽 = 𝟑𝟎𝟎
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x 𝟐 y𝟐
57) If the line y = mx+ 𝒂𝟐 𝒎𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 touces the hyperbola 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟏 at
a b
the point θ then sinθ =
𝒃 𝒂 𝒂𝒎 𝒃𝒎
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒎 𝒃 𝒂
𝟐
− 𝟐=𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
𝟏 𝟏 𝒅𝒚
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐 𝟐𝒚 =𝟎
𝒂𝟐 𝒃 𝒅𝒙
𝟐𝒙 𝟐𝒚 𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒚 𝒃𝟐 𝒙
= ⇒ =
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 𝒅𝒙 𝒅𝒙 𝒂𝟐 𝒚
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝒅𝒚 𝒃𝟐 (𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽) 𝒃 𝟏
𝒎= = =
𝒅𝒙 𝜽 𝒂𝟐 (𝒃𝑻𝒂𝒏𝜽) 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
𝒃 𝟏 𝒃
∴m= ⇒ 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 =
𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽 𝒂𝒎
∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x 𝟐 y𝟐
58) The point of intersection of two tangents to the hyperbola 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟏,
a b
𝟐
the product of whose slopes is 𝒄 , lies on the curve
𝟏) 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 𝟐) 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
𝟑) 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝟒) 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝒄𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐
Solution
𝟐 𝟐
𝒚 𝟏 + 𝒃
𝒄𝟐 = 𝟐 ∴KEY = (4)
𝒙𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
59) The locus point of intersection of the two tangents to the hyperbola
𝒃𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 making an angle 𝟔𝟎𝟎 with another is
𝟐
𝟏) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒 𝒂𝟐 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝟐
𝟐) 𝟑 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒 𝒂𝟐 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝟐
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒 𝒃𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝟐
𝟒) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒 𝒃𝟐 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
𝟐𝒂𝒃 −𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝜽 = 𝟐
𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝜽 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝟐𝒂𝒃 −𝑺𝟏𝟏
∴ 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝜽 − 𝟐
𝒙𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝒙𝟐𝟏 𝒚𝟐𝟏
𝟐𝒂𝒃 − 𝟐 − 𝟐 − 𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
𝑻𝒂𝒏𝟔𝟎𝟎 =
𝒙𝟐𝟏 + 𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝟑 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒(𝒂𝟐 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐 )
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
60) The number of tangents drawn from (3,0) to the hyperbola
x𝟐 y𝟐
+ = 𝟏 is
9 1
𝟏) 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝟑𝟑
Solution
𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
61) Equation of the normal to the hyperbola 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟑 at (2,-3) is
𝟏) 𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎 𝟐) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟒 = 𝟎 𝟒) 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
Solution
a𝟐x b𝟐y
Equation of normal + = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 ⇒𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
x𝟏 y𝟏
∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x 𝟐 y𝟐
62) A normal to the hyperbola 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟏 meets the axes in M and N.
a b
The perpendiculars to the axes through M and N meet at P. Then
the equation to the locus of P is
𝟐
𝟏) 𝒃𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐
𝟐
𝟐) 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝟐
𝟑) 𝟒 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝟐
𝟒) 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 𝒚𝟐 =𝟒 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
𝒂𝒙 𝒃𝒙
Equation of normal at θ is + = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽
𝑿 − 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒙𝟏 =
𝒂
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽
𝒀 − 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒚𝟏 =
𝒃
Eliminating 𝜽
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
x 𝟐 y𝟐
63) If the line lx+my=1 is a normal to the hyperbola 𝟐 − 𝟐 = 𝟏 then
a b
a 𝟐 b𝟐
− =
l𝟐 m𝟐
𝟐
𝟏) 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 𝟐) 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 𝟑) 𝒂𝟐 + 𝟒) 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
Solution Equation of the normal at 𝛉

𝒂𝒙 𝒃𝒚
+ = 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝜽
And comparing lx+my=1
𝒂𝟐 −𝒃𝟐
∴𝟐 𝟐 = (𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 )𝟐 ∴KEY = (3)
𝒍 𝒎
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
64) All chords of the curve 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎. Which subtends a
right angled at the origin passes through a fixed point.
𝟏) 𝟐, −𝟏 𝟐) 𝟏, 𝟏 𝟑) 𝟐, 𝟑 𝟒) 𝟏, −𝟐
Solution
Let lx+my = 1 is a chord
𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 𝒍𝒙 + 𝒎𝒚 + 𝟒𝒚 𝒍𝒙 + 𝒎𝒚 = 𝟎
∴ 𝒙𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇 + 𝒚𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇 = 𝟎 (𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏) ∴KEY = (4)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
65) The locus of middle points of chords of the hyperbola 𝟐𝒙𝟐 −
𝟑𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓 which passes through the point (1,-2) is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟎
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐬

𝑺𝟏 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏
𝟐𝒙𝒙𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝟓 = 𝟐𝒙𝟐𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝟓
𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐡 (𝟏, −𝟐)
𝟐𝒙𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚𝟏 −𝟐 − 𝟓 = 𝟐𝒙𝟐𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐𝟏 − 𝟓

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬
𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 = 𝟎 ∴KEY = (1)

HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
66) The asymptotes of the hyperbola are 3x = ±5y and its vertices
are (±5, 0) then the length of the latusrectum of the
hyperbola is
𝟗 𝟏𝟖 𝟓𝟎 𝟐𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟒)
𝟓 𝟓 𝟑 𝟑
Solution x y
Asymptotes are = ±
5 3
x𝟐 y𝟐
Equation of hyperbola − = 𝟏;
25 9
′ b𝟐 18
𝑳𝑳 = 𝟐 = ∴KEY = (2)
a 5
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
67) The asymptotes of a hyperbola are 2x-y-3=0 and 3x+y-7=0. If
the hyperbola passes through (1,1) then the equation of the
hyperbola is
𝟏) 𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 − 𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
Equation of hyperbola is
(2x-y-3)(3x+y-7)+k=0
It passes through (1,1) ⇒k=-6
(2x-y-3)(3x+y-7)-6=0 ⇒ 𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
∴KEY = (2)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
68) The equation of the asympotes of the hyperbola 2xy+7y-6y-18=0 is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝒙𝒚 + 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
Equation of asymptotes is
2xy+7x-6y+c=0 then =0
∴KEY = (4)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
69) The asymptotes of a hyperbola are y =±x 𝟑 . If the hyperbola
passes through (4,6) its e is
𝟑 𝟓 𝟓
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒)
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑
Solution
Equation of hyperbola is
𝒚−𝒙 𝟑 𝒚+𝒙 𝟑 +𝒌=𝟎
It is passes through (4,6)
∴KEY = (3)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
70) The angle between the asymptotes of the hyperbola 𝒙𝟐 +
𝟑𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎 is
−𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏
𝟏
𝟏) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟐) 𝐭𝐚𝐧
𝟐 𝟑
−𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏
𝟏
𝟑) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟒) 𝐭𝐚𝐧
𝟓 𝟕
Solution
𝟐 𝒉𝟐 −𝒂𝒃 𝟏
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝜽 = = ∴KEY = (2)
𝒂+𝒃 𝟑
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
71) The asymptotes of the hyperbola xy=hx + ky are
𝟏) 𝒙 = 𝒌, 𝒚 = 𝒉 𝟐) 𝒙 = 𝒉, 𝒚 = 𝒌
𝟑) 𝒙 = 𝒌, 𝒚 = 𝒌 𝟒) 𝒙 = 𝒉, 𝒚 = 𝒉
Solution
𝒙−𝒌 𝒚−𝒉 =𝟎
∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
72) If 3x-2y+7=0 and 2x+3y+4=0 are the asymptotes of a
hyperbola then its eccentricity is
𝟑
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟐 𝟒) 𝒄𝒂𝒏′ 𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅
𝟐
Solution
Given asmptotes are perpendicular

∴KEY = (2)
e= 𝟐
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
73) The equation of the conjugate hyperbola of 𝟐𝒙𝟐 −
𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎 is
𝟏) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟐) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟑) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
𝟒) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟖 = 𝟎
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Solution
Asymptotes equations
𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝒌 = 𝟎
𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 ∆= 𝟎  k = -1
Conjugate hyperbola is
𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 + 𝒄 = 𝟎
𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒄 + 𝒄′ = 𝟐𝒌  𝒄′ = 13
∴KEY = (1)
HYPERBOLA LEVEL-1
Thank you…
HYPERBOLA PCQs
HYPERBOLA
HYPERBOLA PCQs
HYPERBOLA PCQs
1. The eccentricity of the hyperbola whose length of the latus rectum is
equal to 8 and the length of its conjugate axis is equal to half of the
distance between its foci, is:
[JEEMAINS -2016]
𝟒 𝟒 𝟐
𝟏) 𝟐) 𝟑) 4) 𝟑
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Solution 𝟐𝒃𝟐
= 𝟖 ⇒ 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂
𝒂
2b = ae, 4𝒃𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐
2
4𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 − 𝟏 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒆𝟐 , 𝒆 = Key - 3
3
HYPERBOLA PCQs
2. A hyperbola whose transverse axis is along the major axis of the conic,
x𝟐 y𝟐
+ = 𝟒 and has vertices at the foci of this conic. If the eccentricity
3 4
3
of the hyperbola is , then which of the following points does not lie on
2
it? [J.M.O.L -2016]
𝟏) 𝟓, 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐) 𝟎, 𝟐 𝟑) 𝟓, 𝟐 𝟑 4)
𝟏𝟎, 𝟐 𝟑
𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞 = + =𝟏 (0,2)
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟔
(0,-2)
foci (0, ±be)
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝟏𝟐 𝟏
𝒆𝒆 = 𝟏− =
𝟏𝟔 𝟐
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 (0,2)
𝒉𝑯 = 𝟐
(0,-2)
𝟑
𝒆𝑯 =
𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 ⇒ 𝟐 − 𝟐 = −𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
𝟑 𝒂𝟐 𝟗 𝒂𝟐
𝒆𝑯 = = 𝟏+ 𝟐 ⇒ −𝟏= 𝟐
𝟐 𝒃 𝟒 𝒃
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝒂𝟐 𝟓
⇒ 𝟐= ⇒ 𝒂𝟐 = 𝟓
𝒃 𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
⇒ − = −𝟏
𝟓 𝟓
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA PCQs
3. Let a and b be respectively be the semitransverse and semi conjugate
axes of hyperboal whose eccentricity satisfies the equation 𝟗𝒆𝟐 −
𝟏𝟖𝒆 + 𝟓 = 𝟎. If S(5,0) is a focus and 5x=9 is the corresponding directix
of this hyperbola, then 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 is equal to
[J.M.O.L -2016]
𝟏) − 𝟕 𝟐) − 𝟓 𝟑) 𝟓 4) 𝟕
𝟐
𝟓
𝟗𝒆 − 𝟏𝟖𝒆 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 ⇒ 𝒆 =
Solution 𝟑
𝒃𝟐 𝟐𝟓
∴ 𝟏 + 𝟐 = 𝒆𝟐 = → (𝟏)
𝒂 𝟗
HYPERBOLA PCQs
Also distance between foci and directix is
𝒂 𝟗
= 𝒂𝒆 − =𝟓−
𝒆 𝟓
𝟓 𝟑 𝟏𝟔
⇒𝒂 − =
𝟑 𝟓 𝟓
⇒𝒂=𝟑
From (1) 𝒃𝟐 𝟐𝟓
𝟐
𝟏+ = 𝒆 = ⇒ 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
𝟗 𝟗
∴ 𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟗 − 𝟏𝟔 = −𝟕
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
4. Let a and b any two numbers satisfying + = . Then, the foot of
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝟒
𝐱 𝐲
perpendicular form the origin on the variable line, + = 𝟏, lies on
𝐚 𝐛
1) a hyperbola with each semi−axis = 𝟐 [J.M.O.L -2014]
2) a hyperbola with each semi−axis = 𝟐
3) a circle of radius = 2
4) a circle of radius = 𝟐
Solution
𝐱 𝐲
Let P(h,k) be the foot of the ⊥lar from (0,0) to + =𝟏
𝐚 𝐛
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
+ 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟒
𝒂𝟐
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝐡−𝟎 𝐤−𝟎 −𝟏
= =
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
+
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚𝟐 𝐛 𝟐
𝐡−𝟎 𝐤−𝟎 𝟏
= =
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝐚 𝐛 𝟒
𝒉𝒂 = 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
𝐡 = ,𝐤 =
𝐚 𝐛
𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟔 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝐡𝟐 + 𝐤𝟐 = 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 =𝟒
𝐚 𝐛 𝐚 𝐛 𝟒
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA PCQs
5. The tangent at an extremity (in the first quadrant) of latusrectum of
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
the hyperbola − = 𝟏 meets x-axis and y-axis at A and B
𝟒 𝟓
respectively. Then 𝐎𝐀 𝟐 − 𝐎𝐁 𝟐 , where O is the origin equals
[JEEMAINS -2014]
1) −20/9 2) 16/9 3) 4 4) −4/3
Solution
𝐛𝟐
One end of latusrectum is 𝐚𝐞, .
𝐚
𝐱 𝐚𝐞 𝐲 𝐛𝟐
The equation of tangent is − =𝟏
𝟒 𝟓𝐚
𝟒
x−𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 = = 𝐎𝐀
𝐚𝐞
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝟓𝐚
𝐲 − 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 = 𝟐 = 𝐎𝐛
𝐛
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏𝟔 −𝟐𝟎
𝐎𝐀 − 𝐎𝐁 = −𝟒=
𝟗 𝟗
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA PCQs
6. The equation of hyperbola whose foci are (-2,0) and (2,0) and
eccentricity 2 is [A -2011]
1) −𝟑𝐱 𝟐 +𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑 2) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑
3) 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑 4) −𝐱 𝟐 +𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑
Solution
𝐒𝐒𝟏 = 𝟐𝐚𝐞 ⇒ 𝟒 = 𝟐𝐚𝐞 ⇒ 𝐚 = 𝟏
𝐛𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 𝐞𝟐 − 𝟏 = 𝟑
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
7. For the Hyperbola − 𝟐 = 𝟏, which of the following remains
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝛂 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛂
constant when 𝛂 varies? [A -2007]
1) abscissa of vertices 2) abscissa of foci
3) eccentricity 4) directrix
Solution
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐢 = ±𝐚𝐞, 𝟎 𝐚 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂, 𝐛 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛂
𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟏
𝐞= =
𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛂
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐢 = ±𝐚𝐞, 𝟎 =(±1,0)
Foci is constant Key - 2
HYPERBOLA PCQs
8. The locus of a point 𝐏 𝛂, 𝛃 moving under condition that the line 𝐲 =
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝛂𝐱 + 𝛃 is a tangent to the hyperbola − = 𝟏 is
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 [A -2005]
1) an ellipse 2) a circle 3) a parabola 4) a hyperbola
Solution
𝜷𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝜶𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝜶, 𝜷 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐
⇒ 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒂𝒃 > 𝟎, ∆≠ 𝟎
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA PCQs
9. The equation of the chord joining the two points 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 and 𝐱 𝟐 , 𝐲𝟐 on
the rectangular hyperbola 𝐱𝐲 = 𝐜 𝟐 is
𝐱 𝐲 [A -2002]
1) + =𝟏
𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐱 𝟐 𝐲𝟏 + 𝐲𝟐
𝐱 𝐲
2) + =𝟏
𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐱 𝟐 𝐲𝟏 − 𝐲𝟐
𝐱 𝐲
3) + =𝟏
𝐲𝟏 + 𝐲𝟐 𝐱 𝟏 + 𝐱 𝟐
𝐱 𝐲
4) + =𝟏
𝐲𝟏 − 𝐲𝟐 𝐱 𝟏 − 𝐱 𝟐
HYPERBOLA PCQs
Solution
Equation of chord J.P (𝒙𝟏 , 𝒚𝟏 ) & (𝒙𝟐 , 𝒚𝟐 ) on the hyperbola

xy=𝒄𝟐 𝒊𝒔
𝒙 𝒚
+ =𝟏
𝒙𝟏 +𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟏 +𝒚𝟐
Key - 1
HYPERBOLA PCQs
HYPERBOLA PCQs
1. The product of length of perpendicular distance from any point on the
hyperbola 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔 to it’s asymptoes is
[AP E -2015]
1) 𝟐 2) 4 3) 𝟖 4) 𝟏𝟔
Solution
𝑷 = 𝟒𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽, 𝟒𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽
𝒙+𝒚=𝟎
𝟒 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽 + 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽
𝒅𝟏 =
𝟐
𝐱−𝐲=𝟎
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝟒 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝜽 − 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝜽
𝒅𝟐 =
𝟐
𝟏𝟔 𝟏
𝒅𝟏 𝒅𝟐 = =𝟖
𝟐
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝟏
2. The foci of the ellipse + = 𝟏 and the hyperbola − =
𝟏𝟔 𝐛𝟐 𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟖𝟏 𝟐𝟓
coincide, then the value of 𝐛𝟐 is [AP E -2015]
1) 5 2) 7 3) 9 4) 1
Solution
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐢 𝐨𝐟 + = 𝟏 𝐚𝐫𝐞 ±𝟒𝐞, 𝟎
𝟏𝟔 𝐛 𝟐
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝟐
− 𝟐
=𝟏
𝟏𝟐/𝟓 𝟗/𝟓
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟖𝟏 𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟐
𝐛 =𝐚 𝐞 −𝟏 ⇒ = 𝐞 −𝟏
𝟐𝟓 𝟐𝟓
⇒ 𝐞 = 𝟓/𝟒
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐢 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 = ±𝟑, 𝟎
𝟑 𝟐
𝟒𝐞 = 𝟑 ⇒ 𝐞 = , 𝐛 = 𝐚𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐞𝟐 = 𝟕
𝟒
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
3. A hyperbola passes through a focus of the ellipse + = 𝟏. Its
𝟏𝟔𝟗 𝟐𝟓
transverse and conjugate axes coincide respectively with the major
axes, minor axes of the ellipse. The product of eccentricities is 1. Then
the equation of the hyperbola is [E -2014]
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
1) − =𝟏 2) − =𝟏
𝟏𝟔𝟗 𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟐𝟓
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
3) − =𝟏 4) − =𝟏
𝟐𝟓 𝟗 𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟗
HYPERBOLA PCQs
Solution
𝟏𝟑𝟐 −𝟓𝟐 𝟏𝟔𝟗−𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟐
𝐞𝟏 = 𝐞𝟏 = =
𝟏𝟑𝟐 𝟏𝟔𝟗 𝟏𝟑
𝟏𝟒𝟒+𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔𝟗 𝟏𝟑
𝐞𝟐 = = =
𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟐
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟑
𝒆𝟏 . 𝒆𝟐 = 𝟏  𝟏𝟑 ×𝟏𝟐 = 𝟏
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
4. If the foci of the ellipse + = 𝟏 and the hyperbola − =𝟏
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔 𝟒 𝐛𝟐
coincide, then 𝐛𝟐 =
1) 4 2) 5 3) 8 4) 9
[E -2013]
Solution
𝟑 𝟒 + 𝐛𝟐
𝐄 𝐞= , 𝐚𝐞 = 𝟑, 𝐇 𝐞=
𝟓 𝟒
𝐚𝐞(𝐇) = 𝟒 + 𝐛𝟐
𝟑= 𝟒 + 𝐛 𝟐 ⇒ 𝐛𝟐 = 𝟓 Key - 2
HYPERBOLA PCQs
5. If 𝐱 = 𝟗 is a chord of contact of the hyperbola 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟗, then the
equation of the tangent at one of the points of contact is
[E -2013]
1) 𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 2) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
3) 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 4) 𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
Solution
𝟗, 𝟔 𝟐 → 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗
.
𝟗, 𝟔 𝟐
𝟗𝟑 𝒙 − 𝒚. 𝟔𝟐 𝟐 = 𝟗𝟑
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐 𝟐𝒚=3
.
𝐱=𝟗
𝟑, 𝟎
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐 𝟐𝒚-3=0
𝟗, −𝟔 𝟐
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA PCQs
6. The angle between the asymptotes of the hyperbola 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟑 is
[E -2011]
𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
1) 2) 3) 4)
𝟔 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐
Solution
𝐛 𝛑
𝛉= 𝟐𝐓𝐚𝐧−𝟏 =
𝐚 𝟑
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA PCQs
7. The equation of the hyperbola which passes through the point (2,3)
and has assymptotes 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟕 = 𝟎 and 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝟐 𝟐 [E -2010]
1) 𝟒𝐱 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏𝐱 + 𝟏𝟏𝐲 + 𝟓𝟎 = 𝟎
2) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟔𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝐱 + 𝟏𝟏𝐲 − 𝟒𝟑 = 𝟎
3) 𝟒𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟔𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝐱 + 𝟏𝟏𝐲 + 𝟓𝟕 = 𝟎
4) 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟓𝐱𝐲 − 𝟔𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝐱 + 𝟏𝟏𝐲 − 𝟒𝟑 = 𝟎
Solution
Required hyperbola 10(-5)+k=0
𝟒𝐱 + 𝟑𝐲 − 𝟕 𝐱 − 𝟐𝐲 − 𝟏 + 𝐤 = 𝟎 K=50.
𝟐, 𝟑  𝟖 + 𝟗 − 𝟕 𝟐 − 𝟔 − 𝟏 + 𝒌 = 𝟎 Key - 3
HYPERBOLA PCQs
8. The product of the perpendiculars distances from any point on the
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
hyperbola + = 𝟏 to its Asymptotes is [E -2010]
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 +𝐛𝟐 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
1) 𝟐 2) 𝟐 3) 𝟐 𝟐 4) 𝟐 𝟐
𝐚 −𝐛 𝟐 𝐚 + 𝐛𝟐 𝐚 𝐛 𝐚 𝐛
Solution
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
The product of the perpendiculars distances= 𝟐
𝐚 + 𝐛𝟐
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA PCQs
9. If the circle 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝐚𝟐 intersects the hyperbola 𝐱𝐲 = 𝐜 𝟐 in four
points 𝐱 𝟏 , 𝐲𝟏 , for 𝐢 = 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑 and 4, then 𝐲𝟏 + 𝐲𝟐 + 𝐲𝟑 + 𝐲𝟒 =
[E -2009]
1) 0 2) c 3) a 4) 𝐜 𝟒
Solution
The ordinate of the points of intersection of
𝟐 𝐜𝟒
given curves are connected by 𝐲 + = 𝐚𝟐
𝐲𝟐
⇒ 𝐲 𝟒 − 𝐚𝟐 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐜 𝟒 = 𝟎
𝐲𝟏 , 𝐲𝟐 , 𝐲𝟑 and 𝐲𝟒 are the roots then
𝐲𝟏 + 𝐲𝟐 + 𝐲𝟑 + 𝐲𝟒 = 𝟎 Key - 1
HYPERBOLA PCQs
10. The mid-point of the chord 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 = 𝟓 of the hyperbola
𝟐𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐 is [E -2009]
−𝟓 𝟓 𝟏𝟏
1) 𝟎, 2) 𝟐, 𝟏 3) ,𝟎 4) ,𝟐
𝟑 𝟒 𝟒
Solution
𝒔𝟏 = 𝒔𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝒙𝟏 −𝟑𝒚𝟏 𝟐𝒙𝟐𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐𝟏
= =
2x.𝒙𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚𝒚𝟏 − 𝟏𝟐=2𝒙𝟐𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐𝟏 -12 𝟒𝟐 𝟑 𝟓
2x.𝒙𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚𝒚𝟏 = 2𝒙𝟐𝟏 − 𝟑𝒚𝟐𝟏 ……………...(1) 𝟏𝟐𝟒 𝒚𝟏
2𝒙𝟏 =
𝟑
4x-3y=5……………...(2)
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA PCQs
11. The distance between the foci of the hyperbola
𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑𝐲 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐱 − 𝟔𝐲 − 𝟏𝟏 = 𝟎 is [E -2008]
1) 4 2) 6 3) 8 4) 10
Solution
Write in to standard form then find 𝑺𝑺𝟏 =2ae
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA PCQs
12. The product of the lengths of perpendiculars drawn from any point on
the hyperbola 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟐 to its asymptotes is [E -2003]
1) 1/2 2) 2/3 3) 3/2 4) 2
Solution
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
Product of perpendicular distance is d= =
𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐
Key - 2
HYPERBOLA PCQs
13. If 𝐞 and 𝐞𝟏 are the eccentricities of the ellipse 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓 and
the hyperbola 𝟓𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟒𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟒𝟓respectively then 𝐞𝐞𝟏 = [E -2002]
1) 9 2) 5 3) 4 4) 1
Solution
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛 𝟐 𝟐
+ = 𝟏, 𝐞 = 𝟐
=
𝟗 𝟓 𝒂 𝟑
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛 𝟐 𝟑
− = 𝟏, 𝐞𝟏 = =
𝟗 𝟒𝟓/𝟒 𝒂𝟐 𝟐
𝒆. 𝒆𝟏 = 𝟏
Key - 4
HYPERBOLA PCQs
14. The product of lengths of perpendiculars from any point on the
hyperbola 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝐲 𝟐 = 𝟖 to its asymptotes is
[E -2001]
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 1
Solution
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐 𝟖 × 𝟖 𝟔𝟒
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐬 = 𝟐 𝟐
= = =𝟒
𝐚 +𝐛 𝟖 + 𝟖 𝟏𝟔
Key - 3
HYPERBOLA PCQs
𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟐
15. If the line 𝐥𝐱 + 𝐦𝐲 = 𝟏 is a normal to the hyperbola − = 𝟏 then
𝐚𝟐 𝐛𝟐
𝐱𝟐 𝐛𝟐
− =
𝐥𝟐 𝐦𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
1) 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐 2) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 3) 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 4) 𝐚𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐
Solution
Equation of normal to hyperbola

𝐚𝐱 𝐛𝐲
+ = 𝐚𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐 ………..(1)
𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛉 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝛉
Comparing to given line 𝒍𝒙 + 𝒎𝒚 = 𝟏 … … … … (𝟐)

(𝟏) 𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
= − = (𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 )𝟐 Key - 3
(𝟐) 𝒍𝟐 𝒎𝟐
HYPERBOLA PCQs
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CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM(2D) LEVEL - 1

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM(2D) LEVEL - 1

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐤−𝟑 𝟐 +𝟒=𝟖

∴ Orthocenter = vertex at the right angle

𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 ∆𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐎𝐂 𝐢𝐬 𝐀 = 𝟏, −𝟑

The image of 𝒙, 𝒚 w.r.to x-axis is 𝒙, −𝒚

Does not exist

Circumcentre is equidistant from three non-

1) A rectangle 2) A square 3) Rhombus 4) Collinear

3) From an isosceles triangle 4) Are collinear

1) 2:1 2) -2:1 3) -1:2 4) 1:2

Area of 𝚫𝒍𝒆 = 3GAB

Area of 𝚫𝒍𝒆 PBC : Area of 𝚫𝒍𝒆 ABC

Centroid is same as the midpoints of ABC

Centroid of  ABC = centroid of  DEF

1) (2, 1) 2) (2, -1) 3) (1, 2) 4) (1, -2)

3rd vertex = 3G-A-B

1) (-36, 12) 2) (36, -12) 3) (-12, 36) 4) (12, -36)

Apply the synopsis formula for orthocentre

𝚫𝒍𝒆 is Right Angled triangle

Apply Incentre formula

BP:PC = AB:AC = 4:3

Nine point centre is mid point of circumcentre and orthocentre

Apply cosine rule and find the sine angle

3) 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝟎, 𝟎 4) 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐲 − 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬

∴ a straight line parallel to y-axis

⇒ 𝟑𝐱 − 𝐩 = 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 + 𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉; 𝟑𝐲 − 𝐪 = 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉 − 𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉

𝐀𝐏𝐁 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 P(x,y)

𝒙−𝟐 𝟐 + 𝒚+𝟑 𝟐 = 𝒙−𝟑 𝟐 + 𝒚+𝟒 𝟐

3) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒂𝟐 − 𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎 4) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝟐𝒄𝟐 = 𝟎

2) 𝐱 𝟐 +𝟔𝐱𝐲 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐𝐱 + 𝟔𝟔𝐲 + 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎

3) 𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟓𝐱𝐲 + 𝟗𝐲 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟎𝐱 + 𝟔𝟐𝐲 + 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟎

Area of ∆𝒍𝒆 PAB = 12

⇒ 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 − 𝟐𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝟔𝒚 − 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎

Let P(x,y) be any point 𝑥

Solution : 𝟒𝒕, 𝟐𝒕𝟐 + 𝟑 𝟎, 𝟎

1) 9𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒𝒙 2) 𝟗𝒚𝟐 = −𝟒𝒙

2) 𝐚𝟐𝟏 − 𝐚𝟐𝟐 + 𝐛𝟐𝟏 − 𝐛𝟐𝟐

4) 𝐚𝟐𝟏 + 𝐛𝟐𝟏 − 𝐚𝟐𝟐 − 𝐛𝟐𝟐

⇒ 𝟐𝒂𝟏𝒙 − 𝟐𝒃𝟏𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐𝟏 + 𝒃𝟐𝟏 = −𝟐𝒂𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐𝒃𝟐𝒚 + 𝒂𝟐𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐𝟐

⇒ 𝟐𝒙 𝒂𝟏 − 𝒂𝟐 + 𝟐𝒚 𝒃𝟏 − 𝒃𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐𝟐 − 𝒂𝟐𝟏 − 𝒃𝟐𝟏 = 𝟎

𝐀 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭 , 𝐁(𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭, −𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭)

⇒ 𝟑𝐱 − 𝟏 = 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭 + 𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭, 𝟑𝐲 = 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐭 − 𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐭

1) A hyperbola 2) An ellipse 3) A parabola 4) A straight line

1) An ellipse length of whose major axis is 12

2) An ellipse length of whose major axis is 8

3) A hyperbola length of whose transverse axis is 12

4) A hyperbola length of whose transverse axis is 8

Which is hyperbola whose transverse axis = 2x6=12

1) Circle with centre at origin and radius 𝟐𝒑𝒎 from it

2) Line parallel to x-axis at a distance 𝟐𝒑𝒎 from it

3) Line parallel to y-axis at a distance 𝟐𝒑𝒎 from it

4) Line parallel to y = mx, m ≠0 at a distance 𝟐𝒑𝒎 from it

1) (-5,8) 2) (5,-8) 3) (4,6) 4) (3,1)

Given that (x, y) = (3, -5) , (h, k) = (-2, 3)

= (3+2, -5-3) = (5, -8)

1) (3,4) 2) (-3,-4) 3) (9,12) 4) (-9,-12)

1) (1, 3 ) 2) (-4, 3) 3) (-1, 2) 4) (1, - 2)

Given that 4𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒚𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟑𝟔𝒚 + 𝟒=0

Given that  = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝐱 , 𝐲 = ( 𝟐, − 𝟐)

1) 𝝅/6 2) 𝝅/4 3) 𝝅/3 4) 𝝅/2

Given that 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟑 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝒂𝟐

1) 𝝅/6 2) 𝝅/4 3) 𝝅/3 4) 𝝅/2

Given that 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 + 𝟏=0

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