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106. The area of rectangle formed by the perpendiculars from the centre of the standard ellipse to the tangent
 
and normal at its point whose eccentric angle is   , is:
 
4 

(a 2  b 2 )ab (a 2  b 2 )ab a 2  b2 a 2  b2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a 2  b2 a 2  b2 ab (a 2  b 2 ) (a 2  b 2 )ab

x2 y2
107. The length of normal (terminated by the major axis) at a point of the ellipse   1 is (where r , r1
a2 b2

are focal distances of point):

b b b
(A) (r  r1) (B) |r  r1 | (C) rr1 (D) independent of r , r1
a a a
x2 y2
108. The middle point of chord intercepted on the line 2x  y  3  0 by the ellipse   1 is :
10 6
 30 9   30 9   30 9   30 9 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 23 23   23 23   23 23   23 23 
     

x2 y2
109. The locus of mid-point of focal chords of the ellipse   1 is:
a2 b2
xe x2 y2 xe x2 y2 xe x2 y2 ye x2 y2
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
a a2 b2 a a2 b2 a b2 a2 a a2 b2
x2 y2
110. CP and CD are conjugate diameters of the ellipse   1 . Then, the locus of mid-point of PD is
a2 b2
(where C is centre of ellipse and P, D are adjacent points):
x2 y2 1 x2 y2 x2 y2 3 x2 y2
(A)   (B)  1 (C)   (D)  2
a2 b2 2 a2 b2 a2 b2 2 a2 b2
x2 y2
111. The equation of chord   1 , which is bisected at (2, 1) is:
36 9
(A) x  2y  4  0 (B) x  2y  4  0 (C) x  2y  4  0 (D)  x  2y  4  0

x2 y2
112. The locus of the point the chord of contact of tangents from which to the ellipse   1 touches
a2 b2
2 2 2
the circle x  y  c , is:

(A) b 4c 2 x 2  a 4c 2y 2  a 4b 4 (B) b 2c 2x 2  a 2c 2y 2  1

(C) b4c2x 2  a 4c 2y2  1 (D) None of these

2 2
113. If P ( x , y ), F1 (3, 0 ), F 2 (  3, 0 ) and 16x  25y  400 , then PF1  PF 2 equals :
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 12

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 a2 x2 y2
114. If tan 1  tan 2   , then the chord joining two points Q1 and Q2 on the ellipse   1 will
b2 a 2 b2
subtend a right angle at:
(A) focus (B) centre
(C) end of the major axis (D) end of the minor axis
x2 y2
115. If F1 and F2 be the feet of perpendicular from the foci S1 and S2 of an ellipse   1 on the tangent
5 3
at any point P on the ellipse, then ( S1F1 )  ( S 2 F 2 ) is:
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
116. The area of rectangle formed by the perpendiculars from the centre of the ellipse to the tangent and

normal at the point whose eccentric angle is , is:
4
 a 2  b2   a 2  b2 
(A)   ab (B)   ab
 a 2  b2   a 2  b2 
   

1  a 2  b 2  1  a 2  b 2 
(C) ab (D) ab
ab  a 2  b 2  ab  a 2  b 2 
   
x2 y2
117. On the ellipse  1, one of the points of which normals are parallel to the line
4 9
2x  y  1 , is :
 9 2   9 2   2 9 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D) None of these
 10 10   10 1 0   10 10 
  

x2 y2
118. Let S and S' be two foci of ellipse   1 . If a circle described on SS ' as diameter intersects the
a2 b2
ellipse in real and distinct points, then the eccentricity e of ellipse satisfies:
1  1   1 
(A) e  (B) e  , 1 (C) e   0,  (D) None of these
2  2   2 
  

x2 y2 x2 y2
119. The locus of point of intersection of perpendicular tangents to   1 and  is:
a2 b2 a2   b2  
(A) x 2  y2  a 2   (B) x 2  y2  b 2  

(C) x 2  y2  a 2  b 2   (D) x 2  y2  a 2  b 2
120. The locus of mid-points of the portion of the tangents to the ellipse intercepted between the axes is:
(A) a 2 y 2  b 2 x 2  4 x 2y 2 (B) a 2 x 2  b 2y 2  4 x 2y 2

(C) x 2  y2  a 2 (D) x 2  y2  b2

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