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1. If the equation of a circle is ax2 + (2a 3)y2 4x 1 = 0 then its centre is (a) (2,0) (b) (2/3, 0) (c) (-2/3,0) (d) none of these

2. If the equation of a circle is 2x2 + 2y2 + xy + ( - 4)x + 6y - 5 = 0 then its radius is (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) none of these

3. The equation of the circle passing through the point (1,1) and having two diameters along the pair of lines x 2 - y2 2x +4y 3 = 0 is (a) x2 + y2 2x - 4y + 4 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y - 4 = 0 (c) x2 + y2 2x + 4y + 4 = 0 (d) none of these

4. A triangle is formed by the lines whose combined equation is given by (x + y 4)(xy - 2x y +2) = 0. The equation of its circumcircle is (a) x2 + y2 5x - 3y + 8 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 3x - 5y + 8 = 0 (c) x2 + y2 3x - 5y - 8 = 0 (d) none of these

5. If the centroid of an equilateral triangle is (1,1) and its one vertex is (-1,2) then the equation of its circumcircle is (a) x2 + y2 2x - 2y - 3 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 + 2x - 2y - 3 = 0 (c) x2 + y2 + 2x + 2y - 3 = 0 (d) none of these

6. The equation of the circle whose one diameter is PQ, where the ordinates of P, Q are the roots of the equation x2 + 2x 3 = 0 and the abscissa are the roots of the equation y2 +4y 12 = 0, is (a) x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y - 15 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 - 4x - 2y - 15 = 0 (c) x2 + y2 + 4x + 2y - 15 = 0 (d) none of these

7. A circle touches the y-axis at (0,2) and has an intercept of 4 units on the positive side of the x-axis. Then the equation of the circle is (a) x2 + y2 4( x + y) + 4 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 4( y + x) + 4 = 0 (c) x2 + y2 2( x + y) + 4 = 0 (d) none of these

8. The intercept of the line y = x by the circle x2 + y2 2x = 0 is AB. The equation of the circle with AB as diameter is (a) x2 + y2 + x + y = 0 (b) x2 + y2 = x + y (c) x2 + y2 - 3x + y = 0 (d) none of these

9. The equation of the incircle of the triangle formed by the axes and the line 4x + 3y = 6 is (a) x2 + y2 - 6x - 6y + 9 = 0 (b) 4(x2 + y2 - x y) + 1 = 0 (c) 4(x2 + y2 + x + y) + 1 = 0 (d) none of these

10. The length of the chord of the circle x2 + y2 + 4x - 7y + 12 = 0 along the y-axis is (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1/2 (d) none of these

11. If the line y 1 = m(x 1) cuts the circle x2 + y2 = 4 at two real points then the number of possible values of m is (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) infinite (d) none of these

12. The equation of the diameter of the circle 3(x2 + y2) -2x + 6y 9 = 0 which is perpendicular to the line 2x + 3y = 12 is (a) 3x 2y = 3 (b) 3x 2y + 1 = 0 (c) 3x 2y = 9 (d) none of these

13. The equation of the circle of radius 2 whose centre lies on the line x y = 0 and which touches the line x + y = 4, and whose centres coordinates satisfy the inequality x + y > 4 is (a) x2 + y2 - 8x - 8y + 24 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 = 8 (c) x2 + y2 - 8x + 8y - 24 = 0 (d) none of these

14. The range of the values of a for which the point (a, 4) is outside the circles x2 + y2 + 10x = 0 and x2 + y2 - 12x + 20 = 0 is (a) (-, -8) (-2, 6) (6, +) (b) (-8, -2) (c) (-, -8) (-2, +) (d) none of these

15. If (2, 4) is a point interior to the circle x2 + y2 - 6x - 10y + = 0 and the circle does not cut the axes at any point then belongs to the interval (a) (25, 32) (b) (9, 32) (c) (32, +) (d) none of these

16. The number of common tangents to the circles x2 + y2 = 4 and x2 + y2 -6x -8y = 24 is

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(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4 17. The equation of two circles are x2 + y2 26y + 25 = 0 and x2 + y2 = 25. Then (a) they touch each other (b) they cut each other orthogonally (c) one circle is inside the other circle (d) none of these

18. The equation of any tangent to the circle x2 + y2 - 2x + 4y 4 = 0 is (a) y = m(x 1) + 3 -2 (b) y = mx + 3 (c) y = mx + 3 -2 (d) none of these

19. Two tangents to the circle x2 + y2 = 4 at the points A and B meet at P(-4, 0). The area of the quadrilateral PAOB, where O is the origin, is (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) none of these

20. The angle between the pair of tangents from the point (1, ) to the circle x2 + y2 + 4x + 2y 4 = 0 is (a) (b) (c) (d) none of these

21. The chords of contact of the pair of tangents to the circle x2 + y2 = 1 drawn from any point on the line 2x + y = 4 pass through the point (a) (1/2, 1/4) (b) (1/4, 1/2) (c) (1, 1/2) (d) (1/2, 1)

22. The equation of a chord of the circle x2 + y2 4x = 0 which is bisected at the point (1, 1) is (a) x + y = 2 (b) 3x - y = 2 (c) x - 2y + 1 = 0 (d) x - y = 0

23. The common chord of the circle x2 + y2 + 6x + 8y 7 = 0 and the circle passing through the origin, and touching the line y = x, always passes through the point (a) (-1/2, 1/2) (b) (1, 1) (c) (1/2, 1/2) (d) none of these

24. A circle of radius 2 touches the coordinate axes in the first quadrant. If the circle makes a complete rotation on the x-axis along the positive direction of the x-axis then the equation of the circle in the new position is (a) x2 + y2 4(x + y) - 8x + (2 + 4)2 = 0 (c) x2 + y2 - 8x 4y + (2 + 4)2 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 4x - 4y + (2 + 4)2 = 0 (d) none of these

25. A ray of light incident at the point (-2 -1) gets reflected from the tangent at (0, -1) to the circle x2 + y2 = 1. The reflected ray touches the circle. The equation of the line along which the incident ray moved is (a) 4x - 3y + 11 = 0 (b) 4x + 3y + 11 = 0 (c) 3x + 4y + 11 = 0 (d) none of these

26. The equation of a circle C1 is x2 + y2 - 4x - 2y 11 = 0. A circle C2 of radius 1 rolls on the outside of the circle C1. The locus of the centre of C2 has the equation (a) x2 + y2 - 4x - 2y 20 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 + 4x + 2y 20 = 0 (c) x2 + y2 - 3x y 11 = 0 (d) none of these

27. The locus of a point from which the lengths of the tangents to the circles x2 + y2 = 4 and 2(x2 + y2) - 10x + 3y 2 = 0 are equal is (a) a straight line inclined at /4 with the line joining the centres of the circles (b) a circle (c) an ellipse (d) a straight line perpendicular to the line joining the centres of the circles 28. The locus of the centres of the circles passing through the intersection of the circles x2 + y2 = 1 and x2 + y2 - 2x + y = 0 is (a) a line whose equation is x + 2y = 0 (c) a circle (b) a line whose equation is 2x - y = 1 (d) a pair of lines

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Hints and Solutions: 1. Answer b 2. Answer d 3. Answer a 4. Answer b The sides are x + y 4 = 0, x 1 = 0, y 2 = 0. So the triangle is right angled at (1, 2). The hypotenuse is x + y 4 = 0 whose ends are (1, 3) and (2, 2). The circumcentre = ( , ) and circumradius = =

5. Answer a 6. Answer c 7. Answer a 8. Answer b 9. Answer b If the inradius = r then the centre = (r, r) and its distance from the line 4x + 3y = 6 is r. Therefore r = 3, . The value 3 is not feasible for r. So the equation of the incircle is (x )2 + (y )2 = (1/2)2 10. Answer a 11. Answer c The line passes through the interior point (1, 1). So m can have any real value. 12. Answer a 13. Answer a 14. Answer a 15. Answer a 22 + 42 6 X 2 10 X 4 + < 0 < 32. Solving y = 0, x2 + y2 - 6x - 10y + = 0, we get x2 6x + = 0.(i) and solving x = 0, x2 + y2 - 6x - 10y + = 0 we get y2 10y + = 0.(ii) Both i and ii must have imaginary roots, i.e. > 9 and > 25. So 25 < < 32. 16. Answer b One circle touches the other internally. 17. Answer b 2gg + 2ff = 0 + 0 = 25 25 = c + c.

The circles cut orthogonally.

18. Answer a The circle is (x 1)2 + (y + 2)2 = 32. As any tangent to x2 + y2 = 32 is given by y = mx + 3 y + 2 = m(x 1) + 3 . 19. Answer c Area of PAOB = 2 . . 2 . 4 sin 60o 20. Answer b

, any tangent to the given circle will be

21. Answer a Any point on the said line is (t, 4 2t). The equation of the chord of contact of the point is x.t + y. (4 2t) = 1 or 4y 1 + t(x 2y) = 0. This line passes through the intersection of 4y 1 = 0 and x 2y = 0.

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22. Answer d 23. Answer c Let the second circle be x2 + y2 + 2gx + 2fy = 0. The common chord has the equation 2(g 3)x + 2(f 4)y + 7 = 0. But y = x touches the circle. Hence x2 + x2 + 2gx + 2fx = 0 has equal roots, i.e., f + g = 0. the equation of the common chord 2(g 3)x + 2(- g 4)y + 7 = 0; or (-6x -8y + 7) + g(2x 2y) = 0, which passes through the point of intersection of -6x - 8y + 7 = 0 and 2x 2y = 0. 24. Answer a In the beginning, coordinates of the centre = (2, 2), radius = 2. After one complete revolution on the x-axis in the positive direction, the xcoordinate increases by 2r, i.e., 4, whereas the y-coordinate remains the same. 25. Answer b

Any line through P(-2, -1) is y + 1 = m(x + 2). It touches the circle if |

| = 1, i.e., m = 0, .

the equation of PB is y + 1 = (x + 2), i.e. 4x 3y + 5 = 0. A point on PB is (-5, -5). Its image by the line y = -1 is P (-5, 3). So, the equation of the incident ray PP is y3=

(x + 5) or, 4x + 3y + 11 = 0.
= 4. If (, ) be the centre of C2,

26. Answer a The centre of C1 = (2,1) and the radius =

=4+1

27. Answer d The locus is the radial axis which is perpendicular to the line joining the centres of the circles. 28. Answer a Any circle passing through the points of intersection of the given circles is x2 + y2 - 2x + y + (x2 + y2 1) = 0. If (, ) be the centre then = ,= + 2 = 0.

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