MULTIPLE CHOICE - I

Each question in this part has four choices out of which just one is correct. Indicate your choice of correct
answer for each question by writing one of the letter a, b, c, d whichever is appropriate.
1. The number of rational point(s) (a point
(a, b) is rational, if a and b both are rational
numbers) on the circumference of a circle
having centre (n, e) is
(a) at most one (b) at least two
(c) exactly two (d) infinite
2. The locus of a point such that the tangents
drawn from it to the circle
2 2
x + y - 6x - 8y = 0 are perpendicular to
each other is
(a) x
2
+ y
2
6x 8y - 25 = 0
(b) x
2
+ y
2
+ 6x - 8y - 5 = 0
(c) x
2
+ y
2
6x + 8y 5 = 0
(d) x
2
+ y
2
6x 8y + 25 = 0
3. The locus of the point (V(3/J + 2), -Ilk). If
(h, k) lies on x + y = 1 is
(a) a pair of straight lines
(b) a circle
(c) a parabola
(d) an ellipse
4. The equation of the pair of straight lines
parallel to the y-axis and which are tangents
2 2
to the circle x +y 6x 4y - 12 = Ois
(a) x
2
4x 21 = 0
(b) x
2
- 5x + 6 = 0
(c) x
2
- - 6x - 16 = 0
(d) None of these
5. If a line segment AM = a moves in the plane
XOY remaining parallel to OX so that the left
end point A slides along the circle
2 2 2
x + y = a , the locus of M is
/ \ 2 , 2 , 2
(a) x+y - 4a
(b)x
2
+ y
2
= 2
(c) x
2
+ y
2
= 2ay
(d)x
2
+ y
2
- lax - lay - 0
6. If (2, 5) is an interior point of the circle
2 2
x + y - 8x - 12y + p = 0 and the circle
neither cuts nor touches any one of the axes
of co-ordinates then
(a) p e (36, 47) ( b) p e (16, 47)
(c) p e (16, 36) (d) None of these
7. If the lines a
x
x + b\y + cj = 0 and
a
2
x + bjy + c
2
= 0 cut the coordinate axes in
concyclic points, then
(a) a
]
b
]
= a
2
b
2
a

a
2
b
2
(c) a
x
+a
2
= b
x
+ b
2
(d) a
x
a
2
= b\b
2
8. AB is a diameter of a circle and C is any
point on the circumference of the circle.
Then
(a) The area of A ABC is maximum when it is
isosceles
(b) The area of A ABC is minimum when it is
isosceles
(c) The perimeter of A ABC is maximum when
it is isosceles
(d) None of these
9. The four points of intersection of the lines
(2x - y + 1) (x - 2y + 3) = 0 with the axes lie
on a circle whose centre is at the point
(a) (-7/4, 5/4) (b) (3/4, 5/4)
(c) (9/4, 5/4) (d) (0, 5/4)
10. Origin is a limiting point of a co-axial system
2 2
of which x +y - 6 x - 8 y + l =
member. The other limiting point is
^ T s ' Y s
4_ J_
25 ' 25
11. The centres of a set of circles, each of radius
2 2
3, lie on the circle x+y = 2 5 . The locus of
any point in the set is
(a) 4 < x
2
+ y
2
< 64
(b)x
2
+ y
2
< 25
(c)x
2
+ y
2
> 25
(d) 3 < x
2
+ y
2
< 9
is
(a) ( - 2 , - 4 )
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12. Three sides of a triangle have the equations
L
r
= y - m
r
x - C,. = 0; r = 1, 2, 3. Then AZ^L-,
+ (iL
3
L| + yL, L
2
= 0, where X * 0, | i 0,
y^O, is the equation of circumcircle of
triangle if
(a) X (m
2
+ m
3
) + (i (m
3
+/W))+ y (m, + m
2
) = 0
(b) X (m
2
m
3
- 1) + n (m
3
m, - 1) + y (m,m
2
- 1) = 0
(c) both (a) & (b)
(d) None of these
13. The abscissaes of two points A and B are the
2 2
roots of the equation x + 2 ax -b = 0 and
their ordinates are the roots of the equation
2 2
x + 2px-q = 0. The radius of the circle
with AB as diameter is
(a) b
2
+p
2
+ q
2
)
(b) V ( a
2
V )
(c) 4(b
2
+ q
2
)
(d) None of these
14. If the two circles x + y
2
+ 2gx + 2fy = 0 and
2 2
x +y + 2g
x
x + 2f
x
y = 0 touch each other,
then
( a) / i g=/ gi ( b) #i =?i
( c) /
2
+ g
2
=/,
2
+ gi (d) None of these
15. The number of integral values of X for which
x
2
+ y
2
+ Xx+(l-X)y + 5 = 0
is the equation of a circle whose radius
cannot exceed 5, is
(a) 14 (b) 18
(c) 16 (d) None of these
16. 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 circum- circle is
(a) x + y
2
- 5x - 3y + 8 = 0
(b) ;c
2
+ y
2
- 3JC - 5y + 8 = 0
(c) x + y
2
+ 2x + 2y - 3 = 0
(d) None of these
2 2
17. The circle x +y + 4 x - 7 y + 1 2 = 0 cuts an
intecept on y-axis of length
(a)3 (b) 4
(c)7 ( d) l
-a Q 2 2
10
- If a chord of the circle x +y = 8 makes
equal intercepts of length a on the
co-ordinate axes, then
(a) I a I < 8 (b) I a I < 4 <2
(c) I a I < 4 (d) I a I > 4
19. One of the diameter of the circle
2 2
x +y - 1 2 r + 4y + 6 = 0i s given by
(a) JC + y = 0 (b);c + 3y = 0
(c)x = y (d) 3x + 2y = 0
20. The coordinates of the middle point of the
chord cut off by 2 x - 5 y + 1 8 = 0 by the
2 2
circle x + y - 6x + 2y - 54 = 0 are
(a) (1, 4) (b) (2, 4)
(c)(4, 1) (d) (1, 1)
21. Let <| > (x, y) = 0 be the equation of a circle. If
<{> (0, X) = 0 has equal roots X = 2, 2 and
4
$ (X, 0) = 0 has roots X = , 5 then the centre
of the circle is
(a) (2, 29/10) (b) (29/10, 2)
(c) (-2, 29/10) (d) None of these
22. Two distinct chords drawn from the point
2 2
(p, q) on the circle x +y = px + qy, where
pq * 0, are bisected by the x-axis. Then
(2)\p\ = \q\ (b)p
2
= %q
2
(c)p
2
<&q
2
(d) p
2
> Sq
2
23. The locus of a point which moves such that
the tangents from it to the two circles
x
2
+ y
2
- 5x 3 = 0
2 2
and 3x + 3y + 2x + 4y - 6 = 0 are equal, is
(a) 2x
2
+ 2y
2
+ 7x + 4y - 3 = 0
(b) 17x + 4y + 3 = 0
(c) 4x
2
+ 4y
2
- 3x + 4y - 9 = 0
(d) 13x- 4y+ 15 = 0
24. The locus of the point of intersection of the
tangents to the circle x = r cos 0, y = r sin 8 at
points whose parametric angles differ by t t / 3
is
(a) x
2
+ y
2
= 4 (2 VT)
2
(b) 3 (x
2
+ y
2
) = 1
(c) x
2
+ y
2
= (2 - VTj
2
(d) 3 (x
2
+ y
2
) = 42.
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25. If one circle of a co-axial system is
2 2
x+y +2gx + 2fy + c = 0 and one limiting
point is (a, b) then equation of the radical
axis will be
(a )(g + a)x+(f+b)y + c-a-b
2
= 0
(b) 2 ( g + a) x + 2 ( / + b)y + c a
2
b
2
= 0
(c) 2gx + l f y + c-a-b
2
= 0
(d) None of these
26
- S = x
2
+ y
2
+ 2x + 3y+ 1 = 0
and S' = x
2
+ y
2
+ 4x + 3y + 2 = 0
are two circles. The point ( - 3, - 2) lies
(a) inside S' only (b) inside S only
(c) inside S and 5' (d) outside S and &
27. The centre of the circle
r = 2 - 4 r c o s 6 + 6 r sin 9 is
(a) (2, 3) (b) ( - 2, 3)
(c) ( - 2, - 3) (d) (2, - 3)
28. If (1 + ax)" = 1 + 8x + 24x
2
+. . . and a line
2 2
through P (a, n) cuts the circle x +y = 4 in
A and B, then PA. PB =
(a) 4 (b) 8
(c) 16 (d) 32
29. One of the diameter of the circle
circumscribing the rectangle ABCD is
4y = x +7. If A and B are the points
( - 3, 4) and (5, 4) respectively, then the area
of the rectangle is
(a) 16 sq. units (b) 24 sq. units
(c) 32 sq. units (d) None of these
30. To which of the following circles, the line
y - x + 3 = 0 is normal at the point
3 +
3
J - ' ) 9
1 2 ' -12 J '
(a) x - 3 -
<2
=
9
(c) x
2
+ (y - 3)
2
= 9
(d) (x - 3)
2
+ y
2
= 9
31. A circle of radius 5 units touches both the
axes and lies in the first quadrant. If the circle
makes one complete roll on x-axis along the
positive direction of x-axis, then its equation
in the new position is
(a) x
2
+ y
2
+ 20Tl X - lOy + lOOrc
2
= 0
(b) x+y
2
+ 20TIX + lOy + IOO71
2
= 0
(c) x
2
+ y
2
- 207ix - lOy + IOO71
2
= 0
(d) None of these
32. If the abscissaes and ordinates of two points
P and Q are the roots of the equations
X
2
+ 2 ax-b
2
= 0 and x+2px-q = 0
respectively, then equation of the circle with
PQ as diameter is
(a) x
2
+ y
2
+ 2ax + 2py -b
2
q
2
= 0
(b) x+y
2
- lax - 2py + b
2
+ q
2
= 0
(c) x
2
+y
2
- lax - Ipy -b
2
-q
2
= 0
(d) x
2
+ y
2
+ lax + lpy + b
2
+ q
2
= 0
33. If two circles (x - l)
2
+ (y - 3)
2
=
2
and
2 2
x +y - 8 x + 2y + 8 = 0 intersect, in two
distinct points, then
(a) 2 < r < 8 ( b ) r < 2
(c) r = 2 (d) r > 2
34. A variable circle always touches the line
y - x and passes through the point (0, 0).
The common chords of above circle and
x
2
+ y
2
+ 6x + 8y - 7 = 0 will pass through a
fixed point whose coordinates are
( a ) | - i f
(c)
iH
( b ) ( - I , - I )
(d) None of these
35. The locus of the centres of the circles which
2 2
cut the circles x +y + 4x 6y + 9 = 0 and
x
2
+ y
2
- 5x + 4y + 2 = 0 orthogonally is
(a) 3x + 4y - 5 = 0
(b) 9 x - lOy + 7 = 0
(c) 9x + lOy - 7 = 0
(d) 9 x - lOy + 1 1 = 0
36. If from any point on the circle
x +y
2
+ 2gx + 2fy + c = 0 tangents are
drawn to the circle
x+y
2
+ 2gx + 2fy + c sin
2
a +
( g + / ) cos
2
a = 0, then the angle between
the tangents is
(a) 2a (b) a
(c) a / 2 (d) a / 4
37. The equations of the circles which touch both
the axes and the line x = a are
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t he circle having (a
1;
a
2
) and (a
3
, a
4
) as the
ends of its one diameter is
(a) (x - 2) (x - 8) + (y - 4) (y - 16) = 0
(b) (x - 4) (x - 8) + (y - 2) (y - 16) = 0
(c) (x - 2) (x - 16) + (y - 4) (y - 8) = 0
(d) (x - 6) (x - 8) + (y - 5) (y - 6) = 0
5. A circle of the co-axial system with limiting
points (0, 0) and (1, 0) is
(a)x
2
+y
2
- 2x = 0 (b) x
2
+y
2
- 6x + 3 = 0
( c) x
2
+y
2
= 1 (d) x
2
+y
2
- 2x + 1 = 0
6. If a variable circle touches externally two
given circles t hen t he locus of the centre of
t he variable circle is
(a) a st rai ght line (b) a parabola
(c) an ellipse (d) a hyperbola
7. A square is inscribed in the circle
x
2
+y
2
- lOx - 6y + 30 = 0. One side of the
square is parallel to y = x + 3, t hen one
vertex of t he square is
(a) (3, 3)
(b) (7, 3)
(c) (6, 3 - V3)
(d) (6, 3 + V3)
8. The circles x
2
+ / - 4 x - 8 1 = 0,

x+y + 2 4 x - 8 1 = 0 intersect each other
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at points A and B. A line through point A
meet one circle at P and a parallel line
through B meet the other circle at Q. Then
the locus of the mid point of PQ is
(a) (x + 5)
2
+ (y + 0)
2
= 25
(b) (x - 5)
2
+ (y - 0)
2
= 25
( c) x
2
+y
2
+ lOx = 0
( d ) x
2
+y
2
- lOx = 0
9. The locus of the mid points of the chords of

the circle x +y +4x - 6 y - 12 = 0 which
subtend an angle of tc/3 radians at its
circumference is
(a) (x + 2)
2
+ ( y- 3)
2
= 6-25
(b) (x - 2)
2
+ (y + 3)
2
= 6-25
(c) (x + 2)
2
+ (y - 3)
2
= 18-75
(d) (x + 2)
2
+ (y + 3)
2
= 18-75
10. The point ([P +1], [P]), (where [.] denotes
the greatest integer function) lying inside

the region bounded by t he circle x +y - 2x
- 15 = 0 and x
2
+y
2
- 1x - 7 = 0 t hen
(a) P [ - 1, 0) u [0, 1) u [1, 2)
(b) P e [ - 1, 2) - {0, 1}
(c) P 6 ( - 1, 2)
(d) None of these
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Answers
Multiple Choice-I
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (a)
7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (b)
11. (a)
12. (c)
13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (c)
19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (d)
25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (d)
31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (b) 36. (a)
37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (d) 40. (c) 41. (b) 42. (b)
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