MATHEMATICS ENGG ENTRANCE COACHING

CONIC SECTIONS

1. If one end of a diameter of the circle x 2 + y2 – 8x – 14y + c = 0 is the point (–3, 2) then
its other end is the point
A) (11, 9) B) (12, 11) C) (11, 10) D) (11, 12) E) (7, 5)
2. Four distinct points (2k, 3k), (1, 0), (0, 1) and (0, 0) lie on a circle for
A) all integral values of k B) 0  k  1 C) k  0
D) for two values of k E) none of these
3. The lines 2x – 3y – 5 = 0 and 3x – 4y = 7 are diameters of a circle of area 154 sq. units,
then the equation of the circle
A) x2 + y2 + 2x – 2y – 62 = 0 B) x2 + y2 + 2x – 2y – 47 = 0
C) x2 + y2 – 2x + 2y – 47 = 0 D) x2 + y2 – 2x + 2y – 62 = 0
2 2
E) x + y + 2x + 2y + 47 = 0
4. Area of the circle in which a chord of length 2 makes an angle /2 at the center is
  
A) B) 2 C)  D) E)
2 4 6
5. The length of the latus rectum of the parabola x2 –4x –8y + 12 = 0 is
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10 E) 3
6. The axis of the parabola 9y2 – 16x –12y – 57 = 0 is:
A) 3y = 2 B) x + 3y = 3 C) 2x = 3 D) y = 3 E) 2y = 3
7. If the vertex and focus of a parabola are (3, 3) and (–3, 3) respectively, then equation
is
A) x2 + 6x – 24y + 63 = 0 B) x2 – 6x + 24y – 63 = 0 C) y2 – 6y + 24x – 63 = 0
D) y2 + 6y – 24x + 63 = 0 E) y2 – 6y – 24x + 63 = 0
8. The eccentricity of the ellipse represented by the equation 25x2 + 16y2 – 150x – 175 = 0 is
2 3 4 2 3
A) B) C) D) E)
5 5 5 3 4
9. The sum of the focal distances from any point on the ellipse 9x2 + 16y2 = 144 is
A) 32 B) 18 C) 16 D) 8 E) 4
10. For the ellipse 3x2 + 4y2 –6x + 8y –5 = 0
1
A) center is (1, –1) B) eccentricity is C) foci are (3,–1) and (–1, 1)
2
D) all of these a, b, c, are true E) None of a, b, c are true
11. The latus rectum of the conic 3x2 + 4y2 – 6x + 8y –5 = 0 is
3 2 3
A) 3 B) C) D) 2 E)
2 3 2
3
12. The equation of the hyperbola with foci ( 2, 0) and eccentricity is
2
5x 2 5y 2 9x 2 9y 2
A) – =1 B) – =1
16 20 16 20
 9x 2 6y 2 x2 y2
C) – =1 D) – =1 E)
16 20 16 20
3x 2 3y 2
– =1
16 20

13. The equation of the hyperbola whose directrix is 2x + y =1, focus (1, 2) and
eccentricity 3 , is
A) 7x2 – 2y2 + 12xy – 2x + 14y – 22 = 0
B) 2x2 – 7y2 + 12xy + 2x + 14y – 22 = 0
C) 7x2 – 2y2 + 12xy + 2x + 14y – 22 = 0
D) 7x2 – 2y2 + 12xy + 2x + 14y + 22 = 0
E) 7x2 – 2y2 + 12xy + 2x + 22 = 0
14. If the line y = 2x +  touches the hyperbola 16x2 –9y2 = 144, then  is equal to
A)  2 5 B)  5 C)  3 5 D)  3 E)  2 3
15. If the equation 4x2 + ky2 = 18 represents a rectangular hyperbola, then k =
A) 4 B) 6 C) 3 D) –3 E) –4
16. If two chords having lengths a 2 – 1 and 3(a + 1), where a is a constant, of a circle
bisect each other, then the radius of the circle is
15 19
A) 6 B) C) 8 D) E) 10
2 2
17. The focus of the parabola y = 2x2 + x is
 1 1  1   1 1  1 
A) (0, 0) B)  ,  C)   ,0 D)   ,  E)   ,0
2 4  4   4 8  2 
18. The angle subtended by the double ordinate of length 2a of the parabola y 2 = ax, at
the vertex is
   
A) B) C) D) E) none of these
4 3 2 6
x 2 y2
19. If for the ellipse  = 1, y – axis is the minor axis and the length of the latus
a2 b2
rectum is one half of the length of its minor axis, then its eccentricity is
1 1 3 3 3
A) B) C) D) E)
2 2 2 4 5
20. A focus of an ellipse is at the origin. The corresponding directrix is the line x = 4 and
1
the eccentricity is . Then the length of the semi-major axis is :
2

5 8 2 4 7
A) B) C) D) E)
3 3 3 3 3