Instructions: 11.

A pair of tangents are drawn from the origin to the circle

 There is no negative marking x 2  y 2  20(x  y)  20  0 . The equation of the pair of
 Each question carries 4 marks tangents is
(a) x 2  y 2  10xy  0 (b) x 2  y 2  5xy  0
1. The equations of the circles touching both the axes and
passing through the point (1, 2) are (c) 2x 2  2y 2  5 xy  0 (d) 2x 2  2y 2  5 xy  0
2 2 2 2
(a) x  y  2x  2y  1  0, x  y  10x  10y  25  0 12. If OA and OB be the tangents to the circle
(b) x 2  y 2  2x  2y  1  0, x 2  y 2  10x  10y  25  0 x 2  y 2  6x  8y  21  0 drawn from the origin O, then
AB =
(c) x 2  y 2  2x  2y  1  0, x 2  y 2  10x  10y  25  0
4
(d) None of these (a) 11 (b) 21
5
2. Which of the following line is a diameter of the circle
x 2  y 2  6 x  8y  9  0 17
(c) (d) None of these
(a) 3 x  4 y  0 (b) 4 x  3y  9 3
(c) xy7 (d) x  y  1 13. The equation of the normal to the circle x 2  y 2  9 at the
3. A circle is concentric with the circle  1 1 
point  , is
2 
2 2
x  y  6x  12y  15  0 and has area double of its  2
area. The equation of the circle is
2
(a) x 2  y 2  6x  12y  15  0 (a) x  y  0 (b) x  y 
3
(b) x 2  y 2  6x  12y  15  0 (c) xy 0 (d) None of these
(c) x 2  y 2  6x  12y  45  0 14. The equations of tangents to the circle
(d) None of these x 2  y 2  22x  4y  25  0 which are perpendicular to
4. If the radius of the circle x 2  y 2  2gx  2 fy  c  0 be r, the line 5 x  12y  8  0 are
then it will touch both the axes, if (a) 12x  5y  8  0 , 12x  5y  252
(a) g  f  r (b) g  f  c  r
(b) 12x  5 y  0, 12x  5 y  252
(c) g  f  c  r (d) g  f and c 2  r (c) 12x  5y  8  0, 12x  5y  252  0
5. The equation of the circle with centre on the x-axis, radius
(d) None of these
4 and passing through the origin, is
2 2 2 2 15. The line x cos   y sin   p will be a tangent to the circle
(a) x  y  4 x  0 (b) x  y  8y  0
2 2
x 2  y 2  2ax cos  2ay sin  0 , if p 
(c) x  y  8 x  0 (d) x 2  y 2  8y  0
(a) 0 or a (b) 0
6. The equation of the circle passing through the point (2, 1) (c) 2a (d) 0 or 2a
and touching y-axis at the origin is
16. If the line lx  my  n  0 be a tangent to the circle
(a) x 2  y 2  5x  0 (b) 2x 2  2y 2  5x  0
(x  h)2  (y  k)2  a 2 , then
2 2
(c) x  y  5x  0 (d) None of these
(a) hl  km  n  a 2 (l 2  m2 )
7. The equation of the circle which passes through the origin
and cuts off intercepts of 2 units length from negative (b) (hl  km  n)2  a(l 2  m2 )
coordinate axes, is (c) (hl  km  n)2  a 2 (l 2  m2 )
2 2 2 2
(a) x  y  2x  2y  0 (b) x  y  2x  2y  0 (d) None of these
2 2 17. The line (x  a) cos   (y  b) sin  r will be a tangent to
(c) x  y  2x  2y  0 (d) x 2  y 2  2x  2y  0
8. If the length of tangent drawn from the point (5, 3) to the the circle (x  a)2  (y  b)2  r 2
circle x 2  y 2  2x  ky  17  0 be 7, then k = (a) If   30 o (b) If   60 o
(a) 4 (b) – 4 (c) For all values of  (d) None of these
(c) – 6 (d) 13/2 18. The equations of the tangents drawn from the origin to the
9. The line lx  my  n  0 will be a tangent to the circle circle x 2  y 2  2rx  2hy  h2  0 are
(a) x  0, y  0
x 2  y 2  a 2 iff
(b) (h2  r 2 )x  2rhy  0, x  0
(a) n2 (l 2  m2 )  a 2 (b) a 2 (l 2  m2 )  n2
(c) y  0, x  4
(c) n(l  m)  a (d) a(l  m)  n
(d) (h2  r 2 )x  2rhy  0, x  0
10. The angle between the two tangents from the origin to the
19. An infinite number of tangents can be drawn from (1, 2) to
circle (x  7)2  (y  1)2  25 is
the circle x 2  y 2  2x  4y    0 , then  

(a) 0 (b) (a) – 20 (b) 0
3
(c) 5 (d) Cannot be determined
 
(c) (d)
6 2
20. If the line lx  my  1 be a tangent to the circle
2 2 2
x  y  a , then the locus of the point (l, m) is
(a) A straight line (b) A Circle
(c) A parabola (d) An ellipse
21. The equations of the tangents drawn from the point (0, 1)
to the circle x 2  y 2  2x  4y  0 are
(a) 2 x  y  1  0, x  2y  2  0
(b) 2 x  y  1  0, x  2y  2  0
(c) 2 x  y  1  0, x  2y  2  0
(d) 2 x  y  1  0, x  2y  2  0
22. The equations of the tangents to the circle x 2  y 2  a 2
parallel to the line 3 x  y  3  0 are
(a) 3 x  y  2a  0 (b) 3x  y  a  0
(c) 3 x  y  4a  0 (d) None of these
23. The angle between the tangents to the circle
x 2  y 2  169 at the points (5, 12) and (12, –5), is
(a) 30 o (b) 45 o
o
(c) 60 (d) 90 o
24. If the line x  k touches the circle x 2  y 2  9 , then the
value of k is
(a) 2 but not – 2 (b) – 2 but not 2
(c) 3 (d) None of these
25. If the circles x 2  y 2  a 2 and x 2  y 2  2gx  g 2  b 2  0
touch each other externally, then
(a) g  ab (b) g 2  a 2  b 2
(c) g 2  ab (d) g  a  b
26. For the given circles x  y2  6x  2y  1  0
2
and
2 2
x  y  2x  8y  13  0 , which of the following is true
(a) One circle lies inside the other
(b) One circle lies completely outside the other
(c) Two circle intersect in two points
(d) They touch each other
27. A circle passes through (0, 0) and (1, 0) and touches the
circle x 2  y 2  9 , then the centre of circle is
3 1 1 3
(a)  ,  (b)  , 
 2 2  2 2
1 1 1 
(c)  ,  (d)  ,  2 
 2 2 2 
28. The equation of a diameter of circle x 2  y2  6 x  2y  0
passing through origin is
(a) x  3y  0 (b) x  3y  0
(c) 3 x  y  0 (d) 3 x  y  0
29. The radius of a circle which touches y-axis at (0,3) and cuts
intercept of 8 units with x-axis, is
(a) 3 (b) 2
(c) 5 (d) 8
30. A point P moves in such a way that the ratio of its distance
from two coplanar points is always a fixed number ( 1) .
Then its locus is
(a) Straight line (b) Circle
(c) Parabola (d) A pair of straight lines