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Unit 6: Conic Section

Pair of Lines & Circles

7) If the two lines represented by the equation
1) The intersection of a cone with a plane ax2 + 2hxy + by2 = 0 are perpendicular
gives then,

A) Point A) a=b
B) Line B) h = ab
C) Conic Section C) a+b=0
D) Two points D) h=a+b

2) The conic sections are described today by 8) The angle between the pair of lines
represented by , 3x2 – 4xy – 3y2 = 0 is
A) Linear Equation
B) Bi-Quadratic equations A) π/2
C) Quadratic equations B) π/3
D) Cubic equations C) π/4
D) π/6
3) The standard conic section are
9) The pair of lines represented by y2 – 36 =
A) Circle 0 are
B) Parabola
C) Ellipse / hyperbola A) Parallel
D) All A, B, C are true B) Perpendicular
C) Non parallel
4) The degenerate conic sections are D) Coincident
A) a point 10) The center of the circle represented by the
B) two coincident lines equation (x – 1)2 + (y – 2)2 = 4 is
C) a pair of lines
D) All A, B, C are true A) (0, 0)
B) (1, 1)
5) The equation 3x2 – 4xy + 5y2 = 0 is called C) (1, 2)
D) (1, - 2)
A) Quadratic
B) Linear 11) The radius of the circle, represented by the
C) Explicit equation x2 + 2x + 1 + y2 + 4y + 4 = 16 is
D) Homogeneous
A) 16
6) The two lines represented by the equation B) 8
8x2 + 41xy - 8y2 = 0 are C) 11
D) 4
A) Parallel
B) Non Parallel
C) Perpendicular
D) Coincident
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12) The length of the diameter of the circle B) (x - 1)2 + (y - 2)2 = 9
represented by the equation C) (x - 1)2 + (y - 2)2 = 2
2x2 + 2y2 – 8 = 0, is D) (x - 1)2 + (y - 2)2 = 4

A) 8 18) In the figure the length of the chord AB is

B) 4
C) 2 A

D) 16
D (4,1)
C (1,1)

13) The length of the chord of the circle

B
defined by
x2 + 4x + 4 + y2 + 6y + 9 = 9, passing
A) 4
through the center is
B) 5
C) 6
A) 9
D) 8
B) 3
C) 6
19) The circumference of the circle given in
D) 4
the figure is
14) The circumference of the circle
represented by
x2 + 2x + 1 + y2 + 2y + 1 = 25 is A (1,2)
C (4,2)

A) 2π
B) 25π
C) 10π A) 6π
D) 5π B) 4π
C) 2π
15) The length of the chord of the circle D) 8π
x2 – 2x + 1 + y2 – 6y + 9 = 9 passing
through the point (1, 3) is 20) If a point P is outside the circle then from
A) 9 this point we can draw
B) 6 A) one tangent to the circle
C) 3 B) two tangents to the circle
D) 18 C) three tangents to the circle
D) no tangent to the circle
16) If length of a chord of the circle x2 – 2x +
1 + y2 + 2y + 1 = 25 is 10, then it will pass 21) the equation of the circle given in the
through the point figure is
A) (-1, 1)
Y
B) (1, -1)
C) (1, 5)
D) (5, 1) O C A (10,0) X

17) The equation of the circle given in the

figure is
A) x2 + y2 = 10
B) (x – 5)2 + y2 = 25
A (3,2) C) (x + 5)2 + y2 = 25
x2 + (y - 5)2 = 25
C (1,2)
D)

A) (x + 1)2 + (y + 2)2 = 4

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22) The circumference of the circle given in 28) In the figure the measure of ∠ 1 is
the figure is
Y

C (3,3)

O X A) 45o
B) 60o
A) 6π C) 90o
D) 120 o
B) 9π
C) 3π
29) The equation of the tangent to the circle x2
D) 12π + y2 = 8 at the point (2, 2) is
23) If g2 + f2 – c = 0 then the circle reduces to A) 2x + y = 8
B) x – y= 4
A) a line C) x+ y= 2
B) a point D) 2x + y = 4
C) two points
D) none of these 30) If x2 + y2 = 4 represents a circle then the
point (-2, 0) lies
24) In the equation of a circle the coefficient
of x2 and y2 are A) Inside the circle
B) Outside the circle
A) Positive C) On the circle
B) Negative D) None of these
C) Equal
D) Unequal 31) If a body is moving with a uniform angular
speed around a circular path then the linear
25) The equation of a circle is an equation of velocity of the body is directed along
A) Second degree in x A) The circular path
B) Second degree in y B) The normal to the path
C) First degree in x and y C) The tangent to the path
D) Second degree in x and y D) None of these
26) In the equation of a circle there is no term Parabola, Ellipse and Hyperbola
involving
1) If the conic is a parabola then the value of
A) x eccentricity is
B) y
C) xy A) 0
D) x2 B) 1
C) less than 1
27) The equation 3x2 + 3y2 – 213x + 97y + D) greater than 1
329 = 0 represents a
2) If e = 1 then the conic is a
A) Line
B) Circle A) Circle
C) Ellipse B) Parabola
D) Parabola C) Ellipse
D) Hyperbola

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3) If e < 1 then the conic is A) x-axis

B) y-axis
A) a circle C) x and y-axis
B) a parabola D) none of these
C) an ellipse
D) a hyperbola 10) The equation of the axis of the parabola
y2 = 16x is
4) If e > 1 then the conic is
A) x – y= 0
A) a circle B) x+ y= 0
B) a parabola C) x=0
C) an ellipse D) y=0
D) a hyperbola
11) The equation of the latus rectum of the
5) Locus of points in a plane, the distance of parabola
each of which from a fixed point is equal y2 = -16x is
to its distance from a fixed straight line in
A) x=4
the plane is called
B) y = -4
C) y–4=0
A) a circle
D) x+4=0
B) a parabola
C) an ellipse 12) the equation of the parabola given in the
D) a hyperbola figure is
6) Locus of points in a plane, the distance of Y

each of which from a fixed point is less

than its distance from a fixed line in the
plane is called O
X

A) a circle S(0,-2)

B) a parabola
C) an ellipse Y’

D) a hyperbola
A) x2 + 8y = 0
7) Locus of points in a plane, the distance of B) y2 = - 8x
each of which from a fixed point is greater C) y2 = 8y
than its distance from a fixed line in the D) x2 = 8y
plane is called
13) the length of the latus rectum of the
A) a circle parabola given in the figure is
B) a parabola Y

C) an ellipse
D) a hyperbola

the vertex of the parabola y2 = - 8x is

X’ X
8) S (-3 ,0 )
O

A) (-2, 0)
B) (2, 0)
C) (0, 0) A) 3
D) (0, -2) B) – 12
C) 6
9) The axis of the parabola x2 = - 4y is D) 12

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14) The equation of the parabola given in the 18) The coordinates of the vertex of the
figure is parabola
Y
(x – 5)2 = 4(y – 4) is

A) (0, 5)
X’
O
X B) (0, 4)
S (-4,0)
C) (4, 5)
D) (5, 4)

A) x2 = - 16y 19) The equation of the axis of the parabola

B) x2 = 16y (x – 3)2 = 2(y + 4) is
C) y2 = - 16x A) x = -3
D) y2 = 16x B) x – 3 = 0
C) y + 4 = 0
15) The length of the latus rectum of parabola D) y = 4
given in the figure is
20) The equation of the Directrix of the
Y
parabola
(x – 3)2 = 4(y – 2) is
O
X A) x=1
S (0,-2)
B) y=2
C) y – 1= 0
Y’ D) y = -1

A) 4 21) The equation of the latus rectum of the

B) 8 parabola
C) 2 (x +1)2 = 4(y – 2) is
D) –8
A) y–3=0
16) the equation of the latus rectum of the B) y = -3
parabola given in the figure is C) x=3
Y
D) x = -3

S (0,5) 22) the equation of the tangent at the vertex of

the parabola (x + 3)2 = 4(y – 2) is
O X

Y’
A) x = -3
B) y=0
A) x=5 C) y–2=0
B) y –5 = 0 D) y = -2
C) x = -5
D) y = -5
23) The coordinates of the vertex of the
17) The coordinates of the focus of the parabola
parabola (y – 3)2 = 4(x – 1) is
(x – 3)2 = 4(y – 2) is
A) (0, 0)
A) (0, 3) B) (3, 1)
B) (0, 2) C) (1, 3)
C) (3, 3) D) (-3, -1)
D) (3, 2)

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MCQs – Unit # 6: F.Sc Part 2 6
24) The equation of the circle whose diameter A) Origin
is the latus rectum of the parabola x2 = 4y B) X-axis
is C) Y-axis
D) Both the axis
A) (x – 2)2 + (y – 1)2 = 4
B) x 2 + (y – 1)2 = 2 x2 y 2
C) x 2 + (y + 1)2 = 4 29) The curve of the ellipse + = 1 is
9 4
D) x 2 + (y – 1)2 = 4 symmetrical about

x2 y 2 A) the x-axis
25) In the ellipse + = 1 the length of the
4 9 B) the y –axis
major axis is C) the origin
D) all A, B, C are true
A) 3
B) 2 x2 y 2
C) 6 30) In the ellipse + = 1 , the value of
8 6
D) 9 eccentricity is

1
x2 y 2 A)
26) In the ellipse + = 1 the length of 3
9 16 2
minor axis is B)
3
3
A) 3 C)
B) 6 2
C) 9 1
D)
D) 4 2

27) In an ellipse the mid point C of the major 31) If one of the foci of an ellipse is S(1, 0),
axis is called then the distance between the two foci is
A) The center of the ellipse (center of the ellipse lies at the origin)
B) Focus of the ellipse
C) Vertex of the ellipse A) 3
D) Second focus B) 2
C) 4
28) The curve of the parabola y2 = 4ax is D) 2
symmetrical with respect to

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