Question Bank No: 1

1. The point of contact of the line x-y+2= 0 with the parabola y2-8x= 0 is

 a)(2,4)
 b)(-2, 4)
 c)(2, -4)
 d)(2, 2)

2. The point of contact of tangent y= mx + c to the parabola y2= 4ax is

 a)(am2,2am)
 b)(2am,am2)
 c)(am,am2)
 d)None of these

3. The eccentricity of the hyperbola x2 - y2= 2004 is

 a)3
 b)2
 c)22
 d)2

4. If x+y+1= 0 touches the parabola y2=λx, then λ is equal to

 a)2
 b)4
 c)6
 d)8

5. If xy-4x = 3y - λ= 0 represents the asymptotes of xy - 4x + 3y= 0, then λ is

 a)3
 b)-6
 c)8
 d)12

6. The sum of the focal distance of an ellipse x2a2+y2b2=1 is equal to

 a)2b
 b) 2 a
 c)2 ab
 d)3a

7. S and T are the foci of an ellipse and B is an end point of the minor axis. If ΔSTB is equilateral then e=

 a)1/4
 b)1/3
 c)1/2
 d)None of these

8. If e and e' be the eccentricities of two conics s and s' such that e2+e'2= 1316 then both s and s' are

 a)Parabola
 b)Ellipse
 c)Hyperbola
 d)Rectangle Hyperbola

9. Eccentricity of the ellipse 25x2+9y2- 150x - 90y + 225= 0 is

 a)45
 b)54
 c)1
 d)12

10. The length of the transverse axis of hyperbola 4x2
- 9y2 + 8x +40= 0

 a)6
 b)23
 c)42
 d)4

11. Latus Rectum of an ellipse is equal to half of its minor axis. Hence its eccentricity is

 a)12
 b)32
 c)32
 d)12

12. If A and B are two fixed points and P is a variable point such that PA + PB= 4, the locus of P is

 a)parabola
 b)ellipse
 c)Hyperbola
 d)None of these

13. The equation of ellipse passes through the points (2,2) and (1,4) is

 a)x2+ 4y2= 1
 b)4x2+ y2= 20
 c)4x2+ y2= 1
 d)None of these

14. The focus of the parabola y2 - x - 2y + 2= 0 is

 a)( 1/4, 0)
 b)(1, 2)
 c)(5/4, 1)
 d)(3/4, 1)

15. The equation of the parabola with vertex at the origin and diectrix y = 2 is

 a)y2=8x
 b)y2= -8x
 c)y2= 8x
 d)x2= -8y

16. The parabola y2= x is symmetric about

 a)x axis
 b)y axis
 c)both x and y axis
 d)the line y = x

17. If (2,0) is the vertex and y - axis the directrix of a parabola, then its focus is

 a)(2, 0)
 b)(-2, 0)
 c)(4, 0)
 d)(-4, 0)

18. The latus rectum of the parabola x2- 4x - 2y - 8= 0 is

 a)8
 b)4
 c)2
 d)1

19. The equation of parabola whose Vertex at (0, 4) and focus (0, 2) is

 a)8x2+ y= 0
 b)x2+ 8y= 0
 c)y2= 4x
 d)x2+ 8y -32= 0

20. The Co-ordinate of focus of the parabola x2= -16y is

 a)(0, 4)
 b)(0, -4)
 c)(4, 0)
 d)(-4, 0)