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jee-main 2014 Q73 Eccentricity or Asymptote Computation View
If $OB$ is the semi-minor axis of an ellipse, $F _ { 1 }$ and $F _ { 2 }$ are its focii and the angle between $F _ { 1 } B$ and $F _ { 2 } B$ is a right angle, then the square of the eccentricity of the ellipse is
(1) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(2) $\frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 2 } }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
(4) $\frac { 1 } { 2 \sqrt { 2 } }$
jee-main 2016 Q70 Tangent and Normal Line Problems View
The eccentricity of an ellipse whose centre is at the origin is $\frac{1}{2}$. If one of its directrices is $x = -4$, then the equation of the normal to it at $\left(1, \frac{3}{2}\right)$ is:
(1) $4x - 2y = 1$
(2) $4x + 2y = 7$
(3) $x + 2y = 4$
(4) $2y - x = 2$
jee-main 2016 Q71 Eccentricity or Asymptote Computation View
The eccentricity of the hyperbola whose length of the latus rectum is equal to 8 and the length of its conjugate axis is equal to half of the distance between its foci, is: (1) $\frac{4}{3}$ (2) $\frac{4}{\sqrt{3}}$ (3) $\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}$ (4) $\sqrt{3}$
jee-main 2016 Q73 Locus and Trajectory Derivation View
The centres of those circles which touch the circle, $x^2 + y^2 - 8x - 8y - 4 = 0$, externally and also touch the $x$-axis, lie on:
(1) a circle
(2) an ellipse which is not a circle
(3) a hyperbola
(4) a parabola
jee-main 2016 Q73 Equation Determination from Geometric Conditions View
A hyperbola whose transverse axis is along the major axis of the conic $\frac { x ^ { 2 } } { 3 } + \frac { y ^ { 2 } } { 4 } = 4$ and has vertices at the foci of the conic. If the eccentricity of the hyperbola is $\frac { 3 } { 2 }$, then which of the following points does not lie on the hyperbola?
(1) $( \sqrt { 5 } , 2 \sqrt { 2 } )$
(2) $( 0,2 )$
(3) $( 5,2 \sqrt { 3 } )$
(4) $( \sqrt { 10 } , 2 \sqrt { 3 } )$
jee-main 2016 Q76 Optimization on Conics View
If the tangent at a point on the ellipse $\frac{x^2}{27} + \frac{y^2}{3} = 1$ meets the coordinate axes at $A$ and $B$, and $O$ is the origin, then the minimum area (in sq. units) of the triangle $OAB$ is:
(1) $\frac{9}{2}$
(2) $9$
(3) $9\sqrt{3}$
(4) $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
jee-main 2017 Q69 Tangent and Normal Line Problems View
The eccentricity of an ellipse whose centre is at the origin is $\dfrac{1}{2}$. If one of its directrices is $x = -4$, then the equation of the normal to it at $\left(1, \dfrac{3}{2}\right)$ is:
(1) $2y - x = 2$
(2) $4x - 2y = 1$
(3) $4x + 2y = 7$
(4) $x + 2y = 4$
jee-main 2017 Q70 Tangent and Normal Line Problems View
A hyperbola passes through the point $P(\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3})$ and has foci at $(\pm 2, 0)$. Then the tangent to this hyperbola at $P$ also passes through the point
(1) $(3\sqrt{2}, 2\sqrt{3})$
(2) $(2\sqrt{2}, 3\sqrt{3})$
(3) $(\sqrt{3}, \sqrt{2})$
(4) $(-\sqrt{2}, -\sqrt{3})$
jee-main 2017 Q72 Tangent and Normal Line Problems View
The eccentricity of an ellipse whose centre is at the origin is $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$. If one of its directrices is $x = - 4$, then the equation of the normal to it at $\left( 1 , \frac { 3 } { 2 } \right)$ is:
(1) $4 x - 2 y = 1$
(2) $4 x + 2 y = 7$
(3) $x + 2 y = 4$
(4) $2 y - x = 2$
jee-main 2017 Q73 Tangent and Normal Line Problems View
A hyperbola passes through the point $P ( \sqrt { 2 } , \sqrt { 3 } )$ and has foci at $( \pm 2 , 0 )$. Then the tangent to this hyperbola at $P$ also passes through the point:
(1) $( 3 \sqrt { 2 } , 2 \sqrt { 3 } )$
(2) $( 2 \sqrt { 2 } , 3 \sqrt { 3 } )$
(3) $( \sqrt { 3 } , \sqrt { 2 } )$
(4) $( - \sqrt { 2 } , - \sqrt { 3 } )$
jee-main 2018 Q68 Locus and Trajectory Derivation View
The locus of the point of intersection of the lines $\sqrt { 2 } x - y + 4 \sqrt { 2 } k = 0$ and $\sqrt { 2 } k x + k y - 4 \sqrt { 2 } = 0$ ( $k$ is any non-zero real parameter) is
(1) an ellipse whose eccentricity is $\frac { 1 } { \sqrt { 3 } }$
(2) a hyperbola whose eccentricity is $\sqrt { 3 }$
(3) a hyperbola with length of its transverse axis $8 \sqrt { 2 }$
(4) an ellipse with length of its major axis $8 \sqrt { 2 }$
jee-main 2018 Q70 Optimization on Conics View
Let $P$ be a point on the parabola $x ^ { 2 } = 4 y$. If the distance of $P$ from the center of the circle $x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } + 6 x + 8 = 0$ is minimum, then the equation of the tangent to the parabola at $P$ is
(1) $x + y + 1 = 0$
(2) $x + 4 y - 2 = 0$
(3) $x + 2 y = 0$
(4) $x - y + 3 = 0$
jee-main 2018 Q71 Eccentricity or Asymptote Computation View
If the length of the latus rectum of an ellipse is 4 units and the distance between a focus and its nearest vertex on the major axis is $\frac { 3 } { 2 }$ units, then its eccentricity is
(1) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$
(2) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 9 }$
(4) $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$
jee-main 2018 Q72 Triangle or Quadrilateral Area and Perimeter with Foci View
Tangents are drawn to the hyperbola $4 x ^ { 2 } - y ^ { 2 } = 36$ at the points $P$ and $Q$. If these tangents intersect at the point $T ( 0,3 )$ then the area (in sq. units) of $\triangle P T Q$ is:
(1) $36 \sqrt { 5 }$
(2) $45 \sqrt { 5 }$
(3) $54 \sqrt { 3 }$
(4) $60 \sqrt { 3 }$
jee-main 2019 Q70 Focal Chord and Parabola Segment Relations View
If one end of a focal chord of the parabola, $y ^ { 2 } = 16 x$ is at $( 1,4 )$, then the length of this focal chord is
(1) 24
(2) 25
(3) 22
(4) 20
jee-main 2019 Q71 Tangent and Normal Line Problems View
If the line $y = m x + 7 \sqrt { 3 }$ is normal to the hyperbola $\frac { x ^ { 2 } } { 24 } - \frac { y ^ { 2 } } { 18 } = 1$, then a value of $m$ is:
(1) $\frac { \sqrt { 5 } } { 2 }$
(2) $\frac { 3 } { \sqrt { 5 } }$
(3) $\frac { \sqrt { 15 } } { 2 }$
(4) $\frac { 2 } { \sqrt { 5 } }$
jee-main 2019 Q72 Tangent and Normal Line Problems View
The equation of a tangent to the hyperbola, $4 x ^ { 2 } - 5 y ^ { 2 } = 20$, parallel to the line $x - y = 2$, is
(1) $x - y + 7 = 0$
(2) $x - y - 3 = 0$
(3) $x - y + 1 = 0$
(4) $x - y + 9 = 0$
jee-main 2019 Q73 Eccentricity or Asymptote Computation View
A hyperbola has its centre at the origin, passes through the point $(4,2)$ and has transverse axis of length 4 along the $x$-axis. Then the eccentricity of the hyperbola is:
(1) $\sqrt{3}$
(2) $\frac{3}{2}$
(3) $\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}$
(4) 2
jee-main 2020 Q56 Tangent and Normal Line Problems View
If $y = m x + 4$ is a tangent to both the parabolas, $y ^ { 2 } = 4 x$ and $x ^ { 2 } = 2 b y$, then $b$ is equal to
(1) $-32$
(2) $-64$
(3) $-128$
(4) 128
jee-main 2020 Q56 Tangent and Normal Line Problems View
If a hyperbola passes through the point $P(10, 16)$, and it has vertices at $(\pm 6, 0)$, then the equation of the normal to it at $P$ is.
(1) $3x + 4y = 94$
(2) $2x + 5y = 100$
(3) $x + 2y = 42$
(4) $x + 3y = 58$
jee-main 2020 Q56 Tangent and Normal Line Problems View
A line parallel to the straight line $2x - y = 0$ is tangent to the hyperbola $\frac{x^{2}}{4} - \frac{y^{2}}{2} = 1$ at the point $(x_{1}, y_{1})$. Then $x_{1}^{2} + 5y_{1}^{2}$ is equal to
(1) 6
(2) 8
(3) 10
(4) 5
jee-main 2020 Q56 Chord Properties and Midpoint Problems View
Let P be a point on the parabola, $y ^ { 2 } = 12 x$ and N be the foot of the perpendicular drawn from $P$, on the axis of the parabola. A line is now drawn through the mid-point $M$ of $P N$, parallel to its axis which meets the parabola at $Q$. If the $y$-intercept of the line NQ is $\frac { 4 } { 3 }$, then:
(1) $P N = 4$
(2) $M Q = \frac { 1 } { 3 }$
(3) $M Q = \frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(4) $P N = 3$
jee-main 2020 Q56 Focal Distance and Point-on-Conic Metric Computation View
If the co-ordinates of two points $A$ and $B$ are $( \sqrt { 7 } , 0 )$ and $( - \sqrt { 7 } , 0 )$ respectively and $P$ is any point on the conic, $9 x ^ { 2 } + 16 y ^ { 2 } = 144$, then $PA + PB$ is equal to :
(1) 16
(2) 8
(3) 6
(4) 9
jee-main 2020 Q57 Eccentricity or Asymptote Computation View
If the distance between the foci of an ellipse is 6 and the distance between its directrix is 12, then the length of its latus rectum is
(1) $\sqrt { 3 }$
(2) $3 \sqrt { 2 }$
(3) $\frac { 3 } { \sqrt { 2 } }$
(4) $2 \sqrt { 3 }$
jee-main 2020 Q57 Focal Chord and Parabola Segment Relations View
If one end of a focal chord $AB$ of the parabola $y ^ { 2 } = 8 x$ is at $A \left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } , - 2 \right)$, then the equation of the tangent to it at $B$ is:
(1) $2 x + y - 24 = 0$
(2) $x - 2 y + 8 = 0$
(3) $x + 2 y + 8 = 0$
(4) $2 x - y - 24 = 0$