(89) A common tangent to 9x2 – 16y2 = 144 and x2 + y2 = 9 is

2 15 3
(a) y 3 x (b) y 2 x 15 7
7 7 7
3 15 3
(c) y x (d) y 2 x 15 7
7 7 7

x2 y2
(90) The coordinates of a point on the hyperbola 1 which is nearest to the line
24 18
3x + 2y + 1 = 0 are
(a) (6, –3) (b) (6, 3) (c) (–6, 3) (d) (–6, –3)
(91) The equation of the common tangent touching the circle (x – 3)2 + y2 = 9 and the parabola
y2 = 4x is
(a) 3x 3y 1 0 (b) x 3y 3 0 (c) x 3y 3 0 (d) 3 x 3y 1 0

(92) If a > 2b > 0 and y = mx – b 1 m2 (m > 0) is a tangent to circles x2 + y2 = b2 and

(x – a)2 + y2 = b2 then m =

2b 2b b a2 4 b2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
a2 4b2 a 2b a 2b 2b
(93) If x = 9 is the chord of the hyperbola x2 – y2 = 9 then the equation of the corresponding pair
of tangents at the end points of the chord is
(a) 9x2 – 8y2 + 18x – 9 = 0 (b) 9x2 – 8y2 – 18x + 9 = 0
(c) 9x2 – 8y2 – 18x – 9 = 0 (d) 9x2 – 8y2 + 18x + 9 = 0
(94) The latus rectum of the hyperbola 9x2 – 16y2 – 18x – 32y – 151 = 0 is
9 3 9
(a) (b) (c) 9 (d)
2 2 4

a3 x 2 a2 x
(95) The locus of the vertices of the family of parabolas y 2 a is
3 2
105 3 35 64
(a) xy (b) xy (c) xy (d) xy
64 4 16 105
(96) The area bounded by the circles x2 + y2 = 1, x2 + y2 = 4 and the pair of lines 3 (x2 + y2)
= 4xy is equal to
5
(a) (b) (c) (d) 3
4 2 2

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(97) T he equation of the tangent to the circl e x2 + y2 + 4x – 4y + 4 = 0. Which makes equal intercepts
on the positive coordinate axes is
(a) x + y = 8 (b) x + y = 4
(c) x + y = 2 2 (d) x + y = 2
(98) Two circles x2 + y2 = 6 and x2 + y2 – 6x + 8 = 0 are given. Then the equation of the circle
through their points of intersection and the point (1, 1) is
(a) x2 + y2 – 6x + 4 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 – 3x + 1 = 0
(c) x2 + y2 – 4y + 2 = 0 (d) None of these
(99) If the circle x2 + y2 + 2ax + cy + a = 0 and x2 + y2 – 3ax + dy – 1 = 0 intersect in two
distinct points P and Q, then the line 5x + by – a = 0 passes through P and Q fore
(a) no value of a (b) exactly one value of a
(c) exactly two values of a (d) infinitely many value of a
(100) The triangle PQR is inscribed in the circle x2 + y2 = 25. If Q and R have coordinates (3, 4)
and (–4, 3) respectively, then QPR is equal to

(a) (b) (c) (d)

2 3 4 6
(101) If PN is the perpendicular from a point on a rectangular hyperbola to its asymptotes, the locus,
the midpoint of PN is
(a) A circle (b) a hyperbola (c) a parabola (d) An ellipse

(102) The equation x2 (y 1)2 x2 (y 1)2 k will represent a hyperbola for

(a) k (0, ) (b) k (2, ) (c) k (–3, 0) (d) k (0, 2)

x2 y2
(103) The asymptote of the hyperbola 1 from with any tangent to the hyperbola a triangle
a2 b2
whose area is a2 tan in magnitude then its eccentricity is
(a) cosec (b) sec (c) cosec2 (d) sec2

x2 y2
(104) The area of the triangle formed by any tangent to the hyperbola 1 with its asymptotes
a2 b2
is
(a) ab (b) 4ab (c) a2b2 (d) 4a2b2
(105) The equation of the chord joining two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) on the rectangular hyperbola
xy = c2 is
x y x y
(a) 1 (b) 1
y1 y2 x1 x2 x1 x2 y1 y2

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