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JEE • MATHEMATICS • PARABOLA
Parabola practice · Easy
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Equation
represents a parabola, if
represents a parabola, if
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because this is the condition for the given general equation to represent a parabola.
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The parabola passes through the point then the length of its latusrectum is
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Correct option: A
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Option A (18) is correct because substituting the given point into the parabola equation allows us to solve for 'a', and then calculate the latus rectum using 4a.
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The locus of the point of intersection of perpendicular tangents to the parabola, is
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Correct option: B
its directrix
Option B (its directrix) is correct because the locus of the point of intersection of perpendicular tangents to a parabola is its directrix.
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The parametric coordinates of any point on the parabola can be
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Correct option: C
Option A () is correct because the difference between the eccentric angles of the ends of a pair of conjugate diameters of an ellipse is .
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The tangent at to the curve touches the circle at
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Correct option: D
Option D ((-6,-7)) is correct because the tangent to the parabola at (1,7) intersects the circle at (-6,-7).
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The equation of parabola with focus and directrix , is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the equation of a parabola derived from the definition where the distance to the focus equals the distance to the directrix.
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and are two distinct points on the parabola, , with parameters and respectively. If the normal at passes through , then the minimum value of is :
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Correct option: A
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Option A (8) is correct because the minimum value of is found using the relationship between and and applying AM-GM inequality.
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The length of the latus rectum of the parabola is
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Correct option: D
4
Option D (4) is correct because the length of the latus rectum of a parabola in the form is .
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If the distances of points and from the focus of a parabola are 4 and 9 respectively, then the distance of the point of intersection of tangents at and from the focus, is
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Correct option: B
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Option B (6) is correct because the distance of the intersection point of tangents from the focus is the geometric mean of the distances of P and Q from the focus.
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The focal distance of a point on the parabola is 4. The abscissa of this point is
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Correct option: A
1
Option A (1) is correct because the abscissa (x-coordinate) of the point on the parabola is 1, derived from the focal distance formula.
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If the length of the latus rectum of a parabola, whose focus is and the tangent at its vertex is , is 16 , then is equal to :
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the length of the latus rectum is four times the distance from the focus to the tangent at the vertex.
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The equations of the common tangents to the parabola and are
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because these lines are tangent to both parabolas, as verified by solving for the tangency conditions.
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The value of for which the line is a tangent to the parabola , is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is the value of c that makes the discriminant of the quadratic equation zero, indicating tangency.
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The chords of contact of the pairs of tangents drawn from each point on the line to the parabola pass through the point
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Correct option: D
Option D ((-2,1)) is correct because the chords of contact pass through a fixed point which can be found by expressing the equation of the chord of contact in the form .
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The point of the parabola , for which the ordinate is three times the abscissa is
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Correct option: D
Option D ((2,6)) is correct because it satisfies both the equation of the parabola and the condition that the ordinate is three times the abscissa.
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If PSQ is the focal chord of the parabola such that , then the length of is
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Correct option: C
3
Option D () is correct because the tangents at the ends of a focal chord intersect on the directrix, which is x = -a.
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One of the points on the parabola with focal distance 12, is
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Correct option: B
Option B ( is correct because when the focal distance is 12, the point on the parabola is .
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Let and be two distinct points on the parabola . If The axis of the parabola touches a circle of radius having as its diameter, then the slope of the line joining and can be
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the slope of the line joining A and B can be expressed in terms of the radius r of the circle touching the axis of the parabola.
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Two parabolas and intersect at two different points, where is and is . The intersection at which the value is positive is designated point , and at this intersection the tangent line at to the curve intersects curve at point , other than . If -value of point is 1 , then a is equal to
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Correct option: C
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Option C (3) is correct because solving the intersection of the two parabolas and the tangent line equation leads to a cubic equation with a root at a=3.
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The coordinates of the focus of the parabola described parametrically by are
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Correct option: A
Option A is correct because after converting the parametric equations to Cartesian form and comparing with the standard parabola equation, the focus is found to be at (7,4).
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, is
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Correct option: B
The correct answer is B () because it represents the square of the shortest distance between the circle and the parabola, found using the common normal and subtracting the radius.
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If and are two tangents to the parabola , then
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the tangents intersect on the directrix, implying they are perpendicular.
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If one end of a focal chord of the parabola , is at (1, 4) then the length of this focal chord is
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Correct option: B
25
Option B (25) is correct because it is the length of the focal chord calculated using the formula after finding the slope and focus.
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The angle between the tangents drawn from the origin to the parabola is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the tangents drawn from the origin to the parabola intersect at right angles, as the origin lies on the directrix.
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The set of points on the axis of the parabola , from which three distinct normals can be drawn to the parabola , is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because three distinct normals can be drawn from points on the axis of the parabola when x is greater than 2a.
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The condition that the parabolas and have a common normal other than -axis is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the condition for a common normal (other than the X-axis) is derived by equating the normal equations of the two parabolas and solving for the relationship between a, c, and d.
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