Circle

86 Questions Numerical
2026 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Evening Shift
If $P$ is a point on the circle $x^2+y^2=4, Q$ is a point on the straight line $5 x+y+2=0$ and $x-y+1=0$ is the perpendicular bisector of PQ , then 13 times the sum of abscissa of all such points P is $\_\_\_\_$ .
2025 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

Let $C$ be the circle $x^2+(y-1)^2=2, E_1$ and $E_2$ be two ellipses whose centres lie at the origin and major axes lie on x -axis and y -axis respectively. Let the straight line $x+y=3$ touch the curves $C, E_1$ and $E_2$ at $P\left(x_1, y_1\right), Q\left(x_2, y_2\right)$ and $R\left(x_3, y_3\right)$ respectively. Given that $P$ is the mid point of the line segment $Q R$ and $P Q=\frac{2 \sqrt{2}}{3}$, the value of $9\left(x_1 y_1+x_2 y_2+x_3 y_3\right)$ is equal to _______.

2025 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Morning Shift

The absolute difference between the squares of the radii of the two circles passing through the point $(-9,4)$ and touching the lines $x+y=3$ and $x-y=3$, is equal to ________ .

2025 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift

Let the circle $C$ touch the line $x-y+1=0$, have the centre on the positive $x$-axis, and cut off a chord of length $\frac{4}{\sqrt{13}}$ along the line $-3 x+2 y=1$. Let H be the hyperbola $\frac{x^2}{\alpha^2}-\frac{y^2}{\beta^2}=1$, whose one of the foci is the centre of $C$ and the length of the transverse axis is the diameter of $C$. Then $2 \alpha^2+3 \beta^2$ is equal to ________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Morning Shift

Let the centre of a circle, passing through the points $(0,0),(1,0)$ and touching the circle $x^2+y^2=9$, be $(h, k)$. Then for all possible values of the coordinates of the centre $(h, k), 4\left(h^2+k^2\right)$ is equal to __________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift

Consider two circles $C_1: x^2+y^2=25$ and $C_2:(x-\alpha)^2+y^2=16$, where $\alpha \in(5,9)$. Let the angle between the two radii (one to each circle) drawn from one of the intersection points of $C_1$ and $C_2$ be $\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{63}}{8}\right)$. If the length of common chord of $C_1$ and $C_2$ is $\beta$, then the value of $(\alpha \beta)^2$ equals _______.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Equations of two diameters of a circle are $2 x-3 y=5$ and $3 x-4 y=7$. The line joining the points $\left(-\frac{22}{7},-4\right)$ and $\left(-\frac{1}{7}, 3\right)$ intersects the circle at only one point $P(\alpha, \beta)$. Then, $17 \beta-\alpha$ is equal to _________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Evening Shift

Consider a circle $(x-\alpha)^2+(y-\beta)^2=50$, where $\alpha, \beta>0$. If the circle touches the line $y+x=0$ at the point $P$, whose distance from the origin is $4 \sqrt{2}$, then $(\alpha+\beta)^2$ is equal to __________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 12th April Morning Shift

Two circles in the first quadrant of radii $r_{1}$ and $r_{2}$ touch the coordinate axes. Each of them cuts off an intercept of 2 units with the line $x+y=2$. Then $r_{1}^{2}+r_{2}^{2}-r_{1} r_{2}$ is equal to ___________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

Consider a circle $C_{1}: x^{2}+y^{2}-4 x-2 y=\alpha-5$. Let its mirror image in the line $y=2 x+1$ be another circle $C_{2}: 5 x^{2}+5 y^{2}-10 f x-10 g y+36=0$. Let $r$ be the radius of $C_{2}$. Then $\alpha+r$ is equal to _________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

Let the point $(p, p+1)$ lie inside the region $E=\left\{(x, y): 3-x \leq y \leq \sqrt{9-x^{2}}, 0 \leq x \leq 3\right\}$. If the set of all values of $\mathrm{p}$ is the interval $(a, b)$, then $b^{2}+b-a^{2}$ is equal to ___________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

A circle passing through the point $P(\alpha, \beta)$ in the first quadrant touches the two coordinate axes at the points $A$ and $B$. The point $P$ is above the line $A B$. The point $Q$ on the line segment $A B$ is the foot of perpendicular from $P$ on $A B$. If $P Q$ is equal to 11 units, then the value of $\alpha \beta$ is ___________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift
Let $P\left(a_1, b_1\right)$ and $Q\left(a_2, b_2\right)$ be two distinct points on a circle with center $C(\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3})$. Let $\mathrm{O}$ be the origin and $\mathrm{OC}$ be perpendicular to both $\mathrm{CP}$ and $\mathrm{CQ}$. If the area of the triangle $\mathrm{OCP}$ is $\frac{\sqrt{35}}{2}$, then $a_1^2+a_2^2+b_1^2+b_2^2$ is equal to :
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

A circle with centre (2, 3) and radius 4 intersects the line $x+y=3$ at the points P and Q. If the tangents at P and Q intersect at the point $S(\alpha,\beta)$, then $4\alpha-7\beta$ is equal to ___________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Evening Shift

Points P($-$3, 2), Q(9, 10) and R($\alpha,4$) lie on a circle C and PR as its diameter. The tangents to C at the points Q and R intersect at the point S. If S lies on the line $2x-ky=1$, then k is equal to ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Evening Shift

Let $A B$ be a chord of length 12 of the circle $(x-2)^{2}+(y+1)^{2}=\frac{169}{4}$. If tangents drawn to the circle at points $A$ and $B$ intersect at the point $P$, then five times the distance of point $P$ from chord $A B$ is equal to __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Evening Shift

$\text { Let } S=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{N} \times \mathbb{N}: 9(x-3)^{2}+16(y-4)^{2} \leq 144\right\}$ and $T=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}:(x-7)^{2}+(y-4)^{2} \leq 36\right\}$. Then $n(S \cap T)$ is equal to __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Morning Shift

Let the mirror image of a circle $c_{1}: x^{2}+y^{2}-2 x-6 y+\alpha=0$ in line $y=x+1$ be $c_{2}: 5 x^{2}+5 y^{2}+10 g x+10 f y+38=0$. If $\mathrm{r}$ is the radius of circle $\mathrm{c}_{2}$, then $\alpha+6 \mathrm{r}^{2}$ is equal to ________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift

If the circles ${x^2} + {y^2} + 6x + 8y + 16 = 0$ and ${x^2} + {y^2} + 2\left( {3 - \sqrt 3 } \right)x + 2\left( {4 - \sqrt 6 } \right)y = k + 6\sqrt 3 + 8\sqrt 6 $, $k > 0$, touch internally at the point $P(\alpha ,\beta )$, then ${\left( {\alpha + \sqrt 3 } \right)^2} + {\left( {\beta + \sqrt 6 } \right)^2}$ is equal to ________________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th June Evening Shift

If one of the diameters of the circle ${x^2} + {y^2} - 2\sqrt 2 x - 6\sqrt 2 y + 14 = 0$ is a chord of the circle ${(x - 2\sqrt 2 )^2} + {(y - 2\sqrt 2 )^2} = {r^2}$, then the value of r2 is equal to ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th June Morning Shift

Let the lines $y + 2x = \sqrt {11} + 7\sqrt 7 $ and $2y + x = 2\sqrt {11} + 6\sqrt 7 $ be normal to a circle $C:{(x - h)^2} + {(y - k)^2} = {r^2}$. If the line $\sqrt {11} y - 3x = {{5\sqrt {77} } \over 3} + 11$ is tangent to the circle C, then the value of ${(5h - 8k)^2} + 5{r^2}$ is equal to __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Evening Shift

Let a circle C of radius 5 lie below the x-axis. The line L1 : 4x + 3y + 2 = 0 passes through the centre P of the circle C and intersects the line L2 = 3x $-$ 4y $-$ 11 = 0 at Q. The line L2 touches C at the point Q. Then the distance of P from the line 5x $-$ 12y + 51 = 0 is ______________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Morning Shift

A rectangle R with end points of one of its sides as (1, 2) and (3, 6) is inscribed in a circle. If the equation of a diameter of the circle is 2x $-$ y + 4 = 0, then the area of R is ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th June Morning Shift

Let the abscissae of the two points P and Q be the roots of $2{x^2} - rx + p = 0$ and the ordinates of P and Q be the roots of ${x^2} - sx - q = 0$. If the equation of the circle described on PQ as diameter is $2({x^2} + {y^2}) - 11x - 14y - 22 = 0$, then $2r + s - 2q + p$ is equal to __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 24th June Evening Shift

Let a circle C : (x $-$ h)2 + (y $-$ k)2 = r2, k > 0, touch the x-axis at (1, 0). If the line x + y = 0 intersects the circle C at P and Q such that the length of the chord PQ is 2, then the value of h + k + r is equal to ___________.

2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 31st August Evening Shift
Let B be the centre of the circle x2 + y2 $-$ 2x + 4y + 1 = 0. Let the tangents at two points P and Q on the circle intersect at the point A(3, 1). Then 8.$\left( {{{area\,\Delta APQ} \over {area\,\Delta BPQ}}} \right)$ is equal to _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 31st August Morning Shift
If the variable line 3x + 4y = $\alpha$ lies between the two
circles (x $-$ 1)2 + (y $-$ 1)2 = 1
and (x $-$ 9)2 + (y $-$ 1)2 = 4, without intercepting a chord on either circle, then the sum of all the integral values of $\alpha$ is ___________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th August Evening Shift
Two circles each of radius 5 units touch each other at the point (1, 2). If the equation of their common tangent is 4x + 3y = 10, and C1($\alpha$, $\beta$) and C2($\gamma$, $\delta$), C1 $\ne$ C2 are their centres, then |($\alpha$ + $\beta$) ($\gamma$ + $\delta$)| is equal to ___________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th August Morning Shift
Let the equation x2 + y2 + px + (1 $-$ p)y + 5 = 0 represent circles of varying radius r $\in$ (0, 5]. Then the number of elements in the set S = {q : q = p2 and q is an integer} is __________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th August Morning Shift
The locus of a point, which moves such that the sum of squares of its distances from the points (0, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1), (1, 1) is 18 units, is a circle of diameter d. Then d2 is equal to _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 17th March Morning Shift
The minimum distance between any two points P1 and P2 while considering point P1 on one circle and point P2 on the other circle for the given circles' equations

x2 + y2 $-$ 10x $-$ 10y + 41 = 0

x2 + y2 $-$ 24x $-$ 10y + 160 = 0 is ___________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 24th February Evening Shift
Let a point P be such that its distance from the point (5, 0) is thrice the distance of P from the point ($-$5, 0). If the locus of the point P is a circle of radius r, then 4r2 is equal to ________
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 24th February Evening Shift
If the area of the triangle formed by the positive x-axis, the normal and the tangent to the circle (x $-$ 2)2 + (y $-$ 3)2 = 25 at the point (5, 7) is A, then 24A is equal to _________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 24th February Morning Shift
If one of the diameters of the circle x2 + y2 - 2x - 6y + 6 = 0 is a chord of another circle 'C', whose center is at (2, 1), then its radius is ________.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 4th September Evening Slot
Let PQ be a diameter of the circle x2 + y2 = 9. If $\alpha $ and $\beta $ are the lengths of the perpendiculars from P and Q on the straight line,
x + y = 2 respectively, then the maximum value of $\alpha\beta $ is _____.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Morning Slot
The diameter of the circle, whose centre lies on the line x + y = 2 in the first quadrant and which touches both the lines x = 3 and y = 2, is _______ .
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 2nd September Morning Slot
The number of integral values of k for which the line, 3x + 4y = k intersects the circle,
x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y + 4 = 0 at two distinct points is ______.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
If the curves, x2 – 6x + y2 + 8 = 0 and
x2 – 8y + y2 + 16 – k = 0, (k > 0) touch each other at a point, then the largest value of k is ______.
2023 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 2 Online
Let $A_1, A_2, A_3, \ldots, A_8$ be the vertices of a regular octagon that lie on a circle of radius 2 . Let $P$ be a point on the circle and let $P A_i$ denote the distance between the points $P$ and $A_i$ for $i=1,2, \ldots, 8$. If $P$ varies over the circle, then the maximum value of the product $P A_1 \times P A_2 \times \cdots \cdots \times P A_8$, is :
2023 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 2 Online
Let $C_1$ be the circle of radius 1 with center at the origin. Let $C_2$ be the circle of radius $r$ with center at the point $A=(4,1)$, where $1 < r < 3$. Two distinct common tangents $P Q$ and $S T$ of $C_1$ and $C_2$ are drawn. The tangent $P Q$ touches $C_1$ at $P$ and $C_2$ at $Q$. The tangent $S T$ touches $C_1$ at $S$ and $C_2$ at $T$. Mid points of the line segments $P Q$ and $S T$ are joined to form a line which meets the $x$-axis at a point $B$. If $A B=\sqrt{5}$, then the value of $r^2$ is :
2022 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2022 Paper 1 Online
Let $A B C$ be the triangle with $A B=1, A C=3$ and $\angle B A C=\frac{\pi}{2}$. If a circle of radius $r>0$ touches the sides $A B, A C$ and also touches internally the circumcircle of the triangle $A B C$, then the value of $r$ is __________ .
2021 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 2 Online
Consider the region R = {(x, y) $\in$ R $\times$ R : x $\ge$ 0 and y2 $\le$ 4 $-$ x}. Let F be the family of all circles that are contained in R and have centers on the x-axis. Let C be the circle that has largest radius among the circles in F. Let ($\alpha$, $\beta$) be a point where the circle C meets the curve y2 = 4 $-$ x.

The radius of the circle C is ___________.
2021 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 2 Online
Consider the region R = {(x, y) $\in$ R $\times$ R : x $\ge$ 0 and y2 $\le$ 4 $-$ x}. Let F be the family of all circles that are contained in R and have centers on the x-axis. Let C be the circle that has largest radius among the circles in F. Let ($\alpha$, $\beta$) be a point where the circle C meets the curve y2 = 4 $-$ x.

The value of $\alpha$ is ___________.
2020 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2020 Paper 2 Offline
Let O be the centre of the circle x2 + y2 = r2, where $r > {{\sqrt 5 } \over 2}$. Suppose PQ is a chord of this circle and the equation of the line passing through P and Q is 2x + 4y = 5. If the centre of the circumcircle of the triangle OPQ lies on the line x + 2y = 4, then the value of r is .............
2019 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 1 Offline
Let the point B be the reflection of the point A(2, 3) with respect to the line $8x - 6y - 23 = 0$. Let $\Gamma_{A} $ and $\Gamma_{B} $ be circles of radii 2 and 1 with centres A and B respectively. Let T be a common tangent to the circles $\Gamma_{A} $ and $\Gamma_{B} $ such that both the circles are on the same side of T. If C is the point of intersection of T and the line passing through A and B, then the length of the line segment AC is .................
2011 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 2 Offline
The straight line 2x - 3y = 1 divides the circular region ${x^2}\, + \,{y^2}\, \le \,6$ into two parts.
If $S = \left\{ {\left( {2,\,{3 \over 4}} \right),\,\left( {{5 \over 2},\,{3 \over 4}} \right),\,\left( {{1 \over 4} - \,{1 \over 4}} \right),\,\left( {{1 \over 8},\,{1 \over 4}} \right)} \right\}$ then the number of points (s) in S lying inside the smaller part is
2009 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 2 Offline
The centres of two circles ${C_1}$ and ${C_2}$ each of unit radius are at a distance of 6 units from each other. Let P be the mid point of the line segement joining the centres of ${C_1}$ and ${C_2}$ and C a circle touching circles ${C_1}$ and ${C_2}$ externally. If a common tangent to ${C_1}$ and passing through P is also a common tangent to ${C_2}$ and C, then the radius of the circle C is
2005 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2005
Circles with radii 3, 4 and 5 touch each other externally. It P is the point of intersection of tangents to these circles at their points of contact, find the distance of P from the points of contact.
2004 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2004
Find the equation of circle touching the line 2x + 3y + 1 = 0 at (1, -1) and cutting orthogonally the circle having line segment joining (0, 3) and (- 2, -1) as diameter.
2003 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2003
For the circle ${x^2}\, + \,{y^2} = {r^2}$, find the value of r for which the area enclosed by the tangents drawn from the point P (6, 8) to the circle and the chord of contact is maximum.