JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let A be the focus of the parabola $y^2 = 8x$. Let the line $y = mx + c$ intersect the parabola at two distinct points B and C. If the centroid of the triangle ABC is $\left( \frac{7}{3}, \frac{4}{3} \right)$, then $(BC)^2$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let the image of parabola $x^2=4 y$, in the line $x-y=1$ be $(y+a)^2=b(x-c)$, $a, b, c \in \mathrm{~N}$. Then $a+b+c$ is equal to
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
An equilateral triangle OAB is inscribed in the parabola $y^2=4 x$ with the vertex O at the vertex of the parabola. Then the minimum distance of the circle having $A B$ as a diameter from the origin is
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let the locus of the mid-point of the chord through the origin $O$ of the parabola $y^2=4 x$ be the curve S . Let P be any point on S . Then the locus of the point, which internally divides OP in the ratio 3 : 1, is :
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
If the chord joining the points $\mathrm{P}_1\left(x_1, y_1\right)$ and $\mathrm{P}_2\left(x_2, y_2\right)$ on the parabola $y^2=12 x$ subtends a right angle at the vertex of the parabola, then $x_1 x_2-y_1 y_2$ is equal to
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let $y^2 = 12x$ be the parabola with its vertex at $O$. Let $P$ be a point on the parabola and $A$ be a point on the $x$-axis such that $\angle OPA = 90^\circ$. Then the locus of the centroid of such triangles $OPA$ is:
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let one end of a focal chord of the parabola $y^2 = 16x$ be $(16,16)$. If $P(\alpha,\ \beta)$ divides this focal chord internally in the ratio $5:2$, then the minimum value of $\alpha + \beta$ is equal to:
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let O be the vertex of the parabola $x^2=4 y$ and Q be any point on it. Let the locus of the point P , which divides the line segment OQ internally in the ratio $2: 3$ be the conic C . Then the equation of the chord of $C$, which is bisected at the point $(1,2)$, is :
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let O be the vertex of the parabola $y^2=4 x$ and its chords OP and OQ are perpendicular to each other. If the locus of the mid-point of the line segment PQ is a conic C , then the length of its latus rectum is :
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let one root of the quadratic equation in $x$ :
$ \left(k^2-15 k+27\right) x^2+9(k-1) x+18=0 $
be twice the other. Then the length of the latus rectum of the parabola $y^2=6 k x$ is equal to:
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let chord PQ of length $3 \sqrt{13}$ of the parabola $y^2=12 x$ be such that the ordinates of points P and Q are in the ratio 1:2. If the chord PQ subtends an angle $\alpha$ at the focus of the parabola, then $\sin \alpha$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let the directrix of the parabola $\mathrm{P}: y^2=8 x$, cut $x$-axis at the point A . Let $\mathrm{B}(\alpha, \beta), \alpha>1$, be a point on $P$ such that the slope of $A B$ is $3 / 5$. If $B C$ is a focal chord of $P$, then six times the area of $\triangle A B C$ is :
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Let the parabola $y = x^2 + px + q$ passing through the point $(1, -1)$ be such that the distance between its vertex and the $x$-axis is minimum. Then the value of $p^2 + q^2$ is :
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Let P be the parabola, whose focus is $(-2,1)$ and directrix is $2 x+y+2=0$. Then the sum of the ordinates of the points on P, whose abscissa is $-$2, is
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
A line passing through the point $\mathrm{A}(-2,0)$, touches the parabola $\mathrm{P}: y^2=x-2$ at the point $B$ in the first quadrant. The area, of the region bounded by the line $A B$, parabola $P$ and the $x$-axis, is :
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
The axis of a parabola is the line $y=x$ and its vertex and focus are in the first quadrant at distances $\sqrt{2}$ and $2 \sqrt{2}$ units from the origin, respectively. If the point $(1, k)$ lies on the parabola, then a possible value of k is :
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
The radius of the smallest circle which touches the parabolas $y=x^2+2$ and $x=y^2+2$ is
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Let the point P of the focal chord PQ of the parabola $y^2=16 x$ be $(1,-4)$. If the focus of the parabola divides the chord $P Q$ in the ratio $m: n, \operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1$, then $m^2+n^2$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Let the focal chord PQ of the parabola $y^2=4 x$ make an angle of $60^{\circ}$ with the positive $x$ axis, where P lies in the first quadrant. If the circle, whose one diameter is PS, S being the focus of the parabola, touches the $y$-axis at the point $(0, \alpha)$, then $5 \alpha^2$ is equal to:
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Two parabolas have the same focus (4, 3) and their directrices are the x-axis and the y-axis, respectively. If these parabolas intersect at the points A and B, then (AB)2 is equal to :
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Let ABCD be a trapezium whose vertices lie on the parabola $\mathrm{y}^2=4 \mathrm{x}$. Let the sides AD and BC of the trapezium be parallel to $y$-axis. If the diagonal AC is of length $\frac{25}{4}$ and it passes through the point $(1,0)$, then the area of $A B C D$ is
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
If the equation of the parabola with vertex $\mathrm{V}\left(\frac{3}{2}, 3\right)$ and the directrix $x+2 y=0$ is $\alpha x^2+\beta y^2-\gamma x y-30 x-60 y+225=0$, then $\alpha+\beta+\gamma$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Let the shortest distance from $(a, 0), a>0$, to the parabola $y^2=4 x$ be 4 . Then the equation of the circle passing through the point $(a, 0)$ and the focus of the parabola, and having its centre on the axis of the parabola is :
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
If the line $3 x-2 y+12=0$ intersects the parabola $4 y=3 x^2$ at the points $A$ and $B$, then at the vertex of the parabola, the line segment AB subtends an angle equal to
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Let $\mathrm{P}(4,4 \sqrt{3})$ be a point on the parabola $y^2=4 \mathrm{a} x$ and PQ be a focal chord of the parabola. If M and N are the foot of perpendiculars drawn from P and Q respectively on the directrix of the parabola, then the area of the quadrilateral PQMN is equal to :
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Let the parabola $y=x^2+\mathrm{p} x-3$, meet the coordinate axes at the points $\mathrm{P}, \mathrm{Q}$ and R . If the circle C with centre at $(-1,-1)$ passes through the points $P, Q$ and $R$, then the area of $\triangle P Q R$ is :
JEE Mains
2024
MCQ
Let $C$ be the circle of minimum area touching the parabola $y=6-x^2$ and the lines $y=\sqrt{3}|x|$. Then, which one of the following points lies on the circle $C$ ?
JEE Mains
2024
MCQ
Let $P Q$ be a chord of the parabola $y^2=12 x$ and the midpoint of $P Q$ be at $(4,1)$. Then, which of the following point lies on the line passing through the points $\mathrm{P}$ and $\mathrm{Q}$ ?
JEE Mains
2024
MCQ
If the shortest distance of the parabola $y^2=4 x$ from the centre of the circle $x^2+y^2-4 x-16 y+64=0$ is $\mathrm{d}$, then $\mathrm{d}^2$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
Let $\mathrm{PQ}$ be a focal chord of the parabola $y^{2}=36 x$ of length 100 , making an acute angle with the positive $x$-axis. Let the ordinate of $\mathrm{P}$ be positive and $\mathrm{M}$ be the point on the line segment PQ such that PM : MQ = 3 : 1. Then which of the following points does NOT lie on the line passing through M and perpendicular to the line $\mathrm{PQ}$?
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
Let $\mathrm{A}(0,1), \mathrm{B}(1,1)$ and $\mathrm{C}(1,0)$ be the mid-points of the sides of a triangle with incentre at the point $\mathrm{D}$. If the focus of the parabola $y^{2}=4 \mathrm{ax}$ passing through $\mathrm{D}$ is $(\alpha+\beta \sqrt{2}, 0)$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are rational numbers, then $\frac{\alpha}{\beta^{2}}$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
Let $R$ be the focus of the parabola $y^{2}=20 x$ and the line $y=m x+c$ intersect the parabola at two points $P$ and $Q$.
Let the point $G(10,10)$ be the centroid of the triangle $P Q R$. If $c-m=6$, then $(P Q)^{2}$ is :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
Let $\mathrm{y}=f(x)$ represent a parabola with focus $\left(-\frac{1}{2}, 0\right)$ and directrix $y=-\frac{1}{2}$. Then
$S=\left\{x \in \mathbb{R}: \tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{f(x)})+\sin ^{-1}(\sqrt{f(x)+1})=\frac{\pi}{2}\right\}$ :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
Let $A$ be a point on the $x$-axis. Common tangents are drawn from $A$ to the curves $x^2+y^2=8$ and $y^2=16 x$. If one of these tangents touches the two curves at $Q$ and $R$, then $(Q R)^2$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
The parabolas : $a x^2+2 b x+c y=0$ and $d x^2+2 e x+f y=0$ intersect on the line $y=1$. If $a, b, c, d, e, f$ are positive real numbers and $a, b, c$ are in G.P., then :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
If $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{h}, \mathrm{k})$ be a point on the parabola $x=4 y^{2}$, which is nearest to the point $\mathrm{Q}(0,33)$, then the distance of $\mathrm{P}$ from the directrix of the parabola $\quad y^{2}=4(x+y)$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
If the tangent at a point P on the parabola $y^2=3x$ is parallel to the line $x+2y=1$ and the tangents at the points Q and R on the ellipse $\frac{x^2}{4}+\frac{y^2}{1}=1$ are perpendicular to the line $x-y=2$, then the area of the triangle PQR is :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
The equations of two sides of a variable triangle are $x=0$ and $y=3$, and its third side is a tangent to the parabola $y^2=6x$. The locus of its circumcentre is :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
The distance of the point $(6,-2\sqrt2)$ from the common tangent $\mathrm{y=mx+c,m > 0}$, of the curves $x=2y^2$ and $x=1+y^2$ is :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
The equations of the sides AB and AC of a triangle ABC are $(\lambda+1)x+\lambda y=4$ and $\lambda x+(1-\lambda)y+\lambda=0$ respectively. Its vertex A is on the y-axis and its orthocentre is (1, 2). The length of the tangent from the point C to the part of the parabola $y^2=6x$ in the first quadrant is :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
Let a tangent to the curve $\mathrm{y^2=24x}$ meet the curve $xy = 2$ at the points A and B. Then the mid points of such line segments AB lie on a parabola with the :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Let the focal chord of the parabola $\mathrm{P}: y^{2}=4 x$ along the line $\mathrm{L}: y=\mathrm{m} x+\mathrm{c}, \mathrm{m}>0$ meet the parabola at the points M and N. Let the line L be a tangent to the hyperbola $\mathrm{H}: x^{2}-y^{2}=4$. If O is the vertex of P and F is the focus of H on the positive x-axis, then the area of the quadrilateral OMFN is :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
If the tangents drawn at the points $\mathrm{P}$ and $\mathrm{Q}$ on the parabola $y^{2}=2 x-3$ intersect at the point $R(0,1)$, then the orthocentre of the triangle $P Q R$ is :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
If the length of the latus rectum of a parabola, whose focus is $(a, a)$ and the tangent at its vertex is $x+y=a$, is 16, then $|a|$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Let $P(a, b)$ be a point on the parabola $y^{2}=8 x$ such that the tangent at $P$ passes through the centre of the circle $x^{2}+y^{2}-10 x-14 y+65=0$. Let $A$ be the product of all possible values of $a$ and $B$ be the product of all possible values of $b$. Then the value of $A+B$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Let $\mathrm{P}$ and $\mathrm{Q}$ be any points on the curves $(x-1)^{2}+(y+1)^{2}=1$ and $y=x^{2}$, respectively. The distance between $P$ and $Q$ is minimum for some value of the abscissa of $P$ in the interval :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
The equation of a common tangent to the parabolas $y=x^{2}$ and $y=-(x-2)^{2}$ is
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
The tangents at the points $A(1,3)$ and $B(1,-1)$ on the parabola $y^{2}-2 x-2 y=1$ meet at the point $P$. Then the area (in unit ${ }^{2}$ ) of the triangle $P A B$ is :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Let P : y2 = 4ax, a > 0 be a parabola with focus S. Let the tangents to the parabola P make an angle of ${\pi \over 4}$ with the line y = 3x + 5 touch the parabola P at A and B. Then the value of a for which A, B and S are collinear is :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Let PQ be a focal chord of the parabola y2 = 4x such that it subtends an angle of ${\pi \over 2}$ at the point (3, 0). Let the line segment PQ be also a focal chord of the ellipse $E:{{{x^2}} \over {{a^2}}} + {{{y^2}} \over {{b^2}}} = 1$, ${a^2} > {b^2}$. If e is the eccentricity of the ellipse E, then the value of ${1 \over {{e^2}}}$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
If vertex of a parabola is (2, $-$1) and the equation of its directrix is 4x $-$ 3y = 21, then the length of its latus rectum is :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
If the equation of the parabola, whose vertex is at (5, 4) and the directrix is $3x + y - 29 = 0$, is ${x^2} + a{y^2} + bxy + cx + dy + k = 0$, then $a + b + c + d + k$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Let the normal at the point on the parabola y2 = 6x pass through the point (5, $-$8). If the tangent at P to the parabola intersects its directrix at the point Q, then the ordinate of the point Q is :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
If the line $y = 4 + kx,\,k > 0$, is the tangent to the parabola $y = x - {x^2}$ at the point P and V is the vertex of the parabola, then the slope of the line through P and V is :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
If $y = {m_1}x + {c_1}$ and $y = {m_2}x + {c_2}$, ${m_1} \ne {m_2}$ are two common tangents of circle ${x^2} + {y^2} = 2$ and parabola y2 = x, then the value of $8|{m_1}{m_2}|$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Let $x = 2t$, $y = {{{t^2}} \over 3}$ be a conic. Let S be the focus and B be the point on the axis of the conic such that $SA \bot BA$, where A is any point on the conic. If k is the ordinate of the centroid of the $\Delta$SAB, then $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{t \to 1} k$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
A particle is moving in the xy-plane along a curve C passing through the point (3, 3). The tangent to the curve C at the point P meets the x-axis at Q. If the y-axis bisects the segment PQ, then C is a parabola with :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Let x2 + y2 + Ax + By + C = 0 be a circle passing through (0, 6) and touching the parabola y = x2 at (2, 4). Then A + C is equal to ___________.
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
Consider the parabola with vertex $\left( {{1 \over 2},{3 \over 4}} \right)$ and the directrix $y = {1 \over 2}$. Let P be the point where the parabola meets the line $x = - {1 \over 2}$. If the normal to the parabola at P intersects the parabola again at the point Q, then (PQ)2 is equal to :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
The length of the latus rectum of a parabola, whose vertex and focus are on the positive x-axis at a distance R and S (> R) respectively from the origin, is :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
If two tangents drawn from a point P to the
parabola y2 = 16(x $-$ 3) are at right angles, then the locus of point P is :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
A tangent and a normal are drawn at the point P(2, $-$4) on the parabola y2 = 8x, which meet the directrix of the parabola at the points A and B respectively. If Q(a, b) is a point such that AQBP is a square, then 2a + b is equal to :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
Let a parabola b be such that its vertex and focus lie on the positive x-axis at a distance 2 and 4 units from the origin, respectively. If tangents are drawn from O(0, 0) to the parabola P which meet P at S and R, then the area (in sq. units) of $\Delta$SOR is equal to :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
Let P be a variable point on the parabola $y = 4{x^2} + 1$. Then, the locus of the mid-point of the point P and the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point P to the line y = x is :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
Let the tangent to the parabola S : y2 = 2x at the point P(2, 2) meet the x-axis at Q and normal at it meet the parabola S at the point R. Then the area (in sq. units) of the triangle PQR is equal to :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
Let L be a tangent line to the parabola y2 = 4x $-$ 20 at (6, 2). If L is also a tangent to the ellipse ${{{x^2}} \over 2} + {{{y^2}} \over b} = 1$, then the value of b is equal to :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
Let C be the locus of the mirror image of a point on the parabola y2 = 4x with respect to the line y = x. Then the equation of tangent to C at P(2, 1) is :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
If the three normals drawn to the parabola, y2 = 2x pass through the point (a, 0) a $\ne$ 0, then 'a' must be greater than :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
The shortest distance between the line x $-$ y = 1 and the curve x2 = 2y is :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
A tangent is drawn to the parabola y2 = 6x which is perpendicular to the line 2x + y = 1. Which of the following points does NOT lie on it?
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
If P is a point on the parabola y = x2 + 4 which is closest to the straight line y = 4x $-$ 1, then the co-ordinates of P are :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
The locus of the mid-point of the line segment joining the focus of the parabola y2 = 4ax to a
moving point of the parabola, is another parabola whose directrix is :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
The centre of the circle passing through the
point (0, 1) and touching the parabola
y = x2 at the point (2, 4) is :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
Let L1
be a tangent to the parabola y2 = 4(x + 1)
and L2
be a tangent to the parabola
y2 = 8(x + 2)
such that L1
and L2
intersect at right angles. Then L1
and L2
meet on the straight
line :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
If the common tangent to the parabolas,
y2 = 4x and x2 = 4y also touches the circle, x2 + y2 = c2,
then c is equal to :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
Let the latus ractum of the parabola y2
= 4x be
the common chord to the circles C1
and C2
each of them having radius 2$\sqrt 5 $. Then, the
distance between the centres of the circles C1
and C2
is :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
Let P be a point on the parabola, y2
= 12x 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 PN, parallel
to its axis which meets the parabola at Q. If the
y-intercept of the line NQ is ${4 \over 3}$,
then :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
The area (in sq. units) of an equilateral triangle
inscribed in the parabola y2 = 8x, with one of
its vertices on the vertex of this parabola, is :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
If one end of a focal chord AB of the parabola
y2 = 8x is at $A\left( {{1 \over 2}, - 2} \right)$, then the equation of
the tangent to it at B is :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
The locus of a point which divides the line
segment joining the point (0, –1) and a point on
the parabola, x2 = 4y, internally in the ratio
1 : 2, is :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
If y = mx + 4 is a tangent to both the parabolas, y2 = 4x and x2 = 2by, then b is equal to :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The equation of common tangent to the curves y2
= 16x and xy = –4, is :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The tangents to the curve y = (x – 2)2 – 1 at its points of intersection with the line x – y = 3, intersect at the point :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
Let P be the point of intersection of the common tangents to the parabola y2
= 12x and the hyperbola
8x2
– y2
= 8. If S and S' denote the foci of the hyperbola where S lies on the positive x-axis then P divides SS'
in a ratio :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
If the line ax + y = c, touches both the curves x2
+ y2
= 1 and y2
= 4$\sqrt 2 $x , then |c| is equal to :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The area (in sq. units) of the smaller of the two
circles that touch the parabola, y2 = 4x at the point
(1, 2) and the x-axis is :-
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
If one end of a focal chord of the parabola,
y2 = 16x is at (1, 4), then the length of this focal
chord is :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The tangent to the parabola y2
= 4x at the point
where it intersects the circle x2
+ y2
= 5 in the
first quadrant, passes through the point :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The shortest distance between the line y = x and
the curve y2 = x – 2 is :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The equation of a tangent to the parabola, x2
= 8y, which makes an angle $\theta $ with the positive directions of x-axis, is :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
Let P(4, –4) and Q(9, 6) be two points on the parabola, y2 = 4x and let x be any point on the arc POQ of this parabola, where O is the vertex of this parabola, such that the area of $\Delta $PXQ is maximum. Then this maximum area (in sq. units) is :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The maximum area (in sq. units) of a rectangle having its base on the x-axis and its other two vertices on the parabola, y = 12 – x2 such that the rectangle lies inside the parabola, is :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
If the area of the triangle whose one vertex is at the vertex of the parabola, y2 + 4(x – a2) = 0 and the othertwo vertices are the points of intersection of the parabola and y-axis, is 250 sq. units, then a value of 'a' is :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The length of the chord of the parabola x2 $=$ 4y having equation x – $\sqrt 2 y + 4\sqrt 2 = 0$ is -
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
If the parabolas y2 = 4b(x – c) and y2 = 8ax have a common normal, then which on of the following is a valid choice for the ordered triad (a, b, c)?
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
Let A(4, $-$ 4) and B(9, 6) be points on the parabola, y2 = 4x. Let C be chosen on the arc AOB of the parabola, where O is the origin, such that the area of $\Delta $ACB is maximum. Then, the area (in sq. units) of $\Delta $ACB, is :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
Axis of a parabola lies along x-axis. If its vertex and focus are at distances 2 and 4 respectively from the
origin, on the positive x-axis then which of the following points does not lie on it?
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
If $\theta $ denotes the acute angle between the curves, y = 10 – x2 and y = 2 + x2 at a point of their intersection, the |tan $\theta $| is equal to :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
Equation of a common tangent to the circle, x2 + y2 – 6x = 0 and the parabola, y2 = 4x is :
JEE Mains
2018
MCQ
Let P be a point on the parabola, x2 = 4y. If the distance of P from the center of the circle, x2 + y2 + 6x + 8 = 0 is minimum, then the equation of the tangent to the parabola at P, is :
JEE Mains
2018
MCQ
Tangent and normal are drawn at P(16, 16) on the parabola y2 = 16x, which intersect the axis of the
parabola at A and B, respectively. If C is the centre of the circle through the points P, A and B and $\angle $CPB =
$\theta $, then a value of tan$\theta $ is :
JEE Mains
2018
MCQ
Tangents drawn from the point ($-$8, 0) to the parabola y2 = 8x touch the parabola at $P$ and $Q.$ If F is the focus of the parabola, then the area of the triangle PFQ (in sq. units) is equal to :
JEE Mains
2018
MCQ
Two parabolas with a common vertex and with axes along x-axis and $y$-axis, respectively intersect each other in the first quadrant. If the length of the latus rectum of each parabola is $3$, then the equation of the common tangent to the two parabolas is :
JEE Mains
2017
MCQ
If y = mx + c is the normal at a point on the parabola y2 = 8x whose focal distance is 8 units, then $\left| c \right|$ is equal to :
JEE Mains
2017
MCQ
If the common tangents to the parabola, x2 = 4y and the circle, x2 + y2 = 4 intersect at the point P, then the distance of P from the origin, is :
JEE Mains
2016
MCQ
P and Q are two distinct points on the parabola, y2 = 4x, with parameters t and t1 respectively. If the normal at P passes through Q, then the minimum value of $t_1^2$ is :
JEE Mains
2016
MCQ
Let $P$ be the point on the parabola, ${{y^2} = 8x}$ which is at a minimum distance from the centre $C$ of the circle, ${x^2} + {\left( {y + 6} \right)^2} = 1$. Then the equation of the circle, passing through $C$ and having its centre at $P$ is:
JEE Mains
2015
MCQ
Let $O$ be the vertex and $Q$ be any point on the parabola, ${{x^2} = 8y}$. If the point $P$ divides the line segment $OQ$ internally in the ratio $1:3$, then locus of $P$ is :
JEE Mains
2014
MCQ
The slope of the line touching both the parabolas ${y^2} = 4x$ and ${x^2} = - 32y$ is
JEE Mains
2013
MCQ
Given : A circle, $2{x^2} + 2{y^2} = 5$ and a parabola, ${y^2} = 4\sqrt 5 x$.
Statement-1 : An equation of a common tangent to these curves is $y = x + \sqrt 5 $.
Statement-2 : If the line, $y = mx + {{\sqrt 5 } \over m}\left( {m \ne 0} \right)$ is their common tangent, then $m$ satiesfies ${m^4} - 3{m^2} + 2 = 0$.
JEE Mains
2010
MCQ
If two tangents drawn from a point $P$ to the parabola ${y^2} = 4x$ are at right angles, then the locus of $P$ is
JEE Mains
2008
MCQ
A parabola has the origin as its focus and the line $x=2$ as the directrix. Then the vertex of the parabola is at :
JEE Mains
2007
MCQ
The equation of a tangent to the parabola ${y^2} = 8x$ is $y=x+2$. The point on this line from which the other tangent to the parabola is perpendicular to the given tangent is :
JEE Mains
2006
MCQ
The locus of the vertices of the family of parabolas
$y = {{{a^3}{x^2}} \over 3} + {{{a^2}x} \over 2} - 2a$ is :
JEE Mains
2005
MCQ
Let $P$ be the point $(1, 0)$ and $Q$ a point on the parabola ${y^2} = 8x$. The locus of mid point of $PQ$ is :
JEE Mains
2004
MCQ
If $a \ne 0$ and the line $2bx+3cy+4d=0$ passes through the points of intersection of the parabolas ${y^2} = 4ax$ and ${x^2} = 4ay$, then :
JEE Mains
2003
MCQ
The normal at the point$\left( {bt_1^2,2b{t_1}} \right)$ on a parabola meets the parabola again in the point $\left( {bt_2^2,2b{t_2}} \right)$, then :
JEE Mains
2002
MCQ
Two common tangents to the circle ${x^2} + {y^2} = 2{a^2}$ and parabola ${y^2} = 8ax$ are :