2nd Year Mathematics Chapter 6 Online MCQ Test for 12th Class Mathematics Unit 6 (Conic Section)

The graph of the parabola y² = -4ax is symmetric about:

• x-axis A
• major axis B
• y-axis C
• minor axis D

In the case of translation of axes which formula is true:

• x = X - h A
• x = X + h B
• x + X = h C
• None D

The focus of the parabola x² = 4ay:

• (0, a) A
• (-a , 0) B
• (0, -a) C
• (a, 0) D

The vertex of the parabola x² = -4ay is:

• (a, 0) A
• (0, 0) B
• (0, -a) C
• (0, a) D

The focus of the parabola y²=4ax is:

• (-a , 0) A
• (0, a) B
• (0, -a) C
• (a, 0) D

If the equation of the parabola is y2 = 4ax, then opening of the parabola is to the right of the:

• x-axis A
• y = x B
• y-axis C
• x + y =0 D

If the cutting plane is slightly tillted and cuts only one nappe of the cone, then the section is a / an:

• Ellipse A
• Circular cone B
• Circle C
• Point circle D

• 4a A
• 2a B
• 4b C
• 2b D

A line that touches the curve without cutting through it is called:

• Straight line A
• Tangent line B
• Normal line C
• Vertical line D

The curves obtained by cutting a __________ double right circular cone by a _______ are called conics:

• Straight line A
• Plane B
• Curve C
• None of these D

The ratio between the measure of the radial segment and the diameter of a circle is:

• 2 : 1 A
• 4 : 3 B
• 1 : 2 C
• 
  D

Perpendicular dropped from the center of a circle on a chord _______ the chord:

• Normal A
• Bisects B
• Equal to C
• None of these D

Point (5, 6) lies ..... the circle x² + y² = 81:

• Outside A
• Inside B
• On C
• None of these D

Point p (-5, 6) lies ............ the circle x² + y² + 4x - 6y - 12 = 0

• Outside A
• Inside B
• On C
• None of these D

A chord containing the center of the circle is called ______ of the circle:

• Diameter A
• Chord B
• Radius C
• None of these D

The point where the axis meets the parabola is called ________ of the parabola:

• Directrix A
• Vertex B
• Focus C
• Eccentricity D

y² = 4ax, is the standard equation of the:

• Ellipse A
• Parabola B
• Hyperbola C
• None of these D

The radius of point circle is:

• 0 A
• (0, 0) B
• r C
• 1 D

A chord passing through the focus of a parabola is called a ________ of the parabola:

• Directrix A
• Latus rectum B
• Focus C
• Focal chord D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D