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

Two real and distinct tangents can be drawn to a circle from any point P(x₁, y₁) ______ the circle:

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

The radius of point circle is:

• 0 A
• (0, 0) B
• r C
• 1 D

Two imaginary tangents can be drawn to a circle from any point P(x₁, y₁) _______ the circle:

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

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

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

The number e denotes the _______ of the conic:

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

the focal chord perpendicular to the axis of the parabola is called _____________ of the parabola:

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

The opening of the parabola x² = 4ay is upward of the:

• x -axis A
• y = c B
• y - axis C
• x = y D

• 4a A
• 2a B
• 4b C
• 2b 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

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

• x = a A
• x = -a B
• y = a C
• y = -a D

The fixed point of the conic is called:

• Directrix A
• Vertex B
• Focus C
• None of these D

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

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

The vertex of the parabola y² = -4ax is:

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

• a A
• 2b B
• b C
• 2a D

The vertex of parabola (x - 1)² = 8 (y + 2) is:

• (1, -2) A
• (0, 1) B
• (-1, -2) C
• (1, 2) D

If the equation of the parabola is y² = - 4ax, then opening of the parabola is to the ______ of the y-axis:

• Left A
• Upward B
• Right C
• Downward D

The point of a parabola which is closest to the focus in the:

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

The focus of the parabola y²=-4ax is:

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