PM SHRI KV RAILWAY GANDHIDHAM

WINTER BREAK HOLLIDAY HOME WORK -XI MATHS

SESSION 2024-25

CONIC SECTION :-
Q 1. Find the equation of the circle whose centre is (2, – 3) and radius is 8.
Q 2. Find the centre and radius of each of the following circles:
(i) x2 + (y + 2)2 = 9 (ii) x2 + y2 – 4x + 6y = 12
(iii) (x + 1)2 + (y – 1)2 = 4 (iv) x2 + y2 + 6x – 4y + 4 = 0.
Q 3. Find the equation of the circle with passes through the origin and cuts off intercepts 3 and 4 from
the positive parts of the axes respectively.
Q 4. Find the equation of a circle
(i) which touches both the axes at a distance of 6 units from the origin.
(ii) which touches x-axis at a distance 5 from the origin and radius 6 units
(iii) which touches both the axes and passes through the point (2,1).
(iv) passing through the origin, radius 17 and ordinate of the centre is -15.
Q 5. Find the equation of the circle which passes through the points (1, –2) and (4, – 3) and has its
centre on the line 3 x + 4 y = 7.
Q 6. For the following parabolas find the coordinates of the foci, the equations of the directrices and
the length of the latus–rectum.
(i) y2 = 8x (ii) x2 = 6y (iii) y2 = – 12x (iv) x2 = 16y
Q 7. Find the equation of the parabola whose focus is (1, –1) and whose vertex is (2, 1). Also, find its
axis and latus–rectum.
Q 8. An arc is in the form of a parabola with its axis vertical. The arc is 10 m high and 5 m wide at
the base. How wide is it 2m from the vertex of the parabola
Q 9. Find the area of the triangle formed by the lines joining the vertex of the parabola x 2 = 12y to
the ends of its latus-rectum.

Q 10. The cable of a uniformly loaded suspension bridge hangs in the form of a parabola.
The roadway which is horizontal and 100 m long is supported by vertical wires attached to the
cable, the longest wire being 30 m and the shortest wire being 6 m. Find the length of a
supporting wire attached to the roadway 18 m from the middle.
Q 11. For the following ellipses find the length of major and minor axes, coordinates of foci and
vertices, and the eccentricity:
(i) 16x2 + 25y2 = 400 (ii) 3x2 + 2y2 = 6
Q 12. Find the equation of the ellipse whose axes are along the coordinate axes, vertices are
( 5, 0) and foci at ( 4, 0)
Q 13. A rod AB of length 15 cm rests in between two coordinate axes in such a way that the end point
A lies on x–axis and end point B lies on y–axis. A point is taken on the rod in such a way that
AP = 6 cm. Show that the locus of P is an ellipse. Also, find its eccentricity.
Q 14. Find the equation of an ellipse, the distance between the foci is 8 units and the distance between
the directrices is 18 units.
Q 15. Find the equation of an ellipse with its foci on y-axis, eccentricity 3 / 4,centre at the origin and
passing through (6, 4).
Q16. Find the equation of the hyperbola, referred to its principal axes as axes of coordinates, in the
following cases:
4
(i) Vertices at (± 5, 0), Foci at (±7, 0) (ii) Vertices at (0, ±7), e =
3
Q 17. The equation of the directrix of a hyperbola is x - y + 3 = 0. Its focus is (-1,1) and eccentricity 3.
Find the equation of the hyperbola.
Q 18. Find the equation of the hyperbola whose
(i) focus is (0,3), directrix is x + y- l = 0 and eccentricity = 2
(ii) focus is (1,1), directrix is 3x + 4y + 8 = 0 and eccentricity = 2
(iii) focus is (1,1) directrix is 2x + y = 1 and eccentricity = 3
(iv) focus is (2,- 1), directrix is 2x + 3y = l and eccentricity = 2
4
(v) focus is (a, 0), directrix is 2 x-y + a = 0 and eccentricity =
3
Q 19. Find the equation of the hyperbola, referred to its principal axes as axes of coordinates, in the
following cases:
(i) the distance between the foci = 16 and eccentricity = 2
(ii) conjugate axis is 5 and the distance between foci =13
(iii) conjugate axis is 7 and passes through the point (3, - 2).
Q 20. Find the equation of the hyperbola whose
(i) foci are (6,4) and (- 4,4) and eccentricity is 2.
(ii) vertices are (- 8, -1) and (16, -1) and focus is (17, -1)
(iii) foci are (4,2) and (8,2) and eccentricity is 2.
 28 
(iv) vertices are at (0 ± 7) and foci at  0,  
 3 
3-D :-

Q 1. Name the octants in which the following points lie:

(i) (5,2,3) (ii) (-5,4.3) (iii) (4,-3,5)
(iv) (7,4,-3) (v) (-5,-4,7) (vi) (-5,-3,-2)
(vii) (2,-5,-7) (viii) (-7,2-5).
Q 2. Find the image of:
(i) (- 2,3,4) in the yz - plane. (ii) (- 5 ,4, -3) in the xz - plane.
(iii) (5 ,2-7) in the xy - plane. (iv) (- 5,0,3) in the xz-plane.
(v) (- 4,0,0) in the xy - plane.
Q 3. A cube of side 5 has one vertex at the point (1,0,-1), and the three edges from this vertex are,
respectively, parallel to the negative x and y axes and positive z-axis. Find the coordinates of the
other vertices of the cube.
Q 4. Planes are drawn parallel to the coordinate planes through the points (3, 0,-1) and (- 2, 5,4). Find
the lengths of the edges of the parallelepiped so formed.
Q 5. Planes are drawn through the points (5,0,2) and (3,- 2 ,5) parallel to the coordinate planes. Find
the lengths of the edges of the rectangular parallel opiped so formed.
Q 6. Find the distances of the point P (- 4,3,5) from the coordinate axes.
Q 7. The coordinates of a point are (3, - 2, 5). Write down the coordinates of seven points such that
the absolute values of their coordinates are the same as those of the coordinates of the given
point.
Q 8. Find the distance between the points P (–2, 4, 1) and Q (1, 2, – 5).
Q 9. Prove by using distance that the points P (1, 2, 3), Q (–1, −1, –1) and R (3, 5, 7) are collinear.
Q 10. Determine the point in XY–plane which is equidistant from three points A (2, 0, 3), B (0, 3, 2)
and C (0, 0, 1).
Q 11. Find the coordinates of a point on Y–axis which is at a distance of 5 2 , from the point P (3, –2,
5)
Q 12. Show that the points A (0, 1, 2), B (2, –1, 3) and C(1, –3, 1) are vertices of an isosceles right–
angled triangle
Q 13. Find the locus of the point which is equidistant from the points A (0, 2, 3) and (2, – 2, 1).
Q 14. Find the coordinates of a point equidistant from the four points O (0, 0, 0), A (a, 0, 0), B (0, b, 0)
and C (0, 0, c).

Q 15. Prove that the point A (1, 3, 0), B (- 5, 5, 2), C ( -9,-1, 2) and D (- 3, - 3,0) taken in order are the
vertices of a parallelogram. Also, show that ABCD is not a rectangle.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs)

Mark the correct alternatives in each of the following:
Q 1. Equation of the hyperbola whose vertices are (± 3,0) and foci at (± 5,0), is
(a) 16x 2 − 9y 2 = 144 (b) 9x 2 − 16y2 = 144 (c) 25x 2 − 9y2 = 225 (d) 9x 2 − 25y2 = 81
x 2 y2
Q 2. If e1 and e2 are respectively the eccentricities of the ellipse + = 1 and the hyperbola
18 4
x 2 y2
− = 1, then the relation between e1 and e2 is
9 4
(a) 3e12 + e 2 2 = 2 (b) e12 + 2e 2 2 = 3 (c) 2e12 + e 2 2 = 3 (d) e12 + 3e 2 2 = 2
Q 3. The distance between the directrices of the hyperbola x = 8 sec  , y = 8 tan  , is
(a) 8 2 (b) 16 2 (c) 4 2 (d) 6 2
Q 4. The equation of the conic with focus at (1,- 1) directrix along x - y + 1 = 0 and eccentricity 2 is
(a) xy = 1 (b) 2xy + 4x - 4y - 1 = 0 (c) x2 - y2 = 1 (d) 2xy - 4x + 4y + 1 = 0
2 2
Q 5. The eccentricity of the conic 9x - 16y = 144 is
5 4 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) 7
4 3 5
Q 6. The number of integral values of  for which the equation x2 + y2 +  x (1 – ) y + 5 = 0
is the equation of a circle whose radius cannot exceed 5, is
(a) 14 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) none of these
Q 7. The equation of the circle passing through the point (1, 1) and having two diameters along the
pair of lines x2 - y2 - 2.t + 4y - 3 = 0, is
(a) x2 + y2 - 2x - 4y + 4 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y - 4 = 0
(c) x2 + y2 - 2x + 4y + 4 = 0 (d) none of these
Q 8. If the centroid of an equilateral triangle is (1, 1) and its one vertex is (- 1, 2), then the equation of
its circumcircle is
(a) x2 + y2 - 2x - 2y - 3 = 0 (b) x2 + y2 + 2x - 2y - 3 = 0
(c) x2 + y2 + 2x + 2y -3 = 0 (d) none of these
Q 9. If the point (2, k) lies outside the circles x2 + y2 + x - 2y - 14 = 0 and x2 + y2 = 13 then k lies in
the interval
(a) ( – 3, − 2)  (3, 4) (b) – 3, 4 (c) (– , – 3)  (4,  (d) (– , − 2)  (3, )
Q 10. If the point (,  + 1) lies inside the region bounded by the curve x = 25 − y 2 and y-axis, then 
belongs to the interval
(a) (− 1, 3) (b) (– 4, 3) (c) ( − , – 4)  ( 3, ) (d) none of these
Q 11. The equation of the parabola with focus (0, 0) and directrix x + y = 4 is
(a) x2 + y2-2xy + 8x + 8y-16 = 0 (b) x2 + y2-2xy + 8x + 8y = 0
(c) x2 + y2 + 8x + 8y - 16 = 0 (d) x2 - y2 + 8x + 8y - 16 = 0
Q 12. The line 2x - y + 4 = 0 cuts the parabola y2 = 8x in P and Q. The mid-point of PQ is
(a) (1, 2) (b) (1,-2) (c) (- 1, 2) (d) (- 1, - 2)
2
Q 13. In the parabola y = 4 ax, the length of the chord passing through the vertex and inclined to the
axis at  /4 is
(a) 4 2a (b) 2 2a 2a
(c) (d) none of these
Q 14. The equation 16x + y + 8xy – 74 x - 78y + 212 = 0 represents
2 2

(a) a circle (b) a parabola (c) an ellipse (d) a hyperbola

2
Q 15. The length of the latus -rectum of the parabola y + 8x - 2y + 17 = 0 is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16
Q 16. An ellipse has its centre at (1,-1) and semi-major axis = 8 and it passes through the point (1, 3).
The equation of the ellipse is
(x + 1)2 (y + 1) 2 (x − 1)2 (y + 1) 2
(a) + =1 (b) + =1
64 16 64 16
(x − 1)2 (y + 1) 2 (x + 1)2 (y − 1) 2
(c) + =1 (d) + =1
64 16 64 16
Q 17. The sum of the focal distances of any point on the ellipse 9x2 + 16y2 = 144 is
(a) 32 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 8
Q 18. If (2, 4) and (10, 10) are the ends of a latus-rectum of an ellipse with eccentricity 1/2, then the
length of semi - major axis is
(a) 20 / 3 (b) 15 / 3 (c) 40 / 3 (d) none of these
x2 y2
Q 19. The equation + + 1 = 0 represents an ellipse, if
2−  −5
(a)  <5 (b)  < 2 (c) 2 <  < 5 (d)  < 2 or  > 5
2 2
Q 20. The eccentricity of the ellipse 9x + 25y - 18x - 100y -116 = 0, is
(a) 25/16 (b) 4/5 (c) 16/25 (d) 5/4
Q 21. The ratio in which the line joining (2, 4, 5) and (3, 5, -9) is divided by the yz-plane is
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 2 (c) -2 : 3 (d) 4 : -3
Q 22. The ratio in which the line joining the points (a, b, c) and (-a, - c, - b) is divided by the xy - plane
is
(a) a : b (b) b : c (c) c : a (d) c : b
Q 23. If P (0, 1, 2), Q (4, - 2, 1) and O (0, 0, 0) are three points, then POQ =
   
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 4 3 2
Q 24. If the extremities of the diagonal of a square are (1, - 2, 3) and (2, - 3, 5), then the length of the
side is
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
Q 25. The points (5, - 4, 2), (4, - 3,1), (7, 6, 4) and (8,- 7, 5) are the vertices of
(a) a rectangle (b) a square (c) a parallelogram (d) none of these