Sri Vijay Vidyashram

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JEE main - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 120

Section A

1. Length of the intercept cut off by the circle x2 + y2 - 5x - 4y - 6 = 0 on x-axis is [4]

a) 7 b) 6

c) 8 d) 5

2. If circles x2 + y2 + 2ax + c = 0 and x2 + y2 + 2by + c = 0 touch each other, then [4]

a) 1
2
+
1
2
=
1

c
b) 1

a
+
1

b
= c
2

a b

c) 1

a
+
1

b
=
1

c
d) 1
2
+
1
2
=
1
2
a b c

3. If P is any point on the circle S1 : x2 + y2 = 144 and Q is on the circle S2: x2 + y2 - 6x - 8y = 0, then sum of [4]

maximum and minimum possible values of PQ, will be:

a) 22 b) 44

c) 24 d) 20

4. If the coordinates of one end of the diameter of the circle x2 + y2 - 8x - 4y + c = 0 are (-3, 2), then the [4]
coordinates of other end are

a) (6, 2) b) (5, 3)

c) (1, -8) d) (11, 2)

5. If the line x + 2by + 7 = 0 is a diameter of the circle x2 + y2 - 6x + 2y = 0, then b = [4]

a) 3 b) -5

c) 5 d) -1

6. Circles x2 + y2 - 2x - 4y = 0 and x2 + y2 - 8y - 4 = 0 [4]

a) touch each other externally b) cuts each other

c) touch each other internally d) cuts each other at two points

7. The common tangent to the circles x2 + y2 = 4 and x2 + y2 + 6x + 8y - 24 = 0 also passes through the point [4]

a) (6, - 2) b) (-4, 6)

c) (-6, 4) d) (4, - 2)
8. If two circles pass through A(1, 0), B(2, -1) and the y axis is a common tangent, then the possible radii of the [4]
circles are

a) 1, 7 b) 1, 5

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9. The line l1 : a1x + b1y + c1 = 0 intersects the circle ω : x2 + y2 + A1x + B1y + C1 = 0 at P and Q. The line l2 :
1
[4]

a2x + b2y + c2 = 0 intersects the circle ω : x2 + y2 + A2x + B2y + C2 = 0 at R and S. If the points P, Q, R, S are
2

concyclic and the circles are not concentric, then

a) ∣ A 1 − A2 B1 − B2 C1 − C2 ∣ b) a1a2 + b1b2 + c1 c2 = 0
∣ ∣
a1 b1 c1 = 0
∣ ∣
∣ a2 b2 c2 ∣

c) (a1 + A1) (a2 + A2) + (b1 + B1) (b2 + B2) + d) a1a2(A1 - A2) + b1b2(B1 - B2) + c1 c2(C1 -

(c1 + C1) (c2 + C2) = 0 C2) = 0

10. Total number of common tangents of x2 + y2 - 2x - 4y = 0 and x2 + y2 - 8y - 4 = 0 is equal to: [4]

a) 6 b) 4

c) 1 d) 2

P is a lattice point (a point having integer coordinates) in the 1st quadrant. The segment joining (√33 , √17 ) and [4]
−− −−
11.
−− −−
(− √33 , − √17 ) subtends a right angle at P. The number of points which satisfy P are

a) 4 b) 3

c) 2 d) 12
12. If the lines 2x + 3y + 1 = 0 and 3x - y - 4 = 0 lie along diameters of a circle of circumference 10π, then the [4]
equation of the circle is

a) x2 + y2 + 2x - 2y + 23 = 0 b) x2 + y2 - 2x - 2y - 23 = 0

c) x2 + y2 - 2x + 2y - 23 = 0 d) x2 + y2 + 2x - 2y - 23 = 0

13. The equation of the circle passing through the origin and cutting intercepts of length 3 and 4 units from the [4]
positive axes, is

a) x2 + y2 - 6x - 8y = 0 b) x2 + y2 + 3x + 4y = 0

c) x2 + y2 - 3x - 4y = 0 d) x2 + y2 + 6x + 8y + 1 = 0

14. The area of the trapezium ABCD with AB||CD, AD⊥ AB and AB = 3CD is equal to 4. A circle inside the [4]
trapezium is tangent to all of its sides. If the radius of the circle is r then the value of 4r2, is:

a) 3 b) 8

c) 2 d) 1

15. If OA and OB be the tangents to the circle x2 + y2 - 6x - 8y + 21 = 0 drawn from the origin O, then |AB| = [4]

−− −−
a) 4

5
√21 b) 2

5
√21

−−
c) √ 17
d) 11
3

16. The equation of the circle which touches x-axis at (3, 0) and passes through (1, 4) is given by [4]

a) x2 + y2 - 6x + 5y - 9 = 0 b) x2 + y2 + 6x + 5y - 9 = 0

c) x2 + y2 + 6x - 5y + 9 = 0 d) x2 + y2 - 6x - 5y + 9 = 0

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17. The equation of the circle whose centre is (3, -1) and which cuts off a chord of length 6 on the line 2x - 5y + 18 [4]
= 0 is

a) (x + 3)2 + (y + 1)2 = √−−

c) (x + 3)2 +(y + 1)2 = 38 d) (x - 3)2 +(y + 1)2 = 38

18. If the line y cos α = x sin α + a cos α be a tangent to the circle x2 + y2 = a2, then [4]

a) cos2α = a2 b) sin2α = a2

c) cos2α = 1 d) sin2α = 1

19. If one of the diameters of the circle, given by the equation, x2 + y2 - 4x + 6y - 12 = 0 is a chord of a circle S, [4]
whose centre is at (-3, 2), then the radius of S is
–
a) 5√3 b) 10
–
c) 5 d) 5√2

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20. The area of the triangle formed by joining the origin to the points of intersection of the line x√5 + 2y = 3√5 [4]
and circle x2 + y2 = 10 is

a) 6 b) 5

c) 3 d) 4
Section B
21. Find the radius of the circles. 1

2
2
(x
2
+ y ) + x cos θ + y sin θ - 4 = 0. [4]

22. Find the radius of the circle: (x - 3)2 + (y - 1)2 = 9. [4]

23. Find the radius of the circle x2 + y2 + 6x - 8y - 24 = 0. [4]

24. Find the radius of the circle x2 + y2 - 6x + 4y - 12 = 0. [4]

25. If the radius of the circle x2 + y2 + ax + (1 - a) y + 5 = 0 does not exceed 5, write the number of integral values a. [4]
26. Line L touches circles C1, C and C2 which pairwise touch each-other externally (as shown in figure). If r1 = 36 [4]
and r2 = 900 then find the value of √r.

27. Find the radius of largest circle which touches the line L: 3x - 4y = 10 and the circle C: x2 + y2 = 4 and lies [4]
entirely in fourth quadrant.
28. 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 [4]
Q intersect at the point S(α, β), then 4α - 7β is equal to ________.
–
29. Two parallel chords of a circle of radius 2 are at a distance √3 + 1 apart. If the chords subtend at the centre, [4]
angles of and , where k > 0, then the value of [k] is ________.
π 2π

k k

NOTE: [k] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to k.

30. Let PQ be a diameter of the circle x2 + y2 = 9. If α and β are the lengths of the perpendiculars from P and Q on [4]
the straight line, x + y = 2 respectively, then the maximum value of αβ is ________.

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