Parabola - Coordinate Geometry - Mathematics Previous Year Questions

The vertex and the focus of the parabola $2 x^2+5 y-6 x+1=0$ respectively, are

The axis of a parabola is along the line $y=x$ and the distance of its vertex $A$ from $(0,0)$ is $\sqrt{2}$ and that of its focus $S$ from $(0,0)$ is $2 \sqrt{2}$. If $A$ and $S$ lie in first quadrant, then the equation of the parabola in parametric form is

If $y^2=16 x$ is the given parabola, then the point of intersection of the focal chord through the point $(2,2)$ and the double ordinate of length 24 is

Let $P Q$ and $R T$ be two focal chords of the parabola $y^2=16 x$. If $P=(4,8)$ are $R=(16,16)$, then $Q T=$

The normal at a point on the parabola $y^2=4 x$ passes through $(5,0)$. If there are two more normals to this parabola passing through $(5,0)$, then the equation of one of these normals is

The equations of common tangents to the parabola $y^2=16 x$ and the circle $x^2+y^2=8$ are

If the line $2 x+3 y+n=0$ is a tangent to the parabola $y^2=8 x$, then the equation of the normal drawn at the point $(2 n, 4 \sqrt{n})$ to the parabola $y^2=8 x$ is

$a x-y+c=0$ is the equation of the common tangent to the parabola $y^2=8 \sqrt{5} x$ and the circle $x^2+y^2=1$. If this tangent makes an acute angle with the positive $X$-axis in the positive direction, then $a^2 c^2=$

Normals are drawn from the point $P(8,0)$ to the parabola $y^2=12 x$. If $\theta$ is the acute angle between two non-horizontal normals among them, then $\tan \theta=$

If the focal distance of a point $P\left(2, y_1\right)$ on the parabola $y^2=k x$ is 3 , then the equation of the tangent drawn at $P$ to the given parabola is

If $\mathbf{A B}$ is the focal chord of the parabola $y^2=16 x$ and $A=(1,-4)$, then the equation of the normal to the parabola at the point $B$ is

If one of the vertices of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the parabola $y^2=12 x$ coincides with the vertex of the parabola, then the area (in sq units) of that triangle is

If the points of intersection of the parabolas $y^2=5 x$ and $x^2=5 y$ lie on the line $L$, then the area of the triangle formed by the directrix of one parabola, latus rectum of another parabola and the line $L$ is

If $x-2 y+k=0$ is a tangent to the parabola $y^2-4 x-4 y+8=0$, then the value of $k$ is

For the parabola $y=\frac{h^3}{3} x^2+\frac{h^2}{2} x-h+\frac{3}{4 h^3}$, if the equation of directrix is $y=k$, then $k: h$

The equation of the common tangent of the parabolas $x^2=108 y$ and $y^2=32 x$ is

The normal at a point on the parabola $y^2=4 x$ passes through $(5,0)$. If there are two more normals to this parabola which pass through $(5,0)$, the centroid of the triangle formed by the feet of these three normals is

Consider the parabola $y^2+2 x+2 y-3=0$ and match the items of List-I with those of the List-II.

$$\begin{array}{llll} \hline & \text { List-I } & & \text { List-II } \\ \hline \text { A. } & 2 x-5=0 & \text { I. } & \text { Vertex } \\ \hline \text { B. } & \left(\frac{3}{2},-1\right) & \text { II. } & \text { Focus } \\ \hline \text { C. } & y+1=0 & \text { III. } & \text { Equation of directrix } \\ \hline \text { D. } & (2,-1) & \text { IV. } & \text { Equation of the axis } \\ \hline & & \text { V. } & \text { Equation of the Latus rectum } \\ \hline \end{array}$$

If $x^2=8 a y$ is the transformed equation of $x^2-4 y+6 x+15=0$ when the origin is shifted to the point $(\alpha, \beta)$ by translation of axes, then $2 \alpha+8 \beta^2=$

Let $L L^{\prime}$ be the latusrectum and $P Q$ be the focal chord of the parabola $y^2=16 x$. If $P=(1,4)$ and $P, L$ lie in the same quadrant, then $L Q=$