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Friday, 9 October

JEE Main Maths · Conic Sections

Ellipse Normal Point Form

Ellipse Normal Point Form (Conic Sections) was asked 2 times in 2 JEE Main shifts, 2017–2020, out of the 42 shifts Lumi analysed.

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2017–2020
Usual format
Single correct
Multi-step
Pattern
Gone quiet
repeats across shifts

How it is asked

  • Normal to ellipse from eccentricity and directrix
  • Intercept of normal to ellipse at point

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 2Hard 0

Where it sits

Chapter: Conic Sections. Topic: Normals to Conics, 3 questions over 2 ideas.

Every time it came

All 2 questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

  1. 8 Jan 2020, Shift 1 · Q64Let the line y=mxy=mx and the ellipse 2x2+y2=12x^2+y^2=1 intersect at a point P in the first quadrant. If the normal to this ellipse at P meets…MediumSingle correct
  2. 2 Apr 2017 (offline) · Q80The eccentricity of an ellipse whose centre is at the origin is 12\frac{1}{2}. If one of its directrices is x=−4x=-4, then the equation of…MediumSingle correct