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Circle Equation & Properties: JEE Questions & Solutions

40 previous-year JEE Mathematics questions on Circle Equation & Properties, each with a worked step-by-step solution.

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Previous-year questions

  1. 01Let PQ and MN be two straight lines touching the circle x²+y²-4x-6y-3=0 at the points A and B respectively. Let O be the centre of the…MCQMediumJEE 2026
  2. 02If P is a point on the circle x² + y² = 4, Q is a point on the straight line 5x + y + 2 = 0 and x - y + 1 = 0 is the perpendicular bisector…NVAMediumJEE 2026
  3. 03Let the set of all values of r, for which the circles (x + 1)² + (y + 4)² = r² and x² + y² - 4x - 2y - 4 = 0 intersect at two distinct…MCQMediumJEE 2026
  4. 04Let a circle of radius 4 pass through the origin O, the points A(-√3a,0) and B(0,-√2b), where a and b are real parameters and ab≠0. Then…MCQMediumJEE 2026
  5. 05Let y = x be the equation of a chord of the circle C₁ (in the closed half-plane x ≥ 0) of diameter 10 passing through the origin. Let C₂ be…MCQMediumJEE 2026
  6. 06Let the circle x²+y²=4 intersect the x-axis at points A(a,0) and B(b,0). Let P(2cosα,2sinα), 0<α<π/2, and Q(2cosβ,2sinβ) be two points on…MCQMediumJEE 2026
  7. 07A circle C of radius 2 lies in the second quadrant and touches both the coordinate axes. Let r be the radius of a circle that has centre at…MCQMediumJEE 2025
  8. 08Let circle C be the image of x² + y² - 2x + 4y - 4 = 0 in the line 2x - 3y + 5 = 0 and A be the point on C such that OA is parallel to the…MCQMediumJEE 2025
  9. 09Let the equation of the circle, which touches the x-axis at the point (a, 0), a > 0, and cuts off an intercept of length b on the y-axis be…MCQMediumJEE 2025
  10. 10Let the line x + y = 1 meet the circle x² + y² = 4 at the points A and B. If the line perpendicular to AB and passing through the mid point…MCQMediumJEE 2025
  11. 11Let a circle C pass through the points (4, 2) and (0, 2), and its centre lie on 3x + 2y + 2 = 0. Then the length of the chord of the circle…MCQMediumJEE 2025
  12. 12The absolute difference between the squares of the radii of the two circles passing through the point (-9, 4) and touching the lines x + y…NVAMediumJEE 2025
  13. 13If the four distinct points (4, 6), (-1, 5), (0, 0) and (k, 3k) lie on a circle of radius r, then 10k + r² is equal toMCQMediumJEE 2025
  14. 14Let C₁ be the circle in the third quadrant of radius 3, that touches both coordinate axes. Let C₂ be the circle with center (1, 3) that…MCQMediumJEE 2025
  15. 15Four distinct points (2k,3k), (1,0), (0,1) and (0,0) lie on a circle for k equal to:MCQMediumJEE 2024
  16. 16Consider a circle (x - α)² + (y - β)² = 50, where α, β > 0. If the circle touches the line y + x = 0 at point P, whose distance from the…NVAEasyJEE 2024
  17. 17Equation of two diameters of a circle are 2x - 3y = 5 and 3x - 4y = 7. The line joining the points (-22/7, -4) and (-1/7, 3) intersects the…MCQMediumJEE 2024
  18. 18The area (in sq. units) of the part of the circle x² + y² = 169 which is below the line 5x - y = 13 is πα/2β - 65/2 + α/βsin⁻¹(12/13),…MCQMediumJEE 2024
  19. 19If the circles (x + 1)² + (y +2)² = r² and x² + y² - 4x - 4y + 4 = 0 intersect at exactly two distinct points, then:MCQMediumJEE 2024
  20. 20Consider two circles C₁: x² + y² = 25 and C₂: (x-α)² + y² = 16, where α ∈ (5, 9). Let the angle between the two radii (one to each circle)…NVAMediumJEE 2024
  21. 21If one of the diameters of the circle x² + y² - 10x + 4y + 13 = 0 is a chord of another circle C, whose center is the point of intersection…MCQMediumJEE 2024
  22. 22Let the circles C₁: (x - α)² + (y - β)² = r₁² and C₂: (x - 8)² + (y - 15/2)² = r₂² touch each other externally at the point (6,6). If the…MCQMediumJEE 2024
  23. 23If the image of the point (-4, 5) in the line x + 2y = 2 lies on the circle (x + 4)² + (y - 3)² = r², then r is equal to:MCQMediumJEE 2024
  24. 24The locus of the midpoints of the chords of the circle C₁: (x - 4)² + (y - 5)² = 4, which subtend an angle θᵢ at the centre of the circle…MCQMediumJEE 2023
  25. 25The points of intersection of the line ax + by = 0, (a ≠ b) and the circle x² + y² - 2x = 0 are A(α, 0) and B(1, β). The image of the…MCQMediumJEE 2023
  26. 26Points P(-3, 2), Q(9, 10), and R(α, 4) lie on a circle C with PR as its diameter. The tangents to C at Q and R intersect at point S. If S…NVAMediumJEE 2023
  27. 27Let the tangents at the points A((4, -11)) and B((8, -5)) on the circle x² + y² - 3x + 10y - 15 = 0 intersect at the point C. Then the…MCQMediumJEE 2023
  28. 28A circle with center (2, 3) and radius 4 intersects the line x + y = 3 at points P and Q. If the tangents at P and Q intersect at S(α, β),…NVAMediumJEE 2023
  29. 29Let y = x + 2, 4y = 3x + 6, and 3y = 4x + 1 be three tangent lines to the circle (x - h)² + (y - k)² = r². Then h + k is equal to:MCQMediumJEE 2023
  30. 30Let a circle C₁ be obtained on rolling the circle x² + y² - 4x - 6y + 11 = 0 upwards 4 units on the tangent T to it at the point (3, 2).…MCQMediumJEE 2023
  31. 31If the center and radius of the circle | (z - 2)/(z - 3) | = 2 are respectively (α, β) and γ, then 3(α + β + γ) is equal to:MCQMediumJEE 2023
  32. 32A circle passing through the point P(α,β) in the first quadrant touches the two coordinate axes at the points A and B. The point P is above…NVAMediumJEE 2023
  33. 33If the tangents at the points P and Q on the circle x² + y² - 2x + y = 5 meet at the point R(9/4, 2), then the area of triangle PQR is:MCQMediumJEE 2023
  34. 34Consider a circle C₁: x² + y² - 4x - 2y = α - 5. Let its mirror image in the line y = 2x + 1 be another circle C₂: 5x² + 5y² - 10fx - 10gy…NVAMediumJEE 2023
  35. 35An arc PQ of a circle subtends a right angle at its centre O. The midpoint of the arc PQ is R. If OP=u, OR=v and OQ=α u+β v, then α, β² are…MCQMediumJEE 2023
  36. 36A line segment AB of length λ moves such that the points A and B remain on the periphery of a circle of radius λ. Then the locus of the…MCQMediumJEE 2023
  37. 37Let A be the point (1, 2) and B be any point on the curve x² + y² = 16. If the centre of the locus of the point P, which divides the line…MCQMediumJEE 2023
  38. 38Two circles in the first quadrant of radii r₁ and r₂ touch the coordinate axes. Each of them cuts off an intercept of 2 units with the line…NVAMediumJEE 2023
  39. 39Let the centre of a circle C be (α, β) and its radius r < 8. Let 3x + 4y = 24 and 3x - 4y = 32 be two tangents and 4x + 3y = 1 be a normal…MCQMediumJEE 2023
  40. 40The number of common tangents to the circles x²+y²-18x-15y+131=0 and x²+y²-6x-6y-7=0 isMCQEasyJEE 2023

Frequently asked questions

Our bank has 40 previous-year JEE Mathematics questions tagged to Circle Equation & Properties, drawn from JEE papers between 2023 and 2026, including 6 from 2026 alone. Each comes with a full step-by-step solution.

Circle Equation & Properties is rated Intermediate overall for JEE Mathematics. The PYQs on this page break down as 38 medium, 2 easy.

Of the 40 previous-year questions on Circle Equation & Properties, 31 are multiple-choice (MCQ) and 9 are numerical-value (NVA) questions.

Based on recent paper analysis, Circle Equation & Properties is worth about 2 marks in JEE Main. It sits in Coordinate Geometry, a Class 11 Mathematics chapter.

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