Engineering Graphics & Design (3110013) MCQs

MCQs of Engineering Curves

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1.
The sections cut by a plane on a right circular cone are called as ______
(a) Parabolic sections
(b) Conic sections
(c) Elliptical sections
(d) Hyperbolic sections
Answer:

Option (b)

2.
Which of the following is a conic section?
(a) Circle
(b) Square
(c) Pentagon
(d) Rectangle
Answer:

Option (a)

3.
While cutting, if the plane is at an angle and it cuts all the generators, then the conic formed is called ______
(a) Circle
(b) Ellipse
(c) Parabola
(d) Hyperbola
Answer:

Option (b)

4.
If the plane cuts at an angle to the axis but does not cut all the generators then what is the name of the conics formed?
(a) Ellipse
(b) Hyperbola
(c) Circle
(d) Parabola
Answer:

Option (d)

5.
When the plane cuts the cone at an angle parallel to the axis of the cone, then _____ is formed.
(a) Hyperbola
(b) Parabola
(c) Circle
(d) Ellipse
Answer:

Option (a)

6.
Which of the following is not a conic section?
(a) Apex
(b) Hyperbola
(c) Ellipse
(d) Parabola
Answer:

Option (a)

7.
The locus of a point moving in a plane such that the distance between a fixed point and a fixed straight line is constant is called ________
(a) Conic
(b) Rectangle
(c) Square
(d) Polygon
Answer:

Option (a)

8.
The ratio of the distance vertex from the focus to the distance vertex from the directrix is called eccentricity.
(a) True
(b) False
Answer:

Option (a)

9.
Which of the following conics has an eccentricity of unity?
(a) Circle
(b) Parabola
(c) Hyperbola
(d) Ellipse
Answer:

Option (b)

10.
Which of the following has an eccentricity less than one?
(a) Circle
(b) Parabola
(c) Hyperbola
(d) Ellipse
Answer:

Option (d)

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