Question

If we know the major and minor axes of the ellipse, the first step of drawing the ellipse, we draw the axes ____ each other.

(a) Parallel to

(b) Perpendicular bisecting

(c) Just touching

(d) Coinciding

I have been asked this question in an internship interview.

My question is taken from Construction of Ellipse in portion Geometrical Construction of Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

Correct answer is (b) Perpendicular bisecting

The explanation: If we know the major and minor axes of the ellipse, the first step of the drawing the ellipse is to draw the major and minor axes perpendicular bisecting each other. The major and the minor axes are perpendicular bisectors of each other.