The locus of the point of intersection of tangents to the circle $x = a \cos \theta, y = a \sin \theta$ at the points whose parametric angles differ by $\pi / 2$ is:

  • A
    Straight line
  • B
    Circle
  • C
    Ellipse
  • D
    None of these

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