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Applications of Derivatives: X A X FX X X X

The document discusses applications of derivatives and contains 25 multiple choice questions related to: 1) Finding the range of values for which a function attains its minimum value 2) Determining the range of values for which extremum points of a function lie within a given interval 3) Applying Rolle's theorem to determine the range of values for a parameter 4) Analyzing the behavior of functions and identifying maxima/minima 5) Finding the minimum area of a triangle formed by points on coordinate axes tangent to a curve 6) Identifying maxima and minima of a function over an interval 7) Finding the distance between horizontal tangents of a curve 8) Solving related problems involving derivatives

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Applications of Derivatives: X A X FX X X X

The document discusses applications of derivatives and contains 25 multiple choice questions related to: 1) Finding the range of values for which a function attains its minimum value 2) Determining the range of values for which extremum points of a function lie within a given interval 3) Applying Rolle's theorem to determine the range of values for a parameter 4) Analyzing the behavior of functions and identifying maxima/minima 5) Finding the minimum area of a triangle formed by points on coordinate axes tangent to a curve 6) Identifying maxima and minima of a function over an interval 7) Finding the distance between horizontal tangents of a curve 8) Solving related problems involving derivatives

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APPLICATIONS OF DERIVATIVES

 x 3  cos 1 a, 0  x  1
f  x  
1. The range of values of a for which the function  x, 1  x  3 has the smallest value
at x  1 , is
(a)  cos 2, 0 (b)  1, cos 2 (c)  0,1 (d)  1,1
2. The values of  for which the points of extremum of the function
f  x   x 3  3 x 2  3  2  1 x  1 lie in the interval  2, 4  will be equal to

(a)  1,3 (b)  3, 4  (c)  4, 2  (d)  2, 1


  1
 x sin   sin  x ; x  0
f  x   x
0 ; x0
3. Let 

If Rolle’s theorem is applicable to f  x  on  0,1 then range of is
(a)     1 (b)   1 (c) 1     (d)   0
Let f  x   cos x  cos x , then which one of the following is true?
1 2 1
4.
(a) f  x  is strictly decreasing

(b) f  x  is decreasing in  0,1 and increasing in  1, 0

(c) f  x  has only local maxima

(d) f  x  has only one local minima


5. P is a point on positive x- axis, Q is a point on the positive y- axis and ‘O’ is the origin. If the line passing
through P and Q is tangent to the curve y  3  x then the minimum area of the triangle OPQ, is
2

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 9


sin x
 0, 2 
f  x   1  t  2t dt has in
3

6. cos x

 3 3 7
(a) A maximum at 4 & a minimum at 4 (b) A maximum at 4 & a minimum at 4
5 7
(c) A maximum at 4 & a minimum at 4 (d) Neither a maxima nor minima
The curve y  x  x  x has two horizontal tangents. The distance between these two horizontal lines is
3 2
7.
13 11 22 32
(a) 9 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) 27
The equation of normal to the curve x  y  x , where it cuts the x-axis is equal to
y
8.
(a) y  2 x  2 (b) y  3 x  3 (c) y  x  1 (d) 2 y  x  1
If f  x   x  ax  bx  5sin x is a strictly increasing function on the set of real numbers then a and b
3 2 2
9.
must satisfy the relation
(a) a  3b  15  0 (b) a  3b  20  0 a 2  3b  25  0 (d) a  3b  30  0
2 2 2
(c)
(Comprehension Type)
(Paragraph for question no. 10 to 12)
x
 1
f  x   1  
Consider the function  x  then
10. Domain of f  x  is
(a)  1, 0    0,   (b) R  0 (c)  , 1   0,   (d)  0,  

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11. Which one of the following limits tends to unity?
lim f  x  lim f  x  lim f  x  lim f  x 
(a) x  (b) x  0 (c) x 1 (d) x 

12. The function f  x 


(a) Has a maxima but no minima (b) Has a minima but no maxima
(c) Has exactly one maxima and one minima (d) Has neither a maxima nor a minima
13. Range of the function f  x  is
(a)  0,   (b)  , e  (c) 1,   (d) 1, e    e,  
P  x 4  P  x 
x  2 and lim  3    27
Let be a polynomial of degree having a relative maximum at
x 0
 x 
Also P 1  9 and P ''  x  has a local minimum at x  2
1

14. The value of definite integral 0


  P   x   P  x  dx equals
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 28 (d) 24

15. The absolute minimum value of function


y  P ' x
on the set 
A  x x  12  7 x
2
 equals
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 9 (d) 3
y y  P ''  x  M 3
16. The intercept of tangent to the curve at point whose abscissa is 2 , equals
(a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 17
(Paragraph for question no. 17 to 19)
Let P  x  be a polynomial of degree 4 , vanishes at x  0 . Given P  1  55 and P  x  has relative
maximum/ relative minimum at x  1, 2,3 .
17. Area of triangle formed by extremum points of P  x  , is
1 1 1 1
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d)
1

18. The value of definite integral 1


  P   x   P  x   dx , is
252 452 652 752
(a) 15 (b) 15 (c) 15 (d) 15
19. Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) P  x  has two relative maximum points and one relative minimum point

(b) Range of P  x  contains 9 negative integers


(c) Sum of real roots of P  x   0 is 5
(d) P  x  has exactly one inflection point
(Paragraph for question no. 20 to 22)
Let f : R  R , be a real valued differentiable function on R (the set of real numbers) and satisfies
x 3
x2 9
 f  t  dt    t 2 f  t  dt 
3
2 x 2
20. Which one of the following is incorrect?
(a) f  x  is neither injective nor surjective (b) Range of f  x  is  1,1
f  x x 1 1

(c) has local maximum at (d)


 f  x  dx  0
1

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21. If the equation f  x   k has four distinct real roots, then the range of k is
 0,1  0,1  1  1
 0,  0, 
(a) (b) (c)  2  (d)  2 
22. The distance between horizontal tangents at local maximum and local minimum of the curve y  f  x  is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
(Paragraph for question no. 23 to 25)
Consider the real valued function f : R  R defined as f  x   x e
2 x

23. Which one of the following statement is true?


(a) f  x  has a local maximum at x  0 and a local minimum at x  2

(b) f  x  has a local minimum at x  0 and a local maximum at x  2


lim f  x   1
(c) x 

(d) f  x  is an even function


2ex
f 't 
g  x   dt
24. Let 0
1  t 2 , then
(a) g  x  increases on  , 0  and decreases on  0,  

(b) g  x  has a local minimum at x  0


(c) g  x  decreases on  , 0  and increases on  0,  
(d) g  x  has neither maximum nor minimum at x  0
2 x
25. Number of solutions of the equation 4 x e  1  0 is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
26. f :RR
Statement-1: f  x   12 x  15 x  20 x  30 x  60 x  1 is monotonic and surjective on R
5 4 3 2

Statement-2: A continuous function defined on R , if strictly monotonic has its range R


(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
2x  2
f  x   ln  2  x  
27. Let x3
Statement-1: The equation f  x   0 has a unique solution in the domain of f  x 
Statement-2: If f  x  is continuous in  a, b  and is strictly monotonic in  a, b  then f has a unique root
in  a, b 
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true

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28. Statement-1: The function F  x   x ln x is increasing in 1/ e,  


Statement-2: If f  x  and g  x  both are increasing in  a, b  then f  x   g  x  must be increasing in
 a, b 
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
x 7 x 6 x5 x 4 x3 x 2
f  x       x
29. Consider the polynomial function 7 6 5 4 3 2
Statement-1: The equation f  x   0 cannot have two or more roots
Statement-2: Rolles theorem is not applicable for y  f  x  on any interval  a, b  where a, b  R
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
30. A function y  f  x  is defined on  0, 4 as
 2x if 0  x  1

f  x    x  2  if 1  x  3
2

1 if 3  x  4

For the function y  f  x 
Statement-1: All the three conditions of Rolles Theorem are violated on  0, 4 but still f '  x  vanishes at a
point in  0, 4 
Statement-2: The conditions for Rolles Theorem are sufficient but not necessary
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
31. Statement-1: f  x   log e  x   x  is strictly increasing for all x  0
Statement-2:   x  e  x  x  0
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true

32. Consider the graph of the function f  x   x  x

Statement-1: The graph of y  f  x  has only one critical point


Statement-2: f '  x  vanishes only at one point
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false

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(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
f  x   ln x 1  0,10 
 0,10  and g  x  
33. Statement-1: the function is increasing in x is decreasing in
Statement-2: If a differentiable function increases in the interval  a , b  then its derivative function
decreases in the interval  a, b 
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
Statement-1: Suppose f  x   2  1 and g  x   4  2 . The equation f  x   g  x  has exactly one
x x x
34.
root.
Statement-2: If f  x  and g  x  are two differentiable functions defined for all x  R and if f  x  is
strictly increasing and g  x  is strictly decreasing for every x  R then the equation f  x   g  x  must
have exactly one root
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true

35. Statement-1: Let 


f  x   max . x 2 , 1  x  , 2 x 1  x 
2
 where 0  x  1 . If Rolle’s theorem applicable for
f  x  ,   4
    
   ,   f '    0
on then 3 , where such that
Statement-2: If a real- valued function g  x  defined on  a, b  satisfies hypothesis of Rolle’s theorem on
 a, b then g '  c   0 for some c   a, b 
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
(Multiple Objective Type)
36. Which of the following is (are) correct?
3   3 x3 4
1011  1110
sin x  x   5 5
x  0
2  6
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d)
defined as f  x   x 1  x  , then which of the following
f R 4 2
37. Let be real- valued function on
statement(s) is (are) correct?
(a) f '  c   0 for some c   0,1 (b) f ''  x  vanishes exactly twice in R
f  x  2
 0,   1,  
(c) is an even function (d) Monotonic increasing in  3 
f R 1
f  x   e   e x f  t  dt
x

38. Let be a continuous function on and satisfies 0 , then which of the following is
(are) correct?
(a) f  0  0 (b) f  x  is decreasing function on R

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f  x R 1

(c) is an increasing function on (d) 0


 f  x  dx  0
39. Which of the following functions have point of relative extremum at x  0 ?
f  x   sin x  x x2 h  x   x3  2 k  x   x2 1
g  x   cos x  1 
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d)

 x  1
2
.e x
f  x 
40. Let 1  x  2 2
, then which of the following statement (s) is (are) correct?
(a) f  x  is strictly increasing in  , 1

(b) f  x  is strictly decreasing in 1,  

(c) f  x  has two points of local extremum

(d) f  x  has a point of local minimum at some x   1, 0 


 x3  x 2  10 x 1  x  0 f  x

 
f  x   sin x 0  x 
2
 
1  cos x  x 
41. Let  2 then has
 
x x
(a) Local maximum at 2 (b) Local minimum at 2
(c) Absolute maximum at x  0 (d) Absolute maximum at x  1
g  2    
x sin   x  1 sin 
2

g  x    , x  0,1
x  x 1 

42. Consider the function defined by  0, if x  0,1
Then which of the following statement(s) is/ are correct?
(a) g  x  is differentiable x  R

(b) g '  x  is discontinuous at x  0 but continuous at x  1


(c) g '  x  is discontinuous at both x  0 and x  1
(d) Rolle’s theorem is applicable for g  x  in  0,1
1  x  .x. 1  cos  2 x   , 0  x  1
f  x  
43. Let  0, x0

If Rolle’s theorem is applicable to f  x  for x   0,1 then can be
2 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d)
(Integer)
44. A polynomial function P  x  of degree 5 with leading coefficient one, increases in the interval
 ,1 and  3,   and decreases in the interval 1,3 . Given that P  0   4 and P '  2   0 . Find the
value of P '  6 
45. Tangent lines are drawn at the points P and Q where f ''  x  vanishes for the function f  x   cos x on
 0, 2  . The tangent lines at
P and Q intersect each other at R so as to form a triangle PQR . If area of
triangle PQR is k , then find the value of 36k
2

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 x  2 3 3  x  1 x

f  x   2 and g  x    f  t  dt , 3  x  2
46. Let

 x 3
1  x  2 3

Find the number of extremum points of g '  x 


47.
3 2

2

Let f  x   2 x  3 1  3a  x  6 a  a x  b where
a, b  R
. Find the smallest integral value of for
which f  x  has positive point of local maximum.

48. Suppose x1 & x2 are the point of maximum and the point of minimum respectively of the function
f  x   2 x 3  9ax 2  12a 2 x  1 respectively, then for the equality x12  x2 to be true the value of ' a ' must
be
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 1/ 4
 
tan  x  
f  x   6
49. The minimum value of the function tan x is
(a) 0 (b) 1/ 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
f  x x
f  x     t 2  2t  t 2  1 dt
50. The intervals of increase of defined by 1 is equal to
 3  1 1 
 ,    0,3  10,    , 2    ,    4,  
(a)  2  (b)  2 2
 , 2    1, 0   1,   3 1
 , 2    ,   1,  
(c) (d)  4 4
1 
2/3
 tan  x 
f  x  4    x   ,x  0
2  g  x   x
1 ,x 0
51. Given: 
h  x    x k  x  5
log 2  x  3

Then in  0,1 , Lagranges Mean Value Theorem is NOT applicable to (where   denotes G. I. F. And  
denotes F.P.)
(a) f , g , h (b) h, k (c) f , g (d) g , h, k
52. A rectangle with one side lying along the x-axis is to be inscribed in the closed region of the xy plane
bounded by the lines y  0, y  3 x, and y  30  2 x . The largest area of such a rectangle is
135 45 135 90
(a) 8 (b) (c) 2 (d)
Let f and g be two differentiable functions defined from R  R . If f  x  has a local maximum at

53.
x  c and g  x  xc f  x
h  x 
has a local minimum at , then g  x
(a) Has a local maximum at x  c (b) Has a local minimum at x  c
(c) Is monotonic at x  c (d) Has a point of inflection at x  c
f  x 1
if x  1
f  x    x2  1
 2
54. Let a function be defined as  x if x  1
Then the number of critical point  s  on the graph of this function is/ are

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(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1

55. Use the following properties of a function f  x  to determine the location of any local extrema.
x x  3 3 3  x  1 1 1 x  4 4 x4
   
f ' x 0 0 DNE

Note: f  4  is undefined
(a) Local maximum at x  3 and local minimum at x  1
(b) No local extrema
(c) No local maximum and local minimum at x  4
(d) Local maximum at x  1 and local minimum at x  3
x
 ln t 
f  x     t ln  t    dt  x  1
1
56. Let t  then
(a) f  x  has one point of maxima and no point of minima
(b) f '  x  has two distinct roots

(c) f  x  has one point of minima and no point of maxima

(d) f  x  is monotonic

Which of the following six statements are true about the cubic polynomial P  x   2 x  x  3 x  2?
3 2
57.
(i) It has exactly one positive real root (ii) It has either one or three negative roots
(iii) It has a root between 0 and 1 (iv) It must have exactly two real roots
(v) It has a negative root between 2 and  1 (vi) It has no complex roots.
(a) Only (i), (iii) and (vi) (b) Only (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(c) Only (i) and (iii) (d) Only (iii), (iv) and (v)
[Reasoning Type]
x
 x  x  1, 0  x  1 
x
f  x  
58. Consider function  2   x , 1  x  2 where : fractional part function of .
Statement-1: Rolles Theorem is not applicable to f  x  in  0, 2
Statement-2: f  0    2 
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
59. Consider f and g be two real- valued functions defined on R
c 1
Let f  x   2 x  cos x, g  x   e , u  c  1  c and v  c  c  1 where
x
.
Statement-1: gof  u   gof  v 
Statement-2: f is increasing function and g is decreasing function.
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true

[Multiple Objective Type]

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 
f  x   sin 5 x  cos5 x  1, x  0, 
60. Consider the function  2  . Which of the following is/ are correct?
f   f   
 0,   , 
(a) is monotonic increasing in  4  (b) is monotonic decreasing in  4 2 
   f 'c  0 f  x  0  
c   0,  0, 
(c) some  2  for which (d) The equation has two roots in  2 
Let f  x   8 x  6 x  2 x  1 , then
3 2
61.
(a) f  x   0 has no root in  0,1 (b) f  x   0 has at least one root in  0,1

(c) f '  c  vanishes for some c   0,1 (d) None


62. Consider a real valued continuous function f  x  defined on the interval  a, b  . Which of the following
statements does not hold  s  good
f  x  0  a, b  b b

 f  x  dx   f  x  dx
2

(a) If on then a a

(b) If f  x  is increasing on  a, b  , then f  x  is increasing on  a, b


2

(c) If f  x  is increasing on  a, b  , then f  x   0 on  a, b 

(d) If f  x  attains a minimum at x  c where a  c  b , then f '  c   0

[Match the Column]


63.
Column I Column II
(A)  x 3/5
if x  1 (P) 5
f  x  
   x  2 
3
Let if x  1 then the number of critical points on the
graph of the function is
Number of real solution of the equation, log 2 x   x  1 log 2 x  6  2 x
(B) 2 (Q) 4
c
(C) The number of values of such that the straight line 3 x  4 y  c touches (R) 3
4
x
 x y
the curve 2 is
(D) x2 f  x (S) 2
f  x    t  1 dt ,1  x  2,
If x then global maximum value of is
(T) 1
[Integer Type]
Let P  a, b  be a point on the parabola y  4 x  x and is the point nearest to the point A  1, 4  . Find
2
64.
a  b .
x
Let S be the set of all such that x  10 x  9  0 . Find the maximum value of f  x   x  3 x on S .
4 2 3
65.
66. If y  f  x  is twice differentiable function such that f  a   f  b   0, and f  x   0 x   a, b  , then
(a) f ''  c   0 for some c   a, b  (b) f ''  c   0 c   a, b 

(c) f  c   0 for some c   a, b  (d) None


67. Write of the correct order sequence in respect of the statement given below. F stands for false and T
stands for true.

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g
(I) Suppose that is continuous with g 1  5 and g  5   10 . Then the equation g  c   7 must have a
solution such that c  1,5 
f  x  x x 10

(II) If
 f  x  dx  25
for all then 0

(III) If f '  x   g '  x  then f  x   g  x 


(IV) Suppose that f is differentiable and f  2   f  6  . Then there must be at least one point vwith
f 'c  0
b
b  b 
 f  x  g  x  dx    f  x  dx   g  x  dx 
(V) a a  a 
(a) T T T F F (b) T F F T F (c) F T F T T (d) T T F T F
1
y
68. The ordinate of all points on the curve 2sin x  3cos 2 x where the tangent is horizontal, may be
2

(a) Always equal to 1/ 2


(b) Always equal to 1/ 3
n
(c) 1/ 2 or 1/ 3 according as is an even or an odd integer
n
(d) 1/ 2 or 1/ 3 according as is an odd or an even integer
69. If f 1  3 and f '  x   1.4 for 1  x  8 . The largest possible value which f  8  can have, is
(a) 12.8 (b) 6.8 (c) 16.8 (d) none
sin    
f     ,    0, 
70. The range of the function  tan   2  is equal to
 0,   1   2,   2 
 ,2  ,2
(a) (b)    (c) (d)   
Let f , g and h are differentiable function such that g  x   f  x   x and h  x   f  x   x are both
3
71.
3x 2
F  x  f  x 
strictly increasing functions, then the function 2 is
(a) Strictly increasing x  R
(b) Strictly decreasing x  R
 1   1 
 ,   ,
(c) Strictly decreasing on  3  and Strictly increasing on  3 
 1   1 
 ,   ,
(d) Strictly increasing on  3  and Strictly decreasing on  3 
72. The function f  x   2 x   x 2   x   , where  ,  ,   R
3
has local minimum at

P log 3 t , f  log 3 t
2 2
 Q  log 3 t , f  log 3 t   5
R ,
 5 
f  
and local maximum at, . If  2  2   is the point of
inflection, then ' t ' is equal to
2/5 1/5 5/3 3/5
(a) 3 (b) 3 (c) 3 (d) 3
x
73. If a function f is continuous for all and if f has a relative maximum at  1, 4  and a relative minimum
at  3, 2  , then which of the following statements must be true?
(a) The graph of f has a point of inflection somewhere between x  1 and x  3
(b) f '  1  0
(c) The graph of f has a horizontal tangent line at x  3

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(d) The graph of f intersect both co- ordinate axes.
c
If f  x   2e  c ln x monotonically increases for every x   0,   , then the true set of values of is
x
74.
 1   2   0,    , 0
 ,   , 
(a)  e  (b)  e  (c) (d)
k
such that the equation x  10 x  9  kx is satisfied by at least
2
75. The complete set of non- zero values of
one and almost three values of x , is
(a)  , 16   4,   (b)  , 16  16,  
(c)  , 4   4,   (d)  , 4  16,  
[Multiple Objective Type]
76. If f  x  is continuous and derivable x  R and f '  c   0 for exactly 2 real values of ' c ' then the
number of real and distinct values of ' d ' for which f  d   0 can be
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
77. Consider the function f : R  R defined as f  x   x  sin x. Which of the following is/ are the correct
statements  s  ?
(a) The function is strictly increasing at every point on R except at ' x ' equal to an odd integral multiple

of where the derivative of f  x  is zero and where the function
f
is not strictly increasing.
(b) The function is bounded in every bounded interval but unbounded on whole real line.
(c) The graph of the function y  f  x  lies in the first and third quadrants only
yx
(d) The graph of the function y  f  x  cuts the line at infinitely many points.
78. Which of the following is/ are correct?
(a) Between any two roots of e cos x  1 , there exists at least one root of tan x  1
x

(b) Between any two roots of e sin x  1 , there exists at least one root of tan x  1
x

(c) Between any two roots of e cos x  1 , there exists at least one root of e sin x  1
x x

(d) Between any two roots of e sin x  1 , there exists at least one root of e cos x  1
x x

y  ax 2  bx  c a0 1
f  x 
79. A parabola of the form with intersects the graph of x  4 .Number of
2

possible distinct intersection(s) of these graph is/ are


(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

[Integer Type]
s ' p'
x
1
3  p 3
80. Find sum all possible integer values of for which the equation x has exactly two
distinct solutions.


81. Find the sum of all possible integral values of in 1,100 for which the function
f  x   2 x3  3  2    x 2  12 x has exactly one local maximum and one local minimum

82. Find the length of the shortest path that begins at the point  2,5  , touches the x-axis and then ends at a
point on the circle x  y  12 x  20 y  120  0
2 2

[Single Correct Choice Type]


83.
3 2
2

Let f  x   2 x  3  2  p  x  12 px  ln 16  p . If f  x  has exactly one local maximum and one
local minima, then the number of integral values of p is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7

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 a2  4  3 f  x
f  x   2  x  3 x  sin 3
84. Let a 2 , then the true set of values of a for which is strictly decreasing
on R is
(a)  , 2  (b)  2,   (c)  2, 2 (d)  5,  
f 0,10 and f  0   4 and f 10   1 g  x 
f  x
and c   0,10 
85. A function is differentiable in . If x2
then g '  c  is must be equal to
5 5 5 5
(a) 10 (b) 24 (c) 10 (d) 24
2
ln x 1 
f  x  ,10
86. The maximum value of the function x in  2  is
2 ln 2  2  4 ln 2 10
2
(a) (b) e (c) 10 (d) None
[Comprehension Type]
[ Paragraph for Question no 87 to 89]
0, if x  0 P  x f  x

f  x    P  x  , if 0  x  1
1, if x  1
Let  where is a polynomial of least degree and is a
differentiable function for all x  R
87. The degree of the polynomial P  x  is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

88. Area bounded by the graph of y  f  x  , x  0 and x  1 is


1 1 2 3
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d) 2
If the equation f  x   k has one real solution, then the range of
k
89. is
(a)  0,1 (b)  0,1 (c) 1 (d) 0,1
[Reasoning Type]

90. Statement-1: The value of x 



lim  x  2  tan 1  x  2    x tan 1 x   is equal to 
Statement-2: If f  x  is derivable in  a, b  then

at least one c   a, b  such that
f b  f  a 
f 'c 
ba
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
Let f  x   xe , x  R .
x
91.
Statement-1: f has the relative maximum at x  1
Statement-2: f ' 1  0 and f '' 1  0
(a) Statement -1 is true, statement -2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement -1
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(b) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement -1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
[Multiple Correct Choice Type]
x   0,  
x
f  x    e  t  t  5   t 2  7t  12  dt
2

92. Let 0 for all , then


(a) f has a local maximum at x  4 and a local minimum at x  3
is decreasing on  3, 4    5,   and increasing on  0,3   4,5 
f
(b)
(c) There exists at least two c1 , c2   0,   such that f ''  c1   0 and f ''  c2   0
(d) There exists some c   0,   such that f '''  c   0
Let f  x   x  ax  bx  c where  s  is
3 2 a, b, c, R
93. , then which of the following statement (are)
correct?
(a) If the equation f  x   0 has exactly one real root then f  x  must be strictly increasing on .
R

(b) If f  x  has a negative point of local minimum then both roots of equation f '  x   0 must be
negative and distinct
(c) If f  x1   f  x2   0, x1  x2 , then the equation f  x   0 has at least one real root in  x1 , x2 
(d) f  x  possesses exactly one point of inflexion.

94. If f  x   min . 1, cos x,1  sin x  ,   x   , then


(a) f  x  is not differentiable at f  x  has local maximum at x  0
x0
(b)
f  x x
 f  x x    ,  
(c) is differentiable at 4 (d) is continuous and bounded in
95. Which of the following functions fail to satisfy the condition of Rolle’s theorem on the interval  1,1
x
(where  x  denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x and  x denotes the fractional part of )
f  x   x  sin x  tan  x 2  1 ln x
  , x  1, 0
f  x    1  x2 x 1

(a) (b)  0, x  1, 0

(c) f  x    x   x (d) f  x   x  sin x


x 4 3x 2 p
y   px  3
96. If the curve 4 2 has three distinct tangents parallel to x-axis, then can be
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2

97. Let the function f  x  be thrice differentiable and satisfies f  f  x   1  x for all x   0,1 If
1
4
J   f  x  dx and f ''    0
0 5 , then which of the following is (are) true?
1 2
f    f   1
(a) 3 3
1
J
(b) 2

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f ''  x   0 1 3
x  , 
(c) has at least one root in 4 4
f '''  x   0 1 4
x  , 
(d) has at least one root in 2 5

[Integer Type/ Subjective]


c
such that f  x   e   c  1 e x  2 x  cos 2  sin1 , is
2x
98. If the exhaustive set of all possible values of
, is  ,   then find the value of
xR 
monotonically increasing for all

A curve passes through  2, 0  and the slope of tangent at any point  x, y  is x  2 xx  R . The point of
2
99.
is  a, b  then find the value of  a  6b  .
x0
minimum ordinate on the curve where

Let p  x  be fifth degree polynomial such that p  x   1 is divisible by  x  1 and p  x   1 is divisible by


3
100.
 x  1
3 10

.Then find the value of definite integral


 p  x  dx
10

7 1, 2   2, 2 
y  ax 2  bx 
101. The tangent to 2 at is parallel to the normal at the point on the curve
y  x 2  6 x  10 . Find the value of a and b
y  1  x   sin 1  sin 2 x  x  0
y
102. Find the equation of the normal to the curve at .
from the point 1, 2  .
y  2x  4 y  8  0
2 3
103. Find the equations of the tangents drawn to the curve
Find the point of intersection of the tangents drawn to the curve x y  1  y at the points where it is
2
104.
intersected by the curve xy  1  y
105. If p1 and p2 are the length of the perpendiculars from origin on the tangent and normal drawn to the curve
2 2 2
x  y  6 then find the value of
3 3 3 4 p2
1  p22 
106. A function is defined parametrically by the equations
 1 1
 2t  t 2 sin if t  0  sin t 2 if t  0
f t   x  t g t   y  t
 
 0 if t  0 and  0 if t  0
Find the equation of the tangent and normal at the point for t  0 if exist
Find all the tangents to the curve y  cos  x  y  , 2  x  2 , that are parallel to the line
107.
x  2y  0 .

Find the segment of the normal to the curve x  2sin t  sin t cos t ; y   cos t contained between the
2 3
108.
co-ordinate axes.
 p, q  f  x   x2  r, s  g  x 
8
109. There is a point on the graph of and a point on the graph of x where
P  0 and r  0 . If the line through  p, q  and  r , s  is also tangent to both the curves at these points

respectively, then find the value of  p  r 


y  a 2 x 2  5ax  4 1 x2
y
110. The chord of the parabola touches the curve 1  x at the point and is
bisected by that point. Find ' a '

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y  f  x 1
f '  x    f  x   and f  0   
2

111. Determine a differentiable function which satisfies 2 . Find also


the equation of the tangent at the point where the curve crosses the y  axis
Tangent at a point P1 [other than  0, 0  ] on the curve y  x meets the curve again at P2 . The tangent at
3
112.
P2 meets the curve at P3 & so on. Show that the abscissae of P1 , P2 , P3 ,..........Pn , form a GP. Also find the
area  P1 P2 P3 
ratio area  P2 P3 P4  .

y
The curve y  ax  bx  cx  5 , touches the x-axis at P  2, 0  & cuts the
113.
3 2 Q
axis at a point where its
gradient is 3 . Find a, b, c
f :  0,    R x
f 3  x    t f 2  t  dt
114. Let be a continuous, strictly increasing function such that 0 . If a normal
y  f  x 1 y
is drawn to the curve with gradient 2 , then find the intercept made by it on the axis.
Find the gradient of the line passing through the point  2,8  and touching the curve y  x .
3
115.
The graph of a certain function contains the point  0, 2  and has the property that for each number
116.
f ' p'
x
the line tangent to       intersect the axis at
y  f x at p, f p p2 . Find   .
f x

Let the function f :  4, 4   1,1 be defined implicitly by the equation x  5 y  y  0 . Find the area of
5
117.
triangle formed by tangent and normal to f  x  at x  0 and the line
y  5.
n n 1
so that the subnormal at any point on the curve xy  a
n
118. (a) Find the value of may be constant
(b)  2 2

Show that in the curve y  a.ln x  a , sum of the length of tangent & subtangent varies as the product
of the coordinates of the point of contact.
If the two curves C1 : x  y and C2 : xy  k cut at right angles find the value of k
2
(c)
119.    
Let be the curve f  x   ln x  2 ln x and A a, f  a  , B b, f  b  where  a  b  are the points of
C 2

tangency of two tangents drawn from origin to the curve C .


(A) Find the value of the product ab
x
(B) Find the number of values of satisfying the equation 5 xf '  x   x ln10  10  0
120. A man 1.5 m tall walks away from a lamp post 4.5 m high at the rate of 4 km / hr .
(A) How fast is the farther end of the shadow moving on the pavement?
(B) How fast is his shadow lengthening?
y
A particle moves along the curve 6 y  x  2 . Find the points on the curve at which the coordinate is
3
121.
changing 8 times as fast as the x coordinate.
122. A water tank has the shape of a right circular cone with its vertex down. Its altitude is 10 cm and the radius
of the base is 15cm . Water leaks out of the bottom at a constant rate of 1 cu. cm / sec . Water is poured
into the tank at a constant rate of C cu. cm / sec . Compute C so that the water level will be rising at the
rate of 4 cm / sec at the instant when the water is 2 cm deep.
123. Sand is pouring from a pipe at the rate of 12cc / sec . The falling sand forms a cone on the ground in such a
way that the height of the cone is always 1/ 6th of the radius of the base. How fast is the height of the sand
cone increasing when the height is 4 cm .
Water is dripping out from a conical funnel of semi vertical angle  / 4 , at the uniform rate of 2 cm / sec
3
124.
through a tiny hole at the vertex at the bottom. When the slant height of the water is 4 cm , find the rate of
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125. A variable ABC in the xy plane has its orthocentre at vertex ' B ' ,a fixed vertex ' A ' at the origin and the
'C ' 7 x2
y  1
B  0,1
third vertex restricted to lie on the parabola 36 . The point starts at the point at time
t  0 and moves upward along the y axis at a constant velocity of 2 cm / sec . How fast is the area of the
7
t  sec
triangle increasing when 2
2
126. A circular ink blot grows at the rate of 2 cm per second. Find the rate at which the radius is increasing after
6 22
2 Use  
11 seconds. 7
3
127. Water is flowing out at the rate of 6 m / min from a reservoir shaped like a hemispherical bowl of radius
R  13m 
V  . y 2  3R  y 
. The volume of water in the hemispherical bowl is given by 3 when the water is
y meter deep. Find
(A) At what rate is the water level changing when the water is 8 m deep.
(B) At what rate is the radius of the water surface changing when the water is 8 m deep.
128. At time t  0 , the volume of a sphere is increasing at a rate proportional to the reciprocal of its radius. At
t  0 , the radius of the sphere is 1unit and at t  15 the radius is 2units
(a) Find the radius of the sphere as a function of time t
(b) At what time t will the volume of the sphere be 27 times its volume at t=0
(a) Use differentials to a approximate the values of;  a  36.6 and  b  26
3
129.
(b) If the radius of a sphere is measured as 9 cm with an error of 0.03cm , then find the approximate
error in calculating its volume
130. Find the intervals of monotonocity for the following functions & represent your solution set on the number
line.
(a) f  x   2. e x
2

(b)  
4 x f x  ex / x
(c)
f  x   x 2e x
(d)
f  x   2 x 2  ln x
Also plot the graphs in each case & state their range.
x
Let f  x   1  x  x . Find all real values of satisfying the inequality, 1  f  x   f  x   f 1  5 x 
3 3
131.
132. Find the intervals of monotonocity of the functions in  0, 2 
(a) f  x   sin x  cos x in x   0, 2  (b) g  x   2sin x  cos 2 x in  0  x  2 
4sin x  2 x  x cos x
f  x 
(c) 2  cos x
133. Let
f  x
be a increasing function defined on  0,   .If f  2a 2  a  1  f  3a 2  4a  1 . Find the range
of a .
 max  f  t  : 0  t  x , 0  x  1
f  x   x 3  x 2  x  1 and g  x   
134. Let  3  x, ,1  x  2
Discuss the conti. & differentiability of g  x  in the interval  0, 2 
135. (a) Find the set of all values of the parameter ' a ' for which the function,
f  x   sin 2 x  8  a  1 sin x   4a 2  8a  14  x increases for all x  R and has no critical points for all
xR.
(b) Find all the values of the parameter ' a ' for which the function;
f  x   8ax  a sin 6 x  7 x  sin 5 x increases & has no critical points for all x  R .
f  x    a 2  a  6  cos 2 x   a  2  x  cos1
'a ' x
(c) Find the set of values of for which the function has no
critical points
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x
xR
f  x   t  bt 3   b  1 t 2  bt  b  dt
4

(d) If 2 strictly increases then find the number of integers in


the range of b .
136. Find the greatest & the least values of the following functions in the given interval if they exist.
 1
x  f  x   12 x 4/3  6 x1/3 , x   1,1
f  x   sin 1  ln x in  , 3 
(a) x2  1  3  (b)
(c) y  x  5 x  5 x  1in  1, 2
5 4 3

'a ' 1
f  x   sin x  a sin 2 x  sin 3 x  2ax
137. Find the values of for which the function 3 increases throughout
the number line.
3 3 x
 1
f  x  x2  x 2  4 x  
138. Find the minimum value of the function  x  for all permissible real .
ba
   
3 3
x a  x b ,xR
139. If , find the minimum value of .
140. Find the set of values of ' a ' for which the function,
 21  4a  a 2  3
f  x   1   x  5x  7
 a  1 
  is increasing at every point of its domain.
ab  4 a2 g  x dg x
0
141. Let , where and let be a differentiable function. If dx for all ,prove that
a b
b  a 
 g  x  dx   g  x  dx
0 0 increases as increases.
A polynomial y  f  x  of degree increases in the interval  ,1   2,3 and decreases in the interval
142.
4
1, 2    3,   and satisfies f  0   1 and f '  0   6 . Find the value of f  2 
143. Find the value of x  1 for which the function
x2
1  t 1 
f  x   t ln   dt
x
32  is increasing and decreasing

If f  x   2e  ae   2a  1 x  3 monotonically increases for every


x x xR
144. then find the range of values
of ' a '
Prove that, x  1  2 x ln x  4  x  1  2 ln x for x  1
2
145.

tan 2 x  6 ln sec x  2 cos x  4  6sec x  3 


x   , 2 
146. Prove that for  2 
x
147. Find the set of values of for which the inequality ln 1  x   x / 1  x  is valid.
x
f  x   log c
x2  a, b 
148. Suppose that the function x  2 is defined for all in the interval , is monotonic
decreasing. Find the value of
'c '
for which there exists
' a ' and ' b '  b  a  2  such that the range of the
function is  log c c  b  1 , log c c  a  1  .
149. (a) Let
f , g be differentiable on R and suppose that f  0   g  0  and f '  x   g '  x  for all x  0 . Show that
f  x   g  x  for all x  0 .

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(b) Show that exactly two real values of
x satisfy the equation x 2  x sin x  cos x
  3 x  x  1
 
  f  x   sin x  2 x and g  x    0, 
(c) Let  6  be larger of the two function  in  2  then value of
   a  b
   3a  2b 
 6  is . Find the value of
m, n
Verify Rolle’s theorem for f  x    x  a   x  b  on  a, b  ;
m n
150. being positive integer.
Let f  x   4 x  3 x  2 x  1 , use Rolle’s theorem to prove that there exist
151.
3 2
c, 0  c  1 such that
f c  0

152. Let
f and g be functions, continuous in  a, b  and differentiable on  a, b  . If f  a   f  b   0 then show

that there is a point c   a, b  such that g '  c  f  c   f '  c   0


153. Assume that
f is continuous on  a, b  , a  0 and differentiable on an open interval  a, b  . Show that if
f  a  f b x0   a, b  x0 f '  x0   f  x0 

a b , then there exist such that
154. f  x  and g  x  are differentiable function for 0  x  2 such that f  0   5, g  0   0, f  2   8, g  2   1
c
. Show that there exists a number satisfying  
0  c  2 and f ' c  3 g ' c  
155. If
f ,  , are continuous in  a, b  and derivable in a, b then show that there is a value of c lying between
a &b f  a  f b f 'c 
  a   b  'c   0
such that,   a    b   '  c 

156. (a) If Rolle’s theorem is applicable to the function f defined by


ax 2  b, x 1

 1, x 1
f  x  
c , x 1
x

For
x   2, 2 , 2

then find the value of b  c  a
2 2

5, x0
 2
f  x    x  5x   , 0  x  2
 x , 2 x3
(b) Let 
LMVT  0,3 and  c, f  c  
If f  x  satisfies all the conditions of in is the point on the curve f  x  in
0,3 , where the tangent is parallel to the chord joining the end points, then find the value of
  2  3  6c 
a, m and b 3 x0
 2
f  x     x  3x  a 0  x  1
157. For what value of does the function  mx  b 1 x  2
Satisfy the hypothesis of the mean value theorem for the interval  0, 2 .

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Let be continuous on  a, b  and differentiable on  a, b  . If f  a   a and f  b   b , show that there
158.
f

exist distinct c1 , c2 in  a, b  such that f '  c1   f '  c2   2


defined on   be a twice differentiable function such that, f ''  x   1 for all
f 0,1 x   0,1
159. Let . If
f  0   f 1 x   0,1
, then show that, f '  x   1 for all
Let be a twice differentiable function on  0, 2 such that f  0   0, f 1  2, f  2   4 , then prove that
160.
f

(a) f '    2 for some    0,1 (b) f '     2 for some   1, 2 
(c) f ''     0 for some    0, 2 
Let be continuous on  a, b  and assume the second derivative
161.
f f '' exists on  a, b  . Suppose that the

graph of
f and the line segment joining the point  a, f  a   and  b, f  b   intersect at a point
 x0 , f  x0   where a  x0  b . Show that there exists a point c   a, b  such that f ''  c   0 .
162. Let
f is a continuous function on the interval  a, b  and there exists some c   a, b  then prove that
b

 f  x  dx  f  c  b  a 
a

163. Let f  x  be a continuous function on 1,3 , differentiable on 1,3 , f 1  5, f  3  9 and f '  x   2 for
x
1,3 x
g  x    f  t  dt x  1,3
all in . If 1 , then find the sum of greatest and least value of
g  x  on 1,3 .
x x
and that f '  x   2 for all . If  
f f 1  2 and f  4   8
164. Let be a differentiable function for all then
compute the value of f  2   f  3 .
2 2

165. Let f :  0,8  R be twice differentiable function such that f  0   0, f  4   1, f  8   1 then prove that:
c1   0,8  1
f '  c1  
(a) There exist some where 4
c   0,8  1
f 'c 
(b) There exist some where 12
(c) There exist c1 , c2   0,8 where 8 f '  c1  f  c2   1
 ,    0, 2  8

 f  t  dt  3  f     f    
2 3 2 3

(d) There exist some such that 0

166. A cubic f  x  vanishes at x  2 & has relative minimum/maximum at x  1 and x  1/ 3 . If


1
14 f  x
1 f  x  dx  3 , find the cubic
x
f  x     2  t  1 t  2   3  t  1  t  2   dt
3 2 2

167. Investigate for maxima & minima for the function,


 
1
168. Find the greatest & least value for the function;
(a) y  x  sin 2 x, 0  x  2 (b) y  2 cos 2 x  cos 4 x, 0  x  
169. Suppose f  x  is a function satisfying the following conditions:
f  0   2, f 1  1 f 5
x
(a) (b) has a minimum value at 2 and

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2ax 2ax  1 2ax  b  1
x, f '  x   b b 1 1
(c) For all 2  ax  b  2ax  2b  1 2ax  b

Where
a, b are some constants. Determine the constants a, b & the function f  x 
P  x 5  P  x  M and m
x  1,1 and lim  3  2   4
170. Let be a polynomial of degree having extremum at
x 0
 x  . If

are the maximum and minimum value of the function


y  P ' x A  x x2  6  5x
on the set   then find
m
M

y
ax  b  2, 1 a &b
171. If  x  1 x  4  has a turning value at find and show that the turning value is a
maximum.
172. Find the area of the largest rectangle with lower base on the x-axis & upper vertices on the curve
y  12  x 2
6
y
173. Of all the lines tangent to the graph of the curve x  3 , find the equations of the tangent lines of
2

minimum and maximum slope


fN  x N
n1 x
f 'N  x     X  n 
n

174. Let be a polynomial function which satisfies n 1 . If is sum of all values of


x
for which f10  x  attains maxima and n2 denotes the sum of all values of for which f10  x  attains
minima, then find the value of  n1  n2 
175. Let f : R  R  be a differentiable function satisfying f '  x   2 f  x  x  R .Also f  0   1 and
g  x   f  x  .cos 2 x . If n1 represent number of points of local maxima of g  x  in   ,   and n2 is the

number of points of local minima of g  x  in   ,   and n3 is the number of points in   ,   where


g  x  attains its global minimum value, then find the value of  n1  n2  n3 

176. Let f  x be a polynomial of degree


6 x3
divisible by and having a point of extremum at
x2
. If f '  x  is
1  x2 3 f  2
divisible by then find the value of f 1
177. Let P  x  be a polynomial of degree atmost four. It has zeros and also minima at x1  3 and x2  5 . Given
P  x 256 1

has a local maximum value , then find the value of definite integral
  P  x   P   x   dx
0

178. If the range of all real values of b for which the function
f  x    b 2  3b  2  cos 2 x  sin 2 x    b  1 x  sin 2
179. Find the maximum perimeter of a triangle on a given base ' a ' and having the given vertical angle 
180. The length of three sides of a trapezium are equal, each being 10 cms . Find the maximum are of such a
trapezium
181. What are the dimensions of the rectangular plot of the greatest area which can be laid out within a triangle
of base 36 ft.& altitude 12 ft ? Assume that one side of the rectangle lies on the base of the triangle.

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a2
3 3 sq.units
8
x2 y 2
 1
183. A perpendicular is drawn from the centre to a tangent to an ellipse a 2 b 2 . Find the greatest value of
the intercept between the point of contact and the foot of the perpendicular
184. For a given curved surface of a right circular cone when the volume is maximum, prove that the semi
1
sin 1
vertical angle is 3
185. A closed rectangular box with a square base is to be made to contain 1000 cubic feet. The cost of the
material per square foot for the bottom is 15 paise, for the top 25 paise and for the sides 20 paise. The
labour charge for making the box are Rs.3 / - find the dimensions of the box when the cost minimum.
yx
Given two points A  2, 0  & B  0, 4  and a line
186. . Find the co- ordinates of a point on this line so
M
that the perimeter of the AMB is least
187. A given quantity of metal is to be casted into a half cylinder i.e. with a rectangular base and semicircular
ends. Show that in order that total surface area may be minimum, the ratio of the height of the cylinder to
the diameter of the semi circular ends is  /   2 
,  0     and f  x   x 2      x   1

 f  x  dx  1
188. Let be real numbers with such that 1 . Find

 f  x  dx
the maximum value of 0

189. Let f  x  be a cubic polynomial which has local maximum at x  1 and f '  x  has a local minimum at
. If f  1  10 and f  3  22 , then find the distance between its two horizontal tangents.
x 1

Consider the function y  f  x   ln 1  sin x  with


2  x  2
190. . Find
(a) The zeroes of f  x 
(b) Inflection points if any on the graph
(c) Local maxima and minima of f  x 
(d) Asymptotes of the graph
f  x  /2

(e) Sketch the graph of and compute the value of the definite integral  /2
 f  x  dx
y
191. The graph of the derivative f ' of a continuous function f is shown
with f  0   0 . If 4

(a) f is monotonic increasing in the interval f ' x


3
2
 a, b    c, d    e, f  and decreasing in  p, q    r , s  1
x
(b) f has a local minima at x  x1 and x  x2 0
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

(c)
f is concave up in  l , m    n, t  2

(d) f has inflection point at x  k


(e) Number of critical points of y  f  x  is
'w'
Find the value of
 a  b  c  d  e    p  q  r  s    l  m  n    x1  x2    k  w 
f  x 1
x  ,1 and f  2   0
192. Let be a monic polynomial of degree 3 having extremum at 3
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2

  f  x   f   x   dx
(b) Find the value of definite integral 0

m 3 5
x3  x 2   log1/4  m 
193. Find the set of value of for the cubic 2 2 has 3 distinct solutions
k  /2

194.
 cos x  kx dx
Find the positive value of for the value of the definite integral 0 is minimised
195. A cylinder is obtained by revolving a rectangle about the x- axis, the base of the rectangle lying on the x-
x
y
axis and the entire rectangle lying in the region between the curve x  1 & the x- axis. Find the
2

maximum possible volume of the cylinder


196. Find the magnitude of the vertex angle ' ' of an isosceles triangle of the given area ' A ' such that the radius
' r ' of the circle inscribed into the triangle is the maximum.
x
197. The function f  x  defined for all real numbers has the following properties
 
(a) f  0   0, f  2   2 and f '  x   k 2 x  x e for some constant
2 x
. Find
k 0
f
(b) The intervals on which is increasing and decreasing and any local maximum or minimum values
(c) The intervals on which the graph f is concave down and concave up
(d) The function f  x  and plot its graph
198. Let f  x  be a non- constant twice differentiable function defined on  ,   such that
f  x   f  4  x  and f  x   0 has at least 2 distinct repeared roots in  2, 4  then find the minimum

number of roots of f ''  x   0 in  0, 4


199. (a) Determine the total number of local maxima and local minima of the function
 2 x 1 0 x4
f  x    cos  x  3   2 sin  x  3 
    , where
 x  1 2  x  1
3

 2

f  x   x 3 1 1  x  1

  x  1 1  x  2
2
(b) Let
Then find the total number of points at which f attains either a local maximum or a local minimum
200. (a) If true set of values of a   a1 , a2  satisfy the condition that the point of local minima and the point of local
maxima is less than 4 and greater than -2 respectively for the function
f  x   x 3  3ax 2  3  a 2  1 x  1 , then find the value of  a12  a22 

(b) The value of


'a ' 3 2 2
 
for which f  x   x  3  a  7  x  3 a  9 x  1 have a positive point of maximum lies
in the interval  a1 , a2    a3 , a4  . Find the value of a2  11a3  70a4
201. (a) Let f  x  be a cubic polynomial such that f ''  x   12 x  4 . If f  x  has a local minimum value at
0 x 1

then find the x- intercept of normal to f  x  at point whose abscissa is


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(b) Let f  x  be a polynomial of degree 4 such that f 1  7 and attains its local minimum value 3 at both
x  2 and x  3 f  x p p, q
. If the local maximum value of is equal to q (where are coprime) then find the
value of  p  q 
1 2 1
f  x
 
202. (a) If f g  x   4  x  5 x  x and g  x   2  x then find the local maximum value of
3 3 3

xR M
(b) Let f  x   x  4 x  3 for all
2
. If denotes the total number of points of local maxima of
f  x  and L denotes the number of points where f  x  is non- derivable, then find the value of  L  M 
203. Column I contains function and Column II contains behaviours of function in their domain. Entry of column
I are to be matched with one or more than one entries of column II
Column I Column II
(A) f  x   5 x  5 (P) Monotonic

(B) ln x (Q) Non monotonic


g  x 
x

(C) h  x   x sgn x, where sgn x denotes signum function of x (R) Possesses extremum point

(D)  tan 1 x if x  0 (S) Possesses critical point



k  x   2 if x  0
 1
cot x if x  0

(T) Possesses inflection point

Answer Key
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B
6. B 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. C
11. B 12. D 13. D 14. C 15. B
16. D 17. D 18. B 19. B 20. B
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. D
26. C 27. C 28. C 29. A 30. A
31. D 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. D
36. ABD 37. AD 38. AB 39. BD 40. AC
41. AD 42. ACD 43. CD 44. 1200 45. 9
46. 2 47. 2 48. B 49. D 50. C
51. A 52. C 53. A 54. A 55. D

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56. D 57. C 58. A 59. A 60. CD
61. BC 62. ABCD 63. (A) R; (B) S; (C) T; (D) Q 64. 4
65. 18 66. A 67. D 68. D 69. A
70. D 71. A 72. C 73. D 74. D
75. A 76. ABC 77. BCD 78. ABC 79. BCD
80. 21 81. 5048 82. 13 83. C 84. C
85. D 86. A 87. C 88. B 89. B
90. A 91. A 92. ACD 93. BCD 94. ABCD
95. AC 96. AC 97. ABCD 98. 3 99. 2
5 x  y 1  0
a  1, b 
100. 0 101. 2 102.

103.
2 3x y 2  
3  1 or 2 3 x  y  2   104.  0,1
3 1
105. 36

106. T : x  2 y  0; N : 2 x  y  0 107. x  2 y   / 2 & x  2 y  3 / 2 108. 2

a 1 1 1/16
 ; x  4y  2
109. 5 110. 111. x2 112.
1 3 x
a  ,b  ,c  3 2e 2
113. 2 4 114. 9 115. 3, 12 116. 117. 65

 a  n  2,  c  
1  i 1, (ii) 2  i  6km / h, (ii) 2km / hr
118. 2 2 119. 120.
 4,11 &  4, 31/ 3 1  36 cu.cm / sec 1/ 48 cm / s 2
cm / s
121. 122. 123. 124. 4
66 2 1 1 5
cm / sec cm / sec a m / min  b  m / min
125. 7 126. 4 127. 24 288
 a  r  1  t   b  t  80 80
1/4
 a  A 6.05  B  ;  b  9.72 cm3
128. 129. 27
130. (a) I in  2,   & D in  , 2 

(b) I in 1,   & D in  , 0    0,1


(c) I in  0, 2  & D in  , 0    2,  
1 1 1 1
I for x  or   x  0 & D for x   or 0  x 
(d) 2 2 2 2

131.  2, 0    2,  
132. (a) I in  0,3 / 4    7 / 4, 2  & D in  3 / 4, 7 / 4 
(b) I in  0,  / 6    / 2,5 / 6   3 / 2, 2  & D in  / 6,  / 2    5 / 6,3 / 2
(c) I in  0,  / 2    3 / 2, 2  & D in  / 2,3 / 2 
133.  0,1/ 3  1,5 134. Continuous but not differentiable at
x 1
a    2  5  or a  5  6,  
135. (a) (b)
 7 5 5
a   , 
(c)  2 2 (d)
136. (a)  / 6   1/ 2  ln 3,  / 3  1/ 2  ln 3

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(c) 2 & 10
1,   10 b  a 
3
 7, 1   2,3
137. 138. 139. 4 140.
143.  in  3,   and  in 1,3
141. ........... 142. 3 144.
a0

145. ........... 146. ........... 147.  1, 0    0,  


0c
1 c 2 c
mb  na a &b
148. 9 149. 150. m  n which lies between
151. ........... 152. ........... 153. ........... 154. ........... 155. ...........
156.  a  3;  b  34 157.
a  3, b  4 and m  1
158. ........... 159. ........... 160. ...........
161. ........... 162. ........... 163. 14 164. 52 165. ...........
166. f  x   x 3  x 2  x  2 167. max .at x  1; f 1  0, min .at x   7 / 5  ; f  7 / 5   108 / 3125
 a  max at x  2 , max value  2 , min .atx  0, min value  0
b max at x   / 6 & also at x  5 / 6 and
168. max value  3 / 2, min at x   / 2, min value  3
1 5 1 a  1, b  0
a  ; b   ; f  x    x 2  5 x  8
169. 4 4 4 170. 6 171.
172. 32 sq.units 173. 3 x  4 y  9  0 ; 3 x  4 y  9  0 174. 25
175. 8 176. 16 177. 58 178. 4
  75 3 sq.units 6 '18' a b
Pmax  a 1  cos ec 
179.  2  180. 181. 182. ........... 183.
10 ' 10 '  0, 0  6
184. ........... 185. Side , height 186. 187. ........... 188. 108
189. 32
190. (a) x  2 ,  , 0,  , 2
(b) No inflection point
(c) Maxima at x   / 2 and  3 / 2 and no minima
(d) x  3 / 2 and x   / 2
(e)  / ln 2
 1 1
m , 
191. 74 192. (a) 1 (b) 4 193.  32 16 
2 2     /4  /3
k cos  
194.  2 2 195. 196.
197. (a) Increasing in  0, 2  and decreasing in  , 0    2,   , local min. Value=0 and local max. Value=2

(b) Concave up for  , 2  2    2  2,   and concave down in  2  2  ,  2  2 


1 2 x 2
f  x  e .x
(c) 2
198. 6
199. (a) 2 (b) 3
200. (a) 10 (b) 320
201. (a) 86 (b) 65
202. (a) 7 (b) 8
203. (A)  (P, S, T), (B)  (Q, R, S, T), (C)  (Q, R, S), (D)  (Q, R, S)

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