RACE # 01 [BASIC MATHS (DIFFERENTIATION)] P HY S I C S

1. For a straight line   . Choose correct alternative(s)

(A)   (B)  

(C) x–intercept is 3 (D) length of line between x–axis and y–axis is 5 units

2. Which of the following statements are true based on graphs of y-versus x as shown below?
y y y y

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

x0 x x0 x x0 x x0 x

(A) Slope at x0 is positive and non-zero in graph (i) and (ii)

(B) Slope is constant in graph (iii)
(C) Slope at x0 is negative in graph (iv)
(D) Slope at x0 is negative in graph (ii)
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3. The maximum & minimum value of y = x + in interval  
 
(A) 2, –2 (B) , 2 (C)  , –  (D) None of these
4. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A)     (B)  
 

(C)         (D)           
5. Radius of a spherical balloon is increasing with respect to time at the rate of 2/ m/s. Find the rate of
change in volume (in m3/s) of the balloon when radius is 0.5 m ?

6. If derivative of  is  , what is numerical value of constant k?

4
7. Given that y  sin 3x  cos3x . What is the maximum rate of change in y with respect to x ?
3
8. Find the first derivatives

(i) If  
, find (ii) If x = t6, find

df
(iii) If z = u3, find (iv) If f= r2 + r1/3, find
dr
(v) If x = 2t3 – 3t2 + 5t – 6, find (vi) If y = 3x2
(vii) If y = x ln x (viii) If y = x sin x
(ix) If y = sinx cos x (x) If y = sin2x + cos2x

(xi) If y = cos 2x (xii) If   , find

(xiii) If s = 4r2, find

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9. Differentiation of cos   with respect to x is

(A) – sin (B) – sin (C) – sin (D) – sin

10. The pressure P and volume V of a gas are related as PV3/2 = K where K is a constant. The percentage
increase in the pressure for a diminution of 0.5% of the volume is
(A) 0.25% (B) 0.75% (C) 1.50% (D) 0.50%
11. Given a function   . What is rate of change in y with respect to x when x = 1 ?
(A) Zero (B) 1 (C) 1.5 (D) 1.5
12. The height (in meters) at any time t (in seconds) of a ball thrown vertically varies according to equation
   . How long after in seconds the ball reaches the highest point.
13. An ideal gas is subjected to a thermodynamic
process PV2.5 = 0.40 where P is in Pa and V is in m3. What is the slope of the P–V curve with
volume plotted against x–axis at V=1 m3?
(A) –1 (B) – 3.5 (C) – 2.5 (D) None of these
3
14. The slope of the tangent to the curve y = ln (cosx) at x = is
4
1
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) n 2 (D)
2
15. A stone is dropped into a quit lake and waves move in circles spreading out radially at the speed of 0.5
4
m/s. At the instant when the radius of the circular wave is m, how fast is the enclosed area (in m2/s)

increasing?
16. The charge flowing through a conductor beginning with time t=0 is given by the formula
dq
q=2t2 + 3t + 1 (coulombs). Find the current i = at the end of the 5th second.
dt
17. Differentiate the following w.r.t. x
(i) y = x2 + 5 (ii) y = 2e3 (iii) y = (x + 5)–1/2 (iv) y = 5x3/2
5
(v) y = 4x4 + 2x3 + 9
x
dy
18. Calculate for the following :-
dx

x
(A) y = cos x3 (B) y = sin   (C) y = loge2x (D) y = e–x
2
dy
19. If y = ex sin x then calculate
dx
20. Position of particle moving along x-axis is given as x = 2 + 5t + 7t2 then calculate :
 dx   dx 
(A) Velocity  i.e  of particle (B) Initial velocity  i.e at t  0 
 dt   dt 

 d 2x 
(C) Velocity at t = 2 sec (D) Accleration  i.e dt 2  of particle
 
21. A metallic disc is being heated. Its area (in m 2) at any time t (in sec) is given by A = 5t2 + 4t. Calculate
the rate of increase in area at t = 3sec.

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22. If the velocity of a paraticle moving along x-axis is given as v = (4t2 + 3t + 1) m/s then acceleration of
the particle at t = 1sec is :
23. The displacement x of a particle moving in one dimension under the action of constant force is related
to time t by the equation t = x + 3, where x is in metres and t is in seconds. Find the displacement of
the particle when its velocity is zero :–
(A) zero (B) 12m (C) 6m (D) 18m
24. A car moves along a straight line whose equation of motion is given by
s = 12t + 3t2 – 2t3
where s is in metres and t is in seconds. The velocity of the car at start will be :–
(A) 7 m/s (B) 9 m/s (C) 12 m/s (D) 16 m/s
25 A particle moves along the x-axis such that is co-ordinate (x) varies with time (t), according to the
expression : x = 2 – 5t + 6t2, where x is in metres and t is in seconds. The initial velocity of the particle
is :–
(A) –5 m/s (B) –3 m/s (C) 6 m/s (D) 2 m/s
26. Relation between displacement x and time t is
x = 2 – 5t + 6t2, the initial acceleration will be :–
(A) –3 ms–2 (B) 12 ms–2 (C) 2 ms–2 (D) –5 ms–2
27. The displacement 'x' of a particle moving along a straight line at time t is given by x = a0 + a1t + a2t2.
The acceleration of the particle is :–
(A) a1 (B) a2 (C) 2a2 (D) 3a2
28. If the distance covered by a particle is given by the relation x = at2. The particle is moving with : (where
a is constant)
(A) constant acceleration (B) zero acceleration
(C) variable acceleration (D) none of these
a1 t a 2 t 2
29. The displacement of a particle is given by x  a 0  
3 2
where a0, a1 and a2 are constants. What is its acceleration ?
(A) a 1 – a 2 (B) –a 2 (C) +a2 (D) a 2 – a 1
x2 dy
30. If y = then is :-
(x  1) dx

x(3x  2) x(x  2) x(x  2) x(x  2)

(A) (B) (C) (D)
(x  1)2 (x  1)2 (x  1)2 (x  1)

 dv 
31. If v = (t + 2) (t + 3) then acceleration  i.e  at t = 1 sec.
 dt 
(A) 5 m/s2 (B) 7 m/s2 (C) 2 m/s2 (D) None of these
dy
32. If y = logex + sinx + ex then is
dx
1 1 1 1
(A) + sinx + ex (B) – cosx + ex (C) + cosx + ex (D) – sinx
x x x x
d 100
33. (e ) = ..........
dx
(A) e100 (B) 0 (C) 100
e99 (D) None of these
d
34. (sin 120°) = ............
dx
(A) cos 120° (B) 120 cos 120° (C) 0 (D) None of these

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 dy
35. If y = x3cosx then = ........
dx
(A) x2(3cosx – x sinx) (B) x2(3cosx + xsinx)
(C) 3x2cosx + x3sinx (D) None of these

36. If v = (t2 – 4t + 105)m/s where t is in second. Find acceleration at t = 1 sec.

(A) 0 (B) 2 m/s2 (C) –2 m/s2 (D) None of these
2
d y
37. If y = sinx + cosx then is :-
dx 2
(A) sinx – cosx (B) cosx – sinx (C) –(sinx + cosx) (D) None of these
38. If x  t then
5/2

(A) v  t3/2 (B) a  t (C) Both above (D) v  t

dx dv
(Hint. v = ,a  )
dt dt
39. If radius of a spherical bubble starts to increase with time t as r = 0.5t. What is the rate of change of
volume of the bubble with time t = 4s ?
(A) 8 units/s (B) 4 units/s (C) 2 units/s (D)  units/s
40. The radius of spherical bubble is changing with time. Then rate of change of its volume is given by :
dr 4 2 8 2 8 dr
(A) 4r2 (B) r (C) r (D) r
dt 3 3 3 dt

41. Given that  . Minimum value of y is


(A) zero (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 10/ (1+3)

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