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MCQs Unit # 2: F.Sc Part 2

Calculus and Analytic Geometry, MATHEMATICS 12

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Unit 2: Differentiation
1)

2)

Let f be a real value function and x Df

f ( x + h) f ( x )
then lim
when it exists is
h 0
h
called
A) The derivative of f at a
B) The derivative of f at h
C) The derivative of f at x
D) The derivative of f at x = h

4)

7)

If a particle moves according to the law

x = et then velocity at time t = 0 is

x 7 a7
is equal to
xa x a

A)
B)
C)
D)

0
0/0
7a7
7a6

ax + b
ax + b
The derivative of
w.r.t
is
cx + d
cx + d
b
A)
(cx + d ) 2
a
B)
(cx + d ) 2
C) 1
D) 0

8)

9)

6
2
5
3

If a particle thrown vertically upward

move according to the law, x = 32t 16 t2
(x in ft, t in sec) then the height attained by
the particle when the velocity is zero is
A)
B)
C)
D)

0
32t
16ft
2ft

dy
is equal to
dx

4t
2
t
4

The derivative of sin (a + b) w.r.t x is

A)
B)
C)
D)

10)

0
1
e
none of these

If x = 2t, y = t2 then
A)
B)
C)
D)

The slope of the tangent to the curve y = x3

+ 5 at the point (1, 2) is
A)
B)
C)
D)

5)

If a particle moves according to the law

x = 16t 4 then acceleration at time t = 20
is
A) 6
B) 0
C) 116
D) 4

The value of the lim

A)
B)
C)
D)

3)

6)

cos (a + b)
cos (a + b)
cos (a b)
0

The derivative of x sina w.r.t x is

A)
B)
C)
D)

cos a
x cos a + sin a
x cos a + sin a
sin a

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11)

The derivative of

x+a
w.r.t x is
sin a

16)

sin a ( x + a ) cos a
(sin a ) 2
sin a cos a
B)
sin 2 a
sin a x a
C)
sin 2 a
1
D)
sin a
The derivative of

17)

sin a
w.r.t xis
cos a

14)

1 1
+ + ......
2 3
1
B) 1 + 2 + + ......
3
1 1 1
C) 1 + + + ......
1! 2! 3!
1 1 1
D) 1 + + + ......
2 3 4

15)

19)

x + cosec

x) is

20)

1
x2 + 1

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y = ax
y = 2x
y = ex
y = 3x

The derivative of sin (sin a) w.r.t x is

A)
B)
C)
D)

21)

10
2
e
none of these

The natural exponential function is defined

by the equation
A)
B)
C)
D)

x x2 1
1
B)
1 + a2
C) 0
1
D)

x2 1

The base of the natural logarithmic

function is
A)
B)
C)
D)

4tan7
4tan7
4tan5
2tan5

The derivative of (sec

equal to
A)

18)

sec2 (ax + b)
a sec2 (ax + b)
b sec2 (ax + b)
1

If x = 2cos7, y = 4sin7 then dy/dx is

equal to
A)
B)
C)
D)

The value of e as sum of the series is

A) 1 +

The derivative of tan (ax + b) w.r.t tan (ax

+ b) is
A)
B)
C)
D)

a w.r.t x

1 a2
1
B)
1 + a2
1
1
C)
+
2
1 a2 1 + a
D) 0

A) sec2 (ax + b)
cos a
B)
sin a
cos a
C)
sin a
D) 0
13)

A)

A)

12)

The derivative of Sin-1a + Tan

is equal to

cos (sina)
cos (sina) cosa
cos (cosa)
0

If ay = x then the value of y is

A)
B)
C)
D)

ax
logax
x/a
a/x

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22)

If

y
x
dy
= Tan 1 then
is
x
y
dx

28)

A)
B)
C)
D)

A) xy
1
x + y2
1
C)
1 + y2
y
D)
x
B)

23)

24)

exp (cosx)
sinx exp(cosx)
(cosx) exp (sinx)
cosx exp (cosx)

30)

2e
2
1
0

31)

The derivative of X is
X x1
X.X x 1
Xx (1+ln x)
Xx ln x

32)

If x or dx is quite small then the

difference between dy and y will be
A)
B)
C)
D)

very large
large
small
negligible

If radius of a circular disc is unity then its

area will be
A)
B)
C)
D)

2
2

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of

dy
is
dx

the

function

Sec2 45o Cosx

Sec245 o Sinx
Cosec2 45 o Cotx
Cosx

The derivative of the function y = tanx is

tanx sec2 45 o + sec2 x tan 45o
sec2x sec245o
Sec2 45o
Sec2x

A particle thrown vertically upward,

moves according to the law, x = 32 16t2
(x in ft, t in sec) then the maximum height
attained by the particle is
A)
B)
C)
D)

33)
27)

A) 2
B) 2
C) 4
D) 4
The
derivative
1
f ( x) =
is
cos ecx

A)
B)
C)
D)

cosx + cosx + cosx

9 cosx
9 sin x
3 cos x

If x = cos2, y = 4sin2 then

A)
B)
C)
D)

The derivative of e w.r.to x is

A)
B)
C)
D)
26)

29)

A)
B)
C)
D)
25)

The derivative of exp (sinx) is

A)
B)
C)
D)

the derivative of the function f(x) = sinx +

sinx + . up to 9 times, is

32ft
16ft
48ft
2ft

If in a function y = x2 2x, x = 4,
increment in x = 0.5 then the value of
differential of the dependent variable is
A)
B)
C)
D)

4.5
3.5
3
2.5

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34)

If y = e2x then y9 is
A)
B)
C)
D)

35)

36)

4
42)

e2x
29
29 e2x
28 e2x

In the interval (- , ) the function

defined by the equation y = x3 is
A) increasing
B) decreasing
C) constant
D) even

A)
B)
C)
D)
43)

44)

37)

46)

+ ve
ve
0

47)

[1, 5]
[- 1, 5]
[- 5, 1]
[-5, - 1]

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2
is decreasing in the
x

The function f(x) = x3 1 is increasing in

the interval

48)

(-5, -1)
(-5, 1)
(-5, 5)
All A, B, C are true

The function f(x) = 1 x3 has a point of

inflexion at
A)
B)
C)
D)

The function f(x) = x2 increases in the

interval
A)
B)
C)
D)

The function f(x) =

A)
B)
C)
D)

A function f will have a minimum value at

x = a, if f (a) = 0 and f (a) is
A)
B)
C)
D)

41)

increasing
decreasing
constant
zero

increasing
decreasing
neither increasing nor decreasing
maximum

interval
A) (0, 2)
B) (0, 3)
C) (0, 4)
D) All A, B, C are true

If f( c) < 0 for every c (a, b) then f is

A)
B)
C)
D)

40)

f( c) > 0
f( c) < 0
f( c) = 0
f( c) = 1

45)

(-1, 1)
(-2, 2)
(-3, 3)
All A, B and C are true

In the interval (-2, 3) the function f(x) = x2

is
A)
B)
C)
D)

If f ( c ) exists then f ( c) is a maximum or

minimum value of f, only if
A)
B)
C)
D)

39)

Maxima
Minima
Inflexion
Absolute Maxima

(- 5, 1)
(-5, 2)
(5, 3)
(-5, -1)

The function f(x) = 1 x3 decreases in the

interval
A)
B)
C)
D)

The origin for the function y = x3 is a point

of
A)
B)
C)
D)

The function f(x) = 1 x2 increases in the

interval

origin
x=2
x=-1
x=1

The function f(x) = x2 3x + 2 has a

minima at
A) x = 1
B) x = 3/2
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C) x = 3
D) x = 2
49)

The function

55)
f ( x) =

x 3 3x 2

+ 2 x has
3
2

A)
B)
C)
D)

minima at
A)
B)
C)
D)
50)

52)

A)
B)
C)
D)
54)

57)

A) x = 2/3
B) x = 2
C) x = 3
D) x = - 2
The function f(x) = 5x2 6x + 2 has a
minima at

x=0
x = /2
x=
x = /4

In the interval (0, ) the function f(x) = sin

x has a minimum value at the point
A)
B)
C)
D)

x=0
x = /2
x = /4
x=

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The function f(x) = sin x decreases in the

interval

The function f(x) = cos x increases in the

interval

A) 0,
2

B) ,
2
2
C) ,

2 3
3

,2
D)
2

x=3
x=5
x = 3/5
x = - 3/5

In the interval (0, ) the function sinx has

a maxima at the point

x = /2
x = - /2
x=0
x = /4

A) 0,
2
3
B) ,
2
3

C) , 2
2

D) 0,
2

increasing
decreasing
neither increasing nor decreasing
constant

The function f(x) = 3x2 4x + 5 has a

minima at

A)
B)
C)
D)
53)

56)

In the interval (0, ) the function

2
f(x) = cosx is
A)
B)
C)
D)

51)

x=0
x=1
x = -1
x=2

, ] the function f(x) =
2 2
cos x has a maxima at
In the interval [

58)

The function f(x) = tan x increases in the

interval

A) 0,
2

B) ,
2
3
C) ,
2

D) All A, B, C is true

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59)

A) 0,
2

B) ,
2
3
C) ,
2

D) All A, B, C are true

60)

62)

The function cosec x increases in the

interval

A) 0,
2
3
B) ,
2

C)
,2
2

D) 0,
4

63)

The function cosec x decreases in the

interval

The function f(x) = sec x increases in the

interval

A) ,
2
3
B) ,
2

C)
,2
2

D) ,
4

61)

D) 0,
3

The function f(x) = cot x decreases in the

interval

A) ,
2
3
B) ,
2

C)
,2
2

2
D) ,

2 3

The function f(x) = sec x decreases in the

interval

A) 0,
2

B) ,
2
3
C) ,
2

64)

Two positive real numbers, whose sum is

40 and whose product is a maximum are
A)
B)
C)
D)

30, 10
25, 15
20, 20
19, 21

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