Ordinary Differential Equations

Choose the most appropriate option (a, b, c or d).

2
d2 y  dy 
Q 1. The order the differential equation     1 is
dx 2  dx 

(a) one (b) two (c) four (d) zero

2
 dy 
Q 2. The degree of the differential equation 1     x2 is
 dx 

(a) one (b) two (c) half (d) four

Q 3. The differential equation of the family of curves y = ex(A cos x + B sin x), where A, B are arbitrary
constants, has the degree n and order m. Then

(a) n = 2, m = 1 (b) n = 2, m = 2 (c) n = 1, m = 2 (d) n = 1, m = 1

Q 4. The general solution of a differential equation is y = aebx+c where a, b, c are arbitrary constants.
The order of the differential equation is

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) none of these

Q 5. The general solution of a differential equation is (y + c)2 = cx where c is an arbitrary constant.

The order and degree of the differential equation are respectively

(a) 1, 2 (b) 2, 2 (c) 1, 1 (d) 2, 1

Q 6. The degree and order of the differential equation of the family of all parabolas whose axis is the
x-axis, are respectively

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

Q 7. The order and degree of the differential equation of the family of circles touching the x-axis at
the origin, are respectively

(a) 1, 1 (b) 1, 2 (c) 2, 1 (d) 2, 2

Q 8. The order and degree of the differential equation of the family of ellipses having the same foci,
are respectively

(a) 1, 1 (b) 2, 1 (c) 2, 2 (d) 1, 2

dy
Q 9. If y(t) is a solution of the equation (1 + t) -ty = 1 and y(0) = -1 then y(1) is
dt
 1 1 1 1
(a)  (b) e  (c) e  (d)
2 2 2 2

Q 10. The solution of (x + logy)dy + y dx = 0 when y(0) = 1 is

(a) y(x – 1) + ylog y = 0 (b) y(x – 1 + logy) + 1= 0 (c) xy + ylogy + 1 = 0 (d) none of these

1 dy
Q 11. The general solution of the equation (1 + y2) + (x  etan y )  0 is
dx

1 1 1
(a) 2xetan y
 e2 tan y
k (b) xetan y
 tan1 y  k

1 1 1
(c) xe2 tan y
 etan y
k (d) x  2  ke tan y

3
df(x) esin x 4 3esin x
Q 12. Let
dx

x
, x > 0. If  1 x
dx = f(k) – f(1) then one of the possible values of k is

(a) 16 (b) 63 (c) 64 (d) 15

dy f(x.y)
Q 13. If x  y  x. then f(x . y) is equal to (k being an arbitrary constant)
dx f '(x.y)

2 3
(a) ke x /2
(b) ke y /2
(c) kexy / 2 (d) none of these

Q 14. The differential equation (x)dy = y {'(x) – y}dx is changed in the form df(x, y) = 0. Then f(x, y) is

1 1 1 (x)
(a) (x)  y (b) (x)  x (c) (x)  x (d)
2 y y y

Q 15. The solution of primitive integral equation (x2 + y2)dy = xy . dx is y = y(x). If y(1) = 1 and y(x0) = e
then x0 is

1 2
(a) 2(e2  1) (b) 2(e2  1) (c) 3e (d) (e  1)
2

1b 2b 3c 4b 5a 6a 7a 8d 9a 10b

11a 12c 13a 14b 15c