APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVE ASSIGNMENT-1

BY PANKAJ BALUJA

1. The difference between the maximum and minimum value of the function
4 6
f(x)  3sin x  cos x is :

3 5
A. B. C. 3 D. 4
2 2
2. A function y  f(x) has a second order derivative f "(x)  6(x  1) . If its graph passes through
the point (2, 1) and at that point the tangent to the graph is y  3x  5 , then the function is :

A. (x  1)² B. (x  1)3 C. (x  1)3 D. (x  1)2

3. If the subnormal at any point on the curve y  31k.x k is constant length then k equals to :

1
A. B. 1 C. 2 D. 0
2
4. If x 5  5qx  4r is divisible by (x  c)² then which of the following must hold true
q,r,c  R ?

A. q  r B. q  r  0 C. q5  r 4 D. q4  r 5
5. A spherical iron ball 10 cm in radius is coated with a layer of ice of uniform thickness that
melts at a rate of 50 cm³ / min. When the thickness of ice is 5 cm, then the rate at which the
thickness of ice decreases, is :
1 1 1
A. cm/min B. cm/min C. cm/min D.
36 18 54
5
cm/min
6
(x  1)(x  2)
6. If f(x)  , then number of local extremas for g(x) , where g(x)  f(| x |) :
(x  3)(x  4)

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. None of these
7. Two straight road OA and OB intersect at an angle 60º. A car approaches O from A, where
OA = 700m at a uniform speed of 20 m/s, Simultaneously, a runner starts running from O
towards B at a uniform speed of 5 m/s. The times after start when the car and the runner are
closest is :
A. 10 sec. B. 15 sec. C. 20 sec. D. 30 sec.
a  3x ;  2  x  0
8. Let f(x)   ; if f(x) has smallest value at x  0 , then range of a, is :
4x  3 ; 0  x  1
A. (,3) B. (,3] C. (,3) D. [3, )

3 | x  k | , x k

9. f(x)   sin(x  k) has minimum at x  k , then :
a²  2  (x  k) , x  k

A. a  R B. | a | 2 C. | a | 2 D. 1 | a | 2

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d²y
10. For a certain curve = 6x  4 and curve has local minimum value 5 at x = 1. Let the
dx²
global maximum and global minimum values, where 0  x  2 ; are M and m. Then the value
of (M  m) equals to :
A. –2 B. 2 C. 12 D. –12
7
11. The tangent to y  ax²  bx  at (1, 2) is parallel to the normal at the point (–2, 2) on the
2
a
curve y  x²  6x  10 . Then the value of  b is :
2
A. 2 B. 0 C. 3 D. 1
12. If (a,b) be the point on the curve 9y²  x³ where normal to the curve make equal intercepts
with the axis, then the value of (a  b) is :

10 20
A. 0 B. C. D. None of these
3 3
d²y
13. The curve y  f(x) satisfies = 6x  4 and f(x) has a local minimum value 5 when x  1
dx²
. Then f(0) is equal to :

A. 1 B. 0 C. 5 D. None of these
14. Let A be the point where the curve 5²x 3  10x 2  x  2y  4  0(  R,a  0) meets the y-
axis, then the equation of tangent to the curve at the point where normal at A meets the
curve again, is :
A. x  y  2  0 B. x  y  2  0 C. 2x  y  2  0 D. x  2y  4  0
15. The difference between the greatest and the least value of the function
1 1
f(x)  cos x  cos 2x  cos 3x .
2 3
11 13 9 7
A. B. C. D.
5 6 4 3

16. The x co-ordinate of the point on the curve y  x which is closest to the point (2, 1) is :

2 3 1 3 1  3
A. B. C. D. 1
2 2 2
 2  4  x² 
17. The tangent at a point P on the curve y  In   4  x² meets the y-axis at T ;
 2  4  x² 
 
then PT² equals to :
A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. 16
x³
dt
18. Let f(x)   In t
x²
for x  1

and g(x)   (2t²  In t) f(t)dt(x  1) , then :

1

A. g is increasing on (1,  )
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B. g is decreasing on (1,  )
C. g is increasing on (1, 2) and decreasing on (2,  )
D. g is increasing on (1, 2) and increasing on (2,  )

19. Let f(x)  x³  6x²  ax  2 , if (–3, –1) is the largest possible interval for which f(x) is
decreasing function, then a =
A. 3 B. 9 C. –2 D. 1
1  x 
20. Let f(x)  tan1   . Then difference of the greatest and least value of f(x) on [0, 1] is :
1  x 
  
A. B. C.  D.
2 4 3
21. The number of integral values of a for which f(x)x³  (a  2)x²  3ax  5 is monotonic in
x  R .
A. 2 B. 1 C. 6 D. 7
x  3 x 1
22. The number of critical points of f(x)    (cos²t  3 t)dt   x 4/3  in [0,6] is :
  4 2
0 
A. 10 B. 8 C. 6 D. 12
 1 3x² 5x² 
23. Let f(x)  min   , for 0  x  1 , then maximum value of f(x) is :
2 4 4 

5 5 5
A. 0 B. C. D.
64 4 16
2 | x²  5x  6 | x  2
24. Let f(x)  
 b²  1 x  2

Has relative maximum at x  2 , then complete set of values b can take is :

A. | b | 1 B. | b | 1 C. b  1 D. b  1

cos 1 x ;  1  x  0
25. Let for the function f(x)   ;
mx  c ; 0  x 1

Lagrange's mean value theorem is applicable in [–1, 1] then ordered pair (m, c) is :
       
A. 1,   B.  1,  C.  1,   D.  1, 
 2  2  2  2

26. Tangents are drawn to y  cos x from origin then points of contact of these tangents will
always lie on :
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A.  1 B.  2 C.  1 D.  2
x² y² x² y² y² x² y² x²

27. Least natural number a for which x  ax 2  2x  (0, ) is :

A. 1 B. 2 C. 5 D. None of these

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28. Angle between the tangents to the curve y  x²  5x  6 at points (2, 0) and (3, 0) is :

   
A. B. C. D.
6 4 3 2
x
29. Difference between the greatest and least values of the function f(x)   (cos²t  cos t  2)dt
0

in the interval [0, 2 ] is K , then K is equal to:

A. 1 B. 3 C. 5 D. None of these
sin    
30. The range of the function f()   ,    0,  is equal to :
 tan   2
1  2 
A. (0, ) B.  ,2  C. (2, ) D.  ,2 
   
31. Number of integers in the range of c so that the equation x³  3x  c  0 has all its roots real
and distinct is :
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
32. Let f(x)   ex (x  1)(x  2)dx . Then f(x) decreases in the interval :

A. (2, ) B. (2, 1) C. (1,2) D. (,1)  (2, )

33. If the cubic polynomial y  ax³  bx²  cx  d(a,b,c,d  R) has only one critical point in its
entire domain and ac  2 , then the value of | b | is

A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6

1 dy
34. On the curve y  , the point at which is greatest in the first quadrant is :
1  x² dx

1 4  1  1 2  1 3
A. .  ,  . B. 1,  C.  ,  D.  , 
2 5  2  2 3  3 4

 
35. If f ( x)  2x, g ( x)  3sin x  x cos x, then for x   0,  :
 2
A. f ( x)  g ( x) B. f ( x)  g ( x)
C. f ( x)  g ( x) has exactly one real root D. f ( x)  g ( x) has exactly two real
root
 2 g ( x) 
36. Let f ( x)  sin 1   , then which are correct?
 1  g ( x)² 
(i) f ( x) is decreasing if g ( x) is increasing and | g ( x) | 1
(ii) f ( x) is an increasing function g ( x) is increasing and | g ( x) | 1
(iii) f ( x) is decreasing function g ( x) is decreasing and | g ( x) | 1
A. (i) and (iii) B. (i) and (ii) C. (i), (ii) and (iii) D. (iii)

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37. The graph of the function y  f ( x) has a unique tangent at (ea ,0) through which the graoh
In(1  7 f ( x))  sin( f ( x))
passes then is equal to :
3 f ( x)

A. 1 B. 3 C. 2 D. 7
38. Let f ( x) be a function such that f '( x)  log1/3 (log3(sin x  a) . The complete set of values of 'a'
for which f ( x) is strictly decreasing for all real values of x is :
A. [4, ) B. [3, 4] C. (,4) D. [2, )
39. If f ( x)  a In | x | bx²  x has extremes at x  1 and x  3 , then :

3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1
A. a  , b   B. a  , b  C. a   , b   D. a   , b 
4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8
1  sin x, x  0
40. Let f ( x)   , then :
 x ²  x  1, x  0
A. f has a local maximum at x = 0 B. f has a local minimum at x = 0
C. f is increasing everywhere D. f is decreasing everywhere

x
41. If m and n are positive integers and f ( x)   (t  a)2 n (t  b) 2 m 1 dt , a  b , then :
1

A. x = b is a point of local minimum B. x = b is a point of local maximum

C. x = a is a point of local minimum D. x = a is a point of local maximum
42. For any real  , the maximum value of cos²(cos )  sin ²(sin ) is :
A. 1 B. 1 + sin²1 C. 1 + cos² 1 D. Does not exist
43. If the tangent at P of the curve y²  x² intersects the curve again at Q and the straight line
 tan  
OP, OQ have inclinations a, b where O is origin, then   has the value, equals to :
 tan  
A. –1 B. –2 C. 2 D. 2
44. If x  4 y  14 is a normal to the curve y ²  x3   at (2, 3), then value of    is :
A. 9 B. –5 C. 7 D. –7
45. The tangent to the curve y  e kx at a point (0, 1) meets the x-axis at (a, 0) where a[2, 1]
then k  :
 1   1 1 
A.   ,0  B.  1,   C. [0, 1] D.  ,1
 2   2 2 
x u²

46. Which of the following graph represent the function f ( x)  e
0
x
du , for x  0 and f (0)  0 ?

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A. B.

O O

C. D.

O O

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D B A C B C D D C B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C C C C C A B A B B
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B D D A D C B D C D
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B C D D A B C A C A
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