Type (I) : Very Short Answer Type Questions : [01 Mark Each]

dy
1. Find if (x2 + y2)2 = xy.
dx
 x dy
2. If y = log tan    , show that – sec x = 0
4 2 dx
 2 
3. Differentiate the following w.r.t. x : log  x  1  x  .
 
dy
4 If xy + y2 = tan x + y, find.
dx
Type (II) : Short Answer Type Questions : [02 Marks Each]

d2 y  x2 
 
5. Find when y = log  ex  .
dx 2  

1  sin 2x dy  
6. If y = , show that + sec2   x  = 0.
1  sin 2 x dx  4 

7. Differentiate log sin x 2  1 w.r.t. x.

 1 x 
8. Differentiate cot–1   w.r.t. x
 1 x 

 3 dy
9. If y = (sinx – cosx)(sinx – cosx),
<x< , then find .
4 4 dx
Type (III) : Long Answer Type Questions: [04 Mark Each]
dy
10. Find if y = xx + xa + ax.
dx
dy
11. y = xsin x + (sin x)x, find .
dx

d2 y dy
12. If y = tan–1 x, show that (1 + x2) + 2x =0
dx 2 dx

d2 y
13. If y = A cos n x + B sin n x, show that + n2 y = 0.
dx 2
14. Differentiate esin x + (tan x)x w.r.t. x.
 5 x  12 1 – x 2 
–1  dy
15. If y = sin  13  , find dx .
 

d2 y dy
16. If y = 4e3x + 3e4x, prove that 2
–7 + 12y = 0.
dx dx

d2 y dy
17. If y = ex sin x, prove that 2 –2 + 2y = 0
dx dx
dy
18. Find , if y = (cos x)x + (sin x)1/x .
dx

 1 t2  2t
If x = a   dy
19. 2  and y = 2 , find .
 1 – t  1– t dx

20. Differentiate xxMsin–1

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  b
21. If x = a sin 2t(1 + cos 2t) and y = b cos 2t (1 – cos 2t), show that  dx  at t   = .
4 a

a sin –1
x d2 y dy
22. If y = e , –1 ≤ x ≤ 1, then show that (1 – x2) 2 –x – a2y = 0.
dx dx

–1 2
d2 y dy
23. If y = cosec x, x > 1, then show that x(x – 1) + (2x2 – 1) = 0.
dx 2 dx

x2  1 dy
24. If y = (log x)cos x + 2 , find .
x –1 dx
25. Differentiate the following function w.r.t. x : y = (sin x)x + sin–1 x.

–1 2 2 2
d2 y dy
26. If y = (cot x) , then show that (x + 1) + 2x(x2 + 1) = 2.
dx 2 dx

Type (IV) : Very Long Answer Type Questions: [06 Mark Each]
d y 2
27. If x = 2 cosθ – cos2θ and y = 2sinθ – sin2θ, find  2 
 dx   
2
2
d y 
28. If x = 3 sin t – sin 3t, y = 3 cos t – cot 3t, find at t =
dx 2 3

PART - I : SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Section (A) : First principle, Basic theorem
A-1. Find the derivative of following functions with respect to x by the first principle (ab – initio method).
(i) f(x) = sin x2 (ii) f(x) = e2x + 3
A–2. Differentiate the following functions with respect to x .

5  x
(i) x2/3 + 7e – + 7 tan x (ii) x2. n x. ex (iii) n tan   
x 4 2

sinx  xcosx  1 1  cos x 


(iv) xsinx  cosx (v) tan  tan ,0<x<π
 1  cos x 


1  xn
A–3. It is known for x ≠ 1 that 1 + x + x 2 +....+x n–1 = , hence find the sum of the series
1 x
S = 1 + 2x + 3x2 + ....+ (n + 1) xn.
A–4. If for f(x) = λx2 + μx + 12. f′(4) = 15 and f′(2) = 11, then find λ and μ.
A–5. If f(x) = 2 n (x − 2) − x2 + 4x + 1, then find the solution set of the inequality f ′ (x) ≥ 0.

Section (B) : Parametric and Implicit functions

dy
B–1. Find dx if :

 1 t
(i) x = a  cos t  n tan 2  and y = a sin t. (ii) x = sint cos 2t and y = cost cos 2t
 2 2
1 1 dy x
B–2. If x = t + and y = t – , then prove that dx  y .
t t

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B–3. Find , when x and y are connected by the following relations
dx
(i) ax2 + 2hxy + by2 +2gx + 2fy + c = 0 (ii) xy + xe–y + y . ex = x2

x dy
B–4. If y = , then find
x dx
a
x
b
a .......... .....

Section (C) : Logarithmic functions, Inverse trigonometric functions

C–1. Differentiate the given functions w.r.t.x
(i) (n x) cos x (ii) xx – 2sinx (iii) y = (x n x)n n x

dy y 2 loge y
C–2. If y = , then prove that  .
dx x(1  y loge x loge y )

dy
C–3. Find in each of the following cases:
dx
4x 2  3x  1x 2 
−1  
(i) y= tan–1
1  5x 2
+ tan–1 3  2x , (0 < x < 1) (ii) y = sin  1  x 2  , (0 < x < 1)
 
1 x
(iii) y = sin–1 , (– 1 < x < 1)
2
Section (D) : Substitution, one function w.r.t. other function
D–1. Differentiate

 1  2x   1  x 2  1
 
−1 
(i) tan  1  2x  w.r.t. 14x 2 (ii) tan–1  x  with respect to tan –1(x)
   
.
..
x..
Section (E) : Higher order derivatives, Miscellaneous
ax
a

2
d2 y  dy 
E–1. (i) If ey (x + 1) = 1, show that 2 =
  .
dx  dx 

d2 y dy
(ii) If y = sin (2 sin–1 x), show that (1 – x 2) =x – 4y.
dx 2 dx

d2 y dy
E–2. If y = A e − kt cos (p t + c), then prove that +2k + n2 y = 0, where n2 = p 2 + k2.
dt 2 dt

x b b
a x b x b d
E–3. If Δ1 = and Δ2 = are given, then prove that Δ = 3Δ2
a a x a x dx 1

5.sinx 7sin2x 3sin3x a x x a

E–4. (i) Evaluate Limit
x 0 tanx  x (ii) If Limit
x a
  1 , then find ‘a’.
x x a a

E–5. Evaluate the following

1/ x 2 1
(i) Limit  tanx  (ii) Limit
(cos ec x) nx
x 0 x 0
 x 
E–6. Evaluate Limit log tan 2 x (tan2 2 x)
x 0

H( x ).g(1)g( x ).H(1)
E–7. If H′ (1) = 1, g ′ (1) = 2; H(1) = 1, g(1) = 2, then find Limit
x 1 sin( x 1)

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