Differential Calculus
Differential Calculus
CHAPTER
#LAKSHYA REVISION 9
Differential Calculus
log x n - [x ] 1 - cos2 x
1. Lim , n Î N , ([x] denotes greatest 6. lim is
x ®0 [x ] x ® 0 2 x
integer less than or equal to x) (a) 1 (b) –1
(a) has value – 1 (b) has value 0 (c) 0 (d) does not exist.
(c) has value 1 (d) does not exist (2002)
(2002) 7. If f (x + y) = f (x) × f (y) " x, y and f (5) = 2, f ¢(0)
2. f is defined in [–5, 5] as = 3, then f ¢(5) is
ì x, if x is rational and (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 6 (d) 2.
f ( x ) = í
î - x, if x is rational. Then (2002)
(a) f (x) is continuous at every x, except x = 0 1
æ x 2 + 5x + 3 ö x
(b) f (x) is discontinuous at every x, except x = 0 8. lim ç 2 ÷
x ®¥ è x + x + 3 ø
(c) f (x) is continuous everywhere
(a) e 4 (b) e 2
(d) f (x) is discontinuous everywhere.
(2002) (c) e 3 (d) 1.
(2002)
3. f (x) and g (x) are two differentiable
9. Let f (2) = 4 and f ¢(2) = 4 then
function on [0, 2] such that f ¢¢( x ) - g ¢¢( x ) = 0,
x f (2) - 2 f ( x )
f ¢(1) = 2 g ¢(1) = 4 , f (2) = 3g (2) = 9 then lim equals
x ®2 x - 2
f (x)– g(x) at x = 3/2 is (a) 2 (b) – 2
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 5. (c) – 4 (d) 3.
(2002) (2002)
f (x ) - 1 10. If 2a + 3b + 6c = 0 (a, b, c Î R) then the quadratic
4. If f (1) = 1, f ¢ (1) = 2, then xLt is
®1 x - 1 equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 has
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 1/2. (a) At least one in (0, 1)
(2002) (b) At least one root in [2, 3]
(c) At least one root in [4, 5]
5. The maximum distance from origin of a point on
(d) none of these (2002)
the curve x = a sint – b sin ( )
at
b
11. If lim
log(3 + x) - log(3 - x )
= k , the value of k is
y = a cos t - b cos ( )
at
b
, both a, b > 0 is x
® 0
(a) –1/3 (b) 2/3
x
(c) –2/3 (d) 0.
(a) a – b (b) a + b (2003)
(c) a 2 + b 2 (d) a 2 - b 2 . n
12. If f (x) = x , then the value of
(2002)
2 x
f ¢(1) f ¢¢(1) f ¢¢¢(1) ( -1) n f n (1) æ a b ö 2
f (1) -
1!
+
2!
-
3!
+ .... +
n! 19. If lim ç1 + x + 2 ÷ = e , then the values of
is
x ®¥ è x ø
(a) 2 n – 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2 n . a and b, are
(2003) (a) a Î R, b = 2 (b) a = 1, b Î R
3 2 2
13. If the function f (x) = 2x – 9ax + 12a x + 1, (c) a Î R, b Î R (d) a = 1 and b = 2.
where a > 0, attains its maximum and minumum (2004)
2
at p and q respectively such that p = q, then a p p .
equals 20. Let f ( x ) = 1 - tan x , x ¹ , x Î éëê0, ùû
4 x - p 4 2 ú
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1/2 (d) 3.
(2003) ë 2 û
p
f ( x ) is continuous in éê 0, ùú , then f
p
4
is ( )
ì -æç 1 + 1 ö÷ 1 1
ï (a) - (b)
14. If f ( x ) = í xe è
| x| x ø
, x ¹ 0 , then f (x) is 2 2
ïî 0 (c) 1 (d) –1.
, x = 0
(2004)
(a) continuous for all x, but not differentiable at 21. A function y = f (x) has a second order derivative
x = 0 f ¢¢(x) = 6(x – 1). If its graph passes through the
(b) neither differentiable not continuous at x = 0 point (2, 1) and at that point the tangent to the
(c) discontinuous everywhere graph is y = 3x – 5, then the function is
(d) continuous as well as differentiable for all x. (a) (x + 1) 3 (b) (x – 1) 3
(2003) 2
(c) (x – 1) (d) (x + 1) 2 .
15. The real number x when added to its inverse gives (2004)
the minimum value of the sum at x equal to 22. If 2a + 3b + 6c = 0, then at least one root of the
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) –2 (d) 2. equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 lies in the interval
(2003) (a) (2, 3) (b) (1, 2) (c) (0, 1) (d) (1, 3).
16. The value of (2004)
4 4 4 3 3 3
lim 1 + 2 + 3 5+ .... + n - lim 1 + 2 + 3 5 + .... + n 23. Suppose f (x) is differentiable at x = 1 and
n®¥ n n ®¥ n
lim 1 f (1 + h ) = 5, then f ¢(1) equals
is h ® 0 h
(a) zero (b) 1/4 (c) 1/5 (d) 1/30. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 5.
(2003) (2005)
lim
[1 - tan( x / 2) ][1 - sin x ] 24. Let f be the differentiable for " x. If f (1) = – 2
17. is
x ®p / 2 [1 + tan( x / 2) ] [ p - 2 x ] 3
and f ¢( x ) ³ 2 for [1, 6], then
(a) 0 (b) 1/32 (c) ¥ (d) 1/8.
(a) f (6) < 8 (b) f (6) ³ 8
(2003)
(c) f (6) = 5 (d) f (6) < 5.
18. Let f (a) = g(a) = k and their n th derivatives (2005)
f n (a), g n (a) exist and are not equal for some n.
Further if 25. If f is a realvalued differentiable function satisfying
f (a ) g ( x ) - f ( a ) - g (a ) f ( x ) + g (a )
| f ( x ) - f ( y ) | £ ( x - y )2 , x, y Î R and f (0) = 0,
lim = 4, then f (1) equals
x ® a g ( x ) - f ( x )
then the value of k is (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) – 1.
(a) 2 (b) 1 (2005)
(c) 0 (d) 4. 26. The normal to the curve x = a(cosq + q sinq),
(2003) y = a(sinq – qcosq) at any point q is such that
p + q (c) (– ¥, ¥)
(a) it makes angle with xaxis
2 (d) (0, ¥).
(b) it passes through the origin (2006)
(c) it is at a constant distance from the origin
33. A triangular park is enclosed on two sides by a
p
(
(d) it passes through a 2 , - a . ) fence and on the third side by a straight river bank.
(2005) The two sides having fence are of same length x.
The maximum area enclosed by the park is
27. Let a and b be the distinct roots of ax 2 + bx + c = 0,
1 - cos( ax 2 + bx + c ) 3 2 x 3
then lim is equal to (a) x (b)
x ®a ( x - a ) 2 2 8
a 2 1 2
(a) 0 (b) ( a - b ) 2 (c) x (d) px 2 .
2 2
1
( a - b ) 2 - a 2 (2006)
(c) (d) ( a - b )2 .
2 2 34. If x m ∙ y n = (x + y) m + n , then dy/dx is
(2005)
y x + y
28. A spherical iron ball 10 cm in radius is coated with (a) (b) xy
x
a layer of ice of uniform thickness that melts at a
3 x
rate of 50 cm /min. When the thickness of ice is (c) xy (d) .
y
5 cm, then the rate at which the thickness of ice
(2006)
decreases, is
1 cm/min 1 cm/min 35. A value of c for which conclusion of Mean Value
(a) (b)
18p 36p Theorem holds for the function f (x) = log e x on
5 cm/min 1 cm/min.
(c) (d) the interval [1, 3] is
6p 54p
(2005) (a) log 3 e (b) log e 3
1
3 x 2 + 9 x + 17 (c) 2 log 3 e (d) 2 log e 3.
29. If x is real, the maximum value of 2 is
3 x + 9 x + 7 (2007)
(a) 1/4 (b) 41 (c) 1 (d) 17/7.
–1
(2006) 36. The function f (x) = tan (sin x + cos x) is an
increasing function in
x 2
30. The function g ( x ) = + has a local minimum æ pö æ p pö
2 x (a) ç 0, 2 ÷ (b) ç - 2 , 2 ÷
at è ø è ø
(a) x = 2 (b) x = –2 æ p p ö æ p p ö
(c) ç 4 , 2 ÷ (d) ç - 2 , 4 ÷ .
(c) x = 0 (d) x = 1. è ø è ø
(2006) (2007)
31. Angle between the tangents to the curve 37. Let f : R ® R be a function defined by
y = x 2 – 5x + 6 at the points (2, 0) and (3, 0) is f (x) = min {x + 1, |x| + 1}. Then which of the
(a) p/2 (b) p/3 (c) p/6 (c) p/4. following is true ?
(2006) (a) f (x) is differentiable everywhere
(b) f (x) is not differentiable at x = 0
x (c) f (x) ³ 1 for all x Î R
32. The set of points where f ( x ) = is
1+ | x | (d) f (x) is not differentiable at x = 1.
differentiable, is (2007)
(a) (– ¥, 0) È (0, ¥)
(b) (– ¥, –1) È (–1, ¥) 38. The function f : R / {0} ® R given by
Answer Key
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (a)
7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (b)
13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (a) 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (d)
19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (b)
25. (c) 26. (a), (c) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (a)
31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (c) 36. (d)
37. (a) 38. (b) 39. (c) 40. (c) 41. (b) 42. (b)