IIT JEE Mains & Advanced Mathematics by OM Sir

MASTER Sheet: Method of Differentiation

LEVEL- 1 (A)
1 1 1 dy
1. If y = –  –
+ –  –
+ –  – 
,then is equal to -
1+ x +x 1+ x +x 1+ x +x dx
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) ( + + )x +  +  – 1 (D) 

 3 
2. If f(x) = |cosx|, then f ′   is equal to –
 4 
1 1
(A) – (B) (C) 1 (D) –1
2 2
d x
3. (e sin 3x) equals-
dx
(A) ex sin( 3x +  / 3) (B) 2ex sin( 3x +  / 3)
1 x 1 x
(C) e sin( 3x +  / 3) (D) e sin( 3x –  / 3)
2 2

4.
d
dx
( nsin x ) is equal to-
tan x cot x cot x cot x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 x x 2x 2 x
1– x dy
5. If y = , then equals-
1+ x dx
y y y y
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1– x 2 x –1
2
1 + x2 y –1
2


x + a + x
2 2 
 dy
6. if y= n  , then the value of is-

 a 
 dx

1
(A) a 2 – x 2 (B) a a 2 + x 2 (C) (D) x a2 + x 2
a +x2 2

dx
7. If x = y n(xy), then equals-
dy
y(x – y) x(x + y) y(x + y) x(x – y)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
x(x + y) y(x – y) x(x – y) y(x + y)
dy
8. If (cosx)y =(siny)x, then equals-
dx
log sin y – y tan x log sin y + y tan x log sin y + y tan x log sin y + y tan x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
logcos x + x cot y logcos x – x cot y logcos x + x cot y logcos y – y cot x

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dy
9. if 2x + 2y = 2x+y, then is equal to-
dx
2 x + 2y 2 x + 2y  2y – 1  2x + y – 2 x
(A) (B) (C) 2x– y  x  (D)
2x – 2y 1 + 2x + y  1– 2  2y

dy
10. If x = a(t – sint), y = a(1 + cost), then equals-
dx
t t t t
(A) – tan (B) cot (C) – cot (D) tan
2 2 2 2

 1 
 w.r.t 1– x is –
2
11. The differential coefficient of sec–1  2
 2x – 1 
(A) 1/ x 2 (B) 2 / x3 (C) x / 2 (D) 2 / x

dy
12. If x3 – y3 + 3xy2 – 3x2y + 1 = 0, then at (0, 1) equals-
dx
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 0

d  –1  1– cos   
13.  tan 
d    equals, if – <  <  -
 sin   
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) sec (D) cosec

d  1+ x 
14. cot –1   is equal to, if x > –1
dx  1– x 
1 1 1 –1
(A) (B) (C) – (D)
1 + x2 1– x 2 1 + x2 1– x 2

dy
15. If y = tan–1 (cotx) + cot–1 (tanx), then is equal to-
dx
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) –2

d   x – x 
 tan–1  equals- (x  0)
 
3/ 2 
16.
dx   1+ x  
1 1 1 1
(A) – (B) +
2 x(1 + x) 1 + x2 2 x(1 + x) 1 + x2
1 1 1 1
(C) – (D) +
1 + x 1 + x2 1+ x 1 + x2
1
17. If g is the inverse of f and f ′ (x) = then g ' (x) is equal to-
1 + x3
–1 1 1
(A) 1 + [g(x)]
3
(B) (C) (D)
2(1 + x 2 ) 2(1 + x 2 ) 1 + [g(x)]3
18. If x2 + y2 = 1, then-
(A) yy''– 2(y')2 + 1 = 0 (B) yy''+ (y')2 + 1 = 0
(C) yy''+ (y')2 – 1 = 0 (D) yy''+ 2(y')2 + 1 = 0

19. Let f be a function defined for all x  R. If f is differentiable and f(x3) = x5 for all x  R (x  0), then
the value of f ′ (27) is-
(A) 15 (B) 45 (C) 0 (D) 35

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x b b
x b
20. If 1 = a x b and 2 = are given, then –
a x
a a x

(A) 1 = 3(2 )2 (B)

d
1 = 32 (C)
d
1 = 3( 2 )2 (D) 1 = 3(2 )3/2
dx dx

LEVEL- 1 (B)
u(x) u'(x)  u(x) ' p+q
1. Let u(x) and v(x) are differentiable functions such that = 7. If = p and   = q then has the value
v(x) v '(x)  v(x)  p –q
equal to –
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 7 (D) –7

2. Let f (x) be a polynomial function of second degree. If f (1) = f (–1) and a, b, c are in A.P., then f '(a),
f '(b) and f '(c) are in
(A) G.P. (B) H.P. (C) A.G.P. (D) A.P.

3. Suppose the function f(x) – f(2x) has the derivative 5 at x = 1 and derivative 7 at x = 2. The derivative of the function
f(x) – f(4x) at = 1, has the value equal to :
(A) 19 (B) 9 (C) 17 (D) 14

 x tan–1 x + sec –1(1/ x), x  (–1,1) – {0}

4. If f(x) =  then f '(0) is
  / 2, if x = 0
(A) equal to –1 (B) equal to 0 (C) equal to 1 (D) non existent

5. Given: f(x) = 4x3 – 6x2 cos2a + 3x sin 2a. sin6a + n(2a – a2 ) then
(A) f(x) is not defined at x = 1/2 (B) f ′ (1/2) < 0
(C) f '(x) is not defined at x = 1/2 (D) f ′ (1/2) > 0

d2 y
6. If x = t3 + t + 5 & y = sint, then =
dx 2
(3t 2 + 1)sint + 6t cos t (3t 2 + 1)sint + 6t cos t
(A) – (B)
(3t 2 + 1)3 (3t 2 + 1)2
(3t 2 + 1)sint + 6t cos t cos t
(C) – (D)
(3t 2 + 1)2 3t 2 + 1

a + a2 – x 2 + x
7. If f(x) = where a > 0 and x < a, then f '(0) has the value equal to –
a2 – x 2 + a – x
1 1
(A) a (B) a (C) (D)
a a

8. Suppose that f(0) = 0 and f ′ (0) = 2, and Iet g(x) = f(–x + f(f(x))) . The value of g' (0) is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 6 (D) 8

f(4) – f(x 2 )
9. If f is differentiable in (0, 6) & f ′(4) = 5, then lim =
x →2 2– x
(A) 5 (B) 5/4 (C) 10 (D) 20

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2
d x
10. If y = x + ex then is :
dy 2
ex ex –1
(A) ex (B) – (C) – (D)
(1 + ex )3 (1 + ex )2 (1 + e x )3
If f is twice differentiable such that f " (x) = –f(x), f ′ (x) = g(x), h ′ (x) =  f(x) + g(x) and
2 2
11.
h (0) = 2, h(1) = 4 then the equation y = h(x) represents :
(A) a curve of degree 2 (B) a curve passing through the origin
(C) a straight line with slope 2 (D) a straight line with y intercept equal to –2

d2 y dy
12. If y = (A + Bx)emx + (m –1)–2 ex then –2m + m2y is equal to –
dx 2 dx
(A) ex (B) emx (C) e–mx (D) e(1 – m)x
3
d2 x  dy  d2 y
13. if 2   + 2 = K then the value of K is equal to
dy  dx  dx
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 0

(x + h)f(x) – 2hf(h)
14. Let f(x) be differentiable at x = h, then lim is equal to –
x →h x–h
(A) f(h) + 2hf '(h) (B) 2f(h) + hf '(h) (C) hf(h) + 2f '(h) (D) hf(h) –2 f '(h)

d3 y
15. If y =at2 + 2bt + c and t = ax2 + 2bx + c, then equals
dx 3
(A) 24 a2 (at + b) (B) 24 a (ax + b)2 (C) 24 a (at + b)2 (D) 24 a2 (ax + b)

 1 
16. Let f (x) = x + sin x. Suppose g denotes the inverse function of f. The value of g'  +  has the value equal to :
4 2
2 +1
(A) 2 –1 (B) (C) 2 – 2 (D) 2 +1
2
MCQ
4
17. If f(x) = (2x –3)5 + x + cos x and g is the inverse function of f. then
3
7 3 7
(A) g'(2) = (B) g'(2) = (C) g''(2) = (D) g''(2) = 0
3 7 3
18. If f(x) = x.|x|, then its derivative is :
(A) 2x (B) –2x (C) 2|x| (D) 2xsgnx
dy
19. If y = tan x tan 2x tan 3x, (sin12x  0) then has the value equal to
dx
(A) 3 sec2 3x tan x tan 2x + sec2x tan 2x tan 3x + 2 sec2 2x tan 3x tan x
(B) 2y (cosec 2x + 2 cosec 4x + 3 cosec 6x)
(C) 3 sec2 3x – 2 sec2 2x – sec2 x
(D) scc2x + 2 sec2 2x + 3 scc2 3x
20. Which of the following statements are true ?
(A) If xexy = y + sin2x, then at x = 0, (dy/dx) = 1
(B) If f(x) = a0x2m+1 + a1 x2m + a2x2m–1 +.....+ a2m+1 = (a0  0) is a polynomial equation with rational
coefficients then the equation f '(x) = 0 must have a real root. (m  N ).
(C) If (x – r) is a factor of the polynomial f(x) = anxn + an–1 xn–1 + an–2 xn–2 +.......+ a0 repeated m times
where 1  m  n then r is a root of the equation f '(x) = 0 repeated (m – 1) times.
dy
(D) If y = sin–1 (cos sin–1 x) + cos–1 (sin cos–1x) then is dependent on x.
dx

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x – 2 x –1
21. Let f (x) = .x then
x –1–1
(A) f '(10) = 1 (B) f '(3 / 2) = –1
(C) domain of f (x) is x  1 (D) none

x  – x
22. lim is equal to –
x → x x –  

e 
(A) loge   (B) loge   (C) tan(cot–1 ( n) – cot–1 (1)) (D) tan(tan–1(1) – tan–1 ( n))
 e

23. Let P(x) be the polynomial x3 + ax2 + bx + c, where a,b,c  R. If P(–3) = P(2) = 0 and P ' (–3) < 0,
which of the following is a possible value of 'c' ?
(A) –27 (B) –18 (C) –6 (D) –3

24. Two functions f & g have first & second derivatives at x = 0 & satisfy the relations,
2
f (0) = ,f '(0) = 2g'(0) = 4g(0),g''(0) = 5f ''(0) = 6f(0) = 3 then
g(0)
f(x) 15
(A) if h(x) = then h'(0) = (B) if k(x) = f(x). g(x) sin x then k ' (0) = 2
g(x) 4
g'(x) 1
(C) lim = (D) none
x →0 f '(x) 2

( nx) n( nx) dy
25. If y = x , then is equal to :
dx
y nx–1 y
(A) ( nx + 2 n x n( nx)) (B) (ln x)ln(ln x ) (2ln (ln x) + 1)
x x
y y ny
(C) ((ln x)2 + 2ln (ln x) (D) (2ln(ln x) + 1)
x nx x nx

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(JEE-MAIN)
6
3 
 k cos –1 4 dy
1. If y =  cos kx – sin kx  , then at x = 0 is _____. [IIT JEE MAINS 2020]
k =1 5 5  dx

 tan  + cot   1  3  dy 5
2. If y() = 2  + ,    ,   then at  = is : [IIT JEE MAINS 2020]
 1 + tan   sin   4 
2 2
d 6
4 1
(1) 4 (2) – 4 (3) (4) –
3 4

1/3
dy y
3. Let xk + yk = ak, (a, k > 0) and + x = 0, then k is : [IIT JEE MAINS 2020]
dx  
3 1 2 4
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 3 3 3

1 1 dy 1
4. Let y = y(x) be a function of x satisfying y 1 – x 2 = k – x 1 – y 2 where k is a constant and y   = – . Then at x = ,
2 4 dx 2
is equal to : [IIT JEE MAINS 2020]
5 5 2 5
(1) (2) – (3) (4) –
2 2 5 4

dy 1 d 
5. Let f(x) = (sin(tan–1x) + sin(cot–1x)2 –1, |x| > 1. If = (sin–1(f(x))) and y( 3 ) = ,
dx 2 dx 6
then y(– 3 ) is equal to : [IIT JEE MAINS 2020]
5   2
(1) (2) – (3) (4)
6 6 3 3

 
6. If f (x) = tan–1(secx + tanx), – < x < , and f(0) = 0, then f(1) is equal to : [IIT JEE MAINS 2020]
2 2
+2  +1 1  –1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 4 4 4

7. Let f and g be differentiable functions on R such that fog is the identity function, If for some a, b  R,
g(a) = 5 and g(a) = b then f (b) is equal to : [IIT JEE MAINS 2020]
2 1
(1) (2) (3) 5 (4) 1
5 5

d2 y
8. If x = 2 sin  – sin 2 and y = 2cos  – cos 2,   [0, 2], then at  =  is : [IIT JEE MAINS 2020]
dx 2
3 3 3 3
(1) (2) (3) – (4) –
4 2 8 4

  
9. If y2 + loge(cos2x) = y, x   – ,  , then : [IIT JEE MAINS 2020]
 2 2
(A) |y (0)| = 2 (B) |y (0)| + |y (0)| = 3 (C) |y (0)| + |y (0)| = 1 (D) y (0) = 0

10. (
If a + 2bcos x ) (a – )
2bcos y = a2 – b2, where a > b > 0, then
dx
dy
 
at  ,  is :
4 4
[IIT JEE MAINS 2020]

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a–b a+b 2a + b a – 2b
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a+b a–b 2a – b a + 2b

 1 + x2 – 1   2x 1 − x 2  1
11. The derivative of tan–1   with respect to tan–1   at x = is : [IIT JEE MAINS 2020]
 x   1 – 2x 2  2
   
3 3 2 3 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 10 5 3

d2 y 
12. If x = 3 tan t and y = 3 sec t, then the value of at t = , is : [IIT JEE MAINS 2019]
2 4
dx
3 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 2 6 6 2 3 2

13. Let f : R → R be a function such that f(x) = x3 + x2f (1) + xf (2) + f (3), x  R. Then f(2) equals - [IIT JEE MAINS 2019]
(1) 30 (2) – 2 (3) – 4 (4) 8

dy
14. If x loge(logex) – x2 + y2 = 4(y > 0), then at x = e is equal to : [IIT JEE MAINS 2019]
dx
(1 + 2e) (1 + 2e) (2e –1) e
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 4 + e2 4 + e2 2 4 + e2 4 + e2

dy
15. For x > 1, if (2x)2y = 4e2x – 2y, then (1 + loge 2x)2 is equal to : [IIT JEE MAINS 2019]
dx
x log e 2x – log e 2 x log e 2x + log e 2
(1) (2) loge 2x (3) x loge 2x (4)
x x

16. Let f be a differentiable function such that f (1) = 2 and f (x) = f(x) for all x  R. If h(x) = f(f(x)), then h(1) is equal to :
[IIT JEE MAINS 2019]
(1) 4e (2) 2e2 (3) 4e2 (4) 2e

2
  3 cos x + sin x     dy
If 2y =  cot –1   , x   0,  then
 cos x – 3 sin x  
17. is equal to - [IIT JEE MAINS 2019]
  2 dx
  
   
(1) x – (2) –x (3) –x (4) 2x –
6 3 6 3

18. If f(1) = 1, f (1) = 3, then the derivative of f(f(f(x))) + (f(x))2 at x = 1 is - [IIT JEE MAINS 2019]
(1) 9 (2) 12 (3) 15 (4) 33

19. Let f(x) = loge(sin x), (0 < x < ) and g(x) = sin–1(e–x), (x  0). If  is a positive real number such that
a = (fog) () and b = (fog) (), then : [IIT JEE MAINS 2019]
(1) a2 + b – a = – 22 (2) a2 + b + a = 0
(3) a2 + b + a = 0 (4) a2 – b – a = 1

 dy d 2 y 
20. If ey + xy = e, the ordered pair  ,  at x = 0 is equal to : [IIT JEE MAINS 2019]
 dx dx 2 
 
       
(1)  –1 , 1  (2)  1 , – 1  (3)  1 , 1  (4)  –1 , – 1 
 e e2  
e 2
e  e 2
 e   e e2 

 sin x – cos x  x    
21. The derivative of tan–1   , with respect to , where  x   0,   is : [IIT JEE MAINS 2019]
 sin x + cos x  2   2 

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2 1
(1) (2) 1 (3) 2 (4)
3 2

 6x x 
22. If for x   0, 1  , the derivative of tan –1   is
5 xg(x), then g(x) equals [IIT JEE Mains 2017]
 4  1– 9x 
3 9 3x
(1) (2) (3) 3x x3 (4)
1 + 9x 3
1 + 9x 3
1 – 9x 1 – 9x 3

1
23. If g is the inverse of a function f and f ′(x) = , then g ' (x) is equal to [JEE-MAIN- 2014]
1 + x5
1
(1) 1+ x5 (2) 5x4 (3) (4) 1 +{g(x)}5
1 + {g(x)}5

dy
24. If y = sec(tan–1x), then at x = 1 is equal to [JEE-MAIN- 2013]
dx
1 1
(1) (2) (3) 1 (4) 2
2 2
d2 x
25. equals [AIEEE - 2011]
dy 2
–2 –3 –1 –1 –3
 d2 y   dy   d2 y   dy   d2 y   d2 y   dy 
(1)  2    (2) –  2    (3)  2  (4) –  2   
 dx   dx   dx   dx   dx   dx   dx 

26. Let f: (–1, 1) – R be a differentiable function with f(0) = – 1 and f ′(0)= 1. Let g(x) = [(2f(x) + 2)]2.
Then g '(0) [AIEEE - 2010]
(1) 4 (2) –4 (3) 0 (4) –2

27. Let y be an implicit function of x defined by x2x – 2xx cot y – 1 = 0. Then y'(1) equals [AIEEE - 2009]
(1) log 2 (2) –log2 (3) –1 (4) 1

dy
28. If xm .yn = (x + y)m+n, then is [AIEEE - 2006]
dx
x+y x
(1) (2) xy (3) (4)
xy y

(JEE-ADVANCED)
1. Let f : R → R, g : R → R and h : R → R be differentiable functions such that f(x) = x 3+ 3x + 2, g(f(x)) = x and h(g(g(x))) = x for all
x R. Then [Adv 2016]
1
(A) g '(2) = (B) h '(1) = 666 (C) h(0) = 16 (D) h(g(3)) = 36
15
  sin      d
2. Let f() = sin  tan–1    ,where –    . Then the value of (f( )) is : [JEE 2011]
  cos2   4 4 d(tan )

x
3. If the function f(x) = x3 + e 2 and g(x) = f–1(x), then the value of g(1) is [JEE 2009]

4. (a) Let g (x) = ln f (x) where f (x) is a twice differentiable positive function on (0, ) such that
f (x + 1) = x f (x). Then for N = 1, 2, 3 [JEE 2008]
 1  1
g''  N +  − g''   =
 2  2

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 1 1 1   1 1 1 
(A) −4 1 + + + ..... + 2 
(B) 4 1 + + + ..... + 2
 9 25 (2N − 1)   9 25 (2N − 1) 
 1 1 1   1 1 1 
(C) −4 1 + + + ..... + 2 
(D) 4 1 + + + ..... + 2 
 9 25 (2N + 1)   9 25 (2N + 1) 

(b) Let f and g be real valued functions defined on interval (–1, 1) such that g''(x) is continuous, g(0)  0, g'(0) = 0, g''(0)  0,
and f (x) = g (x) sin x.
STATEMENT-1 : Lim [g(x) cot x – g(0) cosec x] = f ''(0) and
x →0
STATEMENT-2 : f '(0) = g(0)
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True ; statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True ; statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

d2 x
5. equals :- [JEE- 2007]
dy 2
–1 –1 –3
 d2 y   d2 y   dy   d2 y   dy 
–2
 d2 y   dy 
–3

(A)  2  (B) –  2    (C)  2    (D) –  2   

 dx   dx   dx   dx   dx   dx   dx 

6. For x > 0, lim((sin x)1/ x + (1/ x)sin x ) is :- [JEE- 2006]

x →0

(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 2

7. Let f : R → R, g : R → R and h : R → R be differentiable functions such that f(x) = x3 + 3x + 2,

g(f(x)) = x and h(g(g(x)))= x for all x  R. Then-
1
(A) g'(2) = (B) h’(1) = 666 (C) h(0) = 16 (D) h(g(3)) = 36
15

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ANSWER KEY
LEVEL - 1 (A)

1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (B)

6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (C)

11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (C) 15. (D)

16. (A) 17. (A) 18. (B) 19. (A) 20. (B)

LEVEL - 1 (B)

1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (D)

6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (B)

11. (C) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (D)

16. (C) 17. (BD) 18. (CD) 19. (ABC) 20. (AC)

21. (AB) 22. (ACD) 23. (A) 24. (ABC) 25. (BD)

JEE- MAIN

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
91 1 3 2 1 2 2 Bonus A B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B C 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 1
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
3 4 1 2 2 3 4

JEE Advanced
1.(B,C) 2. 8 3. 1 4. (a) A ; (b) A 5.(D) 6.(C) 7.(BC)

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