DIFFERENTIATION LEVEL # 1

Differential coefficient Q.10 If a cos2 (x+y)= b, then dy/dx equals-

Q.1 d/dx (ax) equals- (A) 2 (B) –2

(C) 1 (D) –1
(A) xax–1 (B) ax/ logae
(C) ax loga e (D) None of these Q.11 d/dx log sin x is equal to -
2x  4 p
Q.2 If f(x) = and f' (x) = , then tan x cot x
x 12 ( x  1) 2
2
(A) (B)
p equals- 2 x x
(A) x2
– 8x –2 (B) –2x2
+ 8x + 2 cot x cot x
(C) (D)
(C) 4x + 2 (D) –2x2 + 8x –2 2x 2 x
1  cos x dy Q.12 If x = a (cos t + t sin t), y = a (sin t–t cos t),
Q.3 If y = , then equals-
1  cos x dx dy
then at t =  /4, equals-
1 1 dx
(A) sec2 x/2 (B) cosec2 x/2
2 2 (A) 1 (B) –1
(C) sec2 x/2 (D) cosec2 x/2 (C) 1/2 (D) –1/2
Q.4 If y = x – x2, then the derivative of y2 w.r.t.
x dx
x2 is–
(A) 2x2 + 3x – 1 (B) 2x2 – 3x + 1
Q.13 If y =
bx  5g , then dy
equals-

(C) 2x2 + 3x + 1 (D)None of these 5 5

FG 1  cos xIJ , then the value of

(A)
b1  yg 2 (B)
b1  yg 2

1
Q.5 If y = log
H 1  cos xK (C)
b1  yg 2 (D) None of these
dy/dx is-
(A) sec x (B) cosec x 1 x
(C) –sec x (D) – cosec x Q.14 If y = , then dy/dx equals-
1 x
d RS
tan 1
1  cos FG IJ UV equals- y y
Q.6
d |T sin  H K |W (A)
1 x 2 (B) 2
x 1
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 y
y
(C) sec  (D) cosec  (C) (D)
1  x2 y2  1

Q.7 d/dx
LMtan 1 1  cos x OP equals-
Q.15 If y = log (cosec x –cot x), then dy/dx equals-
MN 1  cos x PQ (A) cosec x + cot x (B) cot x
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) sec x + tan x (D) cosec x
(C) sec x (D) cosec x
Q.16 If y = log 1  sin x , then dy/dx equals-
Q.8 d/dx (sec xº) equals- 1  sin x
(A) sec x tan x (A) sec x (B) – sec x
(B) sec xº tan xº (C) cosec x (D) sec x tan x
(C) (  /180) sec xº tanxº Q.17 Derivative of sec x with respect to tan x is-
(D) (  /180) sec x tan x
(A) sin x (B) cos x

Q.9 If f(x) = |cosx – sinx|, then f'   is equal (C) cosec x (D) None of these
2
to– Q.18 Derivative of cos–1 x with respect to 1 x is-
(A) 1 (B) –1 (A) x (B) –1 / x
(C) 0 (D) None of these (C) – x (D) 1/ x
Q.19 If y = e3x sin 4x, then the value of dy/dx is- Q.27 If y = sinn x cos nx, then dy/dx equals-
FG 4x  tan 4 IJ 1
(A) n sinn–1 x. cos (n+1) x
(A) e3x sin H 3K (B) n sinn–1 x. sin (n+1) x
F
(B) e3x cos GH 4 x  tan
4I
J 1 (C) n sinn–1 x. cos (n –1) x
3K (D) n sinn–1 x. cos nx
F
(C) 5e3x sin GH 4 x  tan
4I
J 1
3K FG 1 xIJ – cos–1 FG 1 xIJ , then the
F 4I
Q.28 If y = sin–1 H2 K H2 K
(D) 5e3x cos GH 4 x  tan J 1
3K value of dy/dx equals-

sin 1 x 1 2
Q.20 If y =
1  x2
e
, then 1  x
2
j dy/dx equals- (A)
4  x2
(B)
4  x2
(A) x+y (B) 1+ xy 2
(C) – (D) None of these
(C) 1–xy (D) xy –2 4  x2
d2 y
Q.21 If y = sin x + cos 2x, then equals- Q.29 If x = a sin3 t, y = a cos 3 t then dy/dx
dx2
(A) sin x + 4 sin 2x equals-
(B) – (sin x + 4 cos 2x) (A) tan t (B) cot t
(C) – sin x + 4 cos 2x (C) – tan t (D) – cot t
(D) None of these
Q.30 The derivative of x6 w.r.t. x3 is-
Q.22 If y =
b1  xg 2
, then dy/dx is - (A) 6x6 (B) 3x2
x2
(C) 2x3 (D) x3
2 2 2 2
(A) 2 + 3 (B) – +
x x x 3
x2
2 2 2 2 Q.31 Derivative of sin2 x w.r.t. cos2 x is -
(C) – + (D) – –
x2 x3 x2 x3 (A) tan2 x (B) tan x
(C) – tan x (D) None of these
Q.23 If y = log10 (sin x), then dy/dx equals-
(A) sin x log10 e (B) cos x log10e
Q.32 The differential coefficient of sec tan–1 x w.r.t.
(C) cot x log10e (D) cot x
x is -
(A) x/ (1+x2) (B) x 1  x 2
Q.24 If y = e5 log x , then the value of dy/dx is-
(C) 1/ 1  x2 (D) x/ 1  x2
(A) 5 log x (B) 5e5 log x
(C) 5x4 (D) None of these tan 1 x
Q.33 Derivative of w.r.t. tan–1 x is equal to-
1  tan 1 x
Q.25 The differential coefficient of a sin x w.r.t. sin–1
1
x
1
is - (A)
(1  tan 1 x) 2
(A) a sin 1 x log ea (B) a sin 1 x
1 1
a sin x
(C) (D) a sin 1
x e1  x j
2
e j
(B) 1  x 2 (1  tan 1 x) 2
e1  x j 2

1
Q.26 If y = tan–1 x + tan–1 , then the value of 1  x2
x (C)
dy/dx is- (1  tan 1 x) 2

(A) 0 (B) 1 (D) log (1+ tan–1 x)

(C) –1 (D) 2
 F 1 x I
Q.34 d/dx log GH 1  x JK equals- Q.42 If y =
1  tan x
1  tan x
, then dy/dx is equal to-
x 1
(A)
1 x
(B)
1 x 1 1  tan x FG   xIJ
(C)
1
(D) None of these
(A)
2 1  tan x H4 K
sec2
x (1  x)

(B)
1  tan x F I
sec2 GH  xJK
1  tan x 4
x
Q.35 d/dx e sin 3 x equals-
1 1  tan x F I
sec GH  xJK
(A) ex sin e 3x   / 3 j (C)
2 1  tan x 4
(B) 2ex sin e 3x   / 3 j (D) None of these
1 x
(C)
2
e sin e 3x   / 3 j Q.43 If cos x =
1
2 and sin y =
t
, then
1 t 1 t2
1 x
(D)
2
e sin e 3 x   / 3j dy/dx is equal to -
1 t
Q.36 If y = sec a  bx , then dy/dx equals- (A) –1 (B)
1 t2
1
b (C) (D) 1
(A) sec a  bx tan a  bx 1 t2
b a  bx
sin 1 x
b Q.44 Differential coefficient of with
(B) sec a  bx tan a  bx 1  sin 1 x
2 a  bx respect to sin–1 x is -
(C) 2b a  bx sec a  bx tan a  bx 1
1
(D) None of these (A) 1 2 (B)
(1  sin x) 1  x2
Q.37 The derivative of x|x| is- 1
(A) 2x (B) –2x
(C) 2 |x| (D) Does not exist
e
(C) 1  sin 1 x
j 1  x 2 (D) None of these

Q.38 d/dx cos 1 x  sin 1 1  x equals-

1  cos x
(A) 1 (B) 0 Q.45 If y = tan–1 , then value of dy/dx
1  cos x
1 1 is-
(C) – (D) –
1 x x  x2 (A) – 1/2 (B) 1/2
1 dt (C) 1 (D) –1
Q.39 If t= ae x / (x – b), then . equals to -
t dx Q.46 The differential coefficient of tan–1 mx with
(A) b(x–b)2 (B) – b(x–b)–2 respect to m is-
(C) b2(x–b) (D) None of these x x
LMtan FG sin x IJ OP
1
(A)
m 1 x 2 (B)
1  m 2 x2
Q.40 d/dx
N H 1  cos x K Q equals-
(C)
m2 x
(D)
m2 x
(A) 1/2 (B) –1 1 x 2 1 mx2
(C) 1/4 (D) –1/2
1 1
Q.41 If y = sin–1 x , then dy/dx is equal to- Q.47 If x = t2 + 2 , y = t4 + 4 , then dy/dx
t t
2 2 equals-
(A) (B)
x 1 x x 1 x (A) 2x (B) x
1 1 (C) x2 (D) None of these
(C) (D)
2 x 1 x 1 x
Q.48 If g(x) = x tan–1 x, then the value of g'(1) Q.57 If y = log (sec x – tan x), then the value of
equals- d2 y
is-
dx2
1  (A) sec x tan x (B) – sec x tan x
(A) (B)
2 4 (C) sec x + tan x (D) sec x – tan x
1  1  d2 y
(C) – (D) + Q.58 If y = x3 log x, then the value of is-
2 4 2 4 dx 2
(A) 5x + 6x log x
Q.49 If f(x) = 5x2 – 6x + 3 and f'(k) = 4, then the (B) 3x + 6x log x
value of k is- (C) 6x + 5x log x
(A) –1 (B) 1 (D) None of these
(C) 0 (D) 1/2 Q.59 If f(x) = tan x + sec2 x, then f' (x) equals-
(A) sec x (1+ tan x) (B)sec x (1+2 tan x)
Q.50 If f (x) =  x2 –5x – 5 and f" (2) + f'(2) + f(2) = 0, (C) sec2 x (1+ tan x) (D)sec2 x (1+2 tan x)
then  equals– xc
Q.60 If y = , then the value of xy where
(A) 0 (B) 2 1  x2
(C) 10/3 (D) 15/4
dy/dx = 0 is-
2x 2  c (A) 1/2 (B) 3/4
Q.51 If f(x) = and f'(1) = 0, then the value
x2 (C) 5/4 (D) None of these
of c is-
(A) 2 (B) 4
Q.61 If x 2/3 + y2/3 = 1, then dy/dx equals-
(C) 6 (D) 8
(A) (y/x)1/3 (B) –(y/x)1/3
Q.52 d/dx (tan–1 ex) equals- (C) (x/y)1/3 (D) –(x/y)1/3

1 1 FG a sin x  b cos xIJ , then dy/dx

(A)
1 e 2x (B)
e ex x
Q.62 If y = tan –1
H a cos x  b sin xK
ex equals-
(C) (D) None of these (A) 1 (B) –1
1 e x
Fx 2
 x1 I (C) 0 (D) None of these
Q.53 If y = log GH x 2 J , then dy/dx at x= 0
 x  1K
Q.63 If y = x. e cos
1
x + sec (2x –1), then dy/dx
equals-
equals-
F1  x I
(A) 1
(C) 2
(B) –1
(D) –2
(A) e cos
1
x GH J + sec (2x–1) tan (2x –1)
1 x K
2

F1  x I
(B) e cos
1
x GH J + sec (2x–1) tan (2x–1)
1 x K
2
Q.54 If f(x) = 4x2
– 8x + 5 and f'(x) = 0, then the
value of x is- F1  x I
(A) –1 (B) 3/8 (C) e cos
1
x GH J +2sec(2x–1)tan (2x–1)
1 x K
2
(C) 1 (D) 5
(D) None of these
Q.55 If x = log (1+t2), y = 2t –2tan–1t, then at d
Q.64 If f (x) = log x(x>1), then [f (log x)]
2
d y dx
t = 1 equals- equals-
dx 2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (A) x log x (B) (x log x)–1
(C) –1 (D) 2 (C) x/ log x (D) None of these
d2 y Q.65 The derivative of even function is-
Q.56 If x = at2 and y = 2at, then xy 2
equals-
dx (A) Odd function (B) Even function
(A) a (B) –a (C) Constant function (D) None of these
(C) 0 (D) – a/xy
 Q.75 If y = a cos (log x) + b sin (log x) then
Q.66 The derivative of cot–1 cos 2x at x =  /6 is-
(x2y2 + xy1) equals to –
(A) 2/3 (B) 1/ 3 (A) y (B) ay
(C) 3 (D) 6 (C) by (D) –y
Q.67 If y = | log x|, then- d2 y
Q.76 If y = sin 2x cos 6x, then the value of is–
(A) y'(1+ 0) = 1 (B) y'(1– 0) = –2 dx 2
(C) y'(A) = 1 (D) y'(0) =  (A) 8 sin 4x + 32 sin 8x
(B) 32 sin 8x – 8 sin 4x
(C) 8 sin 4x – 32 sin8x
Q.68 lim f ( x)  f (a) equals-
xa x 2  a 2 (D) None of these
(A) f'(a) (B) f(a)/2a Q.77 If y = log(1– t2) and x = sin–1(t), then the
(C) f'(a) /2a (D) Does not exist d2 y 1
value of 2 at t = is–
dx 2
Q.69 If f(x) = |x–2| and g(x) = f (f(x)), then for (A) 3/8 (B) – 3/8
(C) 8/3 (D) None of these
x > 20, g'(x) is equal to -
(A) 1 (B) –1 2 d2 y
Q.78 If y = e sin x then equals to –
(C) 0 (D) None of these dx 2
2
(A) e sin x (cos x2.2x)
2
Q.70 If y = tan–1 (cot x) + cot–1 (tan x), then (B) e sin x (4x2cosx2 + 2cos x2 + 4x2 sin x2)
2
dy/dx is equal to - (C) e sin x (4x2cos2x2 + 2cos x2 – 4x2 sin x2)
(A) 1 (B) 0 (D) 4x2 cos x2 + 2cos x2 – 4x2 sin x2
(C) –1 (D) –2
1
tan x
Q.79 If y = e then which one is true –
Q.71 If y = a sin mx + b cos mx, then the value
(A) (1 + x2)y2 – (2x – 1) y1 = 0
d2 y (B) (1 + x2) y2 + (2x + 1) y1 = 0
of equals –
dx2 (C) (1 + x2) y2 + (2x – 1) y1 + y = 0
(A) m 2y (D) (1 + x2) y2 + (2x – 1) y1 = 0
(B) – m 2y
(C) – am 2 sin x + bm 2 cos x Q.80 If y = 2
2x  x2 , then yy2 + y1 is equal to
(D) None of these
(A) 0 (B) –1
d2 y (C) 1 (D) Does not exist
Q.72 If y = aex – be –x, then the value of
dx2
equals – Q.81 If y = (sin–1x)2, then which one is true –
(A) y (B) –y (C) y (D) – y (A) (1 – x2)y2 – xy1 = –2
1 1 d y 2
(B) (1 – x2)y2 + xy1 = 2
Q.73 If x = t + , y = t – , then equals –
t t dx2 (C) (1 – x2)y2 – xy1 – 2 = 0
(A) – 4t(t2 – 1)–2 (B) – 4t3(t2 – 1)–3 (D) None of these
(C) (t2 + 1)(t2 – 1)–1 (D) – 4t2(t2 – 1)–2
Q.74 If y1/m = x + 1  x2 , then Q.82 If x = a (cos  + sin ), y = a (sin  – cos
d2 y
d2 y dy ) then at  =  equals to –
(1 + x 2) + x equals – dx 2
dx2 dx
(A) my2 (B) m 2y 1 1
(A) (B)
(C) m 2y2 (D) None of these a a
(C) a (D) –a
Q.83 If y= ex(cos x +sin x), then the value of y2 is – Q.92 If x3 + y3 = 3xy, then the value of dy/dx is-
(A) 2ex (cos x – sin x) x  y2 x2  y
(B) 2(y1 – y) (A) (B)
x2  y x  y2
(B) 2 2 ex cos(x + /4) xy 2
x2  y
(C) (D) 2
(D) All correct y  x2 y x
Q.93 2 2
If ax + 2hxy + by = 0, then dy/dx equals-
Q.84 If y = sin (msin–1x), then (1–x2) y2–xy1+ m 2y ax  hy ax  hy
equals to – (A) (B) –
hx  by hx  by
(A) 0 (B) y hx  by hx  by
(C) –y (D) None (C) (D) –
ax  hy ax  hy
Q.94 If x = y log xy, then dx/dy equals-
x
Q.85
 1
If y =   then y2(1) equals to – b g
y x y b g
x xy

(A) –1
x
(B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 2
b g
(A) x x  y
b g
(B) y x  y

y b x  yg x b x  yg
Q.86 If y = (1–x2)–1/2 sin–1 x, then (1–x2) y1 – xy
(C) x b x  yg (D) y b x  yg
equal to– Q.95 If x3 –y3 + 3xy2 –3x2y + 1 = 0, then at (0,1)
(A) 0 (B) 1 dy/dx equals-
(C) –1 (D) 3 (A) 1 (B) –1
(C) 2 (D) 0
Q.87 If y = (x+1)2 ( x+2), then dy/dx equals–
Q.96 If x y+ y x = 1, then dy/dx equals-
(A) (x+1) (x–3) (B) 2(x+1) (x–3)
(C) 2(x+1) (3x+5) (D) (x+1) (3x+5)
y2 xy
(A) –
x  2 xy
Q.88 d/dx (log10x) equals–
x Fy2 xy I
(A) 1/x
(C) log loge x
(B) (1/x) log10e
(D) None of these
(B) –
y
GH x  2 J
xy K

F
y y2 xy I
Q.89 The derivative of loga x + log xa is equal to– (C) – G
x H x2
J
xy K
1 1
(A) (a + loga e) (B) (a+ logea) (D) None of these
x x
a Q.97 If x+ y = xy, then dy/dx equals-
(C) + log a e (D) None of these
x yx y 1  1 y x y 1  1
(A) (B)
1  x y log x x y log x  1
Implicit function y x y 1  1
(C) (D) None of these
x y log x  1
2
d y
Q.90 If ey + xy = e, then the value of at
dx2 Q.98 If ex + ey = ex+y, then dy/dx equals-
x = 0 is-
(A) e–1 (B) e–2 (A) ex–y (B) ey–x
(C) e–3 (D) e (C) –ex–y (D) –ey–x

FG dy IJ dy
Q.91 If y sin x = x+y, then H dx K x 0
equals- Q.99 If y = xx + ax + xa, then
dx
at x = 1 equals-

(A) 1 (B) –1 (A) 1+ a log a (B) 1 + a + log a

(C) 0 (D) 2 (C) a + a log (ea) (D) 1+a log (ea)
Q.100 If y2 x+ x2 y + 3xy = 2, then dy/dx equals– Q.107 If xy = ey, then dy/dx equals-

x2  3 x  2xy y 2  3 y  2xy x y
(A) – 2
y  3 y  2xy
(B) – 2
x  3 x  2xy
(A)
b g
y y 1
(B)
b g
x y 1
y 2  3 y  3 xy b g
x y 1 x
y b y  1g
(C) – (D) None of these (C) (D) –
x2  3 x  3 xy y
Q.101 If x3 + y3 = 3(1+xy), then the value of
Q.108 If (cos x)y = (sin y)x, then dy/dx equals-
FG IJ
dy
H Kb
dx 1,2 g
equals–
(A)
log sin y  y tan x
log cos x  x cot y
(A) 1/3 (B) –3 log sin y  y tan x
(B)
(C) –1/3 (D) 4 log cos x  x cot y
Q.102 If ex sin y – ey cos x = 1, then dy/dx equals– log sin y  y tan x
(C)
x
e sin y  e sin x y log cos x  x cot y
(A) (D) None of these
e y cos x  e x cos y
e x sin y  e y sin x
(B) Q.109 The derivative of (tan x)x is equal to -
e y cos x  e x cos y
(A) x (tan x)x–1
e x sin y  e y sin x (B) (tan x)x [sec x + tan x]
(C)
e y cos x  e x cos y (C) (tan x)x [x sec x cosec x + log tan x]
(D) None of these (D) (tanx)x [sec2x + x tan x]

Q.110 d/dx (xlog x) is equal to-

Logarithmic function
(A) 2x log x–1.log x (B) xlog x–1
Q.103 The derivative of x a is-
x
(C) 2/3 (log x) (D) xlog x–1. log x

(A) x a [ax x–1 + ax log a log x]

x

1 1
x
(B) x a [xax + ax log x] Q.111 If y  elog cos x  elog sin x , 0 < x < 1, then
which of the following statement is true –
(C) x a [ax + xax log x]
x

(A) y1 = 0
(D) None of these
(B) y2 = 5
(C) y1 does not exist
Q.104 If y = log (xx), then dy/dx equals- (D) None of these
(A) log (ex) (B) log (e/x)
(C) log (x/e) (D) 1
Q.112 If y = eax+b, then (y2)0 is equal to –
(A) aeb (B) eb
2
(C) a e a (D) a2eb
Q.105 The derivative of x1/x equals-
(A) x1/x log (ex) (B) x1/x log (e/x)
(C) x1/x log (x/e) (D) None of these
Q.113 Differential coefficient of xlog x is–
(A) 2xlog x. log x (B) 2xlog(x/e) log x
Q.106 If y = elog e sin j, log(ex)
1
X then dy/dx equals- (C) 2x . log x (D) None of these
(A) cos–1 x (B) 1/sin–1 x
Q.114 If y =xx, then the value of dy/dx is–
2 2
(C) 1/ 1  x (D) x/ 1  x (A) xx (B) xx log (ex)

(C) xx log
FG x IJ (D) xx–1 log (ex)
H eK
Q.115 d/dx [sinh–1x]x equals–
R| x  ea  x j U| 2 2

If y = log S
|T a V|W
x
(A) + log (sinh–1 x) Q.120 , then the value of
1  x2 .sinh 1 x
1 dy/dx is-
(B) (sinh–1x)x–1.
2
1 x (A) (B) a a 2  x2
a2  x2
LM x OP 1
(C) (sinh–1x)x.  log (sinh 1 x)
MN 2
1  x . sinh x 1 PQ (C)
a  x2
2 (D) x a 2  x2

(D) None of these

2x
F 1I x

If y = G 1  J , then dy/dx equals–

Q.121 If y = tan–1
1  x2
, then dy/dx equals-
Q.116
H xK 1 2
F 1I L F 1I 1 O
x

(A) G 1  J Mlog GH 1  x JK  1  x P
(A)
1  x2
(B)
1  x2
H xK N Q 2 2
F 1I L F 1I O
x

(B) G 1  J Mlog GH 1  x JK P
(C)
1 x 2
(D) –
1  x2
H xK N Q R| 1  x2  1 U|
F 1I L x
x O Q.122 If y = tan–1 S| V|
, then dy/dx equals-
(C) G x  J Mlog b x  1g  T W
1  x PQ
x
H xK N
F 1I L F 1I x O x

(D) G x  J Mlog GH 1  x JK  1  x P
(A)
1
(B)
2
H xK N Q 1 x
1
2
1  x2
1
(C) (D) –
Trignometrical substitution 2 (1  x 2 ) 2 (1  x 2 )

LMtan F 1  x 2 I OP
MN GH 1  x JK PQ
1
Q.117 The differential coefficient of Q.123 d/dx 2
equals-

FG 1 IJ w.r.t
sec–1 H 2x  1K
2 1  x2 is-
(A)
2x
(B) –
2x
(A) 1/x2 (B) 2/x3 1  x2 1  x4
(C) x/2 (D) 2/x 1 x
(C) 4 (D) –
1 x 1  x4
Q.118 If y = cot–1
FH IK
x 2  1 + sec–1 x, then dy/dx LM x1 OP
Q.124 d/dx cos 1 equals-
equals- MN 2 PQ
1 1
(A) 1 (B) 0 (A) (B) –
2
(C) –1 (D) x 2 1 x 2 1  x2
1 1
(C) (D) –
FG 1  x IJ 1  x2 1  x2
Q.119 d/dx cot–1 H 1 xK is equal to-
1 1
(A)
1 x 2 (B)
1  x2
d LM
tan 1
ax FG IJ OP equals-
(C) –
1
(D) None of these
Q.125
dx N 1  ax H KQ
1  x2 a 1
(A) (B)
1  x2 1  x2
a 1
(C) – (D) –
1  x2 1  x2
Q.126 If y = sin–1
FG 2x IJ , z = tan–1 x, then 1 F I
H 1 x K 2
Q.133 If y = sin–1 + tan–1 GG 1  x2  1
, JJ
dy/dz equals- 1 x
then dy/dx equals
2
H x K
(A) 2 (B) 1
1 2 1
(C) (D) 1
1  x2 (A) (B) –
1  x2
e
2 1  x2 j e
2 1  x2 j
LMsin F 1  x 2 I OP (C) 0 (D) None of these
MN GH 1  x JK PQ
1
Q.127 d/dx equals-
2

(A) –
1
1 x 2 (B) –
2
1  x2
LM 1 x  a2  x2 OP
Q.134 d/dx equals-
(C)
1
(D)
2 MNtan x  a2  x2 PQ
1  x2 1  x2 1 1
LMsin F 3 x  x I OP , is equal to- 3 (A)
a x 2 2
(B) –
a  x2
2

MN GH 2 8 JK PQ
1
Q.128 d/dx
a a
3 3 (C) (D) –
2 2
(A) (B) a x a2  x2
4  x2 4  x2

(C)
1
(D)
1
FG 2x IJ with respect
4  x2 4  x2 Q.135 The derivative of sin–1
H 1 x K 2

Q.129 The differential coefficient of the function F 1 x I 2

2x to sin–1 GH 1  x JK 2 is-
tan–1 w.r.t. x2 is-
1  x2 (A) 2 (B) 1/2
1 1 (C) –1 (D) 1
(A) (B)
1 x 2 1  x2
1 x Q.136 If y = sin–1 (3x –4x3), then dy/dx equals–
(C) (D)
x (1  x 2 ) 1  x2 1 3
LM 1 x  1 x O
P,
(A)
1 x 2
(B)
1  x2
Q.130 If y = tan –1
MN 1 x  1  x PQ
then dy/dx
(C) 1  x2 (D) 3 1  x
2
equals-
1
(A) –
1
(B)
Q.137 If y = tan–1
FG 4x IJ , then dy/dx equals–
2 1 x 2 2 1  x2 H 1 4x K 2

1 1 4 1
(C) – (D) (A) (B)
1  x2 1  x2 1  4 x2 1  4 x2
Q.131 The derivative of 16
(C) (D) None of these
x FG 1 IJ 1  4 x2
tan–1
1  x2
w.r.t. sec–1
H 2x  1K
2 is-

(A) 1 (B) –1 Q.138 If y = sin–1 LMx 1 x  x 1  x2 , then OP

(C) 1/2 (D) –1/2 N Q
dy/dx equals–
F x I
Q.132 If y = tan–1 GH 1  x2
JK , then dy/dx is equal (A)
2
(B)
1
2
to - 1 x 1  x2
1 1
1 x (C) – (D) None of these
(A) – (B) 1  x2 2 x 1 x
2 2
1 x 1 x
1 1  x2
(C) (D)
1  x2 x
 FG 2x IJ + sec–1 FG 1  x IJ , then 2
FG dy IJ
H dx K
........ 
Q.139 If y = sin–1 H 1 x K 2
H 1 x K 2 Q.144 If y = (tan x) tan x , then tan x

dy/dx equals– equals-

4 4 y 2 sec 2 x y 2 sec 2 x
(A) (B) – (A) (B)
1  x2 1  y log tan x 1  y log tan x
1  x2
2 2 y sec 2 x
(C) (D) – (C) (D) None of these
1  x2 1  x2 1 y log tan x

FG 2t IJ , F 1 t I2

Q.140 If x = sin–1 H 1 t K 2 y = cos–1 GH 1  t JK ,

2 Q.145 If y = x  x  x..... , then dy/dx equals–
then dy/dx equals– [RPET 2002]
(A) 1 (B) –1 (A) 1 (B) 1/2y
(C) 2 (D) 1/2 (C) 1/y–2 (D) 1/2y–1
Q.141 The differential coefficient of Q.146 If y = bsin xgb sin x gb g
sin x ......
, then the value of
F x I w.r.t cos–1 F 1  x I 2 (1–y log sin x) dy/dx is –
sin–1 GH 1  x2
JK GH 1  x JK 2
is–
(A) x cot x (B) y cot x
(A) 1/2 (B) – 1/2 (C) y2 cot x (D) y2 tan x
(C) 1 (D) –1
x
Q.147 If y = , then
x
a
Infinite series b 
x
x
a
x
x
x ......
b  .................
Q.142 If y = x , then the value of dy/dx is-
xy 2
x2 dy/dx equals–
(A) (B) b b
2  y log x y ( 2  y log x)
(A) (B)
y2 y2 a (b  2y) b  2y
(C) (D) a
x (2  y log x) x (2  y log x)
(C) (D) None of these.
b (b  2y)
Q.143 If y = log x  log x  log x..... , then dy/
dx equals-
(A) x/(2y+1) (B) 1/x(2y–1)
(C) (2y–1)/x (D) x(2y–1)
 ANSWER KEY
LEVEL # 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. B D A B D A A C B D D A A B D B A D C B
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. B B C C A A A B D C D D A C B B C D B A
Q.No. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. C A D A B B A D B B C B D C B B B A D A
Q.No. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. B A C B A A A C A D B C B B D C D C D B
Q.No. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Ans. C B D A C B D B A B B B B B A C A D D B
Q.No. 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
Ans. A A A A D C B B C A A D B B C A D B C C
Q.No. 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
Ans. C C B B D A B A C A D C B A C B A C A A
Q.No. 141 142 143 144 145 146 147
Ans. A C B A D C A
 DIFFERENTIATION LEVEL # 2
Q.1
d LMtan 1 a x OP equals- Q.9 If x3 cos (xy) + y3 sin (xy) + 1 = 0, then dy/dx
dx
MN a x PQ equals-

(A) –
1
(B) –
a
(A)
x3 y tan ( xy)  3 x2  y 4 e j
a x
1
2 2 2
a x
a
2
e
xy 3  3 y 2  x4 tan xy j
(C) –
2 a2  x2
(D) –
2 a2  x2
(B)
x3 y tan ( xy)  3 x2  y 4 e j
d LMtan F x  x I OP e j
xy 3  3 y 2  x4 tan xy

MN GH 1  x JK PQ equals-
1
x y  e3 x  y j tan ( xy)
Q.2 3/2 3 2 4
dx
(C)
1 1 xy 3 tan ( xy)  e3 y  x j 2 4
(A) –
2 x 1 xb g 1  x2 (D) None of these

1 1
(B) + Q.10 The value of derivative of
b g
2 x 1 x 1 x 2
F 2x 1  x I
JJ w.r.t sec–1 FGH 2x 1 1IJK
2
1 1 tan–1 GG 1  2x
(C) –
1 x 1  x 2 H 2
K 2

(D) None of these at x = 1/2 equals-

(A) 1 (B) –1
Q.3 If f(x) = loga (logax), then f'(x) is equal to- (C) 0 (D) None of these
log a log a
(A) (B)
x x log x Q.11 The differential coefficient of sec–1[1/(2x2–1)]
loga e x
(C) x log x (D) with respect to 3 x  1 at x = – 1/3 is -
e log a
Q.4 If f(x) = cos x, g(x) = log x and y = (gof) (x), (A) 0 (B) 1/2
then the value of dy/dx at x= 0 is - (C) 1/3 (D) None of these
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) –1 (D) None of these
FH 2x IK F 1 I
Q.5 If y = sin–1 x satisfy the equation Q.12 If y = sin–1 1  x 2 + sec–1 GH 1  x2
JK ,
(1–x2)y" = f(x) y', then f(x) equals-
then dy/dx equals-
(A) –x (B) x
(C) 0 (D) None of these 1
(A) 0 (B)
1  x2
Q.6 If y = tan x  tan x  tan x..... , then 2 3
(2y–1) dy/dx equals- (C) (D)
1  x2 1  x2
(B) sec2 x
(A) tan x sec x
Q.13 If y = cos–1 FG 3 cos x  4 sin x IJ ,/2 < x < 
(C) sec x cosec x (D) cot x cosec x
H
then dy/dx equals-
5 K
dy
Q.7 If y = tan–1 x/2 – cot–1 x/2, then is equal to-
dx (A) 1 (B) 0
4 1 1
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) (D) –
4x 1  x2 1  x2
2 1 Q.14 If sin y = x cos (a+y), then dy/dx equals-
(C) (D)
1  x2 4  x2 cos a
cos 2 ( a  y )
Q.8 If f(x) = log x, then the value of f' (x) + f(x) (A) (B)
cos a cos 2 (a  y)
+ f(1/x) – (1/x) is-
cos ( a  y)
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) (D) None of these
(C) –1 (D) None of these cos 2 a
 If f(x) = logx2 (log x), then f'(x) at x=e is -
FG 2x  3 IJ , then
Q.15
(A) 1/e (B) 1/2e (C) 0 (D) 1
Q.22 If f(x) = sin (log x) and y = f H 3  2x K
dy/dx equals-
x 2x  1 12 LMlogFG 2x  3 IJ OP
N H 3  2x K Q
Q.16 If y = , then dy/dx equals- (A) cos
2x  1 9  4 x2
R| U| L 2x  3 IJ OP
cos MlogFG
1 1 2
(A) y S|
 
b g b g VW| (B) –
12
T
x 2 2x  1 2x  1 9  4 x2 N H 3  2x K Q
RS
1

1

2 UV 12 L F 2x  3 IJ OP
(B) y
T
x 2x  1 2x  1 W log McosG
N H 3  2x K Q
(C)
R
(C) S
1

1

2 UV 9  4 x2
(D) None of these
T x 2x  1 2 x  1 W
(D) None of these
Q.23 If f(x) = (x+1) tan–1 (e–2x), then f'(0) equals-
F 1  blog xg 2 I , then f' (e) equals-
Q.17 If f(x) = cos–1 GG 1  log x JJ (A)

+ 5 (B)

+ 1
H b g 2
K 6

2
(A) 1/e (B) 1
(C) Does not exist (D) 2/e (C) –1 (D) None of these
4
LMcos F x 2n
1 I OP
MN GH x J
1
 1K PQ
Q.18 d/dx equals-
2n Q.24 If 1  x6 + 1  y 6 = a3 (x3 – y3) , then
2n xn 1 2n xn 1 dy/dx equals-
(A) 2n (B) – 2n
1 x 1 x
x2 1  x6 y2 1 y6
n x n 1 (A) (B)
(C) (D) None of these y2 1 y 6
x2 1  x6
1  x 2n
Q.19 If u = sin–1 (x–y), x= 3t, y = 4t3, then du/dt x2 1 y6 y2 1  x6
equals- (C) (D)
y2 1  x6 x2 1 y6
1 1
(A)
1 t2
(B)
3 1 t2 LM OP
3 MMsin 2
cot 1
1 P
1 x P
(C) (D) None of these Q.25 d/dx , is equal to -
1 t2 MN 1 x Q
P
LM F x2  a 2  x I 1/ 2 OP
Q.20 d/dx MMtan 1
GG JJ PP , is equal to - (A) 0 (B) 1/2

N H x2  a 2  xK
Q (C) – 1/2 (D) –1
a a cos 1
a x
(A) (B) Q.26 If y = and z = acos–1 x, then
e
2 x a 2 2
j x2  a2 1 a x cos 1

dy/dz is equal to-

(C) 1/2 (D) None of these
1 1
FG 2x  1IJ (A)
1  a cos 1x
(B) –
1  a cos 1x
Q.21 If y = f H x  1K
2 and f'(x) = sin x2, then
1
dy/dx equals- (C) cos 1 (D) None of these
(1  a x) 2
e2 1 x  xj F 2x  1I 2 2

sin G
(A)
e1  x j H x  1JK
2
2 2
Fx I
x
 x x
2 e1  x  x j F 2x  1IJ 2 2 Q.27 If f(x) = cot–1 GH 2 JK
, then f' (1) is equal to-
sin G
(B)
e1  x j H x  1K
2
2 2
(A) 1 (B) –1
F 1  x IJ sin FG 2x  1IJ
(C) 2 G
2 2
(C) log 2 (D) –log 2
H 1 x K H x  1K
2 2

(D) None of these

 FG tan x IJ + sin–1 (cos x), then dy/dx d y 2
Q.28 If y = log H 2K Q.36 If y = axn+1 + bx–n, then x2 2 is equal to–
dx
is equal to- (A) n(n –1)y (B) n(n + 1)y
(A) cosec x –1 (B) cosec x (C) ny (D) n2y
(C) cosec x+ 1 (D) x
1 1
Q.37 If x2 + y2 = t + , x4 + y4 = t2 + 2 , then–
Q.29 If log (y–1) = log x+ y, then dy/dx is equal to- t t
(A) x3yy1 = –1 (B) y2 = 2 y/x2
ey ey 4
(A) (B) (C) x yy2 = 2 (D) All Correct
y 1 2y
(C) ey (y–2) (D) ey (y–1)
Q.38 If y = b sin {n log (x/n)} then which statement
  is true–
Q.30 If x= t2 + t+1 and y= sin t + cos t, then (A) x2 y2 + xy1 + n2y = 0
2 2
dy (B) x2 y2 – xy1 – n2y = 0
at t =1, equals- (C) x2 y2 + xy1 – n2y = 0
dx
  (D) None of these
(A) – (B)
6 2
  Q.39 if y = sin (sin x) then y2 + y1 tan x + y cos2x
(C) – (D)
4 3 equal to–
(A) 2 cos x (B) 2 sin x
Q.31 If f(x) = ex g(x) , g(0) = 2, g' (0) = 1, then f'(0) is- (C) 1 (D) 0
(A) 1 (B) 0
(C) 2 (D) 3 Q.40 If y = a sin–1 x + (sin–1 x)2, where a is a
constant, then the value of y2 is–
1 1 xy1  2 xy1  2
Q.32 If y = ab ac + b a + (A) (B)
1 x x 1 x  xb  c 1  x2 1  x2
1 y1  x
, then dy/dx equals-
1 x c  a  x c  b (C) (D) None of these
1  x2
(A) ax–1+bx–1+cx–1 (B) 1
1 1
(C) 0 (D) a+b+c Q.41 If y  e x
 e x
, then xy2 + y – y is
2 1 4
equals to –
If f(x) = Lx  x OP n
nf ( x) (A) 0 (B) 1
Q.33
MN 2
a 2
Q and f' (x) =
k
,
(C) –1 (D) 2
then k equals-
(A) x2  a 2 (B) x2 + a2 Q.42 If y = ex ( a cos x + b sin x ), then
(C) 1 (D) None of these y2 – 2y1 + 2y is equal to –
(A) y (B) –y
(C) 0 (D) None of these
Q.34 If x= f(m) cos m – f' (m) sin m and y = f(m)
F dy IJ + FG dx IJ
sin m + f' (m) cos m, then G
2 2

H dm K H dm K
equals-
(A) [f(m) + f" (m)]2 (B) [f(m) – f" (m)]2
(C) {f(m)}2 + {f'(m)}2 (D) {f(m)2/{f'(m)}2

Q.35 Let f(x) be a polynomial of degree three and

f(0) = 4, f ' (0) = 3, f ''(0) = 4, f '''(0) = 6 then
f '(–1) equal to
(A) 2 (B) 10
(C) –140 (D) –2
 ANSWER KEY

LEVEL # 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Ans. C A C A B B B A A B A D A A B B A B C A A
Q.No. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Ans. A C C B C B A B A D C A A A B D A D A A C
 DIFFERENTIATION LEVEL # 3

d   x  x  2 
3 / 4 
d2 y 
loge    is equal to -
Q.1 If x  ( t ), y  ( t ), then is equal to - Q.7 dx    x  2 
dx 2   

' "  ' " ' "  ' "

(A) 2 (B) 3
x2  1
(' ) (' ) (A) (B) 1
x2  4
" "
(C) (D) x2  1 2
x x 1
" " (C) (D) e 2
x2  4 x 4

Q.2 The derivative of log | x | is -

x2
1 Q.8 Let ƒ(x) = , x  0, ± 1, then derivative
1 ,x0 1  x2
(A) ,x  0 (B)
x |x|
of ƒ(x) with respect to x is equal to-
1 2x 1
(C) ,x0 (D) none of these (A) (B)
2 2
x (1 x ) (2  x2 )3
1 1
(C) 2 2 (D)
Q.3 If ƒ( x )  3e x2
, then (1 x ) (2  x2 )2
d3 y
1 Q.9 If x = a cos  , y = b sin  , then is
ƒ' ( x )  2x ƒ( x )  ƒ(0)  ƒ' (0) is equal to- dx3
3
equal to -
(A) 0 (B) 1
3b 3b 4
(C) 7 / 3 e x
2
(D) none of these (A)  3 cos ec 4  cot 4  (B) 3 cos ec cot 
a a
Q.4 If ƒ(x) = ex g(x), g(0) = 2, g'(0) = 1, then ƒ'(0)
3b
is- (C)  3 cos ec 4  cot  (D) none of these.
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 0 a

Q.10 If y  sin2   cos 2 (  ) 2 sin  sin  cos

dy
Q.5 If y = e sin 1 x and u = log x, then is - d3 y
du (  ) , then is -
d 3
1
(A) esin1 x / 1  x 2 (B) xesin x
sin3 (  )
(A) (B) cos(   3)
sin1 x
cos 
xe
(C) (D) none of these (C) 0 (D) none of these
1 x2

Q.11 Let ƒ(x) = sinx, g (x) = x2 and h(x) = logex.

dy
Q.6 If y = logcosx sin x, then is equal to - if F(x) = (hog of) (x), then F"(x) is equal to-
dx
(A) 2 cosec3x
(A) (cot x log cos x + tan x log sin x) / (log cos x)2 (B) 2 cot x2 – 4 cosec2 x2
(B) (tan x log cos x + cotx log sinx) / (log cos x)2 (C) 2x cot x2
(C) (cot x log cos x + tan x log sin x) / (log cos x)2 (D) – 2cosec2 x
(D) none of these
Q.12 If ƒ(x) = logx {In (x)}, then ƒ' (x) at x=e is
Q.19 If ƒ(x) = x 2  2 x  1 , then -
equal to -
(A) e (B) – e (C) e2 (D) e–1 (A) ƒ'(x) = 1 for all x
(B) ƒ'(x) = 1 for all x <1
d2 x
Q.13 If y = sin x + ex, then is equals to - (C) ƒ'(x) = 1 for all x > 1
dy 2
(D) none of these
x
sin x  e
(A) (–sin x +ex)–1 (B)
(cos x  e x )2  
x Q.20 If ƒ(x)  x sin x , then ƒ'    is equals to -
sin x  e x sin x  e  4
(C) (D)
(cos x  e ) x 3 (cos x  e x )3
1/ 2  2 4 2 2
  
Q.14 Let ƒ(x) be a polynominal in x. Then the (A)   In 
 4  2   
second order derivation of ƒ(ex), is -  
(A) ƒ"(ex). ex+ƒ'(ex)
(B) ƒ"(ex). e2x+ƒ'(ex).e2x 1/ 2  2 4 2 2
  
(C) ƒ"(ex) e2x (B)   In 
 4  2   
(D) ƒ"(ex). e2x+ƒ'(ex).ex  

 2 2
1 x  y  dy 1/ 2
Q.15 if sin  2  log a , then is equals   2  2 2
 x  y2  dx (C)    In  
   4  2 4  

to -
x y 1/ 2
(A) (B)   2  2 2
y x 2
(D)    In  
 4  2 4  

x2  y2 y
(C) (D)
x2  y2 x
 2
d2 x Q.21 If ƒ( x )  sin x   x  , for 1 < x < 2 and [x]
 3 
Q.16 If y = x + ex, then is equal to -
dy 2 denotes the greatest integer less than or

(A) ex (B) 
e x
equal to x, then ƒ'  
 / 3 is equal to -
1  e  x 3
(A) /3
x
e 1
(C) 
1  e  1 e 
(D)
x 2 x 2 (B)  2  / 3
2
Q.17 If ƒ( x )  x  5x  6 , then ƒ'(x) is equals to- (C)  
(A) 2x – 5 for 2 < x < 3 (D) none of these
(B) 5 – 2x for 2 < x < 3 Q.22 If ƒ(x) = xn, then the value of
(C) 2x – 5 for 2 < x < 3
(D) 5 – 2x for 2 < x < 3 ƒ' (1) ƒ' ' (1) ƒ' ' ' (1) ƒ (n) (1)
ƒ(1)     ..... 
1! 2! 3! n!
Q.18 If ƒ( x )  1  sin 2 x , then ƒ'(x) is equals to -
(A) n (B) 2n
(A) – (cosx + sinx), for x  (  / 4,  / 2)
n(n  1)
(B) (cos x + sin x), for x  (0,  / 4) (C) 2n–1 (D)
2
(C) –(cosx + sinx), for x  (0,  / 4)
(D) cosx – sinx, for x  (  / 4,  / 2)
Assertion & Reason type questions : Q.25 Statement I : f(x) = |x – 2| is differentiable
at x = 2.
All questions are Assertion & Reason type Statement II : f(x) = |x – 2| is continuous at
questions. Each of these questions contains x = 2.
two statements : Statement-I (Assertion) and
Statement-II (Reason). Answer these Q.26 Statement I : The function y = sin–1 (cosx)
questions from the following four option. is not differentiable at x = n, n  z
(A) If both Statement- I and Statement- II dy – sin x
are true, and Statement - II is the Statement II : = | sin x | so function is
dx
correct not differentiable at point's where sinx = 0.
explanation of Statement– I.
(B) If both Statement - I and Statement - II Q.27 Statement I : f(x) = sinx and g(x) = sgn(x)
are true but Statement - II is not the then f(x) g(x) is differentiable at x = 1.
correct explanation of Statement – I.
Statement II : Product of two differentiable
(C) If Statement - I is true but Statement - function is differentiable function
II is false.
(D) If Statement - I is false but Statement -
II is true.

Q.23 Statement I : f(x) = cos2x + cos2(/3 + x)

– cosx cos(/3 +x ) then f(x) = 0
Statement II : Derivative of constant function
is zero.

x
Q.24 Statement I : y = 1 | x | , x  R, f(x) is
differentiable every where.
x
Statement II : f(x) = 1 | x | , x  R then

 1
 ,x0
 (1  x )2

f(x) =  1 , x  0
 (1 – x )2
 ANSWER KEY
LEVEL # 3
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Ans. B C B B C A A A C C D D C D D B
Q.No. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Ans. B C D A B B A A D A A