7.
A spherical iron ball of radius 10 cm is coated with a
1. If the tangent to the curve y
x
x 2 3
x R, x 3 , layer of ice of uniform thickness that melts at a rate of 50
cm3/min. When the thickness of the ice is 5 cm, then the
at a point (, ) (0, 0) on it is parallel to the line 2x + 6y rate at which the thickness (in cm/min) of the ice
– 11 = 0, then decreases, is
(A) | 6 + 2 | = 19 (B) | 6 + 2 | = 9
(C) | 2 + 6 | = 19 (D) | 2 + 6 | = 11 1 1 1 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 18 36 6
2. Let S be the set of all values of x for which the tangent
to the curve y = f(x) = x3 – x2 – 2x at (x, y) is parallel to the 8. Let f(x) ex – x and g(x) = x2 – x, x R. Then, the set of all
line segment joining the points (1,f(1)) and (–1, f(–1)), x R, where the function h(x) = (fog) (x) is increasing, is
then S is equal to
1 1 1 1 1
(A) ,1 (B) ,1 (A) 0, [1, ) (B) 1, ,
3 3 2
2 2
1 1 1
(C) ,1 (D) ,1 (C) [0, ) (D) ,0 1,
3 3 2
3. If the tangent to the curve, y = x3 + ax – b at the point 9. A water tank has the shape of an inverted right circular
(1, –5) is perpendicular to the line, –x + y + 4 = 0, then
which one of the following points lies on the curve? 1
cone, whose semi-vertical angle is tan–1 . Water is
2
(A) (–2, 2) (B) (2, –2) poured into it at a constant rate of 5 cu m/min. Then, the
(C) (–2, 1) (D) (2, –1) rate (in m/min) at which the level of water is rising at the
instant when the depth of water in the tank is 10m is
4. The tangent to the curve y = x2 – 5x + 5, parallel to the
line 2y = 4x + 1, also passes through the point 2 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 15 10
1 7 7 1
(A) , (B) , 10. Let f : [0, 2] R be a twice differentiable function such
4 2 2 4
that f'' (x) > 0, for all x (0, 2). If (x) = f(x) + f(2 – x), then
1 1 is
(C) ,7 (D) ,7 (A) increasing on (0, 1) and decreasing on (1, 2)
8 8
(B) decreasing on (0,2)
(C) decreasing on (0, 1) and increasing on (1, 2)
5. A helicopter is flying along the curve given by y – x3/2 =
(D) increasing on (0, 2)
1
7, (x 0). A soldier positioned at the point ,7 wants 11. If the function f given by f(x) = x3 – 3(a – 2)x2 + 3ax + 7,
2
to shoot down the helicopter when it is nearest to him for some a R is increasing in (0, 1] and decreasing in
Then, this nearest distance is f ( x ) 14
[1, 5), then a root of the equation, 0 (x 1)
( x 1) 2
1 7 5 1 7 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) is
3 3 6 6 3 2
(A) –7 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 5
6. If denotes the acute angle between the curves, y = 10
– x2 and y = 2 + x2 at a point of their intersection, then | x dx
12. Let f(x) = , x R, where a, b
tan | is equal to a2 x2 b 2 d x 2
7 8 and d are non-zero real constants. Then,
(A) (B) (A) f is an increasing function of x
17 15
(B) f' is not a continuous function of x
4 8 (C) f is a decreasing function of x
(C) (D)
9 17 (D) f is neither increasing nor decreasing function of x
13. Let f(x) = 5 – | x – 2| and g(x) = | x + 1 |, x R. If f(x) attains 21. The maximum value of the function
maximum value at and g(x) attains minimum value of f(x) = 3x2 – 18x2 + 27x – 40
x 1x 2 5x 6 on the set S = {x R: x2 + 30 11x} is
, then lim is equal to (A) 122 (B) –122 (C) –222 (D) 222
x x 2 6x 8
(A) 1/2 (B) –3/2 (C) –1/2 (D) 3/2 22. Let A (4, –4) and B(9, 6) be points on the parabola, y2 =
4x. Let C be chosen on the arc AOB of the parabola,
14. If the volume of parallelopiped formed by the vectors
where 0 is the origin, such that the area of ACB, is
ˆi ˆj kˆ , ˆj kˆ and ˆi kˆ is minimum, then is equal
1 3 1
to (A) 31 (B) 32 (C) 31 (D) 30
4 4 2
1 1
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D) 3 23. The maximum volume (in cu.m) of the right circular cone
3 3 having slant 3m is
15. If m is the minimum value of k for which the function 4
(A) (B) 2 3 (C) 3 3 (D) 6
3
f(x) = x kx x 2 is increasing in the interval [0, 3] and
24. The slope of the tangent to the curve (y – x5)2 = x (1 +
M is the maximum value of f in the interval [0, 3] when k x2)2 at point (1, 3) is
= m, then the ordered pair (m, M) is equal to
x 1
t dt
(A) (4, 3 2 ) (B) (4, 3 3 ) 25. Let f : (0, ) R be given by f x e t
1 t
(C) 3, 2 6 ) (D) (5, 6) 2
Then
16. If f(x) is a non-zero polynomial of degree four, having
local extreme points at x = –1, 0, 1, then the set S = {x R (A) f(x) is monotonically increasing on [1, ]
: f(x) = f(0)} contains exactly (B) f(x) is monotonically decreasing on (0, 1)
(A) four rational numbers 1
(B) two irrational and two rational numbers (C) f(x) + f = 0, for all x (0, )
x
(C) four irrational numbers
(D) f(2x) is an odd function of x on R
(D) two irrational and one rational number
17. The height of a right circular cylinder of maximum volume 26. The maximum value of the function f(x) = 2x3 – 15 x2 + 36
inscribed in a sphere of radius 3 is x – 48 on the set A = x| x 2 20 9 x is
2
(A) 6 (B) 2 3 (C) 3 (D) 3
3
xe ax , x0
18. If S1 and S2 are respectively the sets of local minimum 27. Let f(x) = 2 3
and local maximum points of the function, f(x) = 9x4 + x ax x , x 0
12x3 – 36x2 + 25, x R, then where, a is a positive constant. Find the interval in which
(A) S1 = {–2} ; S2 = {0, 1} (B) S1 = {–2, 0} ; S2 = {1} f’(x) is increasing.
(C) S1 = {–2, 1} ; S2 = {0} (D) S1 = {–1} ; S2 = {0, 2}
19. The shortest distance between the line y = x and the
curve y2 = x – 2 is
7 7 11
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D)
8 4 2 4 2
20. The maximum area (in sq. units) of a rectangle having
its base on the X-axis and its other two vertices on the
parabola, y = 12 – x2 such that the rectangle lies inside
the parabola, is
(A) 36 (B) 20 2 (C) 32 (D) 18 3
