DPP-1 OF DERIVATIVES

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Application of Derivatives
EXERCISE 1 (A)

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1. A point on the curve y = 2x3 + 13x2 + 5x + 9, the tangent at which, passes through the origin is
(A) (1, 15) (B) (1, –15) (C) (15, 1) (D) (–1, 15)

2. The angle made by any tangent to the curve x = a(t + sin t cos t), y = a(1 + sin t)2 with x axis is
π t  t  
(A) + (B)  (C) t (D) t
4 2 4 2 4 4
n n
 x  y
3. The equation to the tangent to      = 2 at (a, b)
a  b
x y x y x y x y
(A)  1 (B)  2 (C)  0 (D)   2
a b a b a b a b
4. The equation of the tangent to the curve y = be–x/a at the point where it cuts the y-axis is
x y x y
(A) ax + by = 1 (B) bx + ay = 1 (C)  1 (D)  1
a b b a
5. The tangent to the curve y = 2 + bx + 3x2 at the point where the curve meets y-axis has the
equation 4x – y + 2 = 0 then b is
(A) 17 (B) 27 (C) 3 (D) 4

6. The equation of the tangent to the curve x2 + 2y = 8 which is the perpendicular to x – 2y+1= 0 is
(A) 2x + y – 6 = 0 (B) 2x + y – 5 = 0 (C) 2x – y – 7 = 0 (D) 2x + y = 0

7. The chord joining the points where x = p, and x = q on the curve y = ax2 + bx + c is parallel to the
tangent at the point on the curve whose abscissa is
pq
(A) (B) pq (C) pq/2 (D) 2/pq
2
8. If the tangent at any point of the curve x  y  a meets the co-ordinate axes at A and B then
OA + OB =
(A) 2 a (B) a (C) a (D) 2a

9. The sum of the squares of the intercepts on the co-ordinate axes of any tangent to x2/3+y2/3= a2/3 is
(A) a2/2 (B) a2 (C) 2a2 (D) 3a2/2

10. The area of the triangle formed by any tangent to the curve xyn = an+1 and the co-ordinate axes is
constant, then n =
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) – 2

11. The function 2x3 – 9x2 + 12x – 3 is increasing when x belongs to the interval
(A) (–, 2)  (2, ) (B) (–, 1) (2, ) (C) (–, 3)  (3, ) (D) None

12. The function x3 – ax2 + 48x + 19 is an increasing function for all values of x. Then ‘a’ belongs to the
interval
(A) (–10, 10) (B) (–12, 12) (C) (–11, 11) (D) None

13. The function 2x3 – 9x2 – 60x + 81 is decreasing function where x belongs to the interval
(A)(2, –5) (B) (–2, 5) (C) (–2, –5) (D) (–3, 5)

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x
14. The domain of x for which (x  – 2) decreases is
x2
(A) (– 4, – 2)  (– 3, 0) (B) (– 3, – 2)  (– 2, 2)
(C) (– 4, – 2)  (1, 0) (D) (– 4, – 2)  (– 2, 0)

15. The function xx is a decreasing function in the interval

 1  2
(A)  0,  (B) (0, e) (C)  0,  (D) None
 e  e
ln x
16. is a decreasing function, if x belongs to the interval
x
1   1
(A)  ,   (B)  ,  (C) (e, ) (D) None
e   e

17. The function 2|x – 2| + |x – 3| is an increasing function when x belongs to the interval
(A) (1, ) (B) (2, ) (C) (3, ) (D) (4, )
sin x x
18. Out of the functions cosx – sinx, cosx + sinx, , , the function which is increasing in
x sin x
(0,  /2) is
sin x x
(A) cosx – sinx (B) cos + sin x (C) (D)
x sin x

a sin x  b cos x
19. The necessary & sufficient condition for , where c sin x  d cos x  0 ,
c sin x  d cos x
to be an increasing function is
(A) ad – bc > 0 (B) ad – bc < 0 (C) ad – bc 0 (D) ad – bc  0

20. If sinx – bx + c is decreasing function along the entire number line then, range of values of b is
(A) 1,  (B) 1,  (C) (,1] (D)  ,1

21. The local maximum value of y = 2x3 – 3x2 – 36x + 10 is

(A) 51 (B) 52 (C) 53 (D) 54
 3
22. The smallest value of x2 – 3x + 3 in the interval  3,   is
 2
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) – 15 (D) 3/4

23. The local minimum of 2x3 – 3x2 – 12x + 8 occurs at x =

(A) –1 (B) 2 (C) 6 (D)  6

24. The minimum value of a2sec2x + b2 cosec2x is

(A) (a – b)2 (B) a2 + b2 (C) (a + b)2 (D) a2 – b2

25. sin x(1 + cos x) is a maximum when x =

(A) /6 (B) /4 (C) /3 (D) None

26. The curve f(x) = x + sin x has

(A) no maximum but has minimum (B) no minimum but has maximum
(C) neither maximum nor minimum (D) both maximum and minimum

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27. The maximum value of the area of the triangle with vertices (a, 0), (a cos, bsin), (acos,– bsin) is
3 3 3 3 3 3
(A) ab (B) ab (C) ab (D) ab
2 2 4 4

28. f(x) = x3 – 3x2 + 6x + 7 has

(A) a maxima (B) a minimum
(C) a maximum and a minimum (D) neither maximum nor maximum

29. When – 6 < x < 8 the maximum value of f(x) = (x + 6)4 (8 – x)3 is
(A) 84 × 63 (B) 64 + 83 (D) 77 (D) None

30. If ,  are the roots of x 2 – (a – 2) x – (a + 1) = 0, then the least value of 2 + 2 is

(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 3

31. Rolle’s theorem cannot be applicable for

(A) f(x) = 4  x 2 in [–2, 2] (B) f(x) = [x] in [–1, 1]
2
(C) f(x) = x + 3x – 4 in [– 4, 1] (D) f(x) = cos 2 x in [0, π]

32. Rolle’s theorem cannot be applied for

(A) f(x) = cos x – 1 in [0, 2π] (B) f(x) = x (x – 2)2 in [0, 2]
(C) f(x) = 3 + [x – 1]2/3 in [0, 3] (D) f(x) = sin2 x in [0, π]

  5 
33. The value of C in Rolle’s theorm for f(x) = ln(sin x) in  , is
 6 6 
(A) 0 (B) π/4 (C) π/2 (D) π/3
x 2  ab
34. The value of ‘c’ in Rolle’s theorem for f(x) = ln in [a, b] where x > 0 is
x(a  b)
(A) A. M of a, b (B) G.M. of a, b (C) H.M. of a, b (D) 1/ a  1 / b
1
35. If f(x) = x 3 + bx2 + ax satisfies the conditions on Rolle’s theorem on [1, 3] with c = 2 + ,
3
then (a, b) =
(A) (11, 6) (B) (11, –6) (C) (–6, 11) (D) (6, 11)

36. The value of ‘c’ of LaGrange’s mean value theorem (LMV) for f(x) = ln x on [1, e] is
(A) e/2 (B) e – 1 (C) e – 2 (D) 1 – e

37. The value of ‘c’ of LMV for f(x) = x(x – 2) 2 in [0, 2] is

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 2/3 (D) 3 / 2

38. The value of ‘c’ of LMV for f(x) = x 2 + mx + n on [a, b] is

(A) 0 (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) a + b / 2

39. LaGrange’s mean value theorem cannot be applied for

(A) ln x in [1, e] (B) x – 1/x in [1, 3]
(C) x2  4 in [2,4] (D) |x| in [–1, 2]

40. The difference between the square roots of two successive natural numbers greater than N 2 is
1 1 1
(A) (B) > (C) < (D) 0
2N 2N 2N

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ANSWER KEY

Answer Keys
EXERCISE 1 (A)

1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. A

8. C 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. D

15. A 16. C 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. B 21. D

22. D 23. B 24. C 25. C 26. C 27. D 28. D

29. A 30. B 31. B 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. B

36. B 37. C 38. D 39. D 40. C

EXERCISE 1 (B)

1 A,B,C,D 2 A,D 3 A,B,C,D 4 A,B 5 B,D

6 B,C,D 7 B,C,D 8 A,C 9 A,C,D

10 A,B,C 11 A,B,D 12 B,C,D 13 A,C 14 C,D

15 A,C,D 16 B,C,D 17 B,C,D 18 B,C,D 19 A,B

20 C,D 21 C 22 A 23 C 24 A

25 C 26 D 27 B 28 A 29 A

30 D 31 D 32 B 33 D 34 A

35 C 36 B 37 D

38 (A) R ; (B) R, S, T ; (C) Q ; (D) Q

39 (A) R ; (B) Q ; (C) P ; (D) S 40 (A) Q ; (B) R ; (C) Q ; (D) Q

EXERCISE 1 (C)

1 10 2 8 3 7 4 7 5 12

6 5040 7 21 8 32 9 240 10 5

11 2 12 1 13 2 14 1338 15 11

16 5 17 4 18 16 19 4 20 15

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