EXERCISE - 01 DIFFERENTATION

1. If y = ln (ln x), then dy/dx is equal to :

1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) ln x (D) e x
x ln x x
dy
2. If x = a cos t, y = b sin t then equals :
dx
b b a a
(A)  tan t (B)  cot t (C)  cot t (D)  tan t
a a b b
d
3. ln( x10 ) equals :
dx
(A) x–10 (B) 10 x (C) 10/x (D) 10x9

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(A) 9-4 (B) 5-2 (C) 3

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If f(x) = x2 – 6x + 8, 2 < x < 4, then the value of x for which f ' (x) vanishes is :
(D) 7/2

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5. If f (x) = x – 5, then f ' (5) is equal to :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 5 (D) 

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d x
6. (a ) equals :
dx
(A) x ax – 1 (B) ax/loga e (C) ax loga e (D) None of these

7. If y 

(A)
1 x
1 x
y
2
x 1
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dy
dx
equals :

(B)
y
1  x2
(C)
y
1  x2
(D)
y
2
y 1

2x  c
8. If f (x) = and f ' (0) = 0, then c equals :
x 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) –2

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9. If y = sin x + cos 2x, then equals :
dx 2
(A) sin x + 4 sin 2x (B) – sin x + 4 cos 2x (C) – (sin x + 4 cos 2 x) (D) None of these

10. A stone is dropped into a quiet lake and waves move in circles at the speed of 5 cm/s. At the instant when
the radius of the circular wave is 8 cm, how fast is the enclosed area increasing?
(A) 80  cm2/s (B) 90  cm2/s (C) 85  cm2/s (D) 89  cm2/s

11. Find points at which the tangent to the curve y =x3 – 3x2 – 9x + 7 is parallel to the x–axis
(A) (3,–20) and (–1, 12) (B) (3,20) and (1, 12) (C) (3,–10) and (1, 12) (D) None of these
12. The momentum of a moving particle given by p  t nt . Net force acting on this particle is defined by
dp
equation F = . The net force acting on the particle is zero at time
dt
1 1
(A) t = 0 (B) t = (C) t = (D) None of these
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13. An edge of a variable cube is increasing at the rate of 3 cm/s. How fast is the volume of the cube increasing
when the edge is 10 cm long?
(A) 900 cm3/s (B) 920 cm3/s (C) 850 cm3/s (D) 950 cm3/s

14. Find all points of local maxima and minima and the corresponding maximum and minimun values of this
functions if any.
y  x 3  6 x 2  9 x  15.

15. y = cos (sin x) Find

dy
dx
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ANSWERS
EXERCISE - 01
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. B
6. B 7. A 8. D 9. C 10.A
11. A 12. B 13. A
14. local max. at x = 1, local max. value = 19; local min. at x = 3, local min. value = 15

 dy 
15.     sin(sin x)(cos x )
 dx 