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QUIZ – 8 | 2021 Mathematics

1. Angle between the tangents to the curve y  x 2  5 x  6 at the points (2, 0) and (3, 0) is:
   
(A) (B) (C) (D) (1 min)
3 2 6 4

2. A value of C for which the conclusion of Mean Value Theorem holds for the function f ( x )  log e x
on the interval [1, 3] is: (1 min)
1
(A) 2log3 e (B) log e 3 (C) log3 e (D) log e 3
2

3. The normal to the curve x  a (1  cos ), y  a sin  at '  ' always passes through the fixed point:
(A) ( a, 0) (B) (0, a ) (C) (0, 0) (D) ( a, a) (1 min)

4. A cube of ice melts without changing its shape at the uniform rate of 4 cm3/min. The rate of change of
the surface area of the cube, in cm 2 / min , when the volume of the cube is 125 cm3 , is: (1 min)
(A) –4 (B) –16/5 (C) –16/6 (D) –8/15

5. Let f be differentiable for all x. If f (1)  2 and f '( x)  2 for x  [1, 6] , then: (1 min)
(A) f (6)  8 (B) f (6)  8 (C) f (6)  5 (D) f (6)  5


6. f ( x )  4 tan x  tan 2 x  tan 3 x, x  n  (1 min)
2
(A) is monotonically increasing (B) is monotonically decreasing
(C) has a point of local maxima (D) has a point of local minima

7. The two curves x  y 2 , xy  a 3 cut orthogonally at a point, then a 2 is equal to: (1.5 min)

1 1
(A) (B) 3 (C) 2 (D)
3 2

8. If the equation an x n  an 1 x n 1  .....  a1 x  0, a1  0, n  2 , has a positive root x   , then the

equation nan x n1  (n  1) an 1 x n 2  ....  a1  0 has a positive root, which is: (2 min)
(A) greater than  (B) smaller than 
(C) greater than or equal to  (D) equal to 

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9. Suppose the cubic x3  px  q  0 has three distinct real roots where p  0 and q  0 . Then which
one of the following holds? (2 min)
p p
(A) The cubic has local minima at and local maxima at 
3 3
p p
(B) The cubic has local minima at  and local maxima at
3 3
p p
(C) The cubic has local minima at both and 
3 3
p p
(D) The cubic has local maxima at both and 
3 3

10. How many real solutions does the equation x 7  14 x5  16 x3  30 x  560  0 have? (2 min)
(A) 7 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 5

11. Let f ( x)  ax3  bx 2  cx  1 have local extrema at x  ,  such that   0 and f () f ()  0 . Then
the equation f ( x)  0 must have: (2 min)
(A) three equal real roots
(B) exactly one negative root if f ()  0 and f ()  0
(C) exactly one positive root if f ()  0 and f ()  0
(D) None of these

12. A function is matched below against an interval where it is supposed to be increasing. Which of the
following pairs is incorrectly matched?
Interval Function (3 min)
(A) (, ) x3  3 x 2  3 x  3
(B) [2, ) 2 x3  3x 2  12 x  6
 1
(C)  ,  3x2  2 x  1
 3
(D)  ,  4 x3  6 x 2  6

13. The normal to the curve x  a (cos    sin ), y  a(sin    cos ) at any point '  ' is such that:
(3 min)

(A) it passes through the origin (B) it makes angle   with the x-axis
2
  
(C) it passes through  a ,  a  (D) it is at a constant distance from the origin
 2 

14. Consider the function f ( x)  x cos x  sin x , then identify the statement which is correct? (3 min)
(A) f is neither odd nor even (B) f is monotonic decreasing at x  0
(C) f has a local maxima at x   (D) f has a local minima at x  

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15. f : R  R, f ( x) is differentiable such that f ( f ( x ))  k ( x 5  x ), ( k  0) , then f ( x ) is always:

(A) increasing (B) decreasing (3 min)
(C) either increasing or decreasing (D) non-monotonic

16. The volume of the greatest cylinder which can be inscribed in a cone of height 30 cm and semi-vertical
angle 30° is:
(A) 4000 /3 cubic cm (B) 400  /3 cubic cm (3.5 min)
(C) 4000  / 3 cubic cm (D) None of these

17. The function f ( x )  x1/3 ( x  1) (4 min)

(A) has two inflection points (B) has one point of local extremum
(C) is non-differentiable (D) Range of f ( x ) is [ 3  28/3 , ]

18. Let f ( x )  ( x  1) 4 ( x  2) n , n  N . Then f ( x ) has: (1.5 min)

(A) a local maxima at x  1 if n is odd (B) a local maxima at x  1 if n is even
(C) a local minima at x  1 if n is even (D) a local minima at x  2 if n is even

19. Let f ( x)  x 4  4 x 3  6 x 2  4 x  1 , then: (2 min)

(A) f increasing on [1, ) (B) f decreasing on [1, )
(C) f has a local minima at x  1 (D) f has neither local maxima nor minima

x3 5 x 2
20. The co-ordinates of the point(s) on the graph of the function f ( x )   7 x  4 , where the
3 2
tangent drawn cuts off intercepts from the co-ordinate axes which are equal in magnitude but opposite
in sign, is: (2 min)
 8  7  5
(A)  2,  (B)  3,  (C)  1,  (D) None of these
 3  2  6

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