2 Differential Equation

(A) degree = 2, order = 1

O Objective Type Questions
(B) degree = 1, order = 2
d 2 y dy (C) degree = 4, order = 3
Q.1 The differential   sin y  0 is
dx 2 dx (D) degree = 2, order = 3
[IIT Bombay, 1993] Q.4 The differential equation
(A) Linear (B) Non-linear   dy 2 
3 2
2 d y
2

(C) Homogeneous (D) of degree two 1      C  2  is of

  dx    dx 
Q.2 Match each of the items A, B, C with an
appropriate item from 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. (A) 2nd order and 3rd degree
(B) 3rd order and 2nd degree
d2y dy
A. a1 2  a2 y  a3 y  a 4 (C) 2nd order and 2nd degree
dx dx
(D) 3rd order and 3rd degree
d3y
B. a1  a 2 y  a3 Q.5 The differential equation of the family of
dx 3
curves of the form y  Ax  Bx 2 is
d2y dy
C. a1 2
 a2 y  a3 x 2 y  0 (A) x 2 y '' 2 xy ' 2 y  0
dx dx
(1) Non-linear differential equation (B) x 2 y '' 2 xy ' 2 y  0
(2) Linear differential equation with (C) 2 x 2 y '' xy ' 2 y  0
constant coefficient
(D) x 2 y '' 2 xy ' 2 y  0
(3) Linear homogeneous differential
Q.6 The figure shows the plot of y as a
equation
function of x
(4) Non-linear homogeneous differential 5
equation
(5) Non-linear first order differential 3
x2
y=
equation [IIT Kharagpur, 1994] 2
1
(A) A  1, B  2, C  4
y

0
(0, 0)
(B) A  3, B  4, C  2 1 x2
y=-
2
(C) A  2, B  5, C  3 3
(D) A  3, B  1, C  2 5
4 2 0 2 4
Q.3 The following differential equation has x
d2y  dy 
3
The function shown is the solution of the
3 2  4    y2  2  x differential equation (assuming all initial
dt  dt 
conditions to be zero) is
[IIT Bombay, 2005]
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 m x
d2y dy
(A) 1 (B) x (D) y   Am e a
dx 2 dx m

dy dy Q.11 A function n( x ) satisfies the differential

(C)  x (D)  x
dx dx d 2n( x ) n( x )
Q.7 The differential equation satisfying equation  2  0 where L is a
dx 2 L
y  Ae3 x  Be 2 x is constant. The boundary conditions are :
d2y dy n(0)  K and n( )  0. The solution to
(A) 2
 5  6y  0
dx dx this equation is
2
(B)
d y dy
5  6y  0 x
2 (A) n( x )  K exp  
dx dx  L
d2y dy
(C)  5  6y  0  x 
dx 2
dx (B) n( x )  K exp  
 L
d2y dy
(D) 5  6y  0 x
(C) n( x )  K 2 exp 
2
dx dx 
Q.8 The solution of differential equation  L 
f "( x )  4 f '( x )  4 f ( x )  0 .  x 
(D) n( x )  K exp  
[IIT Kanpur, 1995]  L 
2 x
(A) f1 ( x )  e Q.12 If the characteristic equation of the
(B) f1 ( x )  e 2 x , f 2 ( x )  e 2 x d2y dy
differential equation 2
 2  y  0
(C) f1 ( x)  e 2 x , f 2 ( x)  xe2 x dx dx
has two equal roots, then the positive value
(D) f1 ( x )  e 2 x , f 2 ( x )  e  x of  is _______.
Q.9 Which of the following is a solution of the Q.13 A solution of the ordinary differential
differential equation
d2y dy
d y2
dy equation  5  6 y  0 is such that
 p   q  1 y  0?
2
2
dt dt
dx dx 1  3e
y (0)  2 and y (1)  . The value of
where p  4, q  3 . [IIT Bombay, 2005] e3
(A) e 3x (B) xe x dy
(0) is _______.
(C) xe2 x (D) x 2e 2 x dt
d2y Q.14 The position of a particle y (t ) is described
Q.10 For the differential equation  k2 y  0
dx 2 by the differential equation :
, the boundary conditions are d2y dy 5 y
(i) y  0 for x  0 and 2
 
dt dt 4
(ii) y  0 for x  a
The initial conditions are y (0)  1 and
The form of non-zero solution of y (where
dy
m varies over all integers) are  0 . The position (accurate to two
dt t 0
[IIT Kharagpur, 2006]
 mx  decimal places) of the particle at t   is
(A) y   Am sin   ________.
m  a 
Q.15 The boundary-value problem y " y  0,
 mx 
(B) y   Am cos   y (0)  y ()  0 will have non-zero
m  a 
m x solutions if and only if the values of  are
(C) y   Am e a
[IIT Kanpur, 2007]
m

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(A) 0, 1, 2.... (B) 1, 2, 3, …. (A) 2  2t  t 2 (B) 2t  t 2

(C) 1, 4, 9, …. (D) 1, 9, 25, …. (C) 2t  3t 2 (D) 2  2t  3t 2

Q.16 Given that x  3 x  0, x (0)  1, x (0)  0,
 d2y
Q.21 Find the solution of  y which passes
what is x(1) ? [IISc Bangalore, 2008] dx 2
(A) – 0.99 (B) – 0.16  3
through the origin and the point  ln 2,  .
(C) 0.16 (D) 0.99  4
Q.17 With initial values y (0)  y '(0)  1, the 1 1
(A) y  e x  e  x (B) y  (e x  e  x )
solution of the differential equation 2 2
1 1
d2y dy (C) y  (e x  e  x ) (D) y  e x  e x
2
 4  4 y  0 at x  1 is _______. 2 2
dx dx
[IIT Kharagpur, 2014 (Set - 04)] Q.22 Consider the differential equation,
2
Q.18 The particular solution for the differential d y dy
x2 2
 x  y  0 , which of the
d2y dy dx dx
equation 2
 3  2 y  5cos x is following is a solution to this differential
dx dx
equation for x  0?
(A) 0.5cos x  1.5sin x
[IIT Kharagpur, 2014 (Set - 02)]
(B) 1.5cos x  0.5sin x
(A) e x (B) x 2
(C) 1.5sin x
1
(D) 0.5cos x (C) (D) ln x
x
Q.19 For a initial value problem
Q.23 The solution to x2 y " xy ' y  0 is
y  2 y  101 y  10.4e , y (0)  1.1
 x
and
y (0)  0.9.
[IIT Kanpur, 2015]

Various solutions are written in the (A) y  c1 x 2  c2 x 3 (B) y  c1  c2 x 2

following groups. Match the type of c2
(C) y  c1 x  (D) y  c1e x  c2 e x
solution with the correct expression. x
Group - 1 Group - 2 Q.24 Consider the differential equation
P. General solution 1. 0.1 e x 2
d y dy
x2 2  x  4 y  0 with the boundary
of homogenous dx dx
equations conditions of y(0) = 0 and y (1)  1 . The
Q. 2. e x ( A cos10 x complete solution of the differential
Particular integral
 B sin10 x) equation is
R. Total solution 3. e  x cos10 x  0.1 e x  x 
(A) x2 (B) sin  
satisfying  2 
boundary
 x   x 
conditions (C) e x sin   (D) e x sin  
 2   2
(A) P-2, Q-1, R-3 (B) P-1, Q-3, R-2 dy
Q.25 The solution of  y 2 with initial value
(C) P-1, Q-2, R-3 (D) P-3, Q-2, R-1 dx
Q.20 Consider the following second-order y (0)  1 is bounded in the interval
differential equation : [IIT Kanpur, 2007]
y " 4 y ' 3 y  2t  3t 2 (A)   x   (B)   x  1
The particular solution of the differential (C) x  1, x  1 (D) 2  x  2
equation is

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Q.26 Match each differential equation in Group Q.32 If z  xy ln  xy  , then

I to its family of solution curves from
z z z z
Group II. [IIT Roorkee, 2009] (A) x y  0 (B) y  x 0
x y x y
Group I Group II
z z z z
dy y (C) x y (D) y x 0
P.  1. Circle x y x y
dx x
dy y Q.33 If Z  eax by F (ax  by) , the value of
Q.  2. Straight lines Z Z
dx x b a is
x y
dy x
R.  3. Hyperbolas
dx y (A) 2Z (B) 2a
dy x (C) 2b (D) 2abZ
S. 
dx y Q.34 The partial differential equation
 2u  2u  2u
(A) P – 2, Q – 3, R – 3, S – 1 xy  ( x 2
 y 2
)  xy
x 2 xy y 2
(B) P – 1, Q – 3, R – 2, S – 1
u u
(C) P – 2, Q – 1, R – 3, S – 3 y x  2( x 2  y 2 ) is
x y
(D) P – 3, Q – 2, R – 1, S – 2
(A) Elliptic (B) Hyperbolic
Q.27 The solution to 6 yy ' 25 x  0 represents a
(C) Parabolic (D) None
[IIT Kanpur, 2015]
Q.35 The differential equation
(A) family of circles
 2u  2u  2u
(B) family of ellipses 4  4 2  0 is
x 2 xy y
(C) family of parabolas
(A) Elliptic (B) Hyperbolic
(D) family of hyperbolas
(C) Parabolic (D) None
dy 2 ln( x )
Q.28 If x 2  2 xy  , and y (1)  0,
dx x P Practice Questions
then y(e) is _______. Q.1 Which ONE of the following is a linear
[IIT Bombay, 2005] non-homogenous differential equation,
dy  where x and y are the independent and
Q.29 If  2 y tan x  sin x and y   0
dx 3 dependent variables respectively?
then ymax is _______. (A)
dy
 xy  e  x (B)
dy
 xy  0
dx dx
Q.30 Differential equation
dy dy  y
(ay 2  x  x3 ) dx  ( y 3  y  bxy ) dy  0 is (C)  xy  e  y (D) e 0
dx dx
exact then
Q.2 What is the solution for the second order
(A) a  b (B) a  2b
d2y
b differential equation  y  0, with the
(C) a  (D) a  3b dx 2
2
dy
Q.31 The solution of the ordinary differential initial conditions y x 0  5 and  10 ?
dy dx x0
equation  2 y  0 for the boundary
dx (A) y  5 10sin x
condition, y  5 at x  1 is (B) y  5cos x  5sin x
2 x 2 x
(A) y  e (B) y  2e (C) y  5cos x 10x
(C) y  10.95e2 x (D) y  36.95e2 x (D) y  5cos x 10sin x
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dy 2 Q.11 With K as a constant, the possible solution

Q.3 The solution of  2 xy  e  x with
dx for the first order differential equation
y (0)  1 is dy
 e 3 x is
2 2 dx
(A) (1  x) e x (B) (1  x) e  x
1 1
2 2 (A)  e 3 x  K (B)  e3 x  K
(C) (1  x) e x (D) (1  x) e  x 3 3
di (C) 3 e 3 x  K (D) 3 e  x  K
Q.4 A differential equation  0.2i  0 is
dt Q.12 Consider the differential equation
applicable over range –10 < t < 10. If i(4) 2
d x (t ) dx (t )
= 10, then i (–5) is _______. 2
3  2 x (t )  0. Given
dt dt
Q.5 If y  f ( x) satisfies the boundary value 10
problem y " 9 y  0 , y (0)  0 , x (0)  20 and ,x(1) 
where
e
  e  2.718, the value of x (2) is ______.
y    2 , then y   is ______.
2 4 Q.13 Solution of ( D 2  4) y  sin 2 x, is
Q.6 If f = a0 x n  a1 x n 1 y  ........  an 1 x n 1 1 x
(A) y  A cos 2 x  B sin 2 x   sin 2 x
 an y , where ai (i = 0 to n) are constants,
n 8 8
f f 1 x
(B) y  A cos 2 x  B sin 2 x   sin 2 x
then x y is 8 8
x y
1 x
f n (C) y  A cos 2 x  B sin 2 x   sin 2 x
(A) (B) 8 8
n f 1 x
(D) y  A cos 2 x  B sin 2 x   sin 2 x
(C) n f (D) n f 8 8
Q.14 The particular integral of
 x3  y 3 
Q.7 If u  tan 1   then ( D 2  5 D  6) y  e 2 x cos x is
 x y 
e2 x
u u (A)  (cos x  sin x)
x y  2
x y
e2 x
(A) sin 2u (B) cos 2u (B)  (cos x  sin x)
2
(C) tan 2u (D) cot 2u e2 x
Q.8 The partial differential equation (C) (cos x  sin x)
2
 2u  2u  2u e2 x
2  4  3  2 is (D)(cos x  sin x)
x 2 xy y 2 2
(A) Elliptic (B) Hyperbolic Q.15 If y is the solution of the differential
(C) Parabolic (D) None dy
equation y 3  x3  0, y(0)  1, the value
dx
 x2  y2 
Q.9 If u  log   , what is the value of of y ( 1) is
 x y 
(A) –2 (B) –1
u u
x y _______. (C) 0 (D) 1
x y Q.16 A function y (t ) , such that y (0)  1 and
 3u y(1)  3e1 , is a solution of the differential
Q.10 If u  e xyz then value is
x y  z (1, 1, 1)
d2y dy
equation  2  y  0 . Then y(2) is
_______. dt 2
dt
_______.

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Q.17 The value of  for which Q.21 The differential equation

( xy  x y ) dx  ( x  y ). x dy  0 is exact
2 2 2
(27 x 2  ky cos x) dx
is _______.  (2sin x  27 y 3 )dy  0
Q.18 The order and degree of the differential
3
is exact for k  ______.
d3y  dy 
equation 3
 4    y2  0 are Q.22 The solution (up to three decimal places)
dx  dx  at x  1 of the differential equation
respectively d2y dy
(A) 3 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 2
 2  y  0 subject to boundary
dx dx
(C) 3 and 3 (D) 3 and 1 dy
conditions y (0)  1 and (0)  1 is
Q.19 The necessary and sufficient condition for dx
the differential equation of the form _______.
M  x, y  dx  N  x, y  dy  0 to be exact is Q.23 Consider the differential equation
M N d2y
(A) M  N (B)  2 2  8y  0
x y dt
M N 2M 2 N with initial conditions :
(C)  (D)  2
y x x 2 y dy
at t  0, y  0 and  10.
1 dt
Q.20 If f ( x , y , z )  ( x 2  y 2  z 2 ) 2 , The value of y (up to two decimal places)
2 f 2 f 2 f at t  1 is _______.
  is equal to
x 2 y 2 z 2
(A) Zero (B) 1
(C) 2 (D)

A Answer Keys

Objective Type Questions

1. B, C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A
6. D 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. A
11. D 12. 1 13. –3 14. – 0.21 15. C
16. B 17. 0.541 18. A 19. A 20. A
21. B 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. C
26. A 27. D 28. 1 / e2 29. 1/8 30. C
31. D 32. C 33. D 34. C 35. C
Practice Questions
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. 1.652 5. –1
6. C 7. A 8. A 9. 1 10. 5e
11. A 12. 0.86 13. D 14. A 15. C
–2
16. 5e 17. 3 18. A 19. C 20. A
21. 2 22. 0.638 23. 4.54

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