Maths – Application of Derivative

Mathematics: Application of Derivative -1 [June 22]

1. The surface area of a balloon of spherical shape being inflated, increase at a constant rate, if
initially, the radius of balloon is 3 units and after 5 se4conds, it becomes 7 units, then its
radius after 9 seconds is
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12
2
2. f (x)=4loge(x–1)–2x +4x+5, x>1, which one of the following is NOT correct?
(A) f is increasing in (1, 2) and decreasing in  2,

(B) f(x) = –1 has exactly two solutions

(C) f   e  f   2  0
(D) f(x) =0 has a root in the interval (e, e+1)
3. The tangent at the point (x1, y1) on the curve y = x3+3x2+5 passes through the origin, then
(x1, y1) does NOT lies on the curve

y2 y2 x 2
(A) x2  2 (B)  x2  8 (C) y=4x2+5 (D) y 2
81 9 3
4. The sum of absolute maximum and absolute minimum values of the function
f(x) = |2x2+3x+–2|+sin x cos x in the interval [0, 1] is
sin 1 cos2 1/ 2
(A) 3
2
(B) 3
1
2
1 2cos 1 sin 1
1 1
(C) 5
1
sin 1  sin  2 (D) 2  sin   cos  
2 2 2
5. The number of distinct real roots of the equation x7–7x–2=0 is
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 1 (D) 3
6. Let * be the largest value of  for which the function
f  x   4x3  36x 2  36x  48 is increasing for all x  R . Then f * 1  f *  1 is
equal to
(A) 36 (B) 48 (C) 64 (D) 72
7. Let f(x) be a polynomial function such that f  x   f   x   f   x   x5  64 . Then, the

f x
value of lim
x 1 x  1

(A) –15 (B) –60 (C) 60 (D) 15

8. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be two functions defined nu f(x) = loge (x2+1) – e–x + 1
1  2e2x
and g  x   . Then, for which of the following range of  , the inequality
ex
    12     5 
f g    f  g      holds?
  3    3 
  
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(A) (2, 3) (B) (–2, –1) (C) (1, 2) (D) (–1, 1)
9. Water is being filled at the rate of 1 cm3/ sec in right circular conical vessel (vertex
downwards) of height 35cm and diameter 14 cm. when the height of the water level is 10 cm,
the rate (in cm2/sec) at which the wet conical surface area of the vessel increases is

21 26 26
(A) 5 (B) (C) (D)
5 5 10
10. If the angle made by the tangent at the point (x0, y0) on the curve x = 12(t+sin t cos t),
 
y=12(1+sin t)2, 0  t  , with the positive x-axis is , then y0 is equal to
2 3
(A) 
6 3 2 2  (B) 
3 74 3  (C) 27 (D) 48

11. Let f(x) = |(x–1)(x2–2x–3)|+x–3, x  R . If m and M are respectively the number of

points of local minimum and local maximum of f in the interval, then m+M is equal to
_____
12. The sum of the absolute minimum and the absolute maximum values of the function
f(x)= |3x–x2+2|–x in the interval [–1, 2] is :

17  3 17  5 9  17
(A) (B) (C) 5 (D)
2 2 2
x y
13. Let S be the set of all the natural numbers, for which the line   2 is a tangent to the
a b
n n
x  y
curve       2 at the point (a, b), ab  0 . Then
a  b
(A) S (B) n  S  1

(C) S  2k : k  N (D) S=N

14. Let f(x) = 2 cos–1x +4cot–1x –3x2 –2x+10, x  1,1 . If [a, b] is the range of the function
then 4a–b is equal to
(A) 11 (B) 11  (C) 11  (D) 15 
15. Consider a cuboid of sides 2x, 4x and 5x and a closed hemisphere of radius r. If the sum of
their surface areas is a constant k, then the ratio x : r, for which the sum of their volumes is
maximum, is
(A) 2:5 (B) 19:45 (C) 3:8 (D) 19:15
dy
16.  2y  xex , y(1)=0, then the
If y= y(x) is the solution of the differential equation x
dx
local maximum value of the function z(x) = x y(x)–e , x  R is
2 x

1 4
(A) 1–e (B) 0 (C) (D) e
2 e
17. The number of distinct real roots of x4–4x+1=0 is
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(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
18. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 10+x2, 10+x2 and 20–2x2. If for x = k, the area of the
triangle is maximum, then 3k2 is equal to
(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12
19. If m and n respectively are the number of local maximum and local minimum points of the
x2
t 2  5t  4
function f  x    dt , then the ordered pair (m,n) is equal to
0 2  et
(A) (3, 2) (B) (2, 3) (C) (2, 2) (D) (3, 4)
7 3
20. The number of real solutions of x +5x + 3x+ 1=0 is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D)5
21. Let l be a line which is normal to the curve y= 2x2+x+2 at a point P on the curve. If the point
Q(6, 4) lies on the line l and O is origin, then the area of the triangle OPQ is equal to ____
22. Let the slope of the tangent to a curve y = f(x) at (x, y) be given by 2 tan x (cos x –y). If the
/ 2
 
curve passes through the point  , 0  . Then the value of
4 
 ydx is equal to
0

(A) 2  2   
2
(B) 2

2

(C) 2  2   
2
(D) 2

2
23. A wire of length 22 m is to be cut into two pieces. One of the pieces is to be made into a
square and the other into an equilateral triangle. Then the length of the side of the equilateral
triangle, so that the combined area of the square and the equilateral triangle is minimum, is
22 66 22 66
(A) (B) (C) (D)
94 3 94 3 49 3 49 3

Let f : R  R be a function defined by f  x    x  3  x  5 n , n1,n2  N . Then

n1 2
24.
which of the following is NOT true?
(A) for n1 = 3, n2 = 4, there exists   3,5 where f attains local maxima

(B) for n1 = 4, n2 = 3, there exists   3,5 where f attains local minima

(C) for n1 = 3, n2 =53, there exists   3,5 where f attains local maxima

(D) for n1 = 4, n2 = 6, there exists   3,5 where f attains local maxima

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1 1
25. Let f and g be twice differentiable evenfunctions on (–2, 2) such that f    0 , f    0 ,
4 2
 3
f(1) = 1 and g    0 , g(1) = 2. Then, the minimum number of solutions of
 4
f  x  g  x   f   x  g  x   0 in (–2, 2) is equal to ____

ANSWER KEY

1 A
2 C
3 D
4 B
5 D
6 D
7 A
8 A
9 C
10 C
11 3
12 A
13 D
14 B
15 B
16 D
17 B
18 C
19 B
20 B
21 13
22 B
23 B
24 C
25 4
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