RACE # 19 TANGENT AND NORMAL MATHEMATICS

SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE

1. The slope of the tangent to the curve x2 + 2y = 8x – 7 at the point x = 5, is
(A) /4 (B) /3 (C) 3/4 (D) /2
2. If the curve y = x2 + bx + c, touches the line y = x at the point (1, 1), then values of b and c are
(A) –1 and 2 (B) –1 and 1 (C) 2 and 1 (D) –2 and 1
3. y
The equation of normal to the curve x + y = x , where it cuts the x–axis, is equal to
(A) y = –2x + 2 (B) y = 3x – 3 (C) y = x – 1 (D) 2y = x – 1
4. The area of the triangle formed by the positive x–axis and the normal and the tangent to the
circle x2 + y2 = 4 at (1, 3 ) is

(A) 3 3 sq. units (B) 2 3 sq. units (C) 4 3 sq. units (D) 3 sq. units
5. tan20º + 2 tan50º is equal to
(A) tan 70º (B) cot 70º (C) sin 70º (D) tan 30º
6. Equation of the normal to the curve y =  x  2 at the point of its intersection with the curve
y = tan (tan–1 x) is
(A) 2x – y – 1 = 0 (B) 2x – y + 1 = 0
(C) 2x + y – 3 = 0 (D) None of these
x y
7. The line   1 touches the curve y = be–x/a at the point
a b

 b  b
(A) (–a, be) (B)  a,  (C)  a,  (D) (0, b)
 e  e
8. cos2 A (3 – 4 cos2 A)2 + sin2 A(3 – 4 sin2 A)2 is equal to-
(A) cos 4A (B) sin 4A (C) 1 (D) None of these
3
1t 3 2  dy  dy
9. If x  ,y  2  then, x    is
t3 2t t  dx  dx
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 2
10. 2 3
The point P of curve y = 2x such that the tangent at ‘P’ is perpendicular to the line
4x – 3y + 2 = 0 is given by :-

1 1  1 1 
(A) (2, 4) (B) 1, 2  (C)  ,  (D)  ,  
2 2  8 16 
MULTIPLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE

2 3 1 2
11. At what points on the curve y  x  x , the tangents make equal angles with co-ordintae
3 2
axes ?

1 5  1 5   1  1
(A)  ,  (B)  ,   (C)  1,   (D) 1,  
 2 24  2 24   6  6
12. The equation of tangents to the curve y = cos (x + y), –2  x  2, that are parallel to the line
x + 2y = 0 is/are
(A) x + 2 y = /2 (B) x + 2y = –3/2 (C) x + 2y = /2 (D) x – 2y = –3/2
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RACE # 20 TANGENT AND NORMAL MATHEMATICS
[SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE]
1. If the tangent at the point (at2, at3) on the curve ay2 = x3 meets the curve again at P then P is-

 at 2 at3   at 2 at3   at 2 at3   at 2 at3 

(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 4 8   4 8   4 8   4 8 

2. The angle of intersection of curves 2y = x3 and y2 = 32x at origin is

   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 2 3

1 1 
3. If tan = and sin = , where 0 < ,  < , then 2 is equal to-
7 10 2

 3  3 
(A) –  (B) –  (C)  (D) –
4 4  8 2

x 2 y2
4. If the curve   1 and y3 = 16x intersect at right angles, then a value of ‘’ is :-
 4

4 1 3
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D)
3 2 4

 
cos ecx
1  tan x
5. lim is equal to :-
x 0 1  sin x

1
(A) (B) 1 (C) e (D) e2
e

n n
x y x y
6. The straight line   2 touches the curve       2 at the point (a, b) for
a b a b

(A) n = 1, 2 (B) n = 3, 4, –5 (C) n = 1, 2, 3 (D) Any value of ‘n’

1  x  x 
x x
7. If f(x) = cot   , then f '(1) is equal to :-
 2 

(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) loge2 (D) –loge2

8. Find the equation of the normal of the curve y = |x2 – |x|| at x = –2
(A) 3y = 2x + 8 (B) 3y = x + 8 (C) 3y = –x – 8 (D) 3y = x – 8

C
9. If the line joining the points (0, 3) and (5, –2) is a tangent to the curve y  , then the value
x 1
of ‘C’ is :-
(A) 1 (B) –2 (C) 2 (D) 4

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10. The curve y = ax3 + bx2 + cx + 8 touch x-axis at p(–2, 0) and cuts the y-axis at a point Q where
its gradient is 3. The value of a,b,c are respectively.

5 5 5 5
(A) , 3,3 (B) ,3,3 (C) , 3,2 (D) ,3,3
4 4 4 4

11. Let ,  be two real roots of the equation (k + 1) tan2 x – 2 tan x = (1 – k), where k   1 

and  are real numbers. If tan 2       50 , then a value of  is -

(A) 10 2 (B) 5 2 (C) 10 (D) 5

MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT
12. If the line ax + by + c = 0 is a normal to the curve xy = 1 then
(A) a > 0, b > 0 (B) a > 0, b < 0 (C) a < 0, b > 0 (D) a < 0, b < 0

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RACE # 21 TANGENT AND NORMAL MATHEMATICS

[SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE]

1. Find the co-ordinates of a point of the parabola y = x2 + 7x + 2 : which is closest to the straight
line y = 3x – 3.
(A) (–2, –8) (B) (2, 8) (C) (–2, 8) (D) (2, –8)
2. The length of subtangent to the curve x2 + xy + y2 = 7 at the point (1, –3) is
3
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 15 (D)
4
3. If the curve y = x2 – 1, y = 8x – x2 – 9 touch each other at (2, 3) then equation of common tangent
is
(A) 4x – y = 5 (B) 4x + y = 5 (C) x – 4y = 5 (D) x + 4y = 14
log 3
4. If x  2 b and y  3log b 2 then the value of log2(cos(x – y) + sin(x – y) + sec(x – y)) is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
5. For the parabola y2 = 4ax, the ratio of the subtangent to the abscissa is
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 2 : 1 (C) x : y (D) x2 : y
6. A curve is represented paremetrically by the equations x = t + eat and y = –t + eat. When t  R
and a > 0. If the curve touches the axis of x at the point A, then the co-ordinates of point A are-

1 
(A) (1, 0) (B) (2e, 0) (C)  , 0  (D) (D) (e, 0)
e 

cos2 54 cos2 36 cot135

2 2
7. The value of the determinant sin 53 cot135 sin 37 is equal to
cot135 cos2 25 cos2 65

(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) 1

8. The points of contact of the vertical tangents to x = 2 – 3 sin, y = 3 + 2 cos  are-
(A) (2, 5), (2, 1) (B) (–1, 3), (5, 3) (C) (2, 5), (5, 3) (D) (–1, 3), (2, 1)
9. The legth of perpendicular from origin on the normal to the curve, x2 + 2xy – 3y2 = 0 at the
point (2, 2) is -

(A) 4 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 2 (D) 2

MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT

x

10. For the curve y  be a

(A) the subtangent is of constant length

(B) the subnormal is of constant length
(C) the subnormal varies as the square of ordinate
(D) the subtangent varies as the square of ordinate

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 sin4 x cos4 x 1
11. If   then [IIT -2009]
2 3 5

2 sin8 x cos8 x 1
(A) tan2x = (B)  
3 8 27 125

1 sin8 x cos8 x 2
(C) tan2x = (D)  
3 8 27 125

SUBJECTIVE TYPE
12. What should be the value of n in the equation of curve y – a1–n.xn , so that the sub-normal mass
be of constant length?
13. Find the approximate value of (1.999)6
14. If x & y are sides of two squares such that y = x – x2. Find the rate of change of area of second
square with respect to the first square when x = 1 cm.

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RACE # 22 TANGENT & NORMAL, MONOTONOCITY MAT HEM AT ICS
SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE
 a2  1  3
1. If f(x)   2  x  3x  5 is decreasing function of x in ‘R’ then the set of possible values of
 a 1 
‘a’ (independent of x) is
(A) (1,  ) (B) (–  , –1) (C) [–1, 1] (D) (0,  )
2. Let F(x) = x3 + ax2 + bx + 5 + 5sin2x be an increasing function in the set of real number R. Then
‘a’ and ‘b’ satisfy the condtion.
2
(A) a  3b  15  0
2 2 2
(B) a  3b  15  0 (C) a  3b  15  0 (D) a  3b  15  0
3. The equation of the tangent to the curve y = e–|x| at the point where the curve cut the line x = 1 is
(A) e·(x + y) = 1 (B) y + ex = 1 (C) y + x = e (D) ey + x = 2
4. The function f(x) = 3cos x + 10cos x + 6cos x–3, (0  x  ) is
4 3 2

  2      2 
(A) increasing in  2 , 3  (B) increasing in  0, 2    3 ,  
     
  2 
(C) decreasing in  ,  (D) All of the above
2 3 
5. The sum of ‘n’ terms of two airthmetic series are in the ratio (2n + 3) : 6n + 5, then the ratio of
their 13th terms is
(A) 53 : 155 (B) 27 : 87 (C) 29 : 83 (D) 31 : 89
6. f(x) = (x – 8) (x–9) ; 0  x  10 , monotonically decreases in
4 5

 76   76   76 
(A)  ,10  (B)  8,  (C) [0, 8] (D)  ,10 
 9   9   9 
7. The point on the curve 3y = 6x – 5x , the normal at which passes through (0, 0) is
3

 1 1   1 
(A) 1,  (B)  ,1  (C) (–2, 2) (D)  1, 
 3 3   3 
8. An interval on which the function y  x 2  log e x , x  0 is monotonically increasing is-

 1   1  1   1 
(A)   ,0  (B)  0,  (C)  0,  (D)  , 
 2   2  2  2
9. A particle moves along the curve y = x2 + 2x. Then the points on the curve are the x and y co-
ordinates of the particle, charging at the same rate, are-
 3 1   1 3  3 1 1 3 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 4 2   2 4  4 2 2 4
10. The area of the triangle formed by the co-ordinate axes and the tangent to the curve y  nx
at (1, 0) is (in square units) :-
(A) 1 (B) 1/2 (C) 2 (D) 3/2
11. The length of subtangent at the point x = a of the curve ay = (a + x)2 (3a – x) is -
2

(A) a (B) 2a (C) 4a (D) 6a

1
12. The most general solution of tan = – 1 and cos = is
2
7 7
(A) n + , n  (B) n + (–1)n , n 
4 4
7
(C) 2n + , n  (D) None of these
4
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RACE # 23 TANGENT & NORMAL, MONOTONOCITY MAT HEM AT ICS
[SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE]
1. If f(x) = e2x – (a + 1) ex + 2x is monotonic increasing for all x  R then a is

(A) (3, 4) (B)  ,0  (C)  , 3 (D)  3,  

2. The minimum distance between y – x = 1 and y2 = x is-

3 3 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2

2x
3. The function f  x   log e 1  x   is increasing on-
x 1

(A)  0,  (B)  ,0  (C)   ,   (D) N.O.T.


4. The equation of tangent to the curve y = 2 cos x at x  is -
4

   
(A) y  2  2  2  x   (B) y  2  2  2  
 4  4

   
(C) y  2   2   x   (D) y  2  2   x  
 4  4

5. Let a1 , a2, a3, ..... be a G.P. such that a1 < 0, a1 + a2 = 4 and a3 + a4 = 16. If a
i 1
i  4 , then  is

equal to-

511
(A) 171 (B) –513 (C) (D) –171
3
6. If x + 4y = 14 is a normal to the curve y2 = x3 –  at (2, 3) then the value of ( + ) is :-
(A) 9 (B) –5 (C) 7 (D) –7
7. The function f(x) = (x) decrease in the interval :-
x

 1
(A) (0, e) (B) (0, 1) (C)  0,  (D) none of these
 e

 x2  e 
8. If f  x   log  2  then range of f(x) is
 x 1 
(A) (0, 1) (B) (0, 1] (C) [0, 1) (D) {0, 1}
9. The solution set of the equation 4sin  . cos  – 2 cos  – 2 3 sin  + 3 = 0 in the interval (0, 2)
is

 3 7    5   3  5    5 11 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  , , ,  (D)  , , 
4 4 3 3  4 3 3 6 6 6 

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 COMPREHENSION CORRECT TYPE
Paragraph for question No. 10 to 11
Consider the cubic f(x) = 8x3 + 4ax2 + 2bx + a,
Where a, b  R
10. For a = 1 if y = f(x) is increasing for all x  R then maximum range of values of b is -

 1 1  1 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,   (C)  ,   (D)   ,  
 3 3  3 

11. For b = 1, if y = f(x) is non monotonic then the sum of all the integral values of a  1,100  is-
(A) 4950 (B) 5049 (C) 5050 (D) 5047
MULTIPLE CORRECT TYPE

12. f  x   x 3  x 2  100x  1001, then

 1   1 
(A) f  2000   f  2001  (B) f    f  2000 
 1999   
(C) f  x  1  f  x  1  (D) f  3x  5   f  3x 

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RACE # 24 TANGENT & NORMAL, MONOTONOCITY MATHEMATICS

SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE

1. The interval in which the function x3 increases less rapidly than 6x2 + 15x + 5 is
(A) ( , 1) (B) (–5, 1) (C) (–1, 5) (D) (5, )
2. The function f(x) = tan–1 (sinx + cosx) is an increasing function in - [AIEEE 2007]
(A) (/4,  /2) (B) (–/2,  /4) (C) (0,  /2) (D) (–/2,  /2)
3. The length of a longest interval in which the function 3sinx – 4sin x is increasing is
3

  3
(A) (B) (C) (D) 
3 2 2

a sin x  b cos x
4. If f(x)  is monotomically increasing, then
c sin x  d cos x
(A) ad  bc (B) ad  bc (C) ad  bc (D) ad > bc
5. Let A, G, H are respectively the A.M., G.M., H.M. between two positive numbers.
If xA = yG = zH where x, y, z are non zero quantities then x, y, z are in
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) A.G.P.

6. The length of sub tangent to the curve x  y  3 at the point (4, 1) is

1
(A) 2 (B) (C) 3 (D) 4
2
7. The number of values of x in the interval [0, 3]satisfying the equation 2 sin2 x + 5 sin x – 3=0
is [AIEEE-2006]
(A) 6 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
MULTIPLE CORRECT TYPE
8. Let the parabolas y = x2 + ax + b and y = x(c – x) touch each other at the point (1, 0). Then -
(A) a = –3 (B) b = 1 (C) c = 2 (D) b + c = 3
9. Let f(x) = xm/n for x  R , where m and n are integers, m even and n odd and o < m < n. Then

(A) f(x) decreases on ( ,0) (B) f(x) increases on (0, )

(C) f(x) increases on ( ,0) (D) f(x) decrease on (0, )

SUBJECTIVE TYPE

 3
10. Let the normal at the point P on the curve y2 – 3x2 + y + 10 = 0 intersect the y-axis at  0,  . If
 2
m is the slope of the tangent at P to the curve, then |m| is equal to

tan x 2 x 2 
11. Prove that  for 0  x1  x 2 
tan x1 x1 2

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RACE # 25 TANGENT & NORMAL, MONOTONOCITY MATHEMATICS

SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE

1. For what value of m,
f(x) = –x3 + 4mx2 + 2x – 5 decreasing for all x.
(A) (1, 2) (B) (3, 4) (C) R (D) no value of m
2. Given that F is real valued differentiable function such that f(x).f '(x) < 0 for all real x, then
(A) f(x) is increasing (B) f(x) is decreasing
(C) |f(x)| is increasing (D) |f(x)| is decreasing

3. If 0 < x < , then
2
(A) cos(sinx) > cosx (B) cos(sinx) < cosx
(C) cos(sinx) = sin(cosx) (D) cos(sinx) < sin(cosx)
4. If (x) is contineous at x = such that () < 0 and f(x) is a function such that
f '(x) = (x – 2 – x2)(x) for
all x, then f(x) is :-
(A) increasing in the neighbourhood at x = 
(B) decreasing in the neighbourhood at x = 
(C) constant in the neighbourhood at x = 
(D) minimum at x = 
5. The number of integral values of k for which the equation 7 cos x + 5 sin x = 2k + 1 has a
solution is [JEE 2002 (Screening), 3]
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12
6. Let g(x) = f(x) – 2{f(x)} + 9{f(x)} for all x  R then
2 3

(A) g(x) and f(x) increase and decrease together

(B) g(x) increases whenever f(x) decreases and viceversa
(C) g(x) increases for all x  R (D) g(x) decreases for all x  R
n(   x)
7. The function f(x) = is :-
n(e  x)
(A) increasing on [0, )
(B) decreasing on [0, )
(C) increasing on [0, /e) and decreasing on [/e, )
(D) decreasing on [0, /e) and increasing on [/e, )
8. If ,  are the root of 4x2 + 7x + 2 = 0, the equation whose roots are 2,  2 is :-
(A) 16x2 – 33x + 4 = 0 (B) 16x2 + 33x + 4 = 0
(C) 4x2 – 49x + 2 = 0 (D) 16x2 – 4x + 2 = 0
9. The total number of term in the expansion of (x + a)100 + (x – a)100 after simplification is :-
(A) 202 (B) 51 (C) 101 (D) 50
10. If the sum of an infinite GP is 20 and sum of their square is 100 then common ratio will be
[AIEEE- 2002]
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/4 (C) 3/5 (D) 1
SUBJECTIVE TYPE
11. A car start from rest and attains the speed of 1 km/hr and 2 km/hr at the end of 1st and 2nd
minutes, if the car moves on a straight road, the distance travelled in 2 minutes
12. If f(x) = x – 2sinx, 0  x  2 is increasing in the interval [a, b], then a + b equal to

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RACE # 26 AOD MATHEMATICS

SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE

x
1. The function f  x   x   x  4   e 2 has its local maxima at x = a, then

(A) a  2 2 (B) a  1  3 (C) a  1  3 (D) a = –4


2.  
If f "  x   0, x  R, f '  3   0 and g  x   f tan 2 x  2 tan x  4 , 0  x 
2
, then g(x) is increasing

in-

       
(A)  0,  (B)  ,  (C)  0,  (D)  , 
 4 6 3  3 4 2

3. Tangent to the curve y = x2 + 6 at a point P(1, 7) touches the circle x2 + y2 + 16x + 12y + c = 0 at
a point ‘Q’. Then the co-ordinates of ‘Q’ are :-
(A) (–6, –11) (B) (–9, –13) (C) (–10, –15) (D) (–6, –7)

4.  
Let f(x) be a function defined as below : f  x   sin x  3x x  0 ; and f  x   6x  5x2 x  0
2

Then at x = 0 ; f(x)
(A) has a local maximum (B) has a local minimum
(C) is discontinuous (D) N.O.T.

x 2
5. The function f  x    has a local minimum at
2 x
(A) x = 2 (B) x = –2 (C) x = 0 (D) x = 1

6. On which of the following intervals is the function f  x   x100  sin x  1 , is decreasing?

   
(A)  0,  (B) (0, 1) (C)  ,   (D) N.O.T.
 2 2 

7. The length of the longest interval in which the function 3 sin x – 4 sin3 x is increasing is :-

  3
(A) (B) (C) (D) 
3 2 2

8. The function defined by f  x    x  2   e x is

(A) decreasing for all ‘x’

(B) decreasing in  , 1  and increasing in  1,  

(C) increasing for all ‘x’

(D) decreasing in  1,   and increasing in  , 1 

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9. The solution of |cos x| = cosx – 2sinx is

(A) x = n, n  (B) x = n+ , n 
4
 
(C) x=n+ (–1)n , n (D) (2n+1)+ , n 
4 4
MULTIPLE CORRECT TYPE

10.    
Let f(x) be an increasing function defined on  0,  . If f 2a  a  1  f 3a  4a  1 , then the
2 2

possible integers in the range of a is/are :-

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
1
11. The function f  x   x 3   x  1

(A) has one ponit of local minima

(B) is non-differentiable

 8

(C) Range of f(x) is  3  2 3
, 
 

(D) None of these

SUBJECTIVE TYPE
12. The fourth power of the common difference of an arithmetic progression with integer entries
added to the product of any four consecutive terms of it. Prove that the resulting sum is the
square of an integer. [JEE 2000, (Mains), 4]

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RACE # 27 AOD MATHS

SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE

1. The set of all x for which ln(1  x)  x is equal to
(A) x > 0 (B) x > –1 (C) –1 < x < 0 (D) Null set
2. The function f(x) = tan (sinx + cosx) is an increasing function in
–1

         
(A)  ,  (B)   ,  (C)  0,  (D)   , 
4 2  2 4  2  2 2
3. f(x) = 1 + 2x2 + 4x4 + 6x6 + .... + 100x100 is polynomial in a real variable x, then f(x) has
(A) neither a maximum nor a minimum (B) only one maximum
(C) only one minimum (D) one maximum and one minimum
4. On the interval [0, 1] the function x25(1 – x)75 takes its maximum value at
1 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) 1 (D)
2 4
5. Let f(x) = (x – 4)(x – 5)(x – 6)(x – 7) then,
(A) f '(x) = 0 has four roots
(B) Three roots of f '(x) = 0 lie in (4, 5)  (5, 6)  (6, 9)
(C) The equation f '(x) = 0 has only one real root
(D) Three roots of f '(x) = 0 lie in (3, 4)  (4, 5)  (5, 6)

 
 sin x ; 0  x  1
6. Let f (x)  2 then

 3  2x ; x  1

(A) f(x) has local maxima at x = 1

(B) f(x) has local minima at x = 1
(C) f(x) does not have any local extrema at x = 1
(D) f(x) is discontinous at x = 1
7. Let f be a differentiable function on R and h(x) = f(x) – f 2(x) + f 3(x). Then
(A) h is increasing whenever f is increasing
(B) h is increasing whenever f is decreasing
(C) h is always decreasing
(D) h is decreasing whenever f is increasing
8. sin2x – cos 2x = 2 – sin 2x if
(A) x = n/2, n  (B) tan x = 3/2
(C) x = (2n + 1) /2, n  (D) x = n + (–1)n sin–1 (2/3), n 
SUBJECTIVE TYPE

2
2  2 9 
9. Find the minimum value of (x1  x 2 )   2  x1   where x1  (0, 2) and x 2  R  .
 x2 

10. Using monotonocity find range of the function f (x)  x  1  6  x

11. Find the minimum value of the function defined by f(x) = max(x, x + 1, 2 – x)

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RACE # 28 AOD MATHEMATICS
SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE
1. The perimeter of a sector P. The area of sector is maximum when its radius is :-
P 1 P
(A) (B) (C) P (D)
2 P 4
2. The maximum area of the rectangle that can be inscribed in a circle of radius r, is :-
r 2
(A) r2 (B) r2 (C) (D) 2r2
4

x 1 x 1 2x  1
3. The function f(x) given by f(x) = x  1 x  3 2x  3 has
2x  1 2x  1 4x  1

(A) One point of maximum and one point of minimum

(B) One point of maximum only
(C) One point of minimum only
(D) None of these
4 3 2
4. The minimum value of ex x  x is :-
(A) e (B) e2 (C) 1 (D) e–1
5. Find the minimum distance between the curves y = 4x and x + y – 12x + 31 = 0
2 2 2

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

ax  b
6. If the function f(x) = has an extremum at P(2, –1), then :-
(x  1)(x  4)
(A) a = 0, b = 1 (B) a = 0, b = –1 (C) a = 1, b = 0 (D) a = –1, b = 0
7. In a triangle ABC, B = 90° and a + b = 4. The area of the triangle is maximum when C is :-
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 6 3 2
SUBJECTIVE TYPE

x x
8. The maximum value of f(x) = 3cos2x + 4sin2x + cos  sin is :-
2 2

a
9. If the function f(x) =  x 2 has a maximum at x = –3, then a = ?
x
10. Let a, b be positive real numbers. If a, A1, A2,b are in A.P. ; a, G1, G2, b are in G.P. and a, H1, H2,
G1G 2 A1  A 2 (2a  b)(a  2b)
b are in H.P. show that H H = H  H = . [JEE 2002 (Mains), 5]
1 2 1 2 9ab
11. Find all value of , between 0 & , which satisfy the equation; cos  . cos 2  . cos 3  = 1/4

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1. C 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. D
8. C 9. C 10. D 11. A,C 12. A,B

1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. A
8. B 9. D 10. A 11. C 12. B,C

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

1
8. B 9. C 10. A,C 11. A,B 12. n = 13. 63.808 14. 0
2

1. C 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. A
8. A 9. B 10. B 11. C 12. C

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. C
8. B 9. D 10. C 11. B 12. B,C

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. D
8. A,D 9. A,B 10. 4

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

1
8. A 9. B 10. C 11. km 12. 2
30

1. A 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. A
8. D 9. D 10. B,C,D 11. A,B,C

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. A
8. B,C 8. 8 9.  5, 10  10. 1.5

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

  3  5  2 7 
8. 5.414 9. –54 11. , , , , ,
8 3 8 8 3 8

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