DIFFERENTIATIONS

Single Type
dy dx
1. If y = 1x , then the value of  3 is equal to-
1 y 4
1 x4

(A) 0 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) –3

2. Let f xy
  = f ( x )  f ( y)
for real values of x and y. If f (0) exist
 2  2

and equals –1 and

f(0) = 1, then f (2) is equal to-
(A) –1 (B) non-existent
(C) 12 (D) 12
 x 2e 2( x 1) , x 1
3. Let f(x) = 
a cos(2x  2)  bx 2
x 1

f(x) will be differentiable at x = 1, if

(A) a = – 1, b = 2 (B) a = 1, b = – 2
(C) a = 1, b = 2 (D) None of these
4. The set of all points where the function f(x) = x |x| is
differentiable is
(A) (–) (B) (–, 0)  (0, )
(C) (0, ) (D) [0, )
5. The set of all points where the function f(x) = 1  ex
2
is
differentiable is
(A) (0 , ) (B) ( –)
(C) (–) ~ {0} (D) (–1, )
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 d2y
6. For any differentiable function y = f(x), the value of +
dx 2
3
 dy  d 2 x
  is -
 dx  dy 2

(A) always zero (B) always

non-zero
(C) equal to 2y2 (D) equal to x2
7. If x + y = t – 1t , x2 + y2 = t2 + 1
t2
, then dy
dx
is equal to
1 1
(A) x
(B) 
x
1 1
(C) x2
(D) 
x2

8. Let f(x), g(x) be two continuously differentiable functions

satisfying the relationships f(x) = g(x) and f(x) = – f(x).
Let h(x) = [f(x)]2 + [g(x)]2. If h(0) = 5, then h(10) =
(A) 10 (B) 5
(C) 15 (D) None of these
9. If 2x + 2y = 2x + y, then dy
dx
is equal to -
2x  2y 2x  2y
(A) (B)
2x  2y 1  2xy
 2y 1   2xy  2x 
(C) 2xy   (D)  
 1  2x   2y 
   

d2y
10. If y = sin (sin x) and 2

dy
dx
tan x + ƒ(x) = 0, then ƒ(x) equals
dx

-
(A) sin2 x sin (cos x) (B) sin2 x cos (sin x)
(C) cos2 x sin (cos x) (D) cos2 x sin (sin x)

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Multiple Correct Type
11. If F(x) = f(x) g(x) and f ' (x) g ' (x) = c, then -
(A) F ' = c  ff '  gg'  (B) F' ' f ' ' g' ' c
  
  F f g fg

F' ' ' f ' ' ' g' ' ' F' ' ' f ' ' ' g' ' '
(C) F

f

g
(D)  
F' ' f ' ' g' '

 | x 3| for x 1
 2
12. The function f(x) =  x

3x

13
for x  1
is :

 4 2 4

(A) continuous at x = 1 (B) continuous at x = 3

(C) differentiable at x = 1 (D) differentiable at x = 3
xn sin x  cos x
dn
13. If f(x) = n ! sin (n / 2) cos (n / 2) the value of (f(x)) at x = 0 for
dx n
a a2 a3

n = 2m + 1 is:
(A) –1 (B) 0
(C) a6 (D) independent of a
14. If f(x) = x  2 2x  4 + x  2 2x  4 then:
(A) f is differentiable at all points of its domain except x =
4
(B) f is differentiable on (2, ) ~ {4}
(C) f is differentiable on (–)
(D) f(x) = 0 for all x [2, 4)
15. Let h(x) = min.{x, x2} for every real number x. Then:
(A) h is continuous for all x (B) h is differentiable for all
x
(C) h(x) = 1, for all x > 1 (D) h is not differentiable at
two values of x
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16. If f(x) = 1  1  x , then
2

(A) f is continuous on [–1, 1] (B) f is continuous at x = 0

(C) f is not differentiable at x = 0 (D) f is differentiable
everywhere
17. Let f(x) = x2 + xg'(1) + g"(2) and g(x) = f(1).x2 + xf '(x) + f
"(x) then
(A) f '(1) + f '(2) = 0 (B) g '(2) = g '(1)
(C) g "(2) + f "(3) = 6 (D) None of these
18. Suppose f and g are functions having second derivatives f "
and g " everywhere, if f(x).g(x) = 1 for all x and f ' and g'
are never zero then ff"' ((xx))  gg"' ((xx)) equals -
2f ' ( x ) 2g' ( x )
(A) f (x)
(B) g( x )
f ' ( x ) 2f ' ( x )
(C) f (x)
(D) f (x)

19. If y = e–x cos x and yn + kn y = 0 where yn= dn y

dx n
and kn, are
constants  n N.
(A) k4 = 4 (B) k8 = – 16
(C) k12 = 20 (D) k16 = – 24
20. If f(x + y) = f(x) . f(y) for all x, y  R and f(x) = 1 + x g(x),
where Lt g(x)  1 , then
x 0

(A) Lt f (x)  1
x 0
(B) f(x) is continuous in R
(C) f(x) is differentiable in R – {0, 1} (D) Lt f (x )  0
x 

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Numeric Type
21. Number of solutions of the equation
 d  x 10 x 8 9x 7 
cos ec (sin (sin 1 x ))   
 dx  10

8
 x2  x9 
7


will be
  x 9

22. Number of points where f(x) = max .(max

| x  x  2 |, x  3x ); x0
2 2

.(n ( x ), e ) ; x
x0
is not


differentiable, are
23. If ey + xy = e then d2y
2
at x = 0 is e–, then numerical
dx

quantity  should be equal to……….

dy dx
24. If y = 1/x, then the value of + +1 is equal to-
1  y4 1 x4

 1 
 sin x  2  1  x  0
25. Let f(x) 
n | x  1   | 0  x   ; x  –1 then number of points
 | sin x |   x  4



where f(x) is non derivable in its domain…………..

26. If Pn is the sum of a G.P. upto n terms (n 3) such that (1 –
r) dPdr = aPn–1 + bPn, where r is the common ratio of G.P.
n

then maximum value of | a + b | is........

27. If f(x) = cos–1(1 – 2x2), then find the values of f(1/2) + f
(– 1/2)
28. Let ƒ be a function such that ƒ(x + y) = ƒ(x) + ƒ(y) for all x
and y and ƒ(x) = (2x2 + 3x) g(x) for all x where g(x) is
continuous and g(0) = 3. Then ƒ(x) is equal to -
29. If x2 + y2 = t – 1t and x4 + y4 = t2 + 1

, then x3y dy
dx
equals -
t

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30. If y = (1 + x)(1 + x2)(1 + x4)....(1 + x2
n
) then dy
dx
at x = 0 is -

DIFFERENTIATIONS
SOLUTIONS
Single Type
1. (B)
y= 1
x
 dy
dx
= 
x
1
2
 x2dy + dx = 0
 x2
dy 
dx
0
1 x 4
1 x4

 dy

dx
=0
1
1 1 x4
x4

 dy

dx
=0
1 y 4
1 x4

 dy

dx
3 =3
1 y 4
1 x4

2. (A)
We have,
f  x 2 y  = f (x) 2 f (y) for all x, y,  R …(i)
f x
  = f (1)  1
for all x, y  R
2 2

f(x) = 2f x
 
2
– 1 for all x, y  R .....(ii)
f (2  h )  f (2)
Now, f '(2) = lim
h 0 h
 4  2h 
f   f ( 2)
f (2) = lim 
h 0
2 
h

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 2f 2  1  2f (h)  1  2f (2)
f (2) = lim
h 0 2h

[Putting x = 4 and 2h respectively in Eq. (ii)]

f (2) = lim f (hh)  1
h 0

f (2) = lim
h 0
f (h )  f (0)
h
= f '(0) = –1
3. (A)
Function is diff. at x = 1 it means function is continuous at x
= 1, diff. at x = 1
R.H.L. at x = 1 = L.H.L. at x = 1, R.H.D. = L.H.D.
a cos (0) + b = 1
a+b=1 ........(1)
(–2 a sin (2x – 2) + 2bx)x = 1
= (2x2 e2(x – 1) + 2xe2(x – 1))x = 1
0 + 2b = 2 + 2
2b = 4
b=2
So a = 1 – b = 1 – 2 = – 1
4. (A)

 x2 if x  0
f(x) = x|x| =  2

 x if x  0

Since x2 and –x2 are differentiable functions, f(x) is

differentiable, except possibly at
x=0
Now f (0+) = lim f (0  hh)  f (0) = lim f (hh)
h 0  h 0 

h2
[ f(0) = 0] = lim
h 0 h
= lim
h 0 
h=0

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 and f(0–) = lim–
h 0
f (0  h )  f (0)
h
f (h )  f (0)  h2
= lim–
h 0 h
= lim–
h 0 h
= lim
h 0 –
h=0
Hence f is differentiable everywhere.
5. (C)
For x  0, we have
xe  x
2
1 1
f(x) = 2
[–(–2x) e x 2
] =
1  ex
2
1  e x
2

f (h )  f (0)
Also, f(0+) = lim
h 0  h

1  e h
2

= lim
h 0  h
1/ 2
 e h 2  1 
= lim   =1
h 0   h 2 
 
1/ 2
–  e h 2  1 
and f(0 ) = lim – h 0 –

  h2 
 = –1
 

because, as h  0– , h is a negative number, so that

1/ 2
1  e h
2
1  e h
2
1  e h
2
 e h 2  1 
h
=– |h|
=– h2
=– 
  h2 

 

Hence f is not differentiable at x = 0 .

Thus the points of differentiability are (–) ~ {0}
6. (A)
1
 dy   dx 
     for a differentiable coefficient
 dx   dy 
2
 dx   dx  dy
or d2y
2
=–1  
d
 
dx  dy  dy  dy  dx
2
= –  dx 

dy 
d 2 x  dy 
 
dy 2  dx 
 
3
=– d 2 x  dy 
 
dy 2  dx 
or

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 3
d2y  dy  d x
2
+   =0
dx 2  dx  dy 2

7. (C)
x + y = t – 1t , x2 + y2 = t2 + 1
t2

(x + y)2 = t2 + t1 – 2 2

 x2 + y2 + 2xy = x2 + y2 – 2
 xy = – 1  y = x1 y = 1
x2

8. (B)
Let f(x), g(x) be two continuous differentiable functions
Since f(x) = g(x), f(x) = g(x)
Put f(x) = –f(x)
Hence g(x) = –f(x)
We have h(x) = 2f(x) f(x) + 2g(x) g(x)
= 2[f(x) g(x) + g(x) [–f(x)]]
= 2[f(x) g(x) – f(x) g(x)] = 0
 h(x) = C, a constant
 h(0) = C i.e. C = 5
h(x) = 5 for all x.
Hence h(10) = 5.
9. (C)
Here 2x + 2y = 2x + y
Diff. w.r.t. x,
2x log 2 + 2y log 2 dx
dy
= 2x + y . log 2 1  dx
dy 

 

 dx
dy
(2y – 2x + y) = 2x + y – 2x

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  dy
= 2 x (2 y  1)
dx 2 y (1  2 x )

 2y 1 
 dx
dy
= 2x – y .  
 1 – 2x 
.
 

10. (D)
dy
dx
= cos (sin x) . cos x
 d2y
= – cos (sin x) sin x + cos x (– sin (sin x)) cos x
dx 2

 d
2
y
2
+ dy
dx
tan x = – cos (sin x) sin x – cos2 x sin (sin x) +
dx

cos (sin x) sin x

= – cos2 x sin (sin x)
 d2y
2
+ dy
dx
tan x + cos2 x sin (sin x) = 0
dx

 ƒ(x) = cos2x sin (sin x).

Multiple Correct Type
11. (A, B, C)
F(x) = f(x). g(x)
Differentiate both sides w.r.t. x
F ' (x) = f ' (x) g(x) + g'(x) f(x)
…(1)
 g( x ) f ( x ) 
F ' (x) = f ' (x) g'(x)   
 g' ( x ) f ' ( x ) 

F'=c g f 
    (A)
 g' f ' 

Again differentiate eqn (1)

F '' (x) = f '' (x) g(x) + g'(x) f ' (x) + g''(x) f(x) + f ' (x) g'(x)
F '' (x) = f '' (x) g(x) + g''(x) f(x) + 2g'(x) f ' (x)
…(2)

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 Divide F(x) = f(x).g(x) on both sides
F' ' ( x ) f ' ' ( x )g ( x ) g ' ' ( x )f ( x ) 2c
F( x )
= F( x )
+ F( x )
+ F( x )
F' ' ( x ) f ' ' (x) g' ' (x ) 2c
F( x )
= f (x)
+ g(x )
+ f ( x )g ( x )

F' ' f ' ' g' ' 2c

F
  
f g fg
 (B)
Again differentiate eqn (2)
F ''' (x) = f '' (x) g'(x) + f ''' (x) g(x) + g''(x) f ' (x) + g'''(x) f(x)
+ 0 {g'(x) f ' (c) = c}
F ''' (x) = f ''' (x) g(x) + g'''(x) f(x) + f '' (x) g'(x) + g''(x) f ' (x)
f ' (x) g ' (x) = c differentiate both sides
f ' (x) g''(x) + g'(x) f '' (x) = 0 put it in above eqn
Dividing by F(x)
F' ' '
F
= ff' ' ' + gg' ' '  (C)
12. (A, B, C)
The given function can be written as

 x 3 for x  3

f(x) =  3 x for 1  x  3
 x 2 3x 13
   for x  1
4 2 4

 f (1+) = lim
h 0 
f (1  h )  f (1)
h
3  (1  h )  2
= lim
h 0  h
= –1
and f(1–) = lim
h 0 
f (1  h )  f (1)
h
(1  h ) 2 3(1  h ) 13
  2
= lim
h 0 
4
h
2 4

 1 3 13   h 3h  h
2
    2     
4 2 4  2 2  4
= lim
h 0  h

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 h2
h
= lim
h 0  h
4
= –1
Hence f is differentiable at x = 1 and so also continuous.
Since g(x) = |x| is continuous everywhere but not
differentiable at x = 0, f is continuous at x = 3 but not
differentiable there.
13. (B, D)
n! sin ( x  n / 2)  cos ( x  n / 2)
dn
dx n
(f(x)) = n! sin (n / 2) cos (n / 2)
2
a a a3

n! sin (n / 2)  cos (n / 2)

dn
dx n
(f ( x )) = n! sin (n / 2) cos (n / 2)
x 0 a a2 a3

n! sin (n / 2) 0
= n! sin (n / 2) 0 =0
2 3
a a a

14. (A, B, D)
The domain of f is [2, ). Put t = 2x  4

f(x) = t / 2  2  2t + t / 2  2  2t
2 2

= 1 (t  2) + 1 |t –2|
2 2
 1
  4 if t  2
=  2
 2 t if t  2

 2 2 if x  [2, 4)
= 
2 x  2 if x  [4, )

 0 if x  [2, 4)
 1
Hence f(x) =  if x  (4, )
 x  2

and f(4) doesn't exist.

15. (A, C, D)

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  x,    x  0
 2
= h(x) = x , 0  x  1
 x, 1 x  


Thus h is differentiable except possibly at x = 0, 1h(0+) =

lim h (0  k )  h (0) lim k 2
k 0 
k
= k 0 
k
=0
h(0–) =
h (0  k )  h (0) k
lim
k 0  k
= lim
k 0  k
=1
Hence h is not differentiable at x = 0. Similarly h (1+) =1
and h(1–) = 2. Also lim h(x) = 0 = h(0) = lim h(x) and lim h(x) =
x 0  x 0  x 1

1 = h(1) = lim
x 1
h(x).
Hence h is a continuous function and is not differentiable at
two values of x.
Conclusions can also be made by drawing graph of the
function h(x).
16. (A, B, C)
The domain of definition of this function is the interval –1 
x 1, because, for f to be defined, we must have 1 –x2  0.
 f x) = 1
. 1 (2x)
2 1 1 x2 2 1 x2

at x  0 and x  ± 1. As x 1 – or x – 1+, we have f(x)

. To find out whether the derivative f(x) exists at the
point x = 0, we note that
1 1 h2
f(0+) = lim
h 0 h

1  (1  h 2 )1/ 2
= lim
h 0 h

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  1 
1  1  h 2  powers of h 2 
= lim  2 
h 0  h2

1 1
= lim
h 0 2
 powers of h 2 =
2

Similarly f (0–) = – 1
2

Hence f has no derivative at x = 0

Since for a continuous function h(x) with h(x)  0, the
function g(x) = h (x ) is continuous. So f is continuous on [–1,
1] in particular at x = 0
17. (A, B, C)
g'(1) = a, g"(2) = 2 = b then f(x) = x2 + ax + b
g(x) = (1 + a + b)x2 + (2x + a) x + 2
= (3 + a + b) x2 + ax + 2
 g '(x) = 2(3 + a + b) x + a
a = 2 (3 + a + b) 1 + a 3 + a + b = 0 and
b = 2(3 + a + b) i.e., b + 2a + 6 = 0
b=0 a=–3
f(x) = x2 – 3x and g(x) = – 3x + 2
f '(x) = 2x – 3 g '(x) = – 3
f '(1) + f '(2) = –1 + 1 = 0
g '(2) = g '(1)
g "(2) = g"(3)
18. (B, D)
g = 1f g ' = f1 f ' 2

 g '' = –  2 2 1 
 3 f '  2 f ' '
 f f 
= 2
f 3
f'2– f ''
f2

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 2 2 f ''
f'  2
 f ''
f'
– g' '
g
= f ''
f'
– f3
1
f
 2 f'
f
  2f ' 2f ' ' 
= f ''
–    = 2f '
f'  f f  f

19. (A, B)
y = e–x cos x

y1 = – e–x cos x – e–x sin x = – 2 e–x cos 
x  
 4


y2 = + ( 2 )2 e–x cos 
x  
 2

3 
y3 = (– 2 )3 e–x cos 
x  
 4 

y4 = + ( 2 )4 e–x cos (x – ) = – 4 e–x cos x

 y4 + 4y = 0  k4 = 4
Differentiating it again 4 times
y8 + 4y4 = 0  y8 – 16y =  k8 = – 16
y12 + 4y8 = 0  y12 + 64y = 0  k12 = 64
Similarly k16 = – 256
20. (A, B, D)
Lt g( x )
x0
=1  Lt f (x) = x0
Lt (1  xg(x))
x 0
=1
Consider Lt f ( x )
xa
= Lt f (a  h)
h 0
= Lt f (a )
h0

= Lt f (a ) f (h )
h0
= f (a) Lt f (h) = f(a) × 1
h0

 f(x) is continuous every where.

Also f '(a) = Lt f (a  hh)  f (a) h 0

f (a )f (h)  f (a ) f (h )  1
= Lt
h 0 h
= h 0
Lt
h
f(a)

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 1  hg(h )  1
= f (a ) Lt
h 0 h
= f(a) h0
Lt g(h ) =f(a)
 f '(x) = f(x)  x  R i.e. f(x) = ex(using f(0) = 1)
Numeric Type
21. (2)
R H S = (x9 + x7 + 2x – 9x8 – 9x6)x = 9
= 99 + 97 + 2.9 – 99 – 97 = 18
| cosec x | = 18, where – 1 < x < 1
y = 18

 –1 1 

2 2

from the graph, it is clear that the equation has 2 real roots.
22. (3)
By graph it is clear that function is discontinuous at x = 0 &
non-differentiable at x = 2 & at the point where ex & n (–x)
intersects each other.
y
| x2–x–2 |

n(–x) (0,2)
ex (0,1)
x
(2,0)

23. (2)
ey + xy = e
on putting x = 0, we get ey = e
y = 1 when x = 0
on differentiating the relation (i) we get
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 dy dy
dx
+ 1.y + x. dx =0
on putting x = 0, y = 1 we get
ey  dx
dy 
 + 1= 0  dx
dy
= e1
 

on differentiating solution (ii) we get

2
 dy  d2y 2
ey   + ey + dy dy
+ dx + xd y = 0
 dx  dx 2 dx dx 2
dy 1
on putting x = 0, y = 1, dx
= e
we get
d2y
dx 2
= 1
e2
= e–2 = 2
24. (1)
y = 1/x  dy
dx
= –1
x 2
 x2dy + dx = 0
 x2
dy + dx
=0
1 x 4
1 x4

 dy
+ dx
=0
1
1 1 x4
x4

 dy
+ dx
=0
1 y 4
1 x4

dy dx
+ +1=1
1 y 4
1 x4

25. (4)
/2

–1 –2 –1  2 3 4

f(x) is non derivable at x = –1, 0, 2, 3

26. (1)
Let the first term of G.P. be 
1 rn
so Pn = 
1 r

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 dPn  (1  r )(nr n 1 )  (1  r n ) 
= 
(1  r ) 2

dr  
  nr n 1  nr n   1 rn 
(1 – r) dPn
dr
= 
 1 r

  1 r


   

(1  r n 1  1  r n )
= n. 1 r
+ Pn
= n . Pn–1 – nPn + Pn = (1 – n)Pn + nPn–1
so a = 1 – n and b = n, hence a + b = 1
27. (0)
f(x) =  – cos–1(2x2 – 1) =  – cos–1 (cos2), where x = cos
, 0 
 
   2, 0   2 cos1 x, 0  x  1
2 
=    1
 – (2  2),  2 cos x  ,  1  x  0
 2
 2
 , 0  x 1
 f (x) =  1 x2
 2
 , 1  x  0
 1  x 2

 f   12   4
3
, f   1 4
  
 2 3

28. (1)
ƒ( x  h ) – ƒ( x )
ƒ (x) = Lim
h 0 h
ƒ( x )  ƒ(h ) – ƒ( x )
= Lim
h 0 h
ƒ( h )
= Lim
h 0 h
(2h 2  3h )g (h )
= Lim
h 0 h
= Lim
h 0
(2h + 3) g(h)
= (0 + 3) g(0)= 3g (0) = 3.3= 9.
29. (3)
2
x2 + y2 = t – 1t , x4 + y4 = t2 + 1 =  1
t  
 t
+2
t

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 = x4 + y4 + 2x2y2 + 2
 x2y2 = –1
 x2 . 2y dx
dy
+ y2 . 2x = 0
 x3y dx
dy
= –x2y2 = 1
30. (1)
y = (1 + x)(1 + x2)(1 + x4)....(1 + x ) 2n

Multiplying numerator and denominator by (1–x)

y =
n
(1  x )(1  x )(1  x 2 )....(1  x 2 )
(1  x )

 1  x 2 n 1 
y = 
 (1  x )


 
n 1 n 1
(1  x ).{2 n 1.x 2 1
 dy
dx
= (1  x ) 2
}  (1  x 2 )(1)

dy  2 n 1.0.1  1  0
So dx
= 12
=1
x 0

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