MOTHER MARY SCHOOL

CHAPTER 6 APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES

Class 12 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 2 hours and 1 minute Maximum Marks: 210

1. f(x) = is [1]
x

sin x

a) Increasing in (0, 1) b) Increasing in (0, 1

2
) and decreasing in
1
( , 1)
2

c) None of these d) Decreasing in (0, 1)

2. Let x, y be two variables and x > 0, xy = 1 then minimum value of x + y is [1]

a) 2 b) 2
1

c) 3 1

3
d) 1
3. If the function f (x) = 2 tan x + (2a + 1) loge |sec x| + (a - 2) x is increasing on R, then [1]

a) a = 1

2
b) a ∈ R

c) a ∈ ( 1

2
, ∞) d) a ∈ (−
1

2
,
1

2
)

4. Function f(x) = ax is increasing on R, if [1]

a) a > 0 b) a < 0

c) a > 1 d) 0 < a < 1

5. The function f(x) = |x| has [1]

a) only one maxima b) only one minima

c) no maxima or minima d) none of these

6. In the interval (1, 2), function f (x) = 2 |x - 1| + 3|x - 2| is [1]

a) not monotonic b) constant

c) monotonically increasing d) monotonically decreasing

7. Function f(x) = loga x is increasing on R , if [1]

a) a < 1 b) 0 < a < 1

c) a > 1 d) a > 0
8. The minimum value of is [1]
x
, x > 1,
log x

a) none of these b) e

c) – e d) 1

9. Which of the following functions is decreasing on (0, π

2
) [1]

a) cos x b) cos 3x

c) tan x d) sin 2x
[1]

1/9
10. The function f(x ) = x3 - 27x + 8 is increasing when

a) |x| < 3 b) -3 < x < 3

c) None of these d) |x| >3

11. The maximum value of slope of the curve y = -x3 + 3x2 + 12x - 5 is: [1]

a) 9 b) 15

c) 0 d) 12
12. The function f(x) = is increasing, if, [1]
λ sin x+2 cos x

sin x+cos x

a) λ > 1 b) λ > 2

c) λ < 2 d) λ < 1

13. Let f(x) = x25 (1 - x)75 for all x ∈ [0, 1] , then f (x) assumes its maximum value at [1]

a) 1

3
b) 1

c) 1

4
d) 0

14. Function f(x) = x3 - 27 x + 5 is monotonically increasing when [1]

a) x ≤ −3 b) |x| > 3

c) x < -3 d) |x| ≥ 3

15. maximum value of f(x)=sinx in [π,2π] is [1]

a) 0 b) 1

√2

c) 1 d) none of these
16. Assertion (A): If manufacturer can sell x items at a price of ₹(5 − x

100
) each. The cost price of x items is ₹ [1]
(
x

5
+ 500) . Then, the number of items he should sell to earn maximum profit is 240 items.
2

Reason (R): The profit for selling x items is given by 24

5
x−
x

100
- 300.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

17. Assertion (A): The rate of change of area of a circle with respect to its radius r when r = 6 cm is 12π cm2/cm. [1]
Reason (R): Rate of change of area of a circle with respect to its radius r is dA

dr
, where A is the area of the circle.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

18. Assertion (A): If two positive numbers are such that sum is 16 and sum of their cubes is minimum, then [1]
numbers are 8, 8.
Reason (R): If f be a function defined on an interval I and c ∈ l and let f be twice differentiable at c, then x = c
is a point of local minima if f'(c) = 0 and f"(c) > 0 and f(c) is local minimum value of f.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

2/9
 c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
19. Assertion (A): f(x) = tan x - x always increases. [1]
dy
Reason (R): Any function y = f(x) is increasing if dx
> 0.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

20. Assertion (A): The function f(x) = sin x decreases on the interval (0, π

2
). [1]
Reason (R): The function f(x) = cos x decreases on the interval (0, ).
π

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

21. Find the maximum and minimum value, f(x) = -(x - 1)2 + 10 [2]

22. Write the minimum value of f(x) = xx. [2]

23. Find the set of values of 'a' for which f(x) = x + cos x + ax + b is increasing on R. [2]
24. The radius r of a right circular cone is decreasing at the rate of 3 cm/minute and the height h is increasing at the [2]
rate of 2 cm/minute. When r = 9 cm and h = 6 cm, find the rate of change of its volume.
25. A stone is dropped into a quiet lake and the waves move in circles. If the radius of a circular wave increases at [2]
the rate of 4 cm/sec, find the rate of increase in its area at the instant when its radius is 10 cm.
26. Find the rate of change of the area of a circle with respect to its radius r when r = 3 cm [2]
27. The radius of a circle is increasing uniformly at the rate of 3 cm/s. Find the rate at which the area of the circle is [2]
increasing when the radius is 10 cm.
28. Prove that the function f(x) = x3 - 6x2 +12x -18 is increasing on R. [2]
29. Find two positive numbers whose sum is 16 and the sum of whose cubes is minimum. [2]
30. Prove that function f(x) = 3x5 + 40x3 + 240x is increasing on R. [2]
31. A spherical ball of salt is dissolving in water in such a manner that the rate of decrease of the volume at any [2]
instant is proportional to the surface. Prove that the radius is decreasing at a constant rate.
32. Find the interval in function -2x3 - 9x2 - 12x + 1 is increasing or decreasing: [2]

33. Show that the function f (x) 3

= 4x − 18x
2
+ 27x − 7 has neither maxima nor minima. [2]

34. Find the intervals in which the function f given by f(x) = 2x3 – 3x2 – 36x + 7 is increasing. [2]
35. A car starts from a point P at time t = 0 seconds and stops at point Q. The distance x, in metres, covered by it, in [2]
t seconds is given by
2 t
x = t (2 − )
3

Find the time taken by it to reach Q and also find distance between P and Q.

36. Find the shortest distance of the point (0, c) from the parabola y = x2, where 1
≤ c ≤ 5 . [3]
2

37. A particle moves along the curve 6y = x3 + 2. Find the points on the curve at which the y-coordinate is changing [3]
8 times as fast as the x – coordinate.
38. A square piece of tin of side 24 cm is to be made into a box without top by cutting a square from each corner and [3]
folding up the flaps to form a box. What should be the side of the square to be cut off so that the volume of the
box is maximum? Also, find this maximum volume.

3/9
39. Find the points of local maxima or local minima, if any, function. Find also the local maximum or local [3]
minimum values, as the case may be: f(x) = sin x - cos x, where 0 < .
π
x <
2

40. An isosceles triangle of vertical angle 2θ is inscribed in a circle of radius a. Show that the area of triangle is [3]
maximum when θ =
π

41. A wire of length 36 m is to be cut into two pieces. One of the pieces is to be made into a square and the other [3]
into a circle. What should be the lengths of the two pieces, so that the combined area of the square and the circle
is minimum?
42. Find the intervals in which the function f(x) = 2x3 + 9x2 + 12x + 20 is (i) increasing. (ii) decreasing. [3]

43. Find the intervals on which the function f(x) = (x + 1)3 (x - 3)3 is (a) increasing (b) decreasing. [3]

44. Find the point on the curve y2 = 4x which is nearest to the point (2,1). [3]

45. Space s described in time t by a particle moving in a straight line is given by S = t5 - 40t3 + 30t3 + 80t - 250. [3]

Find the minimum value of acceleration.

46. Show that the cone of greatest volume which can be inscribed in a given sphere is such that three times its [3]
altitude is twice the diameter of the sphere. Find the volume of the largest cone inscribed in a sphere of radius R.
47. An open box is to be made out of a piece of cardboard measuring (24 cm × 24 cm) by cutting off equal squares [3]
from the corners and turning up the sides. Find the height of the box when it has maximum volume.
48. Find two numbers whose sum is 24 and whose product is as large as possible. [3]
49. Find all points of local maxima and local minima of the function f given by f(x) = x3 – 3x + 3. [3]
2

[3]
2
y
50. Find the area of greatest rectangle that can be inscribed in an ellipse
x
+ = 1
2 2
a b

51. Find the local maxima and local minima, if any. Find also the local maximum and the local minimum values, as [3]
the case may be: f(x) = sin4 x + cos4 x, 0 < x <
π

52. Prove that y = 4 sin θ

− θ is an increasing function of θ in [0, π
] [3]
(2+cos θ) 2

53. The length x of a rectangle is decreasing at the rate of 5 cm/minute and the width y is increasing at the rate of 4 [3]
cm/minute. When x = 8cm and y = 6cm, find the rates of change of (a) the perimeter, and (b) the area of the
rectangle.

54. Sand is being poured onto a conical pile at the constant rate of 50 cm3/minute such that the height of the cone is [3]
always one half of the radius of its base. How fast is the height of the pile increasing when the sand is 5 cm
deep.

55. Find the points at which the function f given by f(x) = (x -2)4 (x +2)3 has [3]

i. local maxima
ii. local minima
iii. points of inflexion
56. Show that height of the cylinder of greatest volume which can be inscribed in a right circular cone of height h [5]
and semi vertical angle α is one-third that of the cone and the greatest volume of cylinder is
4 3 2
πh tan α.
27

57. A water tank has the shape of an inverted right circular cone with its axis vertical and vertex lower most. Its semi [5]

vertical angle is tan-1(0.5) water is poured into it at a constant rate of 5 cubic metre per hour. Find the rate at
which the level of the water is rising at the instant when the depth of water in the tank is 4 m.

58. Find the dimensions of the rectangle of area 96 cm2 whose perimeter is the least. Also, find the perimeter of the [5]

rectangle.
59. Given the perimeter of a rectangle, show that its diagonal is minimum when it is a square. [5]

4/9
60. Manufacturer can sell x items at a price of rupees (5 − x
) each. The cost price of x items is Rs ( x
+ 500) . [5]
100 5

Find the number of items he should sell to earn maximum profit.

61. Show that of all the rectangles inscribed in a given fixed circle, the square has the maximum area. [5]
62. Prove that the volume of the largest cone that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius R is of the volume of the [5]
8

27

sphere.
63. The sum of the perimeter of a circle and square is k, where k is some constant. Prove that the sum of their area is [5]
least when the side of square is double the radius of the circle.
64. A wire of length 36 cm is cut into two pieces. One of the pieces is turned in the form of a square and the other in [5]
the form of an equilateral triangle. Find the length of each piece so that the sum of the areas of the two be
minimum.
65. Show that the height of the cone of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius 12 cm is 16 cm. [5]
66. Which fraction exceeds its pth power by the greatest number possible? [5]

67. Find the point P on the curve y2=4ax, which is nearest to the point (11a, 0). [5]

68. Tangent to the circle x2 + y2 = a2 at any point on it in the first quadrant makes intercepts OA and OB on x and y [5]

axes respectively, O being the centre of the circle. Find the minimum value of OA + OB.
69. Show that the height of a closed right circular cylinder of given surface and maximum volume is equal to [5]
diameter of base.
70. If the sum of lengths of the hypotenuse and a side of a right angled triangle is given, show that the area of the [5]
triangle is maximum, when the angle between them is π

3
.

71. An owner of an electric bike rental company have determined that if they charge customers ₹x per day to rent a [5]
bike, where 50 ≤ x ≤ 200, then the number of bikes (n), they rent per day can be shown by linear function n(x)
= 2000 - 10x. If they charge ₹50 per day or less, they will rent all their bikes. If they charge ₹200 or more per
day, they will not rent any bike.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

i. Total revenue R as a function of x can be represented as

a. 2000x - 10x2
b. 2000x + 10x2
c. 2000 - 10x

d. 2000 - 5x2
ii. If R(x) denote the revenue, then maximum value of R(x) occur when x equals
a. 10
b. 100
c. 1000
d. 50
iii. At x = 260, the revenue collected by the company is

5/9
 a. ₹10
b. ₹500
c. ₹0
d. ₹1000
iv. The number of bikes rented per day, if x = 105 is
a. 850
b. 900
c. 950
d. 1000
v. Maximum revenue collected by company is
a. ₹40,000
b. ₹50,000
c. ₹75,000
d. ₹1,00,000
72. A poster is to be formed for a company advertisement. The top and bottom margins of poster should be 9 cm and [5]

the side margins should be 6 cm. Also, the area for printing the advertisement should be 864 cm2.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

i. If a cm be the width and b cm be the height of the poster, then the area of the poster, expressed in terms of a
and b, is given by
a. 648 + 18a + 12b
b. 18a + 12b
c. 584 + 18a + 12b
d. none of these
ii. The relation between a and b is given by
a. a =
648+12b

b−18

b. a = 12b

b−18

c. a =
12b

b+18

d. none of these
iii. Area of poster in terms of b is given by
2

a. 12b

b−18
2
648b+12b
b. b−18
2
648b+12b
c. b+18
2

d. 12b

b+18

iv. The value of b, so that area of the poster is minimized, is

a. 54

6/9
 b. 36
c. 27
d. 22
v. The value of a, so that area of the poster is minimized, is
a. 24
b. 36
c. 40
d. 22
73. The Government declare that farmers can get ₹300 per quintal for their onions on 1st July and after that, the [5]
price will be dropped by ₹3 per quintal per extra day. Govind father has 80 quintals of onions in the field on 1st
July and he estimates that crop is increasing at the rate of 1 quintal per day.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

i. If x is the number of days after 1st July, then price and quantity of onion respectively can be expressed as
a. ₹(300 - 3x), (80 + x) quintals
b. ₹(300 - 3x), (80 - x) quintals
c. ₹(300 + x), 80 quintals
d. None of these
ii. Revenue R as a function of x can be represented as

a. R(x) = 3x2 - 60x - 24000

b. R(x) = -3x2 + 60x + 24000

c. R(x) = 3x2 + 40x - 16000
d. R(x) = 3x2 - 60x - 14000
iii. Find the number of days after 1st July, when Govind father attain maximum revenue.
a. 10
b. 20
c. 12
d. 22
iv. On which day should Govind father harvest the onions to maximise his revenue?
a. 11th July
b. 20th July
c. 12th July
d. 22nd July

7/9
 v. Maximum revenue is equal to
a. ₹20,000
b. ₹24,000
c. ₹24,300
d. ₹24,700
74. Western music concert is organised every year in the stadium that can hold 36000 spectators. With ticket price of [5]
₹10, the average attendance has been 24000. Some financial expert estimated that price of a ticket should be
determined by the function p(x) = 15 − , where x is the number of tickets sold.
x

3000

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

i. The revenue, R as a function of x can be represented as
2

a. 15x -
x

3000
2

b. 15 -
x

3000

c. 15x -
1

30000

d. 15x -
x

3000

ii. The range of x is

a. [24000, 36000]
b. [0, 24000]
c. [0, 36000]
d. none of these
iii. The value of x for which revenue is maximum, is
a. 20000
b. 21000
c. 22500
d. 25000
iv. When the revenue is maximum, the price of the ticket is
a. ₹5
b. ₹5.5
c. ₹7
d. ₹7.5
v. How many spectators should be present to maximize the revenue?
a. 21500
b. 21000
c. 22000
d. 22500
75. As we know good planning can save energy, time, and money. A farmer wants to construct a circular well and [5]

8/9
square garden in his field. He wants to keep the sum of their perimeters 600 m

i. If the radius of the circular garden be r m and the side of the square garden be x m then sum of area S is
600+2πr
a. S = πr
2
+ (
4
)
2

300+πr
b. S = πr
2
+ (
4
2
)

600+2πr
c. S = 2πr
2
+ (
4
)
2

600+πr
d. S = πr + (
4
2
)

ii. Radius of circular well is

a. r
600
=
π+4

b. r =
300

π+4

c. r =
300

2π+4

d. r =
150

π+2

iii. For the given condition

2

a. =0
d s

2
dr
2

b. <0
d s

2
dr
2

c. d

2
s
>0
dr

d. None of these
iv. The relationship between the side of the square garden and the radius of the circular garden.
a. a = r
b. 2a = r2
c. a = 1

2
r

d. a = 2r
v. Find the number which exceeds its square by the greatest possible number.
a.
1

b. 2
c. 1
d. 0

9/9