DPP Application of Derivatives

Questions BITSAT Crash Course

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1. The point on the ellipse 16x 2

+ 9y
2
= 400, where the ordinate decreases at the same rate at which the abscissa increases is (a, b), then a + 3b can be
(1) 16 (2) 19

(3) 6 (4) 9

2*. A cone having fixed volume has semi-vertical angle of π

4
. At an instant when its height is decreasing at the rate of 2m/s, its radius increases at a rate equal to
(1) 2m/s (2) 4m/s

(3) 1m/s (4) 8m/s

3. A balloon is pumped at a cm
3
/ minute the rate The rate of increase of its surface area when the radius is b cm, is
(1) a

2b
cm
2
/ min (2) 2a

b
cm
2
/ min

(3) a
cm
2
/ min (4) None of these
b

4*. If a particle moves such that the displacement is proportional to the square of the velocity acquired, then its acceleration is -
(1) Proportional to s 2
(2) Proportional to 1

2
s

(3) Proportional to 1

s
(4) A constant
5. x and y are the sides of two squares such that y = x − x . The rate of change of the area of the second square with respect to the area of the first square is
2

(1) x
2
− x + 1 (2) 2x
2
− 2x + 1

(3) 2x
2
− 3x + 1 (4) x
2
+ x − 1

6*. A ladder 5 m in length is resting against vertical wall. The bottom of the ladder is pulled along the ground away from the wall at the rate of 1. 5 m/ sec. The
length of the highest point of the ladder when the foot of the ladder is 4. 0 m away from the wall decreases at the rate of
(1) 2 m/ sec (2) 3 m/ sec

(3) 2. 5 m/ sec (4) 1. 5 m/ sec

7. Water is dripping out from a conical funnel of semi-vertical angle π

4
at the uniform rate of 2 cm
3
/s in the surface area, through a tiny hole at the vertex of the
bottom. When the slant height of cone is 4 cm , find the rate of decrease of the slant height of water, is
(1) √2
cm /s (2) 1
cm /s
4π π √2

(3) 1
cm /s (4) none of these.
3π√2

Tangent Normal

8*. Consider the curve y = x ln(ex). The tangent to the curve at point P is perpendicular to the line x + 2y + 3 = 0, then the coordinates of the point P are:
(1) (1, 1) (2) (e, 2e)

(3) (e, 1) (4) (2, 2 + 2 ln 2)

9. The equation of the tangent line at the point (4, 2) to the curve with parametric equation given by x = t and y = t 2 3
− 3t, where t is parameter is
(1) y = 15x − 58 (2) y = 2

(3) y = x − 2 (4) y =
9x

4
− 7

10*. The equation of the normal to y = e −2|x|

at the point where the curve crosses the line x = 1

2
is ______.
(1) 2e(ex + 2y) = e
2
− 4 (2) 2e(ex − 2y) = e
2
− 4

(3) 2e(ey − 2x) = e

2
− 4 (4) none of these
11*. The tangent to the curve y = x 3
− 6x
2
+ 9x + 4, 0 ≤ x ≤ 5 has maximum slope at x which is equal to
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) None of these
12*. The angle of intersection between the curves x 2
= 4(y + 1) and x 2
= −4(y + 1) is
(1) π

6
(2) π

(3) 0 (4) π

13. The length of tangent, subtangent, normal and subnormal for the curve y = x 2
+ x − 1 at (1, 1) are A, B, C and D respectively, then their increasing order is
(1) B, D, A, C (2) B, A, C, D

(3) A, B, C, D (4) B, A, D, C

14*. The tangent and the normal drawn to the curve y = x 2

− x + 4 at P (1, 4) cut the x-axis at A and B respectively. If the length of the subtangent drawn to the
curve at P is equal to the length of the subnormal, then the area of the triangle P AB in sq units is
(1) 4 (2) 32

(3) 8 (4) 16

15. The curve represented parametrically by the equations x = 2 lncot t + 1 and y = tan t + cot t
(1) tangent and normal intersect at the point (2, 1) (2) normal at t = π

4
is parallel to y-axis
(3) tangent at t = π

4
is parallel to the line y = x (4) tangent at t = π

4
is parallel to x-axis

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Questions BITSAT Crash Course

16*. The points on the curve f (x)= x

2
, where the tangent to it has slope equal to unity, are (x 1, y1 ), (x2 , y2 ) and (x 3, y3 ). Then, x 1 + x2 + x3 is equal to
1−x

(1) 0 (2) √3

(3) √3
(4) √3
4

17*. The shortest distance between the line y = x and the curve y 2
= x– 2 is
(1) (2)
7 7

8
4√2

(3) 11
(4) 2
4√2

Monotonicity

18. The value of k in order that f (x)= sin x − cos x − kx + b decreases for all real values is given by :
(1) k < 1 (2) k > 1

(3) k > √2 (4) k < √2

19*. The minimum value of k for which f (x)= 2e x

− ke
−x
+(2k + 1)x − 3 is monotonically increasing for all real x is:
(1) 2 (2) 1

(3) 0 (4) −1

20. The function f (x)= log(1 + x) − 2x

2+x
is increasing on the interval x belongs to:
(1) (−1, ∞) (2) (−∞, 0)

(3) (−∞, ∞) (4) None of these

21*. If f (x 2
− 4x + 3)> 0, ∀x ∈(2, 3), then g(x)= f (sin x) is increasing in
(1) x ∈(0, π) (2) x ∈(0,
π
)
2

(3) x ∈(π,
5π
) (4) x ∈(
3π
, 2π)
4 2

22. Let a continuous and differentiable function f (x) is such that f (x) and d

dx
f (x) have opposite signs everywhere. Then,
(1) ′
f (x) is always increasing (2) f (x) is always increasing
(3) |f (x)| is non-decreasing (4) |f (x)| is decreasing
23*. The equation x 3
+ 3x
2
+ 6x + 3 − 2cosx = 0 has n solution(s) in (0,1), then the value of (n + 2) is equal to
24*. Number of distinct real root(s) of the equation −x 3
+ 6x
2
− 18x + 4 = 0 is/are
(1) 0 (2) 1

(3) 2 (4) 3

25. Let f (x) be a second degree polynomial function such that ln( f (x)) > 0 ∀ x ∈ R and the equation f ' (x)+ 21 f (x)= 0 has no real roots. If g(x)= e
21x
f (x) .
Then
(1) g(x) is an increasing function (2) g(x) is an even function
(3) g(x) is a decreasing function (4) the graph of g(x) cuts x -axis exactly once

Maxima Minima

26*. The minimum value of f (x) = |3 − x| + |2 + x| + |5 − x| is:

(1) 0 (2) 7
(3) 8 (4) 10
27. Let k and K be the minimum and the maximum values of the function f (x)=
0.6
( 1+x )
in [0, 1]
0.6
1+x

Respectively, then the ordered pair (k, K) is equal to:

(1) (2
−0.4
, 1) (2) (2
−0.6
, 1)

(3) (2
−0.4
,2
0.6
) (4) (1,2
0.6
)

28*. The function y = x 4

− 8x
3
+ 22x
2
− 24x + 10 attains local maximum or minimum at x = a, x = b and x = c (a < b < c). Then a, b and c are in
(1) Geometric progression (2) Harmonic progression
(3) Arithmetic progression (4) None of these
29*. On [1, e], the least and greatest values of f (x)= x 2
log x is :
(1) 1, e
2
(2) 1, e

(3) 0, e
2
(4) None of these
30*. Let x = 1
and x = 1 are the extreme points of f (x)= alog|x|+bx|x|+2
cos | πx |
, then
2 π

(1) a − b = 2 (2) a + b = 1

(3) a
=
1

2
(4) a
= 2
b b

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31. If a right circular cone, having maximum volume, is inscribed in a sphere of radius 3 cm, then the curved surface area (in cm ) of this cone is : 2

(1) 8√2π (2) 6√2π

(3) 8√3π (4) 6√3π

32*. If x = 1 is a critical point of the function f (x) =(3x 2

+ ax − 2 − a)e ,
x
then
(1) x = 1 and x = − are local minima of f
2

3
(2) x = 1 andx = − is a local maxima of f
2

(3) x = 1 is a local maxima andx = − is a local minima of f 2

2
(4) x = 1 is a local minima andx = − are local maxima of f
2

33. If f (x) = |x − 1| + |x − 4| + |x − 9| + … + |x − 2500| ∀ x ∈ R, then set of all the values of x, where f (x) has minimum values, is
(1) [600, 700] (2) [576, 676]

(3) [625, 676] (4) None of these

34*. The smallest positive integral value of a, such that the function f (x)= x 4
− 4ax
2
+ 10 has more than two local extrema, is
(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 4 (4) 16

Mean Value Theorem

35. In the mean value theorem f ( b ) −f ( a )

′
= f (c). Find value of c, if a = 0, b =
1
and f (x)= x(x − 1)(x − 2)
b−a 2

(1) 1 −
√15
(2) 1 + √15
6

(3) 1 −
√21
(4) 1 + √21
6

36*. If g(x) satisfies the conditions of Rolle's theorem in [1, 2] and g ′

(x) = f (x) , then ∫
2
f (x)dx=
1

(1) 1 (2) 3

(3) 0 (4) 2

37*. Let f be twice differentiable function such that f (x) = ∫ for a differentiable function g(x) . If f (x) = 0 has exactly five distinct roots in
x
: (a, b) → R g(t)dt
a

(a, b) , then g(x)g ′

(x) = 0 has at least :
(1) twelve roots in (a, b) (2) five roots in (a, b)

(3) seven roots in (a, b) (4) three roots in (a, b)

38. If f (x) is a differentiable function satisfying |f ′

(x)|≤ 4 ∀x ∈[0, 4] and f (0)= 0, then
(1) f (x)= 18 has no solution in x ∈[0, 4] (2) f (x)= 18 has more than 2 solutions in x ∈[0, 4]
(3) f (x)= 14 has no solution in x ∈[0, 4] (4) f (x)= 20 has 2 solution in x ∈[0, 4]
39. In which one of the following functions,is the Rolle's theorem is applicable?
(1) f (x) = |x|, in −2 ≤ x ≤ 2 (2) f (x) = tan x, in 0 ≤ x ≤ π

(3) (4)
2
f (x) = x(x − 2) in 0 ≤ x ≤ 2
in 1 ≤ x ≤ 3
3

f (x)= 1 + (x − 2) ,

40*. A polynomial given by the equation 4ax 3

+ 3bx
2
+ 2cx + d = 0 satisfy the condition 27a + 9b + 3c = 0,then it has at least one real root lying in the interval
(1) (0, 1) (2) (3, 4)

(3) (0, 3) (4) (4, 5)

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