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CHAPTER: DIFFERENTIATION

TOPIC: DEFINITION OF DERIVATIVE, GEOMETRICAL MEANING, DERIVATIVE OF

STANDARD FUNCTIONS, PRODUCT RULE, QUOTIENT RULE, CHAIN RULE
2x − 4 p
1. If f(x) = and f ' (x) = 2 , then p equals-
x2 − 1 ( x − 1)2
2
(A) x 2 − 8x − 2 (B) −2 x 2 + 8 x + 2 (C) 4x + 2 (D) –2x + 8x –2

2. d/dx (sec xº) equals -

(A) sec x tan x (B) sec xº tan xº
(C) (π/180) sec xº tan xº (D) (π/180) sec x tan x

3. d/dx [log sin x ] is equal to-

tan x cot x cot x cot x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 x x 2x 2 x

x dx
4. If y = , then equals-
( x + 5) dy
5 5 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
(1 − y )2 (1 + y )2 (1 − y )2

1− x dy
5. If y = , then equals-
1+ x dx
y y y y
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1− x 2 x2 − 1 1+ x 2 y2 −1

dy
6. If y = log (cosec x – cot x), then equals-
dx
(A) cosec x + cot x (B) cot x (C) sec x + tan x (D) cosec x

3x dy
7. If y = e sin 4x, then the value of is-
dx
 4  4
e sin  4 x + tan−1  e cos  4 x + tan−1 
3x 3x
(A) (B)
 3  3
 4  4
5e sin  4 x + tan−1  5e cos  4 x + tan−1 
3x 3x
(C) (D)
 3  3

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 dy
8. If y = log 10 (sin x), then equals-
dx
(A) sin x log 10 e (B) cos x log 10 e (C) cot x log 10 e (D) cot x

5 log x dy
9. If y = e , then the value of is-
dx
5 log x 4
(A) 5 log x (B) 5e (C) 5x (D) None of these

 1+ x 
d/dx log 
 1 − x 
10. equals -
 
x 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
1− x 1− x x (1 − x )

x
11. d/dx [e sin 3 x] equals-

e sin ( 3 x + π/3) 2e sin ( 3 x + π/3)

x x
(A) (B)
1 x 1 x
(C) e sin ( 3 x + π/3) (D) e sin ( 3 x – π/3)
2 2
dy
12. If y = sec a + bx , then equals-
dx
b b
(A) sec a + bx tan a + bx (B) sec a + bx tan a + bx
b a + bx 2 a + bx
(C) 2b a + bx sec a + bx tan a + bx (D) None of these

13. The derivative of x |x| is-

(A) 2x (B) –2x (C) 2 |x| (D) Does not exist

x / (x – b) 1 dt
14. If t = ae , then . equals to -
t dx
2 –2 2
(A) b(x–b) (B) – b(x–b) (C) b (x–b) (D) None of these

1 + tan x dy
15. If y = , then is equal to-
1 − tan x dx
1 1 − tan x π  1 − tan x π 
sec  4 + x  sec  4 + x 
2 2
(A) (B)
2 1 + tan x 1 + tan x

1 1 − tan x π 
(C) sec  + x  (D) None of these
2 1 + tan x  4 

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D C D A B D C C C C
11 12 13 14 15
B B C B A

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CHAPTER: DIFFERENTIATION

TOPIC: LOGARITHMIC DIFFERENTIATION, PARAMETRIC DIFFERENTIATION

1. a (θ sin θ ) , y =−
If x =+ a (1 cos θ ) , then dy/dx equals -

1 1
(A) tan θ (B) cot θ (C) tan θ (D) cot θ
2 2
y x dy
2. If x y = 1, then equals -
dx
x ( y + x log y ) x ( x + y log y ) y ( y + x log y ) y ( y + x log y )
(A) (B) – (C) (D) –
y ( x + y log x ) y ( y + x log x ) x ( x + y log x ) x ( x + y log x )

−1  y − x 
2
3. If x = e tan  2  , then dy/dx equals -
 x 
2 2
(A) x [1+ tan (log x)] + sec (logx) (B) 2x [1 + tan (logx)] + x sec (logx)
(C) 2x [1+ tan (log x)] + x sec (log x) (D) None of these

d   x  x − 2  
3/4

4. log e   equals -
dx    x + 2  
 
x2 − 1 x2 + 1 x2 − 1
x
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D) e x2 − 4
x2 − 4 x2 − 4
dy
5. If x = a (cos t + t sin t), y = a (sin t– t cos t), then at t = π/4, equals-
dx
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 1/2 (D) –1/2

3 3 dy
6. If x = a sin t, y = a cos t then equals-
dx
(A) tan t (B) cot t (C) – tan t (D) – cot t

1 t dy
7. If cos x = and sin y = , then =
1+ t 2
1+ t 2 dx
1− t 1
(A) –1 (B) (C) (D) 1
1+ t 2 1+ t 2
1− t 2 2at dy
8. If x = and y = , then =
1+ t 2 1+ t 2 dx
a(1 − t 2 ) a(t 2 − 1) a(t 2 + 1) a(t 2 − 1)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2t 2t 2t t

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  t dy
9. If x =
a  cos t + log tan  , y =
a sin t , then =
 2 dx
(A) tan t (B) − tan t (C) cot t (D) − cot t

2t 2t dy
10. If tan y = and sin x = , then =
1− t 2 1+ t 2 dx
2 1
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 2
1+ t 2 1+ t 2

3at 3at 2 dy
11. =
If x = ,y , then =
1+ t 3
1+ t 3 dx
t (2 + t 3 ) t (2 − t 3 ) t (2 + t 3 ) t (2 − t 3 )
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 − 2t 3 1 − 2t 3 1 + 2t 3 1 + 2t 3

dy
12. If x y = e x − y , then =
dx
(A) log x.[log(ex )]−2 (B) log x.[log(ex )]2 (C) log x.(log x )2 (D) None of these

dy
13. 2 x + y , then
If 2 x + 2y = =
dx
2y − 1 2y − 1 2 x + 2y
(A) 2x − y (B) 2x − y (C) (D) None of these
2x − 1 1 − 2x 2x − 2y

( x − a )( x − b ) dy
14. If y = , then =
( x − c )( x − d ) dx

y 1 1 1 1   1 1 1 1 
(A) + − − (B) y + − −
2  x − a x − b x − c x − d  
x −a x −b x −c x −d 
1 1 1 1 1 
(C) + − − (D) None of these
2  x − a x − b x − c x − d 

dy
15. If y= (1 + x )x , then =
dx
 x  x
(A) (1 + x )x  + log ex  (B) + log(1 + x )
 1 + x  1+ x
 x 
(C) (1 + x )x  + log(1 + x ) (D) None of these
1 + x 

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C D B A A D D B A C
11 12 13 14 15
B A B A C

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CHAPTER: DIFFERENTIATION

TOPIC: DIFFERENTIATION OF A FUNCTION WRT TO ANOTHER FUNCTION, DERIVATIVE

OF IMPLICIT FUNCTION
3 3 dy
1. If x + y = 3xy, then the value of is-
dx
x − y2 x2 − y x − y2 x2 − y
(A) (B) (C) (D)
x2 − y x − y2 y − x2 y2 − x

2 2 dy
2. If ax + 2hxy + by = 0, then equals-
dx
ax + hy ax + hy hx + by hx + by
(A) (B) – (C) (D) –
hx + by hx + by ax + hy ax + hy

dx
3. If x = y log xy, then equals-
dy
y (x − y ) x (x + y ) y (x + y ) x (x − y )
(A) (B) (C) (D)
x (x + y ) y (x − y ) x (x − y ) y (x + y )

3 3 2 2 dy
4. If x –y + 3xy –3x y + 1 = 0, then at (0, 1) equals-
dx
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 0

dy
5. If x y + y x = 1, then equals-
dx

y + 2 xy x  y + 2 xy 
(A) – (B) –  
x + 2 xy y  x + 2 xy 

y  y + 2 xy 
(C) –   (D) None of these
x  x + 2 xy 

3 3  dy 
6. If x + y = 3(1+xy), then the value of   =
 dx (1,2)
(A) 1/3 (B) –3 (C) –1/3 (D) 4

2 2 2
7. If y = x – x , then the derivative of y w.r.t. x is–
2 2 2
(A) 2x + 3x – 1 (B) 2x – 3x + 1 (C) 2x + 3x + 1 (D) None of these

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8. Differential coefficient of x 3 with respect to x 2 is
3x 2 3x 3x 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2x

9. The differential coefficient of x 6 with respect to x 3 is

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

10. The derivative of sin2 x with respect to cos2 x is

(A) tan2 x (B) tan x (C) − tan x (D) None of these

3
11. The differential of e x with respect to log x is
3 3 3 3
(A) ex (B) 3 x 2e x (C) 3 x 3e x (D) 3 x 2e x + 3 x 2

nd π
12. The 2 derivative of a sin3 t with respect to a cos3 t at t = is
4
4 2 1
(A) (B) –2 (C) (D) None of these
3a 12a

13. The differential coefficient of f (sin x ) with respect to x, where f ( x ) = log x , is

(A) tan x (B) cot x (C) f (cos x ) (D) 1/ x

 x  −1
14. Differential coefficient of tan−1   w.r.t sin x, is
 1+ 1− x 
2

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

 1− x 2   1− 3x 2 
15. The derivative of cos−1  2 
w.r.t. cot −1  2 
is
 1+ x   3x − x 
3 2 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)
2 3 2

END OF PRACTICE SHEET

ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B B C A C A B B D D
11 12 13 14 15
C B B A C

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CHAPTER: DIFFERENTIATION

TOPIC: DERIVATIVE OF INVERSE FUNCTION, DERIVATIVE OF INVERSE

TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
–1 –1 dy
1. If y = tan (cot x) + cot (tan x), then is equal to-
dx
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) –2

2. If y = cot
–1
( )
x 2 − 1 + sec–1 x, then dy equals-
dx
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) x

d  1+ x 
cot  1 − x  is equal to-
–1
3.
dx
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) – (D) None of these
1+ x 2 1− x 2 1+ x 2

2x dy
–1
4. If y = tan 1 − x 2 , then equals-
dx
1 2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) –
1+ x 2 1− x 2 1+ x 2 1+ x 2

5. Derivative of cos
–1 x with respect to 1 − x is-
(A) x (B) –1 / x (C) – x (D) 1/ x

−1 –1
6. The differential coefficient of a sin x
w.r.t. sin x is -
−1
−1 −1 a sin x
−1
(A) a sin x
loge a (B) a sin x
(C) (D) a sin x
(1 − x 2 )
(1 − x 2 )

2 2
7. Derivative of sin x w.r.t. cos x is -
2
(A) tan x (B) tan x (C) – tan x (D) None of these

tan−1 x –1
8. Derivative of w.r.t. tan x is equal to-
1 + tan−1 x
1 1 1+ x 2 –1
(A) (B) (C) (D) log (1+ tan x)
(1 + tan−1 x )2 (1 + x )(1 + tan−1 x )2
2
(1 + tan−1 x )2

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 sin−1 x –1
9. Differential coefficient of with respect to sin x is-
1 + sin−1 x
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
(1 + sin−1 x )2 1− x 2 −1
(1 + sin x ) 1 − x 2

 1 
The differential coefficient of sec  2 x 2 − 1  w.r.t 1 − x 2 is -
–1
10.

2 3
(A) 1/x (B) 2/x (C) x/2 (D) 2/x

 2x 
11. If y = sin
–1
 1 + x 2  , z = tan–1 x, then dy equals-
  dz

1 2
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) (D)
1+ x 2 1+ x 2

2x
–1 2
12. The differential coefficient of the function tan 1 − x 2 w.r.t. x is-

1 1 1 x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1+ x 2 1− x 2 x (1 + x 2 ) 1+ x 2

x
–1 –1  1 
13. The derivative of tan w.r.t. sec  2 x 2 − 1  is-
1− x 2  
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 1/2 (D) –1/2

 x   1− x 2 
The differential coefficient of sin   w. r. t cos–1  2  is -
–1
14.
 1+ x 
2
 1+ x 

(A) 1/2 (B) – 1/2 (C) 1 (D) –1

 2x 1 − x 2   1 
15. The value of derivative of tan–1   w.r.t sec–1  2  at x = 1/2 equals-
 1 − 2x 2   2x − 1
 
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) None of these

END OF PRACTICE SHEET

ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D B C C D A D A A D
11 12 13 14 15
A C D A B

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CHAPTER: DIFFERENTIATION

TOPIC: SUCCESSIVE DIFFERENTIATION, SUM OF SERIES USING DIFFERENTIATION

x ...... ∞
x
x dy
1. If y = x , then the value of is-
dx
xy 2 x2 y2 y2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 − y log x y (2 − y log x ) x (2 − y log x ) x (2 + y log x )

dy
2. If y = log x + log x + log x + ...... , then equals-
dx
(A) x/(2y+1) (B) 1/x(2y–1) (C) (2y–1)/x (D) x(2y–1)

........ ∞  dy 
3. If y = (tan x )tan x , then tan x   equals-
 dx 
y 2 sec 2 x y 2 sec 2 x y sec 2 x
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
1 − y log tan x 1 + y log tan x 1 − y log tan x

dy
4. If y = x + x + x + ...... , then equals–
dx
(A) 1 (B) 1/2y (C) 1/y–2 (D) 1/2y–1
___________________
x
a + ________________
x
dy
5. If y = b + _________ _x_____ , then equals -
dx
a + ________ ___x_ _
b + ....................
b b a
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these.
a (b + 2y ) b + 2y b (b + 2y )

1 dy
6. If =
y x2 + , then =
1 dx
x + 2
1
x2 +
x 2 + ......∞
2 xy xy xy 2 xy
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2y − x 2 y + x2 y − x2 x2
2+
y
d 20 y
7. (2 cos x cos 3 x ) =
dx 20
(A) 220 (cos 2 x − 220 cos 4 x ) (B) 220 (cos 2 x + 220 cos 4 x )

(C) 220 (sin 2 x + 220 sin 4 x ) (D) 220 (sin 2 x − 220 sin 4 x )

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  x  d 2y
8. If y = x log   , then x 3 2 =
 a + bx  dx
2 2
dy  dy  dy  dy 
(A) x −y (B)  x dx − y  (C) y −x (D)  y dx − x 
dx   dx  

d 2y
9. If e y + xy =
e , then the value of for x = 0 , is
dx 2
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
e e2 e3

d 3y
10. If y = x 2e mx , where m is a constant, then =
dx 3
(A) me mx (m 2 x 2 + 6mx + 6) (B) 2m 3 xe mx

(C) me mx (m 2 x 2 + 2mx + 2) (D) None of these

d 2y
11. If y ae mx + be − mx , then
= − m2y =
dx 2
(A) m 2 (ae mx − be − mx ) (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) None of these

dn
12. (log x ) =
dx n
(n − 1)! n! (n − 2)! (n − 1)!
(A) (B) (C) (D) ( −1)n −1
xn xn xn xn

th
13. The n derivative of xe x vanishes when
(A) x =0 (B) x = −1 (C) x = −n (D) x=n

d2
14. (2 cos x cos 3 x ) =
dx 2
(A) 22 (cos 2 x + 22 cos 4 x ) (B) 22 (cos 2 x − 22 cos 4 x )
(C) 22 ( − cos 2 x + 22 cos 4 x ) (D) −22 (cos 2 x + 22 cos 4 x )

x2 x3 x4 d 2y
15. If y =1 − x + − + − ....., then =
2! 3! 4! dx 2
(A) x (B) −x (C) −y (D) y

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C B A D A A B B B A
11 12 13 14 15
C D C D D

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CHAPTER: DIFFERENTIATION

TOPIC: DERIVATIVE OF FUNCTIONS EXPRESSED IN DETERMINANT FORM, PROBLEMS

ON DERIVATIVE

x3 sin x cos x
d3
1. Let f(x) = 6 −1 0 where p is a constant. Then [f (x)] at x = 0 is
2 3 dx 3
p p p

3 2
(A) p (B) p+p (C) p+p (D) Independent of p

d 2x
2. equals-
dy 2
−1 −1 −3 −2 −3
 d 2y   d 2 y   dy   d 2 y   dy   d 2 y   dy 
(A)  2 (B) – 2    (C)  2   (D) – 2   
 dx   dx   dx   dx   dx   dx   dx 

1/4 1/2 1/4

3. If y = (1+x ) (1+x ) (1–x ), then dy/dx equals-
(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) x (D) x

dx
4. a (θ sin θ ) , y =−
If x =+ a (1 cos θ ) , then dy/dx equals -
dθ
1 1
(A) tan θ (B) cot θ (C) tan θ (D) cot θ
2 2

 ex 
5. If y = log  x  , then dy/dx equals -
 e + 1
1 1 ex − 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
e +1x
(e + 1)2
x
ex + 1

1 d 2y
6. If y = , then equals -
x −a
2 2
dx 2
3 x 2 + a2 3 x 2 + a2 2(3 x 2 + a 2 ) 2(3 x 2 + a 2 )
(A) (B) (C) (D)
( x 2 − a 2 )3 ( x 2 − a 2 )4 ( x 2 − a 2 )3 ( x 2 − a 2 )4

sec x − tan x dy
7. If y = , then equals -
sec x + tan x dx
2 2
(A) 2 sec x (sec x – tan x) (B) – 2 sec x (sec x – tan x)
2 2
(C) 2 sec x (sec x + tan x) (D) – 2 sec x( sec x + tan x)

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 dy
8. If x 1 + y + y 1 + x = 0, then equals -
dx
1 1 1
(A) (B) – (C) (D) None of these
(1 + x )2 (1 + x )2 1+ x 2

–1 dy
9. If y = sin sin x , then equals -
dx
2 sin x sin x 1 1
(A) (B) (C) 1 + cos ec x (D) 1 − cos ec x
1 + sin x 1 − sin x 2 2

10. If y = log x 10, then the value of dy/dx equals-

(logx 10)2 1
(A) 1/x (B) 10/x (C) – (D)
x loge 10 ( x loge 10)
dy
11. If cos (xy) = x ,then is equal to -
dx
y + cos ec ( xy ) y + sin( xy ) y + cos( xy ) y + cos ec ( xy )
(A) (B) (C) (D) –
x x x x

2 y x
12. If x e + 2xye + 13 = 0, then dy/dx equals-
y −x
2 xe + 2y ( x + 1) 2 xe y − x + 2y ( x + 1)
(A) – (B)
x ( xe y − x + 2) x ( xe y − x + 2)
2 xe x − y + 2y ( x + 1)
(C) – (D) None of these
x ( xe x − y + 2)

y x dy
13. If x y = 1, then equals -
dx
x ( y + x log y ) x ( x + y log y ) y ( y + x log y ) y ( y + x log y )
(A) (B) – (C) (D) –
y ( x + y log x ) y ( y + x log x ) x ( x + y log x ) x ( x + y log x )

−1  y − x 
2
14. If x = e tan  2  , then dy/dx equals-
 x 
2 2
(A) x [1+ tan (log x)] + sec (logx) (B) 2x [1 + tan (logx)] + x sec (logx)
(C) 2x [1+ tan (log x)] + x sec (log x) (D) None of these

3x − x 3
–1
15. If y = tan 1 − 3 x 2 , then dy/dx equals-
3 –1
(A) 3x (B) tan 3x (C) (D) 3 tan x
1+ x 2

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ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D D A C A C B B C C
11 12 13 14 15
D A D B C

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