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JEE Main Paper

DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
f(x)
1. If f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) x, yR and f(0)  0 then is
1  (f(x))2
(1) even (2) odd (3) neither even nor odd (4) > 1

x
2. Let f(x) = ||e –1| –1| then f(x) is differentiable at all points except at x =
(1) 0, 2 (2) n2 (3) 1, n2 (4) 0, n2

1 1
 2  2, x0
3. If f(x) =  x x Then which of the following statement about f(x) at x = 0 is false?
sin1(x  b), x  0

(1) Continuous if b = 0 (2) discontinuous for some bR

(3) differentiable for b = ± 1 (4) non-differentiable

4. lim (log (sin3 x) – log (x4 + ex3)) =

x 0

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) –1 (4) done not exist

5. If f is a real valued differentiable function such that |f(x) –f(y)|  (x – y)2 where x, yR and f(0) = 0
then f(1) =
(1) –1 (2) 0 (3) 2 (4) 1

 sin[x]
 , [x]  0
6. If f(x) =  [x] where [] = GIF then lim f(x) =
x 0
0 , [x]  0

(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) –1 (4) limit does not exist

1  1  x  1   
7. The value of lim  tan     is :
x 0 x   2x  1  4 
1
(1) – (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 0
2

8. Let f(x) = x|x|, g(x) = sin x and h(x) = (gof) (x). Then
(1) h(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
(2) h(x) is differentiable at x = 0, but h'(x) is not continuous at x = 0
(3) h'(x) is continuous at x = 0, but it is not differentiable x = 0
(4) h'(x) is differentiable at x = 0

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9. Let f : (–,)  (–,) be given by f(x) = x |x| + |x–1| – |x–2|2 + |x–3|3. If A denotes the set of
number of points where f(x) is not differentiable, then A =
(1) {3} (2) {1} (3) {0} (4) {2}

10. If f(x) = |x| + [x – 1], where [] is greatest integer function, then f(x) is :
(1) continuous at x = 0 as well as at x = 1.
(2) Continous at x = 0 but not at x = 1
(3) continuous at x = 1 but not at x = 0
(4) neither continuous at x = 0 nor at x = 1

11. Amongst the following functions, a function that is differentiable at x = 0 is

(1) cos (|x|) – |x| (2) cos (|x|) + |x| (3) sin (|x|) + |x| (4) sin (|x|) – |x|

log(sin7x  cos 7x)

12. lim equals :
x 0 sin3x
1 7 14 1
(1) log7 (2) (3) (4)
3 3 3 3

  1 
13. Lim x2 1  2  3  ......     where [.] denotes greatest integer function , is equal to
x 0
 | x |  

1
(1) 0 (2) (3) 2 (4)Limit does not exist
2

t 2 f(x)  x 2 f(t)
14. If f(x) is a differentiable function in the interval (0, ) such that f(1) = 1 and Lim  1,
t x tx

3
for each x > 0, then f   is equal to
2
25 13 23 31
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9 6 18 18

15. Let f be a polynomial function such that f (3x) = f'(x). f"(x), for all xR .Then:
(1) f(2) – f'(2) + f"(2) = 10 (2) f" (2) – f(2) = 4
(3) f"(2) – f' (2) = 0 (4) f(2) + f'(2) = 28

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16. Consider the following statements and state them as true/false :

d2 x  d2 y   dy  3
S1 :    
dy 2  dx 2   dx 

d2 y  d2 x   dy 3
S2 :    
dx2  dy 2   dx 

S3: If f(x)g(x) is discontinuous at x = a then f(x) and g(x) are discontinuous at x = a

S4: If f(x) is continuous in [a,b] and differentiable in (a,b) such that f '(c) 0 for any c(a,b)
then f(a)  f(b)
(1) TTFF (2) FTFT (3) TFFT (4) TFFF

17. If 27a + 9b + 3c + d = 0 then 4ax3 + 3bx2 + 2cx + d = 0 has at least one real root lying between
(1) –1 and 0 (2) 0 and 3 (3) –3 and –1 (4) 3 and 4

b
18. If ax2 +  c xR+, where a > 0 and b > 0, then
x
(1) 27ab2  4c3 (2) 27ab3  4c3 (3) 27a2b2  4c3 (4) 27a3b  4c3

 1   1 1 
19. The function f(x)= x – n |2x + 1|, x  100,    ,  is decreasing in interval
 2   2 2

 1 1   1   1   1
(1)  ,  (2)  100,  (3)  ,0  only (4)  0,  only
 2 2  2  2   2

(1  x)0.6
20. Let k and K be the minimum and the maximum values of the function f(x) = in [0, 1]
1  x0.6
respectively, then the ordered pair (k, K) is equal to:
(1) (2–0.4, 1) (2) (2–0.4, 20.6) (3) (2–0.6, 1) (4) (1, 20.6)

21. If the tangent at a point P, with parameter t, on the curve x = 4t2 + 3, y = 8t3 – 1, t  R, meets the
curve again at a point Q, then the coordinates of Q are :
2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3
(1) (t + 3, – t – 1) (2) (t + 3, t – 1) (3) (16t + 3, – 64t – 1) (4) (4t + 3, – 8t – 1)


22. If A > 0, B > 0 and A + B = , then the minimum value of tanA + tanB is
6
2
(1) 2  3 (2) (3) 3 2 (4) 4  2 3
3

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23. If  is one of the angles between the normals to the ellipse x2 + 3y2 = 9 at the points
  2cot 
(3 cos , 3 sin ) and (3 sin , 3 cos );    0,  ; then is equal to:
 2 sin 2

1 3 2
(1) (2) (3) (4) 2
3 4 3

sinx
24. If f(x) = 4 satisfies the Rolle's theorem on [0, ], then the value of c for which f' (c) = 0 is
(1) c = /6 (2) c = /4 (3) c = /2 (4) c = /3

25. 
Let f(x) = | x  1|  a if x  1 If f(x) has a local minimum at x = 1 then
2x  3 if x  1

(1) a >5 (2) 0 < a 5 (3) a  5 (4) a = 5

26. The equation 4x5 + 5x4 – 10x2 – 20x + 40 = 0 has

(1) No real root (2) one real root (3) three real roots (4) Five real roots

27. The maximum value of |x +y|, where (x,y) lies on the ellipse 4x2 + y2 = 4 is
2 5 5
(1) (2) 5 (3) (4) 3
5 5

28. Equation of a common tangent (if it exists) to x2 + y2 = 2 and x3y3 = 1 is

(1) x  y  2 (2) x + 2y = 2 (3) x + y = 2 (4) x + y = 2

29. Let f(x) = [1 – x2 ], x  R, where [.] is the greatest integer function, then :
(1) f is increasing (2) x = 0 is the point of maxima of f
(3) f is continuous at x = 0 (4) f is decreasing

1
30. If  and  be the roots of equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, then im 1  ax 2  bx  c
x 
  x  is equal to

(1) a () (2) n |a (| (3) ea (   ) (4) ea|  |

31.
log
The function f(x) is defined by f(x) =  (4x 3)

x 2  2x  5  , if 3  x  1 or x  1
4
 4 , if x  1
(1) is continuous at x = 1
(2) is discontinuous at x = 1 since f(1+) does not exist though f(1) exists
(3) is discontinuous at x = 1 since f(1) does not exist though f(1+) exists
(4) is discontinuous since neither f(1) nor f(1+) exists.

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  (1  sin x)t  1
32. The function f defined by f(x) = lim .   is
t    (1  sin x)t  1
 
(1) everywhere continuous (2) discontinuous at all integer values of x
(3) continuous at x = 0 (4) none of these

  1
 x  1  x sin  , x0
  x
  1
33. If f(x) =    x  1  x sin  , x  0 , then f(x) is
  x 
0 , x0


(1) continuous as well as diff. at x = 0 (2) continuous at x = 0, but not diff. at = 0
(3) neither continuous at x = 0 nor diff. at x = 0 (4) none of these

34. For what triplets of real numbers (a, b, c) with a 0 the function

 x , x 1
f(x) =  is differentiable for all real x?
 ax 2  bx  c , otherwise

(1) {(a, 12a, a)  a  R, a 0 } (2) {(a, 12a, c)  a, c  R, a 0 }

(3) {(a, b, c)  a, b, c  R, a + b + c =1 } (4) {(a, 12a, 0)  a  R, a 0}

35. Let f(x) be a function which is differentiable everywhere any number of times and f(2x 2 –1) =
2x3f(x)  x  R then f 2010 (0) is equal to (f n(x) is nth derivative of f(x))
(1) –1 (2) 1
(3) 0 (4) Data provided is insufficient

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 JEE MAIN PAPER (DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS)

ANSWER KEY
1. (1) 2. (4) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (4) 7. (1)
8. (3) 9. (2) 10. (4) 11. (4) 12. (2) 13. (2) 14. (4)
15. (3) 16. (3) 17. (2) 18. (1) 19. (1) 20. (1) 21. (1)
22. (4) 23. (3) 24. (3) 25. (3) 26. (2) 27. (2) 28. (3)
29. (2) 30. (3) 31. (4) 32. (2) 33. (2) 34. (1) 35. (3)
 Solution for

JEE Main
Practice
Questions Set
18
 HINT & SOLUTION

1.
Sol. f(x + y) = f(x) f(y)  f(x) = ax or 1
f(x) ax a x ax
 g(x) =   g(–x) =  = g(x)
1  f 2 (x) 1  a2x 1  a 2x a2x  1
1 1
Else g(x) = 2
 is even
1 1 2

2.
Sol. Non-diff at |ex – 1| – 1 = 0  ex – 1 = 1  ex = 2, 0  ex = 2  x = n2
Also non-diff at |ex – 1| = 0  x = 0

3.
Sol. LHL = RHL  0 = sin–1 b  b = 0
so options (1) and (2) are true
1 1
LHD = 0 and RHD = 
2
1  (x  b) 1  b2
so non-differentiable for al bR

4.
 sin3 x   x3   1 
Sol. Lim log  4  = Lim log  4  = Lim log    1
 x  ex3 3
 xe
x 0
  x 0  x  ex  x 0

5.
f(x)  f(y) f(x)  f(y)
Sol.  | x  y | – |x – y|  | x y |
xy xy

f(x)  f(y)
 Lim  0 by sandwitch theorem  f'(x) = 0 xR
x y xy

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  f(x) =  f(x) = 0 as f(0) = 0

6.
Sol. lim f(x)  lim (0)  0
x 0 x 0

sin[x] sin( 1)

lim f(x)  lim   sin1
x 0 x 0 [x] 1

7.
 x 1 
  1
1  1  x  1  1  1 1 2x  1 1   x  1
Sol. lim  tan    tan 1 = xlim tan   = lim  
x 0 x   2x  1    0 x  1  x  1  x  0 x  2x  2  2
 2x  1 

8.
 2
Sol. h(x) = sin (x|x|) =  sin2x , x  0
sin x , x  0
 2
 h(x) = 2x cos(x2 ), x  0
2 x cos(x ) , x  0
 h(x) is continuous but not diff at 0

9.
Sol. f(x) = x |x| + |x–1| – |x–2|2 + |x–3|3
x|x|, |x–2|2 a and |x–3|3 are differentiable everywhere
 f(x) is not differentiable at x= 1 only

10.
Sol. At x = 0 and 1, f(x) = |x| + [x – 1] = continuos + discontinuos = discontinuous

11.
Sol. RHD of sin(|x|) – |x| at x = 0 is 1 – 1 = 0
LHD of sin(|x|) – |x| at x = 0 is (–1) – (–1) = 0
so differentiable at x = 0

12.
log(sin7x  cis7x) 1 log(1  sin14x)
Sol. lim = lim
x 0 sin 3x 2 x 0 sin 3x
1  log(1  sin14x) sin14x 14x 3x  1 14 7
= lim      =  
2 x  0  sin14x 14x 3x sin3x  2 3 3

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13.
x2  1  1   x2  1    1  
Sol. Lim
x 0 2
        1 = xLim       1
0  2  x    x 
 | x |    | x |   

x  1 1  1  1   1  1
= Lim      x      1 =  0  (1– 0 + 0) =
x 0 2  x  x    x  x    2  2
14.
2tf(x)  x 2 f '(t)
Sol. Lim 1 2x f(x) – x2 f'(x) = 1
t x 1 0
x2 f '(x)  2 xf(x) 1 d  f(x)  1 d  1 
 =    =  
x 4
x 4 dx  x2  3 dx  x3 
f(x) 1 1
  2
 3
c  f(x)   cx 2 
x 3x 3x

1 2x 2  3  31
 f(1) = 1  f(x)=    f    
3x 3  2  18

15.
Sol. Let f(x) = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d
f(3x) = a(3x)3 + b(3x)2 + (3x) + d
f'(x) = 3ax2 + 2bx + c
f"(x) = 6ax + 2b
 f(3x) = f'(x) f"(x)
 f(3 x)  f'(x) f"(x)
   
let degreen(n 1)(n 2)
n  2n  3
n  3
3
by solving this we get a  b = 0, c = 0, d = 0,
2
3 3
so, f(x) = x
2
9 2
f'(x) = x f"(x) = 9x  f(2) = 12
2
f'(2) = 18 f"(2) = 18

16.
d2 x d  dx  d  1 
Sol. 2
    
dy dy  dy  dy  dy / dx 

d  1  dx 1 d2 y dx
=   =  
dx  dy / dx  dy (dy/ dx)2 dx 2 dy

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17.
Sol. f(x) = ax4 + bx3 + cx2 + dx
f(0) = 0 = f(3)  use Rolles theorem

18.
b b
Sol. Let f(x) = ax2 +  f(x) = 2ax – 2 = 0
x x
1
b
3  b 3
x = x=  
2a  2a 

1
 b 3
 f(x) has a minimum at x =  
 2a 
 1 
 b 3 
 f      c as given]
  2a  
 
2
 b 3 b
a    1/3
 c  27ab2  4c3
 2a  (b/ 2a)

19.
2 2x  1
Sol. f(x) = 1 – 
2x  1 2x  1

20.
(1  x)3/5
Sol. f(x) 
1  x3/5
and x[0, 1]
3 3
(1  x)3/5 (1  x)2/5  (1  x)3/5 (x 2/5 )
 f '(x)  5 5 
(1  x 3/5 )2
3
 = [(1+x3/5)(1+x)–2/5 – (1 + x)3/5x–2/5]
5

3  1  x3/5 (1  x)3/5  x 2/5  x  1  x

=     2/5 0
5  (1  x)2/5 x 2/5  x (1  x)2/5
f(0) = 1  f(x)  [2–0.4, 1]  f(1) = 2–0.4

21.
Ans. (1)
2 2
Sol. P(x = 4t + 3, y = 8t – 1)
2 3
let Q(4t1 + 3, 8y1 – 1)

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 dy dy / dt 24t 2
at P,   = 3t
dx dx / dt 8t
3 2
 tangent at P is y – 8t + 1 = 3t (x – 4t – 3)
Q will satisfy it

22.

Sol. A, B > 0 and A + B =
6
Let y = tanA + tanB
dy  
 sec 2 A  sec 2   A 
dA  6 
  
Hence tan A  tanB  A   , 
 12 6 
 
and tan A  tanB  A  0, 
 12 
clearly tanA + tanB is minimum when
 
A B
12
 ymin = 2tan =
12
 
 2 3 2  42 3

23.
x2 y2
Sol.  1
9 3
Normal at (3 cos , 3 sin  ) is

3sec  x – 3 cosec y = 6 .....(i)

normal at (–3sin, 3 cos) is
–3cosec x – 3 sec y = 6 .....(ii)
Angle between normal is 
3 tan   3 cot 
  tan   
1 3

3 3 2cot  2
 =   tan =  
2sin  cos  sin 2 sin2 3

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24.
Sol. f(0) = 1 = f()
sinx
4 is continuous in [0,]
sinx
4 is differentiable in (0,)
sinx
 f (x) = 4 (n4). cosx = 0  x = /2

25.

Sol. 
f(x)  1  x  a
2x  3
x 1
x 1

26.
5 4 2
Sol. Let f(x) = 4x + 5x – 10x – 20x + 40
f(x) = 20x4 + 20x3 – 20x – 20
f(x) = 20 [ x3 (x +1) – (x+1) ]
f(x) = 20 (x +1) (x3 –1)
f(x) = 20 (x2 – 1) (x2 + x + 1)
f(x) = 20 (x – 1) (x +1) (x2 + x + 1)

27.
x2 y2
Sol. Ellipse  1
1 4
Let x = cos, y = 2 sin
 x +y| = |cos +2 sin| 5 
 maximum value of |x + y| is 5

28.
Sol. x2 + y2 = 2 , x3y3 = 1
2x + 2y y= 0
x
y = , 3x2 y3 + x3 3y2 y= 0
y
y
y + x y= 0 , y=
x
x  y

y x
x 2 = y2
2x2 = 2
x=±1 y=±1
Points are (1,1) (1, –1) (–1 , 1) (–1 , –1)
slopes are – 1, 1
one of tangent ( y – 1) = – 1 ( x–1)
y+x=2

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29.
Sol. By graph, x = 0 is point of maxima

30.
Sol. ,  are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0
 ax2 + bx + c = a(x –  )(x – )

1 a(x –  )(x –  )
2
im ax  bx  c im

x 
 2
im 1  ax  bx  c  x   e x x  e
x (x –  )
= ea( – )

31.
n[(1  h)2  2(1  h)  5]
Sol. lim f(x) = lim f(1 – h) = lim
x 1 h0 h0 n[1  4h]
does not exist as denominater is tending to zero.
similarly lim f(x) also does not exist.
n1

32.
 0 x 
Sol. f(x) =  n
(1) x  (n,n  1), n  
f(x) = discontinous at all integer value of x.

33.
  1 
Sol. lim f(x)  lim  h  1  hsin      0
x 0 h 0   h 

 1
lim f(x)  lim h  1  hsin   0
x 0 h 0  h
f(0) = 0
f(x) is continuous at x = 0
  1
 h 1  hsin      0
  h 
LHD at x = 0 is lim
h0 h
 1
1  hsin   
= lim  h = 
h 0 h
LHD is not define so f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0

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34.
 x , x 1
Sol. f(x) =  2
ax  bx  c , otherwise
f(x) should be continous at x =1
it gives a+b+c =1
f(x) should be differentiable at x= 1
it gives 2a+b=1  b =1–2a c= 1–a–b= a

35.
2 3 3 3
Sol. f(2x – 1) = –2x f(–x)  2x f(x) = –2x f(–x)
 f(–x) = –f(x)  f(x) is odd  f 2010 (x) is odd
2010
 f (0) = 0

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