PHYSICS

Course
JR. INTER BASIC MATHEMATICS
DIFFERENTIATION

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1. Simple questions based on differentiation without usage of Chain Rule. Find
dx
sin x
i) y = x sin x ii) y = x tanx iii) y  e x (1  cos x) iv) y 
ex
ex x2  1 x2  x  1
v) y = sin x(ln x) vi) y  vii) y  viii) y 
(2x  5) (2x  3) ln x
1
ix) y  x 
x
dy
2. Question based on Chain Rule. Find
dx
1
i) y = sin x2 ii) y  2x  2 iii) y  iv) y  10 e2x 10
2x  10
2
v) y  10 e x vi) y  ln( x  2)

dy
3. If y = t2 – 2t – 3, then the value of  0 , for t =
dt
2 3
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) zero
3 2

4. y = 2x2 – 3x + 8. The value of y is minimum at

(A) x = 0 (B) x = 3/4 (C) x = 1 (D) x = 3

2 dy
5. If y  x  2 , then =
dx
x x x3
(A) (B) (C) 2x (D)
x2  2 2 x2  2 3

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6. If y = tan x, then the slope of tangent at x  is
4
1 1  3
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2
2 2 2

x3 dy
7. If y   2x 2  5x , then is zero at the following values of the variable x,
3 dx
(A) 1, –5 (B) –1, 5 (C) – 2, 3 (D) 2, –3

8. The derivative of sin x is

cos x cos x cos x
(A) cos x (B) (C) (D) 
x 2 x 2 x

9. A sphere having radius 5 cm and its surface area is increasing at a rate of  cm2s 1 . Find
1
the rate of increase of its volume at this instant in cm s .
3
 
5 2
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C)  (D) 
2 5
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10. A rod is sliding against a vertical wall as shown.

A) If speed of end A is 2 ms 1 then speed of end B is 1.5 m s 1

B) If speed of end A is 6 ms 1 then speed of end B is 8 m s 1
C) If speed of end B is 5 ms 1 then speed of end A is 3 m s 1
D) If speed of end B is 12 ms 1 then speed of end A is 9 m s 1

11. The displacement of a particle projected vertically upward is

y  10t  5t 2 .  y in m & t in sec 
(A) Initial speed of particle is 10 m/s
(B) Maximum height attained is 5 m
(C) Total time of flight for the particle is 2 sec
(D) Total distance covered by particle in order to return at the same point is 10 m.

12. The position of an object moving along x-axis is given by x  a  bt 2 where a  8.5m and
b  2.5ms 2 . If 't ' is measured in seconds, its velocity at t  2s is
A) 25ms 1 B) 10ms 1 C) 20ms 1 D) 5ms1

13. An object of mass 'm' is covering distance ' x ' which is proportional to t 3/2 where 't ' is
the time elapsed. Then its acceleration is
1 1
A) a t B) at2 C) a D) a 2
t t

14. The distance ' x ' of a particle moving in one dimension under the action of a constant
force is related to time  t  as t  x  3 where ' x ' is in metres and 't ' in seconds. When
its velocity is zero, then its displacement would be,
A) 3m B) 6m C) 12m D) zero

1 2
15. The displacement of a particle of mass 'm' is given by the equation y  ut  gt where
2
'u' is initial velocity, 'g ' is acceleration due to gravity and 't ' is time of travel. The force
acting on the particle F 
3 mg
A) mg B) mg C) D) mg
2 2

16. If the displacement of a particle at an instant is given by y  r sin  t    where 'r ' is
amplitude of oscillation, '  ' is angular velocity and '  ' is the initial phase of the particle,
then particle velocity is
A) r2cos  t    B) rcos  t    C) r sin  t    D) r2 sin  t   

d2 y
17. If y  f  x  and if is negative, then
dx 2
A) ' y ' is maximum for a given value of ' x '
B) ' y ' is minimum for a given value of ' x '
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C) ' y ' is neither maximum nor minimum for a given value of ' x '
D) ' y ' is either maximum or minimum for a given value of ' x ' .

18. Displacement  x  of a particle is related to time  t  as x  at  bt2  ct3 where a,b and c
are constants of motion. The velocity of the particle, when its acceleration is zero is given
by
b2 b2 b2 b2
A) a  B) a  C) a  D) a 
c 2c 3c 4c

PASSAGE:
The discharging circuit of capacitor is as shown in the diagram
The charge on the capacitor is given as function of time as follows q  q 0e  t/Rc , also given
dq
that at any instant, current is i  
dt
19. The value of maximum current in the circuit is
q q q0 q
(A) 0 (B)  0 (C) (D)  0
RC RC 2RC 2RC
q0
20. The value of current when q 
2
q q q0 q
(A) 0 (B)  0 (C) (D)  0
RC RC 2RC 2RC
21. Time taken by the capacitor to loose 75% of the initial charge
RC 3 4
(A) RC (B) (C) RC ln (D) RC ln
4 4 3

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KEY:
tan x
1. i) x cos x + sin x ii) x sec2 x  iii) ex sin x  (1  cos x)ex
2 x
cos x  sin x sin x (2x  3)e x
iv) v)   n x  cos x vi) 
ex x (2x  5)2
 1
ln x(2x  1)   x  1  
2x 2  6x  2  x 1
vii) viii) ix) 1 
(2x  3)2 (ln x) 2
x2

1 1 1
iv) 20 e2x 10 v) 20x e x
2
2. i) 2x cos x2 ii) iii) vi)
2x  2 (2x  10)3/2 2(x  2)

3. C 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. C

10. BC 11. B 12. ABCD 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. D

17. B 18. A 19. A 20. C 21. B