Yoddha Institute for Excellence in

Defence Career
Differentiation of implict function, Parametric and (a) 2 1 (b) 2 1
Composite functions, Logarithmic differentiation,
2 1
Differentiation of infinite series (c) (d) None of these
2
dy dy
1. If x  a(t  sin t) and y  a(1  cos t), then  11. If siny  x sin(a  y), then 
dx dx
[AISSE 1984; Roorkee 1974; SCRA 1996; [Karnataka CET 2000; UPSEAT 2001;
Karnataka CET 2003] Pb. CET 2001; Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
t t sin2 (a  y ) sin2 (a  y )
(a) tan   (b)  tan   (a) (b)
2 2 sin(a  2 y ) cos(a  2 y )
t t sin2 (a  y ) sin2 (a  y )
(c) cot  (d)  cot  (c) (d)
2 2 sina cos a
1  t2 2at dy dy
2. If x  and y  , then  12. If tan(x  y)  tan(x  y)  1, then  [DSSE 1979]
1t 2
1t 2
dx dx
a(1  t 2 ) a(t 2  1) sec 2 (x  y )  sec 2 (x  y ) sec 2 (x  y )  sec 2 (x  y )
(a) (b) (a) (b)
2t 2t sec 2 (x  y )  sec 2 (x  y ) sec 2 (x  y )  sec 2 (x  y )
a(t 2  1) a(t 2  1) sec 2 (x  y )  sec 2 (x  y )
(c) (d) (c) (d) None of these
2t t sec 2 (x  y )  sec 2 (x  y )
 t dy
3. If x  a  cos t  logtan  , y  a sin t, then  13. If y sec x  tan x  x 2 y  0 , then
dy
=
 2 dx dx
[RPET 1997; MP PET 2001] [DSSE 1981; CBSE 1981]
(a) tan t (b)  tan t 2 xy  sec 2 x  y sec x tan x
(c) cot t (d)  cot t (a)
x 2  sec x
2t 2t dy
4. If tan y  and sin x  , then  2 xy  sec 2 x  sec x tan x
1  t2 1  t2 dx (b) 
x 2  sec x
2 1
(a) (b) 2 xy  sec 2 x  y sec x tan x
1t 2
1  t2 (c) 
(c) 1 (d) 2 x 2  sec x
(d) None of these
1  t2 2t dy
5. If x  and y  , then  x dy
1  t2 1  t2 dx 14. If sin(xy )   x 2  y, then 
y dx
[Karnataka CET 2000; Pb. CET 2002]
[DSSE 1980; CBSE 1980]
y y
(a) (b) y[2 xy  y 2 cos(xy )  1] [2 xy  y 2 cos(xy )  1]
x x (a) (b)
xy 2 cos(xy )  y 2  x xy 2 cos(xy )  y 2  x
x x
(c) (d)
y y y[2 xy  y 2 cos(xy )  1]
(c)  (d) None of these
xy 2 cos(xy )  y 2  x
d 2y
6. If x  at 2 , y  2at , then  [Karnataka CET 1993] dy
dx 2 15. If sin2 x  2 cos y  xy  0 , then  [AI CBSE 1980]
dx
1 1
(a)  (b) y  2 sin x y  sin2 x
t2 2 at 3 (a) (b)
2 sin y  x 2 sin y  x
1 1
(c)  3 (d)  y  2 sin x
t 2at 3 (c) (d) None of these
sin y  x
dy
7. If cos(x  y)  y sin x , then  [AI CBSE 1979] dy
dx 16. If x 3  8 xy  y 3  64 ,then  [AI CBSE 1979]
dx
sin(x  y)  y cos x sin(x  y)  y cos x
(a)  (b) 3x 2  8y 3x 2  8y
sin x  sin(x  y ) sin x  sin(x  y) (a)  (b)
y cos x  sin(x  y ) 8 x  3y 2
8 x  3y 2
(c) (d) None of these
sin x  sin(x  y ) 3x  8y 2
(c) (d) None of these
1 4 2 dy 8 x 2  3y
8. If y  u , u  x 3  5 , then  [DSSE 1979]
4 3 dx dy
17. If ax 2  2hxy  by 2  2 gx  2 fy  c  0 , then 
1 2 2 dx
(a) x (2 x 3  15)3 (b) x (2 x 3  5)3
27 27 ax  hy  g ax  hy  g
(a)  (b)
2 2 hx  by  f hx  by  f
(c) x (2 x 3  15)3 (d) None of these
27 ax  hy  g
(c) (d) None of these
dy hx  by  f
9. x 1  y  y 1  x  0 , then  [RPET 1989, 96]
dx  5x  1  dy
18. If y  f   and f '(x )  cos x , then 
(a) 1  x (b) (1  x )2  10 x 2  3  dx
[MP PET 1987]
(c)  (1  x )1 (d)  (1  x )2
 5 x  1  dy  5 x  1 
 dy (a) cos    
10. If x  2 cos t  cos 2t , y  2 sin t  sin2t , then at t  ,   10 x  3  dx  10 x  3 
2 2
4 dx
 5x 1  5x 1  sin2 (a  y )
(b) cos   (c) (d) None of these
10 x 2  3  10 x  3 
2
sin a
 5x 1  3 at 3 at 2 dy
(c) cos   29. If x  , y  , then =
 10 x  3 
2
1t 3
1t 3
dx
(d) None of these t(2  t 3 ) t(2  t 3 )
1 (a) (b)
19. If f (x )  , then the derivative of the composite function 1  2t 3
1  2t 3
1x
t(2  t 3 ) t(2  t 3 )
f [ f { f (x )}] is equal to [Orissa JEE 2003] (c) (d)
1  2t 3 1  2t 3
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 1 d 2y
2 30. If x  t  , y  t  , then is equal to
(c) 1 (d) 2 t t dx 2
20. Let g (x) be the inverse of an invertible function f (x ) which (a)  4 t(t 2  1)2 (b)  4 t 3 (t 2  1)3
is differentiable at x = c, then g' ( f (c)) equals (c) (t 2  1)(t 2  1)1 (d)  4 t 2 (t 2  1)2
1 d 2y
(a) f '(c) (b) 31. If x  t 2 , y  t 3 , then = [EAMCET 1994]
f '(c) dx 2
(c) f (c) (d) None of these 3 3
(a) (b)
21. Let g(x ) be the inverse of the function f (x ) and 2 (4 t)
1 3 3t
f '(x )  . Then g (x ) is equal to (c) (d)
1 x3 2(t) 2
[Kurukshetra CEE 1996] d 2y
1 1 32. If x  a sin and y  b cos , then is [UPSEAT 2002]
(a) (b) dx 2
1  (g(x ))3 1  ( f (x ))3 a b
(a) sec 2  (b) sec 2 
(c) 1  (g(x ))3 (d) 1  ( f (x ))3 b2 a
22. Let f and g be differentiable functions satisfying g (a)  2, b b
(c) sec 3  (d) sec 3 
g(a)  b and fog  I (identity function). Then f '(b) is equal to a2 a2
d 2y
(a)
1
(b) 2 33. Let y  t 10  1 and x  t 8  1, then is [UPSEAT 2004]
2 dx 2
2 5
(c) (d) None of these (a) t (b) 20 t 8
3 2
23. The differential coefficient of f [log(x )] when f (x )  log x is 5
(c) (d) None of these
[Kurukshetra CEE 1998; DCE 2000] 16 t 6
x dy
(a) x log x (b) 34. If 3 sin(xy )  4 cos(xy )  5 , then  [EAMCET 1994]
log x dx
y 3 sin(xy )  4 cos(xy )
(c)
1
(d)
log x (a)  (b)
x log x x x 3 cos(xy )  4 sin(xy )
24. The derivative of F[ f { (x )}] is [AMU 2001]
3 cos(xy )  4 sin(xy )
(c) (d) None of these
4 cos(xy )  3 sin(xy )
(a) F[ f { (x )}] (b) F [ f { (x )}] f {(x )}
35. If x 2 e y  2 xye x  13  0 , then dy/dx = [RPET 1987]
(c) F[ f { (x )}] f {(x )} (d) F[ f { (x )}] f {(x )} (x )
yx x y
2 xe  2 y(x  1) 2 xe  2 y(x  1)
25. Let f (x )  e x , g(x )  sin1 x and h(x )  f (g(x )), then (a) (b)
x (xe y  x  2) x (xe y  x  2)
h'(x ) / h(x )  [EAMCET 2002]
2 xe y  x  2 y(x  1)
1 (c)  (d) None of these
(a) e sin x
(b) 1 / 1  x 2
x (xe y  x  2)
(c) sin1 x (d) 1 / (1  x 2 ) 2
 dy 
1 1 dy 36. If x  a cos 3  , y  a sin3  , then 1  
26. If x  y  t  , x 4  y 4  t 2  2 , then x 3 y
2 2
  dx 
t t dx
[EAMCET 1992]
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4 (a) tan 2  (b) sec 2 
(c) sec  (d) | sec  |
dy
27. If x  a sin2 (1  cos 2 ), y  b cos 2 (1  cos 2 ) , then  dy
dx 37. If x 3  y 3  3axy  0 , then equals [RPET 1996]
[Kurukshetra CEE 1998] dx
b tan  a tan  ay  x 2 ay  x 2
(a) (b) (a) (b)
a b y 2  ax ay  y 2
a b
(c) (d) x 2  ay x 2  ay
b tan  a tan  (c) (d)
y  ax
2
ax  y 2
dy
28. If siny  x cos(a  y), then  dy
dx 38. If x  a(t  sin t) and y  a(1  cos t) , then equals
dx
cos 2 (a  y ) cos(a  y ) [RPET 1996; MP PET 2002]
(a) (b)
cos a cos 2 a (a) tan(t / 2) (b) cot(t / 2)
(c) tan 2t (d) tan t
 2t 1  t2 dy (a)
3
(b) 0
39. If x  ,y , then equals [RPET 1999]
1t 2
1t 2
dx 4
1 1
2t 2t (c) (d) 
(a) (b) 2 2
t2 1 t2 1
1 x dy
2t 50. If y  , then  [AISSE 1981; RPET 1995]
(c) (d) None of these 1x dx
1t 2
2 1
dy (a) (b)
40. If sin(x+y)=log(x+y), then = (1  x )1 / 2 (1  x )3 / 2 (1  x )1 / 2 (1  x )3 / 2
dx
[Karnataka CET 1993; RPET 1989, 92; Roorkee 2000] 1 1
(c) (d)
(a) 2 (b) – 2 2(1  x )1 / 2 (1  x )3 / 2 (1  x )3 / 2 (1  x )1 / 2
(c) 1 (d) –1 x  e x ....  dy
51. If y  e x  e , then 
1 t dy dx
41. If cos x  and sin y  , then 
dx [AISSE 1990; UPSEAT 2002; DCE 2002]
1  t2 1t 2
y 1
[MP PET 1994] (a) (b)
1t
1y 1y
(a) –1 (b) y y
1  t2 (c) (d)
1 1y y 1
(c) (d) 1 dy
1  t2 52. If x y  e x  y , then 
dy dx
42. If x  a(cos    sin ) , y  a(sin   cos  ), then  [MP PET 1987, 2004; MNR 1984; Roorkee 1954;
dx BIT Ranchi 1991; RPET 2000]
[DCE 1999]
(a) log x .[log(ex )]2 (b) log x .[log(ex )]2
(a) cos  (b) tan 
(c) sec  (d) cosec (c) log x .(log x ) 2
(d) None of these
x /(x  y )
dy 3 53. (x  y)e  k then
43. If x  a cos  , y  a sin  , then
4 4
, at   , is
dx 4 dy dy
(a) (y  2 x )  3 x  2 y  0 (b) y  x  2y  0
[Kerala (Engg.) 2002] dx dx
(a) –1 (b) 1  dy 
(c) a  y  x  2y   0 (d) None of these
(c)  a 2 (d) a 2  dx 
dy
44. If x  sin1 (3 t  4 t 3 ) and y  cos 1 (1  t 2 ) , then is 54. If 2 x  2y  2 x  y , then
dy
 [MP PET 1995; AMU 2000]
dx dx
equal to [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
2y  1 2y  1
(a) 1/2 (b) 2/5 (a) 2 x  y (b) 2 x  y
(c) 3/2 (d) 1/3 2x  1 1  2x
 1  1 dy 2x  2y
45. If x  a t   , y  a  t   then  (c) (d) None of these
 t  t dx 2x  2y
[Karnataka CET 2004] dy
55. If y  log x x , then  [MNR 1978]
y y dx
(a) (b)
x x (a) x x (1  log x ) (b) log(ex )
x x e
(c) (d) (c) log  (d) None of these
y y x
 dy
46. If x  sin t cos 2t and y  cos t sin2t , then at t  , the 56. If y x  x y  ab ,then 
4 dx
value of
dy
is equal to [Pb. CET 2000] yx y 1  y x log y yx y 1  y x log y
(a)  (b)
dx xy x 1  x y log x xy x 1  x y log x
(a) –2 (b) 2
yx y 1  y x yx y 1  y x
(c)
1
(d) 
1 (c)  (d)
2 2 xy x 1  x y xy x 1  x y
47. If ln(x  y)  2 xy , then y'(0) = [IIT Screening 2004] (x  a)(x  b) dy
57. If y  , then 
(a) 1 (b) –1 (x  c)(x  d ) dx
(c) 2 (d) 0
y 1 1 1 1 
dy (a)   
48. If y  x x , then  2  x  a x  b x  c x  d 
dx
[AISSE 1984; DSSE 1982; MNR 1979; SCRA 1996;  1 1 1 1 
(b) y    
RPET 1996; Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
 x  a x  b x  c x  d 
 1
(a) x x log ex (b) x x  1   1  1 1 1 1 
 x (c) x  a  x b  x  c  x  d
2  
(c) (1  log x ) (d) x x log x
(d) None of these
  1  x   dy
49. The first derivative of the function cos 1  sin  xx 58. If y  (1  x )x , then 
  2   dx

with respect to x at x = 1 is [MP PET 1998]
  x  (a) 2 x (loge x 1). loge x (b) x (loge x 1)
(a) (1  x )x   log ex 
 1  x  2
(c) loge x (d) x (loge x 1) .loge x
x x
(b)  log(1  x )
1 x dy
67. If x y  y x , then 
 x  dx
(c) (1  x )x   log(1  x )
1  x  [DSSE 1996; MP PET 1997]
(d) None of these y(x loge y  y ) y(x loge y  y )
(a) (b)
dy x (y loge x  x ) x (y loge x  x )
59. If y  log x  log x  log x  .....  , then 
dx x (x loge y  y ) x (x loge y  y )
(c) (d)
x x y(y loge x  x ) y(y loge x  x )
(a) (b)
2y  1 2y  1 x dy
68. If y  x ( x ) , then  [AISSE 1989]
1 1 dx
(c) (d)
x (2 y  1) x (1  2 y ) (a) y[x x (log ex ). log x  x x ]

60. If y  x x
, then
dy
= (b) y[x x (log ex ). log x  x ]
dx
(c) y[x x (log ex ). log x  x x 1 ]
2  log x 2  log x
(a) x x
(b) x x
(d) y[x x (loge x ). log x  x x 1 ]
2 x x
2  log x dy
(c) (d) None of these 69. If y  x sin x , then  [DSSE 1983, 84]
dx
2 x
x cos x . log x  sin x sin x
dy (a) .x
61. If x p y q  (x  y) p q , then  x
dx
[RPET 1999; UPSEAT 2001] y[ x cos x . log x  cos x ]
(b)
y y x
(a) (b) 
x x (c) y[x sin x . log x  cos x ]
x x (d) None of these
(c) (d) 
y y d
70. {(sin x ) x } = [DSSE 1985, 87; AISSE
(sin x )(sin x )......  dy dx
62. If y  (sin x ) , then  1983]
dx
 x cos x  sin x logsin x 
y 2 cot x y 2 cot x (a)  
(a) (b)  sin x 
1  y logsin x 1  y logsin x
 x cos x  sin x logsin x 
(c)
y cot x
(d)
y cot x (b) (sin x ) x  
1  y log sin x 1  y logsin x  sin x 
dy  x sin x  sin x logsin x 
63. If y  (x x )x , then = (c) (sin x ) x  
dx  sin x 
(a) (x x )x (1  2 log x ) (b) (x x )x (1  log x ) (d) None of these
(c) x (x ) (1  2 log x )
x x
(d) x (x ) (1  log x )
x x
x (2 x  3) 2 dy
71. If y  , then  [AISSE 1986]
64. The differential equation satisfied by the function x 1 dx

y  sin x  sin x  sin x  .....  , is  1 4 1 

(a) (2 y  1)
dy
 sin x  0 (b) (2 y  1)cos x 
dy
0  1 4 1 
(b) y    
dx dx  3 x 2 x  3 2(x  1) 
dy dy
(c) (2 y  1)cos x  0 (d) (2 y  1)  cos x  0  1 4 1 
dx dx (c) y    
x
 3x 2x  3 x  1 
 1 dy
65. If y   1   , then  [BIT Ranchi 1992] (d) None of these
 x  dx
d
72. {(sin x )log x }  [DSSE 1984]
1   1 
x
 1 dx
(a) 1   log1    
 x   x  1 x 1 
(a) (sin x )log x  logsin x  cot x 
 1   1 
x
x 
(b)  1   log 1  
 x   x  1 
(b) (sin x )log x  logsin x  cot x log x 
x x 
 1  x 
(c)  x   log(x  1) 
 x  x  1  1 
(c) (sin x )log x  logsin x  log x 
x 
1   1 
x
 1
(d)  1   log 1     (d) None of these
 x    x  1  x
dy
d loge x 73. If y  (tan x )cot x , then =
66. (x ) [MP PET 1993] dx
dx [AISSE 1985]
 (a) y cosec 2 x (1  logtan x ) (b) y cosec 2 x (1  log tan x ) (a)
x
(b)
2
2y  1 2y  1
(c) y cosec 2 x (logtan x ) (d) None of these
1 1
dy (c) (d)
74. If y  x  x 2 log x
, then  2y  1 2y  1
dx
dy
[DSSE 1986] 84. If x m y n  2(x  y)m  n , the value of is [MP PET
dx
x  log x . x
2 log x
2003]
(a) (b) x 2  log x . x log x
x (a) x  y (b) x / y
2(x  log x . x
2 log x
) (c) y / x (d) x  y
(c) (d) None of these
x y  .... to  dy
85. If x  e y  e , x  0, then is [AIEEE 2004]
1 dy dx
75. If y  x 2  , then 
1 dx 1x 1
x2  (a) (b)
1 x x
x2  2
x  ......  1x x
(c) (d)
2 xy xy x 1x
(a) (b)
2y  x 2 y  x2
Differentiation by substitution,
xy 2 xy Higher order derivatives
(c) (d)
y  x2 x2
2 dy
y 1. If y  sin(2 sin1 x ), then  [AI CBSE 1983]
x .... 
dx
x dy
76. If y  x , then  2  4x2 2  4x2
dx (a) (b)
1 x2 1 x2
y2 y2
(a) (b)
2 x  2 y log x 2 x  log x 2  4x2 2  4x2
(c) (d)
y2 1 x2 1 x2
(c) (d) None of these
2 x  2 y log x  3 cos x  4 sin x  dy
2. If y  cos 1   , then 
77. If x .y  1 , then
y x dy
=  5  dx
dx (a) 0 (b) 1
y (y  x log y ) y (x  y log x )
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
1
x (y log x  x ) x (y  x log y ) 2
y(y  x log y ) x  x 1
(c)  (d) None of these 3.
d
cos 1 = [DSSE 1985; Rookee 1963]
x (x  y log x )
dx x  x 1
tan x  dy 1
78. y  (tan x )(tan x ) , then at x  , the value of  (a)
1
(b)
4 dx
1  x2 1  x2
[WB JEE 1990]
2 2
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d)
(c) 2 (d) None of these 1  x2 1  x2
dy 2x 1 x2 dy
79. If y  (sin x )tan x , then is equal to 4. If y  sin1  sec 1 , then =
dx 1 x 2
1  x2 dx
[IIT 1994; RPET 1996] [RPET 1996]
(a) (sin x )tan x .(1  sec 2 x. logsin x ) (a)
4
(b)
1
(b) tan x .(sin x )tan x 1 . cos x 1 x2 1 x2
4 4
(c) (sin x )tan x . sec 2 x. logsin x (c) (d)
1 x2 1 x2
(d) tan x .(sin x )tan x 1
x
 1  x   dy
80. If y  21 / logx 4 , then x is equal to [Roorkee 1998] 5. If y  tan 1  sin2 tan 1    ,then =
1 1 x 2
  1  x  dx
(a) y (b) y  
x 1  2x
(c) y 2
(d) y 4 (a) (b)
dy 1 x2 1 x2
x y
81. If 2  2  2
x y
, then the value of at x  y  1 is 1  2x 1
dx (c) (d)
[Karnataka CET 2000] 2 1x 2 1 x2
(a) 0 (b) – 1
2x 
(c) 1 (d) 2 6. If y  sin1 , where 0  x  1 and 0  y  , then
1  x2 2
82. The derivative of y  x ln x is dy
[AMU 2000] 
dx
(a) x ln x ln x (b) x ln x 1 ln x
2 2x
(a) (b)
(c) 2 x ln x 1 ln x (d) x ln x  2 1 x2 1 x2
dy 2 x
83. If y  x  x  x  ........ to  , then  [RPET 2002] (c) (d)
dx 1 x2 1 x2
 d x 1 x
7. tan 1  (c) cos 1 (d) None of these
dx a x2 2 2 a
a (1  x )  (1  x ) dy
(a)
a
(b) 16. If y  sin1 , then 
a  x2
2
a  x2
2 2 dx
1 1
(c)
1
(d)
1 (a) (b) 
a a x 2 2
a x2 2 (1  x )
2
(1  x 2 )
1
d 1 x 2
(c)  (d) None of these
8. cos 1  [AI CBSE 1988]
dx 2 2 (1  x 2 )
1 1 17. If f (x )  x  2, then f '( f (x )) at x = 4 is [DCE 2001]
(a) (b)
2 1 x 4
2 1  x4 (a) 8 (b) 1
x x (c) 4 (d) 5
(c) (d)
1  x4 1  x4  x x  x x 
18. If f (x )  cot 1   , then f'(1) is equal to

 3a x  x  2 3  2 
d
9. tan 1  2 2 
at x  0 is [RPET 2000]
dx  a(a  3 x ) 
(a) – 1 (b) 1
1 3
(a) (b) (c) log 2 (d)  log 2
a a
19. Let 3 f (x )  2 f (1 / x )  x, then f'(2) is equal to
(c) 3a (d) 3
[MP PET 2000]
dy
10. If 1  x 2  1  y 2  a(x  y) , then  (a) 2 / 7 (b) 1 / 2
dx
[MNR 1983; ISM Dhanbad 1987; RPET 1991]
(c) 2 (d) 7 / 2
1x 2
1  y2 d  2  1x
 

(a) (b) 20. sin cot 1   equals
1  y2 1 x2 dx 
  1 x
 

[MP PET 2002]
x 2 1 y2 1
(c) (d) (a) 1 (b)
1
1  y2 1 x2 2
d
11. sin1 (2ax 1  a 2 x 2 )  (c) 
1
(d) 1
dx 2
2a a  
(a) (b)
If y  tan 1   , then dy 
x
a x2 2
a  x2
2 21.
  dx
1  1  x
2
2a a 
(c) (d) 1
1  a2 x 2 1  a2 x 2 (a) (b) 1  1  x 2
2 1 x2

 1  1  x 

2
d
12. cos    [AISSE 1984] 1 1
(c) (d)
 1 x 
2
dx   2 1 x2
1 1
(a) (b)  22. Differential coefficient of cos 1 ( x ) with respect to
1 x2 1 x2
2 2 (1  x ) is
(c)  (d)
1 x2 1 x2 [MP PET 1997]

13. If y  sin 1
1  x , then dy / dx 
2 (a) x (b)  x
[AISSE 1987] 1 1
(c) (d) 
1 1 x x
(a) (b)
1 x 2
1 x 2  
If y  tan 1   , then dy 
x
23. [MP PET 1999]
1 1   dx
(c)  (d)   1x
2

1 x2 x 2 1 1 x
(a)  (b)

 1 x 
 1 x 2
1 x2
14. The differential coefficient of cos 1   with

 2 
 1 1 x2
respect to x is (c) (d)
1 x2 x
[MP PET 1993]
1 1 1  x2 
(a)  (b) 24. If y  sin1   , then dy equals
2 
2 1 x2 2 1 x2 1  x  dx
 [EAMCET 1991; RPET 1996]
1  1 x 

(c) (d) sin1   2 1
1x 
 2 

(a) (b)
1 x2 1 x2
ax dy 2 2
15. If y  tan 1 , then  (c)  (d) 
ax dx 1 x2 1 x2
x x
(a) cos 1 (b)  cos 1
a a
  1 x  1 x  [RPET 1995]
25. The differential coefficient of tan 1   2
 1 x  1 x  (a)
3x
(b)
3x
 
2 2
is
[MP PET 2003] 3x 3 3
(c) (d)
1 2 2x
(a) 1  x2 (b)
1 x2 34. The differential coefficient of x 6 with respect to
1 x 3 is
(c) (d) x [EAMCET 1988; UPSEAT 2000]
2 1  x2
(a) 5 x 2 (b) 3 x 3
 
 tan 1 1  x  1  is equal to (c) 5 x 5 (d) 2 x 3
2
d
26. [MP PET 2004]
 
dx

x
  1 1
35. Derivative of sec 1   w.r.t 1  3x at x  
1 1  2x  1 
2
3
(a) (b) is
1 x2 2(1  x 2 )
[EAMCET 1991]
x2 2 (a) 0 (b) 1/2
(c) (d)
2 1  x 2 ( 1  x 2  1) 1 x2 (c) 1/3 (d) None of these
1 x 1 x2
27. Differential coefficient of sin1 w.r.t x is 36. Differential coefficient of tan 1 w.r.t.
1 x 1 x2
[Roorkee 1984]
cos1 (x 2 ) is
1 x
(a) (b) [RPET 1996]
2 x 1x 1 1
(a) (b) 
(c) 1 (d) None of these 2 2
28. The differential coefficient of tan 1
2x
w.r.t. (c) 1 (d) 0
1  x2 
 1  x 1

2
du
2x 37. If u  tan 1  1
 and v  2 tan x , then
sin1 is [Roorkee 1966; BIT Ranchi 1996;
1 x2 

x 

dv
Karnataka CET 1994; is equal to [RPET 1997]
MP PET 1999; UPSEAT 1999, 2001]
(a) 4 (b) 1
(a) 1 (b) – 1
(c) 1/4 (d) –1/4
(c) 0 (d) None of these
 2x  1 
1  x

2
29. Differential coefficient of sin1 x w.r.t cos 1 1  x 2 is 38. The derivative of sin1   w.r.t. cos 
1  x 
2 1  x2 
[MNR 1983; AMU 2002]  
1 is
(a) 1 (b) [Karnataka CET 2000; Pb. CET 2004]
1 x2
(c) 2 (d) None of these (a) –1 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 4
tan 1 x
30. Differential coefficient of w.r.t. tan 1 x 39. The derivative of sin x with respect to cos 2 x is
2
1  tan 1 x
[DCE 2002]
is
1 1
(a) tan 2 x (b) tan x
(a) (b) (c)  tan x (d) None of these
1  tan 1 x 1  tan x 1

1  x
(c)
1
(d) 40. Differential coefficient of tan 1   w.r.t
2
2 (1  tan 1 x )2 1  1  x2 
(1  tan 1 x )  
 1  x2 1 sin1 x , is
31. The differential coefficient of tan 1  
[Kurukshetra CEE 2002]
 x 
  1
(a) (b) 1
with respect to tan 1 x is [Kurukshetra CEE 1998; 2
RPET 1999] 3
1 1 (c) 2 (d)
(a) (b)  2
2 2

1x  2  1  3x   2 
(c) 1 (d) None of these 41. The derivative of cos 1  2 
w.r.t. cot 1  2 
 1  x   xx 
3
32. The differential coefficient of tan 1 x with
is
respect to x is [Karnataka CET 2003]
[MP PET 1987]
3
1 1 (a) 1 (b)
(a) (b) 2
1 x 2x 1  x
2 1
1 1 (c) (d)
(c) (d) 3 2
2 x (1  x ) 1 x 3
42. The differential of e x with respect to log x is
33. Differential coefficient of x 3
with respect to x 2
[Karnataka CET 2002]
is x3 3
(a) e (b) 3 x e x 2
 (c) 3 x 3 e x
3
(d) 3 x 2 e x  3 x 2
3
(c) me mx (m 2 x 2  2mx  2) (d) None of these
43. The 2 nd derivative of a sin3 t with respect to d 2y
54. If y  ae mx  be mx , then  m 2 y  [MP PET 1987]
 dx 2
a cos 3 t at t  is [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
4 (a) m 2 (ae mx  be mx ) (b) 1
(a)
4 2
(b) 2 (c) 0 (d) None of these
3a 55. If y  (x 2  1)m , then the (2m )th differential
1 coefficient of y is
(c) (d) None of these
12a [MP PET 1987]
44. The differential coefficient of f (sin x ) with respect (a) m (b) (2m )!
to x, where f (x )  log x , is (c) 2m (d) m!
[Karnataka CET 2004]
d 2y
(a) tan x (b) cot x 56. If y  ax n1  bx n , then x 2  [Karnataka CET
dx 2
(c) f (cos x ) (d) 1 / x 1993]
45. If y  sin x sin3 x, then y n  (a) n (n  1)y (b) n (n  1)y
1      (c) ny (d) n 2 y
(a) cos 2 x  n   cos 4 x  n 
2  2  2 
57. If y  a  bx 2 ; a, b arbitrary constants, then
1  n      [EAMCET 1994]
(b) 2 cos 2 x  n   4 cos 4 x  n 
n
2   2  2  d 2y d 2y dy
(a)  2 xy (b) x 
1  n   n    dx 2 dx 2 dx
(c) 4 cos 4 x  n   2 cos 2 x  n 
   2  2
2  2 d y dy d 2y
(c) x  y 0 (d) x  2 xy
(d) None of these dx 2 dx dx 2
46. n th derivative of x n 1 is d 20 y
58. (2 cos x cos 3 x ) = [EAMCET 1994]
(a) (n  1)! x (b) (n  1)! dx 20
(c) n! x (d) n! (a) 2 20 (cos 2 x  2 20 cos 4 x ) (b) 2 20 (cos 2 x  2 20 cos 4 x )
47. If y  a0  a1 x  a 2 x  .....  an x n , then y n 
2
(c) 2 20 (sin2 x  2 20 sin4 x ) (d) 2 20 (sin2 x  2 20 sin4 x )
(a) n! (b) n! an x 59. If y  sin2   cos 2 (   )  2 sin sin  cos(   ) , then
(c) n! an (d) None of these d 3y
is, (keeping  as constant)
d 2y d 3
48. If y  A cos nx  B sinnx, then 
dx 2 sin3 (   )
[Karnataka CET 1996]
(a) (b) cos(  3  )
cos 
(a) n 2 y (b) y (c) 0 (d) None of these
(c)  n y 2
(d) None of these  x 
2
3 d y
60. If y  x log  , then x 
dn 2x  a  bx  dx 2
49. (e  e  2 x ) 
dx n [WB JEE 1991; Roorkee 1976]
2 x 2 x 2
(a) e 2x
 (1) e n
(b) 2 (e n 2x
e ) dy  dy 
(a) x y (b)  x  y
(c) 2n [e 2 x  (1)n e 2 x ] (d) None of these dx  dx 
2
50.
1
If x  log p and y  , then dy  dy 
(c) y x (d)  y  x
p dx  dx 
d 2y d 2y d 2y
(a)  2p  0 (b) y 0 61. If e y  xy  e , then the value of for x  0 , is
dx 2 dx 2 dx 2
d 2 y dy d 2 y dy [Kurukshetra CEE 2002]
(c)  0 (d)  0
dx 2 dx dx 2 dx 1 1
(a) (b)
51. If f (x )  a sin(logx ) , then x f "(x )  xf '(x ) 
2 e e2
1
(a) f (x ) (b)  f (x ) (c) (d) None of these
e3
(c) 0 (d) 1
62. If f be a polynomial, then the second derivative
1 d 2y
52. If y  e tan x
, then (1  x 2 )  of f (e x ) is
dx 2 [Karnataka CET 1999]
dy dy
(a) (1  2 x ) (b)  2x (a) f (e ) x
(b) f  (e x ) e x  f (e x )
dx dx
dy (c) f  (e x )e 2 x  f (e x ) (d) f  (e x )e 2 x  f  (e x ) e x
(c)  x (d) 0
dx d2x
63. If y  sin x  e x , then 
d 3y dy 2
53. If y  x 2 e mx , where m is a constant, then 
dx 3 [Karnataka CET 1999;
[MP PET 1987]
(a) me mx (m 2 x 2  6mx  6) (b) 2m 3 xe mx
 UPSEAT 2001; Kurukshetra CEE 2002] 73. The nth derivative of xe x vanishes when [AMU
x 1 sin x  e x
1999]
(a) ( sin x  e ) (b)
(cos x  e x )2 (a) x  0 (b) x  1
(c) x  n (d) x  n
sin x  e x
sin x  e x
(c) (d) d2
(cos x  e x )3 (cos x  e x )3 74. (2 cos x cos 3 x )  [RPET 2003]
dx 2
64. If y  x logloge (1  x ) , then y  (0) equals [AMU 1999]
3
(a) 2 2 (cos 2 x  2 2 cos 4 x ) (b) 2 2 (cos 2 x  2 2 cos 4 x )
(a) 0 (b) – 1
(c) 2 2 ( cos 2 x  2 2 cos 4 x ) (d)  2 2 (cos 2 x  2 2 cos 4 x )
(c) 6 log e 2 (d) 6
x2 x3 x4 d 2y
d2x 75. If y  1  x     ....., then 
65. is equal to [AMU 2001] 2! 3! 4! dx 2
dy 2 [Karnataka CET 2003]

(a)
1
(b)
d 2
y / dx 2
 (a) x (b) x
(dy / dx )2 dy / dx 2 (c) y (d) y

(c)
d 2y
(d)
 d 2
y / dx 2  76. If f (x ) is a differentiable function and f (0)  a
2 f (x )  3 f (2 x )  f (4 x )
dx 2 dy / dx  2
then lim is
x 0 x2
66. A curve is given by the equations
[Orissa JEE 2004]
1 1
x  a cos   b cos 2 , y  a sin  b sin2 , then the (a) 3a (b) 2a
2 2
(c) 5a (d) 4a
d 2y
points for which  0, is given by d2x
dx 2 77. If x  A cos 4 t  B sin4 t ,then 
dt 2
[Kurukshetra CEE 2002]
[Karnataka CET 2004]
2a 2  b 2 3 a 2  2b 2 (a) – 16x (b) 16 x
(a) sin  (b) tan  
5 ab 4 ab (c) x (d) – x
(c) cos  

 a 2  2b 2  (d) cos 
a 2
 2b 2    e 
3 ab 3 ab  log 2  
   3  2 log x  d ny
78. If f (x )  tan 1   x 2    tan 1   , then
 1  6 log x 
n
d 2y
If y   x  1  x 2  , then (1  x 2 ) dx n
dy  log(ex ) 
67. x is
  dx 2
dx 
 

[AIEEE 2002] is (n  1)
(a) n y2
(b)  n y 2
(a) tan 1 {(log x )n } (b) 0
(c) y (d) 2 x y 2
1
68. f (x ) and g(x ) are two differentiable function on
(c) (d) None of these
2
[0, 2] such that f "(x )  g"(x )  0, f '(1)  2, g'(1)  4 , 79. If fn (x ) , gn (x ) , hn (x ), n  1, 2, 3 are polynomials in x
f (2)  3 , g(2)  9, then f (x )  g(x ) at x  3 / 2 is such that fn (a)  g n (a)  hn (a), n  1,2,3 and
[AIEEE 2002]
f1 (x ) f2 (x ) f3 ( x )
(a) 0 (b) 2
F(x )  g 1 (x ) g 2 (x ) g 3 (x ) . Then F(a) is equal to
(c) 10 (d) – 5
h1 (x ) h 2 (x ) h 3 (x )
69. If y  ae x  be  x  c where a, b, c are parameters
then y   [EAMCET 2002] (a) 0 (b) f1 (a)g 2 (a)h3 (a)
(a) y (b) y' (c) 1 (d) None of these
(c) 0 (d) y" x 3
sin x cos x
70. If y  a cos(log x )  b sin(log x ) where a, b are 80. Let f (x )  6 1 0 , where p is a constant.
parameters then x y   xy   2 p p2 p3
[EAMCET 2002] d3
(a) y (b) y Then f (x ) at x  0 is
dx 3
(c) 2y (d) 2y [IIT 1997 Cancelled]

d u2 (a) p (b) p  p 2
71. If u  x 2  y 2 and x  s  3 t, y  2 s  t, then 
ds 2 (c) p  p 3 (d) Independent of p
[Orissa JEE 2002]
x3 x 2 3x 2
(a) 12 (b) 32
(c) 36 (d) 10 81. f (x )  1 6 4 , here p is a constant, then
p p2 p3
dn
72. (log x ) = [RPET 2002]
dx n d 3 f (x )
is
(n  1)! n! dx 3
(a) (b)
xn xn [DCE 2000]
(n  2)! (n  1)! (a) Proportional to x 2
(b) Proportional to x
(c) (d) (1)n 1
xn xn (c) Proportional to x 3 (d) A constant
82. If y  sin px and y n is the nth derivative of y, then
y y1 y2
y3 y4 y5 is equal to [AMU 2002]
y6 y7 y8
(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) – 1 (d) None of these
d 2y
83. If y 2  ax 2  bx  c , then y 3 is [DCE 1999]
dx 2
(a) A constant (b) A function of x only
(c) A function of y only (d) A function of x and y
d 2y
84. If y  a x .b 2 x 1 , then is
dx 2
[Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
(a) y 2 . log ab2 (b) y. log ab2
(c) y 2 (d) y.(log a2b)2
(e) y.(log ab2 )2
Differentiation of implicit function, Parametric and
Composite functions, Logarithmic differentiation,
Differentiation of infinite series
1 c 2 b 3 a 4 c 5 c
6 d 7 a 8 c 9 d 10 a
11 c 12 b 13 c 14 a 15 b
16 a 17 a 18 a 19 c 20 b
21 c 22 a 23 c 24 d 25 b
26 a 27 a 28 a 29 b 30 b
31 b 32 c 33 c 34 a 35 c
36 d 37 a 38 a 39 b 40 d
41 d 42 b 43 a 44 d 45 c
46 c 47 a 48 a 49 a 50 b
51 a 52 a 53 b 54 b 55 b
56 a 57 a 58 c 59 c 60 a
61 a 62 a 63 c 64 d 65 a
66 a 67 b 68 c 69 a 70 b
71 a 72 b 73 a 74 c 75 a
76 d 77 c 78 c 79 a 80 c
81 b 82 c 83 d 84 c 85 c

Differentiation by substitution, Higher

1 a 2 b 3 d 4 c 5 c
6 a 7 d 8 c 9 b 10 b
11 c 12 d 13 c 14 a 15 d
16 c 17 b 18 a 19 b 20 b
21 a 22 c 23 c 24 c 25 c
26 b 27 d 28 a 29 a 30 c
31 a 32 d 33 b 34 b 35 d
36 a 37 c 38 b 39 d 40 a
41 c 42 c 43 a 44 b 45 b
46 a 47 c 48 c 49 c 50 c
51 b 52 a 53 a 54 c 55 b
56 b 57 b 58 b 59 c 60 b
61 b 62 d 63 c 64 a 65 d
66 c 67 a 68 d 69 b 70 b
71 d 72 d 73 c 74 d 75 d
76 a 77 a 78 b 79 a 80 d
81 d 82 b 83 a 84 e