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NTA NET/JRF DEC 2020

Section: MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
Chapter: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (2nd Order ODE)
Daily Practice Problem (DPP) Sheet - 2

1. Solve the differential equations:

d2y dy dy
(i) 2  5  6 y  0 given that y (0)  1, 0 [Ans. y  2e3 x  3e 2 x ]
dx dx dx x 0

d2y dy dy 3 x  7 
(ii) 2  6  13 y  0 given that y (0)  2, 1 [Ans. y  e  2 cos 2 x  sin 2 x  ]
dx dx dx x 0  2 

d2y dy dy
(iii) 2
 8  16 y  0 given that y (0)  1, 2 [Ans. y  1  2 x  e 4 x ]
dx dx dx x 0

d2y dy dy x  1 
(iv) 2  2  17 y  0 given that y (0)  1, 0 [Ans. y  e  cos 4 x  sin 4 x  ]
dx dx dx   4 
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d3y d2 y dy
(v) 3
 2  4  4 y  0 given that y  0   0, y '  0   0, y "  0   5
dx dx dx
1
[Ans. e x  cos 2 x  sin 2 x ]
2
d3y d2y dy
(vi) 3  6 2  11  6 y  0 given that y  0   0, y '  0   1, y ''  0   1
dx dx dx
[Ans. 2e x  3e 2 x  e 3 x ]

2t d2y dy
2. If y  e is a solution to 2  5  ky  0 , what is the value of k?
dt dt
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) – 6 (d) 0

d 2z dz
3. The general solution to 2  6  9z  0 is z. Which of the following options are correct? (where A and B
dt dt
are arbitary constants)

(a) As t  , z  A for any value of B

(b) The behaviour of z as t   depends on A, B

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(c) As t  , z  0 for any value of A and B

(d) As t  , z   for any value of A and B

4. The solution of the differential equation y ''  4 y  0 subjected to the condition y  0   1, y '  0   2 is

1 1
(a) sin 2 x  cos 2 x (b) sin 2 x  cos 2 x (c) sin 2 x  cos 2 x (d) sin 2 x  cos 2 x
2 2
d 2 x dx
5. The solution of the differential equation   2x  0 , which satisfies x  0   3 and does not blow up
dt 2 dt
as t   , will be
2 t t
(a) x  3e t (b) 4 e 2 t  et  x (c) x  3 e 2 t (d) x  2 e  e

d 5 y 3d 4 y 3d 3 y d 2 y
6. The general solution of the differential equation 5    2  0 is
dx dx 4 dx3 dx
(a) c1  c2 x   c3  c4 x  c5 x 2  e x (b) c1 x  c2 x 2  c3e x  c4e 2 x  c5e3 x

(c)  c1  c2  c3  c4  c5  e x (d) None of these

d2y dy
7. The solution of the ordinary differential equation 2
 p  qy  0 is y  C1e x  C2 e 3 x . The value of p
dx dx
and q are respectively
(a) 3, 3 (b) 3, 4 (c) 4, 3 (d) 4, 4
d 2n  x  n  x 
8. A function n(x) satisfies the differential equation  2  0 , where L is a constant and subjected to
dx 2 L
the conditions n  0   K and n     0 . The solution of the equation will be

(a) n  x   Ke x / L (b) n  x   Ke  x / L (c) n  x   Ke  x / L

(d) n  x   Ke x / L

d 2u du
9. The solution to the differential equation 2
k , where k is constant, subjected to the boundary
dx dx
conditions u  0   0, u  L   u0 , is

x  1  e kx   1  e kx   1  e kx 
(a) u  u0 (b) u  u0  kL  (c) u  u0   kL  (d) u  u0  kL 
L 1 e  1 e  1 e 

d2y dy
10. Consider the differential equation: 2  y  0 with initial conditions y  0   1, dt  1 for t  0 . The
dt t 0

solution attains a maximum for t equal to

 
(a) t  (b) t  (c) t  0 (d) t  
4 2
d2y
11. The differential equation  y  0 satisfying the conditions y  0   1, y     0 , has
dx 2

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(a) a unique solution (b) infinite no.of solutions

(c) no solution (d) none of these
12. Solve the differential equations:
d 2 y dy 1 3x 1  x
(i) 2
  6 y  ex cosh2 x [Ans. y  c1e 3 x  c2e 2 x  xe  e ]
dx dx 10 8
d2y dy 1 x 1 x
(ii) 2  2  2 y  sinh x [Ans. y  e  x  c1 cos x  c2 sin x   e  e ]
dx dx 10 2

d2y g g g
(iii) 2  y  L given that y  0   a, y '  0   0 [Ans. y   a  L  cos xL]
dx l l l
[Ans. y   c1  c2 x  c3 x 2  e x  2e3 x ]
3
(iv)  D  1 y  16e3 x

d2y dy 2
3
 x  23 23  1
(v) 2 2  3  4 y  x  2 x [Ans. y  e 4
 c1 cos x  c2 sin x   8 x 2  28 x  13 ]
dx dx  4 4  32

d 2 y dy x3
(vi) 2   x2  2x  4 x
[Ans. y  c1  c2 e   4x ]
dx dx 3

d2y 2 a2 R R  sin ax 
(vii) 2
 a y   l  x  given that y  0   0, y '
 0   0 [Ans. y  
p a
 l cos ax  l  x  ]
dx p 

d2y 1 x
(viii) 2  4 y  2cos x cos3x [Ans. y  c1 cos 2 x  c2 sin 2 x  cos 4 x  sin 4 x ]
dx 12 4
d3y 2 x x
(ix) 3  y  cos    e
dx 2
 
x
x
 3 3  1 1 1
[Ans. y  c e  e 2
 c2 cos x  c3 sin x     cos x  sin x   xe  x ]
2  2 4
1
 2 3

d2y dy x5
(x) 2
 4  4 y  x3 e2 x 2x
[Ans. y   c1  c2 x  e  e
2x
]
dx dx 20

d2 y dy x
(xi) 2  2  y  x e sin x [Ans. y   c1  c2 x  e x  e x  x sin x  2 cos x  ]
dx dx
d3y d2y dy e2 x
(xii) 3
 7 2
 10  e2 x sin x [Ans. sin x  7 cos x ]
dx dx dx 50

d2 y
2 dy c2  ln x  4
(xiii) x 2
 2 x  4 y  x4 4
[Ans. y  c1x   x ]
dx dx x 5

d2y dy 1
(xiv) x
2
dx 2
 x
dx

 y  sin ln x 2  [Ans. y  c1 cos  ln x   c2 sin  ln x   sin  ln x  ]
3
2

13. The particular integral of the differential equation y " y ' 3 y  5cos  2 x  3 is:

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(a) 2 cos  2 x  3  sin  2 x  3 (b) 2sin  2 x  3  cos  2 x  3

(c) sin  2 x  3  2 cos  2 x  3 (d) 2sin  2 x  3  cos  2 x  3

d4y
14. The particular integral of  y  cos x cosh x is:
dx4
1 1 1 1
(a) y   sinh x cos x (b) y   cosh x cos x (c) y   sinh x sin x (d) y   cosh x sin x
5 5 5 5
15. If e4 x V  x  is the particular integral of the following differential equation

d2y dy
2
 8  16 y   2 x  11x10  21x 20  e4 x
dx dx
Then the V  x  will be of the form

(a) Ax  Bx10  Cx 20 (b)  Ax 2  Bx11  Cx 21  (c)  Ax 3  Bx12  Cx 22  (d) none of these

2 d2y dy
16. Consider the differential equation x 2
 x  4 y with boundary conditions y  0   0 and
dx dx
y 1  1 . The complete solution of the differential equation will be
(a) x 2 (b) x 3 (c) x (d) x 2

d 2 y 1  cos3 x
17. Find the general solution of differential equation 
dx2 cos2 x
(a) y  tan x  sec x  C (b) y  n cos x  sin x  D
(c) y  tan x sec x  cos x  Cx  D (d) y  n cos x  cos x  Cx  D
18. The general solution of differential equation 4 x 2 y " 8 xy ' 9 y  0 is:

(a) C1 e5 x /2  C2 e 3 x /2 (b) C1 e3 x /2  C2 e 3 x /2
3 3 3
(c)  C1  C2 log x  x 2 (d) C1 x 2  C2 x 2

2
d 2 y  dy 
19. The general solution of the differential equation 2    is
dx  dx 

(a) x  c1e  y  c2 e y (b) x  c1e y  c2 (c) x  c1e  y  c2 (d) x  c1e y  c2 y

Answer Key

2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (b)

9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (c) 13. ( ) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (a)

17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (c)

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