 Single Choice Questions

(2 x) ln 2  (3 y ) ln 3
1. Let ( x0 , y0 ) be the solutions of the following equations : Then x0 is
3ln x  2 ln y
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 6
6 3 2
2. Let f be an injective map with domain {x, y, z} and range {1, 2, 3} such that exactly one of the three
statements is correct and the remaining two are false f(x)  1, f( y)  1, f(z)  2 , then value of f 1 (1) is
(a) x (b) y (c) z (d) none
3. The function f(x) = |px – q| + r|x|, x  (–,) where p > 0, q > 0, r > 0 assumes its minimum value
only on one point if
(a) p  q (b) r  q (c) r  p (d) p = q = r
4. The function f :[0, 3] [1, 29] , defined by f ( x)  2 x 15x  36 x  1, is
3 2

(a) one – one and onto (b) onto but not one – one
(c) one – one but not onto (d) neither one – one nor onto

5. The number of points in (-,) for which x 2  x sin x  cos x  0, is

(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 0
2 2
  x    x 
6. If F(x)=  f      g    where f”(x)=–f(x) and g(x)=f’(x) and given that F(5)=5, then F(10) is
  2    2 
equal to
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 15
2
 x  3 d y
7. If y  x log , then x equals to
 a  bx  dx 2
2 2
dy  dy  dy  dy 
(a) x y (b)  x  y (c) y x (d)  y  x
dx  dx  dx  dx 
d  3 d 2 y 
8. If y 2  P( x), a polynomial of degree 3, then 2 y equals
dx  dx 2 
(a) p' ' ' ( x)  P' ( x) (b) p' ' ( x) p' ' ' ( x) (c) p( x) p' ' ' ( x) (d) a constant
9. Let g ( x)  log f ( x) where f (x) is twice differentiable positive function on (0 , ) such that
 1 1
f ( x  1)  x f ( x) . Then, for N 1, 2, ,3,....... g ' '  N    g ' '   
 2 2

 1 1 1 
 
 1 1 1 

(a)  41    ,......   (b) 41    ,......  

 9 25 (2 N  1) 2 
 
 9 25 (2 N  1) 2 


 1 1 1 
 
 1 1 1 

(c)  41    ,......   (d) 41    ,......  
2 2
 9 25
 (2 N  1)   9 25
 (2 N  1) 

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(1 cos 2 x)
10. The value of lim 2
x0 x
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these
x
11. The integer n for which lim (cos x 1) (cos x  e ) is a finite non – zero number is
x 0 xn
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
( x  1)n
12. Let g(x) = g( x )  ; 0  x  2 , m and n are integers, m  0, n > 0 and let p be the left hand
log cos m ( x  1)
derivative of x  1 at x = 1. If lim g(x) = p, then
x 1

(a) n = 1, m = 1 (b) n = 1, m = - 1 (c) n = 2, m = 2 (d) n > 2, m = n

 x2  x  1 
13. If lim   ax  b   4, then
x 
 x1 
(a) a = 1, b = 4 (b) a = 1, b = - 4 (c) a = 2, b = - 3 (d) a = 2, b = 3
14. Let (a) and (a) be the roots of the equation ( 1  a  1) x  ( 1  a  1) x  (6 1  a  1)  0, where a >
3 2

-1. Then, lim  (a) lim  (a) are

a0 a0

5 1 7 9
(a)  and1 (b)  and  1 (c)  and2 (d)  and 3
2 2 2 2
 tan 1x if | x |  1

15. The domain of the derivative of the function  1 is.
 ( | x | 1) if | x |  1
2
(a) R – {0} (b) R – {1} (c) R – {–1} (d) R – {–1, 1}
16. Let f : [-2a, 2a]→R is an odd function such that f(x) = f(2a -x) for x [a, 2a] & the left hand derivative
at x = a is zero. Then left hand derivative at x = -a will be
(a) (a) (b) – a (c) 0 (d) D.N.E.
 2 
x cos , x  0 , x  R ,
17. Let f(x) =  x then f is
 0, x0

(a) differentiable both at x = 0 and at x = 2
(b) differentiable at x = 0 but not differentiable at x = 2
(c) not differentiable at x = 0 but differentiable at x = 2
(d) differentiable neither at x = 0 nor at x = 2
18. The number of real roots of the equation 5 |2 x  1| 2 x ( 2 x  2) is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
19. The sum of the solution of the equation x  2  x ( x  4)  2  0, (x  0) is equal to:
(a) 9 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) 12
20. x x x x
Let S be the set of all real roots of the equation , 3 ( 3  1)  2 |3  1||3  2|. Then S :
(a) is a singleton (b) contains at least elements
(c) contains exactly two elements (d) is an empty set.
21. The number of real roots of the equations , e  e  4e 2x  e x  1  0 is :
4x 3x

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2

22. The number of real of the equation e  2e  e  6  0 is
4x 3x x

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 0

23. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then, the value of x  R satisfying the
2
equation ex   ex  1  3  0 lie in the interval ;
(a) [ 0 , 1/e) (b) [1, e) (c) [loge 2, loge e) (d) [0, loge 2)
2
24. The number of real roots of the equations e6x  e4x  2e3x 12e2x  ex 1  0 is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 6 (d) 4
1 / 2 x  log x  log x  ... is 460, then x is
25. If the sum of the first 20 terms of the series log 1 /3 1/4
(7 ) (7 ) (7 )
equal to :
2 46 /21 2 1 /2
(a) e (b) 7 (c) 7 (d) 7
x
26. The sum of the roots of the equation x  1  2log 2 (3  2 )  2log 4 (10  2 )  0 , is :
x

(a) log 2 14 (b) log 2 11 (c) log 2 12 (d) log 2 13

27. If a R and the equation  3 ( x  [ x]) 2  2( x  [ x] )  a 2  0 (where [x] denotes the greatest integer
k  x) has no integral solution, then all possible values of a lie in the interval
(a) (  1, 0 )  ( 0 ,1) (b) (1, 2) (c) ( -2, -1) (d) (  ,  2)  ( 2, )
x x
 3 4
28. If f ( x)        1 , x  R , then the equation f ( x)  0 has ;
5 5
(a) no solution (b) one solution
(c) two solutions (d) more than two solutions
d2y dy
29. If y  ( x  1  x 2 ) n , then (1  x 2 ) x is
dx 2 dx
(a) n 2 y (b)  n 2 y (c)  y (d) 2 x 2 y
30. For x  R, f ( x)  | log 2  sin x | and g ( x)  f ( f ( x)), then :
(a) g is not differentiable at x = 0 (b) g ' (0)  cos (log 2)
(c) g ' (0)   cos ( log 2) (d) g is differentiable at x = 0 and
g ' (0)   sin (log 2)
15 15
    d2y dy
31. If y   x  x 2  1   x  x 2  1 , then ( x 2  1) x is equal to :
    2 dx
dx
(a) 125 y (b) 224 y 2 (c) 225 y 2 (d) 225 y
2
d y
32. If x 2  y 2  sin y  4 , then the value of 2 at the point (-2, 0) is:
dx
(a) -34 (b) -32 (c) 4 (d) – 2
33. Let f be a polynomial function such that f (3x)  f ' ( x) . f ' ' ( x) , for all x  R . Then :
(a) f (2)  f ' (2)  28 (b) f ' ' (2)  f ' (2)  0
(c) f ' ' (2)  f (2)  4 (d) f (2)  f ' (2)  f ' ' (2) 10
 tan   cot  
34. If y ()  2   1 ,   3 ,   , then dy at   5 is :
 1  tan 2   sin 2   4  d 6
 
4 1
(a) (b) 4 (c) 4 (d) 
3 4
35.    
Let f (x)  sin tan 1 x  sin cot 1 x 2  1 , |x| 1. If dy 1 d

dx 2 dx

sin 1  f ( x) and y   3  6 , then y  3  is
equal to :
2  5 
(a) (b)  (c) (d)
3 6 6 3
36. Let f : S  S where S  ( 0, ) be a twice differentiable functions such that f(x  1)  xf(x) . If g : S  R
be defined as g( x)  log e f( x) , then the value of |g"(5)  g"(1)| is equal to :
205 197 187
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
144 144 144

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37. Let f (x)  cos  2 tan 1 sin  cot 1   , 0  x 1. Then :
  x  
 
(a) (1  x)2 f '(x)  2(f (x))2  0 (b) (1  x)2 f '(x)  2(f (x)) 2  0
(c) (1  x)2 f '(x)  2(f (x))2  0 (d) (1  x)2 f '(x)  2(f (x)) 2  0
f (3x) f (2 x)
38. Let f : R  R be a positive increasing function with lim 1. Then lim 
x  f ( x) x   f ( x)
2 3
(a) (b) (c) 3 (d) 1
3 2
39. Let f (x)  5 |x  2| and g(x) |x  1|, x  R. If f (x) attain maximum value at  and g(x) attains
( x  1) ( x 2  5x  6)
minimum value at  , then lim is equal to :
x    x 2  6x  8
3 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
x  2 sin x
40. lim is
x 0 x 2  2 sin x  1  sin 2 x  x  1
(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 1
41. For each tR , let [t] be the greatest integer less than or equal to t. Then ,
 
(1 | x |  sin|1  x |)sin  [1 x] 
 2 
lim
x 1 |1 x |[1  x]
(a) equals -1 (b) equals 1 (c) does not exist (d) equals 0
1
 1 f (3  x)  f (3)  x
42. Let f : R  R be a differentiable function satisfying f ' ' (3)  f ' (2)  0. Then lim   is equal
x  1 f (2  x)  f (2)
 
to :
(a) e 2 (b) 1 (c) e (d) e 1
43. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then: -
tan (  sin 2 x)  (| x |  sin ( x [x])) 2
lim
x 0 x2
(a) equals  (b) equals 0 (c) equals  1 (d) does not exist
  2sin 1 x
44. lim is equal to :
x 1 1 x

1  2
(a) (b) (c) (d) 
2 2 
1  x |x|
45. Let [t] denote the greatest integer  t . If for some  R  { 0, 1}, lim  L , then L is equal to.
x 0   x  [ x ]
1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d) 0
2
2 1 cos(p(x))
46. If  is the positive root of the equation, p(x) = x  x  2  0 , then lim is equal to :
x  x   4
3 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
 ( 1  x 2  x 4  1) / x 
x e  1
 
47. lim  
x 0 2 4
1 x  x 1
(a) does not exist (b) is equal to 1 (c) is equal to e (d) is equal to 0

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 bx  c)
e2(x 1  2 (x 2  bx  c)
48. If ,  are the distinct roots of x 2  bx  c  0 , then lim is equal to :
x  (x  )2
(a) b2  4c (b) 2(b2  4c) (c) 2(b2  4c) (d) b2  4c
49. A real valued function f (x) satisfies the functional equation f ( x  y)  f ( x) f ( y)  f (a  x) f (a  y)
where a is a given constant and f (0) 1, f (2a  x) is equal to
(a)  f (x) (b) f (x) (c) f (a)  f (a  x) (d) f ( x)
1
50. If f ( x)  2 f    3x , x  0, and S  x R : f ( x)  f ( x)  ; then S:
 x
(a) is an empty set . (b) contains exactly one element .
(c) contains exactly two elements (d) contains more than two elements
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51. For x R , x  0, x 1, let f 0 ( x)  and f n 1 ( x)  f 0 ( f n ( x) ), n  0 ,1,2,.... then the value of
1 x
2 3
f100 (3)  f1    f 2   is equal to :
3 2
8 5 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3
52. Let M and m be respectively the absolute maximum and the absolute minimum values of the
function, f (x)  2x 3  9x 2  12 x  5 in the interval [0, 3] . The M –m is equal to :
(a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 4 (d) 1
53. For x  R , let [x ] denote the greatest integer x , then the sum of the series
 1  1 1   1 2   1 99 
      
3   3 100   3 100 
 ......  
 3 100 
(a) – 135 (b) – 153 (c) -133 (d) -131
1 1
54. For x R  P 0,1} , let f1 (x)  , f 2 (x) 1  x and f 3 (x)  be three given functions. If a function, J (x)
x 1 x
satisfies (f2oJof1)(x)  f3 (x) then J (x) is equal to :
1
(a) f 3 (x) (b) f1 (x) (c) f 2 (x) (d) f 3 (x)
x
55. Let f (x)  ax ( a  0) be written as f (x)  f 1 (x)  f 2 (x) , where f 1 (x ) is an even function and f 2 (x ) is an
odd function. Then f 1 ( x  y )  f 1 (x  y ) equals

(a) 2 f 1 (x) f 2 ( y ) (b) 2 f 1 ( x) f 1 ( y ) (c) 2 f 1 (x  y ) f 2 (x  y ) (d) 2 f 1 (x  y ) f 1 (x  y )

56. Let f (x)  log e (sin x) , (0  x  ) and g(x)  sin 1 ( e x ) , (x  0 ) . If  is a positive real number such that
a  ( fog )' () and b  ( fog ) (), then
(a) a2  b  a  22 (b) a2  b  a  0 (c) a 2  b  a  1 (d) a2  b  a  0
x[ x ]
57. Let f : (1,3)  R be a function defined by f ( x )  , where [x] denotes the greatest integer  x . Then
1  x2
the range of f is :
2 1 3 4 1 4 3 4 2 3 3 4
(a)  ,    ,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d)  ,    , 
 5 2   5 5  5 5 5 5  5 5  4 5 
x
5  1   2   3   39 
58. A function f( x) is given by f( x)  , then the sum of the series f    f    f    .....  f  
x  20   20   20   20 
5 5
is equal to :
49 39 19 29
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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59. Let f( x)  sin x and g( x)  . If g( 2 )  lim g( x), then the domain of the function fog is :
2 x2
2x  x  6
 4   3 
(a) (  ,  2 ]   ,   (b) (  ,  2 ]   ,  
 3   2 
(c) (,  1]  2 ,  (d) (   ,  2]  [  1, )

60. If f(x  y)  f(x) f( y) and  f( x)  2 , x , y N , where N is the set of all natural numbers, then the
x 1
f( 4)
value of is :
f( 2 )
2 1 1 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 9 9
ax
61. For a suitably chosen real constant a, let a function, f : R  {  a}  R be defined by f( x)  . Further
ax
 1
suppose that for any real number x  a and f( x)   a , ( fof) (x)  x . Then f    is equal to :
 2
1 1
(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) (d) 
3 3
cos 1 x 2  x  1
62. If the domain of the function f (x)  is the interval (, ] , then    is equal to :
 2x  1 
sin 1  
 2 
3 1
(a) 2 (b) (c) (d) 1
2 2
 (1) n n 100
63. If [x] be the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then   2  is equal to :
n 8  
(a) -2 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 0
64. Let g:N  N defined as g(3n  1)  3n  2 , g(3n  2)  3n  3 , g(3n  3)  3n  1 , for all n  0 .
Then which of the following statements is true?
(a) gogog = g (b) There exists a function f :N  N such that gof=f
(c) There exists a one-one function f :N  N such that fog = f
(d) There exists an onto function f :N  N such that fog=f
65. Let [x] denote the greatest integer  x , where x  R . If the domain of the real valued function
[| x |]  2
f (x)  is (, a) [b, c] [4, ), a  b  c , then the value of a + b + c is :
[| x |]  3
(a) 1 (b) -2 (c) 8 (d) – 3
  5x  3
66. Let f :R     R be defined by f (x)  . Then the value of a for which (f0f) (x) = x, for all
6 6x  
 
x  R    , is :
6
(a) No such  exists (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 5
|x|
67. Let S  {t  R : f (x) |x  |.(e  1) sin|x| is not differentiable at t}. Then the set S is equal to:
(a) {} (b) 0,  (c)  (an empty set ) (d) 0
68.  t

Let S  ( , )R  R : f (t )  (  e  ) sin (2 t ) , t R, is a differentiable function . Then S is a subset of :
(a) R [ 0, ) (b) [0, ) R (c) R  (  , 0) (d) ( , 0)  R
69. Let f (x)  15 |x  10|; x  R . then the set of all values of x, at which the function , g(x)  f ( f (x)) is not
differentiable, is :
(a) { 5, 10, 15} (b) { 10} (c) { 5, 10, 15, 20} (d) {10, 15}

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 max {| x | , x 2 } , | x | 2
70. Let f (x)   Let S be the set of points in the interval (-4,4) at which f is not
 8  2 | x | , 2 | x | 4
differentiable. Then S :
(a) is an empty set (b) equals { -2, -1 , 1, 2}
(c) equals { -2, -1, 0 , 1,2} (d) equals {-2, 2}
 
71. Let f : (  1,1)  R be a function defined by f (x)  max  | x | ,  1  x 2  . If K be the set of all points at
 
which f is not differentiable, then K has exactly :
(a) Three elements (b) One element (c) Five elements (d) Two elements
 2
k ( x  )  1, x  
72. If the function f( x)   1 is twice differentiable , then the ordered pair ( k 1 , k 2 ) is

 k 2
cos x , x  
equal to :
1 1
(a)  ,  1  (b)  , 1  (c) (1,0) (d) (1,1)
2  2 

 sin ( a  2 ) x  sin x ; x  0
 x
73. If f ( x )   b ;x0 is continuous at x  0 , then a  2b is equal to :
 ( x  3 x 2 )1 / 3  x 1 / 3
 ;x 0
 x4 /3
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) -2
74. If a function f(x) defined by
aex  be  x ,  1  x  1

 2
f( x)   cx , 1 x 3
 2
 ax  2 cx , 3  x  4
Be continuous for some a,b,c  R and f'(0) + f'(2) = e, then the value of a is :
1 e e e
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
e  3e  13 e  3e  13 e  3e  13 e  3e  13
sin x  e x ; if x  0

75. Let a function : f :R  R be defined as f (x)   a  [ x]; if 0  x  1 where [x] is the greatest integer
 2x  b ; if x  1

less than or equal to x. If f is continuous on R, then (a + b) is equal to :
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
 3a

(1  | sin x |) |sin x| ,   x  0
 4
  
76. Let f :   ,   R be defined as f (x)   b , x 0 if f is continuous at x =0 , then
 4 4  
 ecot 4x /cot 2x , 0 x 
 4

the value of 6a  b2 is equal to :

(a) e (b) 1 + e (c) 1 – e (d) e – 1
x

If f (x)   0
 (5  |1  t |) dt ; x  2
77. , then
 5x  1 ; x2

(a) f(x) is everywhere differentiable (b) f(x) is not differentiable at x= 1
(c) f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x=2 (b) f(x) is not continuous at x= 2

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12x  4|
78. The function f (x)  x 2  2x  3 .e|9x is not differentiable at exactly:
(a) four points (b) three points (c) two points (d) one point
  x
 1  1 a 
 log e   , x 0
 x x
 1  
  b
 , x  0 is continuous at x = 0 , then 1  1  4 is equal to :
79. If the function f (x)   k
 2 a b k
 cos x  sin 2
x  1 ,x 0
 x 2  1 1



(a) -5 (b) 5 (c) – 4 (d) 4
  
 x3  1  2xe 2x 
 log e ; x0
 1  xe x 2 
80. Let f :R  R be defined as f (x)   (1  cos 2x) 2
    
If f is continuous at x =0,


  ; x0
then  is equal to :
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
81. Let f be any function defined on R and let it satisfy the condition:
2
|f(x)  f( y)||( x  y) |,  (x, y) R , If f(0)  1, then :
(a) f(x)  0 ,  x R (b) f( x) can take any value of R
(c) f(x)  0 ,  x R (d) f(x)  0 ,  x R
4 3 2
82. Given P( x)  x  ax  bx  cx  d such that x  0 is the only real root of P' ( x)  0 . If P(1)  P(1)
,then in the interval [-1,1]:
(a) P(1) is not minimum but P(1) is the maximum of P
(b) P(-1) is the minimum but P(1) is not the maximum of P
(c) Neither P(-1) is the minimum nor P(1) is the maximum of P
(d) P(-1) is the minimum and P(1) is the maximum of P
83. A spherical balloon is filled with 4500  cubic meters of the helium gas. If a leak in the balloon causes
the gas to escape at the rate of 72  cubic meters per minute, then the rate ( in meters per minute) at
which the radius of the balloon decreases 49 minutes after the leakage began is:
9 7 2 9
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 9 9 2
2 3
84. If the tangent at a point P, with parameter t, on the curfve x  4t  3, y  8t 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
(a) (t  3,  t 1) (b) (4t  3 ,  8t 1) (c) (t  3, t 1) (d) (16 t  3,  64t  1)
1 1 f (x)
85. Let f ( x )  x 2  2 and g( x )  x  , x  R   1,0,1 . If h( x )  , then the local minimum value of h(x ) is
x x g( x )
(a)  2 2 (b) 2 2 (c) 3 (d) -3
86. If a right circular cone , having maximum valume, is inscribed in a sphere of radius 3 cm , then the
curved surface area (in cm 2 ) of this cone is :
(a) 6 2  (b) 6 3  (c) 8 2  (d) 8 3 
87. If f (x ) is a non-zero polynomial of degree four, having local extreme points at x   1 , 0, 1 ; then the set
S  { x R ; f (x)  f (0)} contains exaclty:
(a) four irrational number s (b) four rational numbers
(c) two irrational and one rational number (d) two irrational and two rational numbers

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88. Let S be the set of all values of x for which the tangent to the curve y  f (x)  x 3  x 2  2x at (x , y ) is
parallel to the line segment joining the points (1, f (1)) and (1, f (1)), then S is equal to:
1   1  1   1 
(a)  ,  1 (b)  ,  1 (c)  , 1 (d)  , 1
3   3  3   3 
89. If m is the minimum value of k for which the function f (x)  x kx  x 2 is increasing in the interval [ 0,
3] and M is the maximum value of f in [ 0,3] when k = m , then the ordered pair (m,M) is equal to :
(a) ( 5, 3 6 ) (b) ( 4, 3 2 ) (c) ( 3, 3 3 ) (d) ( 4 , 3 3 )
90. A helicopter is flying along the curve given by y  x 3 / 2  7, (x  0) . A soldier positioned at the point
1 
 , 7  wants to shoot down the helicopter when it is nearest to him. Then this nearest distance is :
2 
1 1 7 1 7 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 3 6 3 6
91. 
The maximum value of the function f (x)  3x 3  18x 2  27x  40 on the set S  x R : x 2  30 11x is : 
(a) 122 (b) -222 (c) -122 (d) 222
3 2
92. If the function f given by f (x)  x  3(a  2) x  3ax  7, for some a  R is increasing in ( 0,1] and
f (x) 14
decreasing in [1, 5) , then a root of the equation,  0 ( x 1) is :
(x  1) 2
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) – 7
93. The shortest distance between the line y  x and the curve y 2  x  2 is .
11 7 7
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d)
4 2 4 2 8
94. Let f :[0,2] R be a twice differentiable function such that f ''(x)  0 , for all x (0,2) . If
(x)  f (x)  f (2  x) , then  is :
(a) Increasing on (0,2) (b) decreasing on (0,2)
(c) decreasing on (0,1) and increasing on (1, 2) (d) Increasing on (0,1) and decreasing on (1, 2)
95. The area (in sq. units ) of the largest rectangle ABCD whose vertices A and B lie on the x-axis and
2
vertices C and D lie on the parabola, y  x  1 below the x-axis is :
1 4 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
96. Let f be a twice differentiable function on (1,6) . If f(2) = 8, f'(2) = 5, f'(x)  1 and f"( x)  4 , for all
x(1, 6), then :
(a) f(5)  f'(5)  28 (b) f'(5)  f''( 5)  20 (c) f( 5)  10 (d) f(5)  f'(5)  26
2 x
97. If x =1 is a critical point of the function f( x)  ( 3x  ax  2  a) e , then :
2
(a) x  1 and x   are local minima of f.
3
2
(b) x = 1 is a local maxima and x   is a local minima of f.
3
2
(c) x =1 is a local minima and x =  is a local maxima of f.
3
2
(d) x =1 and x   are local maxima of f.
3
1
98. Let f :(  1, )  R be defined by f(0)  1 and f( x)  log e (1  x) , x  0 . Then the function f:
x
(a) Increases in (-1, 0) and decreases in (0 , ) . (b) decreases in (  1, )
(c) decreases in (-1, 0) and increases in (0 , ) . (d) increases in (  1, )

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99. Let the function , f : [7 , 0]  R be continuous on [ - 7, 0 ] and differentiable on ( -7, 0). If f (7 )  3
and f ' (x)  2 , for all x  (  7 , 0) , then for all such functions f , f (1)  f (0) lies in the interval:
(a) (  , 20] (b) [  3, 11] (c) ( , 11] (d) [  6, 20]
 x2   
100. If c is a point at which Rolle's theorem holds for the function, f ( x )  log e   in the interval [ 3, 4] ,
 7x 
 
where   R , then f ' ' (c ) is equal to:
1 3 1 1
(a)  (b) (c) (d)
12 7 24 12
  
101. Let f (x)  x cos 1 ( sin|x|), x   ,  , then which of the following is true?
 2 2

(a) f ' (0  
2
(b) f is not differentiable at x  0
    
(c) f ' is decreasing in   , 0  and increasing in  0 , 
 2   2
    
(d) f ' is increasing in   , 0  and decreasing in  0 , 
 2   2
102. Let a function f : [ 0, 5]  R be continuous f (1)  3 and F be defined as :
x t


F( x )  t 2 g(t ) dt , where g(t )   f (u)dt
1 1
Then for the function F , the point x  1 is:
(a) a point of inflection (b) a point of local minima
(c) not a critical point . (d) a point of local maxima
x x
a 1a
103. The minimum value of f( x)  a a ,where a, x R and a  0 , is equal to ;
1
(a) 2 a (b) 2a (c) a + 1 (d) a 
a
3 2
4 x  3x
104. The function f( x)   2 sin x  ( 2 x  1) cos x :
6
1   1 1   1
(a) decreases in  ,   (b) decreases in    ,  (c) increases in  ,   (d) increases in   , 
2   2 2   2
  55x , If x   5
 3 2
105. Let f : R  R be defined as f( x)  2 x  3x  120 x , If  5  x  4 Let A  { x R : f is increasing}.
 3 2 If x  4
2 x  3x  36 x  336,
Then A is equal to :
(a) (  5,  4)  ( 4, ) (b) (  5, ) (c) ( ,  5)  ( 4, ) (d) (5,4) (4, )
2
106. The position of moving car at time is given by f( t )  at  bt  c, t  0 , where a,b and c are real number
greater than 1 . Then the average speed of the car over the time interval [ t 1 , t 2 ] is attained at the
point :
(a) ( t 1  t 3 ) / 2 (b) ( t 2  t 1 ) / 2 (c) 2a( t 1  t 2 )  b (d) a( t 2  t 1 )  b
2 2 2 2
x y x y o
107. If the curves ,   1 and   1 intersect each other at an angle of 90 , then which of
a b c b
the following relations is TRUE?
cd
(a) a  b  c  d (b) a  b  c  d (c) ab  (d) a  c  b  d
a b

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108. The sum of all the local minimum values of the twice differentiable functions f :R  R defined by
3f "(2)
f (x)  x 3  3x 2  x  f "(1) is :
2
(a) – 27 (b) – 22 (c) 5 (d) 0
 3
109. Let a be a real number such that the function f (x)  ax 2  6x 15, x R is increasing in  ,  and
 4
3 
decreasing in  ,   . The function g(x)  ax 2  6x 15, x R has a :
4 
3 3
(a) local minimum at x  (b) local maximum at x  
4 4
3 3
(c) local minimum at x   (d) local maximum at x 
4 4
110. Which of the following statements is incorrect for the function g() for  R such that

3 
sin x
g( )    
dx
 cos x  sin x
6
1
(a) g() is a strictly increasing function (b) g() has an inflection point at   
2
(c) g() is a strictly decreasing function (d) g() is an even function
 x  2 x 
111. The range of aR for which the function f( x)  ( 4a  3) ( x  log e 5)  2(a  7 ) cot  sin   ,
2 2
x  2n, n N , has critical points, is :
 4 
(a) (-3, 1) (b)  , 2  (c) [ 1, ) (d) ( ,  1]
 3 
 4 3
 x  3x  3x, x 0
2

112. Let f :R  R be defined as f (x)   3 Then f is increasing function in the

 3xe x , x 0
interval
 1   3
(a)   , 2  (b) (3, 1) (c) (0 ,2) (d)   1, 
 2   2
x1 2
113. Let f be a real valued function, defined on R – {-1, 1} and given by f( x)  3 log e  . Then in
x1 x1
which of the following intervals, function f( x) is increasing?
1    1  1
(a) (  ,  1)    ,    { 1}  (b) ( , )  {  1, 1} (c)   1,  (d)    ,   {  1}
2    2  2
114. Let and g be non-increasing and non-decreasing function respectively from
[0, ∞) to [0, ∞) and h(x) = f(g(x)), h(0) = 0, then [0, ∞) h(x) – h (1)
(a) < 0 (b) > 0 (c) = 0 (d) is increasing
115. The slope of tangent to a curve y  f x  at x, f x  is 2x + 1. If the curve passes through the point
(1,2), then the area bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the line x = 1, is
(a) 5 / 6 (b) 6 / 5 (c) 1 / 6 (d) 6
x x
116. If f ( x)  and g ( x)  , where 0 < x ≤ 1, then in the interval :
sin x tan x
(a) Both f(x) and g(x) are increasing functions (b) Both f(x) and g(x) are decreasing functions
(c) f(x) is an increasing function (d) g(x) is an increasing function

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117.  
The number of values of x, where the function f x   cos x  cos 2 x attains its maximum, is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinite
2
118. The triangle formed by the tangent to the curve f ( x)  x  bx  b at the point (1, 1) and the
coordinate axes, lies in the first quadrant. If its area is 2, then the value of b is
(a) - 1 (b) 3 (c) – 3 (d) 1
119. Let f be a twice differentiable function for all real x, f(1) = 1, f(2) = 4 and f(3) = 9. Then which one of
the following statements is definitely true ?
(a) fx  fx  5 for some x  1, 3. (b) fx  2 for all x  1, 3.
(c) fx  3 for all x  1, 3. (d) fx attains the value 2 for some x  1, 3.
120. The tangent to the curve y  e x drawn at the point (c, e c ) intersects the line joining the points
c 1, e  and c  1, e 
c 1 c 1

(a) on the left of x = c (b) on the right of x = c (c) at no point (d) at all points

2  x 3 ,  3  x  1
121. The total number of local maxima and local minima of the function f x    2 is
 x 3 , 1  x  2
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

 Integer Questions
 
 1 1 1 1 
122. The value of 6  log 3  4 4 4 ...  is .
2
3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 

123. For a point P in the plane, let d1 ( P) and d 2 ( P) be the distances of the point P from the lines x  y  0
and x  y  0 and x  y  0 , respectively. The area of the region R consisting of all points P lying in the
first quadrant of the plane and satisfying 2  d1 ( P)  d 2 ( P)  4, is
124. Let f:[0, 4]  [0, ] be defined by f(x) = cos 1 (cos x). the number of points x  [0, 4] satisfying the
10  x
equation f(x) = is
10
 x 2  1, x  0 , 2
sin x , x  n, n  0 ,  1,  2 ,.... 
125. If f (x) =  and g (x) =  4 , x  0 then lim g[ f( x)] is.
 2, otherwise  x0
 5 , x2
 p( x) 
126. Let p(x) be a polynomial of degree 4 having extremum at x = 1, 2 and lim  1    2. Then the value
x0  x2 
of p(2) is .
1x
  ax  sin( x  1)  a  1 x 1
127. The largest value of the non-negative integer a for which lim    is
x1
 x  sin( x  1)  1  4

 e cos  n  e 

 
    e  then the value of
128. Let m and n be two positive integers greater than 1. If lim
 m   
 0

 
2
m
is
n
x 2 sin (  x)
129. Let  ,  R be such that lim  1 . Then 6 (   ) equals.
x  0 x  sin x
130. If f(x) is a twice differentiable function that f(a) = 0, f(b) = 2, f(c) = -1, f(d) = 2, f(e) = 0, where a < b < c
< d < e, the find the minimum number of zeroes of g(x) = (f’(x))2 + f”(x) f(x) in the interval [a, e]

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131. Let f be a function defined on R (the set of all real numbers) such that
f x   2010x  2009x  2010 x  2011 x  2012 , for all x  R. If g is a function defined on R with
2 3 4

values in the interval (0, ) such that f(x) = In (g(x)), for all x  R, then the number of points in R at
which g has a local maximum is ………….
132. The number of distinct real roots of x 4  4x 3  12x 2  x  1  0 is.
133. Let p(x) be a real polynomial of least degree which has a local maximum at x = 1 and a local
minimum at x = 3. If p(1) = 6 and p(3) = 2, then p0 is
1
134. The maximum value of the expression is.
sin   3 sin  cos  5 cos2 
2

135. Let f : R  R be defined as f x   x  x 2  1. The total number of points at which f attains either a

local maximum or a local minimum is

136. The number of real roots of the equations e4x  e3x  4e2x  ex  1  0 is equal to
137. The number of distinct solutions of the equation , log 1 sin x  2  log 1 cos x in the interval [0, 2] is .....
2 2
138. The number of solutions of the equation log 4 (x  1)  log 2 ( x  3) is ..........
139. The number of solutions of the equation log(x  1) ( 2x 2  7x  5)  log(2x  5) (x 1)2  4  0, x  0 is
2 27
140. The number of the real roots of the equation ( x  1) |x  5| is ........... .
4
6 1  3 4  dy
141. If y   k cos  cos kx  sin k x  then at x  0 is
k 1 5 5  dx

 1  1  2
2x  
142. If f( x)  sin  cos    and its first derivative with respect to x is  b log 2 when x = 1, where a
  1  2 
2 x a e
  
2 2
and b are integers, then the minimum value of |a  b |is .....
d2 y
143. If y = y(x) is an implicit function of x such that loge (x  y)  4xy , then at x = 0 is equal to.
dx 2
  2 2 2 2 
1  x x x x  k
144. If lim  1  cos  cos  cos cos 2 then the value of k is __.
x0  x8  2 4 2 4 
  
 x2

145.
x 0

If the value lim 2  cos x cos 2x 
 2 
 x  is equal to ea , then a is equal to

x n f (1)  f (x)
146. Let f (x)  x 6  2x 4  x 3  2x  3, x R . Then he natural number n for which lim  44 is.
x 1 x 1
1
f( x)  f  
1   x  is .... .
147. If a    1 , b    2 and af( x)   f    bx  , x  0 , then the value of the expression
 
x x 1
x
x
max{t 3  6t 2  9t  3}, x  t  x,0  x  3
148. Let a function g:[0, 4]  R be defined as g(x)   then the number of

 4  x,3  x  4
points in the interval (0,4) where g(x) is NOT differentiable , is ____.
 x  a, x  0  x  1, x 0
149. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be defined as f( x)   and g( x)   2 where a,
|x  1|, x  0 ( x  1)  b, x  0
b are non –negative real numbers. If (gof) (x) is continuous for all x R , then a  b is equal to .

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   |x|
3 1 if | x |  2
150. Let f :R  R be a function defined as f (x)    2  Let g;R R be given by
 0 if | x |  2

g(x)  f (x  2)  f (x  2) . If n and m denote the number of points in R where g is not continuous and
not differentiable, respectively , then n + m is equal to :
151. Let [t] denote the greatest integer  t . The number of points where the function
  
f (x)  [x] x 2 1  sin    [x  1], x (  2, 2) is not continuous is ______.
 [x]  3 
2
152. The number of points, at which the function f(x) |2x  1| 3|x  2||x  x  2|, x R is not
differentiable, is ...... .
 2
min {|x|, 2  x } ,  2  x  2
153. A function f is defined on [ - 3, 3] as f( x)   where [x] denotes the

 [|x|] 2 |x| 3
greatest integer  x . The number of points, where f is not differentiable in (-3,3) is .......
154. Let AD and BC be two vertical poles at A and B respectively on a horizontal ground. If AD = 8 m, BC
= 11 m and AB = 10 m; then the distance ( in meters) of a point M on AB from the point A such that
2 2
MD  MC is minimum is __.
6
155. Let f( x) be a polynomial of degree 6 in x, in which the coefficient of x is unity and it has extrema
f( x)
at x   1 and x  1. If lim  1 , then 5.f( 2 ) is equal to...... .
x 0 x3
2
156. Let f :[  1, 1]  R be defined as f( x)  ax  bx  c for all x [  1,1], where a,b,c  R such that
1
f(1)  2 , f'( 1)  1 and for x (  1, 1) the maximum value of f"( x) is . If f( x)   , x [  1,1] , then
2
the least value of  is equal to_______.
157. Let P(x) be a real polynomial of degree 3 which vanishes at x = - 3. Let P(x) have local minima at x =1,
1
local maxima at x = -1 and  P( x)dx  18 , then the sum of all the coefficients of the polynomial P(x) is
1
equal to ..
2 2
158. Suppose a differentiable function f( x) satisfies the identity f( x  y)  f( x)  f( y)  xy  x y , for all real
f( x)
x and y. If lim  1 , then f' ( 3) is equal to :
x0 x
159. Let S be the set of points where the function, f (x) | 2  | x 3||,x  R is not differentiable. Then  f ( f (x))
x S

160. Let f (x)  ax 2  bx  c be such that f (1)  3, f (2)  , and f (3)  4. If f (0)  f (1)  f (2)  f(3) 14 , then  is equal to
13 23
(a) – 4 (b) (c) (d) 4
2 2
4x
161. Let the function f :[0,1]  R be defined by f (x)  . Then the value of
4x  2
 1   2   3   39   1 
f    f    f    ....  f    f   is ...
 40   40   40   40   2 
  1 1 

162. lim  tan 2 x  (2sin 2 x  3sin x  4) 2  (sin 2 x  6sin x  2) 2   is equal to
 
x 

2  

1 1 1 1
(a) (b)  (c)  (d) 
12 18 12 6

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 (n 1)k 1 1
163. If lim [(n k 1)  (n k  2)  ...  (n k  n)] = 33. lim k 1 . 1k  2k  3k  ....  n k  , then the integral value of k
n  n k 1 n  n

is equal to
164. Let e denote the base of the natural logarithm. The value of the real number a for which the right
1
(1  x) x  e1
hand limit lim is equal to a non-zero real number, is .
x 0 xa
1
 1

   
3
e x  1 x 3 3   1 x 2 2 1 sin x
 
165. If  lim   , then the value of 6 is ..
x 0 x sin 2 x
sin (3x 2  4x 1)  x 2 1
166. If lim  2 , then the value of (a  b) is equal to ...
x 1 2x 3  7x 2  ax  b
f (1 )  f (1)
167. If f (x)  3x10  7x8  5x 6  21x3  3x 2  7 , then lim is
 0 3  3

53 53 55 55
(a)  (b) (c)  (d)
3 3 3 3
168. Let f (x) and g(x) be two real polynomials of degree 2 and 1 respectively. If f (g(x)) 8x 2  2x, and
g(f (x))  4x 2  6x 1, then the value of f (2)  g(2) is ....
 2n, if n 1,2,3,4,5
169. Let S {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10} . Define f :SS as f (n)   Let g:SS be a function such
 2n 11 if n  6,7,8,9,10

 n 1 ,if n isodd
that fog(n)  
n  1 ,if niseven
g(10)((g(1)  g(2)  g(3)  g(4)  g(5)) is equal to ...
1
  x 25   50
170. Let f :R  R be a function defined by f (x)   2 1  (2  x 25 )  . If the function g(x)  f (f (f (x)))  f (f (x)), the
 2  
  
greatest integer less than or equal to g(1) is .

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 Answers Key
1. c 30. b 59. a 88. d 117. b 146. 7
2. b 31. d 60. d 89. d 118. a 147. 2
3. c 32. a 61. a 90. c 119. d 148. 1
4. b 33. b 62. b 91. a 120. a 149. 1
5. c 34. c 63. c 92. c 121. c 150. 4
6. a 35. b 64. d 93. c 122. 4 151. 2
7. b 36. a 65. b 94. c 123. 6 152. 2
8. c 37. c 66. d 95. c 124. 3 153. 5
9. a 38. d 67. c 96. a 125. 1 154. 5
10. d 39. c 68. c 97. c 126. 0 155. 144
11. c 40. a 69. a 98. b 127. 0 156. 5
12. c 41. d 70. c 99. a 128. 2 157. 8
13. b 42. b 71. a 100. d 129. 7 158. 10
14. b 43. d 72. b 101. c 130. 6 159. 3
15. d 44. c 73. b 102. b 131. 1 160. D
16. c 45. b 74. b 103. a 132. 2 161. 19
17. b 46. b 75. c 104. c 133. 9 162. A
18. d 47. b 76. b 105. a 134. 2 163. 5
19. c 48. c 77. c 106. a 135. 9 164. 1
20. a 49. a 78. c 107. a 136. 2 165. 5
21. a 50. c 79. a 108. c 137. 8 166. 11
22. c 51. b 80. c 109. b 138. 1 167. B
23. d 52. b 81. a 110. d 139. 1 168. 18
24. a 53. c 82. a 111. b 140. 1 169. 190
25. c 54. a 83. c 112. d 141. 91 170. 2
26. b 55. b 84. a 113. a 142. 481
27. a 56. c 85. b 114. c 143. 40
28. b 57. a 86. d 115. a 144. 8
29. a 58. b 87. c 116. c 145. 3

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