Increasing and Decreasing Function

Basic Level

1
1. The function x  ( x  0 ) is a non-increasing function in the interval
x
(a) [– 1, 1] (b) [0, 1] (c) [– 1, 0] (d) [–1, 2]
3 2
2. The interval for which the given function f (x )  2 x  3 x  36 x  7 is decreasing, is

(a) (– 2, 3) (b) (2, 3) (c) (2, –3) (d) None of these

x
3. If f (x )  sin x  is increasing function, then [MP PET 1987]
2
    
(a) 0  x  (b)  x 0 (c)  x (d) x 
3 3 3 3 2

4. If the function f : R  R be defined by f (x )  tan x  x , then f (x )

(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Remains constant (d) Becomes zero
5. 2 x 3  6 x  5 is an increasing function if [UPSEAT 2003]

(a) 0  x  1 (b) 1  x  1 (c) x  1 or x  1 (d) 1  x  1 / 2

3 5
6. The function f (x )  1  x  x is decreasing for [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]

(a) 1  x  5 (b) x  1 (c) x  1 (d) All values of x

7. For which interval, the given function f (x )  2 x 3  9 x 2  12 x  1 is decreasing [MP PET 1993]

(a) (2, ) (b) (2,  1) (c) (,  1) (d) (,  2) and (1, )

8. The function f (x )  tan x  x [MNR 1995]

(a) Always increases (b) Always decreases

(c) Never decreases (d) Sometimes increases and sometimes decreases

9. If f (x )  kx 3  9 x 2  9 x  3 is monotonically increasing in each interval, then [Rajasthan PET 1992;

Kurukshetra CEE 2002]

(a) k  3 (b) k  3 (c) k  3 (d) None of these

2
10. The least value of k for which the function x  kx  1 is an increasing function in the interval 1  x  2 is
(a) – 4 (b) – 3 (c) – 1 (d) – 2
11. The function f (x )  x  cos x is

(a) Always increasing (b) Always decreasing

(c) Increasing for certain range of x (d) None of these
2
12. The function f (x )  x is increasing in the interval

(a) (1, 1) (b) (, ) (c) (0, ) (d) (, 0)

x3
13. Function f (x )  x 4  is
3

1 1
(a) Increasing for x  and decreasing for x  (b) Increasing for every value of x
4 4

(c) Decreasing for every value of x (d) None of these

14. The function y  2 x 3  9 x 2  12 x  6 is monotonic decreasing when [MP

PET 1994; Rajasthan PET 1996]

(a) 1  x  2 (b) x  2 (c) x  1 (d) None of these

15. The interval in which the x 2 e  x is non-decreasing, is

(a) (, 2] (b) [0, 2] (c) [2, ) (d) None of these

1
16. The function is decreasing in the interval
1 x2

(a) (,  1] (b) (, 0] (c) [1, ) (d) (0, )

17. The function sin x  bx  c will be increasing in the interval (, ) if

(a) b  1 (b) b  0 (c) b  1 (d) b  0

18. In the interval [0, 1], the function x 2  x  1 is

(a) Increasing (b) Decreasing

 (c) Neither increasing nor decreasing (d) None of these

19. f (x )  x 3  27 x  5 is an increasing function, when [MP PET 1995]

(a) x  3 (b) | x |  3 (c) x  3 (d) | x |  3

1
20. For the every value of x the function f (x )  is
5x

(a) Decreasing (b) Increasing

(c) Neither increasing nor decreasing (d) Increasing for x  0 and decreasing for x  0

21. In which interval is the given function f (x )  2 x 3  15 x 2  36 x  1 is monotonically decreasing

(a) [2, 3] (b) (2, 3) (c) (, 2) (d) (3, )

22. The interval of the decreasing function f (x )  x 3  x 2  x  4 is

1   1   1 1  1
(a)  , 1  (b)   , 1  (c)   ,  (d)   1,  
3   3   3 3  3

23. Let f (x )  x 3  bx 2  cx  d , 0  b 2  c . Then f [IIT JEE Screening 2004]

(a) Is bounded (b) Has a local maxima (c) Has a local minima (d) Is strictly increasing

24. The function f (x )  x 3  3 x 2  24 x  5 is an increasing function in the interval given below

(a) (,  2)  (4 , ) (b) (2, ) (c) (2, 4 ) (d) (, 4 )

25. Which one is the correct statement about the function f (x )  sin 2 x

   
(a) f (x ) is increasing in  0,  and decreasing in  ,  
 2 2 

   
(b) f (x ) is decreasing in  0,  and increasing in  ,  
 2 2 

    
(c) f (x ) is increasing in  0,  and decreasing in  , 
 4  4 2

(d) The statement (a), (b) and (c) are all correct

26. If f (x )  x 3  10 x 2  200 x  10 , then [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]

(a) f (x ) is decreasing in ]  , 10 ] and increasing in [10 , [ (b) f (x ) is increasing in ]  , 10 ] and decreasing in

[10 , [

(c) f (x ) is increasing throughout real line (d) f (x ) is decreasing throughout real line

f (x 2 )  f (x )
27. If f is a strictly increasing function, then lim is equal to
x 0 f (x )  f (0 )

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) 2

3 2
28. Function x  6 x  9 x  1 is monotonic decreasing when [Rajasthan PET 1991]

(a) 1  x  3 (b) x  3 (c) x  1 (d) x  3 or x  1

1 3 1 2
29. The function f (x )  x  x  6 x  8 is decreasing in the interval
3 2
(a) x  3 (b) x  2 (c) 3  x  2 (d) None of these
30. The function f (x )  2 log( x  2)  x 2  4 x  1 increases in the interval

(a) (1, 2) (b) (2, 3) (c) (,  1) (d) (2, 4)

| x|
31. The function f (x )  (x  0 ), x  0 is
x
(a) Monotonically decreasing (b) Monotonically increasing (c) Constant function (d)

32. In the following decreasing function is

1
(a) ln x (b) (c) e 1 / x (d) None of these
| x|

33. If f (x )  kx  sin x is monotonically increasing, then

(a) k  1 (b) k  1 (c) k  1 (d) k  1

Advance Level

34. The function f defined by f (x )  ( x  2)e  x is [IIT Screening 1994]

(a) Decreasing for all x (b) Decreasing in (,  1) and increasing in (1, )

(c) Increasing for all x (d) Decreasing in (1, ) and increasing in (,  1)

35. The value of a in order that f (x )  3 sinx  cos x  2ax  b decreases for all real values of x, is given by

(a) a  1 (b) a  1 (c) a  2 (d) a  2

36. The interval in which the function x 3 increases less rapidly then 6 x 2  15 x  5 , is
(a) (,  1) (b) (5, 1) (c) (1, 5) (d) (5, )

e
x
37. Let f (x )  ( x  1)(x  2)dx . Then f decreases in the interval

(a) (,  2) (b) (2,  1) (c) (1, 2) (d) (2,  )

38. If f (x )  2 x  cot 1 x  log( 1  x 2  x ) , then f (x )

(a) Increases in [0, ) (b) Decreases in [0, )

(c) Neither increases nor decreases in (0, ) (d) Increases in (, )

(e 2 x  1)
39. The function is [Roorkee 1998]
(e 2 x  1)

(a) Increasing (b) Decreasing (c) Even (d) Odd

a sin x  b cos x
40. The function is decreasing if [Rajasthan PET 1999]
c sin x  d cos x

(a) ad  bc  0 (b) ad  bc  0 (c) ab  cd  0 (d) ab  cd  0

41. If f (x )  sin x  cos x , 0  x  2 the function decreasing in [UPSEAT 2001]

 5 3      3 5 
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d) None of these
 6 4  4 2   2 2 
 1
42. If f (x )   log(1  x ), x  0 then f is [Rajasthan PET 2002]
x 1

(a) An increasing function (b) A decreasing function

(c) Both increasing and decreasing function (d) None of these
1/ x
43. The function f ( x )  x is [AMU 2002]

(a) Increasing in (1, ) (b) Decreasing in (1, )

(c) Increasing in (1, e ) , decreasing in (e , ) (d) Decreasing in (1, e ) increasing in (e , )

44. The length of the longest interval, in which the function 3 sin x  4 sin 3 x is increasing, is
  3
(a) (b) (c) (d) 
3 2 2
2
45. The function f (x )  1  e  x /2
is

(a) Decreasing for all x (b) Increasing for all x

(c) Decreasing for x  0 and increasing for x  0 (d) Increasing for x  0 and decreasing for x  0

46. The function sin x  cos x is increasing in the interval

 3 7   3    3 
(a)  ,  (b) 0,  (c)  ,  (d) None of these
 4 4   4  4 4 

 
47. On the interval  0,  , the function log sin x is
 2

(a) Increasing (b) Decreasing

(c) Neither increasing nor decreasing (d) None of these

48. For all real values of x, increasing function f (x ) is [MP PET 1996]

(a) x 1 (b) x 2 (c) x 3 (d) x 4

  3 
49. The function which is neither decreasing nor increasing in  ,  is
2 2 

(a) cosec x (b) tan x (c) x 2 (d) | x  1 |

50. For every value of x, function f (x )  e x is

(a) Decreasing (b) Increasing

(c) Neither increasing nor decreasing (d) None of these
51. Consider the following statements S and R

 
S : Both sin x and cos x are decreasing functions in  ,  
2 
R : If a differentiable function decreases in (a, b) then its derivative also decrease in (a, b )

Which of the following is true

(a) Both S and R are wrong
(b) Both S and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation for S
(c) S is correct and R is the correct explanation for S
(d) S is correct and R is wrong
52. If f (x ) is zero in the interval (a, b ) then in this interval it is

(a) Increasing function (b) Decreasing function

(c) Only for a  0 and b  0 is increasing function (d) None of these
x 2
53. The function , (x  1) is increasing on the interval
x 1
(a) (, 0 ] (b) [0, ) (c) R (d) None of these

54. If f and g are two decreasing functions such that fog exists, then fog
(a) Is an increasing function (b) Is a decreasing function
(c) Is neither increasing nor decreasing (d) None of these
55. The function f (x )  cos( / x ) is increasing in the interval

 1   1 1 
(a) (2n  1, 2n), n  N (b)  , 2n  , n  N (c)  ,  , n N (d) None of these
 2n  1   2n  2 2n  1 

 a4 
56. The set of all values of a for which the function f (x )    1  x 5  3 x  log 5 decreases for all real x is
 1a 
 

 3  21   27 
(a) (, ) (b)  4 ,   (1, ) (c)   3, 5    (2, ) (d) [1, )
2  2 
   

57. The function f (x )  x ax  x 2 , a  0

 3a   3a 
(a) Increases on the interval  0,  (b) Decreases on the interval  , a 
 4   4 

 3a   3a 
(c) Decreases on the interval  0,  (d) Increases on the interval  , a 
 4   4 
| x  1|
58. The function f (x )  is monotonically decreasing on
x2
(a) (2, ) (b) (0, 1) (c) (0, 1)  (2, ) (d) (, )

59. The set of values of a for which the function f (x )  x 2  ax  1 is an increasing function on [1, 2] is

(a) (2, ) (b) [4 , ] (c) [,  2) (d) (, 2]

60. On which of the following intervals is the function x 100  sin x  1 decreasing
   
(a)  0,  (b) (0, 1) (c)  ,   (d) None of these
 2 2 

61. If a  0 the function f (x )  e ax  e  ax is a monotonically decreasing function for values of x given by

(a) x  0 (b) x  0 (c) x  1 (d) x  1

62. y  [ x (x  3)]2 increases for all values of x lying in the interval

3
(a) 0  x  (b) 0  x   (c)   x  0 (d) 1  x  3
2

log x
63. The function f (x )  is increasing in the interval [EAMCET 1994]
x
 1 
(a) (1, 2 e ) (b) (0, e ) (c) (2, 2 e ) (d)  , 2 e 
e 

64. The value of a for which the function f (x )  sin x  cos x  ax  b decreases for all real values of x, is given by

(a) a  2 (b) a  1 (c) a  2 (d) a  1

65. If the function f (x )  cos | x | 2ax  b increases along the entire number scale, the range of values of a is given by

b 1 3
(a) a  b (b) a  (c) a   (d) a  
2 2 2

x x
66. If f (x )  and g(x )  , where 0  x  1 , then in this interval
sin x tan x

(a) Both f (x ) and g(x ) are increasing functions (b) Both f (x ) and g(x ) are decreasing function

(c) f (x ) is an increasing function (d) g(x ) is an increasing

function

67. Let h(x )  f ( x )  ( f ( x ))2  ( f (x ))3 for every real number x, then

(a) h is increasing whenever f is increasing and decreasing whenever f is decreasing

(b) h is increasing whenever f is decreasing
(c) h is decreasing whenever f is increasing
(d) Nothing can be said in general

3 x 2  12 x  1 ,  1  x  2
68. If f (x )   then f (x ) is [IIT 1993]
 37  x , 2x3

(a) Increasing in [–1, 2] (b) Continuous in [–1, 3] (c) Greatest at x  2 (d) All of these

69. If f (x )  g(x )(x   )2 where g( )  0 and g (x ) is continuous at x   then function f (x )

(a) Increasing near to  if g( )  0 (b) Decreasing near to  if

g( ) > 0

(c) Increasing near to  if g( )  0 (d) Increasing near to  for

every value of g( )

   
70. Function cos 2 x  cos 2   x   cos x cos   x  for all real values of x will be
3  3 

(a) Increasing (b) Constant (c) Decreasing (d) None of these

71. Let Q(x )  f ( x )  f (1  x ) and f (x )  0 whereas 0  x  1 then function Q(x ) is decreasing in

1   1 1 
(a)  , 1 (b) 0,  (c)  , 1  (d) (0, 1)
2   2 2 

x c
72. If f (x )   for 5  x  5 , then f (x ) is increasing function in the interval
c x

(a) [c, 5] (b) [0, c] (c) [c, 0] (d) [c, c]

73. If the domain of f (x )  sin x is D  { x : 0  x   } , then f (x ) is

(a) Increasing in D (b) Decreasing in D

    
(c) Decreasing in 0,  and increasing in  ,   (d) None of these
 2 2 
x
74.

If f (x )  (ab  b 2  1)x  (cos 4   sin 4  )d  is a decreasing function of x for all x  R and b  R , b being independent
0

of x, then

(a) a  (0, 6 ) (b) a  ( 6 , 6 ) (c) a  ( 6 ,0 ) (d) None of these

p2 1
75. If f (x )  x 3  3 x  log 2 is a decreasing function of x in R then the set of possible values of p (independent of
p2 1
x) is
(a) [-1, 1] (b) [1, ) (c) (,1] (d) None of these

76. Let f f (x )  a 5 x 5  a 4 x 4  a 3 x 3  a 2 x 2  a1 x , where ai' s are real and f (x )  0 has a positive root  0 . Then

(a) f (x )  0 has a root  1 such that 0   1   0 (b) f ( x )  0 has at least two real root

(c) f (x )  0 has at least one real roots (d) None of these

x  a2 ab ac
77. If a, b, c are real, then f (x )  ab x  b2 bc is decreasing in
ac bc x  c2

 2   2   a2  b 2  c2 
(a)   (a 2  b 2  c 2 ), 0  (b)  0, (a 2  b 2  c 2 ) (c)  , 0  (d) None of these
 3   3   3 

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Assignment (Basic and Advance Level)

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