BHARAT INTERNATIONAL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (CBSE)

AFFILIATED TO CBSE: 1930502

CLASS: XII APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES MAX. MARKS: 80M

General Instructions:
1. This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is
compulsory. However, there are internal choices in some questions.
2. Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of
assessment (4 marks each) with sub parts.

SECTION -A
(Multiple Choice Questions)
Each question carries 1 mark
General Instructions:
1. This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is
compulsory. However, there are internal choices in some questions.
2. Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of
assessment (4 marks each) with sub parts.

SECTION -A
(Multiple Choice Questions)
Each question carries 1 mark

1. A particle is moving in a straight line. Its displacement at time t is given by 𝑠 = −4𝑡 2 + 2𝑡, then its velocity
1
and acceleration at time 𝑡 = 2 second are [AISSE 1981]
(a) – 2, – 8 (b) 2, 6
(c) – 2, 8 (d) 2, 8
2
2. The displacement of a particle in time t is given by 𝑠 = 2𝑡 − 3𝑡 + 1. The acceleration is
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5
9
3. If a spherical balloon has a variable diameter 3𝑥 + 2, then the rate of change of its volume with respect to x is
27𝜋
(a) 27𝜋(2𝑥 + 3)2 (b) (2𝑥 + 3)2
16
27𝜋
(c) 8
(2𝑥 + 3)2 (d) None of these
4. If the radius of a circle increases from 3 cm to 3.2 cm, then the increase in the area of the circle is
(a) 1.2𝜋𝑐𝑚2 (b) 12𝜋𝑐𝑚2
(c) 6𝜋𝑐𝑚2 (d) None of these
5. A ladder is resting with the wall at an angle of 30𝑜 . A man is ascending the ladder at the rate of 3 ft/sec. His
rate of approaching the wall is
3
(a) 3 ft/sec (b) 2ft/sec
3 3
(c) 4ft/sec (d) ft/sec
√2
6. If the edge of a cube increases at the rate of 60 cm per second, at what rate the volume is increasing when the
edge is 90 cm
(a) 486000 cu cm per sec (b) 1458000 cu cm per sec
(c) 43740000 cu cm per sec (d) None of these
7. The interval in which the function 𝑥 2 𝑒 −𝑥 is non decreasing, is
(a) (−∞, 2] (b) [0, 2]
(c) [2, ∞) (d) None of these
2𝑥
8. The function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔( 1 + 𝑥) − 2+𝑥is increasing on
(a) (0, ∞) (b) (−∞, 0)
(c) (−∞, ∞) (d) None of these
9. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥, the function decreasing in 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2𝜋 is
(a) [5𝜋/6,3𝜋/4] (b) [𝜋/4, 𝜋/2]
(c) [3𝜋/2,5𝜋/2] (d) None of these
10. The least value of k for which the function 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 1is an increasing function in the interval 1 <
𝑥 < 2is
(a) – 4 (b) – 3
(c) – 1 (d) – 2
11. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥, the function decreasing in 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2𝜋 is
(a) [5𝜋/6,3𝜋/4] (b) [𝜋/4, 𝜋/2]
(c) [3𝜋/2,5𝜋/2] (d) None of these
5 4 3
12. The function 𝑥 − 5𝑥 + 5𝑥 − 1is
(a) Maximum at 𝑥 = 3and minimum at 𝑥 = 1
(b) Minimum at 𝑥 = 1
(c) Neither maximum nor minimum at 𝑥 = 0
(d) Maximum at 𝑥 = 0
1 𝑥
13. Maximum value of (𝑥) is
(a) (𝑒)𝑒 (b) (𝑒)𝑒
1 𝑒
(c) (𝑒)−𝑒 (d) (𝑒)
14. 𝑥 𝑥 has a stationary point at
1
(a) 𝑥 = 𝑒 (b) 𝑥 =
𝑒
(c) 𝑥 = 1 (d) 𝑥 = √𝑒
3
15. The maximum value of 2𝑥 − 24𝑥 + 107 in the interval [–3, 3] is
(a) 75 (b) 89
(c) 125 (d) 139
16. If the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 4 − 62𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 9is maximum at 𝑥 = 1, then the value of a is
(a) 120 (b) –120
(c) 52 (d) 128
1 5
17. The minimum value of |𝑥| + |𝑥 + 2 | + |𝑥 − 3| + |𝑥 − 2 | is
(a) 0 (b) 2
 (c) 4 (d) 6
18. The value of a so that the sum of the squares of the roots of the equation 𝑥 2 − (𝑎 − 2)𝑥 − 𝑎 + 1 = 0
assume the least value, is
(a) 2 (b) 1
(c) 3 (d) 0
SSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTIONS

In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of

Reason (R). Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
19. Assertion (A): Let f: R →R be a function such that f(x) = x3 + x2 + 3x + sinx. Then f is an
increasing function.
Reason(R): If f’(x) >0 then f(x) is decreasing function.

20. Assertion (A): f(x) = A window has the shape of a rectangle surmounted by an equilateral triangle.
If the perimeter of the window is 12 m, then length 1.782 m and breadth 2.812 m of the rectangle
will produce the largest area of the window
Reason (R) : For maximum or minimum f’(x) =0

SECTION -B
This section comprises of very short answer type-questions (VSA) of 2 marks each

21. A stone is dropped into a quiet lake and waves move in circles at the speed of 5 cm/s. At the instant when the
radius of the circular wave is 8 cm, how fast is the enclosed area increasing?
(or)

A particle moves along a straight line so that its distance s in time t sec is 𝑠 = 𝑡 + 6𝑡 2 − 𝑡 3 . After what time is
the acceleration zero
22. Show that the function f given by f (x) = x3 – 3x2 + 4x, x ∈ R is increasing on R.
23. Prove that the function given by f (x) = cos x is
(a) decreasing in (0, 𝜋)
(b) increasing in (𝜋, 2 𝜋), and
(c) neither increasing nor decreasing in (0, 2 𝜋).
24. Find the maximum profit that a company can make, if the profit function is given by p(x) = 41 –
72x – 18x2
25. Find two positive numbers whose sum is 15 and the sum of whose squares is minimum.
(or)

Prove that the functions do not have maxima or minima: f(x)=logx

SECTION- C
(This section comprises of short answer type questions (SA) of 3 marks each)
26. A particle moves along the curve 6y = x3 +2. Find the points on the curve at which the y-coordinate
is changing 8 times as fast as the x-coordinate
(or)
A balloon, which always remains spherical on inflation, is being inflated by pumping in 900 cubic
centimetres of gas per second. Find the rate at which the radius of the balloon increases when the
radius is 15 cm.
27. Find the maximum value of 2x3 – 24x + 107 in the interval [1, 3]. Find the maximum value of the
same function in [–3, –1].
28. Find the intervals in which the function f given by f (x) = 2x3 – 3x2 – 36x + 7 is
(a) increasing (b) decreasing
4𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
29. Prove that y= 2+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 − 𝜃is an increasing function of 𝜃in [0, 𝜋/2].
(or)

Prove that the function f given by f (x) = log sin x is increasing on (0, 𝜋/2) and
decreasing on(𝜋/2, 𝜋).

30. Prove that the radius of the right circular cylinder of greatest curved surface area which can be inscribed in a
given cone is half of that of the cone.
31. The two equal sides of an isosceles triangle with fixed base b are decreasing at the rate of 3 cm per second.
How fast is the area decreasing when the two equal sides are equal to the base?
(or)

Find the absolute maximum and minimum values of a function f given by f (x) = 2x3 – 15x2 + 36x
+1 on the interval [1, 5].

Section – D
(This section comprises of short answer type questions (VSA) of 5 marks each)
32. A water tank has the shape of an inverted right circular cone with its axis vertical and vertex
lowermost. Its semi-vertical angle is tan–1 (0.5). Water is poured into it at a constant rate of 5 cubic
metre per hour. Find the rate at which the level of the water is rising at the instant when the depth of
water in the tank is 4 m.
(or)

Find the local maxima and local minima, if any, of the following functions. Find also the local
maximum and the local minimum values, as the case may be: f (x) = sin x – cos x, 0 < x < 2𝜋
2𝑥
33. Prove that the function f (x)= log (1+x) - 2+𝑥 is increasing for all x> −1

34. A ladder 5 m long is leaning against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is pulled along the ground,
away from the wall, at the rate of 2cm/s. How fast is its height on the wall decreasing when the foot
of the ladder is 4 m away from the wall ?
(or)

Sand is pouring from a pipe at the rate of 12 cm3/s. The falling sand forms a cone
on the ground in such a way that the height of the cone is always one-sixth of the
radius of the base. How fast is the height of the sand cone increasing when the
height is 4 cm?

35. A square piece of tin of side 18 cm is to be made into a box without top, by cutting a square from
each corner and folding up the flaps to form the box. What should be the side of the square to be cut
off so that the volume of the box is the maximum possible.
 SECTION-E

(This section comprises of 3 case-study? Passage based questions of 4marks each with two sub-
parts. First two case study questions have three sub-parts (i),(ii),(iii) of marks 1, 1, 2 respectively.
The third case study question has two sub parts of 2marks each.)

36. Case-Study 1: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Answer the following questions:

(i) If you are in between the lamp posts, at distance x feet from the stronger light, then
write the formula for the combined light intensity coming from both lamp posts as
function of x?
(ii) If I(x) denote the combined light intensity, then I(x) will be minimum at which value
of x?
(iii) Write the maximum and minimum values of x
(or)
How much distance from weaker lamp post to the darkest spot ?

37. Case-Study 2: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
38. Case-Study 2: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

A tin can manufacturer designs a cylindrical tin can for a company

making sanitizer and disinfectors. The tin can is made to hold 3 litres of
sanitizer or disinfector. The cost of material used to manufacture the tin
can is Rs.100m2.
(i) If r cm be the radius and h cm be the height of the cylindrical tin can,
then express the surface area as a function of radius (r)
(ii). Find the radius of the can that will minimize the cost of tin used for
making can?
(iii). Find the height that will minimize the cost of tin used for making can ?

OR

Find the minimum cost of material used to manufacture the tin can.