MATHEMATICS

F.Sc / ICS – 2nd Year

Practice Sheet Chapter 2
MCQs
d f ( x)
(1) e equals:
dx
f ( x) e f ( x)
(A) e
f ( x)
(B) e f ( x) . f ( x) (C) (D)
ex f ( x)

(2) The differential co-efficient of esin x is:

(A) esin x .cos x (B) esin x .sin x (C) ecos x .cos x (D) sin x.esin x1

(3) If f ( x)  2 x then f ( x) equals:

x1 x 2x ln 2
(A) 2 (B) 2 ln 2 (C) (D)
ln 2 2x

dy
(4) If y  n(sin x) then equals:
dx
(A) tan x (B) cot x (C)  tan x (D)  cot x

1 dy
(5) If y  2
, then at x  1is:
x dx
1
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) (D) 4
3

d
(6)  sec x  is:
dx
(A) sec2 x (B)  sec x tan x (C) sec x tan x (D) sec x cot x

1
(7) is derivative of:
1  x2
(A) sin 1 x (B) sec1 x (C) tan 1 x (D) cot 1 x
(8)
d x
dx
 a  is:
na ax
(A) (B) (C) a x (D) a x na
ax na

d
(9) cot 2 2 x  :
dx
(A) 4cot 2 x cosec2 x (B) 4cot 2 x cosec2 2 x (C) 4cot 2 2 x cosec 2 x (D) 4cot 2x

 
(10) If f  x   cos x then f '    :
2
(D) 1
1
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C)
2

2
d  1 
(11)  x  :
dx  x
1 1 1
(A) 1  (B) 1  (C) 0 (D) 1 
2x x2 x2

d xh
(12) e :
dx
e xh e xh
(A) (B) (C) e xh (D) he xh
ln h ln x

If f  x   cosh x then  f  x     f   x   :
2 2
(13)
1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) (D) 22
2

dy
(14) If y  cos x, u  sin x then :
du
(A) cos x (B)  cot x (C)  tan x (D)  cosec x

(15)
d
dx
 m k
 ln x  :
mk k 1 mk
 ln x  m 
ln x 
mk 1 k 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
x x x mk x
 d
(16) sin 1 x :
dx
1 1 1
(A) (B) cos1 x (C) (D)
1 x 2
1 x 2
1 x

dy
(17) If y  1  x 2 , 0  x  1 then :
dx
1 x x
(A) x2 1 (B) (C) (D)
1  x2 1  x2 1  x2

d
(18) log a x :
dx
1 1 1
(A) (B) x ln x  x (C) ln a (D)
x x x ln a

If x  f   , y  g   then :
dy
(19)
dx
dy d dx d d dx dy dx
(A) (B) (C) (D)
d dx d dy dy d d d

d
(20) sech x :
dx
(A) sech x tanh x (B)  sech x tanh x (C) tanh 2 x (D) sech 2 x

d
(21) cosh x :
dx
(A)  sinh x (B) sech x (C)  sech x (D) sinh x

dy 2
(22) The value of   3 at x  1 is:
dx x
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) –2 (D) 2

d
(23) 5 f  x   :
dx 
(A) 5 f   x  (B) 5 (C) f   x  (D) 5  f   x 
(24) If y  e2x then y2  :
2x 2x 2x 2x
(A) e (B) 2e (C) 4e (D) 16e

(25)
d
dx
 x  :
1 1
(A) x (B) (C) 1 (D)
x 2x 2 x

(26)
d
dx
 cos x 2  :

(A) 2 x sin x 2 (B) 2 x sin x2 (C) 2cos x (D) 2sin x

then f   x  :
1
(27) If f  x  
xm
m1 m1 1
(A) xm1 (B) mx (C) mx (D) m x

1
(28) The derivative of is:
1 x
(D) 11  x 
2
(A) x (B) 1  x (C) (1  x)2

(29)
d
dx
 cos1 x  :
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 x 2
1 x 2
1 x 2
1  x2

d
(30) tan 1 x :
dx
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1  x2 1 x 2
1 x 2
1  x2

dy
(31) If y  cot 1 x, then :
dx
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1  x2 1  x2 x 1
2
x 1
2
(32) The derivative of n  tanh x  is:

1 sech 2 x
(A) (B) (C) sech 2 x (D) sech x
tanh x tanh x

dy
(33) If y 2  x 2  a 2 , then :
dx
x x
(A) 
y y
(B)  (C) (D)
y x y x

d
(34) (sin x ) :
dx

1 1
(A) cos x (B) cos x . (C) x cos x (D) cos x .
x 2 x

dy
(35) If y  tanh 1 x, then :
dx

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (s)
1  x2 1  x2 1  x2 1  x2

d x
(36) (a ) :
dx

ax
(A) a x (B) a x na (C)  a x na (D)
 na

d 2
 x  1 :
2
(37)
dx

( x 2  1)3
(A) 2 x( x  1)
2
(B) (C) 2( x 2  1) (D) 4 x( x 2  1)
3

d
(38) (tan x 2 ) :
dx

(A) 2 x sec2 x2 (B) 2 x sec2 (C)  sec2 x2 (D) 2 x sec x2

 d
(39) ( f ( x)sin x) :
dx

(A) f ( x)cos x  f ( x)sin x (B) f ( x)sin x  f ( x)cos x

(C) f ( x)cos x (D) f ( x)cos x  f ( x)sin x

EXERCISE 2.1 & 2.2

SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Define differentiation.

2. Find the derivative of x 2 by definition with respect to x.

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3. Find by definition, the derivative of x 2 with respect to ' x '

4. Use definition to find the derivative of x( x  3) w.r.t. ' x '

 1
dy
5. Find from first principles if y  ( x  4) 3
dx

EXERCISE 2.3
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. State product rule for derivative of two functions.

2. Write the quotient rule for derivative of two functions.

3. Find the derivative of y  ( x2  5)( x3  7) with respect to x.

4. Find the derivative of y  ( x 3  1)9 with respect to x.

2
5. Calculate derivative of f ( x)  x 3 at x  8.
 ax
6. Differentiate with respect to x.
ax

dy 2x  3
7. Find when y 
dx 2x 1

2
 1 
8. Differentiate  x   with respect to x.
 x

x  1
2 2

9. Differentiate with respect to x.

x2 1

x2  1
10. Differentiate 2 with respect to x.
x 3
 2x 1
11. Differentiate with respect to x.
x2  1

ax
12. Differentiate with respect to x.
ax

1 dy
13. If y  x  , show that 2 x  y  2 x .
x dx

dy
14. If y  x 4  2 x 2  2, prove that  4x y 1
dx

LONG QUESTIONS

1. Differentiate
 x 1 x 
3
2
 w.r.t. x.
1
3 1
x 2
x 2
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dy 1 x  1 x
2. Find if y 
dx 1 x  1 x
 x ax
3. Differentiate w.r.t. x.
ax

EXERCISE 2.4
SHORT QUESTIONS
dy
1. Find if x2  y 2  4
dx

dy
2. Find if y 2  x2  4 x  5
dx

dy
3. Find if y 2  xy  x2  4  0
dx
 dy
4. Find if x  at 2 and y  2at
dx

dy 1 1
5. Apply chain rule to find if y  x 2  2 and u  x  .
du x x

dy
6. Find by making suitable substitution of y  (3x2  2 x  7)6
dx

dy
7. Find if xy  y 2  2
dx

dy
8. Find if x2  4 xy  5 y  0
dx

Differentiate 1  x 2  w.r.t. x2 .
n
9.

dy 1
10. Find if x    and y    1
dx 
 LONG QUESTIONS
 
3 3
1. Differentiate 1  2 x . x 2 w.r.t. x.

dy
2. Find if 4 x2  2hxy  by 2  2 gx  2 fy  c  0
dx

dy 1 t2 2t
3. Prove that y  x  0 if x  , y
dx 1 t 2
1 t2
 EXERCISE 2.5
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Differentiate sin3 x w.r.t. cos2 x.

dy
2. Find if
dx
(i) y  x cos y

(ii) x  y sin y

3. Differentiate the following with respect to the variable involved.

(i) x 2 sec 4 x

(ii) tan3  sec2 

(iii) cos x  sin x

4. (i) Differentiate sin x w.r.t. cot x

(ii) Differentiate sin 2 x w.r.t. cos4 x

x
5. Differentiate cot 1 w.r.t. x.
a

1 1 a
6. Differentiate sin w.r.t. x.
a x

7. Differentiate sin 1 1  x 2 w.r.t. x

8. If y  tan  p tan 1 x  , show that 1  x 2  y1  p 1  y 2   0

 LONG QUESTIONS
dy x
1. Find , if y  x sin 1    a 2  x 2
dx a

2. Differentiate the following from the first principles.

(i) tan 2 x

(ii) cos x
 1 2x
3. Find the derivative w.r.t. x sin
1 x

dy
4. If tan y(1  tan x)  1  tan x, show that  1
dx

dy
5. If y  tan x  tan x  tan x  , prove that  2 y  1  sec 2 x
dx

dy
6. If x  a cos3 , y  b sin3 , show that a  b tan   0
dx
 dy
7. Find if x  a(cos t  sin t ), y  a(sin t  t cos t )
dx

 x2  1 
1
8. Differentiate sec  2  w.r.t. ' x '.
 x 1 

dy y y x
9. Show that  if  tan 1
dx x x y
 EXERCISE 2.6
SHORT QUESTIONS
dy
 ? if y  e x 1
2
1.
dx

2. Differentiate y  a x w.r.t. x

dy
3. Find if y  log10 (ax 2  bx  c )
dx

4. Differentiate ln( x2  2 x) w.r.t. ' x '.

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5. Find f ( x) if f ( x )  x 3e x

6. Find f ( x) if f ( x )  e x 1  ln x 

ex
7. Find f ( x) if f ( x)   x
e 1
8. Find f ( x) if f ( x )  ln  e x  e  x 

9. Find f ( x) if f ( x )  ln  e 2 x  e 2 x 

10. Find f ( x) if f ( x )  ln  e 2 x  e 2 x 

dy
11. Find if y  x 2 ln x
dx

dy x2 1
12. Find if y  ln 2
dx x 1

13. Find
dy
dx

if y  ln x  x 2  1 
 dy
14. Find if y  e2 x sin 2 x
dx

dy
15. Find if y  xesin x
dx

dy
16. Find if y  tanh 1  sin x 
dx

dy  x
17. Find if y  sinh 1  
dx 2

dy
18. Find if y  lntanh x
dx