NCERT Solutions for class 12 Maths | Chapter 6 - Application of Derivatives

(1) The function f(x) = tan x – x
[A] always increases
[B] always decreases
[C] sometimes increases and sometimes decreases
[D] never increases
Answer: always increases
(2) The function f(x) = 2x³ – 3x² – 12x + 4 has
[A] two points of local maximum
[B] two points of local minimum
[C] one maxima and one minima
[D] no maxima or minima
Answer: one maxima and one minima

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(3) f(x) = xx has a stationary point at
[A] x = e
[B] x = 1/e
[C] x = 1
[D] x = √e
Answer: x = 1/e
(4) If the volume of a sphere is increasing at a constant rate, then the rate at which its radius is increasing is
[A] a constant
[B] proportional to the radius
[C] inversely proportional to the radius
[D] inversely proportional to the surface area
Answer: inversely proportional to the surface area
(5) The function f(x) = cot-1 x + x increases in the interval
[A] (1, ∞)
[B] (-1, ∞)
[C] (0, ∞)
[D] (-∞, ∞)
Answer: (-∞, ∞)
(6) If f (x) = x³ – 6x² + 9x + 3 be a decreasing function, then x lies in
[A] (-∞, -1) ∩ (3, ∞)
[B] (1, 3)
[C] (3, ∞)
[D] None of these
Answer: (1, 3)
(7) 2x³ – 6x + 5 is an increasing function, if
[A] 0 < x < 1
[B] -1 < x < 1
[C] x < -1 or x > 1
[D] -1 < x < –1/2
Answer: x < -1 or x > 1
(8) 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
Answer: always increasing
(9) The value of b for which the function f (x) = sin x – bx + c is decreasing for x ∈ R is given by
[A] b < 1
[B] b ≥ 1
[C] b > 1
[D] b ≤ 1
Answer: b > 1
(10) The function f (x) = 1 – x³ – x5 is decreasing for
[A] 1 < x < 5
[B] x < 1
[C] x > 1
[D] all values of x
Answer: all values of x
(11) The function /’defined by f(x) = 44 – 2x + 1 is increasing for
[A] x < 1
[B] x > 0
[C] x < 1/2
[D] x > 1/2
Answer: x > 1/2
(12) If f (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
Answer: f(x) is an increasing function
(13) The length of the longest interval, in which the function 3 sin x – 4 sin³ x is increasing is
[A] π/3
[B] π/2
[C] 3π/2
[D] π
Answer: π
(14) The function f(x) = x/logx increases on the interval
[A] (0, ∞)
[B] (0, e)
[C] (e, ∞)
[D] None of these
Answer: (e, ∞)
(15) The function f(x) = log (1 + x) – is increasing on
[A] (-1, ∞)
[B] (-∞, 0)
[C] (-∞, ∞)
[D] None of these
Answer: (-1, ∞)
(16) A particle is moving along the curve x = at² + bt + c. If ac = b², then particle would be moving with uniform
[A] rotation
[B] velocity
[C] acceleration
[D] retardation
Answer: acceleration
(17) The smallest value of the polynomial x³ – 18x² + 96x in [0, 9] is
[A] 126
[B] 0
[C] 135
[D] 160
Answer: 0
(18) Maximum slope of the curve y = -x³ + 3x² + 9x – 27 is
[A] 0
[B] 12
[C] 16
[D] 32
Answer: 0
(19) Function, f (x) = is monotonic increasing, if
[A] λ > 1
[B] λ < 1
[C] λ < 4
[D] λ > 4
Answer: λ > 4
(20) The position of a point in time Y is given by x = a + bt + ct², y = at + bt². Its acceleration at timet Y is
[A] b – c
[B] b + c
[C] 2b – 2c
[D]
Answer:

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