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5751.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\left[ {{\sin }^{2}}{{\cot }^{-1}}\left\{ \sqrt{\frac{1-x}{1+x}} \right\} \right]\] equals                              [MP PET 2002]

A.            \[-1\]
B.            \[\frac{1}{2}\]
C.            \[-\frac{1}{2}\]
D.            1
Answer» C.            \[-\frac{1}{2}\]
5752.

If \[y={{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3\cos x+4\sin x}{5} \right)\], then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\]

A.            0
B.            1
C.            \[-1\]
D.            \[\frac{1}{2}\]
Answer» C.            \[-1\]
5753.

Let \[3f(x)-2f(1/x)=x,\] then \[f'(2)\]is equal to [MP PET 2000]

A.            \[2/7\]
B.            \[1/2\]
C.            2
D.            \[7/2\]
Answer» C.            2
5754.

If \[f(x)={{\cot }^{-1}}\left( \frac{{{x}^{x}}-{{x}^{-x}}}{2} \right)\,,\]then \[f'(1)\] is equal to [RPET 2000]

A.            ? 1
B.            1
C.            \[\log \,\,2\]
D.            \[-\log \,2\]
Answer» B.            1
5755.

If \[y={{\sin }^{-1}}\frac{\sqrt{(1+x)}+\sqrt{(1-x)}}{2}\], then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\]

A.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{(1-{{x}^{2}})}}\]
B.            \[-\frac{1}{\sqrt{(1-{{x}^{2}})}}\]
C.            \[-\frac{1}{2\sqrt{(1-{{x}^{2}})}}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» D.            None of these
5756.

If \[y={{\tan }^{-1}}\sqrt{\frac{a-x}{a+x}}\], then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\]

A.            \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{x}{a}\]
B.            \[-{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{x}{a}\]
C.            \[\frac{1}{2}{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{x}{a}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» E.
5757.

The differential coefficient of \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left\{ \sqrt{\frac{1+x}{2}} \right\}\]with respect to x  is      [MP PET 1993]

A.            \[-\frac{1}{2\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
B.            \[\frac{1}{2\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
C.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x}}\]
D.            \[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left\{ \sqrt{\frac{1+x}{2}} \right\}\]
Answer» B.            \[\frac{1}{2\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
5758.

If \[y={{\sin }^{-1}}\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}\], then \[dy/dx=\]                 [AISSE 1987]

A.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
B.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}}\]
C.            \[-\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
D.            \[-\frac{1}{\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}-1}}\]
Answer» D.            \[-\frac{1}{\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}-1}}\]
5759.

\[\frac{d}{dx}{{\sin }^{-1}}(2ax\sqrt{1-{{a}^{2}}{{x}^{2}}})=\]

A.            \[\frac{2a}{\sqrt{{{a}^{2}}-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
B.            \[\frac{a}{\sqrt{{{a}^{2}}-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
C.            \[\frac{2a}{\sqrt{1-{{a}^{2}}{{x}^{2}}}}\]
D.            \[\frac{a}{\sqrt{1-{{a}^{2}}{{x}^{2}}}}\]
Answer» D.            \[\frac{a}{\sqrt{1-{{a}^{2}}{{x}^{2}}}}\]
5760.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\left\{ {{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1-{{x}^{2}}}{1+{{x}^{2}}} \right) \right\}=\]                                [AISSE 1984]

A.            \[\frac{1}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]
B.            \[-\frac{1}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]
C.            \[-\frac{2}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]
D.            \[\frac{2}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]
Answer» E.
5761.

If \[y=\sin (2{{\sin }^{-1}}x),\]then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\]                     [AI CBSE 1983]

A.            \[\frac{2-4{{x}^{2}}}{\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
B.            \[\frac{2+4{{x}^{2}}}{\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
C.            \[\frac{2-4{{x}^{2}}}{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}}\]
D.            \[\frac{2+4{{x}^{2}}}{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}}\]
Answer» B.            \[\frac{2+4{{x}^{2}}}{\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
5762.

If \[\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}+\sqrt{1-{{y}^{2}}}=a(x-y)\], then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\] [MNR 1983; ISM Dhanbad 1987; RPET 1991]

A.            \[\sqrt{\frac{1-{{x}^{2}}}{1-{{y}^{2}}}}\]
B.            \[\sqrt{\frac{1-{{y}^{2}}}{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
C.            \[\sqrt{\frac{{{x}^{2}}-1}{1-{{y}^{2}}}}\]
D.            \[\sqrt{\frac{{{y}^{2}}-1}{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
Answer» C.            \[\sqrt{\frac{{{x}^{2}}-1}{1-{{y}^{2}}}}\]
5763.

Consider \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & \frac{{{x}^{2}}}{|x|},\,x\ne 0 \\  & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,0,\,x=0 \\ \end{align} \right.\] [EAMCET 1994]

A.            \[f(x)\]is discontinuous everywhere
B.            \[f(x)\]is continuous everywhere
C.            \[f'(x)\]exists in \[(-1,1)\]
D.            \[f'(x)\]exists in \[(-2,2)\]
Answer» C.            \[f'(x)\]exists in \[(-1,1)\]
5764.

The function \[f(x)=|x|\] at \[x=0\] is [MP PET 1993]

A.            Continuous but non-differentiable
B.            Discontinuous and differentiable
C.            Discontinuous and non-differentiable
D.            Continuous and differentiable
Answer» B.            Discontinuous and differentiable
5765.

The function \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & x,\,\,\text{if 0}\le x\le \text{1} \\  & \text{1,}\,\text{ if}\,1

A.            Continuous at all x, \[0\le x\le 2\]and differentiable at all x, except \[2/3\]in the interval [0,2]
B.            Continuous and differentiable at all x in [0,2]
C.            Not continuous at any point in [0,2]
D.            Not differentiable at any point [0,2]
Answer» B.            Continuous and differentiable at all x in [0,2]
5766.

There exists a function \[f(x)\]satisfying \[f(0)=1\], \[f'(0)=-1,\ f(x)>0\]for all x and                    [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]

A.            \[f(x)<0\],\[\forall x\]
B.            \[-1<f''(x)<0,\,\forall x\]
C.            \[-2<f''(x)\le -1,\,\forall x\]
D.            \[f''(x)<-2,\,\forall x\]
Answer» E.
5767.

Let \[h(x)=\min \{x,\,{{x}^{2}}\},\]for every real number of x. Then [IIT 1998]

A.            h is continuous for all x
B.            h is differentiable for all x        
C.            \[h'(x)=1\], for all \[b=1\]
D.            h is not differentiable at two values of x
Answer» B.            h is differentiable for all x        
5768.

Function \[y={{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2x}{1+{{x}^{2}}} \right)\] is not differentiable for [IIT Screening]           

A.            \[|x|\,<1\]
B.            \[x=1,-1\]
C.            \[|x|\,>1\]
D.            None of these
Answer» C.            \[|x|\,>1\]
5769.

If \[f(x)=x(\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{x+1}),\] then  [IIT 1985]

A.            \[f(x)\] is continuous but non- differentiable at \[x=0\]
B.            \[f(x)\] is differentiable at \[x=0\]
C.            \[f(x)\] is not differentiable at \[x=0\]                                                  
D.            None of these
Answer» D.            None of these
5770.

The set of all those points, where the function \[f(x)=\frac{x}{1+|x|}\]is differentiable, is

A.            \[(-\infty ,\infty )\]
B.            \[[0,\infty ]\]
C.            \[(-\infty ,\,0)\cup (0,\infty )\]
D.            \[(0,\infty )\]
Answer» B.            \[[0,\infty ]\]
5771.

If \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & a{{x}^{2}}+b;\,\,x\le 0 \\  & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,{{x}^{2}};x>0\, \\ \end{align} \right.\] possesses derivative at \[x=0\], then

A.            \[a=0,b=0\]                               
B.            \[a>0,=0\]
C.            \[a\in R,=0\]
D.            None of these
Answer» D.            None of these
5772.

If \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,1,\,\,x

A.            1
B.            0
C.            \[\infty \]
D.            Does not exist
Answer» E.
5773.

If \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & x+2\,,-1

A.            1
B.            ? 1
C.            0
D.            Does not exist
Answer» E.
5774.

If \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & x,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,0\le x\le 1 \\  & 2x-1,\,\,\,1

A.            f is discontinuous at\[x=1\]
B.            f is differentiable at \[x=1\]
C.            f is continuous but not differentiable at \[x=1\]                         
D.            None of these
Answer» D.            None of these
5775.

If \[f(x)=|x-3|,\]then f is [SCRA 1996; RPET 1997]

A.            Discontinuous at \[x=2\]          
B.            Not differentiable \[x=2\]
C.            Differentiable at \[x=3\]          
D.            Continuous but not differentiable at \[x=3\]
Answer» E.
5776.

Which of the following is not true [Kurukshetra CEE 1996]

A.            Every differentiable function is continuous
B.            If derivative of a function is zero at all points, then the function is constant
C.            If a function has maximum or minima at a point, then the function is differentiable at that point and its derivative is zero
D.            If a function is constant, then its derivative is zero at all points
Answer» D.            If a function is constant, then its derivative is zero at all points
5777.

The function which is continuous for all real values of x and differentiable at \[x=0\]is [MP PET 1996]

A.            \[|x|\]
B.            \[\log x\]
C.            sin x
D.            \[{{x}^{\frac{1}{2}}}\]
Answer» D.            \[{{x}^{\frac{1}{2}}}\]
5778.

The function \[f(x)=({{x}^{2}}-1)|{{x}^{2}}-3x+2|+\cos (|x|)\] is not differentiable at [IIT 1999]

A.            ?1
B.            0
C.            1
D.            2
Answer» E.
5779.

Let \[f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)\]and \[f(x)={{x}^{2}}g(x)\] for all \[x,y\in R\], where \[g(x)\] is continuous function. Then \[f'(x)\] is equal to

A.            \[g'(x)\]
B.            \[g(0)\]
C.            \[g(0)+g'(x)\]
D.            0
Answer» E.
5780.

If  \[f(x)={{x}^{2}}-2x+4\] and \[\frac{f(5)-f(1)}{5-1}=f'(c)\] then value of  c will be [AMU 2005]

A.            0
B.            1
C.            2
D.            3
Answer» E.
5781.

Let \[f(x+y)=f(x)f(y)\] and \[f(x)=1+\sin (3x)g(x)\] where \[g(x)\] is continuous then \[f'(x)\] is [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

A.            \[f(x)g(0)\]
B.            \[3g(0)\]
C.            \[f(x)\cos 3x\]
D.            \[3f(x)g(0)\]
E.            \[3f(x)g(x)\]
Answer» D.            \[3f(x)g(0)\]
5782.

Let f be continuous on [1, 5] and differentiable in (1, 5). If \[f(1)\]=?3 and \[f'(x)\ge 9\] for all \[x\in (1,\ 5)\], then [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

A.            \[f(5)\ge 33\]
B.            \[f(5)\ge 36\]
C.            \[f(5)\le 36\]
D.            \[f(5)\ge 9\]
E.            \[f(5)\le 9\]
Answer» C.            \[f(5)\le 36\]
5783.

If \[f(x)\] is a differentiable function such that \[f:R\to r\] and \[f\left( \frac{1}{n} \right)=0\ \forall \ n\ge 1,n\in I\] then [IIT Screening 2005]

A.            \[f(x)=0\ \forall \ x\in (0,\,1)\]
B.            \[f(x)=0\forall x\in (0,\,1)\]
C.            \[f(0)=0\] but \[f'(0)\] may or may not be 0
D.            \[|f(x)|\,\le 1\ \forall \ x\in (0,\,1)\]
Answer» C.            \[f(0)=0\] but \[f'(0)\] may or may not be 0
5784.

If \[f(x)\] is twice differentiable polynomial function such that \[f(1)=1,f(2)=-4,f(3)=9\], then [IIT Screening 2005]

A.            \[f''(x)=2,\forall x\in R\]                  
B.            There exist at least one \[x\in (1,\,3)\] such that \[f''(x)=2\]
C.                    There exist at least one \[x\in (2,\,3)\] such that  \[f'(x)=5=f''(x)\] 
D.            There exist at least one \[x\in (1,\,2)\] such that \[f(x)=3\]
Answer» C.                    There exist at least one \[x\in (2,\,3)\] such that  \[f'(x)=5=f''(x)\] 
5785.

                                                                        \[f(x)=\left| \left| x \right|-1 \right|\] is not differentiable at [IIT Screening 2005]

A.            0
B.                                                                                              \[\pm 1,\,0\]
C.            1
D.                                                                                                \[\pm \,1\]
Answer» C.            1
5786.

If \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & x\frac{{{e}^{(1/x)}}-{{e}^{(-1/x)}}}{{{e}^{(1/x)}}+{{e}^{(-1/x)}}},\,x\ne 0 \\  & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,0,\,x=0 \\ \end{align} \right.\] then which of the following is true                        [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]

A.            f is continuous and differentiable at every point
B.            f is continuous at every point but is not differentiable
C.            f is differentiable at every point
D.            f is differentiable only at the origin
Answer» C.            f is differentiable at every point
5787.

Let                                                                                                     \[f\]  be differentiable for all                                                                                                     \[x\] . If                                                                                                \[f(1)=-2\]  and                                                                                              \[f'(x)\ge 2\]  for                                                                                               \[x\in [1,6]\] , then [AIEEE 2005]

A.                                                                                                 \[f(6)<5\]
B.                                                                                                 \[f(6)=5\]
C.                                                                                               \[f(6)\ge 8\]
D.                                                                                                 \[f(6)<8\]
Answer» D.                                                                                                 \[f(6)<8\]
5788.

If f is a real- valued differentiable function satisfying                                                                           \[|f(x)-f(y)|\le {{(x-y)}^{2}},x,y\in R\]  and                                                                                                 \[f(0)=0\] , then                                                                                                   \[f(1)\]  equal          [AIEEE 2005]

A.            2
B.            1
C.            ?1
D.            0
Answer» E.
5789.

Suppose                                                                                                   \[f(x)\]  is differentiable at                                                                                                   \[x=1\]  and                                                         \[\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{1}{h}f(1+h)=5\] , then                                                                                                   \[f'(1)\]  equals [AIEEE 2005]

A.            5
B.            6
C.            3
D.            4
Answer» B.            6
5790.

The value of m for which the function                                                                                   \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & m{{x}^{2}},\,x\le 1 \\  & \,\,\,\,2x,\,x>1 \\ \end{align} \right.\]  is differentiable at                                                                                                   \[x=1\] ,is [MP PET 1998]

A.            0
B.            1
C.            2
D.            Does not exist
Answer» E.
5791.

If                                                                                     \[f(x)\,=\frac{x}{1+|x|}\]  for                                                                                                 \[x\in R,\]  then                                                                                                  \[f'(0)=\]                    [EAMCET 2003]

A.            0
B.            1
C.            2
D.            3
Answer» C.            2
5792.

If                                                                              \[f(x)\,=\,\,\left\{ \begin{matrix}    \frac{x-1}{2{{x}^{2}}-7x+5} & \text{for }x\ne 1  \\    -\frac{1}{3} & \text{for }x=1  \\ \end{matrix}\,\,, \right.\]  then                                                                                                  \[f'(1)=\] [EAMCET 2003]

A.            ?1/9
B.            ?2/9
C.            ?1/3
D.            1/3
Answer» C.            ?1/3
5793.

Which of the following is not true       [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]

A.            A polynomial function is always continuous
B.            A continuous function is always differentiable
C.            A differentiable function is always continuous
D.                                                                                                                  is continuous for all x 
Answer» C.            A differentiable function is always continuous
5794.

The function                                                           \[f(x)={{x}^{2}}\,\,\sin \frac{1}{x},\,x\ne \,0,\,\,f(0)\,=0\]  at                                                                                                   \[x=0\] [MP PET 2003]

A.            Is continuous but not differentiable
B.            Is discontinuous
C.            Is having continuous derivative
D.            Is continuous and differentiable
Answer» E.
5795.

sThe function \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    {{e}^{2x}}-1 & , & x\le 0  \\    ax+\frac{b{{x}^{2}}}{2}-1 & , & x>0  \\ \end{matrix} \right.\] is continuous and differentiable for [AMU 2002]

A.            \[[.]\]
B.            \[a=2,\,b=4\]
C.            \[a=2,\,\]any \[b\]
D.            Any \[a,\,\,\,b=4\]
Answer» D.            Any \[a,\,\,\,b=4\]
5796.

If \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & \ x+1,\ \text{when}\,x

A.            0
B.            1
C.            2
D.            Does not exist
Answer» E.
5797.

Let \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    0, & x

A.             f is continuous but not differentiable
B.             f  is differentiable but not continuous
C.            \[{f}'\] is continuous but not differentiable
D.            \[{f}'\] is continuous and differentiable
Answer» D.            \[{f}'\] is continuous and differentiable
5798.

The left-hand derivative of \[f(x)=[x]\sin (\pi x)\]  at \[x=k,\,\,k\]is an integer and \[[x]\]= greatest integer \[\le x,\,\] is [IIT Screening 2001]

A.            \[{{(-1)}^{k}}\,\,(k-1)\,\pi \]
B.            \[{{(-1)}^{k-1}}(k-1)\,\pi \]
C.            \[{{(-1)}^{k}}k\pi \]
D.            \[{{(-1)}^{k-1}}k\,\pi \]
Answer» B.            \[{{(-1)}^{k-1}}(k-1)\,\pi \]
5799.

A function \[f(x)\,=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    1+x, & x\le 2  \\    5-x, & x>2  \\ \end{matrix} \right.\,\] is [AMU 2001]

A.            Not continuous at \[x=2\]
B.            Differentiable at \[x=2\]
C.            Continuous but not differentiable at \[x=2\]
D.            None of these
Answer» D.            None of these
5800.

The function \[y={{e}^{-|x|}}\] is [AMU 2000]

A.            Continuous and differentiable at \[x=0\]
B.            Neither continuous nor differentiable at \[x=0\]
C.            Continuous but not differentiable at \[x=0\]
D.            Not continuous but differentiable at \[x=0\]
Answer» D.            Not continuous but differentiable at \[x=0\]