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5851.

If \[y={{\sec }^{-1}}\left( \frac{\sqrt{x}+1}{\sqrt{x}-1} \right)+{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{\sqrt{x}-1}{\sqrt{x}+1} \right)\], then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\] [UPSEAT 1999; AMU 2002; Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

A.            0
B.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}+1}\]
C.            1
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}+1}\]
5852.

 \[\frac{d}{dx}{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{4\sqrt{x}}{1-4x}=\]

A.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}(1+4x)}\]
B.            \[\frac{2}{\sqrt{x}(1+4x)}\]
C.            \[\frac{4}{\sqrt{x}(1+4x)}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» C.            \[\frac{4}{\sqrt{x}(1+4x)}\]
5853.

 If \[y=\sin [\cos (\sin x)],\]then \[dy/dx=\]

A.            \[-\cos [\cos (\sin x)]\sin (\cos x).\cos x\]
B.            \[-\cos [\cos (\sin x)]\sin (\sin x).\cos x\]
C.            \[\cos [\cos (\sin x)]\sin (\cos x).\cos x\]
D.            \[\cos [\cos (\sin x)]\sin (\sin x).\cos x\]
Answer» C.            \[\cos [\cos (\sin x)]\sin (\cos x).\cos x\]
5854.

\[\frac{d}{dx}({{e}^{x}}\log \sin 2x)=\] [AI CBSE 1985]

A.            \[{{e}^{x}}(\log \sin 2x+2\cot 2x)\]
B.            \[{{e}^{x}}(\log \cos 2x+2\cot 2x)\]
C.            \[{{e}^{x}}(\log \cos 2x+\cot 2x)\]
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            \[{{e}^{x}}(\log \cos 2x+2\cot 2x)\]
5855.

\[\frac{d}{dx}{{\tan }^{-1}}(\sec x+\tan x)=\]  [AISSE 1985, 87; DSSE 1982, 84]

A.            1
B.            1/2
C.            \[\cos x\]
D.            \[\sec x\]
Answer» C.            \[\cos x\]
5856.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\log (\sqrt{x-a}+\sqrt{x-b})=\]

A.            \[\frac{1}{2[\sqrt{(x-a)}+\sqrt{(x-b)}]}\]
B.          \[\frac{1}{2\sqrt{(x-a)(x-b)}}\]
C.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{(x-a)(x-b)}}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» C.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{(x-a)(x-b)}}\]
5857.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\sqrt{\frac{1+\cos 2x}{1-\cos 2x}}=\]

A.            \[{{\sec }^{2}}x\]
B.          \[-\text{cose}{{\text{c}}^{2}}x\]
C.            \[2\,{{\sec }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}\]
D.            \[-2\text{cose}{{\text{c}}^{2}}\frac{x}{2}\]
Answer» C.            \[2\,{{\sec }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}\]
5858.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\log \tan \left( \frac{\pi }{4}+\frac{x}{2} \right)=\]

A.            \[\cos \text{ec}\,x\]
B.            \[-\cos \text{ec}\,x\]
C.            \[\sec x\]
D.            \[-\sec x\]
Answer» D.            \[-\sec x\]
5859.

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

A.            \[\frac{\sqrt{x}}{1-x}\]
B.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}(1-x)}\]
C.            \[\frac{\sqrt{x}}{1+x}\]
D.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}(1+x)}\]
Answer» C.            \[\frac{\sqrt{x}}{1+x}\]
5860.

If \[f(x)=\sqrt{1+{{\cos }^{2}}({{x}^{2}})}\], then \[f'\left( \frac{\sqrt{\pi }}{2} \right)\] is   [Orissa JEE 2004]

A.            \[\sqrt{\pi }/6\]
B.            \[-\,\sqrt{(\pi /6)}\]
C.            \[1/\sqrt{6}\]
D.            \[\pi /\sqrt{6}\]
Answer» C.            \[1/\sqrt{6}\]
5861.

\[\frac{d}{dx}[(1+{{x}^{2}}){{\tan }^{-1}}x]=\]

A.            \[x{{\tan }^{-1}}x\]
B.            \[2{{\tan }^{-1}}x\]
C.            \[2x{{\tan }^{-1}}x+1\]
D.            \[x{{\tan }^{-1}}x+1\]
Answer» D.            \[x{{\tan }^{-1}}x+1\]
5862.

\[\frac{d}{dx}{{\log }_{7}}({{\log }_{7}}x)\]=

A.            \[\frac{1}{x{{\log }_{e}}x}\]
B.            \[\frac{{{\log }_{e}}7}{x{{\log }_{e}}x}\]
C.          \[\frac{{{\log }_{7}}e}{x{{\log }_{e}}x}\]
D.            \[\frac{{{\log }_{7}}e}{x{{\log }_{7}}x}\]
Answer» D.            \[\frac{{{\log }_{7}}e}{x{{\log }_{7}}x}\]
5863.

If \[y={{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{4x}{1+5{{x}^{2}}}+{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{2+3x}{3-2x}\], then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\]

A.            \[\frac{1}{1+25{{x}^{2}}}+\frac{2}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]
B.            \[\frac{5}{1+25{{x}^{2}}}+\frac{2}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]
C.          \[\frac{5}{1+25{{x}^{2}}}\]
D.            \[\frac{1}{1+25{{x}^{2}}}\]
Answer» D.            \[\frac{1}{1+25{{x}^{2}}}\]
5864.

If \[y=\log {{\left( \frac{1+x}{1-x} \right)}^{1/4}}-\frac{1}{2}{{\tan }^{-1}}x,\]then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\]

A.            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{1-{{x}^{4}}}\]
B.            \[\frac{2{{x}^{2}}}{1-{{x}^{4}}}\]
C.            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{2\,\,(1-{{x}^{4}})}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            \[\frac{2{{x}^{2}}}{1-{{x}^{4}}}\]
5865.

\[\frac{d}{dx}[{{\sin }^{n}}x\cos \,nx]=\]

A.            \[n{{\sin }^{n-1}}x\cos (n+1)x\]
B.            \[n{{\sin }^{n-1}}x\cos \,nx\]
C.            \[n{{\sin }^{n-1}}x\cos (n-1)x\]
D.            \[n{{\sin }^{n-1}}x\sin (n+1)x\]
Answer» B.            \[n{{\sin }^{n-1}}x\cos \,nx\]
5866.

If \[y=b\cos \log {{\left( \frac{x}{n} \right)}^{n}}\], then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\]

A.            \[-n\,\,b\sin \log {{\left( \frac{x}{n} \right)}^{n}}\]
B.            \[n\,\,b\sin \log {{\left( \frac{x}{n} \right)}^{n}}\]
C.            \[-n\,b\sin \log {{\left( \frac{x}{n} \right)}^{n}}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» D.            None of these
5867.

\[\frac{d}{dx}{{\left( \sqrt{x}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} \right)}^{2}}=\]                         [AI CBSE 1980]

A.            \[1-\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}}\]
B.            \[1+\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}}\]
C.            \[1-\frac{1}{2x}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            \[1+\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}}\]
5868.

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

A.            \[(1-{{x}^{2}})\frac{dy}{dx}-xy=0\]
B.            \[(1-{{x}^{2}})\frac{dy}{dx}+xy=0\]
C.            \[(1-{{x}^{2}})\frac{dy}{dx}-2xy=0\]
D.  \[(1-{{x}^{2}})\frac{dy}{dx}+2xy=0\]
Answer» C.            \[(1-{{x}^{2}})\frac{dy}{dx}-2xy=0\]
5869.

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

A.            \[-\sin 2x\]
B.            \[2\sin 2x\]
C.            \[2\cos 2x\]
D.            \[-2\sin 2x\]
Answer» E.
5870.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\sqrt{\frac{1-\sin 2x}{1+\sin 2x}}=\]     [AISSE 1985; DSSE 1986]

A.            \[{{\sec }^{2}}x\]
B. \[-{{\sec }^{2}}\left( \frac{\pi }{4}-x \right)\]
C.            \[{{\sec }^{2}}\left( \frac{\pi }{4}+x \right)\]
D.            \[{{\sec }^{2}}\left( \frac{\pi }{4}-x \right)\]
Answer» C.            \[{{\sec }^{2}}\left( \frac{\pi }{4}+x \right)\]
5871.

The differential coefficient of \[{{a}^{x}}+\log x.\sin x\]is

A.            \[{{a}^{x}}{{\log }_{e}}a+\frac{\sin x}{x}+\log x.\cos x\]
B.            \[{{a}^{x}}+\frac{\sin x}{x}+\cos x.\log x\]
C.            \[{{a}^{x}}\log a+\frac{\cos x}{x}+\sin x.\log x.\]
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            \[{{a}^{x}}+\frac{\sin x}{x}+\cos x.\log x\]
5872.

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

A.            \[(1+x)\cos x+(1-x)\sin x-\frac{1}{4x\sqrt{x}}\]
B.            \[(1-x)\cos x+(1+x)\sin x+\frac{1}{4x\sqrt{x}}\]
C.            \[(1+x)\cos x+(1+x)\sin x-\frac{1}{4x\sqrt{x}}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            \[(1-x)\cos x+(1+x)\sin x+\frac{1}{4x\sqrt{x}}\]
5873.

If \[y=3{{x}^{5}}+4{{x}^{4}}+2x+3\], then

A.            \[{{y}_{4}}=0\]
B.            \[{{y}_{5}}=0\]
C.            \[{{y}_{6}}=0\]
D.            None of these
Answer» D.            None of these
5874.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\log (\log x)\]=                                   [IIT 1985]

A.            \[\frac{x}{\log x}\]
B.            \[\frac{\log x}{x}\]
C.            \[{{(x\log x)}^{-1}}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» D.            None of these
5875.

If \[f(x)=mx+c,f(0)=f'(0)=1\]then \[f(2)=\]

A.            1
B.            2
C.            3
D.            ? 3
Answer» D.            ? 3
5876.

 If \[y={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{a\cos x-b\sin x}{b\cos x+a\sin x} \right)\] then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\] [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

A.            2
B.            ? 1
C.            \[\frac{a}{b}\]
D.            0
E.                 \[\frac{b}{a}\]
Answer» C.            \[\frac{a}{b}\]
5877.

The derivative of \[y=(1-x)\,(2-x)....(n-x)\] at \[x=1\] is equal to                                     [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

A.            0
B.            \[(-1)\,(n-1)\,!\]
C.            \[n!\,-\,1\]
D.            \[{{(-1)}^{n-1}}(n-1)\,!\]
E.            \[{{(-1)}^{n}}\,(n-1)\,!\]
Answer» C.            \[n!\,-\,1\]
5878.

If \[f(x)=\cos x\cos 2x\cos 4x\cos 8x\cos 16x\], then \[{f}'\left( \frac{\pi }{4} \right)\] is                                                               [AMU 2005]

A.            \[\sqrt{2}\]
B.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\]
C.            1
D.            \[\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\]
Answer» B.            \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\]
5879.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\,\,\left[ {{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{\sqrt{x}(3-x)}{1-3x} \right) \right]\]=                                                [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

A.            \[\frac{1}{2(1+x)\,\sqrt{x}}\]
B.            \[\frac{3}{(1+x)\,\sqrt{x}}\]
C.            \[\frac{2}{(1+x)\,\sqrt{x}}\]
D.            \[\frac{2\sqrt{2}y-3}{2\sqrt{2}}=\frac{-3\sqrt{2}\times +3}{2\sqrt{2}}\]
E.            \[\frac{3}{2(1+x)\sqrt{x}}\]
Answer» F.
5880.

\[f(x)={{x}^{2}}-3x\], then the points at which \[f(x)=f'(x)\]are

A.            1, 3
B.            1, ? 3
C.            ? 1, 3
D.            None of these
Answer» E.
5881.

 Let \[f(x)\] be a polynomial function of the second degree. If \[f(1)=f(-1)\] and \[{{a}_{1}},{{a}_{2}},{{a}_{3}}\] are in A.P. then \[{f}'({{a}_{1}})\], \[{f}'({{a}_{2}})\], \[{f}'({{a}_{3}})\] are in [AMU 2005]

A.          A.P
B.            G.P.
C.            H.P.
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            G.P.
5882.

The derivative of function \[f(x)\] is \[{{\tan }^{4}}x\]. If \[f(0)=0\] then \[\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{f(x)}{x}\]is equal to [J & K 2005]

A.            1
B.          0
C.            ?1
D.            None of these
Answer» C.            ?1
5883.

If \[{{x}^{m}}{{y}^{n}}={{(x+y)}^{m+n}}\]then \[{{\left. \frac{dy}{dx} \right|}_{x=1,y=2}}\] is equal to            [J & K 2005]

A.            ½
B.            2
C.            2m/n
D.            m/ 2n
Answer» C.            2m/n
5884.

If \[y={{\cos }^{-1}}\cos (|x|-f(x)),\] where            \[\]   \[f(x)\left\{ \begin{align}   & =1\,,\,\text{if}\,\,\,x>0 \\  & =-1\,,\,\text{if}\,\,\,x

A.            ? 1
B.            1
C.            0
D.            Indeterminate
Answer» C.            0
5885.

If \[y={{\tan }^{-1}}(\sec x-\tan x)\]then \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\] [Karnataka CET 2004]

A.            2
B.            ?2
C.          ½
D.            ?1/2
Answer» C.          ½
5886.

If \[y={{(\cos {{x}^{2}})}^{2}}\]then \[\frac{dy}{dx}\]is equal to            [Pb. CET 2004]

A.            \[-4x\sin 2{{x}^{2}}\]
B.            \[-x\sin {{x}^{2}}\]
C.            \[-2x\sin 2{{x}^{2}}\]
D.            \[-x\cos 2{{x}^{2}}\]
Answer» D.            \[-x\cos 2{{x}^{2}}\]
5887.

If \[y={{\cot }^{-1}}({{x}^{2}})\], then \[\frac{dy}{dx}\] is equal to        [Pb. CET 2002]

A.            \[\frac{2x}{1+{{x}^{4}}}\]
B.            \[\frac{2x}{\sqrt{1+4x}}\]
C.            \[\frac{-2x}{1+{{x}^{4}}}\]
D.            \[\frac{-2x}{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}}\]
Answer» D.            \[\frac{-2x}{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}}\]
5888.

If \[y=a\sin x+b\cos x,\]then \[{{y}^{2}}+{{\left( \frac{dy}{dx} \right)}^{2}}\]is a

A.            Function of x
B.            Function of y
C.            Function of x and y
D.            Constant
Answer» E.
5889.

If \[\sin y+{{e}^{-x\,\cos y}}=e,\]then \[\frac{dy}{dx}\] at \[(1,\pi )\] is [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]

A.            \[\sin y\]
B.            \[-x\cos y\]
C.            \[e\]
D.   \[\sin y-x\,\cos y\]
Answer» D.   \[\sin y-x\,\cos y\]
5890.

Derivative of the function \[f(x)={{\log }_{5}}({{\log }_{7}}x)\], \[x>7\] is [Orissa JEE 2002]

A.            \[\frac{1}{x(\text{In}\,\text{5)(In}\,\text{7)(lo}{{\text{g}}_{\text{7}}}x)}\]
B.            \[\frac{1}{x(\text{ln}\,\text{5)(ln}\,\text{7)}}\]
C.            \[\frac{1}{x(In\,x)}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            \[\frac{1}{x(\text{ln}\,\text{5)(ln}\,\text{7)}}\]
5891.

If \[f(x)=\sqrt{ax}+\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{\sqrt{ax}},\]then \[f'(a)=\]                  [EAMCET 2002]

A.            ? 1
B.            1
C.            0
D.            a
Answer» D.            a
5892.

Derivative of \[{{x}^{6}}+{{6}^{x}}\]with respect to x is [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]

A.            \[12x\]
B.            \[x+4\]
C.            \[6{{x}^{5}}+{{6}^{x}}\,\,\log 6\]
D.            \[6{{x}^{5}}+x{{6}^{x-1}}\]
Answer» D.            \[6{{x}^{5}}+x{{6}^{x-1}}\]
5893.

If \[x=\exp \left\{ {{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{y-{{x}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}} \right) \right\}\,\,\], then \[\frac{dy}{dx}\]equals [MP PET 2002]

A.            \[2x\,[1+\tan \,(\log x)]+x{{\sec }^{2}}(\log x)\]
B.            \[x\,[1+\tan \,(\log x)]+{{\sec }^{2}}(\log x)\]
C.            \[2x\,[1+\tan \,(\log x)]+{{x}^{2}}\,\,{{\sec }^{2}}(\log x)\]
D.            \[2x\,[1+\tan \,(\log x)]+{{\sec }^{2}}(\log x)\]
Answer» B.            \[x\,[1+\tan \,(\log x)]+{{\sec }^{2}}(\log x)\]
5894.

If \[y=\sec ({{\tan }^{-1}}x),\]then \[\frac{dy}{dx}\] is [DCE 2002; Kurukshetra CEE 2001]

A.            \[\frac{x}{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}}\]
B.            \[\frac{-x}{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}}\]
C.            \[\frac{x}{\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            \[\frac{-x}{\sqrt{1+{{x}^{2}}}}\]
5895.

The differential coefficient of the function \[|x-1|+|x-3|\] at the point \[x=2\] is           [RPET 2002; Pb. CET 2000, 04]

A.            ? 2
B.            0
C.            2
D.            Undefined
Answer» C.            2
5896.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\left[ \log \left\{ {{e}^{x}}{{\left( \frac{x-2}{x+2} \right)}^{3/4}} \right\} \right]\] equals to          [RPET 2001]

A.            1
B.            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}+1}{{{x}^{2}}-4}\]
C.            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}-1}{{{x}^{2}}-4}\]
D.            \[{{e}^{x}}\frac{{{x}^{2}}-1}{{{x}^{2}}-4}\]
Answer» D.            \[{{e}^{x}}\frac{{{x}^{2}}-1}{{{x}^{2}}-4}\]
5897.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\log |x|\text{ }=......,(x\ne 0)\]                     

A.            \[\frac{1}{x}\]
B.            \[-\frac{1}{x}\]
C.            x
D.            \[-x\]
Answer» B.            \[-\frac{1}{x}\]
5898.

\[\frac{d}{dx}\left[ {{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{a-x}{1+ax} \right) \right]=\] [Karnataka CET 2001; Pb. CET 2001]

A.            \[-\frac{1}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]
B.            \[\frac{1}{1+{{a}^{2}}}-\frac{1}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]
C.            \[\frac{1}{1+{{\left( \frac{a-x}{1+ax} \right)}^{2}}}\]
D.            \[\frac{-1}{\sqrt{1-{{\left( \frac{a-x}{1+ax} \right)}^{2}}}}\]
Answer» B.            \[\frac{1}{1+{{a}^{2}}}-\frac{1}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]
5899.

If \[y=\frac{a+b{{x}^{3/2}}}{{{x}^{5/4}}}\] and \[{y}'=0\] at \[x=5\], then the ratio \[a:b\] is equal to                                            [AMU 2001]

A.            \[\sqrt{5}:1\]
B.            5 : 2
C.            3 : 5                                          
D.            1 : 2
Answer» B.            5 : 2
5900.

If \[y={{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{\sin x+\cos x}{\cos x-\sin x} \right]\,,\] then \[\frac{dy}{dx}\] is               [UPSEAT 2001]

A.            \[1/2\]
B.            \[\pi /4\]
C.            0
D.            1
Answer» E.