CBSE-CLASS-XII SERIES Mathematics
Differentiation
38 previous year questions.
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2024 Chapter Questions 38 MCQs
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Find the intervals in which the function is strictly increasing or strictly decreasing.
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Find the value of and so that the function , defined as:
is a continuous function.
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If , prove that , where is a constant.
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If , prove that .
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Given that , where and are positive constants, find .
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If , find .
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Show that is an increasing function of in .
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If , then is:
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is an example of a:
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variable separable differential equation
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homogeneous differential equation
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first order linear differential equation
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differential equation whose degree is not defined
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Of the following, which group of constraints represents the feasible region given below? 
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If , then is:
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The side of an equilateral triangle is increasing at the rate of 3 cm/s. At what rate is its area increasing when the side of the triangle is 15 cm?
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Differentiate:
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If , then prove that .
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(a) Differentiate with respect to .
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A carpenter needs to make a wooden cuboidal box, closed from all sides, which has a square base and fixed volume. Since he is short of the paint required to paint the box on completion, he wants the surface area to be minimum.
On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions :
Find .
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If , then find .
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Find if , where and are constants.
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Differentiate with respect to x.
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Differentiate with respect to .
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Find the interval in which is always increasing, .
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If , find the critical point:
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Differentiate with respect to .
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(b) If , then find .
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Differentiate with respect to x.
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For a positive constant , differentiate with respect to , where is a non-zero real number.
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If and , then find the values of and .
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Check the differentiability of the function f(x) = |x| at x = 0.
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Find the local maxima and local minima of the function
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Find:
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The area of an expanding rectangle is increasing at the rate of . The length of the rectangle is always square of its breadth. At what rate is the length of the rectangle increasing at an instant, when breadth ?
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If , for , then prove that
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If , then show that .
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If , check the differentiability of at .
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If , then prove that .
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A small town is analyzing the pattern of a new street light installation. The lights are set up such that the intensity of light at any point metres from the start of the street can be modeled by: where is in metres.Based on this, answer the following:


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If , then is
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If and , find at .