Application of Derivatives
Practice Questions
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
1
The maximum area of rectangle inscribed in a circle of diameter $ R $ is
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2
Consider the function $ f(x)=\frac{|x-1|}{x^{2}} $, then $ f(x) $ is
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3

A cylindrical tank of radius $$10 \mathrm{~m}$$ is being filled with wheat at the rate of $$200 \pi$$ cubic metre per hour. Then, the depth of the wheat is increasing at the rate of

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4

Water is being filled at the rate of $$1 \mathrm{~cm}^3 / \mathrm{s}$$ in a right circular conical vessel (vertex downwards) of height $$35 \mathrm{~cm}$$ and diameter $$14 \mathrm{~cm}$$. When the height of the water levels is $$10 \mathrm{~cm}$$, the rate (in $$\mathrm{cm}^2 / \mathrm{sec}$$) at which the wet conical surface area of the vessel increases is

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5

A running track of 440 ft is to be laid out enclosing a football field, the shape of which is a rectangle with a semi-circle at each end. If the area of the rectangular portion is to be maximum, then the lengths of its side are

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6

A spherical balloon is filled with 4500$$\pi$$ cubic meters of helium gas. If a leak in the balloon causes the gas to escape at the rate of 72$$\pi$$ cubic meters per minute then the rate (in meters per minute) at which the radius of the balloon decreases 49 min after the leakage began is

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7

The slope of the tangent to the curve x = t2 + 3t $$-$$ 8, y = 2t2 $$-$$ 2t $$-$$ 5 at the point t = 2 is

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8

Let $$f(x) = {a_0} + {a_1}{x^2} + {a_2}{x^4} + {a_3}{x^6} + ... + {a_n}{x^{2n}}$$ be a polynomial in a real variable x with $$0 < {a_1} < {a_2} < {a_3} < .... < {a_n}$$, the function f(x) has

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