HIERANK SCHOOL OF COMPETITIONS

MATHEMATICS
1. Let
( ) 5 h x kx +
, domain of
( ) f x
is
[ 5, 7]
,domain of ( ) ( ) f h x
is
[ 6,1]
, and range of h(x) is
the same as the domain of f(x), then value of k is
a) 1/3 b) 4/5 c) 1 d) None of these
2. The function ( ) 1
1 2
x
x x
f x
e
+ +

is
a) an odd function b) an even function
c) neither an odd nor an even function d) a periodic function
3. If
( )
1/
1
( )
x
x e
f x
x
+

, then
a) lim ( )
2
x
e
f x

b)
0
lim ( )
2
x
e
f x

c)
0
lim ( ) 0
x
f x

>
d)
0
lim ( ) 1
x
f x

<
4.
( )
4
4 4 4 20
4 2 4 0
sin cos
lim
1 2
x x
x x x x
x e x

+

is equal to
a) 0 b)-1/6
c) 1/6 d) does not exist
5.
1
lim sec (ln )
2
x
x
x

_

,
is equal to
a)
2ln 2

c)
2

c)
2ln 2

d)
ln 2

6. Number of points where the function ( )

( ) max tan , cos f x x x
is non differentiable in the
interval
( , )
is
a) 4 b) 6
c) 3 d) 2
7. The function ( )
{ }
( ) maximum 2 , 2 f x x x x
is non differentiable at x equal to
a) 1 b)0,2
c) 0,1 d) 1,2
8. Let
: f R R
be any function and
1
( )
( )
g x
f x

. Then g is
a) onto if f is onto b) one-one if f is one-one
c) continuous if f is continuous d) differentiable if f is differentiable
9. If
2
2 0
( ) 2 0 x 1
1
x x
f x x
x x
+ <

'

Then a number of points to discontinuity of

( ) f x
is
a) 1 b) 2
c) 3 d) none of these
10. If
3
2 3
sin cos
( ) 6 1 0
x x x
f x
p p p

(where p is constant), then at x = 0,
3
3
( ) d f x
dx
is
a) p b) p
2
c) p d) 0
11. If
1
2 1
2
tan
1 2
x
x
y

+
_

+
,
, then
dy
dx
at x=0 is
a) 1 b)2
c) ln 2 d) none of these
12. A function g defined for all real x>0 satisfies g(1) = 1, g(x
2
) = x
3
for all x>0, then g(4) equals
a) 13/3 b) 3
c) 67/5 d) none of these
13. The curve 0
xy
y e x + has a vertical tangent at:
a) (1,1) b) (0,1)
c) (1,0) d) no point
14. If t, n, t

, n

are the lengths of a tangent, normal,, subtengent & subnormal at a point P(x
1
,y
1
), on
any curve y = f(x) then
a)
2 2
' ' t n t n + b)
2 2
1 1 1
' ' t n t n
+
c) ' ' t n tn d) ' ' nt n t
15. The number of tangent to the curve
2/3 2/3 2/3
2 x y a + , a>0 which are equally incline to the axes, is
a) 2 b) 1
c) 0 d) 4
16. One of the points on the curve
2
( )
1
x
f x
x

, where the tangent is inclined at an angle of

4

to
x-axis, is
2
) 2,
3
a
_

,
3
) 3,
8
b
_

,
2
) 2,
3
c
_

,
3
) 3,
2
d
_

,
17. Tangent of acute angle between the curves
2 2
1 & 7 y x y x at their points of intersection
is
a)
5 3
2
b)
3 5
2
c)
5 3
4
d)
3 5
4
18. The real values of a for which the equation x
3
+ 3x + a = 0 has three real and distinct roots, is
a) -2<a<2 b) 2 a
c) 6 a d) 2 6 a <
19. If for all real values of a one root the equation
2
3 ( ) 0 x ax f a + is double of the other, then f(x)
is equal to
a) 2x b) x
2
c) 2 x
2
d) 2 x
20. The value of the expression
4 3 2
8 18 8 2 x x x x + + + when 2 3 x + is
a) 0 b) 1
c) 2 d)3