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Differentiation - Calculus - Mathematics Previous Year Questions

Practice Differentiation - Calculus - Mathematics previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

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9Years
34Questions
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Difficulty distribution

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Not classified 34 100%

Question type distribution

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Multiple Choices 34 100%

Subject weightage

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Mathematics
34 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Calculus
34 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Differentiation
34 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

KCET 2025
3 Qs
KCET 2024
2 Qs
KCET 2023
3 Qs
KCET 2022
6 Qs
KCET 2021
6 Qs
KCET 2020
3 Qs
KCET 2019
3 Qs
KCET 2018
3 Qs
KCET 2017
5 Qs

Included previous year papers

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All Differentiation previous year questions

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1
2017 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2017
If $y=\log (\log x)$, then $\frac{d^2 y}{d x^2}$ is equal to
A
$\frac{-(1+\log x)}{x^2 \log x}$
B
$\frac{-(1+\log x)}{(x \log x)^2}$
C
$\frac{(1+\log x)}{(x \log x)^2}$
D
$\frac{(1+\log x)}{x^2 \log x}$
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2017 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2017
The derivative of $\cos ^{-1}\left(2 x^2-1\right)$ w.r.t. $\cos ^{-1} x$ is
A
$1-x^2$
B
$\frac{2}{x}$
C
$\frac{-1}{2 \sqrt{1-x^2}}$
D
2
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2017 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2017

$$\text { If } y=\left|\begin{array}{ccc} f(x) & g(x) & h(x) \\ l & m & n \\ a & b & c \end{array}\right| \text {, then } \frac{d y}{d x} \text { is equal to }$$

A
$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}f^{\prime}(x) & g^{\prime}(x) & h^{\prime}(x) \\ l & m & n \\ a & b & c\end{array}\right|$
B
$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}l & m & n \\ f(x) & g(x) & h(x) \\ a & b & c\end{array}\right|$
C
$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}f^{\prime}(x) & l & a \\ g^{\prime}(x) & m & b \\ h^{\prime}(x) & n & c\end{array}\right|$
D
$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}l & m & n \\ a & b & c \\ f^{\prime}(x) & g^{\prime}(x) & h^{\prime}(x)\end{array}\right|$
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2017 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2017
If $\sin x=\frac{2 t}{1+t^2}, \tan y+\frac{2 t}{1-t^2}$, then $\frac{d y}{d x}$ is equal to
A
0
B
2
C
1
D
-1
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5
2017 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2017
If $y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sin x+\cos x}{\cos x-\sin x}\right)$, then $\frac{d y}{d x}$ is equal to
A
$1 / 2$
B
0
C
$\pi / 4$
D
1
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6
2018 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2018
\(\text { If } y=\sqrt{x+\sqrt{x+\sqrt{x+\ldots \infty}}} \text {, then } \frac{d y}{d x} \text { is equal }\) to
A
$\frac{1}{y^2-1}$
B
$\frac{1}{2 y+1}$
C
$\frac{2 y}{y^2-1}$
D
$\frac{1}{2 y-1}$
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2018 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2018
If $f(x)=|\cos x-\sin x|$, then $f^{\prime}\left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right)$ is equal to
A
$-\frac{1}{2}(1+\sqrt{3})$
B
$\frac{1}{2}(1+\sqrt{3})$
C
$-\frac{1}{2}(1-\sqrt{3})$
D
$\frac{1}{2}(1-\sqrt{3})$
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8
2018 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2018
If $\cos y=x \cos (a+y)$ with $\cos a \neq \pm 1$, then $\frac{d y}{d x}$ is equal to
A
$\frac{\sin a}{\cos ^2(a+y)}$
B
$\frac{\cos ^2(a+y)}{\sin a}$
C
$\frac{\cos a}{\sin ^2(a+y)}$
D
$\frac{\cos ^2(a+y)}{\cos a}$
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9
2019 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2019

\(\sqrt[3]{y} \sqrt{x}=\sqrt[6]{(x+y)^5}\), then \(\frac{d y}{d x}=\)

A
\(x-y\)
B
\(\frac{x}{y}\)
C
\(\frac{y}{x}\)
D
\(x+y\)
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10
2019 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2019

If \(x=a \sec ^2 \theta\) & \(y=a \tan ^2 \theta\), then \(\frac{d^2 y}{d x^2}=\)

A
0
B
2a
C
4
D
1
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11
2019 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2019

If \([x]\) represents the greatest integer function and \(f(x)=x-[x]-\cos x\), then \(f^{\prime}\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)=\)

A
2
B
0
C
does not exist
D
1
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12
2020 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2020

If \(y=2 x^{n+1}+\frac{3}{x^n}\), then \(x^2 \frac{d^{2 y}}{d x^2}\) is

A
\(6 n(n+1) y\)
B
\(n(n+1) y\)
C
\(x \frac{d y}{d x}+y\)
D
\(y\)
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13
2020 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2020

If \(2^x+2^y=2^{x+y}\), then \(\frac{d y}{d x}\) is

A
\(2^{y-x}\)
B
\(-2^{y-x}\)
C
\(2^{x-y}\)
D
\(\frac{2^y-1}{2^x-1}\)
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14
2020 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2020

If \((x e)^y=e^y\), then \(\frac{d y}{d x}\) is

A
\(\frac{\log x}{(1+\log x)^2}\)
B
\(\frac{1}{(1+\log x)^2}\)
C
\(\frac{\log x}{(1+\log x)}\)
D
\(\frac{e^x}{x(y-1)}\)
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15
2021 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2021

If \(y=\left(\cos x^2\right)^2\), then \(\frac{d y}{d x}\) is equal to

A
\(-4 x \sin 2 x^2\)
B
\(-x \sin x^2\)
C
\(-2 x \sin 2 x^2\)
D
\(-x \cos 2 x^2\)
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2021 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2021

If \(a\) and \(b\) are fixed non-zero constants, then the derivative of \(\frac{a}{x^4}-\frac{b}{x^2}+\cos x\) is \(m a+n b-p\), where

A
\(m=4 x^3, n=\frac{-2}{x^3}\) and \(p=\sin x\)
B
\(m=\frac{-4}{x^5}, n=\frac{2}{x^3}\) and \(p=\sin x\)
C
\(m=\frac{-4}{x^5}, n=\frac{-2}{x^3}\) and \(p=\sin x\)
D
\(m=4 x^3, n=\frac{2}{x^3}\) and \(p=-\sin x\)
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2021 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2021

Consider the following statements

Statement 1 : If \(y=\log _{10} x+\log _e x\), then \(\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{\log _{10} e}{x}+\frac{1}{x}\)

Statement 2 : If \(\frac{d}{d x}\left(\log _{10} x\right)=\frac{\log x}{\log 10}\) and \(\frac{d}{d x}\left(\log _e x\right)=\frac{\log x}{\log e}\)

A
Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.
B
Statement 1 is false, statement 2 is true.
C
Both statements 1 and 2 are true.
D
Both statements 1 and 2 are false.
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2021 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2021

If the parametric equation of curve is given by \(x=\cos \theta+\log \tan \frac{\theta}{2}\) and \(y=\sin \theta\), then the points for which \(\frac{d y}{d x}=0\) are given by

A
\(\theta=\frac{n \pi}{2}, n \in Z\)
B
\(\theta=(2 n+1) \frac{\pi}{2}, n \in Z\)
C
\(\theta=(2 n+1) \pi, n \in Z\)
D
\(\theta=n \pi, n \in z\)
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2021 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2021

For constant \(a, \frac{d}{d x}\left(x^x+x^a+a^x+a^a\right)\) is

A
\(x^x(1+\log x)+a x^{a-1}\)
B
\(x^x(1+\log x)+a x^{a-1}+a^x \log a\)
C
\(x^x(1+\log x)+a^a(1+\log x)\)
D
\(x^x(1+\log x)+a^a(1+\log a)+a x^{a-1}\)
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2021 · Mathematics · Calculus · Differentiation
KCET 2021

If \(y=(x-1)^2(x-2)^3(x-3)^5\), then \(\frac{d y}{d x}\) at \(x=4\) is equal to

A
108
B
54
C
36
D
516
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