Differentiation

82 Questions
2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Evening Shift

Let $f(x) = x^3 + x^2 f'(1) + 2x f''(2) + f'''(3)$, $x \in \mathbb{R}$. Then the value of $f'(5)$ is :

A.

$\dfrac{657}{5}$

B.

$\dfrac{117}{5}$

C.

$\dfrac{2}{5}$

D.

$\dfrac{62}{5}$

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 3rd April Morning Shift
$ \text { If } y(x)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc} \sin x & \cos x & \sin x+\cos x+1 \\ 27 & 28 & 27 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 \end{array}\right|, x \in \mathbb{R} \text {, then } \frac{d^2 y}{d x^2}+y \text { is equal to } $
A.
28
B.
27
C.
-1
D.
1
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Morning Shift

Let $f: \mathbf{R} \rightarrow \mathbf{R}$ be a twice differentiable function such that $(\sin x \cos y)(f(2 x+2 y)-f(2 x-2 y))=(\cos x \sin y)(f(2 x+2 y)+f(2 x-2 y))$, for all $x, y \in \mathbf{R}$. If $f^{\prime}(0)=\frac{1}{2}$, then the value of $24 f^{\prime \prime}\left(\frac{5 \pi}{3}\right)$ is :

A.
2
B.
3
C.
$-$3
D.
$-$2
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

Let $f:(0, \infty) \rightarrow \mathbf{R}$ be a function which is differentiable at all points of its domain and satisfies the condition $x^2 f^{\prime}(x)=2 x f(x)+3$, with $f(1)=4$. Then $2 f(2)$ is equal to :

A.
19
B.
23
C.
29
D.
39
2025 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Morning Shift

Let $f: \mathbf{R} \rightarrow \mathbf{R}$ be a thrice differentiable odd function satisfying $f^{\prime}(x) \geq 0, f^{\prime\prime}(x)=f(x), f(0)=0, f^{\prime}(0)=3$. Then $9 f\left(\log _e 3\right)$ is equal to __________ .

2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Evening Shift

If $\log _e y=3 \sin ^{-1} x$, then $(1-x^2) y^{\prime \prime}-x y^{\prime}$ at $x=\frac{1}{2}$ is equal to

A.
$9 e^{\pi / 2}$
B.
$9 e^{\pi / 6}$
C.
$3 e^{\pi / 2}$
D.
$3 e^{\pi / 6}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Morning Shift

Let $f(x)=a x^3+b x^2+c x+41$ be such that $f(1)=40, f^{\prime}(1)=2$ and $f^{\prime \prime}(1)=4$. Then $a^2+b^2+c^2$ is equal to:

A.
54
B.
51
C.
73
D.
62
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

Suppose for a differentiable function $h, h(0)=0, h(1)=1$ and $h^{\prime}(0)=h^{\prime}(1)=2$. If $g(x)=h\left(\mathrm{e}^x\right) \mathrm{e}^{h(x)}$, then $g^{\prime}(0)$ is equal to:

A.
4
B.
5
C.
3
D.
8
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

$\text { If } f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll} x^3 \sin \left(\frac{1}{x}\right), & x \neq 0 \\ 0 & , x=0 \end{array}\right. \text {, then }$

A.
$f^{\prime \prime}(0)=0$
B.
$f^{\prime \prime}(0)=1$
C.
$f^{\prime \prime}\left(\frac{2}{\pi}\right)=\frac{24-\pi^2}{2 \pi}$
D.
$f^{\prime \prime}\left(\frac{2}{\pi}\right)=\frac{12-\pi^2}{2 \pi}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

Let $f:(-\infty, \infty)-\{0\} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a differentiable function such that $f^{\prime}(1)=\lim _\limits{a \rightarrow \infty} a^2 f\left(\frac{1}{a}\right)$. Then $\lim _\limits{a \rightarrow \infty} \frac{a(a+1)}{2} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{a}\right)+a^2-2 \log _e a$ is equal to

A.
$\frac{5}{2}+\frac{\pi}{8}$
B.
$\frac{3}{8}+\frac{\pi}{4}$
C.
$\frac{3}{4}+\frac{\pi}{8}$
D.
$\frac{3}{2}+\frac{\pi}{4}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Evening Shift

If $y(\theta)=\frac{2 \cos \theta+\cos 2 \theta}{\cos 3 \theta+4 \cos 2 \theta+5 \cos \theta+2}$, then at $\theta=\frac{\pi}{2}, y^{\prime \prime}+y^{\prime}+y$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{1}{2}$
B.
1
C.
$\frac{3}{2}$
D.
2
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

Let $f(x)=x^5+2 \mathrm{e}^{x / 4}$ for all $x \in \mathbf{R}$. Consider a function $g(x)$ such that $(g \circ f)(x)=x$ for all $x \in \mathbf{R}$. Then the value of $8 g^{\prime}(2)$ is :

A.
4
B.
2
C.
16
D.
8
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift

Let $f: \mathbb{R}-\{0\} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a function satisfying $f\left(\frac{x}{y}\right)=\frac{f(x)}{f(y)}$ for all $x, y, f(y) \neq 0$. If $f^{\prime}(1)=2024$, then

A.
$x f^{\prime}(x)+2024 f(x)=0$
B.
$x f^{\prime}(x)-2023 f(x)=0$
C.
$x f^{\prime}(x)-2024 f(x)=0$
D.
$x f^{\prime}(x)+f(x)=2024$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

Let $g: \mathbf{R} \rightarrow \mathbf{R}$ be a non constant twice differentiable function such that $\mathrm{g}^{\prime}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=\mathrm{g}^{\prime}\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)$. If a real valued function $f$ is defined as $f(x)=\frac{1}{2}[g(x)+g(2-x)]$, then

A.
$f^{\prime \prime}(x)=0$ for atleast two $x$ in $(0,2)$
B.
$f^{\prime}\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)+f^{\prime}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=1$
C.
$f^{\prime \prime}(x)=0$ for no $x$ in $(0,1)$
D.
$f^{\prime \prime}(x)=0$ for exactly one $x$ in $(0,1)$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

If $f(x)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc} 2 \cos ^4 x & 2 \sin ^4 x & 3+\sin ^2 2 x \\ 3+2 \cos ^4 x & 2 \sin ^4 x & \sin ^2 2 x \\ 2 \cos ^4 x & 3+2 \sin ^4 x & \sin ^2 2 x \end{array}\right|,$ then $\frac{1}{5} f^{\prime}(0)=$ is equal to :

A.
2
B.
1
C.
0
D.
6
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

$\text { Let } y=\log _e\left(\frac{1-x^2}{1+x^2}\right),-1 < x<1 \text {. Then at } x=\frac{1}{2} \text {, the value of } 225\left(y^{\prime}-y^{\prime \prime}\right) \text { is equal to }$

A.
732
B.
736
C.
742
D.
746
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Suppose $f(x)=\frac{\left(2^x+2^{-x}\right) \tan x \sqrt{\tan ^{-1}\left(x^2-x+1\right)}}{\left(7 x^2+3 x+1\right)^3}$. Then the value of $f^{\prime}(0)$ is equal to

A.
$\pi$
B.
$\sqrt{\pi}$
C.
0
D.
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

Let $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a thrice differentiable function such that $f(0)=0, f(1)=1, f(2)=-1, f(3)=2$ and $f(4)=-2$. Then, the minimum number of zeros of $\left(3 f^{\prime} f^{\prime \prime}+f f^{\prime \prime \prime}\right)(x)$ is __________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift
If $y=\frac{(\sqrt{x}+1)\left(x^2-\sqrt{x}\right)}{x \sqrt{x}+x+\sqrt{x}}+\frac{1}{15}\left(3 \cos ^2 x-5\right) \cos ^3 x$, then $96 y^{\prime}\left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right)$ is equal to :
2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Morning Shift
Let $f(x)=x^3+x^2 f^{\prime}(1)+x f^{\prime \prime}(2)+f^{\prime \prime \prime}(3), x \in \mathbf{R}$. Then $f^{\prime}(10)$ is equal to ____________.
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 13th April Morning Shift

For the differentiable function $f: \mathbb{R}-\{0\} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, let $3 f(x)+2 f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=\frac{1}{x}-10$, then $\left|f(3)+f^{\prime}\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)\right|$ is equal to

A.
13
B.
$\frac{29}{5}$
C.
$\frac{33}{5}$
D.
7
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

Let $f(x)=\frac{\sin x+\cos x-\sqrt{2}}{\sin x-\cos x}, x \in[0, \pi]-\left\{\frac{\pi}{4}\right\}$. Then $f\left(\frac{7 \pi}{12}\right) f^{\prime \prime}\left(\frac{7 \pi}{12}\right)$ is equal to

A.
$\frac{2}{3 \sqrt{3}}$
B.
$\frac{2}{9}$
C.
$\frac{-1}{3 \sqrt{3}}$
D.
$\frac{-2}{3}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

If $2 x^{y}+3 y^{x}=20$, then $\frac{d y}{d x}$ at $(2,2)$ is equal to :

A.
$-\left(\frac{3+\log _{e} 16}{4+\log _{e} 8}\right)$
B.
$-\left(\frac{2+\log _{e} 8}{3+\log _{e} 4}\right)$
C.
$-\left(\frac{3+\log _{e} 8}{2+\log _{e} 4}\right)$
D.
$-\left(\frac{3+\log _{e} 4}{2+\log _{e} 8}\right)$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift

If $y(x)=x^{x},x > 0$, then $y''(2)-2y'(2)$ is equal to

A.
$4(\log_{e}2)^{2}+2$
B.
$8\log_{e}2-2$
C.
$4\log_{e}2+2$
D.
$4(\log_{e}2)^{2}-2$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift

Let $f(x) = 2x + {\tan ^{ - 1}}x$ and $g(x) = {\log _e}(\sqrt {1 + {x^2}} + x),x \in [0,3]$. Then

A.
there exists $\widehat x \in [0,3]$ such that $f'(\widehat x) < g'(\widehat x)$
B.
there exist $0 < {x_1} < {x_2} < 3$ such that $f(x) < g(x),\forall x \in ({x_1},{x_2})$
C.
$\min f'(x) = 1 + \max g'(x)$
D.
$\max f(x) > \max g(x)$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

Let $y=f(x)=\sin ^{3}\left(\frac{\pi}{3}\left(\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{3 \sqrt{2}}\left(-4 x^{3}+5 x^{2}+1\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}\right)\right)\right)$. Then, at x = 1,

A.
$2 y^{\prime}+\sqrt{3} \pi^{2} y=0$
B.
$y^{\prime}+3 \pi^{2} y=0$
C.
$\sqrt{2} y^{\prime}-3 \pi^{2} y=0$
D.
$2 y^{\prime}+3 \pi^{2} y=0$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Let $f$ and $g$ be the twice differentiable functions on $\mathbb{R}$ such that

$f''(x)=g''(x)+6x$

$f'(1)=4g'(1)-3=9$

$f(2)=3g(2)=12$.

Then which of the following is NOT true?

A.
$g(-2)-f(-2)=20$
B.
There exists $x_0\in(1,3/2)$ such that $f(x_0)=g(x_0)$
C.
$|f'(x)-g'(x)| < 6\Rightarrow -1 < x < 1$
D.
If $-1 < x < 2$, then $|f(x)-g(x)| < 8$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Morning Shift

Let $y(x) = (1 + x)(1 + {x^2})(1 + {x^4})(1 + {x^8})(1 + {x^{16}})$. Then $y' - y''$ at $x = - 1$ is equal to

A.
496
B.
976
C.
464
D.
944
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

If $f(x) = {x^3} - {x^2}f'(1) + xf''(2) - f'''(3),x \in \mathbb{R}$, then

A.
$2f(0) - f(1) + f(3) = f(2)$
B.
$f(1) + f(2) + f(3) = f(0)$
C.
$f(3) - f(2) = f(1)$
D.
$3f(1) + f(2) = f(3)$
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 13th April Evening Shift

Let $f(x)=\sum_\limits{k=1}^{10} k x^{k}, x \in \mathbb{R}$. If $2 f(2)+f^{\prime}(2)=119(2)^{\mathrm{n}}+1$ then $\mathrm{n}$ is equal to ___________

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift

If $f(x)=x^{2}+g^{\prime}(1) x+g^{\prime \prime}(2)$ and $g(x)=f(1) x^{2}+x f^{\prime}(x)+f^{\prime \prime}(x)$, then the value of $f(4)-g(4)$ is equal to ____________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

Let $f^{1}(x)=\frac{3 x+2}{2 x+3}, x \in \mathbf{R}-\left\{\frac{-3}{2}\right\}$ For $\mathrm{n} \geq 2$, define $f^{\mathrm{n}}(x)=f^{1} \mathrm{o} f^{\mathrm{n}-1}(x)$. If $f^{5}(x)=\frac{\mathrm{a} x+\mathrm{b}}{\mathrm{b} x+\mathrm{a}}, \operatorname{gcd}(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b})=1$, then $\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}$ is equal to ____________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a differentiable function that satisfies the relation $f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)-1,\forall x,y\in\mathbb{R}$. If $f'(0)=2$, then $|f(-2)|$ is equal to ___________.

2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Evening Shift

Let $x(t)=2 \sqrt{2} \cos t \sqrt{\sin 2 t}$ and

$y(t)=2 \sqrt{2} \sin t \sqrt{\sin 2 t}, t \in\left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$.

Then $\frac{1+\left(\frac{d y}{d x}\right)^{2}}{\frac{d^{2} y}{d x^{2}}}$ at $t=\frac{\pi}{4}$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{-2 \sqrt{2}}{3}$
B.
$\frac{2}{3}$
C.
$\frac{1}{3}$
D.
$ \frac{-2}{3}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Evening Shift

The value of $\log _{e} 2 \frac{d}{d x}\left(\log _{\cos x} \operatorname{cosec} x\right)$ at $x=\frac{\pi}{4}$ is

A.
$-2 \sqrt{2}$
B.
$2 \sqrt{2}$
C.
$-4$
D.
4
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Morning Shift

If ${\cos ^{ - 1}}\left( {{y \over 2}} \right) = {\log _e}{\left( {{x \over 5}} \right)^5},\,|y| < 2$, then :

A.
${x^2}y'' + xy' - 25y = 0$
B.
${x^2}y'' - xy' - 25y = 0$
C.
${x^2}y'' - xy' + 25y = 0$
D.
${x^2}y'' + xy' + 25y = 0$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th June Morning Shift

Let f : R $\to$ R be defined as $f(x) = {x^3} + x - 5$. If g(x) is a function such that $f(g(x)) = x,\forall 'x' \in R$, then g'(63) is equal to ________________.

A.
${1 \over {49}}$
B.
${3 \over {49}}$
C.
${43 \over {49}}$
D.
${91 \over {49}}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 24th June Evening Shift

If $y = {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {\sec {x^3} - \tan {x^3}} \right),{\pi \over 2} < {x^3} < {{3\pi } \over 2}$, then

A.
$xy'' + 2y' = 0$
B.
${x^2}y'' - 6y + {{3\pi } \over 2} = 0$
C.
${x^2}y'' - 6y + 3\pi = 0$
D.
$xy'' - 4y' = 0$
2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift

For the curve $C:\left(x^{2}+y^{2}-3\right)+\left(x^{2}-y^{2}-1\right)^{5}=0$, the value of $3 y^{\prime}-y^{3} y^{\prime \prime}$, at the point $(\alpha, \alpha)$, $\alpha>0$, on C, is equal to ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Evening Shift

Let f and g be twice differentiable even functions on ($-$2, 2) such that $f\left( {{1 \over 4}} \right) = 0$, $f\left( {{1 \over 2}} \right) = 0$, $f(1) = 1$ and $g\left( {{3 \over 4}} \right) = 0$, $g(1) = 2$. Then, the minimum number of solutions of $f(x)g''(x) + f'(x)g'(x) = 0$ in $( - 2,2)$ is equal to ________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Evening Shift

If $y(x) = {\left( {{x^x}} \right)^x},\,x > 0$, then ${{{d^2}x} \over {d{y^2}}} + 20$ at x = 1 is equal to ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th June Evening Shift

Let f : R $\to$ R satisfy $f(x + y) = {2^x}f(y) + {4^y}f(x)$, $\forall$x, y $\in$ R. If f(2) = 3, then $14.\,{{f'(4)} \over {f'(2)}}$ is equal to ____________.

2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th August Evening Shift
If $y(x) = {\cot ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{\sqrt {1 + \sin x} + \sqrt {1 - \sin x} } \over {\sqrt {1 + \sin x} - \sqrt {1 - \sin x} }}} \right),x \in \left( {{\pi \over 2},\pi } \right)$, then ${{dy} \over {dx}}$ at $x = {{5\pi } \over 6}$ is :
A.
$ - {1 \over 2}$
B.
$-$1
C.
${1 \over 2}$
D.
0
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th August Morning Shift
Let $f(x) = \cos \left( {2{{\tan }^{ - 1}}\sin \left( {{{\cot }^{ - 1}}\sqrt {{{1 - x} \over x}} } \right)} \right)$, 0 < x < 1. Then :
A.
${(1 - x)^2}f'(x) - 2{(f(x))^2} = 0$
B.
${(1 + x)^2}f'(x) + 2{(f(x))^2} = 0$
C.
${(1 - x)^2}f'(x) + 2{(f(x))^2} = 0$
D.
${(1 + x)^2}f'(x) - 2{(f(x))^2} = 0$
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th August Morning Shift
If y = y(x) is an implicit function of x such that loge(x + y) = 4xy, then ${{{d^2}y} \over {d{x^2}}}$ at x = 0 is equal to ___________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 17th March Morning Shift
If $f(x) = \sin \left( {{{\cos }^{ - 1}}\left( {{{1 - {2^{2x}}} \over {1 + {2^{2x}}}}} \right)} \right)$ and its first derivative with respect to x is $ - {b \over a}{\log _e}2$ when x = 1, where a and b are integers, then the minimum value of | a2 $-$ b2 | is ____________ .
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 5th September Evening Slot
The derivative of
${\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{\sqrt {1 + {x^2}} - 1} \over x}} \right)$ with
respect to ${\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{2x\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} } \over {1 - 2{x^2}}}} \right)$ at x = ${1 \over 2}$ is :
A.
${{2\sqrt 3 } \over 3}$
B.
${{2\sqrt 3 } \over 5}$
C.
${{\sqrt 3 } \over {10}}$
D.
${{\sqrt 3 } \over {12}}$
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 4th September Morning Slot
If $\left( {a + \sqrt 2 b\cos x} \right)\left( {a - \sqrt 2 b\cos y} \right) = {a^2} - {b^2}$

where a > b > 0, then ${{dx} \over {dy}}\,\,at\left( {{\pi \over 4},{\pi \over 4}} \right)$ is :
A.
${{a - 2b} \over {a + 2b}}$
B.
${{a - b} \over {a + b}}$
C.
${{a + b} \over {a - b}}$
D.
${{2a + b} \over {2a - b}}$
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Morning Slot
If y2 + loge (cos2x) = y,
$x \in \left( { - {\pi \over 2},{\pi \over 2}} \right)$, then :
A.
|y''(0)| = 2
B.
|y'(0)| + |y''(0)| = 3
C.
y''(0) = 0
D.
|y'(0)| + |y"(0)| = 1
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
Let ƒ and g be differentiable functions on R such that fog is the identity function. If for some a, b $ \in $ R, g'(a) = 5 and g(a) = b, then ƒ'(b) is equal to :
A.
1
B.
5
C.
${2 \over 5}$
D.
${1 \over 5}$