Narayana IIT Academy

BORIVALI
PHYSICS
ASSIGNMENT – 1
BASIC MATHEMATICS
DIFFERENTIATION
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1. Simple questions based on differentiation without usage of Chain Rule. Find
dx
sin x
i) y = x sin x ii) y = x tan x iii) y  ex (1  cos x) iv) y 
ex
ex x2  1 x2  x  1
v) y = sin x(ln x) vi) y  vii) y  viii) y 
(2x  5) (2x  3) ln x
1
ix) y  x 
x
dy
2. Question based on Chain Rule. Find
dx
1
i) y = sin x2 ii) y  2x  2 iii) y  iv) y  10e2x 10
2x  10
x2
v) y  10 e vi) y  ln( x  2)

dy
3. If y = t2 – 2t – 3, then the value of  0 , for t =
dt
2 3
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) zero
3 2

4. y = 2x2 – 3x + 8. The value of y is minimum at

(A) x = 0 (B) x = 3/4 (C) x = 1 (D) x = 3

2 dy
5. If y  x  2 , then =
dx
x x x3
(A) (B) (C) 2x (D)
x2  2 2 x2  2 3


6. If y = tan x, then the slope of tangent at x  is
4
1 1  3
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2
2 2 2

x3 dy
7. If y   2x 2  5x , then is zero at the following values of the variable x,
3 dx
(A) 1, –5 (B) –1, 5 (C) – 2, 3 (D) 2, –3

8. The derivative of sin x is

cos x cos x cos x
(A) cos x (B) (C) (D) 
x 2 x 2 x
9. A sphere having radius 5 cm and its surface area is increasing at a rate of  cm2s 1 . Find

the rate of increase of its volume at this instant incm s
3 1
.
5 2
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C)  (D) 
2 5

10. A rod is sliding against a vertical wall as shown.

A) If speed of end A is 2 ms 1 then speed of end B is 1.5 m s 1

B) If speed of end A is 6 ms 1 then speed of end B is 8 m s 1
C) If speed of end B is 5 ms 1 then speed of end A is 3 m s 1
D) If speed of end B is 12 ms 1 then speed of end A is 9 m s 1

11. The displacement of a particle projected vertically upward is

y  10t  5t2. y in m & t in sec
(A) Initial speed of particle is 10 m/s
(B) Maximum height attained is 5 m
(C) Total time of flight for the particle is 2 sec
(D) Total distance covered by particle in order to return at the same point is 10 m.

12. The position of an object moving along x-axis is given by x  a  bt 2 where a  8.5m and
b  2.5ms2 . If 't ' is measured in seconds, its velocity at t  2s is
A) 25ms1 B) 10ms1 C) 20ms1 D) 5ms1

13. An object of mass 'm' is covering distance ' x ' which is proportional to t3/2 where 't ' is
the time elapsed. Then its acceleration is
1 1
A) a t B) at2 C) a D) a 2
t t

14. The distance ' x ' of a particle moving in one dimension under the action of a constant
force is related to time  t  as t  x  3 where ' x ' is in metres and 't ' in seconds. When
its velocity is zero, then its displacement would be,
A) 3m B) 6m C) 12m D) zero

1 2
15. The displacement of a particle of mass 'm' is given by the equation y  ut  gt where
2
'u' is initial velocity, 'g ' is acceleration due to gravity and 't ' is time of travel. The force
acting on the particle F 
3 mg
A) mg B) mg C) D) mg
2 2

16. If the displacement of a particle at an instant is given by y  r sin  t   where 'r ' is
amplitude of oscillation, '  ' is angular velocity and '  ' is the initial phase of the particle,
then particle velocity is
A) r2cos  t   B) rcos  t   C) r sin  t   D) r2 sin  t  
 d2 y
17. If y  f  x  and if is negative, then
dx 2
A) ' y ' is maximum for a given value of ' x '
B) ' y ' is minimum for a given value of ' x '
C) ' y ' is neither maximum nor minimum for a given value of ' x '
D) ' y ' is either maximum or minimum for a given value of ' x ' .

18. Displacement  x  of a particle is related to time  t  as x  at  bt2  ct3 where a,b and c
are constants of motion. The velocity of the particle, when its acceleration is zero is given
by
b2 b2 b2 b2
A) a  B) a  C) a  D) a 
c 2c 3c 4c
19. A magnetic tape is wound on an empty spool rotating at a constant angular velocity. The
final radius of the winding was found to be three times as large as the initial radius. The
winding time of the tape is t1. What is the time t2 required for winding a tape whose
thickness is half that of the initial tape? (Assume both have same length)

20. An L=70m long thin tape wound on a spool of radius r=10mm makes a tape roll of outer
radius R=25mm. A motor used to wound the tape rotates the spool at a constant angular
velocity and takes T=165 s to complete the winding. Calculate length of the tape, which
has been wound in t=110s from the beginning of the winding.

21. In a continuous printing process, paper is drawn into the presses at a constant speed v. It
was found that the winding radius of the roll was reduced by half in a time t1 = 20 min of
operation. In what time t2 will the winding radius be reduced by half again?

22. A hinged construction consists of three rhombs with the ratio of sides 3:2:1. Vertex A3
moves in the horizontal direction at a velocity v. Determine the velocities of vertices A1,
A2, and B2 at the instant when the angles of the construction are 90º.
PASSAGE:
The discharging circuit of capacitor is as shown in the diagram
The charge on the capacitor is given as function of time as follows q  q 0e t/Rc , also given
dq
that at any instant, current is i  
dt
23. The value of maximum current in the circuit is
q q q0 q
(A) 0 (B)  0 (C) (D)  0
RC RC 2RC 2RC
q
24. The value of current when q  0
2
q0 q0 q0 q
(A) (B)  (C) (D)  0
RC RC 2RC 2RC
25. Time taken by the capacitor to loose 75% of the initial charge
RC 3 4
(A) RC (B) (C) RC ln (D) RC ln
4 4 3

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