GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY, Greater Noida

Uttar Pradesh
Division of Mathematics

School of Basic and Applied Sciences

Question Bank-1 (Module-II: Calculus (Single Variable))

(Objective type, Short and Long answer type problems)
Session: Fall 2018-2019
Program: B. Tech. Semester: I
Course Code: MATH-1005 Course Name: Calculus

Note: 1. Exercises /168/T1 means the problem has been taken from the exercises/page No.168/ book T1.
2. The answers of the problems are provided in the concerned books.

Topic1: Rolle’s Theorem, Mean value theorem, Taylor’s theorem

1. State Rolle’s Theorem. What is its geometrical interpretation?

2. In the following exercises, check the hypotheses of Rolle’s Theorem and find a value of c that makes the appropriate
conclusion true. (Exercises/168/T1)
(i). f (x) = x2 + 1, [−2, 2] , (ii). f (x) = x3 + x2, [0, 1] , (iii). f (x) = sin x, [0, π/2]
3. State Mean Value theorem. What is its geometrical and physical interpretation?
4. In the following exercises, check the hypotheses of Mean Value theorem and find a value of c that makes the appropriate
conclusion true. (Exercises/168/T1)
(i) f (x) = x2 + 1, [−2, 2] , (ii) f (x) = x3 + x2, [0, 1] , (iii) f (x) = sin x, [0, π/2]
5. Using the corollary of mean value theorem, determine whether the function is increasing, decreasing or neither.
(i)f (x) = x3 + 5x + 1, (ii)f (x) = −x3 − 3x + 1, (iii) ƒ(x) = x3 - 12x – 5 (Exercises/168/T1and )(Example240/T2)
6. Give the statement of Taylor’s Theorem. What is its significance?
*7. Consider the function f(x) = (1/ x) − 2 on the interval [1, 3]. Using the Mean Value Theorem we can conclude:
(a) The graph of the function has a tangent line between 1 and 3 with slope 8/3 .
(b) The graph of the function has a tangent line between 1 and 3 with slope – 1/ 3 .
(c) The function has a zero in the interval [1, 3].
(d) The Mean Value Theorem does not apply because this function is not continuous in [1, 3].
(e) The Mean Value Theorem does not apply because this function is not differentiable in [1, 3]

Topic2: Indeterminate forms and L'Hospital's rule.

8. What are the various indeterminate forms?
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9. State L ' Hopital ' s rule .
10. Use L’Hôpital’s rule to find the limits: (Exercises/465/smith and Exercises 262/Thomas)
x-2 tan -1 x ln x 1 x x 2 e - x , (vii) lim ( 1 ) x
, (iii) lim 2 , (iv) lim x + 1 - x , (v) lim(1 + ) , (vi) lim
2
(i) lim , (ii) lim
x �2 x 2 - 4 x �0 sin x x �� x x �� x �� x x �� x �0 + x

�x + 2 �
x
q - sin q cos q
(viii) lim �
x �� x - 1
�, (ix) lim
q �0 tan q - q
� �
�e2 x - 1 �
11. lim � �is equals to:
x �0 sin 4 x
� �
(a) 0 , (b) 1, (C) 0.5, (d)2 (GATE,2014)
12. The value of lim x + x - 1 - x is:
2
x ��
(a) 0 , (b) �, (C) 1/2, (d) -� (GATE,2016)
Topic3: Evaluation of improper integrals
13. What are the various types of improper integrals?
14.Determine, giving reasons, whether the integral is improper or not.: (Exercise/476/smith)
2 2 2 � 2 �

� dx , (iii) � �
-2 / 5
� �
(3 / x)dx , (vi) �
-2/ 5 2/5 2/5
(i) x dx , (ii) x x dx , (iv) x dx , (v) (3 / x) dx
0 1 0 0 -2 2
15. Evaluate the integrals without using tables: (Exercises/ 476/smith and Exercises/ 513/Thomas)
� � -2 0 1 1 3 �
dx 2 xdx 2dx -x dx dx dx
� � � � � �1 - x � �
x
(i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) e dx , (v) , (vi) , (vii) , (viii) xe dx ,
0
x +1
2
-�
( x 2 + 1)2 -�
x2 -1 -� 0 x 0
2
0
x -1
2
0
1

(ix) �
x ln xdx
0
16. Which one of the following integrals is not convergent?
� p /4 � 1
dx 1
(a) �2 �tan xdx , � �
-x
, (b) (C) xe dx , (d) dx (GATE,2008)
0
x +1 0 0
1- x
0

Topic 4: Beta and Gamma functions

17. Define gamma and beta functions.
18. Evaluate : (i) G (5 / 2) , (ii) G(-5 / 2) , (iii) b (5,3)
19. Write the correct forms of the following formulas:
�p + 1 � �q + 1 �
p /2 G� .G � �
�
Gm.Gn � 2 � �2 �
(i) b (m, n) = � sin q cos q dx = , p > 0, q > 0 .
p q
, (ii)
2G ( m + n ) � p + q + 2 �
0 G� �
� 2 �
�
- x2
20. The value of improper integral �
e
0
dx is:

(a) 0 , (b) p / 2 , (c) p / 2 , (d) does not exist.

21. Evaluate the following improper integrals (Exercises 1.77/R1)
� 1 � 1 a
2 x3/ 2
(i) �
x1/ 3e- x dx , (ii)
0
�
x m (ln)n dx , (iii) �
0
t k e - st dt , s > 0, k > 0 , (iv)
0
�
x5 (1 - x ) 4 dx , (v)
0
�a
0
2
- x2
dx ,
p /2 2p �
1 1
(vi) � dx , (vii) sin 2 q cos 4 q dq , (viii)
� � dx .
0 sin x 0
1+ x
0
4

p
�p m+ nq +1 � m +1
22. Show that � x ( p - x ) dx = � �b (n + 1,
m q q n
) , m , n, p, q are positive constants.
0 � q � q
23. b (m + 1, n) + b ( m, n + 1) = ……………

Topic 5: Evolutes and Involutes,

24. Define: (i) evolute of a curve, (ii) involute of a curve.
25. Find the evolute of the following curves: (Exercises 1.103/R1)
(i) x 2 = 4ay , (ii) xy = 1 , (iii) x 2 / 3 + y 2 / 3 = a 2 / 3 .
26. Show that the curve x = a (cos t + t sin t ), y = a (sin t - t cos t ), a > 0 is the involute of the curve x = a cos t , y = a sin t .
(Exercises 1.104/R1)

T1: Robert T. Smith and Roland B. Minton, Calculus, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill
Education.
T2: George B. Thomas, Calculus, 13th Edition, Pearson Education
R1:R. K. Jain and S. R. K. Iyengar, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 3rd Edition,
Narosa publishers.