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Differentiation JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2024

Differentiation has 33 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2024, about 6.6 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Higher Order Derivatives (11 questions), followed by Implicit Differentiation (8) and Chain Rule (7).

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33Total PYQs
5Years covered
6Topics
2024 Apr S2Latest paper

Differentiation questions per year

YearQuestions
20249
20237
20225
20213
20209

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Higher Order Derivatives1134%2024
Implicit Differentiation824%2023
Chain Rule721%2024
Derivatives of Standard Functions39%2024
Parametric Differentiation39%2022
Product and Quotient Rule13%2024

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2024 · 9 Apr · Shift 2 · Higher Order Derivatives

If log⁡ey=3sin⁡−1x\log _e y=3 \sin ^{-1} x, then (1−x2)y′′−xy′(1-x^2) y^{\prime \prime}-x y^{\prime} at x=12x=\frac{1}{2} is equal to

  1. (A)9eπ/29 e^{\pi / 2}
  2. (B)9eπ/69 e^{\pi / 6}
  3. (C)3eπ/23 e^{\pi / 2}
  4. (D)3eπ/63 e^{\pi / 6}

Answer: (A)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2024 · 6 Apr · Shift 2 · Product and Quotient Rule

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

  1. (A)4
  2. (B)5
  3. (C)3
  4. (D)8

Answer: (A)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2024 · 1 Feb · Shift 2 · Chain Rule

If y=(x+1)(x2−x)xx+x+x+115(3cos⁡2x−5)cos⁡3xy=\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 96y′(π6)96 y^{\prime}\left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right) is equal to :

Answer: 105

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2024 · 29 Jan · Shift 1 · Derivatives of Standard Functions

Suppose f(x)=(2x+2−x)tan⁡xtan⁡−1(x2−x+1)(7x2+3x+1)3f(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′(0)f^{\prime}(0) is equal to

  1. (A)π\pi
  2. (B)π\sqrt{\pi}
  3. (C)0
  4. (D)π2\frac{\pi}{2}

Answer: (B)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2023 · 6 Apr · Shift 1 · Implicit Differentiation

If 2xy+3yx=202 x^{y}+3 y^{x}=20, then dydx\frac{d y}{d x} at (2,2)(2,2) is equal to :

  1. (A)−(3+log⁡e164+log⁡e8)-\left(\frac{3+\log _{e} 16}{4+\log _{e} 8}\right)
  2. (B)−(2+log⁡e83+log⁡e4)-\left(\frac{2+\log _{e} 8}{3+\log _{e} 4}\right)
  3. (C)−(3+log⁡e82+log⁡e4)-\left(\frac{3+\log _{e} 8}{2+\log _{e} 4}\right)
  4. (D)−(3+log⁡e42+log⁡e8)-\left(\frac{3+\log _{e} 4}{2+\log _{e} 8}\right)

Answer: (B)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2022 · 28 Jul · Shift 2 · Parametric Differentiation

Let x(t)=22cos⁡tsin⁡2tx(t)=2 \sqrt{2} \cos t \sqrt{\sin 2 t} and

y(t)=22sin⁡tsin⁡2t,t∈(0,π2)y(t)=2 \sqrt{2} \sin t \sqrt{\sin 2 t}, t \in\left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right).

Then 1+(dydx)2d2ydx2\frac{1+\left(\frac{d y}{d x}\right)^{2}}{\frac{d^{2} y}{d x^{2}}} at t=π4t=\frac{\pi}{4} is equal to :

  1. (A)−223\frac{-2 \sqrt{2}}{3}
  2. (B)23\frac{2}{3}
  3. (C)13\frac{1}{3}
  4. (D)−23\frac{-2}{3}

Answer: (D)

Step-by-step solution

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Frequently asked

How many questions come from Differentiation in JEE Main?

33 questions from 2020 to 2024, about 6.6 per year. In 2024 it had 9.

Which Differentiation topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Higher Order Derivatives (34%), Implicit Differentiation (24%) and Chain Rule (21%) of all Differentiation questions.

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