Differential Equations

2000 IIT Kharagpur

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2.1 The integrating factor of differential equation cos 2 x  y  tan x is
dx
(A) e tan x (B) cos 2x
(C) e  tan x (D) sin 2x
d 4 y 2d 2 y
2.2 The general solution of   y  0 is
dx 4 dx 2
(A)  c1 x  c2  e x   c3  c4 x  e x (B) c1 cos x  c2 sin x
(C) c1eix  c2e ix (D)  c1  c2 x  cos x   c3  c4 x  sin x
2003 IIT Madras
2.3 The range of values for a constant ' k ' to yield a stable system in the following set of time
dependent differential equations is
dy1
 5 y1  (4  k ) y2
dt
dy2
 y1  2 y2
dt
(A) 0  k  7 (B) 6.25  k  10
(C) 6  k  6.25 (D) 0  k  7
2.4 The value of y as t   for the following differential equation for an initial value of y (1)  0
is
dy
(4t 2  1)  8 yt  t  0
dt
1
(A) 1 (B)
2
1 1
(C) (D)
4 8

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2.5 The differential equation
d 2x dx
2
 10  25 x  0
dt dt
will have a solution of the form
(A) (c1  c2t )e 5t (B) c1e 2t
(C) c1e 5t  c2e5t (D) c1e 5t  c2e 2t

2004 IIT Delhi

2.6 The differential equation,
d2y dy
2
 sin x  ye x  sinh x is
dx dx
(A) first order and linear
(B) first order and non-linear
(C) second order and linear
(D) second order and non-linear
2.7 The differential equation for the variation of the amount of salt x in a tank with time t is
dx x
given by   10 . x is in kg and t is in minutes. Assuming that there is no salt in the
dt 20
tank initially, the time (in min.) at which the amount of salt increases to 100 kg is
(A) 10 ln 2 (B) 20 ln 2
(C) 50 ln 2 (D) 100 ln 2
2
 dy 
2
d y
2.8 The differential equation    y 2  0 can be reduced to (where  is a constant).
 dx  dx
3 2
 dy   dy 
2
3y
(A)      (B)      2y
 dx  2  dx 
dy  dy 
(C)  (D) 
dx y 2 dx y
2005 IIT Bombay
2.9 What condition is to be satisfied so that the solution of the differential equation
d2y dy
2
 a  by  0
dx dx
is of the form y  (c1  c2 x) e mx , where c1 and c2 are constants of integration ?
(A) a 2  b (B) b 2  a
(C) a 2  4b (D) b 2  4a

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2.10 If f ( x ) is the solution of the equation
dy
 2 xy  2 x  0
dx
And g ( x ) is the solution of the equation
dy
 2 xy  2 x  0
dx
and the constant of integration in f ( x ) is equal to that in g ( x ) , then which of the following is
true?
(A) g ( x)  f ( x)  2
(B) g ( x)  f ( x)  1
(C) g ( x)  f ( x)  1
(D) g ( x)  f ( x)  2
2.11 Match the following, where x is the spatial coordinate and t is time
Group - I Group - II
c c
P. Wave equation 1. 
t x
c  2c
Q. Heat equation 2.  2 2
t x
 2c c
3.  2
t 2
x
 2c 2  c
2
4.  
t 2 x 2
(A) P - 4, Q - 2 (B) P - 2, Q - 4
(C) P -3, Q -1 (D) P -1, Q -3

2006 IIT Kharagpur

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2.12 The ordinary differential equation  f ( y) is solved using the approximation
dt
y (t   t )  y (t )  f [(t )] t.
The numerical error introduced by the approximation at each step is
(A) proportional to t
(B) proportional to (t )2
(C) independent of t
 1 
(D) proportional to  
 t 

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2.13 The solution to the following equation
d3y d2y dy
x2 3
 2 x 2
 2  0 is given by
dx dx dx
2
(A) y  C1 x  C2 x  C3
(B) y  C1 x 2  C2 x  2  C3
(C) y  C1 x 2  C2 x 1  C3
(D) y  C1 x  C2 x 1  C3
2007 IIT Kanpur
2.14 The initial condition for which the following equation
dy
( x 2  2 x)  2( x  1) y ; y( x0 )  y0
dx
Has non-trivial solution is
(A) y ( x  0)  5
(B) y ( x  0)  1
(C) y ( x  2)  1
(D) y ( x  2)  0
2.15 The solution of the following differential equation
dy
x  y ( x 2  1)  2 x 3 is
dx
x2

(A) 0 (B) 2  ce 2

x2

(C) c1 x  c2 x 2
(D) 2 x  cxe 2

2008 IISc Bangalore

2.16 Which ONE of the following is NOT an integrating factor for the differential equation
x dy  y dx  0 ?
1 1
(A) (B)
x2 y2
1 1
(C) (D)
xy ( x  y)
d2y
2.17 Which ONE of the following is NOT solution of the differential equation  y 1?
dx 2
(A) y  1 (B) y  1  cos x
(C) y  1  sin x (D) y  2  sin x  cos x

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2.18 Which one of the following transformation {u  f ( y )} reduces  Ay 3  By  0 to a linear
dx
differential equation? (A and B are positive constants)
(A) u  y  3 (B) u  y  2
(C) u  y 1 (D) u  y 2

2009 IIT Roorkee

2.19 The general solution of the differential equations
d 2 y dy
  6y  0
dx 2 dx
(Where C1 and C2 are constants of integration) is
(A) C1e 3 x  C2 e 2 x (B) C1e3 x  C2 e 2 x
(C) C1e3 x  C2 e2 x (D) C1e 3 x  C2 e 2 x

2010 IIT Guwahati

2.20 The solution of the differential equation,
d2y dy
2
 2  2y  0
dt dt
With the initial conditions y (0)  0 ,
dy
 1 is
dt t 0
(A) t sin t (B) et (1  cos t )
(t  sin t )
(C) (D) e  t sin t
2
2011 IIT Madras
2.21 Which one of the following choice is a solution of the differential equations given below,
dy y 2 y 2
  
dx x x x
Note : c is a real constant
c  x2 c  2 x2
(A) y  (B) y 
c  2 x2 c  x2
c  x3 c  2 x3
(C) y  (D) y 
c  2 x3 c  x3

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2.22 If a and b are arbitrary constants, then the solution to the ordinary differential equation
d2y
 4y  0
dx 2
(A) y  ax  b
(B) y  ae x
(C) y  a sin 2 x  b cos 2 x
(D) y  a cosh 2 x  b sinh 2 x

2013 IIT Bombay

2.23 The solution of the differential equation,
dy
 y 2  0 given y  1 at x  0 is
dx
1 1
(A) (B)
1 x 1 x
1 x3
(C) (D)  1
(1  x) 2 3
2.24 The solution of the differential equation,
d 2 y dy
  0.25 y  0
dx 2 dx
dy
y  0 at x  0 and  1 at x  0
dx
(A) xe0.5 x  xe 0.5 x
(B) 0.5 xe x  0.5 xe  x
(C) xe0.5 x
(D)  xe 0.5 x
2014 IIT Kharagpur
2.25 The integrating factor of the differential equation
dy y
  (1  x) is
dx 1  x
1
(A) (B) 1  x
1 x
x
(C) x(1  x) (D)
1 x

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2.26 The differential equation
d 2 y dy
2
  x3 y  e x is a
dx dx
(A) Non-linear differential equation of first degree
(B) Linear differential equation of first degree
(C) Linear differential equation of second degree
(D) Non-linear differential equation of second degree

2015 IIT Kanpur

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2.27 Consider a linear ordinary differential equation :  p ( x) y  r ( x) . Functions p ( x ) and r ( x )
dx
are defined and have a continuous first derivative. The integrating factor of this equation is
non-zero. Multiplying this equation by its integrating factor converts this into a
(A) homogeneous differential equation. (B) non-linear differential equation.
(C) second order differential equation. (D) exact differential equation.
2016 IIT Bangalore
d2y
2.28 What is the solution for the second order differential equation  y  0, with the initial
dx 2
dy
conditions y x0  5 and  10 ?
dx x 0
(A) y  5  10sin x (B) y  5cos x  5sin x
(C) y  5cos x  10 x (D) y  5cos x  10sin x
2017 IIT Roorkee
dx 
2.29 For the initial value problem  sin t , x(0)  0, the value of x at t  , is ____.
dt 3
2018 IIT Guwahati
2.30 Consider the following two equations :
dx
x y 0
dt
dy
x0
dt
The above set of equations is represented by
d 2 y dy d 2 x dx
(A)  y0 (B)  y0
dt 2 dt dt 2 dt
d 2 y dy d 2 x dx
(C)   y0 (D)  y0
dt 2 dt dt 2 dt

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2.31 The solution of the ordinary differential equation  3 y  1 , subject to the initial condition
dx
y  1 at, is
1 1 1 1
(A) (1  2e  x /3 ) (B) (5  2e  x /3 ) (C) (5  2e 3 x ) (D) (1  2e 3 x )
3 3 3 3
2020 IIT Delhi
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2.32 Given  y  20 and y x0  40, the value of y at x  2 is _______ (round off to nearest
dx
integer).
2021 IIT Bombay
2.33 For the ordinary differential equation
d3y d2y dy
3
 6 2  11  6 y  1
dt dt dt
with initial conditions y (0)  y '(0)  y "(0)  y "'(0)  0 , the value of lim y (t )  _______
t 

(round off to 3 decimal places).

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2.34 An ordinary differential equation (ODE),  2 y , with an initial condition y (0)  1, has the
dx
analytical solution y  e2 x . Using Runge-Kutta second order method, numerically integrate the
ODE to calculate y at x  0.5 using a step size of h  0.5. If the relative percentage error is
defined as,
yanalytical  ynumerical
 100
yanalytical
then the value of  at x  0.5 is ________.
(A) 8.0 (B) 0.8 (C) 4.0 (D) 0.06

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2.35 The partial differential equation
u 1  2u

t 2 x 2
Where, t  0 and x  [0,1] , is subjected to the following initial and boundary conditions:
u ( x, 0)  sin(x)
u (0, t )  0
u (1, t )  0
u (0.5, t ) 1
The value of t at which  is.
u (0.5, 0) e
1
(A) 1 (B) e (C)  (D)
e

2023 IIT Kanpur

d 2x
2.36 The position x(𝑡) of a particle, at constant 𝜔, is described by the equation  2 x . The
dt 2
dx
initial conditions are x(t  0)  1 and  0 . The position of the particle at t  (3 / ) is
dt t 0
__________ (in integer).

2024 IISc Bangalore

2.37 Consider the ordinary differential equation , with the boundary

conditions ( ) and ( ) . The solution ( ) at , rounded off
to 2 decimal places, is ______.

Answers Differential Equations

2.1 A 2.2 D 2.3 C 2.4 D 2.5 A

2.6 D 2.7 B 2.8 D 2.9 C 2.10 A
2.11 A 2.12 A 2.13 C 2.14 D 2.15 D
2.16 D 2.17 D 2.18 B 2.19 B 2.20 D
2.21 D 2.22 D 2.23 B 2.24 C 2.25 A
2.26 A 2.27 D 2.28 D 2.29 1/2 2.30 C
2.31 D 2.32 168 2.33 0.167 2.34 A 2.35 A
2.36 –1 2.37 4.00 to 4.08

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