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Differential Equations
Every solved example, exercise, and miscellaneous question, in the order the textbook teaches them. Plus every board question asked from this chapter. · 176 questions
6.2 Order and Degree of a Differential Equation
19 q
Solved Examples
Worked · 9
- Find order and degree of the following differential equations.i)
- ii)
- iii)
- iv)
- v)
- vi)
- vii)
- viii)
- ix)
Exercise 6.1
Practice · 10
- Determine the order and degree of each of the following differential equations.Q.1 i)
- Q.1 ii)
- Q.1 iii)
- Q.1 iv)
- Q.1 v)
- Q.1 vi)
- Q.1 vii)
- Q.1 viii)
- Q.1 ix)
- Q.1 x)
6.3 Formation of a Differential Equation
24 q
Solved Examples
Worked · 8
- Obtain the differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary constants from the following :i)
- ii)
- iii)
- iv)
- v)
- 6.3 Ex.2The rate of decay of the mass of a radioactive substance any time is times its mass at that time, form the differential equation satisfied by the mass of the substance.
- 6.3 Ex.3Form the differential equation of family of circles above the X-axis and touching the X-axis at the origin.
- 6.3 Ex.4A particle is moving along the X-axis. Its acceleration at time t is proportional to its velocity at that time. Find the differential equation of the motion of the particle.
Exercise 6.2
Practice · 16
- Obtain the differential equations by eliminating arbitrary constants6.3 Exercise Q.1 i)
- 6.3 Exercise Q.1 ii)
- 6.3 Exercise Q.1 iii)
- 6.3 Exercise Q.1 iv)
- 6.3 Exercise Q.1 v)
- 6.3 Exercise Q.1 vi)
- 6.3 Exercise Q.1 vii)
- 6.3 Exercise Q.1 viii)
- 6.3 Exercise Q.1 ix)
- 6.3 Exercise Q.1 x)
- 6.3 Exercise Q.2Form the differential equation of family of lines making intercept a on the X-axis.
- 6.3 Exercise Q.3Find the differential equation of all parabolas having length of latus rectum and axis is parallel to the X-axis.
- 6.3 Exercise Q.4Find the differential equation of all ellipse whose major axis is twise its minor axis.
- 6.3 Exercise Q.5Form the differential equation of family of lines parallel to the line
- 6.3 Exercise Q.6Find the differential equations of all circles having radius 9 and centre at point .
- 6.3 Exercise Q.7Form the differential equation of all parabolas whose axis is the X-axis.
6.4 Solution of a Differential Equation
35 q
Solved Examples
Worked · 8
- (verify sec)Verify that is a solution of the differential equation .
- (verify log)Verify that is a solution of the differential equation .
- (i) general solnFind the general solution of the differential equation .
- (ii) general solnFind the general solution of the differential equation .
- (i) particular solnFind the particular solution with given initial conditions: when , .
- (ii) particular solnFind the particular solution with given initial conditions: , when .
- (i) reduce sepReduce the following differential equation to the separated variable form and hence find the general solution: .
- (ii) reduce sepReduce the following differential equation to the separated variable form and hence find the general solution: .
Exercise 6.3
Practice · 27
- In each of the following examples verify that the given expression is a solution of the corresponding differential equation.Q.1 (i);
- Q.1 (ii);
- Q.1 (iii);
- Q.1 (iv);
- Q.1 (v);
- Q.1 (vi);
- Solve the following differential equations.Q.2 (i)
- Q.2 (ii)
- Q.2 (iii)
- Q.2 (iv)
- Q.2 (v)
- Q.2 (vi), where = constant.
- Q.2 (vii)
- Q.2 (viii)
- Q.2 (ix)
- Q.2 (x)
- For each of the following differential equations find the particular solution satisfying the given condition.Q.3 (i), when , .
- Q.3 (ii), when , .
- Q.3 (iii), , when .
- Q.3 (iv), when , .
- Q.3 (v), , .
- Q.3 (vi), , .
- Reduce each of the following differential to the variable separable form and hence solve.Q.4 (i)
- Q.4 (ii)
- Q.4 (iii)
- Q.4 (iv)
- Q.4 (v), when , .
6.4.1 Homogeneous Differential Equation
18 q
Solved Examples
Worked · 3
- (i) homogeneousSolve the differential equation .
- (ii) homogeneousSolve the differential equation .
- (iii) homogeneousSolve the differential equation .
Exercise 6.4
Practice · 15
- Solve the following differential equations:Q.1
- Q.2
- Q.3
- Q.4
- Q.5
- Q.6
- Q.7
- Q.8
- Q.9
- Q.10,
- Q.11, when ,
- Q.12
- Q.13
- Q.14
- Q.15
6.4.2 Linear Differential Equation
12 q
Solved Examples
Worked · 4
- (i) linearSolve the differential equation .
- (ii) linearSolve the differential equation .
- (iii) linearSolve the differential equation .
- (slope of tangent)The slope of the tangent to the curve at any point is equal to . Find the equation of the curve passing through the origin.
Exercise 6.5
Practice · 8
- Solve the following differential equations:Q.1 (i)
- Q.1 (ii)
- Q.1 (iii)
- Q.1 (iv)
- Q.1 (v)
- Q.1 (vi)
- Q.1 (vii)
- Q.1 (viii)
6.5 Application of Differential Equations
17 q
Solved Examples
Worked · 5
- 6.5 Ex.1The population of a town increasing at a rate proportional to the population at that time. If the population increases from 40 thousands to 60 thousands in 40 years, what will be the population in another 20 years. .
- 6.5 Ex.2Bacteria increase at the rate proportional to the number of bacteria present. If the original number doubles in 3 hours, find in how many hours the number of bacteria will be ?
- 6.5 Ex.3Bismath has half life of 5 days. A sample originally has a mass of 800 mg. Find the mass remaining after 30 days.
- 6.5 Ex.4Water at c cools in 10 minutes to c in a room temperature of c. Find the temperature of water after 20 minutes.
- 6.5 Ex.5Water is being poured into a vessel in the form of an inverted right circular cone of semi vertical angle c in such a way that the rate of change of volume at any moment is proportional to the area of the curved surfaces which is wet at that moment. Initially, the vessel is full to a height of 2 cms. And after 2 seconds the height becomes 10 cm. Show that after 3.5 seconds from that start, the height of water will be 16 cms.
Exercise 6.6
Practice · 12
- Q.1In a certain culture of bacteria the rate of increase is proportional to the number present. If it is found that the number doubles in 4 hours, find the number of times the bacteria are increased in 12 hours.
- Q.2If the population of a country doubles in 60 years, in how many years will it be triple (treble) under the assumption that the rate of increase is proportional to the number of inhabitants? [Given , ]
- Q.3If a body cools from c to c at room temperature of c in 30 minutes, find the temperature of the body after 1 hour.
- Q.4The rate of growth of bacteria is proportional to the number present. If initially, there were 1000 bacteria and the number double in 1 hour, find the number of bacteria after hours. [Take ]
- Q.5The rate of disintegration of a radio active element at any time is proportional to its mass at that time. Find the time during which the original mass of gm. will disintegrate into its mass of gm.
- Q.6The rate of decay of certain substance is directly proportional to the amount present at that instant. Initially, there are 25 gms of certain substance and two hours later it is found that 9 gms are left. Find the amount left after one more hour.
- Q.7Find the population of a city at any time , given that the rate of increase of population is proportional to the population at the instant and that in a period of 40 years the population increased from 30,000 to 40,000.
- Q.8A body cools according to Newton's law from c to c in 20 minutes. The temperature of the surrounding being c how long will it take to cool down to c?
- Q.9A right circular cone has height 9 cms and radius of the base 5 cms. It is inverted and water is poured into it. If at any instant the water level rises at the rate of cms/sec. where is the area of water surface at that instant, show that the vessel will the full in 75 seconds.
- Q.10Assume that a spherical raindrop evaporates at a rate proportional to its surface area. If its radius originally is 3mm and 1 hour later has been reduced to 2mm, find an expression for the radius of the raindrop at any time .
- Q.11The rate of growth of the population of a city at any time is proportional to the size of the population. For a certain city it is found that the constant of proportionality is 0.04. Find the population of the city after 25 years if the initial population is 10,000. [Take ]
- Q.12Radium decomposes at the rate proportional to the amount present at any time. If percent of amount disappears in one year, what percent of amount of radium will be left after 2 years?
Miscellaneous Exercise 6
51 q
Choose the correct alternative
Practice · 15
- Misc I (1)The order and degree of the differential equation are respectively ...
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- Misc I (2)The differential equation of is ...
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- Misc I (3)is a solution of ...
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- Misc I (4)The differential equation of all circles having their centers on the line and touching the X-axis is
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- Misc I (5)The differential equation represents family of ...
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- Misc I (6)The solution of is ...
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- Misc I (7)The solution of is ...
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- Misc I (8)The solution of is ...
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- Misc I (9)The solution of is ...
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- Misc I (10)The integrating factor of linear differential equation is ...
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- Misc I (11)The solution of the differential equation is
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- Misc I (12)The particular solution of , when is ...
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- Misc I (13)is a solution of ...
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- Misc I (14)The decay rate of certain substance is directly proporational to the amount present at that instant. Initially there are 27 grams of substance and 3 hours later it is found that 8 grams left. The amount left after one more hour is...
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- Misc I (15)If the surrounding air is kept at c and a body cools from c to c in 5 minutes, the temparature of the body after 15 minutes will be...
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Solve the following
Practice · 36
- Determine the order and degree of the following differential equations :Misc II Q.1 i)
- Misc II Q.1 ii)
- Misc II Q.1 iii)
- Misc II Q.1 iv)
- Misc II Q.1 v)
- In each of the following examples, verify that the given function is a solution of the differential equation.Misc II Q.2 i)
- Misc II Q.2 ii)
- Misc II Q.2 iii)
- Misc II Q.2 iv)
- Misc II Q.2 v)
- Obtain the differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary constants from the following equations.Misc II Q.3 i)
- Misc II Q.3 ii)
- Misc II Q.3 iii)
- Misc II Q.3 iv)
- Misc II Q.3 v)
- Form the differential equation of :Misc II Q.4 i)all circles which pass through the origin and whose centres lie on X-axis.
- Misc II Q.4 ii)all parabolas which have as latus rectum and whose axes is parallel to Y-axis.
- Misc II Q.4 iii)all ellipse whose major axis is twice its minor axis.
- Misc II Q.4 iv)all the lines which are parallel to the line .
- Misc II Q.4 v)the hyperbola whose length of transverse and conjugate axes are half of that of the given hyperbola .
- Solve the following differential equations :Misc II Q.5 i)
- Misc II Q.5 ii)
- Misc II Q.5 iii)
- Misc II Q.5 iv)
- Misc II Q.5 v)
- Misc II Q.5 vi)
- Misc II Q.5 vii)
- Find the particular solution of the following differential equations :Misc II Q.6 (1), when
- Misc II Q.6 (2), when
- Misc II Q.6 (3), when
- Misc II Q.6 (4), when
- Misc II Q.6 (5), when
- Misc II Q.7Show that the general solution of the differential equation is given by
- Misc II Q.8The normal lines to a given curve at each point on the curve pass through . The curve passes through . Find the equation of the curve.
- Misc II Q.9The volume of spherical balloon being inflated changes at a constant rate. If initially its radius is 3 units and after 3 seconds it is 6 units. Find the radius of the balloon after second.
- Misc II Q.10A person's assets start reducing in such a way that the rate of reduction of assets is proportional to the square root of the assets existing at that moment. If the assets at the begining are Rs. 10 lakhs and they dwindle down to Rs. 10,000 after 2 years, show that the person will be bankrupt in years from the start.
What the board has asked from this chapter
Questions per paper · 14 papers · 2015 to 2026
2015: 3 questions per paper. 2016: 1 questions per paper. 2017: 1 questions per paper. 2018: 2 questions per paper. 2019: 3 questions per paper. 2020: 3 questions per paper. 2022: 4 questions per paper. 2023: 4 questions per paper. 2024: 4 questions per paper. 2025: 3 questions per paper. 2026: 3 questions per paper
June 2026
3 q
- Q. 2. (iv)Write the order of differential equationOrder and Degree of a Differential Equation
- Q. 24Solve the differential equationSolution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 34A body cools according to Newton's law from 100ºC to 60ºC in 20 minutes. The temperature of the surrounding being 20ºC. How long will it take to cool down to 40ºC?Applications of Differential Equations
February 2026
3 q
- Q. 2. (iv)Write the degree of the differential equationOrder and Degree of a Differential Equation
- Q. 24Solve the D.E. .Solution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 34Solve the differential equation .Solution of a Differential Equation
July 2025
3 q
- Q. 1. (vii)The solution of the D.E. is _____
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Solution of a Differential Equation - Q. 23Solve the D.E.Solution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 24Obtain the differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary constants from .Formation of a Differential Equation
2025
3 q
- Q. 2. iii.Write the order of the differential equation .Order and Degree of a Differential Equation
- Q. 25Solve the differential equation: .Solution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 34If a body cools from to at room temperature of in 30 minutes, find the temperature of the body after 1 hour.Applications of Differential Equations
July 2024
4 q
- Q. 1. (vi)is solution of _____.
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Formation of a Differential Equation - Q. 2. (iv)Write the integrating factor (I.F.) of the differential equation .Solution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 14Find the particular solution of : at andSolution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 24Solve the differential equationSolution of a Differential Equation
2024
4 q
- Q. 1. vii.The integrating factor of linear differential equation is
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Solution of a Differential Equation - Q. 2. iv.A particle is moving along X-axis. Its acceleration at time is proportional to its velocity at that time. Find the differential equation of the motion of the particle.Formation of a Differential Equation
- Q. 13Solve: ; put .Solution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 24Solve the differential equation: .Solution of a Differential Equation
March 2023
4 q
- Q. 2. iv.Write the degree of the differential equationOrder and Degree of a Differential Equation
- Q. 1. vii.The solution of the differential equation is _____.
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Solution of a Differential Equation - Q. 12Solve the differential equation .Solution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 24Find the particular solution of the differential equation , when .Solution of a Differential Equation
March 2022
4 q
- Q. 2. iv.Write the degree of differential equation .Order and Degree of a Differential Equation
- Q. 13Form the differential equation of all lines which make intercept 3 on x-axis.Formation of a Differential Equation
- Q. 11Solve the differential equation .Solution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 23Solve .Solution of a Differential Equation
February 2020
3 q
- Q. 1. viii.Order and degree of differential equation respectively are ______.
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Order and Degree of a Differential Equation - Q. 12Solve the differential equation .Solution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 25Solve the differential equation .Solution of a Differential Equation
March 2019
3 q
- Q. 6.If , then the differential equation is ______.
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Formation of a Differential Equation - Q. 30Solve the differential equation .Solution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 30 (OR)Solve the differential equation .Solution of a Differential Equation
March 2018
2 q
- Q. 4. v.Obtain the differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary constants from the following equation: .Formation of a Differential Equation
- Q. 6. B ii.Find the particular solution of the differential equation when and .Solution of a Differential Equation
March 2017
1 q
- Q. 4. B iv.Form the differential equation by eliminating arbitrary constants from the relation .Formation of a Differential Equation
March 2016
1 q
- Q. 6. (B) i.Solve the differential equation . Hence find the particular solution for and .Solution of a Differential Equation
March 2015
3 q
- Q. 4. iii.The differential equation of is
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Formation of a Differential Equation - Q. 4. (B) iv.If y = .Solution of a Differential Equation
- Q. 6. (B) iii.Solve the differential equation .Solution of a Differential Equation
The 10 board questions to practise first
The questions the board asked again come first, most asked first. Each one says how often and when.
Question 1
Asked 3 times: Mar 2017, Mar 2018*, Mar 2019 (* = numbers or wording changed that year)
Q. 6.If , then the differential equation is ______.Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
Asked 2 times: Mar 2022, Feb 2026
Q. 2. (iv)Write the degree of the differential equationQuestion 3
Asked 2 times: Mar 2015, Jul 2024
Q. 1. (vi)is solution of _____.Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
Asked 2 times: Feb 2020, Jul 2024
Q. 2. (iv)Write the integrating factor (I.F.) of the differential equation .Question 5
This type asked 8 times: Mar 2016, Mar 2018, Feb 2020, Mar 2022, Mar 2023, Jul 2024, Jul 2025, Feb 2026. This one: Feb 2026
Q. 24Solve the D.E. .Question 6
This type asked 8 times: Mar 2015, Mar 2017, Mar 2018, Mar 2019, Mar 2022, Mar 2024, Jul 2024, Jul 2025. This one: Jul 2025
Q. 24Obtain the differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary constants from .Question 7
This type asked 6 times: Feb 2020, Mar 2022, Mar 2023, Feb 2025, Feb 2026, Jun 2026. This one: Jun 2026
Q. 2. (iv)Write the order of differential equationQuestion 8
This type asked 5 times: Mar 2015, Mar 2024, Feb 2025, Feb 2026, Jun 2026. This one: Jun 2026
Q. 24Solve the differential equationQuestion 9
This type asked 5 times: Mar 2019, Feb 2020, Mar 2024, Jul 2024, Jul 2025. This one: Jul 2025
Q. 23Solve the D.E.Question 10
This type asked 4 times: Mar 2016, Mar 2019, Mar 2022, Mar 2024. This one: Mar 2024
Q. 13Solve: ; put .