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JEE Main · Maths · Application of Derivatives

Counting Roots using Monotonicity

JEE Main asked Counting Roots using Monotonicity 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022 and 2024. It belongs to Monotonicity, in Application of Derivatives (Maths). The longest wait between two years asking it was 2 years.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2024
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022 and 2024. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210.04’220’230.05’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 1 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20241 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: application.

  • Statement i/ii on monotonicity and roots
  • Count real roots of polynomial equation

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 2Hard 0

Every question was multiple choice.

Every question

All 2 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q7For the function f(x)=(cos⁡x)−x+1f(x)=(\cos x)-x+1, x∈Rx\in\mathbb{R}, between the following two statements (S1) f(x)=0f(x)=0 for only one value of xx in…MediumTwo statements
  2. 28 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q12The number of real solutions of x7+5x3+3x+1=0x^7+5x^3+3x+1=0 is equal to ________.MediumSingle correct

Shifts: 28 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 8 Apr 2024, Shift 1.

Same topic

Other ideas in Monotonicity

Monotonicity has 12 ideas JEE Main has asked; 4 of them came up in more than one question.

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