# Application of Derivatives CBSE Class 12 PYQ Chapter Wise

> Application of Derivatives CBSE Class 12 PYQs: all 29 questions from 50 official papers (2016–2026), by concept. Asked in 9 of 10 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-applications-derivatives/

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## Answer first

Application of Derivatives PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 12: Application of Derivatives (Mathematics) had **29 questions** across the 50 official CBSE Class 12 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 9 of them. Asked in 9 of 10 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Maxima and Minima, Rate of Change, Tangents and Normals.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Application of Derivatives PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Application of Derivatives questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.

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## Other Mathematics chapters

- [Relations and Functions PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-relations-functions/)
- [Inverse Trigonometric Functions PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-inverse-trig/)
- [Matrices PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-matrices/)
- [Determinants PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-determinants/)
- [Continuity and Differentiability PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-continuity/)
- [Integrals PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-integrals/)
- [Application of Integrals PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-applications-integrals/)
- [Differential Equations PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-differential-equations/)
- [Vector Algebra PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-vectors/)
- [Three Dimensional Geometry PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-3d/)
- [Linear Programming PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-linear-programming/)
- [Probability PYQs](/cbse-class-12/chapters/m12-probability/)

## FAQ

### How many Application of Derivatives questions come in CBSE Class 12?
In the official papers we tagged: 3 in 2026, 5 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 4 in 2023, 3 in 2020, 2 in 2019, 3 in 2018, 4 in 2017 and 2 in 2016. Not asked in the other year. That is 29 questions in all, about 9% of Mathematics.

### Which Application of Derivatives topics repeat in CBSE Class 12?
Asked in the most papers: Maxima and Minima, Rate of Change, Tangents and Normals. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official CBSE Class 12 questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official CBSE Class 12 paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.