Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 25

147. Let the function f be defined by the equation i (a) 1/2 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) None of these

3x if 0  x  1 lim
sina  tana
f(x)  
156. The value of will be
,
[UPSEAT
then [SCRA 1996] a 0 sin3 a

5  3x if 1  x  2
1999]
1
j (a)  (b)
2
a (a) lim f(x)  f(1) (b) 1
x 1

lim f(x)  3 2
x 1 (c) 1 (d) –1

(c) xlim f(x)  2 lim f(x) does

(d) x not  n 
n
1 1 157. lim  equals [AMU 1999]
n   n  y 

exist
k (a) 0 (b) 1
x3  8
148. The value of the limit of as x tends to 2 is (c) 1/v (d) e y
x2  4
[SCRA 1996]
3
x : x  0
b (a) 3 (b) 
(c) 1 (d) 0
2
158. If f(x)  1 : x  0 , then lim f(x) 
x 0
[DCE 2000]

x3  x2  18 as x tends 2
149. The value of the limit of
x 3 x : x  0
to 3 is l (a) 0 (b) 1
[SCRA 1996]
(c) 2 (d) Does not exist
c (a) 3 (b) 9
(c) 18 (d) 21 x2  1, x  0, 2
tan x is1
sinx, x  n ,n Z 
150. lim
x 0 x
[SCRA 1996]
159. If f(x)   and g(x)   4, x  0 then
d (a)
(c) –1
0 (b)
(d) 1

 0, otherwise  5, x  2

2x 2  3x  4
151. lim is equal to [SCRA 1996]
x 3x 2  3x  4
lim g{f(x)} [Karnataka CET
2 x 0
e (a) (b) 1 2000]
3 m (a) 1 (b) 0
(c) 0 (d)  1 1
(c) (d)
 1 2 4
152. lim sin  is [SCRA 1996]
x 0  x 1  logx  x
f (a) 0 (b) 1 160. lim  [Karnataka CET 2000; Pb. CET
x 1 1  2x  x2
(c) –1 (d) Does not exist
2001]
 x3 / 2  8  n (a) 1 (b) –1
153. lim
x  4 x  4 
 [DCE 1999]
  1
(c) 0 (d) 
g (a) 3/2 (b) 3 2
(c) 2/3 (d) 1/3 asinx  1
1 161. lim  [Karnataka CET
x  0 bsinx  1
ex
lim  [DCE 1999] 2000]
x 0 1 
  1 a b
e x  o (a) (b)
b a
h (a) 0 (b) 1
loga logb
(c) Does not exist (d) None of these (c) (d)
logb loga
x cosx  log(1  x)
155. The value of lim is [RPET
x 0 x2
1999]
 26 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability

3x / 2  3 (1  x)1 / x  e
162. The value of lim is 171. lim equals
x  2 3x  9 x 0 x
[MP PET 2000] [UPSEAT 2001]
p (a) 0 (b) 1/3 (a)  / 2 (b) 0
(c) 1 / 6 (d) ln 3 (c) 2 / e (d) – e / 2
1 1
sin x  tan x 1  cos x
163. lim is equal to 172. lim is equal to
x 0 x3 x 1 tan2 x
[RPET 2000] [AMU 2001]
q (a) 0 (b) 1 (a) 0 (b) 1/2
(c) –1 (d) 1 / 2 (c) 1 (d) 2
x tan2x  2x tanx  x
m
164. lim is 173. lim  cos   [AMU 2001]
x 0 (1  cos2x)2 m   m
[IIT 1999] (a) 0 (b) e
r (a) 2 (b) –2 (c) 1/e (d) 1
1 1 x b
(c) (d)   x  a
2 2 174. lim    [EAMCET 2001]
x   x  b 

(1  cos2x)sin5x (a) 1 (b) eb a

165. The value of lim  is
(c) ea b (d) eb
x 0 x2 sin3x
[MP PET 2000; UPSEAT 2000; Karnataka CET 2002] acotx  acosx
(a) 10/3 (b) 3/10 175. lim  [Kerala (Engg.) 2001; J & K
x / 2 cotx  cosx
(c) 6/5 (d) 5/6
2005]
ln(cosx) (a) loga (b) log2
166. lim  is equal to
x 0 x2 (c) a (d) log x
[AMU 2000]
(a) 0 (b) 1 sin( cos2 x)
176. lim 
1 1 x 0 x2
(c) (d)  [IIT Screening 2001;UPSEAT 2001; MP PET 2002]
2 2
x (a)  (b) 
 x  3
167. For x  R, lim   is equal to [IIT Screening (c)  / 2 (d) 1
x   x  2 

2000] 177. xlim [x]  , (where [.] = greatest integer

3
(a) e (b) e 1
function)
(c) e 5 (d) e5 [DCE 2002]
(a) 2 (b) 3
 ex  1  (c) Does not exist (d) None of these
168. The value of lim   is

x 0
 x  sinx cosx tanx
[Karnataka CET 2001] 178. If f(x)  x3 x2 x , then
(a) 1/2 (b)  2x 1 1
(c) 1 (d) 0
f(x)
 a x  a x  lim is
169. The value of lim   is x 0 x2
x 0
 x  [Karnataka CET 2002]
[Karnataka CET 2001] (a) 3 (b) –1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 0 (d) 1
(c) a (d) 1 / a 179. lim
x 0
loge(1  x)
3x  1
 [MP PET 2002]

 sin2   sin2   (a) loge 3 (b) 0

170. lim 2 2  [MP PET 2001]
  
  
 (c) 1 (d) log3 e
(a) 0 (b) 1 1
180. lim cos [UPSEAT 2002]
sin sin2 x 0 x
(c) (d)
 2
 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 27
(a) Is continuous at x0 (b) Is differentiable at 3 3
(c) (d) 
x0 2 2
(c) Does not exist (d) None of these
sin1(x  2)
181. Let f(x)  4 and f'(x)  4 , then 188. lim is equal to
x 2 x2  2x
xf(2)  2 f(x) [Orissa JEE 2002]
lim equals
x 2 x 2 (a) 0 (b) 
[AIEEE 2002]
(c) –1/2 (d) None of these
(a) 2 (b) – 2 x 1
(c) – 4 (d) 3  x  3
189. lim   [RPET 2003, UPSEAT 2003]
x   x  1 
logxn  [x]
182. lim , n  N, ([x] denotes
x  [x] (a) e2 (b) e3
greatest integer less than or equal to x)
[AIEEE 2002] (c) e (d) e1
(a) Has value –1 (b) Has value 0 1
(c) Has value 1 (d) Does not exist 190. lim(1  ax) x  [Karnataka CET
x 0
f(x)  1
183. If f(1)  1, f  (1) 2 , then lim is 2003]
x1 x 1 a
[AIEEE 2002] (a) e (b) e
(a) 2 (b) 4 a
(c) 1 (d) 1/2 (c) 1 (d) e

 n2  n  1 
n(n1)
2 x  3
184. lim   191. The value of lim is

n   n2  n  1 
x7 x2  49
  [MP PET 2003]
[AMU 2002]
(a) e (b) e2 2 2
(a) (b) 
9 49
(c) e1 (d) 1
1 1
4 x  9x (c) (d) 
185. lim  [EAMCET 2002] 56 56
x 0 x(4x  9x )
log(3  x)  log(3  x)
 2 1  3 192. If lim  k, then the
(a) log  (b) log  x 0 x
 3 2  2 value of k is
1  2  3 [AIEEE 2003]
(c) log  (d) log 
2  3  2 1
(a) 0 (b) 
3
ax  bx
186. lim = [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
x  0 ex  1 2 2
(c) (d) 
3 3
 a  b
(a) log  (b) log 
 b  a [(a  n)nx  tanx] sinnx
193. If lim  0, where n is
(c) log(
ab) (d) log(a  b) x 0 x2
non zero real number, then a is equal to [IIT
 3x  x
 1
3  Screening 2003]
187. If f(x)  cot  and
 1  3x2  n 1
  (a) 0 (b)
 1  x2  f(x)  f(a) n
g(x)  cos1 2
 , then lim ,
1
 1 x 
x  a g(x) g(a) (c) n (d) n 
n
1
0 a is [Orissa JEE 2002]
194. Given that f ' (2)=6 and f(1)  4)  , then
2
2
3 3 f(2h  2  h )  f(2)
(a) (b) lim 
2
2(1  a ) 2(1  x ) 2 h 0 f(h  h2  1)  f(1)
[IIT Screening 2003]
(a) Does not exist (b) Is equal to – 3/2
 28 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability
(c) Is equal to 3/2 (d) Is equal to 3 w (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 1/2
ex  e x
195. lim is [Kurukshetra CEE 2002]
x 0 sinx 2
204. The value of lim log(1  x) is equal to [Pb.
(a) 0 (b) 1
x 0 x
CET 2000]
(c) 2 (d) Non existent
 3 sinx  3 cosx 
x (a) e (b) e2
196. lim   1
x / 6
 6x    (c) (d) 2
[EAMCET 2003] 2
x 1
(a) 3 (b) 1/ 3
205. The value of lim 3x  4 
3
is equal to [Pb. CET
x  3x  2 
(c)  3 (d)  1/ 3
2004]
cos(sinx)  1
197. lim  [Orissa JEE 2003] y (a) e1/ 3 (b)
x 0 x2
e2 / 3
(a) 1 (b) – 1
(c) e1 (d) e2
(c) 1/2 (d) –1/2
1 (x  1)(3x  4)
206. The value of lim is equal to [Pb.
198. lim(3n  4n)n  [Karnataka CET x  x2(x  8)
n 
CET 2002]
2003]
(a) 3 (b) 4 z (a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 1 (d) 0
(c)  (d) e

 a b 
2x
 sin[x]
199. If lim 1   2 
x  x x 
 e2, then the values of a
 , when[x]  0
and b are [AIEEE 2004]
207. If f(x)   [x] where [x] is greatest

s (a) a  1, b  2 (b)  0, when[x]  0

a  1, b  R 
(c) a  R, b  2 (d) a  R, b  R integer function, then xlim f(x) 
0
 [IIT 1985; RPET 1995]
 (a) –1 (b) 1
200. lim 2 = [Karnataka CET
(c) 0 (d) None of these
  cot

2
1  (10)n 
2004] 208. If lim  , then give the value of
n  1  (10)n1 10
t (a) 0 (b) –1
(c) 1 (d)   is
[Orissa JEE 2005]
3 x 1
 4  (a) 0 (b) –1
201. lim 1    [Karnataka CET 2004]
x  x  1 (c) 1 (d) 2

u (a) e12 (b) log[1  x3]

209. The value of lim 
e12 x 0 sin3 x
[AMU 2005]
(c) e4 (d) e3 (a) 0 (b) 1
 ex  esinx  (c) 3 (d) None of these
202. lim  is equal to 4 (tan  2 tan )
x  0 x  sinx 
  210. lim is
[UPSEAT 2004]  0 (1  cos2 )2
v (a) –1 (b) 0 [Orissa JEE 2005]
(c) 1 (d) None of these (a) 1 / 2 (b) 1/2
(c) 1 (d) 2
x2  3x  2
203. The value of lim is equal to [Pb. CET
27  9  3x  1
x x
x  1 x2  4x  3 211. The value of lim is [J & K 2005]
2000] x 0 5  4  cosx
 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 29

(a) 5(log3)2 (b) 8 5 log3 (a) 2 (b)  2

(c) 16 5 log3 (d) 8 5(log3)2 (c) 2 (d) None of these
220. The value of
xn  x  x  x  x
212. The value of lim where x  1 is [J & K
n  xn  1 lim cos  cos  cos ...cos n  is
n   2  4  8 2 
2005]
(a) 1/2 (b) –1/2 sinx
(a) 1 (b)
(c) 1 (d) None of these x
213. The value of x
1 1 1 1 1 (c) (d) None of these
lim     ...  sinx
n  1.3 3.5 5.7 7.9 (2n  1)(2n  1)
1 1 1 1
is equal to [DCE 2005] 221. lim  2  3  ...  n equals [RPET 1996]
n 2 2 2 2
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3
(c) 1/4 (d) None of these (a) 2 (b) –1
214. The value of the constant  and  such that (c) 1 (d) 3
 x 1 2 1 2 3 n
lim  x     0 are respectively 222. lim 2  2  2  ...... 2  is [SCRA 1996]
x  x  1 n   n n n n 
 
[Orissa JEE 2005] (a) 1/2 (b) 0
(a) (1, 1) (b) (–1, 1) (c) 1 (d) 
(c) (1, –1) (d) (0, 1)
1  n2
215. Let f : R  R be a differentiable function having 223. The value of lim will be [UPSEAT
f (x) n   n
3
 1  4t
f(2)  6, f' (2)   .
 48 
Then lim
x 2 
6
x 2
dt 1999]
(a) – 2 (b) – 1
equals (c) 2 (d) 1
[AIEEE 2005] 1  2  3  4  5  6  ..... 2n
224. If xn  , then
(a) 12 (b) 18
n2  1  4n2  1
(c) 24 (d) 36
lim xn is equal to [AMU 2000]
216. 1 2 n
lim  2  . . 2 
n 1 n2
1 n 1  n  is equal to n 
[IIT 1984; DCE 2000; Pb. CET 2000] 1 2
1 (a) (b) 
(a) 0 (b)  3 3
2 2
(c) (d) 1
1 3
(c) (d) None of these
2 (x  1)10  (x  2)10  ..... (x  100)10
225. lim is
 1 4 9 n  2
x  x10  1010
217. lim 3  3  3  ........ 3 
n   n  1
 n 1 n 1 n  1 equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1
(a) 1 (b) 2/3
(c) 10 (d) 100
(c) 1/3 (d) 0
1  2  3  ....n
n 226. The value of lim is equal [Pb.
218. If Sn  a
k 1
k and nlim

an  a, then
CET 2002]
n  n2  100

Sn1  Sn 1
lim (a)  (b)
n  n 2
is equal to
k
k 1
(c) 2
x
(d) 0

(a) 0 (b) a 227. The value of

lim
 0
cost2
dt is
(c) 2a (d) 2a
x0 x
(a) 0 (b) 1
4  3an
219. If a1  1 and an 1  , n  1 and if lim an  n (c) 1 (d) None of these
3  2an n 
, then the value of a is
 30 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability
Continuity 6. In order that the function f(x)  (x  1)1/ x is

1. If f(x) | x  2| , then [Roorkee 1984]

continuous at x  0 , f(0) must be defined as
[MNR 1989]
aa (a) lim f(x)  0 ii (a) f(0)  0 (b)
x 2
f(0)  e
bb (b) lim f(x)  0
x 2 (c) f(0)  1 / e (d) f(0)  1
lim f(x)  lim f(x)
cc (c) x 2 x 2 x, when0  x  1/ 2
dd (d) f(x) is continuous at 
x2 7. If f(x)  1, whenx  1/ 2 , then
1 x, when1/2 x  1
 k cosx  
   2x , whenx 
2 jj (a) lim f(x)  2
2. If the function f(x)   be x1/ 2

3, whenx   kk (b) lim f(x)  2

x1/ 2
 2 1
(c) f(x) is continuous at x 
 2
continuous at x  , then k =
2 1
(d) f(x) is discontinuous at x 
ee (a) 3 (b) 6 2
(c) 12 (d) None of these
log(1  ax)  log(1  bx) (x2 / a)  a, whenx  a
3. The function f(x) 
x
is

not defined at x  0 . The value which should be
8. If f(x)   0, whenx  a, then
assigned to f at x =0 so that it is continuos at  2
x  0 , is [IIT 1983; MP PET 1995; a  (x / a), whenx  a
Karnataka CET 1999; Kurukshetra CEE 2002; AMU
2002] ll (a) lim f(x)  a
x a
ff (a) a b (b)
mm (b) f(x) is continuous at
a b
(c) loga  logb (d) loga  logb
xa
(c) f(x) is discontinuous at xa
 x  x  16x  20
3 2 (d) None of these

 , if x  2
4. Let f(x)   (x  2)2 . If f(x) be e1/ x, whenx  0
If f(x) 
 k, if x  2
9.
 , then

 0, whenx  0
continuous for all x, then k =
[IIT 1981] nn (a) lim f(x)  e
x 0
gg (a) 7 (b) –7
(c) 7 (d) None of these oo (b) lim f(x)  0
x 0

f(x) is discontinuous at x  0
x2  k, when x  0
(c)
(d) None of these
5. Let f(x)   . If the function f(x)
2
 x  k, whenx  0  x2  4x  3
 2 , for x  1
If f(x)  
be continuous at x  0 , then k = 10.
x 1 , then [IIT 1972]

hh (a) 0 (b) 1  2, for x  1

(c) 2 (d) –2 
 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 31

lim f(x)  2
pp (a) x 1
(1  2x)1/ x, for x  0
lim f(x)  3 If f(x) 
qq (b) x1
16.
 , then

(c) f(x) is discontinuous at x  1  e2, for x  0

(d) None of these
11. The points at which the function (a) xlim f(x)  e
 0
x1
f(x)  2 is discontinuous, are
x  x  12 ww (b) lim f(x)  e2
x 0
rr (a) –3, 4 (b)
3, –4 (c) f(x) is discontinuous at x  0
(c) –1,–3, 4 (d) –1, 3, 4
(d) None of these
 sinx
  cosx, when x  0
12. If f(x)   x

 2, whenx  0
then [DSSE 1986]
21/ x, forx  0
If f(x) 
lim f(x)  2
17.
 , then

 3, forx  0
ss (a) x  0
(b)

lim f(x)  0
x 0

(c) f(x) is continuous at x  0 (d) None of these xx (a) lim f(x)  0 (b)
x 0

lim f(x)  
2 1 x 0

x sin , whenx  0
If f(x)  
(c) f(x) is continuous at x  0 (d) None of these
13. x , then

 0, whenx  0 1 2
  sinx , x  0
18. If f(x)   x , then
tt (a) f(0  0)  1 (b)
f(0  0)  1  0, x  0
(c) f is continuous at x  0 (d) None of these 
14. The value of k so that the function lim f(x)  0
yy (a) x  0
(b)

k(2x  x2), whenx  0 lim f(x)  0

f(x)   is continuous at x  0,
x 0

 cosx, whenx  0 (c) f(x) is continuous at x0 (d) None of these

is x  1, x  0
uu (a) 1 (b) 2 
 1
(c) 4 (d) None of these
19. If f(x)   , x  0 , then [Roorkee 1988]

 x  4
 , whenx  0  x2, x  0
If f(x)  e1 / x  1
15.
 , then

 0, whenx  0 zz (a) lim f(x)  1

 x 0

aaa (b) lim f(x)  1

vv (a) lim f(x)  1 (b) x 0
x 0
(c) f(x) is discontinuous at x  0
lim f(x)  1
x  0
(d) None of these
(c) f(x) is continuous at x  0 (d) None of these 20. Which of the following statements is true for graph
f(x)  logx
 32 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability
bbb (a) Graph shows that hhh (b) f(x) is continuous
function is continuous
x 2
ccc (b) Graph shows that
function is discontinuous (c) f(x) is discontinuous at x  1
(c) Graph finds for negative and positive values of (d) None of these
x
(d) Graph is symmetric along x-axis sin1 | x|, whenx  0
If f(x) 
 x2  1
25.
 then

 , whenx  1  0, whenx  0
21. If function f(x)   x  1 is continuous at
lim f(x)  0
 k, whenx  1 iii (a) x 0
 jjj (b) lim f(x)  0
x 0
x  1 , then the value of k will be
(c) f(x) is continuous at x  0
ddd (a) –1 (b) 2
(d) None of these
(c) –3 (d) –2

At which points the function f(x) 

x
 sin2x
 , whenx  0
22. , where
[x]
[.] is greatest integer function, is discontinuous 26. If f(x)   5x is continuous at x  0,
(a) Only positive integers  k, whenx  0
(b) All positive and negative integers and (0, 1) 
(c) All rational numbers then the value of k will be
[AI CBSE 1991]
(d) None of these
2
 sin ax
2 kkk (a) 1 (b)
5
 , whenx  0 2
23. For the function f(x)   x2 which one (c) 
5
(d) None of these

 1, whenx  0
 1 x2, when0  x  1
If f(x) 
is a true statement 27.
 , then
eee (a) f(x) is continuous at 1 x , whenx  1
x0
fff (b) f(x) is discontinuous at (a) lim f(x)  0
x 1
x  0 , when a  1
lim f(x)  2
(c) f(x) is continuous at (b)
x1

xa (c) f(x) is discontinuous at x1

(d) None of these (d) None of these

  x2, whenx  0  x2  1
  , whenx  1
 5x  4, when0  x  1 28. If f(x)   x  1 ,then
24. If f(x)   , then
2
4x  3x, when1  x  2   2, whenx  1
 3x  4, whenx  2 
 lim f(x)  2
lll (a)
ggg (a) f(x) is continuous x(1)

at x0 lim f(x)  2

mmm (b)
x(1)
 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 33
(c) f(x) is continuous at x  1
(d) All the above are correct 1 x, whenx  2
5
33. If f(x)   , then

 2  x , whenx  2 5  x, when x  3
 uuu (a) f(x) is continuous at
29. If f(x)   1 , whenx  2 , then x 2
 3 vvv (b) f(x) is discontinuous at
x  , whenx  2 x  2
 2 (c) f(x) is continuous at x  3
nnn (a) f(x) is continuous at (d) None of these
x 2
 3
ooo (b) f(x) is discontinuous at
 1, when 0  x 
x 2
If f(x) 
4 , then
(c) xlim f(x)  1
34.
 [IIT 1991]
2
2sin2 x, when3  x  
30.
(d) None of these
If f(x) | x  b|, then function
 9 4
[AI CBSE 1984] f(x) is
www (a) continuous
ppp (a) Is continuous at x  1
at x0
(b) Is continuous at
xxx (b) f(x) is continuous at
xb
(c) Is discontinuous at x  b (d) None of these
x
3
| x  a| (c) f(x) is continuous at x 
4
 , whenx  a 3
31. If f(x)   x  a ,then [AI CBSE 1983] (d) f(x) is discontinuous at x 
4
 1, whenx  a
  
 x sinx, when0  x 
qqq (a) f(x) is continuous at
2 , then
xa 35. If f(x)   [IIT 1991]

rrr (b) f(x) is discontinuous at  sin(  x),when  x  

xa  2
f(x)  1
2
(c) xlim
a yyy (a) f(x) is discontinuous at
(d) None of these x /2

x2, when x  1 zzz (b)

x /2
f(x) is continuous at

If f(x) 
32.
 then
(c) f(x) is continuous at x  0
 2, whenx  1 (d) None of these

lim f(x)  2 
sss (a) x1  1  cos4x
 2
, whenx  0
ttt (b) f(x) is continuous at x

x1 36. If f(x)   a, whenx  0 ,
(c) f(x) is discontinuous at x  1 
(d) None of these  x
, whenx  0

 (16 x)  4
 34 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability
is continuous at x  0 , then the value of 'a' will jjjj (b) f(x) is discontinuous at
be x1
[IIT 1990; AMU 2000]
aaaa (a) 8 (b) (c) x 1 f(x)  1
lim
–8
(d) None of these
(c) 4 (d) None of these

ax2  b, when0  x  1  x 2  3x  10
  , whenx  5
37. If f(x)   2, whenx  1 is continuous at x1 41. If f(x)   x 2  2x  15 is continuous at

 x  1, when1 x  2 a , whenx  5
 
, then the most suitable value of a, b are [BIT x  5 , then the value of 'a' will be [MP PET
Ranchi 1983] 1987]
bbbb (a) a  2, b  0 (b) 3 7
a  1, b  1 kkkk (a) (b)
2 8
(c) a  4, b  2 (d) All the above 8 2
(c) (d)
 x | x| 7 3
 , whenx  0  x  , x  3
38. If f(x)   x , then[AI CBSE 1982]

 2, whenx  0 42. If f(x)   4, x  3 is continuous at x  3 , then
 3x  5, x  3
cccc (a) f(x) is continuous at 
x0  
[MP PET 1994, 2001; RPET 1999]
dddd (b) f(x) is llll (a)
(c) 2
4 (b)
(d) 1
3

discontinuous at x0
(c) xlim f(x)  2  1
0
sin , x  0
(d) None of these 43. The value of k which makes f(x)   x
 x4  16  k, x  0
 , whenx  2 
39. If f(x)   x  2 , then [AISSE 1984] continuous at x  0 is [MNR 1995]

 16, whenx  2 mmmm (a) 8 (b)

 1
(c) –1 (d) None of these
eeee (a) f(x) is continuous at
x 2
x2  1, x  0, 2
ffff (b) f(x) is discountinous at
sinx, x  n , n Z 
x 2
(c) xlim f(x)  16
44. If f(x)   and g(x) 
 4, x  0 ,
 2, otherwise  5, x  2
gggg 2
hhhh (d) None of these

 x2, whenx  1 lim g{f(x)} is
then x [Kurukshetra CEE
If f(x) 

0
40. , then [AISSE 1983]
1996]
x  5, whenx  1 nnnn (a) 5 (b)
6
iiii (a) f(x) is continuous at (c) 7 (d) 1
x1
 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 35

x 2
 x 4 (c) For all real values of x such that

| x  4|  a, x  4 (d) For all integral values of x only

  x
45. Let f(x)   a  b, x  4 . Then f(x) is continuous
 1  sin , for   x  1
 x 4  2
  b, x  4 50. If the function f(x)   ax b, for1  x  3 is
| x  4|  x
at x  4 when  6 tan , for3  x  6
oooo (a) a  0, b  0 (b)
 12
a  1, b  1 continuous in the interval (, 6) , then the
(c) a  1, b  1 (d) a  1, b  1 values of a and b are respectively
[MP PET 1998]

 x  5x  4
4 2 uuuu (a) 0, 2 (b)
 , x  1, 2 1, 1
 | (x  1)(x  2)| (c) 2, 0 (d) 2, 1

46. Let f(x)   6, x  1
  1

12, x  2
x sin , x  0
 51. If f(x)   x is continuous at x  0 , then the
 k, x  0
Then f(x) is continuous on the set

pppp (a) R (b)
value of k is [MP PET 1999; AMU 1999; RPET 2003]
R  {1}
vvvv (a) 1 (b) –1
(c) R  {2} (d) R  {1,2} (c) 0 (d) 2
47. The value of f(0) , so that the function  sin[x]
(27  2x) 1/ 3
3  [x]  1 , for x  0
f(x)  ,(x  0) is continuous, 
9  3(243 5x)1 / 5  
is given by  cos [x]
52. If f(x)   2 , for x  0 ; where [x] denotes the
(a) 2 / 3
 [x]
qqqq (b)
6  k, at x  0
(c) 2 (d) 4 


(cosx)1/ x, x  0
48. If the function f(x)   is continuous at
greatest integer less than or equal to x, then in
order that f be continuous at x  0 , the value of k
 k, x  0 is
[Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
x  0 , then the value of k is wwww (a) Equal to 0 (b)
[Kurukshetra CEE 1996] Equal to 1
rrrr (a) 1 (b) –1 (c) Equal to –1 (d) Indeterminate
(c) 0 (d) e
x  2 , 1  x  2
 x  1, x  2 
f(x) 4 , x  2 is continuous at
49. Function f(x)   is a continuous function 53. The function

2x  3, x  2 3x  2 , x  2

[MP PET 1996] [DCE 1999]
ssss (a) For all real values of x (a) x  2 only (b) x 2
tttt (b) For x  2 only
 36 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability
(c) x 2 (d) None of these  1  sinx 
, x
54. If the function    2x 2
60. If f(x)   , be continuous at
 5x  4 , if 0  x  1


f(x)   2 is , x 
 4 x  3bx , if 1  x  2  2
continuous at every point of its domain, then the x   / 2, then value of  is
value of b is [RPET 2002]
[RPET 2000]
(a) –1 (b) 1
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 0 (d) 2
(c) 1 (d) None of these
 sinx
55. The values of A and B such that the function  , x0
61. Let f(x)   5x . If f(x) is
  
 k, x0
  2sinx, x 
2 continuous at x  0, then k
  
 [Karnataka CET 2002]
f(x)   A sinx  B,   x  , is continuous  5
 2 2 (a) (b)
 5 
 cosx, x (c) 1 (d) 0
 2 2 x  4
everywhere are 62. If f(x) , (x  0), is continuous
sin2x
[Pb. CET 2000]
function at x  0 , then f(0) equals
(a) A  0, B  1 (b) A  1, B  1 [MP PET 2002]
(c) A  1, B  1 (d) A  1, B  0 1 1
(a) (b) 
2
x  10x  25 4 4
56. If f(x)  for x  5 and f is
x2  7x  10 1 1
(c) (d) 
continuous at x  5, then f(5)  8 8
[EAMCET 2001] x , if x is rational
(a) 0 (b) 5 63. If function f(x)   ,
(c) 10 (d) 25
1  x, if x is irrational
then f(x) is continuous at ...... number of points
57. In order that the function f(x)  (x  1)cotx is [UPSEAT 2002]
continuous at x  0 , f(0) must be defined as (a)  (b) 1
[UPSEAT 2000; Kurukshetra CEE 2001; Pb. CET 2004] (c) 0 (d) None of these
1
(a) f(0)  (b) f(0)  0  x2  9

f(x)   x  3 , if x  3 , is
e
64. If continuous at
(c) f(0)  e (d) None of these

 2x  k , otherwise
58. The function f(x)  sin| x| is
[DCE 2002] x  3, then k 
(a) Continuous for all x [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
(b) Continuous only at certain points (a) 3 (b) 0
(c) Differentiable at all points (c) –6 (d) 1/6
(d) None of these 65. The function defined by
59. If f(x) | x| , then f(x) is  1 
1

 2 2 x 
[DCE 2002] f(x)  x  e 
, x 2
, is continuous
(a) Continuous for all x  

 k , x 2
(b) Differentiable at x  0
from right at the point x = 2, then k is equal to
(c) Neither continuous nor [Orissa JEE 2002]
differentiable at x  0 (a) 0 (b) 1/4
(d) None of these (c) –1/4 (d) None of these
66. For the function
loge(1  x)  loge(1  x)
f(x) to be
x
 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 37
continuous at x  0, the value of f(0), should aaaaa lim f(x) does
(a) x not
0
be
[MP PET 2003] exist
(a) –1 (b) 0 bbbbb (b) f(x) is continuous
(c) –2 (d) 2 at x0
 1  kx  1  kx (c) lim f(x)  1
 , for  1  x  0 , x 0
67. If f(x)   x
 2x 2  3x  2 lim f(x) exists but
(d) x f(x) is not continuous
 , for 0  x  1 0

is continuous at x  0 , then k  at x  0
[EAMCET 2003] 72. The function 'f' is defined by f(x)  2x  1, if
(a) – 4 (b) – 3
x  2 , f(x)  k if x  2 and x2  1, if x  2 is
(c) – 2 (d) – 1 continuous, then the value of k is equal to
1  sinx  cosx [Pb. CET 2002]
68. The function f(x)  is not ccccc (a) 2 (b)
1  sinx  cosx
3
defined at x   . The value of f( ), so that (c) 4 (d) –3
f(x) is continuous at x   , is
2x  sin1 x
[Orissa JEE 2003] 73. In the function f(x)  , (x  0) is
2x  tan1 x
1 1
(a)  (b) continuous at each point of its domain, then the
2 2 value of f(0) is
(c) – 1 (d) 1 [RPET 2000]
ddddd (a) 2 (b)
1  cosx 1/ 3
 ,x  0
69. If f(x)   x is continuous at x  0 then
(c) 2 / 3 (d) 1 / 3
| x|
 k, x  0 74. The function f(x) | x |  is
 [Karnataka CET 2003]
x

k eeeee (a) Continuous at the

[Karnataka CET 2004]
origin
fffff (b) Discontinuous at the
1 origin because |x| is discontinuous there
xxxx (a) 0 (b)
2 | x|
(c) Discontinuous at the origin because is
1 1 x
(c) (d) 
4 2 discontinuous there
70. A function f on R into itself is continuous at a point (d) Discontinuous at the origin because both |x|
a in R, iff for each  0 , there exists,   0 such | x|
and are discontinuous there
that [UPSEAT 2004] x
yyyy (a) | f(x)  f(a)|  75. The value of f at x  0 so that the function
| x  a|  x x
2 2
f(x)  , x  0 , is continuous at x  0 , is
zzzz (b) | f(x)  f(a)|  x
| x  a|  [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
(a) 0 (b) log 2
(c) | x  a|  | f(x)  f(a)|
(d) | x  a|  | f(x)  f(a)|
(c) 4 (d) e4
(e) log 4

 e1/ x  1 76. The function f(x) 

2x 2  7
is
 ,x0 x 3  3x 2  x  3
71. For the function f(x)   e1 / x  1 , which of the discontinuous for
[J&K 2005]
0 , x  0 x  1 only

(a)
(b) x  1 and x  1 only
following is correct [MP PET 2004]
 38 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability
(c) x  1, x  1, x  3 only hhhhh (b) An increasing
function is continuous
(d) x  1, x  1, x  3 and other values of x
(c) A continuous function is differentiable

p 1 (d) A differentiable function is continuous

x sin , x  0
77. Let f(x)   x then f(x) is continuous but  x  1, whenx  2
0 , x  0
2. If f(x)   , then f '(2) equals
 2x  1, whenx  2
not differential at x  0 if [MP PET 1997]
[DCE 2005]
iiiii (a) 0 (b) 1
(a) 0 p1 (b) 1  p  
(c) 2 (d) Does not exist
(c)   p  0 (d) p = 0

1  (x)  e(1/ x)  e1/ x)

 , x  1 x ,x  0
78. If f(x)   1  x , then the value of
3. If f(x)   e(1/ x)  e(1/ x) then which of the

 1 , x  1  0, x  0
 
f(| 2k|) will be (where [ ] shows the greatest following is true [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]

integer function) jjjjj (a) f is continuous and

[DCE 2005] differentiable at every point
kkkkk (b) f is continuous at
(a) Continuous at x  1 every point but is not differentiable
(b) Continuous at x  0 (c) f is differentiable at every point
1 (d) f is differentiable only at the origin
(c) Discontinuous at x 
2 4. If f(x) | x  3|, then f is [SCRA 1996; RPET
(d) All of these 1997]
1  cos4x lllll (a) Discontinuous at x 2
79. Function f(x)  2
, where x  0 and
8x mmmmm (b) Not differentiable
f(x)  k where x  0 is a continous function at x 2
x  0 then the value of k will be (c) Differentiable at x3
[AMU 2005] (d) Continuous but not differentiable at x3
2
5. Let h(x)  min{
x, x },for every real number of
(a) k0 (b) k1 x. Then
(c) k  1 (d) None of these [IIT 1998]
nnnnn (a) h is continuous for all
 ex; x  0 x
If f(x) 

ooooo (b) h is differentiable for
80. , then [Roorkee 1995]
all x
| 1 x|; x  0 (c) h'(x)  1 , for all x1
(d) h is not differentiable at two values of x
(a) f(x) is differentiable at x  0
6. There exists a function f(x) satisfying f(0)  1 ,
(b) f(x) is continuous at x  0 f'(0)  1, f(x)  0 for all x and [Kurukshetra
(c) f(x) is differentiable at x  1 CEE 1998]

(d) f(x) is continuous at x  1 ppppp (a) f(x)  0 , x (b)

1  f ''(x)  0, x
Differentiability (c) 2  f ''(x)  1, x (d) f ''(x)  2, x

1. Which of the following statements is true

ggggg (a) A continuous function
is an increasing function
 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 39

x, if 0  x  1 | x  3|; x1

The function f(x) 
 
The function defined by f(x)   1
7. is [SCRA 1996]
2 3 13
1, if1  x  2
12. is

 4 x  2 x  4 ;x  1
qqqqq (a) Continuous at all x, 
0  x  2 and differentiable at all x, except [IIT 1988]
x  1 in the interval [0,2] zzzzz(a) Continuous at x1
rrrrr(b) Continuous and (b) Continuous at x3
differentiable at all x in [0,2]
(c) Not continuous at any point in [0,2]
(c) Differentiable at x1 (d) All the above

(d) Not differentiable at any point [0,2]  x

 e  ax, x 0
13. If f(x)   is differentiable at
8. The function f(x) | x | at x0 is  2
b(x  1) , x 0
[MP PET
1993]
x  0, then (a, b) is [MP PET 2000]
sssss(a) Continuous but non-
differentiable (a) (3,  1) (b) (3, 1)
ttttt (b) Discontinuous and
(c) (3, 1) (d) (3,  1)
differentiable
(c) Discontinuous and non-differentiable 14. The function y | sinx| is continuous for any x
(d) Continuous and differentiable but it is not differentiable at
[AMU 2000]

x 2 (a) x  0 only
 ,x  0 (b) x only
9. Consider f(x)  | x| [EAMCET 1994] (c) x  k  (k is an integer) only
 0, x  0 (d) x  0 and x  k  (k is an integer)
 15. The function y  e| x| is
uuuuu (a) f(x) is [AMU 2000]
discontinuous everywhere (a) Continuous and differentiable at x0
vvvvv (b) f(x) is continuous (b) Neither continuous nor differentiable at x0
everywhere
(c) Continuous but not differentiable at x0
(c) f '(x) exists in (1,1)
(d) Not continuous but differentiable at x0
(d) f '(x) exists in (2,2)
1  x, x 2
10. At the point x  1 , the given function 16. A function f(x)   is [AMU 2001]
5  x, x2

x3  1; 1  x   (a) Not continuous at x 2

f(x)   is [Roorkee 1993] (b) Differentiable at x2
x  1;    x  1 (c) Continuous but not differentiable at x2
(d) None of these
wwwww (a) Continuous and
differentiable 17. x)
The left-hand derivative of f(x)  [x] sin(
xxxxx (b) Continuous and not at x  k, k is an integer and [x] = greatest
differentiable integer  x, is
(c) Discontinuous and differentiable [IIT Screening 2001]
(d) Discontinuous and not differentiable
(a) (1) k
(k  1) (b) (1)k 1(k  1)
11. Let [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or
(c) (1)k k (d) (1)k 1k 
equal to x. If f(x)  [x sinx] , then f(x) is
[IIT 1986]  x  1, when x  2
yyyyy (a) Continuous at x0 18. Let f(x)   , then
2x  1, when x  2
(b) Continuous in
(1,0) f (2) 
(c) Differentiable in (–1,1) (d) All the above [Karnataka CET 2002]
 40 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability
(a) 0 (b) 1 25. The value of m for which the function
(c) 2 (d) Does not exist
 0, x 0 mx2, x  1
19. Let f(x)   2
x , x 0
, then for all values of x f(x)   is differentiable at x  1 ,is

[IIT 1984; MP PET 2002]  2x, x  1

(a) f is continuous but not differentiable
[MP PET 1998]
(b) f is differentiable but not continuous
aaaaaa (a) 0 (b)
(c) f  is continuous but not differentiable 1

(d) f  is continuous and differentiable (c) 2 (d) Does not exist

 sinx, for x  0
 e2x  1 , x0 26. Let f(x)   and
 1  cosx, for x  0
20. The function f(x)   bx2
is
ax  2  1 , x  0 g(x)  e x . Then (gof)'(0) is
 [UPSEAT 2004]
continuous and differentiable for (a) 1 (b) –1
[AMU 2002]
(c) 0 (d) None of these
(a) a  1,b  2 (b) a  2, b  4
27. Suppose f(x) is differentiable at x  1 and
(c) a  2, any b (d) Any a, b  4
1
21. Which of the following is not true lim f(1  h)  5 , then f ' (1) equals [AIEEE
[Kerala (Engg.) 2002] h 0 h
(a) A polynomial function is always continuous 2005]

(b) A continuous function is always differentiable (a) 5 (b) 6

(c) A differentiable function is always continuous (c) 3 (d) 4

(d) ex is continuous for all x 28. If f is a real- valued differentiable function

satisfying | f(x)  f(y)| (x  y)2, x, y  R and
2 1
22. The function f(x)  x sin , x  0, f(0)  0 f(0)  0 , then f(1) equal
x
[AIEEE 2005]
at x0 (a) 2 (b) 1
[MP PET 2003]
(c) –1 (d) 0
(a) Is continuous but not differentiable
(b) Is discontinuous
29. Let f be differentiable for all x. If f(1)  2

(c) Is having continuous derivative and f ' (x)  2 for x  [1,6] , then
[AIEEE 2005]
(d) Is continuous and differentiable
(a) f(6)  5 (b) f(6)  5
 x1
for x  1 f(6)  8 (d) f(6)  8
 2x2  7x  5 (c)
23. If f(x)   , then
 1 30. f(x)  x 1 is not differentiable at [IIT
 for x  1
 3
Screening 2005]
(a) 0 (b) 1, 0
f '(1) 
(c) 1 (d)  1
[EAMCET 2003]
(a) –1/9 (b) –2/9 31. If f(x) is twice differentiable polynomial function
(c) –1/3 (d) 1/3 such that f(1)  1, f(2)  4, f(3)  9 , then
[IIT Screening 2005]
x
If f(x)  for x  R, then f '(0) 
24.
1 | x| (a) f "(x)  2, x  R
[EAMCET 2003]
(a) 0 (b) 1 (b) There exist at least one x  (1, 3) such that

(c) 2 (d) 3 f"(x)  2

 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 41
(c) There exist at least one x  (2, 3) such that 38. The function
2 2
f(x)  (x  1)| x  3x  2|  cos(|x|) is not
f'(x)  5  f"(x) differentiable at [IIT 1999]
(a) –1 (b) 0
(d) There exist at least one x  (1, 2) such that
(c) 1 (d) 2
f(x)  3 39. The function which is continuous for all real values
32. If f(x) is a differentiable function such that of x and differentiable at x  0 is
[MP PET 1996]
 1
f : R  R and f    0  n  1,n  I then (a) | x | (b) log x
 n
1
[IIT Screening 2005] (c) sin x (d)
x2
(a) f(x)  0  x  (0,1)
40. Which of the following is not true
(b) f(0)  0  f ' (0) [Kurukshetra CEE 1996]

(c) f(0)  0 but f ' (0) may or may not be 0 (a) Every differentiable function is continuous
(b) If derivative of a function is zero at all points,
(d) | f(x)|  1  x  (0,1) then the function is constant
33. Let f be continuous on [1, 5] and differentiable in (c) If a function has maximum or minima at a
(1, 5). If f(1) =–3 and f '(x)  9 for all point, then the function is differentiable at that
x  (1, 5) , then point and its derivative is zero
(d) If a function is constant, then its derivative is
[Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
zero at all points
(a) f(5)  33 (b) f(5)  36
(c) f(5)  36 (d) f(5)  9 x  2,1  x  3
(e) f(5)  9 
41. If f(x)  5 , x  3 , then at x  3 , f'(x) 
34. Let f(x  y)  f(x)f(y) and
f(x)  1  sin(3x)g(x) 8  x , x  3
continuous then f '(x) is
where g(x) is
[Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

[MP PET 2001]
(a) f(x)g(0) (b) 3g(0)
(a) 1 (b) – 1
(c) f(x) cos3x (d) 3 f(x)g(0)
(c) 0 (d) Does not exist
(e) 3 f(x)g(x)

x, 0  x  1
1 x  0 42. If f(x)   , then [Orissa JEE 2002]
35. Let f(x)   , then what is the
2x  1, 1  x
1 sinx 0  x   / 2 (a) f is discontinuous at x1
value of f '(x) at x0
[Orissa JEE 2005] (b) f is differentiable at x1
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) f is continuous but not differentiable at x1
(c)  (d) does not exist
(d) None of these
f(5)  f(1)
 f '(c)
 1, x  0
2
36. If f(x)  x  2x  4 and
51
then value of c will be [AMU 2005] 
(a) 0 (b) 1 43. If f(x)    then f '(0)  [MP PET
(c) 2 (d) 3
1 sinx, 0  x  2
37. Let f(x  y)  f(x)  f(y) and f(x)  x 2 g(x) 
for all x, y  R , where g(x) is continuous 1994]
function. Then f ' (x) is equal to (a) 1 (b) 0
(a) g'(x) (b) g(0) (c)  (d) Does not exist
(c) g(0)  g'(x) (d) 0
 42 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability
2. If f : R  R satisfies f(x  y)  f(x)  f(y) , for
ax2  b; x  0 n

44. If f(x) 
 2 possesses derivative at x  0, all x, y  R and f(1)  7 , then  f(r) is
 x ; x  0
r 1
[AIEEE 2003]
7n 7(n  1)
then (a) (b)
2 2
(a) a  0, b  0
7n(n  1)
(b) a  0,  0 (c) 7n(n  1) (d)
2
(c) a  R,  0 f : [2, 2]  R
3. Suppose is defined by
(d) None of these
1 for  2  x  0
{x  (2, 2) : x  0
45. The set of all those points, where the function

f(x) 
x
is differentiable, is f(x)   , then

x  1 for 0  x  2
1 | x |

(a) (, ) (b) [0, ]

(c) (, 0)  (0, ) (d) (0, ) and f(| x|)  x}  [EAMCET 2003]

1 2x  (a) {1} (b) {0}

46. Function y  sin  2  is not differentiable
 1 x  (c) {1 / 2} (d) 
for 4. x 3 ) , then
If f(x)  sgn(
[IIT Screening] [DCE 2001]
(a) | x|  1 (b) x  1,1 (a) f is continuous but not derivable at x0
(c) | x|  1 (d) None of these 
(b) f '(0 )  2

47. If f(x)  x( x  x  1), then (c) f '(0 )  1

[IIT 1985]
(d) f is not derivable at x0
(a) f(x) is continuous but non- differentiable at 5. If f : R  R and g : R  R are given by
x0 f(x)  | x | and g(x)  | x | for each x  R ,
(b) f(x) is differentiable at x  0 then {x  R : g( f(x))  f(g(x))}
[EAMCET 2003]
(c) f(x) is not differentiable at x  0
(a) Z  (, 0) (b) (,0)
(d) None of these
(c) Z (d) R
48. The number of points at which the function
6. For a real number x, [x] denotes the integral
f(x) | x  0.5|  | x  1|  tanx does not have a
part of x. The value of
derivative in the interval (0, 2), is
[MNR 1995]  1  1 1  1 2   1 99 
 2   2  100   2  100  ....  2  100 is
(a) 1 (b) 2        
(c) 3 (d) 4 [IIT Screening 1994]
(a) 49 (b) 50
(c) 48 (d) 51
1  x 
7. If function f(x)   tan ; (1  x  1)
2  2
and g(x)  3  4x  4x 2 , then the domain of
2 4
cos x  sin x gof is [IIT 1990]
1. If f(x)  for x R , then
sin2 x  cos4 x  1 1
(a) (1, 1) (b)   , 
)
f(2002  2 2
[EAMCET 2002]
 1  1 
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c)   1,  (d)   ,  1
 2  2 
(c) 3 (d) 4
 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 43
8. The domain of the function 3 5 3 5  3 5 5 3
1 (c) , , ,
f(x)   x  2 is 2 2 2 2
log10(1  x) (d)  3  5,  3  5, 3  5, 3  5
[DCE 2000]
   
(a) ]  3,  2.5[]  2.5,  2[ (b) 15. If f(x)  sin2 x  sin2 x    cosx cos x  
[2, 0[]0, 1[  3   3
(c) ]0, 1[ (d) None of these  5
and g   1 , then (gof)(x) 
9. The domain of definition of the function y(x)  4
given by 2x  2y  2 is [IIT Screening 2000; DCE [IIT 1996]
2001] (a) –2 (b) –1
(a) (0, 1] (b) [0, 1] (c) 2 (d) 1
(c) (, 0] (d) (, 1) 16. If g( f(x)) | sinx | and f(g(x))  (sin x )2 ,
then [IIT 1998]
10. Let f(x)  (1  b2 )x 2  2bx  1 and m(b) the
(a) f(x)  sin2 x, g(x)  x
minimum value of f(x) for a given b. As b varies,
the range of m(b) is (b) f(x)  sinx, g(x) | x |
[IIT Screening 2001]
(c) f(x)  x 2 , g(x)  sin x
 1
(a) [0, 1] (b)  0,  (d) f and g cannot be determined
 2
17. If f(x)  3x  10 , g(x)  x 2  1 , then ( fog)1
1  is equal to
(c)  , 1 (d) (0, 1]
2  [UPSEAT 2001]
7 x 1/ 2 1/ 2
11. The range of the function f(x)  Px 3 is  x  7  x  7
(a)   (b)  
[AIEEE 2004]  3   3 
(a) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} (b) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) 1/ 2 1/ 2
(c) {1, 2, 3, 4} (d) {1, 2, 3}  x  3  x  3
(c)   (d)  
12. Let 2 sin2 x  3 sinx  2  0 and x 2  x  2  0 (x  7   7 
is measured in radians). Then x lies in the interval 18. If f : R  R and g: R  R are defined by
[IIT 1994]
f(x)  2x  3 and g(x)  x  7 , then the values
2

  5   5 
(a)  ,  (b)   1,  of x such that g( f(x))  8 are
6 6   6  [EAMCET 2000, 03]
  (a) 1, 2 (b) –1, 2
(c) (1, 2) (d)  , 2 (c) –1, –2 (d) 1, –2
 6 
 x 
13. Let f(x)  (x  1)2  1, (x  1) . Then the set 19. lim(1  x) tan  [IIT 1978, 84; RPET 1997,
x1  2
S  {x : f(x)  f 1(x)} is 2001;
[IIT 1995] UPSEAT 2003; Pb. CET 2003]
(a) Empty 
(b) {0, –1} (a) (b) 
(c) {0, 1, –1} 2
 2
  3 i 3  3 i 3  (c) (d) 0
(d) 0,  1, ,  

 2 2 

14. If f is an even function defined on the interval (– 1 x  1 x
20. True statement for lim is
5, 5), then four real values of x satisfying the x0 2  3x  2  3x
 x  1 [BIT Ranchi 1982]
equation f(x)  f   are
 x  2 (a) Does not exist (b) Lies between 0 and
[IIT 1996] 1
 3 5  3 5 3 5 3 5 2
(a) , , ,
2 2 2 2 1
(c) Lies between and 1 (d) Greater then 1
 5 3  3 5 3 5 3 5 2
(b) , , ,
2 2 2 2 xn
21. lim  0 for [IIT 1992]
x  ex
 44 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability
(a) No value of n (b) n is any whole 29. The integer n for which
number x
(cosx  1)(cosx  e )
(c) n  0 only (d) n  2 only lim is a finite non-zero
x 0 xn
22. lim sin[ n2  1]  number is [IIT Screening 2002]
n 
(a) 1 (b) 2
(a)  (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 4
(c) Does not exist (d) None of these 30. If f is strictly increasing function, then
23. If [.] denotes the greatest integer less than or 2
equal to x, then the value of f(x )  f(x)
lim is equal to
lim(1  x  [x  1]  [1  x]) is x 0 f(x)  f(0)
x 1 [IIT Screening 2004]
(a) 0 (b) 1 hhhhhh (a) 0 (b)
(c) –1 (d) None of these 1
24. The values of a and b such that (c) –1 (d) 2
x(1  a cosx)  b sinx
lim  1 , are
x 0 x3
[Roorkee
x2  3, 2  x  3
1996] 31. If f(x)   , the equation whose roots are

bbbbbb (a)
5 3
,
2 2
(b) 2x  5, 3  x  4
5 3 lim f(x) and lim f(x) is
, x  3 x 3
2 2
[Orissa JEE 2004]
5 3
(c)  , (d) None of these iiiiii (a) x2  7x  3  0 (b)
2 2
2
x  20x  66  0
ax  xa
25. If lim  1 , then 2
(c) x  17x  66  0 (d) x2  18x  60  0
x a x x  aa
[EAMCET 2003]  2x  1
a1
32. The function f(x)  [x] cos  , where
cccccc (a) (b)  2 
a 0 [.] denotes the greatest integer function, is
(c) a e (d) None of these discontinuous at [IIT 1995]
jjjjjj (a) All x
26. If x1  3 and xn1  2  xn , n  1, then lim xn is equal to
n kkkkkk (b) No x
dddddd (a) –1 (b) (c) All integer points
2 (d) x which is not an integer
(c) 5 (d) 3 33. Let f(x) be defined for all x  0 and be
x continuous. Let f(x) satisfy
27. The value of lim
  /2
t dt
is  x
f   f(x)  f(y) for all x, y and f(e)  1,
x
 sin(2x   )  y
2
[MP PET 1998] then
eeeeee (a)  (b)
[IIT 1995]

 llllll (a) f(x)  ln x (b)

2 f(x) is bounded

   1
(c) (d) (c) f    0 as x  0 (d) x f(x)  1 as
4 8  x
x0
28. The lim(cosx)cotx is [RPET 1999]
x 0

ffffff (a) –1 (b) 0

gggggg (c) 1 (d)
None of these
 Functions, Limits , Continuity and Differentiability 45
34. The value of p for which the function (b) g is differentiable while f is not
(c) Both f and g are differentiable
 (4x  1)3 (d) g is differentiable and g' is continuous
 ,x  0 39. The function f(x)  max[(
1  x),(1  x), 2],
 x  x 2
x  (, ), is
f(x)   sin log1   may be continuous at
 p  3 
[IIT 1995]
rrrrrr (a) Continuous at all
 12(log4)3, x  0
points
 ssssss (b) Differentiable at all
points
x  0 , is [Orissa JEE 2004]
mmmmmm (a) 1 (b)
(c) Differentiable at all points except at x  1 and
2 x  1
(c) 3 (d) None of these (d) Continuous at all points except at x  1 and
35. The function f(x)  [x] 2 2
 [x ] , (where [y] is the x  1 where it is discontinuous
greatest integer less than or equal to y),is 40. The function f(x) | x|  | x  1| is
discontinuous at [IIT 1999] [RPET 1996; Kurukshetra CEE 2002]
nnnnnn (a) All integers (a) Continuous at x  1, but not differentiable at
oooooo (b) All integers except 0
and 1
x1
(c) All integers except 0 (b) Both continuous and differentiable at x1
(d) All integers except 1 (c) Not continuous at x1
   1  1  (d) Not differentiable at x  1
  | x| x 
36. If f(x)   xe
 
, x  0 , then f(x) is
 0 , x0

[AIEEE 2003]
(a) Continuous as well as differentiable for all x
(b) Continuous for all x but not differentiable at
x0
(c) Neither differentiable nor continuous at x0
(d) Discontinuous every where
1  tanx   
37. Let f(x)  , x  , x  0,  , If f(x)
4x   4  2
   
is continuous in 0,  , then f  is [AIEEE
 2  4
2004]
pppppp (a) –1 (b)
1
2
1
(c)  (d) 1
2

 1
x sin , x  0
38. Let g(x)  x. f(x), where f(x)   x at

 0, x  0

x0
[IIT Screening 1994; UPSEAT 2004]
qqqqqq (a) g is differentiable but
g' is not continuous