n 1

Limit 5  3n  2 2 n
1. n n n 2n  3
=
5 2 3
(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) zero

cos2  cos2x
2. Limit =
x  1 x2 | x |
(A) 2 cos 2 (B)  2 cos 2 (C) 2 sin 2 (D)  2 sin 2

1 1 cos2x
3. The value of Limit
x 0 is:
x 2
(A) 1 (B)  1 (C) 0 (D) none

4. Limit sin1 (sec x).

x 0

(A) is equal to  /2 (B) is equal to 1 (C) is equal to zero (D) none of these

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5. Limit x  9 x  20 where [x] is the greatest integer not greater than x:
x 5 x  [x ]
(A) is equal to 1 (B) 0 (C) 4 (D) none

|x|
6. Limit :
x   sinx
(A) is equal to  1 (B) is equal to 1 (C) is equal to  (D) does not exist

( x 3  27 ) ln ( x  2)
7. Limit =
x3 ( x 2 9 )
(A)  8 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D)  9

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k
x 100
8. Limit k 1
=
x 1
x 1
(A) 0 (B) 5050 (C) 4550 (D)  5050

9. Limit
x   ( x  a)(x  b)  x  =
ab
(A) ab (B) (C) ab (D) none
2

x 3 . sin 1x  x  1
10. Limit =
x 
x2  x  1
(A) 0 (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) none

11. Limit ( n  2) !  ( n  1) ! , n N=

n
(n  3) !
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D)  1

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12. Limit | x |sinx =
x 0

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  1 (D) none of these

x
 2 
13. Limit  x  2 x  1  =
x   2 
 x  4x  2 
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) e2 (D) e

x (1 a cos x )  b sin x

14. The values of a and b such that xLim = 1 are
0
x3
5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3
(A) , (B) ,– (C) – ,– (D) – ,
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

    
2  3 sin  x   cos  x  
Limit  6  6 
15. =
x 0

x 3 3 cos x  sin x 
(A)  1/3 (B) 2/3 (C) 4/3 (D)  4/3

 x 1 , x 1  x 1 , x0
16. If f(x) =  2 , g(x) =  2 and h(x) = |x|
2x  2 , x  1  x  1 , x  0

then find Lim

x 0
f(g(h(x)))
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) does not exists

17. Limit (1  x + [x  1] + [1  x]) = where [x] denotes greatest integer function.

x 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  1 (D) does not exist

 sin  x  3
18. Lt   , where [ . ] denotes greatest integer function is :
x0
 [ x  3] 
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) does not exist (D) sin 1

  1  1 
x sin   sin  2  x 0
19. Let f (x) =  x x  , then xlim
 f(x) equals
 0 x0
(A) 0 (B)  1/2 (C) 1 (D) none of these.

 3 3
| x| x
20. lim      (a > 0), where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x is
xa   a
  a  
(A) a2 1 (B) a2  1 (C) a2 (D) – a2

Lim ax 2  bx  c
21. Let ,  be the roots of ax2
+ bx + c = 0, where 1 <  < . Then x  x = 1 then which of the
0
ax 2  bx  c
following statements is incorrect
(A) a > 0 and x0 < 1 (B) a > 0 and x0 > 
(C) a < 0 and  < x0 <  (D) a < 0 and x0 < 1

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22. Limit 1.n  2 ( n  1 )  3 ( n  2 )  ......  n .1 has the value :
n 
1 2  2 2  3 2  ......  n 2

1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
2 3 4

 sin x 
23. x0 

Lim  1  e x  
x  is (where [] represents greatest integral part function)
(A) – 1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) does not exist

24. If  = xlim lim

  (sin x  1 – sin x ) and m = x    [sin x  1 – sin x ] where [.] denotes the greatest integer

function then :
(A)  = m = 0 (B) = 0 ; m is undefined
(C) , m both do not exist (D)  = 0, m  0 (although m exist)

n
 1
25. If f(x) =   x     x   1 1 then lim
n  f(0) is.
 1
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) None

  n sin    n tan   
26. The limit lim 
0      , where [x] is the greatest integer function and n , is
       
(A) 2n (B) 2n + 1 (C) 2n – 1 (D) does not exist

 1
27. The limit Limit
x  x  x n
2 1   is equal to :
 x
(A) 1/2 (B) 3/2 (C) 1/3 (D) 1

 
x  2 
28. lim  
x  / 2  cos x  is : (where [.] represents greatest integer function.
 
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) – 2 (D) does not exist

29. If f(x) = sin x , x  n, n = 0 , ± 1 , ± 2 , ± 3, ,....

= 2 , otherwise and
g(x) = x² + 1 , x0,2
= 4 , x=0
= 5 , x=2
Limit
then x  0 g [f(x)] is :
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 4 (D) does not exists

 2x x
30. The graph of the function f(x) = tLim  cot 1 2  , is
0   t 

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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 cos (sin x )  cosx
31. The value of Limit
x0 is equal to:
x4
(A) 1/5 (B) 1/6 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/2

 1 1 
x  xn  e x   3 x n  e x 
e 2
    
32. Limit   , n  N is equal to :
x  n
x
(A) 0 (B) ln(2/3) (C) ln(3/2) (D) none

 ay   by   
 exp x ln 1  x    exp x ln 1  x   
       
33. Limit  Limit
x  y =
y 0  
 
 
(A) a + b (B) a  b (C) b  a (D)  (a + b)

1. Evaluate the following limits, where [ . ] represents greatest integer function and { . } represents
fractional part function
x
(i) lim [sin x] (ii) lim   (iii) lim sgn [tan x]
x
 x 2 2  x
2

x 2  2 , x  2  2x , x  1
2. If f(x) =  and g(x) =  , evaluate xlim f (g(x)).
 1  x , x  2 3  x , x  1 1

3. Evaluate each of the following limits, if exists

x2  4 a  2x  3 x
(i) lim (ii) lim ,a0
x 2 x a
x  2  3x  2 3a  x  2 x

4. Evaluate the following limits, if exists

5 5
tan 3 x  2x
(i) lim (ii) lim ( x  2) 2  (a  2) 2
x 0 3 x  sin 2 x x a
x a

(iii) lim x e
2 x

 e2 
x 0 1  cos x
5. Evaluate the following limits, if exist :
1 2 x 
(i) lim x2  x  1 – x (ii) lim   2  ....  2 
x  x  2
x x x 

(iii) Limit
x  cos  
x 1  cos x   (iv) lim
x  x 2  8x + x

6. Evaluate the following limits using expansions :

tan 2 x
e x  1  sin x 
(i) lim 2
x 0
x3

a  b sin x  cos x  ce x
(ii) If xlim
0
exists, then find values of a, b, c. Also find the limit
x3
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 [1 . 2x ]  [ 2 . 3x ]  .....  [n . (n  1) x ]
7. Evaluate xlim

where [ . ] denotes greatest integer function
n3

Lim x 2n  1
8. If f(x) = n   2n , find range of f(x).
x 1

9. Evaluate the following limits

(ln (1  x )  ln 2)(3.4 x 1  3x ) x x
(i) Limit (ii) Limit (cos ) (sin ) cos2 ,   0 ,  
x 1
1 1
x4 x4  
[(7  x )  (1  3 x ) ]. sin( x  1)
3 2
 2

10. Evaluate the following limits

 
x 5 tan  1   3 | x |2  7
(i) Limit x 3  x 2  1  x 4  x 2  (ii) Limit 2
 x 
x    x  
  | x |3 7 | x |  8

11. Evaluate the following limits

 
sec2   
 2  bx
(i) Limit  sin 2   
x 0   
  2  a x 

nx
 a 1/ x  a 1/ x  a 1/ x  .......  a 1/ x 
(ii) Limit  1 2 3 n 
x  
n  , where a1, a2, a3,......., an > 0.
 

12. Find the values of a & b so that:

(i) Limit (1  a x sin x)  (b cos x) may find to a definite limit.

x 0
x4

(ii) lim  x 4  ax 3  3 x 2  bx  2  x 4  2x 3  cx 2  3 x  d  = 4
x   

 n 1  x (1 x ) 1 
13. Limit
Find the limits using expansion : x 0   
 x2 x 

sin 1(1  { x }) . cos 1(1 { x })

14. Let f(x) = then find Limit Limit
x0  f(x) and x0  f(x), where {.} denotes the fractional
2{ x } . (1  { x })

part function.

15. Let f (x) = Limit

 2m
 

Limit cos (n!x)  where x  R. Prove that
m   n 

1 if x is rational
f (x) = 0 if x is irrational .


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 
  [12 (sinx) x ] [ 22 (sinx ) x ] .......[n2 (sinx )x ] 
 
16. Evaluate Limit
x 0 

n
Limit
   3  ,
  n 
where [. ] denotes the greatest integer function.

17. Evaluate the following limits

(i) Limit cos x cos x cos x ........ cos x

n n
2 4 8 2

(ii) Limit 1 tan x + 1 tan x + 1 tan x +...... + 1 tan x .

n 2 2 3 3 n n
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
(iii) Limit logx 1( x ).logx ( x  1).logx 1( x  2).logx  2 ( x  3 ).....logk ( x 5 ) ; where k = x 5  1.
x 

3 3 2
23  1 3  1 4  1 n3  1
(iv) Let Pn = . 3 . 3 .......... . Prove that Limit
n P n = .
3
2 1 3 1 4 1 3
n 1 3

Exercise # 1 x
7. 8. {–1, 0, 1}
3
1. D 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. C
9 4
8. B 9. B 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. C 9. (i)  ln
4 e
15. C 16. B 17. C 18. C 19. C 20. C 21. D (ii) cos4  ln (cos )  sin4  ln (sin )

22. A 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. C 1 1

10. (i) (ii) 
29. A 30. C 31. B 32. B 33. B 4 2 
2
 a
Exercise # 2 e b2
11. (i) (ii) (a1 a2 a3 ....... an )
1. (i) 0 (ii) Limit does not exists
(iii) Limit does not exists 1
12. (i) a =  ,b = 1 (ii) a = 2, b  R, c = 5, d  R
2
2
2. 6 3. (i) (– 8) (ii)
3 3 1   1
13. 14. , 16.
5 2 2 2 2 3
4. (i) 1/3 (ii) (a + 2)3/2 (iii) 2e2
2
sin x 1
5. (i) 1/2 (ii) 1/2 (iii) zero (iv)  17. (i) (ii)  cot x (iii) 5
x x
1 1
6. (i) (ii) a = 2, b = 1, c = –1 and value = –
3 3

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