LIMIT, CONTINUITY & DIFFERENTIABILITY

EXERCISE - 1: PREVIOUS YEAR AIEEE/JEE MAINS QUESTIONS

1  cos 2x log (3  x)  log (3  x)

1. lim is (2002) 7. If lim k, the value of k is
x o0 x
x o0 2x
(2003)
(a) O (b) –1
(a) 0 (b) –1/3
(c) zero (d) does not exist
(c) 2/3 (d) –2/3
x
§ x 2  5x  3 ·
2. lim ¨ 2 ¸ is equal to (2002) ­ §¨ 1  1 ¸·
° xe © |x| x ¹ , x z 0,
x of
© x x2 ¹ 8. If f (x) ® then f (x) is (2003)
°¯ 0, x 0
(a) e4 (b) e2
(c) e3 (d) e (a) continuous as well as differentiable for all x

x
(b) continuous for all x but not differentiable at x = 0
§ x 3 ·
3. For x R, xlim ¨
of x  2
¸ is equal to (2002) (c) neither differentiable nor continuous at x = 0
© ¹
(d) discontinuous everywhere
(a) e (b) e–1
2x
(c) e–5 (d) e5 § a b ·
9. If xlim ¨1   2 ¸ e 2 , then the values of a and b are
of
© x x ¹
xf (2)  2f (x)
4. Let f (2) = 4 and f’ (2) = 4. Then, lim is given (2004)
x o2 x2
(a) a R, b R (b) a = 1, b R
by (2002)
(a) 2 (b) –2 (c) a R, b = 2 (d) a = 1, b = 2

(c) –4 (d) 3 1  tan x S ª Sº

10. Let f (x) , x z , x  « 0, . If f (x) is
5. If f (x + y) = f (x) . f (y)  x, y and f (5) = 2, 4x  S 4 ¬ 2 »¼

f ’ (0) = 3, then f ’ (5) is (2002)

§S·
continuous in ª0, S º , then f ¨ ¸ is (2004)
(a) 0 (b) 1 « 2» ©4¹
¬ ¼
(c) 6 (d) 2 (a) 1 (b) 1/2
(c) –1/2 (d) –1
ª § x ·º
«1  tan ¨ 2 ¸ » (1  sin x) 11. Let Dand Ebe the distinct roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then
© ¹¼
6. lim ¬ is (2003)
S ª
xo § x ·º 1  cos (ax 2  bx  c)
2 1  tan
¨ ¸ » (S  2x)
3
« lim is equal to (2005)
¬ © 2 ¹¼ x oD (x  D )2

1 1 a2
(a) (b) 0 (a) (D  E)2 (b)  (D  E) 2
8 2 2

1 a2
(c) (d) f (c) 0 (d) ( D  E) 2
32 2
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12. If f is a real-valued differentiable function satisfying 17. Let f (x) = x |x| and g(x) = sin x
| f (x) – f(y)| d(x – y)2, x, y R and f (0) = 0, then f (1) equals Statement I gof is differentiable at x = 0 and its derivative
is continuous at that point.
(2005)
Statement II gof is twice differentiable at x = 0. (2009)
(a) 1 (b) 2
(a) Statement I is false, Statement II is true.
(c) 0 (d) –1 (b) Statement I is true, Statement II is true;
Statement II is a correct explanation for Statement I.
x
13. The set of points, where f (x) is differentiable, is (c) Statement I is true, Statement II is true,
1 | x |
Statement II is not a correct explanation for Statement I.
(2006)
(d) Statement I is true, Statement II is false
(a) (–f, –1) ‰(–1, f) (b) (–f, f)
18. Let f : R o R be a positive increasing function with
(c) (0, f) (d) (–f, 0) ‰(0, f)
f (3x) f (2x)
14. Let f : R o R be a function defined by lim 1 . Then, xlim
of
is equal to (2010)
x of f (x) f (x)
f (x) = min {x + 1, |x| + 1}. Then, which of the following is
true ? (2007)
2
(a) f (x) t 1 for all x R (a) 1 (b)
3
(b) f (x) is not differentiable at x = 1
3
(c) f (x) is differentiable everywhere (c) (d) 3
2
(d) f (x) is not differentiable at x = 0
15. The function f : R/{0} oR given by § 1  {cos 2(x  2)} ·
19. lim ¨ ¸ (2011)
x o2 ¨ x2 ¸
1 2 © ¹
f (x)  2x
x e 1
can be made continuous at x = 0 by defining f (0) as (a) equals 2 (b) equals  2
(2007)
(a) 2 (b) –1 1
(c) equals (d) does not exist
(c) 0 (d) 1 2

20. The values of p and q for which the function

­ 1
°(x  1) sin , if x z 1
16. Let f (x) ® x 1
°¯ 0, if x 1
­ sin (p  1) x  sin x
° , x 0
Then which one of the following is true ? (2008) °° x
(a) f is differentiable at x = 1 but not at x = 0
f (x) ® q , x 0
°
(b) f is neither differentiable at x = 0 nor at x = 1 ° x  x2  x
, x!0
°̄ x3 / 2
(c) f is differentiable at x = 0 and at x = 1
(d) f is differentiable at x = 0 but not at x = 1
is continuous for all x in R, are (2011)

5 1 3 1
(a) p ,q (b) p  ,q
2 2 2 2

1 3 1 3
(c) p ,q (d) p ,q 
2 2 2 2
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24. If f : R o R is a function defined by f (x) = [x] cos

21. Let f : R o [0, f) be such that lim f (x) exists and
x o5
§ 2x  1 ·
¨ 2 ¸ S, where [x] denotes the greatest integer
[f (x)]2  9 © ¹
lim 0 . Then, lim f (x) equals to (2011)
x o5
| x 5| x o5 function, then f is (2012)
(a) continuous for every real x
(a) 3 (b) 0
(b) discontinuous only at x = 0
(c) 1 (d) 2 (c) discontinuous only at non-zero integral values of x
22. If function f (x) is differentiable at x = a, then (d) continuous only at x = 0

x f (a)  a f (x)
2
25. Consider the function, f (x) = |x – 2| + |x – 5|, x R.
lim (2011)
x oa xa Statement 1 f’ (4) = 0
(a) 2a f (a) + a2 f’ (a) (b) –a2 f’ (a) Statement 2 f is continuous in [2, 5], differentiable in (2, 5)
(c) af (a) – a2 f’ (a) (d) 2af (a) – a2 f’ (a) and f (2) = f (5). (2012)

23. Define F (x) as the product of two real functions (a) Statement I is false, Statement II is true.
f1(x) = x, x IR, (b) Statement I is true, Statement II is true;
Statement II is a correct explanation for Statement I.
­ 1
°sin , if x z 0 (c) Statement I is true, Statement II is true,
and f 2 (x) ® x as follows
°¯ 0, if x 0 Statement II is not a correct explanation for Statement I.
(d) Statement I is true, Statement II is false
­f1 (x).f 2 (x), if x z 0
F(x) ® (1  cos 2x) (3  cos x)
¯ 0, if x 0 26. lim is equal to (2013)
x o0 x tan 4x
Statement I F (x) is continuous on IR.
1 1
Statement II f1(x) and f2(x) are continuous on IR. (2011) (a)  (b)
4 2
(a) Statement I is false, Statement II is true.
(c) 1 (d) 2
(b) Statement I is true, Statement II is true;
Statement II is a correct explanation for Statement I.
(c) Statement I is true, Statement II is true,
Statement II is not a correct explanation for Statement I.
(d) Statement I is true, Statement II is false
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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE - 1: PREVIOUS YEAR AIEEE/JEE MAINS QUESTIONS
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (c)

11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (d) 16. (d) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (b)

21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (d)

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