CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY

MATHEMATICS CAPS-11
TARGET : JEE- Advanced
CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY
SCQ (Single Correct Type) :

a2 – ax  x 2 – a2  ax  x 2
1. The value of f(0), so that the function f(x) = (a > 0) becomes
ax – a–x
continuous for all x, is given by -

(A) a a (B) a (C) – a (D) – a a

2. Let f(x) = [cos x + sinx] , 0 < x < 2, where [.] denotes G..F. The number of points of discontinuity of
f(x) is-
(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3

 2 1
x , x0
3. The function f(x) =   x 2  , is (where [.] denotes G..F.)
 0 , x0

(A) Continuous at x = 1 (B) Continuous at x = – 1
(C) Discontinuous at x = 0 (D) Continuous at x = 2

4. If f(x) = [x2] + {x} 2 , where [.] and {.} denote the greatest integer and fractional part functions

respectively, then-
(A) f(x) is continuous at all integral points except 0
(B) f(x) is continuous and differentiable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is discontinuous for all x  – {1}
(D) f(x) is not differentiable for all x   .

5. If f(x) is a continuous function for all real values of x satisfying x2 + (f(x) – 2)x + 2 3 – 3 – 3 f(x) = 0,

then the value of f ( 3 ) is -

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

6. If g(x) is a polynomial satisfying g(x)g( y) = g(x) + g(y) + g(xy) − 2 for all real x and y and g(2) =
5, then lim g(x) is _____.
x 3

(A) 9 (B) 25 (C) 10 (D) none of these

7. A differentiable function f :    satisfies f (xy) = f (x) + f(y)  x, y    . If f(16) = 3, then the
value of f(2) is _____.
3 3 3
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D)
8 4 2

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8. Let f(x), f :    be a non-constant continuous function such that f(2x) = (e x+1) f(x). the value
of f’(0) is ______ .
f(h) f(h) f(h) f(h)
(A) lim (B) lim (C) lim (D) lim h
h0 eh  1 h0 eh  1 h
h 0 e  h  1 h 0 e 1
9. If f(x) be positive, continuous and differentiable on the interval (a, b). If lim f(x)  1 and
x a

1
1
lim f(x)  3 4 also f '(x)  (f(x))3  then _____.
x b f(x)
   
(A) b  a  (B) b  a  (C) b  a  (D) b  a 
24 24 12 24
10. If f(x) = sgn (sin2x − sin x −1) has exactly four points of discontinuity for x(0, n ) n  then n
can be
(A) only 4 (B) 4 or 5 (C) only 5 (D) 5 or 6
MCQ (One or more than one correct) :
x
11. Suppose that f(x) is a differentiable invertible function with f '(x)  0 and h(x)  f(t) dx . Given 
1

that f(1)  f'(1)  1 and g(x) is inverse of f(x). Let G(x) = x g(x)–xh(g(x)) x   . Which of the
2

following are correct?

(A) G’(1) = 2 (B) G’(1) = 3 (C) G”(1) = 2 (D) G”(1) = 3
x
  4 | t  2 | dt, x  3

12. consider the function f(x)   0 . If f(x) is differentiable at x = 3, then ____.
 2
 ax  bx x3

83 85 7 b
(A) a  b  (B) a  b  (C) ab  (D)  84
18 18 27 a

13. If f(x)  x 2  4 x 3 then _____.

(A) f(x) is non-differentiable at 5 points (B) f(x) is non-differentiable at 4 points

(C) f(x) has local maxima at x = 0 (D) f(x) has local minima at x = –1
 sin3 [x]
 a x0
 x
14. If f(x)   3, x0 and f(x) is continuous at x = 0, then

2b   sin x  x  x0
  x3 
 
(A) a = 2 (B) a = 3 (C) b = 2 (D) b = 3
15. If f(x)  1  x  2 ,0  x  4 and g(x)  2  x , 1  x  3 then (fog) (x) is ______.

(A) Discontinuous at x = 0 (B) Continuous at x = 0

(C) Not differentiable at x = 0 (D) Differentiable at x = 0

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16. Suppose f is a function that satisfies the equation f(x+y) = f(x) + f(y) + x 2y + xy2 for all real
f(x)
numbers x and y. If lim  1 , Then _____.
x 0 x
(A) f(x) > 0 for x > 0 and f (x) < 0 for x < 0 (B) f’ (0) =1
(C) f”(0) =1 (D) f’’’(0) = 6
17. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If f(x) = [x sin x], then f(x) is :
(A) continuous at x = 0 (B) continuous in (–1, 0)
(C) differentiable at x = 1 (D) differentiable in (–1, 1)
Numerical based Questions :
18. A function f :    satisfies sinx cos y (f(2x + 2y) – f(2x–2y)) = cos x sin y
1
(f(2 x  2 y)  f(2 x  2 y)). If f '(0)  , then the value of 4f ''(x)  f(x) is ______
2
19. Let f(x) be a real valued function not identically zero such that f(x + y3) = f(x) + [f(y)]3  x, y  R
and f ’(0)  0, then find f(10)

 1  x2
20. Let f be a continuous function on R such that f  
 4x 
= 
sin e x
e x2

x2  1
, then find the value of f(0).

Matrix Match Type :

21. Match the following :
Column-1 Column-2
1
(A) f(x)   loge x  x  1 5 at x  1 (p) continuous

 x
(B) f(x)  cos 2x 
4
som  , where [.] and {.} denote (q) discontinuous
 2 
the greatest integer and the fractional part function,
respectively, at x = 1
cos 2x, x   
(C) f(x)   at x  (r) differentiable
 sin x, x   6

(D) f(x)  min 1,cos x,1  sin x,   x   at x = 0 (s) non differentiable

(A) A–p; B–r; C–q; D–s (B) A–r; B–p; C–s; D–r
(C) A–p, r; B–p, r; C–p, s; D–p, s (D) A–r; B–p; C–q; D–r
Subjective Match Type :
(1  sin x)n  log x
22. Discuss the continuity of the function f(x) = lim
n  2  (1  sin x)n
 1– a x  xa x . na
 , x0
23. If g(x) = 

x 2a x
 (2a) – x n 2a  1 , x  0
x

 x2
(where a > 0) , then find ‘a’ and g(0) so that g(x) is continuous at x = 0.

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 xy 
24. If f : R  (–, ) be a derivable function such that f(x) + f(y) = f   , xy < 1.
 1  xy 

 f(x)
If f(1) = and lim = 2 , find f(x).
2 x  0 x

  2[x]  
25. Given f(x) = cos1  sgn    , where sgn ( ) denotes the signum function and [ . ] denotes the

  3x  [x]  
greatest integer function. Discuss the continuity and differentiability of f (x) at x = ± 1.

ANSWER KEY OF CAPS-11

1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (C)
6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (B)
11. (AD) 12. (BCD) 13. (ACD) 14. (BC) 15. (BC)
16. (AB) 17. (ABD) 18. (0) 19. (10) 20. (1)
21. (C) 22. f(x) is discontinuous at integral multiples of 
1 1
23. , (n 2)2 24. 2tan-1x
2 8

25. f is continuous & derivable at x =  1 but f is neither continuous nor derivable at x = 1

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SCHEME, T RIVENI NAGAR, G OPAL PURA MODE, J AIPUR, RAJASTHAN 302020
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