CHAPTER

16 Continuity and
Differentiability
1. Which one of the following is not true 6 Iff) is a function such thatf"(«) +fx) = 0
always? and g(x) = U)]' +f)]' and g(3) = 3then
(a) iffx) is not continuous at x = a, then it is g(8) =
not differentiable at x=a (a) 5 (b) 0
(b) if fx) is continuous at x= 4, then it is (c) 3 (d) 8 (2006)
differentiable at x =a
7. If y=2og*, then dy is
(c) iffu) and g(*) are differentiable at x =a, dx
then fx) + gx) is also differentiable at glogx
(a) (b) 2elog2
*=a
log2
(d) if a function f()is continuous at x= a, 2logx 2log -log2
then lim f(x) exists (2006) (c) (a)
(2007)

2. If y =1+++.
-+...to oo with x > 1 8. then
dx
is
then y
dx (a) -1 (6) X+1
x+1 x-1
(a) (b) y () *-1 (d) (2007)
y-1 y+1
(d) (2006) 9. If y=cos*-sin
2 ,2 then is
3. If fx) and g(x) are two functions with
(6) 9y
g(x) =x-and fog(x) = thenf')= (c) -9y (a) 3 - (2007)
(a) 3x +3 (b)
10. If the function 1-cosx for x*0
2
k for x=0
(c)
(4) 3a²+ (2006) iscontinuous at x =0, then the value of kis
4. The derivative of ae w.r.t. aan (a> 0) is (a) 1 (b) 0
(a) secK e -tanr (b) sinr la - secr
(c) sinx akca- tan (a) e - tanz (d) -1 (2007)
(2006)
5. If sin(x + y) + cos(* + y) = log(x + ), then 11. If*=',then dy is
(a) -2 (b) -
dx y
(a) -y/x
(c) -1
(b) 0
(d) 1 (2006) ) () 1+logx (2007)
1+logy
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12, Iff(x) is an even function and f'(*) exists, - g)+g(-x) 2
thenf"(e) +f(- e) is 21. Iffu) 2 (A(*) + h(-x)
(a) 20 (b) <0 differentiable functions,
where g and h are
(c) >0 (d) 0 (2008) thenf(0) =
13. The derivative of sin(*) w.rt. cos(x) is (a) 312 (b) 0
(a) - cot(*) (d) 1/2 (2009)
(b) cot(x) (c) 1
(c) - tan(x) (d) tan() (2008) 22. The functionf(x)= *- 2|+ x is not at x=0
14. Iff() =be +ae", then f"(0) = (a) differentiable at x = 2 but and x =0
2
(a) abla +b) (b) ab (b) differentiable at both x =
x= 0
(c) 0 (d) 2ab (2008) (c) continuous at both x= 2 and
not at x=0
(d) continuous at x = 2 but
15. 16f) =5x, then f'() = (2010)
denotes the
(a) 23. The function f(x) = (x], where (x]x, is
3 greatest integer not greater than
(a) continuous only at positive integral
(c) (a) (2008)
values ofx
16. f(x) = 2a - x in - a<x<a of x
= 3x- 2a in a sx. (b) continuous for all non-integral valuesof x
(c) continuous only at rational values
Then which of the following is true? x
(d) continuous for all real values of
(a) f(x) is differentiable at all x 2a (2010)
(b) f(x) is continuous at all x<a
f) is discontinuous at x = a 24. If the three functions f), g(*) and
(d) f(x) is not differentiable at x = a h(x) are such that h(x) = f(x)g(*) and
(2008, 2013) f(x)-x) = G where c is a constant, then
20
f(xr)ogtl+ax) - log(1-bx) is equal to
17. The function f(*) g(x) fx)g(x)
is not defined at x = 0. The value which (a) h(*) (b) K()-h"(*)
should be assigned to f at x =0 so that it is
continuous at x =0 is
h(x) (a) ) (2010)
(a) log a + log b (b) 0 '(*) h(*)
(c) a-b (d) a+b (2009)
25. The derivative ofe cosbx with respect to x is
18. Iff(%) = re cos bx +tan-1 When a >0, b> 0, the
a
2 6 value of r is
then f"(1) = (b) Va'+b
(a) n(n- 1)2-2 (b) n(n- 1)2"
(d) (n-1)2"-1
(a) Jab
(c) nn - 1)2"* (c) a+b (d) ab (2010)
(2009)
19. If(%) = loga(log,), then f'(*) at x =e is 26. Ifx=a cos'0 and y=a sin'0, then
dx
(a) 1/2e (b) 0
(c) (d) 1/e (2009) (a) (b)
20. If y= sin" xcos x, then is
() (2010)
(a) nsin"-x cOs nx
(b) nsin"-'xcos(n + 1)x
(c) nsin-xsin(n + l)x
(d) nsinx cos(n - 1)x (2009)
27. Ify =tan'-1, then the ratio dy.dy
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(a) 1-2x (b) 34. If fr) =

-(a+2)x+a x*2
x(x-1) 1+2x X-2
2 X=2
(c) x(a+) 1+2* is continuous at x= 2, then the value of ais
(d) (2010)
1-2x x(x+1) (a) -1 (b) -6
(c) 0 (d) 1 (2012)
logx if x*1 35. Ifm sin'x =log,y, then (1 - )y-xy =
28. If f(x)=*-1' is continuous at x=1,
(b) m'y
|k, ifx=1 (a) -2y
then the value of k is (c) - m'y (d) 2y (2012)
(a) 0 (b) - 1
(c) 1 (d) e (2011) 36. If y=o8,|l+x+*+.), then dx =
-1
29, If Jr= acota where aand t are real numbers, (a)
(1-*) (6) 1+*
then dr - 4rcot' a is
de' 1 -1
(C (2012)
(a) r (b)
r
(1-x
(d) 0 (2011) 37. Iffx) is an even function, then f'(*) is
(a) nothing can be said
30. The derivative of tan-l sinx with (b) an odd function
L1+ cosx (c) an even function
respect to tan-1 coS X is
L1+sinx. (d) may be even or may be odd
(a) 2 (b) -1 (2012)
(c) 0 (d) -2 (2011)
31.

+tan ..n terms,

(a) (b)
4 2
then y (0) is
(c) (a) (2011)
(a) (b)
1+n
then
2n
(c) (d)
1+n (2012)

(6) +nye-0 39. Iíx+y=tan'y and d? =f)dx then fy)=

(a
(a) 71-- =0 (2011)
33. Ify = sinx sin2x sin3x.... sin nx, then y" (c) (2013)
is y

(a) Sk tankz (b) ykcotkr

kel
Thenf"(0.5) =
(c) yk tankn (4) k=l
S,cotkx (a) 0.5 (b) 1
ka (2011)
(c) 0 (d) -1 (2013)

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41. IffX) is afunction such thatf"(%) +fx) =0 and [3sin Tx x#0 is continuous at
g*) = V*)] + f"()] and g(3) = 8, then 47. If f(x) = 5x
g6) = 2K ,x=0
(a) 0 (b) 3
(c) 5 (d) 8 (2013) *= 0, then the value of Kis
3T 31
(b) 3r (d)
42. Iffr) =f'(*) +f"(*) +f"(*) +. . .and
R0)= 1, then fx) =
(a) I
10 10 (c)2 5
(2014)
(a) e (b) e
(c) (d) e (2013) 3x-8, ifxS5
48. f) = is continuous, find k.
ifx is irrational ifx>5
43. Let fl)= then fis ] 2k,
ifx is rational
(a) continuous everywhere
(b) discontinuous everywhere (2015)
(c) continuous only at x = 0 denotes
(d) continuous at all rational numbers 49. The function f(x) = (x], where (x]
(2013) greatest integer function is continuous at
44. Ify= (tan'x), then ( +1'y, +2x( +1)y, is (a) -2 (b) 1.5
equal to (c) 4 (d) 1 (2015, 2016)
(a) 4 (b) 0
(c) 2 (a) 1 (2014)
50. If then dy is equal to
45. Iff(x) = and glx) =-4x in -2 Sx s 2, dx
then consider the statements :
(i) f(x) and g(x) satisfy mean value theorem. 4x
(ü) f(x) and g(x) both satisfy Rolle's theorem. (a)
1-**
(b)
(iii) Only glx) satisfies Rolle's theorem.
Of these statements 4x 1
(a) (i) and (ii) are correct (c) (d) (2015)
4-x
(b) (i) alone is correct
(c) None is correct
(d) (i) and (iüi) are correct (2014) 51. Ifx=a cos'9, y= a sin'0, then
following
46. The function represented by the (a) tan' (b) 1
graph is (c) tan (d) sec'e (2015)

52. If then

dy is equal to
d

(a) (b () (4)
differentiable at
(a) Continuous but not (2016)
x=1
(b) Differentiable but not continuous at 53. If=e then d isequal to
x=1
differentiable at x =1 logx
(c) Continuous and (b)
(d) Neither continuous nor differentiable at (a) log(x -y)
x=1
(2014)

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(c) logx (d) f(x) g(x) h(*)|

(1+logx) y 61. If y= m then dy is
(2016) a b
54. If"y = (x+y)"*" then dy is equal to equal to
dx
(a) x+y
(6) xy
(a) m

(c) 0 (a) (2016)

55. The differential coefficient of log, m n
with
respect to log,10 is
(a) 1 (b) -(log,)
(6)f*) g'*) W(*)|
b

(c) (log,10) (d) 100

(2016)
(c) g(x) m b
56. If tan'+)= a then dy is equal to h(*) n c
dx
(a) (b) xy
(d) (2017)
(d) -xy (2016)
57. The value of C in mean value theorem for the
62. If is continuous at
function fx) =in (2,4] is 3 if x>2
(a) 2 (b) 4
x=2, then the value of Kis
7 4
(c) ; (d) 3 (2017) (a) 3
(b)
4
sin x + cos x (c) 3
58. If y= tan then is (d) 4 (2017)
equal to \cos x sin x dx
2t 2t
63. If sin x = -1+j2 an y=
y then dy
T
(a) 0 dx
(d) 1
equal to
(2017)
(a) 1 (b) -1
59. The derivative of cos'(2-1) w.r.t. cos'xis (c) 2 (d) 0 (2017)
(a) 2 (6) 64. Let f()=*-, then f'(-1) is
-1 (a) 0 (b) 2
(c) 1-* (d) (c) (d) -2 (2018)
(2017) 65. If
60. Ify= log (log x), thenis
dx
equal to Vi+kr-i-kr if -1sx<0

(a) (1+ logx) (b)

-(1+ logx) f(x) = 2x+1
**logx (*logx x-1
if 0Sxsl

(e)
(1+logx)
(d) -(1+log*) is continuous at x=0, then the value of kis
(x logx * logx (a) 1 (b) -1
(2017) (c) 0 (d) 2 (2018)
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fcosy =*cos(a +) with cosa #+1, then dy dy

dx 73. If y=x+y$. then dx
is equal to (a) xly (b) x-y
sin a (2019)
(a (b) cos (a +y) (c) x+y (d) ylx
cos² (a+ y) sina 74. Rolles theorem is not applicable in which one
of the following cases?
(c)
cOSa
(d) cos(a +y) (a) fx) =-4x+5 in (1, 3]
sin' (a+ y) COS a
(b) fx) = | in (- 2, 2]
(2018) (c) f) = -xin [0, 1]
67. Iff*) =\cos* - sinx<, then f"(r/6) is equal to (d) fx) = [x] in [2.5, 2.7] (2019)

(a) 1-cos Kx
if x*0
X sin x is
75. If f(*) =
if x=0
(2018)
continuous at x =0, then the value of Kis
68. If y=yr+yx+*t.. ,then dx (a) 0 (b) +2 (c) ±1 (d)
(b) (2020)
2y+1
1* 2x
2y 76. If f(x) = sin
(c)
t-1
(d
y-i (2018)

log,x (a) b) 1
x*1
69. If f(*)= x-1 is 2

k ; x=1 (2020)
continuous at x = 1, then the value of k is 77. If2*+2= 2*, then dy is
(a) e (b) 1 dx
(c) -1 (d) 0 (2018) (a) -2* (b) 2*-y
sin 3x 2-1
x+0 (d) 2-x
70. Ef) = e-1 is continuous atx= 0,
2*-1 (2020)
k-2; x=0
then k= 78. If (xey=, then dy
dx
is
(a) (a) (b) logx
2 5
(1+logx) (1+logx)
(2019)
(c) (d) log x
71. Kf) = sin L1+4*
,thenf (0) =
(1+log x)
(a) 2log 2 (b) 2log2 (2020)
5

(c) log 2 (d) 4log2 (2019)

79. If y=2* then x? is
5 dx
72. Ifx= a sec'e, y=a tan'0, then d'y (a) n(n + 1)y
dy? dx +y
(a) 2a (b) 0 (c) y (d) 6n(n + 1)y
(c) 1 (d) 4 (2019) (2020)
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1. (b) 2, (c) 3. (a) 4. (b)
9. (c) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (d) 8.
17. (d)
10. (c)
18. (a)
11, (d)
19. (a)
asssss3iea
20. (b)
12. (d) 13.
21.
(a)
(b)
14.
22.
(a)
(c)
15.
23
(c)
(b)
16.
24.
(a)
(d)
25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30 31. (a) 32
33. (b) 34. (c) 35. (hb) (b)
41. (d) 42. (a)
36. (a) 37. (b) 38 (a) 39 (b) 40, (b)
43. (c) 44. (c) 45. (d) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48
49. (b) 50. (c) (b)
51. (d) 52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (d) 55. (b) 56.
57. (d) 58. (d) 59 (a)
(a) 60. (b) 61. (a,c,d) 62. (b) 63 a) 64.
65. (b) 66. (b) (b)
67. (a) 68. (d) 69. (b) 70. (*) 71. (c) 72. (b)
73. (d) 74. (b) 75. (c) 76. (a) 77. (a) 78 79. (a)

EXPLANATIONS
1. (b): Every differential function is
continuous
but every continuous function is not differentiable. Setting x-=t, f()=+3
For examnple, y = x is continuous at x = 0, but not
differentiable at x = 0.
Thus fr) =+3x, f'*) = 32+3.
du
4. (b) : u=a =a*logasecxtan x
2.
0:y=l+-++t x|>1
1
v=aanx dv
dx
dy
= atan logasec x
(1/x)-1 d ae logasecx tan x
1 dy tan loga sec x
...i)
=aeCx-tanx sinx =sin xaecx-tanx
dy_(1-*)-x<-1)_1-x+*
dx
coSx 1
CoSX
5. (b) : sin(x + y) + cos(x + y) = log(x + y)
From (i), 4_ Differentiating with respect to x both sides we get
(a) : fog(x) = * costx+ y)l1+sia(z +)|+)
3.
wrting x
using (a - b)' =a - b - 3abla - b), we have

(-)-) dx
6. (c) :g(*) = U))+f()
Differentiating w.r.t. x
we have
g'(x)= 2f*) f'(*) +2f()f"x)
- 2f ()f*) +2f"(*)] =2f()-0 =0
(By hypothesis f(x) +f"(*) =0)
gx)= constant. Thus g(8) =g(3) = 3.
As g(x) = *- this yields 7. ():y= 2g
lg* log, 2