EXERCISE (1)

Straight Objective Type

2x x 2 3a 2 +
1. If lim 2 (where a ), then a is equal to -
x a x a 2a

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 2 3 2 9

n(sin 3x)
2. lim is equal to
x 0 n(sin x)
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) Non existent

3
1 x 2 4 1 2x
3. lim is equal to
x 0 x x2

1 1
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) D.N.E.
4 2

3
7 x3 3 x2
4. lim is equal to
x 1 x 1

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 6 4 6

(x 1)10 (x 2)10 .... (x 100)10

5. lim is equal to
x x10 1010
(A) 1 (B) 100 (C) 200 (D) 10

6. lim x 2 2x 1 x2 7x 3 is equal to
x

5 5
(A) (B) (C) 0 (D) D.N.E
2 2

1
7. If lim 2n 2 n 2n 2 n (where is a real number), then-
n 2
(A) = 1 (B) = –1 (C) = ±1 (D) (– , 1)
 Limit, Continuity & Differentiability
n
n!
8. Let Un = where n . If Sn = U r then lim S equals
(n 2)! n n
r 1

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 1/2 (D) Non existent

n n
9. For n , let a n 2k and b n (2k 1) . Then lim an b n is equal to-
n
k 1 k 1

1
(A) 1 (B) (C) 0 (D) 2
2

n
1 a
10. Let Pn 1 . If lim Pn can be expressed as lowest rational in the form , then value of
k 2
k 1
C2 n b

(a + b) is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12

cos 2 cos 2x
11. lim is equal to
x 1 x2 | x |
(A) 0 (B) cos2 (C) 2sin2 (D) sin1

5sin x 6sin x
12. lim (where [.] denotes greatest integer function) is equal to -
x 0 x x
(A) 0 (B) –12 (C) 1 (D) 2

sin x 2sin 2x 10 sin10x

13. Let f(x) = +....+ (where [y] is the largest integer y). The value of lim f(x)
x x x x 0

equals
(A) 55 (B) 164 (C) 165 (D) 375

sin{x}
14. Let ƒ(x) 2
. If ƒ(5+) & ƒ(3+) exists finitely and are not zero, then the value of (a + b) is
x ax b
(where {.} represents fractional part function) -
(A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 20

cos sin 3x 1
15. lim equals
x 0 x2
9 3 3 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
 n
1 cos
16. Let a = min{x2 + 2x + 3, x } and b = lim 2
. Then value of a r .b n r
is :
0 r 0

2n 1 1 2n 1 1 4n 1 –1
(A) (B) (C) (D) N.O.T.
3.2n 3.2n 3.2n

17. Let BC is diameter of a circle centred at O. Point A is a variable point, A

moving on the circumference of circle. If BC = 1 unit, then
BM
lim is equal to - B
M O
C
A B (Area of sector OAB) 2

(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 16

x
x 2 2x 1
18. lim 2 is equal to
x x 4x 2
1
(A) 1 (B) e (C) (D) e2
e2

19. lim(1 sin x) cosx is equal to

x 0

1
(A) 0 (B) e (C) 1 (D)
e

1
20. lim(cosx asin bx) x is equal to
x 0

(A) ea (B) eab (C) eb (D) ea/b

1/ x

21. lim tan x is equal to

x 0 4

–2 1
(A) e (B) (C) e (D) e2
e

22. lim(4 n 5n )1/ n is equal to

n

(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 0 (D) D.N.E.

nx
11/ x 21/ x 31/ x ..... n1/ x
23. lim ,n is equal to
x n
1
(A) n! (B) 1 (C) (D) 0
n!
 x
tan
2 1
24. If lim 2 , then is equal to -
x x e

2
(A) – (B) (C) (D)
2

25. If lim (1 + ax + bx2)2/x = e3, then

x 0

3 3
(A) a and b (B) a and b
2 2
(C) a = 0 and b = 1 (D) a = 1 and b = 0

1/ x
f (x) x 2
26. If f(x) is a polynomial of least degree, such that lim 1 e 2 , then f(2) is -
x 0 x2
(A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12

1
tan x
27. Let ƒ(x) , then the value of lim ƒ x x 2 ƒ(x) is equal to (where [.], {.} denotes greatest
x x 0

integer function and fractional part functions respectively) -

(A) e–3 (B) e3 (C) e2 (D) non-existent

en
28. lim n2
equals -
n
1
1
n

1
(A) 1 (B) (C) e (D) e
2

2f (tan x ) 2f (sin x )
29. If f(x) is odd linear polynomial with f(1) = 1, then lim is
x 0 x 2f (sin x)

1
(A) 1 (B) n2 (C) n2 (D) cos2
2

x(1 a cos x) bsin x

30. lim = 1 then
x 0 x3
(A) a = –5/2 (B) a = –3/2, b = –1/2
(C) a = –3/2, b = –5/2 (D) a = –5/2, b = –3/2
 EXERCISE (2)
Numerical Grid Type

x2 x.ln x ln x 1
1. Lim
x 1 x 1
2. Lim [ n (1 + sin2x). cot ( n2 (1 + x))]
x 0

a(2x 3 x 2 ) b(x 3 5x 2 1) c(3x 3 x 2 )

3. If Lim = 1, then the value of (a + b + c) can be expressed in
x a(5x 4 x) bx 4 c(4x 4 1) 2x 2 5x

p
the lowest form as q . Find the value of (p + q).

2 cos sin
4. If L Lim , then the value of 8 2L is
(4 )2
4

sin 4h 4sin 3h 6sin 2h 4sin h sin

5. 3 3 3 3 3
Lim 4
h 0 3 h

x 2 x 3
6. Lim x 2 3
x x x

1 3
(3x 4 2x 2 )sin x 5
7. Lim x
x 3 2
x x x 1

8. If Lim x2 x 1 ax b = 0, then the value of (a + b) is

x

9. Let f(x) = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d and g(x) = x2 + x – 2.

2 2
f (x) f (x)
If Lim = 1 and Lim = 4, then find the value of c 2 d 2 .
g(x) x –2 g(x)
x 1 a b
10. Let {an}, {bn}, {cn} be sequences such that
(i) an + bn + cn = 2n + 1 ;
(ii) anbn + bncn +cnan = 2n – 1 ;
(iii) anbncn = –1 ;
(iv) an < bn < cn
Then find the value of Lim (nan).
n
 EXERCISE (3)
Straight Objective Type
ax 1 if x 1
1. Let ƒ(x) 3 if x 1 . If ƒ(x) is continuous at x = 1 then (a – b) is equal to-
2
bx 1 if x 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

1
1
,x 2
2. For the function ƒ(x) x 2 x 2 which of the following holds ?
k, x 2
(A) k = 1/2 and ƒ is continuous at x = 2 (B) k 0, 1/2 and ƒ is continuous at x = 2
(C) ƒ can not be continuous at x = 2 (D) k = 0 and ƒ is continuous at x = 2.

4 x2
3. The function ƒ(x) , is -
4x x 3
(A) discontinuous at only one point in its domain.
(B) discontinuous at two points in its domain.
(C) discontinuous at three points in its domain.
(D) continuous everywhere in its domain.

4 sin x cos x for x

2
4. If ƒ(x) a sin x b for x is continuous then :
2 2
cos x 2 for x
2
(A) a = –1, b = 3 (B) a = 1, b = –3
(C) a = 1, b = 3 (D) a = –1, b = –3

1
3x 2 1 x 1
4
5. The function ƒ(x) 5 4x 1 x 4 is -
4 x 4 x
(A) continuous at x = 1 & x = 4
(B) continuous at x = 1, discontinuous at x= 4
(C) continuous at x = 4, discontinuous at x = 1
(D) discontinuous at x = 1 & x = 4
 x 2 bx 25
6. If ƒ(x) for x 5 and ƒ is continuous at x = 5, then ƒ(5) has the value equal to-
x 2 7x 10
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 25

x ex cos 2x
7. If ƒ(x) 2
,x 0 is continuous at x = 0, then -
x

5
(A) ƒ(0) (B) [ƒ(0)] = –2 (C) {ƒ(0)} = –0.5 (D) [ƒ(0)]. {ƒ(0)} = –1.5
2
where [.] and {.} denotes greatest integer and fractional part function

log e 1 3ƒ(x)
8. y = ƒ(x) is a continuous function such that its graph passes through (a,0). Then Lim is-
x a 2ƒ(x)

3 2
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) (D)
2 3

9. In [1,3], the function [x2 + 1],[.] denoting the greatest integer function, is continuous -
(A) for all x (B) for all x except at nine points
(C) for all x except at seven points (D) for all x except at eight points

10. Number of points of discontinuity of ƒ(x) = [2x3 – 5] in [1,2), is equal to-

(where [x] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to x)
(A) 14 (B) 13 (C) 10 (D) 8

| x 1| if x 2
2x 3 if 2 x 0
11. Given ƒ(x) . Then number of point(s) of discontinuity of ƒ(x) is-
x 2 3 if 0 x 3
x 3 15 if x 3

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

9 2 1 cos 3x
12. If ƒ(x) is continuous and ƒ , then the value of lim ƒ is-
2 9 x 0 x2

2 9
(A) (B) (C) 0 (D) data insufficient
9 2
13. f is a continuous function on the real line. Given that x2 + (f(x) – 2)x – 3 · f(x) + 2 3 – 3 = 0.
Then the value of f( 3 )
(A) can not be determined (B) is 2 (1 – 3 )

2( 3 2)
(C) is zero (D) is
3

14. The function f(x) = [x]2 – [x2] (where [y] is the greatest integer less than or equal to y), is discontinuous at :
(A) all integers (B) all integers except 0 & 1
(C) all integers except 0 (D) all integers except 1

15. Let ƒ : be a continuous function x and ƒ(x) = 5 x irrational. Then the value
of ƒ(3) is -
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) cannot determine

2x 1
16. The function f(x) = [x]. cos , where [ · ] denotes the greatest integer function, is discontinuous at :-
2
(A) all x (B) all integer points (C) no x (D) x which is not an integer

x 2 ax b
x 1
17. If ƒ(x) x 2 3x 2 is continuous at x = 1, then (2a + b + c) is-
c x 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) –3

18. Number of points where ƒ(x) = |x – sgn(x)| is non differentiable, is (sgn(.) denotes signum function)
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
19. Let ƒ : R Q be a continuous function such that ƒ(2) = 7, then-
(A) ƒ(x) is always an even function
(B) ƒ(x) is always an odd function
(C) nothing can said about ƒ(x) being even or odd
(D) ƒ(x) is an increasing function

sin(2 sec x)
x 0 or (2n 1) , n I
20. Consider ƒ(x) ex 1 x 2
k x 0

Value of k for which ƒ(x) is continuous at x = 0, is -

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

2
 n cos x
, x 0
ax
1
21. Let ƒ x 0 , x 0 . If ƒ'(0) = , then
2
4
ex 1
, x 0
bx
(A) a + b = 2 (B) b – a = 2 (C) a + b = –2 (D) b – a = 4

2x 2 3 if 0 x 1
22. If the function ƒ(x) 2 is continuous at every point of its domain, then the
x bx 1 if 1 x 2
value of b is-
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

exesin x
; x 0
ax 3
23. Let ƒ(x) = b ; x 0 . If ƒ is continuous at x = 0, then (3a + 4b) is equal to -
x
; x 0
n(1 4x)

(A) –3 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) 4

tan bx 3
, x 0
24. Let ƒ(x) x3 , be continuous at x = 0, then
5 3
, x 0
4 4b

5 73 3 73 5 73 3 73
(A) b (B) b (C) b (D) b
8 8 8 8
25. The number of values of x, x [–2,3] where ƒ(x) = [x2] sin( x) is discontinuous is
(where [.] denotes greatest integer function)-
(A) 19 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 0
 EXERCISE (4)
Numerical Grid Type

tan 6x
6 tan 5x
if 0 x
5 2

1. The function f(x) = b 2 if x

2
a tan x
b
(1 cos x ) if x
2

If f(x) is continuous at x = /2, then the value of (a – b) is

1 sin x 1
, x
1 cos 2 x 2
1
2. Let f(x) = p, x . The number of all possible values of ‘p’ so that the function
2
2x 1 1
, x
4 2x 1 2 2

f(x) is continuous at x = 1/2, is -

1 x, 0 x 2
3. Let f(x) = and g(x) = f[f(x)] & hence the number of points of discontinuity of g(x) is
3 x, 2 x 3

1 sin 3 x
if x
3cos 2 x 2

4. If f(x) is continuous at x = where f(x) = a if x ,

2 2
b(1 sin x)
if x
( 2x) 2 2

then the value of (4a + 3b) is

 sin(a 1)x sin x
for x 0
x
5. If the function f(x) = c for x 0 is continuous at x = 0, then the value of (2a + 14c) is
2 1/ 2 1/ 2
(x bx ) x
for x 0
bx 3/ 2

sin 3x A sin 2x Bsin x

6. If f(x) = (x 0) is continuous at x = 0, then the value of (A + B + f(0)) is
x5

7. If f(x) = x + {–x} + [x], where [x] is the integral part & {x} is the fractional part of x, then the number
of points of discontinuity of f(x) in [–2, 2] is

(sin x cos x)cos ecx ; x 0

2
8. Let f(x) = a ; x 0
1/ x 2/ x 3/|x|
e e e
2/x 3/|x|
; 0 x
ae be 2

If f(x) is continuous at x = 0, then the value of (a2 b2) is

9. Let f be a real valued continuous function on and satisfying f(–x) –f(x) = 0 . If f(–5) = 5, f(–2) = 4,
f(3) = –2 and f(0) = 0 then find the minimum number of zero's of the equation f(x) = 0.

10. Find the number of points of discontinuity of the function f(x) = [5x] + {3x} in [0, 5] where
[y] and {y} denote largest integer less than or equal to y and fractional part of y respectively.
 EXERCISE-5
Straight Objective Type
1. Let ƒ(x) = [tan2x], (where [.] denotes greatest integer function). Then -
(A) lim
x 0
ƒ(x) does not exist (B) ƒ(x) is continuous at x = 0.
(C) ƒ(x) is not differentiable at x = 0 (D) ƒ'(0) = 1

ƒ(h) ƒ 2h
2. Let ƒ be differentiable at x = 0 and ƒ'(0) = 1. Then lim
h 0 h
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) –1

3x 2 4 x 1 for x 1
3. Let g(x) .
ax b for x 1
If g(x) is continuous and differentiable at x = 1 then -
(A) a = b = 4 (B) a = b = – 4
(C) a = 4 and b = – 4 (D) a = – 4 and b = 4

4. If ƒ(x) ƒ(y) + 2 = ƒ(x) + ƒ(y) + ƒ(xy) and ƒ(1) = 2, ƒ'(1) = 2 then sgn ƒ(x) is equal to
(where sgn denotes signum function) -
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) 4

x b, x 0
5. The function g(x) can be made differentiable at x = 0 -
cos x, x 0
(A) if b is equal to zero (B) if b is not equal to zero
(C) if b takes any real value (D) for no value of b

6. Which one of the following functions is continuous everywhere in its domain but has atleast one point
where it is not differentiable ?
|x|
(A) ƒ(x) = x1/3 (B) ƒ(x) (C) ƒ(x) = e–x (D) ƒ(x) = tanx
x

7. If the right hand derivative of ƒ(x) = [x] tan x at x = 7 is k , then k is equal to

([y] denotes greatest integer < y)
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) –7 (D) 49

8. Let ƒ : be a continuous onto function satisfying ƒ(x) + ƒ(–x) = 0, x . If ƒ(–3) = 2 and

ƒ(5) = 4 in [–5, 5], then the equation ƒ(x) = 0 has -
(A) exactly three real roots (B) exactly two real roots
(C) atleast five real roots (D) atleast three real roots
 n
x
ax(x 1) cot px 2 2
lim 4 , x (0,1) (1, 2)
n
9. Let ƒ(x) n
x
cot 1
4
0 , x 1

If ƒ(x) is differentiable for all x (0,2) then (a2 + p2) equals -

(A) 18 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) 24

10. If 2x + 3|y| = 4y, then y as a function of x i.e. y = ƒ(x), is -

(A) discontinuous at one point
(B) non differentiable at one point
(C) discontinuous & non differentiable at same point
(D) continuous & differentiable everywhere

11. If ƒ(x) = (x5 + 1) |x2 – 4x – 5| + sin|x| + cos(|x – 1|), then ƒ(x) is not differentiable at -
(A) 2 points (B) 3 points (C) 4 points (D) zero points

x3 2x 2 x
12. Let ƒ(x) = 3 2
, then the integral value of 'a' so that ƒ(x) is differentiable at
x 2x ax x
x = 1, is
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) not possible

13. Let be the set of real numbers and ƒ : , be a differentiable function such that
3
|ƒ(x) – ƒ(y)| < |x – y| x, y . If ƒ(10) = 100, then the value of ƒ(20) is equal to -
(A) 0 (B) 10 (C) 20 (D) 100

14. For what triplets of real numbers (a, b, c) with a 0 the function
x x 1
f(x) = is differentiable for all real x ?
ax 2 bx c otherwise
(A) {(a, 1 – 2a, a) | a , a 0} (B) {(a, 1 – 2a, c) | a, c , a 0}
(C) {(a, b, c) | a, b, c , a + b + c = 1} (D) {(a, 1 – 2a, 0) | a , a 0}

15. Number of points of non-differentiability of the function

g(x) = [x2]{cos2 4x} + {x2}[cos2 4x] + x2 sin2 4x + [x2][cos2 4x] + {x2}{cos2 4x} in (–50, 50) where [x] and
{x} denotes the greatest integer function and fractional part function of x respectively, is equal to :-
(A) 98 (B) 99 (C) 100 (D) 0

16. Let f(x) = [n + p sin x], x (0, ), n and p is a prime number. The number of points where f(x)
is not differentiable is :-
Here [x] denotes greatest integer function.
(A) p – 1 (B) p + 1 (C) 2p + 1 (D) 2p – 1
17. The function f(x) = (x2 – 1) x2 – 3x + 2 + cos ( x ) is NOT differentiable at :
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

ax bx 2 ; x 1
18. Let ƒ(x) be continuous and differentiable everywhere, then a & b are -
4ax 2b 1 ; x 1

1 2 3 4
(A) , 1 (B) ,1 (C) ,1 (D) , 1
3 3 2 3
2
ex x3 1 ; x 0
19. If ƒ(x) 2
is differentiable at x = 0, then -
ax bx 2 ; x 0
(A) a R&b=0 (B) a R&b=1 (C) a R&b=2 (D) a R&b=3
20. If ƒ(x) = [sinx] + sin x [sin x] , where [.] denotes greatest integer function, then ƒ(x) is-

(A) differentiable at x & x = both (B) differentiable at x but not at x =

2 2

(C) differentiable at x = but not at x (D) neither differentiable at x = nor at x

2 2

sin 1 x a cos x 1 x 0
21. If ƒ(x) 1
b cos x sin x 0 x 1

is differentiable in (–1, 1), then (2a + b) is equal to -

(A) 2 (B) 1 + 2 (C) 1 – 2 (D) 2 –1

ae ax x 0
22. If ƒ(x) 2
x 4x 2b x 0
& g(x) = sin|bx + a – 2| both are differentiable at x = 0, then g(x) is non differentiable at x is equal to-

(A) (B) –4 (C) (D) 4

4
23. An even function ƒ(x), differentiable x R satisfies the condition ƒ(x – y) = ƒ(x) + ƒ(y) – 4xy – 1
and ƒ'(0) = 0 then ƒ(x) is
(A) x2 (B) x4 + 1 (C) 2x2 + 1 (D) 2x4 + 1
24. Number of points at which the function ƒ(x) = |cos |x|| + cos–1sgnx + | nx| is not differentiable in (0,2 ) is-
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

sin sin [x 3]
[x 3]
25. If [x] denotes the integral part of x and ƒ(x) [x] then -
3 [x]

(A) ƒ(x) is continuous on R (B) ƒ(x) is continuous but not differentiable on R

(C) ƒ'(x) exists x R (D) ƒ(x) is discontinuous for all integral points in R
 EXERCISE (6)
Numerical Grid Type

x2
for x 0
2
1. If the function f(x) defined as f(x) = is continuous but not derivable at x = 0
n1
x sin for x 0
x
then sum of all non-negative integral value(s) of 'n' is

2. If f(x) = | x – 1 | . ([x] – [–x]), where [x] denotes greatest integer function, then the value of
( Rf ' (1) + Lf ' (1) ) is

–1, –2 x 0
3. Let f(x) be defined in the interval [–2, 2] such that f(x) = & g(x) = f(| x |) + | f(x) |,
x 1, 0 x 2
then the number of points of non-differentiability of g(x) in (–2, 2) is

2x 3 [x] for x 1
4. Let f(x) = x
sin for x 1
2
where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then the number of points of non-differentiability of
f(x) in [0, 2] is

5. For any real number x, let [x] denote the largest integer less than or equal to x. Let f be a real valued
x [ x] if [x] is even
function defined on the interval [–3, 3] by f(x) =
x [x] if [x] is odd
If L denotes the number of point of discontinuity and M denotes the number of points of non- derivability
of f(x), then find (L + M).

6. A derivable function f : + satisfies the condition f(x) – f(y) n (x/y) + x – y for every
100
+. If g denotes the derivative of f then compute the value of the sum
1
x, y g .
n 1 n

7. Let ƒ(x) = [[x] + {x2 }] + {[x2] + {x}}, then number of points where |ƒ(x)| is non-derivable in [–3, 3]
is equal to (where [.] denotes greatest integer function & {.} denotes fractional part function)

x y ƒ(x) ƒ(y) ƒ(0)

8. If ƒ is a differentiable function such that ƒ , x,y and
3 3
ƒ'(0) = 2, then the slope of tangent to ƒ(x) at x = 7 is
ƒ(3 sin x) ƒ(3 x)
9. Let ƒ(x) be a differentiable function such that lim 8 , then |ƒ'(3)| is
x 0 x

10. Let ƒ(x) be a differentiable function such that 2ƒ(x + y) + ƒ(x – y) = 3ƒ(x) + 3ƒ(y) + 2xy
x, y & ƒ'(0) = 0, then ƒ(10) + ƒ'(10) is equal to
 EXERCISE-6
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. 1 2 2 3 8 5150.00 1 2.00 4.00 120.00