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CPP-1 LIMITS Class : XII
Single Option Correct Type Questions

x 3 – 7x 2  15x – 9
1. lim
x 3 x 4 – 5x 3  27x – 27
(A) 2/9 (B) 1/3 (C) 2/10 (D) 0

2. lim log10 (1  h)
h0 h
(A) loge 10 (B) 2 log10 e (C) 4 log10e (D) log10 e

x x
3. lim 3  2
x 0 x
2 3
(A) log (B) log (C) log 2 (D) None of these
3 2
x x x
4. lim (ab)  a  b  1
x 0
x2
(A)  log a  log b (B) log a/log b (C) log ab (D) a log b

1  cos3 x
5. lim is equal to :
x 0 x sin x cos x
2 3 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 2 4

2 n
6. lim x  x    x  n is equal to :
x1 ( x  1)
2
n(n  1) n(n  1)  n(n  1) 
(A) (B) (C)   (D) none of these
2 2  2 
x a
7. lim e  e
x a
x a
(A) a ea (B) 2 a ea (C) 3 a e a (D) None of these

More than One Option Correct Type Questions

 2x
1  a , 0  x  1

 x  1 . If xlim f(x) exist then value of a is :
8. Let f (x) =  –1, 1
 ax , 1  x  2
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) –2

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9. lim  L , L is finite & none zero then :
x0 xn

1  e2 
(A) n = 5 (B) L = ln 2 (C) n = 4 (D) L = 1– 2 ln  4 

 

sin xn
10. If m,nN, lim is :
x 0 (sin x)m

(A) 1, if n = m (B) 0, if n > m (C) , if n < m (D) n/m, if n < m

Integer Type Questions

 tan x  e x   2  1 cos x 
lim  e +    8 2 is equal to :
11. x 0
 tan x  x   sin2 x 

1– x
 –ax + sin(x – 1) + a 1– x 1
12. The largest value of non-negative integer a for which lim   = is :
x 1  x + sin(x – 1) – 1  4

ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (B,C) 9. (A, B,D) 10. (A, B, C)
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CPP-2 LIMITS Class : XII
Single Option Correct Type Questions

e ax  e 2ax
1. lim
x 0 ln (1  x)
(A) 2a (B) 3a (C) a (D) None
2
2. lim {log(1  Kx)}
x 0 (1  cos 2 x )

K2 K2
(A) K (B) K2 (C) (D)
2 4

lim sin 3 x 2
3. x 0 ln cos (2 x 2  x)

(A) –6 (B) 6 (C) 3 (D) –3

a x b  ab x
4. lim is :
x 1 x 1

a b a b

(A) ab ln   (B) ab ln   (C) (ab)2 ln   (D) (ab)2 ln  
b a b a

3
1  2x 1
5. lim
x 1 2 x  x
4
(A) 4/9 (B) 2/9 (C) 1/9 (D)
3

lim ln x  1
6. x e ( x  e)

1 1
(A) e (B) 2 (C) e2 (D)
e e

2
7. lim sin(  cos x )
x 0
x2
(A) /2 (B) 1 (C) – (D) 

More than One Option Correct Type Questions

8. If f(x)  e[cot x] , [.] is g.i.f then :

lim f(x)  1 1 1 lim f(x)  1

lim f(x)  lim f(x) 
(A)  (B)   e (C)  – e (D) –
x x x x
2 2 2 2

 sin x 
9. lim m is equal to where m  I. [.] is g.i.f
x 0  x 
(A) m, if m  0 (B) m – 1 is m > 0 (C) m – 1 if m < 0 (D) m, if m > 0

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 | 2 sin x – 1|
10. L  lim , then :
x a 2 sin x – 1
(A) limit does not exist when a = /6 (B) L = –1 when a = 
(C) L = 1 when a = /2 (D) L = 1 when a = 0

Integer Type Questions

sin( / 3 – x) a
11. lim  then a + b
x  / 3 2cos x – 1 b

12. lim x log  1  1  + lim x(e2 / x  1)

x   x  x 


ANSWER KEY
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (B, D) 9. (A, B)
10. (A, B, C) 11. 4 12. 3

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CPP-3 LIMITS Class : XII
Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. lim log(a  bx)  log(a  bx )

x 0 x
2b 2a 4a 4b
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a b b a

2. lim  x[ln( x  a )  ln x]

x 
(A) a (B) a2 (C) 2a (D) a/2

 2 4 2n 
3. For | x | < 1; lim (1  x) (1  x ) (1  x ) (1  x ) 
n

1 x 1 x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x

3 5
lim x 4  3  x3  4
4.
x  3
x7  1
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) None of these

5. lim x  tan 1 x  1  tan 1 x 

x   x2 x2

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 8

 2 1 
6. lim  – 
x 2  x(x – 2) x 2 – 3x  2 
(A) 1/2 (B) 0 (C)  (D) None of these

 4 1 2 
 2x sin x  x 6x2 – 2x  1 2 
lim   – 
7. x –   1 | x |3 (2x  1)(x – 1) x  =
 
 
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 1 (D) 3

More than One Option Correct Type Questions

8. Which of the following is true ( {.} denotes the fractional part of function) ?
loge x x
(A) lim   (x is not natural number) (B) lim 2 
x  {x} x 2 x – x – 2

x log0.5 x
(C) lim – 2  – (D) xlim
 {x}
  (x is not natural number)
x –1 x – x – 2

9. If xlim(2
1
– x  a[x – 1]  b[1  x]) exists, then a and b and can take the values (where [.] denotes the greatest
integer function)
(A) a = 1/3, b = 1 (B) a = 1, b = –1 (C) a = 9, b = –9 (D) a = 2, b = 2/3

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10. lim f(x) doesn’t exist ( where [.] denotes g.i.f., {.} denotes fractional part function)
x c
(A) f(x) = [[x]] – [2x – 1], c = 3 (B) f(x) = [x] – x, c = 1
tan(sgn x)
(C) f(x) = {x}2 – {–x}2, c = 0 (D) f(x)  ,c  0
sgn x
Integer Type Questions
1
n
11. lim 2 x log (1  2  x ) + lim 2  1
x  n  1
2n  1
( x  1)10  ( x  2)10   ( x  100)10
12. If xlim = k then [k/20] is where [.] denotes g.i.f.
 x10  1010

ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (A, B, C) 9. (B, C)
10. (B, C) 11. 1 12. 5

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CPP-4 LIMITS Class : XII
Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. lim x cos x  log(1  x ) is equal to :

x 0
x2
(A) 1/2 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) none of these

n1
2. lim x  (n  1)x  n
x1 (x  1)lnx

n(n  1) n(n – 1) (n  1)(n  2)

(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
2 2 2
lim 1 1
3. x 1

ln x x  1
(A) 1/2 (B) –1/2 (C) 0 (D) None

4. lim cot x  1
x 0 x
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) does not exist

5. lim 1  1
x 0 x
ex 1
(A) 1/2 (B) –1/2 (C) 1 (D) –1
x 2x
6.
ae  3e b
lim  8 , then distance of point (a, b) from line 4y = 3x + 4 in x – y plane is
x 0 x
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1
 sin 2 x b 
7. If lim  3
 a  2   0 , then 3a+2b is
x0
 x x 
(A) 2 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) –2
More than One Option Correct Type Questions
8. Let (a) and  (a) be the roots of the equation  3 1 + a – 1 x 2 +    6 1  a – 1  0 where a > –1 and
1 a – 1 x 
if lim+ α(a)  A > lim+ (a) = B then
a0 a 0
(A) 2A + B = –2 (B) 2A + B = 0 (C) – 2 < A + B < –1 (D) A + B > – 1
3x 2  ax  a  1
9. f(x)  , then which of the following can be correct ?
x2  x – 2
(A) xlim
1
f(x) exists  a  –2 (B) xlim
–2
f(x) exists  a  13

(C) xlim f(x)  4 / 3  If xlim f (x) exists 

(D) xlim f(x)  –1/ 3  If lim f(x) exists 
 1 
1 –2  x  –2 
 x 1
10. If xlim 4x  – tan–1  y 2  4y  5, then y can be equal to :
 4 x  2 
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) –4 (D) –3
Integer Type Questions
ln (1  x 2 ) ae x – b cos x  ce – x
11. lim 12. If lim  2 (n N) then a – 2c + 3b + n =
x 0 cos 3x  e x x 0 xn sin x

ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (A, C) 9. (A, B, C, D)
10. (B,D) 11. 0 12. 6

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CPP-5 LIMITS Class : XII
Single Option Correct Type Questions
Pn  q
1. lim  1  1 
n  
 n
(A) eq (B) ep + q (C) eP (D) None of these
cosec 2 x
2. 
lim 1  sin 2 x
x 0 
(A) e2 (B) e (C) 1/e (D) e3
2x
 x 
3. If f ( x)    , then :
 2 x 
4 1
(A) lim f ( x)  e6 (B) lim f ( x)  2 (C) lim f ( x)  e (D) lim f (x)  –
x  x  x  x1 9
1/ x

4. lim  tan    x  
x 0 
 4 
(A) e (B) 1/e (C) e2 (D) e3

1
 a x  bx  cx x
5. lim  
x 0  3 
1
(A) abc (B) (abc)2 (C)  abc  3 (D) (abc)3

 x 
tan  
6. lim  2  x   2a 
x a  a


2   2
– –
(A) e  (B) e 2 (C) e 2 (D) e 

7. lim (tan x) cot x

x  2
(A) 1 (B) e (C) 0 (D) does not exist

More than One Option Correct Type Questions

2
8. If lim
x 0
 1  ax  bx 2 x
  e3 then :

3 3
(A) a = 3 (B) a  ,b 1 (C) a  ,b4 (D) a = 2, b = 3
2 2

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  tan2 {x}
 2 2
, for x  0
 x – [x]

f(x)   ,
9. Let  1
 , for x < 0
 {x} cot{x}


w h e re [x] is th e ste p u p fu n c tio n and {x} is the fractional part function of x, then

(A) xlim
0 
f(x)  1 (B) xlim
0 –
f(x)  1

2
–1   
(C) cot  lim– f(x)   – 1 (D) None of these
 x  0  2

x 2n – 1
10. Let f(x)  lim (n  I) then
n x 2n  1
(A) f(x) = 1 for |x| > 1 (B) f(x) = – 1 for |x| < 1
(C) f(x) is not defined for any value of x (D) f(x) = 1 for |x| = 1

Integer Type Questions

x
 1 
11. lim 1  2  is :
x   x 

1
12. If lim (x)( x 1) = k then [lnk] is where [.] denotes g.i.f.
x 1

ANSWER KEY

1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (B,C) 9. (A, C) 10. (A,B)
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CPP-6 LIMITS (NEWTONS LEIBNITZ THEOREM) Class : XII

Single Option Correct Type Questions

x 1
1.  f (t ) dt  x   t f (t ) dt , then the value of f (1)
0 x
(A) 1/2 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) –1/2
x2
1
 (tan t )2 dt
0
2. lim
x0 x4

 sin t dt
(A) 1 0 (B) –1 (C) –1/2 (D) 1/2
xh
1 dz
3. lim 
h 0 h x z  z 2 1
1 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) None of these
x  x2  1 x2  1

f ( x)
4. Suppose f : R  R is a differentiable function and f (1) = 4. Then the value of lim 2t dt is :
x 1  x 1
4
(A) 8 f ' (1) (B) 4 f ' (1) (C) 2 f ' (1) (D) f ' (1)

a a 
lim 1  esin t dt  esin t dt 
2 2

5. x 0 x     is equal to (where a is constant)

y x y 
2 2
(A) esin y (B) (sin 2y) esin y (C) 0 (D) None of these

 t dt
6. lim / 2
x  2 sin (2 x  )
(A)  (B) /2 (C) /4 (D) /8

7. If f (x) is a differentiable function, then lim a f ( x)  x f (a) is :

x a xa
(A) a f ' (a) – f (a) (B) a f (a) – f ' (a) (C) a f ' (a) + f (a) (D) a f (a) + f ' (a)

More than One Option Correct Type Questions

sec 2 x

 f (t ) dt
k
2
8. If value of lim is f (2), then k is _____ .
2 
x
4 x2 
16

(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

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  a | x2 – x – 6 |
 2
,x  3
 6x–x
  x 
  x tdt 

 
3
 
b lim   ,x  3
 x 3  x – 3 
9. The function f(x) =   
 
  

 x – [x]
,x  3
 x–3

is continuous at x = 3, If f (3)  0, then (where [ ] denotes the greatest integer function)

(A) a+9b=2 (B) 9a+b=2 (C)a-9b=0 (D) 18(a+b)=20

–3n  (–1)n
10. lim (n  N) is equal to :
n 4n – (–1)n

3 3
(A) – (B) o if n is even (C) – is n is odd (D) None of these
4 4

Integer Type Questions

t
t a
 f ( x) dx     f (t )  f (a) 
2 
11. If f (x) is a polynomial and if lim a
 0 a , then degree of f (x) can be atmost be :
t a (t  a )3

x2
2
 cos t dt
12. The value of lim 0
x 0 x sin x

ANSWER KEY

1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (A, C, D)

10. (A, C) 11. 1 12. 1

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

3
1. The value of f (0) so that the function f ( x)  1  x  1  x becomes continuous, is equal to :
x
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/4 (C) 2 (D) 1/3

2. If f (x) = 1/(1 – x), then the number of points of discontinuity composite function y = f ( f ( f (x))) are :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

(a  x )2 sin(a  x )  a 2 sin a
3. f ( x)  , x  0 the value of f (0) so that f is continuous at x = 0 is :
x
(A) a2 cos a + a sin a (B) a2 cos a + 2a sin a (C) 2a2 cos a + a sin a (D) none of these

(e x  e)
4. The value of f (1) so that the function f ( x)  is continuous at x = 1 is :
( x  1)
(A) e2 (B) e (C) e–1 (D) none of these

5. If f (x) = Sgn (x2 – ax + 1) has maximum number of points of discontinuity, then number of integral values of a

can be where a   50,50 

(A) 101 (B) 48 (C) 96 (D) 94

 1
6. f ( x )  lim sin 2 n (x)   x   , where [ . ] denotes the greatest integer function is :
n   2
(A) continuous at x = 1 but discontinuous at x = 3/2
(B) continuous at x = 1 and x = 3/2
(C) discontinuous at x = 1 and x = 3/2
(D) discontinuous at x = 1 but continuous at x = 3/2
  2sin x , if x    2

7. Let f ( x )   A sin x  B, if   2  x   2 if the function f(x) is continious then
 cos x , if x   2
(A) 3A + B = 0 (B) A + B > 0 (C) A – B = 0 (D) –2 < 2A + B < 0

More than One Option Correct Type Questions

sin3x  A sin2x  B sin x

8. If f(x)  , is continous everywhere then
x5
(A) f(0) = 1 (B) A = 4 (C) A = –4 (D) B = –5

 sin(a  1) x  sin x
 for x  0
 x
9. If the function f ( x)   c for x  0 is continuous at x = 0 then
 ( x  bx 2 )1/ 2  x1/ 2
 for x  0
 bx3/ 2

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(A) a  , b  2, c  (B) a  , b  –2, c 
2 2 2 2
3 1 3 1
(C) a  , b  0, c  (D) a  – , b  –1, c 
2 2 2 2

10. f(x) = sin–1 [ex] + sin–1 [e–x], where [.] greatest integer function, then :
(A) domain of f(x) = (– ln 2, ln 2) (B) range of f(x) = {}
(C) f(x) has removable discontinuit at x = 0 (D) f(x) = cos–1 x has only one solution

Integer Type Questions

 x3  ax 2  2
 0  x 1
 x2  3x  2

11. Let f(x)   b2 x 2  bx  1 x 1 be continuous at x=1 and b is negative then c – b
 1/(ln x)2

 1  lnc.tan2 (x  1)

 1 x  2


 1  cos 4 x
 if x  0
 x2

12. Let f ( x)   a if x  0 determine the value of a, if possible so that the function is continuous at
 x
 if x  0
 16  x  4
x=0

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ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (A, C) 9. (A, B, D)
10. (A, C) 11. (5) 12. (8)

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. The function f (x) = (x2 – 1) | x2 – 3x + 2 | + cos ( | x |) is not differentiable at :
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
2. Let f : R  R be any function. Define g : R  R by g (x) = | f (x) | for all x. Then g is :
(A) Onto if f is onto (B) One one if f one one
(C) Continuous if f is continuous (D) Differentiable if f is differentiable
3. Let f : R  R be a function defined by, f (x) = max {x, x3}. The set of all points where f (x) is NOT differentiable
is :
(A) {– 1, 1} (B) {– 1, 0} (C) {0, 1} (D) {– 1, 0, 1}
4. The left hand derivative of, f (x) = [x] sin ( x) at x = k, an integer is :
(A) (– 1)k (k – 1)  (B) (– 1)k – 1 (k – 1)  (C) (– 1)k k  (D) (– 1)k – 1 k 

 tan 1 x if | x | 1
5. The domain of the derivative of the function f (x) =  1 (| x | 1) if | x | 1 is :
 2
(A) R – {0} (B) R – {1} (C) R – {– 1} (D) R – {–1, 1}
1/ x
 f (1  x) 
6. Let f : R  R be such that f (1) = 3 and f ' (1) = 6. The Limit  equals :
x0  f (1) 
(A) 1 (B) e1/2 (C) e2 (D) e3
x
7. The set of all points where the function f(x) = is differentiable is :
1 | x |
(A) (–, ) (B) [0, ) (C) (–, 0)  (0, ) (D) (0, )
More than One Option Correct Type Questions

8. Let h (x) = min {x, x2}, for every real number of x. Then :
(A) h is cont. for all x (B) h is diff. for all x
(C) h' (x) = 1, for all x > 1 (D) h is not diff. at two values of x
9 Which of the following functions is not differentiable at x = 0 ?
(A) cos ( | x | ) + | x | (B) cos ( | x | ) – | x | (C) sin ( | x | ) + | x | (D) sin ( | x | ) – | x |
[x]  1  5 1 
10. f(x) = {x}  1, for f : 0,    , 3  , where [.] represents greatest integer function and {.} represents fractional
 2  2 
part of x. then which of the following is true.
(A) f(x) is injective discontinuous function (B) f(x) is surjective non-differentiable function
 
(C) min  lim– f(x), lim f(x)   f(1) (D) max (x values of point of discontinuity) = f(1)
 x 1 x 1 


Integer Type Questions

 | x2 – 1| –1, x  1
11. Let f(x) =  . If the number of point at which f(x) is not continous is a’ and the number of
| 2x – 3 | – | x – 2 |, x  1
points at which f(x) is non-differentiable is b then a + b is :
1
12. The number of values of x  [0, 2] at which the real function f ( x)  x   | x  1|  tan x is not finitely
2
differentiable is ____ .
ANSWER KEY
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (A, C, D) 9. (A, B, C)
10. (A, B, D) 11. 5 12. 3
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More than One Option Correct Type Questions
1. If f(x) = | 2x + 1 | + | x – 2 | then f(x) is :
(A) cont. at all the points (B) conti. at x = 2 but not differentiable at x = –1/2
(C) discontinuous at x = –1/2 and x = 2 (D) not derivable at x = –1/2 and x = 2
2. f(x) = |[x]x | in –1  x  2, where [x] is greatest integer  x then f(x) is :
(A) cont. at x = 0 (B) discont. x = 0 (C) not diff. at x = 2 (D) diff. at x = 2
3. f(x) = 1 + x. [cos x] in 0 < x  /2, where [ ] denotes greatest integer function then :
(A) It is continuous in 0 < x < /2 (B) It is differentiable in 0 < x < /2
(C) Its maximum value is 2 (D) Range is not singleton
4. f(x) = (sin–1 x)2. cos (1/x) if x  0; f(0) = 0, f(x) is :
(A) cont. no where in –1  x  1 (B) cont. every where in –1  x  1
(C) differentiable no where in –1  x  1 (D) differentiable everywhere in –1 < x < 1
  
5. f(x) = | x | + | sin x | in   ,  . It is :
 2 2
(A) Conti. no where (B) Conti. every where
(C) Differentiable no where (D) Differentiable everywhere except at x = 0
6. If f(x) = 3(2x + 3)2/3 + 2x + 3 then,
(A) f(x) is cont. but not diff. at x = –3/2 (B) f(x) is diff. at x = 0
(C) f(x) is cont. at x = 0 (D) f(x) is diff. but not cont. at x = –3/2
7. If f(x) = 2 + | sin–1 x |, it is :
(A) continuous no where (B) continuous everywhere in its domain
(C) differentiable no where in its domain (D) Not differentiable at x = 0


 0 if x<a
 x
8. Let f : [a, b]  [1, ) be a continouse function and let g : R  R defined as g(x) =   f(t)dt if a  x  b then
a

 b f(t)dt if x b
 a
(A) g(x) is continous but not differentiable at a (B) g(x) is differentiable on R
(C) g(x) is continous but not differentiable at b (D) g(x) is continous and differentiable at either a or b but not both

9. A function which is continuous and not differentiable at x = 0 is :

(A) f(x) = x for x < 0 and f(x) = x2 for x  0 (B) g(x) = x for x < 0 and g(x) = 2x for x  0
(C) h(x) = x | x | x  R (D) K(x) = 1 + | x |, x  R
10. If sin–1x + | y | = 2y then y as a function of x is :
(A) defined for –1  x  1 (B) continuous at x = 0
dy 1
(C) differentiable for all x (D) such that = for –1 < x < 0
dx 3 1  x2

 
Min [ f (t ) / 0  t  x] for 0  x  2
11. Let f(x) = cos x and H(x) =    , then :
 x for  x3
2 2

(A) H(x) is cont. and deri. in [0, 3] (B) H(x) is cont. but not deri. at x =
2

(C) H(x) is neither cont. nor deri. at x = (D) Max. value of H(x) in [0, 3] is 1
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3
cot 1
  2x 3  3
x2  for x  0
12. Given f(x) =  2 where { } & [ ] denotes the fractional part and the integral part
 x
   cos  e  1/ x
for x  0

functions respectively, then which of the following statement does not hold good.
(A) f(0) = 0 (B) f(0+) = 3
(C) f(0) = 0  continuity of f at x = 0 (D) irremovable discontinuity of f at x = 0

Integer Type Questions

13. A differentiable function f satisfying a relation
1 3f(h) – 1 2
f(x+y) = f(x) + f(y) + 2xy(x+y)– x, y  R and lim  . Then the value of [f(2)] is
3 h 0 6h 3
(where [x] represents greatest integer function)

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ANS WER KEY

1. (A), (B), (D) 2. (A), (C) 3. (A), (B) 4. (B), (D) 5. (B), (D) 6. (A), (B), (C)
7. (B), (D) 8. (A), (C) 9. (A), (B), (D) 10. (A), (B), (D) 11. (A), (D) 12. (B, D)
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Paragraph type Questions
Paragraph - 1
2 f(x)  x 2n g(x)
Consider f(x) = x + ax + 3 and g(x) = x + b and F(x) = lim .
n 1  x 2n
1. If F(x) is continuous at x = 1, then
(A) b = a + 3 (B) b = a – 1 (C) a = b – 2 (D) None of these
2. If F(x) is continuous at x = –1, then
(A) a + b = –2 (B) a – b = 3 (C) a + b = 5 (D) None of these
3. If F(x) is continuous at x = ±1, then f(x) = g(x) has :
(A) Imaginary roots (B) Both the roots positive
(C) Both the roots negative (D) Roots of opposite signs.
Paragraph - 2
x –x
a(e  e )b
If lim  4 then.
x 0 2
x
4. The equation of ellipse whose centre is (0, 10)) and length of major and minor axis of ellipse as |b| & |a| is :
(A) x2 + 4 (y – 10)2 = 16(B) 64x2 + 16(y – 10)2 = 64 (C) 9x2 + 27 (y – 10)2 = 27 (D) 27x2 + 9 (y – 10)2 = 27
5. Length of sub-normal to curve y2 = x3 at point (a, b) is equal to :
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 24 (D) 32
6. 2
The ‘c’ of LMVT for curve y = x – x + 1 for the interval [b, a] is :
(A) 0 (B) –2 (C) 4 (D) None of these
2 2
7. Let f (x) = x + bx + c, where D = b – 4c > 0
Column-I Column-II
(Conduction on b and c) (Number of points of non-differentiability of g(x) = | f (| x |) |
(A) b < 0, c > 0 (P) 1
(B) c = 0, b < 0 (Q) 2
(C) c = 0, b > 0 (R) 3
(D) b = 0, c < 0 (S) 5

8. Match the column ([.] denotes g.i.f)

Column I Column II
(A)   (P) 
Lt x cos .sin 
x  8x 8x 8
(B) (Q)
tan[– 2 ]x 2 – [– 2 ]x2 8
Lt 
x  2
sin (x) 

(C) (R) n–1

2x – sin x  cos x
Lt  e 2
x  x  cos2 x  sin2 x
(D) 1 (S) 0
 xn – 1  x–1
Lt   
x 1 n(x – 1) 
 

(T) 2

Answer Key
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (A) S; (B) R; (C) P;(D) Q
8. (A) P; (B) S; (C) T;(D) R

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. If graphs of | y | = f(x) and y = | f(x) | are given as below (a, b > 0).

Then identify the correct statement :

(A) f(x) is discontinuous at 2 points in [–b, b] and non-differentiable at 2 points in (–b, b).
(B) f(x) is discontinuous at 2 points in [–b, b] and non-differentiable at 3 points in (–b, b)
(C) f(x) is discontinuous at 3 points in [–b, b] and non-differentiable at 3 points in (–b, b)
(D) f(x) is discontinuous at spquits in [–b, b] and non-differentiable at 4 points in (–b, b)

n2  n
 1 
2. lim  1  2  
n 
 n  cos n 
1
(A) 1 (B) e (C) (D) e 2
e

3. Let f :    be a function such that f  0   1 and for any

x, y  , f  xy  1  f  x  f  y   f  y   x  2 holds. Then lim f  x  
x0
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) – 1 (D) 1

4. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Now g(x) is defined as below :
     
[ f ( x )], x  0,    ,  
g ( x)    2 2 
 3 
x
 2

2(sin x  sinn x)  | sin x  sinn x |

Where f(x) = ,n R then
2(sin x  sinn x)  | sin x  sinn x |

(A) g(x) is continuous and differentiable at x = when n > 1
2

(B) g(x) is continuous and differentiable at x = when 0 < n < 1
2

(C) g(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = when n > 1
2

(D) g(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = when 0 < n < 1
2

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5. The function f(x) =  , x  0 is continuous at x =0. Then :
x e2x  1
(A) f(0) = - 1
(B) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
1
(D) f '(0) 
3

 (sin(x  h))ln( x  h) – (sin x)ln x  

6. Let f(x) = lim   then f   is :
h 0  h 2
 

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) ln   (D) None of these
 2

7. For how many different value of b, the function

  1
 sin  x  2  1
   x
 2x  a 2
 1 1
f (x) =  b x  is continuous at x 
 2 2
 2x 2  3x  1 1
 x
 c  2x 2

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 2

n
 1 1 
8. If f (x) =   x     x    1  then lim f (0) is
n
1
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) None of these

n  r –1 1 n r 
9. The value of lim   . Cr . Ct .3 t  is equal to :
 n 
r 1  t 0 5
n

(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) None of these

ef( x) – 1
10. If x = 2 is a real root of cubic equation f(x) = 3x3 + bx2 + bx + 3 = 0 then the value of lim 
1 2x – 1
x
2
27 –27 –27 27
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 8 8

More than One Option Correct Type Questions

11. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

f(x)
(A) If f(x) is discontinuous and g(x) is continuous at x = a  g(a)  0  , then must be discontinuous at
g(x)
x = a.
(B) If f(x) is defined in [a, b] and f(a) f(b)< 0, then the equation f(x)=0 has atleast one real root in (a, b ).
(C) If f(x) is continuous at x = a (f (a)  0) and g (x) is discontinuous at x = a, then the function
h (x) = f(x) g(x) must be discontinuous at x = a.
(D) If fog (x) is continuous at x=a and g(x) is also continuous at x=a, then f(x) must be continuous at x = a.

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x
12. Let Lim  2  a  e
x x x
 = L. Which of the following is(are) correct?
x 

(A) If L = a (a > 0), then the range of a is [e, ).

(B) If L = 2e (a > 0), then the range of a is {2e}.
(C) If L = e (a > 0), then the range of a is (0, e].
e 
(D) If L = 2a (a > 1), then the range of a is  ,   .
2 
sin x
13. Number of solution of the equation = 1 in the interval [, 2] is also equal to
1  cos x
x
(A) Lim  e x  1
x 0

(B) derivative of y = esin x – sin x – 1 with respect to x, when x = 0.

(C) number of points of non-derivability of function y = | cos x | in (0, 2).

(D) value of definite integral  sin x dx


Integer Type Questions

14. The number of points where xf  x   | x  2 | 1 is non-differentiable in x  (0, 3). Where

  2x  
  1  2cos  k  
f  x    3 .
k 1  3 
 
 

15. Let f (x) be a non-constant thrice differentiable function defined on (–, ) such that
f (x) = f (6 – x) and f ' (0) = 0 = f '(2) = f '(5). Determine the minimum number of zeroes of
2
g(x) =  f ''(x) + f '(x) f '''(x) in the interval [0, 6] is K, then [k/2]=........If [.] denote G.I.F.

16. The sequence an  1 , n  N is an arithmetical progression and d is its common difference.

 d2   d2   d2  1
If Lim  1  2   1  2  ......  1  2  converges to and a1 = 8, then find the value of d.
n
 a1  a 2   an  4

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Answer Key
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (1) 9. () 10. (C)
11. (A,C) 12. (A,B,C) 13. (B,,D) 14. (5) 15. (6) 16. (6)

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. For a certain value of c, Lim [(x5 + 7x4 + 2)C - x] is finite & non zero. The value of c and the value of the limit is
x 
(A) 1/5, 7/5 (B) 0, 1 (C) 1, 7/5 (D) none

y3
2. The value of xlim , (as (x, y)  (1, 0) along the line y = x – 1) is :
1
y0 x3  y2  1
1 3
(A) (B) 0 (C) (D) –1
2 2

3. ABC is an isosceles triangle inscribed in a circle of radius r. If AB = BC and ‘h’ is the altitude from A to BC.

If the triangle ABC has perimeter P and area ‘’ then lim 512 r  3 is:
h 0 p
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C)512 (D) None of these

4. Which of the following is correct :

(A) The equation log1.5 (cot–1 x – sgn(ex)) = 2 has one real solution. (where sgn (.) denotes signum function)
(B) The functions y = 1–x – [x] – [1–x] and y = 1 – x – ( lim (cos2n+1 2x) + (sin2nx)) are not identical
n
(where [.] represents greatest integer function).
n
n
(C) lim
n
 r – n2  –1
r 1
1
(D) The equation x–5  has no real root.
x3

5. If f (x – y), f (x) f (y) and f (x + y) are in A.P. for all x, y and f (0)  0, (where f is differentiable function) then :
(A) f (4)  f ( 4) (B) f (2)  f ( 2)  0 (C) f '(2)  f '(2) (D) f '(2)  4

6. A function y = f (x) has a second order derivative f"(x) = 6(x – 1). If it's graph passes through the point (2,
1) and at that point tangent to the graph is y = 3x – 5, then the function is :
3 3 2 2
(A) (x + 1) (B) (x – 1) (C) (x – 1) (D) (x + 1)

 cos x – 1  cos x – e x 
7. The integer n for which lim is a finite non-zero number is ______
x0 xn
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C)3 (D) None of these

8. 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)   if L denotes the number of points
 x – [x] , if [x] is odd
of discontinuity and M denotes the number of points of non-derivability of f(x), then find (L + M).
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) None of these

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9. The number of points of non-derivability of the function f(x) =   sgn   in (–2, 2) is
    x 
 
(Where [y], {y} and sgn (y) denote largest integer y, fractional part of y and signum function of y
respectively)
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5

More than One Option Correct Type Questions

10. Let f be a differentiable function on R satisfying f(x + y) = f(x) f(y)  x, y  R, and f(1) = 2. If in a triangle
ABC, a = f(3), b = f(1) + f(3), c = f(3) – f(1), then which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
[Note: All symbols used have usual meaning in triangle ABC.]
(A) Area of triangle is 24.
(B) Radius of circle inscribed in triangle ABC is 2.
(C) Distance between orthocentre and circumcentre of triangle ABC is 5.
A 1
(D) The value of tan equals .
2 2

11. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

(A) Let f : R  R be a continuous function such that Lim f(x) = c (where c is a finite number), then f
x

(x) must be many one function.

(B) Let f : (– 3, 3)  [– 9, 9] be defined as f(x) = x | x | then f(x) is an odd and onto function.
(C) If f is continuous on [– 2, 2] such that f (–2) = 4 and f (2) = 1 then there exists a number
c such that | c | < 2 and f (c) = e.
(D) Let f : (–1, 3)  Q be a continuous function such that f (0) = 5 then f (2) is also equal to 5.

n
12. If f(x)   an | x |n , where ai are real constant, then f(x) is :
n 0
(A) Continuous at x = 0 for all ai (B) Differentiable at x =0 for all ai R
(C) Differentiable at x =0 for all a2k 1  0 (D) None of these

Integer Type Questions

13. Let the equations x3 + 2x2 + px + q = 0 and x3 + x2 + px + r = 0 have two roots in common and the third
root of each equation are represented by  and  respectively.

 x log1x   
e , 1  x  0

If f (x) = a, x 0 is continuous at x = 0, then find the value of 2(a + b).


x
 ln e   x
2


b , 0  x 1
 tan x

14. Suppose that f is differentiable for all x and f (x)  2, x if f(1)  2, f(4)  8 . Then f(2) has the value equal
to

1  sin x sin3x sin5x sin7x

15. lim 2
 L, then 2L =
x

2  2x   
Answer Key
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (A,B,C,D)
11. (A,C,D) 12. (A,C) 13. (9) 14. (4) 15. (21) 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

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