CHAPTER PRACTICE PROBLEMS

Subject: Mathematics Topic: Continuity and Differentiability

x−2
1. Let f ( x ) = , then in [ 0, π ]
2
1
(a) tan ( f ( x ) ) and both are continuous.
f ( x)
(b) tan ( f ( x ) ) is continuous but f −1 ( x ) is not continuous.

( )
(c) tan f −1 ( x ) and f −1 ( x ) are discontinuous.
(d) None of these
2
2. f ( x ) = [ x ] −  x 2  , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then f ( x ) is
(a) continuous at x = 1 but not at x = –1
(b) continuous at x = –1 but not at x = 1
(c) continuous at x = 1 and x = –1
(d) discontinuous at x = 1 and x = –1

3. f ( x ) = [ x] + { x} , where [.] and {.} denote the greatest integer function and
fractional part respectively, then f ( x ) is
(a) continuous but non-differentiable at x = 1
(b) differentiable at x = 1
(c) discontinuous at x = 1
(d) None of these

4. If f ( x) be continuous function for all x and satisfies,

x 2 + ( f ( x ) − 2 ) x − 2 3 + 3 − 3 . f ( x ) = 0 , ∀x ∈ R . Then f ( 3 ) is equal to
 2 
(a) zero (b) 2 1 −


3
(
(c) 2 1 − 3 ) (d) none of these

5. Let f ( x ) = [ x ] + 1 − x , x ∈ ( −1, 3) , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function.

Total number of points where f ( x ) is non differentiable, is
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

6. A function y = f ( x ) is defined parametrically as y = t 2 + t t , x = 2t − t , t ∈ R .

Then at x = 0, f ( x ) is
(a) continuous but non-differentiable (b) differentiable
(c) discontinuous (d) none of these

 x3 , x 2 < 1
7. Let f ( x ) =  . Then domain of f ' ( x ) is
2
 x, x ≥ 1
(a) ( −∞, ∞ ) ∼ {1} (b) ( −∞, ∞ ) ∼ {1, − 1}

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 (c) ( −∞, ∞ ) ∼ {1, − 1, 0} (d) ( −∞, ∞ ) ∼ {−1}
8. f ( x ) = maxi.{4, 1 + x 2 , x 2 − 1} ∀x ∈ R . Total number of points, where f ( x ) is non-
differentiable, is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) None of these

9. If f ( x ) = maxi.{2sin x, 1 − cos x} , ∀x ∈ ( 0, π ) , then f ' ( x ) becomes zero at

5π
(a) x = (b) x = x0 , where 2 sin x0 + cos x0 = 1
12
π π
(c) x = (d) x =
12 2

minimum { f ( t ) : −2 ≤ t ≤ x} , x ∈ [ −2, 0 )
10. f ( x ) = x2 − 2 x , g ( x ) =  . Then g ( x ) is
maximum { f ( t ) : 0 ≤ t ≤ x} , x ∈ [ 0, 3]
differentiable in
(a) [ −2, 3] ∼ {−1, 0, 2} (b) [ −2, 3] ∼ {−1, 2}
(c) [ −2, 3] ∼ {0, 2} (d) [ −2, 3] ∼ {−1, 0}

 x
1 + x , x ≥ 1

11. Let f ( x ) =  . Then domain of f ( x ) is
 x , x <1
1 − x
(a) ( −∞, ∞ ) ∼ {−1, 0, 1} (b) ( −∞, ∞ ) ∼ {−1, 1}
(c) ( −∞, ∞ ) ∼ {−1, 0} (d) ( −∞, ∞ ) ∼ {0, 1}
cos ecx
 1 − tan x 
12. If f ( x ) =   is to be made continuous at x = 0, then f ( 0 ) should be
 1 + sin x 
equal to
(a) e2 (b) e (c) 1/ e (d) 1/ e 2

log x e
 π 
13. If f ( x ) =  tan  + l n x   is to be made continuous at x = 1, then f (1) should
 4 
be equal to
(a) e2 (b) e (c) 1/ e (d) e−2

14. ( )
If the first derivative of the function f ( x ) = log 2 log 3 ( log1/ 2 ( cos x + a ) ) exists for
all real values of x, then
 3 1   5
(a) a ∈ 1,  (b) a ∈  , 1 (c) a ∈ 1,  (d) None of these
 2 2   2

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  ax 2 + 1, x ≤1
15. If f ( x ) =  is differentiable at x = 1, then
2
 x + ax + b, x > 1
(a) a = 1, b = 1 (b) a = 1, b = 0 (c) a = 2, b = 0 (d) a = 2, b = 1

 a 1
 x .sin   , x ≠ 1
16. If f ( x ) =  x is continuous but non-differentiable at x = 0, then

 0, x=0
(a) a ∈ ( −1, 0 ) (b) a ∈ ( 0, 2] (c) a ∈ ( 0, 1] (d) a ∈ [1, 2 )

 πx
sin , x <1
17. The function f ( x) =  2 , where [.] denotes the greatest integer
[ 2 x − 3] x, x ≥ 1

function, is
(a) continuous and differentiable at x = 1
(b) continuous but not differentiable at x = 1
(c) discontinuous at x = 1
(d) None of these

18. Which of the following is always correct?

(a) If f ' ( x ) > 0 ∀x ∈ domain, then f ( x ) must be one-one
(b) f ' ( x ) < 0 ∀x ∈ domain, then f ( x ) must be one-one
(c) If f ( x ) be continuous at x = a, then f ( x ) is also continuous at x = a
(d) If f ( x ) is continuous at x = a, f ( a ) = 2 and x = a is the point of local minima
of f ( x ) , then  f ( x )  , where [.] denotes greatest integer function, is also
continuous at x = a

minimum { f ( t ) : 0 ≤ t ≤ x} , x ∈ [ 0, π ]
19. Let f ( x ) = cos x , g ( x ) =  . Then
 sin x − 1, x >π
(a) g ( x ) is discontinuous at x = π
(b) g ( x ) is continuous for x ∈ [ 0, ∞ )
(c) g ( x ) is differentiable at x = π
(d) g ( x ) is differentiable for x ∈ [ 0, ∞ )

20. A function f : R → R + satisfies f ( x + y ) = f ( x ) . f ( y ) ∀x ∈ R . If f ' ( 0 ) = 2 , then

f ' ( x ) is always equal to
1 2
(a) f ( x ) (b) 2 f ( x ) (c) (d)
f ( x) f ( x)

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 21. f ( x ) = [sin x ] + [ cos x ] , x ∈ [ 0, 2π ] , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function.
Total number of points where f ( x ) is non-differentiable is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4

ANSWERS

1. 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (c)

5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (a)
9. (d) 10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (d)
13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (c) 16. (c)
17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (b)
21. (c)

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