LIMITS

EXERCISE – 0

 2x  3(3x  5)(4x  6) 

Q1 The value of lim   is
x   3x 3  x  1 
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 8 (d) does not exist

1 1 1 1
Q2 The value of lim    ..............  is
n  1.2 2.3 3.4 n(n  1)
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) does not exist

3 n 1  4 n 1
Q3 lim equals
x  3n  4 n
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 4

 2x 2  7x  6 
Q4 the value of lim  2  is
x 2  5x  11x  2 
 
(a) ½ (b) 1/4 (c) 1/9 (d) does not exist

 x 8
Q5 The value of lim   is
x 64  3 x  4 
 
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) does not exist

1 x  4
Q6 The value of lim is
x 5 x 5
(a) –1/2 (b) ¾ (c) 1 (d) 3/8

a  2x  3x
Q7 lim equals
xa x  3a  2 x
(a) 1/ 3 (b) 2/ 3 (c) 2/3 3 (d) 2/3

1  cos x
Q8 The value of lim is
x 0 sin x
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0

Q9 lim

sin e x -2  1equals
x 2 log(x  1)
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) 2

a x  bx
Q10 The value of lim is
x 0 x
(a) log (a/b) (b) log (b/a) (c) log (ab) (d) 0

Q11 lim x log x equals

x 0
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

x 2  2x
Q12 The values of lim is
x 0 2sinx
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) –1 (d) 3
 x k  5k
Q13 If lim = 500, then the positive integral value of k is
x 5 x 5
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6

Q14 lim
cos x  sin  x  1 equals
x2 x2
(a) cos2  log cot  (b) sin2  log sin  (c) cos2  (d) none of these

1  cos 3 x
Q15 lim equals
x 0 x sin x cos x
(a) ¼ (b) 1 (c) 3/2 (d) does not exist

Q16 The value of lim sin x 1 / cos x is

x / 2
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) does not exist

5/ x
 a x  bx  cx 
Q17 lim   equals
x 0  3 
 
1/5
(a) (abc) (b) (abc)1/3 (c) (abc)5/3 (d) 0

 4 x, x  0

Q18. If f ( x)   1, x  0 , then lim f ( x) equals
x0
3x 2 , x  0

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) Does not exist

 1, x  1
x 3 , 1  x  1

Q19. If f ( x)   , then
1  x, 1 x  2
3  x 2 , x2
(a) f(x) = 1 (b) lim f ( x)  1 (c) lim f ( x )  1 (d) lim f ( x)  0
x 1 x 2 x2

Q20. The value of lim  x  ( x 2  x)  is

x  
(a) 1/2 (b) – 1/2 (c) 1 (d) – 1

3n 2  1  2n 2  1
Q21. The value of lim is
n  4n  3
1 1
(a) ( 3  2) (b) ( 3  2 ) (c) ( 3  2 ) (d) None of these
4 4

cosh x  cos x
Q22. lim equals
x 0 x sin x
(a) 1/2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) – 1
x x
e e
Q23. lim equals
x 0 sin  x  sin  x
(a) 0 (b)  –  (c) – 1 (d) 1

Q24. lim tan x log sin x equals

x / 2

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) none of these

 log(1  kx 2 )
Q25. The value of lim is
x 0 1  cos x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) k (d) 2k

Q26. The value of lim(cosec x)1 / log x is

x 0

(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) e (d) 1/e

1/ x
 log(1  x) 
Q27. lim   equals
x 0
 x 
(a) e–1 (b) e2 (c) e–1/2 (d) none of these
1 / x3
 tan x 
Q28. The value of lim  is
x 0
 x 
(a) 0 (b)  (c) e1/4 (d) Does not exist
1 f ( x)  f (3)
Q29. Let f ( x)  , then the value of lim is
18  x 2 x 3 x 3
(a) 0 (b) – 1/9 (c) – 1/3 (d) None of these
(1  sin x)  (1  sin x )
1/ 3 1/ 3
Q30. lim equals
x 0 x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2/3 (d) 1/3
1 3 n
 1   .......
Q31. The value of lim 2 2 2 is
n  25n 2  n  3
(a) 0 (b) 1/100 (c)  (d) None of these

Q32. The value of lim [ x tan x  ( / 2) sec x] is

x / 2

(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of these

Q33. lim (4 n  5 n )1/n equals

n 

(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) e (d) None of these

Q34. lim x  [ x] equals

x 3 / 2

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1/2 (d) 3/2

sin( x  h) log( x  h)  sin x log x
Q35. The value of lim is
h 0 h
cos x cos x sin x
(a)  log sin x (b) (c) x cos x + log sin x (d) cos x log x 
x x x
Q36. Which of the following limits exists?
(a) lim x | x | (b) lim [ x] (c) lim x sin 1 / x (d) All the above
x0 x1 / 4 x 0

xb  ab
Q37. The value of lim (a > b) is
x a x2  a2
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (b) (d)
4a a ab 2a a  b 4a a  b
  
Q38. lim  x tan x  sec x  equals

x / 2 2 
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of these

Q39. The value of lim ( x  e x ) 2 / x is

x 
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) e (d) e2
 EXERCISE – I
1/ x2
 2(cosh x  1) 
Q1. lim   equals
x 0
 x2 
(a) 1/12 (b) – 1/12 (c) e1/12 (d) e–1/12

    
 3 sin  6  h   cos 6  h  
lim       is equal to
Q2.
h 0 


3h 3 cosh  sinh 


 
(a) 2/3 (b) 4/3 (c)  2 3 (d) – 4/3

Q3. If f(x) = x – [x], then lim f ( x) equals (where n  N)

x n 0

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) n (d) n – 1

x 4 sin(1 / x)  x 2
Q4. lim equals
x   1 | x |3
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) 

lim tan 2 x  2 tan x  3

Q5. The value of x  tan 1 3 is
tan 2 x  4 tan x  3
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c)  (d) None of these

 x 1  x  
 e  log  e  
    is equal to
Q6. lim  
 tan x  x
x 0

 
(a) 1/2 (b) – 1/2 (c) – 1 (d) None of these

a x
 a 1/ x
Q7. lim (a > 1) is equal to
x 0
a x
 a 1/ x

(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these

1  cos(ax 2  bx  c)
Q8. If ,  are roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, then lim is equal to
x  (x  α) 2
1 a2 2
(a) 0 (b) (  ) 2 (c) (α  β) 2 (d)  (   ) 2
2 2 2

Q9. lim {x  ( x  [ x]) 2 } equals

x2
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

  x 1  1  x 
Q10. lim x. tan 1    tan   equals
x 
  x  2   x  2 
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 1/2 (d) – ½

 ( x  1)10  ( x  2)10  ...........  ( x  100)10 

Q11. lim   is equal to
x 
 x10  1010 
(a) 102 (b) 103 (c)  (d) 104
  1 2 n 
Q12. lim    .......  is equal to
n  1  n 2
 1 n 2
1  n 2 
(a) 0 (b) – 1/2 (c) 1/2 (d) None of these

1  cos3 x
Q13. The value of Lim is
x 0 x sin x cos x
2 3 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 2 4

x  sin x
Q14. Lim is equal to
x 0 x  sin 2 x
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c)  (d) None of these

x  2a  x  2a
Q15. The value of Lim is
x  2a
x 2  4a 2
1 1 a
(a) (b) (c) (d) 2 a
a 2 a 2

Q16. If f : R  R defined by f(x) = 5x + 2a cos x + 3a is invertible, if a belongs to

 5 5  5  5 
(a)  ,  (b)  0,  (c)   ,0  (d) none of these
 2 2  2  2 

| x  1 |  | x  1 | 2
Q17. Lim equals
x 0 x
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0

ax 2  bx  c (x  a)(x  b)(x  c)
Q18. Lim  2 then Lim 
x 1 (x  1) 2 x 1 (x  1)
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

x y 2  ( y  x) 2
Q19. lim 3
is equal to
x 0
 8 xy  4 x 2  8 xy 
 
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
4 2 2 2
 1  n2 
Q20. If lim  a n    b , a finite number, then

n 
 1  n 
(a) a = 1 (b) a = 0 (c) b = 1 (d) b = – 1

Q21. lim(cos  a sin bx)1/x is equal to

x 0
(a) ea/b (b) eb/a (c) eab (d) none

 sin[ x]
 for [x]  0
Q22. If f ( x )   [ x ] where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then lim f ( x) equals
x 0
 0 for [x]  0
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) none of these
 x tan 2 x  2 x tan x
Q23. lim is
x0 (1  cos 2 x) 2
(a) 2 (b) – 2 (c) 1/2 (d) – 1/2

e1 / x  e 1 / x
Q24. The value of lim tan 1/x is
x   e1 / x  e 1 / x
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) none of these

(1  x)1 / 4  (1  x)1 / 4
Q25. The value of lim is
x0 x
(a) 1/2 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) – 1/2

sin x n
Q26. lim (m < n) is equal to
x  0 (sin x ) m

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) n/m (d) none of these

x
 x 3
Q27. For x  R, lim   
x   x  2 

(a) e (b) e–1 (c) e–5 (d) e5

1  cos 2( x  1)
Q28. lim
x 1 x 1
(a) exists and it equals 2
(b) exists and it equals – 2
(c) does not exist because x – 1  0
(d) does not exist because left hand limit is not equal to right hand limit.

 1 1 
Q29. lim   ......... to n terms  
n  
n 1 n2 
1
(a) log 2 (b) log 3 (c) log 2
(d) 2 log 2

Q30. lim x ( x  a  x ) 
x
a a
(a) (b) 
2 2
(c) a (d) – a

1 
 2 (1  cos 2 x)
 
Q31. lim is
x0 x
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these
 EXERCISE II

x sin    sin x
Q1. The value of lim is
x x
(a) sin  –  cos  (b) sin  +  cos  (c)  sin  – cos  (d)  sin  + cos 

Q2. Which of the following limits exist

 x, when x  0
 x2  1
(a) lim f ( x) , where f(x) is defined by f ( x)  1, when x  0 (b) lim
x 0 x 1 | x  1 |
x 2 , when x  0

[ x]2  9 | x|
(c) lim , [x] is the greatest integer function (d) lim
x 3 x 2  9 x   sin x

nx
 a 1/x 1/x
1  a 2  .........  a n 
1/x

Q3. The value of lim   ai > 0, i = 1, 2, ……n, is
x 
 n 
a  a  ...... a n a  a 2  .....  a n
(a) a1 + a2 + …… + an (b) e 1 2 (c) 1 (d) a1a2a3 …… an
n

Q4. Which of the following is correct?

x2 1
 x2  1 
(a) lim  2   e2 (b) lim (cos x ) sin x  e
x x  1  x0
 
 log e (1  x) x  1  1 2 x  23  x  6
(c) lim    (d) lim  16
x0 x2 x  2 x 2
2 x  21 x

Q5. Which of the following is correct?

 1 1  1 n
r3  8 2
(a) lim  3
h 0 h 8  h
 
2h  8
(b) lim
n 
 
r3  8 7
 r 3
n
  x 1  1  x    r  
(c) lim x  tan 1 
x   x 2
  tan    2
 x  2 
(d) lim
n 
  1  r
r 1
2 4 
r  4

1  cos (ax 2  bx  c)
Q6. Let  and  be the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then lim is equal to
x α (x  α) 2
1 a2
(a) 0 (b) (  ) 2 (c) (α  β) 2 (d) none of these
2 2

Q7. Let Pn denote the perimeter of an n sided regular polygon inscribed in a circle of radius r, then lim Pn is equal to
n 
(a) r (b) 2r (c)  (d) r
 x2 1 
Q8. The values of constants a and b so that lim   ax  b  = 0 is
n  x  1
 
(a) a = 0, b = 0 (b) a = 1, b = – 1 (c) a = – 1, b = 1 (d) a = 2, b = – 1
2x
  
Q9. If lim 1     e 2 then
x   x x2 
(a)  = – 1,  = 2 (b)  = 2,  = 1
(c)  = 1,  = any real number (d)  =  = any real number
 log(2  x)  x 2 n sin x
Q10. Let f ( x )  lim , then
n  1  x 2n
(a) lim f ( x)  lim f ( x) (b) lim f ( x)  sin 1
x 1 x 1 x 1
(c) lim f ( x)  doesn’t exist (d) none of these
x 1

e{ x}  {x}  1
Q11. If {x} denotes the fractional part of x, then lim where [a] denotes the integral part of a, is equal to
x [ a ] {x}2
(a) 0 (b) 1/2 (c) e – 2 (d) none of these

tan x  sin(tan 1 (tan x))

Q12. The value of lim is
x
 tan x  cos2 (tan x)
2
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) none of these

x sin{x  [ x]}
Q13. lim , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, is
x 1 x 1
(a) 0 (b) – 1 (c) not existent (d) none of these

 1 
x 5 tan 2   3 | x |2 7
Q14. lim  x  
x   | x |3 7 | x | 8
1
(a)  (b) 0 (c)  (d) does not exist


[ x]  [2 x]  [3 x]  .....  [nx]
Q15. If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x then lim equals
n  n2
(a) x/2 (b) x/3 (c) x (d) 0
8
 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 
1

 a  x  2(ax )1 / 4

log 4 a 
Q16. lim   1 / 4 1 / 4   3 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 2  2  is
x a  a
 x  x  a x  a1 / 2 x1 / 4  a 3 / 4  
  
(a) a (b) a3/4 (c) a2 (d) none of these

sin 2 x  a sin x
Q17. The value of a for which tends to a finite limit as x  0 is
x3
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) – 3 (d) none of these

Q18. 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
1
(1  x)1 / x  e  ex
Q19. The value of lim 2 is
2
x0 x
11 11 e
(a) e (b)  e (c) (d) none of these
24 24 24
e[ x ]| x|  2
Q20. If f ( x)  then
[ x] | x |
(a) lim f ( x)  1 (b) lim f ( x)  0 (c) lim f ( x) does not exist (d) lim f ( x) does not exist
x 0 x 0 x0 x 0
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Q21. The lim x 5  3
is
x .0 x 
(a) a nonzero real number (b) a rational number
(c) an integer (d) zero

Q22. Let f(x) = [x] + [– x]. Then for any integer n and k  R ~ I.
(a) lim f ( x) exist (b) lim f ( x) exist
x n x k
(c) f is continuous at x = n (d) f is continuous at x = k

sin x
 sin x  x  sin x
Q23. The value of lim  is
x  0 x 

(a) e (b) 1 (c) e2 (d) 1/3

(sin x  tan x) 2  (1  cos 2 x) 4  x5

Q24. lim is equal to
x0 7 tan 7 x  sin 6 x  2 sin 5 x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1/2 (d) 2

 sin 1 ([ x]  x) 
 , [ x ]  0
Q25. If f ( x)   [ x]  where [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then lim f ( x) is
x 0
0, [ x]  0

(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these

sin[cos x]
Q26. lim , (where [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x) is
x  0 1  [cos x ]

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) none of these

f ( x)
Q27. If x2 + x3  x + f(x)  x5 – x3, for values of x near 0, then lim is
x0 x
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) none of these
ANSWERS
EXERCISE – 0

Q1 c Q2 a Q3 d Q4 Q5 c
Q6 a Q7 c Q8 d Q9 b Q10 a
Q11 a Q12 c Q13 b Q14 d Q15 c
Q16 a Q17 c Q18. a Q19. c Q20. b
Q21. a Q22. c Q23. d Q24. a Q25. d
Q26. d Q27. c Q28. d Q29. d Q30. c
Q31. b Q32. a Q33. b Q34. c Q35. d
Q36. d Q37. d Q38. a Q39. d

EXERCISE – I

Q1. c Q2. b Q3. a Q4. c Q5. 2

Q6. b Q7. b Q8. c Q9. d Q10. c
Q11. a Q12. b Q13. c Q14. b Q15. b
Q16. a Q17. d Q18. b Q19. a Q20. a
Q21. c Q22. d Q23. c Q24. b Q25. a
Q26. b Q27. c Q28. d Q29. a Q30. a