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Advanced Level Problem Solving-2322

JEE 2023 | Mathematics
Syllabus: Limits & Continuity
*Mark questions are more than one options correct type

  1 
1. Let f ( x)  lim ln  ecos x e3cos x e5cos x ...... e(2n1) cos x  . If g ( x)   3 f ( x) , then the number of
n     
 
points in [0, 2] , where g ( x) is discontinuous, is ________. [ ]
[Note: [y] denotes greatest integer function less than or equal to]

2. Let f : R  R be a continuous function such that f ( x)  19  x  Q and g ( x)  39  x 2 , then the

value of g ( f ( x)), is: []
(A) 18 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 17
3. Let y  f ( x) be an even continuous function on R whose graph is passing through the point (1, 1). If
lim f ( x)  2 and g ( x) be a function defined on R such that lim g ( x)  3, then which one of the
x0 x 0

following statements is INCORRECT? []

(A) lim f ( x  1)  1 (B) lim g (  x)  3
x 0 x0

(C) lim [ f (2 x)  g (  x)]  5 (D) lim [5 f ( x  1)  2 g (  x)]  1

x0 x0

log ( x 2  kx  k  1)
4. Let f ( x)  . If f ( x) is continuous for all x  R, then the range of k is: [ ]
x2  k
(A) (, 0)  [4, ) (B) (0, 4]
(C) [0, 4) (D) [0, 4]

 2x 
5. If lim sin 1 does not exist, then the number of possible values of a, is: []
xa  1  x 2 
[Note: [k] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to k]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

| ax 2  bx  c |
6. Let  and  be the roots of the equation, ax2  bx  c  0 where 1    , then lim 1
xm ax 2  bx  c
when: []
(A) a > 0 and m > 1 (B) a < 0 and m < 1
|a|
(C) a < 0 and   m   (D)  1 and m  
a
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{x}, if x  Q
7. Let f : R  R be defined by f ( x)   . []
 x, if x  R  Q
If lim f ( x) exist, then the true set of values of  is:
x

[Note: {k} denotes the fractional part of k and Q be the set of all rational numbers]
(A) (–1, 1) (B) (–1, 0] (C) (0, 1) (D) [0, 1)
4n  
8. If lim n2
exists and is equal to p ( p  0) where   0,  , then the value of
n  (4  3  2sin )  2
 p  cos  
  is equal to: [ ]
 p 
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10

1 1
9. Let f be a composite function of x defined by f (u )  , where u ( x)  . Then the
u  6u  11u  6
3 2
x
number of points x, where f is discontinuous is: [ ]
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1

 1 
10. If f ( x)  ( p 2  1)[tan 1 x]  4( q 2  2 q  3)    ( p  q)sgn ( x  x  2) is continuous in R and
2
 2  x2 
f ( x1 )  f ( x2 )  x1 , x2  R then largest value of | p  q | is: [ ]
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5
[Note: sgn ( y), [ y] and { y} denote signum function, greatest integer function and fractional part
function respectively]

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ln(sec(ex)sec(e2 x).....sec(e50 x))

1. The value of lim is equal to: [ ]
x 0 e2  e2cos x
e100  1 e100  1 2(e50  1) e2 (e100  1)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
e2  1 2(e2  1) e2  1 2(e2  1)

 ( p 2  1)({ x}  2[ x])  2,  2  x  1

2. If f ( x)    e x  e  x  , p, q  R is continuous in ( 2, 2) then
q    | p | ( x  1), 1  x  2
  2 
   1   
f  f  f     is: []
   2 
(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) Not defined
[Note: [k] denotes greatest integer function less than or equal to k and {k} denotes fractional part
function of k]
1 2 3
 22 2   33 3   44 4 
3. Let  am  be the m th
term of the sequence,  2   ,  3   ,  4   , ......
1 1   2 2   3 3 

The value of lim ( am )1/ m is equal to: []
m

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

x x
4. Number of points of discontinuity of f ( x)       in x  [0, 100] is/are: []
5  2
(Where [] denotes greatest integer function and {} denotes fractional part function)
(A) 50 (B) 51 (C) 52 (D) 61

5. If lim [((2009) 2010 ) n  ((2010) 2009) n]1/ n is equal to a b where a, b  N then a  b is equal to: []
n

(A) 2009 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) 0

 ln{ x}
 cot 1 (ln{x}) 
6. The value of lim   is equal to: []

x  0   
[Note: Where {} denotes fractional part function]
(A) e1/  (B) e 1/  (C) e2/  (D) e2/ 

2cot x  3cot x  51  cot x  2

7. The value of lim is: []
x   (2cot x ) 2  (9cot x )1/2  5cot x  1
(A) 5 (B) 2 (C) non-existent (D) –2

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 sin{cos x} 
 x
 2
 x
8. If f ( x)   2 , where {k} represents the fractional part of k, then: []
 
 1 x
 2

(A) f ( x) is continuous at x 
2
(B) lim f ( x) does not exist

x
2


(C) lim f ( x) exists, but f is not continuous at x 
 2
x
2

(D) lim f ( x)  1

x
2

e tan x  e x  ln(sec x  tan x)  x

9. Let f ( x)  be a continuous function at x  0. The value of f (0)
tan x  x
equals: []
(A) 1/2 (B) 2/3 (C) 3/2 (D) 2

 
 2t 2  t  1  t 2  t  1 
10. If the equation | x  1|  6 lim    k has four distinct solutions, then the
t     
 t  tan  
  8  
number of integral values of k is ____________. []

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

 (1  ax) x0
1/ x

1. Let f ( x)   b x  0, is continuous at x  0, then 3(ea  b  c) is equal to: []

 ( x  c)  1 x  0
1/3

 ( x  1)1/2  1
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

e x x cos x  x log e (1  x)  x
2. Let f ( x)  , x  0. If f ( x) is continuous at x  0, then f (0) is equal to:
x2
[]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) 2
t
| a  sin x | 1
*3. If f ( x)  lim , x  (0,6), then: [ ]
t  | a  sin x |t 1
(A) If a  1, then f ( x) has 5 points of discontinuity
(B) If a  3, then f ( x) has not points of discontinuity
(C) If a  0.5, then f ( x) has 6 points of discontinuity
(D) If a  0, then f ( x) has 6 points of discontinuity
*4. If f ( x)  sgn( x 2  ax  1) has maximum number of points of discontinuity, then: [ ]
(A) a  (2, ) (B) a  (,  2) (C) a  (2, 2) (D) None of these
5. Consider P( x)  ax2  bx  c, where a, b, c  R and P(2)  9. Let  and  be the roots of the
 
 
P( x)
equation P( x)  0. If   , then the value of lim  lim  is equal to:
  0  x   2  
 x 
 1  tan  4  x     (e  1) 
    
[ ]
3 9 5 e2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 16 4e 2 4

 ln(2  cos 2 x)
 2 ; x0
 ln (1  sin 3x)
6. Find k; if possible; so that f ( x)   k ; x  0 is continuous at x = 0. []

 esin 2 x  1
 ln(1  tan 9 x) ; x  0

2 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) Not possible
3 9 9
*7. If f ( x)  tan 1 (sgn( x2  x  1)) has exactly one point of discontinuity, then the value of  can be:
[]
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) –2

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8. If f ( x)  8sin x and g ( x)  [ f ( x)] then number of values of x in [0, 8] where f ( x) is an integer but
g ( x) is continuous, is: []
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 9
[Note: [y] denotes greatest integer function of y]

 3
9. Let f : 0,   R be a function defined as f ( x)  [3x]  {2 x}. Then the number of points of
 2
discontinuity of f ( x), is __________. []
[Note: [y] and {y} denotes greatest integer less than or equal to y and fractional part of y respectively]

10. Let f ( x) be a function defined in [0, 5] such that f 2 ( x)  1  x  [0, 5] and f ( x) is discontinuous
only at all integers in [0, 5]. Find total number of possible functions. [ ]

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 
Consider an equation log 2 (6  163  66)  44  82  13    2  4, where , ,  are integers and m,
3 
n and r are the number of values of ,  and  respectively which satisfy the above equation. [ ]
[Note: [y] denotes greatest integer function of y]

1. The number of ordered triplets (, , ) is:

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 9

 sin(  i x) 
r
2. The value of lim
x 0
  x  is equal to: (Where 1 ,  2 ,....,  r are the values of  )

i 1

(A) 17 (B) 18 (C) 19 (D) 21

 
tan  (1 2 ) x 
   8 
3. If 1  2  3  ......  n  p where 1  2  .....  n and lim 3  2 tan  x 1    e
xp   8 
then  equals:
1
(A)  (B) –2 (C) 2 (D) 4
2
1  cos{x}
*4. Let f ( x)  . If l  lim f ( x), m  lim f ( x) and n  lim f ( x), where l, m
( x  ax3  bx 2  cx)2
4
x 1 x  2 x  3

and n are non-zero finite then: []

1
(A) lim f ( x)  (B) a  b  c  1
x  0 36
19
(C) l mn  (D) lim f ( x)  0
27 x  4

[Note: {y} denotes fractional part of function of ‘y’]

    
1  cos 1  tan   x    ( x 1)  sin(( n  n 8 n) x)
n 2
 4  
5. If f ( x)  lim  , x  0 is continuous at x  0,
n  x 2 ( x  1) n  x
then the value of ( f (0)  2), is ___________. [ ]
6. Let f ( x)  sgn( x2  4x  4  k 2 ), x  R. If f ( x) is discontinuous at exactly one point then the value of
m
(tan 1 k  cos1 k  cosec1 (2k  1)) is equal to where m is a whole number. Find the value of m.
2
[Note: sgn(k ) denotes signum function of k] []

 x1/3  (3  2 x)1/4
n
n n
 , x p
7. If  sin 1  r 
2
for any n  N and p   ( r )r . If f ( x)   x2  x
r 1 r 1  x p
 k,
is continuous at x  p, then the value of 6(k  p). is __________. []

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2  f ( x) 
8. If f ( x)  23  2 x  2x 3
 x  R and g ( x)    , where [k] denotes greatest integer function less
  
than or equal to k and   N , then the sum of all values of  for which g ( x) is discontinuous for at
least one real value of x, is __________. [ ]

 sin(n cos1 x) 1  cos(n cos 1 x)  3

9. If lim    (where n  N ) exists and is equal to , then the sum of all
x 1 
 1  x2 1 x 2
 2
possible values of n, is __________. [ ]
 
10. Let  A  and a function f ( x) is defined as,
3 2
 ax 2 (sin A  sin 3 A)  (5 x  b) | sin A  sin 3 A |n
 lim , x Q
n   (sin A  sin 3 A) | sin A  sin 3 A |n
f ( x)  
 ax 2 (sin A  sin 3 A)  (5 x  b) | sin A  sin 3 A |n
lim
n   , x Q
 (sin A  sin 3
A)  | sin A  sin 3
A |n

If f ( x) is continuous at x  2 and x  3 then the value of b  a, is: [ ]

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

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
3(cos x)  1, x  0 and m  
2m
Let f ( x)  log2 ( x2  5x)  2log2 (ax  1) where a  0 and g ( x)   . [ ]

  sin 2n
x, x  0 and n  

1. If lim ( f ( x)  2)  0, then a equal:

x 

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

2. Which one of the following is true for function g ( x) ?

(A) g (0 )  g (0) (B) g (0 )  g (0)
(C) g (0 )  g (0 ) (D) g is continuous at x  0

3. The sequence {an }n 1 is defined by a1  0 and an 1  an  4n  3, n  1. Find the value of

an  a4 n  a  a  ....  a
42 n 43 n 410 n
lim . [ ]
n   an  a2 n  a 2  a 3  ....  a 10
2 n 2 n 2 n

  1 n 
 1   
ae2
If lim  
n 2 2
4.  e n  . Find the minimum value of (a  b). []
n    1
n  b
 1   
 n 

5. Let X  {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} and a, c are natural numbers selected from set X with replacement. Let

 x  x, x  1
2 
 x  cx, x  2
2
f ( x)   , g ( x)   and h( x)  f ( x)  g ( x), x  R. [ ]

 x 2
 ax, x  1 
 x 2
 4 x, x  2
N1  Number of function h( x) such that f ( x) and g ( x) are both discontinuous.
N 2  Number of function h( x) such that h( x) is continuous at x  1 and discontinuous at x  2 but
f ( x) and g ( x) are both discontinuous.
N 3  Number of function h( x) such that h( x) is discontinuous at x  1 and continuous at x  2.
Find the value of ( N1  N 2  N3 ).

 x2  x  1  4 x2  x  2   9 x 2  x  3   n2 x2  x  n 
6. If f : (0, )  N and f ( x)   2 
  
    ....   , n N
 x  1   2 x  1   3x  1   nx  1 
2 2 2

 
 f ( x)  n 
then the value of lim   , is __________. []
n  n3 (n  2) 
 ( f ( x)) 
2
4 
[Note: [y] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to y]

(1  3x  2 x 2 )1/ x  (1  3x  2 x 2 )1/ x
7. If the value of lim  ke3 , then the value of 12k is _________. [ ]
x 0 x

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Let P( x)  x5  9 x4  px3  27 x2  qx  r ( p, q, r  R) be divisible by x 2 and ,  and  are the positive roots

P( x)
of the equation  0. []
x2
8. The value of ( p  q  r ) is equal to:
(A) 9 (B) 27 (C) 81 (D) 108

9. If   1,   3 and   7 are the first three terms of a sequence whose sum of first n terms is given by


1
S n then is equal to:
n2 Sn  Sn 1
1 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D) 2
4 2

 1 1 1 1 
10. The value of lim   2  3  ....  n  is equal to:
n  p  q  r
 p q r
2 2
p q r
3 3
p  q  r 
n n

1 1 25 26
(A) (B) (C) (D)
26 27 26 27

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