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Advanced Level Problem Solving-2328

JEE 2023 | Mathematics
Syllabus: Differential Calculus-1, Differential Calculus-2
*Mark questions are more than one options correct type

1
1. If lim
n
 2n 2  n   2n 2  n   2
(where  is a real number), then: []

(A)  1 (B)   1 (C)   1 (D)    ,1

en
2. lim equals: []
n  n2
 1
1  
 n
1
(A) 1 (B) (C) e (D) e
2
3. Let BC is diameter of a circle centred at O . Point A is a variable point, moving on the circumference
BM
of circle. If BC  1 unit, then lim is equal to: []
A B  Area of sector OAB 2

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

n  
1 a
4. Let Pn   1  k l C  . If lim Pn can be expressed as lowest rational in the form , then value of
n  b
k 2  2

a  b is: []
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12

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5. Let f  x  be a quadratic function such that f  0   f 1  0 and f  2   1 , then

 
cos  cos 2 x 
 2 .
lim 2
[]
x  f  x

(A) (B)  (C) 2 (D) 4
2

6. The value of lim

 3
x  n 1  3x 
sin
is equal to: []
x 0 2  5 x   3
 tan x   e 1
1

 
1 3 2 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5

7. Let  x  denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x . Then:

2

lim
  
tan  sin 2 x  x  sin  x  x   
[]
x 0 x2
(A) does not exist (B) equals 
(C) equals 0 (D) equals   1

8. Let f  x   ax3  bx 2  cx  d and g  x   x 2  x  2 .

f  x f  x c2  d 2
If lim  1 and lim  4 , then find the value of 2 2 . []
x 1 g  x  x 2 g  x  a b

n
  
9. If   lim    r  1 sin r  1  r sin r  then find [.]. (where [.] denotes the greatest integer function)
n r 2
[]
10. Let f  x   5  x  2 and g  x   x  1 , x  R . If f  x  attains maximum value at  and g  x 

 x  1  x 2  5x  6 
attains minimum value at  , then lim is equal to: []
x  x2  6x  8
3 3 1 1
(A)  (B) (C) (D) 
2 2 2 2

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11. Let   a  and   a  be the roots of the equation  3 1  a 1 x2   1 a 1    6 1  a 1  0

where a  1 , then lim   a  and lim   a  are: []
a 0  x 0 
5 1 7 9
(A)  and 1 (B)  and 1 (C)  and 2 (D)  and 3
2 2 2 2
*12. Let f :    be a function. We say that f has
f  h  f  0
PROPERTY 1 if lim exists and is finite, and
h 0 h
f  h  f  0
PROPERTY 2 if lim exists and is finite. []
h 0 h2
Then which of the following options is/are correct?
(A) f  x   x2/3 has PROPERTY 1 (B) f  x   sin x has PROPERTY 2
(C) f  x   x x has PROPETTY 2 (D) f  x   x has PROPERTY 1

*13. Which of the following limit tends to unity? []

3 2 4
1  cos x  2sin x  sin x  x  3 x
(A) lim
x 0 tan 3 x  6sin 2 x  x  5 x3
x
(B) lim
x   x 

 
1 x
(C) lim (D) lim  
x    x   
 x x x  x  x x x 
 
*14. Which of the following limits does not exist? (where [.] represents greatest integer function) []

(A) lim  x  
1
x 1 (B) lim
 x 92
x2  6 x  9 
x 1 x 3 x 1  2

n 12 x 2 
(C) lim  x 
nx
(D) lim   
 1  cos sin 2 x  sin 2 x 
x 0 x 0   x2 
 
   tan x  2n  x 2 
   
 lim  ; x  0
*15. Let f :   ,   R, f  x   n   sin 2 x   tan x 2 n  , n  N . Which of the following
 2 2  

 1; x0
holds good? []
           
(A) f    f  (B) f    f  
 4   4   4   4
       
     
(C) f   f
 4    (D)  
f 0   f  x   f 0  
   4 

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*16. lim f  x  does not exist when (where  x  is the step-up function,  x is fractional part function of x
x c

and sgn  x  denotes signum function), then: []

(A) f  x    x    2 x  1 ; c  3 (B) f  x    x   x, c  1

2 2 tan  sgn x 
(C) f  x    x   x , c  0 (D) f  x  ,c  0
sgn x
17. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) INCORRECT? []
(A) If lim f  x  and lim g  x  both does not exist then lim f  x  g  x  also does not exist.
x c x c x c

(B) If lim f  x  and lim g  x  both does not exist then lim f  g  x   also does not exist.
x c x c x c

(C) If lim f  x  exists and lim g  x  does not exist then lim g f  x  does not exist.
x c x c x c
 
(D)
x c x c x c
 
If lim f  x  and lim g  x  both exist then lim f g  x  and lim g g  x  also exist.
x c
 
1
18. Which of the following limits equal to ? []
2

(A) lim 
 1

1
 ... 
1 
 (B) lim

 
2
3 x 2  2 x  1 3 x  x  2   

n   1.3 3.5  2n  1 2n  1  x   2 x  1 4x2 
 
1  n  2 !  n  1!
(C) lim 2 1  2  3  ....  n  (D) lim
n  n n   n  2  !  n  1 !

19. f is a continuous function on the real line. Given that x 2   f  x   2  x  3  f  x   2 3  3  0 .

Then the value of f  3 . []

(A) cannot be determined (B) 

is 2 1  3 
2 32 
(C) is zero (D) is
3
20. Let f :  0,1  R be a continuous function and assumes only rational values. If f  0   2 then the

  1   3  1 
value of tan 1  f     tan 1  f    is: []
  2   2  2 
  3
(A) (B) (C) (D) 
4 6 4

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
 sin  a  1 x  sin x
 for x0
 x
21. Determine the value of a  c for which the function f  x    c for x0
 1/2
 x  bx 2


 x1/2  for x0
 bx3/2
is continuous at x  0 . 
*22. For every pair of continuous function f , g :  0,1   such that

max  f  x  : x   0,1  max  g  x  : x   0,1 the correct statement(s) is(are):  

(A)  f  c  2  3 f  c    g  c  2  3g  c  for some c  0,1
(B)  f  c  2  f  c    g  c  2  3g  c  for some c  0,1
(C)  f  c  2  3 f  c    g  c  2  g  c  for some c  0,1
(D)  f  c  2   g  c 2 for some c  0,1
*23. If f is defined on an interval  a, b . Which of the following statement(s) is/are INCORRECT?  
(A) If f  a  and f  b  , have opposite sign, then there must be a point c   a, b  such that

f c  0 .
(B) If f is continuous on  a, b  , f  a   0 and f  b   0 , then there must be a point c   a, b 

such that f  c   0 .

(C) If f is continuous on  a, b  and there is a point c in  a , b  such that f  c   0 , then f  a 

and f  b  have opposite sign.

(D) If f has no zeroes on  a, b  , then f  a  and f  b  have the same sign.

24.  
Column-I Column-II
3
x 1
(A) lim is (P) 2
x 1 nx

x  cos x  cos 2 x 
(B) lim (Q) 3
x 0 2 sin x  sin 2 x

tan x tan x  sin x sin x 3

(C) lim is (R)
x0 x3 x 2

(D) If f  x   cos  x cos 1  and g  x  


n sec2 x  (S)
3
  4
 x x sin x
are both continuous at x  0 then f  0   g  0  equals:

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25. Consider the curve represented parametrically by the equation x  t 3  4t 2  3t and y  2t 2  3t  5

where t  R .
If H denotes the number of point on the curve where the tangent is horizontal and V the number of
point where the tangent is vertical, then: 
(A) H  2 and V  1 (B) H  1 and V  2
(C) H  2 and V  2 (D) H  1 and V  1
26. The lines tangent to the curve y 3  x 2 y  5 y  2 x  0 and x 4  x 3 y 2  5 x  2 y  0 at the origin
intersect at an angle  equal to:  
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 3 2

27. Let S be a square with sides of length x . If we approximate the change in size of the area of S by
dA
h. , when the sides are changed from x0 to x0  h , then the absolute value of the error in our
dx x  x0
approximation, is: 
(A) h2 (B) 2hx0 (C) x02 (D) h

28. The graph of a certain function f contains the point  0, 2  and has the property that for each number

' p ' the line tangent to y  f  x  at  p, f  p   intersect the x -axis at p  2 . Find  f  2   .

Where .  G  I  F   

*29. if f  x  is cubic polynomial which has local maximum at x  1 . If f  2   18 , f f 1  1 and

f '  x  has local minima at x  0 , then:  

(A) the distance between  1, 2  and  a, f  a   , where x  a is the point of local minima is 2 5 .

(B) 
f  x  is increasing for x  1, 2 5 

(C) f  x  has local minima at x  1

(D) the value of f  0   5

*30. If tangent drawn to the curve f  x   x 3  9 x  1 at P  x0 , f  x0   meets the curve again at Q , m A

denotes the slope of the tangent at A and mOB denotes the slope of the line joining ' O ' origin and a
point B on the curve, then:  
(A) mQ  4mP  27 (B) mQ  4mP  9
mOP mOP 1
(C)  2 , where x0  1 (D)  , where x0  1
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*31. For the curve represented parametrically by the equations, x  2  n cot t  1 and y  tan t  cot t
where t is parameter 

(A) tangent at t  is parallel to x -axis
4

(B) normal at t  is parallel to y -axis
4

(C) tangent at t  is parallel to the line y  x
4
(D) tangent and normal intersect at the point  2,1

32. There is a point  p, q  on the graph of f  x   x 2 and a point  r , s  on the graph of g  x   8 / x

where p  0 and r  0 . If the line through  p, q  and  r , s  is also tangent to both the curves at these

points respectively then find the value of  p  q  .  

33. Tangent at a point P1 [other than  0, 0  ] on the curve y  x 3 meets the curve again at P2 . The tangent
at P2 meets the curve at P3 & so on. Show that the abscissae of P1 , P2 , P3 ,..........Pn , from a GP. Also
area of   p2 p3 p4 
find the ratio .  
area of   p1 p2 p3 
x
2 3 x 1 1 
34. Number of critical points of the function, f  x   x      cos 2t  t  dt which lie in
3 2 12 2 
the interval  2, 2  is: 
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
35. Let f  x   1  x  x . The real values of x satisfying the inequality, 1  f  x   f 3  x   f 1  5 x 
3

are  a, b    c, d  . Find a  b  c .  
x
*36. Suppose that f  x  is a differentiable invertible function f '  x   0 and h  x    f  t  dt . Given that
1
2
f 1  f ' 1  1 and g  x  is inverse of f  x  . Let G  x   x g  x   xh  g  x   x  R . Which of
the following are correct?  
(A) G ' 1  2 (B) G ' 1  3 (C) G " 1  2 (D) G " 1  3

3 3
37. If b  a , find the minimum value of  x  8   x  4 , x  R .  

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Answer 38-40 Question by appropriately matching the information given in the three columns of the
following table.
f  x   x  log e x  x log e x , x   0,  
• Column 1 contains information about zeros of f  x  , f '  x  and f "  x  .

• Column 2 contains information about the limiting behavior of f  x  , f '  x  and f "  x  at infinity.

• Column 3 contains information about increasing/decreasing nature of f  x  , and f '  x  .

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
f  x   0 for some
(I) (i) lim f  x   0 (P) f is increasing in  0,1
x  1, e2  x 

f '  x   0 for some

(II) (ii) lim f  x   
x 
(Q) f is decreasing in e, e2

x  1, e 
f '  x   0 for some
(III) (iii) lim f '  x    (R) f ' is increasing in  0,1
x 
x   0,1
f "  x   0 for some
(IV)
x  1, e 
(iv) lim f "  x   0
x 
(S) 
f ' is decreasing in e, e
2


38. Which of the following options is the only CORRECT combination?  

(A) (IV) (i) (S) (B) (I) (ii) (R) (C) (III) (iv) (P) (D) (II) (iii) (S)

39. Which of the following options is the only CORRECT combination?  

(A) (III) (iii) (R) (B) (I) (i) (P) (C) (IV) (iv) (S) (D) (II) (ii) (Q)

40. Which of the following options is the only INCORRECT combination?  

(A) (II) (iii) (P) (B) (II) (iv) (Q) (C) (I) (iii) (P) (D) (III) (i) (R)

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*41. Let f  x  be a non-constant twice differentiable function defined on  ,   such that
f  x   f 1  x  and f ' 1 / 4   0 . Then:  
(A) f "  x  vanishes at least twice on  0,1 (B) f ' 1 / 2   0
1/2 1/2 1
 1 sin t sin t
(C) 
1/2
f  x   sin x dx  0
 2
(D)  f t  e
0
dt   f 1  t  e
1/2
dt

*42. Let f : R   R  such that f  x  is a differentiable function and f '  x   0 and

h  x   f  x  f 1  x   x 2  16 , ( f 1  x  denotes the inverse of f  x  ), then:  
(A) equation h  x   0 has at least one real root
(B) equation h  x   0 has no real root
(C) equation h  x   0 has at least two real roots
(D) f  x  f 1  x  is a decreasing function

*43. Given a function ' g ' which has a derivative g '  x  for every real x and satisfied g '  0   2 and
g  x  y   e y g  x   e x g  y  for all x and y then:  
g x
(A) lim 2
x  x
(B) g  x  is increasing function x  R
(C) g  x  is one-one function x   1,  
 2 
(D) Range of g  x  is   ,  
 e 

*44. Let y  f  x  be a bijective function and differentiable x  R then which of the following is/are
correct?  
(A) y  f 1  x  is differentiable if y  f  x  is always concave up
(B) y  f 1  x  is differentiable if y  f  x  is always concave down
(C) y  f 1  x  is differentiable if f '  x   0 has no real roots
(D) None of these

*45. Let f  x  is a derivable function, which is increasing for all x  R (having no critical point), then:
(A) f  3  4 x  is an increasing function for all x .  
(B) f  3  4 x  is an decreasing function for all x .
1
(C) f  x 2  x  increasing for x 
2
3
(D)  f  x  is an increasing function for all x .

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*46. Let g '  x   0 and f '  x   0, x  R, then:  

(A) g  f  x  1   g  f  x  1  (B) f  g  x  1   f  g  x  1 
(C) g  f  x  1   g  f  x  1  (D) g  g  x  1   g  g  x  1 

*47. If f  x   x 3  x 2  100 x  1001 , then: 

 1   1 
(A) f  2000   f  2001 (B) f  f  
 1999   2000 
(C) f  x  1  f  x  1 (D) f  3 x  5   f  3x 

*48. If the derivative of an odd cubic polynomial vanishes at two different value of ' x ' then:  
(A) coefficient of x 3 and x in the polynomial must be same in sign
(B) coefficient of x 3 and x in the polynomial must be different in sign
(C) the value of ' x ' where derivative vanishes are closer to origin as compared to the respective
roots on either side of origin.
(D) the value of ' x ' where derivative vanishes are far from origin as compared to the respective
roots on either side of origin.

2 2
*49. Let F ( x)   f  x     f '( x)  , F (0)  6 where f ( x ) is a thrice differentiable function such that
| f ( x) || x   1,1 , then choose the correct statements.  
(A) There is at least one point in each of the intervals ( 1, 0) and (0,1) where | f '( x ) | 2
(B) There is at least one point in each of the intervals ( 1, 0) and (0,1) where F ( x )  5
(C) There is no point of local maxima of F ( x ) in ( 1,1)
(D) For some c  ( 1,1), F (c )  6, F '( c )  0 and F "(c )  0

cos(2 x) cos(2 x) sin(2 x)

*50. If f ( x)   cos x cos x  sin x , then:  
sin x sin x cos x
(A) f '( x )  0 at exactly three points in ( , )
(B) f '( x )  0 at more than three points in ( , )
(C) f ( x ) attains its maximum at x  0
(D) f ( x ) attains its minimum at x  0

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