SECTION-I

LEVEL-I

Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer:

3
1 x  3 1 x
1. Lt =
x 0 x
(A) 1/3 (B) 2/3
(C) 3/4 (D) none of these
x
tan
 x  2
2. The value of Lim  tan  is
x 1
 4 
(A) e–2 (B) e–1
(C) e (D) none of these
a/x
 1x  2x  3x  ...  n x 
3. The value of Lim   is
x 0
 n 
a 2a
(A) (2n!) n (B) (n!) n

a
(C) (n!) n (D) none of these
4
1 x  5 1 x
4. Lt =
x 0 x
(A) 9/20 (B) 1/20
(C) –9/20 (D) none of these

1  cos 3x
5. Lt =
x 0x[3x  1]
(A) 9/2 (B) 9/(2 log3)
9 log 3
(C) (D) none of these
2
| x 3|
6. Lt =
x 3 x 3
(A) 1 (B) –1
(C) does not exist (D) none of these
 (1  3x)5/ 3x x0
7. f (x)   . If f(x) is continuous at x = 0 then k =
 k x0
(A) e2 (B) e4
(C) e5 (D) none of these

2x  3
8. The f(x) = 2 is discontinuous at x = , x = , then  +  =
2x  5x  2
(A) 5/2 (B) –5/2
(C) 1 (D) none of these

 1 1 1 1 
9. lim 1   2  3  ....  n  , is equal to
n 
 2 2 2 2 
(A) 2 (B) 1

1
(C) (D) none of these
2
4x  3, x  1
10. f (x)   2 , then xLt
1
f (x) =
 x , x1
(A) 1 (B) –1
(C) 0 (D) none of these
 LEVEL-II

Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct choice Answers:

1. The function f(x) = 1 + |sin x| is

(A) continuous nowhere (B) continuous everywhere
(C) differentiable nowhere (D) not differentiable at an infinite number of points

1  cos  n
2 Let a  min[ x 2  2 x  3, x  R ] and b  Lim
 0 2
. The value of  a .br nr
is
r0

2 n 1  1 2 n 1  1
(A) (B)
3.2 n 3.2 n
4 n 1  1
(C) (D) none of these
3.2 n

 x  a 2 2 sin x , 0  x   / 4

3. If the function f (x)   x cot x  b ,  / 4  x   / 2 is continuous in the interval [0, ] ,
b sin 2x  a cos 2x ,  / 2  x  

then the values of (a, b) are
(A) ( 1,  1) (B) (0, 0)
(C) ( 1,1) (D) (1, 1)

4. If f(x) = e[cotx] where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then
1
lim  f (x)  1
(A) x  lim  f (x) 
(B) x 
/2 /2 e
1
lim  f (x)  1
(C) x  lim  f (x) 
(D) x 
/2 /2 e
5. Let f(x) = 2  x  1  x

(A) lim
x a
[f(x)] = 2 where a  [0, 1/2] and [.x] denotes the greatest integer function.
(B) f(x) will be increasing for x < 1/2
 1
(C) range of f(x) is [1 + 2 , 6 ] when x   0, 2 
(D) none of these
6. The function f(x) = max {(1-x), 1 + x, 2} x  ( , ) is
(A) continuous at all points (B) differentiable at all points
(C) differentiable at all points except x = 1 and x = -1
(D) discontinuous at x = 1 and x = –1
  x log cos x
 for x  0
log (1  x 2 )
7. If f(x) =  , then
 0 for x  0

(A) f(x) is continuous at x = 0
(B) f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0
(D) f(x) is not continuous at x = 0

 2x
1  , 0  x  1,
8. Let f (x)   a . If lim
x 1
f (x) exists then a is
 ax, 1  x  2

(A) 1 (B) –1
(C) 2 (D) –2

9. If f(x) = |x – 1| – [x], where [x] = the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then
(A) f(1 + 0) = –1, f(1 – 0) = 0 (B) f(1 + 0) = 0 = f(1 – 0)
(C) lim
x 1
f (x) exists (D) lim
x 1
f (x) does not exist

 1  n2 
10. lim
If n   an    b, a finite number, then
 1 n 
(A) a = 1 (B) a = 0
(C) b = 1 (D) b = –1
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams :
1/ x 2
 tan x 
1. Lt   =
x 0
 x 
(A) e (B) e1/3
(C) e–1/3 (D) none of these
2. Let f : [1, 10]  Q be a continuous function and f(1) = 10, then f(10) is equal to
1
(A) (B) 10
10
(C) 1 (D) can’t be obtained
2.3n  3.5n
3. Lt =
n  3.3n  45n

(A) 2/3 (B) –3/4

(C) 1 (D) none of these
a n  bn
4. lim , where a > b > 1, is equal to
n  a n  b n

(A) – 1 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) none of these

sin (ax 2  bx  c)
5. If  is a repeated root of ax2 + bx + c = 0 then lim
x 
is
( x  ) 2
(A) 0 (B) a
(C) b (D) c
dy
6. If y = (sinx)sinx. , then =
dx
(A) (sinx)sinx cosx [1 + logsinx] (B) (sinx)sinx [1 + logsinx]
(C) (sinx)sinx [1 + logsinx] (D) none of these
x x x x 1 x 1 x 1 x
7. If cos cos 2 cos 3 …. cos n  f (x) then tan  2 tan 2  ……. + n tan n =
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
f (x) f (x)
(A) (B)
f (x) f (x)
f (x)
(C)  (D) none of these
f (x)
3 | x | 4 tan x
8. lim =
x 0 x
(A) 7 (B) 1
(C) 7 and 1 (D) does not exist
 (2  x) 40 (4  x)5
9. lim =
x  (2  x) 45
(A) -1 (B) 1
(C) 16 (D) 32
dy
10. If 3sinxy + 4cosxy = 5, then =
dx
(A) y/x (B) –y/x
(C) x/y (D) none of these

x  sin x
11. lim =
x  x  cos x
(A) 0 (B) 1
g(x)f (a)  g(a)f (x)
12. If f (a)  2, f '(a)  1, g(a)  1, g '(a)  2 then lim is
x a x a
(A) –5 (B) 1/5
(C) 5 (D) none of these
x2 x  2
13. lim is equal to
x 2
x2  4
1
(A) (B) 1
2
(C) 2 (D) none of these

 1 x2 , x 3

 3x  1 , 3x4

14. Let f(x) =  [x] , 4  x  5 , where [x] is the greatest integer  x. The number of points
 |1  x | , x 5

of discontinuity of f(x) in R is
(A) 3 (B) 0
(C) infinite (D) none of these
2
15. If f(x) = x, x  1, and f(x) = x + bx + c, x > 1, and f '(x) exists finitely for all x  R, then
(A) b = –1, c  R (B) c = 1, b  R
(C) b = 1, c = –1 (D) b = –1, c = 1
 1
(x  1)sin if x  1
16. Let f(x) =  x 1 . Then which one of the following is true?
 0 if x 1
(A) f is differentiable at x = 0 but not at x = 1 (B) f is differentiable at x = 1 but not x = 0
(C) f is neither differentiable at x = 0 nor at x = 1 (D) f is differentiable at x = 0 and at x = 1
 SECTION-II

SUBJECTIVE
LEVEL - I
1. Evaluate each of the following limits, if exist
ax  b x2  x
(i) lim ,d  0 (ii) lim
x 0cx  d x 1 x 1
2*. Evaluate each of the following limits, if exist
xh  x x 4  16
(i) lim , h0 (ii) lim
h 0 h x 2 x2
sin 3x
3. Evaluate the following limit, if exist lim
x  0 sin 7x

4. Evaluate the following limit, if exist

e bx  e ax a x  bx
(i) lim , where 0 < a < b (ii) lim
x 0 x x 0 x
5. Evaluate the following limit, if exist
x 1
(i) lim (ii) lim[x]
x 2
, where [.] GIF
x 1
x 

6. Which of the following functions are continuous at the indicated points

 x
 sin x  , if x  0
 , if x  0 |x|
(i) f (x)   x at x = 0 (ii) f(x) =  at x = 0
 0, if x  0
 x  1, if x  0 
7*. Find the value of k so that the given function is continuous at the indicated point.

 k cos x
 , if x   / 2  kx  5, if x  2
(i) f(x) =    2x at x = (ii) f(x) =  , at x = 2
 3, if x   / 2 2  x  1, x2

dy
8. Find , if x = a(   sin  ), y = a(1 + cos  )
dx
2  x, if x  2
9*. If f(x) =  then is f(x) differentiable at x = 2 ?
x  2, if x  2

 3 1
x  x sin , when x  0
10. If f(x) =  x then, find the derivative of f(x) at x = 0.
 0, when x  0
 LEVEL - II
x k 1  (k  1) x  k
1. Evaluate lim .
x 1 ( x  1) 2
2*. Evaluate the following limits, if exist :
sin x  sin a 3 sin x  cos x
(i) lim
x a
(ii) lim
x a x  / 6 x /6
3. Let f(xy) = f(x) f(y) for all x and y. If the function f(x) is continuous at x = 1, show that f(x) is
continuous for all x  0.
ax 2  b lim
4. If f(x) = 2 , f(x) = 1 and lim f(x) = 1, then prove that f(-2) = f(2) = 1.
x  1 x0 x 

5. Determine the values of a, b & c for which the function

 sin (a  1) x  sin x
 , for x  0,
 x
f (x)   c , for x  0, is continuous at x = 0.
 (x  bx 2 )1/ 2  x1/ 2
 , for x  0.
 bx 3/ 2

 ae1/ |x  2|  1
 1 / | x  2|
,  3 x   2
 2e
6*. Find the values of a and b so that f ( x )   b , x  2
  x 4  16 
sin  5  ,  2 x 0
  x  32 

may be continuous at x = –2
 xy  f (x)  1 
7*. If f(x) + f(y) = f   x, y  R (xy  1) and lim  2 . Find f  and f (1) .
 1  xy  x 0 x  3
 e1/ x  e 1/ x
x , x 0
8. Examine the function ‘f’ where f (x)   e1/ x  e 1/ x as regards continuity and differ--
 0 , x0

entiability at the origin.
9. A function f : R  R, where R is a set of real numbers, satisfies the equation
 x  y  f ( x )  f ( y )  f ( 0)
f  for all x, y in R. If the function f is differentiable at x = 0, then show
 3  3
that it is differentiable for all x in R.
n2
10.
n

n n
Let ‘f’ be a continuous function on R. If f (1 / 4 )  sin e e   2

n 2 1
, then find f(0).
 SECTION-III-A

Matrix–Match Type p q r s
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements A p q r s
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. B p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
C p q r s
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, p q r s
D
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :

1. Column- I Column -II

(A) Let f(x) = x6, x > 1 (p) 0
x3, x < 1
Then f(x) is not differentiable at x =
(B) Number of points of non-differentiability (q) 1
of f(x) = min{1, x2, x3} is

2 1
(C) f (x)  x sin   , x  0, f (0)  0 (r) 2
x

then f '( 0  ) is
(D) f(x) = |x – 1| + |x| + |x + 1|, then (s) 5

f '(0  ) is

2. (Functions) Column I (Kinds of Discontinuity) Column II

(A) f(x) = (1 + 3x)1/x, (x  0), f(0) = e3 (p) Discontinuity of first kind at x = 0

1 x 1
(B) f (x)  , x  0 , f(0) = 1 (q) Discontinuity of second kind at x = 0
x
(C) f(x) = x + [x], x  Z (r) Removable discontinuity at x = 0
(D) f(x) = log x (s) Continuous at x = 0
 SECTION-III-B

Linked Comprehension Type

This section contains 3 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

I. Let f(x) be a differentiable function, we define a mathematical operation

f m ( x  h )  f m (x )
G * (f(x)) = Lim , where m is a fixed natural number..
h0 h
1. G * (f(x) + g(x)) is equal to
 (f (x )  g( x )) m 1   (f ( x )  g ( x )) m1 
(A) G * f (x )  m 1   G * g ( x )  (g( x )) m 1 
 (f (x ))   

 (f ( x )  g( x ))m 1   (f (x )  g( x )) m 1 
(B) G * f (x) m 1   G * g (x ) (g (x ))m 1 
 (f (x ))   

 (f ( x )  g (x ))m 1   (f (x )  g( x ))m 1 
(C) G * f (x) m 1   G * g ( x )  (g( x )) m1 
 (f ( x ))   
(D) none of these

2. G * (f(x) . g(x)) is equal to

(A) (G * f(x)) . g(x) m – (G * g(x)) . f(x)m
(B) (G * f(x)) . g(x) m + (G * g(x)) . f(x)m
(C) (G * f(x)) . g(x) m – 1 + (G * g(x)) . f(x) m – 1
(D) none of these

 f (x) 
3. G *   is equal to
 g( x ) 
(G * g (x )) . f ( x ) m  (G * f ( x )) g (x ) m (G * g( x )) . f ( x ) m 1  (G * f ( x )) g ( x ) m 1
(A) (B)
g(x)2m g( x ) 2 m

(G * g (x )) . f ( x ) m  (G * f ( x )) g ( x ) m
(C) (D) none of these
g( x ) 2 m

4. G * f(g(x)) is equal to
m 1
(A) m f (g(x)).g(x) f (g(x)) (B) m f  (g(x)).g(x) f m (g(x))
(C) m f  (g(x)).g(x) f m 1 (g(x)) (D) none of these

5.  (G * (f (x ))) dx is equal to
 f (x )
(A) f(x) + c (B) (f(x))m + c (C) m f(x) + c (D) c
m 1

f ( x )1. ( x )
II. If lim f(x) = 1 and Lim ( x )   , then, lim f (x ) ( x )  xlim
a
[1 + (f(x) – 1)]  (x) = e xlim
a
x a x a x a

x x ax
 1  a  1
1    lim (1  x )  e , lim 1    lim 1  x   lim 1    e
1/ x a/x a
Note : lim
x 
 x x  0 x    x x  0 x    x
x4
 x6
6. The value of Lim   is
x 
 x 1 
(A) e5 (B) e4
(C) e6 (D) none of these
1 cos( x 1)
 x 3  2x 2  x  1 ( x 1) 2
7. The value of Lim  2  is
x 1
 x  2x  3 

6 5
(A) (B)
5 6

3
(D) (D) none of these
2

x3
2
 3x  1  1 x
8. The value of Lim  2  is
x  4x  1
 
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) – 1 (D) none of these
 SECTION-III-C
(Assertion – Reason Type)
Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Instructions:
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement–2 NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1.
(C) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is False
(D) Statement –1 is False, statement–2 is True.
 0, x0

1. Statements-1: The set of all points where the function f(x) =  x , x  0 is differentiable is
1  e1/ x

(–, ).
1
1  e1/ x  x(e1/ x 
Statements-2: Lf(0) = 1, Rf(0) = 0 and f(x) = x 2 , which exists x  0.
(1  e1/ x ) 2
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
3  x 2 , x  2
2. Statements-1: f(x) =  3 then f(x) is differentiable at x = 1
 x  1, x  2
Statements-2: A function y = f(x) is said to have a derivative if
f (x  h)  f (x) f (x  h)  f (x)
lim  lim
h 0 h h 0 h
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

3. Consider the function f(x) = (|x| – |x – 1|)2

Statement – 1: f(x) is continuous everywhere but not differentiable at x = 0 and 1.
Statement – 2: f (0–) = 0, f (0+) = –4, f (1–) = 4, f (1+) = 0.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
e1/ x  1
4. Statement – 1: lim does not exist
x 0e1/ x  1
Statement – 2: L.H.L. = 1 and R.H.L. = –1.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
 PROBLEMS
(A) Fill in the blanks
 1
(x  1) 2 sin  | x | , if x  1
1. Let f(x) =  ( x  1) be a real-valued function. Then the set of points
  1, if x  1
where f(x) is not differentiable is ........................ .

 ( x 3  x 2  16 x  20)
 if x  2
2. Let f(x)  ( x  2) 2 If f(x) is continuous for all x, then k = .................. .
 k, if x  2


3. A discontinuous function y = f(x) satisfying x2 + y2 = 4 is given by f(x) = ...................... .

 x
 , x0
4. (i) For the function f(x) = 1  e1/ x , the derivative from the right, f ( 0  ) ..............
 0, x0
and the derivative from the left, f (0) ...........
x
(ii) lim (1  x ) tan = .................. .
x 1 2

x 2  1, x  0, 2
sin x, x  n, n  0,  1,  2........  4,
5. If f(x) =  and g(x) =  x  0 , then
 2, otherwise  5, x2

Lim g{f ( x )} is ..........
x0

 4 1 2
 x sin  x   x 
6.  
Lim  3  is ...............
x  
 1 | x | 
 

f (x)  3
7. If f (9) = 9, f (9)  3 , then Lim . equals ........
x 9 x 3

8. ABC is an isosceles triangle inscribed in a circle of radius r. If AB = AC and h is the altitude from
A to BC then the triangle ABC has perimeter P = 2 L
Mc2hr  h h
N
2
2 hr O
Pand area
Q
A
A = ............... Also Lim  ..........
h 0 P3
 x4
 x6
9. Lim   .................
x  x  1
 

10. Let f(x) = x | x | . The set of points where f(x) is twice differentiable is ..........

1
1  5x 2  x 2
11. Lim   = .........
x  0 1  3x 2
 

12. Let f(x) = [x ].sin
x  1 , where [*] denotes the greatest integer function. The domain of
f is ..........and the points of discontinuity of f in the domain are .........

13. Let f(x) be a continuous function defined for 1  x  3 . If f(x) takes rational values for all x and
f(2) = 10, then f(1.5) = ............

14. Let F(x) = f(x) g(x) h(x) for all real x, where f(x), g(x) and h(x) are differentiable functions. At some
point x0, F(x0) = 21F(x0), f (x0) = 4f(x0), g(x0) = –7g(x0) and h(x0) = kh(x0). Then k = ...................

n (1  2h )  2n (1  h )
15. lim = ...................... .
h 0 h2

(B) True or False

1. If xlim
a
[f(x)g(x)] exists then both xlim
a
f(x) and xlim
a
g(x) exist.

(C) Multiple choice questions with one or more than one correct answer :
1. If x + | y | = 2y then y as a function of x is
(A) defined for all real x (B) continuous at x = 0
dy 1
(C) differentiable for all x (D) such that = for x < 0
dx 3

2. If f(x) = x ( x – x  1 ), then –
(A) f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(B) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
(D) none of these

3. The function f(x) = 1 + | sin x | is

(A) continuous nowhere (B) continuous everywhere
(C) differentiable nowhere (D) not differentiable at x = 0
(E) not differentiable at infinite number of points
4. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If f(x) = [ x sin x ] , then f(x) is
(A) continuous at x = 0 (B) continuous in (-1, 0)
(C) differentiable at x = 1 (D) differentiable in (-1, 1)
(E) none of these
x
5. The set of all points where the function f(x) = is differentiable, is
(1 | x |)
(A) (–, ) (B) [0, )
(C) (–, 0) (0, ) (D) (0, ) (E) none of these
 | x  3 |, x 1
 2
6. The function f(x) =  x 3x 13 is
 4  2  4 , x  1
(A) continuous at x = 1 (B) differentiable at x = 1
(C) continuous at x = 3 (D) differentiable at x = 3
7. The function, f(x) = max{(1  x ), (1  x ), 2} x   ,   is
(A) continuous at all points
(B) differentiable at all points
(C) differentiable at all points except at x = 1 and x = -1
(D) continuous at all points except at x = 1 and x = -1, where it is discontinuous
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. 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 is one - one
(C) continuous if f is continuous (D) differentiable if f is differentiable
3
10. Let f : R  R , f(x) =max[x, x ]. 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}
11. If f(x) = min {1, x2, x3}, then
(A) f(x) is continuous everywhere
(B) f(x) is continuous and differentiable everywhere
(C) f(x) is not differentiable at two points
(D) f(x) is not differentiable at one points

(D) Multiple choice questions with one correct answer :

1. For a real number y, let [y] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to y, then the function
tan[( x  )]
f(x) = is
1  [x ]2
(A) discontinuous at some x
(B) continuous at all x, but the derivative f (x) does not exist for some x
(C) f (x) exists for all x, but the derivative f (x) does not exist second for some x
(D) f (x) exist for all x
2. There exist a function f(x), satisfying f(0) = 1, f (0) = –1, f(x) > 0 for all x, and
 (A) f (x) > 0 for all x (B) –1 < f (x) < 0 for all x
(C) –2 f (x) –1 for all x (D) f (x) < –2 for all x
G ( x )  G (1)
3. If G(x) = – 25  x 2 then lim
x 1
has the value
x 1
1 1
(A) (B) (C) – 24 (D) none of these
24 5
g ( x )f (a )  g (a ) f ( x )
4. If f(a) = 2, f(a) = 1, g(a) = –1, g(a) = 2, then the value of xlim
a
is
xa
1
(A) –5 (B) (C) 5 (D) none of these
5

n (1  ax )  n (1  bx )
5. The function f(x) = is not defined at x = 0. The value which should be
x
assigned to f at x = 0 so that it is continuous at x = 0, is
(A) a – b (B) a + b (C) n a – n b (C) none of these
1 2 n 
6. lim  2
 2
 ........   is equal to
n  1  n 1  n 1 n2 
1 1
(A) 0 (B) – (C) (D) none of these
2 2

 sin[ x ]
 , [x ]  0
7. If f(x) =  [ x ] , where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x then
 0, [x]  0

Lim f ( x ) equals
x0

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) -1 (D) none of these

8. If f(x) = x  
x  x  1 , then
(A) f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0 (B) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0 (D) none of these
x
9. The set of all points where the function f(x) = is differentiable, is
1 | x |
(A) ( , ) (B) [0,  ) (C) ( , 0)  ( 0,  ) (D) (0, )

 1  cos 2x 
 
 2 
10. The value of Lim is
x 0 x
(A) 1 (B) -1 (C) 0 (D) none of these
11. Let [.] denotes the greatest integer function and f(x) = [tan2 x]. Then :
 (A) Lim
x0
f ( x ) does not exist (B) f(x) is continuous at x = 0
(C) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0 (D) f (0)  1
2x 1
12. The function f(x) = [ x ]. cos  , where [*] denotes the greatest integer function, is
2
discontinuous at
(A) all x (B) all integer points
(C) no x (D) x which is not is not an integer
1  cos 2( x  1)
13. Lim
x 1 x 1
(A) exits and it equals 2
(B) exits and it equals - 2
(C) does not because x - 1  0
(D) does not exist because left hand limit is not equal to right hand limit
x 2 1
14. If f(x) = 2 , for every real number x, then the minimum value of f
x 1
(A) does not exist because f is unbounded
(B) is not attained even through f is bounded
(C) is equal to 1
(D) is equal to – 1
15. The function f(x) = x 2  1 x 2  3x  2  cos x  is NOT differentiable at :
(A) -1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
16. The function f(x) = [x]2 - [x2] (where [x] is the greatest integer less than or equal to x), is
discontinuous at :
(A) all integers (B) all integers except 0 and 1
(C) all integers excepts 0 (D) all integers excepts 1
x
 x 3
17. For x  R , Lim   
x  x  2
 
(A) e (B) e-1 (C) e-5 (D) e5
18. (i) The left hand derivative of, f(x) = [ x ] sin( x ) at x = k, k an integer ([ .] denotes G.I.F) is

(A)  1k k  1 (B)  1k 1 k  1

(C)  1k k (D)  1k 1 k
(ii) Which of the following is differentiable at x = 0 ?
(A) cos x   x (B) cos x   x

(C) sin  x   x (D) sin  x   x

19. Lim

sin  cos2 xequals
x 0 x2
 (A) -  (B) 

(C) (D) 1
2

20. The integer n for which Lim

cos x  1cos x  e x  is a finite nonzero number is
x 0 xn
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4
1/ x
 f (1  x ) 
21. Let f : R  R be such that f(1) = 3 and f (1)  6 . The Lim   equals
x 0
 f (1) 
(A) 1 (B) e1/2
(C) e2 (D) e3
 tan 1 x if x  1

22. The domain of the derivative of the function f(x) =  1 is
 2  x  1 if x  1
(A) R - {0} (B) R - {1}
(C) R - {-1} (D) R - {-1, 1}
f (x 2 )  f (x )
23. Let f(x) be a strictly increasing and differentiable function, then Lim , equals
x 0 f ( x )  f (0)

(A) 2 (B) 1
(C) -1/2 (D) -1
24. Let f(x) = | | x | – 1 | , then points where f(x) is differentiable is (are)
(A) 0,  1 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) 1
1
25. If f is differentiable function satisfying f    0 for all n  1, n  I , then
n
(A) f(x) = f (x)  0, x  (0, 1] (B) f (0)  0  f (0)
(C) f(0) = 0 but f (0) not necessarily zero (C) | f (x) |  1, x  (0, 1]
26. If y = f(x) and y cos x + x cos y =  for x  (  r , r ) , where r > 0, then the value of f (0) is
(A)  (B) –
(C) 0 (D) 2

27. f (x) = – f(x) where f(x) is a continuous double differentiable function & g(x) = f (x)
2 2
  x    x 
If F(x) =  f      g   and F(5) = 5, then F(10)
  2    2 
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 25
28. For x > 0 xlim
0
((sin x)1/x + (1 / x)sin x) is
 (A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 2

29. Let g(x) = logf(x) where f(x) is a twice differentiable positive function on (0, ) such that f(x + 1)
= xf(x). Then, for N = 1, 2, 3, ... ,
 1 1
g  N  2   g  2  =
   

 1 1 1   1 1 1 
(A) 4 1  9  25  ...  (2N  1)2  (B) 4 1  9  25  ...  (2N  1) 2 
   

 1 1 1   1 1 1 
(C) 4 1  9  25  ...  (2N  1)2  (D) 4 1  9  25  ...  (2N  1)2 
   
 SUBJECTIVE
1. Let f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) for all x and y. Suppose f(5) = 2 and f (0)  3 . Find f (5) .

a x 1 2x 1
2. Use the formula lim lim
= n a to find x 0 .
x 0 x (1  x )1 / 2  1

1  x 0  x  2
3. Let f(x) = 
3  x 2  x  3
Determined the form of g(x) = f[f(x) and hence find the points of discontinuity of g, if any.
max{f (t);0  t  x}, 0  x  1
4. Let f(x) = x3 - x2 + x + 1 and g(x) =  .
 3x 1 x  2
Discuss the continuity and differentiability of the function g(x) in the interval (0, 2).
  1,  2  x  0
5. Let f(x) be defined in the interval [-2, 2] such that f(x) =  and
x  1, 0  x  2
g(x) = f ( | x | ) + | f (x) | . Test the differentiability of g(x) in (-2, 2). 6.
Let f(x) be a continuous and g(x) be a discontinuous function. Prove that f(x) + g(x) is a
discontinuous function.
7. Let f(x) be a function satisfying the condition f (- x ) = f (x) for all real x. If f ( 0) exists,
find the value.
8. Let R be the set of real numbers and f : R  R be such that for all x and y in
R, | f (x) - f (y) |  | x  y |3 . Prove that f(x) is a constant. 9. Draw a
graph of the function, y = [x] + | 1 - x | ,  1  x  3 . Determine the points, if any, where
this function is not differentiable, where [.] denotes the greatest integer function.
10. A function f : R  R satisfies the equation f(x + y) = f(x) . f(y) for all x, y in R and f ( x )  0 for any
x in R. Let the function be differentiable at x = 0 and f (0)  2 . Show that f ( x )  2f ( x ) for all
x in R. Hence determine f(x).
11. If f(x) = | x  1 | and g(x) = sin x then calculate (fog) (x) and (gof) (x) and discuss the
differentiability of (gof) (x) at x = 1.
1
   x
12. Find Lim  tan  4  .
x 0
 4 

a
 |sin x| 
{1 | sin x |} ;   x  0
 6
13. Let f(x) =  b; x0 . Determine a and b such that f(x) is
 tan 2x
 
e tan 3x ; 0x
 6
continuous at x = 0.
14. Let f [(x + y) / 2] = {f(x) + f(y)} / 2 for all real x and y. If f (0) exists and equals – 1 and
f(0) = 1, find f(2).

15. Determine the values of x for which the following function fails to be continuous or differentiable

 1 x , x 1

f(x) = (1  x )(2  x ) , 1  x  2 . Justify your answer..
 3 x , x2


2tan x  sin x   x 3
16. (i) Lim .
x 0 x5

Lim
n1  x   n 23.4x 1  3x 
(ii) .
x 1 7  x 13  1  3x 12 .sin( x  1)

  
(iii) Through a point A on a circle, a chord AP is drawn and on the tangent at A a point T is
taken such that AT = AP. If TP produced meet the diameter through A at Q prove that the
limiting value of AQ when P moves upto A is double the diameter of the circle.
x tan 2 x  2 x tan x
17. Lim .
x 0 1  cos 2 x 2

 1
 1  ax x ; x0

18. Determine the constants a, b and c for which the function f(x) =  b ; x0
1

 x  c 3  1 ; x  0
 x  112  1

is continuous at x = 0.
19. Let   R . Prove that a function f : R  R is differentiable at  if only if there is a function
g : R  R which is continuous at  and satisfies f(x) - f(  ) = g(x) (x-  ) for all x  R .

 x  a if x  0  x 1 if x  0
20. f(x) =  and g(x) =  2 . Where a and b are non negative real
 x  1 if x  0 x  1  b if x  0
numbers. Determine the composite function gof. If (gof)(x) is continuous for all real x, determine
the values of a and b. Further, for these values of a and b, is gof differentiable at x = 0 ? Justify your
answer.
21. If a function f :  2a, 2a   R is an odd function such that f(x) = f(2a - x) for x  [a , 2a ] and the
L H D at x = a is zero then find the L H D at x = -a.
1
22. f ( 0) can be represented for any differentiable function f ( 1, 1)  R as f (0)  Lim nf   ,
x 
n
  n 1 1 
where f(0) = 0. Find Lim  cos 1    n  , given cos 1  1    .
n   / 2
 n  n 2

 1  x  c 
b sin  2 ,  1  x  0
  
2 1
1
23. If f(x) =  , x 0 is differentiable at x = 0 and | c | , then
2 2
 e ax / 2  1 1
 , 0x
 x 2
(i) Find ‘a’ (ii) Prove that 64b2 = 4 - c2

24. If f(x – y) = f(x) . g(y) – f(y) . g(x) and g(x – y) = g(x) . g(y) + f(x) . f(y) for all x, y  R . If right
hand derivative at x = 0 exists for f(x). Find derivative of g(x) at x = 0.
 ANSWER
SECTION-I
LEVEL - I
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (C)
7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (A) 10. (A)
LEVEL - II
1. (B, D) 2. (C) 3. (B, D) 4. (B, C) 5. (A, B, C) 6. (A, C)
7. (A, C) 8. (B, C) 9. (A, D) 10. (A, C)

Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams :

1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (A)

7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (B) 11. (B) 12. (C)
13. (A) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (A)

SECTION-II
LEVEL-I
b 1
1. (i) (ii) 3 2. (i) (ii) 32
d 2 x

3 a
3. 4. (i) b – a (ii) ln  
7 b
5. (i) 1 (ii) does not exist 6. (i) continuous (ii) discontinuous
7. (i) k = 6 (ii) k  2

dy  sin 
8.  9. Not differentiable 10. 1
dx (1  cos )
LEVEL-II
k ( k  1)
1. 2. (i) 2 a cos a (ii) 2
2

2 2 
5. a = –3/2, b = any non zero value, c = 1/2 6. a = sin  , b = sin   7. ,1
5  5  3
10. 1
 SECTION-III-A

1. (A-q), (B-r), (C-p), (D-q) 2.(A – s), (B – r), (C – p), (D – q)

SECTION-III-B

1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (A)

7. (B) 8. (A)

SECTION-III-C

1. (D) 2. (D) 3.(A) 4. (C)

PROBLEMS
A.
 4  x 2 2 x 0 2
1. {0} 2. k = 7 3. f(x) =  4. (i) {0, 1} (ii)
 4  x 2 0x2 
1
5. 1 6. –1 7. 4 8. A  h ( 2hr  r 2 ) , 128 r
9. e5 10. R – {0} 11. e2 12. R - [-1, 0) ; I – {0}
13. 10 14. [24] 15. [–1]

B.
1. F
C.

1. ABD 2. B 3. BDE 4. ABD 5. A 6. ABC 7. AC 8. ACD

9. C 10. D 11. AD
D.

1. D 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. B

13. D 14. D 15. D 16. D 17. C 18. (i) B (ii) A 19. B 20. C 21. C 22. D 23. D

24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A

SUBJECTIVE

2  x 0  x  1

2  x 1 x  2
1. 6 2. 2 n 2 3. g(x) =  discontinuity at x = 1, 2
4  x 2  x  3

4. continuous on (0, 2) and differentiable on (0, 2) – {1}
5. non differentiable at x = 0, 1 7. 0
10. {0, 1,2,3}
2
2
11. e 2x
12. e 2
13. a  , b  e 3
3
9 4
14. –1 15. x = 2 16. (i) 1/4 (ii)  n
4 e
1 2 2
17. 18. a  n ; b  ; c  1 19. g(x) is continuous at x  
2 3 3

 x  a  1, x  a
( x  a  1) 2  b, a  x  0


20. gof (x) =  x 2  b, 0  x  1 , a = 1; b = 0, differentiable at x = 0
2
 ( x  2)  b x 1

2
21. (i) f (a  )  0 22. 23. (i) 1 24. 0
