Chapter 18

Limits

1. Let f : R  R be a positive increasing function with 1

lim
f (3 x )
 1. Then lim
f (2 x )
 [AIEEE-2010]
6. Let p  lim 1  tan2 x
x 0 
  2x then log p is equal to
x  f ( x ) x  f ( x )
[JEE (Main)-2016]
2
(1) 1 (2) 1
3 (1) 1 (2)
2
3
(3) (4) 3 1
2 (3) (4) 2
4
2. Let f : R  [0, ) be such that lim f  x  exists
x 5 1
 (n  1)(n  2)...3n  n
7. lim   is equal to
f  x 
2
–9 n   n 2n 
and lim  0 . Then xlim
 5 f(x) equals
x5 |x –5| [JEE (Main)-2016]
[AIEEE-2011]
27 9
(1) 2 (2) 3 (1) 2 (2)
e e2
(3) 0 (4) 1
18
(3) 3 log3 – 2 (4)
(1  cos 2 x )(3  cos x ) e4
3. lim is equal to
x 0 x tan 4 x
[JEE (Main)-2013] cot x  cos x
8. lim equals [JEE (Main)-2017]
x
 (   2)3
1 1 2
(1)  (2)
4 2
1 1
(3) 1 (4) 2 (1) (2)
16 8
sin(  cos2 x )
4. lim is equal to [JEE (Main)-2014] 1 1
x 0 x2 (3) (4)
4 24
(1) – (2) 
9. For each t  R, let [t] be the greatest integer less
 than or equal to t. Then [JEE (Main)-2018]
(3) (4) 1
2
  1 2  15  
lim x        ......    
lim
1  cos 2x  3  cos x  x 0    x   x   x 
5. is equal to
x 0 x tan 4 x
(1) Is equal to 0
[JEE (Main)-2015]
(2) Is equal to 15
(1) 4 (2) 3
(3) Is equal to 120
1
(3) 2 (4)
2 (4) Does not exist (in R)
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1 1 y 4  2  – 2sin–1 x
10. lim [JEE (Main)-2019] 16. lim is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
y 0 y4 x 1
1– x

1 2 
(1) Exists and equals
2 2  2 1  (1)

(2)
2
(2) Does not exist
1
(3)  (4)
1 2
(3) Exists and equals
4 2
sin2 x
1 17. lim equals [JEE (Main)-2019]
(4) Exists and equals x 0 2  1  cos x
2 2
11. For each x  R, let [x] be the greatest integer less (1) 2 (2) 2 2
x([ x ] | x |) sin[ x ]
than or equal to x. Then lim is (3) 4 (4) 4 2
x 0 |x|
18. Let f : R R be a differentiable function satisfying
equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
1
(1) –sin1 (2) 1  1  f (3  x ) – f (3)  x
f(3) + f(2) = 0. Then lim   is
(3) sin1 (4) 0 x 0  1  f (2 – x ) – f (2) 
12. For each t R, let [t] be the greatest integer less equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
than or equal to t. Then,
(1) e (2) 1
x  (3) e2 (4) e–1
(1 | x |  sin | 1  x |)sin  [1  x ] 
 2 
lim x
x 1 | 1  x | [1  x ] 19. If f(x) = [x] –   , x  R, where [x] denotes the
4
[JEE (Main)-2019] greatest integer function, then [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) Equals 0 (2) Equals 1
(1) lim f ( x ) exists but lim f ( x ) does not exist
(3) Equals –1 (4) Does not exist x 4 x 4

13. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or (2) f is continuous at x = 4
equal to x. Then
(3) lim f ( x ) exists but lim f ( x ) does not exist
x 4 x 4
2 2
tan(  sin x )  (| x | – sin ( x[ x ]))
lim
x 0 x2 (4) Both lim f ( x ) and lim f ( x ) exist but are
x 4 x 4
[JEE (Main)-2019] not equal
(1) Equals 0 (2) Equals  + 1
x4 1 x3  k 3
(3) Equals  (4) Does not exist 20. If lim  lim 2 , then k is
x 1 x  1 x k x  k 2

x cot (4 x ) [JEE (Main)-2019]

14. lim is equal to
x 0 sin2 x cot 2 (2 x )
4 3
[JEE (Main)-2019] (1) (2)
3 2
(1) 2 (2) 4
(3) 1 (4) 0 8 3
(3) (4)
3 8
cot3 x – tan x
15. lim is [JEE (Main)-2019] x 2  ax  b
 
x  cos  x   21. If lim  5 , then a + b is equal to
4  4 x 1 x 1
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 8 2 (2) 4
(1) 5 (2) –4
(3) 4 2 (4) 8 (3) 1 (4) –7

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x + 2sin x 28. Let f : (0, )  (0, ) be a differentiable function

22. lim is such that f(1) = e and
x 0
x 2 + 2sin x + 1 – sin2 x – x + 1
[JEE (Main)-2019] t 2f 2  x   x 2f 2  t 
lim 0
(1) 3 (2) 6 t x tx
(3) 1 (4) 2 If f(x) = 1, then x is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
23. Let f(x) = 5 – |x – 2| and g(x) = |x + 1|, x  R. If (1) 2e (2) e
f(x) attains maximum value at  and g(x) attains 1 1
minimum value at , then (3) (4)
2e e
( x – 1)( x 2 – 5 x + 6) 29. If  is the positive root of the equation, p(x) = x2 – x
lim is equal to
x  –  x 2 – 6x + 8 1  cos( p( x ))
– 2 = 0, then lim is equal to
x   x4
[JEE (Main)-2019]
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) 1/2 (2) –1/2
1 1
(3) –3/2 (4) 3/2 (1) (2)
2 2
1
 3x 2  2  x2 3 3
24. lim  2  is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] (3) (4)
x 0  7 x  2  2 2
 
1  2 4 
(1) e (2) x  e( 1 x  x 1)/ x  1
e lim  
30. [JEE (Main)-2020]
x 0 2 4
1 1 x  x  1
(3) (4) e2
e2 (1) Is equal to 0 (2) Is equal to e
1 (3) Is equal to 1 (4) Does not exist
  x
25. lim  tan   x   is equal to  ( x 1)2 
x 0  4   0 t cos(t 2 )dt 
31. lim   [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) e2 (2) 1 x 1 ( x – 1)sin( x – 1)
 
 
(3) e (4) 2
(1) Does not exist (2) Is equal to 0
26. Let [t] denote the greatest integer  t. If for some
1
1 x  x (3) Is equal to 1 (4) Is equal to
  R – {0, 1}, lim  L, then L is 2
x 0   x   x 
3 x  33  x  12
equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] 32. lim is equal to ________.
x 2 x
1 x
3 2 3
1 [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) 2 (2) 2 3 n
2 x  x  x  ...  x – n
33. If lim  820, (n  N ) then
(3) 0 (4) 1 x 1 x –1
the value of n is equal to _______
1 1 [JEE (Main)-2020]
(a  2 x ) 3  (3 x )3
27. lim (a  0) is equal to  1 
x a 1 1 x2 x2 x2 x2 
(3a  x )3  (4 x )3 34. If lim  8 1 cos  cos  cos cos   2k ,
x 0 x
  2 4 2 4 
[JEE (Main)-2020]
then the value of k is _________.
1 1 [JEE (Main)-2020]
 2   2 3  2   2 3
(1)     (2)
 9  3 
 3  9 
  
35. If lim
ax – e 4x – 1  
exists and is equal to b, then
4 4
x 0 ax e 4x – 1  
 2 3  2 3 the value of a –2b is _________.
(3)   (4) 9
3   [JEE (Main)-2021]
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36. The value of xlim



x 
 is equal
 0  8 1– sin x – 8 1  sin x  43. The value of lim
 x 2  1 sin2  x 
is equal to
x 1 x 4  2x 3  2 x  1
to [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 4 (2) –4 [JEE (Main)-2022]
(3) –1 (4) 0
37. If ,  are the distinct roots of x2 + bx + c = 0, then 2 2
(1) (2)
e

2 x 2  bx  c   1  2  x 2  bx  c  6 3
lim is equal to :
x   x   2 2
(3) (4) 2
2
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) b2
– 4c (2) b2 + 4c 100
(3) 2(b2 + 4c) (4) 2(b2 – 4c)  ( x  2cos x )3  2( x  2cos x )2  3 sin( x  2cos x )  x
44. lim  
x 0  
38. If lim  2 
x  x  1  ax  b, then the ordered pair
 ( x  2)3  2( x  2)2  3 sin( x  2) 
x  is equal to _________.
(a, b) is [JEE (Main)-2021]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
 1  1
(1)  1,  (2)  –1, – 
 2  2 8 2   cos x  sin x 
7

45. lim is equal to

 1  1 x

2  2 sin 2 x
(3)  –1,  (4)  1, –  4
 2  2

39. lim

sin2  cos 4 x  is equal to : (1) 14 (2) 7

x 0 x4 (3) 14 2 (4) 7 2
[JEE (Main)-2021]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) 4 (2) 2
(3) 42 (4) 22
 
18  [1  x ]  
40. Let a be an integer such that lim 1
lim n 
1

1

1
 ..... 
1 
x 7 [ x  3a ]
46. n 2  1 2 3 2 1 
n
exists, where [t] is greatest integer  t. Then a is  1 n 1 n 1 n 1 n 
equal to : [JEE (Main)-2022]  2 2 2 2 
(1) –6 (2) –2 is equal to
(3) 2 (4) 6
1
(1) (2) 1
41. Let [t] denote the greatest integer  t and {t} 2
denote the fractional part of t. The integral value of
(3) 2 (4) –2
 for which the left hand limit of the function
[JEE (Main)-2022]
2[ x ] { x }  [ x ]  1
f(x) = [1 + x] + at x = 0 is
2[ x ]  { x }  1 
4 2 
lim tan x

 2 sin2 x  3 sin x  4
 2 

equal to   , is __________. 47.
  1  is equal to

 
3 x
2   sin2 x  6 sin x  2 2
[JEE (Main)-2022]
 
[JEE (Main)-2022]
2
lim sin(3 x  4 x  1)  x 2  1 1 1
42. If x 1 3 2
 2 , then the (1) (2) 
2 x  7 x  ax  b 12 18
value of (a – b) is equal to _______.
1 1
(3)  (4)
[JEE (Main)-2022] 12 6

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lim

sin cos 1 x  x 50. If lim
n 
 
n 2  n  1  n    0, then 8( + ) is
48.
x
1
2

1  tan cos 1
x  is equal to :
equal to [JEE (Main)-2022]

[JEE (Main)-2022] (1) 4 (2) –8

(1) 2 (2)  2 (3) –4 (4) 8

1 1
(3) (4)  e x  e  x   sin x 2
2 2 51. If lim  , where , ,   R,
x 0 2 3
x sin x
cos  sin x   cos x then which of the following is NOT correct?
49. lim 4 is equal to:
x 0 x
[JEE (Main)-2022]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) 2 +  2 + 2 = 6
1 1
(1) (2) (2)  +  +  + 1 = 0
3 4
(3)  2 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 0
1 1
(3) (4) (4) 2 –  2 + 2 = 4
6 12

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