DPP Continuity and Differentiability

Questions JEE Main Crash Course

1. λ√2x + 3, 0 ≤ x ≤ 3
If f(x) = { is differentiable at x = 3, then the value of λ + μ is equal to
μx + 12, 3 < x ≤ 9

2.
1
:|x|≥ 1
Let f (x)={ If f (x) is continuous and differentiable at any point, then
2
x
.
2
αx + β :|x|< 1

(1) α = 2 , β = −1 (2) α = −1 , β = 2

(3) α = 1 , β = 0 (4) α = −2 , β = 3

3. ⎧
⎪
√4+ax− √4−ax
, −1 ≤ x < 0
x
If f (x)= ⎨ is continuous in [−1, 1 ], then the value of a is
⎩
⎪ 3x+2
, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
x−8

(1) 1 (2) −1

(3) 1

2
(4) −
1

4. The value of f (0) so that the function f(x)= 1−cos ( 1−cos x )

is continuous everywhere is k, then value of 10 k is
4
x

5. ⎧
⎪
(
1−cos x
)(
sin
2
x
) : x ≠ 2π
Let f (x)=⎨ ( 2π−x )
2
log ( 1+4π −4πx+x
2 2
) is continuous at x = 2π, then the value of λ is equal to
⎩
⎪
λ : x = 2π

6.
[x]+|x|
e −1
⎧
: x ≠ 0
If f (x)=⎨ [x]+|x|
(where [.] denotes the greatest integer function), then
⎩
−1 : x = 0

(1) f (x) is continuous at x = 0 (2) lim f (x)= −1

+
x→0

(3) lim f (x)= 1

−
(4) lim f (x)= 1
+
x→0 x→0

7. ⎧
⎪
⎪ (1 +|sin x|)
| sin x |
, −
π
< x < 0
⎪
⎪ 6

Let f (x)=⎨ tan 2x

e tan 3x , 0 < x <

π is continuous at x = 0. Then, the values of l and m are
⎪
⎪ 6
⎪
⎩
⎪
m, x = 0
2 2

(1) l = −
2
,m = e 3 (2) l =
2
,m = e
−
3

3 3
2

(3) l =
2
,m = e3 (4) None of these
3

8. The function f(x)={x} sin (π[x]), where [.] denotes the greatest integer function and {.} is the fractional part function, is
discontinuous at
(1) all x (2) all integer points
(3) no x (4) x which is not an integer
9. The function f (x)= lim cos
2n
(πx)+[x] is (where, [.] denotes the greatest integer function and n ∈ N )
n→∞

(1) continuous at x = 1 but discontinuous at x = 3

2
(2) continuous at x = 1 and x = 3

(3) discontinuous at x = 1 and x = 3

2
(4) discontinuous at x = 1 but continuous at x = 3

10. Let f (x)=− x 2

+ x + p, where p is a real number. If g(x)=[f (x)] and g(x) is discontinuous at x = 1

2
, then p cannot be (where
[.] represents the greatest integer function)
(1) (2)
1 3

2 4

(3) 7

4
(4) −
1

11. Let f (x)=[x]{x 2 2

}+[x][x ]+{x}[x ]+{x}{x }, ∀x ∈[0,10]
2 2
(where [⋅] and {⋅} are the greatest integer and fractional part
functions respectively). The number of points of discontinuity of f (x) is

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12. ⎧
tan{2x−3}
, x ∈ (2, ∞)
Consider function f (x)=⎨ x−2
, then at x = 2
⎩ 2
[x ]+ sgn(x), x ∈ (−∞, 2]

[Note: {k} & [k] denote fractional part & greatest integer function less than or equal to k respectively and sgn denotes signum
part of function.]
(1) f (x) is continuous (2) f (x) is discontinuous
(3) f (x) is differentiable, but f ′
(x) is discontinuous (4) None of these
13. √10 − x2 if − 3 < x < 3
Given f (x) ={ The graph of f (x) is -
x−3
2 − e if x ≥ 3

(1) continuous and differentiable at x = 3 (2) continuous but not differentiable at x = 3

(3) differentiable but not continuous at x = 3 (4) neither differentiable nor continuous at x = 3
14. If f (x)= 1−x
1
, then the points of discontinuity of the function f 30
(x) where f n
(x)= f of . . . . . . of (n times) are
(1) x = 2,1 (2) x = 0,1

(3) x = 1,2 (4) no points of discontinuity

15. Let f be a composite function of x defined by
f (u)=
2
1
, u(x)=
1

x−1
.
u +u−2

Then the number of points x where f is discontinuous is :

(1) 4 (2) 3

(3) 2 (4) 1

16. In (0, 2π) , the total number of points where f (x)= max.{sin x, cos x, 1– cos x } is not differentiable, are equal to
(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 5 (4) 6
17. Consider the function f (x)= max{|sin x|, |cos x|}, ∀x ∈[0,3π] . If λ is the number of points at which f (x) is non-
3

differentiable, then the value of is

λ

18. Let f (x) = max.{∣∣x 2

− 2∣
∣x∣
∣∣∣, ∣
∣x∣
∣} and g(x) = min.{∣∣x 2
− 2∣
∣x∣
∣∣∣, ∣
∣x∣
∣} then if f (x) is not differentiable at 'p' number of points
and g(x) is non differentiable at 'q' number of points, then find |p − q|.
19. If f (x)= min{√9 − x 2 2
, √1 + x }, ∀x ∈[−3,3] , then the number of point(s) where f (x) is non-differentiable is/are
(1) 4 (2) 3

(3) 2 (4) 0

20. 1
: |x|≥ 1
Consider a function g(x)= f (x − 2), where f (x)={ If g(x) is continuous as well as
|x|
∀x ∈ R, .
2
ax + b : |x|< 1

differentiable for all x, then

(1) a =
−1

2
,b =
3

2
(2) a =
1

2
,b =
3

(3) (4) None of these

−1 −3
a = ,b =
2 2

21. Let f (x) = [n + p sin x] , x ∈ (0, π) , n ∈ I and p is a prime number. The number of points where f (x) is not differentiable is
( Here [x] represents the greatest integer less than or equal to x )
(1) p − 1 (2) p + 1

(3) 2p + 1 (4) 2p − 1

22. The number of points at which the function f (x)=|x − 0.5|+|x − 1|+ tan x is not differentiable in the interval (0, 2) is/are
(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 3 (4) 4

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23. Let f (x)= 10 −|x − 5|, x ∈ R, then the set of all values of x at which f (f (x)) is not differentiable is
(1) {0,5, 10} (2) {5,10}

(3) {0,5, 10,15} (4) {5,10,15}

24. −2, −2 ≤ x < 0

Consider f (x)={ 2
and g(x)=|f (x)|+f (|x|). Then, in the interval (−2, 2), g(x) is
x − 2, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2

(1) not differentiable at one point (2) differentiable at all points

(3) not continuous (4) not differentiable at two points
25. Consider the function f (x)=(x − 2)∣∣x 2
− 3x + 2∣
∣ , then the incorrect statement is
(1) f (x) is continuous at x = 1 (2) f (x) is continuous at x = 2
(3) f (x) is differentiable at x = 1 (4) f (x) is differentiable at x = 2
26. The number of points where the function,f (x)= cos∣∣2018π − x∣∣ + sin∣∣2020π − x∣∣ +(x − π)∣∣x 2 2
− 3πx + 2π ∣∣ is non-
differentiable is/are
(1) 0 (2) 1

(3) 2 (4) 3

2 n

27. ⎧
⎪
⎪
ax +bx+c(cotx)

, x ∈(0,
π
)
⎪ n
⎪
⎪
4+(cotx) 4

Let g(x) =⎨ where a, are real constants and

π
1 , at x = , b, c
4
⎪
⎪
⎪ sinx+cosx+(tanx)
n
⎪
⎩
⎪
π π
, x ∈( , )
n
1+c(tanx) 4 2

f (x)= lim g(x) If lim f (x) exists, then c may be equal to

n→∞ π
x→
4

(1) 2 (2) 1

(3) 3 (4) −1

28. min. {f (t) : 0 ≤ t ≤ x}, x ∈ [0, π]

Let f (x) = cos x, g(x) ={ then
sin x − 1, x > π

(1) g(x) is discontinuous at x = π (2) g(x) is continuous for x ∈ (0, ∞)

(3) g(x) is differentiable at x = π (4) g(x) is differentiable for x ≥ 0
29. Let f (x) is a differentiable function such that f (x + y)= f (x)+f (y)+2xy∀x, y ∈ R and lim
f (x)
= 210 , then f (2) is equal to
x
x→0

(1) 20 (2) 105

(3) 424 (4) none of these

30. Let f : R → R be a function such that f (
x+y
)=
f ( x ) +f ( y )
, f (0)= 0 and f ′
(0)= 5, then
3 3

(1) f (x) is a quadratic function (2) f (x) is continuous but not differentiable
(3) f (x) is differentiable in R (4) f (x) is bounded in R

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