Ch.

7B- Limits & Continuity

Part II – L. H. L and R. H. L.
Limits
Algebra of Limits – Ex.1) Discuss the limit of the following function as 𝑥
Let 𝑓(𝑥) and 𝑔(𝑥) be two functions such that tends to 3 if
lim 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑙 and lim 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑚, then  x 2 + x + 1, 2  x  3
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎
1. lim [𝑓(𝑥) ± 𝑔(𝑥)] = lim 𝑓(𝑥) ± lim 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑙 ± 𝑚 f ( x) = 
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎 2 x + 1,3  x  4
a) 13 b) 7 c) 10 d) does not exist
2. lim [𝑓(𝑥) × 𝑔(𝑥)] = lim 𝑓(𝑥) × lim 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑙 ×
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎
𝑚 Ex. 2) Evaluate the limit of the function if exists at
7 − 4 x x  1
3. lim [𝑘𝑓(𝑥)] = 𝑘 lim 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑘𝑙, 𝑥 = 1 where f ( x ) = 
x + 2 x  1
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎 2
where ‘k’ is a constant.
a) 3 b) does not exist c) 5 d) 7
𝑓(𝑥) lim 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑙
4. lim 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥→𝑎
lim 𝑔(𝑥)
= 𝑚 provided 𝑚 ≠ 0. Ex. 3) lim |𝑥|
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→0
a) 0 b) -1 c) 1 d) does not exist
Part I – Direct Function
𝑥
Ex. 4) lim |𝑥|
𝑥→0
4  a) 0 b) does not exist c) 1 d) -1
Ex. 1) lim   r 3 
r →1
3 
4 2 1 3𝑥+|𝑥|
a) 3 𝜋 b) 3 𝜋 c) 2 𝜋 d) None of these Ex. 5) lim 7𝑥−5|𝑥|
𝑥→0
1
a) b) 2 c) 1 d) does not exist
6

y →2
(
Ex. 2) lim  y 2 − 3 ) ( y + 2 ) Ex. 6) lim 𝑥−𝑎
𝑥→𝑎
1

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) does not exist a) 0 b) ∞ c) Does not exist d) −∞

 6+ x − 7− x  Part III –
Ex. 3) lim   x − an
n
x →3  x = na n −1
  lim
x →a x−a
1 1
a) 2 b) 0 c) 1 d) 3
𝑥 3 −125
Ex. 1) lim
𝑥→5 𝑥−5
 x+6 a) 50 b) 75 c) 45 d) 30
Ex. 4) lim  
x →3
 x 
𝑥 4 −2401
a) 3 b) 2 c) 0 d) 1 Ex. 2) lim
𝑥→7 𝑥−7
a) 1372 b) 1500 c) 1270 d) 1171
Ex. 5) lim 𝑥 + 2
𝑥→3
a) 2 b) 5 c) 1 d) None of the above 𝑥 3 +1
Ex. 3) lim
𝑥→−1 𝑥+1
𝑥−3 a) 1 b) 0 c) 3 d) none of these
Ex. 6) lim
𝑥→3 𝑥+7
a) 0 b) 2 c) 1 d) None of these  x3 − 125 
Ex. 4) lim
x →5
 x 2 − 25 
Ex. 7) lim
2𝑥+1  
𝑥→1 𝑥−1 10 13 12 15
a) 0 b) 3 c) 5 d) Not defined a) 2
b) 1
c) 0
d) 2

 x3 − 125 
Ex. 5) lim  
 x − 3125 
x →5 5
 3 2 5 1 5 2⁄ 2 1⁄
a) 125 b) 120 c) 125 d) 110 a) 3 (𝑎 + 2) 3 b) 3 (𝑎 − 2) 2
1 0⁄
c) 2 (𝑎 + 1) 1 d) Does not exist
𝑥 7 +128
Ex. 6) lim
𝑥→(−2) 𝑥 3 +8
112 110 99
a) 3 b) c) d) does not exist
2 3 Part IV – Factorization Method :

 x −3 − 2−3   z 2 − 5z + 6 
Ex. 7) lim  
x →2
 x−2 
Ex. 1) lim
z →2
 z2 − 4 
−1 +2 −3
 
a) b) c) d) None of these a)
−1
b)
+1
c) 0 d) 1
14 10 16
4 2

Ex. 8) lim 
 ( 3
x−37 )(
x+37 
3

) Ex. 2) Evaluate lim 
 z ( 2 z − 3) − 9 

x →7  x−7   z − 4z + 3 
z →3 2

  5 9 10 7
1 0 2 a) 3 b) 2 c) d) 1
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) does not exist 3
2 √7 1 √5 3 √7

 5 y3 + 8 y 2 
Ex. 3) lim  2
 3 y − 16 y 
y →0 4
 x n − 4n 
Ex. 9) lim   = 48 and n  N , find n. +1 −1
x →4
 x−4  a) 0 b) -1 c) 3
d) 2
a) 3 b) 2 c) 0 d)4
 −2 x − 4 
Ex. 4) lim  3
x −5  x →−2 x + 2 x 2 
k k
 
Ex. 10) If lim 
x →5 −  = 500. find all possible value −1
 x 5  a) +2 b) 1 c) 2
d) 0
of k.
a) 2 b) 6 c) 4 d) 1  x 2 + 2 x − 15 
Ex. 5) lim  
 x − 5x + 6 
x →3 2

 x 4 − 1  x3 − a3 
Ex. 11) If lim   = lim   find all a) 8 b) 4 c) 3 d) 5
x →1
 x − 1  x →a  x − a 
possible value of a.  v2 + v 2 − 4 
1
a) ± 3 b) ± 3
2
c) 4 d) 5 Ex. 6) lim  2 
v → 2 v − 3v 2 + 4
√  
a) +2 b) 0 c) -1 d) -3
 (1 − x )8 − 1 
Ex. 12) lim  
 (1 − x ) − 1  x3 + x 2 − 5 x + 3 
x →0 2
Ex. 7) Evaluate lim  
a) 1 b) 7 c) 0 d) 4 x →1
 x2 −1 
a) 1 b) 0 c) 2 d) does not exist

𝑥 3 +𝑥 2 −36
Ex. 13) lim 1 
 − 1
𝑥→3 𝑥−3
a) 13 b) 23 c) 43 d) 33 Ex. 8) lim  x 
x →1 x − 1
 
 3 3
  
Ex. 14) lim  ( x + 2 ) 2 − ( a + 2) 2
 a) -1 b) + 0 c) 2 d) None of these
x →a  x−a 
 
 1 2 
3
a) 2 (𝑎 + 2)1⁄2
1
b) 2 (𝑎 + 1)2 Ex. 9) Evaluate lim  +
x →1 x − 1 1 − x 2 
 
c) 0 d) does not exist 1 0 1
a) 1 b) 0 c) 2 d) Does not exist
5 5
(𝑥+2) ⁄3 −(𝑎+2) ⁄3
Ex. 15) lim 𝑥−𝑎
𝑥→𝑎
  1 9x   1− y2 − 1+ y2 
Ex. 10) lim  − 3
x →3 x − 3
 x − 27  Ex. 6) lim 
y2

y →0
 
a) 1 b) 0 c) 2 d) None of the above
a) +0 b) 2 c) -1 d) +1
 1 − 8 y3 
Ex. 11) lim  3  x2 − 4 
y→  y − 4 y  Ex. 7) lim  
1
x →2
 x + 2 − 3x − 2 
2
a) 0 b) 1 c) 3 d) 5
a) +5 b) - 8 c) +4 d) 0

 ( x3 − 8 x 2 + 16 x )9 
Ex. 12) Evaluate lim    2+ x − 6− x 
Ex. 8) lim  
 ( x − x − 12 ) 
x →4  18
 x− 2
2 x →2
 
49 510 28 a) √4 b) √1 c) 0 d) √2
a) b) c) d) does not exist
718 617 515

3 − 5 + z 
 x 7 + x5 + 160  Ex. 9) lim  
Ex. 13) lim 
x3 + 8 
z →4 1 − 5 − z
x →−2
  
−1 +1 1
a) 34 b) 14 c) 24 d) 44 a) 3
b) 4
c) 5 d) does not exist

𝑥+3
Ex. 14) lim
𝑥→(−3) 𝑥 2 +4𝑥+3
 x3 − 8 
Ex. 10) lim  
 x + 2 − 3x − 2 
1 −1 x →2
a) − b) +0 c) d) None of these
3 2
a) +14 b) – 34 c) ±20 d) -24

Part V – Rationalization Method :  1 + x2 − 1 + x 

Ex. 11) lim  
2−𝑦
x →0
 1 + x3 − 1 + x 
Ex. 1) lim [ ]
𝑦→2 √3−𝑦 −1 a) 0 b) -2 c) 1 d) None of these
a) 1 b) 2 c) 0 d) None

1 − x 2 + 1  Part -VI – Limits of Exponential and Logarithmic

Ex. 2) Evaluate lim   Functions :
x →0
 x2 
a x −1
a)
+0
b)
−1
c)
−1
d) does not exist a) lim = log a
2 1 2 x →0 x
ex −1
x+h − h b) lim =1
x →0 x
Ex. 3) lim
x →0 x
1 1
a) 2
√ℎ
b) ℎ  7 x − 1
c) h d) 1 Ex. 1) Evaluate : lim  
x →0
 x 
a) log 7 b) log 2 c) log 5 d) log 2
 6 + x + x2 − 6 
Ex. 4) lim   𝑎 𝑥 +𝑏𝑥 +𝑐 𝑥 −3
x →0
 x  Ex. 2)
𝑥
1 1 a) log(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐) b) log 𝑎
a) 2 b) 1 c) 0 d) does not exist
√6 √5 c) 𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑎 − 𝑏 − 𝑐) d) 𝑙𝑜𝑔. 𝑎𝑏𝑐

 x 2 + x − 20 
Ex. 5) lim    5 x − 3x 
x →4
 3x + 4 − 4  Ex. 3) Evaluate : lim
x →0
 x 
 
a) 14 b) 24 c) 44 d) 34 2 5
a) log (3) b) log (3)
1
c) log ( ) d) None of these
2
  9 x − 5x  a) (log 3)2 b) (log 2)1
Ex. 4) lim  4x −1  c) (log 5)2 d) log 3
x→0
 
4 1

a)
log( )
5
b)
log( )
2  e x + e− x − 2 
log 3 log 2 Ex. 13) lim  
9
log( )
x →0
 x2 
5
c) Does not exist d) log 4 a) 0 b) 1 c) -2 d) None

 a 4 x − 1  3x + 3− x − 2 
Ex. 5) lim  2 x
− 1 
x →0 b
Ex. 14) lim  
 x →0
 x2 
2 log 𝑎 log 𝑎
a) b) log 𝑏 a) (log 2)1 b) (log 0)2
log 𝑏
4 log 𝑏 c) (log 3)2 d) None of these
c) log 𝑎
d) none of these
Part- VII – A
 5 + 3 − 2 − 1
x x x 1

Ex. 6) lim  lim (1 + x ) x = e

x →0
 x →0
 x 
12 10
a) log 2
b) log 2 Ex.1) lim (1 + 4𝑥)
1⁄
𝑥
15 9 𝑥→0
c) log d) log a) 𝑒 2 b) 𝑒 5
2 3
c) 𝑒 4 d) 𝑒 0
 ( 25 ) x − 2 ( 5 ) x + 1 
Ex. 7) lim   1
x →0
 x2   x x
Ex. 2) lim 1 + 
a) (log 5)2 b) (log 2)3 x →0
 5
5
c) (log 3)1 d) None of these a) b) 𝑒 5
𝑒
𝑒
c) d) 𝑒 1 ⁄5
 ( 49 ) − 2 ( 35 ) + ( 25 )
x x x
 5
Ex. 8) lim  
1
x →0 x2  5 x
  Ex. 3) Evaluate : lim 1 + x 
7 2 5 1
x →0
 6 
a) [log 5] b) [log 2] 5⁄ 2⁄
a) 𝑒 6 b) 𝑒 5
2 2 5⁄
c) [log 5] d) None of these c) 𝑒 3 d) 𝑒 6⁄5

1
15x − 5x − 3x + 1  7𝑥 ⁄𝑥
Ex. 4) lim (1 − )
Ex. 9) lim   𝑥→0 2
x →0
 x2  1
3
𝑒 ⁄2
a) 5 b)
a) log 2. log 4 b) log 3. log 5 𝑒 ⁄2 2
2 1
c) log 1. log 0 d) log 5 c) 4 d) 7
𝑒 ⁄1 𝑒 ⁄2

 8x − 4 x − 2 x + 1  3+𝑥
1⁄
𝑥
Ex. 10) Evaluate : lim   5) lim (3−𝑥)
x →0
 x2  𝑥→0
2⁄ 1⁄
a) 𝑒 3 b) 𝑒 3
a) log 1. log 2 b) log 2. log 2 3⁄
c) 𝑙𝑜𝑔3. log 0 d) log 4 . log 2 c) 𝑒 3 d) None of these

1⁄
𝑥
 a3 x − a 2 x − a x + 1 6) lim (7+4𝑥)
7−2𝑥
Ex. 11) lim   𝑥→0
x →0
 x2  a) 𝑒
−5⁄
7 b) 𝑒
−6⁄
7
a) 2 (log 𝑎)2 b) 1 (log 𝑏)0 c) 𝑒
+4⁄
8 d) Does not exist
c) 3 (log 𝑎)2 d) Does not exist

5 x + 5− x − 2
Ex. 12) lim
x →0 x2
 log (1 + x ) 1
a) 3 log 𝑏2
𝑎2 1 𝑎3
b) 4 log 𝑏2
Part- VII B – lim =1
x →0 x 1 𝑎1
c) 2 log 𝑐 2 d) Does not exist

 log (1 + 4 x )  Part- IX – Tends to ∞

Ex. 1) lim  
x →0
 x  a) lim
1
= 0 ( k  0 ) b) lim 𝑘 𝑥 = 0
1
x → k
a) 4 b) 2 c) 1 d) 0 x 𝑥→∞

log(1−9𝑥) 𝑥 2 −1
Ex. 2) lim Ex. 1) lim
𝑥→0 𝑥 𝑥→∞ 3𝑥 2 +5
a) + 7 b) -5 c) -9 d) Not match 1 4
a) 1 b) 2
1 2
log 100+log(0.01+𝑥) c) 3 d) 1
Ex. 3) lim 𝑥
𝑥→0
a) 99 b) 100 c) 200 d) 300 𝑥 2 +1
Ex. 2) lim
𝑥→∞ 𝑥 3 +1
 log ( 4 − x ) − log ( 4 + x )  a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) -1
Ex. 4) lim  
x →0
 x  Ex. 3) lim
3𝑥 2 −4𝑥 3 +7
+1 2 −1 𝑥→∞ 11𝑥 3 −7𝑥+1
a) 3 b) 3
c) 2
d) None +2
a) 10 b) 0
−3 −4
 log ( 2 + x ) − log ( 2 − x )  c)
9
d)
11
Ex. 5) lim  
x →0
 x  1+2+3−−−+𝑛
Ex. 4) lim
a) 0 b) None c) – 1 d) 1 𝑥→∞ 6𝑛2 −5𝑛+1
1 1
a) b)
12 10
1
c) d) Does not exist
Part- VIII – Mix Question 7

 ( 5x − 1)2 
13 + 23 + 33 + ... + x3
Ex. 1) lim   Ex. 5) lim
x →0  x.log (1 + x )  x → x4
  1 1
a) b)
a) (log 3)2 b) (log 2)0 1
2
1
3
c) (log 5)2 d) Does not exist c) d)
4 5

(5𝑥 −1)2 𝑒 3𝑥 +7
Ex. 2) lim 𝑥.log(1−3𝑥) Ex. 6) lim
𝑥→0 𝑥→∞ 4𝑒 3𝑥 −1
(log 5)1 (log 4)0 2 1
a) b) a) 4 b) 4
−2 −1
(log 5)2 (log 5)2 3
c) d) c) 5 d) None
−4 −3

 ( 2 x − 1) 
2

Ex. 3) lim  x 
( ) ( )
x →0  3 − 1 .log 1 + x 

(log 2)2 (log 3)1
a) log 3
b) log 2
(log 2)2
c) log 5
d) None of the above

 x ( 6 x − 3x ) 
Ex. 4) lim  x 
x →0
 ( 2 − 1) .log (1 + x ) 
a) 3 b) 2 c) -1 d) 1

𝑎 3𝑥 −𝑏2𝑥
Ex. 5) lim log(1+4𝑥)
𝑥→0
 Ch. 7 B- Limits& Continuity

Part I- Direct Function

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
A C D D B A D
Part II- L. H. L. and R. H. L.
1 2 3 4 5 6
D A A B D C
Part -III
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B A C D A A C C A C
11 12 13 14 15
B D D A A
Part IV- Factorization Method
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A B D C A D B A C B
11 12 13 14
C A D C
Part V- Rationalization Method :
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B C A A B C D D A D
11
C
Part VI- Limits of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A D B D A C A A B D
11 12 13 14
A C B C
Part- VII-A
1 2 3 4 5 6
C D A D A B
Part- VII- B
1 2 3 4 5
A C B C D
Part—VIII- Mix Question
1 2 3 4 5
C D A D B
Part-IX- Tends to
1 2 3 4 5 6
C A D A C B