 Marked questions are recommended for Revision.

PART - I : SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Section (A) : Definition of LHL/RHL and Indeterminate forms
A-1. Examine the graph of y = f(x) as shown and evaluate the following limits :

(i) im f(x) (ii) im f(x) (iii) im f(x) (iv) im f(x)

x 1 x 2 x 3 x 1.99

(v) im f(x)
x  3

A-2. Evaluate the following limits :

(i) im (x + sin x) (ii) im (tan x – 2x) (iii) im x cos x
x 2 x 3 3
x
4

ex
(iv) im xx (v) im
x 5 x 1 sin x

A-3. Evaluate the following limits,

where [ . ] represents greatest integer function and { . } represents fractional part function
x
(i) im [sin x] (ii) im   (iii) im sgn [tan x]
x

2
x 2
2 x 

(iv) im sin–1 (n x)

x 1

 x 1 , x 1
A-4. (i) If f(x) =  , evaluate im f(x).
2x  3 , x 1 x 1

 x , x 1
(ii) Let f(x) =  , if im f(x) exist, then find value of .
2x  3 , x 1 x 1

x2  2 , x  2  2x , x  1
A-5. If f(x) =  and g(x) =  , evaluate im f (g(x)).
 1 x , x  2 3  x , x  1 x 1

A-6. Which of the followings are indeterminate forms. Also state the type.
[x]
(i) im , where [ . ] denotes the greatest integer function
x 0 x

(ii) im x2  1 – x (iii) im  (tan x)tan2x

x  
x  
2
1

(iv) im ,
x 1
x nx
where { . } denotes the fractional part function
SECTION (B) : Evaluation of limits of form 0/0, /,  – , 0 × , Use of L-Hospital
Rule & Expansion
B-1. Evaluate each of the following limits, if exists
x3  3x  1 4x3  x 2  2x  5
(i) im (ii) im
x 1 x 1 x 1 x 6  5x3  2x  4
a  2x  3x
(iii) im ,a0
x a
3a  x  2 x

B-2. Evaluate the following limits, if exists

1  cos 4x 3 sin x  cos x
(i) im (ii) im
x 0 1  cos5x  
x
6 x
6
tan3x  2x (a  x)2 sin(a  x)  a2 sina
(iii) im (iv) im
x 0 3x  sin2 x x 0 x

(v) im
ebx  eax
, where 0 < a < b (vi) im
x e 2 x
 e2 
x 0 x 1  cos x
x 0

n(1  3x) n (2  x)  n 0.5

(vii) im (viii) im
x 0 3x  1 x0 x
1  cos 2x
xn  2n 2
(ix) Find n  N, if im = 80. (x) im
x 2 x2 x  0 x
( n (1  x)  n2)(3.4 x 1  3x)
(xi) im 1 1
x 1
[(7  x) 3  (1  3x) 2 ].sin(x  1)

B-3. Evaluate the following limits.

 1 2 x  n3  2n2  1  3 n4  1
(i) im  2  2  ....  2  (ii) im , nN
x 
x x x  n   4
n6  6n5  2  5 n7  3n3  1
 
x 5 tan  12   3 | x |2  7
(iii) im
x 
 x 2  8x  x  (iv) im
x  
 x 
| x |3  7 | x |  8

B-4. Evaluate the following limits.

5 5
 2 2
 (x  2) 2  (a  2) 2
(i) im   x  1 3 – (x – 1)3  (ii) im
x  
 
x a x a
(iii)
x
im cos  x 1  cos  x
 
1

 (x  1) (x  2) (x  3) (x  4)  
4
(iv) im x
x  
 

B-5. Evaluate the following limits using expansions :

1 1 tan2 x
ex  1  sin x 
(x  2)  (15x  2)
2 5
2
(i) im 1
(ii) im
x 2 x 0 x3
(7x  2) 4  x

a  bsin x  cos x  cex

B-6 If im exists, find the values of a, b, c. Also find the limit
x 0 x3
B-7. Find the values of a and b so that:
1  a x sin x  b cos x
(i) im may have a finite limit.
x0 x4
(ii) im
x
 x 4  ax3  3x2  bx  2  x 4  2x3  cx2  3x  d  =4

axex  b n (1  x)  cxe x
(iii) im  2
x0 x 2 sin x

 n 1  x  1
(1 x)

B-8. Find the following limit using expansion im   :

x0  x2 x
 

(cos )x  (sin )x  cos 2   

B-9. Prove that im = cos4  n (cos )  sin4  n (sin ),  0 , 
x4 x4  2 

tan(a  2h)  2tan(a  h)  tana

B10. Find the value of lim .
h 0 h2

x n x
SECTION (C) : Limit of form 00 , 0 , 1 , im , im , Sandwitch theorem and
x  ex x  x
Miscellaneous problems on limits.

C-1 Evaluate the following limits :

im  x 
x2
(i) (ii) im (tan x)cosx
x 0 
x
2

(iii) im ([x])1–x , where [ . ] denotes greatest integer function

x 1

(iv) im etanx


x
2

C-2. Evaluate the following limits :

x
 1  2x 
(i) im (tan x)tan2x (ii) im  
x

4
x 
 1  3x 
x 1
sec
   x
im 1  nx 
2
(iii) (iv) im  tan   x  
x 1 x 0
 4 

C-3 
If im 1  ax  bx 2
x 1
 x 1
= e3 , then find conditions on a, b and c.

C-4. Evaluate following limits :

 n x  xn 
x n 1  x  e x sin  x 
(i) im   (ii) im e 
x  n x x  xn

[1 . 2x]  [2 . 3x]  .....  [n . (n  1) x]

C-5. Evaluate im , where [ . ] denotes greatest integer function.
n  n3

x 2n  1
C-6. If f(x) = im ,nN find range of f(x).
n   x 2n  1
Section (D) : Continuity at a point
 sin (a  1) x  sin x
 x for x  0

D-1. Determine the values of a, b & c for which the function f (x) =  c for x  0
 (x  bx2 )1/2  x1/2
 for x  0
 b x3/2
is continuous at x = 0.
 1  sin3 x , x  /2
 3 cos2 x

D-2. Find the values of ' a ' & ' b ' so that the function, f (x) =  a , x   / 2 is continuous at
 b (1  sin x)
 , x  /2
 (   2 x)
2

x = /2.

D-3. If f(x) = {x} & g(x) = [x] (where {. } & [.] denotes the fractional part and the integral part functions
respectively), then discuss the continuity of :
(i) h(x) = f(x). g(x) at x = 1 and 2 (ii) h(x) = f(x) + g(x) at x = 1
(iii) h(x) = f(x) – g(x) at x = 1 (iv) h(x) = g(x) + f(x) at x = 1 and 2

 f(x)
, x3
D-4. Suppose that f(x) = x3  3x2  4x + 12 and h(x) =  x  3 , then

 K , x3
(a) find all zeros of f
(b) find the value of K that makes h continuous at x = 3
(c) using the value of K found in (b), determine whether h is an even function.

sin3x  A sin 2x  B sin x

D-5. If f(x) = (x  0) is continuous at x = 0. Find A & B. Also find f (0).
x5
D6. If graph of function y = f(x) is

2
1

0 1 2 3
and graph of function
y = g(x)is

1 2
then discuss the continuity of f(x) g(x) at x = 1 and x = 2.

Section (E) : Continuity in an interval, Continuity of composite functions, IMVT

E-1. Find interval for which the function given by the following expressions are continuous :
3x  7 1 x2
(i) f(x) = 2 (ii) f(x) = –
x  5x  6 | x | 1 2
x2  1  x 
(iii) f(x) = (iv) f(x) = tan  
1  sin2 x  2 
E-2. If f(x) = x + { x} + [x], where [ . ] is the integral part & { . } is the fractional part function. Discuss the
continuity of f in ( 2, 2). Also find nature of each discontinuity.

x2  1
E-3. If f(x) = and g(x) = tan x, then discuss the continuity of fog (x).
x2  1

1  x , 0  x  2
E-4. Let f(x) =  . Determine the composite function g(x) = f (f(x)) & hence find the point
3  x , 2  x  3
of discontinuity of g , if any.

3 1
E-5. Find the point of discontinuity of y = f(u), where f(u) = and u = .
2u  5u – 3
2
x  2

x3 7
E-6. Show that the function f(x) = – sin  x + 3 takes the value within the interval
4 3
[–2, 2].

1 5
E-7. If g(x) = (|x – 1| + |4x – 11|) [x2 – 2x – 2], then find the number of point of discontinuity of g(x) in  , 
2 2
{where [.] denotes GIF}

Section (F) : Derivability at a point

F-1. Test the continuity & differentiability of the function defined as under at x = 1 & x = 2.
 x ; x  1

f (x) =  2  x ; 1  x  2
 2  3 x  x 2 ; x  2




 1 for    x  0
 
F-2. A function f is defined as follows: f(x) =  1  sin x for 0  x 
 2
  
2

2   x  for  x  
  2  2
Discuss the continuity & differentiability at x = 0 & x = /2.

F-3. Prove that f (x) = |x| cos x is not differentiable at x = 0

F-4. Show that the function f (x) =  x  

 xm sin 1 ; x  0

is,

0 ; x  0
(i) differentiable at x = 0, if m > 1.
(ii) continuous but not differentiable at x = 0, if 0 < m  1.
(iii) neither continuous nor differentiable, if m  0.

Examine the differentiability of f (x) = 1  e x at x = 0.

2
F-5.
 a x 2  b if | x |  1

F-6. If f(x) =  1 is derivable at x = 1. Find the values of a & b.
 | x | if | x |  1

Section (G) : Derivability in an interval

G-1. 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.

 1
 x  ; 0  x  1
G-2. Discuss the continuity & derivability of f (x) =  2
 x . [x] ; 1 x  2

where [ x ] indicates the greatest integer x.

G-3. Discuss continuity and differentiability of y = f(x) in [–2, 5] where [.] denotes GIF & {.} denotes FPF
 [x] , x  [–2, 0]
 {x} , x  (0, 2)

 x2
f(x) =  , x  [2, 3)
 4
 1
 , x  [3, 5]
 log4 (x  3)

  x2 
G-4. Check differentiability of f(x) = sgn (x2/3) + cos  2 
+ |x – 1|5/3 in [–2, 2] where [.] denotes GIF.
  1  x 

G-5. Discuss the continuity and differentiability of h(x) = f(x) g(x) in (0, 3) if
 | x  1|  | x  2 |
 , x  (0, 1)
 2
e e
x

f(x) = {where [.] denot GIF} and g(x) =  | x  1|  | x  2 | , x  [1, 2)
[x]  1  3 | x  1|  | x  2 |
  
, x  [2, 3)
 2

Section (H) : Functional equations and Miscellaneous

7
H-1. If f : R  R satisfies f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y), for all x, y  R and f(1) = 2, then 
r 1
f(r) is :

f(1  cos x)  f(2)

H-2. If f(2) = 4 then, evaluate lim ..
x 0 tan2 x

H-3. Let a function f : R  R be given by f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) for all x, y  R and f(x)  0 for any x  R. If the
function f (x) is differentiable at x = 0, show that f(x) = f(0) f(x) for all x  R. Also, determine f(x).

 1  1
H-4. Let f(x) be a polynomial function satisfying the relation f(x). f   = f(x) + f    x  R – {0} and
x x
f(3) = –26. Determine f(1).

H-5. Let function f(x) satisfying the relation f(x + y)+ f(x – y) = 2f(x).f(y), then prove that it is even function

H-6. Let f(x) be a bounded function. L1 = im (f(x) – f(x)) and L2 = im f(x) where  > 0. If L1, L2 both
x   x  

L
exist and L1 = L, then prove that L2 = – .

H-7. Let R be the set of real numbers and f: RR be such that for all x & y in R
|f(x) – f(y)|  |x – y|3. Prove that f(x) is constant.

PART - II : ONLY ONE OPTION CORRECT TYPE

Section (A) : Definition of LHL/RHL and Indeterminate forms

A-1. im sin1 ((sec x)) is equal to

x0


(A) (B) 1 (C) zero (D) none of these
2

A-2. Consider the following statements :

[x]
S1 : im is an indeterminate form (where [ . ] denotes greatest integer function).
x  0 x

sin (3 x )
S2 : im =0
x   3x

x – sin x
S3 : im does not exist.
x  x  cos2 x
(n  2) !  (n  1) !
S4 : im (n  N) =0
n (n  3) !
State, in order, whether S1, S2, S3, S4 are true or false
(A) FTFT (B) FTTT (C) FTFF (D) TTFT

A-3. im (1  x + [x  1] + [1  x]) is equal to (where [.] denotes greatest integer function)

x 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  1 (D) does not exist

cos1(cos x)
A4. lim 1
is equal to :
x 0 sin (sin x)

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) Does not exist

SECTION (B) : Evaluation of limits of form 0/0, /,  – , 0 × , Use of L-Hospital

Rule & Expansion

(x3  27) n (x  2)
B-1. im is equal to
x 3 (x 2  9)
(A)  8 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D)  9

(4 x  1)3
B-2. im is equal to
x 0 x  x2 
sin   n  1  
p  3 
(A) 9 p (n 4) (B) 3 p (n 4)3 (C) 12 p (n 4)3 (D) 27 p (n 4)2

B-3. im

sin e x  2  1  is equal to
x2 n (x  1)
(A) 0 (B)  1 (C) 2 (D) 1
 sin  n(1  x)
B-4. The value of im is equal to
x  0 n(1  sin x)
1 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) 1
2 4

1  cos2(x  1)
B-5. im
x 1 x 1
(A) exists and it equals 2
(B) exists and it equals  2
(C) does not exist because x  1 
(D) does not exist because left hand limit is not equal to right hand limit.

3
1  x 2  4 1  2x
B-6. The value of lim is equal to
x 0 x  x2
1 1
(A) (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) –
2 2
2  1  cos x
B-7. The value of lim is equal to
x 0 sin2 x
2 2  2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 8 8

cos1 (1  x)
B-8. im  is equal to
x  0 x
1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
2

 100 
  xk   100
im  
k 1
B-9. is equal to
x 1 x 1
(A) 0 (B) 5050 (C) 4550 (D)  5050

1
x 3 sin  x  1
B-10. im x is equal to
x x2  x  1
1
(A) 0 (B) (C) 1 (D) none of these
2

 1
x 2 sin  
B-11. im  x  is equal to
x   
9x  x  1
2

1 1
(A) (B) – (C) 0 (D) does not exist
3 3

5n  1  3n  22n
B-12. im , n N is equal to
n   5n  2n  32n  3

(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) zero

      
B-13. im n cos   sin   , n N is equal to:
n  
 4n   4n 
  
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
3 4 6

 
x  2 
B-14. im   is equal to (where [ . ] represents greatest integer function)
 cos x 
x 
 
2

(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) – 2 (D) does not exist

3n  ( 1)n
B-15. im is equal to (n  N)
n  4n  ( 1)n
3 3 3
(A) – (B) – if n is even ; if n is odd
4 4 4
3
(C) not exist if n is even ; – if n is odd (D) 1 if n is even ; does not exist if n is odd
4

 2 1 
B16. lim   is equal to :
x 1 1  x 2
 x  1 
1 1
(A) (B) – (C) –1 (D) Does not exist
2 2

  1 
B-17. im  x  x 2 n 1   is equal to :
x 
  x  
1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
2 2 3

x2
–
e 2
– cos x
B-18. im is equal to
x0 x 3 sin x
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 6 12 8

sin(6x 2 )
B-19. im is equal to
x  0 ncos(2x 2  x)
(A) 12 (B)  12 (C) 6 (D)  6

sin(a  3h)  3sin(a  2h)  3sin(a  h)  sina

B-20. lim is equal to :
h 0 h3
(A) cosa (B) –cosa (C) sina (D) sina cosa

x n x
SECTION (C) : Limit of form 00 , 0 , 1 , x 
im x
, x 
im , Sandwitch theorem and
e x
Miscellaneous problems on limits.
x 1
 x  2
C-1. im   is equal to
x
 x  2
(A) e4 (B) e 4 (C) e2 (D) none of these
  
5

C-2. im  1  tan2 x x
is equal to
x  0

(A) e5 (B) e2 (C) e (D) none of these

1

C-3. The value of im (1  [x]) n (tan x) is equal to (where [ . ] denotes the greatest integer function)

x
4

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) e (D) e1

x
 x 2  2x  1 
C-4. im  2  is equal to
x
 x  4x  2 
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) e2 (D) e

1
C-5. The limiting value of (cos x) sin x at x = 0 is:
(A) 1 (B) e (C) 0 (D) none of these

 x 
tan  
 a  2a 
C-6. im  2   is equal to
xa
 x
a 2a 2
  
  
(A) e (B) e (C) e (D) 1

n
 x 
C-7. im  cos  is
n 
 n
 x2 x2
 x2 2 x2 2
(A) e (B) e (C) e (D) e

C-8. If [x] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to x, then im

n
1
n4
 [13 x]  [23 x]  ...  [n3 x]  is
equal to
x x x x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 6 4

Section (D) : Continuity at a point

cos(sin x)  cos x
D-1. A function f(x) is defined as below f(x) = , x  0 and f(0) = a
x2
f(x) is continuous at x = 0 if 'a' equals
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

 1
D-2. Let f(x) =  x   [x] , when – 2  x  2. where [ . ] represents greatest integer function. Then
 2 
(A) f(x) is continuous at x = 2 (B) f(x) is continuous at x = 1
(C) f(x) is continuous at x = – 1 (D) f(x) is discontinuous at x = 0

D-3.

log
The function f(x) is defined by f(x) =  (4x 3)
x 2  2x  5 , if 4 
3  x  1 or
 x  1

 4 , if x  1
(A) is continuous at x = 1
(B) is discontinuous at x = 1 since f(1 + ) does not exist though f(1  ) exists
(C) is discontinuous at x = 1 since f(1  ) does not exist though f(1 + ) exists
(D) is discontinuous since neither f(1  ) nor f(1 + ) exists.
  
D-4. If f(x) = x sin   x  2[x]   , then f(x)is {where [.] denotes GIF}
2 
(A) Discontinuous at x = 2 (B) Discontinuous at x = 1
(C) Continuous at x = 1 (D) Continuous at x = 3

Section (E) : Continuity in an interval, Continuity of composite functions, IMVT

 (1  p x)  (1  p x)
 x , 1  x  0
E-1. f (x) =  is continuous in the interval [  1, 1 ], then ' p' is
 2x  1 , 0  x 1
 x  2
equal to:
(A)  1 (B)  1/2 (C) 1/2 (D) 1

E-2. Let f(x) = Sgn(x) and g(x) = x (x2 – 5x + 6). The function f(g(x)) is discontinuous at
(A) infinitely many points (B) exactly one point
(C) exactly three points (D) no point

1 1
E-3. If y = where t = , then the number of points of discontinuities of y = f(x), x  R is
t t2
2
x 1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) infinite

E-4. The equation 2 tan x + 5x – 2 = 0 has

(A) no solution in [0, /4] (B) at least one real solution in [0, /4]
(C) two real solution in [0, /4] (D) None of these

Section (F) : Derivability at a point

F-1. If f(x) = x  
x  x  1 , then indicate the correct alternative(s):
(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

 x(3e1/ x  4)
 , x0
F-2. If f(x) =  2  e1/ x , then f(x) is
 x0
 0 ,
(A) continuous as well differentiable at x = 0
(B) continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(C) neither differentiable at x = 0 nor continuous at x = 0
(D) none of these

x
F-3. If f(x) = be a real valued function, then
x 1 x
(A) f(x) is continuous, but f(0) does not exist (B) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is not continuous at x = 0 (D) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0

F-4. The function f(x) = sin1 (cos x) is :

(A) discontinuous at x = 0 (B) continuous at x = 0
(C) differentiable at x = 0 (D) none of these
  x  {x}  x sin{x} for x  0
F-5. If f(x) =  , where { . } denotes the fractional part function, then:
0 for x  0
(A) f is continuous & differentiable at x = 0 (B) f is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(C) f is continuous & differentiable at x = 2 (D) none of these.

   [x] 2[  x]   5 
   x  
log a [x]  [  x] x  a  for x  0 ; a  1
F-6.

Given f(x) =  a
   1 
  
x 
 3 a 
  
 0 for x  0
where [.] represents the integral part function, then:
(A) f is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(B) f is continuous & differentiable at x = 0
(C) the differentiability of 'f' at x = 0 depends on the value of a
(D) f is continuous & differentiable at x = 0 and for a = e only.

 x2  1
 , 0  x  2
x2  1

 1 x3  x2 , 2  x  3
F-7. If f (x) = 
4
( ) , then:

9
4  x  4  2  x  , 3  x  4

(A) f (x) is differentiable at x = 2 & x = 3 (B) f (x) is non-differentiable at x = 2 & x = 3
(C) f (x) is differentiable at x = 3 but not at x = 2 (D) f (x) is differentiable at x = 2 but not at x = 3.

Section (G) : Derivability in an interval

x
G-1. The set of all points where the function f(x) = is differentiable is:
1 |x|
(A) (  ) (B) [ 0, ) (C) ( , 0)  (0, ) (D) (0, )

G-2. If f (x) is differentiable everywhere, then :

(A) f  is differentiable everywhere
2
(B) f is differentiable everywhere
(C) f f is not differentiable at some point (D) f + f is differentiable everywhere

G-3. Let f (x) be defined in [ 2 , 2] by


f (x) = 

max 4  x 2 ,

1  x2 ,  2  x  0
, then f (x) :
 
 min 4  x 2 , 1  x2 , 0  x  2
(A) is continuous at all points (B) is not continuous at more than one point .
(C) is not differentiable only at one point (D) is not differentiable at more than one point

G-4. The number of points at which the function f(x) = max. {a  x, a + x, b},   < x < , 0 < a < b cannot be
differentiable is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) none of these

max f(t), 0  t  x, 0  x  1
G-5. Let f(x) = x – x2 and g(x) =  , then in the interval [0, )
 sin x , x  1
(A) g(x) is everywhere continuous except at two points
(B) g(x) is everywhere differentiable except at two points
(C) g(x) is everywhere differentiable except at x = 1
(D) none of these
G-6. Consider the following statements :

S1 : Number of points where f(x) = | x sgn (1 – x2) | is non-differentiable is 3.

 
a sin 2 (x  1) , x  0
S2 : Defined f(x) =  , In order that f(x) be continuous at x = 0, 'a' should be
 tan x  sin x , x  0
 x3
1
equal to
2
S3 : The set of all points, where the function 3
x 2 | x | is differentiable is (–, 0)  (0, )
1
S4 : Number of points where f(x) = is non-differentiable in the interval (0, 3) is 3.
sin–1(sin x)
State, in order, whether S1, S2, S3, S4 are true or false
(A) TTTF (B) TTTT (C) FTTF (D) TFTT

G-7. Consider the following statements :

sin (  [x  ])
S1 : Let f(x) = , where [ . ] stands for the greatest integer function. Then f(x) is
1  [x]2
discontinuous at x = n + , n 

S2 : The function f(x) = p[x + 1] + q [x – 1], (where [.] denotes the greatest integer function) is
continuous at x = 1 if p + q = 0

S3 : Let f(x) = |[x] x| for – 1  x  2, where [.] is greatest integer function, then f is not differentiable
at x = 2.
S4 : If f(x) takes only rational values for all real x and is continuous, then f(10) = 10.
State, in order, whether S1, S2, S3, S4 are true or false
(A) FTTT (B) TTTF (C) FTTF (D) FFTF

G-8. For what triplets of real numbers (a, b, c) with a 0 the function

 x , x  1
f(x) =  is differentiable for all real x?
2
ax  bx  c , otherwise

(A) {(a, 12a, a)  a  R, a 0 }
(B) {(a, 12a, c)  a, c  R, a 0 }
(C) {(a, b, c)  a, b, c  R, a + b + c =1 }
(D) {(a, 12a, 0)  a  R, a 0}

Section (H) : Functional Equations and Miscellaneous

f(2h  2  h2 )  f(2)
H-1. Given that f(2) = 6 and f(1) = 4, then lim =
h 0 f(h  h2  1)  f(1)

(A) does not exist (B) is equal to –3/2 (C) is equal to 3/2 (D) is equal to 3

10
H-2. If f(x + y) = f(x) . f(y),  x & y  N and f(1) = 2, then the value of  f(n) is
n 1

(A) 2036 (B) 2046 (C) 2056 (D) 2066

H-3. If f(1) = 1 and f(n + 1) = 2f(n) + 1 if n  1, then f(n) is equal to

(A) 2n + 1 (B) 2n (C) 2n – 1 (D) 2n–1 – 1
   1
x = x + x 2 (x  0), then f(x) is equal to
H-4. If y = f(x) satisfies the condition f x  1 2

(A)  x2  2 (B)  x2  2
(C) x – 2, x  R – {0}
2 (D) x2  2, |x|  [2, )

H-5. A function f : R  R satisfies the condition x2 f(x) + f(1  x) = 2x  x4. Then f(x) is:
(A) – x2 – 1 (B) – x2 + 1 (C) x2  1 (D) – x4  1

H-6. If f: R  R be a differentiable function, such that f(x + 2y) = f(x) + f(2y) + 4xy  x, y  R. then
(A) f(1) = f(0) + 1 (B) f(1) = f(0) – 1 (C) f(0) = f(1) + 2 (D) f(0) = f(1) – 2

PART - III : MATCH THE COLUMN

1. Let [.] denotes the greatest integer function.

Column – I Column – II

(A) If P(x) = [2 cos x], x  [–, ], then P(x) (p) is discontinuous at exactly 7 points

(B) If Q(x) = [2 sin x], x  [–, ], then Q(x) (q) is discontinuous at exactly 4 points

  
(C) If R(x) = [2 tan x/2], x    ,  , then R(x) (r) is non differentiable at some points
 2 2 
 x  
(D) If S(x) = 3cosec  , x   , 2 , then S(x) (s) is continuous at infinitely many values
 3 2 

2. Column – I Column – II

(A) f(x) = |x3| is (p) continuous in (–1, 1)

(B) f(x) = | x | is (q) differentiable in (–1, 1)

(C) f(x) = |sin–1 x| is (r) differentiable in (0, 1)

(D) f(x) = cos–1 |x| is (s) not differentiable atleast at one point in (–1, 1)

 Marked questions are recommended for Revision.

PART - I : ONLY ONE OPTION CORRECT TYPE

 | x |3  x  3 
1. im      (a < 0), where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x,
x a  a  a  

is equal to
(A) a 2 1 (B) – a 2 – 1 (C) a 2 (D) – a 2

x x x x x
2. im cos cos 2 cos 3 cos 4 .......cos n is equal to (x 0)
n   2 2 2 2 2
sin x x
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) (D)
x sin x
   nsin    n tan   
3. im          , where [.] represents greatest integer function and n N, is equal to
0
     
(A) 2n (B) 2n + 1 (C) 2n – 1 (D) does not exist

im  1  e x sin x 
4.
x0     , where [] represents greatest integer function, is equal to
x 


(A) – 1 (B) 1 (C) log 2 1

(3  2) (D) does not exist

cos (sin x)  cos x

5. The value of im is equal to
x 0 x4
tan x 1 sin x  x 1
(A) im 3
(B) (C) im 3
(D)
x 0 x 6 x 0 x 3

sin x – (sin x)sin x

6. The value of im is
x 
 1– sin x  n sin x
2

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) /2

7. The value of

x 
im tan2 x
  2 sin2 x  3 sin x  4  
sin2 x  6 sin x  2 is equal to:
2

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
10 11 12 8

1
8. If  and  be the roots of equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0, then im 1  ax 2  bx  c  x   is equal to
x

(A) a ( ) (B) n |a ( | (C) ea(  ) (D) ea| |

 n 
   
1 1
n
e x  2x ex
 3x ex


9. im   , n  N, is equal to
x  xn
2 3
(A) 0 (B) n   (C) n   (D) none of these
3 2

10.



im im
exp x  n 1 
ay
x   
exp  x



b y  
n 1  x   
 
is equal to
y 0 x  y 
 
 
(A) a + b (B) a  b (C) b  a (D)  (a + b)
  2x x
11. The graph of the function f(x) = im  cot 1 2  is
t 0   t 

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

12. Let [x] denote the integral part of x  R and g(x) = x  [x]. Let f(x) be any continuous function with f(0) =
f(1), then the function h(x) = f(g(x)) :
(A) has finitely many discontinuities (B) is continuous on R
(C) is discontinuous at some x = c (D) is a constant function.


 a(1  x sin x)  bcos x  5
 x0
x2

13. Let f(x) =  3 x0
 1/ x
   cx  dx 3  
  1   x2
  x0
   
If f(x) is continuous at x = 0 then find (a – b – c + ed)
(A) 0 (B) 6 (C) –6 (D) 2

x 2 if x is irrational
14. Let f(x) =  , then:
1 if x is rational
(A) f(x) is discontinuous for all x (B) discontinuous for all x except at x = 0
(C) discontinuous for all x except at x = 1 or  1 (D) none of these
15. A point (x, y), where function f(x) = [sin [x]] in (0, 2) is not continuous, is ([.] denotes greatest
integer  x).
(A) (3, 0) (B) (2, 0) (C) (1, 0) (D) (4, –1)

 (1  sin x)t  1
16. The function f defined by f(x) = lim   . is
 (1  sin x)  1
t t

(A) everywhere continuous (B) discontinuous at all integer values of x

(C) continuous at x = 0 (D) none of these

  1
 x  1  x sin x  , x  0
  
  1
17. If f(x) =   x  1  x sin  , x  0 , then f(x) is
  x
 0 , x0


(A) continuous as well as diff. at x = 0 (B) continuous at x = 0, but not diff. at = 0
(C) neither continuous at x = 0 nor diff. at x = 0 (D) none of these
18. The functions defined by f(x) = max {x2, (x  1)2, 2x (1  x)}, 0  x  1
(A) is differentiable for all x
(B) is differentiable for all x except at one point
(C) is differentiable for all x except at two points
(D) is not differentiable at more than two points.

19. [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If f(x) = [x] [sin x] in (1,1), then f(x) is:
(A) continuous at x = 0 (B) continuous in (1, 0)
(C) differentiable in (1,1) (D) none

20. Let f(x) = [n + p sin x], x  (0, ), n  Z, p is a prime number and [x] is greatest integer less than or
equal to x. The number of points at which f(x) is not differentiable is
(A) p (B) p – 1 (C) 2p + 1 (D) 2p – 1

1
21. Let f: R  R be any function and g (x) = . Then g is
f(x)
(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

max f (t) for 0  t  x for 0  x  1

22. Let f(x) = x3  x2 + x + 1 and g(x) =,  then:
 3 x  x for 1  x  2
2

(A) g(x) is continuous & derivable at x = 1

(B) g(x) is continuous but not derivable at x = 1
(C) g(x) is neither continuous nor derivable at x = 1
(D) g(x) is derivable but not continuous at x = 1

 x  y  f(x)  f(y)
23. Let f : R  R be a function such that f  = , f(0) = 0 and f(0) = 3, then
 3  3
f(x)
(A) is differentiable in R
x
(B) f(x) is continuous but not differentiable in R
(C) f(x) is continuous in R
(D) f(x) is bounded in R

 x  y  4  2(f(x)  f(y))
24. If a differentiable function f satisfies f  =  x, y  R, then f(x) is equal to
 3  3
1 2 8 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 7 7 7

PART-II: NUMERICAL VALUE QUESTIONS

INSTRUCTION :
 The answer to each question is NUMERICAL VALUE with two digit integer and decimal upto two digit.
 If the numerical value has more than two decimal places truncate/round-off the value to TWO decimal
placed.

sin1(1  {x}) . cos1(1  {x})

 lim f (x)   lim f (x )
2 2
1. Let f(x) = , then value of is
2{x} (1  {x}) x 0 
x 0 

(where {.} denotes the fractional part function)

   1  1
 x sin    sin  2  , x  0  3 lim f ( x ) 
2. Let f (x) =  x x  , then value of e x   is
0  
 , x 0
(where [ . ] represent greatest integer function)

 1  cos x cos2x 1  cos3 x  3cos2 x  3cos x 

3. im   30 3  is equal to
x 0  cos x  63 
 x2 

im f(x) exists and is finite and nonzero and im  f(x)  3f(x)  1  = 3 then value of e xim f ( x) is
4. If x x  f 2 (x) 



12x  1/ 3 , x  1  x 1 , x  0
5. If f(x) =  , g(x) =  2 and h(x) = |x|,
 2x  2 , x  1  x  1 , x  0
2

then value of im f(g(h(x))) is

x 0

sin x , x  n , n  0, 1, 2,........

6. If f(x) = 
2 , otherwise
x2  5 / 4 , x  0 , 2

and g(x) = 4 , x0 , then value of im g (f(x)) is
5 x 0
 , x  2

 1 1 1 1 
7. im     .............   is equal to
n  n 2
n 1
2
n 2
2
n  2n 
2

 1
8. The value of lim x 2  2  is (where [.] denotes G..F.)
x 0 x 

 sin 1 x  tan1 x 94x tan1( 2  1) 

9. im    is equal to
x  0  3 sin x 
 x 

im x3 (a + b)
10. If x 0 = 1, then the value of where a > 0, is
a  x (bx  sin x) 2

n
 7  

5
11. If f(x) =  x     x  4(  1)  , then im f(0) is equal to
1    n  


 ( 1)[ x ]
2
if x0

12. Let f(x) =  1 . Then im f(x) + im f(x) equals (where [ . ] represents greatest
 n
im if x0 x 0  x 0
 4  xn
integer function)

1
e  1  x  x
13. The value of lim is
x 0 tan x
 nx
e n x  en x  2 cos  k x2
14. If im 2 exists and finite (n, k  N), then the least
x  0 (sin x  tan x)
value of 4k + n  2 is :

12 n  22 (n 1)  32 (n  2)  .....  n2 . 1 a
15. If im = then value of a 3 + b 3 iswhere a and b are
n 1  2  3  ......  n
3 3 3 3
b
coprime numbers

n98 1
16. If im = , then the value of x equals
n 
n  (n  1)
x x
99

17. If  be the sum of all possible point of discontinuity and  be the sum of all possible

 4 x  5 [x] for x  1
point of nondifferentiability of f(x) =  in [0, 2] then value of  is
 cos  x 
 for x  1
(where [x] is the greatest integer not greater than x)

 2x 2  12x  16 , 4  x  2

18. If f(x) = 2 | x | , 2  x  1 , then the maximum length of interval for which f(|x|)

 4x  x  2 , 1  x  13
2

is continuous is

1  sin x
n (sin x)  
19. Let f(x) = . , x  . The value of f   so that the function
(   2 x)2
n (1  2  4x  4x 2 ) 2 2

is continuous at x = is  and ||  = 1 where   N then find product of all possible
2
values of 

 
(sin x  cos x)
cosecx
 x0
, 2


 x0
 a
20. If the function f(x) defined as f(x) =  ,

 1 2 3
 ex  ex  ex 
 1 3
, 0x
 ae 2  x  be 1 x 2

19 17
is continuous at x = 0 , then the value of loge1/ 7 a + b is :
3 4

21. The number of points of non differentiability of the function

f (x) = |sin x| + sin |x| in [ –8, 8] is

 sin [x 2 ] 
  ax3  b , 0  x  1
22. If f (x) =  x 2  3x  8 is differentiable in [0 , 2] , then the value of a + b + 10 is
 2cos  x  tan1 x , 1  x  2


 x 2 e2( x 1) for 0  x  1

23. If f(x) =  is differentiable at x = 1
a sgn (x  1) cos (2x  2)  bx for 1  x  2
2

then a 3 + b 3 + 10 =
 {ex }n  1
24. Number of points of non-differentiability of f(x) = lim in interval [0, 1] is  then value of
n  {e x } n  1

  
where {.} represents fractional part function
2
25. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. The number of integral points
in [–1, 1] where f(x) = [x sin x] is differentiable are
2f(x)  3f(2x)  f(4x)
26. Let f(x) be continuous at x = 0 and f (0) = 4 then value of lim is
x 0 x2

27. Let f : R  R is a function satisfying f(10 – x) = f(x) and f(2 – x ) = f(2 +x), x R. If f(0) = 101, then the
minimum possible number of values of x satisfying f(x) = 101 for x [0,30] is
n
28. Find the natural number 'a' for which  f(a  k)
k 1
= 2048(2n – 1), where the function ‘f’ satisfies the

relation f(x + y) = f(x) . f(y) for all natural numbers x & y and further f(1) = 2

PART - III : ONE OR MORE THAN ONE OPTIONS CORRECT TYPE

x 2  9x  20
1. Let f(x) = (where [x] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to x),
x  [x]
then

(A) im f(x) = 0 (B) im f(x) = 1

x5 x  5

(C) im f(x) does not exist (D) none of these

x5

cos2  cos2x
2. If f(x) = , then
x2  | x |
(A) im f(x) = 2 sin 2 (B) im f(x) = 2 sin 2
x 1 x 1

(C) im f(x) = 2 cos 2 (D) im f(x) = 2 cos 2

x 1 x 1

x(1  acos x)  bsin x 1  acos x b sin x

3. If  = im = im – im , where   R, then
x  0 x3 x  0 x2 x 0 x3
(A) (a, b) = (–1, 0) (B) a & b are any real numbers
1
(C)  = 0 (D)  =
2
| x  |
4. Let f(x) = , then
sin x
(A) f(–  ) =  1 (B) f(–  ) = 1
(C) im f(x) does not exist (D) im f(x) does not exist
x   x

 2x
1  , 0  x  1
5. Let f(x) =  a , if im f(x) exists, then value of a is :
x 1

 ax, 1  x  2
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D) – 2
ax 2  bx  c
6. Let ,  be the roots of equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, where 1 <  <  and xim
x = 1, then
0 ax 2  bx  c
which of the following statements can be correct
(A) a > 0 and x0 < 1 (B) a > 0 and x0 > 
(C) a < 0 and  < x0 <  (D) a < 0 and x0 < 1
 a0 xm  a1xm1  .....  ak xmk
7. Let  (x) = , where a0  0, b0  0 and m, n  N, then which of the following
b0 xn  b1xn1  ....  b xn
statements is/are correct.

(A) If m > n then, im  (x) is equal to 0 

x 0

a0
(B) If m = n then, im  (x) is equal to 
x 0 b0
a0
(C) If m < n and n – m is even, > 0, then im  (x) is equal to 
b0 x 0

a0
(D) If m < n and n – m is even, < 0, then im  (x) is equal to – 
b0 x 0

8. Given a real valued function f such that

 tan2 [x]
 2 , x0
 (x  [x] )
2



f(x) = 
1 , x0


 {x} cot {x}, x  0
where [.] represents greatest integer function and {.} represents fractional part function, then

 
2
(A) im f(x) = 1 (B) im f(x) = cot1 (C) cot–1 im f(x) = 1 (D) im f(x) = 0
x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0

x2  2
9. If f(x) = , then
3x  6
1 1 1 1
(A) im f(x) = – (B) im f(x) = (C) im f(x) = (D) im f(x) = –
x  3 x  3 x  3 x  3

sin 2x  a sin x
10. If im = p (finite), then
x0 x3
(A) a = – 2 (B) a = – 1 (C) p = – 2 (D) p = – 1

(ax  1)n
11. im is equal to
x   xn  A
(A) a n if n  N (B)  if n  Z – & a = A = 0
1
(C) if n = 0 (D) a n if n  Z – , A = 0 & a  0
1 A

12. If  = im (sin x  1 – sin x ) and m = im [sin x  1 – sin x ], where [.] denotes the greatest
x x

integer function, then :

(A)  = 0 (B) m = 0 (C) m is undefined (D)  is undefined

13. If f(x) = | x |sin x , then

(A) im f(x) = 1 (B) im f(x) = 1
x0 x0

(C) im f(x) = 1 (D) limit does not exist at x = 0

x0

1
14. If im  cos x  a sin bx  x = e2 , then the possible values of ' a ' & ' b ' are :
x  0

(A) a = 1 , b = 2 (B) a = 2 , b = 1 (C) a = 3, b = 2/3 (D) a = 2/3 , b = 3

 2
15. If
x0
im 1  ax  bx  2 x
= e3, then possible values of a and b is/are :

3 1 3 3 3
(A) a = 3, b = 0 (B) a = ,b= (C) a = ,b= (D) a = ,b=0
2 2 2 2 2

16. im log x sin x is equal to

x  0 sin
2

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) lim x sin x (D) lim (tan x)sin x

x 0 x 0

xn
17. im = 0, n  integer number, is true for
x   ex

(A) no value of n (B) all values of n

(C) negative values of n (D) positive values of n

log (x  2)  x 2n sin x
18. If f (x) = Limit (n  N), then
n x 2n  1
(A) lim f(x) = –sin1 (B) lim f(x) = log3
x 1 x 1

log3  sin1
(C) lim f(x) = sin1 (D) f(1) =
x 1 2

19. Which of the following function(s) defined below has/have single point continuity.
 1 if x  Q  x if x  Q
(A) f(x) =  (B) g(x) = 
0 if x  Q 1 x if x  Q
 x if x  Q  x ;fn x  Q
(C) h(x) =  (D) k(x) = 
0 if x  Q   x ;fn x  Q

 | x3| , x  1

20. The function f(x) =  x2   3x   13  is:
        , x 1
 4   2   4 

(A) continuous at x = 1 (B) differentiable at x = 1

(C) continuous at x = 3 (D) differentiable at x = 3

1
21. If f(x) = x – 1, then on the interval [0, ]
2
1 1
(A) tan (f(x)) and are both continuous (B) tan (f(x)) and are both discontinuous
f(x) f(x)
1
(C) tan (f(x)) and f–1 (x) are both continuous (D) tan (f(x)) is continuous but is not.
f(x)

0 , x
22. Let f(x) and g(x) be defined by f(x) = [x] and g(x) =  2 (where [ . ] denotes the greatest
x , x  R  
integer function), then
(A) lim g(x) exists, but g is not continuous at x = 1
x 1

(B) lim f(x) does not exist and f is not continuous at x = 1

x 1
(C) gof is continuous for all x
(D) fog is continuous for all x
23. Let f(x) = [x] + x  [x] , where [ . ] denotes the greatest integer function. Then
(A) f(x) is continuous on R+ (B) f(x) is continuous on R
(C) f(x) is continuous on R –  (D) discontinuous at x = 1

24. The points at which the function, f(x) = x  0.5 + x  1 + tan x does not have a derivative in the
interval (0, 2) are:
(A) 1 (B) /2 (C) p/4 (D) 1/2

25. f(x) = (sin-1x)². cos (1/x) if x 0; f(0) = 0, f(x) is:

(A) continuous no where in 1  x  1 (B) continuous everywhere in 1  x  1
(C) differentiable no where in 1  x  1 (D) differentiable everywhere in 1 < x < 1

n
26. If f(x) = a0 + a
k 1
k | x |k , where ai s are real constants, then f(x) is

(A) continuous at x = 0 for all ai (B) differentiable at x = 0 for all ai  R

(C) differentiable at x = 0 for all a2k – 1=0 (D) none of these

27. Let f : R  R be a function such that f(0) = 1 and for any x, y  R, f(xy + 1) = f(x) f(y) – f(y) – x + 2.
Then f is
(A) one-one (B) onto (C) many one (D) into

28. Suppose that f is a differentiable function with the property that f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) + xy and
1
lim f(h) = 3
h 0 h

where [.] represents greatest integer function, then

(A) f is a linear function (B) 2f(1) =  lim(1  2x)1/ x 
 x 0 
x2
(C) f(x) = 3x + (D) f ’(1) = 4
2

29. Let ‘f’ be a real valued function defined for all real numbers x such that for some positive constant ‘a’
1
 f(x)   f(x)  holds for all x. Then f(x) is periodic function with period
2
the equation f(x  a) 
2
equal to
(A) 2 a (B) 4 a (C) 6 a (D) 8 a

PART - IV : COMPREHENSION
Comprehension # 1
sin x  aex  be x  c n (1  x)
Consider f(x) = , where a, b, c are real numbers.
x3
1. If im f(x) is finite, then the value of a + b + c is
X  0
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) – 2

2. If im f(x) = (finite), then the value of  is

X  0

1 1
(A) – 2 (B) – (C) – 1 (D) –
2 3

3. Using the values of a, b, c as found in Q.No. 1 or Q. No.2 above, the value of im x f(x) is
x 0

1 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) – (D) 2
2 2
Comprehension # 2

If both Lim f(x) and Lim f(x) exist finitely and are equal , then the function f is said to have removable
x c x c

discontinuity at x = c
If both the limits i.e. Lim f(x) and Lim f(x) exist finitely and are not equal, then the function f is said to
x c x c

have non-removable discontinuity at x = c and in this case | Lim f(x) – Lim f(x) | is called jump of the
x c x c

discontinuity.

4. Which of the following function has non-removable discontinuity at the origin ?

1  1  | sin x | 
(A) f(x) = (B) f(x) = x sin (C) f(x) = (D) f(x) = cos  
n |x| x 1  2 cot x
 x 

5. Which of the following function not defined at x = 0 has removable discontinuity at the origin ?
1
1 –1
1 ex  1 1
(A) f(x) = 1
(B) f(x) = tan (C) f(x) = 1
(D) f(x) =
1  2x x ex  1 n |x|

 1 
 tan (tan x) ; x
6. If f(x) = 
4 , then jump of discontinuity is
  [x]  1 
; x
 4
(where [ . ] denotes greatest integer function)
   
(A) – 1 (B) + 1 (C) 1 – (D) – 1 –
4 4 4 4

Comprehension # 3

 x g(x) , x0
Let f(x) =  , where g(t) = lim (1 + a tan x)t/x, a is positive constant, then
 x  ax  x , x  0
2 3 x  0

7. If a is even prime number, then g(2) =

(A) e2 (B) e3 (C) e4 (D) none of these

8. Set of all values of a for which function f(x) is continuous at x = 0

(A) (–1, 10) (B) (–, ) (C) (0, ) (D) none of these

9. If f(x) is differentiable at x = 0, then a   

(A) (–5, –1) (B) (–10, 3) (C) (0, ) (D) none of these

Comprehension # 4

Let f : R  R be a function defined as,

1  | x | , | x |  1
f(x) =  and g(x) = f(x – 1) + f(x + 1),  x  R. Then
 0 , | x | 1
10. The value of g(x) is :
 0 , x  3  0 , x  2
2  x , 3  x  1 2  x , 2  x  1
 
  x , 1  x  0   x , 1  x  0
(A) g(x)   (B) g(x)  
 x , 0  x 1  x , 0  x 1
2  x , 1  x  3 2  x , 1 x  2
 
 0 , x3  0 , x2
 0 , x0
2  x , 0  x 1

  x , 1 x  2
(C) g(x)   (D) none of these
 x , 2x3
2  x , 3x4

 0 , 4x

11. The function g(x) is continuous for, x 

(A) R – {0, 1, 2, 3, 4} (B) R – {–2, –1, 0, 1, 2} (C) R (D) none of these

12. The function g(x) is differentiable for, x 

(A) R (B) R – {–2, –1, 0, 1, 2} (C) R – {0, 1, 2, 3, 4} (D) none of these

PART - I : JEE (ADVANCED) / IIT-JEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

 Marked questions are recommended for Revision.
* Marked Questions may have more than one correct option.
1
1. If lim 1  xln(1  b2 ) x = 2b sin2 , b > 0 and   (–, ], then the value of  is
x 0  
[IIT-JEE 2011, Paper-2, (3, –1), 80]
   
(A) ± (B) ± (C) ± (D) ±
4 3 6 2

2. Let f : R  R be a function such that f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y),  x, y  R. If f(x) is differentiable at x = 0, then
(A) f(x) is differentiable only in a finite interval containing zero [IIT-JEE 2011, Paper-1, (4, 0), 80]
(B) f(x) is continuous  x  R
(C) f(x) is constant x  R
(D) f(x) is differentiable except at finitely many points

  
 x  2 , x
2

 
3*. If f(x) =  cos x ,   x  0 , then [IIT-JEE 2011, Paper-2, (4, 0), 80]
 2
 x 1 , 0  x 1
 n x x 1
 ,

(A) f(x) is continuous at x = – (B) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
2
3
(C) f(x) is differentiable at x = 1 (D) f(x) is differentiable at x = –
2
 bx
4. Let f : (0, 1)  R be defined by f(x) = , where b is a constant such that 0 < b < 1. Then
1  bx
[IIT-JEE 2011, Paper-2, (4, 0), 80]
1
(A) f is not invertible on (0, 1) (B) f  f–1 on (0, 1) and f(b) =
f (0)
1
(C) f = f–1 on (0, 1) and f(b) = (D) f–1 is differentiable on (0, 1)
f (0)
 x2  x  1 
5. If lim   ax  b  = 4, then [IIT-JEE 2012, Paper-1, (3, –1), 70]
x 
 x  1 
(A) a = 1, b = 4 (B) a = 1, b = –4
(C) a = 2, b = –3 (D) a = 2, b = 3

6. Let (a) and (a) be the roots of the equation  3


1  a – 1 x2    
1 a – 1 x  6
1 a – 1   0 where
a > –1. Then lim (a) and lim (a) are [IIT-JEE 2012, Paper-2, (3, –1), 66]
a 0 a 0

5 1 7 9
(A) – and 1 (B) – and –1 (C) – and 2 (D) – and 3
2 2 2 2

 2 
 x cos , x0
7. Let f(x) =  x , x  R , then f is
0, x0

(A) differentiable both at x = 0 and at x = 2 [IIT-JEE 2012, Paper-1, (3, –1), 70]
(B) differentiable at x = 0 but not differentiable at x = 2
(C) not differentiable at x = 0 but differentiable at x = 2
(D) differentiable neither at x = 0 nor at x = 2

8*. For every integer n, let an and bn be real numbers. Let function f : R  R be given by
a  sin  x, for x  [2n, 2n  1]
f(x) =  n , for all integers n.
 bn  cos x, for x  (2n  1, 2n)
If f is continuous, then which of the following hold(s) for all n ? [IIT-JEE 2012, Paper-2, (4, 0), 66]
(A) an–1 – b n–1 = 0 (B) an – bn = 1 (C) an – b n+1 = 1 (D) an–1 – bn = –1

9*. For every pair of continuous functions f, g:[0, 1]  R such that

max {f(x) : x  [0,1]} = max {g(x) : x [0, 1]}, [JEE (Advanced) 2014, Paper-1, (3, 0)/60]
the correct statement(s) is (are) :
(A) (f(c))2 + 3f(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 + 3f(c) = (g(c))2 + g(c) for some c  [0, 1]
(D) (f(c))2 = (g(c))2 for some c  [0, 1]
1 x
 ax  sin(x  1)  a 1 x 1
10. The largest value of the non-negative integer a for which lim    is
x 1
 x  sin(x  1)  1  4
[JEE (Advanced) 2014, Paper-1, (3, 0)/60]

11. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be respectively given by f(x) = |x| + 1 and g(x) = x 2 + 1.

max {f(x),g(x)} if x  0,

Define h : R  R by h(x)   The number of points at which h(x) is
 min {f(x),g(x)} if x  0.

not differentiable is [JEE (Advanced) 2014, Paper-1, (3, 0)/60]
12. Let f 1 : R  R, f 2 : [0, )  R,f 3 : R  R and f 4 : R  [0, ) be defined by
| x | if x0 ,
f 1 (x) =  x
e if x0 ;
f 2 (x) = x ;
2

sin x if x  0,  f (f (x)) if x  0 ,
f 3 (x) =  and f 4 (x) =  2 1
 x if x0 f2 (f1(x)) – 1 if x  0
List I List II
P. f4 is 1. onto but not one-one
Q. f3 is 2. neither continuous nor one-one
R. f2o f1 is 3. differentiable but not one-one
S. f2 is 4. continuous and one-one
[JEE (Advanced) 2014, Paper-2, (3, –1)/60]
P Q R S
(A) 3 1 4 2
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 3 1 2 4
(D) 1 3 2 4

13*. Let g: R  R be a differentiable function with g(0) = 0, g'(0) = 0 and g'(1)  0. Let
 x
 g(x), x  0
f(x) = | x | and h(x) = e|x| for all x  R. Let (foh)(x) denote f(h(x)) and (hof)(x) denote h(f(x)).
 0, x0

Then which of the following is(are) true?
[JEE (Advanced) 2015, P-1 (4, –2)/ 88]
(A) f is differentiable at x = 0 (B) h is differentiable at x = 0
(C) foh is differentiable at x = 0 (D) hof is differentiable at x = 0

π π  
14*. Let f(x) = sin  sin  sinx   for all x  R and g(x) = sin x for all x  R. Let (fog) (x) dentoe f(g(x))
6 2  2
and (gof) (x) denote g(f(x)). Then which of the following is(are)true?
[JEE (Advanced) 2015, P-1 (4, –2)/ 88]
 1 1  1 1
(A) Range of f is   ,  (B) Range of fog is   , 
 2 2  2 2
f(x) π
(C) lim  (D) There is an x  R such that (gof)(x) = 1
x 0 g(x) 6

 ecos( n ) – e 
15. Let m and n be two positive integers greater than 1. If lim    –  e  , then m
0   m  2 n
 
the value of is [JEE (Advanced) 2015, P-2 (4, 0) / 80]

16. Let f : R  R , g : R  R and h : R  R be differentiable functions such that f(x) = x 3 + 3x + 2,

g(f(x)) = x and h(g(g(x))) = x for all x  R. Then [JEE (Advanced) 2016, Paper-1, (4, –2)/62]
1
(A) g'(2) = (B) h'(1) = 666 (C) h(0) = 16 (D) h(g(3)) = 36
15

x 2 sin(x)
17. Let ,   R be such that lim  1 . Then 6( + ) equals
x 0 x – sin x
[JEE (Advanced) 2016, Paper-1, (3, 0)/62]
  1   1 
18. Let f :  , 2  R and g :  2 , 2  R be functions defined by f(x) = [x – 3] and
2
 2   
g(x) = |x| f(x) + |4x – 7| f(x), where [y] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to y for y  R. Then
 1 
(A) f is discontinuous exactly at three points in  , 2 [JEE (Advanced) 2016, Paper-2, (4, –2)/62]
 2 
 1 
(B) f is discontinuous exactly at four point in  , 2
 2 
 1 
(C) g is NOT differentiable exactly at four points in   , 2 
 2 
 1 
(D) g is NOT differentiable exactly at five points in   , 2  .
 2 

19. Let a, b  R and f : R  R be defined by f(x) = a cos (|x3 –x|) + b|x| sin(|x3 +x|). Then f is
(A) differentiable at x = 0 if a = 0 and b = 1 [JEE (Advanced) 2016, Paper-2, (4, –2)/62]
(B) differentiable at x = 1 if a = 1 and b = 0
(C) NOT differentiable at x = 0 if a = 1 and b = 0
(D) NOT differentiable at x = 1 if a = 1 and b = 1

20. Let [x] be the greatest integer less than or equals to x. Then, at which of the following point(s) the
function f(x) = x cos((x + [x])) is discontinuous ? [JEE(Advanced) 2017, Paper-1,(4, –2)/61]
(A) x = – 1 (B) x = 1 (C) x = 0 (D) x = 2

1  x(1 | 1  x |)  1 
21*. Let f (x) =
| 1 x |
cos   for x  1. Then [JEE(Advanced) 2017, Paper-2,(4, –2)/61]
 1 x 
(A) limx 1 f (x) = 0 (B) limx 1 f (x) does not exist
(C) limx 1 f (x) = 0 (D) limx 1 f (x) does not exist

22. For any positive integer n, define f n : (0, )  R as

 

1
fn(x) = n
j1
tan1   for all x  (0, ). [JEE(Advanced) 2018, Paper-2,(4, –2)/61]
 1  (x  j)(x  j  1) 
  
(Here, the inverse trigonometric function tan–1 x assumes values in   ,  )
 2 2
Then, which of the following statement(s) is (are) TRUE ?
5
(A)  tan (f (0))  55
j1
2
j

10
(B)  (1 f (0))sec (f (0))  10
j1
j
2
j

1
(C) For any fixed positive integer n, lim tan(fn (x)) 
x  n
(D) For any fixed positive integer n, lim sec 2 (fn (x))  1
x 
   
  
23. Let f1 : R  R, f2 : ,   ,   R , f3 :  1,e 2  2   R and f4: RR be functions defined by
 2 2  
 
 2 
(i) f1  x   sin  1  e x  [JEE(Advanced) 2018, Paper-2,(3, –1)/60]
 

 | sin x |
 if x0
(ii) f2  x    tan1 x , where the inverse trigonometric function tan–1 x assumes values in
 1 x0
 if
  
  2 , 2 

(iii) f3(x) = [sin(loge(x+2))], where for t  R, [t] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to t,
 x2 sin 1 
   if x  0
(iv) f4 (x)   0  x 
 if x  0

LIST-I LIST-II
(P) The function f1 is (1) NOT continuous at x =0
(Q) The function f2 is (2) continuous at x = 0 and NOT differentiable at x = 0
(R) The function f3 is (3) differentiable at x = 0 and its derivative is NOT continuous
at x = 0
(S) The function f4 is (4) differentiable at x= 0 and its derivative is continuous at x= 0
The correct option is:
(A) P → 2; Q → 3; R → 1; S → 4 (B) P → 4; Q → 1; R → 2; S → 3
(C) P → 4; Q → 2; R → 1; S → 3 (D) P → 2; Q → 1; R → 4; S → 3

24. Let f : R  R be a function we say that f has

f (h)  f (0)
PROPERTY 1 if lim exist and is finite and
h0 |h|
f (h)  f (0)
PROPERTY 2 if lim exist and is finite.
h2 h0
Then which of the following options is/are correct? [JEE(Advanced) 2019, Paper-2 ,(4, –1)/62]
(A) f(x) = x2/3 has property 1 (B) f(x) = sin x has property 2
(C) f(x) = |x| has property 1 (D) f(x) = x|x| has property 2
 EXERCISE - 1

PART – I
Section (A) :
A-1. (i) Limit does not exist (ii) 3 (iii) 3 (iv) 3 (v) 3

3 3
A-2. (i) 2 + sin 2 (ii) tan 3 – 23 (iii) cos (iv) 55
4 4
e
(v)
sin1

A-3. (i) 0 (ii) Limit does not exist (iii) Limit does not exist (iv) 0

A-4. (i) Limit does not exist (ii)  = –2 A-5. 6

A-6. (i) No (ii) No (iii) Yes, 0 form (iv) No

SECTION (B) :

3 12 2
B-1. (i) – (ii) (iii)
2 19 3 3

16 1
B-2. (i) (ii) 2 (iii) (iv) 2a sina + a2 cos a (v) (b – a) (vi) 2e2
25 3
3 1 9 4
(vii) (viii) (ix) 5 (x) limit does not exist. (xi)  n
n3 2 4 e

1 1
B-3. (i) (ii) 1 (iii)  (iv) 
2 

3
5 2 1
B-4. (i) 0 (ii)  a  2 2 (iii) 0 (iv) 5/2 B-5. (i) – (ii)
2 25 3

1
B-6 a = 2, b = 1, c = –1 and limit = –
3

1
B-7. (i) a= ,b=1 (ii) a = 2, b  R, c = 5, d  R (iii) a = 3, b = 12, c = 9
2
1
B-8. B10. 2(sec2a)tana
2

SECTION (C) :

C-1 (i) 1 (ii) 1 (iii) 0 (iv) 0

2

–1 
C-2. (i) e (ii) 0 (iii) e (iv) e2
C-3 a + b = 0 and bc = 3

 n x
x n 1  x 
C-4. (i) im   1 (ii) 1 C-5.
x
C-6. {–1, 0, 1}
x  n x 3

Section (D) :

3 1 1
D-1. a= , b  0, c = D-2. a= ,b=4
2 2 2

D-3. (i) continuous at x = 1 (ii) continuous

(iii) discontinuous (iv) continuous at x = 1, 2

D-4. (a) 2, 2, 3 (b) K=5 (c) even D-5. A =  4, B = 5, f(0) = 1

D6. Continuous at x = 1 but discontinuous at x = 2

Section (E) :
E-1. (i) x  R – {2, 3} (ii) x  R – {– 1, 1}
(iii) xR (iv) x  R – {(2n + 1), n }

 
E-2. discontinuous at all integral values in ( 2, 2) E-3. discontinuous at n ± , (2n + 1) , n
4 2

E-4. g(x) = 2 + x ; 0  x  1,
= 2  x ; 1 < x  2,
= 4  x ; 2 < x  3,
g is discontinuous at x = 1 & x = 2

7
E-5. – , – 2, 0 E-7. 2
3

Section (F) :

F-1. continuous at both points but differentiable only at x = 2

F-2. continuous but not differentiable at x = 0; differentiable & continuous at x = /2

F-5. not differentiable at x = 0 F-6. a = 1/2, b = 3/2

Section (G) :

G-1. f is not derivable at all integral values in 1 < x  3

G-2. f is continuous but not derivable at x = 1/2, f is neither differentiable nor continuous at x = 1 & x = 2

G-3. discontinuous and non-differentiable at –1, 0, 1, 3, 4

G-4. Differentiable in [–2, 2] G-5. Continuos everwhere in (0, 3) but non differentiable at x= 2
Section (H) :

H-1. 56 H-2. –2 H-3. f(x) = exf(0)  x  R H-4. –3

PART - II

Section (A)
A-1. (D) A-2. (A) A-3. (C) A4. (C)
SECTION (B) :
B-1. (C) B-2. (B) B-3. (D) B-4. (D) B-5. (D) B-6. (A) B-7. (D)
B-8. (B) B-9. (B) B-10. (C) B-11. (B) B-12. (D) B-13. (B) B-14. (C)
B-15. (A) B16. (A) B-17. (A) B-18. (C) B-19. (B) B-20. (B)
SECTION (C) :
C-1. (A) C-2. (A) C-3. (B) C-4. (C) C-5. (A) C-6. (C) C-7. (B)
C-8. (D)
Section (D) :
D-1. (A) D-2. (D) D-3. (D) D-4. (B)
Section (E) :
E-1. (B) E-2. (C) E-3. (C) E-4. (B)
Section (F) :
F-1. (B) F-2. (B) F-3. (B) F-4. (B) F-5. (D) F-6. (B) F-7. (B)
Section (G) :
G-1. (A) G-2. (B) G-3. (D) G-4. (B) G-5. (C) G-6. (A) G-7. (C)
G-8. (A)
Section (H) :
H-1. (D) H-2. (B) H-3. (C) H-4. (D) H-5. (B) H-6. (D)

PART - III

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

EXERCISE - 2

PART – I

1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (C)

8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (B) 11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (B) 14. (C)
15. (D) 16. (B) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (D) 21. (B)
22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (D)
 PART-II
1. 03.70 2. 20.00 3. 16.50 4. 02.71 or 02.72 5. 11.66 or 11.67
6. 01.25 7. 02.00 8. 01.00 9. 12.25 10. 18.50 11. 08.75
12. 01.25 13. 01.35 or 01.36 14. 21.00 15. 28.00 16. 99.00
17. 16.62 18. 26.00 19. 36.00 20. 48.58 21. 15.00 22. 11.14
23. 17.00 24. 28.50 25. 03.00 26. 12.00 27. 11.00 28. 10.00

PART - III
1. (ABC) 2. (AB) 3. (AD) 4. (ABCD) 5. (BC) 6. (ABC)
7. (ABCD) 8. (BCD) 9. (AB) 10. (AD) 11. (ABCD) 12. (AC)
13. (ABC) 14. (ABCD) 15. (BCD) 16. (AD) 17. (BCD) 18. (ABD)
19. (BCD) 20. (ABC) 21. (CD) 22. (ABC) 23. (ABC) 24. (ABD)
25. (BD) 26. (AC) 27. (AB) 28. (BCD) 29. (ABCD)

PART - IV
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (C)

8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (B) 11. (C) 12. (B)

EXERCISE - 3

PART – I

1. (D) 2. (B, C, D) or (B,C) 3*. (ABCD) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (B)

7. (B) 8*. (BD) 9*. (AD) 10. (0) 11. (3) 12. (D) 13*. (AD)

14*. (ABC) 15. 2 16. (BC) 17. 7 18. (BC) 19. (AB) 20. (ABD)

21*. (CD) 22. (D) 23. (D) 24. (AC)