Limits, Continuity and Differentiability

97 Questions
2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Morning Shift

$ \lim\limits_{x \rightarrow \infty}[x-\log (\cosh x)]= $

A.

2

B.

0

C.

$\log \frac{1}{2}$

D.

$\log 2$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Morning Shift

$ \lim\limits_{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(\sqrt[3]{x^3+4 x^2}-\sqrt{x^2-3 x}\right)= $

A.

$\frac{17}{6}$

B.

$\frac{25}{6}$

C.

$-\frac{1}{6}$

D.

$\frac{37}{6}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Morning Shift

If a real valued function $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}e^{\frac{\sin a(x-[x])}{x-[x]}} & , \text { if } x<1 \\ b+1 & , \text { if } x=1 \text { is } \\ \frac{\left|x^2+x-2\right|}{x-1} & , \text { if } x>1\end{array}\right.$ continuous at $x=1$, then $b \sin a=([x]$ denotes the greatest integer function)

A.

6

B.

4

C.

$\log _e 9$

D.

$\log _6 2$

$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {1^ - }} $
2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 27th May Morning Shift

$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {\pi \over 4}} \frac{2 \sqrt{2}-(\cos x+\sin x)^3}{1-\sin 2 x}= $

A.

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$

B.

$\frac{3}{2}$

C.

$\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}}$

D.

$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 27th May Morning Shift

Let $[x]$ denote the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$. Then,

$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 2^{+}}\left(\frac{[x]^3}{3}-\left[\frac{x}{3}\right]^3\right)= $

A.

0

B.

$\frac{8}{3}$

C.

$\frac{64}{27}$

D.

$\frac{1}{3}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 27th May Morning Shift

If the function $f$ defined by

$ f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc} \frac{1-\cos 4 x}{x^2}, & x<0 \\ a, & x=0 \\ \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{16+\sqrt{x}}-4}, & x>0 \end{array}\right. $

is continuous at $x=0$, then $a=$

A.

1

B.

2

C.

4

D.

8

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 27th May Morning Shift

The domain of the derivative of the function $f(x)=\frac{x}{1+|x|}$ is

A.

$[0, \infty)$

B.

$(-\infty, 0)$

C.

$(-\infty, \infty)$

D.

$(0, \infty)$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Evening Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{x+2 \sin x+3 \tan x-\tan ^3 x}{\sqrt{x^2+2 \sin x+\tan x+3}-\sqrt{\sin ^2 x-2 \tan x-x+3}} $

A.

$2 \sqrt{3}$

B.

10

C.

25

D.

$\sqrt{17}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Evening Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{(3-x)^{25}(6+x)^{35}}{(12+x)^{38}(9-x)^{22}}= $

A.

$3^{60}$

B.

-1

C.

1

D.

0

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Evening Shift

If a real valued function

$ f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc} \log (1+[x]), & x \geq 0 \\ \sin ^{-1}[x], & -1 \leq x<0 \\ k([x]+|x|), & x<-1 \end{array}\right. $

is continuous at $x=-1$, then $k=$

A.

$-\pi / 2$

B.

$-\pi$

C.

$\pi$

D.

$\pi / 2$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 26th May Evening Shift

$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } \frac{\pi}{2 n}\left[\sin \frac{\pi}{2 n}+\sin \frac{2 \pi}{2 n}+\sin \frac{3 \pi}{2 n}+\ldots+\sin \frac{\pi}{2}\right]= $

A.

1

B.

0

C.

4

D.

3

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 24th May Morning Shift

$[x]$ represents the greatest integer function. If $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0 + } \frac{\cos [x]-\cos (k x-[x])}{x^2}=5$, then $k=$

A.

$\sqrt{10}$

B.

$\sqrt{11}$

C.

3

D.

9

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 24th May Morning Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{x \tan 2 x-2 x \tan x}{(1-\cos 2 x)^2}= $

A.

$-\frac{1}{2}$

B.

$\frac{1}{2}$

C.

$\frac{1}{4}$

D.

1

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 24th May Morning Shift

If $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}\frac{\left(e^{a x}-1\right) \log (1+x)}{\sin ^2 x}, & \text { if } x>0 \\ 2, & \text { if } x=0 \\ \frac{\cos 4 x-\cos b x}{\tan ^2 x}, & \text { if } x<0\end{array}\right.$ is continuous at $x=0$, then $\sqrt{b^2-a^2}=$

A.

4

B.

5

C.

3

D.

7

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 23rd May Evening Shift

$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{x^2 \sin ^2(3 x)+\sin ^4(6 x)}{(1-\cos 3 x)^2}= $

A.

$\frac{580}{9}$

B.

$\frac{145}{3}$

C.

$\frac{580}{3}$

D.

$\frac{145}{9}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 23rd May Evening Shift

If a real valued function

$ f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc} (1+\sin x)^{\cos x}, & -\pi / 2 < x < 0 \\ a, & x=0 \\ \frac{e^{2 / x}+e^{3 / x}}{a e^{2 / x}+b e^{3 / x}}, & 0 < x < \pi / 2 \end{array}\right. $

is continuous at $x=0$, then $a b=$

A.

$e$

B.

$e^2$

C.

1

D.

-1

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 23rd May Evening Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{(\operatorname{cosec} x-\cot x)\left(e^x-e^{-x}\right)}{\sqrt{3}-\sqrt{2+\cos x}}= $

A.

$3 \sqrt{2}$

B.

$2 \sqrt{3}$

C.

$3 \sqrt{3}$

D.

$4 \sqrt{3}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 23rd May Morning Shift
The quadratic equation whose roots are $l=\lim\limits_{\theta \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{3 \sin \theta-4 \sin ^3 \theta}{\theta}\right)$ and $m=\lim\limits_{\theta \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{2 \tan \theta}{\theta\left(1-\tan ^2 \theta\right)}\right)$ is
A.

$x^2+5 x+6=0$

B.

$x^2-5 x+6=0$

C.

$x^2-5 x-6=0$

D.

$x^2+5 x-6=0$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 23rd May Morning Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{3 x+4 \cos ^2 x}{\sqrt{x^2-5 \sin ^2 x}}= $

A.

$\frac{3}{5}$

B.

$\frac{4}{5}$

C.

3

D.

1

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 23rd May Morning Shift

If a function,

$ f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc} \frac{\sqrt[3]{1+a x^2+b x^3}-\sqrt[3]{1-a x^2-b x^3}}{x^2}, & x<0 \\ 5, & x=0 \\ \frac{\tan 3 x-\sin 3 x}{b x^3}, & x>0 \end{array}\right. $

is continuous at $x=0$, then the geometric mean of $a$ and $b$ is

A.

$\frac{3}{2}$

B.

$\frac{9}{2}$

C.

$\frac{81}{4}$

D.

$\frac{9}{4}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Evening Shift

$[x]$ denotes the greater integer less than or equal to $x$. If $\{x\}=x-[x]$ and $\lim\limits_{x \rightarrow 0}-\frac{\sin ^{-1}(x+[x])}{2-\{x\}}=\theta$, then $\sin \theta+\cos \theta=$

A.

-1

B.

0

C.

1

D.

$\sqrt{2}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Evening Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } \frac{1}{n^3} \sum\limits_{k=1}^n k^2 x= $

A.

$x$

B.

$\frac{x}{2}$

C.

$\frac{x}{3}$

D.

$\frac{x}{4}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Evening Shift

Let $f: R \rightarrow R$ be defined by

$ f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc} a-\frac{\sin [x-1]}{x-1}, & \text { if } x>1 \\ 1, & \text { if } x=1 \\ b-\left[\frac{\sin [x-1]-[x-1]}{([x-1])^3},\right. & \text { if } x<1 \end{array}\right. $

where $[t]$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $t$. If $f$ is continuous at $x=1$, then $a+b=$

A.

0

B.

1

C.

2

D.

3

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{y \to 0} \frac{\sqrt{1+\sqrt{1+y^4}}-\sqrt{2}}{y^4}= $

A.

$\frac{1}{4 \sqrt{2}}$

B.

$\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}(1+\sqrt{2})}$

C.

$\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}}$

D.

$\frac{1}{4 \sqrt{2}(1+\sqrt{2})}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

If $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{\cos 2 x-\cos 4 x}{1-\cos 2 x}=k$, then $\lim\limits_{x \rightarrow k} \frac{x^k-27}{x^{k+1}-81}=$

A.

0

B.

1

C.

$\frac{1}{2}$

D.

$\frac{1}{4}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

If the function $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{l}1+\cos x, x \leq 0 \\ a-x, 02\end{array}\right.$ everywhere, then $a^2+b^2=$

A.

4

B.

8

C.

6

D.

12

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Evening Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to - \infty } \frac{5 x^3-x^2 \sin 5 x}{x \cos 4 x+7|x|^3-4|x|+3}= $

A.

$\frac{5}{4}$

B.

$-\frac{5}{4}$

C.

$-\frac{5}{7}$

D.

$\frac{5}{7}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Evening Shift

If $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {a^ + }} f(x)=p, \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {a^ - }} f(x)=m$ and $f(a)=k$, then which one of the following is true?

A.

When $p-k \neq 0$ and $m-k \neq 0$, then $f(x)$ is continuous at $x=a$

B.

When $p-k=0$ and $m-k \neq 0$, then $f(x)$ is left continuous at $x=a$

C.

When $p-k \neq 0$ and $m-k=0$, then $f(x)$ is right continuous at $x=a$

D.

When $p-m=0$ and $p-k=0$, then $f(x)$ is right continuous at $x=a$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Evening Shift

If a function $f$ defined by

$ f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc} \frac{1-\cos 4 x}{x^2}, & x<0 \\ \frac{a}{\sqrt{x}}, & x=0 \\ \frac{\sqrt{16+\sqrt{x}-4}}{\sqrt{16+0}} & \end{array}\right. $

is continuous at $x=0$, then $a=$

A.

8

B.

4

C.

3

D.

2

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{(\sqrt{2})-\sqrt{1+\cos x}}{\sqrt{15+\cos 2 x-4}}= $

A.

$-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$

B.

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$

C.

$\sqrt{2}$

D.

$-\sqrt{2}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

If a real valued function

$ f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl} \frac{x^2+(a+3) x+(a+1)}{x+3} & , \text { when } x \neq-3 \\ -\frac{5}{2} & , \text { when } x=-3 \end{array}\right. $

is continuous at $x=-3$, then $\lim _{x \rightarrow a}\left(x^2+x+1\right)=$

A.

$\frac{7}{4}$

B.

$\frac{5}{2}$

C.

$\frac{4}{7}$

D.

$\frac{2}{5}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{x \tan 2 x-2 x \tan x}{(1-\cos 3 x)(\operatorname{cosec} x-\cot x)^2}= $

A.

$\frac{4}{9}$

B.

$\frac{8}{9}$

C.

$\frac{16}{9}$

D.

$\frac{32}{9}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

Match the functions in Column I with their properties in Column II. In the following [ $x$ ] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$.

Column I Column II
A $
x|x|
$
I Strictly increasing and continuous in $(-1,1)$
B $
\sqrt{|x|}
$
II Continuous but not differentiable in $(-1,1)$
C $
x+[x]
$
III Differentiable in $(-1,1)$
D $
|x-1|+|x+1|+|x|
$
IV Differentiable in $(-1,0) \cup(0,1)$
V Strictly increasing and not differentiable in $(-1,1)$
The correct match is
A.

A-III, B-V, C-II, D-I

B.

A-II, B-III, C-I, D-V

C.

A-I, B-II, C-V, D-IV

D.

A-IV, B-I, C-V, D-III

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

Consider the following functions

I. $f(x)= \begin{cases}\frac{1}{2}-x & , x<\frac{1}{2} \\ \left(\frac{1}{2}-x\right)^2 & , x \geq \frac{1}{2}\end{cases}$

II. $f(x)=|3 x-1|$

III. $f(x)=x|x|$

IV. $f(x)=|x|$

Then, on $[0,1]$ Lagrange's mean value theorem is applicable to the functions

A.

III, IV

B.

II, III

C.

I, III

D.

II, IV

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty }\left[\frac{n+1}{n^2+1^2}+\frac{n+2}{n^2+2^2}+\frac{n+3}{n^2+3^2}+\ldots+\frac{n+2 n}{n^2+4 n^2}\right]= $

A.

$\tan ^{-1} 2+\frac{1}{2} \log 3$

B.

$\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{1}{2} \log 3$

C.

$\tan ^{-1} 2+\frac{1}{2} \log 5$

D.

$\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{1}{2} \log 5$

2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift

Let $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}1+\frac{2 x}{a}, & 0 \leq x \leq 1 \\ a x, & 1 < x \leq 2\end{array}\right.$.If $\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} f(x)$ exists, then the sum of the cubes of the possible values of $a$ is

A.
1
B.
5
C.
9
D.
7
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift

Let $[P]$ denote the greatest integer $\leq P$. If $0 \leq a \leq 2$, then the number of integral values of ' $a$ ' such that $\lim \limits_{x \rightarrow a}\left(\left[x^2\right]-[x]^2\right)$ does not exist is

A.
3
B.
2
C.
1
D.
0
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift
If $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}\frac{\sqrt{a^2-a x+x^2}-\sqrt{x^2+a x+a^2}}{\sqrt{a+x}-\sqrt{a-x}}, & x \neq 0 \text { is } \\ K & x=0\end{array}\right.$ continuous at $x=0$, then $K$ is equal to
A.
$-\sqrt{a}$
B.
$\sqrt{a}$
C.
-1
D.
$a+\sqrt{a}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift
If $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}a x^2+b x-\frac{13}{8}, & x \leq 1 \\ 3 x-3, & 1 < x \leq 2 \text { is differentiable } \\ b x^3+1, & x > 2\end{array}\right.$ $\forall x \in R$, then $a-b$ is equal to
A.
$\frac{9}{8}$
B.
$\frac{5}{4}$
C.
$\frac{11}{8}$
D.
$\frac{1}{4}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift
In each of the following options, a function and an interval are given. Choose the option containing the function and the interval for which Lagrange's mean value theorem is not applicable
A.
$f(x)=|x|, 1 \leq x \leq 5$
B.
$f(x)=[x],[\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3}]$
C.
$f(x)=\log \left(x^2-1\right),\left[\frac{1}{e}, e-2\right]$
D.
$f(x)=e^x,[-e, e]$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 23th May Morning Shift
The function $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}\frac{x-|x|}{x}, & x \neq 0 \\ 2, & x=0\end{array}\right.$
A.
is continuous, $\forall x \in R$
B.
has maximum value 2
C.
has neither minimum nor maximum
D.
has minimum value 2
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Evening Shift

$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{[2 x-3]}{x} \text { is equal to } $

A.
0
B.
$\infty$
C.
-3
D.
2
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Evening Shift
$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0}\frac{\cos 2 x-\cos 3 x}{4 x-\cos 5 x}$ is equal to $\cos 4 x-\cos 5 x$
A.
$\frac{5}{9}$
B.
1
C.
$\frac{3}{4}$
D.
$\frac{2}{5}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Evening Shift

If a real valued function $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}\frac{2 x^2+(k+2) x+9}{3 x^2-7 x-6}, & \text { for } x \neq 3 \\ 1, & \text { for } x=3\end{array}\right.$ is continuous at $x=3$ and $l$ is a finite value, then $l-k$ is equal to

A.
$\frac{31}{11}$
B.
$\frac{124}{11}$
C.
24
D.
32
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift

$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to o} \left[\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{e^x-1}\right]= $

A.
0
B.
1
C.
2
D.
1/2
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift

Let $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}0, & x=0 \\ 2-x, & \text { for } 0 < x < 1 \\ 2, & \text { for } x=1 \\ \frac{1}{2}-x, & \text { for } 1 < x < 2 \\ \frac{-3}{2}, & \text { for } x \geq 2\end{array}\right.$

then which of the following is true

A.

$f$ is right continuous at $x=0$

B.

$f$ is left continuous at $x=1$

C.

$f$ is right continuous at $x=1$

D.

$f$ is continuous at $x=2$

2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift
If $f(x)=\left(\frac{1+x}{1-x}\right)^{\frac{1}{x}}$ is continuous at $x=0$, then $f(0)=$
A.
$e^{\frac{1}{2}}$
B.
$e^2$
C.
$e^{-2}$
D.
$e^{\frac{-1}{2}}$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift
The function $f(x)=|x-24|$ is
A.
Differentiable on $[0,25]$
B.
not continuous at $x=24$
C.
neither continuous nor differentiable on $[0,25]$
D.
Continuous on $[0,25]$ but not differentiable on $[0,25]$
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 22th May Morning Shift
$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty }\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{n^2}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{n^2-1}}+\ldots+\frac{1}{\sqrt{n^2-(n-1)^2}}\right)= $
A.
$2 \sqrt{\pi}$
B.
$\frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}}$
C.
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
D.
$\frac{3 \pi}{2}$ $\left( {{{} \over {}}} \right)$ $ (\because n=\infty) $
2024 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2024 - 21th May Evening Shift
$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \left( {{{\sin (\pi {{\cos }^2}x} \over {{x^2}}}} \right) = $
A.
$-\pi$
B.
$\pi$
C.
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
D.
1