Limits, Continuity and Differentiability
Let $x_0$ be the real number such that $e^{x_0} + x_0 = 0$. For a given real number $\alpha$, define
$g(x) = \frac{3x e^x + 3x - \alpha e^x - \alpha x}{3(e^x + 1)}$
for all real numbers $x$.
Then which one of the following statements is TRUE?
For $\alpha = 2$, $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to x_0} \left| \frac{g(x) + e^{x_0}}{x - x_0} \right| = 0$
For $\alpha = 2$, $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to x_0} \left| \frac{g(x) + e^{x_0}}{x - x_0} \right| = 1$
For $\alpha = 3$, $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to x_0} \left| \frac{g(x) + e^{x_0}}{x - x_0} \right| = 0$
For $\alpha = 3$, $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to x_0} \left| \frac{g(x) + e^{x_0}}{x - x_0} \right| = \frac{2}{3}$
Let $\mathbb{R}$ denote the set of all real numbers. Define the function $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ by
$f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}2-2 x^2-x^2 \sin \frac{1}{x} & \text { if } x \neq 0, \\ 2 & \text { if } x=0 .\end{array}\right.$
Then which one of the following statements is TRUE?
The function $f$ is NOT differentiable at $x = 0$
There is a positive real number $\delta$, such that $f$ is a decreasing function on the interval $(0, \delta)$
For any positive real number $\delta$, the function $f$ is NOT an increasing function on the interval $(-\delta, 0)$
$x = 0$ is a point of local minima of $f$
Let $\mathbb{R}$ denote the set of all real numbers. For a real number $x$, let [ x ] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$. Let $n$ denote a natural number.
Match each entry in List-I to the correct entry in List-II and choose the correct option.
| List–I | List–II |
|---|---|
| (P) The minimum value of $n$ for which the function $ f(x)=\left[\frac{10 x^3-45 x^2+60 x+35}{n}\right] $ is continuous on the interval $[1,2]$, is | (1) 8 |
| (Q) The minimum value of $n$ for which $g(x)=\left(2 n^2-13 n-15\right)\left(x^3+3 x\right)$, $x \in \mathbb{R}$, is an increasing function on $\mathbb{R}$, is | (2) 9 |
| (R) The smallest natural number $n$ which is greater than 5 , such that $x=3$ is a point of local minima of $ h(x)=\left(x^2-9\right)^n\left(x^2+2 x+3\right) $ is | (3) 5 |
| (S) Number of $x_0 \in \mathbb{R}$ such that
$ l(x)=\sum\limits_{k=0}^4\left(\sin |x-k|+\cos \left|x-k+\frac{1}{2}\right|\right) $ $x \in \mathbb{R}$, is NOT differentiable at $x_0$, is |
(4) 6 |
| (5) 10 |
(P) → (1) (Q) → (3) (R) → (2) (S) → (5)
(P) → (2) (Q) → (1) (R) → (4) (S) → (3)
(P) → (5) (Q) → (1) (R) → (4) (S) → (3)
(P) → (2) (Q) → (3) (R) → (1) (S) → (5)
Let α and β be the real numbers such that
$ \lim\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{1}{x^3} \left( \frac{\alpha}{2} \int\limits_0^x \frac{1}{1-t^2} \, dt + \beta x \cos x \right) = 2. $
Then the value of α + β is ___________.
$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{\sqrt{\cos x}-\sqrt[3]{\cos x}}{\sin ^2 x}= $
$\frac{1}{2}$
$-\frac{1}{12}$
$-\frac{1}{6}$
$\frac{2}{3}$
Let $f:[-1,2] \rightarrow R$ be defined by $f(x)=\left[x^2-3\right]$ where $[$. denotes greatest integer function, then the number of points of discontinuity for the function $f$ in $(-1,2)$ is
5
4
3
2
If $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}x^2\left|\cos \frac{\pi}{2}\right|, & x \neq 0 \\ 0, & x=0\end{array}\right.$, then at $x=2, f(x)$ is
Differentiable
Continuous but not differentiable
Right differentiable only
Left differentiable only
The set of all values of $x$ for which $f(x)=\| x|-1|$ is differentiable is
$\{-1,1\}$
$R-\{-1,1,0\}$
$R$
$(0, \infty)$
If $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{3^{x^3}-\left(1-x^3\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}}{x^2 \sin x}=p+\log q$, then $p q=$
$\frac{2}{3}$
2
3
-2
If $[x]$ is the greatest integer function and
$ f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc} 2[x]-\frac{x}{|x|}, & x \neq 0 \\ 1, & x=0 \end{array}\right. $
is a real valued function, then $f$ is
continuous at $x=0$
continuous at $x=1$
left continuous at $x=0$
right continuous at $x=1$
If $[t]$ represents the greatest integer $\leq t$, then the value of $\lim\limits_{x \rightarrow 3} \frac{11-[2-x]}{[x+10]}$ is
1
8
5
does not exist
If the real valued function
$ f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ccc} \frac{\cos 3 x-\cos x}{x \sin x}, & \text { if } & x<0 \\ p, & \text { if } & x=0 \\ \frac{\log (1+q \sin x)}{x}, & \text { if } & x>0 \end{array}\right. $
is continuous at $x=0$, then $p+q=$
4
-4
8
-8
If $\{x\}=x-[x]$, where $[x]$ is the greatest integer $\leq x$ and $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {0^ - }} \frac{\cos ^{-1}\left(1-\{x\}^2\right) \sin ^{-1}(1-\{x\})}{\{x\}-\{x\}^4}=\theta$, then $\tan \theta$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
1
$\sqrt{3}$
$\infty$
For $a \neq 0$ and $b \neq 0$, if the real valued function $f(x)=\frac{\sqrt[5]{a(625+x)}-5}{\sqrt[4]{625+b x}-5}$ is continuous at $x=0$, then $f(0)=$
$\frac{4 b}{5}$
$\frac{5 b}{4}$
$\frac{5}{4 b}$
$\frac{4}{5 b}$
The value of $x$ at which the real valued function $f(x)=7|2 x+1|-19|3 x-5|$ is not differentiable is
1,-1
$\frac{1}{2},-\frac{5}{3}$
$-\frac{1}{2}, \frac{5}{3}$
0,1
If $f(x)=\frac{x\left(a^x-1\right)}{1-\cos x}$ and $g(x)=\frac{x\left(1-a^x\right)}{a^x\left(\sqrt{1-x^2}-\sqrt{1+x^2}\right)}$, then $\lim _{x \rightarrow 0}(f(x)-g(x))=$
$3 \log a$
$e^a$
$2 \log a$
$\log a$
If $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}\frac{a \sin x-b x+c x^2+x^3}{2 \log (1+x)-2 x^3+x^4} & , x \neq 0 \\ 0 & , x=0\end{array}\right.$
is continuous at $x=0$, then
$a=2 b$
$a=b$
$a=b=c$
$b=c$
If the function $g(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}K \sqrt{x+1} & , 0 \leq x \leq 3 \\ m x+2 & , 3 < x \leq 5\end{array}\right.$ is differentiable, then $K+m=$
4
2
6
0
If $[x]$ is the greatest integer function, then
$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 3} \frac{(3-|x|+\sin |3-x|) \cos [9-3 x]}{|3-x|[3 x-9]} $
0
1
2
-2
Let ' $a$ ' be a positive real number. If a real valued function
$f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}\frac{6^x-3^x-2^x+1}{1-\cos \left(\frac{x}{a}\right)} & \text { if } x \neq 0 \\ \log 3 \log 4 & \text { if } x=0\end{array}\right.$ is continuous at $x=0$, then $a=$
1
2
3
4
$ \lim\limits_{x \rightarrow \infty}[x-\log (\cosh x)]= $
2
0
$\log \frac{1}{2}$
$\log 2$
$ \lim\limits_{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(\sqrt[3]{x^3+4 x^2}-\sqrt{x^2-3 x}\right)= $
$\frac{17}{6}$
$\frac{25}{6}$
$-\frac{1}{6}$
$\frac{37}{6}$
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)
6
4
$\log _e 9$
$\log _6 2$
$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {1^ - }} $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {\pi \over 4}} \frac{2 \sqrt{2}-(\cos x+\sin x)^3}{1-\sin 2 x}= $
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{3}{2}$
$\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
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)= $
0
$\frac{8}{3}$
$\frac{64}{27}$
$\frac{1}{3}$
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 $a=$
1
2
4
8
The domain of the derivative of the function $f(x)=\frac{x}{1+|x|}$ is
$[0, \infty)$
$(-\infty, 0)$
$(-\infty, \infty)$
$(0, \infty)$
$ \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}} $
$2 \sqrt{3}$
10
25
$\sqrt{17}$
$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{(3-x)^{25}(6+x)^{35}}{(12+x)^{38}(9-x)^{22}}= $
$3^{60}$
-1
1
0
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 $k=$
$-\pi / 2$
$-\pi$
$\pi$
$\pi / 2$
$\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]= $
1
0
4
3
$[x]$ represents the greatest integer function. If $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0 + } \frac{\cos [x]-\cos (k x-[x])}{x^2}=5$, then $k=$
$\sqrt{10}$
$\sqrt{11}$
3
9
$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{x \tan 2 x-2 x \tan x}{(1-\cos 2 x)^2}= $
$-\frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{1}{4}$
1
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 $\sqrt{b^2-a^2}=$
4
5
3
7
$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{x^2 \sin ^2(3 x)+\sin ^4(6 x)}{(1-\cos 3 x)^2}= $
$\frac{580}{9}$
$\frac{145}{3}$
$\frac{580}{3}$
$\frac{145}{9}$
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 $a b=$
$e$
$e^2$
1
-1
$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{(\operatorname{cosec} x-\cot x)\left(e^x-e^{-x}\right)}{\sqrt{3}-\sqrt{2+\cos x}}= $
$3 \sqrt{2}$
$2 \sqrt{3}$
$3 \sqrt{3}$
$4 \sqrt{3}$
$x^2+5 x+6=0$
$x^2-5 x+6=0$
$x^2-5 x-6=0$
$x^2+5 x-6=0$
$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{3 x+4 \cos ^2 x}{\sqrt{x^2-5 \sin ^2 x}}= $
$\frac{3}{5}$
$\frac{4}{5}$
3
1
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
$\frac{3}{2}$
$\frac{9}{2}$
$\frac{81}{4}$
$\frac{9}{4}$
$[x]$ 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 $\sin \theta+\cos \theta=$
-1
0
1
$\sqrt{2}$
$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } \frac{1}{n^3} \sum\limits_{k=1}^n k^2 x= $
$x$
$\frac{x}{2}$
$\frac{x}{3}$
$\frac{x}{4}$
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 $a+b=$
0
1
2
3
$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{y \to 0} \frac{\sqrt{1+\sqrt{1+y^4}}-\sqrt{2}}{y^4}= $
$\frac{1}{4 \sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}(1+\sqrt{2})}$
$\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{1}{4 \sqrt{2}(1+\sqrt{2})}$
If $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{\cos 2 x-\cos 4 x}{1-\cos 2 x}=k$, then $\lim\limits_{x \rightarrow k} \frac{x^k-27}{x^{k+1}-81}=$
0
1
$\frac{1}{2}$
$\frac{1}{4}$
If the function $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{l}1+\cos x, x \leq 0 \\ a-x, 0
4
8
6
12
$ \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}= $
$\frac{5}{4}$
$-\frac{5}{4}$
$-\frac{5}{7}$
$\frac{5}{7}$
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?
When $p-k \neq 0$ and $m-k \neq 0$, then $f(x)$ is continuous at $x=a$
When $p-k=0$ and $m-k \neq 0$, then $f(x)$ is left continuous at $x=a$
When $p-k \neq 0$ and $m-k=0$, then $f(x)$ is right continuous at $x=a$
When $p-m=0$ and $p-k=0$, then $f(x)$ is right continuous at $x=a$
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 $a=$
8
4
3
2
$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{(\sqrt{2})-\sqrt{1+\cos x}}{\sqrt{15+\cos 2 x-4}}= $
$-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\sqrt{2}$
$-\sqrt{2}$

