Limits, Continuity and Differentiability

2022 Q251 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let f(x) be a polynomial function such that $f(x) + f'(x) + f''(x) = {x^5} + 64$. Then, the value of $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 1} {{f(x)} \over {x - 1}}$ is equal to:

A.
$-$15
B.
$-$60
C.
60
D.
15
2022 Q252 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $f(x) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {{{\sin (x - [x])} \over {x - [x]}}} & {,\,x \in ( - 2, - 1)} \cr {\max \{ 2x,3[|x|]\} } & {,\,|x| < 1} \cr 1 & {,\,otherwise} \cr } } \right.$

where [t] denotes greatest integer $\le$ t. If m is the number of points where $f$ is not continuous and n is the number of points where $f$ is not differentiable, then the ordered pair (m, n) is :

A.
(3, 3)
B.
(2, 4)
C.
(2, 3)
D.
(3, 4)
2022 Q253 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

If $[t]$ denotes the greatest integer $\leq t$, then the number of points, at which the function $f(x)=4|2 x+3|+9\left[x+\frac{1}{2}\right]-12[x+20]$ is not differentiable in the open interval $(-20,20)$, is __________.

2022 Q254 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $f:[0,1] \rightarrow \mathbf{R}$ be a twice differentiable function in $(0,1)$ such that $f(0)=3$ and $f(1)=5$. If the line $y=2 x+3$ intersects the graph of $f$ at only two distinct points in $(0,1)$, then the least number of points $x \in(0,1)$, at which $f^{\prime \prime}(x)=0$, is ____________.

2022 Q255 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

$\lim\limits_{x \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{(x+2 \cos x)^{3}+2(x+2 \cos x)^{2}+3 \sin (x+2 \cos x)}{(x+2)^{3}+2(x+2)^{2}+3 \sin (x+2)}\right)^{\frac{100}{x}}$ is equal to ___________.

2022 Q256 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{l}\left|4 x^{2}-8 x+5\right|, \text { if } 8 x^{2}-6 x+1 \geqslant 0 \\ {\left[4 x^{2}-8 x+5\right], \text { if } 8 x^{2}-6 x+1<0,}\end{array}\right.$ where $[\alpha]$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $\alpha$. Then the number of points in $\mathbf{R}$ where $f$ is not differentiable is ___________.

2022 Q257 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Suppose $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} {{F(x)} \over {{x^3}}}$ exists and is equal to L, where

$F(x) = \left| {\matrix{ {a + \sin {x \over 2}} & { - b\cos x} & 0 \cr { - b\cos x} & 0 & {a + \sin {x \over 2}} \cr 0 & {a + \sin {x \over 2}} & { - b\cos x} \cr } } \right|$.

Then, $-$112 L is equal to ___________.

2022 Q258 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

If $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 1} {{\sin (3{x^2} - 4x + 1) - {x^2} + 1} \over {2{x^3} - 7{x^2} + ax + b}} = - 2$, then the value of (a $-$ b) is equal to ___________.

2022 Q259 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let [t] denote the greatest integer $\le$ t and {t} denote the fractional part of t. The integral value of $\alpha$ for which the left hand limit of the function

$f(x) = [1 + x] + {{{\alpha ^{2[x] + {\{x\}}}} + [x] - 1} \over {2[x] + \{ x\} }}$ at x = 0 is equal to $\alpha - {4 \over 3}$, is _____________.

2022 Q260 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $f(x) = \left[ {2{x^2} + 1} \right]$ and $g(x) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {2x - 3,} & {x < 0} \cr {2x + 3,} & {x \ge 0} \cr } } \right.$, where [t] is the greatest integer $\le$ t. Then, in the open interval ($-$1, 1), the number of points where fog is discontinuous is equal to ______________.

2022 Q261 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

The number of points where the function

$f(x) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {|2{x^2} - 3x - 7|} & {if} & {x \le - 1} \cr {[4{x^2} - 1]} & {if} & { - 1 < x < 1} \cr {|x + 1| + |x - 2|} & {if} & {x \ge 1} \cr } } \right.$

[t] denotes the greatest integer $\le$ t, is discontinuous is _____________.

2022 Q262 JEE Advanced MCQ
14 Mar 2026
For positive integer $n$, define

$ f(n)=n+\frac{16+5 n-3 n^{2}}{4 n+3 n^{2}}+\frac{32+n-3 n^{2}}{8 n+3 n^{2}}+\frac{48-3 n-3 n^{2}}{12 n+3 n^{2}}+\cdots+\frac{25 n-7 n^{2}}{7 n^{2}} . $

Then, the value of $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } f\left( n \right)$ is equal to :
A.
$3+\frac{4}{3} \log _{e} 7$
B.
$4-\frac{3}{4} \log _{e}\left(\frac{7}{3}\right)$
C.
$4-\frac{4}{3} \log _{e}\left(\frac{7}{3}\right)$
D.
$3+\frac{3}{4} \log _{e} 7$
2022 Q263 JEE Advanced Numerical
14 Mar 2026
If

$ \beta=\lim \limits_{x \to 0} \frac{e^{x^{3}}-\left(1-x^{3}\right)^{\frac{1}{3}}+\left(\left(1-x^{2}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}-1\right) \sin x}{x \sin ^{2} x}, $

then the value of $6 \beta$ is ___________.
2022 Q264 JEE Advanced Numerical
14 Mar 2026
Let $\alpha$ be a positive real number. Let $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and $g:(\alpha, \infty) \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be the functions defined by

$ f(x)=\sin \left(\frac{\pi x}{12}\right) \quad \text { and } \quad g(x)=\frac{2 \log _{\mathrm{e}}(\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{\alpha})}{\log _{\mathrm{e}}\left(e^{\sqrt{x}}-e^{\sqrt{\alpha}}\right)} . $

Then the value of $\lim \limits_{x \rightarrow \alpha^{+}} f(g(x))$ is
2022 Q265 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 2} \frac{x^3-x^2-x-2}{2 x^3-3 x^2-3 x+2}= $

A.

0

B.

$\infty$

C.

$\frac{5}{7}$

D.

$\frac{7}{9}$

2022 Q266 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{4[\sin (2022 x)-\sin (2020 x)]}{x[\cos (2022 x)+2 \cos (2021 x)+\cos (2020 x)]}= $

A.

1

B.

2

C.

2020

D.

2021

2022 Q267 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

Let [ $x$ ] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$ and $f(x)=2 x-[2 x]$. If $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {2^ - }} f(x)=l_1$ and $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {2^ + }} f(x)=l_2$, then $l_1+l_2=$

A.

1

B.

2

C.

0

D.

4

2022 Q268 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{\left(2^x-1\right)(1+\sin x)^{\frac{2}{\sin x}}}{\log (1+2 x)}= $

A.

$e^2 \log 4$

B.

$e \log \sqrt{2}$

C.

$e^2 \log 2$

D.

$e^2 \log \sqrt{2}$

2022 Q269 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

Let $f(x)$ be a differentiable function such that $f(0)=0$ and $f^{\prime}(0)=20$. For $x \in\left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right]$, if

$A(x)=2 f(x) \operatorname{cosec} 4 x+4 f(x)\left(\cos ^2 x+1\right)-4 \cos ^2 x$, then $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} A(x)=$

A.

0

B.

4

C.

6

D.

8

2022 Q270 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If $x=\log _e\left(\cot \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\theta\right)\right)$, then $\lim _{\theta \rightarrow 0} \frac{\theta}{(\sinh x)(\cosh x)}=$

A.

0

B.

$-\frac{1}{2}$

C.

-2

D.

1

2022 Q271 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 2}\left[\left(x^2-4 x+4\right) \cos \left(\frac{2}{x-2}\right)+\frac{x^2-4}{x^3-2 x-4}\right]= $

A.

0

B.

$\infty$

C.

1

D.

$\frac{2}{5}$

2022 Q272 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\tan 2 x-2 \tan x}{(1-\cos x)\left(2^x-1\right)}= $

A.

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

B.

$\frac{1}{\log 4}$

C.

$4 \log 2$

D.

$\frac{4}{\log 2}$

2022 Q273 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$ \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{\tan ^2\left(\pi \sec ^4 x\right)}{\pi^2 x^4}= $

A.

0

B.

4

C.

1

D.

16

2022 Q274 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0}\left(\frac{4!}{x^8}\left(1-\cos \frac{x^2}{3}-\cos \frac{x^2}{4}+\cos \frac{x^2}{3} \cos \frac{x^2}{4}\right)\right)= $

A.

8

B.

$\frac{1}{6}$

C.

$\frac{1}{24}$

D.

$\frac{2}{3}$

2022 Q275 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

Let $A=\left(a_{i j}\right)$ be an $n \times n$ matrix defined by $a_{i j}=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}k^i, & \forall i=j \\ 0, & \text { otherwise }\end{array}\right.$. If $m=$ trace of $A$ and $\lim _{k \rightarrow 1} \frac{n-m}{1-k}=171$, then the value of $n$ is

A.

18

B.

23

C.

35

D.

42

2022 Q276 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

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

A.

0

B.

1

C.

$1 / 4 \sqrt{2}$

D.

$3 / 4 \sqrt{2}$

2022 Q277 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

Let $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ccc}3-x & \text { if } & x<-3 \\ 6 & \text { if } & -3 \leq x \leq 3 . \text { Let } \alpha \text { be the number } \\ 3+x & \text { if } & x>3\end{array}\right.$ of points of discontinuity of $f$ and $\beta$ be the number of points where $f$ is not differentiable. Then, $\alpha+\beta=$

A.

6

B.

3

C.

2

D.

0

2022 Q278 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 3^{-}} \frac{x^3-3 x^2-4 x+12}{2 x^3-7 x^2+2 x+3}= $

A.

0

B.

$\infty$

C.

$\frac{5}{14}$

D.

$\frac{6}{13}$

2022 Q279 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{2^{2 x}-2^{x+1}+2-\cos 2 x}{x^2}= $

A.

$2+\log 2$

B.

$2+(\log 2)^2$

C.

$2+(\log 4)^2$

D.

$2+\log 4$

2022 Q280 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{l}\frac{x^2-16}{x-4} \text { if } x>4 \\ 2 x \quad \text { if } x \leq 4\end{array}\right.$ then $f^{\prime}\left(4^{-}\right)+f^{\prime}\left(4^{+}\right)=$

A.

1

B.

2

C.

3

D.

4

2022 Q281 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow-\infty} \log _e(\cosh x)+x=$

A.
$\log 2$
B.
$-\log 2$
C.
$\log \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)+2$
D.
$\log \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)-2$
2022 Q282 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If $a, b$ and $c$ are three distinct real numbers and $\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{(b-c) x^2+(c-a) x+(a-b)}{(a-b) x^2+(b-c) x+(c-a)}=\frac{1}{2}$, then $a+2 c=$

A.
b
B.
2b
C.
3b
D.
4b
2022 Q283 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow-\infty} \frac{3|x|-x}{|x|-2 x}-\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\log \left(1+x^3\right)}{\sin ^3 x}=$

A.
$\frac{1}{3}$
B.
$-\frac{1}{4}$
C.
2
D.
$-\frac{5}{3}$
2022 Q284 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If $[\cdot]$ denotes greatest integer function, then $\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow \frac{-3}{5}} \frac{1}{\dot{x}}\left[\frac{-1}{x}\right]=$

A.
$-5 / 3$
B.
$5 / 3$
C.
$10 / 3$
D.
$-10 / 3$
2022 Q285 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If $l, m(l< m)$ are roots of $a x^2+b x+c=0$, then $\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow \alpha} \frac{\left|a x^2+b x+c\right|}{a x^2+b x+c}=$

A.
$\frac{|a|}{a}, \forall \alpha \in R$
B.
$\frac{-|a|}{a} \text {, when } \alpha \notin(l, m)$
C.
$\frac{-|a|}{a} \text {, when } \alpha \in(1, m)$
D.
$\frac{|a|}{a} \text {, when } \alpha \in(i, m)$
2022 Q286 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

Let $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl}\frac{1}{|x|}, & \text { for }|x|>1 \\ a x^2+b, & \text { for }|x| \leq 1\end{array}\right.$. If $\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow 1^{+}} f(x)$ and $\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow 1^{-}} f(x)$ exist, then the possible values for $a$ and $b$ are

A.
$a=b=1$
B.
$a=-1 / 2, b=-3 / 2$
C.
$a=3 / 2, b=-1 / 2$
D.
$a=1 / 2, b=-3 / 2$
2022 Q287 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$\frac{d}{d x}\left(\lim _{x \rightarrow 2} \frac{1}{y-2}\left(\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{x+y-2}\right)\right)=$

A.
$1 / x^2$
B.
$2 / x^3$
C.
$-2 / x^3$
D.
$1 / x^3$
2022 Q288 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}\frac{x^2 \log (\cos x)}{\log (1+x)} & , \quad x \neq 0 \\ 0 & , x=0\end{array}\right.$, then at $x=0, f(x)$ is

A.
not continuous
B.
continuous but not differentiable
C.
differentiable
D.
not continuous, but differentiable
2022 Q289 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

Let $f: R^{+} \longrightarrow R^{+}$ be a function satisfying $f(x)-x=\lambda$ (constant), $\forall x \in R^{+}$ and $f(x f(y))=f(x y)+x, \forall x, y, \in R^{+}$. Then, $\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{(f(x))^{1 / 3}-1}{(f(x))^{1 / 2}-1}=$

A.
1/3
B.
0
C.
2/3
D.
1
2022 Q290 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$\begin{aligned} & \text { If } \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{|x|}{\sqrt{x^4+4 x^2+5}}=k \\ & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} x^4 \sin \left(\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{x}}\right)=l \text {. Then, } k+l= \end{aligned}$

A.
0
B.
1
C.
$-$1
D.
5
2022 Q291 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If $\lim _\limits{n \rightarrow \infty} x^n \log _e x=0$, then $\log _x 12=$

A.
negative
B.
positive
C.
zero
D.
any value between $-1$ and 1
2022 Q292 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If $f(x)=\operatorname{Max}\{3-x, 3+x, 6\}$ is not differentiable at $x=a$, and $x=b$, then $|a|+|b|=$

A.
4
B.
5
C.
6
D.
8
2022 Q293 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

$\lim _\limits{n \rightarrow \infty}\left(\frac{1}{1^5+n^5}+\frac{2^4}{2^5+n^5}+\frac{3^4}{3^5+n^5}+\ldots+\frac{n^4}{n^5+n^5}\right)=$

A.
$\frac{1}{5} \log 3$
B.
$\frac{1}{3} \log 5$
C.
$\frac{1}{2} \log 5$
D.
$\log \sqrt[5]{2}$
2022 Q294 BITSAT MCQ
11 Jun 2026

The value of $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} {{1-\cos (1 - \cos x)} \over {{x^4}}}$ is

A.
$\frac{1}{6}$
B.
$\frac{1}{8}$
C.
$\frac{1}{10}$
D.
$\frac{1}{12}$
2022 Q295 BITSAT MCQ
11 Jun 2026

The value of $\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} {{{{(1 + x)}^{{1 \over x}}} - e + {1 \over 2}ex} \over {{x^2}}}$ is

A.
${{11} \over {24}}e$
B.
$ - {{11} \over {24}}e$
C.
${e \over {24}}$
D.
None of these
2021 Q296 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\alpha = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {\pi \over 4}} {{{{\tan }^3}x - \tan x} \over {\cos \left( {x + {\pi \over 4}} \right)}}$ and $\beta = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0 } {(\cos x)^{\cot x}}$ are the roots of the equation, ax2 + bx $-$ 4 = 0, then the ordered pair (a, b) is :
A.
(1, $-$3)
B.
($-$1, 3)
C.
($-$1, $-$3)
D.
(1, 3)
2021 Q297 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let f be any continuous function on [0, 2] and twice differentiable on (0, 2). If f(0) = 0, f(1) = 1 and f(2) = 2, then
A.
f''(x) = 0 for all x $\in$ (0, 2)
B.
f''(x) = 0 for some x $\in$ (0, 2)
C.
f'(x) = 0 for some x $\in$ [0, 2]
D.
f''(x) > 0 for all x $\in$ (0, 2)
2021 Q298 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The function

$f(x) = \left| {{x^2} - 2x - 3} \right|\,.\,{e^{\left| {9{x^2} - 12x + 4} \right|}}$ is not differentiable at exactly :
A.
four points
B.
three points
C.
two points
D.
one point
2021 Q299 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If the function
$f(x) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {{1 \over x}{{\log }_e}\left( {{{1 + {x \over a}} \over {1 - {x \over b}}}} \right)} & , & {x < 0} \cr k & , & {x = 0} \cr {{{{{\cos }^2}x - {{\sin }^2}x - 1} \over {\sqrt {{x^2} + 1} - 1}}} & , & {x > 0} \cr } } \right.$ is continuous

at x = 0, then ${1 \over a} + {1 \over b} + {4 \over k}$ is equal to :
A.
$-$5
B.
5
C.
$-$4
D.
4
2021 Q300 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} {{{{\sin }^2}\left( {\pi {{\cos }^4}x} \right)} \over {{x^4}}}$ is equal to :
A.
${\pi ^2}$
B.
$2{\pi ^2}$
C.
$4{\pi ^2}$
D.
$4\pi $