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Single Correct Choice Type

This section contains multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) for
its answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
1 − cot 3 x
1. lim is
x → 2 − cot x − cot x
 3
4

11 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
14 4 2

sin(1 + [x])
2. If f(x) = for [x]  0 (where [.] represents the greatest integer x), then lim− f(x) equals
[x] x →0

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) −1 (D) none of these

 | x |3  x  3 
3. lim−  −    (a  0). (where [.] represents the greatest integer x), is
x →a  a  a  

(A) a2−3 (B) a2−1 (C) a2 (D) none of these

x
 x 2 + 5x + 3 
4. If f(x) =  2  then xlim f(x) is
 x +x+2  →

(A) e−4 (B) e3 (C) e2 (D) e4

n2 2
enx − (1 + nx + x )
5. The value of lim 2 (n  0) is
x →0 x3
2
n n3 n3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 3 6 16

1 / x2
 x x + e− x − 2 
6. lim  
x →0
 x2 
1/ 2
(A) e (B) e1 / 4 (C) e1 / 3 (D) e1 / 12

2 − ( 256 − 7 x)1 / 8
7. lim is
x → 0 (5x + 32)1 / 5 − 2

(A) −1 (B) 1 (C) 26 (D) 7/64

1 − cos(ax + bx + c)
2
8. The value of lim where  and  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 is
x → (x −  )2
(  −  )2 1 2
(A) (a−b)2 (B) (C) a (  −  )2 (D) none of these
2 2

cos( 2x − 4) − 33 x 2 | 4x − 8 |
9. If f : (1, 2) → R satisfies the inequality  f(x)  , x  (1, 2), then lim− f(x) is
2 x−2 x→2

(A) 16
(B) cannot be determined from the given information
(C) −16
(D) does not exist

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10. Solve lim (sin x)tan x

x → 0+

(A) −1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) none of these

Multiple Correct Answer(s) Type

This section contains multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of
which ONE or MORE are correct.
 1 + n2 
11. If lim  an −  = b, where a is finite number, then
n →
 1+ n 
(A) a =1 (B) a = 0 (C) b = 1 (D) b =−1

12. Which of the following is true ({.} denotes the fractional part of function)?
logex x
(A) lim = (B) lim =
x → {x} x → 2+ x2 − x − 2
x log0.5 x
(C) lim − = − (D) lim − =
x →−1 −1
x −x−2
2 x → {x}

1
13. lim is equal to
n → 1 + nsin2 nx
(A) −1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 

3x 2 + ax + a + 1
14. If f(x) = , then which of the following can be correct.
x2 + x − 2
(A) lim f(x) exists  a= −2 (B) lim f(x) exists  a=13
x →1 x →−2

4 −1
(C) lim f(x) = (D) lim f(x) =
x →1 3 x →−2 3
sin x n
15. If m, n N, lim is
x →0
(sin x)m
(A) 1, if n = m (B) 0, if n > m
(C) , if n < m (D) n/m, if n < m

Assertion-Reasoning
This part contains Assertion and Reasoning type questions . Each question carries +3 marks for correct answer
and –1 mark for each wrong answer.
1 − cos 2x
16. Statement –1: lim does not exist.
x x →0

1 − cos 2x
Statement –2: f(x) = is not defined at x=0
x
(A) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true, Statement–2 is a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(B) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true, Statement–2 is not a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false.
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true.

17. Statement –1:

m → n →
 
lim lim sin2m (n! x) = 0,mn  N, when x is rational.
Statement –2: when n→ and x is rational, n! x is integer.
(A) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true, Statement–2 is a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(B) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true, Statement–2 is not a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false.
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true.
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Paragraph Type
This section contains 2 paragraphs. Based upon one of the paragraphs 2 multiple choice questions
and based on the other paragraph 3 multiple choice questions have to be answered. Each of these
questions has four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of WHICH ONLY ONE is correct.
Paragraph for question 18 to 19
sin−1(1 − {x})  cos −1(1 − {x})
Let f(x) = where {x} denotes the fractional part of x
2{x}  (1 − {x})

18. L = lim f(x) is equal to

x → 0+

  
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2
2 2 2 2

19. R = lim f(x) is equal to

x → 0−

  
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2
2 2 2 2

Paragraph for question 20 to 22

−x
sin x + ae + be x
+ c ln(1 + x)
If L = lim = finite
x →0 x3
20. The value of L is
1 −1 −1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 3
2 3 6

21. Equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has

(A) real and equal roots (B) complex roots
(C) unequal positive real roots (D) inequal roots

22. The solution set of | x + c | −2a  4b is

(A) −2, 2] (B) [0, 2] (C) [−1, 1] (D) [−2, 1]

23. Match the following and write the correct pairs.

Column – I Column – I
A. 3
(7 − x) − 2 (p) −2
If L = lim , then 12L=
x →−1 (x + 1)
B. tan3 x − tan x (q) 2
If L = lim , then −L/4 =
x → / 4  
cos  x + 
 4
C. log x n − [x] (r) 1
If L = + lim , then 20L =
x → [x]
D. ( 2x − 3)( x − 1) (s) −1
L = + lim , where n N, ( [x] denotes
x →1 2x 2 + x − 3
greatest integer less than or equal to x), then −2L =

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Integer Answer Type

This section contains Integer type questions. The answer to each question is single digit integer,
ranging from 0 to 9 (both inclusive)

1− x
24. If L = lim then value of 4L is equal to
x →1− (cos−1 x)2

25. If x1=3 and xn +1 = 2 + xn ,n  1, then lim xn is

x →

20
26. lim  cos2n (x − 10) is equal to
x →
x =1

1
n n x
( 2 x ) e − (3x )1 / e
x

27. The value of lim (where n N<) is

x → xn

 sin x 
28. lim min(y 2 − 4y + 11) is where [.] denotes the greatest integer function.
x →0
 x 

ANSWER KEY

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. C
6. D 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. B
11. A,B 12. A,B,C 13. B,C 14. A,B,C,D 15. A,B,C
16. B 17. A 18. A 19. B
20. B 21. D 22. C 23. A→s, B→r, C→p, D→q
24. 1 25. 2 26. 1 27. 0 28. 6

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SOLUTION
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. C
6. D
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A,B
12. A,B,C
13. B,C
14. A,B,C,D
15. A,B,C

16. B
17. A

20. B
sin x + ae x + be − x + c sin(1 + x)
L = lim
x →0 x3
Nr. should be zero  a + b = 0 …1
c
cos x + ae x − be − x +
Applying L.H.L. Rule lim 1+ x
x →0 3x 2
Nr. should be zero
1+ a−b+c=0 ….2
c
(1 + x)2
Again diff .  − sin x + ae x + be − x −
6x
a+b−c=0 ….3
From (1)  c = 0
Now a−b = −1  a = −½
a+b=0 b=½
1 1
− sin x + e x + e − x
L = lim 2 2
x →0 6x
−1
Again diff L  .
3
21. D
1 1
− x 2 + x has inequal roots 0 & 1
2 2
22. C
23. A→s, B→r, C→p, D→q
24. 1
25. 2
26. 1
27. 0
28. 6
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