122 Functions, Limits, Continuity and

Differentiability

Differentiability

Basic Level

1 , x 0
1. If f (x )   then at x  0 , the value of f ' ( x ) is equal to [Rajasthan PET 1990]
1  sin x , 0  x  / 2
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c)  (d) Derivative does not
exist
2. If f (x ) | x  3 | , then f ' (3) equals
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) Does not exist
 x sin (1 / x ), x  0
3. If f (x )   then at x = 0, the function is
 0 , x 0
(a) Discontinuous (b) Continuous but not differentiable
(c) Both continuous and differentiable (d) None of these
4. If f (x ) | x  3 | , then f is [Rajasthan PET 1994]

(a) Discontinuous at x = 2 (b) Not differentiable at x = 2

(c) Differentiable at x = 3 (d) Continuous but not
differentiable at x = 3
 x  1 , when x  2
5. If f (x )   , then f ' ( x ) at x  2 equals [Rajasthan PET 1992; Karnataka CET 2002]
2 x  1 , when x  2
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) Does not exist

 x sin(1 / x ), when x  0
2
6. If f (x )   , then at x  0 , value of f ' ( x ) equals [Rajasthan PET 1991]

 0 , when x  0
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c)  (d) Does not exist
f (x )  f (c)
7. If lim exists finitely, then
x c x c
(a) lim f (x )  f (c) (b) lim f ' (x )  f ' (c) (c) lim f ( x ) does not exist (d) lim f ( x ) may or may not
x c x c x c x c
exist
| x  1|
8. If f (x )  , x  1 and f (1)  1 . Then which of the following statement is true
x 1
(a) Continuous for x  1 (b) Discontinuous at x = 1 (c) Differentiable at x = 1 (d) Discontinuous for x >1
9. Let f (xy )  f (x ) f (y ) for all x , y  R. If f ' (1)  2 and f (4 )  4 , then f ' (4 ) equal to
1
(a) 4 (b) 1 (c) (d) 2
2
10. The derivative of f (x ) | x | at x  0 is
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) –1 (d) Does not exist
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
 e x  ax , x  0
11. If f (x )   is differentiable at x  0 then (a, b ) is

b(x  1) , x  0
2

(a) (3,  1) (b) (3, 1) (c) (3, 1) (d) (3,  1)


 x 3  1; 1  x  
12. At the point x = 1, the function f (x )  

x  1 ;    x  1
(a) Continuous and differentiable (b) Continuous and not
differentiable
(c) Discontinuous and differentiable (d) Discontinuous and not differentiable
3
13. The function | x | is
(a) Differentiable everywhere (b) Continuous but not
differentiable at x  0
(c) Not a continuous function (d) A function with range [0,
]
14. For the function f (x ) | x 2  5 x  6 | the derivative from the right f ' (2 ); and the derivative from left f ' (2 ) are
respectively
(a) 1, – 1 (b) –1, 1 (c) 0, 2 (d) None of these
15. Let f (x ) be an even function. Then f ' ( x )
(a) Is an even function (b) Is an odd function (c) May be even or odd (d) None of these
16. Let f (x ) be an odd function. Then f ' ( x )
(a) Is an even function (b) Is an odd function (c) May be even or odd (d) None of these
1
17. Let g(x ) be the inverse of the function f (x ) and f ' (x )  .Then g' (x ) is equal to
1 x3
1 1
(a) (b) (c) 1  (g(x ))3 (d) 1  ( f (x )) 3
1  (g(x )) 3
1  ( f (x )) 3
18. Let g(x ) be the inverse of an invertible function f (x ) which is differentiable at x  c, then g' ( f (c)) equals
1
(a) f ' (c ) (b) (c) f (c ) (d) None of these
f ' (c)
x  2 , 1  x  3

19. If f x    5 , x 3 then at x  3, f ' (x )  [MP PET 2001]
8  x , x 3

(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) Does not exist
20. If f (x )  (x  x 0 ) g(x ), where g (x ) is continous at x 0 , then f ' (x 0 ) is equal to
(a) 0 (b) x 0 (c) g(x 0 ) (d) None of these
21. Function f (x )  x  x  1 is not differentiable at [Rajasthan PET 1996]

(a) x  1,  1 (b) x  0,  1 (c) x  0, 1 (d) x  1, 2


e
x
; x 0
22. If f (x )   , then [Roorkee 1995]
 1 x ; x  0

(a) f (x ) is differentiable at x  0 (b) f (x ) is continuous at x  0
(c) f (x ) is differentiable at x  1 (d) f (x ) is continuous at x  1
23. The function which is continuous for all real values of x and differentiable at x  0 , is

(a) x (b) log x (c) sin x (d) x 1 / 2

Advance Level
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24. The number of points at which the function f (x ) | x  0.5 |  | x  1 |  tan x does not have a derivative in the
interval (0, 2) is
[UP SEAT 1995]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

 ax  b, b  0, x  1
2
25. If f (x ) =  2 .Then f (x ) is continuous and differentiable at x  1 if

 bx  ax  c, x 1
(a) c  0, a  2b (b) a  b, c  R (c) a  b, c  0 (d) a  b, c  0
 ax 2  b,| x |  1

26. If f (x )   1 is differentiable at x  1, then
| x | , | x| 1

1 1 1 3 1 1
(a) a  ,b   (b) a   ,b   (c) a  b  (d) a  b  
2 2 2 2 2 2
27. The set of points where the function f (x ) | x  1 | e x is differentiable is
(a) R (b) R  {1} (c) R  {1} (d) R  {0}
28. Let f (x ) be defined on R such that f (1)  2, f (2)  8 and f (u  v)  f (u)  kuv  2v 2
for all u, v  R and u  v (k is a fixed
constant). Then
(a) f ' (x )  8 x (b) f (x )  8 x (c) f ' (x )  x (d) None of these
29. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f (x )  max {x , x 3 } . The set of all points where f (x ) is not differentiable is
[IIT Screening 2001]
(a) {1, 1} (b) {1, 0} (c) {0, 1} (d) {1, 0, 1}
 0 , x 0

30. Let f (x )   2 then for all values of x [MP PET 2002]

x , x 0
(a) f is continuous but not differentiable (b) f is differentiable but not continuous
(c) f ' is continuous but not differentiable (d) f ' is continuous and differentiable
u(x )  sin x
1 for x  0

31. If 0 for x  0 then u( x ).v( x ) has a derivative at x  1 is

v(x )  sgn(x )  0  1 for x  0
(a) cos 1 (b) sin 1 (c) Not continuous at x = 1 (d) None of these
 1
 for | x |  1
32. The coefficient a and b that make the function f (x )  | x | continuous and differentiable at any
 2
ax  b for | x |  1
point are given by
(a) a  1/2, b  3/2 (b) a  1/2, b  3/2 (c) a  1, b  1 (d) None of these
x
33.

If f (x )  | t | dt , x  1 , then
1
[UPSEAT 1994]

(a) f and f ' are continuous for x  1  0 (b) f is continuous but f ' is not for x  1  0
(c) f and f ' are continuous at x  0 (d) f is continuous at x  0 but f ' is not so
 n 1
 x sin ; x  0
34. Let f (x )   x , then f (x ) is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0 if
 0 ;x  0
(a) n  (0, 1] (b) n [1, ) (c) n  (, ) (d) n  0
35. Which of the following is differentiable at x  0 [IIT Screening 2001]
(a) cos(| x |) | x | (b) cos(| x |) | x | (c) sin(| x |)  | x | (d) sin(| x |)  | x |
36. If x  4 | y |  6 y, then y as a function of x is
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dy 1
(a) Continuous at x  0 (b) Derivable at x  0 (c)  for all x (d) None of these
dx 2
37. The set of point where the function f (x )  x | x | is differentiable is
(a) (, ) (b) (,0)  (0, ) (c) (0 , ) (d) [0, )
 2x 
38. If f (x )  sin 1   then f (x ) is differentiable on
1  x 2 
(a) [–1, 1] (b) R– {1, 1} (c) R – (–1, 1) (d) None of these
39. Let f (x ) = | x | and g(x ) | x | , then
3

(a) f (x ) and g(x ) both are continuous at x  0 (b) f (x ) and g(x ) both are differentiable at x  0
(c) f (x ) is differentiable but g(x ) is not differentiable at x  0 (d) f (x ) and g(x ) both are not
differentiable at x  0
40. 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)
41. Let f (x )  (x | x |) | x | . Then for all x
(a) f is continuous (b) f is differentiable for some x (c) f  is continuous (d)

The set of all those points, where the function f x  

x
42. is differentiable, is
1 x
(a) (  , ) (b) [0, ] (c) (  , 0 )  ( 0, ) (d) (0, )
43. f (x ) and g(x ) are two differentiable function on [0, 2] such that f  (x )  g(x )  0, f (1)  2, g(1)  4, f (2)  3, g(2)  9,
3
then f (x )  g (x ) at x  is
2
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 5
 x 1 1
 , for x  0
44. The set of points of differentiability of the f (x )   x is
 , for x  0
 0
(a) R (b) [0, ) (c) (0, ) (d) R  {0}

If f x   a
3
 be c x
x
45. sin x and if f (x ) is differentiable at x  0 , then
(a) a  b  c  0 (b) a  0, b  0, c  R (c) b  c  0, a  R (d) c  0, a  0, b  R
 x 1
 , x 1
 2x 2  7 x  5
46. If f x    , then f (1) equals [IIT 1979]
 1 , x 1

 3
2 2
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d) Does not exist
9 9
47. Function f (x )  1  sin x is
(a) Continuous no where (b) Differentiable no where (c) Every where continuous (d)
x 2 , x 0

48. Function f x   1, 0  x  1 is
1 / x , x 1

(a) Differentiable at x  0, 1 (b) Differentiable only at x  0 (c) Differentiable at only
x 1 (d) Not differentiable at x=0, 1
 x , if x  0

49. Function f x    x 2 , if 0  x  1 , is differentiable at
 x 3  x  1 , if x  1

(a) x  0 but not at x  1 (b) x  1 but not at x  0 (c) x  0 and x  1 (d) Neither x  0 nor x  1
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 1
 x sin   , x  0
50. If g(x )  x f (x ) where f (x )   x then at x  0
 , x 0
 0
(a) g is differentiable but g  is discontinuous function (b) Both f and g are
differentiable
(c) g is differentiable and g is continuous function (d) None of these
51. The set of points where f (x )  x x is differentiable two times is
(a) R 0 (b) R  (c) R (d) None of these
 x (3 e
1/ x
 4)
 x  0 , then
52. If f (x )   2  e 1 / x , [Roorkee 1995]
 0 , x 0
(a) lim f (x )  1 (b) f (x ) is continuous at x  0 (c) f (x ) is differentiable at
x 0

x 0 (d) f ' 0  0   3
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Assignment (Basic and Advance Level)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
d d b d d b a b d d b b a,d a b a c b d c
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
c b,d c c a b b d d c a a a a d a a b a b
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
a,c a d c b b d b b b a b