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Paragraph type Questions
Paragraph - 1
2 f(x)  x 2n g(x)
Consider f(x) = x + ax + 3 and g(x) = x + b and F(x) = lim .
n 1  x 2n
1. If F(x) is continuous at x = 1, then
(A) b = a + 3 (B) b = a – 1 (C) a = b – 2 (D) None of these
2. If F(x) is continuous at x = –1, then
(A) a + b = –2 (B) a – b = 3 (C) a + b = 5 (D) None of these
3. If F(x) is continuous at x = ±1, then f(x) = g(x) has :
(A) Imaginary roots (B) Both the roots positive
(C) Both the roots negative (D) Roots of opposite signs.
Paragraph - 2
a(ex  e– x )  b
If lim  4 then.
x 0 x2
4. The equation of ellipse whose centre is (0, 10)) and length of major and minor axis of ellipse as |b| & |a| is :
(A) x2 + 4 (y – 10)2 = 64(B) 64x2 + 16(y – 10)2 = 64 (C) 9x2 + 27 (y – 10)2 = 27 (D) 27x2 + 9 (y – 10)2 = 27
5. Length of sub-normal to curve y2 = x3 at point (a, b) is equal to :
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 24 (D) 32
6. 2
The ‘c’ of LMVT for curve y = x – x + 1 for the interval [b, a] is :
(A) 0 (B) –2 (C) 4 (D) None of these
2 2
7. Let f (x) = x + bx + c, where D = b – 4c > 0
Column-I Column-II
(Conduction on b and c) (Number of points of non-differentiability of g(x) = | f (| x |) |
(A) b < 0, c > 0 (P) 1
(B) c = 0, b < 0 (Q) 2
(C) c = 0, b > 0 (R) 3
(D) b = 0, c < 0 (S) 5

8. Match the column ([.] denotes g.i.f)

Column I Column II
(A)   (P) 
Lt x cos .sin 
x  8x 8x 8
(B) (Q)
tan[– 2 ]x 2 – [– 2 ]x 2 8
Lt 
x  2
sin (x) 

(C) 2x – sin x  cos x (R) n–1

Lt  e 2
x  x  cos2 x  sin2 x
(D) 1 (S) 0
 xn – 1  x–1
Lt   
x 1 n(x – 1) 
 

(T) 2

Answer Key
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (A) S; (B) R; (C) P;(D) Q
8. (A) P; (B) S; (C) T;(D) R

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. If graphs of | y | = f(x) and y = | f(x) | are given as below (a, b > 0).

Then identify the correct statement :

(A) f(x) is discontinuous at 2 points in [–b, b] and non-differentiable at 2 points in (–b, b).
(B) f(x) is discontinuous at 2 points in [–b, b] and non-differentiable at 3 points in (–b, b)
(C) f(x) is discontinuous at 3 points in [–b, b] and non-differentiable at 3 points in (–b, b)
(D) f(x) is discontinuous at spquits in [–b, b] and non-differentiable at 4 points in (–b, b)

n2  n
 1 
2. lim 1  2  
n 
 n  cos n 
1 2
(A) 1 (B) e (C) (D) e
e

3. Let f :  be a function such that f  0   1 and for any

x, y  , f  xy  1  f  x  f  y   f  y   x  2 holds. Then lim f  x  
x 0
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) – 1 (D) 1

4. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Now g(x) is defined as below :
     
[ f ( x)], x  0,    ,  
g ( x)    2 2 
 3 
x
 2

2(sin x  sinn x)  | sin x  sinn x |

Where f(x) = ,n R then
2(sin x  sinn x)  | sin x  sinn x |

(A) g(x) is continuous and differentiable at x = when n > 1
2

(B) g(x) is continuous and differentiable at x = when 0 < n < 1
2

(C) g(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = when n > 1
2

(D) g(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = when 0 < n < 1
2

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5. The function f(x) =  , x  0 is continuous at x =0. Then :
x e2x  1
(A) f(0) = - 1
(B) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
1
(D) f '(0) 
3

 (sin(x  h))ln( x  h) – (sin x)ln x   

6. Let f(x) = lim   then f   is :
h 0  h  2
 

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) ln   (D) None of these
2

7. For how many different value of b, the function

  1
 sin  x  2  1
   x
 2x  a 2
 1 1
f (x) =  b x  is continuous at x 
 2 2
 2x 2  3x  1 1
 x
 c  2x 2

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 2

n
 1 1 
8. If f (x) =   x     x    1  then lim f (0) is
n
1
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) None of these

n  r –1 1 n r 
9. The value of lim   . Cr . Ct .3t  is equal to :
 n 
r 1  t 0 5
n

(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) None of these

3 2 e f( x) – 1
10. If x = 2 is a real root of cubic equation f(x) = 3x + bx + bx + 3 = 0 then the value of lim 
1 2x – 1
x
2
27 –27 –27 27
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 8 8

More than One Option Correct Type Questions

11. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

f(x)
(A) If f(x) is discontinuous and g(x) is continuous at x = a  g(a)  0  , then must be discontinuous at
g(x)
x = a.
(B) If f(x) is defined in [a, b] and f(a) f(b)< 0, then the equation f(x)=0 has atleast one real root in (a, b ).
(C) If f(x) is continuous at x = a (f (a)  0) and g (x) is discontinuous at x = a, then the function
h (x) = f(x) g(x) must be discontinuous at x = a.
(D) If fog (x) is continuous at x=a and g(x) is also continuous at x=a, then f(x) must be continuous at x = a.

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12. Let Lim  2  a  e
x x x
 = L. Which of the following is(are) correct?
x 

(A) If L = a (a > 0), then the range of a is [e, ).

(B) If L = 2e (a > 0), then the range of a is {2e}.
(C) If L = e (a > 0), then the range of a is (0, e].
e 
(D) If L = 2a (a > 1), then the range of a is  ,   .
2 
sin x
13. Number of solution of the equation = 1 in the interval [, 2] is also equal to
1  cos x
x
(A) Lim  e x  1
x 0

(B) derivative of y = esin x – sin x – 1 with respect to x, when x = 0.

(C) number of points of non-derivability of function y = | cos x | in (0, 2).

(D) value of definite integral  sin x dx


Integer Type Questions

14. The number of points where xf  x   | x  2 | 1 is non-differentiable in x  (0, 3). Where

  2x  
 1  2cos  k  
f x    3 .
k 1  3 
 
 

15. Let f (x) be a non-constant thrice differentiable function defined on (–, ) such that
f (x) = f (6 – x) and f ' (0) = 0 = f '(2) = f '(5). Determine the minimum number of zeroes of
2
g(x) =  f ''(x)  + f '(x) f '''(x) in the interval [0, 6] is K, then [k/2]=........If [.] denote G.I.F.

16. The sequence an  1 , n  N is an arithmetical progression and d is its common difference.

2 2 2
 d  d   d  1
If Lim 1  2  1  2  ......  1  2  converges to and a1 = 8, then find the value of d.
n
 a1   a2   an  4

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Answer Key
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (1) 9. () 10. (C)
11. (A,C) 12. (A,B,C) 13. (B,,D) 14. (5) 15. (6) 16. (6)

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Single Option Correct Type Questions

1. For a certain value of c, Lim [(x5 + 7x4 + 2)C - x] is finite & non zero. The value of c and the value of the limit is
x 
(A) 1/5, 7/5 (B) 0, 1 (C) 1, 7/5 (D) none

y3
2. The value of lim , (as (x, y)  (1, 0) along the line y = x – 1) is :
x1
y 0 x  y2  1
3

1 3
(A) (B) 0 (C) (D) –1
2 2

3. ABC is an isosceles triangle inscribed in a circle of radius r. If AB = BC and ‘h’ is the altitude from A to BC.

If the triangle ABC has perimeter P and area ‘’ then lim 512 r  3 is:
h 0 p
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C)512 (D) None of these

4. Which of the following is correct :

(A) The equation log1.5 (cot–1 x – sgn(ex)) = 2 has one real solution. (where sgn (.) denotes signum function)
(B) The functions y = 1–x – [x] – [1–x] and y = 1 – x – ( lim (cos2n+1 2x) + (sin2nx)) are not identical
n
(where [.] represents greatest integer function).
n
n
(C) lim
n
 r – n2  –1
r 1
1
(D) The equation x–5  has no real root.
x3

5. If f (x – y), f (x) f (y) and f (x + y) are in A.P. for all x, y and f (0)  0, (where f is differentiable function) then :
(A) f (4)  f (4) (B) f (2)  f (2)  0 (C) f '(2)  f '(2) (D) f '(2)  4

6. A function y = f (x) has a second order derivative f"(x) = 6(x – 1). If it's graph passes through the point (2,
1) and at that point tangent to the graph is y = 3x – 5, then the function is :
3 3 2 2
(A) (x + 1) (B) (x – 1) (C) (x – 1) (D) (x + 1)

 cos x –1  cos x – e x 

7. The integer n for which lim is a finite non-zero number is ______
x0 xn
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C)3 (D) None of these

8. For any real number x, let [x] denote the largest integer less than or equal to x. Let f be a real valued
 –x – [–x], if [x] is even
function defined on the interval [–3, 3] by f(x)   if L denotes the number of points
 x – [x] , if [x] is odd
of discontinuity and M denotes the number of points of non-derivability of f(x), then find (L + M).
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) None of these

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9. The number of points of non-derivability of the function f(x) =   sgn   in (–2, 2) is
  x 
 
(Where [y], {y} and sgn (y) denote largest integer y, fractional part of y and signum function of y
respectively)
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5

More than One Option Correct Type Questions

10. Let f be a differentiable function on R satisfying f(x + y) = f(x) f(y)  x, y  R, and f(1) = 2. If in a triangle
ABC, a = f(3), b = f(1) + f(3), c = f(3) – f(1), then which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
[Note: All symbols used have usual meaning in triangle ABC.]
(A) Area of triangle is 24.
(B) Radius of circle inscribed in triangle ABC is 2.
(C) Distance between orthocentre and circumcentre of triangle ABC is 5.
A 1
(D) The value of tan equals .
2 2

11. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

(A) Let f : R  R be a continuous function such that Lim f(x) = c (where c is a finite number), then f
x

(x) must be many one function.

(B) Let f : (– 3, 3)  [– 9, 9] be defined as f(x) = x | x | then f(x) is an odd and onto function.
(C) If f is continuous on [– 2, 2] such that f (–2) = 4 and f (2) = 1 then there exists a number
c such that | c | < 2 and f (c) = e.
(D) Let f : (–1, 3)  Q be a continuous function such that f (0) = 5 then f (2) is also equal to 5.

n
12. If f(x)   an | x |n , where ai are real constant, then f(x) is :
n 0
(A) Continuous at x = 0 for all ai (B) Differentiable at x =0 for all ai R
(C) Differentiable at x =0 for all a2k 1  0 (D) None of these

Integer Type Questions

13. Let the equations x3 + 2x2 + px + q = 0 and x3 + x2 + px + r = 0 have two roots in common and the third
root of each equation are represented by  and  respectively.

 x log1x   
e , 1  x  0

If f (x) = a, x0 is continuous at x = 0, then find the value of 2(a + b).


x2
 ln e   x 
b , 0  x 1
 tan x

14. Suppose that f is differentiable for all x and f (x)  2, x if f(1)  2, f(4)  8 . Then f(2) has the value equal
to

1  sin x sin3x sin5x sin7x

15. lim 2
 L, then 2L =
x

2
 2x   
Answer Key
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (A,B,C,D)
11. (A,C,D) 12. (A,C) 13. (9) 14. (4) 15. (21) 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

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