5.

CALCULUS
i. Domain & Range
ii. Mapping
iii. Composite Function & Inverse
iv. Periodic Function
v. Limits
vi. Continuity
vii. Differentiability
viii. Area Under the Curve
ix. Order and Degree
x. Formation & General Solution
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CALCULUS
2110. The domain of the function y  x  2  1  x is
Domain & Range a. x  2 b. x  2
c. Null set d. The set of all numbers
log(x  5) (x 2  1)
2101. The domain of the function f (x)  is 2111. Find the domain of the function f (x)  2
x 2  4x  3 (x  3x  3)
a. (– , – 1) b. [–3, –1] a. R – {1, 2} b. R – {1, 4}
c. R – [–3, –1] d. (–5, ) – {–3, –1} c. R d. R – {1}

2102. The range of the function f (x)  9  x 2 is [f (3)  f (2)]

a. [0, 3] b. (0, 3] c. (0, 3) d. [0, 3) 2112. If f (x)  x 3  1 , then find
11
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
x2  2
2103. The range of the function f (x)  , x  R is
x2  1 2113. Which one of the following is not correct for the features
of exponential function given by f (x)  b where b >1?
a. (1, 2] b. [1, 2] c. (1, 2) d. (1.5, 2] x

a. For very large negative values of x, the function is very

x 2  2x  1 close to 0.
2104. For real values of x, the range of is
x 2  2x  1 b. The domain of the function is R, the set of real
1  numbers.
a. (– , 0]  (1,  ) b.  , 2  c. The point (1, 0) is always on the grpah of the function.
2 
 2  d. The range of the function is the set of all positive real
c.  ,  (1, ) d. (,  6)  (2, )
9 
numbers.


f (3.8)  f (4) 2114. The range of the function f (x)  x 2  2x  2 is

2105. If f (x)  2x , find
2
a. [1, ) b. (2, ) c. (0, ) d. (1,  )
3.8  4
a. 156 b. 0.156 c. 1.56 d. 15.6
2115. Let A  {(x, y) : y  e x } and B  {(x, y) : y   x} .
2106. The domain of the function f (x)  7  3x  log e x is Then the correct statement is
7 a. A  B   b. A  B
a. 0  x   b. x c. B  A d. A  B  {(0, 1), (0, 0)}
3
7
c. 0  x  d.   x  0 log (x  3)
3 2116. The domain of the function f (x)  2 2 is
x  3x  2
2107. If f(1) = 1, f(2n) = f(n) and f(2n + 1) = (f (n))2  2 for a. R – {–1, –2} b. R – {–1, –2, 0}
n = 1, 2, 3, ..... then the value of f(1) + f(2) + ..... + f(25) c. (–3, – 1)  (–1, ) d. (–3, ) – {–1, – 2}
is equal to
a. 1 b. –15 c. –17 d. –1 1
2117. The domain of the function f (x)   x2
log10 (1  x)
1 is
2108. The range of the function f (x)  is a. (–3, – 2.5)  (–2.5, – 2) b. [–2, 0)  (0, 1)
2  cos 3x
a. (–2,  ) b. [–2, 3] c. (0, 1) d. None of the above
1  1 
c.  , 2  d.  , 1 x2 1
3  3  2118. If f (x)  for every real number x, then the
x2 1
minimum value of f is
x2  x  4
2109. Let f : R  R be defined as f (x)  . a. –1 b. does not exist
x2  x  4 c. 0 d. 1
Then the range of the function f(x) is
3 5 3 5 1
a.  ,  b.  ,  2119. The domain of the function f (x)  is
5 3 5 3 |x|x
 3 5   5 3
c.  ,    ,   d.   ,   a. (– , 0) b. (– , )  {0}
 5 3   3 5
c. (– , ) d. (0, )
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2120. If f (x)  3  x, – 4  x  4 ,then the domain of 2129. The domain of definition of the function
log e (f (x)) is log(2x  3)
f (x)   5  2x is
a. [–4, 4] b. (– , 3] c. (– , 3) d. (–4, 3) x 1
 5 3 5   5  3 5
a. 1,  b.  ,  c. 1,  d.  , 
2121. The domain of the function f (x) 
1
is  2 2 2   2  2 2
9  x2
1 x 
a. 3  x  3 b. 3  x  3 2130. If f (x)  log   , –1 < x < 1, then
c. 9  x  9 d. 9  x  9 1 x 
 3x  x 3   2x 
f f
 1  3x 2   1  x 2  is
x 1  
2122. If f (x)  , then f(2x) is
x 1 a. [f (x)]3 b. [f (x)]2 c. –f(x) d. f(x)
f (x)  1 3f (x)  1
a. b.
f (x)  3 f (x)  3 2131. The function f (x)  log(x  x 2  1) is
f (x)  3 f (x)  3 a. an even function b. an odd function
c. d.
f (x)  1 3f (x)  1 c. periodic function d. None of these

1 2132. If the function f : R  R defined by f(x) = [x] where

2123. The domain of the function f (x)  is
log10 (1  x) [x] is the greatest integer not exceeding x, for x  R, then
a. (– , 1]  {0} b. (– , 1)  {0} f is
c. (– , 2) d. (0, ) a. even b. odd
c. neither even nor odd d. strictly increasing
x2
2124. Let f (x)  , x  1 . The value of  for which 2133. If f (x)  2x 2  bx  c and f (0) = 3 and f (2) = 1, then
x 1
f (a)  a, (a  0) is f(1) is equal to
1 1 1 1 a. 1 b. 2 c. 0 d. –2
a. 1  b. c. 1  d.  1
a a a a
Mapping
2125. If f (x)  log10 x 2 . The set of all values of x for which
f(x) is real, is
b. [1, )  1 1 x
a. [–1, 1] 2134. The function f : R    ,  defined as f (x) 
 2 2 1 x2
c. (– , – 1] d. (– , – 1]  [1, ) is
a. injective but not surjective
 1  b. surjective but not injective
2126. If 2f (x 2 )  3f   x 2  1 for all x  R  {0} , then
2 c. neither injective nor surjective
x 
f (x 4 ) is d. invertible
(1  x 4 )(2x 4  3) (1  x 4 )(2x 4  3) x
a. b. 2135. The function f : N  R defined by f (x)  x  5  
5x 4
5x 4 5
where N is the set of natural numbers and [x] denotes
(1  x 4 )(2x 4  3)
c. d. None of these the greatest integer less than or equal to x, is
5x 4 a. one-one and onto b. onto but not one-one
c. neither one-one nor onto d. one-one but not onto
x2  x 1
2127. The range of the function f (x) 
x2  x 1 2136. The mapping f : N  N given by f(n) = n3 + 3, n  N
1  where N is the set of natural number, is
a. (, 3] b. (, ) c. [3, ) d.  , 3
3  a. One to one and onto
b. One to one but not onto
2128. If f(x) satisfies the relation 2f (x)  f (1  x)  x 2 for all c. Onto but not one to one
real x, then f(x) is equal to d. Neither one to one nor onto
x 2  2x  1 x 2  2x  1
a. b.
6 3 2137. Let f : R  R be defined by f(x) = x4, then
x  4x  1
2 x 2
 3x  1 a. f is one-one but not onto
c. d. b. f is neither one-one nor onto
3 6
c. f is one-one and onto
d. f may be one-one and onto
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2138. The function f : R  R given by f(x) = x2, x  R, is 2148. The function f : [0, 3]  [1, 29], defined by
a. one to one but not onto f(x) = 2x3 – 15x2 + 36x + 1, is
b. not one to one but onto a. one-one and onto
c. both one to one and onto b. onto but not one-one
d. neither one to one nor onto c. one-one but not onto
d. neither one-one nor onto
2139. The set A has 4 elements and the set B has 5 elements
then the number of injective mappings that can be defined 2149. The function f(x) = ex from R  R is ....... function.
from A to B is a. only one-one b. only onto
a. 144 b. 72 c. 60 d. 120 c. neither one-one nor onto d. one-one and onto

2140. The number of bijective functions from the set A to itself, 2150. The function f : R  R defined by f(x) = (x – 1)
if A contains 108 elements is (x – 2)(x – 3) is
a.108 b. (108)! c. (108)2 d. 2108 a. one-one but not onto
b. onto but not one-one
2141. The function f (x) 
1   c. both one-one and onto
, x  0,  is
2  cos 3x  3 d. neither one-one nor onto
a. one one, but not onto
b. onto but not one one
2151. The total number of injections (one-one into mappings)
c. one to one as well as onto
from { a1, a2, a3, a4} to {b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7} is
d. neither one to one nor onto
a. 400 b 420 c. 800 d. 840
1
2142. Let f : R  R be difined by f (x)   x  R , then f 2152. The function f : [0, )  [0, ) defined by
x 2x
is _______ f (x)  is
a. onto b. not defined 1  2x
a. one-one and onto
c. one-one d. bijective
b. one-one but not onto
c. not one-one but onto
2143. If a function f : [2, )  A defined by f(x) = x2 – 4x
d. neither one-one nor onto
+ 5 is a bijection, then A is equal to
a. R b. [1, )
2153. Let f(x) = [x], where [x] denotes the greatest integer
c. [2, ) d. None of these
contained in x. Which one of the following is correct?
a. f(x) is one-to-one
2144. Let X = {1, 2, 3, 4} and Y = {a, b, c}. Then, the mapping
b. f(x) is onto
f : X  Y defined by f (1) = a, f (2) = b, f (3) = a, f (4)
c. Domain of f(x) is set of real numbers and range of f(x)
= b is
is set of integers
a. one-one into b. one-one onto
d. Both domain and range of f(x) are set of real numbers.
c. many-one into d. one of these

2145. Let f : N  N defined by 2154. If f : R  S defined by f (x)  sin x  3 cos x  1 , is

onto, then the interval of S is
n 1
 if n is odd a. [0, 1] b. [–1, 1] c. [0, 3] d. [–1, 3]
f (n)   2
n then f is
 if n is even 2155. A is a subset of universal set X. The function
2
a. onto but not one-one b. one-one and onto 1, xA
g(x)  
c. neither one-one nor onto d. one-one but not onto  0, x  A is
a. Into b. Onto
2146. If A = {1, 3, 5, 7} and B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, then c. Many one into d. One one onto
the number of one-to-one functions from A into B is
a. 1340 b. 1860 c. 1430 d. 1680 2156. Number of bijective functions from a set of 10 elements
to itself is
2147. The function f(x) = x2 + bx + c, where b and c are real a. 5! b. 10! c. 15! d. 8!
constants, describes
a. one-to-one mapping 2157. The number of one-one and onto mapping from A to B
b. onto mapping if n(A) = 6 and n(B) = 7 is
c. not one-to-one but onto mapping a. 1000 b. 42 c. 13 d. 0
d. neither one-to-one nor onto mapping
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2158. n(A) = 8, total number of bijections defined on A is
a. 8! b. 7! c. 6! d. 9!

2159. Let f : R – {n}  R be a function defined by 2167. Let f(x) = 210 . x + 1 and g(x) = 310 . x – 1. If (fog)(x)
xm = x, then x is equal to
f (x)  , where m  n. Then
xn 310  1 210  1
a. f is one-one onto b. f is one-one into a. b.
c. f is many one onto d. f is many one into 310  2 10 210  310
1  310 10
c. d. 1  2
2160. Let n(A) = 4 and n(B) = 6. The number of one to one 210  310 310  2 10
functions from A to B is
a. 24 b. 60 c. 120 d. 360 2168. Which of the following functions is inverse of itself?
(1  t) (1  t 2 )
a. f (t)  b. f (t) 
2161. If n(A) = n(B) = m, then the number of possible (1  t) (1  t 2 )
bijections from A to B is log t
a. m b. m2 c. m! d. 2m c. f(t) = 4 d. f(t) = 2t

2162. Let f : R  R be a function defined by x 1

2169. If f (x)  , then the value of f (f(x)) is equal to
e x  ex x 1
f (x)  , then a. x b. 0 c. –x d. 1
ex  ex
a. f is bijection 2170. If f(x) = 8x3, g(x) = x1/3, then fog (x) is
b. f is an injection only
a. 83x b. 8x3 c. 8 x d. (8x)1/3
c. f is surjection only
d. f is neither an injection nor a surjection 1
2171. If g(x) is the inverse function of f(x) and f (x) 
2163. The function f : R  R is given by f(x) = x3 – 1 is 1 x4
then g(x) is
a. a one-one function a. 1 + [g(x)]4 b. 1 – [g(x)]4
b. an onto function 1
c. a bijection c. 1 + [f(x)]4 d.
1  [g(x)]4
d. neither one-one nor onto
2172. Let f(x) = x3 and g(x) = 3x. The values of a such that
2164. A mapping f : N  N where N is the set of natural g(f(a)) = f(g(a)) are
numbers is defined as a. 0, 2 b. 1, 3 c. 0, ±3 d. 0,  3
f(n) = n2, if n is odd, f(n) = 2n + 1, if n is even for n
 N. Then f is
2173. If g(f(x)) = |sin x|, f(g(x)) = (sin x ) 2 , then
a. Surjective but not injective
b. Injective but not surjective a. f(x) = sin x, g(x) = | x |
c. Bijective b. f(x) = x2, g(x) = sin x
d. Neither injective nor surjective c. f and g can not be determined
d. f (x) = sin2x, g(x)  x
2165. The mapping f : N  N given by f(n) = 1 + n2, where
n  N where N is the set of natural numbers, is
2174. If f(x) = ex and g(x) = log ex, then which of the following
a. One to one and onto
is true?
b. Onto but not one-to-one
a. f {g(x)}  g {f(x)} b. f {g(x)}  g {f(x)}
c. One-to-one but not onto
c. f {g(x)}  g {f(x)} = 0 d. f {g(x)} – g {f(x)} = 1
d. Neither one-to-one nor onto
2175. If f : R  R, g : R  R are defined by f(x) = 5x – 3,
x
2166. If f : (0, )  (0, ) and f (x)  , then the function g(x) = x2 + 3, then (gof –1)(3) =
1 x
f is 25 111 9 25
a. b. c. d.
a. one-one and onto 3 25 25 111
b. one-one but not onto
2176. Let f(x) = x2, g(x) = logex. The number of values of x
c. onto but not one-one
for which (fog)(x) = (gof)(x) is
d. neither one-one nor onto
a. 1 b. 2
c. finite, but greater than 2 d. infinitely many
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e x  ex 2187. Let R be the set of real numbers and the functions
2177. The inverse function of the function f (x)  is
e e
x x f: R  R and g: R R be defined by f(x) = x2 + 2x –3
1 1 x 1 2x and g(x) = x + 1. Then the value of x for which
a. log b. log
2 1 x 2 2 x f (g(x)) = g (f(x)) is
1 1 x a. –1 b. 0 c. 1 d. 2
c. log d. None of these
2 1 x
2188. If f : C  C is defined by f(x) = x3 and  is a cube root
2x  3 4 of unity, then f –1(64) is
2178. If f (x)  then f 1   =
3x  4  3  a. {4, 4, 42} b. {4}
3 c. {4, 4} d. 
a. zero b.
4
2 2189. If f(x) = sinx + cosx, x  (–, ) and g(x) = x 2 ,
c.  d. None of these
3 x  (–, ), then (fog) (x) is equal to
1 a. 1 b. 0
2179. If f : [0, )  [2, ) is given by f (x)  x  , then c. sinx2 + cosx2 d. sin (x2) + cos2(x)
x
f–1(x) equals
x  x2  4 x 5
a. b. 2190. Let f : R     R be a function defined as
2 1 x2 4
5x . The inverse of f is the
2x  x 2  4 f (x) 
c. d. 1  x 2  4 4x  5
2 5 
map g : Range f  R    given by
x2 y 4
5y
2180. If f (x)  , then f (f(x)) is a. g(y)  b. g(y) 
3x  1 5  4y 5  4y
a. x b. – x c. 1/x d. 0 5y
c. g(y)  d. None of these
5  4y
2181. If f (x)  x and g(x) = 2x – 3, then domain of (fog)(x)
is 2191. If f(x) = x2 – 1 and g(x) = (x + 1)2, then (gof)(x) is
 3  3 
a. (– , –3) b.  – ,   c.   , 0 d.  ,   (x + 1)4 –1 b. x4 – 1
3 a.
 2 
4
 2 2  c. x d. (x + 1)4

2182. Let f(x) = 2100x + 1, g(x) = 3100x + 1. Then the set of 2192. The value of the parameter  for which the function
real numbers x such that f (g(x)) = x is f(x) = 1 + x,   0 is the inverse of itself, is
a. empty a. –2 b. –1 c. 1 d. 2
b. a singleton
c. a finite set with more than one element x 1
d. infinite 2193. If f(x) = 2x + 1 and g(x) = for all real x, then
2
 1 
(fog)1   is equal to
2183. If f(x) = x + 1 and g(x) = 2x, then f (g(x)) is equal to x 1 1
a. 2(x + 1) b. 2x (x + 1) c. x d. 2x + 1 a. x b. c. –x d. –
x x
2184. If f : R  R if f(x) = sinx and g : R  R if g(x) = x2. 2194. If f : R  R is defined by f(x) = |x|, then
Composite mapping (fog)(x) is ...... 1
a. x2 b. sin x c. sin2x d. sin x2 a. f–1(x) = –x b. f–1(x) = | x |
c. the function f–1(x) does not exist
1
3x  2 d. f–1(x) =
2185. If f (x)  , then x
5x  3
a. f –1(x) = f (x) b. f –1(x) = 2f (x) 2195. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to
c. f –1(x) = –f (x) d. f –1(x) = –2f (x) x. If f(x) = [x] and g(x) = |x|, then the value of
  8    8 
f  g     g  f     is
      
5   5 
2186. If f (x)  sin 2 x  sin 2  x    cos x . cos x  x  
 3  3 a. 2 b. –2 c. 1 d. –1
5
and g    1 , then (gof) (x) = ax
4 2196. Let f (x)  , x   1 , then the value of ‘a’ for which
3 x 1
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. f[f(x)] = x is
2
a. 2 b.  2 c. 1 d. –1
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Periodic Function
x x
2209. Period of sin  cos is
2 3
a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 12
2197. The period of the function f(x) = tan(4x – 1) is
  2210. Period of cot 3x – cos(4x + 3) is
a.  b. c. 2 d.  
2 4 a. b. c.  d. 2
3 4
2198. If f(x) is an odd periodic function with period 2, then f(4)
equals 2211. Period of |2sin3 + 4cos3| is
a. 0 b. 2 c. 4 d. –4 2  
a. b.  c. d.
3 2 3
2199. Suppose f (x) = (x + 1)2 for x  –1. If g(x) is a function
whose graph is the reflection of the graph of f(x) in the 2212. The period of sin4x + cos4x is
 3
line y = x, then g(x) = a. b.  c. 2 d.
2 2
1
a. ; x  –1 b.  x  1
(x  1) 2  
2213. The period of the function f ()  sin  cos is
c. x  1 d. x  1 3 2
a. 3 b. 6 c. 9 d. 12

2200. Let f(x) = |x – 2|, where x is a real number. Which one x
2214. If the period of the function f (x)  sin   is 4, then
of the following is true? n
a. f is periodic b. f (x + y) = f(x) + f(y) n is equal to
c. f is an odd function d. f is not a 1–1 function a. 1 b. 4 c. 8 d. 2

2215. Period of sin2x is

2201. f (x)  sin x , period of f(x) is a.  b. 2
a.  b. /2 
c. d. None of these
c. 2  d. None of these 2
2216. The period of the function y = sin2x is
2202. What is the period of the function f(x) = |sin x + cos x| 
   a. 2 b.  c. d. 4
a. b. c. d.  2
6 4 2
2217. Which of the following functions has period 2
2203. The period of the function f(x) = |sin 2x| + |cos 8x| is    
2  a. y  sin  2t    2sin  3t    3sin 5t
a. 2  b.  c. d.  3  4
3 2  
b. y  sin t  sin t
3 4
2204. Period of |sin2x| is c. y = sint + cos2t (d) None of these
 
a. b. c.  d. 2
4 2  2x   3x 
2218. The period of the function sin    sin   is
 3  2 
2205. Period of sincos is a. 2 b. 10 c. 6 d. 12

a. b.  2219. Let f(x) = cospx + sinx be periodic, then p must be
2
a. Rational b. Irrational
c. 2 d. None of these
c. Positive real number d. None of these
sin   sin 2
2206. Period of is
cos   cos 2  x   x 
2  2220. The period of the function sin    cos   is
a. 2 b.  c. d.  2  2 
3 3 a. 4 b. 6 c. 12 d. 24
2207. Period of cos(7x – 5) is x x x
2  5 2  2221. The function f (x)  sin  2 cos  tan is period
a. b. 2  5 c. d. 2 3 4
7 7 7 with period
a. 6 b. 3 c. 4 d. 12
2208. Period of sin   3 cos  is
 
a. b. c.  d. 2 2222. The period of the function |sin px| is
4 2 a. 2 b. 2 c. 2 d. 1
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2223. The period of x2

 x   x  a  a2  x2 
f (x)  sin    cos   , n  Z, n  2 is 4 , a > 0. If L is finite then
 n 1   n  2234. Let L  lim
a. 2n(n – 1) b. 4n(n – 1) x 0 x4
c. 2n(n – 1) d. None of these a. a = 2 b. a = 1
1
Limits
c. a = d. None of these
3

f (x)  2
3x  3 2235. If the function f(x) satisfies lim   , then
2224. lim is equal to x 1 x2  1
x 3 2x  4  2 lim f (x) =
3 1 1 x 1
a. 3 b. c. d. a. 1 b. 2 c. 0 d. 3
2 2 2 2

2 x  2x 2236. Let f (x) = (x5 – 1)(x3 + 1), g(x) = (x2 – 1)(x2 – x +
2225. lim is equal to 1) and let h(x) be such that f(x) = g(x) h(x). Then
x0 x
1 1 lim h(x)
a. b. 2 c. 0 x 1
2 2 2 a. 0 b. 1 c. 3 d. 5

2226. If z1, z2 .... zn – 1 are the nth roots of unity, then (1 – z1) x5  35
(1 – z2) ..... (1 – zn – 1) = 2237. The value of lim is equal to
x 3 x8  38
a. 0 b. n – 1 c. n d. 1
5 5 5 1
a. b. c. d.
8 64 216 27
(x  2)
2227. The value of lim is equal to
x  2 (x 3
 x 2  x  2) 1  2  3  .....  n n 
a. 3/5 b. 1/5 c. 2/7 d. 1/7 2238. The value of lim    is
n  n2 2
n
C3  n P3 a. 1/2 b. 1 c. –1 d.–1/2
2228. The value of lim
n  n3
a. –5/6 b. 5/6 c. 1/6 d. –1/6 x 3
2239. lim
x 3 x2  9
2229. lim ( a x  bx  x  ax) = a. 1 b. 3 c. 3 d. 0
2 2
x
b 1 b 2b  x2  x  1 
a. b. c. 0 d. 2240. If lim   ax  b   4 then
2a a a
x  x 1 
 
x g(x)  g(2) a. a = 1, b = 4 b. a = 1, b = –4
2230. If g(x) = for x > 2 then lim x2
= c. a = 2, b = –3 d. a = 2, b = 3
[x] x2
a. –1 b. 0 c. 1/2 d. 1 1
2241. lim is equal to
0  2  4  6  .....  2n x 0 3  21/ x
2231. lim a. 0 b. 1 c. 1/2 d. 1/3
n   1  3  5  7  .....  (2n  1)
a. is equal to 0 b. is equal to 1
c. is equal to 2 d. does not exit 2242. lim (4n  3n ) / (4n  3n ) =
n
a. 1 b. 0 c. –1 d. 7
 x2 x
2232. lim   =
x    3x  2 3  3n  2n
  2243. lim =
a. 1/3 b. 2/3 c. –2/3 d. 2/9 n  2n  3n
a. 1 b. –1 c. 0 d. 2
f (x)  f (0)
2233. If f(x) = 3x – 7x + 5, then lim
2
is equal
x 0 x a  2x  3x
2244. lim =
to x a 3a  x  2 x
a. 6 b. –7 c. 7 d. –6 2 2 3 3 2
a. b. c. d.
3 3 2 3 3
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 13  23  33  .....  k3  a n  bn
2245. lim   is equal to 2255. If 0 < a < b, then lim equals
k   k 4  n a n  bn
  1 1 a. 0 b. –1
a. 0 b. 2 d. d.
3 4 c 1 d. does not exist

x100  2100 3 . 2n 1  4.5n 1

2246. lim is equal to 2256. lim =
x2 x77  277 n 5 . 2n  7.5n
20 3 4
100 100 22 a. b. 0 c. d.
a. b. (2 ) 7 5 7
77 77
100 21 100 23
c. (2 ) d. (2 )
77 77 2257. The value of lim x  x  x  x is
x 
a. 0 b. 2 c. 1 d. 1/2
(1  2x)10  1
2247. lim is equal to
x 0 x
a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20 12  22  .....  n 2
2258. lim 
n  4n3  6n 2  5n  1
2248. The value of constants a and b so that 1 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
 x 1 2  6 12 18 4
lim   ax  b   0 are

x   x 1 
 xm  1
a. a = 0, b = 0 b. a = 1, b = –1 2259. lim 
c. a = –1, b = 1 d. a = 2, b = –1 x 1 xn  1
n m 2m 2n
a. b. c. d.
x15  1 m n n m
2249. lim = 2x  1
x  1 x10 1 2260. lim 
a. 2/3 b. 3/2
x   x  2x  1
2

b. 1 d. does not exist a. 2 b. –2 c. 1 d. –1

f (x) 3 cot x  cos x

2250. If the function f(x) satisfies lim   then 2261. lim equals
x 1 x 1
2
x
 (  2x)3
lim f (x) is 2
x 1 1 1 1 1
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d.  a.
16
b.
8
c.
4
d.
24

x n  3n 1  cos 4
2251. The value of n such that lim  108 is 2262. The value of lim 1  cos 6 is
x x  3 0
a. 3 b. 7 c. 6 d. 4 9 4 9 3
a. b. c. d.
4 9 3 4
2n 1  3n 1
2252. lim is equal to (1  cos 2x)2
x 2n  3n 2263. lim is
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 x  0 2x tan x  x tan 2x
1 1
a. 2 b. – c. –2 d.
 x3 2 2
x2 
2253. lim  2   is equal to
x    3x  4 3x  2 
1 1 2 2264. The value of lim cot 4x is equal to
a.  b.  c. 0 d. x 0 cos ec3x
4 2 9 a. 4/3 b. 3/4 c. 2/3 d. 3/2

 1 1 1 1 
2254. lim     ......  is equal to (1 – cos 2x)(3  cos x)
n   1.2 2.3 3.4 n(n  1)  2265. lim is equal to
a. 1 b. –1 x 0 x tan 4x
c. 0 d. None of these a. 2 b. 1/2 c. 4 d. 3
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1 – cos x 1 – cos x
2266. lim is 2277. Find the value of the lim
x0 x2 x0 x
a. 3 b. 1/3 c. 2 d. 1/2 a. 0 b. 1
c. 2 d. does not exist

2267. lim 
10 sin9x  8 sin7x  6 sin5x  4 sin3x  sin x  sin(  sin 2 x)
     2278. lim =
x0  9 sin10x  7 sin8x  5 sin6x  3 sin4x  sin2x  x 0 x2
63 1 6 1
a. 2
b. 3  c. 2  d. 

 
a. b. c. d.
256 6 5 2

 2 2
 1  1 2279. lim n sin . cos
2268. The value of lim  y sin   –  is equal to n  3n 3n
y   y  y
a. 1 b.  c. –1 d. 0 2  
a. b. c. d. 1
3 6 3
sin(  cos2 x)
2269. lim is equal to sin 2 x  cos x  1
x 0 x2 2280. The value of lim is
a. 1 b. – c.  d. /2 x0 x2
a. 0 b. 1/2 c. –1/2 d. 0
 2 2 
2270. The limit of  3sin x – 2sin x  as x  0 , is
 3x 2
sin | x |
  2281. lim is equal to
a. –1 b. 1 c.  d.  x 0 x
a. 1 b. 0
sin x 2 c. positive inifnity d. does not exist
2271. lim = 2
x  x 2282. lim x sin   is equal to
a. 1 b. 0 c. –1 d.  x  x
a. 2 b. 1/2 c.  d. 0
 1 – cos{2(x – 2)} 
2272. lim  
x  2  x–2  2283. If lim
log(3  x)  log(3  x)
 K , then K is equal to
1 x0 x
a. equals – 2 b. equals
2 a. 2/5 b. 2/3 c. 1/2 d. 5/2
c. does not exist d. equals 2
xex  sin x
3 2284. lim is equal to
2273. Let f(x) = . Then which of the following is true? x 0 x
1  3tan x a. 3 b. 1 c. 0 d. 2
a. lim f (x)  3 b. lim f (x)  0
  axex  b log(1  x)
x
2
x
2 2285. If lim  3 , then the values of a and
x0 x2
c. lim f (x)  3 d. lim f (x) exists
b are repsectively

 x
x 2 a. 2, 2 b. 1, 2 c. 2, 1 d. 2, 0
2
sin x n
2274. lim , (m < n) is equal to
x 0  sin x m 2286. lim
log(1  3x 2 )

a. 1 b. 0 x 0 x(e5x  1)
c n/m d. None of these a. 3/5 b. 5/3 c. –3/5 d. –5/3

2275. lim cos x  log(1  2x)

x 
2287. The value of lim is equal to
x0 x
a. 0 b. 1 a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 1/2
c. –1 d. not defined
sin(ex 1  1)
2288. The value of lim is
sin(cos x) cos x x 1 log x
2276. The value of lim is
 sin x – cos ecx a. 0 b. e c. 1/e d. 1
x
2
a.  b. 1 c. 0 d. –1
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e5x  e4x 2299. If f(x) = (x – 2)(x – 4) (x – 6) ..... (x – 2n), then f (2) is

2289. lim =
x 0 x a. (–2)n n! b. (–2)n – 1 (n –1)!
a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 5
n–1
c. 2 (n – 1)! d. (–1)n –12n (n – 1)!
e  x  e 1
2290. lim =
x 1
2 tan x
x 1 2300. lim (sin x)
2 x0
a. 1/e b. e c. e d. –1/e
a. is 2 b. is 1
c. is 0 d. does not exist.
2291. If f(4) = 5, g(4) = 12, f(4)g(4) = 2 and g(4) = 6, then
 f  6x  3x  2x  1
 g  (4)  2301. lim =
  x 0 x2
5 11 23 13 a. (log 2)log 3 b. loge 5
a. b. c. d. e e
36 18 36 18
c. loge 6 d. 0
2292. If f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) for all x and y and f(5) = 2, f(0)
= 3, then f(5) is 2302. Let p  lim (1  tan x )
2 1/2x
, then log p is equal to
a. 5 b. 6 x 0
c. 0 d. None of these a. 2 b. 1 c. 1/2 d. 1/4
2x
2293. If the function g(x) is defined by  a 4 
2303. If lim  1    e3 , then a is equal to
x 200
x x 199 198
x 2 x   x x 2 
g(x)     ......   x  5 then g(0)
200 199 198 2 3 1 2
a. 200 b. 5 c. 1 d. 100 a. 2 b. c. d.
2 2 3
 x5
x
1 2304. The value of lim   is equal to
2294. If g is the inverse of a function f and f (x)  then x   x  2 
1  x5
g(x) is equal to a. e–3 b. e c. e3 d. e2
1
a. 5x4 b.
1  {g(x)}5 (n!)1/n
2305. lim equals
c. 1 + {g(x)}5 d. 1 + x5 n  n
a. e b. e–1
dy c. 1 d. None of these
2295. If sin y = x sin (a + y), then find
dx a x  xa
2306. If lim  1 then a is equal to
sin (a  y)
2
sin a x a x x  aa
a. b.
sin a sin 2 (a  y) a. 0 b. e
c. 2 d. None of these
sin (a  y)
2
c. sin a . sin 2 (a  y) d.
sin a  2x   
2307. lim 
  cos x 

x
7
2296. Let f (x)  x 2  bx  7 . If f (5)  2f    , then the
2
1
2 a. 0 b. c. –2 d. 5
value of b is 2
2
a. 4 b. 3 c. –4 d. –3 ex  cos x
2308. lim is equal to
dy
x 0 sin 2 x
2297. If y  sin x cos nx , then
n
is a. 3 b. 3/2 c. 5/4 d. 2
dx
n 1
a. n sin x cos nx b. n sin n 1 x cos(n  1)x
sin x 2
c. n sin n 1 x sin(n  1)x d. n sin n 1 x cos(n  1)x 2309. lim is
x  0 1  cos x

2298. If f be a function such that f(9) = 9 and f (9)  3 , then a. 1/2 b. 0 c. 1 d. 2

f (x)  3 2x
lim is equal to    
x 9 x 3 2310. If lim  1   2   e2 then
a. 9 b. 3 x x x 
c. 1 d. None of these a.  = 1,  = 2
b.  = 2,  = 1
c.  = 1,  = any real constant
d.  =  = 1
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1  2  .....  n  1 2323. lim (2  x)tan x /2 is ......

2311. lim =
n n n x 1
1 2 3
a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 2/3 d. 0 
a. e  b. e  c. e d. e 

xa  x
x
2312. lim is equal to
x  0 1  cos x x2  x
1 2324. lim =
a. log a b. log a c. 2 log a d. 2 log 2 x1 x 1
2 1
a. 0 b. c. 2 d. 3
2
1 x  1 x  x
2 2
2313. lim =
x0 3x  1 2325. If lim [1  x ln(1  b )]  2bsin , b  0 and(–, ],
2 1/x 2
1 1 x0
a. log 9 b. c. log 3 d. then the value of  is
log 9 log 3
   
3 x a.  b.  c.  d. 
2314. Evaluate lim 4 3 6 2
x  3 4  x  1  2x
a. 0 b. 7 2 c. 4 7 d. 2 7 x  x 2  ...  x n  n
2326. The value of lim is
x 1 x 1
sin x  0 n 1 n(n  1) n(n  1)
2315. The limit of as x   is equal to
x1 a. n b. c. d.
2 2 2
1 1 1 1
a. b. c.  d. 
3 6 3 6 f (x)  3
2327. If f(9) = 9, f (9) = 4, then lim =
2a sin x  sin 2x x9 x 3
2316. If lim exists and is equal to 1 then the
x 0 tan3 x a. 9 b. 3 c. 4 d. 27
value of a is


x
a. 2 b. 1 c. 0 d. –1 1 t ln(1  t)
2328. The value of lim dt
2317. Let f(x) be the differentiable function and f (4) = 5. Then
x0 x 3
t4  4
0
f (4)  f (x 2 ) 1 1 1
lim equals a. 0 b. b. d.
x 2 x2 12 24 64
a. 0 b. 5 c. 20 d. –20
 x 
2329. lim   is equal to
1/ x x  0  1 x  1 x 
  
2318. lim  tan   x   ? a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. –1
x 0  4 
a. e b. e2 c. 1/e d. 1/e2 1
2330. lim (ln x)1 ln x =
x 1 xe
2319. The value of lim ? a. 0 b. e c. e–1 d. e2
x  1 log x
e
a. 1 b. 0
x4
c. Not defined d. –1  x6
2331. The value of lim   is
x    x 1 
loge (1  x)
2320. lim  a. e b. e2 c. e4 d. e5
x 0 3 1 x

a. loge3 b. 0 c. log3e d. 1 xf (5)  5f (x)

2332. If f(5) = 7 and f (5) = 7, then lim is
1/ x2 x 5 x 5
 1  5x 2  given by
2321. lim   
x  0  1  3x 2  a. 35 b. –35 c. 28 d. –28
1 5
a. e3x b. e2 c. d.
e 3
2333. The value of lim (sin x)tan x is
x   /2
x2x  x a. 1 b. 0
2322. lim  c. e d. None of these
x  0 1  cos x
1
a. 1/2 b. 2 log2 c. log 2 d. log 2
2
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2334. The value of lim (cos x) is
x  0
a. e–1 b. e–1/2
c. 1 d. not existing  Kx 2 if x  2
2344. If f (x)   is continuous at x = 2, then
x 3 3 if x  2
 x5 the value of K is
2335. lim   equals
x  x  2  4 3
a. e b. e2 c. e3 d. e5 a. b. c. 3 d. 4
3 4
   
1/x
 tan  x   , for x  0
2336. lim
tan x  sin x
= [Link] the function f (x)     4 
x0 x3 
1 1  K , for x  0
a. 0 b. 1 c.  d. is continuous at x = 0, then K = ?
2 2
a. e b. e–1 c. e2 d. e–2
a cot x
a cos x
2337. If a > 0, then lim = 
 cot x  cos x 2 cot 2 x
for x  0

x
2 2346. If f (x)  log(sec x)
a. loge b. loge 2 c. loge a d. a  K for x  2
2
is continuous at x = 0, then K is
e3x  6  1 a. e–1 b. 1 c. e d. 0
2338. The value of the lim is
x  2 sin (2  x)
x
a. 3/2 b. 3 c. –3 d. –1 2347. If f (x)   1 , then on the interval [0, ]
2
1
  a. tan[f(x)] and are both continuous
2339. lim 1 sin 1  2x   f (x)
x 0 2  1 x 
2
1
b. tan[f(x)] and are both discontinuous
a. –2 b. 0 c. 2 d.  f (x)
1
c. tan[f(x)] is continuous but is not continuous
f (x)
2340. If lim ax  bx  c  2 , then (a, b, c) is
2
1
x  1 (x  1)2 d. tan[f(x)] is not continuous but is continuous
f (x)
a. (2, –4, 2) b. (2, 4, 2)
c. (2, 4, –2) d. (2, –4, –2) 2348. Let a, b  R (a  0). If the function f is defined as
 2x 2
 , 0  x  1
sin   x  
a
 3  is equal to 
2341. lim 
 2 cos x  1 f (x)   a , 1 x  2
x  2
 2b  4b ,
3
2 1 1 2 x 
a. b. c. d. 3  x3
3 2 3 is continuous in the interval [0, ), then an ordered pair
x/2 (a, b) is
2342. lim 1  
1
is equal to a. ( 2, 1  3) b. ( 2,  1  3)
x   x
a. e b. e–1 c. e2 d. e1/2 c. ( 2, 1  3) d. ( 2, 1  3)

f (2  h 2 )  f (2  h 2 ) 2349. The function f(x) = [x] where [x] is the greatest integer
2343. If f (2) = 1, then lim
h0 2h 2 function is continuous at
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 1/2 a. 1.5 b. 4 c. 1 d. 2

2350. If the function f(x) defined by

 1
 x sin , for x  0
f (x)   x
 k , for x  0
is continuous at x = 0, then k = _______
a. 0 b. 1 c. –1 d. 2
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2351. For what value of k, the function defined by  x, if x is irrational

2358. Let f (x)   , then f is
 log(1  2x) sin x  0, if x is rational
 , for x  0
f (x)   x2 a. continuous everywhere
 , for x  0 b. discontinuous everywhere
 k
is continuous at x = 0? c. continuous only at x = 0
1  90 d. continuous at all rational numbers
a. 2 b. c. d.
2 90 
2359. If
2352. Let k be a non-zero real number. If  
(1 | sin x |) , x0
a/|sin x|
 (e  1)
x 2 6
 , x0 
 x f (x)   b , x0
f (x)   sin   log  1  
x
 
 k  4  etan 2x/tan 3x , 0  x 
 12 , x 0  6
then the value of a and b, if f is continuous at x = 0 are
is a continuous function, then the value of k is
respectively
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
2 3 2 2/3
a. , b. , e
2353. Let f : R  R be defined as 3 2 3
3 3/2
 0 , x is irrational c. , e d. None of these
f (x)   2
sin | x | , x is rational
Then which of the following is true? 2360. If f : R  R is a function defined by
a. f is discontinous for all x
 2x  1  where [x] denotes the greatest
b. f is continuous for all x f (x)  [x] cos  
c. f is discontinuous at x = k where k is an integer  2 
integer function, then f is
d. f is continuous at x = k, where k is an integer.
a. discontinuous only at non-zero integral values of x.
[x]  [  x] , x  2 b. continuous only at x = 0
2354. If f (x)   then f(x) is continuous c. continuous for every real x.
 k , x2
at x = 2, provided K is equal to d. discontinuous only at x = 0
a. 2 b. 1 c. –1 d. 0
2361. The number of points at which the function
2355. If f : [–2, 2]  R is defined by 1
f (x)  is discontinuous, is
loge | x |
 1  cx  1  cx
 , for – 2  x  0 a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 
f (x)   x
 x3
, for 0  x  2 sin x cos x tan x
 x 1 f (x)
2362. If f (x)  x3 x2 x , then lim 2 =
is continuous on [–2, 2], then c = 2x 1 x x 0 x
3 3 2
a. 3 b. c. d. a. 1 b. 0 c. 3 d. 2
2 2 3

2356. Discuss the continuity of the function f(x) = sin2x – 1 2363. The values of p and q for which the function
at the point x = 0 and x =  
 sin(p  1)x  sin x , x  0
a. Continuous at x = 0,   x
b. Discontinuous at x = 0 but continuous at x =  
f (x)   q , x0
c. Continuous at x = 0 but discontinuous at x = 

d. Discontinuous at x = 0,   xx  x
2
 , x0
 x3/2
log(1  ax)  log(1  bx)
2357. The function f (x)  is not is continuous for all x in R, are
x 3 1 1 3
defined at x = 0. The value which should be assigned to a. p   , q  b. p  , q 
2 2 2 2
f at x = 0, so that it is continuous at x = 0, is
1 3 5 1
a. a – b b. a + b c. p  , q   d. p  , q 
2 2 2 2
c. b – a d. None of these
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2364. If f (x)  , then f(f(x)) is discontinuous at
2x 1  x 2 , for x  1
3 3 
a. x = 2, 4 b. x  4, c. x  2, d. x = 4 f (x)   0 , for x  1
2 2 . Then

1  x , for x  1
2
2365. Let f(x) = | x | + |x – 1|, then
a. f(x) is continuous at x = 0, as well as at x = 1 a. f(x) is not continuous at x = 1
b. f(x) is continuous at x = 0 but not at x = 1 b. f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = 1
c. f(x) is continuous at x = 1, but not at x = 0 c. f(x) is both continuous and differentiable at x = 1
d. None of the above d. f(x) is continuous everywhere but differentiable
nowhere.
2366. f(x) = x sin(/x) is continuous everywhere, then f(0) =
a. –1 b. 1 2375. The set of all points of discontinuity of the function
1  cos 5x
c. 0 d. all of these f (x)  is
1  cos 4x
 1  sin x log sin x  a. {0, /2, /4} b. {0, /2, /6}
 . , x c. {0, /2, } d. {0, /2}
2367. If f (x)   (   2x)2
log(1  2
 4 x  4x 2
) 2
k  2376. The function f : R – {0}  R given by
 , x
 2 1 2
is continuous at x  , then k is equal to f (x)  
2 x e2x  1
a.  1 b. 
1 c.  1 d.  1 can be made continuous at x = 0 by defining f(0) as
16 32 64 28 a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. –1

2x  sin 1 x
2368. The function f (x)  if x  0. The value to | 2x  3 |
2x  tan 1 x 2377. At x = 3/2 the function f (x)  is
2x  3
be assigned to f at x = 0 so that the function is continuous a. continuous b. discontinuous
there, is c. differentiable d. non-zero
a. –1/3 b. 1 c. 2/3 d. 1/3
e1/x
2369. The number of discontinuities of the greatest integer 2378. If f (x)  for x  0 and f(0) = 0, then at x = 0
1  e1/x
 7 
function f (x)  [x], x    , 100  is equal to the function f(x) is
 2 
a. continuous b. discontinuous
a. 104 b. 100 c. 102 d. 103
c. increasing d. differentiable
2370. Let f(x) = [x3 – 3], [x] = G.I.F. Then the no. of points
1  cos x
in the interval (1, 2) where function is discontinuous is  , for x  0
a. 5 b. 4 c. 6 d. 3 2379. If the function f (x)   x 2 is
 k , for x  0

2371. If f(x) = x + | x | is continuous for continuous at x = 0, then the value of k is
a. x  (–, ) b. x  (–, ) – {0} a. 1 b. 0 c. 1/2 d. –1
c. only x > 0 d. no value of x.
log e (1  x 2 tan x)
2372. The function f(x) = x – |x – x2| is 2380. If f (x)  , x  0 is continuous at
a. continuous at x = 1 b. discontinuous at x = 1 sin x 3
c. not defined at x = 1 d. None of these x = 0, then f(0) must be defined as
a. 1 b. 0 c. 1/2 d. –1
 x , if x is rational
2373. If function f (x)   then the 2381. If f(x) = | x | + |1 – x|, –2  x  3, then the set of points
1  x , if x is irrational
of discontinuity of f(x) is
number of points at which f(x) is continuous, is
a. {0, 1} b. {1}
a.  b. 1 c. {0, 1, 2, 3} d. None of these
c. 0 d. None of these