Section (D) : Continuity at a point

 sin (a  1) x  sin x
 x for x  0

D-1. Determine the values of a, b & c for which the function f (x) =  c for x  0
 (x  bx2 )1/2  x1/2
 for x  0
 b x3/2
is continuous at x = 0.
 1  sin3 x , x  /2
 3 cos2 x

D-2. Find the values of ' a ' & ' b ' so that the function, f (x) =  a , x   / 2 is continuous at
 b (1  sin x)
 , x  /2
 (   2 x)
2

x = /2.

D-3. If f(x) = {x} & g(x) = [x] (where {. } & [.] denotes the fractional part and the integral part functions
respectively), then discuss the continuity of :
(i) h(x) = f(x). g(x) at x = 1 and 2 (ii) h(x) = f(x) + g(x) at x = 1
(iii) h(x) = f(x) – g(x) at x = 1 (iv) h(x) = g(x) + f(x) at x = 1 and 2

 f(x)
, x3
D-4. Suppose that f(x) = x3  3x2  4x + 12 and h(x) =  x  3 , then

 K , x3
(a) find all zeros of f
(b) find the value of K that makes h continuous at x = 3
(c) using the value of K found in (b), determine whether h is an even function.

sin3x  A sin 2x  B sin x

D-5. If f(x) = (x  0) is continuous at x = 0. Find A & B. Also find f (0).
x5
D6. If graph of function y = f(x) is

2
1

0 1 2 3
and graph of function
y = g(x)is

1 2
then discuss the continuity of f(x) g(x) at x = 1 and x = 2.

Section (E) : Continuity in an interval, Continuity of composite functions, IMVT

E-1. Find interval for which the function given by the following expressions are continuous :
3x  7 1 x2
(i) f(x) = 2 (ii) f(x) = –
x  5x  6 | x | 1 2
x2  1  x 
(iii) f(x) = (iv) f(x) = tan  
1  sin2 x  2 
E-2. If f(x) = x + { x} + [x], where [ . ] is the integral part & { . } is the fractional part function. Discuss the
continuity of f in ( 2, 2). Also find nature of each discontinuity.

x2  1
E-3. If f(x) = and g(x) = tan x, then discuss the continuity of fog (x).
x2  1

1  x , 0  x  2
E-4. Let f(x) =  . Determine the composite function g(x) = f (f(x)) & hence find the point
3  x , 2  x  3
of discontinuity of g , if any.

3 1
E-5. Find the point of discontinuity of y = f(u), where f(u) = and u = .
2u2  5u – 3 x2

x3 7
E-6. Show that the function f(x) = – sin  x + 3 takes the value within the interval
4 3
[–2, 2].

1 5
E-7. If g(x) = (|x – 1| + |4x – 11|) [x2 – 2x – 2], then find the number of point of discontinuity of g(x) in  , 
2 2
{where [.] denotes GIF}

Section (F) : Derivability at a point

F-1. Test the continuity & differentiability of the function defined as under at x = 1 & x = 2.
 x ; x  1

f (x) =  2  x ; 1  x  2
 2  3 x  x 2 ; x  2




 1 for    x  0
 
F-2. A function f is defined as follows: f(x) =  1  sin x for 0  x 
 2
  
2

2   x  for  x  
  2  2
Discuss the continuity & differentiability at x = 0 & x = /2.

F-3. Prove that f (x) = |x| cos x is not differentiable at x = 0

F-4. Show that the function f (x) =  x  

 xm sin 1 ; x  0

is,

 0 ; x  0
(i) differentiable at x = 0, if m > 1.
(ii) continuous but not differentiable at x = 0, if 0 < m  1.
(iii) neither continuous nor differentiable, if m  0.

Examine the differentiability of f (x) = 1  e x at x = 0.

2
F-5.
 a x 2  b if | x |  1

F-6. If f(x) =  1 is derivable at x = 1. Find the values of a & b.
 | x | if | x |  1

Section (G) : Derivability in an interval

G-1. Draw a graph of the function, y = [x] + |1  x| , 1  x  3. Determine the points, if any, where this
function is not differentiable, where [. ] denotes the greatest integer function.

 1
 x  ; 0  x  1
G-2. Discuss the continuity & derivability of f (x) =  2
 x . [x] ; 1 x  2

where [ x ] indicates the greatest integer x.

G-3. Discuss continuity and differentiability of y = f(x) in [–2, 5] where [.] denotes GIF & {.} denotes FPF
 [x] , x  [–2, 0]
 {x} , x  (0, 2)

 x2
f(x) =  , x  [2, 3)
 4
 1
 , x  [3, 5]
 log4 (x  3)

  x2 
G-4. Check differentiability of f(x) = sgn (x2/3) + cos    + |x – 1| in [–2, 2] where [.] denotes GIF.
5/3
 1 x
2
 

G-5. Discuss the continuity and differentiability of h(x) = f(x) g(x) in (0, 3) if
 | x  1|  | x  2 |
 , x  (0, 1)
 2
e e
x

f(x) = {where [.] denot GIF} and g(x) =  | x  1|  | x  2 | , x  [1, 2)
[x]  1  3 | x  1|  | x  2 |
  
, x  [2, 3)
 2

Section (H) : Functional equations and Miscellaneous

7
H-1. If f : R  R satisfies f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y), for all x, y  R and f(1) = 2, then 
r 1
f(r) is :

f(1  cos x)  f(2)

H-2. If f(2) = 4 then, evaluate lim ..
x 0 tan2 x

H-3. Let a function f : R  R be given by f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) for all x, y  R and f(x)  0 for any x  R. If the
function f (x) is differentiable at x = 0, show that f(x) = f(0) f(x) for all x  R. Also, determine f(x).

 1  1
H-4. Let f(x) be a polynomial function satisfying the relation f(x). f   = f(x) + f    x  R – {0} and
 
x x
f(3) = –26. Determine f(1).

H-5. Let function f(x) satisfying the relation f(x + y)+ f(x – y) = 2f(x).f(y), then prove that it is even function

H-6. Let f(x) be a bounded function. L1 = im (f(x) – f(x)) and L2 = im f(x) where  > 0. If L1, L2 both
x   x  

L
exist and L1 = L, then prove that L2 = – .

  
D-4. If f(x) = x sin   x  2[x]   , then f(x)is {where [.] denotes GIF}
 2 
(A) Discontinuous at x = 2 (B) Discontinuous at x = 1
(C) Continuous at x = 1 (D) Continuous at x = 3

Section (E) : Continuity in an interval, Continuity of composite functions, IMVT

 (1  p x)  (1  p x)
 x , 1  x  0
E-1. f (x) =  is continuous in the interval [  1, 1 ], then ' p' is
 2x  1 , 0  x 1
 x  2
equal to:
(A)  1 (B)  1/2 (C) 1/2 (D) 1

E-2. Let f(x) = Sgn(x) and g(x) = x (x2 – 5x + 6). The function f(g(x)) is discontinuous at
(A) infinitely many points (B) exactly one point
(C) exactly three points (D) no point

1 1
E-3. If y = where t = , then the number of points of discontinuities of y = f(x), x  R is
t t2
2
x 1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) infinite

E-4. The equation 2 tan x + 5x – 2 = 0 has

(A) no solution in [0, /4] (B) at least one real solution in [0, /4]
(C) two real solution in [0, /4] (D) None of these

Section (F) : Derivability at a point

F-1. If f(x) = x  
x  x  1 , then indicate the correct alternative(s):
(A) f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(B) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
(D) none

 x(3e1/ x  4)
 , x0
F-2. If f(x) =  2  e1/ x , then f(x) is
 
 0 , x 0
(A) continuous as well differentiable at x = 0
(B) continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(C) neither differentiable at x = 0 nor continuous at x = 0
(D) none of these

x
F-3. If f(x) = be a real valued function, then
x 1 x
(A) f(x) is continuous, but f(0) does not exist (B) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is not continuous at x = 0 (D) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0

F-4. 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) none of these
  x  {x}  x sin{x} for x  0
F-5. If f(x) =  , where { . } denotes the fractional part function, then:
0 for x  0
(A) f is continuous & differentiable at x = 0 (B) f is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(C) f is continuous & differentiable at x = 2 (D) none of these.

   [x] 2[  x]   5 
   x  
log a [x]  [  x] x  a  for x  0 ; a  1
 a   1 
F-6. Given f(x) = 
  
x 
 3 a 
  
 0 for x  0
where [.] represents the integral part function, then:
(A) f is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(B) f is continuous & differentiable at x = 0
(C) the differentiability of 'f' at x = 0 depends on the value of a
(D) f is continuous & differentiable at x = 0 and for a = e only.

 x2  1
 , 0  x  2
x2  1

 1 x3  x2 , 2  x  3
F-7. If f (x) = 
4
( ) , then:

9
4  x  4  2  x  , 3  x  4

(A) f (x) is differentiable at x = 2 & x = 3 (B) f (x) is non-differentiable at x = 2 & x = 3
(C) f (x) is differentiable at x = 3 but not at x = 2 (D) f (x) is differentiable at x = 2 but not at x = 3.

Section (G) : Derivability in an interval

x
G-1. The set of all points where the function f(x) = is differentiable is:
1 |x|
(A) (  ) (B) [ 0, ) (C) ( , 0)  (0, ) (D) (0, )

G-2. If f (x) is differentiable everywhere, then :

(A) f  is differentiable everywhere
2
(B) f is differentiable everywhere
(C) f f is not differentiable at some point (D) f + f is differentiable everywhere

G-3. Let f (x) be defined in [ 2 , 2] by


f (x) = 

max 4  x 2 ,

1  x2 ,  2  x  0
, then f (x) :
 
 min 4  x 2 , 1  x2 , 0  x  2
(A) is continuous at all points (B) is not continuous at more than one point .
(C) is not differentiable only at one point (D) is not differentiable at more than one point

G-4. The number of points at which the function f(x) = max. {a  x, a + x, b},   < x < , 0 < a < b cannot be
differentiable is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) none of these

max f(t), 0  t  x, 0  x  1
G-5. Let f(x) = x – x2 and g(x) =  , then in the interval [0, )
 sin x , x  1
(A) g(x) is everywhere continuous except at two points
(B) g(x) is everywhere differentiable except at two points
(C) g(x) is everywhere differentiable except at x = 1
(D) none of these
G-6. Consider the following statements :

S1 : Number of points where f(x) = | x sgn (1 – x2) | is non-differentiable is 3.

 
a sin 2 (x  1) , x  0
S2 : Defined f(x) =  , In order that f(x) be continuous at x = 0, 'a' should be
 tan x  sin x , x  0
 x3
1
equal to
2
S3 : The set of all points, where the function 3
x 2 | x | is differentiable is (–, 0)  (0, )
1
S4 : Number of points where f(x) = –1
is non-differentiable in the interval (0, 3) is 3.
sin (sin x)
State, in order, whether S1, S2, S3, S4 are true or false
(A) TTTF (B) TTTT (C) FTTF (D) TFTT

G-7. Consider the following statements :

sin (  [x  ])
S1 : Let f(x) = , where [ . ] stands for the greatest integer function. Then f(x) is
1  [x]2
discontinuous at x = n + , n 

S2 : The function f(x) = p[x + 1] + q [x – 1], (where [.] denotes the greatest integer function) is
continuous at x = 1 if p + q = 0

S3 : Let f(x) = |[x] x| for – 1  x  2, where [.] is greatest integer function, then f is not differentiable
at x = 2.
S4 : If f(x) takes only rational values for all real x and is continuous, then f(10) = 10.
State, in order, whether S1, S2, S3, S4 are true or false
(A) FTTT (B) TTTF (C) FTTF (D) FFTF

G-8. For what triplets of real numbers (a, b, c) with a 0 the function

 x , x  1
f(x) =  is differentiable for all real x?
2
ax  bx  c , otherwise

(A) {(a, 12a, a)  a  R, a 0 }
(B) {(a, 12a, c)  a, c  R, a 0 }
(C) {(a, b, c)  a, b, c  R, a + b + c =1 }
(D) {(a, 12a, 0)  a  R, a 0}

Section (H) : Functional Equations and Miscellaneous

f(2h  2  h2 )  f(2)
H-1. Given that f(2) = 6 and f(1) = 4, then lim =
h 0 f(h  h2  1)  f(1)

(A) does not exist (B) is equal to –3/2 (C) is equal to 3/2 (D) is equal to 3

10
H-2. If f(x + y) = f(x) . f(y),  x & y  N and f(1) = 2, then the value of  f(n) is
n 1

(A) 2036 (B) 2046 (C) 2056 (D) 2066

H-3. If f(1) = 1 and f(n + 1) = 2f(n) + 1 if n  1, then f(n) is equal to

(A) 2n + 1 (B) 2n (C) 2n – 1 (D) 2n–1 – 1