65

Chapter 15

Continuity and Differentiability

ASSIGNMENT

Single Choice Type Questions

x (2x − 1)
1. Let f ( x ) = for x  0. What choice of f(0), if any, will make f(x) continuous at x = 0?
1 − cos x
1
(1) log 2 (2) log2
2
1
(3) (4) 2 log 2
2log2

 sin[ x ]
 , [x]  0
2. Let f ( x ) =  [ x ] , then f(x) is
 0 , [x] = 0

([.] denotes the greatest integer function)
(1) Continuous at x = 0 (2) Left continuous at x = 0
(3) Discontinuous at x = 0 (4) Right continuous at x = 0
1
3. Let f ( x ) = sin , x  0. Then f(x) can be continuous at x = 0
x
(1) If f(0) = 1 (2) If f(0) = 0
(3) If f(0) = –1 (4) For no value of f(0)
x f (a) − af ( x )
4. If f(x) is derivable at x = 1, then lim
x →a x −a
(1) f (a ) (2) af (a ) − f (a )
(3) f (a ) − af (a ) (4) af (a )
5. Differential coefficient of log10 x w.r.t. logx 10 is

(log x )2 (log10 x )2
(1) − (2)
(log10)2 (log10)2

(logx 10)2 (log10)2

(3) (4) −
(log10)2 (log x )2

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6. If y = sin x0 and z = cos x, then dy is equal to

dz
 x
(1) –cosec x cos x (2) cosec cos x
180 180
 x  cos x
(3) − cosec x cos (4) sin x
180 180 180 180
7. If t(1 + x2) = x and x2 + t2 = y then dy at x = 2 is
dx
(1) 88 (2) 488
125 125
(3) 1 (4) 244
125
2 1
8. If y = at2, x = 2at, where a is a constant, then d y at x = is equal to
dx 2 2
(1) 8a (2) 1
1
(3) 2a (4)
2a
x +1 dy
9. If y = tan−1 for |x| > 1 then =
x −1 dx
−1 −1
(1) (2)
2 | x | x2 − 1 2x x 2 − 1
1 1
(3) (4)
2x x − 1
2
2 | x | x2 − 1

10. If y = log2 loge x then dy is equal to

dx
1 1
(1) log2 e  logx e (2) log2 x
x x
1 1
(3) loge x (4) logx e
x x
11. Lagrange’s mean value theorem is not applicable to f(x) in [1, 4] where f(x) =
(1) x2 – 2x (2) |x – 2|
(3) x |x| (4) x3
x2 x2
12. If f ( x ) = x 2 + + + ..... upto . Then
1+ x 2
(1 + x 2 )2
(1) lim f ( x ) does not exist (2) f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
x →0
(3) f(x) is discontinuous at x = 0 (4) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0
 | x + 1|
 , x  −1
13. Let f ( x ) =  tan−1( x + 1) . Then f(x) is
1 , x = −1

(1) Continuous at x = –1 (2) Differentiable at x = –1
(3) Discontinuous at x = –1 (4) Continuous but not derivable at x = –1
d 2y
14. If ax2 + 2hxy + by2 = 1, then is equal to
dx 2
h2 − ab h2 − ab
(1) (2)
(hx + by )2 (hx + by )3
ab − h 2 ab − h 2
(3) (4)
(hx + by )3 (hx + by )2

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15. Derivative of the function f ( x ) = log5 (log7 x ) , where x > 7 is

1 1
(1) (2)
x (log5)(log7)(log7 x ) x (log5)(log7)

1 1
(3) (4)
x (log x )loge 5 (log5)(log7)( x log x )

(4 x – 1)3
16. The value of f(0) so that f ( x ) = is continuous everywhere is
x  x2 
sin · log  1 + 
4  3 

(1) 3(log 4)3 (2) 4(log 4)3

(3) 12(log 4)3 (4) 15(log 4)3
17. Let f(x) =  + |x| + v|x|2, where , , v are real constants, then f(0) exists if
(1)  = 0 (2) v = 0
(3)  = 0 (4)  = v
18. Let f(x) = [x], g(x) = |x| and f{g(x)} = h(x), where [ · ] is the greatest integer function. Then h(–1) is
(1) 0 (2) – 
(3) Doesn't exist (4) –1
19. Let f(x) = max {4, 1 + x2, x2 – 1} xR. Total number of points, where f(x) is non-differentiable, is equal to
(1) 2 (2) 4
(3) 6 (4) 0
20. If f is a real-valued differentiable function satisfying |f(x) – f(y)|  (x – y)2, x, y  R and f(0) = 0 then f(1) equals
(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 0 (4) –1

 1 + px – 1– px
 –1  x  0
21. f (x) =  x ; is continuous in the interval [–1, 1], then p equals
 2x + 1
0  x 1
 x–2

1
(1) –1 (2) –
2
1
(3) (4) 1
2

a | x2 – x – 2 |
 ,x2
 2 + x – x
2

22. If f ( x ) =  b ,x =2
 x – [x]
 ,x2
 x–2

is continuous at x = 2 and [ ] is G.I.F., then values of a and b are

(1) a = 1, b = 1 (2) a = 1, b = 2
(3) a = 2, b = 1 (4) a = 1, b = –1

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3 3


  dy  
2 2
 
  dx 
2


2

1 +    1 +   

  dx    
  dy  
 .
23. STATEMENT-1 : For the function y = f ( x ), =−
d 2y d2x
2
dx dy 2
and
1
dy dx d 2y d  dy 
STATEMENT-2 : = and =  .
dx dy dx 2 dx  dx 
(1) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(2) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(3) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(4) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
Numerical Value Type Questions
 x +a , x 1

24. Let f ( x ) =  2 then f(x) is derivable at x = 1, then 2a is equal to
ax + 1 , x  1

2
   
25. If f(x) = cos x  cos 2x  cos 4x  cos 8x  cos 16x then  f     is
  4 
−1 1 1
26. The differential coefficient of cosec w.r.t. 1 − x 2 at x = is equal to , then 2 is equal to
2x − 1
2 2
e +1
x y dy 
2
27. If y = , then 2  +  is equal to
e −1
x
 2 dx 
 x 2 + 3x + p
 ,x 1
 2( x 2 – 1)
28. If f ( x ) =  is continuous at x = 1 then |p| is equal to
 5
, x =1
 4
1
29. The number of points at which the function f ( x ) = is not defined is
log | x |
1
30. Suppose f(x) is differentiable at x = 1 and Lt f (1 + n ) = 5, then f(1) equals
n n →0

f (1) · g ( x ) – f ( x ) · g (1) – f (1) + g (1)

31. If f(x) and g(x) be differentiable functions and f(1) = g(1) = 2 then Lt is equal
x →1 g( x ) – f ( x )
to
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ANSWERS
1. (4) 2. (3) 3. (4) 4. (3) 5. (1) 6. (3)
7. (2) 8. (4) 9. (1) 10. (1) 11. (2) 12. (3)
13. (3) 14. (2) 15. (3) 16. (3) 17. (1) 18. (3)
19. (1) 20. (3) 21. (2) 22. (1) 23. (1) 24. (1)
25. (2) 26. (16) 27. (1) 28. (4) 29. (3) 30. (5)
31. (2)
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