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DPP Limits Continuity & Differentiability
Questions BITSAT Crash Course

Limits

1. Evaluate, lim
1
[
−1
] (where [⋅] denotes the greatest integer function)
− x x
1
x→ ( − )
3

(1) −9 (2) −12

(3) − 6 (4) 0

2. 2 −1 4

is -
4 1−3x+x x −1
lim [( − ) + 3 ]
2 −1 3 3 −1
x −x 1−x x −x
x→1

(1) 3 (2) 2

(3) 4 (4) 28

3*. If value of lim

4√2− ( cos x+sin x )
is a√2, then the value of a is
π 1−sin 2x
x→
4

(1) 2 (2) 3

(3) 4 (4) 5

4*. Evaluate: lim

x+2 sin x

x→0 √1+2 sin x+x2 –√sin x–x+1

2

(1) 0 (2) 1

(3) 2 (4) Does not exist

40 5

5. lim
( 2x+1 ) ( 4x−1 )
is equal to
45
x→∞ ( 2x+3 )

(1) 16 (2) 24
(3) 32 (4) 8
6*. (2
sin x
−1 ) [ ln ( 1+sin 2x ) ]

lim
−1
is equal to
xtan x
x→0

(1) ln 2 (2) 2 ln 2

(3) (ln 2)
2
(4) 0
2

7. lim
e
x
−cos x
is equal to
2
x→0 sin x

(1) 2 (2) 3

(3) 5

4
(4) 3

8*. The value of lim

log ( sin 5x+cos 5x )
is equal to
tan 3x
x→0

(1) 10

3
(2) 20

(3) (4)
5 5

6 3

9.
3 3
[x]
lim (
+ 3
− [
x

3
] ) is, where [x] represents the integral part of x.
x→2

(1) (2)
64
0
27

(3) 8

3
(4) 3

10. ⎧ xn sin(
1
), x ≠ 0
If f (x)=⎨
⎩
x
2
, (n ∈ I ), then
0 , x = 0

(1) lim f (x) exists for n > 1 (2) lim f (x) exists and finite for n < 0
x→0 x→0

(3) lim f (x) does not exist for any value of n (4) lim f (x) cannot be determined
x→0 x→0

11*.
1+3x
2 ( )

The value of 3x +4x–1

is equal to
3x+2
lim
x→∞
( )
2
6x –4x–3

(1) 1

4
(2) 1

√2

(3) 1

3
(4) 1

12*. 2
x +f ( x )
1/x

If f (x) is a polynomial of least degree such that lim (1 + x

2
) = e
2
then f (x)=
x→0

(1) x
2
+ 2x
3
(2) −2x
2
+ x
3

(3) −x
2
+ 2x
3
(4) data is not sufficient
13. lim |x|
sin x
=
x→0

(1) 0 (2) does not exist

(3) 1 (4) None of these
1

14*. 1+f ( 3+x ) −f ( 3 ) x

Let f : R → R be a differentiable function satisfying f ' '

(3)+f (2)= 0. Then lim (
1+f ( 2−x ) −f ( 2 )
) is equal to
x→0

(1) 1 (2) e

(3) e
2
(4) e
−1

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DPP Limits Continuity & Differentiability
Questions BITSAT Crash Course

15*. For each t ∈ R, let [t] be the greatest integer less than or equal to t. Then lim x([
1
]+[
2
]+ … +[
15
])
+ x x x
x→0

(1) does not exist (in R) (2) is equal to 0

(3) is equal to 15 (4) is equal to 120
16.
2
sin x, x ≠ nπ x + 1, x ≠ 2
If f (x)={ , where n ∈ I and g(x)={ , then lim g[f (x)] is equal to
2, x = nπ 3, x = 2 x→0

(1) 1 (2) 3

(3) does not exist (4) 2

17. If {⋅} denotes the fractional part function and l = lim

{x}
and m = lim
tan x
, then which of the following is true?
− tan { x } x
x→0 x→0

(1) l = cot(m) (2) m = cot(l)

(3) l = tan(m) (4) m = tan(l)

18. If lim (√x

4
+ ax
3
+ 3x
2
+ bx + 2 − √x
4
+ 2x
3
− cx
2
+ 3x − d) is finite, then the value of a is
x→∞

(1) 3 (2) 5
(3) 2 (4) any real number
2

19*. x−α

If α and β are roots of ax 2

+ bx + c = 0 , then the value for lim (1 + ax
2
+ bx + c) is:
x→α

(1) e
2a(α−β)
(2) e
α(α−β)

(3) (4) None of these

2α
(α−β)
3
e

20*. 4 2 1 3
( 3x +2x ) sin( )+ | x | +5
x

lim
3 2
x→−∞ |x| +|x| + | x | +1

(1) −2 (2) −1

(3) 1 (4) 2

Continuity Differentiability

21*. The value of a and b respectively so that the function

π
⎧
⎪ x + a√2 sin(x) ; 0 ≤ x <
⎪
⎪ 4

π π
f (x)=⎨ 2x cot(x)+b ; ≤ 0 ≤
4 2
⎪
⎪
⎩
⎪ π
a cos(2x)−b sin x ; < x ≤ π
2

is continuous for x ∈[0, π].

(1) (2)
π π π −π
, ,
6 12 6 12

(3) (4)
−π π π π
, ,
4 12 4 6

22. Let f (x) =

2n
log(2+x)−x sinx

lim
2n
. Then
n→∞ 1+x

(1) f is continuous at x = 1 (2) lim f (x) = log3

+
x→1

(3) lim f (x) = −sin1

(4) lim f (x) does not exist
+ −
x→1 x→1

23*. Let f (x+y)−f (x)

=
f (y)−a
+ xy for all real x and y. If f (x) is differentiable and f ′
(0) exists for all real permissible values of a and is equal to √5a − 1 − a 2
2 2

. Then
(1) f (x) is positive for all real x (2) f (x) is negative for all real x
(3) f (x) = 0 has real roots (4) nothing can be said about the sign of f (x)
3

24. If f(x)= (−1) [x ]

, where [·] denotes the greatest integer function, then
1

(1) f(x) is discontinuous for x = n 3

, n ∈ I (2) f(
3
)= 1
2

(3) f (x)= 0 for all x (4) None of these

25*. ⎧
⎪
⎪
sin(p+1)x+sinx
, x < 0
⎪
⎪
x

If f (x)=⎨ q , x = 0 is continuous at x = 0 , then the ordered pair (p, q) is equal to:

⎪
⎪ √x+x2 −√x
⎪
⎩
⎪
, x > 0
3/2
x

(1) (−
3
,−
1
) (2) (−
1
,
3
)
2 2 2 2

(3) (
5
,
1
) (4) (−
3
,
1
)
2 2 2 2

26*. Let [x] denotes the integral part of x ∈ R and g(x)= x −[x]. Let f (x) be any continuous function with f (0)= f (1) then the function h(x)= f {g(x)}
(1) has finitely many discontinuities. (2) is continuous on R.
(3) is discontinuous at some x = c. (4) is a constant function.

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DPP Limits Continuity & Differentiability
Questions BITSAT Crash Course

27. Function f (x)= tan π [ x–π ]

2
where [.] is GIF. is
1+ [ x ]

(1) continuous at integers only (2) continuous in R only +

(3) continuous in R only –

(4) Every where continuous
28*. Let f : R → R is a real valued function ∀ x, y ∈ R such that | f (x) – f (y)|≤ |x – y|
2
. Then comment on continuity of function h(x), if h(x)= ∫ f (x)dx is -
(1) every where continuous (2) discontinuous at x = 0 only
(3) discontinuous at all integral points (4) h(0)= 0

29*. Let f(x) = ||X| - 1|, then points where f(x), is not differentiable is/are
(1) 0,± 1 (2) ± 1

(3) 0 (4) 1

30. 0, where x is rational

A function is defined as: f (x)={ . Then, f (x) is:
1, where x is irrational

(1) continuous for all x ∈ R (2) continuous for allx ∈ R −{0}

(3) continuous for all x ∈ R −{0, 1} (4) discontinuous for all x ∈ R
31*. Let f (x) = [n + p sin x] , x ∈ (0, π) , n ∈ I and p is a prime number. The number of points where f (x) is not differentiable is
( Here [x] represents the greatest integer less than or equal to x )
(1) p − 1 (2) p + 1

(3) 2p + 1 (4) 2p − 1

32*. A function f (x)= 3 – 4 |sin x|+|cos x|+e

x
. Then f (x) is
(1) continuous every where (2) discontinuous every where
(3) continuous only at x = 0 (4) discontinuous only at x = 0
33. If f (x)= 1

( 2−x )
, then the points of discontinuity of the composite function y = f (f (x)) are
(1) 2,
3

4
(2) 1, 2

(3) 2, 3 (4) 2,
3

34*. The number of points at which the function f (x)=|x − 0 .5|+|x − 1|+ tan x is not differentiable in the interval (0, 2) is/are
(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 3 (4) 4

35*. Let, f : R →(−π, π) , be a differentiable function such that f (x)+f (y)= f (

x+y
) , when xy ≠ 1. If f (1)= π
and lim
f (x)
= 2 . Then, f (x) is equal to
1−xy 2 x
x→0

(1) 2 tan
−1
x (2) 1

2
tan
−1
x

(3) π

2
tan
−1
x (4) 2πtan
−1
x

36.
x
e ;x ≤ 0
If f (x)={ , then
|1 − x|; x > 0

(1) f (x) is differentiable at x = 0. (2) f (x) is continuous at x = 0.

(3) f (x) is differentiable at x = 1. (4) f (x) is not continuous at x = 1.
37. Let f
′′
(x) be continuous at x = 0 and f ′′
(0)= 4 . The value of lim
2f ( x ) −3f ( 2x ) +f ( 4x )
is equal to
2
x→0 x

(1) 6 (2) 10

(3) 11 (4) 12

38*. max{f (t), 0 ≤ t ≤ x , 0 ≤ x ≤ π}

Let, f (x)= sin x and g(x)={ 1−cos x
. Then g(x) is
, x > π
2

(1) differentiable for all x ∈ R (2) differentiable for all x ∈ R −{π}

(3) differentiable for all x ∈(0, ∞) (4) differentiable for all x ∈(0, ∞)−{π}
39*. Let f :R → R be a function defined by f(x) = min {x + 1, |x|+1}. then which of the following is true?
(1) f(x) is differentiable everywhere (2) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
(3) f (x)≥ 1 for all x ∈ R (4) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 1
40.
1
; |x| ≥ 1
If f (x)={ is differentiable at every point of the domain, then the values of a and b are respectively:
|x|

2
ax + b ; |x| < 1

(1) 1

2
,
1

2
(2) 1

2
,−
3

(3) 5

2
,−
3

2
(4) −
1

2
,
3

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