Limits, Indeterminate Forms

Choose the most appropriate option (a, b, c or d).

( x  1)(2x  3)
Q 1. lim is equal to
x 1 2x 2  x  3

1 1
(a) (b)  (c) 1 (d) none of these
10 10

x2  x  2
Q 2. lim is equal to
x 2
x2  4

1
(a) (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) none of these
2

Q 3. lim( x  x  x ) is equal to
x 

1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) (d) none of these
2

an  bn
Q 4. lim , where a > b > 1, is equal to
n  an  bn

(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these

3x  1
Q 5. lim is equal to
x 0
x 11

(a) loge 9 (b) loge 3 (c) 0 (d) 1

41/ n  1
Q 6. lim is equal to
n 31/ n  1

(a) log4 3 (b) 1 (c) log3 4 (d) none of these

cos x  sin x
Q 7. lim is equal to
x  x2

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c)  (d) none of these

3x  2x
Q 8. lim is equal to
x 0 4 x  3 x

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) none of these

  1 1
Q 9. lim  3   is equal to
h 0
 h. 8  h 2h 

1 4 16 1
(a) (b)  (c)  (d) 
12 3 3 48

np sin2 (n!)
Q 10. lim , 0 < p < 1, is equal to
n  n 1

(a) 0 (b)  (c) 1 (d) none of these

x y 2  (y  x)2
Q 11. lim is equal to
x 0
( 8xy  4x 2  8xy )3

1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
4 2 2 2

(1  x  x 2 )  e x
Q 12. lim is equal to
x 0 x2

1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) (d) none of these
2

x tan2x  2x tan x
Q 13. lim is equal to
x 0 (1  cos2x)2

1 1
(a) 2 (b) -2 (c) (d) 
2 2

 log (1  x) x  1
Q 14. lim  e 2   is equal to
x 0
 x x 

1 1
(a) (b)  (c) 1 (d) none of these
2 2
(1/ 41/ 81/16......to n terms )
log log (1/ 4 1/ 8 1/16 ......to n terms)
Q 15. lim(0.2) 5
is equal to lim(0.2) 5
is equal to
n  n

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 0

1 1 1
Q 16. Let sn    +.. to n terms. Then lim sn is equal to
1.4 4.7 7.10 n 

1 1
(a) (b) 3 (c) (d) 
3 4
 n
r
Q 17. Let the rth term, tr, of a series is given by tr  . Then lim  tr is
1 r2  r 4 n
r 1

1 1
(a) (b) 1 (c) (d) none of these
4 2

1  cos  n
Q 18. Let a = min {x2 + 2x + 3, x  R} and b  lim
 0 2
. The value of  a .b
r 0
r n r
is

2n1  1 2n1  1 4n1  1

(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
3.2n 3.2n 3.2n

x n r

Q 19. lim r 1 is equal to

x 1 x 1

n n(n  1)
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d) none of these
2 2

x  tan x
Q 20. lim is equal to
x  x tan x

1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d) none of these
2

x  sin x
Q 21. lim is equal to
x 0 x  sin2 x

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c)  (d) none of these

loge cos x
Q 22. lim is equal to
x 0 x2

1 1
(a)  (b) (c) 0 (d) none of these
2 2

sin1 x  tan1 x
Q 23. lim is equal to
x 0 x2

1 1
(a) (b) - (c) 0 (d) 
2 2

1  cos x
Q 24. lim is equal to
x 0 x(2x  1)

1 1
(a) log2 e (b) loge 2 (c) 1 (d) none of these
2 2
 2  f(x)
Q 25. If f(4) = f, f'(4) = 1 then lim is equal to
x 4
2 x

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) none of these

Q 26. The graph of the function y = f(x) has a unique tangent at the point (a, 0) through which the
loge {1  6f(x)}
graph passes. Then lim is
x a 3f(x)

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) none of these

2f(x)  3f(2x)  f(4x)

Q 27. Let f(x) be a twice-differentiable function and f"(0) = 2 then lim is
x 0 x2

(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 12 (d) none of these

Q 28. If f(x), g(x) be differentiable functions and f(1) = g(1) = 2 then

f(1)g(x)  f(x)g(1)  f(1)  g(1)

lim is equal to
x 1 g(x)  f(x)

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) none of these

g(x)f(a)  g(a)f(x)
Q 29. If f(a) = 2, f'(a) = 1, g(a) = -1, g'(a) = 2 then lim is
x a xa

1
(a) -5 (b) (c) 5 (d) none of these
5

n
 a
Q 30. lim 1  sin  is equal to
n  
 n

(a) ea/2 (b) ea (c) e (d) e2a

1/ x2

 1  5x 
Q 31. lim 
x 0 1  3x 2 
 

(a) e (b) e1/2 (c) e-2 (d) none of these

1/ x

  
Q 32. lim tan   x   is equal to
x 0
  4 

(a) 1 (b) e (c) e2 (d) e-2

Q 33. lim (2  tan x)log tan x is equal to

x  / 4

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) e (d) e-1

 x2
 x  1
Q 34. lim is equal to
x   x  1 
 

(a) e (b) e-1 (c) e-2 (d) none of these

2x
 
Q 35. If lim 1   2   e2 then
x 
 x x 

(a)  = 1,  = 2 (b)  = 2,  = 1 (c)  = 1,  = any real constant (d)  =  = 1

sin 
Q 36. lim is equal to
 0 
sin 

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) none of these

{x}
Q 37. Let {x} denote the fractional part of x. Then lim is equal to
x 0 tan{x}

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) none of these

loge [x]
Q 38. lim , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, is
x  x

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) nonexistent

1  cos2(x  1)
Q 39. lim
x 1 x 1

(a) exists and it is 2 (b) exists and it is - 2

(c) does not exist because x – 1  0 (d) does not exist because LH lim  RH lim

x sin{x  [x]}
Q 40. lim , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, is
x 1 x 1

(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) not existent (d) none of these

x[x]
Q 41. lim , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, is
x 0 sin | x |

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) not existent (d) none of these

Q 42. lim{[2  x]  [x  2]  x}
x 2

(a) is 0 (b) is 3 (c) is -3 (d) does not exist

Q 43. lim {[x] | x |} , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function,
x 1
 (a) is 0 (b) is 1 (c) does not exist (d) none of these

sin[x]
Q 44. If f(x)  ,[x]  0
[x]

0, [x] = 0, where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then lim f(x) is equal to
x 0

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) none of these

Q 45. Let f(x) = x2 – 1, 0 < x < 2

2x + 3, 2 ≤ x < 3

The quadratic equation whose roots are lim f(x) and lim f(x) is
x 2 0 x 2  0

(a) x2 – 6x + 9 = 0 (b) x2 – 10x + 21 = 0 (c) x2 – 14 x + 49 = 0 (d) none of these

[x]  [2x]  ....  [nx]

Q 46. If [.] denotes the greatest integer function then lim is
n  n2

x x2
(a) 0 (b) x (c) (d)
2 2

x2

Q 47. lim
 0
cos t 2 dt
is equal to
x 0 x sin x

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) none of these

x x
Q 48. lim . f(x)dx is equal to
x a xa a

(a) f(a) (b) af(a) (c) 0 (d) none of these

x

Q 49. lim
 1
| t  1| dt
is equal to
x 1 0 sin(x  1)

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) none of these

Q 50. Let f(x) = sin x, x  nx

2, x = 2, where n  Z ,

Then lim g  f(x)  is

x 0

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) none of these

  1  n 
Q 51. If f(x) continuous in [0, 1] and f   = 1 then lim f   is
3 n 
 9n  1 
2

1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) (d) none of these
3

9 2  1  cos3x 
Q 52. If f(x) is continuous and f    then lim f   is equal to
2 9 x 0
 x2 

9 2
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d) none of these
2 9

Choose the correct options. One or more options may be correct.

2x
Q 53. Let f(x) = 1 + ,0≤x<1
a

ax, 1 ≤ x < 2.

If lim f(x) exists then a is

x 0

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 2 (d) -2

sin(ax 2  bx  c)
Q 54. If  is a repeated root of ax2 + bx + c = 0 then lim is
x  (x   )2

(a) 0 (b) a (c) b (d) c

Q 55. If f(x) = |x – 1| - [x] = the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then

(a) f(1 + 0) = -1, f(1 – 0) = 0 (b) f(1 + 0) = 0 =- f(1 – 0)

(c) lim f(x) exists (d) lim f(x) does not exist
x 1 x 1

 1  n2 
Q 56. If lim  an    b , a finite number, then
n 
 1 n 

(a) a = 1 (b) a = 0 (c) b = 1 (d) b = -1

Q 57. Let tan  . x + sin  . y =  and  cosec  . x + cos  . y = 1 be two variable straight lines,  being
the parameter. Let P be the point of intersection of the lines. In the limiting position when  
0, the point P lies on the line

(a) x = 2 (b) x = -1 (c) y + 1 = 0 (d) y = 2

 Answers
1b 2a 3c 4b 5a 6c 7b 8d 9d 10a

11a 12c 13c 14a 15b 16a 17c 18c 19b 20a

21b 22a 23c 24a 25b 26c 27a 28c 29c 30b

31d 32d 33b 34c 35c 36b 37a 38a 39d 40c

41c 42c 43c 44d 45b 46c 47a 48b 49a 50b

51a 52b 53bc 54b 55ad 56ac 57ac