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CONTINUITY & DIFFERENTIABILITY
Q.1) Discuss the continuity of the function
, if 0
( )
0, if 0
x
x
f x
x
x

=
=

(A) x = 0 (B) x > 0 (C) x < 0 (D) 0 x =
(Q.2) If f is derivable at x = 1,then
( ) ( )
x a
xf a af x
x a
Lt

is equal to
(A)
'
f (a) (B)
'
af (a)
'
f (a) (C) f (a) a
'
f (a) (D) none of these
(Q.3) If f be a function such that f (9) = 9,
'
f (9) = 3, then
9
( ) 3
3 x
f x
x
Lt

is equal to
(A) 9 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) none of these.
(Q.4) Let f (x) = x |x| then
'
f (0) is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 1(C) 0 (D) none of these.
(Q.5) If f(x) = e
x
sin x in
| |
0,t , then c in Rolles theorem is
(A)
6
t
(B)
4
t
(C)
2
t
(D)
3
4
t

(Q.6) Let
2
, if 1
( )
1, if 1
x a x
f x
ax x
+ s
=

+ >

and f is continuous at 1, then the value a so that f is derivable

at 1, is
(A)
1
2
(B) -
1
2
(C) 1(D) can not be determined.
(Q.7) If a > 0, a 1, then log
n
a
x =
(A) n log
a
x (B) n + log
a
x (C)
1
log
a
x
n
(D) none of these
(Q.9) If
| | | |
, if 0
( )
, if 0
x x x
f x
x
=
=

=

( ) f x = then f is continuous at x = 0 if
(A) = 1 (B) = 0 (C) = 1 (D) none of these
(Q.10) Let
1
sin , if 0
( )
, if 0
x x
f x x
k x
| |
=

|
=
\ .

f (x) = then f is continuous at x = 0 if

(A) k = 1 (B) k = 0 (C) k = 2 (D) none of these.
(Q.11)
1
2
2
sin
1
d x
dx x

| |
`
|
+
\ . )
=
(A)
2
2
1 x +
(B)
2
2
1 x

+
(C)
2
2 2
2(1 )
, 1
1 (1 )
x
x
x x

=
+
(D) none of these
(Q.12) If
1 1
1 1
sin sec
1 1
x x
y
x x

| | | |
+
= +
| |
| |
+
\ . \ .
then
dy
dx
is,
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(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) none of these
(Q.13) If the function
sin
( 1)
( )
1 cos
x
x e
f x
x

is continuous at 0, then f(0) =

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D)
1
2

(Q.14) Rolles theorem is not applicable to f(x) = |x| in [2, 2] because
(A) f is not continuous in [2, 2] (B) f is not derivable in (2, 2) (C) (2) ( 2) f f = in (2, 2)
(D) none of these
(Q.15) Lagranges mean value theorem is not applicable to f(x) in [1, 4] where f(x)=
(A) x
2
2x (B) | x2 | (C) x | x | (D) x
2
(Q.16)
( ) { }
2
log 1
d
x x
dx
+ + =
(A)
2
1 x + (B)
2
1
x
x +
(C)
2
1 x x + (D)
2
1
1 x +

(Q.17) If sin cos y a mx b mx = + , then
2
2
d y
dx
is equal to
(A)
2
m y (B)
2
m y (C) my (D) my
(Q.18) If
1, 3
( ) , 3 5
7, 5
ifx
f x ax b if x
if x
s

= + < <

. Determine the values of a and b so that f(x) is

continuous.
(A) a = 3, b = 8 (B) a = 3, b = 8 (C) a = 2, b = 8 (D) None of these
(Q.19) If , then f(5) is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 6 (D) 2
(Q.20) The function
2
3
4
( )
4
x
f x
x x

(A) discontinuous at only one point (B) discontinuous exactly at two points
(C) discontinuous exactly at three points (D) none of these
(Q.21) 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.
(Q.22) If f(x) = x
2
is differentiable at x = 1, then f(1) equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
(Q.23) If f(x)= x
2
+ 2x + 7, f (3) equals
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
(Q.24) The value of c in Rolles theorem for the function f(x) = x
3
3x in the interval 0, 3
(

is
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 3/2 (D) 1/3
(Q.25) Differentiate the
1
x
y
x
=
+
with respect to x.
(Q.26) Find the points where the constant function ( ) f x k = is continuous.
(Q.27) Examine the continuity of function f given by ( ) 2 5 f x x = + at 1 x = .
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(Q.28) Prove that the identity function on real numbers given by ( ) f x x = is continuous at every
real number.
(Q.29) If f and g be two real functions continuous at a real number c then f g + is continuous
at x c = .
(Q.30) Find the point of discontinuity of f where f is defined by
2 3, if 2
( )
2 3, if 2
x x
f x
x x
+ s
=

>

(Q.31) If a function f is real and c is its domain then the derivative of f at c is defined by.
(Q.32) Differentiate the cos(sin ) x with respect to x.
(Q.33) Differentiate the
2x
y e

= with respect to x
(Q.34) Differentiate the sin( ) y xy = with respect to x
(Q.35) If 5cos 3sin y x x = , prove that
2
2
0
d y
y
dx
+ =
(Q.36) If
1
cos y x

= Find
2
2
d y
dx
in terms of y alone.
(Q.37) Find
2
2
d y
dx
if
1
sin y x

=
(Q.38) Find
dy
dx
if
1
sin(tan )
x
y e

=
(Q.39) Find
dy
dx
if
3
1
2
3
tan
1 3
x x
y
x

| |
=
|

\ .

(Q.40) If
cos
, if
2 2
( )
3, if
2
k x
x
x
f x
x
t
t
t

find the value of k if f is continuous at

2
x
t
=
(Q.41) Examine the continuity of ( ) 5 f x x =
(Q.42) Differentiate: log log log ... y x x x = + + +
(Q.43) If ( sin ), (1 cos ) x a y a u u u = = + find
2
2
d y
dx
at
2
t
u =
(Q.44) Differentiate
1
1 sin 1 sin
tan
1 sin 1 sin
x x
x x

| |
+ +
|
|
+
\ .
w.r.t.
1
tan x

(Q.45) If
1
cos
, 1 1
a x
y e x

= s s , show that
2
2 2
2
(1 ) 0
d y dy
x x a y
dx dx
=
(Q.46) If
2 2
1 1 ( ) x y a x y + = , then prove that
2
2
1
1
y dy
dx
x

(Q.47) Using mathematical induction prove that
1
,
n
n
dx
nx n I
dx
+
= e
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(Q.48) If
2 2 2
( ) ( ) x a y b c + = , for some 0 c > prove that
3 2
2
2
2
1
dy
dx
d y
dx

| |
+
`
|
\ .

)
is a constant,
independent of a and b .
(Q.49) If 1 1 0 x y y x + + + = for 1 1 x < < , prove that
2
1
(1 )
dy
dx x
=
+

(Q.50) Verify the Mean value theorem for the function: ( ) log
e
f x x = on
| |
1, 2
(Q.51) Verify Rolles Theorem for the following functions:
2
( ) ( 1)( 2) f x x x = on
| |
1, 2
(Q.52) Differentiate
2
2
( 3)( 4)
3 4 5
x x
x x
+
+ +
w.r.t. x .
(Q.53) If
1 2
(tan ) y x

= , show that
2 2 2
2 1
( 1) 2 ( 1) 2 x y x x y + + + =
(Q.54) If
1 1
sin cos
,
t t
x a y a

= = show that
dy y
dx x
= .
(Q.55) Find
dy
dx
if cos log tan , sin
2
t
x a t y a t
(
= + =
(


(Q.56) Find
dy
dx
if 1
y x
x y + =
(Q.57) Differentiate
sin cos
(sin )
x x
y x x = + w.r.t. x .
(Q.58) Determine if defined by
2
1
sin , if 0
( )
0 , if 0
x x
f x x
x

is a continuous function.
(Q.59) Find the value of a and b so that the function defined by
5, 2
( ) , 2 10
21, 10
if x
f x ax b if x
if x
s

= + < <

is continuous function.
(Q.60) Find the value of a and b so that the function defined by
1, if 3
( )
3, if 3
ax x
f x
bx x
+ s
=

+ >

is
continuous at 3 x = .