Single choice type

 2x  1
1. The domain of the function f(x) =  log x  4  log  is
 2 3 x 
2

(A*) (– 4, –3)  (4, ) (B) (– , –3)  (4, )

(C) (– , – 4)  (3, ) (D) None

 2x  1
Sol. f(x) =  log x  4  log 
 2 3 x 
2

 2x  1 
For domain : log x  4  log 2  0
 3x 
2
Case-I
x4
0< <1  –4<x<–2 ..........A
2

 2x  1 
then log x  4  log 2  0
 3x  
2

2x  1
 log2 1
3x 

2x  1
 2  x < –3 ..........B
3x 
 on A  B x  (–4, –3) ..........(i)
x4
Case-II >1 or x > –2 ..........A
2

 2x  1 
log x  4  log 2  0
 3x  
2

2x  1 2x  1
 0 < log2 1  1< 2
3x  3x 
 x  (4,  ) ..........(ii)
 (i)  (ii) Domain x  (– 4, – 3)  (4, )

1
 a1x  a 2 x x
2. The value of im x x
 equals, where a , a , b and b are positive numbers,
 1 2 1 2
 1  b2
x 0 b


a1  a 2 a1 b1
(A) (B)
b1  b 2 a2 b2

1 a1a 2
(C) a1  a 2  (D*)
b1  b 2 b1b 2
 1  a x a x 1  a x  1 a 2 x  1 (b1x  1) (b 2 x  1)   
1
 x x x im  1x 2 x  1 im  1     
Sol. im  a1  a 2  = e x  0 b1 b 2 x

=
x 0
e 
x x x x   b x b x
 1 2


x 0  x x 
 b1  b 2 

1 1 aa 
(loge a1  loge a 2  loge b1  loge b 2 )
2
log e  1 2  a1a 2
= e2 = e  b1b 2  = b1 b 2

3. Let f (x) = (x12  x9 + x4  x + 1)1/2 . The domain of the function is :

(A) (1 , ) (B) (  ,  1) (C) (  1 , 1) (D*) (  , )
Sol. f(x) = (x12 – x9 + x 4 – x + 1)–1/2
Dr : x12 – x9 + x4 – x + 1 > 0
For x  0 it is obvious that for f(x) to be defined Dr > 0.
For x  1, (x12 – x 9) + (x 4 – x) + 1 is positive
Since x 12  x 9, x 4  x.
For 0 < x < 1, Dr = x 12 + (x 4 – x9) + (1 – x) > 0
Since x4 > x9, x < 1.
Hence Dr > 0 for all x  R
Domain is x  R

 p q 
4. The value of xim 
1  1  x p
  ; p, q  N equals
1 xq 

pq pq pq p
(A) (B) (C*) (D)
2 2 2 q

p q 0  pqx p1  pqx q1 0 

Sol. im p  q  qx  px  form  = im  form 
p 1 q 1 p  q 1
x1
1  x p  x q  x pq 0  x1  px  qx  (p  q)x 0 

pq(p  1)x p 2  pq(q  1)x q 2 pq

= xim =
1  p(p  1)x p 2  q(q  1)x q 2  (p  q)(p  q  1)x p  q2 2

x
ex  e
5. Let f be a real valued function defined by f(x) = x
, then the range of f(x) is :
ex  e

(A) R (B) [0, 1] (C) [0, 1) (D*) 0 , 12 

e x  e |x|
Sol. f(x) =
e x  e | x|

e x  e x 1 1 1  1  1 
 ; f(x)  0, 1 
if x  0, f(x) = = – x 2 =    2 ........(i)
2e x
2 2(e ) 2  (e x )2   

 1
f(x)  0, 
 2

ex  ex
if x < 0, f(x) = =0 .........(ii)
e x  e x
  1
 range of f(x) is (i)  (ii) = 0, 
 2

1
 t 1 t 1  t
6. im  b  a  equals to
Suppose that ‘a’ and ‘b’ are real positive numbers, then the value of t 0  
 ba 
1
a log e b  b log e a b log e b  a log e a  bb  b a
(A) (B) (C) b logeb – a logea (D*)  a 

ba ba a 
1
 t 1 t 1  t
Sol. im  b  a 
t 0  
 ba 

 b t 1  a t 1  1  b(bt 1) a(at 1)   1 

1
 1 im    bnb  ana  bb  b a
  t   ba 
 im
= t 0 e  b a  = e
t 0 
 t t  = e ba
=  a 
a 
 

 e[ x ]|x| – 2

7. If f(x) =  [ x] | x | , x  0 , (where [.] denotes G.I.F.) then
 –1 , x0


(A) Limits exists for f(x) at x = 0

(B) x lim
 0
f(x) = –1

(C) xlim
 0–
f(x) = 1

(D*) None of these

lim e[ x] |x|  2 e 1  2
Sol.  L.H.L. = f(x) = xlim =
x  0–  0 [x]  | x | 1

e[ x] |x|  2
and R.H.L = xlim f(x) = xlim
 0  0 [x]  | x |

ex  2
= xlim
0     L.H.L R.H.L
x
 (D)

8. Find the values of ' a ' in the domain of the definition of the function , f (a) = 2 a 2  a for which the
roots of the equation , x 2 + (a + 1) x + (a  1) = 0 lie between  2 & 1 .
(A*) (  1/2, 0] [1/2, 1) (B) ( 2/3, 0]  [1/3, 1)
(C) (  1/2, –1/4]  [0, 1) (D) none of these

Sol. f(a) = 2a 2  a for domain of f(x)

2a2 – a  0  a(2a – 1)  0

1 
 a  (–, 0]   ,  
2 
Let g(x)  x 2 + (a + 1)x + (a – 1) = 0
(i) D0
 (a + 1) 2 – 4(a – 1)  0  aR ...(i)
B
(ii) –2 < – <1
2A

(a  1)
 –2<– <1
2
 a   3, 3  ....(ii)
(iii) g(– 2) > 0
 4 – 2(a + 1) + (a – 1) > 0  a<1
(iv) g(1) > 0  1+a+1+a–1>0
 a > –1/2
Now (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) we get

 1  1 
Ans. : a    , 0   , 1
 2  2 

 ( 1)[ x 2 ] if x0

9. Let f(x) =  1 . Then x 
im f(x) equals (where [ . ] represents greatest integer function)
n x0
im if 0
  1  xn
(A) – 1 (B*) 1 (C) 0 (D) does not exist

LHL = h0
im f(0 – h) = im f(– h) = im h2  =1
h0 – 1
Sol. h0

im f(0 + h) = im f(h) = im  im 1

RHL = h0

=1
h0 h0  n  1  hn 

 2 1  2 1
10. The range of the function f (x) = sin1  x   + cos 1  x   , where [ ] is the greatest integer
 2   2 
function, is:

     
(A)  ,   (B) 0,  (C*) {  } (D)  0, 
2   2  2

 2 1  2 1
Sol. f(x) = sin–1  x   + cos –1 x  2 
 2  

 2 1  5 5 

Domain : –1  x    1  x   2, 2 
 2  

 2 1  3 3 
and – 1  x    1  x    ,
 2  2 2 

 3 3 

 domain is x    2 , 2 
 

 3
or x 2  0, 
 2

 1
if (i) x 2  0,  , then f(x) = 
 2

1 
if (ii) x 2   ,1 , then f(x) = 
2 
  3
if (iii) x2  1,  , then f(x) =   range = {}
 2

nx
e  n x  e n x  2 cos  k x2
11. If im 2 exists and finite , then possible values of
x0
(sin x  tan x)
' n ' and ' k ' is :
(A) k = 3 , n = 2 (B) k = 3 , n =  2
(C*) k = 5 , n = 2 (D) k =  5 , n = 2
nx
e  n x  e n x  2 cos  k x2
Sol. im 2
x0
(sin x  tan x)

 n2 x 2 n 4 x 4   n2 x 2 n 4 x 4 
2 1    .....  2 1    ........  k x 2
 2! 4!   4.2! 16.4! 
im 
= x0  3   3 
 x  x  ........    x  x  2 x 5  ....... 
 3!   3 15 
   

 n2   2n 4 2n 4 
x 2  n2   k   x4   
 4   4! 16.4! 
im    
= x0  1 1
x 3      ..........
 3! 3 
limit exists, if coff. of x 2 is zero.

n2
 n2 + –k=0  4k = 5n2
4
so the possible value match that is n=2
k=5

1  1   2   1999 
under the mapping f(x) = [x] +  x   + x   +.......  x 
2000 
12. The image of (where [ ]
2  2000   2000  
denotes greatest integer function)
(A*) 1000 (B) 99 (C) 1001 (D) None of these

 1  1  1 1  1 2   1 1999 
Sol. f  =   +    +   +.......    = 1000
2  2   2 2000   2 2000   2 2000 

13. Let f(x) = sinx , g(x) = [x + 1] and g(f(x)) = h(x) ,


where [.] is G..F. then h   is -
2

(A*) does not exist (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) None of these

   
Sol. h  = sin 2  1 = 2
2  

      
lim
h     h  lim  sin  2     1  2 lim [cos  ]  1
now, L.H.D. =   0
2  2 =   0
    =   0 
–
 

 L.H.D does not exist.

  (A)
14. Let f (x) = a x 2 + b x + c , where a , b , c are rational and f : Z  Z , where Z is the set of integers.
Then a + b is :
(A) a negative integer (B*) an integer
(C) non-integral rational number (D) none of these
Sol. f(x) = ax + bx + c
2

f(0) = c  c  
f(1) = a + b + c  (a + b + c)  
 (a + b)  

2 2 2 2
15. im 1 n  2 (n  1)  3 ( n  2)  .....  n . 1 is equal to:
n  3 3 3 3
1  2  3  ......  n
1 2 1 1
(A*) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 2 6

r
r 1
2
(n  r  1)
im n
Sol. n
r
r 1
3

n n

 (n  1) r  r 2 3 
 (n  1) (n) (n  1) (2n  1)
 6


 1/ 3 4 1
= im
r 1 r 1
 im
= n   1 = – 1 = 1
n n 2
n (n  1) 2  1/ 4 3 3
r
r 1
3 
 4



16. The function f : R  R defined by f (x) = 6x + 6|x|is :

(A) oneone and onto (B) manyone and onto
(C) oneone and into (D*) manyone and into

6 x  6  x , x0
Sol. f(x) = 
 2.6 x , x0

n1999 1
17. If n
im
x x = , then the value of x equals
 n  (n  1) 2000
(A) 1999 (B*) 2000 (C) 2001 (D) 2002

n1999 1
Sol. im =
n   C2 C3 x  x 2000
n x 1 x C1    ... 
 2n 6n 2 
 
the limit obviously exists if 2000 – x = 0  x = 2000
 sin 2 x  4 sin x  5
18. If f(x) = , then range of f(x) is
2 sin 2 x  8 sin x  8

1  5  5  5 
(A)  ,   (B)  , 1 (C*)  , 1 (D)  ,  
2  9  9  9 

sin2 x  4 sin x  5
Sol. f(x) = =y
2 sin2 x  8 sin x  8
sin2 x (1 – 2y) + 4sinx (1 – 2y) + (5 – 8y) = 0
vertex (–2, 1)
Let sin x = t, where t  [–1,1]
5 
g (–1) · g (1)  0 or 2(1 – y) . 2(5 – 9y)  0 or y   ,1
9 

19. Let f (x) = x (2  x) , 0  x  2 . If the definition of ‘ f ‘ is extended over the set ,

R  [0 , 2] by f (x + 2) = f (x) , then ‘ f ‘ is a :
(A) periodic function of period 1 (B) non-periodic function
(C*) periodic function of period 2 (D) periodic function of period 1/2

Sol. x
–2 0 2 4

y = f(x + 2) is drawn by shifting the graph by 2 units horizontally.

20. If f(x) is a continuous function for all real values of x satisfying x2 + (f(x) – 2)x + 2 3 – 3 – 3 f(x) = 0, then

the value of f ( 3) is -

(A) 3 (B) 1 – 3 (C*) 2(1 – 3) (D) 2( 3 – 1)

Sol. As f(x) is continuous for all x R

Thus xlim
 3
f(x) = f  3
x 2  2x  2 3  3
since f(x) = ,x 3
3x

( x  3 )( x  3  2)
lim f(x) = lim x  2x  2 3  3  
2
 = xlim = 2 1 3
x 3 x 3
3x
 3 ( 3  x)

Thus f  3  = 2(1 3)

 (C)

More than one choice type

  0 for x  0
21.

Let f(x) = x 2 sin x  for  1  x  1 ( x  0) , then:
x x for x  1 or x   1

(A*) f(x) is an odd function (B) f(x) is an even function
(C) f(x) is neither odd nor even (D*) f  (x) is an even function

 0 x0

Sol.
 2
f(–x) = 
 x sin x  x  (1,1)  0
= – f(x)
x x |x| |

odd function

22. If f : R  R be a differentiable function and f(0) = 0 and f(0) = 1, then

im 1 f ( x )  f  x   f  x   ...  f  x  , where n  N, equals

x 0
x  2 3  n 

1 1 1
(A) 0 (B*) 1 + + + .... +
2 3 n
n n n
C2 C3 Cn
(C*) nC1 – + – ......... +(–1)n–1 (D) does not exist
2 3 n

x x x

f ( x )  f    f    ...  f   0 
Sol. im 2 3 k  form 
x 0
x 0 

im f ( x )  1 f  x   1 f  x   ...  1 f  x 

= x 0  
 2 2 3 3 k  k 

1 1 1
1 1 1 1 xn 1  (1  x )n
=1+
2
+
3
+ .... +
n
=  (1  x  x 2  ...  x n1 ) dx = 
0
1 x
dx = 
0
x
dx
0

n n n
C2 C3 Cn
= n C1 – + – ........ + (–1)n–1 .
2 3 n