CONTINUITY & DIFFERENTIABILITY

𝒙 + 𝝀, 𝒙<3
1. If 𝒇(𝒙) = {𝟒, 𝒙 = 𝟑 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟑, then 𝝀 =
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓, 𝒙 > 3
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
𝟏
𝒙𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 , 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎
2. If 𝒇(𝒙) = { is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎, then the value of 𝒌 is
𝒌, 𝒙 = 𝟎
(a) 1 (b) –𝟏 (c) 0 (d) 2

𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏, when 𝒙 < 1
3. If 𝒇(𝒙) = {𝒌, when 𝒙 = 𝟏 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟏, then the value of 𝒌 is
𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐, when 𝒙 > 1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

𝟏
𝐬𝐢𝐧 (𝒙) , 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎
4. The value of 𝒌 which makes 𝒇(𝒙) = { continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎 is
𝒌, 𝒙 = 𝟎
(a) 8 (b) 1 (c) –𝟏 (d) none of these
𝟐
5. The value of 𝒎 for which the function 𝒇(𝒙) = {𝒎𝒙 , 𝒙 ≤ 𝟏 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟏, is
𝟐𝒙, 𝒙>1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) does not exist

(𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙)𝟏/𝒙 , 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎
6. If the function 𝒇(𝒙) = { is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎, then the value of 𝒌 is
𝒌, 𝒙 = 𝟎
(a) 1 (b) –𝟏 (c) 0 (d) 𝒆
𝝅
𝒙 + 𝒂𝟐 √𝟐𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙, 𝟎≤𝒙<
𝟒
𝝅 𝝅
7. If the function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝒙 + 𝒃, 𝟒
≤ 𝒙 < ,, is continuous in the interval [𝟎, 𝝅] then the
𝟐
𝝅
{𝒃𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒂𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝒙, 𝟐
≤𝒙≤𝝅
values of (𝒂, 𝒃) are
(a) (−𝟏, −𝟏) (b) (𝟎, 𝟎) (c) (−𝟏, 𝟏) (d) (𝟏, −𝟏)
𝝅𝒙
𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 , for − ∞ < 𝒙 ≤ 𝟏
𝟐
8. If the function 𝒇(𝒙) = {𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃, for 𝟏 < 𝒙 < 3 is continuous in the interval (−∞, 𝟔) then the
𝒙𝝅
𝟔𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟐 , for 𝟑 ≤ 𝒙 < 6
values of 𝒂 and 𝒃 are, respectively
(a) 0,2 (b) 1,1 (c) 2,0 (d) 2,1
𝝅
𝒙𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙, when 𝟎 < 𝒙 ≤ 𝟐
9. If 𝒇(𝒙) = { then
𝝅 𝝅
𝟐
𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝝅 + 𝒙), when 𝟐
<𝒙<𝝅
𝝅 𝝅
(a) 𝒇(𝒙) is discontinuous at 𝒙 = 𝟐 (b) 𝒇(𝒙) is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟐
(c) 𝒇(𝒙) is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎 (d) none of these
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𝟏−𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟒𝒙
𝒙𝟐
, when 𝒙 < 0
𝒂, when 𝒙 = 𝟎
10. If 𝒇(𝒙) = , is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎, then the value of ' 𝒂 ' will be
√𝒙
, when 𝒙 > 0
{√(𝟏𝟔+√𝒙)−𝟒
(a) 8 (b) –𝟖 (c) 4 (d) none of these

11. Find the values of 𝑨 and 𝑩, so that the function 𝒇(𝒙) defined by
𝝅
𝒙 + 𝑨√𝟐𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙, if 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 <
𝟒
𝝅 𝝅
𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝒙 + 𝑩, if 𝟒
≤ 𝒙 < 𝟐 becomes continuous.
𝝅
{𝑨𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝒙 − 𝑩𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙, if ≤𝒙≤𝝅
𝟐

𝟏 𝟏
12. The points of discontinuity of 𝒚 = 𝒖𝟐 +𝒖−𝟐 where 𝒖 = 𝒙−𝟏 is
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
(a) 𝟐
, 𝟏, 𝟐. (b) 𝟐
, 𝟏, −𝟐 (c) 𝟐
, −𝟏, 𝟐 (d) none of these

𝐥𝐨𝐠(𝟏+𝒂𝒙)−𝐥𝐨𝐠(𝟏−𝒃𝒙)
13. The function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙
is not defined at 𝒙 = 𝟎. The value which should be assigned to
𝒇 at 𝒙 = 𝟎, so that it is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎 is
(a) 𝒂−𝒃 (b) 𝒂+𝒃 (c) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝒂 + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝒃 (d) 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝒂 − 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝒃

𝒙𝟐 −𝟒𝒙+𝟑
If 𝒇(𝒙) = { 𝒙𝟐 −𝟏
, for 𝒙 ≠ 𝟏, then
14. 𝟐, for 𝒙 = 𝟏

(a) 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝒙→𝟏+ 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐 (b) 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝒙→𝟏− 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟑 (c) 𝒇(𝒙) is discontinuous at 𝒙 = 𝟏 (d) none of these

𝒙 − 𝟏, 𝒙 < 0
𝟏
15. If 𝒇(𝒙) = {𝟒 , 𝒙 = 𝟎, then
𝒙𝟐 𝒙>0
(a) 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝒙→𝟎+ 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟏 (b) 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝒙→𝟎− 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟏 (c) 𝒇(𝒙) is discontinuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎 (d) none of these

16.
𝒂
𝝅
(𝟏 + |𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙|)|𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙| , − 𝟔 < 𝒙 < 0
Let 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒃, 𝒙=𝟎, , then the values of 𝒂 and 𝒃 if 𝒇 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎, are
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝒙
𝝅
𝒆 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝒙 , 𝟎<𝒙<
{ 𝟔
respectively
𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑
(a) , (b) , 𝒆𝟐/𝟑 (c) , 𝒆𝟑/𝟐 (d) none of these
𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐

𝒙
17. Let 𝒇(𝒙) be defined for all 𝒙 > 0 and be continuous. Let 𝒇(𝒙) satisfy 𝒇 (𝒚) = 𝒇(𝒙) − 𝒇(𝒚) for all 𝒙, 𝒚
and 𝒇(𝒆) = 𝟏, then
𝟏
(a) 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐈𝐧 𝒙 (b) 𝒇(𝒙) is bounded (c) 𝒇 (𝒙) → 𝟎 as 𝒙 → 𝟎 (d) 𝒙𝒇(𝒙) → 𝟏 as 𝒙 → 𝟎

𝟐𝒙−𝐬𝐢𝐧−𝟏 𝒙
18. If the function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙+𝐭𝐚𝐧−𝟏 𝒙, (𝒙 ≠ 𝟎) is continuous at each point of its domain, then the value of
𝒇(𝟎) is
(a) 2 (b) 𝟏/𝟑 (c) 𝟐/𝟑 (d) −𝟏/𝟑
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𝝅
−𝟐𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙, 𝒙 ≤ −𝟐
𝝅 𝝅
19. The values of 𝑨 and 𝑩 such that the function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝑨𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 + 𝑩, − 𝟐 < 𝒙 < 𝟐 , is continuous
𝝅
{ 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙, 𝒙≥𝟐
everywhere are
(a) 𝑨 = 𝟎, 𝑩 = 𝟏 (b) 𝑨 = 𝟏, 𝑩 = 𝟏 (c) 𝑨 = −𝟏, 𝑩 = 𝟏 (d) 𝑨 = −𝟏, 𝑩 = 𝟎

𝒙𝟐 −𝟏𝟎𝒙+𝟐𝟓
20. If 𝒇(𝒙) = for 𝒙 ≠ 𝟓 and 𝒇 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟓, then 𝒇(𝟓) =
𝒙𝟐 −𝟕𝒙+𝟏𝟎
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 25

21. In order that the function 𝒇(𝒙) = (𝒙 + 𝟏)𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝒙 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎, 𝒇(𝟎) must be defined as
𝟏
(a) 𝒇(𝟎) = 𝒆 (b) 𝒇(𝟎) = 𝟎 (c) 𝒇(𝟎) = 𝒆 (d) none of these

22. The function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 |𝒙| is

(a) continuous for all 𝒙. (b) continuous only at certain points.
(c) differentiable at all points. (d) none of these.
𝟏−𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 𝝅
, 𝒙≠ 𝝅
𝝅−𝟐𝒙 𝟐
23. If 𝒇(𝒙) = { 𝝅 be continuous at 𝒙 = , then value of 𝝀 is
𝟐
𝝀, 𝒙 =
𝟐
(a) –𝟏 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2

𝟐−√𝒙+𝟒
24. If 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝒙
; (𝒙 ≠ 𝟎), is continuous function at 𝒙 = 𝟎, then 𝒇(𝟎) equals
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
(a) (b) − (c) (d) −
𝟒 𝟒 𝟖 𝟖

25.
𝒙, if 𝒙 is rational
If function 𝒇(𝒙) = { , then 𝒇(𝒙) is continuous at number of points.
𝟏 − 𝒙, if 𝒙 is irrational
(a) ∞ (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these

𝟏 −𝟏
𝟐
26. The function defined by 𝒇(𝒙) = {(𝒙 + 𝒆 ) , 𝒙 ≠ 𝟐, is continuous from right at the point 𝒙 = 𝟐,
𝟐−𝒙

𝒌, 𝒙=𝟐
then 𝒌 is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 𝟏/𝟒 (c) −𝟏/𝟒 (d) none of these
𝟏−𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙+𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙
27. The function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟏+𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙+𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙 is not defined at 𝒙 = 𝝅. The value of 𝒇(𝝅) so that 𝒇(𝒙) is continuous
at 𝒙 = 𝝅 is
𝟏 𝟏
(a) −𝟐 (b) 𝟐
(c) −𝟏 (d) 1

28.
√𝟏+𝒌𝒙−√𝟏−𝒌𝒙
, for − 𝟏 ≤ 𝒙 < 0
If 𝒇(𝒙) = { 𝒙 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎, then 𝒌 =
𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐, for 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟏
(a) –𝟒 (b) –𝟑 (c) –𝟐 (d) −𝟏
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|𝒙|
29. The function 𝒇(𝒙) = |𝒙| + 𝒙
is
(a) continuous at the origin. (b) discontinuous at the origin because |𝒙| is discontinuous
|𝒙| |𝒙|
(c) discontinuous at the origin because 𝒙
is (d) discontinuous at the origin because both |𝒙| and 𝒙
are
discontinuous there.

𝒙𝟐
,𝒙 ≠ 𝟎
30. Consider 𝒇(𝒙) = {|𝒙|
𝟎, 𝒙 = 𝟎
(a) 𝒇(𝒙) is discontinuous everywhere
(b) 𝒇(𝒙) is continuous everywhere but not differentiable at 𝒙 = 𝟎.
(c) 𝒇′ (𝒙) exists in (−𝟏, 𝟏) (d) 𝒇′ (𝒙) exists in (−𝟐, 𝟐)

31. The value of the derivative of |𝒙 − 𝟏| + |𝒙 − 𝟑| at 𝒙 = 𝟐 is

(a) –𝟐 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) not defined

𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙𝟐
32. The function 𝒇 defined by 𝒇(𝒙) = { , 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎. Then what is true about 𝒇(𝒙)
𝒙
𝟎, 𝒙 = 𝟎
(a) Continuous and derivable at 𝒙 = 𝟎. (b) Neither continuous nor derivable at 𝒙 = 𝟎
(c) Continuous but not derivable at 𝒙 = 𝟎 (d) none of these

33. The left-hand derivative of 𝒇(𝒙) = [𝒙]𝐬𝐢𝐧 (𝝅𝒙) at 𝒙 = 𝒌(𝒌 is an integer ) is

(a) (−𝟏)𝒌 (𝒌 − 𝟏)𝝅 (b) (−𝟏)𝒌−𝟏 (𝒌 − 𝟏)𝝅 (c) (−𝟏)𝒌 𝒌𝝅 (d) (−𝟏)𝒌−𝟏 𝒌𝝅

34. The function 𝒇(𝒙) = |𝒙| + |𝒙 − 𝟏| is

(a) continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟏, but not differentiable. (b) both continuous and differentiable at 𝒙 = 𝟏.
(c) not continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟏 (d) none of these.

35. Let 𝒇(𝒙) = |𝒙 − 𝟏| + |𝒙 + 𝟏|, then the function is

(a) continuous (b) differentiable except 𝒙 = ±𝟏 (c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these

𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝒃, 𝒙 < −1
36. If the derivative of the function 𝒇(𝒙) = { 𝟐 is everywhere continuous and
𝒃𝒙 + 𝒂𝒙 + 𝟒, 𝒙 ≥ −𝟏
differentiable at 𝒙 = 𝟏 then
(a) 𝒂 = 𝟐, 𝒃 = 𝟑 (b) 𝒂 = 𝟑, 𝒃 = 𝟐 (c) 𝒂 = −𝟐, 𝒃 = −𝟑 (d) 𝒂 = −𝟑, 𝒃 = −𝟐

|𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑|[𝒙], 𝒙 ≥ 𝟏
37. The function 𝒇(𝒙) = { 𝝅𝒙
𝐬𝐢𝐧 ( ) , 𝒙<1
𝟐
(a) is continuous at x =2 (b) is differentiable at 𝒙 = 𝟏
(c) is continuous but not differentiable at 𝒙 = 𝟏 (d) none of these

𝟐
38. The set of points where the function 𝒇(𝒙) = √𝟏 − 𝒆−𝒙 is differentiable
(a) (−∞, ∞) (b) (−∞, 𝟎) ∪ (𝟎, ∞) (c) (−𝟏, ∞) (d) none of these

39. The function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒆−|𝒙| is

(a) continuous everywhere but not differentiable at 𝒙 = 𝟎 (b) continuous and differentiable everywhere
(c) not continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎 (d) none of these
40. If 𝒇(𝒙) = √𝟏 − √𝟏 − 𝒙𝟐, then 𝒇(𝒙) is
(a) continuous on [−𝟏, 𝟏] and differentiable on (−𝟏, 𝟏)
(b) continuous on [−𝟏, 𝟏] and differentiable on (−𝟏, 𝟎) ∪ (𝟎, 𝟏)
(c) continuous and differentiable on [−𝟏, 𝟏] (d) none of these
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41. Let 𝒇(𝒙) be a function differentiable at 𝒙 = 𝒄. Then, 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝒙→𝒄 𝒇(𝒙) equals
𝟏
(a) 𝒇′ (𝒄) (b) 𝒇′′ (𝒄) (c) 𝒇(𝒄)
(d) none of these

42. The function 𝒇(𝒙) = (𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏)|𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐| +𝐜𝐨𝐬(|𝒙|) is not differentiable at

(a) –𝟏 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
𝟏 𝟏
−( + )
43. If 𝒇(𝒙) = {𝒙𝒆 , 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎, then 𝒇(𝒙) is
|𝒙| 𝒙

𝟎, 𝒙=𝟎
(a) continuous as well as differentiable for all 𝒙
(b) continuous for all 𝒙 but not differentiable at 𝒙 = 𝟎
(c) neither differentiable nor continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎 (d) discontinuous every where
𝟏
44. The function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 , 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎, 𝒇(𝟎) = 𝟎 at 𝒙 = 𝟎
(a) is continuous but not differentiable (b) is discontinuous
(c) is having continuous derivative (d) is continuous and differentiable

45. Which of the following is not true?

(a) A polynomial function is always continuous. (b) A continuous function is always differentiable.
(c) A differentiable function is always continuous. (d) 𝒆𝒙 is continuous for all 𝒙.

46. If 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐬𝐠𝐧(𝒙𝟑 ) then

(a) 𝒇 is continuous but not derivable at 𝒙 = 𝟎 (b) 𝒇′ (𝟎+ ) = 𝟐
(c) 𝒇′ (𝟎− ) = 𝟏 (d) 𝒇 is not derivable at 𝒙 = 𝟎

𝟏 + 𝒙, 𝒙 ≤ 𝟐
47. A function 𝒇(𝒙) = { is
𝟓 − 𝒙, 𝒙 > 2
(a) not continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟐 (b) differentiable at 𝒙 = 𝟐
(c) continuous but not differentiable at 𝒙 = 𝟐 (d) none of the above

48. Let 𝒇: 𝑹 → 𝑹 be a function. Define 𝒈: 𝑹 → 𝑹 by 𝒈(𝒙) = |𝒇(𝒙)| for all 𝒙. Then 𝒈 is

(a) onto if 𝒇 is onto (b) one-one if 𝒇 is one-one
(c) continuous if 𝒇 is continuous (d) differentiable if 𝒇 is differentiable

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1 d 9 A 17 A 25 C 33 A 41 D
2 C 10 A 18 B 26 B 34 A 42 D
𝝅 −𝝅
3 C 11 A= ,B= 19 C 27 C 35 C 43 B
𝟔 𝟏𝟐
4 d 12 a 20 A 28 C 36 A 44 D
5 C 13 b 21 C 29 C 37 C 45 B
6 a 14 c 22 A 30 B 38 B 46 D
7 B 15 c 23 C 31 B 39 A 47 C
8 C 16 b 24 d 32 a 40 b 48 c