LIMITS

x2  1  1
1. The value of limx 0 is
x2  9  3
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
x a  ba
2. The value of limx b for b>a is
x2  b2
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4b a  b 4b b  a 4a a  b b ba
3. The value of lim x3/2
x 
 x3  1  x3  1 is 
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these
x  2a  x  2a
4. The value lim is
x 2a
x2  4a2
1 1 a
(a) (b) (c) (d) 2 a
a 2 a 2
  x3  4x 1  x  2x 2  
1

5. The value of lim  3      is

x 2  x  8
   x 2 x  2  
 
(a) ½ (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) none of these
2 n
x  x  .......  x  n
6. The value of lim is
x 1 x 1
n 1 n(n  1) n(n  1)
(a) n (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2
 x 1
3

7. If lim  2  (ax  b)   2 , then
x  x  1
 
(a) a = 1, b = 1 (b) a = 1, b = 2 (c) a = 1, b = -2 (d) none of these
x 2  1  3 x3  1
8. lim equals.
x  4
x4  1  5 x4  1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) none of these
x
e  cos x
9. lim is equal to
x 0 x2
(a) 3/2 (b) 1/2 (c) 2/3 (d) none of these
10. 
lim 3x  9x2  x equals
x 

(a) 1/3 (b) 1/6 (c) -1/6 (d) -1/3
2
[1 x]  [22 x]  [32 x]  .......  [n2x]
11. If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then, lim equals.
n  n3
(a) x/2 (b) x/3 (c) x/6 (d) 0
[x]  [2x]  [3x]  .......  [nx]
12. If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then lim
n  n2
(a) x/2 (b) x/3 (c) x (d) 0
2x  23 x  6
13. The value of lim is
21  21 x
x 2

(a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 2

1  cos3 x
14. The value of lim is
x 0 x sin x cos x
 (a) 2/5 (b) 3/5 (c) 3/2 (d) ¾
1  cos2(x  1)
15. lim
x 1 x 1
(a) exists and it equals 2 (b) exists and it equals  2
(c) does not exist because (x  1)  0 (d) does not exist because left hand limit is not equal to right hand limit.
16. The value of lim tan2 x
x /2
 2sin2 x  3sin x  4  sin2 x  6sin x  2 is equal to 
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 11 12 8
1  cos(1  cos x))
17. The value of lim is
x 0 x4
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
8 2 4
cos(sin x)  cos x
18. The value of lim is equal to
x 0 x4
(a) 1/5 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/2
x
tan 2
19. The value of lim  2  x  is equal to
x 1

(a) e2/ (b) e1/ (c) e2/ (d) e1/

x 3
 3x  4  3
20. The value of lim   is
x   3x  2 

(a) e2/3 (b) e1/3 (c) e2 (d) e1

x
 x2  2x  1 
21. The value of lim  2  is
x  x  4x  2
 
(a) e2 (b) e2 (c) e6 (d) none of these
cosecx
 1  tan x 
22. The value of lim   is
x 0  1  sin x 

(a) 1 (b) e (c) e– 1 (d) none of these

1/x2
 1  5x2 
23. The value of lim   is
x 0 1  3x 2
 
(a) e2 (b) e (c) e– 1 (d) none of these
  x 1   x 
24. The value of lim x  tan 1    tan 1    is
x 
  x 2  x  2 
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 1/2 (d) –1 / 2
x2

 cos t dt
2

0
25. the value of lim is
x 0 x sin x
(a) 3/2 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) none of these
In(1  2h)  2In(1  h)
26. The value of lim is
h 0 h2
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these
m
 x
27. The value of lim  cos  is
m   m
(a) 1 (b) e (c) e1 (d) none of these
 The value of lim  log5 5x 
log x 5
28. is
x 1
(a) 1 (b) e (c) – 1 (d) none of these
The value of lim  log2 2x 
log x 5
29. is
x 1
log2 5 log5 2
(a) 5/2 (b) e (c) log5 / log2 (d) e
sin x n
30. lim (m  n) is equal to
x 0 sin x m'

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) n/m (d) none of these

n n 1/n
31. If 0<x<y, then lim(y  x ) is equal to
n 
(a) e (b) x (c) y (d) none of these
2 2 2 2
32. The value of lim a x  ax  1  a x  1 is
x 

1
(a) (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) none of these
2
1
(1  cos2x)
33. The value of lim 2 is
x 0 x
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these
 x 
34. The value of lim(1  x)tan   is
x 1  2 
 2
(a) (b)   2 (c) (d) none of these
2 
x(5x  1)
35. The value of lim is
x 0 1  cos x

1 1
(a) 5 log2 (b) 2 log 5 (c) log5 (d) log2
2 5
sin(ex 2  1)
36. If f(x)  , then lim f(x) is given by
log(x  1)
(a) – 2 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) 1
 2 1 
 x sin  x   x 
37. The value of lim     is
x   1 | x| 
 
 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) none of these
x
 x2  5x  3 
38. If f(x)   2  then xlim f(x) is equal to
 x  x 2  

(a) e4 (b) e3 (c) e2 (d) 24

 b
39. The value of lim a x sin  x  is (a>1)
x  a 
(a) b log a (b) a log b (c) b (d) none of these
|x|
40. The value of lim is
x 0 x

(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these

 x 
3
 sin x  x  
41. The value of lim  6  is
x 0  x5 
 
 
 (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1/60 (d) 1/120
1/x
e 1
42. The value of lim , x  0 is
x 0 e1/x  1

(a) 0 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) none of these

1/x
43. The value of lim x equals
x 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) e (d) e –1
1  sin x  cos x  log(1  x)
44. The value of lim is
x 0 x3
1 1
(a) (b)  (c) 0 (d) none of these
2 2
x2n  1
45. Let f(x) f(x)  lim 2n , then
n  x 1
(a) f(x) = 1, for |x| > 1 (b) f(x) = -1 for |x|<1
(c) f(x) is not defined for any value of x (d) f(x) = 1 for |x| = 1
x
 2
46. lim  1   equals
x   x
1
(a) e (b)  (c) e2 (d)
e
x cos x  log(1  x)
47. lim equals
x 0 x2
1
(a) (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) none of these
2
a x  xa
48. If lim x a  1 , then the value of a is
x a x  a

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

x  sin x
49. If f(x)  , then lim f(x) is
x  cos2 x x 

(a) 0 (b)  (c) 1 (d) none of these

50. lim
1  cos2x  sin5x equals
x 0 x2 sin3x
(a) 10/3 (b) 3/10 (c) 6/5 (d) 5/6
x 3
 x 2
lim 
x  1 
51. is equal to
x  

(a) 1 (b) e (c) e2 (d) e3

 sin[x]
 , [x]  0
52. If f(x)   [x] where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then lim f(x) equals
x 0
0, [x]  0

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) none of these
x 3
 x 3
53. The value of lim   is
x   x  1 

(a) e (b) e2 (c) e4 (d) none of these

sin x
54. The value of lim is
x  x

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) none of these

x4
 x 6 
55. The value of lim   is
x   x  1 

(a) e (b) e2 (c) e4 (d) e5

 sin 4x
56. lim is
x 0 1  1x
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) none of these
G(x)  G(1)
57. If G(x)   25  x 2 then lim has the value
x 1 x 1
1 1
(a) (b) (c)  24 (d) none of these
24 5
sin x
58. lim is equal to
x 0 x
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c)  (d) none of these
2
 1 2 3 n 
59. lim     ...............   is equal to
n   1  n2 2
1n 1n 2
1  n2 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1/2 (d) none of these
1  log x  x
60. lim equals
x 1 1  2x  x 2

(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these

tan x  x
61. lim 2 equals
x 0 x tan x

(a) 1 (b) 1/2 (c) 1/3 (d) none of these

 x 1 2

62. The values of constants a and b so that lim   ax  b   0 is
x  x  1
 
(a) a = 0, b = 0 (b) a = 1, b = - 1 (c) a = - 1, b = 1 (d) a = 2, b = -1
1
  cos x
63. lim is given by
x 1 x 1
1 1
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d) 0
 2
 
64. lim  x  x  x  x  is equal to
x   
(a) 0 (b) 1/2 (c) log 2 (d) e4
65. If x is a real number in [0,1], then the value of lim lim 1  cos2m (n! x) is given by
m  n 
(a) 2 or 1 according as x is rational or irrational (b) 1 or 2 according as x is rational or irrational
(c) 1 for all x (d) 2 or 1 for all
x 1
sin(e  1)
66. lim is equal to
x 1 log x
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) e (d) none of these
x
 x 1 
67. The value of lim   is
x   x  1 

(a) 0 (b) e–1 (c) e –2 (d) e –3

1 f(x)  f(3)
68. Let f(x)  . The value of lim is
18  x 2 x 3 x 3
1 1 1
(a) 0 (b)  (c)  (d)
9 3 9
2 x 3 2(2x  1)
69. If f(x)  , g(x)  and h(x)   2 , then lim[f(x)  g(x)  h(x)] is
x 3 x4 x  x  12 x 3

2
(a) – 2 (b) – 1 (c)  (d) 0
7
 a x  bx
70. The value of lim is
x 0 x2
a b
(a) log   (b) log   (c) log(ab) (d) none of these
b a
ex  (1  x)
71. The value of lim is
x 0 x2
(a) 0 (b) 1/2 (c) 2 (d) e
1
sec x
72. The function f(x)  where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal or equal to x is defined for
x  [x]
all x belonging to
(a) R (b) R  {(1,1)  {n|n Z}} (c) R   (0,1) (d) R   {n|n Z}
x

 t dt
0
73. The value of lim is equal to
x 0 x tan(x  )
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1/2 (d) none of these
x
 x2  6 
74. The value of lim  2  is given by
x  x  6
 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) none of these
75. If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then the value of lim{1  x  [x  1]  [1  x]} is
x 1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) none of these
1  cos(ax2  bx  c)
76. Let  and  be the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then lim is equal to
x  (x   )2
1 a2 a2
(a) 0 (b) (  )2 (c) ( )2 (d)  (  )2
2 2 2
 1
xsin   , x0
77. If f(x)   x . Then, lim f(x)
x 0
0, x0

(a) is equal to 1 (b) is equal to – 1 (c) is equal to 0 (d) does not exits
| x  |
78. The value of lim
x  sin x

(a) is equal to – 1 (b) is equal to 1 (c) is equal to  (d) does not exits

79. The value of lim

4
1 x  1 x  2
 is equal to
2
x  x
(a) 0 (b) – 1 (c) 2 (d) none of these
x ,
2
x  Z (the set of integers)

80.


Let f(x)   k x2  4
,
 x Z
. Then lim f(x)
x 2

 2 x
(a) exits only when k = 1 (b) exists for every real k
(c) exists for every real k except k = 1 (d) does not exits
1 2 x  3
81. The value of lim is
x 2 x 2
1 1
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d) none of these
8 3 4 3
 x2  1, x  0,2
sin x, x  n,n  Z 
82. If f(x)   and g(x)  4, x  0 then, lim g(f(x)) is
2, otherwise 5,
x 0

 x 2
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 1
n
S S
83. If Sn   a k and lim a n  a then lim  n 1 n is equal to
n  n  n
k
k 1

k 1

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

4  3a n
84. If a1 = 1 and a n 1  ,n  1 , and if lim a n  a , then the value of a is
3  2a n n 

(a) 2 (b)  2 (c) 2 (d) none of these

85. If x1=3 and x n 1  2  x n ,n  1 , then lim x n is equal to
n 

(a) – 1 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3

2
1  cos x
86. The value of lim is
x 0 1  cos x
1
(a) (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) none of these
2
     
87. The value of lim x cos   sin   is
x   4x   4x 
 
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d) none of these
2 4
x x x  x 
88. The value of lim cos   cos   cos   ..........cos  n  is
n  2 4 8 2 
sin x x
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) none of these
x sin x
log x  1
89. The value of lim is
x e x e
(a) e (b) 1 (c) e –1 (d) none of these
2sin x  sin2x
90. If f(x) is the integral function of the function , x  0 then lim f '(x) is equal to
x3 x 0

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) none of these

m n
91. The value of lim x (log x) ,m,n ε N
x 0
(a) 0 (b) m/n (c) mn (d) none of these
log x
92. The value of lim ,n  0 is
x  xn
1 1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d)
n n!
log(x  a)
93. The value of lim is
x a log(e x  ea )

(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these

 x 
94. The value of lim(1  x)tan   is
x 1  2 
 2
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d) 0
2 
 (1  x)1/x  e
95. The value of lim is
x 0 x
e e 2
(a) 1 (b) (c)  (d)
2 2 e
1
(1  x)1/x  e  ex
96. The value of lim 2 is
x 0 x2
11e 11e e
(a) (b)  (c) (d) none of these
24 24 24
a1  a2  ..............a n
97. Let <an> be a sequence such that lim a n  0 . Then lim is
n  n  n
k
k 1

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 2

98. Let <an> be a sequence such that a1 = 1 and an1  cosan ,n  1 . If a  lim a n , then a belongs to the interval
n 

        4 
(a)  0,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d)  , 
 6 6 3 3 2 2 3 
g(x)f(a)  g(a)f(x)
99. If f(a) = 2, f’(a) = 1, g(a) = - 1, g’(a) = 2, then the value of lim 
x a x a
(a) – 5 (b) 1/5 (c) 5 (d) none of these
f(x)  3
100. If f(9) = 9, f’(9) = 4, then lim  equals
x 9 x 3
(a) 4 (b) 0 (c) c (d) 9
x  ai
101. If A i  ,i  1,2.......,n and if a1  a2  a3  .......  an . Then lim  (A1 , A2 .........A n ),1  m  n
| x  ai | x a m

(a) is equal to (-1)m (b) is equal to (-1)m+1

(c) is equal to (-1)m – 1 (d) does not exist
xn
102. lim   0 , (n integer), for
x  ex
(a) no value of n (b) all values of n
(c) only negative values of n (d) only positive values of n
x
103. lim  is equal to
x 0 tan 1 2x
(a) 0 (b)1/2 (c) 1 (d) 
1/x
  
104. lim tan   x   is
x 0
 4 
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) e2 (d) e
x, x 0

105. If f(x) = 1, x  0, then, lim f(x) is
x 0
 2
x , x  0
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) does not exits
x  sin x
106. lim 
x  x  cos x
(a) 0 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these
c  dx
 1 
If a,b,c,d are positive, then lim  1  
a  bx 
107.
x  

(a) ed/b (b) ec/a (c) e(cd)/(a b) (d) 

  2x2  4f '(x) 
108. If f ’(2) = 2, f ”(2) = 1, then lim   is
x 2
 x 2 
(a) 4 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 
 etan x  ex 
109. lim 
x 0 tan x  x

 
(a) 1 (b) e (c) e – 1 (d) 0
110. 
The value of lim x  (x  [x]) is
x 2
2

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
1/x
111. The value of lim(cos x  a sin bx) is
x 0
(a) 1 (b) ab (c) eab (d) eb/a
2
1/x
 ex  e x  2 
112. lim   is equal to
x 0
 x2 
1/2
(a) e (b) e1/4 (c) e1/b (d) e1/12
1/x
 
113. The value of lim   tan 1 x  is
x   2 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) e
1
 sin x  x a
114. The value of lim   is
x a  sina 

(a) esin a (b) etan a (c) ecot a (d) 1

3x 2
 x2  2x  3  3x 2
115. The value of lim  2  is
x  2x  x  5
 
(a) e1/2 (b) e3/2 (c) e3 (d) none of these
nx
 a1/x  a1/x 1/x
2  ......  a n

116. The value of lim  1  is
x 
 n 
a1  a2  ...........a n
(a) a1  a2  ...........an (b) ea1 a2 ...........an (c) (d) a1a2 ...........an
n
sin x
 sin x  x sin x
117. The value of lim   is
x 0  x 

(a) e –1 (b) e (c) 1 (d) none of these

1cos(x 1)
 x3  2x2  x  1   x 12
118. The value of lim  2  is
x 1
 x  2x  3 
(a) e (b) e1/2 (c) 1 (d) none of these
sin x
119. The value of lim
x 0
x2
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0
(d) none of these
3
f(x) 4t
120. Let f :R  R be a differentiable function such that f(2)  2 . Then the value of lim  dt is
x 2 2 x 2
(a) 6 f ’ (2) (b) 12 f ’ (2) (c) 32 f ’ (2) (d) none of these
2f(x)  3f(2x)  f(4x)
121. Let f ” (x) be continuous at x=0 and f ” (0) = 4. Then lim is equal to
x 0 x2
(a) 11 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) none of these
f(x) 2t
122. Suppose f :R  R is a differentiable function and f(1) = 4. Then the value of lim  dt is
x 1 4 (x  1)
 (a) 8 f ’ (1) (b) 14 f ’ (1) (c) 2 f ’ (1) (d) f ’ (1)
x(1  a cos x)  bsin x
123. lim  1 are
x 0 x3
5 3 5 3 5 3
(a) , (b) ,  (c)  ,  (d) none of these
2 2 2 2 2 2
f(x)
124. If lim exits, then
x a g(x)

(a) both lim f(x) and lim g(x) must exits (b) lim f(x) need not exits but lim g(x) exits
x a x a x a x a

(c) neither lim f(x) nor lim g(x) may exist (d) lim f(x) exits but lim g(x) need not exits
x a x a x a x a

xf(2)  2f(x)
125. Let f(2) = 4 and f ’(2) =4. Then lim is given by
x 2 x 2
(a) 2 (b) – 2 (c) – 4 (d) 3
126.
x 0 x y
1 a sin2 t a

xy
2


lim  e dt   esin t dt is equal to (where a is a constant.)
2 2
(a) esin y
(b) sin 2y esin y
(c) 0 (d) none of these
2x
0
x2
xe dx
127. lim 2
equals
x  e4x
1
(a) 0 (b)  (c) 2 (d)
2
3x  | x|
128. lim is
x 0 7x  5| x|

(a) 2 (b) 1/6 (c) 0 (d) does not exits

2
|ax  bx  c|
129. Let  and  be the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, where 1 <  <  . If lim  1 , then
x max2  bx  c
|a|
(a) a < 0 and  < m <  (b) a > 0 and m > 1 (c) a > 0 and m < 1 (d)  1 and m  
a
n
log(r  n)  log n  1 1
130. Given that lim   2  log2   , lim k [(n  1)k (n  2)k ..........(n  n)k ]1/n is
n 
r 1 n  2  n  n
k k
4k k
4 4 e
(a) (b) (c)   (d)  
e e e 4
1/x
 1x  2x  3x  ..........n x 
131. lim   is equal to
x 0
 n 
(a) (n!)n (b) (n!)1/n (c) n! (d) In (n!)
x  1, x  0,2 2

sin x, x  n,n  Z 
132. If f(x)   g(x)  4, x  0, then lim g(f(x)) is
2, otherwise 5,
x 0

 x2
(a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
x tan2x  2x tan x
133. lim is
x 0 (1  cos2x)2
(a) 2 (b) – 2 (c) 1/2 (d) –1/2