Rapid Revision Sheet (Limits)

By Pankaj Baluja

1. In the following, fill in the blanks so that the resulting sentences becomes true.
(a) lim(sin x  1  sin x )  ____
x 

(b) lim x x  ____

x 0

2. In each of the following, multiple options are given. Select the correct option(s).
ax  x a
(a) If lim  1 then a is
x  a x x  aa

(A) e (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) None of these

(b) lim log(n 1) n  logn (n  1)  log(n 1) (n  2) log(n5 1) n5 equals
n 

1
(A) (B) 5
5
(C) 1 (D) None of these

n 1
3. If x  1, prove that lim(1  x)(1  x 2 )(1  x 4 ) (1  x 2 )  .
n  1 x
f(x)  f(0.4)
4. Find lim
x  0.4 g(x)  g(0.4)
3x  x 3 1 1  x
2
where f(x)  tan1 and g(x)  sin .
1  3x 2 1  x2

5. Evaluate lim(n Cr pr qn r ) if np  m,p  q  1 and m, r are constants.

n 

6. Evaluate lim log x 2 1 ( x 2  1  x)

x 
x 1

7. Evaluate lim(1  sin x)cot x

x 1

 x2  1 
8. Find the constant a and b if lim   ax  b   0.
x 
 x 1 
x 2  sin y
9. Find lim when (x, y)  (0,0) along the curve y  x 2 .
x 0
y 0
y 2  sin x 2

Answers
1. (a) 0 (b) 1 2. (a) C (b) B
3 e m  mr
4. 5.
2 r!

6. –1 7. e 1
8. a  1,b  1 9. 2

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