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CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY

IPMORTANT QUESTIONS
Class 12 - Mathematics

1. If y = tan-1 (sec x + tan x) then

dy
= ? [1]
dx

a) None of these b) 1

c) 1 d)
−1

2. If y = sin-1 {
√1+x +√1−x
} then
dy
= ? [1]
2 dx

a) b) None of these
1

2
2√1−x

−1
c) 1

2
d)
2(1+x ) 2√1−x
2

⎧
√1+px −√1−px
−1 ≤ x < 0
[1]
3. f(x) = ⎨
x
is continuous in the interval [-1, 1], then p is equal to
⎩ 2x+1
,0 ≤ x ≤ 1
x−2

a) 1 b) 1

c) -1/2 d) -1

4. If y = sec-1 ( 1
) then
dy
= ? [1]
2
2x −1 dx

−2 −2
a) 2
b)
(1−x ) √1−x2

−2
c) (1+x )
2
d) None of these

If y = tan-1 ( [1]
2
1+x dy
5. 2
) then dx
= ?
1−x

a) b) None of these
−2x

4
(1+x )

c) 2x

4
d) x

4
(1+x ) (1+x )

6. Derivative of sin3x w.r.t cos3x is [1]

a) cot x b) – tan x

c) tan3x d) tan x

[1]
dy
7. If y = e
1/x
then dx
= ?
1/x

a) −e
b) 1/x
e log x
2
x

c) 1

x
⋅e
(1/x−1)
d) None of these
−−−−−
8. If 2
y = x√1 − x + sin
−1
x, then
dy
is equal to [1]
dx

−−−−−
a) 1

2
b) √1 − x2
√1−x

−−−−−
c) 2√1 − x 2
d) None of these
[1]
x +∞ dy
9. If y = x
x
then dx
= ?

a) None of these b)

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x(1−log x)

2 2

c) y
d) y

x(1−y log x) x(1−log x)

dy
10. If x = a sec θ , y = b tan θ then =? [1]
dx

a) b

a
sec θ b) None of these

c) b

a
cosecθ d) b

a
cot θ

2
⎧
⎪
⎪
x a , 0 ≤ x < 1 [1]
–
11. The function f(x) = ⎨ a , 1 ≤ x < √2 is continuous for 0 ≤ x < ∞, then the most suitable
⎪
⎩
2
2b −4b –
⎪
, √2 ≤ x < ∞
2
x

values of a and b are

a) a = -1, b = 1 b) a = -1, b = 1+

c) a = - 1, b = -1 d) none of these
−−− −− −− dy
12. If y = √sin x + y then is equal to [1]
dx

a) cos x

2y−1
b) sin x

1−2y

c) d)
cos x sin x

1−2y 2y−1

2
sin ax
, when x ≠ 0 [1]
13. If the function f(x) = { x
2
is continuous at x = 0 then k = ?
k, when x = 0

a) -4 b) a

c) -2 d) a2
2

⎧
⎪
⎪
1−sin x
, x <
π
[1]
⎪ 3 cos
2
x 2
⎪
π
14. If f(x) = ⎨ a , x =
2
Then, f(x) is continuous at x = π

2
, if
⎪
⎪ b(1−sin x)
⎪
⎩
π
⎪ , x >
2
2
(π−2x)

a) a = 1

3
, b=2 b) none of these

c) a = 2

3
,b =
8

3
d) a =
1

3
,b =
8

15. If y = cos-1 (4x3 - 3x) then

dy
= ? [1]
dx

a) −3
b) −4

2
√1−x2 (3x −1)

c) 4
d) 3

√1−x2 √1−x2

16. If xy = yx then
dy
= ? [1]
dx

a) y(y−x log y)
b) y(y+x log y)

x(x−y log x) x(x+y log x)

c) d) none of these
(y−x log y)

(x−y log x)

17. If y = sec-1 (
2
x +1
) then
dy
= ? [1]
2
x −1 dx

a) −1

(1+x )
2
b) None of these

c) d)
2 −2

2 2
(1+x ) (1+x )

−1

18. If the function f(x) =

2x−sin

−1
x
is continuous at each point of its domain, then the value of f(0) is [1]
2x+tan x

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3
b) 2

c) 2 d) −
1

⎧ (1 + ax)
⎪
⎪
1/x
,x < 0 [1]
⎪
b ,x = 0
19. The values of the constants a, b and c for which the function f(x) = ⎨ may be
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⎪ (x+c ) −1
⎪
⎩
⎪ ,x > 0
1/2
(x+1) −1

continuous at x = 0, are

a) a = log (
e
2
), b =
2
, c = −1 b) none of these
3 3

c) a = log (
e
2
), b = −
2
,c = 1 d) a = log (
e
2
), b =
2
,c = 1
3 3 3 3

20. If xy = ex-y, then

dy
is [1]
dx

1−log x
a) b) 1+x

1+log x 1+log x

log x
c) 2
d) not defined
(1+log x)

21. If x = a cos2 θ , y = b sin2 θ then

dy
= ? [1]
dx

a) a
cot θ b) None of these
b

c) d)
−a −b

b a

22. The function f(x) = e–|x| is [1]

a) continuous everywhere but not b) continuous and differentiable everywhere

differentiable at x = 0

c) none of these d) not continuous at x = 0

−−−−−
23. If y = tan-1 √
1−cos x
then
dy
= ? [1]
1+cos x dx

a) 1

2
b) None of these

c) d)
−1 1

2
2 (1+x )

24. The function f(x) = |cos x| is [1]

a) everywhere continuous but not b) everywhere continuous and differentiable

differentiable at (2n + 1) ,n∈Z
π

c) neither continuous nor differentiable at (2n d) none of these

+ 1) ,n∈Z
π

25. If y1/n + y-1/n = 2x, then (x2 - 1) y2 + xy1 = [1]

a) 0 b) none of these

c) n2y d) -n2y
sin x
+ cos x, if x ≠ 0 [1]
26. The function f(x) = {
x
is continuous at x = 0, then the value of k is
k , if x = 0

a) 1 b) 3

c) 1.5 d) 2

27. If y = aemx + be-mx, then y2 is equal to [1]

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c) m2y d) None of these

28. Derivative of log|x| w.r.t. |x| is [1]

a) None of these b) 1

c) ± 1

x
d) 1

|x|

29. The function f(x) = sin–1(cos x) is [1]

a) None of these b) differentiable at x = 0

c) discontinuous at x = 0 d) continuous at x = 0

30. It y = tan-1 (
√a+√x
) then
dy
= ? [1]
1−√ax dx

a) 2
b) 1

√x(1+x) (1+x)

c) 1
d) 1

2√x(1+x) √x(1+x)

−−−−−−−−
2
[1]
cos3θ , sin3θ ,
dy
31. If x = a y=a then √1 + (
dx
) =

a) sec θ b) tan2θ

c) sec2θ d) |sec θ |
π
mx + 1, if x ≤ [1]
32. If f(x) = {
2

π
is continuous at x = π

2
then
sin x + n, if x >
2

a) m = n =
π
b) n =
mπ

2 2

c) m = 1, n = 0 d) m =
nπ

2
+ 1

33. The function f(x) = [x], where [x] denotes the greatest integer function, is continuous at [1]

a) -2 b) 1.5

c) 1 d) 4

34. Let f(x) = |x| and g(x) = |x3|, then [1]

a) f(x) and g(x) both are differentiable at x = 0 b) f(x) is differentiable but g(x) is not
differentiable at x = 0

c) f(x) and g(x) both are continuous at x = 0 d) f(x) and g(x) both are not differentiable at x
=0

35. If y = xn-1 log x then x2 y2 + (3 - 2n) xy1 is equal to [1]

a) -(n - 1)2 y b) (n - 1)2 y

c) -n2y d) n2y

36. If y = etanx, then (cos2 x) y2 = [1]

a) (1 + sin 2x) y1 b) none of these

c) (1 - sin 2x) y1 d) -(1 + sin 2x) y1

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37. d
{tan
−1
(
cos x
)} equal [1]
dx 1+sin x

a) -1 b) 1

c) -1/2 d) 1/2

38. If f (x) = x tan-1 x then f ‘ (1 ) is equal to [1]

a) None of these b) 1

2
−
π

c) d)
π 1 π 1
− +
4 2 4 2

[1]
2 2
log (e/x ) 3+2 log x d y
39. If y = tan
−1
{
e

2
} + tan
−1
(
e
) , then 2
=
log e (ex ) 1−6 log e x dx

a) 1 b) 0

c) -1 d) 2

40. If y = cot-1 (
1−x
) then
dy
= ? [1]
1+x dx

a) b)
1 −1

2 2
(1+x ) (1+x )

c) None of these d) 1

3/2
2
(1+x )

[1]
|x+2|
, x ≠ −2
41. If f(x) = { tan
−1
(x+2)
then f(x) is
2 , x = −2

a) continuous but derivable at x = –2 b) differentiable at x = –2

c) continuous at x = –2 d) not continuous at x = –2

2

[1]
dy
42. If y = then is equal to
1−x
log( )
2
1+x dx

3 3

a) 4x

4
b) −4x

4
1−x 1−x

−4x
c) 1

4
d) 4
4−x 1−x

dy
43. If x sin (a + y) = sin y, then is equal to [1]
dx

a) sin a
b) sin (a+y)

sin(a+y) sin a

sin(a+y)
c) d)
sin a

2
sin (a+y) sin a

sin(π[x−π])
44. The function f(x) =
2
,where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, is [1]
4+[x]

a) differentiable for all x but not continuous at b) none of these

some x.

c) continuous for all x but not differentiable at d) continuous as well as differentiable for all x
some x ∈ R
45. If f(x) = x
2
sin
x
1
where x ≠ 0 then the value of the function f at x = 0, so that the function is continuous at x = [1]
0, is

a) -1 b) 1

c) 0 d) None of these
⎧
1 − cos 4x
,x ≠ 0
[1]
46. If the function f(x) = ⎨ 8x
2 is continuous x = 0 then k = ?
⎩
k, x = 0

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2
b) 1

c) 2 d) 1
−−−−−−−−− −
−−−−−
47. If f(x) = √1 − √1 − x
2
, then f(x) is [1]

a) none of these b) continuous on [–1, 1] and differentiable on

(–1, 1)

c) continuous on [–1, 1] and differentiable on d) continuous and differentiable on [–1, 1]

(–1, 0) ∪ (0, 1)
48. f(x) = |loge |x||, then [1]

a) f(x) is continuous and differentiable for all x b) f(x) is continuous for all x in its domain but
in its domain not differentiable at x = ± 1

c) none of these d) f(x) is neither continuous nor differentiable

at x = ± 1
[1]
1/x
e ,x < 0
49. Let f(x) = { , then Lt f(x)
x, x ⩾ 0 x→0

a) does not exist b) is equal to 0

c) is equal to non – zero real number d) None of these

50. where [1]
d −1 1
( cos x) = −
dx √1−x2

a) −1 ⩽ x ⩽ 1 b) -1 < x < 1

c) −1 ⩽ x < 1 d) −1 < x ⩽ 1

√1+x2 +x dy [1]
51. If y = log ( 2
) then dx
= ?
√1+x −x

a) b)
−2 2√1+x
2

√1+x2 2
x

c) none of these d) 2

√1+x2

5x − 4 ,0 < x ≤ 1 [1]
52. Find the value of b for which the function f(x) = {
2
is continuous at every point of
4x + 3bx ,1 < x < 2

its domain, is

a) b) -1
13

c) 1 d) 0
53. If y = , then (2xy1 + y) y3 = [1]
ax+b

2
x +c

a) 3 (xy1 + y2) y2 b) 3 (xy2 + y1) y2

c) none of these d) 3 (xy2 + y1) y1

2 2 2

54. If f(x) = x
2
+
x

2
+
x

2
+ …+
x

2
n
+ … then at x = 0, f(x)ṁ [1]
1+x (1+x )
2
(1+x )

a) has no limit b) in continuous but not differentiable

c) is discontinuous d) is differentiable
55. If f(x) = |3 – x| + (3 + x), where (x) denotes the least integer [1]

a) neither differentiable nor continuous at x = 3 b) continuous but not differentiable at x = 3

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56. If y = (tan x)cot x then

dy
= ? [1]
dx

a) -(tan x)cot x . cosec2 x b) (tan x)cot x . cosec2 x (1 - log tan x)

c) cot x . (tan x)cot x - 1 . sec2 x d) None of these

57. If y = sin-1 (3x - 4x3) then

dy
= ? [1]
dx

a) b)
3 −4

√1−x2 √1−x2

c) None of these d)
3

√1+x2

dy
58. If x = a(cos θ + θ sin θ) and y = a(sin θ − θ cos θ) = ? [1]
dx

a) a cot θ b) cot θ

c) tan θ d) a tan θ

59. If y = tan-1 {
√1+x2 −1

} then
dy
= ? [1]
x dx

a) b)
2 1

2 2
(1+x ) (1+x )

c) 1

2
d) None of these
2(1+x )

60. Let f(x) = (x + |x|) |x|. Then, for all x [1]

a) f is differentiable for some x b) f’’ is continuous

c) f’ is continuous d) f is continuous
dy
61. If y = x
√x
then = ? [1]
dx

−
a) None of these b) √x ⋅ x
(√x−1)

√x

c) x d)
2+log x x log x
√x
{ }
2√x 2√x

62. d

dx
( tan
−1
(cot x)) is equal to [1]

a) None of these b) – 1

c) sin2x d) -cosec2x

⎧ 3x + 4 tan x
, when x ≠ 0
[1]
63. The value of k for which f(x) = ⎨ 2 is continuous at x = 0, is
⎩
k, when x = 0

a) 3 b) 7

c) None of these d) 4
2

64. If x = a cos nt - b sin nt, then d x

2
is [1]
dt

a) -n2x b) n2x

c) -nx d) nx
2

65. If x = at2 ,y = 2 a t, then

d y
= [1]
2
dx

a) None of these b) 0

c) d)
1 1
−
2 3
t 2a t

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66. If y = xx then
dy
= ? [1]
dx

a) x(1 + log x) b) None of these

c) xx (1 + log x) d) xx log x
x

67. Lt (1 +
3
) is equal to [1]
x
x→∞

a) 3 e b) None of these

c) e3 d) 1/3
e

If y = cos-1 ( [1]
2
dy
68. then ?
x −1
) =
2
x +1 dx

a) None of these b)
−2

2
(1+x )

c) d)
2 2x

2 2
(1+x ) (1+x )

k cos x π
, when x ≠ [1]
69. If the function f(x) = be continuous at x = , then the value of k is
(π−2x) 2 π
{
π 2
3, when x =
2

a) 6 b) 3

c) -3 d) -5

70. If ex + y = xy then
dy
= ? [1]
dx

a) b) none of these
(x−xy)

(xy−y)

c) d)
y(1−x) x(1−y)

x(y−1) y(x−1)

71. If y = 2x then
dy
= ? [1]
dx

a) 2x (log 2) b) None of these

x

c) 2
d) x(2x-1)
(log 2)

72. If f(x) when x ≠ and f ( then f(x) will be continuous function at x = where λ = [1]
1−sin x π π π
= , ) = λ, ,
2 2 2 2
(π−2x)

a) 1/4 b) none of these

c) 1/2 d) 1/8
−−−− dy
73. If y = log √tan x , then the value of at x =
π
is given by [1]
dx 4

a) 0 b) ∞

c) d) 1
1

[1]
sin(cos x)−cos x π
⎧
,x ≠
2

74. If f(x) is continuous at x = , then k is equal to

2 π
(π−2x)
= ⎨
2
⎩ π
k ,x =
2

a) 1 b) -1

c) 0 d) 1

75. If y = ax2 + bx + c, then y 3

d y
is [1]
2
dx

a) a constant b) a function of x only

c) a function of y only d) a function of x and y

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