TOTAL QUESTIONS: 50 CONTINUITY TEST MARKS :100

1. If f (x )=|x−2| , then [Roorkee 1984]

lim f (x )≠0
(a) x → 2+

lim f ( x )≠0
(b) x → 2−
lim f (x )≠ lim f ( x )
(c) x → 2+ x →2−

(d) f (x ) is continuous at x=2

2. If the function
f (x)=¿ { kcosx
π−2x
π
,when x≠ ¿ ¿¿¿
2 be continuous at x=
π
2 , then k =
(a) 3 (b) 6
(c) 12 (d) None of these
log(1+ax )−log(1−bx )
f (x )=
3. The function is not defined at x=0 . The value which
x
should be assigned to f at x =0 so that it is continuos at x=0 , is [IIT 1983; MP
PET 1995;
Karnataka CET 1999; Kurukshetra CEE 2002; AMU 2002]
(a) a−b (b) a+b
(c) log a+log b (d) log a−log b

4. Let
f (x )=¿
{x 3+x 2−16 x+20
(x−2)2
,if x≠2 ¿ ¿¿¿
. If f (x ) be continuous for all x, then k =
[IIT 1981]
(a) 7 (b) –7
(c) ±7 (d) None of these

5. Let
f(x)=¿ { x 2
+k, when x≥0 ¿ ¿¿¿ . If the function f (x ) be continuous at x=0 , then k =
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) –2
1/ x
6. In order that the function f (x )=( x+1) is continuous at x=0 , f (0) must be defined
as [MNR 1989]
(a) f (0)=0 (b) f (0)=e
(c) f (0)=1/e (d) f (0)=1
7. If
f (x)=¿{x, when0<x<1/2¿{1, when x=1/2¿ ¿ , then
lim f ( x )=2
(a) x → 1/2+

lim f ( x )=2
(b) x → 1/ 2−
1
x=
(c) f (x ) is continuous at 2
1
x=
(d) f (x ) is discontinuous at 2

8.
fIf (x)=¿{(x2/a)−a,when x<a¿ { 0,when x=a,¿¿ ¿ then
lim f ( x )=a
(a) x →a
(b) f (x ) is continuous at x=a
(c) f (x ) is discontinuous at x=a
(d) None of these

9. If
f(x)=¿ { e 1/x
, when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿ , then
lim f ( x )=e
(a) x → 0+

lim f ( x )=0
(b) x → 0+
(c) f (x ) is discontinuous at x=0

(d) None of these

10. If
{
x 2−4 x+3
f (x)=¿ 2 , for x≠1 ¿ ¿¿¿
x −1 , then [IIT 1972]
lim f (x )=2
(a) x → 1+

lim f ( x )=3
(b) x → 1−
(c) f (x ) is discontinuous at x=1

(d) None of these

x +1
f ( x )= 2
11. The points at which the function x + x−12 is discontinuous, are
(a) –3, 4 (b) 3, –4
(c) –1,–3, 4 (d) –1, 3, 4
12. If
f (x )= {e x +ax ,
2
x<0
b( x−1 ) , x≥0
then[DSSE 1986]
lim f ( x )≠2 lim f ( x )=0
(a) x → 0+ (b) x → 0−
(c) f (x ) is continuous at x=0 (d)None of these

13. If
1
x {
f (x)=¿ x 2 sin , when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
, then
(a) f (0+0 )=1 (b) f (0−0 )=1
(c) f is continuous at x=0 (d) None of these
14. The value of k so that the function

{
f (x)=¿ k (2x−x2 ), when x<0 ¿ ¿¿¿ is continuous at x=0 , is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 4 (d) None of these

15. If
f (x )=¿ { x
e 1/x +1
, when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
, then
lim f ( x )=1 lim f ( x )=1
(a) x → 0+ (b) x → 0−
(c) f (x ) is continuous at x=0 (d)None of these

16. If
f (x)=¿ { ( 1+2x)1/x
, for x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿ , then
lim f ( x )=e
(a) x → 0+

2
lim f ( x )=e
(b) x → 0−

(c) f (x ) is discontinuous at x=0

(d) None of these

17. If
f(x)=¿ { 21/x
,for x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿ , then
lim f ( x )=0 lim f ( x )=∞
(a) x → 0+ (b) x → 0−
(c) f (x ) is continuous at x=0 (d) None of these

18. If
1
x {
f (x)=¿ sinx2 , x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
, then
 lim f ( x )≠0 lim f ( x )≠0
(a) x → 0+ (b) x → 0−
(c) f(x) is continuous at x=0 (d) None of these

19. If
1
{
f(x)=¿{ x−1, x<0¿ ,x=0¿ ¿¿¿
4 , then [Roorkee 1988]
lim f ( x )=1
(a) x → 0+

lim f ( x )=1
(b) x → 0−
(c) f (x ) is discontinuous at x=0
(d) None of these
20. Which of the following statements is true for graph f (x )=log x

(a) Graph shows that function is continuous

(b) Graph shows that function is discontinuous
(c) Graph finds for negative and positive values of x
(d) Graph is symmetric along x-axis

21. If function
f (x)=¿
x2−1
x−1 {
, when x≠1¿¿¿¿
is continuous at x=1 , then the value of k will be
(a) –1 (b) 2
(c) –3 (d) –2
x
f (x )=
22. At which points the function [x] , where [.] is greatest integer function, is
discontinuous
(a) Only positive integers
(b)All positive and negative integers and (0, 1)
(c) All rational numbers
(d) None of these

23. For the function

f (x)=¿
{
sin2 ax
x 2
, when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
which one is a true statement
f (x )
(a) is continuous at x=0
(b) f (x ) is discontinuous at x=0 , when a≠±1
lim(1−x+[ x−1]+[1−x])
(c) x→1
is continuous at x=a
 (d) None of these

24. If
f(x)=¿{ −x ,when x≤0¿{ 5x−4, when0<x≤1¿{4x −3x, when 1<x<2¿ ¿
2
, then
2
(a) f :R→R is continuous at x=0
(b) f (x ) is continuous x=2
(c) f (x ) is discontinuous at x=1
(d) None of these

25. If
f (x)=¿ { sin −1
|x|,when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿ then
lim f ( x )≠0
(a) x → 0+

lim f ( x )≠0
(b) x → 0−
(c) f (x ) is continuous at x=0
(d) None of these

26. If
f (x)=¿ {
sin2x
5x
,when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
is continuous at x=0 , then the value of k will be
[AI CBSE 1991]
2
(a) 1 (b) 5
2
−
(c) 5 (d) None of these

27. If
f (x)=¿ { 1 +x 2
, when 0≤x≤1 ¿ ¿¿¿ , then
lim f ( x )≠0
(a) x → 1+

lim f ( x )≠2
(b) x → 1−

(c) f (x ) is discontinuous at x=1

(d) None of these

28. If
f (x)=¿
x 2−1
x+1 {
, when x≠−1¿¿¿¿
,then
lim f (x )=−2
(a) x →(−1) −
 lim f (x )=−2
(b) x →(−1) +

(c) f (x ) is continuous at x=−1

(d)All the above are correct

29. If
{5
f(x )=¿ −x,when x<2 ¿ { 1 ,when x=2¿¿¿¿
2 , then
(a) f (x ) is continuous at x=2
(b) f (x ) is discontinuous at x=2
lim f ( x )=1
(c) x →2
(d) None of these
30. If f (x )=|x−b|, then function [AI CBSE 1984]
(a) Is continuous at x=1 (b) Is continuous at x=b

(c) Is discontinuous at x=b (d) None of these