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Advanced Level Problem Solving-2323

JEE 2023 | Mathematics
Syllabus: Continuity & Differentiability
*Mark questions are more than one options correct type

 ln(1  2 x) 1
 ,  x0
 x 2
 2cos x, x0

*1. Let f ( x)   e2 x  1 then: []
 , 0  x 1
 x
 e2  1, x 1


(A) f ( x) is continuous at x  0 (B) f ( x) is not differentiable at x  0
(C) f ( x) is continuous at x  1 (D) lim [ f ( x)]  1
x0
[Note: [k] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to k.]
 f ( x) 
2. If f ( x) is a continuous function x  R and the range of f ( x)  (2, 26) and g ( x)    is
 a 
continuous x  R (where [.] denotes the greatest integral function). Then the least positive integral value
of a is: [ ]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 5
3. f ( x)  [ x2 ]  [ x]2 , then (where [.] denotes greatest integer function) []
(A) f is not continuous at x  0 and x  1
(B) f is continuous at x  0 but not at x  1
(C) f is not continuous at x  0 but continuous at x  1
(D) f is continuous at x  0 and x  1
4. Let f ( x)  sec1([1  sin 2 x]); where [.] denotes greatest integer function. Then the set of points where
f ( x) is not continuous is: []
 n    
(A)  , nI  (B) (2n  1) , n  I 
2   2 
  
(C) (n  1) , n  I  (D) {n, n  I }
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5. The number of points at which the function f ( x)  max, {a  x, a  x, b},   x  , 0  a  b cannot be

differentiable, is: [ ]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 0
6. Let et cos t  y, et sin t  x then which is true: []

2 d2y
 dy  2 d2y  dy 
(A) ( x  y)  2 x  y  (B) ( x  y)  2 x  y 
2 2
dx  dx  dx  dx 
d2y
 dy  d2y  dy 
(C) 2
(x  y ) 2
 2 x  y  (D) 2
(x  y ) 2
 2 x  y 
2 2
dx  dx  dx  dx 
1
 sin 2 x
7. If the derivative of f ( x) w.r.t to x is 2 then f ( x) is periodic function with period. [ ]
f ( x)

(A) (B)  (C) 2 (D) Not defined
2
*8. The function f ( x)  [sin x] is not continuous at, where [.] is G.I. function. []
 
(A) x (B) x (C) x  0º (D) x
2 4

*9. f ( x)  1  1  x2 then: []

(A) f is continuous on [1,1] (B) f is continuous at x  0
(C) f is differentiable at x  0 (D) f is differentiable every where
  1   1
 | x |    , | x |  , n N,

f ( x)      
| x| n
*10. then, (where [.] denotes greatest integer function) []
 1
 0, | x |
 n
(A) f is differentiable everywhere (B) f is continuous everywhere
(C) f is periodic (D) f is not an odd function

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*1. f ( x)  cos (| x | [ x]), then f is (where [.] denotes greatest integer function) []
(A) continuous at x  1 / 2 (B) continuous at x  0
(C) differentiable in (1, 0) (D) differentiable in (0, 1)
*2. If sin 1 x | y |  2 y then y as a function of x is: []
(A) defined for 1  x  1 (B) continuous at x  0
dy 1
(C) differentiable for all x (D) such that  for x  0
dx 3 1  x2
*3. If f ( x)  | x  a | ( x), where ( x) is a continuous function, then: []
(A) f ´(a )  (a) (B) f ´(a )  (a)
(C) f ´(a)  f ´(a) (D) f ´( x) does not exist
*4. Let f ( x)  [sin 1 x] and g ( x)  [sin x],  1  x  1 and if the number of discontinuous points of the
functions f , g , f  g , f  g respectively are a, b, c, d then (where [.] denotes step function) [ ]
(A) abcd 9 (B) a  2b  c  d
(C) ac (D) bd c
 1
0 , when x  0, ( n  I)
n

  
*5. If f ( x)   then, for all  x  [0, 1] [ ]
 1   1 
 x.sin   sin   , otherwise
  x   x.sin 1 
  x
(A) f is continuous at x  0 (B) f is discontinuous at x  1
1
(C) f is continuous at x  ,k  N (D) f is continuous every where on [0, 1]
k
*6. If f ( x)  sgn(2sin 3 x  7sin 2 x  7sin x  2) has exactly 6 discontinuous points in (0, n), n  N ,
then: [ ]
(A) No. of values of n are 2 (B) No. of values of n are 3
(C) Least value of n is 3 (D) Greatest value of n is 5
a( x 2  x)  b if x 1

7. Let f ( x)   x 1 if 1  x  3 be a differentiable function  x  R then : []
 2
 cx  dx  2 if x3
Column I Column II
(A) a (P) 0
1
(B) b (Q)
3
1
(C) c (R)
2
(D) d (S) 1

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8. f ( x)  x 2  4 x  3 then: [ ]

Column I Column II
(A) No. of non-differentiable points of | f ( x ) | (P) 3
(B) No. of non-differentiable points of f (| x |) (Q) 1
(C) No. of non-differentiable points of (R) 2
| f (| x |) |
(D) The minimum value of | f (| x |) | is (S) 5

9. If f ( x ) is defined  x  R and is discontinuous only at x  0 such that

f 3 ( x)  6 f 2 ( x)  11 f ( x)  3  3  x  R, then the number of such functions is equal to : [ ]

(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 24

 
 cos( 2 (| x | {x})) for x 1
10. The no. of non-differentiable points of f ( x ) in [2, 2] where f ( x)  
 4 x 2  12 x  9{x} for x 1

(where {x} denotes fractional part of x) [ ]

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 axb
1. If x 2  y 2  4 and y3  then a  2b  c  []
yc
2. If f : R  R is a function such that f ( x)  x3  x 2 f 1 (1)  xf 11 (2)  f 111 (3) for all x  R. Then
4  2 f (2)  [ ]
 x  y  f ( x)  f ( y )
3. If f   for all x, y  R, f 1 (0) exists and equals to –1 and f (0)  1 then
 2  2
5  f (2)  []
 1  1
4. The derivative of sec1   with respect to 1  x at x  2 is:
2
[]
 2x 1 
2

x(1  a cos x)  b sin x

5. If the function f defined by f ( x)  if x  0 and f (0)  1 is continuous at x  0
x3
then 2a  8b  []
f ( x)  x 2n g ( x)
6. Let f ( x)  x  ax  3 and g ( x)  x  b, where F ( x)  lim
2
. If F ( x ) is continuous
n 1  x 2n
at x  1 and x  1 then find the value of (a 2  b 2 ). []
 1
 (2n  1) x  x 2  (n2  n) n x  n
 2 (n  I ). Find the number of values of x
7. Let f ( x)  
 1
n 1 x n   x  n 1

 2
where f ( x ) is non-derivable in ( 5, 5). [ ]
8. Let f be a differentiable function satisfying the functional rule
x  y 1
f ( xy )  f ( x)  f ( y )   x, y  0 and f '(1)  2. Find the value of [ f (e100 )]. [ ]
xy
Note: [k] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to k.
9. Let the equations x3  2 x 2  px  q  0 and x3  x 2  px  r  0 have two roots in common and the
third root of each equation are represented by  and  respectively. If [ ]

 x log ||,
 e 1 x 1  x  0

f ( x)   a, x  0 is continuous at x  0, then find the value of 2(a  b).
 2
 ln(e   x )
x
b , 0  x 1
 tan x
10. If the set of values of a for which the function f ( x) | x 2  (a  2) | x | 2a | is non-differentiable at five
points is a  (, a)  {b} , then the value of a  b is …………………………………. [ ]

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 1
| [ x] |, 0  {x}  2  7 7 
1. Let f ( x)   ,  x   ,  . If L is number of points of discontinuity and M is the
 | x |, 1  {x}  1  2 2
 2
number of point on non-differentiability of the function f ( x ), then find the value of ( L  M ). [ ]
[Note : [y] and {y} denotes greatest integer function less than or equal to y and fractional part of y
respectively.]

 1 
2. Consider, f ( x)  min  x3  1,  (| x  2 |  | x  2 |),7  x3 )  , p and q denote number of points where f ( x)
 4 
is discontinuous and non-derivable in [–2, 3] respectively then p  q is: [ ]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 4

1 | x |, | x |  1
3. Let f : R  R be function defined as f ( x)   and g ( x)  f ( x  1)  f ( x  1)x  R. Find
 0, | x | 1
number of points of non-differentiability of g ( x) on R. []




 ln(1 | x | (b  2) | x  1|)  a tan 1 x  2, 2 x0

4. If f(x) =  b, x0

   x 
ln  4  
 1  2 
( c  2)sin { x}  e 2x
 e    1
 , 0 x2
 x2
is derivable in (–2, 2) then find the value of (9a2  b2  c2 ). [ ]
[Not: {y} denotes fractional part of y.]

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5. Match the column I & Column II. []

 sin x, x  0

  x  , 0  x  2x
  
(A) Let f ( x)    3  then number of points (p) 1

cos x, 2  x  3
 1, x  3
Where f ( x) is discontinuous in (, ), is equal to
[Note: [k] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to k.]
ln(1  x  x 2  .....  x n ) 1
(B) If lim exists and is equal to then (q) 2
x0 nx 5
the value of n, is equal to
(C) Let g ( x)  | 4 x3  x | cos(x) then number of points (r) 3
Where g ( x) is non-differentiable in (, ), is equal to
1
(D) Let f be a differentiable function such that f ´(2)  (s) 4
4
 f (2  3h 4 )  f (2  5h 4 ) 
Then lim   is equal to (t) 5
h0  h 4 


6. Let f be a differentiable function on (0, ) and suppose that lim ( f ( x)  f ´( x))  L where L is a finite
x
quantity, then which of the following must be true? []
L L
(A) lim f ( x)  0 and lim f ´( x)  L (B) lim f ( x)  and lim f ´( x) 
x x x 2 x 2
(C) lim f ( x)  L and lim f ´( x)  0 (D) nothing definite can be said
x x

max,( f (t )), x  1  t  x, 0  x  1
7. Let f (t )  | t |  | t  1| t  R and g ( x)  
 3  x, 1 x  2
Number of points where g ( x) is non-derivable in [0, 2], is: [ ]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

8. Let f ( x), f : R  R be a non-constant continuous function such that (e x  1) f (2 x)  (e2 x  1) f ( x).

1
 f ( x)  x
If f ´(0)  1, then lim   equal to: [ ]
x  x 

(A) e (B) e1/2 (C) e2 (D) e2

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9. Let g ( x)  e f ( x) where g ( x) is a differentiable function on (0, ) such that g ( x  1)  ( x  1) g ( x). Then

for n  1, 2, 3....... f ´(n  1)  f ´(1)  [ ]
1 1 1  1 1 1 
(A)  4   ......   (B) 4   ......  
2 2
1 2 n2  1
2
2 2
n2 
1 1 1 1 1 1
(C) 1   ......  (D)   ...... 
2 3 n 2 3 n 1

10. If f ( x)  max.{sin x,sin 1(cos x)}, then: []

(A) f is differentiable everywhere
(B) f is continuous everywhere but not differentiable
n
(C) f is discontinuous at x  , nI
2
n
(D) f is non-differentiable at x  , nI
2

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1. Number of values of x [0, ] where f ( x)  [4sin x  7] is non-derivable is: []

[Note: [k] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to k.]
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
 x y
*2. Let f : R  R be a differentiable function satisfying 2 f    f ( y)  f ( x) x, y  R.
 2 
If f (0)  5 and f ´(5)  1, then: [ ]
1
(A) lim ( f ( x)) x4  e
x 4
(B) f (| x |) is non-derivable at exactly 2 points
(C) area bounded by f ( x), x -axis and y-axis is 25 sq. units
(D) | f (| x |) | is non-derivable at exactly 3 points
  2 
   [ x][  x]  5 
    
  a  | x|  
log a (a |[ x]  [ x] |) 
x
 for | x | 0; a  1
3. Given f ( x)   
1

  3  a | x| 
  
  
 for x  0
 0
Where [ ] represents the integral part function, then: []
(A) f is continuous but not differentiable at x  0
(B) f is continuous and differentiable at x  0
(C) the differentiability of ' f ' at x  0 depends on the value of a
(D) f is continuous and differentiable at x  0 and for a  e only
4. In the following, [ ] and { } are greatest integer function and fractional part function respectively. Match
the functions in column-I with the properties in column-II and indicate your answer by darkening the
appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 5 matrix given in ORS. [ ]
Column-I Column-II
 4x 
(A) f1 ( x)    sgn( x 2  x  1) (p) discontinuous at more than 3 points

but less than 6 points in [–2, 2]
  2x 1  
(B) f 2 ( x)  cos 1  sgn  cos  (q) non derivable at more than 2 points
 
  2 
But atmost 5 points in [–2, 2]
(C) f3 ( x)  max.({x  1},{5  x}) (r) range contains atleast one integer but not
more than seven and no irrational value in [–2, 2]
(D) f 4 ( x)  x2  [ x]2 (s) many one but not even function in [–2, 2]
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 
1
  1 
 x4 , x  0
*5. Let P( x) be a polynomial of n degree and f ( x)   P  3  e , then [ ]
  
x
0,
 x0
(A) f ( x) is discontinuous at x  0 (B) f ( x) is continuous at x  0
(C) f ( x) is non differentiable at x  0 (D) f '(0)  lim f ( x)
x0
2 2
*6. If f ( x)  sgn((sin x  sin x  1)(sin x  sin x  1))  0 has exactly 4 points of discontinuity for
x  (0, n), n  N then the value of n may be equal to: [ ]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
7. Match the column-I and column-II: [ ]
Column-I Column-II
 sin x, x  0
 tan x, 0  x  2
(A) Let f ( x)   , then number of points (p) 1
cos x, 2  x  3

 1, x  3
Where f ( x) is discontinuous in [0, 3], is (q) 3
  x 2 
2  2    k, x  1, 2, 3
2
  x  3x  2 x  5 x  6 
 5, x 1

  
(B) Let f ( x)     (r) 5
   
 lim  , x2
n
 y 0   tan y  
 n  sec 1   
 
  y  

 10, x3
If f ( x) is continuous at x  2, then the value of k, is (s) 8
(C) Let f ( x)  x  2 then the number of points where
tan 1(| f (| x |) |) is non-differentiable, is
8. If f is a differentiable function on R such that f ( x  y), f ( x) f ( y), f ( x  y ) (taken in that order) are in
arithmetic progression for all x, y  R and f (0)  0, then: []
(A) f ´(0)  1 (B) f ´(0)  1
(C) f ´(1)  f ´(1)  0 (D) f ´(1)  f ´(1)  0
9.    
Let f ( x)  max. x 2  2 | x | , | x | and g ( x)  min. x 2  2 | x | , | x | then: []
(A) both f ( x) and g ( x) are non-differentiable at 5 points
(B) f ( x) is not differentiable at 5 points whether g ( x) is non differentiable at 7 points
(C) number of points of non-differentiable for f ( x) and g ( x) are 7 and 5 respectively
(D) both f ( x) and g ( x) are non-differentiable at 3 and 5 points respectively.
 1
10. If f ( x)  max. x 4 , x 2 ,  x [0, ) , then the sum of the square of reciprocal of all the values of x
 81 
where f ( x) is non-differentiable, is equal to: []
82
(A) 1 (B) 81 (C) 82 (D)
81

VMC | Mathematics 10 ALPS-2323 | JEE-2023