MATHS CLASS XI

LIMITS AND DERIVATIVES

PRACTICE PAPER 01

Time Allowed: 2 hrs Max. Marks: 50

SECTION – A (1 mark)

lim x n  3n
1. Find the positive integer n so that  108 .
x  3 x 3
lim x2  9
2. Evaluate: .
x3 x 3
lim sin x
3. Evaluate: .
x0 x (1  cos x)
lim sin x
4. Evaluate: .
x  x 
lim 1
5. Evaluate: x sin .
x0 x
 
6. If f(x) = x sinx, then find f '   .
2
2
7. Find the derivative of x cosx.

8. Find the derivative of 2x4 + x.

9. If f (x) = x100 + x99 + ... + x + 1, then f ′(1)

10. Find the derivative of (x2 +1)cos x.

SECTION – B (2 marks)

lim
11. Evaluate:
 sec x  tan x 

x
2
lim 2  x  2
12. Evaluate:
x0 x
2
mx  n, x  0
 lim
13. If f ( x )   nx  m, 0  x  1 , then for what integers m and n does both f ( x) and
 nx  m, x  1
3 x  0

lim
f ( x) exists.
x 1

14. Find the derivative of f (x) = ax + b, where a and b are non-zero constants, by first principle.

15. Find the derivative of f (x) = x3, by first principle.

16. Find the derivative of f (x) = sin x, by first principle.

 SECTION – C (4 marks)

17. Find the derivative of f (x) = tan (ax + b), by first principle.

18. Find the derivative of f (x) = sin x , by first principle.

lim
2sin 2 x  sin x  1
19. Evaluate: 
x 2sin 2 x  3sin x  1
6
lim a  2 x  3x
20. Evaluate:
x  a 3a  x  2 x

SECTION – D (6 marks)

21. Find the derivative of f(x) from the first principles, where f(x) is (i) sin x + cos x (ii) xsin x

lim
tan 3 x  tan x
22. Evaluate: 
x  
4 cos  x  
 4