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 CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS IN BOARD EXAM CLASS: 12
SOLVE CAREFULLY
SECTION-A
Objective type questions:-
1. The set of points where the function f given by f(x) = |2𝑥 − 1| sin x is differentiable is
1
(a) R (b) R - (2) (c) (0, ∞) (d) none of these
𝑑2 𝑦
2. If x = t2 and y = t3, then 𝑑𝑥 2 is equal to
3 3 3 3
(a) (b) 4𝑡 (c) 2𝑡 (d) 2𝑡
2
1
3. If f(x) = x2 sin 𝑥, where x ≠ 0, then the value of the function f at x = 0, so that the functions is continuous
at x = 0, is
(a) 0 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) none of these
4. The value of c in Rolle’s theorem for the functions f(x) = x3 – 3x in the interval [0, √3] is
3 1
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
4−𝑥 2
5. The function f(x) = 4𝑥−𝑥 3 is.
(a) discontinuous at only one point (b) discontinuous at exactly two point
(c) discontinuous at exactly three points (d) none of these
6. The function f(x) = cot x is discontinuous on the set
𝜋 𝑛𝜋
(a) {x = n𝜋: 𝑛 ∈ 𝑍}(b) {x = 2n𝜋: 𝑛 ∈ 𝑍} (c) {x = (2n+1) 2 ; 𝑛 ∈ 𝑍} (d) {x = ; 𝑛 ∈ 𝑍}
2
𝜋
𝑚𝑥 + 1, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≤ 𝜋
2
7. If f(x) = [ 𝜋] is continuous at 𝑥 = , then
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 + 𝑛, 𝑖𝑓𝑥 > 2
2
𝑛𝜋 𝑚𝜋 𝜋
(a) m = 1, n = 0 (b) m = +1 (c) 𝑛 = (d) 𝑚 = 𝑛 =
2 2 2
8. The derivative of cos-1 (2x2 – 1) w.r.t. cos-1 x is
−1 2
(a) 2 (b) (c) 𝑥 (d) 1 – x2
2√1−𝑥 2
|𝑥|
9. The function f(x) = 𝑒 is
(a) continuous everywhere but not differentiable at x =0 (b) continuous and differentiable everywhere
(c)not continuous at x = 0 (d) none of the above

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 10. If f(x) = |𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥|, then
(a) f is everywhere differentiable
(b)f is everywhere continuous but not differentiable at x = n𝜋, 𝑛 ∈ 𝑍
𝜋
(c) f is everywhere continuous but not differentiable at x = (2n+1) 2 , 𝑛 ∈ 𝑍
(d) none of the above
1−𝑥 2 𝑑𝑦
11. If y = log 1+𝑥 2, then 𝑑𝑥 is equal to
4𝑥 3 −4𝑥 1 −4𝑥 3
(a) 1−𝑥 4 (b) (c)4−𝑥 4 (d) 1−𝑥 4
1−𝑥 4
𝑥2
12. If f(x) = 2x and g(x) = + 1, then which of the following can be a discontinuous function?
2
𝑔(𝑥)
(a) f(x) + g(x) (b) f(x) – g(x) (c) f(x).g(x) (d) 𝑓(𝑥)
1
13. For the function f(x) = x + 𝑥 , 𝑥 ∈ [1, 3], the value of c for mean value theorem is
(a) 1 (b) √3 (c) 2 (d) none of these
𝑑𝑦
14. If y = √sin 𝑥 + 𝑦 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜
𝑑𝑥
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥
(a) (b) 1−2𝑦 (c) 2𝑦−1 (d) 1−2𝑦
2𝑦−1
Section-B
Very short answer type questions:-
1. Is the function f(x) = [x], where [x] is the greatest integer function, continuous at x = 1.5? support your
answer.
−1 𝑥
2. Differentiate 𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛 w. r. t. x.
𝑑𝑦
3. If 𝑥 2/3 + 𝑦 2/3 = 𝑎2/3 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 .
𝑑𝑥
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥 𝑑𝑦
4. If y = , then find .
𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝜋
5. If f(x) = sin 2x – cos 2x, then find f’ ( 6 ).
𝑑𝑦
6. If ax2 + by2 = cos y, then find 𝑑𝑥 .
𝑑𝑦
7. If f(x) = cos-1 (3x +2), then find 𝑑𝑥 .
𝑑𝑦
8. If y =𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (3𝑥 + 2), 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑥
9. Examine that sin |𝑥| is a continuous functions.
1+cos 𝑥
10. Differentiate cos-1√ 2
w. r. t. x.

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 Section-C
Short answer type questions:-
1. Examine the following functions for continuity.
1
(i) f(x) = ,𝑥 ≠ 5
𝑥−5
1
(ii) f(x) = ,𝑥 ∈ 𝑅
𝑥+3
𝑥 2 −25
(iii) f(x) = , 𝑥 ≠ −5
𝑥+5
(iv) f(x) = x – 5
sin 𝑥
+ 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥. 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≠ 0
2. Show that the function { 𝑥 is continuous at x = 0.
2, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 0
3. Show that the function f(x) = 2x - |𝑥| is continuous at x = 0.
𝑑𝑦
4. If (x2 + y2 )2 = xy, find 𝑑𝑥 .
5. Show that tangent function is continuous in their domain.
6. Show that the function f defined by f(x) = |1 − 𝑥 + |𝑥||, where x is any real number is a continuous
function.
𝑚(𝑥 2 − 2𝑥), 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 0
7. Find the value of m, such that the function 𝑓(𝑥) = { is continuous at x = 0.
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≥ 0
√1+𝑘𝑥− √1−𝑘𝑥
, 𝑖𝑓 − 1 ≤ 𝑥 < 0
8. Find the value of k for which. 𝑓(𝑥) = { 2𝑥+1𝑥 is continuous at x = 0.
, 𝑖𝑓 0 ≤ 𝑥 < 1
𝑥−1
9. Prove that the greatest integer function defined by f(x) = [x], 0 < x < 3 is not differentiable at x = 1.
𝑓(𝑥) 𝑔(𝑥) ℎ(𝑥) 𝑓′(𝑥) 𝑔′(𝑥) ℎ′(𝑥)
𝑑𝑦
10. If y = | 𝑙 𝑚 𝑛 | , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 = | 𝑙 𝑚 𝑛 |.
𝑑𝑥
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
𝑑𝑦 𝜋
11. If y = x tan x + sec x, then find the value of 𝑑𝑥 at x = 4 .
1
𝑥 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≠ 0
12. A function f(x) is defined as follows f(x) ={ . Show that f(x) is differentiable at
0, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 0
x= 0.
𝜋
13. Draw the graph of |sin 𝑥| in the interval [0, 2𝜋] and find the derivative of |sin 𝑥| at x = 4 . Also, check
whether the function |sin 𝑥| is many-one or one-one by using horizontal line test.
𝑑𝑦
14. Find 𝑑𝑥 , if x3+ x2y + xy2 + y3 = 81.
𝑑𝑦
15. Find 𝑑𝑥 , when sin (x +y) = x2 +y2.

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16. If x √1 + 𝑦 + 𝑦√1 + 𝑥 = o for -1 < x, y < 1, then prove that 𝑑𝑥 = .
(𝑥+1)2
𝑑𝑦
17. If yx = xy, then find 𝑑𝑥 .
1−𝑥 2
18. Differentiate cos-1 (1+𝑥 2) 𝑤. 𝑟. 𝑡. 𝑥.
1+cos 𝑥
19. Differentiate tan-1 ( ) with respect to x.
sin 𝑥
1 1 𝑑𝑦
20. If y = sin-1 (6𝑥√1 − 9𝑥 2 ), − < 𝑥 < 3√2, then find 𝑑𝑥 .
3√2
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥
21. Find the derivative of tan-1 (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥−𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥) 𝑤. 𝑟. 𝑡. 𝑥.
22. If f(x) = x cos x + ex, then find f’ (0).
23. Differentiate cos x cos 2x cos 3x w.r.t.x.
24. Find dy/dx. If x=a (𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 𝑎(1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)
25. If f(x)= 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑓 ′′ (𝑥).
Section-D
Long answer type questions:-
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1. 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑖𝑛 [1,4]
4𝑥−1
2𝑡 2𝑡
2. 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 = 1+𝑡 2 , tan 𝑦 = 1−𝑡 2
𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑥
3. 𝑖𝑓 𝑎𝑥 2 + 2ℎ𝑥𝑦 + 𝑏𝑦 2 + 2𝑔𝑥 + 2𝑓𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑥 . 𝑑𝑦 = 1.
𝑑𝑦 (1+𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦)2
4. 𝑖𝑓 𝑦 𝑥 = 𝑒 𝑦−𝑥 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦
𝑥
−
5. 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥(𝑥 + 3) 𝑒 𝑖𝑛 [−3,0]
2

6. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑦 = (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 − 1)𝑖𝑛 [0,2𝜋], 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑋 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠.
7. 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥 𝑖𝑛 [0, 𝜋]
8. 𝑓(𝑥) = √25 − 𝑥 2 𝑖𝑛 [1,5]
9. 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 − [𝑥]𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠.
𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, [𝑥]𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑥.
10. Differentiate the following function w.r.t.x. (logx)x+xlogx.
√1+𝑥 2 −1
11. Differentiate 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑤. 𝑟. 𝑡. 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 ≠ 0.
𝑥
12. f(x) =x(x-1)2 in [0,1]
𝜋
13. f(x) =𝑠𝑖𝑛4 𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 4 𝑥 𝑖𝑛 [0, 2 ]

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14. if 𝑥 = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑥
√𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑡 √𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑡
𝑑𝑦
15. if xy+yx=ab, then find 𝑑𝑥
Section-E
Case study:-
Direction (Q. 1-5) : These questions are case study based questions. Attempt any 4 sub parts from each
questions. Each questions carries 1 mark.
Consider the following values
𝒙 = 𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟑 𝜽, 𝒚 = 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟑 𝜽
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions:-
𝑑𝑦
1. | =
𝑑𝑥 𝜃=𝜋
6
3𝑎 −3𝑎 4√2 −1
(a) 2√2 (b) 2√2 (c) (d)
3𝑎 √3
𝑑𝑦
2. | =
𝑑𝑥 𝜃=𝜋
4
3𝑎 −3𝑎 4√2 −1
(a) 2√2 (b) 2√2 (c) (d)
3𝑎 √3
𝑑𝑦
3. =
𝑑𝑥
(a) tan 𝜃 (b) - tan 𝜃 (c) cot 𝜃 (d) –cot 𝜃
𝑑𝑦
4. | =
𝑑𝜃 𝜃=𝜋
4
3𝑎 −3𝑎 4√2 −1
(a) 2√2 (b) 2√2 (c) (d)
3𝑎 √3
𝑑2 𝑦
5. =
𝑑𝑥 2
3𝑎 −3𝑎 4√2 −1
(a) 2√2 (b) 2√2 (c) (d)
3𝑎 √3

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