Time Saver Course: Mathematics For JEE Main & Advanced Problem Solving and Exercise Sheet

Time Saver Course
Mathematics for JEE Main & Advanced
Problem Solving and Exercise Sheet
Continuity and Differentiability

Index
Problem Solving Sheet 1-3
Answer Key 4
Exercise - 1 5
Exercise - 2 5-7
Exercise - 3 7-8
Exercise - 4 9 - 18
Answer Key 19
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Mathematics | JEE Main & Advanced
Continuity & Differentiability
Problem Solving Sheet
1. Check Continuity & Differentiability of following functions

(a) f(x) = x + sgn(x) at x = 0
(b) f(x) = x + |x| at x = 0
(c) f(x) = x.sgn(x) at x = 0
(d) f(x) = x.|x| at x = 0
(e) f(x) = |x| + sin|x| at x = 0
(f) f(x) = |x| – sgn|x| at x = 0
(g) f(x) = |x| + cos|x| at x = 0
1 1
−
𝑒 𝑥 −𝑒 𝑥
(h) 𝑓(𝑥) = {𝑒 𝑥1 +𝑒 −𝑥1 :𝑥 ≠ 0
0 :𝑥 = 0
1 1
𝑥 −
(i) 𝑓(𝑥) = { ( 1
−
𝑒 𝑥 +𝑒 𝑥
1 ) :𝑥 ≠ 0
0 :𝑥 = 0
1 1
𝑥2 −
(j) 𝑓(𝑥) = { ( 1 1 ) :𝑥 ≠ 0
−
𝑒 𝑥 +𝑒 𝑥
0 :𝑥 = 0
|𝑥 + 1| : 𝑥 < −2
2𝑥 + 3 : −2 ≤ 𝑥 < 0
(k) 𝑓(𝑥) = { 2
𝑥 +3 : 0≤𝑥 <3
𝑥 3 − 15 : 𝑥≥3
(l) 𝑓(𝑥) = [𝑥] : 𝑥 ∈ [1,10]
(m) 𝑓(𝑥) = [3𝑥] : 𝑥 ∈ [0,2]
(n) f(x) = [2sinx] : x ∈ [0, π]
(o) f(x) = [x 2 ] : x ∈ [– 1,2]
(p) f(x) = |x − 1|+|2x − 3|+|x + 1|
(q) f(x) = |2x 2 − x − 1|
(s) f(x) = (x 2 − 5x + 6)|x 2 − 3x + 2|
(t) f(x) = sgn(x 3 − 5x 2 + 6x)
(u) f(x) = (x 2 + x)sgn(x 2 − 2x)
[cosπx] 0≤x≤1
(v) f(x) = { x ∈ [0,2]
|2x − 3|[x − 2] 1 < x ≤ 1
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2. If f(x) = {x − 1 : x < 3 is continuous ∀ x ∈ R. Find 'a' ?
2ax : x≥3
(x2 +3x−1)tanx
3. Let f(x) = :x ≠ 0
x2 +2x
If f(x) is continues at x = 0 then find f(0) ?
a
π
(1 + |sinx|)|sinx| : −6 < x < 0
4. If f(x) = { b : x=0
tan2x
π
e tan3x : 0<x< 6
𝜋 𝜋
Find a & b if f(x) is continuous ∀𝑥 ∈ (− 6 , 6 )
m 1
5. If f(x) = {x . sin (x) : x ≠ 0 then find value of 'm' for which f(x) is
0 : x=0
(a) Discontinuous at x = 0
(b) Continuous but non-differentiable at x = 0
(c) Differentiable at x = 0
𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 : 𝑥 ≤ −1
6. Let 𝑓(𝑥) { 3 find value of a & b.
𝑎𝑥 + 𝑥 + 2𝑏 : 𝑥 > −1
If f(x) is differentiable ∀ 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅.
7. Using graph find points where following functions are discontinuous or non-differentiable.
(a) f(x) = ln |x|
(b) f(x) = |ln |x||
(c) f(x) = max{(1 − x), (1 + x), 2}
(d) f(x) = min{x 2 , 2x + 1, x}
8. Let f(x) = min{e−x , {x}}. If C is number of points where f(x) is discontinuous in 𝑥 ∈ [−5,5]
& D is number of points where f(x) is non-differentiable in 𝑥 ∈ [−5,5] then find (C+ D).
x+1 : x≤1 2𝑥 : 𝑥≤0

9. Let f(x) = { & g(𝑥) = { then discuss the continuity of
2 − 3x : x>1 3𝑥 + 1 : 𝑥>0
fog(x).
2x + 1 : x∈𝑄
10. Let f(x) = { then discuss the continuity of f (x).
x−1 : x Q

sgn(x) : x∈𝑄
11. Let f(x) { then discuss continuity of f(x)?
0 : x∉𝑄
12. Let f(x) is a continuous function which takes only rational value for all real x such that
1
f(2020) = 2019. Then value of f(2019) will be?
13. If f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y)∀x, y ∈ R then find f(x) if f(0) = 2020
14. If f(x + y) = f(x). f(y)∀ x, y ∈ R then find f(x) if f(0) = 2020
f(x2 −5x+2)−f(x+2)
15. If f(x) is a differentiable function such that f'(2) = 5 then value of lim
x→0 x
x2 −ax+b
16. If function f(x) = lim is continuous ∀ x ∈ R then find value of a & b.
n→∞ x2n +1

ANSWER KEY
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2. 3. –2 4. a = 2/3, b = 𝑒 2/3
3
5. (a) m   ,0 (b) m   0,1 (c) m > 1
1
6. a ,b=1 8. 25 10. Continuous at x = –2
2
1
11. Discontinuous 12. 13. 2020 x 15. –30
2019
16. a = 0, b = 1

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1. The following functions are not defined at x = 0. Find f (0) so that f is continuous at x = 0.
(3x 1) 2 2  4 x 2  16
(a) f (x) = (b) f(x) =
sin x .ln(1 x) cos2x  1
1 2 a  x a2
(c) f(x) =  2x (x  0) (d) f(x) = (a > 0 and b  0)
x e 1   sin bx
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1. For the function f (x) = 1
, x  2 which of the following holds?
(x2)
x2
(A) f (2) = 1/2 and f is continuous at x =2 (B) f (2)  0, 1/2 and f is continuous at x = 2
(C) f can not be continuous at x = 2 (D) f (2) = 0 and f is continuous at x = 2.
4  x2
2. The function f (x) = , is
4x  x 3
(A) discontinuous at only one point in its domain.
(B) discontinuous at two points in its domain.
(C) discontinuous at three points in its domain.
(D) continuous everywhere in its domain.
x 2  bx  25
3. If f (x) = for x  5 and f is continuous at x = 5, then f (5) has the value equal to
x 2  7x 10
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 25
x  e x  cos 2x
4. If f(x) = , x  0 is continuous at x = 0, then
x2
5
(A) f (0) = (B) [f(0)] = – 2 (C) {f(0)} = –0.5 (D) [f(0)] . {f(0)} = –1.5
2
where [x] and {x} denotes greatest integer and fractional part function
(2x 1)
5. The function f(x) = [x] . cos , where [•] denotes the greatest integer function, is discontinuous
2
at
(A) all x (B) all integer points
(C) no x (D) x which is not an integer

loge (1  3 f (x))
6. y = f (x) is a continuous function such that its graph passes through (a, 0). Then Lim
xa is
2 f(x)
3 2
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) (D)
2 3
7. The function f(x) = [x]2  [x2] (where [y] is the greatest integer less than or equal to y), is discontinuous
at
(A) all integers (B) all integers except 0 & 1
(C) all integers except 0 (D) all integers except 1
8. f is a continuous function on the real line. Given that

x2 + (f(x)  2) x  3 . f(x) + 2 3  3 = 0. Then the value of f( 3 )
(A) can not be determined (B) is 2 (1  3 )
(C) is zero (D) is

2  32 
3
9. Number of points of discontinuity of f(x) = [2x3 – 5] in [1, 2), is equal to

(where [x] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to x)
(A) 14 (B) 13 (C) 10 (D) 8
sin x  x cos x
10. Consider the function defined on [0, 1]  R, f (x) = if x  0 and f (0) = 0, then the
x2
function f (x)
(A) has a removable discontinuity at x = 0
(B) has a non removable finite discontinuity at x = 0
(C) has a non removable infinite discontinuity at x = 0
(D) is continuous at x = 0
e x x cos x  x log e (1 x)  x

11. Let f(x) = , x  0. If f(x) is continuous at x = 0, then f (0) is equal to
x2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) 2
f (h)  f (2h)
12. Let f be differentiable at x = 0 and f ' (0) = 1. Then Lim =
h0 h
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) – 1
13. Statement-1: The function | ln x | and ln x are both continuous for all x > 0.
Statement-2: Continuity of | f (x) |  continuity of f (x).
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

14. Let the function f, g and h be defined as follows :

1
x sin   for 1  x  1 and x  0
 x
f (x) = 

0 for x0
1
x 2 sin   for 1  x  1 and x  0
 x
g (x) = 

0 for x0
h (x) = | x |3 for – 1  x  1
Which of these functions are differentiable at x = 0?
(A) f and g only (B) f and h only (C) g and h only (D) none
x  b, x  0
15. The function g (x) =  can be made differentiable at x = 0.
 cos x, x  0
(A) if b is equal to zero (B) if b is not equal to zero
(C) if b takes any real value (D) for no value of b
16. Which one of the following functions is continuous everywhere in its domain but has atleast one point
where it is not differentiable?
|x|
(A) f (x) = x1/3 (B) f (x) = (C) f (x) = e–x (D) f (x) = tan x
x
17. If the right hand derivative of f (x) = [x] tan πx at x = 7 is kπ, then k is equal to
([y] denotes largest integer  y)
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) – 7 (D) 49
18. The function f(x) = (x2 − 1) x2 − 3x + 2 + cos (x) is NOT differentiable at
(A)  1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
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1. Which of the following functions are continuous at x = 0?

[Note : sgn x denotes signum function of x.]
   
(A) cos  sgn x   sgn x (B) cos  sgn x   sgn x
 2   2 
   
(C) sin  sgn x   sgn x (D) sin  sgn x   sgn x
2  2 
2. Which of the following function(s) is/are discontinuous at x = 0?

 
(A) f (x) = sin , x  0 and f (0) = 1 (B) g (x) = x sin   , x  0 and g (0) = .
2x x
|x| 1
(C) h (x) = , x  0 and h (0) = 1 (D) k (x) = , x  0 and k(0) = 0.
x 1 ecot x

3. Which of the following function(s) not defined at x = 0 has/have non-removable discontinuity at the
point x = 0 ?
1
1 1 ex  1 1
(A) f (x) = 1
(B) f(x) = arc tan (C) f (x) = 1 (D) f(x) =
1  2x x ex  1 n x
4. Which of the following function(s) not defined at x = 0 has/have removable discontinuity at x=0?
(B) f(x)=cos  | sinx | 

1
(A) f(x) =
1  2 cot x  x 
 1
(C) f(x) = x sin (D) f(x) =
x n x
e x 1 ax
, x 0
 x2

 b, x 0
5. Let f (x) = 

 sin x
 2, x0
x
then
1
(A) f(x) is continuous at x = 0 if a = – 1, b  .
2
1
(B) f(x) is discontinuous at x = 0, if b  .
2
(C) f(x) has non-removable discontinuity at x = 0 if a  –1.
1
(D) f(x) has removable discontinuity at x = 0 if a = – 1, b  .
2
6. f(x) =1 + x [cosx] in 0 < x π≤/2 , where [ ] denotes greatest integer function then,
(A) It is continuous in 0 < x < /2 (B) It is differentiable in 0 < x < /2
(C) Its maximum value is 2 (D) It is not differentiable in 0 < x< /2
 x 3 ,x 1
7. The function f(x) =   x 2   3x   13  is
        , x  1
  4   2  4
 
(A) continuous at x = 1 (B) differentiable at x = 1
(C) continuous at x = 3 (D) differentiable at x = 3

Exercise # 4 Previous Year's Questions
  1  1 
  |x| x 
1. If f(x) = x e  , x  0
then f(x) is [AIEEE 2003]
 0 , x 0
(1) discontinuous everywhere
(2) continuous as well as differentiable for all x
(3) continuous for all x but not differentiable at x = 0
(4) neither differentiable nor continuous at x = 0
1  tan x      
2. Let f(x) =
4x  
,x ,x 0, 2  . If f(x) is continuous in 0, 2  , then f  4  is
4      
(1) 1 (2) 1/2 (3) – 1/2 (4) –1 [AIEEE 2004]
3. If f is a real-valued differentiable function satisfying | f(x) – f (y) |  (x – y)2, x, y  R and

f(0) = 0, then f(1) equals
(1) –1 (2) 0 (3) 2 (4) 1 [AIEEE 2005]
1
4. Suppose f(x) is differentiable at x = 1 and Lim f(1 + h) = 5, then f '(1) equals
h0 h
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6 [AIEEE 2005]
x
5. The set of points where f (x) = is differentiable is
1 | x |
(1) (– , – 1)  (–1, ) (2) (– , )
(3) (0, ) (4) (– , 0)  (0, ) [AIEEE 2006]
1 2
6. The function f : R\{0}  R given by f (x) =  2x can be made continuous at x = 0 by
x e 1
defining f(0) as
(1) 2 (2) –1 (3) 0 (4) 1 [AIEEE 2007]
7. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f (x) = Min {x + 1, |x| + 1}. Then which of the following
is true ?
(1) f(x)  1 for all x  R (2) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 1
(3) f(x) is differentiable everywhere (4) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
[AIEEE 2007]
 1
( x  1) sin if x  1
8. Let f(x) =  x 1 . Then which one of the following is true ?
 0 if x  1
(1) f is differentiable at x = 0 and at x = 1
(2) f is differentiable at x = 0 but not at x = 1
(3) f is differentiable at x = 1 but not at x = 0
(4) f is neither differentiable at x = 0 nor at x = 1 [AIEEE 2008]

9. Let f(x) = x | x | and g(x) = sin x.

Statement – 1 : gof is differentiable at x = 0 and its derivative is continuous at that point.
Statement – 2 : gof is twice differentiable at x = 0.
(1) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is a correct explanation for Statement -1
(2) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(3) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is false.
(4) Statement -1 is false, Statement -2 is ture. [AIEEE 2009]
 sin( p  1) x  sin x
 , x0
 x
10. The value of p and q for which the function f(x) =  q , x 0
 2
 xx  x , x 0
 x3/ 2
is continuous for all x in R, are
1 3 5 1
(1) p = ,q=– (2) p = ,q=
2 2 2 2
3 1 1 3
(3) p = – ,q= (4) p = ,q= [AIEEE 2011]
2 2 2 2
k x  1 , 0  x  3
11. If the function g(x) =  mx  2 , 3  x  5 is differentiable, then the value of k + m is

10 16
(1) (2) 4 (3) 2 (4)
3 5
[JEE (Main) 2015]
12. For x  R, f(x) = | log 2 – sin x | and g(x) = f  f (x )  , then

(1) g is differentiable at x = 0 and g'(0) = – sin (log 2)
(2) g is not differentiable at x = 0
(3) g'(0) = cos (log 2)
(4) g'(0) = – cos (log 2) [JEE (Main) 2016]
13. Let S = {t  R : f(x) = |x – | · (e| x | –1) sin | x | is not differentiable at t}. Then the set S is equal to
(1) {} (2) {0, } (3)  (an empty set) (4) {0}
[JEE (Main) 2018]
14. Let f : R  R be a function defined by, f (x) = max [x, x3]. The set of all points where
f (x) is NOT differentiable is
(A) { 1 , 1} (B) { 1 , 0} (C) {0 , 1} (D) { 1 , 0 , 1}
[JEE 2001 (Screening)]

15. Which of the following functions is differentiable at x = 0?

(A) cos (x) + x (B) cos (x)  x (C) sin (x) + x (D) sin (x)  x
[JEE 2001 (Screening)]
  
 x  2 , x
2
 
16. (a) If f ( x )   cos x , x0 , then
 2
x  1, 0  x 1
ln x , x 1

(A) f (x) is continuous at x = (B) f (x) is not differentiable at x = 0
2
3
(C) f (x) is differentiable at x = 1 (D) f (x) is differentiable at x =
2
(b) Let f : R  R be a function such that f (x + y) = f (x) + f (y),  x, y  R.

If f(x) is differentiable at x = 0, then
(A) f (x) is differentiable only in a finite interval containing zero.
(B) f (x) is continuous  x  R.
(C) f '(x) is constant  x  R.
(D) f (x) is differentiable except at finitely many points.
17. Let f : R  R be a function defined as [JEE Main-2019]

 5, if x 1
a  bx, if 1 x  3

f (x)  
b  5x, if 3 x 5
 30, if x5
Then, f is :
(A) continuous if a  5 and b  5 (B) continuous if a  5 and b  10
(C) continuous if a  0 and b  5 (D) not continuous for any values of a and b
18.

Let f (x)   
max | x |, x 2  | x | 2
[JEE Main-2019]
 8  2 | x |, 2 | x | 4
Let S be the set of points in the interval (4, 4) at which f is not differentiable. Then S :
(A) is an empty set (B) equals {2, 1,0,1,2}
(C) equals {2, 1,1, 2} (D) equals {2, 2} (D) equals {2, 2}
19.  
Let f : (1,1)  R be a function defined by f (x)  max  | x |,  1 x 2 . If K be the set of all
points at which f is not differentiable, then K has exactly: [JEE Main-2019]
(A) five elements (B) one element (C) three elements (D) two elements

1, 2  x  0
20. Let f (x)   2
and g(x) | f (x) | f (| x |) . Then, in the interval (2, 2) ,g is :
 x  1, 0  x  2

[JEE Main-2019]
(A) differentiable at all points (B) not continuous
(C) not differentiable at two points (D) not differentiable at one point
21. Let K be the set of all real values of x where the function
f (x)  sin | x |  | x | 2(x  )cos | x | is not differentiable.
Then the set K is equal to : [JEE Main-2019]
(A)  (an empty set) (B) {} (C) {0} (D) {0, }
22. Let S be the set of all points in (, ) at which the function f (x)  min{sin x,cos x} is not
differentiable. Then S is a subset of which of the following? [JEE Main-2019]
  3  3 
(A)  , 0,  (B)  ,  , , 
 4 4  4 4 4 4
    3   3
(C)  ,  , ,  (D)  ,  , , 
 2 4 4 2  4 2 2 4
| x | [x], 1  x  1
23. Let f ' :[1,3]  R be defined as f (x)   x  | x |, 1 x  2
 x  [x], 2x3

where [t] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to t . Then, f is discontinuous at :
[JEE Main-2019]
(A) only one point (B) only two points (C) only three points (D) four or more points
 2 cos x  1 
 , x
 
24. If the function f defined on  ,  by f (x)   cot x  1 4
6 3  
k, x
 4
is continuous, then k is equal to: [JEE Main-2019]
1 1
(A) 2 (B) (C) 1 (D)
2 2
25. Let f (x)  15 | x 10 |; x  R . Then the set of all values of x , at which the function, g(x)  f (f (x))
is not differentiable, is: [JEE Main-2019]
(A) {5,10,15} (B) {10,15} (C) {5,10,15,20} (D) {10}
x
26. If f (x)  [x]    , x  R , where [x] denotes the greatest integer function, then :
4
[JEE Main-2019]
(A) is continuous at x  4 .
(B) lim f (x) exists but lim f (x) does not exist.
x 4 x 4
(C) Both lim f (x) and lim f (x) exist but are not equal.
x 4 x 4
(D) lim f (x) exists but lim f (x) does not exist.
x 4 x 4

a |   x | 1, x  5
27. If the function f (x)   is continuous at x  5 , then the value of a  b is:
 b | x   | 3, x  5
[JEE Main-2019]
2 2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5
28. Let f  R  R be differentiable at c  R and f (c)  0. If g(x) | f (x) | , then at x  c,g is:
[JEE Main-2019]
(A) not differentiable if f '(c)  0 (B) differentiable if f ''(c)  0
(C) differentiable if f '(c)  0 (D) not differentiable
 sin(p  1)x  sin x

 ,x  0
 x

29. If f (x)   q ,x  0

 x  x2  x
 ,x  0
x 3/2
is continuous at x  0 , then the ordered pair (p,q) is equal to: [JEE Main-2019]
3 1 1 3 3 1 5 1
(A)   ,   (B)   ,  (C)   ,  (D)  , 
 2 2  2 2  2 2 2 2
 
1
30. Let f : R  R be a continuously differentiable function such that f (2)  6 and f '(2)  .
48
f (x)
If 6
4t 3dt  (x  2)g(x) , then lim g(x) is equal to :
x 2
[JEE Main-2019]
(A) 18 (B) 24 (C) 12 (D) 36
31. Let the function, f :[7,0]  R be continuous on [7, 0] and differentiable on (7,0) .
If f (7)  3 and f  (x)  2 , for x  (7,0) , then for all such functions f ,f (1)  f (0) lies in the
interval: [JEE Main-2020]
(A) [5, 7] (B) (,6] (C) (,20] (D) [ 5, 3]
32. Let S be the set of points where the function, f (x) | 2 | x  3||, x  R is not differentiable. Then
 f (f (x)) is equal to.....
XS
[JEE Main-2020]
33. The value of c in the Lagrange's mean value theorem for the function f (x)  x3  4x 2  8x  11
when x  [0,1] is : [JEE Main-2020]
4 7 4 5 4 7 4 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3
1  1  3x 
1 1 log , when x  0
34. If the function f defined on   ,  by f (x)   x e  1  2x 
 3 3 
 k, when x  0
is continuous, then k is equal to  [JEE Main-2020]



 sin(a  2)x  sin x
 ; x0
 x
35. f (x)   b ; x0
 1 1
 
 x  3x 2 3  x 3
 ; x0
 4
 x3
Function is continuous at x  0 , find a  2b . [JEE Main-2020]
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
36. If f (x) is twice differentiable and continuous function in x [a, b] also f '(x)  0 and f ''(x)  0
f (c)  f (a)
and c  (a, b) then is greater than [JEE
[JEEMain-2020]
Main-2020]
f (b)  f (c)
bc ab ca
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D)
ca bc bc
4
37. Let [t] denote the greatest integer  t and lim x    A .
x 0  x 
Then the function, f (x)   x 2  sin(x) is discontinuous, when x is equal to :

[JEE Main-2020]
(A) A (B) A 1 (C) A  5 (D) A  21
x x
ae  be , 1  x  1

38. If a function f (x) defined by f (x)   cx 2 ,1  x  3
 2
 ax  2cx, 3  x  4
be continuous for some a, b, c  R and f '(0)  f '(2)  e , then the value of a is:
[JEE Main-2021]
e e e 1
(A) 2
(B) 2
(C) 2
(D) 2
e  3e  13 e  3e  13 e  3e  13 e  3e  13
 1
 4  tan x, | x |1
39. The function f (x)   is: [JEE Main-2021]
 1 (| x | 1),| x |x|
| 1> 1
 2
(A) both continuous and differentiable on R {1}
(B) both continuous and differentiable on R {1}
(C) continuous on R {1} and differentiable on R  {1,1}
(D) continuous on R {1} and differentiable on R  {1,1}
k1 (x  )2  1, x  
40. If the function f (x)   is twice differentiable, then the ordered pair
k 2 cos x, matho
 x>xπ
 k1 , k 2  is equal to: [JEE Main-2021]
1 1
(A) (1,0) (B)  ,1 (C) (1,1) (D)  , 1
2  2 

x
41. Let f (x)  x    , for 10  x  10 , where [t] denotes the greatest integer function. Then the
2
number of points of discontinuity of f is equal to [JEE Main-2021]
42. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f (x)  max x, x 2  . Let S denote the set of all points in
R , where f is not differentiable. Then: [JEE Main-2021]
(A)  (an empty set) (B) {0,1} (C) {1} (D) {0}
2x  1 
43. If f : R  R is a function defined by f (x) [x]cos    , where [x] denotes the greatest
 2 
integer function, then f is: [JEE Main-2021]
(A) discontinuous only at x  1
(B) discontinuous at all integral values of x except at x  1 on
(C) continuous only at x  1
(D) continuous for every real x
44. The number of points, at which the function f (x) | 2x | 1| 3 | x  2 |  | x 2  x  2∣ , x  R is not
differentiable, is [JEE Main-2021]
45. A function f is defined on [ 3, 3] as
 
min | x |, 2  x 2 , 2  x  2
f (x)  
 [| x |] , 2 | x | 3
where [x] denotes the greatest integer  x. The number of points, where f is not
differentiable in (3,3) is [JEE Main-2021]
46. Let f : R  R be defined as
  x 
 2sin   2  , if x  1
  
 2
f (x)   ax  x  b , if  1  x  1

 sin(x) if x  1


If f(x) is continuous on R, then a  b equals : [JEE Main-2021]
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 1
47. Let the functions f : R  R and g : R  R be defined as:

 x  2, x  0
  3
f (x)   2 and g(x)  x , x 1
x ,
 x0 3x  2, x  1

Then, the number of points in R where (fog)(x)is NOT differentiable is equal to :
[JEE Main-2021]
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 2
 
 cos 1 1  {x) 2 sin 1 (1  {x})
 , x0
48. Let   R be such that the function f (x)   {x}  {x}3

, x0
is continuous at x  0 , where {x}  x  [x],[x]
is the greatest integer less than or equal to x .
Then: [JEE Main-2021]
 
(A)   (B)   0 (C) no such  exists (D)  
2 4

 x  a, x0
49. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be defined as f (x)  
| x  1|, x  0
 x+a, x<0
and g(x)   2
(x  1)  b, x  0

where a, b are non-negative real numbers. If (gof) (x) is continuous for all x  R , then a  b is
equal to _________ [JEE Main-2021]
[JEE Main-2021]
cos(sin x)  cos x 1
50. If the function f (x)  4
is continuous at each point in its domain and f (0)  ,
x k
then k is _________ [JEE Main-2021]
 1
;| x | 1
51. If f (x)   x ∣
ax 2  b ;| x | 1

is differentiable at every point of the domain, then the values of a and b are respectively:
[JEE Main-2021]
1 1 1 3 5 3 1 3
(A) , (B) , (C) , (D)  ,
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
 sin(a  1)x  sin 2x

 , if x  0
 2x

52. Let f : R  R be a function defined as f (x)   b , if x  0

 x  bx 3  x
 , if x  0
bx 5/2
If f is continuous at x  0 , then the value of a  b is equal to: [JEE Main-2021]
5 3
(A)  (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 
2 2
53. Let f : R  R satisfy the equation f (x  y)  f (x)  f (y) for all x, y  R and f (x)  0 for any x  R
1
. If The function f is differentiable at x  0 and f '(0)  3 , then lim (f (h)  1) is equal to
h
h 0 k
________ [JEE Main-2021]
54. The number of points where the fuction
 12x 2  3x  7 | if x  1

f (x)   [4x 2  1] if 1  x  1
| x 1|  | x  2 | if x 1

[t] denotes the greatest integer  t, is discontinous is ______. [JEE Main 2022]

 sin  x   x 
 , x  (2, 1)
 x  x

55. Let f(x) max 2x,3 | x | , | x | 1

 1 , otherwise


where [t] denotes greatest integer  t. If m is the number of points where f is not continous and n is the
number of points where f is not differentiable, then the ordered pair (m,n) is: [JEE Main 2022]
(A) (3,3) (B) (2,4) (C) (2,3) (D) (3,4)
2x  3, x  0
56. Let f(x) =  2x 2  1 and g(x) =  ,
2x  3, x  0
where [t] is the greatest interger  t. Then, in the open interval (-1,1), the number of points where fog
is discontinous is equal to ______ [JEE Main 2022]
 | x  3 | , x0
57. Let f, g : R  R be two real vaued functions defined as f (x) =  and
 ex , x0
 x 2  k 1x , x0
g(X) =  ,
 4x  k 2 , x  0 where k1 and k 2 are real constants. If (gof) is differentiable at x = 0,
then (gof) (-4) + (gof) (4) is equal to : [JEE Main 2022]
4 4
(A) 4(e  1) (B) 2(2e  1) (C) 4e 4 (D) 2(2e 4  1)
58. Let f (x) = min {1, 1 + x sin x }, 0  x  2. If m is the number of ponts, where f is not differentiable
and n is the number of points, where f is not continuouns, then the ordered pair (m,n) is equal to
[JEE Main 2022]
(A) (2,0) (B) (1,0) (C) (1,1) (D) (2,1)
59. Let f : R  R be definde as
 e x  , x0
 x
 ae   x  1 , 0  x  1
f(x) = 
 b  sin(x) ,1  x  2
  x  x2
  e   c,
where a, b, c   and [t] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to t. Then which of the follow-
ing statements is true ? [JEE Main 2022]
(A) There exists a,b,c   such that f is continuous of  .
(B) If f is discontinuous at exactly one point, then a + b + c = 1
(C) If f is discontinous at exactly one point, then a + b + c  1.
(D) f is discontinuous at atleast two points, for any values of a, b and c.
60. Let f ,g : R  R be functions defined by
 x , x0
f x   and
|1  x | , x0
 ex  x , x0
gx   2
(x  1)  1 , x  0
where [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then, the function fog is discontinous
at exactly : [JEE Main 2022]
(A) one point (B) two points (C) three points (D) four points
61. Let f : R  R be a function defined by :
 max{t 3  3t}; x  2, t  x 
 
 x 2  2x  6; 2  x  3 
f (x)   
 [x  3]  9;3  x  5 
 2x  1 ; x  5 

where [t] is the greatest integer less than or equal to t. Let m be the number of points where f is not
2
differentiable and I   f (x)dx. Then the ordered pair (m, I) is equal to : [JEE Main 2022]
2
 27   23   27   23 
(A)  3,  (B)  3,  (C)  4,  (D)  4, 
 4   4   4   4 

ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE-1
1
1. (a) ln 3)2 ; (b) ; (c) 1; (d) –1/2ab
64
EXERCISE-2
1. C 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. D
8. B 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. A 13. C 14. C
15. D 16. A 17. B 18. D
EXERCISE-3
1. A,D 2. A, B,C,D 3. A,B,C 4. B,C,D

5. A,B,C,D 6. A,B 7. A,B,C
EXERCISE-4
Previous Year's Questions)
1. 3 2. 3 3. 2 4. 3 5. 2 6. 4 7. 3
8. 2 9. 3 10. 3 11. 3 12. 3 13. 3 14. D
15. D 16. (a) A,B,C,D; (b) B,C; 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. D
21. A 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. A 27. D
28. C 29. C 30. A 31. C 32. 3 33. A 34. 5
35. A 36. D 37. B 38. B 39. D 40. B 41. 8
42. B 43. D 44. 2 45. 5 46. B 47. B 48. C
49. 1 50. 6 51. D 52. D 53. 3 54. 7 55. C
56. 62 57. D 58. B 59. C 60. B 61. C


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Continuity & Differentiability

Problem Solving Sheet

1. Check Continuity & Differentiability of following functions

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x+1 : x≤1 2𝑥 : 𝑥≤0

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13. If f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y)∀x, y ∈ R then find f(x) if f(0) = 2020

14. If f(x + y) = f(x). f(y)∀ x, y ∈ R then find f(x) if f(0) = 2020

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5. (a) m   ,0 (b) m   0,1 (c) m > 1

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8. f is a continuous function on the real line. Given that

(C) is zero (D) is

9. Number of points of discontinuity of f(x) = [2x3 – 5] in [1, 2), is equal to

e x x cos x  x log e (1 x)  x

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14. Let the function f, g and h be defined as follows :

1. Which of the following functions are continuous at x = 0?

2. Which of the following function(s) is/are discontinuous at x = 0?

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(B) f(x)=cos  | sinx | 

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Exercise # 4 Previous Year's Questions

3. If f is a real-valued differentiable function satisfying | f(x) – f (y) |  (x – y)2, x, y  R and

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9. Let f(x) = x | x | and g(x) = sin x.

12. For x  R, f(x) = | log 2 – sin x | and g(x) = f  f (x )  , then

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15. Which of the following functions is differentiable at x = 0?

(b) Let f : R  R be a function such that f (x + y) = f (x) + f (y),  x, y  R.

17. Let f : R  R be a function defined as [JEE Main-2019]

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 sin(p  1)x  sin x

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Then the function, f (x)   x 2  sin(x) is discontinuous, when x is equal to :

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47. Let the functions f : R  R and g : R  R be defined as:

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 sin(a  1)x  sin 2x

________ [JEE Main-2021]

54. The number of points where the fuction

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59. Let f : R  R be definde as

61. Let f : R  R be a function defined by :

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1. A,D 2. A, B,C,D 3. A,B,C 4. B,C,D

56. 62 57. D 58. B 59. C 60. B 61. C

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