JEE-MAIN-JR-MATHS VOL-IV LIMITS

LIMITS
SYNOPSIS corresponds a positive number  such that

Neighbourhood of a real number: f  x   l  for all x such that x   a   , a 

 Let ‘a’ be a real number and  be a positive real we say that f  x  tends to ‘l’ as x approaches a
number, then (a-  ,a+  ) is called  - through values less than a and we denote it as
neighbourhood of a. The interval (a-  ,a) is called lim f  x   l  or  lim f  a  h   l
x a h 0
the left  - neighbourhood of ‘a’ and the interval
 Let a, l  R and f be a function defined on a
(a,a+  ) is called the right  -neighbourhood of a.
deleted neighbourhood of ‘a’ then
The deleted  -neighbourhood of ‘a’ is denoted
by (a-  , a)  (a, a+  ). lim f  x   l  lim f  x   l  lim f  x 
x a x a xa

Limit of a function:  If lim f  x  exists, then

x a

 Let f be a function defined over a deleted lim f  x   lim f  a  x   lim f  a  x 

x a x 0 x 0
neighbourhood of the real number ‘a’ and ‘ l ’ be
a real number. If to every positive number  Infinite limits :
(however small) there exists a positive number ‘  ’
 Let f be a function defined over a deleted
such that f  x   l  for all x such that neighbourhood of a. If for every positive number k
(however large) there corresponds a positive
0  x  a   , we say that f  x  tends to ‘ l ’ as
number  , such that f ( x )  k , x such that
x tends to a and we write it as xLt f  x  l . 0  | x  a |  , we say that f ( x)   as
a

Right handed limit: x  a. We write is as xLt

a
f ( x )  

 Let f  x  be a function defined in the interval Similarly we define (i) xLt

a
f ( x )  

 a, a  h  and ‘ l ’ be a real number. If to every Lt f ( x)   , Lt f ( x )   

(ii) x  x 
positive number  (however small), there
Lt f ( x)   , Lt f ( x )   
(iii) x  x 
corresponds a positive number  such that
f  x   l  ,  x  ( a , a   ) then we say that Limit of a function f as x    or  :
f ( x) tends to ‘ l ’ as x approaches a through values
 Let f be a function and l be a real number. If for

higher than a and we denote every positive number  there corresponds a

Lt f  x   l  or  Lt f  a  h   l . positive number k (however large) such that

x a  h 0

Left handed limit : | f ( x)  l |  x  k , then we say that f ( x )

 Let f  x  be a function defined in the interval tends to l as x tends to  . We write it as

 a  h, a  and ‘l’ be a real number. If to every Lt f ( x)  l.

x 

positive number  (however small), there Lt f ( x )  l .

Similarly wedefine x 

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Fundamental Theorem on Limits: sinax tan ax

Lt  a and Lt a
x 0 x x 0 x
 If xLta f  x   l and xLta g  x   m then,
sin x 0  tan x0 
Lim  and Lim 
i) xLt
a
 f  x   g  x   l  m x 0 x 180 x 0 x 180

sin x cos x
ii) xLt
a
 f  x   g  x   l  m  Lim
x  x
0 and Lim 0
x  x
iii) xLt
a
 f  x  . g  x   l .m sin 1 x tan 1 x
 Lim  1 and Lim 1
x 0 x x0 x
iv) xLt
a
k . f  x   k . xLta f  x 
 ex 1 
 Lim    1
f  x l x0
 x 
v) xLt
a g  x 
 ,if m  0
m
 a x 1 
k  Lim    loge a,  a  0 
vi) xLt  f  x    l k , if k  Q and l k  R x 0
 x 
a
a x  bx a
vii) xLt
a xa

f  g  x    f Lt  g  x    f  m   Lim
x 0 x
 log e  
b

viii) xLt
a

f  x
g x
  l , if l
m m
R
 Lim
x 0
a x 1
bx  1
 log b a
ix) If f  x   g  x  on a deleted nbd of ‘a’
| x  a |
 li m does not exist
then xLt f  x   Lt g  x  x a x  a
a xa
1 1

x) xLt f  x   l  Lt f  x   l .  Lim 1  x  x  e , Lt 1  ax  x  ea
a x a x 0 x 0

However the converse need not be true x

 a
x
 1 a
 Lim 1    e , Lt 1    e
1 1 x   x x 
 x 
Ex. xLt   where as Lt does not
0 |x| x0 x
 f ( x ), g ( x ) are two polynomials such that
exist. degree of f ( x ) is m and degree of g ( x ) is
Indeterminate forms : n then
0 
 , ,    , 0   , 0 0 ,  0 and 1 are f ( x)
0  i) lim  0 for m  n
x  g ( x)
called indeterminate forms
Standard Limits : f ( x)
ii) lim   for m  n and coef of
xn  an
x  g ( x)
 For all real values of n, Lim  n.a n 1
x a xa xm  0
n 1
(Provided n a is defined) f ( x)
iii) lim    for m  n and coef of
x m  a m m mn x  g ( x)
 Lt
x a x n  a n
 a , (m > n)
n xm  0
 f ( x) coef of xm in Nr
 If 0< | x | < and x is measured in radians. iv) lim  for m  n
2 x  g ( x) coef of xn in Dr
sin x tan x 1 1
Lim  1 and Lim 1,
x 0 x x0 x  lim e x  , lim e x  0
x 0 x 0
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1 W.E-3 : Let f  x  be a twice differentiable
 lim e x
 0, lim e x

x 0 x 0
function and f "  0  =5, then
 lim x n  0 if | x | 1
n 3 f  x   4 f  3x   f  9 x 
n lim is equal to
 lim x   if | x | 1 x0 x2
n

1/ n 3 f  x   4 f  3x   f  9 x   0 
W.E-1 : lim  4n  5n  is equal to Sol: lim 2  form 
n x0 x 0 
Sol: Given limit = '

 lim
3f  x   12 f '  3 x   9 f '  9 x   0 
n 1/ n  form 
1/ n  4  x 0 2x 0 
lim  4n  5n   lim 5 1     5
n  
 5 3 f "  x   36 f "  3 x   81 f "  9 x 
n 

 lim
x 0 2
  4 n 
   0 as n    3 f "  0   36 f "  0   81 f "  0 
 5  
2
5n 1  3n  22 n
W.E-2 : lim is equal to  24 f "  0   24  5  120
n  5n  2n  32 n 3
Some useful results:
5n 1  3n  22 n 5.5n  3n  4n
Sol: lim n  lim  Let S  {x,sin x, tan x,sinh x, tanh x,sin 1 x,
n  5  2n  32 n  3 n  5n  2 n  27.9 n

tan 1 x,sinh 1 x, tanh 1 x}

5n 3n 4n
5. n  n  n f ( mx ) m
 lim 9n 9 9  000  0 If f ( x ), g ( x)  S then Lt g ( nx )  n , .
n  5 2n 0  0  27 x 0
 n  27
n
9 9 If f1  x  , f 2  x  , g1  x  , g 2  x   S then
1 1 f1  mx   f 2  nx  m  n
 lim sin    lim cos    Does not exist Lt 
x 0
 x  x 0 x x  0 g  px   g  qx  pq
1 2
1 1
 lim x sin    lim x cos    0
x0
 x  x 0  x sin ax a

1  cos ax a 2
 Lt , Lt 
L’Hospital’s Rule: x  o tan bx b x 0 x2 2
sin 7 x  sin 5 x 7  5
f  x 0  W.E-4 : Lt  4
 If Lim
xa g  x  is of the form or then x  0 tan 5 x  tan 2 x 52
0 
f  x f1 x  If f1  x  , f 2  x  , g1  x  , g 2  x   S and
Lim  Lim 1 . m + n = p + q then
x a g  x  x a g  x 
f1m  ax  f 2 n  bx  a m b n
f1 x 0  Lt p q
 p q
If Lim is of the form or then x  0 g 1  cx  g 2  dx  c d
x a g1  x 
0 
f x f 11  x  sin 3 2 x tan 2 3 x 23  32 9
Lim  Lim 11 W.E-5 : Lt 4
 4

x a g  x  x a g  x  x 0 x sin 4 x 4 32

f 11  x  0   If g1  x  , g 2  x   S then
If Lim is of the form or then
x ag11  x  0  1  cos ax a2
This can be continued till we finally arrive at Lt 
x  0 g1  cx  g 2  dx  2cd
a determinate result.
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1  cos x 1
W.E-6 : Lt  1  x2  1  x2
x  0 x sin 3 x 6 W.E-13: Lt 1
x0 x2
 If g1  x  , g 2  x   S then
n
a  x m  n a  x m 2 1n 1
1  cos n  ax  na 2  Lt  a
Lt  x 0 xm n
x 0 g1  cx  g 2  dx  2cd
1
1  cos3 2 x 3  22 6 ax  ax 1 1
  W.E-14 : Lt  a2 
W.E-7 : Lt x0 x a
x 0 sin 5 x tan 7 x 2  5  7 35
 If g1  x  , g2  x  ,............., g2 n  x   S then ax  ax 1
 If g ( x)  S then Lt 
1  cos  ax n  x0 g ( x) a
a2
Lt g  c x  .g  c x  ........g  c x 
x 0 1 1 2 2 2n 2n

2c1c2 ........c2 n
3 x  3 x 1
W.E-15 : Lt 
1  cos  2 x 3  4 1 x0 sin x 3
W.E-8: Lt 2 3
 2 3

x  0 x sin  2 x  tan  3 x  2  2  3 54
ax  a 1
 If g1  x  , g 2  x   S then  If g ( x)  S then Lt 
x 0 g ( x) 2 a
cos ax  cos bx b 2  a 2
Lt  2 x  2 1
x  0 f  cx  g  dx  2 cd 
W.E-16 : Lt
x0 x 2 2
cos 3 x  cos 5 x 25  9
W.E-9 : Lt  8
x0 x2 2 x.a x  x 2
 If g1  x  , g 2  x   S then  Lt 1  cos mx  m 2 log a
x0  
cos n ax  cos n bx n  b  a 
2 2

Lt  x.23 x  x 23 2
x  0 g 1  cx  . g 2  dx  2 cd W.E-17: Lt 1  cos 3 x  32 log 2  3 log 2
x0  
cos3 3 x  cos3 5 x 3  25  9 
W.E-10 : Lt   24 lim f ( x )  1 and lim g ( x )   then
x 0 x2 2  xa x a

 If g1  x  , g 2  x  ,............., g 2 n  x   S then g ( x) lim g ( x ) f ( x ) 1

lim  f ( x)   e x a
xa
cos  ax n   cos  bx n  b2  a2
Lt g c x .g c x .......g c x  2/ x
1 1  2 2  2 n  2n 
x 0 2c1c2 ........c2 n
W.E-18 : If lim
x 0
1  ax  bx2   e3 , then the
cos  2x3   cos  5x3  25  4 7 7
W.E-11: Lt    values of a and b are
2 3 2 3
x0 x sin  2x tan  3x 2 2  3 18 4 72 2/ x

 If g1  x   S then
Sol: Let lim
x 0

1  ax  bx 2  is of the form 1

tan n  ax   sin n  ax  na n  2
Lt n2
 
lim 1  a x  b x 2  1 .  2x lim 2 a  2 b x 
x 0  g ( x) 2 e x 0
 e x 0
tan x  sin x 1  e2 a  e3 ( given)  a  3 / 2 and b  R
W.E-12: Lt 
x0 x3 2
 lim f ( x)  0 and lim g ( x)  0 , then
xa xa
1  xn  1  xn
 Lt 1 lim g ( x ) log f ( x )
x0 xn lim[ f ( x)]g ( x )  e xa ( f ( x)  0 )
xa

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1
W.E-19: Lt
1  x 
2 log(1 x ) =  x 2 x3 x 4 
x 1
v) log e (1  x )    x     ... 
 2 3 4 
 log 1  x   log 1  x  
lim log 1 x 
2
lim  
Sol : x1 log 1 x  x 1 
 log 1  x   x3 x5
e e vi) sin x  x    ....
3! 5!
lim  log 1  x   x2 x4
 e x1 1    e1 0  e vii) cos x  1    .....
 log 1  x   2! 4!
1 x 3 2 x5
viii) tan x  x   .....
 a x  a2x  a3x  ...  anx  x 1
3 15
 lim  1    a1.a2 ...a n  n
x0
 n  1 1 x3 1 3 x5
ix) sin x  x  .  . .  .....
x 2 3 2 4 5
 1x 1 1 1

lim  a1  a2x  a3x  ...  anx  1
  a1.a2 ...a n  n 1 x3 x5
 x   n  x) tan x  x    .....
  3 5
1
 ex 
1/ x
 1  x  x e
2
x 2x 3x
2 2 2 
W.E-20 : Evaluate lim   Lim  
x 0
 3  W.E-22: Evaluate x0 sin x2
 
 
1/ x
 2 x  2 2 x  23 x 
Sol: lim     2.4.8 
1/ 3
=4 1/ x ex
x 0
 3  1  x  e
Sol : Lt 2
n x 0 sin 2 x
W.E-21 : lim  cos x  m sin ax   e x
amn
x0 1/ x ex
1  x  e 2
 Lt 2 . x 
0, 0  a  1  2 
x 0 x2  sin x 
1, a  1
x 
lim a   1/ x ex
 x 
 , a  1 1  x  e
does not exists, a  0  Lt 2 .1
x 0 sin 2 x
 x 11 2  ex
Some frequently used expansions: e 1   x ....  e 
2 24 2  11e .
 i) (1  x) p   Lt  
x0 x2 24
p ( p  1) 2 p ( p  1)( p  2) 3  x3 
1  px  x  x  ... ,
2! 3!  sin x  x  
W.E-23: Find Lt  6 .
if x  1 x 0 x5

x x x2 x3  x3 
ii) e  1     ...  sin x  x  
1! 2! 3! 6
Sol : Lt 
x 0 x5
x x x2 2
iii) a  1  .loge a   log e a   ...  x3 x5 x 7  x3
1! 2!
 x     .....   x 
3! 5! 7! 6
x 2 x3 x 4  Lt  5

iv) log e (1  x)  x     ... x 0 x
2 3 4

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 LIMITS JEE-MAIN-JR-MATHS VOL-IV

 x5 x 7  Sol: According to the equation,

   ..... 
5! 7!  x2   x3 
 Lt  5

lim  3    lim f  x   lim  3  
x 0 x x 0
 12  x0 x0
 9 
2
 Lt ( 1  x  terms containing positive   3  0   lim f  x    3  0 
x0 x 0
5! 7!
integral powers of x) Hence, lim f  x   3
x 0
1 1
=  . 1 x    2k x   .....  n k x 
k
x
5! 120  Lt k 1
 k  N 
n  n k 1
 3  n  1  3  n 1 
2 2
W.E-24:The value of nlim
   is
  x    2 x  .... nx   x
W.E-26: Show that Lt .
n  n2 2
lim  3  n  1  3  n  1 
2 2
Sol: 
n    Sol : For r=1,2,3.....n, r.x  1   rx   rx
 1  2 / 3  1  2 / 3 
 lim n 2 / 3 1    1    n n n
n 
 n   n      rx  1    rx     rx 
r 1 r 1 r 1
 22  
 2 1 3  2  1 1  n  n  1 x n

 lim n 2 / 3 1  .    ....   n   rx  n n  1 x

n   3 n 2! n2   2  r 1 2 
 
2
  n n 2n 2
 
n
 22  
 2 1 3  3  1 1    1  x 1   rx  1x
 1  .    ....   r 1
 Lt  1      Lt 2
 Lt 1  
 3 n 2! n2  n
  n  2 n  n n n 
 n2
 
 
4 1 8 1  (Note that x is a constant and n is a
 lim n 2 / 3  .  . 3  .... variable)
n 
 3 n 81 n 
4 1 8 1  x 1.x    2.3  .....   n.x   x
 lim
n  3 . n1/3  81 . n7 /3  ....  0
  Lt
  2 n n2 2
 By sandwich theorem,
Sandwich theorem or Squeezeprinciple:
 If f, g, h are functions such that Lt
1x   2 x  .... nx   x
.
n  n2 2
f  x  g  x  h  x
LEVEL - I (C.W)
then xLt f  x   Lt g  x   Lt h  x  and
a xa xa EVALUATION OF ALGEBRA OF
LIMITS
Lt f  x   Lt h  x   l then Lt g  x   l
x a x a x a
K
1  x 1
x 2
x 3 1. L im ( K is a positive integer )
W.E-25: If 3   f  x   3  for all x  0 , x 0 x
12 9
1 1
1) K 2)  K 3) 4) 
then the value of lim f  x  is K K
x 0

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JEE-MAIN-JR-MATHS VOL-IV LIMITS

 2 x  3  x 1  EVALUATION OF LEFT &

2. L im RIGHT HAND LIMITS
x 1 2 x2  x  3
sin x
1 1 2 2 11. Lx im 
1) 2)  3) 4)  0
x2
10 10 5 5
1) 1 2) -1 3)0 4) doesn’t exist
3
1  sin x  3 1  sin x  [ x]3  x  3

3. L im =
x 0 x 12. x  2  3   3 
lim  is (where [ ] is g.i.f)
   
2 3
1) 0 2) 1 3) 4) 64 8 10
3 2 1) 0 2)
3) 4)
k k
x 5 27 3 3
4. If Lxim
5 x 5
 500 , then the positive
13. If f : R  R is defined by (where [ ] is
g.i.f) f  x    x  3  x  4 f o r x  R
integral value of k is
then xlim f  x  [EAM- 2008]
3
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 6 1) -2 2) -1 3) 0 4) 2.
x2 1  x 1 EVALUATION OF
5. Lim  TRIGONOMETRIC LIMITS
x 1
x2 1
1 1 1 1 e x  esin x
1) 1 2) 1  3) 1  4) 1  14. lim  [ EAMCET 2007 ]
2 2 2 2 x 0 2( x  sin x)
a x  xa 1) -1/2 2) 1/2 3)1 4) 3/2
6. If a > 0 and Lx im  1 then a = 3
a x x  aa 1  cos x
15. Lx im 
0 x sin 2 x
1) 0 2) 1 3) e 4) 2e 1) 1/2 2) 3/2 3)3/4 4)1/4
 x 
7. L im

x 1  1  x2  =
im 1  x  Tan 
16. Lx 1
 2 

x 0

1  x 2 sin 1  x 
3
 1)  2) 2 3)

4)
2
2 
1 1
1) 1 2) 3)  4) -1 3sin x  3 cos x
2 2
17. Lx im
 6x  

 cos 4 x  a cos 2 x  b 
8. If lim   is finite then
6
x 0
 x4  1 1
the value of a, b respectively 1) 3 2) 3)  3 4) 
3 3
1) 5 2) -5,-4 3) -4,3 4) 4,5 cot x  cos x
L im
 3

18. x  
 x  2
  x
9. lim  sec   log x  is 2 
x 1
  2  
1 1
2  2  1) 2) 3) 2 4) -2
1)  2)  3) 4) 2 2
 2  2
sec 4 x  sec 2 x
2
1 x  1 x  x 2
19. Lx im
0 sec3 x  sec x

10. lim = (Eamcet2014)
x 0 3x  1
1 1 3 2 1 3
1) log9 2) 3) log 3 4) 1) 2) 3) 4)
log 9 log 3 2 3 3 4

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 LIMITS JEE-MAIN-JR-MATHS VOL-IV

3sin  x g   sin  3x g   2 1 

20. L im 3
  x sin  x   x 
x 0 x L im    
3 3 28. x  1 | x | 
         
1)   2) 4   3) 4)  
 200   200  200 100
1) 0 2) 1 3) – 1 4) 2
sin  cos 2 x  1
21. lim = (MAINS-2014) 29. If o  h  q then lim  q n  h 
n n

x0 x2 n 

 1) e 2) h 3) q 4) 0
1)  2)  3) 4) 1
2 30. Lim sin x  1  sin x  
x 
EVALUATION OF EXPONENTIAL & 1) 2 2) -2 3) 0 4) 1
LOGARITHEMIC LIMITS
   
log 1  x  31. Lx
im x cos   sin   
22. Lim log   8x   8x 
x 0 x
1) 0 2) 1 3) e 4) 1/e   
1)  2) 3) 4)
2 8 4
2 x  23  x  6
23. The value of lim
x2
2 x  21 x
is 32. xLim
  x2  ax  a 2  x2  a2 =
1) 16 2) 8 3) 4 4) 2 a a
1) 0 2) 3) - 4) a
e x  sin x  1 2 2
L
24. x 0 log 1  x 
im x  log x
  33. xLim =
 x  log x
1 2
1) 1 2) 3) 4) 2 1) 1 2) -1 3) 0 4) 2
3 3 x x
a a
10 x  2 x  5 x  1 34. For a>1 then xLim =
lim
25. x0 is

a x  a x
x tan x 1) 1 2) 1/2 3) 1/3 4) 1/15
log 2 2 x  7 sin x
1) log 2 2) 35. Lim 
log 5 x   4 x  3 cos x

3) (log 2)(log 5) 4) log10 1) 1 2) -1 3) 1/2 4) -1/2

8 x  3x
LIMITS OF THE FORM TENDS 36. xLim
 3 x  2 x
=
TO INFINITE
1
 1 1 1) 11 2) 8 3) 0 4)
26. Lim    8
n   a  a  d   a  d  a  2 d 

10 10 10

1  37. Lim ( x  1)  ( x  2)  .....  ( x  100) =

x  10 10
 ..... to n terms   a  0, d  0 

x  10
 a  2 d  a  3d   1) 10 2) 100 3) 1000 4) 1
n 1 n 1
1 1 a 1 3.2  4.5
1) 2) 3) 4) 38. Lim 
a d d ad n  5.2n  7.5n

1 1 1 1)  20 7 2) 20/7 3)10/7 4) –10/7

1
  ....  n
2 4 2 1  n  n  1 
27. nLim
 1 1 1 = 39. Lim
n3
1  3  6  ........... 
2 

1    ....  n n  
3 9 3
1 1
1) 4/3 2) 3/4 3) 1/2 4) 0 1) 0 2) 2 3) 4)
6 3
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 JEE-MAIN-JR-MATHS VOL-IV LIMITS
LIMIT OF THE FORM 00 ,1 ,0 PROBLEMS USING SANDWICH
tan 
 x  THEOREM
40. Lim
x 1 (2  x )
 2 

=
2
1 2 2 49. Lim x 3 cos 
1) e  2) e  3) - e  4) e x 0 x
1) 0 2) 1 3)  4) does not exist
41. Lt Sinx  tan x
=
x 0   n n n n 
2 50. Lim  2  2  2  ...  2 
n  n  1 n 2 n 3 n n
1) e 2) e 3) -1 4) 1 
im( n) 2 / n  1) 0 2) 1 3)  4) does not exist
42. Ln 
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3 LEVEL-I (C.W)-KEY
x
 a 1 x  b1 x  c1 x  01) 3 02) 2 03) 3 04) 2 05) 1 06) 2
43. Lim   = (where a,b,c are
x   3 07) 2 08) 3 09) 1 10) 2 11) 4 12) 3
 
13) 3 14) 2 15) 3 16) 4 17) 2 18) 2
real and non-zero) [ EAMCET 1998]
19) 1 20) 2 21 2 22) 1 23) 2 24) 4
1) 0 2) abc 1 3 3) abc 1 3 4) 1 25) 3 26) 4 27) 1 28) 1 29) 3 30) 3
n 31) 3 32) 2 33) 1 34) 1 35) 3 36) 1
  a 
44. Ln 
im 1  sin     37) 2 38) 1 39) 3 40) 2 41) 4 42) 2
  n  43) 2 44) 2 45) 1 46) 2 47) 3 48) 3
1) e 2) e a 3) a e 4) a 49) 1 50) 2
L.H.RULE
LEVEL-I (C.W)-HINTS
1
f  x  3 1. Using L-Hospital rule
45. If f  9   9, f  9   4, Lx im 
9 x 3 2. Given limit

1 1 1
1) 4 2) 3) 4) 
4 2 2
46. If f  a  2, f 1  a 1, g  a 1, g1  a  2, then
3. Using L-Hospital rule
g  x f a  g a f  x
L im 
x a xa 4. Using
1 1
1) 2) 5 3)  4) -5
5 5 5.
f  x   f 1
47. If f  x   xTan 1 x then Lt  6. Use L-Hospital rule
x 1 x 1
(Eamcet-2014)
  1  2  3
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 4 4 4

PROBLEMS USING EXPANSIONS 7. On rationalising given limit

1  cos x cos 2 x cos 3 x
48. xLt = =
0 sin 2 2 x
3 5 7 9 8. By L-Hospital rule
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 4 2
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 LIMITS JEE-MAIN-JR-MATHS VOL-IV

9. 21.

22.

23.

[Multiplying and by ]
10. On rationilising

11. does not exist

12. For 24.

25.

26.
13. Definition of step function

14.

15. Given limit is 27. Given limit (if r < 1 then sum of terms in G.P

is

16.
=
17. By L-Hospital rule
28. Divide with
29. Taking common
18. 30. Using the formula sinC- sinD and
sinx is bounded

19. 31.

20.

10 NARAYANA GROUP
JEE-MAIN-JR-MATHS VOL-IV LIMITS
32. Rationalising
33. Use L-Hospital rule where (or) finite number
34. Divide with between -1 and +1 = 0
35. Divide with 50. Use Sandwich Theorem

36. LEVEL-I - (H.W)

37. Divide with EVALUATION OF ALGEBRA OF
38. Taking common and simplify LIMITS
5 5
39. Given limit is x8  a8
1. L im 1 1

x a
3 3
x a
40.
15 247 15 7 15 7 15  247
and using L hospital rule. 1) a 2) a 24 3)  a 24 4) a
8 4 8 4
41.
7 x 2  11x  6
42. apply log on both sides 2. L im 
x2 3 x 2  x  10
43.
17 11 17 17
1) 2) 3) 4) 
11 17 14 11
44.
1 1
m m
(1  x)  (1  x)
3. L im 1 1

45. x 0
n n
(1  x)  (1  x)

mn n m
46. 1) 1 2) 3) 4)
mn m n

4  x  3 8  3x
4. L im =
x 0 x
By
1 1
1)  2) 3) -3 4) 0
2 2

47. Find use L.H. Rule 1  Tanx  1  Tanx

5. L im =
x 0 sin x
48. 1
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4)
2

49. for x 1
6. L im 
x 1 2
x 3 2
and for . 1) -2 2) 1/2 3) 2 4) 0

NARAYANA GROUP 11
 LIMITS JEE-MAIN-JR-MATHS VOL-IV

x2 x3 1  cos 2 x 
7. If 7   f  x   7  for all x  0, 15. Lx im 
12 5 0 x2
2 2
then Lx im f  x       
0
1) 0 2) 1 3)   4) 2. 
1) 3 2) 5 3) 7 4) 9  180   180 
EVALUATION OF LEFT & RIGHT 1  cos x
HAND LIMITS 16. lim 
x 0 x log(1  x )
 x2 1
 , if 0  x  1 1) 1 2) 0 3) -1 4)
f ( x)   2 2
8. If 2 x 2  2 x  3 , if 1  x  2
 2 1   x2    x2 
17. xLt
0 x 8
1  cos    1  cos  
  2    4 
then lim f ( x) 
x 1

1) 1/2 2) 3/2 3) does not exist 4)-1/2 1 1 2 2

1) 2) 3) 4)
8 82 83 84
sin[cos x]
9. lim is (where [ ] is g.i.f)
1  [cos x]
x 0 1  cot 3 x
18. Lt 
1) 1 2) 0 3) does not exist 4) 2 x
 2  cot x  cot 3 x
4
EVALUATION OF
TRIGONOMETRIC LIMITS 11 3 1
1) 2) 3) 4) 0
 sec ax  sec bx  4 4 2
10. Lim   EVALUATION OF EXPONENTIAL &
x 0
 x2 
LOGARITHEMIC LIMITS
a2  b2 b2  a 2
1) 2) 3) 0 4) 1 log e 1  x 
2 2 19. L im 
x 0 3x  1
cos x  sin x
L im  1) loge3 2) 0 3) 1 4) log 3 e
  
11. x 
4   x   cos x  sin x  e x  e  x
4  20. Lx im 
0 sin  x  sin  x
1) 2 2) 1 3) 0 4) 3
1) 0 2) 1/2 3) 1/3 4) 1
   
sin x sin   x  sin   x  e2 x  1
12. L im 3  3  21. Lx im 
x 0 x
0 3x
1) 2/3 2) 6 3) 3/2 4) 1/6
3 1 4
1) 2) 3) 4) 0 log 1  ax   log 1  bx 
4 4 3 22. Lx im 
0 x
1  cos 2 x  sin 5 x 
13. Lx im 1) a  b 2) a  b 3)   a  b  4) ab
0 x 2 sin 3 x
1) 10/3 2) 3/10 3) 6/5 4) 56 4x  9x
23. Lim 
sin 2  x  5  tan  x  5  x 0 
x 4x  9x 
14. Lx im 
5
x 2
 25   x  5 
3 2 4
1) 1 2) 1/10 3) 0 4)-6 1) log  2) log  3) log  4) log 2
2 3 3

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ax 1 3)   1,   any real constant

24. Lx im 
0 bx 1 4)     1
1) log b a 2) log a b xb
 xa
34. Lim  
a x   x  b 
3) log e ab 4) log e  
b 1) 1 2) e b-a 3) e a-b 4) e b
LIMITS OF THE FORM TENDS TO 35. Lim
x  (1  4 tan x )
cot x
=
INFINITE
1) e 2) e 4 3) e 1 4) e 4
25. xLim
 2 x 
x2 1  x =  x2
1) 1 2) 1/2 3) 0 4) -1  x2 1
36. xLim   =
7   x 2  1 
x 7  1  5 x5  2  9 x9  2  
26. Lx 
im
6

x6  1  5 x5  1  4 x4  4 1) e 2) 1/e 3) e 2 4) e  2
1) 3 2) – 3 3) 1/3 4) –1/3
x 1

x  a   3x  4  3

27. Lt 5 sin  x   37. xLim

   =
x  5   3x  2 
1) 1 2) a 3)  4) not defined 1) e  2 / 3 2) e 3 / 2 3) e 2 / 3 4) e
1
n  1 
2 1  
28. nLim 1 = 38. Lim
x 1 x
 1 x 2  =

n
2 1 2
1 3
1 1) e 2 2) e 3 3) e  2 4) e
1) 1 2) 3) -1 4) 0
2  1 x 
 
(1  2  3  ......  n terms )(12  22  ......nterms)  1  x  1 x 
29. L im  39. Lim   
n  n(13  23  .....  nterms) x 1
 2 x
3 2
1) 2) 3) 1 4) 0 2 2 2 2
2 3 1) 2) 3) 4)
3 3 3 3
 1 1 1 
30. nLim    ....  
  1.3
 3.5 2n  12n  1  = L.H.RULE
1 1 1 f  x   f 1
1) 1 2) 3) 4) 40. If f  x   x 2  x  1, then Lx im1 
x 1
2 3 4
1) 3 2) 0 3) -1 4) 2
1  3  5  .....  ( 2n  1)
31. nLim

= 2 2
41. f(x) = x ,  (a )  b , f '(a )  n '(a ) and
2  4  6  ....  2n
1) 0 2) 1 3) -1 4) 5
 f ( x)  a 
n  2!n  1!  '  a   0 then Lx im 
a 
 =
32. nLim
 n  3! =   ( x)  b 
1) 1 2) 1/2 3) 0 4) .2 b nb a na
1) 2) 3) 4)
a a b b
LIMIT OF THE FORM 00 ,1 ,0
 2  h  cos  2  h   2 cos 2 
2x 42. Lhim
   2
0 h
33. If xLt 1   2   e then

 x x  1) cos 2  2sin 2 2) cos 2  2sin 2
1)   1,   2 2)   2,   1 3) sin 2  2 cos 2 4) sin 2  2 cos 2
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43. Let f  x   3 x10  7 x8  5 x 6  21x 3  3x 2  7,

f 1  h   f 1
then the value of Lt is
h 0 h3  3h
50 22 53 4. Using L-Hospital rule
1)  2) 3) 13 4)
3 3 3 5. Using L-Hospital rule
6. On rationalizing given limit is
PROBLEMS USING EXPANSIONS
log 1  x   x
44. Lt 
x 0 x2
1 1 1 1 7. On applying limit
1) 2)  3) 4) 
2 2 3 3
PROBLEMS USING SANDWICH
THEOREM 8.
 9.
45. Lxim x 2 sin 
0 x
1) 1 2) 0 3) does not exist 4) 
x 2  2  sin 2 x 
46. Lim 
x  x  100 10. Use L-H rule
1) 0 2) 1 3)  4) does not exist
x b 
47. Lim
x 0 a  x 
 a  0  [where [ ] denotes the
  11. Given limit is
G.I.F.) is equal to
b b
1) a 2) b 3) 4) 1 
a a 12. Given limit is
LEVEL-I (H.W)-KEY
01) 1 02) 1 03) 3 04) 4 05) 2 06) 1 13. Given limit is
07) 3 08) 3 09) 2 10) 1 11) 2 12) 1
13) 1 14) 3 15) 4 16) 4 17) 3 18) 2 14. Given limit is
19) 4 20) 4 21) 1 22) 2 23) 2 24) 1
25) 1 26) 1 27) 2 28) 4 29) 2 30) 2
31) 2 32) 3 33) 3 34) 3 35) 4 36) 3
37) 1 38) 1 39) 2 40) 1 41) 2 42) 1
43) 4 44) 2 45) 2 46) 3 47) 3 15. Given limit
LEVEL-I (H.W)-HINTS
16. Given limit is
1. Using

2. Using L-Hospital rule

3. Using L-Hospital rule
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33. Given limit is

17.

34. Given limit

35.

36.

18. Use LH Rule

19. Use L-Hospital rule
37.
20. Use L-Hospital rule
21. Use L-Hospital rule
22. Use L-Hospital rule
38.

23. 39. Use factorisation in power.

40.

41. By L- Hospital rule

24. Use L-Hospital rule
25. Rationalising
26. Divide with x in Nr and Dr Given limit =

27.
42. By L = Hospital
28. Divide with

29. Given limit

43. Use LH Rule
30. Given limit 44. use log ( 1+x) expansion

45.

46. Use Sandwich theorem (or) divide by

31. Given limit =
47.
32. Divide with

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LEVEL-II - (C.W) x2  7 x  12
8. Lt  x  [ x]
 [where [ ] denotes G.I.F.]
EVALUATION OF ALGEBRA OF x4
LIMITS 1) 1 2) 0 3) 2 4) does not exists
 200 K  9. If f : R  R defined by
  x   200
1. Lim  K 1    x2
x 1 x 1  x 2  3x  2 if x  R  1, 2
1) 5050 2) 1000 3) 2010 4) 20100 
f  x   2 if x 1
a  2x  3x 1 if x2
2. Lt = 
x a
3a  x  2 x 
2 1 1 2
1) 2)  3) 4) f  x  f  2
3 3 3 3 3 then Lxim 
2
2 x2
3. Let  and  be the roots of ax +bx+c=0,
1) 0 2) -1 3) 1 4) 1/ 2
1  cos( ax 2  bx  c )
then Lt = 1
x  ( x  ) 2 (1  cos x)
2
10. Lt 
a 2 (   ) 2 a2 x
x o
1) 2) 2 (   ) 2
2 1) 1 2) –1 3) 0 4) does not exist
a 2
a 2
EVALUATION OF
3) (    ) 2 4)  2 (    ) 2 TRIGONOMETRIC LIMITS
sin x, x  n , n  Z 1  2 xy 
4. If f ( x)   and 11. I f y  sin 1  2 2  and yx then
 2, otherwise 2 x y 
 x 2  1, x  0, 2 lim x 
y 0

g ( x)   4, x0 lim g[ f ( x )]  1) -1 2) 0 3) 1 4) 
then
 5, x2
x 0
 2  cosx  sinx
Lt
1) 2 2) 4 3) 5 4) 1 12.  =
x
4  4 x   2
y y  xx 1 1 1 1
5. lim  1) 2) 3) 4)
yx yx 16 2 16 8
32 2
1) xy x 1 2) x x (1  log x) 3) y.x y 1 4) xy Secx  1
13. xLt =
 x2 1 
0 x ( Secx  1) 2
2

6. lim
If x    ax  b   2 , then 1) 1/8 2) 1/4 3) 2 4) 0
 x 1 
1) a  1 and b   3 2) a  1 and b  2  1  1
14. Lim 
x  0  sin 2 x
 
3) a  0 and b   1 4) a  2 and b  1 sinh 2 x 
EVALUATION OF LEFT & RIGHT 1) 2 3 2) 0 3) 13 4)  2 3
HAND LIMITS
7. Let {x} denote the fractional part of x . EVALUATION OF EXPONENTIAL &
LOGARITHMIC LIMITS
{x}
Then lim is equal to 15. Lt x[log(x+1)-logx]=
x 0tan{x} x 
1) -1 2) 0 3) 1 4) Does not exist 1) e 2 2) e 3)1 4) 1/e
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27 x  9 x  3x  1 sin x
16. Lim   sin x  x  sin x
x 0 2  1  cos x 26. L im   
x 0
 x 
1) 0 2) 8 2 (log3) 2 3) 8 (log3) 2 4)1
1) e 2) e 2 3) e 3 4) 1/e
17. xLt

x a b   1
x
1
x
 1

1) 1 2) loge a/b 3) loge (ab) 4) 0 27. If lim 1  x ln(1  b 2 )  x  2b sin 2  , b  0

x 0

LIMITS OF THE FORM TENDS TO and     ,   then the value of  is

INFINITE
18. The value of    
1)  2)  3)  4) 
6 3 8 2
1.2  2.3  3.4  ...  n.( n  1)
Lim is log x 3
n  n3 28. lim  log 3 3 x  
x 1
1) 1 2) -1 3)1/3 4) -1/3
19. If |x|<1, then 1) e1 2) e 3) -1 4) 1
29. If p and q are the roots of the quadratic
Lt 1  x  1  x 1  x  ..... 1  x  
2 4 2n
n  equation ax 2  bx  c  0 then
1 1 1 1 1
1)
x
2)
1 x
3)
1 x
4)
x 1 lim 1  ax 2  bx  c  x  p 
x p

Lt
2.3n 1  3.5n 1 1) a ( p  q ) 2) log  a( p  q) 
20. =
n 
2.3n  3.5n 3) 4)
ea ( pq ) ea (q p )
1) 5 2) 1/5 3) -5 4) 0 x
1 2  x2  5x  3 
21. lim 1  (12  22 )  ...  (12  22  ...  n2 )  30. xLt   =
n n4   x 2  x  2 
 
1) 1/6 2) 1/16 3) 1/12 4) 0 1) e 4
2) e 3
3) e 2 4) 2 4
nP x
n  x  a 1 
22. Lt n 1 P n

Lim
31. x    sin  is equal to
n  n 1  P n
 x  1  x 
1) 2 2) –1 3) 0 4) 
1) e a 1 2) e1 a 3) e 4) 0
lim
a x  b  1
23. I f a  0 , is [where [.]   x
x  x 32. lim  ta n (  x )  
x 0
 4 
denotes G.I.F]
1) e 2) e 2 3) e -1 4) e -2
1) 0 2) 1 3) a 4) b
2x

LIMIT OF THE FORM 00 ,1 ,0    4

33. lim 1   2   e then  = (   R )
x 
 x x 
1 1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
 1x  2 x  3x  ...  n x  x
24. lim    L.H.RULE
x0
 n  34. A function f : R  R is such that f (1)  3
1) ( n !) n 2) (n !)1/ n 3) n! 4) ln n ! and f '(1)  6 . Then
1 1/ x
25. xLt
 0 cos x  Sinx
=  f (1  x) 
lim   
1)1 2) -1 3) 0 4) 3
x 0
 f (1) 
1) 1 2) e2 3) e1/ 2 4) e3

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PROBLEMS USING EXPANSIONS f  2x 
35. T h e integer n for which lim  [AIEEE 2010]
x  f  x
 cos x  1  cos x  e x 
lim is a finite non- 2 3
x0 xn 1) 2) 3) 3 4) 1
3 2
zero number is
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 LEVEL-II (C.W)-KEY
36. The values of a,b, and c such that 1) 4 2) 3 3) 1 4) 4 5) 2 6) 1
7) 4 8) 1 9) 2 10) 4 11) 3 12) 1
ax e x  b log 1  x   cxe  x 13) 1 14) 1 15) 3 16) 2 17) 2 18) 3
lim 2
x 0 x 2 sin x 19) 3 20) 3 21) 3 22) 3 23) 3 24) 2
1) a  3, b  12, c  9 25) 1 26) 4 27) 4 28) 2 29) 3 30) 1
2) a  1, b  2, c  4 31) 2 32) 2 33) 2 34) 2 35) 3 36) 1
37) 2 38) 3 39) 1 40) 2 41) 1 42) 4
3) a  2, b  10, c  8
4) a  3, b  12, c  9 LEVEL-II (C.W)-HINTS
sin 1 x  sin x 1. Use L-Hospital rule Given Limit
37. lim
x0 x3
1 1 1 1 2. Using L-Hospital rule given limit is
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 3 4 5
1/ x  x
1  x   e 1  
38. lim  2
x 0 1  cos x 
1 1 11 1 3.
1) e 2) e 3) e 4) e
2 4 12 12 given limit is
PROBLEMS USING SANDWICH
THEOREM
39. If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than
[ x ]  [2 x ]  ....  [nx ]
or equal to x then Ln
im 
n2
1) x/2 2) x/3 3) x 4) 0 4. Find
 x  2 x  ...  nx 5. Using L-Hospital rule,
40. lim
n  n2
1
1) 2) 0 3) -1 4) 2
2
 sin x 
41. xLt   Where [.] dentoes the greatest
 x 
0

integer function.
6.
1) 0 2) 1 3) -1 4) does not exist
42. Let f : R  R be a positive increasing
f  3x 
function with lim  1, then
x  f  x
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7. L.H.L
18.

R.H.L.

L.H.L R.H.L.
8. As
19.

20.
9.

10. 21.

does not exist

22.
11.

12. Use L-Hospital rule 23.

24.
13.
25.
14. Use L-Hospital rule

15. 26.

27.

16.

28.

29.

17.
30.

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31. Given limit
40. ,

where ,

32.
33.

34.

41. If then
35.

is non-zero if n =3
,

42. By using Sandwich theorem

LEVEL-II - (H.W)
36. EVALUATION OF ALGEBRA OF
LIMITS
3
1  x   1  3x
1. Lt 2 =
coefficient of x & and coefficient of x0 1  x  1 2x

1) 2 2) 3 3) 5 4) -2
4  7x
2. If f(x) = , Lt f(x) = l and
37. 7x  4 x 0

Lt
x 
f ( x )  m t he qu adr ati c e qu ati on

1 1
having roots as and is
l m
1) x 2  1  0 2) x 2  1  0
38. 3) 1/2 4) x 3  1  0
x  7  3 2x  3
3. L im 3

x2 x  6  2 3 3x  5
34 23 7 23
1) 2) 3) 4)
23 17 23 7
39. By using Sandwitch theorem
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1 cos( x 1) n
r
 x3  2 x2  x  1 ( x 1) 2
a b nr 
4. L im  2   r0
x 1
 x  2x  3 
2n 1  1
1/ 2 1) 2) 2n1  1
5 4.2n
1) e 2) e 1/ 2 3) 1 4)  
6 2n 1  1
2
2
x y   y  x 3) 4) 2n  1
Lim  3.2n
3
5. x 0
 8 xy  4 x2   8 xy  11. lim
tan x  sin x
 [EAMCET - 2010]
x 0 x2
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4) 1 1
4y 2 2 2 128y 1) 0 2)1 3) 4) 
2 2

Lt
x5
 ____
1  cos 2 x  (3  cos x) 
6.
x  5 x
12. lim [JEE M 2013]
x 0 x tan 4 x
1) 0 2) 1 3)  4) does not exist 1 1
1) 2) 3) 1 4) 2
4 2
1 1 x  2
7. lim  [EAMCET - 2011]
x 8 x 8 tan 3 x  sin 3 x
3 1 1 1 13. lim  [EAMCET - 2013]
1) 2) 3) 4)
x 0 x5
2 4 24 5
5 3 3 2
EVALUATION OF LEFT & RIGHT 1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 5 5
HAND LIMITS
Lt
Sin 2 x  2Sin 2 x  2Sinx
 1  cos 2  x  2   14. =
x0
Cosx  Cos 2 x
8. lim  
x 2  x2  [AIEEE 2011] 2
  1) 0 2) 1 3) 4) 4
3
1) equals 2 2) equals  2 3 sin x  sin 3x
15 Lt =
1
x0
x. tan 2 2 x
3) equals 4) does not exist 1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 4
2
l1  lim ( x  [ x]), l2  lim (2 x  [ x ]) 8 x2 x2 x2 x2 
9. If x2 x2
and Lim
16. x0 8 1 cos  cos  cos .cos =
x 2 4 2 4
cos x
l3  lim 1 1 1
x
  then [where [ ] denotes 1) 2) 3) 4) 1
2 x 16 15 32
2
G.I.F.] 17. Arrange the following limits in the
ascending order.
1) l1  l2  l3 2) l2  l3  l1
tan 4 x  sin 4 x tan 8 x  sin 8 x
3) l3  l2  l1 4) l1  l3  l2 1) Lx im 2) Lx im
0 x6 0 x5 tan x 5
EVALUATION OF
TRIGONOMETRIC LIMITS tan 3 x  sin 3 x tan 5 x  sin 5 x
3) Lx im 4) L im
10. If a  min  x 2  4 x  5, x  R and
0 x sin 4 x x  0 x 2 .sinh 3 x.tan 2 x

1) 1, 2, 3, 4 2) 3, 1, 4, 2
1  cos 2 3) 1, 2, 4, 3 4) 2, 1, 3, 4
b  L im then the value of
 0 2
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18. The vaue of  , is 3

1)  log e 4  2) log e 4

lim
 
cos 1  cos 1  cos .... cos 1  cos  
2 2 2
 2 2
  3) 12  loge 4 
3
4) 5  loge 4 
3
 0 (  4 2
sin   LIMITS OF THE FORM TENDS TO
   INFINITE
1
2
1) 2) 2 3) 1 4) 2 e x 1
4 25. lim
x 0 1

x
e 1
2  cos x  1
19. xLt 2
 ____ 1) 1 2) -1 3)0 4) does not exists

  x 
lim
13  23  33  ....  n 3
1 1 26. n =
1) 0 2) 3) 4) 2 3n 4  5n 3  6
4 2 1) 1/3 2) 1/5 3) 1/6 4)1/12

20. If lim
 a  n  nx  tan xsin nx  0, where n lim
3. x  5 sin 2 x  10. log x
x2 27. x =
x0
5. x  7 cos 2 x  100. log x
is a non-zero real number, then ‘a’ =
3 5 1
n 1 1 1) 2) 3)15 4)
1) 0 2) 3) n 4) n  5 3 15
n n
    
 3 sin  6  h   cos  6  h   28. lim
n 2
1  n =
2

n 3
Lim 2       n6 1
21. h  0 

3.h 3 cosh  sinh  

 1) 1 2) 1/2 3) 1/3 4) 4
(2  x ) 20 (4  x ) 3
2 4 2 4 29. lim 
1) 2) 3) 4)
x  (2  x ) 23
3 3 3 3
1) – 1 2) 1 3) 6 4) 2
EVALUATION OF EXPONENTIAL &
LOGARITHEMIC LIMITS 30. lim
n 

cos  n 2  n in equal to 
log( x  a )
22. The value of lim is 1) 0 2)1 3) 2 4) does not exist
x  a log(e x  e a )
1 1 1 
log 5    ...to n terms
1) 1 2) -1 3) 0 4) 2  1  4 8 16 
31. lim  equals
23. Arrange the following limits in the n 5
 
ascending order
x2 1) 2 2) 4 3) 8 4) 0
 1 x   2 x )3 / x
1) lim 
x 2  x
 2) lim(1
x 0
 
14  2 4  34  ...  n 4
sin  log e (1  x) 32. lim
n  n5
3) lim 4) lim
 0 2 x0 x
1) 1, 2, 3, 4 2) 1, 3, 4, 2 13  23  33  ...  n 3
 lim is
3) 1, 4, 3, 2 4) 3, 4, 1, 2 n  n5

(4 x  1)3 1 2 3 4
lim  1) 2) 3) 4)
x0
x  x2  5 5 5 5
24. sin   log e  1  
4  3 

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x x x x
a  a1/ x
1) 2) 3) 4) 0
33. If a > 1, then the value of lim
x  x 1/ x
is 2 3 6
a a LEVEL-II (H.W)-KEY
1) 1 2) 0 3) 2 4) 3
1) 2 2) 1 3) 1 4) 4 5) 4 6)1
LIMIT OF THE FORM 00 ,1 ,0 7) 3 8) 4 9) 3 10) 2 11)1 12) 4
 sin x 13) 2 14) 4 15) 2 16) 3 17) 2 18) 2
1
1 
34. for x  0 ; lim 
x0 
 sin x  x 
    19) 2 20) 4 21) 4 22) 1 23) 2 24) 3
  x  25) 4 26) 4 27) 1 28) 4 29) 1 30) 1
1) 0 2) -1 3) 1 4) 2 31) 2 32) 1 33) 1 34) 3 35) 4 36) 3
cosecx 37) 3 38) 1 39) 3 40) 2
 1  tan x 
35. lim 
x  0 1  sin x
 is equal to LEVEL-II (H.W)-HINTS
 
1 1. Using L-Hospital rule given limit is
1) 2) e 3) e 2 4)1
e
x4
 x6
36. lim    [EAMCET - 2012]
x   x  1 
2. ,

1) e 4 2) e6 3) e5 4) e 3. Using L-Hospital rule

 x5
x 3 4.
37. lim    [EAMCET - 2009]
x   x  2 
5. Take common higher power of x in both
numerator and denominater
1) e 2) e 2 3) e3 4) e5
6.
L.H.RULE
38. If f 1  0   3, then

x2 where
lim 
x0 f  x2   6 f  4x2   5 f 7 x2 

1 1 1 1
1) 2)  3) 4)
36 36 34 106

PROBLEMS USING EXPANSIONS =

1  x 1/ x  e 7. Use L-Hospital’s rule
39. lim x

x 0 8.
1) 1 2) e/2 3) –e/2 4)2/e
PROBLEMS USING SANDWICH 9. Difinition of and L hospital rule
THEOREM
40. If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than 10.
or equal to x then

lim
n  n 3 
1  2 
1 x 

22 x  
     
 3 2 x   ......   n 2 x  


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20. ,

11. Take common and simplify

21. Using L.H Rule
12.

22.
13.
23. Using standard formulae
14. Given limit is
24. Divide with and simplify

25. L.H.L=

15.
16. Given limit is
R.H.L=

26. Given limit

17.
18. Given limit 27. Divide with

28.

29. Divide with and applying limit

19. 30.

= =

= 31.

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 100 tan x.sin x 

5. lim   where [.]
x 0
 x2

represents greatest integer function is

1) 99 2) 100 3) 0 4) 98

6. If {x} denotes fractional part of x, then

x sin{ x}
32. lim 
x 1 x 1
1) 0 2) -1 3) 1 4) does not exist
7. The graph of the function y  f ( x) has a
unique tangent at the point (ea , 0) through
33. which the graph passes then
log e {1  7 f ( x)}  sin f ( x)
34. and form lima is
x e 3 f ( x)
35. form 36. 1) 1 2) 2 3) 0 4) -1
37. 38. By L-Hospital rule 8. I f [.] d e n o t e s t h e g r e a t e s t i n t e g e r

39.  
x 2 
lim 
40. Sandwich theorem function, then x    cos x 
2  
LEVEL-III - (C.W)  
3

e x  1  x3 1) 1 2) –1 3) 2 4) –2
1. lim 6 
9. I f [.] d e n o t e s t h e g r e a t e s t i n t e g e r
x  0 sin (2 x)
1 2 1 1  x2 
1) 2) 3) 4) lim
function then x  0  
128 127 126 125  tan x.sin x 
1   sin x sin x 1) 0 2) 1 3) -1 4) does not exist
lim 
1 n
2.  cos 2 x
x
2
10. lim 4  r (r  2)(r  4) 
n  n r 1
1) 2 2) 1 3) 1/ 2 4) 1/ 4
3 1 1
1) 2) 0 3) 4)
cos x x 1 4 8 4
f ( x)  2sin x x 2 2x f '( x )  7 29 133 5n  2 n 
3. If then lim  lim    ........  
tan x x 1
x 0 x 11. n 10 10 2 103 10 n 

1) 1 2) – 1 3) 2 4) – 2 1) 3/4 2) 2 3) 5/4 4) 1/2
 log  x  cos x  1 9 
 sec   12. Suppose f(n+1)  2  f (n)  f (n)  , n  N . If
 
lim  2 
x 0  
4. log
 sec x  
cos x
2  f (n)  0, n  N , then lim  f (n)  
n 
 
1) 14 2) 15 3) 16 4) 17 1) 31 2) 31 3) 3 4) –3

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2 2 2 sin 2 x 21. The value of

13. lim 11/ sin x  21/ sin x  ....  n1/ sin x  
x 0    100 x   99 sin x  
lim      , where [.]
n 1 x 0
  sin x   x  
1)  2) 0 3) 4) n
2 represents the greatest integer function, is
14. The value of 1) 199 2) 198 3) 0 4) 1
x x 1/ x [ x]  [ x 2 ]  [ x3 ]  ...  [ x 2 n 1 ]  n  1
 e[log(2 1)  (2x 1)x sin x  22. xlim
lim  is equal to  0 1  [ x 2 ]  [ x]  2 x
x0  exlogx
 
n  N is equal to
1 1) n  1 2) n 3) 1 4) 0
1) e 2) log 2 3) e log 2 4) log 2
e 23. I f [.] d e n o t e s t h e g r e a t e s t i n t e g e r
15. lim( n4  n3  A1n2  A2 n  A3 )1/ 2  function, then
n 

( n 4  n 3  B1n 2  B2 n  B3 )1/ 2 equals lim

 
tan  2 2  x 2  x 2 tan  2 2 

 
A1  B1 A1  B3
x0 sin 2 x
1) 2) 1) 20  tan 20 2) 20  tan 20
2 2
B3  A1 A1  B3 3) 20 4) tan 20
3) 4)
2 2
23 13 33 13 n3 1
2 2
l.n  2(n 1)  3(n  2)  ...  n.12 2 24. lim . .... 
16. lim  n 23 13 33  13 n3 1
n 13  23  ...  n3
1 2 3
8 4 2 1 1) 2) 3) 1 4)
1) 2) 3) 4) 3 3 2
3 3 3 3 r n r
n  m  m
1  2  3  4  5  6  .....  2 n 25. lim Cr   1  
17. lim
n  2 2
 n
n  n
n  1  4n  1
1 1 1 1 mr mr e m e r r m
1) e  m m r 2) 3) 4)
1) 2) – 3) – 4) r! r! m!
3 3 5 5

sec2
18. If lim  x 3 sin 3x  ax 2  b  exists and is  2   
26. The value of lim sin 
2bx

x0

equal to zero,then the value of a  2b = x 0
  2  ax 
1) 3 2) 4 3) 0 4) 6
1) e  a / b 2) e  a 2 / b2 3) a 2 a / b 4) e 4 a / b
19. T h e g r a p h o f y  f  x  h a s u n i q u e
tangent at the point  a, 0  through which  12 3 52 7 
the graph passes. Then 27. x  1  x3 1  x 2 1  x 3  1  x 2  ... 
lim  
 
log 1  6 f  x  
lim  5 10 5 10
x a 3 f  x 1) 2) 3) 4)
6 3 6 3
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 
20. The value of  1  1  1
28. E va l u a t e lim 1  1   .... 1  
 1  1 
n 
 a1  a2   an 
lim  1  x   is
x0
 2   tan x  4  2  where a1  1 and an  n 1  an 1   n  2
1) log16 2) does not exist 1 1
1) 2) 3) e 4) 1
3) 3log 2 4) 6 log 2 e e2

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n
n2   1  1  1  1  sin  cos x 
29. lim n  n 1  n   n  2 ...... n  n1  = 37. lim  ( w h e r e  x denotes
n
  2  2   2  x 0
 x   sin x 
1 1 3 2 greatest integral part of x )
1) 2 2) 3) e2 4) e 1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 
2e e 2
30. Evaluate 1
lim 
38. x  1
x   x  (where  x denotes
1 x 1 x 1 x
lim  tan  2 tan 2  ...  n tan n 
n  2
 2 2 2 2 2  fractional part of x )
x 1 x 1
1) x tan 2) cot 1) does not exist 2)1 3)  4)
2 x 2 2
x  cot x 1  sin  sgn  x   
3) 4)  cot x lim
39. x  0  sgn x 
2 x      
x (where  x  denotes integral part of x )
31. xlim 
  s in x 1) 0 2)1 3) 1 4) does not exist
1)1 2) 1 3)  4) does not exist 40. If f  x   x  1   x  (where [x] is greatest
32. If   x is least integer not lessthan x integer less than or equal to x) then.
1) f 1    1; f 1   0
and g  x  is the greatest integer not 2) f 1   0  f 1 
greaterthan x then 3) lim f  x  exits
x 1
4) Cannot say any thing
lim
x e 
   x   g  x  
1
1) 1 2) 9 3) 11 4)13 ae
x 2
1  x 4 16 
n P s i n 2  n ! 41. xlim 1
 lim sin  5  then a is
33. If 0  P  1 then li m 
2
x 2
x2
 x  32 
2e
n  n 1
3 2 1
4 1) sin   2) 2 3) sin   4) sin  
1) 0 2) 1 3)  4) 5 5 5
3
42. If  x denotes fractional part of x then
 x  s in  x  a  
34. xlim 2 where  x x sin  x
 a x  a  lim
x1 x 1
denotes fractional part of x and a  N 1) 0 2) -1 3) 1 4) does not exist
1) 0 2) 1 3) a 4) 5 20

  a sin x   b tan x   43. lim

n 
 cos 2n  x  10  
x 1
35. lim     a, b  N , 1) 0 2) 1 3)19 4) 20
x 0
 x   x 
[where [ ] denotes G.I.F.] 44. If f  x  is a real number in [0, 1], then
ab the value of the function
1) a  b 2) a  b  1 3) 0 4) f  x   lim lim 1  cos 2 m  n ! x   is given by
2 m  n 

cos  sin x   cos x 1) 2 or 1 according as x is a rational or

36. lim  irrational
x 0 x4 2) 2 or 1 according as x is irrational or
1 1 1 1 rational
1) 2) 3) 4) 3) 1 for all x 4) 2 for all x
6 5 4 2
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 x  3.
45. lim sec 1   is equal to
x 
 x 1 4. Use L hospital rule

 5. We have in the
1) 0 2)  3) 4) Does not exist
2
 x
46. If n  N then lim
x n
 1 , where
 x denotes the greatest integer less 6.
than or equal to x, is equal to
n n1
1)  1 2)  1
3) 0 4) does not exist 7.
cos 2  cos 2 x Given limit
47. xlim
1 x2  x is equal to

1) 2 2) sin 2 3) 2 sin 2 4) 0
x
 1 
48. The value of lim  1  n  , n  0 is
x 
 x 
1) 1, if n  1 2) 1, if n  1
3) e, if n  1 4) e, if n  1
1/ x 8. Given limit
  f  x   3
49. lim  1  x 1    e and
x0  kx 2  
 
f  4   64 then K has value where
1) 1 2) 2 3) 4 4) 5
LEVEL-III-KEY 9. in the nbd of 0
1) 1 2) 3 3) 4 4) 3 5) 1 6) 4
7) 2 8) 4 9) 1 10) 4 11) 3 12) 3
13) 4 14) 2 15) 1 16) 4 17) 2 18) 4
19) 3 20) 1 21) 2 22) 4 23) 1 24) 2 10.
25) 3 26) 2 27) 2 28) 3 29) 3 30) 4
31) 4 32) 3 33) 1 34) 2 35) 2 36) 1
37) 4 38) 1 39) 1 40) 1 41) 3 42) 4 11.
43) 2 44) 1 45) 4 46) 4 47) 3 48) 2
49) 2 12.
LEVEL-III-HINTS

1.
13. Given limit

2. Use L hospital rule

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and
14.

22. and for

Given limit

15. On rationalising, given limit 23.

24. Given limit
16. Given expansion

25.

Given limit

17. Given and

divide with ‘n’ =

18.

Use L’Hospitals rule

19. Use L hospitals rule

26. Given limit is of the form

20.
Given limit

21. and

and

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Use L-Hospital rule

Again use L-Hospital rule

27.
= ...

28.

30

( use & given) .

proceeding like this we get

proceeding in a similar manner weight

29. 31.

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= =

35. but close to

L.H.L R.H.L but close to

limit does not exist
32. Let b
,

=
36.

use

33.

as &

37.

34.

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use

, , ,

42.

38. L.H.L =

43. where
where
Here for and in
R.H.L =
all other cases it is zero

L.H.L R.H.L limit does not exist 44. for is rational

as for is irrational
39.
45.

is not defined

46.

use 47.

40. Find and and verify

48.
41.

49.

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3) A is true but R is false
LEVEL - IV 4) R is true but A is false
5. Assertion(A) :

1. I:
Reason(R) :
1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
II : explanation of A
1) Only I is true 2) Both A and R are true and R is not the
correct explanation of A
2) Only II is true
3) A is true but R is false
3) Both I and II are true 4) R is true but A is false
4) Neither I nor II is true 6. List - I List - II

2. I: even
a) 1)
integer where [.] denotes the greatest
integer function.
b) 2)
II : then a =2, b =2
1) Only I is true
c) 3)
2) Only II is true
3) Both I and II are true
4) Neither I nor II is true
3. Arrange the following limits in the d) 4) 1
descending order
Then the correct match for List - I from
List - II
a) a b c d a b c d
1) 1 4 3 2 2) 1 2 3 4
3) 2 1 4 3 4) 1 2 4 3
b) 7. If m, n are +ve integers and are
non-zero real numbers

c) then
List - I List - II
d)
a) If m = n 1) s=
1) b,c,d,a 2) d,a,c,b
3) d,c, b, a 4) b,c, a, d b) If m < n 2) s=
4. A s s e r t i o n ( A ) : I f |x | < 1 t h e n
c) If m > n 3) s=0

Then the correct match for List - I from

Reason (R): List - II

a b c a b c
1) Both A and R are true and R is the 1) 1 2 3 2)1 3 2
correct explanation of A 3) 2 1 3 4)1 3 3
2) Both A and R are true and R is not the
correct explanation of A
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8. Match the following :
List-I List-II 11. I :

A) 1) 1/2 [Where denotes greatest integral

part of ].

B) 2) –1
II :

C) 3) does not 1) Only I is true 2) Only II is true

exist 3) Both I and II are true
4) Neither I nor II is true
D) 4) (abc) 1/3
LEVEL-IV-KEY
A B C D 1) 3 2) 2 3) 2 4) 1 5) 3 6) 4
7) 2 8) 3 9) 3 10) 3 11) 3
1) 1 2 3 4
LEVEL-IV-HINTS
2) 4 3 3 1

3) 4 3 2 1 1. 1)

4) 4 3 1 2

2)
9. I:
2. Using step function definition
3. By simplifying
II :
4. A is true, R is true
1) Only I is true 2) Only II is true 5. A is true , R is false
3) Both I and II are true 6. form
4) Neither I nor II is true 7. Divide with
Divide with
10. I : If a > 0 then , [Where
8. Using standard formula
denotes greatest integral part of ]. 9. 1) Divide with
2) Divide with x
II : 10.

[Where denotes greatest integral

part of ].
1) Only I is true
2) Only II is true
3) Both I and II are true 11. Standard formula
4) Neither I nor II is true

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