CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY

MATHEMATICS
JEE MAIN PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS – 2018-2023
Chapter Name :- CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY
(Important Questions Only)

 a |   x | 1, x  5
1. If the function f(x)   is continuous at x = 5, then the value of a – b is :
b | x   | 3, x  5
[JEE-Main_09-04-2019-S-2]
2 2 2 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
5 5 5 5
2. 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_10-04-2019-S-1]
(1) not differentiable if f(c) = 0 (2) differentiable if f(c) = 0
(3) not differentiable (4) differentiable if f(c)  0
4
3. Let [t] denote the greatest integer  t and lim x    A. Then the function, f(x) = [x2] sin(x) is
x 0
x
discontinuous, when x is equal to
[JEE-Main_09-01-2020-S-2]

(1) A  21 (2) A (3) A 1 (4) A 5

ae x  be  x , 1  x  1

4. If a function f(x) defined by f(x)  cx 2 , 1 x  3
ax 2  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_02-09-2020_S1]
e e e 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
e  3e  13
2
e  3e  13
2
e  3e  13
2
e  3e  13
2

5. Let ƒ : R  R be a function which satisfies ƒ(x + y) = ƒ(x) + ƒ(y)  x, yR . If ƒ(1) = 2 and
(n 1)
g(n)   f(k), n  N
k 1
then the value of n, for which g(n) = 20, is :

[JEE-Main_02-09-2020-S-2]
(1) 20 (2) 9 (3) 5 (4) 4
t 2 f 2 (x)  x 2 f 2 (t)
6. Let f : (0, )  (0, ) be a differentiable function such that f(1) = e and lim 0
t x tx
If f(x) = 1, then x is equal to :
[JEE MAIN_04-09-2020_S2]
1 1
(1) 2e (2) e (3) (4)
2e e

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
7. If f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) and  f(x)  2
x 1
x, yN, where N is the set of all natural numbers, then the value of

f(4)
is :
f(2)
[JEE MAIN_06-09-2020_S1]
1 4 1 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9 9 3 3

 2x  1 
8. If f : R  R is a function defined by f (x) = [x–1]cos   , where [.] denotes the greatest integer
 2 
function, then f is :
[JEE-Main_24-02-2021_S1]
(1) discontinuous at all integral values of x except at x = 1
(2) continuous only at x = 1
(3) continuous for every real x
(4) discontinuous only at x = l
9. Let f be any function defined on R and let it satisfy the condition :
| f(x)  f(y) |  | (x  y)2 |, (x,y)  R
If f(0) = 1, then :
[JEE-Main_26-02-2021_S1]
(1) f(x) can take any value of R (2) f(x)  0,  x R

(3) f(x)  0,  x  R (4) f(x)  0,  x  R

10. Let the functions f :    and g :    be defined as :

x  2 x  0  x3 , x 1
f(x)   2 and g(x)  
 x , x  0 3x  2, x 1

Then, the number of points in  where (fog) (x) is NOT differentiable is equal to :
[JEE-Main_16-03-2021_S1]
(1) 3 (2) 1 (3) 0 (4) 2

 1
 ; | x | 1
11. If f(x)   | x | is differentiable at every point of the domain, then the values of a and b are
ax   b; | x | 1

respectively :
[JEE-Main_18-03-2021_S1]
1 1 1 3 5 3 1 3
(1) , (2) , (3) , (4)  ,
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

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 3a

1  sin x  ,  x0
sin x

 4
  
12. Let f :   ,   R be defined as f  x    b , x0
 4 4  
 ecot 4 x/cot 2x , 0x
 4
If f is continuous at x = 0, then the value of 6a + b2 is equal to :
[JEE-Main_27-July-2021_S1]
(1) 1 - e (2) e - 1 (3) 1 + e (4) e
2

The function f  x   x  2 x  3 .e
2 9 x 12 x  4
13. is not differentiable at exactly :

[JEE-Main_31-08-2021_S1]
(1) four points (2) three points (3) two points (4) one point
14. Let f :    be defined as

[e x ], x0
 x
ae  [x– 1], 0  x 1
f(x) = 
b  [sin(  x)], 1 x  2
 –x
[e ] – c, x2

where a, b, c   and [t] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to t. Then, which of the following
statements is true?
[JEE MAIN_28-06-2022_S1]
(1) There exists a, b, c   such that f is continuous of  .
(2) If f is discontinuous at exactly one point, then a + b + c = 1.
(3) If f is discontinuous at exactly one point, then a + b + c  1.
(4) f is discontinuous at atleast two points, for any values of a, b and c.
15. Let f: R  R be a continuous function such that f (3x) – f (x) = x. If f (8) = 7, then f (14) is equal to :
[JEE-Main_26-07-2022_S1]
(1) 4 (2) 10 (3) 11 (4) 16
cos(2  x) – x sin(x –1)
2n
16. The function f : R  R defined by f(x) = lim is continuous for all x in-
n 1 x 2n 1 – x 2n

[JEE-Main_27-07-2022_S1]
(1) R – {–1} (2) R – {– 1, 1}
(3) R – {1} (4) R – {0}
17. Suppose f : R (0, ) be a differentiable function such that 5f(x + y) = f(x)  f(y),  x, y  R. If f(3) =
5
320, then  f(n)
n0
is equal to :

[JEE-Main_30-01-2023_S1]
(1) 6875 (2) 6575 (3) 6825 (4) 6528

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18. 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_07-01-2020_S1]
19. Suppose a differentiable function f(x) satisfies the identity f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) + xy2 + x2y, for all real x
f(x)
and y. lim  1 ,If then f(3) is equal to ______.
x 0 x
[JEE MAIN_04-09-2020_S1]
 5  1
 x sin  x   5x , x  0
2

  
20. Let f : R  R be defined as f(x)   0, x0

 x 5 cos  1   x 2 ,x  0
 x

The value of  for which f”(0) exists, is______.

[JEE MAIN_06-09-2020_S1]
 1
f(x)  f  
 1  x
21. If a +  = 1, b +  = 2 and af(x)  f    bx  , x  0, then the value of expression
x x 1
x
x
is________.
(JEE-Main_24-02-2021)
22. The number of points, at which of function f(x) = |2x + 1| – 3|x + 2| + |x2 + x – 2|, x  R is not
differentiable, is ______
[JEE-Main_25-02-2021_S1]
23. 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. If he
1
function f is differentiable at x = 0 and f' (0) = 3, then lim (f(h)  1) is equal to ______.
h 0 h

[JEE-Main_18-03-2021_S2]

24. Let a function g : [0, 4]  R be defined as g(x)   0 t  x


max t 3  6t 2  9t  3  , 0x3
then the
 4x , 3x4
number of points in the interval (0, 4) where g(x) is NOT differentiable, is _______.
[JEE-Main_20-July-2021_S2]

25. Let f : 0, 3   R be defined by f  x   min x   x ,1   x   x

where [x] is the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Let P denote the set containing all x  [0, 3]
where f is discontinuous, and Q denote the set containing all x  (0, 3) where f is not differentiable.
Then the sum of number of elements in P and Q is equal to __________ .
[JEE-Main_27-July-2021_S1]

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26. Let [t] denote the greatest integer  t. The number of points where the function

  
f(x)  [x] x 2  1  sin    [x  1], x  (2,2) is not continuous is ______.
 [x]  3 
[JEE-Main_01-09-2021_S2]
2x  3, x 0
27. Let f(x) = [2x2 + 1] and g  x    , where [t] is the greatest integer  t . Then, in the open
2x  3, x 0

interval (1, 1), the number of points where fog is discontinuous is equal to _____
[JEE MAIN_25-06-2022_S2]
 1  1
28. Let f and g be twice differentiable even functions on (–2, 2) such that f    0, f    0 , f(1) = 1 and
4
  2
3
g    0, g(1) = 2. Then, the minimum number of solutions of f (x) g"(x) + f'(x)g'(x) = 0 in (–2, 2) is
4
equal to __.
[JEE MAIN_29-06-2022_S2]
29. If [t] denotes the greatest integer  t, then number of points, at which the function f(x) = 4 |2x + 3| + 9

 1
 x  2  – 12 [x + 20] is not differentiable in the open interval (–20, 20), is ___ .
 
[JEE-Main_29-07-2022_S2]
30. Let f : R  R be a differentiable function that satisfies the relation f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) – 1,  x, y  R.
If f'(0) = 2, then |f(–2)l is equal to _____.
[JEE-Main_29-01-2023_S1]

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ANSWERKEY_Continuity And Differentiability

1. (4) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (2) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (2)
8. (3) 9. (4) 10. (2) 11. (4) 12. (3) 13. (3) 14. (3)
15. (2) 16. (2) 17. (3) 18. 3 19. 10 20. 5 21. 2
22. 2 23. 3 24. 1 25. 5 26. 2 27. 62 28. 4
29. 79 30. 3

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