Differentiability 2.

SECTION - A 6. Let f(x) = sin x, g(x) = [x + 1] and g(f(x)) = h(x)

DIFFERENTIABILITY OF A FUNCTION  
AT A POINT then h   is (where [*] is the greatest integer
 2
1. If f(x) = x ( x - x+ 1) , then indicate the correct function)
(A) nonexistent (B) 1
alternative(s) (C) –1 (D) None of these
(A) f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(B) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0 7. If f(x) = [tan2 x] then
(C) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0 (where [ * ] denotes the greatest integer function)
(D) None of these
(A) Lim
x0
f(x) does not exist
(B) f(x) is continuous at x = 0
 x(3e1/x + 4) (C) f(x) is non-differentiable at x = 0
 , x0
2. If f(x) =  2 - e1/x then f(x) is (D) f(0) = 1
 0 , x=0
SECTION - B
(A) continuous as well differentiable at x = 0 DIFFERENTIABILITY OF A FUNCTION
(B) continuous but not differentiable at x = 0 IN AN INTERVAL
(C) neither differentiable at x = 0 not continuous at x = 0 8. Let f(x) be defined in [–2, 2] by
(D) None of these  max ( 4  x 2 , 1  x 2 ) , 2  x  0
f(x) =  then f(x)
2 2
x  min ( 4  x , 1  x ) ,0 x2
3. If f(x) = be a real valued function (A) is continuous at all points
x+ 1 - x
then (B) is not continuous at more than one point
(A) f(x) is continuous, but f(0) does not exist (C) is not differentiable only at one point
(D) is not differentiable at more than one point.
(B) f(x) is differentiable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is not continuous at x = 0 max f (t),0  t  x,0  x  1
2
(D) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0 9. Let f(x) = x – x and g(x) =  .
sin x, x  1
Then in the interval [0, )
4. The function f(x) is defined as follows (A) g(x) is everywhere continuous except at two
points
 x if x0
 (B) g(x) is everywhere differentiable except at two
2
x if 0  x 1 points
f(x) =  then f(x) is
 x 3  x  1 if x 1 (C) g(x) is everywhere differentiable except at x = 1

(A) derivable & cont. at x = 0 (D) none of these
(B) derivable at x = 1 but not cont. at x = 1
SECTION - C
(C) neither derivable nor cont. at x = 1 RELATION BETWEEN CONT. & DIFF.
–1
(D) not derivable at x = 0 but cont. at x = 1 10. The function f(x) = sin (cos x) is
(A) discontinuous at x = 0
  1 
 x  1  sin 
x 
, x  0 (B) continuous at x = 0
 
  1 
(C) differentiable at x = 0
5. If f(x) =   x  1  s in 
x 
, x  0 , then f(x) is (D) None of these
 
 0 , x  0 |x|
 11. Let f(x) = for x  0 & f(0) = 1 then ,
 sin x
(A) continuous as well diff. at x = 0 (A) f(x) is conti. & diff. at x = 0
(B) continuous at x = 0, but not diff. at = 0 (B) f(x) is continuous & not derivable at x = 0
(C) neither continuous at x=0 nor diff. at x=0 (C) f(x) is discont. & not diff. at x = 0
(D) None of these (D) None of these

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12. If f(x) = [x]2 + {x}2 , then 19. If a differentiable function f satisfies

(where, [ * ] and { * } denote the greatest integer  x  y  4  2(f (x)  f (y))
f    x, y  R,
and fractional part functions respectively)  3  3
(A) f(x) is continuous at all integral points find f(x)
(B) f(x) is continuous and differentiable at x = 0 (A) 1/7 (B) 2/7
(C) f(x) is discontinuous  x  – {1} (C) 8/7 (D) 4/7
(D) f(x) is differentiable  x  .
20. Let f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) for all x, y, where f(0)  0. If
SECTION - D f(0) = 2, then f(x) is equal to
THEOREMS OF DIFFERENTIABILITY
(A) Aex (B) e2x
(C) 2x (D) None of these
13. If f(x) = p |sin x| + q . e|x| + r|x|3 and f(x) is
differentiable at x = 0, then SECTION - F
(A) p = q = r = 0 (B) p = 0, q = 0, r  R MIXED PROBLEMS
(C) q = 0, r = 0, p  R (D) p + q = 0, r  R 2 2
21. The functions defined by f(x) = max {x , (x – 1) ,
2x (1 – x)}, 0 x  1
14. If f(x) is differentiable everywhere, then (A) is differentiable for all x
(A) | f | is differentiable everywhere (B) is differentiable for all x except at one point
2
(B) | f | is differentiable everywhere (C) is differentiable for all x except at two points
(C) f | f | is not differentiable at some point (D) is not differentiable at more than two points
(D) f + | f | is differentiable everywhere
f (h)  f (0)
22. If f is an even function such that Lim
SECTION - E h0 h
FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS has some finite non-zero value, then
15. Let f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) all x and y. Suppose that f(3) (A) f is continuous and derivable at x = 0
= 3 and f(0) = 11 then f(3) is given by (B) f is continuous but not derivable at x = 0
(A) 22 (B) 44 (C) f may be discontinuous at x = 0
(C) 28 (D) 33 (D) None of these

16. If f : R  R be a differentiable function, such that

f(x + 2y) = f(x) + f(2y) + 4xy  x, y  R, then 23. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f(x) = Min
(A) f (1) = f(0) + 1 (B) f(1) = f(0) – 1 {x + 1, |x| + 1}. Then which of the following is true ?
(C) f(0) = f(1) + 2 (D) f(0) = f(1) – 2 (A) f(x)  1 for all x  R
(B) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 1
17. Let f : R  R be a function such that
(C) f(x) is differentiable everywhere
 x+ y  f(x) + f(y) (D) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
f = , f(0) = 0 and f(0) = 3, then
 3  3
f(x)
(A) is differentiable in R
x
(B) f(x) is continuous but not differentiable in R
(C) f(x) is continuous in R
(D) f(x) is bounded in R

18. Suppose that f is a differentiable function with the

property that f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) + xy and

1
lim f(h) = 3 then
h0 h
2
(A) f is a linear function (B) f(x) = 3x + x
x2
(C) f(x) = 3x + (D) None of these
2

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DIFFERENTIABILITY OF A FUNCTION 6. Given

AT A POINT
  2 
5
 x2 - 1 

  [ x ] [  x ] 
 a  |x| 


 , 0< x  2  log a (a | [x ]  [  x ] |) x   for | x | 0 ; a  1
 x2 + 1 f(x)=  
1

 1 3   3  a |x| 
 
1. If f(x) =  (x - x 2 ) , 2 < x  3 ,then   
4 
  0 for x0
 9 (| x - 4 | + | 2 - x |) , 3 < x < 4
4
 then (where [*] represent the integral part function)
(A) f is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(A) f(x) is differentiable at x = 2 & x = 3
(B) f (x) is non–differentiable at x = 2 & x = 3 (B) f is cont. & diff. at x = 0
(C) f(x) is differentiable at x = 3 but not at x = 2 (C) the differentiability of ‘f’ at x = 0 depends onthe
(D) f(x) is differentiable at x = 2 but not at x = 3. value of a
R|  x, if x  0 (D) f is cont. & diff. at x = 0 and for a = e only.
2. Function f(x) = S| x , if 0  x  1 , is
2

Tx  x  1 ,if x  1
3
THEOREMS ON DIFFERENTIABILITY
differentiable at - 7. If f(x) = |x2 – 3x + 2| + |sin x| then number of points
(A) x = 0 but not at x = 1 where f(x) is not differentiable in
(B) x = 1 but not at x = 0
[–, ] is
(C) x = 0 and x = 1 both
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
(D) neither x = 0 nor x = 1

DIFFERENTIABILITY OF A FUNCTION 8. The number of points where

IN AN INTERVAL
2
3. A function f defined as f(x) = x[x] for –1  x  3 f(x) = | x | 3 | x | 2 is not differentiable is/are
where [x] defines the greatest integer  x is
(A) conti. at all points in the domain of but non- (A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 1
derivable at a finite number of points
(B) discontinuous at all points & hence non-derivable FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS
at all points in the domain of f 9. Let f : R  R is a differentiable function
(C) discont. at a finite number of points but not satisfying the condition
derivable at all points i the domain of f
f(x + y5) = f(x) + (f(y)) 5  x, y  R.
(D) discont. & also non-derivable at a finite number
of points of f.  f(20) 
x If f '(0) > 0 then the value of  2  is
4. Function f(x) = is differentiable in the  
1 | x|
set- (where [ * ] denotes greatest integer function)
(A) (–  ,  ) (B) (–  ,0) (A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12
(C) (–  ,0)  (0,  ) (D) (0,  )
RELATION BETWEEN CONT. & DIFF. 10. Let f be a differentiable function on R

f(y)  2
 x  {x}  x sin{x} for x  0 satisfying= + xy  xyR and f’(0) = 3
2
5. If f(x) =  0 for x  0
then

If g(x) = |f(|x|) –3| , then number of points where
(where { * } denotes the fractional part function)
y = g(x) is not differentiable
(A) ‘f’ is cont. & diff. at x = 0
(A) 3 (B) 2
(B) ‘f’ is cont. but not diff. at x = 0
(C) 1 (D) 4
(C) ‘f’ is cont. & diff. at x = 2
(D) None of these
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MIXED PROBLEMS
11. For what triplets of real number (a, b, c) with
 x x 1
a  0 the function f(x) =  2
 ax + bx + c otherwise
is differentiable for all real x ?
(A) {(a, 1 – 2a, a)| a  R, a  0}
(B) {(a, 1 – 2a, c)| a, c  R, a  0}
(C) {(a, b) | a, b, c  R, a + b + c = 1}
(D) {(a, 1 – 2a, 0)| a  R, a  0}

12. The number of points at which the function

f(x) = max. {a – x, a + x, b} – < x < , 0 < a < b
cannot be differentiable is
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) none of these

13. Let f(x) = [n + p sin x], x  (0, ), n   and p is a

prime number. Then number of points where f(x) is
not differentiable is
(where [ * ] denotes greatest integer function)
(A) p – 1 (B) p + 1
(C) 2p + 1 (D) 2p – 1

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DIFFERENTIABILITY OF A FUNCTION RELATION BETWEEN CONT. & DIFF.

AT A POINT
n  |x 3| ,x  1
k  2
1. If f(x) = a
k =0
k | x | , where a ’s are real constants,
i
7. The function f(x) =  
 x   3x    13 
  4   2   4 
,x  1
is
 
then f(x) is
(A) continuous at x = 0 for all ai (A) continuous at x = 1 (B) differentiable at x = 1
(B) differentiable at x = 0 for all ai  R (C) continuous at x = 3 (D) differentiable at x = 3
(C) differentiable at x = 0 for all a2k + 1 = 0
(D) none of these THEOREMS OF DIFFERENTIABILITY
8. If f(x) = 3(2x + 3)2/3 + 2x + 3 then
2. If f(x) = x2 . sin (1/x), x  0 and f(0) = 0 then,
(A) f(x) is cont. but not diff. at x = –3/2
(A) f(x) is continuous at x = 0
(B) f(x) is diff. at x = 0
(B) f(x) is derivable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is continuous at x = 0 (C) f(x) is cont. at x = 0
(D) f(x) is not derivable at x = 0 (D) f(x) is diff. but not cont. at x = –3/2

3. A function which is continuous & not differentiable 9. The points at which the function,
at x = 0 is f(x) = |x – 0.5| + |x – 1| + tan x does not have a
(A) f(x) = x for x < 0 & f(x) = x2 for x  0
derivative in the interval (0, 2) are
(B) g(x) = x for x < 0 & g(x) = 2x for x  0
(A) 1 (B) /2
(C) h(x) = x |x| x  R
(D) K(x) = 1 + |x|, x  R (C) 3 (D) 1/2

10. If f(x) = 2 + |sin–1 x|, it is

DIFFERENTIABILITY OF A FUNCTION (A) continuous no where
IN AN INTERVAL
(B) continuous every where in its domain
(C) differentiable no where in its domain
4. f(x) = 1 + x . [cos x] in 0 < x /2, then f(x) is
(where [ * ] denotes greatest integer  x) (D) Not differentiable at x = 0
(A) It is continuous in 0 < x < /2
(B) It is differentiable in 0 < x < /2 MIXED PROBLEMS
(C) Its maximum value is 2
(D) Its not differentiable in 0 < x < /2 11. The function f(x) = 1- 1- x2
(A) has its domain –1  x  1
   (B) both f(0–) and f(0) are finite
5. f(x) = |x| + |sin x| in   ,  . It is (C) is continuous and differentiable at x = 0
 2 2
(A) conti. no where (D) is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(B) conti. every where
(C) differentiable no where
1 xn
(D) Differentiable every where except at x = 0 12. Let f(x) = lim . Then
n  1  x n
(A) f(x) is a constant in 0 < x < 1
6. f(x) = |[x] x| in – 1  x  2, then f(x) is
(where [ * ] denotes greatest integer  x) (B) f(x) is continuous at x = 1
(A) cont. at x = 0 (B) discont. x = 0 (C) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 1
(C) not diff. at x = 2 (D) diff. at x = 2 (D) None of these

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1. Examine the origin for continuity & derivability in

 ax(x  1)  b when x  1
the case of the function f defined by 
–1
f(x) = x tan (1/x), x  0 and f(0) = 0. 8. The function f(x) =  x  1 when 1  x  3
 px 2  qx  2 when x  3


 1 1 Find the values of the constants a, b, p, q so that

- + 
(i) f(x) is continuous for all x
2. Let f(x) = xe  | x | x  ; x  0, f(0) = 0, test the
(ii) f ’(1) does not exist
continuity & differentiability at x = 0. (iii) f ’(x) is continuous at x = 3
 ax 2  b if | x |  1
1 /x
a -a -1 /x 
3. Examine the function, f(x) = x. ,x0 9. If f(x) =  1 is derivable at x = 1.
 if | x |  1
a 1 /x + a -1 /x  | x |
(a > 0) and f(0) = 0 for continuity and existence of Find the values of a & b.
the derivative at the origin.
10. Examine for continuity & differentiabilty the points
4. A function f is defined as follows : x = 1 & x = 2, the function f defined by

 x[x] , 0x2
 1 for   x 0 f(x) = (x 1)[x] , 2  x  3
 

 where [x] = greatest integer less than or equal to x.
f(x) =  1  | sin x | for 0x
 2
 11. Discuss the continuity & the derivability in [0, 2]
 2
  
2   x   for  x  
  2 2  | 2x  3 | [x] for x  1
of f(x) =  x
sin for x  1
Discuss the continuity & differentiability at  2
x = 0 & x = /2. (where [ * ] denotes greatest integer function)

5. Let f(x) be defined in the interval [–2, 2] such that +

12. If f(x) = |x – 1|. ([x] – [–x]), then find f ’(1 ) &
–
f ’(1 ) (where [ * ] denotes greatest integer
 -1 , - 2  x  0
f(x) = x -1 , 0 < x  2 & g(x) = f(| x |) + | f(x) |. function)

Test the differentiability of g(x) in (–2, 2). 13. Discuss the continuity & differentiability of the
function f(x) = sin x + sin | x |, x  R. Draw a rough
6. Let f(x) = [3 + 4 sin x]. If sum of all the values of sketch of the graph of f(x).
‘x’ in [, 2] where f(x) fails to be differentiable, is
14. Examine the continuity and differentiability of
k
, then find the value of k. f(x) = | x | + | x – 1 | + | x – 2 | x  R.
2
(where [ * ] denotes the greatest integer function) Also draw the graph of f(x).

15. Discuss the continuity on 0  x  1 & differentiability

 1  x , (0  x  1) at x = 0 for the function.
 x  2 , (1  x  2)
7. f(x) =  Discuss the continuity 1 1
 4  x , (2  x  4) f(x) = x.sin sin
x 1 where x  0, x  1/ r 
x.sin
& differentiability of y = f[f(x)] for 0  x  4. x
& f(0) = f(1 /r) = 0, r = 1, 2, 3, ..........

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16. Let f(0) = 0 and f ’(0) = 1. For a positive integer k,

show that  4x + 1 - x 2 ; 0 x <1

 2
Lim 1  f(x) + f  x  + ....f  x   = 1 + 1 + 1
(C) g(x) =  4 + 2x - x ; 1 x < 3

x0
x  2
 
 k 
  2 3 
6 ; 3x5

1
+.....+  4 + 2x - x 2 ; 0 x <1
k 
 2
(D) g(x) =  4x + 1 - x ; 1 x < 3
Comprehension-1  6 ; 3x5
Let f(x) = sin –1 {min (|x|, |y|)} be defined in 
interval [–1, 1] where (x, y) lies on the curve

y = 1 - x 2 , then 21. Which of the following is true

17. Number of values of x  [–1, 1] where f(x) is non (A) g(x) is discontinuous at two points in [0, 5]
differentiable, is (B) g(x) has isolated point removable discontinuity
(A) 2 (B) 3 at one point in [0, 5]
(C) 4 (D) 5 (C) g(x) is non-differentiable at two points in [0, 5]
(D) All of the above

 22. If a fun ct i on h (x) i s defi n ed a s h (x) =

18. Which of the following is not the solution of f(x)=
6
 g(x) ; 0 x 5
1 3  , then number of points
(A) (B) –  g(-x) ; -5 x  0
2 2
where h(x) is non differentiable
5 -1 (A) 3 (B) 4
(C) (D) None of these
4 (C) 5 (D) 6

19. Area enclosed between f(x) & x–axis is Matrix Match Type
23. Column – I Column – II
(A) 2( 2 - 1) (B) 2 - 1
(A) For the function (P) 1
(C) 2 + 1 (D) None of these f : {1, 2, 3, 4} {a, b, c}
the difference between the number
Comprehension- 2 of into and onto functions is
2
Let f(x) = 4x + 1 – x ,  x  R and f (x )
(B) If xLim =– 4 & f ’(x)<0  xR (Q) 2
 min {f(t) ; x  t  x + 1} ; 0  x < 3  2 x2
g(x) =  6 ; 3x 5
  f (x)   f (x) 
Then Lim   & xLim 
 2  x 


x  2  x 
20. Definition of g(x) in [0, 5] is are (where { * } denotes fractional part function)
(C) The points where
 2 3
 4x + 1 - x ; 0x <
2 2 3 2 x
 f(x)=(x –4)|x –6x +11x–6|+ (R) 3
 3 1+|x|
(A) g(x) =  4 + 2x - x 2 ; x <3
 2 is non-differentiable is
 6 ; 3£ x£5
 (D) For n N,

x
let fn(x) = tan (1+sec x) (1+sec 2x) (S) 9
2
 2 3 n
 4 + 2x - x ; 0 x <
2 (1 + sec 4x) ..... (1 + sec 2 x).

 3
(B) g(x) =  4x + 1 - x 2 ;  x <3
If lim
f 3 (x) k
= 2 then the value of
 2 x0 2x
 6 ; 3 x 5
 k is less than or equal to (T) 0


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1. Let f : R  R be a function defined by 4. Consider the function, [AIEEE 2012]

f(x) = Min {x + 1, |x| + 1}. Then which of the f(x) = |x – 2| +|x – 5|,x  R
following is true ? Statement 1 : f'(4) = 0
Statement 2 : f is continous in [2, 5],
[AIEEE 2007]
differentiable in (2, 5) and f(2) = f(5)
(A) f(x)  1 for all x  R
(A) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true,
(B) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 1
Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for statement 1.
(C) f(x) is differentiable everywhere (B) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.
(D) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0 (C) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.
(D) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true,
Statement 2 is a correct explanation for statement 1.
 1
( x  1) sin if x  1
2. Let f(x) =  x 1
  k x + 1, 0  x  3
0 if x  1 5. If the function g(x) =  is dif
 mx + 2, 3 < x  5
Then which one of the following is true ? ferentiable, then the value of k + m is :
[AIEEE 2008] [JEE MAIN 2015]
(A) f is differentiable at x = 0 and at x = 1 10
(A) (B) 4
3
(B) f is differentiable at x = 0 but not at x = 1 16
(C) f is differentiable at x = 1 but not at x = 0 (C) 2 (D)
5
(D) f is neither differentiable at x = 0 nor at x = 1

3. 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. [AIEEE 2009]
Statement – 2 :
gof is twice differentiable at x = 0.
(A) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true;
Statement -2 is a correct explanation for
Statement -1
(B) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true;
Statement -2 is not a correct explanation for
Statement -1.
(C) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is false.
(D) Statement -1 is false, Statement -2 is ture.

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1. In the following, [x] denotes the greatest integer

  
less than or equal to x. [JEE 2007]  x  2 , x  
2
Column-I 
  cos x ,    x  0
(A) x|x| 5. If f(x) =  2
then

 x  1, 0 x 1
(B) |x|  ln x ,
 x 1 [JEE 2011]
(C) x + [x] 
(D) |x – 1| + |x + 1| (A) f(x) is continuous at x = –
2
(B) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
Column-II (C) f(x) is differentiable at x = 1
(P) continuous in (–1, 1) (D) f(x) is differentiable at x = – 3/2
(Q) differentiable in (–1, 1)
(R) strictly increasing (–1, 1)
 2 
(S) not differentiable at least at one point in (–1, 1)  x c os , x  0
6. Let f(x) =  x , x  IR, then f is
 0, x  0

(x  1) n
2. Let g(x) = ; 0 < x < 2, m and n are [JEE 2012]
ln cos m (x  1)
(A) differentiable both at x = 0 and at x = 2
integers m  0, n > 0 and let p be the left hand (B) differentiable at x = 0 but not differentiable at x = 2
(C) not differentiable at x = 0 but differentiable at x = 2
derivative of |x – 1| at x = 1. If xLim
 1
g(x) = p, then (D) differentiable neither at x = 0 nor at x = 2

[JEE 2008] 7. Let f : [a, b]  [1, ) be a continuous function and

(A) n = 1, m = 1 (B) n = 1, m = –1 let g : R  R be defined as
(C) n = 2, m = 2 (D) n > 2, m = n

 0 if x < a,
3. Let f : R  R be a function such that  x

f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y), x, y  R. f(x) = 


a
f(t)dt if a  x  b, Then

If f(x) is differentiable at x = 0, then  b

[JEE 2011]
 
a
f(t)dt if x > b

(A) f(x) is differentiable only in a finite

(A) g(x) is continuous but not differentiable at a
interval containing zero
(B) g(x) is differentiable on R
(B) f(x) is continuous  x  R (C) g(x) is continuous but not differentiable at b
(C) f'(x) is constant  x  R (D) g(x) is continuous and differentiable at either a or b
(D) f(x) is differentiable except at finitely many but not both
points [JEE ADV. 2014]
b- x
4. Let f : (0, 1)  R be defined by f(x) = 8. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be respectively given
1 - bx
where b is a constant such that 0 < b < 1. Then by f(x) = [x] + 1 and g(x) = x2 + 1. Define h : R  R by
[JEE 2011]  max {f(x), g(x)} if x  0,
h(x) =  min {f(x), g(x)} if x > 0
(A) f is not invertible on (0, 1) 
1 The number of points at which h(x) is not
(B) f  f–1 on (0, 1) and f' (b) = f '(0)
differentiable is
1 [JEE ADV. 2014]
(C) f = f–1 on (0, 1) and f' (b) = f '(0)
(D) f–1 is differentiable on (0, 1)

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9. Let g : R  R be a differentiable function with

 1   1 
g(0) = 0, g’(0) = 0 and g’(1)  0. 12. let f :   2 ,2  R and g :   2 ,2  R be
   
 x
 g(x), x  0 functions defined by f(x) = [x2 – 3] and g(x) = |x|
Let f(x) =  | x | and h(x) = e|x| for f(x) + |4x – 7| f(x), where [y] denotes the greatest
 0, x = 0

all x  R. Let (foh) (x) denote f(h(x)) and integer less than or equal to y for y  R . Then
(hof)(x) denote h(f(x)), Then which of the [JEE ADV. 2016]
following is (are) true? (A) f is discontinuous exactly at three points in
[JEE ADV. 2015]
 1 
(A) f is differentiable at x = 0   2 ,2 
 
(B) h is differentiable at x = 0
(B) f is discontinuous exactly at four points in
(C) foh is differentiable at x = 0
(D) hof is differentiable at x = 0  1 
  2 ,2 
 
10. Let f : R  R, g : R  R and h : R  R be (C) g is NOT differentiable exactly at four points
differentiable functions such that f(x) = x3 + 3x + 2,
 1 
g(f(x)) = x and h(g(g(x))) = x for all in   2 ,2 
x  R. Then [JEE ADV. 2016]  
(D) g is NOT differentiable exactly at five points
1  1 
(A) g'(2) = (B) h'(1) = 666
15 in   2 ,2 
 
(C) h(0) = 16 (D) h(g(3)) = 36

11. Let a,b  R and f : R  R be defined by

   
f  x   acos x3  x  b x sin x3  x . Then f

is [JEE ADV. 2016]

(A) differentiable at x = 0 if a = 0 and b = 1
(B) differentiable at x = 1 if a = 1 and b = 0
(C) NOT differentiable at x = 0 if a = 1 and b = 0
(D) NOT differentiable at x = 1 and a = 1 and b = 1

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 Differentiability 2.19

EXERCISE - I
JEE Main

1 B 2 B 3 B 4 D 5 B 6 A 7 B

8 D 9 C 10 B 11 C 12 C 13 D 14 B

15 D 16 D 17 C 18 C 19 D 20 B 21 C

22 B 23 C

EXERCISE - II
JEE Advance
Level - I (Single correct Option - type Questions)
1 B 2 B 3 D 4 A 5 D 6 B 7 B

8. A 9 B 10 A 11 A 12 B 13 D

Level - II (Multiple correct Option - type Questions)

1 A,C 2 A,B,D 3 A,B,D 4 A,B 5 B,D 6 AC 7 A,B,C

8 A,B,C 9 A,B,D 10 B,D 11 A,B,D 12 A,C

EXERCISE - III
Subjective - type Questions
1. conti. but not diff. at x = 0 2. f is cont. but not diff. at x = 0
+ –
3. If a  (0, 1) f ’(0 ) = – 1; f ’(0 ) = 1  continuous but not derivable
If a = 1 ; f(x) = 0 which is constant  continuous but not derivable
– +
If a > 1 f ’(0 ) = – 1 ; f ’(0 ) = 1  continuous but not derivable
4. conti. but not diff. at x = 0; diff. & conti. at x = /2
5. not derivable at x = 0 & x = 1 6. 24
7. f is conti. but not diff. at x = 1, disconti. at x = 2 & x = 3. cont. & diff. at all other points

1
8. a  1, b = 0, p = and q = – 1 9. a = 1/2, b = 3/2
3
10. discontinuous & not derivable at x = 1, continuous but not derivable at x = 2

11. f is conti. at x = 1, 3/2 & disconti. at x = 2, f is not diff. at x = 1, 3/2, 2

+ –
12. f ’(1 ) = 3, f ’(1 ) = –1 13. f(x) is conti. but not derivable at x = 0
14. conti.  x  R, not diff. at x = 0, 1 & 2 15. conti. in 0  x  1 & not diff. at x = 0

Comprehension - based Questions

17. D 18. C 19. A 20. A 21. C 22. C

Matrix Match - type Questions

23. (A)–S ; (B)–P,T ; (C)–P,R ; (D)–Q,R,S

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 Differentiability 2.20

EXERCISE - IV
Previous Year’s Question
JEE Main
1 C 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 C

JEE Advanced
1 (A)–P,Q,R ; (B)–Q,S ; (C)–R,S ; (D)–P,Q. 2 C 3 B,C 4 A,B

5 A,B,C,D 6 B 7 A,C 8 3 9 A,D 10 B,C

11. A,B 12. B,C

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