Limits & Continuity

Exercise:
1. If f (x) =
1 / 1 x
x for x 1 and f is continuous at x = 1 then f (1) =
1)
e
1
2) e 3) 0 4) loge
2.
x
x
Lt
x
) 1 log(
log
0
+

=
1) 0 2) 1 3) e 4) 1/e
3. ( )
n
n n
n
e Lt
1
+

=
1) 2) e 3)
e

4)

e

4.

+
+ + + +

) 2 3 )( 1 3 (
1
...
11 . 8
1
8 . 5
1
5 . 2
1
n n
Lt
n
=
1)
2
1
2)
3
1
3)
5
1
4)
6
1

5.
x
x
Lt
e
x
x
log
1
1

= 1) 0 2) e 3) 1 4) 1
6. =

x
x
x
Lt
/ 1
1
1) 0 2) 1 3) e 4) 1/e
7. If function f defined by f (x) = 2x1, if x > 2
= k , if x = 2
= x
2
1, if x < 2 is continuous then the value of k is
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 3
8.
1
1
/ 1
/ 1
0
+

+
x
x
x
e
e
Lt =
1) 0 2) 1 3) e 4) 1/e
9.
| x |
| x | sin
Lt
0 x
=
1) Does not exist 2) 1 3) 0 4) 1
10.
)! 2 ( )! 1 (
! 1)! (

Lt
+ + +
+ +

n n
n n
n =
1) 0 2) 1 3) 4) None
11.
1 3
1

Lt
0
1/
+

x
x =
1) 0 2) 1/3 3) 4)Does not exist
12.

n
x x x
x
2
cos ... ..........
4
cos .
2
cos
Lt
=
1) 1 2) sin x / x 3) x/sin x 4) None
13. The number of points at which the function f (x) =
| | log
1
x
is discontinuous is
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
14. If f (x) =
1
1

x
e
x
is continuous at x = 1 then f (1) =
1) 0 2) 1 3) 1 4) 2
15. The value of f (0) for which
x
x
x f
2 sin
4 2
) (
+
= is continuous is
1) 1/8 2) 8 3) 1/8 4) 8
16.
x
x
x Lt
sec
2
) cos 3 1 ( +
/
=
1) e 2) 1/e 3) e
3
4)
3
1
e

17. If f (x)=(1+ x)
5/x
is continuous at x = 0 then f (0) =
1) 0 2) 3) e
1/5
4) e
5

18. If f (x) =
2
4
sin ) 1 (
x
kx e
kx

, x 0 and f (0) = 9 is continuous at x = 0, then k =

1) 2) 3 3) 6 4) None
19. If f (x) = -2x + a, x 2
= x1, x>2 is continuous at x=2 then a=
1) 1 2) 3 3) 5 4) 2
20. If f (x) =
x x
x x -
-
-
1
1
tan 2
sin 2
+
, x 0 and f(0) = 9 is continuous at x = 0, then k =
1) 1/3 2) 1/3 3) 2/3 4) 2
21. If f (x) = - 2 sin x, x - /2
= k sin x + m, = -/2 < x < /2
= cos x, x/2 is continuous on the domain
then (k, m) =
1) (0, 1) 2) (1, 1) 3) (-1, 0) 4)(-1, 1)
22. The identity function is
1) Continuous only at integral points 2) Discontinuous everywhere
3) Discontinuous only at integral points 4) Continuous everywhere
23. f (x) = x [x] is continuous at x = a if a is
1) 0 2) positive integer 3) Negative integer 4) Non-integer

24. f (x) = 1, 0 < x 3/4
= 2 sin 2x/9, 3/4 < x < is continuous on
1) (0, 3/4] 2) (0, 3/4) 3) (3/4) 4) (0, 5)

25. If f (x) =
x
e
x
/ 1
1+
, x 0, then at x = 0 is
1) f is continuous 2) f is discontinuous 3)f is left continuous 4)f is right continuous only

26. If a > b, then f (x) =
x b
a x

is continuous on
1) (a, b) 2) [a,b] 3) [a, b) 4) (a, b]

27. f (x) =
x a x a
x ax a x ax a
+
+ + +
2 2 2 2
is continuous at x = 0, then f (0) =
1) a 2) -a 3) aa 4) -aa

28. f (x) = ] [x x is discontinuous at
1) Square of integers 2) every integer 3) Every non-integer 4) None

29. If f (x)=(x+1)
cot x
is continuous at x=0, then f (0)=
1) 0 2) 1 3) e 4) 1/e
30. For what value of f (x) =
x
x x tan 4 3 +
at x = 0 the function is continuous
1) 7 2) 6 3) 5 4) 0


KEY

1) 2 2) 1 3) 1 4) 4 5) 3 6) 2

7) 2 8) 2 9) 2 10) 1 11) 4 12) 2

13) 3 14) 1 15) 3 16) 3 17) 4 18) 3

19) 3 20) 2 21) 4 22) 4 23) 4 24) 4

25) 1 26) 3 27) 2 28) 2 29) 3 30) 1