Chapter 6

A Textbook of Differential Calculus · 43 exercises

Problem 1

For \(x>0\), let \(h(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{ll}\frac{1}{q}, & \text { if } x=\frac{p}{q} \\ 0, & \text { if } x \text { is irrational }\end{array}\right.\) where \(p\) and \(q>0\) are relatively prime integers, then which one of the following does not hold good? (a) \(h(x)\) is discontinuous for all \(x\) in \((0, \infty)\) (b) \(h(x)\) is continuous for each irrational in \((0, \infty)\) (c) \(h(x)\) is discontinuous for each rational in \((0, \infty)\) (d) \(h(x)\) is not derivable for all \(x\) in \((0, \infty)\)

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Problem 4

If \(f(x)=\frac{x-e^{x}+\cos 2 x}{x^{2}}, x \neq 0\) is continuous at \(x=0\), then (a) \(f(0)=\frac{5}{2}\) (b) \([f(0)]=-2\) (c) \(\\{f(0)\\}=-0.5\) (d) \([f(0)] \cdot\\{f(0)\\}=-1.5\) (where \([x]\) and \(\\{x\\}\) denotes greatest integer and fractional part function.)

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Problem 7

Let \([x]\) denotes the integral part of \(x \in R \cdot g(x)=x-[x]\). Let \(f(x)\) be any continuous function with \(f(0)=f(1)\), then the function \(h(x)=f(g(x))\) (a) has finitely many discontinuities (b) is discontinuous at some \(x=c\) (c) is continuous on \(R\) (d) is a constant function.

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Problem 8

Let \(f\) be a differentiable function on the open interval \((a, b)\), Which of the following statements must be true? I. \(f\) is continuous on the closed interval \([a, b]\) II. \(f\) is bounded on the open interval \((a, b)\) III. If \(a

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Problem 10

). Consider function \(f: R-\\{-1,1\\} \rightarrow R . f(x)=\frac{x}{1-|x|}\). Then, the incorrect statement is (a) it is continuous at the origin (b) it is not derivable at the origin (c) the range of the function is \(R\) (d) \(f\) is continuous and derivable in its dor-

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Problem 12

The total number of points of non-differentiability of \(f(x)=\min \left[|\sin x|,|\cos x|, \frac{1}{4}\right]\) in \((0,2 \pi)\) is (a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11

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Problem 13

The function \(f(x)=[x]^{2}-\left[x^{2}\right]\) (where \([y]\) is the greatest integer less than or equal to \(y\) ) is discontinuous at (a) all integers (b) all integers except 0 and 1 (c) all integers except 0 (d) all integers except 1

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Problem 14

The function \(f(x)=\left(x^{2}-1\right)\left|x^{2}-6 x+5\right|+\cos |x|\) is not differentiable at (a) \(-1\) (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 5

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Problem 15

Let \(f(x)= \begin{cases}\frac{1}{e^{x^{2}}}, & \text { if } x \neq 0 \\ 0, & \text { if } x=0\end{cases}\) \(f^{\prime}(0)\) is equal to (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) \(-1\) (d) Doesn't exist

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Problem 16

Given \(f(x)=\frac{e^{x}-\cos 2 x-x}{x^{2}}\), for \(x \in R-\\{0\\}\) \(g(x)=f(\\{x\\})\), for \(n

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Problem 17

The function \(g(x)=\left[\begin{array}{l}x+b, x<0 \\ \cos x, x \geq 0\end{array}\right.\) can be made differentiable at \(x=0\), (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 \(b\)

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Problem 18

The graph of function \(f\) contains the point \(P(1,2)\) and \(Q(s, r) .\) The equation of the secant line through \(P\) and \(Q\) is \(y=\left(\frac{s^{2}+2 s-3}{s-1}\right) x-1-s\). The value of \(f^{\prime}(1)\), is (a) 2 (b) 3 . (c) 4 (d) Non existent

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Problem 19

Consider \(f(x)=\left[\frac{2\left(\sin x-\sin ^{3} x\right)+\left|\sin x-\sin ^{3} x\right|}{2\left(\sin x-\sin ^{3} x\right)-\left|\sin x-\sin ^{3} x\right|}\right] x \neq \frac{\pi}{2}\) for \(x \in(0, \pi) f(\pi / 2)=3\) where [ ] denotes the greatest integer function, then (a) \(f\) is continuous and differentiable at \(x=\pi / 2\) (b) \(f\) is continuous but not differentiable at \(x=\pi / 2\) (c) \(f\) is neither continuous nor differentiable at \(x=\pi / 2\) (d) None of the above

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Problem 20

If \(f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)+|x| y+x y^{2}, \forall x, y \in R\) and \(f^{\prime}(0)=0\), then (a) \(f\) need not be differentiable at every non-zero \(x\) (b) \(f\) is differentiable for all \(x \in R\) (c) \(f\) is twice differentiable at \(x=0\) (d) None of the above

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Problem 22

Let \(g(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{cl}3 x^{2}-4 \sqrt{x}+1, & \text { for } x<1 \\\ a x+b, & \text { for } x \geq 1\end{array}\right.\). If \(g(x)\) is the continuous and differentiable for all numbers in its domain, then (a) \(a=b=4\) (b) \(a=b=-4\) (c) \(a=4\) and \(b=-4\) (d) \(a=-4\) and \(b=4\)

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Problem 23

Let \(f(x)\) be continuous and differentiable function for all reals. \(f(x+y)=f(x)-3 x y+f(y) .\) If \(\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(h)}{h}=7\), then the value of \(f^{\prime}(x)\) is (a) \(-3 x\) (b) 7 (c) \(-3 x+7\) (d) \(2 f(x)+7\)

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Problem 24

Let \([x]\) be the greatest integer function and \(f(x)=\frac{\sin \frac{4}{4} \pi[x]}{[x]}\). Then, which one of the following does not hold good? (a) Not continuous at any point (b) Continuous at \(3 / 2\) (c) Discontinuous at 2 (d) Differentiable at \(4 / 3\)

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Problem 25

Given, \(f(x)=\left[\begin{array}{l}b\left([x]^{2}+[x]\right)+1, \text { for } x \geq-1 \\ \sin (\pi(x+a)), \text { for } x<-1\end{array}\right.\) where \([x]\) denotes the integral part of \(x\), then for what values of \(a, b\) the function is continuous at \(x=-1\) ? (a) \(a=2 n+(3 / 2) ; b \in R ; n \in I\) (b) \(a=4 n+2 ; b \in R ; n \in I\) (c) \(a=4 n+(3 / 2) ; b \in R^{+} ; n \in I\) (d) \(a=4 n+1 ; b \in R^{+} ; n \in I\)

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Problem 26

If both \(f(x)\) and \(g(x)\) are differentiable functions at \(x=x_{0}\), then the function defined as, \(h(x)=\) maximum \(\\{f(x), g(x)\\}\) (a) is always differentiable at \(x=x_{0}\) (b) is never differentiable at \(x=x_{0}\) (c) is differentiable at \(x=x_{0}\) when \(f\left(x_{0}\right) \neq g\left(x_{0}\right)\) (d) cannot be differentiable at \(x=x_{0}\), if \(f\left(x_{0}\right)=g\left(x_{0}\right)\)

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Problem 27

\(\operatorname{If} f(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{c}\frac{x \cdot \ln (\cos x)}{\ln \left(1+x^{2}\right)}, x \neq 0 \\ 0\end{array}, x=0\right.\), then (a) \(f\) is continuous at \(x=0\) (b) \(f\) is continuous at \(x=0\) but not differentiable at \(x=0\) (c) \(f\) is differentiable at \(x=0\) (d) \(f\) is not continuous at \(x=0\)

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Problem 28

Let \([x]\) denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to \(x\). If \(f(x)=[x \sin \pi x]\), then \(f(x)\) is (a) continuous at \(x=0\) (b) continuous in \((-1,0)\) (c) differentiable at \(x=1\) (d) differentiable in \((-1,1)\)

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Problem 30

The function \(f(x)=\sqrt{1-\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}\) (a) has its domain \(-1 \leq x \leq 1\) (b) has finite one sided derivates at the point \(x=0\) (c) is continuous and differentiable at \(x=0\) (d) is continuous but not differentiable at \(x=0\)

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Problem 31

Consider the function \(f(x)=\left|x^{3}+1\right|\). Then, (a) Domain of \(f x \in R\) (b) Range of \(f\) is \(R^{+}\) (c) \(f\) has no inverse (d) \(f\) is continuous and differentiable for every \(x \in R\)

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Problem 32

\(f\) is a continuous function in \([a, b], g\) is a continuous function in \([b, c]\), A function \(h(x)\) is defined as \(h(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{l}f(x) \text { for } x \in[a, b) \\ g(x) \text { for } x \in(b, c]\end{array}\right.\), If \(f(b)=g(b)\), then (a) \(h(x)\) has a removable discontinuity at \(x=b\) (b) \(h(x)\) may or may not be continuous in \([a, c]\) (c) \(h\left(b^{-}\right)=g\left(b^{+}\right)\)and \(h\left(b^{+}\right)=f\left(b^{-}\right)\) (d) \(h\left(b^{+}\right)=g\left(b^{-}\right)\)and \(h\left(b^{-}\right)=f\left(b^{+}\right)\)

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Problem 33

Which of the following function(s) has/have the same range? (a) \(f(x)=\frac{1}{1+x}\) (b) \(f(x)=\frac{1}{1+x^{2}}\) (c) \(f(x)=\frac{1}{1+\sqrt{x}}\) (d) \(f(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3-x}}\)

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Problem 34

If \(f(x)=\sec 2 x+\operatorname{cosec} 2 x\), then \(f(x)\) is discontinuous at all points in (a) \(\\{n \pi, n \in N\\}\) (b) \(\left\\{(2 n \pm 1) \frac{\pi}{4}, n \in I\right\\}\) (c) \(\left\\{\frac{n \pi}{4}, n \in I\right\\}\) (d) \(\left\\{(2 n \pm 1) \frac{\pi}{8}, n \in I\right\\}\)

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Problem 35

Let \(f(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{c}x^{n} \sin \left(\frac{1}{x^{2}}\right), x \neq 0 \\ 0 \quad, x=0\end{array},(n \in I)\right.\), then (a) \(\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} f(x)\) exists for every \(n>1\) (b) \(f\) is continuous at \(x=0\) for \(n>1\) (c) \(f\) is differentiable at \(x=0\) for every \(n>1\) (d) None of the above

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Problem 36

A function is defined as \(f(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{c,}e^{x}, x \leq 0 \\\ |x-1|, x>0\end{array}\right.\), then \(f(x)\) is (a) continuous at \(x=0\) (b) continuous at \(x=1\) (c) differentiable at \(x=0\) (d) differentiable at \(x=1\)

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Problem 38

A function \(f(x)\) satisfies the relation \(f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)+x y(x+y), \forall x, y \in R\). If \(f^{\prime}(0)=-1\), then (a) \(f(x)\) is a polynomial function (b) \(f(x)\) is an exponential function (c) \(f(x)\) is twice differentiable for all \(x \in R\) (d) \(f^{\prime}(3)=8\)

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Problem 39

If \(f(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{cc}3 x^{2}+12 x-1, & -1 \leq x \leq 2 \\ 37-x, & 2

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Problem 40

If \(f(x)=0\) for \(x<0\) and \(f(x)\) is differentiable at \(x=0\), then for \(x>0, f(x)\) may be (a) \(x^{2}\) (b) \(x\) (c) \(-x\) (d) \(-x^{3 / 2}\)

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Problem 42

Statement I \(f(x)=|x| \sin x\) is differentiable at \(x=0\). Because Statement II If \(g(x)\) is not differentiable at \(x=a\) and \(h(x)\) is differentiable at \(x=a\), then \(g(x) \cdot h(x)\) cannot be differentiable at \(x=a\).

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Problem 44

Let \(f(x)=x-x^{2}\) and \(g(x)=\\{x\\}, \forall x \in R\) where \\{\\} denotes fractional part function. Statement I \(f(g(x))\) will be continuous, \(\forall x \in R\). Because Statement II \(f(0)=f(1)\) and \(g(x)\) is periodic with period \(1 .\)

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Problem 46

\(f(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{lc}\sin x, & x \leq 0 \\ \tan x, 0

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Problem 47

Number of points of discontinuity of \(\left[2 x^{3}-5\right]\) in \([1,2)\) is (where [ \(]\) ] denotes the greatest integral function.) (a) 14 (b) 13 (c) 10 (d) None of these

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Problem 48

\(\operatorname{Max}([x],|x|)\) is discontinuous at, (a) \(x=0\) (b) \(\phi\) (c) \(x=n, n \in I\) (d) None of these

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Problem 52

Match the entries of the following two columns.Column I \(\quad\) Column \(=\) II \hline (A) \(f(x)=\left[\begin{array}{ll}x+1, & \text { if } x<0 \\ \cos x, & \text { if } x \geq 0\end{array}\right.\) at \(x\) t \(x=0\) is (p) continuous (B) For every \(x \in R\), the function \(g(x)=\frac{\sin (\pi[x-\pi])}{1+[x]^{2}}\) (q) differentiability where \([x]\) denotes the greatest integer function is (C) \(h(x)=\sqrt{\\{x\\}^{2}}\) where \(\\{x\\}\) denotes fractional part ( \(\left.\mathrm{r}\right)\) discontinuous (r) function for all \(x \in I\), is \(k(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{cl}x^{\frac{1}{\ln x}}, & \text { if } x \neq 1 \\\ e, & \text { if } x=1\end{array}\right.\) (D) \(k(x)=\left\\{x^{\ln x}\right.\), if \(x \neq 1\) at \(x=1\) is at \(x=1\) (s) non-derivable

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Problem 53

\text { Match the entries of the following two columns. }\text { Column I }\text { Column II }(A) \(\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(e^{\sqrt{x^{4}+1}}-e^{\left(x^{2}+1\right)}\right)\) is (p) \(e\) (B) For \(a>0\), let \(f(x)=\left[\begin{array}{ll}\frac{a^{x}+a^{-x}-2}{x^{2}}, & \text { if } x>0 \\ 3 \ln (a-x)-2, & \text { if } x \leq 0\end{array}\right.\) (q) \(e^{2}\) If \(f\) is continuous at \(x=0\), then ' \(a\) ' equals to \(\quad\) (r) \(1 / e\) (C) Let \(L=\lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{x^{x}-a^{a}}{x-a}\) and \(M=\lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{x^{x}-a^{x}}{x-a}(a>0)\). If \(L=2 M\), then the value of ' \(a\) ' is equal to (s) non-existent

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Problem 54

Number of points of discontinuity of \(f(x)=\tan ^{2} x-\sec ^{2} x\) in \((0,2 \pi)\) is ..........

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Problem 56

Let \(f(x)=x+\cos x+2\) and \(g(x)\) be the inverse function of \(f(x)\), then \(g^{\prime}(3)\) equals to \(\ldots \ldots \ldots\)

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Problem 57

Let \(f(x)=x \tan ^{-1}\left(x^{2}\right)+x^{4}\). Let \(f^{k}(x)\) denotes \(k\) th derivative of \(f(x)\) w.r.t. \(x\), \(k \in N\). If \(f^{2 m}(0) \neq 0, m \in N\), then \(m\) equals to ..........

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Problem 58

Let \(f_{1}(x)\) and \(f_{2}(x)\) be twice differentiable functions where \(F(x)=f_{1}(x)+f_{2}(x)\) and \(G(x)=f_{1}(x)-f_{2}(x), \forall x \in R, f_{1}(0)=2\) and \(f_{2}(0)=1 .\) If \(f_{1}^{\prime}(x)=f_{2}(x)\) and \(f_{2}^{\prime}(x)=f_{1}(x), \forall x \in R\), then the number of solutions of the equation \((F(x))^{2}=\frac{9 x^{4}}{G(x)}\) is .........

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Problem 59

Suppose the function \(f(x)-f(2 x)\) has the derivative 5 at \(x=1\) and derivative 7 at \(x=2\). The derivative of the function \(f(x)-f(4 x)-10 x\) at \(x=1\) is equal to \(\ldots \ldots \ldots .\)

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