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Continuity and Differentiability Class 12 MCQ Questions with Answers
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Question. If f (x) = 2x and g(x) = (x2/2)+1 then which of the following can be a discontinuous function?
(a) f(x) + g (x)
(b) f(x) – g(x)
(c) f(x) · g (x)
(d) g(x)/f(x)
Answer
D
Question.

(a) k=e(1-1/a)
(b) k= e (1+a)
(c) k=e(2-a)
(d) the equality is not possible
Answer
A
Question. Let f: R→ R be a differentiable function having/

(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 24
(d) 36
Answer
B
Question. is equal to
(a) 0
(b) 1/2
(c) log2
(d) e4
Answer
C
Question. Let f (x)

points of discontinuity of f g (x)= sin x + cos x, then points of discontinuity of f{g(x)} in (0,2π) is
(a) {π/2,3π/4}
(b) {3π/4,7π/4}
(c) {2π/3, 5π/3}
(d) {5π/4,7π/3}
Answer
B
Question. The domain of the derivative of the function

(a) R −{-1 }
(b) R
(c) R − {-3}
(d) None of these
Answer
A
Question.

is
(a) 1
(b) sin x/x
(c) x/sin x
(d) None of these
Answer
B
Question. f (x)= [ x] +√{x}, where [.] and {.} denotes the greatest integer function and fractional part respectively, then
(a) f (x) is continuous but non-differentiable at x = 1
(b) f(x) is differentiable at x = 1
(c) f (x) is discontinuous at x = 1
(d) None of the above
Answer
A
Question. The value of the constant α and β such that lim

(a) (1,1 )
(b) (-1,1)
(c) (1,-1)
(d) (0,1)
Answer
C
Question. The value of

(a) (abc)3
(b) abc
(c) (abc)1/3
(d) None of these
Answer
D
Question.

(a) 8/πf( 2)
(b) 2/πf( 2)
(c) 2/π f(1/2)
(d) 4f(2 )
Answer
A
Question. f (x)= [sin x] +[cos x]x ∈ [0,2π], where [.] denotes the greatest integer function. Total number of points, where f x( ) is non-differentiable is equal to
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 4
Answer
C
Question.

non-zero real number, then a is equal to
(a) 0
(b) n+1/n
(c) n
(d) n+1/n
Answer
D
Question. Let f be twice differentiable function satisfying f(1)=1, f(2) = 4, f(3)=9, then
(a)f’ (x) = 2∀ x∈ (R)
(b) f'(x)=5,f(x) for some x∈(1,3)
(c) there exists atleast one x ∈( 1,3) such that f'(x)=2
(d) None of the above
Answer
C
Question.

Answer
A
Question. Let f : R→ R be any function. Define g: R→ by g (x)|(x)| for all x. Then, g is
(a) onto, if f is onto
(b) one-one, if f is one-one
(c) continuous, if f is continuous
(d) differentiable, if f is differentiable
Answer
C
Question. The limit of the following is

(a) − (2)3/2
(b) (2)1/2
(c) (2) -3/2
(d) 3
Answer
A
Question. If {x } and [x ] x are the fractional part function and greatest integer functions of x respectively, then

(a) 0
(b) 1/2
(c) e − 2
(d) does not exist
Answer
D
Question.

(a) 10
(b) 102
(c) 103
(d) 104
Answer
C
Question.

(a) 0
(b) 1/2
(c) π/2
(d) 5/6
Answer
D
Question.

Answer
C
Question. If f (x)=

(a) f(x) is continuous in R~ I
(b) f(x) is continuous in R~ Q
(c) f x) is continuous in R but not differentiable in R
(d) f(x) is neither continuous nor differentiable in R
Answer
D
Question.

(a) f(x)/x is differentiable in R
(b) f (x)/x is continuous but not differentiable in R
(c) f (x) is continuous in R
(d) f (x) is bounded in R
Answer
C
Question. if

denotes the greatest integer function), then
(a) f(x ) is continuous in R
(b) f (x) is continuous in R but not differentiable in R
(c) f ‘(x) exists everywhere but f’ (x) does not exist at some x ∈R
(d) None of the above
Answer
A
Question. If

exists and has non-zero value, then
(a) a, b, c are in AP
(b) a, b, c are in GP
(c) a, b, c are in HP
(d) None of these
Answer
D
Question. The values of p and q so that are

(a) p = 3 and q = 5
(b) p = 5 and q = 3
(c) p = 2 and q = 4
(d) p = 4 and q = 2
Answer
A
Question. If the function

is continuous in the interval[ , ], 0 π then the values of
(a ,b) are
(a) (-1,-1)
(b) (0, 0)
(c) (-1,1)
(d) (1, 1)
Answer
(B,D)
Question. If f (x) is a twice differentiable function, then between two consecutive roots of the equation
f (x) = 0, there exists
(a) at least one root of f(x) = 0
(b) at most one root of f(x) = 0
(c) exactly one root of f(x) = 0
(d) at most one root of f'(x)= 0
Answer
B
Question.

(a) discontinuous at only one point
(b) discontinuous at exactly two points
(c) discontinuous at exactly three points
(d) None of the above
Answer
C
Question. The set of points where the function f given by f (x) =|2x – 1| sin x is differentiable is
(a) R
(b) R – (1/2)
(c) (0, ∞)
(d) None of these
Answer
B
Question. The function f (x) = cot x is discontinuous on the set

Answer
A
Question. The function f (x) = e|x| is
(a) continuous everywhere but not differentiable at x = 0
(b) continuous and differentiable everywhere
(c) not continuous at x = 0
(d) None of the above
Answer
A
Question. If f (x) = x2 sin 1/x where x ≠ 0, then the value of the function f at x = 0, so that the function is continuous at x = 0, is
(a) 0
(b) -1
(c) 1
(d) None of these
Answer
A
Question.

Answer
C
Question. If f (x) =|sin x|, then
(a) f is everywhere differentiable
(b) f is everywhere continuous but not differentiable at x = nπ, n ∈ Z
(c) f is everywhere continuous but not differentiable at x = (2n + 1) π/2. n ∈ Z
(d) None of the above
Answer
B
Question.

Answer
B
Question.

Answer
A
Question. The derivative of cos-1 (2x – 1 ) w.r.t. cos-1 x is

Answer
A
Question. If x = t2 and y = t3, then d2y/dx2 is equal to
(a) 3/2
(b) 3/4t
(c) 3/2t
(d) 3/2t
Answer
B
Question. The value of c in Rolle’s theorem for the function f (x) = x3 – 3x in the
interval [0, √3] is
(a) 1
(b) -1
(c) 3/2
(d) 1/3
Answer
A
Question. For the function f (x) = x + (1/x), x ∈ [1, 3], the value of c for mean value theorem is
(a) 1
(b) √3
(c) 2
(d) None of these
Answer
B
Question.

(a) differentiable at x = 2
(b) not differentiable at x = 2
(c) continuous at x = 2
(d) None of these
Answer
B
Question.

(a) 1
(b) – 1
(c) 2
(d) None of these
Answer
A
Question. If x2 + y2 = 1, then
(a) yy’– (2y’)2 +1 = 0
(b) yy’ – (y’)2 +1 = 0
(c) yy’ – (y’)2 –1 = 0
(d) yy’ – 2(y’)2 +1 = 0
Answer
B
Question. If y = ax . b2x–1 , then d2y/dx2 is
(a) y2.log ab2
(b) y.log ab2
(c) y. (log ab2)2
(d) y. (log a2b)2
Answer
C
Question. The number of points at which the function f (x) = 1/log | x | is discontinuous is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Answer
C
Question.

If f(x) is continuous at x = 0, then f(0) =
(a) a – b
(b) a + b
(c) b – a
(d) ln a + ln b
Answer
B
Question. A real function f is said to be continuous, if it is continuous at every point in the
(a) domain of f
(b) codomain of f
(c) range of f
(d) None of these
Answer
A
Question. Let f(x) satisfy the requirements of Lagrange’s mean value theorem in [0, 2]. If f(0) = 0 and f’ (x) ≤ 1/2 for all x in [0, 2], then
(a) f (x) ≤ 2
(b) f(x) ≤ 1
(c) f(x) = 2x
(d) f(x) = 3 for atleast one x in [0, 2]
Answer
B
Question. If f (x) = ae |x| + b|x|2 , a b ∈ R and f(x) is differentiable at x = 0. Then, a and b are
(a) a = 0, b ∈ R
(b) a = 1, b = 2
(c) b = 0, a ∈ R
(d) a = 4, b = 5
Answer
A
Question. If y = a cos x – b sin x and dny/dxn = a cos x + b sin x , then n =
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 8
Answer
A
Question. If a function f(x) is defined as

(a) f(x) is continuous at x = 0 but not differentiable at x = 0
(b) f(x) is continuous as well as differentiable at x = 0
(c) f(x) is discontinuous at x = 0
(d) None of these.
Answer
C
Question. If xx = yy, then dy/dx is equal to
(a) – y/x
(b) – x/y
(c) 1+log (x/y)
(d) 1+log x/1+log y
Answer
D
Question.

Answer
A
Question. Match the terms given in column-I with the terms given in column-II and choose the correct option from the codes given below.

Codes
A B C D E
(a) 2 3 4 1 5
(b) 1 2 4 3 5
(c) 3 1 4 2 5
(d) 4 5 1 2 3
Answer
A
Question. The set of the points where f(x) = x | x | is twice differentiable, will be
(a) R
(b) R0
(c) R+
(d) R–
Answer
B
Question.

is continuous at x = 3, then the value of λ is equal to :
(a) 1
(b) – 1
(c) 0
(d) does not exist
Answer
A
Question.

is continuous at π/4, then a is equal to
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 1/4
Answer
D
Question. If yx = ey – x, then dy/dx is equal to
(a) 1 + log y / y log y
(b) (1+ log y)2/y log y
(c) 1+ log y / (log y)2
(d) (1 + log y)2 / log y
Answer
D
Question.

Answer
C
Question. The 2nd derivative of a sin3t with respect to a cos3t at t = π/4 is
(a) 4√2/3a
(b) 2
(c) 1/12a
(d) None of these
Answer
A
True/False
Question. Rolle’s theorem is applicable for the function f (x) =|x – 1| in [ 0, 2 ].
Answer
False
Question. If f is continuous on its domain D, then | f | is also continuous on D.
Answer
True
Question. The composition of two continuous function is a continuous function.
Answer
True
Question. Trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions are differentiable in their respective domain.
Answer
True
Question. If f × g is continuous at x = a, then f and g are separately continuous at x = a.
Answer
False