CONTINUITY-WORKSHEET

1. If f ( x)=|x−2|, then
lim f ( x )≠0
(a) x →2+

lim f ( x )≠0
(b) x →2−

lim f ( x )≠ lim f ( x )
(c) x →2+ x →2−

(d) f ( x) is continuous at x=2

2. If the function
f(x)=¿ { kcosx
π−2x
π
,when x≠ ¿ ¿¿¿
2 be continuous at x= π2 , then k =
(a) 3 (b) 6
(c) 12 (d) None of these
log(1+ax )−log(1−bx )
f ( x )=
3. The function x is not defined at x=0 . The value which should be assigned to f at x =0
so that it is continuos at x=0 , is
(a) a−b (b) a+ b

(c) log a+log b (d) log a−log b

4. Let
f (x)=¿
{ x 3+ x 2−16 x+20
(x−2)2
,if x≠2 ¿ ¿¿¿
. If f ( x) be continuous for all x, then k =
(a) 7 (b) –7
(c) ±7 (d) None of these

5. Let
f(x)=¿ { x2+k, when x≥0 ¿ ¿¿¿ . If the function f ( x) be continuous at x=0 , then k =
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) –2
1/x
6. In order that the function f ( x )=(x +1 ) is continuous at x=0 , f (0) must be defined as
(a) f (0)=0 (b) f (0)=e
(c) f (0)=1/e (d) f (0)=1

7. If
f (x)=¿{x, when0<x<1/2¿{1, when x=1/2¿ ¿ , then
lim f ( x )=2
(a) x →1/ 2+

lim f ( x )=2
(b) x →1/ 2−

1
x=
(c) f ( x) is continuous at 2
1
x=
(d) f ( x) is discontinuous at 2

8. If
f (x)=¿{(x2/a)−a,when x<a ¿ { 0,when x=a, ¿ ¿ ¿ then
 lim f ( x )=a
(a) x →a

(b) f ( x) is continuous at x=a

(c) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=a
(d) None of these

9. If
f(x)=¿ { e1/x
, when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿, then
lim f ( x )=e
(a) x →0+

lim f ( x )=0
(b) x →0+

(c) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=0

(d) None of these

10. If
{
x 2−4 x+3
f (x)=¿ 2 , for x≠1 ¿ ¿¿¿
x −1 , then
lim f ( x )=2
(a) x →1+

lim f ( x )=3
(b) x →1−

(c) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=1

(d) None of these
x +1
f ( x )= 2
11. The points at which the function x + x−12 is discontinuous, are
(a) –3, 4 (b) 3, –4
(c) –1,–3, 4 (d) –1, 3, 4

{
x
e + ax , x <0
f ( x )=
b( x−1 )2 , x≥0
12. If then
lim f ( x )≠2 lim f ( x )=0
(a) x →0+ (b) x →0−

(c) f ( x) is continuous at x=0 (d) None of these

13. If
{ 1
f (x)=¿ x2 sin , when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
x , then
(a) f (0+0 )=1 (b) f (0−0)=1
(c) f is continuous at x=0 (d) None of these
14. The value of k so that the function

f(x)=¿ { k (2x−x2), when x<0 ¿ ¿¿¿is continuous at x=0 , is

(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 4 (d) For No value of K

15. If
f (x)=¿
{ x
e1/ x +1
, when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
, then
lim f ( x )=1 lim f ( x )=1
(a) x →0+ (b) x →0−

(c) f ( x) is continuous at x=0 (d) None of these

16. If
f(x)=¿ { ( 1+2x)1/x
, for x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿, then
 lim f ( x )=e
(a) x →0+

lim f ( x )=e 2
(b) x →0−

(c)
f ( x) is discontinuous at x=0
(d) None of these

17. If
f(x)=¿ { 2 1/x
,for x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿, then
lim f ( x )=0 lim f ( x )=∞
(a) x →0+ (b) x →0−

(c)
f ( x) is continuous at x=0 (d) None of these

18. If
1
x {
f (x)=¿ sin x2 , x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
, then
lim f ( x )≠0 lim f ( x )≠0
(a) x →0+ (b) x →0−

(c) f(x) is continuous at x=0 (d) None of these

19. If
{
1
f(x)=¿ {x−1, x<0¿ , x=0 ¿ ¿¿¿
4 , then
lim f ( x )=1
(a) x →0+

lim f ( x )=1
(b) x →0−

(c)
f ( x)
is discontinuous at x=0
(d) None of these

20. Which of the following statements is true for graph

f ( x )=log x
(a) Graph shows that function is continuous
(b) Graph shows that function is discontinuous
(c) Graph finds for negative and positive values of x
(d) Graph is symmetric along x-axis

21. If function
f (x)=¿ { x 2−1
x−1
, when x≠1¿¿¿¿
is continuous at x=1 , then the value of k will be
(a) –1 (b) 2
(c) –3 (d) –2
x
f ( x )=
22. At which points the function
[ x ] , where[. ] is greatest integer function, is discontinuous
(a) Only positive integers
(b) All positive and negative integers and (0, 1)
(c) All rational numbers
(d) None of these

23. For the function

sin2 ax
x {
f (x)=¿ 2 , when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
which one is a true statement
(a) f ( x) is continuous at x=0

(b) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=0 , when a≠±1

 lim(1−x+[x−1]+[1−x])
(c) x→1 is continuous at x=a
(d) None of these

24. If
f(x)=¿{ −x , when x≤0¿{ 5x−4,when0<x≤1¿{4x −3x,when 1<x<2¿ ¿
2 2
, then
(a) f :R→R is continuous at x=0
(b) f ( x) is continuous x=2

(c) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=1

(d) None of these

25. If
f(x)=¿ { sin−1
|x|,when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿ then
lim f ( x )≠0
(a) x →0+

lim f ( x )≠0
(b) x →0−

(c) f ( x) is continuous at x=0

(d) None of these

26. If
f (x)=¿ { sin2x
5x
,when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
is continuous at x=0 , then the value of k will be
2
(a) 1 (b) 5
2
−
(c) 5 (d) None of these

27. If
f(x)=¿ { 1 +x 2
, when 0≤x≤1 ¿ ¿¿¿, then
lim f ( x )≠0
(a) x →1+

lim f ( x )≠2
(b) x →1−

(c) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=1

(d) None of these

28. If
f (x)=¿
x 2−1
x+1 {
, when x≠−1¿¿¿¿
,then
lim f ( x )=−2
x →(−1)−
(a)
lim f ( x )=−2
x →(−1)+
(b)
(c) f ( x) is continuous at x=−1
(d) All the above are correct

29. If
5
{
f ( x)=¿ −x,when x<2¿ { 1 ,when x=2¿¿¿¿
2 , then
f ( x) is continuous at x=2
(a)
 (b) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=2
lim f ( x )=1
(c) x →2
(d) None of these
30. If f ( x)=|x−b|, then function
(a) Is continuous at x=1 (b) Is continuous at x=b
(c) Is discontinuous at x=b (d) None of these

31. If
f (x)=¿ {
|x−a|
x−a
,when x≠a ¿ ¿¿¿
,then
(a) f ( x) is continuous at x=a
(b) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=a
lim f ( x )=1
(c) x →a
(d) None of these

32. If
f(x)=¿ { x 2
, when x≠1 ¿ ¿¿¿then
lim f ( x )=2
(a) x →1

(b) f ( x) is continuous at x=1

(c) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=1
(d) None of these

33. If
f(x)=¿ {1+x, when x≤2¿¿¿¿ , then
(a) f ( x) is continuous at x=2
(b) f ( x) is discontinuous at A=0, B=1
(c) f ( x) is continuous at x=3
(d) None of these

34. If
{ 3π
f(x)=¿ 1, when 0<x≤ ¿ ¿¿¿
4 , then
(a) f ( x) is continuous at x=0
(b) f ( x) is continuous at x= π
3π
x=
(c) f ( x) is continuous at 4
3π
x=
(d) f ( x) is discontinuous at 4

35. If
{ π
f(x)=¿ xsinx, when 0<x≤ ¿ ¿¿¿
2 , then
(a) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=π / 2
(b) f ( x) is continuous at x=π / 2
(c) f ( x) is continuous at x=0
(d) None of these
36. If
{1−cos4 x
f (x)=¿ 2 ,when x<0 ¿ { a, when x=0¿¿¿¿
x ,
is continuous at x=0 , then the value of 'a' will be

(a) 8 (b) –8
(c) 4 (d) None of these

37. If
{f(x)=¿ ax2−b, when 0≤x<1¿{ 2,when x=1¿ ¿ is continuous at x=1 , then the most suitable value of a, b are
(a) a=2 , b=0 (b) a=1, b=−1
(c) a=4 , b=2 (d) All the above

38. If
f (x)=¿ { x−|x|
x
,when x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
, then
(a) f ( x) is continuous at x=0
(b) [ 0,
π
2 ] is discontinuous at x=0
lim f ( x )=2
(c) x →0
(d) None of these

39. If
f (x)=¿
x−2{
x 4−16
, when x≠2¿¿¿¿
, then
(a) f ( x) is continuous at x=2
(b) f ( x) is discountinous at x=2
lim f ( x )=16
(c) x →2
(d) None of these

40. If
f(x)=¿ { x 2
, when x≤1 ¿ ¿¿¿, then
(a) f ( x) is continuous at x=1
(b) f ( x) is discontinuous at x=1
lim f ( x )=1
(c) x →1
(d) None of these

41. If
f (x)=¿
{ x 2+3x−10
x 2+2x−15
, when x≠−5 ¿ ¿¿¿
is continuous at x=−5 , then the value of 'a' will be
3 7
(a) 2 (b) 8
8 2
(c) 7 (d) 3

42. If
f (x)=¿{x+λ, x <3¿{ 4, x=3¿¿ ¿ is continuous at x=3 , then λ=

(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 1
43. The value of k which makes
1
x {
f (x)=¿ sin , x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
continuous at x=0 is
(a) 8 (b) 1
(c) –1 (d) None of these

44. If
f(x)=¿ {sin x, x≠nπ, n∈Z¿¿¿¿ and
g(x)=¿{x2+1, x≠0, 2¿{ 4,x=0¿¿ ¿ then
lim g {f ( x )}
x →0 is
(a) 5 (b) 6
(c) 7 (d) 1

45. Let
{
x−4
f(x)=¿ +a,x<4 ¿ { a+b,x=4¿¿¿¿
|x−4| . Then f ( x) is continuous at x= 4 when

(a) a=0 , b=0 (b) a=1 , b=1

(c) a=−1, b=1 (d) a=1, b=−1

46. Let
{ x4−5x2+4
f(x)=¿ , x≠1,2¿ { 6, x=1¿¿¿¿
|( x−1)( x−2)|
Then f ( x) is continuous on the set

(a) R (b)
R−{1}

(c)
R−{2} (d) f : R →R
(27−2 x )1 /3 −3
f ( x )= , ( x≠0 )
47. The value of f (0) , so that the function
9−3(243+5 x )1/5 is continuous, is given by
(a) 2/ 3 (b) 6
(c) 2 (d) 4

48. If the function

f(x)=¿ { ( cosx)1/x
, x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿is continuous at x=0 , then the value of k is
(a) 1 (b) –1
(c) 0 (d) e

49. Function
f(x)=¿ { x−1, x<2¿¿¿¿ is a continuous function

(a) For all real values of x

(b) For x=2 only
(c) For all real values of x such that x≠2
(d) For all integral values of x only
50. If the function
respectively
{ πx
f(x)=¿ 1+sin ,for−∞<x≤1 ¿ { ax+b,for1<x<3¿¿¿¿
2 is continuous in the interval
(−∞, 6) , then the values of a and b are

(a) 0, 2 (b) 1, 1
(c) 2, 0 (d) 2, 1

51. If
{ 1
f (x)=¿ x sin , x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
x is continuous at x=0 , then the value of k is
(a) 1 (b) –1
(c) 0 (d) 2

{
π
cos [ x ]

52. If
{ sin[ x ] 2 ¿
f(x)=¿ ,forx>0¿ ,forx<0 ¿¿¿
[ x ]+1 [x]
; where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then in order that f be
continuous at x=0 , the value of k is

(a) Equal to 0 (b) Equal to 1

(c) Equal to –1 (d) Indeterminate

53. The function

f (x)=¿{x+2 ,1≤x≤2¿{4 ,x=2¿ ¿ is continuous at

(a) x=2 only (b) x≤2

(c) x≥2 (d) None of these

54. If the function

f ( x )= { 5 x−4 , if 0<x ≤1
4 x 2 +3 bx , if 1<x <2 is continuous at every point of its domain, then the value of b is

(a) – 1 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) None of these

{
π
−2 sin x , x≤−
2
π π
f ( x )= A sin x +B , − < x<
2 2
π
cos x , x≥
2
55. The values of A and B such that the function , is continuous everywhere are

(a) A=0, B=1 (b) A=1, B=1

(c) A=−1, B=1 (d) A=−1, B=0
2
x −10 x +25
f ( x )=
56. If x 2−7 x +10 for x ¿ 5 and f is continuous at x=5 , then f (5)=
(a) 0 (b) 5
(c) 10 (d) 25

57. In order that the function f ( x )=(x +1 )cot x is continuous at x=0 , f (0) must be defined as
 1
f (0)=
(a) e (b) f (0)=0
(c) f (0)=e (d) None of these
58. The function f ( x )=sin|x| is
(a) Continuous for all x
(b) Continuous only at certain points
(c) Differentiable at all points
(d) None of these
59. If f ( x)=|x|, then f ( x) is
(a) Continuous for all X
(b) Differentiable at x=0
(c)Neither continuous nor differentiable at x=0
(d)None of these

{
1−sin x π
, x≠
f ( x )= π−2 x 2
π
λ , x=
, be continuous at x=π /2 , then value of λ is
2
60. If
(a) –1 (b) 1
(c) 0 (d) 2

{
sin πx
, x≠0
f ( x )= 5 x
61. Let
k, x=0 . If f ( x) is continuous at x=0 , then k =
π 5
(a) 5 (b) π
(c) 1 (d) 0
2− √ x+4
f ( x) = , ( x≠0 ),
62. If sin 2 x is continuous function at x=0 , then f (0) equals
1 1
−
(a) 4 (b) 4
1 1
−
(c) 8 (d) 8

63. If function
f ( x)= {1−xx , , if x is rational
,
if x is irrational then f ( x) is continuous at ...... number of points
(a) ∞ (b) 1
(c) 0 (d) None of these

{
x 2 −9
, if x≠3
f ( x )= x−3
64. If 2 x +k , otherwise , is continuous at x=3 , then k =
(a) 3 (b) 0
(c) –6 (d) 1/6

{(
1 −1

f ( x) = x +e
2 )
2− x
, x≠2
65. The function defined by
k , x=2 , is continuous from right at the point x = 2, then k is equal
to

(a) 0 (b) 1/4

(c) –1/4 (d) None of these
log e (1+x )−log e (1−x )
f ( x) =
66. For the function x to be continuous at x=0 , the value of f (0), should be

(a) –1 (b) 0
 (c) –2 (d) 2

{
√ 1+ kx−√ 1−kx ,for−1≤x <0
f ( x) = x
2 x 2 +3 x−2 , for 0≤ x≤1
67. If , is continuous at x=0 , then k =
(a) – 4 (b) – 3
(c) – 2 (d) – 1
1−sin x +cos x
f ( x )=
68. The function 1+sin x+cos x is not defined at x=π . The value of f (π ), so that f ( x) is continuous at
x= π , is

1 1
−
(a) 2 (b) 2
(c) – 1 (d) 1

69. If
f (x)=¿ { 1−cosx
x
, x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
is continuous at x=0 then k =

1
(a) 0 (b) 2
1 1
−
(c) 4 (d) 2
70. A function f on R into itself is continuous at a point a in R, iff for each ∈>0 , there exists, δ >0 such that

(a) |f ( x)−f (a)|<∈ |x−a|<δ

(b) |f ( x)−f (a)|>∈ |x−a|>δ
(c)
|x−a|>δ |f ( x)−f (a)|>∈
(d)
|x−a|<δ |f ( x)−f (a)|<∈

71. For the function

e1/ x−1
e +1 {
f (x)=¿ 1/x , x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
, which of the following is correct
lim f ( x )
(a) x →0 does not exist
(b) f ( x) is continuous at x=0
lim f ( x )=1
(c) x →0

lim f ( x )
(d) x →0 exists but f ( x) is not continuous at x=0

72. The function 'f' is defined by f ( x )=2 x−1 , if x >2 , f ( x )=k if x=2 and x 2 −1, if x <2 is continuous, then the
value of k is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) –3
2 x −sin−1 x
f ( x )= , ( x≠0)
73. In the function 2 x+ tan−1 x is continuous at each point of its domain, then the value of f (0) is

(a) 2 (b) 1/ 3
(c) 2/ 3 (d) −1/3
|x|
f ( x )=|x|+
74. The function x is
(a) Continuous at the origin
(b) Discontinuous at the origin because |x| is discontinuous there
 |x|
(c) Discontinuous at the origin because x is discontinuous there
|x|
(d) Discontinuous at the origin because both |x| and x are discontinuous there
2 x−2−x
f ( x )= , x≠0
75. The value of f at x=0 so that the function x , is continuous at x=0 , is

(a) 0 (b) log 2

(c) 4 (d) e4
(e) log 4
2 x 2 +7
f ( x )=
76. The function x +3 x 2−x −3 is discontinuous for
3

(a) x=1 only

(b) x=1 and x=−1 only
(c) x=1 , x=−1 , x=−3 only
(d) x=1 , x=−1 , x=−3 and other values of x

77. Let
{ 1
f (x)=¿ x p sin ,x≠0 ¿ ¿¿¿
x then f ( x) is continuous but not differential at x=0 if
(a) 0< p≤1 (b) 1≤ p<∞
(c) −∞< p<0 (d) p = 0

78. If f ( x
{
)=
1−(x)
1+x
, x≠−1¿¿¿¿
, then the value of f (|2 k|) will be (where [ ] shows the greatest integer function)

(a) Continuous at x=−1

(b) Continuous at x=0
1
x=
(c) Discontinuous at 2
(d) All of these
1−cos 4 x
f ( x )= ,
79. Function 8 x2 where x≠0 and f ( x )=k where x=0 is a continous function at x=0 then the
value of k will be

(a) k =0 (b) k =1
(c) k =−1 (d) None of these

80. If
f(x)=¿ { e x
; x≤0 ¿ ¿¿¿, then
(a) f ( x) is differentiable at x=0
(b) f ( x) is continuous at x=0
(c) f ( x) is differentiable at x=1
(d) f ( x) is continuous at x=1