MATHEMATICS

CLASS-XII

DIFFERENTIABILITY
By BOGTEM ……………lets evolve!!!!

CONTENTS
PROFICIENCY TEST — Page-2
EXERCISE-I — Page-7
EXERCISE-II — Page-8
EXERCISE-III — Page-10
EXERCISE-IV — Page-11
ANSWER KEY — Page-13
 PROFICIENCY TEST

1. Discuss the continuity & differentiability of the function f(x) = sinx + sinx , x  R. Draw a
rough sketch of the graph of f(x).

2. Examine the continuity and differentiability of f(x) = x + x  1 + x 

2 x  R. Also draw the graph of f(x).


1 for
x0

3. A function f is defined as follows : f(x) = 1 | for 0x2

sin x |  x
2 x
2  for
 2 2

Discuss the continuity & differentiability at x = 0 & x = /2.

4. Examine the origin for continuity & derrivability in the case of the
function f defined by f(x) = x tan1(1/x) , x  0 and f(0) = 0.

5. Discuss the continuity & the derivability of 'f' where f (x) = degree of (ux² + u² + 2u
2  3) at x
=

Fill in the blanks :

If f(x) is derivable at x = 3 & f (3) = Limit f (3  h )  f (3

2
6.
= .
2 , then h0 h2 ) 2h2

7. If f(x) = sin x & g(x) = x3 then f[g(x)] is & at x = 0. (State continuity and
derivability)

8. Let f(x) be a function satisfying the condition f( x) = f(x) for all real x. If f (0) exists, then its
value is .

9. For the function

x
 ,x
, the derivative from the right, f(0+) = & the derivative
f(x) = 1 e1/ 0 from the
x
 0 ,x0
left, f(0) = .

10. The number of points at which the function f(x) = max. {a  x, a + x, b},   < x < , 0 <
a < b cannot be differentiable is .

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 EXERCISE-I
1. Given a differentiable function f (x) defined for all real x, and is such that
f (x + h) – f (x)  6h2 for all real h and x. Show that f (x) is constant.

2. Let f (0) = 0 and f ' (0) = 1. For a positive integer k, show that
Lim 1 
x x 1 1 1
f (x)  f  .....f   =   ...... 
  1
x0 x  2 k 2 3 k

 1  1 
 
x x
3. Let f(x) = xe ,x  0 ; f(0) = 0. Test the continuity & differentiability at x = 0.


4. If f(x)=x  1. ( [x]  [x]) , then find f (1+) & f (1-) where [x] denotes greatest integer
function.

a x2  b if x 1
5. If f(x) =  if
1 x is derivable at x = 1. Find the values of a & b.

1
 x

6. Consider the functions f (x) = x2 – 2x and g (x) = – | x |

Statement-1: The composite function F (x) = f g(x) is not derivable at x = 0.
because
Statement-2: F ' (0+) = 2 and F ' (0–) = – 2.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for
statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D)Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
Select the correct alternative : (More than one are correct)

7. f(x) = x[x] in  1  x  2 , where [x] is greatest integer  x then f(x) is :

(A) continuous at x = 0 (B) discontinuous x = 0
(C) not differentiable at x = 2 (D) differentiable at x = 2
8. f(x) =1 + x.[cosx] in 0 < x  /2 , where [ ] denotes greatest integer function then ,
(A) It is continuous in 0 < x < /2 (B) It is differentiable in 0 < x < /2
(C) Its maximum value is 2 (D) It is not differentiable in 0 < x< /2

9.  0 ; f(0) = 0 , f(x) is :
f(x) = (sin–1x)2. cos(1/x) if x
(A) continuous no where in 1  x  1 (B) continuous every where in 1  x  1
(C) differentiable no where in 1  x  1 (D) differentiable everywhere in 1 < x < 1
  
10. f(x) = x + sinx in  , . It is :
 
 2 2 
(A)Continuous no where (B) Continuous every where
(C) Differentiable no where (D) Differentiable everywhere except at x = 0

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11. If f(x) = 2 + sin1 x, it is :
(A)continuous no where (B) continuous everywhere in its domain
(C) differentiable no where in its domain (D) Not differentiable at x = 0

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12. If f(x) = x². sin (1/x) , x  0 and f(0) = 0 then ,
(A) f(x) is continuous at x = 0 (B) f(x) is derivable at x = 0
(C) f(x) is continuous at x = 0 (D) f(x) is not derivable at
x=0

13. A function which is continuous & not differentiable at x = 0 is :

(A) f(x) = x for x < 0 & f(x) = x² for x  0 (B) g(x) = x for x < 0 & g(x) = 2x for x  0
(C) h(x) = xx x R (D) K(x) = 1+x, x  R

14. If sin–1x + y = 2y then y as a function of x is :

(A) defined for -1 x1 (B) continuous at x = 0
dy
(C) differentiable for all x (D) such that for –1 < x < 0
1 3 1  x2
dx

Minf(t)/ 0  t
for 0 x , then
x 
15. Let f(x) = cos(x) & H(x) = x for 
x2 3
2 2

(A) H (x) is continuous & derivable in [0, 3]

(B)H(x) is continuous but not derivable at x = /2
(C) H(x) is neither continuous nor derivable at x = /2
(D)Maximum value of H(x) in [0,3] is 1

EXERCISE-II
|x|
1. Let f(x) = for x  0 & f(0) = 1 then ,
sin x
(A) f(x) is continuous & derivable at x = 0 (B) f(x) is continuous & not derivable at x
=0
(C) f(x) is discontinuous at x = 0 (D) none

 2
  [x]  [ x]
 5
   



a 
log a [x]  [ x] x
 a
x


 for x  0 ; a  1



 1
x where [ ] represents the
2. Given f(x) =  3a 
    integral
 for x 
0 0

part function, then :

(A) f is continuous but not differentiable at x = 0
(B) f is cont. & diff. at x = 0
(C) the differentiability of 'f' at x = 0 depends on the value of a
(D) f is cont. & diff. at x = 0 and for a = e only.

3. For what triplets of real numbers (a, b, c) with a  0 the function

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 x x 1
f(x) =  is differentiable for all real x ?
 ax2  bx  c
otherwise
(A) {(a, 12a, a)  a  R, a  0 } (B) {(a, 12a, c)  a, c  R, a  0 }
(C) {(a, b, c)  a, b, c  R, a + b + c = 1 } (D) {(a, 12a, 0)  a  R, a  0}

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4. A function f defined as f(x) = x[x] for  1  x  3 where [x] defines the greatest integer  x
is :
(A)continuous at all points in the domain of f but non-derivable at a finite number of points
(B) discontinuous at all points & hence non-derivable at all points in the domain of f (x)
(C) discontinuous at a finite number of points but not derivable at all points in the domain of
f (x)
(D)discontinuous & also non-derivable at a finite number of points of f (x).

5. [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If f(x) = [x] [sin x] in (1,1) then
f(x) is :
(A) continuous at x = 0 (B) continuous in (1, 0)
(C) differentiable in (1,1) (D) none

 x
6. The function f(x) is defined as follows f(x) =
if x0
 2
x if then f(x) is :
0x1
 3
 x  x  1 if x1

(A)derivable and continuous at x = 0 (B) derivable at x = 1 but not continuous at x = 1

(C) neither derivable nor continuous at x = 1 (D) not derivable at x = 0 but continuous at
x=1

7. x  {x}  for x  0
If f(x) = where {x} denotes the fractional part function, then :
xsin{x} for x 

0 0
(A) 'f' is continuous & diff. at x = 0 (B) 'f' is continuous but not diff. at x = 0
(C) 'f' is continuous & diff. at x = 2 (D) none of these

x
8. The set of all points where the function
f(x) = is differentiable is :
1x

(A) (  , ) (B) [ 0, ) (C) ( , 0)  (0, ) (D) (0, )

9. Let f be an injective and differentiable function such that f (x) · f (y) + 2 = f (x) + f (y) + f
(xy) for all non negative real x and y with f '(0) = 0, f '(1) = 2  f (0), then
(A) x f '(x) – 2 f (x) + 2 = 0 (B) x f '(x) + 2 f (x) – 2 = 0
(C) x f '(x) – f (x) + 1 = 0 (D) 2 f (x) = f '(x) + 2

10. Let f (x) = [n + p sin x], x  (0, ), n  I and p is a prime number. The number of points
where f (x) is not differentiable is
(A) p – 1 (B) p + 1 (C) 2p + 1 (D) 2p – 1.
Here [x] denotes greatest integer function.

11. The function f(x) = sin–1 (cos x) is :

3
(A) discontinuous at x = 2 (B) differentiable at x =
2
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 
(C) not differentiable at x (D)differentiable at x = 2
=
2

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12. f1(x) = (x2 – 4) |(x – 2)(x – 3)| ; f2(x) = sin (|x – 2|) – |x – 2|, f3(x) = tan (|x
– 2|) + |x – 2| How many of the above functions {f1(x), f2(x), f3(x)} are
differentiable at x = 2 ?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

13. Consider the function f(x) = max{||x – 2| – 1|, }, where,  is some real number. Find the
number of values of

x  R at which f(x) is non- 1

differentiable if 
2
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

| x | x(31/ x 
14. The function , x  0, f(0) = 0 is :
f(x) = 1) 31/ x –

1
(A) discontinuous at x = 0 (B) continuous at x = 0 but not differentiable
there
(C) both continuous and differentiable at x = 0 (D) differentiable but not continuous at x =
0

15. If f(x) = |1 – x|, then the points where sin–1(f|x|) is non-differentiable are :
(A) {0, 1} (B) {0, –1} (C) {0, 1, –1} (D) None of these

EXERCISE-III
  1  1 
 xe x x0
1. If|x|f(x) =  
, then f(x) is [AIEEE 2003]

x 0
,
 0

(A)discontinuous everywhere
(B) continuous as well as differentiable for all x
(C) continuous for all x but not differentiable at x = 0
(D)neither differentiable nor continuous at x = 0

2. If f is a real-valued differentiable function satisfying | f(x) – f (y) |  (x – y)2, x, y  R and

f(0) = 0, then f(1) equals [AIEEE-2005]
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 1

1
3. Suppose f(x) is differentiable at x = li f(1 + h) = 5, then f(1) equals - [AIEEE-2005]
m h
1 and h0

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

x
4. The set of points where f(x) = is differentiable is – [AIEEE 2006]
1 | x |

(A) (– , – 1)  (–1, ) (B) (– , ) (C) (0, ) (D) (– , 0)  (0, )

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5. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f(x) = min {x + 1, |x| + 1}. Then which of the
following is true?
[AIEEE 2007]
(A) f(x)  1 for all x  R (B) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 1

(C) f(x) is differentiable everywhere (D) f(x) is not differentiable at x = 0

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 (x 1) sin 1
6. Let f(x) =  if x  1
x 1
 0 if x  1

Then which one of the following is true ? [AIEEE 2008]

(A) f is differentiable at x = 0 and at x = 1 (B) f is differentiable at x = 0 but not at x = 1

(C) f is differentiable at x = 1 but not at x = 0 (D) f is neither differentiable at x = 0 nor at

x=1

k x  1 , 0  x  3
7. If the function , g(x) = 
mx  2 , 3  x  5

is differentiable, then the value of k + m is : [IIT Mains - 2015]

16 10
(A) 4 (B) 2 (D)
(C) 5 3

8. Let S = { t  R : f(x) = |x –  |. (e|x| – 1) sin|x| is not differentiable at t}. Then the set S is
equal to
[IIT Mains - 2018]
(A) {0, } (B)  (an empty set) (C) {0} (D) {}

EXERCISE-IV
1. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be respectively given by f(x) = |x| + 1 and g(x) = x2 + 1. Define h
: R  R by
max
h(x)  {f(x),g(x)} if x 
mi 0. if x
{f(x),g(x)}
n  0.
The number of points at which h(x) is not differentiable is [JEE Advance 2014]

2. Let g : R  R be a differentiable function with g(0) = 0, g'(0) = 0 and g'(1)  0.

 x
g(x),
x0

Let f(x)  | and h(x) = e|x| for all x  ℝ. Let (f ∘ h)(x) denote f(h(x)) and (h ∘ f)(x)
x  denote h(f(x)).
x|
0
0,

Then which of the following is(are) [IIT Advance - 2015]

true?
(A) f is differentiable at x = 0 (B) h is differentiable at x =
(C) f ∘ h is differentiable at x = 0 0
(D) h ∘ f is differentiable at
x=0

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3. Let a, b  R and f : R  R be defined by f(x) = a cos (|x3 – x|) + b|x| sin (|x3 + x|). Then f is
[IIT Advance - 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 if a = 1 and b = 1

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  1   1 
4. Let f : – , 2  R and g : – , 2  R be functions defined by [IIT Advance - 2016]
 2   2 

f(x) = [x2 – 3] and g(x) = |x| f(x) + |4x – 7| f(x), where [y] denotes the greatest integer less than or
equal to y for y  R. Then
 1 
(A) f is discontinuous exactly at three points in  – , 2
 2 
 1 
(B) f is discontinuous exactly at four points in  – , 2
 2 
 1 
(C) g is NOT differentiable exactly at four points in  – , 2
2
 
 1 
(D)g is NOT differentiable exactly at five points in – , 2
2
 
5. Let f : R  R be a differentiable function with f(0) = 1 and satisfying the equation
f(x + y) = f(x) f '(y) + f '(x) f(y) for all x, y  R.
Then, the value of loge (f(4)) is . [JEE Advanced 2018]

6. Let f : R  R be a function. We say that f has [JEE Advnaced 2019]

f(h) – f(0) f(h) – f(0)
PROPERTY 1 lim exists and is finite, and lim exists and is
if
PROPERTY 2 if finite.
h0
h h0 h2

Then which of the following options is/are correct?

(A) f(x) = x|x| has PROPERTY 2 (B) f(x) = x2/3 has PROPERTY 1
(C) f(x) = sinx has PROPERTY 2 (D) f(x) = |x| has PROPERTY 1

7. Let
f  
: R  R, f :  ,   R , f : 1, e/2  2  R and : R  R be functions defined by
R
1 2   3 4
 3 2


(i) f1(x)  sin 1 ex
2

, [JEE Advnaced 2019]

| sin x |
 if x    
0
(ii) f2 (x)  tan x1 , where the inverse trigonometric function tan–1x assumes values
 , ,
 1 if x  in 
 2 
0 2
(iii) f3(x) = [sin(loge(x + 2))], where, for t  R, [t] denotes the greatest integer less than
or equal to t,
 2 1
(iv) (x)  x
x sin   x0
4    .
 0 if x  0


List - I List - II
(P) The function f1 is (1) NOT continuous at x = 0
(Q) The function f2 is (2) continuous at x = 0 and NOT differentiable at x = 0
(R) The function f3 is (3) differentiable at x = 0 and its derivative is NOT
continuous at x = 0
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(S) The function f4 is (4) differentiable at x = 0 and its derivative is
continuous at x = 0 The correct option is :
(A) P  2; Q 3; R 1; S 4 (B) P  4; Q 1; R 2; S 3
(C) P  4; Q 2; R 1; S 3 (D) P  2; Q 1; R 4; S  3

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8. Let the function f : R  R be defined by f(x) = x3 – x2 + (x – 1) sinx and g : R  R be an
arbitrary function f g : R  R be the product function defined by (fg)(x) = f(x)g(x). Then which
of the following statements is/are TRUE ? [JEE Advanced 2020]
(A) If g is continuous at x = 1, then f g is differentiable at x = 1
(B) If f g is differentiable at x = 1, then g is continuous at x = 1
(C) If g is differentiable at x = 1, then f g is differentiable at x = 1
(D)If f g is differentiable at x = 1, then g is differentiable at x = 1

9. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be functions satisfying [JEE Advanced 2020]

f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) + f(x) f(y) and f(x) = xg(x)

for all x, y  R. li g(x) = 1, then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
If m
x0

(A) f is differentiable at every x  R

(B) If g(0) = 1, then g is differentiable at every x  R
(C) The derivative f (1) is equal to 1
(D)The derivative f (0) is equal to 1

10. Let the functions f : (–1, 1)  R and g : (–1, 1)  (–1, 1) be defined by [JEE Advanced 2020]
f(x) = |2x – 1| + |2x + 1| and g(x) = x – [x],
where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Let f º g :(–1, 1)  R be the
composite function defined by (f º g) (x) = f(g(x)). Suppose c is the number of points in
the interval (–1, 1) at which f º g is NOT continuous, and suppose d is the number of points
in the interval (–1, 1) at which f º g is NOT differentiable. Then the value of c + d is .

2
 1  1
11. Let f : (0, 1)  R be the function defined as f(x) = [4x]  x   , where [x] denotes the
x  4 greatest
   2

integer less than or equal to x. Then which of the following statements is(are) true?
[JEE Advanced 2023]
(A) The function f is discontinuous exactly at one point in (0, 1)
(B) There is exactly one point in (0, 1) at which the function f is continuous but NOT
differentiable
(C) The function f is NOT differentiable at more than three points in (0, 1)

1
(D)The minimum value of the function f is –
512

12. Let S = (0, 1)  (1, 2)  (3, 4) and T = {0,1, 2, 3}. Then which of the following statements
is(are) true?
[JEE Advanced 2023]
(A) There are infinitely many functions from S to T
(B) There are infinitely many strictly increasing functions from S to T
(C) The number of continuous functions from S to T is at most 120
(D)Every continuous function from S to T is differentiable

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13. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be functions defined by
 1  1
x | x | sin x  0,and g(x) =1– 2x , 0  x 2
 ,
 ,=
f(x)
x    
0 x  0,  otherwise.

, 0 ,

Let a, b, c, d  R. Define the function h : R  R by

 1 
h(x) = af(x) + b g(x)  g
 x 2 + c(x – g(x)) + dg(x), x  R.
  

Match each entry in List-I to the correct entry in List-II.

List-I List-II
(P) If a = 0, b = 1, c = 0, and d = 0, (1) h is one-one
then
(Q) If a = 1, b = 0, c = 0, and d = 0, (2) h is onto
then
(R) If a = 0, b = 0, c = 1, and d = 0, (3) h is differentiable on R
then
(S) If a = 0, b = 0, c = 0, and d = 1, (4) the range of h is [0, 1]
then
(5) the range of h is {0, 1}
The correct option is : [JEE Advanced 2024]
(A) (P)  (4), (Q)  (3), (R)  (1), (S)  (2)
(B) (P)  (5), (Q)  (2), (R)  (4), (S)  (3)
(C) (P)  (5), (Q)  (3), (R)  (2), (S)  (4)
(D) (P)  (4), (Q)  (2), (R)  (1), (S)  (3)

 2    2 
14. Let f : ℝ  ℝ be a function defined by f(x)
x sin ,x if x 
 0,  
 0, if x  0.


Then which of the following statements is TRUE? [JEE Advanced 2024]

 1 
(A) f(x) = 0 has infinitely many solutions in the interval , .
 1010 
 
1 
(B) f(x) = 0 has no solutions in the interval , .
  
 
 1 
(C) The set of solutions of f(x) = 0 in the interval 0, is finite.
 
1010
 
 1 1
(D)f(x) = 0 has more than 25 solutions in the interval , .
 2  
 

15. Let f : ℝ  ℝ be a function such that f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) for all x, y  ℝ, and g : ℝ  (0, )
be a function such that g(x + y) = g(x) g(y) for all x , y  ℝ.
 –3   –1  1 
If f  12 and g  2 , then the value of f  g(–2) – 8 g(0) is . [JEE
Advanced 2024]
       
 5   3   4 

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PROFICIENCY TEST
1.
f(x) is continuous but not derivable at x = 0 2. continuous  x  R, not derivable at x = 0,1 &
2
3. continuous but not derivable at x = 0 ; derivable & continuous at x = /2

4. continuous but not derivable at x = 0 5. continuous but not derivable at x2 =

6. 2 7. continuous & derivable 8. 0 9. f (0+) = 0 , f (0) = 1 10. 2

EXERCISE-I
3. f is continuous but not derivable at x = 0 4. f(1+) = 3 , f(1) = 1

5. a = 1/2 , b = 3/2 6. A 7. A, C 8. A, B 9. B, D 10. B, D

11. B, D 12. A, B , D 13. A, B, D 14. A, B, D 15. A, D

EXERCISE-II
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. D
8. A 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. C 13. D 14. B
15. C
EXERCISE-III
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B
8. B

EXERCISE–IV
1. 3 2. A, D 3. A,B 4. B,C 5. 2 6. BD 7. D
8. AC 9. ABD 10. 4 11. AB 12. A,C,D 13. C 14. D
15. 51.00

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