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If $f(x)=\dfrac{1}{1-x}$, the number of points of discontinuity of $f\left{f[f(x)]\right}$ is:

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  1. $2$

  2. $1$

  3. $0$

  4. $infinite$

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Correct Option: A

Consider  $f ( x ) = \sin x \forall x \in \left[ 0 , \dfrac { \pi } { 2 } \right] ; f ( x ) + f ( \pi - x ) =2 \forall x \in \left( \dfrac { \pi } { 2 } , \pi \right) \text { and } f ( x ) = f ( 2 \pi - x ) \forall x \in ( \pi , 2 \pi ) . \text { If } n , m$ denotes number of points where  $f(x)$  is discontinuous and non derivable respectively in  $[ 0,2 \pi ]$  then value of  $n \div  m$  is

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  1. $0$

  2. $1$

  3. $2$

  4. $4$

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Correct Option: A

f(x) = $\dfrac{\sin2x + 1}{\sin x - \cos x}$ is discontinuous at $x =$ ____________.

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  1. $\dfrac{\pi}{4}$

  2. $\dfrac{\pi}{3}$

  3. $\dfrac{\pi}{6}$

  4. $\dfrac{\pi}{2}$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Given the function  $f(x)=\dfrac{\sin2x + 1}{\sin x - \cos x}$.

The function will be undefined when,
$\sin x-\cos x=0$
or, $\tan x=1$
or, $x=n\pi+\dfrac{\pi}{4}$. [ $n=0,\pm 1,\pm 2,.....$].
Corresponding to  $n=0$ we get $x=\dfrac{\pi}{4}$.
So this is the point where the function is not defined and hence is not continuous.

The function $\displaystyle f\left ( x \right )=\frac{\log \left ( 1+ax \right )-\log \left ( 1-bx \right )}{x}$ is not defined at $ x = 0$. The value which should be assigned to $f$ at $x =0$ so that it is continuous there, is

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  1. $a-b$

  2. $a+b$

  3. $\log a+ \log b$

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

$f\left( x \right) =\dfrac { \log  \left( 1+ax \right) -\log  \left( 1-bx \right)  }{ x } \ \lim _{ x\rightarrow 0 } \dfrac { \log  \left( 1+ax \right) -\log  \left( 1-bx \right)  }{ x } =\lim _{ x\rightarrow 0 } \dfrac { \log  \left( 1+ax \right)  }{ ax\times \cfrac { 1 }{ a }  } +\lim _{ x\rightarrow 0 } \dfrac { \log  \left( 1bx \right)  }{ -bx\times \cfrac { 1 }{ b }  } \ =a+b$

The function 
  $\displaystyle f\left ( x \right )=\frac{\cos x-\sin x}{\cos 2x}$  is not defined at $\displaystyle x=\frac{\pi }{4}$. The value of $\displaystyle  f\left ( \frac{\pi }{4}\right )$ so that $ f\left ( x \right)$  is continuous everywhere, is

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  1. 1

  2. -1

  3. $\sqrt{2}$

  4. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The function will be continuous at $x=\dfrac { \pi  }{ 4 } $ if $f\left( \dfrac { \pi  }{ 4 }\right) =\displaystyle \lim _{ x\rightarrow \frac { \pi  }{ 4 }  }{ f\left( x \right) } $.

$f\left( \dfrac { \pi  }{ 4 }  \right) =\displaystyle \lim _{ x\rightarrow \frac { \pi  }{ 4 }  }{ f\left( x \right)  } =\displaystyle \lim _{ x\rightarrow \frac { \pi  }{ 4 }  }{ \frac { \cos { x } -\sin { x }  }{ \cos ^{ 2 }{ x } -\sin ^{ 2 }{ x }  }  } \ =\displaystyle \lim _{ x\rightarrow \frac { \pi  }{ 4 }  }{ \frac { \cos { x } -\sin { x }  }{ \left( \cos { x } -\sin { x }  \right) \left( \cos { x } +\sin { x }  \right)  }  } $


For $x\neq \frac { \pi  }{ 4 } ,\quad \cos { x } -\sin { x } \neq 0$, so the limit becomes

$\ =\displaystyle \lim _{ x\rightarrow \frac { \pi  }{ 4 }  }{ \frac { 1 }{ \cos { x } +\sin { x }  }  } =\frac { 1 }{ \cos { \frac { \pi  }{ 4 }  } +\sin { \frac { \pi  }{ 4 }  }  } =\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { 2 }  } $

The continuity on an interval has a geometric interpretation. namely, a function f defined on an interval I is continuous on I if its graph has no 'holes' or 'jumps' .f is said to have a removable discontinuity at c if f(x) has a limit at c but lim $\lim _{x\rightarrow c}f\left ( x \right )\neq f\left ( c \right )$. 

If $\lim _{x\rightarrow c+}f\left ( x \right ) and \lim _{x\rightarrow c-}f\left ( x \right )$ exist but are not equal then c is called jump discontinuity. 
If $\lim _{x\rightarrow c+}f\left ( x \right ) and \lim _{x\rightarrow c-}f\left ( x \right )$ fail to exist then c is called infinite discontinuity.

Let $\displaystyle g\left ( x \right )=\begin{cases}x^{2}+5 & \, x< 2 \ 10 & \, x=2 \ 1+x^{3} & \, x> 2 \end{cases}$ then $x=2$ :

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  1. a point of continuity

  2. is a removable discontinuity

  3. is a jump discontinuity

  4. is.an infinite discontinuity

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

$\displaystyle \lim _{ x\rightarrow 2+ }{ g\left( x \right) =1+{ 2 }^{ 3 } } =9$

$\displaystyle \lim _{ x\rightarrow 2- }{ g\left( x \right)  } =4+5=9$

So $\lim _{ x\rightarrow 2 }{ g\left( x \right)  } $ exists but is not equal to $g\left( 2 \right) =10$ 

Thus at $x=2$ is removable discontinuity.

$\displaystyle g(x)= \begin{cases}1 & \, x\leq -2 \ \displaystyle \frac{1}{2} x& \, -2< x< 4 \ \sqrt{x} & , x\geq 4 \end{cases}$.then

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  1. $g$ is a continuous function

  2. all the discontinuities are removable discontinuities

  3. all the discontinuities are jump

  4. all the discontinuities are infinite

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$\displaystyle \lim _{ x\rightarrow 4+ }{ g\left( x \right) } =\displaystyle \lim _{ x\rightarrow 4- }{ g\left( x \right) } =2$


so $f$ is continuous at $x=4$

But $\displaystyle \lim _{ x\rightarrow 2- }{ g\left( x \right)  } =1$ and $\lim _{ x\rightarrow 2+ }{ g\left( x \right)  } =-1$

So $x=-2$ is a jump discontinuity and there is no other discontinuities.

Given $\displaystyle f(x) = \begin{cases} 3-\left [ \cot ^{-1}\left ( \frac{2x^{3}-3}{x^{2}} \right ) \right ] & \mbox{for } x> 0 \ \left { x^{2} \right }\cos \left ( e^{1/x} \right ) & \mbox{for } x< 0 \end{cases}$ where { } & [ ] denotes the fractional part and the integral part functions respectively, then which of the following statement does not hold good -

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  1. $f(0^-)=0$

  2. $f(0^+)=3$

  3. $f(0)=0\Rightarrow :continuity:of:f:at:x=0$

  4. irremovable discontinuity of f at $x=0$

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Correct Option: A,B,D
Explanation:

RHL $=\displaystyle \lim _{x\rightarrow0^+}(3-[\cot^{-1}(\frac{2{x}^{3}-3}{x^2})])$
$=3-[\cot^{-1}(-\infty)]=3-0=3$
LHL $=\displaystyle \lim _{h\rightarrow0}\left { (0-h)^{2} \right }\cos \left (e^{(\dfrac{1}{0-h})}  \right )$
$=\displaystyle \lim _{h\rightarrow0}(0-h)^2\cos(e^{-\infty})=0$
Clearly discontinuity is irremovable, (since L.H.L$\neq $ R.H.L)

Consider $\displaystyle  f(x) = \begin{cases} x\left [ x \right ]^{2}\log _{(1+x)}2& \mbox{ for } -1< x< 0 \ \dfrac{\ln e^{x^{2}}+2\sqrt{\left { x \right }}}{\tan \sqrt{x}} & \mbox{ for } 0< x< 1  \end{cases}$ where [] & {} are the greatest integer function & fractional part function respectively, then -

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  1. $f(0)=ln2\Rightarrow :f:is:continuous:at:x=0$

  2. $f(0)=2\Rightarrow :f:is:continuous:at:x=0$

  3. $f(0)=e^2\Rightarrow :f:is:continuous:at:x=0$

  4. f has an irremovable discontinuity at $x=0$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

LHL 

$=\displaystyle \lim _{h\rightarrow 0}(0-h)\left [ 0-h \right ]^{2}\log _{(1+0-h)}2$

$=\displaystyle \lim _{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{-h(-1)^{2}\ln 2}{\ln (1-h)}=\ln 2$

RHL

$=\displaystyle \lim _{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{\ln \left ( e^{(0+h)^{2}}

\right )+2\sqrt{\left { 0+h \right }}}{\tan \sqrt{(0+h)}}$


$=\displaystyle

\lim _{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{\ln \left ( e^{h^{2}}+2\sqrt{h} \right

)}{\tan \sqrt{(h)}}=\lim _{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{\ln \left (

e^{h^{2}}+2\sqrt{h} \right )}{\sqrt{(h)}}$

$=\displaystyle

\lim _{h\rightarrow 0}\left [ h^{2}+\dfrac{\ln \left (

1+\dfrac{2\sqrt{h}}{e^{h^{2}}} \right

).\dfrac{2\sqrt{h}}{e^{h^{2}}}}{\dfrac{2\sqrt{h}}{e^{h^{2}}}} \right

]\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{h}}=2$

$\therefore  RHL\neq LHL\Rightarrow $ f has an irremovable discontinuity.

Let $f(x)=\begin{cases} \dfrac{1-\cos 2x}{2x^2}&:& x\ne 0\k &:& x=0 \end{cases}$.

Then the value of $k$ for which, $f(x)$ will be continuous at $x=0$ is

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  1. $0$

  2. $1$

  3. $2$

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If $f(x)$ is to be continuous at $x=0$ then we must have, $\lim\limits _{x\to 0}f(x)=f(0)$.


$f(0)=k$

Now,

$\lim\limits _{x\to 0}f{(x)}\\$
$=\lim\limits _{x\to 0}\dfrac{1-\cos 2x}{2x^2}\\$
$=\lim\limits _{x\to 0}\dfrac{2\sin^2 x}{2x^2}\\$
$=\left(\lim\limits _{x\to 0}\dfrac{\sin x}{x}\right)^2\\$
$=1$.

So if $f(x)$ to be continuous at $x=0$ then $k$ should be $1$.