Probability 1

1
LIMIT

Exercise-1 :
 p q 
1. Lim   p, q  N
p
x 1 1  x 1 x q 

(1 x )(1 x 2 )(1 x 3 )... (1 x 2n )

2. If L  Lim then show that L can be equal to
x 1 [(1  x )(1  x 2 )(1 x 3 ).... (1 x n )] 2
n
nr 1 n
(a)  r
(b) 
n ! r 1
( 4r  2)
r 1

(c) The sum of the coefficients of two middle terms in the expansion of (1 x ) 2n 1 .
(d) The coefficient of x n in the expansion of (1 x )2n .

e t  e t
3. Lim ( x  l n cosh x ) where cosh t  .
x 2

cos 1 ( 2x 1 x 2 )
4. Lim
x
1 1
2
x
2
2– cos x  1
5. Lim
 
x
2 x x  
 2

a sin x  sin 2x
6. If Lim is finite then find the value of 'a' & the limit.
x0 tan 3 x

x
7. If f1 ( x )   10x  R and f n ( x )  f1 ( f n 1 ( x )), n  2, n  N , then evaluate Lim f n ( x )
2 x 
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x
8. Let f ( x )  , x  0 and g ( x )  x  3, x 1
sin x
= x 2  2x  2, 1  x  2
= x – 5, x2
find LHL and RHL of g ( f (x )) at x  0 and hence find Limg ( f ( x )).
x0

Pn
9. Let Pn  a Pn1 – 1,  n  2, 3,..... and Let P1  a x  1 where a  R  then evaluate Lim .
x 0 x

n
 / 2  / 2  / 2    / 2 
10. Determine Lim
n 
  sin k 
  cos
 k 
  sin   cos
 k  2
 .
 k  2 
k 1

nx
 1 1 1 1 
 a1 x  a 2 x  a 3 x ..... a n x 
11. Lim  where a1 , a 2 , a 3 ,...... a n  0
x 
 n 
 

  
4  n 3 1  (1 n 1 )2
12. Let L   1 n 2  ; M  n 3  1 and N  1 2n 1
, then find the value of
n 3 n 2   n 1
L1  M 1
 N 1 .

n

13. If f ( n,  )   1 tan 2 2r  , then compute nLim

f ( n,  )
r 1

14. Using Sandwich theorem, evaluate

 1 1 1 1 
(a) Lim   ....... 
n  2 
 n n2 1 n2  2 n 2  2n 
1 2 n
(b) Lim  .......
n  1  n 2 2 n 2
n  n2
(c) Lim ( 2  21/ 3 )( 2  21/ 5 )..... ( 2  21/ ( 2n 1) )
n 
n
1
(d) Lim
n 
 nC
k 0 k

 
15. If L  Lim
1

1  then find the value of L  153.
x 0 ln(1  x )
 ln( x  1 x 2 )  L
Limit 3

Exercise-2 :
. x 1  3x )
(ln(1 x )  ln 2)( 34
1. Lim
x 1 1 1
[( 7  x ) 3  (1 3x ) 2 ] sin( x 1)

(cos  ) x  (sin  ) x  1 (cos  ) x  (sin  ) x  cos 2

2. (i) Lim (ii) Lim
x 2 x2 x 4 x4

1  1 1 ax  1 2 3
3. If the Lim    exists and has the value equal to l, then find the value of   .
3 1  bx a l b
x0 x  1 x 

x2  1 
4. Find a & b if : (i) Lim   ax  b  0 (ii) Lim  x 2  x  1  ax  b  0
x x  1 
x  
 

2 n 2  n 1
 n 2  n  1
5. Lim 
n  n 
 

x2
  a 
x 
6. Lim cos 2   a R
 1 x  
  
x  


sin 1 (1 {x})  cos 1 (1 {x})

7. Let f ( x )  then find Lim f ( x ) and Lim f (x ) , where {x} denotes the
2{x}  (1 {x}) x0 x 0

fractional part function.

ae x  b cos x  ce  x
8. Find the values of a, b & c so that Lim 2
x 0 [Link] x

x n 1  x n  2
9. If a sequence of numbers {xn }, determine by the equality x n  and the values x 0 & x1 ,
2
x0  2x1
prove that lim x n  .
n  3

a
10.
x 1

If lim 1 ax  bx 2  x 1  e 3 , find the values of ordered pair ( a, b ).
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[1. x]  [ 2. x]  [ 3. x].......[ n. x]
11. Lim , Where [.] denotes the greatest integer function.
n  n2

n
x
12. Let f ( x )  Lim
n 
 3n 1 sin 3 3n and g (x )  x  4 f (x ). Evaluate Lim
x0
(1 g (x ))cot x .
n 1

cos 2x  (1 3x )1/ 3 3 4 cos 3 x  ln(1 x )4


13. L  Lim 2 4
x 0 x
If L  a / b where ' a' and ' b' are relatively primes find ( a  b ).

x2
 cosh(  / x )  e t  e t
14. Lim  where cosh t 
x  cos(  / x )  2

15. At the end-points and the midpoint of a circular arc AB tangent lines are drawn, and the points
A and B are joined with a chord. Prove that the ratio of the areas of the two triangles thus
formed tends to 4 as the arc AB decreases indefinitely.


16. A circular arc of radius 1 subtends an angle of x radians, 0  x  as shown in the figure. The
2
point C is the intersection of the two tangent lines at A & B. Let T ( x ) be the area of triangle ABC
& let S ( x ) be the area of the shaded region. Compute:
B

C
1

x
O 1 A
T (x )
(a) T (x ) (b) S (x ) & (c) the limit of as x  0.
S (x )

17. Through a point A on a circle, a chord AP is drawn & on the tangent at A a point T is taken such
that AT  AP. If TP produced meet the diameter through A at Q, prove that the limiting value of
AQ when P moves upto A is double the diameter of the circle.
Limit 5

Exercise-3 :
1 tan x
1. Lim
 1 2 sin x
x
4
1
(A) 0 (B) (C) 1 (D) 2
2

2. Find the sum of an infinite geometric series whose first term is the limit of the function
tan x  sin x
f (x )  as x  0 and whose common ratio is the limit of the function
sin 3 x
1 x
g (x )  as x  1.
(cos 1 x ) 2
2 3 3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 5 3

1 sin 2x
3. Lim
x
   4x
4
 4
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) does not exist
4 

27x  9x  3x  1
4. Lim
x 0 2  1 cos x
(A) 4 2(ln 3)2 (B) 8 2(ln 3)2 (C) 4 2(ln 3) (D) 8 2(ln 3)

1/ x
 (1 x )1/ x 
5. Lim 
x0
 e 
1
(A) e (B) (C) e 1/ 2 (D) e
e

 x2 
6. Lim  , where [. ] denotes greatest integer function.
x0 sin x tan x
 
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) does not exist

x
tan
x
Lim tan 
2
7.
x 1 2
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1
(A) e (B) (C) e 1/ 2 (D) e
e


8. Let x0  2cos and x n  2  x n 1 , n =1, 2, 3, .........., find Lim 2( n 1)  2  x n
6 n 
1 1  
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 2 3

2(tan x  sin x )  x 3
9. Lim
x x5
1 2 1 5
(A)  (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 6

1
2
ex
 1 1 
 
 x 2 1 x 2 1
10. Calculate lim 1 e arc tan  xe sin
x  0
 x2 x 4 
 
(A) e (B) e 2 (C) e  / 2 (D) e  / 2

x2  1 , x  0
 sin x , x  n , n  I 
11. If f (x )   and g ( x )   4 , x  0 , then lim g{ f ( x )} is :
 2 , otherwise x 0
 6 , x2

(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

1  1  1   1 
12. lim  1   1   1 ......  1 n  ....... is equal to :
n  5   52   54   
 52 
(A) 0 (B) 5/4 (C) 4/5 (D) 1/5

13. The value of the limit lim n 2 ( a1/ n  a1/ ( n 1) ) ( a  0) is :

n 

(A) ln a (B) e a (C) e a (D) 1

16  26  36 ....... n 6
14. lim 
n  (12  22  32 ..... n 2 ) (13  23  33 ..... n 3 )
21 12
(A) 2 (B) (C) 1 (D)
8 7
Limit 7

a b c
cos  cos cos
15. If a, b, c are non zero constant numbers then lim r r r equals :
r  b c
sin sin
r r
a2  b2  c2 c2  a2  b2 b2  c2  a2
(A) (B) (C) (D) Independent of a, b, c
2bc 2bc 2bc

Exercise-3 : JEE Advanced Previous Years Questions

x tan 2x  2x tan x
1. Lim is : [JEE '99, 2 (out of 200) ]
x0 (1 cos 2x ) 2
(A) 2 (B) – 2 (C) 1/2 (D) – 1/2

x
x3
2. For x  R , Lim   [JEE 2000, Screening]
x  x  2 

(A) e (B) e 1 (C) e 5 (D) e 5

a tan x  a sin x
3. Evaluate Lim ,a  0 [REE 2001, 3 out of 100]
x 0 tan x  sin x

(cos x  1)(cos x  e x )
4. The integer n for which Lim is a finite non-zero number is
x 0 xn
[JEE 2002 (screening), 3]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

sin(nx )[( a  n )n x  tan x]

5. If Lim  0 ( n  0) then the value of ' a ' is equal to
x 0 x2
[JEE 2003 (screening)]
2
1 n 1
(A) (B) n 2  1 (C) (D) None
n n

2 1 
6. Find the value of Lim  (n  1)cos 1    n. [ JEE ' 2004, 2 out of 60]
n    n
  

x2
a  a2  x2 
7. Let L  Lim 4 , a  0. If L is finite, then [ JEE ' 2009, 3]
n  x4
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1 1
(A) a  2 (B) a  1 (C) L  (D) L 
64 32

8. If lim[1 x ln(1 b 2 )]1/ x  2b sin 2 , b  0 and   ( , ], then the value of  is [JEE ‘ 2011]
x 0
   
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
4 3 6 2

9. Let ( a ) and ( a ) be the roots of the equation [JEE ‘ 2012]

3 2 6
( 1 a  1)x  ( 1 a  1)x  ( 1 a  1)  0 where a  1.

Then lim  (a ) and lim ( a ) are

a  0 a  0
5 1 7 9
(A)  and 1 (B)  and – 1 (C)  and 2 (D)  and 3
2 2 2 2

 x2  x  1 
10. If lim   ax  b   4, then [JEE ‘ 2012]
x 
 x1 
(A) a  1, b  4 (B) a  1, b  4 (C) a  2, b  3 (D) a  2, b  3

1 x
 ax  sin( x  1)  a  1 x 1
11. The largest value of the non-negative integer a for which lim    is
x 1 x  sin( x  1)  1  4
[IIT Advance-2014]

 e cos( a n ) e   e
12. Let m and n be two positive integers greater than 1. If lim      then the value of m
a 0 m   2 n
  
is [IIT Advance - 2015]

x 2 sin(x )
13. Let  ,  R be such that lim  1. Then 6(   ) equals : [IIT Advance - 2016]
x 0 x  sin x

1 x(1 |1 x| )  1 
14. Let f ( x )  cos  for x  1. Then [IIT Advance - 2017]
|1 x|  1 x 
(A) lim f ( x ) does not exist (B) lim f ( x ) does not exist
x 1 x 1

(C) lim f ( x )  0 (D) lim f (x )  0

x 1 x 1
15. For any positive integer n, define f n :( 0,  )  R as [IIT Advance - 2018]
Limit 9

n  1 
fn (x )   j 1 tan 1  1 (x  j )(x  j 1)  for all x  (0,  ).
 
(Here, the inverse trigonometric function tan 1 x assumes values in   ,  .)
 2 2
Then, which of the following statement(s) is (are) TRUE?
5
(A)  j 1 tan 2 ( f j (0))  55
10
(B)  (1 f j (0))sec 2 ( f j (0))  10
j 1
1
(C) For any fixed positive integer n, lim tan( f n (x )) 
x  n
(D) For any fixed positive integer n, lim sec 2 ( f n ( x ))  1
x 

16. For any positive integer n, let S n :( 0,  )  R be defined by

n 1  1 k ( k  1)x 2 
S n (x )   k 1
cot 
 x


 
 
where for any x  R ,cot 1 ( x )  (0,  ) and tan 1 ( x )    ,  . Then which of the following
 2 2
statements is (are) TRUE ? [IIT Advance - 2021]
2
 1 11x 

(A) S 10 (x )   tan 1   , for all x > 0
2  10x 
 
(B) lim cot( S n ( x ))  x, for all x  0
x 

(C) The equation S 3 ( x )  has a root in (0,  )
4
1
(D) tan( S n ( x ))  , for all n  1 and x  0
2
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Exercise-4 : JEE Main Previous Years Questions

2x
 a b 
1. If lim  1    e 2 , then the values of a and b are [AIEEE 2004]
x  x x2 
(A) a  R , b  R (B) a  1, b  R (C) a  R , b  2 (D) a  1, b  2

1 cos( ax 2  bx  c )
2. Let  and  be the distinct roots of ax 2  bx  c  0, then lim is equal to
xa (x   )2
[AIEEE 2005]
a2 a 1
(A) (   ) 2 (B) 0 (C) (    )2 (D) (    ) 2
2 2 2

f ( 3x ) f ( 2x )
3. Let f : R  R be a positive, increasing function with lim  1. Then lim is equal to
x  f (x ) x  f (x )
[AIEEE 2010]
2 3
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) (D)
3 2

 1 cos{2( x  2)} 
4. lim  [AIEEE 2011]
x 2 x2 
 
1
(A) Equals (B) Does not exist (C) Equals 2 (D) Equals – 2
2

sin(  cos 2 x )
5. lim is equal to [IIT Mains - 2014]
x 0 x

(A)  (B) (C) 1 (D) 
2
6. Let f ( x ) be a polynomial of degree four having extreme values at x  1 and x  2. If
 f (x )
lim 1  3, then f ( 2) is equal to: [IIT Mains - 2015]
x 0 x 2 
(A) 4 (B) –8 (C) –4 (D) 0

(1 cos 2x )( 3  cos x )

7. lim is equal to : [IIT Mains - 2015]
x 0 x tan 4x
1
(A) (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2
2
Limit 11

1
8. Let p  lim 1 tan 2 x
x 0
  2x then log p is equal to : [IIT Mains-2016]

1 1
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) (D)
2 4

cot x  cos x
9. lim equals : [IIT Mains - 2017]
x
 (   2x ) 3
2
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 4 24 16

10. For each t  R , let [ t ] be the greatest integer less than or equal to t. Then
 1 2 15 
lim x      ....    [IIT Mains - 2018]
   
x 0   x   x  
 x  
(A) does not exist (in R) (B) is equal to 0
(C) is equal to 15 (D) is equal to 120

cot 3 x  tan x
11. lim is : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
x  / 4  
cos x  
 4
(A) 8 2 (B) 8 (C) 4 (D) 4 2

 n n n 1
12. lim    ......  is equal to : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
2
n  n  1 2 2 2 2 2 5n 
n 2 n 3
 
(A) tan 1 ( 2) (B) (C) tan 1 ( 3) (D)
2 4

  2sin 1 x
13. lim is equal to : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
x 1 1 x
1  2
(A) (B)  (C) (D)
2 2 

14. Let [ x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
tan(  sin 2 x )  (| x| sin( x[x])) 2
lim
x 0 x2
(A) does not exist (B) equals 0 (C) equals  (D) equals   1
12 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

x cot( 4x )
15. lim is equal to : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
x 0 sin 2 x cot 2 ( 2x )
(A) 4 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

16. For each t  R , let [ t ] be the greatest integer less than or equal to t.
[JEE-Main Online 2019]

(1 | x |  sin | 1 x | )sin [1 x] 
 2 
Then, lim
x 1 |1 x|[1 x]
(A) equals –1 (B) equals 0 (C) does not exist (D) equals 1

3 f (x )
17. Let f be a differentiable function such that f  ( x )  7  , ( x  0) and f (1)  4. Then
4 x
1
lim xf   [JEE-Main Online 2019]

x 0  x
4
(A) Exists and equals 0 (B) Exists and equals
7
(C) Exists and equals 4 (D) Does not exist

1 1 y 4  2
18. lim [JEE-Main Online 2019]
y 0 y4
1
(A) Does not exist (B) Exists and equals
2 2( 2  1)
1 1
(C) Exists and equals (D) Exists and equals
4 2 2 2

19. For each x  R , let [ x] be the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then
x([ x]  | x| )sin[ x]
lim is equal to : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
 | x|
x 0

(A) sin 1 (B) 1 (C) –sin 1 (D) 0

sin 2 x
20. lim equals : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
x 0 2  1 cos x
(A) 4 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 2 (D) 4

21. Let f : R  R be a differentiable function satisfying f  ( 3)  f  (2)  0. Then

Limit 13

1
 1 f ( 3  x )  f ( 3)  x
lim  is equal to : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
x 0 1  f ( 2  x )  f ( 2 ) 

(A) 1 (B) e 2 (C) e (D) e 1

x
22. If f ( x )  [ x]    , x  R , where [ x] denotes the greatest integer function, then :
 4 
[JEE-Main Online 2019]
(A) lim f ( x ) exists but lim f ( x ) does not exist.
x 4 x 4

(B) f is continuous at x  4
(C) lim f (x ) exists but lim f (x ) does not exist.
x  4 x  4

(D) Both lim f (x ) and lim f ( x ) exist but are not equal.
x 4 x 4

x 4 1 x3  k 3
23. If lim  lim , then k is : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
x 1 x  1 x k x 2  k 2

3 8 4 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 3 8

 ( n  1)1/ 3 (n  2)1/ 3 ( 2n )1/ 3 

24. lim   .....  is equal to : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
n  4/ 3
n 4/ 3 n 4/ 3 
 n 
4 3 4 4 3 4/ 3 3
(A) (2) 4/ 3 (B) (2) 4/ 3  (C) ( 2) 3/ 4 (D) ( 2) 
3 4 3 3 4 4

x 2  ax  b
25. If lim  5, then a  b is equal to : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
x 1 x 1
(A) 5 (B) 1 (C) –4 (D) –7

x  2sin x
26. lim is : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
x 0
x 2  2sin x  1  sin 2 x  x  1
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 1 (D) 3

27. Let f (x )  5| x  2| and g (x ) | x  1| x  R. If f ( x ) attains maximum value at  and g ( x ) attains

( x  1)( x 2  5x  6)
minimum value at , then lim is equal to : [JEE-Main Online 2019]
x   x 2  6x  8
(A) 1/2 (B) –3/2 (C) –1/2 (D) 3/2
14 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

28.
 t sin(10t ) dt is equal to :
lim 0 [JEE-Main Online 2020]
x 0 x
1 1 1
(A)  (B)  (C) (D) 0
5 10 10

4
29. Let [ t ] denote the greatest integer  t and lim x   A , Then the funciton, f ( x )  [ x 2 ]sin( x ) is
x 0 
 x 
discontinuous, when x is equal to [JEE-Main Online 2020]
(A) A (B) A  5 (C) A  1 (D) A  21

1/ x 2
 3x 2  2 
30. lim  is equal to : [JEE-Main Online 2020]
x 0 7x 2  2 
 
1 1
(A) e (B) (C) e 2 (D)
e e2

3x  33 x  12
31. lim is equal to. [JEE-Main Online 2020]
x 2 3 x/ 2  31x

n
 1 1 ..... 1 
 
32. lim  1 2 n  is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
n 
 n2 
 
1 1
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 0
e 2

x2  x  2
33. Let f (x )  sin 1 x and g (x )  . If g ( 2)  lim g ( x ), then the domain of the function fog is :
2x 2  x  6 x 2

[JEE Main Online 2021]

3
(A) (  ,1]  [ 2,  ) (B) (  ,2]   ,  
 2 
4
(C) ( ,2]   ,   (D) ( ,2]  [ 1,  )
 3 
Limit 15

    
 3 sin 6  h   cos 6  h  
34. The value of lim 2  is : [JEE Main Online 2021]
h 0
 3h( 3 cos h  sin h ) 
 
3 4 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 3 3 3

sin 1 x  tan 1 x
35. If lim is equal to L, then the value of ( 6L  1) is : [JEE Main Online 2021]
x0 3x 3
1 1
(A) (B) (C) 6 (D) 2
6 2

tan(  cos 2  )
36. The value of the limit lim is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
0 sin( 2 sin 2 )
1 1 1
(A)  (B)  (C) 0 (D)
2 4 4

cos 1 ( x  [x] 2 ).sin 1 ( x  [ x]2 )

37. The value of lim , where [ x] denotes the greatest integer  x is :
x 0 x  x3
[JEE Main Online 2021]
 
(A)  (B) 0 (C) (D)
4 2

 x 
38. The value of lim  is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
8 8
x  0 1 sin x  1  sin x 

(A) – 4 (B) 0 (C) – 1 (D) 4

 9 x 
39. lim
x 2  n ( n  1)x 2
 2 ( 2n  1)x  4
 is equal to :

[JEE Main Online 2021]
 n 1 
7 1 9 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
36 5 44 24

tan 3 x  tan x
40. If   lim and   lim(cos x ) cot x are the roots of the equation, ax 2  bx  4  0,
x  / 4   x 0
cos x  
 4 
then the ordered pair ( a, b ) is : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) (1, –3) (B) (1, 3) (C) (–1, 3) (D) (–1, –3)
16 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

sin 2 (  cos 4 x )
41. lim is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
x 0 x4
(A) 2 2 (B) 2 (C) 4 2 (D) 4

2
2 e 2( x  bx  c )
 1 2( x 2  bx  c )
42. If  ,  are the distinct roots of x  bx  c  0, then lim equal to :
x  ( x   )2
[JEE Main Online 2021]
2 2 2
(A) b  4c (B) 2( b  4c ) (C) 2(b  4c ) (D) b 2  4c

43. If lim ( x 2  x  1  ax )  b, then the ordered pair ( a, b ) is : [JEE Main Online 2021]
x 
1 1 1 1
(A)  1,   (B)  1,  (C)  1,   (D)  1, 
 2  2  2  2

44. Let f ( x )  x 6  2x 4  x 3  2x  3, x  R. Then the natural number n for which

n
x f (1)  f (x )
lim  44 is_______. [JEE Main Online 2021]
x 1 x 1

 x 2 
 
2
45. If the value of lim( 2  cos x cos 2x )  x  is equal to e a , then a is equal to __.
x 0

[JEE Main Online 2021]

xe x   log e (1 x )  x 2 e  x

46. If lim  10,  , ,   R , then the value of      is _____.
x 0 x sin 2 x
[JEE Main Online 2021]

 x 
47. Let f :( 0, 2)  R be definedar f ( x )  log 2  1 tan  
  4 
2 1 2 
Then, lim  f    f  ...... f (1)  is equal to ___________. [JEE Main Online 2021]
n  n   n  n 

ae x  b cos x  ce  x
48. If lim  2, then a  b  c is equal to ______. [JEE Main Online 2021]
x 0 x sin x
Limit 17

ax  ( e 4x  1)
49. If lim exists and is equal to b, then the value of a  2b is ___.
x 0 ( e 4x  1) ax
[JEE Main Online 2021]
e x  e x   sin x 2
50. If lim  , where  , ,   R , then which of the following is NOT correct?
x 0 x sin 2 x 3
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(A)  2   2   2  6 (B)        
2 2 2
(C)       3  0 (D)  2   2   2  4

8 2  (cos x  sin x ) 7
51. lim is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
 2  2 sin 2x
x
4

(A) 14 (B) 7 (C) 14 2 (D) 7 2

 
 
1  1 1 1 1 
52. lim    .....  is equal to :
n  2n 1 2 3 n
 1 1 1 2  1 
 1
2 n
2 n
2 n n 
 2 
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) –2

x  ( e 3x  1)
53. Let   lim for some  R. Then the value of    is : [JEE Main Online 2022]
x 0 x( 3x  1)
14 3 5 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 2 2 2

54. If lim ( n 2  n  1  n   )  0, then 8(    ) is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]

n 
(A) 4 (B) –8 (C) –4 (D) 8

55. lim tan 2 x(( 2sin 2 x  3sin x  4 )1/ 2  (sin 2 x  6sin x  2)1/ 2 ) is equal to :

x
2

[JEE Main Online 2022]

1 1 1 1
(A) (B)  (C)  (D)
12 18 12 6
18 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

( x 2  1)sin 2 (x )
56. The value lim is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
x 1 x 4  2x 3  2x  1
2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)  2
6 3 2

cos(sin x )  cos x
57. lim is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
x 0 x4
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 4 6 12

sin(cos 1 x )  x
58. lim is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
x
1 1 tan(cos 1 x )
2
1 1
(A) 2 (B)  2 (C) (D) 
2 2

18  [1 x]
59. Let a be an integer such that lim exists, where [t] is greatest integer  t. Then a is
x  7 [ x  3a ]

equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]

(A) –6 (B) –2 (C) 2 (D) 6

60. Let f ( x ) be a polynomial function such that f ( x )  f  ( x )  f   ( x )  x 5  64. Then, the value of
f (x )
lim is equal to [JEE Main Online 2022]
x 1 x  1

(A) –15 (B) –60 (C) 60 (D) 15

sin( 3x 2  4x  1)  x 2  1
61. If lim  2, then the value of (a – b) is equal to ___.
x 1 2x 3  7x 2  ax  b
[JEE Main Online 2022]

62. Let [t ] denote the greatest integer  t and {t }denote the fractional part of t. The integral value of
 2[ x ]{x}  [ x]  1
 for which the left hand limit of the function f (x )  [1 x]  at x  0 is equal to
2[ x]  {x}
4
  , is __________. [JEE Main Online 2022]
3
Limit 19

100
 ( x  2cos x )3  2(x  2cos x )2  3sin( x  2cos x )  x
63. lim  is equal to ___.
x 0 (x  2)3  2(x  2)2  3sin( x  2) 
 
[JEE Main Online 2022]

( n  1) k 1 1
64. If lim [( nk  1)  (nk  2)..... ( nk  n )]  33. lim . [1k  2k  3k ..... n k ], then the
n  k 1 n  k 1
n n
integral value of k is equal to _____. [JEE Main Online 2022]

65. The set of all values of a for which lim ([ x  5]  [ 2x  2])  0, where [x] denotes the greatest
xa
integer less than or equal to x is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) [–7.5, –6.5) (B) [–7.5, –6.5] (C) (–7.5, –6.5] (D) (–7.5, –6.5)

( 3x  1  3x  1) 6  ( 3x  1  3x  1 )6
66. lim x3 [JEE Main Online 2023]
x  2 6 2 6
(x  x  1)  ( x  x  1)
(A) is equal to 27 (B) is equal to 9
27
(C) is equal to (D) does not exist
2

2 2 2
3   1  2  1 
67. lim  4   2     2   ...... 3    is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
n  n   n  n  n 
19
(A) (B) 0 (C) 12 (D) 19
3

1 2  3  4  5  6..... ( 3n  2)  ( 3n  1)  3n
68. The value of lim is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
n 
2n 4  4n  3  n 4  5n  4
3 2 1 3
(A) (B) (C) ( 2  1) (D) 3( 2  1)
2 2 2 2

69. Let f , g and h be the real valued functions defined on R as

 x , x0  sin( x  1)
  , x  1
f ( x )   | x| , g ( x )  ( x  1)
 1, x  0  1, x  1
and h( x )  2[ x]  f ( x ), where [x] is the greatest integer  x.
Then the value of lim g ( h( x  1)) is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
x 1
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) sin(1) (D) 1
20 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

70. Let x2 be a root of the equation x 2  px  q  0 and

2 2
 1 cos(x  4 px  q  8q  16)
 , x  2p
f (x )   (x  2 p )4
 0 , x  2p

Then lim [ f ( x )], where [.] denotes greatest integer function, is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
x 2 p 
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) –1

  (1 cos 2 ( 3x ))   sin 3 (4x )  

71. lim     is equal to ________. [JEE Main Online 2023]
x 0  cos 3 ( 4 x )   (log ( 2x  1)) 5  
    e 
(A) 15 (B) 9 (C) 24 (D) 18

cxe  cx
e ax  cos( bx ) 
72. If lim 2  17, then 5a 2  b 2 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
x 0 1 cos( 2x )
(A) 72 (B) 64 (C) 76 (D) 68

73. If    0 are the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  1  0, and

1/ 2
 1 cos( x 2  bx  a )  1 1 1 
lim      , then k is equal to ; [JEE Main Online 2023]
1 2(1 x )2  k  
x  

(A) 2 (B) 2 (C)  (D) 


n 3 (( 2n )!)  ( 2n  1)( n !) b 
1
74. Let   ae   c, where a, b, c   & e   . Then a 2  b  c is equal to
n 0
( n !)(( 2n !)) e n 0
n !
______. [JEE Main Online 2023]

x
48 t3
75. lim  t 6  1 dt is equal to _________. [JEE Main Online 2023]
x 0 x4 0

e 2|sin x|  2|sin x|1

76. lim [JEE Main Online 2024]
x 0 x2
(A) is equal to 1 (B) is equal to –1 (C) does not exist (D) is equal to 2

3   sin x   cos x  log e (1 x ) 1

77. If lim  , then 2   is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2024]
x 0 2 3
3 tan x
Limit 21

(A) 1 (B) 7 (C) 2 (D) 5

f (7x )
78. Let f :  R  ( 0,  ) be strictly increasing function such that lim  1. Then, the value of
x  f (x )
 f ( 5x ) 
lim   1 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2024]
x  f ( x ) 
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 7/5 (D) 1

3
  
  
 2

 1 1/ 3 
79. lim   cos( t ) dt  is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2024]
 2
x    x3 
2 x 
 2 
 
3 2 3 2 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 8 8 4

  1

x f ( t ) dt
80. Let f :  ,   R be a differentiable function such that f ( 0)  . If the lim 0 2   , then
 2 2  2 x 0
e x 1
8 2 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2024]
(A) 16 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 2

 a( 7x  12  x 2 )
 , x3
2
 b| x  7x  12|
sin( x  3)


81. Consider the function, f ( x )   2 x[ x] , x3
 b , x3



where [ x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If S denotes the set of all ordered
pairs ( a, b ) such that f (x ) is continuous at x  3, then the number of elements in S is :
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(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) Infinitely many

1 1 x 4  2 sin 2 x
82. If a  lim and b  lim , then the value of ab 3 is :
x 0 x4 x 0 2  1 cos x
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(A) 25 (B) 32 (C) 36 (D) 30

 | x| 3  x  
83. Let f ( x )   x  1, x is even, x  N . If for some a  N , f ( f ( f ( a )))  21, then lim   ,
 2x, x is odd, x a   a  a  

where [ t ] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to t , is equal to :
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(A) 225 (B) 144 (C) 169 (D) 121

cos 1 (1 {x}2 )sin 1 (1 {x})

84. Let {x} denote the fractional part of x and f (x )  , x  0. If L and R
{x}  {x}3
respectively denotes the left hand limit and the right hand limit of f (x ) at x  0, then
32 2
(L  R 2 ) is equal to ________. [JEE Main Online 2024]
2


ax 2 e x  b log e (1 x )  cxe  x

85. If lim  1, then 16( a 2  b 2  c 2 ) is equal to ______.
x0 x 2 sin x
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Answers
EXERCISE–I
p q 2 ln 2
1. 3. ln 2 4. does not exist 5.
2 
6. a  2 ; limit = 1 7. 20 8. – 3, –3, – 3 9. (ln a ) n 10. 3

11. ( a1 . a 2 . a 3 ..... a n )12. 8 13. 14. (a) 2 (b) 1/2 (c) 0 (d) 2
tan 
15. 307

EXERCISE–II
9 4
1.  ln 2. (i) cos  ln cos   sin 2  ln sin  , (ii) cos 4  cos 4  ln cos   sin 4  ln sin 

4 e
2 2  
3. 72 4. (i) a =1, b = –1 (ii) a = –1 , b =1/2 5. e 1 6. e 2 a
7. ,
2 2 2
x
8. a = c = 1, b = 2 10. ( 3, 3 ), (  3, 3 ) 11.
2
2
12. g ( x )  sin x and limit = e 13. 19 14. e 
1 x x sin x 1 1 3
16. T ( x )  tan 2  sin x or tan  , S ( x )  x  sin x, limit =
2 2 2 2 2 2 2

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

EXERCISE–V(Advanced)
2
1. C 2. C 3. ln a 4. C 5. C 6. 1

7. A, C 8. D 9. B 10. B 11. 0 12. 2
13. 7 14. A, C 15. D 16. A,B
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EXERCISE–IV(Mains)
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. D
7. D 8. C 9. D 10. D 11. B 12. A
13. C 14. A 15. C 16. B 17. C 18. C
19. C 20. A 21. A 22. B 23. B 24. D
25. D 26. A 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. D
31. 36 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. D 36. A
37. D 38. A 39. C 40. B 41. C 42. B
43. C 44. 7.00 45. 3.00 46. 3.00 47. 1.00 48. 4.00
49. 5.00 50. C 51. A 52. C 53. C 54. C
55. A 56. D 57. C 58. D 59. A 60. A
61. 11.00 62. 3.00 63. 1.00 64. 5.00 65. D 66. A
67. D 68. C 69. D 70. A 71. D 72. D
73. A 74. 26.00 75. 12.00 76. D 77. D 78. A
79. B 80. D 81. B 82. B 83. B 84. 18.00
85. 81.00