Department of Mathematics, Bankura Christian College
Assignment-1 (Real Analysis)
1. The set {x4 : −1 < x < 1} is
a) Both open and closed
b) Neither open nor closed
c) Open but not closed
d) Closed but not open
2. If f and g satisfy Lipschitz conditions on a domain, does f · g also satisfy the
Lipschitz condition?
a) True
b) False
3. Let f : R → R be a function such that f (0) = 0 and f (1) = 2. Then there
always exists c ∈ (0, 1) such that f (c) = 1.
a) True
b) False
4. Let f : R → R be continuous and periodic. Which of the following is true?
(Here f is said to be periodic if f (x + T ) = f (x) for all x and some T > 0.)
a) f attains its supremum but not infimum.
b) f attains its infimum but not supremum.
c) f attains its supremum and infimum.
d) f does not attain supremum and infimum.
5. The function f (x) = cosec(x) is discontinuous on the set
n π o
a) − (2n + 1) : n ∈ Z
2
n π o
b) (2n + 1) : n ∈ Z
2
c) {nπ : n ∈ Z}
d) Continuous everywhere
Dept. of Mathematics, Bankura Christian College — Assignment-1 (Real Analysis) — Haradhan Dutta (PMRF, IIT KGP) 1
6. Let f : R → R be defined by
(
−1, x ∈ Q,
f (x) =
1, x ∈ Qc .
Which of the following is true?
a) f is discontinuous everywhere and |f | is continuous everywhere.
b) f is continuous only at rational points and |f | is continuous everywhere.
c) f is discontinuous everywhere and |f | is continuous only at rationals.
d) Both f and |f | are discontinuous everywhere.
7. Consider the function
sin([x]) , [x] ̸= 0,
f (x) = [x]
0, [x] = 0,
where [x] denotes the greatest integer function. The value of lim− f (x) is
x→0
a) sin(−1)
b) sin(1)
c) 0
d) Does not exist
8. Let the functions f and g be defined on an interval I. If f and g are continuous
at a point p ∈ I, then which of the following is always true?
a) f · g may be continuous at p
b) f + g is continuous at p
f
c) is continuous at p
g
d) f − g is not continuous at p
9. Consider the functions f, f1 , f2 : R → R where f is continuous and
f = f1 − f2 . Which of the following is always true?
(a) f1 and f2 both are continuous
(b) f1 is continuous but f2 may not be continuous
(c) f1 may not be continuous but f2 is continuous
(d) Both f1 and f2 may be continuous or may not be continuous
Dept. of Mathematics, Bankura Christian College — Assignment-1 (Real Analysis) — Haradhan Dutta (PMRF, IIT KGP) 2
10. Let f : R → R be defined by
(
10, x = 10,
f (x) =
̸ 10.
20, x =
Then
(a) lim f (x) = 10
x→∞
(b) lim f (x) = ∞
x→∞
(c) f is continuous
(d) f is discontinuous
Dept. of Mathematics, Bankura Christian College — Assignment-1 (Real Analysis) — Haradhan Dutta (PMRF, IIT KGP) 3