Differentiability and Differentiation MCQ Questions & Answers in Calculus | Maths

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31. Let $$f\left( a \right) = g\left( a \right) = k$$     and their nth derivatives $${f^n}\left( a \right),\,{g^n}\left( a \right)$$   exist and are not equal for some $$n.$$ Further if $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to a} \frac{{f\left( a \right)g\left( x \right) - f\left( a \right) - g\left( a \right)f\left( x \right) + f\left( a \right)}}{{g\left( x \right) - f\left( x \right)}} = 4$$          then the value of $$k$$ is-

A $$0$$
B $$4$$
C $$2$$
D $$1$$
Answer :   $$4$$

32. The differential coefficient of $${\text{cose}}{{\text{c}}^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{{2{x^2} - 1}}$$    with respect to $$\sqrt {1 - {x^2}} $$  at $$x = \frac{1}{2}$$  is :

A $$-4$$
B 4
C $$-1$$
D none of these
Answer :   $$-4$$

33. Consider the following :
$$\eqalign{ & 1.\,\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{1}{x}{\text{ exists}}{\text{.}} \cr & {\text{2}}{\text{.}}\,\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \,{e^{\frac{1}{x}}}{\text{ does not exist}}{\text{.}} \cr} $$
Which of the above is/are correct ?

A 1 only
B 2 only
C Both 1 and 2
D Neither 1 nor 2
Answer :   2 only

34. If \[f\left( x \right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{l} \frac{{x\,\log \,\cos \,x}}{{\log \left( {1 + {x^2}} \right)}},\,\,\,\,\,x \ne 0\\ \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,0,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,x = 0 \end{array} \right.\]       then $$f\left( x \right)$$  is :

A continuous as well as differentiable at $$x = 0$$
B continuous but not differentiable at $$x = 0$$
C differentiable but not continuous at $$x = 0$$
D neither continuous nor differentiable at $$x = 0$$
Answer :   continuous as well as differentiable at $$x = 0$$

35. Let $$f\left( x \right)$$  be a polynomial function of the second degree. If $$f\left( 1 \right) = f\left( { - 1} \right)$$    and $${a_1},\,{a_2},\,{a_3}$$   are in AP then $$f'\left( {{a_1}} \right),\,f'\left( {{a_2}} \right),\,f'\left( {{a_3}} \right)$$     are in :

A AP
B GP
C HP
D none of these
Answer :   AP

36. The function $$f\left( x \right) = \left( {{x^2} - 1} \right)\left| {{x^2} - 3x + 2} \right| + \cos \left( {\left| x \right|} \right)$$        is NOT differentiable at-

A $$-1$$
B $$0$$
C $$1$$
D $$2$$
Answer :   $$2$$

37. If $$f\left( 0 \right) = 0,\,f'\left( 0 \right) = 2,$$     then the derivative of $$y = f\left( {f\left( {f\left( {f\left( x \right)} \right)} \right)} \right)$$    at $$x = 0$$  is :

A 2
B 8
C 16
D 4
Answer :   16

38. Suppose $$f\left( x \right)$$  is differentiable at $$x = 1$$   and $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{1}{h}f\left( {1 + h} \right) = 5,$$     then $$f'\left( 1 \right)$$  equals-

A $$3$$
B $$4$$
C $$5$$
D $$6$$
Answer :   $$5$$

39. If $$P\left( x \right)$$  is a polynomial such that $$P\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right) = {\left\{ {P\left( x \right)} \right\}^2} + 1$$      and $$P\left( 0 \right) = 0$$   then $$P'\left( 0 \right)$$  is equal to :

A 1
B 0
C $$-1$$
D none of these
Answer :   1

40. The differential coefficient of $$f\left( {{{\log }_e}\,x} \right)$$   with respect to $$x,$$ where $$f\left( x \right) = {\log _e}\,x,$$    is :

A $$\frac{x}{{{{\log }_e}\,x}}$$
B $$\frac{1}{x}{\log _e}\,x$$
C $$\frac{1}{{x{{\log }_e}\,x}}$$
D none of these
Answer :   $$\frac{1}{{x{{\log }_e}\,x}}$$