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Official PYQ2026Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityNAT · 1 mark
Consider the function f:R→Rf: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} defined as follows: f(x)={c1ex−c2log⁡e(1x), if x>03 otherwise f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{lr} c_{1} e^{x}-c_{2} \log _{\mathrm{e}}\left(\frac{1}{x}\right), & \text{ if } x>0 \\ 3 & \text{ otherwise } \end{array}\right. where c1,c2∈Rc_{1}, c_{2} \in \mathbb{R}. If ff is continuous at x=0x=0, then c1+c2=c_{1}+c_{2}= …
Official PYQ2026Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMSQ · 2 marks
Let f:R→Rf: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} be defined as follows: f(x)=(∣x∣2−x)(x−∣x∣2)f(x)=\left(\frac{|x|}{2}-x\right)\left(x-\frac{|x|}{2}\right) Which of the following statements is/are true?
Official PYQ2026Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityNAT · 2 marks
Consider a function f:(0,1)→{0,1}f:(0,1) \rightarrow\{0,1\} defined as follows. For a real number r∈(0,1),f(r)=1r \in(0,1), f(r)=1 if the second digit after the decimal point in rr is one of the four digits 2,3,62,3,6 and 77. Otherwise, f(r)f(r) is equal to 00. The number of points in (0,1)(0,1) at which ff is discontinuous is ______\_\_\_\_\_\_. (answer in integer)
Official PYQ2025Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityNAT · 1 mark
Consider the given function f(x)f(x). f(x)={ax+b for x<1x3+x2+1 for x≥1f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll} a x+b & \text{ for } x<1 \\ x^{3}+x^{2}+1 & \text{ for } x \geq 1 \end{array}\right. If the function is differentiable everywhere, the value of bb must be ________. (rounded off to one decimal place)
Official PYQ2024Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMCQ · 1 mark
Let f:R→Rf: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} be a function such that f(x)=max⁡{x,x3},x∈Rf(x)=\max \left\{x, x^3\right\}, x \in \mathbb{R}, where R\mathbb{R} is the set of all real numbers. The set of all points where f(x)f(x) is NOT differentiable is
Official PYQ2023Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityNAT · 1 mark
The value of the definite integral ∫−33∫−22∫−11(4x2y−z3)dz dy dx\int_{-3}^{3} \int_{-2}^{2} \int_{-1}^{1}\left(4 x^{2} y-z^{3}\right) \mathrm{d} z \mathrm{~d} y \mathrm{~d} x is _________. (Rounded off to the nearest integer)
Official PYQ2022Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityNAT · 1 mark
The value of the following limit is ________________. lim⁡x→0+x1−e2x\lim_{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \frac{\sqrt{x}}{1-e^{2\sqrt{x}}}
Official PYQ2021Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityNAT · 1 mark
Consider the following expression.lim⁡x→−32x+22−4x+3\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow-3}\frac{\sqrt{2x+22}-4}{x+3}The value of the above expression (rounded to 2 decimal places) is ___________.
Official PYQ2021Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityNAT · 1 mark
Suppose that f:R→Rf: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} is a continuous function on the interval [−3,3][-3, 3] and a differentiable function in the interval (−3,3)(-3,3) such that for every xx in the interval, f’(x)≤2f’(x) \leq 2. If f(−3)=7f(-3)=7, then f(3)f(3) is at most __________
Official PYQ2019Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMCQ · 1 mark
Compute lim⁡x→3x4−812x2−5x−3\displaystyle \lim_{x \rightarrow 3} \frac{x^4-81}{2x^2-5x-3}
Official PYQ2017Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMCQ · 1 mark
The value of lim⁡x→1x7−2x5+1x3−3x2+2\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow 1} \frac{x^{7}-2x^{5}+1}{x^{3}-3x^{2}+2}
Official PYQ2017Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMCQ · 1 mark
If f(x)=R sin⁡(πx2)+S,f’(12)=2f(x) = R \: \sin ( \frac{\pi x}{2}) + S, f’\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) = \sqrt{2} and ∫01f(x)dx=2Rπ\int_0^1 f(x) dx = \frac{2R}{\pi}, then the constants RR and SS are
Official PYQ2016Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityNAT · 1 mark
lim⁡x→4sin⁡(x−4)x−4=____________\lim _{x\rightarrow 4}\frac{\sin(x-4)}{x-4}=\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Official PYQ2016Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityNAT · 1 mark
Let f(x)f(x) be a polynomial and g(x)=f′(x)g(x)=f'(x) be its derivative. If the degree of (f(x)+f(−x))(f(x)+f(-x)) is 1010, then the degree of (g(x)−g(−x))(g(x) - g(-x)) is __________.
Official PYQ2015Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMCQ · 1 mark
lim⁡x→∞x1x\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow \infty } x^{ \tfrac{1}{x}} is
Official PYQ2015Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMCQ · 1 mark
Let f(x)=x−(13)f(x)=x^{-\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)} and AA denote the area of region bounded by f(x)f(x) and the X-axis, when xx varies from −1-1 to 11. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE? ff is continuous in [−1,1][-1, 1] ff is not bounded in [−1,1][-1, 1] AA is nonzero and finite
Official PYQ2015Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMCQ · 1 mark
The value of lim⁡x→∞(1+x2)e−x\displaystyle \lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} (1+x^2)^{e^{-x}} is
Official PYQ2014Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMCQ · 1 mark
A function f(x)f(x) is continuous in the interval [0,2][0,2]. It is known that f(0)=f(2)=−1f(0) = f(2) = -1 and f(1)=1f(1) = 1. Which one of the following statements must be true?
Official PYQ2014Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityNAT · 1 mark
The function f(x)=xsin⁡xf(x) =x \sin x satisfies the following equation: f′′(x)+f(x)+tcos⁡x=0f''(x) + f(x) +t \cos x = 0The value of tt is______.
Official PYQ2014Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMCQ · 1 mark
Let the function f(θ)=∣sin⁡θcos⁡θtan⁡θsin⁡(π6)cos⁡(π6)tan⁡(π6)sin⁡(π3)cos⁡(π3)tan⁡(π3)∣f(\theta) = \begin{vmatrix} \sin\theta & \cos\theta & \tan\theta \\ \sin(\frac{\pi}{6}) & \cos(\frac{\pi}{6}) & \tan(\frac{\pi}{6}) & \\ \sin(\frac{\pi}{3}) & \cos(\frac{\pi}{3}) & \tan(\frac{\pi}{3}) \end{vmatrix} where θ∈[π6,π3]\theta \in \left[ \frac{\pi}{6},\frac{\pi}{3} \right] and f′(θ)f'(\theta) denote the …