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SECTION-A [FUNDAMENTAL]
RELATION
Q.1 Show that the relation R defined by R = {(a, b) : a – b is divisible by 3; a, b  Z} is an equivalence
relation.

Q.2 Check whether the relation R in R defined by

R = {(a, b) : a  b3} is reflexive, symmetric or transitive.

Q.3 Check whether the binary operation * defined on R by a * b = ab + 1 is

(i) Commutative (ii) Associative.

Q.4 Consider the binary operation * on the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} defined by a * b = H.C.F. of a and b. Write the
operation table of the operation *. Is * commutative ? Justify.
Also, compute
(i) (2 * 3) * 5 (ii) (2 * 3) * (4 * 5)

Q.5 Let A = W × W and * be the binary operation on A defined by (a, b) * (c, d) = (a + c, b + d). Show that
* is commutative and associative . Find the identity element for * on A, if any.
ab
Q.6 Is the binary operation defined on set N, given by a * b = for all a, b  N, commutative ? Is the
2
above binary operation associative?

Q.7 Let Z be the set of all integers and R be relation on Z defined as

R = {(a, b) : a, b  Z and (a – b) is divisible by 5}. Prove that R is an equivalence relation.

Q.8 Show that the relation R on the set 

Z of integers given by R = {(a, b) : 3 divides a – b}, is an equivalence
relation.

Q.9 On R – {– 1}, a binary operation * is defined by a * b = a + b + ab. Prove that * is commutative and
associative. Find the identity element for * on R – {– 1}.

RANGE
| x 1|
Q.10 What is the range of the function f(x) = ?
( x  1)

IDENTICAL FUNCTION
Q.11 Let A = {– 1, 0, 1, 2}, B = {– 4, – 2, 0, 2} and f , g : A  B be functions defined by f(x) = x2 – x,
1
x A and g(x) = 2 x  – 1, x  A. Are f and g equal : Justify your answer..
2

CLASSIFICATION
n 1
 2 , if n is odd
Q.12 Let f : N  N be defined by f(n) =  n for all n  N. Find whether the function f is
 , if n is even
2
bijective.
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Q.13 Let A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {4, 5, 6, 7} and let f = {(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)} be a function from A to B. State
whether f is one-one or not.

x  1, if x is odd
Q.14 Show that f : N  N, given by f(x) = x  1, if x is even

is both one-one and onto.

x 1
Q.15 Let A = R – {2} and B = R – {1}, if f : A  B is a mapping defined by f(x) = , show that f is
x2
bijective.

Q.16 Prove that the function f : N  N, defined by f(x) = x2 + x + 1 is one-one but not onto.

COMPOSITE
Q.17 If f : R  R is given by f(x) = (3 – x3)1/3, determine f(f(x)).

Q.18 Let f : R  R be defined as f(x) = 10x + 7. Find the function g : R  R such that gof = fog = IR.

x
Q.19 If the function f : R  R be given by f(x) = x2 + 2 and g : R  R be given by g(x)  , x  1, find
x 1
fog and gof and hence find fog (2) and gof (–3)

Q.20 Let f : R  R be the signum function, defined as

1 x  0

f (x) = 0 x  0
 1 x  0
and g : R  R be the greatest integer function given by g(x) = [x], where [x] is the greatest integer less
than or equal to x. Does fog and gof coincide in [0, 1] ?

INVERSE FUNCTION
3x  2
Q.21 If f(x) is an invertible function, find the inverse of f(x) = .
5

Q.22 Let f : N  R be a function defined as f(x) = 4x2 + 12x + 15. Show that f : N  Range (f) is invertible.
Find the inverse of f.
Q.23 Consider f : R+  [– 5, ) given by f(x) = 9x2 + 6x – 5. Show that f is invertible and
 y  6 1 
f–1 (y) =  3
.

 

Q.24 Consider f : R+  [4, ] given by f(x) = x2 + 4. Show that f is invertible with the inverse (f–1) of f given
by f–1 (y) = y  4 , when R+ is the set of all non-negative real numbers.

x
Q.25 Show that f : [– 1, 1]  R, given by f(x) = is one-one. Find the inverse of the function
x2
f : [– 1, 1]  Range f.

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SECTION-B [JEE (MAIN)]

[ SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE T Y PE]

Q.1 Domain of definition of the function f (x) = log  10·3x 2  9 x 1  1  + cos1 (1  x ) is

 
(A) [0, 1] (B) [1, 2] [3011110475]
(C) (0, 2) (D) (0, 1)

| sin x |  | cos x |
Q.2 The period of the function f (x) = is [3011110577]
| sin x  cos x |
(A) /2 (B) /4 (C)  (D) 2

Q.3 Let f (x) = sin2x + cos4x + 2 and g (x) = cos (cos x) + cos (sin x). Also let period of f (x) and g (x) be
T1 and T2 respectively then [3011110679]
(A) T1 = 2T2 (B) 2T1 = T2 (C) T1 = T2 (D) T1 = 4T2

Q.4 The graph of the function y = g (x) is shown. [3011110431]

1
The number of solutions of the equation g ( x )  1  , is
2

(A) 4 (B) 5

(C) 6 (D) 8

Q.5 Consider the functions f : X  Y and g: YZ

then which of the following is/are incorrect? [3011110482]
(A) If f and g both are injective then gof : X  Z is injective
(B) If f and g both are surjective then gof : X  Z is surjective
(C) If gof : X  Z is bijective then f is injective and g is surjective.
(D) none

Q.6 Which of the following statements are incorrect? [3011110533]

I If f (x) and g (x) are one to one then f (x) + g(x) is also one to one.
II If f (x) and g (x) are one-one then f (x) · g(x) is also one-one.
III If f (x) is odd then it is necessarily one to one.
(A) I and II only (B) II and III only (C) III and I only (D) I, II and III

Q.7 Let f : A  B and g : B  C be two functions and gof : A  C is defined. Then which of the following
statement(s) is true?
(A) If gof is onto then f must be onto. [3011110388]
(B) If f is into and g is onto then gof must be onto function.
(C) If gof is one-one then g is not necessarily one-one.
(D) If f is injective and g is surjective then gof must be bijective mapping.

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Q.8 Consider the function g (x) defined as [3011110439]
2008 2007
g( x ) ·  x ( 2 1)  1 = (x + 1)(x2 + 1)(x4 + 1)......  x 2 1 – 1.
   
the value of g (2) equals
(A) 1 (B) 22008 – 1 (C) 22008 (D) 2

Q.9 If f (x) = x2 + bx + c and f (2 + t) = f (2 – t) for all real numbers t, then which of the following is true?
(A) f (1) < f (2) < f (4) (B) f (2) < f (1) < f (4) [3011110490]
(C) f (2) < f (4) < f (1) (D) f (4) < f (2) < f (1)

{x}
Q.10 Range of the function f (x) = where {x} denotes the fractional part function is
1  {x}

1  1  1
(A) [0 , 1) (B) 0,  (C) 0,  (D)  0, 
 2  2  2
[3011110695]

2
Q.11 Let f (x) = (3x + 2)2 – 1, – < x  . If g(x) is the function whose graph is the reflection of the
3
graph of f(x) with respect to line y = x, then g(x) equals [3011110643]
1 1
(A)
3
 
 2  x  1 , x  1 (B)
3
 
 2  x  1 , x  1

1 1
(C)
3
 
 1  x  2 , x  2 (D)
3
 
 1  x  2 , x  2

 x2, x  irrational
Q.12 Let two functions f(x) and g(x) are defined on R  R such that f (x) = 2  x 2 , x  rational

2  x 2 , x  irrational
and g(x) =  2 . Then the function f + g : R  R is
 x , x  rational
(A) injective as well as surjective. (B) injective but not surjective.
(C) surjective but not injective. (D) neither surjective nor injective.
[3011110694]

1
 1 7
Q.13 If g(x) =  4 cos 4 x  2 cos 2 x  cos 4x  x 7  , then the value of gg (100)  is equal to
 2 
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 100
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Q.14 Which one of the following depicts the graph of an odd function?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Q.15 Let f : X  Y be a function such that f(x) = x  2 + 4  x , then the set of X and Y for which
f(x) is both injective as well as surjective, is
(A) [2, 4] and  2, 2  (B) [3, 4] and 2, 2  
(C) [2, 4] and [1, 2] (D) [2, 3] and [1, 2]

Q.16 The function f (x) = 2

ax 2  bx and g (x) = ax + bx + c intersect at x = 1 and x = – 1. The value of
(a + c) is
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) 2

Q.17 The domain of definition of f(x) = log

( x 2  x 1)
2x 2

 7 x  9 is

(A) R (B) R – {0} (C) R – {0, 1} (D) R – {1}

Q.18 Let f : R  [1, ) be a function defined by f (x) x 2 10ax 5 a 25a 2 . If f(x) is surjective
on R, then the value of a is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

Q.19 Let A and B be two sets and n(A) = 4 and n(B) = 2. If number of onto functions from A to B
is p and number of one-one functions from B to A is q then (p + q) equals
(A) 26 (B) 28 (C) 32 (D) 122

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Q.20 Which function corresponds to the given graph? y
(A) y = | sin x | 1
– x
(B) y = sin | x | –2 O  2
(C) y = – | sin x | –1

(D) y = – sin | x |

3x  2 xb
Q.21 The function f (x) = has an inverse that can be written in the form f–1(x) = . The value of
x4 cx  d
(b + c + d), is [3011110522]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

ax 8  bx 6  cx 4  dx 2  15x  1
Q.22 Suppose that f (x) is a function of the form f (x) = (x  0). If f (5) = 2
x
then the value of f (– 5), is [3011110573]
(A) 25 (B) 28 (C) 30 (D) 35

1
Q.23 The function f is not defined for x = 0, but for all non zero real numbers x, f (x) + 2 f   = 3x.
x
The number of real numbers satisfying equation f (x) = f (– x), is [3011110377]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

Q.24 The number of functions f : {a, b, c}  {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} which are not injective, is
[3011110479]
(A) 96 (B) 98 (C) 100 (D) none

 4 4 4x
Q.25 Let f : R –    R –   be a function defined as f(x) = . If inverse of map f is map g
 3 3 3x  4
4  4
given by g : R –    R –   . The value of g(1), is. [3011110596]
3  3
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Q.26 f (x) and g (x) are linear function such that for all x, f  g ( x ) and g  f ( x )  are Identity functions.
If f (0) = 4 and g (5) = 17, then the value of f (136), is [3011110698]
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 20

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Q.27 Let a and b be real numbers and let f (x) = a sin x + b 3 x + 4,  x  R. If f log10 (log 3 10)  = 5
then the value of f log10 (log10 3)  , is [3011110415]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5

Q.28 A function f has domain [– 1, 2] and range [0, 1]. Find the domain and range respectively of the function
g defined by g (x) = 1 – f (x + 1). [3011110624]
(A) [–2, 1]; [0, 1] (B) (–2, 1); [0, 1] (C) [–2, 1]; (0, 1) (D) (–2, 1]; [0, 1)

Q.29 Suppose that f is an even, periodic function with period 2, and that f (x) = x for all x in the interval
[0, 1]. The value of f (3.14), is [3011110428]
(A) 3.14 (B) 0.86 (C) 1.57 (D) None

Q.30 The domain of the function log |x2 – 9|, is [3011110530]

(A) R (B) R – (–3, 3) (C) R – [–3, 3] (D) R– {–3,3}

Q.31 The domain of the function f (x) = x  1  6  x , is [3011110581]

(A) (1,6) (B) [1,6] (C) (1,6] (D) {1,6}

Q.32 The domain of the function f(x) = (2  2x  x 2 ) , is [3011110632]

(A) –1– 3  x  –1 + 3 (B) –1– 3 < x  –1 + 3

(C) –1– 3 < x < –1 + 3 (D) –1– 3  x < –1 + 3

Q.33 The fundamental period of function

x x x x x x
f (x) = cosec   + sec   + cot   + tan   + cos   + sin   , is [3011110486]
 2  3  4 5 6 7
(A) 320 (B) 420 (C) 5050 (D) None

Q.34 Let f(x) = x2 + 4x – 1 and g(x) = | x |. If h(x) = f(g(x)) + 10, then the range of h(x), is
(A) [9, ) (B) (9, ) (C) (– , 9) (D) (– , 9]
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[JEE ADVANCED]

Q.1 Find the domains of definitions of the following functions.

(Read the symbols [*] and {*} as greatest integers and fractional part functions respectively.)
(i) f (x) = cos2x  16  x 2 [3011110361]
(ii) f (x) = log7 log5 log3 log2 (2x3 + 5x2  14x) [3011110412]

(iii) f (x) = ln  x 2  5x  24  x  2  [3011110463]

 

1  5x
(iv) f (x) = [3011110514]
7 x 7

(v) y = log10 sin(x  3)  16  x 2 [3011110565]

 2 log10 x  1 
(vi) f (x) = log100x   [3011110616]
 x 
1
(vii) f (x) =  ln x(x 2  1) [3011110667]
2
4x  1

x
(viii) f (x) = log1 2
[3011110420]
2 x 1
1
(ix) f (x) = x2 | x |  [3011110369]
9  x2
(x) f (x) = ( x 2  3x  10) . ln 2 ( x  3) [3011110471]

[ SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE T Y PE]

Q.2 Which of the following best represent the graph of function y = | x  2 | 2 ?
y y

(A) x (B) x
O O

y y

(C) x (D) x
O O

Q.3 Given f (x) is a polynomial function of x, satisfying f(x). f(y) = f(x) + f(y) + f(xy) – 2 and that f (2) = 5.
Then f (3) is equal to
(A) 10 (B) 24 (C) 15 (D) none

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Q.4 Let f : R R, be defined as f(x) = e x + cos x , then f is
(A) one-one and onto (B) one-one and into
(C) many-one and onto (D) many-one and into

Q.5 Consider f , g, h be real-valued functions defined on R. Let f (x) – f (– x) = 0 for all x  R,

g (x) + g (– x) = 0 for all x  R and h (x) + h (– x) = 0 for all  x  R.
If f(1) = 0, f(4) = 2, f (3) = 6, g(1) = – 1, g(– 2) = 4, g(3) = 5, and h(1) = 2, h(3) = 5, h(6) = 3.
Then the value of f  g  h (1)    g h  f (3)    h  f  g (1)   is equal to
(A) – 1 (B) 1 (C) – 7 (D) 7

 x   x 
Q.6 The fundamental period of function f (x) = 4 cos4  2 
– 2 cos   , is [3011110537]
 4   2 2 
(A) 2 (B) 22 (C) 23 (D) 3

Q.7 Let g(x) = | x  2 | 3 . If a denotes the number of relative minima, b denotes the number of relative
maxima and c denotes the product of the zeros. Then the value of (a + 2b – c) is
(A) – 1 (B) – 2 (C) 8 (D) 9

1
 if x  4   3 
Q.8 The function f(x) is defined as f (x) =  2 x then value of f  2  log 2    , is
f ( x  1) if x  4   2 

1 1
(A) 4 (B) (C) 24 (D) [3011110647]
4 24
x for 0  x  1

 x 1
Q.9 Let f1(x) =  1 for
 0 otherwise

and f2 (x) = f1 (– x) for all x

f3 (x) = – f2(x) for all x
f4 (x) = f3(– x) for all x
Which of the following is necessarily true?
(A) f4 (x) = f1 (x) for all x (B) f1 (x) = – f3 (–x) for all x
(C) f2 (–x) = f4 (x) for all x (D) f1 (x) + f3 (x) = 0 for all x

[ PARAGRAPH T Y PE]

Paragraph for question nos. 10 to 12

Let the function f be defined in (0, 1). Two more functions are given as g(x) = ex and h(x) = ln |x|.
Q.10 The number of solutions of the equation g(x) · h g( x ) = 1 is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

Q.11 Domain of f g (x )  f h ( x )  is
(A) (–e, –1) (B) (–e, –1)  (1, e) (C) [–e, –1] (D) (–, 0)
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Q.12 Let f be one-one function with range (1, 2) and gof (x) is defined then domain of f –1og–1(x) is
(A) (0, 1) (B) (e, e2) (C)  e, e  (D) (1, e)

Paragraph for question nos. 13 to 14

Consider a quadratic function f (x) = ax2 + bx + c, (a, b, c  R, a  0) and satisfying the following
conditions.
(i) f (x – 4) = f (2 – x)  x  R and f (x)  x  x  R
2
 x 1
(ii) f (x)     x  (0, 2)
 2 
(iii) The minimum value of f (x) is zero.

Q.13 The value of the leading coefficient of the quadratic polynomial is [3011110932]
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/2 (D) 1

Q.14 f ' (1) has the value equal to [3011110983]

(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/2 (D) 1

Paragraph for question nos. 15 to 18

Let f (x) = x2 – 2x – 1  x  R. Let f : (– , a]  [b, ), where 'a' is the largest real number for which
f (x) is bijective. [3011110881]

Q.15 The value of (a + b) is equal to

(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 0 (D) 1
Q.16 Let f : R  R, g (x) = f (x) + 3x – 1, then the least value of function y = g(| x |) is
(A) – 9/4 (B) – 5/4 (C) – 2 (D) – 1

Q.17 Let f : [a, )  [b, ), then f –1(x) is given by

(A) 1 + x2 (B) 1 – x3 (C) 1 – x2 (D) 1 + x3

Q.18 Let f : R  R, then range of values of k for which equation f (| x |) = k has 4 distinct real roots is
(A) (– 2, – 1) (B) (– 2, 0) (C) ( – 1, 0) (D) (0, 1)

[ REASONING T Y PE]

Q.19 Statement-1: The function f(x) = x4 + 2x + 3 defined from R to R is not injective.

Statement-2: Every polynomial function of even degree defined from R to R is always not injective.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true. [3011111034]

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 x e3 
Q.20 Consider the function f (x) = ln ln  4e  x 
 
Statement-1: The range of the function f (x) is R+
ab
Statement-2: For two positive reals a and b,  ab
2
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true. [3011110793]

Q.21 Let g : R  R defined by g(x) = {ex}, where {x} denotes fractional part function.
Statement-1 : g(x) is periodic function.
Statement-2 : {x} is periodic function.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true [3011110844]

Q.22 Statement 1: The equation x2 – 4x + 3 = [ –x ] + [ x ] has two distinct real solution,

where [ x ] denotes largest integer less than or equal to x.
0, xI
Statement 2: [ –x ] + [ x ] = 
 1, otherwise
where [ x ] denotes largest integer less than or equal to x.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true. [3011110895]

[ M ULT IPL E CORRECT CHOICE T YPE]

Q.23 Let f(x) = | x 2  4 x  3 | 2 . Which of the following is/are correct?

(A) f(x) = m has exactly two real solutions of different sign  m > 2.
(B) f(x) = m has exactly two real solutions  m (2, )  {0}.
(C) f(x) = m has no solutions  m 
(D) f(x) = m has four distinct real solutions  m  (0, 1).

Q.24 Which of the following function(s) have no domain? [3011110712]

2
(A) f(x) = logx – 1(2 – [x] – [x] ) where [x] denotes the greatest integer function.
(B) g(x) = cos–1(2–{x}) where {x} denotes the fractional part function.
(C) h(x) = ln ln(cosx)
1
(D) f(x) =
sec -1
sgne 
x

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Q.25 Which of the following option is/are correct? [3011110763]
 1 
(A) tan–1(x2) = cot–1  2  is true for all x  R – {0}
x 

1 x2 
(B) 2 cos–1  
 1  x 2  = 2  no real solution
 
(C) If f (x) = cos–1 | x | + sec–1 | x | then f (x) is even as well as odd.
 n 
(D) If f (x) = sin–1(tan2x + cot2x) + cosec–1(sin2x + cosec2x) then domain of f (x) is R –   nI.
2

Q.26 The graphs of which of the following pairs differ. [3011110814]

sin x cosx
(A) y = 2
+ ; y = sin 2x
1  tan x 1  cot 2 x
(B) y = tan x cot x ; y = sin x cosec x
secx  cosecx
(C) y = cos x + sin x ; y =
secx cosecx
(D) none of these

Q.27 Which of the following function(s) is/are periodic with period  ? [3011110865]
(A) f(x) = sin x (B) f(x) = [x + ] (C) f(x) = cos (sin x) (D) f(x) = cos2x
(where [ . ] denotes the greatest integer function)

1  sin x
Q.28 The values of x in [–2, 2], for which the graph of the function y = – secx and
1  sin x

1  sin x
y=– + secx, coincide are [3011110916]
1  sin x

 3   3   3     3 
(A) 2 ,     , 2  (B)   ,     , 
 2 2  2 2 2 2

     3 
(C)   ,  (D) [–2, 2] –  ,  
2 2  2 2

Q.29 Which of the following function(s) would represent a non singular mapping.
(A) f : R  R f (x) = | x | Sgn x where Sgn denotes Signum function
(B) g : R  R g (x) = x 3/5 [3011110967]
(C) h : R  R 4 2
h (x) = x + 3x + 1
3x 2  7 x  6
(D) k : R  R k (x) =
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Q.30 If the function f (x) = ax + b has its own inverse then the ordered pair (a, b) can be
(A) (1, 0) (B) (–1, 0) (C) (–1, 1) (D) (1, 1)
[3011111018]

Q.31 Let f : R  R be a function defined as f (x) = x + [x]. (Where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than
or equal to x). Which of the following hold(s) good ? [3011110728]
(A) f (x) is aperiodic (B) f (x) is not surjective
(C) f (x) is neither odd nor even (D) f (x) is injective

Q.32 Let f : [– 1, 1] onto [3, 5] be a linear polynomial. Which of the following can be true?
 1  7  15  1  1   1 
(A) f   = (B) f–1   = (C) f(0)  4 (D) f    f   = 8
 2  2 4 4 2  2 
[3011110830]

Q.33 Which of thefollowing functionsarehomogeneous?

(A) x sin y + y sinx (B) x ey/x + y ex/y (C) x2  xy (D) arc sin xy

[ MAT RIX T YPE]

Q.34 Match the entries of column I with one or more than one entries of column II. Note that [x], {x} and
sgn(x) denotes the largest integer less than or equal to x, fractional part of x and signum function of x
respectively.
Column I Column II
(A) Let f : [–1, 1] R be defined by f(x) = 5 x + sin–1 x then f(x) is (P) Odd

 1 | x | 
(B) Let f : R {–1, 0, 1} is defined by f(x) = sgn   then f(x) is (Q) Even
 1 | x | 

2[ x ] |x|
(C) Let f : (–, 0] [0, ) be defined by f(x) = {x } – 2 then f(x) is (R) Onto
2
(D) Let f : (–4, 2] [0, 3] be defined by f(x) = 8  2x  x 2 then f(x) is (S) One-one
(T) Many-one
[3011110545]

Q.35 Column-I Column-II

x2 4x
(A) Number of integers in the range of the function f(x) = C is (P) 1
2 x 2 3
(B) Number of integers in the range of the function (Q) 2
sin x cos x
f(x) =  is
1  tan 2 x 1  cot 2 x
(C) Fundamental period of the function f(x) = sin (sin (x)) + ex – [x] (R) 3
where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x is
(D) Number of ways of dividing the number360, in two factors which (S) 4
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Q.1 Let R be the real line. Consider the following subsets of the plane R × R : [3011113150]
S = {(x, y): y = x + 1 and 0 < x < 2}
T = {(x, y) : x – y is an integer}.
Which one of the following is true ? [AIEEE 2008]
(A) Both S and T are equivalence relations on R
(B) S is an equivalence relation on R but T is not
(C) T is an equivalence relation on R but S is not
(D) Neither S nor T is an equivalence relation on R

Q.2 Let f : N  Y be a function defined as f(x) = 4x + 3 where Y = {y  N : y = 4x + 3 for some x  N}.

Then, the inverse of f (x), is [AIEEE 2008]
y3 y3 y3 3y  4
(A) g(y) = 4 + (B) g(y) = (C) g(y) = (D) g(y) =
4 4 4 3
[3011112845]

Q.3 If A, B and C are three sets such that A  B = A  C and A  B = A  C, then [3011112896]
[AIEEE 2009]
(A) A = B (B) A = C (C) B = C (D) A B = 

Q.4 For real x, let f(x) = x3 + 5x + 1, then [3011112947]

(A) f is one – one but not onto R (B) f is onto R but not one – one
(C) f is one – one and onto R (D) f is neither one – one nor onto R
[AIEEE 2009]

Q.5 Let f(x) = (x + 1)2 –1, x  –1 [3011112998]

–1
Statement – 1 : The set {x : f(x) = f (x)} = {0, –1}.
Statement – 2 : f is a bijection.
(A) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is a correct explanation for Statement -1
(B) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is not a correct explanation for Statement -1
(C) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is false.
(D) Statement -1 is false, Statement -2 is true.
[AIEEE 2009]

Q.6 Consider the following relations

R = { (x, y) | x, y are real numbers and x = wy for some rational number w} ;

  m p  
S =   ,  m, n, p and q are integers such that n, q  0 and qm = pn  . Then
  n q  
(A) R is an equivalence relation but S is not an equivalence relation
(B) Neither R nor S is an equivalence relation
(C) S is an equivalence relation but Ris not an equivalence relation
(D) R and S both are equivalence relations [3011113049]
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Q.7 Let R be the set of real numbers. [AIEEE 2011]
Statement-1 : A = {(x, y)  R × R : y – x is an integer} is an equivalence relation on R.
Statement-2 : B = {(x, y)  R × R : x = y for some rational number } is an equivalence relation
on R.
(A) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true and Statement-2 is the correct explanation of Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true and Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true. [3011112846]

Q.8 If a  R and the equation – 3(x – [x])2 + 2 (x – [x]) + a2 = 0

(where [x] denotes the greatest integer  x) has no integral solution, then all possible values of a lie in the
interval
(A) (– , – 2)  (2, ) (B) (– 1, 0)  (0, 1)
(C) (1, 2) (D) (– 2, – 1)
[JEE Main 2014]
1
Q.9 If f(x) + 2 f   = 3x, x  0, and S = {x  R : f(x) = f(– x)}; then S
x
(A) contains more than two elements. (B) is an empty set.
(C) contains exactly one element. (D) contains exactly two elements.
[JEE Main 2016]

 1 1  x
Q.10 The function f : R   ,  defined as f(x) = , is
 2 2 1 x2
(A) invertible (B) injective but not surjective
(C) surjective but not injective (D) neither injective nor surjective
[JEE Main 2017]

Q.11 Let a, b, c  R. If f(x) = ax2 + bx + c is such that a + b + c = 3 and

10
f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) + xy,  x, y  R, then  f (n ) is equal to
n 1
(A) 330 (B) 165 (C) 190 (D) 255
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 1 , x  0

Q.1 Let g (x) = 1 + x  [ x ] & f (x) =  0 , x  0 . Then for all x , f (g (x)) is equal to
1 , x0

(A) x (B) 1 (C) f (x) (D) g (x)
[ JEE 2001 (Screening), 1]
1
Q.2 If f : [1 , )  [2 , ) is given by , f (x) = x + , then f 1 (x) equals :
x

x  x2  4 x x  x2  4
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1  x2  4
2 1  x2 2
[ JEE 2001 (Screening), 1]
log2 (x  3)
Q.3 The domain of definition of f (x) = is :
x 2  3x  2
(A) R \ { 1,  2} (B) ( 2, )
(C) R \ { 1,  2,  3} (D) ( 3, ) \ { 1,  2}
[ JEE 2001 (Screening), 1]

Q.4 Let E = {1, 2, 3, 4 } & F = {1, 2}. Then the number of onto functions from E to F is
(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 12 (D) 8
[ JEE 2001 (Screening), 1]
x
Q.5 Let f (x) = x  1 , x  1 . Then for what value of  is f (f (x)) = x ?

(A) 2 (B)  2 (C) 1 (D)  1.

[ JEE 2001 (Screening), 1]
Q.6 Suppose f(x) = (x + 1)2 for x  –1. If g(x) is the function whose graph is the reflection of the graph of
f (x) with respect to the line y = x, then g(x) equals
1
(A) – x – 1, x > 0 (B) , x > –1 (C) x  1 , x > –1 (D) x – 1, x > 0
(x  1) 2
[JEE 2002 (Screening), 3 ]

Q.7 Let function f : R R be defined by f (x) = 2x + sinx for x  R. Then f is

(A) one to one and onto (B) one to one but NOT onto
(C) onto but NOT one to one (D) neither one to one nor onto
[JEE 2002 (Screening), 3 ]
x2  x  2
Q.8 Range of the function f (x) = is
x2  x 1

 7  7
(A) [1, 2] (B) [1,  ) (C)  2 ,  (D) 1, 
 3  3
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Q.9 Let f (x) = defined from (0, )  [ 0, ) then by f (x) is
1 x
(A) one- one but not onto (B) one- one and onto
(C) Many one but not onto (D) Many one and onto
[JEE 2003 (Scr),3]

Q.10 Let f (x) = sin x + cos x, g (x) = x2 – 1. Thus g ( f (x) ) is invertible for x  [3011110670]
          
(A)   , 0 (B)   ,  (C)   ,  (D) 0, 
 2   2   4 4  2
[JEE 2004 (Screening)]

Q.11 If the functions f (x) and g (x) are defined on R  R such that [3011110373]
0, x  rational 0, x  irrational
 
f (x) =  , g (x) = 
 x, x  irrational  x, x  rational
then (f – g)(x) is
(A) one-one and onto (B) neither one-one nor onto
(C) one-one but not onto (D) onto but not one-one [JEE 2005 (Scr.)]

Q.12 Let f (x) = x2 and g(x) = sin x for all x  R. Then the set of all x satisfying [3011110424]
(f o g o g o f ) (x) = (g o g o f) (x), where (f o g) (x) = f (g(x)), is [JEE 2011, 3]
(A)  n , n  {0, 1, 2, .......} (B)  n , n  {1, 2, .......}

(C) + 2n, n  {..... – 2, – 1, 0, 1, 2, .....} (D) 2n, n  {......., – 2, – 1, 0, 1, 2, .......}
2

Q.13 The function f : [0, 3]  [1, 29], defined by f(x) = 2x 3 – 15x2 + 36x + 1, is [3011113048]
(A) one-one and onto. (B) onto but not one-one.
(C) one-one but not onto. (D) neither one-one nor onto. [JEE 2012, 3]

2    
Q.14 Let f : (–1, 1)  R be such that f (cos 4) = 2 for    0,    ,  .
2  sec   4 4 2
1
Then the value(s) of f   is(are) [3011113099]
3
3 3 2 2
(A) 1  (B) 1  (C) 1  (D) 1 
2 2 3 3
[JEE 2012, 4]
 
Q.15 Let f :  ,   R be given by f(x) =  log (sec x  tan x )  3 .
 2 2
Then
(A) f(x) is an odd function (B) f(x) is a one-one function
(C) f(x) is an onto function (D) f(x) is an even function
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[ SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE T Y PE]

2
e x ln x 5( x  2 ) ( x 2  7 x  10)
Q.1 The range of the function f(x) = is [3011110380]
2 x 2  11x  12
3  3 
(A) (  ,  ) (B) [0 , ) (C)  ,   (D)  , 4 
2  2 
Q.2 Let f (x )  max .sin t:0  t  x
g( x )  min .sin t:0  t  x
and h (x )  f ( x ) g( x )
where [ ] denotes greatest integer function, then the range of h(x) is [3011110541]
(A) {0, 1} (B) {1, 2} (C) {0, 1, 2} (D) {3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3}

Q.3 The graph of y = f (x) is shown in figure

y

x
O

Which of the following best represent the graph of y = f (– |– x|) ?

y y

x x
(A) O (B) O

y
y

O x
(C) (D) O x

Q.4 The sum of all possible solution(s) of the equation


  x – 2) ( x 2  10x  24) 
 is :
| x  2 | –3 = sgn  1 –
( x 2
 1) ( x  4 ) ( x 2
 4 x – 12 ) 
 
(A) 0 (B) – 8 (C) –10 (D) not applicable

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[ PARAGRAPH T Y PE]

Paragraph for question nos. 5 to 6

3x  a 3
Consider the function f(x) = 2 which has the greatest value .
x 3 2
Q.5 The value of constant number 'a', is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
[3011110960]

Q.6 The minimum value of f(x), is

1 1
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D) – 2
2 2
[3011110392]
Paragraph for question nos. 7 & 8
1; 2  x  1

If the function f(x) defined on the interval [–2, 2] as f(x) = x  2; 1  x  1
4  x; 1  x  2
Q.7 The range of f (x), is [3011110588]
(A) (1, 3] (B) [1, 3] (C) [1, 3) (D) (1, 3)
1
Q.8 The number of solution of the equation {f (x)} = , is [3011110639]
2
(where {x} denotes fractional part of x.)
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

[ M ULT IPL E CORRECT CHOICE T YPE]

Q.9 Let f be a constant function with domain R and g be a certain function with domain R.
f
Two ordered pairs in f are (4, a2 – 5) and (2, 4a – 9) for some real number a. Also domain of is
g
R – {7}. Then
1
100
(A) a = 2 (B)  f (10)  =1 (C) (100)g(7) =1 (D)  f ( x ) dx = 1
0
Q.10 Suppose f (x) = ax + b and g (x) = bx + a, where a and b are positive [Link]
f g(50)   g f (50)  = 28 then the product (ab) can have the value equal to
(A) 12 (B) 48 (C) 180 (D) 210

Q.11 Let f(x) = [x]2 + [x + 1] – 3, where [x] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to x, then which of the
following statement(s) is/are CORRECT? [3011110779]
(A) f(x) is many one function.
(B) f(x) vanishes for atleast three values of x.
(C) f(x) is neither even nor odd function.
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Q.12 Column-I Column-II
1
(A) Let f(x) = . Let f2(x) denote f  f (x )  and f3(x) denote f  f  f (x )   . (P) 1
1 x
Number of distinct real in where f3n(x) is not defined is

(B) A function f : R  R satisfies the condition, x2 f (x) + f (1 – x) = 2x – x4 . (Q) 2

The value of | f (2) | is

1  3 
(C) A function f :  ,    ,  defined as, f(x) = x2  x + 1. (R) 3
2  4 
The value(s) of x satisfying the equation f (x) = f1 (x), is (S) 4

Q.13 Column-I Column-II

2
| x |
(A) Let f : [– 1, )  (0, ) defined by f (x) = e x then f (x), is (P) one-one

(B) Let f : (1, )  [3, ) defined by f (x) = 10  2 x  x 2 , then f (x) is (Q) into

(C) Let f : R  I defined by f (x) = tan5[x2 + 2x +3] (R) many one

where [ ] denotes greatest integer function, then f (x) is

(D) Let f : [3, 4]  [4, 6] defined by f (x) = x  1  x  2  x  3  x  4 (S) onto

then f (x) (T) periodic
[3011111034]

[ INT EGER T YPE]

x2  x  k 5 3
Q.14 If the range of rational algebric function f(x) = 2 is  ,  , then find value of k.
x  2x  k  6 2 
[3011110384]

Q.15 If f : R R be an injective mapping and p, q, r are non zero distinct real quantities satisfying
 p pq  q  r 
f    f   and f    f   [3011110443]
 r   qr   r   p
If the graph of g(x) = px2 + qx + r passes through M(1, 6), then find value of q.

Q.16 Let f (x) = (x + 1)(x + 2)(x + 3)(x + 4) + 5 where x  [–6, 6]. If the range of the function is
[a, b] where a, b  N then find the value of (a + b). [3011110364]

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Q.17 Let f(x) = – x100. If f(x) is divided by x2 + x, then the remainder is r(x). Find the value of r(10).
[3011110987]

Q.18 Let P(x) = x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, where a, b, c, d  R.

Suppose P(0) = 6, P(1) = 7, P(2) = 8 and P(3) = 9, then find the value of P(4).
[3011110938]

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Q.19 Let f (x) = x  9  x  a . Find the number of integers in the range of a so that f (x) = 0
has 4 distinct real root. [3011110731]

Q.20 The polynomial R(x) is the remainder upon dividing x2007 by x2 – 5x + 6. If R(0) can be expressed as
ab(ac – bc), find the value of (a + b + c). [3011110782]

 x  2001 
Q.21 Let f be a function whose domain is all real numbers. If f (x) + 2 f   = 4013 – x for all x not
 x 1 
equal to 1, find the value of f (2003).

Q.22 Let the function f and g be defined by

x for 0  x  1
 2 x for 1  x  2
f (x) =  and g (x) = 4 f (3x) + 1 for all x.

f ( x  2) for all x
Let A denotes the sum of all the solutions of the equation f (x) = 0.6 for 3  x  7
B denotes the fundamental period of g (x).
C denotes the value of g ' (6.75)
Compute the value of [A]BC where [ ] denotes the greatest integer function.

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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE-1

SECTION-A
Q.2 R is neither reflexive, nor symmetric nor transitive.

Q.3 (i) * is commutative on R ; (ii) * is not associative on R

Q.4 * is commutative; (i) 1, (ii) 1 Q.5 (0, 0) is the identity element in A

Q.6 ' * ' is not associative Q.9 0 Q.10 {– 1, 1}

Q.12 f(x) is not bijective Q.13 f is one-one Q.17 x

x7
Q.18 Q.19 fog(2) = 6; gof (–3) = 11/10
10

5x  2 3 x 6
Q.20 fog and gof do not coincide in [0, 1] Q.21 Q.22 f –1(x) =
3 2

SECTION-B
Q.1 C Q.2 C Q.3 C Q.4 D Q.5 D

Q.6 D Q.7 C Q.8 D Q.9 B Q.10 C

Q.11 A Q.12 D Q.13 D Q.14 D Q.15 B

Q.16 B Q.17 C Q.18 D Q.19 A Q.20 D

Q.21 A Q.22 B Q.23 C Q.24 A Q.25 D

Q.26 B Q.27 C Q.28 A Q.29 B Q.30 D

Q.31 D Q.32 A Q.33 B Q.34 A

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EXERCISE-2
 5   3      3 5 
Q.1 (i)  ,   ,    ,  (ii)   4 ,  1 (2, )
 4 4   4 4  4 4  2

(iii) (–  , – 3] (iv) (– , – 1) [0, )

 1   1 1 
(v) (3  2 < x < 3  )  (3 < x  4) (vi)  0,   , 
 100   100 10 

1  5  1  5 
(vii) (1 < x < 1/2)  (x > 1) (viii)  , 0   , 
 2   2 

(ix) (3, 1]  {0}  [ 1,3 ) (x) { 4 }  [ 5, )

Q.2 A Q.3 A Q.4 D Q.5 D Q.6 C

Q.7 D Q.8 D Q.9 B Q.10 B Q.11 A

Q.12 B Q.13 A Q.14 D Q.15 B Q.16 C

Q.17 A Q.18 A Q.19 A Q.20 D Q.21 D

Q.22 A Q.23 ABCD Q.24 ABCD Q.25 ABC Q.26 ABC

Q.27 ACD Q.28 AC Q.29 AB Q.30 ABC Q.31 ABCD

Q.32 ABD Q.33 BC

Q.34 (A) P,S (B) Q,R,T (C) T (D) R,T Q.35 (A) P; (B) R; (C) Q; (D) S

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EXERCISE-3
Q.1 C Q.2 C Q.3 C Q.4 C Q.5 C

Q.6 C Q.7 C Q.8 B Q.9 D Q.10 C

Q.11 A

EXERCISE-4
Q.1 B Q.2 A Q.3 D Q.4 A Q.5 D

Q.6 D Q.7 A Q.8 D Q.9 A Q.10 C

Q.11 A Q.12 A Q.13 B Q.14 Marks to all Q.15 ABC

EXERCISE-5
Q.1 A Q.2 C Q.3 D Q.4 D Q.5 C

Q.6 B Q.7 B Q.8 C Q.9 ABC Q.10 AD

Q.11 ABCD Q.12 (A) Q; (B) R; (C) P Q.13 (A) Q, R; (B) P, Q; (C) Q, R, T; (D) P, S

Q.14 4 Q.15 8 Q.16 5049 Q.17 10 Q.18 34

Q.19 17 Q.20 2011 Q.21 2004 Q.22 152

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