Topicwise Questions

1 1
1. Domain of the function 2 x  is
9 x 2 8. Domain of the function is
x2  1
(a) (–3, 1) (b) [–3, 1]
(a) (– , –1)  (1, ) (b) (– , –1]  [1, )
(c) (–3, 2] (d) [–3, 1)
(c) (– , –1)  (1, ) (d) None of these
2
x x2
2. Range of the function f (x)  ; x  R is 1
x2  x 1
9. The domain of the function f  x   x  x is
(a) (1, ) (b) (1, 11/ 7]
(a) (– , 0) (b) (– , 0)
(c) (1, 7 / 3] (d) (1, 7 / 5 ]
(c) (– , –1) (d) (– , )
x f (a)
3. If f (x)  , then f (a  1)  log 2  x  3
x 1 10. Find the domain of definition of f(x) =
x 2  3x  2
1
(a) f (a) (b) f   (a) (–3, ) (b) {–1, –2}
a
 a  (c) (–3, ) – {–1, –2} (d) (–, )
(c) f (a 2 ) (d) f  
 a 1  11. The domain of the function

4. If ( x)  a x , then {(p)}3 is equal to f(x) = x  x 2  4  x  4  x is

(a)  (3p ) (b) 3 ( p ) (a) [–4, ) (b) [–4, 4]
(c) [0, 4] (d) [0, 1]
(c) 6(p) (d) 2(p)
12. The domain of the real valued function
5. If the function f:N  N is defined by f(x) = x , then
f  25  f(x) = 5  4 x  x 2  x2 log (x + 4) is
f 16   f 1 is equal to (a) –5  x  1 (b) –5  x and x  1
5 5 (c) 24 < x  1 (d) 
(a) (b)
6 7
13. The domain of definition of the function
5
(c) (d) 1 f(x) 1  log 1  x  is
3
x x
6. If f  x   , then f(–1) = e 1
x (a) – < x  0 (b)   x 
e
(a) 1 (b) –2
(c) – < x  1 (d) x  1 –e
(c) 0 (d) 2

1 1 x 2
14. The range of is
7. If f(y) = log y, then f(y) + f   is equal to x2
 y
(a) 2 (b) 1 (a) (0, 1) (b) (1, )
(c) 0 (d) –1 (c) [0, 1] (d) [1, )

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 18. If f(x) satisfies the relation 2f(x) + f(1 –x) = x2 for all real x,
x2
15. The range of the function f(x) = x  2 is then f(x) is

x2  2x  1 x2  2 x  1
(a) {0, 1} (b) {–1, 1} (a) (b)
6 3
(c) R (d) R – {–2}

5 x2  4 x  1 x 2  3x  1
16. The range of the function f(x) = is (c) (d)
3  x2 3 6

5  5  x 2  3x  1
(a)  , 0    ,   (b)  , 0    ,   (e)
8
3  3 

5  1 1
(c)  , 0    ,  (d) none of these 19. If 3f(x) + 5f     3,     0   R, then f(x) =
 x 3
3 

x2 1 3  1 3 
17. Range of the function f  x   is (a)   5x  6  (b)    5x  6 
x2  1 14  x  14  x 

(a) (–1, 0) (b) (–1, 1) 1 3 

(c) (0, 1) (d) (1, 1) (c)    5x  6  (d) none of these
14  x 

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2 4 2 4
(c) cos x + sin x and sin x + cos x
 2   2 
1. If f(x) = cos   x + sin   x, where [.] denotes the |x|
 2   2  (d) and sgn (x) where sgn(x) stands for signum
x
greatest integer function, then which of the following is function.
not correct 4. If y = f(x) satisfies the condition
  1 1
(a) f(0) = 1 (b) f   =
 3
 
f x  x1 = x2 +
x2
(x  0), then f(x) is equal to
3 1
(a)  x2  2 (b)  x2  2
 
(c) f   = 0 (d) f() = 0 (c) x2 – 2, x  R – {0} (d) x2  2, |x|  [2, )
 2
5. If f(1) = 1 and f(n + 1) = 2f(n) + 1 if n  1, then f(n) is equal
2. Let f(x) = ax2 + bx + c, where a, b, c are rational and f : Z  to
Z, where Z is the set of integers. Then a + b is
(a) 2n + 1 (b) 2n
(a) a negative integer n
(c) 2 – 1 (d) 2n–1 – 1
(b) an integer
6. A function f : R  R satisfies the condition
(c) non-integral rational number x2 f(x) + f(1  x) = 2x  x4. Then f(x) is:
(d) None of these (a) – x2 – 1 (b) – x2 + 1
3. Which one of the following pair of functions are (c) x2  1 (d) – x4  1
identical?
7. If x and y satisfy the equation y = 2 [x] + 3 and y = 3
(ln x)/2
(a) e and x [x – 2] simultaneously, where [ . ] denotes the greatest
–1 –1 integer function, then [x + y] is equal to
(b) tan (tan x) & cot (cot x)
(a) 21 (b) 9
(c) 30 (d) 12
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 8. The function f(x) is defined in [0, 1] then the domain of 12. The domain of definition of the function y(x) given by 2x
definition of the function f[n (1–x2)] is given by : + 2y = 2 is
(a) x  {0} (a) (0, 1] (b) (0, 1]
(b) x [– 1  e –1]  [1 + 1  e ] (c) (– , 0) (d) (–, 1)

(c) x  (– , ) x2  x  2
13. Range of the function f(x) ; x  R is
(d) None of these x2  x  1
9. If [x] stands for the greatest integer function, then the
(a) (1, ) (b) (1, 11/7)
value of
(c) (1, 7/3) (d) (1, 7/5)
1 1  1 2   1 999 
 2  1000  +  2  1000  +.........+  2  1000  2 x  2 x
14. If f(x) = , the f (x + y). f(x – y) is equal to
2
(a) 498 (b) 499
(c) 500 (d) 501 1
(a)  f  x  y   f  x  y  
2
3
10. Domain of definitin of the function f(x) = +log10
4  x2 1
(b)  f  2 x   f  2 y  
(x3 – x), is 2
(a) (1, 2) (b) (–1, 0)  (1, 2)
1
(c)  f  x  y  . f  x  y  
(c) (1, 2)  (2, ) (d) (–1, 0)  (1, 2)  (2, ) 2
11. The domain of the function f(x) = log 3 + x (x2 – 1) is (d) none of these
(a) (–3, – 1)  (1, ) 15. If f(x + ay, x – ay) = axy then f(x, y) is equal to
(b) [–3, –1)  [1, ) (a) xy (b) x2 – a2y2
(c) (–3, – 2)  (–2, –1)  (1, )
x2  y 2 x2  y 2
(d) [–3, –2)  (–2, –1)  [1, ] (c) (d)
4 a2

Advanced Level Multiconcept Questions

1. Which of following pairs of functions are identical. 2. Number of positive solution of the equation 2f2 (x) – 1 = 0
n sec 1 x is (are)
(a) f(x) = e and g(x) = sec1 x
(a) 4 (b) 3
(b) f(x) = tan (tan1 x) and g(x) = cot (cot1 x)
(c) 2 (d) 1
(c) f(x) = sgn (x) and g(x) = sgn (sgn (x))
3. Number of integral solution of the equation f1 (x) = f2(x) is
(d) f(x) = cot2 x. cos2 x and g(x) = cot2 x  cos2 x (are)
Comprehension – 1 (Q. No. 2 to 4 ) (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
 x 2  1, 1  x  1
Consider the function f(x) =  4. If f4 (x) = log27 (f3(x) + 2), then range of f4(x) is
 nx, 1 x  e
1 
(a) [1, 9] (b)  ,  
Let f1(x) = f(|x|) 3 
f2(x) = |f(|x|)|
 1
f3 (x) = f(–x) (c) 0,  (d) [1, 27]
 3
Now answer the following questions.
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NUMERICAL VALUE BASED 9. The total number of solutions of [x]2 = x + 2 {x}, where [.]
and {.} denote the greatest integer and the fractional part
5. Let f be a function satisfying 2f(x) – 3f(1/x) = x2 for any x 
functions, respectively, is equal to
0, then absolute value of f(2) is
6. If f(x) + f(x + 4) = f(x + 2) + f(x + 6) x  R , and f(5) = 10, x 2  34 x  71
10. If x is real, then the expression
x2  2x  7
100 (a) cannot lie between 5 and 9
then  f (5  8r) equal to)
r 1 (b) always lies between 5 and 9
(c) is not real
7. If f is a function such that f(0) = 2, f(1) = 3 and f(x + 2) =
(d) none of these
2f(x) – f(x + 1) for every real x then f(5) is)
8. The function f satisfies the functional equation 3 f (x) +
 x  59 
2f   = 10x + 30 for all real x  1. The value of f (7)
 x 1 
is equal to

JEE Mains & Advanced Past Years Questions

JEE-MAIN 10

PREVIOUS YEAR’S 4. Let  f  a  k  16  2

k 1
10

 1 , where the function

FUNCTION f satisfies f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) for all natural numbers x, y and
f(1) =2 then the natural number ‘a’ is
1
1. If f  x   2 f    3x, x  0 and [JEE Main-2019 (April)]
 x
(a) 4 (b) 3
S   x  R : f  x   f   x  ; then S: (c) 16 (d) 2
[JEE Main-2016]
5. If {p} denotes the fractional part of the number p, then
(a) is an empty set.
(b) contains exactly one element  3200 
  , is equal to :
(c) contains exactly two elements  8 
(d) contains more than two elements [JEE Main-2020 (September)]
2. Let S = {x  R : x  0 and 5 1
(a) (b)
2 | x  3 |  x ( x  6)  6  0} . Then S : 8 8
[JEE Main-2018] 7 3
(a) contains exactly one element. (c) (d)
8 8
(b) contains exactly two elements. 

(c) contains exactly four elements.

6. If f (x + y) = f (x) f (y) and  f (x)  2, x, y  N,
x 1
(d) is an empty set. Where N is the set of all natural numbers, then the value
1 f (4)
3. Let fk(x) =
k
 
sin k x  cos k x for k = 1, 2, 3....Then for all of
f (2)
is : [JEE Main-2020 (September)]

x  R, the value of f4(x) – f6(x) is equal to :

1 4
[JEE Main-2019 (January)] (a) (b)
9 9
(a) 1/12 (b) 1/4
(c) –1/12 (d) 5/12 1 2
(c) (d)
3 3
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 1  10. If the functions are defined as f ( x)  x and g(x) =
7. If a +  = 1,  + b = 2 and a f (x) +  f   = bx + ,
 x x
1 1  x , then what is the common domain of the following
f ( x)  f  
 z  is functions:
x  0, then the value of the expression
1 f + g, f – g, f/g, g/f, g – f where (f ± g)(x) = f (x) ± g(x),
x
x
[JEE Main-2021 (February)]
f ( x)
(f/g)(x) = [JEE Main-2021 (March)]
g ( x)
5x
8. A function f(x) is given by f(x) = , then the sum of (a) 0  x  1 (b) 0  x < 1
5x  5
 1   2   3   39  (c) $0 (d) $0
the series f    f    f   + ... + f   is
 20   20   20   20 
equal to: JEE-ADV ANC ED
[JEE Main-2021 (February)]
PREVIOUS YEAR’S
19 49
(a) (b) 4x
2 2 1. Let the function f : [0,1]  be defined by f  x   x
4 2
39 29
(c) (d)
2 2 Then the value of
9. The number of roots of the equation,
 1   2   3   39   1 
f    f    f    ....  f    f   is ....
sin 2 x cos2 x  40   40   40   40   2 
(81)  (81)  30
in the interval (0, ] is equal to: [JEE Main-2021 (March)] [JEE (Advanced)-2020]

(a) 3 (b) 4 2. For x  R, the number of real roots of the equation 3x2 –
(c) 8 (d) 2 4|x2 – 1| + x – 1 = 0 is _____ . [JEE Advanced-2021 (March)]

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Topicwise Questions

1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (c)
13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (b)

Learning Plus
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (c) 12. (d)
13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (c)

Advanced Level Multiconcept Questions

MCQ/COMPREHENSION/MATCHING/NUMERICAL
1. (b, c, d) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. [1.75] 6. [1000] 7. [0013]
8. [0004] 9. [0004] 10. (a)

JEE Mains & Advanced Past Years Questions

JEE-MAIN
PREVIOUS YEAR’S
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c)

JEE-ADVANCED
PREVIOUS YEAR’S
1. [19.00] 2. (d)

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