KINDS OF FUNCTIONS

FUNCTIONS

5.

NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS
1.

Let A= {1,2,3,}, B = {a, b, c} and If f={(1,a),(2,b),(3,c)},

g={1,b),(2,a),(3,b)} , h={(1,b)(2,c),(3,a)} then
1) g and h are injections 2) f and h are injections
3) f and g injections 4) f,g and h are injections

Sol:

The number of functions that can be defined from

A={-1,0,1} to B = {2,7,8,9} is
1) 24
2) 12
3) 81
4) 64

Sol:

6.
2.

The number of one-one functions that can be defined

from A =
1) 35

Sol:

3.

1,2,3 to B = a, e,i,o,u is
2) 53

3) 5p3

f : R R defined by f(x) = cos (2x + 3) is

1) injective only
2) surjective only
3) bijective 4) neither injective nor surjective

Sol:
4) 5!

The number of possible many to one functions from

A = {6, 36} to B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} is
1) 32
2) 25
3) 5
4) 20

COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS

Sol:
7.

If f x
1) 2

1
, g x x and go f
x

2) 1

3)

1
2

16
4) 4

Sol:

4.

Sol:

If n 2 then the number of surjections that can be

defined from {1,2,3,....n} onto {1, 2} is
1) n 2 n 2) n2
3) 2n
4) 2n-2

MATHS

8.

If: R R, g : R R are defined by

f x 4 x 1, g x x3 2, then
a 1

gof
1) 43

2) 345

3) a3 2

4) a 2 1

11.

Sol:

If f from R into R defined by f x x 1 , then

f 1 2, 0, 7 =
1) {-1, 1, 2}

2) {0, 1, 2}

3) 1, 2

4) 0, 2

Sol:

INVERTIBILITYAND INVERSE
OF AFUNCTION
9.

If f : R R is defined by f x

2x 1
then
3

f 1 x
1)

3x 1
2

2)

2x 1
3)
3

x3
2

12.

If f : 1, 2, is given by

1
f x x then f 1 x
x

x4
4)
3

x x2 4
1)
2

Sol:

3)

2)

x x2 4
2

x
1 x2

4) x

x2 4

Sol:

10.

If f(x) = e5 x 13 then f

13 log x
5
5 log x
3)
13
1)

x =
13 log x
5
5 log x
4)
13
2)

13.

Sol:

If f : R R is defined by f x x 3 x 2 ,

then f x 3 x 2
1) x 4 1
2) x 4 3x 2
3) x 4 6 x3 2 x 2 21x 12
4) x 4 2 x 2
2

MATHS

Sol:

14.

If f x y f x f y and f 5 32 then f 7
1) 35

2) 36

3)

7
5

17.

4) 128

OPERATIONS ON REAL
FUNCTIONSOPERATIONS ON REAL
FUNCTIONS
If f = a , 0 , (b , 2), ( c, 3) ,
f
g (a,2), (b,0), (c,1) then g =

Sol:

1) a, 1 , (b, 2), (c, 4)

2) a,3 ,(b, 2), (c, 2)
3)

a,0, (c,3)

4) does not exist

Sol:

15.

If f(x) is a polynomial in x (>0) satisfying the equation

1
1
= f(x)f and f(2) = 9, then f(3) =
x
x

f(x) + f
1) 26

2) 27

3) 28

4) 29

Sol:

18.

If f(x) = x +1 and g(x) = x2 + 1 then

f g
(o)
fg

1) 1

4) 1/4

2) 2

3) 4

Sol:

16.

If f : R R is continuous such that

f ( x y ) f ( x) f ( y ), x R, y R and
f(1) = 2 then f(100) =
1) 100
2) 50

3) 200

PROBLEMS BASED ON DOMAINS

1

4) 0

19.

Sol:

The domain of f(x) =

1) (,4)
3) ( 4, )

is

x2 4
2) (2,3)
4) ( , 2) 2,
MATHS

Sol:

23.

If f x 1 x 2 and g(x) = In (x) then the domain of

(gof) (x) is
1) (,2)
20.

The domain of f (x) =

,5
3) 5,5

3)

25 x 2 is

,1

4) (,1)

Sol:

5,
4) ,

1)

2) (-1,1)

2)

Sol:

1
21.

The domain of f(x) =

1) (1,9)
3)

x 2 2x 9

is

24.

2) (1,2)
1) 0,

4) (0, )

Sol:

22.

The domain of

f x

tan x
1 sin x x 2 is
3) , 0 4) Z

2) R

Sol:

The domain of f(x) =

1
log x is

1) R 0

2) R 0,1

3) R - {-1, 0, 1}

4) ( , )

PROBLEMS BASED ON RANGE

OF A FUNCTION
25.

Sol:

If f(x)

f 3 f 2 f 5
f 1
1) 28

x2+1, x 0
2x-1, 0<x<5
4x+3, x 5 then

=
=
=

2) 36

3) 26

4) 34

Sol:

MATHS

28.

If f = {(-1,3), (0,2), (1,1)} then the range of f 2 1

1) {0, 8}
2) {0,3,8}
3) 0,1,3}
4) 0,2,8}

Sol:

26.

x x 2 then the value of

3

If f(x) = sin

is
f

3
1) 1

2) -1

3) 0

4)

3
4

29.

The range of f(x) =

Sol:
1) [0,1]

3) ,1
4

1
is
5 3 cos 2 x
3
2) ,1
4

1 1

4) ,
8 2

Sol:

27.

2
2
If f x cos x cos x where x

is the step function, then

1) f 0 1 2) f
3) f

/ 2 1

/ 4 =2
4) f

30.

Sol:

The range of f(x) = x 2 x 12 is

1) [ 2, )
3)

10,

2) (12, )
4)

14,

Sol:

MATHS

31.

The range of f(x) = 6 sin x + 8 cos x + 3 is

1) [6,8]
2) [6,13]
3) [-7,13]
4) [3,6]

1)4
5)2
9)1
13)2
17)3
21)3
25)2
29)4
33)4

Sol:

32.

The range of the function f x

sin x

4)4
8)3
12)1
16)3
20)3
24)2
28)2
32)1

NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS

x2 1

1.

2) R

3)3
7)3
11)1
15)3
19)4
23)4
27)3
31)3

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

(where denotes greatest integer function) is

1) 0

KEY
2)3
6)4
10)2
14)4
18)2
22)3
26)3
30)3

3) 0, 1 4) 0,

The total number of function from A to itself is 256,

then n(A) =
1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5

Sol:

Sol:

EVEN & ODD FUNCTIONS

33.

2.

If f(x) = ax5 + bx3 + cx + d is odd then

1) a = 0

2) b = 0

3) c = 0

The number of possible surjection f rom

A= 1,2,3,...n to B =

4) d = 0

Sol:

n=
1) 5

2) 6

1,2 (where n
3) 7

2) is 62, then
4) 8

Sol:

MATHS

3.

If n(A) = 3 and n(B) = 5 then the number of noninjective mappings possible from B to A is
1) 125
2) 243
3) 15
4) 90

COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS
6.

Sol:

If f(x) = x, g(x) = 2x2 + 1 and h(x) = x +1 then (hogof)

(x) =
1) x2 + 2
2) 2x2 +1
2
3) x +1
4) 2(x2+1)

Sol:

KINDS OF FUNCTIONS
4.

Let A = [-1,1]= B then which of the following function

from A to B is bijective function
x
1) f ( x)
2) g ( x) x
2
3) h ( x ) x 2

Sol:

4) k ( x) sin

x
2

INVERTIBILITYAND INVERSE
OF AFUNCTION
7.

If f : ( , ) ( , ) is defined by
f(x) = 5x-6 then f -1 (x) =

x5
6
x6
3)
5
1)

x 5
6
x6
4)
5
2)

Sol:

5.

f : R R such that f(x) = ex then f is

1) only one-one
3) one-one into

2) only into
4) not a function

Sol:

8.

If f(x) = 2 + x3 then f-1 (x) =

1)

x 2

2)

x 2

3)

x2

4)

x2

Sol:

MATHS

REAL FUNCTIONS
9.

If f x x 5 x 1 , then f 1/ x =
1)

f x
x4

2)

f x
x3
If f x is a polynomial in x 0 satisfying the

12.

3) x f x

4) x f x

Sol:

equation f x f 1/ x f x . f 1/ x and

f 2 7 , then f 3
1)

26

2)

27

3)

28

4)

29

Sol:

10.

Sol:

f (x) sin x and g(x) sec x then

3
f () f f (0)
2

g() g(0) g
3
1
1
1)
2) 1
3) 2
4)
2
3

If f x is a polynomial f unction such that

13.

1
1
f x f f x f and
x
x

f 3 80 then f x
1) x 4 1

2) x 4 1

3) 1 x 4

4) 1 x 4

Sol:

11.

If

f x 3x 1, g x x3 2,

then

(f g)(0) fg(0) =
1) x

2)

3
2

3) 3

4) 1

Sol:

OPERATIONS ON REAL FUNCTIONS

14.

If f x 3 x 1, g x x 2, then
f g
0
fg

1) x
8

2) 1

3) 3

4) 3/2
MATHS

Sol:
18.

Sol:

15.

The domain of f(x) = sin-1 x+ 16 x 2 is

1) (-4,4)
2) [4,4]
3) [-1,1]
4) (0, )

If f x 2 then f 0 , f 1 , f 2 ....... are in

1) A.P

2) G.P.

3) H.P.

4) A.G.P

Sol:

19.

domain of f x
1) (,0)

1
x x is

2) (0, )

3) ,1

4) R

Sol:

PROBLEMS BASED ON DOMAINS

16.

The domain of f(x) = log x 2 is

1) (,2)

2) ( 2, )

3) ( ,2) ( 2, )

4)

Sol:

20.

The domain of f(x) = x 2 x 5 is

1) R - (2,5)

2) R - {0}

3) (0, )

4) R

Sol:

17.

The domain of f(x) =

2,
3) 2, 4 (4,5)
1)

x2

1
is
log( 5 x )

2) [2,5]
4) (,2)

Sol:
21.

The domain of log a sin 1 x is (a>0, a 1 )

1) 0 < x 1
2) 0 x 1
3) 0 x < 1
4) 0 < x < 1

Sol:

MATHS

24.

If f x 3

1 , for 1 x 0
= tan x / 2 , for 0 x

x
for x 6
x 2
then f 1 f / 6 f 5
=

22.

The domain of the function f(x) = Sin-1 (3x) is

1) 0

1 1
1 1
1) , 2) ,
3 3
3 3

3)

1
3) 0,
3

1
4) ,0
3

27
3
23
97
3
4)
23
2)

27
13
13

Sol:

Sol:

PROBLEMS BASED ON RANGE

OF A FUNCTION
23.

Let f : R R be fined by

x 2

f x x2

2 x

25.

x 1
1 x 1 . then the value of
x 1

2
2
If f(x) = Sin x sin x then f
2
=
1) -1
2) 1
3) 0
4) 2

Sol:

f 1 f 0 f 1 is
1) 0

2) 1

3) 2

4) -1

Sol:

26.

If If f x x , g x x 5 x 6 then

g 2 g 3 g 0
f 0 f 1 f 2
1) 2

2) 1

3) 5/6

4) 6/5

Sol:

10

MATHS

27.

f : R R is a function defined by (EAM-00)

2
1
1
x then f
2
2
5
1
1
2)
3) - 2
4)
2
2

f ( x) 2 x
1) 2

30.

Sol:

28.

The range of f(x) =

x2 9
is
x 3

1) , 6 6,

2) ( , )

3) R - {9}

4) (0, )

Sol:

If f(x)=cos (logx) then

1 1 x
f f f ( xy ) =
y 2 y

(EAM-88)

1) logx
3) sin (logx)

31.

2) cos (logx)
4) 0

Sol:

If f : 1, B defined by f(x) = x2 - 2x + 6 is a
surjection then B =

1,
3) 6,

5,
4) 2,

1)

If

f x x 2 when x 0 , f x x when

Sol:

29.

The range of f(x) =

1
is
1 x2

1)

0,

1
2) 0,
2

3)

0,2

4)

32.

0 x 1 , f x 1/ x when x 1 , then

0,1

3
1

2
2
1
2) f 2
3
1) 3 f 6

Sol:

11

MATHS

1
f 2
2

3) f 6 f

4) 3

f 4 4 16

Sol:

EVEN & ODD FUNCTIONS

33.

If f(x) is an odd function then cos f(x) is

1) even
2) odd
3) neither even nor odd 4) a constant function

Sol:

34.

If f(x) = ax6 + bx4 + cx2 + d is even then

1) -1 < d < 1 2) 0 < d < 1
3) -2 < d < 2 4) d is any real number

Sol:

KEY
1)3
5)3
9)1
13)3
17)3
21)1
25)2
29)4
33)1

2)2
6)4
10)1
14)4
18)3
22)1
26)4
30)1
34)4

3)2
7)4
11)4
15)2
19)1
23)3
27)2
31)2

4)4
8)3
12)1
16)3
20)4
24)4
28)4
32)4
12

MATHS

3.

RELATIONS

Let A 1, 2, 3 and

R 1,1 , 1,3 , 3,1 , 2, 2 , 2,1 , 3,3

1.

If

the

relation

R:A B,

where

then the relation R on A is

1) reflexive
2) symmetric
3) transitive
4) equivalence

A 1, 2,3, 4 and B 1,3, 5 is defined by

R x, y : x y, x A, y B ,

Sol:

then

R0R 1 is

1, 3 , 1,5 , 2, 3 , 2,5 , 3, 5 , 4,5

2) 3,1 , 5,1 , 5, 2 , 5,3 , 5, 4
3) 3, 3 , 3,5 , 5,3 , 5,5
4) 3,5
1)

Sol:

4.

Which of the following are not equivalence relations

on I?
1) aRb if a b is an even integer
2)

aRb if a b is an even integer

3) aRb if a < b
4) aRb if a = b
Sol:

2.

If the relation

B 1,3, 5

R : A B , where A 1, 2, 3 and
is

def ined

by

R x, y : x y, x A, y B , then

1,3 , 1,5 , 2,3 , 2,5 , 3,5

2) R 1,1 , 1,5 , 2, 3 , 3,5
3) R 1 3,1 , 5,1 , 3, 2 , 5,3
1
4) R 1,1 , 5,1 , 3, 2 , 5,3
1) R

5.

The

domain

and

range

of

relation

R x, y / x, y N, x 2y 5 is
1) {1, 3}, {2, 1}
3) {1, 3}, {1, 1}

Sol:

2) {2, 1}, {3, 2}

4) {1, 2}, {1, 3}

Sol:

13

MATHS

6.

If relation 'R' is defined by then the domain of 'R' is

1) 3,3

2) 3, 3

3) 2, 2

4) 2, 2

2.

The relation
R=

Sol:

1,1 , 2, 2 , 3,3 , 1, 2 , 2,3 , 1,3 on

set A = 1, 2,3 is
1) reflexive but not symmetric
2) reflexive but not transitive
3) symmetric and transitive
4) neither symmetric nor transitive
Sol:

RELATIONS
7.

Let S be the set of integers. For a, b S ,

aRb if

and only if | a b | 1 , then

1) R is not reflexive
2) R is not symmetric
3) R =

a, a ;a 1 is an equivalence relation

3.

4) R is not an equivalence relation

Sol:

A and B are two sets having 3 and 4 elemetns

respectively and having 2 elements in common. The
number of relations whichcan be defined from A to
B is
1)

25

2) 210

12
1 3) 211 1 4) 2

Sol:

KEY
1)3
5)1

2)1
6)2

3)1
7)3

4)3

PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1.

If A 1, 2,3 , B 1, 4, 6,9 and R is a relation

4.

from A to B defined by 'x is greater than y'. The

range of R is
1) {1, 4, 6, 9}
2) {4, 6, 9}
3) {1}
4) {4, 6}

Let R be a relation on the set N be defined by

x, y | x, y N , 2 x y 41 then, R is
1) reflexive
3) transitive

Sol:

2) symmetric
4) not symmetric

Sol:

14

MATHS

5.

If n | m means that n is a factor of m, the relation

"|" is
1) reflexive and symmetric
2) transitive and symmetric
3) reflexive, transitive and symmetric
4) reflexive, transitive and not symmetric

Sol:

6.

If R is a relation from a finite set A having m elements

to a finite set B having n elemetns, then the number
of relations from A to B is
1)

2mn

2)

2mn 1 3) 2mn

4)

mn

Sol:

KEY
1)3
5)4

2)1
6)1

3)4

4)4

15

MATHS