RELATION & FUNCTION

EXERCISE-1 (SPECIAL DPP)

SPECIAL DPP-1

Q.1 Let R be the set of real numbers. Consider the following subsets of R × R.
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?
(A) Neither S nor T is an equivalence relation on R.
(B) Both S and T are equivalence relations on R.
(C) S is an equivalence relation on R but T is not.
(D) T is an equivalence relation on R but S is not.

Q.2 Let a relation R on the set N of natural numbers be defined as (x, y)  x2 – 4xy + 3y2 = 0
 x, y  N, then the relation R is
(A) reflexive (B) symmetric (C) transitive (D) an equivalence relation

Q.3 Let R = {(3, 3), (5, 5), (9, 9), (12, 12), (5, 12), (3, 9), (3, 12), (3, 5)} be a relation on the set
A = {3, 5, 9, 12}. Then R is
(A) reflexive, transitive but not symmetric (B) reflexive , symmetric but not transitive
(C) symmetric, transitive but not reflexive (D) an equivalence relation

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Q.4 Let R be the relation on the set R of all real numbers defined by a R b if |a – b|  . Then R is
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(A) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive (B) symmetric and transitive but not reflexive
(C) transitive but neither reflexive nor symmetric (D) reflexive, symmetric and transitive

Q.5 Let f (x) = – x100. If f (x) is divided by x2 + x then the remaineder is R(x) then the value of R(20), is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 10 (D) 20

 2f ( x ) 
Q.6 If x = log 4   then the value of f (2018) + f (– 2017) is equal to
 1  f (x) 
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

Q.7 If f(x) is a polynomial function degree 5 with leading coefficient 1 such that f(1) = 8, f(2) = 27,

f(3) = 64, f(4) = 125, f(5) = 216, then the value of f (6)  21  14 is 
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 3

Q.8 If a polynomial function 'f ' satisfies the relation

 
 
 2 2   f (x) 
log 2 f ( x )  = log 2  2    .....  · log3 1  and f (10) = 1001,
 3 9   1
 f  
  x
then the value of f (20) is
(A) 2002 (B) 7999 (C) 8001 (D) 16001
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Q.9 If f(x) is a polynomial of degree 4 with leading coefficient unity satisfying f(1) = 1, f(2) = 2, f(3) = 3, then
 f (2)  f (6) 
 f (0)  f (4)  is equal to
 
[Note : [y] denotes greatest integer function less than or equal to y.]
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18

Q.10 Let f be a polynomial function which satisfies the relation

 x  x 1 1 x3
f(x) + f  2  + f   = f (x) · f    3  6 + 2  x  R – {0}, f (1)  1 and f (2) = 9.
y  y y y y

100
The value of  f (r) equals
r 1
(A) 5050 (B) (5050)2 (C) 100 + (5050)2 (D) 100 + (5050)3

Q.11 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).

SPECIAL DPP-2

 10 x  4 
Q.1 Let f ( x )  log 2    1 . Then sum of all integers in domain of f(x) is
 4  x2 
(A) – 15 (B) – 16 (C) – 17 (D) – 18

sin x
Q.2 The domain of the function, f (x) = is
( x  2) (8  x )
(A) [0, ]  [2, 8) (B) (2, ]  [2, 8)
(C) (2, 8) (D) (0, 8)

Q.3 If domain of y = f(x) is [–3, 2], then domain of f  [ x ]  is equal to

[Note: [k] denotes greatest integer function less than or equal to k.]
(A) [–3, 2] (B) [–2, 3) (C) [–3, 3] (D) [–2, 3]

Q.4 If f (x) = Min. {x + 6, |x + e + 1|, e–x}, then maximum value of f (x) is

e5 7e
(A) (B) 2e (C) e (D)
2 2

2
Q.5 The complete set of values of k for which the equation x  6 x  sgn 1 | sin x |  8 = k2 has
exactly 4 distinct solutions is
[Note: sgn (k) denotes signum function of k.]
(A) (– 4, 4) (B) (0, 16) (C) (0, 4) (D) (– 4, 0)  (0, 4)

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Q.6  
If f(x) = min.  2 x  4 , x 2  4 , then maximum value of f (x) is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

Q.7 If [x]2 – 5[x] + 6 = 0, where [k] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to k,
then total set of values of 'x' is
(A) x  [3, 4) (B) x  [2, 3] (C) x  {2, 3} (D) x  [2, 4)

Q.8 Number of integral values of x in the domain of function f (x) = ln ln | x |  7 | x |  | x |2 10

is equal to
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

Q.9 If minimum and maximum values of f(x) = 2|x – 1| + |x + 3| – 3|x – 4| are m and M respectively then
(m + M) equals
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3


Q.10 If the domain of g(x) is [3, 4], then the domain of g log 2 ( x 2  3x  2) is 
3 
(A) [–4, –1]  [2, 7] (B) [–3, 2] (C) [–6, –5]  [2, 3] (D)  , 5
2 

Q.11    
Consider, f(x) = x  [log2 (2  x )] + x  [log 2 ( 2  x 2 )] + ...... + x  [log 2 ( 2  x10 )]
Identify the correct statement(s)
(A) [f(e)] = 7.
(B) f() = 20 – 60.
(C) the number of solutions of the equation f(x) = x is 9.
(D) the number of solutions of the equation f(x) = x is 10.
[Note : {y} and [y] denotes the fractional part function and greatest integer function respectively.]

SPECIAL DPP-3

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Q.1 The range of the function y = is
9  x2
8   8 8 
(A) (– , ) – {± 3} (B)  ,   (C)  0,  (D) (– , 0)  ,  
9   9 9 

2
e x ln x 5( x  2 ) ( x 2  7 x  10)
Q.2 The range of the function f(x) = is
2 x 2  11x  12
3  3 
(A) (  , ) (B) [0 , ) (C)  ,   (D)  , 4 
2  2 

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Q.3 The domain and range of the function f(x) = cosec–1 log 3 4 sec x 2 are respectively
1 2 sec x

    
(A) R ;   ,  (B) R+ ;  0, 
 2 2  2

          
(C)  2n  ,2n    {2n};  0,  (D)  2n  ,2n    {2n};   ,   {0}
 2 2  2  2 2  2 2

Q.4 The range of the function f ( x )  log

2 7
(4 x  2 x  1) is equal to
cos ec
3
(A) (– , 1] (B) [– 1, ) (C) (– , – 1] (D) [1, )
x ( x 2  1)
Q.5 Number of integers in the range of the function f (x) = is equal to
x4  x2 1
(A)1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
2 x 2  10 x ,    x  5
 2
Q.6 Let f(x) =  x  5, 5  x  3
2
 x  1,
 3 x 

Number of negative integers in the range of the function f(x) is

(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3

ex 1
Q.7 For the function f (x) = , if n(d) denotes the number of integers which are not in its domain and
ex 1
n(r) denotes the number of integers which are not in its range, then n(d) + n(r) is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) Infinite

1 4 3
Q.8 If the fractional part of and x2 for some x  ( 2 , 3 ) are equal then the value of x  is
x x
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 5

x2  x  c 5 3
Q.9 If the range of function f (x) = 2 , x  R is  ,  then c is equal to
x  2x  c 6 2
(A) –4 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
4l 2  2l 2
Q.10 If x = and y = where 'l' is a parameter and range of f(x, y) = x2 – xy + y2 is [a, b] then
1 l2 1 l2
(a + b) is equal to
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 12

Q.11 Find the number of integer in the range of the function,

x
f (x) = sin
2
+ 16  x 2 + x + log2 x ( x  2)  .

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SPECIAL DPP-4

Q.1 Which of the following statements are incorrect?

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.2 Let f : [0, 2]  [2, 5] be defined as f(x) = 3x2 – 6x + 5, then f(x) is

(A) injective but not surjective (B) surjective but not injective
(C) injective as well as surjective (D) neither injective nor surjective

Q.3 If the functions f (x) and g(x) are defined on R  R such that
x  3, x  rational x  5 , x  irrational
f (x) =  and g(x) = 
 4 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

Q.4 Let f : R  [1, ) be defined as f (x) = log10  3x 2  4x  k  1  10  . If f (x) is surjective, then

 
1 1 1
(A) k = (B) k < (C) k > (D) k = 1
3 3 3

Q.5 Which one of the following function is surjective but not injective?
(A) f : R  R, f (x) = x3 + x + 1 (B) f : [0, )  (0, 1]; f(x) = e–| x |.
(C) f : R  R, f (x) = x3 + 2x2 – x + 1 (D) f : R  R+ , f (x) = 1 x 2

Q.6 Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and B = {1, 2, 3, 4}. If f : A  B is an one-one function and

f (x)  x for all x  A, then the number of such possible functions, is
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 24 (D) 44

Q.7 Let p, q, r  R such that 3q > p2. Then the function g : R  R given by g(x) = x3 + px2 + qx + r, is
(A) one-one and onto (B) onto but not one-one
(C) one-one but not onto (D) neither one-one nor onto

Q.8 Consider the function f (x) = x  1  x  , then which of the following is/are CORRECT?


(A) Range of f (x) is  1, 2 . 
(B) f is many one.
(C) f is either even or odd.

(D) Range of f (x) is identical to range of g (x) = 2 cos x   .
 4

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x  p 2 , for x  2
Q.9 Let a function f defined from R  R as f (x) = 
px  5, for x  2
If the function is surjective, then find the sum of all possible integral values of p in [– 100, 100].
 2x  1 
Q.10 Let f be a function satisfying the functional equation f(x) + 2f   = 3x, x  2,
 x2 
f (3)
then find the value of .
f (7 )

SPECIAL DPP-5

x|x| if x  1

Q.1 Let F (x) =  [1  x ]  [1  x ] if  1  x  1
  x | x | if x 1
where [x] denotes the greatest integer function then F(x) is
(A) even (B) odd
(C) neither odd nor even (D) even as well as odd

1
 1 7
Q.2 If g(x) =  4 cos 4 x  2 cos 2 x  cos 4 x  x 7  , then the value of gg(100)  is equal to
 2 
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 100

Q.3 If f(x) is defined on (0, 1), then the domain of definition of f(ex) + f (ln | x | ) is
(A) (– e, – 1) (B) (– e, – 1)  (1, e)
(C) (– , – 1)  (1, ) (D) ( – e, e)

2  x , x  0
Q.4 Let f (x) =  .
4  x , x  0
If f f ( x )  = k has atleast one solution, then smallest value of k is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

Q.5 If f  g( x )  = g  f ( x )  = x for all real numbers x, and f(2) = 5 and f(5) = 3, then the value of
g(3) + g  f (2)  is
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2

Q.6 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.
(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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x 2  4, if | x |  3
Q.7 Let f(x) = 
5 sgn | x  3 |, if | x |  3


and g(x) = 2 tan–1 (ex) – for all x  R, then which of the following is(are) correct?
2
[Note: sgn(k) denotes the signum function of k.]
(A) fog(x) is an even function. (B) gof (x) is an even function.
(C) gog (x) is an odd function . (D) fof (x) is an odd function.

Q.8 Let f(x) = ln x and g(x) = x2 – 1

Column-I contains composite functions and column-II contains their domain. Match the entries of column-
I with their corresponding answer is column-II.
Column-I Column-II
(A) fog (P) (1, )
(B) gof (Q) (–, )
(C) fof (R) (–, –1)  (1, )
(D) gog (S) (0, )

 1 
Q.9 Let f(x) =   where [y] and {y} denote greatest integer and fractional part functions respectively
 cos{x} 
and g(x) = 2x2 – 3x(k + 1) + k(3k + 1). If gf ( x )  < 0  x  R then find the number of integral values
of k.

 1 x   1
Q.10 If h(x) = Ax5 + B sin x + C ln   + 7, where A, B, C are non-zero real constants and h   = 6,
 1 x   2 

 sgn(e  x ) 
then find the vale of h  .

 2 

SPECIAL DPP-6

4 4 4x
Q.1 Let f : R     R    be a function defined as f(x) = . The inverse of f is the map
 3  3 3x  4

4  4
g : R–  R–   is given by
3  3 
3y 4y 4y 3y
(A) g(y) = (B) g(y) = (C) g(y) = (D) g(y) =
3  4y 4  3y 3  4y 4  3y

Q.2 The function f (x) is defined by f (x) = cos4x + K cos22x + sin4x, where K is a constant. If the function
f (x) is a constant function, the value of k is
(A) – 1 (B) – 1/2 (C) 0 (D) 1/2 (E) 1

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Q.3 If f (x) = 3  1 then the value of 'a' which satisfies f–1(2a – 4) = 1 , is
log 2 (3  2x ) 2
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1
x
Q.4 Let f : [0, a]  S be a function defined by f(x) = 3 cos . If the largest value of a for which f(x) has an
2
–1
inverse function f (x) is k, then the value of k is
1 3
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D) 2
2 2
Q.5 Let f : (–, 2]  [6, ) be defined as f (x) = 4x2 – 16x + 22 and g(x) is a function such that graphs
of f(x) and g(x) are mirror image of each other with respect to line x – y = 0, then g(10) is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
3 7
Q.6 Let f (x) =  x  and g(x) be the inverse function of f (x) then the value of (f–1 og–1)(17) is
2 4
equal to
3  61 3  61
(A) (B) 242 (C) 17 (D)
2 2
Q.7 Let f be a function defined as
3
 1 
f :  0, e 2    ,   , f (x) = (ln x)2 + 3 ln x + 2 then f –1 (x) equals
  4 

  3  4x  1    3  4x  1 
(A) log 
 (B) log 

 2   2 
3 4 x 1 3 4 x 1
(C) e 2 (D) e 2

Q.8 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
Q.9 Let f : I  I, defined as f (x) = 2 sin (2x) – 10 tan (5x) + 7 cos (4x) + 3, then which of the
following statement(s) is/are TRUE?
(A) f (x) is periodic function. (B) f (x) is an even function.
(C) f (x) is an odd function and its inverse exists. (D) f f f ( x )  = f f ( x )  for all x  I.
[Note : I denote the set of all integers.]
Q.10 If f : [2, )  [8, ) is a surjective function defined by f (x) = x2 – (p – 2)x + 3p – 2, p  R
n
then sum of values of p is m + n , where m, n  N. Find the value of .
m

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SPECIAL DPP-7

Q.1 The graph of the function y = g (x) is shown.

1
The number of solutions of the equation g ( x )  1  , is
2
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 8

Q.2 Which of the following equations have the same graphs?

( x 2  4)
I. y = x – 2 II. y  III. (x + 2)y = x2 – 4
( x  2)
(A) I and II only. (B) I and III only.
(C) II and III only. (D) All the equations have different graphs.
Q.3 Which one of the following best represent the graph of function f (x) = e{| x |}.
[Note: { } denotes the fractional part of .]
y y
y=e y=e

y=1
(A) y =1 (B)
x
x –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3
–2 –1 O 1 2 3

y y
y=e

(C) –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 x (D)
O O x
–3 –2 –1 1 2 3
1–e

Q.4 If f(x) = 2x – 1 then number of solution(s) of the equation f ( x ) = f (| x |  1) is(are)

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8

Q.5 If f(x) = | x + 2 | + | 2x – p | + | x – 2 | attains its minimum value in the interval (–1, 1) then sum of all
possible integral value of p is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 4

Paragraph for question nos. 6 & 7

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.
Q.6 The value of (a + b) is equal to
(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 0 (D) 1
Q.7 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)

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Q.8 Let 'f' be a function defined in [–2, 3] given as

 3( x  1)1 / 3 ,  2  x  0

  ( x  1)2 , 0  x 1
f(x) =  2
 2( x  1) , 1 x  2
2
 x  4 x  3, 2  x  3

List-I List-II
(P) The number of integers in the range of f(x) is (1) 2
(Q) The number of integral values of x which are in the (2) 4
domain of f(1 – | x |), is
(R) The number of integers in the range of | f(–| x |)|, is (3) 6
(S) The number of integral values of k for which the equation (4) 7
f(| x |) = k has exactly four distinct solutions is
Code :
(A) P-3, Q-3, R-2, S-1 (B) P-4, Q-4, R-2, S-1
(C) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1 (D) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-2

Q.9 The graph of the function y = f (x) is as follows.

Match the function mentioned in Column-I with the respective graph given in Column-II.

Column-I Column-II
y
1
–2 –1 1 2 x
(A) y = | f (x) | (P) O
–1

y
1

(B) y=f(|x|) (Q) –2 –1 O 1 2

x

–1

y
1

(C) y = f (– | x | ) (R) –2 –1 O 1 2
x

–1

y
1
1
(D) y = ( | f (x) | – f (x) ) (S) x
2 –2 –1 O 1 2
–1

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SPECIAL DPP-8

p  2 2
Q.1 If the equation (p2 – 4)(p2 – 9)x3 +  x + (p – 4)(p2 – 5p + 6)x + {2p – 1} = 0 is satisfied by
 2 
all values of x in (0, 3] then sum of all possible integral values of 'p' is
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 10
[Note : {y} and [y] denote fractional part function and greatest integer function of y respectively.]

Q.2 The sum of all different values of  for which the equation 4[x]2 =  + 12 has a solution in [1, ) , is
[Note : [k] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to k.]
(A) 8 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

Paragraph for question nos. 3 & 4

  6 x 2  13   3x , 0  x  1
Let f be an even function satisfying f(x – 2) = f  x   2   x R and f(x) = 

 x  2 
 4  x , 1  x  4

[Note : [y] denotes greatest integer function of y.]

Q.3 The area bounded by the graph of f(x) and the x-axis from x = –1 to x = 9 is
31 15
(A) (B) 15 (C) 12 (D)
2 2
Q.4 The value of f(–89) –f(–67) + f(46) is equal to
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

Q.5 Consider, f(x) = (x2 – 1)1/3 for x < 0,

g(x) = –(x3 + 1)1/2 for x > –1
Identify which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct.
(A) The range of f f ( x )  is (–1, 0). (B) The domain of gg( x )  is (–1, 0).
(C) f –1og–1(x) = x  x  (– , 0). (D) g–1of–1(x) = x  x  (–1, ).

Q.6 The maximum value of the function defined by f (x) = min (ex , 2 + e2 – x, 8) is  then integral value
x x  [ ]
of x satisfying the inequality 2 < 0, is
x  [ ]x  12
[Note: [k] denotes greatest integer function less than or equal to k.]
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6

Q.7 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
(A) a = 2 (B)  f (10) 100 = 1 (C) (100)g(7) = 1 (D)  f ( x ) dx = 1
0

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Q.8 If graph of a function f (x) which is defined in [–1, 4] is shown in the adjacent figure then identify the
correct statement(s).
f (x)
(A) domain of f | x | 1 is [–5, 5] 2

(B) range of f | x | 1 is [0, 2] 1

–1 O x
(C) range of f  | x | is [–1, 0] 0 1 2 4
–1
(D) domain of f | x | is [–3, 3]

x
Q.9 Find the sum of all the solutions of the equation cot = log2 { x } in x (0, 100).
2
[Note: {k} denotes the fractional part function of k.]

 
Q.10 Let f(x) = sin x – cos2x. If f(x) = a has atleast one solution in 0, , then find the number of
 2 
integral values of a.

EXERCISE-2

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
(ii) f (x) = log7 log5 log3 log2 (2x3 + 5x2  14x)

(iii) f (x) = ln  x 2  5x  24  x  2 
 

 2 log10 x  1 
(iv) f (x) = log100 x  
 x 
(v) f (x) = ( x 2  3x  10) . ln 2 ( x  3)
1 1 1
(vi) f (x) = + log1 – {x}(x2 – 3x + 10) + +
[x] 2| x| sec(sin x)

Q.2 Read the symbols [ ] and { } as greatest integer function less than or equal to x and fractional part function..
(i) Find the number of real values of x, satisfying the equation (x – 2)[x] = {x} – 1.
(ii) Find the number of solutions of the equation, x2  3x + [x] = 0 in the interval [0, 3].
(iii) If [x]2 + 3[x] – 10  0, then find the range of x.

(iv) If y = 
sgn x 2  2(k  1) x  4  is defined for all x  R then find number of integral
values of k. [Note: sgn (k) denotes signum function of k.]

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Q.3 Identify the pair(s) of functions which are identical?

(where [x] denotes greatest integer and {x} denotes fractional part function)
(i) f (x) = sgn (x2 – 3x + 4) and g (x) = e[{x}]
1  cos 2 x
(ii) f (x) = and g (x) = tan x
1  cos 2 x
(iii) f (x) = ln(1 + x) + ln(1 – x) and g (x) = ln(1 – x2)
cos x 1 sin x
(iv) f (x) = and g (x) =
1  sin x cos x

Q.4 Classify the following functions as injective, surjective, both or none.

x 2  4x  30
(a) f : R  R, be a function defined by f(x) = .
x 2  8x  18
(b) f : R  R, be a function defined by f(x) = x3  6 x2 + 11x  6
(c) f : R  R, be a function defined by f(x) = (x2 + x + 5) (x2 + x  3)
x
(d) f : R  {x  R : – 1 < x < 1}, be a function defined by f(x) =
1 | x |
(e) f : [– 1, 3]  [ – 37, 27], be a function defined by f(x) = 2x – 6x2 – 18x + 17.
3

Q.5
(1  x  x 2 )(1  x 4 )
(i) If the function f : R+  A defined by f (x) = is surjective then find A.
x3
(ii) If f (x) = x2 – (a + 2)x + 4 is not injective in x  [–1, 1] then find complete set of values of 'a'.

Q.6 Solve the following problems from (a) to (e) on functional equation.

(a) The function f (x) defined on the real numbers has the property that f  f ( x ) ·1  f ( x )  = – f (x) for all
x in the domain of f. If the number 3 is in the domain and range of f, compute the value of f (3).

(b) Suppose f is a real function satisfying f (x + f (x)) = 4 f (x) and f (1) = 4. Find the value of f (21).

(c) Let 'f ' be a function defined from R+  R+ . If [ f (xy)]2 = x  f ( y) 2 for all positive numbers x and y and
f (2) = 6, find the value of f (50).

(d) Let f (x) be a function with two properties

(i) for any two real number x and y, f (x + y) = x + f (y) and
(ii) f (0) = 2.
Find the value of f (100).

(e) Let f be a function such that f (3) = 1 and f (3x) = x + f (3x – 3) for all x. Then find the value of f (300).

(f) Let f (x) = ax + bx + 5, where a, b are the roots of the equation x2 – 3x + 4 = 0.

If 4f (5) + f (7) – 10 = k f(6), then find the value of k.

x3 1
(g) Find the domain of function, satisfying f (x) + f (x–1) = .
x

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Q.7 Suppose f (x) = sin x and g (x) = 1 – x . Then find the domain and range of the following functions.
(a) fog (b) gof (c) fof (d) gog

    5
Q.8 If f(x) = sin²x + sin²  x    cos x cos x   and g    1 , then find (gof) (x).
 3  3 4

1 x 
Q.9 A function f : R  R is such that f   = x for all x  – 1. Prove the following.
1 x 
(a) f  f ( x )  = x (b) f 1 x  = – f (x), x  0 (c) f (– x – 2) = – f (x) – 2.

Q.10 Let f (x) = x135 + x125 – x115 + x5 + 1. If f (x) is divided by x3 – x then the remainder is some function
of x say g (x). Find the value of g (10).

Q.11 If f (x) = 1 + x  2 , 0  x  4
g (x) = 2  x ,  1  x  3
Then find fog (x) & gof (x) . Draw rough sketch of the graphs of fog (x) & gof (x) .

Q.12 Find whether the following functions are even or odd or none
x (a x  1)
(a) f(x) = log x  1  x 2  (b) f(x) = (c) f(x) = sin x + cos x
  a x 1
2

(d) f(x) = x sin2 x  x3 (e) f(x)= sin x  cos x (f) f(x) =

1  2 x

2x
x x
(g) f(x)= x
 1 (h) f(x) = [(x+1)²]1/3 + [(x 1)²]1/3
e 1 2

Q.13(i) Write explicitly, functions of y defined by the following equations and also find the domains of definition
of the given implicit functions :
(a) 10x + 10y = 10 (b) x + y= 2y

(ii) The function f(x) is defined on the interval [0,1]. Find the domain of definition of the functions.
(a) f (sin x) (b) f (2x+3)

(iii) Given that y = f (x) is a function whose domain is [4, 7] and range is [–1, 9]. Find the range and domain of
1
(a) g (x) = f (x) (b) h (x) = f (x – 7)
3
Q.14 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, compute f (136).

Q.15
(i) Let P(x) = x6 + ax5 + bx4 + cx3 + dx2 + ex + f be a polynomial such that P(1) = 1 ; P(2) = 2 ; P(3) = 3;
P(4) = 4; P(5) = 5 and P(6) = 6 then find the value of P(7).
(ii) Let f (x) be a monic polynomial function of degree 6 such that f (1) = f (–1) = 5, f (2) = f (–2) = 8,
f (3) = f (–3) = 13, then find the value of f  2  f  3  .
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Q.16 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
find the value of f log10 (log10 3)  .

Q.17 Compute the inverse of the functions:

x
10 x  10  x
(a) f (x) = ln  x  x 2  1 (b) f (x) = 2 x  1 (c) y=
10 x  10  x

Q.18
 2x  3 
(i) Let f be a real valued invertible function such that f   = 5x – 2, x  2. Find f –1(13).
 x  2 

x 3  e2x  1  e4  7 
(ii) Let g : R  R be defined as g(x) = . If g f ( x ) = x while f 
   = , then find the

2  2 
number of solution(s) of the equation | x  2 |  3 –  = 0.

x , 2  x  1
x 2  2x , 1  x  0
Q.19(a) Let f(x) =  2
2 x  x , 0  x 1
2  x , 1 x  2
Find the number of integers in the range of f(x).

x 2  2,    x  0
x, 0x2
(b) Let g (x) =  2 .
( x  2) , 2  x  4
x  4, 4x
If the equation g (x) = k has four real and distinct roots, then find the sum of all possible integral values
of k.
 x ; x0
(c) If f(x) = | x  2 |; x  0 , then find the number of solutions of the equation f f ( x )  = 1.

cx 3
Q.20(a) If the function f defined as f (x) = , x satisfies f f ( x )  = x , then find the absolute value
2x  3 2
of sum of all possible values of c.

(b) Set A consists of six distinct elements and set B consists of 3 distinct elements. If the number of
N
surjective functions that can be defined from A  B is N, find the value of   .
 60 

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EXERCISE-3
SECTION-A
(JEE-MAIN Previous Year's Questions)
RELATION
Q.1 Let R = {(1, 3), (4, 2), (2, 4), (2, 3), (3, 1)} be a releation on the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4}. The relation R is
(1) transitive (2) not symmetric (3) reflexive (4) a function [AIEEE 2004]

Q.2 Let R = {(3, 3), (6, 6), (9, 9), (12, 12), (6, 12), (3, 9), (3, 12), (3, 6)}, be relation on the set
A = {3, 6, 9, 12} . The relation is [AIEEE 2005]
(1) reflexive and transitive only (2) reflexive only
(3) an equilvalence relation (4) reflexive and symmetric only

Q.3 Let W denote the words in the English dictionary. Define the relation R by : R = {(x, y)  W × W | the
words x and y have at least one letter in common}. Then R is [AIEEE 2006]
(1) reflexive, symmetric and not transitive (2) reflexive, symmetric and transitive
(3) reflexive, not symmetric and transitive (4) not reflexive, symmetric and transitive

Q.4 Let R be the real line. Consider the following subsets of the plane R × R :
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]
(1) Both S and T are equivalence relations on R
(2) S is an equivalence relation on R but T is not
(3) T is an equivalence relation on R but S is not
(4) Neither S nor T is an equivalence relation on R

Q.5 If A, B and C are three sets such that A  B = A  C and A  B = A  C, then [AIEEE 2009]
(1) A = B (2) A = C (3) B = C (4) A B = 

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  
(1) R is an equivalence relation but S is not an equivalence relation [AIEEE 2010]
(2) Neither R nor S is an equivalence relation
(3) S is an equivalence relation but Ris not an equivalence relation
(4) R and S both are equivalence relations

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.
(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true and Statement-2 is the correct explanation of Statement-1.
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true and Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of Statement-1
(3) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false
(4) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.

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Q.8 If X = {4n – 3n – 1 : n  N}} and Y = {9(n – 1) : n  N}, where N is the set of natural numbers, then
X  Y is equal to [JEE Main 2014]
(1) Y (2) N (3) Y – X (4) X

Q.9 Let A and B be two sets containing four and two elements respectively. Then the number of subsets of
the set A × B, each having at least three elements is [JEE Main 2015]
(1) 275 (2) 510 (3) 219 (4) 256

FUNCTION
Q.1 The period of sin2 is [AIEEE 2002]

(1) 2 (2)  (3) 2 (4)
2

Q.2 The period of the function f(x) = sin4x + cos4x is [AIEEE 2002]

(1)  (2) (3) 2 (4) none of these
2

 5x  x 2 
Q.3 The domain of definition of the function f(x) = log10   is
 [AIEEE 2002]
 4 
(1) [1, 4] (2) [1, 0] (3) [0, 5] (4) [5, 0]

Q.4 The function f(x) = log (x + x 2  1 ), is [AIEEE 2003]

(1) neither an even nor an odd function (2) an even function
(3) an odd function (4) a periodic function

3
Q.5 Domain of definition of the function f(x) = + log10 (x3 – x), is [AIEEE 2003]
4  x2
(1) (– 1, 0)  (1, 2)  (2, ) (2) (1, 2)
(3) ( – 1, 0) (1, 2) (4) (1, 2)  (2, )

n
Q.6 If f : R  R satisfies f(x+ y) = f(x) + f(y), for all x, y  R and f(1) = 7, then  f ( r ) is
r 1

7 n (n  1) 7n 7( n  1)
(1) (2) (3) (4) 7n (n+1) [AIEEE 2003]
2 2 2

Q.7 A function f from the set of natural numbers to integers defined by

 n 1
 2 , when n is odd
f(n) =  n is [AIEEE 2003]
 , when n is even
 2
(1) neither one-one nor onto (2) one-one but not onto
(3) onto but not one-one (4) one-one and onto both
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Q.8 The range of the function f(x) = 7– xPx–3 is [AIEEE 2004]

(1) {1, 2, 3} (2) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} (3) {1, 2,3,4} (4) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

Q.9 If f : R  S, defined by f(x) = sin x – 3 cos x + 1, is onto, then the interval of S is [AIEEE 2004]
(1) [0, 3] (2) [–1, 1] (3) [0, 1] (4) [–1, 3]

Q.10 The graph of the function y = f(x) is symmetrical about the line x = 2, then [AIEEE 2004]
(1) f(x+ 2) = f(x – 2) (2) f(2 + x) = f(2 – x) (3) f(x) = f(–x) (4) f(x) = – f(–x)

sin 1 ( x  3)
Q.11 The domain of the function f(x) = is [AIEEE 2004]
9  x2
(1) [2,3] (2) [2,3) (3) [1,2] (4) [1, 2)
2x
Q.12 Let f : (–1, 1)  B, be a function defined by f(x) = tan–1 , then f is both one-one and onto when
1 x2
B is the interval - [AIEEE 2005]
         
(1)  0,  (2) 0,  (3)  , (4)   , 
 2  2  2 2   2 2

Q.13 A real valued function f(x) satisfies the functional equation f(x – y) = f(x) f(y) – f (a – x) f(a + y)
where a is a given constant and f(0) = 1, then f(2a – x) is equal to - [AIEEE 2005]
(1) –f(x) (2) f(x) (3) f(a) + f(a – x) (4) f(–x)

     2 x  
Q.14 The largest interval lying in  2 , 2  for which the function f ( x )  4 x  cos1  1  log (cos x )
 2  
is defined, is [AIEEE 2007]
        
(1) [0, ] (2)  2 , 2  (3)  4 , 2  (4) 0, 2 
 

Q.15 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
(1) g(y) = 4 + (2) g(y) = (3) g(y) = (4) g(y) =
4 4 4 3

Q.16 For real x, let f(x) = x3 + 5x + 1, then [AIEEE 2009]

(1) f is one – one but not onto R (2) f is onto R but not one – one
(3) f is one – one and onto R (4) f is neither one – one nor onto R

Q.17 Let f(x) = (x + 1)2 –1, x  –1 [AIEEE 2009]

–1
Statement – 1 : The set {x : f(x) = f (x)} = {0, –1}.
Statement – 2 : f is a bijection.
(1) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is a correct explanation for Statement -1
(2) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is not a correct explanation for Statement -1
(3) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is false.
(4) Statement -1 is false, Statement -2 is true.

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Q.18 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
(1) (– , – 2)  (2, ) (2) (– 1, 0)  (0, 1)
(3) (1, 2) (4) (– 2, – 1) [JEE Main 2014]

1
Q.19 If f(x) + 2 f   = 3x, x  0, and S = {x  R : f(x) = f(– x)}; then S [JEE Main 2016]
x
(1) contains more than two elements. (2) is an empty set.
(3) contains exactly one element. (4) contains exactly two elements.

 1 1  x
Q.20 The function f : R   ,  defined as f(x) = , is [JEE Main 2017]
 2 2 1 x2
(1) invertible (2) injective but not surjective
(3) surjective but not injective (4) neither injective nor surjective

Q.21 Let a, b, c  R. If f(x) = ax2 + bx + c is such that a + b + c = 3 and [JEE Main 2017]
10
f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) + xy,  x, y  R, then  f (n ) is equal to
n 1
(1) 330 (2) 165 (3) 190 (4) 255

SECTION-B
(JEE-ADVANCE Previous Year's Questions)
 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

[JEE 2001 (Screening), 1]
(A) x (B) 1 (C) f (x) (D) g (x)
[Note : [ . ] is Greatest Integer Function]

1
Q.2 If f : [1 , )  [2 , ) is given by , f (x) = x + , then f 1 (x) equals :
x
[JEE 2001 (Screening), 1]
x  x2  4 x x  x2  4
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1  x2  4
2 1  x2 2

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

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Q.4 Let E = {1, 2, 3, 4 } & F = {1, 2}. Then the number of onto functions from E to F is
[JEE 2001 (Screening), 1]
(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 12 (D) 8

x
Q.5 Let f (x) = x  1 , x  1 . Then for what value of  is f (f (x)) = x ? [JEE 2001 (Screening), 1]

(A) 2 (B)  2 (C) 1 (D)  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 [JEE 2002 (Screening), 3 ]
1
(A) – x – 1, x  0 (B) , x  –1 (C) x  1 , x  –1 (D) x – 1, x  0
(x  1) 2

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

[JEE 2002 (Screening), 3 ]
(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

x2  x  2
Q.8 Range of the function f (x) = is [JEE 2003 (Scr),3]
x2  x 1

 7  7
(A) [1, 2] (B) [1,  ) (C) 2 ,  (D) 1, 
 3  3

x
Q.9 Let f (x) = defined from (0, )  [ 0, ) then by f (x) is [JEE 2003 (Scr),3]
1 x
(A) one- one but not onto (B) one- one and onto
(C) Many one but not onto (D) Many one and onto

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

Q.11 If the functions f (x) and g (x) are defined on R  R such that [JEE 2005 (Scr.)]
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

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Q.12 Let f (x) = x2 and g(x) = sin x for all x  R. Then the set of all x satisfying
(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
(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) [JEE 2012, 4]
3
3 3 2 2
(A) 1  (B) 1  (C) 1  (D) 1 
2 2 3 3

 
Q.15 Let f :  ,   R be given by f(x) =  log (sec x  tan x )  3 . [JEE-Adv. 2014, 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

EXERCISE-4
SECTION-A
(CBSE Previous Year's Questions)
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. [CBSE 2008]
Q.2 Let  be a binary operation defined by a  b = 3a + 4b – 2. Find 4  5. [CBSE 2008]
3x  2
Q.3 If f(x) is an invertible function, find the inverse of f(x) = . [CBSE (AI) 2008]
5
Q.4 Let T be the set of all triangle in a plane with R as relation in T given by R = {(T1, T2) : T1  T2) }. Show
that R is an equivalence relation. [CBSE (AI) 2008]
n 1
 2 , if n is odd
Q.5 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. [CBSE (AI) 2009]

Q.6 Show that the relation R in the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} given by R = {(a, b) : | a – b| is even}, is an
equivalence relation. Show that all the elements of {1, 3, 5} are related to each other and all the elements
of {2, 4} are related to each other. But no element of {1, 3, 5} is related to any element of {2, 4}.
[CBSE (Delhi) 2009]

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Q.7 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. [CBSE 2010]
Q.8 If f : R  R is given by f(x) = (3 – x3)1/3, determine f(f(x)). [CBSE (AI) 2010]

| x 1 |
Q.9 What is the range of the function f(x) = ? [CBSE (Delhi) 2010]
( x  1)
Q.10 Consider f : R+  [– 5, ) given by f(x) = 9x 2 + 6x – 5. Show that f is invertible and
 y  6 1 
f–1 (y) =  3
.
 [CBSE (F) 2010]
 

Q.11 Show that the relation R on the set A = {x  Z : 0  x  12}, given by

R = {(a, b) : | a – b | is a multiple of 4 } is an equivalence relation. [CBSE (AI) 2010]

Q.12 Consider the infimum binary operation  on the set S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} defined by a  b = minimum of
a and b. Write the composition table of the operation . [CBSE 2011]

Q.13 State the reason for the relation R in the set {1, 2, 3} given by R = {(1, 2), (2, 1)} not to be transitive.
[CBSE (Delhi) 2011]
Q.14 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. [CBSE (AI) 2011]

Q.15 Let f : R  R be defined as f(x) = 10x + 7. Find the function g : R  R such that gof = fog = IR.
[CBSE (AI) 2011]
Q.16 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. [CBSE (F) 2011]

Q.17 The binary operation  : R × R  R is defined as a  b = 2a + b. Find (2  3)  4. [CBSE 2012]

Q.18 Consider the binary operations  : R × R  R and o : R × R  R defined as a  b = | a – b | and
a o b = a for all a, b  R. Show that '' is commutative but not associative, 'o' is associative but not
commutative. [CBSE 2012]
x  1, if x is odd
Q.19 Show that f : N  N, given by f(x) = x  1, if x is even is both one-one and onto. [CBSE 2012]

x
Q.20 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) [CBSE 2014]

Q.21 Determine whether the relation R defined on the set R of all real numbers as R = {(a, b) : a, b  R and
a – b + 3  S, where S is the set of all irrational numbers}, is reflexive, symmetric and transitive.
[CBSE 2015]
Q.22 Let A = R × R and * be the binary operation on A defined by (a, b) * (c, d) = (a + c, b + d). Prove that
* is commutative and associative. Find the identity element for * on A. Also write the inverse element of
the element (3, –5) in A. [CBSE 2015]

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Q.23 Let A = R × R and * be a 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. Also find the inverse
of every element (a, b)  A. [CBSE 2016]

 4 4 4x  3
Q.24 Consider f : R –    R –   given by f (x) = . Show that f is bijective. Find the inverse
 3 3 3x  4
of f and hence find f– 1(0) and x such that f–1(x) = 2. [CBSE 2017]
Q.25 Let A = Q × Q and let  be a binary operation on A defined by (a, b)  (c, d) = (ac, b + ad) for
(a, b), (c, d)  A. Determine,whether  is commutative and associative. Then, with respect to  on A
(i) Find the identity element in A. (ii) Find the invertible elements of A.
[CBSE 2017]

Q.26 Let A = {x  Z: 0 < x < 12}. Show that

R = {(a, b) : a, b  A, |a – b| is divisible by 4} is an equivalence relation. Find the set of all elements
related to 1. Also write the equivalence class [2]. [CBSE 2018]

x
Q.27 Show that the function f : R  R defined by f(x) = 2 ,  x  R is neither one-one nor onto. Also
x 1
if g : R  R is defined as g(x) = 2x – 1, find fog (x). [CBSE 2018]

SECTION-B
(Potential Problems Based on CBSE)

Q.1 Check whether the relation R in R defined by

R = {(a, b) : a  b3} is reflexive, symmetric or transitive.
x
Q.2 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.
x 1
Q.3 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.4 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
Q.5 Check whether the binary operation * defined on R by a * b = ab + 1 is
(i) Commutative (ii) Associative.

Q.6 Is * defined on the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} by a * b = LCM of a and b, a binary operation ? Justify your
answer.

Q.7 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)
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Q.8 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] ?
Q.9 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.10 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.11 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.12 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.13 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}.

Q.14 Prove that the function f : N  N, defined by f(x) = x2 + x + 1 is one-one but not onto.

Q.15 Let * be a binary operation on z defined by a * b = a + b – 4 for all a, b  z.

(i) Show that '*' is both commutative and associative.
(ii) Find the identity and the invertible elements in z.

EXERCISE-5 (Rank Booster)

Q.1 Find the domain & range of the following functions.

2x x 2  3x  2
(i) y = log 5  2 (sin x  cos x)  3 (ii) y =
1 x2
(iii) f(x) =
x2  x  6

x x 4 3
(iv) f (x) = 1 | x | (v) y = 2  x  1  x (vi) f (x) =
x 5
Q.2 (a) Let f be a one-one function with domain {x, y, z} and range {1,2,3}. It is given that exactly one of the
following statements is true and the remaining two are false.
f(x) = 1 ; f(y)  1 ; f(z)  2. Find the function f (x).
(b) Let f: R R be defined as
2kx  3, x0
f(x) =  2
 x  kx  3, x0
If f(x) is injective then find the smallest integral value of k.

 1    1  x 
Q.3 In a function 2 f(x) + xf    2f  2 sin    x     = 4 cos2 + x cos
 x    4  2 x
Prove that (i) f(2) + f(1/2) = 1 and (ii) f(2) + f(1) = 0

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Q.4 If a, b are positive real numbers such that a – b = 2, then find the smallest value of the constant L for
which x 2  ax  x 2  bx < L for all x > 0.

Q.5 Let f (x) = ax 2  bx . Find the set of real values of 'a' for which there is at least one positive real value
of 'b' for which the domain of f and the range of f are the same set.

Q.6 If p and q are zeroes of the polynomial f (x) = x2 – 3px + p2 – q, p, q  R – {0} and minimum value
m
of f f f ( x )  is m then find the value of   .
5
Q.7 Let f(x) = x2+ ax + b cos x, a being an integer and b is a real number. Find the number of ordered pairs
(a, b) for which the equations f(x) = 0 and f f ( x )  = 0 have the same (non-empty) set of real roots.

1,  2  x  1

Q.8 Consider f be a real-valued function defined on interval [–2, 2] as f ( x )  x  2,  1  x  1
4  x , 1  x  2
(a) Find the range of f(x).
1
(b) Find the number of solutions of the equation f ( x )  .
2
[Note : {x} denotes fractional part of x.]

2  
Q.9 Let f : [1, )  [a, ) defined by f(x) = 2 2 x 4 x
and g :  ,   [c, d] defined by
2 
cos x  3
g(x) = are two invertible functions.
cos x  2
(a) Find the value of a.
(b) Find the range of the function h(x) = 4ax2 + 2cx + d.
(c) Find f–1(x).

Q.10 Column I contains functions and column II contains their properties. One or more entries of Column-II
can be matches with one entry of column-I.
Column-I Column-II
2 2
(A) f (x) = sin 2x – 2 cos x (P) Many one but not even function

(B) f (x) = log 0.5 sec(sin 2 x ) (Q) Both many one and even function

1 x2 
(C) f (x) = sgn  2 +

 cos 2 x 2  5x  6  (R) Periodic but not odd function
 1 x 
where sgn x and [x] denote signum function of x (S) Range contains atleast one integer
and largest integer less than or equal to x. but not more than three integers.

cos x  x2  x 
(D) f (x) = | cos x |  cos  (T) Bounded function
 x 1 
 
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EXERCISE-1
SPECIAL DPP-1
Q.1 D Q.2 A Q.3 A Q.4 A Q.5 D
Q.6 B Q.7 A Q.8 C Q.9 C Q.10 C
Q.11 34

SPECIAL DPP-2
Q.1 C Q.2 B Q.3 B Q.4 C Q.5 D
Q.6 A Q.7 D Q.8 C Q.9 A Q.10 C
Q.11 AC

SPECIAL DPP-3
Q.1 D Q.2 A Q.3 C Q.4 B Q.5 A
Q.6 B Q.7 C Q.8 D Q.9 C Q.10 C
Q.11 1

SPECIAL DPP-4
Q.1 D Q.2 B Q.3 B Q.4 A Q.5 C
Q.6 B Q.7 A Q.8 AB Q.9 5047 Q.10 0011

SPECIAL DPP-5
Q.1 A Q.2 D Q.3 A Q.4 C Q.5 A
Q.6 C Q.7 ABC Q.8 (A) R; (B) S; (C) P; (D) Q Q.9 1
Q.10 8

SPECIAL DPP-6
Q.1 B Q.2 B Q.3 B Q.4 D Q.5 A
Q.6 C Q.7 D Q.8 D Q.9 ABD Q.10 2

SPECIAL DPP-7
Q.1 D Q.2 D Q.3 B Q.4 B Q.5 A
Q.6 B Q.7 A Q.8 C Q.9 (A) S; (B) R; (C) P; (D) Q

SPECIAL DPP-8
Q.1 B Q.2 D Q.3 B Q.4 A
Q.5 ABCD Q.6 ACD Q.7 ABC Q.8 ABC
Q.9 2525 Q.10 0003

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EXERCISE-2

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

 1   1 1 
(iv)  0,  ,  ; (v) { 4 }  [ 5, ) ; (vi) (0 , 1/4)  (3/4 , 1)  {x : x  N, x  2}
 100   100 10 
(vi) (–2, –1)  (–1, 0)  (1, 2)

Q.2 (i) infinite; (ii) 2; (iii) x  (– , – 4)  [2, ); (iv) 5

Q.3 (i), (iii) are identical ;

Q.4 (a) neither surjective nor injective ; (b) surjective but not injective ; (c) neither injective nor surjective
(d) injective and surjective ; (e) injective and surjective

Q.5 (i) [6, ) ; (ii) (– 4, 0)

Q.6 (a) – 3/4; (b) 64; (c) 30, (d) 102; (e) 5050; (f) 3; (g) {– 1, 1}

Q.7 (a) domain is x  0 ; range [–1, 1]; (b) domain 2k  x  2k + ; range [0, 1]
(c) Domain x  R; range [– sin 1, sin 1]; (d) domain is 0  x  1; range is [0, 1]
Q.8 1 Q.10 21

x 1 , 0x1
 (1  x) ,  1  x  0 3 x , 1 x  2
Q.11 fog (x) = ; gof (x) = ;
x1 , 0x2 x 1 , 2x3
5x , 3x 4

x , 1  x  0
x , 0x1
fof (x) = 4  x , 3  x  4 ; gog (x) = x , 0x2
4x , 2  x  3

Q.12 (a) odd, (b) even, (c) neither odd nor even, (d) odd, (e) neither odd nor even, (f) even,
(g) even, (h) even

Q.13 (i) (a) y = log (10  10x) ,   < x < 1

(b) y = x/3 when   < x < 0 & y = x when 0  x < + 
(ii) (a) 2K  x  2K +  where () K I (b) [3/2 , 1]
(iii) (a) Range : [– 1/3, 3], Domain = [4, 7] ; (b) Range [–1, 9] and domain [11, 14]

Q.14 12 Q.15 (i) 727; (ii) 1 Q.16 3

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x x log2 x 1 1 x
Q.17 (a) e  e ; (b) ; (c) log
2 log2 x  1 2 1 x
Q.18 (i) 3 ; (ii) 4
Q.19 (a) 4; (b) 1; (c) 5
Q.20 (a) 3 ; (b) 9

EXERCISE-3
SECTION-A

RELATION
Q.1 2 Q.2 1 Q.3 1 Q.4 3 Q.5 3
Q.6 3 Q.7 3 Q.8 1 Q.9 3

FUNCTION
Q.1 2 Q.2 2 Q.3 1 Q.4 3 Q.5 1
Q.6 1 Q.7 4 Q.8 1 Q.9 4 Q.10 2
Q.11 2 Q.12 4 Q.13 1 Q.14 4 Q.15 3
Q.16 3 Q.17 3 Q.18 2 Q.19 4 Q.20 3
Q.21 1
SECTION-B

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-4
SECTION-A

5x  2
Q.2 30 Q.3 Q.5 f(x) is not bijective
3

3 x  6
Q.7 f –1(x) = Q.8 x Q.9 {– 1, 1}
2

 1 2 3 4 5
1 1 1 1 1 1
2 1 2 2 2 2
Q.12 Q.13 R is not transitive as Q.14 f is one-one
3 1 2 3 3 3
4 1 2 3 4 4
5 1 2 3 4 5

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x7
Q.15 Q.17 18 Q.20 fog(2) = 6; gof (–3) = 11/10
10
Q.21 R is reflexive but not symmetric & not transitive
Q.22 Identity element is (0, 0); Inverse element of (3, –5) is (–3, 5)
Q.23 Identity element is (0, 0), Inverse of every element (a, b) is (– a, – b)]
3  4 x –1 3 11
Q.24 f –1(x) = , f (0) = , x=
3x  4 4 10

1 b
Q25. * is not commutative, * is associative, Identify element = (1, 0), Invertible element =  ,  a0
a a 

2x  1
Q.27 f(g(x)) = 2
4x  4x  2

SECTION-B
Q.1 R is neither reflexive, nor symmetric nor transitive.
Q.5 (i) * is commutative on R ; (ii) * is not associative on R
Q.7 * is commutative; (i) 1, (ii) 1 Q.8 fog and gof do not coincide in [0, 1]
Q.9 (0, 0) is the identity element in A Q.10 ' * ' is not associative
Q.13 0 Q.15 (ii) 4, 8 – a

EXERCISE-5

Q.1 (i) D : x R R : [0 , 2] (ii) D = R ; range [ –1 , 1 ]

(iii) D : {xx R ; x  3 ; x  2} R : {f(x)f(x)R , f(x)  1/5 ; f(x)  1}

(iv) D : R ; R : (–1, 1) (v) D : 1  x  2 R :  3, 6 

 1   1 1
(vi) D : [– 4, ) – {5}; R :  0,    , 
 6   6 3

Q.2 (a) f (x) = {(x, 2)(y, 1)(z, 3)} ; (b) 1 Q.4 1

Q.5 a  {0, – 4} Q.6 7

Q.7 4 Q.8 (a) [1, 3]; (b) 3

1  1  4  16  8 log 2 x
Q.9 (a) ; (b)  ,   ; (c)
4 4  4

Q.10 (A) Q, R, S, T ; (B) Q, S, T; (C) Q, S, T ; (D) P, S, T

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