CHAPTER-2

RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

ONE MARK QUESTIONS:

1. Define Cartesian product of two nonempty sets. (K)

2. If the set A has 3 elements and the set B = {3, 4, 5}, then find the number of elements in ( × ).(U)

3. Define a relation. (K)

4. Define domain of a relation. (K)

5. Define range of a relation. (K)

6. A = {1, 2, 3, 5} and B = {4, 6, 9}. Define a relation R from A to B by

R = {( , ): ℎ ; ∈ , ∈ }. Write R in roster form. (U)

7. Define a function. (K)

8. The function ‘ ’ which maps temperature indegree Celsius into temperature in degree Fahrenheit is defined by
( )= + 32. Find the value of C, when ( ) = 212. (A)

9. Find the range of the function ( ) = 2 − 3 , ∈ ℝ, > 0. (U)

10. Find the range of the function ( ) = + 2, is a real number. (U)

11. Find the range of the function ( ) = , is a real number. (U)

12. Find the domain of the function ( ) = (U)

13. If (x + 1, y -2) = (3, 1), find the values of x and y. (U)

14. If P = { , } and Q = { , } , form the set P×Q. (U)

15. Find the domain of the function ( ) = (U)

TWO MARKS QUESTIONS:

1. If A = {1, 2, 3}, B ={3, 4} and C = {4, 5, 6}. Find × ( ∩ ). (U)

2. If A = {1, 2, 3}, B ={3, 4} and C = {4, 5, 6}. Find ( × ) ∩ ( × ). (U)

3. If A = {1, 2, 3}, B ={3, 4} and C = {4, 5, 6}. Find × ( ∪ ). (U)

4. If A = {1, 2, 3}, B ={3, 4} and C = {4, 5, 6}. Find ( × ) ∪ ( × ). (U)

5. If P = {1, 2}, form the set P × P × P. (U)

6. If × = {( , ), ( , ), ( , ), ( , )}, find A and B. (U)

7. If + 1, − = , , find the values of x and y. (U)

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8. If = {7, 8} and = {5, 4, 2}, find × and × . (U)

9. If A = {−1, 1}, find × × . (U)

10. If A×B = {( , ), ( , ), ( , ), ( , )}. Find A and B. (U)

11. Let A = {1, 2, 3 ,4, 5, 6}. Define a relation R from A to A by R = {( , ): = + 1}. Write down the

domain and range of R. (U)

12. Let A = {1, 2} and B = {3, 4}. Find the number of relations from A to B. (S)

13. Write the relation R = {( , ): ℎ 10} . (U)

14. Let A = { , , } and B = {1, 2}. Find the number of relations from A to B. (S)

15. State whether the relation R = {(2, 2), (2, 4), (3, 3), (4, 4)} is a function or not. Justify your answer. (U)

16. State whether the relation R = {(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4), (4, 5), (5, 6), (6, 7)} is a function or not. Justify your answer.
(U)

17. State whether the relation R = {(1, 3), (1, 5), (2, 5)} is a function or not. Justify your answer. (U)

18. Find the domain and range of the function ( ) = −| | (U)

19. Find the domain and range of the function ( ) = √9− (U)

20. Let ℝ be the set of real numbers. Define the real function : ℝ → ℝ by ( ) = + 10. Sketch the graph of this
function. (S)

21. Draw the graph of the function : ℝ → ℝ defiend by ( ) = + 5, where ℝ is the set of real numbers.(S)

, 0≤ ≤3
22. The relation is defined by ( ) =
3 , 3 ≤ ≤ 10

, 0≤ ≤2
The relation is defined by ( ) =
3 , 2 ≤ ≤ 10

Show that is a function and g is not a function. (U)

( . ) ( )
23. If ( ) = , find .
(U)

24. Find the domain and range of the function defined by ( ) = √ − 1 (U)

25. Find the domain and range of the function defined by ( ) = | − 1| (U)

26. Let = {(1,1), (2, 3), (0, −1), (−1, −3)} be a function from ℤ to ℤ defined by ( ) = + , for some integers
, . Determine , . (U)

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27. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, B = {1, 5, 9, 11, 15, 16}and = {(1, 5), (2, 9), (3, 1), (4, 5), (2, 11)}. Are the following are
true?

(i) is a relation from A to B (ii) is a function from A to B.

Justify your answer in each case. (U)

28. Let A = {9, 10, 11, 12, 13} and let : → ℕ be defined by ( ) = the highest prime factor of n.

Find the range of . (U)

29. Let A and B be two sets such that n(A) = 3 and n(B) = 2. If (x, 1), (y, 2), (z, 1) are in × , find A and B,

where x, y and z are distinct elements. (S)

30. Let = , : ∈ℝ ℝ ℝ. Determine the range of . (U)

31. Let be the subset of ℤ × ℤ defined by = {( , + ): , ∈ ℤ}. Is a function from ℤto ℤ? Justify your

answer. (U)

THREE MARKS QUESTIONS:

1. If P = { , , } and Q = { }, form the sets × and × . Are these two products equal? (U)

2. If A = {1, 2}, B = {1, 2, 3, 4} and C = {5, 6}. Verify that × ( ∩ ) = ( × ) ∩ ( × ). (U)

3. If A = {1, 2}, B = {1, 2, 3, 4}, C = {5, 6} and D = {5, 6, 7, 8}. Verify that × is a subset of × . (U)

4. Let A = {1, 2} and B = {3, 4}. Write × . How many subsets will × have? List them. (U)

5. The Cartesian product × has 9 elements among which are found (-1, 0) and (0, 1). Find the set A and the
remaining elements of × . (S)

6. Let A = {1, 2, ∙ ∙ ∙ , 14}. Define a relation R from A to A by R = {( , ): 3 − = 0, ℎ , ∈ }.

Write down its domain, codomain and range. (U)

7. Define a relation R on the set ℕ of natural numbers by

R = {( , ): = + 5, ℎ 4, , ∈ ℕ}. Depict this relationship using roster

form. Write down the domain and range. (U)

8. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 6}. Let R be the relation on A defined by R = {( , ): , ∈ , }.

Write R in roster form. Find the domain and range of R. (U)

9. Determine the domain and range of the relation R defined by R = ( , + 5): ∈ {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} .(U)

10. Let R be the relation on ℤ defined by R = {( , ): , ∈ ℤ, − } .Find the domain and

range of R. (U)

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11. Let ℕ be the set of natural numbers and the relation R be defined on ℕ such that R ={( , ): = 2 , , ∈ ℕ}.
What is the domain and range of R? Is this relation a function? (U)

12. Let ( ) = and ( ) = 2 + 1 be two real functions. Find ( + )( ), ( − )( ), ( )( ) and

( ). (U)

13. Let ( ) = √ and ( ) = be two real functions defined over the set of non-negative real numbers. Find
( + )( ), ( − )( ), ( )( ) and ( ). (U)

14. Is the relation R = {(2, 1), (5, 1), (8, 1), (11, 1), (14, 1), (17, 1)} a function?Give reason. If it is a function
determine its domain and range. (U)

15. Is the relation R = {(2, 1), (4, 2), (6, 3), (8, 4), (10, 5), (12, 6), (14, 7} a function? Give reason. If it is a function
determine its domain and range. (U)

16. A function is defined by ( ) = 2 − 5. Write down the values of (i) (0), (ii) (7), (iii) (3).(U)

17. The function ‘ ’ which maps temperature indegree Celsius into temperature in degree Fahrenheit is defined

by ( ) = + 32. Find (i) (0), (ii) (28), (iii) (−10). (A)

18. Let R be a relation from ℚ to ℚ defined by R = {( , ): , ∈ℚ − ∈ ℤ}. Show that

(i) ( , ) ∈ R for all ∈ℚ

(ii) ( , ) ∈ R implies that ( , ) ∈ R

(iii) ( , ) ∈ R and ( , ) ∈ R implies that ( , ) ∈ R (U)

19. Let = {(1, 1), (2, 3), (0, −1), (−1, −3)} be a linear function from ℤ ℤ . Find ( ). (A)

1− , <0
20. The function defined by ( ) = 1, =0
+ 1, >0

Draw the graph of ( ). (S)

21. Let , : ℝ → ℝ be defined, respectively by ( ) = + 1, ( ) = 2 − 3. Find + , − .(U)

22. Let R be a relation from ℕ to ℕ defined by R = {( , ): , ∈ℕ = }. Are the following true?

(i) ( , ) ∈ , ∈ℕ (ii) ( , ) ∈ , ( , )∈

(iii) ( , ) ∈ ( , )∈ ( , )∈ . (S)

FIVE MARKS QUESTIONS:

1. Define Identity function. Draw the graph of it. Also write its domain and range. (S)

2. Define Signum function. Draw the graph of it. Also write its domain and range. (S)

3. Define Greatest integer function. Draw the graph of it. Also write its domain and range. (S)

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4. Define Constant function. If the function f: ℝ → ℝ is defined by f(x) = 3 for each x ∈ ℝ, draw the graph of it.

Also write its domain and range. (S)

5. Define Rational function. If the real valued functionf: ℝ − {0} → ℝ defined by f(x) = , draw the graph of it.

Also write its domain and range. (S)

6. Define polynomial function. . If the function f: ℝ → ℝ is defined by f(x) = x , draw the graph of it. Also write its

domain and range. (S)

7. Define Modulus function. Draw the graph of it. Also write its domain and range. (S)

8. Draw the graph of the function ( ) = . Write its domain and range. (S)

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