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VIDYAPEETH
RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS
DPP-1
(Definition of Relation, Domain of The Relation
Range of The Relation, Number of Relation)
1. If A and B are two sets, then A  B  B  A if 7. If n( A)  4, n( B)  3, n( A  B  C )  24 , then
(A) A  B (B) B  A n(C ) 
(A) 288 (B) 1
(C) A  B (D) None of these (C) 12 (D) 2

2. If A  {1, 2, 4}, B  {2, 4, 5}, C  {2, 5} , then 8. Let A  {x, y, z ) and B  {a, b, c, d } . Which one
of the following is not a relation from A to B
( A  B)  ( B  C ) is (A) {( x, a),( x, c)}
(A) {(1,2),(1,5),(2,5)} (B) {( y, c),( y, d )}
(B) {(1,4)} (C) {( z, a),( z, d )}
(D) {( z, b),( y, b),(a, d )}
(C) (1, 4)
(D) None of these 9. The linear relation between the components of
the ordered pairs of relation R given by:
3. If (1, 3), (2, 5) and (3, 3) are three elements of R = {(0, 2), (–1, 5), (2, –4), ……….}is
(A) x + y = 2
A × B and the total number of elements in A × B
(B) 3x – y = 1
is 6, then the remaining elements of A × B are (C) x + 3y = 2
(A) (1, 5); (2, 3); (3, 5) (D) 3x + y = 2
(B) (5, 1); (3, 2); (5, 3)
(C) (1, 5); (2, 3); (5, 3) 10. The figure given below shows a relation R
between the sets A and B.
(D) None of these

4. A = {1,2,3} and B = {3,8}, then

( A  B)  ( A  B) is-
(A) {(3,1), (3,2), (3,3), (3,8)}
(B) {(1,3), (2,3), (3,3), (8,3)}
(C) {(1,2), (2,2), (3,3), (8,8)} Then which of the following is correct?
(D) {(8,3), (8,2), (8,1), (8,8)} I. The relation R in set builder form is {(x, y) :
x is the square of y, x  A, y  B}.
II. The domain of the relation R is {4, 9, 25}
5. If (24,92)  24m  92n , then (m, n) is III. The range of the relation R is
{–5, –3, –2, 2, 3, 5}
(A) (4,3) (B) (1, 4)
(C) (4, 1) (D) (4, 3) (A) Only I and II are true
(B) Only II and III are true
6. If n( A)  5 and n( B)  7 , then the number of (C) I, II and III are true
(D) Neither I, II nor III are true
relations on A  B is
(A) 235 (B) 249
25
(C) 2 (D) 270
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DPP-2
(Composition of Relations, Inverse Relation, Identity Relation, Reflexive
Relation, Symmetric Relation, Transitive Relation, Equivalence Relation )
1. An integer m is said to be related to another integer 6. Which one of the following relation on R is an
n if m is a multiple of n . Then the relation is- equivalence relation
(A) Reflexive and symmetric (A) aR1b  |a| = |b|
(B) Reflexive and transitive (B) aR2b  a  b
(C) Symmetric and transitive (C) aR3b  a divides b
(D) Equivalence relation (D) aR4b  a < b

7. If R is an equivalence relation on a set A , then R1

2. The relation R defined in N as aRb  b is
is
divisible by a is-
(A) Reflexive only
(A) Reflexive but not symmetric
(B) Symmetric but not transitive
(B) Symmetric but not transitive
(C) Equivalence
(C) Symmetric and transitive
(D) None of these
(D) None of these

8. For any two real numbers a and b , we define

3. In the set A  {1,2,3,4,5} , a relation R is defined
a R b if and only if sin 2 a  cos2 b  1 . The relation
by R  {( x, y)∣ x, y  A and x  y} , Then R is-
R is
(A) Reflexive
(A) Reflexive but not Symmetric
(B) Symmetric
(B) Symmetric but not transitive
(C) Transitive
(C) Transitive but not Reflexive
(D) None of these
(D) An Equivalence relation

4. Let A be the non-void set of the children in a

9. Consider the following with regard to a relation R
family. The relation ′ x is a brother of y ' on A is on a set of real numbers defined by xRy if and only
(A) Reflexive (B) Symmetric if 3x + 4y = 5. Consider the following three
statements:
(C) Transitive (D) None of these
1 2 3
(1) 0 R1 (2) 1R (3) R
2 3 4
5. Let R 1 be a relation defined by Which of the above are correct?

R1  {(a, b)∣ a  b,a, b  R} . Then R 1 is

(A) 1 and 2 only (B) 1 and 3 only
(A) An equivalence relation on R (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3
(B) Reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
(C) Symmetric, Transitive but not reflexive *10. A relation ρ on the set of real number R is defined
as follows xρy if and only if xy  0 . Then which of
(D) Neither transitive not reflexive the following is/are true
but symmetric (A) ρ is reflexive and symmetric
(B) ρ is symmetric but not reflexive
(C) ρ is symmetric and transitive
(D) ρ is an equivalence relation
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DPP-3
(Asymmetric, Anti symmetric, Empty Relation, Universal Relation)
1. Let R  {(1,3),(4,2),(2,4),(2,3),(3,1)} be a relation 7. Let R be a relation on the set N of natural
on the set A = {1,2,3,4}. The relation R is numbers defined by nRm  n is a factor of m
(A) Reflexive (B) Transitive (i.e., n∣ m ). Then R is
(C) Not symmetric (D) A function (A) Reflexive and symmetric
(B) Transitive and symmetric
2. Let R  {(a, a)} be a relation on a set A . Then R (C) Equivalence
is (D) Reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
(A) Symmetric
(B) Antisymmetric 8. Let R and S be two non-void relations on a set A
(C) Symmetric and antisymmetric . Which of the following statements is false
(D) Neither symmetric nor antisymmetric
(A) R and S are transitive  R  S is
transitive
3. The relation "is subset of " on the power set P( A)
(B) R and S are transitive  R  S is
of a set A is
transitive
(A) Symmetric
(C) R and S are symmetric  R  S is
(B) Anti-symmetric
symmetric
(C) Equivalency relation
(D) R and S are reflexive  R  S is
(D) None of these
Reflexive
4. The relation R defined on a set A is antisymmetric
9. Let a relation R be defined by
if (a, b)  R  (b, a)  R for
R  {(4,5);(1,4);(4,6);(7,6);(3,7)} ; then R–1oR is
(A) Every (a, b)  R
(A) {(1,1),(4,4),(4,7),(7,4),(7,7),(3,3)}
(B) No (a, b)  R
(B) {(1,1),(4,4),(7,7),(3,3)}
(C) No (a, b), a  b, R
(C) {(1,5),(1,6),(3,6)}
(D) None of these
(D) None of these
5. Let R be the relation on the set R of all real
numbers defined by a R b if | a  b | 1 , Then R is- 10. Consider the following relations:
R  {( x, y)∣ x, y are real numbers and
(A) Reflexive and symmetric
(B) Symmetric only x  wy for some rational number w} ;
(C) Transitive only  m p 
(D) Anti-symmetric only S   , ∣ m, n, p
 n q 
and q are integers such that n, q  0 and
6. With reference to a universal set, the inclusion of a
subset in another, is relation, which is qm  pn} . Then
(A) Symmetric only (A) R is an equivalence relation but S is not an
(B) Equivalence relation equivalence relation
(C) Reflexive only (B) Neither R nor S is an equivalence relation
(D) None of these (C) S is an equivalence relation but R is not an
equivalence relation
(D) R and S both are equivalence relation
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DPP-4
(Function as a Special Type of Relation, Domain, Range
Codomain of a Function)
1. Which of the following is a function? x2
7. The range of function f(x) = is-
(A) {(2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (2,4)} 1  x2
(B) {(1,4), (2,5), (1,6), (3,9)} (A) R – {1}
(C) {(1,2), (3,3), (2,3), (1,4)} (B) R+ ∪ {0}
(D) {(1,2), (2,2), (3,2), (4,2)} (C) [0, 1]
(D) None of these

1
2. The domain of f(x) = is-
x x
3
8. The domain of the function-
(A) R – {–1,0,1} f (x) = x 1 + 6  x is-
(B) R (A) (1, 6) (B) [1, 6]
(C) R – {0,1} (C) [1, ∞) (D) (–∞, 6]
(D) None of these
| x  3|
9. Domain and range of f(x) = are
3 x x3
3. The domain of the function log is-
2 respectively-

(A) (3, ∞) (B) (–∞, 3) (A) R, [–1, 1]

(C) (0, 3) (D) (–3, 3) (B) R– {3}, {1, –1}

(C) R+, R
(D) None of these
x 
4. If f (x) =  , then f (y) equals
x 1 y
10. The domain of the function
(A) x (B) x – 1
(D) 1 – x  x 2 
(C) x + 1 f(x) = sin–1  log 2 is-
 2 

(A) [–2, 2] – (–1, 1)

 [ x]
5. The range of f (x) = cos is-
2 (B) [–1,2] – {0}
(A) {0,1} (C) [1, 2]

(B) {–1,1} (D) [–2,2] – {0}

(C) {–1,0,1}
(D) [–1,1]

6. The domain of function f(x) = 2 x  3x is–

(A) (– ∞, 0] (B) R
(C) [0, ∞) (D) No value of x
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DPP-5
(Graph of A Function)
1. Draw the graph of f ( x)  max{1  x, 1  x, 2} 2. If y = f(x) has following graph, then match the
column.

(A)
(i) y = |f(x)| (P)

(ii) y = f(|x|) (Q)

(B)

(iii) y = f(– |x|) (R)

(iv) y = | f ( |x| ) | (S)

(C)
(A) i-R, ii-R, iii-Q, iv-P
(B) i-R, ii-P, iii-Q, iv-S
(C) i-R, ii-S, iii-Q, iv-P
(D) i-R, ii-S, iii-Q, iv-Q

(D) 3. If graph of y = f(x) is,

Then the graph of y = f (x + 1) is-

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)
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4. Graph of y = f(x) is given below: 6. The graph of the function y = g (x) is shown.
The number of solutions of the equation
1
g ( x)  1  , is
2

1
then graph of y = is best represented by
f ( x)

(A)

(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) 8

(B) 7. Which one of the following best represent the

{| x |}
graph of function f (x) = e .

[Note: {α} denotes the fractional part of α.]

(C)

(D)
(A)

5. The complete set of values of k for which the

equation x 2  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) (B)
(D) (– 4, 0) ∪ (0, 4)

(C)

(D)
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8. Let 'f ' be a function defined in [–2, 3] given as 9. The graph of the function y = f (x) is as follows.
 3( x  1)1/3 , 2  x  0

 ( x  1) , 0  x 1
2
f(x) =  ]
 2( x  1) , 1 x  2
2

 2
 x  4 x  3, 2  x  3
List-I Match the function mentioned in List-I with the
(i) The number of integers in the range of f(x) is respective graph given in List-II.
(ii) The number of integral values of x which are List-I List-II
in the domain of f(1 – |x|), is
(iii) The number of integers in the range of
|f(–|x|)|, is
(i) y = | f (x) | (P)
(iv) The number of integral values of k for which
the equation f(|x|) = k has exactly four distinct
solutions is
List-II (ii) y = f(| x |) (Q)
(P) 2
(Q) 4
(R) 6
(iii) y = f (– | x |) (R)
(S) 7

(A) i-R, ii-R, iii-Q, iv-P 1

(B) i-S, ii-S, iii-Q, iv-P (iv) y = (|f(x)| – f(x)) (S)
2
(C) i-R, ii-S, iii-Q, iv-P Code:
(D) i-R, ii-S, iii-Q, iv-Q (A) i-S, ii-R, iii-P, iv-Q
(B) i-S, ii-S, iii-Q, iv-P
(C) i-R, ii-S, iii-Q, iv-P
(D) i-R, ii-S, iii-Q, iv-Q

*10. 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)

(A) domain of f  x  1 is [–5, 5]

(B) range of f  x  1 is [0, 2]

(C) range of f   x  is [–1, 0]

(D) domain of f  x  is [–3, 3]

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DPP-6
(Polynomial, Algebraic, Rational Functions,
Exponential Functions, Logarithmic Functions)
1. Function f(x) = x–2 + x–3 is-  2log10 x  1 
7. Find the domain of f(x) = log100x  
(A) a rational function  x 
(B) an irrational function
 1 1   1 
(C) an inverse function (A)  ,    0, 
 10 100   10 
(D) None of these
 1    1 
(B)  0,  , 
2. Domain of definition of the function  100    10 

f (x) = log  
10·3x  2  9 x 1  1 + cos 1 (1  x) , is 
(C) 0,
1   
  ,
1 

 100    10 
(A) [0, 1] (B) [1, 2]
 1    1 
(C) (0, 2) (D) (0, 1) (D)  0,  , 
 100   10 

k
n
3. Suppose, f (x, n) =  log x   , then the value of
k 1 x 8. The domain of the function,
x satisfying the equation f (x, 10) = f (x, 11), is  x 2  2 x 3 
f(x) =  x  0.5
log 0.5 x   2 
 4 x  4 x 3  is-
(A) 9 (B) 10
(C) 11 (D) none  1 
(A)  , 
 2 
4. The function f (x) is defined as (B) [1, 3]
1 1  3 
if x  4
f (x) =  2 x (C)  , 1   ,  
 2  2 
 f ( x  1) if x  4
 1 1  1  3 
  3  (D)  ,    , 1   ,  
then the value of f  2  log 2    is equal to  2 2 2  2 
  2 
9. The domain of y = log10 (sin (x –3)) + 16  x 2 is-
1 1
(A) (B) (A) (–2π + 3, –π +3) ∪ (3, 4]
6 12
1 1 (B) (–2π + 3, –π +3) ∪ [3, 4]
(C) (D)
24 48 (C) (–2π + 3, –π +3) ∪ (3, 4)
(D) (–2π + 3, –π +3) ∪ (3, 1]
5. The domain of the definition of
f(x) = log{(log x)2 – 5 log x + 6} is equal to-
10. Consider a real valued function f(x) such that
(A) (0, 102)
(B) (103, ∞) 1  e f ( x)
= x. The values of 'a' and 'b' for which
(C) (102, 103) 1  e f ( x)
(D) (0, 102) ∪ (103, ∞)  ab 
f (a) + f (b) = f   is satisfied are
 1  ab 
6. Domain of (A) a ∈ (–∞, 1); b ∈ R
(B) a ∈ (– ∞, 1); b ∈ (–1, ∞)
(A) (–4, – 3) ∪ (4, ∞)
(C) a ∈ (–1, 1) ; b ∈ [–1, 1]
(B) (–∞, –3) ∪ (4, ∞)
(D) a ∈ (–1, 1); b ∈ (–1, 1)
(C) (–∞, –4) ∪ (3, ∞)
(D) (–4, – 3) ∪ (3, 4)
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DPP-7
(Absolute Value Function)
1. The number of solution of the equation 7. What percent of the domain of the function
9  x2
sgn(x2) = |x – 2| is: f (x) = consists of positive numbers.
4 9  2x  5
(A) 1 (B) 0
(C) 2 (D) 3 (A) 40% (B) 50%
2. Sum of solutions of the equation (C) 30% (D) 65%
|x|2 – |x| + 4 = 2x2 – 3|x| + 1is:
(A) 3 (B) 6 8. The range of function
(C) 0 (D) None of these f(x) = sgn(sinx) + sgn(cosx) + sgn(tanx) +
sgn(cotx),
3. |x–2| + |x+1| ≥ 3, then complete solution set of this n
x≠ (n ∈ I) is:
2
inequation is:
[Note: sgn k denotes signum function of k.]
(A) [1, ∞) (B) (–∞, –2]
(A) {–2, 4}
(C) R (D) [–2, 1]
(B) {–2, 0, 4}
(C) {–4, –2, 0, 4}

4. If f(x) = min.  2 x  4 , x 2
 , then
4 (D) {0, 2, 4}

maximum value of f (x) is:

9. If a, b and c are non-zero rational numbers, then the
(A) 0 (B) 1
|a| |b| |c|
(C) 2 (D) 4  
sum of all the possible values of a b c is:

5. If minimum and maximum values of (A) 0 (B) 1

f(x) = 2|x – 1| + |x + 3| – 3|x – 4| are m and M (C) 2 (D) 3

respectively, then (m + M) equals:

(A) 0 (B) 1 10. If 4x – 2x+2 + 5 + ||b – 1| – 3| = |sin y|, x, y, b ∈ R,

(C) 2 (D) 3 then the possible value of b is:

(A) 0 (B) 1

 2 | x |  (C) 3 (D) 4
sec 1  
6 The domain of  4  is:

(A) R (B) R – (–1, 1)

(C) R – (–3, 3) (D) R – (– 6, 6)
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DPP-8
(Signum Function, Greatest Integer Function, Fractional Part Function
Properties of Greatest And Fractional Part Function)
 2  6. The number of solutions of the equation
*1. If f(x) = cosx + sin    x, where [.] denotes the 2{x}2 – 5 {x} + 2 = 0 is (where {.} denotes the
 2 
fractional part function):
greatest integer function, then which of the (A) 0 (B) 1
following is not correct: (C) 2 (D) infinite
 
(A) f(0) = 1 (B) f   =
3 7. The domain of definition of the function,
 3 x2  7 x  8 
  f (x) = cos 1   ,where [*] denotes the
(C) f   = 0 (D) f(π) = 0
 1 x
2
2 
greatest integer function, is:
(A) (1, 6) (B) [0, 6)
2. If x and y satisfy the equation y = 2 [x] + 3 and
(C) [0, 1] (D) (− 2, 5]
y = 3 [x – 2] simultaneously, where [.] denotes the
greatest integer function, then [x + y] is equal to: 8. The number of integral values of x satisfies the
(A) 21 (B) 9 equation 2 [x]2 – 11[x +2] + 34 = 0, is:]
(C) 30 (D) 12 (A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4
3. The set of solution of inequality [x]2 + 5[x] – 6 < 0, [Note: [k] denotes the greatest integer less than or
where [.] denotes greatest integer function is: equal to k.]

(A) [–2, 0) (B) [–5, 2)

*9. If f(x) = [x] and g(x) = | x |, then which of the
(C) [–5, 1) (D) [–6, 5)
following is(are) correct?
5  5 
(A) fog    gof   = – 1
x  [ x] 2  2 
4. Let f(x) = , x ∈ R. Then range of f(x),
1  x  [ x] (B) (f + 2g) (–1) = 0
where [.] denotes greatest integer function, is: (C) If sgn  fog ( x)  = 0, then x ∈ (– 1, 1).
 1
(A)  0 , 
 1
(B)  0 ,  (D) If sgn  gof ( x)  = 0, then x ∈ (– 1, 1).
 2  2 [Note: [k] and sgn (k) denote greatest integer less
 1  1 than or equal to k and signum function of k
(C)  0 ,  (D)  0 , 
 2  2 respectively.]
1
5. If [x]2 + [x – 2] < 0 and {x} = , then the number *10. Let α be a solution of the equation
2
2[x + 32] = 3[x – 64] where [x] is the greatest
of possible values of x, is:
integer less than or equal to x and let
[Note: [x] and {x} denote greatest integer less than
 2r  1 
9
or equal to x and fractional part of x respectively.] β=  sin 
r 1 18 
 π, then:
(A) 4 (B) 3
2051
(C) 2 (D) 1 (A) [α] = [β] (B) α =
8
1 1 1
      = 2
8
(C) [α]   = 1 (D)
     
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DPP-9
(One One Function, Many One Function, Onto Functions, Into Functions)
1. The function f : [2,∞) → Y defined by 7. Let f: R → R be defined as
f(x) = x – 4x + 5 is both one–one & onto if:
2
f(x) = 3– |x| – 3x + sgn (e–x) + 2
(A) Y = R (B) Y = [1, ∞) (where sgn x denotes signum function of x). Then
(C) Y = [4, ∞) (D) Y = [5, ∞) which one of the following is correct?
(A) f is injective but not surjective
2. Which of the following function from (B) f is surjective but not injective
A = {x: –1 ≤ x ≤ 1} to itself are bijections- (C) f is injective as well as surjective
(A) f(x) = x/2 (D) f is neither injective nor surjective
(B) g(x) = sin (πx/2)
  2 
(C) h(x) = |x| *8. Let f (x) = cos  sin x   cos x  . Which of
 3 3 
(D) k(x) = x2
the following is/are correct?
3. Number of functions f:{a, b, c}→{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} (A) Domain of f (x) is (– ∞, ∞)
which are not injective, is equal to: (B) Range of f (x) contains only one positive
(A) 96 (B) 120 integer
(C) 216 (D) None (C) f (x) is many-one function
(D) f (x) is constant function
sin  {x} *9. Consider two functions f and g defined by
4. Let f : R → R be defined as f(x) = ∀x ∈
x2  x  1 f(x) = sin–1 x + tan–1 x and g(x) = cos–1 x + cot–1 x.
R, then:
Let A and B be sets of non-negative integers in
(A) f is neither even nor odd function
Rf and Rg respectively, where (Rf) is the range of f
(B) f is a zero function
and (Rg) is the range of g, then-
(C) f is many-one and non-constant function
(A) Number of real solutions of f(x) = g(x) is one.
(D) f is one-one function
[Note: {x} denotes fractional part of x.] (B) If Rf = [aπ, bπ] while Rg = [cπ, dπ] then
cd 4
= .
5. Let f : R → R be a function defined by ba 3
(C) Number of one one functions from A to B is
x2  2x  5
f(x) = 2 is: 60.
x  x 1
(A) one-one and into (D) Number of values of x satisfying
(B) one-one and onto f ( x)  g ( x) = π are infinitely many.
(C) many-one and onto *10. Let f (x) = cos {[x] + [–x]}. Which of the following
(D) many-one and into is/are correct?
(A) Domain of f (x) is (– ∞, ∞)
6. Let f : R → R be a function defined by
(B) Range of f (x) contains only one positive
f(x) = x3 + x2 + 3x + sin x. Then f is:
integer
(A) one - one & onto
(C) f (x) is many-one function
(B) one - one & into
(C) many - one & onto (D) f (x) is constant function
(D) many - one & into [Note: [x] and {x} denotes greatest integer and
fractional part function respectively.]
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DPP-10
(Composition of Two Functions, Properties of composition of two functions)
1. If f : R  R, f ( x)  ( x  1) 2 and 6. If f  g ( x)  = g  f ( x)  = x for all real numbers

g : R  R, g ( x)  x 2  1, then fog (–3) is equal to: x, and f(2) = 5 and f(5) = 3, then the value of

(A) 121 (B) 144 g(3) + g  f (2)  is:

(C) 112 (D) 11 (A) 7
(B) 5
    (C) 3
2. f ( x)  sin 2 x  sin 2  x    cos x cos  x  
 3  3
(D) 2
5 
and g    1 , then ( gof )( x) at x  is equal to-
4 6
7. If f: R+ → R+, f(x) = x2 + 1/x2 and g : R+ → R+,
(A) 1 (B) –1
(C) 2 (D) – 2 g(x) = ex, then (gof) (x) equals-
2 –2
(A) e x + e x
y y 1
3. If f ( y )  , g ( y)  , then ( fog )( y) (B) e x +
2

1 y 2
1 y 2
e x –2

is equal to: (C) e2x + e–2x

y 2 –2
(A) (D) e x . e x
1  y2
y
(B) 1+ x 2 ; x 1
1 y 2 8. If f(x) =  and g(x) = 1 – x;
 x +1 ; 1 < x  2
(C) y
– 2 < x < 1, then fog(0) =
1  y2
(D) (A) 0 (B) 1
1  y2
(C) 2 (D) 3
1
Suppose that g ( x)  1  x and  1 7
4. 9. If g  x    4cos 4 x  2cos 2 x  cos 4 x  x 7  ,
 2 
f ( g ( x))  3  2 x  x, then f(x) is:
then the value of g(g(100)) is equal to:
(A) 1 + 2x2 (B) 2 + x2
(A) – 1 (B) 0
(C) 1 + x (D) 2 + x
(C) 1 (D) 100

1
5. Given f ( x)  , g ( x)  f { f ( x)} and
(1  x)  2  x, x0
10. Let f (x) =  . If f(f(x)) = k has at least
h( x)  f { f { f ( x)}} , then the value of  4  x, x0

f ( x)  g ( x)  h( x) is: one solution, then smallest value of k is:

(A) 0 (B) –1 (A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 1 (D) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6
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DPP-11
(Inverse of A Function, Properties of Inverse of a function)
1. Select the correct option. 5. Let a  1 be a real number and f  x   log a x 2
x ( x 1)
(A) f :[1,  )  [1,  ), f ( x)  2
for x  0 . If f 1 is the inverse function of f
 f 1 ( x ) 
1
2

1  1  log 2 x  and b and c are real numbers, then
f 1  b  c  is equal to:
(B) f :[1,  )  [1,  ), f ( x)  ( x  1) 2  1 and
f ( x)  f 1 ( x), then x  {0, 1} only
(A) f 1  b   f 1  c 
(C) f : R  R, f ( x)  3x  5 , then
x5
f 1 ( x )  (B) f 1  b   f 1  c 
3
(D) f : (0,  )  (0,  ), f ( x)  5loge x , then 1
(C)
f 1 ( x )  x loge 5 f b  c 

3 7 1
2. Let f(x) =  x and g(x) be the inverse (D)
2 4 f 1
 b   f 1  c 
functions of f(x) then the value of (f–1og–1) (17) is
equal to: 6. The function f is one to one and the sum of all the
3  61 intercepts of the graph is 5. The sum of all of the
(A) (B) 242
2 intercept of the graph of y = f –1(x) is:
3  61 (A) 5 (B) 1/5
(C) 17 (D)
2 (C) 2/5 (D) – 5
3
3. If f (x) = x – 1 and domain of f = {0,1, 2, 3}, then
7. Let f be a real valued invertible function such that
–1
domain of f is:
 2x  3 
(A) {0, 1, 2, 3} (B) {1, 0, –7, –26} f  = 5x – 2, x ≠ 2. Then the value of
 x2 
(C) {–1, 0, 7, 26} (D) {0, –1, – 2, –3}
f–1(13) is:
(A) 3 (B) 4
ex – e– x
4. The inverse of the function y = is: (C) 2 (D) – 5
ex  e– x
1 1 x 1 2x
(A) log (B) log 8. The number of integers in the domain of function,
2 1 x 2 2x
1 1 x x3  1
(C) log (D) 2 log (1+ x) satisfying f(x) + f(x–1) = , is:
2 1 x x
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
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9. If f : [1, ∞) → [2, ∞) is given by f (x) = x + 1/x , 10. If X and Y are two non-empty sets where f : X →
–1 Y is function is defined such that f(C) = {f(x): x ∈
then f (x) equals:
–1
C} for C ⊆X and f (D) = {x : f(x) ∈ D} for D ⊆Y

x  x2  4 x for any A ⊆Y and B ⊆Y, then:

(A) 2 (B) 1  x
2 –1
(A) f (f(A)) = A

x  x2  4 –1
(B) f (f(A)) = A only if f(X) = Y
(C) 2 (D) 1 + x 42

–1
(C) f(f (B)) = B only if B ⊆ f(x)
–1
(D) f(f (B)) = B
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DPP-12
(Even and Odd Functions, Properties of Even and Odd Functions
Extension of A Function, Periodic Function, Properties of Periodic Function)
 1+ sin x  6. The period of the function f(x) = log cos 2x + tan
1. The function f(x) = log   is:
 1 – sin x  4x is:

(A) even (A) π/2 (B) π

(B) odd (C) 2π (D) 2π/5
(C) neither even nor odd 3 2
7. The fundamental period of f(x) = cos x − sin x
(D) both even and odd 5 7
is:
10
(A) 70 π (B)
2. Which of the following functions is odd? 3
(A) tan x 7
(C) (D) 7π
(B) cos x 2

(C) sin (x2 + 1)

(D) x + x2 8. The fundamental period of function
 1  2
f(x) = [x] +  x   +  x  3  – 3x + 15,
 3  
3. Which of the following functions is neither even where [.] denotes greatest integer function, is:
nor odd? 1 2
(A) (B)
3 3
 ax – 1
(A) f(x) = x  x  (C) 1 (D) Non-periodic
 a +1 
(B) f (x) = log (x + x 2 +1 ) 9. If T is the period of the function
(C) f (x) = sin x + cos x f(x) = [8x + 7] + |tan 2πx + cot 2πx| – 8x (where [.]
(D) f (x) = (x2 – 1) | x | denotes the greatest integer function), then the
value of 1/T is:
x x (A) 1 (B) 2
4. The function f (x) = + + 1 is:
e –1
x
2 (C) 3 (D) 4
(A) an odd function
(B) an even function *10. Let f(x) = tan A + tan B where A = sin–1 {x} ;
(C) neither an odd nor an even function
B = cos–1 {x} (where x ≠ I) and {·} denotes
(D) a periodic function
fractional part function, then which of the following
sin12 x is/are true.
5. The fundamental period of f(x) = is: (A) f(x) is an even function
1  cos 2 6 x
 (B) f (x) is an odd function
(A) (B) 2π (C) f (x) is periodic
6
1
(C) π/2 (D) 3π
(D)  f ( x) dx  
0
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DPP-13
(Functional Equations)
1. Which of the following are identical functions for *6. A continuous function f (x) on R → R satisfies the
x ∈ R? relation f (x) + f (2x + y) + 5xy = f (3x – y) + 2x2 +
(A) f(x) = sin2 [{x}] + cos2 [{x}] 1 for  x, y  R, then which of the following
(B) g(x) = cosec2{x} – cot2{x} hold(s) good?
 x 1 2 (A) f is many one
(C) h(x) = sgn  2 
(B) f has no minima
 x 
(C) f is neither odd nor even
sgn( e x  e x ) 1
(D) k(x) = ln e   (D) f is bounded
[Note: [x] denotes greatest integer less than or
equal to x, {x} denotes fractional part of x and sgn 7. Let f (x) + 2 f (– x) = 3x + x2 ∀ x ∈ R. If
x denotes signum function of x respectively.] F(x) = f (x) + f (– x), then which of the following
is(are) true?
2. Find the natural number 'a' for which (A) f (x) is even.
n (B) f (– 3) = 6.
 f (a  k )  16(2 n
 1) , where the function 'f' 3
k 1 (C)  F ( x) dx equals 6.
satisfies the relation f(x + y) = f(x)  f(y) for all 0

natural numbers x, y and further f(1) = 2. 27

(D) Maximum value of f (x) = .
(A) 1 (B) 2 4
(C) 3 (D) 4
8. Let f be a function satisfying
3. Let f be a real valued function such that ax
f ( x)   g a ( x) (a  0) . Let f(x) = g a (x),
 2002  ax  a
f (x) + 2f   = 3x for all x > 0. The value of
 x  1995  r  
f (2), is then the value of  f    is (where [.]
 r 1  1996  
(A) 1000 (B) 2000
denotes the greatest integer function):
(C) 3000 (D) 4000

(A) 995 (B) 996

1 x 
 = x ∀ x ∈ R – {–1, 1} and (C) 997 (D) 998
2 3
*4. If f (x) · f 
1 x  1 x 
f(x) ≠ 0, then which of the following is correct. 9. If ( f ( x)) 2  f    64 x x  D f , then f(x) is
1 x 
(A) f(2) · f(–2) = 16 equal to:
(B) f (2) f(–2) = 8 1/3 1/3
(C) f (2) = –12 1 x  1 x 
(A) 4 x 2/3   (B) x1/3  
(D) f (3) = –18 1 x  1 x 
1/3 1/3
1/3  1 
x 1 x 
(C) x   (D) x  
*5. If a, b, c are in H.P. and m be the value of 1 x  1 x 
ba bc 10. If f is an even function defined on the interval
 . Let f(x) be a polynomial function
ba bc (–5, 5), then four real values of x satisfying the
1 1  x 1 
satisfying f(x) + f   = f (x) f   , ∀ x ∈ R – {0} equation f(x) = f   are...., ..., ..... and........
 x  x  x2
and f(3) = 10, then which of the followings are 3  5 3  5
correct. (A) x = (B) x =
2 2
(A) Value of m is 2
3 5 3  5
(B) Value of m is 4 (C) x = (D) x =
2 2
(C) Value of f(m) is 5
(D) Value of f(m) is 17
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DPP-14
(Homogeneous Functions, Explicit and Implicit Functions)
1. Which of the following functions is a homogeneous 6. Let f : R → R and g : R → R be two one-one onto
function? functions such that they are mirror image of each
(A) f  x, y   xlogy  y 2 other about the line y = 0, then h(x) = f(x) + g(x) is:

(B) f  x, y   cosx  y
(A) one-one and onto
(C) f  x, y   x 2  tanx 2 (B) one-one but not onto
(D) f  x, y   x3  5x 2 y  3xy 2  y 3 (C) not one-one but onto
(D) Neither one-one nor onto

2. Which of the following is the general representation
of a homogeneous function?
(A) f  k  x, k  y   k  f  x, y 
(B) f  kx, ky   k n f  x, y 
(C) f  x  k , y  k   k  f  x, y 
(D) f  k / x, k / y   k / f  x, y 
7. Suppose that f (n) is a real valued function whose
domain is the set of positive integers and that f (n)
satisfies the following two properties f(1) = 23 and
f (n + 1) = 8 + 3 · f (n), for n ≥ 1. It follows that
there are constants p, q and r such that f (n) = p · qn
– r, for n = 1, 2, ..... then the value of (p + q + r) is:
(A) 16 (B) 17
(C) 20 (D) 26

3. The graph of the function y = f(x) is symmetrical *8. If numbers of ordered pairs (p, q) from the set
about the line x = 2, then S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} such that the function
(A) f(x + 2) = f(x–2) x3 p 2
(B) f(2 + x) = f(2 – x)
f(x) =  x + qx + 10 defined from R to R is
3 2
(C) f(x) = f(–x) injective, is n then n is divisible by
(D) f(x) = –f (–x) (A) 3 (B) 5
(C) 7 (D) 11
4. The function f(x) is defined in [0, 1], then the
domain of definition of the function f[n (1–x2)] is 1
*9. If α + 1 and + 1 are the roots of

given by:
x2 – 2 (p + 1) x + 5p – p2 = 0 and f : R → [0, ∞) be
(A) x ∈ {0}
defined as f(x) = x2 – 2 (p + 1) x + 5p – p2 = 0 is
(B) x ∈ [– 1  e –1] ∪ [1 + 1  e ] surjective function, then number of values of p
(C) x ∈ (–∞, ∞) satisfying all the conditions is less than
(D) None of these (A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4

  1 3 1  *10. If f(x) is a monic polynomial function of degree 4

5 If f:   ,   → [–1, 1] is defined by
 4 2 4 2 1
satisfying f(i) = for i = 1, 2, 3, 4, then:
f(x) = sin (2x + 1), then f is one-one and onto. i
(A) one-one and onto (A) number of zeroes at the end of f(5)! is 4.
(B) one-one and into (B) number of divisors of f(5) is 8.
(C) many-one and onto (C) sum of even divisors of f(5) is 56.
(D) sum of odd divisors of f(5) is 18.
(D) many-one and into