Algebra - 3

Topic Covered
 Functions
 Logarithm
QA
 Modulus CEX-Q-0220/23

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Number of questions : 70

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1. Let X = {a, b, c} and Y = {1, m}. Consider the
following four subsets of X × Y.

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F1 = {(a, 1), (a, m), (b, 1), (c, m)},F2 = {(a, 1),
(b, 1), (c, 1)}, F3 = {(a, 1), (b, m), (c, m)} & F4
5. y
1
9  x2
y is real.
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= {(a, 1), (b, m)}

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(3) x  3 or x  3 (4) 3  x  3
W hich one, amongst the choices is a
representation of functions from X to Y? (5) None of these

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(1) F2 and F3 (2) F1, F2 and F3
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(3) F2, F3 and F4 (4) F3 and F4 6. If f(x)  , where [ ] represents
| x 2  [x]2 |
2.

(1) 15
(3) 30
(2) 10
(4) 60
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Let A = {India, Pak, SL} and B = {Eng, Aus,
SA, NZ, WI}. How many one-to-one functions
are there from A to B?
the greatest integer less than or equal to x,
then what is the domain of f(x)?
(1) All real numbers
(2) All integers
(3) All rational number
(5) 120 (4) All real numbers except integers

3. Let A = {2009, 2010, 2011} and B = {Sunday, 7. The domain of definition of the function
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday}. How many 1
y  (x  7) is
onto functions are there from B to A? log10  3  x
(1) 12 (2) 36 (1) [–7, 3) – {2} (2) [–7, 3] – {2}
(3) 24 (4) 48 (3) (–7, 3) – {2} (4) (–7, 3] – {2}
(5) None of these
8. Given, g(x) is a function such that g(x + 1) +
g(x – 1) = g(x), where x is a positive real
4. y  15  x 2  2x . Find the range of values number. For what minimum value of p does
of x if y is real. the relation g(x + p) = –g(x) necessarily hold
(1) x  5 or x  3 (2)  15  x  15 true?
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 5  x  3 (4) 4  x  4 (3) 5 (4) 6
(5) None of these (5) 4

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Directions for questions 9 and 10: Answer the
 2 x
questions on the basis of the information given below. 13. If 3f    5f    x2 , then find the value of
x  2
x  y, if x  y  1 f(2).

f(x, y) = 0, if x  y  1
xy, if x  y  1 77 55
 (1) (2)
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x and y are real numbers.
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(3) (4) None of these

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9. If x2 + y2 + 1 = 2(x + y – xy), then find the 16

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value of f (x, y).
(1) 0 (2) 1
(3) –1
(5) xy
(4) x + y
14.


If f  x   

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0 when x  1
– 1 when x  2

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1 when x is an odd prime number
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10. If f  x,  = , then which of the following and f(xy) = f(x) + f(y), then find the value of

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 2 4 f(1995) ?.
can be the value of x? (1) 3 (2) 4

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(1) (2)
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(3)
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(4) Both (2) and (3) 15. If f(x)  f 1(x) and f n (x)  f(f n 1(x)),
2x
(5) Both (1) and (2)

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where ‘x’ is a real number, then f ind
f 5 (1)  f 10 (1) .
11. Let f (x) be a

 1
then what is the value of f   ?
 2
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f unction satisf ying
f(x)f(y)  f(xy) for all real x, y. If f(2) = 4, (1)

(3)
5
2
2
3
(2)

(4)
3
2

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2
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(1) 0 (2) (5) 1
4
1 Directions for questions 16 and 17: (CAT)
(3) (4) 1
2 f1 (x)= x 0  x  1
(5) cannot be determined =1 x  1
=0 otherwise
 1  f 2(x) = f 1(– x) for all x
12. If 3f  x  2   4f    4x,x  –2 , then f 3(x) = – f 2(x) for all x
 x  2
f 4(x) = f 3(– x) for all x
f(4) =
52 16. How many of the following products are
(1) 7 (2)
7 necessarily zero for every x
56 f 1(x)f 2(x), f2(x)f 3(x), f2(x)f 4(x)?
(3) 8 (4) (1) 0 (2) 1
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(5) None of the above. (3) 2 (4) 3

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17. Which of the following is necessarily true? 22. Find the value of fogoh(4), if
(1) f 4(x) = f 1(x) for all x 1
f(x) 
(2) f 1(x) = – f3(– x) for all x x
(3) f 2(– x) = f 4(x) for all x 1
g(x) 
(4) f 1(x) + f 3(x) = 0 for all x x 3

18. A function ‘F’ is defined for all the positive h(x)  x

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integers that satisfy the following condition: (1) 0 (2) –1
F (1) + F (2) + F (3) +…+ F (n) = n2F (n). (3) 3 (4) 5
If F (1) = 2006, then find the value of F (2005).

(1)
1
(2)
2
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Let g be a function such that g(xy) = g(x)
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g(y) for every positive integers x and y. If g(1),

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2005 2005 g(2) and g(3) are positive integers, g(1), g(2)
and g(3) are positive integers, g(1) < g(2) and
1 2 g(24) = 54, then g(6) equal to

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(3) (4)
2005! 2005!
24. It is given that f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) for all x, y,

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f(4) = 3. Find f(–12).

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19. A ‘polynomial f(x) with real coefficients satis- 1 1
(1) (2)
f ies the f unctional equation 3 9
1

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 1  1 (3) (4) None of these
f  x  . f    f  x   f   . If f(2) = 9, then f(4) 27
x x
is:
(1) 82
(3) 65
(2) 17
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(4) None of the above
25. If f(x) 
(x  12)
(x  2)
which f(x) = f–1(x).
(1) –4
, then find the value of x for

(2) 3
20. If f(2  x)  f(x)  f(1  x)  3x  1 (where x is (3) Both (1) and (2) (4) None of these
a real number) and f(3)  4, then find the value
(3x  2)
of 2f(2)  3f(1). 26. If f(x)  , then find f–1(4).
(x  1)
(1) 6 (2) 7
(3) 8 (4) 9 27. If [y] denote the largest integral part of y less
(5) 10 than or equal to y, then find the value of x for
which x[x] = 32.
21. Consider functions f(x) = x 2 + 6x, g(x) (1) 6.2 (2) 6.4
(3) 6.5 (4) 6.6
= x  9 and q(x) = g(f(x)). Find the value of
q(x) at x = 1.
28. Find the value of [ 24]  [ 192]  [ 220]
(1) 1 (2) 2
where [x] denotes greatest integer value of x
(3) 3 (4) 4
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29. If [x] denote the greatest integral part of x 35. For a real number y, let [y] denote the largest
less than or equal to x, then what is the value integer less than or equal to y and {y} denote
y – [y]. How many solutions does the
of [ 3 1]  [ 3 2]    [ 3 10]? equation 11[y] + 23{y} = 250 have?
(1) 0 (2) 1
(3) 2 (4) 3
30. If [ m]  7 and [ n]  8 , where m and n are
natural numbers, what can be the greatest 36. Solve: |4x – 16| = 0

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possible value of m + n.
37. Solve for x: 4|x + 5| + 8 = 6|x + 5| + 10
31. If the symbol [x] denotes the largest integer
less than or equal to x, then the value of
38.
(1) 2
(3) 5
(2) 4

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(4) No solution

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If |x2 – 5x + 6| + |x 2 – 7x + 12| = 0, then
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1 1 1  1 2   1 40 
 4    4  50    4  50   ...  4  50  is find x.
       

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(1) 40 (2) 28 39. If (|x| – 3) (x + 5) < 0, then what is the range
(3) 3 (4) 0 of values of x?

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(2) (–3, 5)

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32. If [x] is the greatest integer less than or equal (3) (–, –5) or (–3, 3)
to ‘x’, then find the value of the following (4) None of these
series.

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40. What is the solution set of the inequality
[ 1]  [ 2]  [ 3]  [ 4]  ...  [ 361] ||x| – 4| > 5?

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(1) (–, –9)  (9, )
(1) 4408 (2) 4839
(2) (–, –9)
(3) 3498 (4) 3489
(3) (9, )
(4) None of these
33. Find how many positive real values of ‘x’
41. Find the solution set (x, y, z), where x, y and
satisfy the equation 2  x 2  5x  2, where [x]
z are real numbers, for the system of
denotes greatest integer less than or equal equations x + y + z = 5, 2|y| + z = 7
to x. and |x| + 2x = –4.
(1) 0 (2) 1  4 
(3) 2 (4) 3 (1) (–4, 3, 6) (2)  , 2, 3 
 3 
(5) More than 3
 4 
(3)  , 3, 1 (4) (–4, 3, 1)
34. Let {x} and [x] denote the fractional and  3 
integral parts respectively of a real number x. (5) No solution
If [x]2 + 4{x} = 2x, then how many values of x
are possible? 42. The sum of possible values of x in the
(1) 1 (2) 2 equation |x + 7| + |x – 8| = 10 is: (XAT)
(3) 3 (4) 4 (1) 1 (2) 2
(5) More than 4 (3) 3 (4) 4

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43. Find the number of real values of x, where, x 49. In the x–y plane, the area of the region
is a real number, that satisfy the equation bounded by the graph
|x + y| + |x – y| = 8 is (CAT)
| 2x  7 |  | x  5 |  14. (1) 8 (2) 16
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 64 (4) 256
(3) 2 (4) 3
50. Find the area of the region bounded by
(5) 4
y = |x – 1| and y = 2.

44. If |q|  1 and x = – |p| q, then which one of the

following is necessarily true? (CAT)
51. Let f(x) = ax2 – b |x|, where a and b are
constants. Then at x = 0, f(x) is (CAT)

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(1) p – xq < 0 (2) p – xq  0 (1) maximized whenever a > 0, b > 0

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(3) p – xq > 0 (4) p – xq  0 (2) maximized whenever a > 0, b < 0
(3) minimized whenever a > 0, b > 0

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(4) minimized whenever a > 0, b < 0
45. How many integral solutions exist for the

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equation | x – 10 |  | y – 30 |  3? 52. Find the number of integral values of x that
satisfy the inequality || 2x  19 | 7 |  5.
(1) 14 (2) 25

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(1) 13 (2) 12
(3) 21 (4) None of these
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(5) 9
46. Find the solution set (x, y), where x and y
are real numbers, for the system of equations:
53. If a, b, c and d are positive numbers such
| 3x2  2x |  y  8 and x2 + |y| = 4.

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that a2 = b2 = c5 = d6, then the value of
(1) (– 1, 3) or (2, 0) logd(abc) is

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 3 7  (1) 5.8 (2) 6.0
(2) (– 1, 3) or (– 2, 0) or  ,  (3) 7.2 (4) 6.4
2 4 
 3 7 
(3)  ,  or (2, 0)
2 4  54.
 1 
If log10 9 = m, then log10   is equal to
 3 7   90 
(4) (–1, 3) or (2, 0) or  ,
 2 4  (1) –(1+ m) (2) (1 + m)–1
 3 7  m 1
(5) (2,0) or  ,  (3) (4)
 2 4  10 10m

47. If x satisfies the inequality  25 

55. If log20 10  log20 (10x  1)  log20  x    1,
|x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3|  6, then  2 
(1) 0  x  4 (2) x  0 or x  4 then find x.
(3) x  –2 or x  3 (4) None of the above

 1 1 1 
48. The function f(x) = |x – 2| + |2.5 – x| + |3.6 – x|, 56. The value of    
where x is a real number, attains a minimum log
 5 210 log6 210 log7 210 
at (CAT) is
(1) x = 2.3 (2) x = 2.5
(3) x = 2.7 (4) None of these 57. If log 2 log 3 log 2log x 2 1024 = 1, f ind the
value of x?

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58. If Log2 x.Log  Log x 2. Then x is 2 7
x 2 (1) (2)
64 16 7 2
(1) 2 (2) 4 9
(3) (4) None of these
(3) 16 (4) 12 2

65. How many real values of ‘x’, where ‘x’

59. If log10y – log10 y  2 logy 10, then a possible is a real number, satisfy the equation
value of y is given by (CAT)
81log10 x  3  2x log10 9 ?
(1) 10 (2)
1
100
(1) 0
(3) 2
(2) 1
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66. Find the number of different values of x that

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satisfy the equation
60. Solve for x if 3log(x  4) (x  1)  log(x  4) 27 .
2 27 3  4    (log4 x)2  5(log4 x)  2.
log log x

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(1) 4 (2) 3 (1) 1 (2) 2

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(5) No solution

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(5) No real values of x exist
61. log10 (log2 3) + log10 (log3 4) + ----+ log10
(log1023 1024) equals 67. Find the number of digits in 250. (log 2 = 0.301)

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(1) 10 (2) e (1) 15 (2) 16
(3) 1 (4) 0 (3) 14 (4) 10

62. If P  27

3
log 48 4
27
log 48
3 3

 ...  27
3x
log 48 2
27

log 48 99
3
 27
x
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log 48 3
3

= 48 , then find
 68. How many ‘0’s are there in 3–70 that appear
between the decimal and the first non-zero
digit after the decimal. (Log 3 = 0.477)
(1) 34 (2) 33
the value of . (3) 30 (4) 35
50
(1) 497 (2) 499
(3) 501 (4) 503 69. Let m and n be positive real numbers such
that log5(m + n) + log5(m – n) = 3 and
a log2n – log2m = 1 – log23, then ‘mn’ equals
63. What is the value of , if log4 log4 4a–b
b (1) 25 (2) 100
= 2log4  a  b + 1? (3) 150 (4) 250
5
(1) (2) 2
3 70. If x  y and y > 1, then the value of the
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(3) (4) 1 x y
3 expression logx    logy   can never be.
y x
64. Find the value of x from the following equation:
log103 + log10 (4x + 1) = log10 (x + 1) + 1 (1) – 1 (2) – 0.5
(3) 0 (4) 1

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