RELATIONS & FUNCTIONS

EXERCISE-1
1. Which of the following function is surjective but not injective ?
(a) f : R  R, f  x   x 4  2 x 3  x 2  1 (b) f : R  R, f  x   x 3  x  1

(c) f : R  R  , f  x   1  x 2 (d) f : R  R, f  x   x3  2 x 2  x  1

2. If f : D   2, 2 and f  x   cos x  3 sin x and f  x  is bijective function, then D may be

  2 
(a)  0,   (b)   , 
 3 3 
  4 
(c)  ,  (d)  0, 2 
3 3 
x 2  4 x  30
3. The function f  x   is
x 2  8 x  18
(a) one-one (b) onto
(c) both one one and onto (d) many one
4. There are exactly two distinct linear functions, which map  1,1 onto  0, 2 , they are

(a) x  1, x  1 (b) 1  x,  1  x
(c) x  1, 1  x (d) x  1,  x  1
5. Which of the following statements are incorrect ?
(P) If f  x  and g  x  are one-to-one then f  x   g  x  is also one-to-one

(Q) If f  x  and g  x  are one-one then f  x  .g  x  is also one-one

(R) If f  x  is odd, then it is necessarily one-to-one

(a) (P) and (Q) only (b) (Q) and (R) only
(c) (R) and (P) only (d) (P), (Q) and (R)
6. Let two functions f  x  and g  x  are defined on R  R such that :

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  x2 , x  irrational  2  x 2 , x  irrational
f  x   and g  x    2
 2  x , x  rational x  rational
2
 x ,
Then the function f  g : R  R is
(a) injective as well as surjective (b) injective but not surjective
(c) surjective but not injective (d) neither surjective nor injective
7. Let f :  0, 2   2,5 be defined as f  x   3 x 2  6 x  5, then f  x  is

(a) injective but not surjectuve (b) surjective but not injective
(c) injective as well as surjective (d) neither injective nor surjective
8. Let f : R  1,   be defined by f  x   x 2  6ax  3  2a  9a 2 . The integral value of a for

which f  x  is surjective, is equal to

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) –3

Let f : R  R be defined as f  x   3  3x  sgn  e  x   2 (where sgn(x) denotes signum

x
9.

function of x). Then which one of the following is correct?

(a) f is injective but not surjective (b) f is surjective but not injective
(c) f is injective as well as surjective (d) f is neither injective nor surjective

x2  2x  a
10. Let f : D  R be defined as f  x   , where D and R denote the domain of f
x 2  4 x  3a
and set of all real numbers respectively. If f is surjective mapping, then the range of a is
(a) 0  a  1 (b) 0  a  1
(c) 0  a  1 (d) 0  a  1

11. Let f : R  1,   be define as f  x   log10  

3x 2  4 x  k  1  10 . If f  x  is surjective,

then
1 1
(a) k  (b) k 
3 3
1
(c) k  (d) k  1
3

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12. The function f : R  R defined as f  x   ln  x2  1  x  x 2  1  x  is
2  
(a) one-one and onto both (b) one-one but not onto
(c) onto but not one-one (d) Neither one-one nor onto
13. The function f :  0, 2  1, 4 , defined by f  x   x3  5 x 2  7 x  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
14. Set A consists of 6 different elements and set B consists of 4 different elements. Number of
mappings which can be defined from the set A  B which are surjective, is
(a) 256 (b) 432
(c) 840 (d) 1560

 1 x  2x 3x  x3
15. Let f  x   log  , g  x  and h  x   , then f  g  x    f  h  x   
 1 x  1  x2 1  3x 2
(a) 0 (b) x
(c) 3 f  x  (d) 5 f  x 

x
16. If f  x   3 x, g  x  
3
 
and h  x   f  g  x   , then h h  h  ..... n times   equals to

(a) x n (b) x
(c) 3n x (d) 2x
17. If f  x  is defined on domain  0,1 , then f  2sin x  is defined on

   5 
(a)  2n , 2n  6   2n  ,  2n  1   
nI 6 

  
(b)  2n , 2n  6  
nI

 5 
(c)  2n  ,  2n  1  
nI 6 
(d) None of these

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 If f  x    a  x n  , where a  0 and n is a positive integer, then f  f  x   
1/ n
18.

(a) x (b)  x
(c) f  x  (d)  f  x 

19. Let f : A  B and g : B  C be two functions and gof : A  C is defined. Then which of
the following statements 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
1/7
 1 
20. 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
21. If f  x   2 x  1, then the value of x satisfying the equation

    
f  x   f  f  x    f f  f  x    f f f  f  x    116 , is equal to

(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 6
2
22. Let f  x   ; g  x   cos x and h  x   x  3 , then the range of the composite function
x 1
fogoh, is
(a) R  (b) R  0

(c) 1,   (d) R   1

x 4  2 x3  3x 2  2 x  2
23. Let f  x   ln x and g  x   . The domain of the composite function
2x2  2 x  1
fog  x  is

(a)  ,   (b)  0,  

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24. If f  x   x 2  bx  c and f  2  t   f  2  t  for all real numbers t, then which of the

following is true?
(a) f 1  f  2   f  4  (b) f  2   f 1  f  4 

(c) f  2   f  4   f 1 (d) f  4   f  2   f 1

 x7 4
25. If f  x      , then the range of function y  sin  2 f  x   is
 x  9 

 1 
(a)  0,1 (b)  0,
 2 

 1   1 
(c)  0,  ,1 (d)  0,1
 2   2 

26. Let f  x   max .sin t : 0  t  x , g  x   min .sin t : 0  t  x and h  x    f  x   g  x   ,

Where [.] denotes greatest integer function. Then the range of h  x  is

(a) 0,1 (b) 1, 2

(c) 0,1, 2 (d) 3, 2, 1, 0,1, 2,3

n
27. The range of function f  x   sgn  sin x   sgn  cos x   sgn  tan x   sgn  cot x  , x 
2
 n  I  is
(a) 2, 4 (b) 2, 0, 4

(c) 4, 2, 0, 4 (d) 0, 2, 4

2 e x  e x
28. Let f  x  and g  x  are two functions such that f  x   tan 1 x and g  x   , then
 e x  e x
which of the following statement is/are correct for the composite functions
 1 1  1 1
fog : R    ,  and gof : R    ,  ?
 2 2  2 2

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 (a) fog is a bijective function (b) fog is surjective
(c) gof is bijective (d) gof is into function

29. Let A  1, 2,3, 4 . How many number of functions f : A  A are there satisfying

fof  x   x  x  A is

(a) 10 (b) 11
(c) 12 (d) 13
30. Let f :  2,     , 4 , where f  x   x  4  x  , then f 1  x  is

(a) 2  4  x (b) 2  4  x

(c) 2  4  x (d) 2  4  x

If the function f :  2,    1,   is defined by f  x   3  , then f 1  x  is

x x  2
31.

(a) 1  1  log 3 x (b) 1  1  log 3 x

(c) 1  1  log 3 x (d) does not exist

32. The value of the parameter  , for which the function f  x   1   x,   0 is the inverse

itself, is
(a) 2 (b) 1
(c) 1 (d) 2
  2 
33. Let f :   ,    0, 4 be a function defined as f  x   3 sin x  cos x  2 . Then f 1  x 
 3 3 
is given by
 x2   x2 
(a) sin 1   (b) sin 1  
 2  6  2  6
2  x2
(c)  cos 1   (d) None of these
3  2 

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  4  4 4x
34. Let f : R     R    be a function defined as f  x   . The inverse of f is the
3 3 3x  4

4  4 
map g : R     R    , which is given by
3 3
3y 4y
(a) g  y   (b) g  y  
3 4y 4  3y
4y 3y
(c) g  y   (d) g  y  
3 4y 4  3y
x rx
35. Let f  x   and let g  x   . Let S be the set of all real numbers r such that
1 x 1 x
f  g  x    g  f  x   for infinitely many real numbers x. The number of elements in set S is

(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 5
 3
  1 
Let f be a function defined as f :  0, e 2    ,   , f  x    ln x   3ln x  2 , then
2
36.
  4 

f 1  x  equals

 3  4 x  1   3  4 x  1 
(a) log   (b) log  
 2   2 
3 4 x 1 3 4 x 1
(c) e 2
(d) e 2

37. Let f : X  Y be defined as f  x   sin x  cos x  2 2 . If f is invertible, then X  Y is

 3      3  
(a)  ,  2, 3 2  (b)  ,  2,3 2 
 4 4    4 4  
 3 3     5 
(c)  ,    2,3 2  (d)  ,    2,3 2 
 4 4  4 4 

38.  
Let f  x    x  1  1,  x  1 . Then the set S  x : f  x   f 1  x  is, where f is onto
2

(a) 0,1 (b) 0,1, 1

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 (c) 0, 1 (d) empty

39. The sum of all possible solution(s) of the equation

  x  2   x 2  10 x  24  
x  2  3  sgn 1  2  is

  x  1  x  4   x2  4 x  12 

(a) 0 (b) –8
(c) –10 (d) not applicable
40. 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
 x
41. Which one of the following best represent the graph of function f  x   e ?

(where {.} represents the fractional part)

(a)

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 (b)

(c)

(d)

1 x 
42. If f  x   cos  nx  , then f  x  f  y    f    f  xy   has the value
2  y 
1
(a) 1 (b)
2
(c) 2 (d) 0
43. If f is a function such that f  0   2, f 1  3 and f  x  2   2 f  x   f  x  1 for every real

x, then f  5  is

(a) 7 (b) 13
(c) 1 (d) 5

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 f  x
44. Let f be a function satisfying f  xy   for all positive real numbers x and y . If
y

f  30   20 , then the value of f  40  is

(a) 15 (b) 20
(c) 40 (d) 60
min  x , y 
45. If f  x, y    max  x, y   and g  x, y   max  x, y   min  x, y  , then

  3 
f  g  1,   , g  4, 1.75   equals
  2 
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.5
(c) 1 (d) 1.5
46. Given f  x  is a polynomial function of x , satisfying

f  x   f  y   f  x   f  y   f  xy   2 and f  2   5 . Then f  3 is equal to

(a) 10 (b) 24
(c) 15 (d) None of these

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 ANSWER KEY

1. D 16. B 31. A 46. A

2. B 17. A 32. B
3. D 18. A 33. C
4. C 19. C 34. B
5. D 20. D 35. B
6. D 21. B 36. D
7. B 22. C 37. D
8. B 23. A 38. C
9. D 24. B 39. D
10. D 25. C 40. D
11. A 26. C 41. B
12. D 27. B 42. D
13. B 28. D 43. B
14. D 29. D 44. A
15. D 30. B 45. D

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