20 Functions

Q 1.

Let X = {0, 1, 2, 3} and Y = {-1, 0, 1, 4, 9} and a function f : X Y defined by y = x2 is:

(a) one-one onto
(b) one-one into
(c) many-one onto
(d) many-one into

Q 2.

Let X = {-1, 0, 1} and Y = {0, 2} and a function f : X Y defined by y = 2x4 is:

(a) one-one onto
(b) one-one into
(c) many-one onto
(d) many-one into

Q 3.

If X = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, Y = {2, 3, 4, 5} and x X, y Y, then which of the following are

functions in the given set?
(a) f1 = {(x, y) : y = x + 1}
(b) f2 = {(x, y) : x + y > 5}
(c) f3 = {(x, y) : y x}
(d) none of these.

Q 4.

If A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, B = {1, 2, 3} then number of mappings from A to B is:

(a) 12
(b) 34
(c) 43
(d) 27

Q 5.

x
If f : 0, [0, ) be a function defined by y = sin , then f is:
2

2
(a) injective
(b) surjective
(c) bijecttive
(d) none of these

Q 6.

Out of four given statements which one statement is different from others?
(a) f is a function from A to B
(b) f : A B
(c) f is a mapping from A to B
(d) f : A f(A)

Q 8.

If f(x) =

1
(x 1), then f(f(f(x))) is;
1 x

(a) a constant function

(c) an identity function
Q 9.

x 1
, then f(2x) is equal to:
x 1
f ( x) 1
3 f ( x) 1
(a)
(b)
f ( x) 3
f ( x) 3

(b) equal to f(x)

(d) none of these.

If f(x) =

(c)

f ( x) 3
f ( x) 1

(c)

3n 2 n 1
2

(c)

x2 y2
4

(d)

f ( x) 3
3 f ( x) 1

n 1

Q 10. If f(x) = 3x 1, then

f (r ) is equal to:
r 0

(a) 3n 1

(b)

3n
1
2

(d) none of

these.
Q 12. If f(x + y, x y) = xy, then f(x, y) is equal to
(a) xy

(b) x2 y2

(d) x y

1
x

2
Q 13. If f x x

(a) x2 2

1
, x 0, then f(x) is equal to:
x2

(b) x + 2

(c) x2 + 2

Q 15. Let f : X Y and g : Y Z, then f(g(x)) is

(a) mapping X Y (b) mapping Y Z (c) mapping Z X

(d) none of these.

(d) mapping X Z

Q 17. Let A be a set containing m distinct elements, then the total number of distinct functions
from A to itself is:
(a) mm
(b) m2
(c) m!
(d) 2m 1
Q 18. Let A be a set containing m distinct elements, then the total number of bijective functions
from a to itself is:
(a) mm
(b) m2
(c) m!
(d) 2m 1
Q 19. Let f(x) = | x | has an inverse, its domain is:
(a) R
(b) [-1, 1]
(c) [0, 1]

(d) none of these.

Q 25. Number of solutions of y = ex and y = sin x is:

(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2

(d) infinite

1
is:
1 tan x

(b) R ~ n
(c) R
4

Q 32. The domain of the function f(x) =

(a) R ~ n

(d) None of these

Q 35. If A = {x : |[x] 2x | = 4}, where [x] is the greatest integer function, then n(A) is equal to:
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Q 38. The domain of the function f(x) = log2x-1 (x 1) is:
(a) (1, )

,
2

(b)

,0,
2
2

(d) none of these.

x 2 is ([.] denotes greatest integer function) :

2

(b) 0,
(c)
(d) none of these
2

Q 41. The range of f(x) = sin-1

(a)

(c) (0, )

Q 42. The range of f(x) = 3x + 3-x is :

(a) R+
(b) [2, )

(c) (-, -2] [2, ) (d) none of these.

Q 43. The range of y = [2x] is:

(a) even positive integers
(c) R

(b) all integers

(d) none of the above

Q 44. The range of the function f(x) =

is:
(a) 0

sin( [ x])
(where [.] denotes greatest integer function)
x2 1

(b) R

(c) (0, 1)

(d) none of these.

Q 56. Domain and range of f(x) = x3 + 3x2 + 20x sin x are respectively :
(a) R, R
(b) R, R+
(c) R+, R
(d) None of these.
Q 57. The period of the function f(x) =
(a) /4

| sin x | | cos x |
is:
| sin x cos x |

(c) /2

(b) 2

(d)

Q 62. If D is the domain of the function sec-1 (log x), then D contains:

1
e

(a) ,

Q 63. If 0,

(b) e 1

then
2

(a) 2 tan

x2 x

tan 2
x2 x

(c) 1

is always greater than or equal to:

(b) 1

Q 64. The graph of y = x +

(a) about x-axis
above

(d) none of these.

(c) 2

(d) sec2

1
is symmetrical :
x

(b) about y-axis

(c) in opposite quadrants

(d) none of the

Q 73. The function f(x) is defined in [0, 1], then the domain of definition of the function f(log
(1 x2)), is:
(a) x {0}
(b) x [- 1 e - 1] [1 + 1 e ]
(c) x (-, )
(d) none of these.
Q 74. The range of function f(x) = 4x + 2x + 4-x + 2-x + 3 is:
3

(a) ,
4

,
4

(b)

(c) (7, )

Q 75. For a real number x. [] denotes the greatest integer. The value of
1 1
2
1 1
1 99
2 2 100 2 100 ..... 2 100 is:

(d) [7, )

(a) 49

(b) 50

(c) 48

(d) 51

Q 78. If f(x) = 3x 5, then f-1 (x):

(a) is given by

1
3x 5

(b) is given by

(c) does not exist because f is not one-one

x5
3

(d) does not exist because f is not onto

Q 80. If the function f : [1, ) [1, ) is defined by f(x) 2x(x-1), then f-1 (x) is equal to:
1

x ( x 1)

(a)

1
(1 1 4 log 2 y )
2

(b)

(c)

1
(1 1 4 log 2 x ) (d) not
2

defined
Q 81. The domain of definition of the function y(x) is given by the equation 2x + 2y = 2 is:
(a) 0 < x 1
(b) 0 x 1
(c) - < x 0
(d) - < x < 1
Q 83. Let E = {1, 2, 3, 4} and F = {1, 2}. Then the number of onto functions from E to F is:
(a) 14
(b) 16
(c) 12
(d) 8
Q 84. The domain of definition of f(x) =
(a) R {-1, -2}

(b) (-2, )

log 2 ( x 3)
is:
x 2 3x 2

Q 85. If f : [1, ) [2, ) is given by f(x) = x +

x x2 4
2

(a)

(b)

x
1 x2

(c) R {-1, -2, -3}

(d) (-3, ) {-1, -2}

1
, then f-1 (x) equals:
x
x x2 4
(c)
(d) 1 x 2 4
2

1, x 0

Q 86. Let g(x) = 1 + x [x] and f(x) = 0, x 0

1, x 0

Then for all x , f[g(x)] is equal to:

(a) x
(b) 1
Q 91. Range of the function f(x) =
(a) (1, )

1 1

(b) 1, 7

11

(d) g(x)

x2 x 2
; x R is;
x2 x 1

Q 92. Domain of the function f(x) =

(a) ,
4 2

(c) f(x)

sin 1 (2 x)

1 1

(b) ,
2 2

(c) 1, 3

is:
6
1 1
(c) ,
2 9

(d) 1, 5

(d)

1 1
,
4 4

Q 94. The fundamental period of the function f(x) = 2 cos

(a) 6

(b) 4

1
(x - ) is:
3

(c) 2

(d)

(c) 1 and 2

(d) none of these.

Q 99. Consider the following statements :

(1) Period of log sin x + cot 5x is 2.
(2) If f(x) =

1
then f(f(f(x))) is x.
1 x

Which of these is/are correct?

(a) only 1
(b) only 2

Q 100. Consider the following statements :

(1) f(x) = sin (log (x + x 2 1 )) is an even function of x.
(2) If f1 (x) and f2 (x) are defined on domains D1 and D2 respectively, then f1(x) + f2(x) is
defined on D1 D2 .
Which of these is/are correct?
(a) only 1
(b) only 2
(c) 1 and 2
(d) none of these.

Answers
1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

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