FUNCTIONS

SECTION - I : STRAIGHT OBJECTIVE TYPE

 y y
6.1 If f  x  , x   = x y, then f (m, n) + f (n, m) = 0
 8 8 
(A) only when m = n (B) only when m  n (C) only when m =  n (D) for all m & n

| x |
6.2 If y = logsin x   then the possible set of values of x and y are
 x 
(A) x  [2n, 2n + ], y  {0, 1} (B) x  (0, ), y  {1}

    
(C) x    2n, 2n     2n  , (2n  1)   and y  {0}
 2   2 
nW

MATHONGO
(D) x   (2n, (2n + 1) ) and y  {0, 1}
nW

(Where W stands for the set of all the whole numbers)

6.3 Let S be the set of all triangles and R+ be the set of positive real numbers. Then the function, f : S  R+,
f () = area of , where  S is :
(A) injective but not surjective (B) surjective but not injective
(C) injective as well as surjective (D) neither injective nor surjective

1 1
6.4. If f(x) = 2x + |x|, g(x) = (2x – |x|) and h(x) = f(g(x)), then domain of sin (h (h (h......h ( x )........))) is :
 
3
n times

  1 1    1 1 
(A) [–1, 1] (B)  1,    2 , 1 (C)  1, 2  (D)  , 1
 2      2 

6.5. If f(x) = x + tan x and g(x) is the inverse of f(x) then g(x) is equal to
1 1 1
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) (D) none of these
1  ( g( x )  x ) 2  ( g( x )  x ) 2  ( g( x )  x ) 2

6.6 If f(x) . f(y) = f(x) + f(y) + f(xy) – 2  x, y  R and if f(x) is not a constant function, then the value of f(1)
is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) –1

 
6.7. Let f(x) = tanx, g(f(x)) = f  x   , where f(x) and g(x) are real valued functions. For all possible values of
4
x, f(g(x)) =

 x  1 f( x)  1 x /4
(A) tan  x  1 (B) tan(x – 1) – tan(x + 1) (C) (D)
f (x)  1 x /4
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6.8 Let h(x) = |kx + 5|, domain of f(x) is [–5, 7], domain of f(h(x)) is [–6, 1] and range of h(x) is the same as the
domain of f(x), then value of k is
1 4
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) none of these
3 5

6.9. Let f(x) = (–1)[x] (where [.] denotes the greatest integer function), then
(A) Range of f is {–1, 1} (B) f is an even function

(C) f is an odd function (D) xlim

n
f(x) exists, for every integer n

6.10 Let f : {x, y, z}  {1, 2, 3} be a one-one mapping such that only one of the following three statements is true
and remaining two are false : f(x)  2, f(y) = 2, f(z)  1, then
(A) f (x) > f(y) > f(z) (B) f(x) < f(y) < f(z) (C) f(y) < f(x) < f(z) (D) f(y) < f(z) < f(x)

6.11 The image of the interval [  1, 3] under the mapping specified by the function f(x) = 4x 3  12x is :
(A) [f(+1), f( 1)] (B) [f( 1), f(3)] (C) [  8, 16] (D) [  8, 72]

 
6.12 If f(x) = 2 sin2 + 4 cos (x + ) sin x. sin  + cos (2x + 2) then value of f 2(x) + f 2   x  is :
4 

MATHONGO
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) x 2

 1 1
6.13 Let G(x) =  x   F(x), where 'a' is a positive real number not equal to 1 and F(x) is an odd
 a 1 2 
function. Which of the following statements is true ?
(A) G(x) is an odd function
(B) G(x) is an even function
(C) G(x) is neither even nor odd function.
(D) Whether G(x) is an odd or even function depends on the value of 'a'.

6.14 S1 : If f(x) is increasing function then f –1(x) is also increasing function

S2 : If f(x) is a constant function, then f –1(x) is also a constant function
S3 : If graph of f(x) and f –1(x) are intersecting then they always intersect on the line y = x .
x x
S4 : The inverse of f(x) = 1 | x | is 1  | x |

(A) T T T F (B) T F F T (C) F F F T (D) T F T T

6.15 S1 : If gof is one – one then both f and g must be one– one
S2 : Graph of the curve y = – x5/2 lies in fourth quadrant
S3 : If gof is onto function then f may not be onto
S4 : If gof is bijective then both f and g must be bijective
(A) T T T F (B) F F F F (C) T T T T (D) F T T F

6.16 S1 : f : (–3, 3)  (–9, 9) defined as f(x) = x|x| is an odd and onto function.
S2 : For all real values of x and y the relation y2 = 2x – x2 – 1 represents y as a function of x.
S3 : If f(x) = log(x – 2) (x – 3) & g(x) = log(x – 2 ) + log(x – 3), then f = g
S4 : If f(x + 2) = 2x – 5, then f(x) = 2x – 9

(A) TTFF (B) TFFT (C) TFTF (D) FTTF

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6.17 S1 : A function is invertible iff it is one-one
S2 : Let f & g be two functions R  R such that gof is one-one then f must be one-one
S3 : Fundamental period of sin{x} is 1. Where { . } represent fractional part functions.
S4 : If f : R  R is an odd functions then f(– x) = – f(x),  x R

(A) TTFF (B) TTFT (C) FTTF (D) FTTT

6.18 Consider the following statements :

S1 : Number of solutions of [sin–1x] = {1 + x} is two

S2 : f(x) = x3 + tanx is surjective function

S3 : All basic inverse trigonometric function are periodic.

S4 : Domain of f(x) = ( x 2  3 x  10 ) n 2 ( x  3 ) is [5, ).

State, in order, whether S1, S2, S3, S4 are true or false

MATHONGO
(A) FTFF (B) TTFF (C) TFTT (D) TTTT

6.19 Let f : A  B and g : C  D be functions for which composite function gof is defined :

S1 : If each of f and g is one-one, then gof is one-one.

S2 : If each of f and g is onto, then gof is onto.

S3 : If B = C and gof is one-one, then g may not be one-one.

S4 : If B = C and gof is onto, then f may not be onto.

State, in order, whether S1, S2, S3, S4 are true or false

(A) TTTF (B) TFTF (C) TFTT (D) FFFF

SECTION - II : MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

6.20 Which of the following functions are periodic ?

(A) f(x) = sgn (ex)

1 if x is a rational number
(B) f (x) = 
0 if x is an irrational number

8 8
(C) f (x) = 
1  cos x 1  cos x

 1  1
(D) f(x) =  x   +  x   + 2 [ x] (where [ . ] denotes greatest integer function)
 2  2

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6.21 The graph of the function y = f (x) is as shown in the figure. Then which one of the following graphs are
correct ?
y

x
–2 0 1 3

(A) y = sgn (f (x))

(B) y = sgn ( f (x))

MATHONGO
(C) y = f x

(D) y = x sgn (f (x))

6.22 f(x) = sin 2   [a]  x , where [.] denote the greatest integer function, has fundamental period  for
3 5 2 4
(A) a = (B) a = (C) a = (D) a =
2 4 3 5

6.23 Let f(x) be a real valued function defined on : R  R such that f(x) = [x] 2 + [x + 1] – 3, where [x] = the
greatest integer  x. Then
(A) f(x) is a many-one and into function (B) f(x) = 0 for infinite number of values of x
(C) f(x) = 0 for only two real values (D) none of these

6.24 If f : R  R, f(x) = e–| x | – ex is a given function, then which of the following are correct :
(A) f is many-one into function (B) f is many one onto function
(C) range of f is [0, ] (D) range of f is (–, 0]

6.25 Which of the following pair(s) of functions are identical ?

1 x2 2x
(A) f(x) = cos (2 tan–1x), g(x) = (B) f(x) = , g(x) = sin (2 cot–1x)
1 x 2
1 x2
1
(C) f(x) = tan x + cot x, g(x) = 2 cosec 2x (D) f(x) = e n (sgn cot x ) , g(x) = e n [1 { x }] ,
where sgn(.), [.], {.} denotes signum, greatest integer and fractional part functions respectively)

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  
6.26 If f(x) = sin [ x  5]  x  x  { x }  for x   0,  is invertible, where {.} and [.] represent fractional part and
 4
greatest integer functions respectively, then f –1(x) is

(A) sin–1x (B) – cos–1x (C) sin–1{x} (D) cos–1{x}
2

6.27 Range of f(x) = log 3 ( 5 (2 sinx + cosx) + 5) is

10

 1
(A) [0, 1] (B) [0, 3] (C)   ,  (D) none of these
 3 

SECTION - III : ASSERTION AND REASON TYPE

6.28 Statement -1 : ex can not be expressed as the sum of even and odd function.
Statement -2 : ex is neither even nor odd function
(A) Both statement 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1
(B) Both statement 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1
(C) Statement 1 true but statement 2 is false
(D) Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true

MATHONGO
6.29 Statement-1 : If f(x) = sin x, then f(x) = cos x
f(–x) = – f(x)  f(– x) = f(x)
Statement-2 : The derivative of an odd function is even and vice-versa
(A) Both statement 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1
(B) Both statement 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1
(C) Statement 1 true but statement 2 is false
(D) Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true

6.30 Statement-1 : The inverse of a strictly increasing exponential function is a logarithmic function that is strictly
decreasing.
Statement-2 : nx is inverse of ex.
(A) Both statement 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanatinon of statement 1
(B) Both statement 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanatinon of statement 1
(C) Statement 1 true but statement 2 is false
(D) Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true

6.31 Statement-1 : Fundamental period of sinx + tan x is 2

Statement-2 : If the period of f(x) is T1 and the period of g(x) is T2 , then the fundamental period of f(x) + g(x)
is the L.C.M. of T1 and T2
(A) Both statement 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1
(B) Both statement 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1
(C) Statement 1 true but statement 2 is false
(D) Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true

6.32 Statement 1 : If a function y = f(x) is symmetric about y = x, then f(f(x)) = x

 x : x is rational
Statement 2 : If f(x) =  , then f(f(x)) = x
1  x : x is irrational
(A) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is true , statement 1 is a correct explanation for statement 2
(B) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is true, statement 1 is not correct explanation for statement 2
(C) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false
(D) Statement 1 is false, statement 2 is true

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6.33 Statement-1 : f(x) = sinx is periodic and g(x) = cos x is also periodic
Statement-2 : If the derivative of a function is periodic, then the function will also be periodic
(A) Both statement 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1
(B) Both statement 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1
(C) Statement 1 true but statement 2 is false
(D) Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true

6.34 Statement-1 : function f (x) = sin (x + 3 sin x) is periodic

Statement-2 : f (g (x)) is periodic if g (x) is periodic.
(A) Both statement 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1
(B) Both statement 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1
(C) Statement 1 true but statement 2 is false
(D) Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true

ax  b a
6.35 STATEMENT-1 : The function y = , (ad – bc  0) cannot attain the value
cx  d c

b  dy a
STATEMENT-2 : The domain of g(y) = does not contain
cy  a c
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1

MATHONGO
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

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6.36 Statement-1 : Range of is (1, )
{x}
(where {.} represents fractional part function)
1
Statement-2 : 0 < <1  1<x<
x
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

1 2 3
6.37 Statement-1 : Let f : R – {1, 2, 3}  R be a function defined by f(x) =   . Then f is
x 1 x  2 x  3
many-one function.
Statement-2 : If either f (x) > 0 or f (x) < 0,  x  domain of f , then y = f(x) is one-one function.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

6.38 Consider the following statements :

Statement -1 : f : N  R ; f (x) = sinx is a one-one function.
Statement -2 : The period of sinx is 2 and 2 is an irrational number.
(A)Statement-1 is correct and statement-2 is correct and statement-2 is correct explanation of statement-1
(B) Statement-1 and statement-2 both are correct but statement-2 is not correct explanation of statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is false but statement-2 is true
(D) Statement-1 is true but statement-2 is false

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SECTION - IV : COMPREHENSION TYPE

Read the following comprehensions carefully and answer the questions.

Comprehension # 1

If f : [0, 2]  [0, 2] is a bijective function defined by f(x) = ax 2 + bx + c, where a, b, c are non zero real
numbers, then

6.39 f(2) is equal to

(A) 2 (B)  where   (0, 2) (C) 0 (D) cannot be determined

6.40 Which of the following is one of the roots f(x) = 0 is

1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) + +
a b c a b c

6.41 Which of the following is not a value of a ?

1 1 1
(A) – (B) (C) – (D) 1
4 2 2

MATHONGO
Comprehension – 2

 2 x  a : x  1
Let f (x) =  2
bx  3 : x  1

 x4 : 0x4
and g(x) = 
 3 x  2 :  2  x  0

6.42 g(f(x)) is not defined if

(A) a  (6, ), b  (5, ) (B) a  (4, 6), b  (5, )
(C) a  (6, ), b  (0, 1) (D) a  (4, 6), b  (1, 5)

6.43 If domain of g(f(x)) is [–1, 2], then

(A) a = 1, b > 5 (B) a = 2, b > 7 (C) a = 2, b > 10 (D) a = 0, b  R

6.44 If a = 2 and b = 3 then range of g(f(x)) is

(A) (–2, 8] (B) (0, 8] (C) [4, 8] (D) [–1, 8]

Comprehension - 3

Let f : R  R is a function satisfying f (2 – x) = f (2 + x) and f (20 – x) = f (x),  x  R . For this function f

answer the following.

6.45 If f(0) = 5, then minimum possible number of values of x satisfying f(x) = 5, for x  [0, 170], is
(A) 21 (B) 12 (C) 11 (D) 22

6.46 Graph of y = f(x) is

(A) symmetrical about x = 18 (B) symmetrical about x = 5
(C) symmetrical about x = 8 (D) symmetrical about x = 20

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6.47 If f(2)  f(6), then
(A) fundamental period of f(x) is 1 (B) fundamental period of f(x) may be 1
(C) period of f(x) can't be 1 (D) fundamental period of f(x) is 8

Comprehension - 4

If f : (0, )  (0, ) satisfy f(xf(y)) = x2ya (a  R), then

6.48 Value of a is
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 1

n
6.49  f (r )
r 1
n
Cr is

 f (r )
r 1
n
Cr =

(A) n.2n – 1 (B) n(n – 1) 2n – 2

MATHONGO
(C) n.2n – 1 + n(n – 1) 2n – 2 (D) 0

6.50 Number of solutions of 2 f(x) = ex is

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

SECTION - V : MATRIX - MATCH TYPE

6.51 Match the column

Column –  Column – 

(A) The number of possible values of k if fundamental (p) 1


period of sin–1 (sin kx) is is
2

(B) Numbers of elements in the domain of (q) 2

f(x) = tan–1x + sin–1x + sec–1x is

 x   x 
(C) Period of the function f(x) = sin   . cosec   is (r) 3
 2   2 

(D) If the range of the function f(x) = cos–1 [5x] is {a, b, c} (s) 4


and a + b + c = , then  is equal to
2
(where [.] denotes greatest integer)
(t) 0

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6.52 Column – I Column – II

 
(A) Function f : 0, 3   [0, 1] defined by f(x) = sin x is (p) one to one function
 

x3
(B) Function f : (1, )  (1, ) defined by f(x) = is (q) many – one function
x 1

  4 
(C) Function f :  ,   [–1, 1] defined by f(x) = sinx is (r) into function
 2 3 

x2
(D) Function f : (2, )  [8, ) defined by f(x) = is (s) onto function
x2

6.53 Match the column

Column –  Column – 

(A) If smallest positive integral value of x for (p) 4

which x 2 – x – sin–1(sin 2) < 0 is  then
3 +  is equal to

MATHONGO
(B) Number of solution(s) of 2[x] = x + 2 {x} is (q) 1
(where [.], {.} are greatest integer and least integer
functions respectively)

2
(C) If x2 + y2 = 1 and maximum value of x + y is , (r) 2
3
then is equal to

 1  1
(D) f  x   + f  x   = f(x) for all x  R, (s) 0
 2   2 
then period of f(x) is
(t) 3
6.54 Match the column

Column –  Column – 

(A) If function f(x) is defined in [–2, 2], then domainof f (|x| + 1) is (p) (–, –4)

sin 1 x  cos 1 x  tan 1 x

(B) Range of the function f(x) = is (q) [–1, 1]


(C) Range of the function f(x) = 3 |sin x | – 4 |cos x| is (r) [– 4, 3]

  
(D) Range of f(x) = (sin–1x) sin x is (s) 0 , 2 sin 1
 

1 3
(t) 4 , 4
 

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6.55 Column – I Column – II

2x
(A) Domain of f(x) = sin–1   is (p) [–2, )
 2x 

2x 2  2
(B) Range of f(x) = is (q) (– , –1]  [1, )
3x 2  1

(C) Set of all values of p for which the function (r) (– , –2]  [2/3, )
f(x) = px + sin x is bijective is

(D) If f : (– , 1]  A is defined by f(x) = x2 – 3x, (s) [–2, 2/3)

then set A for which f(x) becomes invertible, is
(t) (–, 0)

6.56 Match the range of functions given in column –  with column –  .

Column –  Column – 

MATHONGO
(A) f(x) = xex (1 – x) , x  [0, 1] (p) [0, 2]

(B) f(x) = |3 – x| + |2 + x|, x  [0, 4] (q) [5, 7]

(C) f(x) = x 4 + 2x2 + 5, x  [–1, 1] (r) [0, 1]

(D) f(x) = x4. e– x2 + 1 , x  [–1, 0] (s) [5, 8]

SECTION - VI : INTEGER ANSWER TYPE

6.57 Find the number of solution of the equation x – 1  2[ x ] – 3x

(where [x] & {x} denotes integral and fractional part of x)

6.58 If f (x) + f (y) + f (xy) = 2 + f (x) . f (y) , for all real values of x & y and f (x) is a polynomial function with
f (4) = 17 , then find the value of f (5)/14, where f(1)  1.

  2(1  2x ) x 1
6.59 The functional relation f(x) + f  1  = is satisfying by the function f(x) = , then find
 1 x  x(1  x ) ( x  1)
 

value of 

6.60 Find number of integral solutions of the equation [x] [y] = x + y.

Here [ .] denotes greatest integer function.

sin1(sin x)
6.61 If domain of f(x) = is (a, b)  (c, ), then find the value of a + b + 3c.
 2x  1 
 log x  4  log2  

 2 
  3x 

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