RELATION AND FUNCTION MATHEMATICS

Chapter - 1

RELATION AND FUNCTION

EXERCISE I
SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

1. If f() = min.  2x  7  x  4  x  2  sin   , where x,  R, then maximum value of f() is

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

2. If g(x) = 2 2 sin x + cos x then maximum value of P(x) = g(x)  2  4  g(x) is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

sin 1 2x
3. Domain of the function f(x) = is [a, b] – {c}, then (b – a + c) equals
x2
cos x  1
2
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
4. One root of the equation t2 – (7 sin–1 x)t +  12 sin–1 x + f(x)  = 0 is six times of other root. If M and

2 (M  m)
m are maximum and minimum value of f(x) then the value of equals
2
(a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 8 (d) 6

f 2 (x) 1
5. Let f(x) satisfies = x3, where f(1 – x)  0, then f   equals
f (1  x )  2

1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 4 8 64

6.  3 2 5
  3 2
Let f (x) = [ ]  9[ ]  26[ ]  24 x – 24{}  26{}  9{}  1 x + x2 + cos6 x – 2013  3

is an even function then sum of all possible values of  equals

[Note: [x] and {x} denotes greatest integer less than or equal to x and fractional part of x respectively.]

131 151 121 101

(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 4 4
7. Consider f (x) = |x| |x – 1| |x – 2| |x – 3|;  x  [1, 2] and
g(x) = |x| + |x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x – 3|  x  (– , ).
If max. f(x) =  min g(x) at x = x0 then ( + x0) is equal to

15  105 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
64 64 64 2

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8. If f is a continuous function in [1, 2] such that f (1)  3 < f (1) + 3 and f (2)  10 = f (2) + 10,
f (2)  0 then the equation f(x) = 0 in (1, 2) has
(a) at least one real root (b) no real root
(c) exactly two real roots (d) exactly one real root
9. Let f : R  R be a continuous onto function satisfying f(x)  f( x)  0 ;  x  R . If f( 3)  2 and
f(5)  4 in [-5, 5], then the equation f(x) = 0 has
(a) exactly three real roots (b) exactly two real roots
(c) atleast five real roots (d) atleast three real roots

f(x  1)  f(x  1)
10. Let f(x) be a polynomial of degree n such that 1  f(x)  ; x  R , then n satisfies
2
(a) n < 2 (b) n > 2 (c) n = 2 (d) None of these

 x 4x 2  x  2 
11. The domain of f(x)  4 x  2.3  2 
 x x1 

(a) [-7, 101] (b) [-9, 103] (c) [-9, 93 ln 2] (d) (  ,  )

x
12. Let f(x) be defined for all x > 0 and be continuous. Let f(x) satisfy f    f(x)  f(y) for all x, y and
y
f(e) = 1. then

1
(a) f(x) is bounded (b) f    0 as x  0
x

(c) xf(x)  1 as x  0 (d) f(x) = lnx

13. If the function f : [1,  )  [1,  ) is defined by

f(x)  2 x( x 1) , then f-1(x) is

x(x  1)
1 1
(a)  
2
(b)
2

1  1  4 log 2 x 
1
(c)
2
1  1  4 log 2 x  (d) not defined

14. 
1
Let f(x)  (x  1)2  1, x  1 . Then the set x :f(x)  f (x) is 
 3  i 3 3  i 3 
(a) 0, 1, 2
,
2
 (b) {0, 1, -1}
 

(c) {0, -1} (d) empty

15. Let f(x) = sinx and g(x) = ln |x|.
If the range of the composite function fog and gof are R1 and R2 respectively, then
(a) R 1  u : 1  u  1 , R 2   :     0

(b) R 1  u :   u  0 , R 2   : 1    0

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(c) R 1  u : 1  u  1 , R 2   :     0

(d) R 1  u : 1  u  1 , R 2   :     0

ONE OR MORE THAN CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

(2x  1) (2 x 2  4px  p 3 )
1. If f : R – {–1, k}  R – {, } is a bijective function defined by f(x) = (where
( x  1) (x 2  p 2 x  p 2 )
p  0), then identify which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
(a) If k  (–1, 1) then  +  = 2 (b) If k  (–1, 1) then  +  = 6
(c) If k  (1, 3) then  +  = 4 (d) If k  (1, 3) then  +  = 6

1 x 
2. If f 2(x) · f   = x3 ;  x  R – {–1, 1} and f(x)  0, then which of the following is correct.
1 x 
(a) f(2) · f(–2) = 16 (b) f (2) f(–2) = 8
(c) f (2) = –12 (d) f (3) = –18

3. The graph of a function y = f(x) is shown in the figure

Identify which of the following statement is/are correct? f(x)
5
4
(a) Domain of f f ( x )  is [–4, 3].
3
 13  2
(b) Domain of f f ( x )  is   3,  .
 5 1

(c) The equation of f f ( x )  = 1 has exactly 7 solutions. –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 x

(d) The equation of f f ( x )  = 1 has exactly 8 solutions.

x  1  f 2 (x)
4. If f(x)  is an odd function where [.] denotes greatest integer part, then:
1  x2
(a) f(x) is invertible for [-1,1] (b) f(x) = f-1(x) has no solution 1  x  1
(c) |f(x)| = K has four solution for 0 < K < 1.
(d) f(x) is differentiable for all R
5. f : R  R;f(x)  sgn{sin x} ; where {.} denotes the fractional part function, then
(a) f(x) is a periodic function (b) f(x) is many-one function
(c) f(x) is an even function (d) f(x) is neither even nor odd
1
6. Let functions f, g : R  R defined by f(x)  3x  1  2x  1 , g(x)   3x  5  2x  5  . Then which
5
relation between f and g is/are true
(a) gof = fog (b) (fog)-1 = gof (c) (fof) = gog (d) (fof)-1 = gog

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2x  2
7. Let f(x)  . The graphs of y = f(x) & y = f(4x) are symmetrical about points (a1, 0) & (a2, 0)
2x  2
respectively. Then
1 2 2
(a) a1  1, a 2  4 (b) a 1  1, a 2  (c)  f(2x)dx  1 (d)  f(2x)dx  0
2 0 0

x 2  2x  d
8. If f : R  [a, 6] defined by f(x)  is an onto function, then
x 2  3x  d

2
(a) a is equal to (b) d is equal to 4
7
(c) a is equal to 1 (d) d - 7a is equal to -3
9. Which among the following is incorrect?

  10  x  x  2  
(a) If f(x)  log   then f (x) is odd function
  10  x  x  2  
(b) Determinant of skew – symmetric matrix of any order is zero
(c) It is possible to have 17 , 19 , 23 as any three terms of an arthemetric progression
(d) There are exactly two distinct linear functions, which map [-1,1] onto [0, 3]
10. Let f : A  B be a function where set A contains 4 elements and set B contains 3 elements.
Number of functions defined from A  B which are not surjective is also equal to
(a) Number of natural solution of the equation x + y + z = 11.
(b) Number of ways in which 10 children can be divided into two groups one containing 2
and other containing 8 children.
(c) Number of ways in which 4 boys and 4 girls can be arranged alternately in a circle.
(d) Total Number of divisors of the number 3600
11. Let f (x) be a polynomial of degree six such that
8
f '(2)  f "(2)  0 , f '(0)  f ''(0)  f '"(0)  0 . If f(0) = 1 and f(1)  f( 1)  , then which of the following
5
does not hold good
(a) f(x) is even function (b) f(x) is odd function
(c) f(x) is monotonic in x  (  ,0) (d) Range of f(x) is ( 1,  )
12. Among the following which is / are true

(a) Range of x 2  2x  1 + x 2  4x  4 is [3, )

2 2
(b) Range of sin x     sin x  (where  is g.i.f.) is {0, –1})

(c) The period of sin2 x  cos2 x   sin x   

2
cos2 x 

(where 
 denotes decimal part) is
2

       1
(d) If f(x) = sin x sin   x  sin   x  then f   =
3  3   18  8

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13. Let f(x) = x2 and g(x) = x , (where x > 0), then

(a) f  g(x)  x (b) g  f(x)  x

1 1
(c) The least value of f  g(x)  is 2 (d) The least value of g  f(x)  f g(x) is 2
g  f(x)  
14. Let f : A  B be a function defined by f(x) = 1  x 2
(a) f(x) is one-one if A = [0, 1] (b) f(x) is onto if B = [0, 1]
(c) f(x) is one-one if A = [–1, 0] (d) f(x) is into if B = [–1, 1]

15. Let f :[0, 2]  [0, ) defined as f(x) =  x 2  4 , then the values of ‘x’ for which f(x) = f 1  x  is

(a)  2 (b) 2 (c) 0, 2 (d) none

COMPREHENSION TYPE QUESTIONS

COMPREHENSION I

32| x | 2 | x | 32
Consider, f(x) = and g(x) = .
1 | x | 3
Two more functions h(x) and k(x) are defined as
h(x) = max.{f(x), g(x)}
k(x) = min.{f(x), g(x)}

1. If x i , h( x i )  (i = 1, 2, 3, …… n) are the points on the graph of y = h(x) where no unique tangent

n
can be drawn then  | xi | equals
i 1

(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 8

2. If the equation k(x) = p has four solutions then number of integral values of p is(are)
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

COMPREHENSION II

Let f : R  R be a function such that, f(x) = x3 + ax2 + bx + c, where a, b, c  R be a polynomial

function. If f(1) = f (2) + 2 and f(2) = f (3) + 3, then answer the following problems.

3. If f(3) = f (4) + k, then k is equal to

(a) –2 (b) – 5 (c) 2 (d) 5
4. Value of (a + b) is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
5. f (x) is
(a) one one and onto function (b) one one and into function
(c) many one and onto function (d) many one and into function

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COMPREHENSION III
Column I contains a particular domain for the function f , column II contains a co- domain and
column III the nature of the function. Out of the 64 combinations like A-P-I , A-P-II, C-S-IV, D-S-IV
, a few combinations are correct for the function f given in the question below. For e.g. for the
function f(x) = sinx to be a valid function, the combination A - Q - IV is one of the correct combina-
tions and B - Q - III is one of the incorrect combinations. Answer the following questions based on
this.
Column I (Domain) Column II (Co-domain) Column III (Nature)
(a) (0, 1) (P) (0, 1) (I) One-one
(b) R   (0, ) (Q) R+ (II) Onto
(c) R (R) R (III) Many - one
(d) [-1, 1] (S) [-1, 1] IV) Into
2
6. For the function f(x) = x the number of valid combinations is
(a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) More than 20
7. For which of the following functions, there exists a valid combination?
1 1
(a) f(x)  cos ec (b) f(x)  ( 1)x (c) f(x)  x x (d) f(x)  ln x
x

x
8. For the function f(x)  lim
n  1  x
n , , the number of combinations that contain II or III is

(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) Less than 6 (d) More than 7

MATRIX-MATCH TYPE QUESTIONS

1. COLUMN-I COLUMN-II
(I) Let f : R  R and fn (x)  f  fn 1 (x)  ; n  2 , n  N the roots of equation
f3 (x)f2 (x)f(x)  25f2 (x)f(x)  175f(x)  375 which also satisfy equation f(x) = x will be
(p) 1

(II) Let f:[5, 10] onto [4, 17], the integers in the range of y  f  f  f(x)   is/are
(q) 5

(III) Let f(x)  8 cot 1  cot x   5sin 1  sin x   4 tan 1  tan x   sin  sin 1 x  , then possible integral values
which f(x) can take (r) 10
(IV) Let 'a' denotes the roots of equation

 1  x2 
cos  cos 1 x   sin 1 sin  1
  2 sec  sec x  then possible value of  10  where [.] denotes the
 2 
greate integer function will be (s) 15
(t) -3
(u) 0
1. Which of following is correct combination?
(a) (l) (p) (r) (b) (I) (q) (r) (c) (II) (q) (r)(s) (d) (II)(p)(s)
2. Which of following is correct combination?
(a) (III) (p)(q) (t)(u) (b) (II)(p)(q)(t)(u)
(c) (IV)(p)(r) (d) (IV)(q)(s)

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2. Column-I Column-II

x
(a) The period of the function sin log   (p) 1
3
(where {x} denotes the fractional part of ‘x’) is
(b) The total number of solutions of the equation (q) 2

log e x  sin x in   / 2,  / 2 is

2 2
(c) The least value of the function f  x   sec x  cos ec x is (r) 4
(d) Let f(x) = | sin x | + | cos x | then number of elements (s) 3
in range set of [f(x)] where ([  ] is G.I.F is)
(t) infinite
3. Match the following:
Column-I Column-II
(a) Let f(x) = max {1 + sin x, 1, 1 – cos x}, x  [0, 2  ] (p) g(f(1)) = 1
and g(x) = max {1, |x – 1|}, x  R, then

1  x   3x  x 3 
(b) Let f(x) = ln   ; x   1,1 and g(x)   2  , then (q) f(g(0)) = 0
1  x   1  3x 
(c) Let f(x) = 1 + x2 and g(x) = x – x2, then (r) f(g(0)) = 1
(s) g(f(0)) = 1

  e 1
(t) g  f    1
  e 1

INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Let f(x) be a real valued function such that |f (x) + x2 + 1|  |f (x)| + |x2 + 1| and f(x)  0, then
5
find the absolute value of  1  f (r )  .
r 1

2. Let f(x) = x2 – 3x – 4 and g(x) = sgn x

x
then sum of all the roots of the equation g(f(x)) = sin when x  [–10, 20]
2
(where sgn denotes signum function)

5  3x  tan 1 x
3. If complete domain of the function f(x) =  10  x  x
 1 
log 2013  
 2  sin 3x 
is [a, b] – A.

6L
Let L is the sum of all entries in set A, then + (b – a) equals

4. Find the sum of all the roots of the equation [e–x] = {x} when x  [– 100, 100].
[Note: [x] & {x} denotes greatest integer function & fractional part of function of x.]

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5. If f: [4, a]  A is a bijective function and defined by f  x  1  17  x =  20  2 64  ( x  9)2 ,

then find the value of f 1 (5) . 

[Note : [k] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to k.]
1
6. Let f(n)  3 n  1  3 n , n  N . If  is the least value of n for which f(n)  . then fractional part of
12
 2020
is
5
7. Let f : R  R be an injective mapping and p, q, r are non-zero distinct real quantities satisfying

p pq q  r 
f    f   and f    f   . If graph of g(x)  px 2  qx  r passes through point (1, 6), then
 r   q r   r  p
the value of q is

8. If f(x) = 2x + 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

x  1
9. If f(x)  ; x  R   &   1 and   1 is a self-inverse function such that
x 

f(4) f(12) 1 

  f   , then “  ” is equal to
4 12  1 
10. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, how many one–one function f: A  B
can be define so that f(x)  i ;  i  2, 3, 4,5 and f(1)  0 or 1

8x  27 x 7
11. The number of real values of x for which 
12 x  18x 6
12. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be two bijective function such that they are mirror image of each
other about the 4y – 17 = 0. If h(x) = f(x) + g(x), then h(0) is equal to

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EXERCISE II
PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS JEE ADVANCED

SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

1. The f : R  R be any function. Define g : R  R by g(x) = | f(x) | for all x. Then g is [2000]
(A) onto if f is onto (B) one–one if f is one-one
(C) continuous if f is continuous (D) differentiable if f is differentiable
2. The domain of definition of the function, f(x) given by the equation, 2x + 2y = 2 is [2000]
(A) 0  x  1 (B) 0  x  1 (C)    x  0 (D)    x  1

log 2  x  3 
3. The domain of definition of f(x) = is [2001]
x 2  3x  2

(A) R-{-1, -2} (B)  2,   (C) R-{-1, -2, -3} (D)  3,    1, 2

1
4. If f : [1,  )  [2,  ) is given by f(x)  x  then f-1(x) equals [2001]
x

 2
(A) x  x  4 / 2  
(B) x / 1  x
2


 2
(C) x  x  4 / 2  (D) 1  x 2  4

 1 , x  0

f(x)   0 , x  0
5. Let g(x) = 1 + x- [x] and g(x)  1  x  [x] and . Then for all x, f(g(x)) is equal to
 1 , x0


(A) x (B) 1 (C) f(x) (D) g(x) [2001]

x
6. Let f(x) = , x  1 . Then for what value of  is f( f(x)) = x [2001]
x 1

(A) 2 (B)  2 (C) 1 (D) –1

7. Let E = {1,2,3,4} and F = {1, 2}. Then the number of onto functions from E to F is [2001]
(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 12 (D) 8

 1, x  0
8. Let g(x) = 1 + x - [x] and f(x) = 0, x  0 . Then for all x, f(g(x)) is equal to [2001]
1, x0


(A) x (B) 1 (C) f(x) (D) g(x)

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9. If f : 1,    2,   is given by, f(x) = x  , then f -1(x) equals [2001]
x

x  x2  4 x x  x2  4
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1  x 2  4
2 1  x2 2

10. Let function f : R  R be defined by f(x) = 2x + sin x for x  R , then f is [2002]

(A) one-to-one and onto (B) one-to-one but NOT onto
(C) onto but NOT one-to-one (D) neither one-to-one nor onto
11. Suppose f(x) = (x + 1)2 for x  1 . If g(x) is the function whose graph is the reflection of the graph
of f(x) with respect to the line y = x, then g(x) equals [2002]

1
(A)  x  1, x  0 (B) (x  1)2 , x  1

(C) x  1, x  1 (D) x  1, x  0

 1 
12. Domain of definition of the function f(x) =  sin  2x   6  is [2003]
 

 1 1  1 1  1 1  1 1
(A)   ,  (B)   ,  (C)   ,  (D)   , 
 4 2  2 2  2 9  4 4

x2  x  2
13. Range of the function f(x) = ; x  R is [2003]
x2  x  1

(A) (1,  ) (B) (1, 11/7] (C) (1, 7/3] (D) [1, 7/5]
14. If f(x) = x 2 + 2bx + 2c2 and g(x) = – x 2 – 2cx + b2 such that min f(x) > max g(x), then the
relation between b and c, is [2003]

(A) no real value of b and c (B) 0  c  b 2

(C) | c |  | b | 2 (D) | c |  | b | 2

x
15. If f : [0,  )  [0,  ) and f(x)  , then f is [2003]
1x
(A) one-one and onto (B) one-one but not onto
(C) onto but not one-one (D) neither one-one nor onto
2
16. Let f(x) = sin x + cos x and g(x) = x – 1, then domain for which gof is invertible, is [2004]

    2       
(A)  0,  (B)  ,  (C)   ,  (D)   , 
 2 2 3   2 3  4 4
17. If X and Y are two non-empty sets where f : X  Y is function is defined such that

f  c   f  x  : x  C for C  X and f 1  D   x : f (x)  D for D  Y, for any A  Y and B  Y

then [2004]

(A) f 1 (f (A))  A (B) f 1 (f (A))  A only if f  X   Y

(C) f (f 1 (B))  B onlyif B  f (x) (D) f (f 1 (B))  B

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18. f(x) =  , and g(x) =  , then f – g is [2005]
0, if x is irrational  x, if x is irrational
(A) one–one and into (B) neither one–one nor onto
(C) many one and onto (D) one–one and onto
19. Let f,g and he be real-valued function defined on onto interval [0, 1] by
2 2 2 2 2 2
f(x)  e x  e  x ,g(x)  xe x  e  x and h(x)  x 2 e x  e  x . If a, b and c denote, respectively, the absolue
maximum of f, g and h on [0, 1] then [2010]

(A) a  b and c  d (B) a  c and a  b

(C) a  b and c  b (D) a = b = c

bx
20. Let f : (0, 1)  R be defined by f(x) = , where b is a constant such that 0 < b < 1. Then
1  bx

1
(A) f is not invertible on (0, 1) (B) f  f 1 on (0, 1) and f (b)  [2011]
f (0)

1
(C) f  f 1 on (0, 1) and f (b)  (D) f 1 is differentiable on (0, 1)
f (0)
21. Let f(x) = x2 and g(x) = sinx for all x  R . Then gne set of all x satisfying
(f o g o g o f) (x) = (g o g o f) (x), where (f o g)(x) = f(g(x)), is [2011]

(A)  n , n  {0,1, 2,.....} (B)  n , n  {1, 2,.....}


(C)  2n , n  {....  2, 1,0,1,2,....} (D) 2n,n  {....  2, 1,0,1, 2,...}
2
22. The function f : [0, 3]  [1, 29], defined by f(x) = 2x3 – 15x2 + 36x + 1, is [2012]
(A) one–one and onto (B) onto but not one–one
(C) one–one but not onto (D) neither one–one nor onto
23. If the function f : R  R is defined by f(x) = |x|(x – sin x), then which of the following
statements is TRUE? [2020]
(A) f is one-one, but NOT onto (B) f is onto, but NOT one-one
(C) f is BOTH one-one and onto (D) f is NEITHER one-one NOR onto

ONE OR MORE THAN CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

bx
1. Let f : (0, 1)  R be defined by f(x)  , where b is a constant such that 0 < b < 1. Then
1  bx

1
(A) f is not invertible on(0, 1) (B) f  f 1 on (0, 1) and f '(b)  [2011]
f '(0)

1
(C) f  f 1 on (0, 1) and f'(b)  f'(0) (D) f-1 is differentiable (0, 1)

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2     
2. Let f : (–1, 1)  IR be such that f (cos 4)  2
for    0,    ,  . Then the value(s) of
2  sec   4  4 2

1
f   is are [2012]
3

3 3 2 2
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 1
2 2 3 3

3. The function f(x)  2|x||x  2||x  2|2|x| has a local minimum or a local maximum at x =

2 2
(A) -2 (B) (C) 2 (D) [2013]
3 3
4. Let a  R and let f : R  R be given by [2014]

f(x)  x 5  5x  a . Then
(A) f(x) has three real roots of a > 4 (B) f(x) has only real root if a > 4
(C) f(x) has three real roots if a <-4 (D) f(x) has three real roots if -4 < a < 4

  
5. Let f :   ,   R be given by f(x) = (log(sec x + tan x))3. Then [2014]
 2 2
(A) f(x) is an odd function (B) f(x) is a one-one function
(C) f(x) is an onto function (D) f(x) is an even function

   
6. Let f(x) = sin  sin  sin x   for all x  R and g(x) = sin x for all x  R . Let (f o g)(x) denote
 6  2  2
f(g(x)) and (g o f)(x) denote g(f(x)). Then which of the following is (are) true ?
 1 1  1 1
(A) Range of f is   ,  (B) Range of f o g is   ,  [2015]
 2 2  2 2
f(x) 
(C) lim
x 0 g(x)

6 (D) There is an x  R such that (g o f)(x) = 1

7. Let f : R  R, g : R  R and h : R  R be differentiable functions such that f(x) = x3 + 3x + 2,

g(f(x)) = x and h(g(g(x)) = x for all x  R . Then [2016]

1
(A) g '  2  (B) h' 1  666 (C) h(0) = 16 (D) h(g(3)) = 36
15

8. Let S = (0, 1)  (1, 2)  (3, 4) and T = {0, 1, 2, 3} . Then which of the following statements is(are) true?
(A) There are infinitely many functions from S to T [2023]
(B) There are infinitely many strictly increasing functions from S to T
(C) The number of continuous functions from S to T is at most 120
(D) Every continuous function from S to T is differentiable

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MATRIX MATCH TYPE QUESTIONS

x 2  6x  5
1. Let f(x) = [2007]
x 2  5x  6
Column I Column II
(A) If -1 < x < 1, then f(x) satisfied (p) 0 < f(x) < 1
(B) If 1 < x < 2, then f(x) satisfies (q) f(x) < 0
(C) If 3 < x < 5, then f(x) satisfies (r) f(x) > 0
(D) If x > 5, then f(x) satisfies (s) f(x) < 1 [2007]
2. Match the statements given in Column-I with the intervals/ union of intervals given in Column-II
Column-I Column-II [2011]

 2iz 
(A) The set {Re  2 : (p) (  , 1)  (1,  )
1z 

z is a complex number, |z| 1 z  1} is

(B) The domain of the (q) (  , 0)  (0,  )

 8(3)x  2 
function f(x) = sin  -1
2 (x  1)  is
 13 

1 tan  1
(C) If f( )   tan  1 tan  , (r) [2,  )
1  tan  1

 
f( ) : 0     is
 2

(D) If f(x)  x 3/2  3x  10  ,x  0 then (s) ( , 1]  [1,  )

f(x) is increasing in

(t) (  ,0]  [2, )1

 x   1   x  
3. Let E1  x  R : x  1 and  0  and E 2  x  E1 : sin  log e    is a real number  .
 x1     x  1  

  
(Here, the inverse trigonometric function sin-1x assume values in   ,  )
 2 2

 x 
Let f : E1  R be the function defined by f(x)  log e   and g : E 2  R be the function by
 x1

  x 
g(x)  sin 1  log e   . [2018]
  x  1 

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List I List II

 1   e 
P. The range of f is 1.   ,   ,
 1  e  e  1 
Q. The range of g contains 2. (0, 1)

 1 1
R. The domain of f contains 3.  2 , 2 
 

S. The domain of g is 4. (  , 0)  (0,  )

 e 
5.   ,
 e  1 

1 e 
6. (  ,0)   , 
 2 e  1
The correct option is
(A) P  4;Q  2;R  1;S  1 (B) P  3;Q  3;R  6; S  5

(C) P  4;Q  2;R  1;S  6 (D) P  4;Q  3;R  6;S  5

INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS

1. If the function f(x) = x3 + ex/2 and g(x) = f–1(x), then the value of g (1) is [2009]

2. Let f : [0, 4 ]  [0, ] be defined by f(x)  cos 1 (cos x) . The number of points x  [0, 4] satisfying the

10  x
equation g(x)  is [2014]
10
3. Let x be a set with exactly 5 elements and Y be a set with exactly 7 elements. If  is the number of
one - one functins from X to Y and  is the number of onto functions from Y and X, then the value
1
of      is___ [2018]
5!
1 1
4. The value of   log 9 
2
2 log (log 9)
2 2
  7 log 4 7 is [2018]

5. Let the function f : [0, 1]  R be defined by

4x
f(x)  .
4x  2

 1   2   3   39   1 
Then the value of f    f    f    ....  f    f   is [2020]
40 40
      40  40   2 

6. For x  R , the number of real roots of the equation 3x 2  4 x2  1  x  1  0 is _____. [2021]

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ANSWER KEY

EXERCISE I
SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

1. C 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. C
6. C 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. C
11. D 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. D

ONE OR MORE THAN CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

1. AD 2. ACD 3. BC 4. ABC 5. ABC
6. ABD 7. BD 8. AB 9. ABC 10. ABD
11. ABD 12. ABCD 13. ABCD 14. ABCD 15. BC

COMPREHENSION TYPE QUESTIONS

1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. C
6. B 7. C 8. A
MATRIX-MATCH QUESTIONS

1. (i) (C) (ii) C

2. A  S;B  Q;C  R ;D  P
3. A  P,S,T; B  Q,T  C  R
INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS
1. 5. 2. 41 3. 55 4. 5050 5. 4
6. 0.20 7. 8 8. 3 9. 8 10. 256
11. 2 12. 8.50

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EXERCISE II
PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS JEE ADVANCED
SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS
1. B 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. A
6. D 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. D
11. D 12. A 13. C 14. D 15. B
16. D 17. C 18. D 19. D 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. C
ONE OR MORE THAN CORRECT TYPE
1. A 2. AB 3. AB 4. BD 5. ABC
6. ABC 7. BC 8. ABCD

MATRIX-MATCH TYPE QUESTIONS

1. (A)  (p), (s); (B)  (q); (C)  (q); (D)  (p), (r)
2. A(s),B(t),C(r),D(r)

3. A
INTEGER TYPE QUESTION
1. 2 2. 3 3. 119. 4. 8 5. 19
6. 4

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