PUC-II KCET MATHEMATICS SAMPLE QUESTIONS 2024-25

Chapter 1: RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

1) A relation R in the set {1, 2, 3} given by R = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 3)}. Then R is

(A) Reflexive (B) Reflexive and Symmetric

(C) Reflexive and Transitive (D) Symmetric and Transitive.
2) Let R be the relation in the set N given by R = {(a, b): a = b–2, b > 6}. Choose the correct
answer.
(A) (2, 4) ∈ R (B) (3, 8) ∈ R (C) (6, 8) ∈ R (D) (8, 7) ∈ R
3) The relation R in the set {1, 2, 3} given by R = {(1, 2), (2, 1)} is
(A) Reflexive (B) Symmetric
(C) Transitive (D) Equivalence relation
4) Let R be the relation in the set {1, 2, 3, 4} given by
R = {(1, 2), (2, 2), (1, 1), (4, 4), (1, 3), (3, 3), (3, 2)}. Choose the correct answer.
(A) R is reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
(B) R is reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(C) R is symmetric and transitive but not reflexive
(D) R is an equivalence relation.
5) The number of equivalence relation in the set {1, 2, 3} containing (1, 2) and (2, 1) is

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

6) If a relation R on the set {1, 2, 3} be defined by R = {(1, 1)}, then R is (CET-20)
(A) Reflexive and transitive (B) Symmetric and transitive
(C) Only symmetric (D) Reflexive and symmetric
7) Let A= {1, 2, 3}. The number of relations containing (1, 2) and (1, 3) which are reflexive and
symmetric but not transitive is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
8) Let A= {1, 2, 3}. The number of equivalence relations containing (1, 2) is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
9) Let A= {1, 2, 3}. The number of relations containing (1, 2) and (2, 3) which are reflexive and
transitive but not symmetric is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

10) If f: R R be defined as f(x) =   . Choose the correct answer. (CET-17)

(A) f is one-one and onto (B) f is many-one and onto

(C) f is one-one but not onto (D) f is neither one-one nor onto.
11) If f: R R be defined as f(x) = 3x. Choose the correct answer.

(A) f is one-one and onto (B) f is many-one and onto

(C) f is one-one but not onto (D) f is neither one-one nor onto.
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12) If f: Z Z, where Z is the set of integers is defined as f(x) =   then

(A) f is both one-one and onto (B) f is neither one-one nor onto.
(C) f is one-one but not onto (D) f is many-one and onto

13) If f: R R be defined as f(x) =   . Choose the correct answer.

(A) f is one-one and onto (B) f is many-one and onto
(C) f is one-one but not onto (D) f is neither one-one nor onto.
14) If f: N N be defined as f(x) = 2x then
(A) f is many-one and onto (B) f is both one-one and onto
(C) f is one-one but not onto (D) f is neither one-one nor onto.
15) The number of all one-one functions from set A = {1, 2, 3} to itself is
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12
16) The number of all onto functions from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, . . . . . . . . n} to itself is

(A) n (B) (n–1)! (C) (n+1)! (D) n!

17) If f: R R and g: R R are given by f(x) = cosx and g(x) = 3  . Then gof(x) is

(A) 3   (B) cos 3  (C) 2  (D) cos 2

18) Let f: R R be defined by f(x) = , ∀  ∈R, then f is (CET-17)

(A) one-one (B) onto (C) bijective (D) f is not defined

19) If the set X contains 7 elements and the set Y contains 8 elements, then the number of
bijections from X to Y is (CET-22)
(A) 0 (B) 7! (C) 8  (D) 8!

20) If f: R R is defined by f(x) =  , then f(f(2)) is (CET-15)

 
(A)  (B)  
(C) (D) 29

21) If f: R R is defined by f(x) = 2x + 6 which is a bijective mapping then     is (CET-16)

(A) − 3

(B) 2x + 6 (C) x – 3 (D) 6x + 2

22) A is a set having 6 distinct elements. The number of distinct functions from A to A which are
not bijections is (CET-18)

(A) 6! – 6 (B) 6 − 6 (C) 6 − 6! (D) 6!

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 Chapter 2: INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

23) The principal value branch of sin  is

A) [  ,  ] B) [0, "] C) [0, 2"] D) (0, ")


24) The principal value branch of cos  is

A) [  ,  ] B) [0, "] C) [0, 2"] D) (0, ")


25) The principal value branch of tan  is

A) [ , ] B) [0, "] C)  ,  D) (0, ")
 
   
26) The principal value branch of cot   is
A) [ , ] B) [0, "] C)  ,  D) (0, ")
 
   
27) The range of +  is (CET-17)


A) [0, "]–{ } B) [  ,  ] C)   ,   D) [0, "]

 

28) The domain of sin  is

A) (–1, 1) B) [–1, 1] C) (0, ") D) [0, "]

29) The domain of cos  is

A) (–1, 1) B) [–1, 1] C) (0, ") D) [0, "]

30) The domain of tan  is

A) (–1, 1) B) [–1, 1] C) R D) R–(–1, 1)

31) The domain of cot   is

A) R B) R–(–1, 1) C) (-1, 1) D) [-1, 1]

32) sin(tan ), |x|<1 is equal to

A) √ B) √ C) √ D) √
       

33) If sin  = y, then

A) 0 ≤ . ≤ " ≤.≤ C) 0 < . < " <.<

 
   
B) D)

34) tan √3 – sec  −2 is equal to

A) " C) −

B) D)

35) cos    is equal to




 1
  
A) B) C) D)

36) sin ( − sin −  is equal to



A)  B) C)  D) 1

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37) tan √3 – cot  −√3 is equal to

A) " B) −  C) 0 D) 2√3

38) The principal value of 2  3 4 is


√

 1

A) B) C) D) 

39) cos [2  5−√36 +  ] = (CET-21)

√
A) 0 B) 1 C) D) –1

40) If 3 289  + 2   = ", then x is equal to (CET-16)

A) 0 B) 1 C) –1 D) 

41) If 289   + 289 . = , then 2   + 2  . is equal to (CET-17)


1

B) "

1 1
A) C) D) 1

42) If :9  +  .= , then   + :9 . is equal to (CET-18)

  
1

 
1 1 1 
A) B) C) D)

43) cos[2 :9 

+  

] = (CET-19)


A) 1
 
B) C) does not exist D)

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Chapter 3: MATRICES
44) If A = [8;< ]= > is a square matrix if

A) m < n B) m > n C) m = n D) None of these

45) The number of all possible matrices of order 3x3 with each entry 0 or 1 is
A) 27 B) 18 C) 81 D) 512

46) If A = [8;< ] is a 2x2 matrix whose elements are given by 8;< = < then A is
;

1 2 1 0 2 1 2
A) ? A B) B C C) B 0C D) B 1C
2 1 2 1  

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47) For a 2x2 matrix A =[8;< ], elements are given by 8;< = 2i – j then A is equal to
1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
A) ? A B) ? A C) ? A D) ? A
3 2 0 1 0 3 3 2

48) If A = [8;< ] is a 2x2 matrix whose elements are given by 8;< =

;<

then A is

2 8
  
2 4
A) D  
F B) D  
F D 
F D) B  8C
8 2 2
C)

  

49) If A = [8;< ] is a 2x2 matrix whose elements are given by 8;< =

;<

then A is

18 8
1 
 1 18 8
A) D  
F B) D1 
F C) B  C  D) B  1C


8 
18 8 18  

50) If a matrix has 18 elements, then the number of matrices having all possible orders is
A) 4 B) 6 C) 2 D) 8
51) If a matrix has 13 elements, then the total number of possible matrices of different order is
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
52) Which of the given values of x and y make the following pair of matrices equal
3 + 7 5 0 .−2
H K, ? A
.+1 2 − 3 8 4
   
A) x = ,y=7 B) Not possible to find C) x = ,y=7 D) x = ,y=

1 3 . 0 5 6
A+? A=? A then the value of x and y are (CET-17)
0  1 2 1 8
53) If 2?

A) x = 3, y = 3 B) x = –3, y = 3 C) x = 3, y = –3 D) x = –3, y = –3
54) Matrices A and B will be inverse of each other only if

A) AB = BA B) AB = BA = 0 C) AB = 0, BA = 1 D) AB = BA = I

55) If the matrix A is both symmetric and skew symmetric then (CET-17)

A) A is a diagonal matrix B) A is a zero matrix

C) A is a square matrix D) none of these

 L − :9L
56) If A = ? A, then A + MN = I, if the value of L is
:9L  L

A)  B) C) " D) 

 L :9L
57) If A = ? A, then A MN = (CET-18)
− :9L  L
A) A B) zero matrix C) MN D) I

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58) If A and B are symmetric matrices of same order, then AB – BA is a (CET-19)

A) Skew symmetric matrix B) Symmetric matrix

C) Zero matrix D) Identity matrix

59) Assume X, Y, Z, W and P matrices of order 2 x n, 3 x k, 2 x p, n x 3 and p x k respectively.

The restrictions on n, k and so that PY + WY will be defined are:

A) k = 3, p = n B) k is arbitrary, p = 2
C) p is arbitrary, k = 3 D) k = 2, p = 3

60) Assume X, Y, Z, W and P matrices of order 2 x n, 3 x k, 2 x p, n x 3 and p x k respectively.

If n = p, then the order of the matrix 7X – 5Z is:

A) p x 2 B) 2 x n C) n x 3 D) p x n

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61) If A = H K is such that M = I, then
P −L

A) 1 + L  + OP = 0 B) 1 – L  + OP = 0

C) 1 – L  – OP = 0 D) 1 + L  – OP = 0

62) If A is square matrix such that M = A, then Q + M – 7A is equal to

A) A B) I – A C) I D) 3A

4 +2
63) If ? A is a symmetric matrix, then x
2 − 3 +1
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

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64) If x? A + y? A = ? A then the value of x and y are (CET-23)
2 −1 5
A) x = –4, y = –3 B) x = 4, y = 3 C) x = –4, y = 3 D) x = 4, y = –3
2 1 1 0
65) If ? AA = ? A, then the matrix A is (CET-20)
3 2 0 1
2 −1 2 1 2 −1 −2 1
A) ? A B) ? A C) ? A D) ? A
3 2 3 2 −3 2 3 −2

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