MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

CHAPTER –1 RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

Q1. If A 1, 2,3 and let R  1,1 ,  2, 2  ,  3,3 , 1, 2  ,  2,1 ,  2,3 , 3, 2   , Then R is:

(a) Reflexive, symmetric but not transitive (b) symmetric, transitive but not reflexive

(c) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric (d) an equivalence relation

Q2. Let R be a relation defined on Z by a Rb  a  b , Then R is:

(a) symmetric, transitive but not reflexive (b) Reflexive, symmetric but not transitive

(c) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric (d) an equivalence relation

Q3. Let R be a relation defined on Z as follows:  a , b  R  a 2  b2  25 , Then domain of R is:

(a) 3, 4,5 (b) 0,3, 4,5 (c) 0,  3,  4,  5 (d) none of these

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Q4. The relation R defined on the set A 1, 2,3, 4,5 by R   a , b  : a 2  b2  16 is given by: 
(a) 1,1 ,  2,1 , 3,1 ,  4,1 ,  2,3 (b)  2, 2 , 3, 2 ,  4, 2 ,  2, 4 
(c) 3,3 ,  4,3 , 5, 4 , 3, 4  (d) none of these

Q5. Let R be a relation defined on Z as follows:  x , y  R  x  y  1 . Then R is:

(a) Reflexive and transitive (b) Reflexive and symmetric

(c) Symmetric and transitive (d) an equivalence relation

Q6. Let A  1, 2,3 , B  1, 4,6,9 and R is a relation from A to B define by ‘ x is greater than y ’.
Then range of R is given by:

(a) 1, 4, 6,9 (b) 4, 6,9 (c) 1 (d) none of these

Q7. A relation R is defined from 2,3, 4,5 to 3,6,7,10 by x R y  x is relatively prime to y .

Then the domain of R is given by:

(a) 2,3,5 (b) 3,5 (c) 2,3, 4 (d) 2,3, 4,5

Q8. In the set Z of integers, which of the following relation R is not an equivalence relation?

(a) x R y : if x  y (b) x R y : if x  y
(c) x R y : if x  y is an even integer (d) x R y : if x  y  mod 3

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Q9. Let f : R  R and g : R  R be defined by f  x   2 x2  3x  5 and g  x   4 x  5 , then  fog  0  is:

(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 40 (d) 10

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Q10. Let f  x    x and g  x   x , then  fog      gof     is given by:
 3  3

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2

xa
Q11. Let the function f : R  b  R  1 be defined by f  x   ; a  b , then:
xb

(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) none of these

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Q12. The function f :0,    R given by f  x   is:
x 1

(a) f is both one-one and onto (b) f is one-one but not onto

(c) f is onto but not one-one (d) neither one-one nor onto

Q13. Which of the following functions from Z to itself are bijections?

(a) f  x   x3 (b) f  x   x  2 (c) f  x   2 x 1 (d) f  x   x 2  x

Q14. If the function f : 2,    B defined by f  x   x 2  4 x  5 is a bijection, then B is:

(a) R (b) 1,   (c)  4,   (d) 5,  

Q15. The function f : R  R defined by f  x    x 1 x  2  x  3 is:

(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) neither one-one nor onto

Q16. Let f  x   x 2 and g  x   2x . Then the solution set of the equation fog  x   gof  x  is:

(a) R (b) 0 (c) 0, 2 (d) none of these

Q17. If f : R  R is given by f  x   3x  5 , then f 1  x  :

1 x5
(a) is given by (b) is given by
3x  5 3
(c) does not exist because f is not one-one (d) does not exist because f is not onto

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Q18. The inverse of the function f : R x  R : x 1 given by f  x   is:
e x  e x

1  1 x  1  2 x  1  1 x 
(a) log   (b) log   (c) log   (d) none of these
2  1 x  2  2 x  2  1 x 

, then  fo  fof   x  is:

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Q19. Let f  x  
1 x

(a) x  x R (b) x  x R  1 (c) x  x R  0,1 (d) none of these

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Q20. Let f  x   sin 1 x , g  x    x  and h  x   2 x ,  x  , then:
2 2

(a) fogoh  x    2 (b) fogoh  x    (c) hofog  hogof (d) hofog  hogof

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Q21. If g  x   x 2  x  2 and gof  x   2 x 2  5x  2 , then f  x  is equal to:
2

(a) 2 x  3 (b) 2 x  3 (c) 2 x 2  3x 1 (d) 2 x 2  3x 1

Q22. If f  x   sin 2 x and g  f  x    sin x , then g  x  is given by:

(a) x 1 (b) x (c) x 1 (d)  x

Q23. If the binary operation  on Z is defined by a  b  a 2  b2  ab  4 , then value of  2  3  4 is:

(a) 233 (b) 33 (c) 55 (d) -55

Q24. If  be a binary operation on R defined by a  b  ab 1 . Then ,  is:

(a) Commutative but not associative (b) Associative but not Commutative

(c) Neither commutative nor associative (d) Commutative and associative

Q25. For the binary operation  defined on R  1 by the rule a  b  a  b  ab , the inverse of a is:

a 1
(a) a (b)  (c) (d) a 2
a 1 a

ANSWERS

1. a 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. b 6. c 7. d 8. a 9. c 10. b 11. c 12. b 13. b 14. b

15. b 16. c 17. b 18. a 19. c 20. c 21. a 22. b 23. b 24. a 25. b

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