LAKSHYA-01-02-03-04 FUNCTION DPP DATE : 29-01-25

1 1 x   2x 
1. If f( x )  cos(log x) , then f ( x ) f( y) [ f (x / y)  f ( xy)]  9. If f( x)  log  , then f  is equal to


2 x 2 
 1  

1  x 
[IIT 1983; RPET 1995; MP PET 1995; [MP PET 1999; RPET 1999; UPSEAT 2003]
Karnataka CET 1999; UPSEAT 200 1]
(a) [ f ( x )] 2
(b) [ f ( x)] 3
1
(a) 1 (b)
2 (c) 2f (x ) (d) 3 f (x )

(c)  2 (d) None of these 10. If ( x )  a x , then { (p )} 3 is equal to [MP PET 1999]
1 x (a) (3 p ) (b) 3 (p )
2. If f( x )  , the n f [ f (cos 2 )] 
1 x
(c) 6 ( p ) (d) 2 ( p )
[MP PET 1994, 2001; Pb. CET 2002]
x 3 , then f [ f{ f( )}]
11.


(a) tan 2 (b) sec 2 If f( x)  x equals [RPET 1996]

x 1
(c) cos 2 (d) cot 2
(a) x (b) – x
3. If f( x )  sin log x , then the value of x 1
(c)  (d)  
x  2 x
f (xy ) f    2 f( x ). cos log y is equal to [Orissa JEE 2004]
y 12. If f ( x )  cos(log x) , then the value of
(a) 1 (b) 0 1 x 
f( x ). f( 4)   f   f (4 x) [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
(c) –1 (d) sin log x coslog y . 2  4  

4. The value of b and c for which the identity (a) 1 (b) – 1

f (x  1 ) f ( x)  8 x  3 is satisfied, where (c) 0 (d) 1
f (x )  bx 2
 cx  d , are [Roorkee 1992] x | x |
13. If f( x)  , then f ( 1 )  
[SCRA 1996]
|x |
(a) b  2, c  1 (b) b  4, c  1
(a) 1 (b) –2
(c) b  1, c  4 (d) b  1, c  1
(c) 0 (d) +2
ax  a x


5. Given the function f (x )  , (a  2) . Then 1

2 14. If f( x)  4 x 3  3x 2  3 x  4 , then x 3 f   is
x 
f (x  y )  f (x 

y) 
[SCRA 1996]
(a) 2 f ( x ).f (y) (b) f ( x ). f (y) 1
(a) f( x ) (b)
f ( x) f ( x)
(c) (d) None of these
f (y) 2
  1 
x f(a ) (c)  f    (d) f (x )
6. If f( x )  , then  [MP PET 1996]   x 
x 1 

f (a  1 )
1
15. Let f:RR be defined by f ( x )  2 x  | x | , then
(a) f ( a)
 (b) f  
a f( 2x )  f ( x)  f ( x )  [EAMCET 2000]

a  (a) 2x (b) 2 | x |
(c) f (a 2 ) (d) f  
a
 1 
(c) 2 x (d) 2 | x |
1   x2   x 2 
7.
2 2
If f ( x )  cos(log x) , then f ( x ) f ( y )  f    f  2  16. If f( x  ay, x  ay)  axy , then f (x , y) is equal to
2   2   y 
[AMU 2001]
has the value [MNR 1992]
(a) xy (b) x2  a2 y 2

(a) –2 (b) –1 x 2 2
x y2 2
 y
(c) (d)
(c) 1/2 (d) None of these 4 a2

8. The equivalent function of log x 2 is [MP PET 1997]

(a) 2 log x (b) 2 log | x |

(c) | log x | 2
(d) (log x )2

KCC CET CENTRE 1

17. If f (x )  cos[ 2 ]x  cos[  2 ]x , then [Orissa JEE 2002] (a) 1 (b) –1
  (c) 2 (d) –2
(a) f   2 (b) f ( )  2
4 26. Let x be a non-zero rational number and y be an irrational
  number. Then xy is [Orissa JEE 2004]
(c) f ( )  1 (d) f    1
2
(a) Rational (b) Irrational
1 1
18. If f (x )   for x 2, (c) Non-zero (d) None of these
x  2 2x  4 x  2 2x  4
3x 3  1
27. Numerical value of the expression for x  3
then f (11)  [EAMCET 2003] 2x 2  2
(a) 7/6 (b) 5/6 is
(c) 6/7 (d) 5/7 [Orissa JEE 2004; UPSEAT 2004]
10  x  200 x  (a) 4 (b) 2
19. If e f ( x )  , x  (10 , 10 ) and f (x )  kf  ,
10  x  100  x 2 
(c) 3 (d) 0
then k  [EAMCET 2003]
28. The function f : R  R, f (x )  x 2 , x  R is [MP PET 1997]
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.6
(a) Injection but not surjection
(c) 0.7 (d) 0.8
  (b) Surjection but not injection
20. If f (x )  2 sin x , g( x )  cos 2 x , then ( f  g)  
3 (c) Injection as well as surjection

2 3 1 (d) Neither injection nor surjection

(a) 1 (b)
4 29. If for two functions g and f, gof is both injective and
1 surjective, then which of the following is true
(c) 3 (d) None of these
4 [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
21. The graph of the function y  f (x ) is symmetrical about (a) g and f should be injective and surjective
the line x  2 , then [AIEEE 2004] (b) g should be injective and surjective
(a) f (x )   f ( x ) (b) f ( 2  x )  f (2  x ) (c) f should be injective and surjective

(c) f (x )  f ( x ) (d) f (x  2)  f (x  2) (d) None of them may be surjective and injective

x 1 30. The function which map [–1, 1] to [0, 2] are

22. If f (x )   , then f (y )  [MP PET 1995, 97]
x 1 y [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
(a) One linear function (b) Two linear function
(a) x (b) x  1
(c) Circular function (d) None of these
(c) x 1 (d) 1  x
ax  b 1 1
23. If y  f (x )  , then x is equal to [AMU 2001]  2 , if 0  x  2
cx  a 31. Let f (x )   , then f is [SCRA 1996]
 1 , if 1  x  1
(a) 1 / f (x ) (b) 1 / f (y )  3 2
(c) yf (x ) (d) f (y ) (a) A rational function (b) A trigonometric function
x2 1 (c) A step function (d) An exponential function
24. If f (x )  , for every real numbers. then the
x2 1 32. 2
Function f : R  R, f (x )  x  x is [RPET 1999]
minimum value of f [Pb. CET 2001]
(a) One-one onto (b) One-one into
(a) Does not exist because f is bounded
(c) Many-one onto (d) Many-one into
(b) Is not attained even through f is bounded
33. Mapping f:RR which is defined as
(c) Is equal to +1
f (x )  cos x , x  R will be [UPSEAT 1999]
(d) Is equal to –1
(a) Neither one-one nor onto
1
25. f (x , y )  is a homogeneous function of degree (b) One-one
xy
(c) Onto
[Orissa JEE 2004]

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 (d) One-one onto x2 4
43. Let f (x )  for | x |  2 , then the function
34. The function f:RR defined by f (x )  (x  1) x2  4
f : (,  2]  [2, )  (1, 1) is [Orissa JEE 2002]
(x  2)(x  3) is [Roorkee 1999]
(a) One-one into (b) One-one onto
(a) One-one but not onto (b) Onto but not one-one
(c) Many one into (d) Many one onto
(c) Both one-one and onto (d) Neither one-one nor
onto 44. Let the function f:RR be defined by

35. If f : R  R , then f (x )  | x | is [RPET 2000] f (x )  2 x  sin x , x  R . Then f is [IIT Screening 2002]

(a) One-one but not onto (b) Onto but not one-one (a) One-to-one and onto
(b) One-to-one but not onto
(c) One-one and onto (d) None of these
(c) Onto but not one-to-one
36. Which of the four statements given below is different from
others [UPSEAT 2000] (d) Neither one-to-one nor onto

(a) f:AB (b) f : x  f (x ) 45. A function f from the set of natural numbers to integers
n  1
(c) f is a mapping of A into B (d) f is a function of A into B  , when n is odd
defined by f (n)   2 , is [AIEEE 2003]
37. Let f : N  N defined by f (x )  x 2  x  1 , x  N , then  n , when n is even
 2
f is [AMU 2000]
(a) One-one onto (b) Many one onto (a) One-one but not onto (b) Onto but not one-one
(c) One-one and onto both (d) Neither one-one nor
(c) One-one but not onto (d) None of these
onto
38. Let X and Y be subsets of R, the set of all real numbers.
x
The function f : X  Y defined by f (x )  x 2 for x  X is 46. If f : [0, )  [0, ) and f (x )  , then f is
1 x
one-one but not onto if (Here R  is the set of all positive [IIT Screening 2003]
real numbers) [EAMCET 2000]
(a) One-one and onto (b) One-one but not onto
(a) X  Y  R (b) X  R, Y  R  (c) Onto but not one-one (d) Neither one-one nor
(c) 
X R ,Y R (d) X  Y  R onto
47. If f : R  S defined by f (x )  sin x  3 cos x  1 is onto,
39. Set A has 3 elements and set B has 4 elements. The
number of injection that can be defined from A to B is then the interval of S is [AIEEE 2004; IIT Screening 2004]

[UPSEAT 2001] (a) [–1, 3] (b) [1, 1]

(a) 144 (b) 12 (c) [0, 1] (d) [0, –1]

(c) 24 (d) 64 48. If R denotes the set of all real numbers then the function
x m f : R  R defined f (x )  [ x ]
40. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f (x )  ,
x n
(a) One-one only (b) Onto only
where m  n . Then [UPSEAT 2001]
(c) Both one-one and onto (d) Neither one-one nor
(a) f is one-one onto (b) f is one-one into onto
(c) f is many one onto (d) f is many one into
49. f (x )  x  x 2 is a function from R  R , then f (x ) is
x
41. The finction f : R  R defined by f (x )  e is
[Orissa JEE 2004]
[Karnataka CET 2002; UPSEAT 2002]
(a) Injective (b) Surjective
(a) Onto (b) Many-one
(c) Bijective (d) None of these
(c) One-one and into (d) Many one and onto x
50. If (x , y )  R and x , y  0 ; f (x , y )  , then this function
42. Which one of the following is a bijective function on the y
set of real numbers [Kerala (Engg.) 2002] is a/an [Orissa JEE 2004]
(a) 2 x  5 (b) | x | (a) Surjection (b) Bijection
(c) x2 (d) x 2  1 (c) One-one (d) None of these
51. The period of f (x )  x  [ x ] , if it is periodic, is [AMU 2000]

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 1 (c) [–1, 4] (d) None of these
(a) f (x ) is not periodic (b)
2 log 2 (x  3)
62. The domain of f (x )  2 is
(c) 1 (d) 2 x  3x  2
52. If f (x ) is periodic function with period T then the function [IIT Screening 2001; UPSEAT 2001]

f (ax  b ) where a  0 , is periodic with period [AMU 2000] (a) R  {1,  2} (b) (2,  )

(a) T / b (b) aT (c) R  {1,  2,  3} (d) (3,  )  {1,  2}

1
(c) bT (d) T / a sec x
63. The function f (x )  , where [.] denotes the
53. If f (x )  ax  b and g(x )  cx  d , then f (g(x ))  g( f (x )) is x  [x]

equivalent to [UPSEAT 2001] greatest integer less than or equal to x is defined for all x
(a) f (a)  g(c) (b) f (b )  g(b ) belonging to
(a) R
(c) f (d )  g(b ) (d) f (c)  g(a)
(b) R  {(1, 1)  (n | n  Z )}
| x  3|
54. Domain and range of f (x )  are respectively
x 3 (c) R   (0, 1)
(a) R, [1, 1] (b) R  {3}, 1,  1 (d) R   {n | n  N }
(c) R, R (d) None of these 64. If the domain of function f (x )  x 2  6 x  7 is (, ) ,
55. If in greatest integer function, the domain is a set of real then the range of function is [MP PET 1996]
numbers, then range will be set of (a) (, ) (b) [2, )
(a) Real numbers (b) Rational numbers (c) (2, 3) (d) (,  2)
(c) Imaginary numbers (d) Integers
1
56. Domain of function f (x )  sin 1 5 x is 65. The domain of the function f (x )  log is
| sin x |
 1 1  1 1
(a)   ,  (b)  ,  [RPET 2001]
 5 5  5 5
(a) R  {2n  , n  I} (b) R  {n  , n  I}
 1
(c) R (d)  0, 
 5 (c) R  { ,  } (d) (, )

sin 1 (3  x ) 66. The domain of the function f (x )  log( x  4  6  x ) is

57. The domain of the function f (x )  is
ln(| x |  2) [RPET 2001]
[Orissa JEE 2002] (a) [4 , ) (b) (, 6 ]
(a) [2, 4] (b) (2, 3)  (3, 4] (c) [4 , 6 ] (d) None of these
(c) [2,  ) (d) (,  3)  [2, ) 1/2
  5x  x 2 
 67. Domain of the function f (x )  log 10   is
 x  4 
58. The domain of sin 1 log 3    is [AIEEE 2002]   
  3 
[UPSEAT 2001]
(a) [1, 9] (b) [–1, 9] (a)   x   (b) 1  x  4
(c) [–9, 1] (d) [–9, –1] (c) 4  x  16 (d) 1  x  1
59. Domain of the function log | x 2  9 | is 68. The domain of the derivative of the function
(a) R (b) R  [3, 3] tan 1 x ,| x |  1

f (x )   1 is [IIT Screening 2002]
(c) R  {3, 3} (d) None of these  (| x |  1) , | x |  1
2
60. Domain of f (x )  log | log x | is [DCE 2002]
(a) R  {0} (b) R  {1}
(a) (0, ) (b) (1, ) (c) R  {1} (d) R  {1, 1}
(c) (0, 1)  (1, ) (d) (, 1) 69. The domain of the function f (x )  log 3  x ( x 2  1) is
61. The domain of the function f (x )  sin 1 [log 2 (x / 2)] is [Orissa JEE 2003]

[RPET 2002] (a) (3,  1)  (1, )

(a) [1, 4] (b) [–4, 1] (b) [3,  1)  [1, )

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 (c) (3,  2)  (2,  1)  (1, ) 79. The domain of the function log(x 2  6 x  6 ) is
(d) [3,  2)  (2,  1)  [1, ) [Roorkee 1999; MP PET 2002]

70. If ‘n’ is an integer, the domain of the function sin 2 x is (a) (, )
[MP PET 2003] (b) (, 3  3 )  (3  3 , )
    
(a) n   , n   (b) n  , n    (c) (, 1]  [5, )
 2   2

(c) [(2n  1) , 2n  ] (d) [2n  , (2n  1) ] (d) [0, )

71. Domain of definition of the function 80. The largest possible set of real numbers which can be the
3 1
f (x )   log 10 (x 3  x ) , is [AIEEE 2003] domain of f (x )  1  is [AMU 2000]
4  x2 x
(a) (1, 2) (b) (1, 0 )  (1, 2)
(a) (0, 1)  (0, ) (b) (1, 0)  (1, )
(c) (1, 2)  (2, ) (d) (1, 0 )  (1, 2)  (2, )
(c) (,  1)  (0, ) (d) (, 0 )  (1, )
2
72. Domain of the function f (x )  2  2x  x is
81. Domain of the function f (x )  sin 1 (1  3 x  2 x 2 ) is
[BIT Ranchi 1992]
[Roorkee 2000]
(a)  3  x  3 (b)  1  3  x  1  3 (a) (, ) (b) (1, 1)
(c) 2  x  2 (d)  2  3  x  2  3
 3   1 
x 3 (c)  2 , 0  (d)   ,   (2, )
73. Domain of the function f (x )  is    2 
(x  1) x 2  4
x 2  3x  2
82. Domain of the function f (x )  is
[BIT Ranchi 1991] x2  x 6
(a) (1, 2) (b) (,  2)  (2, ) (a) { x : x  R, x  3}

(c) (,  2)  (1, ) (d) (, )  {1,  2} (b) { x : x  R, x  2}

74. Domain of the function  

log (5 x  x 2 ) / 6 is (c) { x : x  R}

(a) (2, 3) (b) [2, 3] (d) { x : x  R, x  2, x  3}

(c) [1, 2] (d) [1, 3] 83. Domain of f (x )  (x 2  1)1 / 2 is [Roorkee 1987]

1
75. Domain of the function 2x  is (a) (,  1)  (1, ) (b) (,  1]  (1, )
9  x2
(c) (,  1]  [1, ) (d) None of these
(a) (–3, 1) (b) [–3, 1]
1
(c) (–3, 2] (d) [–3, 1) 84. The domain of the function y  is
| x|  x
1 x  1 x
76. Domain of the function is [Roorkee 1998; RPET 2000]
x
(a) (, 0 ) (b) (, 0 ]
(a) (–1, 1) (b) (–1, 1)–{0}
(c) (,  1) (d) (, )
(c) [–1, 1] (d) [–1, 1]–{0}
77. The domain of the function 85. The natural domain of the real valued function defined by

f (x )  xx 2
 4  x  4  x is [AMU 1999] f (x )  x 2  1  x 2  1 is [SCRA 1996]

(a) [4 , ) (b) [–4, 4] (a) 1  x   (b)   x  

(c)   x  1 (d) (, )  (1, 1)
(c) [0, 4] (d) [0, 1]
78. The domain of the function f (x )  sin 1 {(1  e x ) 1 } is 86. The domain of the function f ( x )  exp( 5 x  3  2 x 2 ) is

[AMU 1999] [MP PET 2004]

1 1  3 3 
(a)  ,  (b) [–1, 0] (a) 1,   (b)  2 , 
4 3  2  

(c) [0, 1] (d) [–1, 1]

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  3 (a) [2, 4] (b) [–1, 1]
(c) [, 1] (d) 1, 
 2 (c) [–2, 2] (d) [–4, 4]
1
sin (x  3) 1
87. The domain of the function f (x )  is 97. Range of the function is [AMU 1999]
2 2  sin 3 x
9x
1 
[AIEEE 2004] (a) [1, 3] (b)  3 , 1
 
(a) [1, 2) (b) [2, 3)
1 
(c) (1, 3) (d)  , 1 
(c) [1, 2] (d) [2, 3] 3 
  98. Range of the function f (x )  sin 2 (x 4 )  cos 2 (x 4 ) is
88. The range of f (x )  sec  cos 2 x  ,    x   is
 4 
(a) (, ) (b) {1}
[Orissa JEE 2002]
(c) (–1, 1) (d) (0, 1)
(a) [1, 2 ] (b) [1, )
99. Range of the function f (x )  9  7 sin x is
(c) [ 2 ,  1]  [1, 2] (d) (,  1]  [1, )
(a) (2, 16) (b) [2, 16]
x2  x  2 (c) [–1, 1] (d) (2, 16]
89. Range of the function f (x )  ; x  R is
x2  x 1 2
x  34 x  71
100. Range of f (x )  is
[IIT Screening 2003] x 2  2x  7
(a) (1, ) (b) (1, 11 / 7 ] (a) [5, 9] (b) (, 5 ]  [9, )

(c) (1, 7 / 3] (d) (1, 7 / 5 ] (c) (5, 9) (d) None of these

1 
90. If f (x )  a cos(bx  c)  d , then range of f (x ) is 101. The interval for which sin x  cos 1 x  holds
2
[UPSEAT 2001] [IIT Screening]
(a) [d  a, d  2 a] (b) [a  d , a  d ] (a) [0, ) (b) [0, 3]
(c) [d  a, a  d ] (d) [d  a, d  a] (c) [0, 1] (d) [0, 2]
1
91. Range of f (x )  [ x ]  x is 102. Function sin x is defined in the interval
(a) (–1, 1) (b) [0, 1]
(a) [0, 1] (b) (–1, 0]
(c) [–1, 0] (d) (–1, 2)
(c) R (d) (–1, 1)
103. The function f:RR is defined by
92. The range of f (x )  cos( x / 3) is [RPET 2002] 2 4
f (x )  cos x  sin x for x  R , then f (R ) 
(a) (1 / 3, 1 / 3) (b) [1, 1]
[EAMCET 2002]
(c) (1 / 3,  1 / 3) (d) (3, 3) 3  3 
(a)  , 1 (b)  4 , 1
x2 4   
93. The range of the function f (x )  is [RPET 2002]
| x  2| 3  3 
(c)  4 , 1 (d)  , 1 
(a) {0, 1} (b) {–1, 1}   4 
(c) R (d) R  {2} x 2  14 x  9
104. If x is real, then value of the expression lies
x 2  2x  3
94. The range of f (x )  cos x  sin x is
between [UPSEAT 2002]
[MP PET 1995; Pb. CET 2001]
(a) 5 and 4 (b) 5 and –4
(a) (1, 1) (b) [1, 1)
(c) – 5 and 4 (d) None of these
  
(c)  2 , 2  (d) [ 2 , 2 ] 
  105. For   , the value of f ( )  sec 2   cos 2  always lies
3
x2
95. If f : R  R , then the range of the function f (x )  in the interval [Orissa JEE 2002]
x2 1
(a) (0, 2) (b) [0, 1]
is [MP PET 1987]
(c) (1, 2) (d) [2, )
(a) R  (b) R 
(c) R (d) R  R 106. Which of the following function is even function
[RPET 2000]
96. The range of f (x )  cos 2 x  sin 2 x contains the set
[IIT Screening]

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KCC CET CENTRE
 ax 1  ax 1  1
(a) f (x )  (b) f (x )  x  x  (c) (1  1  4 log 2 x ) (d) Not defined
x
a 1  2
a 1
115. If f (x )  3 x  5 , then f 1 (x ) [IIT 1998]
a x  a x
(c) f (x )  (d) f (x )  sin x 1
a x  a x (a) Is given by
3x  5
1 x
107. If f (x )  log , then f (x ) is [Kerala (Engg.) 2002] x 5
1x (b) Is given by
3
(a) Even function (b) f (x 1 ) f (x 2 )  f (x 1  x 2 )
(c) Does not exist because f is not one-one
f (x 1 )
(c)  f (x 1  x 2 ) (d) Odd function (d) Does not exist because f is not onto
f (x 2 )
116. If f : IR  IR is defined by f (x )  3 x  4 , then
108. The function f (x )  sin log(x  x 2  1 ) is f 1
: IR  IR is [SCRA 1996]
 
x4
[Orissa JEE 2002] (a) 4  3 x (b)
3
(a) Even function (b) Odd function
1 3
(c) Neither even nor odd (d) Periodic function (c) (d)
3x  4 x4
109. The function f (x )  log(x  x 2  1 ) , is 117. If f (x ) 
x
, then f 1 (x ) is equal to [AMU 1999]
[AIEEE 2003; MP PET 2003; UPSEAT 2003]
1 x
(1  x) 1
(a) An even function (a) (b)
x (1  x )
(b) An odd function (1  x ) x
(c) (d)
(c) A Periodic function (1  x ) (1  x )
(d) Neither an even nor odd function 118. Which of the following function is inverse function
110. Which of the following function is invertible [AMU 2001] [AMU 2000]
(a) f (x )  2 x
(b) f (x )  x  x3 1
(a) f (x )  (b) f (x )  x 2 for all x
2
x 1
(c) f (x )  x (d) None of these
(c) f (x )  x 2 , x  0 (d) f (x )  x 2 , x  0
x2
111. If y  f (x )  , then x 
x 1 119. Let f ( )  sin  (sin   sin 3 ) , then f ( )
(a) f (y ) (b) 2 f (y ) [IIT Screening 2000]
1 (a)  0 only when   0 (b)  0 for all real 
(c) (d) None of these
f (y ) (c)  0 for all real  (d)  0 only when   0
112. Which of the following functions is inverse of itself 10 x  10  x
120. The inverse of the function is [RPET 2001]
1x 10 x  10  x
(a) f (x )  (b) f (x )  5 log x
1 x 1 1  x  1 1  x 
(a) log 10   (b) log 10  
(c) f (x )  2 x ( x 1)
(d) None of these 2 1  x  2 1  x 

e x  e x 1  2x 
113. The inverse of the function f (x )   2 is given (c) log 10   (d) None of these
x x 4 2x
e e
by 121. Inverse of the function y  2 x  3 is [UPSEAT 2002]
[Kurukshetra CEE 1996] x3 x 3
(a) (b)
x 2
1/2
 x 1 
1/2 2 2
(a) log e   (b) log e   1
 x 1  3x (c) (d) None of these
1/2 2
2x  3
 x   x 1 2x  1
(c) log e   (d) log e   122. Let the function f be defined by f (x )  , then
2x  x 1 1  3x
114. If the function f : [1, )  [1, ) is defined by f 1 (x ) is
f (x )  2 x ( x 1) , then f 1 (x) is x 1 3x  2
(a) (b)
x ( x 1) 3x  2 x 1
1 1
(a)   (b) (1  1  4 log 2 x ) x 1 2x  1
2 2 (c) (d)
3x  2 1  3x
123. If f (x )  x 2  1 , then f 1 (17 ) and f 1 (3) will be

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 [UPSEAT 2003] 3x x
(a) (b)
2
(a) 4, 1 (b) 4, 0 1 x 1  3x 2
(c) 3, 2 (d) None of these 3x
(c) (d) None of these
124. Let f (x )  sin x  cos x , g(x )  x 2  1 . Thus g( f ( x )) is 1 x2

invertible for x  [IIT Screening 2004] 134. If  (x )  x 2  1 and  (x )  3 x , then  { (x )} and

       { (x )} 
(a)  , 0  (b)  ,   2 2
 2   2  (a) 3 2 x 1 , 3 x 1
(b) 3 2 x 1 , 3 x  1
     2
(c)  2 , 4  (d) 0,  (c) 3 2 x  1, 3 x 1
(d) None of these
   2
1
2x  1 135. If g(x )  x 2  x  2 and gof ( x )  2 x 2  5 x  2 , then
125. If f (x )  (x  5) , then f 1 (x ) is equal to 2
x 5
f (x ) is [Roorkee 1998; MP PET 2002]
[MP PET 2004]
x 5 1 5x 1 (a) 2 x  3 (b) 2 x  3
(a) ,x  (b) ,x2
2x  1 2 2x (c) 2
2x  3x  1 (d) 2 x 2  3 x  1
5x 1 x 5 1
(c) ,x 2 (d) ,x  136. If f (x )  log a x and F(x )  a x , then F[ f (x )] is
2x 2x  1 2
[SCRA 1996]
126. If f be the greatest integer function and g be the modulus
 5  5 (a) f [F(x )] (b) f [F(2 x )]
function, then (gof )    ( fog )   
 3  3 (c) F | f (2 x ) | (d) F[(x )]
(a) 1 (b) –1 137. Let f and g be functions defined by
(c) 2 (d) 4 x x
f (x )  , g(x )  , then ( fog )(x ) is [SCRA 1996]
x 1 1x
127. If f (x )  2 x and g is identity function, then
1 1
(a) ( fog )(x )  g(x ) (b) (g  g)(x )  g(x ) (a) (b)
x x 1
(c) ( fog )(x )  (g  g)(x ) (d) None of these (c) x 1 (d) x
2
128. If f (x )  x  1 and g(x )  3 x  1 , then (gof )(x )  138. If from RR, f (x )  (x  1) 2 , g( x )  x 2  1 , then
(a) x2 1 (b) 2 x 2  1 ( fog )(3) equals [RPET 1999]
2 2
(c) 3x  2 (d) 2 x  2 (a) 121 (b) 112
129. If f is an exponential function and g is a logarithmic (c) 211 (d) None of these
function, then fog(1) will be 139. Suppose that g( x )  1  x and f (g(x ))  3  2 x  x ,
(a) e (b) log e e then f (x ) is [MP PET 2000; Karnataka CET 2002]

(c) 0 (d) 2e (a) 1  2 x 2

(b) 2  x 2
130. If f (x )  e 2 x and g( x )  log x (x  0 ) , then fog(x ) is (c) 1  x (d) 2  x
equal to 140. The composite mapping fog of the map f:RR,
2x
(a) e (b) log x f (x )  sin x , g : R  R , g( x )  x is 2
[UPSEAT 2000]
2x
(c) e log x (d) x (a) sin x  x 2 (b) (sin x ) 2
131. If f (x ) | cos x | and g( x )  [ x ] , then gof (x ) is equal to sin x
(c) sin x 2 (d)
x2
(a) | cos [ x ] | (b) | cos x |
141. Let f (x )  ax  b and g( x )  cx  d , a  0, c  0 . Assume
(c) [| cos x |] (d) | [cos x ] |
a  1, b  2 . If ( fog )(x )  (gof )(x ) for all x, what can you
132. If f (x )  x 2  1 ,then fof (x ) is equal to
say about c and d [AMU 2000]
(a) x2 1 (b) x 2  2 x  2
(a) c and d both arbitrary (b) c  1, d arbitrary
(c) x 4  2x 2  2 (d) None of these
x (c) c arbitrary, d  1 (d) c  1, d  1
133. If f (x )  , then ( fofof )(x )  [RPET 2000]
1 x2

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  1, x  0 (c) f ( f 1 (B))  B only if B  f (X )

142. Let g( x )  1  x  [ x ] and f (x )  0, x  0, then for all
(d) f ( f 1 (B))  B
1, x  0

150. If f (x )  2 x 6  3 x 4  4 x 2 then f ' (x ) is [DCE 2005]
x , f (g(x )) is equal to [IIT Screening 2001; UPSEAT 2001]
(a) Even function
(a) x (b) 1 (b) An odd function
(c) f (x ) (d) g(x ) (c) Neither even nor odd
x (d) None of these
143. If f (x )  , x  1 . Then, for what value of  is
x 1 x
151. If f (x )  , x  1 , for what value of  is f ( f ( x ))  x
f ( f (x ))  x [IIT Screening 2001; UPSEAT 2001] x 1
[Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
(a) 2 (b)  2
(a) 2 (b)  2
(c) 1 (d) –1
(c) 1 (d) 2
2x  1
144. If f (x )  , then (fof )(2) is equal to (e) –1
3x  2
[Kerala (Engg.) 2002] 152. Function f (x )  x  [ ], where [ ] shows a greatest integer.
(a) 1 (b) 3 This function is [DCE 2005]
(c) 4 (d) 2 (a) A periodic function
145. If f (x )  sin 2 x and the composite function 1
(b) A periodic function whose period is
2
g{ f (x )} | sin x | , then the function g(x ) is equal to
(c) A periodic function whose period is 1
[Orissa JEE 2003]
(d) Not a periodic function
(a) x 1 (b) x
153. Let g( x )  1  x  [ x ] and
(c) x 1 (d)  x
n 1/n
 1, If x  0
146. If f (x )  (a  x ) , where a  0 and n is a positive integer, 
f (x )   0, If x  0, then for all values of x the value of
then f [ f (x )]  [IIT 1983; UPSEAT 2001, 04]  1, if x  0

3
(a) x (b) x 2 fog(x ) [DCE 2005]
(c) x (d) None of these
(a) x (b) 1
147. Let f : (1,1)  B , be a function defined by
(c) f (x ) (d) g(x )
2x
f (x )  tan 1 , then f is both one- one and onto
1 x2  x 2  1
154. If g : [2, 2]  R where g(x )  x 3  tan x    is a
when B is the interval [AIEEE 2005]  P 
      odd function then the value of parametric P is [DCE 2005]
(a)  ,  (b)   , 
 2 2  2 2 (a) 5  P  5 (b) P  5
   
(c)  0,  (d) 0,  (c) P5 (d) None of these
 2  2
155. The Domain of function f (x )  log e (x  [ x ]) is [AMU 2005]
148. A real valued function f (x ) satisfies the function equation
(a) R (b) R-Z
f (x  y )  f (x ) f (y )  f (a  x ) f (a  y ) where a is a given
(c) (0,) (d) Z
constant and f (0 )  1 , f (2a  x ) is equal to [AIEEE 2005]
156. The domain of sin 1 (log 3 x ) is [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
(a) f (a)  f (a  x ) (b) f ( x )
(c)  f (x ) (d) f (x ) (a) [–1, 1] (b) [0, 1]

149. If X and Y are two non- empty sets where f : X  Y is (c) [0,  ] (d) R

function is defined such that f (c)  f ( x ) : x  C for (e) [1/3, 3]

1  x  x2 
C  X and f (D)  { x : f (x )  D} for DY for any 157. If f (x 1 )  f (x 2 )  f  1  for x 1 , x 2  [1, 1] , then f (x )

 1  x1 x 2 
A  X and B  Y , then [IIT Screening 2005]
is [Roorkee 1998]
(a) f 1 ( f ( A))  A
(1  x ) (1  x )
(a) log (b) tan 1
(b) f 1 ( f ( A))  A only if f (x )  Y (1  x ) (1  x )

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KCC CET CENTRE
 (1  x ) (1  x )
(c) log (d) tan 1
(1  x ) (1  x )
ANSWERS
158. If equation of the curve remain unchanged by replacing x
1 d 2 c 3 b 4 b 5 a
and y from –x and –y respectively, then the curve is
6 c 7 d 8 b 9 c 10 a
(a) Symmetric along the x-axis
11 a 12 c 13 b 14 d 15 b
(b) Symmetric along the y-axis
(c) Symmetric in opposite quadrants 16 c 17 d 18 c 19 a 20 c

(d) Symmetric along the line y =x 21 b 22 d 23 d 24 d 25 b

159. If equation of the curve remain unchanged by replacing x 26 b 27 a 28 d 29 a 30 b

and y from y and x respectively, then the curve is 31 c 32 d 33 a 34 b 35 d
(a) Symmetric along x-axis
36 b 37 a 38 c 39 c 40 b
(b) Symmetric along y-axis
41 c 42 a 43 c 44 a 45 c
(c) Symmetric along the line y = – x
46 b 47 a 48 d 49 d 50 a
(d) Symmetric along the line y = x
51 c 52 d 53 c 54 b 55 d
160. A condition for a function y  f (x ) to have an inverse is
that it should be 56 b 57 b 58 a 59 c 60 c

(a) Defined for all x 61 a 62 d 63 b 64 b 65 b

(b) Continuous everywhere 66 c 67 b 68 c 69 c 70 b

(c) Strictly monotonic and continuous in the domain 71 d 72 b 73 b 74 b 75 c

(d) An even function 76 d 77 d 78 a 79 c 80 d
 x , when x is rational
161. If f ( x )   ; 81 c 82 d 83 a 84 a 85 d
0, when x is irrational
86 d 87 b 88 a 89 c 90 d
0, when x is rational
g( x )   then ( f  g) is
 x , when x is irrational 91 b 92 b 93 b 94 d 95 b

[IIT Screening 2005] 96 b 97 b 98 b 99 b 100 b

(a) One-one onto (b) One-one not onto 101 c 102 b 103 c 104 c 105 d
(c) Not one-one but onto (d) Not one-one not onto 106 b 107 d 108 b 109 b 110 a
x2
162. Range of the function f (x )  is [Orissa JEE 2005] 111 a 112 a 113 b 114 b 115 b
x2 1
116 b 117 d 118 a 119 c 120 a
(a) (–1, 0) (b) (–1, 1)
121 a 122 a 123 d 124 c 125 b
(c) [0, 1) (d) (1, 1)
163. The function f satisfies the functional equation 126 a 127 c 128 c 129 b 130 d
 x  59  131 c 132 c 133 b 134 c 135 a
3 f (x )  2 f    10 x  30 for all real x  1 . The
 x 1 
136 a 137 d 138 a 139 b 140 c
value of f (7 ) is [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
141 b 142 b 143 d 144 d 145 b
(a) 8 (b) 4
146 c 147 b 148 c 149 c 150 b
(c) –8 (d) 11
151 e 152 c 153 b 154 c 155 a
(e) 44
156 e 157 a,b,c 158 c 159 d 160 c
164. If e x  y  1  y 2 , then y = [MNR 1990, UPSEAT 2000]

e x  e x e x  e x 161 a 162 c 163 b 164 b 165 d

(a) (b)
2 2
(c) e x  e  x (d) e x  e  x
165. Let f : (2, 3)  (0, 1) be defined by f (x )  x  [ x ] then
f 1 (x ) equals [Orissa JEE 2005]

(a) x 2


(b) x 1
(c) x 1


(d) x2

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