WISDOM WORLD SCHOOL

Mathematics Assignments (Topic : Functions )

Ex. – 1 : Single Correct Answer Type
1. Let f : R  R be defined as f  x   3| x|  3x  sgn  e x   2 , (where sgn x denotes signum function of x).
Then which one of the following is correct?
(a) f is injective but not surjective (b) f is surjective but not injective
(c) f in injective as well as surjective (d) f is neither injective nor surjective
x2  2x  a
2. Let f : D  R be defined as f  x   where D and R denote the domain of f and the set of
x 2  4 x  3a
all real numbers respectively. If f is surjective mapping then the range of a is:
(a) 0  a  1 (b) 0  a  1 (c) 0  a  1 (d) 0  a  1

3. If f  x   x 2  bx  c and f  2  t   f  2  t  for all real numbers t, then which of the following is true?
(a) f 1  f  2  f  4 (b) f  2  f 1  f  4
(c) f  2  f  4  f 1 (d) f  4  f  2  f 1

 x7 4
4. If f  x      , then the range of function y  sin  2 f  x   is:
 x9 
 1   1   1 
(a) 0,1 (b)  0, (c)  0,  ,1 (d)  0,1


2  2   2 

5. Let f  x   max.sin t : 0  t  x , g  x   min.sin t : 0  t  x and h  x    f  x   g  x   , where 

denotes greatest integer function, then the range of h  x  is:
(a) 0,1 (b) 1, 2 (c) 0,1, 2 (d) 3, 2, 1,0,1, 2,3
6. The sum of all possible values of n where n  N , x  0 and 10  n  100 such that the equation
 2 x 2   x  n  0 has a solution, is equal to:
[Note: [x] denotes largest integer less than or equal to x]
(a) 150 (b) 175 (c) 190 (d) 210
x 1
7. If the range of the function f  x   does not contain any values belonging to the interval
p  x2  1
 1 
 1, 3  , then the true set of values of p, is:
1
(a)  , 1 (b)  ,  (c)  0,  (d)  ,0
 4 

x   x 
8. The fundamental period of the function f  x   4cos 4  
  2cos 

 is equal to:
 4  2
2 2
 
(a)  3 (b) 4 2 (c) 3 2 (d) 2 3
 3   1 
Let f be a function defines as f :  0, e 2    ,   , f  x    ln x   3ln x  2 then f 1  x  equals:
2
9.
  4 
 3  4 x  1   3  4 x  1 
(a) log   (b) log  
 2   2 
3 4 x 1 3 4 x 1
(c) e 2
(d) e 2

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10. Let f : X  Y be defined as f  x   sin x  cos x  2 2 . If f is invertible, then X  Y , is:
 3       3   
(a)  4 , 4    2,3 2  (b)  4 , 4    2,3 2 

 3 3      5   
(c)  4 , 4    2,3 2  (d)  4 , 4    2,3 2 

x2  x  c
, x  R is  ,  , then c is equal to:
5 3
11. If the range of function f  x  
x  2x  c
2
6 2
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

12. Let f : R  1,   be defined as f  x   log10  

3x 2  4 x  k  1  10 . If f  x  is surjective, then:

1 1 1
(a) k (b) k (c) k (d) k 1
3 3 3

 x2
13. If the domain of function f  x   log 2   is  a, b  , then the value of  2a  b  is:
 3 x 
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

n
14. The range of function f  x   sgn  sin x   sgn  cos x   sgn  tan x   sgn  cot x  , x   n  I  is:
2
[Note sgn k denotes signum function of k.]
(a) 2, 4 (b) 2,0, 4 (c) 4, 2,0, 4 (d) 0, 2, 4
15. If a polynomial function ‘f’ satisfies the relation
 
 2 2   f  x 
log 2  f  x    log 2  2    ......    .log 3 1   and f 10  1001 , then the value of f  20  is:
 3 9   1
 f  
  x
(a) 2002 (b) 7999 (c) 8001 (d) 16001

4l 2  2l 2
16. If x  and y  where ‘l’ is a parameter and range of f  x, y   x2  xy  y 2 is  a, b then
1 l2 1 l2
 a  b is equal to:
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12

17. If the equation x  2  x  1  p has exactly one solution, then number of integral values of p, is:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 7

18. Let a, b are positive real numbers such that a  b  10 , then the smallest value of the constant K for
which x 2  ax  x 2
 bx   K for all x  0 , is:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

  x  2   x 2  10 x  24  
19. The sum of all possible solution(s) of the equation x  2  3  sgn 1  2  is:

  x  1  x  4   x2  4 x  12  

(a) 0 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) Not applicable
[Note: sgn (y) denotes the signum function of y]
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20. If the equation  p 2  4  p 2  9  x3    x   p  4   p 2  5 p  6  x  2 p  1  0 is satisfied by all the
 2 
values of x in  0,3 then the sum of all possible integral values of ‘p’ is:
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) 10
[Note: {y} and [y] denote fractional part function and greatest integer function of y respectively.]

  15  
21. The number of integral values of x satisfying the equation sgn   2 
 1  2 x is:
 1  x  
(a) 5 (b0 7 (c) 15 (d) 16
[Note: sgn  y  ,  y  and  y denote signum function, greatest integer function and fractional part
function respectively.]

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22. Let f  x   sin 23 x  cos22 x and g  x   1  tan 1 x , then the number of values of x in interval
2
10 , 20  satisfying the equation f  x   sgn  g  x  , is:
(a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20

x4  x2
23. The maximum value of the function f  x   where x  1 is equal to:
x 6  2 x3  1
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 6 18 2

24. The sum of all positive integral values of ' a ', a  1,500 for which the equation  x   x  a  0 has
3

solution is:
[Note: [ ] denotes greatest integer function.]
(a) 462 (b) 512 (c) 784 (d) 812

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25. The function f : R  R defined as f  x   ln  x2  1  x  x 2  1  x  is:
2  
(a) One – one and onto both (b) One – one but not onto
(c) Onto but not one – one (d) Neither one – one nor onto

4 x  x 2  1
26. If f  x   , x  0 , then range of f  x  is:
x 2   x 2  1
2

8   8  8  8
(a)  5 ,    0 (b) 0, 5  (c)  0, 
 5
(d)  2, 5 

  x    x    x 
27. If f  x    x   x   2 
 x   2 
 1  x    1  2 x  
 .........  x   2 
 1  99 x  
, then value of  f 3  is:
   
(a) 5050 (b) 4950 (c) 17 (d) 73
[Note: [k] and {k} denote greatest integer and fractional part functions of k respectively.]

28. Let A  1, 2,3, 4 . Number of function f : A  A are the three satisfying fof  x   xx  A , is:
(a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 10

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29. Let a function f defined from R  R as f  x    . If the function is onto on R,
 2mx  1 for x 1
then the range of m, is:
(a)  2,   (b) 2,0 (c) 2 (d)  0, 
 x2  3 x  5

x    5  x  1
30. Let f  x      7   1  x  1  x  1  x  1

x  6 1 x  5

3  x x5
2

If f  x  is an odd function then the value of      is:

(a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 13

31. Set A consists of 6 different elements and set B consists of 4 different elements. Number of mapping
which can be defined from the set A  B which are surjective, is:
(a) 256 (b) 432 (c) 840 (d) 1560

32. If the functions f  x    k 2  3k  2  x 2   k 2  1 x  R and

g  x    k 2  6k  5  x3   k 2  2k  1 x   k 2  k  x  R have the same graph, then the number of real

values of k is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

2 e x  e x
33. Let f  x  and g  x  are two functions such that f  x   tan 1 x and g  x   then which of
 e x  e x

the following statement(s) is/are correct for the composite functions fog : R    ,  and
1 1
 2 2
 1 1
gof : R    ,  ?
 2 2
(a) fog is a bijective function (b) fog is surjective
(c) gof is bijective (d) gof is into function

34. The function f : 0, 2  1, 4 , defined by f  x   x3  5x2  7 x  1 , is:

(a) One – one and onto (b) onto but not one – one
(c) one – one but not onto (d) neither one – one no onto

    
35. Let f  x   x  2 and g  x   f f f f ........  f  x   ........ . If the equation g  x   k , k   0, 2 has 8
n times

distinct solutions then the value of n is equal to:

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 8

x
36. Let f  x   4 x 1  x  ,0  x  1 . The number of solutions of f f  f  x      3
is:

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16

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 Ex. – 2
Comprehension Answer Type:
For Problem 1 to 2
Consider a quadratic function f  x   ax2  bx  c,  a, b, c  R, a  0 and satisfying the following
conditions.
(a) f ( x  4)  f (2  x)x  R and f ( x)  x  x  R
2
x 1 
(b) f ( x)    x  (0, 2) (c) The minimum value of f ( x) is zero.
 2 
1. The value of the leading coefficient of the quadratic polynomial is
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
4 3 2
2. f '(1) has the value equal to
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
4 3 2
For Problem 3 to 5
 max . | x |, x 2  ; 0  x  1
An even periodic function f : R  R with period 4 is such that f ( x)  
 x ; 1 x  2

3. The value of  f ( x) at x = 5.12 (where {} represents fractional part), is

(a)  f (7.88) (b)  f (3.26) (c)  f (2.12) (d)  f (5.88)

4. The equation of circle with centre lies on the curve f ( x) at x = 9 and touches x-axis, is
(a) x 2  y 2  14 x  2 y  49  0 (b) x 2  y 2  18 x  4 y  84  0
(c) x 2  y 2  18 x  2 y  81  0 (d) x 2  y 2  18 x  2 y  81  0

5. If g ( x) | 3sin x | , then the number of solutions of f ( x)  g ( x) for x  (–6,6) , are

(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 9
For Problem 6 & 7
  6 x 2  13    3 x, 0  x  1
Let f be an even function satisfying f ( x  2)  f  x   2   x  R and f ( x)  
  x  2   4  x, 1  x  4
[Note: [y] denotes greatest integer function of y]
6. The area bounded by the graph of f ( x) and the x-axis from x  1 to x  9 is:
31 15
(a) (b) 15 (c) 12 (d)
2 2
7. The value of f (89)  f (67)  f (46) is equal to:
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7

For Problem 8 to 10
  x 2  3,   x  1  x  4, 0 x8
Let f ( x)   and g ( x)  
 2 x   , 1  x   3 x  2,   x  0

8. The function g ( f ( x)) is not defined if:

(a)   (10, ),   (5, ) (b)   (4,10),   (5, )
(c)   (10, ),   (0,1) (d)   (4,10),   (1,5)

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9. If   2 and   3 , then range of g ( f ( x)) is equal to:
(a) (2,12] (b) (0,12] (c) 4,12 (d) [–1,12]

10. If   3 , then the value of x in interval [1, 3] for which f ( x)  g ( x)  12 , is

3 5
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) 3
2 3
For Problem 11 to 13
A line PQ parallel to the diagonal BD of a square ABCD with side length ‘a’ unit is drawn at a distance
x from the vertex A, where x  [0, 2a ] cuts the adjacent sides at P and Q. Let f ( x) be the area of the
segment of a square cut off by PQ, with A as one of the vertex.

11. Let g ( x)  f 1 ( x) , then the domain of g(x) is:

(a) x  [0, 2a ] (b) x  [0, 2a 2 ] (c) x  [ 2a, a 2 ] (d) x  [0, a 2 ]

12. For a  2 , the domain of the function  ( x)  f 1 ( x)  f ( x) is/are:

(a) x[0,1] (b) x [0, 2] (c) x[1, 2] (d) x [2, )

13. If the equation f ( x)  f 1 ( x) has exactly three solutions x  [0, 2a] , then the value of a is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 2 2
For Problem 14 to 16

 1  x2 , 1  x  0

Consider, f ( x)   x 2  1, 0  x 1
 ( x  1)2
  2, x 1
 4
One more function g is defined such that g ( f ( x))  x  x  1 and f [ g ( x)]  x  x  0

14. The range of the function y  f ( f ( f ( g ( x)))) is:

(a) [1, ) (b) [0, ) (c) [1, ) (d) [2, )

15. The domain of g ( g ( g ( f ( x)))) is:

(a) [1, ) (b) [0, ) (c) [1, ) (d) [2, )

16. The number of solution(s) of the equation f ( x)  g ( x) is/are:

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
For Problem 17 to 19
Consider f ( x)  [ x]2  [ x  6] and g ( x)  3kx 2  2 x  4(1  3k ) where [ ] denotes the largest integer less
than or equal to .
Let A  {x | f ( x)  0} and k [a, b] for which every element of set A satisfies the inequality g ( x)  0 .

17. The set A is equal to:

(a) {2,3} (b) (3, 2] [3, 4) (c) [2, 1) [3, 4) (d) [2, 4]

18. The value of (6b  3a) is equal to:

(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) –2 (d) 2

19. If k  a and g : A  B is onto then set B is equal to:

(a) [0,5) (b) (5,5) (c) (5,0] (d) [5,5]

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