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01. For x  R, x  0, x  1 , let f0 (x)  and f n 1 (x)  f0  fn (x)  , n  0, 1, 2, ... Then the value of
1 x
2 3
f100 (3)  f1    f 2   is equal to
3 2

8 5 4 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3
[JEE MAINS 2016 ON LINE 09.04.16]

02. Let a, b, c  R . If f (x)  ax 2  bx  c is such that a  b  c  3 and

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f (x  y)  f (x)  f (y)  xy ,  x, y  R , then  f (n) is equal to
n 1
(A) 190 (B) 255 (C) 330 (D) 165
[ JEE MAINS 2017 OFF LINE ]

03. Let f (x)  210 . x  1 and g(x)  310 . x  1 . If (fog)(x)  x , then x is equal to

1  310 310  1 1 210 210  1

(A) (B) (C) (D)
210  310 310  210 310  210 210  310
[JEE MAINS 2017 ON LINE 08.04.17 ]

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04. For x  R  {0,1} , let f1 (x)  , f 2 (x)  1  x and f3 (x)  be three given functions.
x 1 x
If a function, J(x) satisfies (f 2  J  f1)(x)  f3 (x) then J(x) is equal to
1
(A) f1 (x) (B) f 2 (x) (C) f3 (x) (D) f 3 (x)
x
(JEE MAINS-2019, 09.01.19, FN)

1 x   2x  is equal to :
05. If f(x) = log e   , x  1, then f  
1 x   1  x2 

(A) 2f (x 2 ) (B) 2f(x) (C) -2f(x) (D)  f (x) 2

(JEE MAIN, 08.04.2019, FN)

1  x2
06. For x   0, 3 / 2  , let f(x) = x , g(x) = tanx and h(x) = . If (x)  ((hof )og)(x), then
1 x2

   is equal to :
3

5  7 11
(A) tan (B) tan (C) tan (D) tan
12 12 12 12
(JEE MAIN, 12.04.2019, FN)

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07. Statement - 1 : The function f ( x)  x 2e  x sin | x | is even.
Statement - 2 : Product of two odd functions is an even function.
(A) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false (B) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
(C) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1
(D) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is not a correct explanation for
Statement 1
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS PAPER-II) - 2011 ]

08. Let f be an odd function defined on the set of real numbers such that for x  0 ,
11
f (x)  3sin x  4 cos x . Then f(x) at x   is equal to
6

3 3 3 3
(A)   2 3 (B) 2 3 (C)   2 3 (D) 2 3
2 2 2 2
[JEE MAINS 2014 ON LINE 11.04.14 ]

09. Let f (x)  a x (a  0) be written as f (x)  f1 (x)  f 2 (x) , where f1 (x) is an even function and
f 2 (x) is an odd function. Then f1 (x  y)  f1 (x  y) equals :

(A) 2f1 (x  y)f1 (x  y) (B) 2f1 (x)f1 (y)

(C) 2f1 (x)f 2 (y) (D) 2f1 (x  y)f 2 (x  y)

(JEE MAIN, 08.04.2019, AN)

sin 1  x  3
10. The domain of the function f (x)  is
2
9x
(A) [2, 3] (B) [1, 2) (C) [1, 2] (D) [2, 3)
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS) - 2004 ]

11. The domain of the function f ( x)  2 x  3  sin x  x  1 is

3 
(A) 1,   (B)  , 1 (C) [0, 1] (D)  ,  
2 
[AIEEE (JEE MAINS PAPER-II) - 2006]

  
12. The largest interval lying in   ,  for which the function
2 2
 

 x2 1  x  
 f (x)  4  cos  2  1  log  cos x   is defined, is
   
  
      
(A)  0,  (B)   ,  (C)   ,  (D) 0, 
2 2   4 2  2 
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS) - 2007 ]
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13. The domain of the function f ( x)  is :
3  log 3 ( x  3)
(A)  , 30    30,   (B)  3, 30    30,  
(C)  3,   (D)  , 30 
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS PAPER -II) - 2009 ]

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14. The domain of the function f  x   is
x x

(A)  , 0  (B)  ,    0 (C)  ,   (D)  0,  

[JEE MAINS 2011 ]

15. The domain of sin 1 log3 (x / 3) is

(A) [1, 9] (B) [-1, 9] (C) [- 9, 1] (D) [- 9, -1]
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS) - 2002 ]

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16. The domain of the definition of the function f (x)  2
 log10 (x 3  x) is :
4x
(A) (1, 0)  (1, 2)  (2, ) (B) (1, 2)  (2, )
(C) (1, 0)  (1, 2)  (3, ) (D) (2,  1)  (1, 0)  (2, )
(JEE MAIN, 09.04.2019, AN)

17. If f ( x)  2 f 1  x   x 2  1, x  R, then the range of f is :

 1   1 1 1   1
(A)   ,   (B)   ,  (C)  ,   (D)  , 
 3   3 3 3   3
(JEE MAINS 08-04-2018 PAPER - II)
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18. Let f : R  R be defined by f  x   , x  R . Then the range of f is
1  x2
1 1  1 1
(A)  1,1  0 (B) R    ,  (C) R   1,1 (D)   , 
 2 2  2 2
(JEE MAINS-2019, 11.01.19, FN)
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19. Let f(x) = x , x  R. For any A  R , define g(A) = {x  R : f (x)  A}. If S = [0, 4], then
which one of the following statements is not true ?
(A) g(f(S)) = g(S) (B) f(g(S)) = S (C) g(f(S))  S (D) f(g(S))  f(S)
(JEE MAIN 2019, 10.04.2019, FN)

2x
20. Let f :  1,1  B, be a function defined by f (x)  tan 1 , then f is both one-one and onto
1 x2
when B is the interval
      
   

(A)  0,  (B)  0,  (C)   ,  (D)   , 
 2   2   2 2  2 2 
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS) - 2005 ]

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21. If f : R  S , defined by f (x)  sin x  3 cos x  1, is onto, then the interval of S is
(A) [0, 3] (B) [-1, 3] (C) [0, 1] (D) [-1, 1]
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS) - 2004 ]

x2
22. Let f : (1,  )  [1,  ) be defined by f (x) = . Then
x 1
(A) f is one-one and onto (B) f is one-one but not onto
(C) f is not one-one but onto (D) f is neither one-one nor onto
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS PAPER -II) - 2008 ]

23. For real x, let f (x)  x 3  5x  1, then

(A) f is one-one but not onto R (B) f in onto R but not one-one
(C) f is one-one and onto R (D) f is neither one-one nor onto R
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS) - 2009 ]

24. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f ( x)  x 2009  2009 x  2009 . Then f ( x) is

(A) one-one and onto (B) one-one but not onto
(C) not one-one but onto (D) neither one-one nor onto
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS PAPER-II) - 2010 ]

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25. Let f and g be functions defined by f ( x)  , x  R, x  1, and g ( x)  x 2  1, x  R .
x 1
Then gof is
(A) one - one but not onto (B) onto but not one - one
(C) both one - one and onto (D) neither one - one nor onto
[AIEEE (JEE MAINS PAPER - II) - 2013]

| x | 1
26. Let f : R  R be defined by f (x)  then f is
| x | 1
(A) one-one but not onto (B) neither one-one nor onto
(C) both one-one and onto (D) onto but not one-one
[JEE MAINS 2014 ON LINE 19.04.14 ]

e| x|  e  x
27. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f ( x)  , then f is
e x  e x
(A) one-one and onto (B) one-one but not onto
(C) onto but not one-one (D) neither onto nor one-one
[AIEEE (JEE MAINS PAPER - II) - 2015]

 1 1 x
28. The function f : R   ,  defined as f (x)  , is
 2 2  1  x2
(A) surjective but not injective (B) neither injective nor surjective
(C) invertible (D) injective but not surjective
[JEE MAINS 2017 OFF LINE ]

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29. The function f : N  N defined by f (x)  x  5    1 , where N is the set of natural numbers
5
and [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, is
(A) one-one but not onto (B) one-one and onto
(C) onto but not one-one (D) neither one-one nor onto
[JEE MAINS 2017 ON LINE 09.04.17 ]

x
30. The function f : R  R, is given by f  x   , is
1 x
(A) onto but not one-one (B) one-one but not onto
(C) neither one-one nor onto (D) one-one and onto
(JEE MAINS-2019, 08.01.19, FN)

31. Let A  {x  R : x is not a positive integer}. Define a function f : A  R as f (x)  2x , then

x 1
f is
(A) surjective but not injective (B) neither injective nor surjective
(C) injective but not surjective (D) not injective
(JEE MAINS-2019, 09.01.19, AN)

32. Let N be the set of natural numbers and two functions f and g be defined as f, g : N  N such that

 n 1
 2 if n is odd
f (n)   and g(n)  n  (1)n . Then fog is
 n
if n is even
 2

(A) neither one-one nor onto (B) onto but not one-one
(C) both one-one and onto (D) one-one but not onto
(JEE MAIN 2019 - 10.01.2019 AN)

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33. Let a function f :  0,     0,   be defined by f  x   1  . Then f is
x
(A) not injective but it is surjective (B) injective only
(C) neither injective nor surjective (D) both injective as well as surjective
(ADD SCORE) (JEE MAINS-2019, 11.01.19, AN)

x2
34. If the function f : R - {1, -1}  A defined by f (x)  , is surjective, then A is equal to :
1 x2

(A) [0, ) (B) R - {-1} (C) R  (  1, 0) (D) R  [  1, 0)

(JEE MAIN, 09.04.2019, FN)
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35. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and R : A  A be the relation defined by : R = {(1, 1), (2, 3),
(3, 4), (4, 2)}. The correct statement is
(A) R does not have an inverse (B) R is not a one to one function
(C) R is an onto function (D) R is not a function
[ IIT-JEE MAINS 2013 ON LINE 09.04.13 ]

36. Let f : N  Y be a function defined as f (x) = 4x + 3, where Y  {y  N : y  4 x  3 for some x  N}.

If g is inverse of f, then

3y  4 y3 y3 y3

(A) g(y)  (B) g(y)  4  (C) g(y)  (D) g(y) 
3 4 4 4
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS) - 2008 ]
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37. Let f (x)   x  1  1, x  1

Statement - 1 : The set x : f (x)  f 1 (x)  0, 1

Statement - 2 : f is a bijection
(A) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true, Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
statement-1
(B) Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is true ; Statement - 2 is not a correct explanation for
Statement - 1
(C) Statement - 1 is true, Statement - 2 is false
(D) Statement - 1 is false, Statement - 2 is true
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS PAPER-II) - 2009 ]
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38. Let f be a function defined by f (x)   x  1  1,  x  1 ,

Statement - 1 : The set x : f (x)  f 1  x   {1, 2} .

Statement - 2 : f is a bijection and f 1  x   1  x  1, x  1 .

(A) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true, Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true, Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for State-
ment-1
(C) Statement-1 is true, Statement - 2 is false
(D) Statement-1 is false, Statement - 2 is true
[JEE MAINS 2011 REVISED PAPER]

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39. Let f ( x)   x  1  1, x  1, then the set {x : f ( x)  f 1 ( x)}:

(A) contains more than two elements (B) is an empty set

(C) contains exactly one element (D) contains exactly two elements
[AIEEE (JEE MAINS PAPER - II) - 2014]
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40. If the function f :[1,  [ [1,  [ is defined by f ( x)  3x ( x1) ; then f 1 ( x ) is :
x ( x1)
1 1 1
(A)  
 3
(B)
2
1  1  4log 3 x  (C)
2

1  1  4log 3 x  (D) not defined

[AIEEE (JEE MAINS PAPER - II) - 2016]

x 1
41. Let f : A  B be a function defined as f ( x)  , where A = R - {2} and B = R - {1}.
x2
Then f is :
1 2 y 1
(A) not invertible (B) invertible and f ( y ) 
y 1
2 y 1 3y 1
(C) invertible and f 1 ( y )  (D) invertible and f 1 ( y ) 
y 1 y 1
(JEE MAINS ONLINE 15-04-2018 AN)
42. The graph of the function y = f (x) is symmetrical about the line x = 2, then
(A) f (x  2)  f (x  2) (B) f (x)  f (  x) (C) f (x)  f (  x) (D) f (2  x)  f (2  x)
[ AIEEE (JEE MAINS) - 2004 ]

43. For x  R, let [x] denote the greatest integer  x, then the sum of the series

 1  1 1   1 2   1 99 
  3     3  100     3  100   ......    3  100  is

(A) -135 (B) -153 (C) -133 (D) -131

(JEE MAIN, 12.04.2019, FN)

KEY

01. B 02. C 03.C 04.C 05.B 06.D 07.D 08.D 09.B

10.D 11.D 12. D 13. B 14.A 15.A 16. A 17.A 18.D

19.A 20. D 21.B 22. B 23. C 24.A 25.D 26.B 27.D

28.A 29. D 30. B 31. C 32. B 33. 34. D 35. C 36. D

37. C 38. C 39. D 40. C 41. C 42. D 43. C

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