(MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)

This section contains 7 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (A), (B), (C) and (D) for its answer,
out of which ONE OR MORE than ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for all correct options & +1 partial marks, 0 if not attempted and -2 in all wrong cases
1. Let f :  �1, 1  R be such that

 
1 1 1 1 1
f  4cos   og 2   4 4 4 ...... 
2  sec 2   3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 
3
 

      1
for    0,    ,  . Then the possible value(s) of f   is (are) equal to
 4 4 2 3

3 3 2 2
A)1  B) 1  C) 1  D) 1 
2 2 3 3

2. A function f :  a,     a,   is defined as f ( x)  x 2  2ax  a (a  1) . If one of the

solutions of the equation f ( x)  f 1 ( x) is 2023. Then the other may be

A) 2022 B) 2021 C) 2020 D) 2024

1  3 
3. If f :  ,     ,   is given by f ( x)  x 2  x  1 , then which of the following is are
2  4 
CORRECT?

A) f 1 does not exist

1 3
B) the equation x 2  x   x  has one real solution
2 4

1  4x  3
C) f 1 ( x) 
2

D) �f � is many one and onto function

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   x  , 2  x  1   x  ,   x  0
4. Consider the functions: f  x    and g  x    ,
 x  1, 1  x  2 sin x, 0  x  
Where [.] denotes the greatest integer function. Then which of the following is / are
CORRECT?

A) The exhaustive domain of g  f  x   is  �2, 0  2

B) The range of g  f  x   is sin1, 1  2, 1,0

C) The exhaustive domain of g  f  x   is  �2, 2

D) The range of g  f  x   is sin 3, 1  2, 1 .

5. Let f  x, y  be a function satisfying the condition f  x, y   f  (2 x  2 y ),(2 y  2 x)  ,

 
x, y  R . Now define a function 'g' by g  x, 0   f 2 x , 0 . Then which of the

following option(s) is / are INCORRECT?

 1 1 

A) f  x, y   f 26 x,26 y  B) f  ,    4,8 
 1024 512 

C) g  3, 0   g  27, 0  
D) g  2, 0   g 27 , 0 
x3  e2 x  1
6. Let g : R  R be defined as g  x   . If g  f  x    x , then which of the
2
following is / are CORRECT?
 e4  7 
A) the equation x  2  3    0 has 4 solutions if f   
 2 

 e6  26 
B) the equation x  2  3    0 has 3 solutions if f  
 2 

 e8  63 
C) the equation x  2  3    0 has 3 solutions if f  
 2 

 1  2e 2 
D) the equation x  2  3    0 has 4 solutions if f  
 2 

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7. Let f ( x)  max 1  sin x, 1, 1  cos x , x  [0,2 ] and g ( x)  max 1, x  1, x  R then

which of the following can be true?

   
A) g  f  0    1 B) g  f   1
  2 

C) f  g 1   1  sin1 D) f  g     1  sin1

SECTION-II
(INTEGER ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 5 questions. The answer is a single digit integer ranging from 0 to 9 (both inclusive).
Marking scheme +3 for correct answer , 0 if not attempted and 0 in all other cases.
 x 1
8. If f ( x)  f    1  x , x  0,1, then the value of 12  f  3 � f  2  is equal to
 x 

Consider f :  0,     0,   be an invertible function such that f  x .e    x . Then the

f x
9.

  
greatest integer less than or equal to the value of f f e  , is equal to
e 1

10. Let f  x   x 2   x   cos x,   Z ,   R. Then the number of ordered pairs   ,   for

which f  x   0 and f  f  x    0 have same set of real roots is

11. Let f  x  be a function which satisfies f  5  x   f  5  x  , x  R. If f  x  has exactly

1
three real roots  ,  ,  , then the value of       is equal to
3

12.
1 1
Let f  x   , g  x   2 , h  x  
x 4x  1
5x
x2

be three functions and   x   h g  f  x   . 
If the range of   x  is R �A where 'R' is set of real numbers, then the number of
integers in set 'A' is

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 SECTION – III
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 6 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (A), (B), (C) and (D) for its answer,
out of which ONLY ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +3 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -1 in all other cases.
Answer Q,13, Q,14 and Q,15 by appropriately matching the information given in the three
columns of the following table.
Column- contains a functional equation which is satisfied by a polynomial function
f : R  R , Column- contains odd / even nature of the function �f �and Column-
contains the type of �f � mapping.

Column - Column - Column -

f  x  f  y  ��
f  xy   x  y,
One-One onto
) i) Odd function P)
x, y  R and f 1  0 mapping

f  x  y  � axy  f  x   by 2 ,
Even Many �One into
) ii) Q)
x, y  R and f 1  8,& f  2   32 function mapping

 x  y  f  x  y  � x  y  f  x  y  Neither even
One-One into
) iii) nor odd R)
 2 3

 2 x y � y , x, y  R and f 1  2 function
mapping

f  x  . f  y   f  x  + f  y   f  xy  � 2, Both even
Many �One onto
V) iv) and odd S)
x, y  R , f  0   1 and f  4   65 function
mapping

13. Which of the following options is the only CORRECT combination?

A) ()(i)(Q) B) (V)(iii) (P) C) ()(ii)(Q) D) ()(ii)(P)

14. Which of the following options is the only INCORRECT combination?

A) ()(iii)(Q) B) ()(i)(S) C) ()(iii)(P) D) ()(ii)(Q)

15. Which of the following options is the only CORRECT combination?

A) ()(iii)(P) B) ()(iii)(R) C) ()(iii)(Q) D)(V)(iii) (R)

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Answer Q,16, Q,17 and Q,18 by appropriately matching the information given in
the three columns of the following table.
Column- contains a function �f � wherea  1 ,Column- contains inverse function of
f � is invertible in its domain and Column- contains the range of
�f �, assuming that �
function �f �. (�
R� is the set of real numbers)

Column - Column - Column -

) 
f ( x)  og a x  x  1
2
 i) f 1 a x  a x
 x  x x
a a
P) 0, 

1 x  2
1
f ( x)  og a  f 1  x  
)
2

1 x 
ii)
a x
 a x  Q) R

 1  1  x2 
) f ( x)  og a 
 x


iii) f 1  x  
2

1 x
a  a x  R)  �1, 1
 

V) 
f ( x)  og a x  x 2  1  iv) f 1  x  
2

1 x
a  a x  S) R   �1, 1

16. Which of the following options is the only CORRECT combination?

A) ()(ii)(S) B) ()(i)(P) C) (V)(ii)(P) D) ()(i)(Q)

17. Which of the following options is the only CORRECT combination?

A) (V)(iii)(P) B) ()(iv)(R) C) ()(ii)(Q) D) ()(iii)(P)

18. Which of the following options is the only CORRECT combination?

A)()(ii)(S) B) (V)(ii)(R) C)()(iv)(Q) D) ()(ii)(P)

1 DELETE 2 AD 3 BC 4 CD 5 AD /ABD
6 AB 7 ABCD 8 8 9 1 10 4
11 5 12 7 13 B 14 B 15 A
16 D 17 A 18 C

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This section contains 5 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (A), (B), (C) and (D) for its
answer, out of which ONLY ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +3 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and –1 in all other cases.
37. f  x  is symmetric about the point  4,0  and f  4  x   f  4  x   0,  Domain of

f  x  then f 1  2015   f 1  2015  

2015
A) 0 B) C) 8 D) 4030
2

2  x, x  0
38. Let f  x   . If f  f  x    K has atleast one solution, then smallest
4  x, x  0
value of ‘K’ is

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 6

39. Suppose, f is a real function satisfying f  x  f  x    3 f  x  and f 1  3 , then the

value of f 13 is

A) 13 B) 27 C) 26 D) 39

40. If x2  4 y 2  4 and range of f  x, y  is  ,   where f  x, y   x 2  y 2  xy then 

is

A) 3 B) 4 C) 2 3 D) 7

  x , 2  x  1   x  ,   x  0
41. Consider two functions f  x    , g  x   ,
 x  1, 1  x  2 sin x, 0  x  

where  denotes the greatest integer function. The number of integral points in the

range of g  f  x   is

A) 2 B) 4 C) 3 D) 5

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 SECTION – II
(MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 8 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (A), (B), (C) and (D) for its
answer, out of which ONE OR MORE than ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for all correct options & +1 partial marks, 0 if not attempted and -2 in all wrong
cases
1/7
 1  x  3 x  1 
2

If f  x     x tan  2   3  x  , where  K  and  K  denotes greatest
7
42.
  x  3x  5  
integer and fractional part function of ‘K’ respectively, then

A) f 1  50   f  50  B) f  f 100   100

C) f 1  50   f  50  D) f  f 100    10

43. Let f  x   x 4  4 x 3  26 , then which of the following is/are correct?

  
A) Number of real solutions of f f f  f  x    26 is zero

B) Minimum value of f  x  is 1

C) f  f  x     5, 4

 
D) Number of real solutions of f f f  f  x    26 is 12
n3  8
44. Let ‘n’ be the integer for which 2 is an integer. Let ‘K’ be the smallest possible
n 4

 
value of f f f  f  x    overall real number ‘x’ where f  x   x 2  6 x  7 . They

which of the following is/are true

A) ‘K’ is an irrational number B) Maximum of ‘n’ divides ‘K’

 K 
C) ‘K’ is a prime number D)   3
 Max  n  

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45. Let f  x  be invertible function and let f 1  x  be its inverse, let equation

f  f 1  x    f 1  x  has two real roots  ,  (with the domain of f  x  ) then

A) f  x   x also here same two real roots.

B) f 1  x   x also have same two real roots.

C) f  x   f 1  x  also have same two real roots.

D) Area of the triangle formed by  0,0 ,  , f    ,   , f     is 1 sq. unit.

46. Which of the following is/are true statements.


A) If  ,  are the solutions of tan 1 x  x  1  sin 1 x 2  x  1  then
2
3
cos1   cos 1  
2

2 2  2  2  
B) tan 1    tan 1    tan     ...  tan 1  2 
 ...    cot 1 a 
4 9  16    n  1  b
 
where b  a
C) The least integral value of ‘K’ for which
 K  2  x 2  8 x   K  4   sin 1  sin12   cos 1  cos12  x  R is 5.
5 2
D) Of  sin 1 a    cos 1 b    sec 1 c    cos ec 1d    a, b, c, d  R  then the
2 2 2 2

2
value of  sin 1 a    cos 1 b    sec1 c    cos ec 1d  is 0.
2 2 2 2

 1  2 1  2 x 
47. f : R  0,1  R satisfying f  x   f   then,
 1  x  x 1  x 

1
A) The graph of y  f  x  crosses x-axis at x 
2

B) The graph of y  f  x  crosses x-axis at x  1

C) f  2   f  3  5

D) f  2   f  3  6

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48. Let ‘n’ be a +ve integer with f  n   1  2  3  ...  n and p  x  , q  x  be

polynomials in ‘x’ such that f  n  2   p  n  f  n  1  q  n  f  n  , for all n  1 , then

A) p  x   x  3 B) q  x    x  2 C) p  x    x  2 D) q  x    x  2

x
49. Let f :  2,4   1,3 be a function defined by f  x   x    (where  denotes the
2
greatest integer function), then which of the following is/are true.

5 9  7  11
A) f 1    B) f 1   
4 4 4 4

C) f 1  2   3 D) ‘f’ is not bijective function

SECTION – III
(INTEGER ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 5 questions. The answer is a single digit integer ranging from 0 to 9 (both inclusive).
Marking scheme +3 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and 0 in all other cases.
 1  1  1
50. If cot 1  22    cot 1  23  2   cot 1  24  3   ...  cot 1 K , then K 
 2  2   2 

1 x  x2  a
51. If f 1,     2,   , f  x   x  , then f  x  
1
where a  b is equal to
x b

52. Number of solutions of 2 x  x100

x
53. 
Let f  x   2 x  2  x  ,0  x  2 , then the number of solutions of f f  f  x     2
is

3 7
54. Let f  x    x  and g  x  be the inverse function of f  x  , then the value of
2 4
K 
f 1og 1 17   K , Calculate   , where  denotes greatest integer function.
3

MATHEMATICS
37 C 38 C 39 B 40 A 41 C
42 AB 43 AB 44 CD 45 ABC 46 ABCD
47 BC 48 AB 49 ABC 50 2 51 6
52 3 53 8 54 5
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SECTION – I
(INTEGER ANSWER TYPE )
This section contains 8 questions. The answer is a single digit integer ranging from 0 to 9 (both inclusive).
Marking scheme +4 for correct answer , 0 if not attempted and 0 in all other cases.
 x  1 if x 1
41. f :  ,2  R is defined as f  x   
2 x  1 if 1  x  2
 x2 1  x  2
and g :  1,3  R is defined as g  x   
x  2 2  x  3
Then the number of solutions of the equation f  g  x    2 is

1
42. f : R  0  R defined as f ( x)  x  . Then number of solutions of f ( f ( f ( x ))  1
x
is

1   1 
43. f :  ,      ,   is defined as f (x)  x(x  1) , then the sum of squares of the
2   4 
solutions of the equation f 1 (x)  f (x) is

44. f ( x  1)  (1) x 1 x  f ( x) for x   and f (1)  f (1986) . Then the unit digit of the sum
of digits of 2( f (1)  f (2)  ........  f (1985)) is
1 x
45. Let f :[0,1] [0,1] be defined by f ( x)  and let g :[0,1]  [0,1] be defined by
1 x
g ( x)  4 x(1  x) . If range of fog ( x) is [, ] , then    
46. For non negative integers m, n define a function as follows

 n 1 if m0

f  m, n    f  m  1,1 if m  0, n  0
 f  m  1, f  m, n  1  if m  0, n  0


Then the value of f 1,1 is

47. f is a function such that f ( x)  2 f (1  x)  x 2  1, x  R . Value of f (3) is

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48. Let f  x, y  be a function satisfying the condition

f  x, y   f  2 x  2 y,2 y  2 x  x, y  R and let g  x  be a function defined as

g  x   f  2 x ,0  . If T is period of g  x  , then find the value of

T
.
4

SECTION – II
(MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 8 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (A), (B), (C) and (D) for its answer,
out of which ONE OR MORE than ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -2 in all other cases.
49.  
f : R  [�1, ) and f  x   ln  sin 2 x  cos 2 x  (where [] is greatest integer

function). Let A be the range of f. Then select the CORRECT alternative/s

A)  ,0   A  

B) f(x) is periodic but fundamental period not defined

 
C) f(x) is invertible in  0, 
 4

D) f(x) is into function.

sin x cos x
50. f : D  R defined as f (x)   , then select the CORRECT
1  tan 2 x 1  cot 2 x
alternative/s

A) fundamental period of f(x) is 2 B) fundamental period of f(x) is 

C) domain of f(x) is R D) range of f(x) is [�1, 1]

 
51. Consider a real valued function satisfying 2 f (sin x)  f (cos x)  x x  0,  then
 2

1 
A) f    0 B) If f  x   then x  0
2 3

  
C) Domain of f ( x) is  1,1 D) Range of f ( x) is   , 
 6 3

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  x 2  4 x  3 x  3
52. f : R  R defined as f ( x )   and
 x  4 x3

 x  3 x4
g : R  R defined as g ( x)   then
2
( x  1)  1 x4

7
A) ( f  g )    1 B) fog  3   3
2
7
C) ( fg )  2   1 D) ( f  g )    ( f  g )(4)  26
2
x5
53. Let f be a function defined by f ( x)  , x  3, 2,1 ; Let f k ( x) denote the
x3
composition of f with itself taken k times i.e., f 3 ( x )  f ( f ( f ( x ))) , then select
CORRECT alternative/s

2006
A) f 4 ( x)  f 2  x  B) f 2009 (2010) 
2007

1003
C) f 2009 (2011)  D) f 2012 (2012)  2012
1004

54. f  x   sgn x , g  x   x  x 2  1 , h  x    x 2  1 sin x then which of the following

is/are periodic functions
A) g  f  x   B) f  g  x  

C) h  f  x   D) f  h  x  

2n  1 if n is even
55. If f and g are two functions defined on N, such that f  n    and
 2 n  2 if n is odd
g  n   f  n   f  n  1 . Then range of g is
A) { m  N : m  multiple of 4}
B) Set of even natural numbers
C) { m  N : m  4k  3, k is a natural number}
D) { m  N : m  multiple of 3 or multiple of 4}

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56. Let f be a one onefunction with domain = {x, y, z} and codomain = {1, 2, 3}. It is
given that exactly one of the following statements is true and the remaining two are
false : f  x   1 , f  y   1 , f  z   2 , then select CORRECT alternative/s

A) f 1 1  y B) f  3  z C) f 1  x   2 D) f  z   3

SECTION – III
(PARAGRAPH TYPE)
This section contains 2 groups of questions. Each group has 2 multiple choice questions based on a
paragraph. Each question has 4 choices A), B), C) and D) for its answer, out of which ONE OR MORE is/are
correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -2 in all other cases.
Paragraph for Question Nos. 57 to 58:
 2x  a : x  1
Let f  x    2
 bx  3 : x  1
 x4 : 0x4
and g  x   
 3x  2 : 2  x  0

57. g(f(x)) is not defined for any x if

A) a  10,b  5 B) a  10,b  5

C) a  4,b  0 D) a  0,b  1

58. If the domain of g(f(x)) is [- 1, 2], then which of the following may be correct

A) a = 0, b >5 B) a = 0, b < -5

C) a = 2, b > 1 D) a = 2, b < -5

Paragraph for Question Nos. 59 to 60:

If f :  0,     0,   satisfy f  xf  y    x 2 ya  a  R  , then

59. Value of a is
A) 4 B) 2 C) 2 D) 1
60. Number of solutions of f  x   x 3 is

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

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KEY SHEET

MATHEMATICS
41 2 42 8 43 4 44 1 45 1

46 3 47 0 48 3 49 ABD 50 AD

51 AD 52 ABD 53 CD 54 AC 55 C

56 AD 57 AB 58 AB 59 A 60 A

MATHS
 x  1 1  x  1
2

41. f  g  x    2
2 x  1 1  x  2
f  g  x    2  x 2 1  2 & 2x 2 1  2
1
x  1 x  
2
No. of sol = 2

43. {x  R / f 1 (x)  f (x)} = {x  R / f f (x)  x}

f  f (x)  = f  x(x 1)   [x(x 1)][x(x 1) 1] = x(x 1)[x 2  x 1]
f (f(x)) = x  x(x �1)(x2  x 1)  x
 x(x 3  2x 2 ) = 0  x = 0, 2
1985 1985 1985
44.  f (x 1)   (1)
x1 x 1
x 1
x  2  f (x )
x 1

Since f (1)  f (1986)

1985
3 f (x)  1 2  3  4  5......... 1985
x 1

 (1 3  .......1985)  2(1 2  3 ......992)

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MAX.MARKS: 66
SECTION – 1 (Maximum Marks: 18)
This section contains SIX (06) questions.
Each question has FOUR options for correct answer(s). ONLY ONE of these four option is the correct answer.
For each question, choose the correct option corresponding to the correct answer.
Answer to each question will be evaluated according to the following marking scheme:
Full Marks : +3 If only the correct option is chosen.
Zero Marks: 0 If none of the option is chosen.(i.e the question is un answered)
Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases.

 x  1 if x 1
37. f :  , 2  R is defined as f ( x)   and g :[1,3]  R is defined as
 2 x  1 if 1  x  2
 x2 1  x  2
g ( x)   then the number of solutions of the equation f ( g ( x))  2 is
x  2 2 x3

A) 1 B) 2 C) 0 D) 3
x
38. If f ( x)  2 x(2  x) ; 0  x  2 then the number of solutions of f ( f ( f ( x)))  is
2
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 2
1 x
39. Let f :[0,1]  [0,1] be defined by f ( x)  and let g :[0,1]  [0,1] be defined by
1 x
g ( x)  4 x(1  x) . If range of fog ( x) is [ ,  ] , then    

A) 1 B) 1 C) 0 D) 2
40. For non negative integers m, n define a function as follows
 n 1 if m0

f (m, n)   f (m  1,1) if m  0, n  0
 f (m  1, f (m, n  1)) if m  0, n  0


Then the value of f (1,1) is

A) 0 B) 1 C) 3 D) 2
41. If f : (0, )  (0, ) satisfy f ( xf ( y ))  x 2 y a (a  R) , then the number of solutions of
f ( x)  x3 is

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
 2 x  a : x  1  x4 : 0 x4
42. Let f ( x)   and g ( x)   If domain of g ( f ( x)) is [1, 2]
bx  3 : x  1 3 x  2 : 2  x  0
2

then the value of a

A) a  1, b  6 B) a  2, b  7 C) a  2, b  10 D) a  0, b  R

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 SECTION - 2 (Maximum Marks : 24)
This section contains SIX (06) questions.
Each question has FOUR options for correct answer(s). ONE OR MORE THAN ONE of these four option(s) is
(are) correct option(s).
For each question, choose the correct option(s) to answer the question.
Answer to each question will be evaluated according to the following marking scheme:
Full Marks : +4 If only (all) the correct option(s) is (are) chosen.
Partial Marks: +3 If all the four options are correct but ONLY three options are chosen.
Partial Marks: +2 If three or more options are correct but ONLY two options are chosen, both of which are
correct options.
Partial Marks : +1 If two or more options are correct but ONLY one option is chosen and it is a correct
option.
Zero Marks : 0 If none of the options is chosen (i.e. the question is unanswered).
Negative Marks: -2 In all other cases.
43. Let f ( x)  x 4  4 x3  26 , then which of the following is/are correct?

A) Number of real solutions of f ( f ( f ( f ( x))))  26 is zero

B) Minimum value of f ( x) is 1 .

C) f ( f ( x))  (5, 4)

D) Number of real solutions of f ( f ( f ( f ( x))))  26 is 12

44. Let ( x  y ) f ( x  y )  ( x  y ) f ( x  y )  2( x 2 y  y 3 ) x, y  R and f (1)  2 then the value of �a�

such that f ( x)  2  a  0 has exactly 4 real roots.

A) 1 B) 0 C) 2.1 D) 2
 1  2(1  2 x)
45. f : R  {0,1}  R satisfying f ( x)  f   then,
 1  x  x(1  x)
1
A) The graph of y  f ( x) crosses x-axis at x 
2
B) The graph of y  f ( x) crosses x-axis at x  1
C) f (2)  f (3)  5
D) f (2)  f (3)  6
 x 1 ; x 1  x 2 ; 1  x  2
46. If f ( x)   ; g ( x)   are two functions, then domain of
2 x  1 ; 1  x  2 x  2 ; 2  x  3

fog ( x) is

A)  1, 2  B)  2,1 C) [1, 2) D) [ 2, 2)

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47. f  x   x 2  2ax  a (a  1) & f :[a, )  [a, ). If one of the solutions of the equation

f  x   f 1  x  is 2022, then the other solution is

A) 2021 B) 2020 C) 2023 D) 2024

f (10)
48. If f ( x  f ( y ))  f ( x)  y x, y  R and f (0)  0 , then the value of where f ( x) is not
5
a constant function is

A) 2 B) 1 C) 5 D) 10

SECTION - 3 (Maximum Marks : 24)

This section contains SIX (06) questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL VALUE
For each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer using the mouse and the on-screen virtual
numeric keypad in the place designated to enter answer. If the numerical value has more than two decimal
places truncate/round- off the value to TWO decimal places.
Answer to each question will be evaluated according to the following marking scheme:
Full Marks: +4 If ONLY the correct numerical value is entered as answer.
Zero Marks: 0 In all other cases.
 x  p2 , for x  2
49. Let a function f defined from R  R as f ( x)   . If the function is
 px  5, for x  2

surjective, then the sum of all possible integral values of p in [100,100] is ��

 2kx  3, x0
50. Let f : R  R be defined as f ( x)   . If f ( x) is injective then the
 x  kx  3, x  0
2

smallest integral value of k is ��..

51. The range of the function f ( x)  3 sin x  2 cos x is [a, b] then the value of b  a is �..

1 1 3
52. Let f ( x)  x 2  x  1 ; x  and g ( x)   x  then the number of solutions of
2 2 4
f ( x)  g ( x)  0 is ��..

1 x   1 x   1 x   1 x 
53. If �f � is polynomial such that f  . f   f   f  where ( x  0,  1)
 1 x   1 x   1 x   1 x 
1  10 
and f (3)  28 , then the value of  
605  n 1
( f (n)  1)  is ���

1 1 x x 1
54. Let f1 ( x)  x ; f 2 ( x)  1  x ; f3 ( x)  ; f 4 ( x)  ; f5 ( x)  ; f 6 ( x)  . Suppose
x 1 x x 1 x
that f 6 ( f m ( x))  f 4 ( x) and f n ( f 4 ( x))  f3 ( x) then the value of m  n is ��..

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KEY SHEET

MATHEMATICS
37 B 38 C 39 A 40 C 41 A

42 D 43 AB 44 ACD 45 BC 46 C

47 AC 48 A 49 5047 50 1 51 5

52 1 53 5 54 1

MATHS
2
 x  1 1  x  1
37. f  g  x    2
2 x  1 1  x  2
f  g  x    2  x 2 1  2 & 2x 2 1  2
1
x  1 x  
2
No. of sol = 2
38. f(x) is a symmetrical about the line x = 1
f ( f (x))  2 f (x)(2  f (x))
 2(2x)(2  x)(2  4x  2x 2 )
f ( f ( f (x)))  4 f (x)(2  f (x))(2  4 f (x) 2 )
39. fog  x   f  g  x    f  4 x 1  x  
1  4 x 1  x 
 when 0  4 x 1  x   1 and 0  x  1
1  4 x 1  x 
But 4 x  4 x 2  0  0  x  1
4 x  4 x 2  1   2 x  1  0  x  R
2

1  4x  4x2
Hence fog  x   ,0  x 1
1  4x  4x2
4x2  4x  1
Let y  ,0  x 1
  4x2  4x   1
40. f 1,1  f  0, f 1, 0    f  0, f  0,1   f  0, 2   3
1
41. Put f ( y ) 
x
1
f (1)  2
 y a and Put y = 1
f ( y)
 f (1)  1
Now put y = 1 in the given equation
42. x   1, 2  2  2 x  4  2  a  2 x  a  4  a
But, 2  g  x   4  a  0
And b can take any real value,
43.

f ( f ( f ( x )))  0
f ( f ( x))  x1 & x2 x1  (3, 2) ; x2  (4, 3)
f ( x  y) f ( x  y)
44.   2 y x, y  R
( x  y) ( x  y)
f ( x )  x ( x  1)
1 1
45. Replace x with and 1  and simplify
1 x x
x 1
f ( x) 
x 1
46. Composition of g ( x ) and f ( x )
f  x    x  a   a ' x  [a,  )
2
47.
Let y   x  a   a clearly y  a
2

 f 1  x   a  x  a
Now f  x   f 1  x 
  x  a  a  a  x  a
2

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