MATHEMATICS

QUESTION BANK
ON
FUNCTIONS
Time Limit : 300 Minutes.

TARGET IIT JEE 2019

 STRAIGHT OBJECTIVE TYPE
x for 0  x  1

 x  1 and f2 (x) = f1 (– x) for all x
Q.1 Let f1(x) =  1 for
 0 otherwise

f3 (x) = – f2(x) for all x

f4 (x) = f3(– x) for all x
Which of the following is necessarily true?
(A) f4 (x) = f1 (x) for all x (B) f1 (x) = – f3 (–x) for all x
(C) f2 (–x) = f4 (x) for all x (D) f1 (x) + f3 (x) = 0 for all x

Q.2 Domain of definition of the function f (x) = log  10·3x  2  9 x 1  1  + cos1 (1  x ) is

 
(A) [0, 1] (B) [1, 2] (C) (0, 2) (D) (0, 1)

x2  a
Q.3 The set of all real values of a so that the range of the function y = is R, is
x 1
(A) [1, ) (B) (– , – 1) (C) (1, ) (D) (– , – 1]

| sin x |  | cos x |
Q.4 The period of the function f (x) = is
| sin x  cos x |
(A) /2 (B) /4 (C)  (D) 2

Q.5 In the square ABCD with side AB = 2 , two points M and N are on the adjacent sides of the square
such that MN is parallel to the diagonal BD . If x is the distance of MN from the vertex A and f (x) =
Area ( AMN) , then range of f (x) is :


(A) 0 , 2  (B) (0 , 2 ] 
(C) 0 , 2 2  
(D) 0 , 2 3 
x lnx
Q.6 f (x) = and g (x) = . Then identify the CORRECT statement
lnx x
1 1
(A) and f (x) are identical functions (B) and g(x) are identical functions
g(x) f (x)
1
(C) f (x) . g (x) = 1  x  0 (D)  1  x 0
f (x ) . g(x )

Q.7 Let f (x) = sin2x + cos4x + 2 and g (x) = cos (cos x) + cos (sin x). Also let period of f (x) and g (x) be
T1 and T2 respectively then
(A) T1 = 2T2 (B) 2T1 = T2 (C) T1 = T2 (D) T1 = 4T2
Q.8 The domain and range of the function f(x) = cosec–1 log 3 4 sec x 2 are respectively
1 2 sec x

    
(A) R ;   ,  (B) R+ ;  0, 
 2 2  2

          
(C)  2n  ,2n    {2n};  0,  (D)  2n  ,2n    {2n};   ,   {0}
 2 2  2  2 2  2 2

BY: UMESH GUPTA

Q.9 A function f (x) = 1 2x + x is defined from D1  D2 and is onto. If the set D1 is its complete
domain then the set D2 is
 1
(A)   ,  (B) (– , 2) (C) (– , 1) (D) (– , 1]
 2

Q.10 Which of the following function is surjective but not injective

(A) f : R  R f (x) = x4 + 2x3 – x2 + 1 (B) f : R  R f (x) = x3 + x + 1
(C) f : R  R+ f (x) = 1 x 2 (D) f : R  R f (x) = x3 + 2x2 – x + 1
2
Q.11 Let f (x) = ; g (x) = cos x and h (x) = x  3 then the range of the composite function fogoh, is
x 1
(A) R+ (B) R – {0} (C) [1, ) (D) R+ – {1}

Q.12 If f (x, y) = max(x, y) min( x , y ) and g (x, y) = max(x, y) – min(x, y), then

  3 
f  g   1,  , g (4,  1.75)  equals
  2 
(A) – 0.5 (B) 0.5 (C) 1 (D) 1.5
2
e x ln x 5( x  2 ) ( x 2  7 x  10)
Q.13 The range of the function f(x) = is
2 x 2  11x  12
3  3 
(A) (  , ) (B) [0 , ) (C)  ,   (D)  , 4 
2  2 
Q.14 If the solution set for f (x) < 3 is (0, ) and the solution set for f (x) > – 2 is (– , 5), then the true solution
set for  f (x ) 2  f (x) + 6, is
(A) (– , + ) (B) (– , 0] (C) [0, 5] (D) (– , 0]  [5, )

 1 if x is rational
Q.15 Let f (x) = 
 0 if x is irrational
A function g (x) which satisfies x f (x)  g (x) for all x is
(A) g(x) = sin x (B) g (x) = x (C) g (x) = x2 (D) g (x) = | x |
Q.16 The graph of the function y = g (x) is shown.
1
The number of solutions of the equation g ( x )  1  , is
2
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) 8

Q.17 Consider the functions

f : X Y and g: Y Z
then which of the following is/are incorrect?
(A) If f and g both are injective then gof : X  Z is injective
(B) If f and g both are surjective then gof : X  Z is surjective
(C) If gof : X  Z is bijective then f is injective and g is surjective.
(D) none

BY: UMESH GUPTA

Q.18 Range of the function f (x) = tan–1 1 is
[ x]  [  x ]  2 |x| 
x2
where [*] is the greatest integer function.
LM 1 , IJ RS 1 UV  g RS 1 , 2UV LM 1 , 2OP
(A)
N4 K (B)
T4 W 2, (C)
T4 W (D)
N4 Q
Q.19 Which of the following statements are incorrect?
I If f (x) and g (x) are one to one then f (x) + g(x) is also one to one.
II If f (x) and g (x) are one-one then f (x) · g(x) is also one-one.
III If f (x) is odd then it is necessarily one to one.
(A) I and II only (B) II and III only (C) III and I only (D) I, II and III

Q.20 Let f : A  B and g : B  C be two functions and gof : A  C is defined. Then which of the following
statement(s) is true?
(A) If gof is onto then f must be onto.
(B) If f is into and g is onto then gof must be onto function.
(C) If gof is one-one then g is not necessarily one-one.
(D) If f is injective and g is surjective then gof must be bijective mapping.

Q.21 Consider the function g (x) defined as

g ( x ) · x ( 2 1)  1 = (x + 1)(x2 + 1)(x4 + 1)......  x 2 1 – 1.

2008 2007

   
the value of g (2) equals
(A) 1 (B) 22008 – 1 (C) 22008 (D) 2

4 4x
Let f : R     R    be a function defined as f(x) =
4
Q.22 . The inverse of f is the map
 3  3 3x  4

4  4
g : R –    R –   is given by
3  3 
3y 4y 4y 3y
(A) g(y) = (B) g(y) = (C) g(y) = (D) g(y) =
3  4y 4  3y 3  4y 4  3y

x|x| if x  1

Q.23 Let F (x) =  [1  x ]  [1  x ] if  1  x  1
  x | x | if x 1
where [x] denotes the greatest integer function then F(x) is
(A) even (B) odd
(C) neither odd nor even (D) even as well as odd
k f 4 (k ) 2009
Q.24 Let f (k) =
2009
and g(k) =
(1  f ( k )) 4  (f (k )) 4
then the sum  g(k ) is equal :
k 0
(A) 2009 (B) 2008 (C) 1005 (D) 1004

BY: UMESH GUPTA

  cot 2 x   tan 2 x 
Q.25 The domain of definition of the function f (x) = log 1    log 1   is
2
2 cos ec 2 x  5  2
3 sec 2 x  5 

(A) R – {n, n  I} (B) R – {(2n + 1) , n  I}
2

(C) R – {n, (2n + 1) , n  I} (D) none
2
x 1
Q.26 If for all x different from both 1 and 0 we have f1(x) = , f2(x) = , and for all integers n  1,
x 1 1 x
f n 1 f1 ( x )  if n is odd
we have fn + 2(x) =  then f4(x) equals
 f f ( x )  if n is even
n 1 2
(A) x (B) x – 1 (C) f1(x) (D) f2(x)
Q.27 If f (x) = x2 + 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)
Q.28 The solution set for [x] {x} = 1 where {x} and [x] are fractional part and integral part of x, is
(A) R+ – (0, 1) (B) R+ – {1}
 1   1 
(C) m  / m  I  {0} (D) m  / m  N  {1}
 m   m 

1  sin x sin x 
Q.29 Period of the function f(x) =    is :
2  cos x cos x 
(A) /2 (B)  (C) 2 (D) 4
Q.30 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}
8
Q.31 The range of the function y = is
9  x2
8   8 8 
(A) (– , ) – {± 3} (B)  ,   (C)  0,  (D) (– , 0)  ,  
9   9 9 
Q.32 Given the graphs of the two functions, y = f(x) and y = g(x). In the
adjacent figure from point A on the graph of the function y = f(x)
corresponding to the given value of the independent variable (say x0), a
straight line is drawn parallel to the X-axis to intersect the bisector of
the first and the third quadrants at point B . From the point B a straight
line parallel to the Y-axis is drawn to intersect the graph of the function
y = g(x) at C. Again a straight line is drawn from the point C parallel to
the X-axis, to intersect the line NN  at D . If the straight line NN  is
parallel to Y-axis, then the co-ordinates of the point D are
(A) f(x0), g(f(x0)) (B) x0, g(x0)
(C) x0, g(f(x0)) (D) f(x0), f(g (x0))

BY: UMESH GUPTA

 {x}
Q.33 Range of the function f (x) = where {x} denotes the fractional part function is
1  {x}
 1  1
(B) 0, 
1
(A) [0 , 1) (C) 0,  (D)  0, 
 2  2  2

Q.34 If f (x) is a function from R  R, we say that f (x) has property

I if f (f (x) ) = x for all real number x, and we say that f (x) has property
II if f (–f(x)) = – x for all real number x.
How many linear functions, have both property I and II?
(A) exactly one (B) exactly two (C) exactly three (D) infinite

Q.35 The function f (x) is defined by f (x) = cos4x + K cos22x + sin4x, where K is a constant. If the function
f (x) is a constant function, the value of k is
(A) – 1 (B) – 1/2 (C) 0 (D) 1/2 (E) 1

Q.36 Let [x] denote the greatest integer in x. Then in the interval [0, 3] the number of solutions of the equation,
x2  3x + [x] = 0 is :
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 0

2
Q.37 Let f (x) = (3x + 2)2 – 1, – < x  . If g(x) is the function whose graph is the reflection of the
3
graph of f(x) with respect to line y = x, then g(x) equals

(A)
1
3
 
 2  x  1 , x  1 (B)
1
3
 
 2  x  1 , x  1

(C)
1
3
 
 1  x  2 , x  2 (D)
1
3
 
 1  x  2 , x  2

 x2, x  irrational
Q.38 Let two functions f(x) and g(x) are defined on R  R such that f (x) =  2
2  x , x  rational
2  x 2 , x  irrational
and g(x) =  2 . Then the function f + g : R  R is
 x , x  rational
(A) injective as well as surjective. (B) injective but not surjective.
(C) surjective but not injective. (D) neither surjective nor injective.

Q.39 If f (x) = 2x + 1 then the value of x satisfying the equation

f ( x )  f f ( x )   f f f ( x )   f f f f ( x )   116  is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

BY: UMESH GUPTA

Q.40 Which of the following graphs best represent the function f (x) = x [x]?
(where [x] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to x.)
y
y
4
4
3
3
2
2
(A) (B) 1
1
x
x –2 –1 O 1 2
–2 –1 yO 1 2 y
4 4

3 3

2 2
(C) 1
(D) 1

x x
–2 –1 O 1 2 –2 –1 O 1 2

ex 1
Q.41 For the function f (x) = , if n(d) denotes the number of integers which are not in its domain and
ex 1
n(r) denotes the number of integers which are not in its range, then n(d) + n(r) is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) Infinite

Q.42 Which of the following equations have the same graphs?

( x 2  4)
I. y = x – 2 II. y  III. (x + 2)y = x2 – 4
( x  2)
(A) I and II only. (B) I and III only.
(C) II and III only. (D) All the equations have different graphs.
1
 1 7
Q.43 If g(x) =  4 cos 4 x  2 cos 2 x  cos 4 x  x 7  , then the value of gg(100)  is equal to
 2 
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 100

COMPREHENSION TYPE

BY: UMESH GUPTA

 COMPREHENSION TYPE
Paragraph for question nos. 44 to 47

Let f (x) = x2 – 2x – 1  x  R. Let f : (– , a]  [b, ), where 'a' is the largest real number for which
f (x) is bijective.

Q.44 The value of (a + b) is equal to

(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 0 (D) 1
Q.45 Let f : R  R, g (x) = f (x) + 3x – 1, then the least value of function y = g(| x |) is
(A) – 9/4 (B) – 5/4 (C) – 2 (D) – 1
Q.46 Let f : [a, )  [b, ), then f –1(x) is given by
(A) 1 + x2 (B) 1 – x 3 (C) 1 – x2 (D) 1 + x 3
Q.47 Let f : R  R, then range of values of k for which equation f (| x |) = k has 4 distinct real roots is
(A) (– 2, – 1) (B) (– 2, 0) (C) ( – 1, 0) (D) (0, 1)
Paragraph for question nos. 48 to 49
Consider a quadratic function f (x) = ax2 + bx + c, (a, b, c  R, a  0) and satisfying the following
conditions.
(i) f (x – 4) = f (2 – x)  x  R and f (x)  x  x  R
2
 x 1
(ii) f (x)     x  (0, 2)
 2 
(iii) The minimum value of f (x) is zero.

Q.48 The value of the leading coefficient of the quadratic polynomial is

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

Q.49 f ' (1) has the value equal to

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

Paragraph for question nos. 50 to 52

Let S denotes the set consisting of four functions and S = { [x], sin–1x, |x|, {x} }
where {x} denotes fractional part and [x] denotes greatest integer function. Let A, B, C are subsets of S.
Suppose
A: consists of odd function(s)
B : consists of discontinuous function(s)
and C : consists of non-decreasing function(s) or increasing function(s).
If f (x)  A  C ; g (x)  B  C ; h (x)  B but not C and l(x)  neither A nor B nor C.
Then answer the following.
Q.50 The function l(x) is
(A) Periodic (B) Even (C) Odd (D) neither odd nor even
Q.51 The range of gf ( x )  is
(A) {–1, 0, 1} (B) {–1, 0) (C) {0, 1} (D) {–2, – 1, 0, 1}
Q.52 The range of f h ( x )  is

       
(A)  0,  (B) 0,  (C)  0,  (D) 0, 
 2  2  2  2

BY: UMESH GUPTA

 Paragraph for question nos. 53 to 55
REASONING TYPE
An even periodic function f : R  R with period 4 is such that
max . (| x |, x 2 ) ; 0  x  1
f(x) =  x ; 1 x  2

Q.53 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) }

Q.54 The equation of circle with centre lies on the curve f(x) at x = 9 and touches x-axis, is
(A) x2 + y2 – 14x – 2y + 49 = 0 (B) x2 + y2 – 18x – 4y + 84 = 0
2 2
(C) x + y – 18x – 2y + 81 = 0 (D) x2 + y2 – 18x + 2y + 81 = 0

Q.55 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

BY: UMESH GUPTA

 REASONING TYPE
Q.56 Let f(x) = x2 + x + 1  x  R and g(x) = (fof)(x), then
Statement-1: Range of g(x) is same as the range of f(x).
Statement-2: Domain of g(x) is same as the domain of f(x).
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

Q.57 Statement-1: The function f(x) = x4 + 2x + 3 defined from R to R is not injective.

Statement-2: Every polynomial function of even degree defined from R to R is always not injective.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

 x e3 
Q.58 Consider the function f (x) = ln ln  4e  x 
 
Statement-1: The range of the function f (x) is R+
ab
Statement-2: For two positive reals a and b,  ab
2
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

Q.59 Statement-1: f is an even function, g and h are odd functions, all 3 being polynomials.
Given f (1) = 0, f (2) = 1, f (3) = – 5, g (1) = 1, g (–3) = 2, g (5) = 3, h (1) = 3,
h (3) = 5 and h (5) = 1. The value of f gh (1)   g h f (3)   h f g (1)  is equal to
zero.
Statement-2: If a polynomial function P(x) is odd then P(0) = 0.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

Q.60 Let g : R  R defined by g(x) = {ex}, where {x} denotes fractional part function.
Statement-1 : g(x) is periodic function.
Statement-2 : {x} is periodic function.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true

BY: UMESH GUPTA

  3 
Q.61 Statement-1: The function f (x) = tan  [ x ]  where [x] is the greatest integer function, is aperiodic.
 2 
Statement-2: g (x) = [x] is aperiodic
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

Q.62 Statement-1: If x1 < x2 < x3 ........... < x2n – 1 < x2n and x  R, n  N then the least value of the function
n
f (x) = |x – x1| + |x – x2| + |x – x3| + ............+ |x – x2n| is equal to  ( x n i  x i ) .
i 1

Statement-2: Least value of |x – x1| is zero.

(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true

Q.63 Let f : R  R defined by f(x) = cos [x], where [x] denotes the greatest integer function less than or
equal to x.
Statement-1 : f(x) is aperiodic function.
Statement-2 : [x] is aperiodic function.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true

Q.64 Statement 1: The equation x2 – 4x + 3 = [ –x ] + [ x ] has two distinct real solution,

where [ x ] denotes largest integer less than or equal to x.

0, xI
Statement 2: [ –x ] + [ x ] = 
 1, otherwise

where [ x ] denotes largest integer less than or equal to x.

(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

BY: UMESH GUPTA

 MULTIPLE CORRECT OPTION TYPE
Q.65 Which of the following function(s) have no domain?
(A) f(x) = logx – 1(2 – [x] – [x]2) where [x] denotes the greatest integer function.
(B) g(x) = cos–1(2–{x}) where {x} denotes the fractional part function.
(C) h(x) = ln ln(cosx)
1
(D) f(x) =
sec -1
sgn e  x

Q.66 Which of the following option is/are correct?

 1 
(A) tan–1(x2) = cot–1  2  is true for all x  R – {0}
x 

 1 x2 
(B) 2 cos–1  
2  = 2  no real solution
 1  x 
(C) If f (x) = cos–1 | x | + sec–1 | x | then f (x) is even as well as odd.
 n 
(D) If f (x) = sin–1(tan2x + cot2x) + cosec–1(sin2x + cosec2x) then domain of f (x) is R –   nI.
2

Q.67 Which of the following function (s) is/are Transcendental?

2 sin 3x
(A) f (x) = 5 sin x (B) f (x) = 2
x  2x  1
(C) f (x) = x2  2x  1 (D) f (x) = (x2 + 3).2x

Q.68 The graphs of which of the following pairs differ.

sin x cos x
(A) y = 2
+ ; y = sin 2x
1  tan x 1  cot 2 x
(B) y = tan x cot x ; y = sin x cosec x
sec x  cos ecx
(C) y = cos x + sin x ; y =
sec x cos ecx
(D) none of these

Q.69 Which of the following function(s) is/are periodic with period  ?

(A) f(x) = sin x (B) f(x) = [x + ] (C) f(x) = cos (sin x) (D) f(x) = cos2x
(where [ . ] denotes the greatest integer function)
1  sin x
Q.70 The values of x in [–2, 2], for which the graph of the function y = – secx and
1  sin x

1  sin x
y=– + secx, coincide are
1  sin x

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  3   3   3     3 
(A) 2,     , 2 (B)   ,     , 
 2 2   2 2  2 2 

     3 
(C)   ,  (D) [–2, 2] –  ,  
 2 2  2 2

Q.71 Identify the statement(s) which is/are incorrect ?

(A) the function f(x) = cos (cos1 x) is neither odd nor even
(B) the fundamental period of f(x) = cos (sin x) + cos (cos x) is 
(C) the range of the function f(x) = cos (3 sin x) is [ 1, 1]
(D) the function f(x, y) = x 2  y 2 + x is a homogeneous function of degree 1.
Q.72 Which of the following function(s) would represent a non singular mapping.
(A) f : R  R f (x) = | x | Sgn x where Sgn denotes Signum function
(B) g : R  R g (x) = x 3/5

(C) h : R  R h (x) = x4 + 3x2 + 1

3x 2  7 x  6
(D) k : R  R k (x) =
x  x2  2
Q.73 If the function f (x) = ax + b has its own inverse then the ordered pair (a, b) can be
(A) (1, 0) (B) (–1, 0) (C) (–1, 1) (D) (1, 1)

 
Q.74 Let f(x) = sgn(arc cot x) + tan  [ x ]  , where [x] is the greatest integer function less than or equal to x.
2 
Then which of the following alternatives is/are true?
(A) f (x) is many one but not even function (B) f(x) is periodic function
(C) f(x) is bounded function (D) Graph of f(x) remains above x-axis

Q.75 The graph of the function y = f (x) is as follows.

Which of the following graphs represents the function mentioned against them?
(A) y = | f (x) | (B) y = f ( | x | )

1
(C) y = f (– | x | ) (D) y = ( | f (x) | – f (x) )
2

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Q.76 Let f : R  R be a function defined as f (x) = x + [x]. (Where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than
or equal to x). Which of the following hold(s) good ?
(A) f (x) is aperiodic (B) f (x) is not surjective
(C) f (x) is neither odd nor even (D) f (x) is injective

Q.77 Let f(x) = [x]2 + [x + 1] – 3, where [x] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to x, then which of the
following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?
(A) f(x) is many one function.
(B) f(x) vanishes for atleast three values of x.
(C) f(x) is neither even nor odd function.
(D) f(x) is aperiodic.

Q.78 Let f : A  B and g : B  C be two functions and gof : A C is defined. Then which of the
following statement(s) is/are incorrect?
(A) If gof is into then g must be into.
(B) If gof is onto then f must be onto.
(C) If gof is one-one then f must be one-one.
(D) If gof is bijective then both f and g must be bijective.

Q.79 Consider the function f (x) = x  1  x  , then which of the following is/are CORRECT?


(A) Range of f (x) is  1, 2 . 
(B) f is many one.
(C) f is either even or odd.
 
(D) Range of f (x) is identical to range of g (x) = 2 cos x   .
 4

Q.80 Let f : [– 1, 1] onto [3, 5] be a linear polynomial. Which of the following can be true?
 1 7  15  1  1   1 
(A) f   = (B) f–1   = (C) f(0)  4 (D) f    f   = 8
 2  2 4 4 2  2 

Q.81 Let f : R  R defined by f (x) = Min. ( | x |, 1–| x |)

Then which of the following hold(s) good?
(A) Range of f is (–, 1] (B) f is aperiodic.
(C) f is neither even nor odd. (D) f is neither injective nor surjective.

Q.82 Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

(A) If f is a one-one mapping from set A to A, then f is onto.
(B) If f is an onto mapping from set A to A, then f is one-one.
(C) Let f and g be two functions defined from R  R such that gof is injective, then f must be
injective.
(D) If set A contains 3 elements while set B contains 2 elements, then total number of functions from
A to B is 8.

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Q.83 Which of the following are identical functions?
(A) f (x) = sgn  x  1  (B) g (x) = sin2 (ln x) + cos2 (ln x)

(C) h (x) =
2

 
sin 1x  cos 1x (D) k (x) = sec2 x  tan2  x 
(where [ x ] denotes greatest integer less than or equal x, {x} denotes fractional part of x and sgn x
denotes signum function of x respectively.)

INTEGER TYPE / SUBJECTIVE

Q.84 Polynomial P(x) contains only terms of odd degree. When P(x) is divided by (x – 3), the remainder is 6.
If P(x) is divided by (x2 – 9) then remainder is g (x). Find the value of g (2).

Q.85 Let f(x) = – x100. If f(x) is divided by x2 + x, then the remainder is r(x). Find the value of r(10).

Q.86 If f : R  R be an injective mapping and p, q, r are non-zero distinct real quantities satisfying
p pq q r
f    f   and f    f   .
r  qr  r p
2
If the graph of g(x) = px + qx + r passes through M (1, 6) then find the value of q.
Q.87 Let P(x) = x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, where a, b, c, d  R.
Suppose P(0) = 6, P(1) = 7, P(2) = 8 and P(3) = 9, then find the value of P(4).

2
Q.88 Let f (x) = x  9  x  a . Find the number of integers in the range of a so that f (x) = 0
has 4 distinct real root.

Q.89 The polynomial R(x) is the remainder upon dividing x2007 by x2 – 5x + 6. If R(0) can be expressed as
ab(ac – bc), find the value of (a + b + c).

Q.90 Number of integer in the range of the function,

x
f (x) = sin
2
+ 16  x 2 + x + log2 x ( x  2)  .

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 ANSWER KEY

Q.1 B Q.2 C Q.3 B Q.4 C

Q.5 B Q.6 A Q.7 C Q.8 C
Q.9 D Q.10 D Q.11 C Q.12 D
Q.13 A Q.14 D Q.15 D Q.16 D
Q.17 D Q.18 C Q.19 D Q.20 C
Q.21 D Q.22 B Q.23 A Q.24 C
Q.25 C Q.26 C Q.27 B Q.28 D
Q.29 C Q.30 C Q.31 D Q.32 C
Q.33 C Q.34 B Q.35 B Q.36 C
Q.37 A Q.38 D Q.39 B Q.40 B
Q.41 C Q.42 D Q.43 D Q.44 B
Q.45 C Q.46 A Q.47 A Q.48 A
Q.49 D Q.50 B Q.51 D Q.52 B
Q.53 A Q.54 C Q.55 B Q.56 D
Q.57 A Q.58 D Q.59 A Q.60 D
Q.61 D Q.62 B Q.63 D Q.64 A
Q.65 ABCD Q.66 ABC Q.67 ABD Q.68 ABC
Q.69 ACD Q.70 AC Q.71 ABC Q.72 AB
Q.73 ABC Q.74 ABCD Q.75 ABCD Q.76 ABCD
Q.77 ABCD Q.78 ABD Q.79 AB Q.80 ABD
Q.81 BD Q.82 CD Q.83 ACD Q.84 4
Q.85 10 Q.86 8 Q.87 34 Q.88 17
Q.89 2011 Q.90 1

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