CAPS-3

MATHEMATICS Function
TARGET : JEE- Advanced 2023

Subjective Type Questions :

 x   x 
1. Find fundamental period of function f (x) = 4 cos4  2 
– 2 cos  2 
 4   2 

3x  a 3
2. Consider the function f(x) = which has the greatest value .
x 3
2
2
Find the minimum value of f(x).

3. Let f be one-one function with domain {x, y, z} and range {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. Determine f–1 (1)

 5x 
4. For what integral value of n, is 3 period of the function cos (nx) sin   ?
 n 

1
5. Find the domain of definition of the function f(x) = , where [.] denotes the
[| x  1|]  [| 7  x |]  6

greatest integer function

SCQ (Single Correct Type) :

6. Consider the function f (x) : A→A which satisfy the condition f ( f (x)) = x , then number of such
functions for A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} are
(A) 54 (B) 52 (C) 41 (D) 26

7. Let f(x) = 
2x  a , x  1
bx 2  3, x  1 
and g(x) = x  4 , 0  x  8 g(f(x)) is not defined if
3x  2,  2  x  0

(A) a(10, ), b(5,) (B) a(4,10), b(5, )

(C) a(10, ), b(0,1) (D) a(4,10), b(1, 5)

1 1 x 1
8. For x  0, 1 define f1(x) = x, f2(x) = , f3(x) = 1 – x, f4(x) = , f5(x) = .
x 1 x x
Let h be a function such that f3ohof2 = f4 then h is equal to
(A) f5 (B) f4 (C) f3 (D) f2

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9. 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}

MCQ (One or more than one correct) :

Let f : X  Y where 3(f (x))  2 x  4 and f(x) is one-one and onto function and f(x)  0 if
2
10.


(A) X  (0, ), Y  1, log3 4  (B) X    log2 3,   , Y  0,  

(C) X  (0, ), Y   0, log3 4  (D) X    log2 3,   , Y  0, log3 4 

 
f(x)  5
11. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f(x  1)  x  R . Then which of the following
f(x)  3
statement(s) is/are true_____.
(A) f (x + 2) = f (x) (B) f (x + 4) = f (x) (C) f (x + 6) = f (x) (D) f (x + 8) = f (x)

12. Let f(x) = a1 cos(1 + x) + a2 cos(2 + x) + ....+ an cos(n + x). If f(x) vanishes for x = 0 and
x = x1 (where x1  k, kZ), then______.
(A) a1 cos 1 + a2 cos 2 + ....+an cos n = 0
(B) a1 sin 1 + a2 cos 2 + ....+an sin n = 0
(C) f(x) = 0 has only two solutions 0, x1
(D) f(x) is identically zero x

13. 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
 sgn  e 
(D) f(x) =
-1 x
sec

1  sin x
14. 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

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

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

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15. 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.

16. Let f : I  R, defined as f (x) = 5 cos 4x – 13 sin7x + 2. Then which of the following
alternative(s) is/are TRUE?
(A) Range of f is a singleton set. (B) f is an even function.
(C) f  f(x) = f (x)  x  I (D) Inverse function of f is non existent.

17. Which of the following pair(s) of function have same graphs?

sec x tan x cos x sin x
(A) f (x) =  , g (x) = 
cos x cot x sec x cosec x
   
(B) f (x) = sgn (x2 – 4x + 5), g(x) = sgn  cos2 x  sin2  x    where sgn denotes signum
  3 

function.
2
 3x  3)
(C) f (x) = eln( x , g(x) = x2 + 3x + 3

sin x cos x 2cos2 x

(D) f (x) =  , g(x) =
sec x cosec x cot x

Numerical based Questions :

18. N is the set of all natural number and R is the set of all real numbers. A function f : N → R is
given by:
 40 
4n  4n  1
2  f(r)  
f(n)  , then the value of  r 1  is equal to ______.
2n  1  2n  1  40 
 
 
(where [] represents greatest integer function)

19. If f(x) = 
x  1 , x  0
(x  1)2 , x  1
, then the number of solutions of the equation f(x) – f–1(x) = 0

is /are_____.

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20. f (x) and g (x) are linear function such that for all x, f  g(x) and g  f(x)  are Identity

functions. If f (0) = 4 and g (5) = 17, compute f (136).

21. Let f (x) = x 2  9  x  a . Find the number of integers in the range of a so that f (x) = 0

has 4 distinct real root.

Comprehension Type Question:

Paragraph for question nos. 22 to 23

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.

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

(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 0 (D) 1

23. 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. 24 to 26

An even periodic function f : R  R with period 4 is such that


f(x) = max. (| x |, x ) ; 0  x  1
2

 x ; 1 x  2

24. 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) }

25. 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
(C) x2 + y2 – 18x – 2y + 81 = 0 (D) x2 + y2 – 18x + 2y + 81 = 0

26. 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

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Matrix Match Type :
27. Match the following :

Column-I Column-II
A Let f : [– 1, )  (0, ) defined by f (x) = e x | x |
2
P one-one

then f (x), is
B Let f : (1, )  [3, ) defined by Q into

f (x) = 10  2x  x 2 , then f (x) is

C Let f : R  I defined by f (x) = tan5[x2 + 2x +3] R many one
where [ ] denotes greatest integer function, then
f (x) is

D Let f : [3, 4]  [4, 6] defined by S onto

f (x) = x  1  x  2  x  3  x  4 then

f (x)
T periodic

28. Match the following :

Column-I Column-II
A Let f : R+  {–1,0, 1} defined by P Into

f (x) = sgn (x – x4 + x7 – x8 – 1)
where sgn denotes signum function, then f(x) is
B Let f : R  R and satisfies Q One-one
f (x) + x f (–x) = x + 1, then f (x) is
C Let f : [0, 4]  [0, 9] defined by R Many-one

f (x) = 6x  x 2 , then f (x) is

D Let f : [0, 3]  [2, 8] defined by S Even

f (x) = 2| x – 1 | + | x – 2 |, then f (x) is

T Onto

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