EXERCISE # 1

Subjective Type Questions

1. Find the domain of definition of the given functions :
1
(i) y  px (p  0) (ii) y=
x 1
2

1 1
(iii) y= (iv) y=
x x
3
x 2  4x
x
(v) y= x 2  4x  3 (vi) y=
x 2  3x  2
(vii) y = 1 | x | (vii) y = logx2.
1 1
(ix) y=  x2 (x) y= x3  log10 (2 x  3)
log10 (1  x) x2

 log10  x 3  x 
3 1
(xi) y= (xii) y=  3 sin x
4x 2
sin x
(xiii) y = log10  x 4  6x  (xiv) y = log10[1 – log10(x2 – 5x + 16)]

2. Find the range of the following functions :

x 1 2
(i) ƒ(x) = (ii) ƒ(x) =
x2 x
1 x2  x 1
(iii) ƒ(x) = 2 (iv) ƒ(x) = 2
x  x 1 x  x 1
ƒ(x) = e(x 1)
2
(v) (vi) ƒ(x) = x3 – x2 + x + 1

(vii) ƒ(x) = log(x8 + x4 + x2 + 1) (viii) ƒ(x) = sin2x – 2sinx + 4

2
(ix) ƒ(x) = sin(log2x) (x) ƒ(x) = 2 x + 1

e2x  e x  1 1
(xi) ƒ(x) = (xii) ƒ(x) =
e2x  e x  1 8  3sin x
3. The graph of a function ƒ is given.
(a) State the value of ƒ(–1).
(b) For what values of x is f(x) = 2
(c) State the domain and range of ƒ.
(d) On what interval is ƒ increasing ?
(e) Estimated value of ƒ(2) is :
(A) 2.2 (B) 2.8 (C) 2.5 (D) 3

(f) Estimated value of x such that ƒ(x) = 0, is :

(A) –2.5 (B) 0.8 (C) –2.9 (D) 0.3

3  x, x  1
4. Graph the function F(x) = 
 2x, x  1

5. Find a formula for each function graphed

(a) (b)

6. The graphs of ƒ and g are given.

(a) State the value of ƒ(–4) and g(3)
(b) For what value of x is ƒ(x) = g(x)?
(c) Estimate the solution of the equation ƒ(x) = –1.
(d) On what interval is f decreasing?
(e) State the domain and range of ƒ.
(f) State the domain and range of g.
7. Solve the following inequalities using graph of f(x) :
(a) 0  ƒ(x)  1 (b) –1  ƒ(x)  2 (c) 2  ƒ(x)  3 (d) ƒ(x) > –1 & ƒ(x) < 0

Straight Objective Type

8. If [a] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to a and –1  x < 0, 0  y < 1, 1  z < 2,
[x]  1 [y] [z]
then [x] [y]  1 [z] is equal to –
[x] [y] [z]  1
(A) [x] (B) [y] (C) [z] (D) none of these

9. If [x] and {x} denotes the greatest integer function less than or equal to x and fractional part
function respectively, then the number of real x, satisfying the equation (x–2)[x] = {x} – 1, is-
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinite

 sin 2 x  2sin x  4 
10. The range of the function ƒ(x) = sgn  2  is (where sgn(.) denotes signum
 sin x  2sin x  3 
function)-
(A) {–1,0,1} (B) {–1,0} (C) {1} (D) {0,1}

1
11. If 2ƒ(x) – 3ƒ    x 2 , x is not equal to zero, then ƒ(2) is equal to-
x
7 5
(A)  (B) (C) – 1 (D) none of these
4 2

 5  2x 
12. The number of integers lying in the domain of the function ƒ(x) = log 0.5   is -
 x 
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
13. The range of the function ƒ : N I; ƒ(x) = (– 1)x–1, is -
(A) [–1, 1] (B) {– 1, 1} (C) {0, 1} (D) {0, 1, – 1}

14. The range of the function ƒ(x) = e–xex, is -

(A) ƒ(x) 1 (B) ƒ(x) 1 (C) ƒ(x) 2 (D) ƒ(x) 2

4x
15. If ƒ(x) = , then ƒ(x) + ƒ(1 – x) is equal to-
4x  2
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 4

16. The range of the function ƒ(x) = 4  x 2  x 2  1 is

(A)  3, 7  (B)  3, 5  (C)  2, 3  (D)  3, 6 

17. A function ƒ has domain [–1, 2] and range [0, 1]. The domain and range respectively of the
function g defined by g(x) = 1 – ƒ(x + 1) is
(A) [–1, 1] ; [–1, 0] (B) [–2, 1] ; [0, 1] (C) [0, 2] ; [–1, 0] (D) [1, 3] ; [–1, 0]

ex  1
18. For the function ƒ(x) = , if n(d) denotes the number of integers which are not in its
ex  1
domain and 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

19. If x4 ƒ(x) – 1  sin 2x =| ƒ(x) |  2ƒ(x), then ƒ(–2) equals

1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 0
17 11 19

 15  1  x  10
20. Let ƒ : R –    R    be defined by ƒ(x) = then ƒ(x) is -
 2  2 2x  15
(A) one-one but not onto (B) many one but not-onto
(C) one-one and onto (D) many one and onto

2x 2  5x  3
21. ƒ : R  R ƒ(x) = , then ƒ is -
8x 2  9x  11
(A) one-one onto (B) many-one onto
(C) one-one into (D) many one into
 sin([x]) 1
22. If ƒ : R  R & ƒ(x) =  2x  1  x(x  1)  (where [x] denotes integral part of x),
x  2x  3
2
4
then ƒ(x) is -
(A) one-one but not onto (B) one-one & onto
(C) onto but not one-one (D) neither one-one nor onto

23. Which of the following function is surjective but not injective

(A) ƒ : R R ƒ(x) = x4 + 2x3 – x2 + 1 (B) ƒ : R R ƒ(x) = x3 + x + 1
(C) ƒ : R R+ ƒ(x) = 1  x 2 (D) ƒ : R R ƒ(x) = x3 + 2x2 – x + 1

24. If ƒ(x) = x|x| then ƒ–1(x) equals-

(A) | x | (B) (sgn x). | x | (C)  | x | (D) Does not exist
(where sgn(x) denotes signum function of x)

25. If ƒ : (–,3]  [7,) ; ƒ(x) = x2 – 6x + 16, then which of the following is true -
(A) ƒ–1(x) = 3 + x 7 (B) ƒ1(x)  3 – x 7
1
(C) ƒ–1(x) = 2 (D) ƒ is many-one
x  6x  16

26.  
ƒ : R R such that ƒ(x) = n x  x  1 . Another function g(x) is defined such that
2

goƒ(x) = x, xR. Then g(2) is -

e2  e2 e2  e 2
(A) (B) e2 (C) (D) e–2
2 2

27. Let P(x) = kx3 + 2k2x2 + k3. The sum of all real numbers k for which (x – 2) is a factor of P(x),
is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) –4 (D) –8

28. Which of the following is the graph of y = |x – 1| + |x – 3|?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
 | sin x |
29. Which of the following is the graph of y = ?
sin x

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

x x
30. Period of function ƒ(x) = min{sinx, |x|} +  (where [.] denotes greatest integer function)
   
is -
(A) /2 (B)  (C) 2 (D) 4

 1 tan x 
31. A  then let us define a function ƒ(x) = det. (ATA–1) then which of the
  tan x 1 

 
following can not be the value of ƒ ƒ  ƒ  ƒ........ƒ(x)   is (n ≥ 2)

n times
n
(A) ƒ (x) (B) 1 (C) ƒn–1(x) (D) nƒ(x)

32. The number of integral values of x satisfying the inequality [x – 5] [x – 3] + 2 < [x – 5] + 2[x – 3]
(where [.] represents greatest integer function) is -
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

 4 
33. Range of function ƒ(x) = log2   is given by
 x 2  2x 
1  1 
(A) (0, ) (B)  ,1 (C) [1, 2] (D)  ,1
2  4 

34. A lion moves in the region given by the graph y – |y| – x + |x| = 0. Then on which of the
following curve a person can move so that he does not encounter lion -
1
(A) y = e–|x| (B) y = (C) y = signum(x) (D) y = –|4 + |x||
 n
k
35. Suppose, ƒ(x, n) =  log x   , then the value of x satisfying the equation ƒ(x, 10) = ƒ(x, 11),
k 1 x
is
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) none

sec x  tan x 1  
36. Range of ƒ(x) = ; x   0,  is -
tan x  sec x  1  2
(A) (0,1) (B) (1,) (C) (–1, 0) (D) (–,–1)

37. If ƒ(x, y) = max(x, y) + min(x, y) and g(x, y) = max(x, y) – min(x, y), then the value of
  2 3 
ƒ  g   ,   ,g( 3, 4)  is greater than -
  3 2 
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

 x  3 , x  rational
38. If functions ƒ(x) and g(x) are defined on R  R such that ƒ(x) =  ,
 4x , x  irrational
 x  5 , x  irrational
g(x) =  then (ƒ – g)(x) is -
 x , x  rational
(A) one-one & onto (B) neither one-one nor onto
(C) one-one but not onto (D) onto but not one-one

39. Let ƒ : A  B be an onto function such that ƒ(x) = x  2  2 x  3  x  2  2 x  3 then set

'B' is -
(A) [–2,0] (B) [0,2] (C) [–3,0] (D) [–1,0]

x 1
40. Let ƒ(x) = and let  be a real number. If x0 = , x1 = ƒ(x0), x2 = ƒ(x1), ....... & x2011 = –
1 x 2012
then the value of  is -
2011
(A) (B) 1 (C) 2011 (D) –1
2012

f 4 (x)
f 2 (x)  1 
41. If ƒ1(x) = 2 , where ƒ2(x)  2012 f3 (x)
, where ƒ3(x) =   where
 2013 
ƒ4(x) = log2013logx2012, then the range of ƒ1(x) is -
(A) (2, ) (B) (2012, ) (C) (0, ) (D) (–,)
42. Let ƒ : R R be defined by ƒ(x) = ln (x + x 2  1 ), then number of solutions of |ƒ–1(x)| = e–|x|
is :-
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) Infinite

43. ƒ(x) = [x – 1] + {x}[x], x  (1,3), then ƒ–1(x) is -

(where [.] denotes greatest integer function and {.} denotes fractional part function)
 x 1 x  (1, 2)  x 1 x  (1, 2)
(A)  (B) 
 2  x  1 x  [2,3)  2  x  1 x  [2,3)
 x 1 x  (0,1)  x 1 x  (0,1)
(C)  (D) 
 2  x  1 x  [1, 2)  2  x  1 x  [1, 2)

44. Let ƒ : R R and ƒ(x) = x3 + ax2 + bx – 8. If ƒ(x) = 0 has three real roots & ƒ(x) is a bijective
function, then (a + b) is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 6 (C) –6 (D) 12

45. Which of the following functions is an odd function ?

1 1
(A) |x – 2| + (x + 2) sgn(x + 2) 
x  e  1 2x
(B) x

(D) e4x  e2x  1

4
(C) log(sin x + 1  sin 2 x )
(where sgn(x) denotes signum function of x)
 1  2
46. Period of ƒ(x) = {x} +  x     x   is equal to (where{.} denotes fractional part function)
 3  3
2 1 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)
3 2 3
x 
47. Let ƒ(x) = 2x –   and g(x) = cosx, where {.} denotes fractional part function, then period of

goƒ(x) is -
 3 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 4

sin x  sin 5x
48. The period of the function is -
cos x  cos5x
 
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 2
3 2
49. Let ƒ : R R be a real valued function such that ƒ(10 + x) = ƒ(10 – x)  x  R and
ƒ(20 + x) = –ƒ(20 – x)  x  R. Then which of the following statements is true -
(A) ƒ(x) is odd and periodic (B) ƒ(x) is odd and aperiodic
(C) ƒ(x) is even and periodic (D) ƒ(x) is even and aperiodic

Linked Comprehension Type

Paragraph for Question 50 & 51
 x2 ; x  1
 x ; x  0 
Let ƒ(x) =  & g(x) = 2x  3 ; 1  x  1
1  x ; x  0  x ; x 1

On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :

50. Range of ƒ(x) is -

(A) (–,1] (B) (–) (C) (–,0] (D) (–,2]

51. Range of g(ƒ(x)) is -

(A) (–,) (B) [1,3)  (3,) (C) [1,) (D) [0,)
 EXERCISE # 2
1. Find the domains of definitions of the following functions :
(Read the symbols [*] and {*} as greatest integers and fractional part functions respectively.)
(i) ƒ(x) = cos 2x  16  x 2 (ii) ƒ(x) = log7 log5 log3 log2 (2x3 + 5x2 – 14x)

(iii) ƒ(x) = ln  x 2  5x  24  x  2  (iv) ƒ(x) =

1  5x
7 x  7
 2log10 x  1 
(v) y = log10sin(x – 3) + 16  x 2 (vi) ƒ(x) = log100x  
 x 
1
(vii) ƒ(x) = x2  | x |  (viii) ƒ(x) = (x 2  3x  10)ln 2 (x  3)
9x 2

1
 7 
(ix) ƒ(x) = (5x  6  x ) { n{x}}  (7 x  5  2 x )   ln   x  
2 2

 2 
(x) ƒ  x   log  1
x 2  x  6  16x C2x 1  203x P2x 5
 x  x 

2. Find the domain & range of the following functions.

(i) y  log 5  2(sinx  cosx)  3  (ii) y=

2x
1 x2
x 2  3x  2 x
(iii) ƒ(x) = (iv) ƒ(x) =
x2  x  6 1 | x |
x  4 3
(v) y= 2  x  1 x (vi) ƒ(x) =
x 5

3. (a) Draw graphs of the following function, where [ ] denotes the greatest integer function.
(i) ƒ(x) = x + [x]
(ii) y = (x)[x] where x = [x] + (x) & x > 0 & x  3
(iii) y = sgn[x]
(iv) y = sgn(x – |x|)
(b) Identify the pair(s) of functions which are identical ?
(where [x] denotes greatest integer and {x} denotes fractional part function)
(i) ƒ(x) = sgn(x2 – 3x + 4) and g(x) = e[{x}]
1  cos 2x
(ii) ƒ(x) = and g(x) = tanx
1  cos 2x
(iii) ƒ(x) = ln(1 + x) + ln(1 – x) and g(x) = ln(1 – x2)
cos x 1  sin x
(iv) ƒ(x) = and g(x) =
1  sin x cos x
4. Classify the following functions ƒ(x) defined in R R as injective, surjective, both or none.
x 2  4x  30
(a) ƒ(x) = 2 (b) ƒ(x) = x3 – 6x2 + 11x – 6
x  8x  18
(c) ƒ(x) = (x2 + x + 5)(x2 + x – 3)

5. Solve the following problems from (a) to (d) on functional equation :

(a) The function ƒ(x) defined on the real numbers has the property that ƒ(ƒ(x)).(1 + ƒ(x)) = –ƒ(x)
for all x in the domain of ƒ. If the number 3 is in the domain and range of ƒ, compute
the value of ƒ(3).
(b) Suppose ƒ is a real function satisfying ƒ(x + ƒ(x)) = 4ƒ(x) and ƒ(1) = 4. Find the value
of ƒ(21).
(c) Let ƒ be function defined from R+ R+. If [ƒ(xy)]2 = x(ƒ(y))2 for all positive numbers x
and y and ƒ(2) = 6, find the value of ƒ(50).
(d) Let ƒ be a function such that ƒ(3) = 1 and ƒ(3x) = x + ƒ(3x – 3) for all x. Then find the
value of ƒ(300).

6. Suppose ƒ(x) = sinx and g(x) = 1 – x . Then find the domain and range of the following
functions.
(A) ƒog (B) goƒ (C) ƒoƒ (D) gog

 1 x 
7. A function ƒ : R R is such that ƒ    x for all x  – 1. Prove that following.
 1 x 
(a) ƒ(ƒ(x)) = x (b) ƒ(1/x) = –ƒ(x), x  0
(c) ƒ(–x – 2) = –ƒ(x) –2.

x
8. (a) Find the formula for the function ƒogoh, given ƒ(x) = ; g(x) = x10 and h(x) = x + 3.
x 1
Find also the domain of this function. Also compute (ƒogoh)(–1).
(b) If ƒ(x) = max(x, 1/x) for x > 0 where max (a, b) denotes the greater of the two real
numbers a and b. Define the function g(x) = ƒ(x) ƒ(1/x) and plot its graph.

9. Let ƒ be a 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.
ƒ(x) = 1; ƒ(y)  1; ƒ(z)  2. Determine ƒ –1(1)

1  x if x0   x if x 1
10. ƒ(x) =  2 and g(x) = 1  x if find (ƒog)(x) and (goƒ)(x).
 x if x0  x 1
11. Find whether the following functions are even or odd or none :

(a) 
ƒ(x) = log x  1  x
2
 (b) ƒ(x) =
x(a x  1)
a x 1
(c) ƒ(x) = sinx + cosx (d) ƒ(x) = xsin2x – x3

(e) ƒ(x) = sinx – cosx (f) ƒ(x) =

1  2  x 2

2x
x x
(g) ƒ(x) =  1 (h) ƒ(x) = [(x + 1)2]1/3 + [(x – 1)2]1/3
e 1 2
x

12. (i) Write explicitly, functions of y defined by the following equations and also find the
domains of definition of the given implicit functions :
(a) 10x + 10y = 10 (b) x + |y| = 2y

(ii) The function ƒ(x) is defined on the interval [0, 1]. Find the domain of definition of the
functions.
(a) ƒ(sinx) (b) ƒ(2x + 3)

(iii) Given that y = ƒ(x) is a function whose domain is [4,7] and range is [–1, 9]. Find the
range and domain of
1
(a) g(x) = ƒ(x) (b) h(x) = ƒ(x – 7)
3

13. Compute the inverse of the functions :

 
x
ƒ(x) = n x  x  1 x 1
2
(a) (b) ƒ(x) = 2

10x  10 x
(c) y=
10x  10 x

+ 8 and hence solve the equation ƒ(x) = ƒ–1(x).

log10 x
14. Find the inverse of ƒ(x) = 2

 1
15. (a) Function ƒ & g are defined by ƒ(x) = sinx, x  R; g(x) = tanx, x  R –  K   
 2
where K  I.
Find (i) periods of ƒog & goƒ
(ii) range of the function ƒog & goƒ

(b) Suppose that ƒ is an even, periodic function with period 2, and that ƒ(x) = x for all x in
interval [0, 1]. Find the value of ƒ(3.14).
16. The graph of the function y = ƒ(x) is as follows :

Match the function mentioned in Column-I with the respective graph given in Column-II.
Column-I Column-II

(A) y = |ƒ(x)| (P)

(B) y = ƒ(|x|) (Q)

(C) y = ƒ(–|x|) (R)

1
(D) y= (|ƒ(x)| – ƒ(x)) (S)
2

17. Column-I Column-II

ƒ(x) Range
cos 2 x  cos x  2  7
(A) (P)  0, 
cos 2 x  cos x  1  3

 cos x  sin x  cos x  sin x  4 7

(B)
3  cos x  sin x 
(Q)  3 , 3 

7  1
3  x  2x  3x  1 0, 3 
(C) 6 4 2
(R)

(D) log8(x2 + 2x + 2) (S) [0, )

18. The sum of integral values of the elements in the domain of ƒ(x)  log 1 | 3  x | is -
2

19. Number of integers in range of ƒ(x) = x(x + 2) (x + 4) (x + 6) + 7, x  [–4, 2] is

tan 2 x  8tan x  15
20. The number of even integral value(s) in the range of the function ƒ(x) = is
1  tan 2 x

 1 x    1 
 + bx + c sinx + 5 and ƒ(log32) = 4, then ƒ  log3    is equal to
3
21. If ƒ(x) = a log 
 1 x    2 

22. Let P(x) = x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d be a polynomial such that P(1) = 1, P(2) = 8, P(3) = 27, P(4) = 64
then find P(10).

 0 x 1
23. If ƒ(x) =  ; then the number of solutions of the equation ƒ(ƒ(ƒ(x))) = x is
2x  2 x  1

24. Let 'ƒ' be an even periodic function with period '4' such that ƒ(x) = 2x – 1, 0  x  2.
The number of solutions of the equation ƒ(x) = 1 in [–10, 20] are

2x  1 ax  b
25. Let ƒ(x) = . If ƒ–1= , then a + b + c is
x 3 cx

26. Let ƒ(x) be a periodic function with period 'p' satisfying ƒ(x) + ƒ(x + 3) + ƒ(x + 6) +.....+ ƒ(x + 42) =
constant  x  R, then sum of digits of 'p' is
 EXERCISE # 53
Multiple Correct Answer Type

 x2 ; 0x2

1. Let ƒ(x) = 2x  3 ; 2  x  3 Then : -
 x2 ; x 3

   3    3    5    5
(A) ƒ  ƒ  ƒ      ƒ   (B) 1 + ƒ  ƒ  ƒ      ƒ  
   2   2    2   2
(C) ƒ{ƒ(1)} = ƒ(1) = 1 (D) none of these

2. The range of the function ƒ() = 8sin 2   4cos2  8sin  cos  is -

(A)  5  1, 5  1 (B) 0, 5  1

(C)  6  20 , 6  20  (D) none of these

 

3. For the function ƒ(x) = |x + 3| – |x + 1| – |x – 1| + |x – 3|, identify correct option(s)

(A) Range of ƒ(x) is (–, 4]
(B) maximum value of ƒ(x) is 4
(C) ƒ(x) = 4 has infinite solutions
(D) ƒ(x) = 0 has infinite solutions

4. If {x} =
2 
3 
 
& x  x   x  x  ......100 times   5 , then -

14 17
(A) x = (B) [x] = 5 (C) x = (D) [x] = 4
3 3
(where [.] & {.} denotes greatest integer function & fractional part function respectively)

1  sin x
5. The values of x in [–2, 2], for which the graph of the function y = – secx and
1  sin x
1  sin x
y=   sec x , coincide are
1  sin x
 3   3   3     3 
(A)  2,     ,2 (B)   ,     , 
 2   2   2 2 2 2 
     3 
(C)   ,  (D) [–2, 2] –  ,  
 2 2  2 2
 1
6. A parabola of the form y = ax2 + bx + c with a > 0 intersects the graph of ƒ(x) = .
x 4
2

Number of possible distinct intersection(s) of these graph is

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

7. Let ƒ : {1,2,3,4,5}  {1,2,3,4,5} is such that ƒ(x) is a one-one function satisfying following
condition ƒ(x) = x + 1 if and only if x is even (i.e. ƒ(3)  4, ƒ(4) = 5 etc.). Then ƒ–1(2) can be-
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 2

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

(A) If ƒ is a one-one mapping from set A to A, then ƒ is onto.
(B) If ƒ is an onto mapping from set A to A, then ƒ is one-one
(C) Let ƒ and g be two functions defined from R R such that goƒ is injective, then ƒ 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.

9. If ƒ(x) = ax + b and ƒ(ƒ(ƒ(x))) = 27x + 13 where a and b are real numbers, then-
(A) a + b = 3 (B) a + b = 4 (C) ƒ ' (x) = 3 (D)ƒ'(x) = –3

ƒ(n)  1
10. Given ƒ(1) = 2 and ƒ(n + 1)=  n N, then -
ƒ(n)  1
1
(A) ƒ(2015) = – (B) (ƒ(2012))ƒ(2013) = 9
2
(C) ƒ(1001) = 2 (D) ƒ(2015) = –3

11. Which of the following is/are true?

(A) ƒ(x) = ex and g(x) = nx, then ƒ(g(x)) = x (wherever ƒ(g(x)) is defined)

2 x (3x  2)
(B) ƒ(x) = and g(x) = , then ƒ(g(x)) = x (wherever ƒ(g(x)) is defined)
3 x (x  1)
(x  7)
(C) ƒ(x) = 4x + 7 and g(x) = , then ƒ(g(x)) = x (wherever ƒ(g(x)) is defined)
4
(D) ƒ(x) = x3 + 1 and g(x) = (x – 1)1/3, then ƒ(g(x)) = x (wherever ƒ(g(x)) is defined)
 1
12. If g(x) = x2 – x + 1 and ƒ(x) =  x , then -
x
 7 
(A) Domain of ƒ(g(x)) is [0,1] (B) Range of ƒ(g(x)) is  0, 
 2 3
(C) ƒ(g(x)) is many-one function (D) ƒ(g(x)) is unbounded function

13. Which of the following function(s) have the same domain and range ?
1
(A) ƒ(x) = 1  x 2 (B) g(x) =
x
(C) h(x) = x (D) l(x) = 4x

14. Let ƒ(x) = x2 + 3x + 2, then number of solutions to -

(A) ƒ(|x|) = 2 is 1 (B) ƒ(|x|) = 2 is 3
(C) |ƒ(x)| = 0.125 is 4 (D) |ƒ(|x|)| = 0.125 is 8

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

sec x tan x cos x sin x
(A) ƒ(x) =  , g(x) = 
cos x cot x sec x cos ecx
   
(B) ƒ(x) = sgn (x2 – 4x + 5), g(x) = sgn  cos 2 x  sin 2  x   
  3 
where sgn denotes signum function.
2
3x 3)
(C) ƒ(x) = en(x , g(x) = x2 + 3x + 3
sin x cos x 2cos 2 x
(D) ƒ(x) =  , g(x) =
sec x cosecx cotx

16. If a function is defined by an implicit equation 2|x| + |y| + 2|x| – |y| = 2, then -
(A) Domain of function is singleton
(B) Range of function is singleton
(C) Graph of the function intersects the line y = x
(D) Maximum value of function is 2

17. For each real x, let ƒ(x) = max{x, x2, x3, x4}, then ƒ(x) is -
(A) x4 for x  –1 (B) x2 for –1 < x  0
1 1 1 1
(C) ƒ    (D) ƒ   
2 2 2 4
18. Let ƒ(x) = sin6x + cos6x, then -
(A) ƒ(x)  [0, 1]  x  R
(B) ƒ(x) = 0 has no solution
1 
(C) ƒ(x)   ,1 x  R
4 
(D) ƒ(x) is an injective function

 x 2  3x  4 ; x  3  x6 ; x4
19. Let ƒ(x) =  and g(x) =  2 then which of the following
 x7 ; x 3 x  x  2 ; x  4
is/are true -
(A) (ƒ + g) (1) = 9 (B) (ƒ – g) (3.5) =1
f  8
(C) (ƒ g) (0) = 24 (D)   (5) 
g 3

Linked Comprehension Type

Paragraph for Question 20 to 22

x2 1 x3
ƒ(x) = (a  0) ; g(x) = 3 secx ; h(x) = .
ax x4
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :

20. If range of ƒ(x) and g(x) are equal sets then 'a' is equal to -
(A) 3 (B) –2/3 (C) 3/2 (D) –3/2

21. ƒ(x) is one-one if-

(A) x (0,) (B) x  (–,0)
(C) x  (1,) (D) x  (–,1) – {0}

22. Which the following is always false ?

(A) h(x) is one-one
(B) ƒ(x) is one-one if x > 10
   
(C) g(x) is many-one if x   0,    ,3 
 2 2 
(D) The values of k for which ƒ(x) = k has exactly one solution is k = 2 or k = –2
Matrix Match Type
23. Column-I Column-II
Number of integers in
(A) Domain of ƒ(x) =n{x} (P) 0

 1
(B) Domain of ƒ(x) = sec(sinx)   x    10  [x]2 (Q) 2
 x
(C) Range of ƒ(x) = x2 – 2x + 2, x  [0,2] (R) 3
(D) Range of ƒ(x)  25  [x]2 (S) less than 3
(T) more than 3
(where [.] and {.} denote greatest integer function and fractional part function respectively)

24. Match the function mentioned in column-I with the respective classification given in column-II.
(where [.] and {.} denote greatest integer function and fractional part function respectively)
Column-I Column-II
(A) ƒ : R R ƒ(x) = (e )(e )
+ [x] {x}
(P) one-one
(B) ƒ : (,20,R ƒ(x) = n(x2 + 2x) (Q) many-one
(C) ƒ : [–2,2]  [–1,1] ƒ(x) = sinx (R) onto
(D) ƒ : R R ƒ(x) = x3 – 3x2 + 3x – 7 (S) periodic
(T) aperiodic

25. Match the functions given in column-I correctly with mappings given in column-II.
Column-I Column-II
 1 1 4 4
(A) ƒ :  ,    ,  (P) Injective mapping
 2 2 7 3
1
ƒ(x) = 2 (Q) Non-injective mapping
x  x 1
(B) ƒ : [–2, 2]  [–1, 1] (R) Surjective mapping
ƒ(x) = sinx
(C) ƒ:R–IR (S) Non-surjective mapping
ƒ(x) = n{x}, (T) Bijective mapping
(where {.} represents fractional part function)
(D) ƒ : (–, 0]  [1, ), ƒ(x) = (1  x )  (  x – x)
 EXERCISE # 64
1. Find the domains of definitions of the following functions :
(Read the symbols [*] as greatest integers function)
[x]
(i) ƒ(x) = log x (cos 2 x) (ii) ƒ(x) =
2x  [x]

2. (a) Let P(x) = x6 + ax5 + bx4 + cx3 + dx2 + ex + f be a polynomial such that P(1) = 1;
P(2) = 2; P(3) = 3; P(4) = 4; P(5) = 5 and P(6) = 6, then find the value of P(7).
(b) Let a and b be real numbers and let ƒ(x) = asinx + b 3 x  4 , x  R. If ƒ(log10(log310)) = 5
then find the value of ƒ(log10(log103)).

3. A function ƒ, defined for all x, y  R is such that ƒ(1) = 2; ƒ(2) = 8 & ƒ(x + y) – kxy = ƒ(x) + 2y2,
where k is some constant. Find ƒ(x) & show that :
 1 
ƒ(x + y)ƒ   = k for x + y  0.
xy

4. If ƒ(x) = –1 + |x – 2|, 0 x  4

g(x) = 2 – |x|, –1 x 3
Then find ƒog(x) & goƒ(x). Draw rough sketch of the graphs of ƒog(x) & goƒ(x).

5. Let {x} & [x] denote the fractional and integral part of a real number x respectively. Solve
4{x} = x + [x].

9x  1   2   3   2005 
6. Let ƒ(x) = x then find the value of the sum ƒ    ƒ   ƒ   ...ƒ  
9 3  2006   2006   2006   2006 

7. Let ƒ(x) = (x + 1)(x + 2)(x + 3)(x + 4) + 5 where x  [–6, 6]. If the range of the function is
[a, b] where a, b  N then find the value of (a + b).

8. ƒ(x) and g(x) are linear function such that for all x, ƒ(g(x)) and g(ƒ(x)) are Identity functions. If
ƒ(0) = 4 and g(5) = 17, compute ƒ(2006).
Comprehension for Q.9 to Q.11
Let ƒ : R R is a function satisfying ƒ(2 – x) = ƒ(2 + x) and ƒ(20 – x) = ƒ(x),  x  R.
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :

9. If ƒ(0) = 5, then minimum possible number of values of x satisfying ƒ(x) = 5, for x [0, 170]
is-
(A) 21 (B) 12 (C) 11 (D) 22

10. Graph of y = ƒ(x) is -

(A) symmetrical about x = 18 (B) symmetrical about x = 5
(C) symmetrical about x = 8 (D) symmetrical about x = 20

11. If ƒ(2) ƒ(6), then

(A) fundamental period of ƒ(x) is 1 (B) fundamental period of ƒ(x) may be 1
(C) period of ƒ(x) can't be 1 (D) fundamental period of ƒ(x) is 8

Subjective Type
12. The function ƒ(x) has the property that for each real number x in its domain, 1/x is also in its
domain and ƒ(x) + ƒ(1/x) = x. Find the largest set of real numbers that can be in the domain of
ƒ(x) ?
 ANSWER KEY
FUNCTIONS
EXERCISE # 1
1. (i) –< x  0 (ii) x  R (iii) x  R – {–1,0,1}
(iv) – x  0 & 4 < x < (v) – < x  1 and 3  x  (vi) –<x  1 and 2  x 
(vii) –1  x  1 (viii) 0 < x < 1 and 1 < x <. (ix) –2  x  0 and 0 < x < 1
3
(x) < x < 2 and 2 < x <. (xi) – 1 < x < 0 and 1 < x < 2 ; 2 < x < 
2
(xii) 2k< x < (2k + 1), where k is an integer. (xiii) 4  x  6 (xiv) 2 < x < 3
2. (i) R – {1} (ii) R – {0} (iii) (0,4/3] (iv) [1/3, 3] (v) [1,) (vi) R
 1 1
(vii) [0,) (viii) [3,7] (ix) [–1,1] (x) [2,) (xi) [1/3,1) (xii)  , 
11 5 
3. (a) –2, (b) –3, 1, (c) [–3, 3], [–2, 3], (d) (–1, 3], (e) B, (f) A,D
4.

 x, 0  x  1 2, 0  x  1 and 2  x  3
5. (a) y =  (b) y = 
2  x, 1  x  2 0, 1  x  2 and 3  x  4

6. (a) –2, 4, (b) –2, 2, (c) –3, 4, (d) (0, 4] (e) [–4, 4], [–2, 3]
(f) [–4, 3], [0.5, 4]

4 5 5 
7. (a)  ,   {3} (b) [–2, –1)  [1, 3] (c) [–3, –2]  [–1, 1] (d)  ,3   {2}
 3 3 3 
8. C 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. C

15. C 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. D

22. B 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. D

29. D 30. C 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. D 35. C

36. B 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. D 41. A 42. B

43. D 44. B 45. C 46. D 47. B 48. C 49. A

50. A 51. C

EXERCISE # 2
 5 3       3 5   1
1. (i)   4 ,  4     4 , 4    4 , 4  (ii)  4,    (2, )
 2

(iii) (–, –3] (iv) (–, –1)  [0, )

 1   1 1 
(v) (3 – 2< x < 3 – )  (3 < x  4) (vi)  0,   , 
 100   100 10 

(vii) (–3, –1] {0}  [1, 3) (viii) {4}  [5, )

(ix) (1, 2)  (2, 5/2) (x) x  {4, 5}

2. (i) D : x  R R : [0, 2]

(ii) D = R; range [–1, 1]

(iii) D : {x | x  R; x  –3; x  2} R : {ƒ(x) | ƒ(x)  R, ƒ(x)  1/5; ƒ(x)  1}

(vi) D : R, R : (–1, 1)

(v) D : –1  x  2 R :  3, 6 

 1   1 1
(iv) D : [4, ) R :  0,    , 
 6   6 3
3. (b) (i), (iii) are identical

4. (a) neither surjective nor injective

(b) surjective but not injective
(c) neither injective nor surjective

5. (a) –3/4; (b) 64; (c) 30, (d) 5050

6. (a) domain is x  0; range [–1, 1];

(b) domain 2k x  2k + ; range [0, 1]
(c) domain x  R; range [–sin1, sin1]
(d) domain is 0  x  1; range is [0, 1]

(x  3)10 1024
8. (a) domain is R,
(x  3)  1
10
1025

1
if 0  x  1
(b) g(x) =  x 2
 2
 x if x  1
9. ƒ –1(1) = y

 x if x0  x 2 if x0
  x 2 if 
10. (goƒ)(x) =  0  x  1; (ƒog)(x) = 1  x if 0  x 1
1  x 2 if x 1  x if x 1

11. (a) odd, (b) even, (c) neither odd nor even, (d) odd,
(e) neither odd nor even, (f) even, (g) even, (h) even

12. (i) (a) y = log(10 – 10x), – < x < 1

(b) y = x/3 when – < x < 0 & y = x when 0  x < + 

(ii) (a) 2K x  2K where K  I (b) [–3/2, –1]

(iii) (a) Range : [–1/3, 3], Domain = [4, 7]; (b) Range [–1, 9] and domain [11, 14]
 ex  e x log 2 x 1 1 x
13. (a) ; (b) ; (c) log
2 log 2 x  1 2 1 x

14. x = 10; ƒ–1(x) = 10log 2 (x 8)

15. (a) (i) Period of ƒog is , period of gof is 2

(ii) range of ƒog is [–1, 1], range of goƒ is [–tan1, tan1]
(b) 0.86

16. (A) S; (B) R; (C) P; (D) Q

17. (A)  (Q); (B)  (R); (C)  (P); (D)  (S)

18. 6 19. 401 20. 9 21. 6 22. 4024 23. 2 24. 15

25. 6 26. 9

EXERCISE # 3 (JM)
1 3 2. 1 3. 3 4. 4 5. 1 6. 1 7. 3
8. 1 9. 4 10. 1 11. 4 12. 3 13. 1 14. 3
15. 1 16. 3 17. 4 18. Bonus 19. 3 20. 3 21. 2
22. 1 23. 1 24. 3 25. 3 26. 3 27. 2

EXERCISE # 4 (JA)
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. (zero marks to all)

EXERCISE # 53
1. A,B,C 2. A,C 3. B,C,D 4. A,D 5. A,C

6. B,C,D 7. B,C 8. C,D 9. B,C 10. A,B,C

11. A,B,C,D 12. A,C 13. B,C 14. A,C

15. A,B,C,D 16. A,B,C 17. A,B,C 18. B,C 19. A,B,C

20. B 21. C 22. C

23. (A)(P,S); (B)(R); (C) (Q,S); (D) (T)

24. (A)(P,R,T); (B) (Q,R,T); (C) (Q,R,T); (D) (P,R,T)

25. (A)(P,R,T); (B)(Q,R); (C)(Q,S); (D) (P,R,T)


 EXERCISE # 64
 1 
1. (i) (0, 1/4)  (3/4, 1)  {x : x  N, x  2} (ii) R –  ,0 
 2 

2. (a) 727, (b) 3 3. f(x) = 2x2

 x 1 , 0  x 1
(1  x), 1  x  0 3  x , 1 x  2

4. ƒog(x) =  ; ƒof(x) = 
 x  1, 0x2  x 1 , 2x3
5  x , 3 x  4

  x , 1  x  0
x , 0  x 1 
ƒoƒ (x) =  ; gog(x) =  x , 0x2
4  x , 3  x  4 4  x , 2  x  3


5. x = 0 or 5/3 6. 1002.5 7. 5049 8. 122

9. D 10. A 11. C 12. {–1, 1}