You are on page 1of 7

MATHEMATICS

FUNCTIONS
Part 1: Subjective Questions

1. Find the domain and range of the function f(x) = a -x +x -b where 0 < b < a
Ans. Domain = [b, a], Range =ja -b, 2(a -b)[

2. If f(p x) = f(p + x) and f(q x) = f(q + x) v x where p, q (p > q) are constants, then prove that f(x) is a
periodic function.

3. If f(x) =
1 - x
1 + x
, x > 0, then find the least value of f( f(x) ) + f_f [
1
x
].
Ans. 2

4. Let y be a function of x given by 1ux
2
-8xy -2y
2
-4x -2y = S. Prove that the function is many
one and among the two real values of x that correspond to a real value of y, one is -
1
2
and the other
is
1
2
.

5. ABCD is a square of side a. A line parallel to the diagonal BD at a distance x from the vertex A cuts two
adjacent sides. Express the area of the segment of the square, with A at a vertex, as a function of x.
Ans. f(x) = x
2
, u x
a
2

= 22 ax x
2
- a
2
,
a
2
< x 2a

6. If f(x) be a function satisfying
f(x) f [
1
x
= f(x) + f [
1
x
and f(4) = 65, then find f(6).
Ans. 217

7. A function f: R - R is defined by f(x) =
u x
2
+6x-8
u+6x- 8x
2
. Find the interval of values of u for which f is onto. Is
the function one to one for u = S. Justify your answer.
Ans. 2 u 14, No

8. If f is an even function on the interval (5, 5), then find the real values of x satisfying the equation f(x)
= f[
x + 1
x + 2
.

Ans.
-1 _ 5
2
,
-3 _ 5
2


9. Find the inverse of the function y = log
c
(x +x
2
+1)
Ans. f
-1
(x) =
c
x
- c
-x
2


10. If log
x
y log
xy
y log
x
2
y
y =
1
6
, then express y as a real function of x and find the domain of definition.
Ans. y = x, domain = (u, ) -{1]

11. Let f(x) = 2x x
2
, x 1. Prove that the function f
-1
(x) exists and find the solution set of the
equation f(x) = f
-1
(x).
Ans. x = 0, 1

12. If f(t) =
t
c
t
-1
+
t
2
+1, show that f(t) is an even function.

13. If a, b e R
+
be constants such that f(a + x) = b + jb
3
+1 -Sb
2
f(x) +Sb(f(x))
2
-(f(x))
3
[
1
3
v x
e R, then prove that f(x) is a periodic function.

14. Solve the equation in [0, ] : [cos x + sin x] = [cos x] + [sin x], where [y] is the greatest integer less
than or equal to y.
Ans. x = ]u,

2
U [
S
4
, [

15. If ||

2
and x e R ]-
1
3
, 1, then find the set of values of for which 2 sin =
1 - 2x + 5x
2
3x
2
- 2x - 1
.
Ans. e j
-
2
,
-
10
[ U j
3
10
,

2
[

16. If f(x) =
4
x
4
x
+ 2
, then find the value of f [
1
1997
+f [
2
1997
+ .+ f [
1996
1997
.
Ans. 998

17. Let f(x) = 1 + x , 0 x 2
= 3 x , 2 < x 3, find (f of) (x)
Ans. (f of) (x) = 2 + x, 0 x 1
= 2 x, 1 < x 2
= 4 x, 2 < x 3

18. Let f: X - Y be a function defined by f(x) = a sin [x +

4
+ b cosx + c. If f is both one one and onto,
then find the sets X and Y.
Ans. X = j
-
2
-u ,

2
- u[ where u = tan
-1
[
a + b2
a
and Y = [c r, c + r] where r =

a
2
+ 2ab + b
2


19. For x e R {1}, the function f(x) satisfies f(x) + 2f [
1
1 - x
= x. Find f(2).
Ans. f(2) =
2
3


20. Let f(x) = x
2
-2x, x e R and g(x) = f(f(x) 1) + f( 5 f(x) ), show that g(x) 0 v x e R.




FUNCTIONS
Part 2: Objective Questions Level - 1

1. The sum of the maximum and minimum values of the function f(x) =
1
1 + (2 cosx-4sInx)
2
is
(a)
22
21
(b)
21
20
(c)
22
20
(d)
21
11


2. Let f(x) = |x| -{x], (where {.} denotes the fractional part of x) and X, Y are the domain and range of
the function respectively, then
(a) f : X - Y; y = f(x) is a one one function (b) X = [-, -
1
2
U [0, ] and Y = j
1
2
, [
(c) X = [-, -
1
2
[ U |u, ] and Y = [0 , ] (d) None of the above

3. The range of the function y = 2{x] -{x]
2
-
3
4
is (where {.} denotes the fractional part)
(a) j
-1
4
,
1
4
[ (b) ju,
1
2
(c) ju,
1
4
[ (d) j
1
4
,
1
2
[

4. If f(2x + 3y, 2x 7y) = 20x, then f(x, y) equals
(a) 7x 3y (b) 7x + 3y (c) 3x 7y (d) x y

5. Number of solutions of the equation [y + [y] ] = 2 cosx and y =
1
3
[ sinx + [sinx + [sinx] ] ] is (where [.]
denotes the greatest integer function)
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) None of these

6. If f(x) = cos (logx), then f(x) f(y)
1
2
]f [
x
y
+f(xy) =
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) xy (d) None of these

7. The period of f(x) = 2 cos [
x -
3
is
(a)
2
3
(b)
4
3
(c) 2 (d) 6

8. Let g(x) be a function defined on [1, 1]. If the area of the equilateral triangle with two of its vertices
at (0, 0) and (x, g(x) ) is
3
4
, then the function g(x) is
(a) _ 1 -x
2
(b) _ 1 +x
2
(c) _ 2 -x
2
(d) _ 2 +x
2


9. If f(x) = cos [
2
]x + cos [-
2
]x, where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then
(a) f[

2
= -1 (b) f() = 1 (c) f() = -1 (d) f[

4
= 2

10. The domain of the function f(x) = log
12
[x
1
2
+ log
2
4x
2
-4x +S is
(a) j
1
2
, (b) [
1
2
, (c) (, ) (d) None of these

11. Let f(x) = 4cos x
2
-

2
9
. Then, the range of f(x) is
(a) [1, 1] (b) [4, 4] (c) [0, 1] (d) None of these

12. A function whose graph is symmetrical about the y-axis is given by
(a) f(x) = sin |log(x + x
2
+1)] (b) f(x) =
scc
4
x + coscc
4
x
x
3
+ x
4
cot x

(c) f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y), v x, y e R (d) None of these

13. The functions f(x) = log(x 1) log(x 2) and g(x) = log [
x - 1
x -2
are equal, when x lies in the interval
(a) [1, 2] (b) [2, ) (c) (2, ) (d) (, )

14. The function f(x) = min { x[x], x [x] }, where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, is a
(a) periodic function with period 1 (b) periodic function with period 1/2
(c) periodic function with period 2 (d) non periodic function

15. Let f(x) be a function defined on [0, 1] such that f(x)
= x, x e Q.
= 1 -x, x e Q
then, v x e [0, 1], (f of) (x) is
(a) a constant (b) 1 + x (c) x (d) None of these

16. A function f from the set of natural numbers to integers defined by
f(n) =
n - 1
2
, n is odd

=
-n
2
, n is even, is

(a) one one but not onto (b) onto but not one one
(c) one one and onto (d) neither one one nor onto

7. The uer of surjetios fro A = {, , ., }, 2 onto B = {a, b} is
(a)
n
P
2
(b) 2
n
2 (c) 2
n
1 (d) None of these

18. The inverse of the function f(x) =
a
x
- a
-x
a
x
+ a
-x
is

(a)
1
2
log
a
[
1 - x
1 + x
(b)
1
2
log
a
[
1 + x
1 - x


(c) log
a
[
1 + x
1 - x
(d) None of these

19. Let f(x) = max {(1 -x), (1 +x), 2], v x e R. Then,
(a) f(x) = 1 + x, x 1 (b) f(x) = 2, x 1
= 2 , 1 < x < 1 = 1 x, 1 < x < 1
= 1 x, x 1 = 1 + x, x 1

(c) f(x) = 1 x, x 1 (d) None of these
= 2 , 1 < x < 1
= 1 + x, x 1


20. Let n(A) = 4 and n(B) = 6. The number of one to one functions from A to B is
(a) 24 (b) 60 (c) 120 (d) 360

FUNCTIONS
Part 3 : Objective Questions Level - 2

1. If f is a polynomial function satisfying 2 + f(x) f(y) = f(x) + f(y) + f(xy) v x,y e R and f(2) = 5, then f(f(2))
equals
(a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 27

2. The domain of the function f(x) = log ]log
|sInx|
(x
2
-8x +2S) -
3
Iog
2
|sInx|
is
(a) (3, 5) (b) (3, ) U (, 5) (c) (3, ) U [,
S
2
U [
S
2
, S (d) None of these

3. The domain of the function f(x) =
1
||x - 1|] + ||7 - x|] - 6
, where [.] denotes the greatest integer
function is
(a) R (0, 8) (b) R {(u, 1] U {2, S, 4, S, 6] U |7, 8)]
(c) R {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} (d) None of These

4. If f(x) = |x
2
] -|x]
2
, where [.] denotes the greatest integer function and x e [0, n], n e N, then the
number of elements in the range of f(x) is
(a) 2n + 1 (b) 4n 3 (c) 3n 3 (d) 2n 1

5. The range of the function f(x) =
sIn
2
x + sInx - 1
sIn
2
x - sInx + 2
is

(a) j
3 - 2 11
7
,
3 + 211
7
[ (b) j
3 - 2 11
7
,
1
2
[ U j1,
3 + 211
7
[
(c) j
3 - 2 11
7
,
1
2
[ (d) None of these

6. The function f(x) = _
x |x|, x -1
2 +|x] +|-x], -1 < x < 1
-x |x|, x 1

where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, is an
(a) Odd function (b) Even function
(c) Both odd and even (d) Neither odd nor even

7. The function f(x) =
x (sInx+tanx)
j
x +

[ -
1
2
, x = n (where [.] denotes the greatest integer function) is
(a) odd (b) even (c) Neither even nor odd (d) None of these

8. If f(x) = tan
2
[
x
n
2
- 5n + 8
+ cot (m+n) x; neN, meQ, is a periodic function with 2 as its
fudaetal period, the at elog to
(a) (, 2) U (1, ) (b) (, 3) U (2, )
(c) (3, 2) U (2, 1) (d) [ S,
-5
2
U [
-5
2
, -2

9. Let f(x) be a function such that, f(x1) + f(x+1) = S f(x) v x e R. If f(5) = 100, then
99
_
i = u
f(5 +12r)
equals
(a) 9800 (b) 9900 (c) 10,000 (d) 10,100

10.Let f(x) = x + 1 , x 1
= 2x + 1, 1 < x 2, then
and g(x) = x
2
, 1 x < 2
= x + 2, 2 x 3

(a) f( g(x) ) = x
2
+ 1, 1 x 0 (b) f( g(x) ) = x
2
+1, 1 x 1
= 2x
2
+ 1, 0 < x < 2 = 2 x
2
+ 1, 1 < x 2

(c) f( g(x)) = x
2
+ 1, 1 x 1 (d) f( g(x) ) = x
2
+ 1, 0 x 1
= 2 x
2
+ 1, 1 < x 2 = 2 x
2
+ 1, 1 < x < 2

11. Let f(x) be defined on [2, 2] and is given by f(x) = 1, 2 x 0 and g(x) = f(|x|) +|f(x)|, then
= x 1, 0 < x 2

(a) g(x) = x, 2 x 0 (b) g(x) = 0 , 2 x < 1
= 2(x1), 0 < x 2 = 2(x1), 1 x 2

(c) g(x) = 0, 2 x < 0 (d) g(x) = x, 2 x < 0
= x, 0 x < 1 = 0, 0 x 1
= 2(x1), 1 x 2 = 2(x 1), 1 < x 2

12. The number of values of x satisfying
|x]
|x - 2]

|x - 2]
|x]
=
8 {x]+12
|x - 2] |x]
, where [.] and {.} denote the
greatest integer function and the fractional part functional respectively is/are
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

13. The number of solutions of the equation [x] + [2x] + [4x] + [8x] + [16x] + [32x] = 12345 is / are ([.]
denotes the greatest integer function)
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4

14. Consider the function g(x) defined as
g(x) (x
(2
2008
- 1)
-1) = (x+1) (x
2
+1) (x
4
+ 1).(x
2
200
+1) -1, then the value of g(2) is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

15. Let f: (e, ) - R be a function defined by f(x) = log (log (log x) ), the base of the logarithm being e.
Then,
(a) f is one one and onto (b) f is one one but not onto
(c) f is onto but not one one (d) the range of f is equal to its domain

16. f : R - R and f(x) =
x (x
4
+ 1) (x + 1)+ x
4
+ 2
x
2
+ x + 1
, then f(x) is

(a) one one into (b) many one onto
(c) one one onto (d) many one into

17. The domain of f(x) = log
1
|sInx|
is

(a) R (b) R ]
-
2
,

2
(c) R {xx = n, neZ] (d) None of these

18. The inverse of the function y =
10
x
- 10
-x
10
x
+ 10
-x
+1 is

(a) y =
1
2
log
10
[
x
2 - x
(b) y = log
10
[
x
2 - x


(c) y =
1
2
log
10
[
x
1 - x
(d) None of these

19. Let f : R - R be a continuous function such that f(x) 2f[
x
2
+ f[
x
4
= x
2
, then f(3) is equal to
(a) f(0) (b) 4 + f(0) (c) 9 + f(0) (d) 16 + f(0)

20. Let f(x) = 1 x x
3
. Then, the real values of x satisfying the inequality, 1 f(x) f
3
(x) > f(15x) are
(a) (2, 2) (b) (2, 0) U (2, ) (c) (2, ) (d) None of these


ANSWER KEYS
FUNCTIONS
Part 2: Objective Questions Level - 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
a c b b d a d a a b b d c a c c b b c d


FUNCTIONS
Part 3 : Objective Questions Level 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c c b d c b a c c c d c a b a d c a d b

You might also like