PROFICIENCY TEST-01

1. Which of the following is a function ?

(A) {(2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4)} (B) {(1, 4), (2, 5), (1, 6), (3, 9)}
(C) {(1, 2), (3, 3), (2, 3), (1, 4)} (D) {(1, 2), (2, 2), (3, 2), (4, 2)}
2. Find the domains of definitions of the following functions :
(Read the symbols [*] and {*} as greatest integer and fractional part functions respectively.)

(i) f (x) = cos2x  16  x 2 (ii) f (x) = log7 log5 log3 log2 (2x3 + 5x2  14x)

1  5x
(iii) f (x) = ln  x 2  5x  24  x  2  (iv) f (x) =
  7 x 7
2
 2 log10 x  1 
(v) y = log10 sin (x  3)  16  x (vi) f (x) = log100x  
 x 
1 x
(vii) f (x) =  ln x(x 2  1) (viii) f (x) = log 1 2
2 2 x 1
4x  1
1
(ix) f (x) = x2 | x |  (x) f (x) = ( x 2  3x  10) . ln 2 ( x  3)
9  x2
cos x  (1 2)
(xi) f(x) = logx (cos 2x) (xii) f (x) =
6  35x  6 x 2
[x]
(xiii) f (x) = 
log1 / 3 log 4  [x] 2
5  (xiv) f (x) =
2x  [ x ]
(xv) f (x) = logx sin x

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

(Read the symbols [*] and {*} as greatest integer and fractional part functions respectively.)
2x
(i) f(x) = log 5  2 (sin x  cos x)  3  (ii) f(x) =
1 x2
x 2  3x  2 x
(iii) f(x) = (iv) f (x) =
x2  x  6 1 | x |
(v) f(x) = 2 + x – [x – 3] (vi) f(x) = sin–1 x2  x  1
(vii) f(x) = log3(5 + 4x – x2)
4. The range of the function f(x) = |x – 1| + |x – 2|, – 1  x 3 is
(A) [1, 3] (B) [1, 5] (C) [3, 5] (D) None of these

5. The range of the function f(x) = 2 |sin x| – 3 |cos x| is :

(A) [–2, 13 ] (B) [–2, 3] (C) [3, 13 ] (D) [–3, 2]

6. (i) The function f(x) is defined on the interval [0,1]. Find the domain of definition of the functions.
(a) f (sin x) (b) f (2x+3)
(ii) Given that y = f (x) is a function whose domain is [4, 7] and range is [–1, 9]. Find the range and domain of
1
(a) g (x) = f (x) (b) h (x) = f (x – 7)
3

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 PROFICIENCY TEST-02
1. Classify the following functions f(x) definzed in R  R as injective, surjective, both or none .
x 2  4x  30
(a) f(x) = (b) f(x) = x3  6 x2 + 11x  6 (c) f(x) = (x2 + x + 5) (x2 + x  3)
x 2  8x  18

2 2
x2 e x – e–x
(d) f(x) = (e) f(x) = x + |x| (f) f(x) = ex – e–x (g) f(x) = 2 2
1  x2 e x  e–x

 1  1
2. If f(x) = |x| and g(x) = [x], then value of fog  –   gof  –  is, ([x] denotes greatest integer function)
 4  4

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) 1/4

3. If f : R  R, f(x) = x3 + 3, and g : R  R, g(x) = 2x + 1, then f –1 og–1(23) equals :

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) (14)1/3 (D) (15)1/3

4. Which of the following functions has its inverse :

(A) f : R  R, f(x) = ax (B) f : R R, f(x) = |x| + |x – 1|
(C) f : R  R+, f(x) = |x| (D) f : [, 2]  [– 1, 1], f(x) = cos x

 2, when x  Q
5. If function f(x) =  , (fof) 4 the value will be :
0, when x  Q

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) None of these

 1 x   3x  x3 
6. If f(x) = log  1 – x  and g(x) =  
   1  3 x 2  , then f[g(x)] is equal to :
 
(A) – f(x) (B) 3f(x) (C) [f(x)]3 (D) None of these

7. If f : R  R, g : R  R and f(x) = 3x + 4 and (gof) (x) = 2x – 1, then the value of g(x) is :

1
(A) 2x – 1 (B) 2x – 11 (C) (2x – 11) (D) None of these
3

8. If f : R  R, f(x) = x2 + 2x – 3 and g : R  R, g(x) = 3x – 4, then the value of fog (x) is :

(A) 3x2 + 6x – 13 (B) 9x2 – 18x + 5 (C) (3x – 4)2 + 2x – 3 (D) None of these

   
9. If f(x) = sin²x + sin²  x    cos x cos  x   and g(x) is a one-one function defined in RR, then (gof) (x)
 3 3
is
(A) One-one (B) Onto
(C) Constant function (D) Periodic with fundamental period 

10. Compute the inverse of the functions:

x
10 x  10  x
f (x) = ln  x  x 2  1
x 1
(a) (b) f (x) = 2 (c) y=
10 x  10  x

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 PROFICIENCY TEST-03
1. Find whether the following functions are even or odd or none
x (a x  1)
(a) f(x) = log x  1  x 2  (b) f(x) = (c) f(x) = sin x + cos x
  a x 1 2

(d) f(x) = x sin2 x  x3 (e) f(x)= sin x  cos x (f) f(x) =

1  2 x

2x

 x2n  e1/x – e –1/ x  

(g) f(x) =  2n 2n1 
 e1/x  e –1/ x   , x  0 and n  N (h) f(x) = [(x+1)²]1/3 + [(x 1)²]1/3
 (x sgn x)   

 1 1
2. Let f  x    x 2  2 (x  0), then f(x) equals :
 x x

(A) x2 – 2 (B) x2 – 1 (C) x2 (D) None of these

3. Find the period of following function:

(i) f(x)= |sin 2x| is :
(A) /4 (B) /2 (C)  (D) 2

 x   x 
(ii) f(x)= sin    cos   is
2
   2 
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 12 (D) 24

(iii) f(x) = log cos 2x + tan 4x is

(A) /2 (B)  (C) 2 (D) 2/5
4. In the following which function is not periodic
(A) tan 4x (B) cos 2x (C) cos x2 (D) cos2x

5. Suppose f is a real function satisfying f (x + f (x)) = 4 f (x) and f (1) = 4. Find the value of f (21).

2
6. Let 'f' be a function defined from R+  R+ . If [ f (xy)]2 = x  f(y) for all positive numbers x and y and

f (2) = 6, find the value of f (50).

7. Let f (x) be a function with two properties

(i) for any two real number x and y, f (x + y) = x + f (y) and
(ii) f (0) = 2.
Find the value of f (100).
8. The period of cos(x + 4x + 9x + .... + n2x) is /7, then n  N is equal to :
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

9. 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
1
10. Function f & g are defined by f(x) = sin x, xR ; g(x) = tan x , xR   K   
 2
where K I . Find (i) periods of fog & gof. (ii) range of the function fog & gof .

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 EXERCISE–I
1. Find the domains of definitions of the following functions :
(Read the symbols [*] and {*} as greatest integers and fractional part functions respectively.)

  
  1 
(i) f (x) = log2   log1/ 2 1 
 
+ log10 log10 x  log10  4  log10 x  log10 3


  x
sin 100  

1 1 1
(ii) f (x) = + log1 – {x}(x2 – 3x + 10) + +
[x ] 2| x| sec(sin x)

1
 7 
(iii) f (x) = (5x  6  x 2 ) lnx + (7 x  5  2x 2 ) +  ln   x  
 2 

2 16 x 203x
(iv) f (x) = log  1  x  x  6  C 2 x 1  P2 x 5
x 
 x

f(x) = log 
3 .
(v) 2

log|sin x| x  8x  23 

 log 2 | sin x | 

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

(Read the symbols [*] and {*} as greatest integers and fractional part functions respectively.)

(i) y = 2  x  1  x

(ii) f (x) = log(cosec x - 1) (2  [sin x]  [sin x]2)

x 4 3
(iii) f (x) =
x 5

3. Column-I Column-II

  2 
(A) f (x) = cos  sin x   cos x  (P) Domain of f (x) is (– , )
 3 3 
(B) f (x) = log2 (| sin x | + 1) (Q) Range of f (x) contains only one positive integer
(C) f (x) = cos {[x] + [–x]} (R) f (x) is many-one function
(D) f (x) = [{| ex |}] (S) f (x) is constant function
where [x] and {x} denotes greatest integer and fractional part function.

4. (a) The function f (x) defined on the real numbers has the property that f  f ( x ) · 1  f ( x )  = – f (x)
for all x in the domain of f. If the number 3 is in the domain and range of f, compute the value of f (3).

(b) Let f be a function such that f (3) = 1 and f (3x) = x + f (3x – 3) for all x. Then find the value of f (300).
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  1 x 
5. A function f : R  R is such that f   = x for all x  – 1. Prove the following.
1 x 

(a) f  f ( x)  = x (b) f 1 x  = – f (x), x  0 (c) f (– x – 2) = – f (x) – 2.

 x  1,  1  x  2
6. f(x) =  . Find domain and range of f(f(x)).
4  x, 2  x  5

7. Let f (x) = ax 2  bx . Find the set of real values of 'a' for which there is at least one positive real value of 'b'
for which the domain of f and the range of f are the same set.

x if x 1
 1  x if x  0 
8. f (x) =  and g (x) =  find (fog)(x) and (gof)(x)
 x2 if x0  1  x if x 1

log10 x
9. Find the inverse of f (x) = 2  8 and hence solve the equation f (x) = f–1(x).

10. Suppose p(x) is a polynomial with integer coefficients. The remainder when p(x) is divided by x – 1 is 1 and
the remainder when p(x) is divided by x – 4 is 10. If r (x) is the remainder when p(x) is divided by (x – 1)(x –
4), find the value of r (2006).

1
e  | ln{ x }| | ln{ x }|
 {x} where ever it exists
11. (i) Prove that the function defined as , f (x) = 

 {x} otherwise , then

f (x) is odd as well as even. (where {x} denotes the fractional part function )
x x
(ii) If f(x)= x
  1 , then f(x) is
e 1 2
(A) an odd function (B) an even function (C) neither even nor odd (D) both even and odd

 1    1  x 
12. In a function 2 f(x) + xf    2f  2 sin    x     = 4 cos2 + x cos
 x    4  2 x
Prove that (i) f(2) + f(1/2) = 1 and (ii) f(2) + f(1) = 0

13. Let f (x) = x135 + x125 – x115 + x5 + 1. If f (x) is divided by x3 – x then the remainder is some function of x say
g (x). Find the value of g (10).

14. Let f (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).

15. If a, b  R be fixed positive numbers such that f(a + x) = b + [b3 + 1 – 3b2. f(x) + 3b{f(x)}2 – {f(x)}3]1/3
for all x  R then prove that f(x) is a periodic function.

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

Match the function mentioned in Column-I with the respective graph given in Column-II.
Column-I Column-II
y
1
–2 –1 1 2 x
(A) y = | f (x) | (P) O
–1
y
1

x
(B) y = f ( | x | ) (Q) –2 –1 O 1 2
–1
y
1
x
(C) y = f (– | x | ) (R) –2 –1 O 1 2
–1

y
1
1
(D) y = ( | f (x) | – f (x) ) (S) –2
x
2 –1 O 1 2
–1

17. Column I contains functions and column II contains their natural domains. Exactly one entry of column II
matches with exactly one entry of column I.
Column I Column II

1 x 1
(A) f (x) = sin   (P) (1, 3)  (3, )
 x 
 x 2  3x  2 
(B) g (x) = ln  (Q) (– , 2)
 x  1 

1  1
(C) h (x) = (R)   ,  
 x 1  2
ln  
 2 

 2 
(D) (x) = ln  x  12  2 x  (S) [–3, –1)  [1, )
 

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 EXERCISE–II
1. Let f 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.
f(x) = 1 ; f(y)  1 ; f(z)  2. Determine f1(1)

2. Let x = log49 + log928

show that [x] = 3, where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x.

3.(a) A function f is defined for all positive integers and satisfies f(1) = 2005 and f(1)+ f(2)+ ... + f(n) = n2f(n)
for all n > 1. Find the value of f(2004).
(b) If a, b are positive real numbers such that a – b = 2, then find the smallest value of the constant L for which

x 2  ax  x 2  bx < L for all x > 0.

(c) Let f (x) = x2 + kx ; k is a real number. The set of values of k for which the equation f (x) = 0 and f  f (x )
= 0 have same real solution set.
(d) If f (2x + 1) = 4x2 + 14x, then find the sum of the roots of the equation f (x) = 0.

(e) Let a and b be real numbers and let f (x) = a sin x + b 3 x + 4,  x  R. If f log10 (log 3 10)  = 5 then

find the value of f log10 (log10 3) . 
 1  1
4. Let [x] = the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If all the values of x such that the product  x  x  2 
 2   
2 2 2 2
is prime, belongs to the set [x1, x2)  [x3, x4), find the value of x1  x 2  x 3  x 4 .

5. Let f : R  R – {3} be a function with the property that there exist T > 0 such that

f (x )  5
f (x + T) = for every x  R. Prove that f (x) is periodic.
f (x)  3
6. If f (x) = 1 + x  2 , 0  x  4
g (x) = 2  x ,  1  x  3
Then find fog (x), gof (x), fof (x) & gog (x). Draw rough sketch of the graphs of fog (x) & gof (x) .

7. 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 
8. Let f (x) = x then find the value of the sum f  +f   +f   + ....+ f  
9 3  2006   2006   2006   2006 

3 4
9. The set of real values of 'x' satisfying the equality   +   = 5 (where [ ] denotes the greatest integer
x x
 b b
function) belongs to the interval  a ,  where a, b, c  N and is in its lowest form. Find the value of a
 c c
+ b + c + abc.
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10. 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 (2006).

11. If for all real values of u & v, 2 f(u) cos v = f (u + v) + f (u  v), prove that, for all real values of x.

(i) f (x) + f ( x) = 2a cos x

(ii) f ( x) + f( x) = 0
(iii) f ( x) + f (x) =  2b sin x. Deduce that f (x) = a cos x  b sin x, a, b are arbitrary constants.

12. Find out for what integral values of n the number 3 is a period of the function :
f(x) = cos nx . sin (5/n) x.

sin x  sin 3x  sin 5x  sin7x

13. If f(x) = , then the fundamental period of f(x) is :
cos x  cos 3x  cos 5x  cos 7x

 
(A) (B) (C)  (D) None of these
4 2

x|x|
14. If f(x) = – then f –1(x) equals.
1  x2

|x| |x| x
(A) (B) (sgn(–x)) (C) – (D) None of these
1– | x | 1– | x | 1– x

15. If f(x) satisfies x + |f(x)| = 2 f(x) then f –1(x) satisfies.

(A) 3x + |f –1(x)| = 2f –1(x) (B) x + |f –1(x)| = 2f –1(x)
(C) f –1(x) – |x| = 2x (D) 3x – |f–1(x)| = 2f –1(x)

16. In the following, [ ] and { } are greatest integer function and fractional part function respectively.

Column-I Column -II

 4x 
(A) f 1(x) =   sgn(x2 – x + 1) (P) discontinuous at more than 3 points
  

but less than 6 points in [–2, 2]

  2x  1  
(B) f 2(x) = cos–1  sgn cos 2    (Q) non derivable at more than 2 points
  

but atmost 5 points in [–2, 2]

(C) f 3(x) = max. ({x + sin2x + cos2x}, {5 – x}) (R) range contains atleast one integer but not more
than seven and no irrational value in [–2, 2]

(D) f 4(x) = x 2 + [x]2 (S) Many one but not even function in [–2, 2]
(T) neither odd nor periodic in [–2, 2]

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17. Column I Column II
(A) The integral values of x for which (P) –1

 
 2[| sin x |  | cos x |] 
 
f(x) = cos–1  2 11  , is defined
 sin x  2 sin x  
 4 

(where [.] denotes greatest integer function) is/are

(B) The possible value(s) of tan a, such that [cos a] + [sin a + 1] = 0, (Q) 0

where [.] denote greatest integer function is/are

(C) The integers in the domain of function (R) 2

f(x) = log10(ax3 + (b + a)x2 + (b + c)x + c) if b2 < 2ac, a > 0 is/are

(D) The number of integers in the domain of function, (S) 4

f(x) = sgn(log(4 – |x|)(x2 + 4x + 4)) is

Comprehension (Q.18 to Q.20)

x 2  1,  1  x  1
Consider the function f(x) = 
nx, 1 x  e

Let f 1(x) = f(|x|)

f 2(x) = |f(|x|)|
f 3(x) = f(–x)
Now answer the following questions.

18. Number of positive solution of the equation 2f2(x) – 1 = 0 is (are)

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

19. Number of integral solution of the equation f1(x) = f 2(x) is (are)

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

20. If f 4(x) = log27(f 3(x) + 2), then range of f4(x) is

1   1
(A) [1, 9] (B)  ,   (C) 0,  (D) [1, 27]
3   3

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 EXERCISE–III
 4x  3   4x  3 
1. The period of the function f(x) = 4 sin4  2
 + 2 cos   is :
 6   32 

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

 1 x 
2. If 2f(x – 1) – f   = x, then f(x) is :
 x 

1 1  (1  x ) 1 1 1 
(A) 2(1  x )   (B) 2(x – 1) – (C) x2 + 2
4 (D) ( x  2)  
3 (1  x )  x x 4 ( x  2) 

3. If f : R  R be a function satisfying f(2x + 3) + f(2x + 7) = 2, x R, then period of f(x) is :

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16

1
4. If 2 < x2 < 3, then the number of positive roots of {x2} =   , (where {x} denotes the fractional part of x) is :
x 
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

5. f(x) =
 
2 e x  e  x sin x  tan x  is (where [] denotes the greatest integer function)
 x  2 
2  3
  

(A) an odd function (B) an even function (C) neither even nor odd (D) both even and odd

 x 2 
6. The domain of the function f(x) = sin–1  log2 is :
 2 
(A) [– 2, 2] – (–1, 1) (B) [– 1, 2] – {0} (C) [1, 2] (D) [– 2, 2] – {0}

7. The function f : [a, ) R, where R denotes the range corresponding to the given domain, with rule f(x) = 2x3
– 3x2 + 6, will have an inverse provided
(A) a  1 (B) a 0 (C) a  0 (D) a  1

8. If f : R  R, f(x) = ex & g : R  R, g(x) = 3x – 2, then the value of (fog)–1(x) is equal to

2  log x x3
(A) log (x – 2) (B) (C) log   (D) None of these
3  2 

| x | –3 
9. The function f(x) = cos–1   + (loge(4 – x))–1 is defined for
 2 
(A) [– 1, 0]  [1, 5] (B) [– 5, – 1]  [1, 4)
(C) [– 5, – 1]  [1, 4) – {3} (D) [1, 4) – {3}

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 x – [ x]
10. Let f(x) = , then range of f(x) is ([.] = G...F.) :
1 – [ x]  x
(A) [0, 1] (B) [0, 1/2] (C) [1/2, 1] (D) [0, 1/2)

11. If f(x) be a polynomial satisfying f(x) . f(1/x) = f(x) + f(1/x) and f(4) = 65 then f(6) = ?
(A) 176 (B) 217 (C) 289 (D) None of these

12. The range of the function f(x) = sin(cos x)  cos(sin x) is :

(A) 1, 1  cos1 (B)  cos1,1  cos1 (C)  cos1, 1  sin1 (D) 1, 1  sin1

13. Let f(x) = cot(5  3x)(cot(5)  cot(3x)) – cot 3x  1 , then domain is :

 n    n n – 5   n – 5 
(A) R –   , n  I (B) (2n + 1) ,nI (C) R –  , , n  I (D) R–  , n  I
3 6 3 3   3 

14. If f(x) is even, periodic function defined for all x  R and has period 1, then

 1 1  2 
(A) f  x   = f(x) (B) f   x  = f  – x  (C) f(x + 1) = f(2x + 1) (D) f(0) can not be zero
 2 3  3 

15. The number of bijective functions f : A  A, where A = {1, 2, 3, 4} such that f(1)  3, f(2)  1, f(3)  4, f(4)  2
is :
(A) 11 (B) 23 (C) 12 (D) 9

n(n  1)
16. The period of the function, f(x) = [x] + [2x] + [3x] + .... + [nx] – x, where n  N and [ ] denotes the
2
greatest integer function, is :

1
(A) 1 (B) n (C) (D) Non periodic
n
17. Let set A consists of 5 elements and set B consists of 3 elements. Number of functions that can be de-fined
from A to B which are not surjective, is :
(A) 99 (B) 93 (C) 123 (D) None

x–3
18. Let f(x) = , x  –1. Then f2010(2014) [where fn(x) = fof.....of
  (x)] is :
x 1 n times

(A) 2010 (B) 4020 (C) 4028 (D) 2014

19. Let f(x) = log2(|sinx| + |cosx|). The range of f(x) is

(A) [– 1, 0] (B) [0, 1/2] (C) [– 1/2, 0] (D) [0, 1]

20. Let f(x) = sin x , then

(A) f(x) is periodic with period 2 (B) f(x) is periodic with period 
(C) f(x) is periodic with period 42 (D) None of these
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 EXERCISE–IV
3
1. Domain of definition of the function f(x) = + log10 (x3 – x), is- [AIEEE 2003]
4  x2
(A) (– 1, 0)  (1, 2)  (2, ) (B) (1, 2)
(C) ( – 1, 0) (1, 2) (D) (1, 2)  (2, )

2. If f : R  R satisfies f(x+ y) = f(x) + f(y), for all

n
x, y  R and f(1) = 7, then  f (r ) is- [AIEEE 2003]
r 1
7n (n  1) 7n 7(n  1)
(A) (B) (C) (D) 7n (n+1)
2 2 2
3. A function f from the set of natural numbers to integers defined by

 n 1
 , when n is odd
f(n) =  2n is [AIEEE 2003]
 , when n is even
 2
(A) neither one-one nor onto (B) one-one but not onto
(C) onto but not one-one (D) one-one and onto both

4. The range of the function f(x) = 7– xPx–3 is- [AIEEE 2004]

(A) {1, 2, 3} (B) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} (C) {1, 2,3,4} (D) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
5. If f : R  S, defined by f(x) = sin x – 3 cos x + 1, is onto, then the interval of S is- [AIEEE 2004]
(A) [0, 3] (B) [–1, 1] (C) [0, 1] (D) [–1, 3]

6. The graph of the function y = f(x) is symmetrical about the line x = 2, then- [AIEEE 2004]
(A) f(x+ 2) = f(x – 2) (B) f(2 + x) = f(2 – x) (C) f(x) = f(–x) (D) f(x) = – f(–x)

sin 1( x  3)
7. The domain of the function f(x) = is- [AIEEE 2004]
9  x2

(A) [2,3] (B) [2,3) (C) [1,2] (D) [1, 2)

8. A real valued function f(x) satisfies the functional equation f(x – y) = f(x) f(y) – f (a – x) f(a + y) where a is a
given constant and f(0) = 1, then f(2a – x) is equal to - [AIEEE-2005]
(A) –f(x) (B) f(x) (C) f(a) + f(a – x) (D) f(–x)

9. Let f : N  Y be a function defined as f(x) = 4x + 3 where Y = |y  N : y = 4x + 3 for some x  N|. Show that
f is invertible and its inverse is [AIEEE 2008]

y3 y3 y3 3y  4

(A) g(y) = 4 + (B) g(y) = (C) g(y) = (D) g(y) =
4 4 4 3

10. For real x, let f(x) = x3 + 5x + 1, then - [AIEEE 2009]

(A) f is one – one but not onto R (B) f is onto R but not one – one

(C) f is one – one and onto R (D) f is neither one – one nor onto R

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11. Let f(x) = (x + 1)2 –1, x  –1

Statement – 1 : [AIEEE 2009]

The set {x : f(x) = f–1(x)} = {0, –1}.

Statement – 2 :

f is a bijection.

(A) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is a correct explanation for Statement -1

(B) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is true; Statement -2 is not a correct explanation for Statement -1.

(C) Statement -1 is true, Statement -2 is false. (D) Statement -1 is false, Statement -2 is true.

1
12. The domain of the function f(x) =
| x |  x is :
(A) (–, ) (B) (0, ) (C) (–, 0) (D) (–, ) – {0}

13. If a  R and the equation –3(x – [x])2 + 2(x – [x]) + a2 = 0 [IIT Mains 2014]
(where [x] denotes the greatest integer  x) has no integral solution, then all possible values of a lie in the
interval
(A) (– , –2)  (2, ) (B) (–1, 0)  (0, 1) (C) (1, 2) (D) (–2, –1)

14. If X = {4n – 3n – 1 : n  N} and Y = {9(n – 1) : n N}, where N is the set of natural numbers, then X Y is equal
to : [IIT Mains 2014]
(A) Y (B) N (C) Y – X (D) X
 1
15. If f(x) + 2f   = 3x, x  0, and S = {x R : f(x) = f(–x)} ; then S : [IIT Main 2016]
x
(A) is an empty set (B) contains exactly one element
(C) contains exactly two elements (D) contains more than two elements

16. Let a, b, c  . If f(x) = ax2 + bx + c is such that a + b + c = 3 and f(x + y) = f(x) + f(y) + xy,  x, y ,
10
then  f (n) is equal to :
n1
[IIT Main 2017]

(A) 190 (B) 255 (C) 330 (D) 165

 1 1 x
17. The function f :    – ,  defined as f(x) = , is : [IIT Main 2017]
 2 2 1  x2
(A) surjective but not injective (B) neither injective nor surjective
(C) invertible (D) injective but not surjective

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 EXERCISE–V
1. If the function f : [1, )  [1, ) is defined by f(x) = 2x (x  1), then f 1(x) is [JEE '99, 2]
x ( x  1)
 1 1 1
(A)  
 2
(B)
2

1  1  4 log2 x  (C)
2
1  1  4 log2 x  (D) not defined

2. The domain of definition of the function, y (x) given by the equation, 2x + 2y = 2 is

(A) 0 < x  1 (B) 0  x  1 (C)  < x  0 (D)  < x < 1
[JEE 2000  Scr.), 1 out of 35]

 1 , x  0

3.(a) Let g (x) = 1 + x  [ x ] & f (x) =  0 , x  0 . Then for all x , f (g (x)) is equal to
1 , x0
(A) x (B) 1
 (C) f (x) (D) g (x)
where [ ] denotes the greatest integer function.

(b) If f : [1 , )  [2 , ) is given by , f (x) = x + 1/x, then f 1 (x) equals

x  x2  4 x x  x2  4
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1  x2  4
2 1  x2 2
log (x  3)
(c) The domain of definition of f (x) = 2 2 is :
x  3x  2
(A) R \ { 1,  2} (B) ( 2, ) (C) R\{ 1,  2,  3} (D) ( 3, ) \ { 1,  2}
(d) Let E = {1, 2, 3, 4 } & F = {1, 2}. Then the number of onto functions from E to F is
(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 12 (D) 8
x
(e) Let f (x) = , x  1 . Then for what value of  is f (f (x)) = x ?
x 1
[JEE 2001 (Screening) 5  1 = 5]

(A) 2 (B)  2 (C) 1 (D)  1.

4.(a) Suppose f(x) = (x + 1)2 for x  –1. If g(x) is the function whose graph is the reflection of the graph of f (x) with
respect to the line y = x, then g(x) equals
1
(A) – x – 1, x > 0 (B) , x > –1 (C) x  1 , x > –1 (D) x – 1, x > 0
(x  1) 2
(b) Let function f : R R be defined by f (x) = 2x + sinx for x  R. Then f is [JEE 2002 (Screening), 3 + 3]
(A) one to one and onto (B) one to one but NOT onto
(C) onto but NOT one to one (D) neither one to one nor onto

x2  x  2
5. (a) Range of the function f (x) = 2 is
x  x 1
(A) [1, 2] (B) [1,  ) (C) [2, 7/3] (D) (1, 7/3]
x
(b) Let f (x) = defined from (0, )  [ 0, ) then f (x) is [JEE 2003 (Scr),3+3]
1 x
(A) one- one but not onto (B) one- one and onto (C) Many one but not onto (D) Many one and onto

6. Let f (x) = sin x + cos x, g (x) = x2 – 1. Thus g ( f (x) ) is invertible for x  [JEE 2004 (Screening)]
(A) [–/2, 0] (B) [–/2, ] (C) [–/4, /4] (D) [0, /2]

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7. If the functions f (x) and g (x) are defined on R  R such that
0, x  irrational
 0, x  rational

f (x) =  , g (x) =  , then (f – g)(x) is
x, x  irrational x, x  rational
(A) one-one and onto (B) neither one-one nor onto
(C) one-one but not onto (D) onto but not one-one [JEE 2005 (Scr.)]

8. Let f(x) = x2 and g(x) = sinx for all x  R. Then the set of all x satisfying (f o g o g o f) (x) = (g o g o f) (x), where
(f o g) (x) = f(g(x)), is [JEE 2011]
(A)  n, n  {0 ,1, 2....} (B)  n, n  {1, 2,....}

(C)  2n, n  {..., – 2, – 1, 0 ,1, 2,....} (D) 2n, n  {..., – 2, – 1, 0 ,1, 2,....}
2

b–x
9. Let f : (0, 1)  R be defined by f(x) = , where b is a constant such that 0 < b < 1. Then
1 – bx
1
(A) f is not invertible on (0, 1) (B) f  f –1 on (0, 1) and f(b) = [JEE 2011]
f ' (0)
1
(C) f = f –1 on (0, 1) and f(b) = (D) f –1 is differentiable on (0, 1)
f ' (0)

10. The function f : [0, 3]  [1, 29], defined by f(x) = 2x3 – 15x2 + 36x + 1, is [JEE 2012]
(A) one-one and onto (B) onto but not one-one.
(C) one-one but not onto. (D) neither one-one nor onto.

  
11. Let f :  – ,   R be given by [IIT Advance 2014]
 2 2
f(x) = (log(sec x + tan x))3.
Then
(A) f(x) is an odd function (B) f(x) is a one-one function
(C) f(x) is an onto function (D) f(x) is an even functionx

12. Let f 1 : R  R, f 2 [0, )  R, f 3 : R  R and f4 : R  [0, ) be defined by [IIT Advance 2014]

| x | if x  0 sin x if x  0
f 1 (x) =  x ; f 2(x) = x2 ; f 3(x) =  ;
e if x  0  x if x  0

f2 ( f1( x )) if x  0
and f 4(x) = f ( f ( x ))  1 if x  0
2 1
List-I List-II
(P) f 4 is (1) onto but not one-one
(Q) f 3 is (2) neither continuous nor one-one
(R) f 2of 1 is (3) differentiable but not one-one
(S) f 2 is (4) continuous and one-one
Codes :
P Q R S P Q R S
(A) 3 1 4 2 (B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 3 1 2 4 (D) 1 3 2 4

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    
13. Let f(x) = sin  sin  sin x   for all x  R and g(x) = sin x for all x R. Let (fog) (x) denote f(g(x)) and
 6  2  2
(gof) (x) denote g(f(x)). Then which of the following is (are) true ? [IIT Advance 2015]
 1 1  1 1
(A) Range of f is   ,  (B) Range of fog is   , 
 2 2  2 2
f(x) 
(C) xlim  (D) There is an x  R such that (gof) (x) = 1
0 g(x) 6

14. Let X be a set with exactly 5 elements and Y bet a set with exactly 7 elements. If  is the number of one-one
1
functions from X to Y and  is the number of onto functions from Y to X, then the value of ( – ) is
5!
_______. [JEE Advance 2018]

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 ANSWER KEY
FUNCTIONS
PROFICIENCY TEST-01
1. D

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

 1   1 1 
(iv) (– , – 1) [0, ) (v) (3  2 < x < 3  ) U (3 < x  4) (vi)  0,   , 
 100   100 10 
1  5  1  5 
(vii) (1 < x < 1/2) U (x > 1) (viii)  , 0   ,  (ix) (3, 1] U {0} U [ 1,3 )
 2   2 

 1    5 
(x) { 4 }  [ 5, ) (xi) (0 , 1/4) U (3/4 , 1) U {x : x  N, x  2} (xii)   ,  ,6 
 6 3   3 
 1 
(xiii) [– 3,– 2)  [ 3,4) (xiv) R –  , 0
 2 
(xv) 2K < x < (2K + 1) but x  1 where K is nonnegative integer

3. (i) D : x R ; R : [0 , 2] (ii) D : x R ; R [ –1 , 1 ]

(iii) D : {xx R ; x  3 ; x  2} R : {f(x)f(x)R , f(x)  1/5 ; f(x)  1}
(iv) D : R ; R : (–1, 1) (v) D : x R ; R : [5, 6)
(vi) D : x [–1, 0] ; R : [/3, /2] (vii) D : x (–1, 5) ; R : (–  2]
4. B
5. D
6. (i) (a) 2K  x  2K +  where K I (b) [3/2 , 1]
(ii) (a) Range : [– 1/3, 3], Domain = [4, 7] ; (b) Range [–1, 9] and domain [11, 14]

PROFICIENCY TEST-02
1 (a) neither surjective nor injective (b) surjective but not injective
(c) neither injective nor surjective (d) neither injective nor surjective

(e) neither injective nor surjective (f) Both injective and surjective
(g) neither injective nor surjective
2. B 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. B

e x  e x log2 x 1 1 x
9. C 10. (a) ; (b) ; (c) log
2 log2 x  1 2 1 x

PROFICIENCY TEST-03
1 (a) odd, (b) even, (c) neither odd nor even, (d) odd, (e) neither odd nor even, (f) even,
(g) even, (h) even
2. A 3.(i) B (ii) A (iii) B 4. C 5. 64 6. 30 7. 102 8. B

9. (a) y = log (10  10x) ,   < x < 1 (b) y = x/3 when   < x < 0 & y = x when 0  x < + 
10. (i) period of fog is , period of gof is 2 ; (ii) range of fog is [1 , 1] , range of gof is [tan1, tan1]

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 EXERCISE–I
Q 1.
(i) {x 1000  x < 10000} (ii) (–2, –1) U (–1, 0) U (1, 2) (iii) (1, 2)  (2, 5/2);
 3 
(iv) x  {4, 5} (v) x (3, 5) ~ , 
 2 

Q.2

(i) D : 1  x  2 R:  3, 6 
(ii) 
D : x  (2n, (2n + 1))  2 n  6 , 2 n  2 , 2 n  56 , n  I  and
R : loga 2 ; a  (0, )  {1}  Range is (–, ) – {0}

 1   1 1
(iii) D : [– 4, ) – {5}; R :  0,   ,
 6   6 3 

Q.3 (A) P, Q, R; (B) P, Q, R; (C) P, Q, R, S; (D) P, R, S

Q.4 (a) – 3/4; (b) 5050
Q.6 Domain = [–1, 5]; Range = [0, 3]
Q.7 a  {0, – 4}

x if x0 x2 if x0
  x 2 if 0  x  1  1 x if 0  x  1
Q.8 (gof)(x) = ; (fog)(x) =
  x if x 1
1  x 2 if x 1
log ( x 8 )
Q.9 f –1 (x) = 10 2 ; x = 10 Q.10 6016 Q.11 (ii) B Q.13 21
Q.14 5049 Q.16 (A) S; (B) R; (C) P; (D) Q
Q.17 (A) R; (B) S; (C) P; (D) Q

EXERCISE–II
1
Q 1. f 1(1) = y Q.3 (a) , (b) 1, (c) [0, 4), (d) – 5, (e) 3 Q.4 11
1002
x 1 , 0  x  1
 (1  x) ,  1  x  0 3 x , 1  x  2
Q.6 fog (x) = ; gof (x) = ;
x1 , 0x2 x 1 , 2  x  3
5x , 3  x  4

x , 1  x  0
x , 0 x 1
fof (x) = ; gog (x) = x , 0x2
4x , 3x4
4x , 2  x  3

Q.7 x = 0 or 5/3 Q.8 1002.5 Q.9 20 Q.10 122

Q.12 ± 1, ± 3, ± 5, ± 15 Q.13 C Q.14 B Q.15 D
Q.16 (A) – P, Q, R, S, T (B) – P, Q, S (C) – P, (D) – P, Q, S, T
Q.17 (A) – Q, R ; (B) – P, Q; (C) – Q, R, S; (D) – S
Q.18 C Q.19 D Q.20 C

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 EXERCISE–III

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. D 8. B 9. C

10. D 11. B 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. D 16. A 17. B 18. D

19. B 20. D

EXERCISE–IV

1. A 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. B

8. A 9. C 10. C 11. B 12. C 13. B 14. A

15. C 16. C 17. A

EXERCISE–V

Q.1 B Q.2 D

Q.3 (a) B, (b) A, (c) D, (d) A, (e) D Q.4 (a) D; (b) A

Q.5 (a) D , (b) A Q.6 C Q.7 A 8. A 9. A

10. B 11. A, B, C 12. D 13. ABC 14. 119

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