Probability 1

1
FUNCTION

Exercise-1 :

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 )  log 2   log 1/ 2  1    log (log x )  log ( 4  log x )  log 3
10 10 10 10 10
   x   
  sin   
   100   
1 1 1
(ii) f (x )   log 1{x} ( x 2  3x  10)  
[ x] 2| x| sec(sin x )
1
  7 
(iii) f (x )  ( 5x  6  x 2 )[{ln{x}}]  ( 7x  5  2x 2 )   ln  x  
  2 
(iv) f (x )  log  1 | x 2  x  6| 16 x C 2x1  20 3x P2x 5
x
 x 

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

2. Find the domain and 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
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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 )  log 2 (|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 )  [{| e x |}] (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)  1and f (3x )  x  f ( 3x  3) for all x. Then find the value
of f ( 300).

 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.

6. f ( x )   x  1, 1  x  2. 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.

1 x if x0
8. f (x )   2 and g ( x )   x if x  1, find ( fog )(x ) and (gof )( x ).
 x if x 1 1 x if x 1

9. Find the inverse of f ( x )  2log 10 x  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 1is 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).
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11. (i)
 1

  | ln{ x}| { x}
|ln{x}| where ever it exists
Prove that the function defined as, f ( x )  e ,then
 {x} otherwise

f ( x ) is odd as well as even. (where {x} denotes the fractional part function)
x x
(ii) If f ( x )    1, then f ( x ) is:
x
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    2 f  2 sin    x      4 cos 2
  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  x 5  1. If f (x ) is divided by x 3  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  [ b 3  1 3b 2 .

2 3 1/ 3
f ( x )  3b{ f ( x )}  { f ( x )} ] for all x  R , then prove that f (x ) is a periodic function.

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

y
1
–2 –1
x
O 1 2

–1

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

1
(C) y  f ( | x| ) (R)
x
–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
 x  1
(A) f ( x )  sin 1   (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 
(D) ( x )  ln x 2  12  2x  (S) [ 3,1)  [1,  )
 
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Exercise-2 :

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  log 4 9  log 9 28

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 )  n 2 f ( 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 )  x 2  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)  4x 2  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  b3 x  4, x  R. If f (log 10 (log 3 10))  5, then
find the value of f (log 10 (log 10 3)).

4. Let [ x]  the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If all the values of x such that the product
 1  1 
x x  is prime, belongs to the set [ x1 , x 2 )  [ x 3 , x4 ), find the value of x12  x22  x 32  x 42 .
 2  2 

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 ) and gog( x ). Draw rough sketch of the graphs of fog( x ) and gof (x ).

7. Let {x} and [ 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 )  then find the value of the sum f   f   f  .... f  .
x  2006   2006   2006   2006 
9 3
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 3  4 
9. The set of real values of ' x ' satisfying the equality   5 (where [ ] denotes the greatest
 x   x 
b b
integer function) belongs to the interval  a,  where a, b, c  N and is in its lowest form. Find
 c  c
the value of a  b  c  abc.

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 and 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  sin 7x

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:
2
1 x
| 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 )|  2 f 1 ( x ) (B) x  | f 1 (x )|  2 f 1 ( x )
(C) f 1 (x )| x|  2x (D) 3x| f 1 ( x )|  2 f 1 ( x )

16. In the following, [ ] and { } are greatest integer function and fractional part function
respectively.
Column-I Column-II
 4x  2
(A) f1 ( x )  (P) discontinuous at more than 3 points
   sgn( x  x  1)
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but less than 6 points in [–2, 2]

  2x  1  
(B) f 2 (x )  cos 1  sgn cos   (Q) non derivable at more than 2 points
  2 
but atmost 5 points in [–2, 2]
2 2
(C) f 3 ( x )  max. ({x  sin x  cos x},{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]

17. Column I Column II

(A) The integral values of x for which (P) –1
 
 2[|sin x|  |cos x| ] 
1
f ( x )  cos  , is defined
 sin 2 x  2sin x  11 
 4 
(where [.] denotes greatest integer function) is/are
(B) The possible value(s) of tan a, such that (Q) 0
[cos a]  [sin a  1]  0,
where [.] denote greatest integer function is/are
(C) The integers in the domain of function (R) 2
3 2
f ( x )  log 10 ( ax  ( b  a )x  ( b  c )x  c )
if b 2  2ac, a  0 is/are
(D) The number of integers in the domain of function, (S) 4
2
f ( x )  sgn(log ( 4| x| ) (x  4x  4 )) is

Comprehension (Q.18 to Q.20)

 2
Consider the function f (x )   x  1, 1  x  1
 ln x, 1  x  e
f1 ( x )  f (| x| )
Let f 2 ( x ) | f (| x| )|
f 3 ( x )  f (x )
Now answer the following question:
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18. Number of positive solution of the equation 2 f 2 ( 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 )  log 27 ( f 3 ( x )  2), then range of f 4 ( x ) is:

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

 4x  3   4x  3 
1. The period of the function f (x )  4 sin 4    2cos  is :
2
 6   3 2 
3 2 3 3 4 2 4 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 3 3

 1 x 
2. If 2 f (x  1)  f    x, then f (x ) is :
 x 
1 1  (1 x )
(A)  2(1 x )   (B) 2( x  1) 
3 (1 x )  x
1 1 1 
(C) x 2  4 (D)  (x  2)  
2 4 ( x  2) 
x

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  x 2  3, then the number of positive roots of {x 2 }    , (where {x} denotes the fractional
 x
part of x) is :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

2( e x  e  x )(sin x  tan x )
5. f (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  log 2 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 )  2x 3  3x 2  6, will have an inverse provided:
(A) a  1 (B) a  0 (C) a  0 (D) a  1
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8. If f : R  R , f ( x )  e x and 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  1
  (log e ( 4  x )) is defined for:
 2 
(A) [ 1, 0]  [1, 5] (B) [ 5,1]  [1, 4 )
(C) [5,  1]  [1, 4 )  {3} (D) [1, 4 )  {3}

x  [ x]
10. Let f ( x )  , then range of f (x ) is ([.] = G.I.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 cos 1] (B) [ cos 1, 1 cos 1]
(C) [ cos 1, 1 sin 1] (D) [1, 1 sin 1]

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

n 
(A) R    , n  I (B) ( 2n  1) , n  I
 3 6
 n n  5  n  5
(C) R   , , n I (D) R   , n I
 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 
 2 3  3 
(C) f ( x  1)  f ( 2x  1) (D) f ( 0) can not be zero

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
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n(n  1)
16. The period of the function, f ( x )  [ x]  [2x]  [ 3x]....[ nx]  x, where n  N and [ ]
2
denotes the 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 defined 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 f 2010 (2014 ) [where f n ( x )  fof.....of
  ( x )] is :
x1 n times
(A) 2010 (B) 4020 (C) 4028 (D) 2014

19. Let f ( x )  log 2 (|sin x|  |cos x| ). 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 
2
(C) f ( x ) is periodic with period 4 (D) None of these
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Exercise-4 : JEE Main Previous Years Questions

3
1. Domain of definition of the function f ( x )   log 10 ( x 3  x ), is: [AIEEE 2003]
2
4 x
(A) (– 1, 0)  (1, 2)  (2, ) (B) (1, 2)
(C) (– 1, 0)  (1, 2) (D) (1, 2)  (2, )

n
2. If f : R  R satisfies f ( x  y )  f (x )  f ( y ), for all x, y  R and f (1)  7, then  f (r ) is-
r 1
[AIEEE 2003]
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 )   2 is: [AIEEE 2003]
n
 – , 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x Px 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)
Functions 13

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
(A) g ( y )  4  (B) g ( y ) 
4 4
y3 3y  4
(C) g ( y )  (D) g ( y ) 
4 3

10. For real x, let f ( x )  x 3  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

11. Let f ( x )  ( x  1)2  1, x  1

Statement – 1 : The set {x: f ( x )  f 1 ( x )}  {0,  1} [AIEEE 2009]
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 )  is :
| x|x
(A) (  ,  ) (B) ( 0,  ) (C) (,0) (D) (,  )  {0}

13. If a  R and the equation 3( x  [x])2  2( x  [ x])  a 2  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 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

14. If X  {4 n  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 )  2 f    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  R. If f (x )  ax 2  bx  c is such that abc 3 and

10
f ( x  y )  f ( x )  f ( y )  xy, x, y  R, then  f (n ) is equal to : [IIT Main 2017]
n 1

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

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

x 1
18. Let f : A  B be a function defined as f ( x )  , where A  R {2} and B  R {1.} Then f is :
x2
[JEE Main Online 2018]
3 y 1 2 y 1
(A) invertible and f 1 ( y )  (B) invertible and f –1 ( y ) 
y 1 y 1
2y  1
(C) invertible and f 1 ( y )  (D) not invertible
y 1

x
19. Let f : R  R be defined by f ( x )  , x  R. Then the range of f is :
1 x 2
[JEE Main Online 2019]
 1 1  1 1
(A) R   ,  (B)  ,  (C) (–1, 1) – {0} (D) R  [ 1, 1]
 2 2  2 2

20. The number of functions f from {1, 2, 3,...., 20} onto (1, 2, 3,...., 20)} such that f ( k ) is a
multiple of 3, whenever k is a multiple of 4, is : [JEE Main Online 2019]
5 6
(A) 6 × (15)! (B) 5! × 6! (C) 5 × 15 (D) (15)! × 6!
Functions 15

1
21. Let a function f : (0, x )  [0,  ) be defined by f ( x )  1 . Then f is :
x
[JEE Main Online 2019]
(A) not injective but it is surjective (B) neither injective nor surjective
(C) both injective as well as surjective (D) injective only

22. Let N be the set of natural numbers and two function f and g be defined as f , g: N  N such
n1
 if n is odd
that f ( n )   2 and g ( n )  n  (1)n . Then fog is [JEE Main Online 2019]
n
 if n is even
 2
(A) both one-one and onto (B) neither one-one nor onto
(C) onto but not one-one (D) one-one but not onto

2x
23. Let A  {x  R: x is not a positive integer}. Define a function f : A  R as f (x )  , then f is :
x 1
[JEE Main Online 2019]
(A) surjective but not injective (B) injective but not surjective
(C) neither injective nor surjective (D) not injective

1 1
24. For x  R {01 , }, let f1 ( x )  , f 2 ( x )  1 x and f 3 (x )  be three given functions. If a function,
x 1 x
J ( x ) satisfies ( f 2  J  f1 ) ( x )  f 3 (x ) then J ( x ) is equal to [JEE Main Online 2019]
1
(A) f 2 ( x ) (B) f1 ( x ) (C) f 3 ( x ) (D) f 3 (x )
x

25. Let f ( x )  a x ( a  0) be written as f ( x )  f1 ( x )  f 2 (x ), where f1 ( x ) is an even function and f 2 ( x )

is an odd function. Then f1 ( x  y )  f1 ( x  y ) equals : [JEE Main Online 2019]
(A) 2 f1 ( x ) f 2 ( y ) (B) 2 f1 (x  y ) f 2 (x  y )
(C) 2 f1 (x  y ) f1 ( x  y ) (D) 2 f1 ( x ) f1 ( y )

 1 x   2x 
26. If f ( x )  log e  , | x|  1, then f   is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2019]
 1 x   1 x 2 
(A) ( f ( x )) 2 (B) –2f(x) (C) 2 f ( x ) (D) 2 f ( x 2 )

10
27. Let  f (a  k )  16(210 – 1), where the function f satisfies f ( x  y )  f ( x ) f ( y ) for all natural
k 1
numbers x, y and f (1)  2. Then the natural number ' a ' is : [JEE Main Online 2019]
16 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

(A) 3 (B) 16 (C) 2 (D) 4

28. Let f (x )  15| x  10|; x  R. Then the set of all values of x, at which the function, g (x )  f ( f ( x )) is
not differentiable, is : [JEE Main Online 2019]
(A) {5, 10, 15} (B) {5, 10, 15, 20}
(C) {10, 15} (D) {10}

x2
29. If the function f : R  {1,1}  A defined by f ( x )  , is surjective, then A is equal to :
1 x 2
[JEE Main Online 2019]
(A) R  {1} (B) R  [ 1, 0) (C) R  ( 1, 0) (D) [0,  )

1
30. The domain of the definition of the function f ( x )   log 10 ( x 3  x ) is :
4  x2
[JEE Main Online 2019]
(A) ( 1, 0)  (1, 2)  ( 3,  ) (B) ( 1, 0)  (1, 2)  ( 2,  )
(C) ( 2,  1)  (1, 0)  (2,  ) (D) (1, 2)  ( 2,  )

sin 2 x  2 sin x  5 1
31. All the pairs (x, y ) that satisfy the inequality 2 .  1also satisfy the equation :
sin 2 y
4
[JEE Main Online 2019]
(A) sin x |sin y| (B) 2sin x  sin y (C) 2|sin x|  3sin y (D) sin x  2sin y

32. Let f ( x )  e x  x and g ( x )  x 2  x, x  R. Then the set of all x  R, where the function
h( x )  ( fog )( x ) is increasing, is : [JEE Main Online 2019]
 1  1   1  1 
(A) 1,    ,   (B) [ 0,  ) (C) 0,   [1,  ) (D)  ,0  [1,  )
 2  2   2 2 

33. Let f ( x )  x 2 , x  R. For any A  R , define g ( A )  {x  R: f ( x )  A}. If S  [ 0, 4], then which one of
the following statements is not true? [JEE Main Online 2019]
(A) f ( g ( S ))  S (B) g ( f ( S ))  g ( S ) (C) g ( f ( S ))  S (D) f ( g ( S ))  f ( S )

34. For x  R , let [ x] denote the greatest integer  x, then the sum of the series
 1  1 1   1 2   1 99 
 3   3  100   3  100 .....  3  100 [JEE Main Online 2019]

(A) –133 (B) –131 (C) –153 (D) –135

Functions 17

 3 1 x 2  
35. For x  0, , let f (x )  x , g (x )  tan x and h( x )  . If (x )  ((( hof )og )(x ), then   is
 2 1 x 2  3
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2019]
 7 11 5
(A) tan (B) tan (C) tan (D) tan
12 12 12 12

36. If m is the minimum value of k for which the function f ( x )  x kx  x 2 is increasing in the
interval [0, 3] and M is the maximum value of f in [0, 3] when k  m, then the ordered pair
( m, M ) is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2019]
(A) ( 5,3 6 ) (B) ( 3,3 3 ) (C) (4 ,3 2 ) (D) (4,3 3 )

 sin x  cos x  x    
37. The derivative of tan 1   with respect to , where  x   0,   is :
 sin x  cos x  2   2 
[JEE Main Online 2019]
1 2
(A) (B) 2 (C) 1 (D)
2 3

 5
38. If g ( x )  x 2  x  1and gof (x )  4x 2  10x  5, then f   is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2020]
 4
3 1 1 3
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

x[ x]
39. Let f :(1, 3)  R be a function defined by f ( x )  , where [x] denotes the greatest integer  x.
1 x 2
Then the range of f is : [JEE Main Online 2020]
 2 3  3 4   2 1  3 4 3 4  2 4
(A)  ,    ,  (B)  ,    ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 5 5   4 5   5 2   5 5  5 5  5 5

40. Let S be the set of all real roots of the equation, 3x ( 3x  1)  2  | 3x  1|  |3x  2|. Then S:
[JEE Main Online 2020]
(A) is an empty set. (B) contains exactly two elements
(C) is a singleton (D) contains at least four elements

82x  82x
41. The inverse function of f ( x )  , x  ( 1, 1), is : [JEE Main Online 2020]
82x  82x
1 1 x  1 1 x 
(A) (log 8 e ) log e   (B) (log 8 e ) log e  
4  1 x  4  1 x 
18 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

1  1 x  1  1 x 
(C) log e   (D) log e  
4  1 x  4  1 x 

1
x
42. Let f : R  R be defined as f (x )  2x  1 and g: R  {1}  R be defined as g ( x )  2.
x 1
Then the composition function f ( g (x )) is : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) onto but not one-one (B) one-one but not onto
(C) both one-one and onto (D) neither one-one nor onto

43. Let f be any function defined on R and let it satisfy the condition :
| f ( x )  f ( y )| | ( x  y ) 2 |, ( x, y )  R. If f (0)  1, then : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) f ( x )  0, x  R (B) f ( x )  0, x  R
(C) f ( x )  0, x  R (D) f ( x ) can take any value in R

44. Let x denote the total number of one-one functions from a set A with 3 elements to a set B with
5 elements and y denote the total number of one-one functions from the set A to the set A  B.
Then : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) 2 y  273x (B) y  91x (C) 2 y  91x (D) y  273x

45. Let f , g: N  N such that f ( n  1)  f ( n )  f (1)n  N and g be any arbitrary function. Which of
the following statements is NOT true ? [JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) If fog is one-one, then g is one-one (B) f is one-one
(C) If g is onto, then fog is one-one (D) If f is onto, then f ( n )  n n  N

46. Let f : S  S where S  ( 0,  ) be a twice differentiable function such that f ( x  1)  xf ( x ). If

g: S  R be defined as g (x )  log e f (x ), then the value of | g  ( 5)  g  (1)| is equal to :
[JEE Main Online 2021]
205 197 187
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
144 144 144
x2
47. Let f : R  {3}  R  {1} be defined by f ( x ) 
x3
Let g: R  R be given as g ( x )  2x  3. Then, the sum of all the values of x for which
13
f 1 ( x )  g 1 ( x )  is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
2
(A) 7 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 3

48. If the functions are defined as f ( x )  x and g (x )  1 x , then what is the common domain of
the following functions : f  g , f  g , f / g , g / f , g  f where
Functions 19

f (x )
( f  g )( x )  f ( x )  g ( x ), ( f / g )( x )  [JEE Main Online 2021]
g (x )
(A) 0  x  1 (B) 0  x  1 (C) 0  x  1 (D) 0  x  1

49. The inverse of y  5log x is : [JEE Main Online 2021]

1 1
log y log 5 log 5 log y
(A) x  5 (B) x  y (C) x  y (D) x  5

50. Let [ x] denote the greatest integer  x, where x  R. If the domain of the real valued function
|[ x]|2
f (x )  is ( , a )  [ b, c )  [ 4,  ), a  b  c, then the value of a  b  c is :
|[ x]|3
[JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) 8 (B) –2 (C) –3 (D) 1

51. Let g: N  N be defined as

g ( 3n  1)  3n  2,
g ( 3n  2)  3n  3,
g ( 3n  3)  3n  1, for all n  0
Then which of the folowing statements is true? [JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) There exists a function f : N  N such that gof  f
(B) There exists a one-one function f : N  N such that fog  f
(C) There exists an onto function f : N  N such that fog  f
(D) gogog  g

52. Consider functions f : A  B and g: B  C ( A , B , C  R ) such that (gof)–1 exists, then :

[JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) f is one-one and g is onto (B) f and g both are onto
(C) f is onto and g is one-one (D) f and g both are one-one

53. Let [ x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then, the values of x  R satisfying the
equation [ e x ] 2  [ e x  1]  3  0, lie in the interval : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) [ 0, 1/ e ) (B) [ 0, log e 2) (C) [log e 2, log e 3) (D) [1, e )

 5x  3
54. Let f : R     R be defined by f ( x )  . Then the value of  for which ( fof )( x )  x, for all
 6 6x  
 
x  R    , is : [JEE Main Online 2021]
 6
20 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 5 (D) No such  exists

100  ( 1) n n 
55. If [ x] be the greatest integer less than or equal to x, then   2 
 is equal to :
n 8

[JEE Main Online 2021]

(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 4 (D) – 2

 [ x  1] [x  2] [ x  3] 
56. Let A   [ x] [x  3] [ x  3] , where [ t ] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to t. If
 [ x] [x  2] [ x  4] 
 
det( A ) = 192, then the set of values of x is the interval : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) [60, 61) (B) [65, 66) (C) [68, 69) (D) [62, 63)

 3   3 
57. The range of the function f ( x )  log 5
3  cos  x   cos  x   cos  x   cos  x  
  4  4  4   4 
is : [JEE Main Online 2021]
 1 
(A) [–2, 2] (B) [0, 2] (C)  , 5 (D) ( 0, 5 )
 5 

58. Let f : N  N be a function such that f (m  n )  f ( m )  f ( n ) for every m, n  N . If f (6)  18, then
f ( 2). f ( 3) is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(A) 18 (B) 36 (C) 54 (D) 6

2
59. Let f (x ) be a polynomial of degree 3 such that f (k )   for k  2, 3, 4, 5. Then the value of
k
52  10 f (10) is equal to__________. [JEE Main Online 2021]

60. Let A  {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7}. Then the number of bijective function f : A  A such that
f (1)  f ( 2)  3  f ( 3) is equal to____________. [JEE Main Online 2021]

61. Let S  {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7}. Then the number of possible functions f : S  S such that
f ( m n )  f ( m ) f ( n ) for every m, n  S is equal to _______ . [JEE Main Online 2021]

62. If f ( x ) and g ( x ) are two polynomial such that the polynomial P (x )  f ( x 3 )  xg ( x 3 ) is divisible
by x 2  x  1, then P(1) is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
Functions 21

 1 
63. If a    1, b    2 and af ( x )  f    bx  , x  0, then the value of the expression
 x x
1
f (x )  f  
 x
is ................. . [JEE Main Online 2021]
1
x
x

64. Let f , g: N  {1}  N be functions defined by f ( a )   , where  is the maximum of the powers of
those prime p such that p  divides a and g ( a )  a  1, for all a  N  {1.
} Then, the function f  g
is : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(A) one-one but not onto (B) onto but one-one
(C) both one-one and onto (D) neither one-one nor onto

65. The total number of functions, f :{1, 2, 3, 4}  {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} such that f (1)  f ( 2)  f ( 3), is equal
to :
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(A) 60 (B) 90 (C) 108 (D) 126

66. The number of bijective functions f : {1, 3, 5, 7, .......99}  {2, 4, 6, 8, ......., 100}, such that
f ( 3)  f ( 9)  f (15)  f ( 21) ......  f ( 99), is ......... [JEE Main Online 2022]
50!
(A) 50P17 (B) 50P33 (C) 33! × 17! (D)
2
2
 x  3x  2 
67. The domain of the function f ( x )  sin 1   is :
 [JEE Main Online 2022]
2
 x  2x  7 
(A) [1,  ) (B) (–1, 2] (C) [1,  ) (D) (, 2]
68. The domain of the function [JEE Main Online 2022]
 
f ( x )  sin 1 [2x 2  3]  log 2  log 1 ( x 2  5x  5) , where [ t ] is the greatest integer function, is
 
 2 
 5 5 5   5 5 5 5 
(A)   ,  (B)  , 
 2 2   2 2 
 5 5   5 5 
(C)  1,  (D) 1, 
 2   2 

69. Let f : R  R be a continuous function such that f ( 3x )  f (x )  x. If f ( 8)  7, then f (14 ) is equal

to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(A) 4 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 16
22 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE


 2n, n  2, 4, 6, 8....
70. Let a function f : N  N be defined by f (n )  n  1, n  3, 7, 11, 15..... then, f is :
 n1
 , n  15
, ,9,13,.....
 2
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(A) One-one but not onto (B) Onto but not one-one
(C) Neither one-one nor onto (D) One-one and onto

71. Let f : R  R be defined as f ( x )  x 3  x  5. If g ( x ) is a function such that f ( g (x ))  x,  ' x' R,

then g' ( 63) is equal to ________. [JEE Main Online 2022]
1 3 43 91
(A) (B) (C) (D)
49 49 49 49

x 1
72. Let f ( x )  , x  R  {0,  1, 1}. If f n 1 ( x )  f ( f n ( x )) for all n  N , then f 6 (6)  f 7 (7 ) is equal
x1
to:
[JEE Main Online 2022]
7 3 7 11
(A) (B)  (C) (D) 
6 2 12 12

73. Let f ( x )  2cos 1 x  4 cot 1 x  3x 2  2x  10, x [ 1, 1]. If [ a, b] is the range of the function, f then
4a  b is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(A) 11 (B) 11  (C) 11  (D) 15 

74. Let f: N  R be a function such that f ( x  y )  2 f ( x ) f ( y ) for natural numbers x and y. If

10
512 20
f (1)  2, then the value of  for which 
f (  k ) 
3
(2  1) holds, is :
k 1

[JEE Main Online 2022]

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

 x 2  5x  6 
cos 1  

2
 x 9 
75. The domain of the function f ( x )  is : [JEE Main Online 2022]
log e (x 2  3x  2)
(A) (  , 1)  ( 2,  ) (B) ( 2,  )
 1   1   3 5 3 5
(C)  , 1  ( 2,  ) (D)  ,1  ( 2,  )   , 
 2   2   2 2 
Functions 23

x2
76. Let f : R  R be defined as f ( x )  x 1 and g: R  {1,1}  R be defined as g ( x )  .
x 2 1
Then the function fog is : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(A) One-one but not onto (B) Onto but not one-one
(C) Both one-one and onto (D) Neither one-one nor onto

77. The number of one-one functions f :{a, b, c, d}  {0, 1, 2,...... ,10} such that
2 f ( a )  f ( b )  3 f ( c )  f ( d )  0 is _______. [JEE Main Online 2022]

1
  x 25   50
78. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f (x )   2 1 ( 2  x 25 )  . If the function
 
2  
  
g ( x )  f ( f ( f ( x )))  f ( f ( x )), then the greatest integer less than or equal to g (1) is _______.
[JEE Main Online 2022]

79. Let S  {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}. Define f : S  S as

2n , if n  1, 2, 3, 4, 5
f ( n )  
 2n  11 , if n  6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Let g: S  S be a function such that
fog ( n )   n  1 , if n is odd
 n  1 , if n is even
Then g (10)( g (1)  g ( 2)  g ( 3)  g ( 4 )  g ( 5)) is equal to ___________.
[JEE Main Online 2022]

80. Let c, k  R. If f ( x )  ( c  1)x 2  (1 c 2 )x  2k and f (x  y )  f ( x )  f ( y )  xy, for all x, y  R , then

the value of |2( f (1)  f ( 2)  f ( 3)...... f (20))| is equal to _____. [JEE Main Online 2022]

2e 2x
81. Let f :R  R be a function defined by f ( x )  .
e 2x  e
 1   2   3   99 
Then f   f   f  ...... f   is equal to _________.
 100   100   100   100 
[JEE Main Online 2022]

82. Let f ( x ) and g ( x ) be two real polynomials of degree 2 and 1 respectively. If f ( g ( x ))  8x 2  2x,
and g ( f (x ))  4x 2  6x  1, then the value of f (2)  g (2) is ______. [JEE Main Online 2022]

f  (4 )
83. Let f : R  R satisfy f ( x  y )  2x f ( y )  4 y f ( x ), x, y  R. If f(2) = 3, then 14  is equal to
f  ( 2)
_______. [JEE Main Online 2022]
24 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

3x 2  9x  17 5x 2  7x  19
84. The sum of all real values of x for which  is equal to ________.
x 2  3x  10 3x 2  5x  12
[JEE Main Online 2022]
85. The number of functions, f , from the set
A  {x  N : x 2  10x  9  0} to the set
B{n 2 : n  N }such that f ( x )  ( x  3)2  1, for every x  A, is ______. [JEE Main Online 2022]

86. Let f ( x ) be a quadratic polynomial with leading coefficient 1 such that f ( 0)  p, p  0 and
1
f (1)  . If the equation f ( x )  0 and fofofof ( x )  0 have a common real root, then f ( 3) is equal
3
to ............. [JEE Main Online 2022]

2 2
87. Let S   x : x  R and ( 3  2 ) x 4
 ( 3  2 )x 4
 10.
 
Then n(S ) is equal to [JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) 4 (B) 0 (C) 6 (D) 2

x 2  2x  1
88. Let f : R  {2, 6}  R be real valued function defined as f (x )  . Then range of f is :
x 2  8x  12
[JEE Main Online 2023]
 21  21   21
(A)   ,    ,   (B)   ,   0, 
 4 4   4
 21  21
(C)   ,   1,  (D)  ,   (0,  )
 4  4

[ x]
89. If the domain of the function f ( x )  , where [ x] is greatest integer  x, is [2, 6), then its
1 x 2
range is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
 5 2  5 2   9 27 18 9 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,    , , , 
 26 5  37 5  29 109 89 53
5 2 5 2 9 27 18 9 
(C)  ,  (D)  ,    , , , 
 37 5  26 5 
  29 109 89 53

90. Suppose f : R  ( 0,  ) be a differentiable function such that 5 f ( x  y )  f ( x ) f ( y ), x, y  R. If

5
f ( 3)  320, then  f (n ) is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
n0

(A) 6875 (B) 6525 (C) 6575 (D) 6825

Functions 25

91. Consider a function f : N  R , satisfying

1
f (1)  2 f ( 2)  3 f ( 3)...... xf ( x )  x( x  1) f ( x ); x  2 with f (1)  .
2
1 1
Then  is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
f ( 2022) f ( 2028)
(A) 8100 (B) 8200 (C) 8400 (D) 8000

x 2  2x  1
92. Let f: R  R be a function such that f ( x )  . Then [JEE Main Online 2023]
x2  1
(A) f ( x ) is one-one in (,  ) (B) f ( x ) is many -one in (1,  )
(C) f ( x ) is many -one in (  ,1) (D) f ( x ) is one-one in [1,  ) but not in (  ,  )

log ( x 1) ( x  2)
93. The domain of f ( x )  , x  R is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
e 2 log e x  (2x  3)
(A) R  {1, 3} (B) ( 1,  )  {3} (C) R {3} (D) (2,  )  {3}

94. Let f (x )  2x n  ,   R , n  N , and f ( 4 )  133, f (5 )  255. Then the sum of all the positive
integer divisors of ( f (3)  f ( 2)) is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) 58 (B) 59 (C) 61 (D) 60

95. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f ( x )  log m { 2(sin x  cos x )  m  2}, for some m, such
that the range of f is [0, 2]. Then the value of m is __________. [JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2

2 2x  1   2   2022  is equal to :
96. If f ( x )  , x  R , then f   f  ...... f  
2x  2023   2023   2023 
2 2
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) 2011 (B) 1010 (C) 2010 (D) 1011

97. Let f ( x ) be a function such that f ( x  y )  f ( x ). f ( y ) for all x, y  N . If f (1)  3 and

n
 f (k )  3279, then the value of n is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
k 1

(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 8

98. The range of the function f ( x )  3  x  2  x is : [JEE Main Online 2023]

(A) [ 2 2, 11] (B) [ 5, 10] (C) [ 5, 13] (D) [ 2, 7]
26 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

 1 
99. Let f : R  {0, 1}  R be a function such that f ( x )  f    1 x. Then f (2) is equal to :
 1 x 
[JEE Main Online 2023]
9 7 9 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 4 3

100. The number of functions

f :{1, 2, 3, 4}  {a : Z | a |  8}
1
satisfying f ( n )  f (n  1)  1, n [1, 2, 3}is: [JEE Main Online 2023]
n
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 3

 x 3 
   3  
101. Let A  {x  R:[ x  3]  [x  4]  3}, B   x  R : 3x     33x  , where [ t ] denotes greatest
r 
  r 1 10  
integer functions. Then ; [JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) A  B (B) A  B , A  B (C) B  C , A  B (D) A  B  

10x  6 
102. If the domain of the function f ( x )  log e (4x 2  11x  6)  sin 1 ( 4x  3)  cos 1   is (  , ],
 3 
then 36|   | is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) 45 (B) 54 (C) 63 (D) 72

103. For x  R, two real valued functions f ( x ) and g ( x ) are such that, g ( x )  x  1 and
fog ( x )  x  3  x. Then f (0) is equal : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 5 (D) –3

 1 1  1
104. For the differentiable function f : R  {0}  R , let 3 f ( x )  2 f     10, then f (3)  f    is
 x x 4
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
29 33
(A) 13 (B) 7 (C) (D)
5 5

(tan 1 )x  log e (123)   4 

105. If f ( x )  , x  0, then the least value of f ( f ( x ))  f  f    is :
x log e (123)  (tan 1 )   x 
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) 8 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 0

106. Let f and g be two function defined by

Functions 27

f ( x )   x  1, x  0 and g ( x )   x  1, x  0
 | x  1|, x  0  1, x0
Then (gof )( x ) is : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) Continuous everywhere but not differentiable at x  1
(B) Continuous everywhere but not differentiable exactly at one point
(C) not continuous at x  1
(D) differentiable everywhere

1
107. The domain of the function f ( x )  is (where [ x] denotes the greatest integer
2
[ x]  3[x]  10
less than or equal to x) ; [JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) (  ,2)  [ 6,  ) (B) (  ,2)  ( 5,  ) (C) (,3]  [ 6,  ) (D) (,3]  ( 5,  )

1
108. Let the sets A and B denote the domain and range respectively of the function f ( x )  ,
[ x]  x
where [ x] denotes the smallest integer greater than or equal to x. Then among the statements
(S1) : A  B  (1,  )  N and
(S2) : A  B  (1,  ) [JEE Main Online 2023]
(A) both (S1) and (S2) are true (B) only (S2) is true
(C) only (S1) is true (D) neither (S1) nor (S2) is true

109. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Then the number of functions f : A  B
satisfying f (1)  f (2)  f ( 4 )  1 is equal to _________ . [JEE Main Online 2023]

110. Let [  ] denote the greatest integer  . Then [ 1]  [ 2]  [ 3]......[ 120] is equal to _____ .
[JEE Main Online 2023]

111. If f ( x )  x 2  g (1)x  g  (2) and g ( x )  f (1)x 2  xf  ( x )  f   (x ), then the value of f (4 )  g ( 4 ) is

equal to ________. [JEE Main Online 2023]

3x  2 3
112. Let f 1 ( x )  , x  R   . For n  2, define f n (x )  f 1 of n 1 ( x ).
2x  3  2
ax  b
If f 5 (x )  ,gcd( a, b )  1, then a  b is equal to _________. [JEE Main Online 2023]
bx  a

1/ 3
 x  7
113. For some a, b, c  N , let f ( x )  ax  3 and g ( x )  x b  c, x  R. If ( fog ) 1 ( x )    ,
 2 
28 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

then ( fog )( ac )  ( gof )( b ) is equal to ________. [JEE Main Online 2023]

114. Suppose f is a function satisfying f ( x  y )  f (x )  f ( y ) for all x, y  N and

m
1 f (n ) 1
f (1)  . If  , then m is equal to _________. [JEE Main Online 2023]
5 n 1 n( n  1)( n  2) 12

4x  3 2  2  2
115. If f ( x )  , x  and ( fof )( x )  g ( x ), where g: R     R    , then ( gogog )(4 ) is equal
6x  4 3  3  3
to : [JEE Main Online 2024]
19 19
(A) –4 (B)  (C) 4 (D)
20 20

 2  2x, 1  x  0
116. If f ( x )   x ; g ( x )  x, 3  x  0 , then range of ( fog )(x ) is :
1
 3 , 0  x  3  x, 0  x  1

[JEE Main Online 2024]

(A) [0, 1) (B) [0, 3) (C) (0, 1] (D) [0, 1]

1 5 2x  3 | x|1
117. Let f : R     R and g: R     R be defined as f ( x )  and g (x )  . Then, the
 2  2 2x  1 2x  5
domain of the function fog is : [JEE Main Online 2024]
 7  5 7 5
(A) R (B) R     (C) R    ,  (D) R    
 4  2 4  2

118. The function f : N  {1}  N ; defined by f ( n )  the highest prime factor of n, is :

[JEE Main Online 2024]
(A) One-one only (B) Onto only
(C) Both one-one and onto (D) Neither one-one nor onto

 log x, x  0  x, x  0
119. Let f : R  R and g: R  R be defined as f (x )   ex and g (x )   x
 e , x0 e , x  0
Then, gof : R  R is : [JEE Main Online 2024]
(A) Neither one-one nor onto (B) Onto but not one-one
(C) Both one-one and onto (D) One-one but not onto
Functions 29

x 2  25
120. If the domain of the function f (x )   log 10 ( x 2  2x  15) is ( ,  )  [,  ), then
2
(4  x )
2 3
   is equal to: [JEE Main Online 2024]
(A) 150 (B) 125 (C) 140 (D) 175

121. Let A = {1, 2, 3, ....., 7} and let P(1) denote the power set of A. If the number of functions
f : A  P (1) such that a  f ( a ), a  A is mn , m and n  N and m is least, then m  n is equal to
______. [JEE Main Online 2024]

122. The number of real solutions of the equation x(x 2  3| x|5| x  1|6| x  2| )  0 is _______.
[JEE Main Online 2024]
30 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

Exercise-5 : JEE Advanced Previous Years Questions

1. If the function f :[1,  )  [1,  ) is defined by f ( x )  2 x (x 1) , then f 1( x ) is:

[JEE '99, 2]
x ( x 1)
1 1
(A)  (B) (1 1 4 log 2 x )
 2 2
1
(C) (1 1 4 log 2 x ) (D) not defined
2

2. The domain of definition of the function, y( x ) given by the equation, 2x  2 y  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] and 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 x 2  4
2 2 2
1 x

log 2 ( x  3)
(c) The domain of definition of f ( x )  is :
x 2  3x  2
(A) R \ {1,  2} (B) (2,  ) (C) R \ {1,  2,  3} (D) ( 3,  ) \ {1,  2}

(d) Let E  {1, 2, 3, 4} and 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 
[JEE 2001 (Screening) 5 × 1 = 5]
(A) 2 (B)  2 (C) 1 (D) –1
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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  sin x 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 )  is:
x2  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 )  x 2  1. Thus g ( f ( x )) is invertible for x  [JEE 2004 (Screening)]

(A) [  / 2, 0] (B) [  / 2, ] (C) [ / 4,  / 4] (D) [0,  / 2]

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

8. Let f (x )  x 2 and g ( x )  sin x 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
[JEE 2011]
32 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

1
(A) f is not invertible on (0, 1) (B) f  f 1 on (0, 1) and f  ( b ) 
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 )  2x 3  15x 2  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 f (x )  (log(sec x  tan x ))3 . Then [IIT Advanced 2014]
 2 2
(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 function

12. Let f1 : R  R , f 2 [ 0,  )  R , f 3 : R  R and f 4 : R  [0,  ) be defined by:

[IIT Advanced 2014]
 | x| if x  0 sin x if x  0
f1 ( x )   x ; f2 ( x )  x 2 ; f 3 (x )   ;
 e if x  0  x if x  0
f ( f (x )) if x  0
and f 4 (x )   2 1
 2 ( f1 ( x ))  1 if x  0
f
List-I List-II
(P) f 4 is (A) onto but not one-one
(Q) f 3 is (B) neither continuous nor one-one
(R) f 2 of1 is (C) differentiable but not one-one
(S) f 2 is (D) continuous and one-one
Codes :
P Q R S
(A) 3 1 4 2
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 3 1 2 4
(D) 1 3 2 4

   
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
 6  2   2
f ( g ( x )) and (gof )( x ) denote g ( f ( x )). Then which of the following is (are) true ?
[IIT Advanced 2015]
Functions 33

 1 1  1 1
(A) Range of f is  , (B) Range of fog is  ,
 2 2  2 2
f (x ) 
(C) lim  (D) There is an x  R such that (gof )( x )  1
x0 g (x ) 6

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

15. If the function f : R  R is defined by f ( x ) | x| (x  sin x ), then which of the following statements
is TRUE ? [JEE Advanced 2020]
(A) f is one-one, but NOT onto (B) f is onto, but NOT one-one
(C) f is BOTH one-one and onto (D) f is NEITHER one-one NOR onto

x 2  3x  6
16. Let f : R  R defined by f ( x )  [JEE Advanced 2021]
x 2  2x  4
Then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE?
(A) f is decreasing in the interval (–2, –1)
(B) f is increasing in the interval (1, 2)
(C) f is onto
3
(D) Range of f is  , 2
 2 

17. Let the function f : R  R be defined by [JEE Advanced 2024]

sin x ( x 2023  2024x  2025) 2 ( x 2023  2024x  2025)
f (x )  
e x ( x 2  x  3) e x ( x 2  x  3)
Then the number of solutions of f ( x )  0 in R is _______.
34 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

Exercise-6 : Revision Phase 1

 2002 
1. Let f be a real valued function such that f ( x )  2 f    3x for all x  0. Find f ( 2).
 x 
(A) 1000 (B) 2000 (C) 3000 (D) 4000

2. Which one of the following depicts the graph of an odd function?

y y
10 10

(A) O (B) O
x x
–10 10 –10 10

–10 –10
y
10
y
10

x
(C) x (D) –10 –5 O 5 10
–10 O 10

–10
–10

 x   x 
3. The period of the function f (x )  sin 2x  sin   sin  is
 3   
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 15 (D) 30

8 8 4 4
4. Given f ( x )   and g ( x )   then g ( x ) is
1 x 1 x f (sin x ) f (cos x )
(A) periodic with period  / 2 (B) periodic with period 
(C) periodic with period 2 (D) aperiodic

n
k
5. Suppose, f (x, n )   log x  x , then the value of x satisfying the equation f ( x,10)  f (x,11), is
k 1
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) none

x ln x
6. f (x )  and g (x )  . Then identify the CORRECT statement
ln x 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 )
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f (x )
7. Let f be a function satisfying f ( xy )  for all positive real numbers x and y. If f ( 30)  20,
y
then the value of f ( 40) is
(A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 40 (D) 60

8. Let f ( x )  sin 2 x  cos 4 x  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


9. 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}

10. 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

11. 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,  )

12. The graph of the function y  g ( x ) is shown.

1
The number of solutions of the equation | | g ( x )|1|  , is
2
y
4

x
–4 –2 O 2 4

–2

–4

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8

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13. Let R be the region in the first quadrant bounded by the x and y axis and the graphs of
9
f ( x )  x  b and y  f 1 ( x ). If the area of R is 49, then the value of b, is
25
18 22 28
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
5 5 5

14. 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

15. 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

16. Let f ( x )  0 if x is rational and g (x )  0 if x is irrational

x if x is irrational x if x is rational
Then the function ( f  g )x is
(A) odd (B) even
(C) neither odd nor even (D) odd as well as even

17. Let a  1 be a real number and f ( x )  log a x 2 for x  0. If f 1 is the inverse function of f and b
and c are real numbers then f 1 ( b  c ) is equal to
1 1
(A) f 1 ( b ) f 1 ( c ) (B) f 1 ( b )  f 1 (c ) (C) (D)
f (b  c ) f ( b )  f 1 ( c )
1

18. Period of f ( x )  nx  n  [ nx  n], ( n  N where [] denotes the greatest integer function is

(A) 1 (B) 1/ n (C) n (D) none of these

19. Let f ( x )  sin [ a] x (where [ ] denotes the greatest integer function). If f is periodic with
fundamental period , then a belongs to :
(A) [2, 3) (B) {4, 5} (C) [4, 5] (D) [4, 5)
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20. Given f ( x ) is a polynomial function of x, satisfying f ( x ). f ( y )  f ( x )  f ( y )  f ( xy )  2 and that

f ( 2)  5. Then f ( 3) is equal to
(A) 10 (B) 24 (C) 15 (D) none

21. The function f is one to one and the sum of all the intercepts of the graph is 5. The sum of all of
the intercept of the graph of y  f 1 ( x ) is
(A) 5 (B) 1/5 (C) 2/5 (D) – 5

22. The period of the function f (x )  sin( x  3  [ x  3]), where [ ] denotes the greatest integer
function is
(A) 2  3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 3

23. If f ( x )  x 2  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)

24. The solution set for [ x]{x}  1 where {x} and [ x] are fractional part & 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 

25. If f ( x )  px  q and f ( f ( f ( x )))  8x  21, where p and q are real numbers, then p  q equals
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 11

26. If f ( x )  2 tan 3x  5 1 cos 6x; g ( x ) is a function having the same time period as that of f (x ),
then which of the following can be g (x ).
(A) (sec 2 3x  cos ec 2 3x ) tan 2 3x (B) 2sin 3x  3cos 3x
(C) 2 1 cos 2 3x  cosec 3x (D) 3cosec 3x  2 tan 3x

8
27. The range of the function y  is
9 x2
8   8 8 
(A) (  ,  )  {3} (B) ,   (C)  0,  (D) (, 0)  ,
 9   9  9 
38 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

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

29. Given the graphs of the two functions, y  f ( x ) & 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 x 0 ), 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
N
Y
C D
y = g(x)

A y = f(x)
B

x0 X
0
N
(A) f ( x 0 ), g ( f ( x 0 )) (B) x 0 , g (x 0 )
(C) x 0 , g ( f ( x 0 )) (D) f ( x 0 ), f ( g ( x 0 ))

 y y
30. If f  x  , x    xy then f ( m, n )  f ( n, m)  0
 8 8
(A) only when m  n (B) only when m  n
(C) only when m  n (D) for all m & n

x rx
31. Let f (x )  and let g ( x )  . Let S be the set of all real numbers r such that
1 x 1 x
f ( g ( x ))  g ( f ( x )) for infinitely many real number x. The number of elements in set S is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5

32. Let [ x] denote the greatest integer in x. Then in the interval [0, 3] the number of solutions of the
equation, x 2  3x  [x]  0 is :
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 0
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x3  1
33. The domain of function, satisfying f ( x )  f (x 1 )  , is
x
(A) An empty set (B) a singleton
(C) a finite set (D) an infinite set

34. Let f ( x )  ([ a]2  5[ a]  4 )x 3  ( 6{a}2  5{a} 1)x  (tan x )sgn x, be an even function for all x  R ,
then sum of all possible values of ' a ' is
(where [ ] and { } denote greatest integer function and fractional part functions respectively)
17 53 31 35
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 6 3 3

k f 4 (k ) 2009
35. 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

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

37. 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 D 2 is
1
(A)   ,  (B) (– , 2) (C) (–  , 1) (D) (–  , 1]
 2

38. Which of the following is true for a real valued function y  f ( x ), defined on [ a, a]?
(A) f ( x ) can be expressed as a sum or a difference of two even functions
(B) f ( x ) can be expressed as a sum or a difference of two odd functions
(C) f ( x ) can be expressed as a sum or a difference of an odd and an even function
(D) f (x ) can never be expressed as a sum or a difference of an odd and an even function

x 1
39. If for all x different from both 1 and 0 we have f1 ( x )  , f2 ( x )  , and for all integers
x 1 1 x
f ( f ( x )) if n is odd
n  1, we have f n  2 (x )   n 1 1 then f 4 ( x ) equals
f n +1 ( f 2 ( x )) if n is even
(A) x (B) x 1 (C) f1 (x ) (D) f 2 (x )
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40. Suppose that f (n ) is a real valued function whose domain is the set of positive integers and that
f ( n ) satisfies the following two properties
f (1)  23 and f ( n  1)  8  3 f ( n ), for n  1
It follows that there are constants p, q and r such that f ( n )  p  q n  r, for n  1, 2,..... then the
value of p  q  r is
(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 20 (D) 26

41. The domain of f ( x )  x  2  2 x  3  x  2  2 x  3, is

(A) [ 3, 5] (B) ( 3, 5) (C)[ 5,  ) (D) [ 3,  )
2x 1
e 1  2  3   2008  is
42. If f (x )  , then the value of f   f   f  ... f  
2x 1  2009   2009   2009   2009 
1 e
(A) 1002.5 (B) 1001.5 (C) 1003 (D) 1004

43. f (x )   0 ; x 1
2x  2 ; x  1
then number of solution(s) to the equation f ( f ( f ( f ( x ))))  x
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 0

Paragraph for Question Nos. 44 to 47

Let f (x )  x 2  2x  1  x  R. Let f : (, a]  [ b,  ), where ' a ' is the largest real number for
which f ( x ) is bijective.
44. The value of ( a  b ) is equal to
(A) – 2 (B) – 1 (C) 0 (D) 1

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
1
46. Let f :[a,  )  [ b,  ), then f ( x ) is given by
(A) 1 x  2 (B) 1 x  3 (C) 1 x  2 (D) 1 x  3

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 50

Define a function  : N  N as follows :  (1)  1,  ( P n )  P n 1 ( P  1) if P is prime and n  N and
 ( mn )   ( m)  ( n ) if m & n are relatively prime natural numbers.
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48. ( 8n  4 ) where n  N is equal to

(A) ( 4n  2) (B) ( 2n  1) (C) 2(2n  1) (D) 4( 2n  1)

49. The number of natural numbers ' n ' such that ( n ) is odd is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) Non

50. If ( 7n )  2058 where n  N , then the value of n is

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

[Reasoning type]
51. Consider the function
f ( x )  ( x 1 C 2x 8 )( 2x  8 C x1 )
Statement-1: Domain of f ( x ) is singleton.
because
Statement-2: Range of f ( x ) is singleton.
(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.

[Multiple objective type]

52. A continuous function f ( x ) on R  R satisfies the relation
f ( x )  f ( 2x  y )  5xy  f ( 3x  y )  2x 2  1 for  x, y  R
then which of the following hold(s) good?
(A) f is many one (B) f has no minima
(C) f is neither odd nor even (D) f is bounded

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

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

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

(A) f ( x )  |sin x| (B) f ( x )  [x  ]
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(C) f (x )  cos(sin x ) (D) f ( x )  cos 2 x

(where [ . ] denotes the greatest integer function)

55. Which of the functions defined below are one-one function(s) ?

 1
(A) f ( x )  ( x  1), ( x  1) (B) g (x )  x    ( x  0)
 x
(C) h( x )  x 2  4x  5, ( x  0) (D) f ( x )  e  x , ( x  0)

56. Which of the following functions are not homogeneous?

y xy x  y cos x x  y y  x 
(A) x  y cos (B) (C) (D) ln   ln 
x 2 y sin x  y y  x  x  y
x y

57. If f ( x ) is a polynomial function satisfying the condition f ( x ) f (1/ x )  f ( x )  f (1/ x ) and

f ( 2)  9 then
(A) 2 f ( 4 )  3 f ( 6) (B) 14 f (1)  f ( 3) (C) 9 f ( 3)  2 f ( 5) (D) f (10)  f (11)

1 sin x
58. The values of x in [2 2], for which the graph of the function y   sec x 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

59. 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)

60. Suppose the domain of the function y  f ( x ) is 1  x  4 and the range is 1  y  10.
Let g ( x )  4  3 f ( x  2). If the domain of g (x ) is a  x  b and the range of g (x ) is c  y  d then
which of the following relations hold good?
(A) 2a  4b  c  d  0 (B) a  b  d  8
(C) 5b  c  d  4 (D) a  b  c  d  18  0

61. Suppose f (x )  ax  b and g ( x )  bx  a, where a and b are positive integers. If

f ( g ( 50))  g ( f ( 50))  28 then the product ( ab ) can have the value equal to
(A) 12 (B) 48 (C) 180 (D) 210
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62. Consider the function f (x )  sgn x and g (x )  x(1 x 2 ) then which of the follows hold(s) good.
(A) ( fog )( x ) is neither odd nor even
(B) (gof )( x ) is even as well as odd
(C) ( fog )( x ) is neither continuous nor differentiable for some x on (,  )
(D) ( gof )( x ) is continuous and differential for every x on (  ,  )

63. f : R  R; f ( x 2  x  3)  2 f ( x 2  3x  5)  6x 2  10x  17  x  R then

(A) f is strictly decreasing (B) f (x )  0 has a root in (0, 2)
(C) f ( x ) is an odd function (D) f ( x ) is invertible

 x 2  2x  3 
log[ 2 tan x ]  

2
 4x  4x  3 
64. The domain of definition of the function, f ( x )  [ 2 tan x] where [ ] denotes
1 1
the greatest integer function is given by the interval n  , n   where n  I then n can be
 4 2
equal to
(A) – 5 (B) – 1 (C) 0 (D) 1

65. f ( x )  sin(2( [ a] )x ), where [.] denote the greatest integer function, has fundamental period 
for
3 5 2 4
(A) a  (B) a  (C) a  (D) a 
2 4 3 5

2
66. The number of solutions of the equation x  sin x cos x x(1 sin x )  0 is greater than or equal
x  cos x x1
to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

67. Let f ( x )  max(1 sin x,1, 1 cos x ), x  [0, 2] and g ( x )  max(1, | x  1| ), x  R , then
(A) g ( f ( 0))  1 (B) g ( f (1))  1 (C) f ( g (1))  1 (D) f ( g ( 0))  sin 1

4 2
68. Let R  {( x, y ); x, y  R , x 2  y 2  25} and R  {( x, y ): x, y  R , y 
x } then
9
(A) domain of R  R  [3, 3] (B) Range of R  R  [0, 4]
(C) Range of R  R  [0, 5] (D) R  R defines a function
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  2 
69. Let f:  ,  [ 0, 4] be a function defined as f ( x )  3 sin x  cos x  2 then f 1 (x ) is given
 3 3 
by
 x 2   x2 
(A) sin 1   (B) sin 1  
 2  6  2  6
2  x 2   x 2
(C)  cos 1   (D)  cos 1  
3  2  3  2 

[Match The Column]

Q.70 to Q.73 is "Match the Column" type. Column-I and column-II contains four
entries each. Entry of column-I are to be matched with one or more than one entries
of column-II.
1 x1
70. Let f ( x )  x  and g (x )  .
x x2
Match the composite function given in Column-I with their respective domains given in
Column-II.
Column-I Column-II
(A) fog (P) R  {2,  5 / 3}
(B) gof (Q) R  {1, 0}
(C) fof (R) R {0}
(D) gog (S) R  {2,  1}

71. Column-I contains four function and column-II contains the properties. Match the entries of
column-I with entry/entries of column-II. The matching can be one to many and many to one.
Here [ ] and { } denotes the greatest integer and fractional part function.
Column-I Column-II
ln[1{ x}]
(A) f (x )  e (P) Range consists of only one natural
(B) g ( x )  sin 1 (sin x ) (Q) Periodic
| x|
(C) h( x )  e (R) Domain is x  ( ,  )
1
(D) k ( x )  tan 1 [ x]  [ x]  2| x|  (S) symmetric about y-axis.
x2

x
72. Let f : R  [  ,  ), f (x )  x 2  3ax  b, g ( x )  sin 1 (  R ) .
4
Column - I Column - II

(A) The possible integral values of ' a ' for which (P) –2
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f ( x ) is many one in interval [– 3, 5] is/are

(B) Let a  1 and gof ( x ) is defined for x  [1, 1] then possible (Q) –1
integral values of b can be
(C) Let a  2,   8 the value(s) of b for which f ( x ) is surjective (R) 0
is/are
(D) If a  1, b  2, then integers in the range of fog ( x ) is/are (S) 1

73. Column-I Column-II

(A) The integers in the range of (P) 0
2
f ( x )  log 1/ 2 (log 2 [ x  4x  5]) where [·] denote greatest
integer function is/are
sec 4  sec 4 
(B) The expression  for any value of (Q) 1
tan 2  tan 2 
k
,   , k  I cannot be equal to
2
(C) The intergers in the range of function (R) 2
1 3 2
f ( x )  [ n(cos ( x  4x  3 ))] where [ · ] denote greatest
integer function is/are
(D) Let f : R  R be a function such that (S) 4
f ( x )  ax  3sin x  4 cos x,
then values of ' a ' for which f ( x ) is many to one
function is/are

Subjective :
 x   2x   y   4 y  7x 21
74. The number of ordered pair ( x, y ) satisfying the equation      y
 2  3   4   5  6 20
where 0  x, y  30 and [·] denotes greatest integer function is equal to

 1
75. Let f : R  R , f ( x )  n( x  x 2  1) and g : R  R , g (x )   x 3 x  1,
 2e1 x x 1
then the number of real solutions of the equation, f 1 ( x )  g ( x ) is

76. If the function f (x )  x 3  9x 2  24x  c has 3 real and distinct roots  ,  and , find the sum of all
possible distinct values of [  ]  []  [ ], where [.] denote greatest integer function.
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77. Find the number of values of x of the form 6n  1, where n  N , in the domain of the function
64  x 2
f ( x )  x ln| x  1| .
sin x

78. If N be the numbers of natural numbers less than 2009 which can be expressed in the form of
[ x[ x]] for some positive real x then sum of the digits of N. ([.] denotes greatest integer function).
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Answers
EXERCISE - 1

Q 1. (i) {x|1000  x  10000} (ii) (–2, –1)  (–1, 0)  (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 ]
   5 
(ii) D : x  ( 2n, ( 2n  1) )   2n  , 2n  ,2n  , n  I  and
 6 2 6 
R : log a 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  x 2 if x0
Q.8 (gof )( x )   x 2 if 0  x  1; ( fog )( x )  1 x if 0  x 1
1 x 2 if x 1  x if x 1

Q.9 f 1 ( x )  10log 2 ( x 8) ; 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 - 2
1 1
Q 1. f (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
Q.6 fog( x )  ; gof( x )   x , 1  x  2 ;
3
x 1 , 0  x  2 x 1 , 2  x  3
5x , 3  x  4
x , 1  x  0
fof (x )  x , 0  x  1; 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
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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

EXERCISE - 3
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 - 4 (JEE Main)

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 18. B
19. B 20. D 21. Bonus 22. C 23. B 24. D
25. D 26. C 27. A 28. A 29. B 30. B
31. A 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. D
37. B 38. B 39. B 40. C 41. B 42. B
43. B 44. C 45. D 46. A 47. C 48. C
49. A 50. B 51. C 52. A 53. B 54. C
55. C 56. D 57. B 58. C 59. 26.00 60. 720.00
61. 490.0 62. 0.00 63. 2.00 64. D 65. B 66. B
67. C 68. C 69. B 70. D 71. A 72. B
73. B 74. C 75. D 76. D 77. 31.00 78. 2.00
79. 190.0 80. 3395 81. 99.00 82. 18.00 83. 248.0 84. 6.00
85. 1440 86. 25.00 87. A 88. B 89. C 90. D
91. A 92. D 93. D 94. D 95. A 96. D
97. A 98. B 99. C 100. B 101. A 102. A
103. C 104. A 105. C 106. B 107. A 108. C
109. 360.0 110. 825.0 111. 14.0 112. 3125 113. 2039 114. 10.0
115. C 116. D 117. D 118. D 119. A 120. A
121. 44.00 122. 1.00
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EXERCISE - 5 (JEE Advanced)

1. B 2. D 3. (a) B, (b) A, (c) D, (d) A, (e) D

4. (a) D; (b) A 5. (a) D , (b) A 6. C 7. A
8. A 9. A 10. B 11. A, B, C 12. D
13. A, B, C 14. 119 15. A 16. A, B 17. 1

EXERCISE - 6 (Revision Phase-1)

1. B 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. A
7. A 8. C 9. C 10. D 11. D 12. D
13. C 14. D 15. D 16. A 17. A 18. B
19. D 20. A 21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D
25. B 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. C 30. D
31. B 32. C 33. C 34. D 35. C 36. C
37. D 38. C 39. C 40. A 41. D 42. D
43. A 44. B 45. C 46. A 47. A 48. C
49. B 50. B 51. B 52. A, B 53. A, B, D
54. A, C, D 55. A, C, D 56. B, C 57. B, C 58. A, C 59. A, B, C
60. B, D 61. A, D 62. B, C, D 63. B, D 64. A, C 65. A, B
66. A, B, C 67. A, B 68. A, C 69. B, C
70. (A)  S; (B)  Q; (C)  R; (D)  P;
71. (A)  P, Q, R, S; (B)  P, Q, R; (C)  P, R, S; (D)  P, S
72. (A)  P, Q, R, S; (B)  P, Q, R; (C)  S; (D)  R, S
73. (A)  P; (B)  P, Q, R, S; (C)  P, Q; (D)  P, Q, R, S
74. 4 75. 4 76. 15 77. 2 78. 18 (990)