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TOPIC:- SETS, RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

KCET-PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

1. (*) Which one of the following is not correct for the features of exponential function given by f(x)=b x where
b>1?
(a) for every large negative values of x, the function is very close to 0
(b) The domain of the function is set of all real numbers
(c) The point (1, 0) is always on the graph of the function
(d) The range of the function is the set of all positive real numbers

2. Let S be the set of all real numbers. A relation R has been defined on S by aRb|a-b|1, then R is
(a) symmetric and transitive but not reflexive (b) reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(c) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive (d) an equivalence relation

3. (*) For any two real numbers, an operation * defined by a*b=1+ab is

(a) neither commutative nor associative (b) commutative but not associative
(c) both commutative and associative (d) associative but not commutative
 n 1
 2 if n is odd
4. Let f: NN defined by f (n)   then f is
 n if n is even
 2
(a) onto but not one-one (b) one-one and onto
(c) neither one-one nor onto (d) one-one but not onto

5. (*) The domain of the function f(x)= cos x is

 3   
(a)
 2 , 2  (b) 0,
  2 
       3 
(c)  , (d) 0,   , 2 
  2 2   
 2  2 

6. (*) Suppose f(x)=(x+1)2 for x -1. If g(x) is a function whose graph is the reflection of the graph of f(x) in the
line y=x, then g(x) =
1
(a) x  1 (b)  x 1 (c) x 1 (d) x 1
( x  1) 2

7. (*) In a class of 60 students, 25 students play cricket and 20 students play tennis and 10 students play both
the games, then the number of students who play neither is
(a) 45 (b) 0 (c) 25 (d) 35

x
8. (*) If f: RR is defined by f ( x)  , find f(f(2))
x 1
2

(a) 1/29 (b) 10/29 (c) 29/10 (d) 29

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9. (*) Let f:RR be defined by f(x)=  xR, then f is ____
x
(a) one-one (b) onto (c) bijective (d) f is not defined

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f (3.8)  f (4)
10. If f(x) =2x2, find
3.8  4
(a) 1.56 (b) 156 (c) 15.6 (d) 0.156

1 x 
11. (*) f(x)=  tan   -1<x<1 and g ( x)  (3  4 x  4 x ) . Find domain of (f+g)
2

2  2 
 1   1   1 3
(a) (b)  (c)  , (d) (-1, 1)
 2 ,1 ,1
 2   2 2 

12. Write the set builder form A={-1, 1}

(a) A={x:x is a real number} (b) A={x:x is a integer}
(c) A={x: x is a root of the equation x2=1} (d) A={x:x is a root of the equation x2+1=0}

ab
13. (*) Let * be a binary operation defined on R by a*b=  a, b  R then the operation * is
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(a) Neither Associative nor commutative (b) Associative but not commutative
(c) Commutative but not Associative (d) Commutative and Associative

14. If the operation  is defined by a b=a2+b2 for all real numbers 'a' and 'b'. Then (23)4=___
(a) 181 (b) 182 (c) 184 (d) 185

15. (*) The set A has 4 elements and the set B has 5 elements then the number of injective mappings that can
be defined from A to B is
(a) 120 (b) 60 (c) 72 (d) 144

16. (*) Let f:RR be defined by f(x)=2x+6 which is a bijective mapping then f -1(x) is given by
x
(a) 6x+2 (b) x-3 (c) 2x+6 (d) 3
2

17. (*) Let f: RR be defined by f(x)=x4, then

(a) f may be one-one and onto (b) f is neither one-one nor onto
(c) f is one-one and onto (d) f is one-one but not onto

18. (*) If A and B are finite sets and AB, then

(a) n(AB)=n(B) (b) n(AB)=
(c) n(AB)=n(B) (d) n(AB)=n(A)

19. If f(x)=8x3, g(x)=x1/3 then fog(x) is

(a) 8x (b) 83x (c) (8x)1/3 (d) 8x3

a
20. (*) Binary operation * on R-{-1} defined by a*b= is
b 1
(a) * is neither associative not commutative (b) * is associative but not commutative
(c)* is commutative but not commutative (d) * is associative and commutative

21. The range of the function f ( x)  9  x 2 is

(a) (0, 3] (b) (0, 3) (c) [0, 3] (d) [0, 3)

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22. (*) Let f, g: RR be two functions defined as f(x)=|x|+x and g(x)=|x|-x xR. The (fog)(x) for x<0 is
(a) 0 (b) 4x (c) -4x (d) 2x

23. A is set having 6 distinct elements. The number of distinct functions from A to A which are not bijections is
(a) 6!-6 (b) 66-6 (c) 66-6! (d) 6!

2 x : x  3
 2
24. (*) Let f:RR defined by f ( x)   x :1  x  3 . Then f(-1)+f(2)+f(4) is
3x : x  1

(a) 9 (b) 14 (c) 5 (d) 10

25. If U is the universal set with 100 elements; A and B are two sets such that n(A)=50, n(B)=60, n(Ab)=20
then n(A'B')=
(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 40 (d) 90

26. (*) The domain of the function f:RR defined by f ( x)  x 2  7 x  12 is

(a) (-, 3](4, ) (b) (3, 4) (c) (-, 3][4, ) (d) (-, 3][4, )

27. Let R be the relation in the set {1, 2, 3, 4} given by R={(1, 2), (2, 2), (1, 1), (4, 4), (1, 3), (3, 3), (3, 2)}.
Choose the correct answer.
(a) R is reflexive and symmetric but not transitive (b) R is reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(c) R is symmetric and transitive but not reflexive (d) R is an equivalence relation

28. (*) f:RR and g:[0, )R is defined by f(x)=x2 and g(x)= x . Which one of the following is not true?
(a) fog(-4)=4 (b) gof(-2)=2 (c) gof(4)=4 (d) fog(2)=2

29. If A={x|xN, x5}, b={x|xZ, x2-5x+6=0}, then the number of onto functions from A to B is
(a) 23 (b) 32 (c) 2 (d) 30

2ab
30. (*) On the set of positive rationals, a binary operation * is defined by a*b= . If 2*x=3-1 then x=
5
5 125 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12 48 6 5
31. Let f:[2, )R be the function defined by f(x)=x2-4x+5, then the range of f is
(a) (1, ) (b) [5, ) (c) (-,) (d) [1, )

32. If A={a, b, c}, then the number of binary operations on A is

(a) 33 (b) 39 (c) 3 (d) 36

33. (*) The domain of the function defined by f(x)=cos-1 x 1 is

(a) [-1, 1] (b) [0, 1] (c) [1, 2] (d) [0, 2]

34. If A={1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, then the number of subsets of A which contain atleast two elements is
(a) 57 (b) 58 (c)64 (d) 63

35. (*) If n(A)=2 and total number of possible relations from set A to set B is 1024, then n(B) is
(a) 10 (b) 5 (c)512 (d) 20

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36. (*) If R denotes the set of all real numbers then the function 𝑓∶𝑅→𝑅 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑓(𝑥)=|𝑥| is
(a) one – one only (b) onto only
(c) both one-one and onto (d) neither one-one nor onto

37. If 𝑄1 is the set of all rationals other than 1 with the binary operation * defined by a * b = a + b – ab for all a, b
in 𝑄1 then the identity in 𝑄1 w.r.t. * is
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) 2

38. (*) If f:RR is defined by f(x)=|x|, then

1
(a) f 1 ( x)  (b) f-1(x)=-x
| x|
1
(c) f 1 ( x)  (d) The function f-1(x) does not exist
x

39. If f:RR is de fined by f(x)=x3 and f-1(8)=

(a) {2} (b) {2, 2, 22} (c) {2, -2} (d) {2, 2}

40. (*) If f:CC is defined by f(x)=x3 and  is a cube root of unity, then f-1(64)=
(a) {4, 4, 42} (b) {4} (c) {4, 4} (d) 

ASSIGNMENT

41. R is a relation on N given by R={(x, y)|4x+3y=20}. Which of the following belongs to R?

(a) (-4, 12) (b) (5, 0) (c) (3, 4) (d) (2, 4)

42. On the set of all natural number N, which one of the following * is a binary operation?
a b
(a) a*b=3a-4b (b) a*b= ab (c) a*b= (d) a*b=a+3b
ab
43. Define a relation R on A={1, 2, 3, 4} as xRy if x divides y. R is __________________
(a) reflexive and transitive (b)reflexive and symmetric (c) symmetric and transitive (d) equivalence

44. Which of the following is an empty set?

(a) {x|x is a real number and x2-1=0} (b) {x|x is a real number and x2+3=0}
(c) {x|x is a real number and x2-9=0} (d) {x|x is a real number and x2=x+2}

45. The number of proper subsets of a set having n+1 elements is

(a) 2n+1 (b) 2n+1 -1 (c) 2n+2 -2 (d) 2n-2

46. The domain of the function y  x  2  1 x is

(a) x  2 (b) x  2
(c) Null set (d) The set of all numbers

47. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4} then which one of the following is reflexive?

(a) {(1, 1), (2, 3), (3, 3)} (b) {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4)}
(c) {(1, 2(, (2, 1), (3, 2) (2, 3)} (d) {(1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4)}

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2x  3  4 
48. If f ( x)  then f 1   =
3x  4  3 
(a) zero (b) 3/4 (c) - 2/3 (d) none of these

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49. If f:[0, )[2,) is given by f(x)=x+ , then f-1(x) equals
x
x  x2  4 x 2 x  x2  4
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1x  x 2  4
2 1  x2 2

50. The domain of the function f(x)=log(1-x)+ x 2  1 is

(a) (-, 1) (b) (-, -1) (c) (-, 2) (d) (-, 0)

51. In Z, the set of all integers, the inverse of -7 with respect to * defined by a*b=a+b+7 for a, b  Z is
(a) -14 (b) 7 (c) 14 (d) -7

3x  2
52. If f ( x)  , then
5x  3
1
(a) f-1(x)=f(x) (b) f-1(x)=-f(x) (c) f-1(f(x))=-x (d) f-1(x)=- f(x)
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53. If A={1, 2, 3}, B={1, 2} and C={2, 3}, which one of the following is correct?
(a) (AB)(BA)=(AC)(BC) (b) (AB)(BA)=(AC)(BC)
(c) (AB)(BA)=(CA)(CB) (d) (AB)(BA)=(AB)(AC)

54. If n(A)=n(B)=m, then the number of possible bijections from A to B is

(a) m (b) m2 (c) m! (d) 2m

55. The number of one-one and onto mapping from A to B if n(A)=6 and n(B)=7 is
(a) 1000 (b) 42 (c) 13 (d) 0

56. In the group Q-{-1} under the binary operation * defined by a*b=a+b+ab the inverse of 10 is
(a) 1/10 (b) 11/10 (c) -11/10 (d) -10/11

57. If a set A has n elements, then the number of relations on A is

2
(a) n (b) n2 (c) 2n (d) 2n
log(2 x  3)
58. The domain of definition of the function f ( x)   5  2x is
x 1
 5 3 5   5  3 5
(a)
1, 2  (b)
 2 , 2  (c) 1,
 2  (d)  , 
 2 2

    5
59. If f(x)=sin2x+sin2  x   +cos x cos  x   and g   =1, then (gof)(x)=
 3  3 4
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) sin x (d) none of these

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60. A set A has 5 elements. Then the maximum number of relations on A (including empty relations) is
(a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 225 (d) 25

61. Let R be the relation in the set N given by R={(a, b): a=b-2, b>6}. Choose the correct answer
(a) (2, 4) R (b) (3, 8) R (c) (6, 8) R (d) (8, 7) R

62. Let f:RR be defined as f(x)=3x. choose the correct answer

(a) f is one-one onto (b) f is many-one onto
(c) f is one-one but not onto (d) f is neither one-one not onto

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63. If f:RR be given by f(x)= 3  x 
3 3
, then fof(x) is
1
(a) x 3 (b) x3 (c) x (d) (3-x3)

 4 4x  4
64. Let f:R-    R be a function defined as f(x)= . The inverse of f is the map g:Range fR-   
 3 3x  4  3
given by
3y 4y 4y 3y
(a) g(y)= (b) g(y)= (c) g(y)= (d) g(y)=
3 4y 4  3y 3 4y 4  3y

65. Consider a binary operation * on N defined as a*b=a 3+b3. choose the correct answer
(a) Is * both associative and commutative? (b) Is * commutative but not associative?
(c) Is * associative but not commutative? (d) Is * neither commutative nor associative?

66. Let A={1, 2, 3}. Then the number of relations containing (1, 2) and (1, 3) which are reflexive and symmetric
but not transitive is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

67. Let A={1, 2, 3}. Then the number of equivalence relations containing (1, 2) is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

68. Number of binary operations on the set {a, b} are

(a) 10 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) 8

69. If a relation R on the set {1, 2, 3} be defined by R={(1, 1)}, then R is

(a) symmetric and transitive (b) only symmetric
(c) Reflexive and symmetric (d) Reflexive and transitive

70. Let f(x)=sin2x+cos2x and g(x)=x2-1, then g(f(x)) is invertible in the domain
             
(a) x  0,  (b) x , (c) x , (d) x ,
 4  4 4   8 8   2 2 

x
71. Let f:RR be defined by f(x)=3x2-5 and g:RR by g(x)= then gof is
x 1
2

3x 2 3x 2  5 3x 2  5 3x 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 x 4  30 x 2  2 9 x 4  30 x 2  26 9 x 4  6 x 2  26 x4  2 x2  4

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72. Which of the following is an empty set ?

(a) {x:x2=x+2, xR} (b) {x:x2-1=0, xR} (c) {x:x2+1=0, xR} (d) {x:x2-9=0, xR}

73. If f(x)=ax+b, where a and b are integers, f(-1)=-5 and f(3)=3 and a and b are respectively
(a) 2, 3 (b) -3, -1 (c) 2, -3 (d) 0, 2

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74. The domain of the function f ( x)   x  2 is
log10 (1  x)
(a) [-2, 1) (b) [-2, 0) (c) [-2, 0)  (0, 1) (d) [-2, 0)  (0, 1)

75. If A={1, 2, 3, ……. 10} then number of subsets of A containing only odd numbers is
(a) 27 (b) 32 (c) 30 (d) 31

76. Suppose that the number of elements in Set A is p, the number of elements in set B is q and the number of
elements in AB is 7 then p2+q2=_____.
(a) 51 (b) 42 (c) 49 (d) 50

77. If the set x contains 7 elements and set y contains 8 elements, then the number of bijections from x to y is
(a) 8 P7 (b) 7! (c) 8! (d) 0

78. Let the relations R is defined in N by a R b, if 3a+2b=27 then R is

 27 
(a) {  0,  (1, 12), (3, 9), (5, 6), (7, 3)} (b) {(1, 12), (3, 9), (5, 6), (7, 3) (9, 0)}
 2 
(c) {(2, 1), (9, 3), (6, 5), (3, 7)} (d) {(1, 12), (3, 9), (5, 6), (7, 3)}

79. Domain of cos-1 [x] is, where [ ] denotes a greatest integer function
(a) (-1, 2) (b) [-1, 2] (c) [-1, 2) (d) (-1, 2]

80. In a certain town 65% families own cell phones, 15000 families own scooter and 15% families own both.
Taking into consideration that the families own at least one of the two, the total number of families in the
town is
(a) 20000 (b) 30000 (c) 40000 (d) 50000

81. A and B are non-singleton sets and n(A B) = 35. If B  A then n(A)Cn(B)=
(a) 28 (b) 35 (c) 42 (d) 21

x
82. Domain of f (x) = is
1 | x |
(a) -[-1, 1] (b) (-, 1) (c) (-, 1)(0, 1) (d) R-{-1, 1}

2 x; x  3
 2
83. f:RR defined by f ( x)   x ;1  x  3 then f(-2)+f(3)+f(4) is
3x; x  1

(a) 14 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) 11

84. The function f(x)= 3 sin 2x- cos 2x +4 is one-one in the interval
               
(a)  6 , 3  (b)  6 , 3  (c)  2 , 2  (d)  6 , 3 

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85. Domain of the function f ( x)  where [x] is greatest integer x is
[ x]  [ x]  6
2

(a) (-, -2) [4, ] (b) (-, -2) [3, ] (c) [-, -2][4, ] (d) [-, -2](3, )

2x
86. Let A={x:xR; x is not a positive integer} Define f :AR as F(x)= x  1 , then f is
(a) Injective but not surjective (b) Surjective but not injective

(c)Bijective (d) Neither injective nor surjective

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