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Chapter 1 Relations and Functions MCQ with Answers Class 12 Mathematics

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Question: The domain of definition of the function y (x ) given by equation 2^x +2^y =2 is
(a) 0 < x ≤ 1
(b) 0 ≤x ≤1
(c) −∞ < x≤  0
(d) −∞ < x <1

Question: If f (x)=[x²] -[x,]², where [⋅] denotes the greatest integer function and x ∈[ 0,2] then the set of values of f (x) is
(a) {-1,0} 
(b) { -1,0,1}
(c) {0}
(d) {0,1 2}

Question: Domain and Range of f (x) = x3+3×2+20x- sin x are respectively
(a) R, R
(b) R, R⁺
(c) R⁺, R +
(d) None of these 

Question:  Let f (x)=  1+b²)x²+2bx+1 and let m (b) be the minimum value of f (x) .As b varies, the range of m (b) is
(a) [0, 1]
(b) 0,1/2]
(c) [1/2,1]
(d) (0, 1] 

Question: The function f: R → R : → defined by f(x)= |( x-1)(x-2)|  is
(a) one one onto
(b) one one into
(c) many one onto
(d) many one into 

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Question:  Let R be the set of real numbers and f: R → R be the function defined by f (x) = 4x +5, then f is
(a) injective
(b) surjective
(c) invertible
(d) None of these 

Question: Let f :R → R be defined by f (x)= x²+1. Then, pre-images of 17 and –3, respectively are
(a) φ − , {4 ,4 } 
(b) {3 ,3 } φ
(c) {4 ,4 }, φ
(d) {4 ,-4 }, {2,-2} 

Question: The function f: R → R defined by f (x) =x/x²+1′ ∀ x ∈ R is 
(a) one one and onto
(b) neither one one nor onto
(c) one one
(d) on to 

Question:  Set A has 3 elements and the set B has 4 elements.
Then, the number of injective mappings that can be defined from A to B is
(a) 144
(b) 12
(c) 24
(d) 64 

Question: The modulus function f: R→ R, given by f (x)= |x|, where| x| is x, if x is non-negative and|x| is −x, if x is negative is
(a) neither one one nor onto
(b) one one onto
(c) one one but not onto
(d) None of the above 

Question: If f:[0, π/2]→[0,∞)  be a function defined by y=sin (x/2), then f is
(a) injective
(b) surjective
(c) bijective
(d) None of these 

Question: Let A= R− {3 } and B= R- {1 } . Consider the function f: A → B defined by f (x)=(x-2/x-3) is
(a) f is only one one
(b) f is one one but not onto
(c) f is one one and onto
(d) None of these 

Question: Let A = {1,2,3}, B = {4 ,5 , 6,7 } and let f = {(1 , 4), (2,5 ), (3, 6)} be a function from A to B, then f is 
(a) one one
(b) many one
(c) one one onto
(d) None of these

Question: The greatest integer function f :R → R, given by f (x)= [x], = where [x]  denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, is
(a) one one onto
(b) one one
(c) on to
(d) neither one one nor onto

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(a) onto
(b) one one
(c) bijective
(d) None of these 

Question: 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 

Question: Let the function f : R : → R be defined by f  (x )= cos x, ∀ x ∈ R, then f is 
(a) one one and onto
(b) only one one
(c) only onto
(d) neither one one nor onto

Question: Which of the following is a bijective function on their ranges?

Question: Let f:(e, ∞) → be defined by f (x) = log[log(log x)], then f is
(a) one one onto
(b) many one onto
(c) one one into
(d) many one into 

Question. Let A and B be finite sets containing m and n elements respectively. The number of relations that can be defined from A to B is
(a) 2mn
(b) 2m+n
(c) mn
(d) 0

Question. Let A = {1, 2, 3} and consider the relation R = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (1, 2), (2, 3), (1, 3)}. Then R is
(a) reflexive but not symmetric
(b) reflexive but not transitive
(c) symmetric and transitive
(d) neither symmetric nor transitive

Question. For real numbers x and y, define xRy if and only if x – y + 2 is an irrational number. Then the relation R is
(a) reflexive
(b) symmetric
(c) transitive
(d) none of these

Question. Let f : R → R be the functions defined by f(x) = x³ + 5. Then f–1(x) is
(a) (x 5) 1/3
(b) (x – 5) ^1/3
(c) (5 – x) ^1/3
(d) 5 – x

Question. The maximum number of equivalence relation on the set A = {1, 2, 3} are
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5

Question. Let f : R → R be defined by f(x) = sin x and g : R → R be defined by g(x) = x2, then fog is
(a) x2 sin x
(b) (sin x)2
(c) sin x2
(d) sinx/x2

Question. Let A = {1, 2, 3}. Then 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

Question. Let f : R –{3/5 R be defined by f (x) = 3x+2 /5x–3. Then
(a) f –1(x) = f(x)
(b) f –1(x) = – f(x)
(c) fo f(x) = – x
(d) f^-1 (x) 1/19 f (x)

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

Question. If f(x) = sin2 x and the composite function g(f(x)) = |sin x|, then g(x) is equal to
(a) √x + 1
(b) √x – 1
(c) √x
(d) –√x

Question. Set A has 3 elements and the set B has 4 elements. Then the number of injective mapping that can be defined from A to B is
(a) 144
(b) 12
(c) 24
(d) 64

Question. If A = {a, b, c, d}, then a relation R = {(a, b), (b, a), (a, a)} on A is
(a) symmetric only
(b) transitive only
(c) reflexive and transitive
(d) symmetric and transitive only

Question. The function f : R → R defined by f(x) = 2x + 2|x| is
(a) One-one and onto
(b) Many-one and onto
(c) One-one and into
(d) Many-one and into

Question. If the set A contains 5 elements and the set B contains 6 elements, then the number of one-one and onto mapping from A to B is
(a) 720
(b) 120
(c) 0
(d) none of these

Question. Consider the non-empty set consisting of children in a family and a relation R defined as aRb if a is brother of b. Then R is
(a) symmetric but not transitive
(b) transitive but not symmetric
(c) neither symmetric nor transitive
(d) both symmetric and transitive

Question. Which of the following functions from z into z is bijection?
(a) f(x) = x³
(b) f(x) = x + 2
(c) f(x) = 2x + 1
(d) f(x) = x² + 1

Question. The relation R in the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4} given by R = {(1, 2), (2, 2), (1, 1), (4, 4), (1, 3), (3, 3), (3, 2)} is
(a) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
(b) reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(c) symmetric and transitive but not reflexive
(d) an equivalence relation

Question. Let R be a relation on the set N of natural numbers defined by nRm if n divides m. Then R is
(a) reflexive and symmetric
(b) transitive and symmetric
(c) equivalence
(d) reflexive, transitive but not symmetric

Question. Let f : [2, ∞) → R be the function defined by f(x) = x² – 4x + 5, then the range of f is
(a) R
(b) [1, ∞)
(c) [4, ∞)
(d) [5, ∞)

Question. Let f : R → R be defined by f(x) = x² + 1. Then, pre-images of 17 and –3, respectively, are
(a) f, {4, –4}
(b) {3, –3}, f
(c) {4, –4}, f
(d) {4, –4}, {2, –2}

Question. Let L denotes the set of all straight lines in a plane. Let a relation R be defined by lRm if and only if l is perpendicular to m ∀ l, m ∈ L. Then R is
(a) reflexive
(b) symmetric
(c) transitive
(d) none of these

Question. Let f : R → R be defined by f(x) = 3x² – 5 and g : R → R by g(x) = x /x² + 1 . Then gof is
(a) 3x² –5 /9x⁴ –30x² + 26
(b) 3x² –5 /9x⁴ –6x² + 26
(c) 3x² /x⁴ –2x² – 4
(d) 3x² /9x⁴ –30x² – 2

Question. If a relation R on the set {1, 2, 3} be defined by R = {(1, 2)}, then R is
(a) reflexive
(b) transitive
(c) symmetric
(d) none of these

Question. If A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {1, 4, 6, 9} and R is a relation from A to B defined by ‘x is greater than y’. 
Then range of R is
(a) {1, 4, 6, 9}
(b) {4, 6, 9}
(c) {1}
(d) none of these

Question. Let f : R → R be defined by f(x) = 3x – 4. Then f –1(x) is given by
(a) (x +4)/3
(b) x/3– 4
(c) 3x + 4
(d) none of these

Question. The inverse of the function

Question. If f : R → S, defined by f (x) = sin x – √3 cos x +1, is onto, then the interval of S is
(a) [ –1, 3]
(b) [–1, 1]
(c) [ 0, 1]
(d) [0, 3]

Question. Let R be the relation defined in the set A of all triangles as R = {(T₁, T₂) : T₁ is similar to T₂}. If R is an equivalence relation and there are three right angled triangles T₁ with sides 3, 4, 5; T₂ with sides 5, 12, 13 and T₃ with sides 6, 8, 10. Then,
(a) T₁ is related to T₂
(b) T₂ is related to T₃
(c) T₁ is related to T₃
(d) None of these

Question. For the set A = {1, 2, 3}, define a relation R in the set A as follows
R = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (1, 3)}
Then, the ordered pair to be added to R to make it the smallest equivalence relation is
(a) (1, 3)
(b) (3, 1)
(c) (2, 1) (d) (1, 2)

Question. If a * b denote the bigger among a and b and if a x b = (a x b) + 3, then 4×7 =
(a) 14
(b) 31
(c) 10
(d) 8

Question. Consider the following statements
I. Addition, subtraction and multiplication are binary operations on R.
II. Division is a binary operation on R but not a binary operation on non-zero real numbers.
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true
(c) Both I and II are true
(d) Neither I nor II is true

Question. 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

Question. The number of all one-one functions from set A = {1, 2, 3} to itself is
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 3
(d) 1

Question. If the function gof is defined and is one-one then
(a) neither f nor g is one-one
(b) f and g both are necessarily one-one
(c) g must be one-one
(d) None of the above

Question. Which one of the following relations on the set of real numbers R is an equivalence relation ?
(a) aR1b ⇔| a | = | b |
(b) aR2b ⇔ a ≥ b
(c) aR3b⇔a divides b
(d) aR4b⇔a < b

Question. If f : B → A is defined by f(x) = 3x+4/5x-7 and g : A → B is defined by g(x) = 7x+4/5x-3 , where A = R – {3/5} and B = R – {7/5} and IA is an identity function on A and IB is identity function on B, then
(a) fog = IA and gof = IA
(b) fog = IA and gof = IB
(c) fog = IB and gof = IB
(d) fog = IB and gof = IA

Question. If f : R → R be given by f(x) = (3-x³)^1/3 , then fof (x) is
(a) x^1/3
(b) x³
(c) x
(d) (3 – x³)

Question. The relation R on the set Z defined by R = {(a, b) : (a – b) is divisible by 5} divides the set Z into how many disjoint equivalence classes ?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Question. For a binary operation * on the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, consider the following multiplication table.

Which of the following is correct?
(a) (2 * 3) * 4 = 1
(b) 2 * (3 * 4) = 2
(c) * is not commutative
(d) (2 * 3) * (4 * 5) = 2

Question. The number of equivalence relations in the set {1, 2, 3} containing (1, 2) and (2, 1) is
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 4

Question. Consider the following statements
I. The operation * defined on Z+ by a * b = |a – b| is a binary operation.
II. The operation * defined on Z+ by a * b = a is not a binary operation.
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true
(c) Both I and II are true
(d) Neither I nor II is true

Question. On the set N of all natural numbers, define the relation R by a R b, iff GCD of a and b is 2. Then, R is
(a) reflexive, but not symmetric
(b) symmetric only
(c) reflexive and transitive
(d) not reflexive, not symmetric, not transitive

Question. A function f : R → [–1, 1] defined by f(x) = sin x, ∀ x ∈ R, where R is the subset of real numbers is one-one and onto if R is the interval :
(a) [0,2π]
(b) [-π/2 , π/2]
(c) [-π , π]
(d) (0,π]

Question. The number of surjective functions from A to B where A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and B = {a, b} is
(a) 14
(b) 12
(c) 2
(d) 15

Assertion Reason Type Questions :

(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.

Question. Assertion : If f : R → R and g : R → R be two mappings such that f(x) = sin x and g(x) = x², then fog ≠ gof.
Reason : (fog) x = f(x) g(x) = (gof) x

Question. Assertion : Division is a binary operation on the set of natural numbers.
Reason : 5 ÷ 4 = 1.25 is not a natural number.

Question. Assertion : Let f : R → R be defined by f(x) = 1/x , then f is one-one and onto.
Reason : x = 0 does not belong to the domain of f.

Question. Let f(x) = (x +1)² –1, x ≥ –1
Assertion : The set {x : f (x) = f ^–1(x) = {0, –1}
Reason : f is a bijection.

Question. Assertion : Let L be the set of all lines in a plane and R be the relations in L defined as R = {(L₁, L₂) : L₁ is perpendicular to L₂}. This relation is not equivalence relation.
Reason : A relation is said to be equivalence relation if it is reflexive, symmetric and transitive.

Question. Assertion : The function f : R → R given by f(x) = x³ is injective.
Reason : The function f : X → Y is injective, if f(x) = f(y) ⇒ x = y for all x, y ∈ X.

Question. Assertion : f : R → R defined by f (x) = sin x is a bijection.
Reason : If f is both one-one and onto it is bijection.

Question. Assertion : If f(x) is odd function and g(x) is even function, then f(x) + g(x) is neither even nor odd.
Reason :

Question. Assertion : The binary operation subtraction on the set of real numbers is not commutative.
Reason : If a and b are two real numbers, then in general a – b ≠ b – a

One Word Answer

Question. A relation from a set A to a set B is a ___________ of A × B.      

Question. A relation R from set A to set B is said to be ___________ if R = A × B.      

Question. If any set A contains n elements. Then, the total number of injective functions from A onto itself is _________ . 

Question. The domain of the function f : R → R defined by f (x) = x2 – 3x + 2 is ___________ .     

Question. If f(x) = {4 – (x – 7)3}, then f –1(x) = ___________ .      

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