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5001.

Set A has 3 elements and set B has 4 elements. The number of injection that can be defined from A to B is  [UPSEAT 2001]

A.            144
B.            12
C.            24
D.            64
Answer» D.            64
5002.

The value of b and c for which the identity \[f(x+1)-f(x)=8x+3\] is satisfied, where \[f(x)=b{{x}^{2}}+cx+d\],  are                                                                         [Roorkee 1992]

A.            \[b=2,\ c=1\]
B.            \[b=4,\ c=-1\]
C.            \[b=-1,\ c=4\]
D.            \[b=-1,\ c=1\]
Answer» C.            \[b=-1,\ c=4\]
5003.

Let \[f:N\to N\] defined by \[f(x)={{x}^{2}}+x+1\], \[x\in N\], then f is [AMU 2000]

A.                    One-one onto
B.            Many one onto
C.            One-one but not onto
D.            None of these
Answer» B.            Many one onto
5004.

Which of the four statements given below is different from others [UPSEAT 2000]

A.                    \[f:A\to B\]
B.            \[f:x\to f(x)\]
C.            f is a mapping of A into B
D.            f is a function of A into B
Answer» C.            f is a mapping of A into B
5005.

. If \[f:R\to R\], then \[f(x)=\ |x|\] is [RPET 2000]

A.                    One-one but not onto
B.            Onto but not one-one
C.            One-one and onto
D.            None of these
Answer» E.
5006.

Mapping \[f:R\to R\] which is defined as \[f(x)=\cos x,\ x\in R\] will be [UPSEAT 1999]

A.            Neither one-one nor onto
B.            One-one
C.            Onto
D.            One-one onto
Answer» B.            One-one
5007.

The function \[f:R\to R\] defined by \[f(x)=(x-1)\] \[(x-2)(x-3)\]  is [Roorkee 1999]

A.                    One-one but not onto
B.            Onto but not one-one
C.            Both one-one and onto
D.            Neither one-one nor onto
Answer» C.            Both one-one and onto
5008.

Function \[f:R\to R,\ f(x)={{x}^{2}}+x\] is [RPET 1999]

A.            One-one onto
B.            One-one into
C.            Many-one onto
D.            Many-one into
Answer» E.
5009.

Let \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & \frac{1}{2},\ if\ 0\le x\le \frac{1}{2} \\  & \frac{1}{3},\ if\ \frac{1}{2}

A.            A rational function
B.            A trigonometric function
C.            A step function
D.            An exponential function
Answer» D.            An exponential function
5010.

The function which map [?1, 1] to [0, 2] are [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]

A.            One linear function
B.            Two linear function
C.            Circular function
D.            None of these
Answer» C.            Circular function
5011.

If \[f(x)=\sin \log x\], then the value of \[f(xy)+f\left( \frac{x}{y} \right)-2f(x).\cos \log y\] is equal to     [Orissa JEE 2004]

A.            1
B.            0
C.            ?1
D.            \[\sin \log x.\cos \log y\]
Answer» C.            ?1
5012.

If for two functions g and f, gof is both injective and surjective, then which of the following is true  [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]

A.            g and f should be injective and surjective
B.            g should be injective and surjective
C.            f should be injective and surjective
D.            None of them may be surjective and injective
Answer» B.            g should be injective and surjective
5013.

The function \[f:R\to R,\ f(x)={{x}^{2}},\forall x\in R\] is [MP PET 1997]

A.            Injection but not surjection
B.            Surjection but not injection
C.            Injection as well as surjection
D.            Neither injection nor surjection
Answer» E.
5014.

Numerical value of the expression \[\left| \ \frac{3{{x}^{3}}+1}{2{{x}^{2}}+2}\  \right|\] for \[x=-3\] is [Orissa JEE 2004; UPSEAT 2004]

A.            4
B.            2
C.            3
D.            0
Answer» B.            2
5015.

Let x be a non-zero rational number and y be an irrational number. Then xy is                    [Orissa JEE 2004]

A.            Rational
B.            Irrational
C.            Non-zero
D.            None of these
Answer» C.            Non-zero
5016.

If \[f(x)=\frac{{{x}^{2}}-1}{{{x}^{2}}+1}\], for every real numbers. then the minimum value of f [Pb. CET 2001]

A.            Does not exist because f is bounded                            
B.            Is not attained even through f is bounded
C.            Is equal to +1                       
D.            Is equal to ?1
Answer» E.
5017.

If \[y=f(x)=\frac{ax+b}{cx-a}\], then x is equal to [AMU 2001]

A.            \[1/f(x)\]
B.            \[1/f(y)\]
C.            \[yf(x)\]
D.            \[f(y)\]
Answer» E.
5018.

If \[f(x)=\frac{x}{x-1}=\frac{1}{y}\], then \[f(y)=\] [MP PET 1995, 97]

A.            x
B.            \[x+1\]
C.            \[x-1\]
D.            \[1-x\]
Answer» E.
5019.

The graph of the function \[y=f(x)\] is symmetrical about the line \[x=2\], then                                 [AIEEE 2004]

A.            \[f(x)=-f(-x)\]
B.            \[f(2+x)=f(2-x)\]
C.            \[f(x)=f(-x)\]
D.            \[f(x+2)=f(x-2)\]
Answer» C.            \[f(x)=f(-x)\]
5020.

If \[f(x)=2\sin x\], \[g(x)={{\cos }^{2}}x\], then \[(f+g)\left( \frac{\pi }{3} \right)=\]

A.            1
B.            \[\frac{2\sqrt{3}+1}{4}\]
C.            \[\sqrt{3}+\frac{1}{4}\]
D.            None of these
Answer» D.            None of these
5021.

If \[f(x)=\frac{1-x}{1+x},\] the  n \[f[f(\cos \ 2\theta )]=\] [MP PET 1994, 2001; Pb. CET 2002]

A.            \[\tan 2\theta \]
B.            \[\sec 2\theta \]
C.            \[\cos 2\theta \]
D.            \[\cot 2\theta \]
Answer» D.            \[\cot 2\theta \]
5022.

If \[{{e}^{f(x)}}=\frac{10+x}{10-x},\ x\in (-10,\ 10)\] and \[f(x)=kf\left( \frac{200x}{100+{{x}^{2}}} \right)\], then \[k=\] [EAMCET 2003]

A.            0.5
B.            0.6
C.            0.7
D.            0.8
Answer» B.            0.6
5023.

If \[f(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x+2\sqrt{2x-4}}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{x-2\sqrt{2x-4}}}\] for \[x>2\], then \[f(11)=\] [EAMCET 2003]

A.            7/6
B.            5/6
C.            6/7
D.            5/7
Answer» D.            5/7
5024.

Let \[f:(2,\,3)\to (0,\,1)\] be defined by \[f(x)=x-[x]\] then \[{{f}^{-1}}(x)\] equals [Orissa JEE 2005]

A.            \[x-2\]
B.            \[x+1\]
C.            \[x-1\]
D.            \[x+2\]
Answer» E.
5025.

If \[{{e}^{x}}=y+\sqrt{1+{{y}^{2}}}\], then y = [MNR 1990, UPSEAT 2000]

A.            \[\frac{{{e}^{x}}+{{e}^{-x}}}{2}\]
B.            \[\frac{{{e}^{x}}-{{e}^{-x}}}{2}\]
C.            \[{{e}^{x}}+{{e}^{-x}}\]
D.            \[{{e}^{x}}-{{e}^{-x}}\]
Answer» C.            \[{{e}^{x}}+{{e}^{-x}}\]
5026.

If\[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & x,\,\,\text{when}\,x\,\text{is}\,\text{rational} \\  & 0\text{,}\,\,\text{when }x\text{ is irrational} \\ \end{align} \right.\]; \[g(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & 0,\,\,\,\,\text{when}\,x\,\text{is}\,\text{rational} \\  & x,\,\,\,\,\text{when}\,x\,\text{is irrational} \\ \end{align} \right.\] then \[(f-g)\] is [IIT Screening 2005]

A.                    One-one onto
B.                    One-one not onto
C.                    Not one-one but onto     
D.            Not one-one not onto
Answer» B.                    One-one not onto
5027.

A condition for a function \[y=f(x)\] to have an inverse is that it should be

A.                    Defined for all x
B.                    Continuous everywhere
C.            Strictly monotonic and continuous in the domain           
D.            An even function
Answer» D.            An even function
5028.

If \[f(x+ay,\ x-ay)=axy\], then \[f(x,\ y)\] is equal to            [AMU 2001]

A.            xy
B.            \[{{x}^{2}}-{{a}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}\]
C.            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}}{4}\]
D.            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}\]
Answer» D.            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}\]
5029.

If equation of the curve remain unchanged by replacing x and y from ?x and ?y respectively, then the curve is

A.                    Symmetric along the x-axis
B.                    Symmetric along the y-axis
C.            Symmetric in opposite quadrants
D.            Symmetric along the line y =x
Answer» D.            Symmetric along the line y =x
5030.

If \[f({{x}_{1}})-f({{x}_{2}})=f\left( \frac{{{x}_{1}}-{{x}_{2}}}{1-{{x}_{1}}{{x}_{2}}} \right)\] for \[{{x}_{1}},{{x}_{2}}\in [-1,\,1]\], then \[f(x)\] is                [Roorkee 1998]

A.                    \[\log \frac{(1-x)}{(1+x)}\]
B.            \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{(1-x)}{(1+x)}\]
C.                    \[\log \frac{(1+x)}{(1-x)}\]
D.            \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{(1+x)}{(1-x)}\]
Answer» C.                    \[\log \frac{(1+x)}{(1-x)}\]
5031.

The domain of \[{{\sin }^{-1}}({{\log }_{3}}x)\] is [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

A.            [?1, 1]
B.            [0, 1]
C.            [0, \[\infty \]]
D.            R
E.            [1/3, 3]
Answer» F.
5032.

The Domain of function \[f(x)={{\log }_{e}}(x-[x])\] is            [AMU 2005]

A.            R
B.            R-Z
C.            \[(0,+\infty )\]
D.            Z
Answer» B.            R-Z
5033.

Let \[g(x)=1+x-[x]\] and \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & -1,\,\,\,If\,\,x0 \\ \end{align} \right.\]then for all values of x the value of \[fog(x)\]                                             [DCE 2005]

A.                    x
B.            1
C.                    \[f(x)\]
D.             \[g(x)\]
Answer» C.                    \[f(x)\]
5034.

Function \[f(x)=x-[\,],\] where [ ] shows a greatest integer. This function is                                         [DCE 2005]

A.            A periodic function
B.            A periodic function whose period is \[\frac{1}{2}\]
C.            A periodic function whose period is 1
D.            Not a periodic function
Answer» D.            Not a periodic function
5035.

If \[f(x)=\frac{\alpha x}{x+1},x\ne -1\], for what value of \[\alpha \] is \[f(f(x))=x\] [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

A.            \[\sqrt{2}\]
B.            \[-\sqrt{2}\]
C.            1
D.            2
E.            ?1
Answer» F.
5036.

If \[f(x)=2{{x}^{6}}+3{{x}^{4}}+4{{x}^{2}}\] then \[f'(x)\] is           [DCE 2005]

A.            Even function
B.            An odd function
C.            Neither even nor odd
D.            None of these
Answer» C.            Neither even nor odd
5037.

Let \[f:R\to R\] be defined by \[f(x)=2x+|x|\], then \[f(2x)+f(-x)-f(x)=\] [EAMCET 2000]

A.            \[2x\]
B.            \[2|x|\]
C.            \[-2x\]
D.            \[-2|x|\]
Answer» C.            \[-2x\]
5038.

If X and Y are two non- empty sets where \[f:X\to Y\]is function  is defined such that \[f(c)=\left\{ f(x):x\in C \right\}\]for \[C\subseteq X\]and \[{{f}^{-1}}(D)=\{x:f(x)\in D\}\]for \[D\subseteq Y\] for any \[A\subseteq X\] and \[B\subseteq Y,\]then                                                                     [IIT Screening 2005]

A.                    \[{{f}^{-1}}(f(A))=A\]
B.                    \[{{f}^{-1}}(f(A))=A\]only if \[f(x)=Y\]
C.            \[f({{f}^{-1}}(B))=B\] only if \[B\subseteq f(X)\]
D.            \[f({{f}^{-1}}(B))=B\]
Answer» D.            \[f({{f}^{-1}}(B))=B\]
5039.

A real valued function \[f(x)\] satisfies the function equation \[f(x-y)=f(x)f(y)-f(a-x)f(a+y)\] where a is a given constant and \[f(0)=1\], \[f(2a-x)\] is equal to                                         [AIEEE 2005]

A.                    \[f(a)+f(a-x)\]
B.            \[f(-x)\]
C.            \[-f(x)\]
D.            \[f(x)\]
Answer» D.            \[f(x)\]
5040.

Let \[f:(-1,1)\to B\], be a function defined by \[f(x)={{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{2x}{1-{{x}^{2}}},\] then f is both one- one and onto when B is the interval [AIEEE 2005]

A.            \[\left[ -\frac{\pi }{2},\frac{\pi }{2} \right]\]
B.            \[\left( -\frac{\pi }{2},\frac{\pi }{2} \right)\]
C.            \[\left( 0,\frac{\pi }{2} \right)\]
D.            \[\left[ 0,\frac{\pi }{2} \right)\]
Answer» C.            \[\left( 0,\frac{\pi }{2} \right)\]
5041.

If \[f(x)={{\sin }^{2}}x\] and the composite function \[g\{f(x)\}=|\sin x|\], then the function \[g(x)\] is equal to            [Orissa JEE 2003]

A.                    \[\sqrt{x-1}\]
B.            \[\sqrt{x}\]
C.                    \[\sqrt{x+1}\]
D.            \[-\sqrt{x}\]
Answer» C.                    \[\sqrt{x+1}\]
5042.

If \[f(x)=\frac{2x+1}{3x-2}\], then \[(fof)(2)\] is equal to            [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]

A.                    1
B.            3
C.                    4
D.            2
Answer» E.
5043.

Let \[g(x)=1+x-[x]\] and \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & -1,\ x\text{0} \\ \end{align} \right.\]then for all \[x,\ f(g(x))\] is equal to [IIT Screening 2001; UPSEAT 2001]

A.                    x
B.            1
C.                    \[f(x)\]
D.            \[g(x)\]
Answer» C.                    \[f(x)\]
5044.

If \[f(x)=\frac{\alpha \,x}{x+1},\ x\ne -1\]. Then, for what value of \[\alpha \] is \[f(f(x))=x\] [IIT Screening 2001; UPSEAT 2001]

A.                    \[\sqrt{2}\]
B.            \[-\sqrt{2}\]
C.                    1
D.            ?1
Answer» E.
5045.

The composite mapping \[fog\]of the map \[f:R\to R\], \[f(x)=\sin x\], \[g:R\to R\], \[g(x)={{x}^{2}}\]is [UPSEAT 2000]

A.                    \[\sin x+{{x}^{2}}\]
B.            \[{{(\sin x)}^{2}}\]
C.                    \[\sin {{x}^{2}}\]
D.            \[\frac{\sin x}{{{x}^{2}}}\]
Answer» D.            \[\frac{\sin x}{{{x}^{2}}}\]
5046.

If \[f(x)=4{{x}^{3}}+3{{x}^{2}}+3x+4\], then \[{{x}^{3}}f\left( \frac{1}{x} \right)\] is            [SCRA 1996]

A.            \[f(-x)\]
B.            \[\frac{1}{f(x)}\]
C.            \[{{\left( f\left( \frac{1}{x} \right) \right)}^{2}}\]
D.            \[f(x)\]
Answer» E.
5047.

Suppose that \[g(x)=1+\sqrt{x}\] and \[f(g(x))=3+2\sqrt{x}+x\], then \[f(x)\] is [MP PET 2000; Karnataka CET 2002]

A.                    \[1+2{{x}^{2}}\]
B.            \[2+{{x}^{2}}\]
C.                    \[1+x\]
D.            \[2+x\]
Answer» C.                    \[1+x\]
5048.

Let f and g be functions defined by \[f(x)=\frac{x}{x+1},\]\[g(x)=\frac{x}{1-x}\], then \[(fog)(x)\] is         [SCRA 1996]

A.                    \[\frac{1}{x}\]
B.            \[\frac{1}{x-1}\]
C.                    \[x-1\]
D.            x
Answer» E.
5049.

If \[f(x)={{\log }_{a}}x\] and \[F(x)={{a}^{x}}\], then \[F[f(x)]\] is            [SCRA 1996]

A.                    \[f[F(x)]\]
B.            \[f[F(2x)]\]
C.                    \[F|f(2x)|\]
D.            \[F[(x)]\]
Answer» B.            \[f[F(2x)]\]
5050.

If \[g(x)={{x}^{2}}+x-2\] and \[\frac{1}{2}gof(x)=2{{x}^{2}}-5x+2\], then \[f(x)\] is [Roorkee 1998; MP PET 2002]

A.                    \[2x-3\]
B.            \[2x+3\]
C.                    \[2{{x}^{2}}+3x+1\]
D.            \[2{{x}^{2}}-3x-1\]
Answer» B.            \[2x+3\]