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CHAPTER 1 iii) If invertible, find inverse of f  x  (1)

RELATIONS AND FUNCTION
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SAY 2020 4. Consider the function f  x   sin x and

1. i) Which of the following is true about the g  x   x3

Range of onto function f : x  y ? (1) i) Find fog  x  .

Show that the function fog  x  is a

i) Range of f =X
ii)
ii) Range of f is a subset of X
continuous function.
iii) Range of f =Y
5. Consider the operation * on defined on the set A =
iv) None of these.
{1,2,4,8} by a*b = LCM of a and b.
ii) Let A ={1,2,3}, B ={4,5,6,7} and let f ={(1,4),
i. Show that * is a binary operation.
(2,5), (3,6)} be a function from A to B. Check
ii. Write a commutative binary operation on A
whether the function f is a bijection or not.
which has identity element 4 and every
Justify your answer. (2)
element has its own inverse.
2. i) Which one of the following is the possible
iii. How many such binary operations as in part
number of binary operations defined on the set
(ii) are possible. {Hint: operation table can be
A ={a,b} (1)
used.}
a) 4 b) 16 c) 2 d) 8
ii) Write the operation table for the operation *
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defined on the set {1,2,3,4,5} by a*b =LCM of
a and b. (2)
6. a) If f  x   sin x and g  x   x 2 , x  , then
iii) Is * a binary operation? Justify your answer.
(1) find fog  x  .

b) Let u and v be tow function defined on as

MARCH 2020 3 x
u  x   2 x  3 and v  x   . Prove that
2
3. Let A  R  {3} and B  R  {1} . Consider the u and v are inverse to each other.
x2 7. a) The function P is defined as “To each person
function f : A  B defined by f  x   .
x 3 on the earth is assigned a date of birth”. Is this
i) Is f one-one or onto? Justify your answer. (2) function one-one? Give reason.
1

ii) Is it invertible? Why? (1)  

b) Consider the function f : 0,  
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  MARCH 2018
by f  x   sin x and g : 0,   given

2  x
11. If f  x   ,x 1
by g  x   cos x .
x 1
a) Find fof  x  (2)
i) Show that f and g are one-one functions.
ii) Is f  g one-one? Why? b) Find the inverse of f . (1)

c) The number of one-one functions from a set 12. Let A  N  N and  be a binary operation on A
containing 2 elements to a set containing 3 defined by  a, b    c, d    a  c, b  d 
elements is ………..
a) Find 1, 2    2,3 (1)
i) 2 ii) 3 iii) 6 iv) 8
b) Prove that  is commutative. (1)
c) Prove that  is commutative. (2)
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8. Consider the relation R in the set N of natural

SAY 2017
numbers defined as
R   a, b  : ab is a factor of 6 . Determine 13. a) If R   x, y  : x, y  Zx  y  Z , then the
relation R is
whether the relation is reflexive, symmetric or a) Reflexive but not transitive
transitive. (3) b) Reflexive but not symmetric
9. Consider the binary operation  on the set R c) Symmetric but not transitive
d) an Equivalence relation (1)
of real numbers, defined real numbers , defined by
b) Let * be a binary operation on the set Q of
ab
ab = . rational numbers by a * b  2a  b
4
Find 2 * 3 * 4 and 2 * 3 * 4 (2)
a) Prove that  is commutative and associative
c) Let f : R  R, g : R  R be two one- one
(2)
function. Check whether gof is one-one or
b) Find the identity element of  on R (1)
not. (2)
c) Find the inverse of 5. (1)
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10. Let A  N  N and  be a binary operation on A
14. a) Let R be a relation defined on A  1,2,3 by
defined by  a, b    c, d    a  c, b  d 
R  1,3, 3,1, 2,2 . R is
a) Find 1, 2    2,3 (1) a) Reflexive b) Symmetric
c) Transitive d) Reflexive but not
b) Prove that  is commutative. (1)
transitive (1)
c) Prove that  is commutative. (2)
b) Find fog and gof if f  x   x  1 and
2

g x   2 x  1
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c) Let * be a binary operation defined on SAY 2015

N  N by a , b  * c, d   a  c, b  d  .
17. a) When a relation R on set A is said to be
Find the identity element for * if it exists. (2) reflexive? (1)
b) Find gof and fog , if f  x   8 x and 3

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g  x  x3 . (2)
15. a) If f : R  R and g : R  R defined by c) Show that f :[ 1,1]  R is given by
f  x   x and g  x   x  1, then gof  x  is
2
x
f  x  is one-one. (2)
i)  x  1
2
ii) x  1
3 x2

iii) x  1 iv) x  1
2
(1)
b) Consider the function f : N  N ,given by 2015 MARCH

f  x   x 3 . Show that the function f is 18. a) What is the minimum number of ordered pairs
injective but not surjective. (2) to form a non-zero reflexive relation on a set
of n elements? (1)
c) The given table shown an operation  on b) On the set of real numbers, S is a relation
A   p,q defined as
S   x, y  | x  , y  , x  y  xy . Find
 p q
p p q a  such that „a‟ is never the first element
q p q of an ordered pair is S. Also find b  such
that „b‟ is never the second element of an
i) Is  a binary operation on A? ordered pair is S. (2)
ii) Is  commutative? Give reason. 3x  4
(2) c) Consider the function f  x   , x  2.
x2
MARCH 2016 Find a function g  x  on a suitable domain
such that  gof  x   x   fog  x  . (2)
16. a) The function given f : N  N , by
f  x   2 x is (1) SAY 2014
i. one-one and onto 2x 1
ii. one-one but not onto 19. a) Let f : R  R be given by f  x   .
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iii. not one-one and not onto Find fof and show that f is invertible. (2)
iv. onto, but not one-one
b) Find gof  x , if f  x   8x 3 and g  x   x1 / 3 . b) Find the identity element of the binary
(2) operation  on N defined by a  b  ab 2 . (2)
c) Let * be an operation such that
a  b  LCM of a and b defined on the set MARCH 2014
A  1,2,3,4,5. Is  binary operation? 20. a) Let R be the relation on the set N of the
Justify your answer. (2) natural numbers given by
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R  a, b  : a  b  2, b  3. Choose the value of 2*3. Is * commutative? Justify your

correct answer. (1) answer . (2)
A) 4,1  R B) 5,8  R
C) 8,7   R D) 10,6   R ii) If f : R  R is defined by

b) If f  x   8 x 3 and g  x   x1/ 3 , f  x   x 2  3x  2 , find  fof  x  and

Find g  f  x   and f  g  x   . (2)  fof 1 . (3)

c) Let  be a binary operation on the set Q of

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ab
rational numbers defined by a * b  .
3 24. a) Give an example of a relation on a set
Check whether  is commutative and A  {1, 2,3, 4} , which is reflexive, symmetric
associative? (2) but not transitive. (1)
b) Show that f :[ 1,1]  R is given by
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f  x  is one-one. (2)
21. Consider the set A  {1, 2,3, 4,5}, x2
c) Let  be a binary operation on Q  defined
B  {1, 4,9,16, 25} and a function f : A  B
ab
by a  b  . Find inverse of 9 with
defined by f 1  1, f  3  9, f  4   16 and 6
respect to  . (2)
f  5   25

a) Show that f is one-to-one. (2) SAY 2011

b) Show that f is onto. (2) 25. Let N be the set of natural numbers. Consider the
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c) Does f exist? Explain. (1) function f : N  N defined by

MARCH 2013 f  x   x  1, x  N
a) Prove that f is not an onto function. (2)
22. Consider f : R  R given by f  x   5 x  2 .
 x  1 if x 1
a) Show that f is one-to-one. (1) b) If g  x    , then
 1 if x 1
b) Is f invertible? Justify your answer. (2)
find gof. (2)
c) Let  be a binary operation on N defined by
c) Check whether gof is an onto function. (1)
a  b  HCF of a and b.
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ii) Is  associative? (1)
26. (a) i) f : 1, 2,3, 4  5 defined by

SAY 2012 f  1,5 ,  2,5  ,  3,5  ,  4,5  .

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Does the function f invertible? (1)

* : R  R  R is given by a*b=3a2-b. Find the
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7  3
ii) A  R    B  R    f : A  B
5 5 
3x  4
defined by f  x   . g:B A
5x  7
7y  4
defined by g  y   .
5y  3
Find gof . (2)

(b) Let A  N  N (N-set of natural nos.) and

 be a binary operation on A defined by
 a, b    c, d    ac  bd , ad  bc  . Show
that  is commutative on A. (2)

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x 1 x 3
27. Let f  x   , x  3 and g  x   ,x 1
x 3 x 1
be two real valued functions defined on R.
a) Find  fog  x  , x  0 (1)
b) Find f 1  x  and g 1  x  , x  1 (2)
Find  gof   x 
1
c) (2)

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