MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

CHAPTER –1 RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

Q1. If A1,2,3and let R1,1 , 2,2 , 3,3 , 1,2 , 2,1 , 2,3 , 3,     
  2, Then R is:
(a) Reflexive, symmetric but not transitive (b) symmetric, transitive but not reflexive

(c) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric (d) an equivalence relation

Q2. Let R be a relation defined on Z by aRb a b, Then R is:

(a) symmetric, transitive but not reflexive (b) Reflexive, symmetric but not transitive

(c) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric (d) an equivalence relation

Q3. Let R be a relation defined on Z as follows: a b,    R a2 b2 25, Then

domain of R is:

(a) 3,4,5 (b) 0,3,4,5 (c) 0,  3, 4, 5 (d)

none of these

Q4. The relation R defined on the set A1,2,3,4,5by R a b, :a  b 16is given by:
2 2

(a) 1,1 , 2,1 , 3,1 , 4,1 , 2,      3 (b) 2,2 ,

3,2 , 4,2 , 2,    4

(c) 3,3 , 4,3 , 5,4 , 3,     4 (d) none of these

Q5. Let R be a relation defined on Z as follows: x y,    R x y 1. Then R is:

(a) Reflexive and transitive (b) Reflexive and symmetric

(c) Symmetric and transitive (d) an equivalence relation

Q6. Let A1,2,3 , B 1,4,6,9and R is a relation from Ato B define by ‘ x is greater than y ’.
Then range of R is given by:

(a) 1,4,6,9 (b) 4,6,9 (c) 1 (d) none of these

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Q7. A relation R is defined from 2,3,4,5 to 3,6,7, 
10by xR y  x is relatively prime to y .
Then the domain of R is given by:

(a) 2,3,5 (b) 3,5 (c) 2,3,4 (d) 2,3,4,5

Q8. In the set Z of integers, which of the following relation R is not an equivalence relation?

(a) xR y : if x  y (b) xR y : if x  y

(c) xRy : if x y isan even integer (d) xR y : if x y mod3

Q9. Let f R: R and g R: R be defined by f x 2x  3x 5 and g x  4x 5, then 
2

fog0is:

(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 40 (d) 10

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Q10. Let f x x and g x   x , then  fog  13  gof  3  is given by:



(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2


xa
Q11. Let the function f R:     b R 1be defined by f x  ;ab,
then: x b

(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) none of these

x
Q12. The function f : 0 ,  R given by
f x 
is: x1

(a) f is both one-one and onto (b) f is one-one but not onto

(c) f is onto but not one-one (d) neither one-one nor onto

Q13. Which of the following functions from Z to itself are bijections?

(a) f x x 3
(b) f x   x2 (c) f x   2x 1 (d) f x   x x 2

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Q14. If the function f : 2 , Bdefined by f x    x 4x 5is a bijection, then B is:
2

(a) R (b) 1, (c) 4, (d) 5,

Q15. The function f R: R defined by f x   x 1x2x3is:

(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) neither one-one nor onto

Q16. Let f x  x and g x   2 . Then the solution set of the equation fog x  gof x is:
2 x

(a) R (b) 0 (c) 0,2 (d) none of these

Q17. If f R: R is given by f x   3x 5, then f x:

1

5
1 x
(a) is given by (b) is given by
3 5x 3
(c) does not exist because f is not one-one (d) does not exist because f is not onto
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Q18. The inverse of the function f R:  xR x: 1given by f x  eexx  exx is:

(a) 12log11xx (b) 12log 22xx (c)

12log11xx (d) none of these 

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Q19. Let f x  , then fo fofxis:
1x

(a) x  x R (b) x   x R 1 (c) x   x R 0,1 (d) none of these

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Q20. Let f x sin 1
x , g x x and h x   2x ,  x , then:
2 2

(a) fogoh x  2 (b) fogoh x   (c) hofoghogof (d) hofog  hogof Q21. If g x  

x2 x 2and gof x 2x  5 2x , then f x is equal to:

2

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 (a) 2x3 (b) 2x3 (c) 2x2  3 1x (d) 2x2  3 1x

Q22. If f x sin xand g f x   sin x , then g x is given by:

2

(a) x1 (b) x (c) x1 (d)  x

Q23. If the binary operation on Z is defined by a b a b ab    2 2

4, then value
of 2 3  4is:

(a) 233 (b) 33 (c) 55 (d) -55

Q24. If be a binary operation on R defined by a b  ab 1. Then , is:

(a) Commutative but not associative (b) Associative but not Commutative

(c) Neither commutative nor associative (d) Commutative and associative

Q25. For the binary operation defined on R1by the rule a b   a b ab, the inverse of a is:

a 1 2

(a) a (b)  (c) (d) a

a1 a

ANSWERS

1. a 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. b 6. c 7. d 8. a 9. c 10. b 11. c 12. b 13. b 14. b

15. b 16. c 17. b 18. a 19. c 20. c 21. a 22. b 23. b 24. a 25. b

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