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Chap 1 : Relations & Functions

Important Questions for Board Exams
Board Weightage 10 Marks (Chap 1+2)

1. If 𝒇, 𝒈: 𝑹 → 𝑹 are two functions defined as

𝒇(𝒙) = |𝒙| + 𝒙 & 𝒈(𝒙) = |𝒙| − 𝒙, ∀ 𝒙 ∈ 𝑹 Then find fog & gof.
𝟎, 𝒙 ≥ 𝟎
𝑨𝒏𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒇 = 𝟎, ∀𝒙 ∈ 𝑹, 𝒇𝒐𝒈 = {
−𝟒𝒙, 𝒙 < 𝟎

2. If 𝑨 = {𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, … , 𝟗} & R be the relation in A X A defined by

(𝒂, 𝒃)𝑹(𝒄, 𝒅). 𝒊𝒇 𝒂 + 𝒅 = 𝒃 + 𝒄 𝒇𝒐𝒓 (𝒂, 𝒃), (𝒄, 𝒅)𝒊𝒏 𝑨 𝑿 𝑨. Prove that R is an
equivalence relation. Also obtain the equivalence class [ (2,5) ]
Ans equivalence Class of [ (2,5) ] = {(1,4),(2,5),(3,6),(4,7),(5,8),(6,9)}

3. Consider 𝒇: 𝑹+ → [𝟒, ∞) 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒 show that f is invertible

with the inverse 𝒇−𝟏 of 𝒇 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒇−𝟏 (𝒚) = √𝒚 − 𝟒 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑹+ is the set of
all non-negative real numbers.

𝟑𝒂𝒃
4. Let * be a binary operation on Q, defined by 𝒂 ∗ 𝒃 = show that* is
𝟓
commutative as well as associative. Also, find its identity, if it exists.
Ans e= 5/3 identity

5. A binary operation * on the set {0,1,2,3,4,5} is defined as

𝒂 + 𝒃, 𝒊𝒇 𝒂 + 𝒃 < 𝟔
𝒂∗𝒃={ Show that Zero is the identity for this
𝒂 + 𝒃 − 𝟔, 𝒊𝒇 𝒂 + 𝒃 ≥ 𝟔
operation & each element ‘a’ of the set is invertible with (6 – a), being the
inverse of ‘a’.

6. Consider the binary operations ∗: 𝑹 × 𝑹 → 𝑹 & 𝒐: 𝑹 × 𝑹 → 𝑹 defined as

𝒂 ∗ 𝒃 = |𝒂 − 𝒃| & 𝒂𝒐𝒃 = 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂, 𝒃 ∈ 𝑹. Show that ‘*’ is commutative
but not associative, ‘o’ is associative but not commutative.

7. If the operation ‘*’ on Q – {1}, is defined by 𝒂 ∗ 𝒃 = 𝒂 + 𝒃 − 𝒂𝒃 for all

𝒂, 𝒃 ∈ 𝑸 − {𝟏}, then
(𝒊) Is * commutative?
(𝒊𝒊) Is * associative?
(𝒊𝒊𝒊) 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕
(iv) Find the inverse of ‘a’ for each 𝒂 ∈ 𝑸 − {𝟏}
𝒂
Ans (iii) Zero ‘0’ (iv) ∈ 𝑸 − {𝟏}
𝒂−𝟏

8. Is * defined on the set {1,2,3,4,5} by a*b=L.C.M. of a 7 b a binary

operation? Justify your answer. [NCERT]
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9. Let * be the binary operation on N defined by a*b = HCF of a & b. Is * is

commutative? Is * associative? Does there exist identity for this binary
operation on N? [NCERT] Ans No identity
𝒙
10. Show that the function 𝒇: 𝑹 → 𝑹 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐 , ∀ 𝒙 ∈ 𝑹 is neither
𝒙 +𝟏
one-one nor onto. [NCERT Exemplar]

11. Let 𝒇: 𝑵 → 𝑹 be a function defined as 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏𝟓. Show that
𝒇: 𝑵 → 𝑺, Where S is the range of f is invertible. Find the inverse of f.
√𝒙−𝟔−𝟑
Ans 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒇
𝟐

12. Show that the relation R on the set 𝑨 = {𝒙 ∈ 𝒁: 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟏𝟐} is given by

𝑹 = {(𝒂, 𝒃): |𝒂 − 𝒃| 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝟒} is an equivalence relation.