RELATIONS & FUNCITONS

1. If P = {1, 2}, then P x P x P = {(1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 2), (1, 2, 1), (2, 1, 2), (2, 2, 1), (2, 2, 2)}. The
ordered triplet missing in P x P x P are
(a) (1, 2) ; (2, 1) (b) (1, 2, 1) ; (2, 1, 1)
(c) (1, 2, 2) ; (2, 1, 2) (d) (1, 2, 2) ; (2, 1, 1).
2. Let A and B are two sets having 3 elements in common. If n(A) = 5 and n(B) = 4, then
n[(A x B)  (B x A)] is equal to
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 16 (d) 9.
3. If A = {a, b, c}, B = {b, c, d} and C = {a, d, c}, then (A – B) x (B  C) is equal to
(a) {(a, c), (a, d)} (b) {(a, b), (c, d)}
(c) {(c, a), (d, a)} (d) {(a, c), (a, d), (b, d)}.
4. Consider the following statements
Statement I If n(U) = 10, n(A) = 4 and n(B) = 5, then n(A x B’) = 20.
Statement II If the ordered pairs (x, - 1) and (5, y) belong to the set {(a, b) : b = 2a – 3},
then x = 2 and y = 1.
Choose the correct option.
(a) Statement I is true (b) Statement II is true
(c) Both are true (d) Both are false.
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5. The domain and range of the relation R given by R = {(x, y) : y = x + ; where x, y  N and
x
x < 6} are …X… and …Y… . Here, X and Y refer to
(a) {1, 2, 3} and {3, 5} (b) {1, 2, 3} and {5, 7}
(c) {5, 7} and {1, 2, 3} (d) {3, 5} and {1, 2, 3}.
6. If R is a relation on a finite set A having (n – 1) elements, then the number of relations on A
is
(a) 2n – 1 (b) (c) (n – 1)2 (d) (n – 1)n – 1.
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2( n  1)
7. If R = {(x, y) : x, y  Z, x2 + y2  4} is a relation, then domain of R is
(a) {0, 1, 2} (b) {0, - 1, - 2} (c) {- 2, - 1, 0, 1, 2} (d) none of these.
8. The graph of the function f : R  R defined by f (x) = x3, x  R, is

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 Y Y
(a) (b)
16 16
12 12
8 8
4 2 4 6 8 4 2 4 6
X' X X' X
- 8 - 6 - 4 - 2 O- 4 - 6 - 4 - 2O
-4
-8 -8
- 12 - 12
- 16 - 16

Y' Y'
Y Y
(c) (d)

6 12
4 8
- 6 - 4 - 22 4 2 4 6
X' X X' X
-8 O - 6 - 4 - 2O
-2 2 4 6 -4
-4 -8
-6 - 12

Y' Y'
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9. The graph of real value of function f : R – {0}  R defined by f (x) = , x  R – {0}, is
x

2
 (a) Y (b) Y

X' X X' X
O O

Y' Y'
(c) Y (b) Y

X' X X' X
O O

Y' Y'

10. The domain and range of the real function 9  x 2 are …X… and …Y… respectively. Here,

X and Y refer to
(a) R1 and (0, 3) (b) f(- 3) = - 11
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above.
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11. The domain of the real function f (x) = is
4  x2

(a) the set of all real numbers (b) the set of the all positive real numbers
(c) (- 2, 2) (d) [- 2, 2].
12. Consider the following statements
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Statement I If f (x) = x + , then [f (x)]3 = f (x3) + 3f   .
x x
Statement II If f (x) = (x – a)2 (x – b)2, then f (a + b) is 0.
Choose the correct option.
(a) Statement I is true (b) Statement II is true
(c) Both are true (d) Both are false.
x 1
13. If f (x) = , then the value of f{f(x)}is
x 1
(a) x (b) -x (c) 0 (d) 1.

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14. If S is a relation on R defined by S = {(a, b)  1 + ab > 0, a, b  R}, then
(a) (a, a)  S  a  R (b) (a, b)  S and (b, c)  S  (a, c)  S  a, b and c  R
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Both are false.
15. If S is set with 10 elements and A = {(x, y) : x, y  S, x  y}, then number of elements in A is
(a) 100 (b) 90 (c) 50 (d) 45.

Answers
1. D 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. B
6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10 C
11. C 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. B.