Chapter 17

Functions
1. Let f(x) = (x + 1)2 – 1, x  – 1. 5. The equation e sin x  e  sin x  4  0 has
Statement-1 : The set {x : f(x) = f –1(x)} = {0, –1}. [AIEEE-2012]
Statement-2 : f is a bijection. (1) No real roots
[AIEEE-2009] (2) Exactly one real root
(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; (3) Exactly four real roots
Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for (4) Infinite number of real roots
Statement-1
6. If a  R and the equation
(2) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false
–3(x – [x])2 + 2 (x – [x]) + a2 = 0
(3) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true
(where [x] denotes the greatest integer  x) has no
(4) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; integral solution, then all possible values of a lie in
Statement-2 is a correct explanation for the interval [JEE (Main)-2014]
Statement-1
(1) (–2, –1) (2) (–, – 2)  (2, )
2. For real x, let f(x) = x3 + 5x + 1, then
(3) (–1, 0) (0, 1) (4) (1, 2)
[AIEEE-2009]
7. If g is the inverse of a function f and
(1) f is onto R but not one-one
1
(2) f is one-one and onto R f '( x )  , then g(x) is equal to
1  x5
(3) f is neither one-one nor onto R [JEE (Main)-2014]
(4) f is one-one but not onto R
1
3. Let y be an implict function of x defined by (1) (2) 1 + {g(x)}5
1  g ( x )
5
x2x – 2xx cot y – 1 = 0. Then y(1) equals
[AIEEE-2009] (3) 1 + x5 (4) 5x4
(1) 1 (2) log 2
 1
(3) –log 2 (4) –1 8. If f ( x )  2f    3 x, x  0, and
x
4. Let f be a function defined by
S = {x  R : f(x) = f(– x)}; then S
2 [JEE (Main)-2016]
f ( x )  ( x  1)  1,( x  1) .
(1) Contains exactly one element
1
Statement - 1 : The set { x : f ( x )  f ( x )}  {1,2} .
(2) Contains exactly two elements
Statement - 2 : f is a bijection and (3) Contains more than two elements
f 1( x )  1  x  1, x  1 . (4) Is an empty set
[AIEEE-2011]
 1 1
(1) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false 9. The function f : R   ,  defined as
 2 2
(2) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true x
f (x)  , is [JEE (Main)-2017]
(3) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; 1 x2
Statement-2 is the correct explanation for (1) Injective but not surjective
Statement-1 (2) Surjective but not injective
(4) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true;
(3) Neither injective nor surjective
Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for
Statement-1 (4) Invertible
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10. For x  R  0,1 , let f1  x   , f2  x   1  x and  1 x   2x 
x 15. If f ( x )  loge   , x  1, then f  is
1  1 x   1 x2 
f3  x   be three given functions. If a function,
1 x equal to : [JEE (Main)-2019]
J(x) satisfies (f2°J°f1) (x) = f3(x) then J(x) is equal to (1) 2f(x) (2) 2f(x2)
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) –2f(x) (4) (f(x))2
1
(1) f1(x) (2) f3  x  16. Let f(x) = ax (a > 0) be written as f(x) = f1(x) + f2(x),
x
where f1(x) is an even function and f2(x) is an odd
(3) f2(x) (4) f3(x) function. Then f1(x + y) + f1(x – y) equals
11. Let A = {x  R : x is not a positive integer}. Define
[JEE (Main)-2019]
2x
a function f : A  R as f ( x )  , then f is (1) 2f1(x)f1(y)
x 1
[JEE (Main)-2019] (2) 2f1(x + y)f1(x – y)

(1) Injective but not surjective (3) 2f1(x + y)f2(x – y)

(2) Neither injective nor surjective (4) 2f1(x)f2(y)
(3) Surjective but not injective 10
(4) Not injective 17. Let  f (a  k )  16(210  1) , where the function f
k 1
12. Let N be the set of natural numbers and two
satisfies f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) for all natural numbers
functions f and g be defined as
x, y and f(1) = 2. Then the natural number a is
f, g : N  N such that
[JEE (Main)-2019]
n  1 (1) 2 (2) 3
 2 if n is odd
f (n )   (3) 16 (4) 4
 n if n is even
 2 18. If the function f : R – {1, –1}  A defined by

and g(n) = n – (–1)n. Then fog is x2

f(x) = , is surjective, then A is equal to
[JEE (Main)-2019] 1 x2
(1) One-one but not onto. [JEE (Main)-2019]
(2) Onto but not one-one. (1) [0, ) (2) R – {–1}
(3) Neither one-one nor onto. (3) R – (–1, 0) (4) R – [–1, 0)
(4) Both one-one and onto.
19. The domain of the definition of the function
x 1
13. Let f : R  R be defined by f(x) = , x  R. f (x)   log10 ( x 3  x ) is
1 x2 4  x2
Then the range of f is [JEE (Main)-2019]
[JEE (Main)-2019]
 1 1  1 1
(1) R –  – , (2) – 2 , 2  (1) (–1, 0)(1, 2)(3, )
 2 2   
(2) (–1, 0)(1, 2)(2, )
(3) (–1, 1) – {0} (4) R – [–1, 1]
(3) (1, 2)(2, )
14. Let a function f : (0, )  [0, ) be defined by
1 (4) (–2, –1)(–1, 0)(2, )
f (x )  1 . Then f is [JEE (Main)-2019]
x 20. Let f(x) = x 2 , x  R. For any A  R, define
g(A) = {x  R : f(x)  A}. If S = [0, 4], then which
(1) Injective only one of the following statements is not true ?
(2) Both injective as well as surjective [JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) Not injective but it is surjective (1) f(g(S)) = S (2) g(f(S)) = g(S)
(4) Neither injective nor surjective
(3) g(f(S))  S (4) f(g(S))  f(S)
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21. The number of real roots of the equation 26. Let ƒ : R  R be a function which satisfies
x x x
5  | 2  1|  2 (2  2) is [JEE (Main)-2019] ƒ(x + y) = ƒ(x) + ƒ(y)  x, y  R . If ƒ(1) = 2 and

(1) 4 (2) 2  n 1

(3) 1 (4) 3
g (n )   ƒ(k ), n  N then the value of n, for
k 1

22. For x  R, let [x] denote the greatest integer which g(n) = 20, is [JEE (Main)-2020]
x, then the sum of the series (1) 20 (2) 9
 1  1 1   1 2   1 99  (3) 5 (4) 4
– 3    – 3 – 100   – 3 – 100   ....  – 3 – 100  27. Let [t] denote the greatest integer  t. Then the
       
equation in x, [x]2 + 2[x + 2] – 7 = 0 has
is: [JEE (Main)-2019]
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) – 135 (2) –153
(1) Exactly two solutions
(3) –133 (4) –131
(2) Infinitely many solutions
23. For x  0, 3  2  , let f ( x )  x , g ( x )  tan x and (3) Exactly four integral solutions
(4) No integral solution
1– x 2

h( x )     is
2 . If (x) = ((hof)og)(x), then

1 x 3 28. If f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) and  f ( x )  2 , x, y  N,
equal to : [JEE (Main)-2019] x 1
where N is the set of all natural numbers, then the
5  f (4)
(1) tan (2) tan
12 12 value of is [JEE (Main)-2020]
f (2)
11 7 1 4
(3) tan (4) tan
12 12 (1) (2)
9 9
24. If g(x) = x2 + x – 1 and (gof)(x) = 4x2 – 10x + 5,
1 2
5 (3) (4)
then f   is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] 3 3
4
29. For a suitably chosen real constant a, let a
function, f : R – {–a}  R be defined by
1 3
(1) – (2) ax
2 2 f (x)  . Further suppose that for any real
ax
1 3 number x  –a and f(x)  –a, (fof)(x) = x. Then
(3) (4) –
2 2  1
f    is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
25. The inverse function of  2
8 2 x  8 2 x 1
f (x)  2x 2 x
, x  ( 1, 1), is _______ (1) –3 (2)
8 8 3
[JEE (Main)-2020]. 1
(3)  (4) 3
3
(1) 1 loge  1  x 
4  1 x  30. Let A = {a, b, c} and B = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Then the
 
number of elements in the set C = {f : A  B | 2
1 x 
 log8 e  loge 
1  f(A) and f is not one-one} is ______.
(2) 
4  1 x  [JEE (Main)-2020]
1  1 x  31. Suppose that a function f : R  R satisfies
(3) loge   f(x + y) = f(x)f(y) for all x, y  R and f(1) = 3. If
4  1 x 
n
1
 log8 e  loge 
1 x   f (i )  363 , then n is equal to ________.
(4)  i 1
4  1 x  [JEE (Main)-2020]
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32. The number of function f from {1, 2, 3, ...,20} onto 38. Let A = {1, 2, 3, ..., 10} and f : A  A be defined
{1, 2, 3, ..., 20} such that f(k) is a multiple of 3, as
whenever k is a multiple of 4, is
k  1 if k is odd
[JEE (Main)-2019] f(k) = 
 k if k is even
(1) 56 × 15 (2) 65 × (15)! Then the number of possible functions
(3) 5! × 6! (4) (15)! × 6! g : A  A such that gof = f is :

33. The number of solutions of the equation [JEE (Main)-2021]

log4(x – 1) = log2(x – 3) is _________. (1) 55 (2) 105
(3) 5! (4) 10C5
[JEE (Main)-2021]
34. If a + = 1, b + = 2 and x2 – x – 2
39. Let f(x) = sin –1 x and g(x) = . If
 1  2x 2 – x – 6
af(x)  f    bx  , x  0 , then the value of
x
  x g(2) = xlim
 2 g(x), then the domain of the function
 1 fog is : [JEE (Main)-2021]
f(x)  f  
x
the expression is________.  4 
1
x (1) (– , – 2]   – ,  
x  3 
[JEE (Main)-2021]
 3 
35. Let f, g : N  N such that f(n  1)  f(n)  f(1)n  N (2) (– , – 2]   – ,  
 2 
and g be any arbitrary function. Which of the following
statements is NOT true ? [JEE (Main)-2021] (3) (– , – 1]  [2,  )
(1) If g is onto, then fog is one-one
(4) (– , – 2]  [–1,  )
(2) If f is onto, then f(n)  nn  N
 
40. If for x   0,  , log10 sin x  log10 cos x  –1 and
(3) f is one-one  2
(4) If fog is one-one, then g is one-one 1
log10 (sin x  cos x)  (log10 n – 1), n  0, then the
36. Let x denote the total number of one-one 2
functions from a set A with 3 elements to a set B value of n is equal to [JEE (Main)-2021]
with 5 elements and y denote the total number of (1) 9 (2) 16
one-one functions from the set A to the set A × (3) 12 (4) 20
B. Then : [JEE (Main)-2021]
41. The inverse of y = 5logx is
(1) 2y  273x (2) 2y  91x [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) x = ylog5 (2) x = 5logy
(3) y  273x (4) y  91x 1 1

(3) x  y log5
(4) x  5 log y
5x
37. A function f(x) is given by f(x)  , then 42. If the functions are defined as
5x  5
the sum of the series f  x   x and g  x   1  x, then what is the
common domain of the following functions :
 1   2   3   39 
f
20   f  20   f  20   ....  f  20  is equal to: f + g, f – g, f/g, g/f, g – f
       
[JEE (Main)-2021]
f x
where (f ± g)(x) = f(x) ± g(x), (f/g)(x)  g x
19 29  
(1) (2)
2 2 [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 0 < x < 1 (2) 0 < x  1
49 39
(3) (4) (3) 0  x  1 (4) 0  x  1
2 2
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43. Let f : R – {3}  R – {1} be defined by 49. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal
x2 to x. Then, the values of xR satisfying the equation
f(x)  . [ex]2 + [ex + 1] – 3 = 0 lie in the interval.
x3
[JEE (Main)-2021]
Let g : R  R be given as g(x) = 2x – 3. Then, (1) [0, 1/e) (2) [1, e)
the sum of all the values of x for which
(3) [0, loge2) (4) [loge2, loge3)
1 –113 50. Let A = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}. Then the number of
f (x)  g (x)  is equal to
2 bijective functions f :    such that f(1) + f(2)
[JEE (Main)-2021] = 3 – f(3) is equal to _______. [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 3 (2) 5
51. Let g : N  N be defined as
(3) 7 (4) 2
g(3n + 1) = 3n + 2,
44. Let [x] denote the greatest integer x, where x 
R. If the domain of the real valued function g(3n + 2) = 3n + 3,

 x  2 g(3n + 3) = 3n + 1, for all n  0.

f x  is (–,a), [b, c) (4,), a < b <
 x  3 Then which of the following statements is true?
[JEE (Main)-2021]
c, then the value of a + b + c is
(1) gogog = g
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) –2 (2) 1 (2) There exists an onto function f : N  N such
that fog = f
(3) 8 (4) –3
45. If sum of the first 21 terms of the series (3) There exists a one-one function f : N  N
such that fog = f
log 1 x  log 1 x  log 1 x  ..., where x > 0 is
9 2 9 3 9 4 (4) There exists a function f : N  N such that
504, then x is equal to [JEE (Main)-2021] gof = f
(1) 81 (2) 243 52. Consider functions f : A  B and g : B  C(A, B,
(3) 9 (4) 7 C  R) such that (gof)–1 exists, then
[JEE (Main)-2021]
 5x  3
46. Let f : R  
   R be defined by f ( x )  . (1) f is one-one and g is onto
6 6x  
(2) f is onto and g is one-one
Then the value of  for which (fof)(x) = x, for all (3) f and g both are one-one
  (4) f and g both are onto
x  R    , is [JEE (Main)-2021]
6  53. If for x, y  R, x > 0, y = log10x + log10x1/3 + log10x1/9
(1) 5 (2) 8 2  4  6  ...  2 y 4
+...upto  terms and 3  6  9  ...  3 y  log x ,
(3) No such  exists (4) 6 10
then the ordered pair (x, y) is equal to :
47. The number of solutions of the equation log(x + 1) [JEE (Main)-2021]
(2x2 + 7x + 5) + log(2x + 5) (x + 1)2 – 4 = 0, x > 0, is 6
(1) (10 , 9) (2) (106, 6)
____. [JEE (Main)-2021]
(3) (104, 6) (4) (102, 3)
48. If the domain of the function 54. If x + 9y – 4x + 3 = 0, x, y  R, then x and y
2 2
respectively lie in the intervals
cos1 x 2  x  1 [JEE (Main)-2021]
f (x)  is the interval (, ], then
1  2 x  1 (1) [1, 3] and [1, 3]
sin  
 2   1 1  1 1
(2)   ,  and   , 
 +  is equal to [JEE (Main)-2021]  3 3  3 3

3  1 1
(1) 1 (2) (3)   ,  and [1, 3]
2  3 3
 1 1
1 (4) 1, 3 and   , 
(3) (4) 2  3 3
2
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55. Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. Then the probability that 61. Let ƒ : R  R be defined as
a randomly chosen onto function g from S to S
ƒ(x) = x3 + x – 5
satisfies g(3) = 2g(1) is [JEE (Main)-2021]
If g(x) is a function such that ƒ(g(x)) = x,  x  R,
1 1
(1) (2) then g(63) is equal to_____. [JEE (Main)-2022]
30 10
1 3
(1) (2)
1 1 49 49
(3) (4)
15 5 43 91
(3) (4)
49 49
56. The sum of the roots of the equation,
62. Let f : R  R be a function defined by
x + 1 – 2log2(3 + 2x) + 2log4(10 – 2–x) = 0, is
[JEE (Main)-2021] 1
  x 25   50
(1) log214 (2) log212 f  x    2  1 
 2

 2  x
25
  . If the function g(x)

   
(3) log211 (4) log213
= f (f (f (x))) + f (f (x)), then the greatest integer less
57. Let f : N  N be a function such that f(m + n) than or equal to g(1) is ___________.
= f(m) + f(n) for every m, n  N. If f(6) = 18, then
[JEE (Main)-2022]
f(2)·f(3) is equal to [JEE (Main)-2021]

(1) 54 (2) 18 x 1
63. Let ƒ( x )  , x  R  {0,  1, 1}. If ƒn+1(x) = ƒ(ƒn(x))
(3) 6 (4) 36 x 1
for all n  N, then ƒ6(6) + ƒ7(7) is equal to :
58. The range of the function
[JEE (Main)-2022]
  3       3 
f ( x )  log 5  3  cos   x   cos   x   cos   x   cos   x 
  4  4  4   4  7 3
(1) (2) 
is [JEE (Main)-2021] 6 2

(1) [0, 2] (2) [–2, 2] 7 11

(3) (4) 
12 12
 1 
(3) 0, 5  (4) 
 5
, 5

64. Let f :    be defined as f(x) = x – 1 and

x2
g :   1, – 1   be defined as g  x   .
59. The number of one-one functions ƒ : {a, b, c, d}  x2  1
{0, 1, 2, ..., 10} such that 2ƒ(a) – ƒ(b) + 3ƒ(c) + ƒ(d)
Then the function fog is: [JEE (Main)-2022]
= 0 is ________. [JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) One-one but not onto
60. Let ƒ : N  R be a function such that ƒ(x + y) =
2ƒ(x) ƒ(y) for natural numbers x and y. If ƒ(1) = 2, (2) Onto but not one-one
then the value of  for which
(3) Both one-one and onto

10 (4) Neither one-one nor onto

512
 ƒ(  k )  3 (220  1) holds, is :
k 1 65. Let f :    satisfy f(x + y) = 2x f(y) + 4y f(x),

[JEE (Main)-2022] f (4)

x, y   . If f(2) = 3, then 14· is equal to ___.
f (2)
(1) 2 (2) 3

(3) 4 (4) 6 [JEE (Main)-2022]

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66. Let ƒ : R  R be a function defined by 70. Let c, k  R. If f(x) = (c + 1)x2 + (1 – c2)x + 2k and f(x
+ y) = f(x) + f(y) – xy, for all x, y  R, then the value
2e2 x
ƒ( x )  . of 2  f 1  f  2   f  3   .....  f  20   is equal to
e2x  e
___________. [JEE (Main)-2022]

71. The number of solutions of the equation

 1   2   3   99  sin x = cos2 x in the interval (0, 10) is _____.
Then ƒ    ƒ   ƒ   ...  ƒ   is
 100   100   100   100 
72. The number of solutions of |cos x| = sinx, such that
equal to ________. [JEE (Main)-2022] –4  x  4 is : [JEE (Main)-2022]

67. Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}. Define (1) 4 (2) 6

f : S ! S as (3) 8 (4) 12
73. Let f, g :  – {1}   be functions defined by
2n , if n  1, 2, 3, 4, 5 f(a) = , where  is the maximum of the powers of
f(n) =  .
2n  11, if n  6, 7, 8, 9, 10 those primes p such that p divides a, and g(a) = a
+ 1, for all a   – {1}. Then, the function f + g is
Let g : S ! S be a function such that
[JEE (Main)-2022]
n  1 , if n is odd
fog(n) =  , (1) one-one but not onto
n  1 , if n is even
(2) onto but not one-one
Then g(10) (g(1) + g(2) + g(3) + g(4) + g(5)) is equal
to __________. [JEE (Main)-2022] (3) both one-one and onto

68. Let a function ƒ : N  N be defined by (4) neither one-one nor onto

 74. The number of functions f, from the set A = {x  N :

 2n, n  2, 4, 6, 8,.....
 x2 – 10x + 9  0} to the set B = {n2 : n  N} such that
ƒ(n )   n  1, n  3, 7, 11, 15,..... f(x)  (x – 3)2 + 1, for every x  A, is _________.
n 1
 , n  1, 5, 9, 13,.... [JEE (Main)-2022]
 2
75. Let ,  and  be three positive real numbers. Let
then, ƒ is [JEE (Main)-2022]
f(x) = x5 + x3 + x, x   and g :    be such
(1) One-one but not onto that g(f(x)) = x for all x  . If a , a , a , …, a be in
1 2 3 n

(2) Onto but not one-one arithmetic progression with mean zero, then the

(3) Neither one-one nor onto  1 n 

value of f  g   f (ai )   is equal to
 n 
  i 1 
(4) One-one and onto

69. Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Then the number of elements in

[JEE (Main)-2022]
the set {f : S × S  S : f is onto and f(a, b) = f(b, a)
(1) 0 (2) 3
 a  (a, b)  S  S} is _____.
(3) 9 (4) 27
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