Relations, Functions & Inverse Trigonometric Functions

1. Let f(x) = x2 and g(x) = sin x for all x  R. Then the set of all x satisfying (f o g o g o f) (x) = (g o g o f)
(x), where (f o g) (x) = f(g(x)), is [IIT-JEE 2011, Paper-2, (3, –1), 80]
(A) ± n , n  {0, 1, 2,....} (B) ± n , n  {1, 2,....}

(C) + 2n, n  {.....–2, –1, 0, 1, 2,....} (D) 2n, n  {...., –2, –1, 0, 1, 2,....}
2
  sin      d
2. Let f() = sin  tan1    , where – <  < . Then the value of (f()) is
 d(tan )
  cos 2   4 4
[IIT-JEE 2011, Paper-1, (4, 0), 80]
3. The function f : [0, 3] [1, 29], defined by f(x) = 2x3 – 15x2 + 36x + 1, is
(A) one-one and onto (B) onto but not one-one
(C) one-one but not onto (D) neither one-one nor onto

2    
4*. Let f : (–1, 1)  R be such that f(cos 4) = for   0,    ,  . Then the value(s) of
2  sec  2
 4 4 2
 1
f   is (are) [IIT-JEE 2012, Paper-2, (4, 0), 66]
 3
3 3 2 2
(A) 1 – (B) 1 + (C) 1 – (D) 1 +
2 2 3 3

 23  n 
5. The value of cot 
 n1 
cot –1  1 
 
2k  

is [JEE (Advanced) 2013, Paper-1, (2, 0)/60]
  k 1 
23 25 23 24
(A) (B) (C) (D)
25 23 24 23

6. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

List - I List – II

1/ 2
  cos(tan–1 y)  y sin(tan–1 y) 
2 
P  1    y 4
takes value 1.
1 5
 y2 –1 –1
 cot(sin y)  tan(sin y)   2 3
 
Q. If cos x + cos y + cox z = 0 = sin x + sin y + sin z then 2. 2
x–y
possible value of cos is
2
  1
R. If cos  – x  cos 2x + sin x sin 2x sec x = cos xsin 2x sec x + 3.
 4  2
 
cos   x  cos 2x then possible value of sec x is
4 
S. 
If cot sin–1 1– x2  = sin  tan –1
 x 6  , x  0, 4. 1
then possible value of x is [JEE (Advanced) 2013, Paper-2, (3, –1)/60]

Codes :
P Q R S
(A) 4 3 1 2
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 3 4 1 2

  
7. Let f:  – ,   R be given by f(x) = (log(sec x + tanx)) 3 . Then
 2 2
[JEE (Advanced) 2014, Paper-1, (3, 0)/60]
(A) f(x) is an odd function (B) f(x) is a one-one function
(C) f(x) is an onto function (D) f(x) is an even function
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8. Let f : [0, 4]  [0, ] be defined by f(x) = cos–1 (cos x). The number of points x [0, 4] satisfying the
10  x
equation f(x) = is [JEE (Advanced) 2014, Paper-1, (3, 0)/60]
10
6 4
9*. If  = 3sin–1   and  = 3cos–1   , where the inverse trigonometric functions take only the
 11  9
principal values, then the correct option(s) is(are) [JEE (Advanced) 2015, P-2 (4, –2)/ 80]
(A) cos  > 0 (B) sin  < 0 (C) cos( + ) > 0 (D) cos  < 0

10. The number of real solutions of the equation

  
 x 
i
    x
i  
sin–1  
 i1
xi1  x 
i1
 2   = 2 – cos

–1
 
 i  1   2    (x) 
i1
i

 1 1
lying in the interval   ,  is __________. [JEE(Advanced) 2018, Paper-1,(3, 0)/60]
 2 2
  
(Here, the inverse trigonometric functions sin–1x and cos–1x assume values in   ,  and [0, ],
 2 2
respectively).

11. Let X be a set with exactly 5 elements and Y be a set with exactly 7 elements. If  is the number of
one-one functions from X to Y and is the number of onto function form Y to X, then the value of
1
( – ) is ______ . [JEE(Advanced) 2018, Paper-2,(3, 0)/60]
5!

 x  
 –1   x  

12. Let E1 =  x  R : x  1and  0  and E2 =  x  E1 : sin  loge    is a real number  .
 x –1  
   x – 1  

  
(Here, the inverse trigonometric function sin–1x assumes values in  – ,  .)
 2 2
 x 
Let f : E1  R be the function defined by f(x) = loge  
 x – 1
  x 
and g : E2  R be the function defined by g(x) = sin–1  loge  
  x – 1 
[JEE(Advanced) 2018, Paper-2,(3, –1)/60]

LIST-I LIST-II
 1   e 
(P) The range of f is (1)  – , 1– e    e – 1,  
   
(Q) The range of g contains (2) (0, 1)
 1 1
(R) The domain of f contains (3) – 2 , 2 
 
(S) The domain of g is (4) (–, 0)  (0, )
 e 
(5)  – , e – 1
 
1 e 
(6) (–, 0)   , 
 2 e – 1
The correct option is

(A) P  4; Q  2; R  1; S  1 (B) P  3; Q  3; R  6; S  5
(C) P  4; Q  2; R  1; S  6 (D) P  4; Q  3; R  6; S  5

13. The value of

 1 10  7  k   7 (k  1)      3 
sec–1 
4  sec  
 12 2 
 sec 
 12

2 
 in the interval  – ,
  4 4
 equals
 k 0
[JEE(Advanced) 2019, Paper-2 ,(4, –1)/62]