MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Let R be the relation in the set {1, 2, 3, 4} given by R = {(1, 2), (2, 2), (1, 1), (4, 4), (1, 3), (3, 2)}. Choose
the correct answer.
(a) R is reflexive and symmetric but not transitive (b) R is reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(c) R is transitive and symmetric but not reflexive (d) R is an equivalence relation
2. If R be the relation in the set N given by R = {(a, b) : a = b —2, b > 6}, then

3. If R be the relation in the set {1, 2, 3} given by R = {(1, 2), (2, 1)}, then
(a) R is reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive (b) R is symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
(c) R is transitive but neither symmetric nor reflexive (d) R is an equivalence relation
4. LetA = {1, 2, 3} and consider the relation R = 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (1, 2), (2, 3), (1, 3)}, then R is
(a) reflexive but not symmetric (b) reflexive but not transitive
(c) symmetric and transitive (d) neither symmetric nor transitive
5. Letf: R + R be defined by
2x,
x 1 < xs3
31,
Thenf (-1) (2) +f (4) is
(b) 11 (d) none of these
6. The functionf(x) : R —Y R defined byf(x) =
(a) one-one but not onto (b) onto but not one-one
(c) both one-one and onto (d) neither one-one nor onto
3
b }. Then R is
7. The relation R in R defined as R = {(a, b) : a
(a) reflexive but not symmetric (b) neither reflexivenor symmetricnor transitive
(c) symmetric and transitive (d) reflexive but not transitive

a. IAA - {3} and B {1}. Letf:A -y B is defined by f(x) V x e R . Choose the correct answer.

(b) f is surjective (c) f is bijective (d) none of these

(a) f is injective
9. Let R be the relation on the set R of all real numbers defined by aRb if la —bl S
1. Then R is
(a) reflexive and symmetric (b) symmetric only
(c) transitive only (d) none of these
10. Let S be the set of real numbers. Then the relation R = {(a, b) : 1 + ab > 0} on S is
(a) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive (b) reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(c) symmetric and transitive but not reflexive (d) reflexive, symmetric and transitive
y e N. The relation
11. Let a relation R on the set N of natural numbers be defined as xl{ye x2 4xy+3y = 0 V x,
is
(a) reflexive (b) symmetric (c) transitive (d) an equivalence relation

12. Let f: R —{b} R be a function defined by f(x) = , where a b. Thenf(x) is

(a) one-one onto (b) one-one into (c) many-one onto (d) many-one into
 13. A mapping from N -9 N is defined asf(n) = (n + 5)2, n e N. *Itien
(a) f is not one-to-one (b) f is onto
(c) fis both one-to-one and onto (d) f is one-one but not onto
14. If A = {1, 2, 3} and B {a, b) then total number of
functions from A to B is
(d) 16
15. The function f: R -+ R given byf(x) 3 -- 2 sin x is
(a) one-one (b) onto (c) bijection (d) none of these
16. What is the range of the function f(x) x —Il

17. A relation from A to B is

(a) a universal 'set of A x B
(c) an equivalent set of A x B (d) a subset of A x B
18, Which of the following is not an equivalent relation in Z?
(a) aRb a + b is an even integer (b) aRb a —b is an even integer
(c) aRb a < b (d) aRb a = b
19. Let A = {1, 2, 3}. Then number of equivalence relation containing (1, 2) is

20. Let A = {1, 2, 3}. Then number of relations containing (1, 2) and (1, 3) which are reflexive and symmetric but
not transitive is

21. LetA = {1, 2, 3}. Then number of relations containing (1, 2) and (2, 3) which are reflexive and transitive but not
symmetric is

22. The number of equivalence in the set A = {1, 2, 3} containing (1, 2) and (2, 1) is

23. The number of all one-one functions from set A = {1, 2, 3, 4} to itself is
(b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 27
24. The number of all onto functions from the set A = {1, 2, 3 , n} to itself is

25. The number of all relations from set A = {1, 2, 3} to itself is

(c) 16
26. Iff: R —+R is defined byf (x) = 5x + 3, then
(a) f is one-one onto (b) f is many one onto
(c) f is one-one but not onto (d) fis neither one-one nor onto
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27. Iff: R -+ R is defined byf (x) = 1 , then
(a) f is one-one onto (b) f is many one onto
(c) f is one-one but not onto (d) fis neither one-one nor onto
28. If f: R -+ R is defined by f (x) = 1 +1 2, then
(a) f is one-one onto (b) f is many one onto
(c) fis one-one but not onto (d) fis neither one-one nor onto
29. Let R be relation on N defined by x + 2y = 8. The domain of R is
(d) {2, 4, 8, 10}
30. Iff'. R -+ R is defined byf (x) = cos x, V x e R , then
(a) f is one-one onto (b) fis many one onto
(c) fis one-one but not onto (d) fis neither one-one nor onto
Iff: R —iR is defined byf (x) = V x e R, then
(a) f is one-one onto (b) fis many one onto
(c) fis one-one but not onto (d) fis neither one-one nor onto
 32• Let R be the real line. Consider the following subsets of the plane R x R :
A = {(x,y) : y = x + 1 and 0 < x < 2}
B = {(x,y) : x —y is an integer}
Which one of the following is true?
(a) B is an equivalence relation on R but A is not (b) Neither A nor B is an equivalence relationon
(c) Both A and B are equivalence relation on R R
(d) A is an equivalence relation on R but B is not
33 • For real x, letf(x) = x + 5x+ 1, then
(a) fis one-one but not onto (b) f is onto but not one-one
(c) f is one-one and onto (d) f is neither one-one nor onto
34, Therange of f(x) ,x 3 is

35 • Let A and B be two sets, such thatf(a, b) =

(b, a) where f: A x B —iB x A, then fis
(a) one-one (b) onto (c) one-one and onto (d) none of these
36 • If a relation R in a set A is an empty relation, then
(d) none of these
37 • Let R be a relation on the set N of natural numbers defined by nRm if
n divides m. Then R is
(a) reflexive and symmetric (b) transitive and symmetric
(c) equivalence (d) reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
3S• Let L denotes the set of all straight lines in a plane. Let a relation R be defined
by IRmif and onlyif I is
perpendicular to m VI, m VL. Then R is
(a) reflexive (b) symmetric (c) transitive (d) none of these
Let N be the set of natural numbers and the function f: N + N be defined byf (n) = 2n + 3 Yn e N. Thenfis
(a)surjective (b) injective (c) bijective (d) none of these
40 • Let T be the set of all triangles in the Euclidean plane, and let a relation R
on T be defined as aRb ifa is congruent
to b V a, b € T. Then R is
(a) reflexive but not transitive (b) transitive but not symmetric
(c) equivalence (d) none of these
41 • Consider the non-empty set consisting of children in a family and a relation R
defined as aRb if a is brother of b.
Then R is
(a) symmetric but not transitive (b) transitive but not symmetric
(c) neither symmetric nor transitive (d) both symmetric and transitive
42 , The maximum number of equivalence relations on the set A = {1, 2, 3} are

43 • Iff:R+-+R+, theny=e Xis

(a) many-one and into (b) many-one and onto (c) one-one and into (d) one-one and onto
44 ' If f: O, E —iR given byf(x) = sin x and g : O, R given by g(x) = cos x, then which of the following

is incorrect?
(a) fand g are one-one (b) f and g are not one-one
(c) f + g is not one-one (d) none of these
J, if x > 0
45 ' The functionf: R R defined by f(x) O,if x -o is
-1, if x < o
(a) one-one and onto (b) one-one and into
(c) neither one-one nor onto (d) many one and onto
46 ' Iff(x) and f: R —4R, then
(a) f is one-one and onto (b) f is one-one and into
(c) f is neither one-one nor onto (d) none of these
 47. If the set A contains 5 elements and the set B contains 6 elements,then the number of one-oneand onto
mappings from A to B is
(a) 720 (b) 120 (d) none of these

, if n is odd
48. Letf: N* N and f(n) 2
--- if n is even
Then,fis
(a) one-one and into (b) one-one and onto (c) many-one and into (d) many-one and onto
49. If A and B are two non-empty sets and f: A x B • B x A such thatf(a, b) = (b, a), then
(a) fis one-one and onto (b) fis many-one and onto (c) fis one-one not into (d) f is many-one and into
50. Iffix) and f: R -4 R, then
(a) f is one-one and onto (b) f is many-one and into
(c) fis neither one-one nor onto (d) f is one-one and into
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51. If R = {(a, b) : a = b } for all a, b e N then which of the following is correct?
(a) R is reflexive (b) R is reflexive and symmetric
(c) R is reflexive, symmetric and transitive (d) R is not reflexive, symmetric and transitive

ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. (b) 4. 5. (a) 6. 7. (b)
11. (a) 12. 13. 14. (a) 15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (d) 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (d) (b)
31. 32. 33• 34. 35. 35. 37. (d) 38. (b)
41. 42. (d) 43. (d) 44. (b) 45. (c) 47. 48. (d) 49. (a) (a)
51. (d).

Isc (XID REVISION EXERCISE i

1. Iff: R -4 R and g : R —4R be two functions defined asf(x) = 2Kand g(x) = x + 2 respectively then prove that g is
many-one into.
x 1| —iRange
f: [—1,IJ-4R,given
2. Show that by f(x)= is one-one. Find the inverse of the function f :

off.
3. Is g = {(1, 1),(2, 3),(3, 5),(4, 7)} a function? If g is described by g(x) = ux + B, then what values should be assigned
to and ß?
4. Let R be a relation defined as the set of natural numbers N as R = {(x,y) : x e N, y e N and 2x + y = 24}. Determine
R is an equivalence relation or not,
5. If the functionf: R -i R, defined byf(x) 3x 4 is invertible, find f l .
6. State the reason for the relation R in the set {1, 2, 3} given by R = 2), (2, 1)} not to be transitive.
B. State whether fis one-
Let A {1, 2, 3}, B {4, 5, 6, 7} and let f* {(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)} be a function from A to
one or not.
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8. Iff: R -+ R defined as f(x) = is an invertible function, write f

Show that the function f : R -+ R given byf(x) cos x is neither one-one nor onto.
 10. Prove that the relation R in the setA {5, 6, 7, 8, 9) given by R b) : la -bl is divisible by 2}, is an e
quivalence
relation. Find all elements related to the element 6. Also write the equivalence class
11. If R = {(x, y) : x + 2y 8) is a relation on N, write the range of R.
12. Show that the relation R defined by (a, b) R (c, d) a + d = b + c on the set N x N is an equivalence relation.
13. Prove that the relation R {(a, b) : la bl is even), is an equivalence relation.

, if n is odd
14. let f: N N be defined by f(n) 2
Find whether the function f is bijective.Justify
n
if n is even for V n e N.
2'
your answer.
15. Let Z be the set of all integers and R be the relation on Z defined as R {(a, b) : a, b e Z and (a b) is divisible
by 5). Prove that R is an equivalence relation,
16. Show that the relation S in the set R of real numbers defined as S = {(a, b) : a, b e R and a b3} is neither reflexive
nor synmetric nor transitive.
17. Show that the relation S in the set A {x e Z : 0 S x S 12 given by S = {(a, b) : d, b Z, la ---bl is divisible by 4} is
an equivalence relation. Find the set of all elements related to 1.
18. Show that the function f : R -+ R given byf(x) = ax + b, where a, b e R, a 0 is a bijection.
Letf: X Ybe a function. Define a relation R on X given by R = {(a, b) :f(a) =f(b)}. Show that R is an equivalence
relation on X
20. Consider function f: + [—9,T) given byf(x) = 5x + 6x—9. Provef(x) is one-one onto.
21. Iff: R —iR be the function defined byf(x) = 4x + 7, show that f is a bijection.
n + 1, if n is even
22. Show that the functionf: W + W defined by f (n) = is a bijective function.
n —1, if n is odd

23. Let A —R—{3} and B = R —{1}. Consider the function f: A B defined by f(x) . Show thatfis one-one
32)
and onto and hence find f l .
x + 1, if x is odd
24. Show thatf: N —iN given by f(x) is both one-one and onto.
x —1, if x is even

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25. Show that
thefunction
f in A = R defined as f(x) = is one-one and onto.. Hence, find f- .
6x —4
26. Considerf : -+ [4, z) given byf(x) = 12 + 4. Show that f is invertiblewith the inversefi l of f given by
f- (y) = N/F, where is the set of all non-negative real numbers.

27. Let A —R—{2} and B=R— {1}. Iff: A -+13is a function defined by f(x) = show that fis one-one and onto.

Hence, find f J.
28. Letf: N-+R be a function defined asf(x) 14k + 12x+ 15. Show that f: N —iS, where S is range off, is invertible.
Find also the inverse off.
29. Consider function f: -+ (7, u) given byf(x) 1612 + 24x+ 7. Provef(x) is one-one onto.
30. Is g = 1),(2, 3),(3, 5),(4, 7)} a function? If g is described by g(x) = ax + 13,then what values should be assigned
to a and P?

31. Consider f : given by f(x) = Show that f is bijective. Find the inverse off and
3x + 4
hence find f -l (O) and x such thatf -J (x) = 2.
 ANSWERS
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6. one-one 9. 15x-21 10.5 sin x

2

11. {1, 2,3} 14. No 47.{1, 5, 9} 20. g(x) = 25.

10
11
1 29. fog(x) = + 2, fog(2) = 6, gof(x) =
27. XX-1)2 10
2
3 11
= f -1 (0)
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