DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL RUBY PARK, KOLKATA

CLASS - XI, MATHEMATICS

RELATION AND FUNCTION

Multiple choice questions

(Each question carries 1 mark )

1. If A  1 , 2 , 3 , B  3 , 8 , then  A  B    A  B  is equal to

(a)  3 , 1 , 3 , 2  , 3 , 3  , 3 , 8 (b) 1, 3  , 2 , 3  , 3 , 3  , 8 , 3 

(c) 1, 2  ,  2 , 2  , 3 , 3  , 8 , 8  (d)  8 , 3 , 8 , 2 , 8 , 1 , 8 , 8 
2. If  3a  5 , 5 – b    8 , 2  , then

3
(a) a  1, b  3 (b) a  1, b  4 (c) a  1, b  (d) a  1, b  7
2

3. If n  A   5 and n  B   7 , then the number of relations from A to B is

(a) 235 (b) 249 (c) 225 (d) 270

4. If R is a relation from set A to a set B then
(a) R  B  A (b) R  A  B (c) R  A  A (d) None of these

x  10
5. If f ( x )  , then domain of f  x  is
10  x

(a) 5 (b)  – 10 (c)  (d) None of these

6. Let A   x , y ,z and B  a ,b,c ,d  . Which one of the following is not a relation from A to B?

(a) {( x, a), ( x, c)} (b)  y,c  , y,d  (c)  z ,a  , z ,d  (d)  z ,b  , y ,b  , a ,d 

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7. If f  x   , then D f  Domain of f  is equal to
2x

(a)  0,  (b)   , 0  (c)  – 0 (d) None of these

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8. If f  x   x 2  x 2 , x    0 , then f  
 x
1
(a) f  x  (b)  f  x   f  x 
2
(c) (d)
f  x
9. Domain and range of e x is
(a)  , 0 ,  (b)  ,  , 0  (c)  ,  ,   (d) None of these
x3
10. The domain of the function f  x   is
x3
(a)  3 (b)  – 3 (c)  – 3 (d) 
11. f  x   ax  b where a and b are integers, f  1  5 and f  3   3 , then the values of a and b are
respectively
(a) 3 and  1 (b) 2 and  3 (c) 0 and 2 (d) 2 and 3
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12. If 2 f  x   3 f    x 2  x  0  , then f  2  is equal to
 x

7 5
(a)  (b) (c) 1 (d) None of these
4 2

x2  2 x  1
13. The domain of function f given by f  x   is
x2  x  6

(a)  – 2 , 3 (b)  – 2 , -3 (c)  – 2 , -3 (d)  – 2 , 2

14. A teacher Mrs. Roy has presented R  x  be a collection of ordered pairs from A  B ; where A and B are finite
sets.

Then, R  x  is

(a) a relation and a function. (b) not a relation but a function.

(c) not a relation and not a function. (d) a relation but not a function.

15. f  x   1  x , g  x   x 2  x  1 , then  f  g  x  at x  0 is

(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 9

16. The graph of a function y  f  x  is given below.

 The domain and range of the function (respectively) is given by

(a)  , 1 ,1 (b)  ,1 ,0 ,1 (c)  , 1 ,1 (d) 1 , 0 ,1 , 

1 2 1 1 1 
17. The domain for which the functions f  x   x   and g  x     x  are equal is
3  2 2 3 

 1  1
(a)  (b)  2 ,  (c)   (d)  2 , 
 2  2

If  x   5  x   6  0 , where  . denotes the greatest integer function, then

2
18.

(a) x   2 , 4  (b) x   2 , 4 (c) x   2 , 3  (d) x   2 , 4 

19. The graph of the function f :    0,1 defined by f  x   x   x  ; where  .  denotes the greatest integer

function is as given below:

x   x
The range of the function g  x   ;  x   , where  . denotes the greatest integer function, is
1   x  x

 1  1
(a)  0,1 (b)  0,1 (c)  0,  (d)  0. 
 2  2

20. If sets A and B are having 5 members in common, then number of members common in A  B and B  A is

(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) can ' t be said .

ASSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTIONS

In the following questions 19 and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct answer out of the following choices
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.
21. Assertion  A  : The function f :    defined by f  x   x 2  x  1 attains positive real values only.

 
Reason  R  : The expression y  ax 2  bx  c ; a    ,b,c   will always be positive for all real values of x ,
if a  0 and b 2  4ac  0 .

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22. Assertion  A  : The range of the function f  x   is  0,  .
x5

Reason  R  : Since f  x  takes all real values greater than 0.

x2  4
23. Assertion  A  : Let f :   2   be defined as f  x   and g :    be defined as g  x   x  2 .
x2
Then, f  g .

Reason  R  : Two functions f and g are said to be equal if (i) f , g have the same domain ,say D.

(ii) f  x   g  x   x  D

24. Assertion  A  : Let A  1 , 2 , 3 , 5 ,B  4 , 6 , 9 and R   x , y  : x  y is odd , x  A , y  B be a Relation from

A to B. Then, domain of the Relation R is 1 , 2 , 3 , 5 .

Reason  R  : x is always positive x   .

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Assertion  A  : If f  x   x   
, then  f  x    f x 3  3 f   .
3
25.
x  x

Reason  R  : If f  x    x  a   x  b  ;  where a ,b  0  then f  a  b  is 0.

2 2

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

(Each question carries 2 marks )

26. Let A  1 , 2 , 3 and B  4 , 5 . Determine A  B and B  A. Is A  B = B  A ?

27. If A  B   3 , 4  , 3 , 5  , 0 , 4  ,  6 , 4  , 0 , 5  , 6 , 5  , find A and B.

28. If A  1 , 4 , B  2 , 3 , 6 and C  2 , 3 , 7 , then show that A   B C    A  B    A  C  .

 x2  8
29. Find the range of the function f  x   ,x  
x2  4

30. Find the domain and range of the function y  x.

31. If R   2 , 1 , 4 , 7  , 1 , 2  , . , then write the linear relation between the components of the ordered pairs
of relation R.

32. A function ' f ' is defined as f  x   2 x 2  3 , for all x   . Find

(i) image of 1 under f  x  (ii) element (elements) of the domain which has image 35.

f  5   f  1
33. If f  x   x 3 , find the value of .
51

34. Find the domain of the Relation R   x , y  : xy  4 , x , y    . Also, find the range of the Relation.

35. If A  0 ,1 , find A  A  A.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

(Each question carries 3 marks )

36. Find the sum and the difference of the identity function and the modulus function.

1 4 4 1
37. If f  x    4  3 , then find the value of f   .
x  4x  4 x  4x  4x
2 3 2
x  2x 2
 2

38. If A  2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 . Let R be a relation on A defined by  x , y  : x , y  A and x divides y

Find (i) R in roster form (ii) Domain of R . (iii) Range of R .

2 x  3, x  3
39. A function f :    is defined as f  x    . Find (a) f  1 (b) f  4  (c) f  6 
 7, x  3

1  x, x  0

40. Find domain and range of the real function f  x  defined by f  x    1 , x  0 and draw its graph.
 x  1, x  0


1 x
41. Find the domain of the real function f  x  defined by f  x   .
2 x

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42. If 2 f  x 2   3 f  2   x 2  1 for all x  R  0 , then find f  x 4  .
x 

 24 
43. Define a relation on  in such that R   a ,b  : a  b  and a ,b   ,b  16  . Find the domain and range of
 b 
the relation. Also, find co-domain.

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44. Find the domain of the function f given by f  x   ; where  . denotes the greatest integer
 x   x  6
2

function.

45. Given R   x , y  : x , y    0 , x 2


 y 2  25 . Find the domain and Range of R .
 LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
(Each question carries 5 marks )

46. Find the domain and range of the function f ( x )  16  x 2

x2  9
47. Draw the graph of the following function: f  x   and find the Domain, Range of the function.
x3

4x
48. Let f :    be defined as f  x   x   . Then, prove that, f  x   f  1  x   1 . Hence, by using
4x  2
the functional identity of the given function f , prove that

 1   2   1995   1996 
f  f    .....  f   f    998.
 1997   1997   1997   1997 

49. If A  1, 2 , 5 ,B  1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and C  5 , 6 , 2 , then verify that:

(i) A   B  C    A  B    A  C  (ii)  A  B C   A  C    B  C 

3 x x3
50. Find the domain and range of the following real valued functions: (a) f  x   (b) f  x  
x4 2x  1

2x
51. Find the domain and range of the following real valued functions: (a) f  x   3 x 2  4 x  5 (b) f  x  
6 x

1 1
52. Find the domain of the following functions: (a) f  x   (b) f  x  
x x x x

53. Find the range of the following functions: (a) f  x   1  x  2 (b) f  x   1  3 cos 2 x

54. Determine a quadratic function ' f ' defined as f  x   ax 2  bx  c if f  0   6 , f  2   11 , f  3   6

x2
55. Find the domain and range of the function f  x   .
1  x2

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

(Each question carries 4 marks )
56. Ram made a cubical box by folding cardboard sheet; the side of cubical box is x cm. Let y be the volume of the
box.
 Based on the given information, answer the following questions:

(i) Write the function to express volume which represents the given situation. 1 mark 
(ii) Find the domain of the given function. 1 mark 
(iii) (a) Find the range of the function.  2 marks 
OR
(iii) (b) Let f  x  represents the given function, then find the value of f  1 , f  3  .  2 marks 

57. Anita and Savita are two sisters. Anita has three sons Ramesh, Suresh and Piyush and Savita has three daughters
Reema, Seema and Rama. Now a relation R from A to B is defined as:

A   Anita , Savita
B   Ramesh, Suresh, Piyush, Reema , Seema , Rama
R   x , y  : x is a mother of y
Based on the given information, answer the following questions:

(i) Write the Roster form of relation R. 1 mark 

(ii) Write the domain of R. 1 mark 
(iii)(a) Write the range of R.  2 marks 
OR

(iii)(b) Write A  B.  2 marks 

58. A company has four categories of employees given by Assistants ( A ), Clerks ( C ), Managers ( M ) and an
Executive Officer ( E ). The company provide ₹ 10,000 , ₹ 25,000 , ₹ 50,000 and ₹ 1,00,000 as salaries to the people
who work in the categories A , C , M and E respectively. If A1 , A2 , A3 , A4 a A5 were Assistants; C1 , C2 , C 3 , C 4 were

Clerks; M1 , M 2 , M 3 were managers and E1 , E2 were Executive officers and if the relation R is defined by xRy ,

where x is the salary given to person y .

Based on the above topic, answer the following questions.

(i) Express R in Roaster form. 1 mark 
(ii) How many ordered pairs are there in the Relation R ? 1 mark 
(iii) (a) Find the Domain of the Relation R .  2 marks 
 OR
(iii) (b) Find the Range of the Relation R .  2 marks 
59. Riya and Maya are two friends studying in the same class. While doing their Mathematics project on Relation and
Function, they have to collect the name of 5 metro cities and 4 cities other than metro cities of India; and present
the name of the cities in the form of sets. They have collected the names of cities and written them in the form of
sets given as follows:
A  Set of 5 metro cities   Delhi , Mumbai ,Bangalore ,Calcutta , Pune 

B   Bihar , Agra ,Jaipur , Ahmedabad 

Based on the given information, answer the following questions:

(i) How many Relations are possible from A to B? How many of them are non-empty proper Relation?  2 marks 

(ii) Between the Relations from A to B , how many of them are functions?  2 marks 
60. There is a Relation R from the Set A  9,4,25 to the set B  1, 2, 2, 3, 3,5, 5 .Follow the arrow diagram

below which is expressing R .

Based on the above topic, answer the following questions.

(i) Express R in Roaster form. Express the relation R in the Set-Builder form.  2 marks 

(ii) Find the Domain and Range of the Relation R .  2 marks 

61. Sherlin and Danuj are playing Ludo at home during Covid-19. While rolling the dice, Sherlin’s sister Raji observed

and noted the possible outcomes of the throw every time belongs to set 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 . Let A be the set of players

while B be the set of all possible outcomes i .e., A   S , D ,B  1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ; where S stands for Sherlin and D

stands for Danuj.

Based on the given information, answer the following questions:

(i) Let R : B  B be defined as R   x , y  : y is devisible by x . Find Range of R . 1 mark 

(ii) Raji wants to know the number of functions from A to B. How many numbers of functions are possible?

1 mark 
(iii) (a) Let R be a relation on B defined by R   1 , 2  , 2 , 2  , 1 , 3  , 3 , 4  ,  3 ,1 ,  4 , 3  ,  5 , 5  . Find Domain and

Range of R .  2 marks 
OR
(iii) (b) Raji wants to know the number of relations from A to B and from B to A. How many numbers of relations

are possible from A to B and from B to A?  2 marks 

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Answer Key

Multiple choice questions

1. (b) 6. (d) 11. (b) 16. (b)

2. (d) 7. (c) 12. (a) 17. (b)

3. (a) 8. (b) 13. (a) 18. (d)

4. (b) 9. (a) 14. (d) 19. (c)

5. (b) 10.(b) 15. (a) 20. (c)

ASSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTIONS

21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (c)
 VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

26. A  B   1 , 4  , 1, 5  , 2 , 4  ,  2 , 5  , 3 , 4  , 3 , 5  , B  A   4 ,1 , 4 , 2  , 4 , 3  , 5 ,1 , 5 , 2  , 5 , 3 

So, A  B  B  A

27. A  3 , 0 , 6 ,B  4 , 5 28. Proof. 29.  1 , 2 

30. Domain   0 ,   , Range   0 ,   31.  x , y   R  y  3 x  5

32.  i  f  1  2  1  3  1  ii  f 1 35   19

2
  33. 31

34. Domain  Range  4 , 2 , 1 ,1, 2 , 4

35. A  A   0 , 0 , 0  ,  0 , 0 ,1 ,  0 ,1 , 0  , 0 ,1 ,1 , 1, 0 , 0  , 1 , 0 ,1 , 1 ,1 , 0  , 1 ,1 ,1 

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

36. f :    and g :    be defined as f  x   x  x , g  x   x  x

1
37. f    4
 2

38. (i) R   2 , 2  , 2 , 4  , 2 ,6  ,  2 , 8  , 3 , 3  , 3 , 6  ,  3 , 9  , 4 , 4  , 4 , 8  , 5 , 5  , 6 , 6  , 7 , 7  , 8 , 8  ,  9 , 9 

(ii) Domain  2 , 3 , 4 ,5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9

(iii) Range  2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9

39.  i  f  1  7  ii  f  4   7  iii  f  6   15 40. Domain   ,Range    1 ,  

1 3 
41. Domain    ,  2     1 ,1   2 ,  42. f  x 4    4  2 x 4  1 
5 x 

43. Domain  25 ,14 ,11,10 , Range  1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 8 ,12 , 24 ,Codomain  

44. Domain    ,  2    4 ,  45. Domain  Range  0 , 3 , 4 , 5 

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

46. Domain   4 , 4 , Range   0 , 4 47. Domain    3 ,Range    6

48. Proof. 49. Verification.

 1 1
50. (a) Domain    4 , Range     1 (b) Domain       ,Range     
 2 2

 11 
51. (a) Domain   ,Range   ,   (b) Domain    6 ,Range    2
 3 
52. (a) Domain   (b) Domain   0 ,   53. (a) Range    ,1 (b) Range   2 , 4

1 2 23
54. f  x   x  x6 55. Domain   , Range   0 ,1 
10 10
CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

56. (i) y  f  x   x 3 (ii) Domain   (iii)(a) Range   (iii)(b) 1,  27

57.(i) R   Anita , Ramesh  ,  Anita ,Suresh  , Anita , Piyush  , Savita , Reema  , Savita ,Seema  , Savita ,Rama 

(ii) Domain   Anita , Savita (iii)(a) Range   Ramesh, Suresh, Piyush, Reema , Seema , Rama
(iii)(b) Find A  B .
 10 , 000 , A1  ,  10 , 000 , A2  , 10 , 000 , A3  , 10 , 000 , A4  ,10 , 000 , A5  , 25 , 000 ,C1  ,  25 ,000 ,C 2  , 
58.(i) R   
 25 , 000 ,C 3  , 25 , 000 ,C 4  , 50 ,000 , M1  , 50 ,000 , M 2  ,  50 , 000 ,M 3  , 1 , 00 , 000 ,E1  , 1 , 00 , 000 , E1  
(ii) 14 pairs

(iii)(a) Domain  10000 , 25000 , 50000 ,1 , 00 , 000

(iii)(b) Range   A1 , A2 , A3 , A4 , A5 ,C1 ,C 2 ,C 3 ,C 4 , M1 , M 2 ,M 3 ,E1 , E2 

59. (i) 220 , 220  2 (ii) 45

60. (i) R   9 , 3  , 9 , 3  , 4 , 2  , 4 , 2  , 25 , 5  , 25 , 5   , R   x , y  : y   x ; x  A, y  B 
(ii) Domain  9 , 4 , 25 , Range  5 ,  2 ,  3 

61. (i) Range  1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 (ii) 62 (iii)(a) Domain  1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5  Range (iii)(b) 212 each.

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