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CBSE XII
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Relations and Functions
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
cbse
class12
ch1
q29
p13
objective
exemplar
sec-a
math
asked
Dec 19, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let
T
be the set of all triangles in the Euclidean plane, and let a relation
R
on
T
be defined as
a
R
b
. If a is congruent to b where
a
,
b
∈
T
, then
R
is:
cbse
class12
ch1
q28
p13
objective
exemplar
sec-a
math
asked
Dec 19, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let * be binary operation defined on R by
a
∗
b
=
1
+
a
b
,
a
,
b
∈
R
.
Then the operation * is
cbse
class12
ch1
q27
p13
exemplar
sec-b
math
asked
Dec 19, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let
∗
be the binary operation defined on Q.Find which of the following binary operations are commutative
(
i
)
a
∗
b
=
a
−
b
a
,
b
∈
Q
(
i
i
)
a
∗
b
=
a
2
+
b
2
a
,
b
∈
Q
(
i
i
i
)
a
∗
b
=
a
+
a
b
a
,
b
∈
Q
(
i
v
)
a
∗
b
=
(
a
−
b
)
2
a
,
b
∈
Q
cbse
class12
ch1
q26
p13
exemplar
math
sec-a
asked
Dec 19, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Functions
f
,
g
:
R
→
R
are defined,respectively,by
f
(
x
)
=
x
2
+
3
x
+
1
,
g
(
x
)
=
2
x
−
3
,
find
(
i
)
f
o
g
(
i
i
)
g
o
f
(
i
i
i
)
f
o
f
(
i
v
)
g
o
g
cbse
class12
ch1
q25
p13
exemplar
math
asked
Dec 19, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Using the definition,prove that the function
f
:
A
→
B
is invertible if and only if f is both one-one and onto.
cbse
class12
ch1
q24
p13
exemplar
sec-a
math
asked
Dec 19, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let A={1,2,3....9} and R be the relation in AxA defined by (a,b)R(c,d) if a+d=b+c for (a,b),(c,d) in AxA.Prove that R is an equivalence relation and also obtain the equivalent class[(2,5)].
cbse
class12
ch1
q23
p13
exemplar
sec-b
math
asked
Dec 19, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Each of the following defines a relation on N :
(
i
)
x
i
s
g
r
e
a
t
e
r
t
h
a
n
y
,
x
,
y
N
(
i
i
)
x
+
y
=
10
,
x
,
y
N
(
i
i
i
)
x
y
i
s
s
q
u
a
r
e
o
f
a
n
i
n
t
e
g
e
r
x
,
y
N
(
i
v
)
x
+
4
y
=
10
x
,
y
N
Determine which of the above relations are reflexive,symmetric and transitive.
cbse
class12
ch1
q22-1
p12
exemplar
math
asked
Dec 19, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let
A
=
[
−
1
,
1
]
.
Then,dicuss whether the following functions defined on
A
are one-one,onto or bijective:
f
(
x
)
=
x
2
cbse
class12
ch1
q21-1
p12
exemplar
sec-b
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let A=R-{3},B=R-{1}.Let
f
:
A
→
B
be defined by
f
(
x
)
=
x
−
2
x
−
3
∀
x
∈
A
.Then show that f is bijective.
cbse
class12
ch1
q20
p12
exemplar
sec-b
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Give an example of a map
(
i
)
w
h
i
c
h
i
s
o
n
e
−
o
n
e
b
u
t
n
o
t
o
n
t
o
cbse
class12
ch1
q19-1
exemplar
math
sec-a
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Given A={2,3,4},B={2,5,6,7}.Construct an example of each of the following:
(
a
)
a
n
i
n
j
e
c
t
i
v
e
m
a
p
p
i
n
g
f
r
o
m
A
t
o
B
(
b
)
a
m
a
p
p
i
n
g
f
r
o
m
A
t
o
B
w
h
i
c
h
i
s
n
o
t
i
n
j
e
c
t
i
v
e
(
c
)
a
m
a
p
p
i
n
g
f
r
o
m
B
t
o
A
cbse
class12
ch1
q18
p12
exemplar
sec-b
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let
R
be relation defined on the set of natural number
N
as follows:
R
=
{
(
x
,
y
)
:
x
N
,
y
N
,
2
x
+
y
=
41
}
.
Find the domain and range of the relation R.Also verify whether R is reflexive,symmetric and transitive.
cbse
class12
ch1
q17
p12
exemplar
sec-b
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
If A={1,2,3,4},define relations on A which have properties of being:
(
a
)
r
e
f
l
e
x
i
v
e
,
t
r
a
n
s
i
t
i
v
e
b
u
t
n
o
t
s
y
m
m
e
t
r
i
c
(
b
)
s
y
m
m
e
t
r
i
c
b
u
t
n
e
i
t
h
e
r
r
e
f
l
e
x
i
v
e
n
o
r
t
r
a
n
s
i
t
i
v
e
(
c
)
r
e
f
l
e
x
i
v
e
,
s
y
m
m
e
t
r
i
c
a
n
d
t
r
a
n
s
i
t
i
v
e
cbse
class12
ch1
q16
p12
exemplar
sec-b
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let
f
:
R
→
R
be the function defined by
f
(
x
)
=
1
2
−
cos
x
∀
x
∈
R
.
Then,find the range of f.
cbse
class12
ch1
q14
p12
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
If functions
f
:
A
→
B
a
n
d
g
:
B
→
A
satisfy g o f =
I
A
,then is f one-one and g onto
cbse
class12
ch1
q13
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let X={1,2,3} and Y={4,5}.Find whether the following subsets of X x Y are functions from X to Y or not.
f
=
{
(
1
,
4
)
,
(
1
,
5
)
,
(
2
,
4
)
,
(
3
,
5
)
}
cbse
class12
ch1
q12
q12-1
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let the function
f
:
R
→
R
be defined by
f
(
x
)
=
cos
x
,
∀
x
∈
R
.Show that f is neither one-one nor onto
cbse
class12
ch1
q11
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let C be the set of complex numbers.Prove that the mapping
f
:
C
→
R
g
i
v
e
n
b
y
f
(
z
)
=
|
z
|
,
∀
z
∈
C
,
is neither one-one nor onto.
cbse
class12
ch1
q10
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
If the mappings f and g are given by
f
=
{
(
1
,
2
)
,
(
3
,
5
)
,
(
4
,
1
)
}
a
n
d
g
=
{
(
2
,
3
)
,
(
5
,
1
)
,
(
1
,
3
)
}
,
w
r
i
t
e
f
o
g
cbse
class12
ch1
q9
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Are the following set of ordered pairs function?If so,examine whether the mapping is injective or subjective
{
(
x
,
y
)
:
x
i
s
a
p
e
r
s
o
n
,
y
i
s
t
h
e
m
o
t
h
e
r
o
f
x
}
cbse
class12
ch1
q8
q8-1
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Is
g
=
{
(
1
,
1
)
,
(
2
,
3
)
,
(
3
,
5
)
,
(
4
,
7
)
}
a function?If g is described by
g
(
x
)
=
α
x
+
β
,then what value should be assigned to
α
a
n
d
β
.
cbse
class12
ch1
q7
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
If
f
:
R
→
R
is defined by
f
(
x
)
=
x
2
−
3
x
+
2
, write
f
(
f
(
x
)
)
.
cbse
class12
ch1
q6
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let A={a,b,c,d} and the function f={(a,b),(b,d),(c,a),(d,c)},Write
f
−
1
.
cbse
class12
ch1
q5
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let f :
R
→
R
be the function defined by
f
(
x
)
=
2
x
−
3
∀
x
∈
R
.Write
f
−
1
.
cbse
class12
ch1
q4
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-b
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let
f
,
g
:
R
→
R be defined by
f
(
x
)
=
2
x
+
1
and
g
(
x
)
=
x
2
−
2
,
∀
x
∈
R
,
respectively. Then, find
g
o
f
(
x
)
.
cbse
class12
ch1
q3
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let
D
be the domain of the real valued function
f
defined by
f
(
x
)
=
√
25
−
x
2
.
Then, write
D
cbse
class12
ch1
q2
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let
A
=
a
,
b
,
c
and the relation
R
be defined on
A
as follows:
R
=
(
a
,
a
)
(
b
,
c
)
(
a
,
b
)
. Write the minimum number of ordered pairs to be ordered pairs to be added in
R
to make
R
reflexive and transitive.
cbse
class12
ch1
q1
p11
short-answer
exemplar
sec-a
math
asked
Dec 18, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Let
f
:
N
→
N
b
e
d
e
f
i
n
e
d
b
y
f
(
n
)
=
{
n
+
1
2
,
i
f
n
i
s
o
d
d
n
2
,
i
f
i
s
e
v
e
n
f
o
r
a
l
l
n
∈
N
state whether the function f is bijective.Justify your answer.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
sec2
q9
p11
medium
sec-b
math
asked
Dec 10, 2012
by
sreemathi.v
1
answer
Number of binary operations on the set
{
a
,
b
}
are
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q19
p31
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 27, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Let
f
:
R
→
R
be the Signum Function defined as
f
(
x
)
=
{
1
,
x
>
0
0
,
x
=
0
−
1
,
x
<
0
and
g
:
R
→
R
be the greatest Integer Function given by
g
(
x
)
=
[
x
]
where
[
x
]
is a greatest integer less thar or equal to
x
Then, does
f
o
g
and
g
o
f
coincide in
(
0
,
1
]
?.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q18
p31
sec-b
math
asked
Nov 27, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Let
A
=
{
1
,
2
,
3
}
. Then number of equivalence relations containing
(
1
,
2
)
is
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q17
p30
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 27, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Let
A
=
{
1
,
2
,
3
}
. Then number of relations containing
(
1
,
2
)
and
(
1
,
3
)
which are reflexive and symmetric but not transitive is
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q16
p30
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 27, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Let
A
=
{
-1,0,1,2
}
and
B
=
{
-4,-2,0,2
}
a
n
d
f,g: A
→
B
be functions defined by
f
(
x
)
=
x
2
−
x
,
x
∈
A
and
g
(
x
)
=
2
|
x
−
1
2
|
−
1
,
x
∈
A
. Are
f
and
g
equal?
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q15
p30
sec-b
math
asked
Nov 26, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Define a binary operation
∗
on the set
{
0
,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
}
as
a
∗
b
=
{
a
+
b
,
if a
+
b
<
6
a
+
b
−
6
,
if a+b
≥
6
Show that zero is the identity for this operation and each element
a
≠
0
of the set is invertible with
6
−
a
being the inverse of
a
.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q14
p30
sec-b
medium
math
asked
Nov 22, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Given a non-empty set
X
,
let
∗
:
P
(
X
)
×
P
(
X
)
→
P
(
X
)
be defined as
A
∗
B
=
(
A
−
B
)
∪
(
B
−
A
)
,
∀
A
,
B
∈
P
(
X
)
.
. Show that the empty set
∅
is the identity for the operation
∗
and all the elemnets
A
of
P
(
X
)
are invertible with
A
−
1
=
A
.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q13
p30
medium
sec-b
math
asked
Nov 22, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Consider the binary operation
∗
:
R
×
R
→
R
and
o
:
R
×
R
→
R
defined as
a
∗
b
=
|
a
-b
|
and
a
o
b
=
a
,
∀
a
,
b
∈
R
.
Show that
∗
is commutative but not associative,
o
is associative but not commutative. Further, show that
∀
a
,
b
,
c
∈
R
,
a
∗
(
b
o
c
)
=
(
a
∗
b
)
o
(
a
∗
c
)
. [If it is so, we say that the operation
∗
distributes over
o
]. Does
o
distribute over? Justify your answer.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q12
p30
sec-b
medium
math
asked
Nov 22, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Find the number of all onto functions from the set
{
1
,
2
,
3
,
.
.
.
,
n
}
to itself.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q10
p30
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 22, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Given a non-empty set
X
, consider the binary operation
∗
:
P
(
X
)
×
P
(
X
)
→
P
(
X
)
given by
A
∗
B
=
A
∩
B
∀
A
,
B
i
n
P
(
X
)
,
where
P
(
X
)
is the power set of
X
. Show that
X
is the identity element for this operation and
X
is the only invertible element in
P
(
X
)
with respect to the operation
∗
.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q9
p30
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 22, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Let
S
=
{
a
,
b
,
c
}
and
T
=
{
1
,
2
,
3
}
. Find the inverse of the following function
F
from
S
to
T
, if it exists -
F
=
{
(
a
,
3
)
,
(
b
,
2
)
,
(
c
,
1
)
}
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q11
q11-1
p30
easy
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 22, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Given a non empty set
X
, consider
P
(
X
)
which is the set of all subsets of
X
. Define the relation
R
in
P
(
X
)
as follows: For subsets
A
,
B
in
P
(
X
)
,
A
R
B
if and only if
A
⊂
B
Is
R
an equivalence relation on
P
(
X
)
?
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q8
p29
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 22, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Give examples of two functions
f
:
N
→
N
and
g
:
N
→
N
such that
g
o
f
is onto but
f
is not onto.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q7
p29
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 21, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Give examples of two functions
f
:
N
→
Z
and
g
:
Z
→
Z
such that
g
o
f
is injective but
g
is not injective.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q6
p29
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 21, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Show that the function
f
:
R
→
R
given by
f
(
x
)
=
x
3
is injective.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q5
p29
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Nov 21, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Show that the function f:R
→
{
x
∈
R:-1
<
x
<
1
}
defined by
f
(
x
)
=
x
1
+
|
x
|
,
x
∈
R
is one-one and onto function.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q4
p29
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 21, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
If
(
f
:
R
→
R
)
is defined by
f
(
x
)
=
x
2
-
3
x
+
2
. Find
f
(
f
(
x
)
)
:
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q3
p29
sec-a
easy
math
asked
Nov 21, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Let
f
:
W
→
W
be defined as
f
(
n
)
=
n
-
1
, if
n
i
s
o
d
d
a
n
d
f
(
n
)
=
n
+
1
,
i
f
n
i
s
e
v
e
n
.
Show that
f
is invertible. Find the inverse of
f
. Here,
W
is the set of all whole numbers.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q2
p29
medium
sec-b
math
modelpaper-2014
q15
asked
Nov 21, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Let
f
:
R
→
R
be defined as
f
(
x
)
=
10
x
+
7.
Find the function
g
:
R
→
R
such that
g
o
f
=
f
o
g
=
I
R
.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
misc
q1
p29
sec-b
easy
modelpaper
2012
q11
math
asked
Nov 21, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Consider a binary operation
∗
on
N
defined as
a
∗
b
=
a
3
+
b
3
. Choose the correct answer:
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
sec4
q13
p26
easy
sec-a
math
asked
Nov 21, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
Let
(
A
=
N
×
N
a
n
d
∗
)
be the binary operation on
(
A
)
defined by
(
(
a
,
b
)
∗
(
c
,
d
)
=
(
a
+
c
,
b
+
d
)
)
. Show that * is commutative and associative. Find the identity element for * on
(
A
)
, if any.
cbse
class12
bookproblem
ch1
sec4
q11
p25
sec-b
math
asked
Nov 21, 2012
by
vaishali.a
1
answer
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