St.
Paul’s School
Class XII, Relations and Functions Marking Scheme
1. Consider the set A= {1,2,3}, then write smallest equivalence relation on A
a. {}
b. {(1,1)}
c. {(1,1), (2,2), (3,3)}
d. {(3,3)}
2. Consider the set A containing 5 elemnts, then the total number of injective functions from A onto
itself are
a. 5
b. 25
c. 120
d. 125
3. If A={𝑠, 𝑢, 𝑣}, then the number of symmetric relations on AXA are
a. 8
b. 9
c. 32
d. 64
4. Let A be the set of the letters of the name of our country INDIA. Then the number of reflexive
relations on A×A are
a. 4096
b. 2048
c. 1024
d. 16
5. Find the maximum number of equivalence relations on the set A={1,2,3}
a. 3
b. 5
c. 8
d. 9
6. The number of injections possible from A={1,2,3,4} to B={5,6,7} are
a. 0
b. 3
c. 6
d. 12
7. Show that the relation R defined by (𝑎, 𝑏)𝑅(𝑐, 𝑑) ⟹ 𝑎 + 𝑑 = 𝑏 + 𝑐 on the set 𝐴 × 𝐴, where 𝐴 =
{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10} is an equivalence relation
8. Show that the function 𝑓: 𝑅 → 𝑅 defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + |𝑥| is not an onto function
9. For real numbers 𝑥 and 𝑦, define 𝑥𝑅𝑦 if and only if 𝑥 − 𝑦 + √2 is an irrational number. Then the
relation R is
a. Reflexive
b. Symmetric
c. Transitive
d. None of these
10. Set A has 3 elements and set B has 4 elements. Then the number of injective mappings that can be
defined from A to B is __________
11. Check whether the function 𝑓: 𝑅 → 𝑅 defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 4 + 3 cos 𝑥 is one-one or onto
12. Check the reflexivity, symmetry and transitivity, for the relation 𝑅 on 𝑍, defined as:
𝑎𝑅𝑏, if 𝑎2 − 7𝑎𝑏 + 6𝑏 2 = 0