CBSE-CLASS-XII SERIES
Mathematics

Relations And Functions

36 previous year questions.

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Chapter Questions
36 MCQs

01
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Show that the relation is neither reflexive, nor symmetric, nor transitive.
02
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Relation on :
Show that is an equivalence relation and find the equivalence class .
03
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Prove that the greatest integer function f : R → R, given by f(x) = [x], is neither one-one nor onto
04
PYQ 2023
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
If , , then which one is true?
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2
3
4
05
PYQ 2024
easy
mathematics ID: cbse-cla

According to recent research, air turbulence has increased in various regions around the world due to climate change. Turbulence makes flights bumpy and often delays the flights. Assume that an airplane observes severe turbulence, moderate turbulence or light turbulence with equal probabilities. Further, the chance of an airplane reaching late to the destination are , and due to severe, moderate and light turbulence respectively.
On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions:
(i) Find the probability that an airplane reached its destination
(ii)If the airplane reached its destination late, find the probability that it was due to moderate turbulence.

06
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla

The traffic police has installed Over Speed Violation Detection (OSVD) system at various locations in a city. These cameras can capture a speeding vehicle from a distance of 300 m and even function in the dark. A camera is installed on a pole at the height of 5 m. It detects a car travelling away from the pole at the speed of 20 m/s. At any point, m away from the base of the pole, the angle of elevation of the speed camera from the car C is .
On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions:
(i)Express in terms of the height of the camera installed on the pole and x.
(ii) Find .
(iii) (a) Find the rate of change of angle of elevation with respect to time at an instant when the car is 50 m away from the pole.
(iii) (b) If the rate of change of angle of elevation with respect to time of another car at a distance of 50 m from the base of the pole is , then find the speed of the car.

07
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Check whether the relation in the set of real numbers , defined by , is reflexive, symmetric, or transitive.}
08
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Let and . Consider the function , defined by . Show that is one-one and onto.
09
PYQ 2024
easy
mathematics ID: cbse-cla

If a function defined as is one-one and onto, then we can define a unique function such that , where and , . Function is called the inverse of function .

The domain of sine function is and function sine : is neither one-one nor onto. The following graph shows the sine function. Let sine function be defined from set to such that inverse of sine function exists, i.e., is defined from to .

On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions:
(i) If is the interval other than principal value branch, give an example of one such interval.
(ii) If is defined from to its principal value branch, find the value of .
(iii) Draw the graph of from to its principal value branch.
(iv) Find the domain and range of .

10
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Evaluate:
11
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Evaluate:
12
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Evaluate:
13
PYQ 2024
hard
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
If , prove that .
14
PYQ 2024
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
A function is defined from as , such that and . Find the function . Hence, check whether the function is one-one and onto.
15
PYQ 2025
easy
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Let be a relation defined by the teacher to plan the seating arrangement of students in pairs, where . List the elements of . Is the relation reflexive, symmetric, and transitive? Justify your answer.
16
PYQ 2025
hard
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Let be a relation defined on a set of natural numbers such that . Determine if the relation is an equivalence relation.
17
PYQ 2025
hard
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Assertion (A): Let and . Then where the domain of is .
Reason (R): .
1
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and the Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
2
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
3
Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
4
Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
18
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
If , then the correct statement is:
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3

4

19
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla

The following graph is a combination of:

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and
2
and
3
and
4
and
20
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
If , then the correct statement is :
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2

3

4

21
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
If be a relation defined as iff , , then is :
1
reflexive
2
symmetric
3
transitive
4
symmetric and transitive
22
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Show that the function , where is the set of natural numbers, given by is a bijection.
23
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
A student wants to pair up natural numbers such that they satisfy the equation , where . Find the domain and range of the relation. Check if the relation thus formed is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive. Hence, state whether it is an equivalence relation or not.
24
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Edge of a variable cube increases at the rate of 5 cm/s. The rate at which the surface area of the cube increases when the edge is 2 cm long is :
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24 cm /s
2
120 cm /s
3
12 cm /s
4
5 cm /s
25
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
If , then the correct statement is :
1

2

3

4

26
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Show that the function defined by , , is one-one and onto.
27
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Let be defined by , where and . Discuss the bijectivity of the function.
28
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
If is continuous at , then the value of is:
1

2
-1
3
1
4
0
29
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla

Let be a relation defined by . List the elements of . Is a function? Justify your answer.

30
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla


A carpenter needs to make a wooden cuboidal box, closed from all sides, which has a square base and fixed volume. Since he is short of the paint required to paint the box on completion, he wants the surface area to be minimum.
On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions :
Find a relation between and such that the surface area is minimum.

31
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
The cost and revenue functions are given as: Find the number of items that should be sold to maximize the profit.
32
PYQ 2025
easy
mathematics ID: cbse-cla

During the festival season, a mela was organized by the Resident Welfare Association at a park near the society. The main attraction of the mela was a huge swing, which traced the path of a parabola given by the equation:

33
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Consider the function , defined as . Assertion (A): is a one-one function. Reason (R): is a one-one function, if co-domain = range.
1
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
2
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
3
Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
4
Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
34
PYQ 2025
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
Let be a relation on the set of real numbers defined as Verify for reflexivity, symmetry, and transitivity.
35
PYQ 2025
easy
mathematics ID: cbse-cla

A school is organizing a debate competition with participants as speakers and judges. where represents the set of speakers. The judges are represented by the set: where represents the set of judges. Each speaker can be assigned only one judge. Let be a relation from set to defined as: .
A school is organizing a debate competition

36
PYQ 2026
medium
mathematics ID: cbse-cla
A relation on set defined as is
1
Reflexive only
2
Reflexive and Transitive
3
Symmetric and Transitive
4
Symmetric only