ECAT Pre General Science MCQ Test With Answer for Mathematics Chapter 17

______________ invented a symbolic way to write the statement "y is a function of x" as y= f(x)

• Leibniz A
• Newton B
• Euler C
• None of these D

A rule or correspondence that assigns to each element x in X a unique element y in Y is called a function from

• X to X A
• X to Y B
• Y to X C
• none of these D

If f(x) = x²then f(-2) is

• -2 A
• 2 B
• 4 C
• -4 D

Composition of functions is

• Non-commutative (fg ≠ gf) A
• non-associative [8(fh) ≠(8f)h] B
• Commutative (fg = gf) C
• f of-1≠ 1 D

If f (x) = 2x+1 then fof (x) = _______;

• 4x+3 A
• 2x +3 B
• 4x +1 C
• None of these D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

f(x) = 2x²+ 3x + 5 is a

• trigonometric function A
• algebraic function B
• exponential function C
• logarithmic function D

tan h x = _________

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 0 A
• 1 B
• 2 C
• 
  D

The range of function f(x)=-x2+2x-1 is

• R A
• (-∞,0] B
• (-∞,1] C
• [0,∞) D

The domain of f(x) = log x is

• [0,∞] A
• (0,∞) B
• [0,∞[ C
• [∞,∞] D

If f(x) = x²-x then f(1) is

• 0 A
• 1 B
• 2 C
• 3 D

f(x) = 2^x+ 3 . 2^2x+ 5 is

• trigonometric function A
• algebraic function B
• exponential function C
• logarithmic function D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

If f(x) = -x³then f(-2) is

• -2 A
• -4 B
• -8 C
• 8 D

• 2 A
• 1 B
• 5 C
• 0 D

Sin h^-1x = _________

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

x = secθ,y = tanθ are the parametric equations of

• Circle A
• Hyperbola B
• Ellipse C
• parabola D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

If y=f(x) is a function then x is called

• dependent variable A
• independent variable B
• constant C
• none of these D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

If f(x) = x²then f(0) is

• 0 A
• 1 B
• 2 C
• none of these D

If f(x) = x + 1 then f(z²-1) is

• z² A
• z²+ 2 B
• z²- 2 C
• none of these D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• f(x) = x² A
• f(x²) = x B
• f(x) = x C
• none of these D

The curve f(x,y) = 0 has a central symmetry if

• f(-x,-y)=f(x,y) A
• f(x,-y)=f(x,y) B
• f(-x,y)=f(x,y) C
• f(-x,-y)≠f(x,y) D

Domain of cosh x is

• R A
• R -{0} B
• [1,∞) C
• [0,∞) D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

• 1 A
• 0 B
• -2 C
• 3 D

• 2 A
• -1 B
• 8 C
• not defined D