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Relations & Functions (Basic) JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Relations & Functions (Basic) has 113 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 19 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Types of Relations (54 questions), followed by Greatest Integer and Fractional Part (25) and Types of Functions (17).

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113Total PYQs
6Years covered
5Topics
2025 Apr S2Latest paper

Relations & Functions (Basic) questions per year

YearQuestions
202519
202418
202333
202220
202117
20206

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Types of Relations5448%2025
Greatest Integer and Fractional Part2522%2025
Types of Functions1715%2025
Composition of Functions1614%2025
Cartesian Product11%2023

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Types of Relations

Let A = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. Let R be a relation on A defined by (x, y) ∈ R if and only if max{x, y} ∈ {3, 4}. Then among the statements

(S1): The number of elements in R is 18, and

(S2): The relation R is symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive

  1. (A)

    both are false

  2. (B)

    only (S1) is true

  3. (C)

    only (S2) is true

  4. (D)

    both are true

Answer: (C)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Types of Functions

Consider the sets A={(x,y)∈R×R:x2+y2=25},B={(x,y)∈R×R:x2+9y2=144}A=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}: x^2+y^2=25\right\}, B=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}: x^2+9 y^2=144\right\}, C={(x,y)∈Z×Z:x2+y2≤4}C=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z}: x^2+y^2 \leq 4\right\} and D=A∩BD=A \cap B. The total number of one-one functions from the set DD to the set CC is:

  1. (A)15120
  2. (B) 18290
  3. (C) 17160
  4. (D)19320

Answer: (C)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Composition of Functions

Let f,g:(1,∞)→Rf, g:(1, \infty) \rightarrow \mathbb{R} be defined as f(x)=2x+35x+2f(x)=\frac{2 x+3}{5 x+2} and g(x)=2−3x1−xg(x)=\frac{2-3 x}{1-x}. If the range of the function fog: [2,4]→R[2,4] \rightarrow \mathbb{R} is [α,β][\alpha, \beta], then 1β−α\frac{1}{\beta-\alpha} is equal to

  1. (A)56
  2. (B)2
  3. (C)29
  4. (D)68

Answer: (A)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 24 Jan · Shift 2 · Greatest Integer and Fractional Part

Let [x][x] denote the greatest integer function, and let m and n respectively be the numbers of the points, where the function f(x)=[x]+∣x−2∣,−2<x<3f(x)=[x]+|x-2|,-2< x<3, is not continuous and not differentiable. Then m+n\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n} is equal to :

  1. (A)6
  2. (B)9
  3. (C)8
  4. (D)7

Answer: (C)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2023 · 29 Jan · Shift 1 · Cartesian Product

Let f:R→Rf:R \to R be a function such that f(x)=x2+2x+1x2+1f(x) = {{{x^2} + 2x + 1} \over {{x^2} + 1}}. Then

  1. (A)f(x)f(x) is many-one in (−∞,−1)( - \infty , - 1)
  2. (B)f(x)f(x) is one-one in (−∞,∞)( - \infty ,\infty )
  3. (C)f(x)f(x) is one-one in [1,∞)[1,\infty ) but not in (−∞,∞)( - \infty ,\infty )
  4. (D)f(x)f(x) is many-one in (1,∞)(1,\infty )

Answer: (C)

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Frequently asked

How many questions come from Relations & Functions (Basic) in JEE Main?

113 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 19 per year. In 2025 it had 19.

Which Relations & Functions (Basic) topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Types of Relations (48%), Greatest Integer and Fractional Part (22%) and Types of Functions (15%) of all Relations & Functions (Basic) questions.

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