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JEE Advanced2025Paper 1MATH-II
Q.

Let denote the set of all natural numbers, and denote the set of all integers. Consider the functions and defined by

and

Define for all , and for all .

Then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE ?

  1. A

    is NOT one-one and is NOT onto

  2. B

    is NOT one-one but is onto

  3. C

    is one-one and is onto

  4. D

    is NOT one-one but is onto

Solution

Analyse . List a few values: , , , , , , , , and so on. Since , is not one-one. As ranges over odd naturals, covers all positive integers; as ranges over even naturals, covers , so all non-positive integers. Together, is onto . (D) is correct.

Analyse . For , (odd ). For , . The natural number is never attained, so is not onto. It is one-one (each branch is injective and the images are disjoint), but not onto. (C) is false.

Analyse . For , is odd, so . For , is a positive even integer, so . Hence on all of , which is a bijection. So is one-one. (B) is false.

Analyse . and , so is not one-one. Range: outputs only naturals that are from one branch and odd from the other, so is never attained; hence is not onto . (A) is correct.

The correct options are (A) and (D).

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