# Sets, Relations and Functions JEE Advanced PYQ Chapter Wise

> Sets, Relations and Functions JEE Advanced PYQs: 13 questions from 22 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/jee-advanced/chapters/sets-relations-functions/

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## Answer first

Sets, Relations and Functions PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Sets, Relations and Functions (Mathematics) had **13 questions** across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 8 of them. Asked in 6 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Relations, Equivalence Relations, Polynomial Functions.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Sets, Relations and Functions PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Sets, Relations and Functions questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.

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## Sets, Relations and Functions in other exams

The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: [JEE Main](/jee-main/chapters/sets-relations-functions/) (16 questions).

## Other Mathematics chapters

- [Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/complex-numbers-quadratic/)
- [Matrices and Determinants PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/matrices-determinants/)
- [Permutations and Combinations PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/permutations-combinations/)
- [Binomial Theorem PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/binomial-theorem/)
- [Sequences and Series PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/sequences-series/)
- [Limits, Continuity and Differentiability PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/limits-continuity-differentiability/)
- [Integral Calculus PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/integral-calculus/)
- [Differential Equations PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/differential-equations/)
- [Coordinate Geometry PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/coordinate-geometry/)
- [Three-Dimensional Geometry PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/three-dimensional-geometry/)
- [Vector Algebra PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/vector-algebra/)
- [Statistics and Probability PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/statistics-probability/)
- [Trigonometry PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/trigonometry/)

## FAQ

### How many Sets, Relations and Functions questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2026, 3 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 1 in 2020 and 3 in 2018 (2 papers each year). Not asked in the other 5 years. That is 13 questions in all, about 3% of Mathematics.

### Which Sets, Relations and Functions topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Relations, Equivalence Relations, Polynomial Functions. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official JEE Advanced questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Advanced paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.