PRACTICE EXERCISE

1. Total number of elements in the power set of A 11. In a college of 300 students, every student reads
containing 15 elements is 5 newspapers and every newspaper is read by
(a) 215 (b) 152 (c) 215-1 (d) 215 -1 60 students. The number of newspapers is
(a) atleast 30 (b) atmost 20
2. What is the number of proper subsets of a given (c) exactly 25 (d) None of these
finite set with n elements?
(a) 2n -1 (b) 2n -2 (c) 2^ -1 (d) 2 -2 12. In an examination out of 100 students, 75 passed
3. If A= P({1, 2}), where P denotes the power set, in English, 60 passed in Mathematics and 45
passed in both English and Mathematics. What
then which one of the following is correct? is the number of students passed in exactly one
(a) {1,2)cA (b) 1eA (c) eA (d) {1.2} e A of the two subjects?
4. If the cardinality of a set A is 4 and that of a set (a) 45 (b) 60 (c) 75 (d) 90
Bis 3, then what is the cardinality of the set
AAB? 13. If A={4n + 2| n is natural number} and
(a) 1 (b) 5 B=(3n n is a natural numbert, then what is
(c) 7 (d) Cannot be determined (An B) equal to?
5. If P, Q and R are three non-collinear points, then (a) {12n + 6n|, nis a natural number}
what is PQn PR equal to? (b) {24n-12|, nis a natural number}
(a) Null set (b) {P} (c) {P, Q, R} (d) {Q, R} (c) {60n+ 30|, nis a natural number}
(d) {12n - 6|, n is a naturalnumber}
6. The shaded region in the given figure is
A 14. If X={(4" - 3n - 1)| ne N} and
Y =(9(n - 1)| n e N), then what is XuY equal
to?
B (a) X (b) Y (c) N (d) A null set

15. Let N denotes the set of natural numbers and

(a) An(BUC) (b) Au(BC) A={n':ne N} and B= {n :neN}. Which one of
(c) A-(BnC) (d) A- (BUC) the following is correct?
(a) AuB= N
7. If Aand B are subsets of a set X, then what is (b) The complement of (A UB) is an infinite set
{An (X- B} u Bequal to?
(a) AuB (b) AnB (c) A (d) B (c) AnBmust be afinite set
(d) An Bmust be a proper subset of {m°: me N
8. Let n(U)=700, n(A)= 200, n(B) = 300,
n(AnB)= 100, then n(A n B') is equal to 16. Out of 800 boys in a school, 224 played cricket,
(a) 400 (b) 600 240 played hockey and 336 played basketball. Of
(c) 300 (d) None of these the total, 64 played both basketball and hockey,
80 played cricket and basketball and 40 played
9. Consider the following Venn diagram. cricket and hockey; 24 played all the three
games. The number of boys, who did not play
any game is
(a) 128 (b) 216 (c) 240 (d) 160
17. Consider the set A of all determinants of order 3
If n(E) = 42, n(A) =15, n(B) = 12 and with entries 0 or 1 only. Let B be the subset of A
nAU B)= 22, then the area represented by consisting of all determinants with value 1. Let
shaded portion in the above Venn diagram, is C be the subset of the set of all determinants
(a) 25 (b) 27 (c) 32 (d) 37
with value -1. Then,
10. IfA is the set of the divisions of the number 15, (a) C is empty
B is the set of prime numbers smaller than 10 (b) Bhas as many elements as C
and Cis the set of even numbers smnaller than 9, (c) A = BUC
then (A UC)oB is the set (d) B has twice as many elements as C
(a) {1, 3, 5) (b) {1.2, 3} (c) {2) (d) {2, 5}
18. If A={*:*- 3* +2= 0} and 25. Percentage of families having both phone and
B={x:x +2c 8=0}, then (A- B) is car, is
(a) 5% (b) 10% (c) 20% (d) 25%
(a) {12} (b) {2}
(c) {1} (d) {4, 3} 26. Percentage of families having either phone or
car, is
19. Let A={*:xe R, la< 1}, B={x:*eR,-121} (a) 10% (b) 30% (c) 35% (d) 40%
and AUB= R- D, then the set Dis
(a) {*:1<«s2} (b) {*:1sx<2} 27. What is the number of families in the city?
(c) {*:1xs2} (d) None of these (a) 30000 (b) 40000
(c) 20000 (d) 10000
20. If A={(*, y):*+y² = 25} and
B={(x, y):* +9y =144}, then An Bcontains Directions (Q. Nos. 28-32) In a class, 3 languages
(a) one point (b) three points (c) two points (d) four points are offered mainly Hindi,
21. If two sets Aand B having 3 and 6 elements English and French. The total 23
2x)
23

respectively, then which of the following is/are number of students learning

correct? French is 46. In x denotes the
I. The minimum number of elements of (AU B) =6. number of students learning F11,
Hindi and French but bot 28
II. The maximum number of elements of (A nB) =3.
Select the correct answer using the code given English, then answer the
below. following using adjacent Venn diagram.
(a) OnlyI (b) Only lI 28. How many students learn precisely two
(c) Bothl and | (d) Neither I nor languages?
22. If A is any set and P(A) is its power set, then
(a) 55 (c) 30
(b) 40 (d) 13
which of the following is/are correct? 29. How many students learn atleast two languages?
I. P(A)n P(B) =P(AnB) (a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 45 (d) 55
II. P(A) U
P(B) = P(AUB) 30. What is the total strength of the class?
Select the correct answer using the code given (a) 124 (b) 100 (c) 96 (d) 66
below. 31. How many students learn English and French?
(a) Only l (b) Only ! (a) 30 (b) 43 (c) 45 (d) 73
(c) Both land I| (d) Neither Inor |
32. How many students learn atleast one language?
23. Consider the following statements (a) 45 (b) 51
I. All poets (P) are learned (L). (c) 96 (d) None of these
II. All learned (L) are happy (H).
Which one of. the following Venn diagrams
correctly. represents both the above statements PREVIOUS YEARS' QUESTIONS
taken together? 33. If A and Bare any two sets, then what is the
value of An(A B)? 2012 I
(c){(P) (d
(a) (a) Complement of A (b) Complement ofB
(c) B (d) A
24. A relation between three sets is established 34. Let A = (x: x is asquare of a natural number
using two expressions, (A u B)=(AuC) and x is less than 100} and B is a set of even
and (An B)=(An ), which stays valid if and natural numbers. What is the cardinality of
only if AnB? G 2012 I
I. B=C II. A=B=C III. A=C (a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 9 (d) None of these
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) Only| (b) Only ll 35. Let U ={xe N:1s xs 10} be the universal set,
(c) Both Iand Il (d) Only I N being the set of natural numbers.
Directions (Q. Nos. 25-27) In a cty, 25% of the If A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and B = {2, 3, 6, 10}, then what
is the complement of (A - B)? L 2012 I
families have phone, 15% of the families have car, (a) {6, 10}
65% of the families have neither phone nor car and (b) (1, 4}
(c) {2, 3, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10} (d) {5, 6,7, 8,9, 10}
2000 families have both phone and car.
36. Which one of the following is a null set? 2013 I 44. Consider the following statements
(a) {0} (b) {{{}} I. The number of students who have taken only
(c) {{}} (d) {x +1=0, xeR} one subject is equal to the number of students
who have taken only two subjects.
37. If Ais a subset of B, then which one of the II. The number of students who have taken atleast
following is correct? G 2013 II two subjects is four times the number of
(a) A° c B° (b) B c AC (c) A° = B° (d) Ac AnB students who have taken all the three subjects.
38. If A={1,3, 5, 7}, then what is the cardinality of Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
the power set P(A} G 2013 II (a) Only ! (b) Only lI
(a) 8 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 17 (c) Bothl and II (d) Neither I nor Il
39. Consider the following 45. In aclass of 60 students, 45 students like music,
I. AU(BnC) =(AnB)U(AnC) 50students like dancing, 5 students like neither.
II. An (BUC) = (AUB)n (AUC) Then, the number of students in the class who
like both music and dancing, is G 2015 I
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? (a) 35 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 55
2013 II
(a) Only I (b) Only I (c) l and l| (d) Neither Inor l! 46. Let A={1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}. Then, the
40. In a group of 50 people, two tests were conducted, number of subsets of A containing exactly two
elements is 2015 I
one for diabetes and one for blood pressure. (d) 90
30 people were diagnosed with diabetes and 40 (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 45
people were diagnosed with high blood pressure. 47. If A-{x:* is a multiple of 3} and B={*:* is a
What is the minimum number of people who were multiple of 4} and C={*:* is a multiple of 12},
having diabetes and high blood pressure? G 2013 II
(c) 20 (d) 30
then which one of the following is a null set?
(a) 0 (b) 10 (a) (A\ B) UC (b) (A \B)\C 2015 I
41. Which one of the following is an example of (c) (AnB) nC (d) (AnB)\C
non-empty set? L 2013 IT
(a) Set.of all even prime numbers 48. If A ={xe R:x+ 6x-7<0} and
B={xe R:x + 9x +14> 0}, then which of the
(b){x: x -2=0 and x is rational}
(c) {x:x is a natural number, x<8 and simultaneOusty following is/are correct?
*> 12} I. (An B) = (-2,1) II. (A \B)=(-7,-2)
(d) {*:x is a point common to any two paraliel lines} Select the correct answer using the code given
below. 2015 II
Directions (Q. Nos. 42-44) Read the following information (a) Only I (b) Only ll
carefully to answer the questions that follow.
(c) Bothland li (d) Neither I nor I|
In a survey- of 25 students, it was found that 15
have taken Mathematics, 12 have taken Physics and 49. A, BC and D are four sets such that
11have taken Chemistry, 5 have taken Mathematics An B=CoD=. Consider the following
and Chemistry, 9 have taken Mathematics and I. AUC and BUD are always disjoint.
Physics, 4 have taken Physics and Chemistry and 3 II AnC and BnDare always disjoint.
have taken all the three subjects. G 2014 I Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) Only I (b) Only lI 2015 II
42. The number of students who have taken only
(c) Both l and l (d) Neither Inor l
Physics, is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6 50. What is the number of natural numbers less
43. The number of students who have taken only than or equal to 1000 which are neither divisible
by 10 nor 15 nor 25? G 2016 I
two subjects, is
(b) 8 (c) 9. (d) 10 (a) 860 (b) 854 (c) 840 (d) 824
(a) 7

> ANSWERS
2 3 d! 4 d 5 b 6 d7 C 10
12 13 d 14 b 15 o16 18 19 20 d

21 C 22 23 24 25 26 27 b 28 C 29 30
32 33 34 35 36 37 b 38 C 39 d 40
31 C

41 b 42 43 44 b 45 b 46 C 47 48 49 50