 Sets & Relations

SETS & RELATIONS

LEVEL – 1
1. Let P be the relation defined on the set of all real numbers such that :
 
P   a, b  : sec2 a  tan 2 b  1 . Then P is :

(A) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive (B) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(C) Symmetric and transitive but not reflective (D) An equivalence relation
2. A relation on the set A  x : x  3, x  Z , where Z is the set of integers is defined by
R   x, y  : y  x , x  1 . Then the number of elements in the power set of R is :

(A) 64 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 32

3. Let A  1, 2, 3, 4 and R : A  A be the relation defined by : R  1, 1 ,  2, 3 ,  3, 4  ,  4, 2  . The

correct statement is :
(A) R does not have an inverse (B) R is not a one to one function
(C) R is an onto function (D) R is not a function
4. Let R   3, 3 ,  5, 5  ,  9, 9  , 12,12  ,  5,12  ,  3, 9  ,  3,12  ,  3, 5  be a relation on the set

A = {3, 5, 9, 12}. Then R is :

(A) Reflexive, symmetric but not transitive (B) Symmetric, transitive but not reflexive
(C) An equivalence relation (D) Reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
5.  2 2

Let R   x, y  : x, y  N and x  4xy  3y  0 , where N is the set of all natural numbers. Then the

relation R is :
(A) Reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive (B) Symmetric and transitive
(C) Reflexive and symmetric (D) Reflexive and transitive
6. 
If X   4  3n  1: n  N 
n
 and Y  9  n  1 : n  N , when N is the set of natural numbers, then

X  Y is equal to :
(A) Y – X (B) X (C) Y (D) N
7. Let A and B be two sets containing 2 elements and 4 elements respectively. The number of subsets of
A  B having 3 or more elements is :
(A) 211 (B) 256 (C) 220 (D) 219
If X and Y are two sets, then x   Y  X  equals
c
8.
(A) X (B) Y (C)  (D) Xc  Yc
9. Let A = {a, b, d, e}, B = {c, d, f, m}, C = {a, l, m, o}. Then C   A  B will be given by
(A) {a, l, m, o} (B) {b, c, l, o} (C) {a, m} (D) {a, b, c, d, f, l, m, o}
10. A – B is equal to
(A)  A  B   A  B (B) A  BC (C) A  B (D) B  A
11.  
If sets A and B are defined as A   x, y  | y  e , x  R , B   x, y  | y  x, x  R  , then
x

(A) B  A (B) A  B (C) A  B   (D) A  B  A

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LEVEL – 2
12.  
If sets A and B are defined as: A   x, y  : y  ex , x  R ; B   x, y  : y  x, x  R , then
(A) B  A (B) A  B (C) A  B   (D) A  B  R
13.  
Let A   x, y  | y  e , x  R and B 
x
 x, y  | y  e x
, x  R . Then
(A) A  B   (B) A  B   (C) A  B  R 2 (D) None of these
14. Consider the set A of all determinants of order 3 with entries 0 or 1 only. Let B be the subset of A
consisting of all determinants with value 1. Let C be the subset of the set of all determinants with value –
1. Then
(A) C is empty (B) B has a many elements as C
(C) A  B  C (D) B has twice as many elements as C
15. Suppose A is a set containing k elements and R is a reflexive relation on A. If there are p ordered pairs in
R1 then
(A) k  p (B) k  p (C) k  p (D) None of these
16. Which of the following are correct for sets A, B and C ?
(A) A – B = A –(AB) (B) A – B = A –(AB)
(C) A – (B C) = (A – B)  (A – C) (D) A – B = A  B’
17. A, B, C are sets of letters needed to spell the words STUDENT, PROGRESS and CONGRUENT
respectively. Then n(ABC) =
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12
18. In a certain town, 25% of the families own a phone and 15% own a car; 65% families own neither a
phone nor a car and 2,000 families own both a car and a phone. Consider the following three statements :
(1) 5% families own both a car and a phone
(2) 35% families own either a car or a phone
(3) 40,000 families live in the town
Then,
(A) Only (2) and (3) are correct (B) Only (1) and (3) are correct
(C) All (1), (2) and (3) are correct (D) Only (1) and (2) are correct
19. Let A = {(x,y) : x > 0 , y > 0, x2 + y2 = 1} and let B = {(x,y) : x > 0, y > 0, x6 + y6  1.}. Then AB =
(A) A (B) B (C)  (D) {(0,1), (1,0)}
20. Let X be the set of all persons living in a state. Elements x and y in X are said to be related whenever y is
5 years older than X. The relation X is
(A) Reflexive only (B) Symmetric only
(C) Symmetric & transitive (D) None of these
21. Let P = {(x, y) : x2 + y2 = 1, xR, yR} be a relation in R the set of real numbers then the relation P is
(A) Reflexive only (B) Symmetric only
(C) Transitive only (D) Reflexive and transitive only
22. Given the relation R = {(1, 2), (2, 3)} on set A = {1, 2, 3} . Find the minimum number of ordered pairs
which when added to R make it an equivalence relation.
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

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23. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4} then the relation R = {(1, 3), (2, 4), (2, 3), (3, 1) defined on set A is
(A) Reflexive (B) Symmetric (C) Transitive (D) None of these
24. Let P be the relation on the set of all real numbers such that P = {(a, b) : sec2 a – tan2 b =1}. Then P is :
(A) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive (B) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(C) Symmetric and transitive but not reflexive (D) An equivalence relation
25. A relation on the set A = {x : |x| < 3, xZ}, where Z is the set of integers defined by R = {(x, y) : y = |x|,
x  –1}. Then the number of elements in the power set of R is :
(A) 32 (B) 16 (C) 8 (D) 64
26. Let Q be the set of all rational numbers and R be the relation defined as R = {(x, y) :1 + xy > 0, x, y 
Q}, then relation R is :
(A) Symmetric and transitive (B) Reflexive and transitive
(C) An equivalence relation (D) Reflexive and symmetric
27. Consider the following relations
R1 = {(x , y) : x, y are integers and x = ay or y = ax for some integer a }
R2 = {(x, y) : x, y are integers and ax + by = 1 for some integers a, b}
Then
(A) R2 is an equivalence relation but R1 is not (B) R1, R2 are not equivalence relations.
(C) R1, R2 are equivalence relations. (D) R1 is an equivalence relation but R2 is not

NUMERICAL BASED QUESTIONS

28. If aN  ax : x  N , then the set 3N  7N will be multiple of :
29. In a statistical investigation of 1003 families of Calcutta, it was found that 63 families has neither a radio
nor a T.V., 794 families has a radio and 187 has T.V. The number of families in that group having both a
radio and a T.V. is:
30. If two sets A and B are having 99 elements in common, then the number of elements common to each of
the A  B and B  A is  k  then k will be :
2

31. A survey shows that 63% of the Americans like cheese whereas 76% like apples. If x% of the Americans
like both cheese and apples, then a value of x can be:
32. If n(A) = 3, n(B) = 6 and A  B . Then the number of elements in A  B is equal to:
33. The number of proper subsets of the set 1,2,3 is:
34. If n  A   4, n  B  3, n  A  B  C  24 , then n(C) =
35.  
The number of elements in the set  a,b  : 2a 2  3b2  35a, a, b  Z , where Z is the set of all integers, is:
36. Given n(U) = 20, n(A) = 12, n(B) = 9, n  A  B  4 , where U is the universal set, A and B are subsets of


U, then n  A  B 
C
=
37. In a class of 30 pupils, 12 take needle work, 16 take physics and 18 take history. If all the 30 students take
at least one subject and no one takes all three then the number of pupil taking 2 subjects is:

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ANSWER KEY

Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ans. C C C D A C D C C B

Q.No. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Ans. C D B B A A C C C D

Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Ans. B C D C B D B 21 41 99

Q.No. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

Ans. 45 6 6 2 8 3 16

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