Basic Mathematics

DPP-1
(Sets & Venn Diagram)

1. If A and B are two sets, then A  (A  B)' is equal to-

(A) A (B) B (C)  (D) none of these

2. If A is any set, then-

(A) A  A' =  (B) A  A' = U (C) A  A' = U (D) none of these

3. If A, B be any two sets, then (A  B)' is equal to-

(A) A'  B' (B) A'  B' (C) A  B (D) A  B

4. Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}, A={1, 2, 5}, B = {6, 7} then A  B' is-

(A) B' (B) A (C) A' (D) B.

5. If A and B are two sets, then A  B = A  B iff-

(A) A  B (B) B  A (C) A = B (D) none of these

6. Two sets A, B are disjoint iff-

(A) A  B =  (B) A  B   (C) A  B =  (D) None of these

7. Which of the following is a null set ?

(A) {0} (B) {x : x > 0 or x < 0}
(C) {x : x2 = 4 or x = 3} (D) {x : x2 + 1 = 0, x  }

8. If A = {2, 4, 5}, B = {7, 8, 9} then n(A × B) is equal to-

(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 3 (D) 0

9. Which set is the subset of all given sets ?

(A) {1, 2, 3, 4, ....} (B) {1} (C) {0} (D) { }

 1 
10. If Q  x : x  , where y   , then-
 y 
2
(A) 0  Q (B) 1  Q (C) 2  Q (D) Q
3
11. A = {x : x  x} represents-
(A) {0} (B) { } (C) {1} (D) {x}

12. In a college of 300 students every student reads 5 newspapers and every newspaper is read by
60 students. The number of newspapers is
(A) at least 30 (B) at most 20 (C) exactly 25 (D) none of these

13. An investor interviewed 100 students to determine their preferences for the three drinks:
milk(M), coffee(C) and tea(T). He reported the following: 10 students had all the three drinks
M, C and T; 20 had M and C; 30 had C and T; 25 had M and T; 12 had M only; 5 had C only;
and 8 had T only. Using a Venn diagram find how many did not take any of the three drinks.
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 19 (D) 22
14. A survey shows that 63% of the Americans like cheese whereas 76% like apples. If x% of the
Americans like both cheese and apples, find the value of x.
(A) 25  x  32 (B) 39  x  63 (C) 33  x  38 (D) 65  x  73

Answer key

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. C
6. C 7. D 8. B 9. D 10. B
11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B
 Basic Mathematics
DPP-2
(Divisibility, Ratio, LCM + HCF)

1. If a 2  b  3 2  4 , find the integral value of a, b and justify your answer.

(A) a = 4, b = 3 (B) a = 3, b = 3 (C) a = 3, b = 4 (D) a = 4, b = 4

2. Express the following in form of p/q, where p, q  and q  0.

(i) 0.18
2 18 9 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
11 100 50 13

(ii) 0.16
16 16 4 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
100 99 25 25

(iii) 0.423
423 420 419 418
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1000 991 990 899

Paragraph for Q.3 to Q.5

Consider the number N = 7 7 4 9 5 8 P 9 6 Q
3. If P = 2 and the number N is divisible by 3, then find the number of possible values of Q.
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 2

4. If N is divisible by 4, then find the number of possible ordered pairs (P, Q).
(A) 30 (B) 28 (C) 29 (D) 31

5. If N is divisible by 8 and 9 both, then find the number of possible ordered pairs (P, Q).
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 2

a 2 b 4 ab
6. If  and  , then find value of .
b 3 c 5 bc
21 20 20 21
(A) (B) (C) (D)
27 27 29 31

a 3 b 7
7. If  and  , then the value of a : b : c.
b 5 c 13
(A) 21: 35 : 65 (B) 20 : 35 : 64 (C) 21 : 34 : 65 (D) 21 : 35 : 66

p
8. If sum of two numbers is s and their quotient is . Find number.
q
p q sp sq p sq sp q
(A) , (B) , (C) , (D) ,
pq pq pq pq pq pq pq pq

9. Three number are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 and their L.C.M. is 2400. Their H.C.F. is:
(A) 40 (B) 80 (C) 120 (D) 200
10. If the sum of two numbers is 55 and the H.C.F. and L.C.M. of these numbers are 5 and 120
respectively, then the sum of the reciprocals of the numbers is equal to:
(A) 55/601 (B) 601/55 (C) 11/120 (D) 120/11

11. L.C.M. of two prime numbers x and y (x > y) is 161. The value of 3y – x is:
(A) –2 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 2

12. The least number which when divided by 5, 6, 7 and 8 leaves a remainder 3, but when divided
by 9 leaves no remainder, is:
(A) 1677 (B) 1683 (C) 2523 (D) 3363

Answer key

1. C 2. (i) A, (ii) B, (iii) C 3. C 4. A 5. A

6. B 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. C
11. A 12. B
 Basic Mathematics
DPP-3
(Indices, Remainder & Factor Theorem)
2
 1/4 
1. 
 (625)

1/2
  

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 3

1/4
 3
2. 5 8


1/3
 271/3  



(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4

2 /3
 12 
4  1  
3.     
  x  
1 1 1 1
(A) 2 (B) 4
(C) 3
(D)
x x x x

3
x3  x5 30
4.  x77 
5 3
x
(A) x76/15 (B) x78/15 (C) x79/15 (D) x77/15

43
5. If x2  xk , then k =
2 1
(A) (B) 6 (C) (D) 7
6 6

6. Simplify:
(5 3  50)(5  24)
(i)
( 75  5 2)
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

3 2 4 3 6
(ii)  
6 3 6 2 3 2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 4

[6  2 3  2 2  2 6]  1
(iii)
52 6
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1

2.3n 1  7.3n 1
(iv) 1 n
1
3n 1  2  
3
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

3
1
10
1
4  1 
3 2
(v)    27    (25)   64 9 
3 5 



(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
7. The square root of 11  112 is a  b , a,b  then b – a is
(A) 8 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 4

a c
8. 11  21   , where a, b, c and d are natural numbers with gcd(a, b) = gcd(c, d) = 1.
b d
Find a + b + c + d.
(A) 24 (B) 25 (C) 26 (D) 27
2  m  m2 m2  mn n2 n2  n  2
 x   xm   xn 
9. For x0 find the value of  m   n     .
x  x  x 
     
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

10. For ax = (x + y + z)y, ay = (x + y + z)z, az = (x + y + z)x, then find the values of x,y and z.
Where a > 0 and a1.
a a a a a a a a a a a a
(A) , , (B) , , (C) , , (D) , ,
3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2

11. Determine the value of k for which x3 – 6x + k may be divisible by (x – 2).

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 3

12. Find the value of a, if (x – a) is a factor of x3 – a2x + x + 2.

(A) –2 (B) 2 (C) –3 (D) –4

13. f(x) when divided by x2 – 3x + 2 leaves the remainder ax + b. If f(1) = 4 and f(2) = 7, determine
a and b.
(A) a = 1, b = 3 (B) a = 2, b = 2 (C) a = 1, b = 1 (D) a = 3, b = 1

14. A polynomial in x of the third degree which will vanish when x = 1 & x = – 2 and will have
the values 4 & 28 when x = –1 and x = 2 respectively. Find the polynomial.
(A) 3x3  4x2  3x  2 (B) 3x3  4x2  5x  2
(C) 4x3  3x2  5x  2 (D) 3x3  4x2  5x  5

15. If f(x) is polynomial of degree 4 such that f(1) = 1, f(2) = 2, f(3) = 3, f(4) = 4 & f(0) = 1
find f(5).
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

Answer key

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. C
6. (i) A, (ii) C, (iii) D, (iv) A, (v) B 7. B 8. C
9. A 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. D
14. B 15. B
 Basic Mathematics
DPP-4
(Factorization & Algebraic Identities)

1. Factorize following expressions 1 + x4 + x8.

(A) (x4 + x2 + 1) (x4 + x2 – 1) (B) (x4 – x2 – 1) (x4 + x2 + 1)
4 2 4 2
(C) (x – x + 1) (x + x + 1) (D) (x4 – x2 – 1) (x4 – x2 + 1)

2. Factorize following expressions x3 – 6x2 + 11x – 6.

(A) (x – 1) (x – 2) (x – 3) (B) (x – 4) (x – 2) (x – 3)
(C) (x – 3) (x – 4) (x – 3) (D) (x – 5) (x – 2) (x – 2)

3. Factorize the expressions 8a6 + 5a3 + 1.

(A) (2a2 + a + 1) (4a4 + 2a3 – a2 + a + 1)
(B) (2a2 – a + 1) (4a4 – 2a3 – a2 + a + 1)
(C) (2a2 – a – 1) (4a4 + 2a3 + a2 + a + 1)
(D) (2a2 – a + 1) (4a4 + 2a3 – a2 + a + 1)

4. Factorize following expressions (x + 1) (x + 2) (x + 3) (x + 4) – 15.

(A) (x2 – 5x + 1) (x2 + 5x + 9) (B) (x2 + 5x – 1) (x2 + 5x – 9)
2 2
(C) (x + 5x + 1) (x + 5x + 9) (D) (x2 – 5x + 1) (x2 – 5x + 9)

1
5. Suppose : a  3
a
1
(a) Find a2 
a2
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
1
(b) Find a4 
a4
(A) 47 (B) 48 (C) 49 (D) 50
1
(c) Find a3 
a3
(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 18 (D) 19

1 1 1 1
6. If x   2 , then find values of : x2  2 , x 4  4 , x8  8 .
x x x x
(A) 2, 2, 2 (B) 2, 4, 8 (C) 2, 8, 32 (D) 4, 16, 32

7. If 2x + 3y + 4z = 0, then find 8x3 + 27y3 + 64z3.

(A) 64xyz (B) 27xyz (C) 8xyz (D) 72xyz

8. I'm thinking of two numbers. The sum of my numbers is 14 and the product of my numbers
is 46. What is the sum of the squares of my numbers ?
(A) 102 (B) 103 (C) 104 (D) 106

Solve the following equations for x :

2 1
9. x 5  3x 5  2  0
(A) 1, 32 (B) 1, 64 (C) 1, 28 (D) 1, 128

10. 4x – 3.2x+3 + 128 = 0

(A) 5 or 4 (B) 2 or 4 (C) 3 or 4 (D) 5 or 3
 1  1
11. x2  2
 5 x    8  0
x  x
5 5 3 5 3 7 3 5
(A) x  2, x  (B) x  1, x  (C) x  3, x  (D) x  4, x 
2 2 2 4
 1   1 
12. 2  x2  2   3  x    4  0
 x   x
1 1 1 1
(A) x  2,5,  (B) x  3, 4,  (C) x  2,3,  (D) x  1,2, 
5 4 3 2

13. ( 3  2)x  ( 3  2)x  2 3  0

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

14. (3  2 2)x /2  (3  2 2)x/2  34  0

(A) –2, 2 (B) –3, 3 (C) –4, 4 (D) –5, 5

15. Solve the following systems of equations :

x2  y2  16
(i). 
 x  y  8
(A) x = 5, y = 3 (B) x = 3, y = 5 (C) x = 5, y = 5 (D) x = 3, y = 3

 1 1 1
x  1  y  3 ,

(ii). 
 1 
1

1
(x  1)2 y2 4
11 14 11 24 12 24 10 22
(A) x  ,y   (B) x  ,y   (C) x  ,y   (D) x  ,y  
14 5 13 5 13 8 13 5

 x3  y 3  7
(iii). 
 xy(x  y)  2
(A) x = 4, y = –1 or x = –1, y = 4 (B) x = 2, y = 1 or x = 1, y = 2
(C) x = –2, y = –1 or x = –1, y = –2 (D) x = 2, y = –1or x = –1, y = 2

 x 4  y 4  82
(iv). 
 xy  3
(A) (x, y)  (2,1), (–2,–1), (1,2), (–1,–2)
(B) (x, y)  (4,1), (–4,–1), (1,4), (–1,–4)
(C) (x, y)  (3,1), (–3,–1), (1,3), (–1,–3)
(D) (x, y)  (5,1), (–5,–1), (1,5), (–1,–5)

Answer key

1. C 2. D 3. D 4. C
5. (a) B, (b) A, (c) C 6. A 7. D 8. C
9. A 10. C 11. B 12. D 13. A
14. C 15. (i). A, (ii). B, (iii). D, (iv). C
 Basic Mathematics
DPP-5
(Basic inequalities)

Solve following inequalities over the set of real numbers:

1. (x – 1)2 (x + 1)3 (x – 4) < 0
(A) (–1,4) (B) (–1,5) –{1}
(C) (–1,4) –{1} (D) (–2,4) –{1}

6x  5
2. 0
4x  1
 5 1 1 5  1 6  1 5
(A)   ,  (B)  ,  (C)   ,  (D)   , 
 6 4 4 6  4 5  4 6

(x  1)(x  2)2
3. 0
1  x
(A) (-,-2) (-2,-1)(1,) (B) (–,2) (2,3)(4,)
(C) (-,-3) (-3,-2)(5,) (D) (-,3) (3,4)(5,)

(2x  1)(x  1)2 (x  2)3

4. 0
(x  4)4
 1  1
(A)  ,   (1, ) (B)  ,    (1, )  {4}
 2  2
 1  1
(C)  ,   (2, )  {4} (D)  ,   (2, )
 2  2

(x  1)2 (x  1)3
5. 0
x 4 (x  2)
(A) (–1,2) – {0} (B) [–1,2] – {0}
(C) [–1,2) (D) [–1,2) – {0}

x3 (x  2)(5  x)
6. 0
x 2

 4 (x  1)
(A) (–3,–2)  (0,5) – {2} (B) (–2,–1)  (0,5) – {2}
(C) (–2,–1)  (0,6) – {2} (D) (–2,–1)  (0,5)

15  4x
7. 2
4
x  x  12
  63   63    63 
(A)  ,    3,   (4, ) (B)  ,   (4, 8)
 2   2   2 
 
  63   63   63 
(C)  ,    3,  (D)  3,   (4, )
 2   2   2 
 

x2  1
8. 2
4x  3
 3  3 
(A)   ,1   (7, ) (B)  ,1   (6, )
 4  4 
3  3 
(C)  ,1   (7, ) (D)  , 2   (7, )
4  4 
 1 1 1
9.  
x  2 x 1 x
(A) ( 3, 0)  (1, 2)  (2, ) (B) ( 2,1)  (1, 2)  (2, )
(C) ( 2, 0)  (1, 3)  (2, ) (D) ( 2, 0)  (1, 2)  (2, )

10. (x – 2)(x + 3)  0
(A) (, 3]  [2, ) (B) (, 2]  [2, ) (C) (, 3]  [1, ) (D) (, 3]  [0, )

x
11. 2
x 1
(A) (–2,0) (B) (–3,–1) (C) (–2,–1) (D) (2,3)

3x  1
12. 0
4x  1
 1 1  1 1  1 1  1 1
(A)   ,   {0} (B)   ,  (C)   ,  (D)   , 
 4 3  4 3  4 3  4 3

2x 1
13. Find the set of all x for which 
2 x 1
2x  5x  2
1 2 1 2
(A) x  (2, 0)   ,  (B) x  (2, 1)   , 
2 3 2 3
 2 1  1
(C) x  (2, 1)    ,   (D) x   2,    {1}
 3 2  2

(27  x)  27  9x 
14. The least integer satisfying 49.4   47.4    is
10  10 
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) None of these

15. The solution set of x2 + 2  3x  2x2 – 5 is

(A)  (B) [1, 2]
(C) (, 1)  [5 / 2, ) (D) None of these

Answer key

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D
6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. A
11. C 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. A
 Log Inqualities
DPP - 6
1. log 1  5 x  1  0 .
3

1 2 1 2
(A)  ,  (B) (1,5) (C)  ,  (D) (2,5)
2 5 5 5

2. log5 (3x – 1) < 1.

1 
(A) (1,2) (B)  ,2  (C) (2,3) (D) (1,3)
3 

3. log0.5 (1 + 2x) > -1.

 1 1
(A)   ,  (B) (–1,1) (C) (–1,2) (D) (1,2)
 2 2

4. log0.5(x2 - 5x + 6) > -1.

(A) (1,3) (B) (1,4) (C) (2,3) (D) 1, 2  3, 4 

5. log8 (x2 - 4x + 3)  1.
[–1,1] (B) (1,3) (C) [–1,2)  (2,4] (D) [–1,1)  (3,5]

6. log(x2 - 5x + 7) < 0.
(A) (2,3) (B) (2,3] (C) (1,4) (D) (2,5)

2x  6
7. log7 > 0.
2x  1
 1
(A) (–,1) (B) (1,) (C)  ,  (D) (2,)
 2

2x  8
8. log1.5  0.
x2
(A) (2,6) (B) (4,6) (C) (3,6) (D) (2,4)

1  2x
9. log3  0.
x
1 1  1 1 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C) (1,2) (D) [1,2]
3 2  3 2 

2  3x
10. log1/3  1 .
x
1 2 1 2 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C) (1,2) (D) [1,2]
3 3 3 3 

 35  x 2  1
11. log1/4    .
 x  2


(A)  35, 35  (B)  7, 0   3,   
(C) 7,  35  5, 35    
(D) ,  35  0, 35 
12. log20.5 x  log0.5 x  2  0 .
1  1  1  1 
(A)  ,5  (B)  ,5 (C)  , 4  (D)  ,4
3  3  2  2 

2
13. log2x 
log2 x  1
 1  1 1  1 
(A)  0,   2, 4  (B)  0,   2, 4 (C)  ,2  (D)  ,2
 2  2 2  2 

log2 x  3log x  3
14. 1
log x  1
(A) [0,10] (B) (0,10) (C) (0, 100) (D) [0, 100]

1 1
15.  2
1  log x 1  log x
 1  1   1   1 
(A)  ,10  (B)  ,10 (C)  ,1  1,10 (D)  ,1
 10   10   10   10 

 2 
16. log1/4 2  x   log1/4  
 x  1
(A)  1, 0   1,2  (B)  1, 0  1, 2 (C) (–1,2) (D) [–1,2]

x 1
1
17. 
log3 9  3x  3 
 0.9
(A) log3 ,2  0.9
(B) log3 ,2  (C) (1, 2) (D) (0,2)

18. 
log3x 5 9x2  8x  8  2 
 4 17   4 17   4 17   4 17 
(A)   ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)   , 
 3 22   3 22   3 22   3 22 

ANSWER KEY
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D
6. A 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. B
11. C 12. D 13. B 14. B 15. C
16. A 17. B 18. B
 Modulus Equations &
Inequalities
DPP - 7
1. |2x + 5| = 2 then value of x is
3 7 5 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) 
2 2 2 2

2. |2x – 5| = 7 then value of x is

(A) 6 (B) 1 (C) –6 (D) –1

3. |x – 3| = –1 then value of x is
(A) –2 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) None of these

4. |2x – 3| + 4 = 2 then value of x is

(A) –2 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) None of these

3x  4
5.  7 then value of x is
3

17 25 17
(A) (B) (C)  (D) None of these
3 3 3

6. |x2 – 3x + 2| = 2 then values of x are

(A) –3, 4 (B) 1, 4
(C) –1, –4 (D) 0, 3

7. |x| > 2 then x 

(A) (–2, 2) (B) (–, –2)  (2, )
(C) (–2, 2] (D) None of these

8. |x| < 2 then x 

(A) (–2, 2) (B) (–, –2)  (2, )
(C) (–2, 2] (D) None of these

9. |x|  2 then x 
(A) (–2, 2) (B) (–, –2]  [2, )
(C) (–2, 2] (D) None of these

10. |x|  2 then x 

(A) (–2, 2) (B) (–, –2)  (2, )
(C) [–2, 2] (D) None of these

11. |x – 1|  2 then x 
(A) (3, 4) (B) (–, –1)  (3, )
(C) [–2, –1) (D) [–1, 3]
12. |x – 1|  2 then x 
(A) [–1, 3] (B) (–, –1]  [3, )
(C) [0, 2) (D) None of these

13. |x2 + x + 1| > 0 then complete set of values of x 

(A) (0, ) (B) (0, 1) (C) R (D) Data insufficient

14. |x| < 0 then x 

(A) {} (B) R (C)  (D) Data insufficient

3 x
15. x 3
> 0 then x 

(A) R (B) (–, 3] (C) (–,3][4,) (D) R –{3}

ANSWER KEY

1. D 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. A
6. D 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. C
11. D 12. B 13. C 14. C 15. D
 Basic Mathematics
DPP - 8
(Shifting & Reflection of graphs)

1. Graph of y = f(x) is given by:

y

(1,1)
(–1,1)

x
3  (6,0)
 ,0
2 

(3,–3)

Then draw graphs of

(i) y = f(x) + 1

(ii) y = f(x) – 1

(iii) y=f(x–1)

(iv) y = f(x+1)

(v) y = |f(x)|

(vi) y = |f(x)+1|

(vii) |f(x) –1|

2. Graph of y = f(x) is given by:

y
(0,1)

(–,0) (, 0) (2, 0)

x
(–2,0) (0, 0)

(0,–1)

Then draw graphs of

(i) y = f(x) + 1

(ii) y = f(x) – 1

(iii) y = f(x–)

(iv) y = f(x+)

(v) y = |f(x)|

(vi) y = –|f(x)|
3. Graph of y = |x| is
y y

x x
(A) (B)

y y

x x
(C) (D)

4. Graph of y = |x| + 1 is
y y

(0, 1)
(0, 1)
x x
(A) (B)

y y

x x
(C) (D)

5. Graph of y = |x – 1| is
y y

x x
(A) (B)

y y

x x
(C) (1, 0) (D)
6. Graph of y = ||x|| is

y y

x x
(A) (B)

y y

x x
(C) (D)

7. Graph of y = x2 is

y y

x x
(A) (B)

y
y

x
x
(C) (D)

8. Graph of y = –x2 is
y y

x x
(A) (B)

y
y

x
x
(C) (D)
9. Graph of y = (x–1)2 is

y y

(1, 0) (–1, 0)
x x
(A) (B)

y y

x x
(C) (1, 0) (D) (–1, 0)

10. Graph of y = (x+1)2 is

y y

(1, 0) (–1, 0)
x x
(A) (B)

y y

x x
(C) (1, 0) (D) (–1, 0)

11. Graph of y = x  1 is

y y
(0, 1)

(–1, 0) (1, 0)
x x
(–1, 0) (1, 0)
(A) (B)
(0, –1)

y y
(0, 1)

x x
(–1, 0) (1, 0) (–1, 0) (1, 0)
(C) (D)
12. Graph of y = x  1 +1 is

y y
(0, 2)

(–1, 1) (1, 1) (–1, 0) (1, 0)

x x
(A) (B)
(0, –1)

y y
(0, 1)

x x
(–1, 0) (1, 0) (–1, 0) (1, 0)
(C) (D)

13. Graph of y  x  1  1 is

y y

(–2, 0) (2, 0)
x x
(A) (–2, 0) (2, 0) (B)

y y

(–2, 0) (2, 0) (2, 0)

x (–2, 0)
x
(C) (D)
 Hints & Solutions

(1,2)
(–1,2)
3 
 2 ,1 
  (6,1)
x
(i)

(3,–2)

(1,0)
x
(–1,0)

(ii) 3  (6,–1)
 2 ,–1 
 

(3,–4)

(2,1)
(0, 1)

x
5  (7,0)
(iii)  2 , 0
 

(4,–3)

(0,1)
(–2,1) 1 
 2 , 0
  x
(5,0)
(iv)

(2,–3)
 y
(3,3)

(1,1)
(–1,1)

x
3  (6,0)
(v)  2 ,0
 

(1,2) (3,2)
(–1,2)

3 
 ,1  (6,1)
2  x
(vi)

y (3,4)

3 
 ,1  (6,1)
2 
x
(–1,0) (1,0)
(vii)

2.

(0,2)
y
(–,1) (,1) (2,1)
(–2,1) (0,1)

(i) x
(0,0)
 y
(0,0) x

(–,–1) (,–1) (2,–1)

(–2,–1) (0, –1)
(ii)

(0,–2)

y
(0,1)

(0,0) (2, 0) (3, 0)

x
(–,0) (,0)
(iii)

(0,–1)

y
(0,1)

(–2,0) (0,0) (, 0)

x
(–3,0) (–,0)
(iv)

(0,–1)

(0,1)

(, 0) (2,0)
x
(–2,0) (–,0) (0, 0)
(v)

(–2,0) (–,0) (0,0) (,0) (2,0)

x
(vi)

(0,–1)

3. A 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. A

8. B 9. C 10. D 11. C 12. A

13. A
 Relations
DPP - 9

Domain, Range and Number of Relations

1. If P = {A,B,C} and Q = {R} then
(A) P×Q  Q×P (B) P×Q = Q×P
(C) n(P×Q)  n(Q×P) (D) None of these

2. Let A = {1,2,3}, B = {3,4} and C = {4,5,6} then A × (B C) =

(A) {(1,4)} (B) {(2,4)} (C) {(2,4), (3,4)} (D) {(1,4),(2,4), (3,4)}

3. The relation R defined on the set A = {1,2,3,4,5} by R = {(a,b):|a2 – b2|<16; a,bA} is given by
(A) {(1,1), (2,1), (3,1),(4,1),(2,3)}
(B) {(2,2), (3,2), (4,2),(2,4)}
(C) {(3,3), (4,3), (5,4),(3,4)}
(D) {(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (2,4), (3,1), (3,2), (3,3), (3,4), (4,1), (4,2),
(4,3),(4,4),(4,5),(5,4),(5,5)}

4. If the relation R : A  B, where A = {1,2,3} and B = {1,3,5} is defined by

R = {(x,y):x<y, xA, yB}, then
(A) R = {(1,3), (1,5), (2,3),(2,5),(3,5)}
(B) R = {(1,1), (1,5), (2,3),(3,5)}
(C) R–1 = {(3,1), (5,1), (3,2),(5,3)}
(D) R–1 = {(1,1), (5,1), (3,2),(5,3)}

5. Let Y = {1,2,3,4,5}, A = {1,2}, B={3,4,5} and  denote the null set. If A × B denotes the
cartesian product of sets A and B, then (Y×A)(Y×B) is
(A) Y (B) A (C) B (D) 

6. Given A = {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Define a relation R from A to A by R = {(x,y)|x,yA; y=x+1}.

Domain of R is
(A) {1,2,3,4,5} (B) {2,3,4,5,6} (C) {1,2,3} (D) {4,5,6}

7. If a relation R is defined by R = {(x,y)|2x2 + 3y2  6}, then the domain of R is

(A) [–3,3] (B)   3, 3  (C)   2, 2  (D) [–2, 2]

8. Let A be a set of first 10 natural numbers and R be a relation on A, defined by (x,y)R by

 x+2y=10, then domain of R is
(A) {1,2,3,...,10} (B) {2,4,6,8} (C) {1,2,3,4} (D) {2,4,6,8,10}

9. Let A={x,y,z}, B={1,2}. Then the number of relations from A to B

(A) 26 (B) 23 (C) 22 (D) 27

10. The domain and range of relation R = {(x,y)|x,yN, x+2y=5} is

(A) {1,3},{2,1} (B) {2,1},{3,2} (C) {1,3},{1,1} (D) {1,2},{1,3}

Types of Relations
11. Let R be a reflexive relation on a finite set A having n elements and let there be m ordered
pairs in R, then
(A) m  n (B) m  n (C) m = n (D) m < n

12. Let R be a reflexive relation on a set A and I be the identity relation on A. Then
(A) R  I (B) I  R (C) R = I (D) All of these

13. Let A be the set of the children in a family. The relation “x is a brother of y”, the relation on A is

(A) reflexive (B) symmetric (C) transitive (D) anti symmetric

14. Let A = {1,2,3} and R = {(1,1), (1,3), (3,1),(2,2),(2,1), (3,3)}, then the relation R on A is
(A) reflexive (B) symmetric (C) transitive (D) equivalence

15. Let A = {2,4,6,8} and R = {(2,4), (4,2), (4,6),(6,4)}, then R is

(A) reflexive (B) symmetric (C) transitive (D) anti symmetric

16. Let A = {1,2,3,4} and R = {(2,2), (3,3), (4,4),(1,2)} be a relation on A. Then R is

(A) reflexive (B) symmetric (C) transitive (D) both A and B

17. N is the set of natural numbers. The relation R is defined by N×N as follows (a,b) R (c,d) 
a+d = b+c. Then R is
(A) only reflexive (B) only symmetric (C) only transitive (D) equivalence

18. If A = {1,2,3}, the number of reflexive relation in A is

(A) 9 (B) 3 (C) 64 (D) 68

19. Total number of equivalence relation defined in the set S = {a,b,c} is

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 23 (D) 33

20. R = {(a,b):a,bN, a+b is even} is

(A) reflexive (B) symmetric (C) Both A & B (D) None of A, B

Mixed Problems
21. The relation R = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (1, 2), (2, 3), (1, 3)} on the set A = {1, 2, 3} is -
(A) Reflexive but not symmetric
(B) Reflexive but not transitive
(C) Symmetric and transitive
(D) Neither symmetric nor transitive

22. Let R = {(3, 3), (6, 6), (9, 9), (12, 12), (6, 12), (3, 9), (3, 12), (3, 6)}, be relation on the set
A = {3, 6, 9, 12} . The relation is -
(A) reflexive and transitive only
(B) reflexive only
(C) an equivalence relation
(D) reflexive and symmetric only

23. Let R be the real line. Consider the following subsets of the plane R × R :
S = {(x, y): y = x + 1 and 0 < x < 2}
T = {(x, y) : x – y is an integer}.
Which one of the following is true ?
(A) Both S and T are equivalence relations on R
(B) S is an equivalence relation on R but T is not
(C) T is an equivalence relation on R but S is not
(D) Neither S nor T is an equivalence relation on R

24. Let S = {1,2,3,...,100}. The number of non - empty subsets A of S such that the product of
elemtns in A is even is :
(A) 250(250 – 1) (B) 2100 – 1 (C) 250 – 1 (D) 250 + 1

25. Let R1 and R2 be two relations defined on R by

a R1 b  ab  0 and a R2 b  a  b Then,
(A) R1 is an equivalence relation but not R2
(B) R2 is an equivalence relation but not R1
(C) Both R1 and R2 are equivalence relations
(D) Neither R1 nor R2 is an equivalence relation
26. Let R1 and R2 be relations on the set {1, 2…… 50} such that
R1 = {(p, pn) : p is a prime and n  0 is an integer} and
R2 = {(p, pn) : p is a prime and n = 0 or 1}.
Then, the number of elements in R1 – R2 is ________.

27. Let R1= {(a,b) N×N: a-b 13} and R2 = {(a,b) N×N : a-b. Then on N :
(A) Both R1 and R2 are equivalence relations
(B) Neither R1 nor R2 is an equivalence relation
(C) R1 is an equivalence relation but R2 is not
(D) R2 is an equivalence relation but R1 is not

28. Let R be a relation from the set {1,2,3,…,60} to itself such that R = {(a,b):b=pq, where p, q 3
are prime numbers} Then,the number of elements in R is :
(A) 600 (B) 660
(C) 540 (D) 720

29. The minimum number of elements that must be added to the relation R={(a, b), (b, c)} on the
set {a, b, c} so that is becomes symmetric and transitive is :
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 5 (D) 7

30. Let A= {2,3,6,8,9,11} and B = {1,4,5,10,15}. Let R be a relation on A × B defined by (a, b)

R(c, d) if and only if 3 ad – 7bc is an even integer. Then the relation R is
(A) transitive but not symmetric
(B) an equivalence relation
(C) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
(D) reflexive but not symmetric

ANSWER KEY

1. A 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. D
6. A 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. A
11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. B
16. C 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. C
21. A 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. D
26. 8 27. B 28. B 29. D 30. C