RELATIONS

LEVEL II

1. The relation on set is

1) Reflexive but not symmetric 2) Reflexive but not transitive
3) Symmetric and transitive 4) Neither symmetric nor transitive

2. Let , Then, is
1) Reflective 2) Symmetric 3) Transitive 4) Equivalence relation
3. Let be an equivalence relation on a finite set having elements. Then,
the number of ordered pairs in is
1) Less than 2) Greater than or equal to
3) Less than or equal to 4) Greater than n

4. A relation on the set of complex numbers defined by is real

then which of the following is not true?
1) is reflexive 2) is symmetric 3) is transitive 4) is not
equivalence
5. Let W denote the words in the English dictionary. Define the relation R by

the words and have at least one letter in common}. Then

R is
1) reflexive, symmetric and transitive
2) reflexive, not symmetric and transitive
3)not reflexive, symmetric and transitive
4) reflexive, symmetric and not transitive

6. Let be a relation on the set . The

relation is
1) a function 2) reflexive 3) not symmetric 4) transitive

7. Let be a relation on the set

. The relation is
1) reflexive and transitive only 2) reflexive only
3) an equivalence relation 4) reflexive and symmetric only

8. Consider the following two binary relations on the set

and

. Then

1) is symmetric but it is not transitive 2) Both and are not symmetric

3) Both and are transitive 4) is not symmetric but it is

transitive
9. For , define a relation by if and only if is an irrational
number. Then is
1) an equivalence relation 2) is symmetric
3) is transitive 4) is reflexive
10. If and are two symmetric relations then
1) is a symmetric relation
2) is a symmetric relation
3) is symmetric relation
4) is a symmetric relation if and only if
11. Let be the set of natural numbers and a relation on be defined by

. Then the relation is

1) an equivalence relation
2) reflexive and symmetric, but not transitive
3) reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
4) symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
12. Let be the relation on the set of all real numbers defined by iff

. Then is
1) reflexive and symmetric 2) symmetric only
3) transitive only 4) anti-symmetric only
13. Consider the following relations:

1) are not equivalence relations

2) are equivalence relation

3) is an equivalence relation but is not

4) is an equivalence relation but is not

14. Let be the relation defined on the set of all real numbers such that

then is
1) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
2) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
3) symmetric and transitive but not reflexive
4) An equivalence relation
LEVEL III
15. Let be the real line. Consider the following subsets of the plane :

; . Which one of the

following is true? [AIEEE –
2008]
 1) Both and are equivalence relations or
2) is an equivalence relation on but is not
3) is an equivalence relation on but is not
4) Neither nor is an equivalence relation on
16. Consider the following relations: [AIEEE –
2010]

, then
1) is an equivalence relation but is not an equivalence relation
2) is an equivalence relation but is not an equivalence relation
3) and both are equivalence relations
4) Neither nor is an equivalence relation

17. Let . Define a relation on as . Then which of the

following is not true? [JEE – 2020]

1) where is the inverse of 2) is symmetric and transitive

3) Range of is 4) is reflexive and symmetric

18. Let and be two relations defined as follows : and

, where is the set of all rational numbers, then

[JEE – 2020]

1) Neither nor is transitive 2) is transitive but is not

transitive

3) is transitive but is not transitive 4) and are both transitive

19. Let and be an equivalence relation on , defined by

if and only if . Then the number of ordered pairs which

satisfy this equivalence relation with ordered pair (4,3) is equal to
[JEE – 2021]
1) 8 2) 7 3) 5 4) 6
20. Which of the following is not correct for relation on the set of real numbers?
[JEE –
2021]

1) is neither transitive nor symmetric

2) is symmetric and transitive

3) is reflexive but not symmetric

4) is reflexive and symmetric

21. Let be a relation. Then the

equivalence class of is the set [JEE –

2021]

1) 2)

3) 4)

22. Let a set , where for . Define the relation

from to by . Then, is [2022]

1) reflexive, symmetric but not transitive 2) reflexive, transitive but not
symmetric
3) reflexive but not symmetric and transitive 4) an equivalence relation

23. For , consider a relation on given by .

The relation is an equivalence relation if and only if: [2022]
1)
2) is a multiple of 4
3) 4 is the remainder when is divided by 10
4) 4 is the remainder when is divided by 7

24. Let and . Then on

[2022]

1) Both and are equivalence relations

2) Neither nor is an equivalence relation

3) is an equivalence relation but is not

4) is an equivalence relation but is not

25. Let and be two relations defined on by and ,

then

1) is an equivalence relation but not

[2022]

2) is an equivalence relation but not

3) both and are equivalence relations

4) Neither nor is an equivalence relation

26. The relation is [2022]

1) reflexive but not symmetric 2) transitive but not reflexive
3) symmetric but not transitive 4) neither symmetric nor transitive
27. Let be a relation defined on as if is a multiple of 5, .
Then is
[2022]
1) not reflexive 2) transitive but not symmetric
 3) symmetric but not transitive 4) an equivalence relation
28. The minimum number of elements that must be added to the relation

on the set so that it becomes symmetric and transitive is

1) 3 2) 7 3) 4 4) 5 [2023]

29. Let be a relation on defined by if and only if

. Then is
[2023]
1) transitive but neither reflexive nor symmetric
2) symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
3) symmetric and transitive but not reflexive
4) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive

30. Among the relations and

1) is transitive but is not 2) both and are symmetric

[2023]
3) neither nor is transitive 4) is symmetric but is not

31. Let be a relation on , given by .

Then is
[2023]
1) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
2) reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
3) reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
4) an equivalence relation

32. Let denote the power set of . Define the relations and

on as if and if , .
Then

1) both and are not equivalence relations

[2023]

2) only is an equivalence relation

3) only is an equivalence relation

4) both and are equivalence relations

33. Let . Then the relation is

[2023]
1) Symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
2) Transitive but neither symmetric nor reflexive
3) An equivalence relation
4) Reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
34. Consider the relations and defined as for all and

for all . Then [2024]

1) Only is an equivalence relation

2) Only is an equivalence relation

3) and both are equivalence relations

4) Neither nor is an equivalence relation

35. Let . Suppose M is the set of all the subsets of S, then the relation

is: [2024]
1) symmetric and reflexive only 2) reflexive only
3) symmetric and transitive only 4) symmetric only
36. Let R be a relation on Z Z defined by (a, b)R(c, d) if and only if ad – bc is
divisible by 5. Then R is
1) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
2) Reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
3) Reflexive, symmetric and transitive
4) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric

37. If R is the smallest equivalence relation on the set such that

, then the number of elements in R is [2024

]
1) 10 2) 12 3) 8 4) 15
Questions in 2025

38. The number of non-empty equivalence relations on the set is

1)6 2)7 3)5 4)4

39. Let be a relation defined on the set . Then the

minimum number of elements needed to be added in R so the R becomes an
equivalence relation is
1)10 2)8 3)9 4)7

40. Let and . If

then is
1)15 2)18 3)24 4)12

41. Let . Define a relation R on X as:

Statement I : R is an equivalence relation

Statement II: For some , the set represents a

line parallel to
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options
given below
1)Both statements I and II are false
2)Statement I is true but statement II is false
 3) Both statements I and II are true 4) Statement I is false but statement II is
true

42. The relation is

1)reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
2) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
3) an equivalence relation
4)symmetric and transitive but not reflexive

43. Define a relation R on the interval by xRy if and only . Then

R is
1) an equivalence relation 2)both reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
3)both reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
4) reflexive but neither symmetric not transitive

Numerical Questions
1. If , the number of reflexive relations in is …….

2. If , the number of symmetric relations in is …….

3. The minimum number of elements that must be added to the relation

on the set so that it is an equivalence relation, is

……….. [2023]

4. Let and be the relation defined on such that

. The minimum number of

elements that must be added to the relation , so that it is a symmetric
relation, is ………….
[2023]

5. The number of relation, on the set containing and , which are

reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is ……………. [2023]

6. Let and be a relation on .

Then the minimum number of elements, that must be added to the relation
so that it becomes reflexive and symmetric, is …………….....
[2023]

7. The number of symmetric relations defined on the set which are not
reflexive is________. [2024]

8. Let be a relation on A. Let S be the

equivalence relation on A such that and the number of elements in S is n.
Then, the minimum value of n is ______
[2024]
9. Let . Let R e a relation on A defined by if and only if
. Let be a symmetric relation on A such that and the number of
elements in is n. Then, the minimum value of n is ________. [2024]

10. Let . The number of relations on A, containing and , which

are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric is ______ [2025]

Key

1) 1 2) 2 3) 2 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 1 8) 1 9) 4 10) 4
11) 3 12) 1 13) 4 14) 4 15) 3 16) 2 17) 4 18) 1 19) 2 20) 4
21) 2 22) 4 23) 4 24) 3 25) 4 26) 1 27) 4 28) 2 29) 2 30) 4
31) 3 32) 4 33) 1 34) 2 35) 4 36) 1 37) 1 38) 3 39)4 40) 4
41) 2 42) 3 43) 1
Numerical Key
1) 64 2) 64 3) 13 4) 19 5) 4 6) 7 7) 960 8) 16 9) 66 10) 3