Level-1

SETS
 1 
1. If Q   x : x  , where y  N  , then
 y 
2
(a) 0  Q (b)* 1  Q (c) 2  Q (d) Q
3
2. Which set is the subset of all given sets
(a) {1, 2, 3, 4,......} (b) {1} (c) {0} (d)* {}
3. Let S  {0,1, 5, 4, 7} . Then the total number of subsets of S is
(a) 64 (b)* 32 (c) 40 (d) 20
4. The number of non-empty subsets of the set {1, 2, 3, 4} is
(a)* 15 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 17
5. If A  {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, then the number of proper subsets of A is
(a) 120 (b) 30 (c)* 31 (d) 32
6. Let A  {1, 2, 3, 4}, B  {2, 3, 4, 5, 6} , then A  B is equal to
(a)* {2, 3, 4} (b) {1, 2, 3} (c) {5, 6} (d) {1}
7. The smallest set A such that A  {1, 2} = {1, 2, 3, 5, 9} is
(a) {2, 3, 5} (b)* {3, 5, 9} (c) {1, 2, 5, 9} (d) None of these
8. If A  B = B, then
(a) A  B (b)* B  A (c) A   (d) B  
9. For two sets A  B  A iff
(a)* B  A (b) A  B (c) A  B (d) A  B
10. 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
11. If A = {2, 3, 4, 8, 10}, B = {3, 4, 5, 10, 12}, C = {4, 5, 6, 12, 14} then (A  B)  (A  C) is equal to
(a)* {3, 4, 10} (b) {2, 8, 10} (c) {4, 5, 6} (d) {3, 5, 14}
12. If A and B are any two sets, then A  (A  B) is equal to
(a)* A (b) B (c) A c (d) B c
13. Let A = {a, b, c}, B = {b, c, d}, C = {a, b, d, e}, then A  (B  C) is
(a)* {a, b, c} (b) {b, c, d} (c) {a, b, d, e} (d) {e}
14. If A = {2, 3, 4, 8, 10}, B = {3, 4, 5, 10, 12}, C = {4, 5, 6, 12, 14} then (A  B)  (A  C) is equal to
(a)* {2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12} (b) {2, 4, 8, 10, 12} (c) {3, 8, 10, 12} (d) {2, 8, 10}
15. If A and B are sets, then A  (B – A) is
(a)*  (b) A (c) B (d) None of these
16. Two sets A, B are disjoint iff
(a) A  B   (b) A  B   (c)* A  B   (d) A  B  A
17. If A  B , then A  B is equal to

(a) A* (b) B (c) A c (d) B c

18. If A and B are two sets, then A  ( A  B) is equal to
(a) A (b) B (c)*  (d) None of these
19. 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
20. If A is any set, then
(a) A  A   (b)* A  A  U (c) A  A  U (d) None of these

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21. The shaded region in the given figure is

C B

(a) A  (B  C) (b) A  (B  C) (c) A  (B – C) (d)* A – (B  C)

22. If n( A)  3 , n(B)  6 and A  B . Then the number of elements in A  B is equal to
(a) 3 (b) 9 (c)* 6 (d) None of these
23. If n( A)  3 and n(B)  6 and A  B . Then the number of elements in A  B is equal to
(a)* 3 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d) None of these
24. Let A and B be two sets such that n( A)  0.16, n(B)  0.14, n( A  B)  0.25 . Then n( A  B) is equal to
(a) 0.3 (b) 0.5 (c)* 0.05 (d) None of these
25. If A and B are disjoint, then n( A  B) is equal to
(a) n(A) (b) n(B) (c)* n( A)  n(B) (d) n( A). n(B)
26. If A and B are not disjoint sets, then n( A  B) is equal to
(a) n( A)  n(B) (b)* n( A)  n(B)  n( A  B) (c) n( A)  n(B)  n( A  B) (d) n( A) n(B) (e) n( A)  n(B)
27. 20 teachers of a school either teach mathematics or physics. 12 of them teach mathematics while 4 teach both the
subjects. Then the number of teachers teaching physics only is
(a) 12 (b)* 8 (c) 16 (d) None of these
28. Of the members of three athletic teams in a school 21 are in the cricket team, 26 are in the hockey team and 29 are in the
football team. Among them, 14 play hockey and cricket, 15 play hockey and football, and 12 play football and cricket.
Eight play all the three games. The total number of members in the three athletic teams is
(a)* 43 (b) 76 (c) 49 (d) None of these
29. In a class of 100 students, 55 students have passed in Mathematics and 67 students have passed in Physics. Then the
number of students who have passed in Physics only is [IIT]
(a) 22 (b) 33 (c) 10 (d)* 45
30. If A and B are two sets, then A × B = B × A iff
(a) A  B (b) B  A (c)* A  B (d) None of these
31. 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
32. If A and B be any two sets, then ( A  B) is equal to
(a) A  Β (b)* A  B (c) A  B (d) A  B
33. Let A and B be subsets of a set X. Then
(a) A  B  A  B (b) A  B  A  B (c) A  B  Ac  B (d)* A  B  A  Bc
34. Let A and B be two sets in the universal set. Then A  B equals
(a)* A  Bc (b) Ac  B (c) A  B (d) None of these
35. If A, B and C are any three sets, then A  (B  C) is equal to
(a)* ( A  B)  ( A  C) (b) ( A  B)  ( A  C) (c) ( A  B)  C (d) ( A  B)  C
36. If A, B, C are three sets, then A  (B  C) is equal to
(a) (A  B)  (A  C) (b)* (A  B)  (A  C) (c) (A  B)  (A  C) (d) None of these

CARTESIAN PRODUCT
37. If A = {1, 2, 4}, B = {2, 4, 5}, C = {2, 5}, then (A – B)× (B – C) is
(a) {(1, 2), (1, 5), (2, 5)} (b)* {(1, 4)} (c) (1, 4) (d) None of these

38. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}; B = {2, 3, 6, 7}. Then the number of elements in (A × B)  (B × A) is
(a) 18 (b) 6 (c)* 4 (d) 0

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39. A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {3, 8}, then (A  B) × (A  B) is
(a) {(3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 8)} (b)*{(1, 3), (2, 3), (3, 3), (8, 3)}
(c) {(1, 2), (2, 2), (3, 3), (8, 8)} (d) {(8, 3), (8, 2), (8, 1), (8, 8)}
40. If A = {2, 3, 5}, B = {2, 5, 6}, then (A – B) × (A  B) is
(a) {(3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 5)} (b) {(3, 2), (3, 5), (3, 6)} (c)* {(3, 2), (3, 5)} (d) None of these

RELATIONS
41. A relation from P to Q is
(a) A universal set of P × Q (b) P × Q (c) An equivalent set of P × Q (d)*A subset of P × Q
42. Let R be a relation from a set A to set B, then
(a) R = A  B (b) R = A  B (c)* R  A × B (d) R  B × A

43. Let A = {a, b, c} and B = {1, 2}. Consider a relation R defined from set A to set B. Then R is equal to set
(a) A (b) B (c)* A × B (d) B × A
44. Let n(A) = n. Then the number of all relations on A is
2
(a) 2 n (b) 2(n)! (c)* 2n (d) None of these
45. If R is a relation from a finite set A having m elements to a finite set B having n elements, then the number of relations
from A to B is

(a)* 2mn (b) 2mn  1 (c) 2mn (d) mn

46. 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) None of these

47. The relation R defined on the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} by R = {(x, y) : | x 2  y 2 | 16} 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), (3, 4), (5, 4), (4, 3), (3, 1)} (d)* None of these
48. A relation R is defined from {2, 3, 4, 5} to {3, 6, 7, 10} by; xRy  x is relatively prime to y. Then domain of R is

(a) {2, 3, 5} (b) {3, 5} (c) {2, 3, 4} (d)* {2, 3, 4, 5}

49. Let R be a relation on N defined by x  2y  8 . The domain of R is

(a) {2, 4, 8} (b) {2, 4, 6, 8} (c)* {2, 4, 6} (d) {1, 2, 3, 4}

50. If R  {(x, y)| x, y  Z, x 2  y 2  4} is a relation in Z, then domain of R is

(a) {0, 1, 2} (b) {0, – 1, – 2} (c)* {– 2, – 1, 0, 1, 2} (d) None of these

51. If A = {1, 2, 3} , B = {1, 4, 6, 9} and R is a relation from A to B defined by ‘x is greater than y’. The range of R is
(a) {1, 4, 6, 9} (b) {4, 6, 9} (c)* {1} (d) None of these
1
52. R is a relation from {11, 12, 13} to {8, 10, 12} defined by y  x  3 . Then R is

(a)* {(8, 11), (10, 13)} (b) {(11, 18), (13, 10)} (c) {(10, 13), (8, 11)} (d) None of these

53. Let A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {1, 3, 5}. If relation R from A to B is given by R ={(1, 3), (2, 5), (3, 3)}. Then R 1 is
(a)* {(3, 3), (3, 1), (5, 2)} (b) {(1, 3), (2, 5), (3, 3)} (c) {(1, 3), (5, 2)} (d) None of these

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Level-2
1. If A  { , { }}, then the power set of A is
(a) A (b) { , { }, A} (c)* { , { }, ({ }}, A} (d) None of these
2. Let A and B be two sets. Then
(a) A  B  A  B (b)* A  B  A  B (c) A  B = A  B (d) None of these
3. If A, B, C be three sets such that A  B = A  C and A  B = A  C, then [IIT]
(a) A = B (b)* B = C (c) A = C (d) A = B = C
4. Let A and B be two non-empty subsets of a set X such that A is not a subset of B, then
(a) A is always a subset of the complement of B (b) B is always a subset of A
(c) A and B are always disjoint (d)* A and the complement of B are always non-disjoint
5. If N a  [an : n  N }, then N 6  N 8 
(a) N 6 (b) N 8 (c)* N 24 (d) N 44
6. If aN  {ax : x  N }, then the set 3 N  7 N is
(a)* 21 N (b) 10 N (c) 4 N (d) None of these
7. Out of 800 boys in a school, 224 played cricket, 240 played hockey and 336 played basketball. Of the total, 64 played both
basketball and hockey; 80 played cricket and basketball and 40 played 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
8. 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) x  39 (b) x  63 (c)* 39  x  63 (d) None of these
9. In a college of 300 students, every student reads 5 newspaper and every newspaper is read by 60 students. The no. of
newspaper is [IIT ]
(a) At least 30 (b) At most 20 (c)* Exactly 25 (d) None of these
10. If (1, 3), (2, 5) and (3, 3) are three elements of A × B and the total number of elements in A B is 6, then the remaining
elements of A B are
(a)* (1, 5); (2, 3); (3, 5) (b) (5, 1); (3, 2); (5, 3) (c) (1, 5); (2, 3); (5, 3) (d) None of these

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