SETS

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. A set is a
a) a group of object b) a collection of object
c) a collection of objects with a common fixed property
d) a well defined collection of objects
2. Which one of the following is a null set?
a)  x | x  R, 4 x 2  1  0 b)  x | x  N , x is a odd,x  3 is even
c)  x | x  R, x 2  3 d)  x | x  R, x 2  0
3. If P  3m : m  N  and Q  3m : m  N  , then
a) P  Q b) Q  P
c) P  Q d) P  Q = N
4. The fourth quadrant is the set of
a)  x, y  : x  0 and y  0 b)  x, y  : x  0 and y  0
c)  x, y  : x  0 and y  0 d)  x, y  : x  0 and y  0
5. The number of all possible subsets of a set containing n
elements is :
a) n b) 2n
c) n d) 2n
6. If a finite set S contains n elements, then the number of all
non empty proper subsets of S is :
a) 2n b) 2  2n  1
c) (2n 1  2) d) 2 n  1
7. The number of non empty subsets of a, b, c, d  is
a) 3 b) 4
c) 15 d) 16
8. Which one of the following is correct?
a) 1  1, 2 b) 1  1, 2
c) 1,3   x | x is a possitive integer d)1, 2  2,1
9. The number of all possible subsets of 1, 2,3, 4 is
a) 2 b) 4
c) 6 d) 8
10. If A  1, 2,3, 4 , B  2, 4,5, 6 and C  1, 2,5, 7,8 , then
 A  C   B is
a) 1, 2,5 b) 2, 4,5
c) 1, 2, 4,5, 7,8 d) 1, 2,3, 4,5, 7,8
11. If U  1, 2,3, 4,....,10 , A  1,3,5, 7 and B  1, 2,3, 4,5 ,
then  A ' B '   ?
a) 2, 4, 6,8,9,10 b) 2, 6, 7,8,9,10
c) 2, 4, 6, 7,9,10 d) 2, 4, 6, 7,8,9,10
12. If A and B are two sets such that n  A   70, n  B   60
and n  A  B   110 then n  A  B   ?
a) 240 b) 50
c) 40 d) 20
13. If A  B, then  A ' B '  
a) A ' b) B'
c) A d) None of these
14. If A   x : x is a multiple of 4 and
B   x : x is a multiple of 6 then A  B consists of all
multiples of :
a) 24 b) 2
c) 12 d) 4
15. If x is a positive integer, then the solution set of the equation
x  2 is :
a) 2 b) 2
c)  d )  
16.If A is the set of all positive integers and B is the set of all
negative integers, then A  B =?
a) 0 b) 
c) 0 d )  
17. Which of the following statement is true?
a) a  a , b, c b) a  a , b, c
c) a, b  a , b, c d ) a, b  a , b, c
18. The set  x :  x  2  x  3  0 is equal to
a)  x : 2  x  3 b)  x : x  3   x : x  2
c)  x : x  3   x : x  2 d ) None of these
19. Which of the following is an infinite set?
a)  x : x  N , x  50 b)  x : x  I , x  50
c)  x : x  I , x is a factor of 50
d )  x : x is a whole number,x  50
20. Whis of the following is a finite set?
a)  x : x  I , x  1 b)  x : x  R, 0  x  1
c)  x : x  R, 0  x  1 d ) None of these
21. Which of the following is a singleton set?
a)  x : x  R, x 2  x b)  x : x  N ,3x  4
c)  x : x  R, x 2  1
d )  x : x is an integer which is neither +ve nor -ve
22. Which of the following is a correct statement?
a)   a, b, c b)    a, b, c
c)   a, b, c d ) N one of these
23. Which of the following is a correct statement?
a)   0 b)   0
c)     d)    
24. If X   4 n

 3n  1 : n  N and
Y  9  n  1 : n  N  , then
a) X  Y b) Y  X
c) X  Y   d ) None of these
25. If A  a, b , then the power set of A is:
a) a a , bb  b) a b , b a 
c) a 2 , b 2  d )  , a , b , a, b
26. Which one of the following set is empty set?
a)  x : x  N : 5 x  9 b)  x  I : 0  x  4 & x is even
c)  x  I :  x  1 x  2   0 & x is odd  d ) 0
27. If A  1, 2 3, 4 , then which of the is correct statement?
a) 3  A b) 1  A
c) 2  A d) 4A
28. If A= 1 , then which of the following statement is true?
a) {1}  A b) 1  A
c) A  1 d ) 1 A
29. If Ais the set of all positive integer and B is the set of
all negative integers, then A  B is
a) The set of all integer
b) The set of all integer excluding 0
c) The set of all non negative integers
d ) None of these
30. Let A   x  R : 0  x  1 , then which of the following is
not an element of A?
1
a) 1 b)
2
1 1
c) d)
3 4
31. Consider the following statement
i)  A  B  '  A ' B'
ii)  A  B  '  A ' B '
iii)  A  B  '  A' B '
Of these statement :
a) Only i is true b) only iii is true
c) all are true d ) none is true
32. A B   
a) A   or B   b) A   and B  
c) A   but B   d ) None of these
33. If A  B = A, then
a) A  B b) B  A
c) A   or B   d ) None of these
34.If A  B = A,then
a) A  B b) B  A
c) A is not a subset of B and B is not a subset of A
d) None of these
35. A  B  
a) A =  or B   b) A   and B  
c) A   and B   d) None of these
36. Which of the following is a true statement?
a)  A  B  '   A ' B ' b)  A  B  '   A  B ' 
c)  A  B  '=  A ' B  d)  A  B  '   A ' B ' 
37. For any three sets A,B and C:
a) A   B  C    A  B   ( A  C )
b) A   B  C    A  B    A  C 
c) A   B  C  =  A  B    A  C 
d) None of these
38. One of the De-morgan's law is:
a)  A  B  '   A ' B '
b)  A  B  '   A ' B '
c)  A  B  '   A  B 
d)  A  B  '   A  B 
39. If A  B,then  A ' B '  ?
a) A' b) B'
c) A d) None of these
40.The symmetric difference of two sets A and B is:
a)  A  B    B  A 
b)  A  B    B  A 
c)  A  B    A  B 
d) None of these