Sets

SETS
Synopsis
 Definition:- It is a collection of “well defined objects”. Where objects may be anything like
numbers, Letters, Books, Persons etc.,
The sets are usually denoted by the capital letters A,B,X,Y etc., and its elements by
small letters x,y,a,b etc.,
If „ ‟ is an element of the set A, then we denote it by and we read this as
belongs to A and if „ ‟ is not an element of the set A, then we denote it by and we read this as
does not belongs to A
Types of set:-
1) Null Set or Empty Set:- A set consisting of no element is called a null set or an empty set.
It is denoted by * +
2) Singleton Set: A set consisting of single element is called singleton set.
3) Finite set: A set consisting finite number of elements is called finite set.
4) Infinite set: A set which is not finite is called infinite set.
Note: Order of a set: Number of elements in the finite set is the order of the set and it is
denoted by ( ) ( )
5) Equivalent sets:- If two sets are said to be equivalent sets if there order are same.
I.e. ( ) ( )
6) Equal Sets: Two sets A and B are said to be a equal, if “ every element of A is a element of B
and every element of B is a element of A” and it is denoted by
7) Sub Set:- A set A is said to be a subset of B “if every element of A is a element of B” and it is
denoted as
Note:- 1)
2)
3) Number of sub-sets of a set containing elements is
8) Proper subset :- A set A is said to be a Proper subset of B, “if every element of A is a
element of B and and it is denoted by
9) Power set:- Set containing all subsets is called power set.
Note: Number of elements in the power set of a set containing elements is given by
10) Universal Set :- A nonempty set of which all the sets under consideration are subsets, is
called universal set and its denoted by U
 Operations on sets:-
1) Union of sets: If A, B are two sets then “the set of all elements, which belongs to either A or
B (or both) “is called union of A and B. It is denoted by A B. i.e. A B = { x / x
+
Note:- i. A (commutative law)
ii. A
iii. A
iv. A ( ) ( ) (Associative law)
2) Intersection of sets: If A, B are two sets then “the set of all elements, which are common to
both A and B” is called intersection of A and B. It is denoted by A B. i.e. A B = { x / x
+
Note:- i. A (Commutative law) ii. A
iii. A iv. A ( ) ( )
(Associative laws)
3) Difference of sets:- The difference of two sets A and B is the set of elements of A which are
not elements of B and it is denoted by
i.e. ={x/x }
Note:- i. A – A =
ii. A – A and these two sets are disjoint.

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iii. A – (B ) ( ) ( ) (De Morgan laws)
iv) ( ) ( ) ( ) (De Morgan laws)
4) Symmetric difference of two sets: Let be the two sets. The symmetric difference
between two sets is the set ( ) ( )
5) Complement of set:- If U is universal set then U – A is called complement set of A. It is
denoted by and
 Some important results
 n(A ) ( ) ( ) ( )
 n(A ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
 n(A – B) = n(A) –n (A )
 ( ) ( )
 ( ) ( )
 ( ) ( ) ( ) where is the Universal Set
 ( ) ( ) ( ) (Distributive law)
 ( ) ( ) ( )

Session I: Representation of sets

1. Write the set { x : x is a positive integer and x 2 < 40} in the roster form
(A) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} (B) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
(C) {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} (D) {0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6}
Ans (A)
2. Set builder form of set S of odd natural numbers less than 15 is
(A) {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11} (B) {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13}
(C) {x : x is odd natural number < 15} (D) {1, 2, 4………..}
Ans (C)
3. Which of the following statements are not true?
i) { x : 3x + 1 < 10, x  N} = {1, 2, 3, 4}
ii) { x : 2x < 50, x  N} = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
(A) only (ii) (B) Both (i) & (ii) (C) Only (i) (D) none of these
Ans (C)
Session II: Operations and types of sets
4. If A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {2, 3, 4} and C = {3, 4, 5, 6} then A  (B C) =
(A) {1, 2, 3, 4} (B) {2, 3, 4, 5, 6} (C) {1, 2, 3, 4, 6} (D) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
Ans (D)
5. If A = {1, 4, 6} and B = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} then A  B =
(A) {1, 2, 3, 4} (B) {1, 4, 6} (C) {1, 2, 3, 4, 6} (D) {2, 4, 6}
Ans (B)
6. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4,5} and B = {4, 5} then A  B =
(A) {1, 2} (B) {3, 4} (C) {1, 2, 5, 6} (D) {1, 2, 3}
Ans (D)
7. Which of the following sets are null sets?
i) A = {x: x <1 and x > 3} ii) B = {x : x2 = 9 and3x = 7}
iii) C = {x: x2  1 = 0, x  N} iv) D = {x: x is an even prime number}
(A) (i) and (iii) (B) (i) and (ii) (C) (ii) and (iv) (D) (iii) and (iv)
Ans (B)
8. If A = { 4, 5, 8, 12,} B = { 1, 4, 6, 9} and C = {1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10}, then A  (B  A) =
(A) {4, 5, 8, 12} (B) {0} (C) {5, 12} (D) {4, 5}
Ans (A)
9. If A = { a, b, c, d, e} B = {a, c, e, g} and C = {a, b, g}, then
(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) both (B) & (C)

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Ans (D)
10. From the figure A  B =

(A){1, 2, 3, 4, 5} (B) {1, 2, 4, 5} (C) {3} (D) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

Ans (A)
11. Let A and B be two sets such that A  B = A. Then A  B is equal to
(A)  (B) B (C) A (D) A  B
Ans (B)
12. Let A {1, 2, 3, 4} and B = {2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, then A  B is equal to
(A) {2, 3, 4} (B) {1} (C) {5, 6} (D) {1, 5, 6}
Ans (D)
13. If A = {2, 3, 4, 8, 10}, B = {3, 4, 5, 10, 12}, C { 4, 5, 6, 12, 14} then (A  B)  (A  B)  (A  C)
(A) {1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 10, 12} (B) {2, 4, 8, 10,12}
(C) {3, 8, 10, 12} (D) {3, 4,10}
Ans (D)
14. 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) {1, 2}
Ans (B)
15. Let A and B be subsets of a set. Then
A A A A
(A)  AB (B)  AB (C)  Ac  B (D)  A  Bc
B B B B
Ans (D)
A
AB
B
16. If A {x : x2 = 1} and = {x :x4 = 1}, then A  B is equal to
(A) {i, i} (B) {1, 1} (C) {1, 1, i, i} (D) {1, i}
Ans (A)
x2 = 1 x4 = 1
x2  1 = 0 x4  14 = 0
(x + 1) (x  1) = 0 (x2 + 12) (x2  12) = 0
x = 1,  1 x=i&x=1
A = {1, 1} B = {1, 1, i,  i}
A  B = {i,  i}
17. If X = {8  7n  1:n  N} and Y = { 49 (n  1): n N}, then
n

(A) X  Y (B) Y  X (C) X = Y (D) X  Y

Ans (A)
Consider, Y = {49 (n – 1) : n  N}
Clearly, Y is the set of all multiples of 49.
Consider, 8n  7n  1 = (1 + 7)n – (7n + 1)
= (1 + nC1 . 7 + nC2 . 72 + …. + (nCn7n) – (1 + 7n)
= 72 [nC2 + nC3 . 7 + …. + nCn . 7n – 2 ]
= some multiples of 7
XY
18. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) A  A if and only if A = 

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(B) A  A if and only if A = X, where X is a universal set
(C) If A  B = A  C, then B = C
(D) A = B is equivalent to A  C = B  C and A  C = B C
Ans (C)
Conceptual
19. If sets A and B are defined as
A = {(x, y) | y = 1/ x , 0  x  R}
B = {(x, y) | y =–x, x  R} then,
(A) A  B = A (B) A  B = B (C) A  B =  (D) A  B = A
Ans (C)
Clearly, A  B = . That is there are no common elements in A and B
20. If A = { x : x = 3n, n  Z} and B = {x :x = 4n, n  Z}, then A  B =
(A) 12 n (B) 15 n (C) 10n (D) n2
Ans (A)
A  B = 12n
21. A = {1, 2} then which of the following is true
(A) {1}  P (A) (B) {2}  P (A)
(C) {(1, 2),{ }}  P (A) (D) all of these
Ans (D)
22. If A has n elements then the total numbers of subsets of A is
(A) n (B) n2 (C) 2n (D) 2n
Ans(C)
23. The number of non-empty subsets of the set {1, 2, 3, 4} is
(A) 15 (B) 14 (C) 16 (D) 17
Ans (A)
24. If A = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, then the number of proper subsets of A is
(A) 120 (B) 30 (C) 31 (D) 32
Ans (C)
Proper subsets = 2n  1
Session III: Complement of a set
25. If  = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10} and A = {5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10} then (A) =
(A) {1, 2, 3, 4} (B) {2, 3, 4, 5} (C) {5, 6, 7, 8, 9} (D) {1, 4, 9, 10}
Ans (A)
26. The ( A  B  C)  ( A  B C)  C is equal to
(A) Bc  Cc (B) A  C (C) B  C (D) C  C
Ans (C)
( A  B  C)  ( A  B C)  C'
= ( A  B  C)  ( A'  (B  C)) C'
= ( A  A')  (B  C)  C'
=  (B  C)  C'
= B  C'   = B  C'

27. If A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17}

B = {2, 4, 8 …. 18 } and N is the set of natural numbers is the universal set, then A'  (A  B) 
B' is
(A)  (B) N (C) A (D) B
Ans (B)
Clearly,
A' = {2, 4, 6, 8…..18, 19, 20….}
B' = {1, 3, 5, 7……. 19, 20, 21…..}

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A  B = {1, 2, 3, … 18}
A'  (A  B)  B' = N
28. Let A and B be two sets then (A  B)  (A  B) is equal to
(A) A (B) A (C) B (D) A  (B  C)
Ans (A)
Properties
29. Let U be the universal set and A  B  C = U. Then { ( A  B)  (B  C)  (C  A)} is equal to
(A) A  B  C (B) A  (B  C) (C) A  B  C (D) A  (B  C)
Ans (A)
{(A  B)  (B  C)  (C  A)} = A  B  C = U
Session IV: Practical problems on union and intersection of two sets
30. If n() = 48, n (A) = 28, n (B) = 33 and n(B  A) = 12, then n(A  B)C is
(A) 27 (B) 28 (C) 29 (D) 30
Ans (A)
n(B  A) = n (B)  n(A  B)
 n(A  B) = 33 – 12 = 21
n(A  B)C = n() – n(A  B)
31. If n (U) = 700, n (A) = 200, n (B) = 300, n (A  B) = 100, then n (A  B) is equal to
(A) 400 (B) 240 (C) 300 (D) 500
Ans(C)
n(A B) = n (A  B) = n ()  n (A  B)
= 700  [200 + 300  100]
= 700  400 = 300
32. If n (A) = 40, n (B) = 20 and n (A  B) = 10 then n(A  B) is
(A) 50 (B) 60 (C) 70 (D) 40
Ans (D)
n(A  B) = n ( A  B)  n(A  B)
= 40
33. If A  B, n (A) = 6, n (B) = 10 then the value of n( B  A) is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D)8
Ans (B)
34. If n (P) = 25 & n( P  Q) = 5 then the value of n (P  Q) is
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 25
Ans (C)
35. Let S = {x| x is a positive multiple of 3 less than 100}
P = {x| x is a prime less than 20} then n (S) + n (P) is
(A) 34 (B) 41 (C) 33 (D) 30
Ans (B)
99
Clearly, n S   33
3
Now, P = {2, 3, 5, 11, 13, 17, 19}, n(P) = 8
S  P = {3} . n (S  P) = 40, n (S  P) = 1
Thus, n(S) + n(P) = n(S  P) + n (S  P) = 40 + 1 = 41
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) =
(A) 17 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 3
Ans (D)
n(A  B) = n (U)  n(A  B)

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1. The set of intelligent students in a class is
a. A null set b. A singleton set c. A finite set d. Not a well defined
collection
2. The set A= * + equals
a. Φ b. {14,3,4} c. {3} d. {4}
3. The number of proper subsets of the set {1,2,3}is
a.8 b.7 c.6 d.5
1
4. If the set A and B are defined as A= {(x, y):y= ,0 x } {(x,y):y=-x, x }
x
a. b. c. d. None of these
5. Let n(U)= 700, n(A)=200, n(B)=300 and n(A B)= 100, then n(Ac Bc )=
a. 400 b. 600 c.300 d. 200
6. Which of the following is the empty set
a. { x:x is a real number and x2 -1=0} b. { x:x is a real number and x2 +1=0}
c. { x:x is a real number and x -9=0}
2 d. { x:x is a real number and x2 = x+2}
7. If X= {4n -3n-1}:n N} and ={9(n-1):n N}, is equal to
a. X b. Y c. N d. None of these
8. A= *x:x x+ represents
a. {0} b. {} c. {1} d.{x}
9. A class has 175 students. The following data shows the number of students obtaining one
or more subjects. Mathematics 100, Physics 70, Chemistry 40; Mathematics and Physics
30, Mathematics and Chemistry 28, Physics and Chemistry 23, Mathematics, Physics and
Chemistry 18 How many students have offered Mathematics alone
a. 35 b. 48 c. 60 d. 22
10. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The number of subsets of the first set is 112 more
than that of the second set. The values of m and n are, respectively.
a. 4,7 b. 7,4 c.4,4 d. 7,7
11. Let S= set of points inside the square, T= set of points inside the triangle and C= set of
points inside the circle. If the triangle and circle intersect each other and are contained in a
square. Then,
a. S b. c. d.
12. In a town of 840 persons, 450 persons read Hindi, 300 read English and 200 read both.
Then the number of persons who read neither is
a. 210 b.290 c.180 d.260
13. If X= {8n -7n-1 n N} and ={49n – 49 n N},
a. X b. Y c. X=Y d. X Y=Φ
14. If S = {x| x is a positive multiple of 3 less than 100} and P= {x | x is a prime number less
then 20}. Then n(S)+n(P) is equal to
a. 34 b.31 c. 33 d.41
15. If X and Y are two sets and denotes the complement of X then ( ) is equal to
a. X b. Y c. Φ d. X Y
16. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The number of subsets of the first set is 56 more
than that of the second set. The values of m and n are, respectively.
a. 7,6 b.6,3 c.5,1 d.8,7
17. 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)
18. If A, B and C are three sets such that A then
a. A=B b. A=C c. B=C d.
A
19. If there are three athletic teams in a school, 21 are in the basketball team, 26 in hockey
team and 29 in the football team. 15 play hockey and basketball, 15 play hockey and
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football, 12 play football and basketball and 8 play all the games. The total number of
members is
a. 42 b. 43 c. 45 d. 32
20. In a set A contains 5 elements the P(A) contains the elements
a. 32 b. 25 c.16 d. 8
21. If the number of proper subsets of set {1,2,3} is
a. 8 b.7 c.16 d.6
22. 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 }
23. ( ) ( ) is equal to
a. b. A B c. ( ) - (A B) d. None of
these
24. If A and B any two sets then A – (A-B) =
a. B –A b. A B c. Φ d. None of these
25. If A and B are any two sets then A (A B)=
a. A b. B c. d.
26. In a class of 60 students 25 students play cricket, 20 students play tennis and 10 students
play both games. The number of students who play neither is
a. 0 b. 35 c. 45 d. 25
27. Write the set builder form of the set A = {-1,1}
a. A = {x:x is a real number}
b. A = {x:x is an integer}
c. A = {x:x is a root of equation x2 =1}
d. A = {x:x is a root of equation x2 +1=0}
28. If a set A has 4 elements, then the total number of proper subset of set A is
a. 16 b. 14 c.15 d. 17
29. If A is any set such that n  P  A    64 , then n  A 
a 5 b. 0 c. 25 d. 32
30. The number of proper subsets of a set having n elements is
a. 2 n b. 2n  1 c. 2 n  2 d. 2n 2
31. In a class of 60 students, 25 students play cricket and 20 students play tennis, and 10
students play both the games, then the number of students who play neither is
1) 2) 3) 4)
32. The set * | | + is equal to the set:
1) * + 2) * +
3) * + 4) * +
33. Write the set builder form * +
1) * is a real number }
2) * is an integer }
3) * is a root of the equation }
4) * is a root of the equation }
34. The set has 4 elements and the set has 5 elements then the number of injective
mapping that can be defined from A to B is:
1) 144 2) 72 3) 60 4) 120
35. If and are finite sets and , then:
1) ( ) ( )2) ( ) ( )3) ( ) ( ) 4) ( )
36. If is the universal set with 100 element; and are two set such that
( ) ( ) ( ) then ( )
1) 90 2) 40 3) 10 4) 20

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Class Work
1. Which of the following is the null set?
1) {x/x is a real number and x 2 -1 = 0} 2) {x/x is a real number and x 2 +1 = 0}
3) {x/x is a real number and x 2 -9 = 0} 4) { x/x is a real number and x 2 = 5x +6}
2. Which of the following is not a set
1) The collection of all girls in a class
2) The collection of all intelligent boys in a class
3) The collection of all boys of age greater than 10 years
4) The collection of all boys of height less than 100 cms
3. If A ={Rhombuses}, B = {Rectangles}, then A  B =
1) {Squares} 2) {Rectangles} 3) { Rhombuses} 4) {Parallelograms}
4. If A = {x : x is a factor of 15}, B = {x : x is a factor of 18}, then A  B =
1) {1, 3, 5, 15} 2) {1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18} 3) {1, 3} 4) {5, 15}
5. If A = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, B = { 0, 2, 4, 6, 8} then AB =
1) {2, 4} 2) {1, 3, 5} 3) {0, 6, 8} 4) {0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8}
6. If X and Y are two sets, then X  Y  X  equals
c

1) X 2) Y 3)  4) none of these

7. The set  A  B    B  C  is equal to

c c

1)  A  B  C  2) A  B
c c
3) Ac  C c 4) none of these

8. In a class 16 students read Mathematics, 17 read General Science and 6 both (of these). The
number of students in the class which read either Mathematics or general science is
1) 6 2) 10 3) 11 4) 27
9. 90 students take Mathematics, 72 take Science in a class of 120 students. If 10 take neither
Mathematics nor science then the number of students take both the subjects is
1) 52 2) 110 3) 162 4) 100
10. If A = {prime numbers} B =.{even numbers} then n  A  B =
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 
11. An investigator 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,T;20 had M and C only; 30 had C and T; 25 had M and T; 12 had M only; 5 had C only; 8
had T only. Find how many did not take any of the three drinks
1) 20 2) 3 3) 36 4) 42
12. If A = {2x/x  N and x<3}, B = { x/ x 2 4x+3 = 0 and x>1}, then A  B =
1) {(4, 3), (2,3)} 2) {(2,4), (2,3),(4,3)}
3) {(1,4), (2,3), (2,2)} 4) {(1,2), (1,3) (2,3)}
13. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, B = {p, q, r, s}, then n (A  B) =
1) 8 2) 4 3) 20 4) 54
14. If n(A  B) = 15, n(A) = 3, then n(B) =
1) 12 2) 5 3) 45 4) 3

15. If aN = {ax: x  N}then 3N 7N =
1) 21N 2) 10N 3) 4N 4) none
16. In a college of 300 students, every student reads 5 newspapers and every newspaper is read by
60 students. The number of newspapers is
1) atleast 30 2) atmost 20 3) exactly 25 4) none

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17. Suppose A1 , A2 ,..... A30 are 30 sets each having five elements and B1 , B2 ,..... Bn are n sets each with
30 n
3 elements such that Ai  B j  S . If each element of S belongs to exactly ten of the Ai ‟s
i 1 j 1

and exactly 9 of the Bi ‟s then the value of n is

1) 15 2) 135 3) 45 4) 90
18. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The total number of subsets of the first set is 56 more
than the total number of subsets of the second set. The values of m and n are
1) 7, 6 2) 6, 3 3) 5, 1 4) 8, 7
19. In a class of 55 students, the number of students studying different subjects are 23 in
mathematics, 24 in physics, 19 in chemistry, 12 in mathematics and physics, 9 in
mathematics and chemistry, 7 in physics and chemistry and 4 all the three subjects. The
number of students who have taken exactly one subject is
1) 6 2) 9 3) 7 4) all of these
20. 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
1) 22 2) 33 3) 10 4)45
21. Out of 800 boys in a school, 224 played cricket, 240 played hockey and 336 played 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
1) 128 2) 216 3) 240 4) 160
22. In a city 20 percent of the population travels by car, 50 percent travels by bus and 10 percent
travels by both car and bus. Then persons traveling by car or bus is
1) 80 percent 2) 40 percent 3) 60 percent 4) 70 percent

Home Work
1. Let A and B be two sets such that A  B  A . Then, A  B is equal to
1)  2) B 3) A 4) none of these
2. In a college of 300 students, every students reads 5 newspapers and every newspaper is read
by 60 students. The number newspaper is
1) at least 30 2) at most 20 3) exactly 25 4) none of these

3. Which one of the following is  A  B    B  A ?

1)  A  B   A  B 2)  A  B    A  B 

3)  A  B   A  B 4)  A  B    B  A

4. If A and B are two sets, then  A  B    B  A   A  B  is equal to

1) A  B 2) A  B 3) A 4) B '
5. If A, B, C be three sets such that A  B  A  C and A  B  A  C , then
1) A  B 2) B  C 3) A  C 4) A  B  C
6. The collection of intelligent students in a class is:
1) a null set 2) a sin gleton set 3) a finite set 4) none of these
7. 20 teachers of a school either teach Mathematics or Physics 12 of them teach Mathematics
while 4 teach both the subjects. The number of teachers teaching Physics only is
1) 12 2) 8 3) 16 4) none of these
8. A college awarded 38 medals in Football, 15 in Basketball and 20 to Cricket. If these medals
went to a total of 58 men and only three men got medals in all the three sports. The number of
students who received medals in exactly two of three sports is
1) 18 2) 15 3) 9 4) 6
9. If n  A  10, n  B   6 and n  C   5 for three disjoint sets A, B, C then n  A  B  C  equals

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1) 21 2) 11 3) 1 4) 9
10. 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
1) x  39 2) x  63 3) 39  x  63 4) none of these
11. If B is the set whose elements are obtained by adding 1 to each of the even number, then the
set builder notation of B is
1) B  x : x is even 2) B  x : x is odd and x  1

3) B  x : x is odd and x  Z  4) B  x : x is an integer

 
12. If X  8n  7n  1| n  N  and Y  49  n  1 | n  N , then
1) X  Y 2) Y  X 3) X  Y 4) none of these

 
13. If X  4n  3n  1| n  N  and Y  9  n  1 | n  N , then X  Y is equal to

1) X 2) Y 3) N 4) none of these

14. If aN  ax | x  N  and b N  c N  dN , where b, c  N are relatively prime, then

1) d  bc 2) c  bd 3) b  cd 4) none of these
15. If A and B are two sets, then A   A  B  equals
1) A 2) B 3)  4) none of these
16. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The total number of the first set is 56 more than the
total number of subsets of the second set. The values of m and n are
1) m  7, n  6 2) m  6, n  3 3) m  5, n  1 4) m  8, n  7
17. A set contains n elements. The power set contains
1) n elements 2) 2n elements 3) n 2 elements 4) none of these
18. Let A  1,2,3, B  3,4, C  4,5,6 . Then, A   B  C  is

1) 3 2) 1,2,3,4 3) 1,2,5,6 4) 1,2,3,4,5,6

19. Let A  B   a,1 , b,3 , a,3 , b,1 , a,2 , b,2  . Then A and B are,
1) A  1,2,3 and B  a, b 2) A  a, b and B  1,2,3

3) A  1,2,3 and B  a, b 4) A  a, b and B  1,2,3

20. Let A and B be two non – empty sets having n elements in common. Then, the number of
elements common to A  B and B  A is
1) 2n 2) n 3) n 2 4) none of these
21. Let A and B be two sets having 3 elements in common. If n  A  5 and n  B   4, then

n   A  B    B  A  
1) 20 2) 16 3) 3 4) 9
22. For any three sets A, B and C, A   B ' C '  ' equals

1)  A B   A C  . 2)  A B   B  C  3)  AC  B C 4)  AC  B C

Answer Key

Class Work
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
A 2 2 1 3 4 3 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 1
Q 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
A 3 3 2 4 4 4 3

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Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
A 2 3 3 1 2 4 2 3 1 3 3 1 2 1 1
Q 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
A 2 2 2 2 3 4 1

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