Mathematics

Syllabus : Set Theory: Definition of set, Representation of set, Different types of sets, Subsets, Operation on
sets, Cartesian product of two sets, Venn-Diagram.

Section - I : Straight Objective Type

1. In a survey of 400 students in a school, 100 were listed as taking apple juice, 150 as taking orange juice and 75
were listed as taking both apple as well as orange juice. Find how many students were taking neither apple juice
nor orange juice.
(a) 125 (b) 25 (c) 325 (d) 225
2. Let A, B, C be finite sets. Suppose that n(A) = 10, n(B) = 15, n(C) = 20, n(A  B) = 8 and n (B  C) = 9. Then the
possible value of n (A  B  C) is
(a) 26 (b) 27 (c) 28
(d) Any of the three values 26, 27, 28 is possible
3. Suppose A1, A2, …….A30, are thirty sets each with five elements and B1, B2,…….. Bm are m sets each with three
30 n
elements. Let  A  B
i 1
i
j 1
j  S . Assuming that each element of S belongs to exactly ten of the Ai’s and exactly 9

of Bj’s, then the value of m is

(a) 15 (b) 35 (c) 40 (d) 45
4. If A and B are non-empty subsets of a set, then (A – B)  (B – A) equals
(A  B)  (A  B) (A  B) – (A  B) A – (A  B) (d) (A  B) – B
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(a) (b) (c)
5. In a town of 10,000 families, it was found that 40% families buy newspaper A, 20% families buy newspaper B and

all the newspapers, then t e

10 % families by newspaper C. 5% families buy A and B, 3% buy B and C and 4% buy A and C. If 2% families buy

s
dy
(a) 3,300 families buy A only (b) 1,400 families buy B only
(c) 4000 failies buy none of A, B and C (d) all are correct
6. Let A = {x : x  R, |x| < 1},
A  B = R – D, then the set D is : S tu
B = |x : x  R, |x – 1| ≥ 1| and

(a) {x : 1 < x ≤ 2} (b) {x : 1 ≤ x < 2} (c) {x : – 2 ≤ x ≤ 2} (d) none of these

7. At a certain conference of 100 people, there are 29 Indian women and 23 Indian men. Of these Indian people 4 are
doctors and 24 are either men or doctors. There are no foreign doctors. How many foreigners and women doctors
are attending the conference?
(a) 48, 1 (b) 34, 3 (c) 46, 4 (d) 42, 2
8. Consider the set A of all determinants of order 3 with entries 0 and 1 only. Let B be the subset of A consisting of all
determinants with value 1. Let C be the subset of the set A consisting of all determinants with value –1. Then
(a) C is empty (b) B has an many elements as C
(c) A=BC (d) B has twice as many elements as C

9. If the sets A and B are defined as:

 
A   x, y  : y  , x  0, x  R  ; B   x, y  : y   x, R , then
1
 x 
(a) AB=A (b) AB=B (c) AB= (d) none of these
10. If X and Y are two sets, then X  (X Y) equals C

(a) X (b) Y (c)  (d) None of these

11. 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, 40 played cricket and hockey, 80 played cricket & basketball, 24 all the three
games. The number of boys who did not play any game is
(a) 160 (b) 240 (c) 216 (d) 128

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12. Let A and B two non-empty subsets of a set X-such that A is not a subset of B then
(a) A is subset of the complement of B
(b) B is a subset of A
(c) A and B are disjoint
(d) A and the complement of B are non-disjoint
13. If A and B are nay two sets, then A (A  B) is equal to
(a) BC (b) AC (c) B (d) A
14. If sets A and B are defined as
A = {(x, y) : y = ex, x  R}, B = {(x, y) : y = x, x  R} then
(a) BA (b) AB (c) AB= (d) A  B = A
15. If P, Q and R are subsets of a set A , then
R × (PC  QC)C equals.
(a) (R × P)  (R × Q) (b) (R × Q)  (R × P) (c) (R × P)  (R × Q) (d) None of these
16. A market research group conducted a survey of 1000 consumers and reported that 720 consumers like product A
and 450 consumers liked product B. What is the least number that must have liked both products?
(a) 170 (b) 280 (c) 220 (d) None
17. If X = {4 – 3n – 1/n  N} and
n

Y = {9(n – 1) / n  N}, then X  Y is equal to:

(a) X (b) Y (c) N (d) None
18. A survey of 500 television viewers produced the following information, 285 watch football, 195 watch hockey, 115
watch basket-ball, 45 watch football and basket ball, 70 watch football and basket ball, 50 do not watch any of the
three games. The numbers of viewers, who watch exactly one of the three games are

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(a) 325 (b) 310 (c) 405 (d) 372
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19. Let f be a function on R or R given by f (x) = x and let
E   x  R : 1  x  0 and F   x  R : x  1
t e
then which of the following is false
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20.
(a) f (E) = f (E) (b)
u
Let A, and B are two sets in a universal set U. Then
d
E  F  f (E)  f (F) (c) E  F  f (E)  f(F) (d) f (E  F) = {0}

(a)
(c)
A – B = A’ – B’
A – B = A’  B’
St (b) A– (A – B) = A  B
(d) A  B = (A – B)  (B – B)  (B – A)  (A  B)
21. If A   x  R : 0  x  1 & B   y  R : 1  y  1 , then A × B contains
(a) all point lying inside the rectangle having vertices at (1, 1) (0, 1) (0, –1) and (1, –1)
(b) all point lying inside the rectangle having vertices at (1, 0), (1, 1), (0, 1) and (0, 0)
(c) all point lying on the sides of the rectangle having vertices at (1, 1), (0, 1), (0, –1) and (1, –1)
(d) None of these

22. If the set A has p elements, B has q elements, then the number of elements in A × B is
(a) P+q+1 (b) pq (c) p2 (d) p + q
23. If a N = {ax : x  N} then 3 N  7 N =
(a) 3N (b) 7N (c) N (d) 21 N

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 Section - II : Reasoning Type
24. Statement-1: If A and B are two non-empty sets which have 2 elements common then A × B and B × A have 4
elements common.
Statement-2: If A and B have a n elements common then A × B and B × A have 2n elements common.

Solution
1. (d) Let U denote the set of surveyed students and A denote the set of students taking apple juice and B denote
the set of students taking orange juice. Then n(U )  400, n( A)  100, n( B )  150 and n( A  B )  75 .
Now n( A  B )  n( A  B )
 n(U )  n( A  B )
 n(U )  n( A)  n( B )  n( A  B )
 400  100  150  75  225
Hence 225 students were taking neither apple juice nor orange juice.
2. (d) We have
n( A  B  C )  n( A)  n( B )  n(C )  n( A  B )  n( B  C )  n(C  A)  n( A  B  C )
 10  15  20  8  9  n(C  A)  n( A  B  C )
 28  {n(C  A)}  n( A  B  C )
p s
............. (i)
Since, n(C  A)  n( A  B  C )
t e
We have
n(C  A)  n( A  B  C )  0
y s ............. (ii)
From (i) and (ii),
u d
n( A  B  C )  28

St
Now, n( A  B )  n( A)  n( B )  n( A  B )
.............. (iii)

 10  15  8  17
And n( B  C )  n( B )  n(C )  n( B  C )
 15  20  9  26
Since, n( A  B  C )  n( A  C ) and n( A  B  C )  17 and n( A  B  C )  26
Hence, n( A  B  C )  26 .............. (iv)
From (iii) and (iv) we obtain
26  n( A  B  C )  28
Also, n( A  B  C ) is a positive integer
 n( A  B  C )  26 or 27 or 28

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3. (d) We have n( Ai )  5,1  i  30 and n( B j )  3,1  j  m
30
  n( A )  30  5  150
i 1
i

m
And  n( B )  m  3  3m
j 1
j

30
Now S   Ai and each element of S belongs to exactly ten of the Ai ’s
i 1

1 30 1
 n( S )  
10 i 1
n( Ai )   150  15
10
m
Also, S   B j and each element of S is in exactly nine of the B j 's .
j 1

1 m 1
 n( S )   n( B j )  15  9 (3m)  m  45
9 j 1
4. (b) ( A  B )  ( B  A)  ( A  B )  ( A  B )

A B

A–B AB B–A

5. (d) Let P = set of families buying A,
A = set of families buying B
and R = set of families buying C.
 n( P )  40% of 10,000 = 4,000, similarly
n(Q )  2, 000, n( r )  1, 000
p s
n( P  Q )  500, n(Q  R )  300
n( P  R )  400 and n( P  Q  R )  200 t e
(a) Number of families buying only
y s
A  n( P  Q   R )
u
 n( P  (Q  R ))  n( P )  n( P  (Q  R ))
d
St
 n( P )  [ n( P  Q )  n( P  R )  n(( P  Q )  ( P  R ))]
 n( P )  n( P  Q )  n( P  R )  n( P  Q  R )
 4, 000  500  400  200  3,300
(b) Number of families buying only B
= n(Q )  n( P  Q )  n(Q  R )  n( P  Q  R )
 2, 000  500  300  200  1, 400
(c) Number of families buying none of A, B and C
C  n( P   Q   R )  n( P   (Q  R ))
 n{( P  (Q  R ))}  10000  n( P  Q  R )
 10, 000  [ n( P )  n(Q )  n( R )  n( P  Q )]  n(Q  R )  n( P  R )  n( P  Q  R )
 10, 000  [4, 000  2, 000  1, 000  500  300  400  200]
 10, 000  6, 000  4, 000
Note : For sets A, B, we have
( A  B )  ( A  B )  A  ( B  B )
 A U  A
And ( A  B )  ( A  B )  A  ( B  B )
 A  
 n( A)  n( A  B )  n( A  B )
Or n( A  B )  n( A)  n( A  B )
Replacing A by P and B by Q  R , we have n( P  (Q  R ))  n( P )  n( P  (Q  R )) etc.

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 Hence, all options are correct.
6. (b) A  { x :| x | 1}  ( 1,1)
Since, | x | 1  1  x  1
B  {x :| x  1 | 1}  (, 0)  [2,  )
Since | x  1 | 1  x  1  1
Or x  1  1  x  0 or x  2
 A  B  ( , 0]  [2,  )  (1,1)
 ( ,1)  [2,  )  R  [1, 2)
 D  [1, 2)  {x :1  x  2}
7. (a) See the following Venn diagram
1 M F
23 4-x
x
29
W

n( I )  29  23  52
n( F )  100  52  48
n( M  D )  n( M )  n( D )  n( M  D )
24  23  4  n( M  D )
 n( M  D )  3
 n(W  D )  4  3  1
8. (b) We know that the interchange of two adjacent rows (or colours) changes the value of a determinant only in
sign and not in magnitude. Hence, corresponding to every element  of B there is an element  in 'C
s
obtained by interchanging two adjacent rows (or columns) in  . It follows that n( B )  n(C ) .
p
Similarly n(C )  n( B ) t e
That is, the number of elements in B is less than or equal to the number of elements in C.

Hence, n( B )  n(C ) , that is, B has many elements as C.

y s
9. (c) The two curves, y 
1
x u d
and y   x intersect at the point,

y x
Y
S t
1
y
x

O X
1
y
x

1
Where   x  x 2  1
x
Which has no real solution. So, the curves do not intersect.
 A  B   [see figure also]
10. (c) X  ( X  Y )C  X  ( x C  Y C )  ( X  X C )  Y C
  Y C  
11. (a) n(C )  224, n( H )  240, n( B )  336
n( H  B )  64, n( B  C )  80
n( H  C )  0, n(C  H  B )  24
n(C C  H C  BC )  n[(C  H  B)C ]
 n(U )  n(C  H  B )  160
12. (d) Since A  B,  x  A such that x  B . Then, x  B 
13. (d) A  ( A  B )  A[ A  B  A]

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14. (c) Since y  e x  1  x    .....
2! 3!
 e x  xx  R so that the two curves given by y  e x and y  x do not intersect in any point. Hence,
there is common point so that A  B  
15. (a) R  ( P C  QC )C  R  [( P C )C  (QC )C ]
 R  ( P  Q)  ( R  P)  ( R  Q)
16. (a) Let U be the set of consumes questioned X, the set of consumers who liked the product A and Y, the set of
consumers who liked the product B. Then n(U) = 1000, n( X )  720, n(Y )  450
n( X  Y )  n( X )  n(Y )  n( X  Y )  1170  n( X  Y )
 n( X  Y )  1170  n( X  Y )
Clearly n( X  Y ) is least
When n( X  Y ) is maximum
Now, X  Y  U
 n( x  Y )  n(U )  1000
 the maximum value of n( X  Y ) is 1000.
Thus the least value of n( X  Y ) is 170
17. (b) 4n  3n  1  (1  3) n  3n  1
 [ n C0  nC1  3  nC2  32  ...  nCn 3n ]  3n  1
 9[ nC2  nC3 3  ... nCn  3n  2 ]
 4n  3n  1 is a multiple of 9 for all n.
 X  {x : x is a multiple of 9}
Also, y  {9( n  1) : n  N }  { All multiple of 9}
p s
Clearly X  Y  X  Y  Y
t e
F
f
a g b
H
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18. (a) e
c d
u d
B
S t
a  e  f  g  285 , b  d  f  g  195
c  d  e  f  115 , e  g  45, f  g  70 ,
d  g  50
a  b  c  d  e  f  g  500  500  450
As in previous question, we obtain
a  f  240, b  d  125, c  e  65
a  e  215, b  f  145, b  c  d  165
a  c  e  255; a  b  f  335
Solving, we get
b  95, c  40, a  190, d  30, e  25, f  50 and g  20
Desired quantity  a  b  c  325
19. (c) We have 1  x  0  0  x 2  1 .............. (i)
and 0  x  1  0  x  1 2
.............. (ii)
 E  { x  R : 1  x  1} from (i)
 f ( E )  {x  R : 0  x  1}
Also F  {x  R : 0  x  1}
 f ( F )  {x  R : 0  x  1} from (ii)
Hence, f ( E )  f ( F )

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 Again E  F  {0}  f ( E )  f ( F )
[Since f ( E )  f ( F ) ]
 f (E)  f (F )  f (E)  f (F )
Also, E  F  {0}  f ( E  F )  {0}
Next, E  F  {x  R : 1  x  1}
And f ( E )  f ( F )  {x  R : 0  x  1}
 E  F  f (E)  f (F )
20. (d)
(a) Let x  A  B  x  A and x  B
 x  A and x  B   x A  B 
 A  B  A  B .............. (i)
x  A and x  B 
 x  A and x  B   x  B  and x  A
 x  B   A
 A  B  B  A .............. (ii)
Clearly (a) is not correct. Also from (i) (c) is not correct.
Next let x  A  ( A  B )
 x  A and x  ( A  B )
 x  A and [ x  A or x  B]
 x   or x  A  B
 x    ( A  B)
 x A B
 A  ( A  B)  A  B p s
 (b) is also incorrect
t e
U y s
The result (d) is correct as can be seen in the following Venn diagram.

A B
u d
A–B B–A
S t
A  B  ( A  B )  ( A  B )  ( B  A)
21 (a) The two sets
A  { x : 0  x  1} and
B  { y : 1  y  1} the points ( x, y ) living inside cartesion plane as shown in the following figure
y
(0,1) (1,1)

x
0 1

(0,–1) (1,–1)

22. (b) As A has p elements and B has q elements so, A × B has pq elements.
23. (d) We have 3 N  {3 x : x  N }
 {3, 6, 9,12,...} and
7 N  {7 x : x : x  N }  {7,14, 21, 28,.....}
Hence 3 N  7 N  {21, 42, 63,.....}
 {21x : x  N }  21N
24. (d) A × B and B × A have n2 elements common.

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