MATHS

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11 JEE

Set Theory

VIDYAPEETH
S E L E C T I O N H O G A Y AH I N S E
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VIDYAPEETH
SET THEORY
DPP-1
(Sets and Their Representation)
1. Which of the following are sets? 5. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. Which one of the
(i) The collection of all the months of a year following is true:
beginning with the letter J. (i) 5 A
(ii) The collection of ten most talented writers of (ii) 8  A
India.
(iii) 0  A
(iii) A team of eleven best-cricket batsmen of the
(iv) 4  A
world.
(v) 2  A
(iv) The collection of all boys in your class.
(vi) 10  A
(v) The collection of all natural numbers less than
100. (A) (i), (iv), (v) (B) (ii), (iii), (v)

(vi) A collection of novels written by the writer (C) (iv), (i), (ii) (D) (iii), (i), (vi)
Munshi Prem Chand.
(vii) The collection of all even integers. 6. If R be the set of points inside a rectangle of sides a
(A) (i), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and b (a, b > 1) with two sides along the positive
(B) (iii), (ii), (vi), (vii) direction of x-axis and y-axis Then,
(C) (i), (ii), (v), (vi) (A) R  {(x, y) : 0  x  a,0  y  b}
(D) (i), (iii), (i), (v)
(B) R  {(x, y) : 0  x  a,0  y  b}
2. The set of intelligent students in a class is: (C) R  {(x, y) : 0  x  a,0  y  b}
(A) A null set
(D) R  {(x, y) : 0  x  a,0  y  b}
(B) A singleton set
(C) A finite set
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(D) Not a well defined collection 7. Write the set  , , , , ,  in the set-builder
2 3 4 5 6 7
form.
3. Write the solution set of the equation x2 + x – 2 = 0
 n 
in roster form. (A)  x : x  , n  N and1  n  2 
 n 1 
(A) {1, – 3} (B) {1, – 2}
(C) {2, – 2} (D) {3, – 2}  n 
(B)  x : x  , n  N and1  n  5
 n 1 
4. Write the set {x : x is a positive integer and x2 < 40}
 n 
in the roster form. (C)  x : x  , n  N and1  n  3
 n  1 
(A) {1, 2, 4, 5, 6}
 n 
(B) {1, 2, 3, 5, 6} (D)  x : x  , n  N and1  n  6 
 n 1 
(C) {1, 2, 3, 4, 6}
(D) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
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8. The number of elements in the set 10. Match each of the set on the left in the roster form

(a, b) : 2a 2

 3b 2  35,a, b  Z , where Z is the with the same set on the right described in set-
builder form:
set of all integers, is
List-I List-II
(A) 2
(i) {1, 2, 3, 6} (a) {x : x is a prime
(B) 4
number and a
(C) 8
divisor of 6}
(D) 12
(ii) {2, 3} (b) {x : x is an odd
natural number less
9. Solution set of x  3( mod 7), p  Z , is given by
than 10}
(where  is sign of congruency)
(A) {3} (iii) {M,A,T,H,E,I,C,S} (c) {x : x is natural

(B) {7p  3: p  Z} number and divisor

(C) {7p  3: p  Z} of 6}
(D) None of these (iv) {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} (d) {x : x is a letter of
the word
MATHEMATICS}
(A) (i) c(ii) a(iiii) d (vi) b
(B) (i) b(ii) b(iiii) a (vi) b
(C) (i) d(ii) a(iiii) b (vi) c
(D) (i) c(ii) c(iiii) d (vi) b

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DPP-2
(Kinds of Set)
1. Which of the following sets are empty sets 5. Which of the following is the empty set
A = {x : 1 < x < 2, x is a natural number}.. (A) {x : x is a real number and x 2  1  0}
B = {x : x2 – 2 = 0 and x is rational number}.
(B) {x : x is a real number and x 2  1  0}
C = {x : x is an even prime number greater than 2}
(C) {x : x is a real number and x 2  9  0}
D = {x : x2 = 4, x is odd }.
(A) B (B) C (D) {x : x is a real number and x 2  x  2}
(C) D (D) All of the above
6. A  {x : x  x} represents
2. State which of the following sets are finite set (A) {0} (B) {}
(i) {x : x N and (x – 1) (x –2) = 0} (C) {1} (D) {x}
(ii) {x : x N and x2 = 4}
(iii) {x : x N and 2x –1 = 0} 7. If the sets A and B are defined as
(iv) {x : x N and x is prime}  1 
A =  x, y  ; y  .0  x  R 
(v) {x : x N and x is odd}  x 
 1 
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) (B) (v), (vi), (iii) B =  x, y  ; y   .0  x  R 
(C) (i), (v), (iii) (D) (iv), (ii), (iii)  x 
Then number of common elements in A and B

3. Which of the following set is finite: equal to

(A) 1 (B) 0
(i) The set of lines which are parallel to the x-axis
(C) 2 (D) 3
(ii) The set of letters in the English alphabet
(iii) The set of numbers which are multiple of 5
 1 
(iv) The set of animals living on the earth 8. If Q   x : x  , where y  N  , then
(v) The set of circles passing through the origin  y 

(0,0) (A) 0  Q (B) 1 Q

(A) (ii) (B) (i), (ii) 2

(C) 2  Q (D) Q
(C) (v) (D) (iv), (ii) 3

4. Which of the following are examples of the null set 9. 

The set A  x : x  R, x 2  16 and 2x  6 equals
(i) Set of odd natural numbers divisible by 2 (A)  (B) {14,3,4}
(ii) Set of even prime numbers (C) {3} (D) {4}
(iii) { x : x is a natural numbers, x < 5 and x > 7 }
(iv) { y : y is a point common to any two parallel 10. In rule method the null set is represented by
lines} (A) {} (B) 
(A) (iv), (v) (B) (i), (iii) (C) {x : x  x} (D) {x : x  x}
(C) (i), (v) (D) (ii), (iv)
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DPP-3
(Analysis of Two Sets)
1. If a set A has n elements, then the total number of 7. If the set A contains 5 elements, then the number
subsets of A is: of elements in the power set P(A) is equal to
(A) n (B) n 2 (A) 32 (B) 25
n
(C) 2 (D) 2n (C) 16 (D) 8

2. The number of proper subsets of the set {1, 2, 3} is:

8. Let A = {1, 2, {3, 4}, 5}. Which of the following
(A) 8 (B) 7
statements are incorrect?
(C) 6 (D) 5
(i) {3, 4}  A
3. Which set is the subset of all given sets (ii) {3, 4}  A
(A) {1, 2, 3, 4,......} (B) {1} (iii) {{3, 4}}  A
(C) {0} (D) {} (iv) 1  A
(A) (i) (B) (ii)
4. Let A and B be subsets of a set X. Then (C) (iii) (D) (iv)
(A) A  B  A  B
(B) A  B  A  B
9. Given the sets A = {1, 3, 5}, B = {2, 4, 6} and
(C) A  B  Ac  B C = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}, which of the following may be
(D) A  B  A  B c
considered as universal set(s) for all the three sets
A, B and C
5. If A  {x, y} , then the power set of A is
(i) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
(A) x x
,y y
 (ii) {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
(B) {, x, y} (iii) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12}
(C) {,{x},{2y}} (iv) {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
(D) {,{x},{y},{x, y}} (A) (i) (B) (ii)
(C) (iii) (D) (iv)
6. Which of the following is a true statement
(A) {a}{a,b,c} (B) {a}  {a,b,c} 10. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The number
(C) {a,b,c} (D) None of these 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
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DPP-4
(Operations On Sets)
1. Let A and B be subsets of a set X. Then 6. Let X and Y be two non-empty sets such that
(A) A  B  A  B (B) A  B  A  B X  A  Y  A   and X  A  Y  A for some
(C) A  B  Ac  B (D) A  B  Bc  Ac nonempty set A. Then
(A) X is a proper subset of Y
2. Let A and B be two sets in the universal set. Then (B) Y is a proper subset of X
A–B equals (C) X  Y
(A) A  Bc (B) Ac  B (D) X and Y are disjoint sets
(C) A  B (D) None of these
7. If A / B = {a, b}, B / A = {c, d} and A  B = {e, f},
3. If A, B and C are any three sets, then A  (B  C) then the set B is equal to:

is equal to (A) {a, b, c, d} (B) {e, f, c, d}

(A) (A  B)  (A  C) (C) {a, b, e, f} (D) {c, d, a, e}

8. If A  {x : x is a multiple of 4 } and
(B) (A  B)  (A  C)
B  {x : x is a multiple of 6 } then A  B consists
(C) (A  B)  C
of all multiples of
(D) (A  B)  C
(A) 16 (B) 12
(C) 8 (D) 4
4. If A, B, C are three sets, then A  (B  C) is equal
to
9. Let S  {1,2,3,4} . The total number of unordered
(A) (A  B)  (A  C)
pairs of disjoint subsets of S is equal to:
(B) (A  B)  (A  C)
(A) 25 (B) 34
(C) (A  B)  (A  C) (C) 42 (D) 41
(D) None of these
10. Given A   x∣ x is a root of 
x2 1  0 ,

5.  
If A  5n  4n  1: n  N and

B  {x∣ x is a root of x 2  2x  1  0 , then:
B  {16(n  1) : n  N} , then (A) A  B  A (B) A  B  
(A) A  B (B) A  B   (C) A  B  A (D) A  B  
(C) A  B (D) B  A
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DPP-5
(Practical Problems On Union and Intersection of Two Sets)
1.  
If X  8n  7n  1: n  N and 7. Let S= set of points inside the square, T = set of
points inside the triangle and C = set of points
Y  {49(n  1) : n  N} , then
inside the circle. If the triangle and circle intersect
(A) X  Y (B) Y  X
(C) X  Y (D) None of these each other and are contained in a square. Then:
(A) S  T  C   (B) S  T  C  C
2. 
The value of (A  B  C)  A  B  C c

c c
 C , is
c
(C) S  T  C  S (D) S  T  S  C
(A) B  C c
(B) B  C
c c

(C) B  C (D) A  B  C
8. If A  (x, y) : x 2  y 2  25 and

3. Sets A and B have 3 and 6 elements respectively. B  (x, y) : x 2  9y 2  144  , then A B contains
What can be the minimum number of elements in
(A) One point
AB
(A) 3 (B) 6 (B) Three points
(C) 9 (D) 18 (C) Two points
(D) Four points
4. The set  A  B' '  (B  C) is equal to
(A) A'  B  C (B) A'  B 9. Let X  {1,2,3,4,5} . The number of different
(C) A'  C ' (D) A'  B
ordered pairs (Y, Z) that can formed such that

5. In a town of 840 persons, 450 persons read Hindi, Y  X, Z  X and Y  Z is empty, is:
300 read English and 200 read both. Then, the (A) 52 (B) 35
number of persons who read neither, is:
(A) 210 (B) 290 (C) 25 (D) 53
(C) 180 (D) 260
10. If A  [x : x is a multiple of 3] and
6. If sets A and B are defined as
B  [x : x is a multiple of 5], then A  B is
 1 
A  (x, y)∣ y  ,0  x  R  ,
 x  ( A means complement of A)
B  {(x, y)∣ y  x, x  R }, Then: (A) A  B (B) A  B
(A) A  B  A (B) A  B  B (C) A  B (D) A  B
(C) A  B   (D) A  B  A
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DPP-6
(Set theory and Applications)
1. Out of 800 boys in a school, 224 played cricket, 240 6. In a college of 300 students, every student reads 5
played hockey and 336 played basketball. Of the newspaper and every newspaper is read by 60
total, 64 played both basketball and hockey; 80 students. The no. of newspaper is
played cricket and basketball and 40 played cricket (A) At least 30 (B) At most 20
and hockey; 24 played all the three games. The (C) Exactly 25 (D) None of these
number of boys who did not play any game is:
(A) 128 (B) 216 7. Let F1 be the set of parallelograms, F2 the set of
(C) 240 (D) 160 rectangles, F3 the set of rhombuses, F4 the set of
squares and F5 the set of trapeziums in a plane.
2. A survey shows that 63% of the Americans like
Then, F1 may be equal to
cheese whereas 76% like apples. If x% of the
Americans like both cheese and apples, then (A) F2  F3
(A) x = 39 (B) x = 63 (B) F3  F4
(C) 39  x  63 (D) None of these (C) F2  F5
(D) F2  F3  F4  F1
3. Of the members of three athletic teams in a school
21 are in the cricket team, 26 are in the hockey team 8. There are 100 students in a class. In an examination,
and 29 are in the football team. Among them, 14 50 of them failed in Mathematics, 45 failed in
play hockey and cricket, 15 play hockey and Physics, 40 failed in Biology and 32 failed in
football, and 12 play football and cricket. Eight exactly two of three subjects. Only one student
play all the three games. The total number of passed in all the subjects. Then the number of
students failing in all the three subjects
members in the three athletic teams is:
(A) Is 12
(A) 43 (B) 76
(B) Is 4
(C) 49 (D) None of these (C) Is 2
(D) Cannot be determined from the given
4. Suppose A1 , A 2 ,, A30 are thirty sets each having Information
5 elements and B1 ,B2 ,Bn are n sets each with 3
9. In a class of 80 students numbered 1 to 80 , all odd
30 n
elements, let Ai  B j  S and each elements numbered students opt for Cricket, student whose
i 1 i 1 numbers are divisible by 5 opt for Football and
those whose numbers are divisible by 7 opt for
of S belongs to exactly 10 of the A i s and exactly
Hockey. The number of students who do not opt
9 of the Bjs . Then, n is equal to any of the three games, is
(A) 15 (B) 3 (A) 13 (B) 24
(C) 28 (D) 52
(C) 45 (D) 35

10. In a class of 30 pupils, 12 take needle work, 16 take

5. If A and B are two sets, then A  B  B  A iff
physics and 18 take history. If all the 30 students
(A) A  B (B) B  A
take at least one subject and no one takes all three
(C) A  B (D) None of these then the number of pupils taking 2 subjects is
(A) 16 (B) 6
(C) 8 (D) 20