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MCQs with One Correct Answer (a) { x : 1< x £ 2} (b) {x : 1£ x < 2}

1. If A and B are non-empty sets such that A É B, (c) {x : – 2 £ x £ 2} (d) None of these
then 8. If aN = {ax : x Î N} and bN Ç cN = dN, where b,
(a) B' – A' = A – B (b) B' – A' = B – A c Î N are relatively prime, then
(c) A' – B' = A – B (d) A' Ç B' = B – A (a) d = bc (b) c = bd
2. Let A = {q : sin(q) = tan(q)} and B = {q : cos(q) = 1} (c) b = cd (d) None of these
be two sets. Then : 9. The set (A È B È C) Ç (A Ç B' Ç C')' Ç C' is
(a) A = B equal to
(a) B Ç C' (b) A Ç C
(b) A Ë B
(c) B' Ç C' (d) None of these
(c) B Ë A 10. A dinner party is to be fixed for a group of 100
(d) A Ì B and B - A ¹ f persons. In this party, 50 persons do not prefer
fish, 60 prefer chicken and 10 do not prefer either
3. A set S contains 3 elements, the number of
chicken or fish. The number of persons who
subsets of which of following sets is 256. prefer both fish and chicken is
(a) S (b) P(S)
(a) 20 (b) 22
(c) P(P(S)) (d) None of these
(c) 25 (d) None of these
4. In a college of 300 students every student reads
5 newspapers and every newspaper is read by 11. Let U be the universal set and A È B È C = U.
60 students. The number of newpapers is Then {(A – B) È (B – C) È (C – A)}¢ is equal to:
(a) at least 30 (b) at most 20 (a) A È B È C (b) A È (B Ç C)
(c) exactly 25 (d) None of these (c) A Ç B Ç C (d) A Ç (B È C)
5. Let A and B be two sets then 12. If n(A) = 1000, n(B) = 500 and if n(A Ç B) ³ 1 and
n(A È B) = p, then
(A È B)'È (A 'Ç B) is equal to
(a) 500 £ p £ 1000 (b) 1001 £ p £ 1498
(a) A¢ (b) A (c) 1000 £ p £ 1498 (d) 1000 £ p £ 1499
(c) B¢ (d) None of these
6. The set (A \ B) È (B \ A) is equal to 13. In a battle 70% of the combatants lost one eye,
80% an ear, 75% an arm, 85% a leg, x % lost all
(a) [ A \ ( A Ç B)] Ç [ B \ ( A Ç B)] the four limbs. The minimum value of x is
(b) ( A È B) \ ( A Ç B) (a) 10 (b) 12
(c) A \ ( A Ç B ) (c) 15 (d) None of these
(d) A Ç B \ A È B 14. The number of students who take both the
subjects mathematics and chemistry is 30. This
7. Let A = { x : x ÎR, | x | < 1} represents 10% of the enrolment in mathematics
B = { x : x ÎR, | x – 1| ³1} and and 12% of the enrolment in chemistry. How
AÈB = R – D, then the set D is :
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many students take at least one of these two monthly magazine. Summarized information is
subjects? presented below:
(a) 520 (b) 490 Only September: 18
(c) 560 (d) 480 September but not August: 23
15. At a certain conference of 100 people, there are September and July: 8
29 Indian women and 23 Indian men. Of these September: 28
Indian people 4 are doctors and 24 are either July: 48
men or doctors. There are no foreign doctors. July and August:10
How many foreigners and women doctors are None of the three months: 24
attending the conference? What is the number of surveyed people who
(a) 48, 1 (b) 34, 3 have read exactly for two consecutive months?
(c) 46, 4 (d) 42, 2 (a) 7 (b) 9
16. Each student in a class of 40, studies at least (c) 12 (d) 14
one of the subjects English, Mathematics and
Economics. 16 study English, 22 Economics and Numeric Value Answer
26 Mathematics, 5 study English and Economics, 21. An investigator interviewed 100 students to
14 Mathematics and Economics and 2 study all determine their preferences for the three drinks :
the three subjects. The number of students who milk (M), coffee (C) and tea (T). He reported the
study English an d Math ematics but not following : 10 students had all the three drinks
Economics is M, C and T; 20 had M and C; 30 had C and T; 25
(a) 7 (b) 5 had M and T; 12 had M only; 5 had C only; and
(c) 10 (d) 4 8 had T only. If number of students who did not
17. In a market research project, 20% opted for n
'Nirma' detergent whereas 60% opted for 'Surf take any of the three drinks is n, then is
blue' detergent. The remaining individuals were 5
not certain. If the difference between those who 22. In a class of 80 students numbered 1 to 80, all
opted for 'Surf blue' and those who were odd numbered students opt of Cricket, students
uncertain was 720, how many respondents were whose numbers are divisible by 5 opt for
covered in the survey Football and those whose numbers are divisible
(a) 1100 (b) 1150 by 7 opt for Hockey. If the number of students
(c) 1800 (d) None of these who do not opt any of the three games is n, then
18. In a school 80 students like chocolate, 40 like n
coffee if the number of students doesn’t like any is equal to
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of them is equal to the number of students who 23. A survey shows that 61%, 46% and 29% of the
like both of them then what is the total number people watched “3 idiots”, “Rajneeti” and
of students in the school? “Avatar” respectively. 25% people watched
(a) 115 (b) 90 exactly two of the three movies and 3% watched
(c) 120 (d) None of these none. What percentage of people watched all
19. In a school there are 100 students 60 of them the three movies?
don’t like Chocolate and 50 don’t like Biscuit 24. If n(A) = 4 and n(B) = 7, then the difference
and 10 of them like none then how many of them between maximum and minimum value of
like both? n(A È B) is
(a) 20 (b) 30 25. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The
(c) 40 (d) None of these number of subsets of the first set is 112 more
20. A survey was conducted of 100 people whether than that of the second set. The value of m – n is
they have read recent issues of ‘Golmal', a

ANSW ER KEY
1 (a) 4 (c) 7 (b) 10 (a) 13 (a) 16 (b) 19 (d) 22 (7) 25 (3)
2 (b) 5 (a) 8 (a) 11 (c) 14 (a) 17 (c) 20 (b) 23 (7)
3 (c) 6 (b) 9 (a) 12 (d) 15 (a) 18 (c) 21 (4) 24 (4)