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Solutions: Section - A
Solutions: Section - A
Sets
Solutions
SECTION - A
Objective Type Questions (One option is correct)
Sets and their Representation, Types of Sets, Cardinal Number, Equal set, Equivalent Sets,
Power Set, Universal Set, Venn Diagram, Operations on Sets, De-Morgan’s Law
⎧ 2n 1 ⎫
1. If B ⎨ x : x , n W and n 4 ⎬ then B can be written as
⎩ n2 ⎭
⎧ 1 2 1⎫ ⎧ 1 1 3 ⎫ ⎧ 1 3 6 ⎫ ⎧ 1 1 1 ⎫
(1) ⎨6, , , ⎬ (2) ⎨ , , , 1⎬ (3) ⎨3, , , ⎬ (4) ⎨ , , ,1⎬
⎩ 3 4 2⎭ ⎩2 3 4 ⎭ ⎩ 2 4 5⎭ ⎩5 3 2 ⎭
2n 1
Elements of B can be found by putting n = 0, 1, 2, 3 in .
n2
2. The set of the counting numbers which are multiples of 6 and less than 50 is written in set builder form as
(1) {x : x N and x is a multiple of 6} (2) {x : x = 6 and 0 < x < 50}
(3) {x : x is a multiple of 6 and 0 < x < 50, x N} (4) {x : x is a multiple of 6 and x 50}
Sol. Answer (3)
⎧ 1 9⎫
(1) ⎨ x : x Z and x ⎬ (2) {x : x N and x – 4 15}
⎩ 2 2⎭
So n(A) = 9
6. If P = {x : x is a prime number less than 20} and M = {x : x is multiple of 6, 0 < x < 30} then
n(P) – n(M) is
n(P) – n(M) = 8 – 4 = 4
n(A) = 3
n(P(A)) = 23 = 8.
(1) {xy, yx} (2) {, x, y} (3) {, {x}, {2y}} (4) {, {x}, {y}, {x, y}}
(4) A = , B = {O, E, A}
A = {1, 4, 9, 16}
= {1, 4, 9, 16}
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Solutions of Assignment Sets 3
10. If A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {4, 5, 6}, C = {1, 2, 3, 9, 6} then which of the following is not true?
(1) A B (2) A C (3) A B (4) B C
Sol. Answer (3)
1 A but 1 B. So A B.
11. Let A be the sets of the letters in the word “RAIGARH” and B be the sets of the letters in the word
“PRATAPGARH” then n(A B) represents
(1) 7 (2) 6 (3) 4 (4) 3
Sol. Answer (3)
A = {R, A, I, G, H}
B = {P, R, A, T, G, H}
A B = {R, A, G, H} n(A B) = 4.
12. If D = {x : x is divisible by 2 and 3 and 0 < x < 20} and B = {x : x is a multiple of 6 and 0 < x < 25} then
D – B is
(1) (2) {2, 3} (3) {6, 12} (4) {6, 12, 18}
Sol. Answer (1)
D = {6, 12, 18}
B = {6, 12, 18, 24}
Then D – B =
U U U U
A B A B A B A B
(1) (2) (3) (4)
15. Let A = {x : x is a prime number less than 10} and B = {x : x N and 0 < x – 2 4} then A – B is
(1) {2, 3, 5} (2) {3, 4} (3) {3, 4, 5} (4) {2, 7}
Sol. Answer (4)
A = {2, 3, 5, 7}
B = {3, 4, 5, 6}
Then (A – B) = A – (A B) = {2, 3, 5, 7} – {3, 5} = {2, 7}.
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4 Sets Solutions of Assignment
X (X Y) = X.
17. If X and Y are two subsets of the universal set U and X denotes the complement of X, then
X (X Y) is equal to
= U Y (∵ X X= U)
=U
then M = U – M
= N – M = {x : x < 7, x N}
= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
A – B= (U – A) – (U – B) (∵ X = U – X)
=U–A–U+B
=B–A
20. For any two sets A and B, the value of [(A – B) B] is equal to
(A – B)B = (A B)B
= (A B) (BB)
= (A B)(U)
= A B
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Solutions of Assignment Sets 5
23. There are 280 members in a club, each have at least one beverage. 100 of them drink tea and 75 drink tea
but not coffee. Then the numbers of members drinking coffee is
(1) 100 (2) 150 (3) 105 (4) 205
Sol. Answer (4)
n(T C) = 280, n(T) = 100
n(T – C) = 75
n(T C) – n(C) = 75
280 – n(C) = 75
n(C) = 280 – 75
n(C) = 205
24. In a class of 60 students, 30 students like Mathematics, 25 like Science and 15 like both. Then, the number of
students who like either Mathematics or Science is
(1) 30 (2) 40 (3) 45 (4) 50
Sol. Answer (2)
n(U) = 60
m(M) = 30, n(S) = 25, n(M S) = 15
n(M S) = n(M) + n(S) – n(M S)
= 30 + 25 – 15
= 40
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25. In a class of 50 students, 30 study Basic, 25 study Pascal and 10 study both. How many study neither?
(1) 15 (2) 0 (3) 5 (4) 35
Sol. Answer (3)
n(A B) = n(A) + n(B) – n(A B) n(A) = 30
n(A B) = 30 + 25 – 10 n(B) = 25
n(A B) = 45 n(A B) = 10
n(A B) = 50 – 45 = 5
Miscellaneous
26. If a set has 2 elements then the difference between the subsets of its powers set and number of its subset
is
(1) 2 (2) 8 (3) 10 (4) 12
Sol. Answer (4)
Number of subsets = 22 = 4
Number of subsets of power = 24 = 16
32. If A = {(x, y) : y = 3x, x, y R} and B = {(x , y) : y = x, x, y R}, then which of the following is true?
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8 Sets Solutions of Assignment
X A and X B
X P(A) and X P (B )
36. If A and B be two sets such that n(A) = 15, n(B) = 25, then number of possible values of n(A B) (symmetric
difference of A and B) is
(1) 30 (2) 16 (3) 26 (4) 40
Sol. Answer (2)
n(A B) = n(A B) – n(A B)
for maximum n(A B), n(A B) should be maximum and n(A B) is minimum
For n(A B) to be minimum, A B =
n(A B) = 25 + 15 = 40
n(A B) = 40
For n(A B) to be maximum, A B
n(A B) = 15
n(A B) = 25
n(A B) = 25 – 15 = 10
Range of (A B) = {10, 12, 14, 16, ….., 40}
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Solutions of Assignment Sets 9
SECTION - B
Objective Type Questions (More than one options are correct)
1. |X| represent number of elements in region X. Now the following conditions are given
|U | = 14, |(A – B)C| = 12, |A B| = 9 and |A B| = 7, where A and B are two subsets of the universal set U and AC
represents complement of set A, then
a
A B
b c d
a + b + c + d = 14 …(i)
a + c + d = 12 …(ii)
b+c+d=9 …(iii)
b+d=7
b = 2, a = 5, d = 5, c = 2
|A| = b + c = 4
|B| = d + c = 7
2. Out of 14 people, twelve said that it was not the case that they watched television but did not listen to the
radio. Also, for nine people it is not the case that they do not watch T.V. and do not listen to the radio. Finally,
seven people either watch television or listen to the radio but do not do both. Now let A be number of people
that watch T.V. and B be the number of people that listen radio. Then
a
T.V. Radio
b c d
a + b + c + d = 14 …(i)
a + c + d = 12 …(ii)
b+c+d=9 …(iii)
b+d=7 …(iv)
a = 5, b = 2, c = 2, d = 5
|A| = b + c = 4
|B| = c + d = 7
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10 Sets Solutions of Assignment
(1) (X Y) (Z W)
Let K1 = (X Y) = (X – Y) (Y – X) = {1, 4, 5, 7}
K2 = (Z – W) (W – Z) = {3, 6, 9, 2, 4, 10}
Similarly by applying
(A B) = (A – B) (B – A)
Option (1), (2), and (3) are correct but not (4).
4. For any three sets. P, Q and R, S is an element of (P Q) R, then S may belong to
(2) At least one of P, Q and R, but not in all three of them at the same time
P, Q, R
P Q
P Q
(P Q) R
(P Q) R
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Solutions of Assignment Sets 11
5. For a set {1, 2, {1, 2, 3}}. Which of the following statement is false?
(1) {1, 2} {1, 2, {1, 2, 3}} (2) {1, 2} {1, 2, {1, 2, 3}}
SECTION - C
Linked Comprehension Type Question
Comprehension
In a certain city of 15000 families, 3.5% of families who read A but not B look into advertisements, 25% of
the families who read B but not A look into advertisements and 50% of the families, who read both A and B
look into advertisements. It is known that 8000 families read A, 4000 read B and 1000 read both A and B.
n A B 8000 1000 7000
n A B 1000
35 25 50
Required number of persons = 7000 3000 1000
100 100 100
= 1495
A AB n AB n AB
4000 + 7000 + 3000 = 14000
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SECTION - D
Assertion-Reason Type Question
1. STATEMENT-1 : If A = {x | x R, x 2} and B = {x | x R, x < 4} then A B = R–[2, 4).
and
STATEMENT-2 : For any two sets A and B, A B = (A – B) (B – A).
SECTION - E
Matrix-Match Type Questions
1. A = {x : x N, G.C.D.(x, 36) = 1, x < 36}, B = {y : y N, G.C.D.(y, 40) = 1, y < 40} ; (G.C.D. stands for
greatest common divisors)
Column-I Column-II
A = {1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, 31, 35}
B = {1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39}
x(A B) = 9
x(A B) = 10
C = {x : x A B, x is prime}
= {3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37}
x(C) = 11
x((A – B) × (B – A)) = x(A – B)·x(B – A) = 3 × 7 = 21
SECTION - F
Integer Answer Type Questions
1. Let X = {1, 2, 3,.....10} and P = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. The number of subsets Q of X such that P Q = {3} is _____.
For P Q = {3}
Element 3 should be either in P or in Q.
As it is given in P must not in Q and all remaining elements should be same so only 1 way is possible.
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Solutions of Assignment Sets 13
2. Two finite set have m and n elements. The total number of subsets of the first set is 56 more than the total
number of subsets of second set. Then |m – n| is equal to _____.
Sol. Answer (3)
2m – 2n = 56 8 × 7 = 23 × 7
2n(2m – n – 1) = 23 × 7 n = 3 2m – n = 8 = 2 3 = m n 3
4
7x 4 ⇒ x
7
5x – 6 + x – 1 > 3x + 1
8
3x 8 ⇒ x
3
3x + 1 + x – 1 > 5x – 6
x<6
8
x6
3
4. A, B, C be three sets such that n(A) = 2, n(B) = 3, n(C) = 4. If P(x) denotes power set of X,
n(P (P (C )))
K . Sum of digits of K is _____.
n(P (P ( A))) n(P (P (B )))
SECTION - G
Multiple True-False Type Question
1. STATEMENT-1 : Number of elements belonging to exactly two of the sets A, B, C is
n(A B) + n(B C) + n(C A) – 3n(A B C)
STATEMENT-2 : Number of elements belonging to atmost two of sets A, B and C is
n(A B C) – n(A B C)
STATEMENT-3 : Number of elements belonging to exactly one of the sets A, B and C is
n(A B C) – n(A B) – n(A C) – n(B C) + 2n(A B C)
(1) T T T (2) TTF (3) TFT (4) FTT
Sol. Answer (1)
All are true. Standard Results.
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SECTION - H
Aakash Challengers Questions
1. Let A1, A2, ....., Am be m sets such that O(Ai ) = p i = 1, 2, ....., m and B1, B2, ....., Bn be n sets such
m n
that O(Bj ) = q j = 1, 2, ....., n. If ∪ Ai ∪ B j S and each element of S belongs to exactly number
i 1 j 1
m
∑ O( Ai ) mp , in which each element of S is added number of times, hence
i 1
mp
O(S )
nq
Similarly, O(S )
mp nq
mp = nq
(0, 10)
(0, 8)
(8, 0) (10, 0)
x y n
0 0, 1, 2,....., 8
1 0, 1,....., 7 8
2 0, 1, 2,....., 6 7
8 0 1
9 10
Total 45
2
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Solutions of Assignment Sets 15
3. In a battle, 70% of the combatants lost one eye, 80% lost one leg, 85% lost ear, 90% an arm. If x % lost all
the four organs, then minimum value of x
(1) 25% (2) 20% (3) 30% (4) 35%
Sol. Answer (1)
(ii) Every person either reads the Sun or does not read the Mirror.
(iii) 11 people read the Sun but does not read the Mirror.
(iv) 8 people read either the Times or the Mirror but not both.
(v) 10 people read the Sun and either read the Mirror or do not read the Times.
(vi) 14 people either read the Sun and not the Mirror or read both the Sun and Times.
(1) 6 (2) 5
(3) 16 (4) 18
(1) 3 (2) 2
(3) 4 (4) 5
(1) 0 (2) 2
(3) 4 (4) 3
Sun
a
Times d Mirror e
b c
Now, we know from first two statements times and mirror are subsets of Sun.
Now,
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Solving these
a = 5, b = 6, c = 2, d = 3, e = 4
4. Answer (2)
5. Answer (1)
6. Answer (3)
7. If A and B be two sets such that n(A) = 15, n(B) = 25, then number of elements in the range of n(A B)
(symmetric difference of A and B) is
(1) 31 (2) 16
(3) 26 (4) 40
Sol. Answer (2)
n(A B) = n(A B) – n(A B)
for maximum n(A B), n(A B) should be maximum and n(A B) is minimum
For n(A B) to be minimum, A B =
n(A B) = 25 + 15 = 40
n(A B) = 40
For n(A B) to be maximum, A B
n(A B) = 15
n(A B) = 25
n(A B) = 25 – 15 = 10
Range of (A B) = {10, 12, 14, 16, ….., 40}
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