Chapter 14

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
⎩ n2 ⎭

⎧ 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 ⎭

Sol. Answer (2)

2n  1
Elements of B can be found by putting n = 0, 1, 2, 3 in .
n2

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)

3. If A is the set of days in a week, then set A is

(1) Empty set (2) Singleton set (3) Finite set (4) Infinite set
Sol. Answer (3)

4. Which of the following is a null set?

⎧ 1 9⎫
(1) ⎨ x : x  Z and x ⎬ (2) {x : x  N and x – 4  15}
⎩ 2 2⎭

(3) {x : x N, x < 5 and x > 8} (4) {x : x  N and x2 < 40}

Sol. Answer (3)
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5. Let A = {x : x is a positive multiple of 2 less than 20, x N}, then n(A) is

(1) 7 (2) 8 (3) 6 (4) 9

Sol. Answer (4)

A = {x : x is a positive multiple of 2, 0 < x < 20, x N}

= {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18}

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

(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 8

Sol. Answer (2)

P = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19} n(P) = 8

M = {6, 12, 18, 24}n(M) = 4

n(P) – n(M) = 8 – 4 = 4

7. If A = {1, 2, 3}, then the number of elements in P(A) is

(1) 6 (2) 8 (3) 12 (4) 16

Sol. Answer (2)

n(A) = 3

n(P(A)) = 23 = 8.

8. If A = {x, y} then power set of A is

(1) {xy, yx} (2) {, x, y} (3) {, {x}, {2y}} (4) {, {x}, {y}, {x, y}}

Sol. Answer (4)

Power set is collection of all the subsets of given set.

9. Which of the following represents pair of equal sets?

(1) A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {x : x  N and x > 5}

(2) A = {B, O, W, L}, B = {x : x is a letter of the word ELBOW}

(3) A = {1, 4, 9, 16}, B = {x : x = n2, n  N and 0 < n < 5}

(4) A = , B = {O, E, A}

Sol. Answer (3)

A = {1, 4, 9, 16}

and B = {x : x = n2 and 0 < n < 5}

= {1, 4, 9, 16}

For all x A, x B A = B.

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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 = 

13. Which of the following Venn diagram represents (A – B)?

U U U U
A B A B A B A B
(1) (2) (3) (4)

Sol. Answer (2)

(A – B) = A – (A  B)

14. For all the sets A and B, A – (A B) is equal to

(1) A – (A B) (2) B – (A B) (3) A–B (4) B–A
Sol. Answer (3)
A – (A B) = A – B.

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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16. If X and Y are two sets then X (X  Y) equals to

(1) X (2) Y (3)  (4) X Y

Sol. Answer (1)

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

(1) X (2) Y (3)  (4) U

Sol. Answer (4)

X (X Y) = X (X Y) (De morgan’s law)

= (X X)Y (Associative law)

= U  Y (∵ X X= U)

=U

18. If M = {x : x  7 and x N} for universal set of natural numbers, then M  is

(1) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} (2) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} (3) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} (4) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

Sol. Answer (3)

M = {7, 8, 9, 10, ……}

then M = U – M

= N – M = {x : x < 7, x  N}

= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

19. For any two sets A and B, A – B is equal to

(1) A – B (2) B–A (3) A – A (4) A – B

Sol. Answer (2)

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

(1) A B (2) A B (3) A–B (4) B–A

Sol. Answer (2)

(A – B)B = (A  B)B

= (A B) (BB)

= (A B)(U)

= A B

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Practical Problem on Union and Intersection, Cardinal Number of a Finite Set

21. n(A) = 20, n(B) = 18 and n(A B) = 5, then n(A – B) is

(1) 13 (2) 12 (3) 15 (4) 18
Sol. Answer (3)
n(A – B) = n(A B) – n(B) = n(A) – n(A B)
= 20 – 5
= 15

22. If n(U) = 50, n(A) = 20, n((A B)) = 18 then n(B – A) is

(1) 14 (2) 12 (3) 16 (4) 20
Sol. Answer (1)
n((A B)) = 18
 n(U) – n(A B) = 18
 n(A B) = 32
n(B – A) = n(A B) – n(A)
= 32 – 18
= 14

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

27. The set A = {x : ax = 1, a > 0, x  R } can never be

(1) Null set (2) Singleton set (3) Finite set (4) Infinite set
Sol. Answer (1)
ax = 1  x = 0, (a  1)
But if a = 1, then x  R, Hence the set can never be null

28. The value of ( A  B  C )  ( A  BC  C C )  C C is

(1) ( B  CC ) (2) (A  BC  CC) (3) (B C ) (4) ( A  B C )

Sol. Answer (2)

Since (A BCCC) CC = (A BC) ( CCCC)
= A BCCC
Since A BCCC  A B C
Therefore (A B C) (A BCCC) = A BCCC
(A B C) (A BCCC) CC = A BCCC
But this is not given therefore if BCCC  A then
A BCCC = BCCC

29. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, B = {5, 6} then the value of AB is

(1)  (2) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} (3) {1, 2, 3} (4) {5, 6}

Sol. Answer (2)

AB = (A – B) (B – A) = {1, 2, 3, 4} {5, 6}
= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
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30. If set A has 3 elements and set B has 6 elements then

(1) 6  n( A  B )  8 (2) 6  n( A  B )  9 (3) 0  n( A  B )  2 (4) 1  n( A  B )  3

Sol. Answer (2)

n(A) = 3, n(B) = 6
∵ n(A B) = n(A) + n(B) – n(A B)
If n(A B) = 0 then
n(A B) = n(A) + n(B) = 3 + 6 = 9
If n(A B) = 3 because it may be that AB
then n(A B) = 3 + 6 – 3 = 6
therefore 6  n(A B) 9
and 0 n(A B) 3

31. A, B, C are non-empty sets then the value of ( A  B )  (B  C )  (C  A) is

(1) A  B  C (2) A  (B  C ) (3) A  B C (4) A  (B  C )
Sol. Answer (3)
(A B) (B C) (C A) = (A A) (B B) (C C)
= AB C

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?

(1) B  A (2) AB (3) AB  A (4) AB  

Sol. Answer (4)

y
3x
y=x
(0, 1)
x

By the graph of y = 3x and y = x it is clear that A B = 

33. A = {, {}}, then P(A) is

(1) {, {}} (2) {, {}, {{}}}
(3) {, {}, {{}}, {, {}}} (4) {}
Sol. Answer (3)
A = {, {}}
Let {} = a
A = {, a}
P(A) = {, {}, {a}, {, a}}

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34. The number of sets X, such that X  A and X 

 B , where A = {a, b, c, d, e}, B = {c, d }

(1) 26 (2) 27 (3) 28 (4) 29

Sol. Answer (3)

X  A and X  B

X  P(A) and X  P (B )

Thus X = {a}, {b}, {c} 5C1 – 2

{a, b}, {a, c} ….. = 5C2 – 1
{a, b, c}, {a, c, d} ….. = 5C3
{a, b, c, d}, {b, c, d, e} ….. = 5C4
{a, b, c, d, e } = 5C5
Total X = 28

35. If A = , P(A) denotes power set of A, then number of elements in P(P(P(P(P(A))))) is

(1) 1 (2) 24 (3) 25 (4) 216
Sol. Answer (4)
n(P(A)) = 2° = 1
n(P(P(A))) = 21 = 2
n(P(P(P(A)))) = 22 = 4
n(P(P(P(P(A))))) = 24 = 16
n(P(P(P(P(P(A)))))) = 216

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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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

(1) |A| = 2 (2) |B| = 5 (3) |A| = 4 (4) |B| = 7

Sol. Answer (3, 4)

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

(1) A = 2 (2) B=5 (3) A=4 (4) B=7

Sol. Answer (3, 4)

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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3. If X = {1, 2, 3, 4}, Y = {2, 3, 5, 7}, Z = {3, 6, 8, 9}, W = {2, 4, 8, 10}, then

(1) (X  Y)  (Z  W) is {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10}

(2) (X  Z)  (Y  W) is {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10}

(3) (X  Y)  (Y  W) is {1, 3, 8, 10}

(4) (X  Y)  (Z  W) is {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}

Sol. Answer (1, 2, 3)

X = {1, 2, 3, 4}, Y = {2, 3, 5, 7}, Z = {3, 6, 8, 9}, W = {2, 4, 8, 10}

(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}

Now, K1  K2 = (K1 – K2)  (K2 – K1)

 {1, 5, 7, 3, 6, 9, 2, 10} = {1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 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

(1) Exactly one of P, Q and R, if P, Q and R disjoint sets

(2) At least one of P, Q and R, but not in all three of them at the same time

(3) Exactly two of P, Q and R

(4) Exactly one of P, Q and R or in all the three of them

Sol. Answer (1, 4)

P, Q, R
P  Q

P Q

(P  Q)  R

(P  Q)  R

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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}}

(3) {1, 2, 3}  {1, 2, {1, 2, 3}} (4) 3  {1, 2, {1, 2, 3}}

Sol. Answer (1, 3, 4)

By using properties of sets and subset only option (2) is correct.

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.

1. The number of families who look into advertisements

(1) 1295 (2) 1395 (3) 1495 (4) 1500

Sol. Answer (3)

 
n A  B  8000  1000  7000

n  A  B   4000  1000  3000

n  A  B   1000

35 25 50
Required number of persons =  7000   3000   1000
100 100 100

= 1495

2. The number of families who read none of the newspaper

(1) 3000 (2) 4000 (3) 6000 (4) No family

Sol. Answer (2)

15000 – [8000 + 4000 – 1000] = 4000

3. The number of families who read atmost one of the newspaper

(1) 11000 (2) 12000 (3) 13000 (4) 14000

Sol. Answer (4)

  
A AB n AB n AB   
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).

Sol. Answer (1)

AB =(A B) – (A B)

Hence in this case AB = R – [2, 4)

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) n(A  B) (p) 10

(B) C = {x : x  A  B, x is prime}, n(C) = (q) 9

(C) n(A  B) (r) 21

(D) n((A – B) × (B – A)) (s) 11

Sol. Answer A(q), B(s), C(p), D(r)

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 _____.

Sol. Answer (1)

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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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

3. A = {x : x satisfies x3 – 11x2 + 39x – 45 = 0}

B = {x : 5x – 6, 3x + 1, x – 1 are lengths of sides of a }, then n(A  B) is _____.
Sol. Answer (2)
x3 – 11x2 + 39x – 45 = 0
 (x – 3)(x2 – 8x + 15) = (x – 3)(x – 3)(x – 5) = 0
 x = 3, 5
5x – 6 + 3x + 1 > x – 1

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
 x6
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 )))

Sol. Answer (7)

4
22 216
K   24  16
24  28
2 3
22  22

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

of Ai’s and  number of Bj’s, then

(1) pm = nq (2) pm = nq (3) pm = nq (4) (pm) = (nq)
Sol. Answer (3)

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

2. A = {(x, y) : x, y  I, x  0, y  0 and 4x + 5y  40}

B = {(x, y) : x, y  I, x  0, y  0 and 5x + 4y  40}
where I denotes set of integers, then n(A  B) =
(1) 45 (2) 36 (3) 55 (4) None of these
Sol. Answer (1)

(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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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)

Paragraph (Q.4 to Q.6)

Times , Mirror and Sun are three newspapers.

(i) All readers of the Times read the Sun.

(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.

(vii) 9 people neither read the Times nor the Mirror.

4. Number of people who read only sun are

(1) 6 (2) 5

(3) 16 (4) 18

5. Number of people who read Times and Mirror both are

(1) 3 (2) 2

(3) 4 (4) 5

6. Number of people who do not read any of the newspaper

(1) 0 (2) 2

(3) 4 (4) 3

Solution for (Q.4 to Q.6)

Sun
a

Times d Mirror e
b c

Now, we know from first two statements times and mirror are subsets of Sun.

Now,

According to statement-3, a + b = 11 …(i)

According to statement-4, b + c = 8 …(ii)

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According to statement-5, a + c + d = 10 …(iii)

According to statement-6, a + b + d = 14 …(iv)

According to statement-7, a + e = 9 …(v)

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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