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Name of Topic : Set Theory
Subject : Maths
Type :- Assignment

LEVEL – 1 (MHCET) 6. Given the sets A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {3, 4},

1. The set A  {x : x  R, x 2  16 and 2 x  6} C = {4, 5, 6}, then A  ( B  C ) is
equals (a) {3} (b){1, 2, 3, 4}
(a)  (b){14, 3, 4} (c) {1, 2, 4, 5} (d){1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
(c) {3} (d) {4} 7. In rule method the null set is represented
2. If a set A has n elements, then the total by
number of subsets of A is (a) {} (b) 
(a) n (b)n2 (c) {x : x  x} (d) {x : x  x}
(c) 2 n (d)2n
8. A  {x : x  x} represents
3. The number of proper subsets of the set
(a) {0} (b){}
{1, 2, 3} is
(c) {1} (d){x}
(a) 8 (b)7
9. Which set is the subset of all given sets
(c) 6 (d)5
(a) {1, 2, 3, 4,.....} (b) {1}
4. If A  B  B , then
(c) {0} (d) {}
(a) A  B (b) B  A
10.The number of non-empty subsets of the
(c) A   (d) B  
set {1, 2, 3, 4} is
5. The shaded region in the figure represents (a) 15 (b)14
(c) 16 (d)17
11. For any set A, ( ( A ') ' is equal to
(a) A ' (b) A
(c)  (d)None of these
(a) A  B (b) A  B
12.Let A and B be two sets in the same uni-
(c) B  A (d) A  B
versal set. Then A – B =
(e) ( A  B )  ( B  A) (a) A  B (b) A ' B
(c) A  B ' (d)None of these

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13.The number of subsets of a set containing 19.Let U be the universal set containing 700
n elements is elements. If A, B are sub-sets of U such
(a) n (b) 2n  1 that n( A)  200, n( B)  300 and
(c) n 2 (d) 2n n( A  B)100 . Then n( A ' B ') 
14.For any two sets A and B, A  ( A  B)  (a) 400 (b)600
(a) A (b)B (c) 300 (d)none of these
(c)  (d)None of these 20.Let A and B be two sets such that
n ( A)  16, n( B )  14, n( A  B)  25 .
15.The symmetric difference of A and B is
(a) ( A  B )  ( B  A) Then, n( A  B) is equal to

(b) ( A  B )  ( B  A) (a) 30 (b)50

(c) 5 (d)none of these
(c) ( A  B)  ( A  B)
21.If A and B are two disjoint sets, then
(d) {( A  B)  A}  {( A  B)  B} n( A  B) is equal to
16.The symmetric difference of A = {1, 2, 3}
(a) n( A)  n( B)
and B = {3, 4, 5} is
(b) n ( A)  n( B )  n( A  B )
(a) {1, 2} (b){1, 2, 4. 5}
(c) {4, 3} (d){2, 5, 1, 4, 3} (c) n ( A)  n( B )  n( A  B )
17.For any two sets A and B, (d) n( A) n( B)
( A  B)  ( B  A)  22.For two sets A  B  A iff
(a) ( A  B)  A (b) ( B  A)  B (a) B  A (b) A  B
(c) ( A  B )  ( A  B ) (c) A  B (d) A  B
23.If A and B are two sets such that
(d) ( A  B )  ( A  B)
n( A)  70, n( B)  60, n( A  B)  110 ,
18.For any three sets A, B and C
(a) A  ( B  C )  ( A  B )  ( A  C ) then n( A  B) is equal to
(a) 240 (b)50
(b) A  ( B  C )  ( A  B)  C
(c) 40 (d)20
(c) A  ( B  C )  ( A  B )  ( A  C ') 24.If A = {x : x is a multiple of 3} and , B =
(d) A  ( B  C )  ( A  B )  ( A  C ) {x : x is a multiple of 5}, then A – B is
(a) A  B (b) A  B
(c) A  B (d) A  B

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25.In a class of 175 students the following 5. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, B = {2, 4, 6}, C =
data shows the number of students opting {3, 4, 6}, then ( A  B)  C is
one or more subjects, Mathematics 100; (a) {3, 4, 6} (b){1, 2, 3}
Physics 70; Chemistry 40; Mathematics (c) {1, 4, 3} (d)None of these
and Physics 30; Mathematics and Chem- 6. If A = {x, y}, then the power set of A is
istry 28; Physics and Chemistry 23; Math-
(a) {x x , y y } (b) { , x, y}
ematics, Physics and Chemistry 18. How
many students have offered Mathematics (c) { ,{x},{2 y}} (d) { ,{ x},{ y},{ x, y}}
alone ? 7. If set A = {1, 3, 5}, then number of ele-
(a) 35 (b)48 ments in P{P(A)} is
(c) 60 (d)22 (a) 8 (b)256
(c) 248 (d)250
LEVEL – 2 (JEE-Mains Type – A) 8. If U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {2, 4,
1. If A, B, C be three sets such that 6, 8} and B = {2, 3, 5, 7}, then
A  B  A  C and A  B  A  C , then ( A  B)',( A ' B '),( A  B) is equal to
(a) A = B (b)B = C (a) {1, 9}, {2, 8}, {3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
(c) A = C (d)A = B = C (b){1, 9}, {1, 9}, {3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
2. Let A = {a, b, c}, B = {b, c, d}, C = [a, b, (c) {1, 9}, {1, 9}, {5, 6, 7, 8}
d, e}, then A  ( B  C ) is (d)None of these
(a) {a, b, c} (b){b, c, d} 9. If A = {x : x = n2, n = 1, 2, 3}, ther num-
(c) {a, b, d, e} (d){e} ber of proper subsets is
3. Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}, A = (a) 3 (b)8
{1, 2, 5}, B = {6, 7}, then A  B ' is (c) 7 (d)None of these
(a) B ' (b) A 10.If A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17}, B =
(c) A ' (d) B {2, 4, ..., 18} and N the set of natural num-
4. If A, B and C are non-empty sets, then bers is the universal set, then
( A  B )  ( B  A) equals A ' {( A  B)  B '} is

(a) ( A  B)  B (a)  (b)N

(b) A  ( A  B ) (c) A (d)B

(c) ( A  B )  ( A  B )
(d) ( A  B )  ( A  B)

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 LEVEL – 3 (JEE-Mains Type – B) 8. If A = {  , {  }}, then the power set of A
1. I f X = { 4n
– 3n – 1: n  N} and is
y = {9(n – 1) : n  N}, then X  Y (a) A (b) {  , {  },A}
equals
(c) {  , {  }, {{  }}, A}
(a) X (b) Y
(c) N (d) None of these (d) None of these
2. If Na = {an : n  N}, then N5  N7 9. Given n(U) = 20, n(A) = 12, n(B) = 9,
equals n(A  B) = 4, where U is the universal
(a) N (b) N5 set, A and B are subsets of U, then
(c) N7 (d) N35 n(A  B)’ equals
3. If A and B are two sets, then A  (A  B)’ (a) 3 (b) 9
equals (c) 11 (d) 17
(a) A (b) B 10. A survey shows that 63% of the Indians
like cheese, whereas 76% like apples. If
(c)  (d) None of these
x% of the Indians like both cheese and
4. If U be the universal set and A  B  C =
apples, then x can be
U, then [(A – B)  (B – C)  (C – A)]’
(a) 40 (b) 65
equals
(c) 39 (d) None of these
(a) A  B  C (b) A  B  C
(c) A  (B  C) (d) A  (B  C)
LEVEL – 4 (JEE-Adv)
5. If A and B are two sets, then (A – B)  (B
Single Correct answer Type
– A)  (A  B) equals
1. In a class of 55 students, the number of
(a) A  B (b) A  B
students studying different subjects are 23
(c) A (d) B’
in Mathematics, 24 in Physics, 19 in
6. If A = {x : x is a multiple of 4} and B = {x
Chemistry, 12 in Mathematics and Physics,
: x is a multiple of 6}, then A  B consists
9 in Mathematics and Chemistry, 7 in
of all multiple of
Physics and Chemistry and 4 in all the three
(a) 4 (b) 8
subjects. The number of students who
(c) 12 (d) 16
have taken exactly one subject is
7. A set contains 2n + 1 elements. The
(a) 6 (b) 7
number of subsets of this set containing
(c) 9 (d) 22
more than n elements equals
(a) 2n–1 (b) 2n
(c) 2n+1 (d) 22n

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2. Suppose A1, A2, …, A30 are thirty sets each Passage Type
with five elements and B1, B2, …, Bn are n Passage – 1
sets each with three elements. If A  {x : | x |  2} , B  {x : | x  5 |  2} ,
30 n
C  {x : | x |  x} and
Let  A =  B = S . Assume that each
i=1
i
j=1
j

D  {x : | x |  x}
element of S belongs to exactly ten of Ai’s
1. The number of integral values in A  B is
and exactly to nine of the Bj’s, then n is
(a) 4 (b) 6
(a) 41 (b) 42
(c) 8 (d) 10
(c) 44 (d) 45
2. The number of integral values in A  C is
3. Two finite sets have m and n elements.
(a) 1 (b)2
The total number of subsets of the first
(c) 3 (d)0
set is 56 more than the total number of
3. The number of integral values in A  D
subsets of the second set. The values of
is
m and n are
(a) 2 (b) 4
(a) 7, 6 (b) 6, 3
(c) 6 (d)0
(c) 5, 1 (d) 8, 7
Passage – 2
4. If a N = {ax : x  N} and b N  c N =
dN, where b, c  N are relatively prime, If A  {x : x 2  2 x  2  0}
then
B  {x : x 2  4 x  3  0}
(a) d = bc (b) c = bd
1. A  B equals
(c) b = cd (d) None of these
5. In a town of 10000 families, it was found (a) [1, ) (b) [1, 3]
that 40% families buy newspaper A, 20% (c) (, 3] (d) (, 1)  (3, )
families buy newspaper B and 10% 2. A – B equals
families buy newspaper C, 5% families
(a) (, ) (b)(1, 3)
buy newspapers A and B, 3% buy
(c) (3, ) (d) (, 1)  (3, )
newspapers B and C and 4% buy
newspapers A and C. If 2% families buy 3. A  B equals
all the three newspapers, then number of (a) (,1) (b) (3, )
families which buy A only is (c) (, ) (d)(1, 3)
(a) 3100 (b) 3300
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 LEVEL – 5 5. A group of 123 workers went to a can-
Integer Type teen for cold drinks, ice-cream and tea,
1. In a group of 45 students, 22 can speak 42 workers took ice-cream, 36 tea and 30
Hindi only and 12 can speak English cold drinks. 15 workers purchased ice-
only. If (2  1) student can speak both cream and tea, 10 ice-cream and cold
drinks, and 4 cold drinks and tea but not
Hindi and English, the value of  is
ice-cream, 11 took ice-cream and tea but
2. Two finite sets have m and n elements.
not cold drinks. Determine how many
The total number of subsets of the first
workers did not purchase anything?
set is 48 more than the total number of
subsets of the second set. The value of
LEVEL – 6
m – n is
Previous Years Questions
3. Of the members of three athletic team in a
1. If A, B and C are three sets such that
certain school, 21 are on the basketball
team, 26 on the hockey team and 29 on A  B  A  C and A  B  A  C ,
the football team. 14 play hockey and then
basketball, 15 play hockey and football, (a) A  B   (b) A  B
12 play football and basketball and 8 play (c) A  C (d) B  C
all the three games. How many members (JEE Mains 2009)
are there in all?
2. Let P = {θ : sin θ  cos θ  2 cos θ} and
4. In a survey of 200 students of higher
secondary school, it was found that 120 Q = {θ : sin θ + cos θ  2 sin θ} be two
studied Mathematics; 90 studies Physics
sets. Then,
and 70 studied Chemistry; 40 studied
(a) P  Q and A – P  
Mathematics and Physics; 3 studied
Physics and Chemistry; 50 studied (b) Q  P (c) P  Q
Chemistry and Mathematics and 20 stud- (d)P = Q
ied none of these subjects. Then the (IIT JEE 2011)
number of students who studied all the 3. If X = {4n – 3n – 1: n  N} and
three subjects. y = {9(n – 1) : n  N}, then X  Y
equals
(a) X (b) Y
(c) N (d) None of these
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4. Let A and B two sets containing four and 6. In a certain town, 25% of the families
two elements, respectively. Then, the own a phone and 15% own a car, 65%
number of subsets of the set A  B , each families own neither a phone nor a car
having atleast three elements is and 2000 families own both a car and a
(a) 275 (b)510 phone. Consider the following three
(c) 219 (d)256 statements:
(JEE Mains 2015) (1) 5% families own both a car and a phone
5. Two sets A and B as under: (2) 35% families own either a car or a phone
A = {(a, b)  R  R :| a  5 |  1 and (3) 40,000 families live in the town.
Then
| b  5 |  1};
(a) only (1) and (2) are correct
B = {( a, b)  R  R : 4( a  6) 2 (b)only (1) and (3) are correct
(c) only (2) and (3) are correct
 9(b  5) 2  36} . Then
(d)all (1), (2) and (3) are correct
(a) neither A  B nor B  A
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(b) B  A
(c) A  B
(d) A  B   (an empty set)
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