INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT

SENIOR SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
CLASS XI WORKSHEET NO. 1
SETS
SECTION A: (1 MARK)
1. If n A  8 , nB   7 and n A  B  12 , find:
(i) nB  A (ii) nP A (iii) n A  B  B  A
2. If n A  B  14  x , nB  A  3x , n A  B  x and n A  B  74 .
Find n A and nB  .
3. Describe the following sets in roster form :
  11 11 
(i) A   x : x  N , x 
 2 2
 n 
(ii) B   x : x  2 ,1  n  5, n  N 
 n 1 
(iii) C  x : x is a positive integer less than 10 and 2 x  1 is an odd
number}.
4. If A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9,11, 13, 15, 17}, B = {2, 4, 6,…….18} and N is the
universal set, then find A   A  B  B.
5. Describe the following sets in set- builder form:
 1 2 3 4
(i) A  0, , ,  (ii) B  0,3,8,15,24,35,48
 6, 7 8 9 
6. Write each of the following sets as an interval :
(i) x : x  R, -1< x  0 (ii) x : x  R,3  2x  1  4
7. Write each of the following intervals as a set:
3  7  1
(i)  ,   (ii) 2,  (iii)  0, 
2  2  4
SECTION B: (2 MARKS)
8. Given n A  285 , nB  195 , n  500 , n A  B  400 .Find
n A  B .
9. Let A and B be two finite sets such that n A  m and nB   n . If ratio of m  19
cardinal numbers of power sets of A and B is 64 and n A  nB  32 , n  13
find the value of m and n .
10. Find power set of the set A  a, b, c
SECTION B: (4 MARKS)
11. Verify De’ Morgan’s laws:
U  a, b, c, d , e, f , g, h, i, j, k, A  c, e, f , h, i, j, B  a, b, d , f , i.
12. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The number of subsets of the m7
first set is 112 more than that of the second set. Find the value of m and n4
n.
13. Using Venn diagram prove that A  B  C    A  B   A  C 
14. If A = {1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 19}, B = {3, 5, 8, 30, 45} and C = {1, 5, 8}, verify
the following results :
(i) A  B  C    A  B   A  C  (ii) A  B  C    A  B   A  C 
15. Let U = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {1, 3, 5}, B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and
C = {2, 4, 6}. Determine the following sets :

(i) A  C  (ii)  A  B   A  C  (iii) A  B  C 
SECTION C: (6 MARKS)
16. The following description gives the number of students studying one or (i)35
more of the subjects in a class: (ii)10
Mathematics 24; Physics 18; Chemistry 23; Mathematics & Physics 11; (iii)11
Mathematics & Chemistry 13; Physics & Chemistry 12; Mathematics, (iv)6
Physics & Chemistry 6. Find: (v)5
(i) Total number of students in the class (ii) How many opted Chemistry
but not Mathematics? (iii) How many optedexactly one of the three
subjects? (iv) How many opted only Mathematics? (v) How many opted
Mathematics & Physics but not Chemistry?
17. In a class of 35 students, 15 study Economics; 22 study Business studies (i)3
and 14 study Accountancy. If 11 students study both Economics & (ii)15
Business studies; 8 study both Business studies & Accountancy and 5 (iii)12
study both Economics & Accountancy. If 5 students study none of these
subjects, find the number of students who study:
(i) All the three subjects (ii) Exactly two subjects (iii) Only one subject.
18. The following information was observed during a survey of 100 television (i)10
viewers: (ii)73
18 watch programme P only; 23 watch programme P but not Q; 8 watch (iii)20
programme P and R; 26 watch programme P; 48 watch programme R; 8
watch programme Q and R; 14 watch none of these programmes. Find
the number of people who watch:
(i) Exactly two programmes (ii) Only one programme (iii) Only
programme Q.
19. In a town of 10,000 families, it was found that 40% families buy (i)3300
newspaper A, 20% families buy newspaper B and 10% families buy (ii)1400
newspaper C. 5% families buy A and B, 3% buy B and C, 4% buy A and C. (iii)4000
If 2% families buy all the three newspapers, find the number of
families which buy (i) A only (ii) B only (iii) none of A, B and C.
20. Out of 800 boys in a school, 224 played cricket, 240 played hockey and (i)160
336 played basketball. Of the total, 64 played both basketball and (ii)16
hockey; 80 played cricket and basketball; 40 played cricket and hockey; (iii)112
and 24 played all the three games. Find the number of boys who :
(i) did not play any game (ii) played hockey & cricket but not basketball
(iii) exactly two games.