DPP–SET THEORY (BM)

1. (A) Describe the following sets by Roster Method:

(i) {x: 25x2 – 30x + 9 = 0, x  Q} (ii) {x: x2 – 2x + 4 = 0, x  N}
(B) Describe the following sets by Property Method:
(i) {5, 10, 15, 20} (ii) {1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19}

2. (A) Which of the following sets is a null set?

(i) A = {x: x is an even prime number} (ii) B = {x: 30x – 59 = 0, x  N}
(iii) C = {x: x3 – 1 = 0, x  R}
(B) Are the following statements true?
(i) If A = {x: x2 – 1 = 0, x  N} and B = {–1, 1} then A  B
(ii) If A = {x: x – 3 > 0, x  0} and B =  then A = B
(iii) If A = {x: x2 – 4x + 3 = 0} and B = {1, 3} then A = B

3. State whether each of the following sets is finite or infinite:

(i) the set of lines which are parallel to the x–axis (ii) the set of letters in English alphabet
(iii) the set of numbers which are multiple of 5 (iv) the set of circles through origin

4. Write the power set of the set {1, 3, 5, 8} and verify that this set contains 24 i.e., 16 elements.

5. Find A  B, A  B, A – B, B – A and A  B if A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9} and B = {2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11}.

6. Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, B = {2, 4, 6, 8}, C = {3, 4, 5, 6}. Find:
(i) A (ii) (A  B)
(iii) (A  C) (iv) (B – C)

7. If U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {2, 4, 6, 8}, B = {2, 3, 5, 7} verify that

(i) (A  B) = A  B (ii) (A  B) = A  B

8. If n(U) = 60, n(A) = 35, n(B) = 24, n(A  B) = 10, find n(A  B). [Ans: 9]

9. A class has 175 students. The following is the description showing the number of students
studying one or more of the following subjects in this class: Mathematics 100; Physics 70;
Chemistry 46; Mathematics and Physics 30; Mathematics and Chemistry 28; Physics and
Chemistry 23; All three subjects 18 then find:
(i) How many students are enrolled in at least one of these subject?
(ii) How many students are not studying any of these subjects? [Ans: (i) 153, (ii) 22]

10. In a group of 65 people, 40 like cricket, 10 like both cricket and tennis. How many like tennis
only but not cricket? How many like tennis? [Ans: 25, 35]

11. For a certain test, a candidate could offer English or Hindi or both the subjects. Total number
of candidates was 500, of whom 350 appeared in English and 90 in both the subjects
(i) How many appeared in English only? (ii) How many appeared in Hindi only?
(iii) How many appeared in Hindi? [Ans: (i) 260, (ii) 150, (iii) 240]

12. Find number of letters in the English alphabets which are neither vowels nor belong to the word
‘MATHEMATICS’. [Ans: 16]

13. Find number of numbers from the set of first 200 natural numbers which are the multiples of
(i) 3 or 5 (ii) 6 or 8 (iii) 2 or 3 or 5 [Ans: (i) 93, (ii) 50, (iii) 146]

14. Find number of numbers from the set of first 500 natural numbers which are multiples of 3 or 5
but not of 7. [Ans: 200]

15. Find number of numbers from the set of first 50 natural numbers which are neither the multiples
of 3 nor a prime. [Ans: 20]
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