RELATIONS & FUNCTIONS

MODULE-1

EXERCISE/ MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. If S ia relation from a non-empty set A to a nonempty set B then

(a) S = AUB (b) S = A∩B (c) S  A x B (d) S = AxB

2. If A = {a,b,c}. Which of the following relation of A is reflexive?

(a) {(a,a),(c,c),(a,b)} (b) {(a,a),(a,b),(b,c),(b,b),(c,c)}
(c) {{(b,b),(c,c),(c,b) (d) {None of these

3. which of the following is not an equivalence relation on the set of

integers?
(a) xRy iff x – y is an even integer
(b) xRy iff x + y is even integer
(c) xRy iff x = y
(d) xRy iff x ≤ y

4. Let A = {a,b,c} and relation R= {(a,a),(b,b),(c,c),(b,c)}n a set A ,then R is

(a) transitive relation (c) Symmetric relation
(b) equivalence relation (d) None of these

5.If A is a finite set containing 3 different elements ,then the number of

relations on A is equal to
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c)256 (d) 512

6. Let A = {1,2,3},which of the following is not an equivalence

relation on A?
(a) {(1,1,),(2,2,),(3,3)}
(b) {(1,1,),(2,2,),(3,3),(1,2),(2,1)}
(c) {(1,1,),(2,2,),(3,3),(2,3),(3,2)}
(d) None of the above

7.Let A = {1,2,3,4} , R = {(2,2),(3,3),(4,4,),(1,2)}is a relation on A. Then R is

(a) transitive relation (c) Symmetric relation
(b) equivalence relation (d) None of these
8. A relation R in a set A of all the books in a library of a college ,given by
R = {(x,y): x and y have same number of pages} is
(a)Reflexive (b) Symmetric (c) Transitive (d) All the above

9.A relation R on a set of real numbers defined as R ={(a,b): a ≤ b2} is

(a)Reflexive (b) Symmetric (c) Transitive (d) None of the above

10.Let R be the relation in the set N given by R ={(a,b):a = b - 2, b > 6}.which

of the following belongs to R.
(a) (2,4) ϵ R (b) (3,5) ϵ R (c) (6,8) ϵ R (d) (8,7) ϵ R

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