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SECTION A (20 MARKS)

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. Let A = {1, 5, 7} and a relation on A is given by R = {(1, 1), (5,1), (7, 5), (5, 7), (5, 5), (7,
1), (7, 7)}. Which of the following statements about R is true?
(A) R = {(a, b) | a  b2}
(B) R = {(a, b) | a < b2}
(C) R = {(a, b) | b < a2}
(D) R = {(a, b) | b  a2}
(1 mark)
2. Identify the number of relations on a set with 5 elements.
(A) 33554432
(B) 625
(C) 4
(D) None of these
(1 mark)
3. Find the domain and range of the relation: {(1, -3), (2, -2), (2, 0), (3, 2), (8, 4)}
(A) domain: {-1, -2, 2, 4}; range: {-2, -3, 2}
(B) domain: {1, 2, 3, 8}; range: {-3, 2, 4}
(C) domain: {1, 2, 3, 8}; range: {-3, -2, 0, 2, 4}
(D) domain: {-3, -2, 0, 2, 4}; range: {1, 2, 3, 8}
(2 marks)
4. What is the Cartesian product of set A and set B, if the set A = {1, 2} and set B = {a, b}?
(A) {(1, a), (1, b), (2, a), (b, b)}
(B) {(1, 1), (2, 2), (a, a), (b, b)}
(C) {(1, a), (2, a), (1, b), (2, b)}
(D) {(1, 1), (a, a), (2, a), (1, b)}
(1 mark)
5. Given f ( x) = 3x + 5 , find the value of f (−1)
(A) 2
(B) -2
(C) 1
(D) -1
(1 mark)
6. Seema has twelve different skirts, ten different tops, eight different pairs of shoes, three
different necklaces and five different bracelets. In how many ways can Neela dress up?
(A) 50057
(B) 14400
(C) 34870
(D) 56732
(1 mark)
7. How many five-digit numbers can be made from the digits 1 to 7 if repetition is allowed?
(A) 55638
(B) 14444
(C) 34843
(D) 16807
(1 mark)

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8. Jacob goes to a shop to buy some ping pong balls. He wishes to choose one ball from
the amateur section, which had a total of five balls; or one ball from the professional
section, which had a total of three balls. How many ways are possible in which he can
buy a ball i.e., he can buy one ball from the amateur section or one ball from the
professional section?
(A) 8
(B) 15
(C) 5
(D) 3
(1 mark)
9. In a colony, there are 55 members. Every member posts a greeting card to all the
members. How many greeting cards were posted by them?
(A) 1990
(B) 2990
(C) 2970
(D) 1970
(1 mark)
10. The number of ways in which 8 distinct toys can be distributed among 5 children is

(A) 58
(B) 85
(C) 8P5
(D) 5P5
(1 mark)
11. There are two different Geography books, five different Natural Sciences books, three
different History books and four different Mathematics books on a shelf. In how many
different ways can they be arranged if all the books of the same subjects stand together?
(A) 353450
(B) 638364
(C) 829440
(D) 768700
(2 marks)
12. How many 3-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of
the word, LOGARITHMS, if repetition of letters is not allowed.
(A) 420
(B) 5040
(C) 720
(D) None of these
(2 marks)
13. A coin is thrown 3 times Find the probability that at least one head is obtained.
1
(A)
2
1
(B)
8
(C) Impossible
7
(D)
8
(2 marks)

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14. Out of 300 students in a school, 95 play cricket only, 120 play football only, 80 play
volleyball only and 5 play no games. If one student is chosen at random, find the
probability that he plays volleyball.

4
(A)
15
3
(B)
15
2
(C)
15
1
(D)
15
(2 marks)

15. A box contains 90 discs numbered 1 to 90. One disc is drawn at random from the box.
Find the probability that the disc shows perfect square.

4
(A)
90
9
(B)
90
14
(C)
90
(D) 1
(1 mark)
SECTION B (30 MARKS)
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

QUESTION B1 (10 Marks)

(a) Let A = {1, 2,3, 4} and B = { p, q, r} are two sets.

R1 = {(1, x), (2, y ), (3, z ), (1, z ), (4, r )} is a relation from set A to set B.
R2 = {(1,1), (2, 2), (2,1), (3,3), (4, 4), (1, 2)} is a relation on set A.
(i) Identify the relation R1 = {(1, x), (2, y ), (3, z ), (1, z ), (4, r )} is a function or not.
(1 mark)
(ii) From (a) (i), justify your answer.
(1 mark)
(iii) State the relation R2 is a reflexive, symmetric and transitive.
(3 marks)
(iv) From part (a) (iii), determine the relation is an equivalence relation or not.
(1 mark)
2x
(b) Given f ( x) = and g ( x) = 4 x − 3 . Find
3+ x
(i) f g (−1)
(3 marks)
−1
(ii) g ( x)
(1 mark)

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QUESTION B2 (20 Marks)

(a) A freshman class consists of 20 students, 12 of which are men. The class needs to select
a committee of 5 students to represent them in the student senate. Find the number of
committees are possible if the committee must have at least 3 women.
(4 marks)
(b) Draw a tree diagram to count the number of bit strings of length four that have only two
consecutive 0s.
(4 marks)
(c) Race cars for a particular race are numbered sequentially from 22 to 126. Find the
probability that a car selected at random will have a tens digit of 2. Correct your answer
to 3 decimal places.
(3 marks)
(d) George has a bag of marbles. There are 6 red and 4 white marbles. George takes out a
marble at random and records its color. Without replacement, George takes out another
marble, at random. Find the probability that the two marbles are same color.
(4 marks)
(e) A problem is given to three persons P, Q, R whose respective chances of solving it are
2/7, 4/7, 4/9 respectively. Find the probability that the problem is solved?
(5 marks)

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