Arjuna JEE Main (2026)

MANTHAN
Mathematics SET Theory
Exercise-1 11. If Na = {an : n ∈ N} then N3 ∩ N4 =
(a) N7 (b) N12
DEFINITION AND TYPE OF SETS (c) N3 (d) N4
1. The set of intelligent students in a class is 12. If aN = {ax : x ∈ N} and bN ∩ cN = dN, where b, c ∈ N are
(a) A null set relatively prime, then
(b) A singleton set (a) d = bc (b) c = bd
(c) A finite set (c) b = cd (d) None of these
(d) Not a well defined collection
13. If the sets A and B are defined as
2. Which of the following is the empty set
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(a) {x : x is a real number and x2 – 1 = 0}
A = {(x, y) : y = , 0 ≠ x ∈ R}
x
(b) {x : x is a real number and x2 + 1 = 0}

B = {(x, y) : y = –x, x ∈ R}, then
(c) {x : x is a real number and x2 – 9 = 0}
(d) {x : x is a real number and x2 = x + 2} (a) A ∩ B = A (b) A ∩ B = B
(c) A ∩ B = φ (d) None of these
3. The set A = {x : x ∈ R, x2 = 16 and 2x = 6} equals
(a) φ (b) {14,3,4} 14. Let A = [x : x ∈ R, |x| < 1]; B = [x : x ∈ R, |x – 1| ≥ 1] and
(c) {3} (d) {4} A ∪ B = R – D, then the set D is
4. If a set A has n elements, then the total number of subsets of (a) [x : 1 < x ≤ 2] (b) [x : 1 ≤ x < 2]
A is (c) [x : 1 ≤ x ≤ 2] (d) None of these
(a) n (b) n2 (c) 2n (d) 2n
15. If the sets A and B are defined as
5. The number of proper subsets of the set {1, 2, 3} is
A = {(x , y) : y = ex, x ∈ R}

(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 5

B = {x, y} : y = x, x ∈ R, then
6. If X = {8n – 7n – 1 : n ∈ N} and Y = {49(n – 1) : n ∈ N},
(a) B ⊆ A (b) A ⊆ B
then
(c) A ∩ B = φ (d) A ∪ B = A
(a) X ⊆ Y (b) Y ⊆ X
(c) X = Y (d) None of these 16. If X = {4n – 3n – 1: n ∈ N} and Y = {9(n – 1) : n ∈ N} then
X ∪ Y is equal to
OPERATIONS ON SETS (a) X (b) Y
7. Given the sets A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {3, 4}, C = {4, 5, 6}, then (c) N (d) None of these
A ∪ (B ∩ C) is
(a) {3} (b) {1, 2, 3, 4}
(c) {1, 2, 4, 5} (d) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} SOME IMPORTANT RESULTS ON NUMBER OF
8. If A ⊆ B, then A ∪ B is equal to ELEMENTS IN SETS
(a) A (b) B ∩ A 17. Sets A and B have 3 and 6 elements respectively. What can
(c) B (d) None of these be the minimum number of elements in A ∪ B
9. If A and B are any two sets, then A ∪ (A ∩ B) is equal to (a) 3 (b) 6
(a) A (b) B (c) 9 (d) 18
(c) Ac (d) Bc 18. If A and B are two sets such that n(A) = 70, n(B) = 60, and
10. If A and B are two given sets, then A ∩ (A ∩ B)c is equal to n(A ∪ B) = 110, then n(A ∩ B) is equal to
(a) A (b) B (a) 240 (b) 50
(c) φ (d) A ∩ Bc (c) 40 (d) 20

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 19. Let n(U) = 700, n(A) = 200, n(B) = 300 and n(A ∩ B) = 100 CARTESIAN PRODUCT OF SETS
then n(Ac ∩ Bc)
28. If A = {0, 1}, and B = {1, 0}, then A × B is equal to
(a) 400 (b) 600 (c) 300 (d) 200
(a) {0, 1, 1, 0}
20. If A = [(x, y) : x2 + y2 = 25] and B = [(x, y) : x2 + 9y2 (b) {(0, 1), (1, 0)}
= 144], then A ∩ B contains
(c) {0, 0}
(a) One point (d) {(0,1),(0,0),(1,1),(1,0)}
(b) Three points 29. If A = {2, 4, 5}, B = {7, 8, 9} then n(A × B) is equal to
(c) Two points (a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) 0
(d) Four points 30. If the set A has p elements, B has q elements, then the number
21. In a city 20 percent of the population travels by car, of elements in A × B is
50 percent travels by bus and 10 percent travels by both car (a) p + q (b) p + q + 1
and bus. Then persons travelling by car or bus is (c) pq (d) p2
(a) 80 percent (b) 40 percent 31. If A = {a, b}, B = {c, d}, C = {d, e} then {(a, c), (a, d), (a, e),
(c) 60 percent (d) 70 percent (b, c), (b, d), (b, e)} is equal to
(a) A ∩ (B ∪ C)
22. In a class of 55 students, the number of students studying
different subjects are 23 in Mathematics, 24 in Physics, 19 in (b) A ∪ (B ∩ C)
Chemistry, 12 in Mathematics and Physics, 9 in Mathematics (c) A × (B ∪ C)
and Chemistry, 7 in Physics and Chemistry and 4 in all the (d) A × (B ∩ C)
three subjects. The number of students who have taken 32. If A = {x : x2 – 5x + 6 = 0}, B = {2, 4}, C = {4, 5} then
exactly one subject is A × (B ∩ C) is
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 22 (a) {(2, 4), (3, 4)}
(b) {(4, 2), (4, 3)}
LAWS OF ALGEBRA OF SETS (c) {(2, 4), (3, 4), (4, 4)}
23. If A, B and C are any three sets, then A × (B ∩ C) is equal (d) {(2,2), (3,3), (4,4), (5,5)}
to
33. If P, Q and R are subsets of a set A, then R × (Pc ∪ Qc)c =
(a) (A × B) ∪ (A × C) (b) (A × B) ∩ (A × C)
(a) (R × P) ∩ (R × Q)c
(c) (A ∪ B) × (A ∪ C) (d) (A ∩ B) × (A ∩ C)
(b) (R × Q) ∩ (R × P)
24. If A, B and C are any three sets, then A × (B ∪ C) is equal (c) (R × P) ∪ (R × Q)
to (d) None of these
(a) (A × B) ∪ (A × C) (b) (A ∪ B) × (A ∪ C)
34. Let S = {x ∈ R : ( x − 3) 2 + ( x − 2) 2 + 5( x − 4) 2 = 0}. Then S
(c) (A × B) ∩ (A × C) (d) None of these
is not
25. If A, B and C are any three sets, then A – (B ∪ C) is equal (a) Singleton set (b) Empty set
to
(c) Void set (d) null set
(a) (A – B) ∪ (A – C)
(b) (A – B) ∩ (A – C) 35. Let S = {x ∈ R : 4x + 2x+1 – 8 = 0}. Then x =
(c) (A – B) ∪ C (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
(d) (A – B) ∩ C 36. The set (A ∩ B′)′ ∪ (B ∩ C) is equal to
26. If A = [x : x is a multiple of 3] and B = [x : x is a multiple of (a) A′ ∪ B ∪ C (b) A′ ∪ B
5], then A – B is ( A means complement of A) (c) A′ ∩ C′ (d) A′ ∩ B
(a) A ∩ B (b) A ∩ B 37. If A and B are two given sets, then A ∩ (A ∩ B)c is equal to
(c) A ∩ B (d) A ∩ B (a) A (b) B
(c) φ (d) A ∩ Bc
27. If A, B and C are non-empty sets, then (A – B) ∪ (B – A)
equals 38. Let A = {(x, y): x ∈ R, y ∈ R, x3 + y3 = 1]}, B = {(x, y): x ∈ R,
(a) (A ∪ B) – B y ∈ R, x – y = 1} and C = {(x, y): x ∈ R, y ∈ R, x + y = 1}. If
(b) A – (A ∩ B) A ∩ B contains ‘p’ elements and A ∩ C contains ‘q’ elements
(c) (A ∪ B) – (A ∩ B) then find (q – p).
(d) (A ∩ B) ∪ (A ∪ B) (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3

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 39. In a examination of a certain class, at least 70% of the 41. In year 10 of a Kuala Lumpur International School, there
students failed in Physics, at least 72% failed in Chemistry, are 198 students.
at least 80% failed in Mathematics and at least 85% failed C = {students who like chilli}
in English. How many at least must have failed in all the D = {students who like durian}
four subjects?
90 like durian and 130 like chilli. The number who like both
(a) 9% is x and the number who like neither is 212 − 2x. Find the
(b) 7% value of x.
(c) 15% (a) 76 (b) 78
(d) Cannot be determined due to insufficient data (c) 80 (d) None of these
40. Statement-I: N ∪ (B ∩ Z) = (N ∪ B) ∩ Z for any subset B
of R, where N is the set of positive integers, Z is the set of
integers, R is the set of real numbers.
Statement-II: Let A = {n ∈ N : 1 ≤ n ≤ 24, n is a multiple
of 3}. There exists no subset B of N such that the number of
elemets in A is equal to the number of elements in B.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) I only (b) II only
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II

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 Exercise-2 5. In a battle, 70% of the combatants lost one eye, 80%
SINGLE CORRECTION TYPE QUESTIONS lost one leg, 85% lost ear, 90% an arm. If x% lost all
1. If A = {x, y} then power set of A is the four limbs, then minimum value of x
(1) {xy, yx} (1) 25% (2) 20%
(3) 30% (4) 35%
(2) {, x, y}
(3) {, {x}, {2y}}
6. In a class of 50 students, 30 study Basic, 25 study
(4) {, {x}, {y}, {x, y}}
Pascal and 10 study both. How many study neither?
(1) 15 (2) 0
2. The shaded area in given Venn diagram represents
(3) 5 (4) 35

7. If X and Y are two subsets of the universal set U and X'

denotes the complement of X, then X  (X  Y)' is equal
to
(1) X (2) Y '
(1) AB (2) AB (3)  (4) U
(3) A–B (4) B–A
8. Let A be the sets of the letters in the word ''RAIGARH''
3. In a class of 60 students, 30 students like Mathematics, and B be the sets of the letters in the word
25 like Science and 15 like both. Then, the number of "PRATAPGARH" then n(A  B) represents
students who like neither Mathematics nor Science is
(1) 7 (2) 6
(1) 30
(3) 4 (4) 3
(2) 20
(3) 15
9. Which of the following is a null set?
(4) 10
 −1 9
(1)  x : x  Z and x 
4. Which of the following Venn diagram represents  2 2
(A – B)? (2) {x : x  N and x – 4  15}
(3) {x : x  N, x < 5 and x > 8}
(4) {x : x  N, and x2 < 40}
(1)
 2n − 1 
10. If B =  x : x = , n W and n  4  then B can be
 n+2 
written as
 1 2 −1   −1 1 3 
(2)
(1) 6, , ,  (2)  , , ,1
 3 4 2 2 3 4 
 −1 3 6   1 1 −1 
(3) 3, , ,  (4)  , , ,1
 2 4 5 5 3 2 

11. n(A) = 20, n (B) = 18 and n(A  B) = 5, then n(A  B) is

(3)
(1) 23 (2) 33
(3) 26 (4) 40

12. If M = {3, 6, 9, 18, 27} and N = {1, 3, 9, 27} then

M  N is
(4) (1) {3, 6, 9, 18, 27}
(2) {1, 3, 6, 9}
(3) {1, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27}
(4) {3, 9, 27}

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13. A, B, C are non empty sets then the value of (A  B)  18. The number of persons who look into advertisements
(B  C)  (C  A) is (1) 1295
(1) A  B  C (2) 1395
(2) A  (B  C) (3) 1495
(3) A  B  C (4) 1500
(4) A  (B  C)
19. The number of families who read none of the
newspaper
14. If a set has 2 elements then the difference between the
(1) 3000
subsets of its powers set and number of its subset is
(2) 4000
(1) 2
(3) 6000
(2) 8
(4) No family
(3) 10
(4) 12
20. The number of families who read atmost one of the
newspaper
15. For all the sets A and B, A – (A  B) is equal to
(1) 11000
(1) A – (A  B)
(2) 12000
(2) B – (A  B)
(3) 13000
(3) A – B
(4) 14000
(4) B – A
MATCH THE COLUMN TYPE QUESTIONS
ONE OR MORE THAN ONE TYPE QUESTIONS
21. A = {x : x  N, G. C. D. (x, 36) = 1}, B = {y : y  N,
16. |X| represent number of elements in region X. Now the
G.C.D. (y, 40) = 1}; (G.C.D. stands for greatest
following conditions are given |U| = 14, |(A – B)C| = 12,
common divisors)
|A  B| = 9 and |A  B| = 7, where A and B are two
Column-I Column-II
subsets of the universal set U and AC represents (A) n (A  B ) (P) 10
complement of set A, then (B) C = {x: x A  B, x is prime}, (Q) 9
(1) |A| = 2 n(C) =
(2) |B| = 5 (C) n (A  B) (R) 21
(3) |A| = 4 (D) n ((A – B) × (B – A)) (S) 11
(4) |B| = 7 (1) A → Q; B → S; C → P; D → R
(2) A → Q; B → P; C → S; D → R
17. For any three sets. P, Q, R, S is an element of (P  Q) (3) A → R; B → P; C → Q; D → S
 R, then S may belong to (4) A → S; B → R; C → P; D → Q
(1) Exactly one of P, Q and R, if P, Q and R disjoint
sets 22. Match the set P in column one with its super set Q in
(2) At least one of P, Q and R, but not in all three of column II
them at the same time Column-I Column-II
(3) Exactly two of P, Q, and R (Set P) (Set Q)
(4) Exactly one of P, Q and R or in all the three of (A) [32n–8n – 1 : n  N] (P) {49 (n – 1) :
them n  N}
(B) {23n – 1 : n  N} (Q) {69 (n – 1) :
n  N}
PASSAGE TYPE QUESTIONS
(C) {32n – 1 : n  N} (R) {7n : n  N}
Passage (D) {23n – 7n – 1 : n  N} (S) {8n : n  N}
In a certain city of 15000 families, 3.5% o families read A but
not B look into advertisements 25% of the families read B but
(1) A → R; B → P; C → S; D → Q
not A look into advertisements and 50% of the families who
(2) A → Q; B → R; C → S; D → P
read both A and B look into advertisements. It is known that
(3) A → R; B → P; C → Q; D → S
8000 families read A, 4000 read B and 1000 read both A and
(4) A → S; B → R; C → P; D → Q
B.

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23. INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS
Column-I Column-II 24. Let U be set with number of elements in it is 2009. A is
(A) When the repeating decimal (P) 4 a subset of U with n(A) = 1681 and out of these 1681
0.363636 ….. is written as a elements, exactly 1075 elements belong to a subset B
rational fraction in the simplest of U. If n (A – B) = m2 + p1 p2 p3 for some positive
form, the sum of the numerator integer m and distinct prime p1, p2, p3 then for least m
and denominator is
find (p1 + p2 + p3)
(B) Given positive integer p, q and (Q) 0
r with p = 3q  2r and 100 < p <
25. Find the sum of all the real solutions of the inequality
( x2 + 2) ( x2 − 16 )
1000. The difference between
maximum and minimum
values of (q + r), is
0
(C) If log8a + log8b
(log8a)(log8b) and logab = 3,
= (R) 15
( x4 + 2)( x2 − 9)
then the value of 'a' is
(D) log 2 log 3 (S) 16
If P=3 3 −2 2
then value of P is
(1) A → S; B → P; C → R; D → Q
(2) A → Q; B → P; C → R; D → S
(3) A → R; B → P; C → S; D → Q
(4) A → S; B → R; C → P; D → Q

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 Exercise-3 (PYQ's) 10. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and R = {(1, 2),(2, 3),(1, 4)} be a relation
on A Let S be the equivalence relation on A such that
TYPES OF RELATION, SET R ⊂ S and the number of elements in S is n. Then, the minimum
value of n is [31 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)]
1. Let S = {l, 2, 3, ... , 10}. Suppose M is the set of all the subsets of
11. Let A = {1, 2, 3, ..., 100}. Let R be a relation on A defined by (x,
S, then the relation R = {(A, B): A  B  ; A, B  M} is:
y) ∈ R if and only if 2x = 3y. Let R1 be a symmetric relation on A
 [27 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)] such that R ⊂ R1 and the number of elements in R1 is n. Then, the
(a) Symmetric and reflexive only minimum value of n is ______. [31 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)]
(b) Reflexive only
(c) Symmetric and transitive only 12. Let S = {x ∈ R : ( 3 + 2) x + ( 3 − 2) x = }
10 . Then the
(d) Symmetric only number of elements in S is: [01 Feb, 2024 (Shift-I)]
2. Let A and B be two finite sets with m and n elements respectively. (a) 4 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
The total number of subsets of the set A is 56 more than the total 13. The number of elements in the set S = {(x, y, z) : x, y,
z ∈ Z, x + 2y + 3z = 42, x, y, z ≥ 0} equals __________.
number of subsets of B. Then the distance of the point P(m, n)
from the point Q(–2, –3) is [27 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)]  [01 Feb, 2024 (Shift-I)]
(a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8 14. Let A = {1, 2, 3, .... 20}. Let R1 and R2 two relation on A such that
R1 = {(a, b) : b is divisible by a} R2 = {(a, b) : a is an integral multiple
3. Let R be a relation on Z × Z defined by (a, b)R(c, d) if and only if of b}. Then, number of elements in R1 – R2 is equal to ________.
ad – bc is divisible by 5.
Then R is [29 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)]  [01 Feb, 2024 (Shift-I)]

(a) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive 15. Consider the relations R 1 and R 2 defined as aR 1 b ⇔
a2 + b2 = 1 for all a, b,∈ R and (a, b)R2 (c, d) ⇔ a + d
(b) Reflexive but neither symmetric not transitive
= b + c for all (a, b), (c, d) ∈ N × N. Then
(c) Reflexive, symmetric and transitive
 [01 Feb, 2024 (Shift-II)]
(d) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(a) Only R1 is an equivalence relation
4. If R is the smallest equivalence relation on the set {1, 2, 3, 4} such (b) Only R2 is an equivalence relation
that {(1, 2), (1, 3)} ⊂ R, then the number of elements in R is
(c) R1 and R2 both are equivalence relations
 [29 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)]
(d) Neither R1 nor R2 is an equivalence relation
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 15
16. In a survey of 220 students of a higher secondary school, it
5. Let the set = − 2 y 2023, x, y ∈ }. Then
C {( x, y ) | x 2= was found that at least 125 and at most 130 students studied
∑ ( x + y) is equal to Mathematics; at least 85 and at most 95 studied Physics; at least
( x , y )∈C
[29 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)] 75 and at most 90 studied Chemistry; 30 studied both Physics
and Chemistry; 50 studied both Chemistry and Mathematics; 40
6. A group of 40 students appeared in an examination of studied both Mathematics and Physics and 10 studied none of these
3 s u b j e c t s - M a t h e m a t i c s , P h y s i c s & C h e m i s t r y. subjects. Let m and n respectively be the least and the most number
It was found that all students passed in at least one of the subjects, of students who studied all the three subjects. Then m + n is equal
20 students passed in Mathematics, 25 students passed in Physics, to _______ [04 April, 2024 (Shift-I)]
16 students passed in Chemistry, at most 11 students passed in
both Mathematics and Physics, at most 15 students passed in 17. Let a relation R on  ×  be defined as : (x1, y1)R(x2, y2) if and
both Physics and Chemistry, at most 15 students passed in both only if x1 ≤ x2 or y1 ≤ y2
Mathematics and Chemistry. The maximum number of students Consider the two statements :
passed in all the three subjects is [30 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)]
(I) R is reflexive but not symmetric.
7. Let A = {1, 2, 3, ...7} and let P(A) denote the power set of A. If the (II) R is transitive
number of functions f : A → P ( A ) such that a ∈ f ( a ) , ∀a ∈ A Then which one of the following is true?
is mn, m and n ∈N and m is least, then m + n is equal to ______.  [04 April, 2024 (Shift-II)]
(a) Only (II) is correct.
 [30 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)]
(b) Only (I) is correct.
8. The number of symmetric relations defined on the set {1, 2, 3, 4}
which are not reflexive is _______. [30 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)] (c) Both (I) and (II) are correct.
9. Let S be the set of positive integral values of a for which (d) Neither (I) nor (II) is correct.
2
ax + 2(a + 1) x + 9a + 4
< 0, ∀x ∈ R . 18. If S = {a ∈ R : | 2a – 1| = 3[a] + 2{a}] where [t] denotes the
x 2 − 8 x + 32
Then, the number of elements in S is: [31 Jan, 2024 greatest integer less than or equal to t and {t} represents the
(Shift-I)] fractional part of t, then 72 ∑ a is equal to _________.
a∈s

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) ∞ (d) 3  [05 April, 2024 (Shift-I)]

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 19. Let the
= set S {2, 4,8,16,….,512} be partitioned into 3 sets A,  a 
27. Among the relations
= S ( a, b ) : a, b ∈  − {0} , 2 + > 0 
B, C with equal number of elements such that A ∪ B ∪ C = S  b 
and A ∩ B = B ∩ C = A ∩ C = φ . The maximum number of
such possible partitions of S is equal to :
and T
= {( a, b ) : a, b ∈, a 2
− b2 ∈ Z }
 [31 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
(a) 1680 (b) 1520 [05 April, 2024 (Shift-II)]
(a) S is transitive but T is not
(c) 1710 (d) 1640
(b) T is symmetric but S is not
20. Let A = {n ∈ [100, 700] ∩ N : n is neither a multiple of 3 nor a
multiple of 4}. Then the number of elements in A is (c) Neither S nor T is transitive
 [06 April, 2024 (Shift-I)] (d) Both S and T are symmetric
(a) 300 (b) 280 28. Let R be a relation on N × N defined by (a, b) R(c, d) if and only
(c) 310 (d) 290 if ad(b – c) = bc(a – d). Then R is
[31 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
21. Let the relations R1 and R2 on the set
(a) Symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive.

X = {1, 2, 3, ..., 20} be given by
(b) Transitive but neither reflexive nor symmetric.

R1 = {(x, y) : 2x – 3y = 2} and
(c) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive.

R2 = {(x, y) : –5x + 4y = 0}. If M and N be the minimum number of
elements required to be added in R1 and R2, respectively, in order (d) Symmetric and transitive but not reflexive.
to make the relations symmetric, then M + N equals 29. An organization awarded 48 medals in event ‘A’, 25 in event ‘B’
 [06 April, 2024 (Shift-I)]
and 18 in event ‘C’. If these medals went to total 60 men and only
(a) 8 (b) 16 five men got medals in all the three events, then, how many received
(c) 12 (d) 10 medals in exactly two of three events?[11 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]

22. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. Let R be a relation on A defined by xRy if

(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) 15
and only if 4x ≤ 5y. Let m be the number of elements in R and n
30. Let P(S) denote the power set of S = {1,2,3,...,10}. Define the
be the minimum number of elements from A × A that are required
to be added to R to make it a symmetric relation. Then m + n is
(
relations R1 and R2 on P(S) as AR1 B if A ∩ B c ∪ B ∩ Ac = φ ) ( )
equal to: [06 April, 2024 (Shift-II)] and AR2 B if A ∪ B c =B ∪ Ac , ∀A, B ∈ P ( S ) . Then:
(a) 24 (b) 23
 [1 Feb, 2023 (Shift-II)]
(c) 25 (d) 26
(a) Both R1 and R2 are equivalence relations
23. I f t h e s e t =
R {( a, b ) ; a + 5=
b 42, a, b ∈} h a s m e l e m e n t s (b) Only R1 is an equivalence relation
and ∑m (1 + i ) =x + iy ,
n =1
n!
where I= −1 , then the value of (c) Only R2 is an equivalence relation

m + x + y s: [08 April, 2024 (Shift-I)] (d) Both R1 and R2 are not equivalence relations
(a) 8 (b) 12 by R {( a, b ) : 3a − 3 b + 7 is an
31. Let R be a relation on  , given=
(c) 4 (d) 5
irrational number}. Then R is [1 Feb, 2023 (Shift-I)]
24. Let A = {2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11} and B = {1, 4, 5, 10, 15} Let R be a
(a) Reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
relation on A × B define by (a, b)R (c, d) if and only if 3 ad – 7 bc
is an even integer. Then the relation R is [08 April, 2024 (b) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(Shift-II)] (c) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
(a) reflexive but not symmetric. (d) An equivalence relation
(b) transitive but not symmetric. 32. The relation R ={( a, b ) : gcd ( a, b ) =1, 2a ≠ b, a, b ∈ } is:
(c) reflexive and symmetric but not transitive. [24 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
(d) an equivalence relation. (a) Transitive but not reflexive
25. Let A = {2, 3, 6, 7} and B = {4, 5, 6, 8}. Let R be a relation defined (b) Symmetric but not transitive
on A × B by (a1, b1) R(a2, b2 ) is and if only if a1 + a2 = b1 + b2.
(c) Reflexive but not symmetric
Then the number of elements in R is __________.
 [09 April, 2024 (Shift-I)] (d) Neither symmetric nor transitive
26. Let A = {2, 3, 4} and B = {8, 9, 12}. Then the number of 33. The number of 3 digit numbers, that are divisible by either 3 or 4
elements in the relation R = {((a 1, b 1), (a 2, b 2)) ∈ (A × B, but not divisible by 48, is [29 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
A × B) : a1 divides b2 and a2 divides b1} is:
(a) 472 (b) 432
[10 April, 2023 (Shift-II)]
(a) 36 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 24 (c) 507 (d) 400

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34. Let R be a relation defined on  as a R b is 2a +3b is a multiple of 43. The number of elements in the set {n ∈ N : 10 ≤ n ≤ 100} and 3n
5, a, b ∈  . Then R is [29 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)] – 3 is a multiple of 7} is _______. [15 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]
(a) Not reflexive 44. Let A={1, 2, 3, 4,.....10} and B = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}. The number of
(b) Transitive but not symmetric elements in the relation R = {(a, b) ∈ A × A: 2(a – b)2 + 3(a – b)
(c) Symmetric but not transitive ∈ B} is________. [6 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]
(d) An equivalence relation 45. Let A = {0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10} and R be the relation defined on A
35. The minimum number of elements that must be added to the relation such that R = {(x, y)∈ A × A: x – y is odd positive integer or x – y
R = {(a, b), (b, c)} on the set {a, b, c} so that it becomes symmetric = 2}. The minimum number of elements that must be added to the
and transitive is: relation R, so that it is a symmetric relation, is equal to
[30 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
 [8 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]
(a) 4 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 3
46. The number of relations, on the set {1, 2, 3} containing (1, 2) and
36. Let A = {1, 3, 4, 6, 9} and B = {2, 4, 5, 8, 10}. Let (2, 3), which are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is
R be a relation defined on A × B such that R = {((a 1 , b 1 ),
(a2, b2)): a1 ≤ b2 and b1 ≤ a2}. Then the number of elements in the  [12 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]
set R is [11 April, 2023 (Shift-II)]
(a) 26 (b) 160 {
47. The number of elements in the set n ∈  : n 2 − 10n + 19 < 6 is }
_________. [10 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]
(c) 180 (d) 52
37. Let W be the sample space and A ⊆ W be an event. Given below 48. Let R1 = {(a,b) ∈ N × N : |a – b| ≤ 13} and R2 = {(a,b) ∈ N × N : |a – b|
are two statements: [24 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)] ≠ 13}. Then on N [28 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
(S1): If P(A) = 0, then A = f (a) Both R1 and R2 are equivalence relations
(S2): If P(A) = 1, then A = W (b) Neither R1 nor R2 is an equivalence relation
Then (c) R1 is an equivalence relation but R2 is not
(a) Only (S1) is true (d) R2 is an equivalence relation but R1 is not
(b) Only (S2) is true 49. Let R1 and R2 be two relations defined on R by
(c) Both (S1) and (S2) are true
a R1 b ⇔ ab ≥ 0 and a R2 b ⇔ a ≥ b
(d) Both (S1) and (S2) are false
Then,  [27 July, 2022 (Shift-I)]

38. In a group of 100 persons 75 speak English and 40 speak Hindi. (a) R1 is an equivalence relation but not R2
Each person speaks at least one of the two languages. If the number (b) R2 is an equivalence relation but not R1
of persons, who speak only English is a and the number of persons
who speak only Hindi is b, then the eccentricity of the ellipse (c) Both R1 and R2 are equivalence relations

( )
25 β2 x 2 + α 2 y 2 = α 2β2 is [6 April, 2023 (Shift-II)] (d) Neither R1 nor R2 is an equivalence relation

3 15 117 50. Let S   x  [6, 3]  {2, 2} : | x  3 | 1  0  and

(a) (b) | x | 2
12 12  

119 129 T = {x ∈ Z : x2 – 7 |x| + 9 ≤ 0}. Then the number of elements

(c) (d) of S ∩ T is [28 July, 2022 (Shift-II)]
12 12
39. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}. Then the relation R = {(x,y) ∈ A × A : (a) 7 (b) 5
x + y = 7}is [8 April, 2023 (Shift-II)] (c) 4 (d) 3
(a) Transitive but neither symmetric nor reflexive 51. Let R be a relation from the set {1,2,3. ...., 60} to itself such that
(b) Reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive R = {(a,b):b = pq where p,q ≥ 3 are prime numbers}. Then, the
number of elements in R is:
(c) An equivalence relation  [29 July, 2022 (Shift-I)]
(d) Symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive (a) 600 (b) 660
40. Let A = {–4, –3, –2, 0, 1, 3, 4} and R = {(a, b) ∈ A × A : b = |a| (c) 540 (d) 720
or b2 = a + 1} be a relation on A. Then the minimum number of
elements, that must be added to the relation R so that it becomes  n
52. For n ∈ N, let S n  z ∈ C :| z − 3 + 2i |= 
4
and

reflexive and symmetric, is [13 April, 2023 (Shift-II)]
 1
41. The minimum number of elements that must be added to the Tn  z ∈ C :| z − 2 + 3i |=  . Then, the number of elements in the
 n
relation R = {(a, b), (b, c), (b, d)} on the set {a, b, c, d} so that it
is an equivalence relation, is [24 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)] set {n ∈ N : S n ∩ Tn =
φ} is
42. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and R be a relation on the set A × A defined by R  [25 July, 2022 (Shift-I)]
= {((a, b), (c, d)): 2a+ 3b = 4c + 5d}. Then the number of elements in (a) 0 (b) 2
R is: [15 April, 2023 (Shift-I)] (c) 3 (d) 4

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 53. For α ∈ N, consider a relation R on N given by R = {(x,y) : 3x + (a) Reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
αy is a multiple of 7}. The relation R is an equivalence relation if (b) An equivalence relation
and only if: [28 July, 2022 (Shift-I)] (c) Symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
(a) α =14 (d) Reflexive and symmetric, but not transitive
(b) α is a multiple of 4
(c) 4 is the remainder when α is divided by 10
{ }
65. If A = {x ∈ R; |x – 2| > 1}, B = x ∈ R : x 2 − 3 > 1 , C = {x ∈

R; |x – 4| ≥ 2} and Z is the set of all integers, then the number of

(d) 4 is the remainder when α is divided by 7
subsets of the set (A ∩ B ∩ C)C ∩ Z is _____.
54. Let a set A = A1 ∪ A2 ∪ .... ∪ Ak,, where Ai ∩ Aj = φ for i ≠ j, 1 ≤  [27 Aug, 2021 (Shift-I)]
i, j ≤ k. Define the relation R from A to A by R = {(x, y) : y ∈ Ai if
66. The number of elements in the set {x ∈ R : (|x| – 3) |x + 4| = 6} is
and only if x ∈ Ai, ≤ i ≤ k}. Then, R is :[29 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
equal to [16 March, 2021 (Shift-I)]
(a) Reflexive, symmetric but not transitive
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
(b) Reflexive, transitive but not symmetric 67. Define a relation R over a class of n × n real matrices A and B as
(c) Reflexive but not symmetric and transitive ''ARB iff there exists a non-singular matrix P such that PAP–1 = B".
Then which of the following is true?
(d) An equivalence relation  [18 March, 2021 (Shift-II)]
55. The probability that a relation R from {x, y} to {x, y} is both (a) R is reflexive, symmetric but not transitive
symmetric and transitive, is equal to (b) R is symmetric, transitive but no reflexive
[29 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
(c) R is reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
(a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 13 (d) R is an equivalence relation
16 16 16 16
68. Out of all the patients in a hospital 89% are found to be suffering
from heart ailment and 98% are suffering from lungs infection.
56. Let R1 and R2 be relations on the set {1,2, ... 50} such that R1 {(p,
If K% of them are suffering from both ailments, then K can not
pn) : p is a prime and n ≥ 0 is an integer} and R2 {(p, pn) : p is a
belong to the set: [26 Aug, 2021 (Shift-I)]
prime and n = 0 or 1}. Then, the number of elements in R1 – R2 is
(a) {80,83,86,89} (b) {84,87,90,93}
[28 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
(c) {84,86,88,90} (d) {79,81,83,85}
3i − 1
 2 −1 −1 ω= , 69. Let x denote the total number of one-one functions from a set A
  2
57. L e=
t A 1 0 −1 and B = A – I. If with 3 elements to a set B with 5 elements and y denote the total
then the number
 1 −1

of0 elements in the set {n ∈ {1,2,...,100} : number of one-one functions from the set A to the set A × B. Then
An + (wB)n = A + B} is equal to……
 [25 Feb, 2021 (Shift-II)]
 [25 July, 2022 (Shift-I)] (a) 2y = 273x (b) 2y = 91x (c) y = 91x (d) y = 273x
58. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}. Define B = {T ⊆ A : either 1∉ T or 2 70. Let A = {2,3,4,5,...,30} and '  ' bean equivalence relation on A
∈ T} and C = {T ⊆ A : T is the sum of all the elements of T is a × A, defined by (a, b)  (c, d), if and only if ad  bc . Then the
prime number}. Then the number of elements in the set B ∪ C is number of ordered pairs which satisfy this equivalence relation
_______ with ordered pair (4, 3) is equal to: [16 March, 2021 (Shift-II)]
 [25 July, 2022 (Shift-II)]
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 7
59. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} and B = {3, 6, 7, 9}. Then
the number of elements in the set {C ⊆ A : C ∩ B ≠ f} 71. In a school, there are three types of games to be played. Some of
is __________ [26 July, 2022 (Shift-II)] the students play two types of games, but none play all the three
games. Which Venn diagrams can justify the above statement?
60. The sum of all the elements of the set {a ∈ {1,2,....,100} : HCF
(a, 24) = 1} is [24 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]  [17 March, 2021 (Shift-I)]
61. Let A = {n ∈ N : H.C.F. (n, 45) = 1} and Let B = {2k :
k ∈ {1,2,....,100}}. Then the sum of all the elements of
A ∩ B is_______. [26 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
62. Let S = {4,6,9} and T = {9,10,11, ..., 1000}.
P Q R
If A = {a1 + a2 + ... + ak : k ∈ N, a1, a2, a3, ..., ak ∈ S}, then
the sum of all the elements in the set T – A is equal to (a) Q and R (b) None of these
 [29 July, 2022 (Shift-I)] (c) P and R (d) P and Q
72. Which of the following is not correct for relation R on the set of
63. L e t =
S {( x, y ) ∈ N × N : 9( x − 3) 2
+ 16( y − 4) 2 ≤ 144} and
real numbers? [31 Aug, 2021 (Shift-I)]
T
= {( x, y ) ∈ R × R : ( x − 7) 2
}
+ ( y − 4) 2 ≤ 36 . (a) ( x, y ) ∈ R ⇔ 0 < x − y ≤ 1 is neither transitive nor symmet-
ric.
Then n ( S ∩ T ) is equal to [29 July, 2022 (Shift-II)] (b) ( x, y ) ∈ R ⇔ x − y ≤ 1 is reflexive and symmetric.
64. Let N be the set of natural numbers and a relation R on N be defined (c) ( x, y ) ∈ R ⇔ x − y ≤ 1 is reflexive but not symmetric.
by R = {(x, y) ∈ N × N: x3 – 3x2y – xy2 + 3y3 = 0}. Then the relation
R is: [27 July, 2021 (Shift-II)]
(d) ( x, y ) ∈ R ⇔ 0 < x − y ≤ 1 is symmetric and transitive.

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73. Let Z, be the set of all integers, 50 n

{
=A ( x, y ) ∈ Z × Z : ( x − 2) 2 + y 2 ≤ 4 } 84. Let =
Xi 
=i 1 =i 1
= Yi T where each Xi contains 10 elements and each

B {( x, y ) ∈ Z × Z : x + y
=

2 2
≤4 } Yi contains 5 elements. If each element of the set T is an element
of exactly 20 of sets Xi′s and exactly 6 of sets Yi′s, then n is equal
{ }
C ( x, y ) ∈ Z × Z : ( x − 2)
= 2 2
+ ( y − 2) ≤ 4
to [4 Sep, 2020 (Shift-II)]
If the total number of relations from A ∩ B to A ∩ C is 2P, then the (a) 50 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d) 45
value of p is: [27 Aug, 2021 (Shift-II)] 85. A survey shows that 63% of the people in a city read newspaper
(a) 49 (b) 9 (c) 16 (d) 25 A whereas 76% read newspaper B. If x% of the people read both
the newspapers, then a possible value of x can be:
74. Let R = {P, Q) | P and Q are at the same distance from  [4 Sep, 2020 (Shift-I)]
the origin} be a relation, then the equivalence class of (a) 37 (b) 55 (c) 29 (d) 65
(1, –1) is the set [26 Feb, 2021 (Shift-I)]
86. Let A, B, C and D be four non – empty sets. The contrapositive
(a) S = {(x, y) | x2 + y2 = 1} (b) S = {(x, y) | x2 + y2 = 4} statement of “If A ⊆ B and B ⊆ D, then A ⊆ C ” is:
(c) S = {(x, y) | x2 + y2 = 2 } (d) S = {(x, y) | x2 + y2 = 2}  [7 Jan, 2020 (Shift-II)]
75. Let S = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9]. Then the number of elements in the set (a) If A ⊆ C, then B ⊆ A or D ⊆ B
T = {A ⊆ S : A ≠ f and the sum of all the elements of A is not a (b) If A C, then A B or B ⊆ D
multiple of 3} is [27 Aug, 2021 (Shift-II)] (c) If A C, then A B or B D
76. The number of elements in the set (d) If A C, then A ⊆ B or B ⊆ D
{n ∈ {1, 2,3,….100} | (11) n n
> (10) + (9) n
} is ______ 87. Set A has m elements and Set B has n elements. If the total number
 [22 July, 2021 (Shift-II)] of subsets of A is 112 more than total number of subsets of B, then

77. Let A = {n ∈N:n is a 3-digit number} B = {9k + 2 : k ∈ N } and the value of m · n is ________. [6 Sep, 2020 (Shift-I)]
C = {9k +: k ∈ N } for some (0 << 9) . If the sum of all the 88. Let X = {n ∈ N : 1 ≤ n ≤ 50}. If A = {n ∈ X: n is a multiple of 2);
elements of the set A ∩ ( B ∪ C ) is 274 × 400 , then  is equal B = {n ∈ X: n is a multiple of 7}, then the number of elements in
to___________. the smallest subset of X containing both A and B is .
 [24 Feb, 2021 (Shift-I)]  [7 Jan, 2020 (Shift-II)]
78. Let A ={n ∈ N|n 2 ≤ n + 10,000), B = {3k + l|k ∈ N} and 89. In a class of 140 students numbered 1 to 140, all even numbered
C = {2k | k∈N}, then the sum of all the elements of the set A ∩ students opted Mathematics course, those whose number is
(B – C) is equal to ____.  [27 July, 2021 (Shift-II)] divisible by 3 opted Physics course and those whose number is
divisible by 5 opted Chemistry course. Then the number of students
who did not opt for any of the three courses is: [10 Jan, 2019
79. The sum of all the elements in the set {n ∈ {1, 2, ......, 100} H.C.F.
(Shift-I)]
of n and 2040 is 1} is equal to........ [22 July, 2021 (Shift-II)]
(a) 102 (b) 42 (c) 1 (d) 38
80. Let R1 and R2 be two relation defined as follows:
90. Let A, B and C be sets such that φ ≠ Α ∩ Β ⊆ C. Then which of the
R1 = {(a, b) ∈ R2 : a2 + b2 ∈ Q} and
following statements is not true? [12 April, 2019 (Shift-II)]
R2 = {(a, b) ∈ R2 : a2 + b2 ∉ Q}, where Q is the set of all the rational
(a) If ( A − C ) ⊆ B then A ⊆ B
numbers. Then [3 Sep, 2020 (Shift-II)]
(b) (C ∪ A) ∩ (C ∪ B) =
C
(a) Neither R1 nor R2 is transitive
(c) If ( A − B) ⊆ C , then A ⊆ C
(b) R2 is transitive but R1 is not transitive
(c) R1 and R2 are both transitive (d) B ∩ C ≠ φ
(d) R1 is transitive but R2 is not transitive 91. Two newspapers A and B are published in a city. It is known that
25% of the city populations reads A and 20% reads B while 8%
81. A survey shows that 73% of the persons working in an office like reads both A and B. Further, 30% of those who read A but not B look
coffee, whereas 65% like tea. If x denotes the percentage of them, into advertisements and 40% of those who read B but not A also
look into advertisements, while 50% of those who read both A and
who like both coffee and tea, then x cannot be: B look into advertisements. Then the percentage of the population
 [5 Sep, 2020 (Shift-I)] who look into advertisement is:
 [9 April, 2019 (Shift-II)]
(a) 63 (b) 36 (c) 38 (d) 54
(a) 12.8 (b) 13.5 (c) 13.9 (d) 13
82. If A = {x ∈ R:|x| < 2} and B = {x ∈ R : |x – 2| ≥ 3}: then: 2
92. Let Z be the set of integers. If A = {X ∈ Z : 2(x+2)(x –5x+6) =1} and
[9 Jan, 2020 (Shift-II)]
B ={x ∈ Z: –3 < 2x – 1 < 9}, then the number of subsets of the set
(a) B – A = R –(–2, 5) (b) A ∩ B = (–2, –1) A×B, is: [12 Jan, 2019 (Shift-II)]
(c) A – B = [–1, 2) (d) A ∪ B = R –(2, 5) (a) 215 (b) 218 (c) 212 (d) 210
93. Let S = {1,2,3,......, 100}. The number of non-empty subsets A of
83. If R = {(x, y): x, y ∈ Z, x2 + 3y2 ≤ 8} is a relation on the set of
S such that the product of elements in A is even is:
integers Z, then the domain R–1 is: [2 Sep, 2020 (Shift-I)]
 [12 Jan, 2019 (Shift-I)]
(a) {–2, –1, 0, 1, 2} (b) {–2, –1, 1, 2} (a) 2100 – 1 (b) 250 (250 – 1)
(c) {–1, 0, 1} (d) {0, 1} (c) 250 – 1 (d) 250 + 1

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 Answer Key (Manthan)
Exercise-1
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (d)
11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (d)
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (d) 29. (b) 30. (c)
31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (a)
41. (b)

Exercise-2
1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (b)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (c) 16. (3, 4) 17. (1, 4) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (d)
21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (52) 25. (0)

Exercise-3(PYQ's)
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. [46] 6. [10] 7. [44] 8. [960] 9. (b) 10. [16]
11. [66] 12. (c) 13. [169] 14. [46] 15. (b) 16. [45] 17. (b) 18. [18] 19. (a) 20. (a)
21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. [25] 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (a)
31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (c) 39. (d) 40. [7]
41. [13] 42. [6] 43. [15] 44. [18] 45. [19] 46. [3] 47. [6] 48. (b) 49. (d) 50. (d)
51. (b) 52. (*) 53. (d) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. [8] 57. [17] 58. [107] 59. [112] 60. [1633]
61. [5264] 62. [11] 63. [27] 64. (a) 65. [256] 66. (b) 67. (d) 68. (d) 69. (b) 70. (d)
71. (b) 72. (d) 73. (d) 74. (d) 75. [80] 76. [96] 77. [5] 78. [832] 79. [1251] 80. (a)
81. (b) 82. (a) 83. (c) 84. (c) 85. (b) 86. (c) 87. [28] 88. [29] 89. (d) 90. (a)
91. (c) 92. (a) 93. (b)

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