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SET THEORY by commas and are enclosed within brackets { }


SYNOPSIS (curly brackets). For example, the set A of all odd
natural numbers less than 10 in the roster form is
 Object : In our mathematical language ,every
written as A = {1,3,5,7,9}
thing in this universe ,whether living or non living
1) In roster form, every element of the set is listed
is called an object.
only once.
 Set : A set is a well defined collection of objects. 2) The order in which the elements are listed is
The objects in a set are called its members or immaterial.
elements. Eg 1: Each of the following sets denotes the same
 Well defined: Well defined is for a given set {1, 2, 3}, {3, 2, 1}, {1, 3, 2}.
object, it is possible to determine, whether that Eg 2: Roster form or tabular form of set of all
object belongs to the given collection or not. letters in the word 'MATHEMATICS' is given by
The following collections constitute a set: { M,A,T,H,I,E,C,S}
1) The vowels in english alphabets : a,e,i,o,u Note : (i) All infinite sets cannot be described in
2) All prime numbers the roster form
3) All rivers flowing in india. (ii) The set of real numbers cannot be described
4) The collection of all prime numbers less than20. in this form , because these elements of the set do
 Not well defined: The collection of all beautiful not follow any particular pattern.
girls of india is not a set,since the term 'beautiful' is  Set - Builder form : In this form, All the
vague and it is not well defined.similarly 'rich elements of a set possess a single common property
persons', 'honest persons' ,'good players', 'young or characterstic property which is not possessed
men' , ‘yesterday’, etc., do not form sets. by any element outside the set.
 Notations: The sets are usually denoted by write a variable (say x) representing any member
capital letters A, B, C, etc. The members or of the set followed by colon( : ) or slash ( / ) which
elements of the set are denoted by lower-case letters is follwed by a property satisfied by each member
a, b, c, etc.If x is a member of the set A, we write of the set. i.e., A set is denoted as { x : x satisfies
x  A (read as x belongs to A) and if x is not a p(x) where p(x) is the common property}.
member of the set A, we write x  A (read as x For example, the set A of all prime numbers less
does not belong to A). If x and y both belong to A, than 10 in the set-builder form is written as
we write x, y  A. some examples of sets used A = {x / x is a prime number less than 10}
particularly in mathematics The symbol '/' stands for the words 'such that'.
N: The set of all natural numbers Sometimes, we use the symbol ':' in place of the
I or Z : The set of all integers symbol '/'.
Q :The set of all rational numbers Eg : Set builder form of {a,e,i,o,u} is
R :The set of all real numbers V= { x : x is a vowel in english alphabet }
z  : The set of all positive integers  Classification (or) Types of Sets :
Q : The set of all positive rational numbers  Empty Set or Null Set or void set:
A set which has no elements is called the null set or
R  : The set of all positive real numbers empty set or void set. It is denoted by the symbol
 Representation of a Set : Usually, sets are  or { }. For example, each of the following is a
represented in the following two ways. null set.
1. Roster form or Tabular form.
Eg 1 : Let A = { x : 1< x <2, x is a natural
2. Set Builder form or Rule Method.
number} then A is the empty set because there is
 Roster form : In this form, all elements of no natural number between 1and 2.
a set are listed ,the elements are being separated
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Eg 2:The set of all real numbers whose square  Subset and Superset: Let A and B be any
is -1. two sets. If every element of A is an element of B,
Eg 3: The set of all rational numbers whose square then A is called a subset of B and we write A  B .
is 2.
If A  B , then ,B is called superset of A and we
Note : A set consisting of atleast one element is
called a non-empty set. write B  A .
 Singleton Set : A set having only one element is  Proper Subset: If A  B and A  B then A
called a singleton set. is called a proper subset of B and we write A  B
Eg 1 : {0},{  } are singleton sets, which (read as A is a proper subset of B or B is a proper
contains only one element. superset of A)
Eg 2 : Let A  {x : x  N and x 2  9  0} then Eg : The set Q of rational numbers is proper subset
of real number set R.
A  3 , which is a singleton set. In two sets one is a subset of the other ,then the
But { x : x  Z and x 2  9  0 } = {-3 ,3 }is sets are called comparable sets.
not a singleton set.  Properties of subset:
 Finite and Infinite Sets : A set which is 1) Every set is a subset and a superset of itself.
empty or consists of finite number of elements is 2) The empty set is the subset of every set.
called a finite set. Otherwise, it is called an infinite 3) If A is a set with n(A)=m, then the number of
set. For example, the set of all days in a week is a subsets of A is 2 m and the number of proper subsets
finite set. Where as, the set of all integers, denoted
of A is 2 m  1 .
by Z={..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ...} or {x / x is an integer},
is an infinite set. Note : If A,B,C are any three sets,then
 Cardinal Number (or) Order of a set: i) A  B,B  C  A  C
The number of distinct elements in a finite set A is ii) A  B,B  C  A  C
called the cardinal number of the set A and is iii) A  B,B  C  A  C
denoted by n(A) or O(A) or A . iv) A  B,B  C  A  C
Eg : If A = { 2,4,6,8,10,12} then, n(A) = 6.  Power Set : The set of all subsets of a given set
 Equal Sets : If A and B are two sets such that A is called power set of A and is denoted by P(A).
every member of A is a member of B and every Clearly, if A has n elements, then its power set P(A)
member of B is a member of A, then we say that A
and B are equal, we write as A = B. Otherwise contains exactly 2n elements.
the sets are said to be unequal and we write as For example, if A={1, 2, 3}, then
AB . P(A)={  , {1}, {2}, {3}, {1, 2}, {1,3},{2, 3},
Eg 1 : A = {1,2,3 }, B = { 3,1,2 } Then A=B {1, 2, 3}}.
Eg 2 : A set does not change if one or more  Universal Set : If there are some sets under
elements of the set is repeated. consideration , then there happens to be a set which
A= { 1,2,3} B = { 2,2,1,3,3} are equal sets.That is a superset of each one of the given sets. Such a
is why we generally do not repeat any element in set is known as the universal set for those sets,We
describing a set. shall denote by U or  .
Note : A = { 1,2,3} B = { 1,3,4} Then A  B Eg 1 : A = {1,2,3} B = { 2,3,4,5} C ={6,7}
 Equivalent Sets: Two finite sets A and B are Then we consider U={ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7} as its one
said to be equivalent, if n(A) = n(B). of the universal sets.
Clearly, equal sets are equivalent but equivalent sets Eg 2 : In the study of two dimensional geometry,
need not be equal. the set of all points in the XY- plane is called
For example, the sets A={4, 5, 3, 2} and universal set.
B={1, 6, 8, 9} are equivalent but are not equal.
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 Disjoint sets : If two sets A and B are such  Important Results : In general
that they do not have any elements in common 1. A  B  B  A
i.e., A  B   ,then A,B are said to be disjoint 2. The sets A-B, B-A and A  B are disjoint
sets. sets.
Eg:A= { X : X is odd number}, 3. A  B  A and B  A  B
B = {X : X is even number } then A,B have no 4. A    A and A  A  
common elements.  Symmetric Difference of Two sets :
 Venn Diagram : In order to express the The symmetric difference of two sets A and B,
relationship among sets in perspective,we denoted by AB , is defined as
represent them pictorially by means of diagrams is
AB   A  B    B  A    A  B    A  B 
called Venn Diagram. In these diagrams ,the
universal set is represented by a rectangular region Eg : If A={1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B={1, 3, 5, 7, 9}
and the subsets by circles inside the rectangle.We then AB   A  B    B  A 
represent disjoint sets by disjoint circles and
intersecting sets by intersecting circles.  2, 4  7,9  2, 4,7,9
Operations on Sets :  Complement of a Set : If U is a universal
 Union of Two Sets : The union of two sets A set and A is a subset of U, then the complement of
A is the set which contains those elements of U,
and B, written as A  B (read as A union B), is
which are not contained in A and is denoted by A'
the set consisting of all the elements which are either
in A or in B or in both. Thus, or Ac . Thus, A '  x : x  U and x  A
A  B  x : x  A or x  B Eg : If U={1, 2, 3, 4, .........} and A = {2, 4, 6,
8, .....}, then, A'={1, 3, 5, 7, ......}.
Clearly (i) x  A  B  x  A or x  B
Properties of complement sets
(ii) x  A  B  x  A and x  B . i) U '   ii)  '  U
For example, if A={a, b, c, d} and B = {c,d,e,f},
iii) A  A '  U iv) AA' 
then A  B ={a, b, c, d, e, f}.
 Intersection of Two Sets : The intersection of v)  A ' '  A , law of double complementation.
two sets A and B, written as A  B (read as A
intersection B) is the set consisting of all the vi)  A  B'  A'  B' and
common elements of A and B. Thus,
 A  B'  A'  B' are called demorgan laws
A  B  x : x  A and x  B
Algebra of sets :
Clearly (i) x  A  B  x  A and x  B i) Idempotent Laws : For any set A, we have
(ii) x  A  B  x  A or x  B . a) A  A  A b) A  A  A
For example, if A={a, b, c, d} and ii) Commutative Laws : For any two sets A
B = {c,d,e,f} then A  B ={c, d}. and B, we have
a) A  B  B  A b) A  B  B  A
 Difference of Two Sets : If A and B are two
iii) Identity Laws : For any set A, U is universal
A set, we have
sets, then their difference A – B or A \ B (or)
B a) A    A b) A    
is defined as : A  B  x : x  A and x  B c) A  U  U d) A  U  A
iv) Associative Laws : For any three sets A, B and
Similarly, B  A  x : x  B and x  A
C, we have
For example, if A={1,2,3,4} and
a) A   B  C    A  B   C
B={1,3,5,7,9}, then A–B={2,4} and
B – A = {5,7,9}. b) A   B  C    A  B   C
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v) Distributive Laws: For any three sets A, B iii) n  A  B   n  A   n  B  ,
and C, we have
where A and B are disjoint non-empty sets
a) A   B  C    A  B    A  C  '
 
iv) n AB  n AB  n A n AB
b) A   B  C    A  B    A  C 
For any three sets A, B and C  n  A  B  n B 

i) A   B  C    A  B    A  C  v) n  B  A   n  A1  B   n  B   n  A  B 
ii) A   B  C    A  B    A  C   n  A  B   n  A
 For any two sets A and B, we have
a) P  A   P  B   P  A  B
'
'
 '
vi) n A  B  n  A  B  n  U   n  A  B

b) P  A   P  B   P  A  B  , where p  A  is  ' '


 '
vii) n A  B  n  A  B   n  U   n  A  B 
the power set of A.
 If A and B are any two sets then
'
  
'
viii) n  A  B  n  A  B  n A  B  n A  B 
i) A  B  A  B  B, A  B  A ix) n  A  B  C   n  A   n  B   n  C 
ii) A  B  A  (A  B)  (A  B)  B
n AB  n BC n CA  n  ABC
iii)(A  B)  (A  B)  A
x) If A1, A 2 , A3 ............. A n are pair-wise disjoint
iv)(A  B)  (B  A)  (A  B)  A  B
v) (A  B)  (B  A)  (A  B)  (A  B) sets, then n  A1  A 2  A3  ....  An 
vi) A  A  B , B  A  B , = n  A1   n  A2   n  A3   ....  n  A n 
AB A, AB B n  AB = number of elements which belong to

vii) A  B  A  B '
exactly one of A or B.
viii)  A  B  B  A  B n  AB   n  A  B    B  A
ix)  A  B  B    n  A  n  B   2n  A  B 
x) A  B  B'  A '  n  A  B   n  A  B
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xi) A  B  B  A  A and B are two sets and n  A   p , n  B   q,
xii) A  B  B  A  A  B
xiii) A  B  A  B  A  B Then (i) min n  A  B   max  p, q
 Properties on symmetric difference: (ii) max n  A  B   p  q,
A,B,C are any three sets
i) A  A ii) AA   (iii) min n  A  B   0
iii) AB  AC  B  C (iv) max n  A  B   min  p, q
iv) AB  BA v) (AB)C  A(BC)  No. of elements in exactly one of the sets A,B,C
vi) A   BC    A  B    A  C   n  A  n  B   n  C   2n  A  B  
 Some important results on cardinal 2n  B  C   2n  A  C   3n  A  B  C 
numbers: If A, B and C are finite sets and U  No. of elements in exactly two of the sets A,B,C
be the finite universal set, then
 n  A  B  nB  C 
 
'
i) n A  n  U   n  A 
 n  C  A   3n  A  B  C 
ii) n  A  B   n  A   n  B   n  A  B 
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Draw venn diagram
C.U.Q C
5. A   A  B   A   AC  B C 
1. Which of the following is an empty set
  A  AC    A  B C      A  B C   
1)  2) 0 3) n  N and n  1
6. Complement of A = U - A
4) The set of all even prime numbers
2. Let A and B be two sets such that A  B  A
LEVEL - I (C.W)
Then A  B is equal to
1)  2) B 3) A 4) A  B 1. Which of the following not a well defined
3. Which of the following is not correct? collection of objects
1) The set of Natural Numbers
1) A  A c if and only if A  
2) Rivers of India
2) A c  A if and only if A  X , where X is the 3) Various kinds of Triangles
universal set 4) Five most renowned Mathematicians of the
3) If A  B  A  C , then B = C world.
2. Write the solution set of the equation
4) A = B is equivalent to A  C  B  C and
x 2 + x -6 = 0 in roster form
A C  BC
4. If A and B are two sets then 1) {2, -3} 2) {1, 2} 3) {1, 2} 4) {1, 2}
3. Write the set A={1,4,9,16,25......}in set builder
 A  B    B  A   A  B  is form
1) A  B 2) A  B 3) A 4) B1 1) {x : x  n 2 where n  N}
C
5. A   A  B  2) {x : x  n 2 where n  W}
1) A 2) B 3)  4) A-B 3) {x : x  n 2 where n  Z}
6. If U  a, b, c, d , e, f , g , h and 4) {x : x  n 2 where n  Q}
A  a, b, c then complement of A is 4. Which of the following is not empty set
1) A ={x : 1<x<2, x is a natural number between
1) d , e, f  2) d , e, f , g , h 1 and 2}
3) a, b, c 4) d , e, g , h  2
2) B = x : x  2  0 and x is rational}
C.U.Q - KEY 3) C = x : x is even prime number >2}
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 1 5) 3 6) 2
C.U.Q - HINTS  2
4) D = x : x  0 and x is integer}
1. N = {1, 2, 3, ..............} 5. If A={x/x is a letter in the word
2. Since, A  B  A  B  A  A  B  B "ACCOUNTANCY"}then cardinality of A is
1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) 8
3. A c satisfies (1) and (2) by definition, (4) also
6. Let F1 be the set of all parallelograms, F2 be
follows trivially.
Assuming A to be any set other than the empty set, the set of rectangles, F3 be the set of
also B = A and C   , we have rhombuses, F4 be the set of squares and F5
A B  A  A C be the set of trapeziums in a plane then F1 =
But B  C , So (3) is incorrect
1) F2  F3 2) F2  F3  F4
4.  A  B    B  A   A  B   A  B 3) F3  F4  F5 4) F3  F1

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7. If the set of factors of a whole number 'n' 3. 12  1, 2 2  4,32  9.... all are square of natural
including 'n' itself but not '1' is denoted by F(n).
numbers.
If F 16   F  40   F  x  then 'x' is 4. 1) A   because there are no natural numbers
1) 4 2) 8 3) 6 4) 10 between 1 and 2.
8. If A is the set of the divisors of the number
2) B   because x 2  2  x  2 not a
15, B is the set of prime numbers smaller than
rational number
10 and C is the set of even numbers smaller
3) c   because there is only one even prime 2
than 9, then  A  C   B is the set 5. Different letters of the word ACCOUNTANCY is
1){1, 3, 5} 2){1, 2, 3} 3){2, 3, 5} 4){2, 5}
9. Let A={1,2,3,4,5,6}, B={2,4,6,8}then A - B =
A,C,O, U, N, T, Y ; Cardinality of A = 7.
1) {1,3,5} 2) {8} 3) {2,4,6} 4)  6. Since every rectangle, rhombus and square is a
parallelogram so F1  F2  F3  F4  F1
10. Let A  1, 2,3, 4 and B  2,3, 4,5, 6 ,
7. F 16   2, 4,8,16 , F  40   2, 4,8, 20, 40
then AB =
1) 2,3, 4 2) 1 3) 5,6 4) 1,5,6 F 16   F  40   2, 4,8  F  8
11. Let U={1,2,3,4,5,6}, A={2,3},B={3,4,5} then F  x   F 8   x  8
A1  B1 = __
8. A  1,3,5,15 , B  2,3,5, 7 , C  2, 4,6,8
1) {1,2} 2) {1,6} 3){1,5} 4){1,4}
12. In a class of 35 students,24 like to play cricket  A  C  1, 2,3, 4,5,6, 7,8,15
and 16 like to play football also each student
likes to play at least one of the two games.  A  C  B  2,3,5
How many students like to play both cricket 9. A-B= {1,2,3,4,5,6}-{2,4,6,8,}={1,3,5}
and football?
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 6  A B
10. AB   x : x  or x  
13. In a group of 70 people, 37 like coffee, 52 like  B A
tea and each person like atleast one of the 1
11. A = U-A={1,4,5,6}, B1 =U-B={1,2,6}
two drinks. The number of persons liking both
coffee and tea is A1  B1 ={1,6}
1) 16 2) 13 3) 19 4) 20 12. n(C)=24, n(F)=16, n(C  F)=35
14. If n(X)=28, n(Y)=32, n(X  Y)=50 then n(C  F)=n(c)+n(F)-n(C  F)
= 24 +16 – 35 = 40 – 35 = 5
n( X  Y ) =
1) 6 2) 7 3) 8 4)10 13. n  A  B   n  A   n  B   n  A  B 

15. If n(A)=50, n(B)=20 and n  A  B   10 then we have, 70  37  52  n  A  B 


14. n(X  Y)=n(x) +n(Y)-n(X U Y)
n  AB is
= 28 + 32 - 50 = 10
1) 50 2) 60 3) 70 4) 40
15. n  AB   n  A  B  n  A  B
LEVEL-I (C.W)-KEY
01) 4 02) 1 03) 1 04) 4 05) 3 06) 2  n(A)  n(B)  2n  A  B  = 50
07) 2 08) 3 09) 1 10) 4 11) 2 12) 3
13) 3 14) 4 15) 1 LEVEL - I (H.W)
LEVEL-I (C.W)-HINTS
1. For determining a mathematicians most 1. The group of beautiful girls is
renowned may vary from person to person 1) a null set 2) A finite set
2. x 2  x  6  0  x  2, 3 3) not a set 4) Infinite set
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2. Which of the following is the roster form of LEVEL-I (H.W)-KEY
letters of word “SCHOOL” 01) 3 02) 2 03) 1 04) 4 05) 1 06) 2
1) {s, h , o , l} 2) {s , c, h , o , l} 07) 1 08) 2 09) 1 10) 3 11) 1 12) 1
3) { s , c , o , l } 4) {h , o , o , l} 13) 4
3. Write the set {x : x is a positive integer and LEVEL-I (H.W) - HINTS
2 1. Beautiful is a relative term but not well defined.
x  40 } in the roaster form
1) {1,2,3,4,5,6} 2) {1,2,3,4,5,6,7} 2. elements not repeated and denoted by small letters.
3) {2,3,4,5,6,7} 4) {0,1,2,3,5,6} 3. 12  1, 2 2  4,32  9, 4 2  16,52  25, 6 2  36
4. Which of the following is finite
1) A = {x : x is set of points on a line} all are <40
2) B = {x : x  N and x is prime} 4. x-1=0,x-2=0 x=1,2
3) C = {x : x Nand x is odd} 5. A={a,l,o,y} B={a,l,o,y}
4) D = {x : x  N and (x-1)(x-2)=0} 6. no of subsets = 2n
5. Which of the following pairs of sets are equal 7. n(A)=0, n  p(A)   2n  20  1
1) A={x : x is letter of word “ALLOY”} 8. All the elements in A and B.
B={x : x is letter of word “LOYAL”}
2) A={-2,-1,0,1,2},B={1,2} 9. A   B  C 
3) A={0},B={x : x >5 and x<15} 10. A-B= {a,e,i,o,u} -{a,i,k,u}={e,o}
4) A={x : x-5=0}B={x : x 2 =25} 11. A1 =U-A
6. Let 1,2,3 then the number of subsets of A is 12. n  S  F  n  S  n  F  n  S  F 
1) 2 2) 4 3) 8 4) 0
 n  S  F  20  50  10  60
7. How many elements has P(A),if A  
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 0 13. n  A  B   n  A  n  B   n  A  B 
8. A = {2,4,6,8}B={6,8,10,12} then A  B
1) {2,4,6,8,12} 2) {2,4,6,8,10,12} LEVEL - II (C.W)
3) {6,8} 4) {2,4}
9. If A  2,3, 4,8,10 , B  3,4,5,10,12 , 1. Let X = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. If n represent any
member of X, then roster form of n  X but
C  4,5, 6,12,14 then  A  B   A  C 
2n  X
1) 2,3, 4,5,8,10,12 2) 2, 4,8,10,12 1) {2, 3, 5, 6} 2) {5, 6} 3) {4, 5, 6} 4) {3}
2. Two finite sets have m and n elements. If total
3) 3,8,10,12 4) 2,8,10 number of subsets of the first set is 56 more
10. Let A={a,e,i,o,u}, B={a,i,k,u} then A-B than that of the total number of subsets of the
1){a,e} 2) {e,i} 3) {e, o} 4) {e,i,o} second. The values of m and n respectively
11. Let U={1,2,----,10}, A={1,3,5,7,9} then A 1 are
1) {2,4,6,8,10} 2) {1,3,5,7,9} 1) 7,6 2) 6,3 3)5,1 4) 8, 7
3) {1,3,2,4} 4) A 3. If A  8n  7 n  1: n  N  and
12. In a committee 50 people speak French, 20
speak Spanish and 10 speak both Spanish and B  49  n  1 : n  N  then
French. The number of persons speaking at
1) A  B 2) B  A 3) A = B 4) A  B
least one of these two languages is
1) 60 2) 40 3) 38 4) 58 4. If A   ,  then the power set of A is
13. If A and B are two sets such that
1) A 2)  ,  , A 3)  ,  ,  , A 4) 
n  A   70, n  B   60 a n d n  A  B   110 ,
5. The smallest set A such that
then n  A  B  is equal to A  1, 2  1, 2,3,5,9 is
1) 240 2) 50 3) 40 4) 20
1) 2,3,5 2) 3,5,9 3) 1, 2,5,9 4) 1, 2
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6. If sets A and B are defined as 15. If n(U)  60, n(A)  21, n(B)  43 then


A   x, y  : y  e x , x  R  greatest value of n  A  B and least value

B   x, y  : y  x, x  R , then of n  A  B are
1) B  A 2) A  B 1) 60, 43 2) 50, 36 3) 70, 44 4) 60, 38
3) A  B   4) A  B  A
LEVEL-II (C.W)- KEY
01) 3 02) 2 03) 1 04) 3 05) 2 06) 3
7. If aN  ax : x  N  then 3N  7 N  07) 1 08) 3 09) 3 10) 1 11) 2 12) 2
1. 21N 2. 10N 3. 4N 4. 5N 13) 1 14) 2 15) 1
A LEVEL-II (C.W)-HINTS

8. If A  1, 2,3, 4,5, 6 , B  1, 2 , then  A 1. A  n / n  X but 2n  X  n  4, 5, 6
 B
2. 2 m  2n  56
1) A 2)  3) A  B 4) A  B n
3. 8n   7  1
9. If n  U   700 , n  A   200 , n  B  300 ,
 n c0 7 n  n c1 7 n 1  ........  n cn  2 7 2  n cn 1 7  n cn
'
 '

n  A  B  100 , then n A  B is equal to  n c0 7 n  n c1 7 n1  ........  n cn  2 49  7 n  1
1) 400 2) 240 3) 300 4) 500
8n  7 n  1  49  n c0 7 n 2  n c1 7 n 3  ....  n cn  2 
10. If n  U   48, n(A)  28, n(B)  33 and
8n  7 n  1 is a multiple of 49 for all n  N
n  B  A   12 , then n  A  B C is  A contains elements which are multiple of 49 and
clearly B contains all multiples of 49.
1) 27 2) 28 3) 29 4) 30
A  B

11. If n A  B
C
  5, n  B  A   6 ,
C 4. no of subsets  2 n
5. Since A  1, 2  1, 2,3,5,9 {given}
n  A  B  4 then the value of n  A  B  is
1) 18 2) 15 3) 16 4) 17  A  3,5,9 atleast
12. Let n(A-B)=25+X, n(B-A)=2X and 6. The graph of y  e x and y  x do not intersect
n  A  B  2X . If n(A)=2(n(B)) then 'X' is
7. 3N  3 x : x  N  ,7 N  7 x : x  N 
1) 4 2) 5 3) 6 4) 7
13. Of the members of three athletic teams in a  3N  7 N  21N
school 21 are in the cricket team, 26 are in A A
the hockey team and 29 are in the football 8.  A  B  3, 4,5, 6 ,  A   1, 2
B  
team. Among them, 14 play hockey and B
cricket, 15 play hockey and foot ball, and 12
play foot ball and cricket. Eight play all the
three games. The total number of members in
9.   '
n A'  B'  n  A  B = n  U   n  A  B 

the three athletic teams is 10. n  U   48, n  A   28, n  B   33 ,


1) 43 2) 76 3) 49 4) 53 n(B – A) = 12
14. If sets A and B have 3 and 6 elements each,
then the minimum number of elements in n  A  B   n  B  n  B  A   33  12  21
A  B is C
n  A  B   n  U   n  A  B  48  21  27
1) 3 2) 6 3) 9 4) 18

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5. Let A be the set of non-negative integers, I is
 C
 C

11. n A  B  5, n B  A  6 ,  the set of integers, B is the set of non-positive
integers, E is the set of even integers and P is
n  A  B  4
the set of prime numbers then.
 
n  A   n  A  B   n A  BC  4  5  9 1) I-A=B 2) A  B  
3) E  P   4) AB  I  0
n  B   n  A  B  n  B  AC   6  4  10
6. In a class of 100 students, 55 students have
n  A  B  n  A   n  B  n  A  B passed in Mathematices and 67 students have
passed in physics. No of students who have
12. n  A  B  25  x, n  B  A   2x , passed in physics only is
1) 22 2) 33 3) 10 4) 45
n  A  B  2x , n  A   n  A  B   n  A  B 
7. 90 students take mathematics, 72 take
 25  x  2x  25  3x science in a class of 120 students. If 10 take
n  B  n  B  A  n  A  B  2x  2x  4x neither Mathematics nor science then number
of students who take both the subjects is
n  A   2n  B   25  3x  2  4x  1) 52 2) 110 3) 162 4) 100
 5x  25  x  5 8. A set A has 3 elements and another set B has
6 elements. Then
13. n  C  21 , n  H   26 , n  F  29 ,
1) 3n  A  B  6 2) 3n  A  B  9
n  H  C   14 , n  H  F  15
3) 6n  A  B  9 4) 0n  A  B  9
n  F  C   12 , n  F  C  H   8
9. In a survey of 400 students in a school, 100
Total no.of players = n  C  H  F  43 were listed as taking apple juice, 150 as taking
orange juice and 75 were listed as taking both
14. n  A  B   max 3, 6  6 apple as well as orange juice. then how many
15. n  U   60, n  A   21, n  B  43 students were taking neither apple juice nor
orange juice are
Greatest value of n  A  B  n  U   60 1) 120 2) 220 3) 225 4) 150
Least value of n  A  B   n  B   43 LEVEL-II (H.W)-KEY
1) 2 2) 3 3) 2 4) 2 5) 4 6) 4
LEVEL - II (H.W) 7) 1 8) 3 9) 3
LEVEL-II (H.W)-HINTS
1. If A={x:x is a multiple of 4} and B={x:x is a 1. A  4,8,12,16, 20, 24,.....
multiple of 6} then A  B consists of all
multiples of B  6,12,18, 24,.....
1) 16 2) 12 3) 8 4) 4
2. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The  A  B  12, 24,.... ={x:x is a multiple of 12}
total number of subsets of the first set is 48 2.
more than the total number of subsets of the 2 m  2n  48  m  6, n  4
n
second set. The values of m and n are 3. 4 n   3  1
1) 7, 6 2) 7, 6 3) 6, 4 4) 7, 4
 n c0 3n  n c1 3n 1  ......  n cn 2 32  n cn 1 3  n cn
3. If X  4  3n  1: n  N  and
n

 n c0 3n  n c1 3n1  ......  n cn  2 9  3n  1
Y  9  n 1 : n  N then X  Y 
[MAINS-14] 4 n  3n  1  9  n c0 3n  2  n c1 3n 3  ...  n cn  2 
1) X 2) Y 3) N 4)  4 n  3n  1 is a multiple of 9
4. If A ]2, 4[ and B  [3, 5[ then AB   X Contains elements, Which are multiple of 9
Clearly Y contains elements, which are all
1) [3, 4] 2) [3, 4[ 3) ]3, 4[ 4) ]2, 5[
multiples of 9  X  Y  X  Y  Y

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4. Consider common part 5. The set  A  B  C    A  B' C' ' C' is
5. AB   A  B    B  A  equal to
 1, 2,3,...  ...  3, 2, 1 1) B  C' 2) A  C 3) B  C' 4) A  C'
 ....  3, 2, 1,1, 2,3....  I  0 6. If P   x  R : f  x   0 and
6. n  M   55, n  P   67, n  M  P   100 , Q   x  R : g  x   0 then P  Q is
n  M  P  n  M   n P  n M  P 1) x  R : f  x   g  x   0
 100  55  67  n  M  P  2)  x  R : f  x  .g  x   0
 n  M  P   122  100  22.
3)  x  R;  f  x     g  x    0
2 2

n  P only   n  P   n  M  P   67  22  45
7. n  M   90, n  S   72, n  M 1  S 1   10 4)  x  R; x  1

 n  M  S   120  10  110 7. Suppose A1 , A2 ..., A30 are thirty sets each with
five elements and B1 , B2 ,...Bn are n sets each
nM  S   nM   nS   nM  S 
with three elements such that
 90  72  110  52
30 n
8. n  A   p and n  B   p then  Ai   Bj  S . If each element of S belongs
i 1 j 1
min n  A  B   max  p, q
to exactly ten of the Ai ' s and exactly 9 of
max n  A  B   p  q,
the B j ' s , then the value of n is
9. n  A1  B1   n U   n  A  B  1) 15 2) 135 3) 45 4) 90
LEVEL - III 8. If aN  ax / x  N and bN  cN  dN ,
1. Let A and B be two sets then where b, c  N are relatively prime, then
C
 A  B   AC  B   1) d  bc 2) c  bd 3) b  cd 4) none
9. A survey show that in a city that 63% of the
1) AC 2) B C 3)  4) U citizens like tea where as 76% like coffee.
2. A set contains  2n  1 elements. The number If x% like both tea and coffee, then
of subsets of this set containing more than n 1) x  63 2) x  39
elements is equal to 3) 50  x  63 4) 39  x  63
1) 2 n1 2) 2 n 3) 2 n1 4) 2 2 n 10. An investigator interviewed 100 students to
3. From 50 students taking examinations in determine their preferences for the three
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, each of
drinks:
the students has passed in at least one of the
subject, 37 passed Mathematics, 24 Physics milk (M), coffee(C) and tea (T). He reported
and 43 Chemistry. At most 19 passed the following : 10 students had all the three
Mathematics and Physics, at most 29 drinks M,C,T; 20 had M and C only: 30 had C
Mathematics and Chemistry and at most 20 and T;25 had M and T;12 had M only;5 had C
Physics and Chemistry. Then the largest only;8 had T only. Then how many did not take
possible number that could have passed all any of the three drinks
three examinations is 1) 20 2) 3 3) 36 4) 42
1) 16 2) 14 3) 18 4) 15 11. In a college of 300 students , every students
4. Which is the simplified representation of
reads 5 newspapers and every newspaper is
A B
1
 C    B  C    A  C  where
1
read by 60 students. The number of
A,B,C are subsets of set X newspapers is
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) X   A  B  C  1) atleast 30 2) atmost 20
3) exactly 25 4) atmost10
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12. In a class of 55 students the numbers of 2. Let the original set contains 2n+1 elements, then
students studying different subjects are 23 in subsets of this set containing more than n elements
mathematics, 24 in physics, 19 in chemistry, means subsets containing (n+1) elements, (n+2)
12 in mathematics and physics, 9 in elements .... (2n+1) elements.
mathematics and chemistry 7 in physics and  Required number of subsets
chemistry and 4 in all the three subjects. the
 2 n 1 cn 1  2 n 1 cn  2  .....  2 n 1 c2 n  2 n 1 c2 n 1
numbers of students who have taken exactly
one subject is  2 n 1 cn  2 n 1 cn 1  .....  2 n 1 c1  2 n 1 c0.
1) 6 2) 13 3) 16 4) 22
13. Out of 800 boys in a school. 224 played cricket  2 n 1 c0  2 n 1 c1  .....  2 n 1 cn 1  2 n 1 cn.
240 played hockey and 336 played basketball. 1 2 n 1 1 2 n 1
= 1  1    2   2 .
2n
of the total, 64 played both
basketball and hockey, 80 played cricket and 2 2
basketball and 40 played cricket and hockey, 3. The given conditions can be expressed as
24 played all the three games. The numbers n  M  P  C   50, n  M   37, n  p   24,
of boys who did not play any game is
1) 128 2) 216 3) 240 4) 160 n  C   43, n  M  P   19, n  M  C   29
14. In a certian town 25% families own a phone
and 15% own a car, 65% families own neither and n  P  C   20 .
a phone nor a car. 2000 families own both a
car and a phone. Consider the following nM  P C 
statements in this regard. n  M   n  P  n C   n  M  P 
i. 10% families own both a car and a phone
ii. 35% families own either a car or a phone n  M  C   n  P  C   n  M  P  C 
iii. 40,000 families live in the town.
Which of the above statements are correct?  n  M  P  C   n M  P  n M  C 
1) i and ii 2) i and iii 3) ii and iii 4) i,ii and iii
15. In a battle 70% of the combatants lost one  n  P  C   54
eye, 80% an ear, 75% an arm, 85% a leg, Therefore, the number of students is at most
x% lost all the four limbs the minimum value 19+29+20-54=14
of x is
1) 10 2) 12 3) 15 4) 5 4. A B
1 1
CB C AC  C
LEVEL-III-KEY draw venn diagram.
01) 1 02) 4 03) 2 04) 3 05) 1 06) 2 5.  ABC  AB' C ' 'C '   AB C
07) 3 08) 1 09) 4 10) 1 11) 3 12) 4
13) 4 14) 3 15) 1  A' B  C   C ' 
LEVEL-III-HINTS  A  A '    B  C    C '   B  C   C '
C
1.  A  B   AC  B    B  C '    C  C '  B  C '
  AC  B C    AC  B  6. f  x  .g  x   0  either f  x  0 or g  x  0 .
  AC  AC    AC  B    B C  AC    B C  B  30 1
7. S   Ai  n  S    5  30   15
 AC   AC   B  BC    U
i 1 10
n 1 n
 A   A   U
C C Again, S   Bj  n S   3 n   .
j 1 9 3
 A C  AC  U  AC  U  AC n
Thus  15  n  45
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8. We have bN  bx x  N  = the set of positive 12. n  M   23, n  P   24, n  C   19,


n  M  C   9,
integral multiples of b and cN  cx x  N  = the
set of positive integral multiples of c. n  P  C   7, n  M  P  C   4.
 bN  cN  the set of positive integral multiples We have to find , n  M  P '  C '  ,
of bc  bcN [ b and c are relatively prime ]
n  P  M '  C '  , n C  M '  P' 
Hence, d  bc
9. Let the population of the city be 100 '

Let A denote the set of citizens who like tea and B


 ' '

Now n M  P  C  n  M   P  C  
denote the set of citizens who like coffee.  n  M   n  M   P  C  
 n  A   63 and n  B   7 6  n  M   n   M  P    M  C  
 n  A  B   n  A   n  B   n  A  B  and  n  M   n  M  P  n
n  A  B   100  63  76  n  A  B   100 M C  nM  P C
 63  76  n  A  B   100  23  12  9  4  27  21  6.
'
n  P  M '  C '   n P  M  C  
 39  n  A  B   1  
 n  P   n  P   M  C  
Also n  A  B   n  A  and n  A  B   n  B 
 n  A  B   63 and n  A  B   7 6  n  P   n  P  M    P  C 

 n  A  B   63   2   n  P   n P  M  

From (1) and (2) : 39  n  A  B   63 n P C   n P  M C

 24  12  7  4  9 , n  C  M  P  
' '
 39  x  63
10. S  100 .The numbers can be read from the fig, n  C   n  C  P   n C  M   n  C  P  M 
number of people who did not take any drink
 19  7  9  4  23  16  7
 100  12  5  8  10  20  15  10
13. n  C   224, n  H   240, n  B   336.
 100  80  20
n H B  64,
n  B  C   80, n  H  C   40,
n  C  H  B   24
C
n  C C  H C  B C   n  C  H  B   
 
n U   n  C  H  B 

 n  C   n  H   n  B  n  H  C  
 800   
n  H  B  n  C  B  n  C  H  B
 800   224  240  336  64  80  40  24
11. If n is the required number of newspapers then  800  824  184  984  824  160.
n  60  300  5  n  25

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14. n  P   25%, n  C   15% 4. Statement-1: If n ( B )  3 then number of


3
n  P C  C C   65%, n  P  C   2000 elements in power set of B= 2  8
Statement-2: If n ( A)  m then number of
C
Since n  P c  C c   65%  n  P  C  m
elements in power set of A = 2  1
 65%  n  P  C   35% , Now 5. Statement-1: If X = {x : x is whole number },
Y = { x : x is natural number } then
n  P  C   n  P   n C   n  P  C  X  Y = { x : x is whole number } = X
 35  25  15  n  P  C  Statement-2: If Y  X then Y  X  X
6. Statement-1: If A and B are disjoint sets then
 n  P  C   40  35  5. A- B =A
Statement-2: If A and B are disjoint sets then
Thus n  P  C   5%. But n  P  C   2000 A B  
 5% of the total  2000  7. Statement-1: If n (A) = 5 then number of
2000 100 proper subsets of A= 31
Total numbers of families   40000. Statement-2: If n (A) = m then number of
5
m
Since n  P  C   35% and total number of proper subsets of B = 2  1
8. Match the following sets for all A, B and C
families =40,000 and n  P  C   5% . 1
i)   A  B   A
1 1
a) A-B
 ii  and  iii  are correct.
1
15. Minimum value of ii)  B1   B1  A  b) A
x  100   30  20  25  15  100  90  10. iii)  A  B    B  C  c) B
LEVEL - IV iv)  A  B    C  B  d)  A  C   B
Assertion-Reason Type : 1) i-b, ii-c , iii-a, iv-d 2) i-b, ii-c, iii-d, iv-d
Note : 3) i-b, ii-c, iii-c, iv-d 4) i-d, ii-c, iii-a, iv-b
1) Statement-1 is true , Statement-2 is true, LEVEL-IV- KEY
Statement-2 is a correct explanation for 01) 1 02) 4 03) 2 04) 3 05) 1 06) 1
Statement-1. 07) 1 08) 2
2) Statement-1 is true , Statement-2 is true, LEVEL-IV- HINTS
Statement-2 is not correct explanation for 1. The set of Prime numbers are the subset of the
Statement-1. Natural number set.
3) Statement-1 is true , Statement-2 is false. 2. A-B= {7,10}. A-B={x:x A and x B}.
4) Statement-1 is false , Statement-2 is false. 3. A=(0,3), B=[1,5]
1. Statement-1: If A={x:x is a prime number} and
A-B=(0,1) = {x: 0<x<1, x  R }
B={x: x  N} then A  B ={x: x is a prime
number}=A. B-A=[3,5]= {x: 3  x  5,x  R }
Statement-2: If A  B then A  B =A. AB   A  B    B  A   0,1  3,5
2. Statement-1: If A={2,4,7,10}, B={1,2,3,4} then
A-B={1,3,7,10}. 4. n  P  A   2m
Statement-2: A-B={x:x  A and x  B}. 5. The set of natural numbers are the sub set of the
3. Statement-1: A={x: 0<x<3, x  R } and whole numbers set
B = {x: 1  x  5 , x  R }then 6. For disjoint sets no common elements
A - B = { x : 0 <x< 1, x  R } 7. Number of proper sub sets = 2m 1
Statement-2: AB  A  B    B  A  . 8. Draw venn diagram

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