PRESIDENCY SCHOOL, BANGALORE SOUTH

1.SETS GRADE: 11

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TOPIC :1> SETS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIONS

1. Which of the following are sets ? Justify your answer.

(i) The collection of all the months of a year beginning with the letter J.
(ii) The collection of ten most talented writers of India.
(iii) A team of eleven best-cricket batsmen of the world.
(iv) The collection of all boys in your class.
(v) The collection of all natural numbers less than 100.
(vi) A collection of novels written by the writer MunshiPrem Chand.
(vii) The collection of all even integers.
(viii) The collection of questions in this Chapter.
(ix) A collection of most dangerous animals of the world.
(x) A collection of best actors name list from Bollywood.

2. List all the elements of the following sets :

(i) A = {x :x is an odd natural number}
1 9
(ii) B = {x :x is an integer,  x }
2 2
(iii) C = {x :x is an integer, x 2  4 }
(iv) D = {x :x is a letter in the word “LOYAL”}
(v) E = {x :x is a month of a year not having 31 days}
(vi) F = {x :x is a consonant in the English alphabet which precedes k }.

3. Write the following sets in roster form:

(i) A = {x :x is an integer and –3  x < 7}
(ii) B = {x :x is a natural number less than 6}
(iii) C = {x :x is a two-digit natural number such that the sum of its digits is 8}
(iv) D = {x :x is a prime number which is divisor of 60}
(v) E = The set of all letters in the word TRIGONOMETRY
(vi) F = The set of all letters in the word BETTER
(vii) Write the solution set of the equation x 2  x  2  0 in roster form.
(viiii) Write the set {x : x is a positive integer and x 2 < 40} in the roster form

4. Write the following sets in the set-builder form :

(i) (3, 6, 9, 12} (ii) {2,4,8,16,32} (iii) {5, 25, 125, 625} (iv) {2, 4, 6, . . .}
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(v) {1,4,9, . . .,100} (vi) A = {1, 4, 9, 16, 25, . . . } (vii)  , , , , , 
2 3 4 5 6 7

5. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. Insert the appropriate symbol  or  in the blank spaces:
(i) 5. . .A (ii) 8 . . . A (iii) 0. . .A (iv) 4. . . A (v) 2. . .A (vi) 10. . .A

6. Match each of the set on the left in the roster form with the same set on the right described in
set-builder form:
(i) {1, 2, 3, 6} (a) {x :x is a prime number and a divisor of 6}
(ii) {2, 3} (b) {x :x is an odd natural number less than 10}
(iii) {M,A,T,H,E,I,C,S} (c) {x : x is natural number and divisor of 6}
(iv) {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} (d) {x :x is a letter of the word MATHEMATICS}.

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TOPIC :2 > TYPES OF SETS

7. Which of the following are examples of the null set

(i) Set of odd natural numbers divisible by 2
(ii) Set of even prime numbers
(iii) { x : x is a natural numbers, x < 5 and x > 7 }
(iv) { y : y is a point common to any two parallel lines}

8. Which of the following sets are finite or infinite

(i) The set of months of a year
(ii) {1, 2, 3, . . .}
(iii) {1, 2, 3, . . .99, 100}
(iv) The set of positive integers greater than 100
(v) The set of prime numbers less than 99

9. State whether each of the following set is finite or infinite:

(i) The set of lines which are parallel to the x-axis
(ii) The set of letters in the English alphabet
(iii) The set of numbers which are multiple of 5
(iv) The set of animals living on the earth
(v) The set of circles passing through the origin (0,0)

10. In the following, state whether A = B or not:

(i) A = { a, b, c, d } B = { d, c, b, a }
(ii) A = { 4, 8, 12, 16 } B = { 8, 4, 16, 18}
(iii) A = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10} B = { x: x is positive even integer and x  10}
(iv) A = { x: x is a multiple of 10} B = { 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, . . . }

11. Are the following pair of sets equal ? Give reasons.

(i) A = {2, 3}, B = {x :x is solution of x2 + 5x + 6 = 0}
(ii) A = { x: x is a letter in the word FOLLOW}
B = { y: y is a letter in the word WOLF}

12. From the sets given below, select equal sets :

A = { 2, 4, 8, 12}, B = { 1, 2, 3, 4}, C = { 4, 8, 12, 14}, D = { 3, 1, 4, 2}
E = {–1, 1}, F = { 0, a}, G = {1, –1}, H = { 0, 1}

TOPIC:3 > SUBSETS

13. Make correct statements by filling in the symbols or in the blank spaces :
(i) { 2, 3, 4 } . . . { 1, 2, 3, 4,5 }
(ii) { a, b, c } . . . { b, c, d }
(iii) {x :x is a student of Class XI of your school}. . .{x : x student of your school}
(iv) {x :x is a circle in the plane} . . .{x : x is a circle in the same plane with radius 1 unit}
(v) {x :x is a triangle in a plane} . . . {x : x is a rectangle in the plane}
(vi) {x :x is an equilateral triangle in a plane} . . . {x : x is a triangle in the same plane}
(vii) {x :x is an even natural number} . . . {x : x is an integer}

14. Examine whether the following statements are true or false:

(i) { a, b } { b, c, a }
(ii) { a, e } { x : x is a vowel in the English alphabet}
(iii) { 1, 2, 3 } { 1, 3, 5 } (iv) { a }{ a, b, c } (v) { a } { a, b, c }
(vi) { x: x is an even natural number less than 6} { x : x is a natural number which divides 36}

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 15. Let A = { 1, 2, { 3, 4 }, 5 }. Which of the following statements are incorrect and why?
(i) {3, 4} A (ii) {3, 4} A (iii) {{3, 4}} A
(iv) 1 A (v) 1 A (vi) {1, 2, 5} A
(vii) {1, 2, 5} A (viii) {1, 2, 3} A (ix) A
(x) A (xi) {} A

16. In each of the following, determine whether the statement is true or false. If it istrue, prove it. If it is
false, give an example.
(i) If x A and A B , then x B
(ii) If A B and B C , then A C
(iii) If A B and B C , then A C
(iv) If A B and B C , then A C
(v) If x A and A B , then x B
(vi) If A B and x B , then x A

17. Write down all the subsets of the following sets

(i) {a} (ii) {a, b} (iii) {1, 2, 3} (iv) 
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18. Decide, among the following sets, which sets are subsets of one and another:
A = { x: x R and x satisfy x2– 8x + 12 = 0 },
B = { 2, 4, 6 }, C = { 2, 4, 6, 8, . . . }, D = { 6 }.

19. Write the following as intervals :

(i) {x :x R, – 4 < x 6} (ii) {x : x R, – 12 < x < –10}
(iii) {x :x R, 0 x < 7} (iv) {x : x R, 3 x 4}

20. Write the following intervals in set-builder form :

(i) (– 3, 0) (ii) [6 , 12] (iii) (6, 12] (iv) [–23, 5)

21. What universal set(s) would you propose for each of the following :
(i) The set of right triangles. (ii) The set of isosceles triangles.

22. Given the sets A = {1, 3, 5}, B = {2, 4, 6} and C = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}, which of the following may be
considered as universal set (s) for all the three sets A, B and C
(i) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
(ii) 
(iii) {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
(iv) {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

TOPIC:4> OPERATION ON SETS – VENN DIAGRAMS

(UNION, INTERSECTION, DIFFERENCE)

23. Draw appropriate Venn diagram for each of the following :

(i) (A B), (ii) AB, (iii) (A B), (iv) AB

24. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4}, B = {3, 4, 5, 6}, C = {5, 6, 7, 8 }and D = { 7, 8, 9, 10 }; find

(i) A B (ii) A C (iii) B C (iv) B D
(v) A B C (vi) A B D (vii) B C D

25. If A = { 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 }, B = {7, 9, 11, 13}, C = {11, 13, 15}and D = {15, 17}; find
(i) A B (ii) B C (iii) A C D
(iv) A C (v) B D (vi) A (B C)
(vii) A D (viii) A (B D) (ix) ( A B ) ( B C ) (x) ( A D) ( B C)
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26. If A = {x : x is a natural number }, B = {x : x is an even natural number}
C = {x :x is an odd natural number} and D = {x : x is a prime number }, find the following:
(i) A B (ii) A C (iii) A D
(iv) B C (v) B D (vi) C D

27. Find the union and intersection of each of the following pairs of sets :
(i) X = {1, 3, 5}, Y = {1, 2, 3}
(ii) A = [ a, e, i, o, u}, B = {a, b, c}
(iii) A = {x :x is a natural number and multiple of 3}
B = {x :x is a natural number less than 6}
(iv) A = {x :x is a natural number and 1 <x 6 }
B = {x :x is a natural number and 6 <x <10 }
(v) A = {1, 2, 3}, B = 
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28. If A = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21}, B = { 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 }, C = { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 },
D = {5, 10, 15, 20 }; find
(i) A – B (ii) A – C (iii) A – D (iv) B – A
(v) C – A (vi) D – A (vii) B – C (viii) B – D
(ix) C – B (x) D – B (xi) C – D (xii) D – C
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29. Which of the following pairs of sets are disjoint
(i) {1, 2, 3, 4} and {x :x is a natural number and 4 x 6 }
(ii) { a, e, i, o, u } and { c, d, e, f }
(iii) {x :x is an even integer } and {x : x is an odd integer}

30. State whether each of the following statement is true or false. Justify your answer.
(i) { 2, 3, 4, 5 } and { 3, 6} are disjoint sets.
(ii) { a, e, i, o, u } and { a, b, c, d }are disjoint sets.
(iii) { 2, 6, 10, 14 } and { 3, 7, 11, 15} are disjoint sets.
(iv) { 2, 6, 10 } and { 3, 7, 11} are disjoint sets.
31. If R is the set of real numbers and Q is the set of rational numbers, then what is R – Q?
32. Let A = { a, b }, B = {a, b, c}. Is A B ? What is A B ?
33. How many elements has P(A), if A = ?
34. If A and B are two sets such that A B, then what is A B ?
35. Show that for any sets A and B, A = ( A B ) ( A – B ) and A ( B – A ) = ( A B )
36. Is it true that for any sets A and B, P ( A ) P ( B ) = P ( A B )? Justify your answer.
37. Using properties of sets, show that
(i) A ( A B ) = A (ii) A ( A B ) = A.
38. Show that A B = A C need not imply B = C.
39. Assume that P ( A ) = P ( B ). Show that A = B
40. Show that if AB, then C – B C – A.
41. Let A and B be sets. If A X = B X = and A X = B X for some set X, show that A = B.
(Hints A = A ( A X ) , B = B ( B X ) and use Distributive law )
42. Find sets A, B and C such that A B, B C and A C are non-empty sets and A B C = .
43. Let A, B, and C be the sets such that A B = A C and A B = A C. Show that B = C.
44. Show that the following four conditions are equivalent :
(i) A B (ii) A – B =   (iii) A B = B (iv) A B = A

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TOPIC:5 > COMPLEMENT OF A SET

45. Let U = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }, A = { 1, 2, 3, 4}, B = { 2, 4, 6, 8 } and C = { 3, 4, 5, 6 }. Find

(i) A (ii) B (iii) (A C)(iv) (A B)  (v) (A) (vi) (B – C)
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46. If U = { a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h}, find the complements of the following sets :
(i) A = {a, b, c} (ii) B = {d, e, f, g}
(iii) C = {a, c, e, g} (iv) D = { f, g, h, a}

47. Taking the set of natural numbers as the universal set, write down the complements of the
following sets:
(i) {x :x is an even natural number} (ii) { x : x is an odd natural number }
(iii) {x :x is a positive multiple of 3} (iv) { x : x is a prime number }
(v) {x :x is a natural number divisible by 3 and 5}
(vi) { x: x is a perfect square } (vii) { x : x is a perfect cube}
(viii) { x: x + 5 = 8 } (ix) { x : 2x + 5 = 9}
(x) { x: x 7 } (xi) { x : x N and 2x + 1 > 10 }

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

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

49. Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, A = {2, 3} and B = {3, 4, 5}.

Find A, B, AB, A B and hence show that ( A B )= AB.

50. Let U be the set of all triangles in a plane. If A is the set of all triangles with at least one angle
different from 60, what is A?

TOPIC :6> APPLICATIONS OF SETS

51. If X and Y are two sets such that n( X ) = 17, n ( Y ) = 23 and n( X Y ) = 38, find n( X Y ).

52. If X and Y are two sets such that X Y has 18 elements, X has 8 elements and Y has 15 elements
how many elements does X Y have?

53. If S and T are two sets such that S has 21 elements, T has 32 elements, and S Thas 11 elements,
how many elements does S T have?

54. If X and Y are two sets such that X has 40 elements, X Y has 60 elements andX Y has 10
elements, how many elements does Y have?

55. In a group of 400 people, 250 can speak Hindi and 200 can speak English. Howmany people can
speak both Hindi and English?

56. In a group of 70 people, 37 like coffee, 52 like tea and each person likes at leastone of the two
drinks. How many people like both coffee and tea?

57. In a group of 65 people, 40 like cricket, 10 like both cricket and tennis. How manylike tennis only and
not cricket? How many like tennis?

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58. In a committee, 50 people speak French, 20 speak Spanish and 10 speak bothSpanish and French.
How many speak at least one of these two languages?

59. In a school there are 20 teachers who teach mathematics or physics. Of these, 12 teach
mathematics and 4 teach both physics and mathematics. How manyteach physics?

60. In a survey of 600 students in a school, 150 students were found to be taking tea and 225 taking
coffee, 100 were taking both tea and coffee. Find how manystudents were taking neither tea nor
coffee?

61. In a group of students, 100 students know Hindi, 50 know English and 25 knowboth. Each of the
students knows either Hindi or English. How many studentsare there in the group?

62. In a class of 35 students, 24 like to play cricket and 16 like to playfootball. Also, each student likes to
play at least one of the two games. How manystudents like to play both cricket and football?

63. In a survey of 400 students in a school, 100 were listed as taking applejuice, 150 as taking orange
juice and 75 were listed as taking both apple as well asorange juice. Find how many students were
taking neither apple juice nor orange juice.

64. A market research group conducted a survey of 1000 consumers andreported that 720 consumers
like product A and 450 consumers like product B, what isthe least number that must have liked both
products?

65. A college awarded 38 medals in football, 15 in basketball and 20 incricket. If these medals went to a
total of 58 men and only three men got medals in allthe three sports, how many received medals in
exactly two of the three sports ?

66. In a survey it was found that 21 people liked product A, 26 liked product B and29 liked product C.
If 14 people liked products A and B, 12 people liked products C and A, 14 people liked products B
and C and 8 liked all the three products.Find how many liked product C only.

67. In a survey of 60 people, it was found that 25 people read newspaper H, 26 readnewspaper T, 26
read newspaper I, 9 read both H and I, 11 read both H and T, 8 read both T and I, 3 read all three
newspapers. Find: (i) the number of people who read at least one of the newspapers.
(ii) the number of people who read exactly one newspaper.

68. There are 200 individuals with a skin disorder, 120 had been exposed tothe chemical C1, 50 to
chemical C2, and 30 to both the chemicals C1 and C2. Find thenumber of individuals exposed to
(i) Chemical C1 but not chemical C2
(ii) Chemical C2 but not chemical C1
(iii) Chemical C1 or chemical C2

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 PRESIDENCY SCHOOL, BANGALORE SOUTH
WORKSHEET– 1. SETS GRADE -11

SECTION : A
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. How many elements has P(A), if A =Φ?
(a) 0 (b)1 (c)2 (d)3

2. Which of the following is a singleton set?

(a) {𝑥: |𝑥| = 5, 𝑥∈𝑁} (b) {𝑥: |𝑥| = 6, 𝑥∈𝑍}
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(c) {𝑥: 𝑥 + 2𝑥 + 1 = 0, 𝑥∈𝑁} (d) {𝑥: 𝑥2 = 7, 𝑥∈𝑁}

3. If A, B and C are three sets such that 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 = 𝐴 ∩ 𝐶 and 𝐴∪𝐵 = 𝐴∪𝐶, then
(a) A=C (b) B=C (c) 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵=𝜙 (d) A = B

4. If A and B are non-empty sets, then P (A) ∪ P (B) is equal to

(a) P ( A∪B) (b) P (A∩B) (c) P (A) =P(B) (d) None of these

5. If A, B and C are any three sets, then A – (B ∪ C) is equal to

(a) (A – B) ∪ (A – C) (b) (A – B) ∪ C
(c) (A – B) ∩ C (d) (A – B) ∩ (A – C)

6. (A’)’ = ?
(a) ∪ – A (b) A’ (c) ∪ (d) A

7. A – B is read as?
(a) Difference of A and B (b) Difference of B and A
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above

8. If A, B and C are any three sets, then A × (B ∪ C) is equal to

(a) (A × B) ∪ (A × C) (b) (A ∪ B) × (A ∪ C)
(c) (A × B) ∩ (A × C) (d) None of these

9. IF U= {1,2,3 …,9}, A = {5, 6, 7} and B = {1,2, 7, 8, 9} then A ∪ B’is equal to

(a) {5, 6, 7, 8, 9} (b) {3, 5, 6,7} (c) {7} (d) {3, 4, 5, 6,7}

10. Which of the following sets are null sets

(a) {x: |x |< -4, x ?N} (b) 2 and 3
(c) Set of all prime numbers between 15 and 19 (d) {x: x < 5, x > 6}

11. The members of the set S = {x | x is the square of an integer and x < 100} is
(a) {0, 2, 4, 5, 9, 58, 49, 56, 99, 12}
(b) {0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81}
(c) {1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 64, 81, 85, 99}
(d) {0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 121}

12. In a class of 120 students numbered 1 to 120, all even numbered students opt for Physics, whose numbers
are divisible by 5 opt for Chemistry and those whose numbers are divisible by 7 opt for Math. How many opt for
none of the three subjects?
(a) 19 (b) 41 (c) 21 (d) 57

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13. Two finite sets have N and M elements. The number of elements in the power set of first set is 48 more than
the total number of elements in power set of the second test. Then the value of M and N are
(a) 7, 6 (b) 6, 4 (c) 7, 4 (d) 6, 3

14. If A, B, C be three sets such that A ∪ B = A ∪ C and A ∩ B = A ∩ C, then,

(a) B = C (b) A = C (c) A = B = C (d) A = B

15. Empty set is a?

(a) Finite Set (b) Invalid Set (c) Infinite Set (c) Singleton set

16. Which of the following two sets are equal?

(a) A = {1, 2} and B = {1}
(b) A = {1, 2} and B = {1, 2, 3}
(c) A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {2, 1, 3}
(d) A = {1, 2, 4} and B = {1, 2, 3}

17. In a class of 50 students, 10 did not opt for math, 15 did not opt for science and 2 did not opt for either. How
many students of the class opted for both math and science.
(a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 27

18. The symmetric difference of A ={1,2,3} and B={3,4,5} is

(a) {1, 2} (b) {1,2,4,5} (c) {4,3} (d) {2,5,1,4,3}

19. For any three sets A, B and C

(a) A  (B – C) = (A  B) – (A  C) (b) A  ( B  C )  ( A  B)  C
(c) A∪ (B – C) = (A ∪B) – (A∪C) (d) A  ( B  C )  ( A  B)  ( A  C )

20. If A set can be represented in

(a) 1 way (b) 2 ways (c) 3 ways (d) Many ways

n
21. The element of set A, satisfy the property , n  N , n  5 for their elements. The element which does
2n  1
not belong to the set is

3 4 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 9 3 11
22. If A  B, then
(a) a  A  a  B (b) a  A  a  B (c) a  A  a  B (d) a  B  a  A

23. The number of subsets of a set containing n elements is

(a) 2
n
(b) 2
n1
(c) 2n  1 (d) nn

24. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

(a) {2,3}⊆A implies that 2∈A and 3∈A.
(b) A∩B⊇{2,3} implies that {2,3} ⊆A and {2,3}⊆B.
(c) A−B⊇{3} and {2}⊆B implies that {2,3}⊆A∪B.
(d) {2}∈A and {3}∈A implies that {2,3}⊆A.

25. The set A={x, x ∈ R , and x2 = 9, 2x = 4} is

(a)Empty set (b)Singleton set (c)Infinite set (d) None of these

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26. Ac - Bc is equal to
(a) B-A (b) A-B (c) A = B (d) None of these

27. The smallest set A such that A∪{4,5}= {1,2,3,4,5} is

(a) {3,4,5} (b) {1,2,3} (c) {1,2} (d) {1,2,3,4,5}

28. If A & B are two sets such that n(A)= 15, n(B)= 21, & n(A∪B) = 36 then n(A∩B) equal to
(a)2 (b) 0 (c) 4 (d) 15

29. If P & Q are two sets such that P ∪ Q has 20 elements , P has 9 elements & Q has 16elements, How many
elements does P∩Q have ?
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 0

30. A  (B  C) =
(a)  A  B   ( A  C ) (b) A  B  C (c)  A  B   A  C  (d)  A  B  C

 
31. If X  8  7n  1; n  N and Y  49n  49; n  N  then,
n

(a) X Y (b) Y X (c) X Y (d) X Y  

32. Which of the following are not equivalent sets?

(a) A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {4,5}
(b) P = {q, s, m}, Q = {6, 9,12}
(c) X = {x : x is a prime natural number less than 10}, Y = {x : x ∈ N, x ≤4}
(d) R = {x : x = 2n + 3, n < 4, n∈N}, S = {x : x = n/(n + 1), n ∈ R, n ≤4}
(e) M = Set of vowels in the English alphabet,
N = Set of consonants in the English alphabet
n
33. The element of set A, satisfy the property , n  N , n  5 for their elements. The
2n  1
element which does not belong to the set is
3 4 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 9 3 11

34. For disjoint sets A and B , n(A)=3, n(B) =5, then n( A  B ) 

(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 8
35. Which of the following are well-defined sets?
(a) All the colors in the rainbow.
(b) All the points that lie on a straight line.
(c) All the honest members in the family.
(d) All the efficient doctors of the hospital.
(e) All the hardworking teachers in a school.
(f) All the prime numbers less than100.

36. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

(a) For all sets A, B and C, A−(B−C)=(A−B)−C.
(b) For all sets A, B and C, (A − B) ∩ (C − B) = (A ∩ C) −B.
(c) For all sets A, B and C, (A − B) ∩ (C − B) = A − (B ∪C).
(d) For all sets A, B and C, if A ∩ C = B ∩ C then A =B.

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 37. A and B are two sets n(A-B) = 8 + 2x, n(B-A) = 6x and n(A∩B)= x, If n(A) = n(B) then n(A UB) =...
(a)26 (b)50 (c)24 (d) 20

38. Let    
A   : tan   sec  2 sec ; B   : sec  tan   2 tan  be two sets then,

(a) A = B (b)A B (c)A  B (d)B A

39. Which of the following are the examples of an empty set?

(a) The set of even natural numbers divisible by3.

(b) The set of all prime numbers divisible by 2.
(c) P = {x : x is a prime number, 54 < x <58}
(d) Q = {x : x = 2n + 3, n ∈ W, n ≤5}

40.

ASSERTION & REASONING TYPE QUESTIONS

In the following questions a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

41. (A) The collection of all-natural numbers less than 100 is a set.
(R) A set is a well-defined collection of distinct objects.

42. (A) The power set of {1, 2} is {∅,{1},{2},{1, 2}}

(R) The power set is the set of all subsets.

43. (A) A= {a, b} and B= {a, b, c} then A is a subset of B.

(R) All subsets are finite sets.

44. (A) If W is the set of whole numbers and N is the set of natural numbers, then W – N = { }.
(R) A – B is the set of elements of A which are not in B.

45. (A) If A is the set of letters of the word ‘FOLLOW’ and B is the set of letters of the word ‘WOLF’,
then A and B are equal sets.
(R) Two sets are equal if they have equal number of elements.
46.

47.

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 SECTION : B
TWO MARKS
1. Are the following pair of sets equal? Give reasons.
A: the set of letters in “TRACT”
B: the set of letters in “CATARACT”
2. If X and Y are two sets such that n(X) = 17, n(Y) = 23 and n(XUY) = 38, find n(X∩Y).
3. Determine the sets A and B given that A – B = {1, 2, 4}, B – A = {7, 8} and
AUB = {1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9}
4. Determinewhetherthefollowingstatementistrueorfalse.Ifitistrue,proveit.Ifitisfalse,giveanexamp
leto prove that it isfalse.
“If A ⊄ Band B ⊄C, then A ⊄C"
5. Describe in Roster Form:
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(i) {x  N : x  ,1  n  7}
2n  1
(ii) {x : x 2  10, x  Z }

6. List all the elements of the following sets:

(i) A = {x: x is a letter of the word “MISSISSIPPI”}
(ii) B = {x: x is a Month of a year not having 30 days}

7. For any two sets A and B, prove that A  B  B  A

8. Show that the conditions A ⊂ B and A − B = ∅areequivalent.
9. For any three sets A, B, and C such that A  B , then prove that C  B  C  A
10. If n  A  B   5, n  A  C   7 and n  A  B  C   3, then find the minimum possible value of n  B  C 
11. Use Roster method to represent the following:
(i) The set of all letters in the word “OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIST”
 1 9
 x : x  I ,  x   (iii)  x : x  Z , x  16
2
(ii)
 2 2 
12. A survey shows that 73% of the Indians like mangoes, whereas 65%like apples
What percentage of Indians like both apples and mangoes?

13. Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and B = {2, 4, 6, 8}, find (A ∪ B)"
14. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The total number of subsets of the first set is 56 more than the
total number of subsets of the second set. Find the value of m and n.

SECTION : C
THREE MARKS

15. Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8}, A = {2, 3, 8} and B = {3, 4, 1,5}, C = {4, 7, 8}

Find (i) A  B 
(ii) A  C (iii) A  B (iv) A  B


(v)  A  B (vi) A  (B – C) (vii) A  (B  C)

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16. If A and B are two given sets, then represent the following by using Venn diagram.
(i)  A  B  (ii) A  B (iii)  A  B  (iv)  A  B 
(v)  A  B  (vi)  A 

17. If U = {a, e, i, o, u}, A = {a, e, i}, B = {e, o, u} and C = {a, i, u}

then verify that A  (B – C) = (A  B) – (A  C)

18. Using Venn Diagram, prove that (A-B)-C =A – (BUC) = (A-C) – (B-C)

19. A marketer search group conducted a survey of 1000 consumers and reported that 720 consumers
like product A and 450 consumers like product B, what is the least number that must have liked
both products?

20. In a survey of 120 passengers, an airline found that 48 enjoyed wine with their meals, 78 enjoyed mixed
drinks, 66 enjoyed iced tea. In addition, 36 enjoyed any given pair of these beverages and 24 enjoyed
them all. what is the number of passengers that they both want only iced tea with their meals?

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21. In a beauty contest, half the number of judges voted for Miss A, of them voted for Miss B, 10 voted for
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both and 6 did not vote for either Miss A or B, find how many judges, in all, were present there?

SECTION : D
FIVE MARKS
22. If A and B are two given sets, then using properties of sets prove that
(i)  A  B  B  A  B (iii)  A  B   C   A  C    B  C 
(ii)  A  B  A  A (iv) A   A  B   A  B

23. Let U = {0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8,9}, A = {1, 3, 5} and B = {2, 3, 4, 1,5}, C = {3,4,8,9}
Prove the following:
(i) De Morgan’s Laws
(ii)  A  B  C   A  C    B  C 
(iii)  A  B  C   A  C    B  C 

24. If   x : x  N , x  30 , A  x : xis prime  5  B  x : xis perfect square  10  and

C  x : xis perfect cube  30  then verify the following:
(i) De Morgan’s Laws (ii) Distributive laws

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 SECTION : E
CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS (FOUR MARKS)
25. Segoe Script The school organised a farewell party for 100 students and school management decided three types
of drinks will be distributed in farewell party i.e. Milk (M), Coffee (C) and Tea (T).
Organiser reported that 10 students had all the three drinks M, C, T. 20 students had M and C; 30
students had C and T; 25 students had M and T. 12 students had M only; 5 students had C only; 8
students had T only. Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(i) Find The number of students who did not take any drink.
(ii)The number of students who prefer Milk is
(iii) The number of students who prefer Coffee is
(iv) The number of students who prefer Tea is
(v) The number of students who prefer Milk and Coffee but not tea

26. In a survey of 260 college students, the following data were obtained:
64 had taken a mathematics course, 94 had taken a computer science course, 58 had taken a business
course, 28 had taken both a mathematics and a business course, 26 had taken both a mathematics and a
computer science course, 22 had taken both a computer science and a business course, and 14 had taken
all three types of courses. Find

(i) How many of these students had taken none of the three courses?
(ii) How many had taken only a computer science courses?

27. A class Eleventh Maths teacher Kavya wrote some sets in set builder form on a Green board.

Whereas Universal set given as U = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

Based on the given information answer the following:

(a) Write sets A and B in roster form. (1)

(b) Find A  B and A  B (1)
(c) Find  A  B  and  A  B  and also find their intersection (2)

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