Q.1. A general election of Lok Sabha is a gigantic exercise.

About 911 million people

were eligible to vote and voter turnout was about 67%, the highest ever
Let 𝐼 be the set of all citizens of India who were eligible to exercise their voting
right in general election held in 2019. A relation ‘𝑅’ is defined on 𝐼 as follows:

𝑅 = {(𝑣! , 𝑣" ): 𝑣! , 𝑣" ∈ 𝐼 and both use their voting right in general election – 2019}
(i) Two neighbors 𝑋 and 𝑌 ∈ 𝐼. 𝑋 exercised his voting right while 𝑌 did not cast
her vote in general election – 2019. Which of the following is true?
(a) (𝑋, 𝑌) ∈ 𝑅 (b) (𝑌, 𝑋) ∈ 𝑅
(c) (𝑋, 𝑋) ∉ 𝑅 (d) (𝑋, 𝑌) ∉ 𝑅
(ii) Mr. ′𝑋′ and his wife ′𝑊′ both exercised their voting right in general election –
2019, which of the following is true?
(a) both(𝑋, 𝑊) and (𝑊, 𝑋) ∈ 𝑅
(b) (𝑋, 𝑊) ∈ 𝑅 but (𝑊, 𝑋) ∉ 𝑅
(c) both(𝑋, 𝑊) and (𝑊, 𝑋) ∉ 𝑅
(d) (𝑊, 𝑋) ∈ 𝑅 but (𝑋, 𝑊) ∉ 𝑅
(iii) Three friends 𝐹! , 𝐹" and 𝐹# exercised their voting right in general election –
2019, then which of the following is true?
(a) (𝐹! , 𝐹" ) ∈ 𝑅, (𝐹" , 𝐹# ) ∈ 𝑅 and (𝐹! , 𝐹# ) ∈ 𝑅
(b) (𝐹! , 𝐹" ) ∈ 𝑅, (𝐹" , 𝐹# ) ∈ 𝑅 and (𝐹! , 𝐹# ) ∉ 𝑅
(c) (𝐹! , 𝐹" ) ∈ 𝑅, (𝐹" , 𝐹" ) ∈ 𝑅 and (𝐹# , 𝐹# ) ∉ 𝑅
(d) (𝐹! , 𝐹" ) ∉ 𝑅, (𝐹" , 𝐹# ) ∉ 𝑅 and (𝐹! , 𝐹# ) ∉ 𝑅
(iv) The above defined relation 𝑅 is ____________
(a) Symmetric and transitive but not reflexive
(b) Universal relation
(c) Equivalence relation
(d) Reflexive but not symmetric and transitive
(v) Mr. Shyam exercised his voting right in General Election – 2019, then Mr.
Shyam is related to which of the following?
(a) All those eligible voters who cast their votes
(b) Family members of Mr. Shyam
(c) All citizens of India
(d) Eligible voters of India
 Sol. (i) (d) (𝑋, 𝑌) ∉ 𝑅
(ii) (a) both (𝑋, 𝑊) and (𝑊, 𝑋) ∈ 𝑅
(iii) (a) (𝐹! , 𝐹" ) ∈ 𝑅, (𝐹" , 𝐹# ) ∈ 𝑅 and (𝐹! , 𝐹# ) ∈ 𝑅
(iv) (c) Equivalence relation
(v) (a) All those eligible voters who cast their votes

Q.2. Sherlin and Danju are playinng Ludo at home during Covid-19. While rolling the
dice, Sherlin’s sister Raji observed and noted the possible outcomes of the throw
every time belongs to set {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Let 𝐴 be the set of players while 𝐵 be the
set of all possible outcomes.

𝐴 = {𝑆, 𝐷 }, 𝐵 = {1,2,3,4,5,6}
(i) Let 𝑅: 𝐵 → 𝐵 be defined by 𝑅 = {(𝑥, 𝑦): 𝑦 is divisible by 𝑥} is
(a) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(b) Reflexive and symmetric and not transitive
(c) Not reflexive but symmetric and transitive
(d) Equivalence
(ii) Raji wants to know the number of functions from 𝐴 to 𝐵. How many number
of functions are possible?
(a) 6" (b) 2$
(c) 6! (d) 2!"
(iii) Let 𝑅 be a relation on 𝐵 defined by 𝑅 =
{(1,2), (2,2), (1,3), (3,4), (3,1), (4,3), (5,5)}. Then 𝑅 is
(a) Symmetric (b) Reflexive
(c) Transitive (d) None of these three
 (iv) Raji wants to know the number of relations possible from 𝐴 to 𝐵. How many
numbers of relations are possible?
(a) 6" (b) 2$
(c) 6! (d) 2!"
(v) Let 𝑅: 𝐵 → 𝐵 be defined by 𝑅 = {(1,1), (1,2), (2,2), (3,3), (4,4), (5,5), (6,6)}.
Then 𝑅 is
(a) Symmetric
(b) Reflexive and Transitive
(c) Transitive and symmetric
(d) Equivalence
Sol. (i) (a) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(ii) (a) 6"
(iii) (d) None of these three
(iv) (d) 2!"
(v) (b) Reflexive and Transitive

Q.3. Raji visited the Exhibition along with her family. The Exhibition had a huge swing,
which attracted many children. Raji found that the swing traced the path of a
Parabola as given by 𝑦 = 𝑥 " .

Answer the following questions using the above information.

(i) Let 𝑓: 𝑅 → 𝑅 be defined by 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥 " is _______________
(a) Neither Surjective nor Injective
(b) Surjective
(c) Injective
(d) Bijective
(ii) Let 𝑓: 𝑁 → 𝑁 be defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 " is _______________
(a) Surjective but not Injective
(b) Surjective
 (c) Injective
(d) Bijective
(iii) Let 𝑓: {1,2,3, … … } → {1,4,9, … … be defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 " is
_______________
(a) Bijective
(b) Surjective but not Injective
(c) Injective but Surjective
(d) Neither Surjective nor Injective
(iv) Let 𝑓: 𝑁 → 𝑅 be defined by 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥 " is . Range of the function among the
following is _______________
(a) {1,4,9,16,…….}
(b) {1,4,8,9,10,…….}
(c) {1,4,9,15,16,…….}
(d) {1,4,8,16,…….}
(v) The function 𝑓: 𝑍 → 𝑍 defined by 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 𝑥 " is _______________
(a) Neither Injective nor Surjective
(b) Injective
(c) Surjective
(d) Bijective

Sol. (i) (a) Neither Surjective nor Injective

(ii) (c) Injective
(iii) (a) Bijective
(iv) (a) {1,4,9,16,…….}
(v) (a) Neither Injective nor Surjective

Q.4. An organization conducted bike race under 2 different categories-boys and girls.
Totally there were 250 participants. Among all of them finally three from Category
1 and two from Category 2 were selected for the final race. Ravi forms two sets B
and G with these participants for his college project.
Let 𝐵 = {𝑏! , 𝑏" , 𝑏# }, 𝐺 = {𝑔! , 𝑔" } where 𝐵 represents the set of boys selected and 𝐺
the set of girls who were selected for the final race.
Ravi decides to explore these sets for various types of relations and functions.
(i) Ravi wishes to form all the relations possible from 𝐵 to 𝐺. How many such
relations are possible?
(a) 2$ (b) 2%
(c) 0 (d) 2#
(ii) Let 𝑅: 𝐵 → 𝐵 be defined by 𝑅 = {(𝑥, 𝑦): 𝑥 and 𝑦 are students of same sex},
Then this relation 𝑅 is _____________
(a) Equivalence
(b) Reflexive only
(c) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
(d) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(iii) Ravi wants to know among those relations, how many functions can be
formed from 𝐵 to 𝐺?

(a) 2" (b) 2!"

(c) 3" (d) 2#
(iv) Let 𝑅: 𝐵 → 𝐺 be defined by 𝑅 = {(𝑏! , 𝑔! ), (𝑏" , 𝑔" ), (𝑏# , 𝑔! )}, then 𝑅 is _____
(a) Injective
(b) Surjective
(c) Neither Surjective nor Injective
(d) Surjective and Injective
(v) Ravi wants to find the number of injective functions from 𝐵 to 𝐺. How many
numbers of injective functions are possible?
(a) 0 (b) 2!
(c) 3! (d) 0!

Sol. (i) (a) 2$

(ii) (a) Equivalence
(iii) (d) 2#
(iv) (b) Surjective
(v) (a) 0