Stemfield International School , Vijay Nagar
Set Theory
Class 11 (By Ashish Nagaich Sir)
The following questions are selected from the last 10 years of competitive
examinations such as JEE Main , JEE Advance, NDA , BITSAT, etc.
Students must solve them seriously
Note: Solve all the questions in the Mathematics Classwork (Fair) Copy only.
Maintain neat and proper presentation.
1. The set of intelligent students in a class is
（a) A null set. （b) A singleton （c) A finite set （d) Not a well defined collection
2. Which of the following is the empty set
（a) {x:x is a real number and x2-1 = 0 } （b) {x:x is a real number and x2+1 = 0}
（c) {x:x is a real number and x2 - 9 = 0} （d) {x:x is a real number and X2 = x + 2 }
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3. The set A=｛x:x ∈ R, x = 16 and 2x = 6 } equals
（a) ø. （b) {14,3,4} （c) {3} （d) {4}
4. If a set A has n elements, then the total number of subsets of A is
n
（a) n （b) n2
（c) 2 （d) 2n
[Link] number of proper subsets of the set {1,2,3} is
（a) 8. （b) 7 （c) 6 （d) 5
6. Given the sets A = {1,2,3}, B = {3,4}, C = {4,5,6}, then A U ( B ∩ C ) is
（a) {3} （b) {1,2,3,4} （c) {1,2,4,5} （d) {1,2,3,4,5,6}
7. If A and B are any two sets, then AU(A ∩ B)is equal to
（a) A （b) B （c) Aᶜ （d) Bᶜ
8. If A and B are two given sets, then AU(A ∩ B)ᶜ is equal to
（a) A （b) B （c). ϕ （d) A ∩ BC
9. If the sets A and B are defined as
A={(x,y):y=1/x , 0 ≠ x∈ R) , B={(x,y):y=-x,x ∈ R} then
（a) A∩B=A （b) A∩B=B （c) A∩B=Φ （d) None of these
[Link] A={ x:x ∈ R,|x|<1} ; B={ x:x ∈ R, |x-1| > 1} and A ∪ B = R - D, then the set D is
（a) { x:1< x ≤2 } (b)= { x:1 ≤ x < 2 } （c) { x : 1 ≤ x ≤ 2} （d) None of these
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11. If the sets A and B are defined as A={(x,y):y=ex,x ∈ R}; , B={(x,y):y=x,x ∈ R}，then
（a) B ⊆ A. （b) A ⊆ B （c) A ∪ B = Ø （d) AUB=A
12. If X = {4n - 3n - 1: n ∈ N} and Y = { 9(n-1) : n ∈ N} ，then XUY is equal to
（a) X （b) Y （c) N （d) None of these
13. Let n(U) = 700, n(A) = 200 , n(B)=300 and n(A ∩ B)=100, then n ( Aᶜ ∩ Bᶜ ) =
（a) 400 （b) 600 （c) 300 （d) 200
14. In a town of 10,000 families it was found that 40% family buy newspaper A, 20%
buy newspaper B and 10% families buy newspaper C, 5% families buy A and B, 3%
buy B and C and 4% buy A and C. If 2% families buy all the three newspapers, then
number of families which buy A only is
（a) 3100 （b) 3300 （c) 2900 （d) 1400
15. In a city 20 percent of the population travels by car, 50 percent travels by bus and
10 percent travels by both car and bus. Then persons travelling by car or bus is
（a) 80 % （b) 40 % （c) 60 % （d) 70 %
16. In a class of 55 students, the number of students studying different subjects are
23 in Mathematics,24 in Physics,19 in Chemistry, 12 in Mathematics and Physics, 9 in
Mathematics and Chemistry, 7 in Physics and Chemistry and 4 in all the three
subjects. The number of students who have taken exactly one subject is
（a) 6 （b) 9 （c) 7 （d) All of these
17. If A,B and C are any three sets, then A x (BUC) is equal to
（a)（AxB)U(AxC) （b)（AUB)x(AUC) （c) (AxB) ∩ (AxC) （d) None of these
18. If A,B and C are any three sets, then A-(B C) is equal to
（a) (A-B) U (A-C) （b)（A-B) ∩ (A-C) （c)（A-B) U C （d)（A-B) ∩ C
19. If A,B and C are non-empty sets, then (A-B) U (B-A) equals to
（a)（AUB) - B （b) A - (A ∩ B) （c)（A U B) - (A ∩ B)（d)（A ∩B) U (AUB)
20. If A={2,4,5} , B={7,8,9}，then n(AxB) is equal to
（a) 6 （b) 9 （c) 3 （d) 0
21. If the set A has p elements,B has q elements, then the number of elements in AxB
is
（a) p+q （b) p+q+1 （c) pq （d) p2
22. If A={a,b}, B = {c,d}, C = {d,e} ，then｛（a,c), (a,d), (a,e), (b,c), (b,d), (b,e) }
is equal to
（a) A ∩ (B U C) （b) A U (B∩C) （c) Ax(BUC) (d) A x (B∩C)
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23. If P,Q and R are subsets of a set A then R x (Pᶜ U Qᶜ) =
(a)（R x P) ∩ (R x Q)（b)（R x Q) ∩ (R x P)（c)（R x P) U (R x Q)（d) None of these
24. In rule method the null set is represented by
（a) { } （b) ϕ （c)｛x : x = x} （d)｛x : x ≠ x}
25. A = {x : x ≠ x} represents
（a) {0} （b) { } （c) {1} （d)｛x}
26. If Q = { x : x =1/y where y ∈ N}，then
（a) 0 ∈ Q. (b) 1 ∈ Q （c) 2 ∈ Q （d) ⅔ ∈ Q
27. Which set is the subset of all given sets
（a) {1,2,3,4,......} （b) {1} （c) {0} （d) { }
28 Let S={0,1,5,4,7}. Then the total number of subsets of S is
（a) 64 （b) 32 （c) 40 （d) 20
29. The number of non-empty subsets of the set {1,2,3, 4} is
（a) 15 （b) 14 （c) 16 （d) 17
30. The smallest set A such that A U {1, 2} = {1,2,3,5,9} is
（a) {2,3,5} （b) {3,5,9} （c) {1,2,5,9} （d) None of these
31. If A ∩ B = B, then
（a) A ⊂ B （b) B ⊂ A （c) A = Φ （d) B = Φ
32. If A and B are two sets, then A U B = A ∩ B
（a) A ⊆ B （b) B ⊆ A (c) A=B （d) None of these
33. Let A and B be two sets. Then
（a) A U B ⊆ A ∩ B （b) A ∩ B ⊆ A U B （c) A ∩ B = A U B （d) None of these
34. LetA = {(x,y) : y = ex,x ∈ R}, B={(x,y):y=e-x,x ∈ R}, Then
（a) AnB = ϕ （b) A ∩ B ≠ ϕ （c) A U B = R2 （d) None of these
35. If A={2,3,4,8.10} , B={3,4,5.10.12}. C={4,5,6,12,14} then (A ∩ B) U (A ∩ C)is equal to
（a) {3,4,10} （b) {2,8, 10} （c) {4,5,6} （d) {3,5,14}
36. If A and B are any two sets,then A ∩ (A U B) is equal to
（a) A （b) B （c) A° （d) BC .
37. If A,B,C be three sets such that A U B = A U C and A ∩ B＝A ∩ C, then
（a) A = B （b) B = C （c) A＝C （d) A = B = C
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38. Let A ＝｛a,b,c } B= {b,c,d} C={a,b, d, e}, then A ∩ (BUC)
（a) {a, b, c} （b) {b, c, d} （c)｛a,b,d,e} （d) {e}
39. If A and B are sets, then A ∩ (B - A) is
（a) Φ （b) A （c) B （d) None of these
40. If A and B are two sets,then A ∩ (A U B) is equal to
（a) A （b) B （c) ø （d) None of these
41. Let U={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}, A = {1,2,5}, B = {6,7}, then A∩B’
（a) B' （b) A （c) A' （d) B
42. If A is any set,then
（a) A U A' = ϕ（b) A U A' = U （c) A ∩ A' = U （d) None of these
43. If Na = {an : n ∈ N} ，then N5 ∩ N7 =
（a) N7 （b) N （c) N35 （d) N5 （e) N12
44. If aN = {ax : x ∈ N}. ，then the set 3N ∩ 7N
（a) 21N （b) 10N （c) 4N （d) None of these
45. The shaded region in the given figure is
（a) A∩(BUC)
（b) A∪(B∩C)
（c) A∩(B-C)
（d) A - (BUC)
46. If A and B are two sets then (A-B) U (B-A) U (A ∩ B) equal to
（a) AUB （b) AnB （c) A （d) B’
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47. Let A and B be two sets then (AU B) U (A' ∩ B) is equal to
（a) A' （b) A （c) B' （d) None of these
48. Let U be the universal set and A U B U C = U Then{（A-B)U(B-C)U(C-A)}' is equal to
（a) AUBUC （b) AU(B∩C) （c) A∩B∩C （d) A∩(BUC)
49. If n(A)=3, n(B)=6 and A ⊆ B , Then the number of elements in AUB is equal to
（a) 3 （b) 9 （c) 6 （d) None of these
50. Let A and B be two sets such that n(A)=0.16, n(B)=0.14, n(AU B) = 0.25. Then
n(A∩B) is equal to
（a)0.3 （b) 0.5 （c) 0.05 （d) None of these
51. If A and B are disjoint, then n(AUB) is equal to
（a) n(A) （b) n(B) （c) n(A) + n(B) （d) n(A).n(B)
52. If A and B are not disjoint sets, then n(AUB) is equal to
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（a )n(A) + n(B) （b) n(A) + n(B) - n(A∩B) （c) n(A) + n(B) + n(A∩B)
（d) n(A)n(B) （e) n(A) - n(B)
53. In a battle 70% of the combatants lost one eye, 80% an ear, 75% an arm, 85% a leg,
x% lost all the four limbs. The minimum value of x is
（a) 10 （b) 12 （c) 15 （d) None of these
54. Out of 800 boys in a school, 224 played cricket, 240 played hockey and 336 played
basketball. Of the total, 64 played both basketball and hockey; 80 played cricket and
basketball and 40 played cricket and hockey; 24 played all the three games. The
number of boys who did not play any game is
（a) 128 （b) 216 （c) 240 （d)160
55. A survey shows that 63% of Americans like cheese whereas 76% like apples. If x%
of the Americans like both cheese and apples,then
（a) x = 39 （b) x = 63 （c) 39 ≤ x ≤ 63 （d) None of these
56. 20 teachers of a school either teach mathematics or physics. 12 of them teach
mathematics while 4 teach both the subjects. Then the number of teachers teaching
physics only is
（a) 12 （b) 8 （c) 16 （d) None of these
57. Of the members of three athletic teams in a school 21 are in the cricket team, 26
are in the hockey team and 29 are in the football team. Among them, 14 play hockey
and cricket, 15 play hockey and football, and 12 play football and cricket. Eight play
all the three games. The total number of members in the three athletic teams is
（a) 43 （b) 76 （c) 49 （d) None of these
58. In a class of 100 students, 55 students have passed in Mathematics and 67
students have passed in Physics. Then the number of students who have passed in
Physics only is
（a) 22 （b) 33 （c) 10 （d) 45
59. If A and B are two sets, then A x B = B x A iff
（a) A ⊆ B （b) B ⊆ A （c) A = B （d) None of these
[Link] A and B be any two sets,then（A∩B)' is equal to
（a)A' ∩ B' （b) A'UB' （c) A∩B （d) AUB
61. Let A and B be subsets of a set X. Then
（a) A - B = A U B （b) A - B = A ∩ B （c)A-B = A°∩ B （d) A - B = A∩B°
62. Let A and B be two sets in the universal set. Then A - B equals
（a) A∩B° （b) A°∩B （c) A∩B （d) None of these
63. If A,B and C are any three sets, then A-(B∩C) is equal to
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（a) (A-B) U (A-C) （b)（A-B) ∩ (A-C) （c) (A-B) U C （d) (A-B) ∩ C
64. If A,B,C are three sets, then A∩ (BU C) is equal to
（a) (AUB)∩(AUC) （b) (A∩B)U(A∩C) （c) (AUB)U(AUC) （d) None of these
65. If A = {1,2,4}, B = {2,4,5}, C = {2,5}，then (A-B) x（B-C) is
（a) {(1,2), (1,5), (2, 5)} （b) {(1,4)} （c) (1, 4) （d) None of these
66. If (1,3), (2, 5) and (3, 3) are three elements of A x B and the total number of
elements in AxB is 6, then the remaining elements of AxB are
（a) (1,5); (2,3);(3,5) （b) (5,1);(3,2);(5,3) （c)(1,5);(2,3);(5,3) （d) None of these
67. A = {1,2,3} and B = {3,8}, then (A U B) x (A ∩ B) is
（a){(3,1),（3,2),（3,3),(3,8)} （b) {(1,3), (2,3), (3,3),(8,3)}
（c) {(1,2), (2,2), (3,3), (8, 8)} （d) {(8,3), (8,2), (8,1), (8,8)}
68. If A = {2,3,5}, B = {2,5,6} then (A - B) x (A ∩ B) is
（a) {(3,2), (3, 3), (3,5)} （b) {(3,2), (3,5),(3,6)} （c) {(3,2), (3,5)} （d) None of these
69. In a class of 30 pupils, 12 take needle work, 16 take physics and 18 take history. If
all the 30 students take at least one subject and no one takes all three then the
number of pupils taking 2 subjects is
（a) 16. （b) 6. （c) 8. （d) 20
70. If n(A) = 4. n(B) = 3. n(AxBxC) = 24 then n(C) =
（a) 288 （b) 1 （c) 12 （d)17 （e) 2
71. The number of elements in the set { (a,b):2a2+3b2 = 35,a,b ∈ Z }，where Z is the set
of all integers,is
（a) 2. （b) 4. （c) 8. （d) 12. （e) 16
72. If A={1,2,3,4}; B = {a,b} and f is a mapping such that f : A→B, then A x B
（a) {(a,1), (3,b)} （b) {(a,2), (4,b)}
（c) {(1, a), (1, b), (2, a), (2, b), (3, a), (3, b), (4,a), (4,b)} （d) None of the set
73. If A = {1,2,3,4,5}, B = {2,4.6}, C = {3,4,6},then（AUB) ∩ C is
（a) {3,4,6} （b) {1,2,3} （c) {1,4,3} （d) None of these
74. If A = {x,y} then the power set of A is
（a)｛xx,yy} （b) {ø,x,y} （c) {｛ø, {x}, {2y}} （d) {ø｛Φ, {x},{y},{x,y}}
75. A set contains 2n+1 elements. The number of subsets of this set containing more
than n elements is equal to
（a) 2n-1. （b) 2n. （c) 2n+1. （d) 22n
76. Which of the following is a true statement
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（a) {a} ∈｛a,b,c} （b) {a} ⊆ {a,b,c} （c) Φ ∈ {a,b,c} （d) None of these
77. If A = {x:x is a multiple of 4} and B = {x:x is a multiple of 6} then A ⊂ B consists of
all multiples of
（a) 16 （b) 12 （c) 8 （d) 4
78. A class has 175 students. The following data shows the number of students
obtaining one or more subjects. Mathematics 100, Physics 70, Chemistry 40,
Mathematics and Physics 30, Mathematics and Chemistry 28,Physics and Chemistry
23:Mathematics,Physics and Chemistry [Link] many students have offered
Mathematics alone
（a) 35 （b) 48 （c) 60 （d) 22 (e) 30
79. Consider the following relations:
（1) A-B = A - (A∩ B) （2) A =( A ∩ B) U（A-B) （3) A - (B∪C) = (A-B) U (A-C)
which of these is/are correct
（a) 1 and 3 （b) 2 only （c) 2 and 3 （d) 1 and 2
80. If two sets A and B are having 99 elements in common,then the number of
elements common to each of the sets AxB and BxA are
（a) 299 （b) 992 （c)100 （d) 18 （e) 9
81. Given n(U) = 20, n(A) =12. n(B) = 9, n(A ∩ B)=4，where U is the universal set, A and
B are subsets of U,then n((AUB)C) =
（a) 17 （b) 9 （c)11 （d) 3 （e) 16
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