Discrete Mathematics and Statistic
Question Bank
1 100 Sportsmen were asked whether they play which game: cricket,
Hockey, Football. The results are: [6]
45 play cricket, 38 play Hockey, 21 play Football, 18 play Cricket and
Hockey, 9 play Cricket and Football, 4 play Football and Hockey and
23 play none of these.
Draw a Venn diagram that will show the results of the survey and
The number of sportsmen who play:
i) Exactly one of the games
ii) Exactly two of the games
2 Given a relation R= {(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4), (2, 1)} on A= {1, 2, 3, 4}. Find
The transitive closure of R by Warshall’s algorithm.
3 if x = {1, 2, 3.......7} and R = {(x, y) | x–y is divisible by 3}. Show that R
Is an equivalence relation. Draw the digraph of R.
4 Prove the following statement by mathematical induction.
P (n): (13+ 23+...............+n3) = n2 (n+1)2 /4
5 Out of integers 1 to 1000.
i) How many are not divisible by 3 nor by 7?
ii) How many are not divisible by 5 & 7 but divisible by 3?
6 By mathematical induction prove that,
P (n):1+4+7+…..+ (3n-2) =n (3n-1)/2
7 Among 50 students in a class, 26 got an A in the first examination and 21
Got an A in the second examination. If 17 students did not get an A in
Either examination, how many students got an A in both examinations?
8 Prove that the relation R “a – b is divisible by 5” for all a & b which are
Belongs to set off +ve integers is an equivalence relation.
9 Let A= {1, 2, 3, 4} and Let
R = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 1), (2, 3), (3, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4)}.
Show that R is an equivalence relation and determine the equivalence
Classes and hence find the rank of R.
10 Prove by Mathematical induction.
0.2+1.2+2.2+3.2+……+n2^n= (n-1)2^n+1 +2 for n > =0
11 obtain CNF and DNF Of
i) (p → q) ∨ (q → p)
ii) (p∧( p → q)) → q
12 Write the following statement in symbolic form.
i) At least one integer is even
ii) There exists an even integer divisibly by 5
iii) If x is even and x is perfect square, then x is divisible by 4
iv) No even integer is divisible by 5
13 Find the transitive closure of R by Warshall’s algorithms where
A={1,2,3,4,5,6} and R ={(x,y)||x-y| =2}
14 Explain Pigeonhole principle using pigeonhole principle show that if
7 colours are used to paint 50 bicycles, at least 8 bicycles well have the
Same colour
15 Explain with example, notation used and mathematical expression
To describe the following terms:
i) Universal set
ii) Subset
iii) Union of sets
iv) Power set