CHAPTER-1 SETS
CLASS-XI
Q 1. If A = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6, 7,8,9,10}, then insert the appropriate symbol ε or in each of the
following blank spaces:
(i) 4.....A (ii) -4......A (iii) 12 ....A
(iv) 9 ....A (v) 0.....A (vi) -2.....A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Q 2. Write the set , , , , , , , , in the set-builder form.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Q 3. List all the elements of the following sets:
1
(i) A = {x : x2 ≤ 10, x Z} (ii) B = {x : x = , 1 ≤ n ≤ 5}
2n 1
1 9
(iii). C = {x : x is an integer, x }
2 2
(iv) D = {x : x is a vowel in the word "EQUATION"}
(v) E = {x : x is a month of a year not having 31 days}
(vi) F = {x : x is a letter of the word "MISSISSIPPI"}
Q 4. Let A = {{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5}, {6, 7, 8}}. Determine which of the following is true or false:
(i) 1 A (ii) {1,2,3} A (iii) {6, 7,8} A
(iv) {{4, 5}} A (v) A (vi) A
Q 5. Write down all possible subsets of each of the following sets:
(i) {a}, (ii) {0,1}, (iii) {a,b,c},
(iv) {1,{l}}, (v) {}.
Q 6. Write down all possible proper subsets each of the following sets:
(i) {1,2}, (ii) {1,2,3}, (iii) {1}
Q 7. What is the total number of proper subsets of a set consisting of n elements?
Q 8. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, B = {4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, C = {7, 8, 9, 10,11} and D = {10, 11, 12,13,14},
find; (i) B C D (ii) A (B C) (iii) (A B) (B C)
(iv) (A D) (B C).
Q 9. 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 C)' (ii) (A B)' (iii) (B - C)'
Q 10. If A and B are two sets such that n(A B) = 50, n (A) = 28 and n (B) = 32, find n (A B).
. If P and Q are two sets such that P has 40 elements, P Q has 60 elements and P Q
has 10 elements, how many elements does Q have?
Q 11. In a group of 70 people, 37 like coffee, 52 like lea and each person likes at least one of
the two drinks. How many like both coffee and tea?
Q 12. Let A and B be two sets such that: n (A) = 20, n (A B) = 42 and n (A B) = 4. Find
(i) n (B) (ii) n (A - B) (iii) n (B - A)
Q 13. A survey shows that 76% of the Indians like oranges, whereas 62% like bananas. What
percentage of the Indians like both oranges and bananas?
Q 14. In a group of 950 persons, 750 can speak Hindi and 460 can speak English. Find:
(i) how many can speak both Hindi and English: (ii) how many can speak Hindi only;
(iii) how many can speak English only,
Q 15. In a group of 50 persons, 14 drink tea but not coffee and 30 drink tea. Find:
(i) how may drink tea and coffee both; (ii) how many drink coffee but not tea.
Q 16. In a survey of 60 people, it was found that 25 people read newspaper H, 26 read
newspaper 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 numbers of people who read at least one of the newspapers.
(ii) the number of people who read exactly one newspaper.
Q 17. In a survey of 100 persons it was found that 28 read magazine A, 30 read magazine B, 42
read magazine C, 8 read magazines A and B, 10 read magazines A and C, 5 read
magazines B and C and 3 read all the three magazines. Find:
(i) How many read none of three magazines? (ii) How many read magazine C only?
Q 18. In a survey of 100 students, the number of students studying the various languages were
found to be: English only 18, English but not Hindi 23, English and Sanskrit 8, English
26, Sanskrit 48, Sanskrit and Hindi 8, no language 24. Find:
(i) How many students were studying Hindi?
(ii) How many students were studying English and Hindi?
Q 19. In a survey it was found that 21 persons liked product P1, 26 liked product P2 and 29
liked product P3. If 14 persons liked products P1 and P2; 12 persons liked product P3 and
P1; 14 persons liked products P2 and P3 and 8 liked all the three products. Find how many
liked product P3 only.