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not orange juice? (1)

CHAPTER 1 - SETS c) How many students were taking neither
apple juice nor orange juice? (1)
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1. a) If the number of proper subset of a set
is 63, then the number of elements of the 5. a) If A  2,3, 4,5 and B  4,5, 6, 7 ,
set is ……….. (1) then write:
b) If A   x : x is a letter in the word ii) A  B
iii) A  B
“ MATHEMATICS ” and
(2)

B   y : y is a letter in the word

b) Which one of the following is equal to
 x : x  R, 2  x  4 ?
“STATISTICS” , then, find
i) {2,3,4} ii) {3,4}
i) A  B (ii) A  B (2)
iii) [2,4] iv) (2,4] (1)
2. a) In a survey of 600 students in a school
150 students were found to be taking tea 6. Consider the set A   x : x is an integer,
and 225 taking coffee, 100 were taking
both tea and coffee. Find how many 0  x  4
students were taking neither tea nor a) Write A in Roster form. (1)
coffee. (2) b) If B = {5,6}, then write A  B . (1)
b) Draw Venn diagrams which represents:
c) Write the number of possible relations
i)  A  B  from A to B. (1)
7. a) If U = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}; A = {2,4,6,8}
ii) A  B (2)
B = {2,3,5,7},
MARCH 2019 Verify  A  B  '  A  B' (3)
b) If A and B are two disjoint sets with
3. Let A   x : x is a prime number rim n(A) = 4 and n(B) = 2, then n(A B) =
less than 11 and ………… (1)
B   x : x is an integer such that
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2  x  8}
a) Write C  A  B
8. a) If A  a, b, c , then write the power
(1)
b) Find the number of subsets of C which
has 3 elements. (1) set of P(A). (1)
c) What is the probability of getting a b) If the number of subsets with two
subset of 3 elements from the power set elements of a set P is 10, then find the
of C? (1) total number of elements in the set P. (2)
c) Find the number of elements of the
4. In a school, a survey among400 students, power set of P. (1)
100 were listed as taking apple juice, 150 as
taking orange juice, and 75 were listed as 9. Consider a Venn diagram of the Universal
taking both apple juice as well as orange set U = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13}
juice. a) Write sets A, B in Roster form. (1)
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a) How many students take apple juice or b) Verify  A  B  '  A  B'

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(2)
orange juice? (2)
b) How many take apple juice alone but

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c) Find n  A  B  (1) B  2, 4,8 ,then:

a) Write A' and B ' (1)
b) For the above sets A and B,
prove that  A  B  '  A  B'
(2)
c) Check whether  A  B  '  A '  B ' . (2)

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13. a) If A is a subset of the set B, then

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A  B  ............... (1)

10. Let A   x : x  N , 1  x  5 ; B  2,3, 6,9 b) Represent the above set A  B by Venn

and C  1, 4,5,8,9,10 diagram. (2)

a) Find the number of elements of A. (1) c) In a school there are 20 teachers who
b) Verify A   B  C    A  B    A  C  (2) teach Mathematics or Physics. Of these,
c) If X and Y are two sets such that 12 teach Mathematics, 12 teach Physics.
n  X   17, n Y   23 and How many teach both the subjects? (2)
n  X  Y   38
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then find n  X  Y  . (2)
14. a) A  {x / x , is a prime number , x  6} .
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i) Represent A in roster form. (1)
11. a) If U is the universal set and A is any set ii) Write the power set of A. (2)
then U  A  .......... .....
b) Out of 25 members in an office 17 like to
i) U ii) A iii)  iv) A (1)
take tea, 16 like to take coffee. Assume
b) Consider the set U  a, b, c, d , e, f , g , that each takes at least one of the two
A  b, c, d , e and B  a , c, g . Find A and drinks. How many like:

B  and then verify that  A  B '  A  B. i) Both coffee and tea?
ii) Only tea and not coffee? (2)
(2)
c) In a group of 400 people, 250 can speak MARCH 2015
Hindi and 200 can speak Malayalam. How
15. Let A  {x : x  W , x  5} and
many people can speak both Hindi and
B  {x : x is a prime number less than 5}
Malayalam? (2)
U  {x : x is an integer, 0  x  6} ,
2

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a) Write A, B in roster form. (1)

12. If U  1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7,8 , A  2, 4,6,8  and b) Find  A  B    B  A  (2)

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c) Verify that  A  B   A  B
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(2)
19. Let U  1, 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7,8,9 ; A  1, 2, 4, 7
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and B  1,3,5, 7
16. a) If two sets A and B are disjoint, which one a) Find A  B (1)
among the following is true? b) Find A , B and hence show that
i) A  B  A ii) A  B  B  A  B  '  A ' B ' . (2)
iii) A  B  B iv) A  B  
The power set P  A  B 
(1)
c) has
b) Find the solution set of the equation ………elements. (1)
x  x  2  0 in roster form.
2
(1)
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c) In a group of students, 100 students know
20. i) How many elements has P  A  ,
Hindi, 50 know English and 33 know both.
Each of the students know either Hindi or if A  1, 2,3 ? (1)

English. How many students are there in ii) U  1, 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7 ; A  1, 4, 6, 7 ; and
the group? (3)
B  1, 2,3. Find A ', B ', A ' B ', A  B .
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Hence show that  A  B  '  A ' B ' . (3)
17. Consider the sets A  2,3,5, 7 and
iii) If A and B are two sets such that A  B
B  1, 2,3, 4, 6,12 .
then what is A  B ? (1)
a) Find A  B (1)
b) Find A  B, B  A and hence show that MARCH 2012
 A  B    A  B    B  A  A  B (3)
21. Let  x : x is an integer,
1 7
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c) Write the power set of A  B . (1) 2 2
B  2,3, 4
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a) Write A in the roster form. (1)
18. If A and B are two sets such that A  B ,
b) Find the power set of A  B . (2)
A  B is ……………
c) Verify that  A  B    A  B   A
a) (1)
(2)
b) Draw the Venn diagram of B  A (2)
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30speak Hindi and 15 speak both English and
22. Let U   x : x is a integer ,  4  x  4 be the
Hindi. How many speak atleast one of these
universal set.
two languages? (2)
A   x : x is a integer , 0  x  3 and
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B   x : x is a integer ,  3  x  1 are the subset

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a) Write A and B in the roster form. (2) a) Write A,B,C in the roster form. (3)
b) Verify  A  B  '  A ' B ' . (2) b) Verify that  A  B   C  A   B  C  (2)
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27. Let A  x : x  R, x  5 x  6  0
2

B  {x : x  R, x 2  9}
23. Consider the set A and B given by
A   x : x is a prime number  10
a) Write A and B in roster form (1)
b) Find A  B and A  B (1)
B   x : x is a natural number which divides 12
c) Find A  B , B  A and verify that
a) Write A and B in the roster form. (2)
 A  B    B  A   A  B    A  B  (2)
b) Find A  B and B  A . (2)
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c) Verify that  A  B   A  B  A . (1)
28. Let U= 1, 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7,8 , A  2, 4, 6,8

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24. Which among the following is a finite set? (1) a) Find A and B  (1)
a)  x : x is an integer less than 1 b) Also find  A  B  (1)
b)  x : x is an integer, which is divisible by 7 c) Verify  A  B   A  B (2)
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d)  x : x R  Q; R, set of real numbers
29. i) If X  a, b, c, d  and Y   f , b, d , g  ,
Q,set of rational numbers
then find X  Y and X  Y . (2)
  
25. If A   1 , B  1 , 2 , C  1,3 
ii) State whether the following is True or
and U  1 , 2 , 3 ,1, 2,3 , then find False: If A  B then A  B  B. (2)

a) A B . (1)
b) B C (1)

c) n  A  B    B  C   (2)
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26. Consider
A   x : x is a natural number , 2  x  6
B   x : x is a prime number , x  7
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C   x : x 2  5 x  6  0
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