CHAPTER – SETS

1. Which of the following are sets? Justify your answer.

(i) The collection of all the months of a year beginning with the letter J .
(ii) All prime numbers less than 11.
(iii) The collection of all even integers.
2. Which of the following are sets? Justify your answer.
(i) The collection of all rational numbers lying between −2 & 2 .0
(ii) The collection of all boys in your class.
(iii) The collection of questions in this chapter.
3. Which of the following are sets? Justify your answer.
(i) The collection of ten most talented writers in India.
(ii) The collection of most dangerous animals of the world.
(iii) Difficult problems in Mathematics.
4. Which of the following are sets? Justify your answer.
(i) The collection of all rivers flowing in India.
(ii) The collection of 4 rivers flowing in India.
5. Write all the elements of each of the following sets:

(i) x : x is an odd natural number 

(ii) x : x is an integer, −
1
2
x
9
2 

(iii) x : x is an integer,x  4
2
 (iv) x : x is a letter in the word 'LOYAL'

(v) x : x is a month of a year not having 31 days

(vi) x : x is a consonant in the English alphabet which preceeds k

6. Write all the elements of each of the following sets:

(i) Set of all natural numbers between 20 and 25.
(ii) Set of all natural numbers from 20 to 25.
(iii) Set of factors of 12.
(iv) Set of vowels in the English alphabet which precede ' o ' .
7. If X = 1, 2,3 , if n represents any number of X , write the sets containing all numbers represented by the

n
following: (i) 4n (ii)
2
8. If X = 1, 2,3, 4,5,6 & n represents any member of X , write the following as set: n  X , but 2n  X .

9. If Y = 1, 2,3,...,10 & a represents any element of Y , write the following sets, containing all the elements

satisfying the given conditions.

(i) a is less than 6 and a  Y (ii) a + 1 = 6, a  Y (iii) a  Y but a 2  Y
10. Write the following sets in roster form:
(i) x : x is an integer and − 3  x  5

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 (ii) x : x is a two digit natural number having sum of digits as 8

(iii) x : x is a prime number which is divisor of 60


(iv) x : x =
2n + 1
n +1
,n N & n  5 
11. Write the following sets in roster form:
(i) The set of all even integers lying between −5 & 5 .
(ii) The set of all letters in the word ‘TRIGONOMETRY’
(iii) The set of all digits in our decimal system.
(iv) The fractions whose numerator is 3 and denominator is an even natural number less than 10
12. Write the following sets in the roster form:

(i) A = x : x  , 2 x + 11 = 15 
(ii) B = x : x = x 
2

(iii) C = x : x is a positive factor of a prime number 'p '

13. Write the solution set of the equation x 2 + x − 2 = 0 in roster form.


14. Write the following set in roster form: x : x is a positive integer less than 10 and 2 − 1 is an odd number
x

15. Write the following sets in the set – builder form:
(i) 0 (ii) 3,6,9,12 (iii) 2, 4,8,16,32 (iv) 1, 4,9,...,100

(v) 15,16,17,18,19 (vi)  1 2 3 4 5 6

, , , , ,
2 3 4 5 6 7  (vii)  1 2 3 4
, , ,
2 5 10 17 
16. Write the following sets in the set – builder form:
(i) The natural numbers which are multiples of 4 and less than 25.
(ii) The set of all letters in the word ‘STATEMENT’.
(iii) Set of odd natural numbers.
17. State which of the following sets are empty or non – empty sets:
(i) Set of all even prime numbers (ii) Set of all even prime numbers  2
(iii) Set of all circles passing through ( 0,0 ) . (iv) x :1  x  2, x is a natural number


(v) x : x − 2 = 0 & x is a rational number
2
 (vi) x : x is a point common to any two parallel lines


(vii) x : x = 4, x is odd
2
 
(viii) x : x = 25, x is an odd integer
2

18. Let T = x :  x+5
x−7
−5 =
4 x − 40
13 − x  . Is T an empty set? Justify your answer.

19. State which of the following sets are finite or infinite sets:
(i) 1, 2,3,....,50 (ii)  x : x  2
& x −3 = 0  (iii) The set of all prime numbers

(iv) The set of prime numbers  9

20. Write the cardinal number, if defined, of the following sets:
(i) A = The set of positive integers less than 0.

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 (ii) B = The set of positive integers less than 5.
(iii) C = The set of positive integers greater than 50.
21. Write the cardinal number of the following finite sets:
(i) A = x : x is a prime factor of 12 (ii) B = set of all prime numbers <17

(iii) C = x : x is a digit in binary number system

(iv) D = set of all vowels in the word 'MATHEMATICS'

(v) E =  x : x  & ( x − 1)( x + 2 ) = 0 (vi) F = 50,51,52,...., 200


(vii) G = x : x  & x2 − 5 = 0  
(viii) H = x : x  & x2 + 1 = 0 
22. Find the value of n ( S ) + n ( P ) , where

S = x x is a positive multiple of 3 less than 100 & P = x x is a prime number less than 20

23. State which of the following pair of sets are equal. Justify your answer.
(i) A = a, b, c, d  & B = d , c, b, a

(ii) A = x : x is a multiple of 10 & B = 10,15, 20, 25,30,...


(iii) A = 2,3 & B = x : x is solution of x + 5 x + 6 = 0
2

(iv) A = n : n  & n  4 & B = x : x 
2
 & x 2 − 3x + 2 = 0 
(v) A = x : x is a letter in the word 'FOLLOW' and B =  y : y is a letter in the word 'WOLF'

Answers

1. (i) Yes. January, June, July (ii) Yes. 2,3,5,7 (iii) Yes ...., −4, −2,0, 2, 4....

2. (i) Yes (ii) Yes (iii) Yes

3. (i) Yes (ii) Yes (iii) No
4. (i) Yes (ii) No
5. (i) 1,3,5,7,.... (ii) 0,1, 2,3, 4 (iii) −2, −1,0,1, 2 (iv) L, O, Y , A

(v) February, April, June, September, November (vi) b, c, d , f , g , h, j

6. (i) 21, 22, 23, 24 (ii) 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 (iii) 1, 2,3, 4,6,12 (iv) a, e, i

7. (i) 4n : n  X  = 4n : n = 1, 2,3 = 4,8,12 (ii)  n

2 
;n X =
n
2
: n = 1, 2,3 =  
1
2
,1,
3
2

8. A = n  X : 2n  X  = 4,5,6

9. (i) a  Y : a is less than 6 = 1, 2,3, 4,5 (ii) a  Y : a + 1 = 6 = 5

 
(iii) a  Y : a  Y = 4,5, 6, 7,8,9,10
2

10. (i) −2, −1,0,1, 2,3, 4,5 (ii) 17, 26,35, 44,53,62,71,80 (iii) 2,3,5 (iv)  3 5 7 9
, , ,
2 3 4 5 

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11. (i) −4, −2,0, 2, 4 (ii) T , R, I , G, O, N , M , E, Y 

(iii) 0,1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7,8,9 (iv)  3 3 3 3

, , ,
2 4 6 8 
12. (i) 2 (ii) 0,1 (iii) 1, p

13. 1, −2

14. A = 1, 2,3,....,9

15. (i) x : x = 0 (ii) x : x = 3n, n  & n  4 

(iii) x : x = 2 , n 
n
& n  15 

(iv) x : x = n , n 
2
& n  10  (v) x : x = n, n  &15  n  19


(vi) x : x =
n
n +1
,n  &n  6  
(vii) x : x =
n +1
n
2
,n &n  4 
16. (i) x : x  , x is a multiple of 4 and x  25 (ii) x : x is a letter in the word 'STATEMENT'

(iii) x : x is an odd natural number

17. (i) Non – empty set (ii) Empty set (iii) Non – empty set (iv) Empty set
(v) Empty set (vi) Empty set (vii) Empty set (viii) Non – empty set
18. T is not an empty set
19. (i) 1, 2,3,...,50 is a finite set (ii) x : x  & x −3 = 0 =
2
  is a finite set
(iii) The set of all prime numbers, i.e., 2,3,5,7,11,13,... is an infinite set

(iv) The set of prime numbers  9 , i.e., 2,3,5,7 is a finite set.

20. (i) A = The set of positive integers less than 0 =   . Hence, n ( A) = 0

(ii) B = The set of positive integers less than 5 = 1, 2,3, 4 . Hence n ( B ) = 4

(iii) C = The set of positive integers greater than 50 = 51,52,53,... , which is an infinite set. Hence n ( C ) is not

defined.
21. (i) A = x : x is a prime factor of 12 = 2,3. Hence n ( A) = 2

(ii) B = The set of prime numbers less than 17 = 2,3,5,7,11,13. Hence, n ( B ) = 6 .

(iii) C = x : x is a digit in binary number system = 0,1. Hence, n ( C ) = 2

(iv) D = The set of all vowels in the word 'MATHEMATICS'=  A, E, I . Hence, n ( C ) = 2

(v) E =  x : x  & ( x − 1)( x + 2 ) = 0 = 1. Hence,n ( E ) = 1

(vi) F = 50,51,52,..., 200.Hence, n ( F ) = 151

(vii) G = x : x  & x −5 = 0 =
2
 . Hence, n ( G ) = 0


(viii) H = x : x  
& x 2 + 1 = 0 = i, −i. Hence,n ( H ) = 2

22. n ( S ) + n ( P ) = 33 + 8 = 41

23. (i) A = B (ii) A  B (iii) A  B (iv) A  B (v) A = B

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 SETS – Sheet 2

1. Let A = a, e, i, o, u & B = a, b, c, d  . Is A a subset of B? Is B a subset of A?

2. Decide among the following sets, which sets are subsets of one another:

A = x: x 
& x satisfies x 2 − 8 x + 12 = 0 , B = 2, 4,6, C = 2, 4,6,8,..., D = 6 .
3. Let A = 1, 2,3, 4 ,5 . Which of the following are incorrect and why?
(i) 6  A (ii) 6  A (iii) 1  A (iv) 1  A (v) 3  A (vi) 3  A
(vii) 3  A (viii) 3, 4  A (ix) 3, 4  A (x) 1, 2,3  A
(xi) 1, 2,3  A (xii) 1, 2,5  A (xiii) 1, 2,5  A (xiv)   A (xv)   A
4. Make correct statements by filling in the symbols  or 
/ in the blank spaces:
(i) a, b, c...b, c, d 
(ii) x : x is a circle in the plane … x : x is a circle in the same plane with radius 1 unit
(iii) x : x is an equilateral triangle in a plane … x : x is a triangle in the same plane
5. Write the following intervals in the set – builder form:
(i) ( 4,7 ) (ii)  −2, 4 (iii) 3, 4) (iv) ( −5, −3 (v) ( −1,  ) (vi) 8,  )
(vii) ( −, −5) (viii) ( −,1
6. Write the following sets as intervals:
(i) x : x  & 0  x  5 (ii) x : x  & 6  x  9 (iii) x : x  & −4  x  −1
(iv) x : x  & −3  x  3 . Also, find the length of each interval.
7. Given the sets A = 1,3,5, B = 2, 4,6 & C = 0, 2, 4,6,8 . What is the universal set of all the three sets A, B
and C?
8. Write universal sets for each of the following:
(i) The set of all integers (ii) The set of right triangles in a plane (iii) The set of all rectangles in a plane.
9. Given that N = 1, 2,3,....,100 , then write
(i) the subset A of N whose elements are odd numbers.
(ii) the subset B of N whose elements are even numbers.
(iii) the subset C of N whose elements are perfect square numbers.
10. Given that N = 1, 2,3,...,100 , then write
(i) the subset A of N, whose elements are represented by x + 2 , where x  N
(ii) the set B, whose element are represented by x + 2 , where x  N
11. Write down all the subsets of the following sets:
(i)  (ii) a (iii) a, b (iv) 1, 2,3
12. Find the number of subsets of the following sets:
(i)  (ii) 2 (iii) a, b (iv) 1, 2,3
13. Write the power set of A =  ,  ,   .
14. Find the number of elements in the power set of A = a, e, i, o, u
15. List of all the proper subsets of the set 1, 2,3 .
16. Find the number of proper subsets of the following sets: (i)  ,   (ii) a, b, c
17. Two finite sets have m & n elements. The total number of subsets of first set is 112 more than the total number
of subsets of second set. Find the values of m & n .

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18. Each set X contains 5 elements and each set Y j contains 2 elements and Xi = S = Y j . If each
i =1 j =1

element of S belong to exactly 10 of the X i' s and to exactly 4 of the Y j' then find the value of N.
19. Assume that P ( A) = P ( B ) . Show that A = B .
20. Let A = a, e, i, o, u & B = a, b, c . Find A  B .
21. Let A = 1, 2,3 and B =  . Find A  B .
22. If A = 1, 2,3, 4, B = 3, 4,5,6, C = 5,6,7,8 & D = 7,8,9,10 , find
(i) A  B (ii) A  C (iii) B  C (iv) B  D (v) A  B  C (vi) A  B  D
(vii) B  C  D
23. Let A = x : x  , x is a factor of 6 & B = x  : x is a factor of 8 . Find A  B .
24. Let X & Y be the two sets expressed as X = x : x is a natural number and multiple of 3 and
Y = x : x is a natural number less than 6 . Find X  Y .

25. Let P =  1
x
 
: x ,x  7 &Q =
1
2x 
: x  , x  4 . Find Q  P .

26. Let A = a, b, B = a, b, c . Is A  B ? What is A  B ?

27. If X = a, b, c, d  & Y =  f , b, d , g , find X  Y .
28. Let A = 1, 2,3 & B =  . Find A  B .
29. If A = 3,5,7,9,11, B = 7,9,11,13, C = 11,13,15 & D = 15,17 ; find
(i) A  B (ii) A  C  D (iii) A  ( B  D ) (iv) ( A  B )  ( B  C )
(v) ( A  D )  ( B  C )

30. Let P  1
x
: x ,x  7 &Q =  1
2x 
: x  , x  4 . Find P  Q .

31. Let X and Y be the two sets expressed as X = x : x is a natural number and 1  x  6 and
Y = x : x is a natural & 6  x  10 . Find X  Y .
32. If A = x : x = 2n, n   & B = x : x = 3n, n   , then find A  B .
33. Which of the following pairs if sets are disjoint?
(i) a, e, i, o, u & c, d , e, f  (ii) a, e, i, o, u & c, d , f 
(iii) 1, 2,3, 4 & x : x is a natural number and 4  x  6
(iv) x : x is an even integer & x : x is an odd integer
34. Using properties of sets, show that
(i) A  ( A  B ) = A (ii) A  ( A  B ) = A
35. Show that A  B = A  B implies A = B
36. Let U = 1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and A = 1,3,5,7,9 . Find A ' .
37. Given a universal set U = 1, 2,3, 4,5 . Find the complement of the set A, where A =  .
38. Let U = 1, 2,3, 4,5,6 = A = 2,3 & B = 3, 4,5 . Find:
(i) A ' (ii) ( A ' ) ' (iii) A ' B ' (iv) A ' B ' (v) ( A  B ) ' (vi) ( A  B ) '
39. Taking set of natural numbers as the universal set, write down the compliment of the following sets:
(i) x : x is an even natural number (ii) x : x is a prime number
(iii) x : x is a positive multiple of 3 (iv) x : x is a perfect square

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 (v) x : 2 x + 5 = 9 (vi) x : x  & 2 x + 1  10
(vii) x : x is a natural divisible by 3 and 5
40. Let A = 1, 2,3, 4,5,6, B = 2, 4,6,8 . Find A − B & B − A .
41. If X = a, b, c, d  & Y =  f , b, d , g , find X − Y & Y − X .
42. Given A = 1, 2,3, 4,5, B = 2, 4,6 & C = 3,5,7 . Find A − ( B  C ) & A − ( B  C ) .
43. Let U = 1, 2,3, 4,5, 6 , A = 2,3 & B = 3, 4,5 . Find (i) B '− A ' (ii) ( B − A) '
44. If U = 1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10, A = 1, 2,3,5, B = 2, 4,6,7 & C = 2,3, 4,8 , find (i) ( B  C ) ' (ii) ( C − A) '
45. If is the set of all real numbers and is the set of all rational numbers, then what is − ?

Answers

1. e  A & e  B , A is not subset of B. b  B & b  A , B is not a subset of A.

2. A  B, A  C , B  C , D  A, D  B, D  C
3. (i) Incorrect because 6 is not even set. (ii) Incorrect because 6 is not an element of A
(iii) Incorrect because 1 is not even a set (iv) Correct
(v) Incorrect because 3 is not even a set (vi) Incorrect because 3 is not an element of A.
(vii) Incorrect because 3 is not an element of A (viii) Incorrect because 3, 4 are not elements of A
(ix) Correct (x) Incorrect because 3 is not an element of A.
(xi) Incorrect because 1, 2,3 is not an element of A (xii) Correct
(xiii) Incorrect because 1, 2,5 is not an element of A (xiv) Correct
(xv) Incorrect because  is not an element of A
4. (i) Since, a  a, b, c & a  b, c, d  . Hence, a, b, c 
/ b, c, d 
/ x : x is a circle in the same plane with radius 1 unit
(ii) x : x is a circle in the plane 
(iii) x : x is an equilateral triangle in a plane  x : x is a triangle in the same plane
5. (i) ( 4,7 ) = x : x  & 4  x  7 (ii)  −2, 4 = x : x  & −2  x  4
(iii) 3, 4 ) = x : x  &3  x  4 (iv) ( −5, −3 = x : x  & −5  x  −3
(v) ( −1,  ) = x : x  & −1  x   (vi) 8,  ) = x : x  &8  x  
(vii) ( −, −5) = x : x  & −  x  −5 (viii) ( −,1 = x : x  & −  x  1
6. (i)  0,5 (ii) ( 6,9 (iii)  −4, −1) (iv) ( −3,3)
7. 0,1, 2,3, 4,5,6,8
8. (i) The set of all real numbers (ii) The set of all triangles in the plane.
(iii) The set of all quadrilaterals in the plane.
9. (i) A = x  N : x is odd = 1,3,5,...,99 (ii) B = x  N : x is even = 1,3,5,...,99
(iii) C = x  N : x is perfect square number = 1, 4,9,16, 25,36, 49,64,81,100
10. (i) A = x + 2  N : x  N  = 3, 4,5,...,100 (ii) B = x + 2 : x  N  = 3, 4,5,...,102
11. (i)  (ii)  , a (iii)  ,a,b,a, b (iv)  ,1,2,3,1, 2, 1,3, 2,3, 1, 2,3
12. (i) 1 (ii) 2 (iii) 4 (iv) 8
13. P ( A) =  ,  ,  ,   , ,   ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  
14. 32
15.  ,1,2,3,1, 2,1,3, 2,3
16. (i) 3 (ii) 7
17. m = 7, n = 4
18. N is 20

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 20. A  B = a, e, i, o, u, b, c
21. A  B = 1, 2,3
22. (i) 1, 2,3, 4,5,6 (ii) 1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7,8 (iii) 3, 4,5,6,7,8 (iv) 3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10
(v) 1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7,8 (vi) 1, 2,3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 (vii) 3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10
23. A  B = 1, 2,3, 4,6,8
24. X  Y = 1, 2,3, 4,5,6,9,12,...


1 1 1 1 1 1
25. Q  P = 1, , , , , ,
2 3 4 5 6 8 
26. A  B = a, b, c = B
27. X  Y = b, d 
28. A  B =  
29. (i) A  B = 7,9,11 (ii) A  C  D =   (iii) A  ( B  D ) = 7,9,11
(iv) ( A  B )  ( B  C ) = 7,9,11 (v) ( A  D )  ( B  C ) = 7,9,11,15

30. P  Q =  1 1 1
, ,
2 4 6 
31. X  Y =  
32. A  B = x : x = 6n, n  
33. (i) No (ii) Yes (iii) No (iv) Yes
36. A ' = 2, 4,6,8,10
37. A ' = 1, 2,3, 4,5 = U
38. (i) A ' = 1, 4,5,6 (ii) ( A ') ' = 1, 4,5,6 ' = 2,3 (iii) A ' B ' = 1, 2, 4,5,6
(iv) A ' B ' = 1,6 (v) ( A  B ) ' = 1,6 (vi) ( A  B ) ' = 1, 2, 4,5,6
39. (i) A ' = x : x is an odd natural number (ii) A ' = x : x  & x is not a prime number
(iii) A ' = x : x  and x is not a multiple of 3 (iv) A ' = x : x  and x is not a perfect square
(v) A ' = x : x  and x  2 (vi) A ' = x : x  and x  4.5 = 1, 2,3, 4
(vii) A ' = x : x is a natural number not divisible by 3 or 5
40. A − B = 1,3,5 & B − A = 8
41. X − Y = a, c & Y − X =  f , g
42. A − ( B  C ) = 1 and A − ( B  C ) = 1, 2,3, 4,5
43. B '− A ' = 2 and ( B − A) ' = 1, 2,3,6
44. ( B  C ) ' = 1,5,9,10 and ( C − A) ' = 1, 2,3,5,6,7,9,10
45. Set of all irrational numbers

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 SETS SHEET 3

1. If X & Y are two sets such that X has 21 elements, Y has 32 elements and X  Y has 11
elements, how many elements does X  Y have?
2. If X & Y are two sets such that X  Y has 50 elements, X has 28 elements and Y has 32 elements, how many
elements does X  Y have?
3. If X & Y are two sets such that X has 40 elements, X  Y has 60 elements and X  Y has 10 elements, how
many elements does Y have?
4. In a committee, 50 people speak French, 20 speak Spanish and 10 speak both Spanish and French. How many
speak at least one of these two languages?
5. 35 children of a class draw a world map, 26 use blue colour and some use green colour. If 19 use both the
colours and each student uses at least one colour, find the number of children who use the green colour.
6. In a group of 950 persons, 750 can speak Hindi and 460 can speak English. How many can speak
(i) both Hindi and English? (ii) only Hindi? (iii) only English?
7. In a group of 70 people, 37 like coffee, 52 like tea and each person likes at least one of the two drinks. How
many people like both coffee and tea?
8. In a group of 50 persons, 14 drink fruit juice but not cold drink, 30 drink fruit juice and each person likes at
least one of the two drinks. Find:
(i) how many drink both fruit juice and cold drink?
(ii) how many drink cold drink but not fruit juice?
9. There are 200 individuals with a skin disorder, 120 have been exposed to the chemical C1 , 50 to chemical C2
and 30 to both the chemicals C1 & C2 . Find the number of individuals exposed to
(i) chemical C1 but not chemical C2 (ii) chemical C2 but not chemical C1
(iii) chemical C1 or chemical C2
10. In a group of people, 50 speak both English and Hindi and 30 people speak English but not Hindi. All people
speak at least one of the two languages. How many speak English?
11. In a group, 150 students know Hindi and 60 know English and 10 know both Hindi and English. If there are
30 students who know neither of the two languages, how many students are there in the group?
12. In a class of 60 students, 25 students play cricket and 20 students play tennis and 10 students play both the
games. Find the number of students who play neither.
13. In a group of 40 students, 26 take samosa, 18 take burger ad 8 take neither of the two. How many take both
samosa and burger?
14. If X & Y are two sets such that X  Y has 18 elements, X has 8 elements and Y has 15 elements, how many
elements does X  Y ?
15. If X , Y are two sets such that n ( X ) = 17, n (Y ) = 23 & n ( X  Y ) = 38 , then find n ( X  Y ) .
16. In a group of 400 people, 250 speak Hindi and 200 can speak English. How many people can speak both
Hindi and English?
17. In a group of students, 100 students know Hindi, 50 know English and 25 know both Hindi and English. Each
of the students knows either Hindi or English. How many students are there in the group?
18. In a group of 50 people, 35 speak Hindi, 25 speak both English and Hindi and all people speak at least one the
two languages. How many people speak only English and not Hindi? How many people speak English?
19. In a group of 20 students, 12 take tea, 16 take coffee and 3 take neither of the two. How many take bot tea and
coffee?
20. In a survey of 600 students in a school, 150 students were found to be taking tea and 225 taking coffee, 100
were taking both tea and coffee. Find how many students were taking neither tea nor coffee?
21. In a survey of 400 students in a school, 100 were listed as taking apple juice, 150 as taking orange juice and
75 were listed as taking both apple as well as orange juice. Find how many students were taking neither apple
juice nor orange juice.
22. In a class of 35 students, 24 like to play cricket and 16 like to play football. Also, each student likes to play at
least one of the two games. How many students like to play both cricket and football?

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 23. In a group of 65 people, 40 like cricket, 10 like both cricket and tennis. How many like tennis
only and not cricket? How many like tennis?
24. In a school, there are 20 teachers who teach Mathematics or Physics. Of these, 12 teach
Mathematics and 4 teach both Physics and Mathematics. How many teach Physics?
25. In a class of 25 students, 12 have taken Mathematics, 8 have taken Mathematics but not Biology. Find the
number of students who have taken both Mathematics and Biology and the number of those who have taken
Biology but not Mathematics. Each student has taken either Mathematics or Biology or both.
26. In a survey of 25 students, it was found that 15 had taken Mathematics, 12 had taken Physics and 11 had taken
Chemistry, 5 had taken Mathematics and Chemistry, 9 had taken Mathematics and Physics, 4 had taken
Physics and Chemistry and 3 had taken all three subjects. Find the number of students who had taken
(i) only chemistry (ii) only Mathematics (iii) only Physics (iv) only one of the subjects
(v) only Physics and Chemistry (vi) only Mathematics and Physics
(vii) only Mathematics and Chemistry (viii) only two of the subjects
(ix) at least one subject (x) none of the subjects.
27. In a town of 10000 families, it was found that 40% families, buy newspaper X, 20% families buy newspaper Y
and 10% families buy newspaper Z, 5% families buy X & Y , 3% buy, 3% buy Y & Z and 4% buy X & Z . If
2% families buy all the three papers, find the number of families which buy
(i) X only (ii) Y only (iii) none of X, Y and Z
28. In an examination, question number 1 was attempted by 67 students, question number 2 by 46 students and
question number 3 by 40 students, 28 students attempted both question numbers 1 and 2; 8 attempted both
question 2 and 3; 26 attempted both question numbers 1 and 3; and 2 students all the three questions. Find
how many attempted question number 1 but not 2 and 3.
29. There are 2000 students in a school. Out of these, 1000 play cricket, 600 play basketball and 550 play
football, 120 play cricket and basketball, 80 play basketball and football and 150 play cricket and football and
45 play all the three games. How many students play none of the games?
30. In a group of 84 persons, each play at least one game out of three viz., tennis, badminton and cricket. 28 of
them play cricket, 40 play tennis and 48 play badminton. If 6 play both cricket and badminton and 4 play
tennis and badminton and no one plays all the three games, find the number of persons who play cricket but
not tennis.
31. A survey of 500 television viewers produced the given information: 285 watch football, 195 watch hockey,
115 watch cricket, 45 watch football and cricket, 70 watch football and hockey, 50 watch cricket and hockey,
50 do not watch any of three games. How many watch exactly one of the three games?
32. Out of the 100 students; 15 passed in English, 12 passed in Mathematics, 8 in Science, 6 in English and
Mathematics, 7 in Mathematics and Science, 4 in English and Science, 4 in all the three. Find how many
passed:
(i) in English and Mathematics but not in Science?
(ii) in Mathematics and Science but not in English?
(iii) in Mathematics only?
(iv) in more than one subject?
33. In a class, 18 students took Physics, 23 students took Chemistry and 24 students took Mathematics. Of these,
13 took both Chemistry and Mathematics, 12 took both Physics and Chemistry and 11 took both Physics and
Mathematics. If 6 students offered all three subjects, find:
(i) the total number of students in the class,
(ii) how many students took Mathematics but not Chemistry
(iii) how many took exactly one of the three subjects.
34. 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 the three newspapers.
Find:
(i) the number of people who read at least one of the newspaper,
(ii) the number of people who read exactly one newspaper
35. In a survey of 100 students, the number of students studying 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

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 language 24.
(i) How many students were studying Hindi?
(ii) How many students were studying English and Hindi?
36. In a survey of 200 students of a school, it was found that 120 study Mathematics, 90 study
Physics and 70 study Chemistry, 40 study Mathematics and Physics, 30 study Physics and Chemistry, 50
study Chemistry and Mathematics and 20 none of these subjects. Find the number of students who study all
the three subjects.
37. 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.
(i) How many read none of the three magazines?
(ii) How many read magazine C only?
38. In a group of 50 students, the number of students studying French, English, Sanskrit are found to be as
follows: French = 17, English = 13, Sanskrit = 15, French and English = 9, English and Sanskrit = 4, French
and Sanskrit = 5, English, French and Sanskrit = 3.
Find the number of students who study
(i) French only (ii) French and Sanskrit but not English (iii) English only
(iv) French and English but not Sanskrit (v) Sanskrit only (vi) at least one of three languages
(vii) English and Sanskrit but not French (viii) none of the three languages

Answers

1. 42
2. 10
3. 30
4. 60
5. 28
6. (i) 260 (ii) 490 (iii) 200
7. 19
8. 16
9. (i) 90 (ii) 20 (iii) 140
10. 80 16. 50 22. 5
11. 230 17. 125 23. 25, 35
12. 25 18. 15, 40 24. 12
13. 12 19. 11 25. 4, 13
14. 5 20. 325
15. 2 21. 225
26. (i) 5 (ii) 4 (iii) 2 (iv) 11 (v) 1 (vi) 6 (vii) 2
(viii) 9 (ix) 23 (x) 2
27. (i) 3300 (ii) 1400 (iii) 4000
28. 15
29. 155
30. 6
31. 325
32. (i) 2 (ii) 3 (iii) 3 (iv) 9
33. (i) 35 (ii) 11 (iii) 11
34. (i) 52 (ii) 30
35. (i) 18 (ii) 3
36. 20
37. (i) 20 (ii) 30
38. (i) 6 (ii) 2 (iii) 3 (iv) 6 (v) 9 (vi) 30 (vii) 1 (viii) 20

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 Practice Sheet 4

Very Short Answer Type

1. Write the following sets in roster form:

(i) A =  x : x is an integer and − 3  x  7 (ii) B =  x : x is a natural number less than 6

(iii) C =  x : x is a two-digit natural number such that the sum of its digit is 8
(iv) D =  x : x is a prime number which is divisor of 60
(v) E = the set of all letter in word TRIGONOMETRY
(vi) F = the set of all letters in the word BETTER
2. Write the following set in roster form: A = an : n  N , an+ 2 = an +1 + an , a1 = a2 = 1
3. Write the following sets in set-builder form:
(i) A = 2,3,5,7 (ii) B = −1,1 (iii) C = 2, 4,8,16,32 (iv)
D = 1, 4,9,...,100
1 2 3 5 6 7 8 
(v) E = 14, 21, 28,35,...,98 (vi) F =  , , , , , ,  (vii)
 2 5 10 26 37 50 65 
G = 1, 4,8,12,16,...
 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 
(viii) H =  A, E , I , O,U  (ix)  , , , , , , 
 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 
4. Write the solution of the equation x 2 + 5 x − 6 = 0 in roster form.

5. Describe the following set by roster method x : x 2 + 2 x + 4 = 0, x is a complex number 

6. What is the set x : x  R, x 2 = 9, 2 x = 4 ?
7. Write down all the subsets of set −3,0,1
8. Write the following sets in roster form:
(i) A =  x : x is a an integer and − 5  x  5 (ii) B =  x : x is a natural number and − 2  x  4
(iii) C =  x : x is a two-digit natural number such that sum of digit is 9
(iv) D =  x : x  N & x is a prime factor of 84 (v) E =  x : x  N & x + 6  10

(vi) F =  x : x is an integer and x + 5  11 

(vii) G = x : x is an integer,x 2  9 
(viii) H =  x : x is a natural number multiple of 6 & 6  x  85
 1 11
(ix) I =  x : x is an integer, − x  (x) J =  x : x is a letter of word NATIONAL
 4 2
9. Write the following sets in set builder form:
(i) 1, 6,36, 216 (ii) 1, 2,3,5,6,15,30 (iii) I , N , D, A (iv) 1,3,5,7,9,11
1 2 3 4 5 
(v) 2, 4, 6,8,10 (vi) 4,8,12,16,...,100 (vii)  , , , , 
2 3 4 5 6
10. Describe the following sets by roster method:
 
(i) x : 6 x 2 − x − 15 = 0, x  Q (ii)  x : 3x − 8  24, x  N  (iii)  x : 4 x + 3  11, x  N 
11. Which of the following is an empty set?
  
(i) A = x : x 2 + 1 = 0 & x  N (ii) B = x : x 2 − 1 = 0 & x is a real number 

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 (iii) C = Set of all od natural numbers which are divisible by 2
(iv) D =  x : x is a point common to any two parallel lines (v) E =  x : 2  x  3, x  N 

12. Write down the subsets of 1, 2,3, 4

13. Write down the proper subsets of a, b, c
14. Write down the power set of 5,6,7
15. Write the following sets in interval form:
(i)  x  R : −3  x  5 (ii)  x  R :1  2 x − 5  7 (iii)  x  R : 4  2 x  14

(iv)  x  R : 2  x  5 (v)  x  R : 2 x − 3  0

Short answer Type Questions

16. Let U = 1, 2,3,...,10 , A = 1, 2,3, 4 , B = 2, 4,6,8 & C = 1,3,5,7,9 . Verify the following:

(i) ( A  B )  C = A  ( B  C ) (ii) A  ( B  C ) = ( A  B )  ( A  C )

(iii) ( A  B ) = Ac  B c
c

17. Find A − B and B − A, if A = 1, 4,6 and B = 1,3,6,8

18. If A, B, C are three sets, then prove that A  ( B  C ) = ( A  B )  ( A  C )

19. If A & B are subsets of universal set U, then prove that ( A  B ) = Ac  B c

c

20. If A, B, C are three sets then prove that A − ( B  C ) = ( A − B )  ( A − C )

21. If A, B are two sets, then show that ( A  B ) − ( A  B ) = ( A − B )  ( B − A)
22. If A and B are two sets such that n ( A) = 175, n ( B ) = 225 and n ( A  B ) = 280. Find n ( A − B ) & n ( B − A)

23. Let U = 1, 2,3, 4,...,10 , A = 1, 2,3,5 , B = 2, 4,6,8 & C = 3, 4,5,6,7,8 . Verify the following results:
(i) A  B = B  A (ii) A  ( B  C ) = ( A  B )  C (iii) A  ( B  C ) = ( A  B )  ( A  c )

(iv) A  ( B  C ) = ( A  B )  ( A  C ) (v) ( A  B ) = Ac  B c
c

24. For set A = 1, 2,3, 4,5 , B = 2, 4,6,8 . Verify the following results:

(i) A − B = A  Bc (ii) ( A  B ) = Ac  B c (iii) ( A  B ) = Ac  B c

c c

25. If A = 4,5,8,12 , B = 1, 4,6,9 and C = 1, 2, 4,7,8,10 , then find:

(i) A − ( B − A) (ii) A − ( C − B )
26. If A =  x : x = 3n + 2, n  4, n  N  , B = x : x = 2n + 1, n  5, n  N  and C = x : x = n + 2, n  5, n  N 
then verify the following results:
(i) A − ( B  C ) = ( A − B )  ( A − C ) (ii) A − ( B  C ) = ( A − B )  ( A − C ) (iii) ( A  B ) − B = A − B
(iv) ( A − B )  B =  (v) A  ( B  C ) = ( A  B )  ( A  C )
27. In a survey it is found that 75 speak English, 50 speak French and 20 speak both languages. How many speak
at least one of these languages?
28. In a survey of 750 persons in a town, 250 persons were found to be taking tea and 300 taking coffee, 120 were
taking both tea and coffee. Find how many persons were taking neither tea nor coffee.

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 29. In a class of 40 students, 18 have taken mathematics, 10 have taken mathematics but not biology.
Find the number of students who have taken both mathematics and biology and the number of
those who have taken biology but not mathematics. Each student has taken at least one of these
subjects.

If A, B, C are many three sets which are subsets of universal set U, then prove the following:

30. A  ( B  C ) = ( A  B )  ( A  C )

31. A  ( B  C ) = ( A  B )  C
32. A  ( B  C ) = ( A  B )  C

( A  B) = Ac  B c
c
33.
34. If A, B are any two sets, then prove that ( A  B ) − C = ( A − C )  ( B − C )

35. Show that ( A  B ) − ( A − B ) = B

36. Prove that A  B = A  B if A = B
37. Prove that A  B = Bc  Ac

38. In a class of 80 students, there are 50 students who play cricket and 40 play football. Find
(i) how many students play both games (ii) how many play cricket only?
(iii) how many students play football only?
39. In a group of 70 persons, 37 like apple, 52 like orange and each person like at least one of the two fruits. How
many like both orange and apple?
40. In a class of 50 students, 35 students study mathematics, 25 study both mathematics and Biology and all the
students study at least one of two subjects. How many students study Biology not Mathematics? How many
study Biology?
41. In a survey of 400 people it is found that 100 like tea and 150 like coffee, 75 people like both tea and
coffee. Find how many like neither tea nor coffee.
42. In an examination, 80% students passed Mathematics, 72% passed science and 13% failed in both the
subjects. If 312 students passed in both subjects, find the total number of students who appeared in the
examination.
43. In class X of a certain school, 50 students got distinction in Mathematics and 42 got distinction in Science. If
24 students got distinction in both the subjects, find the number of students getting distinction in: (i)
Mathematics only (ii) Science only (iii) any of the two subjects
44. Out of 300 labourers employed to carry bricks and mounting them in the construction of a multi-storeyed
building, 200 carried the bricks only while 75 helped in carrying the bricks as well as mounting them. How
many helped in mounting the bricks only? Draw a Venn diagram to represent the data.
45. In n (U ) = 80, n ( A) = 52, n ( B ) = 46 & n ( A  B ') = 53 . By using Venn diagram. Find n ( A  B ) .

Long Answer Type Questions

46. In a survey of 150 people, it was found that 40 read Hindi newspapers, 45 read English newspapers, 35
read Urdu newspapers, 15 read Hindi and English newspapers, 12 read English and Urdu newspapers,

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 10 read Hindi and Urdu newspapers and 5 read all newspapers. Find:
(i) how many read none of these newspapers?(ii) how many read Hindi newspapers only?
47. In a survey of 40 persons, it is found that 16 like cricket, 22 football and 26 hockey, 5 like cricket
and
football, 14 hockey and football and 2 cricket, football and hockey. Find the number of persons who
like: (i) cricket and hockey (ii) cricket, hockey but not football
48. In a survey of 500 students the following information has produced: 285 take Economics, 195 take
Mathematics, 115 take History, 45 take Economics and History, 70 take Economics and Mathematics,
50 take Mathematics and History, 50 do not take any of the three subjects. How many students take all
three subjects? How many take exactly one of three subjects?
49. In a group of 50 persons, the number of persons like products A, B and C were found as follows:
Product A = 17, Product B = 13, product C = 15, Products A and B = 9, Products B and C = 4, Products A
and C = 5, Products A, B and C = 3. Find the number of persons who like:
(i) Product A only (ii) Product B only (iii) Product C only (iv) Products B and C but not A
(v) Products A and C but not B (vi) Products A and B but not C (vii) at least one of the three products
(viii) None of three products
50. In a group of 200 students, the number of students studying French, English and Sanskrit were found to
be as follows: (i) French 120 , English 90 , Sanskrit 70 , French and English 40, English and Sanskrit 30,
French and Sanskrit 50 and 20 none of these subjects. Find the number of students who study:
(i) all three subjects (ii) French only (iii) English only (iv) Sanskrit only

Answers

1.(i) A = −3, −2, −1,0,1, 2,3, 4,5,6 (ii) B = 1, 2,3, 4,5 (iii) C = 17, 26,35, 44,53,62,71,80
(iv) D = 2,3,5 (v) T , R, I ,G,O, N, M, E, Y (vi) F = B, E , T , R

2. A = 1,1, 2,,3,5,8,.... 3. (i) A =  x : x is a prime number less than 8

(ii) B =  x : x is an odd integer and | x | < 2 

(iii) C = x : x = 2n and 1  n  5 
(iv) D =  x : x is a natural number multiple of 7 and 13 < x < 99 (v)
 n 
E = x : x = : n  N and n  8
 n +1 

(vi) F = x : x = n 2 and 1  n  100  (vii) G =  x : x = 4n, n  N and x = 1

 2n − 1 
(viii) H =  x : x is a vowel in English alphabet (ix) I =  x : x = ,1  n  7 and n  N 
 2n + 1 
4. −6,1 
5. −1, 3i, −1 − 3i  6.  (empty set)

7.  ,−3 ,0 ,1 , −3,0 , −3,1 , 0,1 , −3,0,1

8. (i) A = −5, −4, −3, −2, −1,0,1,2,3,4,5 (ii) B = 1, 2,3, 4 (iii)
C = 18,27,36,45,54,63,72,81,90
(iv) D = 2,3,7 (v) E = 1,2,3 (vi) F = 7,8,9,10,11,.....

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 (vii) G = 12,18,24,30,36,42,48,54,60,66,72,78,84 (viii)
H = −3, −2, −1,0,1,2,3
(ix) I = 0,1, 2,3, 4,5 (x) J =  N , A, T , I , O, L


9. (i) x : x = 6n and 0  n  3 and x  I  (ii)  x : x is a factor of 30

(iii)  x : x is a letter in word INDIA

(iv)  x : x is odd natural number less than 12 (v)  x : x is even natural number less than 11

(vi)  x : x is a natural number multiple of 4 and x  100

 n 
(vii)  x : x = , n is a natural number and 1  n  5
 n +1 
 3 5
10. (i) − ,  (ii) 1,2,3,....,9,10 (iii) 3, 4,5,.... 11. (i), (iii), (v)
 2 3

13.  ,a ,b ,c , a, b , a, c , b, c 14.  ,5 ,6 ,7 ,5,6 , 5,7 , 6,7 , 5,6,7 
3 
15. (i)  −3,5 (ii) ( 3,6 ) (iii)  2,7 ) (iv) ( 2,5 (v)  ,  
2 
17. A − B = 4 , B − A = 3,8 22. 55,105 25.(i) 4,5,8,12 (ii) 4,5,12 27.
105
28. 320 29. 8, 22 38. 10, 40, 30 39. 19 40. 15, 40 41. 225 42. 480
43. (i) 26 (ii) 18 (iii) 68 44. 25 45. (i) 7 (ii) 5 46. (i) 62 (ii) 20 47. (i) 5 (ii) 18

48. (i) 20 (ii) 325 49. (i) 6 (ii) 3 (iii) 9 (iv) 1 (v) 2 (vi) 6 (vii) 30 (viii) 20
50. (i) 20 (ii) 50 (iii) 40 (iv) 10

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