SET THEORY BATCH : 11_CLASS

IIT ASHRAM
JEE MAIN || JEE ADVANCED || NEET|| FOUNDATION
UG–1 & 2, Concorde Complex, Above OBC Bank, Alkapuri, Vadodara. Ph. 0265-6625979, M. 9033034152.
SF-1-12, Kabir Plaza, Above IDBI Bank, Bhavans-Makarpura Rd, Vadodara. M.8460009041, 9227666620.

BOARD WORKSHEET
CLASS 11 SET THEORY

Type (I) : Very Short Answer Type Questions : [01 Mark Each]

1. If U = Number of students in class XI of school S and A = Number of girls in class XI of school S. Find
A.
2. Represent the shaded part of the Venn diagram in terms of union and intersection of the sets A and
B and their complements.

3. If A × B = {(a, 1), (a, 2), (a, 5), (b, 2), (b, 5), (b, 1)} then find B × A.
4. If A × B = {(a, 1), (b, 3), (a, 3), (b, 1), (a, 2), (b, 2)} then find A and B.
5 A If and B are any two sets, then prove that : A  B  A  Bc
6 If A and B are any two sets, then prove that : (A  B)  B  

7. Let A  {a,b}, B  {a,b,c} . Is A  B? What is A  B ?

8. If A and B are two sets such that A  B, then what is A  B ?

9. Which of the pair of sets are disjoint or not ?

{1, 2, 3, 4} &{x : x is a natural number and 4  x  6}

10. The pair of sets are disjoint or not ?
{a, e, i, o, u} and {c, d, e, f}
11. Which of the pairs of sets are disjoint ?
{x : x is an even integer} and {x : x is an odd integer}.

12. If R is the set of real numbers and Q is the set of rational numbers, then what is R  Q ?

13. Let U be the set of all triangles in a plane. If A is the set of all triangles with atleast one angle

different from 60° what is A’ ?

Type (II) : Short Answer Type Questions : [02 Marks Each]

14. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, B = {1, 3, 5, 8}, C = {2, 5, 7, 8} verify that A – (B  C) = (A – B)  (A – C).

15. Given a universal set U = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}. Find the complement of each of the following :
(i) A = {1, 3, 7, 9} (ii) B = {0} (iii) C =  (iv) D = {3, 7, 8, 9}
16. If U = {1, 2, 3, 4, . . . . , 10} is the universal set for the sets A = {2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} then

IIT ASHRAM UG–1 & 2, Concorde Complex, Above OBC Bank. R.C. Dutt Road., Alkapuri Baroda.
Page # 1
SET THEORY BATCH : 11_CLASS

verify that (A  B) = A  B.

17. If U = {a, e, i, o, u}, A = {a, e, i}, B = {e, o, u} and C = {a, i, u} then verify that
A  (B – C) = (A  B) – (A  C)
18. In a group of 40 students, 26 take tea, 18 take coffee and 8 take neither of the two. How many take
both tea and coffee ?
19. For any two sets A and B prove that P(A)  P(B)  P(A  B) .

But, P(A  B) is not necessarily a subset of P(A)  P(B).

20. If A and B are any two sets, then prove that

(i) A AB (ii) ABA (iii) A  B  A  B  A  B.
21. Let A, B and C be three sets such that A  B  C and A  B   . Then, prove that A  C  B.

22. If A ={1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17}, B = {2, 4, 6, ..., 18} and N is the universal set, then find
A' ((A  B)  B') .

23. Show that (A  B)  (A  B)  (A  B)  (B  A) .

24. If A  {x : x is a natural number};

B  {x : x is an even natural number};
C  {x : x is an odd natural number};
D  {x : x is a prime number};
find : (i) A  B (ii) A  C (iii) A  D (iv) B  C (v) B  D (vi) (v) C  D

25. If U ={1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {2, 4, 6, 8}, B = {2, 3, 5, 7}, verify that

(i) (A  B)  A  B (ii) (A  B)  A '  B'.

26. Draw appropriate Venn Diagram for each of the following :

(i) (A  B)' (ii) A' B' (iii) (A  B)' (iv) A' B'

Type (III) : Long Answer Type Questions : [04 Mark Each]

27. Write the set of all the possible subsets (power set) of the set :
(i) A = {a, b} (ii) B = {a, b, c}
28. If A = {a, b, c} ; B = {d}, C = {e} verify that A × (B  C) = (A × B)  (A × C).
29. From the adjoining Venn diagram, determine the following sets :

(i) A  B (ii) A  C (iii) A – B (iv) (A  B)

30. In a group of 50 persons, 14 drink tea but not coffee and 30 drink tea. Find
(i) How many drink tea and coffee both ? (ii) How many drink coffee but not tea ?
31. A and B are two sets such that n(A – B) = 14 + x, n(B – A) = 3x and n(A  B) = x. Draw a Venn
diagram to illustrate information and if n(A) = n(B) then find the value of x.

32. If P = {a, b} find P × P × P.

IIT ASHRAM UG–1 & 2, Concorde Complex, Above OBC Bank. R.C. Dutt Road., Alkapuri Baroda.
Page # 2
SET THEORY BATCH : 11_CLASS

33. If U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}, A = {1, 2, 3, 5},

B = {2, 4, 6, 7} and C = {2, 3, 4, 8}; find

(i) Ac (ii) Bc (iii) Cc (iv) (A  B) c

(v) (A c )c (vi) (C  A) c (vii) (B  C) c (viii) (C  A) c
(ix) A  B  C (x) (A  B  C)c
34. Find the union of each of the following pairs of sets :
(i) X  {1, 3, 5}, Y  {1, 2, 3} (ii) A  {a, e, i, o, u}, B  {a, b, c}
(iii) A  {x : x is a natural number and multiple of 3}, B  {x : x is a natural number less than 6}
(iv) A  {x : x is a natural number and 1  x  6}, B  {x : x is a natural number and 6  x  10}
(v) A  {1, 2, 3}, B   .
35. If If A  {1, 2, 3, 4},B  {3, 4, 5, 6}, C  {5, 6, 7, 8} and 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
36. If A  {3, 5, 7, 9,11}, B  {7, 9,11,13}, C  {11,13,15} and D  {15,17}; find
(i) AB (ii) B  C (iii) A  C  D (iv) A  C
(v) B  D (vi) A  (B  C) (vii) A  D (viii) A  (B  D)
(ix) (A  B)  (B  C) (x) (A  D)  (B  C)

37. If A  {3, 6, 9,12,15,18, 21}, B  {4, 8,12,16, 20},

C  {2, 4, 6, 8,10,12,14,16}, D  {5,10,15, 20}; find

(i) AB (ii) AC (iii) AD (iv) B  A (v) C  A

(vi) D  A (vii) B  C (viii) B  D (ix) C  B (x) D  B
(xi) C  D (xii) D  C
38. Let U  {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A  {1, 2, 3, 4}, A  {1, 2, 3, 4},
B  {2, 4, 6, 8},C  {3, 4, 5, 6}. Find :
(i) A (ii) B (iii) (A  C) (iv) (A  B) (v) (A)

(vi) (B  C).
39. If U = {a, b, c, d, e, f , g, h} , find the complements of the following sets :
(i) A  {a, b, c} (ii) B  {d, e, f , g} (iii) C  {a, c, e, g} (iv) D  {f , g, h, a}.
40. Taking the set of natural numbers as the universal set, write down the complements of the following
sets:
(i) {x : x is an even natural number} (ii) {x : x is an odd natural number}
(iii) {x : x is a positive multiple of 3} (iv) {x : x is a prime number}

(v) {x : x is a natural number divisible by 3 and 5} (vi) {x : x is a perfect square}

(vii) {x : x is a perfect cube} (viii) {x : x  5  8}

(ix) {x : 2x  5  9} (x) {x : x  7}
(xi) {x : x  N and 2x  1  10}

IIT ASHRAM UG–1 & 2, Concorde Complex, Above OBC Bank. R.C. Dutt Road., Alkapuri Baroda.
Page # 3
SET THEORY BATCH : 11_CLASS

Type (IV) : Very Long Answer Type Questions: [06 Mark Each]

41. Express the shaded region of the adjoining Venn diagram in terms of union and intersection of the
sets A, B and C :
Also if n(U) = 50, n(A) = 26
n(C) = 12, n(A  B) = 20 and
n(A  B) = 27, find n(B) and n(A  B C)

42. Let U = {x  N : x  8}, A = {x  N : 5 < x2 < 50} and B = {x  N : x is prime number less than 10}. Draw
a Venn diagram to show the relationship between the given sets. Hence list the elements of the
following sets
(i) A (ii) B (iii) A – B (iv) A  B
(v) is A – B = A  B ?
43. In a survey of 25 students, it was found that 15 had taken Mathematics, 12 had 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 the three subjects. Find the number of
students that had taken:
(A) Only Chemistry
(B) Only Mathematics
(C) Only one of the subjects
44. 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 the three games. How many watch exactly one of the
three games ?
45. In a class of 35 students, 17 have taken Mathematics, 10 have taken Mathematics but not Econom-
ics. Find the number of students who have taken both Mathematics and Economics and the number
of students who have taken Economics but not Mathematics, if it is given that each student has
taken either Mathematics or Economics or both.

IIT ASHRAM UG–1 & 2, Concorde Complex, Above OBC Bank. R.C. Dutt Road., Alkapuri Baroda.
Page # 4