SET, RELATION & FUNCTION PRACTICE EXECISE

1. If set A {x, y}{ y, z} and B {y} then

(a) A is always equal to B (b) A may not be qual to B
(c) A = B if x,y, z  R (d) An and B are never equal
2. Let A { ,{},{ ,{}}}, where  is a null set ,then
(a)   A,   A,{} A,{} A is A is true (b)   A but    A
(c) {}  A but {} 
 A (d) A is a null set
3. Which of the following hold for all sets , AB and C
(a) A B and B  C then C   A
C
(b) A B and BC then A
(c) A  C  B then A B  C
(d) If A C   and B C   then ( A  B)  C  
4. If ( A  B' )  ( A'  B)  A  B then
(a) A  B  A (b) A  B  B (c) A  B   (d) A  B {}
5. If A { 9n  9 : n N }, B { 4 n  3n 1: n N} Then A B is
(a) N (b) Set of non – negative integers (c) B (d) A
6. Which of the following is correct, if P(A) is power set of the set A.
(a) P( A)  P( B)  P( A  B) (b) P( A)  P( B)  P( A  B)
(c) P( A)  P( B)  P ( A  B) (d) None of the above
7. If A B and B C then
(a) A C necessarily  C necessarily
(b) A
(c) A may not belong to C (d) None of the above
8. Let M is a set of sets. M is called Normal set iff M is called Normal set iff M 
 M. Suppose
N { X : X 
 X } then
(a) N is normal set (b) N is not a normal set (c) It’s a paradox (d) None of the above
9. If A, B ,C are three sets such that ( A  C )  ( A  B) and ( A  C )  ( A  B) then C  B
(a) It holds good but converse is not true (b) Converse is also true
(c) C has to be a null set (d) C = B
10. Which one of the equality is true from the following option.
(a) A  B  A  C  B  C (d) A  B  A  C  B  C
(c) A  B  A   C  B  C (d) A  B  A  C  B  C
11. If n( A)  n( B) and A and B are finite sets then
(a) n A  B   n (A) (b) n( A  B)  n( B)
(c) n( A  B)  n( B  A) (d) n( A  B)  n( A  B)
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12. Let A, B be two non – empty sets such that A is not a subset of B then
(a) A is always a subset of B’ (b) B is always a subset of A’
(c) A and B’ are always non – disjoint (d) A and B’ are disjoint
13. Which of the following does not have a subset other than  and set itself.
(a) {x : x R , 1 x 1} (b) {x : xZ ,  1 x 1}
(c) {x : x Q , 1 x 1} (d) {x : x N , 1 x 1}
14. If A, B, C are non – empty sets and ( A  B)  ( B  A)  C  C then
(a) A = B but A C (b) A C but B  C
(c) A = B = C (d) A, B, C may be disjoint sets also
15. Let R be a relation on a set A with the properties
(i) aRa  a  A
(ii) If aRb & bRc then cRa
Therefore
(a) R is not symmetric (b) R is not transitive
(c) R is an equivalence relation (d) R is anti-symmetric
16. Consider the relation R { (a, b) , (a, c) , (a, a) , (c, c) } on the set A{a, b, c, d}. Minimum number
of elements of A A which must be adjoined to R in order to make R an equivalence relation is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
17. If R1 and R2 are equivalence relations on a set A then
(a) R1  R2 need not be an equivalence relation
(b) R1  R2 need not be an equivalence relation
(c) R1  R2 is always an equivalence relation
(d) R1  R2 is never an equivalence relation
18. On a set A, suppose R 1  R, then R is
(a) Reflexive (b) symmetric (c) transitive (d) anti-symmetric
19. For x, y  R, xRy  x  y  7 is an irrational number, then R is
(a) An equivalence relation (b) Reflexive and symmetric only
(c) Symmetric and transitive only (d) Reflexive
20. Let R be a relation R : A  B and R 1 : B  A

where A {1,2,3,4}, B {1,3, 5} defined by R {( x, y) : x  y , x  A , y B} then ROR 1 is

(a) (1, 1) (3, 3) (b) (3, 5) , (5,5) (3,3) (5,3)
(c) (2, 3) , (2, 5), (3, 3), (3, 5) (d) (1, 1) , (2, 2), (3, 3), (4,4)
21. Let R be a relation on natural number N defined as aRb  a is a factor of b. Relation R is
(a) Reflexive and symmetric (b) Reflexive and transitive
(c) Symmetric and Transitive (d) Only reflexive
22. Let Z be the set of Integers. For m, n Z , mRn iff | m  n | 1 , then R is
(a) Reflexive and symmetric only (b) Reflexive and transitive only
(c) Symmetric and transitive only (d) An equivalence relation

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23. If A and B are two sets having 10 and 15 elements respectively. 8 elements are common in A and B.
Number of relation which can be defined from A to B is
(a) 217 (b) 2 25 (c) 2150 (d) 280
24. Let x , y  Z and R {( x, y) : x  y}, then
(a) R is reflexive and symmetric (b) R is symmetric and transitive
(c) R is an equivalence relation (d) R is reflexive, transitive and anti-symmetric
25. Let R be a relation on N  N such that R  (a, b) , (c, d ) | ad (b  c)  bc(a  d )  then R is
(a) Symmetric and transitive only (b) Reflexive and transitive only
(c) Reflexive and symmetric only (d) An equivalence relation
26. Let R and S be relations on A B and B  C respectively, then ( SOR) 1 is
(a) S 1OR 1 (b) SOR (c) R 1OS 1 (d) ROS

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 Answer Key
1. b 7. c 13. d 19. d 25. d
2. a 8. c 14. c 20. b 26. c
3. d 9. b 15. c 21. b
4. c 10. d 16. c 22. d
5. c 11. c 17. b 23. c
6. b 12. c 18. b 24. d

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