Chapter 1 math
Sets
Important question
Q. 1: Write the following sets in the roster form.
(i) A = {x | x is a positive integer less than 10 and 2x – 1 is an odd number}
(ii) C = {x : x2 + 7x – 8 = 0, x ∈ R}
Q. 2: 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}
Q. 3: Given that N = {1, 2, 3, …, 100}, then
(i) Write the subset A of N, whose elements are odd numbers.
(ii) Write the subset B of N, whose elements are represented by x + 2, where x ∈ N.
Q. 4: Let X = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. If n represent any member of X, express the following as sets:
(i) n ∈ X but 2n ∉ X
(ii) n + 5 = 8
(iii) n is greater than 4
Q. 5: Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, A = {2, 3} and B = {3, 4, 5}.
Find A′, B′, A′ ∩ B′, A ∪ B and hence show that ( A ∪ B )′ = A′∩ B′.
Q. 6: Use the properties of sets to prove that for all the sets A and B, A – (A ∩ B) = A – B
Q. 7: Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, A = {2, 4, 6}, B = {3, 5} and C = {1, 2, 4, 7}, find
(i) A′ ∪ (B ∩ C′)
(ii) (B – A) ∪ (A – C)
Q. 8: In a class of 60 students, 23 play hockey, 15 play basketball,20 play cricket and 7 play hockey and basketball, 5 play cricket and basketball, 4 play hockey and
cricket, 15 do not play any of the three games. Find
(i) How many play hockey, basketball and cricket
(ii) How many play hockey but not cricket
(iii) How many play hockey and cricket but not basketball
Q. 9: Let U = {x : x ∈ N, x ≤ 9}; A = {x : x is an even number, 0 < x < 10}; B = {2, 3, 5, 7}. Write the set (A U B)’.
Q. 10: In a survey of 600 students in a school, 150 students were found to be drinking Tea and 225 drinking Coffee, 100 were drinking both Tea and Coffee. Find
how many students were drinking neither Tea nor Coffee.
Practice Questions For Class 11 Maths Chapter 1 Sets
1. Let A, B and C be sets, then show that A ∩ (B ∪ C) = (A ∩ B) ∪ (A ∩ C).
2. Out of 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:
● in English and Mathematics but not in Science
● in Mathematics and Science but not in English
● in Mathematics only
● in more than one subject only
3. Two finite sets have m and n elements, respectively. The total number of subsets of first set is 56 more than the total number of subsets of the second set.
The values of m and n respectively are: (A) 7, 6 (B) 5, 1 (C) 6, 3 (D) 8, 7
4. Let A and B be two sets, if A ∩ X = B ∩ X = φ and A U X = B U X for some set X, prove that A =B.
5. Let P be the set of prime numbers and let S = {t | 2t – 1 is a prime}. Prove that S ⊂ P.
6. If A and B are subsets of the universal set U, then show that:
● (i) A ⊂ A ∪ B
● (ii) A ⊂ B ⇔ A ∪ B = B
● (iii) (A ∩ B) ⊂ A
7. A, B and C are subsets of Universal Set U. If A = {2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 20} B = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15}, C = {5, 10, 15, 20} and U is the set of all whole numbers, draw a Venn
diagram showing the relation of U, A, B and C.
8. In a town of 10,000 families it was found that 40% families buy newspaper A, 20% families buy newspaper B, 10% families buy newspaper C, 5% families
buy A and B, 3% buy B and C and 4% buy A and C. If 2% families buy all the three newspapers. Find:
● (a) The number of families which buy newspaper A only.
● (b) The number of families which buy none of A, B and C
9. If X and 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 have?
10.If X= { a, b, c, d } and Y = { f, b, d, g}, find: (i) X – Y (ii) Y – X (iii) X ∩ Y
11. Out of 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 only
12.Let F1 be the set of parallelograms, F2 the set of rectangles, F3 the set of rhombuses, F4 the set of squares and F5 the set of trapeziums in a plane. Then
F1may be equal to
(a) F2 ∩F3
(b) F3 ∩F4
(c) F2 u Fs
(d) F2 ∪ F3 ∪ F4 ∪ F1
13.If X= {1, 2, 3}, if n represents any member of X, write the following sets containing all numbers represented by
(i) 4n
(ii) n + 6
(iii) n/2
(iv) n-1
