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1 Medium
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Analyzing +4 | -1
Let SS be the set of all those 2007-place decimal integers 2a1a2a3…..a20062 a_1 a_2 a_3 \ldots . . a_{2006} which contain odd number of digit 9 in each sequence a1,a2,a3,….,a2006a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots ., a_{2006}. The cardinal number of SS is
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Correct option: B
12(102006−82006)\frac{1}{2}\left(10^{2006}-8^{2006}\right)
Option A (12(102006+82006)\frac{1}{2}(10^{2006}+8^{2006})) is incorrect. The correct answer is 12(102006−82006)\frac{1}{2}(10^{2006}-8^{2006}) because it represents the number of 2007-place decimal integers with an odd number of 9s in each sequence.
2 Medium
2 of 273
Analyzing +4 | -1
If aN={an:n∈N:bN={nb:n∈N}a N=\{a n: n \in N: b N=\{n b: n \in N\}, cN={cN:n∈N}c N=\{c N: n \in N\} and bN∩cN=dNb N \cap c N=d N, where a,b,c∈Na, b, c \in N and b,cb, c are coprime, then
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Correct option: C
d=bcd=b c
Option A (0) is correct because the equation x3−3x−k=0x^3 - 3x - k = 0 cannot have two distinct real roots in the interval (0, 1) based on Rolle's theorem.
3 Easy
3 of 273
Understanding +4 | -1
Which of the following cannot be the number of elements in the power set of any finite set?
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Correct option: A
26
Option A (26) is correct because the number of elements in a power set must be a power of 2, and 26 is not a power of 2.
4 Medium
4 of 273
Understanding +4 | -1
If A={x:xA=\{x: x is a multiple of 3}\} and B={x:xB=\{x: x is a multiple of 5}, then A−BA-B is equal to
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Correct option: B
A∩BˉA \cap \bar{B}
Option B (A∩BˉA \cap \bar{B}) is correct because A - B represents elements in A but not in B, which is the intersection of A and the complement of B.
5 Medium
5 of 273
Application +4 | -1
If F(n)F(n) denotes the set of all divisors of nn except 1 , what is the least value of y satisfying [F(20)∩F(16)]⊆F(y)[\mathrm{F}(20) \cap \mathrm{F}(16)] \subseteq \mathrm{F}(\mathrm{y}) ?
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Correct option: B
2
Option B (2) is correct because it's the smallest number whose divisors (excluding 1) contain the intersection of the divisors of 20 and 16 (excluding 1).
6 Easy
6 of 273
Application +4 | -1
In a town of 10000 families, it was found that 40%40 \% families buy newspaper A,20%A, 20 \% families buy newspaper B and 10%10 \% families buy newspaper CC, 5% families buy newspapers AA and B, 3% buy newspapers B and CC and 4%4 \% buy newspapers AA and CC. If 2%2 \% families buy all the three newspapers, then number of families which buy AA only is
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Correct option: B
3300
Option B is correct because by using the principle of inclusion-exclusion, the number of families buying newspaper A only is calculated to be 3300.
7 Easy
7 of 273
Application +4 | -1
If AA and BB are two sets such that AA has 12 elements, BB has 17 elements and A∪BA \cup B has 21 elements, then number of elements in A∩B{A} \cap {B} are
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Correct option: C
8
Option C (8) is correct because it correctly uses the inclusion-exclusion principle to find the number of elements in the intersection of sets A and B.
8 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
If AA and BB are subsets of a set XX, then what is {A∩(X−B)}∪B\{A \cap(X-B)\} \cup B equal to?
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Correct option: A
A∪BA \cup B
Option A (A∪BA \cup B) is correct because the expression simplifies to the union of sets A and B using set identities.
9 Easy
9 of 273
Analyzing +4 | -1
Let A={x∈R:∣x+1∣<2}   and    B={x∈R:∣x−1∣⩾2}.A = \left\{ {x \in R:|x + 1| < 2} \right\}{\text{ }}\,\,{\text{and }}\,\,\,B = \left\{ {x \in R:|x - 1| \geqslant 2} \right\}. Then which one of the following statements is NOT true?
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Correct option: B
B−A=R−(−3,1)B - A = R - ( - 3,1)
The statement B−A=R−(−3,1)B - A = R - ( - 3,1) is NOT true because B−AB - A should be R−(−3,3)R - (-3, 3). Therefore, option B is the correct answer.
10 Easy
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Understanding +4 | -1
If the set A{A} has 3 elements and the set B={3,4}{B}=\{3,4\}, then the number of elements in A×B{A} \times {B} is
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Correct option: A
6
6 is the correct answer because the number of elements in the Cartesian product A x B is the product of the number of elements in A and B, which is 3 * 2 = 6.
11 Easy
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Application +4 | -1
If X{X} and Y{Y} are two sets such that X∪Y{X} \cup {Y} has 18 elements, X{X} has 8 elements and Y{Y} has 15 elements; then number of elements in X∩Y{X} \cap {Y} are
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Correct option: A
5
Option A (5) is correct because it accurately applies the inclusion-exclusion principle to determine the number of elements in the intersection of sets X and Y.
12 Easy
12 of 273
Application +4 | -1
If the sets AA and BB are defined as A={(x,y):yA=\{(x, y): y =1x,0≠x∈R}B={(x,y):y=−x,x∈R}\left.=\frac{1}{x}, 0 \neq x \in R\right\} B=\{(x, y): y=-x, x \in R\}, then:
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Correct option: C
A∩B=ϕA \cap B=\phi
Option C (A∩B=ϕA \cap B=\phi) is correct because the equations y=1xy=\frac{1}{x} and y=−xy=-x have no real solutions, meaning the sets have no common elements.
13 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
If A={1,2,3},B={x∈R:x2−2x+1=0,C={1,2,3}A=\{1,2,3\}, B=\left\{x \in R: x^2-2 x+1=0, C=\{1,2,3\}\right. and D={x∈R:x3−6x2+11x−6=0;D=\left\{x \in R: x^3-6 x^2+11 x-6=0 ;\right. then the equal sets are
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Correct option: D
A,CA, C and DD
Option D (A,CA, C and DD) is correct because sets A, C, and D all contain the elements {1, 2, 3}, making them equal.
14 Easy
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Understanding +4 | -1
If A=(x:x=4n,n∈Z)A=(x: x=4 n, n \in Z) and B={x:x=6n,n∈Z}B=\{x: x=6 n, n \in Z\}, then A∩B=A \cap B=
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Correct option: C
{x:x=12n,n∈Z}\{x: x=12 n, n \in Z\}
Option C ({x:x=12n,n∈Z}\{x: x=12 n, n \in Z\}) is correct because the intersection of the two sets contains elements that are multiples of both 4 and 6, thus multiples of 12.
15 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
In a class of 30 pupils, 12 take needle work, 16 take physics and 18 take history. If all the 30 students take at least one subject and no one takes all three then the number of pupils taking 2 subjects is
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Correct option: A
16
Option A (16) is correct because it represents the number of pupils taking exactly two subjects, calculated using the principle of inclusion-exclusion and the given conditions.
16 Easy
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Understanding +4 | -1
If A={x:x=2n+1,n∈ZA=\{x: x=2 n+1, n \in Z and B={x:x=2n,n∈Z}B=\{x: x=2 n, n \in Z\}, then A∪BA \cup B is
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Correct option: C
set of integers
Option C (set of integers) is correct because the union of the set of odd integers and the set of even integers is the set of all integers.
17 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
In a group of 50 people, two tests were conducted, one for diabetes and one for blood pressure. 30 people were diagnosed with diabetes and 40 people were diagnosed with high blood pressure. what is the minimum number of people who were having diabetes and high blood pressure?
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Correct option: C
20
Option C (20) is correct because it is calculated using the formula for the number of elements in the union of two sets: n(D ∪ H) = n(D) + n(H) - n(D ∩ H), and considering the total number of people.
18 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
If n(A∪B∪C)+n(A∪B∪C)′=50,n(A)=10,n(B)=15,n(C)=20,n(A∩B)=5,n(B∩C)=6,n(C∩A)=10,n(A∩B∩C)=5,n(A \cup B \cup C)+n(A \cup B \cup C)^{\prime}=50, n(A)=10, n(B)=15, n(C)=20, n(A \cap B)=5, n(B \cap C)=6, n(C \cap A)=10, n(A \cap B \cap C)=5, then the value of n(A∪B∪C)′n(A \cup B \cup C)^{\prime}
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Correct option: B
21
Option B (21) is correct because using the principle of inclusion-exclusion to find n(A∪B∪C)n(A \cup B \cup C) and subtracting it from the total number of elements gives the correct value for n(A∪B∪C)′n(A \cup B \cup C)'.
19 Easy
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Understanding +4 | -1
If BB is the set whose elements are obtained by adding 1 to each of the even numbers, then the set builder notation of BB is
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Correct option: C
B={x:xB=\{x: x is odd and x∈Z}x \in Z\}
Option C (B={x:xB=\{x: x is odd and x∈Z}x \in Z\}) is correct because adding 1 to each even number results in odd numbers, and the set B contains all odd integers.
20 Easy
20 of 273
Understanding +4 | -1
Which of the following relations is/are correct?

(a) A−B=A−(A∩B)A-B=A-(A \cap B)

(b) A=(A∩B)∪(A−B)A=(A \cap B) \cup(A-B)

(c) A−(B∪C)=(A−B)∪(A−C)A-(B \cup C)=(A-B) \cup(A-C)
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Correct option: D
(a) and (b)
Option D ((a) and (b)) is correct because the set identities A - B = A - (A ∩ B) and A = (A ∩ B) ∪ (A - B) are both correct.
21 Easy
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Understanding +4 | -1
If A{A} has 3 elements and B{B} has 6 elements, then the minimum number of elements in the set A∪BA \cup B is
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Correct option: A
6
Option A (6) is correct because the minimum number of elements in the union of two sets occurs when one set is a subset of the other.
22 Easy
22 of 273
Application +4 | -1
Suppose A1,A2,…A30A_1, A_2, \ldots A_{30} are thirty sets, each with five elements and B1, B2,…,Bn{B}_1, {~B}_2, \ldots, {B}_n are nn sets each with three elements Let ⋃i=130 Ai=⋃j=1n Bj=S\bigcup_{i=1}^{30} {~A}_i=\bigcup_{j=1}^n {~B}_j={S}
If each elements of S{S} belongs to exactly ten of the Ai{A}_i 's and exactly nine of the Bj{B}_j 's then n=n=
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Correct option: A
45
Option A (45) is correct because it equates the total number of elements counted in two different ways using the given information about the sets.
23 Easy
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Understanding +4 | -1
If A,B,CA, B, C are any three sets, then A×(B∪C)A \times(B \cup C) is equal to
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Correct option: A
(A×B)∪(A×C)(A \times B) \cup(A \times C)
Option A ((A×B)∪(A×C)(A \times B) \cup (A \times C)) is correct based on the distributive property of the Cartesian product over union.
24 Easy
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Application +4 | -1
Let A={1,  2,  3,  4},  B={2,  4,  6}A = \left\{ {1,\;2,\;3,\;4} \right\},\;B = \left\{ {2,\;4,\;6} \right\} Then, the number of sets CC such that A∩B⊆C⊆A  ∪BA \cap B \subseteq C \subseteq A\; \cup B is
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Correct option: C
8
Option C (8) is correct because the number of sets C is determined by the number of possible combinations of elements from A ∪ B that include A ∩ B.
25 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Let AA and BB have 3 and 6 elements, respectively. What can be minimum number of elements in A∪BA \cup B ?
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Correct option: B
6
Option B (6) is correct because the minimum number of elements in the union of two sets occurs when one set is a subset of the other.
26 Easy
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Understanding +4 | -1
If P,Q{P}, {Q} and R{R} are subsets of a set A{A}, then R×(Pc∪Qc)c{R} \times\left({P}^c \cup {Q}^c\right)^c equals
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Correct option: A
(R×P)∩(R×Q)({R} \times {P}) \cap({R} \times {Q})
Option A ((R×P)∩(R×Q)R \times P) \cap(R \times Q)) is correct because it follows from De Morgan's law and the properties of Cartesian products.
27 Easy
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Understanding +4 | -1
If A={a,b},B={c,d},C={d,e},A=\{a, b\}, B=\{c, d\}, C=\{d, e\}, then {(a,c),(a,d),(a,e),(b,c),(b,d),(b,e)}\{(a, c),(a, d),(a, e),(b, c),(b, d),(b, e)\} is equal to
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Correct option: C
A×(B∪C)A \times(B \cup C)
Option C (A×(B∪C)A \times (B \cup C)) is correct because it represents the Cartesian product of A with the union of B and C, resulting in the given set of ordered pairs.
28 Easy
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Application +4 | -1
In a college of 300 students, every student reads 5 newspapers and every newspaper is read by 60 students. The number newspapers is
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Correct option: C
exactly 25
Option C (exactly 25) is correct because the total number of readings is the number of students times the number of newspapers each student reads, which equals the number of newspapers times the number of students reading each newspaper.
29 Easy
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Understanding +4 | -1
If A={1,2,5}A=\{1,2,5\} and B={3,4,5,9}B=\{3,4,5,9\}, then number of elements in AΔBA \Delta B is equal to
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Correct option: A
5
Option A (5) is correct because A Δ B contains elements in A or B but not in both, resulting in {1, 2, 3, 4, 9}, which has 5 elements.
30 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
The Cartesian product of two sets P\mathrm{P} and Q\mathrm{Q}, i.e., P×Q=ϕ\mathrm{P} \times \mathrm{Q}=\phi, if
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Correct option: A
either P\mathrm{P} or Q\mathrm{Q} is the null set
Option A is correct because the Cartesian product of two sets is empty if at least one of the sets is empty.
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