Sets and Relations

2026 Q1 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $R$ be a relation defined on the set $\{1,2,3,4\} \times\{1,2,3,4\}$ by

$ \mathrm{R}=\{((a, b),(c, d)): 2 a+3 b=3 c+4 d\} . $

Then the number of elements in R is

A.

6

B.

15

C.

12

D.

18

2026 Q2 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Consider two sets $\mathrm{A}=\{x \in \mathrm{Z}:|(|x-3|-3)| \leq 1\}$ and

$\mathrm{B}=\left\{x \in \mathbb{R}-\{1,2\}: \frac{(x-2)(x-4)}{x-1} \log _e(|x-2|)=0\right\}$. Then the number of

onto functions $f: \mathrm{A} \rightarrow \mathrm{B}$ is equal to :

A.

32

B.

81

C.

79

D.

62

2026 Q3 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{0,1,2, \ldots, 9\}$. Let R be a relation on A defined by $(x, y) \in \mathrm{R}$ if and only if $|x-y|$ is a multiple of 3.

Given below are two statements :

Statement I : $n(\mathrm{R})=36$.

Statement II : R is an equivalence relation.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A.

Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

B.

Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

C.

Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

D.

Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

2026 Q4 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4\}$. Let R be a relation on A defined by $x \mathrm{R} y$ if and only if $2 x+y \leqslant 2$. Let $l$ be the number of elements in R . Let m and n be the minimum number of elements required to be added in R to make it reflexive and symmetric relations respectively. Then $\mathrm{l}+\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to :

A.

34

B.

32

C.

33

D.

35

2026 Q5 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The number of elements in the relation $\mathrm{R}=\left\{(x, y): 4 x^2+y^2<52, x, y \in \mathbf{Z}\right\}$ is

A.

86

B.

67

C.

89

D.

77

2026 Q6 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let the relation R on the set $\mathrm{M}=\{1,2,3, \ldots, 16\}$ be given by $\mathrm{R}=\{(x, y): 4 y=5 x-3, x, y \in \mathrm{M}\}$.

Then the minimum number of elements required to be added in R , in order to make the relation symmetric, is equal to

A.

4

B.

3

C.

1

D.

2

2026 Q7 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $A = \{x : |x^2 - 10| \leq 6\}$ and $B = \{x : |x - 2| > 1\}$. Then

A.

$A \cup B = (-\infty, 1] \cup (2, \infty)$

B.

$B - A = (-\infty, -4) \cup (-2, 1) \cup (4, \infty)$

C.

$A - B = [2, 3)$

D.

$A \cap B = [-4, -2] \cup [3, 4]$

2026 Q8 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $A = \{2, 3, 5, 7, 9\}$. Let $R$ be the relation on $A$ defined by $xRy$ if and only if $2x \leq 3y$. Let $l$ be the number of elements in $R$, and $m$ be the minimum number of elements required to be added in $R$ to make it a symmetric relation. Then $l + m$ is equal to:

A.

21

B.

25

C.

23

D.

27

2026 Q9 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The number of relations, defined on the set $\{\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c}, \mathrm{d}\}$, which are both reflexive and symmetric, is equal to:

A.

16

B.

64

C.

256

D.

1024

2026 Q10 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let S be the set of the first 11 natural numbers. Then the number of elements in $A=\{B \subseteq S: n(B) \geqslant 2$ and the product of all elements of $B$ is even $\}$ is $\_\_\_\_$ .

2026 Q11 JEE Mains MCQ
03 Jul 2026

Consider the relation $R$ on the set $\{-2,-1,0,1,2\}$ defined by $(a, b) \in R$ if and only if $1+a b>0$. Then, among the statements :

I. The number of elements in R is 17

II. R is an equivalence relation

A.

Only I is true

B.

Only II is true

C.

Both I and II are true

D.

Neither I nor II is true

2026 Q12 JEE Mains Numerical
03 Jul 2026

Let $\mathrm{R}=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbf{N} \times \mathbf{N}: \log _{\mathrm{e}}(x+y) \leq 2\right\}$. Then the minimum number of elements, required to be added in $R$ to make it a transitive relation, is $\_\_\_\_$ .

2026 Q13 JEE Mains Numerical
03 Jul 2026

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{1,4,7\}$ and $\mathrm{B}=\{2,3,8\}$. Then the number of elements, in the relation $R=\left\{\left(\left(a_1, b_1\right),\left(a_2, b_2\right)\right) \in((A \times B) \times(A \times B)): a_1+b_2\right.$ divides $\left.a_2+b_1\right\}$ is $\_\_\_\_$ .

2026 Q14 JEE Mains Numerical
03 Jul 2026

Let $A = \{2, 3, 4, 5, 6\}$. Let $R$ be a relation on the set $A \times A$ given by $(x, y)R(z, w)$ if and only if $x$ divides $z$ and $y \leq w$. Then the number of elements in $R$ is _________.

2025 Q15 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let A = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. Let R be a relation on A defined by (x, y) ∈ R if and only if max{x, y} ∈ {3, 4}. Then among the statements

(S1): The number of elements in R is 18, and

(S2): The relation R is symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive

A.

both are false

B.

only (S1) is true

C.

only (S2) is true

D.

both are true

2025 Q16 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let A = { ($\alpha, \beta$) $\in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}$ : |$\alpha$ - 1| $\leq 4$ and |$\beta$ - 5| $\leq 6$ }

and B = { ($\alpha, \beta$) $\in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}$ : 16($\alpha$ - $2)^2 $+ 9($\beta$ - $6)^2$ $\leq 144$ }.

Then

A.

A $\subset$ B

B.

B $\subset$ A

C.

neither A $\subset$ B nor B $\subset$ A

D.

$A \cup B=\{(x, y):-4 \leqslant x \leqslant 4,-1 \leqslant y \leqslant 11\}$

2025 Q17 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3\}$ and R be a relation on A defined by $x \mathrm{R} y$ if and only if $2 x-y \in\{0,1\}$. Let $l$ be the number of elements in $R$. Let $m$ and $n$ be the minimum number of elements required to be added in R to make it reflexive and symmetric relations, respectively. Then $l+\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to:

A.
17
B.
18
C.
15
D.
16
2025 Q18 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Consider the sets $A=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}: x^2+y^2=25\right\}, B=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}: x^2+9 y^2=144\right\}$, $C=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z}: x^2+y^2 \leq 4\right\}$ and $D=A \cap B$. The total number of one-one functions from the set $D$ to the set $C$ is:

A.
15120
B.
18290
C.
17160
D.
19320
2025 Q19 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $A=\{-2,-1,0,1,2,3\}$. Let R be a relation on $A$ defined by $x \mathrm{R} y$ if and only if $y=\max \{x, 1\}$. Let $l$ be the number of elements in R . Let $m$ and $n$ be the minimum number of elements required to be added in R to make it reflexive and symmetric relations, respectively. Then $l+m+n$ is equal to

A.
11
B.
12
C.
14
D.
13
2025 Q20 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3\}$. Let R be a relation on A defined by $x \mathrm{R} y$ if and only if $0 \leq x^2+2 y \leq 4$. Let $l$ be the number of elements in R and $m$ be the minimum number of elements required to be added in R to make it a reflexive relation. Then $l+m$ is equal to

A.
18
B.
20
C.
17
D.
19
2025 Q21 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $A=\{1,2,3, \ldots ., 100\}$ and $R$ be a relation on $A$ such that $R=\{(a, b): a=2 b+1\}$. Let $\left(a_1\right.$, $\left.a_2\right),\left(a_2, a_3\right),\left(a_3, a_4\right), \ldots .,\left(a_k, a_{k+1}\right)$ be a sequence of $k$ elements of $R$ such that the second entry of an ordered pair is equal to the first entry of the next ordered pair. Then the largest integer k , for which such a sequence exists, is equal to :
A.
6
B.
8
C.
7
D.
5
2025 Q22 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let A be the set of all functions $f: \mathbf{Z} \rightarrow \mathbf{Z}$ and R be a relation on A such that $\mathrm{R}=\{(\mathrm{f}, \mathrm{g}): f(0)=\mathrm{g}(1)$ and $f(1)=\mathrm{g}(0)\}$. Then R is :

A.
Symmetric and transitive but not reflective
B.
Symmetric but neither reflective nor transitive
C.
Transitive but neither reflexive nor symmetric
D.
Reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
2025 Q23 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{S}=\mathbf{N} \cup\{0\}$. Define a relation R from S to $\mathbf{R}$ by :

$ \mathrm{R}=\left\{(x, y): \log _{\mathrm{e}} y=x \log _{\mathrm{e}}\left(\frac{2}{5}\right), x \in \mathrm{~S}, y \in \mathbf{R}\right\} . $

Then, the sum of all the elements in the range of $R$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{3}{2}$
B.
$\frac{10}{9}$
C.
$\frac{5}{2}$
D.
$\frac{5}{3}$
2025 Q24 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Define a relation R on the interval $ \left[0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right) $ by $ x $ R $ y $ if and only if $ \sec^2x - \tan^2y = 1 $. Then R is :

A.

both reflexive and symmetric but not transitive

B.

both reflexive and transitive but not symmetric

C.

reflexive but neither symmetric not transitive

D.

an equivalence relation

2025 Q25 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The relation $R=\{(x, y): x, y \in \mathbb{Z}$ and $x+y$ is even $\}$ is:

A.
reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
B.
reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
C.
an equivalence relation
D.
symmetric and transitive but not reflexive
2025 Q26 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{A}=\left\{x \in(0, \pi)-\left\{\frac{\pi}{2}\right\}: \log _{(2 /\pi)}|\sin x|+\log _{(2 / \pi)}|\cos x|=2\right\}$ and $\mathrm{B}=\{x \geqslant 0: \sqrt{x}(\sqrt{x}-4)-3|\sqrt{x}-2|+6=0\}$. Then $\mathrm{n}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})$ is equal to :

A.
4
B.
8
C.
6
D.
2
2025 Q27 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{X}=\mathbf{R} \times \mathbf{R}$. Define a relation R on X as :

$\left(a_1, b_1\right) R\left(a_2, b_2\right) \Leftrightarrow b_1=b_2$

Statement I: $\quad \mathrm{R}$ is an equivalence relation.

Statement II : For some $(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}) \in \mathrm{X}$, the $\operatorname{set} \mathrm{S}=\{(x, y) \in \mathrm{X}:(x, y) \mathrm{R}(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b})\}$ represents a line parallel to $y=x$.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
B.
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
C.
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
D.
Statement I is false but Statement II is true
2025 Q28 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{(x, y) \in \mathbf{R} \times \mathbf{R}:|x+y| \geqslant 3\}$ and $\mathrm{B}=\{(x, y) \in \mathbf{R} \times \mathbf{R}:|x|+|y| \leq 3\}$. If $\mathrm{C}=\{(x, y) \in \mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B}: x=0$ or $y=0\}$, then $\sum_{(x, y) \in \mathrm{C}}|x+y|$ is :

A.
18
B.
24
C.
15
D.
12
2025 Q29 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{R}=\{(1,2),(2,3),(3,3)\}$ be a relation defined on the set $\{1,2,3,4\}$. Then the minimum number of elements, needed to be added in R so that R becomes an equivalence relation, is:

A.
9
B.
8
C.
7
D.
10
2025 Q30 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $A=\{1,2,3, \ldots, 10\}$ and $B=\left\{\frac{m}{n}: m, n \in A, m< n\right.$ and $\left.\operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1\right\}$. Then $n(B)$ is equal to :

A.
29
B.
31
C.
37
D.
36
2025 Q31 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The number of non-empty equivalence relations on the set $\{1,2,3\}$ is :

A.
7
B.
4
C.
5
D.
6
2025 Q32 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

The number of relations on the set $A=\{1,2,3\}$, containing at most 6 elements including $(1,2)$, which are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is __________.

2025 Q33 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

For $n \geq 2$, let $S_n$ denote the set of all subsets of $\{1,2, \ldots, n\}$ with no two consecutive numbers. For example $\{1,3,5\} \in S_6$, but $\{1,2,4\} \notin S_6$. Then $n\left(S_5\right)$ is equal to ________

2025 Q34 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $S=\left\{p_1, p_2 \ldots, p_{10}\right\}$ be the set of first ten prime numbers. Let $A=S \cup P$, where $P$ is the set of all possible products of distinct elements of $S$. Then the number of all ordered pairs $(x, y), x \in S$, $y \in A$, such that $x$ divides $y$, is ________ .

2025 Q35 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $A=\{1,2,3\}$. The number of relations on $A$, containing $(1,2)$ and $(2,3)$, which are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is _________.

2024 Q36 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $A=\{2,3,6,8,9,11\}$ and $B=\{1,4,5,10,15\}$. Let $R$ be a relation on $A \times B$ defined by $(a, b) R(c, d)$ if and only if $3 a d-7 b c$ is an even integer. Then the relation $R$ is

A.
reflexive but not symmetric.
B.
an equivalence relation.
C.
reflexive and symmetric but not transitive.
D.
transitive but not symmetric.
2024 Q37 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{1,2,3,4,5\}$. Let $\mathrm{R}$ be a relation on $\mathrm{A}$ defined by $x \mathrm{R} y$ if and only if $4 x \leq 5 \mathrm{y}$. Let $\mathrm{m}$ be the number of elements in $\mathrm{R}$ and $\mathrm{n}$ be the minimum number of elements from $\mathrm{A} \times \mathrm{A}$ that are required to be added to R to make it a symmetric relation. Then m + n is equal to :

A.
23
B.
26
C.
25
D.
24
2024 Q38 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $A=\{n \in[100,700] \cap \mathrm{N}: n$ is neither a multiple of 3 nor a multiple of 4$\}$. Then the number of elements in $A$ is

A.
300
B.
310
C.
290
D.
280
2024 Q39 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let the relations $R_1$ and $R_2$ on the set $X=\{1,2,3, \ldots, 20\}$ be given by $R_1=\{(x, y): 2 x-3 y=2\}$ and $R_2=\{(x, y):-5 x+4 y=0\}$. If $M$ and $N$ be the minimum number of elements required to be added in $R_1$ and $R_2$, respectively, in order to make the relations symmetric, then $M+N$ equals

A.
16
B.
12
C.
8
D.
10
2024 Q40 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let a relation $\mathrm{R}$ on $\mathrm{N} \times \mathbb{N}$ be defined as: $\left(x_1, y_1\right) \mathrm{R}\left(x_2, y_2\right)$ if and only if $x_1 \leq x_2$ or $y_1 \leq y_2$. Consider the two statements:

(I) $\mathrm{R}$ is reflexive but not symmetric.

(II) $\mathrm{R}$ is transitive

Then which one of the following is true?

A.
Only (II) is correct.
B.
Both (I) and (II) are correct.
C.
Neither (I) nor (II) is correct.
D.
Only (I) is correct.
2024 Q41 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Consider the relations $R_1$ and $R_2$ defined as $a R_1 b \Leftrightarrow a^2+b^2=1$ for all $a, b \in \mathbf{R}$ and $(a, b) R_2(c, d) \Leftrightarrow$ $a+d=b+c$ for all $(a, b),(c, d) \in \mathbf{N} \times \mathbf{N}$. Then :
A.
$R_1$ and $R_2$ both are equivalence relations
B.
Only $R_1$ is an equivalence relation
C.
Only $R_2$ is an equivalence relation
D.
Neither $R_1$ nor $R_2$ is an equivalence relation
2024 Q42 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

If R is the smallest equivalence relation on the set $\{1,2,3,4\}$ such that $\{(1,2),(1,3)\} \subset \mathrm{R}$, then the number of elements in $\mathrm{R}$ is __________.

A.
15
B.
10
C.
12
D.
8
2024 Q43 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $R$ be a relation on $Z \times Z$ defined by $(a, b) R(c, d)$ if and only if $a d-b c$ is divisible by 5. Then $R$ is

A.
Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
B.
Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
C.
Reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
D.
Reflexive, symmetric and transitive
2024 Q44 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $A$ and $B$ be two finite sets with $m$ and $n$ elements respectively. The total number of subsets of the set $A$ is 56 more than the total number of subsets of $B$. Then the distance of the point $P(m, n)$ from the point $Q(-2,-3)$ is :

A.
8
B.
10
C.
4
D.
6
2024 Q45 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $S=\{1,2,3, \ldots, 10\}$. Suppose $M$ is the set of all the subsets of $S$, then the relation

$\mathrm{R}=\{(\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}): \mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B} \neq \phi ; \mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B} \in \mathrm{M}\}$ is :
A.
symmetric only
B.
reflexive only
C.
symmetric and reflexive only
D.
symmetric and transitive only
2024 Q46 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $A=\{2,3,6,7\}$ and $B=\{4,5,6,8\}$. Let $R$ be a relation defined on $A \times B$ by $(a_1, b_1) R(a_2, b_2)$ if and only if $a_1+a_2=b_1+b_2$. Then the number of elements in $R$ is __________.

2024 Q47 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

In a survey of 220 students of a higher secondary school, it was found that at least 125 and at most 130 students studied Mathematics; at least 85 and at most 95 studied Physics; at least 75 and at most 90 studied Chemistry; 30 studied both Physics and Chemistry; 50 studied both Chemistry and Mathematics; 40 studied both Mathematics and Physics and 10 studied none of these subjects. Let $m$ and $n$ respectively be the least and the most number of students who studied all the three subjects. Then $\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to ___________.

2024 Q48 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026
Let $A=\{1,2,3, \ldots, 20\}$. Let $R_1$ and $R_2$ two relation on $A$ such that

$R_1=\{(a, b): b$ is divisible by $a\}$

$R_2=\{(a, b): a$ is an integral multiple of $b\}$.

Then, number of elements in $R_1-R_2$ is equal to _____________.
2024 Q49 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $A=\{1,2,3, \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots, 100\}$. Let $R$ be a relation on $\mathrm{A}$ defined by $(x, y) \in R$ if and only if $2 x=3 y$. Let $R_1$ be a symmetric relation on $A$ such that $R \subset R_1$ and the number of elements in $R_1$ is $\mathrm{n}$. Then, the minimum value of $\mathrm{n}$ is _________.

2024 Q50 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $A=\{1,2,3,4\}$ and $R=\{(1,2),(2,3),(1,4)\}$ be a relation on $\mathrm{A}$. Let $\mathrm{S}$ be the equivalence relation on $\mathrm{A}$ such that $R \subset S$ and the number of elements in $\mathrm{S}$ is $\mathrm{n}$. Then, the minimum value of $n$ is __________.