Sets and Relations

117 Questions
2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Morning Shift

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

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 3rd April Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 3rd April Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Evening Shift
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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 2nd April Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift

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

A.
7
B.
4
C.
5
D.
6
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift
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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Evening Shift

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 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Morning Shift
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
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Evening Shift

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{1,3,4,6,9\}$ and $\mathrm{B}=\{2,4,5,8,10\}$. Let $\mathrm{R}$ be a relation defined on $\mathrm{A} \times \mathrm{B}$ such that $\mathrm{R}=\left\{\left(\left(a_{1}, b_{1}\right),\left(a_{2}, b_{2}\right)\right): a_{1} \leq b_{2}\right.$ and $\left.b_{1} \leq a_{2}\right\}$. Then the number of elements in the set R is :

A.
180
B.
26
C.
52
D.
160
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Morning Shift

An organization awarded 48 medals in event 'A', 25 in event 'B' and 18 in event 'C'. If these medals went to total 60 men and only five men got medals in all the three events, then, how many received medals in exactly two of three events?

A.
10
B.
15
C.
21
D.
9
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Evening Shift

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{2,3,4\}$ and $\mathrm{B}=\{8,9,12\}$. Then the number of elements in the relation $\mathrm{R}=\left\{\left(\left(a_{1}, \mathrm{~b}_{1}\right),\left(a_{2}, \mathrm{~b}_{2}\right)\right) \in(A \times B, A \times B): a_{1}\right.$ divides $\mathrm{b}_{2}$ and $\mathrm{a}_{2}$ divides $\left.\mathrm{b}_{1}\right\}$ is :

A.
18
B.
24
C.
36
D.
12
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7\}$. Then the relation $\mathrm{R}=\{(x, y) \in \mathrm{A} \times \mathrm{A}: x+y=7\}$ is :

A.
reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
B.
transitive but neither symmetric nor reflexive
C.
symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
D.
an equivalence relation
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift

Let $P(S)$ denote the power set of $S=\{1,2,3, \ldots ., 10\}$. Define the relations $R_{1}$ and $R_{2}$ on $P(S)$ as $\mathrm{AR}_{1} \mathrm{~B}$ if $\left(\mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B}^{\mathrm{c}}\right) \cup\left(\mathrm{B} \cap \mathrm{A}^{\mathrm{c}}\right)=\emptyset$ and $\mathrm{AR}_{2} \mathrm{~B}$ if $\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B}^{\mathrm{c}}=\mathrm{B} \cup \mathrm{A}^{\mathrm{c}}, \forall \mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B} \in \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{S})$. Then :

A.
only $R_{2}$ is an equivalence relation
B.
both $R_{1}$ and $R_{2}$ are not equivalence relations
C.
both $R_{1}$ and $R_{2}$ are equivalence relations
D.
only $R_{1}$ is an equivalence relation
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift

Let $R$ be a relation on $\mathbb{R}$, given by $R=\{(a, b): 3 a-3 b+\sqrt{7}$ is an irrational number $\}$. Then $R$ is

A.
an equivalence relation
B.
reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
C.
reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
D.
reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift
Among the relations

$\mathrm{S}=\left\{(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}): \mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b} \in \mathbb{R}-\{0\}, 2+\frac{\mathrm{a}}{\mathrm{b}}>0\right\}$

and $\mathrm{T}=\left\{(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}): \mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b} \in \mathbb{R}, \mathrm{a}^{2}-\mathrm{b}^{2} \in \mathbb{Z}\right\}$,
A.
$\mathrm{S}$ is transitive but $\mathrm{T}$ is not
B.
both $\mathrm{S}$ and $\mathrm{T}$ are symmetric
C.
neither $S$ nor $T$ is transitive
D.
$T$ is symmetric but $S$ is not
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

Let $\mathrm{R}$ be a relation on $\mathrm{N} \times \mathbb{N}$ defined by $(a, b) ~\mathrm{R}~(c, d)$ if and only if $a d(b-c)=b c(a-d)$. Then $\mathrm{R}$ is

A.
symmetric and transitive but not reflexive
B.
reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
C.
transitive but neither reflexive nor symmetric
D.
symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

The minimum number of elements that must be added to the relation $ \mathrm{R}=\{(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}),(\mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c})\}$ on the set $\{a, b, c\}$ so that it becomes symmetric and transitive is :

A.
7
B.
3
C.
4
D.
5
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Let R be a relation defined on $\mathbb{N}$ as $a\mathrm{R}b$ if $2a+3b$ is a multiple of $5,a,b\in \mathbb{N}$. Then R is

A.
an equivalence relation
B.
non reflexive
C.
symmetric but not transitive
D.
transitive but not symmetric
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

The relation $\mathrm{R = \{ (a,b):\gcd (a,b) = 1,2a \ne b,a,b \in \mathbb{Z}\}}$ is :

A.
reflexive but not symmetric
B.
transitive but not reflexive
C.
symmetric but not transitive
D.
neither symmetric nor transitive
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Morning Shift

Let R be a relation from the set $\{1,2,3, \ldots, 60\}$ to itself such that $R=\{(a, b): b=p q$, where $p, q \geqslant 3$ are prime numbers}. Then, the number of elements in R is :

A.
600
B.
660
C.
540
D.
720
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Morning Shift

For $\alpha \in \mathbf{N}$, consider a relation $\mathrm{R}$ on $\mathbf{N}$ given by $\mathrm{R}=\{(x, y): 3 x+\alpha y$ is a multiple of 7$\}$. The relation $R$ is an equivalence relation if and only if :

A.
$\alpha=14$
B.
$\alpha$ is a multiple of 4
C.
4 is the remainder when $\alpha$ is divided by 10
D.
4 is the remainder when $\alpha$ is divided by 7
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th July Morning Shift

Let $R_{1}$ and $R_{2}$ be two relations defined on $\mathbb{R}$ by

$a \,R_{1} \,b \Leftrightarrow a b \geq 0$ and $a \,R_{2} \,b \Leftrightarrow a \geq b$

Then,

A.
$R_{1}$ is an equivalence relation but not $R_{2}$
B.
$R_{2}$ is an equivalence relation but not $R_{1}$
C.
both $R_{1}$ and $R_{2}$ are equivalence relations
D.
neither $R_{1}$ nor $R_{2}$ is an equivalence relation