Sets and Relations

2020 Q101 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If A = {x $ \in $ R : |x| < 2} and B = {x $ \in $ R : |x – 2| $ \ge $ 3}; then :
A.
A – B = [–1, 2)
B.
A $ \cup $ B = R – (2, 5)
C.
A $ \cap $ B = (–2, –1)
D.
B – A = R – (–2, 5)
2020 Q102 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026
Set A has m elements and set B has n elements. If the total number of subsets of A is 112 more than the total number of subsets of B, then the value of m.n is ______.
2020 Q103 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026
Let X = {n $ \in $ N : 1 $ \le $ n $ \le $ 50}. If
A = {n $ \in $ X: n is a multiple of 2} and
B = {n $ \in $ X: n is a multiple of 7}, then the number of elements in the smallest subset of X containing both A and B is ________.
2019 Q104 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let A, B and C be sets such that $\phi $ $ \ne $ A $ \cap $ B $ \subseteq $ C. Then which of the following statements is not true ?
A.
If (A – B) $ \subseteq $ C, then A $ \subseteq $ C
B.
B $ \cap $ C $ \ne $ $\phi $
C.
(C $ \cup $ A) $ \cap $ (C $ \cup $ B) = C
D.
If (A – C) $ \subseteq $ B, then A $ \subseteq $ B
2019 Q105 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Two newspapers A and B are published in a city. It is known that 25% of the city populations reads A and 20% reads B while 8% reads both A and B. Further, 30% of those who read A but not B look into advertisements and 40% of those who read B but not A also look into advertisements, while 50% of those who read both A and B look into advertisements. Then the percentage of the population who look into advertisement is :-
A.
13.5
B.
13
C.
12.8
D.
13.9
2019 Q106 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let Z be the set of integers.
If A = {x $ \in $ Z : 2(x + 2) (x2 $-$ 5x + 6) = 1} and
B = {x $ \in $ Z : $-$ 3 < 2x $-$ 1 < 9},
then the number of subsets of the set A $ \times $ B, is
A.
212
B.
218
C.
210
D.
215
2019 Q107 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let S = {1, 2, 3, … , 100}. The number of non-empty subsets A of S such that the product of elements in A is even is :
A.
250 – 1
B.
250 (250 $-$ 1)
C.
2100 $-$ 1
D.
250 + 1
2019 Q108 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
In a class of 140 students numbered 1 to 140, all even numbered students opted Mathematics course, those whose number is divisible by 3 opted Physics course and those whose number is divisible by 5 opted Chemistry course. Then the number of students who did not opt for any of the three courses is
A.
42
B.
102
C.
1
D.
38
2018 Q109 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let N denote the set of all natural numbers. Define two binary relations on N as R = {(x, y) $ \in $ N $ \times $ N : 2x + y = 10} and R2 = {(x, y) $ \in $ N $ \times $ N : x + 2y = 10}. Then :
A.
Range of R1 is {2, 4, 8).
B.
Range of R2 is {1, 2, 3, 4}.
C.
Both R1 and R2 are symmetric relations.
D.
Both R1 and R2 are transitive relations.
2018 Q110 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Two sets A and B are as under :

A = {($a$, b) $ \in $ R $ \times $ R : |$a$ - 5| < 1 and |b - 5| < 1};

B = {($a$, b) $ \in $ R $ \times $ R : 4($a$ - 6)2 + 9(b - 5)2 $ \le $ 36 };

Then
A.
neither A $ \subset $ B nor B $ \subset $ A
B.
B $ \subset $ A
C.
A $ \subset $ B
D.
A $ \cap $ B = $\phi $ ( an empty set )
2018 Q111 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Consider the following two binary relations on the set A = {a, b, c} :
R1 = {(c, a), (b, b), (a, c), (c, c), (b, c), (a, a)} and
R2 = {(a, b), (b, a), (c, c), (c, a), (a, a), (b, b), (a, c)}.
Then :
A.
both R1 and R2 are not symmetric.
B.
R1 is not symmetric but it is transitive.
C.
R2 is symmetric but it is not transitive.
D.
both R1 and R2 are transitive.
2016 Q112 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let P = {$\theta $ : sin$\theta $ $-$ cos$\theta $ = $\sqrt 2 \,\cos \theta $}

and Q = {$\theta $ : sin$\theta $ + cos$\theta $ = $\sqrt 2 \,\sin \theta $} be two sets. Then
A.
P $ \subset $ Q and Q $-$ P $ \ne $ $\phi $
B.
Q $ \not\subset $ P
C.
P $ \not\subset $ Q
D.
P = Q
2015 Q113 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let A and B be two sets containing four and two elements respectively. Then, the number of subsets of the set A $\times$ B , each having atleast three elements are
A.
219
B.
256
C.
275
D.
510
2012 Q114 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let X = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. The number of different ordered pairs (Y, Z) that can be formed such that Y $ \subseteq $ X, Z $ \subseteq $ X and Y $ \cap $ Z is empty, is :
A.
35
B.
25
C.
53
D.
52
2011 Q115 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $R$ be the set of real numbers.

Statement I : $A=\{(x, y) \in R \times R: y-x$ is an integer $\}$ is an equivalence relation on $R$.

Statement II : $ B=\{(x, y) \in R \times R: x=\alpha y$ for some rational number $\alpha\}$ is an equivalence relation on $R$.
A.
Statement I is true, Statement II is true; Statement II is not a correct explanation for Statement I.
B.
Statement I is true, Statement II is false.
C.
Statement I is false, Statement II is true.
D.
Statement I is true, Statement II is true; Statement II is a correct explanation for Statement I.
2010 Q116 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Consider the following relations

$R=\{(x, y) \mid x, y$ are real numbers and $x=w y$ for some rational number $w\}$;

$S=\left\{\left(\frac{m}{n}, \frac{p}{q}\right) \mid m, n, p\right.$ and $q$ are integers such that $n, q \neq 0$ and $q m=p m\}$. Then
A.
$R$ is an equivalence relation but $S$ is not an equivalence relation
B.
Neither $R$ nor $S$ is an equivalence relation
C.
$S$ is an equivalence relation but $R$ is not an equivalence relation
D.
$R$ and $S$ both are equivalence relations
2009 Q117 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $A, B$ and $C$ are three sets such that $A \cap B=A \cap C$ and $A \cup B=A \cup C$, then :
A.
$A=C$
B.
$B=C$
C.
$A \cap B=\phi$
D.
$A=B$
2008 Q118 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let R be the real line. Consider the following subsets of the plane $R \times R$ :
$S = \left\{ {(x,y):y = x + 1\,\,and\,\,0 < x < 2} \right\}$
$T = \left\{ {(x,y): x - y\,\,\,is\,\,an\,\,{\mathop{\rm int}} eger\,} \right\}$,

Which one of the following is true ?

A.
Neither S nor T is an equivalence relation on R
B.
Both S and T are equivalence relation on R
C.
S is an equivalence relation on R but T is not
D.
T is an equivalence relation on R but S is not
2006 Q119 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $W$ denote the words in the English dictionary. Define the relation $R$ by

$R=\{(x, y) \in W \times W \mid$ the words $x$ and $y$ have at least one letter in common}. Then, $R$ is
A.
reflexive, symmetric and not transitive
B.
reflexive, symmetric and transitive
C.
reflexive, not symmetric and transitive
D.
not reflexive, symmetric and transitive
2005 Q120 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $R=\{(3,3),(6,6),(9,9),(12,12),(6,12)$, $(3,9),(3,12),(3,6)\}$ be a relation on the set $A=\{3,6,9,12\}$. The relation is :
A.
reflexive and symmetric only
B.
an equivalence relation
C.
reflexive only
D.
reflexive and transitive only
2004 Q121 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $R=\{(1,3),(4,2),(2,4),(2,3),(3,1)\}$ be a relation on the set $A=\{1,2,3,4\}$. The relation $R$ is :
A.
a function
B.
transitive
C.
not symmetric
D.
reflexive