Sets and Relations

121 Questions
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
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 15th April Morning Shift
The number of elements in the set

$\left\{n \in \mathbb{N}: 10 \leq n \leq 100\right.$ and $3^{n}-3$ is a multiple of 7$\}$ is ___________.
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 15th April Morning Shift
Let $A=\{1,2,3,4\}$ and $\mathrm{R}$ be a relation on the set $A \times A$ defined by

$R=\{((a, b),(c, d)): 2 a+3 b=4 c+5 d\}$. Then the number of elements in $\mathrm{R}$ is ____________.
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 13th April Evening Shift

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{-4,-3,-2,0,1,3,4\}$ and $\mathrm{R}=\left\{(a, b) \in \mathrm{A} \times \mathrm{A}: b=|a|\right.$ or $\left.b^{2}=a+1\right\}$ be a relation on $\mathrm{A}$. Then the minimum number of elements, that must be added to the relation $\mathrm{R}$ so that it becomes reflexive and symmetric, is __________

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 12th April Morning Shift

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

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Morning Shift

The number of elements in the set $\{ n \in Z:|{n^2} - 10n + 19| < 6\} $ is _________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

Let $A=\{0,3,4,6,7,8,9,10\}$ and $R$ be the relation defined on $A$ such that $R=\{(x, y) \in A \times A: x-y$ is odd positive integer or $x-y=2\}$. The minimum number of elements that must be added to the relation $R$, so that it is a symmetric relation, is equal to ____________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

Let $\mathrm{A}=\{1,2,3,4, \ldots ., 10\}$ and $\mathrm{B}=\{0,1,2,3,4\}$. The number of elements in the relation $R=\left\{(a, b) \in A \times A: 2(a-b)^{2}+3(a-b) \in B\right\}$ is ___________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Morning Shift

Let S = {1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11}. The number of non-empty subsets of S that have the sum of all elements a multiple of 3, is _____________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

The minimum number of elements that must be added to the relation R = {(a, b), (b, c), (b, d)} on the set {a, b, c, d} so that it is an equivalence relation, is __________.

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
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Morning Shift

Let a set A = A1 $\cup$ A2 $\cup$ ..... $\cup$ Ak, where Ai $\cap$ Aj = $\phi$ for i $\ne$ j, 1 $\le$ j, j $\le$ k. Define the relation R from A to A by R = {(x, y) : y $\in$ Ai if and only if x $\in$ Ai, 1 $\le$ i $\le$ k}. Then, R is :

A.
reflexive, symmetric but not transitive.
B.
reflexive, transitive but not symmetric.
C.
reflexive but not symmetric and transitive.
D.
an equivalence relation.
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th June Evening Shift

Let R1 = {(a, b) $\in$ N $\times$ N : |a $-$ b| $\le$ 13} and

R2 = {(a, b) $\in$ N $\times$ N : |a $-$ b| $\ne$ 13}. Then on N :

A.
Both R1 and R2 are equivalence relations
B.
Neither R1 nor R2 is an equivalence relation
C.
R1 is an equivalence relation but R2 is not
D.
R2 is an equivalence relation but R1 is not
2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Morning Shift

Let $S=\{4,6,9\}$ and $T=\{9,10,11, \ldots, 1000\}$. If $A=\left\{a_{1}+a_{2}+\ldots+a_{k}: k \in \mathbf{N}, a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \ldots, a_{k}\right.$ $\epsilon S\}$, then the sum of all the elements in the set $T-A$ is equal to __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Evening Shift

Let $A=\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7\}$ and $B=\{3,6,7,9\}$. Then the number of elements in the set $\{C \subseteq A: C \cap B \neq \phi\}$ is ___________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift

Let $A=\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7\}$. Define $B=\{T \subseteq A$ : either $1 \notin T$ or $2 \in T\}$ and $C=\{T \subseteq A: T$ the sum of all the elements of $T$ is a prime number $\}$. Then the number of elements in the set $B \cup C$ is ________________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th June Morning Shift

Let R1 and R2 be relations on the set {1, 2, ......., 50} such that

R1 = {(p, pn) : p is a prime and n $\ge$ 0 is an integer} and

R2 = {(p, pn) : p is a prime and n = 0 or 1}.

Then, the number of elements in R1 $-$ R2 is _______________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th June Morning Shift

Let A = {n $\in$ N : H.C.F. (n, 45) = 1} and

Let B = {2k : k $\in$ {1, 2, ......., 100}}. Then the sum of all the elements of A $\cap$ B is ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th June Morning Shift

Let $A = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{10} {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{10} {\min \,\{ i,j\} } } $ and $B = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{10} {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{10} {\max \,\{ i,j\} } } $. Then A + B is equal to _____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 24th June Evening Shift

The sum of all the elements of the set $\{ \alpha \in \{ 1,2,.....,100\} :HCF(\alpha ,24) = 1\} $ is __________.

2022 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2022 (Online) 18th July Morning Shift

If $A=\left\{x \in R / \sqrt{x^2-8 x+15} \in R\right\}$ and $B=\left\{x \in R / \frac{x-3}{2 x-5}<\frac{x-6}{2 x-11}\right\}$, then $A \cap B=$

A.

$\phi$

B.

$\left(\frac{5}{2}, 3\right] \cup\left[5, \frac{11}{2}\right)$

C.

$\left(\frac{5}{2}, \frac{21}{4}\right)$

D.

$\left(\frac{5}{2}, \frac{11}{2}\right)$

2022 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2022 - 5th July Morning Shift

205 students take an examination of whom 105 pass in English, 70 students pass in Mathematics and 30 students pass in both. How many students fail in both subjects?

A.
60
B.
145
C.
175
D.
30
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 31st August Morning Shift
Which of the following is not correct for relation R on the set of real numbers ?
A.
(x, y) $\in$ R $ \Leftrightarrow $ 0 < |x| $-$ |y| $\le$ 1 is neither transitive nor symmetric.
B.
(x, y) $\in$ R $ \Leftrightarrow $ 0 < |x $-$ y| $\le$ 1 is symmetric and transitive.
C.
(x, y) $\in$ R $ \Leftrightarrow $ |x| $-$ |y| $\le$ 1 is reflexive but not symmetric.
D.
(x, y) $\in$ R $ \Leftrightarrow $ |x $-$ y| $\le$ 1 is reflexive nd symmetric.
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th August Morning Shift
Out of all the patients in a hospital 89% are found to be suffering from heart ailment and 98% are suffering from lungs infection. If K% of them are suffering from both ailments, then K can not belong to the set :
A.
{80, 83, 86, 89}
B.
{84, 86, 88, 90}
C.
{79, 81, 83, 85}
D.
{84, 87, 90, 93}
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift
Let N be the set of natural numbers and a relation R on N be defined by $R = \{ (x,y) \in N \times N:{x^3} - 3{x^2}y - x{y^2} + 3{y^3} = 0\} $. Then the relation R is :
A.
symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
B.
reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
C.
reflexive and symmetric, but not transitive
D.
an equivalence relation
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 18th March Evening Shift
Define a relation R over a class of n $\times$ n real matrices A and B as

"ARB iff there exists a non-singular matrix P such that PAP$-$1 = B".

Then which of the following is true?
A.
R is reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
B.
R is symmetric, transitive but not reflexive.
C.
R is reflexive, symmetric but not transitive
D.
R is an equivalence relation
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 17th March Morning Shift
In a school, there are three types of games to be played. Some of the students play two types of games, but none play all the three games. Which Venn diagrams can justify the above statement?

JEE Main 2021 (Online) 17th March Morning Shift Mathematics - Sets and Relations Question 93 English
A.
Q and R
B.
None of these
C.
P and R
D.
P and Q
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Evening Shift
Let A = {2, 3, 4, 5, ....., 30} and '$ \simeq $' be an equivalence relation on A $\times$ A, defined by (a, b) $ \simeq $ (c, d), if and only if ad = bc. Then the number of ordered pairs which satisfy this equivalence relation with ordered pair (4, 3) is equal to :
A.
5
B.
6
C.
8
D.
7
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Morning Shift
The number of elements in the set {x $\in$ R : (|x| $-$ 3) |x + 4| = 6} is equal to :
A.
4
B.
2
C.
3
D.
1
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th February Morning Shift
Let R = {(P, Q) | P and Q are at the same distance from the origin} be a relation, then the equivalence class of (1, $-$1) is the set :
A.
$S = \{ (x,y)|{x^2} + {y^2} = \sqrt 2 \} $
B.
$S = \{ (x,y)|{x^2} + {y^2} = 2\} $
C.
$S = \{ (x,y)|{x^2} + {y^2} = 1\} $
D.
$S = \{ (x,y)|{x^2} + {y^2} = 4\} $
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th August Morning Shift
If A = {x $\in$ R : |x $-$ 2| > 1},
B = {x $\in$ R : $\sqrt {{x^2} - 3} $ > 1},
C = {x $\in$ R : |x $-$ 4| $\ge$ 2} and Z is the set of all integers, then the number of subsets of the
set (A $\cap$ B $\cap$ C)c $\cap$ Z is ________________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift
Let A = {n $\in$ N | n2 $\le$ n + 10,000}, B = {3k + 1 | k$\in$ N} an dC = {2k | k$\in$N}, then the sum of all the elements of the set A $\cap$(B $-$ C) is equal to _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 24th February Morning Shift
Let  A = {n $ \in $ N: n is a 3-digit number}

       B = {9k + 2: k $ \in $ N}

and C = {9k + $l$: k $ \in $ N} for some $l ( 0 < l < 9)$

If the sum of all the elements of the set A $ \cap $ (B $ \cup $ C) is 274 $ \times $ 400, then $l$ is equal to ________.
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 5th September Morning Slot
A survey shows that 73% of the persons working in an office like coffee, whereas 65% like tea. If x denotes the percentage of them, who like both coffee and tea, then x cannot be :
A.
63
B.
36
C.
54
D.
38
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 4th September Evening Slot
Let $\mathop \cup \limits_{i = 1}^{50} {X_i} = \mathop \cup \limits_{i = 1}^n {Y_i} = T$ where each Xi contains 10 elements and each Yi contains 5 elements. If each element of the set T is an element of exactly 20 of sets Xi’s and exactly 6 of sets Yi’s, then n is equal to :
A.
30
B.
50
C.
15
D.
45
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 4th September Morning Slot
A survey shows that 63% of the people in a city read newspaper A whereas 76% read newspaper B. If x% of the people read both the newspapers, then a possible value of x can be:
A.
37
B.
65
C.
29
D.
55
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Evening Slot
Let R1 and R2 be two relation defined as follows :
R1 = {(a, b) $ \in $ R2 : a2 + b2 $ \in $ Q} and
R2 = {(a, b) $ \in $ R2 : a2 + b2 $ \notin $ Q},
where Q is the set of all rational numbers. Then :
A.
Neither R1 nor R2 is transitive.
B.
R2 is transitive but R1 is not transitive.
C.
R1 and R2 are both transitive.
D.
R1 is transitive but R2 is not transitive.
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Morning Slot
Consider the two sets :
A = {m $ \in $ R : both the roots of
x2 – (m + 1)x + m + 4 = 0 are real}
and B = [–3, 5).
Which of the following is not true?
A.
A $ \cap $ B = {–3}
B.
B – A = (–3, 5)
C.
A $ \cup $ B = R
D.
A - B = ($ - $$ \propto $, $ - $3) $ \cup $ (5, $ \propto $)
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 2nd September Morning Slot
If R = {(x, y) : x, y $ \in $ Z, x2 + 3y2 $ \le $ 8} is a relation on the set of integers Z, then the domain of R–1 is :
A.
{0, 1}
B.
{–2, –1, 1, 2}
C.
{–1, 0, 1}
D.
{–2, –1, 0, 1, 2}