Sets and Relations

96 Questions MCQ (Single Correct) Start JEE Mains Test
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 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

2025 Q11 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 Q12 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 Q13 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 Q14 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 Q15 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 Q16 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 Q17 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 Q18 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 Q19 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 Q20 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 Q21 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 Q22 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 Q23 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 Q24 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 Q25 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 Q26 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 Q27 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
2024 Q28 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 Q29 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 Q30 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 Q31 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 Q32 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 Q33 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 Q34 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 Q35 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 Q36 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 Q37 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 Q38 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026
The solution set of the inequation $\sqrt{x^{2}+x-2} > (1-x)$ is
A.
$(-\infty, 2)$
B.
$(-\infty,-2)$
C.
$(1, \infty)$
D.
$(0, \infty)$
2024 Q39 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026
If set $A$ has 5 elements, set $B$ has 7 elements, then the number of many one functions that can be defined from $A$ to $B$ is
A.
$7^5-7$
B.
$5^7-5$
C.
$5^7-{ }^7 P_5$
D.
$7^5-{ }^7 P_5$
2024 Q40 BITSAT MCQ
11 Jun 2026
In a statistical investigation of 1003 families of Calcutta, it was found that 63 families has neither a radio nor a TV, 794 families has a radio and 187 has TV. The number of families in that group having both a radio and a TV is
A.
36
B.
41
C.
32
D.
None of these
2023 Q41 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q42 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q43 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q44 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q45 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q46 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q47 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
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 Q48 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q49 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q50 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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