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Set Theory
1. In a class consisting of 100 students, 20 know History and 20 do not know Maths. 10 know neither
History nor Maths. The number of students knowing both Maths and History is
1) 5 2) 15 3) 10 4) 20
2. If X and Y are sets of integers, X * Y denotes the set of integers that belong to set X or set Y, but not
both. If X consists of 10 integers, Y consists of 18 integers, and 6 integers are in both X and Y, then
X * Y consists of how many integers?
1) 6 2) 16 3) 22 4) 30
3. In class XII examination, 50 students got distinction in Physics. 63, 41 and 15 students got dis-
tinction in Maths, Chemistry and English respectively. Three students got distinction in all the
subjects. 5 got distinction in Physics, Chemistry and Maths only. 3 got distinction in Chemistry,
Maths and English only; 2 got distinction in Physics, Chemistry and English only; 25 got distinc-
tion in Physics and Chemistry. Distinction is observed only in these mentioned pairs and triplets.
The number of students getting distinction in at least one of the given subjects is
1) 123 2) 132 3) 125 4) 129
4. A, B, and C are three non-empty sets. The set B A is identical to the set C A . Then
1) set B must be identical to set C. 2) set B must be a subset of set A.
3) set C must be a subset of set B. 4) None of these
5. In a class, no one passed in all three subjects, viz Maths, Physics and Chemistry. The number of
students who passed only in one subject is 64. The number of students who passed in both Maths
and Physics is 7 less than the number of students who passed only in Physics. The total number
of students who passed in Maths as well as in Chemistry and those who passed in Chemistry as
well as in Physics, is one more than that of those who passed in both Maths and Physics. 79
students passed in atleast one subject. Students who passed only in Maths are 24 more than
students who passed only in Chemistry. How many students passed in at least two subjects?
1) 14 2) 15 3) 16 4) Cannot be determined
Directions (Q. 6-7): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
In an audition for a music competition, there is a total of 100 contestants. They can choose to
perform in at least one category from among Pop, Rock and Hip-Hop.
The sum of the number of contestants performing only in Rock and only in Pop is 10 less than the
number of contestants performing in Hip-Hop.
The number of contestants performing in all three is 20. 10 contestants do not perform only in
Hip-Hop. The number of contestants not performing only in Rock is zero. 20 contestants do not per-
form only in Pop. The total number of contestants is 100.
6. What is the number of contestants performing only in Rock?
1) 0 2) 20 3) 40 4) Cannot be determined
7. What is the number of contestants performing only in Hip-Hop?
1) 0 2) 10 3) 40 4) Cannot be determined
8. A survey of 145 persons was conducted regarding their reading habits of three magazines - Busi-
ness India, Business World and Business Today. It was found that every reader of Business World
also reads either Business India or Business Today. The number of persons reading all three maga-
zines is the same as the number of persons who read none of the magazines. Sixty persons read
exactly two magazines and sixty-five persons read only one magazine. How many people read all
three magazines?
1) 10 2) 20 3) 5 4) Insufficient data
9. How many sets of two prime numbers x and y are there such that the difference of x and y is 5?
1) 1 2) 5 3) 7 4) None of them
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10. A survey was conducted on the eating habits of a group of 1,000 persons. The results are given
below. 92% eat South Indian Food, 91% eat North Indian Food, 82% eat American Food, 78% eat
Chinese Food, 79% eat Italian Food, 80% eat Continental Food. What must be the minimum
number of people who eat all the six types of food, if 7 persons do not eat any of the six types of food?
1) 0 2) 55 3) 27 4) Cannot be determined
11. In an examination of three subjects, out of 260 students, 190 passed in English, 60 in Maths and
75 in Science. For every person who failed only in English, there were 2 persons who failed only in
Science, and 3 who failed in Maths alone. The number of students who passed in exactly two
subjects was 5 more than the number of students who passed in all three. Also, those who passed
in English along with only one other subject were equal in number to those who passed all three
subjects. Find the number of students who failed in all the three subjects.
1) 15 2) 25 3) 45 4) 30
12. Let set S = , ... , , ,
12 3 2 1
a a a a where all 12 elements are distinct. We wish to form sets each of
which will contain one or more of the elements of set S (including the possibility of using all the
elements of S). The only restriction is that the subscript of each element in a specific set must be
an integral multiple of the smallest subscript in the set. For example,
8 6 2
, , a a a is an acceptable
set, as element
6
a and
8
a are integral multiples of the smallest element
2
a . How many such
sets can be formed?
1) 4096 2) 2240 3) 1984 4) 2102
13. In a survey about the readership of India Today, Frontline and The Week in a locality, 65% dont
subscribe to any magazine, 50 take India Today, 60 take Frontline, 70 take The Week, 20 take
only India Today and Frontline, 20 take only Frontline and The Week, while 5 take only India
Today and The Week, whereas 15 take all the three magazines. Then the sample size chosen for
the survey was
1) 165 2) 300 3) 180 4) 150
Answers and explanations
1. 3; 80 20 100 (B) & 20 (A) , 90 10 100 B) (A n n p
10 90 80 20 B) (A (B) (A) B) (A n n n n
2. 2;
6 4 12 Y = 18 X = 10
X * Y = 4 + 12 = 16.
Quicker Approach: X * Y = Only X + Only Y.
= (10 6) + (18 6) = 16
3. 3;
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The students getting distinction = 25 + 13 + 52 + 7 + 15 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 125.
4. 4;
1
7
8
5
9 A B
1
8
5
7 9
A C
Among the many possibilities, we could have a combination as shown in the figure, which
violates alternatives (1), (2) and (3). Hence, (4).
5. 2;
x
y
z
b
0
p
q
Physics
Chemistry
Maths
x + y + z = 64 .... (1)
x + y + z + p + q + b = 79 .... (2)
We have to find
p + q + b = 79 64 = 15
6-7: We can draw the Venn diagram as shown below.
Pop Rock
Hip-hop
10
R P
H
0
20
20
Let the number of contestants performing only in Pop, only in Rock and only in Hip-hop be P, R
and H respectively. The sum of the number of contestants performing only in Rock and only in
Pop is 10 less than the number of contestants performing in Hip-hop.
From the Venn diagram, R + P + H + 50 = 100
R + P + H = 50 ..... (i)
But R + P = (H + 40) 10 (given)
R + P = H + 30 .... (ii)
Putting the value of R + P in equation (i), we will get
H + 30 + H = 50
2H = 20 H = 10
Now, both the questions can be answered.
6. 4; We know that R + P = 40. However, we cannot determine how many perform only in Rock.
7. 2; The number of people performing only in Hip-hop only is 10.
8. 1;
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a
d
b = 0
g
f
e
c
x
BI BW
BT
We have g = x
d + e + f = 60
a + c = 65
a + c + d + e + f + g + x = 145
65 + 60 + 2g = 145 x g
2g = 20
g = 10
9. 4; We know that difference of two odd numbers is always even. Here, because difference is 5 (an
odd number), this is the difference of an even and an odd number. The only even prime number
(2) is one of the numbers. Which means the other number is 7. Because it is the difference of
two numbers, therefore we have two possibilities.
x = 2, y = 7 or x = 7, y = 2. In both the cases difference is 5.
10. 2; From the problem, 993 (= 1000 - 7) people eat at least one type of food. We have S = 920; N = 910;
A = 820; C = 780;
I = 790; CF = 800
Min of 837 993 910 920 N S n
Min of A N S n = 837 + 820 - 993 = 664
Min of 451 993 664 780 C A N S n
Min of I C A N S n = 790 + 451 993 = 248
Min of CF I C A N S n = 248 + 800 - 993 = 55
Quicker Method:
Required minimum number of people =
N n S
n
1
6
1



;
where S denotes the number of persons eating a particular type of food.
n denotes types of food.
and N denotes no. of persons eating at least one food.
55 993 1 6 800 790 780 820 910 920
11. 1; Let N(all), N(E and S), N(E and M), N(M and S), N(E), N(M) and N(S) represent the number of
students who passed in all subjects, in only English and Science, in only English and Maths, in
only Maths and Science, in English alone, in Maths alone and in Science alone, respectively.
Then N(E and S) + N(E and M) = N(all)
But N(E and S) + N(E and M) + N(M and S) = N(all) + 5
N(M and S) = 5, ie 5 students failed only in English.
10 students failed in Science alone and 15 failed in Maths alone.
N(E and M) = 10 and N(E and S) = 15.
N(all) = N(E and M) + N(E and S) = 25.
N(E) = 190 - 10 - 15 - 25 = 140.
N(S) = 75 - 15 - 5 - 25 = 30.
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N(M) = 60 - 10 - 5 - 25 = 20.

Number of students who failed in all three subjects
= 260 140 30 20 10 15 5 25 = 15
12. 4; If
1
a is the element with the lowest subscript in the set, we may accept or reject each of the
other elements; this gives us
11
2
different sets.
If
2
a is the element with the lowest subscript in the set, we may accept or reject each of the 5
elements ; , , , ,
12 10 8 6 4
a a a a a this gives us
5
2
different sets.
If
3
a is the element with the lowest subscript in the set, we may accept or reject each of the
elements
6
a , ; ,
12 9
a a this gives us
3
2
different sets.
Continuing in this manner, we get
2102 6 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 2 3 5 11

possible sets.
13. 2;

Number of people reading at least one magazine = 105.
65% dont subscribe to any magazine.
Only 35% subscribe to magazines.
Total number of people surveyed is
. 300
35 . 0
105

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