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Set Theory
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S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}.
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(i) How many subsets of S are there?
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How many proper subsets of S are there?
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How many subsets of S contain at least one even number?
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How many subsets of S are there in which at least one of 2, 3 and 4 is there and
at least one of 5, 6 and 7 is not there?
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How many subsets of S are there which contains 2 if 5 is also there.
In how many subsets of S are possible such that if 6 is there, then it must be
highest?
Question – 1
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There are certain number of students in a university class. Of all, 25 students play
hockey, 12 play cricket, and 18 play football. Of these, 10 students play both hockey
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and cricket, 9 play both cricket and football, and 14 play both football and hockey. If 8
students play all the three games, how many students are there in the class?
(1) 28 (2) 30 (3) 31
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Question – 2
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Economics.
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There are 100 students in a class. If 70 students like Physics and 65 students like
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Find the maximum number of students who like both the subjects.
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(1) 40 (2) 65 (3) 50 (4) 70
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Question – 3
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Economics.
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There are 100 students in a class. If 70 students like Physics and 65 students like
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(1) 70 (2) 65 (3) 35 (4) 40
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Question – 4
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At a certain conference of 100 people, there are 29 Indian women and 23 Indian men.
Of these Indian people, 4 are doctors and 24 are either men or doctors. There are no
foreign doctors.
How many foreigners are attending the conference?
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(1) 51 (2) 55
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(3) 52 (4) 48
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Question – 5
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At a certain conference of 100 people, there are 29 Indian women and 23 Indian men.
Of these Indian people, 4 are doctors and 24 are either men or doctors. There are no
foreign doctors.
How many women doctors are attending the conference?
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Question – 6
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There are 2000 students in a school and they all play atleast 2 of the 5 sports – Cricket,
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Badminton, Hockey, Table Tennis (TT) and Football. It is also known that no. of students
playing in every combination of exactly two sports is 4 times the no. of students playing
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in every combination of exactly 3 sports. Also, no. of students playing all the 5 sports is
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1/4th of those playing exactly 4 sports. The number of students playing in every
combination of exactly 4 sports is the same.
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playing only cricket & football?
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If the number of people playing all the 5 sports is 160, then what is the no. of students
(1) 72 (2) 116 (3) 480
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(4) 96
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Question – 7
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students playing all 5 sports, then which of the following is true?
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If the number of students playing exactly 3 sports is 66.66% more than the number of
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The number of students playing only Cricket, Hockey and Badminton is 25.
II. The number of students playing all 5 sports is 150.
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III. The number of students playing only TT & Hockey is 100.
(1) I & II (2) I & II (3) II & III (4) I, II & III
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Question – 8
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If the number of students playing cricket, Badminton, Hockey, TT & Football are 1300,
1400, 1500, 1600 & 1700 respectively then find the sum of all the students playing only
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cricket & TT, playing only Cricket TT & Football and playing only Cricket, TT, Football &
Hockey.
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Question – 9
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can be that value?
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If in the previous question, number of students playing cricket is not known, then what
(1) 1665 (2) 1815 (3) 1792
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(4) 1770
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Question – 10
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There are 50 families in a society. There were three categories of families F, W and FW
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in the society: category F i.e. families having only a refrigerator, category W i.e. families
having only a washing machine and category FW i.e. families having both a refrigerator
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and washing machine. 25 families were in category F, 10 were in category W and
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remaining families were in category FW. During Diwali some of the families purchased
or sold a refrigerator or a washing machine. Hence, some families changed their
category. Further it is known that:
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At least 40% of the families having refrigerator changed their category.
At most 50% of the families having washing machine changed their category.
After Diwali too, every family was in one of these three categories only.
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After Diwali, what is the maximum number of families with a washing machine only?
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Question – 11
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After Diwali, what is the minimum number of families with both of the appliances?
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(1) 0 (2) 3
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Question – 12
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What is the maximum difference between the number of families who sold their only
appliance i.e. refrigerator to purchase a washing machine and the number of families
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who sold their only appliance i.e. washing machine to purchase a refrigerator?
(1) 25 (2) 16 (3) 15
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Question – 13
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There are 170 members in a club. Each one of them belongs to one or more categories
out of the four categories viz. Service holder, Professional degree holder, Physically
50 Physically challenged and 70 Married members.
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challenged and Married. There are 60 Service holders, 40 Professional degree holders,
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If the number of members who belong to all four categories is maximum possible, then
how many members belong to at least three categories?
(1) 18 (2) 17
Either (2) or (3)
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(3) 16 (4)
Question – 14
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There are 170 members in a club. Each one of them belongs to one or more categories
out of the four categories viz. Service holder, Professional degree holder, Physically
50 Physically challenged and 70 Married members.
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challenged and Married. There are 60 Service holders, 40 Professional degree holders,
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If there are exactly 10 members who belong to all four categories, then find the
maximum possible number of members belonging to only Physically challenged
category.
(1) 40 (2) 35
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Question – 15
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A survey was conducted on the eating habits of a group of 1000 people. Results show
that 92% of the people surveyed eat south Indian food, 91% eat North Indian food, 82%
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eat American food, 78% eat Chinese food, 79% eat Italian food and 80% eat
Continental food. What must be the minimum number of people who eat all the 6 types
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of food, if 7 people do not eat any of the six types of food?
(1) 0 (2) 13
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(3) 27 (4) 55
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Question – 16
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erasers and 20 have sharpners.
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In class 5th of DPS there are 100 students. 50 have pens, 45 have pencils, 35 have
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Students having pen have no other item with them. All other students have exactly two
items. How many students have exactly two items pencil and eraser?
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Question – 17
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erasers and 20 have sharpners.
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In class 5th of DPS there are 100 students. 50 have pens, 45 have pencils, 35 have
pencil and sharpner?
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If all students have exactly 3 items or no item then how many students are having
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Question – 18
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erasers and 20 have sharpners.
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In class 5th of DPS there are 100 students. 50 have pens, 45 have pencils, 35 have
number of students having exactly two items?
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If maximum number of students are having all 4 items then what is the maximum
(1) 20 (2) 30
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(3) 35 (4) 50
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Question – 19
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A survey on a sample of 25 new cars being sold at a local auto dealer was conducted
to see which of the three popular options — air conditioning, radio and power windows
were already installed.
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Following were the observation of the survey:
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I. 15 had air conditioning.
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II. 2 had air conditioning and power windows but no radios.
III. 12 had radio.
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6 had air conditioning and radio but no power windows.
11 had power windows.
VI. 4 had radio and power windows.
VII. 3 had all three options.
What is the number of cars that had none of the options?
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 1 (4) 2
Question – 20
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Eighty-five children went to an amusement park where they could ride on the merry-go
round, roller coaster, and Ferris wheel. It was known that 20 of them took all the 3 rides,
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and 55 of them took at least 2 of the 3 rides. Each ride cost Re 1, and the total receipt
of the amusement park was `145. [Any children took a ride in any of the rides only
once]
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How many children did not try any of the rides?
(1) 5 (2) 10
O n (3) 15 (4) 20
Question – 21
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Eighty-five children went to an amusement park where they could ride on the merry-go
round, roller coaster, and Ferris wheel. It was known that 20 of them took all the 3 rides,
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and 55 of them took at least 2 of the 3 rides. Each ride cost Re 1, and the total receipt
of the amusement park was `145. [Any children took a ride in any of the rides only
once]
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How many children took exactly one ride?
(1) 5 (2) 10
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