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1Sets And Relations
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
I. The number of elements in R is 17
II. R is an equivalence relation
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2Sets And Relations
Let $\mathrm{R}=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbf{N} \times \mathbf{N}: \log _{\mathrm{e}}(x+y) \leq 2\right\}$. Then the minimum number of elements, required to be added in $R$ to make it a transitive relation, is $\_\_\_\_$ .
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3Sets And Relations
Let $\mathrm{A}=\{1,4,7\}$ and $\mathrm{B}=\{2,3,8\}$. Then the number of elements, in the relation $R=\left\{\left(\left(a_1, b_1\right),\left(a_2, b_2\right)\right) \in((A \times B) \times(A \times B)): a_1+b_2\right.$ divides $\left.a_2+...
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4Sets And Relations
Let $A = \{2, 3, 4, 5, 6\}$. Let $R$ be a relation on the set $A \times A$ given by $(x, y)R(z, w)$ if and only if $x$ divides $z$ and $y \leq w$. Then the number of elements in $R$ is _________.
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5Sets And Relations
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
\(\mathrm{R}=\{((a, b),(c, d)): 2 a+3 b=3 c+4 d\} .\)
Then the number of elements in R is
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6Sets And Relations
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 ...
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7Sets And Relations
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 equivale...
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : $n(\mathrm{R})=36$.
Statement II : R is an equivale...
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8Sets And Relations
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...
$\mathrm{B}=\left\{x \in \mathbb{R}-\{1,2\}: \frac{(x-2)(x-4)}{x-1} \log _e(|x-2|)=0\right\}$. Then the number of
onto functions $f: \mathrm{A} \rightarrow \mathrm...
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9Sets And Relations
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, i...
Then the minimum number of elements required to be added in R , in order to make the relation symmetric, i...
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10Sets And Relations
Let S be the set of the first 11 natural numbers. Then the number of elements in $A=\{B \subseteq S: n(B) \geqslant 2$ and the product of all elements of $B$ is even $\}$ is $\_\_\_\_$ .
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11Sets And Relations
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
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12Sets And Relations
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:
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13Sets And Relations
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...
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14Sets And Relations
Let $A = \{x : |x^2 - 10| \leq 6\}$ and $B = \{x : |x - 2| > 1\}$. Then
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15Sets And Relations
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...
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16Sets And Relations
For $n \geq 2$, let $S_n$ denote the set of all subsets of $\{1,2, \ldots, n\}$ with no two consecutive numbers. For example $\{1,3,5\} \in S_6$, but $\{1,2,4\} \notin S_6$. Then $n\left(S_5\right)$ is equal to ________
INTEGER+4 / -12025
17Sets And Relations
The number of relations on the set $A=\{1,2,3\}$, containing at most 6 elements including $(1,2)$, which are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is __________.
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18Sets And Relations
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$ - $6)^2$ $\leq 144$ }. T...
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19Sets And Relations
Consider the sets $A=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}: x^2+y^2=25\right\}, B=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}: x^2+9 y^2=144\right\}$, $C=\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z}: x^2+y^2 \leq 4\right\}$ an...
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20Sets And Relations
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 i...
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21Sets And Relations
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 t...
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22Sets And Relations
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...
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23Sets And Relations
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 :
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24Sets And Relations
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 $k$...
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25Sets And Relations
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 :
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26Sets And Relations
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, th...
\(\mathrm{R}=\left\{(x, y): \log _{\mathrm{e}} y=x \log _{\mathrm{e}}\left(\frac{2}{5}\right), x \in \mathrm{~S}, y \in \mathbf{R}\right\} .\)
Then, th...
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27Sets And Relations
The relation $R=\{(x, y): x, y \in \mathbb{Z}$ and $x+y$ is even $\}$ is:
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28Sets And Relations
Let $S=\left\{p_1, p_2 \ldots, p_{10}\right\}$ be the set of first ten prime numbers. Let $A=S \cup P$, where $P$ is the set of all possible products of distinct elements of $S$. Then the number of all ordered pairs $(x, y), x \in S$, $y \i...
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29Sets And Relations
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 ...
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30Sets And Relations
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:
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31Sets And Relations
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_...
If $\mathrm{C}=\{(x, y) \in \mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B}: x=0$ or $y=0\}$, then $\sum_...
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32Sets And Relations
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 $(\mat...
\(\left(a_1, b_1\right) R\left(a_2, b_2\right) \Leftrightarrow b_1=b_2\)
Statement I: $\quad \mathrm{R}$ is an equivalence relation.
Statement II : For some $(\mat...
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33Sets And Relations
The number of non-empty equivalence relations on the set $\{1,2,3\}$ is :
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34Sets And Relations
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 :
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35Sets And Relations
Let $A=\{1,2,3\}$. The number of relations on $A$, containing $(1,2)$ and $(2,3)$, which are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is _________.
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36Sets And Relations
Let \(A=\{2,3,6,7\}\) and \(B=\{4,5,6,8\}\). Let \(R\) be a relation defined on \(A \times B\) by \((a_1, b_1) R(a_2, b_2)\) if and only if \(a_1+a_2=b_1+b_2\). Then the number of elements in \(R\) is __________.
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37Sets And Relations
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
\((a, b) R(c, d)\) if and only if \(3 a d-7 b c\) is an even integer. Then the relation \(R\) is
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38Sets And Relations
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
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39Sets And Relations
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 \(R_1\) a...
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40Sets And Relations
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 \(\mathrm{n}\) b...
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41Sets And Relations
In a survey of 220 students of a higher secondary school, it was found that at least 125 and at most 130 students studied Mathematics; at least 85 and at most 95 studied Physics; at least 75 and at most 90 studied Chemistry; 30 studied both...
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42Sets And Relations
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) \(\mathrm{R}\) ...
Consider the two statements:
(I) \(\mathrm{R}\) ...
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43Sets And Relations
Let \(A=\{1,2,3,4\}\) and \(R=\{(1,2),(2,3),(1,4)\}\) be a relation on \(\mathrm{A}\). Let \(\mathrm{S}\) be the equivalence relation on \(\mathrm{A}\) such that \(R \subset S\) and the number of elements in \(\mathrm{S}\) is \(\mathrm{n}\)...
INTEGER+4 / -12024
44Sets And Relations
Let \(A=\{1,2,3, \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots, 100\}\). Let \(R\) be a relation on \(\mathrm{A}\) defined by \((x, y) \in R\) if and only if \(2 x=3 y\). Let \(R_1\) be a symmetric relation on \(A\) such that \(R \subset R_1\) and the number...
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45Sets And Relations
The number of symmetric relations defined on the set \(\{1,2,3,4\}\) which are not reflexive is _________.
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46Sets And Relations
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
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47Sets And Relations
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 __________.
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48Sets And Relations
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 :
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49Sets And Relations
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 ...
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50Sets And Relations
Let $A=\{1,2,3, \ldots, 20\}$. Let $R_1$ and $R_2$ two relation on $A$ such that
$R_1=\{(a, b): b$ is divisible by $a\}$
$R_2=\{(a, b): a$ is an integral multiple of $b\}$.
Then, number of elements in $R_1-R_2$ is equal to _____________.
$R_1=\{(a, b): b$ is divisible by $a\}$
$R_2=\{(a, b): a$ is an integral multiple of $b\}$.
Then, number of elements in $R_1-R_2$ is equal to _____________.
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