1st Mid Semester Exam Practice Topic 1 (SETS)

Grade 9 – AY 2023 - 2024

Name: Class: 9 Date:

1. Which of the following are well-defined sets? (b) A = {x : x ∈ N, x > 1}

(a) The collection of first five natural numbers. (c) B = {x : x is an even prime number}
(b) The collection of the most talented boys in (d) D = {x : x is a factor of 30}
your school. (e) P = {x : x ∈ Z, x < -1}
(c) The collection of the most dangerous
animals which are found in the forest. 4. Are the following pairs of sets equal?
(d) The collection of vowels of the English (a) A = {2} _____B = {x : x ∈ N, x is an even
Alphabet. prime number}.
(e) The collection of whole numbers between (b) P = {1, 4, 9} _____ Q = {x : x = n2, n ∈ N, n
20 and 25. ≤ 3)
(f) Collection of the best musicians in the (c) X = {x : x ∈ W, x < 5} _____ Y = {x : x ∈ N, x
world. ≤ 5}
(g) The collection of natural numbers between (d) M = {a, b, c, d}_____ N = {p, q, r, s}
30 and 35. (e) D = {x : x is a multiple of 30}_____ E = {x : x
(h) The collection of letters that are there in is a factor of 10}
the word "MANGO".
(i) The collection of the best football players 5. Which of the following are equivalent sets?
in the world. (a) A = {1, 2, 3}_____ B = {4, 5}
(b) P = {q, s, m}_____ Q = {6, 9, 12}
2. Which of the following are the examples of an (c) X = {x : x is a prime number less than
empty set? 10}_____ Y = {x : x ∈ N, x ≤ 4}
(d) R = {x : x = 2n + 3, n < 4, n ∈ N}_____ S = {x
(a) The set of even natural numbers divisible
: x = n/(n + 1), n ∈ R, n ≤ 4}
by 3.
(e) The set of vowels in the English alphabet
(b) The set of all prime numbers divisible by 2. _____The set of consonants in the English
(c) {x : x ∈ N, 5 < x < 6} alphabet
(d) The set of odd natural numbers divisible by
2. 6. Find the cardinal number of the following sets
(e) P = {x : x is a prime number, 54 < x < 58} Q (a) A = {x : x ∈ I, 2 < x < 7}
(b) B = {x : n ∈ N, x = n2, n < 3}
= {x : x = 2n + 3, n ∈ positive integer, n ≤ 5}
(c) The set of months in a year
(d) C = {x : x ∈ Z+, x < 100}
3. Classify the following as finite and infinite sets. (e) D = {x : x = n3, n ∈ Z+, n < 5}
(a) The set of days in a week
 (f) The set of letters in the word Multiple Choice Questions
MALAYALAM 10. If 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 = ∅, which of the statement below is
true?
7. Let A = {Natural numbers less than 8} (a) A=B (c) A is proper subset of B
B = {Even natural numbers less than 12}
(b) B ≠ A (d) None of these
C = {multiples of 3 between 5 and 15}
D = { multiples of 4 greater than 6 and less than
11. 𝐴! ∩ 𝐵! is equal to ….
20}
Find:
(a) 𝐵 − 𝐴 (c) A=B

(a) (B ∩ D) B ∪ C
(b) 𝐴 − 𝐵 (d) None of these
(b) A∪D
(c) C∪D 12. A set has n elements, then the total number of
(d) A∩C subsets are ….
(e) (B ∩ C) ∪ A (a) 2" (c) 2#"
(f) (D∪A)∩B (b) 2"$% (d) None of these
(g) (A ∩ C) ∪
(h) (B ∪ D) ∩ (C ∪ A)
13. A set has n elements, then the total number of
proper subsets are ….
8. If A= {5, 7, 8, 9}
B = { 3, 4, 5, 6}
(a) 2" (c) 2#"

C = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10}; (b) 2"$% (d) none of these

Where n is total number of distinct elements in a
set. Find: 14. The sets A and B have 6 and 9 elements
(a) n(A) + n(B) respectively, such that A is proper subset B , then
(b) n(A ∪ B) the total number of elements 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 are
(c) n(A ∩ B) (a) 6 (c) 3
(d) n(A ∪ B) + n(A ∩ B) (b) 9 (d) 15
(e) n(B) + n(C) – n(B ∩ C)
(f) Is n(A) + n(B) = n(A ∪ B) + n(A ∩ B)? 15. The sets A& B have 5 & 9 elements respectively,
(g) Is n(B ∪ C) = n(B) + n(C) - n(B ∩ C)? such that A is proper subset B , then the total
number of elements A ∪ B are
9. Find the cardinal number of the following sets:
(a) 5 (c) 14
(a) { }
(b) 9 (d) 4
(b) {0}
(c) {3, 7, 11, 15}
16. If A and B are two sets such that n(A) = 15, n(B) =
(d) {3, 3, 3, 4, 4,5} 21, and n(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) = 36, then n(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = ….
(e) {x : x is a letter in the word ‘STATISTICS’}
(a) 2 (c) 4
(f) {x : x is an odd whole number less than 12}
(b) 0 (d)15
(g) {x : x ∈ N and x2 < 50}
(h) {x : x is a factor of 12}
17. If P and Q are two sets such that 𝑃 ∪ 𝑄 has 20 20. Observe the Venn diagram below and list the
elements , P has 9 elements & Q has 16 elements . members of the set:
How many elements does 𝑃 ∩ 𝑄 have ?
(a) S
(a) 5 (c) 3
(b) A
(b) 4 (d) 0
(c) B
18. In a Group of 300 people , 150 can speak French & (d) C
200 can speak German. How many can speak both (e) A⋂B
French & German. (f) A⋂C
(a) 40 (c) 20
(g) B⋂C
(b) 50 (d) None of these
(h) (A ⋂ B) ⋂ C

19. In a group of 72 students , 47 have background is (i) A ⋂ (B ⋂ C)

electronics , 59 have background in Mathematics &
42 have background in both the subjects. How 21. Sketch the shaded region.
many subjects do not have background in any of
(a) 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵′
the subjects
(b) 𝐴′ ∩ 𝐵′
(a) 8 (c) 25
(b) 13 (d) 34 (c) 𝐴′ ∪ 𝐵
(d) 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵′
(e) (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) ′

22. Sketch the shaded region

(a) 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵′ ∪ 𝐶
(b) 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 ∪ 𝐶′
(c) 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵′ ∩ 𝐶
(d) 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 ∩ 𝐶′
(e) 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 ∪ 𝐶′
(f) 𝐴′ ∪ 𝐵 ∪ 𝐶
(g) (𝐵 ∩ 𝐶) ′ ∪ 𝐴
(h) (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) ′ ∪ C