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Official PYQ2000Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
A polynomial p(x)p(x) satisfies the following: p(1)=p(3)=p(5)=1p(1) = p(3) = p(5) = 1 p(2)=p(4)=−1p(2) = p(4) = -1 The minimum degree of such a polynomial is
Official PYQ1999Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMSQ · 1 mark
Let LL be a set with a relation RR which is transitive, anti-symmetric and reflexive and for any two elements a,b∈La, b \in L, let the least upper bound lub(a,b)lub (a, b) and the greatest lower bound glb(a,b)glb (a, b) exist. Which of the following is/are true?
Official PYQ1999Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
The number of binary relations on a set with nn elements is:
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
In a room containing 2828 people, there are 1818 people who speak English, 1515 people who speak Hindi and 2222 people who speak Kannada. 99 persons speak both English and Hindi, 1111 persons speak both Hindi and Kannada whereas 1313 persons speak both Kannada and English. How many speak all three languages?
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
The binary relation R={(1,1),(2,1),(2,2),(2,3),(2,4),(3,1),(3,2),(3,3),(3,4)}R = \{(1, 1), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4)\} on the set A={1,2,3,4}A=\{1, 2, 3, 4\} is
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
The number of functions from an mm element set to an nn element set is
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Let R1R_1 and R2R_2 be two equivalence relations on a set. Consider the following assertions: R1∪R2R_1 \cup R_2 is an equivalence relation R1∩R2R_1 \cap R_2 is an equivalence relation Which of the following is correct?
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Suppose AA is a finite set with nn elements. The number of elements in the largest equivalence relation of A is
Official PYQ1997Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
A polynomial p(x)p(x) is such that p(0)=5,p(1)=4,p(2)=9p(0) = 5, p(1) = 4, p(2) = 9 and p(3)=20p(3) = 20. The minimum degree it should have is
Official PYQ1996Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Let RR be a non-empty relation on a collection of sets defined by ARB_{A}R_ B if and only if A∩B=ϕA \cap B = \phi. Then, (pick the true statement)
Official PYQ1996Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Let RR denote the set of real numbers. Let f:R×R→R×Rf:R\times R \rightarrow R \times R be a bijective function defined by f(x,y)=(x+y,x−y)f(x,y) = (x+y, x-y). The inverse function of ff is given by
Official PYQ1996Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Suppose XX and YY are sets and ∣X∣ and ∣Y∣|X| \text{ and } |Y| are their respective cardinality. It is given that there are exactly 9797 functions from XX to YY. From this one can conclude that
Official PYQ1996Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Let AA and BB be sets and let AcA^c and BcB^c denote the complements of the sets AA and BB. The set (A−B)∪(B−A)∪(A∩B)(A-B) \cup (B-A) \cup (A \cap B) is equal to
Official PYQ1995Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsNAT · 1 mark
Determine the number of positive integers (≤720)(\leq 720) which are not divisible by any of 2,32,3 or 5.5.
Official PYQ1995Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsNAT · 1 mark
Determine the number of divisors of 600.600.
Official PYQ1995Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
The number of elements in the power set P(S)P(S) of the set S={{∅},1,{2,3}}S=\{\{\emptyset\}, 1, \{2, 3\}\} is:
Official PYQ1995Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Let RR be a symmetric and transitive relation on a set AA. Then
Official PYQ1994Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsNAT · 1 mark
Every subset of a countable set is countable. State whether the above statement is true or false with reason.
Official PYQ1993Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Let AA and BB be sets with cardinalities mm and nn respectively. The number of one-one mappings from AA to BB, when m<nm < n, is
Official PYQ1993Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Let SS be an infinite set and S1…,SnS_1 \dots , S_n be sets such that S1∪S2∪⋯∪Sn=SS_1 \cup S_2 \cup \dots \cup S_n = S. Then