Operations on Sets
Operations on Sets: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Union of Two Sets, Intersection of Two Sets, Symmetric Difference of Sets, Difference of Two Sets, Union of Three Sets, Union of Two Disjoint Sets and, Properties of the Operation of Union
Important Questions on Operations on Sets

Let be te set of non-negative integers, is the set of integers, is the set of non-positive integers, is the set of even integers and is the set of prime numbers then


A college awarded medals in football, in basketball and in cricket. If these medals went to a total of men and only three men got medals in all the three sports, how many received medals in exactly two of the three sports ?

If and are two sets such that has elements, has elements and has elements, how many elements does have ?

Suppose that in a certain exam, students appear for Mathematics, appear for physics, appear for Chemistry, appear for Mathematics & Physics, appear for Mathematics & Chemistry, appear for Physics & Chemistry, while appear for either Mathematics or Physics or Chemistry.
Determine the number of students who appear for
(i) All 3 subjects
(ii) Exactly for one of the subjects
Use Venn Diagram to find the same.


Let . Define {: either or } and { the sum of all the elements of is a prime number.} Then the number of elements in the set is _____.

If and are two smallest sets such that and . If and , then the number of relation from to is


Let be a universal set and . If such that and then is equal to




Let Ram, Geeta, Akbar } be the set of students of Class , who are in school hockey team. Let Geeta, David, Ashok be the set of students from Class who are in the school football team. Find .


Let Ram, Geeta, Akbar be the set of students of Class , who are in school hockey team. Let Geeta, David, Ashok be the set of students from Class who are in the school football team. Find and interpret the set.



Prove that union of countable sets is countable.
