Operations on Sets
Operations on Sets: Overview
This topic consists of various concepts like Algebraic Operations on Sets,Union of Two Sets,Number of Elements in Union of Two Sets, etc.
Important Questions on Operations on Sets
In a class, students opted for Physics, for Maths, for both and for other subjects. how many students are there in the class?

A survey of persons revealed that of them had eaten at restaurant P and that of them had eaten at restaurant Q. Which of the following could not be the number of persons in the surveyed group who had eaten at both P and Q?

In a certain town, families own a phone. own a car and own neither a phone nor a car. families own both a car and a phone. Consider the following statements in this regard? Which of the following are the correct statements?
(I)families own both a car and a phone.
(II) families own either a car or a phone.
(III) families live in the town.

In a community of persons, read the Times, read the Samachar and do not read any. How many persons read both the papers ?

Which of the following binary operations for set are associative and/or commutative:


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

An organization awarded medals in event , in event and in event . If these medals went to total men and only five men got medals in all the three events, then, how many received medals in exactly two of three events?


From the adjacent figure, find , and . What is relation between and ?

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 and be two sets such that and . Draw a venn diagram to illustrate this information. If , then find the value of .


Let and . If , then the sum of elements in the set is equal to


