2 SetsCAT Previous-Year Questions

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2 Sets · CAT PYQs

CAT 2001 · DILR
Passage / Data

Answer the following question based on the information given below.

A and B are two sets (e.g. A = mothers, B = women). The elements that could belong to both the sets (e.g. women who are mothers) is given by the set C = A.B. The elements which could belong to either A or B, or both, is indicated by the set D = A ∪ B. A set that does not contain any elements is known as a null set, represented by ϕ (for example, if none of the women in the set B is a mother, they C = A.B is a null set, or C = ϕ).

Let 'V' signify the set of all vertebrates; 'M' the set of all mammals; 'D' dogs; 'F' fish; 'A' Alsatian and 'P', a dog named Pluto.

Q1.

Given that X = M.D is such that X = D, which of the following is true?

CAT 2001 · DILR
Passage / Data

Answer the following question based on the information given below.

A and B are two sets (e.g. A = mothers, B = women). The elements that could belong to both the sets (e.g. women who are mothers) is given by the set C = A.B. The elements which could belong to either A or B, or both, is indicated by the set D = A ∪ B. A set that does not contain any elements is known as a null set, represented by ϕ (for example, if none of the women in the set B is a mother, they C = A.B is a null set, or C = ϕ).

Let 'V' signify the set of all vertebrates; 'M' the set of all mammals; 'D' dogs; 'F' fish; 'A' Alsatian and 'P', a dog named Pluto.

Q2.

If Y = F. (D.V), is not a null set, it implies that

CAT 2001 · DILR
Passage / Data

Answer the following question based on the information given below.

A and B are two sets (e.g. A = mothers, B = women). The elements that could belong to both the sets (e.g. women who are mothers) is given by the set C = A.B. The elements which could belong to either A or B, or both, is indicated by the set D = A ∪ B. A set that does not contain any elements is known as a null set, represented by ϕ (for example, if none of the women in the set B is a mother, they C = A.B is a null set, or C = ϕ).

Let 'V' signify the set of all vertebrates; 'M' the set of all mammals; 'D' dogs; 'F' fish; 'A' Alsatian and 'P', a dog named Pluto.

Q3.

If Z = (P.D) ∪ M, then

CAT 2001 · DILR
Passage / Data

Answer the following question based on the information given below.

A and B are two sets (e.g. A = mothers, B = women). The elements that could belong to both the sets (e.g. women who are mothers) is given by the set C = A.B. The elements which could belong to either A or B, or both, is indicated by the set D = A ∪ B. A set that does not contain any elements is known as a null set, represented by ϕ (for example, if none of the women in the set B is a mother, they C = A.B is a null set, or C = ϕ).

Let 'V' signify the set of all vertebrates; 'M' the set of all mammals; 'D' dogs; 'F' fish; 'A' Alsatian and 'P', a dog named Pluto.

Q4.

If P.A = ϕ and P ∪ A = D, then which of the following is true?