SET THEORY

Class Exercise

1. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The total number of subsets of the first set is 56 more than the total
number of subsets of the second set. The value of m and n are
(A) m = 5, n = 1 (B) m = 6, n = 3 (C) m = 7, n = 6
(D) m = 8, n = 7 (E) None of the above
DIRECTIONS for questions 2 to 4: Answer these questions on the basis of the information given below.
A class has certain number of students, each having 1 to 6 books. The total number of students having 2 to 5 books
each is 10. A total of 7 students have 4 to 6 books each. The total number of students having 2 or 3 books each is 4.
2. How many students have 6 books each?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2
(D) 3 (E) None of the above
3. If the total number of students in the class is 13, how many students have only one book each?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2
(D) 3 (E) None of the above
4. If 6 students have 3 or 4 books each and 4 students have 5 or 6 books each, how many students have 2 books
each?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2
(D) 3 (E) None of the above
5. A survey shows that 63% of the American like cheese whereas 76% likes apples. If x% of the Americans like
both cheese and apple. Find the value of x
(A) 39 (B) 39 < x < 63 (C) 39 d x d 63
(D) 63 (E) None of the above
DIRECTIONS for questions 6 to 11: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
Anand Sir arranged a party to all of his students. In his party, among all the students 48% preferred Pizza 54% liked
Burger and 64% Pop Corn. Of the total, 28% liked Pizza and Burger, 32% Pop Corn and Burger and 30% Pizza
and Pop Corn. Only 6% did not like any of these. If there are 2000 students invited for the party then.
6. The ratio of the number of students who like only Pizza to the number who liked only Burger is
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 3 : 2 (C) 3 : 5
(D) 5 : 3 (E) None of the above
7. The number of students who like Pizza and Pop Corn but not Burger is
(A) 240 (B) 280 (C) 360
(D) 600 (E) None of the above
8. The percentage of those who like Pizza or Burger but not Pop Corn among those who like at least one of
these is
(A) Less than 25 (B) More than 25 (C) Less than 30
(D) More than 30 (E) None of the above
9. The percentage of those who like at least one of these is
(A) Nil (B) 90 (C) 94
(D) 100 (E) None of the above
10. The two items having the ratio 1 : 2 are
(A) Burger only and Burger & Pop Corn only
(B) Pizza & Pop Corn only and Burger only
(C) Pizza & Burger but not Pop Corn and Pop Corn but not Pizza & Burger
(D) More than two statements above
(E) None of the above
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11. The number of students who like Pizza & Pop Corn only and the number who like Pizza only bear a ratio
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 3 : 2
(D) 5 : 1 (E) None of the above
12. In a school, the number of students playing cricket is 20, basketball is 30 and hockey is 50. If the number of
students playing exactly one game is 30 and the number of students playing exactly 2 games is 20, find the
number of students who play all the 3 games.
(A) 0 (B) 12 (C) 15
(D) 20 (E) None of the above
13. In a class of 40 students, 10 students passed in all the three subjects – Hindi, English and Sanskrit. 22 passed
in Hindi, 33 passed in English and 19 passed in Sanskrit. Every student passed in at least one subject. If three
students passed in Hindi and Sanskrit but not in English, how many passed in only English?
(A) 4 (B) 11 (C) 12
(D) Cannot be found (E) None of the above
DIRECTIONS for questions 14 and 15: Read the following information and answer the questions.
In an examination there are 150 candidates. 40 candidates passed in papers A and B; 40 candidates passed in papers
B and C; 30 candidates passed in papers C and A; and 10 candidates passed in all the 3 papers.
14. How many students passed in paper B only?
(A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 40
(D) Cannot be determined (E) None of the above
15. If no students failed in all the 3 subjects, what is the total number of students who passed in exactly one
paper?
(A) 25 (B) 45 (C) 60
(D) Cannot be determined (E) None of the above
16. In a class of 50 MBA students, 22 take Systems, 14 take Finance, and 15 take Marketing. If 9 take at least two
and 1 takes all three, then how many do not study any of them?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8
(D) 9 (E) None of the above
17. In a battle 70% of the combatants lost one eye, 80% an ear, 75% an arm, 85% a leg, x% lost all the four. The
minimum value of x is
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 15
(D) 18 (E) None of the above
DIRECTIONS for questions 18 to 22: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Coolshaw, an ice-cream company, conducted a survey in city X to assess the popularity of three of their brands - A,
B and C. It was found that out of every 30 people who like A, 12 people like B as well. Out of every 50 people who
like C, 30 like A as well and out of every 40 people who like B, 20 like A as well. It was also observed that the
number of people who like only one of the brands is the same for each brand. Further, for every 10 people who like
at least one of the brands, one person likes all the three and one person likes none of the three.
18. Approximately, what percent of the people surveyed like only one of the three brands?
(A) 27.27% (B) 28% (C) 30%
(D) Cannot be determined (E) None of the above
19. If 1800 of the people surveyed like A, how many like C?
(A) 1150 (B) 1350 (C) 1440
(D) 1800 (E) None of the above
20. If a total of 280 people like only A, find the total number of people surveyed.
(A) 2600 (B) 2610 (C) 2800
(D) 3080 (E) None of the above
21. If a total of 4081 people are surveyed, how many of them like exactly two brands?
(A) 2208 (B) 2224 (C) 2226
(D) 2262 (E) None of the above

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22. When the company included a question about their new brand D, x people said that they like D. Further, at
most 7% of the people who like exactly two out of A, B, C also like D and at least 42% of the people who
like only A also like D. If the number of people surveyed is 1001, find the minimum possible value of x.
(A) 21 (B) 36 (C) 39
(D) 42 (E) None of the above
DIRECTIONS for questions 23 to 25: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Each person, out of the 200 people in a certain community, speaks at least one language among English, Spanish
and French. 37% of the people speak at least two of the three languages, while 15% of the people speak only
Spanish. It was also known that 23% of the people speak English and French, while 20% speak English and
Spanish and 12% speak all the three languages.
23. If the number of people who speak English is less than that of those who speak French, at least what
percentage of the people do not speak English?
(A) 37.5% (B) 39.5% (C) 41.5%
(D) 46.5% (E) None of the above
24. If the number of people who speak Spanish is less than that of those who speak English, then at most what
percentage of the people speak French but not Spanish?
(A) 45.5% (B) 46.5% (C) 48.5%
(D) 53.5% (E) None of the above
25. If the total number of people who speak English is twice that of those who speak French, what percentage of
the people speak English or Spanish?
(A) 82% (B) 84% (C) 87%
(D) 93% (E) None of the above
DIRECTIONS for questions 26 to 29: In a school library, four different types of novel: Crime, Fantasy, Romance
and Science Fiction are available. All students visit the library regularly but 20% of them do not read any novel. The
four novels given in the above order are read by 139, 150, 162 and 140 students respectively. The number of
students reading exactly two novels for any two novels is 25. There are 35 students who read all the four novel but
there is nobody who reads exactly three out of four novels.
26. How many students read exactly two novels?
(A) 150 (B) 165 (C) 125 (D) 200
27. How many students read exactly one novel?
(A) 146 (B) 151 (C) 157 (D) 162
28. How many students do not read any novel?
(A) 68 (B) 72 (C) 78 (D) 84
29. What percentage of the students (approx.) reading Fantasy also read atleast one other novel?
(A) 26% (B) 32% (C) 66.66% (D) 73.33%
DIRECTIONS for questions 30 to 34: Out of 300 families surveyed, 145 families read The Hindu. The number of
families which read the Hindustan Times and the Times of India is equal to the number of families which read the
Economics Times, and The Hindu. The number of families which read exactly one of the above newspapers is 105.
Each family reads at least one of these four newspapers. 10 families read all four newspapers. The number of
families which only read The Hindu is equal to the number of families which only read the Hindustan times. The
number of families which only read the Times of India is 50. Of the families which read both the Hindustan Times
and the Times of India, 10 only read the Economics Times and not The Hindu. Of the families which read neither
the Hindustan Times nor the Times of India, 10 read both the Economics times and The Hindu. 40 families read
neither the Hindustan Times nor the Times of India. 20 families read only the Hindustan times and The Hindu. The
number of families which read the Hindustan Times and The Times of India is 50. The number of families which
read neither the Economics Times nor The Hindu is 85. Of the families which read the Economics times and The
Hindu, the number of families which read the Hindustan Times is equal to the number of families which read the
Times of India. 30 families only read the Economics times and the Hindustan times.
30. What is the number of families who read only Hindustan Times?
(A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 25 (D) 28

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31. Find the number of families who read exact two news papers.
(A) 125 (B) 135 (C) 142 (D) 150
32. The number of families who read exact three newspapers.
(A) 52 (B) 60 (C) 68 (D) 48
33. The number of families who read Hindustan Times and Times of India.
(A) 50 (B) 48 (C) 30 (D) 62
34. Find the number of families who read The Hindu, Economics Times, Times of India but not Hindustan
Times.
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 15
DIRECTIONS for questions 35 to 38: A team of doctors selected 780 patients suffered from unknown disease to
study the effectiveness of 4 types of medicines: Alpha, Beta, Gama, and Delta. All the patients were divided into
two groups of equal size- treatment group and control group. All the patients in treatment group were given these
medicines and all the patients in control group were given a dummy medicine made of some sweet stuff. The
following information is also given about the treatment group patients-
1. 120 patients were given exactly three types of medicine. 45 patients were treated with all the four medicine. And
80 patients were given only one type of medicine.
2. Alpha medicine were given to 260 patients only and Gama medicine were given to 225 patients only.
3. 25 patients were given Alpha medicine only. 15 patients were given Gama medicine only. 20 patients were given
Delta medicine only.
4. 20 patients were treated with Gama and Delta medicines only. 30 patients were treated with Alpha and Delta
medicines only. 35 patients were treated with Alpha and Gama medicines only. 20 patients were treated with
Alpha and Beta medicines only.
5. 45 patients were given Alpha, Beta and Gama medicines, but not Delta medicine. 25 patients were given Alpha,
Gama and Delta medicines, but not Beta medicine.
35. How many patients were given Beta medicine only?
(A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) 25
36. How many patients were given Beta and Delta medicines only?
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 15 (D) Can’t be determined
37. Find the number of patients who were given Alpha, Beta and Delta medicines, but not Gama medicine.
(A) 25 (B) 30 (C) 35 (D) 40
38. How many patients were given Beta medicine?
(A) 185 (B) 190 (C) 220 (D) 215

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