NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 1 Sets Exercise 1.1

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1. Which of the following are sets? Justify your answer.
(i) The collection of all the months of a year beginning with the letter J.
(ii) The collection of ten most talented writers of India.
(iii) A team of eleven best-cricket batsmen of the world.
(iv) The collection of all boys in your class.
(v) The collection of all natural numbers less than 100.
(vi) A collection of novels written by the writer Munshi Prem Chand.
(vii) The collection of all even integers.
(viii) The collection of questions in this chapter.
(ix) A collection of most dangerous animals of the world.

Answer

(i) It is a set. The set of months in a year beginning with J is {January, June, July}. 
(ii) The collection of ten most talented writers of India is not a set, because the term ‘most talented’ is not well defined. 
(iii) A team of eleven best-cricket batsmen of the world is not a set, because the term ‘best-cricket batsman’ is not well defined. 
(iv) The collection of all boys in your class is a set, because the boys in your class are welldefined. 
(v) The collection of all natural numbers less than 100 is a set, because natural numbers less than 100 are {1, 2, 3,..., 99}. 
(vi) The collection of novels written by the writer Munshi Prem Chand is a set, because this collection is well-defined.
(vii) The collection of all even integers is a set, because even integers are: {..., –4, –2, 0, 2, 4,..}.
(viii) The collection of questions in this chapter is a set, because the questions in this chapter are well-defined. 
(ix) A collection of most dangerous animals of the world is not a set, because the term ‘most dangerous animal’ is not well defined.

2. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. Insert the appropriate symbol Îµ or in the blank spaces:
(i) 5... A
(ii) 8... A
(iii) 0... A
(iv) 4... A
(v) 2... A
(vi) 10... A

Answer

(i) 5 ÎµA 
(ii) 8
(iii) 0  A
(iv) 4 ÎµA 
(v) 2 Îµ A 
(vi) 10A

3. Write the following sets in roster form:
(i) A = {x: x is an integer and – 3 < x < 7} 
(ii) B = {x: x is a natural number less than 6} 
(iii) C = {x: x is a two-digit natural number such that the sum of its digits is 8} 
(iv) D = {x: x is a prime number which is divisor of 60} 
(v) E = The set of all letters in the word ‘TRIGONOMETRY’ 
(vi) F = The set of all letters in the word ‘BETTER’

Answer

(i) A = {–2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} 
(ii) B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} 
(iii) C = {17, 26, 35, 44, 53, 62, 71, 80} 
(iv) D = {2, 3, 5} 
(v) E = {T, R, I, G, O, N, M, E, Y} 
(vi) F = {B, E, T, R}.

4. Write the following sets in the set-builder form:
(i) {3, 6, 9, 12} 
(ii) {2, 4, 8, 16, 32} 
(iii) {5, 25, 125, 625} 
(iv) {2, 4, 6,...} 
(v) {1, 4, 9,... 100}

Answer

(i) A = {x: x = 3n, n Îµ N and 1 ≤ n ≤ 4} 
(ii) B = {x: x = 2n, n Îµ N and 1 ≤ n ≤ 5} 
(iii) C = {x: x = 5n, n Îµ N and 1≤ n ≤ 4} 
(iv) D = {x: x is an even natural number} 
(v) E = {x: x = n2, n Îµ N and 1 ≤ n ≤ 10}

5. List all the elements of the following sets:
(i) A = {x: x is an odd natural number} 
(ii) B = {x: x is an integer, – 1/2 < x < 9/2}
(iii) C = {x: x is an integer, x2 ≤ 4} 
(iv) D = {x: x is a letter in the word “LOYAL”} 
(v) E = {x: x is a month of a year not having 31 days} 
(vi) F = {x: x is a consonant in the English alphabet which precedes k}.

Answer

(i) A = {1, 3, 5,...} 
(ii) B = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4} 
(iii) C = {– 2, –1, 0, 1, 2} 
(iv) D = {L, O, Y, A} 
(v) E = {February, April, June, September, November} 
(vi) F = {b, c, d, f, g, h, j}.

6. Match each of the set on the left in the roster form with the same set on the right described in set-builder form
(i) {1, 2, 3, 6} (a) {x: x is a prime number and a divisor of 6}
(ii) {2, 3} (b) {x: x is an odd natural number less than 10}
(iii) {M, A, T, H, E, I, C, S} (c) {x: x is a natural number and divisor of 6}
(iv) {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} (d) {x: x is a letter of the word

Answer

(i) {1, 2, 3, 6} (c) {x: x is a natural number and divisor of 6}
(ii) {2, 3} (a) {x: x is a prime number and divisor of 6}
(iii) {M, A, T, H, E, I, C, S} (d) {x: x is a letter of the word MATHEMATICS’}
(iv) {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} (b) {x: x is an odd natural number less than 10}
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