Q. Consider the following relations:

R1(a,b) iff (a+b) is even over the set of integers
R2(a,b) iff (a+b) is odd over the set of integers
R3(a,b) iff a.b > 0 over the set of non-zero rational numbers
R4(a,b) iff |a - b| <= 2 over the set of natural numbers

Which of the following statements is correct?

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Q. Consider the following statements:

S1: There exists infinite sets A, B, C such that
A ∩ (B ∪ C) is finite.
S2: There exists two irrational numbers x and y such
that (x+y) is rational.

Which of the following is true about S1 and S2?

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Q. A relation R is defined on the set of integers as xRy if f(x + y) is even. Which of the following statement is true?

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Q. Let R be the relation on the set of positive integers such that aRb if and only if a and b are distinct and have a common divisor other than 1. Which one of the following statements about R is True?

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Q. The cardinality of the power set of {0, 1, 2 . . ., 10} is _________.

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Q. Consider two relations R1(A, B) with the tuples (1, 5), (3, 7) and R1(A, C) = (1, 7), (4, 9). Assume that R(A,B,C) is the full natural outer join of R1 and R2. Consider the following tuples of the form (A,B,C)

a = (1, 5, null),
b = (1, null, 7),
c = (3, null, 9),
d = (4, 7, null),
e = (1, 5, 7),
f = (3, 7, null),
g = (4, null, 9).

Which one of the following statements is correct?

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Q. The number of onto functions (surjective functions) from set X = {1, 2, 3, 4} to set Y = {a, b, c} is ________________

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Q. Let X and Y denote the sets containing 2 and 20 distinct objects respectively and F denote the set of all possible functions defined from X and Y. Let f be randomly chosen from F. The probability of f being one-to-one is _________.

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Q. Let R be a relation on the set of ordered pairs of positive integers such that ((p, q), (r, s)) ∈ R if and only if p–s = q–r. Which one of the following is true about R?

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Q. Let R1 be a relation from A = {1, 3, 5, 7} to B = {2, 4, 6, 8} and R2 be another relation from B to C = {1, 2, 3, 4} as defined below:

1. An element x in A is related to an element y in B (under R1) if x + y is divisible by 3.
2. An element x in B is related to an element y in C (under R2) if x + y is even but not divisible by 3.

Which is the composite relation R1R2 from A to C?  

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Q. Let f be a function from a set A to a set B, g a function from B to C, and h a function from A to C, such that h(a) = g(f(a)) for all a ∈ A. Which of the following statements is always true for all such functions f and g?  

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Q. Let A be a set with n elements. Let C be a collection of distinct subsets of A such that for any two subsets S1 and S2 in C, either S1 ⊂ S2 or S2⊂ S1. What is the maximum cardinality of C?

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Q. A binary relation R on N x N is defined as follows:

(a, b) R (c, d) if a <= c or b <= d.

Consider the following propositions:
P: R is reflexive
Q: R is transitive

Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

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Q. For the set N of natural numbers and a binary operation f : N x N → N, an element z ∊ N is called an identity for f, if f (a, z) = a = f(z, a), for all a ∊ N. Which of the following binary operations have an identity?

1. f (x, y) = x + y - 3
2. f (x, y) = max(x, y)
3. f (x, y) = x^y

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Q. Given a boolean function f (x1, x2, ..., xn), which of the following equations is NOT true

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Q. Consider the following first order logic formula in which R is a binary relation symbol. ∀x∀y (R(x, y)  => R(y, x)) The formula is

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Q. Let P, Q and R be sets let Δ denote the symmetric difference operator defined as PΔQ = (P U Q) - (P ∩ Q). Using Venn diagrams, determine which of the following is/are TRUE? PΔ (Q ∩ R) = (P Δ Q) ∩ (P Δ R) P ∩ (Q ∩ R) = (P ∩ Q) Δ (P Δ R)

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Q. What is the cardinality of the set of integers X defined below? X = {n | 1 ≤ n ≤ 123, n is not divisible by either 2, 3 or 5} ?

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Q. Let A = {a, b, c, d }, B = { p, q, r, s } denote sets. R : A –> B, R is a function from A to B. Then which of the following relations are not functions ?

(i) { (a, p) (b, q) (c, r) }
(ii) { (a, p) (b, q) (c, s) (d, r) }
(iii) { (a, p) (b, s) (b, r) (c, q) }

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Q. Let A = { 1,2,3,4,…….∞ } and a binary operation ‘+’ is defined by a + b = ab ∀ a,b ∈ A. Which of the following is true ?

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