JEE Main 2025 — Sets and Relations Question with Solution
JEE Main 2025 (22 Jan Shift 2)
Question
Let . The number of relations on , containing and , which are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is ______ -
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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 3
Correct answer
3
Step-by-step explanation
is reflexive have
is transitive
$\begin{aligned}
& \because(1,2),(23) \in R \quad \therefore(1,3) \in R \\
& \therefore \quad R_1=\{(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(1,2),(2,3),(1,3)\}
\end{aligned}$
Clearly is reflexive and transitive but not symmetric.
Similarly,
$\begin{aligned}
& R_2=\{(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(1,2),(2,3),(1,3),(3,2)\} \\
& R_3=\{(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(1,2),(2,3),(1,3),(2,1)\}
\end{aligned}$
Therefore, 3 relations are possible
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