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JEE Main 7 April 2025, Shift 1, Maths Q24

Question 24 of 75 in this shift, Maths question 24 of 25, Section B.

The number of relations on the set

A = \{1, 2, 3\}

, containing at most 6 elements including

(1, 2)

, which are reflexive and transitive but not symmetric, is ___________.

Official answer

NTA final key.

Chapter: Relations and Functions
Topic: Sets and Relations
Idea tested: Counting Relations

Same idea in other shifts

Asked 7× in all

8 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q1Consider the relation R on the set $\{-2, -1, 0, 1, 2\}$ defined by $(a, b) \in R$ if and only if $1 + ab > 0$ . Then, among the statements…MediumOther
3 Apr 2025, Shift 1 · Q1Let $A = \{-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3\}$ . Let R be a relation on A defined by $x\mathrm{R}y$ if and only if $0 \le x^2 + 2y \le 4$ . Let $l$ be…MediumSingle correct
6 Apr 2024, Shift 2 · Q2Let $A=\{1,2,3,4,5\}$ . Let $R$ be a relation on $A$ defined by $xRy$ if and only if $4x\le 5y$ . Let $m$ be the number of elements in $R$ …MediumSingle correct
9 Apr 2024, Shift 1 · Q21Let $A=\{2,3,6,7\}$ and $B=\{4,5,6,8\}$ . Let R be a relation defined on $A\times B$ by $(a_1,b_1)\,R\,(a_2,b_2)$ if and only if…MediumNumerical value
30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q21The number of symmetric relations defined on the set $\{1, 2, 3, 4\}$ which are not reflexive is ________.MediumNumerical value
6 Apr 2023, Shift 1 · Q21Let $A=\{1,2,3,4,\ldots,10\}$ and $B=\{0,1,2,3,4\}$ . The number of elements in the relation…MediumNumerical value

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