Which of the following collections are sets? Justify your answer: (i) The collection of all the girls in your class. (ii) The collection of all talented writers of India.
Which of the following collections are sets? Justify your answer: (i) The collection of all the girls in your class. (ii) The collection of all talented writers of India.

Answers:

(i) This collection is a set. The collection of all the girls in your class is a well-defined collection forming a set.

(ii) This collection is not a set. The word ‘most’ is not well defined in a collection. As a writer can be talented for one person whereas he might not be talented for some other person.