Which of the following species is not paramagnetic?

The function $$f:R \to \left[ { - {1 \over 2},{1 \over 2}} \right]$$ defined as

$$f\left( x \right) = {x \over {1 + {x^2}}}$$, is

If S is the set of distinct values of 'b' for which the following system of linear equations

x + y + z = 1
x + ay + z = 1
ax + by + z = 0

has no solution, then S is :

A man X has 7 friends, 4 of them are ladies and 3 are men. His wife Y also has 7 friends, 3 of them are ladies and 4 are men. Assume X and Y have no common friends. Then the total number of ways in which X and Y together can throw a party inviting 3 ladies and 3 men, so that 3 friends of each of X and Y are in this party, is: