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The contrapositive of the statement "If you are born in India, then you are a citizen of India" is1. If you are not a citizen of India, then you are not born in India.2. If you are born in India, then you are not a citizen of India.3. If you are not born in India, then you are a citizen of India.4. If you are a citizen of India, then you are born in India.

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : If you are not a citizen of India, then you are not born in India.

Now, “If you are born in India” is p

“you are a citizen of India" is q

It is known that contrapositive ofp ⇒ qis~q ⇒ ~p

“if you are not a citizen of India” is ~q

“then you are not born in India” is ~p

Thus, ~q ⇒ ~pis “If you are not a citizen of India, then you are not born in India”

Thus, option (a) is the correct answer.


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