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Which of the following cannot be the negation of the statement “Everyone in India speaks Hindi”?(a) Not everyone in India speaks Hindi(b) No person in India speaks Hindi(c) Someone in India does not speaks Hindi(d) At least one person in India who does not speaks HindiI had been asked this question during an online interview.The doubt is from Mathematical Reasoning topic in portion Mathematical Reasoning of Mathematics – Class 11

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Correct option is (b) No person in India speaks Hindi

The best I can explain: Negation of EVERYONE is not everyone. So, negation of the given STATEMENT should be “Not everyone in India speaks Hindi”, “Someone in India does not speaks Hindi”, “At LEAST ONE person in India who does not speaks Hindi”. “No person in India speaks Hindi” cannot be the negation of the given statement as this means no one speaks Hindi which does not means not everyone.



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