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The contrapositive of the statement “If you are born in India, then you are a citizen of India”, is  

(a) If you are born in India, then you are not a citizen of India.

(b) If you are not born in India, then you are not a citizen of India.

(c) If you are a citizen of India, then you are born in India.

(d) If you are not a citizen of India, then you are not born in India.



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The contrapositive of the statement “If you are born in India, then you are a citizen of India”, is  

(a) If you are born in India, then you are not a citizen of India.

(b) If you are not born in India, then you are not a citizen of India.

(c) If you are a citizen of India, then you are born in India.

(d) If you are not a citizen of India, then you are not born in India.

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Answer Key / Explanation : (d) -

S:  “If you are born in India, then you are a citizen of India.”

Contrapositive of p → q is ~q → ~p

So contrapositive of statement S will be  

“If you are not a citizen of India, then you are not born in India.”

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