Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
MCQs on Logics – Propositions
1 - Question
Which of the following statement is a proposition?
a) Get me a glass of milkshake
b) God bless you!
c) What is the time now?
d) The only odd prime number is 2
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Answer: d
Explanation: Only this statement has got the truth value which is false.
2 - Question
The truth value of ‘4+3=7 or 5 is not prime’.
a) False
b) True
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Answer: b
Explanation: Compound statement with ‘or’ is true when either of the statement is true. Here the first part of the statement is true, hence the whole is true.
3 - Question
Which of the following option is true?
a) If the Sun is a planet, elephants will fly
b) 3 +2 = 8 if 5-2 = 7
c) 1 > 3 and 3 is a positive integer
d) -2 > 3 or 3 is a negative integer
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Answer: a
Explanation: Hypothesis is false, thus the whole statement is true.
4 - Question
What is the value of x after this statement, assuming the initial value of x is 5?
‘If x equals to one then x=x+2 else x=0’.
a) 1
b) 3
c) 0
d) 2
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Answer: c
Explanation: If condition is false so value decided according to else condition.
5 - Question
Let P: I am in Bangalore.; Q: I love cricket.; then q -> p(q implies p) is?
a) If I love cricket then I am in Bangalore
b) If I am in Bangalore then I love cricket
c) I am not in Bangalore
d) I love cricket
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Answer: a
Explanation: Q is hypothesis and P is conclusion. So the compound statement will be if hypothesis then conclusion.
6 - Question
Let P: If Sahil bowls, Saurabh hits a century.; Q: If Raju bowls, Sahil gets out on first ball. Now if P is true and Q is false then which of the following can be true?
a) Raju bowled and Sahil got out on first ball
b) Raju did not bowled
c) Sahil bowled and Saurabh hits a century
d) Sahil bowled and Saurabh got out
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Answer: c
Explanation: Either hypothesis should be false or both (hypothesis and conclusion) should be true
7 - Question
. The truth value ‘9 is prime then 3 is even’.
a) False
b) True
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Answer: b
Explanation: The first part of the statement is false, hence whole is true.
8 - Question
Let P: I am in Delhi.; Q: Delhi is clean.; then q ^ p(q and p) is?
a) Delhi is clean and I am in Delhi
b) Delhi is not clean or I am in Delhi
c) I am in Delhi and Delhi is not clean
d) Delhi is clean but I am in Mumbai
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Answer: a
Explanation: Connector should be ‘and’, that is q and p.
9 - Question
Let P: This is a great website, Q: You should not come back here. Then ‘This is a great website and you should come back here.’ is best represented by?
a) ~P V ~Q
b) P ∧ ~Q
c) P V Q
d) P ∧ Q
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Answer: b
Explanation: The second part of the statement is negated, hence negation operator is used.
10 - Question
. Let P: We should be honest., Q: We should be dedicated., R: We should be overconfident. Then ‘We should be honest or dedicated but not overconfident.’ is best represented by?
a) ~P V ~Q V R
b) P ∧ ~Q ∧ R
c) P V Q ∧ R
d) P V Q ∧ ~R
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Answer: d
Explanation: The third part of the statement is negated, hence negation operator is used, for (‘or’ –V) is used and for(’but’- ∧).