Consider the two statements:
(S1): is a tautology.
(S2): is a fallacy.
Then:
(S1): is a tautology.
(S2): is a fallacy.
Then:
- (A)only (S1) is true.
- (B)only (S2) is true.
- (C)both (S1) and (S2) are false.
- (D)both (S1) and (S2) are true.✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
is false only when is true and is false. In that single case is true and is true, so is true; in every other case is itself true. The disjunction is therefore true for all truth values of and , so S1 is a tautology.
For S2, is logically equivalent to , while is equivalent to . Their conjunction is a statement conjoined with its own negation, which is false for all truth values, so S2 is a fallacy. Both S1 and S2 are true.
For S2, is logically equivalent to , while is equivalent to . Their conjunction is a statement conjoined with its own negation, which is false for all truth values, so S2 is a fallacy. Both S1 and S2 are true.
JEE Main · 2021 · 26 Aug 2021 · Shift 2 · Single correct option