Question

Mark the correct answer in each of the following:
The contrapositive of the statement "If Chandigarh is capital of Punjab, then Chandigarh is in India", is
(a) If Chandigarh is not in India, then Chandigarh is not the capital of Punjab.
(b) If Chandigarh is in India, then Chandigarh is the capital of Punjab.
(c) If Chandigarh is not capital of Punjab, then Chandigarh is not the capital of India.
(d) If Chandigarh is capital of Punjab, then Chandigarh is not in India.

Answer 1

For given statement;
p: If Chandigarh is capital of Punjab, then
q: Chandigarh is in India
i.e. p ⇒ q
Contrapositive form of p is; ~q ⇒ ~p.
i.e. If Chandigarh is not in India, then Chandigarh is not the capital of Punjab.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.