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UPSC CSE CSAT 2018 · Paper II (CSAT) · Question 77 · Number system

यदि x − y = 8 है, तो निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा/से सत्य होना/होने ही चाहिए?

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2018, General Studies Paper II (CSAT), Question 77 — Number system.

CSAT 2018 · Q77

Number system Easy

यदि x − y = 8 है, तो निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा/से सत्य होना/होने ही चाहिए?

  1. 1.x, y के किसी भी मान के लिए x तथा y दोनों धनात्मक होने ही चाहिए।
  2. 2.x, y के किसी भी मान के लिए यदि x धनात्मक है, तो y ऋणात्मक होना ही चाहिए।
  3. 3.x, y के किसी भी मान के लिए यदि x ऋणात्मक है, तो y धनात्मक होना ही चाहिए।

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If x − y = 8, then which of the following must be true?

1. Both x and y must be positive for any value of x and y.

2. If x is positive, y must be negative for any value of x and y.

3. If x is negative, y must be positive for any value of x and y.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 1 only · (b) 2 only · (c) Both 1 and 2 · (d) Neither 1 nor 2 nor 3

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (d) 1, 2 और 3 में से कोई नहीं

y is always 8 less than x. When x is positive, y can be positive or negative (x = 10, y = 2; x = 2, y = −6), and when x is negative, y is even more negative. None of the three statements must hold.

  1. Rewrite the condition as y = x − 8.
  2. x = 2 gives y = −6: both need not be positive.
  3. x = 10 gives y = 2: y need not be negative when x is positive.
  4. If x is negative, y = x − 8 is below −8, so y can never be positive.
  • ✗ 1. x = 2, y = −6 satisfies x − y = 8 with y negative.
  • ✗ 2. x = 10, y = 2 satisfies the equation with both positive.
  • ✗ 3. A negative x makes y = x − 8 even more negative, never positive.

Remember · For 'must be true' statements, one counter-example disproves each; express one variable in terms of the other first.

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