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Questions Related to conditional statements and converse

The mathematical statements that are proved are called axioms.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. cannot be determined

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

False, statements that are proved are theorems.

A proof is required for :

  1. Postulate

  2. Axiom

  3. Theorem

  4. Definition


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Axiom/Postulate — a statement that is assumed to be true without proof. These are the basic building blocks from which all theorems are proved. 


Theorem — a mathematical statement that is proved using rigorous mathematical reasoning.  In a mathematical paper, the term theorem is often reserved for the most important results.
  
So, the correct option is $C$ as a theorem needs a proof.

A lemma is a proven statement used for proving another statement.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Lemma ' is a subsidiary or intermediate theorem in an argument or proof.

A theorem is:

  1. an assumption

  2. always true

  3. always false

  4. sometimes true and sometimes false


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A theorem is a Statement (logic) that has been proved on the basis of previously established statements, such as other theorems, and generally accepted statements.
A theorem is based on assumption that theorem is true.


Example: In a Euclidean space, the sum of measures of the three angles of any triangles is invariably equal to the straight angle, also as $180^o$

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
She wishes she _________ younger than she is.

  1. Were

  2. Would be

  3. Had been

  4. Is


Correct Option: A

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
I wish we _____________ late for this film. I can't follow the story.

  1. Didn't arrive

  2. Hadn't arrived

  3. Wouldn't arrive

  4. Wouldn't have arrived


Correct Option: B

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
I wish our school __________ a bigger library than it has.

  1. Had had

  2. Would have

  3. Had

  4. Will have


Correct Option: C

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
If only you _________ less noise.

  1. Had made

  2. Made

  3. Would make

  4. Might make


Correct Option: B

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
He wished his father ______________ him some shoes before the new term starts.

  1. Was buying

  2. Was going to buy

  3. Would buy

  4. Had bought


Correct Option: C

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
A: Janet couldn't come to the concert last night.
B: I wish she _______________.

  1. Is able to come

  2. Was able to come

  3. Could have come

  4. Had come


Correct Option: C