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GATE CS Propositional and First Order Logic questions

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Official PYQ2014Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Which one of the following propositional logic formulas is TRUE when exactly two of p,qp,q and rr are TRUE?
Official PYQ2014Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the statement "Not all that glitters is gold” Predicate glitters(x)(x) is true if xx glitters and predicate gold(x)(x) is true if xx is gold. Which one of the following logical formulae represents the above statement?
Official PYQ2014Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Which one of the following Boolean expressions is NOT a tautology?
Official PYQ2014Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
The CORRECT formula for the sentence, "not all Rainy days are Cold" is
Official PYQ2014Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the following statements: P: Good mobile phones are not cheap Q: Cheap mobile phones are not good L: P implies Q M: Q implies P N: P is equivalent to Q Which one of the following about L, M, and N is CORRECT?
Official PYQ2013Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
What is the logical translation of the following statement? "None of my friends are perfect."
Official PYQ2013Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Which one of the following is NOT logically equivalent to ¬∃x(∀y(α)∧∀z(β))¬∃x(∀ y (α)∧∀z(β )) ?
Official PYQ2012Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
What is the correct translation of the following statement into mathematical logic? “Some real numbers are rational”
Official PYQ2012Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the following logical inferences. I1I_{1}: If it rains then the cricket match will not be played. The cricket match was played. Inference: There was no rain. I2I_{2}: If it rains then the cricket match will not be played. It did not rain. Inference: The cricket match was played. Which of the following is TRUE?
Official PYQ2011Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Which one of the following options is CORRECT given three positive integers x,yx, y and zz, and a predicate P(x)=¬(x=1)∧∀y(∃z(x=y∗z)⇒(y=x)∨(y=1))P\left(x\right) = \neg \left(x=1\right)\wedge \forall y \left(\exists z\left(x=y*z\right) \Rightarrow \left(y=x\right) \vee \left(y=1\right) \right)
Official PYQ2010Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Suppose the predicate F(x,y,t)F(x, y, t) is used to represent the statement that person xx can fool person yy at time tt. Which one of the statements below expresses best the meaning of the formula, ∀x∃y∃t(¬F(x,y,t))\qquad∀x∃y∃t(¬F(x,y,t))
Official PYQ2009Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the following well-formed formulae: ¬∀x(P(x))\neg \forall x(P(x)) ¬∃x(P(x))\neg \exists x(P(x)) ¬∃x(¬P(x))\neg \exists x(\neg P(x)) ∃x(¬P(x))\exists x(\neg P(x)) Which of the above are equivalent?
Official PYQ2009Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
The binary operation □\Box is defined as follows PQP□QTTTTFTFTFFFT\begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline \textbf{P} & \textbf{Q} & \textbf{P} \Box \textbf{Q}\\ \hline \text{T} & \text{T}& \text{T}\\ \hline \text{T} & \text{F}& \text{T} \\ \hline \text{F} & \text{T}& \text{F}\\ \hline \text{F} & \text{F}& \text{T} \\ \hline \end{array} …
Official PYQ2009Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Which one of the following is the most appropriate logical formula to represent the statement? "Gold and silver ornaments are precious". The following notations are used: G(x):xG(x): x is a gold ornament S(x):xS(x): x is a silver ornament P(x):xP(x): x is precious
Official PYQ2008Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
PP and QQ are two propositions. Which of the following logical expressions are equivalent? P∨¬QP ∨ \neg Q ¬(¬P∧Q)\neg(\neg P ∧ Q) (P∧Q)∨(P∧¬Q)∨(¬P∧¬Q)(P ∧ Q) ∨ (P ∧ \neg Q) ∨ (\neg P ∧ \neg Q) (P∧Q)∨(P∧¬Q)∨(¬P∧Q)(P ∧ Q) ∨ (P ∧ \neg Q) ∨ (\neg P ∧ Q)
Official PYQ2008Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Let fsa\text{fsa} and pda\text{pda} be two predicates such that fsa(x)\text{fsa}(x) means xx is a finite state automaton and pda(y)\text{pda}(y) means that yy is a pushdown automaton. Let equivalent\text{equivalent} be another predicate such that equivalent(a,b)\text{equivalent} (a,b) means aa and bb are equivalent. Which of the following first order logic …
Official PYQ2007Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Let  Graph(x)\text{ Graph}(x) be a predicate which denotes that xx is a graph. Let  Connected(x)\text{ Connected}(x) be a predicate which denotes that xx is connected. Which of the following first order logic sentences DOES NOT represent the statement: “Not every graph is connected"\qquad\text{“Not every graph is connected"}
Official PYQ2006Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
A logical binary relation ⊙\odot, is defined as follows: …
Official PYQ2006Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the following propositional statements: P1:((A∧B)→C))≡((A→C)∧(B→C))P_1: ((A ∧ B) → C)) ≡ ((A → C) ∧ (B → C)) P2:((A∨B)→C))≡((A→C)∨(B→C))P_2: ((A ∨ B) → C)) ≡ ((A → C) ∨ (B → C)) Which one of the following is true?
Official PYQ2006Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
Which one of the first order predicate calculus statements given below correctly expresses the following English statement? Tigers and lions attack if they are hungry or threatened.