JEE Main 2023MathematicsSets And RelationsSymmetric Transitive And Reflexive PropertiesmediumMCQ

JEE Main 2023Sets And Relations Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

Question

Let be a relation on defined by if and only if . Then is

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Show full solutionCorrect option: D
Correct answer
Dsymmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive

Step-by-step explanation

Given,

Symmetric :

(c, d)

Symmetric.

Reflexive :

(a, b) R (a, b)

Not reflexive.

Transitive :

and but



Not transitive.

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