Q.

Choose whether given statement is true or false:


Every square is a parallelogram.


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a

True

b

False 

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Given statement is every square is a parallelogram.
Since, in parallelogram opposite sides are equal and parallel.
Therefore we have,
PQ=S R PQ||SR PS=Q R PS||QR  
Question ImageIn a square in which all sides are equal and all angles are right angles.
Question ImageABCD is a square where all sides are equal and all angles are right angles.
From the above definitions we conclude that every square is also a parallelogram as it has all the properties of a parallelogram but the reverse is not true i.e., every parallelogram is not square.
Thus, the statement is true.
Hence, option 1 is correct.
 
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