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The contrapositive of the statement 'If Raju is courageous, then he will join Indian
Army', is

  1. A If Raju does not join Indian Army, then he is courageous.
  2. B If Raju does not join Indian Army, then he is not courageous.
  3. C If Raju join Indian Army, then he is not courageous
  4. D If Raju join Indian Army, then he is courageous.
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(B) If Raju does not join Indian Army, then he is not courageous.

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Let \(\mathrm{p}\) : Raju is courageous, and \(\mathrm{q}\) : Raju will join Indian army.
The contrapositive of \(\mathrm{p} \rightarrow \mathrm{q}\) is \(\sim \mathrm{q} \rightarrow \sim \mathrm{p}\) i.e.
If Raju does not join Indian army, then he is not courageous.