Q36 / 90 · JEE Main 2023 (08 Apr Shift 2) · Mathematics
Let . Then the relation is
- Aan equivalence relation
- Correct answerBsymmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
- Ctransitive but neither symmetric nor reflexive
- Dreflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
Solution
We have,
Reflexive: A relation on a set is said to be reflexive if every element of is related to itself.
Thus,
does not satisfy
Hence is not reflexive.
Symmetric: A relation is symmetric on a set iff
Now on interchanging and we get, which is always true for given set,
Hence is symmetric.
Transitive: A relation on is said to be transitive relation iff
Now taking and so does not satisfy ,
Hence, is not transitive and not equivalence.
Therefore, is only Symmetric.
Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.