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Question
Every trapezium is a parallelogram.
Options
True
False
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Solution
This statement is False.
Explanation:
In a parallelogram, both the pairs of sides should be parallel.
So, in a trapezium, only one pair of sides is parallel that is it doesn’t fulfill the conditions for parallelogram.
Since in a trapezium, only one pair of sides is parallel.
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