Let S be an NP-complete problem and Q and R be two other problems not known to be in NP. Q is polynomial time reducible to S and S is polynomial-time reducible to R. Which one of the following statements is true? (GATE CS 2006)
(A) R is NP-complete
(B) R is NP-hard
(C) Q is NP-complete
(D) Q is NP-hard
Answer: (B)
Explanation: (A) Incorrect because R is not in NP. A NP Complete problem has to be in both NP and NP-hard.
(B) Correct because a NP Complete problem S is polynomial time educable to R.
(C) Incorrect because Q is not in NP.
(D) Incorrect because there is no NP-complete problem that is polynomial time Turing-reducible to Q.
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