Question 15Asked in Bihar STET Paper 2 Computer Science (Class 11-12), 12 Sep 2023, Shift 2 + 1 more paper

The minimum number of edges in a spanning tree of a connected graph with "n" vertices is:

  1. An
  2. Bn - 1
  3. Cn + 1
  4. Dn(n-1)/2
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Correct answer: (B) n - 1

Explanation

A spanning tree on n vertices is a tree, and every tree with n vertices has exactly n - 1 edges, so the minimum (and only) count is n - 1.

From Bihar STET Paper 2 Computer Science (Class 11-12) PYQ, 12 Sep 2023, Shift 2

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