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Which of the folowing CFG(s) is/are in chomsky Normal form (All capital letters are variables & lower case are terminals)

A. S → ABC / AB
A → a
B → b
C → d

B. X → RT / TR
T → t
R → XT / r

C. P → qP / sQ
Q → r / s

D. M → MN / MP
N → nm / n
P → p

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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The correct answer is

B only

A context-free grammar is in Chomsky Normal Form (CNF) when every production has one of only two shapes: a variable deriving exactly two variables (A → BC) or a variable deriving exactly one terminal (A → a). (S → ε is allowed only for the start symbol when ε is in the language.) Each grammar is checked production by production.

Step 1 — Grammar A: S → ABC has three variables on the right side, which CNF does not allow. Grammar A is not in CNF even though S → AB, A → a, B → b and C → d are fine.

Step 2 — Grammar B: X → RT and X → TR are two-variable bodies; T → t is a single terminal; R → XT is a two-variable body and R → r is a single terminal. Every production fits, so Grammar B is in CNF.

Step 3 — Grammar C: P → qP and P → sQ mix a terminal with a variable (Greibach-style), which is not allowed in CNF. Grammar C is not in CNF.

Step 4 — Grammar D: M → MN, M → MP, N → n and P → p are fine, but N → nm has two terminals on the right side, so Grammar D is not in CNF.

Therefore only Grammar B qualifies; any choice including A, C or D (such as the pairs with A or D, or C alone) contains a grammar that breaks the CNF shape rules.

B only option is correct.

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