AP ICET 2017 Shift 2 Paper

~p is negation of Statement p.∧ refers to the logical connective ‘AND’.
p ∧~p is conjunction of p and ~p.
Truth values

p	~p	p ∧~p
T	F	F
F	T	F

So, it is always false for all possible truth values of its component statements.
Hence, it is a ‘Contradiction’.