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The quadrilateral formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of a quadrilateral PQRS, taken in order, is a rhombus, if 

(A) PQRS is a rhombus

(B) PQRS is a parallelogram

(C) diagonals of PQRS are perpendicular

(D) diagonals of PQRS are equal.

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According to the question, the quadrilateral ABCD is formed by joining the midpoints of PQRS
If PQRS is a rhombus

Here ABCD is not a rhombus because in a rhombus angles need not be right angles.
But here \angle A=\angle B=\angle C=\angle D=90^{\circ}

ABCD is a square, not a rhombus.
If PQRS is a parallelogram

Here ABCD is not a rhombus because in a rhombus all sides of it will be equal here sides of quadrilateral ABCD are not equal
it is not a rhombus
If diagonals of PQRS are perpendicular

Here AB D is not a rhombus because in a rhombus angles are not right angles and all sides are equal but here AB = CD and BC = AD also. \angle A=\angle C=\angle D=90^{\circ}
Hence ABCD is a rectangle, not a square.
If diagonals of PQRS are equal

In ABCD quadrilateral here all sides are equal and the angles of quadrilateral ABCD are not right angles, therefore, ABCD is a rhombus\

\ Option D is correct
(D) diagonals of PQRS are equal.

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