Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
'Affirmative or negative' is a classification of propositions on the basis of their
AQuantity
BQuality ✓ Correct
CValidity
DTruth
Correct answer: (B) Quality — Affirmative versus negative is a classification by quality, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Affirmative versus negative is a classification by quality, so that is the answer.
★Quality asks whether the predicate is affirmed or denied of the subject.
★Affirming gives an affirmative proposition; denying gives a negative one.
★Quantity, by contrast, concerns whether the subject is universal or particular.
★So the affirmative-negative division is one of quality.
★So the answer is quality.
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