Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
'Devadatta is fat and he does not eat during the day; therefore, Devadatta eats during the night.' In classical Indian logic, this is a case of
AComparison
BImplication ✓ Correct
CPerception
DVerbal testimony
Correct answer: (B) Implication — This is a case of implication (arthapatti), so that is the answer.
Explanation
★This is a case of implication (arthapatti), so that is the answer.
★A fat man who does not eat by day must eat somehow.
★To reconcile his fatness with his daytime fasting, we presume night-eating.
★This postulation to explain an otherwise inexplicable fact is arthapatti.
★It is neither comparison nor perception nor testimony.
★So the answer is implication.
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