Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Statement I:The proposition 'The hill has fire because it is knowable' commits the fallacy of the irregular middle.

Statement II:The proposition 'Sound is eternal, because it is audible' commits the fallacy of the irregular middle.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct ✓ Correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

Explanation

Both statements correctly identify the irregular (inconclusive) middle.

'The hill has fire because it is knowable' uses a middle that is far too wide.

Knowability resides in eternal and non-eternal, fiery and fireless things alike.

'Sound is eternal because it is audible' uses a middle that is too narrow.

Both an over-wide and an over-narrow middle are forms of the inconclusive reason.

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