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

Statement I:According to the classical Indian school of logic (Nyaya), all fallacies are material fallacies.

Statement II:Nyaya syllogism is deductive-inductive but not formal-material.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect ✓ Correct

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: (C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

Explanation

The Nyaya position that every fallacy is material is right, but the second claim is not.

In Nyaya all hetvabhasa arise from the reason's actual relation to things, never from mere form, so all are material.

Nyaya inference is at once deductive and inductive, drawing on real invariable concomitance.

It is therefore material rather than formal, so calling it not formal-material misdescribes it.

The Nyaya syllogism is deductive-inductive and material, which makes Statement 2 false.

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