Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:An inference based on the middle term being only positively related to the major term is called kevalanvayi.
Statement II:In kevalanvayi anumana, the knowledge of vyapti is arrived at through the method of agreement in absence.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false ✓ Correct
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: an inference on a purely affirmative middle-major relation is kevalanvayi.
Its middle term is present only affirmatively, with no negative instances available.
Statement 2 is false, for its vyapti is grasped by agreement in presence (anvaya), not agreement in absence.
Agreement in absence belongs to the purely negative kevalavyatireki instead.
Hence Statement 1 holds while Statement 2 does not.
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