Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Statement I:Verbal form is an integral part of the inference according to the classical Indian schools of logic.
Statement II:The classical Indian school of logic distinguishes between induction and deduction as separate inferential processes.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect ✓ Correct
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
Explanation
Both claims misstate the classical Indian account of inference (anumana).
Inference for oneself, svartha anumana, is a psychological process that need not be cast in verbal form, so treating verbal form as an integral part of all inference is mistaken.
Only inference for others, parartha anumana, is expressed in language as the five-membered syllogism.
The classical school does not split induction and deduction; a single inference moves from the particular through the universal, uniting both.
Since deduction and induction are two aspects of one process, Statement 2's separation is also wrong.
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