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

Statement I:Classical Indian logicians regard deduction and induction as two separate logical processes.

Statement II:According to classical Indian logicians, the verbal form is not essential to inference.

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

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct ✓ Correct

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

Explanation

Indian logicians do not separate deduction from induction, so Statement 1 fails, but they do hold verbal form inessential, so Statement 2 stands.

For them one inferential act joins the universal relation with its application in a single move.

There is thus no split into two independent logical processes as the first statement claims.

Inference is essentially a movement of knowledge, complete in the mind without words.

The verbal five-membered form serves only to convince others, so it is not essential.

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