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

Statement I:'Some S is P' is contrary to 'No S is P'.

Statement II:'Some S is P' is subcontrary to 'Some S is not P'.

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

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Explanation

Statement 1 is false while Statement 2 is true.

'Some S is P' (I) and 'No S is P' (E) always take opposite truth values, so they are contradictories, not contraries.

Statement 1 misnames this contradictory pair as contraries.

'Some S is P' (I) and 'Some S is not P' (O) are the two particulars at the base of the square.

Two such particulars can both be true but not both false, which is precisely the subcontrary relation named in Statement 2.

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