Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Assertion (A):The argument that sound is eternal because it is produced is fallacious.
Reason (R):In the argument that sound is eternal because it is produced, the middle term is contradicted by some other pramana and not by inference.
ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is correct but R is not correct ✓ Correct
DA is not correct but R is correct
Correct answer: (C) A is correct but R is not correct
Explanation
The argument that sound is eternal because it is produced is indeed fallacious, but the given reason is wrong.
Whatever is produced is invariably non-eternal, so the middle proves the very opposite of eternality.
This is the contradictory reason, where the sign establishes the counter-thesis.
The opposition here is fixed by inference through invariable concomitance, not by some other pramana.
Because R misplaces the source of the contradiction, A holds while R does not.
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