Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2022 (24.02.2023) Shift-I
If the statement Some cricketers are fast bowlers is given as false, then which of the following statements could be immediately inferred to be false?
AAll cricketers are fast bowlers ✓ Correct
BNo cricketers are fast bowlers
CSome cricketers are not fast bowlers
DSome non-fast bowlers are not non-cricketers
Correct answer: (A) All cricketers are fast bowlers — The statement inferred to be false is All cricketers are fast bowlers, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The statement inferred to be false is All cricketers are fast bowlers, so that is the answer.
★The given statement Some cricketers are fast bowlers is the particular affirmative and is taken as false.
★The universal affirmative All cricketers are fast bowlers logically implies the particular one.
★If the particular is false, the universal that implies it must also be false.
★So All cricketers are fast bowlers must be false.
★The universal negative, by contrast, becomes true here, not false.
★So the answer is All cricketers are fast bowlers.
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