If the statement 'Some golf players are not rich persons' is given as false, which of the following statements can be inferred to be true?

1.All golf players are rich persons

2.Some golf players are rich persons

3.No golf players are rich persons

4.Some rich persons are golf players

A1 & 4 only

B2 & 3 only

C1, 2 & 4 only ✓ Correct

D1, 2 & 3 only

Correct answer: (C) 1, 2 & 4 only

Explanation

Since the O Some golf players are not rich is false, its contradictory A All golf players are rich is true.

In the square, A and O are contradictories, so falsity of one forces truth of the other.

The true A yields by subalternation the I Some golf players are rich, Statement 2.

That I converts validly to Some rich persons are golf players, Statement 4.

So Statements 1, 2 and 4 are true, while the E in Statement 3 is false.

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