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'Molecules are in random motion. Qutub Minar is composed of molecules. Therefore, Qutub Minar is in constant random motion.' Identify the fallacy committed in the above statement.

AEquivocation
BSlippery slope
CHasty generalization
DFallacy of composition ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Fallacy of composition
Explanation

The argument carries a property of the parts up to the whole, the fallacy of composition.

Individual molecules are in random motion.

The Qutub Minar is made of such molecules.

Yet the motion of the parts does not become the motion of the whole structure.

Inferring the whole's trait solely from its components is composition.

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