'No men are perfect' is an example of

AUniversal affirmative

BUniversal negative ✓ Correct

CParticular affirmative

DParticular negative

Correct answer: (B) Universal negative

Explanation

"No men are perfect" denies the predicate of the whole subject class, so it is a universal negative.

"No" makes the subject universal, covering every man.

The proposition denies, giving it negative quality.

Universal quantity with negative quality is the E proposition.

This is the standard E form, "No S is P".

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