'Some Indians are not spiritual' is an example of

AUniversal affirmative

BUniversal negative

CParticular affirmative

DParticular negative ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Particular negative

Explanation

"Some Indians are not spiritual" denies the predicate of part of the subject, so it is a particular negative.

"Some" makes the subject particular in quantity.

The words "are not" deny, giving negative quality.

Particular quantity with negative quality is the O proposition.

This is the standard O form, "Some S are not P".

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