Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (14.10.2022) Shift-I
The standard-form categorical proposition of 'Roses are fragrant' is
ASome roses are fragrant
BSome fragrant things are not roses
CNo fragrant things are roses
DAll roses are fragrant things ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) All roses are fragrant things — The answer is 'All roses are fragrant things'.
Explanation
★The answer is 'All roses are fragrant things'.
★A standard-form categorical proposition needs a quantifier, subject, copula and predicate.
★The sentence 'Roses are fragrant' speaks of roses in general.
★So it means every rose is a fragrant thing.
★Written in standard form this is 'All roses are fragrant things'.
★The particular and negative forms do not capture this general claim.
★So the answer is 'All roses are fragrant things'.
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