What can be inferred correctly from the following? 'No musicians are Greeks. All traders are musicians. Therefore, no traders are Greeks.' Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

1.It represents Figure II of the syllogistic argument

2.It is an EAE mood

3.The term 'Greeks' is the major term

4.The minor term of the conclusion is distributed

5.The middle term is undistributed

A1, 2 and 3 only

B2, 3 and 4 only ✓ Correct

C4 and 5 only

D1, 3 and 5 only

Correct answer: (B) 2, 3 and 4 only

Explanation

The syllogism is a valid EAE argument with 'Greeks' as the major term and a distributed minor term.

The conclusion 'No traders are Greeks' makes traders the minor term and Greeks the major.

Its three propositions are E, A, E, so the mood is EAE.

The conclusion is an E proposition, so its subject traders (the minor term) is distributed.

The middle term 'musicians' is distributed in the E premise 'No musicians are Greeks'.

With the major premise first, the middle stands as subject then predicate, giving Figure I, not II.

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