Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
Which among the following terms are distributed in the statement 'No dogs are reptiles'?
AOnly the subject term
BOnly the predicate term
CBoth subject and predicate terms ✓ Correct
DNeither subject nor predicate term
Correct answer: (C) Both subject and predicate terms — 'No dogs are reptiles' distributes both terms, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★'No dogs are reptiles' distributes both terms, so that is the answer.
★It is a universal negative (E) proposition.
★An E proposition excludes the whole subject class from the whole predicate class.
★Because both classes are taken in their entirety, both terms are distributed.
★This is the standard rule: E distributes both subject and predicate.
★So both the subject and the predicate terms are distributed.
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