Which of the following propositions are so related that they cannot both be false, though they can both be true?
1.Some poems are artworks.
2.All poems are artworks.
3.Some poems are not artworks.
4.Some artworks are poems.
A1 & 4 only
B1 & 3 only ✓ Correct
C2 & 3 only
D1 & 2 only
Correct answer: (B) 1 & 3 only
Explanation
Statements 1 and 3 are the pair that cannot both be false yet can both be true.
Statement 1, 'Some poems are artworks', is a particular affirmative.
Statement 3, 'Some poems are not artworks', is the matching particular negative on the same terms.
A particular affirmative and its particular negative are subcontraries, which may both be true but never both false.
Statement 2 is universal and Statement 4 is merely the converse of Statement 1, so neither forms this relation.
Thus the subcontrary pair is the first and the third.
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