Which of the following propositions is contrary to the proposition 'All women are honest'?

ASome women are not honest

BNo women are honest ✓ Correct

CSome women are not dishonest

DNo women are dishonest

Correct answer: (B) No women are honest

Explanation

The contrary of the universal affirmative is the universal negative.

'All women are honest' is an A proposition.

Its contrary must deny the whole predicate of the whole subject.

'No women are honest' is the E proposition that does this.

A and E are contraries: both cannot be true together, though both may be false.

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