Which of the following statements is the converse of the statement 'All academicians are visionaries'?

ASome visionaries are academicians ✓ Correct

BSome visionaries are visionaries

CSome academicians are not non-visionaries

DNo visionaries are non-academicians

Correct answer: (A) Some visionaries are academicians

Explanation

The converse of the universal affirmative is a particular affirmative.

'All academicians are visionaries' is an A proposition.

An A proposition converts only by limitation, since its predicate is undistributed.

Interchanging subject and predicate with reduced quantity gives 'Some visionaries are academicians.'

Conversion by limitation from A to I is the valid immediate inference here.

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