General Studies · Indian Logic
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): As per the classical Indian school of logic, the argument 'the sky-lotus is fragrant, because it is a lotus, like the lotus of a lake' is fallacious. Reason (R): In the above argument, the fallacy committed is Ashrayasiddha (unreal locus) because the subject (sky-lotus) is unreal. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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- 1Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- 2Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- 3(A) is correct but (R) is not correct✓
- 4(A) is not correct but (R) is correct
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(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
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