Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, a statement is followed by two inferences. Which of the inferences can be logically drawn from the statement?

Statement: Physical matter is divided into two kinds - prakriti (commonly called "physical matter") and ether; the differences between each of the elementary prakritic substances (iron, copper, sulphur, oxygen) are in their molecules, the fundamental atom being the same. Inference: (A) Each and every atom of prakritic matter is the center of an etheric molecule of many atoms. (B) No two prakritic atoms touch.

  1. if inference (A) alone can be drawn from the statement

  2. if inference (B) alone can be drawn from the statement

  3. if both (A) and (B) can be drawn from the statement

  4. if neither (A) nor (B) can be drawn from the statement
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Explanation

The differences are inter-atom, not intra-atom. Each atom (being the same and fundamental) has to be the core. No inference can be drawn about atoms not touching each other, though no atom will be drawn into or over the other.

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