Consider the series — "animal, mammal, feline, tiger". Which of the following statement/s is/are true…
Moving from animal to mammal to feline to tiger adds more defining attributes at each step, so intension increases. At the same time the class of objects covered shrinks, so…
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Consider the series — "animal, mammal, feline, tiger". Which of the following statement/s is/are true with reference to this series
A. It is in order of increasing intension
B. It is in order of increasing extension
C. It is in order of decreasing intension
D. It is in order of decreasing extension
Answer and explanation
Correct answer C
Moving from animal to mammal to feline to tiger adds more defining attributes at each step, so intension increases. At the same time the class of objects covered shrinks, so extension decreases. Hence A and D are correct.
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