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प्रश्न
Choose the most appropriate option:
Assume that both premises, 'No innocent person should be punished' and 'Socrates is innocent' are true. Then which one of the following options is necessarily true?
विकल्प
It is not proper to punish Socrates.
Socrates should not be punished.
Socrates is not punished.
Socrates may not be punished.
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उत्तर
Socrates should not be punished.
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