Which of the following statements correctly apply to deductive arguments A. Deductive arguments are either valid or invalid B. There must be a necessary relation between the premises and the conclusion C. Adding new premises improves the validity D. False premises may lead to a true conclusion Choose the correct answer from the options given below :?

Option 2 : A, B and D only

A deductive argument is the presentation of statements that are assumed or known to be true as premises for a conclusion that necessarily follows from those statements. Deductive reasoning relies on what is assumed to be known to infer truths about similarly related conclusions.

• The provability of an argument through deductive reasoning relies on the truth of its assumed premises.
• The argument may be valid or invalid, independently of whether they are sound.
• If the statements offered as premises are true, and the conclusion follows naturally from those premises, then a deductive argument is considered to be valid.
• Deductive Argument based on logic i.e. reasoning out to get a valid inference. A deductive argument claims that its conclusion is supported by its premises conclusively and there is a relation between the premises and conclusion.
• A deductive argument with false premises and a true conclusion can be valid. False premises may lead to true conclusions. For example:
  • All cats are human
    Socrates is a cat
    Therefore, Socrates is human
• When it comes to an argument’s validity, there is no “more valid” and “less valid.” Arguments are simply “valid” or “invalid.”Thus, regardless of how much additional premises might strengthen an argument, adding new premises to an already valid argument cannot improve the validity of the argument.