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Correct option for this question is (a) Deductive but unsound.
Because in this Argument there is a False premise That All animals are big.There are small animals as well Such as Rabbit,Mouse,Hermit crabs etc. Hence the following statement is Deductive but unsound.
Rest of the options are incorrect.
(b) Deductive but invalid isn't possible because,The premise is False but the argument is somehow correct. Hence the argument can't be categorized as Invalid.
(c) The Argument has a point, That Many cats are animals but the option is mentioning it as Not All cats are animals which is in itself is wrong. That's why the option is wrong.
(d) The given argument is not Inductive because the argument which is mentioned above in the question has a False premise So it can't be stated as an Inductive Argument. So there is no point of not having Inductive force.
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