Analytic, synthetic and epistemic status – UGC NET Question

Q: Which of the following statements about analytic/synthetic and a priori/a posteriori distinctions are correct?

(A) An analytic statement is true or false in virtue of meanings alone, such as “All bachelors are unmarried”;
(B) A synthetic statement’s truth depends at least partly on how the world is, such as “The table is brown”;
(C) An a priori truth can, in principle, be known independently of particular experiences;
(D) An a posteriori truth is known only on the basis of experience or observation;
(E) UGC NET reasoning occasionally refers to these distinctions in questions about types of statements or knowledge;
(F) All analytic statements are a posteriori and all synthetic statements are a priori, without exception;
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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