Correct option is C
The fallacy committed in this statement is
Begging the Question.It is a logical fallacy where the conclusion is assumed in the premise without proper justification. In this statement, the claim that "People who lack arrogance are intelligent" is justified by the assertion that "intelligent people do not have arrogance," which simply restates the original idea in different terms rather than providing an independent reason for it.
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Equivocation (a): This involves using a word with multiple meanings ambiguously, which is not present in this statement.
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Fallacy of division (b): This fallacy assumes that what is true of the whole must be true of the parts, which is not the issue here.
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Fallacy of composition (d): This is the reverse of the division fallacy, assuming that what is true of the parts is also true of the whole, which is also not applicable.