Description : Good evaluation of written material should not be based on: (A) Linguistic expression (B) Logical presentation (C) Ability to reproduce whatever is read (D) Comprehension of subject
Last Answer : (D) Comprehension of subject
Description : Good evaluation of written material should not be based on: Options: A) Linguistic expression B) Logical presentation C) Ability to reproduce whatever is read D) Comprehension of subject
Last Answer : D) Comprehension of subject
Description : Given below are some characteristics of logical argument. Select the code which expresses a characteristic which is not of inductive in character. (A) The conclusion is claimed to follow from ... conclusively follows from its premises. (D) The conclusion is based on observation and experiment
Last Answer : (C) The conclusion conclusively follows from its premises.
Description : Logical reasoning is based on: (A) Truth of involved propositions (B) Valid relation among the involved propositions (C) Employment of symbolic language (D) Employment of ordinary language
Last Answer : (B) Valid relation among the involved propositions
Description : Venn diagram is a kind of diagram to (A) represent and assess the truth of elementary inferences with the help of Boolean Algebra of classes. (B) represent and assess the validity of ... but not represent the validity of elementary inferences with the help of Boolean Algebra of classes.
Last Answer : (B) represent and assess the validity of elementary inferences with the help of Boolean Algebra of classes.
Description : Deductive argument involves (A) sufficient evidence (B) critical thinking (C) seeing logical relations (D) repeated observation
Last Answer : (C) seeing logical relations
Description : Which of the following statements regarding the meaning of research are correct? (a) Research refers to a series of systematic activity or activities undertaken to find out the solution of a problem. (b) It is a systematic, logical and an ... and (c) (C) (b), (c) and (d) (D) (a), (c) and (d)
Last Answer : D
Description : Public communication tends to occur within a more (A) complex structure (B) political structure (C) convenient structure (D) formal structure
Last Answer : (D) formal structure
Description : A Cluster of propositions with a structure that exhibits some inference is called (A) An inference (B) An argument (C) An explanation (D) A valid argument
Last Answer : Answer: B
Description : The following question is based on the diagram given below. If the two small circles represent formal class-room education and distance education and the big circle stands for university system of education, which figure represents the university systems. (A) (B) (C) (D)
Last Answer : Answer: B In Figure 2 big circle stands for University system of Education and two seprate small circle inside the Big circle represent formal class-room education and distance education.
Description : Which of the following institutions are empowered to confer or grant degrees under the UGC Act, 1956? (A) A university established by an Act of Parliament. (B) A university established by an ... institution established by a linguistic minority. (D) An institution which is a deemed to be university.
Last Answer : (C) A university / institution established by a linguistic minority.
Description : Logical arguments are based on: (A) Scientific reasoning (B) Customary reasoning (C) Mathematical reasoning (D) Syllogistic reasoning
Last Answer : (D) Syllogistic reasoning
Description : Given below are some characteristics of reasoning. Select the code that states a characteristic which is not of deductive reasoning: (A) The conclusion must be based on observation and experiment ( ... must follow from the premise/premises necessarily (D) The argument may be valid or invalid
Last Answer : (A) The conclusion must be based on observation and experiment
Description : In a deductive argument conclusion is: (A) Summing up of the premises (B) Not necessarily based on premises (C) Entailed by the premises (D) Additional to the premises
Last Answer : (C) Entailed by the premises
Description : Select the code, which is not correct about Venn diagram: (A) Venn diagram represents propositions as well as classes. (B) It can provide clear method of notation. (C) It can be either valid or invalid. (D) It can provide the direct method of testing the validity.
Last Answer : (C) It can be either valid or invalid.
Description : Which of the codes given below contains only the correct statements? Statements: (i) Venn diagram is a clear method of notation (ii) Venn diagram is the most direct method of testing the validity of categorical syllogisms (iii) ... ) (C) (ii) (iii) & (iv) (D) (i) (iii) & (iv)
Description : Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good achievement test? (A) Reliability (B) Objectivity (C) Ambiguity (D) Validity
Last Answer : (C) Ambiguity
Description : How can the objectivity of the research be enhanced? (A) Through its impartiality (B) Through its reliability (C) Through its validity (D) All of these
Last Answer : (D) All of these
Description : Authenticity of a research finding is its: (A) Originality (B) Validity (C) Objectivity (D) All of the above
Last Answer : (C) Objectivity
Description : Which of the following statement is correct ? (A) Reliability ensures validity (B) Validity ensures reliability (C) Reliability and validity are independent of each other (D) Reliability does not depend on objectivity
Last Answer : Answer: B These two terms, reliability and validity, are often used interchangeably when they are not related to statistics. When critical readers of statistics use these terms, however, they refer to different ... step on it) but will not be valid, since it is not reading your actual weight.
Description : Which is not a desirable property of a logical rule-based system? a) Locality b) Attachment c) Detachment d) Truth-Functionality e) Global attribute
Last Answer : b) Attachment
Description : Comment on the versality and the aptness of the stage setting, as per the requirement of the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
Last Answer : Comment on the versality and the aptness of the stage setting, as per the requirement of the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
Description : Which are needed to compute the logical inference algorithm? a) Logical equivalence b) Validity c) Satisfiability d) All of the mentioned
Last Answer : d) All of the mentioned
Description : .Which one is used for compute the logical inference algorithm? a. Validity b.Satisfiability c. Logical equivalence d.All of these
Last Answer : d.All of these
Description : The falsehood of a valid deductive argument’s conclusion guarantees that A) the argument is sound B) atleast one of the premise is false C) premises are true D) the validity is uncertain.
Last Answer : B) atleast one of the premise is false
Description : Chomsky’s linguistic computational theory generated a model for syntactic analysis through __________ A. Regular Grammar B. Regular Expression C. Regular Word D. None of these
Last Answer : A. Regular Grammar
Description : Which of the following set of statements best describes the nature and objectives of teaching ? Indicate your answer by selecting from the code. (a) Teaching and learning are integrally related. (b) There is no difference between teaching and ... and (e) (3) (a), (c) and (f) (4) (d), (e) and (f)
Last Answer : 3
Description : Which of the following statements are correct about distance education in India ? (a) It supplements formal education. (b) It reduces the cost of education.+ (c) It replaces the formal education. (d) It enhances access to education. ... ) and (d) (C) (a), (b) and (d) (D) (b), (c) and (d)
Last Answer : Answer: C
Description : Assertion (A): Formal communication tends to be fast and flexible. Reason (R): Formal communication is a systematic and orderly flow of information. (A) (A) is false but, (R) is correct (B) Both (A) and ( ... correct, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A) (D) (A) is correct but, (R) is false
Last Answer : Answer: A
Description : Means of grapevine communication are (A) formal (B) informal (C) critical (D) corporate
Last Answer : (B) informal
Description : Which one of the following statements is correct? (A) Syllabus is an annexure to the curriculum. (B) Curriculum is the same in all educational institutions. (C) Curriculum includes both formal, and informal education. (D) Curriculum does not include methods of evaluation.
Last Answer : Answer: A Explanation: Curriculum refers to the sum of all the activities in an out of the school, syllabus is only a small part of it.
Description : The enrolment in higher education in India is contributed both by Formal System of Education and by System of Distance Education. Distance education contributes (A) 50% of formal system (B) ... 's contribution is not taken into account while considering the figures of enrolment in higher education
Last Answer : Answer: B Education in India is provided by the public sector as well as the private sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: central, state, and local. Under various articles ... 6% enrollment in higher education is actually 60% of those who are eligible to join higher education.
Description : Universal or Particular is the classification of the propositions on the basis of _______. A) Quantity B) Quality C) Validity D) Truth.
Last Answer : A) Quantity
Description : Affirmative or Negative is the classification of propositions on the basis of _________. A) Quantity B) Quality C) Validity D) Truth.
Last Answer : B) Quality
Description : Which sequence of research steps is logical in the list given below? (A) Problem formulation, Analysis, Development of Research design, Hypothesis making, Collection of data, Arriving ... sample and data collection tools Formulation of hypothesis, Collection and interpretation of research evidence
Last Answer : (C) Problem formulation, Hypothesis making, Development of a Research design, Collection of a Data; Data analysis and formulation of generalizations and conclusions.
Description : Certainty is (A) an objective fact (B) emotionally satisfying (C) logical (D) ontological
Description : Men and woman may have different reproductive strategies but neither can be considered inferior or superior to the other, any more than a bird's wings can be considered superior or inferior to a fish's ... What type of argument it is? (A) Biological (B) Physiological (C) Analogical (D) Hypothetical
Description : Select the code which is not correct : An analogical argument is strengthened by (A) increasing the number of entities. (B) increasing the number of similar respects. (C) reducing the claim made earlier stronger. (D) making the conclusion stronger when premises remain unchanged.
Last Answer : (D) making the conclusion stronger when premises remain unchanged.
Description : Select the code which states the condition of an invalid deductive argument : (A) All the premises are true but the conclusion is false. (B) Some of the premises are true but the conclusion is false. ... the conclusion is also false. (D) All the premises are true and the conclusion is also true.
Last Answer : (A) All the premises are true but the conclusion is false.
Description : Which one among the following is not a characteristic of a deductive type of argument ? (A) The conclusion follows from the premise/premises necessarily. (B) The argument admits degree of complexity. ( ... provides us knowledge about matters of fact. (D) The argument must be either valid or invalid.
Last Answer : (C) The argument provides us knowledge about matters of fact.
Description : Consider the following statement and select the correct code stating the nature of the argument involved in it: To suppose that the earth is the only populated world in the infinite space is as absurd ... only one grain will grow. (A) Astronomical (B) Anthropological (C) Deductive (D) Analogical
Last Answer : (D) Analogical
Description : Select the code, which is not correct in the context of deductive argument with two premises: (A) An argument with one true premise, one false premise and a false conclusion may be valid. (B) An argument ... may be valid. (D) An argument with two false premises and a false conclusion may be valid.
Last Answer : (B) An argument with two true premises and a false conclusion may be valid.
Description : Consider the argument given below: ‘Pre - employment testing of teachers is quite fair because doctors, architects and engineers who are now employed had to face such a testing.’ What type of argument it is? (A) Deductive (B) Analogical (C) Psychological (D) Biological
Description : A deductive argument is invalid if: (A) Its premises and conclusions are all true (B) Its premises and conclusions are all false (C) Its premises are true but its conclusion is false (D) Its premises are false but its conclusion is true
Last Answer : (C) Its premises are true but its conclusion is false
Description : When in a group of propositions, one proposition is claimed to follow from the others, that group of propositions is called (A) An argument (B) A valid argument (C) An explanation (D) An invalid argument
Last Answer : (A) An argument
Description : A man ought no more to value himself for being wiser than a woman if he owes his advantage to a better education, than he ought to boast of his courage for beating a man when his hands ... an instance of (A) Deductive argument (B) Hypothetical argument (C) Analogical argument (D) Factual argument
Last Answer : (C) Analogical argument
Description : Consider the statement which is followed by two arguments (i) and (ii). Statement: India should have a very strong and powerful Lokpal. Arguments: (i) Yes, it will go a long in eliminating corruption in ... . (C) Both the arguments are strong. (D) Neither of the arguments is strong.
Last Answer : (A) Only argument (i) is strong.
Description : "lf a large diamond is cut up into little bits, it will lose its value just as an army is divided up into small units of soldiers, it loses its strength." The argument put above may be called as (A) Analogical (B) Deductive (C) Statistical (D) Casual
Last Answer : (A) Analogical
Description : Saturn and Mars are planets like the earth. They borrow light from the Sun and moves around the Sun as the Earth does. So those planets are inhabited by various orders of creatures as the earth is ... is contained in the above passage ? (A) Deductive (B) Astrological (C) Analogical (D) Mathematical
Last Answer : (C) Analogical
Description : When the conclusion of an argument follows from its premise/premises conclusively, the argument is called (A) Circular argument (B) Inductive argument (C) Deductive argument (D) Analogical argument
Last Answer : (C) Deductive argument