Description : Logic is a ------------ science A) Positive B) Normative C) Descriptive D) Natural.
Last Answer : B) Normative
Description : If one premise is negative the conclusion must be________. A) Negative B) Positive C) Both negative and positive D) Neither negative nor positive.
Last Answer : A) Negative
Description : The systematic body of knowledge about a particular branch of the universe is called------- . A) Science B) Art C) Religion D) Opinion
Last Answer : A) Science
Description : “Logic is the science which treats of the operations of the human mind in its search for truth”- is a definition of logic by A) Creighton B) Whately C) Mill D) Thompson
Last Answer : A) Creighton
Description : According to James Mill logic is A) an art B) a science C) science and art D) religion
Last Answer : B) a science
Description : The etymological meaning of the word logic is A) the science of mind B) the science of thought C) the science of conduct D) the science of beautyody .
Last Answer : B) the science of thought
Description : Aesthetics is the science of ------------. A) Truth B) Matter C) Goodness D) Beauty.
Last Answer : D) Beauty.
Description : Logic is the science of-----------. A) Thought B) Beauty C) Mind D) Goodness
Last Answer : A) Thought
Description : Modus tollens is also known as________. A) Constructive hypothetical syllogism B) Constructive dilemma C) Destructive dilemma D) Destructive hypothetical syllogism.
Last Answer : D) Destructive hypothetical syllogism.
Description : A constructive hypothetical syllogism is also known as _______. A) Modus Tollens B) Modus ponens C) Constructive dilemma D) Addition.
Last Answer : B) Modus ponens
Description : A hypothetical syllogism is also called______ A) Conjunctive syllogism B) Disjunctive syllogism C) Categorical syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : A) Conjunctive syllogism
Description : Inductive logic is also known as A) Formal logic B) Model logic C) Material logic D) Sentential logic
Last Answer : C) Material logic
Description : Deductive logic is also known as A) Intuitive logic B) Material logic C) Formal logic D) Scientific logic.
Last Answer : C) Formal logic
Description : "Economics is what it ought to be" - This statement refers to - (1) Normative economics (2) Positive economics (3) Monetary economics (4) Fiscal economics
Last Answer : (1) Normative economics Explanation: Normative economics (as opposed to positive economics) is that part of economics that expresses value judgments (normative judgments) about economic fairness or what the ... statement would be, "We should cut taxes in half to increase disposable income levels".
Description : “Economics is what it ought to be” - This statement refers to (1) Normative economics (2) Positive economics (3) Monetary economics (4) Fiscal economics
Last Answer : Normative economics
Description : A proposition in which the predicate belongs only to a part of the denotation of the subject is called A) Particular B) Negative C) Disjunctive D) Universal.
Last Answer : A) Particular
Description : A proposition in which the predicate refers to all individual objects denoted by the subject is called A) Particular B) Negative C) Disjunctive D) Universal.
Last Answer : D) Universal.
Description : The sign of relation between two terms is called a ________. A) Subject B) Predicate C) Object D) Copula
Last Answer : D) Copula
Description : A valid deductive argument with true premises is called a ------ argument. A) sound B) unsound C) fallacious D) dilemma.
Last Answer : A) sound
Description : The verbal expression of reasoning is called---------. A) an argument B) a term C) a proposition D) a concept
Last Answer : A) an argument
Description : The verbal expression of a judgment is called ----------. A) Argument B) Term C) Proposition D) Reasoning
Last Answer : C) Proposition
Description : The verbal expression of a concept is called a --------. A) Proposition B) Argument C) Judgment D) Term
Last Answer : D) Term
Description : The process of forming a mental image is called A) Willing B) Feeling C) Conception D) Knowing
Last Answer : C
Description : That proposition which is affirmed on the basis of premises is called A) Term B) Concept C) Idea D) Conclusion.
Last Answer : D) Conclusion.
Description : Propositions which supports the conclusion of an argument are called A) Inferences B) Premises C) Terms D) Concepts.
Last Answer : B) Premises
Description : The process by which one proposition is arrived at on the basis of other propositions is called-----------. A) Term B) Concept C) Inference D) Connotation.
Last Answer : C) Inference
Description : A dilemma is complex when the conclusion is __________ proposition. A) implicative B) categorical C) disjunctive D) negative
Last Answer : C) disjunctive
Description : A dilemma is simple when the conclusion is__________ proposition. A) disjunctive B) implicative C) negative D) categorical
Last Answer : D) categorical
Description : A dilemma is ________ when disjunctive minor premise denies the consequents of the major premise A) constructive B) destructive C) subjective D) objective
Last Answer : B) destructive
Description : A dilemma is ________ when disjunctive minor premise affirms the antecedents of the major premise A) constructive B) destructive C) objective D) subjective.
Last Answer : A) constructive
Description : If one premise is particular the conclusion must be_________. A) Universal B) Negative C) Affirmative D) Particular.
Last Answer : D) Particular.
Description : From two ________ premises no conclusion is possible. A) universal B) affirmative C) negative D) categorical
Last Answer : C) negative
Description : Two_______ premises yield no valid conclusion. A) universal B) particular C) affirmative D) categorical.
Last Answer : B) particular
Description : All Indians are hardworking All Keralites are Indians Therefore, All Keralites are hardworking The above argument is A) Invalid B) False C) Valid D) True
Last Answer : C) Valid
Description : __________ fallacy occurs when a term is used in two different meanings in the syllogism. A) Undistribute middle B) Two negative premises C) Equivocation D) Illicit major.
Last Answer : C) Equivocation
Description : “All thugs are murderers Therefore all Indians are murderers”. The fallacy committed by above argument is A) Illicit minor B) Illicit major C) Ambiguous major D) Undistributed middle.
Last Answer : A) Illicit minor
Description : “All men are selfish No apes are men Therefore no apes are selfish”. The above argument commits the fallacy of A) Undistributed middle B) Illicit major C) Illicit minor D) Ambiguous minor
Last Answer : B) Illicit major
Description : “All men are mortal Socrates is a man Therefore Socrates is mortal”. _________ is the middle term of the above argument. A) Mortal B) Socrates C) Men D) Is
Last Answer : C) Men
Description : “All men are mortal All kings are men Therefore all kings are mortal”. __________ is the minor term of the above argument. A) Mortal B) Kings C) Men D) Are
Last Answer : B) Kings
Description : “All animals are mortal All men are animals Therefore all men are mortal.” _________ is the major term of the above syllogism. A) Mortal B) Men C) Animals D) Are.
Last Answer : A) Mortal
Description : “He is either a saint or a sinner He is not a saint Therefore he is a sinner”. The above argument commits the fallacy of________. A) Undistributed middle B) Improper disjunction C) Four terms D) Illicit minor.
Last Answer : B) Improper disjunction
Description : A Dilemma is a ________ syllogism. A) mixed B) categorical C) hypothetical D) disjunctive.
Last Answer : A) mixed
Description : The violation of the rules of a disjunctive syllogism commits the fallacy of ________. A) Illicit major B) Illicit minor C) Improper disjunction D) Ambiguous major
Last Answer : C) Improper disjunction
Description : A ___________ is a mixed syllogism whose major premise is a disjunctive propositions and whose minor premise and conclusion are categorical propositions. A) Categorical syllogism B) Hypothetical syllogism C) Disjunctive syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : C) Disjunctive syllogism
Description : A syllogism in which the major premise is a hypothetical proposition, the minor and the conclusion are categorical propositions is a_______. A) Categorical syllogism B) Hypothetical syllogism C) Disjunctive syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : B) Hypothetical syllogism
Description : A _________ is a form of syllogism determined by the qulity and quantity of the three constituent propositions. A) Mood B) Figure C) Middle termed D) Conclusion.
Last Answer : A) Mood
Description : There are _____ types of categorical syllogism known as figures. A) two B) three C) four D) five.
Last Answer : C) four
Description : The form of the syllogism as determined by the position of the middle term is A) Figure B) Mood C) Quality D) Quantity.
Last Answer : A) Figure
Description : The fallacy occurs when the minor term which is not distributed in the minor premise but distributed in the conclusion is A) Ambiguous minor B) Undistributed middle C) Equivocation D) Illicit minor.
Last Answer : D) Illicit minor.
Description : The fallacy occurs when the major term which is not distributed in the major premise but distributed in the conclusion is A) Ambiguous major B) Undistributed middle C) Illicit major D) Equivocation.
Last Answer : C) Illicit major