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 Dilemma is a ________ syllogism. A) mixed B) categorical C) hypothetical D) disjunctive.
Last Answer : A) mixed
Description : A hypothetical syllogism is also called______ A) Conjunctive syllogism B) Disjunctive syllogism C) Categorical syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : A) Conjunctive syllogism
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 : ____________ is a fallacy which occurs when in a syllogism the minor term means one thing in the minor premise and quite another in the conclusion. A) Fallacy of ambiguous major B) Fallacy of ambiguous minor C) Fallacy of ambiguous middle D) Fallacy of undistributed middle.
Last Answer : B) Fallacy of ambiguous minor
Description : ____________ is a fallacy which occurs when a syllogism uses its major term in one sense in the premise and in a different sense in the conclusion. A) Fallacy of ambiguous major B) Fallacy of ambiguous minor C) Fallacy of ambiguous middle D) Fallacy of undistributed middle
Last Answer : A) Fallacy of ambiguous major
Description : A disjunctive proposition is ________ proposition. A) Conditional B) Unconditional C) Categorical D) Imperative
Last Answer : A) Conditional
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 : ________ is a statement of relation between two terms. A) Proposition B) Denotation C) Syllogism D) Dilemma
Last Answer : A) Proposition
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 _________ 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 : The minor term is the _______________. A) subject of the conclusion B) predicate of the conclusion C) subject of the major premise D) predicate of the major premise.
Last Answer : A) subject of the conclusion
Description : The major term is the _______________. A) subject of the conclusion B) copula C) predicate of the conclusion D) predicate of the minor premise.
Last Answer : B) copula
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 : There are _____ types of categorical syllogism known as figures. A) two B) three C) four D) five.
Last Answer : C) four
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 two kinds of propositions are A) Connotative – Denotative B) Abstract – Concrete C) Categorical – Conditional D) Good – Bad
Last Answer : C) Categorical – Conditional
Description : Truth or Falsehood may be predicated of --------. A) arguments B) inferences C) propositions D) syllogism
Last Answer : C) propositions
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
Description : The proposition “if you work hard you will succeed “ – is an example for _______ proposition. A) Categorical B) Conditional C) Negative D) Emotive
Last Answer : B) Conditional
Description : In a categorical proposition the predicate is either affirmed or denied _______ of the subject A) Unconditionally B) Conditionally C) Emotionally D) Fallaciously
Last Answer : A) Unconditionally
Description : “ All donkeys are animals. All monkeys are animals. Therefore all monkeys are donkeys”. The fallacy committed by the above syllogism is A) Ambiguous major B) Ambiguous minor C) Ambiguous middle D) Undistributed middle.
Last Answer : D) Undistributed middle.
Description : “ Food is indispensable to life. Plantain is a food. Therefore plantain is indispensable to life.” The fallacy committed by the above syllogism is A) Ambiguous major B) Ambiguous minor C) Ambiguous middle D) Undistributed middle.
Last Answer : C) Ambiguous middle
Description : “B is a friend of C. A is a friend of B. Therefore A is a friend of C.” The above syllogism commits the fallacy of__________. A) quarterino-terminorum B) ambiguous major C) ambiguous minor D) equivocation.
Last Answer : A) quarterino-terminorum
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 : 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 : That proposition in which the quantity of the subject is not stated clearly but left vague is called______________. A) Dilemma B) Fallacy C) Indefinite D) False.
Last Answer : C) Indefinite
Description : Both premises and conclusion of an argument are _______. A) Commands B) Propositions C) Exclamations D) Questions.
Last Answer : B) Propositions
Description : Propositions which supports the conclusion of an argument are called A) Inferences B) Premises C) Terms D) Concepts.
Last Answer : B) Premises
Description : If one premise is particular the conclusion must be_________. A) Universal B) Negative C) Affirmative D) Particular.
Last Answer : D) Particular.
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 : A deductive argument is sound if and only if it is A) valid and all its premises are true B) invalid and all its premises are true C) is valid and one of the premise is false D) is valid and its conclusion is false.
Last Answer : A) valid and all its premises are true
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 : That term which occurs in the premises and not in the conclusion is A) Major term B) Minor term C) Copula D) Middle term.
Last Answer : D) Middle term.
Description : The process of passing directly from a single proposition to a conclusion is A) Immediate inference B) Mediate inference C) Definition D) Classification.
Last Answer : A) Immediate inference
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 : __________ 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 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 : 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)
Last Answer : Answer: B
Description : Copula is that part of proposition which denotes the relationship between: (A) Subject and predicate (B) Known and unknown (C) Major premise and minor premise (D) Subject and object
Last Answer : Answer: A
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 : Each term occurs ______ in the syllogism. A) once B) twice C) thrice D) four times.
Last Answer : B) twice
Description : A syllogism consists of _______ terms. A) five B) two C) three D) four.
Last Answer : C) three
Description : A syllogism is form of mediate _________ inference. A) deductive B) inductive C) intuitive D) fallacious.
Last Answer : A) deductive