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 hypothetical syllogism is also called______ A) Conjunctive syllogism B) Disjunctive syllogism C) Categorical syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : A) Conjunctive 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 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 : 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 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 : 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 statement of relation between two terms. A) Proposition B) Denotation C) Syllogism D) Dilemma
Last Answer : A) Proposition
Description : There are _____ types of categorical syllogism known as figures. A) two B) three C) four D) five.
Last Answer : C) four
Description : From two ________ premises no conclusion is possible. A) universal B) affirmative C) negative D) categorical
Last Answer : C) negative
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 : Two_______ premises yield no valid conclusion. A) universal B) particular C) affirmative D) categorical.
Last Answer : B) particular
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 : The two kinds of propositions are A) Connotative – Denotative B) Abstract – Concrete C) Categorical – Conditional D) Good – Bad
Last Answer : C) Categorical – Conditional
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 : 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 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 : “ 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 : ____________ 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 : “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 : 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
Description : A syllogism is a form of ___________ inference. A) mediate B) immediate C) intuitive D) inductive.
Last Answer : A) mediate
Description : Truth or Falsehood may be predicated of --------. A) arguments B) inferences C) propositions D) syllogism
Last Answer : C) propositions
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 : A valid deductive argument with true premises is called a ------ argument. A) sound B) unsound C) fallacious D) dilemma.
Last Answer : A) sound
Description : That cannot advance beyond the scope of its premises is A) Induction B) Material logic C) Deduction D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : C) Deduction
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 : Euler’s circles are diagrams representing ________ of the terms. A) distribution B) quality C) quantity D) meaning
Last Answer : A) distribution
Description : ________ is a unit of reasoning in logic. A) Term B) Copula C) Proposition D) Subject
Last Answer : C) Proposition
Description : Of two sub-contraries if one is true the other is ________. A) true B) false C) doubtful D) neither true nor false
Last Answer : C) doubtful
Description : Contrary propositions cannot both be ________. A) true B) false C) true and false D) doubtful
Last Answer : A) true
Description : The sign of relation between two terms is called a ________. A) Subject B) Predicate C) Object D) Copula
Last Answer : D) Copula
Description : How would you handle this hypothetical dilemma?
Last Answer : I guess I would just throw in the towel and join my homeless friends.
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 : 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 : “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