McqMate
1. |
is defined as the science of reasoning. |
A. | ethics |
B. | aesthetics |
C. | logic |
D. | psychology |
Answer» C. logic |
2. |
Logic is a science. |
A. | normative |
B. | positive |
C. | physical |
D. | natural |
Answer» A. normative |
3. |
Logic aims precisely at the search for . |
A. | beauty |
B. | truth |
C. | good |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. truth |
4. |
is a normative study. |
A. | logic |
B. | aesthetics |
C. | ethics |
D. | all these |
Answer» D. all these |
5. |
is not a positive science. |
A. | biology |
B. | physics |
C. | sociology |
D. | logic |
Answer» D. logic |
6. |
Logic deals with the operations of human mind in its search for _. |
A. | beauty |
B. | conduct |
C. | truth |
D. | all these |
Answer» C. truth |
7. |
is the verbal expression of judgment. |
A. | logic |
B. | proposition |
C. | truth |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. proposition |
8. |
A is that which serves either as the subject or as the predicate in a proposition. |
A. | term |
B. | word |
C. | argument |
D. | sentence |
Answer» A. term |
9. |
A valid deductive argument with true premise and conclusion is called a argument. |
A. | sound |
B. | true |
C. | false |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. sound |
10. |
A/an contains premises and conclusion. |
A. | proposition |
B. | argument |
C. | sentence |
D. | term |
Answer» B. argument |
11. |
Positive sciences are . |
A. | descriptive |
B. | prescriptive |
C. | normative |
D. | all these |
Answer» A. descriptive |
12. |
Normative sciences are . |
A. | conservative |
B. | prescriptive |
C. | descriptive |
D. | all these |
Answer» B. prescriptive |
13. |
is the process of passing from known judgments to a new judgment. |
A. | inference |
B. | imagination |
C. | argument |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. inference |
14. |
Identify the odd one. |
A. | logic |
B. | physics |
C. | ethics |
D. | aesthetics |
Answer» B. physics |
15. |
Identify the wrong combination. |
A. | logic and reasoning |
B. | ethics and good |
C. | logic and imagination |
D. | logic and inference |
Answer» C. logic and imagination |
16. |
Logic is related to as Ethics is to good. |
A. | beauty |
B. | truth |
C. | proposition |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. truth |
17. |
Aesthetics is related to as Logic is to truth. |
A. | right |
B. | reasoning |
C. | inspiration |
D. | beauty |
Answer» D. beauty |
18. |
Logic prescribes the means to distinguish between correct and incorrect . |
A. | moral choice |
B. | norms of beauty |
C. | reasoning |
D. | sentence |
Answer» C. reasoning |
19. |
Deductive logic is concerned with the of arguments. |
A. | form |
B. | content |
C. | material truth |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. form |
20. |
Deductive logic is not concerned with the of arguments. |
A. | form |
B. | content |
C. | premises |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. content |
21. |
In argument, the conclusion cannot be wider than the premises. |
A. | deductive |
B. | inductive |
C. | both (a) and (b) |
D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
Answer» A. deductive |
22. |
In deduction, the conclusion is . |
A. | probable |
B. | ambiguous |
C. | necessary |
D. | all these |
Answer» C. necessary |
23. |
In deduction, the conclusion is related to premises by . |
A. | probability |
B. | ambiguity |
C. | chance |
D. | implication |
Answer» D. implication |
24. |
In , the conclusion necessarily follows from the given premises. |
A. | proposition |
B. | induction |
C. | deduction |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. deduction |
25. |
In , the conclusion is always probable. |
A. | induction |
B. | deduction |
C. | formal logic |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. induction |
26. |
is to argument as truth is to proposition. |
A. | inference |
B. | deduction |
C. | induction |
D. | validity |
Answer» D. validity |
27. |
A proposition is true or false as a/an is valid or invalid. |
A. | induction |
B. | argument |
C. | premise |
D. | term |
Answer» B. argument |
28. |
A logical sentence is called . |
A. | proposition |
B. | argument |
C. | premise |
D. | explanation |
Answer» A. proposition |
29. |
Learning is a way to improve reasoning power. |
A. | athletics |
B. | music |
C. | logic |
D. | cookery |
Answer» C. logic |
30. |
refers to the process of drawing conclusion from observed instances. |
A. | induction |
B. | deduction |
C. | conversion |
D. | obversion |
Answer» A. induction |
31. |
Logic is indispensable for . a) Science b) Law c) Criminology d) all these 32. Induction and deduction are processes of reasoning. |
A. | contradictory |
B. | complementary |
C. | opposite |
D. | competing |
Answer» D. competing |
32. |
‘What ought to be’ is the concern of sciences. |
A. | positive |
B. | social |
C. | physical |
D. | normative |
Answer» D. normative |
33. |
shares the same area of study with logic. |
A. | sociology |
B. | psychology |
C. | mathematics |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. psychology |
34. |
Logic is to as grammar is to language. |
A. | religion |
B. | science |
C. | society |
D. | politics |
Answer» B. science |
35. |
Logical sentence is called __________. |
A. | proposition |
B. | proprium |
C. | preposition |
D. | idiom |
Answer» A. proposition |
36. |
The connecting link between the terms in a proposition is called __________. |
A. | sentence |
B. | copula |
C. | verb |
D. | name |
Answer» B. copula |
37. |
What is said about the subject term in a proposition is __________. |
A. | copula |
B. | subject |
C. | predicate |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. predicate |
38. |
_____________ of a proposition means whether the predicate is affirmed or denied of the subject. |
A. | import |
B. | intension |
C. | quantity |
D. | quality |
Answer» D. quality |
39. |
_________ propositions refer to the whole of the subject class. |
A. | disjunctive |
B. | categorical |
C. | universal |
D. | particular |
Answer» C. universal |
40. |
Identify the odd one. |
A. | categorical |
B. | contradictory |
C. | hypothetical |
D. | disjunctive |
Answer» B. contradictory |
41. |
Categorical propositions are classified into__________. |
A. | three |
B. | four |
C. | two |
D. | five |
Answer» B. four |
42. |
The universal affirmative proposition is symbolized as ___________. |
A. | sip |
B. | sep |
C. | sop |
D. | sap |
Answer» D. sap |
43. |
On the basis of quality, propositions are classified into _________. |
A. | four |
B. | three |
C. | two |
D. | one |
Answer» C. two |
44. |
“Dog is a domestic animal” is a/an __________affirmative proposition. |
A. | particular |
B. | universal |
C. | individual |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. universal |
45. |
When the predicate is affirmed of the whole of the subject class, the proposition is symbolized as _________. |
A. | i |
B. | o |
C. | a |
D. | e |
Answer» C. a |
46. |
Both the subject and the predicate are distributed in _____________proposition. |
A. | a |
B. | e |
C. | i |
D. | o |
Answer» B. e |
47. |
Neither the subject nor the predicate is distributed in ____________Proposition. |
A. | a |
B. | i |
C. | e |
D. | o |
Answer» B. i |
48. |
The predicate term alone is distributed in ___________proposition. |
A. | e |
B. | i |
C. | a |
D. | o |
Answer» D. o |
49. |
Only the subject term is distributed in_____________ proposition. |
A. | o |
B. | i |
C. | e |
D. | a |
Answer» D. a |
50. |
___________ is the basis of classification of immediate and mediate inference. |
A. | length of premise |
B. | meaning of premise |
C. | number of premise |
D. | all these |
Answer» C. number of premise |
51. |
In ___________ inference there is one and only one premise from which the conclusion is drawn. |
A. | mediate |
B. | immediate |
C. | syllogistic |
D. | mixed |
Answer» B. immediate |
52. |
Among the following _________ is considered as an immediate inference. |
A. | opposition of proposition |
B. | dilemma |
C. | disjunctive syllogism |
D. | syllogism |
Answer» A. opposition of proposition |
53. |
In _________, the meaning of the premise and the conclusion is equivalent. |
A. | opposition |
B. | syllogism |
C. | eduction |
D. | deduction |
Answer» C. eduction |
54. |
In eduction, the difference between the premise and conclusion is only of _________. |
A. | form |
B. | meaning |
C. | quality |
D. | quantity |
Answer» A. form |
55. |
In Square of Opposition, the premise and conclusion differ in__________. |
A. | form only |
B. | meaning only |
C. | quantity only |
D. | both in form and meaning |
Answer» D. both in form and meaning |
56. |
The diagram of square that represents the relationship between the four categorical propositions is called the _______. |
A. | square of opposition |
B. | square of relations |
C. | square of inference |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. square of opposition |
57. |
Inference through opposition is possible only among the propositions having the _______. |
A. | different subject and predicate |
B. | same subject and different predicate |
C. | same subject and predicate |
D. | different subject and same predicate |
Answer» C. same subject and predicate |
58. |
‘A’ proposition and ‘E’ proposition are related to each other by the__________ relation. |
A. | sub- contrary |
B. | contradictory |
C. | subaltern |
D. | contrary |
Answer» D. contrary |
59. |
Universal Affirmative proposition is related to Particular Negative proposition by ___________ relation. |
A. | sub- contrary |
B. | contradictory |
C. | subaltern |
D. | contrary |
Answer» B. contradictory |
60. |
‘I’ and ‘O’ propositions _________. |
A. | can be false together |
B. | cannot both be true |
C. | cannot both be false |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. cannot both be false |
61. |
Subaltern relationship shows that if ‘A’ is true, then ‘I’ is__________. |
A. | undetermined |
B. | false |
C. | necessarily true |
D. | necessarily false |
Answer» C. necessarily true |
62. |
All S is P is converted as__________. |
A. | all p is s |
B. | some p is s |
C. | no s is p |
D. | all p is not s |
Answer» B. some p is s |
63. |
The inferred proposition in an obversion is called _________. |
A. | obvertend |
B. | invertend |
C. | obverse |
D. | converse |
Answer» C. obverse |
64. |
___________ is not considered as an independent form of immediate inference. |
A. | conversion |
B. | obversion |
C. | inversion |
D. | contraposition |
Answer» D. contraposition |
65. |
A ___________ is a form of mediate deductive inference in which the conclusion is drawn from two categorical propositions taken jointly. |
A. | categorical syllogism |
B. | hypothetical syllogism |
C. | disjunctive syllogism |
D. | all these |
Answer» A. categorical syllogism |
66. |
In a syllogism, the predicate of the conclusion is called the _________ term. |
A. | minor |
B. | major |
C. | middle |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. major |
67. |
In categorical syllogism, the common term, which occurs in both the premises, is __________. |
A. | major |
B. | minor |
C. | middle |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. middle |
68. |
In a disjunctive syllogism, conclusion is _________ type of proposition. |
A. | disjunctive, |
B. | hypothetical |
C. | categorical |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. categorical |
69. |
Every syllogism must contain only ________ terms. |
A. | 2 |
B. | 3 |
C. | 4 |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. 3 |
70. |
__________ is determined by the quality and quantity of the constituent propositions. |
A. | figure |
B. | mood |
C. | method |
D. | minor term |
Answer» B. mood |
71. |
BARBARA is a valid mood of _________ figure. |
A. | 1st |
B. | 2nd |
C. | 3rd |
D. | 4th |
Answer» A. 1st |
72. |
The major premise of a dilemma is __________ of two conditional statements. |
A. | conjunction |
B. | disjunction |
C. | implication |
D. | negation. |
Answer» A. conjunction |
73. |
The minor premise of Modus Tollens is _________. |
A. | affirmation of antecedent |
B. | denial of antecedent |
C. | affirmation of consequent |
D. | denial of consequent |
Answer» D. denial of consequent |
74. |
The conclusion of pure hypothetical syllogism is a/an ________ proposition. |
A. | hypothetical |
B. | categorical |
C. | disjunctive |
D. | equivalent |
Answer» A. hypothetical |
75. |
The minor premise of a simple destructive dilemma is the ___________. |
A. | disjunction of the consequents |
B. | disjunction of the negation of consequents |
C. | disjunction of antecedents of major premise |
D. | disjunction of negation of antecedents |
Answer» B. disjunction of the negation of consequents |
76. |
Identify the minor premise in the following: All men are mortal. All kings are men. ∴All kings are mortal. |
A. | all men are mortal |
B. | all kings are men |
C. | all kings are mortal |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. all kings are men |
77. |
In a syllogism, there are _________ propositions. |
A. | one |
B. | two |
C. | three |
D. | four |
Answer» C. three |
78. |
___________ provides the ground for induction. |
A. | observation |
B. | opinion |
C. | . belief |
D. | intuition |
Answer» A. observation |
79. |
__________ means a tentative explanation of a given phenomenon. |
A. | experiment |
B. | observation |
C. | hypothesis |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. hypothesis |
80. |
Generalization based on specific observations is a/an ___________ hypothesis. |
A. | null |
B. | inductive |
C. | deductive |
D. | all these |
Answer» B. inductive |
81. |
___________ is a postulate of Induction. |
A. | causation |
B. | experiment |
C. | observation |
D. | opinion |
Answer» A. causation |
82. |
Identify the odd one. |
A. | belief |
B. | hypothesis |
C. | opinion |
D. | intuition |
Answer» B. hypothesis |
83. |
_________ is observation made under artificially set conditions. |
A. | mal-observation |
B. | non-observation |
C. | experiment |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. experiment |
84. |
Observation and experiment are ___________. |
A. | opposite |
B. | interdependent |
C. | simple |
D. | all these |
Answer» B. interdependent |
85. |
__________ is the material ground of induction. |
A. | observation |
B. | experiment |
C. | both (a) and (b) |
D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
Answer» C. both (a) and (b) |
86. |
From a good _________, we can make deductions. |
A. | intuition |
B. | belief |
C. | hypothesis |
D. | idea |
Answer» C. hypothesis |
87. |
A _______ hypothesis is unverifiable. |
A. | good |
B. | barren |
C. | working |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. barren |
88. |
A good hypothesis is based on _________. |
A. | facts |
B. | imagination |
C. | guess |
D. | belief |
Answer» A. facts |
89. |
The problem of induction is the _______ from the observed phenomena to an unobserved phenomenon. |
A. | intuition |
B. | guess |
C. | procedure |
D. | leap |
Answer» D. leap |
90. |
“Nature is a systematic unity’. This is the postulate of _________. |
A. | intuition |
B. | induction |
C. | deduction |
D. | imagination |
Answer» B. induction |
91. |
“Nothing is uncaused’ is a postulate of _________. |
A. | unity |
B. | intuition |
C. | deduction |
D. | induction |
Answer» D. induction |
92. |
Observation is not ___________. |
A. | passive |
B. | active |
C. | neither (a) nor (b) |
D. | both (a) and (b) |
Answer» A. passive |
93. |
Observation is always ___________. |
A. | passive |
B. | selective |
C. | false |
D. | correct |
Answer» B. selective |
94. |
_________ gives us control over conditions. |
A. | observation |
B. | experiment |
C. | postulate |
D. | non-observation |
Answer» B. experiment |
95. |
The one instance that may falsify a hypothesis is called _________ instance. |
A. | false |
B. | true |
C. | crucial |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. crucial |
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