| 1. |
Which of the following is essential for developing critical thinking? |
| A. | Blind faith |
| B. | prejudice |
| C. | questioning attitude |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. questioning attitude | |
| 2. |
Critical thinking helps us to……… |
| A. | Deviate |
| B. | focus |
| C. | accept everything |
| D. | develop ego |
| Answer» B. focus | |
| 3. |
To become a good decision maker, one has to develop |
| A. | Bia |
| B. | dependance on others |
| C. | irrationality |
| D. | critical thinking |
| Answer» D. critical thinking | |
| 4. |
Which of the following is not a barrier to critical thinking? |
| A. | print media |
| B. | elders |
| C. | courage |
| D. | influence of print and electronic media |
| Answer» C. courage | |
| 5. |
Which of the following is not a barrier to critical thinking? |
| A. | fear |
| B. | ego |
| C. | emotions |
| D. | free thinking |
| Answer» D. free thinking | |
| 6. |
In critical thinking,we are concerned with………. |
| A. | opinion |
| B. | ego centrism |
| C. | argument |
| D. | personal interest |
| Answer» C. argument | |
| 7. |
To attempt to persuade by giving good reason is to give ………. |
| A. | argument |
| B. | suggestion |
| C. | opinion |
| D. | preference |
| Answer» A. argument | |
| 8. |
An argument is always backed by……… |
| A. | emotion |
| B. | ego |
| C. | evidence |
| D. | criticism |
| Answer» C. evidence | |
| 9. |
The principal claim of an argument is called……….. |
| A. | premise |
| B. | Evidence |
| C. | conclusion |
| D. | Signposts |
| Answer» C. conclusion | |
| 10. |
The supporting statement of an argument is known as |
| A. | premise |
| B. | conclusion |
| C. | logic |
| D. | reason |
| Answer» A. premise | |
| 11. |
to call a string of statements, arguments, they must be |
| A. | related |
| B. | short |
| C. | different |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. related | |
| 12. |
The expressions that are used to differentiate between the premises and conclusions of an argument is called |
| A. | Indicator word |
| B. | principal claim |
| C. | Supporting statements |
| D. | Evidence |
| Answer» A. Indicator word | |
| 13. |
Which of the following is a criterion for evaluating an argument? |
| A. | Truth content |
| B. | indicator words |
| C. | sign posts |
| D. | emotional content |
| Answer» A. Truth content | |
| 14. |
An argument should have…………..to consider it as a valid argument. |
| A. | Logical structure |
| B. | proper nouns |
| C. | interesting facts |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Logical structure | |
| 15. |
There are mainly ……… types of arguments |
| A. | One |
| B. | three |
| C. | seven |
| D. | two |
| Answer» D. two | |
| 16. |
The conclusion is guaranteed to be true in ………..argument |
| A. | Logical |
| B. | inductive |
| C. | formal |
| D. | Deductive |
| Answer» D. Deductive | |
| 17. |
An argument is rendered invalid when it lacks |
| A. | Logical support |
| B. | indicator words |
| C. | emotions |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. Logical support | |
| 18. |
……………is a lexical ambiguity. |
| A. | Equivocation |
| B. | ambhi body |
| C. | straw man fallacy |
| D. | composition |
| Answer» A. Equivocation | |
| 19. |
Fallacy of ambhibody is a ………….. fallacy. |
| A. | Syntactic |
| B. | lexical |
| C. | logical |
| D. | rational |
| Answer» A. Syntactic | |
| 20. |
The fallacy of attributing the property of parts of a thing to the whole thing is called………… |
| A. | Fallacy of Composition |
| B. | fallacy of relevance |
| C. | Fallacy of division |
| D. | complex Question |
| Answer» A. Fallacy of Composition | |
| 21. |
When we attribute the properties of the part to the whole, we have |
| A. | Fallacy of emotion |
| B. | fallacy of Composition |
| C. | Fallacy of division |
| D. | Fallacy of Fragments |
| Answer» C. Fallacy of division | |
| 22. |
Distorting author’s speech by shifting emphasis to one’s own benefit results in…….. |
| A. | Fallacy of emphasi |
| B. | Straw ma fallacy |
| C. | begging the Question |
| D. | Division |
| Answer» A. Fallacy of emphasi | |
| 23. |
……….is an extreme sort of fallacy of emphasis |
| A. | Ad hominem |
| B. | Argumentum ad Populam |
| C. | Straw man |
| D. | Red herring |
| Answer» D. Red herring | |
| 24. |
Introduction of a topic different from the topic under consideration to divert attention is called ………….. |
| A. | Ad hominem |
| B. | Argumentum ad Populam |
| C. | Straw man |
| D. | Red herring |
| Answer» D. Red herring | |
| 25. |
A poorly based premise or an inadequately supported conclusion leads to the ……………. |
| A. | Fallacy of Ambiguity |
| B. | Unwarranted assumption |
| C. | fallacy of relevance |
| D. | fallacy of Composition |
| Answer» B. Unwarranted assumption | |