McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .
| 1. |
Logic is the ……………………………………….. |
| A. | science of reasoning |
| B. | science of beauty |
| C. | science of morality |
| D. | science of astronomy |
| Answer» A. science of reasoning | |
| 2. |
The proposition arrived at on the basis of proposition or propositions in an argument, is called…………………………….. |
| A. | premise |
| B. | modus ponens |
| C. | conclusion |
| D. | modus tollens |
| Answer» C. conclusion | |
| 3. |
The proposition or propositions on the basis of which the conclusion is arrived at in an argument is called ………………………….. |
| A. | syllogism or syllogisms |
| B. | dilemma |
| C. | premise or premises |
| D. | disjunctive syllogism |
| Answer» C. premise or premises | |
| 4. |
Premises and conclusion are……………………………. |
| A. | valid or invalid |
| B. | sound or unsound |
| C. | valid or sound |
| D. | true or false |
| Answer» D. true or false | |
| 5. |
Deductive argument is characterized as……………………………. |
| A. | true or false |
| B. | inductive |
| C. | valid or invalid |
| D. | materially true or materially false |
| Answer» C. valid or invalid | |
| 6. |
Validity of deductive argument depends on…………………………………… |
| A. | form of argument |
| B. | matter of argument |
| C. | both form and matter |
| D. | truth of premises and conclusion |
| Answer» A. form of argument | |
| 7. |
……………………………………………….reveals the form of argument |
| A. | truth or falsity of propositions |
| B. | use of symbols |
| C. | true premises |
| D. | true conclusion |
| Answer» B. use of symbols | |
| 8. |
In the history of logic, …………….………………….are two important stages of development. |
| A. | classical logic and symbolic logic |
| B. | scientific and artistic |
| C. | aesthetical and ethical |
| D. | valid and invalid |
| Answer» A. classical logic and symbolic logic | |
| 9. |
Classical logic is also called ……………………………………… |
| A. | symbolic logic |
| B. | mathematical logic |
| C. | modern logic |
| D. | ancient logic |
| Answer» D. ancient logic | |
| 10. |
Ancient logic is also called………………………………………….. |
| A. | symbolic logic |
| B. | mathematical logic |
| C. | modern logic |
| D. | traditional logic |
| Answer» D. traditional logic | |
| 11. |
Symbolic logic is also called……………………………………. |
| A. | traditional logic |
| B. | ancient logic |
| C. | material logic |
| D. | mathematical logic |
| Answer» D. mathematical logic | |
| 12. |
Mathematical logic is also called……………………………………. |
| A. | traditional logic |
| B. | ancient logic |
| C. | material logic |
| D. | modern logic |
| Answer» D. modern logic | |
| 13. |
Symbolic logic originated in connection with |
| A. | mathematical theory |
| B. | inductive method |
| C. | evolution theory |
| D. | economic theory |
| Answer» A. mathematical theory | |
| 14. |
Classical logic is related to symbolic logic as |
| A. | sound to unsound |
| B. | embryo to adult organism |
| C. | valid to invalid |
| D. | true to false |
| Answer» B. embryo to adult organism | |
| 15. |
…………………had introduced into logic the important notion of a variable |
| A. | thales |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | bacon |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 16. |
………………………….is a symbol which can stand for any one of a given range of values |
| A. | a logical constant |
| B. | a modifier |
| C. | a logical connective |
| D. | a variable |
| Answer» D. a variable | |
| 17. |
The development of symbolic logic has been bound up with the development of ……………………… |
| A. | physics |
| B. | mathematics |
| C. | chemistry |
| D. | biology |
| Answer» B. mathematics | |
| 18. |
In 1910, in collaboration with A.N.Whitehead, Russell published ……………………., a monumental work in which a system of symbolic logic is elaborated and made to serve as the foundation of the whole of mathematics |
| A. | ideas |
| B. | cartesian meditations |
| C. | the mathematical analysis of logic |
| D. | principia mathematica |
| Answer» D. principia mathematica | |
| 19. |
…………………………………………………….. is the form of the argument |
| A. | the structure or pattern of the argument |
| B. | the subject matter with which the argument deals |
| C. | the truth or falsity of propositions |
| D. | the material truth of premises and conclusion |
| Answer» A. the structure or pattern of the argument | |
| 20. |
A simple proposition is …………………………………………………………………. |
| A. | a general proposition |
| B. | one which contains other proposition as it’s component |
| C. | one which does not contain any other proposition as it’s component |
| D. | a molecular proposition |
| Answer» C. one which does not contain any other proposition as it’s component | |
| 21. |
A compound proposition is ……………………………………………………………. |
| A. | an atomic proposition |
| B. | a general proposition |
| C. | one which does not contain any otherproposition as it’s component |
| D. | one which contains other proposition as it’s component |
| Answer» D. one which contains other proposition as it’s component | |
| 22. |
Conjunction is a compound proposition in which the word ………… is used to connect simple statements. |
| A. | ‘not” |
| B. | ’unless’ |
| C. | ‘or’ |
| D. | “and” |
| Answer» D. “and” | |
| 23. |
‘Ramesh is either intelligent or hard working’ is an example of ………………………… |
| A. | negation |
| B. | conjunction |
| C. | disjunction |
| D. | implication |
| Answer» C. disjunction | |
| 24. |
“If it rains, then the road will be wet” is an example for………………………………………. |
| A. | conjunction |
| B. | negation |
| C. | implication |
| D. | disjunction |
| Answer» C. implication | |
| 25. |
A general proposition is ………………………………… |
| A. | a quantified statement |
| B. | a molecular proposition |
| C. | a compound statement |
| D. | an atomic proposition |
| Answer» A. a quantified statement | |
| 26. |
‘All Keralites are Indians’ is an example for ………………………………………….. |
| A. | universal negative proposition |
| B. | particular affirmative proposition |
| C. | particular negative proposition |
| D. | universal affirmative proposition |
| Answer» D. universal affirmative proposition | |
| 27. |
‘ Some fruits are sweet’ is an example for………………………………………. |
| A. | universal negative proposition |
| B. | particular affirmative proposition |
| C. | particular negative proposition |
| D. | universal affirmative proposition |
| Answer» B. particular affirmative proposition | |
| 28. |
’ Some flowers are not red’ is an example for……………………………………….. |
| A. | particular affirmative proposition |
| B. | universal affirmative proposition |
| C. | particular negative proposition |
| D. | universal negative proposition |
| Answer» C. particular negative proposition | |
| 29. |
‘ No birds are fishes’ is an example for …………………………………………… |
| A. | particular affirmative proposition |
| B. | particular negative proposition |
| C. | universal negative proposition |
| D. | universal affirmative proposition |
| Answer» C. universal negative proposition | |
| 30. |
Singly general proposition is a general proposition with ……………………………….. |
| A. | no quantifier |
| B. | one quantifier |
| C. | one singular proposition |
| D. | two or more quantifiers |
| Answer» B. one quantifier | |
| 31. |
Multiply general proposition is a general proposition with …………………………….. |
| A. | one quantifier |
| B. | no quantifier |
| C. | two or more quantifiers |
| D. | two or more singular propositions |
| Answer» C. two or more quantifiers | |
| 32. |
…………………………..is a branch of Symbolic Logic |
| A. | classical logic |
| B. | traditional logic |
| C. | propositional logic |
| D. | mathematical logic |
| Answer» C. propositional logic | |
| 33. |
Quantification logic is also called……………………………………… |
| A. | propositional logic |
| B. | predicate logic |
| C. | classical logic |
| D. | ancient logic |
| Answer» B. predicate logic | |
| 34. |
………………………………….analyses the internal structure of propositions |
| A. | propositional logic |
| B. | truth functional logic |
| C. | sentential logic |
| D. | predicate logic |
| Answer» D. predicate logic | |
| 35. |
……………………………………. does not analyse the internal structure of propositions |
| A. | quantification logic |
| B. | predicate logic |
| C. | propositional logic |
| D. | truth functional logic |
| Answer» C. propositional logic | |
| 36. |
The two types of statements dealt within propositional logic are …………………… |
| A. | singular and general statements |
| B. | universal affirmative and universal negative statements |
| C. | particular affirmative and particular negative statements |
| D. | simple and compound statements. |
| Answer» D. simple and compound statements. | |
| 37. |
In a conditional, the component statement that follows the “if” is called …………… |
| A. | the “consequent” |
| B. | the “antecedent” |
| C. | the “conjunct” |
| D. | the “disjunct” |
| Answer» B. the “antecedent” | |
| 38. |
In a conditional, the component statement that follows the “then” is called ………. |
| A. | the “antecedent” |
| B. | the “consequent” |
| C. | the “disjunct” |
| D. | the “conjunct” |
| Answer» B. the “consequent” | |
| 39. |
The two component statements of conjunction are called…………………………….. |
| A. | the “antecedents” |
| B. | ”disjuncts” |
| C. | “conjuncts” |
| D. | the “consequents” |
| Answer» C. “conjuncts” | |
| 40. |
The two component statements of disjunction are called ………………………………. |
| A. | ” conjuncts” |
| B. | the “consequents” |
| C. | “disjuncts” |
| D. | the “antecedents” |
| Answer» C. “disjuncts” | |
| 41. |
When two statements are combined by using the phrase “if and only if”, the resulting compound statement is called ………………………………………….. |
| A. | conditional statement |
| B. | bi-conditional statement |
| C. | disjunctive statement |
| D. | conjunctive statement |
| Answer» B. bi-conditional statement | |
| 42. |
Bi-conditional statement is also called …………………. |
| A. | implication |
| B. | logical equivalence |
| C. | material implication |
| D. | material equivalence |
| Answer» D. material equivalence | |
| 43. |
Conditional statement is also called…………………………………. |
| A. | implication |
| B. | material equivalence |
| C. | logical equivalence |
| D. | conjunction |
| Answer» A. implication | |
| 44. |
The phrase “if and only if” is used to express………………………………………………………. |
| A. | sufficient condition |
| B. | both sufficient and necessary condition |
| C. | necessary condition |
| D. | no condition |
| Answer» B. both sufficient and necessary condition | |
| 45. |
A compound proposition whose truth-value is completely determined by the truth-values of it’s component statements is called ……………………. |
| A. | bi -conditional |
| B. | non- truth-functional |
| C. | conditional |
| D. | truth-functional |
| Answer» D. truth-functional | |
| 46. |
………………………….. Symbol is used for conjunction |
| A. | the dot “.” |
| B. | the tilde “ ~ ” |
| C. | the vel ”v” |
| D. | the horse shoe” Ͻ” |
| Answer» A. the dot “.” | |
| 47. |
………………………….. Symbol is used for weak disjunction |
| A. | the vel ”v” |
| B. | the dot “.” |
| C. | the horse shoe” Ͻ” |
| D. | the tilde “ ~ ” 48. ………………………….. symbol is used for negation |
| Answer» A. the vel ”v” | |
| 48. |
…………………………..Symbol is used for bi –conditional |
| A. | the tilde “ ~ ” |
| B. | ”v” |
| C. | ” Ͻ” |
| D. | “ ≡ “ |
| Answer» D. “ ≡ “ | |
| 49. |
A conjunction is true if and only if ………………………………………. |
| A. | at least one conjunct is true |
| B. | both of it’s conjuncts are true |
| C. | both conjuncts are false |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. both of it’s conjuncts are true | |
| 50. |
Inclusive or weak disjunction is false only in case ………………………………………………. |
| A. | both of it’s disjuncts are false |
| B. | at least one disjunct is false |
| C. | both disjuncts are true |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. both of it’s disjuncts are false | |
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