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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