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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .
| 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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