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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
A ___________ is a mixed syllogism whose major premise is a disjunctive propositions and whose minor premise and conclusion are categorical propositions. |
| A. | categorical syllogism |
| B. | hypothetical syllogism |
| C. | disjunctive syllogism |
| D. | dilemma. |
| Answer» D. dilemma. | |
| 2. |
Modus tollens is also known as________. |
| A. | constructive hypothetical syllogism |
| B. | constructive dilemma |
| C. | destructive dilemma |
| D. | destructive hypothetical syllogism. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
A constructive hypothetical syllogism is also known as _______. |
| A. | modus tollens |
| B. | modus ponens |
| C. | constructive dilemma |
| D. | addition. |
| Answer» C. constructive dilemma | |
| 4. |
A syllogism in which the major premise is a hypothetical proposition, the minor and the conclusion are categorical propositions is a_______. |
| A. | categorical syllogism |
| B. | hypothetical syllogism |
| C. | disjunctive syllogism |
| D. | dilemma. |
| Answer» C. disjunctive syllogism | |
| 5. |
A hypothetical syllogism is also called______. |
| A. | conjunctive syllogism |
| B. | disjunctive syllogism |
| C. | categorical syllogism |
| D. | dilemma. |
| Answer» B. disjunctive syllogism | |
| 6. |
A _________ is a form of syllogism determined by the qulity and quantity of the three constituent propositions. |
| A. | mood |
| B. | figure |
| C. | middle termd |
| D. | conclusion. |
| Answer» B. figure | |
| 7. |
There are _____ types of categorical syllogism known as figures. |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five. |
| Answer» D. five. | |
| 8. |
The form of the syllogism as determined by the position of the middle term is |
| A. | figure |
| B. | mood |
| C. | quality |
| D. | quantity. |
| Answer» B. mood | |
| 9. |
The fallacy occurs when the minor term which is not distributed in the minor premise but distributed in the conclusion is |
| A. | ambiguous minor |
| B. | undistributed middle |
| C. | equivocation |
| D. | illicit minor. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The fallacy occurs when the major term which is not distributed in the major premise but distributed in the conclusion is |
| A. | ambiguous major |
| B. | undistributed middle |
| C. | illicit major |
| D. | equivocation. |
| Answer» D. equivocation. | |
| 11. |
“ All donkeys are animals. All monkeys are animals. Therefore all monkeys are donkeys”. The fallacy committed by the above syllogism is |
| A. | ambiguous major |
| B. | ambiguous minor |
| C. | ambiguous middle |
| D. | undistributed middle. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
____________ is a fallacy which occurs when in a syllogism the minor term means one thing in the minor premise and quite another in the conclusion. |
| A. | fallacy of ambiguous major |
| B. | fallacy of ambiguous minor |
| C. | fallacy of ambiguous middle |
| D. | fallacy of undistributed middle. |
| Answer» C. fallacy of ambiguous middle | |
| 13. |
____________ is a fallacy which occurs when a syllogism uses its major term in one sense in the premise and in a different sense in the conclusion. |
| A. | fallacy of ambiguous major |
| B. | fallacy of ambiguous minor |
| C. | fallacy of ambiguous middle |
| D. | fallacy of undistributed middle. |
| Answer» B. fallacy of ambiguous minor | |
| 14. |
“B is a friend of C. A is a friend of B. Therefore A is a friend of C.” The above syllogism commits the fallacy of__________. |
| A. | quarterino-terminorum |
| B. | ambiguous major |
| C. | ambiguous minor |
| D. | equivocation. |
| Answer» B. ambiguous major | |
| 15. |
Each term occurs ______ in the syllogism. |
| A. | once |
| B. | twice |
| C. | thrice |
| D. | four times. |
| Answer» C. thrice | |
| 16. |
__________ performs the function of an intermediary. |
| A. | major term |
| B. | middle term |
| C. | minor term |
| D. | copula. |
| Answer» C. minor term | |
| 17. |
That term which occurs in the premises and not in the conclusion is |
| A. | major term |
| B. | minor term |
| C. | copula |
| D. | middle term. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
The minor term is the _______________. |
| A. | subject of the conclusion |
| B. | predicate of the conclusion |
| C. | subject of the major premise |
| D. | predicate of the major premise. |
| Answer» B. predicate of the conclusion | |
| 19. |
The major term is the _______________. |
| A. | subject of the conclusion |
| B. | copula |
| C. | predicate of the conclusion |
| D. | predicate of the minor premise. |
| Answer» C. predicate of the conclusion | |
| 20. |
A syllogism consists of ________ premisses. |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five. |
| Answer» C. four | |
| 21. |
A syllogism consists of _______ terms. |
| A. | five |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four. |
| Answer» D. four. | |
| 22. |
A syllogism is form of mediate _________ inference. |
| A. | deductive |
| B. | inductive |
| C. | intuitive |
| D. | fallacious. |
| Answer» B. inductive | |
| 23. |
A syllogism is a form of ___________ inference. |
| A. | mediate |
| B. | immediate |
| C. | intuitive |
| D. | inductive. |
| Answer» B. immediate | |
| 24. |
In a conditional proposition the part which expresses the condition by ‘if’ or its equvalent is |
| A. | antecedent |
| B. | consequent |
| C. | opposite |
| D. | meaning. |
| Answer» B. consequent | |
| 25. |
Euler’s circles are diagrams representing ________ of the terms. |
| A. | distribution |
| B. | quality |
| C. | quantity |
| D. | meaning. |
| Answer» B. quality | |
| 26. |
________ is a unit of reasoning in logic. |
| A. | term |
| B. | copula |
| C. | proposition |
| D. | subject. |
| Answer» D. subject. | |
| 27. |
The quantity of the proposition is determined by the extension of the ______. |
| A. | subject |
| B. | predicate |
| C. | both subject and predicate |
| D. | copula. |
| Answer» B. predicate | |
| 28. |
The proposition: “Socrates is wise”, is an example for ___________ proposition. |
| A. | negative |
| B. | singular |
| C. | emotive |
| D. | invalid. |
| Answer» C. emotive | |
| 29. |
If the particular proposition of a subaltern relation is true, the truth-value of the universal proposition is |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| C. | both true and false |
| D. | doubtful. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
If the particular proposition of a subaltern relation is false its corresponding universal proposition will be_______. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| C. | both true and false |
| D. | doubtful. |
| Answer» C. both true and false | |
| 31. |
Of two sub-contraries if one is true the other is ________. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| C. | doubtful |
| D. | neither true nor false. |
| Answer» D. neither true nor false. | |
| 32. |
Between subalterns if the universal is true the particular is |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| C. | doubtfil |
| D. | both true and false. |
| Answer» B. false | |
| 33. |
Of two sub-contraries if one is false the other is necessarily______ |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| C. | doubtful |
| D. | neither true nor false. |
| Answer» B. false | |
| 34. |
Contrary propositions cannot both be ________. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| C. | true and false |
| D. | doubtful. |
| Answer» B. false | |
| 35. |
If one of the contradictories is true the other must be _______. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| C. | doubtful |
| D. | neither true nor false. |
| Answer» C. doubtful | |
| 36. |
If one of the contraries is true the truth-value of the other is |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| C. | neither true nor false |
| D. | both true and false. |
| Answer» C. neither true nor false | |
| 37. |
If one of the contraries is false the truth-value of the other is |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| C. | doubtful |
| D. | neither true nor false. |
| Answer» D. neither true nor false. | |
| 38. |
______ opposition is the relation between two propositions having the same subject and predicate but differing in quantity only. |
| A. | contrary |
| B. | contradictory |
| C. | subaltern |
| D. | sub-contrary. |
| Answer» D. sub-contrary. | |
| 39. |
The relation between two particular propositions having the same subject and predicate but differing in quality is_________opposition. |
| A. | contrary |
| B. | contradictory |
| C. | subalternation |
| D. | sub-contrary. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
___________ is the relation between two propositions having the same subject but differing in both quality and quantity. |
| A. | contrary opposition |
| B. | contradictory opposition |
| C. | subalternation |
| D. | sub- contrary. |
| Answer» C. subalternation | |
| 41. |
__________ is the relation between two universal propositions having the same subject but differing in quality only. |
| A. | contrary opposition |
| B. | contradictory opposition |
| C. | subaltern |
| D. | sub- contrary. |
| Answer» B. contradictory opposition | |
| 42. |
Eduction is a ___________ inference. |
| A. | indirect |
| B. | absurd |
| C. | mediate |
| D. | immediate. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Opposition is a ___________ inference. |
| A. | indirect |
| B. | absurd |
| C. | mediate |
| D. | immediate. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
_____________ asserts the agreement or disagreement of a subject and predicate after having compared each with middle term. |
| A. | immediate inference |
| B. | mediate inference |
| C. | definition |
| D. | classification. |
| Answer» C. definition | |
| 45. |
Particular negative proposition distributes __________. |
| A. | subject |
| B. | predicate |
| C. | both subject and predicate |
| D. | neither subject nor predicate. |
| Answer» C. both subject and predicate | |
| 46. |
The process of passing directly from a single proposition to a conclusion is |
| A. | immediate inference |
| B. | mediate inference |
| C. | definition |
| D. | classification. |
| Answer» B. mediate inference | |
| 47. |
Particular affirmative proposition distributes _________. |
| A. | subject |
| B. | predicate |
| C. | both subject and predicate |
| D. | neither subject nor predicate. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Universal negative proposition distributes___________. |
| A. | subject |
| B. | predicate |
| C. | both subject and predicate |
| D. | neither subject nor predicate. |
| Answer» D. neither subject nor predicate. | |
| 49. |
Universal affirmative proposition distributes _________. |
| A. | subject |
| B. | predicate |
| C. | both subject and predicate |
| D. | neither subject nor predicate. |
| Answer» B. predicate | |
| 50. |
When a term refers only to part the class of things denoted by the term, that term is said to be____________. |
| A. | undistributed |
| B. | unexcluded |
| C. | distributed |
| D. | verified. |
| Answer» B. unexcluded | |