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This section includes 1405 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Logical and Verbal Reasoning knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 701. |
Observation is always ___________. |
| A. | passive |
| B. | selective |
| C. | false |
| D. | correct |
| Answer» C. false | |
| 702. |
Observation is not ___________. |
| A. | passive |
| B. | active |
| C. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| D. | both (a) and (b) |
| Answer» B. active | |
| 703. |
“Nothing is uncaused’ is a postulate of _________. |
| A. | unity |
| B. | intuition |
| C. | deduction |
| D. | induction |
| Answer» E. | |
| 704. |
The problem of induction is the _______ from the observed phenomena to an unobservedphenomenon. |
| A. | intuition |
| B. | guess |
| C. | procedure |
| D. | leap |
| Answer» E. | |
| 705. |
“Nature is a systematic unity’. This is the postulate of _________. |
| A. | intuition |
| B. | induction |
| C. | deduction |
| D. | imagination |
| Answer» C. deduction | |
| 706. |
A _______ hypothesis is unverifiable. |
| A. | good |
| B. | barren |
| C. | working |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. working | |
| 707. |
A good hypothesis is based on _________. |
| A. | facts |
| B. | imagination |
| C. | guess |
| D. | belief |
| Answer» B. imagination | |
| 708. |
From a good _________, we can make deductions. |
| A. | intuition |
| B. | belief |
| C. | hypothesis |
| D. | idea |
| Answer» D. idea | |
| 709. |
Observation and experiment are ___________. |
| A. | opposite |
| B. | interdependent |
| C. | simple |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. simple | |
| 710. |
__________ is the material ground of induction. |
| A. | observation |
| B. | experiment |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
| 711. |
_________ is observation made under artificially set conditions. |
| A. | mal-observation |
| B. | non-observation |
| C. | experiment |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 712. |
___________ is a postulate of Induction. |
| A. | causation |
| B. | experiment |
| C. | observation |
| D. | opinion |
| Answer» B. experiment | |
| 713. |
Generalization based on specific observations is a/an ___________ hypothesis. |
| A. | |
| B. | inductive |
| C. | deductive |
| Answer» C. deductive | |
| 714. |
___________ provides the ground for induction. |
| A. | observation |
| B. | opinion |
| C. | . belief |
| D. | intuition |
| Answer» B. opinion | |
| 715. |
__________ means a tentative explanation of a given phenomenon. |
| A. | experiment |
| B. | observation |
| C. | hypothesis |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 716. |
In a syllogism, there are _________ propositions. |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» D. four | |
| 717. |
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» C. all kings are mortal | |
| 718. |
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» C. disjunction of antecedents of major premise | |
| 719. |
The conclusion of pure hypothetical syllogism is a/an ________ proposition. |
| A. | hypothetical |
| B. | categorical |
| C. | disjunctive |
| D. | equivalent |
| Answer» B. categorical | |
| 720. |
The minor premise of Modus Tollens is _________. |
| A. | affirmation of antecedent |
| B. | denial of antecedent |
| C. | affirmation of consequent |
| D. | denial of consequent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 721. |
The major premise of a dilemma is __________ of two conditional statements. |
| A. | conjunction |
| B. | disjunction |
| C. | implication |
| D. | negation. |
| Answer» B. disjunction | |
| 722. |
__________ is determined by the quality and quantity of the constituent propositions. |
| A. | figure |
| B. | mood |
| C. | method |
| D. | minor term |
| Answer» C. method | |
| 723. |
BARBARA is a valid mood of _________ figure. |
| A. | 1st |
| B. | 2nd |
| C. | 3rd |
| D. | 4th |
| Answer» B. 2nd | |
| 724. |
Every syllogism must contain only ________ terms. |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 725. |
In a disjunctive syllogism, conclusion is _________ type of proposition. |
| A. | disjunctive, |
| B. | hypothetical |
| C. | categorical |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 726. |
In categorical syllogism, the common term, which occurs in both the premises, is __________. |
| A. | major |
| B. | minor |
| C. | middle |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 727. |
A ___________ is a form of mediate deductive inference in which the conclusion is drawnfrom two categorical propositions taken jointly. |
| A. | categorical syllogism |
| B. | hypothetical syllogism |
| C. | disjunctive syllogism |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. hypothetical syllogism | |
| 728. |
In a syllogism, the predicate of the conclusion is called the _________ term. |
| A. | minor |
| B. | major |
| C. | middle |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. middle | |
| 729. |
___________ is not considered as an independent form of immediate inference. |
| A. | conversion |
| B. | obversion |
| C. | inversion |
| D. | contraposition |
| Answer» E. | |
| 730. |
The inferred proposition in an obversion is called _________. |
| A. | obvertend |
| B. | invertend |
| C. | obverse |
| D. | converse |
| Answer» D. converse | |
| 731. |
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» C. no s is p | |
| 732. |
‘I’ and ‘O’ propositions _________. |
| A. | can be false together |
| B. | cannot both be true |
| C. | cannot both be false |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 733. |
Subaltern relationship shows that if ‘A’ is true, then ‘I’ is__________. |
| A. | undetermined |
| B. | false |
| C. | necessarily true |
| D. | necessarily false |
| Answer» D. necessarily false | |
| 734. |
Universal Affirmative proposition is related to Particular Negative proposition by___________ relation. |
| A. | sub- contrary |
| B. | contradictory |
| C. | subaltern |
| D. | contrary |
| Answer» C. subaltern | |
| 735. |
‘A’ proposition and ‘E’ proposition are related to each other by the__________ relation. |
| A. | sub- contrary |
| B. | contradictory |
| C. | subaltern |
| D. | contrary |
| Answer» E. | |
| 736. |
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» D. different subject and same predicate | |
| 737. |
The diagram of square that represents the relationship between the four categoricalpropositions is called the _______. |
| A. | square of opposition |
| B. | square of relations |
| C. | square of inference |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. square of relations | |
| 738. |
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» E. | |
| 739. |
In eduction, the difference between the premise and conclusion is only of _________. |
| A. | form |
| B. | meaning |
| C. | quality |
| D. | quantity |
| Answer» B. meaning | |
| 740. |
In _________, the meaning of the premise and the conclusion is equivalent. |
| A. | opposition |
| B. | syllogism |
| C. | eduction |
| D. | deduction |
| Answer» D. deduction | |
| 741. |
Among the following _________ is considered as an immediate inference. |
| A. | opposition of proposition |
| B. | dilemma |
| C. | disjunctive syllogism |
| D. | syllogism |
| Answer» B. dilemma | |
| 742. |
In ___________ inference there is one and only one premise from which the conclusion isdrawn. |
| A. | mediate |
| B. | immediate |
| C. | syllogistic |
| D. | mixed |
| Answer» C. syllogistic | |
| 743. |
___________ 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» D. all these | |
| 744. |
Only the subject term is distributed in_____________ proposition. |
| A. | o |
| B. | i |
| C. | e |
| D. | a |
| Answer» E. | |
| 745. |
The predicate term alone is distributed in ___________proposition. |
| A. | e |
| B. | i |
| C. | a |
| D. | o |
| Answer» E. | |
| 746. |
Neither the subject nor the predicate is distributed in ____________Proposition. |
| A. | a |
| B. | i |
| C. | e |
| D. | o |
| Answer» C. e | |
| 747. |
Both the subject and the predicate are distributed in _____________proposition. |
| A. | a |
| B. | e |
| C. | i |
| D. | o |
| Answer» C. i | |
| 748. |
When the predicate is affirmed of the whole of the subject class, the proposition is symbolizedas _________. |
| A. | i |
| B. | o |
| C. | a |
| D. | e |
| Answer» D. e | |
| 749. |
“Dog is a domestic animal” is a/an __________affirmative proposition. |
| A. | particular |
| B. | universal |
| C. | individual |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. individual | |
| 750. |
On the basis of quality, propositions are classified into _________. |
| A. | four |
| B. | three |
| C. | two |
| D. | one |
| Answer» D. one | |