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951. |
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. | |
952. |
Modus tollens is also known as________. |
A. | constructive hypothetical syllogism |
B. | constructive dilemma |
C. | destructive dilemma |
D. | destructive hypothetical syllogism. |
Answer» E. | |
953. |
A constructive hypothetical syllogism is also known as _______. |
A. | modus tollens |
B. | modus ponens |
C. | constructive dilemma |
D. | addition. |
Answer» C. constructive dilemma | |
954. |
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 | |
955. |
A hypothetical syllogism is also called______. |
A. | conjunctive syllogism |
B. | disjunctive syllogism |
C. | categorical syllogism |
D. | dilemma. |
Answer» B. disjunctive syllogism | |
956. |
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 | |
957. |
There are _____ types of categorical syllogism known as figures. |
A. | two |
B. | three |
C. | four |
D. | five. |
Answer» D. five. | |
958. |
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 | |
959. |
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. | |
960. |
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. | |
961. |
“ 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. | |
962. |
____________ 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 | |
963. |
____________ 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 | |
964. |
“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 | |
965. |
Each term occurs ______ in the syllogism. |
A. | once |
B. | twice |
C. | thrice |
D. | four times. |
Answer» C. thrice | |
966. |
__________ performs the function of an intermediary. |
A. | major term |
B. | middle term |
C. | minor term |
D. | copula. |
Answer» C. minor term | |
967. |
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. | |
968. |
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 | |
969. |
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 | |
970. |
A syllogism consists of ________ premisses. |
A. | two |
B. | three |
C. | four |
D. | five. |
Answer» C. four | |
971. |
A syllogism consists of _______ terms. |
A. | five |
B. | two |
C. | three |
D. | four. |
Answer» D. four. | |
972. |
A syllogism is form of mediate _________ inference. |
A. | deductive |
B. | inductive |
C. | intuitive |
D. | fallacious. |
Answer» B. inductive | |
973. |
A syllogism is a form of ___________ inference. |
A. | mediate |
B. | immediate |
C. | intuitive |
D. | inductive. |
Answer» B. immediate | |
974. |
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 | |
975. |
Euler’s circles are diagrams representing ________ of the terms. |
A. | distribution |
B. | quality |
C. | quantity |
D. | meaning. |
Answer» B. quality | |
976. |
________ is a unit of reasoning in logic. |
A. | term |
B. | copula |
C. | proposition |
D. | subject. |
Answer» D. subject. | |
977. |
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 | |
978. |
The proposition: “Socrates is wise”, is an example for ___________ proposition. |
A. | negative |
B. | singular |
C. | emotive |
D. | invalid. |
Answer» C. emotive | |
979. |
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. | |
980. |
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 | |
981. |
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. | |
982. |
Between subalterns if the universal is true the particular is |
A. | true |
B. | false |
C. | doubtfil |
D. | both true and false. |
Answer» B. false | |
983. |
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 | |
984. |
Contrary propositions cannot both be ________. |
A. | true |
B. | false |
C. | true and false |
D. | doubtful. |
Answer» B. false | |
985. |
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 | |
986. |
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 | |
987. |
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. | |
988. |
______ 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. | |
989. |
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. | |
990. |
___________ 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 | |
991. |
__________ 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 | |
992. |
Eduction is a ___________ inference. |
A. | indirect |
B. | absurd |
C. | mediate |
D. | immediate. |
Answer» E. | |
993. |
Opposition is a ___________ inference. |
A. | indirect |
B. | absurd |
C. | mediate |
D. | immediate. |
Answer» E. | |
994. |
_____________ 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 | |
995. |
Particular negative proposition distributes __________. |
A. | subject |
B. | predicate |
C. | both subject and predicate |
D. | neither subject nor predicate. |
Answer» C. both subject and predicate | |
996. |
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 | |
997. |
Particular affirmative proposition distributes _________. |
A. | subject |
B. | predicate |
C. | both subject and predicate |
D. | neither subject nor predicate. |
Answer» E. | |
998. |
Universal negative proposition distributes___________. |
A. | subject |
B. | predicate |
C. | both subject and predicate |
D. | neither subject nor predicate. |
Answer» D. neither subject nor predicate. | |
999. |
Universal affirmative proposition distributes _________. |
A. | subject |
B. | predicate |
C. | both subject and predicate |
D. | neither subject nor predicate. |
Answer» B. predicate | |
1000. |
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 | |