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This section includes 15 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.
| 1. |
Asidha is a fallacy when the middle term is |
| A. | Unproved |
| B. | Too wide |
| C. | Too narrow |
| D. | Non-exclusive |
| Answer» B. Too wide | |
| 2. |
A perception where we do not have the knowledge of an object characterized by any predicate but an apprehension of some unrelated elements is called as? |
| A. | Determinate perception |
| B. | Indeterminate perception |
| C. | Verbal testimony |
| D. | Implication |
| Answer» C. Verbal testimony | |
| 3. |
Match List I with List II. List I gives the four types of fallacies while List II explains their description.List IList IIa) Asidhai) Here the middle term is contradicted by another middle term.b) Savyabhicharaii) Here the middle term is contradicted by some other prama̅na and not by inferencec) Satpratipaksha iii) It is the fallacy of the irregular middled) Ba̅dhitaiv) It is the fallacy of the unproved middle Choose the correct answer from the options given below: |
| A. | a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv |
| B. | a-iii, b-siv, c-ii, d-i |
| C. | a-i, b-ii, c-iv, d-iii |
| D. | a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
'Golden mountain is fiery because it is smoky'Which type of fallacy is committed by the above inference? |
| A. | Asraya siddhi |
| B. | Svarupa siddhi |
| C. | Vyapyatva siddhi |
| D. | Savyabhichara |
| Answer» B. Svarupa siddhi | |
| 5. |
Identify the characteristics of the 'middle term' from the following:a) It must be present in the minor termb) It must be present in all positive instances in which the major term is presentc) It is the logical statement which is to be provedd) It must be absent in all negative instances in which major term is absente) It is drawn from the preceding propositionsChoose the correct answer from the options given below: |
| A. | a, b and c only |
| B. | b, c and d only |
| C. | c, d and e only |
| D. | a, b and d only |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Inference (anumana) in Indian Logic is rooted in: |
| A. | variable relation between minor term and major term |
| B. | invariable relation between middle term and minor term |
| C. | variable concomitance between middle term and major term |
| D. | invariable concomitance between middle term and major term |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
"Fire is not warm because it is produced such as water", is an example of which type of fallacy? |
| A. | Satpratipraksha |
| B. | Badhit-vishaya |
| C. | Virudha |
| D. | Swaroopa̅sidha̅ |
| Answer» C. Virudha | |
| 8. |
"Fire is cold because it is a substance" - is an instance of which one of the hetvabhasas (fallacy of inference): |
| A. | Asiddha (unproved middle term) |
| B. | Badhita (non-inferential contradicted middle) |
| C. | Viruddha (contradictory middle) |
| D. | Savyabhicasa (irregular middle) |
| Answer» C. Viruddha (contradictory middle) | |
| 9. |
In the statement 'the hill has smoke because it has fire', which type of fallacy may be identified ? |
| A. | Asidha |
| B. | Sadharana |
| C. | Asadharana |
| D. | Vyapyatvasidha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
‘Parrots have green colour.’ This statement is a/an : |
| A. | Perception |
| B. | Inference |
| C. | Comparison |
| D. | Implication |
| Answer» B. Inference | |
| 11. |
All things which have smoke have fire;This hill has smoke;Therefore, The hill has smoke; andNo non-fiery things have a smoke;This hill has smoke;Therefore, this hill is non-fieryThe above is an example of which type of inference in Indian logic? |
| A. | Purvavat |
| B. | Anvayavyatireki |
| C. | Kevalanvayi |
| D. | Kevalavyatireki |
| Answer» C. Kevalanvayi | |
| 12. |
Consider the example of Anumana given below:A) The mountain is fieryB) Because it has smokeC) Wherever there is smoke, there is fire.Which one of the following expresses Vyapti (relation of invariable concomitance)? |
| A. | The relation of invariable concomitance between mountain and fire. |
| B. | The relation of invariable concomitance between mountain and smoke. |
| C. | The relation of invariable concomitance between fire and smoke. |
| D. | The relation of invariable concomitance between perceiver and the smoke. |
| Answer» D. The relation of invariable concomitance between perceiver and the smoke. | |
| 13. |
Argument;All Indians are religious.All Painters are religious∴ All painters are Indians.It involves the fallacy of : |
| A. | Division |
| B. | Existential |
| C. | Undistributed middle |
| D. | Four terms |
| Answer» D. Four terms | |
| 14. |
All knowable objects are nameable;The pot is a knowable object;Therefore, the pot is nameableThe above is an example of which type of inference? |
| A. | Kevalanvayi |
| B. | Kevalavyatireki |
| C. | Anvaya Vyatireki |
| D. | Shesavat |
| Answer» B. Kevalavyatireki | |
| 15. |
In the argument, 'sky flower is fragrant because it is a lotus' e.g. which ever is lotus, is fragrant e.g. lotus growing in that pond?Mention the type of fallacy from the following: |
| A. | Swaroopa̅sidha |
| B. | Ashryasidha |
| C. | Vyaptytvasidha |
| D. | Virudha |
| Answer» C. Vyaptytvasidha | |