NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Philosphy MCQs (Practice_Test 83 of 90)
Get top class preparation for competitive exams right from your home: get questions, notes, tests, video lectures and more- for all subjects of your exam.
- Regarding the relation between truth and validity, which one of the following statements is not correct It is possible for an argument to be
- valid when the premises and conclusion both are false
- invalid when the premises and conclusion both are true
- valid when the premises are true and conclusion is false
- valid when premises are false and conclusion is true
- An argument is called ‘sound argument’ only when
- both the premises of the argument and the conclusion drawn from them are true as a matter of fact
- premises of the argument are true and the argument itself is formally valid
- premises of the argument entail the conclusion
- the premises are judged to be true
- In the traditional square of opposition if O is given as true, then
- A is false, E and I are undetermined
- A is true, E is false, I is undermined
- A is false, E is true and I is undetermined
- A is false, E is false, I is true
- Which one of the following propositions is not equivalent to a disjunctive proposition?
- If A is B, then either A is B or A is C
- It is not the case that A is both B and C
- A is neither not B or not C
- A is neither B nor C
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Philosphy MCQs (Practice_Test 83 of 90) List-I (Proposition) List-II (Type) - Tuesday is the second day of the week
- All people do not study logic
- Most students love sports
- A dog never betrays his master
- A
- E
- I
- O
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- Which of the following proportions are truth functional?
- If logic is not an art, then logic is a science
- I believe that logic as a difficult science
- Necessarily logic is the science of reasoning
- Logic in both a science and an art
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Codes:
- 1 and 2
- 3 and 4
- 2 and 3
- 1 and 4
- Codes:
- Which of the following are contingent propositions?
- (p-q) -p
- (p q) . p
- (p ~q) - (~pq)
- q- (p- ~p)
- (pq. ~p) - (q. p ~q)
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Codes:
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 3 and 5
- 1 and 4
- Codes:
- In a world in which angles exist, the propositions angels are good, and angles are beautiful, yield the conclusion that
- beautiful things are always good
- some good things are beautiful
- good things are always beautiful
- good and beautiful things are angellike
- In which of the following figures the syllogism: ‘Some expensive foods are not sweet since no sweet foods are health foods and some health foods are expensive’ will be valid?
- Figure I
- Figure II
- Figure III
- Figure IV
- Which of the following syllogisms are valid?
- Only the virtuous are happy All saints are happy-All saints are virtuous
- Only the virtuous are happy All virtuous persons are saints-All saints are happy
- Only the virtuous are happy Some criminals are virtuous-Some criminals are happy
- All happy persons are virtuous
- No virtuous persons are criminals-No criminals are happy
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Codes:
- l and 2
- 2 and 3
- l and 4
- 2 and 4
- Given the following propositions:
- All human beings are mortal.
- No perfect beings are human beings.
- No mortal beings are perfect beings.
- The correct sequence of the propositions to form a valid traditional syllogism would be
- l, 2,3
- 3, l, 2
- l, 3,2
- 2, l, 3
- A syllogism of the form OAO cannot be valid in the Second Figure because
- distributes the major term in the conclusion with out distributing it in the major premise
- it does not distribute the middle term in any of the premises
- it distributes the minor term without distributing it in the minor premises
- it contains more than three terms
- Study the following Venn Diagram carefully and state which one of the categorical syllogisms is validated by it?
- AAA in Fig. II
- AAA in Fig. I
- AAI in Fig. III
- AEA in Fig. IV
- In a given valid syllogism where only one term is distributed, which of the following conditions must hold?
- The middle term is distributed.
- One term in the conclusion can be distributed.
- Only one premise must be affirmative
- Both the premises must be affirmative
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Codes:
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 3 and 4
- 1 and 4
- Codes:
- Consider the following sentences:
- If today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be Wednesday.
- Since today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be Wednesday
- Of these sentences
- 1 is an argument and 2 is not an argument
- 1 is not an argument while 2 is not argument
- Both 1 and 2 are arguments
- Neither 1 nor 2 is an argument