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Logic and Scientific Method | Set 1

1. is defined as the science of reasoning.

Correct : C. logic

2. Logic is a science.

Correct : A. normative

3. Logic aims precisely at the search for .

Correct : B. truth

4. is a normative study.

Correct : D. all these

5. is not a positive science.

Correct : D. logic

6. Logic deals with the operations of human mind in its search for _.

Correct : C. truth

7. is the verbal expression of judgment.

Correct : B. proposition

8. A is that which serves either as the subject or as the predicate in a proposition.

Correct : A. term

9. A valid deductive argument with true premise and conclusion is called a argument.

Correct : A. sound

10. A/an contains premises and conclusion.

Correct : B. argument

11. Positive sciences are .

Correct : A. descriptive

12. Normative sciences are .

Correct : B. prescriptive

13. is the process of passing from known judgments to a new judgment.

Correct : A. inference

14. Identify the odd one.

Correct : B. physics

15. Identify the wrong combination.

Correct : C. logic and imagination

16. Logic is related to as Ethics is to good.

Correct : B. truth

17. Aesthetics is related to as Logic is to truth.

Correct : D. beauty

18. Logic prescribes the means to distinguish between correct and incorrect .

Correct : C. reasoning

19. Deductive logic is concerned with the of arguments.

Correct : A. form

20. Deductive logic is not concerned with the of arguments.

Correct : B. content

21. In argument, the conclusion cannot be wider than the premises.

Correct : A. deductive

22. In deduction, the conclusion is .

Correct : C. necessary

23. In deduction, the conclusion is related to premises by .

Correct : D. implication

24. In , the conclusion necessarily follows from the given premises.

Correct : C. deduction

25. In , the conclusion is always probable.

Correct : A. induction

26. is to argument as truth is to proposition.

Correct : D. validity

27. A proposition is true or false as a/an is valid or invalid.

Correct : B. argument

28. A logical sentence is called .

Correct : A. proposition

29. Learning is a way to improve reasoning power.

Correct : C. logic

30. refers to the process of drawing conclusion from observed instances.

Correct : A. induction

31. Logic is indispensable for . a) Science b) Law c) Criminology d) all these 32. Induction and deduction are processes of reasoning.

Correct : D. competing

32. ‘What ought to be’ is the concern of sciences.

Correct : D. normative

33. shares the same area of study with logic.

Correct : B. psychology

34. Logic is to as grammar is to language.

Correct : B. science

35. Logical sentence is called __________.

Correct : A. proposition

36. The connecting link between the terms in a proposition is called __________.

Correct : B. copula

37. What is said about the subject term in a proposition is __________.

Correct : C. predicate

38. _____________ of a proposition means whether the predicate is affirmed or denied of the subject.

Correct : D. quality

39. _________ propositions refer to the whole of the subject class.

Correct : C. universal

40. Identify the odd one.

Correct : B. contradictory

41. Categorical propositions are classified into__________.

Correct : B. four

42. The universal affirmative proposition is symbolized as ___________.

Correct : D. sap

43. On the basis of quality, propositions are classified into _________.

Correct : C. two

44. “Dog is a domestic animal” is a/an __________affirmative proposition.

Correct : B. universal

45. When the predicate is affirmed of the whole of the subject class, the proposition is symbolized as _________.

Correct : C. a

46. Both the subject and the predicate are distributed in _____________proposition.

Correct : B. e

47. Neither the subject nor the predicate is distributed in ____________Proposition.

Correct : B. i

48. The predicate term alone is distributed in ___________proposition.

Correct : D. o

49. Only the subject term is distributed in_____________ proposition.

Correct : D. a

50. ___________ is the basis of classification of immediate and mediate inference.

Correct : C. number of premise

51. In ___________ inference there is one and only one premise from which the conclusion is drawn.

Correct : B. immediate

52. Among the following _________ is considered as an immediate inference.

Correct : A. opposition of proposition

53. In _________, the meaning of the premise and the conclusion is equivalent.

Correct : C. eduction

54. In eduction, the difference between the premise and conclusion is only of _________.

Correct : A. form

55. In Square of Opposition, the premise and conclusion differ in__________.

Correct : D. both in form and meaning

56. The diagram of square that represents the relationship between the four categorical propositions is called the _______.

Correct : A. square of opposition

57. Inference through opposition is possible only among the propositions having the _______.

Correct : C. same subject and predicate

58. ‘A’ proposition and ‘E’ proposition are related to each other by the__________ relation.

Correct : D. contrary

59. Universal Affirmative proposition is related to Particular Negative proposition by ___________ relation.

Correct : B. contradictory

60. ‘I’ and ‘O’ propositions _________.

Correct : C. cannot both be false

61. Subaltern relationship shows that if ‘A’ is true, then ‘I’ is__________.

Correct : C. necessarily true

62. All S is P is converted as__________.

Correct : B. some p is s

63. The inferred proposition in an obversion is called _________.

Correct : C. obverse

64. ___________ is not considered as an independent form of immediate inference.

Correct : D. contraposition

65. A ___________ is a form of mediate deductive inference in which the conclusion is drawn from two categorical propositions taken jointly.

Correct : A. categorical syllogism

66. In a syllogism, the predicate of the conclusion is called the _________ term.

Correct : B. major

67. In categorical syllogism, the common term, which occurs in both the premises, is __________.

Correct : C. middle

68. In a disjunctive syllogism, conclusion is _________ type of proposition.

Correct : C. categorical

69. Every syllogism must contain only ________ terms.

Correct : B. 3

70. __________ is determined by the quality and quantity of the constituent propositions.

Correct : B. mood

71. BARBARA is a valid mood of _________ figure.

Correct : A. 1st

72. The major premise of a dilemma is __________ of two conditional statements.

Correct : A. conjunction

73. The minor premise of Modus Tollens is _________.

Correct : D. denial of consequent

74. The conclusion of pure hypothetical syllogism is a/an ________ proposition.

Correct : A. hypothetical

75. The minor premise of a simple destructive dilemma is the ___________.

Correct : B. disjunction of the negation of consequents

76. Identify the minor premise in the following: All men are mortal. All kings are men. ∴All kings are mortal.

Correct : B. all kings are men

77. In a syllogism, there are _________ propositions.

Correct : C. three

78. ___________ provides the ground for induction.

Correct : A. observation

79. __________ means a tentative explanation of a given phenomenon.

Correct : C. hypothesis

80. Generalization based on specific observations is a/an ___________ hypothesis.

Correct : B. inductive

81. ___________ is a postulate of Induction.

Correct : A. causation

82. Identify the odd one.

Correct : B. hypothesis

83. _________ is observation made under artificially set conditions.

Correct : C. experiment

84. Observation and experiment are ___________.

Correct : B. interdependent

85. __________ is the material ground of induction.

Correct : C. both (a) and (b)

86. From a good _________, we can make deductions.

Correct : C. hypothesis

87. A _______ hypothesis is unverifiable.

Correct : B. barren

88. A good hypothesis is based on _________.

Correct : A. facts

89. The problem of induction is the _______ from the observed phenomena to an unobserved phenomenon.

Correct : D. leap

90. “Nature is a systematic unity’. This is the postulate of _________.

Correct : B. induction

91. “Nothing is uncaused’ is a postulate of _________.

Correct : D. induction

92. Observation is not ___________.

Correct : A. passive

93. Observation is always ___________.

Correct : B. selective

94. _________ gives us control over conditions.

Correct : B. experiment

95. The one instance that may falsify a hypothesis is called _________ instance.

Correct : C. crucial