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UGC NET Paper 1: Understanding the Structure of Arguments Questions
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UGC NET Paper 1: Understanding the Structure of Arguments Questions
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1. The basis of the following classification is : 'first President of India' 'author of Godan' 'books in my library', 'blue things' and 'students who work hard'
2. Consider the following argument: Statements: Some chairs are curtains. All curtains are bedsheets. Conclusion: Some chairs are bedsheets. What is the Mood of the above proposition?
3. An informed fallacy in which the conclusion of an argument is stated or assumed in any one of the premises is known as:
(A) Begging the question
(B) Circular argument
(C) Ignoratio elenchi
(D) Petitio principii Choose the correct option from the following:
4. Value Judgements are:
5. Directions: There are two statements followed by two conclusions marked I and II. These conclusions are taken to be drawn on the basis of the given statements. Study the given statements and the conclusions drawn carefully and decide your answer. Statement: All apples are bananas All bananas are sweets Conclusion: I some apples are sweets Conclusion: II some bananas are apples
6. 'If a large diamond is cut up into little bits, it will lose its value just as an army is divided up into small units of soldiers, it loses its strength.' The argument put above may be called as
7. If proposition 'All republics are grateful' is taken to be true, then which of the following propositions can be false?
(i) Republics are not grateful (ii) Some republics are not grateful (iii) No republics are grateful (iv) Some republics are grateful Select the correct answer from the options given below
8. Consider the argument provided below: 'Sound is permanent because it is a product like the jar'. Identify the fallacy involved in the above argument on the basis of Indian logic from the options given below:
9. A deductive argument is invalid if :
10. Men and woman may have different reproductive strategies but neither can be considered inferior or superior to the other, any more than a bird's wings can be considered superior or inferior to a fish's fins. What type of argument it is?
11. 'Women are closer to nature than men.' What kind of perspective is this ?
12. Whole class absents during your coaching period then what will be the most suitable solution of this situation?
13. Consider the argument given below : 'Pre – employment testing of teachers is quite fair because doctors, architects and engineers who are now employed had to face such a testing.' What type of argument it is ?
14. 'Some students are sincere' is an example of which preposition?
15. Consider the following statements with reference to the proposition 'Some girls are not students'
(A) Subject term students is distributed
(B) Predicate term girls is undistributed
(C) Predicate term students is distributed
(D) Subject term girls is undistributed Choose the correct option from those given below:
16. 'E' denotes:
17. A stipulative definition may be said to be
18. Identify the reasoning in the following arguments: 'A pilot without flight plans is like an artist without paints.
19. Logical reasoning is based on:
20. Copula is that part of proposition which denotes the relationship between:
21. Syllogistic reasoning is:
22. Two statements I and II given below are followed by two conclusions (A) and (B). Supposing the statements are true, which of the following conclusions can logically follow? Statements :
I. Some flowers are red. II. Some flowers are blue. Conclusions :
A. Some flowers are neither red nor blue.
B. Some flowers are both red and blue.
23. The statement, 'To be non-violent is good' is a:
24. When subject and predicate of both the premises is same but they differ only in quantity, it is known as:
25. Given below are two premises with four conclusions drawn from them. Which of the following conclusions could be validly drawn from the premises? Premises:
(i) No paper is pen (ii) Some paper is handmade Conclusions: