UGC NET Paper 1 — Logical Reasoning

Which of the following is true regarding Nyaya view of invariable concomitance? (A) It is determined by inductive process of reasoning which corresponds to Mill's method of agreeme...

Given below are two statements: Statement I: An inference which is based on the middle term being only positively related to the major term is called Kevalānvayi. Statement II: In...

Which of the following are admitted by the Naiyāyikas (Indian Logicians) as kinds of Inferences?

The argument, 'Sound is eternal, because it is produced', is fallacious because:

Given below are two statements: Statement I : Aristotelian syllogism has three terms. Statement II : Nyaya syllogism has five terms. In the light of the above statements, choose th...

Given below are two statements: Statement I: In the Aristotelian syllogism, the major term and the minor term stand apart in the premises though they are connected by the middle te...

Which of the following steps of inference corresponds to application (upanaya) according to Classical Indian Logicians?

Which of the following steps of inference state(s) the reason for the establishment of the proposition according to the Classical Indian School of Logic? A. The hill has fire. B. B...

Given below are two statements: Statement I : According to classical Indian School of Logic inference for oneself is called Svārtha Anumāna. Statement II : Svārtha Anumāna is a syl...

When inference is based not on causation but on uniformity of co-existence, what is it called as per Classical Indian School of Logic?

Given below are two statements: Statement I : Aristotelian syllogism regards deduction and induction as inseparably related. Statement II : The Nyaya school of classical Indian phi...

Which of the following corresponds to hetu (reason) according to classical Indian Logicians?

Which of the following steps of inference as per classical Indian school of logic involve application of the universal concomitance to the particular present case (A) Socrates is m...

Given below are two statements Statement I: According to Classical Indian School of Logic, proof of a statement is given with the help of a syllogism. Statement II: According to Cl...

Match List I with List II: List I (Type of Inference) (A) Sārtha anumāna (B) Parārth anumāna (C) Kevalānvayi anumāna (D) Kevalavyatireki anumāna List II (Description) (I) Middle te...

Which of the following statements are true regarding Nyāya logic? A. Inference is from the universal to the particular only. B. Inference is from the particular to the universal on...

Given below are two statements: Statement (I): In Anvaya-Vyatireki; middle term is both positively and negatively related to the major term. Statement (II): The knowledge of vyapti...

Given below are two statements: Statement I : Classical Indian logicians regard deduction and induction as two separate logical processes. Statement II : According to Classical Ind...

Which of the following inferences are based on causation according to Nyāya view of inference? A. Inferring future rain from the dark clouds B. Inferring past rain from the swift m...

Which of the following Prāmāņas (means of knowledge) is differentiated into Svārtha (for oneself) and Parārtha (for others) types?

Which of the following are essential characteristics of the middle term according to classical Indian Logicians: (A) It must be present in minor term (B) It must be present in all...

Given below are two statements Statement I: Indian Logic makes a distinction between deduction and induction. Statement II: Indian Logic studies thought as such and not the forms o...

Given below are two statements: Statement I : According to Naiyāyikas (Indian Logicians), in inference for others, five steps are required. Statement II : According to Naiyāyikas,...

Which of the following statements are true with reference to Nyaya view of logic? (A) It does not separate deduction from induction (B) It rejects verbalist view of logic and does...

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labeled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Sound is non eternal, because it is caused. Reason (R): The...

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): In Samanyatodrsta inference the universal relation between...

According to classical Indian thinkers, in which of the following means of knowledge, we accept a fact or principle for explaining an undeniable fact, which otherwise cannot be exp...

According to classical Indian School of Logic which of the following steps of inference involve application of the universal concommitance to the present case? Choose the most appr...

The argument 'Anamika must be elsewhere, since she is known to be alive and not to be seen at her house', is based on which of the following means of knowledge (Pramāņa)?

In Nyāya Syllogism all the three terms stand synthesized in which of the following steps of the inferential process?

Which of following is true regarding Classical Indian School of Logic? A. It is deductive B. It is inductive C. It is formal D. It is material E. It always leads from universal to...

Given below are two statements: Statement I: Verbal form is an integral part of the inference according to classical Indian school of logic. Statement II: Classical Indian school o...

Which of the five essential characteristics of the middle term (hetu) is violated when an inference involves a non-inferentially contradicted middle?

The proposition- 'all things are non-eternal, because they are knowable' is fallacious because

Given below are two statements: Statement I: Vyāpti (relation of Universal concomitance) expresses the relation between two individual objects only. Statement II: Vyāpti expresses...

Given below are two statements: Statement I: There is greater stress laid on the material aspects of inference by the exponent of Nyāya system. Statement II: There is greater stres...

Given below are two statements: Statement I: For the Classical Indian thinkers, inference (anumāna) means only syllogistic inference. Statement II: Unlike Aristotelian Syllogism, a...

In the Nyaya system, what is an inference called when it is based in its middle term being only positively related to the major term?

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R): Assertion (A): The Classical Indian School of Logic, namely Nyāya does not...

In case of anumāna (inference) identify the sequences of five steps of syllogistic argument according to Nyāya: A. The mountain has fire B. The mountain also has smoke accompanied...

Given below are two statements : Statement I: In Nyāya philosophy, subject matter of logic is mainly thought and its verbal formulation is only a matter of contingency. Statement I...

Given below are two statements :Statement I: For the Indian thinkers, inference (anumāna) means only a syllogistic inference based on the relation of invariable concomittance betwe...

Given below are two statements Statement I: According to Classical Indian Logicians, all fallacies are material fallacies. Statement II: According to Classical Indian Logicians, fa...

According to Classical Indian School of Logic (Nyāya) which of the following conditions must be fullfilled by a true middle term (hetu)? (A) It must be found in minor term (pakşa)....

Which of the following means of knowledge involves positing of something for making any unit of cognition self-complete?

Given below are two statements:Statement I: According to Classical Indian Logicians (Naiyāyikas) the inference from the effect of the cause is called Purvāvāt.Statement II: Accordi...

According to Indian logic (Nyaya), which of the following conditions must be fulfilled by a correct middle term (Hetu)? (A) It must be present in the minor term (Paksha). (B) It mu...

Given below are two statements: Statement I: In the Nyaya system of inference, the major term (sādhya) can exist without the middle term (hetu). Statement II: According to the Nyay...

The argument that the fat saint must be eating secretly at night, although he does not eat during the day and claims not to eat at all is based on which of the following means of k...

Given below are two statements: Statement I: Relationship of invariable concomitance (vyāpti) can be claimed to exist between two things if they are causally related. Statement II:...