UGC NET Paper 1 — Logical Reasoning
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Reasoning from a specific case to a general conclusion is known as:
In which of the following instances, deductive argument is invalid?
In terms of the relationship indicated below, which word will correctly pair to replace the question mark (?)? Scrub: wash:: Sob : ?
A cluster of propositions with a structure that exhibits some inference is called:
Which is an example of a correct deductive argument?
In a valid deductive argument, if the premises are true, then:
Among the following propositions (a, b, c and d) two are related in such a way that both of them together cannot be false although they may both be true. Select the code that state...
Truth and falsity are attributes of:
Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the 'truth and validity' in logically reasoning. Select the correct code from the below: (a) Truth and falsity are attr...
Among the following which one of the arguments is rooted in empirical investigation?
Which one of the following can be validly inferred from the proposition- "All animals are wild"?
Identify the reasoning in the following argument: "A person without a goal is like a computer without a program".
In which of the following arguments the conclusion can be no more than probable?
To slow a beast, you break its limbs. To slow a nation, you break its people." Identify the argument involved in the above
Identify the correct reasoning in the following argument: "An English women lecturing Americans on semicolons is a little like an American lecturing the French on sauces".
When the conclusion of an argument follows from its premises necessarily, the argument is called:
In terms of the relationship indicated below, which word will correctly pair to replace the question mark (?) Play :: ? Sing :: Song Options:
Consider the statements (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below. Which one of the codes contains the correct statements only? (a) Venn diagram is a clear method of notation. (b) To diagr...
Under which of the conditions, an argument may be valid? Select the correct answer from the code given below: Statements: (a) When its conclusion and premises are true. (b) Even wh...
Inductive argument proceeds from:
"The relation that exists between Premises and Conclusion is that of logical necessity" - is a case with which of the following arguments ?
Validity in logical reasoning refers to: (a) Any simple single proposition (b) Relation between premises and conclusions (c) The conclusion alone (d) Truth of the premises Select t...
A deductive argument is invalid if:
'Every law is an evil, for every law is an infraction of liberty'. The above is:
The reasoning which would be helpful in seeking new knowledge of facts about the world is:
Look at the following diagram: Image of Number of Student in a Class Suppose you are given the following: (a) Number of students in the class=1,000 (b) Number of students in the cl...
Which of the following diagrams best represents the relationship between, family, family member and domestic help?
Among the following identify two statements which are in such a relation that the truth of one implies the truth of the other, but not conversely. Statements: (a). All plastics are...
Identify the argument which involves a leap from the known to the unknown.
The argument which claims that its conclusion is supported by its premises conclusively is:
Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between India, World and New Delhi ?
Two propositions are contradictory when,