UGC NET Paper 1 — Logical Reasoning

The maximum percentage of students in Class A who do not like to play any of the given four games can be

Read the passage and answer questions: On reflection scientists have rejected many past theories. It is also true that those theories were highly effective within the contexts that...

The number of students in the school who like to play cricket is

In an examination 42% students failed in Mathematics and 52% failed in Science. If 17% failed in both the subjects, find the Percentage of those Who Passed in both the subjects.

In Classical Square of Opposition, if 'All S is P' is given as false, then which of the following could be immediately inferred from it? A. 'No S is P' is true B. 'Some S is not P'...

If the statement 'All women are honest' is given as true, which of the following propositions can be inferred from it? (A) 'No women is honest' is false. (B) 'Some women are honest...

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labeled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): A valid deductive argument with all true premises will lead...

"The secretaries have asked us to provide lounge areas where they can spend their coffee breaks. This request will have to be refused. If we give them lounge areas, next they will...

In classical square of opposition, if 'No S is P' is given as true, then which of the following could be immediately inferred from it? A. 'Some S is P' is undetermined B. 'All S is...

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): In a valid categorial syllogism, if a term is distributed i...

In Classical Square of Opposition, if 'Some S is not P' is true then which of the following could be immediately inferred from it? A. 'Some S is P' is false B. 'All S is P' is fals...

If the statement 'All men are honest' is given as false, which of the following could be inferred immediately from it? (A) 'Some men are honest' is false (B) 'No men are honest' is...

"I think you will find that this provision is the best option available to your organization, especially since your disagreement may indicate that this company is not the right pla...

"I think you will find that this bail out is the best option before our organization, especially because disagreement may indicate that this company is not the right place for you"...

"Considering the Speech given by the School Principal today, I would conclude that he is not a good Public Speaker." Identify the informal fallacy committed in the above argument.

Which of the following is a type of Fallacy of Relevance?

'Most people in our community think that movie ABZ is pornographic. Therefore movie ABZ is legally pornographic'. Which of the following fallacy is committed in this argument?

Which of the following fallacy is a result of defective induction?

Identify the formal fallacy committed in the following argument: "All communists are revolutionists. All anarchists are revolutionists. Therefore, all anarchists are revolutionists...

Given below are two statements: Statement I : To form the contrapositive of a given proposition, we replace its subject term with the complement of its predicate term, and we repla...

Given below are two statements: Statement I: The intensional meaning consists of the qualities or attributes that the term denotes. Statement II: The extensional meaning consists o...

Match List I with List II List I (In a square of opposition) (A) 'A' being given false (B) 'E' being given false (C) 'I' being given false (D) 'O' being given false List II (Result...

An informal fallacy in which one moves carelessly from individual cases of a given class of persons or things to all the members of that class is called: A. Fallacy of Division B....

"Killing is wrong. Abortion is killing. Therefore abortion is wrong". Which of the following fallacy is committed in this argument?

"Human beings are animals because as homo sapiens we all evolved thousands of years ago". Which informal fallacy is committed in the above argument?

Given below are two statements Statement I: To obvert a proposition, we change its quality and replace the predicate term with its complement. Statement II: Obversion is valid for...

Given below are two statements: Statement I : In Square of opposition, the opposition between a universal proposition and its corresponding particular proposition is known as subal...

Match List I with List II: List I (A) Fallacy that occurs due to appeal to non-rational methods of intimidation (B) Fallacy that occurs when an argument makes an appeal to the char...

"The universe must be spherical in form since all the constituent parts of the universe, stars and planets etc. are spherical in form." Which fallacy is committed in the above argu...

Identify the formal fallacy committed in the argument: All criminals are human beings. All saints are human beings Therefore all saints are criminals.

निम्नलिखित युक्ति में कौनसा अनाकारिक तर्क-दोष किया गया है : "गणित के शिक्षक ने कहा कि परीक्षा के दौरान कोई बातचीत नहीं की जाएगी। इसलिए यह उचित है कि बीमार महसूस करने पर चांदनी द्वा...

"There is no such thing as knowledge which cannot be carried into practice, for such knowledge is really no knowledge at all." Which fallacy is committed in the above statement?

Which one of the following formal fallacies is committed in the given argument? All snakes are reptiles. Some snakes are poisonous creatures. Therefore all poisonous creatures are...

Which logical informal fallacy is committed in the following argument? "The maths teacher said that there was to be no talking during the test. So it is fair that Chandni had point...

Which one of the following formal fallacies is committed in the given argument? All athletes are sportspersons. No actor is an athlete. Therefore no actors are sportspersons.

Given below are two statements: Statement I : In classical logic, the universal proposition implies the truth of its corresponding particular proposition. Statement II : Two propos...

Which of the logical informal fallacy is committed in the following argument "Mr. X used abusive language toward the child who threw a stone at his car. Since child abuse is a crim...

Given below are two statements Statement I: Analogical argument is a type of inductive argument. Statement II: In an analogical argument, it is concluded that two entities alike in...

Which of the following is not a fallacy of Ambiguity?

Which logical informal fallacy is committed in the following argument: "No one has proved that global warming is happening, so there is no reason to believe that it is happening."

Given below are two statements: Statement I: If a deductive argument is valid and its premises are true, we say that the argument is sound. Statement II: If an inductive argument i...

Statement I: "To slow a beast, you break its limbs. To slow a nation you break its people."- is an example of analogical argument. Statement II: "To slow a beast, you break its lim...

Which informal logical fallacy is committed in the following argument – 'No one has shown that aliens did not create the crop circles. So the crop circles must have been made by th...

a, b, c, d all have the attributes P and Q. a, b, c all have the attribute R. Therefore d probably has the attribute R. Which of the following is true regarding the above argument?...

Which of the following is true regarding Inductive argument?

Identify the fallacy committed in the following argument: "An elephant is an animal; therefore, a small elephant is a small animal".

Which logical informal fallacy is committed in the following argument, "No one has proved that global warming is actually occuring, so there is no reason to believe that it is actu...

Which informal logical fallacy is committed in the following statement? 'If you give him an inch, he will take a mile.'

If Sneha tampered with the examination script, then she is guilty of a crime. Sneha did not tamper with the examination script. Therefore sneha is not guilty of a crime'. Which fal...

Given below are two statements: One is labeled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R. Assertion A: A proper name has only denotation but no connotation. Reason R: Int...