Q. Given below two premise and four conclusions are drawn from them (taking singly or together). Select the code that states the conclusions validly drawn.

Premises:
(i) All religious persons are emotional.
(ii) Ram is a religious person.
Conclusions:
(a) Ram is emotional.
(b) All emotional persons are religious.
(c) Ram is not a non-religious person.
(d) Some religious persons are not emotional.

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Q. If the proposition ‘All thieves are poor’ is false, which of the following propositions can be claimed certainly to be true?

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Q. Consider the following statement and select the correct code stating the nature of the argument involved in it:

To suppose that the earth is the only populated world in the infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet only one grain will grow.

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Q. Select the code, which is not correct about Venn diagram:

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Q. The next term in the series:

B2E, D5H, F12K, H27N, ? is:

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Q. A party was held in which a grandmother, father, mother, four sons, their wives and one son and two daughters to each of the sons were present. The number of females present in the party is:

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Q. P and Q are brothers. R and S are sisters. The son of P is brother of S. Q is related to R as:

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Q. 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?

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Q. Among the following propositions two arc related in such a way that they can both be true although they cannot both be false. Which are those propositions? Select the correct code.

Propositions:
(a) Some priests are cunning.
(b) No priest is cunning.
(c) All priests are cunning.
(d) Some priests are not cunning.

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Q. A Cluster of propositions with a structure that exhibits some inference is called

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Q. Consider the following assertion (A) and reason (R) and select the correct code given below:

(A) : No man is perfect.
(R): Some men are not perfect.

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Q. A definition that has a meaning that is deliberately assigned to some symbol is called:

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Q. If the proposition ‘No men are honest’ is taken to be false which of the following proposition/propositions can be claimed certainly to be true?

Propositions:

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Q. Among the following statements two are contradictory to each other. Select the correct code that represents them:

Statements:

(a) All poets are philosophers.
(b) Some poets are philosophers.
(c) Some poets are not philosophers.
(d) No philosopher is a poet.

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Q. When the purpose of a definition is to explain the use or to eliminate ambiguity the definition is called:

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Q. A deductive argument is invalid if:

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Q. Which of the codes given below contains only the correct statements? Select the code:

Statements:
(a) Venn diagram represents the arguments graphically.
(b) Venn diagram can enhance our understanding.
(c) Venn diagram may be called valid or invalid.
(d) Venn diagram is clear method of notation.

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Q. Inductive reasoning is grounded on:

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Q. If we want to seek new knowledge of facts about the world, we must rely on reason of the type:

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Q. A girl introduced a boy as the son of the daughter of the father of her uncle. The boy is related to the girl as:

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