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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Q. In certain code MATHURA is coded as JXQEROX. The code of HOTELS will be:

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Q. The next term in the series: AB, ED, IH, NM, — is

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Q. If STREAMERS is coded as UVTGALDQR, then KNOWLEDGE will be coded as

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Q. A is brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the husband of D. E is the father of A. D is related to E as

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Q. Warrior is related to sword, carpenter is related to saw, farmer is related to plough. In the same way, the author is related to

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Q. Given below is a diagram of three circles A, B and C over-lapping each other? The circle A represents the class of honest people, the circle B represent the class of sincere people and circle C represents the class of politicians. p, q, r, s, U, X, Y represent different regions. Select the code that represents the region indicating the class of honest politicians who are not sincere.

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Q. “A man ought no more to value himself for being wiser than a woman if he owes his advantage to a better education, than he ought to boast of his courage for beating a man when his hands were tied.” The above passage is an instance of

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