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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Q. By which of the following proposition, the proposition “wise men are hardly afraid of death” is contradicted?

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Q. When in a group of propositions, one proposition is claimed to follow from the others, that group of propositions is called

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Q. Namita and Samita are brilliant and studious. Anita and karabi are obedient and irregular. Babita andNamita are irregular but brilliant. Samita and Kabita are regular and obedient. Who among them is/are brilliant, obedient, regular and studious?

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Q. "lf a large diamond is cut up into little bits, it will lose its value just as an army is divided up into small units of soldiers, it loses its strength."

The argument put above may be called as

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Q. Given below are some characteristics of logical argument. Select the code which expresses a characteristic which is not of inductive in character.

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Q. If two propositions having the same subject and predicate terms can both be true but cannot both be false, the relation between those two propositions is called

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