Q. In which of the following instances, deductive argument is invalid?

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Q. The reasoning which would be helpful in seeking new knowledge of facts about the world is:

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Q. Given below are two premises with four conclusions drawn from them (taking singly or together). Which of the following conclusions could be validly drawn from the premises?

Premises:
(i) All cats are animals
(ii) Birds are not cats

Conclusions:
(a) Birds are not animals
(b) Cats are not Birds
(c) All animals are cats
(d) Some animals are cats

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

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Q. Inductive argument proceeds from:

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Q. Among the following statements, two are contradictory to each other.

Statements:
(a) All men are humans
(b) Some men are humans
(c) Some men are not humans
(d) No men are humans

Select the code that represents them:

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Q. Given below are two premises (a and b). From those two premises four conclusions (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are drawn. Select the code that states the conclusion/conclusions drawn validly (taking the premises singularly or jointly).

Premises:
(a) All bats are mammals.
(b) No birds are bats.

Conclusions:
(i) No birds are mammals
(ii) Some birds are not mammals
(iii) No bats are birds
(iv) All mammals are bats.

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Q. A deductive argument is invalid if:

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Q. In certain code, "COVALENT" is coded as BWPDUOFM. The code of "ELEPHANT" will be:

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Q. Ajay is a friend of Rakesh. Pointing to an old man Ajay asked Rakesh who is he? Rakesh said "His son is my son's uncle". The old man is related to Rakesh as:

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Q. Just as melting ice-cubes do not cause a glass of water to overflow, melting sea-ice does not increase oceanic volume.
What type of argument is it?

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Q. The next term in the series ABD, DGK, HMS, MTB, …………. is:

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Q. It is Truism to say that no one was there when life first appeared on earth. Any assertion about life's origin, thus, should be treated as a theory.
The above two statements constitute:

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Q. Given below are four statements. Among them two are related in such a way that they can both be true but they cannot both be false. Select the code that indicates those two statements:

Statements:
(a) Honest people never suffer.
(b) Almost all honest people do suffer.
(c) Honest people hardly suffer
(d) Each and every honest person suffers.

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Q. If A is coded as C, M as I, N as P, S as O, I as A, P as N, E as M, O as E and C as S, then the code of COMPANIES will be

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Q. Out of four cities given below three are alike in some manner, while the fourth one is different. Identify the odd one

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Q. Given below are some characteristics of reasoning. Select the code that states a characteristic which is not of deductive reasoning:

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Q. The next term in the following series
YEB,WFD,UHG,SKI,..?.. will be

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Q. Among the following propositions two are related in such a way that they cannot both be true but can both be false. Select the code that states those two propositions.

Propositions:
(a) Every student is attentive
(b) Some students are attentive
(c) Students are never attentive
(d) Some students are not attentive

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Q. Given below are two premises (a) and (b) . From those to premises four conclusions (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) are drawn. Select the code that states the conclusions validly drawn from the premises (taking singly or jointly.)

Premises:
(a) Untouchability is a curse.
(b) All hot pans are untouchable.

Conclusions:
(i) All hot pans are curse.
(ii) Some untouchable things are hot pans.
(iii) All curses are untouchability.
(iv) Some curses are untouchability.

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Q. If the statement ‘None but the brave wins the race’ is false which of the following statements can be claimed to be true?

Select the correct code:

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