Logical Reasoning – Previous Year Questions
195 questions from past UGC NET Paper 1 papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.
- Which logical informal fallacy is committed in the following statement – "The Beatles were the best rock group of the 1960s since they sold more records than any other rock band".
- Which of the following statements are true regarding logic? (A) Aristotelian syllogism is deductive. (B) Nyāya syllogism is deductive. (C) Aristotelian syllogism is formal. (D) Nyāya syllogism is formal. (E) Nyāya syllo…
- Which of the following is true regarding Upamāna as a means of knowledge according to Nyāya school? (A) It is knowledge derived from comparison. (B) It roughly corresponds to analogy. (C) It is defined as knowledge of t…
- "Of course, abortion has to be legal. After all, a woman must have freedom to do whatever she wants with her own body." Identify the fallacy committed in this statement:
- Which of the following propositions is contradictory to the proposition "All cats are Carnivores"?
- Which of the following statements are logically equivalent? (A) No Carnivores are Cats. (B) Some Carnivores are not Cats. (C) All Cats are Carnivores. (D) All non-carnivores are non-cats. Choose the correct answer from…
- Which of the following statements is true?
- According to Nyaya (Classical school of logic) which of the following steps of inference corresponds to Upanaya?
- "Abhay's mind is a cave, deep, dark and full of bats." Which of the following is correct about the above statement?
- Arrange the following terms in order of decreasing intension. A. Baseball player B. Athlete C. Fielder D. Ball player Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- "I have read that one aspirin taken everyday reduces the risk of heart attack. Why not take two a day and double the protection." Which informal fallacy is committed in the above statement?
- Which of the following statements are logically equivalent? A. Some beverages are not liquids. B. Some beverages are liquids. C. Some non-liquids are not non-beverages. D. Some beverages are non-liquids. Choose the corr…
- According to classical Indian School of Logic (Nyaya) the statement "fire is cold because it is a substance" is fallacious because:
- Identify the fallacy committed in the statement given below: "People who lack arrogance are intelligent because intelligent people do not have arrogance"
- Which of the following propositions is contrary to the proposition "All cows are herbivores"?
- Which of the following statements are logically equivalent? (A) All cows are herbivores. (B) All herbivores are cows. (C) Some herbivores are cows. (D) No cows are non-herbivores. Choose the correct answer from the opti…
- Which of the following propositions cannot both be false, though they can both be true? (A) All cows are herbivores. (B) No cows are herbivores. (C) Some cows are herbivores. (D) Some cows are not herbivores. Choose the…
- According to classical Indian Philosophy the source of knowledge based on cognition of an object, similar to another one which is already known to the cognizer is known as:
- Which fallacy is committed in the following argument – "Ambassador cars have almost disappeared. This is an Ambassador car. Therefore, this car has almost disappeared":
- Which of the following statements are true regarding contrary propositions? (A) They cannot both be true (B) They cannot both be false (C) They can both be false (D) If one is true the other must be false Choose the cor…
- Which of the following statements are logically equivalent? (A) Some non-dogs are non-friendly animals (B) Some dogs are friendly animals (C) Some friendly animals are dogs (D) All dogs are friendly animals Choose the c…
- Which of the following are arranged in the order of increasing connotation?
- Which of the following arguments is fallacious because of the middle term being too narrow?
- Which fallacy is committed in the following statement — "God exists since it is written in the scriptures. Since the scriptures are the words of God, whatever is written in them is true."?
- Which of the following statements are logically equivalent? A. All poems are artworks. B. No non-poems are non-artworks. C. Some poems are artworks. D. All non-artworks are non-poems. Choose the correct answer from the…
- Which of the following propositions are so related that they can neither be true together nor can they be false together? A. All printers are computer peripherals. B. Some computer peripherals are printers. C. Some prin…
- Arrange the following in order of increasing intension. A. Prose B. Story C. Short Story D. Literary Work Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- According to Classical Indian School of Logic, the argument — "Sound is eternal because it is produced" is fallacious because:
- Which fallacy is committed in the following statement – "I can expect that you would not find any moral issue in making abortion illegal, since your ability to feel sympathy for the rights of women in general is very li…
- Which of the following statements are logically equivalent? A. No soaps are writing-tools. B. All soaps are non-writing-tools. C. No non-writing-tools are soaps. D. No writing-tools are soaps. Choose the correct answer…