Logical Reasoning — Practice

Question 1

In the categorical proposition "No politicians are saints" (an E form), which terms are distributed?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 2

The proposition "All members of the club are volunteers"

Accepted Answer

A

Question 3

"Some voters in the survey are undecided" (I) is established as false. What follows about "Some voters in the survey are not undecided" (O)?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 4

After review, "All interns completed the assignment"

Accepted Answer

A

Question 5

Consider: "All engineers are graduates. All graduates are literate. Therefore, all engineers are literate." Is this syllogism valid?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 6

Consider: "All dogs are mammals. No cats are dogs. Therefore, no cats are mammals." Is this syllogism valid?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 7

Consider: "No fish are mammals. No mammals are insects. Therefore, no fish are insects." Is this syllogism valid?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 8

Consider: "Some employees are not managers. Some managers are mentors. Therefore, some employees are not mentors." Is this syllogism valid?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 9

On a three-circle Venn diagram (with circles for poets, dreamers, and a third class), how is the universal affirmative proposition "All poets are dreamers" represented?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 10

A student accepts that a particular chemical reaction is exothermic because a trusted textbook states so, without personally observing or testing the reaction. Which pramana does this illustrate?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 11

In the Nyaya five-membered syllogism, the member "The hill has smoke, which is invariably accompanied by fire" — applying the general rule to this specific case — is called

Accepted Answer

C

Question 12

A quality inspector examines a random sample of 50 items from a large production batch, finds all 50 defect-free, and concludes the entire batch is very likely defect-free. Separately, a colleague argues a newly installed machine will perform like an older machine already in use, because the two share nearly identical mechanical specifications. Which types of reasoning are these, respectively?

Accepted Answer

D

Practice — Logical Reasoning

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