Methodology And Perspectives Of Humanities And Philosophy Set 4

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Q1 | The process of comparing concepts or ideas is called
  • reasoning
  • concluding
  • evaluating
  • judgment.
Answer: judgment.
Q2 | The process of passing from certain known judgment to a new judgment is called
  • induction
  • apprehension
  • reasoning
  • thinking
Answer: reasoning
Q3 | The proposition “All men are mortal”, is an example for-------------- proposition.
  • conditional
  • hypothetical
  • disjunctive
  • categorical
Answer: categorical
Q4 | The proposition “If there is a rain then the ground is wet”, is an example for------------- proposition.
  • categorical
  • conditional
  • hypothetical
  • conjunctive
Answer: conditional
Q5 | The verbal expression of a concept is called a
  • phrase
  • clause
  • term
  • argument.
Answer: term
Q6 | The verbal expression of a judgment is called a
  • term
  • proposition
  • argument
  • mood.
Answer: proposition
Q7 | The argument is the verbal expression of a
  • reasoning
  • thinking
  • feeling
  • knowing
Answer: reasoning
Q8 | The statement of relation between terms is a
  • argument
  • proposition
  • condition
  • fallacy
Answer: proposition
Q9 | The inferred proposition of an argument is called.
  • term
  • statement
  • premise
  • conclusion
Answer: conclusion
Q10 | Propositions which form the basis of the conclusion of an argument are called
  • reasoning
  • premises
  • terms
  • judgment.
Answer: premises
Q11 | The process of drawing conclusion from specific evidence is
  • induction
  • deduction
  • definition
  • classification
Answer: induction
Q12 | Inductive arguments are characterized as
  • right or wrong
  • good or bad
  • proper or improper
  • strong or weak
Answer: strong or weak
Q13 | The defining characteristic of a valid deduction is its
  • uncertainty
  • truth
  • certainty
  • goodness
Answer: certainty
Q14 | Deductive arguments are typically
  • analytic
  • synthetic
  • conditional
  • a priori
Answer: analytic
Q15 | There are ----------- terms in a categorical syllogism
  • one
  • two
  • three
  • four
Answer: three
Q16 | That term which appears in the premises and not in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism is
  • major term
  • minor term
  • copula
  • middle term
Answer: middle term
Q17 | The major term is the ------------term of the conclusion
  • subject
  • predicate
  • copula
  • middle
Answer: predicate
Q18 | The subject term of the conclusion is the
  • minor term
  • major term
  • middle term
  • none of these
Answer: minor term
Q19 | A categorical syllogism consists of ------------ propositions
  • one
  • two
  • three
  • four
Answer: three
Q20 | In a categorical syllogism each term appears
  • thrice
  • twice
  • once
  • four times
Answer: twice
Q21 | The philosophy is termed in Indian literature as
  • darsana
  • purana
  • veda
  • guna
Answer: darsana
Q22 | The system of Indian logic is
  • nyaya
  • sankhya
  • yoga
  • vedanta
Answer: nyaya
Q23 | Indian epistemology is seriously concerned with the
  • problem of error
  • investigation of the sources of cognition
  • enquiry into the nature and the criterion of knowledge
  • all the above
Answer: all the above
Q24 | Yatharthajnana is known as
  • false cognition
  • doubtful cognition
  • true cognition
  • none of these
Answer: true cognition
Q25 | Aparma means-
  • valid knowledge
  • invallid knowledge
  • truth
  • none of these
Answer: invallid knowledge
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