List of top Philosophy Questions on Logical Reasoning asked in CUET (PG)

Which of the following is a connotation? \[ \text{A. Amartya Sen} \] \[ \text{B. Rationality} \] \[ \text{C. Educated} \] \[ \text{D. John Rawls} \] \[ \text{E. Indian} \]

Which of the following is a compound proposition? \[ \text{A. Unless it rains in time, harvest will not be good.} \] \[ \text{B. Only meritorious students will be considered for scholarship.} \] \[ \text{C. Be neither a borrower nor a lender.} \] \[ \text{D. Two triangles are formed if a square is divided diagonally.} \] \[ \text{E. Not all good speakers are good writers.} \]

Arrange the following propositions as per the steps of contraposition of a given proposition: \[ \text{A. No voters are non-residents} \] \[ \text{B. All voters are residents} \] \[ \text{C. No non-residents are voters} \] \[ \text{D. All non-residents are non-voters} \]

If each of the following is represented with the help of concentric circles, what would be the correct sequence from outer to the inner circle? \[ \text{A. Deductive} \] \[ \text{B. Sound} \] \[ \text{C. Argument} \] \[ \text{D. Valid} \]

Which of the following is not a formal fallacy? \[ \text{A. Existential Fallacy} \] \[ \text{B. Fallacy of converse accident} \] \[ \text{C. Fallacy of four terms} \] \[ \text{D. Fallacy of equivocation} \] \[ \text{E. Fallacy of complex question} \]

Arrange the following members of Nyāya syllogism in correct order: \[ \text{A. Udaharana} \] \[ \text{B. Hetu} \] \[ \text{C. Pratijna} \] \[ \text{D. Nigamana} \] \[ \text{E. Upanaya} \]

In context of testing validity of jumbled categorical syllogism, what would be the order of identification of the following: \[ \text{A. Figure and mood} \] \[ \text{B. Major, Minor and Middle term} \] \[ \text{C. Standard form of the syllogism} \] \[ \text{D. Conclusion} \]

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). \[ \text{Assertion (A): A categorical syllogism with two negative premises will always be invalid.} \] \[ \text{Reason (R): Negative propositions convey class exclusion hence relation between major and minor terms cannot be established.} \] In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

If “All Philosophers are Logicians” is True, then which of the following propositions is false?

Contraposition of which of the following propositions is not valid?

Under short Truth table technique, if the statement is proved false in the first attempt by assigning truth values to the constants, then which possibility of its logical status is eliminated?

Which of the following is not included in the ‘Laws of thought'?