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Unit Test - I (Logic & Philosophy)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following statement is correct-?

a)

Induction is concerned only with formal truth.

b)

Induction is a process of generalization.

c)

The conclusion of an induction follows necessarily from its premises.

d)

Induction is a process of summarization

2.

In which of the following kinds of induction there inductive leap?

a)

Perfect induction

b)

Analogy

c)

Colligation of facts

d)

Induction by parity of Reasoning

3.

Which of the following forms of inference is not induction proper?

a)

Scientific induction

b)

Analogy

c)

Induction by parity of reasoning

d)

Unscientific induction

4.

Find out the correct answer-

a)

Inductive leap is a passage from general to particular

b)

General to General

c)

Particular to General

d)

Particular to Particular

5.

Which of the following statement is not correct?

a)

Induction is concerned with both formal and material truth.

b)

Deduction is concerned only with formal truth.

c)

Induction is concerned only with material truth.

d)

None of the above is correct

6.

The kind of Analogy is of –

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Six

7.

Which of the following is not a kind of induction proper-?

a)

Scientific induction

b)

Perfect Induction

c)

Analogy

d)

Unscientific induction

8.

Which is not the ground of scientific induction?

a)

Law of uniformity of nature

b)

Law of causation

c)

Mere uncontradicted experience.

d)

None of the above

9.

The ground of Analogy is

a)

Mere uncontradicted experience

b)

The principal of uniformity of nature

c)

Mere resemblance

d)

Law of causation

10.

Induction proper is of type

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

11.

The formal ground of induction is

a)

The Law of uniformity of nature and Law of causation

b)

Law and causation

c)

Observation and experiment.

d)

Experiment

12.

How many kinds of grounds of induction?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Six

13.

Observation is a

a)

Formal grounds of induction.

b)

Material grounds of induction.

c)

Both formal and material grounds of induction.

d)

All of the above

14.

“A cause is the sum total of the condition positive and negative taken together”- Who made the statement?

a)

Hume

b)

Bain

c)

Mill

d)

Carveth Read.

15.

How many kinds of causes according to Aristotle?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

16.

The Law of causation is

a)

Formal grounds of induction.

b)

Material grounds of induction.

c)

Both formal and material grounds of induction.

d)

None of the above

17.

Which is not the general condition of observation –

a)

Intellectual condition

b)

Physical condition

c)

Mental condition

d)

Moral condition

18.

Name the fallacies of non-observation-

a)

Fallacy of non- observation of instances

b)

Individual fallacy of mal- observation

c)

Universal fallacy of mal- observation

d)

None of the above.

19.

The material grounds of induction –

a)

Simple observation

b)

Experiment

c)

Both simple observation and experiment

d)

None of the above

20.

How many kinds of fallacies of observation?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

21.

Which of the following statement is incorrect?

a)

Observation is perception with a definite purpose in view.

b)

Observation is a perception of natural events.

c)

Observation is not a perception of events under natural conditions.

d)

In observation, the natural events are not fully under the control of the observer

22.

Which of the following statement is correct?

a)

Experiment is finding a fact and observation is making one.

b)

Observation succeeds experiment.

c)

In an experiment, one cannot pass from the effect to the cause.

d)

None of the above

23.

Which of the following is true?

a)

Observation and law of causation are the formal grounds of induction.

b)

Observation and experiment are the formal grounds of induction.

c)

The law of causation is a material ground of induction.

d)

None of the above statement is true.

24.

Who says. “Observation and experiment do not differ in kind but in degree”-

a)

Mill

b)

Jevons

c)

Bain

d)

None of the above

25.

Which of the following is not a condition of correct observation?

a)

The observer must be intellectually sound.

b)

The observer must be impartial.

c)

The observer must use artificial instruments.

d)

The observer must have sound mend and body.