Top 150+ Solved Essential of Formal Logic MCQ Questions Answer
Q. __________ performs the function of an intermediary.
a. major term
b. middle term
c. minor term
d. copula.
Q. “B is a friend of C. A is a friend of B. Therefore A is a friend of C.” The above syllogism commits the fallacy of__________.
a. quarterino-terminorum
b. ambiguous major
c. ambiguous minor
d. equivocation.
Q. ____________ is a fallacy which occurs when a syllogism uses its major term in one sense in the premise and in a different sense in the conclusion.
a. fallacy of ambiguous major
b. fallacy of ambiguous minor
c. fallacy of ambiguous middle
d. fallacy of undistributed middle.
Q. ____________ is a fallacy which occurs when in a syllogism the minor term means one thing in the minor premise and quite another in the conclusion.
a. fallacy of ambiguous major
b. fallacy of ambiguous minor
c. fallacy of ambiguous middle
d. fallacy of undistributed middle.
Q. “ All donkeys are animals. All monkeys are animals. Therefore all monkeys are donkeys”. The fallacy committed by the above syllogism is
a. ambiguous major
b. ambiguous minor
c. ambiguous middle
d. undistributed middle.
Q. The fallacy occurs when the major term which is not distributed in the major premise but distributed in the conclusion is
a. ambiguous major
b. undistributed middle
c. illicit major
d. equivocation.
Q. The fallacy occurs when the minor term which is not distributed in the minor premise but distributed in the conclusion is
a. ambiguous minor
b. undistributed middle
c. equivocation
d. illicit minor.
Q. The form of the syllogism as determined by the position of the middle term is
a. figure
b. mood
c. quality
d. quantity.
Q. There are _____ types of categorical syllogism known as figures.
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five.
Q. A _________ is a form of syllogism determined by the qulity and quantity of the three constituent propositions.
a. mood
b. figure
c. middle termd
d. conclusion.
Q. A syllogism in which the major premise is a hypothetical proposition, the minor and the conclusion are categorical propositions is a_______.
a. categorical syllogism
b. hypothetical syllogism
c. disjunctive syllogism
d. dilemma.
Q. A hypothetical syllogism is also called______.
a. conjunctive syllogism
b. disjunctive syllogism
c. categorical syllogism
d. dilemma.
Q. A constructive hypothetical syllogism is also known as _______.
a. modus tollens
b. modus ponens
c. constructive dilemma
d. addition.
Q. Modus tollens is also known as________.
a. constructive hypothetical syllogism
b. constructive dilemma
c. destructive dilemma
d. destructive hypothetical syllogism.