HSC 2026 Logic 2nd Paper MCQ Solution (English Version)
1. How many basic rules are followed in logical division?
✓ Answer: (a) 1
2. What type of proposition is established through scientific induction?
✓ Answer: (c) Universal synthetic
3. Which term of the following cannot be defined?
✓ Answer: (b) Non-human
Read the stem below and answer the questions numbers 4 and 5 :
After observing all the trees of a garden it is found that all trees are apple trees. Thus the conclusion is made that "All the trees of the garden are apple trees".
After observing all the trees of a garden it is found that all trees are apple trees. Thus the conclusion is made that "All the trees of the garden are apple trees".
4. What type of inductive inference is mentioned in the stem?
✓ Answer: (c) Perfect
5. What is absent in the inference of the stem?
i. Inductive leap
ii. Moving from known to the unknown
iii. Universal Proposition
Which one is correct?
i. Inductive leap
ii. Moving from known to the unknown
iii. Universal Proposition
Which one is correct?
✓ Answer: (a) i and ii
6. Which of the following is not possible to make a logical division?
✓ Answer: (b) Infima species
7. How many forms of scientific explanation are there?
✓ Answer: (b) 3
8. What type of process is classification?
✓ Answer: (a) Mental
9. What is inductive leap?
✓ Answer: (b) Moving from known truth to unknown truth
10. Which one of the following is included in induction improper?
✓ Answer: (a) Perfect
11. The pioneer of dichotomy is —
✓ Answer: (c) Bentham
12. Which 'similarity' is considered in case of scientific classification?
✓ Answer: (a) Natural
13. The term is to be defined is called —
✓ Answer: (a) Definiendum
14. Which of the following is a method of observation?
✓ Answer: (b) Agreement
15. What is the basis of popular explanation?
✓ Answer: (a) Common beliefs
16. What is called elimination?
✓ Answer: (c) To omit something
17. At least how many instances are needed for method of difference?
✓ Answer: (a) 2
Read the stem below and answer the questions numbers 18 and 19 :
The water pipe burst in the extreme cold. Grandmother said, "The pipe burst for the influence of evil soul". But the skilled pipe mechanic said, "The pipe burst due to freezing water in the winter".
The water pipe burst in the extreme cold. Grandmother said, "The pipe burst for the influence of evil soul". But the skilled pipe mechanic said, "The pipe burst due to freezing water in the winter".
18. According to the utterance of grandmother, the hypothesis is —
✓ Answer: (b) irrelevant
19. The utterance of the skilled pipe mechanic is —
i. relevant
ii. specific
iii. verifiable
Which one is correct?
i. relevant
ii. specific
iii. verifiable
Which one is correct?
✓ Answer: (d) i, ii and iii
20. How many types of analogy are there?
✓ Answer: (a) 2
21. The law of nature, causation and inductive leap =
✓ Answer: (a) Scientific induction
22. "Peace is not non-peace", what type of fallacy has occurred in this definition?
✓ Answer: (c) Negative
23. Which aspect of term is considered in logical division?
✓ Answer: (c) Denotation
24. How many types of proper induction are there?
✓ Answer: (b) Three
25. Logical definition is —
✓ Answer: (a) the full expression of the connotation of a term
26. What type of fallacy has occurred in the sentence, 'The mind is a sailor'?
✓ Answer: (b) Figurative
27. What is the meaning of dichotomy?
✓ Answer: (a) Dividing into two parts
28. Which one of the following is geometrical method?
✓ Answer: (d) Induction by parity of reasoning
29. How many connotations are there of the term 'Educated Human'?
✓ Answer: (b) 2
30. Who is the writer of the book An Introduction to Logic?
✓ Answer: (c) Joseph
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