BPYC-133 · December 2024 · English
IGNOU BPYC-133 December 2024 Previous Year Question Paper
LOGIC
Structured previous year question paper for BPYC-133, December 2024 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7
Verified: 24 Aug 2026
B. A. (GENERAL) PHILOSOPHY
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
December, 2024
BPYC-133 : LOGIC
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer all the five questions. All questions
carry equal marks. Answers to Question
Nos. 1 and 2 should be in about 400 words
each. The specific words limit applies only to
descriptive answers.
Q1.What is a proposition ? Write a note on the modern categorization of proposition.
Q2.Give a detailed account of Anumana in Indian logic.
Q3.Explain the various relations in the traditional square of opposition.
Q4.What are Deductive Reasoning and Inductive Reasoning ? Explain with examples.
Q5.Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each :
(a) What is a categorical syllogism ? Explain its various terms using an example. 10
(b) Write a note on dilemma. 10
(c) Check the validity of the following arguments using the Venn diagram method (any two) : 10
(i) No cows are carnivores. Some animals are not carnivores. Therefore, some animals are not cows.
(ii) Some accountants are researchers. All professors are researchers. Therefore, some accountants are professors.
(ii) No men are poets. All women are poets. Therefore, all women are men.
(iv) All vegetables are green. All spices are green. Therefore, some spices are vegetables.
(d) What is understood by distribution of a term ? Which term(s) is/are distributed in the four categorical propositions ?
Q6.Answer any four of the following questions in about 150 words each :
(a) Distinguish between argument and argument form. 5
(b) Explain connotation and denotation of a term. 5
(c) Distinguish between truth and validity. 5
(d) Solve the following with reference to the traditional square of opposition : 5 @) If “All policemen are honest” is true, what can be inferred about the truth and falsity of the following propositions ?
(1) No policemen are honest.
(2) Some policemen are honest.
(3) Some policemen are not honest.
(1) If “Some policemen are honest” is false, what can be inferred about the truth and falsity of the following propositions ?
(1) All policemen are honest.
(2) No policemen are honest.
(3) Some policemen are not honest.
(e) State the converse and obverse of the following propositions : 5 @)_ All scientists are philosophers.
(ii) Some non-cats are animals.
(f) What is the difference between fallacy of composition and fallacy of division ?
Q7.Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each :
(a) Hetvabhasa 4
(b) Complex Question 4
(c) Appeal to Emotion 4
(d) Hypothetical Syllogism 4
(e) Validity 4
(f) Tautology 4
(8) Contraposition 4
(h) Mood and figure of a_ categorical syllogism