BPYC-133 · June 2023 · English
IGNOU BPYC-133 June 2023 Previous Year Question Paper
LOGIC
Structured previous year question paper for BPYC-133, June 2023 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 6
Verified: 24 Aug 2026
B. A. (GENERAL) (PHILOSOPHY)
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
June, 2023
BPYC-133 : LOGIC
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note :
(i) Answer all the five questions.
(ii) All questions carry equal marks.
(iii) Answers to question nos. 1 and 2 should
be in about 400 words each.
(iv) The specified word limit is applicable
only to answers having a descriptive
nature.
Q1.What is a dilemma ? How can a dilemma be avoided ?
Q2.How does Ny aya philosophy define ‘anum ana’ and vy apti ? Write a note on the process of ‘pararthanumana’ elaborating upon it with the help of two suitable examples. 20 [ 2 ]
Q3.What is a proposition ? Write a note on the modern categorization of proposition. 20
(i) Write a note on the significance of the ‘Venn-diagram’ method. 10
(ii) Check the validity of the following arguments using the Venn-diagram method : 10
(a) No musicians are players. Some poets are musicians. Therefore, some poets are not players.
(b) All elephants are vegetarians. Some vegetarians are humans. Therefore, some vegetarians are elephants.
(c) No doctors are engineers. Some doctors are administrative officers. Therefore, all engineers are administrative officers.
(d) Some accountants are researchers. All professors are researchers. Therefore, some accountants are professors.
Q4.Answer any two of the following questions in about 250 words each : 2×10=20
(a) Write a note on the hypothetical syllogism.
(b) Write a note on the traditional square of opposition.
(c) Write the mood and figure of the following arguments. Find out the formal fallacy committed by these arguments : 10
(i) All tables are wooden objects. Some chairs are not wooden objects. Therefore, some tables are chairs.
(ii) No men are poets. All women are poets. Therefore, all women are men.
(iii) All house hold pets are harmless animals. No unicorns are harmless animals. Therefore, some unicorns are not household pets.
(iv) Some good dancers are females. All females are intelligent. Therefore, all good dancers are intelligent.
(v) All crows are black birds. Some crows are not vegetarian birds. Therefore, some vege tarian birds are black birds.
(d) What is meant by ‘generalization’ ? Explain in brief about different types of generalizations.
Q5.Answer any two of the following questions in about 150 words each : 4×5=20
(a) How is the approach of Indian logic different from that inductive logic ?
(b) Distinguish between ‘proposition and propositional form’ and also between ‘argument and argument form’.
(c) Distinguish among tautologous, contradictory and contingent logical forms.
(d) What is the difference and relati on between inductive and deductive reasoning ?
(e)
(i) Why is predicate term not distributed in the ‘A’ proposition ?
(ii) Check whether subject an /or predicate term is distributed in the following propositions :
(1) No dogs are cats.
(2) Some artists are philosophers.
(3) Some men are not politicians.
(f) Write a note on the axioms of categorical syllogism.
Q6.Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each : 5×4=20
(a) Logic as a normative science
(b) Denotation
(c) Connotation of a term
(d) Complex question
(e) Universal affirmative proposition
(f) Hetvabhasa
(g) Constructive dilemma
(h) Modus ponens 2023 -133
(iii) 400-400
(iv) 250-250 2×10=20
(iii)
(iv) 4×5=20
(iii)
(iv)
(vi) 100-100 5×4=20 (Modus Ponens)