UGC NET Formal fallacies Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 8 previous-year questions on Formal fallacies from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 6: Logical Reasoning, drawn from 8 of the 130 exam papers in the bank (2019–2023). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Formal fallacies
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Affirming the consequent | 2 |
| Fallacy in a syllogism | 2 |
| Undistributed middle | 1 |
| Existential fallacy | 1 |
| Denying the antecedent | 1 |
| Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Formal fallacies appears in 8 of 130 papers (6%), which JRFSmart rates as low frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
Identify the fallacy committed in the following argument. "All Russians were revolutionaries. All anarchists were revolutionaries. Therefore all anarchists were Russians." (A) Fallacy of four terms (B) Fallacy of illicit process (C) Fallacy of undistributed…
Identify the formal fallacy committed in the following argument: " One way humanity could die out is, if the Sun stopped functioning, then we would surely go extinct. If we all go extinct, it must have been because our Sun stopped working."
Identify the formal fallacy committed in the following argument: "Some good actors are not powerful athletes , All professional wrestlers are powerful athletes. Therefore all professional wrestlers are good actors".
Identify the formal fallacy committed in the following argument "No tragic actors are idiots, Some comedians are not idiots. Therefore some comedians are not tragic actors."
Identify the formal fallacy committed in the following argument. "All household pets are domestic animals. No unicorns are domestic animals. Therefore some unicorns are not household pets".
Which formal fallacy is committed in the following argument: "if your pet is a cat, then it as a tail. Your pet is not a cat, therefore your pet does not have a tail"?
"No poets are scientists. Some artists are poets. Therefore some artists are scientists." Which formal fallacy is committed in this argument?
"If it rains, then the drought will end. The drought has ended. Therefore, it rained". Which kind of fallacy does this commit?
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