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GNS 111 (PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC)

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CHAPTER ONE: PHILOSOPHY AND MEANING
1. Philosophy as a discipline deals with _____.
● (a) Logic
● (b) Reasoning
● (c) Occultism
● (d) Supernatural Forces
● (e) Immortality
2. 'Philo' which means love in Greek could be variously conceptualized as _____.
● (a) Quest
● (b) Graver
● (c) Thirst
● (d) Desire
● (e) All of the above
3. 'Sophia in Philosophy connotes _____.
● (a) Sophistry
● (b) Sophistication
● (c) Love
● (d) Wisdom
● (e) Peace
4. The assertion - 'Man is the measure of all things' was made by which of these
philosophers?
● (a) Socrates
● (b) Plato
● (c) Protagoras
● (d) Anaxagoras
● (e) Thales
5. In which of these discipline is philosophy not applicable?
● (a) Accounting & Business Administration

● (b) Medicine & Law
● (c) Banking & Education
● (d) Religion & Politics
● (e) None of the above

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6. Which of these is not a characteristic of Philosophy?
● (a) Comprehensivity
● (b) Presuppositionless
● (c) Dogmatism
● (d) Criticality
● (e) Rigorosity
7. The following but one cannot be regarded as a philosopher.
● (a) Plato
● (b) Aristotle
● (c) Dewey
● (d) Jeremiah
● (e) Russell
8. Philosophy can be summed up as the search for _____.
● (a) Ultimate reality

● (b) Gods and angels
● (c) Wealth / luxuries
● (d) Kingdom of God
● (e) Historical events
9. Human beings are categorized into three by Cicero: (1) those who seek pleasure; (2)
those who seek activity: and (3) those who seek knowledge for its sake. Which of these
categories do philosophers fall to?
● (a) One
● (b) Two
● (c) Three
● (d) One and Two
10. There is but one agreement among philosophers.
● (a) agreement to always disagree

● (b) agreement to always agree
● (c) agreement to always be indifferent
● (d) no agreement, no disagreement
● (e) none of the above
11. Philosophy helps to bring about _____.

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● (a) elevacion of mankind

● (b) broadening of sensibilities
● (c) open-mindedness
● (d) enlightenment
● (e) all of the above
12. Which of these is odd?
● (a) European Philosophy

● (b) Chinese Philosophy
● (c) African Philosophy
● (d) Oriental Philosophy
● (e) Philosophy of Religion
13. "Man know thyself" was often emphasized by _____.
● (a) Socrates
● (b) Plato
● (c) Aristotle
● (d) Andronicus
● (e) Empedocles
14. Plato's prominent disciple was known as _____.
● (a) Socrates
● (b) Aristotle
● (c) Andronicus
● (d) Protagoras
● (e) Pestalozzi
15. In the hierarchy of worldly phenomena, while botany was said to study plants, zoology
studies animals, religion studies God, what does philosophy study?
● (a) Materials things

● (b) Man
● (c) Immaterial things
● (d) Vegetation
● (e) Everything in the universe
16. While other disciplines presuppose one theme or the other. What does philosophy
presuppose?
● (a) Nothing

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● (b) Everything
● (c)God
● (d) Material World
● (e) Life
17. Which of the following can be regarded as an African philosopher?
● (a) Nkrumah
● (b) Bodunrin
● (c) Nyerere
● (d) Awolowo
18. The first ever academic institution founded by Plato in Athens was called _____.
● (a) Academy
● (b) High School
● (c) Oxford
● (d) Cambridge
● (e) TASUED
19. The name of the school founded by Aristotle was _____.
● (a) Academy
● (b) Philosophical School
● (c) Barracks
● (d) Encyclopedia Britamica
● (e) Lyceum
20. Which of the following does not fall into the purview of philosophy?
● (a) The Nature of Reality

● (b) The Nature of Truth
● (c) The Nature of Knowledge
● (d) The Realm of Values
● (e) The Nature of worthlessness
21. The following but one is not a method applicable in philosophy.
● (a) Analytical method

● (b) Dialectical method
● (c) Speculative method
● (d) Method of Deduction
● (e) Dogmatization

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22. The method of Dialectics is traceable to _____.
● (a) Dewey
● (b) Froebel
● (c) Socrates
● (d) Plato
● (e) Azikiwe
23. The Peripa thetic was the name given to those who belonged to a philosophical school
founded by _____.
● (a) Montessori
● (b) Froebel
● (c) Plato
● (d) Aristole
● (e) Dewey
24. When philosophical training, dispositions and rigors are applied to issues and policies
in education, what becomes the outcome?
● (a) an educational management

● (b) an educational philosophy
● (c) a philosophy and logic
● (d) anaesthetics
● (e) a social and political philosophy
25. Ph.Dis an acronym for ____.
● (a) Philosophy degree

● (b) Degree in Philosophy
● (c) Doctor of Philosophy
● (d) Philantrophists' Den
● (e) Philadephia
CHAPTER TWO: BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY
1. Philosophy can be systematic or
● (a) eclectic
● (b) unsystematic
● (c) applied
● (d) eccentric
● (e) harphazard
2. When it is systematic, then it is divided into _____ main branches.

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● (a) two
● (b) four
● (c) three
● (d) five
● (e) six
3. Which of these CANNOT be regarded as one of the main branches of philosophy?
● (a) Metaphysics
● (b) Epistemology
● (c) Ethics
● (d) Theology
● (e) Logic
4. The Queen of sciences is referred to as _____.
● (a) Metaphysics
● (b) Biology
● (c) Mathematics
● (d) Physics
● (e) Logic
5. Another name for Ethics as a branch of Philosophy is _____.
● (a) Conducts
● (b) Axiology
● (c) Moral Philosophy
● (d) Values
● (e) Ethos
6. Another name for Epistemology is ____.
● (a) Gnoseology
● (b) Axiology
● (c) Gerontology
● (d) Eulogy
● (e) Cosmology
7. Ontology, Psychology, Theology and Cosmology are sub-branches to _____.
● (a) Upistemology
● (b) Axiology
● (c) Metaphysics
● (d) Ethics

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● (e) Logic
8. Meta in metaphysics means _____.
● (a) After
● (b) Before
● (c) Metre
● (d) Super
● (e) Invisible
9. Physikos in Metaphysics means _____.
● (a) Physical things / realities
● (b) Physicians
● (c) Heavens
● (b) Psychology
● (e) Philosophy
10. The aspect of metaphysics which studies the nature of the supreme being which
prompts the beingness of all beings into being is _____.
● (a) Ontology
● (b) Cosmology
● (c) Theology
● (d) Psychology
● (e) Physiology
11. _____ concerns itself with the essence, origin, root and beginning of beings / things.
● (a) Ontology
● (b) Cosmology
● (c) Theology
● (d) Psychology
● (e) Physiology
12. _____ epistemology is a branch of philosophy which studies beginning of being / things.
● (a) Essence
● (b) Knowledge
● (c) beings
● (d) Supernatural forces
● (e) God
13. 'Episteme' is a Greek word for _____.
● (a) Love

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● (b) Search
● (c)Wisdom
● (d) Knowledge
● (e) Reality
14. Man knows what he knows through _____.
● (a) Reasoning
● (b) Revelation
● (c) Experience
● (d) Intuition
15. Knowledge acquired in a flash or in a state of sub-consciousness is obtained through
_____.
● (a) Authority
● (b) Revelation
● (c) Intuition
● (d) Reasoning
● (e) Experience
16. Tabula rasa is a Lockean term which means _____.
● (a) Table and eraser
● (b) Loaded rain
● (c) Spilled over brain
● (d) Empty brain
● (e) Closed mind
17. The doctrine in epistemology which holds that the source of our knowledge claims in
sense experience is known as _____.
● (a) idealism
● (b) empiricism
● © dualism
● (d) realism
● (e) pragmatism
18. The claim that the source of knowledge is only through reason is _____.
● (a) rationalism
● (b) Empiricism
● (c) Skepticism
● (d) Egoism

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● (e) Altruism
19. _____. is an aspect of philosophy that deals with the etiquettes/ conducts of people in the
society.
● (a) Metaphysics
● (c) Ethics
● (d) Logic
● (e) Cosmology
20. Moral philosophy is a synonym of _____.
● (a) Gnoseology
● (b) Axiology
● (c) Ethics
● (d) Gerontology
● (e) Epistemology
21. 'Logikos'is a Greek word for _____.
● (a) Morality
● (b) Reasoned discourse
● (c) Ontology
● (d) Philosophy
● (e) Physiology
22. The branch of philosophy which preoccupies itself with arguments and clarity of
thought is _____.
● (a) Metaphysics
● (c) Ethics
● (d) Logic
● (e) Gnoseology
23. The branch of philosophy that helps in the formulation of rules which helps us in
testing if a particular piece of reasoning is coherent and consistent is _____.
● (a) Axiology
● (b) Metaphysics
● (c) Logic
● (d) Ethics

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24. Distinctions such as Reality and Appearance, Unity and Plurality. Essence and
Existence are considered in _____.
● (a) Metaphysics
● (c) Ethics
● (d) Logic
● (e) Aesthetics
25. One of the following is not an applied aspect of philosophy.
● (a) Philosophy of Education
● (b) Philosophy of Law
● (c) Philosophy of Religion
● (d) Philosophy of Science
CHAPTER THREE: SCHOOLS IN PHILOSOPHY
1. Philosophy is replete with how many
● concepts / schools?
● (a) five
● (b) ten
● (c) fourteen
● (d) twenty-nine
● (e) numerous
2. The school of thought which holds the notion that ideas are the only true reality is _____.
● (a) Naturalism
● (b) Realism
● (c) Idealism
● (d) ldeasism
● (e) Existentialism
3. Which of these schools consider the question of the possibility and validity of knowledge?
● (a) Skepticism
● (b) Empirisicm
● (c) Rationalism
● (d) Nihilism
4. The school of thought which stands antithetical to Realism is _____.

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● (a) Solipsism
● (b) ldealism
● (c) Experimentalism
● (d) Dualism
● (e) Atheism
5. A school of thought known for sense experience in the process of knowledge derivation is
_____.
● (a) Empiricism
● (b) Rationalism
● (c) Skepticism
● (d) Irrationalism
● (e) Nihilism
6. Concepts like instrumentalism, functionalism and experimentalism may be generously
used to described which of these schools?
● (a) Montanism
● (b) Pragmatism
● (c) Essentialism
● (d) Empiricism
● (e) Monism
7. Which of these figures can be attributed to Existentialism?
● (a) Plato
● (b) Socrates
● (c) Dewey
● (d) Nietzsche
● (e) Andronicus
8. The opposite ot Monism is _____.
● (a) Dualism
● (b) Rationalism
● (c) Theism
● (d) Theism
● (e) Skepticism
9. The opposite of Egoism is _____.
● (a) Phenomenalism
● (b) Monism

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● (c) Irrationalism
● (d) Altruism
● (e) Fascism
10. The opposite of Theism is _____.
● (a) Atheism
● (b) Marxism
● (c) Emotivism
● (d) Non-theism
● (e) Relativism
11. The opposite of Relativism is _____.
● (a) Subjectivism
● (b) Fascism
● (c) Hedonism
● (d) Humanism
● (e) Objectivism
12. Another name for sexism is _____.
● (a) Chauvinism
● (b) Feminism
● (c) Progressivism
● (d) Conservatism
● (e) Pragmatism
13. The opposite of Determinism is ______.
● (a) Communitarianism
● (b) Egalitarianism
● (c) Marxism
● (d) Anarchism
● (e) Free-Willism
14. The socio-political theory developed by Karl and Friedrich Engels is known as ______.
● (a) Marxism
● (b) Communism
● (c) Phenomenalism
● (d) Libertarianism
● (e) Communitarianism
15. Tai Solarin could be properly regarded as a _____.

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● (a) Humanist
● (b) Theist
● (c) Atheist
● (d) Dualist
● (e) Pluralist
16. Wole Soyinka belongs to which of these schools?
● (a) Atheism
● (b) Theism
● (c) Humanisn
● (d) Dualism
● (e) Fascism
17. Which of these scholars cannot be regarded as a Rationalist?
● (a) Locke
● (b) Descartes
● (c) Plato
● (d) Spinoza
● (e) Leibniz
18. 'Nihil in intellectu quod prius non fuerit in sensu' is a claim made by which of these
philosophers?
● (a) Empiricists
● (b) Rationalists
● (c) Skeptics
● (d) Nihilists
● (e) Intellectualists
19. Pragma means _____.
● (a) Concentration
● (b) Practice
● (c) Practical effects
● (d) Experiment
● (e) Life after death
20. The father of Utilitarianism is _____.
● (a) Jeremy Benthamn
● (b) Adolf Hither
● (c) Karl Marx

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● (d) Utility
● (e) Wole Soyinka
21. Which of these is not a school of thought in Philosophy?
● (a) Montanism
● (b) Perennialism
● (d) Monism
● (e) Fascism
22. Which of these theories has no direct bearing with the existence and nature of God?
● (a) Theism
● (b) Deism
● (c) Atheism
● (d) Naturalism
● (e) Capitalism
23. Another term for socialism is _____.
● (a) Liberalism
● (b) Communism
● (c) Anarchism
● (d) Fatalism
● (e) Sexism
24. The opposite of Progressivism is _____.
● (a) Conservatism
● (b) Instrumentalism
● (c) Libertarianism
● (d) Experimentalism
● (e) Totalitarianism
25. The theory that holds that moral judgements are mere expressions of one's emotions,
convictions and feelings is called _____.
● (a) Fatalism
● (b) Emotivism
● (c) Emotionism
● (d) Pragmatism
● (e) Idealism
CHAPTER FOUR: LOGIC / LAWS OF THOUGHT

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1. Logic can be regarded as both a branch and a _____ of philosophy.

● (a) father
● (b) basis
● © tool
● (d) rudiment
● (e) fundamental
2. Which of these scholars is fondly regarded as the father of Logic?
● (a) Socrates
● (b) Plato
● (c) Aristotle
● (d) Russell
● (e) Whitehead
3. Which of the following is not a version of Logic?
● (a) Formal
● (b) Informal
● (c) Symbolic
● (d) Quantificational
● (e) Axiological
4. In the field of Logic, one of the following names is odd.
● (a) Aristotle
● (b) Frege
● (c) Whitehead
● (d) Machiavelli
● (e) Russsell
5. Another name for Aristotelian Logic is _____.
● (a) Symbolic Logic
● (b) Traditional Logic
● © Original Logic
● (d) Formal Logic
● (e) Athenian Logic
6. Logic helps us to _____.
● (a) make predictions with precision
● (b) identify and eliminate errors in our reasoning
● (c) take rational and cogent decisions

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● (d) clarify and evaluate our utterances/ language

7. Which of these areas is Logic considered irrelevant?
● (a) Metaphysics
● (c) Ethics
● (d) Aesthetics
8. The first principles/axioms which underline all human thinking processes and discourses
are _____.
● (a) Fundamental laws of magnetism
● (b) Laws of thought
● (c) Laws of Karma
● (d) Natural laws
● (e) Mosaic laws
9. The main object of Logic is _____.
● (a) faith
● (b) thinking
● (c) practice
● (d) teaching
● (e) music
10. Which of these is not a law of thought?
● (a) Identity
● (b) Contradiction
● (c) Non-contradiction
● (d) Included Middle
● (e) Excluded Middle
11. The law of contradiction could also be referred to as law of _____.
● (a) Included Middle
● (b) Non-contradiction
● (c) Thought
● (d) Nature
● (e) Karma
12. The law of thought which states that if a proposition is true, then it is true is _____.

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● (a) Identity
● (c) Excluded Middle
● (d) Non-contradiction
● (e) Included Middle
13. The law which states that a proposition must either be true or false is _____.
● (a) Identify
● (c) Non - contradiction
● (d) Excluded Middle
● (e) Included Middle
14. The law which states that a proposition cannot be both true and not true at the same
time is _____.
● (a) Identity
● (c) Excluded Middle
● (d) Included Middle
● (e) Contraposition
15. The law of identity can be represented as _____.
● (a) P.P
● (b) p.vp
● (c) pVp
● (d) p.p
● (e) pv,p”
16. The law of contradiction is represented as _____.
● (a) P.p
● (b) p.p
● (c) pvp
● (d) pvnp
● (e) pep
17. The law of excluded middle is symbolically represented as _____.
● (a) p,p
● (b) p.np
● (c) pvp

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● (d) p.p
● (e) pep
18. Logic is found useful in _____.
● (a) Politics
● (b) Business
● (c) Education
● (d) Law
19. The hallmarks of a good argument are coherence and _____.
● (a) permanence
● (b) consistency
● © penitence
● (d) perseverance
● (e) constancy
20. Logic exposes students to the acquisition of _____.
● (a) Knowledge of correct reasoning
● (b) Nature of correct reasoning
● (c) Principles of correct reasoning
● (d) Methods of correct reasoning
21. The study of Logic is instrumental to the avoidance of _____ in reasoning.
● (a) errors
● (b) mistakes
● (c) faults
● (d) loopholes
22. Which of the following does not fall within the purview of Logic?
● (a) Arguments
● (b) Fallacies
● (c) Truth value
● (d) Reasoning
23. Logic connotes a _____.
● (a) battle

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● (b) mathematical rigor

● (c) reasoned discourse
● (d) course
● (e) an argument
24. Another name given to Formal Logic is _____.
● (a) Material Logic
● (c) Symbolic Logic
● (d) Quantificational Logic
● (e) Propositional Logic
25. Which of these disciplines (departments of knowledge) does not make use of Logic?
● (a) Psychology
● (b) Sociology
● (c) History
● (d) Philosophy
● (e) None
CHAPTER FIVE: BASIC CONCEPTS IN LOGIC
1. Basic concepts could mean certain things that are commonly used in Logic ______.
● (a) Jaropans
● (b) Concepts
● (c) Materials
● (d) Instruments
● (e) Rules
2. Sentences are group of words containing both subjects and _____.
● (a) conclusions
● (b) inclusion
● © verbs
● (d) tenses
● (e) premises
3. A sentence which could either be confirmed or denied is known as a _____.
● (a) Command
● (b) Question
● (c) Confirmed sentence
● (d) Denied sentence

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● (e) Statement
4. Which of these is not a form of sentence?
● (a) Question
● (b) Command
● (c) Exclamation
● (d) Statement
● (e) Argument
5. All statements are sentences, but not all sentences are statements.
● (a) Yes
● (b) No
● (c) Indifferent
● (d) Not really
6. What manner of sentence is this _____ “What a wonderful creature!”.
● (a) Statement
● (b) Question
● (c) Exclamation
● (d) Command
● (e) Declarative sentence
7. 'TASUED is the Pioneering university of Education in Nigeria' could be regarded as a/an
_____.
● (a) Sentence
● (b) Sentence
● (c) A & B
● (d) exclamation
● (e) Valid Argument
8. Statements could be classified into _____ and _____.
● (a) simple, compound
● (b) open, closed
● (c) complex, complicated
● (d) simple, hard
● (e) clarified, unclarified
9. _____ is a process through which one preposition is arrived at on the basis of one or
more propositions accepted as the starting point of the process.

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● (a) Argument
● (b) Judgment
● (c) Inference
● (d) Premise
● (e) Proof
10. Another term that could be used in place of Proof is _____.
● (a) Prove
● (b) Justa position
● (c) Negation
● (d) Evidence
● (e) Concentration
11. That activity of the mind in which the weight and strength of the content of thoughts
are considered before inferences are made is called _____.
● (a) Argument
● (b) Reasoning
● (c) Consequent
● (d) Proof
● (e) Deduction
12. Another name for a statement in Logic is _____.
● (a) Premise
● (b) proposition
● (c) Antecedent
● (d) Consequent
13. Those statements that give enough support for the acceptance of the conclusion in an
argument are called _____.
● (a) Premises
● (b) Consequents
● (c) Premise indicators
● (d) Inductions
● (e) Deductions
14. Every argument is made up of two parts.
● (a) True and False
● (b) Premise(s) and conclusion

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● (c) Statements and Propositions

● (d) Inference and Evidence
● (e) Analytic and Synthetic judgments
15. The conclusion in an argument could also be called a _____.
● (a) Judgment
● (b) An Inference
● (c) Syllogism
● (d) An enthymeme
● (e) Consequent
16. A set of propositions in which one or more proposition provide reasons/justification for
the truth of another position is called a/an _____.
● (a) Judgment
● (b) Argument
● (c) Reasoning
● (d) Inference
● (e) Proof
17. Which of these is not a conclusion indicator?
● (a) Thus
● (b) Therefore
● (c) Hence
● (d) By and large
18. Which of the following is a Premise indicator?
● (a) Granted that
● (b) In view of the fact that
● (c) Because
● (d) Since
19. The following but one is not a concept in Logic.
● (a) Sorite
● (b) Enthymeme
● (c) Syllogism
● (d) Faith
● (e) Fallacy

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20. Propositions can either be categorical or _____.

● (a) Hypothetical
● (b) Hypocritical
● (c) Hyperthetical
● (d) Hypercritical
21. In proper classifications, propositions could be considered.
● (a) Universal and Affirmative
● (b) Universal and Negative
● (c) Particular and Affirmative
● (d) Particular and Negative
● (e) Any of the above
22. When a syllogism is condensed or compressed, it becomes _____.
● (a) a syllogistic condensation
● (b) a syllopistic compression
● (c) a Fallacy
● (d) an Enthymeme
● (e) A Syllogistic short-cut
23. When an argument is not invalid, then, it is _____.
● (a) Invalidated
● (b) Valid
● (c) True
● (d) False
● (e) Unsound
24. The most basic components of a syllogism is referred to as _____.
● (a) Congruents
● (b) Terms
● (c) Conditional
● (d) Conjunctions
● (e) Disjunction
25. Every syllogism is made up of _____ proposition.
● (a) One
● (b) Two
● (c) Three

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● (d) Four
● (e) As many as possible
CHAPTER SIX: ARGUMENTS

1. The condition for a valid argument is that _____.
● (a) the conclusion must necessarily follow from the premises.
● (b) the conclusion must necessarily follow the consequent
● (c) the premises must agree with the conclusion
● (d) the consequent and the antecedents are identical
2. Arguments could be _____ and _____.
● (a) informative and disformative
● (b) reasonable and unreasonable
● (c) antecedent and consequent
● (d) deductive and inductive
3. The conclusion of an inductive argument contains more information than the premise.
● (a) indeterminate
● (b) True
● (c) False
● (d) True and False
4. All sound arguments are valid but not all valid arguments are sound.
● (a) False
● (b) Indeterminate
● (c) True
● (d) all of the above
5. it is possible for a deductive argument to move from general to particular.
● (a) True
● (b) True and False
● (c) False
● (d) Conditional

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6. It is not possible for a deductive argument to move from general to particular.

● (a) True
● (b) True and False
● (c) False
● (d) Conditional
7. Deductive arguments also give us additional information that are not stated in the
premises.
● (a) Conditional
● (b) True
● (c) False
● (d) none of the above
8. Deductive arguments also give us additional information that are not stated in the
premises.
● (a) Attimes
● (b) True or False
● (c) True
● (e) False
9. An argument in which the premises only provide some probable grounds for the
acceptance of the conclusion is known as _____.
● (a) Formal
● (b) Semi-formal
● (c) Inductive
● (d) Deductive
10. All valid arguments are sound.
● (a) True
● (b) False
● (c) Depending on the condition
● (d) Attimes
● (e) Always
11. Which of these options is necessary for a sound argument?

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● (a) Validity +True premises + True conclusion

● (b) True premises-True conclusion
● (c) Validity - True premises
● (d) Validity + False premises + False conclusion
12. Inductive argument gives us additional information that has not been given in the
premises.
● (a) Attimes
● (b) True or False
● (c) True
● (e) False
13. It is possible to formulate deductive arguments according to the rule of inference
known as Modus Ponens.
● (a) True
● (b) False
● (c) True and False
● (d) Possibly
● (e) Impossible
14. Consider this argument:
If God exist then no human being will be immortal
God exists.
Therefore, no human being is immortal.
According to which rule of inference was the above deductive argument patterned?
● (a) Hypothetical Syllogism
● (b) Modus Tollens
● (c) Deductionism
● (d) Modus Ponens
15. The assumption behind the process known as induction is that _____.
● (a) The future will always deviate from the past
● (b) The future will always resemble the past
● (c) The past and the present will not totally agree
● (d) The past and the continuous will sometime match

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Use the argument below to answer question 16-19
All men are women
All women are hermaphrodite
Therefore, all men are hermaphrodite.
16. Is the above an example of a sound argument?
● (a) I don't know
● (b) Possibly
● (c) Yes
● (d) No
17. Is the above example of a valid argument ?
● (a) Indeterminable
● (b) Possibly
● (c) Yes
● (d) No
18. The above argument is invalid but sound.
● (a) True
● (b) False
● (c) Depending on the condition
● (d) Indeterminate
19. The above argument is valid but unsound.
● (a) True
● (b) False
20. Which of these is not a pattern of deductive argument?
● (a) Syllogism
● (b) Equivocation
● (c) Modus Tollens

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● (d) Modus Pollens

● (e) Deductive argument that moves from general instances to general instances.
21. Though logic can be helpful in the separation of correct and incorrect reasoning, but
there is no way it could determine which argument is valid and unsound or sound but
invalid.
● (a) I agree
● (b) I disagree
● (c) Confused
● (d) Uncertain
22. An argument could be valid even if some or all constituent propositions do not
correspond to the actual state of things.
● (a) Doubtful
● (b) Occasionally
● (c) False
● (d) True
23. While it is the case that all invalid arguments are unsound, not all unsound arguments
are invalid.
● (a) True
● (b) False
● © True and False
24. The conclusion of an inductive argument always contains what has been stated in the
premises.
● (a) Doubtful
● (b) Occasionally
● (c) False
● (d) True
25. The conclusion of an inductive argument is only probable.
● (a) I agree
● (b) I disagree
● (c) Confused

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● (d) Uncertain
CHAPTER SEVEN: SYMBOLIC LOGIC
1. A compound statement that contains the symbol "£" is known as _____.
● (a) Conditional
● (b) Situational
● (c) Bi-conditional
● (d) Alternation
● (e) Disjunction
2. A condition is only false when the antecedent is true and the consequent is false.
● (a) False
● (b) True
● (d) Probably
3. A compound statement that contains the symbol "⊃" is known as a _____.
● (a) Conditional
● (b) Situational
● (c) Bi-Conditional
● (d) Alternation
● (e) Disjunction
4. A bi-conditional is true if __________________.
● (a) the antecedent is true and the consequent is false
● (b) the component propositions have identical value
● (c)the consequent is true and the antecedent false
● (d) all of the above
5. A conditional statement, with its consequent affirmed when it is known that the
antecedent is false is known as _____.
● (a) Alternation
● (b) Alteration
● (c) Counterfactual
● (d) Factual
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6. Just as it is the case with long truth tables, it is equally possible to use short truth table to
establish the validity or otherwise of an argument.
● (a) probably
● (b) True
● (c) False
● (d) Uncertain
● (e) Absurd
7. The use of mathematical notions and symbols in logic is known as _____.
● (a) Quadruple logic
● (b) Symbolic logic
● (c) Geometric logic
● (d) Symbol logic
● (e) Arithmathematical logic
8. The sign 'v" is used in logic to represent an _____.
● (a) Alteration
● (b) Alliteration
● (c) Alternation
● (d) Disjunction
9. A conjunction is true ___________.
● (a) when the conjuncts are indeterminate
● (b) when the conjuncts are identical
● (c) when the conjuncts are true
● (d) when the conjuncts are conditional
● (e) when the conjuncts are reasonable
10. In conjunction, p. q=q.p
● (a) Impossible
● (b) True
● (c) Probably
● (d) It depends on the context
11. An alternation (in the inclusive sense) is false when _____.
● (a) when the disjuncts are false
● (b) when the disjuncts are incompatible

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● (c) when the disjuncts are compatible

● (d) when the disjuncts are reliable
● (e) when the disjuncts are unreliable
12. The two parts of a condition are called _____.
● (a) conjuncts
● (b) conjunctioners
● (c) disjuncts
● (d) components
● (e) truth
13. The two parts of a bi-condition are called _____.
● (a) conjuncts
● (b) conjunctioners
● (c) disjuncts
● (d) components
● (e) truth
Use the long truth table below to answer question 14-23 by indicating the missing
truth-value.
P q r s (p ⊃ q) = (rvs)
T T T T T T. T
T T T F T (14) T
T T F T T T T
T T F F (15) F (16)
T F T T F (17) T
T F T F F (18) (19)
T F F T F F T
T F F F F T F
F T T T (20) T T
F T T F T T T
F T T T T (21) T
F T F F T F F
F F T T T (22) T

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F F T F T T T
F F F T (23) T T
F F F F T F F
14. _____
● (a) False
● (b) True
● (d) Conditional
15. _____
● (a) Falsification
● (b) False
● (c) True
● (d) Yes
● (e) No
16. _____
● (a) Indeterminate
● (b) False
● (c) True
● (d) No idea
17. _____
● (a) Conditional
● (b) False
● (c) No idea
● (e) True
18. _____
● (a) False
● (b) True
● (c) True then False
● (d) False then True

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19. _____
● (a) Answer is missing
● (b) Indeterminate
● (c) False
● (d) True
● (e) True and False
20._____
● (b) False
● (c) True
● (d) No idea
21. _____
● (a) Conditional
● (b) False
● (c) Noidea
● (e) True
22. _____
● (b) False
● (c) No idea
● (e) True
23. _____
● (a) True
● (b) False
● (c) True then False
● (e) False and true
24. In logic, the symbol "-" is used for _____.
● (a) Double negation
● (b) Addition
● (c) Negation

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● (d) Division
● (e) Multiplication
25. With logic we can avoid verbosity by representing statements; lengthy or otherwise,
with selected letters of the alphabets.
● (a) Impossible
● (b) at times
● (c) certainly
● (d) once in a blue moon
● (e) not acceptable
CHAPTER EIGHT: RULES OF INFERENCE AND REPLACEMENT
1. The rule of inference and replacement are adapted to arguments, which are _____ in
form.
● (a) Inductive
● (b) Deductive
● (c) Invalid
● (d) Unsound
● (e) Replaceable
2. Which of the following is not a rule of inference?
● (a) De Morgan
● (b) Absorption
● (c) Simplification
● (d) Disjunctive syllogism
● (e) Conjunction
3. Which of these rules does not fall into the category of replacement?
● (a) Association
● (b) Transportation
● (c) Tautology
● (d) Exportation
● (e) Addition
4. The rule of inference which says that given a conditional statement as the first premise,
and given denial of the consequent of the first premise as a second premise, our conclusion
must be a negation of the antecedent of the first premise, is _____.
● (a) Modus Pollens

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● (c) Addition
● (d) Constructive Dilemma
● (e) Simplification
5. The rule which allows us to form a disjunction from a statement, of which that statement
is a part, is known as _____.
● (a) Addition
● (b) Subtraction
● (c) Conjunction
● (d) Simplification
● (e) Exportation
6. _____ states that from two separate statements, we could derive their marriage as a
conclusion.
● (a) Conjunction
● (b) Modus Pollens
● (c) Modus Tollens
● (d) Simplifications
● (e) Disjunctive syllogism
7. A rule that allows us to conclude by affirming any conjunct from a conjunction of two
statements is known as _____.
● (a) Addition
● (b) Simplification
● (c) De Morgan
● (d) Modus Tollens
● (e) Destructive Dilemma
8. "Given a conditional statement as a first premise, and give also another statement which
is the same as the antecedent of the first premise, we can infer the consequent of the first
premise as a conclusion".
● (a) Modus Tollens
● (b) Commutation
● (c) Modus Ponens
● (d) Distribution
● (e) Destructive Dilemma
9. Rules of inference are used to provide formal proof for valid arguments under the
method of _____.
● (a) Simple Induction

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● (b) Artificial Induction

● (c) Natural Induction
● (d) Natural deduction
● (e) Artificial deduction
10. The validity of the arguments patterned after the rules of inference and replacement
could be shown using _____.
● (a) Truth table method
● (b) Sampling method
● (c) Random sampling method
● (d) Verification method
● (e) Logical method
11. What rule of inference is this?
pvq
~q
.·.p
● (a) Modus tollens
● (b) Modus Ponens
● (c) Disjunctive syllogism
● (d) Hypothetical syllogism
● (e) Constructive Dilemma
12. Another representation of this rule is _____.
● (a) p q
● q
● .-.p
● (b) pvq
● q
● .·.p
● (c) pq
● ~p
● .·.~q
● (d) pvq
● .·.p
● .·.q
● (e) pvq
● ~p

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13. If pvq is later found converted to qvp, what rule of replacement has been followed?
● (a) Association
● (b) Commutation
● (c) Material Equivalence
● (d) Double Negation
● (e) Absorption
14. If (p.(q.r) is turned to [(p.q).r], what rule of replacement are we taking about?
● (a) Composition
● (b) Commutation
● (c) Material Equivalence
● (e) Exportation
15. When p is replaced with p.p, then, we make recourse to _____.
● (a) Implication
● (b) Equivalence
● (c) Transportation
● (e) Tautology
16. Whenever p q and
q r, the conclusion must be _____.
● (a) p⊃r
● (b) T⊃p
● (c) p⊃s
● (d) q⊃r
● (e) p⊃q
17. What rule of inference states the above?
● (a) Modus Pollens
● (c) Hypothetical Syllogism
● (d) Disjunctive syliopgism
● (e) Categorical Syllogism
18. Given (p⊃q) (r⊃s)
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● (a) rvp
● (b) qvs_
● (c) svq
● (d) ~qv~s
● (e) ~q
19. Given (p⊃).(r⊃s),
then~qv ~s the conclusion is _____.
● (a) ~p v ~r
● (b) ~p ⊃ ~r
● (c) ~r v ~p
● (d) p.q.r.s
● (e) p⊃r
20. (p.q) could be replaced by _____.
● (a) (q-p)
● (b) ~p v~q
● (c) ~(p⊃q)
● (d) ~p (~q)
● (e) p=q
21. p could be replaced by _____.
● (a) ~~p
● (b) p~p
● (c) ~p
● (d) p (~(~~p)
● (e) p + p
22. The statement: "it is note the case that logic is not about reasoned discourse" can be
symbolically represented as _____.
● (a) pv~p
● (b) ~p
● (c) ~(~~p)
● (d) p.~p
● (e) ~~p
Given p = it rains
q - the ground is wet
Give interpretation to:

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23. pq means if it rains,the ground is wet.
24. ~q means The young are not wet or it is not the case that the ground is wet.
25. .·.p means Hence, it rains

CHAPTER NINE: FALLACIES
1. Which of these is not a fallacy?
● (a) Red herring
● (b) Amphiboly
● (c) Appeal to threat
● (d) Appearance
● (e) Equivocation
2. The meaning of "non sequitur" in logic is _____.
● (a) It follows that
● (b) not reachable
● (c) it does not follow
● (d) it is reachable
● (e) not permissible
3. Petitio principii means _____.
● (a) Going beyond bounds
● (b) Begging the question
● (c) Denying the antecedent
● (d) Affirming the consequent
4. An error in reasoning is referred to as
● (a) Erroneous Logic
● (b) Fallacy
● (c) Fallacious conclusion
● (d) Mistake
● (e) Infallibility
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● (a) amnot sure

● (b) improper
● (c) False
● (d) Uncertain
● (e) True
6. The exact opposites of fallacy of division is known as _____.
● (a) Composition
● (b) Decomposition
● (c) Comprehension
● (d) Decrementalism
7. In the fallacy tagged argumentum ad misericordiam, one appeals to _____.
● (a) Argument
● (b) Pity
● (c) Emotional
● (d) Face Value
● (e) Intelligence
8. Fallacies could be categorized as _____.
● (a) Articulate and Inarticulate
● (b) Logical and Illogical
● (c) Semi-informal and Semi-formal
● (d) Good or bad
● (e) Informal or formal
9. Which of these is not a type of fallacy of ambiguity?
● (a) Amphibious
● (b) Composition
● (c) Equivocation
● (d) Amphiboly
10. Argumentum ad populum means _____.
● (a) Appeal to propeller
● (b) Appeal to the popular opinion
● (c)Appeal to a popular person
● (d) Appeal to a pop player

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● (e) Appeal to a place

11. A type of fallacy in which the arguer derails from the context of the argument to sway
the attention of the other party is known as _____.
● (a) ignoratio Elenchi
● (b) Red herring
● (c) Argumentum ad Verecundiam
● (d) Tu Quoque
● (e) False cause
12. The type of fallacies that are committed when the rules of inference known as modus
ponens or modus tollens are violated is known as _____.
● (a) Formal fallacies
● (b) Informal fallacies
● (c) Fallacies of irrelevance
● (d) Fallacy of inconvenience
13. Which of these is not an example of an informal fallacy?
● (a) Appeal to relevance
● (b) Appeal to force
● (c) Appeal to pity
● (d) Appeal to authority
● (e) False cause
14. The fallacy committed when the rule of inference known as modus ponens is violated is
known as _____.
● (a) Denying the relevance
● (b) Attacking the antecedent
● (c) Affirming the consequent
● (d) Affirming the antecedent
● (e) relating with the antecedent
15. "The common opinion that science is perfect and infallible is true '' is an example of.
● (a) Ignoratio elenchi
● (b) Argumentum ad baculum
● (c) False cause
● (d) Formal fallacy
● (e) Argumentum ad populum

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16. The fallacy committed when the rule of inference known as modus tollens is violated is
known as
● (a) Denying the antecedent
● (b) Denying the consequent
● (c) Affirming the antecedent
● (e) Affirming the content
17. The fallacy committed when the force of threat is used for validating an argument is
known as
● (a) Argumentum ad forcum
● (b) Argumentum ad misericordiam
● (c) Argumentum ad baculum
● (d) Argumentum ad validum
● (e) Argumentum ad verecundiam
18. The statement "that God exist is an incontestable truth because my bishop had told us
that God exist is an example of
● (a) Argumentum ad veracundiam
● (c) Argumentum ad hominem
● (d) Division
● (e) Pity
19. The statement "Mr. Lockhead should pass those students because they are offering the
course as a carry-over is an example of _____.
● (a) Division
● (b) Ambiguity
● (c) Red herring
● (d) Argumentum ad baculum
● (e) Argumentum ad misericodiam
20. The fallacy committed when one extends the features of an individual in a group to the
whole group is know as _____.
● (a) Comprehension
● (b) Composition
● (c) Group fallacy
● (d) Division
● (e) Individual fallacy

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21. "How could you affirm that I am a thief when you are a Yahoo! Boy is an example opr
● (a) Baculum
● (b) Verecundiam
● (c) Tu Quoque
● (d) Circumstantial
● (e) Populum
22. "Since Jones, an atheist, is serving on the committee, am sure the report of that
committee will be completely secular" is an example of a fallacy of ambiguity is known as
_____.
● (a) Accent
● (b) Amphiboly
● (d) Composition
● (e) Division
23. There seems to be no need to fear, since Jonathan had decided to bank the money at the
bank near the bank of River Ogun". The fallacy committed here is called _____.
● (a) Equivocation
● (b) Amphiboly
● (c) Red herring
● (d) Baculum
● (e) Abuse of words
24. "Every staff of the institution is frugal, so I am sure the budget cannot give room to
waste of any sort". The fallacy of ambiguity committed here is known as _____.
● (a) Composition
● (b) Amphiboly
● (d) Division
● (e) Accent
25. Apart from other reasons, we study logic to enhance the avoidance of fallacy.
● (a) True
● (b) False
● (c) True the False
● (e) No idea

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PAST QUESTIONS FROM ALL CHAPTER

1. The statement "Mr. Lockhead should pass those students because they are offering the
course as a carry - over" is an example of _____.
● (a) Division
● (b) Ambiguity
● (c) Red herring
● (d) Argumentum ad baculum
● (e) Argumentum ad misericodiam
2. The fallacy committed when one extends the features of an individual in a group to the
whole group is known as _____.
● (a) Comprehension
● (b) Composition
● (c) Group fallacy
● (d) Division
● (e) Individual fallacy
3."Since Jones, an atheist, is serving on the committee, am sure the report of that
committee will completely be secular" is an example of fallacy of ambiguity known as
_____.
● (a) Equivocation
● (b) Amphiboly
● (c) Red herring
● (d) Composition
● (e) Division
4. The fallacy committed when the rule of inference known as modus ponens is violated is
known as _____.
● (a) Denying the relevance
● (b) Attacking the antecedent
● (c) Affirming the consequent
● (d) Affirming the antecedent
● (e) relating with the antecedent.
5. The common opinion that science is perfect and infallible is true" is an example of _____.
● (a) Ignoratio elenchi
● (c) False cause

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● (d) Formal fallacy

● (e) Argumentum ad populum
7. Another term for socialism is _____.
● (a) Liberalism
● (b) Communism
● (c) Anarchism
● (d) Fatalism
● (e) Sexism
8. The statement "that God exists is an incontestable truth because my bishop had told us
that God exists is an example of _____.
● (a) Argumentum ad verecundiam
9. Which of these is not a type of fallacy of ambiguity?
● (a) Amphibious
● (b) Composition
● (d) Amphiboly
● (e) None of the above.
10.Argumentum ad populum means ______.
● (a) Appeal to propeller
● (b) Appeal to the popular opinion
● (c) Аррeal to a popular person
● (d) Appeal to a pop player
● (e) Appeal to a place
11. A type of fallacy in which the arguer derails from the context of the argument to sway
the attention of the other party is known as.
● (a) Ignoratio Elenchi
● (b) Red herring
● (c) Argumentum ad Verecundiam
● (d) Tu quoque
● (e) False cause
12.Another name for Aristotelian Logic is _____.
● (a) Symbolic Logic

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● (c) Original Logic

● (d) Formal Logic
● (e) Athenian Logic
13. Which of these is not an example of an informal fallacy?
● (a) Appeal to relevance
● (b) Appeal to force
● (c) Appeal to pity
● (d) Appeal to authority
● (e) False cause
14. "Petitio principii" means _____.
● (a) Going beyond bounds
● (b) begging the question
● (c) Denying the antecedent
15. Which of these areas is Logic considered irrelevant?
● (a) Metaphysics
● (c) Ethics
● (d) Aesthetics
16.) The exact opposites of fallacy of division is known as _____.
● (a) Composition
● (b) Decomposition
● (c) Comprehension
● (d) Decrementalism
17) In the fallacy tagged argumentum ad misericordiam. One appeals to
● (a) Argument
● (b) Pity
● (c) Emotional
● (d) Face Value
● (e) Intelligence
18) Philosophy can be systematic or _____.

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● (a) eclectic
● (b) unsystematic
● (c) applied
● (d) eccentric
● (e) haphazard
19) When it is systematic, then it is divided into _____ main branches.
● (a) two
● (b) four
● (c) three
● (d) five
● (e) six
20) The first principles/axioms which underline all human 8 thinking processes and
discourses are _____.
● (a) Fundamental laws of magnetism
● (b) Laws of thought
● (c) Laws of Karma
● (d) Natural laws
● (e) Mosaic laws
21) Another name for Ethics as a branch of Philosophy is _____.
● (a) Conducts
● (b) Axiology
● (c) Moral Philosophy
● (d) Values
● (e) Ethos
22) Another name for Epistemology is _____.
● (a) Gnoseology
● (b) Axiology
● (c) Gerontology
● (d) Eulogy
● (e) Cosmology
23) Meta in metaphysics means _____.
● (a) After
● (b) Before
● (c) Metre

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● (d) Super
● (e) Invisible
24) Physikos in Metaphysics means _____.
● (a) Physical things/realities
● (b) Physicians
● (c)Heavens
● (d) logic
● (e) Philosophy
25) The aspect of metaphysics which studies the nature of the supreme being which
prompts the beingness of all beings into being is _____.
● (a) Ontology
● (b) Cosmology
● (c) Theology
● (d) Psychology
● (e) Physiology
26) _____ concerns itself with the essence, origin, root and beginning of beings/things.
● (a) Ontology
● (b) Cosmology
● (c) Theology
● (d) Psychology
● (e) Physiology
27) 'Nihil in intellectu quod prius non fuerit in sensu' is a claim made by which of these
philosophers?
● (a) Empiricists
● (b) Rationalists
● (c) Skeptics
● (d) Nihilists
● (e) Intellectualists
28) 'Episteme' is a Greek word for _____.
● (a) Love
● (b) Search
● (c) Wisdom
● (d) Knowledge
● (e) Reality

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29) The claim that the source of knowledge is only through reason is _____.
● (a) Rationalism
● (b) Empiricism
● (c) Skepticism
● (d) Egoism
● (e) Altruism
30) _____ is an aspect of philosophy that deals with the etiquettes/conducts of people in the
society.
● (a) Metaphysics
● (c) Ethics
● (d) Logic
● (e) Cosmology
31) Moral philosophy is a synonym of _____.
● (a) Gnoseology
● (b) Axiology
● (c) Ethics
● (d) Gerontology
32) Which of the following is not a version of Logic?
● (a) Formal
● (b) Informal
● (c) Symbolic
● (d) Quantificational
● (e) Axiological
33) The branch of philosophy which preoccupies itself with arguments and clarity
● of thought is _____.
● (a) Metaphysics
● (c) Ethics
● (d) Logic
● (e) Gnoseology
34.) The branch of philosophy that helps in the formulation of rules which helps us in
testing if a particular piece of reasoning is coherent and consistent is _____.

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● (a) Axiology
● (b) Metaphysics
● (c) Logic
● (d) Ethics
35) With logic we can avoid verbosity by representing statements; lengthy or otherwise,
with selected letters of the alphabets.
● (a) Impossible
● (b) at times
● (c) certainly
● (d) once in a blue moon
● (e) not acceptable
36) Philosophy is replete with how many concepts/schools?
● (a) five
● (b) ten
● (c) fourteen
● (d) twenty-nine
● (e) numerous
37) The father of Utilitarianism is _____.
● (a) Jeremy Bentham
● (b) Adolf Hither
● (c) Karl Marx
● (d) Utility
● (e) Wole Soyinka
38) Which of these schools consider the question of the possibility and validity of
knowledge?
● (a) Skepticism
● (b) Empiricism
● (c) Rationalism
● (d) Nihilism
39) The school of thought which stands antithetical to Realism is _____.
● (a) Solipsism
● (b) Idealism

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● (c) Experimentalism
● (d) Dualism
● (e) Atheism
40) The opposite of Progressivism is _____.
● (a) Conservatism
● (b) Instrumentalism
● (c)Libertarianism
● (d) Experimentalism
● (e) Totalitarianism
41) Concepts like instrumentalism, functionalism and experimentalism may be generously
used to describe which of these schools?
● (a) Monetarism
● (b) Pragmatism
● (c) Essentialism
● (d) Empiricism
● (e) Monism
42) Which of these figures can be attributed to Existentialism?
● (a) Plato
● (b) Socrates
● (c) Dewey
● (d) Nietzsche
● (e) Andronicus
43) Which of these theories has no direct bearing with the existence and nature of God?
● (a) Theism
● (b) Deism
● (c) Atheism
● (d) Naturalism
● (e) Capitalism
44) Which of these is not a school of thought in Philosophy?
● (a) Montanism
● (b) Perennialism
● (d) Monism
● (e) Fascism

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45) The opposite of Theism is _____.

● (a) Atheism
● (b) Marxism
● (c) Emotivism
● (d) Non - theism
● (e) Relativism
46) The opposite of Relativism is ______.
● (a) Subjectivism
● (b) Fascism
● (c) Hedonism
● (d) Humanism
● (e) Objectivism
47) The conclusion of an inductive argument is only probable.
● (a) I agree
● (b) I disagree
● (c) Confused
● (d) Uncertain
48) The opposite of Determinism is _____.
● (a) Communitarianism
● (b) Egalitarianism
● (c) Marxism
● (d) Anarchism
● (e) Free-Willism
49) Tai Solarin could be properly regarded as a_____.
● (a) Humanist
● (b) Theist
● (c) Atheist
● (d) Dualist
● (e)Pluralist
50) Which of these scholars cannot be regarded as a rationalist?
● (a) Locke
● (b) Descartes
● (c) Plato
● (d) Spinoza
● (e) Leibniz

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GNS 111 (PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC)

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CHAPTER ONE: PHILOSOPHY AND MEANING

1. Philosophy as a discipline deals with _____.

2. 'Philo' which means love in Greek could be variously conceptualized as _____.

3. 'Sophia in Philosophy connotes _____.

5. In which of these discipline is philosophy not applicable?

● (a) Accounting & Business Administration

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6. Which of these is not a characteristic of Philosophy?

7. The following but one cannot be regarded as a philosopher.

8. Philosophy can be summed up as the search for _____.

● (a) Ultimate reality

10. There is but one agreement among philosophers.

● (a) agreement to always disagree

11. Philosophy helps to bring about _____.

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● (a) elevacion of mankind

12. Which of these is odd?

● (a) European Philosophy

13. "Man know thyself" was often emphasized by _____.

14. Plato's prominent disciple was known as _____.

● (a) Materials things

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17. Which of the following can be regarded as an African philosopher?

19. The name of the school founded by Aristotle was _____.

● (a) The Nature of Reality

21. The following but one is not a method applicable in philosophy.

● (a) Analytical method

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22. The method of Dialectics is traceable to _____.

● (a) an educational management

25. Ph.Dis an acronym for ____.

● (a) Philosophy degree

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1. Logic can be regarded as both a branch and a _____ of philosophy.

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● (d) clarify and evaluate our utterances/ language

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● (b) mathematical rigor

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● (c) Statements and Propositions

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20. Propositions can either be categorical or _____.

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CHAPTER SIX: ARGUMENTS

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