BLS LLB 5 Years Sem 1 Logic 1 2025-26 ATKT Set 2 60/40 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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SECTION I - Q.1) Answer the following in one or two sentences (any six) (12 marks)

1. Q1 What is inference?
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2. Q2 Define individual variables.
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3. Q3 Define Proposition.
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4. Q4 Define eduction.
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5. Q5 What is meant by 'totum divisum'?
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6. Q6 Define logic.
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7. Q7 Define immediate inference.
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8. Q8 What is analogy?
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9. Q9 What is categorematic word?
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10. Q10 Give an example of class-membership proposition.
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SECTION II - Q.2) Write short notes on any two (12 marks)

1. Q11 Denotation and connotation of terms.
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2. Q12 Laws of thoughts.
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3. Q13 Truth and Validity
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4. Q14 Public and private nuisance.
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SECTION III - Q.3) Solve any two questions (12 marks)

1. Q15 a)1. Reduce the following sentences into logical form and identify and name distributed term or terms.
   • (i) Few witnesses are not reliable.
   • (ii) Every contract requires consent.
   • (2) Identify the compound proposition, symbolise it and construct a truth table: "Either the accused confesses or the prosecution proves the charge."
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2. Q16 b) Symbolise the following using quantifiers.
   • (i) Every lawyer respects justice. (Lx, Rx)
   • (ii) Some judges are impartial. (Jx, Ix)
   • (iii) No citizen is above the law. (Cx, Lx)
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3. Q17 c) Identify the definition in the following and state the fallacy, if any, giving reason.
   • (i) In French, 'tabla' means table.
   • (ii) Freedom means the right to do anything one likes.
   • (iii) A bachelor is an unmarried adult man.
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4. Q18 d) Identify the fallacy in each of the following divisions if any and give reasons.
   • (i) Car into white, black, big, small.
   • (ii) Educational institutions into colleges, universities, coaching classes.
   • (iii) Numbers into odd and even.
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SECTION IV - Q.4) Answer the following questions. Question 4(d) is compulsory and answer any one from (a), (b), and (c) (24 marks)

1. Q19 a) Explain the nature, scope, and practical utility of logic in legal education and court argumentation.
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2. Q20 b) Discuss the traditional classification of propositions according to quantity, quality, relation, and modality with suitable examples.
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3. Q21 c) Draw the square of opposition and discuss in detail the opposition of Proposition.
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4. Q22 d) Do as directed.
   • (i) All judges are officers of the court. (State Obverse)
   • (ii) Some witnesses are not truthful. (State Converse)
   • (iii) No illegal act is moral. (State Contradictory)
   • (iv) Some citizens are taxpayers. (State Sub-contrary)
   • (v) All minors are not competent to contract. (State Contrapositive)
   • (vi) No precedent is irrelevant. (State Inverse)
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