LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 4 Logic 2 2026-27 ATKT 60/40 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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• N.B: 1. All questions are compulsory, subject to the internal choice given in each question. 2. Figures to the right indicate full marks. 3. Give suitable examples wherever necessary.

Q.1 Q.1 Answer any six of the following questions in not more than two sentences, any 6 of 10 (12 Marks - 2 marks each)

1. (1) What is 'respondeat superior'?
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2. (2) State the rule of disjunctive syllogism.
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3. (3) What is an immediate inference?
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4. (4) What is the figure of a syllogism?
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5. (5) State the rule in the following: Mumbai is in India or in the US. Mumbai is not in India. Hence, Mumbai is in the US.
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6. (6) When is the fallacy of division committed?
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7. (7) State any one corollary.
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8. (8) Give the symbolic expression of complex destructive dilemma.
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9. (9) Where does the minor term occur in a syllogism?
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10. (10) What is a working hypothesis?
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Q.2 Q.2 Write short notes on any two of the following, any 2 of 4 (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. (1) Indirect reduction.
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2. (2) Ad hoc hypothesis.
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3. (3) Hypothetical arguments.
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4. (4) Bob Brown case.
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Q.3 Q.3 Attempt any two of the following subquestions, any 2 of 4 (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. (a) Test the validity of the following syllogisms; state their figure. (i) Suhas is an engineer, as many engineers are males and Suhas is a male. (ii) If merchants are all businessmen, they are not all employees, as not every businessman is an employee.
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2. (b) Reduce the mood BOCARDO indirectly.
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3. (c) Identify the non-formal fallacies, if any, in the following, giving reason. (i) Since when have you stopped lying? (ii) If team 'B' is indisciplined, then even Rahul, who belongs to the same team, is indisciplined too.
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4. (d) Identify the formal fallacy, if any, in the following, giving reason. (i) If Mahesh is a doctor, he is educated. Since he is a doctor, he must be educated. (ii) Either Seema is a student or a lawyer. She, being a student, is not a lawyer.
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Q.4 Q.4 From the subquestions a, b, c, attempt any one; subquestion 'd' is compulsory, any 1 of 3 and 4(d) (24 Marks - 12 marks each)

1. (a) Explain the special rules of Figure I of the syllogism.
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2. (b) Explain in detail the common man's view of cause.
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3. (c) Explain 'ends and means' with reference to the cases discussed by Peter Singer.
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4. (d) Construct a complex constructive dilemma, and rebut and refute it: If I travel by road, I reach late; and if I travel by railway, I am caught in traffic.
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