UGC-NET Logical Reasoning MCQ Practice

A. The middle term appears as the predicate in both premises — Correct: In the second figure, the middle term M occupies the predicate position in both premises: P–M and S–M.

B. It commits the fallacy of the undistributed middle term — Correct: In an A-proposition, the predicate is undistributed, and in an I-proposition, neither term is distributed. Therefore, M is not distributed in either premise, causing the fallacy of the undistributed middle.

C. The middle term is distributed in the major premise — Incorrect: The major premise is “All P are M.” In an A-proposition, the subject P is distributed, but the predicate M is undistributed.

D. It draws a negative conclusion from affirmative premises — Incorrect: Both premises and the conclusion are affirmative. The conclusion “Some S are P” is an I-proposition and is not negative.

E. The conclusion distributes neither of its terms — Correct: The conclusion is an I-proposition—“Some S are P.” In a particular affirmative proposition, neither the subject nor the predicate is distributed.

Each letter is replaced by its corresponding letter from the opposite end of the English alphabet:

$$ A \leftrightarrow Z,\ B \leftrightarrow Y,\ C \leftrightarrow X,\ldots $$

This rule is confirmed by:

PEAK → P becomes K, E becomes V, A becomes Z and K becomes P.
FOUR → F becomes U, O becomes L, U becomes F and R becomes I.