Q1.a. State with reason(s), whether the following are Statements or not. 1.

Since smoking is bad for your health, you should not do it 2. The Chesnutt Library has more than 500,000 volumes. 3. Please send me your current catalog. 4. Lets go to Paris for our anniversary. 5. John F. Kennedy was shot by a single gunman on November 22, 1963.

Q1.b.Identify the Premise(s) and Conclusion(s) present in the following arguments. 10 1. There is no definitive way to prove any one set of religious beliefs to the exclusion of all others. For that reason religious freedom is a human right. 2. Global currency markets alone involve the daily exchange of over two trillion dollars, and since these markets largely determine the value of any national currency, they contribute significantly to the inability of governments to control the economic policy. 3. No one under eighteen-years-old can vote. Sunil is under eighteen-years-old. Therefore, Sunil cannot vote. 4. Since pain is a state of consciousness, a mental event, it can never be directly observed. 5. Make a will. Otherwise, the state will determine who gets your stuff. Q2.a. Study each of the following passages and identify and name the type of reasoning (deductive or inductive) in them. 10 1. Light travels at a rate of 186,000 miles per second. The sun is more than 93 million miles distant from the earth. Therefore, it takes more than eight minutes for the suns light to reach the earth. 2. Some Democrats are elected officials. All elected officials are politicians. Therefore, some Democrats are politicians. 3. Either Sam committed the murder, or Jack committed the murder, or Tina committed the murder. Jack did not commit the murder. Tina did not commit the murder. Sam committed the murder. 4. If you dont quit regular consumption of alcohol, then you may get liver cancer. If you get liver cancer, you may die at an early age. Therefore, if you dont quit regular consumption of alcohol, you may die at an early age. 5. It has rained in Chennai every Feb since weather records have been kept. Therefore, it will probably rain in Chennai next Feb. Q2.b. Diagram the following short Arguments. 5 1. Cats make good pets because, they are affectionate, they are clean, they are entertaining and they do well in apartments. 2. Overcrowding in prisons is a cause of many prison riots, and most of our prisons are overcrowded. Thus riots in our prisons are likely in the coming months. 1

Q3.a. Test the validity of following argument using Venn diagrams.

1. No Democrats are Republicans. Some life guards are Republicans. So, some life guards are not Democrats. 2. All painters are artists. Some magicians are artists. So, some magicians are painters. Q3.b. Put the following arguments in symbolic form and test their validity using a truth table. 1. The train was not on time. The bus was not on time. So, the train was not on time and the bus was on time. 2. The train was on time. The bus was late. So, the train was on time and the bus was late. Q4.a. Diagram the following short Arguments. 6

1. Children are very susceptible to the power of advertisers. Those children who smoke tend to buy those brands that are most frequently advertised. It must be advertising that influences children to smoke. 2. If the branch manager is promoted to VP of the company, then he will transfer to the main office. He is bound to be promoted. So, he will be transferring to the main office. 3. There should be no control over the right of newspapers to publish photographs and stories about public figures. The lives of people who are public figures are of considerable interest to the general public. People have a right to information about how public figures conduct their lives. Q.4.b Determine the fallacies (relevance and insufficient evidence) in the following arguments. Justify your answer. 10 1. Have you stopped cheating on exams? 2. I dont feel guilty about cheating on Dr. Boyers test. Half the class cheats on his tests. 3. Diplomat to Diplomats: Im sure youll agree that we are the rightful rulers of the San Macros Islands. It would be regrettable if we had to send armed forces to demonstrate the validity of our claim. 4. "You know, Professor Smith, I really need to get an A in this class. I'd like to stop by during your office hours later to discuss my grade. I'll be in your building anyways visiting my father. He's your dean, by the way. I'll see you later." 5. "We dont know whether holistic medicines actually help psychological disorders, so we might as well use them!"