Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2022 (23.02.2023) Shift-II
Does the distinguished Member of Parliament really believe that the Indian public is so naive that they will endorse just any stopgap measure? Which fallacy is committed in the above argument?
ABegging the question
BRed herring
CAppeal to ignorance
DComplex question ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Complex question — The fallacy committed is the complex question, so the answer is complex question.
Explanation
★The fallacy committed is the complex question, so the answer is complex question.
★A complex question smuggles in an unproven assumption inside the question itself.
★Here the question assumes the public is naive and the measure is a mere stopgap.
★Neither of these claims has been proven or accepted.
★By asking the question, the speaker treats these assumptions as settled.
★Forcing an answer that concedes an unproven point is the complex-question fallacy.
★So the answer is complex question.
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