Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (22.08.2024) Shift-II
Match List I (Fallacy) with List II (Description) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
List I
- Straw man
- Red herring
- Equivocation
- Begging the question
List II
- When an arguer tries to sidetrack the audience by raising an irrelevant issue and then claims the original issue is settled
- When an arguer states or assumes as a premise the very thing he or she is trying to prove as a conclusion
- When an arguer distorts an opponent's claim to make it easier to attack
- When a key word is used in two or more senses in the same argument
AI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
BI-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b ✓ Correct
CI-b, II-c, III-a, IV-d
DI-d, II-a, III-c, IV-b
Correct answer: (B) I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b — The correct match is straw man distorting a claim, red herring raising an irrelevant issue, equivocation using a word in two senses and begging the question assuming the conclusion, that…
Explanation
★The correct match is straw man distorting a claim, red herring raising an irrelevant issue, equivocation using a word in two senses and begging the question assuming the conclusion, that is I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b.
★A straw man distorts an opponent's claim to make it easier to attack.
★A red herring sidetracks the audience with an irrelevant issue.
★Equivocation uses a key word in two or more senses in the same argument.
★Begging the question assumes as a premise the very thing to be proved.
★So the correct pairing is I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b.
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