Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (22.08.2024) Shift-II
What can be inferred correctly from the following? 'Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly, science sometimes requires courage, at the very least the courage to question the conventional wisdom.' Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. Premise: Science sometimes requires courage
- 2. Premise: Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to see the universe as it really is
- 3. It is merely an illustration
- 4. Conclusion: Science sometimes requires courage
- 5. Conclusion: Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to see the universe as it really is
A1, 3 and 4 only
B1 and 4 only
C2 and 4 only ✓ Correct
D2, 3 and 5 only
Correct answer: (C) 2 and 4 only — The correct inference is the premise about experiment and the conclusion about courage, so the answer is 2 and 4.
Explanation
★The correct inference is the premise about experiment and the conclusion about courage, so the answer is 2 and 4.
★The statement that science is based on experiment and openness is offered as the premise.
★So statement 2 correctly names the premise.
★The word 'accordingly' signals what follows as the conclusion.
★That conclusion is that science sometimes requires courage.
★So statement 4 correctly names the conclusion, giving 2 and 4.
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