Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (12.07.2022) Shift-I
'XYZ Home Finance offers the best financial product in the country because, like a family member and a good friend, XYZ Home Finance fulfils your need to have your own sweet home.' Which of the following fallacies is committed in this argument?
AAd populum ✓ Correct
BAd hominem
CHasty generalisation
DRed herring
Correct answer: (A) Ad populum — The answer is the ad populum fallacy.
Explanation
★The answer is the ad populum fallacy.
★The ad populum appeal plays on popular feelings rather than on evidence.
★The claim leans on warm, family-and-friend sentiment to win agreement.
★So the fallacy committed is ad populum, an appeal to the audience's emotions and belonging.
★It gives no real proof that the product is the best.
★The other fallacies do not fit this emotional appeal.
★So the answer is the ad populum fallacy.
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