Allied & ICAR Exam Bank • ALLIED_1928 MCQ • 2 Marks

Section 8: General Aptitude

Verbal Aptitude

Subtopic: Critical Reasoning

Question Statement:

Researcher: 'No one has definitively proven that microplastics in compost cause immediate crop mortality; therefore, microplastics are completely harmless to agricultural ecosystems.' This reasoning commits the fallacy of:

Options:

  • (A) Appeal to ignorance (argumentum ad ignorantiam)
  • (B) Circular reasoning
  • (C) Composition and division
  • (D) Red herring

Answer Key:

A

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

Treating lack of definitive proof of harm as positive evidence of safety is an appeal to ignorance.
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