Which of the following is the best example of a false dichotomy?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. 'Either you support the new tax or you want public services to collapse.'
- Step 1: A false dichotomy presents two options as the only ones. Step 2. The statement 'Either you support the new tax or you want public services to collapse.' ignores the middle ground. Answer: 'Either you support the new tax or you want public services to collapse.'. Why not the others: The others are a conditional, a probable statement and a true definition.
Practise more Probability, sets and arguments.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed UCAT mock tests.
More Probability, sets and arguments questions
- A bag holds 6 red, 6 blue and 3 green counters. Two are taken at random without replacement. What is the probability that both are red?
- Of 50 students, 27 have a bicycle, 29 have a scooter and 16 do neither. How many have a bicycle but do not have a scooter?
- 4 people (Amira, Grace, Isla, Jamal) are ranked from oldest to youngest. Grace is older than Jamal. Isla is immediately older than Amira. Is…
- A bag holds 3 red, 3 blue and 5 green counters. Two are taken at random without replacement. What is the probability that neither is red?
- A restaurant argues: 'Sales of our vegetarian dishes rose 20 per cent, so more of our customers must have become vegetarian.' Which fact mos…
- On an island each person either always tells the truth or always lies. Tom says: "Priya is a truth-teller." Priya says: "Exactly one of the…