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All things which have smoke have fire; This hill has smoke; Therefore, The hill has smoke; and No non-fiery things have a smoke; This hill has smoke; Therefore, this hill is non-fiery The above is an example of which type of inference in Indian logic?
"All people who live in Varanasi are people who drink tea, and all people who drink tea are people who like it. We may conclude, then, that all people who live in Varanasi are people who like it. What is wrong with this argument? (A) There is equivocation on the term "People who like it." (B) It commits existential fallacy  (C) It commits fallacy of exclusive premises.  (D) It commits fallacy of four terms.  Choose the correct answer from the options given below : 
In case of anuma̅na (inference) identify the sequences of five steps of syllogistic argument according to Nya̅ya: (A) The mountain has fire (B) The mountain also has smoke accompanied by fire, like kitchen (C) Therefore the mountain has fire (D) Because of smoke (E) Wherever there is smoke, there is fire, as in the kitchen Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Recognise the hetvabhasa in, All smoky objects are fiery. The hill is smoky. Therefore, the hill is fiery.
"Wherever there is smoke, fire is also present". Which of the following statements is true with reference to the above statement according to Nya̅ya philosophy? (A) Smoke cannot exist without fire also being present there  (B) Fire causes smoke (C) Universal fireness causes universal smokeness  (D) It asserts that there is a relation of concommitance between smoke and fire  Choose the correct answer from the options given below :  
Which type of fallacy is cominitted by the following inference according to Nyaya?
Inference The world is eternal because it is made of eternal atoms.
'Golden mountain is fiery because it is smoky' Which type of fallacy is committed by the above inference?
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R Assertion A: According to the Nyãya system, when one observes smoke at a particular locus, one could infer that the same locus has the presence of fire too. Reason R: Fire causes smoke, and is always accompanied by smoke. In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
Match List I with List II List I List II Steps in Inference Statements A. Thesis (Pratijña̅) I. Because of smoke B. Reason (Hetu) II. Wherever there is smoke, there is fire, as in the kitchen C. Example (Uda̅harana) III. The mountain has fire D. Application (Upanaya) IV. The mountain also has smoke accompanied by fire, like the kitchen Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Consider the example of Anumana given below: A) The mountain is fiery B) Because it has smoke C) Wherever there is smoke, there is fire. Which one of the following expresses Vyapti (relation of invariable concomitance)?