Logic syllabus

General knowledge (detailed breakdown not specified in notification — indicative)

• Indian history and freedom movement
• Geography of India and Uttar Pradesh
• Indian constitution and polity
• Basic Indian economy
• General science and everyday science
• Environment and ecology
• Uttar Pradesh special — geography history culture and administration
• Current national and international events
• Current affairs of the education sector
• Sports awards and books-authors

Traditional logic

• Nature scope importance of logic
• Terms types distribution
• Classification of propositions
• Square of opposition
• Rules of syllogism
• Figures and moods
• Venn diagram applications
• Classification of fallacies

Modern and Indian logic

• Induction and Mill methods
• Steps of scientific method
• Hypothesis and verification
• Truth functions compound propositions
• Symbolic logic basics
• Quantificational logic
• Nyaya pramana and anumana
• Vaisheshika padartha
• Buddhist hetvabhasa
• Epistemology foundations
• Ethics foundations
• Value theory introduction
• Logic and language
• Sentential logic
• Deductive validity
• Testing arguments
• Deceptive reasoning