LOGICAL REASONING | UGC NET DEC 2026 | PAPER 1 UNIT 6 |

🧠 *LOGICAL REASONING COMPLETE LECTURE | UGC NET DEC 2026 | PAPER 1 UNIT 6 | PIYUSH SHARMA AIR 1* Welcome to this comprehensive, exam-oriented lecture on **Logical Reasoning – Unit 6 of UGC NET Paper 1**, designed for aspirants preparing for UGC NET December 2026. In this video, we cover important concepts of Western Logic and Indian Logic, categorical propositions, A, E, I, O statements, Square of Opposition, conversion, obversion, contraposition, syllogisms, formal and informal fallacies, Pramanas, Anumana and Hetvabhasas. 📚 *TOPICS COVERED* ✅ *Basics of Logic:* Arguments, premises, conclusions, validity, soundness, deductive and inductive reasoning. ✅ *Categorical Propositions:* A, E, I, O statements; universal and particular propositions; affirmative and negative statements; subject, predicate, copula; quantity, quality and distribution of terms. ✅ *Square of Opposition:* Contradictory, contrary, subcontrary and subalternation relationships; truth-value relationships. ✅ *Immediate Inference:* Conversion, obversion, contraposition and equivalent statements. ✅ *Categorical Syllogism:* Major premise, minor premise, major term, minor term, middle term, mood, figure, syllogistic rules and Venn diagrams. ✅ *Formal Fallacies:* Undistributed middle, illicit major, illicit minor and errors in argument structure. ✅ *Informal Fallacies:* Hasty generalisation, false dichotomy, false cause, post hoc, ad hominem, begging the question, ad ignorantiam, straw man, appeal to authority, appeal to popularity, red herring, false analogy, equivocation and slippery slope. ✅ *Deductive and Inductive Reasoning:* Differences, characteristics, validity, strength of arguments and conclusions. ✅ *Analogies and Venn Diagrams:* Relationships, class representation and testing the validity of arguments. ✅ *Indian Logic and Pramanas:* Pratyaksha, Anumana, Upamana, Shabda, Arthapatti and Anupalabdhi. ✅ *Anumana:* Vyapti, Paksha, Sadhya, Hetu and the five-membered Nyaya syllogism—Pratijna, Hetu, Udaharana, Upanaya and Nigamana. ✅ *Hetvabhasas:* Savyabhichara, Viruddha, Satpratipaksha, Asiddha and Badhita. 🎯 *WHO SHOULD WATCH?* • UGC NET December 2026 aspirants • UGC NET Paper 1 and JRF candidates • Assistant Professor aspirants • Rajasthan SET and other State Eligibility Test candidates • Students revising Indian Logic, Western Logic and Logical Reasoning 📌 *PREPARATION TIPS* 1. Understand the rules behind A, E, I and O propositions. 2. Practise Square of Opposition, conversion, obversion and contraposition. 3. Identify major, minor and middle terms in syllogisms. 4. Learn fallacies through examples. 5. Revise the six Pramanas and five Hetvabhasas. 6. Practise relevant previous-year questions (PYQs) regularly. 🏆 *LEARN WITH PIYUSH SHARMA – AIR 1* Piyush Sharma secured **270 out of 300 marks and All India Rank 1 in UGC NET June 2026 Yoga on his first attempt**, according to his reported result. Subscribe to the channel for UGC NET Paper 1, Paper 2 Yoga, PYQ analysis, revision lectures and exam-oriented preparation. 👍 Like | 📤 Share | 🔔 Subscribe ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔎 *SEO SEARCH KEYWORDS* UGC NET Logical Reasoning, UGC NET December 2026, Paper 1 Unit 6, Logical Reasoning Complete Lecture, A E I O Statements, Categorical Propositions, Square of Opposition, Conversion Obversion Contraposition, Distribution of Terms, Subject Predicate Copula, Categorical Syllogism, Major Minor Middle Term, Mood and Figure, Formal Fallacies, Informal Fallacies, Hasty Generalisation, False Dichotomy, False Cause, Ad Hominem, Begging the Question, Ad Ignorantiam, Western Logic, Indian Logic, Six Pramanas, Anumana, Vyapti, Hetvabhasa, Nyaya Syllogism, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Venn Diagrams, UGC NET Paper 1 PYQs, UGC NET JRF Preparation, Rajasthan SET, Piyush Sharma AIR 1, 270 out of 300. #UGCNET #UGCNET2026 #UGCNETDecember2026 #UGCNETPaper1 #LogicalReasoning #UGCNETJRF #Paper1Preparation #PiyushSharma #AIR1 #SquareOfOpposition #CategoricalPropositions #LogicalFallacies #IndianLogic #WesternLogic #Pramanas #Anumana #Hetvabhasa #Syllogism #VennDiagram #PYQ #RajasthanSET #JRFPreparation #CompetitiveExams *Understand the logic. Practise consistently. Prepare smart. Aim for JRF!* 🚀