SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 21 September 2025, Shift 3 · English Comprehension · Question 13 of 100

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Which of these is the correct spelling of a logic term for contradictions?

(a)Paraconsistent
(b)Paraconssistent
(c)Paraconsistint
(d)Paraconsestent

Answer

Why

Correct — A. Split it: para + consistent. The prefix does not change how consistent is spelt.

Consistent is con + sist + ent: one s after con, an i in sist, and the ending -ent. Paraconsistent → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Paraconssistent — Paraconssistent doubles the s after con. Consistent has a single s there: con-sist-ent.
(c)
Paraconsistint — Paraconsistint ends in -int. The adjective ending is -ent, as in consistent, persistent and insistent.
(d)
Paraconsestent — Paraconsestent puts e where the stem has i. The stem is sist, as in consist, insist and resist.

Concept

In classical logic a contradiction lets you derive any statement at all. This is the principle of explosion.

A paraconsistent logic rejects it. A contradiction can sit in the system without every statement following from it, which is why the question calls it a logic term for contradictions.

You do not need the logic to answer. The item tests whether you can see consistent inside the long word and spell it.

Key facts

Paraconsistent = para + consistent.
A logic is paraconsistent if a contradiction does not entail every conclusion.
Explosion, or ex contradictione quodlibet: from a contradiction, anything follows.
Consist, insist, persist and resist share the stem -sist-.

Study next

The -sist- family: consistent, persistent, insistent, resistantSpelling long technical terms by splitting them into prefix, root and ending

Common traps

Doubling the s after con, as in conssistent
Writing -int for the unstressed ending, which sounds much like -ent in speech

A spelling item that names a field and asks for its term is also keyed at 19 Sep 2025, 09:00, English Q.6 (a theory centered on utility and outcomes → Utilitarianism).

The idea of contradiction itself is tested at 14 Sep 2025, 12:30, English Q.6, where a statement that appears self-contradictory yet may be true is keyed Paradox.

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