PHILOSOPHY
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All
questions are compulsory.
June 2012
1. The arguments presented in favour
of Vedas include
(A) Power of the authors
(B) Characters of the authors
(C) Purpose of the authors
(D) None of the above
Answer:(D)
2. On the question of nature of self the
Chārvāka philosophy can be
classified as
(A) Dehātmavādins
(B) Prān. avādins
(C) Indriyātmavādins
(D) All the above
Answer:(A)
3. The havya of Yajna results in
benefiting
(A) R.tvik
(B) Consumer of the havya
(C) Devatā
(D) None of these
Answer:(B)
4. The Vedic word R.
ta stands for
(A) moral order
(B) cosmic order
(C) both moral and cosmic order
(D) neither moral nor cosmic order
Answer:(C)
5. Which out of the following does not
refute perception as a valid means of
knowledge ?
(A) Jayarashi Bhat.t.a
(B) Sri Hars.ha
(C) Goutama
(D) Nagarjuna
Answer:(C)
6. Which of the following does not
form a part of Brahma Vihāra ?
(A) Maitri
(B) Dayā
(C) Muditā
(D) Upeksā
Answer:(B)
7. The Buddhist doctrine of
Pratityasamutpāda can be defined as
(A) There is no permanent self
(B) Whatever is, is momentary
(C) There is no origination of
some elements
(D) Whatever originates, originate
on some conditions
Answer:(D)
8. Liberation according to Jainism is
(A) Freedom from life and death
only
(B) Freedom from Karma only
(C) Freedom from matter only
(D) All the above
Answer:(D)
9. Liberation according to Jainism is
termed as
(A) Bhāva-Moks.a
(B) Dravya Moks.a
(C) Bhāva Moks.a and Dravya Moks.a Both
(D) Neither
Answer:(C)
10. Which of the following sets is
consistent ?
(A) Śhunyavāda – Chandrakirti
(B) Nirguna – Ramanuja
(C) Satkāryavāda – Goutama
(D) Karmavāda – Chārvāka
Answer:(A)
11. The view that all types of Pratyaksa
are nirvikalpaka is upheld by
(A) Nyāya
(B) Vaiśesika
(C) Bauddha
(D) Viśistādvaita
Answer:(C)
12. Prapathi is the relation between
(A) Jiva and Jagat
(B) Brahma and Jagat
(C) Jiva and Iśvara
(D) Jiva and Brahman
Answer:(D)
13. According to the Vaiśesika school
the universal ‘Cowness’ is
(A) Non-eternal and many
(B) Eternal and many
(C) Eternal, one and residing in
many
(D) Non-eternal and one
Answer:(C)
14. Vyāpti can be properly defined as
(A) Invariable concomitance
(B) Causal relation
(C) Sequence
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
15. An unique innovation of Mimam.
sā
Philosophy about the source of
knowledge is
(A) Anupalabdhi
(B) Inference
(C) Comparison
(D) Testimony
Answer:(A)
16. Which one of the following
alternatives is accepted by
mimamsa ?
(A) Svatah--prāmānya, Svatah-aprāmānya.
(B) Paratah- prāmānya, Paratah-aprāmānya.
(C) Svatah-prāmānya, Paratah-aprāmānya
(D) Paratah-prāmānya, Paratah-aprāmānya
Answer:(C)
17. Samkhya theory of causation is
based upon
(A) Effect is not related with the
cause.
(B) Effect does not pre-exist in the
cause.
(C) Effect is produced out of
nothing.
(D) Effect pre-exists in the cause.
Answer:(D)
18. To Patanjali Sāsmita is a kind of
(A) Yoga
(B) Samādhi
(C) Āsana
(D) Prānāyāma
Answer:(B)
19. The theory of causation as proposed
by Śankaradwaita is corroborated by
(A) Experience
(B) Logic
(C) Scriptures
(D) All the above
Answer:(B)
20. The theory that the effect is only the
apparent result of the cause is known
as
(A) Satkāryavāda
(B) Asatkāryavāda
(C) Parin. āmavāda
(D) Vivarta vāda
Answer:(D)
21. Point out from the following reason
why Dr. B.R. Ambedkar opposes the
caste system prevalent in India ?
(A) …. as it creates discrimination,
social injustice and inequality
within the Indian Nation.
(B) …. as it is foreign innovation.
(C) …. as it is vedic heritage.
(D) …. as it is suggested by smritis.
Answer:(A)
22. The theory of evolution accepted by
Sri Aurobindo is known as
(A) Emergent Evolution
(B) Mechanical Evolution
(C) Integral Evolution
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
23. To whom of the following statement
can be rightfully attributed to
‘He reads Shankara from a Hegelian
point of view’ ?
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Sri Aurobindo
(C) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(D) J. Krishnamurthy
Answer:(B)
24. True knowledge according to
J. Krishnamurthy is as follows :
(A) Accepted by Religious Text
(B) Prescribed by masters
(C) Unconditional awareness
(D) Conditional reactions
Answer:(C)
25. Mahatma Gandhi criticised
industrialisation in one of the
following writings :
(A) Autobiography
(B) Hind Swaraj
(C) Key to health
(D) Harijan
Answer:(D)
26. The Philosopher interviewed by
young Socrates was _____.
(A) Heraclitus
(B) Plato
(C) Parmenides
(D) Zeno
Answer:(C)
27. Who established the theory of
Becoming ?
(A) Plato
(B) Parmanides
(C) Heraclitus
(D) St. Anselm
Answer:(C)
28. Who said, “Man is the measure of all
things” ?
(A) Plato
(B) Anaximenes
(C) Protagoras
(D) Zeno
Answer:(C)
29. Who believed that “good and ill are
one” ?
(A) Thales
(B) Heraclitus
(C) Aristotle
(D) Anaximenes
Answer:(B)
30. Who ultimately reduced the number
of causes from four to two only ?
(A) Parmanides
(B) Pythagoras
(C) Plato
(D) Aristotle
Answer:(D)
31. Which one among the following is
real to Plato ?
(A) Objects
(B) Ideas
(C) Soul
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
32. Entire Western Philosophy is the
foot note on the Philosophy of _____
(A) Socrates
(B) Aristotle
(C) Plato
(D) Parmanides
Answer:(C)
33. Who considers that ‘an unexamined
life is not worth living’ ?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Socrates
(D) Thales
Answer:(C)
34. Who proved the existence of God
through arguments based on
Ontology ?
(A) St. Thomas Acquinas
(B) St. Anselm
(C) St. Augustine
(D) All the three
Answer:(B)
35. Concept of ‘Unmoved Mover’ for
God was developed by ______
(A) St. Thomas Acquinas
(B) St. Anselm
(C) Aristotle
(D) Plato
Answer:(C)
36. According to whom ‘to start with,
mind is a clean state’ ?
(A) Plato
(B) Descartes
(C) Spinoza
(D) Locke
Answer:(D)
37. Who said that ‘Reason must
approach nature not as a pupil, but as
a judge’ ?
(A) Kant
(B) Locke
(C) Hegel
(D) Spinoza
Answer:(A)
38. The Philosopher who defended
common sense philosophy is
(A) Berkeley
(B) Hegel
(C) Moore
(D) Green
Answer:(C)
39. Which one of the following
statements was propounded by
Wittgenstein ?
(A) To be is to be perceived
(B) I think therefore I am
(C) I am therefore I think
(D) Where of one cannot speak,
there of one must remain
silent.
Answer:(D)
40. The Philosopher who is associated
with the doctrine of Language-games
is
(A) Moore
(B) Russell
(C) Wittgenstein
(D) William James
Answer:(C)
41. The verifiability theory of meaning
is introduced by
(A) Existentialists
(B) Logical Positivists
(C) Phenomenologists
(D) Pragmatists
Answer:(B)
42. The Philosopher who criticized the
Cartesian dualism of descaste as the
‘Doctrine by Ghost in the Machine’
is
(A) A.J. Ayer
(B) G.E. Moore
(C) Bertrand Russell
(D) Gilbert Ryle
Answer:(D)
43. According to which theory truth
depends upon practical
consequences ?
(A) Correspondence theory
(B) Coherence theory
(C) Pragmatic theory
(D) Semantic theory
Answer:(C)
44. Which one of the following pairs is
not theoretically harmonious ?
(A) Moore and Russell
(B) Pierce and James
(C) Schlick and Carnap
(D) Heidegger and Husserl
Answer:(X)
45. The ‘Vienna Circle’ is associated
with
(A) Logical Positivism
(B) Pragmatism
(C) Existentialism
(D) Phenomenological Movement
Answer:(A)
46. Which one of the following is
considered as the essence of
Philosophy by Russell ?
(A) Aesthetics (B) Ethics
(C) Logic (D) Axiology
Answer:(C)
47. Descartes introduced
I. Mathematical Method
II. Advanced Proofs for the
existence of God.
III. Explained body-mind relation.
IV. Introduced the distinction
between primary and
secondary qualities.
Find the correct answer by using the
code below :
Codes :
(A) only I and II are correct.
(B) only II and III are correct.
(C) only III and IV are correct.
(D) only I, II & III are correct
Answer:(D)
48. Out of following two statements the
first is Assertion (A) and second is
Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Early Wittgenstein
subscribes Picture theory of
meaning.
Reason (R) : For later Wittgenstein
the function of Language is to
state facts.
Select only the correct answer from
given two statements through codes
given :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation
of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is not a correct explanation
of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(B)
49. Identify the correct sequence of
woks.
(A) An Essay Concerning Human
Understanding, Meditations,
Organon, Republic.
(B) Republic, Meditations,
Organon, An Essay
Concerning Human
Understanding.
(C) Republic, Organon,
Meditations, An Essay
Concerning Human
Understanding.
(D) Meditations, Republic, An
Essay Concerning Human
Understanding, organon.
Answer:(C)
50. Match the following by using the
code below and select the correct
answer using the code given below :
List – I List – II
(Author) (Texts)
(a) Gilbert (i) Philosophical
Ryle Studies
(b) Bertrand (ii) Either/or
Russell
(c) Heidegger (iii) The Concept of Mind
(d) G.E. (iv) An inquiry into meaning
Moore and truth
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All
questions are compulsory.
June 2012
1. The arguments presented in favour
of Vedas include
(A) Power of the authors
(B) Characters of the authors
(C) Purpose of the authors
(D) None of the above
Answer:(D)
2. On the question of nature of self the
Chārvāka philosophy can be
classified as
(A) Dehātmavādins
(B) Prān. avādins
(C) Indriyātmavādins
(D) All the above
Answer:(A)
3. The havya of Yajna results in
benefiting
(A) R.tvik
(B) Consumer of the havya
(C) Devatā
(D) None of these
Answer:(B)
4. The Vedic word R.
ta stands for
(A) moral order
(B) cosmic order
(C) both moral and cosmic order
(D) neither moral nor cosmic order
Answer:(C)
5. Which out of the following does not
refute perception as a valid means of
knowledge ?
(A) Jayarashi Bhat.t.a
(B) Sri Hars.ha
(C) Goutama
(D) Nagarjuna
Answer:(C)
6. Which of the following does not
form a part of Brahma Vihāra ?
(A) Maitri
(B) Dayā
(C) Muditā
(D) Upeksā
Answer:(B)
7. The Buddhist doctrine of
Pratityasamutpāda can be defined as
(A) There is no permanent self
(B) Whatever is, is momentary
(C) There is no origination of
some elements
(D) Whatever originates, originate
on some conditions
Answer:(D)
8. Liberation according to Jainism is
(A) Freedom from life and death
only
(B) Freedom from Karma only
(C) Freedom from matter only
(D) All the above
Answer:(D)
9. Liberation according to Jainism is
termed as
(A) Bhāva-Moks.a
(B) Dravya Moks.a
(C) Bhāva Moks.a and Dravya Moks.a Both
(D) Neither
Answer:(C)
10. Which of the following sets is
consistent ?
(A) Śhunyavāda – Chandrakirti
(B) Nirguna – Ramanuja
(C) Satkāryavāda – Goutama
(D) Karmavāda – Chārvāka
Answer:(A)
11. The view that all types of Pratyaksa
are nirvikalpaka is upheld by
(A) Nyāya
(B) Vaiśesika
(C) Bauddha
(D) Viśistādvaita
Answer:(C)
12. Prapathi is the relation between
(A) Jiva and Jagat
(B) Brahma and Jagat
(C) Jiva and Iśvara
(D) Jiva and Brahman
Answer:(D)
13. According to the Vaiśesika school
the universal ‘Cowness’ is
(A) Non-eternal and many
(B) Eternal and many
(C) Eternal, one and residing in
many
(D) Non-eternal and one
Answer:(C)
14. Vyāpti can be properly defined as
(A) Invariable concomitance
(B) Causal relation
(C) Sequence
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
15. An unique innovation of Mimam.
sā
Philosophy about the source of
knowledge is
(A) Anupalabdhi
(B) Inference
(C) Comparison
(D) Testimony
Answer:(A)
16. Which one of the following
alternatives is accepted by
mimamsa ?
(A) Svatah--prāmānya, Svatah-aprāmānya.
(B) Paratah- prāmānya, Paratah-aprāmānya.
(C) Svatah-prāmānya, Paratah-aprāmānya
(D) Paratah-prāmānya, Paratah-aprāmānya
Answer:(C)
17. Samkhya theory of causation is
based upon
(A) Effect is not related with the
cause.
(B) Effect does not pre-exist in the
cause.
(C) Effect is produced out of
nothing.
(D) Effect pre-exists in the cause.
Answer:(D)
18. To Patanjali Sāsmita is a kind of
(A) Yoga
(B) Samādhi
(C) Āsana
(D) Prānāyāma
Answer:(B)
19. The theory of causation as proposed
by Śankaradwaita is corroborated by
(A) Experience
(B) Logic
(C) Scriptures
(D) All the above
Answer:(B)
20. The theory that the effect is only the
apparent result of the cause is known
as
(A) Satkāryavāda
(B) Asatkāryavāda
(C) Parin. āmavāda
(D) Vivarta vāda
Answer:(D)
21. Point out from the following reason
why Dr. B.R. Ambedkar opposes the
caste system prevalent in India ?
(A) …. as it creates discrimination,
social injustice and inequality
within the Indian Nation.
(B) …. as it is foreign innovation.
(C) …. as it is vedic heritage.
(D) …. as it is suggested by smritis.
Answer:(A)
22. The theory of evolution accepted by
Sri Aurobindo is known as
(A) Emergent Evolution
(B) Mechanical Evolution
(C) Integral Evolution
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
23. To whom of the following statement
can be rightfully attributed to
‘He reads Shankara from a Hegelian
point of view’ ?
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Sri Aurobindo
(C) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(D) J. Krishnamurthy
Answer:(B)
24. True knowledge according to
J. Krishnamurthy is as follows :
(A) Accepted by Religious Text
(B) Prescribed by masters
(C) Unconditional awareness
(D) Conditional reactions
Answer:(C)
25. Mahatma Gandhi criticised
industrialisation in one of the
following writings :
(A) Autobiography
(B) Hind Swaraj
(C) Key to health
(D) Harijan
Answer:(D)
26. The Philosopher interviewed by
young Socrates was _____.
(A) Heraclitus
(B) Plato
(C) Parmenides
(D) Zeno
Answer:(C)
27. Who established the theory of
Becoming ?
(A) Plato
(B) Parmanides
(C) Heraclitus
(D) St. Anselm
Answer:(C)
28. Who said, “Man is the measure of all
things” ?
(A) Plato
(B) Anaximenes
(C) Protagoras
(D) Zeno
Answer:(C)
29. Who believed that “good and ill are
one” ?
(A) Thales
(B) Heraclitus
(C) Aristotle
(D) Anaximenes
Answer:(B)
30. Who ultimately reduced the number
of causes from four to two only ?
(A) Parmanides
(B) Pythagoras
(C) Plato
(D) Aristotle
Answer:(D)
31. Which one among the following is
real to Plato ?
(A) Objects
(B) Ideas
(C) Soul
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
32. Entire Western Philosophy is the
foot note on the Philosophy of _____
(A) Socrates
(B) Aristotle
(C) Plato
(D) Parmanides
Answer:(C)
33. Who considers that ‘an unexamined
life is not worth living’ ?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Socrates
(D) Thales
Answer:(C)
34. Who proved the existence of God
through arguments based on
Ontology ?
(A) St. Thomas Acquinas
(B) St. Anselm
(C) St. Augustine
(D) All the three
Answer:(B)
35. Concept of ‘Unmoved Mover’ for
God was developed by ______
(A) St. Thomas Acquinas
(B) St. Anselm
(C) Aristotle
(D) Plato
Answer:(C)
36. According to whom ‘to start with,
mind is a clean state’ ?
(A) Plato
(B) Descartes
(C) Spinoza
(D) Locke
Answer:(D)
37. Who said that ‘Reason must
approach nature not as a pupil, but as
a judge’ ?
(A) Kant
(B) Locke
(C) Hegel
(D) Spinoza
Answer:(A)
38. The Philosopher who defended
common sense philosophy is
(A) Berkeley
(B) Hegel
(C) Moore
(D) Green
Answer:(C)
39. Which one of the following
statements was propounded by
Wittgenstein ?
(A) To be is to be perceived
(B) I think therefore I am
(C) I am therefore I think
(D) Where of one cannot speak,
there of one must remain
silent.
Answer:(D)
40. The Philosopher who is associated
with the doctrine of Language-games
is
(A) Moore
(B) Russell
(C) Wittgenstein
(D) William James
Answer:(C)
41. The verifiability theory of meaning
is introduced by
(A) Existentialists
(B) Logical Positivists
(C) Phenomenologists
(D) Pragmatists
Answer:(B)
42. The Philosopher who criticized the
Cartesian dualism of descaste as the
‘Doctrine by Ghost in the Machine’
is
(A) A.J. Ayer
(B) G.E. Moore
(C) Bertrand Russell
(D) Gilbert Ryle
Answer:(D)
43. According to which theory truth
depends upon practical
consequences ?
(A) Correspondence theory
(B) Coherence theory
(C) Pragmatic theory
(D) Semantic theory
Answer:(C)
44. Which one of the following pairs is
not theoretically harmonious ?
(A) Moore and Russell
(B) Pierce and James
(C) Schlick and Carnap
(D) Heidegger and Husserl
Answer:(X)
45. The ‘Vienna Circle’ is associated
with
(A) Logical Positivism
(B) Pragmatism
(C) Existentialism
(D) Phenomenological Movement
Answer:(A)
46. Which one of the following is
considered as the essence of
Philosophy by Russell ?
(A) Aesthetics (B) Ethics
(C) Logic (D) Axiology
Answer:(C)
47. Descartes introduced
I. Mathematical Method
II. Advanced Proofs for the
existence of God.
III. Explained body-mind relation.
IV. Introduced the distinction
between primary and
secondary qualities.
Find the correct answer by using the
code below :
Codes :
(A) only I and II are correct.
(B) only II and III are correct.
(C) only III and IV are correct.
(D) only I, II & III are correct
Answer:(D)
48. Out of following two statements the
first is Assertion (A) and second is
Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Early Wittgenstein
subscribes Picture theory of
meaning.
Reason (R) : For later Wittgenstein
the function of Language is to
state facts.
Select only the correct answer from
given two statements through codes
given :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation
of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is not a correct explanation
of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(B)
49. Identify the correct sequence of
woks.
(A) An Essay Concerning Human
Understanding, Meditations,
Organon, Republic.
(B) Republic, Meditations,
Organon, An Essay
Concerning Human
Understanding.
(C) Republic, Organon,
Meditations, An Essay
Concerning Human
Understanding.
(D) Meditations, Republic, An
Essay Concerning Human
Understanding, organon.
Answer:(C)
50. Match the following by using the
code below and select the correct
answer using the code given below :
List – I List – II
(Author) (Texts)
(a) Gilbert (i) Philosophical
Ryle Studies
(b) Bertrand (ii) Either/or
Russell
(c) Heidegger (iii) The Concept of Mind
(d) G.E. (iv) An inquiry into meaning
Moore and truth
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Answer:(X)