PHILOSOPHY
PAPER – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks
each. All questions are compulsory.
June 2013
1. The view that cit and acit are two
parts of Brahman is upheld by
(A) Sankara (B) Maddhva
(C) Rāmānuja (D) Jaimini
Answer:(C)
2. The Kāra .
nata between a cloth and its
threads is
(A) Asamavāyi
(B) Samavāyi
(C) Both Samavāyi and
Asamavāyi
(D) Nimitta
Answer:(B)
3. The relation between ātman and
manas is
(A) Samavāya
(B) Samyoga
(C) Svarupa
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
4. Which one among the following is
not a nitya dravya ?
(A) Ākāsa
(B) Kāla
(C) Sāvayava
(D) Niravayava
Answer:(C)
5. Which sattā is not refuted ?
(A) Vyāvahārika
(B) Pāramārthika
(C) Both Vyāvahārika and
Pāramārthika
(D) Neither Vyāvahārika nor
Pāramārthika
Answer:(B)
6. Who advocates that matter is
pervaded by mind ?
(A) Descartes (B) Spinoza
(C) Leibnitz (D) Hume
Answer:(C)
7. Point out from the following
statements the correct reasoning as
regards Hume’s statement that ‘self
is a fiction’.
(A) Self is ego.
(B) Self is unreal ‘I’ entity.
(C) Self is mere association of
semi-impression.
(D) Self is a witness.
Answer:(C)
8. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Philosopher) (Theory)
(a) Spinoza (i) Intellectual love of God
(b) Leibnitz (ii) Unmoved mover
(c) Aristotle (iii) Transcendental unity of apperception
(d) Kant (iv) Pre-established Harmony
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Answer:(A)
9. The basis of Śa
.mkara’s philosophy
of self is
(A) Dualism
(B) Non-dualism
(C) Qualified monism
(D) Pluralism
Answer:(B)
10. Which one of the following causes
does not belong to Aristotle’s
Philosophy ?
(A) Necessary (B) Formal
(C) Material (D) Efficient
Answer:(A)
11. Prama according to the Buddhists is
(A) Ajnātā tattvārtha jnāna
(B) Tadvati tatprakārakam jnānam
(C) Samyak jnānam
(D) None of the above
Answer:(X)
12. Consider the List – I and List – II
and select the code correctly
matched :
List – I List – II
(a) Akhyāti (i) Nyaya
(b) Anirvaca- (ii) Kumārīla
niyakhyāti
(c) Viparītakhyāti (iii) Prabhakara
(d) Anyathākhyāti (iv) Advaita Vedānta
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(D) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
Answer:(B)
13. Select the code which is not
correctly matched :
(A) Upamāna, Bhūyodarśana,Vivarana
(B) Vyākarana, Kośa, Vivarana
(C) Kośa, Āptāvākya, Vākyaśesa
(D) Vyākarana, Kośa, Āptāvākya
Answer:(A)
14. Who among the following is an anvit
ābhidhānavādin ?
(A) Gautama (B) Sa kara
(C) Prabhākara (D) Kumārīla
Answer:(C)
15. Who among the following holds that
the Kārana - sāmagri of jnāna is also
the Kārana-Sāmagri of its validity ?
(A) Gautama (B) Kanāda
(C) Kumārila (D) Nāgārjuna
Answer:(C)
16. Prama literally means the experience
which is
(A) Real
(B) Unreal
(C) Doubtful
(D) All of the above
Answer:(A)
17. The invariable relation between the
Hetu and the Sadhya in Nyāya
Philosophy is known as
(A) Paramarsha
(B) Anuman
(C) Vyapti
(D) Comparison
Answer:(C)
18. The knowledge of relation between a
name and the thing in Nyāya
Philosophy is known as
(A) Perception
(B) Inference
(C) Comparison
(D) Testimony
Answer:(C)
19. The basis of false knowledge
according to Shankar is
(A) Brahman (B) Atman
(C) Jiva (D) Maya
Answer:(D)
20. The imposition of an object upon
another due to illusion is known as
(A) Atmakhyativada
(B) Anyathakhyativada
(C) Akhyativada
(D) Asatkhyativada
Answer:(B)
21. Khyāti according to Indian
Philosophy means
(A) Theory of Error
(B) Theory of Truth
(C) Theory of Falsehood
(D) None of the above
Answer:(X)
22. Savikalpaka pratyak a in Buddhist
epistemology is
(A) Some times valid
(B) All times valid
(C) Valid in no way
(D) Indeterminable
Answer:(C)
23. Vyāpti can be properly defined as
______.
(A) Invariable concomitance
(B) Causal relation
(C) Sequence
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
24. The Kara a of anumiti according to
Nyāya is
(A) Paksadharmatajnāna
(B) Bhūyodarśana
(C) Vyāptijnāna
(D) Sādrśyajnāna
Answer:(C)
25. Sound is eternal because it has
soundhood is an instance of
(A) Viruddha hetvābhāsa
(B) Svabhicāra hetvābhāsa
(C) A valid inference
(D) Asiddha hetvābhāsa
Answer:(B)
26. Sa .myak Darśana in Jaina ethics means
(A) Correct perception
(B) The realisation of truth
(C) The respect for the teaching of
the Tirthankara
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
27. Consider the List – I and List – II
and select the code correctly
matched :
List – I List – II
(a) Brāhma a (i) Academic
activities
(b) K.satriya (ii) Fight for the country
(c) Vaiśya (iii) Serving other classes
(d) Śudra (iv) Business
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Answer:(C)
28. Which one is the correct sequence of
the four kinds of purusārthas ?
(A) Artha, Kāma, Dharma, Moksa
(B) Kāma, Artha, Dharma, Moksa
(C) Dharma, Artha, Kāma, Moksa
(D) Moksa, Dharma, Artha, Kāma
Answer:(C)
29. The correct sequence of
Āśramadharma is
(A) Gārhastha, Vānaprastha,
Brahmacārya, Sannyāsa
(B) Vānaprastha, Gārhastha,
Brahmacārya, Sannyāsa
(C) Brahmacārya, Gārhastha,
Vānaprastha, Sannyāsa
(D) Brahmacārya, Vānaprastha,
Sannyāsa, Gārhastha
Answer:(C)
30. The notion of Brahmavihāra is found
in
(A) Advaita Vedānta
(B) Dvaita Vedānta
(C) Both Dvaita and Advaita Vedānta
(D) Buddhism
Answer:(D)
31. Select the code that contains the
three Kantian postulates of morality :
(A) Freedom, Will and Intuition
(B) Freedom, God and Immortality
(C) Freedom, Knowledge and
Emotion
(D) Necessity, Category and
Sensibility
Answer:(B)
32. Hatred and attachment according to
Yoga School of Philosophy belong
to
(A) Kleśas
(B) Cittabhumis
(C) Yama
(D) Niyama
Answer:(A)
33. What is the moral criterion selected
by Chārvāka ?
(A) Intuitive
(B) Rationalistic
(C) Hedonistic
(D) Eudaemonistic
Answer:(C)
34. A man who seeks pleasure and fails
to get it, is facing the paradox of
(A) Eudaemonism
(B) Hedonism
(C) Rigourism
(D) Altruism
Answer:(B)
35. Select the code that contains two
theories of punishment.
(A) Reactionary & Reassuring
(B) Retributive & Reformative
(C) Preventive & Reactionary
(D) Reassuring & Retributive
Answer:(B)
36. Who among the following worked
for the upliftment of women by way
of opposing SATEE PRATHĀ ?
(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Vallabh Bhai Patel
Answer:(B)
37. Kant has explained moral theories in
(A) The critique of pure reason
(B) The critique of practical reason
(C) Religion within the Limits of
reason
(D) None of these
Answer:(B)
38. Intuitionism is _______
Intuitionalism. (Fill in the blank)
(A) equivalent to
(B) similar to
(C) distinct from
(D) None of these
Answer:(C)
39. Categorical imperatives command
______
(A) Conditionally
(B) Unconditionally
(C) Neither (A) nor (B) above
(D) Both (A) and (B) above
Answer:(B)
40. Which system rejects theology,
happiness or practical consequences
as the basis for morality ?
(A) Realism
(B) Intuitionism
(C) Critical Idealism
(D) Utilitarianism
Answer:(C)
41. The figure of a syllogism is
determined by the position of
(A) Major Term
(B) Middle Term
(C) Minor Term
(D) Copula
Answer:(B)
42. In a valid syllogism the ‘middle
term’ must be distributed in the
(A) Major premise
(B) Minor premise
(C) In any one of the premises
(D) Conclusion
Answer:(C)
43. Truth and falsehood characterize
(A) Propositions
(B) Arguments
(C) Both propositions and
arguments
(D) Neither propositions nor
arguments
Answer:(A)
44. In Universal Negative Propositions,
which of the following term/terms
is/are distributed ?
(A) Subject Term
(B) Predicate Term
(C) Neither Subject Term nor
Predicate Term
(D) Both Subject and Predicate
Terms
Answer:(D)
45. Indicate which one of the following
pairs refer to E and O propositions ?
(A) No men are good; some men
are not good.
(B) All men are good; some men
are good.
(C) All men are good; No men are
good.
(D) Some men are good; Some
men are not good.
Answer:(A)
46. Select the pair of contrary
propositions :
(A) I, O propositions
(B) A, E propositions
(C) A, O propositions
(D) E, I propositions
Answer:(B)
47. pvq is ‘false’ when
(A) p is true and q is true.
(B) p is true and q is false.
(C) p is false and q is true.
(D) p is false and q is false.
Answer:(D)
48. A statement form that has only
TRUE substitution instances is
called
(A) Tautology
(B) Contradiction
(C) Contingent
(D) Implication
Answer:(A)
49. If A and B are true statements and X
and Y are false statements, the
compound statement ~ (AvX) is
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Doubtful
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
50. Read the following arguments :
(i) If I am the President of India,
then I am famous. I am not the President
of India. Therefore, I am not famous.
(ii) If the weather is fine, the
match will be played.
The weather is not fine.
Therefore, the match will not
be played.
Find out the ‘Argument Form’ of the
above arguments, using the code
below :
50. Answer:(C)
51. Which one of the following religious
worships scripture as the ideal of
divinity ?
(A) Hinduism
(B) Christianity
(C) Jainism
(D) Sikhism
Answer:(D)
52. Which of the following pairs of
religion could be considered as ‘non-
theistic’ in perspective ?
(A) Judaism – Christianity
(B) Islam – Zoroastrianism
(C) Jainism – Buddhism
(D) Hinduism – Sikhism
Answer:(C)
53. Which of the following set of
religions believe in the concept of
salvation ?
(A) Jainism and Islam
(B) Islam and Christianity
(C) Hinduism and Christianity
(D) Buddhism and Jainism
Answer:(B)
54. Which of the following set of
religions can be formed as Semitic
religions ?
(A) Islam – Jainism – Judaism
(B) Jainism – Buddhism – Sikhism
(C) Hinduism – Islam – Christianity
(D) Judaism – Christianity – Islam
Answer:(D)
55. Consider List – I and List – II and
select the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
(a) Hinduism (i) Bible
(b) Zoroastrianism (ii) Avestā
(c) Jainism (iii) Bhāgvadgītā
(d) Christianity (iv) Tattvārthasūtra
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(B) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Answer:(D)
56. Name the author of the celebrated
article “On Denoting”.
(A) Quine (B) Davidson
(C) Russell (D) Frege
Answer:(C)
57. Frege makes a distinction between
the following :
(A) Sense and Common Sense
(B) Sense and Reference
(C) Sense and Truth Condition
(D) Sense and Nonsense
Answer:(B)
58. According to J.L. Austin the
“locationary act” is the act of
(A) saying something grammatically
and intelligently
(B) doing something in making the
utterance
(C) doing something by saying
something
(D) All the above
Answer:(A)
59. According to whom language
functions not on the sentence-to
sentence basis, but as a whole ?
(A) Frege
(B) Russell
(C) Early Wittgenstein
(D) Quine
Answer:(D)
60. P.F. Strawson’s metaphysics is
called
(A) Descriptive
(B) Revisionary
(C) Idealistic
(D) Nihilistic
Answer:(A)
61. Name the philosopher who is not a
phenomenologist.
(A) Brentano (B) Meinong
(C) Husserl (D) Quine
Answer:(D)
62. Name the author of Logical
Investigations :
(A) Wittgenstein
(B) Husserl
(C) Dummett
(D) Heidegger
Answer:(B)
63. Husserl’s transcendental-phenomen-
ological reduction is aimed at
discovering
(A) Empirical ego
(B) Phenomenological ego
(C) Intersubjective ego
(D) Transcendental ego
Answer:(D)
64. The term hermneutics covers
(A) Understanding Text
(B) Interpretation of Text
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Answer:(C)
65. Hermeneutic humanism was
subscribed by
(A) Heidegger
(B) Gadamer
(C) Ronald Barthes
(D) Richard Rorty
Answer:(B)
66. In Advaita Vedāntā māyā is
(A) Real
(B) Unreal
(C) Both real and unreal
(D) Neither real nor unreal
Answer:(D)
67. According to Rāmānuja, human soul is
(A) All pervading
(B) Of Atomic size
(C) Of Medium size
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
68. According to Rāmānuja, the relation
between Self and God is that of
(A) Identity
(B) Difference
(C) Both identity and difference
(D) Neither identity nor difference
Answer:(C)
69. Liberation, according to Rāmānuja,
means
(A) Identity between God and Soul
(B) Similarity between God and
Soul
(C) Both identity and similarity
between God and Soul
(D) Neither identity nor similarity
between God and Soul
Answer:(B)
70. The theory of error accepted by
Śa
.mkara is known as
(A) Akhyātivāda
(B) Anirvacanīyakhyātivāda
(C) Anyathākhyātivāda
(D) Satkhyātivāda
Answer:(B)
71. For Gandhi, the political and
economic organization of the State
should be based on
(A) growing mechanization and
physical satisfactions
(B) the moral and intellectual
development of the individual
(C) full state control and direction
(D) by representation of workers
Answer:(B)
72. Gandhi’s solution of all social
problems ultimately rests on
(A) establishing the kingdom of
God on earth
(B) total and unprecedented
humanistic outlook
(C) total self-sacrificing
(D) total love and feeling for all
Answer:(A)
73. Gandhi developed the ideology of
‘Sarvodaya’
(A) Through the influencing
writings of Henry David and
Thoreau
(B) Through the influencing
writings of Srimad Rajchandra
(C) Through the influencing
writings of Ruskin
(D) Through the influencing
writings of Leo Tolstoy
Answer:(C)
74. For Gandhi, the method of non-
violence has to be
(A) Non-involving at all with
others
(B) Non-involving in conflicts
with others
(C) Defying the enemy and still
winning and converting him
(D) All of the above
Answer:(C)
75. Non-violence as a law of love is
(A) Loving those that are
affectionate
(B) Loving those whom one likes
(C) Loving those who even hate
one
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
PAPER – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks
each. All questions are compulsory.
June 2013
1. The view that cit and acit are two
parts of Brahman is upheld by
(A) Sankara (B) Maddhva
(C) Rāmānuja (D) Jaimini
Answer:(C)
2. The Kāra .
nata between a cloth and its
threads is
(A) Asamavāyi
(B) Samavāyi
(C) Both Samavāyi and
Asamavāyi
(D) Nimitta
Answer:(B)
3. The relation between ātman and
manas is
(A) Samavāya
(B) Samyoga
(C) Svarupa
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
4. Which one among the following is
not a nitya dravya ?
(A) Ākāsa
(B) Kāla
(C) Sāvayava
(D) Niravayava
Answer:(C)
5. Which sattā is not refuted ?
(A) Vyāvahārika
(B) Pāramārthika
(C) Both Vyāvahārika and
Pāramārthika
(D) Neither Vyāvahārika nor
Pāramārthika
Answer:(B)
6. Who advocates that matter is
pervaded by mind ?
(A) Descartes (B) Spinoza
(C) Leibnitz (D) Hume
Answer:(C)
7. Point out from the following
statements the correct reasoning as
regards Hume’s statement that ‘self
is a fiction’.
(A) Self is ego.
(B) Self is unreal ‘I’ entity.
(C) Self is mere association of
semi-impression.
(D) Self is a witness.
Answer:(C)
8. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Philosopher) (Theory)
(a) Spinoza (i) Intellectual love of God
(b) Leibnitz (ii) Unmoved mover
(c) Aristotle (iii) Transcendental unity of apperception
(d) Kant (iv) Pre-established Harmony
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Answer:(A)
9. The basis of Śa
.mkara’s philosophy
of self is
(A) Dualism
(B) Non-dualism
(C) Qualified monism
(D) Pluralism
Answer:(B)
10. Which one of the following causes
does not belong to Aristotle’s
Philosophy ?
(A) Necessary (B) Formal
(C) Material (D) Efficient
Answer:(A)
11. Prama according to the Buddhists is
(A) Ajnātā tattvārtha jnāna
(B) Tadvati tatprakārakam jnānam
(C) Samyak jnānam
(D) None of the above
Answer:(X)
12. Consider the List – I and List – II
and select the code correctly
matched :
List – I List – II
(a) Akhyāti (i) Nyaya
(b) Anirvaca- (ii) Kumārīla
niyakhyāti
(c) Viparītakhyāti (iii) Prabhakara
(d) Anyathākhyāti (iv) Advaita Vedānta
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(D) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
Answer:(B)
13. Select the code which is not
correctly matched :
(A) Upamāna, Bhūyodarśana,Vivarana
(B) Vyākarana, Kośa, Vivarana
(C) Kośa, Āptāvākya, Vākyaśesa
(D) Vyākarana, Kośa, Āptāvākya
Answer:(A)
14. Who among the following is an anvit
ābhidhānavādin ?
(A) Gautama (B) Sa kara
(C) Prabhākara (D) Kumārīla
Answer:(C)
15. Who among the following holds that
the Kārana - sāmagri of jnāna is also
the Kārana-Sāmagri of its validity ?
(A) Gautama (B) Kanāda
(C) Kumārila (D) Nāgārjuna
Answer:(C)
16. Prama literally means the experience
which is
(A) Real
(B) Unreal
(C) Doubtful
(D) All of the above
Answer:(A)
17. The invariable relation between the
Hetu and the Sadhya in Nyāya
Philosophy is known as
(A) Paramarsha
(B) Anuman
(C) Vyapti
(D) Comparison
Answer:(C)
18. The knowledge of relation between a
name and the thing in Nyāya
Philosophy is known as
(A) Perception
(B) Inference
(C) Comparison
(D) Testimony
Answer:(C)
19. The basis of false knowledge
according to Shankar is
(A) Brahman (B) Atman
(C) Jiva (D) Maya
Answer:(D)
20. The imposition of an object upon
another due to illusion is known as
(A) Atmakhyativada
(B) Anyathakhyativada
(C) Akhyativada
(D) Asatkhyativada
Answer:(B)
21. Khyāti according to Indian
Philosophy means
(A) Theory of Error
(B) Theory of Truth
(C) Theory of Falsehood
(D) None of the above
Answer:(X)
22. Savikalpaka pratyak a in Buddhist
epistemology is
(A) Some times valid
(B) All times valid
(C) Valid in no way
(D) Indeterminable
Answer:(C)
23. Vyāpti can be properly defined as
______.
(A) Invariable concomitance
(B) Causal relation
(C) Sequence
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
24. The Kara a of anumiti according to
Nyāya is
(A) Paksadharmatajnāna
(B) Bhūyodarśana
(C) Vyāptijnāna
(D) Sādrśyajnāna
Answer:(C)
25. Sound is eternal because it has
soundhood is an instance of
(A) Viruddha hetvābhāsa
(B) Svabhicāra hetvābhāsa
(C) A valid inference
(D) Asiddha hetvābhāsa
Answer:(B)
26. Sa .myak Darśana in Jaina ethics means
(A) Correct perception
(B) The realisation of truth
(C) The respect for the teaching of
the Tirthankara
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
27. Consider the List – I and List – II
and select the code correctly
matched :
List – I List – II
(a) Brāhma a (i) Academic
activities
(b) K.satriya (ii) Fight for the country
(c) Vaiśya (iii) Serving other classes
(d) Śudra (iv) Business
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Answer:(C)
28. Which one is the correct sequence of
the four kinds of purusārthas ?
(A) Artha, Kāma, Dharma, Moksa
(B) Kāma, Artha, Dharma, Moksa
(C) Dharma, Artha, Kāma, Moksa
(D) Moksa, Dharma, Artha, Kāma
Answer:(C)
29. The correct sequence of
Āśramadharma is
(A) Gārhastha, Vānaprastha,
Brahmacārya, Sannyāsa
(B) Vānaprastha, Gārhastha,
Brahmacārya, Sannyāsa
(C) Brahmacārya, Gārhastha,
Vānaprastha, Sannyāsa
(D) Brahmacārya, Vānaprastha,
Sannyāsa, Gārhastha
Answer:(C)
30. The notion of Brahmavihāra is found
in
(A) Advaita Vedānta
(B) Dvaita Vedānta
(C) Both Dvaita and Advaita Vedānta
(D) Buddhism
Answer:(D)
31. Select the code that contains the
three Kantian postulates of morality :
(A) Freedom, Will and Intuition
(B) Freedom, God and Immortality
(C) Freedom, Knowledge and
Emotion
(D) Necessity, Category and
Sensibility
Answer:(B)
32. Hatred and attachment according to
Yoga School of Philosophy belong
to
(A) Kleśas
(B) Cittabhumis
(C) Yama
(D) Niyama
Answer:(A)
33. What is the moral criterion selected
by Chārvāka ?
(A) Intuitive
(B) Rationalistic
(C) Hedonistic
(D) Eudaemonistic
Answer:(C)
34. A man who seeks pleasure and fails
to get it, is facing the paradox of
(A) Eudaemonism
(B) Hedonism
(C) Rigourism
(D) Altruism
Answer:(B)
35. Select the code that contains two
theories of punishment.
(A) Reactionary & Reassuring
(B) Retributive & Reformative
(C) Preventive & Reactionary
(D) Reassuring & Retributive
Answer:(B)
36. Who among the following worked
for the upliftment of women by way
of opposing SATEE PRATHĀ ?
(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Vallabh Bhai Patel
Answer:(B)
37. Kant has explained moral theories in
(A) The critique of pure reason
(B) The critique of practical reason
(C) Religion within the Limits of
reason
(D) None of these
Answer:(B)
38. Intuitionism is _______
Intuitionalism. (Fill in the blank)
(A) equivalent to
(B) similar to
(C) distinct from
(D) None of these
Answer:(C)
39. Categorical imperatives command
______
(A) Conditionally
(B) Unconditionally
(C) Neither (A) nor (B) above
(D) Both (A) and (B) above
Answer:(B)
40. Which system rejects theology,
happiness or practical consequences
as the basis for morality ?
(A) Realism
(B) Intuitionism
(C) Critical Idealism
(D) Utilitarianism
Answer:(C)
41. The figure of a syllogism is
determined by the position of
(A) Major Term
(B) Middle Term
(C) Minor Term
(D) Copula
Answer:(B)
42. In a valid syllogism the ‘middle
term’ must be distributed in the
(A) Major premise
(B) Minor premise
(C) In any one of the premises
(D) Conclusion
Answer:(C)
43. Truth and falsehood characterize
(A) Propositions
(B) Arguments
(C) Both propositions and
arguments
(D) Neither propositions nor
arguments
Answer:(A)
44. In Universal Negative Propositions,
which of the following term/terms
is/are distributed ?
(A) Subject Term
(B) Predicate Term
(C) Neither Subject Term nor
Predicate Term
(D) Both Subject and Predicate
Terms
Answer:(D)
45. Indicate which one of the following
pairs refer to E and O propositions ?
(A) No men are good; some men
are not good.
(B) All men are good; some men
are good.
(C) All men are good; No men are
good.
(D) Some men are good; Some
men are not good.
Answer:(A)
46. Select the pair of contrary
propositions :
(A) I, O propositions
(B) A, E propositions
(C) A, O propositions
(D) E, I propositions
Answer:(B)
47. pvq is ‘false’ when
(A) p is true and q is true.
(B) p is true and q is false.
(C) p is false and q is true.
(D) p is false and q is false.
Answer:(D)
48. A statement form that has only
TRUE substitution instances is
called
(A) Tautology
(B) Contradiction
(C) Contingent
(D) Implication
Answer:(A)
49. If A and B are true statements and X
and Y are false statements, the
compound statement ~ (AvX) is
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Doubtful
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
50. Read the following arguments :
(i) If I am the President of India,
then I am famous. I am not the President
of India. Therefore, I am not famous.
(ii) If the weather is fine, the
match will be played.
The weather is not fine.
Therefore, the match will not
be played.
Find out the ‘Argument Form’ of the
above arguments, using the code
below :
50. Answer:(C)
51. Which one of the following religious
worships scripture as the ideal of
divinity ?
(A) Hinduism
(B) Christianity
(C) Jainism
(D) Sikhism
Answer:(D)
52. Which of the following pairs of
religion could be considered as ‘non-
theistic’ in perspective ?
(A) Judaism – Christianity
(B) Islam – Zoroastrianism
(C) Jainism – Buddhism
(D) Hinduism – Sikhism
Answer:(C)
53. Which of the following set of
religions believe in the concept of
salvation ?
(A) Jainism and Islam
(B) Islam and Christianity
(C) Hinduism and Christianity
(D) Buddhism and Jainism
Answer:(B)
54. Which of the following set of
religions can be formed as Semitic
religions ?
(A) Islam – Jainism – Judaism
(B) Jainism – Buddhism – Sikhism
(C) Hinduism – Islam – Christianity
(D) Judaism – Christianity – Islam
Answer:(D)
55. Consider List – I and List – II and
select the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
(a) Hinduism (i) Bible
(b) Zoroastrianism (ii) Avestā
(c) Jainism (iii) Bhāgvadgītā
(d) Christianity (iv) Tattvārthasūtra
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(B) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Answer:(D)
56. Name the author of the celebrated
article “On Denoting”.
(A) Quine (B) Davidson
(C) Russell (D) Frege
Answer:(C)
57. Frege makes a distinction between
the following :
(A) Sense and Common Sense
(B) Sense and Reference
(C) Sense and Truth Condition
(D) Sense and Nonsense
Answer:(B)
58. According to J.L. Austin the
“locationary act” is the act of
(A) saying something grammatically
and intelligently
(B) doing something in making the
utterance
(C) doing something by saying
something
(D) All the above
Answer:(A)
59. According to whom language
functions not on the sentence-to
sentence basis, but as a whole ?
(A) Frege
(B) Russell
(C) Early Wittgenstein
(D) Quine
Answer:(D)
60. P.F. Strawson’s metaphysics is
called
(A) Descriptive
(B) Revisionary
(C) Idealistic
(D) Nihilistic
Answer:(A)
61. Name the philosopher who is not a
phenomenologist.
(A) Brentano (B) Meinong
(C) Husserl (D) Quine
Answer:(D)
62. Name the author of Logical
Investigations :
(A) Wittgenstein
(B) Husserl
(C) Dummett
(D) Heidegger
Answer:(B)
63. Husserl’s transcendental-phenomen-
ological reduction is aimed at
discovering
(A) Empirical ego
(B) Phenomenological ego
(C) Intersubjective ego
(D) Transcendental ego
Answer:(D)
64. The term hermneutics covers
(A) Understanding Text
(B) Interpretation of Text
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Answer:(C)
65. Hermeneutic humanism was
subscribed by
(A) Heidegger
(B) Gadamer
(C) Ronald Barthes
(D) Richard Rorty
Answer:(B)
66. In Advaita Vedāntā māyā is
(A) Real
(B) Unreal
(C) Both real and unreal
(D) Neither real nor unreal
Answer:(D)
67. According to Rāmānuja, human soul is
(A) All pervading
(B) Of Atomic size
(C) Of Medium size
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
68. According to Rāmānuja, the relation
between Self and God is that of
(A) Identity
(B) Difference
(C) Both identity and difference
(D) Neither identity nor difference
Answer:(C)
69. Liberation, according to Rāmānuja,
means
(A) Identity between God and Soul
(B) Similarity between God and
Soul
(C) Both identity and similarity
between God and Soul
(D) Neither identity nor similarity
between God and Soul
Answer:(B)
70. The theory of error accepted by
Śa
.mkara is known as
(A) Akhyātivāda
(B) Anirvacanīyakhyātivāda
(C) Anyathākhyātivāda
(D) Satkhyātivāda
Answer:(B)
71. For Gandhi, the political and
economic organization of the State
should be based on
(A) growing mechanization and
physical satisfactions
(B) the moral and intellectual
development of the individual
(C) full state control and direction
(D) by representation of workers
Answer:(B)
72. Gandhi’s solution of all social
problems ultimately rests on
(A) establishing the kingdom of
God on earth
(B) total and unprecedented
humanistic outlook
(C) total self-sacrificing
(D) total love and feeling for all
Answer:(A)
73. Gandhi developed the ideology of
‘Sarvodaya’
(A) Through the influencing
writings of Henry David and
Thoreau
(B) Through the influencing
writings of Srimad Rajchandra
(C) Through the influencing
writings of Ruskin
(D) Through the influencing
writings of Leo Tolstoy
Answer:(C)
74. For Gandhi, the method of non-
violence has to be
(A) Non-involving at all with
others
(B) Non-involving in conflicts
with others
(C) Defying the enemy and still
winning and converting him
(D) All of the above
Answer:(C)
75. Non-violence as a law of love is
(A) Loving those that are
affectionate
(B) Loving those whom one likes
(C) Loving those who even hate
one
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)