PHILOSOPHY
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two (2)
marks. Attempt all the questions.
Dec 2012
1. The correct sequence of four parts of
Vedas is :
(A) Samhitā, Āranyaka, Brāhmana,
Upanisad.
(B) Samhitā, Brāhmana, Āranyaka,
Upanisad.
(C) Upanisad, Āranyaka, Brāhmana,
Samhitā.
(D) Samhitā, Brāhmana, Upanisad,
Āranyaka.
Answer:(B)
2. What is the Upanishadic view of Mukti ?
(A) Knowledge of Atman
(B) Knowledge of Brahman
(C) Unity of Brahman and Atman
(D) None of the above
Answer:(X)
3. Which one of the following is an
example of Arthavāda ?
(A) Āmnāyasya kriyarthatvāt
(B) Swargakamo yajet
(C) Saptadvipa vasumati
(D) Agnina sinchet
Answer:(C)
4. Ramanuja’s theory of causation is
known as
(A) Vivartavāda
(B) Prakriti parināmavāda
(C) Brahma parināmavāda
(D) Asatkāryavāda
Answer:(C)
5. The main objective of mimāmsā
system is
(A) to establish the authority of the
Brahman sutras.
(B) to establish the authority of the
Vedas.
(C) to establish the authority of the
Tripitak.
(D) to establish the authority of the
Bhagwad Gita.
Answer:(B)
6. ‘Sarvam dukham’ is the dictum upheld
by :
(A) Jaina (B) Sānkhya
(C) Bauddha (D) Yoga
Answer:(C)
7. Twelve causes of suffering in
Buddhism are described in the
(A) First Noble Truth
(B) Second Noble Truth
(C) Third Noble Truth
(D) Fourth Noble Truth
Answer:(B)
8. Khyati according to Indian philosophy
means
(A) Theory of error
(B) Theory of truth
(C) Theory of falsehood
(D) None of the above
Answer:(X)
9. Which is not the aim of the study of
Vedānta scripture ?
(A) Liberation from avidya
(B) Self realization
(C) Brahm realization
(D) Worldly prosperity
Answer:(D)
10. The knowledge of presence of the hetu
in the paksa is known as :
(A) Paksadharmatājñāna
(B) Paramarsajñāna
(C) Vyaptijñāna
(D) Anumiti
Answer:(A)
11. According to the Vaiśesikas liberation
(nihśreyasa) is attained by
(A) Tattvajñāna alone
(B) Practicing the dharmas
prescribed by God
(C) Tattvajñāna along with practicing
the dharmas prescribed by God.
(D) None of the above.
Answer:(C)
12. The asamavayi kārana of the creation
of the world according to the
Vaiśesikas is :
(A) Paramanu
(B) Dvyanuka
(C) Paramanusamyoga
(D) Trasarenu
Answer:(C)
13. The imposition of some quality on a
thing where it is not, is termed as :
(A) Avidyā
(B) Adhyāsa
(C) Akhyāti
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
14. The nature of man according to
Cārvāka philosophy is
(A) The physical body
(B) The conciousness
(C) The self
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
15. The correct sequence of the avayavas
of a pañćāvayavinjāya according to the
Naiyāyikas is :
(A) Udāharana, pratijñā, hetu,
upanaya and nigamana.
(B) Pratijñā, hetu, udāharana,
upanaya & nigamana.
(C) Pratijñā, udāharana, hetu,
upanaya & nigamana.
(D) Pratijñā, hetu, upanaya,
udāharana & nigamana.
Answer:(B)
16. The view that Isvara is only the nimitta
karana of the world is upheld by :
(A) The nyāya
(B) The sāmkhya
(C) The advaita vedānta
(D) The mīmāmsā
Answer:(A)
17. Five types of Yama according to
Patañjali are :
(A) Ahimsā, asteya, satya,
brahmaćarya and asana.
(B) Ahimsā, satya, asteya,
brahmaćarya, and aparigraha.
(C) Satya, asteya, brahmaćarya,
aparigraha and dhyāna.
(D) Asteya, brahmaćarya, satya,
dhyāna and asana.
Answer:(B)
18. The word ‘māyā’ to Sañkara means :
(A) Sat only
(B) Asat only
(C) Both sat and asat
(D) Neither sat nor asat but
indescribable
Answer:(D)
19. Assertion (A) : Śabda is a pramāna.
Reason (R) : Śabda can prove God.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and
(R) is the correct explanation of
(A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but
(R) is not the correct explanation
of (A).
(C) (A) is correct and (R) is not but
(R) is the correct explanation of
(A).
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is not but
(R) is not the correct explanation
of (A).
Answer:(B)
20. Which one of the following represents
the correct sequence in the Advaitic
tradition ?
(A) Vyas, Śa kara, Govindapāda,
Goudapāda.
(B) Goudapāda, Vyas, Śa kara,
Govindapāda.
(C) Śa kara, Vyas, Govindapāda,
Goudapāda.
(D) Vyas, Goudapāda, Govindapāda,
Śa kara.
Answer:(D)
21. Consider the list – I and the list – II
and select the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
1. Sa kara i. Tattvakaumudi
2. Jayarāsibhatta ii. Tattvopaplavs-ngha
3. Jayanta iii. Nyāya Mañjarī
Bhatta
4. Vacaspati iv. Brahmaśutrā-bhāsya
Misra
Code :
1 2 3 4
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iv iii i
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i iii ii iv
Answer:(C)
22. Who focussed the Upanisadic dictum
“Arise, Awake and Stop not till the
goal is reached” in modern times ?
(A) Swami Dayanand
(B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer:(C)
23. Which of the following are admitted by
Tagore to be the essential aspects of
human self ?
(A) Physical and mental
(B) Vital and mental
(C) Physical and spiritual
(D) Mental and spiritual
Answer:(C)
24. According to K.C. Bhattacharyya
philosophy is :
(A) The knowledge of the Absolute.
(B) Self-evident elaboration of the
self.
(C) Self-evident elaboration of the
self-evident.
(D) The study of the self-evident.
Answer:(C)
25. Consider the List-I and List-II and
select the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
1. Subject as i. Sri. Aurobindo
freedom
2. Gnostic ii. Rabindranath Tagore
being
3. Universal iii. Vivekananda
Religion
4. Jivan Devata iv. K.C. Bhattacharyya
Code :
1 2 3 4
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer:(C)
26. The originator of dialectics is _____.
(A) Aristotle (B) Plato
(C) Zeno (D) Thales
Answer:(C)
27. In whose philosophy the name of God
is demiurge ?
(A) Parmenides
(B) Heraclitus
(C) Anaximander
(D) Plato
Answer:(D)
28. Socrates wrote _____ number of
books/articles.
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) One
(D) None
Answer:(D)
29. Who affirmed, “what is contradictory
to thought cannot be real”?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Parmenides
(D) Anaximander
Answer:(C)
30. Plato’s dialectics come under_____.
(A) Theory of knowledge
(B) Logic
(C) Metaphysics
(D) All these.
Answer:(D)
31. Who accepts that the agreement or
disagreement of ideas is knowledge ?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Heraclitus
(D) Pythagoras
Answer:(X)
32. Who believed that spiritual and
appetites are two sections of soul ?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Parmenides
(D) Anaximander
Answer:(A)
33. Founder of scientific logic is
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Pythagoras
(D) Parmenides
Answer:(B)
34. Who acclaimed that man is the highest
creature in the world ?
(A) St. Anselm
(B) St. Augustine
(C) St. Thomas Acquinas
(D) All the above
Answer:(B)
35. Stage of moral conversion as per Saint
Augustine is
(A) Faith
(B) Hope
(C) Clarity
(D) All the three
Answer:(D)
36. The primary aim of Descartes is
(A) to explain the relation between
body and mind.
(B) to prove the existence of God.
(C) to refute the reality of the
external world.
(D) to reach clear and certain
knowledge.
Answer:(D)
37. According to Kant knowledge consists
of
(A) synthetic a priori judgements
(B) synthetic a posteriori judgements
(C) analytic judgements
(D) none of the above
Answer:(A)
38. Which one of the following is NOT the
work of Bertrand Russell ?
(A) Discourse on method
(B) Our knowledge of the external
world.
(C) An inquiry into meaning and
truth.
(D) Human knowledge : Its scope
and limits.
Answer:(A)
39. Who said : God is dead ?
(A) Nietzsche
(B) Wittgenstein
(C) Heidegger
(D) C.S. Pierce
Answer:(A)
40. Who called God as Natura Naturata ?
(A) Locke (B) Kant
(C) Spinoza (D) Hume
Answer:(C)
41. Descartes explains body-mind relation
through
(A) Psycho-Physical Parallelism.
(B) Interactionism.
(C) Pre-established harmony.
(D) Epiphenomenalism.
Answer:(B)
42. Select the logical positivist among the
following :
(A) Husserl (B) Heidegger
(C) A.J. Ayer (D) C.S. Pierce
Answer:(C)
43. The principle of sufficient reason was
propounded by
(A) Locke
(B) Berkeley
(C) Leibnitz
(D) Plato
Answer:(C)
44. The philosopher that distinguishes
between ‘matters of fact’ and
‘association of ideas’ is :
(A) Descartes
(B) Hume
(C) Leibnitz
(D) Spinoza
Answer:(B)
45. Who said that the relation between
cause and effect is not logical, but only
psychological ?
(A) Hume
(B) Kant
(C) Russell
(D) Heidegger
Answer:(A)
46. David Hume’s philosophical
standpoint is :
I. Empirical
II. Positivistic
III. Agnostic
IV. All the above
Find the correct answer by using the
code below :
(A) I and II are only correct.
(B) II and III are only correct.
(C) I and III are only correct.
(D) IV is correct.
Answer:(C)
47. Wittgenstein authored :
I. Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
II. Philosophical Investigations
III. On certainty
IV. Zettle
Select the correct answer by using the
code :
(A) I and II are only correct.
(B) II and III are only correct.
(C) I and IV are only correct.
(D) I, II, III and IV are correct.
Answer:(D)
48. The following item consists of two
statements : One labelled as the
Assertion (A) and the other labelled as
Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : According to Locke, to
start with mind is a tabula rasa.
Reason (R) : Locke rejects Innate
Ideas.
Select your answer, using the code
given below.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R)
is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (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:(A)
49. What is the correct sequence of the
following ?
(A) Thales, Protagorus, Plato,
Thomas Aquinas.
(B) Leibnitz, Spinoza, Descartes,
Locke.
(C) Locke, Berkeley, Hume,
Descartes.
(D) Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Locke.
Answer:(A)
50. Match the following by using the code
below :
List – I List – II
(Thinker) (Doctrine)
a. Descartes i. Doctrine of modes
b. Berkeley ii. Doctrine of monads
c. Leibnitz iii. Esse est percipi
d. Spinoza iv. Doctrine of Innate Ideas.
Code :
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii iv ii i
Answer:(B)
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two (2)
marks. Attempt all the questions.
Dec 2012
1. The correct sequence of four parts of
Vedas is :
(A) Samhitā, Āranyaka, Brāhmana,
Upanisad.
(B) Samhitā, Brāhmana, Āranyaka,
Upanisad.
(C) Upanisad, Āranyaka, Brāhmana,
Samhitā.
(D) Samhitā, Brāhmana, Upanisad,
Āranyaka.
Answer:(B)
2. What is the Upanishadic view of Mukti ?
(A) Knowledge of Atman
(B) Knowledge of Brahman
(C) Unity of Brahman and Atman
(D) None of the above
Answer:(X)
3. Which one of the following is an
example of Arthavāda ?
(A) Āmnāyasya kriyarthatvāt
(B) Swargakamo yajet
(C) Saptadvipa vasumati
(D) Agnina sinchet
Answer:(C)
4. Ramanuja’s theory of causation is
known as
(A) Vivartavāda
(B) Prakriti parināmavāda
(C) Brahma parināmavāda
(D) Asatkāryavāda
Answer:(C)
5. The main objective of mimāmsā
system is
(A) to establish the authority of the
Brahman sutras.
(B) to establish the authority of the
Vedas.
(C) to establish the authority of the
Tripitak.
(D) to establish the authority of the
Bhagwad Gita.
Answer:(B)
6. ‘Sarvam dukham’ is the dictum upheld
by :
(A) Jaina (B) Sānkhya
(C) Bauddha (D) Yoga
Answer:(C)
7. Twelve causes of suffering in
Buddhism are described in the
(A) First Noble Truth
(B) Second Noble Truth
(C) Third Noble Truth
(D) Fourth Noble Truth
Answer:(B)
8. Khyati according to Indian philosophy
means
(A) Theory of error
(B) Theory of truth
(C) Theory of falsehood
(D) None of the above
Answer:(X)
9. Which is not the aim of the study of
Vedānta scripture ?
(A) Liberation from avidya
(B) Self realization
(C) Brahm realization
(D) Worldly prosperity
Answer:(D)
10. The knowledge of presence of the hetu
in the paksa is known as :
(A) Paksadharmatājñāna
(B) Paramarsajñāna
(C) Vyaptijñāna
(D) Anumiti
Answer:(A)
11. According to the Vaiśesikas liberation
(nihśreyasa) is attained by
(A) Tattvajñāna alone
(B) Practicing the dharmas
prescribed by God
(C) Tattvajñāna along with practicing
the dharmas prescribed by God.
(D) None of the above.
Answer:(C)
12. The asamavayi kārana of the creation
of the world according to the
Vaiśesikas is :
(A) Paramanu
(B) Dvyanuka
(C) Paramanusamyoga
(D) Trasarenu
Answer:(C)
13. The imposition of some quality on a
thing where it is not, is termed as :
(A) Avidyā
(B) Adhyāsa
(C) Akhyāti
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
14. The nature of man according to
Cārvāka philosophy is
(A) The physical body
(B) The conciousness
(C) The self
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
15. The correct sequence of the avayavas
of a pañćāvayavinjāya according to the
Naiyāyikas is :
(A) Udāharana, pratijñā, hetu,
upanaya and nigamana.
(B) Pratijñā, hetu, udāharana,
upanaya & nigamana.
(C) Pratijñā, udāharana, hetu,
upanaya & nigamana.
(D) Pratijñā, hetu, upanaya,
udāharana & nigamana.
Answer:(B)
16. The view that Isvara is only the nimitta
karana of the world is upheld by :
(A) The nyāya
(B) The sāmkhya
(C) The advaita vedānta
(D) The mīmāmsā
Answer:(A)
17. Five types of Yama according to
Patañjali are :
(A) Ahimsā, asteya, satya,
brahmaćarya and asana.
(B) Ahimsā, satya, asteya,
brahmaćarya, and aparigraha.
(C) Satya, asteya, brahmaćarya,
aparigraha and dhyāna.
(D) Asteya, brahmaćarya, satya,
dhyāna and asana.
Answer:(B)
18. The word ‘māyā’ to Sañkara means :
(A) Sat only
(B) Asat only
(C) Both sat and asat
(D) Neither sat nor asat but
indescribable
Answer:(D)
19. Assertion (A) : Śabda is a pramāna.
Reason (R) : Śabda can prove God.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and
(R) is the correct explanation of
(A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but
(R) is not the correct explanation
of (A).
(C) (A) is correct and (R) is not but
(R) is the correct explanation of
(A).
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is not but
(R) is not the correct explanation
of (A).
Answer:(B)
20. Which one of the following represents
the correct sequence in the Advaitic
tradition ?
(A) Vyas, Śa kara, Govindapāda,
Goudapāda.
(B) Goudapāda, Vyas, Śa kara,
Govindapāda.
(C) Śa kara, Vyas, Govindapāda,
Goudapāda.
(D) Vyas, Goudapāda, Govindapāda,
Śa kara.
Answer:(D)
21. Consider the list – I and the list – II
and select the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
1. Sa kara i. Tattvakaumudi
2. Jayarāsibhatta ii. Tattvopaplavs-ngha
3. Jayanta iii. Nyāya Mañjarī
Bhatta
4. Vacaspati iv. Brahmaśutrā-bhāsya
Misra
Code :
1 2 3 4
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iv iii i
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i iii ii iv
Answer:(C)
22. Who focussed the Upanisadic dictum
“Arise, Awake and Stop not till the
goal is reached” in modern times ?
(A) Swami Dayanand
(B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer:(C)
23. Which of the following are admitted by
Tagore to be the essential aspects of
human self ?
(A) Physical and mental
(B) Vital and mental
(C) Physical and spiritual
(D) Mental and spiritual
Answer:(C)
24. According to K.C. Bhattacharyya
philosophy is :
(A) The knowledge of the Absolute.
(B) Self-evident elaboration of the
self.
(C) Self-evident elaboration of the
self-evident.
(D) The study of the self-evident.
Answer:(C)
25. Consider the List-I and List-II and
select the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
1. Subject as i. Sri. Aurobindo
freedom
2. Gnostic ii. Rabindranath Tagore
being
3. Universal iii. Vivekananda
Religion
4. Jivan Devata iv. K.C. Bhattacharyya
Code :
1 2 3 4
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer:(C)
26. The originator of dialectics is _____.
(A) Aristotle (B) Plato
(C) Zeno (D) Thales
Answer:(C)
27. In whose philosophy the name of God
is demiurge ?
(A) Parmenides
(B) Heraclitus
(C) Anaximander
(D) Plato
Answer:(D)
28. Socrates wrote _____ number of
books/articles.
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) One
(D) None
Answer:(D)
29. Who affirmed, “what is contradictory
to thought cannot be real”?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Parmenides
(D) Anaximander
Answer:(C)
30. Plato’s dialectics come under_____.
(A) Theory of knowledge
(B) Logic
(C) Metaphysics
(D) All these.
Answer:(D)
31. Who accepts that the agreement or
disagreement of ideas is knowledge ?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Heraclitus
(D) Pythagoras
Answer:(X)
32. Who believed that spiritual and
appetites are two sections of soul ?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Parmenides
(D) Anaximander
Answer:(A)
33. Founder of scientific logic is
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Pythagoras
(D) Parmenides
Answer:(B)
34. Who acclaimed that man is the highest
creature in the world ?
(A) St. Anselm
(B) St. Augustine
(C) St. Thomas Acquinas
(D) All the above
Answer:(B)
35. Stage of moral conversion as per Saint
Augustine is
(A) Faith
(B) Hope
(C) Clarity
(D) All the three
Answer:(D)
36. The primary aim of Descartes is
(A) to explain the relation between
body and mind.
(B) to prove the existence of God.
(C) to refute the reality of the
external world.
(D) to reach clear and certain
knowledge.
Answer:(D)
37. According to Kant knowledge consists
of
(A) synthetic a priori judgements
(B) synthetic a posteriori judgements
(C) analytic judgements
(D) none of the above
Answer:(A)
38. Which one of the following is NOT the
work of Bertrand Russell ?
(A) Discourse on method
(B) Our knowledge of the external
world.
(C) An inquiry into meaning and
truth.
(D) Human knowledge : Its scope
and limits.
Answer:(A)
39. Who said : God is dead ?
(A) Nietzsche
(B) Wittgenstein
(C) Heidegger
(D) C.S. Pierce
Answer:(A)
40. Who called God as Natura Naturata ?
(A) Locke (B) Kant
(C) Spinoza (D) Hume
Answer:(C)
41. Descartes explains body-mind relation
through
(A) Psycho-Physical Parallelism.
(B) Interactionism.
(C) Pre-established harmony.
(D) Epiphenomenalism.
Answer:(B)
42. Select the logical positivist among the
following :
(A) Husserl (B) Heidegger
(C) A.J. Ayer (D) C.S. Pierce
Answer:(C)
43. The principle of sufficient reason was
propounded by
(A) Locke
(B) Berkeley
(C) Leibnitz
(D) Plato
Answer:(C)
44. The philosopher that distinguishes
between ‘matters of fact’ and
‘association of ideas’ is :
(A) Descartes
(B) Hume
(C) Leibnitz
(D) Spinoza
Answer:(B)
45. Who said that the relation between
cause and effect is not logical, but only
psychological ?
(A) Hume
(B) Kant
(C) Russell
(D) Heidegger
Answer:(A)
46. David Hume’s philosophical
standpoint is :
I. Empirical
II. Positivistic
III. Agnostic
IV. All the above
Find the correct answer by using the
code below :
(A) I and II are only correct.
(B) II and III are only correct.
(C) I and III are only correct.
(D) IV is correct.
Answer:(C)
47. Wittgenstein authored :
I. Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
II. Philosophical Investigations
III. On certainty
IV. Zettle
Select the correct answer by using the
code :
(A) I and II are only correct.
(B) II and III are only correct.
(C) I and IV are only correct.
(D) I, II, III and IV are correct.
Answer:(D)
48. The following item consists of two
statements : One labelled as the
Assertion (A) and the other labelled as
Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : According to Locke, to
start with mind is a tabula rasa.
Reason (R) : Locke rejects Innate
Ideas.
Select your answer, using the code
given below.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R)
is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (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:(A)
49. What is the correct sequence of the
following ?
(A) Thales, Protagorus, Plato,
Thomas Aquinas.
(B) Leibnitz, Spinoza, Descartes,
Locke.
(C) Locke, Berkeley, Hume,
Descartes.
(D) Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Locke.
Answer:(A)
50. Match the following by using the code
below :
List – I List – II
(Thinker) (Doctrine)
a. Descartes i. Doctrine of modes
b. Berkeley ii. Doctrine of monads
c. Leibnitz iii. Esse est percipi
d. Spinoza iv. Doctrine of Innate Ideas.
Code :
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii iv ii i
Answer:(B)