PHILOSOPHY
PAPER – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
Dec 2012
1. Vyavaharika Satta refutes
(A) Pāramārthika Sattā
(B) Pratibhāsika Sattā
(C) Both Pāramarthika and
Pratibhāsika Sattā
(D) Neither Pāramarthika nor
Pratibhāsika Sattā
Answer:(B)
2. The relation between the body and the
self is
(A) Sanyoga
(B) Samavāya
(C) Svarūpa
(D) None of the above
Answer:(X)
3. The asamavāyi karana of the colour of
a piece of cloth is
(A) The threads
(B) The colour of the threads
(C) The conjunction of the threads
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
4. Dravyatva according to the vaiśe.
sikas
is an instance of
(A) Kevala Sāmānya
(B) Kevala Visesa
(C) Sāmānya – Viśesa
(D) Jatibodhaka
Answer:(C)
5. Nimitta Kārana of the conjunction of
two atoms is
(A) God
(B) Will of God
(C) Nature of the atoms
(D) Creation of dyads
Answer:(B)
6. The theory that effect is contained in
the cause prior to its production is
known as
(A) Satkāryavāda
(B) Asatkāryavāda
(C) Parināmavāda
(D) Pratityasamutpādavāda
Answer:(A)
7. The appearance of something in
something other than itself according
to Samkara means
(A) Avydyā
(B) Adhyāsa
(C) Māyā
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
8. Buddha’s attitude toward the Vedic
notion on of self is that it is
(A) Dogmatic (B) Sceptic
(C) Indifferent (D) Agnostic
Answer:(A)
9. Who is the author of the book
‘Appearance and Reality’ ?
(A) Bradley (B) Hegel
(C) Descartes (D) Hume
Answer:(A)
10. According to the Naiyayikas we
perceive ‘cowness’ by
(A) Inference
(B) Comparison
(C) Sense perception
(D) Sāmānyalakshna pratyaksha
Answer:(C)
11. The schools which admit two
pramanas are :
(A) Cārvak and Bauddha
(B) Bauddha and Vaiśe.
sika
(C) Sāmkhya and Vaiśe.
sika
(D) Jaina and Yoga
Answer:(B)
12. Who holds that all jnāna is pramā ?
(A) Kumārila (B) Vasubandhu
(C) Kanāda (D) Prabhākara
Answer:(D)
13. Which one of the following is not a
means of Sábdagraha ?
(A) Aptavākya
(B) Tarka
(C) Vrddha-Vyavahāra
(D) Vyākarana
Answer:(B)
14. Anyathakhyātivāda is upheld by
(A) Sā .
mkhya and Yoga
(B) Mīmāmsā and Bauddha
(C) Nyāya and Vaiśe.
sika
(D) Rāmānuja and Kumārīla
Answer:(C)
15. Select the set correctly matched in
order of the denial of Sabdapramā .
na :
(A) Cārvāka, Bauddha, Vaiśe.
sika
(B) Bauddha, Vaiśe.
sika, Samkhya
(C) Nyāya, Vaisesika, Advaita
Vedānta
(D) Bauddha, Nyāya, Vaiśe.
sika
Answer:(A)
16. The theory of error known as
Akhyativada in Indian Philosophy is
presented by
(A) Advait Vedānta
(B) Mīmāmsā
(C) Sā .
mkhya
(D) Nyāya
Answer:(B)
17. The identity of the subject and object
consciousness adopting the form of
external object is known as
(A) Perception
(B) Inference
(C) Scriptural Testimony
(D) Analogy
Answer:(A)
18. The Trend in Contemporary
Philosophical Method is
(A) Analytical
(B) Sceptical
(C) Synthetic
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
19. The most important element in the
Jaina Theory of Pramanas is
(A) Perception
(B) Naya
(C) Scriptures
(D) Inference
Answer:(B)
20. The fundamental aim of Patanjali Yoga
is
(A) Union with God
(B) Union with self
(C) Cessation of modification of mind
(D) Achieving excellences
Answer:(C)
21. Pūrvavata and sé.
savat are two types of
anumāna according to Gautama. What
will be a third one ?
(A) Anvayi
(B) Vyatireki
(C) Sāmānyatod...
rstā
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
22. The knowledge of Vyāpti can be
attained by
(A) Tarka
(B) Bhūyodarśana
(C) Sāmānyalak.sanapratyaksa
(D) All of the above
Answer:(D)
23. If we define pratyaksa as jnāna what
type of fallacy would be committed ?
(A) Viruddha (B) Sāmkarya
(C) Ativyāpti (D) Avyāpti
Answer:(C)
24. ‘Kalpanā’ in Buddhist epistemology
means
(A) Real construction
(B) Imaginary construction
(C) Both Real and Imaginary
Construction
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
25. Knowledge arising out of the sense-
object contact is known as
(A) Experience (B) Inference
(C) Perception (D) Testimony
Answer:(C)
26. The cultivation of land by a cultivator
is a an example of
(A) Niskāma Karma
(B) Svadharma
(C) Sādhāranadharma
(D) Brahmavihāra
Answer:(B)
27. How can Devar.
na be compensated ?
(A) Brahmac’arya
(B) Giving birth to children
(C) Performing Yajna
(D) Iśvarapra nidhāna
Answer:(C)
28. Among the following which one is not Rta ?
(A) Satya (B) Anrta
(C) Dharma (D) Yajna
Answer:(B)
29. Which one is not purusārtha ?
(A) Artha (B) Iśvara
(C) Kāma (D) Dharma
Answer:(B)
30. Consider List I and List II and select
the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
(1) Veda (i) Rta
(2) Gīta (ii) Lokasamgraha
(3) Jainism (iii) Triratna
(4) Buddhism (iv) Panc’asīla
Codes :
1 2 3 4
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
Answer:(A)
31. Human Rights are required in a society
where following disparities are existent
(A) Caste (B) Creed
(C) Culture (D) All the three
Answer:(D)
32. Religious and Social Philosophy has
been dealt by Kant in
(A) Critiques of judgement
(B) Critique of pure reason
(C) Religion within the limits of
reason
(D) Critique of practical reason
Answer:(C)
33. Which theory covers the interest of
maximum number of people in the
society ?
(A) Perfectionism
(B) Utilitarianism
(C) Rationalism
(D) Intuitionism
Answer:(B)
34. Duty for the sake of duty is included in
(A) Categorical Dialectic
(B) Categorical Imperative
(C) Categorical Logic
(D) Categorical Discourse
Answer:(B)
35. As per whose ethics Rational law is the
Universal Law that holds for all and
acceptable to all ?
(A) Mill (B) Sidgewick
(C) Kant (D) Bentham
Answer:(C)
36. ‘Morality is led beyond itself into a
higher form of goodness, it ends in
what we may call religion’ is stated by
(A) Mctaggard
(B) Schleinmacher
(C) Mathew Arnold
(D) F.H. Bradley
Answer:(D)
37. Which one of the following pairs is
correctly matched ?
(A) Similar moral : Cultural Absolutism
principles do not
exist in all
societies
(B) There is extreme : Cultural relativism
variations in
customs, taboos
and so on from
culture to culture
(C) Freedom is : Hard determinism
compatible with
determinism
(D) There is no : Soft determinism
causality at all
Answer:(B)
38. Honesty is not a good policy does not
logically imply which one of the
following ?
(A) Either honesty is not a good
policy or dishonest persons will
be punished.
(B) It is false that honesty is a good
policy but dishonest persons are
not punished.
(C) If honesty is a good policy then
dishonest persons will be
punished.
(D) Honesty is a good policy if and
only if dishonest persons are
punished.
Answer:(B)
39. Which one among the following is a
postulate of morality ?
(A) God
(B) Society
(C) Good conduct
(D) Harmony
Answer:(A)
40. Which theory of punishment approves
capital punishment ?
(A) Reformative
(B) Retributive
(C) Both Reformative and
Retributive
(D) Preventive
Answer:(B)
41. If A proposition is true, E, I and O
propositions are
(A) false, true & false
(B) false, false & false
(C) true, false & false
(D) true, true & false
Answer:(A)
42. The mood of a syllogism depends on
(A) quality of premises
(B) quantity of premises
(C) both quality and quantity of
premises
(D) quality and quantity of premises
and the conclusion
Answer:(D)
43. The scheme of the FIRST figure of the
syllogism is
(A) P – M (B) M – P
S – M S – M
–––––– ––––––
S – P S – P
–––––– ––––––
(C) P – M (D) M – P
M – S M – S
–––––– ––––––
S – P S – P
–––––– ––––––
Answer:(B)
44. Determining the validity or invalidity
of arguments is the special province of
(A) Inductive Logic
(B) Deductive Logic
(C) Symbol Logic
(D) Traditional Logic
Answer:(X)
45. Read the following syllogism and point
out the fallacy in it :
“ All graduates are voters
John is not a graduate
John is not a voter.”
(A) The fallacy of Four Terms.
(B) The fallacy of undistributed
middle.
(C) Illicit Major
(D) Illicit Minor
Answer:(C)
46. In categorical syllogism, the middle
term is the term that occurs in
(A) Major premise only
(B) Minor premise only
(C) Both major and minor premises
(D) Conclusion only
Answer:(C)
Answer:(B)
48. A statement form that has only FALSE
substitution instances is called
(A) Tautology
(B) Contradiction
(C) Contingent
(D) Implication
Answer:(B)
49. Which one of the following is a
tautology
Answer:(C)
50. Match List I (Symbolic Forms) with
List – II (Rules) and select the correct
answer :
Answer:(D)
51. Consider the List – I and List – II and
select the correct code given below :
List – I List – II
a. Jainism 1. Gaya
b. Buddhism 2. Anandpur Sahib
c. Sikhism 3. Ajmer
d. Islam 4. Vaishali
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 4 1 2 3
(B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 3 4 1 2
Answer:(A)
52. Which of the following religion
emphasizes on the concept of ‘Sadhu’
on its ideal ?
(A) Christianity (B) Sikhism
(C) Jainism (D) Hinduism
Answer:(X)
53. Which of the following is the correct
pair of prophetic religion ?
(A) Jainism and Buddhism
(B) Christianity and Islam
(C) Sikhism and Islam
(D) Hinduism and Zoroastrianism
Answer:(B)
54. Which of the following paths was
advocated by Lord Buddha ?
(A) Shreyas
(B) Madhyampratipada
(C) Preyas
(D) Kaivalya
Answer:(B)
55. Consider the List – I and List – II and
select the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
a. Thiruvalluvar 1. Ten
Commandments
b. Lord
Swaminarayan 2. Kural
c. Moses 3. Nitishatak
d. Bhartruhari 4. Sikshapatri
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 4 2 1 3
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 3 1 2 4
Answer:(C)
56. Who is the author of famous anthology
Linguistic Turn ?
(A) G.E. Moore
(B) Bertrand Russell
(C) Wittgenstein
(D) Richard Rorty
Answer:(D)
57. Russell’s Theory of Descriptions was
challenged by
(A) A.J. Ayer
(B) P.F. Strawson
(C) J.L. Austin
(D) D. Davidson
Answer:(B)
58. Who made the distinction between
sense and reference ?
(A) Frege
(B) Wittgenstein
(C) Quine
(D) Dummett
Answer:(A)
59. Match List – I with List – II and select
the correct answer by using the code
given below :
List – I List – II
(Philosopher) (Doctrine)
a. J.L. Austin i. Language Games
b. L. Wittgenstein ii. Speech Acts
c. W.V. Quine iii. Theory of Intentionality
d. John Searle iv. Two dogmas of Empiricism
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii iv ii i
Answer:(C)
60. Match List – I with List – II and select
the correct answer by using the code
given below :
List – I List – II
(Book) (Author)
a. Foundations of i. Davidson
Arithmetic
b. Introduction to ii. Quine
Mathematical
Philosophy
c. From a Logical iii. Russell
Point of View
d. Inquiries into Truth iv. Frege
and Interpretation
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) iii iv i ii
Answer:(B)
61. The method of phenomenological
inquiry is
(A) Dialectical
(B) Intuitive
(C) Transcendental
(D) Technique of Bracketing
Answer:(D)
62. Phenomenology is
(A) a descriptive analysis of
subjective phenomena
(B) a linguistic study of phenomena
(C) a realistic study of the world
(D) none of the above
Answer:(A)
63. The founder of Modern Phenomenology
was
(A) Brentano
(B) Meinong
(C) Husserl
(D) Peirce
Answer:(C)
64. According to whom Hermeneutics is
an Ontology ?
(A) Heidegger
(B) Schleiermacher
(C) Ranke
(D) Dilthey
Answer:(A)
65. Which one of the following contributes
to critical hermeneutics ?
(A) Heidegger
(B) Habbermas
(C) Richard Rorty
(D) Gadamer
Answer:(B)
66. Which one of the following does not
come under the category of
Vaishnavism ?
(A) Ramanuja
(B) Samkara
(C) Madhva
(D) Vallabha
Answer:(B)
67. Who, among the following, advocates
Pushti ?
(A) Ramanuja
(B) Madhva
(C) Vallabha
(D) Samkara
Answer:(C)
68. Which one of the following makes
provision for eternal hell ?
(A) Samkara
(B) Madhva
(C) Nimbarka
(D) Vallabha
Answer:(B)
69. Which one of the following is the
advocate of five differences (Pancha-
bheda) ?
(A) Samkara
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Madhva
(D) Vallabha
Answer:(C)
70. According to ‘Samkara ‘Tatvamasi’
means
(A) Identity between world and God
(B) Identity between knower and
known
(C) Identity between individual soul
and Brahman
(D) Identity between world and self
Answer:(C)
71. According to Gandhi the highest ideal
of Truth is to be followed in
(A) Thought
(B) Speech
(C) Action
(D) All the above
Answer:(D)
72. When anyone objected to non-violence
as the creed of the coward, Gandhi
(A) reproached the person
(B) simply did not react
(C) remained mute
(D) just brushed out the person
Answer:(A)
73. The spirit of Gandhian concept of
‘Svadeshi’ implies
(A) only using that which is
produced by oneself
(B) Absolutely denying foreign
goods
(C) Restricting to use services of
immediate surroundings
(D) Not going beyond native
production
Answer:(C)
74. The principle of bread labour for
Gandhi essentially consist on
(A) Mental work
(B) Physical work
(C) Social work
(D) All the above
Answer:(B)
75. The Gandhian economic programmes
were based on
(A) Theoretical principles of
economic grasping
(B) By producing all wants of the
people
(C) The ideal of self-sufficiency
(D) Sharing all economic productions
Answer:(C)
PAPER – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
Dec 2012
1. Vyavaharika Satta refutes
(A) Pāramārthika Sattā
(B) Pratibhāsika Sattā
(C) Both Pāramarthika and
Pratibhāsika Sattā
(D) Neither Pāramarthika nor
Pratibhāsika Sattā
Answer:(B)
2. The relation between the body and the
self is
(A) Sanyoga
(B) Samavāya
(C) Svarūpa
(D) None of the above
Answer:(X)
3. The asamavāyi karana of the colour of
a piece of cloth is
(A) The threads
(B) The colour of the threads
(C) The conjunction of the threads
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
4. Dravyatva according to the vaiśe.
sikas
is an instance of
(A) Kevala Sāmānya
(B) Kevala Visesa
(C) Sāmānya – Viśesa
(D) Jatibodhaka
Answer:(C)
5. Nimitta Kārana of the conjunction of
two atoms is
(A) God
(B) Will of God
(C) Nature of the atoms
(D) Creation of dyads
Answer:(B)
6. The theory that effect is contained in
the cause prior to its production is
known as
(A) Satkāryavāda
(B) Asatkāryavāda
(C) Parināmavāda
(D) Pratityasamutpādavāda
Answer:(A)
7. The appearance of something in
something other than itself according
to Samkara means
(A) Avydyā
(B) Adhyāsa
(C) Māyā
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
8. Buddha’s attitude toward the Vedic
notion on of self is that it is
(A) Dogmatic (B) Sceptic
(C) Indifferent (D) Agnostic
Answer:(A)
9. Who is the author of the book
‘Appearance and Reality’ ?
(A) Bradley (B) Hegel
(C) Descartes (D) Hume
Answer:(A)
10. According to the Naiyayikas we
perceive ‘cowness’ by
(A) Inference
(B) Comparison
(C) Sense perception
(D) Sāmānyalakshna pratyaksha
Answer:(C)
11. The schools which admit two
pramanas are :
(A) Cārvak and Bauddha
(B) Bauddha and Vaiśe.
sika
(C) Sāmkhya and Vaiśe.
sika
(D) Jaina and Yoga
Answer:(B)
12. Who holds that all jnāna is pramā ?
(A) Kumārila (B) Vasubandhu
(C) Kanāda (D) Prabhākara
Answer:(D)
13. Which one of the following is not a
means of Sábdagraha ?
(A) Aptavākya
(B) Tarka
(C) Vrddha-Vyavahāra
(D) Vyākarana
Answer:(B)
14. Anyathakhyātivāda is upheld by
(A) Sā .
mkhya and Yoga
(B) Mīmāmsā and Bauddha
(C) Nyāya and Vaiśe.
sika
(D) Rāmānuja and Kumārīla
Answer:(C)
15. Select the set correctly matched in
order of the denial of Sabdapramā .
na :
(A) Cārvāka, Bauddha, Vaiśe.
sika
(B) Bauddha, Vaiśe.
sika, Samkhya
(C) Nyāya, Vaisesika, Advaita
Vedānta
(D) Bauddha, Nyāya, Vaiśe.
sika
Answer:(A)
16. The theory of error known as
Akhyativada in Indian Philosophy is
presented by
(A) Advait Vedānta
(B) Mīmāmsā
(C) Sā .
mkhya
(D) Nyāya
Answer:(B)
17. The identity of the subject and object
consciousness adopting the form of
external object is known as
(A) Perception
(B) Inference
(C) Scriptural Testimony
(D) Analogy
Answer:(A)
18. The Trend in Contemporary
Philosophical Method is
(A) Analytical
(B) Sceptical
(C) Synthetic
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
19. The most important element in the
Jaina Theory of Pramanas is
(A) Perception
(B) Naya
(C) Scriptures
(D) Inference
Answer:(B)
20. The fundamental aim of Patanjali Yoga
is
(A) Union with God
(B) Union with self
(C) Cessation of modification of mind
(D) Achieving excellences
Answer:(C)
21. Pūrvavata and sé.
savat are two types of
anumāna according to Gautama. What
will be a third one ?
(A) Anvayi
(B) Vyatireki
(C) Sāmānyatod...
rstā
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
22. The knowledge of Vyāpti can be
attained by
(A) Tarka
(B) Bhūyodarśana
(C) Sāmānyalak.sanapratyaksa
(D) All of the above
Answer:(D)
23. If we define pratyaksa as jnāna what
type of fallacy would be committed ?
(A) Viruddha (B) Sāmkarya
(C) Ativyāpti (D) Avyāpti
Answer:(C)
24. ‘Kalpanā’ in Buddhist epistemology
means
(A) Real construction
(B) Imaginary construction
(C) Both Real and Imaginary
Construction
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
25. Knowledge arising out of the sense-
object contact is known as
(A) Experience (B) Inference
(C) Perception (D) Testimony
Answer:(C)
26. The cultivation of land by a cultivator
is a an example of
(A) Niskāma Karma
(B) Svadharma
(C) Sādhāranadharma
(D) Brahmavihāra
Answer:(B)
27. How can Devar.
na be compensated ?
(A) Brahmac’arya
(B) Giving birth to children
(C) Performing Yajna
(D) Iśvarapra nidhāna
Answer:(C)
28. Among the following which one is not Rta ?
(A) Satya (B) Anrta
(C) Dharma (D) Yajna
Answer:(B)
29. Which one is not purusārtha ?
(A) Artha (B) Iśvara
(C) Kāma (D) Dharma
Answer:(B)
30. Consider List I and List II and select
the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
(1) Veda (i) Rta
(2) Gīta (ii) Lokasamgraha
(3) Jainism (iii) Triratna
(4) Buddhism (iv) Panc’asīla
Codes :
1 2 3 4
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
Answer:(A)
31. Human Rights are required in a society
where following disparities are existent
(A) Caste (B) Creed
(C) Culture (D) All the three
Answer:(D)
32. Religious and Social Philosophy has
been dealt by Kant in
(A) Critiques of judgement
(B) Critique of pure reason
(C) Religion within the limits of
reason
(D) Critique of practical reason
Answer:(C)
33. Which theory covers the interest of
maximum number of people in the
society ?
(A) Perfectionism
(B) Utilitarianism
(C) Rationalism
(D) Intuitionism
Answer:(B)
34. Duty for the sake of duty is included in
(A) Categorical Dialectic
(B) Categorical Imperative
(C) Categorical Logic
(D) Categorical Discourse
Answer:(B)
35. As per whose ethics Rational law is the
Universal Law that holds for all and
acceptable to all ?
(A) Mill (B) Sidgewick
(C) Kant (D) Bentham
Answer:(C)
36. ‘Morality is led beyond itself into a
higher form of goodness, it ends in
what we may call religion’ is stated by
(A) Mctaggard
(B) Schleinmacher
(C) Mathew Arnold
(D) F.H. Bradley
Answer:(D)
37. Which one of the following pairs is
correctly matched ?
(A) Similar moral : Cultural Absolutism
principles do not
exist in all
societies
(B) There is extreme : Cultural relativism
variations in
customs, taboos
and so on from
culture to culture
(C) Freedom is : Hard determinism
compatible with
determinism
(D) There is no : Soft determinism
causality at all
Answer:(B)
38. Honesty is not a good policy does not
logically imply which one of the
following ?
(A) Either honesty is not a good
policy or dishonest persons will
be punished.
(B) It is false that honesty is a good
policy but dishonest persons are
not punished.
(C) If honesty is a good policy then
dishonest persons will be
punished.
(D) Honesty is a good policy if and
only if dishonest persons are
punished.
Answer:(B)
39. Which one among the following is a
postulate of morality ?
(A) God
(B) Society
(C) Good conduct
(D) Harmony
Answer:(A)
40. Which theory of punishment approves
capital punishment ?
(A) Reformative
(B) Retributive
(C) Both Reformative and
Retributive
(D) Preventive
Answer:(B)
41. If A proposition is true, E, I and O
propositions are
(A) false, true & false
(B) false, false & false
(C) true, false & false
(D) true, true & false
Answer:(A)
42. The mood of a syllogism depends on
(A) quality of premises
(B) quantity of premises
(C) both quality and quantity of
premises
(D) quality and quantity of premises
and the conclusion
Answer:(D)
43. The scheme of the FIRST figure of the
syllogism is
(A) P – M (B) M – P
S – M S – M
–––––– ––––––
S – P S – P
–––––– ––––––
(C) P – M (D) M – P
M – S M – S
–––––– ––––––
S – P S – P
–––––– ––––––
Answer:(B)
44. Determining the validity or invalidity
of arguments is the special province of
(A) Inductive Logic
(B) Deductive Logic
(C) Symbol Logic
(D) Traditional Logic
Answer:(X)
45. Read the following syllogism and point
out the fallacy in it :
“ All graduates are voters
John is not a graduate
John is not a voter.”
(A) The fallacy of Four Terms.
(B) The fallacy of undistributed
middle.
(C) Illicit Major
(D) Illicit Minor
Answer:(C)
46. In categorical syllogism, the middle
term is the term that occurs in
(A) Major premise only
(B) Minor premise only
(C) Both major and minor premises
(D) Conclusion only
Answer:(C)
Answer:(B)
48. A statement form that has only FALSE
substitution instances is called
(A) Tautology
(B) Contradiction
(C) Contingent
(D) Implication
Answer:(B)
49. Which one of the following is a
tautology
Answer:(C)
50. Match List I (Symbolic Forms) with
List – II (Rules) and select the correct
answer :
Answer:(D)
51. Consider the List – I and List – II and
select the correct code given below :
List – I List – II
a. Jainism 1. Gaya
b. Buddhism 2. Anandpur Sahib
c. Sikhism 3. Ajmer
d. Islam 4. Vaishali
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 4 1 2 3
(B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 3 4 1 2
Answer:(A)
52. Which of the following religion
emphasizes on the concept of ‘Sadhu’
on its ideal ?
(A) Christianity (B) Sikhism
(C) Jainism (D) Hinduism
Answer:(X)
53. Which of the following is the correct
pair of prophetic religion ?
(A) Jainism and Buddhism
(B) Christianity and Islam
(C) Sikhism and Islam
(D) Hinduism and Zoroastrianism
Answer:(B)
54. Which of the following paths was
advocated by Lord Buddha ?
(A) Shreyas
(B) Madhyampratipada
(C) Preyas
(D) Kaivalya
Answer:(B)
55. Consider the List – I and List – II and
select the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
a. Thiruvalluvar 1. Ten
Commandments
b. Lord
Swaminarayan 2. Kural
c. Moses 3. Nitishatak
d. Bhartruhari 4. Sikshapatri
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 4 2 1 3
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 3 1 2 4
Answer:(C)
56. Who is the author of famous anthology
Linguistic Turn ?
(A) G.E. Moore
(B) Bertrand Russell
(C) Wittgenstein
(D) Richard Rorty
Answer:(D)
57. Russell’s Theory of Descriptions was
challenged by
(A) A.J. Ayer
(B) P.F. Strawson
(C) J.L. Austin
(D) D. Davidson
Answer:(B)
58. Who made the distinction between
sense and reference ?
(A) Frege
(B) Wittgenstein
(C) Quine
(D) Dummett
Answer:(A)
59. Match List – I with List – II and select
the correct answer by using the code
given below :
List – I List – II
(Philosopher) (Doctrine)
a. J.L. Austin i. Language Games
b. L. Wittgenstein ii. Speech Acts
c. W.V. Quine iii. Theory of Intentionality
d. John Searle iv. Two dogmas of Empiricism
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii iv ii i
Answer:(C)
60. Match List – I with List – II and select
the correct answer by using the code
given below :
List – I List – II
(Book) (Author)
a. Foundations of i. Davidson
Arithmetic
b. Introduction to ii. Quine
Mathematical
Philosophy
c. From a Logical iii. Russell
Point of View
d. Inquiries into Truth iv. Frege
and Interpretation
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) iii iv i ii
Answer:(B)
61. The method of phenomenological
inquiry is
(A) Dialectical
(B) Intuitive
(C) Transcendental
(D) Technique of Bracketing
Answer:(D)
62. Phenomenology is
(A) a descriptive analysis of
subjective phenomena
(B) a linguistic study of phenomena
(C) a realistic study of the world
(D) none of the above
Answer:(A)
63. The founder of Modern Phenomenology
was
(A) Brentano
(B) Meinong
(C) Husserl
(D) Peirce
Answer:(C)
64. According to whom Hermeneutics is
an Ontology ?
(A) Heidegger
(B) Schleiermacher
(C) Ranke
(D) Dilthey
Answer:(A)
65. Which one of the following contributes
to critical hermeneutics ?
(A) Heidegger
(B) Habbermas
(C) Richard Rorty
(D) Gadamer
Answer:(B)
66. Which one of the following does not
come under the category of
Vaishnavism ?
(A) Ramanuja
(B) Samkara
(C) Madhva
(D) Vallabha
Answer:(B)
67. Who, among the following, advocates
Pushti ?
(A) Ramanuja
(B) Madhva
(C) Vallabha
(D) Samkara
Answer:(C)
68. Which one of the following makes
provision for eternal hell ?
(A) Samkara
(B) Madhva
(C) Nimbarka
(D) Vallabha
Answer:(B)
69. Which one of the following is the
advocate of five differences (Pancha-
bheda) ?
(A) Samkara
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Madhva
(D) Vallabha
Answer:(C)
70. According to ‘Samkara ‘Tatvamasi’
means
(A) Identity between world and God
(B) Identity between knower and
known
(C) Identity between individual soul
and Brahman
(D) Identity between world and self
Answer:(C)
71. According to Gandhi the highest ideal
of Truth is to be followed in
(A) Thought
(B) Speech
(C) Action
(D) All the above
Answer:(D)
72. When anyone objected to non-violence
as the creed of the coward, Gandhi
(A) reproached the person
(B) simply did not react
(C) remained mute
(D) just brushed out the person
Answer:(A)
73. The spirit of Gandhian concept of
‘Svadeshi’ implies
(A) only using that which is
produced by oneself
(B) Absolutely denying foreign
goods
(C) Restricting to use services of
immediate surroundings
(D) Not going beyond native
production
Answer:(C)
74. The principle of bread labour for
Gandhi essentially consist on
(A) Mental work
(B) Physical work
(C) Social work
(D) All the above
Answer:(B)
75. The Gandhian economic programmes
were based on
(A) Theoretical principles of
economic grasping
(B) By producing all wants of the
people
(C) The ideal of self-sufficiency
(D) Sharing all economic productions
Answer:(C)