PHILOSOPHY
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
Dec 2013
1. Which one among the following
codes includes a means which is not
of Śaktigraha ?
(A) Upamāna, Kośa, Aptavākya,
Vyākarana
(B) Aptavākya, Upadhinirasa,
Vyākarana, Kośa
(C) Upamāna, Aptavākya,
Prasiddhapada, Sānnidhya,
Vddhavyavahāra
(D) Vyākara a , Vrddhavyavahāra ,
Upamāna, Kośa
Answer:(B)
2. Which of the theories given below
holds the position that ‘object of
knowledge owes its existence as well
as its properties to the creative
activity of the knowing mind’ ?
(A) Absolute Idealism
(B) Phenomenalism
(C) Metaphysical Idealism
(D) Epistemological Idealism
Answer:(D)
3. Husserlian expression ‘Epoche’ means
(A) Suspension of Reality
(B) Suspension of World
(C) Suspension of Judgement
(D) Suspension of Experience
Answer:(C)
4. The theory which restricts our
knowledge to phenomenal appearances
of an inaccessible reality is
(A) Phenomenology
(B) Subjective Idealism
(C) Phenomenalism
(D) Absolute Idealism
Answer:(C)
5. Match List – I with List – II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List – I List – II
a. Subjective i. Kant
Idealism
b. Commonsense ii. Thomas Reid
Realism
c. Absolute iii. Hegel
Idealism
d. Critical Idealism iv. Berkeley
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer:(C)
6. If ‘O’ is false, find out the true option
as given below :
(A) I and E are true and A is false.
(B) I and A are true and E is false.
(C) A and I are false and E is true.
(D) O is true but E and I are false.
Answer:(B)
7. Find out the false statement as given
below : Statements :
(A) Converse of ‘A’ is ‘I’.
(B) If ‘A’ is false, then ‘O’ is true.
(C) Obverse of ‘O’ is ‘I’.
(D) Obverse of ‘E’ is ‘I’.
Answer:(D)
8. Which of the Philosophers noted
below stated :
“Utility means the property of any
object, whereby it tends to produce
benefit, advantage, pleasure, good or
happiness or to prevent the
happening of mischief, pain, evil,
unhappiness to the party whose
interest is considered.” ?
(A) James Mill
(B) J.S. Mill
(C) Hume
(D) Jeremy Bentham
Answer:(D)
9. Which of the philosophers noted
below propounded ethical gradation
of the springs of action ?
(A) Cadworth (B) Sidgewick
(C) Butler (D) Martineau
Answer:(D)
10. Consider the following statements
with regard to Bentham and choose
the correct code :
Statements :
1. Bentham dismissed ethics of
asceticism as an inverted
hedonism.
2. Bentham is an ethical hedonist
by virtue of his employment of
the pleasure principle as the
standard for conduct.
3. Intuitionist ethics was criticised
by Bentham for it provides no
more than a subjective feeling.
Codes :
(A) Only 1 and 3 are true.
(B) Only 1 and 2 are true
(C) 1, 2 and 3 are true.
(D) Only 2 is true.
Answer:(C)
11. Hypothesis is a
(A) Free flight of mind
(B) Discovery
(C) Supposition
(D) A provisional supposition to
explain a problematic event.
Answer:(D)
12. According to Shankar Brahman is
away from which of the following
three distinctions ?
(A) Homogenous distinction,
Heterogenous distinction,
internal distinction
(B) Waking experience, Dreaming
experience, Dreamless
experience
(C) Experimental contradiction,
Logical contradiction, illogical
contradiction
(D) None of above
Answer:(A)
13. Select the correct descending order of
Tirthankaras in the context of their period :
(A) R. abhanātha, Anantanatha,
Shantinātha, Nemināth,
Mahāveera
(B) Anantanatha, Shantinātha,
R. abhanātha, Mahāveera,
Nemināth
(C) Padmaprabha, Ajitanatha,
Mallinātha, R. abhanātha,
Shantinātha
(D) R. abhanātha, Anantanatha,
Sambhavanātha, Ajitanatha,
Mahavira
Answer:(A)
14. Reality has no assets beyond
appearances and if appearances alone
to its credit it will be bankrupt.’, is a
statement of
(A) Green (B) Hegel
(C) Bradley (D) Plato
Answer:(C)
15. ‘Appearances are the appearances of
reality’ is a statement of
(A) Kant (B) Bradley
(C) Hegel (D) Green
Answer:(B)
16. ‘Die to Live’ is a statement of
(A) Kant (B) Hegel
(C) Berkeley (D) Mill
Answer:(B)
17. Who has said – ‘My Station and its
Duties’ ?
(A) Plato (B) Berkeley
(C) Kant (D) Bradley
Answer:(D)
18. What does Shankara’s Satkaryavada
known as ?
(A) Vijnan-Vivartvada
(B) Brahma-Vivartvada
(C) Prakriti-Parinamvada
(D) Brahma-Parinamvada
Answer:(B)
19. ‘Free-will’ in ethics means
(A) The individual is free to do
anything
(B) The individual is not free to do
anything
(C) The individual is free to act
keeping in view of some norms
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
20. Who highlighted the problem of
personal identity first in modern
western philosophy ?
(A) Strawson (B) Locke
(C) Kripke (D) Descartes
Answer:(B)
21. Which one of the following systems
of Indian Philosophy designated
Mok a as Nirvana ?
(A) Jainism (B) Buddhism
(C) Yoga (D) Samkhya
Answer:(B)
22. Who says that the function of
Philosophy is wholly critical ?
(A) Aristotle (B) Ayer
(C) Plato (D) Hegel
Answer:(B)
23. On the ground of ‘relation’
propositions are divided into
(A) Categorical and conditional
(B) Affirmative and negative
(C) Universal and particular
(D) Necessary and problematic
Answer:(A)
24. ‘Universal Affirmative’ and
‘Particular Negative’ propositions are
symbolized as
(A) A and E (B) A and I
(C) E and O (D) A and O
Answer:(D)
25. Which one of the following is known
as ‘ triśarana’ according to Buddhism ?
(A) avana, Manana,
Nididhyasana
(B) Darshana, Jnāna, Caritra
(C) Maitri, Karuna, Mudita
(D) Buddha, Dhamma, Sa gha
Answer:(D)
26. Bhāgvadgitā has been considered as
the most important work due to
(A) Harmonious philosophy of life
(B) Synthesis of action, devotion
and knowledge
(C) Moral teachings
(D) All the above
Answer:(D)
27. The four moral sanctions by Bentham are
(A) Natural, Cultural, Political, Social
(B) Natural, Political, Social,
Religious
(C) Natural, Economical, Political,
Religious
(D) Natural, Economical, Cultural,
Religious
Answer:(B)
28. All the following orders of the
Purusharthas are wrong except :
(A) Dharma, Artha, Kāma, Mok a
(B) Artha, Kāma, Mok a, Dharma
(C) Dharma, Kāma, Artha, Mok a
(D) Dharma, Mok a, Artha, Kāma
Answer:(A)
29. Tirthankar means
(A) follower of a faith
(B) propounder of faith
(C) a neutral man
(D) none of the above
Answer:(B)
30. Which of the following is a prophetic
religion ?
(A) Hinduism
(B) Islam
(C) Buddhism
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
31. Who is the author of ‘The Essential
Unity of all Religions’ ?
(A) Radhakrishnan
(B) Tagore
(C) Bhagwandas
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
32. Aristotle identified good as
(A) Happiness (B) Perfection
(C) Utility (D) Self-respect
Answer:(A)
33. Retributive theory of punishment
holds the view that
(A) criminals can be reformed
(B) criminals are ought to be
punished
(C) criminals can be set free
without any punishment
(D) none of the above
Answer:(B)
34. Cardinal virtues according to Plato,
(A) Right speech, Right action,
Right mindedness
(B) Wisdom, Courage, Temperance
and Justice
(C) Intellectual virtues and Moral
virtues
(D) Truth, Non-violence, Celibacy,
Non-Stealing
Answer:(B)
35. Eudaemonism means
(A) Well being
(B) Hedonism
(C) Utilitarianism
(D) Perfectionism
Answer:(A)
36. What is the Samavāyikāra a of a
table ?
(A) Table itself
(B) Colour of the table
(C) The parts of the table
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
37. “Casuistry is the goal of ethical
investigation” is advocated by
(A) G.E. Moore (B) Bradley
(C) Kant (D) Rashdul
Answer:(A)
38. Which one of the following
statements according to Advait
Vedanta is true to knowledge of
Brahman ?
(A) Both Pratyaksha and Anuman
gives us knowledge of
Brahman
(B) Arthapatti alone gives us
knowledge of Brahman
(C) Sruti is the only source of
knowledge of Brahman
(D) Both Arthapatti and
Anuplabdhi gives us
knowledge of Brahman
Answer:(C)
39. Which one among the following is
not a Nityadravya ?
(A) Paramānu (B) Akāśa
(C) Dvyanuka (D) Dik
Answer:(C)
40. According to Nyaya ‘Shell is Silver’
is a false cognition because
(A) Silver is present any where
(B) Silver shines
(C) Silver is supplied through
memory
(D) Perceiver is a silversmith
Answer:(C)
Answer:(B)
42. According to Nyāya Philosophy,
Pramā is
(A) Yathārtha anubhava
(B) Manifestation of an object
(C) That which is practicable
(D) Knowledge of an unknown
object
Answer:(A)
43. According to Nyaya Philosophy,
‘Water looks cold’ is an example of
(A) Janalaksana Pratyaksa
(B) Samanya Laksana Pratyaksa
(C) Yogaja Pratyaksa
(D) Laukika Sannikarsa
Answer:(A)
44. According to Naiyāyikas Śabda-artha
Sambandha is
(A) Natural
(B) Conventional
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Answer:(B)
45. The name of the theory advocated by
Prabhakara School regarding
sentence meaning
(A) Abhihitānvyavāda
(B) Anvitabhidhānavāda
(C) Tatparyavāda
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
46. Nyay Theory of Knowledge is an
example of
(A) Absolute Idealism
(B) Realism
(C) Subjective Idealism
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
47. The following inference is an
example of :
‘No non-soul is animate.
All living beings are animate.
Therefore all living beings have souls’.
(A) Kevalanvayi
(B) Kevala vyatireki
(C) Anvaya-vyatireki
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
48. “Woman is not born, but made” is
the statement of
(A) Mary Wollstonecraft
(B) Emma Goldman
(C) Simone de Beauvoir
(D) Luce Irigary
Answer:(C)
49. Who among the following
Philosophers has propounded the
concept of ‘Becoming’ ?
(A) Pythagoras (B) Thales
(C) Heraclitus (D) Democritus
Answer:(C)
50. Which of the following paths was
advocated by Buddha ?
(A) Shreya
(B) Madhyampratipada
(C) Kaivalya
(D) Preya
Answer:(B)
51. Who says that space and time are
empirically real but transcendentally ideal ?
(A) Pythagoras (B) Spinoza
(C) Kant (D) Hegel
Answer:(C)
52. Which theory of the following holds
that ‘universal’ means universal
concepts and not anything external to
our minds ?
(A) Realism
(B) Nominalism
(C) Conceptualism
(D) Resemblance theory
Answer:(C)
53. Essential feature of the
phenomenological method is
(A) Intentionality
(B) Doubting the world
(C) Technique of bracketing
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
54. Which of the philosophers given
below made a distinction between
grammatical interpretation and
psychological interpretation ?
(A) Dilthey
(B) Heidegger
(C) Schleiermacher
(D) Gadamer
Answer:(C)
55. Consider List – I with List – II and
select the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
(Praman)
a. Nyaya i. Two
b. Bauddha ii. Four
c. Carvaka iii. Three
d. Samkhya iv. One
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer:(A)
56. Brahmacharya is the means to meet
(A) Rsima
(B) Pitrrna
(C) Devana
(D) Manusyarna
Answer:(A)
Answer:(B)
Answer:(B)
59. Match List – I with List – II according
to Vaiśesika metaphysics and select the
correct code as given below :
List – I List – II
a. Paramānu i. Vibhu
b. Ātmā ii. Niravayava
c. Manas iii. Mahat
d. Ghata iv. Anuparimāna
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(B)
60. The first part of Yoga Sutra is
(A) Kaivalyapāda
(B) Sādhanāpāda
(C) Vibhutipāda
(D) Samādhipāda
Answer:(D)
61. Which type of change in the gu as
causes the starting of evolution
according to Samkhya ?
(A) Sarupa Parināma
(B) Virupa Parināma
(C) Both sarupa and virupa parināma
(D) Neither sarupa nor virupa parināma
Answer:(B)
62. According to Nyaya-Vaisesika
dravya-gu a relationship is known as
(A) Samyoga .
(B) Samavāya
(C) Tādātmya
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
63. According to Śa kara tattvamasi’
establishes use identify of Jīva with
Brahman through
(A) Its primary meaning
(B) Its secondary meaning
(C) Both its primary and its
secondary meaning
(D) Neither its primary nor its
secondary meaning
Answer:(B)
64. According to Rāmānuja, the
individual soul is
(A) Only jnātā
(B) Jnātā and Kartā
(C) Kartā and Bhoktā
(D) Jnātā, Kartā and Bhoktā
Answer:(D)
65. According to the Naiyāyikas
vyatirekā vyāpta between hetu and
sādhya obtains when
(A) All cases of Hetu are cases of
absence of Sādhya.
(B) Some cases of Hetu are cases
of Sādhya
(C) Some cases of Sādhya are cases
of Hetu
(D) All cases of absence Sādhya
are cases of absence of Hetu
Answer:(D)
66. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer code from
below :
List – I List – II
a. Rational i. G.E. Moore
Utilitarianism
b. Quantitative ii. Sidgwick
Utilitarianism
c. Ideal iii. Bentham
Utilitarianism
d. Qualitative iv. J.S. Mill
Utilitarianism
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iv ii iii
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(D)
67. Consider the statements of J.S. Mill
given below and mark the correct code :
1. J.S. Mill’s theory is Altruistic
hedonism and qualitative
utilitarianism.
2. Mill uses pleasure and
happiness synonymously.
3. Mill regards virtue, health, love
of honour and the like as
intrinsic values.
Codes :
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are true.
(B) 1 and 2 are true.
(C) 1 and 3 are true.
(D) Only 2 is true.
Answer:(B)
68. In Russell’s philosophy, logical atomism
and theory of truth go together
(A) Correspondence
(B) Pragmatic
(C) Coherence
(D) Semantic
Answer:(X)
69. Who said that “where of one cannot
speak, there of one must be silent” ?
(A) Husserl (B) Heidegger
(C) Wittgenstein (D) Ayer
Answer:(C)
70. Consciousness according to Nyāya is
(A) A contingent attribute of self
(B) An eternal attribute of self
(C) An eternal substance
(D) A non-eternal substance
Answer:(A)
71. Which of the following statements
are true with regard to ‘Will theory’
of Human Rights Discussion ?
(A) It argues that the principal
function of Human Rights is to
protect and promote certain
essential human interests.
(B) It attempts to establish the
validity of Human Rights based
on the unique human capacity
for freedom.
(C) (B) above is true and (A) is
false.
(D) Both (A) and (B) above are true.
Answer:(C)
72. Consider the below given statements
and mark the correct code :
Assertion (A) : Human conscience
immediately perceives the
rightness or wrongness of
actions without considering
their relations to any end or
consequences.
Reason (R) : Rightness and
wrongness are inherent
qualities of actions.
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 the correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(A)
73. According to Heidegger Hermeneutic
Circle refers to
(A) Reciprocity between text and
its parts
(B) Reciprocity between text and
meaning
(C) Reciprocity between meaning
and context
(D) Reciprocity between self-
understanding and
understanding of the world.
Answer:(D)
74. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer by using the
codes given below the list :
List – I List – II
(Different names (The Schools
used for the associated with
highest ideal) these names)
a. Moksa i. Vedanta
b. Nirvana ii. Samkhya
c. Apavarga iii. Nyaya
d. Kaivalya iv. Buddhism
v. Jaina
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iv iii v
(B) ii v iv i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) v ii iii iv
Answer:(A)
75. Scepticism is the
(A) Starting point of Hume’s
philosophy
(B) Conclusion of Hume’s philosophy
(C) Both of these
(D) None of these
Answer:(B)
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
Dec 2013
1. Which one among the following
codes includes a means which is not
of Śaktigraha ?
(A) Upamāna, Kośa, Aptavākya,
Vyākarana
(B) Aptavākya, Upadhinirasa,
Vyākarana, Kośa
(C) Upamāna, Aptavākya,
Prasiddhapada, Sānnidhya,
Vddhavyavahāra
(D) Vyākara a , Vrddhavyavahāra ,
Upamāna, Kośa
Answer:(B)
2. Which of the theories given below
holds the position that ‘object of
knowledge owes its existence as well
as its properties to the creative
activity of the knowing mind’ ?
(A) Absolute Idealism
(B) Phenomenalism
(C) Metaphysical Idealism
(D) Epistemological Idealism
Answer:(D)
3. Husserlian expression ‘Epoche’ means
(A) Suspension of Reality
(B) Suspension of World
(C) Suspension of Judgement
(D) Suspension of Experience
Answer:(C)
4. The theory which restricts our
knowledge to phenomenal appearances
of an inaccessible reality is
(A) Phenomenology
(B) Subjective Idealism
(C) Phenomenalism
(D) Absolute Idealism
Answer:(C)
5. Match List – I with List – II and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
List – I List – II
a. Subjective i. Kant
Idealism
b. Commonsense ii. Thomas Reid
Realism
c. Absolute iii. Hegel
Idealism
d. Critical Idealism iv. Berkeley
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer:(C)
6. If ‘O’ is false, find out the true option
as given below :
(A) I and E are true and A is false.
(B) I and A are true and E is false.
(C) A and I are false and E is true.
(D) O is true but E and I are false.
Answer:(B)
7. Find out the false statement as given
below : Statements :
(A) Converse of ‘A’ is ‘I’.
(B) If ‘A’ is false, then ‘O’ is true.
(C) Obverse of ‘O’ is ‘I’.
(D) Obverse of ‘E’ is ‘I’.
Answer:(D)
8. Which of the Philosophers noted
below stated :
“Utility means the property of any
object, whereby it tends to produce
benefit, advantage, pleasure, good or
happiness or to prevent the
happening of mischief, pain, evil,
unhappiness to the party whose
interest is considered.” ?
(A) James Mill
(B) J.S. Mill
(C) Hume
(D) Jeremy Bentham
Answer:(D)
9. Which of the philosophers noted
below propounded ethical gradation
of the springs of action ?
(A) Cadworth (B) Sidgewick
(C) Butler (D) Martineau
Answer:(D)
10. Consider the following statements
with regard to Bentham and choose
the correct code :
Statements :
1. Bentham dismissed ethics of
asceticism as an inverted
hedonism.
2. Bentham is an ethical hedonist
by virtue of his employment of
the pleasure principle as the
standard for conduct.
3. Intuitionist ethics was criticised
by Bentham for it provides no
more than a subjective feeling.
Codes :
(A) Only 1 and 3 are true.
(B) Only 1 and 2 are true
(C) 1, 2 and 3 are true.
(D) Only 2 is true.
Answer:(C)
11. Hypothesis is a
(A) Free flight of mind
(B) Discovery
(C) Supposition
(D) A provisional supposition to
explain a problematic event.
Answer:(D)
12. According to Shankar Brahman is
away from which of the following
three distinctions ?
(A) Homogenous distinction,
Heterogenous distinction,
internal distinction
(B) Waking experience, Dreaming
experience, Dreamless
experience
(C) Experimental contradiction,
Logical contradiction, illogical
contradiction
(D) None of above
Answer:(A)
13. Select the correct descending order of
Tirthankaras in the context of their period :
(A) R. abhanātha, Anantanatha,
Shantinātha, Nemināth,
Mahāveera
(B) Anantanatha, Shantinātha,
R. abhanātha, Mahāveera,
Nemināth
(C) Padmaprabha, Ajitanatha,
Mallinātha, R. abhanātha,
Shantinātha
(D) R. abhanātha, Anantanatha,
Sambhavanātha, Ajitanatha,
Mahavira
Answer:(A)
14. Reality has no assets beyond
appearances and if appearances alone
to its credit it will be bankrupt.’, is a
statement of
(A) Green (B) Hegel
(C) Bradley (D) Plato
Answer:(C)
15. ‘Appearances are the appearances of
reality’ is a statement of
(A) Kant (B) Bradley
(C) Hegel (D) Green
Answer:(B)
16. ‘Die to Live’ is a statement of
(A) Kant (B) Hegel
(C) Berkeley (D) Mill
Answer:(B)
17. Who has said – ‘My Station and its
Duties’ ?
(A) Plato (B) Berkeley
(C) Kant (D) Bradley
Answer:(D)
18. What does Shankara’s Satkaryavada
known as ?
(A) Vijnan-Vivartvada
(B) Brahma-Vivartvada
(C) Prakriti-Parinamvada
(D) Brahma-Parinamvada
Answer:(B)
19. ‘Free-will’ in ethics means
(A) The individual is free to do
anything
(B) The individual is not free to do
anything
(C) The individual is free to act
keeping in view of some norms
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
20. Who highlighted the problem of
personal identity first in modern
western philosophy ?
(A) Strawson (B) Locke
(C) Kripke (D) Descartes
Answer:(B)
21. Which one of the following systems
of Indian Philosophy designated
Mok a as Nirvana ?
(A) Jainism (B) Buddhism
(C) Yoga (D) Samkhya
Answer:(B)
22. Who says that the function of
Philosophy is wholly critical ?
(A) Aristotle (B) Ayer
(C) Plato (D) Hegel
Answer:(B)
23. On the ground of ‘relation’
propositions are divided into
(A) Categorical and conditional
(B) Affirmative and negative
(C) Universal and particular
(D) Necessary and problematic
Answer:(A)
24. ‘Universal Affirmative’ and
‘Particular Negative’ propositions are
symbolized as
(A) A and E (B) A and I
(C) E and O (D) A and O
Answer:(D)
25. Which one of the following is known
as ‘ triśarana’ according to Buddhism ?
(A) avana, Manana,
Nididhyasana
(B) Darshana, Jnāna, Caritra
(C) Maitri, Karuna, Mudita
(D) Buddha, Dhamma, Sa gha
Answer:(D)
26. Bhāgvadgitā has been considered as
the most important work due to
(A) Harmonious philosophy of life
(B) Synthesis of action, devotion
and knowledge
(C) Moral teachings
(D) All the above
Answer:(D)
27. The four moral sanctions by Bentham are
(A) Natural, Cultural, Political, Social
(B) Natural, Political, Social,
Religious
(C) Natural, Economical, Political,
Religious
(D) Natural, Economical, Cultural,
Religious
Answer:(B)
28. All the following orders of the
Purusharthas are wrong except :
(A) Dharma, Artha, Kāma, Mok a
(B) Artha, Kāma, Mok a, Dharma
(C) Dharma, Kāma, Artha, Mok a
(D) Dharma, Mok a, Artha, Kāma
Answer:(A)
29. Tirthankar means
(A) follower of a faith
(B) propounder of faith
(C) a neutral man
(D) none of the above
Answer:(B)
30. Which of the following is a prophetic
religion ?
(A) Hinduism
(B) Islam
(C) Buddhism
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
31. Who is the author of ‘The Essential
Unity of all Religions’ ?
(A) Radhakrishnan
(B) Tagore
(C) Bhagwandas
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
32. Aristotle identified good as
(A) Happiness (B) Perfection
(C) Utility (D) Self-respect
Answer:(A)
33. Retributive theory of punishment
holds the view that
(A) criminals can be reformed
(B) criminals are ought to be
punished
(C) criminals can be set free
without any punishment
(D) none of the above
Answer:(B)
34. Cardinal virtues according to Plato,
(A) Right speech, Right action,
Right mindedness
(B) Wisdom, Courage, Temperance
and Justice
(C) Intellectual virtues and Moral
virtues
(D) Truth, Non-violence, Celibacy,
Non-Stealing
Answer:(B)
35. Eudaemonism means
(A) Well being
(B) Hedonism
(C) Utilitarianism
(D) Perfectionism
Answer:(A)
36. What is the Samavāyikāra a of a
table ?
(A) Table itself
(B) Colour of the table
(C) The parts of the table
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
37. “Casuistry is the goal of ethical
investigation” is advocated by
(A) G.E. Moore (B) Bradley
(C) Kant (D) Rashdul
Answer:(A)
38. Which one of the following
statements according to Advait
Vedanta is true to knowledge of
Brahman ?
(A) Both Pratyaksha and Anuman
gives us knowledge of
Brahman
(B) Arthapatti alone gives us
knowledge of Brahman
(C) Sruti is the only source of
knowledge of Brahman
(D) Both Arthapatti and
Anuplabdhi gives us
knowledge of Brahman
Answer:(C)
39. Which one among the following is
not a Nityadravya ?
(A) Paramānu (B) Akāśa
(C) Dvyanuka (D) Dik
Answer:(C)
40. According to Nyaya ‘Shell is Silver’
is a false cognition because
(A) Silver is present any where
(B) Silver shines
(C) Silver is supplied through
memory
(D) Perceiver is a silversmith
Answer:(C)
Answer:(B)
42. According to Nyāya Philosophy,
Pramā is
(A) Yathārtha anubhava
(B) Manifestation of an object
(C) That which is practicable
(D) Knowledge of an unknown
object
Answer:(A)
43. According to Nyaya Philosophy,
‘Water looks cold’ is an example of
(A) Janalaksana Pratyaksa
(B) Samanya Laksana Pratyaksa
(C) Yogaja Pratyaksa
(D) Laukika Sannikarsa
Answer:(A)
44. According to Naiyāyikas Śabda-artha
Sambandha is
(A) Natural
(B) Conventional
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Answer:(B)
45. The name of the theory advocated by
Prabhakara School regarding
sentence meaning
(A) Abhihitānvyavāda
(B) Anvitabhidhānavāda
(C) Tatparyavāda
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
46. Nyay Theory of Knowledge is an
example of
(A) Absolute Idealism
(B) Realism
(C) Subjective Idealism
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
47. The following inference is an
example of :
‘No non-soul is animate.
All living beings are animate.
Therefore all living beings have souls’.
(A) Kevalanvayi
(B) Kevala vyatireki
(C) Anvaya-vyatireki
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
48. “Woman is not born, but made” is
the statement of
(A) Mary Wollstonecraft
(B) Emma Goldman
(C) Simone de Beauvoir
(D) Luce Irigary
Answer:(C)
49. Who among the following
Philosophers has propounded the
concept of ‘Becoming’ ?
(A) Pythagoras (B) Thales
(C) Heraclitus (D) Democritus
Answer:(C)
50. Which of the following paths was
advocated by Buddha ?
(A) Shreya
(B) Madhyampratipada
(C) Kaivalya
(D) Preya
Answer:(B)
51. Who says that space and time are
empirically real but transcendentally ideal ?
(A) Pythagoras (B) Spinoza
(C) Kant (D) Hegel
Answer:(C)
52. Which theory of the following holds
that ‘universal’ means universal
concepts and not anything external to
our minds ?
(A) Realism
(B) Nominalism
(C) Conceptualism
(D) Resemblance theory
Answer:(C)
53. Essential feature of the
phenomenological method is
(A) Intentionality
(B) Doubting the world
(C) Technique of bracketing
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
54. Which of the philosophers given
below made a distinction between
grammatical interpretation and
psychological interpretation ?
(A) Dilthey
(B) Heidegger
(C) Schleiermacher
(D) Gadamer
Answer:(C)
55. Consider List – I with List – II and
select the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
(Praman)
a. Nyaya i. Two
b. Bauddha ii. Four
c. Carvaka iii. Three
d. Samkhya iv. One
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer:(A)
56. Brahmacharya is the means to meet
(A) Rsima
(B) Pitrrna
(C) Devana
(D) Manusyarna
Answer:(A)
Answer:(B)
Answer:(B)
59. Match List – I with List – II according
to Vaiśesika metaphysics and select the
correct code as given below :
List – I List – II
a. Paramānu i. Vibhu
b. Ātmā ii. Niravayava
c. Manas iii. Mahat
d. Ghata iv. Anuparimāna
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(B)
60. The first part of Yoga Sutra is
(A) Kaivalyapāda
(B) Sādhanāpāda
(C) Vibhutipāda
(D) Samādhipāda
Answer:(D)
61. Which type of change in the gu as
causes the starting of evolution
according to Samkhya ?
(A) Sarupa Parināma
(B) Virupa Parināma
(C) Both sarupa and virupa parināma
(D) Neither sarupa nor virupa parināma
Answer:(B)
62. According to Nyaya-Vaisesika
dravya-gu a relationship is known as
(A) Samyoga .
(B) Samavāya
(C) Tādātmya
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
63. According to Śa kara tattvamasi’
establishes use identify of Jīva with
Brahman through
(A) Its primary meaning
(B) Its secondary meaning
(C) Both its primary and its
secondary meaning
(D) Neither its primary nor its
secondary meaning
Answer:(B)
64. According to Rāmānuja, the
individual soul is
(A) Only jnātā
(B) Jnātā and Kartā
(C) Kartā and Bhoktā
(D) Jnātā, Kartā and Bhoktā
Answer:(D)
65. According to the Naiyāyikas
vyatirekā vyāpta between hetu and
sādhya obtains when
(A) All cases of Hetu are cases of
absence of Sādhya.
(B) Some cases of Hetu are cases
of Sādhya
(C) Some cases of Sādhya are cases
of Hetu
(D) All cases of absence Sādhya
are cases of absence of Hetu
Answer:(D)
66. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer code from
below :
List – I List – II
a. Rational i. G.E. Moore
Utilitarianism
b. Quantitative ii. Sidgwick
Utilitarianism
c. Ideal iii. Bentham
Utilitarianism
d. Qualitative iv. J.S. Mill
Utilitarianism
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iv ii iii
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(D)
67. Consider the statements of J.S. Mill
given below and mark the correct code :
1. J.S. Mill’s theory is Altruistic
hedonism and qualitative
utilitarianism.
2. Mill uses pleasure and
happiness synonymously.
3. Mill regards virtue, health, love
of honour and the like as
intrinsic values.
Codes :
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are true.
(B) 1 and 2 are true.
(C) 1 and 3 are true.
(D) Only 2 is true.
Answer:(B)
68. In Russell’s philosophy, logical atomism
and theory of truth go together
(A) Correspondence
(B) Pragmatic
(C) Coherence
(D) Semantic
Answer:(X)
69. Who said that “where of one cannot
speak, there of one must be silent” ?
(A) Husserl (B) Heidegger
(C) Wittgenstein (D) Ayer
Answer:(C)
70. Consciousness according to Nyāya is
(A) A contingent attribute of self
(B) An eternal attribute of self
(C) An eternal substance
(D) A non-eternal substance
Answer:(A)
71. Which of the following statements
are true with regard to ‘Will theory’
of Human Rights Discussion ?
(A) It argues that the principal
function of Human Rights is to
protect and promote certain
essential human interests.
(B) It attempts to establish the
validity of Human Rights based
on the unique human capacity
for freedom.
(C) (B) above is true and (A) is
false.
(D) Both (A) and (B) above are true.
Answer:(C)
72. Consider the below given statements
and mark the correct code :
Assertion (A) : Human conscience
immediately perceives the
rightness or wrongness of
actions without considering
their relations to any end or
consequences.
Reason (R) : Rightness and
wrongness are inherent
qualities of actions.
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 the correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(A)
73. According to Heidegger Hermeneutic
Circle refers to
(A) Reciprocity between text and
its parts
(B) Reciprocity between text and
meaning
(C) Reciprocity between meaning
and context
(D) Reciprocity between self-
understanding and
understanding of the world.
Answer:(D)
74. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer by using the
codes given below the list :
List – I List – II
(Different names (The Schools
used for the associated with
highest ideal) these names)
a. Moksa i. Vedanta
b. Nirvana ii. Samkhya
c. Apavarga iii. Nyaya
d. Kaivalya iv. Buddhism
v. Jaina
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iv iii v
(B) ii v iv i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) v ii iii iv
Answer:(A)
75. Scepticism is the
(A) Starting point of Hume’s
philosophy
(B) Conclusion of Hume’s philosophy
(C) Both of these
(D) None of these
Answer:(B)