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. According to the Nyāya pramā is
(A) correct cognition of previously
unknown object.
(B) correct smr.ti.
(C) correct presentative cognition of
a character of an object which
actually there is
(D) Samyak jnana
Answer:(C)
2. According to Nyāya-Vaiśeika, the relation
between mukt ātmā and sukhābhāva is
(A) Sa yoga
(B) Svarūpa
(C) Samavāya
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
3. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer code from
below :
List – I List – II
(Buddhist (Tenets)
Schools)
a. Vaibhāshika i. External objects
are known by
inference.
b. Mādhyamika ii. External objects are directly
perceived.
c. Yogāchāra iii. The knower, the
known and the
knowledge are
mutually dependent.
d. Sautrāntika iv. Things in the external world
are actual states of cognition.
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii ii iv i
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(C)
4. The process of arriving at universal
propositions from the particular facts
of experience is called
(A) Mental construction
(B) Simple causation
(C) Inductive generalisation
(D) Formal proof of validity
Answer:(C)
5. Which one of the statements in the
following does not reflect the true
Gandhian perspective of thought ?
(A) Non-violence is an active
moral struggle against evil.
(B) Hate the sin and not the sinner.
(C) Punishment must be retributive
in nature.
(D) Violence is not always wrong.
Answer:(C)
6. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct code as given :
List – I List – II
(Religion) (Aspiring Process)
a. Buddhism i. Gunasthanek
b. Islam ii. Namasmarana
c. Sikhism iii. Astāngmarga
d. Jainism iv. Praying five times
a day
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer:(C)
7. ‘Sarvadharma Sambhava’, according
to Gandhi means
(A) All religions should be
synthesised.
(B) All religions teach moral values.
(C) All religions are to be treated
equally.
(D) There is the unity of all
religions.
Answer:(C)
8. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct code as given :
List – I List – II
Religion Scripture
a. Zoroastrianism i. Granth Saheb
b. Judaism ii. Avesta
c. Sikhism iii. Tripitakas
d. Buddhism iv. Talmud
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iv iii ii
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer:(D)
9. Which of the following theories
holds that a true proposition
describes an actual state-of-affairs ?
(A) Coherence Theory
(B) Pragmatic Theory
(C) Phenomenological Theory
(D) Correspondence Theory
Answer:(D)
10. Match List – I with List – II and
select correct answer by using codes
given below :
List – I List – II
a. Ramanuja i. Anirvaćaniya Khyātivāda
b. Bouddha ii. Anyathā Khyātivāda
Vijnānavāda
c. Nyāya iii. Ātma Khyātivāda
d. Advaita iv. Satkhyātivāda
Vedānta
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer:(B)
11. Who holds that the conditions of
cognitions are not the conditions of
their validity ?
(A) Svatahprāmānyavādins
(B) Paratahprāmānyavādins
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Answer:(B)
12. Who among the following is not
abhihitānvayavādin ?
(A) Gautama (B) Prabhākara
(C) Murāri Miśra (D) Kumārīla
Answer:(B)
13. Nirvikalpaka jnāna, according to the
Nyāya, is
(A) Non-expressible and at ndriya
(B) First stage of pratyaks.a and
expressible
(C) Expressible and can be known
by anumāna
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
14. ‘Laukika Sannikarsha’ accepted by
Naiyāyikās are :
(A) Samyoga-Samavāya,
Sanyukta-Samavāya,
(B) Samavāya, Sanyukta
Samaveta-Samavāya
(C) Samaveta, Samavāya,
Visheshan-Visheshya-bhāva
(D) All the above
Answer:(D)
15. Which one among the following is
the vitiating condition for establishing
vyāpti according to Nyāya ?
(A) Upādhi
(B) Asat Pratipaksha
(C) Viruddha
(D) Bādhita
Answer:(A)
16. Prātibhāsika sattā, Vyavahārika sattā
and Pāramārthika sattā, all refers to
(A) One reality
(B) Two realities
(C) Three realities
(D) No reality at all
Answer:(A)
17. What type of Kāran. a of the world
God is, according to the Vaiśes.ikas ?
(A) Samavāyikāra a
(B) Sahakār kāra a
(C) Asamavāyikāra a
(D) Nimittākāra a
Answer:(D)
18. Which one of the following represents
correctly similar nityadravyas ?
(A) Manas, ātman, ākāśa
(B) Paramā u, ākāśa, kāla
(C) Akāśa, kāla, ātman
(D) Manas, kāla, ātman
Answer:(C)
19. According to the Naiyāyikas
destruction of what type of cause is
the cause of the destruction of the
effect ?
(A) Samavāyikāra a
(B) Asamavāyikāra a
(C) Nimittakāra a
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
20. What type of sāmānya, gun. atva is ?
(A) Parasāmānya
(B) Aparasāmānya
(C) Parāpara sāmānya
(D) Akhan. opādhi
Answer:(C)
21. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
code given below :
List – I List – II
a. Rāmānujācārya i. Chit, Achit,Ishwara
b. Madhvācārya ii. Pre-sa kara Vedānta
c. Yoga-Vas.iśtha iii. Savis.eśa Brahmavāda
d. Vivartavāda iv. Advaita Vedanta
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) i iv iii ii
Answer:(C)
22. Consider List – I & List – II and
select the code given below which is
correctly matched :
List – I List – II
a. Śa kara i. Dvaitavāda
b. Ramanuja ii. Advaitavāda
c. Nimbārka iii. Viśi advaitavāda
d. Madhva iv. Dvaitādvaitavāda
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(C)
23. The function in terms of which all
the constants of truth-functional
system can be defined, is called
(A) Strawson’s stroke function
(B) Russell’s stroke function
(C) Sheaffer’s stroke function
(D) Whitehead’s stroke function
Answer:(C)
24. Which one of the following is a
fundamental law of thought ?
(A) Law of Reasoning
(B) Law of Excluded Middle
(C) Law of Compatibility
(D) Law of Double Negation
Answer:(B)
25. Match List – I with List – II and select
the correct answer from given code :
Answer:(X)
26. Select the correct option from given
below :
Answer:(X)
27. In the proposition ‘Very few men are
honest’
(A) only subject term is distributed.
(B) only predicate term is distributed.
(C) both the subject term and
predicate term is distributed.
(D) neither of the terms is distributed.
Answer:(D)
28. In the traditional square of opposition
if ‘I’ proposition is false, which one
of the following can be determined ?
(A) A, E and O are undetermined.
(B) A, E and O are false.
(C) A is true, E is true and O is false.
(D) A is false, E is true and O is
true.
Answer:(D)
Answer:(B)
Answer:(D)
31. When two propositions about the
same subject-matter cannot both be
true together; they are
(A) contradictories
(B) contraries
(C) either contraries or contradictories
(D) both contraries and contradictories
Answer:(C)
32. Which one of the following is a
propositional function ?
(A) All cows are white or all cows
are black.
(B) If Socrates is a man, then he is
mortal.
(C) x is pretty.
(D) For any x, if x is a man, then x
is rational.
Answer:(C)
33. When one mistakes one kind of facts
with some other kind, one commits a
(A) hypothetical mistake
(B) legal mistake
(C) moral mistake
(D) categorical mistake
Answer:(X)
34. According to ‘representationalism’, a
belief accounts for knowledge
(A) only if it is a false belief.
(B) only if it is a true belief.
(C) only if it is indifferent to truth
and falsity.
(D) only if it does not picture reality.
Answer:(B)
35. G.E. Moore is an ethical
(A) Cognitivist
(B) Non-cognitivist
(C) Descriptivist
(D) Non-descriptivist
Answer:(C)
36. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
code given below :
List – I List – II
a. Antinomy i. The world is either
of quality finite or infinite.
b. Antinomy ii. Matter is either
of indivisible or
quantity infinitely divisible or
infinitely divisible.
c. Antinomy iii. The world must
of have a cause or no
modality cause.
d. Antinomy iv. All changes and
of conditions pre-
relation suppose something
that does not
change and is
unconditioned
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) ii i iv iii
Answer:(D)
37. Which of the followings are true for
Kant ?
(A) Knowledge of the phenomena
alone is possible.
(B) Noumena remains unknown
and unknowable.
(C) Phenomena remains unknown
and unknowable.
(D) Knowledge of noumena alone
is possible.
Answer:(X)
38. Kant’s Conception of the ‘Kingdom
of ends’ approximates to the Gita’s
Conception of ______.
(A) Asceticism
(B) Solidarity of humanity
(C) Humanism
(D) Atheism
Answer:(B)
39. Ontological Dualism is a theory
which helds _______
(A) mind and body are different
entities acting together.
(B) mind and matter are
independent of each other.
(C) there are two ultimate realities
which acts together in coherent
manner.
(D) there are two ultimate realities
independent of each other.
Answer:(D)
40. According to Nyāya system vyatireka
vyāpti 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 of sādhya
are cases of absence of hetu.
Answer:(D)
41. W.V.O. Quine is an ontological
relativist because he believes in
(A) inscrutability of reference
(B) picture theory of meaning
(C) forms of life
(D) family resemblances
Answer:(A)
42. True knowledge according to
J. Krishnamurti is
(A) revealed by mystics
(B) conditioned by experience
(C) obtained by religious reflection
(D) unconditional awareness
Answer:(D)
43. The problem of intentionality is that
of understanding the relation between
(A) a mental state and
corresponding physical state
(B) different mental states
(C) mental state and the thing it is
about
(D) different bodily states
Answer:(C)
44. Heideger characterises Dasein in
terms of
(A) affective isolation of Being
(B) Being-in-itself
(C) Being-for-itself
(D) affecting relationship with
surrounding people and objects
Answer:(D)
45. “What kind of world we perceive and
experience depends upon what kind
of beings we are.” This is the
conclusion of
(A) Kant (B) Descartes
(C) Aristotle (D) Spinoza
Answer:(A)
46. Truth of reason is justified by
(A) Law of contradiction and
principles of sufficient reason
(B) Principles of sufficient reason
alone
(C) Law of contradiction alone
(D) Laws of intuitive imagination
Answer:(C)
47. Within a scientific system of
propositions
(A) All propositions can be proved
and all terms can be defined.
(B) Not all propositions can be
proved but all terms can be
defined.
(C) All propositions can be proved
but not all terms can be
defined.
(D) Not all propositions can be
proved and not all terms can be
defined
Answer:(D)
48. Human Right presupposed
(A) Dignity of human being
(B) Proper living condition of a
human being in a particular set-
up
(C) Rights of human being in a
particular society
(D) Universal Rights of human
being in a particular society
Answer:(A)
49. Which one of the options of the
followings correctly matches with
moral obligation ?
(A) Physical compulsion
(B) Self-imposition
(C) External authority
(D) None of these
Answer:(B)
50. According to Kant, moral duty is
(A) A command of God
(B) Given by one’s intuition
(C) The imperative of pure reason
(D) Determined by morality
Answer:(C)
51. “We have no right to commit suicide
because our life is a joint property of
our own and others.” This sentence
falls under the domain of
(A) our duty towards our society
(B) our duty towards our family
(C) our duty towards ourselves
(D) our duty towards all of these
Answer:(D)
52. Which one of the following
statements is an incorrect statement ?
(A) J.S. Mill does not offer a
reasonable explanation of
moral obligation.
(B) Sidgwick is a hedonist in his
view of the highest good.
(C) Moral judgement depends upon
moral sentiments.
(D) According to Aesthetic-sense-
Theory, Beauty is the Ultimate
Standard of morality.
Answer:(C)
53. Which one of the following provides
the metaphysical ground of morality ?
(A) Cardinal Virtue
(B) Freedom and Responsibility
(C) Immortality of Soul
(D) Growth of Character
Answer:(C)
54. Match List – I with List – II and find
correct answer from the given code :
List – I List – II
a. Rigorism i. Moore
b. Emotivism ii. Kant
c. Intuitionism iii. Butler
d. Utilitarianism iv. Ayer
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) i iv iii ii
Answer:(C)
55. Match List – I with List – II and mark
correct answer from given code :
List – I List – II
a. Self is Real i. Justice
b. Respect for
World ii. Postulate of
Harmony Morality
c. Cardinal Virtue iii. Duty
d. Retributive iv. Punishment
Theory
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(D)
56. Emotivism upholds that ethical
statements do not express
(A) truths or falsehoods
(B) ontological states
(C) rational states
(D) effective states
Answer:(A)
57. ‘Naturalistic fallacy’ is
(A) the outcome of naturalism
(B) the outcome of naturalised
epistemology
(C) the outcome of natural
theology
(D) the outcome of identifying an
ethical concept with natural
concept
Answer:(D)
58. Nominalism is a theory which says
(A) that universals are not real but
are only names or words.
(B) the universals are not names.
(C) that universals are established
on reason.
(D) that universals are concepts.
Answer:(A)
59. Which one of the following is not a
statement of value ?
(A) Honesty is the best policy.
(B) We believe honesty to be the
best policy.
(C) Never indulge in dishonesty.
(D) Let us all be honest.
Answer:(B)
60. Which one of the following is not a
synthetic a priori judgement,
according to Kant ?
(A) All bodies have weight.
(B) All bodies have specific
gravity.
(C) 9 + 7 = 16
(D) Every change has a cause.
Answer:(X)
61. For Descartes the proposition ‘I
think’ is self verifying because
(A) it is a necessary truth.
(B) it is a logical truth.
(C) doubting it confirms it.
(D) thinking is my essence.
Answer:(C)
62. Svadharma is advocated by
(A) Krishn. a
(B) Rāvan. a
(C) S tā
(D) All the above
Answer:(A)
63. Which one of the following is known
as Triratna ?
(A) Shravan. a, Manana,
Nididhyāsana
(B) Darshan, Jnāna, Chāritra
(C) Maitr , Kāmnā, Muditā
(D) Sa gha, Dhamma, Buddha
Answer:(B)
64. R. ta of the Vedic world was closer to
(A) Legal order
(B) Truth
(C) Karma
(D) Social order
Answer:(B)
65. Karma in Mahābhārata, was more
concerned with
(A) Deva-r.na
(B) Pit.ri-r.na
(C) Mitra-r.na
(D) Bhuta-r.na
Answer:(X)
66. Which one of the following sets, in
the context of ashrama dharma, is not
matching ?
(A) Gandhi – Brahmacharya and
Grihastha
(B) Śa kara – Brahmacharya and
Sanyas
(C) Yājn avalkya – Grihastha and
Sanyas
(D) Vivekānanda – Brahmacharya
and Grihastha
Answer:(D)
67. Brahmavihāras include the following
(A) Maitr , Karun. ā, Vinaya,
Upeks.ā
(B) Maitrī, Karun. ā,, Muditā,
Upeks.ā
(C) Vinaya, Karun. a, Muditā,
Upeks.ā
(D) Maitr , Muditā, Upeksā,
Vinaya
Answer:(B)
68. The system which holds the view that
scripture is stronger than perception
is
(A) Jaina
(B) Bauddha
(C) Advaita Vedāntā
(D) Nyāya
Answer:(C)
69. According to Nyāya, we perceive
Samavāya by the sense-object
contact known as
(A) Samavāya
(B) Samaveta samavāya
(C) Viśes.antā
(D) Samyoga
Answer:(C)
70. The definition of pratyaks.a
‘Pratyaksa kalpanāpod. am
abhrānta ’ is given by
(A) Vasubandhu
(B) Kamalaś la
(C) Di nāga
(D) Dharmak rti
Answer:(D)
71. Paks.adharmatā is a relation between
(A) Hetu and Sādhya
(B) Paks.a and Sādhya
(C) Paks.a and Hetu
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
72. What type of sannikars.a takes place
during the perception of rūpatva
according to Nyāya Philosophy ?
(A) Samavāya
(B) Samyukta-samaveta-samavāya
(C) Samaveta-samavāya
(D) Viśesanata
Answer:(B)
73. In Kantian ethics ‘an objective
principle of action’ is called
(A) a maxim
(B) a rule
(C) a practical law
(D) an imperative
Answer:(A)
74. The definition which proceeds by
simply showing what is intended is
called
(A) norms definition
(B) wide definition
(C) extensive definition
(D) ostensive definition
Answer:(D)
75. According to Spinoza, an ‘attribute’
is that
(A) which the intellect perceives as
constituting the essence of a
substance.
(B) which the intellect perceives as
constituting the accidental
property of a substance.
(C) which the intellect perceives as
constituting the rational
property of a substance.
(D) which the intellect perceives as
the spiritual property of a
substance.
Answer:(A)
PAPER – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
June 2013
1. According to the Nyāya pramā is
(A) correct cognition of previously
unknown object.
(B) correct smr.ti.
(C) correct presentative cognition of
a character of an object which
actually there is
(D) Samyak jnana
Answer:(C)
2. According to Nyāya-Vaiśeika, the relation
between mukt ātmā and sukhābhāva is
(A) Sa yoga
(B) Svarūpa
(C) Samavāya
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
3. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer code from
below :
List – I List – II
(Buddhist (Tenets)
Schools)
a. Vaibhāshika i. External objects
are known by
inference.
b. Mādhyamika ii. External objects are directly
perceived.
c. Yogāchāra iii. The knower, the
known and the
knowledge are
mutually dependent.
d. Sautrāntika iv. Things in the external world
are actual states of cognition.
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii ii iv i
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(C)
4. The process of arriving at universal
propositions from the particular facts
of experience is called
(A) Mental construction
(B) Simple causation
(C) Inductive generalisation
(D) Formal proof of validity
Answer:(C)
5. Which one of the statements in the
following does not reflect the true
Gandhian perspective of thought ?
(A) Non-violence is an active
moral struggle against evil.
(B) Hate the sin and not the sinner.
(C) Punishment must be retributive
in nature.
(D) Violence is not always wrong.
Answer:(C)
6. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct code as given :
List – I List – II
(Religion) (Aspiring Process)
a. Buddhism i. Gunasthanek
b. Islam ii. Namasmarana
c. Sikhism iii. Astāngmarga
d. Jainism iv. Praying five times
a day
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer:(C)
7. ‘Sarvadharma Sambhava’, according
to Gandhi means
(A) All religions should be
synthesised.
(B) All religions teach moral values.
(C) All religions are to be treated
equally.
(D) There is the unity of all
religions.
Answer:(C)
8. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct code as given :
List – I List – II
Religion Scripture
a. Zoroastrianism i. Granth Saheb
b. Judaism ii. Avesta
c. Sikhism iii. Tripitakas
d. Buddhism iv. Talmud
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iv iii ii
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer:(D)
9. Which of the following theories
holds that a true proposition
describes an actual state-of-affairs ?
(A) Coherence Theory
(B) Pragmatic Theory
(C) Phenomenological Theory
(D) Correspondence Theory
Answer:(D)
10. Match List – I with List – II and
select correct answer by using codes
given below :
List – I List – II
a. Ramanuja i. Anirvaćaniya Khyātivāda
b. Bouddha ii. Anyathā Khyātivāda
Vijnānavāda
c. Nyāya iii. Ātma Khyātivāda
d. Advaita iv. Satkhyātivāda
Vedānta
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer:(B)
11. Who holds that the conditions of
cognitions are not the conditions of
their validity ?
(A) Svatahprāmānyavādins
(B) Paratahprāmānyavādins
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Answer:(B)
12. Who among the following is not
abhihitānvayavādin ?
(A) Gautama (B) Prabhākara
(C) Murāri Miśra (D) Kumārīla
Answer:(B)
13. Nirvikalpaka jnāna, according to the
Nyāya, is
(A) Non-expressible and at ndriya
(B) First stage of pratyaks.a and
expressible
(C) Expressible and can be known
by anumāna
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
14. ‘Laukika Sannikarsha’ accepted by
Naiyāyikās are :
(A) Samyoga-Samavāya,
Sanyukta-Samavāya,
(B) Samavāya, Sanyukta
Samaveta-Samavāya
(C) Samaveta, Samavāya,
Visheshan-Visheshya-bhāva
(D) All the above
Answer:(D)
15. Which one among the following is
the vitiating condition for establishing
vyāpti according to Nyāya ?
(A) Upādhi
(B) Asat Pratipaksha
(C) Viruddha
(D) Bādhita
Answer:(A)
16. Prātibhāsika sattā, Vyavahārika sattā
and Pāramārthika sattā, all refers to
(A) One reality
(B) Two realities
(C) Three realities
(D) No reality at all
Answer:(A)
17. What type of Kāran. a of the world
God is, according to the Vaiśes.ikas ?
(A) Samavāyikāra a
(B) Sahakār kāra a
(C) Asamavāyikāra a
(D) Nimittākāra a
Answer:(D)
18. Which one of the following represents
correctly similar nityadravyas ?
(A) Manas, ātman, ākāśa
(B) Paramā u, ākāśa, kāla
(C) Akāśa, kāla, ātman
(D) Manas, kāla, ātman
Answer:(C)
19. According to the Naiyāyikas
destruction of what type of cause is
the cause of the destruction of the
effect ?
(A) Samavāyikāra a
(B) Asamavāyikāra a
(C) Nimittakāra a
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
20. What type of sāmānya, gun. atva is ?
(A) Parasāmānya
(B) Aparasāmānya
(C) Parāpara sāmānya
(D) Akhan. opādhi
Answer:(C)
21. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
code given below :
List – I List – II
a. Rāmānujācārya i. Chit, Achit,Ishwara
b. Madhvācārya ii. Pre-sa kara Vedānta
c. Yoga-Vas.iśtha iii. Savis.eśa Brahmavāda
d. Vivartavāda iv. Advaita Vedanta
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) i iv iii ii
Answer:(C)
22. Consider List – I & List – II and
select the code given below which is
correctly matched :
List – I List – II
a. Śa kara i. Dvaitavāda
b. Ramanuja ii. Advaitavāda
c. Nimbārka iii. Viśi advaitavāda
d. Madhva iv. Dvaitādvaitavāda
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(C)
23. The function in terms of which all
the constants of truth-functional
system can be defined, is called
(A) Strawson’s stroke function
(B) Russell’s stroke function
(C) Sheaffer’s stroke function
(D) Whitehead’s stroke function
Answer:(C)
24. Which one of the following is a
fundamental law of thought ?
(A) Law of Reasoning
(B) Law of Excluded Middle
(C) Law of Compatibility
(D) Law of Double Negation
Answer:(B)
25. Match List – I with List – II and select
the correct answer from given code :
Answer:(X)
26. Select the correct option from given
below :
Answer:(X)
27. In the proposition ‘Very few men are
honest’
(A) only subject term is distributed.
(B) only predicate term is distributed.
(C) both the subject term and
predicate term is distributed.
(D) neither of the terms is distributed.
Answer:(D)
28. In the traditional square of opposition
if ‘I’ proposition is false, which one
of the following can be determined ?
(A) A, E and O are undetermined.
(B) A, E and O are false.
(C) A is true, E is true and O is false.
(D) A is false, E is true and O is
true.
Answer:(D)
Answer:(B)
Answer:(D)
31. When two propositions about the
same subject-matter cannot both be
true together; they are
(A) contradictories
(B) contraries
(C) either contraries or contradictories
(D) both contraries and contradictories
Answer:(C)
32. Which one of the following is a
propositional function ?
(A) All cows are white or all cows
are black.
(B) If Socrates is a man, then he is
mortal.
(C) x is pretty.
(D) For any x, if x is a man, then x
is rational.
Answer:(C)
33. When one mistakes one kind of facts
with some other kind, one commits a
(A) hypothetical mistake
(B) legal mistake
(C) moral mistake
(D) categorical mistake
Answer:(X)
34. According to ‘representationalism’, a
belief accounts for knowledge
(A) only if it is a false belief.
(B) only if it is a true belief.
(C) only if it is indifferent to truth
and falsity.
(D) only if it does not picture reality.
Answer:(B)
35. G.E. Moore is an ethical
(A) Cognitivist
(B) Non-cognitivist
(C) Descriptivist
(D) Non-descriptivist
Answer:(C)
36. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
code given below :
List – I List – II
a. Antinomy i. The world is either
of quality finite or infinite.
b. Antinomy ii. Matter is either
of indivisible or
quantity infinitely divisible or
infinitely divisible.
c. Antinomy iii. The world must
of have a cause or no
modality cause.
d. Antinomy iv. All changes and
of conditions pre-
relation suppose something
that does not
change and is
unconditioned
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) ii i iv iii
Answer:(D)
37. Which of the followings are true for
Kant ?
(A) Knowledge of the phenomena
alone is possible.
(B) Noumena remains unknown
and unknowable.
(C) Phenomena remains unknown
and unknowable.
(D) Knowledge of noumena alone
is possible.
Answer:(X)
38. Kant’s Conception of the ‘Kingdom
of ends’ approximates to the Gita’s
Conception of ______.
(A) Asceticism
(B) Solidarity of humanity
(C) Humanism
(D) Atheism
Answer:(B)
39. Ontological Dualism is a theory
which helds _______
(A) mind and body are different
entities acting together.
(B) mind and matter are
independent of each other.
(C) there are two ultimate realities
which acts together in coherent
manner.
(D) there are two ultimate realities
independent of each other.
Answer:(D)
40. According to Nyāya system vyatireka
vyāpti 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 of sādhya
are cases of absence of hetu.
Answer:(D)
41. W.V.O. Quine is an ontological
relativist because he believes in
(A) inscrutability of reference
(B) picture theory of meaning
(C) forms of life
(D) family resemblances
Answer:(A)
42. True knowledge according to
J. Krishnamurti is
(A) revealed by mystics
(B) conditioned by experience
(C) obtained by religious reflection
(D) unconditional awareness
Answer:(D)
43. The problem of intentionality is that
of understanding the relation between
(A) a mental state and
corresponding physical state
(B) different mental states
(C) mental state and the thing it is
about
(D) different bodily states
Answer:(C)
44. Heideger characterises Dasein in
terms of
(A) affective isolation of Being
(B) Being-in-itself
(C) Being-for-itself
(D) affecting relationship with
surrounding people and objects
Answer:(D)
45. “What kind of world we perceive and
experience depends upon what kind
of beings we are.” This is the
conclusion of
(A) Kant (B) Descartes
(C) Aristotle (D) Spinoza
Answer:(A)
46. Truth of reason is justified by
(A) Law of contradiction and
principles of sufficient reason
(B) Principles of sufficient reason
alone
(C) Law of contradiction alone
(D) Laws of intuitive imagination
Answer:(C)
47. Within a scientific system of
propositions
(A) All propositions can be proved
and all terms can be defined.
(B) Not all propositions can be
proved but all terms can be
defined.
(C) All propositions can be proved
but not all terms can be
defined.
(D) Not all propositions can be
proved and not all terms can be
defined
Answer:(D)
48. Human Right presupposed
(A) Dignity of human being
(B) Proper living condition of a
human being in a particular set-
up
(C) Rights of human being in a
particular society
(D) Universal Rights of human
being in a particular society
Answer:(A)
49. Which one of the options of the
followings correctly matches with
moral obligation ?
(A) Physical compulsion
(B) Self-imposition
(C) External authority
(D) None of these
Answer:(B)
50. According to Kant, moral duty is
(A) A command of God
(B) Given by one’s intuition
(C) The imperative of pure reason
(D) Determined by morality
Answer:(C)
51. “We have no right to commit suicide
because our life is a joint property of
our own and others.” This sentence
falls under the domain of
(A) our duty towards our society
(B) our duty towards our family
(C) our duty towards ourselves
(D) our duty towards all of these
Answer:(D)
52. Which one of the following
statements is an incorrect statement ?
(A) J.S. Mill does not offer a
reasonable explanation of
moral obligation.
(B) Sidgwick is a hedonist in his
view of the highest good.
(C) Moral judgement depends upon
moral sentiments.
(D) According to Aesthetic-sense-
Theory, Beauty is the Ultimate
Standard of morality.
Answer:(C)
53. Which one of the following provides
the metaphysical ground of morality ?
(A) Cardinal Virtue
(B) Freedom and Responsibility
(C) Immortality of Soul
(D) Growth of Character
Answer:(C)
54. Match List – I with List – II and find
correct answer from the given code :
List – I List – II
a. Rigorism i. Moore
b. Emotivism ii. Kant
c. Intuitionism iii. Butler
d. Utilitarianism iv. Ayer
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) i iv iii ii
Answer:(C)
55. Match List – I with List – II and mark
correct answer from given code :
List – I List – II
a. Self is Real i. Justice
b. Respect for
World ii. Postulate of
Harmony Morality
c. Cardinal Virtue iii. Duty
d. Retributive iv. Punishment
Theory
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) ii iii i iv
Answer:(D)
56. Emotivism upholds that ethical
statements do not express
(A) truths or falsehoods
(B) ontological states
(C) rational states
(D) effective states
Answer:(A)
57. ‘Naturalistic fallacy’ is
(A) the outcome of naturalism
(B) the outcome of naturalised
epistemology
(C) the outcome of natural
theology
(D) the outcome of identifying an
ethical concept with natural
concept
Answer:(D)
58. Nominalism is a theory which says
(A) that universals are not real but
are only names or words.
(B) the universals are not names.
(C) that universals are established
on reason.
(D) that universals are concepts.
Answer:(A)
59. Which one of the following is not a
statement of value ?
(A) Honesty is the best policy.
(B) We believe honesty to be the
best policy.
(C) Never indulge in dishonesty.
(D) Let us all be honest.
Answer:(B)
synthetic a priori judgement,
according to Kant ?
(A) All bodies have weight.
(B) All bodies have specific
gravity.
(C) 9 + 7 = 16
(D) Every change has a cause.
Answer:(X)
61. For Descartes the proposition ‘I
think’ is self verifying because
(A) it is a necessary truth.
(B) it is a logical truth.
(C) doubting it confirms it.
(D) thinking is my essence.
Answer:(C)
62. Svadharma is advocated by
(A) Krishn. a
(B) Rāvan. a
(C) S tā
(D) All the above
Answer:(A)
63. Which one of the following is known
as Triratna ?
(A) Shravan. a, Manana,
Nididhyāsana
(B) Darshan, Jnāna, Chāritra
(C) Maitr , Kāmnā, Muditā
(D) Sa gha, Dhamma, Buddha
Answer:(B)
64. R. ta of the Vedic world was closer to
(A) Legal order
(B) Truth
(C) Karma
(D) Social order
Answer:(B)
65. Karma in Mahābhārata, was more
concerned with
(A) Deva-r.na
(B) Pit.ri-r.na
(C) Mitra-r.na
(D) Bhuta-r.na
Answer:(X)
66. Which one of the following sets, in
the context of ashrama dharma, is not
matching ?
(A) Gandhi – Brahmacharya and
Grihastha
(B) Śa kara – Brahmacharya and
Sanyas
(C) Yājn avalkya – Grihastha and
Sanyas
(D) Vivekānanda – Brahmacharya
and Grihastha
Answer:(D)
67. Brahmavihāras include the following
(A) Maitr , Karun. ā, Vinaya,
Upeks.ā
(B) Maitrī, Karun. ā,, Muditā,
Upeks.ā
(C) Vinaya, Karun. a, Muditā,
Upeks.ā
(D) Maitr , Muditā, Upeksā,
Vinaya
Answer:(B)
68. The system which holds the view that
scripture is stronger than perception
is
(A) Jaina
(B) Bauddha
(C) Advaita Vedāntā
(D) Nyāya
Answer:(C)
69. According to Nyāya, we perceive
Samavāya by the sense-object
contact known as
(A) Samavāya
(B) Samaveta samavāya
(C) Viśes.antā
(D) Samyoga
Answer:(C)
70. The definition of pratyaks.a
‘Pratyaksa kalpanāpod. am
abhrānta ’ is given by
(A) Vasubandhu
(B) Kamalaś la
(C) Di nāga
(D) Dharmak rti
Answer:(D)
71. Paks.adharmatā is a relation between
(A) Hetu and Sādhya
(B) Paks.a and Sādhya
(C) Paks.a and Hetu
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
72. What type of sannikars.a takes place
during the perception of rūpatva
according to Nyāya Philosophy ?
(A) Samavāya
(B) Samyukta-samaveta-samavāya
(C) Samaveta-samavāya
(D) Viśesanata
Answer:(B)
73. In Kantian ethics ‘an objective
principle of action’ is called
(A) a maxim
(B) a rule
(C) a practical law
(D) an imperative
Answer:(A)
74. The definition which proceeds by
simply showing what is intended is
called
(A) norms definition
(B) wide definition
(C) extensive definition
(D) ostensive definition
Answer:(D)
75. According to Spinoza, an ‘attribute’
is that
(A) which the intellect perceives as
constituting the essence of a
substance.
(B) which the intellect perceives as
constituting the accidental
property of a substance.
(C) which the intellect perceives as
constituting the rational
property of a substance.
(D) which the intellect perceives as
the spiritual property of a
substance.
Answer:(A)