PHILOSOPHY
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All
questions are compulsory.
June 2014
1. Who propounds organic relation
between man and society ?
(A) Hegel (B) Aristotle
(C) Mill (D) Bentham
Answer:(A)
2. Who says that ‘Act as a member of
Kingdom of ends’ ?
(A) Aristotle (B) Spinoza
(C) Mill (D) Kant
Answer:(D)
3. It is better to be a human being
dissatisfied than to be a pig satisfied,
it is better to be a Socrates
dissatisfied than to be a fool
satisfied,’ is a statement of
(A) Kant (B) Hume
(C) Mill (D) Bentham
Answer:(C)
4. Who among the following
Philosophers has propounded the
concept of ‘Pure Being’ ?
(A) Pythagoras (B) Democritus
(C) Heraclitus (D) Parmenides
Answer:(D)
5. Which one of the following theories
of error is maintained by Rāmānuja ?
(A) Satkhyāti
(B) Asatkhyāti
(C) Atmakhyāti
(D) Anirvachniya khyāti
Answer:(A)
6. Which one of the following is known
as moderate Bauddha (Pracchanna
Bauddha) ?
(A) Mahāvira (B) Sāmkhya
(C) Shankara (D) Cārvāka
Answer:(C)
7. ‘Jin’ is associated with
(A) Buddhism (B) Jainism
(C) Sikhism (D) Islam
Answer:(B)
8. Prajĩyā, Sila and Samādhi are the key
concepts of
(A) Hinduism
(B) Jainism
(C) Buddhism
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
9. Who introduced internal sanction in
morality ?
(A) Bentham (B) Mill
(C) Sidgwick (D) Hume
Answer:(B)
10. A Hypothesis is scientifically
valuable if it is
(A) opposed to established
scientific law
(B) opposed to religious belief
(C) in agreement with a religious
belief
(D) verifiable
Answer:(D)
11. What is meant by ‘Pancalabdhi’ ?
(A) Uplabdhi, Mahālabdhi,
Kāranalabdhi, Mocanalabdhi,
Anuplabdhi
(B) Kshyopśamlabdhi,
Viśuddhilabdhi, Desanālabdhi,
Prāyogyalabdhi, Karanalabdhi
(C) Labhālabdhi, Deśanālabdhi,
Krpālabdhi, Samvaralabdhi,
Nirjarālabdhi
(D) None of these
Answer:(B)
Answer:(B)
Answer:(A)
Answer:(A)
15. Which one of the following correctly
represents the status of soul
according to Ramanuja ?
(A) There is unqualified identity
between soul and God.
(B) God and soul are two separate
entities.
(C) Soul is same as the body.
(D) The relation between soul and
God is that of parts and whole.
Answer:(D)
16. Which one of the following is true of
Buddhism ?
(A) Nirvana can be achieved only
in this life.
(B) Nirvana can be achieved only
in the life after death.
(C) Nirvana can be achieved both
in this life and life after death.
(D) Nirvana can be achieved by the
grace of the Tathagat.
Answer:(C)
17. Who takes into Consideration the
length and breadth in Ethics ?
(A) Mill (B) Spinoza
(C) Spencer (D) Moore
Answer:(C)
18. What type of Sattā is ascribable to
Brahman ?
(A) Vyāvaharika
(B) Paramārthika
(C) Both Vyavaharika &
Pāramārthika
(D) Prātibhāsika
Answer:(B)
19. In which Āshrama Vyāvasthā, a
person leaves for the jungle in order
to pray to God and practice Yoga ?
(A) Brahmacharya
(B) Gārhastha
(C) Vānaprastha
(D) Sanyāsa
Answer:(C)
20. The two sentences labelled as
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are
given below. Mark the correct code
according to these :
Assertion (A) : According to
Mimāmsā Vedas are eternal.
Reason (R) : According to
Mimāmsā words are eternal.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) provides correct
explanation to (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) does not provide correct
explanation to (A).
(C) (A) is true, (R) is false and (R)
does not provide correct
explanation to (A).
(D) (A) is false, (R) is true and (R)
provides correct explanation to
(A).
Answer:(A)
21. Match List – I with List – II and
mark the correct option :
List – I List – II
a. Purusārtha i. Varna
b. Brahmavihāra ii. Musavādā
c. Pancaśila iii. Mokśa
d. Vaiśya iv.Karunā
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) iii i ii iv
Answer:(B)
22. Consider the following statements in
the context of Bentham and mark the
correct code :
1. Greatest happiness of the
greatest number.
2. Nature has placed mankind under
the governance of two sovereign
masters pain and pleasure.
3. Community is a fictitious body
composed of the individual
persons.
Codes :
(A) 1 and 2 are true.
(B) 1 and 3 are true.
(C) only 1 is true.
(D) 1, 2 and 3 are true.
Answer:(D)
23. ‘Enlightened Anarchy’ means
(A) Lawlessness
(B) Non-existence of the state
(C) Lawlessness of the intellectuals
(D) Imperialism
Answer:(C)
24. The view that ‘Jātī’ is as much real as
the ______ Vyakt is held by
(A) The Nyāya school
(B) The Bauddha school
(C) The Cārvāka school
(D) The Advaita Vedanta school
Answer:(A)
25. Which one of the following
statements does not truly reflect
Gandhi’s Philosophy of life ?
(A) Hate the sin but not the sinner.
(B) Non-violence is an active
moral fight against wickedness.
(C) Both of the options given
above are true.
(D) Neither (A) is true nor (B).
Answer:(D)
26. According to Gandhiji, the goal of
constructive programme is
(A) Providing economic relief to
the unemployed
(B) Distributing some wages to
spinners and weavers
(C) Creating a non-violent society
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
27. Sarvadharma Samabhava : according
to Gandhi means
(A) There is the unity of all
religions
(B) All religions are to be treated
equally
(C) All religions should be
synthesised
(D) All religions teach moral
values.
Answer:(B)
28. Right faith, right knowledge and
right conduct are known as _______
in Jaina ethics that shine is a good
life.
(A) Triratna (B) Triguna
(C) Trijñāna (D) None of these
Answer:(A)
29. According to Gandhi, trusteeship
means
(A) Bread-Labour
(B) Swadeshi
(C) Possessing wealth and its
distribution to the needy
(D) Greediness
Answer:(C)
30. Arrange the following concepts in
which they appeared. Use the code
given below :
I. P a itya Samutpada
II. Nirvana
III. First Noble Trust
IV. Eight fold path (Dukh Nirodh
Marg)
Codes :
(A) I, II, III, IV (B) IV, III, II, I
(C) III, I, II, IV (D) II, III, I, IV
Answer:(C)
31. The philosophy of Satyagraha is
originally ascribed to
(A) Ruskin
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(D) Koutilya
Answer:(B)
32. The word Ahinsā was first used in
the following Indian text :
(A) Bhagavad G ta
(B) Chandogya Upanishad
(C) Ramayana
(D) Rigveda
Answer:(B)
33. Religion according to Gandhi is :
(A) Justice
(B) Prayer
(C) Moral Principle
(D) Freedom
Answer:(C)
34. “We do not want mass production
but we want production for the
masses” advocated by
(A) Marx (B) Gandhi
(C) Nehru (D) Amartya Sen
Answer:(B)
35. Match List – I and List – II and select
the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
a. Advait Vedanta i. Nimbark
b. Vishista dvaitvada ii. Shankar
c. Dvaitvada iii. Ramanuja
d. Dvaitadvaitvada iv. Madhva
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer:(B)
36. Which of the following statements are
associated with Gandhiji’s concept of
truth ?
1. Truth is an ontological category.
2. Truth is an ethical category.
3. Truth is only a property of statement.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 3
Answer:(B)
37. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A), and the other
labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : The conclusion of a
syllogism cannot be more
general than the premises.
Reason (R) : The conclusion of a
syllogism is true, provided the
premises are true.
In the context of the above two
statements, which one of the following
is correct ?
Code :
(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 the correct explanation
of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(B)
38. According to Kant – “The laws of
hygiene are conducive to health” is
(A) Categorical imperative
(B) Hypothetical imperative
(C) Moral imperative
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
39. Match the following by using the
code, given below :
List – I List – II
(Trend) (Philosopher)
a. Critical i. Russell
Philosophy
b. Rationalism ii. Locke
c. Empiricism iii. Spinoza
d. Analytic iv. Kant
Philosophy
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) ii i iv iii
Answer:(A)
40. Samavāyikārana of the world
according to the Vaiśe ikas is
(A) Iśvara
(B) Paramā u-Sa yoga
(C) Dvyanuka .
(D) Paramānu
Answer:(D)
41. Pārmārthika Sattā may be refuted by
(A) Vyavahārika Sattā
(B) Prātibhasika Sattā
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Answer:(D)
42. Which one of the following pairs is
not correctly matched ?
(A) The doctrine of
Monads – Leibnitz
(B) The Doctrine of
Modes – Spinoza
(C) Burkley’s Philosophy– Solipsism
(D) Distinction between
‘Knowledge
concerning relation of
Ideas’ and ‘Knowledge
concerning matter of
fact’ – Kant
Answer:(D)
43. The view that “God alone is real and
other finite things are suppressed or
annulled in the existence of God” is
called
(A) Theism (B) Pantheism
(C) Animism (D) Deism
Answer:(B)
44. Mark the option which is not correct
in the context of Hegel’s philosophy
(A) Idea of God ≠ Highest universal
(B) Real is Rational.
(C) Pure Being = non being
(D) The Ultimate Reality can be
explained in forms of causality.
Answer:(D)
45. Who propounds that God is appearance ?
(A) Spinoza (B) Descartes
(C) Hume (D) Bradley
Answer:(D)
46. Who says that ‘Non-Contradiction is
the criterion of Reality’ ?
(A) Hegel (B) Plato
(C) Bradley (D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
47. Mark the group, that is the most suitable
to Nietzsche’s Philosophy’ ?
(A) Sense-data, Protocol Statement
Epoche, Tragedy
(B) Crisis, Superman, attack on
Christianity, Evolution
(C) Supermind, Tragedy, Epoche,
Speech act
(D) Crisis, Tragedy, Protocol
statement, attack on Christianity
Answer:(B)
48. Mark the statement which is not true :
(A) Subjective idealism results in
Solipcism.
(B) Conceptualism is a theory given
to explain universal
(C) Causality is a ground of
Induction
(D) Kant ascribes space and time as
‘a-priori concepts
Answer:(D)
49. Who tells – “Knowledge is primarily of a
definite object and is to be distinguished
from the awareness of the indefinite.”
(A) Ambedkar
(B) Radhakrishnan
(C) K.C. Bhattacharya
(D) Tagore
Answer:(C)
50. Given below are two sets List – I and II.
List – I consists of the propounders and
List – II of the doctrines. Consider
them and select the correctly matched
code :
List – I List – II
a. Sankara i. Prapatti
b. Rāmānuja ii. Śūnyatā
c. Madhva iii. Jivanmukti
d. Nagarjuna iv. Ānandatāratamya
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i iii ii iv
Answer:(B)
51. Spinoza explained the relation between
mind and body by the help of
(A) Inter-actionism
(B) Parallelism
(C) Pre-established harmony
(D) Identity-in-difference
Answer:(B)
52. In Buddhist Philosophy Avinābhāva
relation is based on
(A) Identity, Negation, Co-existence
(B) Identity, Causality, Negation
(C) Causality, Negation, Co-existence
(D) Causality, Identity, Co-existence
Answer:(B)
53. In the following inference there is
fallacy of :
‘Sky flower is fragrant because it has
flowerness in it’
(A) Anekāntika (B) Satpratipak a
(C) Bādhita (D) Aśsayāsiddhā
Answer:(D)
54. Read the following arguments and
select the fallacy in it, using the code
given below :
Argument :
“All Hindus are Aryans.
No Persians are Hindus.
No Persians are Aryans”.
Codes :
(A) Fallacy of Illicit Major
(B) Fallacy of Illicit Minor
(C) Fallacy of Four Terms
(D) Fallacy of Undistributed Middle
Answer:(A)
55. In the context of laws of thought
mark the best combination of the
laws as given below :
Laws :
I. Law of Identity
II. Law of Contradiction
III. Law of Excluded Middle
IV. Law of Sufficient Reason
Combinations :
(A) I and II are correct.
(B) III and IV are correct.
(C) I, II and IV are correct.
(D) I, II, III and IV are correct.
Answer:(D)
56. Match List – I with List – II and
select the right answer using the
code, given below :
List – I List – II
a. AAA i. Ferio
b. AII ii. Celarent
c. EAE iii. Darii
d. EIO iv. Barbara
v. Baroco
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii v iv i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) v iv i iii
Answer:(C)
57. Which of the following statements
are true with regard to phenomenology ?
(A) Phenomenologist’s is not
concerned with particular facts
as such.
(B) The subject matter of
Phenomenology is the ideal
meanings and universal
relations with which the ego is
confronted in its experience.
(C) Only (A) (as above said) is true
and (B) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (B) (as above
said) are true.
Answer:(D)
58. The objects of phenomenological
inquiry are
(A) External objects
(B) Intentional objects
(C) Extensional objects
(D) Ideal objects
Answer:(B)
59. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A), and Reason
(R) :
Assertion (A) : According to Quine,
the verificationist theory has
taken language in a very piece-
meal fashion.
Reason (R) : It therefore has
resulted in a sort of reductionism.
In the context of the above two
statements, which of the following is
correct ?
Code :
(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 the correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer:(A)
60. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer code from
below :
List – I List – II
a. On the logic of i. Gadamer
social sciences
b. Being and ii. Habermas
time
c. Philosophical iii. Heideggar
Hermeneutics
d. Hermeneutics iv. Schleiermacher
and Criticism
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) i iii iv ii
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer:(A)
61. Match the List – I with List – II
choose correct answer from the code
given below :
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. G.E. Moore i. Foundations of
the metaphysics
of Morals
b. Kant ii. Right and the good
c. F.H. Bradley iii. Principia Ethica
d. W.D. Ross iv. Ethical studies
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv i iii ii
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii i iii iv
Answer:(B)
62. When ‘A’ proposition is true, E and I
propositions are
(A) False and true
(B) True and false
(C) False and doubtful
(D) True and doubtful
Answer:(A)
63. Social rights which form a part of
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (1948) address covers which
of the following aspects ?
(A) Education
(B) Food
(C) Employment
(D) All of the above
Answer:(D)
64. Which one of the following is not a
part of Universal Declaration of
Human Rights (1948) ?
(A) Security rights
(B) Liberty rights
(C) Equality rights
(D) Group rights
Answer:(D)
65. Which one of the following is NOT
correctly matched ?
(A) Use theory of meaning was
propounded by…… (Later
Wittgenstein)
(B) The theory of descriptions was
advocated by ……. (Russell)
(C) Speech-act theory was
introduced by ….. (Austin)
(D) The wholistic approach to
meaning was advocated by
…… (Ayer)
Answer:(D)
66. Two universal propositions differing
in quality are said to be in
(A) Contradictory opposition
(B) Sub-altern opposition
(C) Contrary opposition
(D) Sub-contrary opposition
Answer:(C)
67. Which position is held by the
Naiyāyikas regarding the relation
between pada and padārtha (vrthi ) ?
(A) Śakti and Laksanā
(B) Gauni and Vyañjanā
(C) Śakti, Laksanā and Vyañjanā
(D) Vyañjanā, Gauni and Laksana
Answer:(A)
68. “Punishment is inflicted on a
criminal in order to reform or educate
him” is the view of following theory :
(A) Deterrent theory of punishment
(B) Retributive theory of punishment
(C) Reformative theory of punishment
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
69. Which one of the following theories
of meaning that Quine supports ?
(A) Atomistic theory of meaning
(B) Wholistic theory of meaning
(C) Positivist theory of meaning
(D) Reductionist theory of meaning
Answer:(B)
70. The kind of inference in which “there
is a change in the quality of the given
proposition, while its meaning
remains unchanged” is called
(A) Conversion
(B) Obversion
(C) Contraposition
(D) Inversion
Answer:(B)
71. According to Austin, the act of doing
something by saying something is
called
(A) Locutionary act
(B) Illocutionary act
(C) Perlocutionary act
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
72. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer using the
code given below :
List – I List – II
(Thinker) (Books)
a. G. Frege i. From a logical point of view
b. B. Russell ii. Philosophical Analysis
c. L. iii. The Blue and
Wittgenstein Brown Books
d. W.V. Quine iv. My Philosophical
Development
v. Foundations of
Arithmetic
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) ii iv v iii
(C) v iv iii i
(D) iv v ii iii
Answer:(C)
73. Only thing that can considered to be
good according to Kant to
(A) Categorical imperative
(B) Moral law
(C) Goodwill
(D) Concept of God
Answer:(C)
74. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct code :
List – I List – II
a. Simone de i. Gendre trouble
Beauvoir
b. Judith ii. Sexual politics
Butler
c. Kate Millet iii. Second sex
d. Luce Irigary iv. An ethics of
sexual difference
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iii i ii iv
Answer:(D)
75. Which one of the following
philosophers is associated with the
proposition : “I think therefore I am” ?
(A) Spinoza (B) Descartes
(C) Leibnitz (D) Hume
Answer:(B)
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All
questions are compulsory.
June 2014
1. Who propounds organic relation
between man and society ?
(A) Hegel (B) Aristotle
(C) Mill (D) Bentham
Answer:(A)
2. Who says that ‘Act as a member of
Kingdom of ends’ ?
(A) Aristotle (B) Spinoza
(C) Mill (D) Kant
Answer:(D)
3. It is better to be a human being
dissatisfied than to be a pig satisfied,
it is better to be a Socrates
dissatisfied than to be a fool
satisfied,’ is a statement of
(A) Kant (B) Hume
(C) Mill (D) Bentham
Answer:(C)
4. Who among the following
Philosophers has propounded the
concept of ‘Pure Being’ ?
(A) Pythagoras (B) Democritus
(C) Heraclitus (D) Parmenides
Answer:(D)
5. Which one of the following theories
of error is maintained by Rāmānuja ?
(A) Satkhyāti
(B) Asatkhyāti
(C) Atmakhyāti
(D) Anirvachniya khyāti
Answer:(A)
6. Which one of the following is known
as moderate Bauddha (Pracchanna
Bauddha) ?
(A) Mahāvira (B) Sāmkhya
(C) Shankara (D) Cārvāka
Answer:(C)
7. ‘Jin’ is associated with
(A) Buddhism (B) Jainism
(C) Sikhism (D) Islam
Answer:(B)
8. Prajĩyā, Sila and Samādhi are the key
concepts of
(A) Hinduism
(B) Jainism
(C) Buddhism
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
9. Who introduced internal sanction in
morality ?
(A) Bentham (B) Mill
(C) Sidgwick (D) Hume
Answer:(B)
10. A Hypothesis is scientifically
valuable if it is
(A) opposed to established
scientific law
(B) opposed to religious belief
(C) in agreement with a religious
belief
(D) verifiable
Answer:(D)
11. What is meant by ‘Pancalabdhi’ ?
(A) Uplabdhi, Mahālabdhi,
Kāranalabdhi, Mocanalabdhi,
Anuplabdhi
(B) Kshyopśamlabdhi,
Viśuddhilabdhi, Desanālabdhi,
Prāyogyalabdhi, Karanalabdhi
(C) Labhālabdhi, Deśanālabdhi,
Krpālabdhi, Samvaralabdhi,
Nirjarālabdhi
(D) None of these
Answer:(B)
Answer:(B)
Answer:(A)
Answer:(A)
15. Which one of the following correctly
represents the status of soul
according to Ramanuja ?
(A) There is unqualified identity
between soul and God.
(B) God and soul are two separate
entities.
(C) Soul is same as the body.
(D) The relation between soul and
God is that of parts and whole.
Answer:(D)
16. Which one of the following is true of
Buddhism ?
(A) Nirvana can be achieved only
in this life.
(B) Nirvana can be achieved only
in the life after death.
(C) Nirvana can be achieved both
in this life and life after death.
(D) Nirvana can be achieved by the
grace of the Tathagat.
Answer:(C)
17. Who takes into Consideration the
length and breadth in Ethics ?
(A) Mill (B) Spinoza
(C) Spencer (D) Moore
Answer:(C)
18. What type of Sattā is ascribable to
Brahman ?
(A) Vyāvaharika
(B) Paramārthika
(C) Both Vyavaharika &
Pāramārthika
(D) Prātibhāsika
Answer:(B)
19. In which Āshrama Vyāvasthā, a
person leaves for the jungle in order
to pray to God and practice Yoga ?
(A) Brahmacharya
(B) Gārhastha
(C) Vānaprastha
(D) Sanyāsa
Answer:(C)
20. The two sentences labelled as
Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are
given below. Mark the correct code
according to these :
Assertion (A) : According to
Mimāmsā Vedas are eternal.
Reason (R) : According to
Mimāmsā words are eternal.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) provides correct
explanation to (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) does not provide correct
explanation to (A).
(C) (A) is true, (R) is false and (R)
does not provide correct
explanation to (A).
(D) (A) is false, (R) is true and (R)
provides correct explanation to
(A).
Answer:(A)
21. Match List – I with List – II and
mark the correct option :
List – I List – II
a. Purusārtha i. Varna
b. Brahmavihāra ii. Musavādā
c. Pancaśila iii. Mokśa
d. Vaiśya iv.Karunā
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) iii i ii iv
Answer:(B)
22. Consider the following statements in
the context of Bentham and mark the
correct code :
1. Greatest happiness of the
greatest number.
2. Nature has placed mankind under
the governance of two sovereign
masters pain and pleasure.
3. Community is a fictitious body
composed of the individual
persons.
Codes :
(A) 1 and 2 are true.
(B) 1 and 3 are true.
(C) only 1 is true.
(D) 1, 2 and 3 are true.
Answer:(D)
23. ‘Enlightened Anarchy’ means
(A) Lawlessness
(B) Non-existence of the state
(C) Lawlessness of the intellectuals
(D) Imperialism
Answer:(C)
24. The view that ‘Jātī’ is as much real as
the ______ Vyakt is held by
(A) The Nyāya school
(B) The Bauddha school
(C) The Cārvāka school
(D) The Advaita Vedanta school
Answer:(A)
25. Which one of the following
statements does not truly reflect
Gandhi’s Philosophy of life ?
(A) Hate the sin but not the sinner.
(B) Non-violence is an active
moral fight against wickedness.
(C) Both of the options given
above are true.
(D) Neither (A) is true nor (B).
Answer:(D)
26. According to Gandhiji, the goal of
constructive programme is
(A) Providing economic relief to
the unemployed
(B) Distributing some wages to
spinners and weavers
(C) Creating a non-violent society
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
27. Sarvadharma Samabhava : according
to Gandhi means
(A) There is the unity of all
religions
(B) All religions are to be treated
equally
(C) All religions should be
synthesised
(D) All religions teach moral
values.
Answer:(B)
28. Right faith, right knowledge and
right conduct are known as _______
in Jaina ethics that shine is a good
life.
(A) Triratna (B) Triguna
(C) Trijñāna (D) None of these
Answer:(A)
29. According to Gandhi, trusteeship
means
(A) Bread-Labour
(B) Swadeshi
(C) Possessing wealth and its
distribution to the needy
(D) Greediness
Answer:(C)
30. Arrange the following concepts in
which they appeared. Use the code
given below :
I. P a itya Samutpada
II. Nirvana
III. First Noble Trust
IV. Eight fold path (Dukh Nirodh
Marg)
Codes :
(A) I, II, III, IV (B) IV, III, II, I
(C) III, I, II, IV (D) II, III, I, IV
Answer:(C)
31. The philosophy of Satyagraha is
originally ascribed to
(A) Ruskin
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(D) Koutilya
Answer:(B)
32. The word Ahinsā was first used in
the following Indian text :
(A) Bhagavad G ta
(B) Chandogya Upanishad
(C) Ramayana
(D) Rigveda
Answer:(B)
33. Religion according to Gandhi is :
(A) Justice
(B) Prayer
(C) Moral Principle
(D) Freedom
Answer:(C)
34. “We do not want mass production
but we want production for the
masses” advocated by
(A) Marx (B) Gandhi
(C) Nehru (D) Amartya Sen
Answer:(B)
35. Match List – I and List – II and select
the code correctly matched :
List – I List – II
a. Advait Vedanta i. Nimbark
b. Vishista dvaitvada ii. Shankar
c. Dvaitvada iii. Ramanuja
d. Dvaitadvaitvada iv. Madhva
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer:(B)
36. Which of the following statements are
associated with Gandhiji’s concept of
truth ?
1. Truth is an ontological category.
2. Truth is an ethical category.
3. Truth is only a property of statement.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 3
Answer:(B)
37. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A), and the other
labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : The conclusion of a
syllogism cannot be more
general than the premises.
Reason (R) : The conclusion of a
syllogism is true, provided the
premises are true.
In the context of the above two
statements, which one of the following
is correct ?
Code :
(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 the correct explanation
of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(B)
38. According to Kant – “The laws of
hygiene are conducive to health” is
(A) Categorical imperative
(B) Hypothetical imperative
(C) Moral imperative
(D) None of the above
Answer:(B)
39. Match the following by using the
code, given below :
List – I List – II
(Trend) (Philosopher)
a. Critical i. Russell
Philosophy
b. Rationalism ii. Locke
c. Empiricism iii. Spinoza
d. Analytic iv. Kant
Philosophy
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) ii i iv iii
Answer:(A)
40. Samavāyikārana of the world
according to the Vaiśe ikas is
(A) Iśvara
(B) Paramā u-Sa yoga
(C) Dvyanuka .
(D) Paramānu
Answer:(D)
41. Pārmārthika Sattā may be refuted by
(A) Vyavahārika Sattā
(B) Prātibhasika Sattā
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Answer:(D)
42. Which one of the following pairs is
not correctly matched ?
(A) The doctrine of
Monads – Leibnitz
(B) The Doctrine of
Modes – Spinoza
(C) Burkley’s Philosophy– Solipsism
(D) Distinction between
‘Knowledge
concerning relation of
Ideas’ and ‘Knowledge
concerning matter of
fact’ – Kant
Answer:(D)
43. The view that “God alone is real and
other finite things are suppressed or
annulled in the existence of God” is
called
(A) Theism (B) Pantheism
(C) Animism (D) Deism
Answer:(B)
44. Mark the option which is not correct
in the context of Hegel’s philosophy
(A) Idea of God ≠ Highest universal
(B) Real is Rational.
(C) Pure Being = non being
(D) The Ultimate Reality can be
explained in forms of causality.
Answer:(D)
45. Who propounds that God is appearance ?
(A) Spinoza (B) Descartes
(C) Hume (D) Bradley
Answer:(D)
46. Who says that ‘Non-Contradiction is
the criterion of Reality’ ?
(A) Hegel (B) Plato
(C) Bradley (D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
47. Mark the group, that is the most suitable
to Nietzsche’s Philosophy’ ?
(A) Sense-data, Protocol Statement
Epoche, Tragedy
(B) Crisis, Superman, attack on
Christianity, Evolution
(C) Supermind, Tragedy, Epoche,
Speech act
(D) Crisis, Tragedy, Protocol
statement, attack on Christianity
Answer:(B)
48. Mark the statement which is not true :
(A) Subjective idealism results in
Solipcism.
(B) Conceptualism is a theory given
to explain universal
(C) Causality is a ground of
Induction
(D) Kant ascribes space and time as
‘a-priori concepts
Answer:(D)
49. Who tells – “Knowledge is primarily of a
definite object and is to be distinguished
from the awareness of the indefinite.”
(A) Ambedkar
(B) Radhakrishnan
(C) K.C. Bhattacharya
(D) Tagore
Answer:(C)
50. Given below are two sets List – I and II.
List – I consists of the propounders and
List – II of the doctrines. Consider
them and select the correctly matched
code :
List – I List – II
a. Sankara i. Prapatti
b. Rāmānuja ii. Śūnyatā
c. Madhva iii. Jivanmukti
d. Nagarjuna iv. Ānandatāratamya
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i iii ii iv
Answer:(B)
51. Spinoza explained the relation between
mind and body by the help of
(A) Inter-actionism
(B) Parallelism
(C) Pre-established harmony
(D) Identity-in-difference
Answer:(B)
52. In Buddhist Philosophy Avinābhāva
relation is based on
(A) Identity, Negation, Co-existence
(B) Identity, Causality, Negation
(C) Causality, Negation, Co-existence
(D) Causality, Identity, Co-existence
Answer:(B)
53. In the following inference there is
fallacy of :
‘Sky flower is fragrant because it has
flowerness in it’
(A) Anekāntika (B) Satpratipak a
(C) Bādhita (D) Aśsayāsiddhā
Answer:(D)
54. Read the following arguments and
select the fallacy in it, using the code
given below :
Argument :
“All Hindus are Aryans.
No Persians are Hindus.
No Persians are Aryans”.
Codes :
(A) Fallacy of Illicit Major
(B) Fallacy of Illicit Minor
(C) Fallacy of Four Terms
(D) Fallacy of Undistributed Middle
Answer:(A)
55. In the context of laws of thought
mark the best combination of the
laws as given below :
Laws :
I. Law of Identity
II. Law of Contradiction
III. Law of Excluded Middle
IV. Law of Sufficient Reason
Combinations :
(A) I and II are correct.
(B) III and IV are correct.
(C) I, II and IV are correct.
(D) I, II, III and IV are correct.
Answer:(D)
56. Match List – I with List – II and
select the right answer using the
code, given below :
List – I List – II
a. AAA i. Ferio
b. AII ii. Celarent
c. EAE iii. Darii
d. EIO iv. Barbara
v. Baroco
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii v iv i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) v iv i iii
Answer:(C)
57. Which of the following statements
are true with regard to phenomenology ?
(A) Phenomenologist’s is not
concerned with particular facts
as such.
(B) The subject matter of
Phenomenology is the ideal
meanings and universal
relations with which the ego is
confronted in its experience.
(C) Only (A) (as above said) is true
and (B) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (B) (as above
said) are true.
Answer:(D)
58. The objects of phenomenological
inquiry are
(A) External objects
(B) Intentional objects
(C) Extensional objects
(D) Ideal objects
Answer:(B)
59. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A), and Reason
(R) :
Assertion (A) : According to Quine,
the verificationist theory has
taken language in a very piece-
meal fashion.
Reason (R) : It therefore has
resulted in a sort of reductionism.
In the context of the above two
statements, which of the following is
correct ?
Code :
(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 the correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer:(A)
60. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer code from
below :
List – I List – II
a. On the logic of i. Gadamer
social sciences
b. Being and ii. Habermas
time
c. Philosophical iii. Heideggar
Hermeneutics
d. Hermeneutics iv. Schleiermacher
and Criticism
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) i iii iv ii
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer:(A)
61. Match the List – I with List – II
choose correct answer from the code
given below :
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. G.E. Moore i. Foundations of
the metaphysics
of Morals
b. Kant ii. Right and the good
c. F.H. Bradley iii. Principia Ethica
d. W.D. Ross iv. Ethical studies
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv i iii ii
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii i iii iv
Answer:(B)
62. When ‘A’ proposition is true, E and I
propositions are
(A) False and true
(B) True and false
(C) False and doubtful
(D) True and doubtful
Answer:(A)
63. Social rights which form a part of
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (1948) address covers which
of the following aspects ?
(A) Education
(B) Food
(C) Employment
(D) All of the above
Answer:(D)
64. Which one of the following is not a
part of Universal Declaration of
Human Rights (1948) ?
(A) Security rights
(B) Liberty rights
(C) Equality rights
(D) Group rights
Answer:(D)
65. Which one of the following is NOT
correctly matched ?
(A) Use theory of meaning was
propounded by…… (Later
Wittgenstein)
(B) The theory of descriptions was
advocated by ……. (Russell)
(C) Speech-act theory was
introduced by ….. (Austin)
(D) The wholistic approach to
meaning was advocated by
…… (Ayer)
Answer:(D)
66. Two universal propositions differing
in quality are said to be in
(A) Contradictory opposition
(B) Sub-altern opposition
(C) Contrary opposition
(D) Sub-contrary opposition
Answer:(C)
67. Which position is held by the
Naiyāyikas regarding the relation
between pada and padārtha (vrthi ) ?
(A) Śakti and Laksanā
(B) Gauni and Vyañjanā
(C) Śakti, Laksanā and Vyañjanā
(D) Vyañjanā, Gauni and Laksana
Answer:(A)
68. “Punishment is inflicted on a
criminal in order to reform or educate
him” is the view of following theory :
(A) Deterrent theory of punishment
(B) Retributive theory of punishment
(C) Reformative theory of punishment
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
69. Which one of the following theories
of meaning that Quine supports ?
(A) Atomistic theory of meaning
(B) Wholistic theory of meaning
(C) Positivist theory of meaning
(D) Reductionist theory of meaning
Answer:(B)
70. The kind of inference in which “there
is a change in the quality of the given
proposition, while its meaning
remains unchanged” is called
(A) Conversion
(B) Obversion
(C) Contraposition
(D) Inversion
Answer:(B)
71. According to Austin, the act of doing
something by saying something is
called
(A) Locutionary act
(B) Illocutionary act
(C) Perlocutionary act
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
72. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer using the
code given below :
List – I List – II
(Thinker) (Books)
a. G. Frege i. From a logical point of view
b. B. Russell ii. Philosophical Analysis
c. L. iii. The Blue and
Wittgenstein Brown Books
d. W.V. Quine iv. My Philosophical
Development
v. Foundations of
Arithmetic
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) ii iv v iii
(C) v iv iii i
(D) iv v ii iii
Answer:(C)
73. Only thing that can considered to be
good according to Kant to
(A) Categorical imperative
(B) Moral law
(C) Goodwill
(D) Concept of God
Answer:(C)
74. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct code :
List – I List – II
a. Simone de i. Gendre trouble
Beauvoir
b. Judith ii. Sexual politics
Butler
c. Kate Millet iii. Second sex
d. Luce Irigary iv. An ethics of
sexual difference
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iii i ii iv
Answer:(D)
75. Which one of the following
philosophers is associated with the
proposition : “I think therefore I am” ?
(A) Spinoza (B) Descartes
(C) Leibnitz (D) Hume
Answer:(B)