UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
Ph. D. Entrance Examination, June 2011
Hall Ticket No.
Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 75
Instructions.
The Question Paper consists oftwo Parts: Part A and Part B.

Part A ofthe question paper consists of25 ohjeel;"e (m.hiplc-choice) queslions ofODe mark each. There will be a negative marking for CVcry\TOOg answCT. You have to answer the questions in this part in the question paper itself.
Part B consi"ts oftwo srctions. Section I oCPart B consists ofshart essay qucstions. Section II ofPart B consists oflong essay type questions. A separate an<;Wcr book is provided to answer questions from these two sections orPan D.
Part-A
l. Substance according to lainism stands for ...
An eternal and unchanging "..lily An ever changing entilY Never changing entily An ctemol and changing entity
2. Identify the correct combination.
Voibhosi,",. Bohyortho-pralyoksol'odo
SOlllronlika, Bohyartho-protyaksol'odo

Yogacara. Bahyarthanumcya'oda Va;bhnsika. BahyartJronumcyavada
3. The theory ofperceptual cmn according 10 Kumarila is ..
Akhyali
Almokhyati
Anyalhokhyali
SOlkhyati

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4. Identify thc cotreel pair belonging to the same scbool. SllDkara and Jayanla Uddyotakara and Udayana Vasubhandu and Umasvali IswOIUkrishna and Oharmakirti
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S. Which is the correct sequence of the folJowing aeconting to Nyaya?
Anllmili
Paksadharmatojnana

V)'aptijnana
Paramarasaj'nana


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6. Match the List with List-II and choose the cOlTeet answer from the code given
below:
List-I

Buddhism S'Qtahpraman)'Q paralahapramanya (bl Nyaya Paratahpraman)'o poratahnpnnmrYll


Mimamsa svatahpramanya ,nllQ(ahapramanya


Somkh}"3 paralahpraman)'Q sl'Olahapramanya



7. Aeconting to Mimamsa dharma stands for ...
Vornadharma
A.'iromadharma
That which impels action Welfare of the
8. Which one ofthe following is II part ofsadhanacotustaya according to Sankam?
Ekagran'Q
Nin.dat'Q
Mllmllksat'Q
Nigrahat'Q

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9. "Man is immortal because he is subject to death" commit> the fallacy of ...
Asiddha
Viruddha
Savyabhicara
Badhitn •




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10. Match the List-1 with List-lI and choose the correct OIISwer from the code giVCll below:
List-I List-lI

Slolal'liittika Vacaspatimisra


T.ttvabumudi ViswllII3t1m


Bhasaparicchoda (iii) Umasvati


T.ltvarthaSUIJa Kurnarila


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11. "The will of8 rational being is "l univCfS3lly legislative will", is according to Kant ...
A synthetic a postenorijudgcrncnt
Ao ann1ytic a priori judgerocnt A synthetic a priori judgerocnt Ao analytic a posteriori Judgement
11. According to Russclr's Logical atomism, atomic facts arc buill out of ...
Mathematical numbers
Cbemical bonding Simple objects Fictional objects I
J3. "Every beast driven to the pasture with blows" is attribu ted to
Heraclitus Thales Plato Pythagoras I
14. The view tlmt forms aloce arc rcal is held by ...
Socrates Plato Aristotle Hcraclcitus I
IS. Spinoza's idea ofintellectual love ofGod implies ...
Aesthetic understanding ofGod Logical understanding ofGod Ps)'<:hological understanding ofGod To sec the world under the idea ofGod I

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16. Froge's thesis that sense determines reference implies that
Sense is the same as refcrmcc Reference is the SOlIDC as sense
Sense is the psychologic:d b:lsis ofrefercoee Sense provides the eonditions ofrefc:re!>Ce
17. According to Quine, analyticity canoot be defined bec,usc it involves ...
Violation of scientific laws Violntion ofsociological nonns Violation ofliterary principles Circularity I
18. Categories, according to Aristotle ale
Objective Bl Subjective Both objective ,nd subjective Neither objective nor subjective J
19. For Ryle. ascription ofmenta! predicates amounts to ...

Dcscnbing the ways in which people eonduct their public bcboviour Ascnbing mental power to people Ascribing neural states to people Ascnbing intelligence to people I
20. Leibniz's principle of sufficient reason says:
Reason provides both the necessary and the sufficient condition for the explanation ofthe world
Reason can be reduced to cause
There can be DO we assertion without there being a sufficient reason
Nothing is sufficicot before reason I
21. Assuming the falsity ofDOA-typeproposition in the context ofModem (Boolean) Square ofOppositioD, the corresponding ...
E-typc proposition i.o; true
I-type proposition has iodctamionte truth volue
Q-type proposition is fillsc
Noneoftheabove
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22. Wittgenstein's idea ofme3lling as use implies that words acquire their meaning because they are ...
Names ofobjects Description ofmental events Description ofsocial events Regarded as tools in a tool box performing multipic functions "flanguage l
23. 'Being a grandfather is a ...
ReOexive relation Transitive relation Symmetric relation None ofthe above l

24. According to Hume, the principle Ibat everything must have a cause is derived from ...
The objective causal connection that exists between the two events The habit formed on the basis ofthe regular connection obscrved beh,een the two
events
The cosmological order ofthe universe The ontological order ofthe universe l
25. In the formulation of the 'Getticr Problem' in epistemology, the following assumption is made ...
If evidence, justifies a proposition, then p may be false If evidence, justifies a proposition, then p must be true Ifevidence, justifies a proposition, then e and p both must be true None ofthe above 1
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Part-B
Section I Marks: 20
Answerany""0ofthe followingquestions in150words eao.:h. AUquestions carty equal marks.
1. Discuss Descartes' version aCthe ontological rrC'loffor the existerl&:C ofGod.
2.
Elucidate S:mkara's theory ofthe PhCl",mcnol World.

3.
Discuss briefly the Sceptic's reasons for denying the po""ibility ofknowledge.

4.
Di.,cuss the Buddhist and the Nyaya controversy on the notion ofsubstallCe


Section 11 Marks: 30
Answer any two ofthe following question.. in 250 words cacho All questions cmy equal marks.
1.
Ev.l1uate AristotJe's critique ofPInto.

2.
Explain Transccoocntalldealism and show how it is consistent wilh his


Empirieal Realism.
3.
Examine theories oferror in Indian philosophy.

4.
Discuss the nature and number ofprmanas in Indian Philosophy.