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Subject philosophy
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1 Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Considering and select the correct code
Assertion In Taijas the self enjoys subtle objects.
Reason In a dreaming State the self creates its own imaginary objects.
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Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true but is not the correct explanation of

is true but is false.

is false but is true.
2 Hiranyagarbha in Upanisad is also known as

Visvakarma

Prajapati

Sahasraksa

Sahasrasirsa
3 Select the correct Sequence

Artha, Kama, Dharma, Moksa

Artha, Dharma, Kama, Moksa

Moksa,Dharma, Artha,Kama

Dharma, Artha,Kama, Moksa
4 Match the List with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below

List List -II
Naigam naya Whereby the universal qualities are treated as absolutely real and particulars are rejected as unreal.
Sangraha naya Whereby a thing is perceived to be having both universal and particular qualities and we fail to distinguish between them.
Vyavhara naya Whereby the real is identified with the momentary.
Rjusutra naya(iv) Whereby things are taken as concrete particulars.

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5 Match the List with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below

List I List II

Vasubandhu Mahayana sutralamkara
Asanga Vigraha Vyavartini
Nagarjuna Mahayana Shraddhtpada Shastra
Asvaghosa Vijnapti -Matrata Siddhhi

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6 The concept of Anyonya abhava (mutual negation) is propounded by

Samkhya

Nyaya

Visistadvaita

Advaita
7 Consider given Assertion and Reason and then mark the correct option as given below

Assertion The soul is neither produced nor destroyed.
Reason It is devoid of origin and end. Codes

and are both true and provides correct explanation of

and are both false and provides correct explanation of

and are both true but does not provide correct explanation of

is false and is true, but provides correct explanation of
8 Match the List with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below

List I List II

A pot does not exist before destruction Anyonyabhava
after destruction Atyantabhava
nor as a cloth Pragabhava
nor as a liquid pot Pradhvamsabhava

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9 Akriti according to Purva -Mimamsa is also known as

Visesa

Samasthana

Samvaya

Guna
10 According to Ramanuja, the word nirguna means

Without auspicious qualities

Without inauspicious qualities

Without any Characteristics

None of the above
11 Sapta anupapatti (Seven classical objections) against the doctrine of Maya was levelled by

Vallabha

Madhva

Ramanuja

Nimbarka
12 Samkara s philosophy is designated as

Monism

Integral Nondualism

Non-dualism

All the above
13 Visistadvaita philosophy approves only

Jivanmukti

Videha mukti

Both

None of the above
14 Which statement is not correct

Madhva advocates Radical Pluralism

Madhva is a Strong Realist

Madhva is a grand theist

Madhva advocates Brahma-Jiva -abheda-vada
15 As per Nyaya the effect is known as

Karana

Pragabhava Pratiyogi

Asamvay ikarana

Karaka
16 All cognitions must be true in themselves, is the view propounded by

Nyaya

Vedanta

Mimamsa

Jaina
17 Consciousness is an adventitious quality of self is accepted by

Vedanta

Purva-Mimamsa

Nyaya

Samkhya
18 Which one of the following statements is correct

AprthakSiddhi is the relation of Brahman with Jiva only

AprthakSiddhi is the relation of Brahman with Jiva and jagat

AprthakSiddhi is the relation of Brahman with jagat only

AprthakSiddhi is no relation at all
19 The Nyaya theory of causation is called

Vivartavada

Asatkaryavada

Satkarya vada

Yadrccha vada
20 Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Choose the correct answer from the code given below.

Assertion "Abhyasa Vairagyabhyam Tannirodhah
Reason Suppression of citta vrttisis brought about by persistent practice and non-attachment

Codes

is the correct explanation of

and are incorrect.

and contradict each other.

is true but is false.
21 By conceiving God as the Supreme Ego, Iqbal means

God as light

A dynamic and creative life

Infinite creative possibilities

A creative progress of the world
22 Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched

Personality, Hind swaraj -Gandhi

The life Divine, East and West Sri Aurobindo

Sadhana, Personality Tagore

East and West in Religion, the Human Cycle Radhakrishnan
23 Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the code given below

List I List II

(Authors) (Texts)

K.C. Bhattacharya The ideal of human unity
Radhakrishnan The secrets of self
Iqbal Studies in Vedantism
Sri Aurobindo The Recovery of faith

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24 Intuition and intellect are complementary to each other according to

Bergson

Kant

Radhakrishnan

Ambedkar
25 According to whom Mumuksutva is an evidence in the favour of immortality

Shankara

Ramanuja

Radhakrishnan

Vivekananda
26 Match Set I with Set II and findout the correct option using the following codes

Set I Set II

Leibnitz World is bundle of monads
Wittgenstein World is bundle of atoms
Hume World is bundle of impressions
Berkeley World is bundle of perceptions

Codes

and

and

and

and
27 Match Set I with Set II and find out the incorrect option from following codes

Set I Set II

Locke Interactionism
Leibnitz Pantheism
Spinoza Pluralism
Descartes Idealism

Codes

and

and

and

and
28 Select the correct option
Innate ideas for Rationalists are

Eternal

Contingent

Both eternal and contingent

Neither eternal nor contingent
29 Select the correct option
The principle of interactionism was propounded by

Leibnitz

Descartes

Berkeley

Spinoza
30 Select the correct option
Who accepts that the existence of an object depends upon its experience

Plato

Hume

Berkeley

Locke
31 Match Set I with Set II and find out the correct answer from the given codes

Set I Set II

Locke Synthetic Apriori judgment
Berkeley Synthetic Aposteriori Judgment
Hume Knowledge of Ideas
Kant Knowledge of sensations

Codes

and

and

and

and
32 Select the correct option
Pre-established harmony is relation

between mind and body

between God and nature

between attribute and modes

among monads
33 Match the List I with List II and mark the correct code as given below

List I List II

Speech Act Wittgenstein
Language Game Ayer
Verification Theory of Meaning Peirce
Operational Theory of Meaning Ryle

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34 Mark the correct option

Hegel is an absolute idealist and Husserl supports transcendental idealism.

Hegel is a rationalist and Spinoza is a realist.

Husserl supports transcendental idealism and Kant is an empiricist.

Hegel is an absolute idealist but Husserl rejects transcendental idealism.

35 According to G.E. Moore whenever there is a conflict between a philosophical doctrine and
common sense it was more likely that

Common sense has gone astray rather than the philosophical doctrine.

The argument has gone astray rather than the common sense.

Both argument and common sense have gone astray.

Neither the argument nor common sense had gone astray.

36 In the context of Russell's Philosophy, consider the given Assertion and Reason then mark the correct option as given below

Assertion General Propositions are not existential.
Reason Atoms are neither mental nor physical.

Options

and both are true but does not provide direct explanation of

and are both false but provides direct explanation of

is true, is false and provides direct explanation of

is false and is true, but does not provide direct explanation of

37 Which of the following statements are true according to Existentialism and Gita

We are doers and sufferers not spectators only.

We are spectators only, neither doers nor sufferers.

We are doers, sufferers and spectators as well.

None of the options given above are acceptable.

38 Which one of the following is called as .radical empiricist'

Ayer

Locke

James

Moore

39 In a restricted sense "Epoche" means

to believe in the existence of objects.

to disbelieve in the existence of object.

to obtain a categorical judgement regarding the existence of outer world.

suspension of judgements regarding existence of objects.

40 What are the three aspects of according to Heidegger

facticity, possibility, fallenness

facticity, attention, discipline

attention, discipline, service

service, attention, facticity

41 Moore analyses

Language

Linguistic facts

Extra linguistic entity

All of these

42 Which one of the following pairs in not correctly matched

Psychologism Husserl

Ghost in Machine Descartes

Dasein Heidegger

Rationalism Hegel

43 Match List-I with List-II with reference to the works of Plato and mark the correct code

List-I List-II

Meno Life and death of Socrates
Gorgias Nature of knowledge and instruction
Apology and Crito Virtue of self-control
Charmides Deals with study of rhetoric

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44 Consider the following statements with reference to Thomas Aquinas and mark the correct code

Aquinas rejected doctrines of universal hylomorphism and plurality of forms.
Human being has a single rational soul, which acts as the one substantial form.
Only in God there is no composition at all, his essence is purely and simply his act of existing.

Codes

Only and are true

Only and are true

Only and are true

All and are true

45 Consider the following Assertion and Reason in the light of St. Augustine's philosophy and mark the correct code

Assertion Degrees of goodness are identified with degrees of being.
Reason If there is no goodness at all in a particular thing, then there is no reality in it either.

Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true and is false

Both and are false
46 The doctrine of the three classes of men as lovers of wisdom, lovers of honour and lovers of gain was brought out by

Pythagoras

Heraclitus

Aristotle

Leucippus
47 Which of the following words are authored by Plato
Republic Laws Politics Crito

Codes

Only and

Only and

Only and

Only and
48 Read carefully following statements and mark the correct option in the context of pragmatism.

Statements
The meaning of 'Meaning' is the clarity of apprehension.
Meaning emerges out of experimental phenomenon.
Mind is an ontological entity.
Knowledge is an activity.

Options

All the statements written above are true

Only and are true but is false

Only and are true but is false

Only and are true but is false
49 Match the Set-I with Set-II and find out the correct option from the codes given below

Set-I Set-II

Spinoza Representationalism
Descartes Parallelism
Locke Scepticism
Hume Pantheism

Codes

and

and

and

and

50 Match the Set-I with Set-II and find out the correct answer from the codes given below
Set-I Set-II

Descartes Dualist
Spinoza Pluralist
Leibnitz Pantheist
Locke Idealist

Codes

and

and

and

and


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