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Subject | philosophy | |
Paper | paper 2 | |
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Exam Date | December, 2014 | |
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Question Paper
1. To Vivekananda Maya is
A power of Brahman
A form of evil
Description of facts
A state of consciousness
2. The process of evolution according to Sri Aurobindo is pre-conditioned by
Transformation
Involution
Ascent
Mind
3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below
List I List II
a. Satkaryavada i. Sa khya
b. Asatkaryavada ii. Visitadvaita
c. Vivartavada iii. Nyaya
d. Brahman-pari amavada iv. Advaita Vedanta
Codes
a b c d
iii iv ii
(B)iii i iv ii
iii ii iv
(D)iii i ii iv
4. According to Ramanuja, the individual soul is
(A)Only Jñata
(B)Jñata and Karta
(C)Karta and Bhokta
(D)Jñata, Karta and Bhokta
5. Who among the following uphold the anvitabhidhanavada
Gautama
Prabhakara
Kumarila
Kanada
6. According to whom moksa is not attainable without bhakti
Sankara
Prabhakara
Mahavira
Ramanuja
7. According to Purvamimamsa Veda is the creation of
God
Lord K a
Vyasa
None of the above
8. According to Nyaya-Vaiseika samanya abides in
Guna, Samanya and Visesa.
Dravya, Guna and Karma
Dravya, Karma and Abhava
Dravya only
9. Samkhya accepts liberation as
only jivanmukti
only videhamukti
both jivanmuktiand videhamukti
None of the above
10. According to the Vaisesikas the cause of the notion of and is
Akasa
Kala
Dik
Teja
11. According to the Carvakas water flows downwards because of its
Svabhava
Dravyatva
Heaviness
Liquidity
12. Which one among the following does not state the means of saktigraha correctly
Vyakarana, aptavakya, vivarana
Vivarana, upamana, anumana
Upamana, kosa, vrddhavyavahara
Vivarana, vakyasesa, aptavakya
13. Which one of the following considers Maya as a 'principle of cosmic error'
Vivekananda
Radhakrishnan
K.C. Bhattacharya
Tagore
14. 'Aprthaksiddhi,' according to Ramanuja is the relation of
Brahman with jiva only
jiva with jagata only
Brahman with jiva and jagata
Brahman with jagata only
15. The notion daksina in vedic tradition is associated with
Rta
Rna
Dharma
Yajña
16. Which type of absence (abhava) is the absence of 'cowhood' in man
Atyantabhava
Anyonyabhava
Pragabhava
Dhva sabhava
17. Select the correct sequence
(A)Garhasthya, Vanprastha, Brahmacarya, Sannyasa
(B)Vanprastha, Brahmacarya, Garhasthya, Sannyasa
(C)Brahmacarya, Vanprastha, Garhasthya, Sannyasa
(D)Brahmacarya, Garhasthya, Vanprastha, Sannyasa
18. Which one is not correctly matched
Anvaya, Vyatireka, Bhuyodarsana
Anvaya, Vyatireka, Upadhinirasa
Upadhinirasa, Tarka, Samanyalaksana Pratyak a
Tarka, Samanyalaksana Pratyakna, aptavakya
19. Rta is identified with
Satya only
Dharma only
Both Satya and Dharma
Neither Satya nor Dharma
20. Consider two sets given below. Set I consists of the schools of Philosophy and Set II consists of the doctrines they hold. Which one among the following codes is correctly matched
Set I Set II
i. Jaina a. Pañcasila
ii. Nyaya b. Pañcavrata
iii. Bauddha c. Pañcaklesa
iv. Yoga d. Pañcavayava
Codes
i ii iii iv
a b c d
a c d b
b d a c
b a d c
21. Which one of the following expresses the correct sequence
Trsna, Vedana, Bhava, Jati
Vedana, Trsna, Upadana, Bhava
Vedana, Trsna, Bhava, Upadana
Trsna, Bhava, Vedana, Jati
22. Seeing a piece of sandalwood by what sannikarsa do we perceive fragrance according to Nyaya school
Visesanata
Samyukta-samavaya
Yogaja
Jñanalaksana
23. Which one of the following is not accepted by Ambedkar
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Education, Organisation, Agitation
Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha
Caste, Varna, Karma
24. Which type of fallacy is committed by the following inference according to Nyaya Mark the correct code.
Inference The world is eternal because it is made of eternal atoms.
Codes
Viruddha
Kalat ta
Satpratipaksa
Savyabhicara
25. 'Each and every state of anubhuti is a state of prama' this doctrine is held by
Nyaya
Carvaka
Prabhakara
Kumarila
26. Match List I with List II and mark the correct option List I List II
a. Elimination of Metaphysics i. Analytic Philosophy
b. Picture theory of Meaning ii. Phenomenology
c. Epoche iii. Existentialism
d. Being and Nothingness iv. Logical Positivism
Codes
a b c d
iv iii ii i
iii i ii iv
ii iii i iv
iv i ii iii
27. In the context of Nietzsche's Philosophy consider given Assertion and Reason then mark the correct option as given below
Assertion Nietzsche's atheism and the doctrine of will-power results into the concept of super-man.
Reason Atheism results into the end of all the imperatives and values issued by God. Codes
both are true, but does not provide correct explanation of
both are true and provides correct explanation of
both are false and provides correct explanation of
is false and is true, but provides correct explanation of
28. Match the List I with List II and mark the correct option as given below
List I List II
a. Logical Positivism i. William James
b. Phenomenology ii. Husserl
c. Logical Atomism iii. Ayer
d. Pragmatism iv. Russell
Codes
a b c d
iii iv ii
(B)iii ii iv i
iii ii i
iv i iii
29. Match Set I with Set II and find out the correct answer from codes given below
Set I Set II
(a)Spinoza Division of qualities
(b)Hume Division of substance
(c)Locke Division of ideas
(d)Berkeley Division of modes
Codes
and
and
and
and
30. Who wrote the book 'Phenomenology of Mind'
Husserl
Hegel
Kant
None of these
31. Who among the following ascribed soul of lifeless things like magnet
Thales
Anaximander
Xenophanes
Empedocles
32. Which of the following statements are true with respect to Heraclitus
Heraclitus rejected cosmogony.
(b)The world is in a perpetual flux.
(c)Heraclitus did not believe in unity of opposites.
Choose the correct code
(A)Only is true.
Only and are true.
and are true.
Only and are true.
33. In the context of Ryle's Philosophy consider Assertion and Reason then mark the correct option as given below
Assertion The official doctrine of mind is not acceptable.
Reason Because it distructs the picture theory of meaning.
Codes
(A)Both and are true, but does not provide correct explanation of
is true, is false but provides correct explanation of
is true, is false and does not provide correct explanation of
(D)Both and are false and does not provide correct explanation of
34. Who advocates the 'Refutation of Idealism'
(A)Russell Berkley
(B)Moore Berkley
(C)Russell Moore
(D)Russell Hegel
35. Which set of the given statements (options) are true in the context of Wittgeinstien Mark
the correct option
Statements
(a)The world is all that is a case.
(b)The world is the totality of facts not of things.
state of affair is a combination of objects.
all objects are given then at the same time all possible states of affairs are also given.
Options
(A)All the statements are true.
(B)All the statements are false.
are true, but is false.
and are true, but is false.
36. Who advocates the picture theory of meaning
(A)Moore
Russell
(C)Ayer
None of these
37. Which of the following statements are true with regard to Plato's theory of ideas
(a)Ideas belong to a realm of abstract entities separate from their concrete exemplification in time and space.
(b)Ideas or forms are real; particulars are mere appearances.
(c)Ideas or forms are temporal, non-special, eternal and immutable. Choose the correct code from below in the context of statements written above
(A)Only and are true.
and are true.
(C)Only and are true.
(D)Only and are false.
38. Match the List I with List II and choose correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Water i. Anaximines
b. Limitless ii. Heraclitus
c. Air iii. Anaximander
d. Change iv. Thales
Codes
a b c d
iii iv i
i iii ii
iii i ii
ii i iii
39. Which of the following were rejected by Plato with regard to the answer 'what is knowledge'
(a)Knowledge is sense perception.
(b)Knowledge is opinion.
(c)Knowledge is judgement.
(d)Knowledge is true judgement.
Choose the correct code from below
(A)Only and are true.
(B)Only and are true.
(C)Only and are true.
(D)Only and are true.
40. Which statement is not correct
(A)St. Augustine advocates creationism
(B)St. Augustine rejects Emanation theory
(C)St. Augustine is a theist.
(D)St. Augustine advocates scepticism
41. Select the correct option Who holds the representative theory of knowledge
Leibnitz
Descartes
Berkley
Locke
42. Match Set I with Set II and find out the correct option
Set I Set II
Spinoza Pluralism
Leibnitz Pantheism
Descartes Dualism
Locke Scepticism
Codes
and
and
and
and
43. Select the correct answer Mind-body relation as per Descartes is known as
(A)Rationalism
Interactionism
(C)Empiricism
Parallelism
44. Select the correct option The basic concept of Modern Rationalism is
(A)Occasionalism
Theory of doubt
(C)Innate ideas
Division of substance
45. Select the correct option In which argument 'existence' is included in its concept
(A)Causal argument
(B)Teleological argument
(C)Ontological argument
(D)Cosmological argument
46. Select the correct option with reference to Locke
(A)Mind receives secondary qualities.
(B)Mind receives primary qualities.
(C)Mind receives both primary and secondary qualities.
(D)Mind creates primary qualities.
47. Select the correct option As per Berkley, ideas are
(A)Concrete
(B)Abstract
(C)Both concrete and abstract
(D)Neither abstract nor concrete
48. Select the correct option For Kant, the correct form of knowledge is
(A)Analytic apriori judgement
(B)Synthetic apriori judgement
(C)Analytic aposteriori judgement
(D)Synthetic aposteriori judgement
49. Select the correct option For Kant, total number of categories of understanding are
10
16
50. Who propounds the ontological argument for the existence of God
(A)Aristotle
St. Augustine
(C)St. Anselm
St. Aquinas
A power of Brahman
A form of evil
Description of facts
A state of consciousness
2. The process of evolution according to Sri Aurobindo is pre-conditioned by
Transformation
Involution
Ascent
Mind
3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below
List I List II
a. Satkaryavada i. Sa khya
b. Asatkaryavada ii. Visitadvaita
c. Vivartavada iii. Nyaya
d. Brahman-pari amavada iv. Advaita Vedanta
Codes
a b c d
iii iv ii
(B)iii i iv ii
iii ii iv
(D)iii i ii iv
4. According to Ramanuja, the individual soul is
(A)Only Jñata
(B)Jñata and Karta
(C)Karta and Bhokta
(D)Jñata, Karta and Bhokta
5. Who among the following uphold the anvitabhidhanavada
Gautama
Prabhakara
Kumarila
Kanada
6. According to whom moksa is not attainable without bhakti
Sankara
Prabhakara
Mahavira
Ramanuja
7. According to Purvamimamsa Veda is the creation of
God
Lord K a
Vyasa
None of the above
8. According to Nyaya-Vaiseika samanya abides in
Guna, Samanya and Visesa.
Dravya, Guna and Karma
Dravya, Karma and Abhava
Dravya only
9. Samkhya accepts liberation as
only jivanmukti
only videhamukti
both jivanmuktiand videhamukti
None of the above
10. According to the Vaisesikas the cause of the notion of and is
Akasa
Kala
Dik
Teja
11. According to the Carvakas water flows downwards because of its
Svabhava
Dravyatva
Heaviness
Liquidity
12. Which one among the following does not state the means of saktigraha correctly
Vyakarana, aptavakya, vivarana
Vivarana, upamana, anumana
Upamana, kosa, vrddhavyavahara
Vivarana, vakyasesa, aptavakya
13. Which one of the following considers Maya as a 'principle of cosmic error'
Vivekananda
Radhakrishnan
K.C. Bhattacharya
Tagore
14. 'Aprthaksiddhi,' according to Ramanuja is the relation of
Brahman with jiva only
jiva with jagata only
Brahman with jiva and jagata
Brahman with jagata only
15. The notion daksina in vedic tradition is associated with
Rta
Rna
Dharma
Yajña
16. Which type of absence (abhava) is the absence of 'cowhood' in man
Atyantabhava
Anyonyabhava
Pragabhava
Dhva sabhava
17. Select the correct sequence
(A)Garhasthya, Vanprastha, Brahmacarya, Sannyasa
(B)Vanprastha, Brahmacarya, Garhasthya, Sannyasa
(C)Brahmacarya, Vanprastha, Garhasthya, Sannyasa
(D)Brahmacarya, Garhasthya, Vanprastha, Sannyasa
18. Which one is not correctly matched
Anvaya, Vyatireka, Bhuyodarsana
Anvaya, Vyatireka, Upadhinirasa
Upadhinirasa, Tarka, Samanyalaksana Pratyak a
Tarka, Samanyalaksana Pratyakna, aptavakya
19. Rta is identified with
Satya only
Dharma only
Both Satya and Dharma
Neither Satya nor Dharma
20. Consider two sets given below. Set I consists of the schools of Philosophy and Set II consists of the doctrines they hold. Which one among the following codes is correctly matched
Set I Set II
i. Jaina a. Pañcasila
ii. Nyaya b. Pañcavrata
iii. Bauddha c. Pañcaklesa
iv. Yoga d. Pañcavayava
Codes
i ii iii iv
a b c d
a c d b
b d a c
b a d c
21. Which one of the following expresses the correct sequence
Trsna, Vedana, Bhava, Jati
Vedana, Trsna, Upadana, Bhava
Vedana, Trsna, Bhava, Upadana
Trsna, Bhava, Vedana, Jati
22. Seeing a piece of sandalwood by what sannikarsa do we perceive fragrance according to Nyaya school
Visesanata
Samyukta-samavaya
Yogaja
Jñanalaksana
23. Which one of the following is not accepted by Ambedkar
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Education, Organisation, Agitation
Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha
Caste, Varna, Karma
24. Which type of fallacy is committed by the following inference according to Nyaya Mark the correct code.
Inference The world is eternal because it is made of eternal atoms.
Codes
Viruddha
Kalat ta
Satpratipaksa
Savyabhicara
25. 'Each and every state of anubhuti is a state of prama' this doctrine is held by
Nyaya
Carvaka
Prabhakara
Kumarila
26. Match List I with List II and mark the correct option List I List II
a. Elimination of Metaphysics i. Analytic Philosophy
b. Picture theory of Meaning ii. Phenomenology
c. Epoche iii. Existentialism
d. Being and Nothingness iv. Logical Positivism
Codes
a b c d
iv iii ii i
iii i ii iv
ii iii i iv
iv i ii iii
27. In the context of Nietzsche's Philosophy consider given Assertion and Reason then mark the correct option as given below
Assertion Nietzsche's atheism and the doctrine of will-power results into the concept of super-man.
Reason Atheism results into the end of all the imperatives and values issued by God. Codes
both are true, but does not provide correct explanation of
both are true and provides correct explanation of
both are false and provides correct explanation of
is false and is true, but provides correct explanation of
28. Match the List I with List II and mark the correct option as given below
List I List II
a. Logical Positivism i. William James
b. Phenomenology ii. Husserl
c. Logical Atomism iii. Ayer
d. Pragmatism iv. Russell
Codes
a b c d
iii iv ii
(B)iii ii iv i
iii ii i
iv i iii
29. Match Set I with Set II and find out the correct answer from codes given below
Set I Set II
(a)Spinoza Division of qualities
(b)Hume Division of substance
(c)Locke Division of ideas
(d)Berkeley Division of modes
Codes
and
and
and
and
30. Who wrote the book 'Phenomenology of Mind'
Husserl
Hegel
Kant
None of these
31. Who among the following ascribed soul of lifeless things like magnet
Thales
Anaximander
Xenophanes
Empedocles
32. Which of the following statements are true with respect to Heraclitus
Heraclitus rejected cosmogony.
(b)The world is in a perpetual flux.
(c)Heraclitus did not believe in unity of opposites.
Choose the correct code
(A)Only is true.
Only and are true.
and are true.
Only and are true.
33. In the context of Ryle's Philosophy consider Assertion and Reason then mark the correct option as given below
Assertion The official doctrine of mind is not acceptable.
Reason Because it distructs the picture theory of meaning.
Codes
(A)Both and are true, but does not provide correct explanation of
is true, is false but provides correct explanation of
is true, is false and does not provide correct explanation of
(D)Both and are false and does not provide correct explanation of
34. Who advocates the 'Refutation of Idealism'
(A)Russell Berkley
(B)Moore Berkley
(C)Russell Moore
(D)Russell Hegel
35. Which set of the given statements (options) are true in the context of Wittgeinstien Mark
the correct option
Statements
(a)The world is all that is a case.
(b)The world is the totality of facts not of things.
state of affair is a combination of objects.
all objects are given then at the same time all possible states of affairs are also given.
Options
(A)All the statements are true.
(B)All the statements are false.
are true, but is false.
and are true, but is false.
36. Who advocates the picture theory of meaning
(A)Moore
Russell
(C)Ayer
None of these
37. Which of the following statements are true with regard to Plato's theory of ideas
(a)Ideas belong to a realm of abstract entities separate from their concrete exemplification in time and space.
(b)Ideas or forms are real; particulars are mere appearances.
(c)Ideas or forms are temporal, non-special, eternal and immutable. Choose the correct code from below in the context of statements written above
(A)Only and are true.
and are true.
(C)Only and are true.
(D)Only and are false.
38. Match the List I with List II and choose correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Water i. Anaximines
b. Limitless ii. Heraclitus
c. Air iii. Anaximander
d. Change iv. Thales
Codes
a b c d
iii iv i
i iii ii
iii i ii
ii i iii
39. Which of the following were rejected by Plato with regard to the answer 'what is knowledge'
(a)Knowledge is sense perception.
(b)Knowledge is opinion.
(c)Knowledge is judgement.
(d)Knowledge is true judgement.
Choose the correct code from below
(A)Only and are true.
(B)Only and are true.
(C)Only and are true.
(D)Only and are true.
40. Which statement is not correct
(A)St. Augustine advocates creationism
(B)St. Augustine rejects Emanation theory
(C)St. Augustine is a theist.
(D)St. Augustine advocates scepticism
41. Select the correct option Who holds the representative theory of knowledge
Leibnitz
Descartes
Berkley
Locke
42. Match Set I with Set II and find out the correct option
Set I Set II
Spinoza Pluralism
Leibnitz Pantheism
Descartes Dualism
Locke Scepticism
Codes
and
and
and
and
43. Select the correct answer Mind-body relation as per Descartes is known as
(A)Rationalism
Interactionism
(C)Empiricism
Parallelism
44. Select the correct option The basic concept of Modern Rationalism is
(A)Occasionalism
Theory of doubt
(C)Innate ideas
Division of substance
45. Select the correct option In which argument 'existence' is included in its concept
(A)Causal argument
(B)Teleological argument
(C)Ontological argument
(D)Cosmological argument
46. Select the correct option with reference to Locke
(A)Mind receives secondary qualities.
(B)Mind receives primary qualities.
(C)Mind receives both primary and secondary qualities.
(D)Mind creates primary qualities.
47. Select the correct option As per Berkley, ideas are
(A)Concrete
(B)Abstract
(C)Both concrete and abstract
(D)Neither abstract nor concrete
48. Select the correct option For Kant, the correct form of knowledge is
(A)Analytic apriori judgement
(B)Synthetic apriori judgement
(C)Analytic aposteriori judgement
(D)Synthetic aposteriori judgement
49. Select the correct option For Kant, total number of categories of understanding are
10
16
50. Who propounds the ontological argument for the existence of God
(A)Aristotle
St. Augustine
(C)St. Anselm
St. Aquinas
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