1. Which one of the following upholds the view that, and the like have meaning only when defined in term of pleasure

J.S. Mill

C.S. Pierce

Aristotle

Bentham


2. According to early Wittgenstein

Language may be used to represent the world but cannot be used to represent how language represents.

Language may be used to represent the world and may also be used to represent how language represents.

Language cannot be used to represent the world but may be used to represent how language represents.

Language can neither be used to represent the world nor can it be used to represent how language represents.

3. According to B.R. Ambedkar the ideal religion should
i. be consistant with science
ii. rationalise rituals and superstitious
iii. support liberty, equality and fraternity
iv. not glorify poverty
v. be based on Buddhist canons
vi. have sacred morality as its core concept
Choose from the codes given below

ii and iii

iii, iv and vi

iii, iv and v

iii and iv

4. In the context of logical positivism evaluate and and select correct answer from given options
Assertion 'God exists' is a true proposition.
Reason 'God exists' is not verifiable.
Options

Both and are true and provides a correct explanation of

Both and are false and does not provide a correct explanation of

is true and is false and does not provide correct explanation of

is false and is true and does not provide a correct explanation of

5. According to which of the following 'enumerability constitutes the true nature of things'

Parmenides

Democritus

Pythagoras

Empedocles

6. According to Heraclitus

reality is ceaseless change and the underlying substance of the universe is fire.

reality is composed of uncreated atoms and the underlying substance of the universe is fire.

reality is unchanging and the underlying substance of the universe is fire.

reality is indivisible and the underlying substance of the universe is fire.



7. One of the permanent legacies of Platonism to Aristotle is

the conviction that reality exists by itself.

the conviction that reality is parasitic on God.

the conviction that reality is a myth.

the conviction that reality lies in form.



8. Both Plato and Aristotle upheld that the true explanation of things is to be sought

right in the beginning

not in the beginning but in the end

not in the end but in the beginning

neither in the beginning nor in the end



9. According to St. Thomas Aquinas the existence of God can be proved in

Three ways

Five ways

Seven ways

Nine ways



10. The chief concern of Aristotle is

to proposed transcendental theories of knowledge.

to prove the existence of God.

to prove the reality of the external world.

to protect the knowledge of the plural and multifarious world we live in.



11. Berkeley rejects Locke's distinction between primary and secondary qualities because

All qualities are subjective

Only secondary qualities are subjective

Qualities are created by God

Qualities inhere in substance



12. Hegel

rejected the concept of 'the thing-in-itself' but accepted that all reality is the expression of thought.

accepted the concept of 'the thing-in-itself' but rejected that all reality is the expression of thought.

accepted both the concept of 'the thing-in-itself' and that all reality is the expression of thought.

rejected both the concept of 'the thing-in-itself' and that all reality is the experience of thought.







13. Locke's realism is a

Representative Realism

Naïve-Realism

Neo-Realism

Pluralistic-Realism



14. Scepticism in Hume is

antecedent

style statement

consequent

postulate



15. Select the correct sequence

Prak ti, Mahat, Ahamkara, Bhuta

Puru Prak ti, Ahamkara, Bhuta

Prak ti, Mahat, Ahamkara, Tanmatra

Prak ti, Ahamkara, Bhuta, Tanmatra



16. Consider the List I and List II and select the correct answer from the code.
List I List II
1)Laungakshi-bhaskara i. Bhattakaustubha
2)Bhasarvajna ii. Arthasamgraha
3)Khandadeva iii. Nyayasara
4)Dharmaraja-dhwarendra iv. Vedantaparibhasa
Codes
1 2 3 4
i ii iii iv

ii iii i iv

ii iii iv i

iv ii i iii

17. The cause of the parimana of a trasarenu is

Number of the paramanus

Number of the dvayanukas

Parimana of the dvayanukas

Parimana of the Paramanus


18. Choose the correct sequence of the Pañcavayavi-nyaya held by the Naiyayikas.

Pratijña, hetu, upanaya, udaharana, nigamana

Pratijña, upanaya, hetu, udaharana, nigamana

Pratijña, hetu, udaharana, upanaya, nigamana

Pratijña, udaharana, hetu,upanaya, nigamana



19. The vedic notion of Rta is

A moral order only

A cosmic order only

A legal order only

Both a moral and a cosmic order



20. The word syad in Jaina syadvada implies

Doubtful

Unconditional

Conditional

None of the above



21. Select correct pair

Samprajñata, A-samprajñata

Yoga, -Ishwarkrishna

Ishwarkrishna, Samprajñata

Samprajñata, Moksa




22. What position does the Nyaya system hold

Svatahpramanya, Paratah apramanya

Paratah pramanya, Paratah apramanya

Paratah pramanya, Svatah apramanya

Neither of the above



23. The relation between self and the body according to the Vaisesikas is

Samavaya

Samyoga

Svarupa

None of the above



24. Who holds the theory of Saptaprajñavada

Yoga Philosophy

Vedanta Philosophy

Samkhya Philosophy

Vaisesika Philosophy



25. Which one is the correct match Answer by using the given code
a. Prasastapada i. Tattvopaplabsimha
b. Nagarjuna ii. Nyaya Kusumañjali
c. Vacaspati iii. Tattvakaumidi
d. Udayana iv. Padarthadharma­samgraha

Codes
a b c d
i ii iii iv

iv i iii ii

ii i iii iv

iii ii i iv



26. Which one of the following is a school of Purva-Mimamsa

Murari Mishra School

Nimbarka School

Jayanta School

None of these



27. Select the correct pair

Visi tadvaita Adhyasa

SagunaBrahma: Aprthaksiddhi

Dvaita Gaudapadacarya

Three grades of satta Refutation of Maya


28. Select the correct option

Kamalsila is the predecessor of Dharmakirti and Jayanta Bhatta

Ranga Ramanujacarya is the contemporary of Gaudapadacarya and Madhvacarya

Samkaracarya is the predecessor of Gaudapadacarya and Madhvacarya

Gau apadacarya is the predecessor of Shamkaracarya and Ramanujacarya

29. In the context of Samkhya Philosophy consider the following
Assertion Purasa is ultimate reality.
Reason Purasa is the substratum of all the pleasures and pains.
Options

is true and is false and does not provide correct explanation of

is false and is true and provides correct explanation of

Both and are false and provides correct explanation of

All the above mentioned options are incorrect.



30. Which one among the following is not a means of Saktigraha

Aptavakya

Vrddhavyavahara

Tarka

Vyakarana



31. Followings are the three levels of Reality according to Advaita Vedanta

Parmarthika, Pratibhasika, Vyavaharika

Samvrtika, Samvyavaharika, Parmarthika

Parmarthika, Sampratibhasika, Samvyavaharika

Samvrtika, Loka-samvrtti, A-loka-samvrtti



32. Match correctly and answer with the help of the code given
Idea Thinker
a. Shunyavada i. Maddhva
b. Advaitavada ii. Shankara
c. Ajativada iii. Gaudapada
d.Dvaitavada iv. Nagarjunà

Codes
i ii iii iv
a c b d

d b c a

a b c d

d c b a



33. The path of Raja-yoga in modern period was propounded by

Swami Ram Tirth

MahatmaGandhi

S.Radhakrishnan

Swami Vivekanand



34. The book My Experiments with Truth is written by

Jiddu Krishnamurty

Swami Yoganand

Shri Raman Maharshi

MahatmaGandhi





35. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched

Dr. M. Iqbal Integral Intuition

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar -Removal of Casteism

Sri.K.C.Bhattacharya -The Subject as Freedom

Sri.R.Tagore -Jivana­Devata


36. According to Sri. Aurobindo, the ascent from mind to supermind takes place through the following order of steps

Illumined mind, Overmind, Intuition

Illumined mind, Higher mind, Intuition, Overmind

Higher mind, Illumined mind, Intuition, Overmind

Intuition, Overmind, Illumined mind



37. Sri. Rabindranath Tagore's philosophy is integral to the ideas of

Nimbarka's philosophy and Vaishnavism

Madhva's philosophy and Vaishnavism

Ramanuja's Vedanta and Vaishnavism

Shankar's advaitism and Vaishnavism



38. Who amongst the following thinkers gave prominent emphasis on the concept of 'Intellect and Intuition'

Dr. K.C. Bhattacharya

Dr. S.Radhakrishna

Dr. M. Iqbal

Dr. M.N. Roy



39. Which one of the following statements illustrates the theory of Akhyativada

Error emerges due to amalgamation of perception and memory.

Error emerges due to incorrect perception.

Error emerges due to misapprehension of the object.

Error emerges due to a defect in sense-organ.



40. For Descartes, the idea of soul

is not related to reason

is identical with reason

contradicts reason

does not contradict reason



41. 'Okham's razor' is basically a method of

Deduction

Explanation

Elaboration

Elimination



42. Who upholds that 'beings' are the objects of our common experience

Heidegger

Frege

Kant

Husserl





43. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
Clear and Distinct idea i. Leibnitz
Pre-established harmony ii. Kant
Solipsism iii. Descartes
Phenomenon and noumenon iv. Berkeley

Codes
1 2 3 4
iii ii i iv

iii i iv ii

i iii ii iv

iv ii iii i



44. Husserl in his later works

abandoned naturalism in favour of transcendental idealism

abandoned transcendental idealism in favour of naturalism

continued to uphold both naturalism and transcendental idealism

abandoned both naturalism and transcendental idealism



45. Who has advocated the idea of 'Pañchabheda' in Indian thought

Madhavacharya

Ramanujacharya

Shankaracharya

Nimbarkacharya



46. According to Plato the business of philosophy is to fit the soul

to stay permanently in the material world

to return to the limitations of the mortal frame

to stay permanently with God

to stay permanently in the world of ideas



47. According to Spinoza

substance is always the subject

substance exists in itself and concerned by itself

substance is material

substance is the unknown foundation of qualities



48. According to Leibnitz, city of God is

non-existent

a moral world distinct from natural world

a moral world in the natural world

a natural world



49. According to Kant belief in God is

accidental to ethics

totally irrelevant to ethics

contingent to ethics

a presupposition of ethics



50. Russel's theory of definite description is important because it helps us in understanding proportions involving the use of

empty terms

denotative terms

connotative terms

infinite terms