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1. Who propounds organic relation between man and society

Hegel

Aristotle

Mill

Bentham
2. Who says that 'Act as a member of Kingdom of ends'

Aristotle

Spinoza

Mill

Kant
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

Kant

Hume

Mill

Bentham
4. Who among the following Philosophers has propounded the concept of 'Pure Being'

Pythagoras

Democritus

Heraclitus

Parmenides
5. Which one of the following theories of error is maintained by anuja

Satkhyati

Asatkhyati

Atmakhyati

Anirvachniya khyati
6. Which one of the following is known as moderate Bauddha (Pracchanna Bauddha)

Mahavira

Samkhya

Shankara

Carvaka
7. is associated with

Buddhism

Jainism

Sikhism

Islam
8. Prajiya, Sila and _______Samadhconcepts of

Hinduism

Jainism

Buddhism

None of the above

9. Who introduced internal sanction in morality

Bentham

Mill

Sidgwick

Hume
10. A Hypothesis is scientifically valuable if it is

opposed to established scientific law

opposed to religious belief

in agreement with a religious belief

verifiable
11. What is meant by 'Pancalabdhi'

Uplabdhi, Mahalabdhi, Karanalabdhi, Mocanalabdhi, Anuplabdhi

Kshyopsamlabdhi, Visuddhilabdhi, Desanalabdhi, Prayogyalabdhi, Kara alabdhi

Labhalabdhi, Desanalabdhi, Kpalabdhi, Samvaralabdhi, Nirjaralabdhi

None of these

12. Mark the correct symbolization for given statement Statement If anything is damaged, someone will be blamed. Symbolization

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None of these

13. Match List I with List II and mark the correct
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Codes
a b c d

iv i ii iii

i iii ii iv

ii iv i iii

iv iii ii i
14. Evaluate the given argument and mark the correct option
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Options

Valid

Invalid

Both of these

None of these
15. Which one of the following correctly represents the status of soul according to Ramanuja

There is unqualified identity between soul and God.

God and soul are two separate entities.

Soul is same as the body.

The relation between soul and God is that of parts and whole.
16. Which one of the following is true of Buddhism

Nirvana can be achieved only in this life.

Nirvana can be achieved only in the life after death.

Nirvana can be achieved both in this life and life after death.

Nirvana can be achieved by the grace of the Tathagat.
17. Who takes into Consideration the length and breadth in Ethics

Mill

Spinoza

Spencer

Moore
18. What type of Satta is ascribable to Brahman

Vyavaharika

Paramarthika

Both Vyavaharika Paramarthika

Pratibhasika
19. In which Ashrama Vyavastha, a person leaves for the jungle in order to pray to God and practice Yoga

Brahmacharya

Garhastha

Vanaprastha

Sanyasa
20. The two sentences labelled as Assertion and Reason are given below. Mark the correct code according to these
Assertion According to Mimamsa Vedas are eternal.

Reason According to Mimamsa words are eternal.
Codes

Both and are true and provides correct explanation to

Both and are true, but does not provide correct explanation to

is true, is false and does not provide correct explanation to

is false, is true and provides correct explanation to

21. Match List I with List II and mark the correct option

List I List II
a. Puru artha i. Var a
b. Brahmavihara ii. Mu avada
c. Pancasila iii. Moksa
d. Vaisya iv. Karu a Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

iii iv ii i

iv ii i iii

iii i ii iv

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

1 and 2 are true.

1 and 3 are true.

only 1 is true.

2 and 3 are true.
23. 'Enlightened Anarchy' means

Lawlessness

Non-existence of the state

Lawlessness of the intellectuals

Imperialism
24. The view that is as much real as the is held by Vyakt

The Nyaya school

The Bauddha school

The Carvaka school

The Advaita Vedanta school
25. Which one of the following statements does not truly reflect Gandhi's Philosophy of life

Hate the sin but not the sinner.

Non-violence is an active moral fight against wickedness.

Both of the options given above are true.

Neither is true nor

26. According to Gandhiji, the goal of constructive programme is

Providing economic relief to the unemployed

Distributing some wages to spinners and weavers

Creating a non-violent society

None of the above
27. Sarvadharma Samabhava according to Gandhi means

There is the unity of all religions

All religions are to be treated equally

All religions should be synthesised

All religions teach moral values.
28. Right faith, right knowledge and right conduct are known as in Jaina ethics that shine is a good life.

Triratna

Triguna

Trijñana

None of these
29. According to Gandhi, trusteeship means

Bread-Labour

Swadeshi

Possessing wealth and its distribution to the needy

Greediness
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

II, III, IV

IV, III, II, I

III, II, IV

II, III, IV
31. The philosophy of Satyagraha is originally ascribed to

Ruskin

Mahatma Gandhi

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Koutilya
32. The word Ahinsa was first used in the following Indian text

Bhagavad G ta

Chandogya Upanishad

Ramayana

Rigveda
33. Religion according to Gandhi is

Justice

Prayer

Moral Principle

Freedom
34. "We do not want mass production but we want production for the masses" advocated by

Marx

Gandhi

Nehru

Amartya Sen
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

iii ii i iv

ii iii iv i

iv ii iii i

i ii iii iv

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

2 and 3

1 and 2

2 and 3

1 and 3
37. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion The conclusion of a syllogism cannot be more general than the premises.

Reason 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

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.
38. According to Kant "The laws of hygiene are conducive to health" is

Categorical imperative

Hypothetical imperative

Moral imperative

None of the above
39. Match the following by using the code, given below

List I (Trend) List II (Philosopher)

a. Critical i. Russell Philosophy
b. Rationalism ii. Locke
c. Empiricism iii. Spinoza
d. Analytic iv. Kant Philosophy

Codes
a b c d

iv iii ii i

iii iv i ii

iv i iii ii

ii i iv iii
40. Samavayikara a of the world according to the Vaise ikas is

Isvara

Parama u-Sa yoga

Dvyan . uka

Parama u
41. Parmarthika Satta may be refuted by

Vyavaharika Satta

Pratibhasika Satta

Both and

None of the above

42. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched

The doctrine of Leibnitz Monads

The Doctrine of Spinoza Modes

Burkley's Philosophy- Solipsism

Distinction between Kant 'Knowledge concerning relation of Ideas' and 'Knowledge concerning matter of fact'

43. The view that "God alone is real and other finite things are suppressed or annulled in the existence of God" is called

Theism

Pantheism

Animism

Deism
44. Mark the option which is not correct in the context of Hegel's philosophy

Idea of God ¹ Highest universal

Real is Rational.

Pure Being non being

The Ultimate Reality can be explained in forms of causality.
45. Who propounds that God is appearance

Spinoza

Descartes

Hume

Bradley
46. Who says that 'Non-Contradiction is the criterion of Reality'

Hegel

Plato

Bradley

None of the above
47. Mark the group, that is the most suitable to Nietzsche's Philosophy'

Sense-data, Protocol Statement Epoche, Tragedy

Crisis, Superman, attack on Christianity, Evolution

Supermind, Tragedy, Epoche, Speech act

Crisis, Tragedy, Protocol statement, attack on Christianity
48. Mark the statement which is not true

Subjective idealism results in Solipcism.

Conceptualism is a theory given to explain universal

Causality is a ground of Induction

Kant ascribes space and time as 'a-priori concepts
49. Who tells "Knowledge is primarily of a definite object and is to be distinguished from the awareness of the indefinite."

Ambedkar

Radhakrishnan

K.C. Bhattacharya

Tagore
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. Sa kara i. Prapatti
b. Ramanuja ii. Sunyata
c. Madhva iii. Jivanmukti
d. Nagarjuna iv. Anandataratamya

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

iii i iv ii

ii i iii iv

i iii ii iv
51. Spinoza explained the relation between mind and body by the help of

Inter-actionism

Parallelism

Pre-established harmony

Identity-in-difference
52. In Buddhist Philosophy Avinabhava relation is based on

Identity, Negation, Co-existence

Identity, Causality, Negation

Causality, Negation, Coexistence

Causality, Identity, Co-existence
53. In the following inference there is fallacy of 'Sky flower is fragrant because it has flower ness in

Anekantika

Satpratipak a

Badhita

Assayasiddha
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

Fallacy of Illicit Major

Fallacy of Illicit Minor

Fallacy of Four Terms

Fallacy of Undistributed Middle
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

I and II are correct.

III and IV are correct.

II and IV are correct.

II, III and IV are correct.
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

iii v iv i

iii iv i ii

iv iii ii i

v iv i iii

57. Which of the following statements are true with regard to phenomenology

Phenomenologist's is not concerned with particular facts as such.

The subject matter of Phenomenology is the ideal meanings and universal relations with which the ego is confronted in its experience.

Only (as above said) is true and is false.

Both and (as above said) are true.

58. The objects of phenomenological inquiry are

External objects

Intentional objects

Extensional objects

Ideal objects
59. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and Reason
Assertion According to Quine, the verification list theory has taken language in a very piecemeal fashion.

Reason It therefore has resulted in a sort of reductionism. In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct
Code

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.

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

ii iii i iv

iv iii i ii

i iii iv ii

ii iii iv i
61. Match the List I with List II choose correct answer from the code given below

List I (Authors) List II (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

iv i iii ii

iii i iv ii

i ii iv iii

ii i iii iv
62. When proposition is true, E and I propositions are

False and true

True and false

False and doubtful

True and doubtful
63. Social rights which form a part of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) address covers which of the following aspects

Education

Food

Employment

All of the above
64. Which one of the following is not a part of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

Security rights

Liberty rights

Equality rights

Group rights
65. Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched

Use theory of meaning was propounded by…… (Later Wittgenstein)

The theory of descriptions was advocated by ……. (Russell)

Speech-act theory was introduced by ….. (Austin)

The who listic approach to meaning was advocated by …… (Ayer)

66. Two universal propositions differing in quality are said to be in

Contradictory opposition

Sub-altern opposition

Contrary opposition

Sub-contrary opposition

67. Which position is held by the Naiyayikas regarding the relation between pada and padartha v thi

Sakti and Lak ana

Gauni and Vyañjana

Sakti, Lak ana and Vyañjana

Vyañjana, Gauni and Lak ana
68. "Punishment is inflicted on a criminal in order to reform or educate him" is the view of following theory

Deterrent theory of punishment

Retributive theory of punishment

Reformative theory of punishment

None of the above
69. Which one of the following theories of meaning that Quine supports

Atomistic theory of meaning

Wholistic theory of meaning

Positivist theory of meaning

Reductionist theory of meaning
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

Conversion

Obversion

Contraposition

Inversion
71. According to Austin, the act of doing something by saying something is called

Locutionary act

Illocutionary act

Perlocutionary act

None of the above
72. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below

List I (Thinker) List II (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

iv iii ii i

ii iv v iii

v iv iii i

iv v ii iii
73. Only thing that can considered to be good according to Kant to

Categorical imperative

Moral law

Goodwill

Concept of God
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

i ii iii iv

iii ii iv i

iii iv i ii

iii i ii iv
75. Which one of the following philosophers is associated with the proposition "I think therefore I am"

Spinoza

Descartes

Leibnitz

Hume


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