PAPER-III
PHILOSOPHY

1. Match List I and List II and choose the correct answer using codes given below

List I List II

Anirvacaniya Khyati Samkhya
Satkhyati Madhyamika Buddhism
Asatkhyati Nyaya
Anyathakhyati Advaita

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2. With regard to the nature and validity of knowledge, S× amkara holds which view
Choose the correct answer using the codes below

Svaprakasavada
Paraprakasavada
Svatah Pramanyavada
Paratah Pramanyavada

Codes

and


and


and


and

3. Match List I and List II and choose the correct answer by using codes given below
List I List II

Anvitabhidhana vada Kumarila Bhatta
Abhihitanvaya vada Prabhakara Misra
Sphota vada Gadadhara
Saktivada Mandana Misra

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4. Match List I and List II and choose the correct answer using the codes below

List I List II

Satkarya vada Nyaya darsana
Asatkarya vada Sa khya darsana
Sadasatkaryavada Bauddha darsana
Prat tyasamutpada Dvaita darsana

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5. Distinction between grammatical interpretation and psychyological interpretation is
advocated by

Heidegger


Dilthey


Schleiermacher


Gadamer

6. The satta of a king's palace according to Sankara is

Paramarthika


Pratibhasika


Vyavaharika


Both Paramarthika and Vyavaharika

7. Duhkhabhava resides in mukta atma according to nyaya by the relation of

Samavaya


Samayoga


Visesanata


Svarupa


8. The karanata of the conjunction of threads in case of a cloth according to the vaisesikas is

Samavayikaranata


Asamavayikaranata


Nimitta karanata


Sahakari karanata

9. Which murtadravyas are nitya according to the vaisesikas

The paramanus of Ksiti, Apa, Teja and Maruta only


Manas only

Manas and Maruta only


Manas and four types of paraman.

10. Which code of the following represents nityadravyas of the same parimana according to the vaisesikas

(1)Paramanu, manas and atman


(2)Akasa, Kala, and manas


(3)Akasa, Kala and dik


(4)Akasa, atman and manas


11. Everything has a cause. How does Kant interpret it

is the habit of the mind.


have seen events being preceded by causes.


is a case of preestablished harmony.


is because of the application of the category of causality.


12. According to early Buddhism, the so called self is only an aggregate of mental states like ideas, feelings, volitions etc. A similar view was held by

(1)Berkeley



David Hume


(3)Locke



Heraclitus


13. "The mind is a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed one another with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement" is the view held by

(1)Hume


Hobbes


(3)Leibnitz


Berkeley


14. "Though appearance is inconsistent with itself, and cannot, therefore, be truly real, yet it cannot be entirely divorced from reality" is the view advocated by

(1)F.H. Bradley


Spencer


(3)Kant


Leibnitz


15. Belief, according to John Dewey, is

(1)most natural and most metaphysical of all things.


(2)most non-natural and most empirical of all things.


(3)most artificial and most metaphysical of all things.


(4)most creative and most essential of all things.


16. Spinoza conceives error as

(1)defect of senses


defect of knowledge


(3)defect of reason


defect of intellect



17. According to Plato the aim of philosophy is to arrive at knowledge that is

(1)Universal, Changeable, mutable reality behind transitory appearances of sense.


(2)Universal, Unchangeable, eternal reality behind transitory appearances by sense.


(3)Particular, changeable, mutable reality behind universals.


(4)Universal, sentient reality behind world of ideas.


18. Consider the following statements with reference to Theory of truth of Leibnitz and mark the correct code

(i)Truths of reason are necessarily true and cannot be denied without inconsistency.

(ii)Truths of reason are contingent and can be denied without inconsistency.

(iii)Truths of fact cannot be denied without contradiction.

(iv)Truths of fact can be denied without contradiction.

Code

(1)Only and are true


Only and are true


(3)Only and are true


Only and are true


19. The purpose of Socratic method is to

(1)Establish his mastery over the situation.


(2)Evolve such universal judgements that work as common ground beneath the clash of opinions.


(3)Evolve such universal judgements that reject all clash of opinions.


(4)Reject the importance of all particular judgments.


20. All the propositions below, according to Locke are true, except

(1)There are real objects and their primary qualities can be known.


(2)There are real objects and their secondary qualities are subjective.


(3)There are real objects and their primary qualities are unknowable.


(4)There are real objects and whose contact with our senses generate ideas in us.


21. All the propositions below, according to Spinoza are true, except

(1)God and world are one and the same


(2)God is immanent in the world


(3)God transcends the world


(4)The world and its changes are God's modes


22. Consider the argument and choose the fallacy.

All traditionally religious people are fundamentalists. All traditionally religious people are opponents of abortion. Therefore, all opponents of abortion are fundamentalists.

Codes

(1)Fallacy of undistributed middle


Fallacy of illicit major


(3)Fallacy of illicit minor


Fallacy of exclusive premises


23. By what sannikars.a according to the Nyaya, we perceive a snake in case of a rope

(1)Jñanalaksana


Yogaja


(3)Visesanata


Samanyalaksana


24. Who holds that 'the pramanya of cognition is paratah. and apraman. ya is svatah?


(1)Nyaya


(2)Bauddha


(3)khyasa


Mima



25. Which one among the following is not a means of sabdagraha

(1)Kosa


(2)Upamana


(3)Padasmarana


Vakyasesa


26. Which of the following statement is incorrect according to Nyaya school

(1)samsaya is a form of cognition.


(2)samsaya is not an error.


(3)samsaya is avadharna.


(4)samsaya may or may not have anubhava of an object.


27. Select the contrapositive of "Some non-citizens are not non-residents."

(1)Some citizens are not residents.


Some non-citizens are residents.


(3)Some non-residents are citizens.


Some residents are not citizens.


28. Consider the given Assertion and Reason and then mark the correct option as given below

Assertion (Consider the theorem of the IVth figure) If the minor is affirmative, the conclusion is particular.

Reason If either premise is negative, the conclusion is negative.

Codes


(1)Both and are true and is a correct explanation of


(2)Both and are false.


(3)Both and are true, but is an incorrect explanation of


is true and is false and is an incorrect explanation of



29. If proposition is given which of the following is correct option

is false;I is true;A is false


is false I is false E is undetermined


is false E is true I is undetermined


is false E and I undertermined


30. If and are all true then the truth-value of p and q will be

and q are both true



p and q are both false


is true and q is false



p is false and q is true


31. Consider the following arguments and select the correct code given below Arguments

(i)Bats must be birds because they have wings like that of the birds.

(ii)All dogs are animals, the cats are not dogs, therefore, the cats are not animals.


Codes

is valid but is invalid


Both and are valid


(3)Both and are invalid


is invalid, but is valid


32. Validity is an attribute of

(1)Proposition


(2)Inductive argument


(3)Proposition and inductive argument


(4)Reductive argument


33. Consider List I and List II and mark the correct code given below

List-I List-II

(a)FERIO 4th figure

(b)FESTINO 2nd figure

(c)DISAMIS 3rd figure

(d)FRESISON 1st figure


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34. Consider and and mark the correct code given below


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Codes

is the argument form of


is the argument form of


is the specific argument form of


is the specific argument form of


35. According to which of the following a theory cannot be correct because it is obvious to us as language users that when we speak of truth we are not talking about such things as referential and descriptive linguistic conventions.

(1)Davidson


Strawson


(3)Russell


Dummett


36. Which of the following statements is incorrect according to Frege

(1)Proper names are noun phrases and not proper nouns.


(2)"The Golden Gate Bridge" is a proper name.


(3)Names are syntactically "definite".


(4)Semantics does not recognize multiple homonyms.


37. According to Bertrand Russell referent of a name, which object or person the name refers to is determined by the beliefs a person holds about that object is known as

(1)Referential theory


Picture triangulation


(3)Notion of entailment


Theory of description


38. The semantic content of a proper name is identical to the descriptions associated with it by speakers, while their referents are determined to be the objects that satisfy these descriptions is sometimes called as

(1)Russell Dummett theory


Russell Davidson's theory


(3)Frege Dummett theory


Frege Russell theory


39. According to Russell there are two ways of grouping particulars one into 'things' and the other into 'series of perspectives', which of the following sets of terms is used by him, respectively.

(1)'pieces of body' and 'background'


and


and autobiography


(4)'pieces of matter' and 'biography'



40. "Hermeneutic consistency" refers to

(1)the analysis of texts to achieve incoherent explanation of them.


(2)the criticism of texts to achieve consistency in them.


(3)the analysis of texts to achieve a coherent explanation of them.


(4)interpreting texts in a consistant way.


41. "Understanding is not a process of reconstructing the state of mind of the author, but one of articulating what is expressed in his work" is the view held by

(1)Gadamer


Habermas


(3)Dilthey


Heidegger


42. Noema in Husserl's phenomenology refers to

(1)Real content of an intentional act


(2)Ideal content of an intentional act


(3)Real content of an unintentional act


(4)Ideal content of an unintentional act


43. Which of the following depicts Heidegger's distinction between appearance and phenomenon as prescribed in his book Being and Time

(1)Appearance is that which shows itself in something else, while phenomenon is that which shows itself in itself.


(2)Appearance is that which shows itself in itself, while phenomenon is that which shows itself in something else.


(3)Appearance is that which hides itself in itself, while phenomenon is that which shows itself in itself.


(4)Appearance is that which shows itself in itself, while phenomenon is that which hides itself in itself.


44. The relation between Jiva and Brahman in Advaita, may be outlined as Choose the correct answer using the codes below

(a)Abhasavada

(b)Pratibimbavada

(c)Avacchedavada

(d)Bhedabhedavada


Codes

and are correct


Only and are correct


(3)Only and are correct


Only and are correct



45. Match List-I and List-II and choose the correct answer using the codes given below


List- IList- II

Madhva Subodhini

Vallabha Visnutattva Vinirnaya

Nimbarka Drg drsys-viveka

Sa kara Dasa-sloki

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46. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given

List- I List- II

Pus.t.i marga Ramanuja

Prapatti marga Nimbarka

Bhakti marga Sa kara

Jñana marga Vallabha

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47. Which one among the following is not a means of knowing Vyapti

(1)Tarka


(2)Jñanalaksan.a pratyaks.a


(3)Upadhinirasa


(4)Anvaya


48. The inference of heavy rain-fall by seeing the flow of muddy water in the river is called

(1)Kevalanvayi


(2)Kevalavyatireki


(3)Purvavat


(4)Sesavat



49. "Pratyaks.am kalpanapoda abhranta ". The above definition of pratyaks.a was given by

(1)Dinnnaga


(2)Annambhatta


(3)samkara


(4)Dharmakirti


50. Select the code that represents the type of hetvabhasa committed by the following anumana

Sarvam anityam abhidheyatvat

(1)Sadharana savyabhicara


Asrayasiddha


Badhita


Anupasa hari savyabhicara


51. What type of cognition (Jñana) according to Nyaya can not be perceived

(1)Nirvikalpaka pratyaksa


(2)Savikalpaka pratyaksa


(3)Smrti


(4)Prtyabhijña


52. "Indriyajanya jñana pratyaksam "

The above definition of pratyaksa was formulated by


Sankara


Santa raksita


Visvanatha


Dinnaga


53. According to Varnadharma the Sastracarca should be done by

(1)All people


(2)Brahmins only


(3)Brahmins and Ks.atriyas


(4)All except the sudras


54. What type of karma is compared in the Gita with the seed which lost its potency

(1)Akarma


(2)Vikarma


(3)Nis.kamakarma


(4)Sakamakarma


55. Which one among the following is not correct regarding R. ta

is a cosmic order.


is a moral order.


is not applicable to heavenly bodies.


governs the sacrificial acts.



56. Which one of the following statements is true with respect to 'Post feminism'

is similar to anti feminism.


believes that goals of third wave feminism are achieved.


is a label used to depict a wide range of critical approaches to previous feminist discourses.


believes that goals of first wave feminism are achieved.


57. Which one of the following philosophers argued that the moral authority of natural rights is assured because it had divine authority

(1)Thomas Hobbes


Thomas Aquinas


(3)Edmund Burke


Rousseau


58. All things are composed of matter and form. Still it is right to talk of both matterless form and formless matter. This view is held by

(1)Socrates


Aristotle


(3)Aristotle and Leucippus


Aristotle and Socrates


59. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Considering and in the light of pragmatism of William James and mark the correct code

Assertion The test of truth is its practical consequences.

Reason The possession of truth is an end in itself.

Codes


(1)Both and are true, and is the correct explanation of


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


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



60. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Considering and in the light of Sophists and select the correct code

Assertion There is no objective truth.

Reason Knowledge depends upon the particular knower.

Codes


(1)Both and are true, and is the correct explanation of


(2)Both and are true but is not the correct explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


61. Which one of the following philosophers advocated the distinction between three inductive procedures such as, Table of essence or presence, table of deviation and table of comparative instances

(1)Mill


Bacon


(3)Kant


Aristotle


62. Match List-I and List-II and write the correct answer using the codes below

List- I List- II

Triratna Hinduism
Arya As.t.angika marga Jainism
(iii)Pañca mahayajñas Christianity
as you would be done Buddhism

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63. The correct sequence of the origin and development of religion is

(1)National Religion, Tribal Religion, Universal Religion


(2)Universal Religion, National Religion, Tribal Religion


(3)Tribal Religion, Universal Religion, National Religion


(4)Tribal Religion, National Religion, Universal Religion

64. Match the following Lists and choose the correct code

List- I List- II
(Authors) (Texts)

Sri Aurobindo Who Were Shudras

Gandhi The Secrets of the Self

Iqbal The Wheel of Fortune

Ambedkar Savitri

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65. What is a 'Sin against men and God' according to Gandhiji

(1)Illiteracy


(2)Poverty


(3)Untouchability


(4)Alcohalism


66. Which of the following statements is/are true with reference to Gandhi Mark the correct code

(a)All Religions are true

(b)All religions have some error in them

(c)All the religions are not as dear to me as my own Hinduism


Codes

and


and


and


and


67. "My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which can not be removed one must fast and pray." This statement is given by


(1)Vivekananda


(2)Gandhi


(3)Sri Aurobindo


Radhakrishnan


68. Match the following and choose the correct answer by using the codes

List- IList- II

Tagore (i)Knowledge and ignorance are fundamentally similar in nature.
Sri Aurobindo (ii)Maya is neutral from both good and evil.
Gandhi The infinite and finite are one as song and singing are one.
Vivekananda Religion-Historical religions-must not be allowed to cross the limits of reason of sober reason


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69. Which of the following statements represent Mill's position Select the correct answer by using codes given below

(a)Mill does not accept the qualitative distinction of happiness.

(b)Mill regards Health, Honour and Wealth as intrinsic values.

theory is Altruistic Hedonism and Qualitative Utilitarianism.



Codes

and


and


and


and


70. Which of the following pair is not consistent

(1)Ross Prima facie duty and obligation.


(2)Kant Nothing is unconditionally good, save the goodwill.


(3)Green To be moral, I must will my station and its duty.


(4)Moore To deny and exclude matter is to deny and exclude the best we know.


71. Who among the following has said "The presence of an ethical symbol in a proposition adds nothing to its factual content"

(1)Kant


Ayer


(3)Moore


Hare



72. Which one of the following belongs to 'Rational Utilitarianism'

(1)Bentham


Moore


(3)Sidgwick


Mill


73. Which of the following statements correctly represents Moore's position Answer from the codes given below

(a)Ends justify the means

(b)Moral rules can be empirically demonstrated

(c)Moral rules are as indifinable as is indifinable


Codes

and


and


and


and


74. Match List I with List II and choose the correct code

List- I List- II

(Authors) (Texts)

Ross Problems of Ethics

Stephen Foundations of Ethics

Schlick A Critique of Logical Positivism

CEM Joad Science of Ethics

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75. Which one of the thinkers has maintained that moral language is prescriptive

(1)Moore


Ross


(3)Ayer


Hare