PHILOSOPHY
1. The correct sequence of four parts of Vedas is:
(A) Samhitā, Āranyaka, Brāhmana, Upanisad.
(B) Samhitā, Brāhmana, Āranyaka, Upanisad.
(C) Upanisad, Āranyaka, Brāhmana, Samhitā.
(D) Samhitā, Brāhmana, Upanisad, Āranyaka.
Ans: B
2. What is the Upanishadic view of Mukti?
(A) Knowledge of Atman
(B) Knowledge of Brahman
(C) Unity of Brahman and Atman
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
3. Which one of the following is an example of Arthavāda?
(A) Āmnāyasyakriyarthatvāt
(B) Swargakamoyajet
(C) Saptadvipavasumati
(D) Agninasinchet
Ans: C
4. Ramanuja’s theory of causation is known as
(A) Vivartavāda
(B) Prakritiparināmavāda
(C) Brahma parināmavāda
(D) Asatkāryavāda
Ans: C
5. The main objective of mimāmsāsystem is
(A) To establish the authority of the Brahman sutras.
(B) To establish the authority of the Vedas.
(C) To establish the authority of the Tripitak.
(D) To establish the authority of the Bhagwad Gita.
Ans: B
6. ‘Sarvamdukham’ is the dictum upheld by:
(A) Jaina
(B) Sānkhya
(C) Bauddha
(D) Yoga
Ans: C
7. Twelve causes of suffering in Buddhism are described in the
(A) First Noble Truth
(B) Second Noble Truth
(C) Third Noble Truth
(D) Fourth Noble Truth
Ans: B
8. Khyati according to Indian philosophy means
(A) Theory of error
(B) Theory of truth
(C) Theory of falsehood
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
9. Which is not the aim of the study of Vedānta scripture?
(A) Liberation from avidya
(B) Self realization
(C) Brahm realization
(D) Worldly prosperity
Ans: D
10. The knowledge of presence of the hetu in the paksa is known as:
(A) Paksadharmatājñāna
(B) Paramarsajñāna
(C) Vyaptijñāna
(D) Anumiti
Ans: A
11. According to the Vaiśesikas liberation (nihśreyasa) is attained by
(A) Tattvajñāna alone
(B) Practicing the dharmas prescribed by God
(C) Tattvajñāna along with practicing the dharmas prescribed by God.
(D) None of the above.
Ans: C
12. The asamavayikārana of the creation of the world according to the Vaiśesikas is:
(A) Paramanu
(B) Dvyanuka
(C) Paramanusamyoga
(D) Trasarenu
Ans: C
13. The imposition of some quality on a thing where it is not, is termed as:
(A) Avidyā
(B) Adhyāsa
(C) Akhyāti
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
14. The nature of man according to Cārvāka philosophy is
(A) The physical body
(B) The conciousness
(C) The self
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
15. The correct sequence of the avayavasof a pañćāvayavinjāya according to the Naiyāyikas is:
(A) Udāharana, pratijñā, hetu, upanaya and nigamana.
(B) Pratijñā, hetu, udāharana, upanaya&nigamana.
(C) Pratijñā, udāharana, hetu, upanaya&nigamana.
(D) Pratijñā, hetu, upanaya, udāharana&nigamana.
Ans: B
16. The view that Isvara is only the nimittakarana of the world is upheld by:
(A) The nyāya
(B) The sāmkhya
(C) The advaitavedānta
(D) The mīmāmsā
Ans: A
17. Five types of Yama according to Patañjali are:
(A) Ahimsā, asteya, satya, brahmaćarya and asana.
(B) Ahimsā, satya, asteya, brahmaćarya, and aparigraha.
(C) Satya, asteya, brahmaćarya, aparigraha and dhyāna.
(D) Asteya, brahmaćarya, satya, dhyāna and asana.
Ans: B
18. The word ‘māyā’ to Sañkara means:
(A) Sat only
(B) Asat only
(C) Both sat and asat
(D) Neither sat nor asat but indescribable
Ans: D
19. Assertion (A): Śabda is a pramāna.
Reason (R): Śabda can prove God.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct and (R) is not but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is not but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: B
20. Which one of the following represents the correct sequence in the Advaitictradition?
(A) Vyas, Śakara, Govindapāda, Goudapāda.
(B) Goudapāda, Vyas, Śakara, Govindapāda.
(C) Śakara, Vyas, Govindapāda, Goudapāda.
(D) Vyas, Goudapāda, Govindapāda, Śakara.
Ans: D
21. Consider the list – I and the list – II and select the code correctly matched:
List – I List – II
1. Sa kara i. Tattvakaumudi
2. Jayarāsibhatta ii. Tattvopaplavsingha
3. JayantaBhatta iii. NyāyaMañjarī
4. VacaspatiMisra iv. Brahmaśutrābhāsya
Code:
1 2 3 4
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iv iii i
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i iii ii iv
Ans: C
22. Who focussed the Upanisadic dictum “Arise, Awake and Stop not till the goal is reached” in modern times?
(A) Swami Dayanand
(B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: C
23. Which of the following are admitted by Tagore to be the essential aspects of human self?
(A) Physical and mental
(B) Vital and mental
(C) Physical and spiritual
(D) Mental and spiritual
Ans: C
24. According to K.C. Bhattacharyya philosophy is:
(A) The knowledge of the Absolute.
(B) Self-evident elaboration of the self.
(C) Self-evident elaboration of the self-evident.
(D) The study of the self-evident.
Ans: C
25. Consider the List-I and List-II and select the code correctly matched:
List – I List – II
1. Subject as freedom i. Sri. Aurobindo
2. Gnostic being ii. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Universal Religion iii. Vivekananda
4. JivanDevata iv. K.C. Bhattacharyya
Code:
1 2 3 4
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: C
26. The originator of dialectics is _____.
(A) Aristotle
(B) Plato
(C) Zeno
(D) Thales
Ans: C
27. In whose philosophy the name of God is demiurge?
(A) Parmenides
(B) Heraclitus
(C) Anaximander
(D) Plato
Ans: D
28. Socrates wrote _____ number of books/articles.
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) One
(D) None
Ans: D
29. Who affirmed, “what is contradictory to thought cannot be real”?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Parmenides
(D) Anaximander
Ans: C
30. Plato’s dialectics come under_____.
(A) Theory of knowledge
(B) Logic
(C) Metaphysics
(D) All these.
Ans: D
31. Who accepts that the agreement or disagreement of ideas is knowledge?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Heraclitus
(D) Pythagoras
Ans: B
32. Who believed that spiritual and appetites are two sections of soul?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Parmenides
(D) Anaximander
Ans: A
33. Founder of scientific logic is
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Pythagoras
(D) Parmenides
Ans: B
34. Who acclaimed that man is the highest creature in the world?
(A) St. Anselm
(B) St. Augustine
(C) St. Thomas Acquinas
(D) All the above
Ans: B
35. Stage of moral conversion as per Saint Augustine is
(A) Faith
(B) Hope
(C) Clarity
(D) All the three
Ans: D
36. The primary aim of Descartes is
(A) To explain the relation between body and mind.
(B) To prove the existence of God.
(C) To refute the reality of the external world.
(D) To reach clear and certain knowledge.
Ans: D
37. According to Kant knowledge consists of
(A) Synthetic a priori judgements
(B) Synthetic a posteriori judgements
(C) Analytic judgements
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
38. Which one of the following is NOT the work of Bertrand Russell?
(A) Discourse on method
(B) Our knowledge of the external world.
(C) An inquiry into meaning and truth.
(D) Human knowledge: Its scope and limits.
Ans: A
39. Who said: God is dead?
(A) Nietzsche
(B) Wittgenstein
(C) Heidegger
(D) C.S. Pierce
Ans: A
40. Who called God as Natura Naturata?
(A) Locke
(B) Kant
(C) Spinoza
(D) Hume
Ans: C
41. Descartes explains body-mind relation through
(A) Psycho-Physical Parallelism.
(B) Interactionism.
(C) Pre-established harmony.
(D) Epiphenomenalism.
Ans: B
42. Select the logical positivist among the following:
(A) Husserl
(B) Heidegger
(C) A.J. Ayer
(D) C.S. Pierce
Ans: C
43. The principle of sufficient reason was propounded by
(A) Locke
(B) Berkeley
(C) Leibnitz
(D) Plato
Ans: C
44. The philosopher that distinguishes between ‘matters of fact’ and ‘association of ideas’ is:
(A) Descartes
(B) Hume
(C) Leibnitz
(D) Spinoza
Ans: B
45. Who said that the relation between cause and effect is not logical, but only psychological?
(A) Hume
(B) Kant
(C) Russell
(D) Heidegger
Ans: A
46. David Hume’s philosophical standpoint is:
I. Empirical
II. Positivistic
III. Agnostic
IV. All the above
Find the correct answer by using the code below:
(A) I and II are only correct.
(B) II and III are only correct.
(C) I and III are only correct.
(D) IV is correct.
Ans: D
47. Wittgenstein authored:
I. Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
II. Philosophical Investigations
III. On certainty
IV. Zettle
Select the correct answer by using the code:
(A) I and II are only correct.
(B) II and III are only correct.
(C) I and IV are only correct.
(D) I, II, III and IV are correct.
Ans: D
48. The following item consists of two statements: One labelled as the Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): According to Locke, to start with mind is a tabula rasa.
Reason (R): Locke rejects Innate Ideas.
Select your answer, using the code given below.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Ans: A
49. What is the correct sequence of the following?
(A) Thales, Protagorus, Plato, Thomas Aquinas.
(B) Leibnitz, Spinoza, Descartes, Locke.
(C) Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Descartes.
(D) Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Locke.
Ans: A
50. Match the following by using the code below:
List – I List – II
(Thinker) (Doctrine)
a. Descartes i. Doctrine of modes
b. Berkeley ii. Doctrine of monads
c. Leibnitz iii. Esseestpercipi
d. Spinoza iv. Doctrine of Innate Ideas.
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: B
(A) Samhitā, Āranyaka, Brāhmana, Upanisad.
(B) Samhitā, Brāhmana, Āranyaka, Upanisad.
(C) Upanisad, Āranyaka, Brāhmana, Samhitā.
(D) Samhitā, Brāhmana, Upanisad, Āranyaka.
Ans: B
2. What is the Upanishadic view of Mukti?
(A) Knowledge of Atman
(B) Knowledge of Brahman
(C) Unity of Brahman and Atman
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
3. Which one of the following is an example of Arthavāda?
(A) Āmnāyasyakriyarthatvāt
(B) Swargakamoyajet
(C) Saptadvipavasumati
(D) Agninasinchet
Ans: C
4. Ramanuja’s theory of causation is known as
(A) Vivartavāda
(B) Prakritiparināmavāda
(C) Brahma parināmavāda
(D) Asatkāryavāda
Ans: C
5. The main objective of mimāmsāsystem is
(A) To establish the authority of the Brahman sutras.
(B) To establish the authority of the Vedas.
(C) To establish the authority of the Tripitak.
(D) To establish the authority of the Bhagwad Gita.
Ans: B
6. ‘Sarvamdukham’ is the dictum upheld by:
(A) Jaina
(B) Sānkhya
(C) Bauddha
(D) Yoga
Ans: C
7. Twelve causes of suffering in Buddhism are described in the
(A) First Noble Truth
(B) Second Noble Truth
(C) Third Noble Truth
(D) Fourth Noble Truth
Ans: B
8. Khyati according to Indian philosophy means
(A) Theory of error
(B) Theory of truth
(C) Theory of falsehood
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
9. Which is not the aim of the study of Vedānta scripture?
(A) Liberation from avidya
(B) Self realization
(C) Brahm realization
(D) Worldly prosperity
Ans: D
10. The knowledge of presence of the hetu in the paksa is known as:
(A) Paksadharmatājñāna
(B) Paramarsajñāna
(C) Vyaptijñāna
(D) Anumiti
Ans: A
11. According to the Vaiśesikas liberation (nihśreyasa) is attained by
(A) Tattvajñāna alone
(B) Practicing the dharmas prescribed by God
(C) Tattvajñāna along with practicing the dharmas prescribed by God.
(D) None of the above.
Ans: C
12. The asamavayikārana of the creation of the world according to the Vaiśesikas is:
(A) Paramanu
(B) Dvyanuka
(C) Paramanusamyoga
(D) Trasarenu
Ans: C
13. The imposition of some quality on a thing where it is not, is termed as:
(A) Avidyā
(B) Adhyāsa
(C) Akhyāti
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
14. The nature of man according to Cārvāka philosophy is
(A) The physical body
(B) The conciousness
(C) The self
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
15. The correct sequence of the avayavasof a pañćāvayavinjāya according to the Naiyāyikas is:
(A) Udāharana, pratijñā, hetu, upanaya and nigamana.
(B) Pratijñā, hetu, udāharana, upanaya&nigamana.
(C) Pratijñā, udāharana, hetu, upanaya&nigamana.
(D) Pratijñā, hetu, upanaya, udāharana&nigamana.
Ans: B
16. The view that Isvara is only the nimittakarana of the world is upheld by:
(A) The nyāya
(B) The sāmkhya
(C) The advaitavedānta
(D) The mīmāmsā
Ans: A
17. Five types of Yama according to Patañjali are:
(A) Ahimsā, asteya, satya, brahmaćarya and asana.
(B) Ahimsā, satya, asteya, brahmaćarya, and aparigraha.
(C) Satya, asteya, brahmaćarya, aparigraha and dhyāna.
(D) Asteya, brahmaćarya, satya, dhyāna and asana.
Ans: B
18. The word ‘māyā’ to Sañkara means:
(A) Sat only
(B) Asat only
(C) Both sat and asat
(D) Neither sat nor asat but indescribable
Ans: D
19. Assertion (A): Śabda is a pramāna.
Reason (R): Śabda can prove God.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct and (R) is not but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is not but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: B
20. Which one of the following represents the correct sequence in the Advaitictradition?
(A) Vyas, Śakara, Govindapāda, Goudapāda.
(B) Goudapāda, Vyas, Śakara, Govindapāda.
(C) Śakara, Vyas, Govindapāda, Goudapāda.
(D) Vyas, Goudapāda, Govindapāda, Śakara.
Ans: D
21. Consider the list – I and the list – II and select the code correctly matched:
List – I List – II
1. Sa kara i. Tattvakaumudi
2. Jayarāsibhatta ii. Tattvopaplavsingha
3. JayantaBhatta iii. NyāyaMañjarī
4. VacaspatiMisra iv. Brahmaśutrābhāsya
Code:
1 2 3 4
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iv iii i
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i iii ii iv
Ans: C
22. Who focussed the Upanisadic dictum “Arise, Awake and Stop not till the goal is reached” in modern times?
(A) Swami Dayanand
(B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: C
23. Which of the following are admitted by Tagore to be the essential aspects of human self?
(A) Physical and mental
(B) Vital and mental
(C) Physical and spiritual
(D) Mental and spiritual
Ans: C
24. According to K.C. Bhattacharyya philosophy is:
(A) The knowledge of the Absolute.
(B) Self-evident elaboration of the self.
(C) Self-evident elaboration of the self-evident.
(D) The study of the self-evident.
Ans: C
25. Consider the List-I and List-II and select the code correctly matched:
List – I List – II
1. Subject as freedom i. Sri. Aurobindo
2. Gnostic being ii. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Universal Religion iii. Vivekananda
4. JivanDevata iv. K.C. Bhattacharyya
Code:
1 2 3 4
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: C
26. The originator of dialectics is _____.
(A) Aristotle
(B) Plato
(C) Zeno
(D) Thales
Ans: C
27. In whose philosophy the name of God is demiurge?
(A) Parmenides
(B) Heraclitus
(C) Anaximander
(D) Plato
Ans: D
28. Socrates wrote _____ number of books/articles.
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) One
(D) None
Ans: D
29. Who affirmed, “what is contradictory to thought cannot be real”?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Parmenides
(D) Anaximander
Ans: C
30. Plato’s dialectics come under_____.
(A) Theory of knowledge
(B) Logic
(C) Metaphysics
(D) All these.
Ans: D
31. Who accepts that the agreement or disagreement of ideas is knowledge?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Heraclitus
(D) Pythagoras
Ans: B
32. Who believed that spiritual and appetites are two sections of soul?
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Parmenides
(D) Anaximander
Ans: A
33. Founder of scientific logic is
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Pythagoras
(D) Parmenides
Ans: B
34. Who acclaimed that man is the highest creature in the world?
(A) St. Anselm
(B) St. Augustine
(C) St. Thomas Acquinas
(D) All the above
Ans: B
35. Stage of moral conversion as per Saint Augustine is
(A) Faith
(B) Hope
(C) Clarity
(D) All the three
Ans: D
36. The primary aim of Descartes is
(A) To explain the relation between body and mind.
(B) To prove the existence of God.
(C) To refute the reality of the external world.
(D) To reach clear and certain knowledge.
Ans: D
37. According to Kant knowledge consists of
(A) Synthetic a priori judgements
(B) Synthetic a posteriori judgements
(C) Analytic judgements
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
38. Which one of the following is NOT the work of Bertrand Russell?
(A) Discourse on method
(B) Our knowledge of the external world.
(C) An inquiry into meaning and truth.
(D) Human knowledge: Its scope and limits.
Ans: A
39. Who said: God is dead?
(A) Nietzsche
(B) Wittgenstein
(C) Heidegger
(D) C.S. Pierce
Ans: A
40. Who called God as Natura Naturata?
(A) Locke
(B) Kant
(C) Spinoza
(D) Hume
Ans: C
41. Descartes explains body-mind relation through
(A) Psycho-Physical Parallelism.
(B) Interactionism.
(C) Pre-established harmony.
(D) Epiphenomenalism.
Ans: B
42. Select the logical positivist among the following:
(A) Husserl
(B) Heidegger
(C) A.J. Ayer
(D) C.S. Pierce
Ans: C
43. The principle of sufficient reason was propounded by
(A) Locke
(B) Berkeley
(C) Leibnitz
(D) Plato
Ans: C
44. The philosopher that distinguishes between ‘matters of fact’ and ‘association of ideas’ is:
(A) Descartes
(B) Hume
(C) Leibnitz
(D) Spinoza
Ans: B
45. Who said that the relation between cause and effect is not logical, but only psychological?
(A) Hume
(B) Kant
(C) Russell
(D) Heidegger
Ans: A
46. David Hume’s philosophical standpoint is:
I. Empirical
II. Positivistic
III. Agnostic
IV. All the above
Find the correct answer by using the code below:
(A) I and II are only correct.
(B) II and III are only correct.
(C) I and III are only correct.
(D) IV is correct.
Ans: D
47. Wittgenstein authored:
I. Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
II. Philosophical Investigations
III. On certainty
IV. Zettle
Select the correct answer by using the code:
(A) I and II are only correct.
(B) II and III are only correct.
(C) I and IV are only correct.
(D) I, II, III and IV are correct.
Ans: D
48. The following item consists of two statements: One labelled as the Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): According to Locke, to start with mind is a tabula rasa.
Reason (R): Locke rejects Innate Ideas.
Select your answer, using the code given below.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Ans: A
49. What is the correct sequence of the following?
(A) Thales, Protagorus, Plato, Thomas Aquinas.
(B) Leibnitz, Spinoza, Descartes, Locke.
(C) Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Descartes.
(D) Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Locke.
Ans: A
50. Match the following by using the code below:
List – I List – II
(Thinker) (Doctrine)
a. Descartes i. Doctrine of modes
b. Berkeley ii. Doctrine of monads
c. Leibnitz iii. Esseestpercipi
d. Spinoza iv. Doctrine of Innate Ideas.
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: B
51. Consider the List – I and List – II and select the correct code given below:
List – I List – II
a. Jainism 1. Gaya
b. Buddhism 2. Anandpur Sahib
c. Sikhism 3. Ajmer
d. Islam 4. Vaishali
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 4 1 2 3
(B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: A
52. Which of the following religion emphasizes on the concept of ‘Sadhu’ on its ideal?
(A) Christianity
(B) Sikhism
(C) Jainism
(D) Hinduism
Ans: C
53. Which of the following is the correct pair of prophetic religion?
(A) Jainism and Buddhism
(B) Christianity and Islam
(C) Sikhism and Islam
(D) Hinduism and Zoroastrianism
Ans: B
54. Which of the following paths was advocated by Lord Buddha?
(A) Shreyas
(B) Madhyampratipada
(C) Preyas
(D) Kaivalya
Ans: B
55. Consider the List – I and List – II and select the code correctly matched:
List – I List – II
a. Thiruvalluvar 1. Ten Commandments
b. Lord Swaminarayan 2. Kural
c. Moses 3. Nitishatak
d. Bhartruhari 4. Sikshapatri
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 4 2 1 3
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 3 1 2 4
Ans: C
56. Who is the author of famous anthology Linguistic Turn?
(A) G.E. Moore
(B) Bertrand Russell
(C) Wittgenstein
(D) Richard Rorty
Ans: D
57. Russell’s Theory of Descriptions was challenged by
(A) A.J. Ayer
(B) P.F. Strawson
(C) J.L. Austin
(D) D. Davidson
Ans: B
58. Who made the distinction between sense and reference?
(A) Frege
(B) Wittgenstein
(C) Quine
(D) Dummett
Ans: A
59. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by using the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Philosopher) (Doctrine)
a. J.L. Austin i. Language Games
b. L. Wittgenstein ii. Speech Acts
c. W.V. Quine iii. Theory of Intentionality
d. John Searle iv. Two dogmas of Empiricism
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: C
60. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by using the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Book) (Author)
a. Foundations of Arithmetic i. Davidson
b. Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy ii. Quine
c. From a Logical Point of View iii. Russell
d. Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation iv. Frege
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) iii iv i ii
Ans: B
61. The method of phenomenological inquiry is
(A) Dialectical
(B) Intuitive
(C) Transcendental
(D) Technique of Bracketing
Ans: D
62. Phenomenology is
(A) A descriptive analysis of subjective phenomena
(B) A linguistic study of phenomena
(C) A realistic study of the world
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
63. The founder of Modern Phenomenology was
(A) Brentano
(B) Meinong
(C) Husserl
(D) Peirce
Ans: C
64. According to whom Hermeneutics is Ontology?
(A) Heidegger
(B) Schleiermacher
(C) Ranke
(D) Dilthey
Ans: A
65. Which one of the following contributes to critical hermeneutics?
(A) Heidegger
(B) Habbermas
(C) Richard Rorty
(D) Gadamer
Ans: B
66. Which one of the following does not come under the category of Vaishnavism?
(A) Ramanuja
(B) Samkara
(C) Madhva
(D) Vallabha
Ans: B
67. Who, among the following, advocates Pushti?
(A) Ramanuja
(B) Madhva
(C) Vallabha
(D) Samkara
Ans: C
68. Which one of the following makes provision for eternal hell?
(A) Samkara
(B) Madhva
(C) Nimbarka
(D) Vallabha
Ans: B
69. Which one of the following is the advocate of five differences (Panchabheda)?
(A) Samkara
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Madhva
(D) Vallabha
Ans: C
70. According to ‘Samkara ‘Tatvamasi’ means
(A) Identity between world and God
(B) Identity between knower and known
(C) Identity between individual soul and Brahman
(D) Identity between world and self
Ans: C
71. According to Gandhi the highest ideal of Truth is to be followed in
(A) Thought
(B) Speech
(C) Action
(D) All the above
Ans: D
72. When anyone objected to non-violence as the creed of the coward, Gandhi
(A) Reproached the person
(B) Simply did not react
(C) remained mute
(D) Just brushed out the person
Ans: A
73. The spirit of Gandhian concept of ‘Svadeshi’ implies
(A) Only using that which is produced by oneself
(B) Absolutely denying foreign goods
(C) Restricting to use services of immediate surroundings
(D) Not going beyond native production
Ans: C
74. The principle of bread labour for Gandhi essentially consist on
(A) Mental work
(B) Physical work
(C) Social work
(D) All the above
Ans: B
75. The Gandhian economic programmes were based on
(A) Theoretical principles of economic grasping
(B) By producing all wants of the people
(C) The ideal of self-sufficiency
(D) Sharing all economic productions
Ans: C
76. The cultivation of land by a cultivator is a an example of
(A) Niskāma Karma
(B) Svadharma
(C) Sādhāranadharma
(D) Brahmavihāra
Ans: B
77. How can Deva. r. na be compensated?
(A) Brahmac’arya
(B) Giving birth to children
(C) Performing Yaj~na
(D) Iśvarapra. nidhāna
Ans: C
78. Among the following which one is not R. ta?
(A) Satya
(B) An.rta
(C) Dharma
(D) Yaj~na
Ans: D
79. Which one is not purusārtha?
(A) Artha
(B) Iśvara
(C) Kāma
(D) Dharma
Ans: B
80. Consider List I and List II and select the code correctly matched:
List – I List – II
(1) Veda (i) Rta
(2) Gīta (ii) Lokasa.mgraha
(3) Jainism (iii) Triratna
(4) Buddhism (iv) Pa~nc’asīla
Codes:
1 2 3 4
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
Ans: A
81. Human Rights are required in a society where following disparities are existent
(A) Caste
(B) Creed
(C) Culture
(D) All the three
Ans: D
82. Religious and Social Philosophy has been dealt by Kant in
(A) Critiques of judgement
(B) Critique of pure reason
(C) Religion within the limits of reason
(D) Critique of practical reason
Ans: C
83. Which theory covers the interest of maximum number of people in the society?
(A) Perfectionism
(B) Utilitarianism
(C) Rationalism
(D) Intuitionism
Ans: B
84. Duty for the sake of duty is included in
(A) Categorical Dialectic
(B) Categorical Imperative
(C) Categorical Logic
(D) Categorical Discourse
Ans: B
85. As per whose ethics Rational law is the Universal Law that holds for all and acceptable to all?
(A) Mill
(B) Sidgewick
(C) Kant
(D) Bentham
Ans: C
86. ‘Morality is led beyond itself into a higher form of goodness, it ends in what we may call religion’ is stated by
(A) Mctaggard
(B) Schleinmacher
(C) Mathew Arnold
(D) F.H. Bradley
Ans: D
87. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Similar moral principles do not exist in all societies: Cultural Absolutism
(B) There is an extreme variation in customs, taboos and so on from culture to culture: Cultural relativism
(C) Freedom is compatible with determinism: Hard determinism
(D) There is no causality at all: Soft determinism
Ans: B
88. Honesty is not a good policy does not logically imply which one of the following?
(A) Either honesty is not a good policy or dishonest persons will be punished.
(B) It is false that honesty is a good policy but dishonest persons are not punished.
(C) If honesty is a good policy then dishonest persons will be punished.
(D) Honesty is a good policy if and only if dishonest persons are punished.
Ans: B
89. Which one among the following is a postulate of morality?
(A) God
(B) Society
(C) Good conduct
(D) Harmony
Ans: A
90. Which theory of punishment approves capital punishment?
(A) Reformative
(B) Retributive
(C) Both Reformative and Retributive
(D) Preventive
Ans: B
91. If A proposition is true, E, I and O propositions are
(A) False, true & false
(B) False, false & false
(C) True, false & false
(D) True, true & false
Ans: A
92. The mood of a syllogism depends on
(A) Quality of premises
(B) Quantity of premises
(C) Both quality and quantity of premises
(D) Quality and quantity of premises and the conclusion
Ans: D
93. Determining the validity or invalidity of arguments is the special province of
(A) Inductive Logic
(B) Deductive Logic
(C) Symbol Logic
(D) Traditional Logic
Ans: B
94. Read the following syllogism and point out the fallacy in it: “ All graduates are voters John is not a graduate John is not a voter.”
(A) The fallacy of Four Terms.
(B) The fallacy of undistributed middle.
(C) Illicit Major
(D) Illicit Minor
Ans: C
95. In categorical syllogism, the middle term is the term that occurs in
(A) Major premise only
(B) Minor premise only
(C) Both major and minor premises
(D) Conclusion only
Ans: C
96. A statement form that has only FALSE substitution instances is called
(A) Tautology
(B) Contradiction
(C) Contingent
(D) Implication
Ans: B
97. The arguments presented in favour of Vedas include
(A) Power of the authors
(B) Characters of the authors
(C) Purpose of the authors
(D) None of the above
Ans: D
98. On the question of nature of self the Charvaka philosophy can be classified as
(A) Dehatmavadins
(B) Pranavadins
(C) Indriyatmavadins
(D) All the above
Ans: A
99. ‘Kalpanā’ in Buddhist epistemology means
(A) Real construction
(B) Imaginary construction
(C) Both Real and Imaginary Construction
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
100. Knowledge arising out of the sense object contact is known as
(A) Experience
(B) Inference
(C) Perception
(D) Testimony
Ans: C
List – I List – II
a. Jainism 1. Gaya
b. Buddhism 2. Anandpur Sahib
c. Sikhism 3. Ajmer
d. Islam 4. Vaishali
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 4 1 2 3
(B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: A
52. Which of the following religion emphasizes on the concept of ‘Sadhu’ on its ideal?
(A) Christianity
(B) Sikhism
(C) Jainism
(D) Hinduism
Ans: C
53. Which of the following is the correct pair of prophetic religion?
(A) Jainism and Buddhism
(B) Christianity and Islam
(C) Sikhism and Islam
(D) Hinduism and Zoroastrianism
Ans: B
54. Which of the following paths was advocated by Lord Buddha?
(A) Shreyas
(B) Madhyampratipada
(C) Preyas
(D) Kaivalya
Ans: B
55. Consider the List – I and List – II and select the code correctly matched:
List – I List – II
a. Thiruvalluvar 1. Ten Commandments
b. Lord Swaminarayan 2. Kural
c. Moses 3. Nitishatak
d. Bhartruhari 4. Sikshapatri
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 4 2 1 3
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 3 1 2 4
Ans: C
56. Who is the author of famous anthology Linguistic Turn?
(A) G.E. Moore
(B) Bertrand Russell
(C) Wittgenstein
(D) Richard Rorty
Ans: D
57. Russell’s Theory of Descriptions was challenged by
(A) A.J. Ayer
(B) P.F. Strawson
(C) J.L. Austin
(D) D. Davidson
Ans: B
58. Who made the distinction between sense and reference?
(A) Frege
(B) Wittgenstein
(C) Quine
(D) Dummett
Ans: A
59. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by using the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Philosopher) (Doctrine)
a. J.L. Austin i. Language Games
b. L. Wittgenstein ii. Speech Acts
c. W.V. Quine iii. Theory of Intentionality
d. John Searle iv. Two dogmas of Empiricism
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: C
60. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by using the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Book) (Author)
a. Foundations of Arithmetic i. Davidson
b. Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy ii. Quine
c. From a Logical Point of View iii. Russell
d. Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation iv. Frege
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) iii iv i ii
Ans: B
61. The method of phenomenological inquiry is
(A) Dialectical
(B) Intuitive
(C) Transcendental
(D) Technique of Bracketing
Ans: D
62. Phenomenology is
(A) A descriptive analysis of subjective phenomena
(B) A linguistic study of phenomena
(C) A realistic study of the world
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
63. The founder of Modern Phenomenology was
(A) Brentano
(B) Meinong
(C) Husserl
(D) Peirce
Ans: C
64. According to whom Hermeneutics is Ontology?
(A) Heidegger
(B) Schleiermacher
(C) Ranke
(D) Dilthey
Ans: A
65. Which one of the following contributes to critical hermeneutics?
(A) Heidegger
(B) Habbermas
(C) Richard Rorty
(D) Gadamer
Ans: B
66. Which one of the following does not come under the category of Vaishnavism?
(A) Ramanuja
(B) Samkara
(C) Madhva
(D) Vallabha
Ans: B
67. Who, among the following, advocates Pushti?
(A) Ramanuja
(B) Madhva
(C) Vallabha
(D) Samkara
Ans: C
68. Which one of the following makes provision for eternal hell?
(A) Samkara
(B) Madhva
(C) Nimbarka
(D) Vallabha
Ans: B
69. Which one of the following is the advocate of five differences (Panchabheda)?
(A) Samkara
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Madhva
(D) Vallabha
Ans: C
70. According to ‘Samkara ‘Tatvamasi’ means
(A) Identity between world and God
(B) Identity between knower and known
(C) Identity between individual soul and Brahman
(D) Identity between world and self
Ans: C
71. According to Gandhi the highest ideal of Truth is to be followed in
(A) Thought
(B) Speech
(C) Action
(D) All the above
Ans: D
72. When anyone objected to non-violence as the creed of the coward, Gandhi
(A) Reproached the person
(B) Simply did not react
(C) remained mute
(D) Just brushed out the person
Ans: A
73. The spirit of Gandhian concept of ‘Svadeshi’ implies
(A) Only using that which is produced by oneself
(B) Absolutely denying foreign goods
(C) Restricting to use services of immediate surroundings
(D) Not going beyond native production
Ans: C
74. The principle of bread labour for Gandhi essentially consist on
(A) Mental work
(B) Physical work
(C) Social work
(D) All the above
Ans: B
75. The Gandhian economic programmes were based on
(A) Theoretical principles of economic grasping
(B) By producing all wants of the people
(C) The ideal of self-sufficiency
(D) Sharing all economic productions
Ans: C
76. The cultivation of land by a cultivator is a an example of
(A) Niskāma Karma
(B) Svadharma
(C) Sādhāranadharma
(D) Brahmavihāra
Ans: B
77. How can Deva. r. na be compensated?
(A) Brahmac’arya
(B) Giving birth to children
(C) Performing Yaj~na
(D) Iśvarapra. nidhāna
Ans: C
78. Among the following which one is not R. ta?
(A) Satya
(B) An.rta
(C) Dharma
(D) Yaj~na
Ans: D
79. Which one is not purusārtha?
(A) Artha
(B) Iśvara
(C) Kāma
(D) Dharma
Ans: B
80. Consider List I and List II and select the code correctly matched:
List – I List – II
(1) Veda (i) Rta
(2) Gīta (ii) Lokasa.mgraha
(3) Jainism (iii) Triratna
(4) Buddhism (iv) Pa~nc’asīla
Codes:
1 2 3 4
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
Ans: A
81. Human Rights are required in a society where following disparities are existent
(A) Caste
(B) Creed
(C) Culture
(D) All the three
Ans: D
82. Religious and Social Philosophy has been dealt by Kant in
(A) Critiques of judgement
(B) Critique of pure reason
(C) Religion within the limits of reason
(D) Critique of practical reason
Ans: C
83. Which theory covers the interest of maximum number of people in the society?
(A) Perfectionism
(B) Utilitarianism
(C) Rationalism
(D) Intuitionism
Ans: B
84. Duty for the sake of duty is included in
(A) Categorical Dialectic
(B) Categorical Imperative
(C) Categorical Logic
(D) Categorical Discourse
Ans: B
85. As per whose ethics Rational law is the Universal Law that holds for all and acceptable to all?
(A) Mill
(B) Sidgewick
(C) Kant
(D) Bentham
Ans: C
86. ‘Morality is led beyond itself into a higher form of goodness, it ends in what we may call religion’ is stated by
(A) Mctaggard
(B) Schleinmacher
(C) Mathew Arnold
(D) F.H. Bradley
Ans: D
87. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Similar moral principles do not exist in all societies: Cultural Absolutism
(B) There is an extreme variation in customs, taboos and so on from culture to culture: Cultural relativism
(C) Freedom is compatible with determinism: Hard determinism
(D) There is no causality at all: Soft determinism
Ans: B
88. Honesty is not a good policy does not logically imply which one of the following?
(A) Either honesty is not a good policy or dishonest persons will be punished.
(B) It is false that honesty is a good policy but dishonest persons are not punished.
(C) If honesty is a good policy then dishonest persons will be punished.
(D) Honesty is a good policy if and only if dishonest persons are punished.
Ans: B
89. Which one among the following is a postulate of morality?
(A) God
(B) Society
(C) Good conduct
(D) Harmony
Ans: A
90. Which theory of punishment approves capital punishment?
(A) Reformative
(B) Retributive
(C) Both Reformative and Retributive
(D) Preventive
Ans: B
91. If A proposition is true, E, I and O propositions are
(A) False, true & false
(B) False, false & false
(C) True, false & false
(D) True, true & false
Ans: A
92. The mood of a syllogism depends on
(A) Quality of premises
(B) Quantity of premises
(C) Both quality and quantity of premises
(D) Quality and quantity of premises and the conclusion
Ans: D
93. Determining the validity or invalidity of arguments is the special province of
(A) Inductive Logic
(B) Deductive Logic
(C) Symbol Logic
(D) Traditional Logic
Ans: B
94. Read the following syllogism and point out the fallacy in it: “ All graduates are voters John is not a graduate John is not a voter.”
(A) The fallacy of Four Terms.
(B) The fallacy of undistributed middle.
(C) Illicit Major
(D) Illicit Minor
Ans: C
95. In categorical syllogism, the middle term is the term that occurs in
(A) Major premise only
(B) Minor premise only
(C) Both major and minor premises
(D) Conclusion only
Ans: C
96. A statement form that has only FALSE substitution instances is called
(A) Tautology
(B) Contradiction
(C) Contingent
(D) Implication
Ans: B
97. The arguments presented in favour of Vedas include
(A) Power of the authors
(B) Characters of the authors
(C) Purpose of the authors
(D) None of the above
Ans: D
98. On the question of nature of self the Charvaka philosophy can be classified as
(A) Dehatmavadins
(B) Pranavadins
(C) Indriyatmavadins
(D) All the above
Ans: A
99. ‘Kalpanā’ in Buddhist epistemology means
(A) Real construction
(B) Imaginary construction
(C) Both Real and Imaginary Construction
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
100. Knowledge arising out of the sense object contact is known as
(A) Experience
(B) Inference
(C) Perception
(D) Testimony
Ans: C