Exam Details

Subject Indian Philosophy
Paper
Exam / Course M.A. PHILOSOPHY (MAPY)
Department School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

What do you understand by Philosophy? What are the special features of Indian Philosophy

What is the concept of Jiva or Individual Soul in Visistadvaita Philosophy? Elucidate the means of liberation according to Ramanuja.

"God is truth and truth is God." Explain this statement of Gandhi.

Write a detailed critical note on the epistemology of Carvaka philosophy.

3. Answer any two of the following in about 250 words:

Explain the Buddhist doctrine of Dukkha nirodha marga.

How does Aurobindo explain the Absolute Reality as Sachchidananda

Describe the theory of Syadavada of Jaina Philosophy.

Elucidate the Samkhya theory of causation.

4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each

How Nyaya Philosophy has explained the concept of God

What is the social teaching of Ambedkar

What is the understanding of Karma according to Radhakrishnan

In what way, according to Panikkar, philosophy and culture are related to each other?

What is Rasa -abhivyakti -vada according to Abhinavagupta

Explain Svatahpramanyavada.

5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each

Chitta bhumi

Niskama karma

Viparita khyativada

Supermind

Purusa

Triratna

Dialogical dialogue

Samanya


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  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
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Subjects

  • Dalit Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Gandhian Philosophy
  • Indian Philosophy
  • Logic
  • Metaphysics
  • Philosophy Of Art (Aesthetics)
  • Philosophy Of Human Person
  • Philosophy Of Mind
  • Philosophy Of Religion
  • Philosophy Of Science And Cosmology
  • Philosophy Of Sri Aurobindo
  • Philosophy Of Technology
  • Research Methodology In Philosophy
  • Tribal Philosophy
  • Western Philosophy
  • World Religions