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Subject philosophy
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Exam Date December, 2014
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Question Paper

1. To Vivekananda Maya is

A power of Brahman

A form of evil

Description of facts

A state of consciousness


2. The process of evolution according to Sri Aurobindo is pre-conditioned by

Transformation

Involution

Ascent

Mind


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

List I List II
a. Satkaryavada i. Sa khya

b. Asatkaryavada ii. Visitadvaita

c. Vivartavada iii. Nyaya

d. Brahman-pari amavada iv. Advaita Vedanta


Codes

a b c d

iii iv ii


(B)iii i iv ii


iii ii iv


(D)iii i ii iv



4. According to Ramanuja, the individual soul is

(A)Only Jñata


(B)Jñata and Karta


(C)Karta and Bhokta


(D)Jñata, Karta and Bhokta

5. Who among the following uphold the anvitabhidhanavada

Gautama

Prabhakara

Kumarila

Kanada


6. According to whom moksa is not attainable without bhakti

Sankara

Prabhakara

Mahavira

Ramanuja


7. According to Purvamimamsa Veda is the creation of

God

Lord K a

Vyasa

None of the above


8. According to Nyaya-Vaiseika samanya abides in

Guna, Samanya and Visesa.

Dravya, Guna and Karma

Dravya, Karma and Abhava

Dravya only


9. Samkhya accepts liberation as

only jivanmukti

only videhamukti

both jivanmuktiand videhamukti

None of the above


10. According to the Vaisesikas the cause of the notion of and is

Akasa

Kala

Dik

Teja


11. According to the Carvakas water flows downwards because of its

Svabhava

Dravyatva

Heaviness

Liquidity

12. Which one among the following does not state the means of saktigraha correctly

Vyakarana, aptavakya, vivarana

Vivarana, upamana, anumana

Upamana, kosa, vrddhavyavahara

Vivarana, vakyasesa, aptavakya


13. Which one of the following considers Maya as a 'principle of cosmic error'

Vivekananda

Radhakrishnan

K.C. Bhattacharya

Tagore


14. 'Aprthaksiddhi,' according to Ramanuja is the relation of

Brahman with jiva only

jiva with jagata only

Brahman with jiva and jagata

Brahman with jagata only


15. The notion daksina in vedic tradition is associated with

Rta

Rna

Dharma

Yajña


16. Which type of absence (abhava) is the absence of 'cowhood' in man

Atyantabhava

Anyonyabhava

Pragabhava

Dhva sabhava


17. Select the correct sequence


(A)Garhasthya, Vanprastha, Brahmacarya, Sannyasa


(B)Vanprastha, Brahmacarya, Garhasthya, Sannyasa


(C)Brahmacarya, Vanprastha, Garhasthya, Sannyasa


(D)Brahmacarya, Garhasthya, Vanprastha, Sannyasa

18. Which one is not correctly matched

Anvaya, Vyatireka, Bhuyodarsana

Anvaya, Vyatireka, Upadhinirasa

Upadhinirasa, Tarka, Samanyalaksana Pratyak a

Tarka, Samanyalaksana Pratyakna, aptavakya


19. Rta is identified with

Satya only

Dharma only

Both Satya and Dharma

Neither Satya nor Dharma


20. Consider two sets given below. Set I consists of the schools of Philosophy and Set II consists of the doctrines they hold. Which one among the following codes is correctly matched

Set I Set II

i. Jaina a. Pañcasila
ii. Nyaya b. Pañcavrata
iii. Bauddha c. Pañcaklesa
iv. Yoga d. Pañcavayava

Codes
i ii iii iv

a b c d

a c d b

b d a c

b a d c


21. Which one of the following expresses the correct sequence

Trsna, Vedana, Bhava, Jati

Vedana, Trsna, Upadana, Bhava

Vedana, Trsna, Bhava, Upadana

Trsna, Bhava, Vedana, Jati

22. Seeing a piece of sandalwood by what sannikarsa do we perceive fragrance according to Nyaya school

Visesanata

Samyukta-samavaya


Yogaja

Jñanalaksana


23. Which one of the following is not accepted by Ambedkar

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

Education, Organisation, Agitation

Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha

Caste, Varna, Karma


24. Which type of fallacy is committed by the following inference according to Nyaya Mark the correct code.

Inference The world is eternal because it is made of eternal atoms.

Codes

Viruddha

Kalat ta

Satpratipaksa

Savyabhicara


25. 'Each and every state of anubhuti is a state of prama' this doctrine is held by

Nyaya

Carvaka

Prabhakara

Kumarila


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

a. Elimination of Metaphysics i. Analytic Philosophy

b. Picture theory of Meaning ii. Phenomenology

c. Epoche iii. Existentialism

d. Being and Nothingness iv. Logical Positivism


Codes

a b c d

iv iii ii i

iii i ii iv

ii iii i iv

iv i ii iii

27. In the context of Nietzsche's Philosophy consider given Assertion and Reason then mark the correct option as given below

Assertion Nietzsche's atheism and the doctrine of will-power results into the concept of super-man.

Reason Atheism results into the end of all the imperatives and values issued by God. Codes

both are true, but does not provide correct explanation of


both are true and provides correct explanation of


both are false and provides correct explanation of


is false and is true, but provides correct explanation of


28. Match the List I with List II and mark the correct option as given below

List I List II

a. Logical Positivism i. William James

b. Phenomenology ii. Husserl

c. Logical Atomism iii. Ayer

d. Pragmatism iv. Russell


Codes

a b c d

iii iv ii


(B)iii ii iv i


iii ii i


iv i iii


29. Match Set I with Set II and find out the correct answer from codes given below

Set I Set II

(a)Spinoza Division of qualities


(b)Hume Division of substance


(c)Locke Division of ideas


(d)Berkeley Division of modes


Codes

and

and


and

and

30. Who wrote the book 'Phenomenology of Mind'

Husserl

Hegel

Kant

None of these


31. Who among the following ascribed soul of lifeless things like magnet

Thales

Anaximander

Xenophanes

Empedocles


32. Which of the following statements are true with respect to Heraclitus

Heraclitus rejected cosmogony.


(b)The world is in a perpetual flux.


(c)Heraclitus did not believe in unity of opposites.

Choose the correct code



(A)Only is true.

Only and are true.

and are true.

Only and are true.


33. In the context of Ryle's Philosophy consider Assertion and Reason then mark the correct option as given below

Assertion The official doctrine of mind is not acceptable.

Reason Because it distructs the picture theory of meaning.

Codes


(A)Both and are true, but does not provide correct explanation of


is true, is false but provides correct explanation of


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


(D)Both and are false and does not provide correct explanation of


34. Who advocates the 'Refutation of Idealism'

(A)Russell Berkley


(B)Moore Berkley


(C)Russell Moore


(D)Russell Hegel


35. Which set of the given statements (options) are true in the context of Wittgeinstien Mark

the correct option

Statements


(a)The world is all that is a case.


(b)The world is the totality of facts not of things.


state of affair is a combination of objects.


all objects are given then at the same time all possible states of affairs are also given.


Options

(A)All the statements are true.


(B)All the statements are false.


are true, but is false.


and are true, but is false.


36. Who advocates the picture theory of meaning

(A)Moore

Russell

(C)Ayer

None of these


37. Which of the following statements are true with regard to Plato's theory of ideas

(a)Ideas belong to a realm of abstract entities separate from their concrete exemplification in time and space.


(b)Ideas or forms are real; particulars are mere appearances.


(c)Ideas or forms are temporal, non-special, eternal and immutable. Choose the correct code from below in the context of statements written above


(A)Only and are true.


and are true.


(C)Only and are true.


(D)Only and are false.



38. Match the List I with List II and choose correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II

a. Water i. Anaximines

b. Limitless ii. Heraclitus

c. Air iii. Anaximander

d. Change iv. Thales


Codes

a b c d

iii iv i


i iii ii


iii i ii


ii i iii


39. Which of the following were rejected by Plato with regard to the answer 'what is knowledge'

(a)Knowledge is sense perception.


(b)Knowledge is opinion.


(c)Knowledge is judgement.


(d)Knowledge is true judgement.

Choose the correct code from below



(A)Only and are true.


(B)Only and are true.


(C)Only and are true.


(D)Only and are true.


40. Which statement is not correct

(A)St. Augustine advocates creationism


(B)St. Augustine rejects Emanation theory


(C)St. Augustine is a theist.


(D)St. Augustine advocates scepticism

41. Select the correct option Who holds the representative theory of knowledge

Leibnitz

Descartes

Berkley

Locke


42. Match Set I with Set II and find out the correct option

Set I Set II

Spinoza Pluralism

Leibnitz Pantheism

Descartes Dualism

Locke Scepticism

Codes

and

and

and

and


43. Select the correct answer Mind-body relation as per Descartes is known as

(A)Rationalism

Interactionism

(C)Empiricism

Parallelism


44. Select the correct option The basic concept of Modern Rationalism is

(A)Occasionalism

Theory of doubt

(C)Innate ideas

Division of substance


45. Select the correct option In which argument 'existence' is included in its concept

(A)Causal argument


(B)Teleological argument


(C)Ontological argument


(D)Cosmological argument



46. Select the correct option with reference to Locke

(A)Mind receives secondary qualities.


(B)Mind receives primary qualities.


(C)Mind receives both primary and secondary qualities.


(D)Mind creates primary qualities.


47. Select the correct option As per Berkley, ideas are

(A)Concrete


(B)Abstract


(C)Both concrete and abstract


(D)Neither abstract nor concrete


48. Select the correct option For Kant, the correct form of knowledge is

(A)Analytic apriori judgement


(B)Synthetic apriori judgement


(C)Analytic aposteriori judgement


(D)Synthetic aposteriori judgement


49. Select the correct option For Kant, total number of categories of understanding are



10



16


50. Who propounds the ontological argument for the existence of God

(A)Aristotle

St. Augustine

(C)St. Anselm

St. Aquinas


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