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Philosophy

Question 1Single Answer
Consider the following statements in the light of philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas and mark the correct code :
(a) Philosophy passes from facts to God and theology from God to facts.
(b) He made a distinction between reason and faith and argued that matters of faith such as revealed truths are beyond reason, but not contrary to reason.
(c) Faith is a matter of will and the will commands acceptance.
Codes:
  1. A
    Only (a) is true.
  2. B
    Only (b) is true.
  3. C
    Only (a) and (c) are true.
  4. D
    (a), (b) and (c) are true
Question 2Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer with the help of code given below:
List-I                                                  List-II
(a) Protagoras                       (i) Whatever is ‘is’, we cannot know ‘is not’
(b) Gorgias                           (ii) Man is the measure of all things
(c) Thrasymachus                (iii) Nothing exists, even if it exists it cannot be known
(d) Parmenides                    (iv) Justice is the interest of the strong
Codes:
 
  1. A
    (a)   (b)   (c)  (d)
    (iv)  (iii)   (ii)   (i)
  2. B
    (ii)    (iii)     (iv)     (i)
  3. C
    (ii)    (iv)    (iii)     (i)
  4. D
    (iii)     (i)     (ii)      (iv)
Question 3Single Answer
Which one of the following philosophers of Medieval period stated : “Understand in order that you may believe, believe in order that you may understand. Some-things we do not believe unless we understand them; others we do not understand unless we believe”.
  1. A
    St. Anselm
  2. B
    St. Aquinas
  3. C
    St. Augustine
  4. D
    William Occam
Question 4Single Answer
Consider the following statements in the light of Pythagoras and mark the correct code:
(a) Pythagoreans believed in the idea of eternal recurrence.
(b) Pythagoreans held that the soul was immortal and it undergoes a sequence of re-birth.
(c) Pythagoreans rejected the view that the process of world is endless and unchanging.
Codes:
  1. A
    Only (a) is true. B. Only (b) is true.
  2. B
    Only (a) and (c) are true.D. (a), (b) and (c) are true.
  3. C
    Only (a) and (c) are true.D. (a), (b) and (c) are true.
  4. D
    Only (a) and (c) are true.D. (a), (b) and (c) are true.
Question 5Single Answer
Choose the correct order from lowest to the highest with reference to Plato’s theory of knowledge.
  1. A
    Knowledge derived from senses, conjectural knowledge, discursive intellect, rational insight.
  2. B
    Conjectural knowledge,knowledge derived from senses,discursive intellect, rational insight.
  3. C
    Knowledge derived from senses, conjectural knowledge,rational insight, discursive intellect.
  4. D
    Discursive intellect, conjectural knowledge,knowledge derived from senses,rational insight.
Question 6Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Considering (A) and (R) in the light of Aristotelian Theory of Categories mark the correct code.
Assertion (A) : Substance is pre-eminent among categories.
Reason (R) : Substance is that which is predicable of a subject
and present in a subject.
Codes:
  1. A
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. B
    Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C
    (A) is true but (R) is false.
  4. D
    (A) is false but (R) is true.
Question 7Single Answer
The Doctrine of ‘innate ideas’ is acceptable to:
  1. A
    Descartes and Spinoza
  2. B
    Descartes and Berkeley
  3. C
    Descartes and Hume
  4. D
    Locke and Fitche
Question 8Single Answer
‘Ontological Argument’ in favour of the existence of God was popularized by:
  1. A
    Descartes
  2. B
    Descartes and St. Anselm
  3. C
    Hume
  4. D
    Berkeley
Question 9Single Answer
Which one of the following correctly depicts Locke’s conception of ‘Idea’ ?
  1. A
    Whatsoever the mind indirectly apprehends; which is the immediate object of perception, thought or understanding.
  2. B
    Whatsoever the mind directly apprehends; which is the immediate object of perception, thought or understanding.
  3. C
    Whatsoever the mind indirectly apprehends; which is the mediate object of perception, thought or understanding.
  4. D
    Whatsoever the mind directly apprehends; which is the mediate object of perception, thought or understanding.
Question 10Single Answer
Which one of the following modern philosophers conceptualized- “philosophy as a whole is like a tree whose roots are metaphysics, whose trunk is physics and whose branches, which issue from this trunk, are all the other sciences” ?
  1. A
    Spinoza
  2. B
    Berkeley
  3. C
    Descartes
  4. D
    Leibnitz
Question 11Single Answer
Considering the following statements in the light of Spinozas’ theory of knowledge and mark the correct code.
(a) Obscure and inadequate ideas have their source in sensation and the imagination.
(b) Reason comprehends the Universal essences of things and understands these in their relation to God.
(c) Intuitive knowledge advances from an adequate idea of the objectives essence of certain attributes of God to the adequate essence of things.
Codes:
  1. A
    Only (a) and (c) are true.
  2. B
    Only (b) and (c) are true.
  3. C
    Only (c) is true.
  4. D
    (a), (b) and (c) are true.
Question 12Single Answer
Which one of the following statements is true with reference to the doctrine of Force of Leibnitz ?
  1. A
    Force persists when motion ceases, as it is the ground of motion.
  2. B
    Extension is the essential attribute of body.
  3. C
    There is no substance that is an expression of force.
  4. D
    What is active is Unreal.
Question 13Single Answer
Which one of the following statements is true with reference to Berkeley ?
  1. A
    Berkeley makes use of the basal empiricism of Locke to establish idealism and thereby endorses materialism and atheism.
  2. B
    Berkeley makes use of the basal empiricism of Locke to establish idealism and thereby refutes materialism and atheism.
  3. C
    Mind has the capacity to frame abstract ideas.
  4. D
    Existence of an object does not depend on being perceived or known by the mind
Question 14Single Answer
The so called relation between cause and effect according to Hume is :
  1. A
    inferred prior to experience
  2. B
    based on observation and experience
  3. C
    effect is immanent in the cause.
  4. D
    both are necessarily connected
Question 15Single Answer
Antinomy of Pure Reason is dealt with by Kant in his doctrine of :
  1. A
    Transcendental Theology
  2. B
    Transcendental Cosmology
  3. C
    Transcendental Psychology
  4. D
    All the above
Question 16Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Considering (A) and (R) select the correct code:
Assertion (A) : Kant argues that space and time are the
subjective forms of perceiving any object for all
human beings.
Reason (R) : Kant believes that since space and time are
subjective in the same way for all human beings,
they are truly objective.
Codes:
  1. A
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. B
    Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C
    (A) is true but (R) is false.
  4. D
    (A) is false but (R) is true
Question 17Single Answer
Which one of the following groups, correctly depicts Hume’s conception of relations dependent on ideas alone ?
  1. A
    Resemblance, Contrariety, Identity, Time and Place.
  2. B
    Resemblance, Contrariety, Degrees in quality and Degrees in quantity.
  3. C
    Resemblance, Contrariety,Time and Space, Cause and effect.
  4. D
    Resemblance,Identity, Degrees in quality and Degrees in quantity.
Question 18Single Answer
Consider the following statements in the light of Bradley’s theory of Appearance and Reality and mark the correct code:
(a) We apprehend the nature of reality through its appearances, which are things of everyday life.
(b) Reality id related to appearances, and appearances are appearances of Reality.
(c) Reality is found in all appearances, but not in the same degree.
Codes:
  1. A
    Only (b) is false.
  2. B
    Only (b) and (c) are false.
  3. C
    Only (a) and (b) are false.
  4. D
    (a), (b) and (c) are true.
Question 19Single Answer
Reality, according to Leibnitz is :
  1. A
    Cannot be one but many and each is eternal and real.
  2. B
    Cannot be one but many and each is temporal and unreal.
  3. C
    Cannot be many but one and is eternal and real.
  4. D
    Cannot be many but one and is temporal and unreal.
Question 20Single Answer
Which one of the following philosophers believed that “intuition is the essential element in Induction, the process in which thought rises from sense perception to the knowledge of Universals” ?
  1. A
    Aristotle
  2. B
    Pythagoras
  3. C
    Democritus
  4. D
    Protagoras
Question 21Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Considering (A) and (R) select the correct code:
Assertion (A) : Spinoza conceives error not as defect of
knowledge.
Reason (R) : No idea is either true or false as such; what makes
an idea true is the presence of an appropriate object.
Codes:
  1. A
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. B
    Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C
    (A) is true but (R) is false.
  4. D
    (A) is false but (R) is true.
Question 22Single Answer
Which one of the following philosophers argued that two mutually contradictory statements might be equally true, but one might be “better” than the other ?
  1. A
    Aristotle
  2. B
    Protagoras
  3. C
    Parmenides
  4. D
    Democritus
Question 23Single Answer
Which one of the following statements is false with reference to Leibnitz’s theory of knowledge ?
  1. A
    All knowledge lies implicit in the mind
  2. B
    Experience does not create knowledge
  3. C
    Universal and necessary propositions can only be derived from the senses
  4. D
    Leibnitz asserts the existence of ‘minute’ perceptions-perceptions of which the mind is unconscious
Question 24Single Answer
Who among the following has said that ‘Autonomy is the basis of the dignity of human and of every rational being ?
  1. A
    Hobbes
  2. B
    Kant
  3. C
    Stevenson
  4. D
    Bentham
Question 25Single Answer
Who among the following has given this statement ?
‘Act only on the maxim which thou canst at the same time will to become a universal law’.
  1. A
    Kant
  2. B
    Hegel
  3. C
    Hobbes
  4. D
    Mill
Question 26Single Answer
Rita in its moral sense may be equated with :
  1. A
    Artha
  2. B
    Moksa
  3. C
    Satya
  4. D
    Nisedha
Question 27Single Answer
Which of the following is indicative of Arthibhavana 
  1. A
    The Yaj Dhatu
  2. B
    Linga
  3. C
    Nipata
  4. D
    Akhyata
Question 28Single Answer
In Vedic tradition yajna is performed under the direction of:
  1. A
    Yajmana
  2. B
    Rtvika
  3. C
    Grhakarta
  4. D
    Isvara
Question 29Single Answer
Select the code that states the correct sequence:
  1. A
    Brahmana, Samhita, Aranyaka, Upanisad
  2. B
    Upanisad, Samhita, Aranyaka, Brahmana
  3. C
    Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka, Upanisad
  4. D
    Samhita, Upanisad, Brahmana, Aranyaka
Question 30Single Answer
Rsirna can be repaid by:
  1. A
    Brahmacarya
  2. B
    Performing Yajna
  3. C
    Giving birth to a son
  4. D
    Helping the poor
Question 31Single Answer
Select the correct sequence:
  1. A
    Kama, artha, dharma, moksa
  2. B
    Moksa, dharma, artha, kama
  3. C
    Dharma, artha, kama, moksa
  4. D
    Dharma, kama, artha, , moksa
Question 32Single Answer
According to Sri Krsna Varna is divided on the basis of:
  1. A
    Jati and Karma
  2. B
    Guna and Karma
  3. C
    Jati and Guna
  4. D
    Svadharma and Jati
Question 33Single Answer
Karma siddhanta in Hinduism means:
  1. A
    Fatalism
  2. B
    The doctrine of Moral Causation
  3. C
    Doing Karma expecting the result
  4. D
    Performing sacrificial rites
Question 34Single Answer
In Vedic metaphysics even the flowing of water downwards was guided by:
  1. A
    Devata
  2. B
    Isvara
  3. C
    Brahma
  4. D
    Rta
Question 35Single Answer
Which one among the following is not a mahavakya ?
  1. A
    Tattvamasi
  2. B
    Aham Brahmasmi
  3. C
    Sarvamkhalvidam Brahma
  4. D
    Ayamatma Brahma
Question 36Single Answer
According to Varnadharma the Sastracarca should be done by:
  1. A
    All people
  2. B
    Brahmins only
  3. C
    Brahmins and Ksatriyas
  4. D
    All except the sudras
Question 37Single Answer
What type of karma is compared in the Gita with the seed which lost its potency ?
  1. A
    Akarma
  2. B
    Vikarma
  3. C
    Niskamakarma
  4. D
    Sakamakarma
Question 38Single Answer
Which one among the following is not correct regarding Rta ?
  1. A
    It is a cosmic order.
  2. B
    It is a moral order.
  3. C
    It is not applicable to heavenly bodies.
  4. D
    It governs the sacrificial acts.
Question 39Single Answer
In vedic tradition the movement of earth was regulated by:
  1. A
    Brahman
  2. B
    Isvara
  3. C
    Rta
  4. D
    Surya
Question 40Single Answer
Which type of rna in Vedic tradition can be repaid by performing Yajna ?
  1. A
    Rsirna
  2. B
    Devarna
  3. C
    Pitrna
  4. D
    Prthvirna
Question 41Single Answer
Which of the following is not a teaching of ‘Bhagavad gita’ ?
  1. A
    Renunciation of fruits of actions.
  2. B
    Performance of ones natural and appointed duties.
  3. C
    Elevation at good fortune and depression at loss should be conquered.
  4. D
    All egoistic desires should not be directed to God
Question 42Single Answer
Which one of the following is not correct about ‘Sthitaprajna’ of Bhagavad gita ?
  1. A
    A ‘Sthitaprajna’ discards are desires from his mind.
  2. B
    A ‘Sthitaprajna’ is not disturbed in suffering.
  3. C
    ‘Sthitaprajna’ is not desirous of pleasure.
  4. D
    ‘Sthitaprajna’ always thinks to do good for others.
Question 43Single Answer
One may be free from devarna by:
  1. A
    Observing brahmac’arya
  2. B
    Performing yajna
  3. C
    Uttering mantras
  4. D
    Giving birth to a child
Question 44Single Answer
The movement of the heavenly bodies according to the vedic tradition is guided by:
  1. A
    The will of the gods
  2. B
    Rta, the cosmic law
  3. C
    The moral virtues of the people
  4. D
    Prajapati
Question 45Single Answer
Match the Set-I with Set-II and select the correct code:
Set-I                                                  Set-II
(a) Rk                                         (i) Udgata
(b) Sama                                   (ii) Hota
(c) Yajuh                                   (iii) Adhvaryu
(d) Atharva                              (iv) Brahma
Codes:
  1. A
    (a)    (b)    (c)    (d)
    (i)     (ii)    (iii)   (iv)
  2. B
    (ii)    (i)    (iii)   (iv)
  3. C
    (i)    (iii)   (ii)    (iv)
  4. D
    (iv)  (iii)  (ii)     (i)
Question 46Single Answer
According to Sankara, Brahman is :
  1. A
    Pure Consciousness
  2. B
    A series of monetary cognitious
  3. C
    The totality of mind and matter
  4. D
    Identical with prakrti
Question 47Single Answer
Observation of brahmacarya is a means of meeting:
  1. A
    Pitr-rna only
  2. B
    Rsi-rna only
  3. C
    Deva-caa only
  4. D
    Pitr-rna and Deva-rna only
Question 48Single Answer
Write the correct sequence according to the Upanisads:
  1. A
    nididhyasana, manana, sravana
  2. B
    manana, sravana, nididhyasana
  3. C
    sravana, manana, nididhyasana
  4. D
    sravana, nididhyasana, manana
Question 49Single Answer
Given below are the statements about a Karmayogin. Select the correct code given below:
(a) A Karmayogi works for attaining liberation.
(b) A Karmayogi works for heaven
(c) A Karmayogi works for the renunciation of all the karma
(d) A Karmayogi works for lokasamgrah
Code:
  1. A
    (a) and (b)
  2. B
    (b) and (c)
  3. C
    (a) and (d)
  4. D
    (b) and (d)
Question 50Single Answer
The basis of division of four types of varna according to the Gita is :
  1. A
    Guna only
  2. B
    Karma only
  3. C
    Both guna and karma
  4. D
    Lokaprasiddhi only
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