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PHILOSOPHY
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All
questions are compulsory.
4. Given below are an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R). Consider them and select the correct
code given below in the context of Cārvāka Philosophy.
Assertion (A) : The dead body must be conscious.
Reason (R) : Consciousness is an attribute of body.
Codes :
(1) (A) and (R) both are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) (A) and (R) both are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false and (R) is true.
5. Who among the following holds that blue colour and the knowledge of the blue colour are
one and the same ?
(1) B haspati (2) Vasubandhu
(3) Bhāsarvañjna (4) Prabhākara
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6. Consider Set – I and Set – II and select the code correctly matched given below :
Set – I Set – II
a. Pañcaśila i. Nyāya
b. Pañcāvayava ii. Bauddha
c. parames.t.i iii. Jaina
Pañca ________
d. Pañcaklesha iv. Yoga
a b c d
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) ii iii iv i
(3) ii i iii iv
(4) iii i ii iv
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11. Match List – I with List – II and choose the correct answer with the help of codes given
below :
List – I List – II
a. Abhihitānvaya vāda i. Man ana
b. Anvitābhidhāna vāda ii. Kumārila
c. Sphot.avāda
_________ iii. Prabhākara
d. Apoha vāda iv. Di naga
Codes :
a b c d
(1) iii ii iv i
(2) ii iii i iv
(3) i ii iii iv
(4) iii i iv ii
12. Match List – I with List – II and choose the correct answer with the help of codes given
below :
List – I List – II
a. Sā khya Darśana i. Asatkārya vāda
b. Dvaita Vedānta ii. Vivartavāda
c. Advaita Vedānta iii. Sadasatkārya vāda
d. Nyāya Darśana iv. Satkārya vāda
Codes :
a b c d
(1) iii iv i ii
(2) iv iii ii i
(3) i ii iii iv
(4) ii i iv iii
13. Given below are an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R). Consider them and select the correct
code given below in the context of Śa kara’s Philosophy.
Assertion (A) : Brahman is abhinna nimitto pādāna ______
Kāran.a of jagat.
Reason (R) : There is nothing other than Brahman.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.
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14. Select the correct sequence of the gradations of ______
Moks.a in Madhva Vedānta
(1) Sāyujya, Sārūpya, Sām pya, Sālokya
_______
(2) Sālokya, Sām pya, Sārūpya, Sāyujya
_______
(3) Sārūpya, Sām pya, Sālokya, Sāyujya,
_______
(4) Sālokya, Sāyujya, Sārūpya, Sām pya,
_______
16. The Indian philosopher who makes a distinction between Anupramān. a and Kevala
__________
pramān.a is
_______
(1) Patañjali (2) Śa kara
(3) Madhva (4) Īśwarak na
21. Who among the following holds the view that ‘space, time and causation are not
metaphysical realities, they are mere forms’ ?
(1) Tagore (2) Vivekananda
(3) Radha Krishnan (4) J. Krishnamurti
22. Who among the following holds the view that ‘creation is plunge of the spirit into
ignorance’ ?
(1) Tagore (2) Gandhi
(3) Vive Kanandan (4) Sri Aurobindo
23. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :
List – I List – II
(Thinker) (Thinking)
a. Radha Krishnan i. God as the Supreme ego
b. Tagore ii. Village Republic
c. Gandhi iii. Doctrine, Devotion, Worship
d. Iqbal iv. Religion is home sickness
Codes :
a b c d
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) iv ii i iii
(3) iii iv ii i
(4) iii iv i ii
24. Match List – I with List – II and choose the correct answer with the help of codes given
below :
List – I List – II
a. Prājña i. _____
jāgr.ta
b. Taijasa ii. sus.upti
______
c. Vaiś
. vānava
_________ iii. Svapna
d. Advaya iv. Tur ya
Codes :
a b c d
(1) iii ii i iv
(2) ii iii i iv
(3) ii i iii iv
(4) iv iii ii i
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25. Match List – I with List – II and choose the correct answer with the help of codes given
below :
List – I List – II
a. ______
Prakr.ti i. Passive
b. Purus
.a
_____ ii. Active
c. Mahat iii. Second evolute
d. Aha
________
kāra iv. First evolute
Codes :
a b c d
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) ii i iv iii
(3) iii iv ii i
(4) iv iii i ii
26. In the context of Locke’s philosophy, consider the given Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and
then mark the correct option as given below :
Assertion (A) : All our knowledge is A posteriori.
Reason (R) : Knowledge is received through sensation and reflection.
Options :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) does not provide the correct explanation of (A).
(2) (A) is true and (R) is false but (R) does not provide the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true and (R) is false but (R) provides the correct explanation of (A).
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) provides the correct explanation of (A).
27. Match List – I with List – II and mark the correct code :
List – I List – II
a. Hume i. Parallelism
b. Locke ii. Scepticism
c. Berkeley iii. Empiricism
d. Spinoza iv. Idealism
Codes :
a b c d
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) ii i iv iii
(3) ii iii iv i
(4) iv iii i ii
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29. Match List – I with List – II and mark the correct code from given below :
List – I List – II
(Thinkers) (Books)
a. Locke i. Principles of Human Knowledge
b. Hume ii. Principia Philosophia
c. Descartes iii. Essay concerning Human Understanding
d. Berkeley iv. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding
Codes :
a b c d
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) ii iv iii i
(3) iii i ii iv
(4) iii iv ii i
31. 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 logical positivism select the correct code :
Assertion (A) : According to the principle of verification ‘meaning of a proposition is
the mode of its verification’.
Reason (R) : All the statements which could neither be verified nor falsified by
experience are meaningful.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
32. Which one of the following statements is true with reference to St. Thomas Aquinas ?
(1) God’s essence is identified with Reason.
(2) God’s essence is identified with his existence, as pure actuality.
(3) God’s essence is identified with his potentiality.
(4) God has only existence, but no essence.
33. As per Aristotle’s distinction between various sciences, “the pure and abstract knowledge”
is dealt by
(1) Theoretical sciences such as Politics and Ethics
(2) Practical sciences such as Theology and Metaphysics.
(3) Theoretical sciences such as Mathematics and Physics.
(4) Practical Sciences such as politics and Ethics
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34. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as
Reason (R). Considering (A) and (R), mark the correct code.
Assertion (A) : Plato rejected the view that “knowledge is opinion” in his theatetus.
Reason (R) : Knowledge must be grounded on faith, and not on Reason.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
35. “Atoms exist – they are the existent. Empty space exists – even if it is paradoxically called
the non-existent. And nothing else exists.” is the philosophical position of –
(1) Heraclitus (2) Democritus
(3) Anaxagoras (4) Parmenides
36. Who among the following believed that “All things are full of Souls and Spirits”?
(1) Democritus (2) Heraclitus
(3) Parmenides (4) Pythagoras
37. Which of the following statements are true with reference to Protagoras. Mark the correct
code :
(i) Man is the measure of all things.
(ii) Truth is objective.
(iii) What is true to one person need not be so to the other.
Codes :
(1) only (i) is true.
(2) only (i) and (ii) are true.
(3) only (i) and (iii) are true.
(4) only (ii) and (iii) are true.
40. According to Hegel, the absolute mind expresses its essence of truth in the form of Intuition
in
(1) Morality (2) Art
(3) Religion (4) Philosophy
41. ‘Being-towards-death is a constant fleeing in the face of death’ expresses the philosophy of
(1) Russell (2) Husserl
(3) Heidegger (4) Moore
42. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by using the codes below :
List – I List – II
a. The set of all ‘givens’ which I i. Care
encounter in my existence
b. The experience which discloses ii. Dasmann
concrete beings over all to us
c. Everyone is the other and no one iii. Facticity
is himself
d. Unity of Existenz, facticity, iv. Mood
fallenness
Codes :
a b c d
(1) iv i iii ii
(2) i iv ii iii
(3) ii iii i iv
(4) iii iv ii i
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43. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer. For Descartes, the human
body is like a machine.
List – I List – II
a. The moving principle of i. The heat in the heart
body is
b. The organs of motion ii. Nerves
c. The organs of sensations iii. Muscles
Codes :
a b c
(1) i iii ii
(2) iii i ii
(3) ii i iii
(4) ii iii i
46. Consider the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and select the correct code from given
below :
Assertion (A) : According to Russell, ‘Denoting phrases never have any meaning in
themselves’.
Reason (R) : I In, ‘the brother of Charles II was deposed’, ‘Charles II was deposed
is a denoting phrase’, and thus, has no meaning.
II In, ‘the brother of Charles II was deposed’, the brother of Charles II
is a denoting phrase and thus, has no meaning.
Codes :
(1) (A) is true and (R) I, II correctly explain (A).
(2) (A) is true and (R) I is correct explanation of (A) and (R) II is false.
(3) (A) is true and (R) II is a correct explanation of (A) and (R) I is false.
(4) (A) is true but neither (R) I nor (R) II correctly explains (A).
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47. Consider the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) & select the correct code given below :
Assertion (A) : Monads have no windows.
Reason (R) : I Nothing is passed to them from outside.
II Each of their state is generated from their own nature.
III Monads do not interact.
Codes :
(1) (A) is true and (R) I, II, III are correct explanations of (A).
(2) (A) is true and (R) I is the only correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true and (R) I, II are correct explanations of (A).
(4) (A) is true and (R) II, III are the correct explanations of (A).
48. Consider the following statements in the light of Russell’s logical Atomism and mark the
correct code :
(i) Corresponding to individual variables and propositional functions of logic, the world
contains particulars and universals.
(ii) Corresponding to the particulars and universals of the logic, the world contains
variables and propositional functions.
(iii) The world contains independent atomic facts corresponding to the simple
propositions.
Codes :
(1) only (i) is true. (2) only (i) and (ii) are true.
(3) only (i) and (iii) are true (4) only (ii) and (iii) are true.
49. Consider the following statements in the light of pragmatism and mark the correct code :
(i) Both William James and C.S. Peirce agree completely on the method of pragmatism.
(ii) William James went beyond Peirce in presenting a moral theory on pragmatic
grounds.
(iii) C.S. Peirce called his own theory as pragmaticism.
Codes :
(1) only (i) is true. (2) only (i) and (ii) are true.
(3) only (ii) and (iii) are true. (4) only (i) and (iii) are true.
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