Philosophy-2004

1. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
a. Duration: Of two pleasures otherwise
equal, the more durable will be better
b. Intensity : One pleasure may be more
intense than the other
c. Extensity: One pleasure may be shared
by a larger number of persons than
another
d. Quality: One pleasure may be same as
well as different from the other
2. The categorical imperative is so called
because the imperative is obligatory
a. Psychologically
b. Religiously
c. Rationally
d. Socially
3. Which one of the following are moral
postulates according to Kant?
1. Reality of time and transcendentality
of self.
2. Existence of God and the autonomy of
will.
3. The reality of evil and the grace of
God.
4. Freedom of will and immortality of the
soul.
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 1 and 2
b. 1, 2 and 3
c. 3 and 4
d. 2 and 4
4. Categorical imperative is a
a. Synthetic a priori practical proposition
b. Analytic a priori theoretical
proposition
c. Synthetic a posteriori practical
proposition
d. Analytic a posteriori practical
proposition
5. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched ?
a. I. Kant: Moral principles are
commands of reason
b. J.S. Mill: Pleasure is desirable because
people do desire pleasure
c. J. Bentham: Nature has placed
mankind under the governance of two
sovernance of two sovereign masters,
pain and pleasure
d. G.E. Moore : Moral rules are empirical
generalization
6. Under which one of the following ethical
theories, can Carvaka view on ethics and
morality be classified?
a. Rigorism
b. Altruism
c. Hedonism
d. Perfectionism
7. If man’s will is free then which one of the
following cannot be accepted?
a. A man could have done otherwise if he
had chosen
b. He could have chosen otherwise
c. His choice is the result of previous
causes
d. He choose after full deliberation of
alternatives
8. Consider the following statements :
The principle : “Greatest happiness of the
greatest number” is
1. an egoistic principle
2. a principle of utility
3. a maximizing principle
4. a teleological principle
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 3 and 4
c. 2, 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 4
9. According to Bentham ‘extent of a
pleasure’, means
a. shareability with other people
b. proximity intime
c. bringing along other pleasures
d. freedom from pain
10. Which of the following is correct?
Mill is not a consistent hedonist because
he admits
a. qualitative distincitons of pleasures
b. internal sanctions of duty
c. feeling of remorse for not doing our
duty
d. All of the above three
11. Consider the following statements :
1. The Kantian command of treating
another person as an end means :
2. We are obliged to promote our
happiness at his cost.
3. We are never to use him as an
instrument
4. We are to respect his human worth
Not even God is “allowed” to treat him as
means
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 4
d. 1, 3 and 4
12. For Kant, in comparison to an action done
out of goodwill, an action done out of
goodwill mixed with the inclination of
benevolence is of
a. superior moral worth
b. inferior moral worth
c. equal moral worth
d. mixed moral worth
13. Consider the following statements :
1. According to naturalism, moral
judgements are like factual statements,
because they are descripting
2. cognitive
3. evaluative
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. 1 and 3
14. Consider the following statements :
Descriptivism does not distinguist between
moral judgements and descriptive
statements, because it believes that
1. moral judgements canhave descriptive
components
2. moral judgements can have truth
values
3. descriptive statements can have moral
components
4. moral judgements and descriptive
statements are not distinguishable at all
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 4
15. Freedom of the will is a postulate of
morality. ‘Postulate’ here means :
a. Temporally prior
b. Presupposition
c. Hypothesis in need of verification
d. None of the above three

16. Which one of the following sentences in

meta-ethical in character?

a. Cruelty ought to be a ground for

divorce

b. ‘Ought’ is a word for obligation

c. Look up the meaning of ‘ought’ in the

dictionary

d. One ought not to break promises

17. Consider the following statements :

If you are not a compatibilist and believe

that freewill is nevertheless real, then you

believe that

1. freedom is contra-causal

2. universal determinism is false

3. universal detrminism does not affect

freedom of the will

4. universal determinism can coexist with

freedom of the will

Which of the statements given above are

correct?

a. 1, 3 and 4

b. 2, 3 and 4

c. 1, 2 and 3

d. 1 and 2




18. Which one of the following proofs for the

existence of God is not acceptable to

Shankara?

a. Cosmological

b. Ontological

c. Teleological

d. Moral

19. Consider the following statements :

Aprthak—Siddhi is the relation that exists

between

1. the body and the soul

2. a substance and its attributes

3. parts and whole

4. one substance and other

Which one of the statements is/are correct?

a. 1 only

b. 2 and 3

c. 1, 2 and 3

d. 1, 2, 3 and 4

20. Which one of the following is the

philosophical view of Ramajuja?

a. Pure monism

b. Non-dualism

c. Qualified non-dualism

d. Spritiualistic pluralism

21. Which one of the following pairs is not

correctly matched?

a. Buddhism : Universals are nothing but

names with positive connotations

b. Aristotle : A universal does not stand

for any independent entity over and

above individuals

c. Nyaya-Vais’esika : The same universal

inheres in all the individuals of a class

d. Jainas : Universals are constituted by

the common essential attributes of all

the individuals of a certain kind

22. The Ideas of Plato are subsumed under the

highest Idea, which is the

a. Idea of god

b. Idea of the Good

c. Idea of the Soul

d. Idea of the World

23. Consider the following statements :

The characteristics of Aristotle’s

conception of mater and form are that

1. matter and form are separable

2. form by itself or matter by itself is a

mere abstraction

3. form is universal, matter is particular

4. form and matter are relative terms

Which of the statements given above are

correct?

a. 1 and 2

b. 2 and 3

c. 1 and 3

d. 2, 3 and 4

24. Which one of the following is not accepted

by Berkeley?

a. Separation of primary qualities from

secondary qualities

b. Dependence of all the qualities on

mind

c. The existence of a thing lies in its

being perceived

d. Matter as an abstract idea

25. Inference is neither from the universal to

the particular nor from the particular to the

universal, but from the particular to the

particular though the universal. This is the

view of

a. Plato

b. Aristotle

c. Nyaya

d. Buddhism

26. According to Nyaya-Vais’esika, the real

Universal has to satisfy the following

conditions except

a. The Universal should exist in a

plurality of individuals

b. If two supposed Universal refer to the

same class of individuals, they are

taken as two Universals

c. A Universal cannot be real, if its

formation by our mind leads to an

infinite regress

d. A Universal is not real, if it is not

capable of being positively related to

the individuals

27. Certain animals are called tiger, not

because they possess any common essence

but because they are different from all

animals that are not tigers. So there is no

universal but the name with a negative

connotation. This can be subscribed to

a. Nyaya

b. Aristotle

c. Buddhism

d. Plato

28. Match List-I (Statements) with List-II

(Fallacies) and select the correct answer :

List-I

A. All knowable objects are fiery

B. Sound is eternal because it has a cause

C. Sound is eternal because it is audible

D. Realistic & nominalistic

List-II

1. Satpratipaksa

2. Viruddha

3. Anaikantika

4. Badhita

Codes:

A B C D

a. 4 1 2 3

b. 3 2 1 4

c. 4 2 1 3

d. 3 1 2 4

29. A philosophical theory which denies are

objective, interest-independent reality to

entailed by one of the following theories of

truth. Identify the correct one out of the

following :

a. Correspondence theory

b. Coherence and Pragmatic theory

c. Pragmatic theory

d. Coherence theory

30. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer using the code given below

the Lists:

List I

A. Advaitins

B. Buddhists

C. Sankhyas

D. Naiyayikas

List II

1. The theory of Svatastva with respect to

both valid and invalid cognitions

2. The theory of Svastastva vada with

respect tovalid cognitions and the

Paratastva vada as regard invalid

cognitions

3. The theory of Paratastva as regards

both valid and invalid cognitions

4. The theory of Paratastva with regard to

validity of cognitions and Svatastva as

regards invalidity

Codes:

A B C D

a. 1 4 2 3

b. 2 3 1 4

c. 1 3 2 4

d. 2 4 1 3

31. Which one of the following pairs is
correctly matched?
a. Mimamsa : Abyatha Khyati
b. Nyaya Vaisesika : Akhyati
c. Advaita Vedanta: Anivachaniya Khyati
d. Samkhya : Sat-Asat Khyati
32. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists :
List I
A. Locke
B. Spinoza
C. Descartes
D. Leibnitz
List II
1. Pre-established Harmony
2. Inter-actionism
3. Parallelism
4. Representations
Codes:
A B C D
a. 4 3 2 1
b. 1 3 2 4
c. 4 2 3 1
d. 1 2 3 4
33. Berkeley makes use of the empiricist
doctrines of Locke to establish idealism
and thereby to refute
a. rationalism and nominalism
b. realismand scepticism
c. monism and dualism
d. materialism and atheism
34. An argument must satisfy which one of the
following conditions to establish the truth
of its conclusion?
a. The argument must be valid
irrespective of the truth of the premises
b. The argument must be valid and its
major premise must be true
c. The argument must be valid and its
minor premise must be true
d. The argument must be valid and all its
premises must be true
35. Which one of the following argument is
valid?
a. If Sohan has quit the club, then Rohan
will need a new dance parter.
Therefore, Sohan has quit the club.
b. If Sohan has quit the club, then Rohan
will need a new dance partner. Sohan
has quit the club. Hence, Rohan will
need a new dance partner
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c. If Gopal was physicist, then he was a
scientist, Gopal was a scientist. So he
was a physicist
d. There are one thousand lottery tickets
and only one will win. Almost
everyone with a ticket will lose. I have
a ticket, I will lost.
36. An argument is said to be valid in virtue of
a. its form
b. its contents
c. both its form and content
d. truth of its conclusion
37. Match List-I (Propositions) with List-II
(Technical Names) and select the correct
answer using the codes given below the
lists :
a. Carvakas
b. Nyaya-Vais’esika
c. Sankhya-yoga
d. Jainism
38. Which one of the following distinctions
exists in Brahman according to Ramanuja
a. Vijatiya
b. Sajatiya
c. Svagata
d. Bahya
39. Which one of the following is not
acceptable to Ramanuja?
a. Brahman is qualified
b. Brahman is Ishvara
c. Jivas merge in Ishwara and have no
separate identity
d. Jivas is not identical with Bahman
40. The view that universals have no existence
independently of being thought and are
more names, is held by
a. Conceptualists
b. Realists
c. Nominalists
d. Critical realists
41. Which one of the following statements
illustrates Platonic theory of universals?
a. Universals alone are real
b. Universals and particulars are equally
real
c. Universals are copies of particulars
d. Universals are not real entities but are
only concepts
42. Match List-I (Statements) with List-II
(Fallacies) and select the correct answer :
List I
A. Aristotle
B. Spinoza
C. Kant
List II
1. Transcendental Unity of Apperception
2. Pre-established Harmony
3. Unmoved Mover
4. Intellectual Love of God
Codes:
A B C
a. 2 1 4
b. 3 4 1
c. 2 4 1
d. 3 1 4
43. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the codes given
below the lists :
List I
A. I and O propositions have existential
import
B. A and E propositions existential import
C. A and E propositions no existential
import
D. If we use a universal proposition with
which we intend to assert existence,
we require two propositions; one
existential in force but particular, the
other universal but not existential in
force
List II
1. True on the modern (Boolean)
interpretation only
2. True both on the traditional and
modern (Boolean) interpretation
3. True on the traditional, but not on the
modern (Boolean) interpretation
Codes:
A B C D
a. 1 3 2 1
b. 2 1 1 3
c. 1 1 2 3
d. 2 3 1 1
44. On the moder interpretation of the
traditional categorical A, E, I and O, which
one of the following statements about their
inter-relationships is true?
a. A and E remain contraries, and I and O
continue to be subcontrarier; but A and
O, and E and I cease to be
contradictories
b. A and E cease to be contraries, and I
and O cease to be subcontrariers; and
A and O, and E and I remain
contradictories
c. I and O continue to be subcontraries
d. A and E to be contraries


45. All soldiers are one hundred per cent
dedicated persons. All one hundred per
cent dedicated persons are successful.
Therefore, some successful persons are
soldiers. Considers the following
statements :
1. This syllogism is valid in Aristotelian
logic
2. This syllogism is invalid in modern
logic
3. This syllogism is valid in both
Aristotelian and modern logics
Which of the above are correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. 1 and 3

46. Match List-I (Philosophers) with List-II
(Theories) and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the lists:
List I
A. Berkeley
B. Hume
C. Kant
List II
1. Scepticism
2. Subjective idealism
3. Representationism
4. Synthetic a priori judgement
Codes:
A B C
a. 2 1 4
b. 3 4 1
c. 2 4 1
d. 3 1 4
47. Which one of the following has a valid
mood in which the major term is the
subject of a particular negative propostion?
a. The first figure
b. The third figure
c. The fourth figure
d. The second figure
48. In which figure(s) of syllogism, is the
mood EAE valid?
a. Only in the first figure
b. Only in the first and second figures
c. Only in the first and fourth figures
d. Only in the second figure
49. Consider the following moods :
1. EAE
2. AEE
3. EAO
4. EIO
The mood(s) valid in all the figure is/are :
a. 2 and 3
b. 1 and 4
c. 3 and 4
d. 4 only
50. Two-valuedness of sentential calculus
depends mainly on the admission of
a. The law of identity
b. The law of contradiction
c. The law of excluded middle
d. The law of double negation
51. 'p ∨ q' an be equivalently re-written as
a. ~ (~ p . ~ q)
b. (~ p . ~ q)
c. ~ (p . ~ q)
d. ~ (~ p . q)
52. Which one of the following is not a
tautology?
a. (q ∨ p) ⊃ (p ⊃ p)
b. (p ⊃ q) ⊃ (q . ~ q)
c. p ⊃[p ⊃ p) ∨ q)]
d. (p . ~ p) ⊃1
53. Which of the following sentence forms is a
contradiction?
a. (~ p∨ ~ q)∨ (p∨ q)
b. (~ p∨ ~ q) . (p . q)
c. (~ p∨ ~ q) .[~ (p ∨ q)]
d. ~ p ∨ q
54. Match List-I (Truth- functional
Connectives) with List-II (Respective
Rules) and select the correct answer using
the codes given below the lists:
List I
A. Conjuction
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B. Disjuction
C. Equivalence
D. Implication
List II
1. Is true even if one of its constituents is
false
2. Is false even if one of its constituents is
false
3. Is true even if both of its constituents
are false
4. Is false if only of its constituents is true
Codes:
A B C D
a. 3 1 4 2
b. 2 1 4 3
c. 3 4 1 2
d. 2 4 1 3
55. “Mohan will marry Kiran even if Kiran is
poor provided Kiran loves Mohan, and
Mohan does not marry Kiran.” Which one
of the following propositions is a valid
deduction from the proposition given
above?
a. Kiran is not poor and Kiran does not
love Mohan
b. Kiran is not poor or Kiran does not
love Mohan
c. Kiran is not poor
d. Kiran does not love Mohan
56. Gandhi’s view on the relation between the
God and Truth is that
a. God is superior to Truth
b. Truth is superior to God
c. Truth and God are identical
d. God and Truth are distinct
57. Ahimsa is an ethical concept central to
1. Gandhian ethics
2. Jaina ethics
3. Buddhist ethics
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
58. ‘Satya and Ahimsa are convertible’
implies
a. They are intertwined
b. The only inevitable means to truth is
ahimsa
c. Himsa is violation of truth
d. All the above three
59. Dukhasamudaya in Buddhism means
a. One of the eightfold paths
b. The existence of suffering
c. The cessation of surffering
d. The causes of suffering
60. The relation between premisses and
conclusion of a valid argument can best be
described as the relation or
a. material implication
b. entailment
c. conjunction
d. causal implication
61. Assertion (A) : Spinoza, as a monist

denied the concept of a creator God.

Reason (R) : The concept of a creator God

would lead us to suppose the reality of the

temporal order.

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

the correct explanation of A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true

62. Assertion (A) : Carvaka argues that

anumana (inference) is never valid.

Reason (R) : They say that the invariable

concomitance between sadhya and hetu

can never be established.

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

the correct explanation of A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true

63. Assertion (A) : According to Nyaya,

upamana cannot be reduced to inference.

Reason (R) : Upamana is possible without

the knowledge of vyapti.

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

the correct explanation of A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true

64. Assertion (A) : A pleasure or pain may

vary in quality

Reason (R) : The amount of pleasure or

pain can be calculated.

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

the correct explanation of A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true

65. Assertion (A) : Bentham holds the view

that every kind of pleasure is good as an

end.

Reason (R) : Man wants to have the

maximum pleasure.

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

the correct explanation of A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true

66. Assertion (A) : The moral law which is

imposed by practical reason upon itself is a

categorical imperative.

Reason (R) : Moral is not a means to

higher end; it is an end in itself.

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

the correct explanation of A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true

67. Assertion (A) : In a valid categorical

syllogism if either term is distributed in the

conclusion, then it must be distributed in

the premisses.

Reason (R) : In a valid categorical

syllogism the conclusion cannot go

beyond, or asset more than is contained in

the premisses. A proposition which

distributes one of its terms says more

about the class designated by the term than

it would if the term were undistributed.

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

the correct explanation of A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true

68. Assertion (A) : On the modern

interpretation of categorical propositions,

the syllogism “No tiger can be found in

Antarctica. All animals found in

Antarctica can stand extreme cold.

Therefore, some animals which can stand

extreme cold are not tiger” is invalid

Reason (R) : The syllogism commits the

fallacy of four terms.

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

the correct explanation of A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true

69. Assertion (A) : In the Second figure of

syllogism, only negative conclusions is

valid.

Reason (R) : In the Second figure of

syllogism, the maou premise must be

universal.

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

the correct explanation of A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true

70. According to Aristotle’s conception of

God, which one of the following is not

correct?

a. God alone is absolutely actual

b. God is the material, the formal, the

final and the efficient cause

c. God is absolute perfection

d. God is the ultimate cause of all motion

and becoming.

71. Which one of the following is not true of

Aristotle’s theory of substance?

a. Substance is primarily and essentially

individual

b. The individual as such is the only true

substance and reality

c. Knowledge of reality is not knowledge

of the universal, but of the individual

as such

d. Universals, which classify individuals

and define their essential attributes,

may be called “substances” in a

secondary sense

72. Which one of the following statements

concerning Descartes’ theory of substance

is correct?

a. God is the only true ultimate

substance, and matter and mind are the

of he two substances brought into

existence by God

b. God is one of the three substances,

matter and mind being the other two,

all equally ultimate

c. Good is one of the most ultimate

substance, having the utmost reality,

while mind is the next most ultimate

substance and matter is the least

ultimate substance.

d. God, matter and mind are each

substance that are equally ultimately

real

73. Which one of the following types of

substances is not admitted by Descartes?

a. Infinite and uncreated

b. Perpetually changing

c. Finite and spiritual

d. Finite and material

74. Which one of following is not true with

regard to Lock’s views on the nature of

substance and attributes?

a. The primary qualities of matter differ

from the secondary qualities in their

being inherent in matter

b. Secondary qualities are caused in us

perceives by the primary qualities

inherent in material objects

c. (c) Real essence of matter consists in

the sources upon which the primary

qualities depend

d. To know what the primary qualities of

a material substance are is to know the

real essence of the substance in

question




75. Consider the following concerning

Berkeley’s criticism of abstract ideas :

1. Every idea is an image, and images are

particulars.

2. Abstract ideas or images would be

ideas of something indeterminate and

you cannot have indeterminate

particulars.

3. Abstract ideas would correspond to

universals, and universals are complex

imaginative fictions created out of

simple dieas.

Which of the statements given above are

correct?

a. 1 and 3

b. 2 and 3

c. 1 and 2

d. 1, 2 and 3

76. Regarding the relation between mind and
body, which one of the following is not
acceptable to Descartes?
a. They are independent substances
b. There is no casual relation between
them
c. They interact with each other
d. They depend on God for their
existence
77. Which one of the following correctly
statement is not acceptable to Vais’esika
philosophy?
a. Manas is an atomic imperceptible
substance, the existence of which can
only be inferred
b. The creation of the world is the
ordering of the eternal atoms which are
co-existent with God
c. A substance (dravya) is
indistinguishable form its qualities and
actions
d. A substance is the substratum of its
qualities and actions
78. To which category, according to the
Vais’esika, does atman belong?
a. Guna
b. Karma
c. Samanya
d. Dravya
79. Pudgala-nairatmya means
a. Denial of an eternal spiritual substance
b. Denial of an eternal material substance
c. Denial of an eternal spiritual as well as
material substance
d. Acceptance of an eternal substance
80. Which of the following statements are
associated with St. Thomas Aquinas?
1. The ontological argument for the
existence of God is to be rejected
2. God is pure form and pure actuality
3. God is mere potential being
4. God created the world out of preexisting
matter
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 4
c. 1 and 3
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d. 3 and 4
81. “We must first believe in order that we
know” is the famous assertion made by
a. St. Aquinas
b. St. Augustine
c. St. Anselm
d. Plotinus
82. On the issue of the creation of the universe
by God, which one of the following
positions is true of St. Augustine?
a. The universe is created out of nothing
at a given time by anact of God’s free
will
b. The universe is created out of preexisting
matter coeternal with God
c. The universe is God’s expression of
the eternal act of creation
d. The universe is created from within
God out of divine necessity
83. For Spinoza
a. the world is a creation of the Absolute
Substance, God, and is therefore
ontologically distinct from God.
b. the world is not ontologically distinct
from God, because the world is God
itself
c. the world is a creation of God in the
sense of being an expression of God’s
will to have a world
d. the world is the expression of God’s
desire for natural splendor
84. In order to prove the existence of God,
Descartes used
a. the Ontological Argument alone
b. the Ontological and the Design
Arguments
c. the Ontological and the Cosmological
Arguments
d. the Cosmological Argument alone
85. According to Nyaya-Vais’esika system,
consciousness is
a. the adventitious quality of the soul
b. the essential quality of the soul
c. identical with the soul
d. a by-product of matter
86. The principle of ‘intuitionism’ states that
a. Moral judgements are based on social
laws
b. Conscience, immediately and
intuitively, knows the rightness or
wrongness of an action without
reference to its consequences
c. Rightness or wrongness of action is
intrinsic
d. Moral judgements are subjective in
nature
87. Which one of the following distinctions is
not applicable to Kant?
a. Distinction between nature and
freedom
b. Distinction between inclination and
reason
c. Distinction between acting morally and
acting from the motive of duty
d. Distinction between duty and selfinterest
88. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists :
List I
A. Freedom of the will
B. Universal element in human nature
C. The supreme good
D. Act as a member of a Kingdom of ends
List II
1. Virtue
2. Kant’s third maxim
3. Reason
4. Fundamental postualte morality
Codes:
A B C D
a. 4 1 3 2
b. 2 3 1 4
c. 4 3 1 2
d. 2 3 1 4
89. Emotivism holds that disagreement
regarding values can never be debated and
settled because value are
a. natural
b. attitudinal
c. imperceptible
d. religious
90. Which of the following is correct?
Prescriptivism as a meta-ethical theory
says that
a. moral judgements issue commands
b. moral judgements prescribe a course of
action
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c. moral judgements tell us to do
something or stop doing something
d. All the above three

91. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the codes given
below the lists :
List I
A. Abhyasa and Vairagya
B. Vamasankara
C. Karmayoga
D. Sthitaprajna
List II
1. Distintersted performance duties
2. Unaffected by pleasure and pain
3. The means of controlling the mind
4. The corruption of the society
92. According to Jainism, Anuvrata (small
vow) are
a. Satya and Ahimsa only
b. Brahmacarya and Aparigraha only
c. Brahmavivartavada
d. Asatkaryavada
93. The view which holds that the entire
material world and the individual soul are
a real modification of Brahman is called
a. Prakrti Parinamavada
b. Brahmaparinamavada
c. Brahmavivatavada
d. Asatkaryavada
94. Correspondence is a relation between a
a. Proposition and its truth values
b. Proposition and sentence
c. Proposition and facts
d. Sentence and its tokens
95. Which one of the following expressions
correctly defines the “paradox of
hedonism”?
a. The more we seek pleasure the more
we get it
b. The more we seek pleasure the less we
get it
c. The less we seek pleasure the more we
get it
d. The less we seek pleasure the less we
get it
96. I look at a blooming rose from a distance
and say— “I see a fragrant rose”.
According to Nyaya it is a case of
a. Samanyalaksana perception
b. jnanalaksana perception
c. Yogaja perception
d. Viparyaya
97. According to the Aristotelian logic,
standard form categorical syllogisms can
have only
a. 15 valid moods (strong and weakened
forms included)
b. 19 valid moods (strong and weakened
forms included)
c. 21 valid moods (strong and weakened
forms included)
d. 24 valid moods (strong and weakened
forms included)
98. Consider the following statements :
1. No term can be distributed in the
premisses which is not distributed in
the conclusion of a syllogism
2. There must be only three terms in a
syllogism
3. The middle terms must be distributed
in the syllogism at least once
4. In the second figure the major premise
must be universal negative
Which of the above statements is/are not
the rule(s) of a valid from of categorical
syllogism?
a. 1 and 3
b. 2 and 4
c. 1 only
d. 1 and 4
99. Consider the following three propositions :
1. Some precious metals are not gold
2. All metals which glitter are precious
metals
3. Some metals which glitter are not gold
Which one of the following is the correct
arrangement of the above into valid
standard from of syllogism?
a.
3
2
1
∴
b.
3
1
2
∴
c.
1
2
3
∴
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d.
1
3
2
∴
100. If the minor term of the conclusion of a
syllogism is undistributed then its
a. minor premise must be affirmative
b. minor premise must be universal
c. minor premise must be particular
d. major premise must be particular
101. Consider the following two propositions :
a.
(P)
Politicians
(D)
Doctors
X
b.
(P)
Politicians
(D)
Doctors
X X
c.
(P)
Politicians
(D)
Doctors
X
d.
(P)
Politicians
(D)
Doctors
X X
102. If we test the validity of the argument—
‘All P are M, some S are M, some S are P
by Venn diagram, the diagram and the
tested result there of will be
a.
S P
M
X
Invalid
b.
S P
M
X
Invalid
c.
S P
M
X
Invalid
d.
S P
M
X
Invalid
103. Which one of the following statements is
correct?
A disjunctive proposition whose second
dusjunct is a conditional statement with
false antecedent
a. must be true
b. must be false
c. Advaitavada
d. may be false
104. The sentence ‘Non-nameables do not
exist’ (‘nameables’‘N’) can be represented
by Venn diagram as
a.
N
b.
N
c.
X
N
d.
X
N
105. The Venn diagram represents two
propositions. Which one of the following
pairs of propositions is represented by the
diagram?
a. All S is P, some S is P
b. Some S is not P, no S is P
c. No S is P, no S is P
d. No S is P, some S is P

106. If any standard–form categorical syllogism
contains exactly three terms, each of which
is distributed in both of its occurrences,
that syllogism will
a. certainly be valid
b. be invalid, committing the fallacy of
exclusive
c. be invalid, committing the existential
fallcy
d. be invalid, committing the fallcy of
illicit major
107. Consider the following syllogism :
No professors are saint.
Only graduates are professors.
∴No graduates are saints.
What logical fallacy has been committed
in the above syllogism?
a. Undistributed middle
b. Four terms
c. Illicit major
d. Illicit minor
108. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists :
List I
A. Illicit Major
B. Illicit Minor
C. Undistributed Middle
D. No fallacy
List II
1. M e P
M a S
S e P
2. P o M
M a S
S o P
3. P e M
S a M
S e P
4. M i P
S a M
S i P
Codes:
A B C D
a. 4 3 2 1
b. 2 1 4 3
c. 4 1 2 3
d. 2 3 4 1
109. Which one of the following statements is
true from the modern logician’s point of
view?
a. Exclusive “or” implies nonexclusive
“or”
b. Nonexclusive “or” implies exclusive
“or”
c. “The conditional or its coverse” is not
a tautology
d. A truth-functional conditional implies
a causal conditional
110. Match List-I (Sentences) with List-II
(Symboliations of Sentences given in List-
I) and select the correct answer using the
code given below the Lists :
List I
A. Unless a shouts B will go on teasing
B. B will not stop teasing unless A shouts
C. Unless both A and B enter the class,
neither of them does
D. It is not the case that either A nor B
will come
List II
1. (A. B)∨ ~ (A∨ B)
2. ~ [~ (A ∨ B)]
3. A ∨ B
4. ~ B ∨ A
Codes:
A B C D
a. 2 4 1 3
b. 3 1 4 2
c. 2 1 4 3
d. 3 4 1 2
111. A valid standard-form categorical
syllogism can have its middle term
distributed in both the premisses in
traditional logic in
a. the first and the second figures
b. the second and the third figures
c. the third and the fourth figures
d. no figures
112. Match List-I (Truth Functions) with List-II
(Definition of Truth Functions) and select
the correct answer using the code given
below the Lists :
List I
A. p ⊃ q
B. ~ p ⊃ q
C. p ⊃~ q
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D. ~ p ⊃~ q
List II
1. p∨ ~ q
2. ~ p ∨ q
3. p ∨ q
4. ~ p∨ ~ q
Codes:
A B C D
a. 4 1 2 3
b. 2 3 4 1
c. 4 3 2 1
d. 2 1 4
113. The nature of a statement of fact and a
statement value is such that
a. both can take truth values
b. both are about attitudes
c. both state the facts
d. the former states the fact and the latter
indicates the attitude
114. Which one of the following versions of
right action is acceptable to Kant?
a. Right action is conducive to pleasure
b. Right action is conducive to perfection
c. Right action is that which involves the
sense of ‘ought’
d. Right action is conducive to selfsacrifice
115. A teleological ethical perspective counts
an action as good if any only if
a. the action is motivated
b. one is aware of the action
c. one is aware of the consequences
d. it leads to good consequences
116. Consider the following three definitions of
good :
1. Good is pleasure
2. Good is happiness
3. Good is realization of human
excellence
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence of the associated doctrines of the
above?
a. Eudaimonism-Hedonism-
Perfectionism
b. Eudaimonism-Perfectionism-
Hedonism
c. Hedonism-Perfectionism-
Eudaimonism
d. Hedonism-Eudaimonism-
Perfectionism
117. Which one of the following is the mark of
a moral philosoher?
a. He is to guide people in the practice of
right conduct
b. He is to guide people in the art of
living a good life
c. He is to moralize the people by way of
preaching morals
d. He is to study the body of knowledge
relating to moral standards and
principles
118. According to J.S. Mill, utilitarianism
means which of the following?
1. Pleasures differ in quantity as well as
in quality
2. The greatest happiness of the greatest
number
3. Motives determine the value of actions
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
119. If a philosopher accepts that society is
rightly ordered when its major institutions
are arranged so as to achieve the greatest
net balance of satisfaction over all the
individuals belonging to it, then he is a
a. Perfectionist
b. Utilitarian
c. Deontologist
d. Moral sense theorist
120. Which of the following statements is/are
correct according to Bentham’s Hedonistic
calculus?
1. Pleasure is pure when it is unmixed
with pain
2. The only standard of valuation of
pleasure is quantitative
3. Calculate the comparative values of
pleasures
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 1 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. 3 only