Philosophy-2005

1. In a conditional statement what is asserted

is

a. the relation between its antecedent and

consequent

b. the relationship between its antecedent

and consequent in the order

c. if antecedent is true its consequent may

be false

d. its antecedent is true

2. The correct symbolization of the sentence

“If S does not tease then neither T will

shout nor U will be angry” is

a. ~ S ⊃ (T ∨ U)

b. ~ (T ∨ U) ⊃~ S

c. (T ∨ U) ⊃~ S

d. ((~ P ⊃ S) ⊃ R)

3. Which one of the following is the correct

truth- functional symbolization of “Unless

logic is difficult, Ashish will pass if he

concentrates”? P: Logic is difficult; R:

Ashish will pass; S:Ashish concentrates.)

a. (~ P ∨ (S ⊃ R))

b. (P∨ (S⊃ R))

c. (T ∨ U) ⊃~ S

d. ((~ P ⊃ S) ⊃ R

4. Which one of the following statements is

correct?

a. A conjunctive statement is true if both

of its conjuncts

b. A disjunctive statement is true if both

of its disjuncts are false

c. A conditional statement is false if its

antecedent is true and consequent is

true

d. A biconditional is true if both the

conditionals have the same truth value.

5. Which one of the following statements is

correct?

A standard from categorical syllogism

commits the Existential Fallacy if

a. the premises and the conclusion do not

have existential import.

b. the conclusion does not have

existential import while the premises

have.

c. all the premises lack existential import

while the conclusion does not.

d. all the premises and the conclusion

have the existential import.

6. Match List-I (Syllogistic Argument) with

List-II (Name of the Fallacies Committed

by the Argument) and select the correct

answer using the code given below

List I

A. No man is made of paper

All pages are men.

∴ No pages are made of paper

B. All matter gravitates.

Air gravitates

∴ Air is matter

C. All men are moral

All men are rational

∴ All rational beings are moral

D. Whatever thinkgs, exists

Matter does not think.

∴ Matter does not exist

List II

1. Fallacy of undistributed middle

2. Fallacy of illicit minor

3. Fallacy of major

4. Fallacy of ambigious minor

Codes:

A B C D

a. 4 1 2 3

b. 1 2 3 4

c. 4 1 3 2

d. 1 2 4 3

7. Consider the following Venn diagram :

Essential commodities

a. The diagram does not validate the

syllogism “All beautiful cars are

expensive things, no essential

commodity is an expensive thing, so

no beautiful car is an essential

commodity.”

b. The diagram validates the syllogism

mentioned in (a)

c. The diagram is inconclusive about the

validity of the above mentioned

syllogism

d. The diagram has no relevance to the

above mentioned syllogism

8. Foor mood IAI-2, which one of the

following diagrams is correct?

a.

S P

M

X

b.

X

S P

M

c.

M

X

S P

d.

M

S P

X

9. Consider the following argument :

No P is M Some M are S

∴ Some S are not P

The correct testing by Venn Diagram of

the above argument has been done in

S

S

S

S

P

P

P

P

M

M

M

M

X

X

X

Invalid

Valid

Valid

Invalid

a. shareability with other people

b. proximity intime

c. bringing along other pleasures

d. freedom from pain

10. Match List-I (Proposition) with List-II

(Type of Proposition) and select the

correct answer using the code given below

:

List I

A. All S are P

B. No S is P

C. Some S are not P

D. Some S are P

List II

1. Universal negative

2. Universal affirmative

3. Particular affirmative

4. Particular negative

Codes:

A B C D

a. 4 2 3 1

b. 2 1 4 3

c. 4 3 2 1

d. 2 3 1 4

11. The figure of a syllogism is determined by

the position of the

a. Major term

b. Minor term

c. Middle term

d. Copula

12. Which one of the following sets of rules

are specific to Figure II?

a. The minor must be affirmative

The conclusion must be particular

b. The minor premise must be

affirmative.

The major premise must be universal

c. The premises must differ in quality.

The major must be universal

d. If the major premise is affirmative, the

minor is universal. If either premise is

negative, the major must be universal.

If the minor is affirmative, the

conclusion is particular.

13. Match List-I (Proposition) with List-II

(Relation) and select the correct answer

using the code given below :

List I

A. O and A

B. A and I

C. E and A

List II

1. Contradictory

2. Contrary

3. Sub-contrary

Codes:

A B C

a. 1 3 2

b. 3 2 1

c. 1 2 3

d. 3 1 2




14. The position of the middle term in the

Fourth Figure is

a. Predicate of the major and subject of

the minor

b. Subject of the major and predicate of

the minor

c. Subject of both the premises

d. Predicate of both the premises

15. '(A . B) ⊃ C' is equivalent to

a. ~ A∨ (~ B∨ C)

b. A∨ (~ B∨ C)

c. ~ A∨ (B∨ C)

d. ~ A∨ ~ (B∨ C)

16. Which one of the following does not hold?
a. The connective V dn be expressed
using only ~ & ≡
b. The connective ⊃ doesn’t be expressed
using only ~ & ⊃
c. The connective ⊃ cannot be expressed
using only ~ & ≡
d. The connective V cannot be expressed
using only ≡ & ⊃
17. A: P ⊃ (~ P.Q) ⊃~ Q)
B:~ (P ≡ Q) ⊃ (P ∨ ~ Q)
Which one of the following alternatives
correctly states whether the above are
tautologies, contradictions, or contingent?
a. A is a tautology while B is a
contradiction
b. A is contingent while B is a tautology
c. Both A and B are contingent
d. A is a tautology while B is contingent
18. Which one of the following forms is
logically equivalent?
a. (p ⊃ q) ≡ (~ q ⊃~ p)
b. (p ⊃ q) ≡ (~ p ⊃~ q)
c. (p ⊃ q) ≡ (~ p ∨ q)
d. (p ≡ q) ≡ (~ p ⊃~ q)
19. The complete truth-table for the
statement '[{(p ∨ (Q.R)} ≡ (S.T)' will have
a. 16 rows
b. 32 rows
c. 42 rows
d. 64 rows
20. Which of the following statements are true
of rules of replacement?
1. If A is derived by a rule a replacement
from B then B can also be derived
from A by it.

2. If A and B are equivalent then either of
them can be replaced by the other with
the help of a rule of replacement.
3. The rule of replacement can be applied
either to a whole statement or to a part
of it.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
21. Which one of the following statements is
correct?
The judgements of normative sciences
have
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a. axiological nature
b. factual nature
c. analytical nature
d. dialectical nature
22. Which of the following philosophers
accept the fact-value dichotomy?
1. Hume
2. Hegel
3. Hare
4. Moore
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 1, 3 and 4
23. Which one of the following statements is
correct?
The similarity between ‘A is a good man’
and ‘C is a good motor car’ is explained by
saying that both are
a. factual statements
b. moral value judgements
c. value judgements
d. non-moral value judgements
24. The distinction betwen fact and value is
drawn by
a. Mill
b. Mill and Kant
c. Kant, Mill and Hare
d. Kant, Moore and Hare
25. In an ethical theory the good is defined
independently of the right and then the
right is defined as that which maximises
the good. What kind of ethical theory is
this?
a. Deontological
b. Teleological
c. Intuitionistic
d. Hedonistic
26. Ethics of the Gita can best be described as
an instance of
a. Act-deontology
b. Rule-utilitarianism
c. Rule-deontology
d. Act-utilitarianism
27. Match List-I (Theory) with List-II
(School) and select the correct answer
using the code given below :
List I
A. Only Dharma is real
B. Only Dharmi is real
C. Both Dharma & Dharmi are real
D. Neither Dharma nor Dharmi is real
List II
1. Nyaya-Vais’esika
2. Sautrantika
3. Madhyamika
4. Advaita Vedanta
Codes:
A B C D
a. 2 4 1 3
b. 1 3 2 4
c. 2 1 3 4
d. 1 3 4 2
28. Which one of the following is correct
about act-utilita- rianism?
a. It is based on hedonistic calculus
b. Pleasure is desirable because it is
desired
c. One ought to tell what is right by
appealing directly to considerations of
utility.
d. For deciding rightness or wrongness in
a particular situation one is to refer to
the prevalent rules.
29. Which of the following statements defines
‘Psycho- logical Hedonism’?
1. One ought to seek one’s own pleasure.
2. Greatest happiness of greatest number
is good.
3. Everyone seeks one’s own pleasure.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 3 only
30. The theory which holds that rightness or
wrongness of every particular action is
judged by applying to it the principle of
‘the greatest happiness of the greatest
number’ is called
a. Hedonistic act-utilitarianism
b. Ideal act-utilitarianism
c. Hedonistic rule-utilitarianism
d. Ideal rule-utilitaria
31. Match List-I (Theory) with List-II
(School/system) and select the correct
answer using the code given below :
List I
A. Arambhavada
B. Parinamavada
C. Vivartavada
List II
1. Samkhya
2. Advaita Vedanta
3. Nyaya-Vaisesika
Codes:
A B C
a. 3 2 1
b. 1 2 3
c. 3 1 2
d. 1 3 2
32. Consider the following statements about
the philosophy of Ramanuja :
1. Brahman is the Antaryamin or
regulator of the universe from within
2. The soul is eternal but infinitely small.
3. Liberationis the soul’s becoming
identical with Brahman.
4. Creation is not a real act of Brahman.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 3
c. 3 only
d. 4 only
33. Consider the linguistic fact that certain
objects are called ‘cats’. And these objects
are called ‘cats’ because
1. These objects are cats
2. These objects sem to be cats
3. These objects are not dogs
4. These objects are called ‘cats’
Which of the statements given above are
consistent with the realist view of
universals?
a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 4
c. 2 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
34. Consider the following statements : Plato’s
chief concern with universals was in the
context of
1. physical and chemical properties of
individuals.
2. moral properties and mathematical
entities.
3. art and science
4. politics and law
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 3 and 4
b. 1 and 4
c. 3 only
d. 2 only
35. When I conceive of a triangle, I have the
image of a particular triangle in my mind.
And when I talk about triangles in general,
I use the image of that particular triangle
to represent any triangle.
Who held the above view regarding
universals?
a. Locke
b. Berkeley
c. Aristotle
d. Plato
36. Consider the following statements :
1. Samanyas or universals are distinct
ontological entities.
2. Samanya subsists, but it can be
apprehended not be itself but only
through a visesa or particular
3. There is a gradation among samanyas,
ranging from the highest universal, i.e.
satta or Being to the lowest like
suklatva (whiteness)
4. Samanya is not objective but
subjective in nature
Which of the statements given above is/are
not correct according to the Nyaya-
Vais’esika
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 4
c. 3 only
d. 4 only
37. Consider the following statements :
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1. A valid standard form categorical
syllogism must contain exactly three
terms.
2. In a valid standard from categorical
syllogism, the middle term must be
distributed in the conclusion
3. A standard form categorical syllogism
having two negative premises is valid.
4. The fallacy of illicit major is
committed if the syllogism contains its
major term undistributed.
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 4
38. Which one of the following is the correct
meaning of ‘Cow’ according to the Apoha
theory?
a. ‘Cow’ means some particular cow
b. ‘Cow’ means the universal quality of
cow
c. ‘Cow’ means all the existing cows
d. ‘Cow’ means ‘not now-cow’
39. Match List-I (Theory) with List-II
(School) and select the correct answer
using the code given below :
List I
A. Materialism
B. Soul is a symbol for five skandhas
C. Knowledge is an accidental
D. Soul is pure consciousness
List II
1. Vaisesika
2. Carvaka
3. Adavaita Vedanta
4. Buddhism
Codes:
A B C D
a. 4 3 2 1
b. 2 1 3 4
c. 4 2 3 1
d. 2 4 1 3
40. Nyaya and Buddhism agree in believing
that
a. Knowledge is intrinsically invalid and
extrinsically valid
b. Knowledge is intrinsically valid and
extrinsically invalid
c. Knowledge is extrinsically valid
d. Knowledge is extrinsically valid and
intrinsically neither
41. If a person says that he is perceiving a
fragrant rose, his perception, according to
Nyaya, is
a. An ordinary sensory perception
b. An extra-ordinary jnanalaksana
perception
c. An extra-ordinary samanya laksana
perception
d. An extra-ordinary yogaja perception
42. Match List-I (Theory) with List-II
(School) and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the lists :
List I
A. Dualism
B. Vijanana is unreal
C. Outer objects are inferred but
momentary
D. Idealism
List II
1. Madhyamika
2. Vaibhasikas
3. Yogacara
4. Sautantrikas
Codes:
A B C D
a. 2 1 4 3
b. 4 3 2 1
c. 2 1 3 4
d. 4 2 1 2
43. Which system accepted Non-apprehension
(Anupalabdhi) as a separate source of
knowledge?
a. Nyaya-Vaisesika
b. Buddhism
c. Advaita Vedanta
d. Carvaka
44. Which one of the following statements is
correct according to Ramanuja?
a. Prama is indeterminate knowledge
b. Prama is determinate knowledge
c. Prama is both determinate and
indeterminate knowledge
d. Prama is neither determinate nor
indeteminate knowledge
45. Consider the following remark : “What
makes the belief that some women remain
unmarried true is that the believer is
successful, quite consistently, in meeting
with some women whomever marry.” The
above remark reflects which one of the
following theories of truth?
a. Pragmatic theory
b. Coherence theory
c. Correspondence theory
d. Self-evidence theory

46. Consistency or inconsitency is the mark of
truth and error. This view is maintained by
a. Correspondence theory of truth
b. Pragmatic theory of truth
c. Self-evidence theory of truth
d. Coherence theory of truth
47. Which one of the following is not correct
according to Stevenson’s ethical theory?
a. Moral terms have a magnetism.
b. The scientific method of verification is
not sufficient for ethics.
c. Ethical disputes involve both
disagreement unbelief and
disagreement in attitude.
d. An agreement in belief can never settle
an ethical dispute.
48. ‘Svadharma’ in Gita means
a. Samanya dharma
b. Yug dharma
c. Varna dharma
d. Raj dharma
49. Which one of the following correctly
describes Nirvana?
a. Extinction of existence
b. Extinction of desires
c. Attainment of perfect peace
d. Extinction of misery through stopping
of rebirth
50. Consider the following :
1. Unanxious in sorrows
2. No desire for happiness
3. No attachment for worldly things
4. Without fear and anger
Which of the above are marks of
Sthitaprajana?
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4
b. 1 and 2
c. 3 and 4
d. 1 and 4
51. Consider the following statements :
1. Liberation is the expulsion of master
from the soul
2. Liberation means cessation of both
matter and soul.
3. Liberation means cessation of
bondage.
4. Liberation consists in the knowledge of
the world.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct according to Jainism?
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 1 and 3
d. 2, 3 and 4
52. Assertion (A) : That there could exist a
tree apart from, and independent of mind
is inconceivable.
Reason (R) : Trying to conceive a tree
existing unperceived would require
bringing the tree in question into relation
with the perceiving of it.
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
53. Assertion (A) : According to Buddhism,
there is no unconditional relation between
cause and effect.
Reason (R) : The soul is compound of five
elements.
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
54. Assertion (A) : Thomas Acquinas
maintained that humans are a union of
both immaterial soul and material body.
Reason (R) : The angles requested God to
make humans in this way.
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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
55. Assertion (A) : A corresponding statement
form of an invalid argument form is
always contradictory.
Reason (R) : A false consequence with a
true antecedent is always false.
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
56. Assertion (A) : According to Spinoza, God
is indeterminate.
Reason (R) : Every determination is
negation.
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
57. Assertion (A) : According to St.
Augustine, God’s creation of the world is a
continuous creation.
Reason (R) : Unless sustained
continuously by God, the world will
dissolve.
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
58. Assertion (A) : According to Spinoza,
there can be only one substance.
Reason (R) : If there were more than one
substance, they would take away their self
sufficiency.
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
59. Assertion (A) : No finite object or mind is
a direct effect of the substance of God.
Reason (R) : Each finite thing has its
efficient cause in some other finite thing.
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
60. Assertion (A) : Ethical judgements cannot
be rationally resolved.
Reason (R) : Ethical judgements express
emotions.
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

61. Consider the following statements
regarding why God is only apprehended
and never comprehended :
1. Human apprehension is inferior to
divine comprehension.
2. Humans do not possess the infinite
mode necessary for comprehending
God.
3. God’s essence is identical to its
existence.
4. God alone can comphehand God.
Which one of the statements given above
are true of Aquinas?
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 2 and 4
d. 3 and 4
62. Which one of the following is the most
important reason for Berkeley’s Idealism?
a. Nominalistic attitude
b. Solipsistic attitude
c. Faith in God
d. Logical consequences of Locke’s
distinction between primary and
secondary qualities
63. Which one of the following philosphers
was most antagonistic to the distinction
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between primary and secondary qualities
of a substance?
a. Descartes
b. Spinoza
c. Berkeley
d. Locke
64. Which one of the following is related to
“Secondary qualities” according to Locke?
a. Inseparable qualities of bodies
b. Adventitious qualities of bodies
c. Ideas produced in the mind bodies
d. Some powers of bodies to produce
ideas
65. Match List-I (Theory) with List-II
(School) and select the correct answer
using the code given below :
List I
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Descartes
D. Spinoza
List II
1. God is one substance and has infinite
attributes
2. Substance is an eternal archetype
3. Substance is the compound of
universal and particular
4. God is an absolute substance; mind
and matter are relative substances
Codes:
A B C D
a. 3 1 2 4
b. 2 3 1 4
c. 3 2 1 4
d. 2 3 4 1
66. Consider the following statements :
a. A material substance (or body) is the
substratum of material qualities.
b. A spiritual substance (or mind) is the
substratum of mental qualities.
c. A material substance is known through
sense experience.
d.
67. Which of the statements given above are
true of Locke?
1. A material substance (or body) is the
substratum of material qualities
2. A spiritual substance (or mind) is the
substratum of mental qualities
3. A material substance is known through
sense experience.
Which of the statements given above are
true of Locke?
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
68. Consider the following statements
according to the Nyaya-Vaisesika
philosophy :
1. Quality (guna) is the cause of relation
and division of objects.
2. Quality resides in substance.
3. Quality has no quality
4. Quality is passive
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 4
d. 2, 3 and 4
69. Which one of the following is an instance
of atyantabhava according to the Nyaya-
Vaisesika?
a. Non-existence of cloth in pot
b. Non-existence of form in air
c. Non-existence of pot after its
destruction
d. Non-existence of pot before its
production
70. Which one of the following statement is
not true of Spinoza?
a. The causal-natural order of reality is
contingent.
b. The rational-intelligible order of reality
is necessary.
c. The causal-natural order parallels the
rational- intelligible order.
d. Both causal-natural order the rationalintelligible
order have one and same
ultimate source.
71. According to Buddhism the doctrine of
‘pudgalan- airetmya’ means
a. the affirmation of only an eternal
spiritual substance and denial of the
material
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b. the denial of an eternal substance,
spiritual as well as material
c. the affirmation of the material
substance and denial of the spiritual
d. the affirmation of an ultimate reality
beyond both matter a spirit
72. Consider the following statements :
1. God created the world out of pure
matter.
2. Before God created the world there
was neither time nor space.
3. Man’s body is the prison house of the
soul.
4. Evil is indispensable to the goodness
of the world.
Which of the statements given above
was/were acceptable to St. Augustine?
a. 1 only
b. 2 and 4
c. 1 and 3
d. 3 only
73. Consider the following statements :
1. Substance is not absolute independent
being
2. Substance is self-caused
3. Substance is a person
4. Substance acts according to conscious
purpose.
Which of the statement(s) given below
correctly describe(s) substance according
to Spinoza?
a. 1 and 4
b. 2 only
c. 3 and 4
d. 1 and 3
74. “The argument that the idea of God as the
idea of a perfect, infinite being must have
been placed, in me by an infinite being, or
God, and hence God msut exist” is
a. an ontological proof advocated by
Anselm
b. not an ontological proof but advoctated
by Anselm
c. an ontological proof advocated by
Descartes
d. not an ontological proof but advocated
by Descartes
75. Consider the following statements :
1. The soul is united to all the portions of
the body conjointly.
2. Passions of the should are caused by
the soul itself.
3. The seat of the passions of the soul is
in the brain
4. A small gland in the brain is the main
seat of the soul.
Which of the statements given above are
correct according to Descartes?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 4

76. Which of the following statements are
acceptable to the Naiyayikas?
1. The existence of the soul is inferred
from cognition, aversion, volition etc.
2. The existence of soul is to be admitted
as the substratum of consciousness.
3. Consciousness is the essence of soul.
4. If there were no permanent of soul,
recognition and recollection would be
inexplicable.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
a. 3 and 4
b. 1, 2 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 1 and 2
77. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
a. Pratityasamutpada : Jainism
b. Asatkaryavada : Nyaya-Vaisesika
c. Satkaryavada : Samkhya system
d. Vivartavada : Shankara Vedanta
78. Which one of the following statements is
true for the theory of syllogism?
a. O cannot be the major in the second
Figure
b. O can be the minor in the Third Figure.
c. O can be premise in the First Figure
d. O can be a premise in the Fourth
Figure
79. Consider the following syllogism?
All poets are educated All judges are
educated
So all judges are poets
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Which one of the following sets is correct
for this syllogism?
a. Mood AAA Figure I
b. Mood AAA Figure II
c. Mood AAA Figure III
d. Mood AAA Figure IV
80. Which of the following laws of the theory
of the Square of Opposition survive when
A, E, I and O categorical propositions are
interpreted without existential
presuppositions?
a. Contrariety
b. Sub-contrariety
c. Contradiction
d. Subalternation
81. Consider the following statements :
A : No pens are pencils.
B : Some pens are not pencils
Let C and D be converse statements of A
and B, respectively. Then when one of the
following holds?
a. C follows from A and D follows from
B
b. C does not follow from A but D
follows from B
c. C follows from A but D does not
follows from B
d. Neither C follows from A nor D
follows from B
82. Match List-I (Statement) with List-II
(Type of Proposition) and select the
correct answer using the code given
below:
List I
A. Mahatma Gandhi is the Father of the
Nation
B. Members of Gandhi family are Prime
Minister of India
C. Martyrodom is rewarded
List II
1. Indefinite proposition
2. Universal affirmative proposition
3. Particular affirmative proposition
Codes
A B C
a. 2 1 3
b. 1 3 2
c. 2 3 1
d. 1 2 3
83. Which one of the following characterises
the soundness of a deductive argument?
a. It is valid and its conclusion is true
b. It is valid and at least one of its
premises is true
c. It is valid and all its premises are true
d. It need not be valid but all its premises
as well as the conclusion are true
84. Consider the following :
1. ask what assignment of truth values is
required to make the conclusion false.
2. assign truth value “true” to all the
premises
3. if the truth value “true” is assigned to
all the premises and “false” is assigned
to the conclusion the argument is
proved to be invalid.
4. test whether the argument is invalid.
The correct sequence of the above for the
proof of invalidity of an argument is
a. 2, 1, 4, 3
b. 4, 1, 2, 3
c. 4, 3, 2, 1
d. 1, 2, 3, 4
85. Match List-I (Statement) with List-II
(Type of Proposition) and select the
correct answer using the code given
below:
List I
A. Knowledge is the accidental quality of
self
B. Knowledge is the necessary quality of
self
C. Knowledge is the nature of self
D. Knowledge is the action of self
List II
1. Nyaya
2. Visistadvaita
3. Advaita Vedanta
4. Mimamsa
Codes:
A B C D
a. 1 2 3 4
b. 3 1 4 2
c. 1 2 4 3
d. 3 4 2 1
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86. Assuming that “No philosophers are
pessimists” is true, what is guaranteed
regarding the truth of the following
statements?
A. Some non-pessimists are not nonphilosophers.
B. Some pessimists are philosophers
C. Some passimists are not
philosophers.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
a. A–true, B–not determined, C–false
b. A—true, B–false, C-not determined
c. A–false, B–not determined, C–true
d. A–not determined, B–true, C–false
87. Correspondence theory of truth implies
that
a. A proposition is true if it corresponds
with a fact
b. One proposition is consistent with
another proposition
c. A proposition and its negation are true
d. A proposition works in practical affairs
88. Match List-I (Concept) with List-II
(Thinker) and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists :
List I
A. Mind having thought & matter having
extension are fully independent of each
other
B. Attributes is “that which the intellect
perceives as constituting the essence of
the substance”
C. The relation of interaction is
impossible between the soul and the
body
List II
1. Leibnitz
2. Descartes
3. Spinoza
Codes:
A B C
a. 2 1 3
b. 1 3 2
c. 2 3 1
d. 1 2 3
89. Emotive theory of ethics is acceptable to
a. Behaviourists
b. Logical Positivists
c. Existentialists
d. Rationalists
90. Which of the following statements are
acceptable according to Samkaracarya?
1. The world that we know is
phenomenal.
2. Jiva is the object of self-consciousness.
3. Jiva and Saksin are not identical
4. Maya, by its positive effect, conceals
the real nature of Brahman.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
a. 3 and 4
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 2
d. 1, 2 and 3

91. Shankara has criticised the Nyaya Theory

of God on the basis of which of the

following :

1. Logic

2. Metaphysics

3. Epistemology

Select the correct answer using the code

given below:

a. 1 and 3

b. 2 and 3

c. 1 and 2

d. 1, 2 and 3

92. Which one of the following is true in

Aristotelian Philosophy?

a. Matter is the principle of potentiality

and form is the principle of actuality

b. Matter is the principle of actuality and

form is the principle of potentiality

c. Both matter and form are principles of

potentiality

d. Both matter and form are principles of

actuality

93. Which one of the following is the meaning

of “Tabula rasa”?

a. clear and distinct idea

b. innate idea

c. blank state

d. ideas drawn from experiences

94. Consider the following statements :

1. Ethical judgements are analytic.

2. Ethical judgements are synthetic

3. Ethical judgements are neither analytic

nor synthetic

Which of the statements given above is/are

acceptable to Emotivism?

a. 1 only

b. 2 and 3

c. 2 only

d. 3 only

95. In his analysis of ethical judgements, Hare

emphasises upon :

1. Guiding

2. Commending

3. Exhorting

4. Commanding

Select the correct answer using the code

given below:

a. 1 and 2

b. 3 and 4

c. 1, 2 and 4

d. 1, 2 and 3

96. Who among the following believed that

the substance is the unknown support of

the known qualities?

a. Nyaya

b. Buddhism

c. Locke

d. Berkeley

97. Which one of the following pairs is not

correctly matched?

a. Ethical judgements are social :

Stevenson judgements

b. Value judgements are exclamations:

Ayer

c. ‘Good’ means desired by me :Hobbes

d. ‘Good’ means approved by me :Hume

98. Which one of the following is correct with

regard to Descriptivism?

a. It is a meta-ethical theory

b. It is a cognitive meta-ethical theory

c. It is a non-cognitive meta-ethical

theory

d. It gives factual descriptions of moral

expressions

99. According to Kant, which one of the

following statements is correct?

a. Moral agency implies freedom of the

will.

b. Moral agency presupposes freedom of

the will.

c. Moral agency is logically independent

of freedom of the will.

d. Moral agency is possible in the

absence of freedom of the will.

100. Which one of the following statements is

correct? One who holds that freedom of

will and causal determinism are

reconcilable is

a. a fatalist

b. an indeterminist

c. a compatibilist

d. a libertarian

101. Which one of the following statements is

correct? According to Kant, committing

suicide is wrong because

a. it is contrary to the provisions of God

who gives life.

b. it is contrary to the provisions of the

court which protects life.

c. it is contrary to the provisions of

tradeing humanity as an end.

d. it is contrary to the provisions of social

norms.

102. Which one of the following are necessary

postulates of morality according to Kant?

1. Immortality of the soul

2. Humanity as an end

3. Existence of God

4. To act out of reverence for the law

Select the correct answer using the code

given below

a. 1 and 2

b. 2 and 3

c. 1 and 3

d. 1 and 4

103. “Duty is the necessity to act out of

reverence for the Law”. The word ‘Law’

as used in this definition means

a. Social code

b. Divine law

c. Moral law

d. The legal system

104. Which one of the following is not

acceptable to Mill?

a. Pleasure alone is desirable as an end’.

b. Some pleasures are qualitatively

superior to other pleasures.

c. Things other than pleasure are also

desired by men.

d. The judgement about the qualitative

superiority of pleasures is not based

upon a collective decision, but upon

individual alone.

105. Which one of the following is not correct

according to Bentham?

a. Pleasures can be measured and

compared in quantitative terms

b. The inner light of conscience has no

role in morality.

c. Conventional moralrules can be broken

in view of long range consequences.

d. There are self-evident natural rights.



106. Which of the following are associated with
the calculus of pleasure?
1. Certainty, propinquity
2. Facundity, purity
3. Quality, temperance
4. Intensity, duration
Select the correct answer by using the code
given below:
a. 1 and 3
b. 2 and 3
c. 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 4
107. ‘Paradox of Hedonism’ means
a. Pleasures have contradictory
characteristics
b. The more one runs after pleasure, the
more it eludes him
c. Seeking one’s own happiness conflicts
with seeking the happiness of others
d. Pleasures differ both in quality and in
quantity
108. The absence of a relation between two
things in the past, the present and the
future is known as
a. Pragabhava
b. Pradhvamsabhava
c. Atyantabhava
d. Anyonyabhava
109. The atoms of Five elements are eternal,
because
a. They consist of smallest parts
b. They are produced out of some
elemental things
c. They are partless and without
origination
d. They are spiritual entities
110. Akasa, according to the Nyaya-Vaisesika,
is the substratum of the quality of
a. Taste
b. Sound
c. Smell
d. Colour
111. The statements that “God has not created
evil, but has permitted evil” reflects
a. Freedom of God
b. Freedom of Nature
c. Freedom of Society
d. Freedom of Self
112. Match List-I (Doctrine) with List-II
(Thinkers) and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists :
List I
A. There are only particulars
B. There are universals over and above
particulars
C. Both universals and particulars are real
D. Universals are imaginary
List II
1. Buddhists
2. Nominalists
3. Realists
4. Nyaya
Codes:
A B C D
a. 3 4 2 1
b. 2 3 4 1
c. 3 1 2 4
d. 2 4 3 1
113. Match List-I (Name of the Philosopher)
with List-II (The Theory Regarding the
Relation Between Mind and Body) and
select the correct answer using the code
given below the Lists :
List-I
A. Descartes
B. Spinoza
C. Leibnitz
List-II
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1. Parallelism
2. Pre-established harmony
3. Interactionism
Codes:
A B C
a. 3 1 2
b. 1 2 3
c. 3 2 1
d. 1 3 2
114. Which one of the following is not correct
according to the eight-fold path of
Buddhism?
a. Samyag drsti, Samyag sankalpa,
Samyag karmanta, Samyag-ajiva
b. Samyag drsti, Samyag vyayama,
Samyag smrti, Samyag Samadhi
c. Samyag karmanta, Samyag-ajiva,
Samyag samskara, Smyag bhavana
d. Samyag drsti, Samyag karmanta,
Samyag smrti, Samyag samadhi.
115. Consider the following associated with
Jainism :
The soul in its intrinsic nature possesses
1. infinite faith, infinite knowledge
2. infinite dharma and Adharma
3. infinite bliss, infinite power
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
116. Consider the following statements :
1. Monads are the true atoms.
2. Monads are indivisble and immortal.
3. Monads have no windows.
4. Monads depend on others for their
existence.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 3
117. Consider the case that my body undergoes
tissue- damage and I experience painfeeling.
Now examine the following
statements describing the relation between
the event of tissue-damage and the event
of pain-feeling :
1. Whenever pain-feeling occurs in me, it
is invariably due to tissue-damage in
my body.
2. The occurrence of tissue-damage is a
modification under the attribute of
extension.
3. The occurrence of pain-feeling is a
modification under the attribute of
thought.
4. Tissue-damage and pain-feeling are
two aspects of one and the same
underlying reality.
Which of the statements given above are
true of Spinoza’s position on mind-body
relation?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 3 and 4
c. 2, 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 4
118. Which one of the following statements
would not be accetable to Descartes?
a. I am merely present in my body as a
sailor is present in a ship.
b. I am not merely present in my body as
a sailor is present in a ship.
c. I am very closely joined to my body
and intermingled with it
d. I and my body form a unit.
119. Consider the following statements :
1. Error is only non-apprehension
2. Error is only misapprehension
3. Error is not only non-apprehension but
also misapprehension
Which of the statements given above
was/were acceptable to Prabhakara?
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
120. Which one of the following statements
regarding the Pragmatic theory of truth is
not correct?
a. Truth is fidelity to objective reality
b. Truth is revealed by its usefulness
c. Truth happens to an idea
d. Truth is what works well in practice.