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PHILOSOPHY
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two
(2) marks. Attempt all the questions.

1. The first man who made a map of
the earth is
(A) Thales
(B) Anaximander
(C) Heracliturs
(D) Anaximenes
2. To whom the things in the world are
in order and reduced to numbers ?
(A) Thales
(B) Anaximander
(C) Heracliturs
(D) Pythagoras
3. Socrates did not advocate that
(A) Right thinking leads to right
action.
(B) No man is voluntarily bad or
voluntarily good.
(C) Doubt implies a doubter.
(D) An un-examined life is not
worth-living.
4. Plato did not propose that
(A) Ideas have independent
existence.
(B) Ideas are real.
(C) Ideas are the copies of things.
(D) Ideas are numberless.
5. Which of the following is not
advocated by Aristotle ?
(A) Virtue is a state of character
(B) To know what is virtue is to be
virtuous
(C) Virtue lies in a mean
(D) Virtue must be combined with
practical wisdom.
6. Who first propounded the
ontological argument for the
existence of God ?
(A) St. Augustine
(B) St. Anselm
(C) Thomas Aquinas
(D) Rene Descartes
7. Which one of the following is not
acceptable to Thomas Aquinas ?
(A) Causal regress cannot be
infinite.
(B) A perfect being is the source of
various perfections in the
world.
(C) The existence of God is a selfevident
truth for man.
(D) The source of contingent
things must lie in a necessary
being.

8. “In the nature of things nothing
contingent is admitted, but all things
are determined by the necessity of
divine nature to exist and act in a
certain way,” is the view of
(A) Descartes
(B) Spinoza
(C) St. Augustine
(D) Thomas Aquinas
9. Who among the following advocates
that in every true proposition the
predicate is contained in the subject ?
(A) Descartes
(B) Kant
(C) Hume
(D) Leibnitz
10. Which of the following is not
acceptable to Berkeley ?
(A) We have an idea of self.
(B) We have an idea of God.
(C) We have ideas of sensible
qualities.
(D) We have ideas of pain and
pleasure.
11. Which of the following statements is
not true ?
(A) According to Descartes, there
is pre-established harmony.
(B) Berkeley advocates
immaterialism.
(C) According to Hume,
impressions are atomic.
(D) Kant was roused from his
dogmatic slumber by Hume.
12. Who among the following thinkers
makes use of the principle ‘there
must be at least as much reality in
the efficient and total cause as in the
effect of that cause,’ in his proofs for
the existence of God ?
(A) Leibnitz
(B) Spinoza
(C) Aquinas
(D) Descartes
13. According to Berkeley, ‘esse est
percipi’ means
(A) Existence is one of the basic
qualities of perception.
(B) Existence is an inference from
the fact of perception.
(C) Existence is different from
perception.
(D) Existence consists in
perception.
14. Which among the following are
necessary presuppositions of the
possibility of objective knowledge
according to Kant ?
1. Synthetic a priori Judgement.
2. Space and time
3. Categories of understanding
4. Transcendental unity of
apperception
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2, 3 and 4
(D) All the above

15. Match the items under List – I with
the items under List – II and find out
the correct answer.
List – I
(Books)
List – II
(Authors)
I An Essay
Concerning
Human
Understanding
1. Russell
II. The Principles
of Human
Knowledge
2. Locke
III. Ethics 3. Berkeley
IV. An Inquiry into
Meaning and
Truth
4. Spinoza
Codes :
I II III IV
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 1 2 3
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 2 3 4 1
16. Who says that mind in the beginning
is a ‘tabula rasa’, a ‘dark chamber’,
or an ‘empty cabinet’ ?
(A) Locke
(B) Berkeley
(C) Hume
(D) Russell
17. According to Hume, the belief that
similar causes must give rise to
similar effects is based on
(A) Reason
(B) Intuition
(C) Induction
(D) Custom
18. Who among the following thinkers
maintains that the truth of an idea is
not a stagnant property inherent in it ?
(A) Russell
(B) William James
(C) Ayer
(D) Moore
19. Which of the following is not
acceptable to Locke ?
(A) Self is known through intuition.
(B) God’s existence is a case of
demonstrative knowledge.
(C) Objects in the external world
have independent existence.
(D) In perception mind has direct
access to the objects in the
external world.
20. “Metaphysics exists, if not as a
science, as natural disposition of
man” is the view of
(A) Hume
(B) Kant
(C) Ayer
(D) Russell

21. Who among the following thinkers
maintains that meaning of a
statement consists in the method of
its verification ?
(A) Russell
(B) Schlick
(C) Ayer
(D) Moore
22. According to Russell, which of the
following propositions is not truth- functional ?
(A) The table is blue, but the book
is red.
(B) Either the table is blue, or the
book is red.
(C) If the table is blue, then the
book is red.
(D) I believe that the table is blue.
23. ‘The whole consisting of language
and the actions into which it is
woven’ is called by Wittgenstein.
(A) Form of life
(B) Language game
(C) Family resemblance
(D) Ostensive definition
24. According to Ryle, Descarte’s mind- body dualism suffers from
(A) Contradiction
(B) Ambiguity
(C) Category mistake
(D) Pictorial thinking
25. According to Wittgenstein,
philosophical problems arise because
of :
1. Craving for generality
2. Essentialism
3. Pictures embedded in
language.
4. Surface grammar
Codes :
(A) 1 only
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
26. Samhita consists of
(A) Mantras
(B) _________ Brahma as
(C) ________ Upani ads
(D) All of the above
27. In the turiya state, Atman is
(A) Conscious
(B) Unconscious
(C) Subconscious
(D) Non-dual
28. In Jainism, the following lacks
Kayatva (magnitude) :
(A) Dharma
(B) Adharma
(C) Kala
(D) Pudgala

29. Vijñanavada stands for
(A) Subjective Idealism
(B) Objective idealism
(C) Absolute idealism
(D) Realism
30. According to ________ Vaise ika, ‘humanity’
in human beings is due to
(A) Particularity
(B) Inherence
(C) Coherence
(D) Generality
31. According to Sa khya, the first
evolute is
(A) Mahabhuta
(B) Tanmatras
(C) Mahat
(D) Aha kara
32. According to whom “Yoga is the
cessation of the modification of
Citta” ?
(A) Patanjali
(B) Vijñanabhik u
(C) Isvarak na
(D) Vasubandhu
33. The unique feature of Pravakara
Mima sa is
(A) Jñatatavada
(B) Pratityasamutpadavada
(C) _________________ Triputipratyak avada
(D) Anekantavada
34. _______ Nirgu a Brahman is the ultimate
truth according to
(A) Ramanuja
(B) Madhva
(C) Sa kara
(D) Nimbarka
35. For Ramanuja, liberation is to attain
(A) Samipya
(B) Sannidhya
(C) Sayujya
(D) Salokya
36. Match items under List – I with
items under List – II and select the
correct answer :
List – I
(Doctrine)
List – II
(Propounder)
I Triratna 1. Sa kara
II. Jivanmukti 2. Ramanuja
III. Astangamarga 3. Buddha
IV. ___________ Ap thaksiddhi 4. Mahavira
Codes :
I II III IV
(A) 4 1 3 2
(B) 1 4 2 3
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 3 4 1 2

37. Match items under List – I with
items under List – II and select the
correct answer :
List – I
(Doctrine)
List – II
(System)
I. _________________ Prak tipari amavada 1. Advaita
Vedanta
II. Vivartavada 2. Sa khya
III. Svabhavavada 3. Visi tadv- aita
IV. _________________ Brahmanpa i amavada 4. Carvaka
Codes :
I II III IV
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 4 1 2 3
38. Consider the following statements :
1. Souls are bound on account of
their ignorance.
2. The soul as to remove its
karmic obstacles.
3. Knowledge is the immediate
cause of liberation.
Which of these statements are
correct according to Ramanuja ?
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 3
39. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Abhava is an
independent category in Nyaya-
Vaise ika.
Reason (R) : Abhava is
perceived by sense organs.
In the context of the above two
statements, which one of the
following is correct ?
(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.
40. Which one of the following
statements is not true ?
(A) Carvaka is a Satkaryavadin.
(B) Buddhism advocates
anattavada.
(C) Madhva accepts jivanmukti.
(D) Sainkara advocates mayavada.
41. The concept of Manav devata is
advanced by
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Sri Aurobindo
(D) B.R. Ambedkar
42. According to whom “Man is the
architect of his own destiny.” ?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) J. Krishnamurti
(C) Tagore
(D) Gandhi

43. “All wealth belongs to God, and
those who hold it are trustees, not
possessors.” Who said it ?
(A) Ambedkar
(B) Gandhi
(C) Tagore
(D) None of the above
44. The champion of ‘integral yoga’ is
(A) J. Krishnamurti
(B) Vivekananda
(C) M.N. Roy
(D) Sri Aurobindo
45. An Idealist View of Life is written
by
(A) Radhakrishnan
(B) J. Krishnamurti
(C) Tagore
(D) K.C. Bhattacarya
46. Match items under List – I with
items under List – II and select the
correct answer :
List – I
(Author)
List – II
(Works)
I Sri Aurobindo 1. Secrets of
the Self
II. Tagore 2. Absolute and
the alternative
Forms
III. K.C. Bhattacarya 3. Sadhana
IV. Iqbal 4. Life Divine
Codes :
I II III IV
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 1 2 3 4
47. Iqbal believes that self is immortal,
because
(A) It takes birth and rebirth.
(B) It exists before taking birth in
human body.
(C) It survives death and is
immortal.
(D) It takes birth at a definite place
and time.
48. According to whom intuition is the
way of knowing Reality ?
(A) Krishnamurti
(B) K.C. Bhattacarya
(C) Radhakrishnan
(D) Iqbal
49. Which of the following are the three
mantras for Ambedkar ?
(A) Caste, Varna and Karma
(B) Karma, Destiny and Rebirth
(C) Educate, Organise and agitate
(D) None of the above
50. ‘Man-making Education’ is
advocated by
(A) Gandhi and Vivekananda
(B) Vivekananda and Sri
Aurobindo
(C) Gandhi and Ambedkar
(D) Vivekananda only

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I wanted to prepare for the University Grant Commission NET Examination ,and I opt the subject philosophy , can you get me the question paper of the philosophy subject ?

As you are preparing for the UGC Net Examination here I am giving you a basic overview of this examination . the
The National Eligibility Test is held by the University Grants Commission. twice every year, in the months of June and December,
for lectureship and JRF or Junior Research Fellowship.

the questions are from the following topics:
Vivekananda—practical vedanta, universal religion

Aurobindo—Evolution. mind and supermind, Integral yoga

Iqbal—Self, God, man and superman

Tagore—Religion of man, Ideas on education

K. C. Bhattacharyya—concept of philosophy. subject as freedom. the doctrine of maya

Radhakrishnan.Intellect and intuition. the Idealist view of life

J. Krishnamurti—Freedom from the known, analysis of self

Gandhi—Non-violence, styagraha,swaraj, critique of modern civilization

Ambedkar—Varna and the caste system. Neo-Buddhism

paper pattern:
There are two papers on the subject. Paper I is an objective type test, while paper II is a subjective test. here I am giving you the details of the The pattern of paper II.

the duration of the paper is 1 hour and 15 minutes.there are 50 questions of objective type and each carry 2 marks and the questions there is no negative marking in the Examination


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