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Delhi University Entrance Test (DUET) 2020 Previous Year Question Paper With Answer Key

DU MA Philosophy
Topic: PHIL MA S2
1) The central theme of Nyyastrastates:

[Question ID = 11113]
1. Antman /
[Option ID = 44446]
2. Dharma /
[Option ID = 44447]
3. tman /
[Option ID = 44448]
4. Karma /
[Option ID = 44449]
Correct Answer :
tman /
[Option ID = 44448]
2) The `six systems of Indian philosophy' known as `adarana' consist of:
` ' ` '
[Question ID = 11114]
1. Buddhism, Jainism, Nyya, Crvka, Vednta, Yoga / , , , ,
[Option ID = 44450]
2. Skhya, Yoga, Nyya, Vaieika, Mms, Vednta / , , , , ,
[Option ID = 44451]
3. Crvka, Yoga, Jainism, Mms, Skhya, Buddhism / , , , , ,
[Option ID = 44452]
4. Jainism, Crvka, Yoga, Nyya, Vednta, Mms / , , , , ,
[Option ID = 44453]
Correct Answer :
Skhya, Yoga, Nyya, Vaieika, Mms, Vednta / , , , , ,
[Option ID = 44451]
3) Aphorism "Yogah CittaVrttiNirodhah" belongs to which chapter of Yoga Sutra:

[Question ID = 11115]
1. Vibhuti Pada /
[Option ID = 44454]
2. Samadhi Pada /
[Option ID = 44455]
3. Sadhana Pada /
[Option ID = 44456]
4. Kaivalya Pada /
[Option ID = 44457]
Correct Answer :
Samadhi Pada /
[Option ID = 44455]
4) Who is considered the Aristotle of India?
....
[Question ID = 11116]

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1. Kanda / I [Option ID = 44458]
2. Udayana / [Option ID = 44459]
3. Gautama / [Option ID = 44460]
4. Sankara / [Option ID = 44461]
Correct Answer :
Gautama / [Option ID = 44460]
5) In Being and Nothingness, Sartre has proposed that life with others is:

[Question ID = 11117]
1. Always blissful /
[Option ID = 44462]
2. Always very cordial /
[Option ID = 44463]
3. Promotes my freedom /
[Option ID = 44464]
4. Restricts my freedom /
[Option ID = 44465]
Correct Answer :
Restricts my freedom /
[Option ID = 44465]
6) For MerleauPonty, phenomenology is the study of
... :
[Question ID = 11118]
1. History /
[Option ID = 44466]
2. Essences /
[Option ID = 44467]
3. The world /
[Option ID = 44468]
4. Others in my life /
[Option ID = 44469]
Correct Answer :
Essences /
[Option ID = 44467]
7) Which one of the following is not a kind of Abhava in Nyaya Philosophy?
?
[Question ID = 11119]
1. Anyonybhva / [Option ID = 44470]
2. Atyantbhva / [Option ID = 44471]
3. Prayogbhva / [Option ID = 44472]
4. Pragbhva / [Option ID = 44473]
Correct Answer :
Prayogbhva / [Option ID = 44472]
8) The phrase "Will to Believe" is associated with which philosopher?
"" ?
[Question ID = 11120]
1. Jean Paul Sartre / [Option ID = 44474]
2. William James / [Option ID = 44475]
3. Edmund Husserl / [Option ID = 44476]
4. A J Ayer / [Option ID = 44477]
Correct Answer :
William James / [Option ID = 44475]

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9) The Vienna Circle was closely associated with the
... .
[Question ID = 11121]
1. Existentialist movement / [Option ID = 44478]
2. The Idealists / [Option ID = 44479]
3. The Logical Positivists / [Option ID = 44480]
4. The Anarchist movement / [Option ID = 44481]
Correct Answer :
The Logical Positivists / [Option ID = 44480]
10) The two philosophers most closely associated with Logical Atomism were

[Question ID = 11122]
1. A J Ayer and Gottlob Frege / [Option ID = 44482]
2. Rudolf Carnap and Jean Paul Sartre / [Option ID = 44483]
3. Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein / [Option ID = 44484]
4. F Ramsey and Karl Jaspers / [Option ID = 44485]
Correct Answer :
Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein / [Option ID = 44484]
11) A fundamental tenet of logical atomism is that

[Question ID = 11123]
1. The world consists of atoms / [Option ID = 44486]
2. The world consists of facts / [Option ID = 44487]
3. The world consists of possibilities / [Option ID = 44488]
4. The world consists of arguments / [Option ID = 44489]
Correct Answer :
The world consists of facts / [Option ID = 44487]
12) According to Ayer meaning of a sentence consists in

[Question ID = 11124]
1. Description of actual verification / [Option ID = 44490]
2. Description of actual falsification / [Option ID = 44491]
3. Description of the possibility of verification / [Option ID = 44492]
4. Description of the possibility of verification or falsification / [Option ID = 44493]
Correct Answer :
Description of the possibility of verification or falsification / [Option ID = 44493]
13) Which of the following groups of philosophers consists solely of logical positivists?
(logical positivists) ?
[Question ID = 11125]
1. Kant, Hume, Ayer / , ,
[Option ID = 44494]
2. Ayer, Quine, Davidson / , ,
[Option ID = 44495]
3. Ayer, Carnap, Schlick / , ,
[Option ID = 44496]
4. Schlick, Carnap, Russell / , ,
[Option ID = 44497]
Correct Answer :
Ayer, Carnap, Schlick / , ,
[Option ID = 44496]
14) Which theory of punishment believes in giving penalty equivalent to the grievance caused by the culprit:
:
[Question ID = 11126]

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1. Preventive theory of punishment / [Option ID = 44498]
2. Retributive theory of punishment / [Option ID = 44499]
3. Reformative theory of punishment / [Option ID = 44500]
4. Deterrent theory of punishment / ( ) [Option ID = 44501]
Correct Answer :
Retributive theory of punishment / [Option ID = 44499]
15) The term used by Anaxagoras for the mind was:
:
[Question ID = 11127]
1. Eidos / [Option ID = 44502]
2. Doxa / [Option ID = 44503]
3. Logos / [Option ID = 44504]
4. Nous / [Option ID = 44505]
Correct Answer :
Nous / [Option ID = 44505]
16) One of the most popular Atomists in PreSocratic tradition is:
:
[Question ID = 11128]
1. Zeno / [Option ID = 44506]
2. Democritus / [Option ID = 44507]
3. Protagoras / [Option ID = 44508]
4. Anaximenes / [Option ID = 44509]
Correct Answer :
Democritus / [Option ID = 44507]
17) Rmnuja believes in

[Question ID = 11129]
1. Svagata Bheda / [Option ID = 44510]
2. Sajtya Bheda / [Option ID = 44511]
3. Vijtiya bheda / [Option ID = 44512]
4. Vigata bheda / [Option ID = 44513]
Correct Answer :
Svagata Bheda / [Option ID = 44510]
18) Vaisesika does not believe in

[Question ID = 11130]
1. Inference / [Option ID = 44514]
2. Upamna as independent pramana / [Option ID = 44515]
3. Dravya / [Option ID = 44516]
4. God / [Option ID = 44517]
Correct Answer :
Upamna as independent pramana / [Option ID = 44515]
19) Loksamgraha Concept is found in

[Question ID = 11131]
1. Gta / [Option ID = 44518]
2. Buddhism / [Option ID = 44519]
3. Jainism / [Option ID = 44520]
4. Chrvka / [Option ID = 44521]
Correct Answer :
Gta / [Option ID = 44518]
20) Vaisheshikas believe in ?

[Question ID = 11132]

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1. 7 Padrthas / [Option ID = 44522]
2. 8 padrthas / [Option ID = 44523]
3. 9 padrthas / [Option ID = 44524]
4. 16 padrthas / [Option ID = 44525]
Correct Answer :
7 Padrthas / [Option ID = 44522]
21) For Descartes, even an evil demon with magical powers can't deceive one against the proof of ___
, _____
[Question ID = 11133]
1. self / [Option ID = 44526]
2. motion / [Option ID = 44527]
3. the solidity of a chair / [Option ID = 44528]
4. extension of a table / [Option ID = 44529]
Correct Answer :
self / [Option ID = 44526]
22) For Hume, causation
""
[Question ID = 11134]
1. Is dubious / [Option ID = 44530]
2. Conditionally exists / [Option ID = 44531]
3. Transcendentally exists / [Option ID = 44532]
4. Certainly exists / [Option ID = 44533]
Correct Answer :
Is dubious / [Option ID = 44530]
23) The phrase `forgetfulness of Being' is attributed to
" " ?
[Question ID = 11135]
1. A. J. Ayer / ..
[Option ID = 44534]
2. Edmund Husserl /
[Option ID = 44535]
3. Martin Heidegger /
[Option ID = 44536]
4. J. P. Sartre / .
[Option ID = 44537]
Correct Answer :
Martin Heidegger /
[Option ID = 44536]
24) Particular ideas, according to Hume, are united by ___
___
[Question ID = 11136]
1. Computation / / [Option ID = 44538]
2. Association / / [Option ID = 44539]
3. Inseparable connection / [Option ID = 44540]
4. Mechanical contact / [Option ID = 44541]
Correct Answer :
Association / / [Option ID = 44539]
25) According to Descartes, ___ is a foundational, indubitable statement.
, ___ ,
[Question ID = 11137]
1. I have a body / [Option ID = 44542]
2. The world exists / [Option ID = 44543]
3. I think, therefore I am / , [Option ID = 44544]
4. I do not think, therefore I am not / , [Option ID = 44545]

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Correct Answer :
I think, therefore I am / , [Option ID = 44544]
26) Perception according to Merleau Ponty is
:
[Question ID = 11138]
1. An act /
[Option ID = 44546]
2. Science of the world /
[Option ID = 44547]
3. Deliberate taking up of a position /
[Option ID = 44548]
4. Background from which all acts stand out and it is presupposed by them /
[Option ID = 44549]
Correct Answer :
Background from which all acts stand out and it is presupposed by them /
[Option ID = 44549]
27) For Hegal, Master has selfapproval due to
, :
[Question ID = 11139]
1. His labour / [Option ID = 44550]
2. His Slave / [Option ID = 44551]
3. His Idea / [Option ID = 44552]
4. Perception / [Option ID = 44553]
Correct Answer :
His Slave / [Option ID = 44551]
28) What kind of definition of technology has been given by Heidegger

[Question ID = 11140]
1. Instrumental and anthropological / [Option ID = 44554]
2. Teleological and sociological / [Option ID = 44555]
3. Functional and psychological / [Option ID = 44556]
4. Teleological and scientific / [Option ID = 44557]
Correct Answer :
Instrumental and anthropological / [Option ID = 44554]
29) According to Sartre:
:
[Question ID = 11141]
1. There is no human nature. / [Option ID = 44558]
2. Human nature has an essence. / [Option ID = 44559]
3. Existence precedes existence. / [Option ID = 44560]
4. Human nature is conceptualised in God's mind. / [Option ID = 44561]
Correct Answer :
30) Dharma according to Purva Mimamsa is;
:
[Question ID = 11142]
1. A command that impels individuals to action / [Option ID = 44562]
2. A religious injunction / [Option ID = 44563]
3. A ritual that needs to be performed / [Option ID = 44564]
4. An injunction that rejects action / [Option ID = 44565]
Correct Answer :
A command that impels individuals to action / [Option ID = 44562]
31) Kaivalya as liberation is advocated by which one of the following systems of Indian Philosophy?

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[Question ID = 11143]
1. Jainism / [Option ID = 44566]
2. Purva Mimamsa / [Option ID = 44567]
3. Buddhism / [Option ID = 44568]
4. Samkhya / [Option ID = 44569]
Correct Answer :
Samkhya / [Option ID = 44569]
32) Matter as the ultimate reality is identified with
.. :
[Question ID = 11144]
1. Spiritualism / [Option ID = 44570]
2. Idealism / [Option ID = 44571]
3. Materialism / [Option ID = 44572]
4. Realism / [Option ID = 44573]
Correct Answer :
Materialism / [Option ID = 44572]
33) Intuition as the source of knowledge is argued by
;
[Question ID = 11145]
1. M.N. Roy / [Option ID = 44574]
2. S.Radhakrishnan / [Option ID = 44575]
3. Rahul Sankrutyayan / [Option ID = 44576]
4. Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya / [Option ID = 44577]
Correct Answer :
S.Radhakrishnan / [Option ID = 44575]
34) Sri Auribindo's philosophy is identified with

[Question ID = 11146]
1. Integral Yoga / [Option ID = 44578]
2. Materialism / [Option ID = 44579]
3. Sahaja Yoga / [Option ID = 44580]
4. Supernaturalism / [Option ID = 44581]
Correct Answer :
Integral Yoga / [Option ID = 44578]
35) The author of `Buddha and His Dhamma' is
` ' :
[Question ID = 11147]
1. Dharmakirti /
[Option ID = 44582]
2. Vasubandhu /
[Option ID = 44583]
3. B.R. Ambedkar / . .
[Option ID = 44584]
4. Jyotiba phule /
[Option ID = 44585]
Correct Answer :
B.R. Ambedkar / . .
[Option ID = 44584]
36) Which one of the following is the technique of Ahimsa according to Gandhi?

[Question ID = 11148]

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1. Satyagraha / [Option ID = 44586]
2. Swaraj / [Option ID = 44587]
3. Brahmacharya / [Option ID = 44588]
4. Trust / [Option ID = 44589]
Correct Answer :
Satyagraha / [Option ID = 44586]
37) Vivekananda accepts one of the following positions regarding Maya:
?
[Question ID = 11149]
1. Maya is unreal /
[Option ID = 44590]
2. Maya is the source of unreal world /
[Option ID = 44591]
3. Maya is conceived as a fact about the nature of the world /
[Option ID = 44592]
4. Maya is the power of creator /
[Option ID = 44593]
Correct Answer :
Maya is unreal /
[Option ID = 44590]
38) What according to Tagore is `surplus' in man?

[Question ID = 11150]
1. Universal and finite / [Option ID = 44594]
2. Infinite and Individual / [Option ID = 44595]
3. Universal and Infinite / [Option ID = 44596]
4. Universal and finite / [Option ID = 44597]
Correct Answer :
Universal and Infinite / [Option ID = 44596]
39) The book An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals is written by

[Question ID = 11151]
1. Kant /
[Option ID = 44598]
2. Hume /
[Option ID = 44599]
3. Nietzsche /
[Option ID = 44600]
4. Aristotle /
[Option ID = 44601]
Correct Answer :
Hume /
[Option ID = 44599]
40) Who among the following argued for Justice as fairness?
?
[Question ID = 11152]
1. John Dewey /
[Option ID = 44602]
2. Jeromy Bentham /
[Option ID = 44603]
3. John Rawls /

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[Option ID = 44604]
4. John Locke /
[Option ID = 44605]
Correct Answer :
John Rawls /
[Option ID = 44604]
41) Liberal theory is based on the principle of
...
[Question ID = 11153]
1. Collectivism / [Option ID = 44606]
2. Socialism / [Option ID = 44607]
3. Individualism / [Option ID = 44608]
4. Communism / [Option ID = 44609]
Correct Answer :
Individualism / [Option ID = 44608]
42) Who authored The Communist Manifesto?
... :
[Question ID = 11154]
1. Stalin /
[Option ID = 44610]
2. Lenin /
[Option ID = 44611]
3. Marx and Engels /
[Option ID = 44612]
4. Frantz Fanon /
[Option ID = 44613]
Correct Answer :
Marx and Engels /
[Option ID = 44612]
43) Who among the following argued for casteless society?
......
[Question ID = 11155]
1. M.K. Gandhi / [Option ID = 44614]
2. B.R. Ambedkar / [Option ID = 44615]
3. Rajaram Mohan Roy / [Option ID = 44616]
4. S. Radhakrishnan / [Option ID = 44617]
Correct Answer :
B.R. Ambedkar / [Option ID = 44615]
44) Who among the following is not a liberal thinker

[Question ID = 11156]
1. Locke / [Option ID = 44618]
2. Kant / [Option ID = 44619]
3. Rawls / [Option ID = 44620]
4. MacIntyre / [Option ID = 44621]
Correct Answer :
MacIntyre / [Option ID = 44621]
45) According to Kant, Enlightenment could not be understood by
,
[Question ID = 11157]
1. Man's emergence from selfincurred immaturity / [Option ID = 44622]
2. Affective side of human nature / [Option ID = 44623]
3. Rationality of human beings / [Option ID = 44624]
4. Paternalism of the Church / [Option ID = 44625]

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Correct Answer :
Affective side of human nature / [Option ID = 44623]
46) Isaiah Berlin is associated with
:
[Question ID = 11158]
1. Two concepts of liberty / [Option ID = 44626]
2. Communitarianism / [Option ID = 44627]
3. Idealism / [Option ID = 44628]
4. Paternalism / [Option ID = 44629]
Correct Answer :
Two concepts of liberty / [Option ID = 44626]
47) Dworkin has not discussed about
?
[Question ID = 11159]
1. Equality of resources / [Option ID = 44630]
2. Equality of welfare / [Option ID = 44631]
3. Compatibility theory / [Option ID = 44632]
4. Luck egalitarianism / [Option ID = 44633]
Correct Answer :
Compatibility theory / [Option ID = 44632]
48) Which of the following is not an organ of state according to Kautilya?
?
[Question ID = 11160]
1. Danda / [Option ID = 44634]
2. Amtya / [Option ID = 44635]
3. Swmi / [Option ID = 44636]
4. Varna System / [Option ID = 44637]
Correct Answer :
Varna System / [Option ID = 44637]
49) "If Kautilya wrote a book, Kautilya is famous. Kautilya is not famous. Therefore, Kautilya did not write a book." This
inference is an instance of
" , , "
[Question ID = 11161]
1. Disjunctive Syllogism / [Option ID = 44638]
2. Modus Tollens / [Option ID = 44639]
3. Modus Ponens / [Option ID = 44640]
4. De Morgan's Law / [Option ID = 44641]
Correct Answer :
Modus Tollens / [Option ID = 44639]
50) A contingent statement is

[Question ID = 11162]
1. Never true / [Option ID = 44642]
2. Never false / [Option ID = 44643]
3. A tautology / [Option ID = 44644]
4. Sometimes true / [Option ID = 44645]
Correct Answer :
Sometimes true / [Option ID = 44645]
51) "The Dalai Lama believes in rebirth which is unscientific. Therefore, the Dalai Lama cannot be trusted about
anything." This statement commits which kind of fallacy
" , "
[Question ID = 11165]

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1. Denying the antecedent / [Option ID = 44654]
2. Argumentum Ad Populum / [Option ID = 44655]
3. Argumentum Ad hominem / [Option ID = 44656]
4. Asserting the Consequent / [Option ID = 44657]
Correct Answer :
Argumentum Ad hominem / [Option ID = 44656]
52) Eidetic Reduction by Husserl involves ?
Eidetic Reduction
[Question ID = 11167]
1. Ideal forms / [Option ID = 44662]
2. Variants in imaginative variations / [Option ID = 44663]
3. Invariants in imaginative variations / [Option ID = 44664]
4. Aesthetic forms / [Option ID = 44665]
Correct Answer :
Invariants in imaginative variations / [Option ID = 44664]
53) "One cannot know something without believing it." This is an illustration of
" " ?
[Question ID = 11168]
1. Modus Ponens / [Option ID = 44666]
2. Modus Tollens / [Option ID = 44667]
3. An informal fallacy / [Option ID = 44668]
4. A statement made in epistemology / [Option ID = 44669]
Correct Answer :
A statement made in epistemology / [Option ID = 44669]
54) "If Chanakya is dreaming that he is writing, then Chanakya does not know that he is writing. Chanakya is dreaming
that he is writing. Therefore, Chanakya does not know he is writing." This is
" , ,
"
[Question ID = 11169]
1. An Invalid argument / [Option ID = 44670]
2. A Valid argument / [Option ID = 44671]
3. Not an argument / [Option ID = 44672]
4. A contradiction / [Option ID = 44673]
Correct Answer :
A Valid argument / [Option ID = 44671]
55) "Tables are made of atoms; therefore, a table is an atom." This argument is the fallacy of
" ; , " ?
[Question ID = 11171]
1. Red Herring / [Option ID = 44678]
2. Ad Populum / [Option ID = 44679]
3. Fallacy of Division / [Option ID = 44680]
4. Fallacy of Composition / [Option ID = 44681]
Correct Answer :
Fallacy of Composition / [Option ID = 44681]
56) Traditionally the laws of thought are:
1. law of noncontradiction
2. law of identity
3. law of contradiction
4. law of excluded middle
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
:
1.
2.
3.
4.
:

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[Question ID = 11172]
1. 1, 2 and 3 / 1, 2 3 [Option ID = 44682]
2. 2, 3 and 4 / 2, 3 4 [Option ID = 44683]
3. 1, 2 and 4 / 1, 2 4 [Option ID = 44684]
4. 1, 3 and 4 / 1, 3 4 [Option ID = 44685]
Correct Answer :
1, 2 and 4 / 1, 2 4 [Option ID = 44684]
57) Which one of the following is not a correct symbolization of DNF:
DNF :
[Question ID = 11173]
1. p v q
[Option ID = 44686]
2. (p. ~ q. r) v (~p . ~q. ~ r)
[Option ID = 44687]
3. (p ?q )v r
[Option ID = 44688]
4. ~ ( p?q) v ~ ( p ? r )
[Option ID = 44689]
Correct Answer :
58) "My grandfather was a learned man''. This is a
'' ''
[Question ID = 11176]
1. Statement of fact / [Option ID = 44698]
2. Nonmoral value judgment / [Option ID = 44699]
3. Value judgment / [Option ID = 44700]
4. Relation of ideas / [Option ID = 44701]
Correct Answer :
Nonmoral value judgment / [Option ID = 44699]
59) Which of the following is false as per Aristotles's concept of eudaimonia?
:
[Question ID = 11177]
1. Eudaimonia is a supreme human good / [Option ID = 44702]
2. Eudaimonia consists in achieving greatest happiness of greatest number / [Option ID = 44703]
3. In the state of eudaimonia people realize their capacities and are fully human /
[Option ID = 44704]
4. A eudaimon life consists of all intrinsically worthwhile actions / [Option ID = 44705]
Correct Answer :
A eudaimon life consists of all intrinsically worthwhile actions / [Option ID = 44705]
60) Mill modified Bentham's ethical theory by

[Question ID = 11178]
1. Rejecting utilitarianism / [Option ID = 44706]
2. Including a qualitative distinction between pleasures / [Option ID = 44707]
3. Making a distinction between general terms and singular terms / [Option ID = 44708]
4. Rejecting notions of obligation by employing logic / [Option ID = 44709]
Correct Answer :
Including a qualitative distinction between pleasures / [Option ID = 44707]
61) Which of the following would the utilitarian regard as wrong in all possible circumstances?
?
[Question ID = 11179]
1. Violating someone's rights. / [Option ID = 44710]
2. Performing an action that is not optimific. / [Option ID = 44711]
3. Killing an innocent person. / [Option ID = 44712]
4. Maximum happiness to maximum number of people / [Option ID = 44713]

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Correct Answer :
Performing an action that is not optimific. / [Option ID = 44711]
62) Whose belief was it that feeling cannot be the motive for moral action; moral action must be done for the sake of duty
alone?
; ?
[Question ID = 11180]
1. G. E. Moore / .. [Option ID = 44714]
2. J. S. Mill / .. [Option ID = 44715]
3. Bertrand Russell / [Option ID = 44716]
4. I. Kant / . [Option ID = 44717]
Correct Answer :
I. Kant / . [Option ID = 44717]
63) What is a hypothetical imperative, according to Kant?
, ( ) ?
[Question ID = 11181]
1. A command of reason that depends on our desires. / [Option ID = 44718]
2. A command of reason that does not depend on our desires. / [Option ID = 44719]
3. A principle of action that one gives to oneself. / [Option ID = 44720]
4. A principle of action that one gives to others. / [Option ID = 44721]
Correct Answer :
A command of reason that depends on our desires. / [Option ID = 44718]
64) Which ethicist argues for the equality of all animals?
?
[Question ID = 11182]
1. Bertrand Russell / [Option ID = 44722]
2. Kant / [Option ID = 44723]
3. Peter Singer / [Option ID = 44724]
4. Amartya Sen / [Option ID = 44725]
Correct Answer :
Peter Singer / [Option ID = 44724]
65) Which one of the following philosophers has coined the term "Deep Ecology''?
'''' :
[Question ID = 11183]
1. Susan Moller Okin / [Option ID = 44726]
2. Simone de Beauvoir / [Option ID = 44727]
3. John Rawls / [Option ID = 44728]
4. Arne Naess / [Option ID = 44729]
Correct Answer :
Arne Naess / [Option ID = 44729]
66) For whom is Pa?chasla an essential part of ethical life?

[Question ID = 11184]
1. Gautam Buddha / [Option ID = 44730]
2. Mahatma Gandhi / [Option ID = 44731]
3. Kautilya / [Option ID = 44732]
4. M. N. Roy / [Option ID = 44733]
Correct Answer :
Gautam Buddha / [Option ID = 44730]
67) Which one of the following is the correct meaning of 'Savara' in the ethics of Jainism?
' '
[Question ID = 11185]
1. Stopping the influx of karmas towards jva. /
[Option ID = 44734]
2. Destruction of the impressions of karmas /

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[Option ID = 44735]
3. Avoiding karmas /
[Option ID = 44736]
4. Renunciation of the fruits of action /
[Option ID = 44737]
Correct Answer :
Stopping the influx of karmas towards jva. /
[Option ID = 44734]
68) The method of dialectical materialism is proposed by

[Question ID = 11186]
1. Hegel / [Option ID = 44738]
2. Kant / [Option ID = 44739]
3. Socrates / [Option ID = 44740]
4. Karl Marx / [Option ID = 44741]
Correct Answer :
Karl Marx / [Option ID = 44741]
69) 'Bodhbodh Svabhv Smagr Pramam' is the definition of Prama given by ___
' '
[Question ID = 11187]
1. Janism /
[Option ID = 44742]
2. Mms /
[Option ID = 44743]
3. Nyya /
[Option ID = 44744]
4. ankara /
[Option ID = 44745]
Correct Answer :
Nyya /
[Option ID = 44744]
70) E. V. Ramaswamy 'Periyar' is popularly known for his identification with
. . ' ' ?
[Question ID = 11188]
1. SelfRespect movement and Atheism /
[Option ID = 44746]
2. Sarvodaya /
[Option ID = 44747]
3. Saiva siddhanta /
[Option ID = 44748]
4. Veerasaivism /
[Option ID = 44749]
Correct Answer :
SelfRespect movement and Atheism /
[Option ID = 44746]
71) Phenomenology as a philosophical study, focuses on

[Question ID = 11189]
1. Metaphysics /
[Option ID = 44750]
2. Moral conflict and freedom /

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[Option ID = 44751]
3. Experience /
[Option ID = 44752]
4. Physical and material phenomena / (material)
[Option ID = 44753]
Correct Answer :
Experience /
[Option ID = 44752]
72) John Rawls belongs to the political tradition of

[Question ID = 11190]
1. Communitarianism / [Option ID = 44754]
2. Conservatism / [Option ID = 44755]
3. Liberalism / [Option ID = 44756]
4. Marxism / [Option ID = 44757]
Correct Answer :
Liberalism / [Option ID = 44756]
73) `Caste system is not a merely division of labour, but also a division of labourers', is the statement of
: ' , '
[Question ID = 11191]
1. Karl Marx / [Option ID = 44758]
2. M K Gandhi / . . [Option ID = 44759]
3. B.R. Ambedkar / . . [Option ID = 44760]
4. M.N. Roy / . . [Option ID = 44761]
Correct Answer :
B.R. Ambedkar / . . [Option ID = 44760]
74) Which of the feminist theory argues for significant connections between the oppression of women and oppression of
nature?
?
[Question ID = 11192]
1. Socialist Feminism / [Option ID = 44762]
2. Liberal Feminism / [Option ID = 44763]
3. Ecofeminism / [Option ID = 44764]
4. Radical Feminism / [Option ID = 44765]
Correct Answer :
Ecofeminism / [Option ID = 44764]
75) Who among the following has NOT given priority to an individual's liberty over the social good?
?
[Question ID = 11193]
1. Kant /
[Option ID = 44766]
2. Locke /
[Option ID = 44767]
3. Hobbes /
[Option ID = 44768]
4. Lenin /
[Option ID = 44769]
Correct Answer :
Lenin /
[Option ID = 44769]
76) Which among the following is not correctly matched?

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[Question ID = 11194]
1. Rawls The concept of Overlapping Consensus /
[Option ID = 44770]
2. Kant The concept of perpetual peace /
[Option ID = 44771]
3. I. Berlin Positive and negative liberty / .
[Option ID = 44772]
4. Herder Absolutism /
[Option ID = 44773]
Correct Answer :
Herder Absolutism /
[Option ID = 44773]
77) Who said: "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his selfimposed immaturity"?
: " "?
[Question ID = 11195]
1. Locke / [Option ID = 44774]
2. Foucault / [Option ID = 44775]
3. Hobbes / [Option ID = 44776]
4. Kant / [Option ID = 44777]
Correct Answer :
Kant / [Option ID = 44777]
78) Gandhi's view does NOT include:

[Question ID = 11196]
1. The notion of trusteeship /
[Option ID = 44778]
2. Capitalism /
[Option ID = 44779]
3. Decentralization /
[Option ID = 44780]
4. Gram Panchayat /
[Option ID = 44781]
Correct Answer :
Capitalism /
[Option ID = 44779]
79) Who among the following is NOT a social contract theorist?

[Question ID = 11197]
1. Thomas Hobbes /
[Option ID = 44782]
2. Immanuel Kant /
[Option ID = 44783]
3. J.S. Mill / . .
[Option ID = 44784]
4. John Locke /
[Option ID = 44785]
Correct Answer :
J.S. Mill / . .
[Option ID = 44784]
80) If you don't know P, where P is any statement, then it follows that
P , P , :

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[Question ID = 11198]
1. P is true / P
[Option ID = 44786]
2. P is false / P
[Option ID = 44787]
3. Either P is true or P is false / P
[Option ID = 44788]
4. Neither P is true nor is P false / P
[Option ID = 44789]
Correct Answer :
Either P is true or P is false / P
[Option ID = 44788]
81) The standard definition of knowledge is that it is
:
[Question ID = 11199]
1. True belief / [Option ID = 44790]
2. Justified belief / [Option ID = 44791]
3. Justified true belief / [Option ID = 44792]
4. Self evident belief / [Option ID = 44793]
Correct Answer :
Justified true belief / [Option ID = 44792]
82) Which of the following statements would be true for George Berkeley?
?
[Question ID = 11200]
1. It is possible for us to obtain knowledge of material world. /
[Option ID = 44794]
2. It is possible to attain knowledge only of the ideas about object. /
[Option ID = 44795]
3. Ideas in the mind correspond to some external entity. /
[Option ID = 44796]
4. Idea or thought about an object cannot give a complete knowledge about it. /
[Option ID = 44797]
Correct Answer :
It is possible to attain knowledge only of the ideas about object. /
[Option ID = 44795]
83) Descartes was unusual amongst rationalists in holding that
:
[Question ID = 11201]
1. Mathematics was beautiful /
[Option ID = 44798]
2. Mathematics was known by intuition /
[Option ID = 44799]
3. Mathematics could be false /
[Option ID = 44800]
4. Mathematics had a deductive structure /
[Option ID = 44801]
Correct Answer :
Mathematics could be false /
[Option ID = 44800]
84) According to Hume, ___ is not a principle of connection among ideas
?
[Question ID = 11202]

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1. Cause or effect / [Option ID = 44802]
2. Resemblance / [Option ID = 44803]
3. Randomness / [Option ID = 44804]
4. Contiguity in time and place / [Option ID = 44805]
Correct Answer :
Randomness / [Option ID = 44804]
85) ___ argued for Asatkryavda

[Question ID = 11203]
1. Vishwanath /
[Option ID = 44806]
2. Vcaspati Mira /
[Option ID = 44807]
3. Buddha /
[Option ID = 44808]
4. Rmnuja /
[Option ID = 44809]
Correct Answer :
Vishwanath /
[Option ID = 44806]
86) 'pramana as avisamvadi' is the definition of Prama given by
" " .... :
[Question ID = 11204]
1. Jainism /
[Option ID = 44810]
2. Mms /
[Option ID = 44811]
3. Nyya /
[Option ID = 44812]
4. Buddhists /
[Option ID = 44813]
Correct Answer :
Buddhists /
[Option ID = 44813]
87) Arthpatti is accepted by ___
:
[Question ID = 11205]
1. Prabhkar only /
[Option ID = 44814]
2. Prabhkar and Kumrila /
[Option ID = 44815]
3. Nyya /
[Option ID = 44816]
4. Crvak /
[Option ID = 44817]
Correct Answer :
Prabhkar and Kumrila /
[Option ID = 44815]
88) The Buddhists accepted

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[Question ID = 11206]
1. Pramanavyavastha / (Pramanavyavastha)
[Option ID = 44818]
2. Viaparitakhyati / (Viaparitakhyati)
[Option ID = 44819]
3. Pramanasamplava / (Pramanasamplava)
[Option ID = 44820]
4. Alaukikakhyati / (Alaukikakhyati)
[Option ID = 44821]
Correct Answer :
Pramanavyavastha / (Pramanavyavastha)
[Option ID = 44818]
89) "Bahyrthanyat" is propounded by
" " ......
[Question ID = 11207]
1. Dignga /
[Option ID = 44822]
2. Sarvstivda /
[Option ID = 44823]
3. varaka /
[Option ID = 44824]
4. Candrakrti /
[Option ID = 44825]
Correct Answer :
Candrakrti /
[Option ID = 44825]
90) `Scientific experiment never could show conclusively that there are no ghosts, therefore I strongly believe that ghosts
do exist' is an instance of any one of the following:
` , '
[Question ID = 11208]
1. Ad hominem / [Option ID = 44826]
2. Irrelevant conclusion / [Option ID = 44827]
3. Ad ignorantiam / [Option ID = 44828]
4. Begging the Question / [Option ID = 44829]
Correct Answer :
Ad ignorantiam / [Option ID = 44828]
91) Name the fallacy in the syllogism AII IV
:
[Question ID = 11209]
1. Illicit minor / [Option ID = 44830]
2. Illicit major / [Option ID = 44831]
3. Exclusive premises / [Option ID = 44832]
4. Undistributed middle / [Option ID = 44833]
Correct Answer :
Undistributed middle / [Option ID = 44833]
92) Analyse the following argument and decide: For any x, if x is an A, then x is a B. x is not an A. So, x is not a
B
: x , x A , x B . x, A x, B
[Question ID = 11210]
1. Above is valid / [Option ID = 44834]
2. Above is invalid / [Option ID = 44835]
3. Above is sound and valid / [Option ID = 44836]
4. Above is Neither valid nor sound / [Option ID = 44837]

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Correct Answer :
Above is invalid / [Option ID = 44835]
93) A "dead" person is one whose brain functions have permanently ceased, is an instance of one of the following:
"" ,
[Question ID = 11211]
1. Lexical definition / [Option ID = 44838]
2. Stipulative definition / [Option ID = 44839]
3. Pr?cising definition / [Option ID = 44840]
4. Theoretical definition / [Option ID = 44841]
Correct Answer :
94) Which of the following depicts the operation of Transposition in logic

[Question ID = 11212]
1.
[Option ID = 44842]
2.
[Option ID = 44843]
3.
[Option ID = 44844]
4.
[Option ID = 44845]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 44842]
95) If P is True and Q is False and R is False, then which one of the following is TRUE
P Q R ,
[Question ID = 11213]
1.
[Option ID = 44846]
2.
[Option ID = 44847]
3.
[Option ID = 44848]
4.
[Option ID = 44849]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 44848]
96) If P is True and Q is False and R is True then which of the following statements is TRUE
P Q R ?
[Question ID = 11214]
1.
[Option ID = 44850]
2.
[Option ID = 44851]
3.
[Option ID = 44852]
4.
[Option ID = 44853]
Correct Answer :

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[Option ID = 44852]
97) If P is False and Q is True then which one of the following is TRUE
P Q , ?
[Question ID = 11215]
1.
[Option ID = 44854]
2.
[Option ID = 44855]
3.
[Option ID = 44856]
4.
[Option ID = 44857]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 44856]
98) Which one of the following represents the correct translation of `Every student is both clever and ambitious'.
' '
[Question ID = 11216]
1.
[Option ID = 44858]
2.
[Option ID = 44859]
3.
[Option ID = 44860]
4.
[Option ID = 44861]
Correct Answer :
[Option ID = 44861]
99) In a world comprising of a and b which of the following is logically equivalent to
`(x)(FxGx)' and ( x) (Gx?~Ax):
a b '(x) (Fx

Gx)' ( x) (Gx ? ~Ax)
[Question ID = 11217]
1.
(Ga ? ~ Aa) V (Gb? ~ Ab)
[Option ID = 44862]
2.
(Ga ? ~Aa) V (Gb? ~Ab)
[Option ID = 44863]
3.
(Ga ? ~Aa) ? (Gb? ~Ab)
[Option ID = 44864]
4.
(Ga ? ~Aa) ?( Gb ? ~Ab)
[Option ID = 44865]
Correct Answer :
(Ga ? ~Aa) V (Gb? ~Ab)

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[Option ID = 44863]
100)
[Question ID = 21507]
1. A implies B / A B (Imply ) [Option ID = 56022]
2. B implies A / B A (Imply ) [Option ID = 56023]
3. A and B are equivalent / A B (equivalent) [Option ID = 56024]
4. A and B are tautologous / A B (tautologous) [Option ID = 56025]
Correct Answer :
A implies B / A B (Imply ) [Option ID = 56022]

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