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DU MA Philosophy

Topic:- DU_J18_MA_PHIL

1) Immanent universals are-
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? ? ? :

[Question ID = 4605]
1. Outside space and time/ ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18420]
2. Parts of their instances/? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18417]
3. Present nowhere / ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18419]
4. Present in their instances / ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18418]
Correct Answer :-

Present in their instances / ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18418]
2) Which of the following represents the correct translation of 'Every student is both clever and ambitious'.
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? ? ? ? ? '? ? ? ? ? ?' ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4584]
1. (x) [(Sx ? Cx) ? Ax] [Option ID = 18333]
2. (x) [(Sx ? (Cx ? Ax)] [Option ID = 18335]
3. (x) [(Sx ? (Cx ? Ax)] [Option ID = 18336]
4. (x) [(Cx ? Ax) ? Sx] [Option ID = 18334]
Correct Answer :-

(x) [(Sx ? (Cx ? Ax)] [Option ID = 18336]
3) Which of the following would the utilitarian regard as wrong in all possible circumstances?
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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4589]
1. Violating someone's rights/ ? ? ? ? ? ?. [Option ID = 18353]
2. Performing an action that is not optimific. / ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18354]
3. Killing an innocent person./? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18355]
4. None of these/ ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18356]
Correct Answer :-

Performing an action that is not optimific./ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18354]
4) Which of the feminist theory argues the significant connections between the oppression of women and oppression of nature?
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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4611]
1. Ecofeminism/ ? ? [Option ID = 18443]
2. Radical Feminism / ? ? [Option ID = 18444]
3. Liberal Feminism / ? ? [Option ID = 18442]
4. Socialist Feminism/ ? ? [Option ID = 18441]
Correct Answer :-

Ecofeminism / ? ? [Option ID = 18443]
5) Which one of the following is the correct meaning of Samvara in the ethics of Jainism?
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? ?-? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :

[Question ID = 4595]
1. Avoiding karmas/ ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18379]
2. Renunciation of the fruits of action. / ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18380]
3. Destruction of the impressions of karmas/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18378]
4. Stopping the influx of karmas towards jiva./? ? ?-? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18377]
Correct Answer :-

Stopping the influx of karmas towards jiva./? ? ?-? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18377]
6) Which one of the following philosophers has coined the term "Deep Ecology"?
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? ? ? ? ? ? "?-?" ? ? ? ? ? :

[Question ID = 4593]
1. Simone de Beauvoir / ? ? ? [Option ID = 18370]
2. Susan Moller Okin/ ? ? ? [Option ID = 18369]
3. Arne Naess / ? ? [Option ID = 18372]
4. John Rawls / ? ? [Option ID = 18371]
Correct Answer :-

Arne Naess/ ? ? [Option ID = 18372]
7) If Brahman alone is real, then the world is
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? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4601]
1. Neither real, nor unreal, nor both / ? ? ?, ? ? ?, ? ? ? [Option ID = 18403]
2. Minimally real/ ? ? [Option ID = 18402]
3. All of these / ? ? [Option ID = 18404]
4. Completely real/ ? ? [Option ID = 18401]
Correct Answer :-

Neither real, nor unreal, nor both / ? ? ?, ? ? ?, ? ? ? [Option ID = 18403]
8) In Nyaya Philosophy, knowledge of non-existence is possible by
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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : [Question ID = 4574]
1. By abhava / ? ? [Option ID = 18296]
2. Perception / ? ? [Option ID = 18293]
3. Either by perception or by inference/ ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18294]
4. By anupalabdhi/ ? ? [Option ID = 18295]
Correct Answer :-

Perception / ? ? [Option ID = 18293]
9) Which among the following is not correctly matched?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Question ID = 4613]
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1. Herder
  
  ?
  
  Absolutism
  
  ?
  [Option ID = 18452]
2. I. Berlin
  
  ?. ?
  
  Positive and negative liberty
  
  ? ? ? ?
  [Option ID = 18451]
3. Kant
  
  ?
  
  The concept of perpetual peace
  
  ? ? ? ?
  [Option ID = 18450]
4. Rawls
  
  ?
  
  The concept of Overlapping Consensus
  
  ? ? ? ?
  [Option ID = 18449]
Correct Answer :-

Herder

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Absolutism

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[Option ID = 18452]
10) Analyze the argument 'All lizards are reptiles. No reptiles are warm-blooded. Thus, no lizards are warm-blooded.' and decide its logical status:

? ? ? ? '? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ?' ? ? ? ? ? ?:

[Question ID = 4579]
1. Both valid and sound/ ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18316]
2. Invalid/ ? [Option ID = 18314]
3. Sound/ ? [Option ID = 18315]
4. Valid/ ? [Option ID = 18313]
Correct Answer :-

Both valid and sound/ ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18316]
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11) Identify the misuse of language in 'John must be a good man since he is a good politician.'

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[Question ID = 4576]
1. Accident/ ? [Option ID = 18304]
2. Accent / ? [Option ID = 18301]
3. Division/ ? [Option ID = 18302]
4. Equivocation/ ? [Option ID = 18303]
Correct Answer :-

Equivocation / ? [Option ID = 18303]
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12) "My grandfather was a learned man". This is a

"? ? ? ? ? ?" ? ?

[Question ID = 4586]
1. Statement of fact/ ? ? ? [Option ID = 18341]
2. Value judgment / ? ? ? [Option ID = 18343]
3. Relation of ideas / ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18344]
4. Non-moral value judgment / ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18342]
Correct Answer :-

Non-moral value judgment / ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18342]
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13) identify the rule violated in the following syllogism:

All ghosts are scary things. All ghosts are weird things. Thus, some weird things are scary things.

? ? ? ? - ? ? ? ? :

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ?
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[Question ID = 4577]
1. Illicit major/ ? ? [Option ID = 18308]
2. Exclusive premises / ? ? ? [Option ID = 18305]
3. Undistributed middle / ? ? [Option ID = 18307]
4. Existential fallacy / ? ? ? [Option ID = 18306]
Correct Answer :-

Existential fallacy/ ? ? ? [Option ID = 18306]
14) According to who is Pañchasila an essential part of ethical life?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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[Question ID = 4594]
1. Both Gautam Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi/? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18375]
2. Gautam Buddha / ? ? [Option ID = 18373]
3. Mahatma Gandhi / ? ? [Option ID = 18374]
4. Neither Gautam Buddha nor Mahatma Gandhi/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18376]
Correct Answer :-

Both Gautam Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi/? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18375]
15) According to Plato (and early Bertrand Russell), exemplification or participation is the relation between particulars and

? ? ? (? ? ? ? ?), ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :
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[Question ID = 4606]
1. Immanent universals/ ? ? [Option ID = 18422]
2. Logical universals/ ? ? [Option ID = 18421]
3. Substantive universals/ ? ? [Option ID = 18424]
4. Transcendent universals / ? ? [Option ID = 18423]
Correct Answer :-

Transcendent universals / ? ? [Option ID = 18423]
16) which one of the following is not a correct symbolization of DNF:

? ? ? ? ? DNF ? ? ? ? ? ?: [Question ID = 4583]
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1. (p ? q) ? r [Option ID = 18331]
2. p ? q [Option ID = 18329]
3. (p. ~q. r) ? (~p.~q.~r) [Option ID = 18330]
4. ~(p ? q) ? ~(p ? r) [Option ID = 18332]
Correct Answer :-
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~(p ? q) ? ~(p ? r) [Option ID = 18332]
17) Traditionally the laws of thought are:
1. law of non-contradiction
2. law of identity
3. law of contradiction
4. law of excluded middle
Which of the following is correct:

? ? ? ? ? ? ?:
1. ? ? ? ?
2. ? ? ?
3. ? ? ?
4. ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ?:

[Question ID = 4581]
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1. 1, 3 and 4 [Option ID = 18324]
2. 1, 2 and 4 [Option ID = 18323]
3. 1, 2 and 3 [Option ID = 18321]
4. 2, 3 and 4 [Option ID = 18322]
Correct Answer :-
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1, 2 and 4 [Option ID = 18323]
18) Metaphysics makes us believe in the existence of only

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4603]
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1. Relations/ ? ? [Option ID = 18411]
2. All of these / ? ? [Option ID = 18412]
3. Things / ? ? [Option ID = 18409]
4. Properties / ? ? [Option ID = 18410]
Correct Answer :-
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All of these / ? ? [Option ID = 18412]
19) Metaphysics is the study of

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4604]
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1. Positive facts/ ? ? ? [Option ID = 18413]
2. Possible Facts/ ? ? ? [Option ID = 18415]
3. Negative facts/ ? ? ? [Option ID = 18414]
4. All of these/ ? ? [Option ID = 18416]
Correct Answer :-
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All of these/ ? ? [Option ID = 18416]
20) Metaphysics is the study of

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[Question ID = 4602]
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1. What needs to be there / ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18405]
2. What need not be there / ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18406]
3. What existing things are like / ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18407]
4. None of these / ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18408]
Correct Answer :-
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What existing things are like/ ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18407]
21) A skeptic argues that

? ? ? ? ? ? ? :

[Question ID = 4567]
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1. It is possible to know after some difficulty/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18266]
2. It is possible to know after great difficulty/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18265]
3. It is not possible to know/ ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18267]
4. None of these / ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18268]
Correct Answer :-
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It is not possible to know/ ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18267]
22) 22. Which of the following is false as per Aristotles's concept of eudaimonia?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Question ID = 4587]
1. In the state of eudaimonia people realize their capacities and are fully human/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18347]
2. Eudaimonia consists in achieving greatest happiness of greatest number/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18346]
3. Eudaimonia is a supreme human good./? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18345]
4. A eudaimon life consists of all intrinsically worthwhile actions/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18348]
Correct Answer :-

Eudaimonia consists in achieving greatest happiness of greatest number/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18346]
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23) Hume distinguishes ideas and impressions by their

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? : [Question ID = 4568]
1. Regularity/ ? ? [Option ID = 18271]
2. Systematicity/ ? ? [Option ID = 18269]
3. Vivacity/ ? ? [Option ID = 18272]
4. Intensionality/ ? ? [Option ID = 18270]
Correct Answer :-

Vivacity/ ? ? [Option ID = 18272]

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24) Who among the following is not a social contract theorist?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4616]
1. Immanuel Kant / ? ? [Option ID = 18462]
2. Thomas Hobbes/ ? ? [Option ID = 18461]
3. J.S. Mill/ ?. ?. ? [Option ID = 18463]
4. John Locke / ? ? [Option ID - 18464]
Correct Answer :-

J.S. Mill/ ?. ?. ? [Option ID = 18463]

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25) Who among the following has not given priority to an individual's liberty over the social good?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4612]
1. Both Kant & Locke/ ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18448]
2. Hobbes / ? [Option ID = 18447]
3. Kant / ? [Option ID = 18445]
4. Locke/ ? [Option ID = 18446]
Correct Answer :-

Hobbes / ? [Option ID = 18447]

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26) Who propounded the principle of Arthakriyakaritva

? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4575]
1. Dharmakirti| ? [Option ID = 18300]
2. Vasubandhu/ ? [Option ID = 18299]
3. Theravada| ? [Option ID = 18298]
4. Nagarjuna| ? [Option ID = 18297]
Correct Answer :-

Dharmakirti| ? [Option ID = 18300]

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27) Who said: "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity?"

? ?: "? ? ? ?-? ? ? ? ? ?"

[Question ID = 4614]
1. Hobbes / ? [Option ID = 18455]
2. Kant/ ? [Option ID = 18456]
3. Locke/? [Option ID = 18453]
4. Foucault/ ? [Option ID = 18454]
Correct Answer :-

Kant/ ? [Option ID = 18456]

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28) How do we get the knowledge of akasa according to Jainism?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4571]
1. By Perception / ? ? ? [Option ID = 18281]
2. By Intuition / ? ? [Option ID = 18283]
3. By Inference/ ? ? [Option ID = 18282]
4. By Sruti / ? ? [Option ID = 18284]
Correct Answer :-

By Inference / ? ? [Option ID = 18282]

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29) Mill modified Bentham's ethical theory by

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Question ID = 4588]
1. Making a distinction between general terms and singular terms/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18351]
2. Including a qualitative distinction between pleasures/? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18350]
3. Rejecting utilitarianism/? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18349]
4. Rejecting notions of obligation by employing logic/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18352]
Correct Answer :-

Including a qualitative distinction between pleasures/? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18350]
30)
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A problem with coherence theories of knowledge is that

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :

[Question ID = 4570]
1. There are no foundations to knowledge/? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18277]
2. There is no scope for justification/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18278]
3. A false theory can be coherent/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18280]
4. All justification is circular/? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18279]
Correct Answer :-

A false theory can be coherent/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18280]

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31) In Vaisesika, pramanas are accepted-

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :

[Question ID = 4572]
1. Perception, comparison, inference, verbal testimony/?, ?, ?, ? [Option ID = 18287]
2. Perception, inference only/? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18285]
3. Perception, inference, verbal testimony only/? ?, ? ? ? [Option ID = 18288]
4. Perception, inference, comparison only/? ?, ? ? ? [Option ID = 18286]
Correct Answer :-

Perception, inference only/? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18285]

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32) In Prabhakara Mimamsa, the theory of error is called-

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? :

[Question ID = 4573]
1. Anirvacaniya-khyatil ? ? [Option ID = 18292]
2. Anyatha-khyati] ? ? [Option ID = 18291]
3. Viparita- khyatil ? ? [Option ID = 18290]
4. Akhyatil ? [Option ID = 18289]
Correct Answer :-

Akhyati] ? [Option ID = 18289]

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33) John Rawls is belongs to the political tradition of

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[Question ID = 4609]
1. Liberalism/ ? [Option ID = 18435]
2. Conservatism/ ? [Option ID = 18434]
3. Marxism/ ? [Option ID = 18436]
4. Communitarianism / ? [Option ID = 18433]
Correct Answer :-

Liberalism / ? [Option ID = 18435]

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34) Identify the fallacy in the following argument:

If the gas is nitrogen, it is colorless and tasteless. The gas is colorless and tasteless. Therefore, it is nitrogen.

? ? ? ? ? ? ?:

? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? [Question ID = 4578]
1. Fallacy of affirming consequent/ ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18311]
2. Fallacy of denying a conjunct/ ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18309]
3. None of these / ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18312]
4. Fallacy of denying an antecedent/ ? ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18310]
Correct Answer :-

Fallacy of affirming consequent/ ? ? ? ? ? [Option ID = 18311]
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35) Consider the following statements :
1. True premises and true conclusion together do not guarantee validity.
2. True premises alone do not guarantee validity.
3. A true conclusion does not guarantee validity.
Dec
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