General

Semantic theory of truth holds that a proposition is true if

(A) it pictures corresponding facts

(B) it is useful

(C) it is logically deductible from other proposition or propositions

(D) it mirrors reality

Locke draws a distinction between intuitive, demonstrative and sensitive knowledge.??????

Who among the following philosophers accepts the problem of evil ?

(A) William James (B) Husserll

(C) Hegel (D) St. Augustine

World is ultimately meaningless and it is unnecessary to struggle with it is suggested

by :

(A) Kant (B) Hume

(C) St. Thomas Aquinas (D) Nietzsche

Who has introduced the concept of logical syntax ?

(A) Moore (B) G. Ryle (C) Wittgenstein (D) Husserl

The logic is the essence of philosophy. This statement was given by :

(A) Aristotle (B) Democratus (C) Wittgenstein (D) Russell

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A) Locke - Systematically misleading expression

(B) Leibnitz - Problem of freedom and philosophy

(C) Pierce - Will to power

(D) Ryle - Rejection of metaphysics

Who says that man as acting in the image of God to the extent that he exercises and
seeks to fulfil his intelligent nature ?

(A) St. Augustine (B) Thomas Aquinas

(C) Hegel (D) Spinoza

Meinogs views bear a striking resemblance to early views of :

(A) Russell (B) Moore (C) Wittgenstein (D) Heidegger

The highest and most satisfying form of human existence is that in which man exercises

his rational faculties to the fullest extent ?

(A) Pythagoras (B) Socrates (C) Aristotle (D) Heidegger

All knowledge is knowledge through concepts

Zeno Socrates Heraclitus Xenophanes

The idealist who accepted the reality of objects is:

Berkeley Hegel Fichte Schelling

The author of Memorabilia is

(A) Xenophon (B) Socrates

(C) Plato (D) Aristotle

The man who declared himself first

I am a Philosopher is

(A) Socrates

(B) Pythogoras

(C) Bacon

(D) Heraclitus

Who said that our earthly life is a

pilgrimage to God ?

(A) St. Paul

(B) St. Augustine

 (C) St. Anselm

(D) St. Thomas Aquinas

The private language argument was

prepared by

(A) A.J. Ayer

(B) Carnap

(C) G.E. Moore

(D) Willingnestem

The principle of Either/or is

accepted by

(A) Logical positivism

(B) Existentialism

(C) Idealism

(D) Empiricism

Hegels Philosophy is known as

(A) Subjective Idealism

(B) Objective Idealism

(C) Absolute Idealism

(D) Continental Rationalism

Who said, The world at every stage

is both a product and a prophecy ?

(A) Socrates

(B) Plato

(C) Locke

(D) Hegel
According to whom the first causes

of things is philosophy ?

(A) Aristotle

(B) Heraclitus

(C) Locke

(D) Russell

The statement, Logic is a mirror

image of the world, is made by

(A) Wittgenstein

(B) Russell

(C) Quine

(D) Ryle

The activity of nothing is nothing,

is said by

(A) Sartre

(B) Heidegger

(C) Russell

(D) Husserl

The first man who made a map of

the earth is

(A) Thales

(B) Anaximander

(C) Heracliturs

(D) Anaximenes

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

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

Metaphysics exists, if not as a

science, as natural disposition of

man is the view of

(A) Hume

(B) Kant

(C) Ayer

(D) Russell

Who accepts that the agreement or

disagreement of ideas is knowledge ?

(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle

(C) Heraclitus

(D) Pythagoras

Descartes explains body-mind relation

through

(A) Psycho-Physical Parallelism.

(B) Interactionism.

(C) Pre-established harmony.

(D) Epiphenomenalism.

Which one of the following upholds

that, society must not exist for

societys sake but for a type of

being who is able to raise himself to

its higher task and to a higher state of

being ?

(A) Hegel (B) Nietzsche

(C) Sri Aurobindo (D) Marx

Truth of reason is justified by

(A) Law of contradiction and

principles of sufficient reason

(B) Principles of sufficient reason

alone

(C) Law of contradiction alone

(D) Laws of intuitive imagination

Within a scientific system of

propositions
(A) All propositions can be proved

and all terms can be defined.

(B) Not all propositions can be

proved but all terms can be

defined.

(C) All propositions can be proved

but not all terms can be

defined.

(D) Not all propositions can be

proved and not all terms can be

defined.

Nominalism is a theory which says

(A) that universals are not real but

are only names or words.

(B) the universals are not names.

(C) that universals are established

on reason.

(D) that universals are concepts.

According to Antirepresentationalists,

(A) picture and reality are

synonymous.

(B) there is an absolute picture of

reality.

(C) there is no one picture of

reality.

(D) there is no picture of reality.

Which one of the following pairs is

correctly matched ?

(A) Leibnitz Pragmetic theory

of truth

(B) Descartes Correspondence

theory of truth

(C) Spinoza The self-evidence

theory of truth

(D) William

James

Coherence theory

of truth

The conceptual instrument with

which inductive conclusions are

expressed is

(A) The concept of necessity.

(B) The concept of relation.

(C) The concept of probability.

(D) None of the above

An experiment held to decide with

certainty between two hypothesis is

called

(A) Critical experiment

(B) Crucial experiment

(C) Rational experiment

(D) Controlled experiment

Who is marked as the First

Existentialist Philosopher with

Soren Kierkegaard ?

(A) Friedrich Nietzsche

(B) Francis Nietzsche

(C) Jean Paul Sartre

(D) Zean Paul Sartre

Which of the theories given below

holds the position that object of

knowledge owes its existence as well

as its properties to the creative

activity of the knowing mind ?

(A) Absolute Idealism

(B) Phenomenalism

(C) Metaphysical Idealism

(D) Epistemological Idealism

Match List I with List II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List I List II

a. Subjective

Idealism

i. Kant

b. Commonsense

Realism

ii. Thomas Reid

c. Absolute

Idealism

iii. Hegel

d. Critical Idealism iv. Berkeley

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) i ii iii iv
 (C) iv ii iii i

Reality has no assets beyond

appearances and if appearances alone

to its credit it will be bankrupt., is a

statement of

(A) Green (B) Hegel

(C) Bradley (D) Plato

15. Appearances are the appearances of

reality is a statement of

(A) Kant (B) Bradley

(C) Hegel (D) Green

Hypothesis is a

(A) Free flight of mind

(B) Discovery

(C) Supposition

(D) A provisional supposition to

explain a problematic event.

Which theory of the following holds

that universal means universal

concepts and not anything external to

our minds ?

(A) Realism

(B) Nominalism

(C) Conceptualism

(D) Resemblance theory

Match the locus of the universal with

its corresponding theory :

a. Universal has

independent

existence

i. Aristotelianism

b. Universal exists

only in

particulars

ii. Nominalism

c. Universals exist

in mind

iii. Conceptualism

d. Universals have

neither

independent

existence nor

reside in mind

iv. Realism

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iii iv ii

(B) iv i iii ii

Examine given A (Assertion) and

R (Reason) and mark correct option

as given below :

Assertion (A) : According to

Berkeley there is no difference

in Primary and Secondary

qualities.

Reason (R) : Russell holds that

General propositions are never

existential.

Options :

(A) (A) and (R) both are true and (R)

provides a correct explanation of

(A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and

(R) does not provide correct

explanation of (A).

According to Russell, which are of

the following have meaning of their

own ?

(A) Proper names

(B) Definite Descriptions

(C) Indefinite Descriptions

(D) Both (A) and (C)

The view that language has multiple

functions to perform is related to

(A) Picture theory of meaning

(B) Use theory of meaning

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) Neither (A) nor (B)

Who propounds organic relation

between man and society ?

(A) Hegel (B) Aristotle

(C) Mill (D) Bentham

According to Kant The laws of

hygiene are conducive to health is

 (A) Categorical imperative

(B) Hypothetical imperative

(C) Moral imperative

(D) None of the above

In the context of Nietzsches Philosophy consider given Assertion (A) and Reason (R)

then mark the correct option as given below :

Assertion (A) : Nietzsches atheism and the doctrine of will-power results into the

concept of super-man.

Reason (R) : Atheism results into the end of all the imperatives and values issued by God.

Codes :

(A) (A) & (R) both are true, but (R) does not provide correct explanation of (A).

(B) (A) & (R) both are true and (R) provides correct explanation of (A).

Select the correct option :

The basic concept of Modern Rationalism is

(A) Occasionalism???? (B) Theory of doubt

(C) Innate ideas (D) Division of substance

a. Descartes i. A collection of ideas

b. Spinoza ii. An extended substance

c. Leibnitz iii. A mode

d. Berkeley iv. An aggregate of spiritual atoms

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii i iii iv

(B) i iii ii iv

(C) ii iii iv i

a. Hume i. Possibility, Compossibility

b. Leibnitz ii. Knowledge by acquaintance,

Knowledge by description.

c. Russell iii. Knowing that, Knowing how

d. Ryle iv. Antecedent scepticism,

Consequent scepticism

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iv iii ii

(B) iv i ii iii

Empiricists are like ants; they collect and put to use; but rationalists like spiders, spin

threads out of themselves was said by

(A) Locke (B) Bacon

(C) Berkeley (D) Ayer

Who among the following did not criticise the concept of human rights in one form or the

other ?

(A) Friedrich Nietzshe (B) Edmund Burke

(C) Jeremy Bentham (D) None of the above

Inductive generalization is based

(A) only upon experience

(B) only upon generalization

(C) only upon uniformity of nature

(D) upon all stated above

Leibnitz World is bundle of monads

Wittgenstein World is bundle of atoms

Hume World is bundle of impressions

Berkeley World is bundle of perceptions

Codes :

(C) and (111)

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27. Match Set - I with Set - II and find out the incorrect option from following codes

Set - I Set - II

Locke

Leibnitz

Spinoza

Descartes

Codes :

Interactionism

Pantheism

Pluralism

Idealism

A and IV

Innate ideas for Rationalists are :

. Eternal (2) Contingent

(3) Both eternal and contingent (4) Neither eternal nor contingent

Which one of the following is the stand point of anti-realism ?

. There is no guarantee that every declarative sentence is determinately true or false.

(2) Every declarative sentence is determinately true or false.

(3) Every declarative sentence is always true.

(4) Every declarative sentence is always false.

Assertion (A) : Inductive inference proceeds from known to the unknown.

Reason (R) : Inductive inference attempts to reach a conclusion concerning all the

members of a class from observation of all of them.

AtRF

Which one of the following is not a kind of uniformity according to Mill ? Mark the correct
option.

(1) Uniformity of succession . Uniformity of science

(3) Uniformity of coexistence (4) Uniformity of similarity

Consider the following statements with reference to induction and mark the correct code.

(a) ].S. Mill conceived induction as essentially an evidencing process.

(b) Whewell conceives it as essentially discovery.

(c) Charles peirce views induction as generalisation and contrasts it with inference.

All

Which of the following statements is not acceptable to a sceptic ?

(1) No absolute, unquestionable, complete knowledge is possible.

(2) Evidence is indecisive, judgement should be suspended.

. There are fixed and eternal values which stand irrespective of time and place.

(4) Questioning or doubting as a means to gaining knowledge.

Personalistic idealism Finite self is a part, mode or appearance of the one

Monistic idealism Concrete reality is personal selfhood

Subjective idealism Recognises the reality of non-ideal types

Realistic idealism Nature is merely the projection of the finite mind

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Bradley s theory of Appearence and Reality and mark the

correct code.

(a) We apprehend the nature of reality through its appearances, which are things of everyday life.

(b) Reality is related to appearances, and appearances are appearences of Reality.

(c) Reality is found in all appearances, but not in the same degree.

All

The view that Happiness does not consist of a preponderance of pleasurable moments

which are free from pain but in the possession and creative exercise of power. Can be
attributed to which one of the following philosophers ?

(1) Hegel

(2) Moore

(3) Nietzsche

(4) Heidegger

a. Highest certainty; our assent to it is faith. i. Hegel

b. Although all our knowledge begins with experience it does not

follow that it arises out of experience .

ii. Hume

c. Thought proceeds from the most simple, abstract and empty

concepts to the more complex, concrete and richer notions.

iii. Kant

d. The mind is a bundle or collection of different perceptions. iv. Locke

Codes :

a b c d

(1) iv ii i iii

(2) ii iv iii i

When the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas by direct inspection

without intervention of any other ideas is known as :

(1) Intuitive knowledge

(2) Demonstrative knowledge

(3) Sensitive knowledge

(4) None of the above

List I List II

a. I could not have been the cause of my own

existence for I have an idea of perfection.

i. Hume

b. If a principle can be imprinted on the soul

without being known, it is impossible to

distinguish between what is nature and what not.

ii. Berkeley

c. Mind is incapable of framing abstract ideas. iii. Descartes

d. Objects are not necessarily but the ideas are

connected in our mind by association.

iv. Locke

(4) iii iv ii i

List I List II

(a) They have foundation in nature and are conformity with

the real existent things.

(i) Qualities

(b) They have no reality other than in the minds of men and

do not claim to be copies of things really existent.

(ii) Ideas of modes

(c) the power which objects have to produce definite ideas

in us.

(iii) Real idea

(d) ideas which do not contain in themselves but are

considered as dependencies is substance.

(iv) Mixed modes

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(1) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

(2) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

Consider the following statements in the light of Nietzsches Will to power and choose

the correct answer :

(1) Will to live is the basic principle of life.

(2) What humans desire is mere self preservation.

(3) Pleasure is the ultimate principle that men normally desire.

(4) Men willingly sacrifice pleasures and incur suffering for the sake of greater power.
Though appearance is inconsistent with itself, and cannot, therefore, be truly real, yet it

cannot be entirely divorced from reality is the view advocated by :

(1) F.H. Bradley (2) Spencer

(3) Kant (4) Leibnitz

Which one of the following philosophers advocated the distinction between three

inductive procedures such as, Table of essence or presence, table of deviation and table of

comparative instances ?

(1) Mill (2) Bacon

(3) Kant (4) Aristotle