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1 Test Booklet Code & Serial No. B Signature and Name of Invigilator 1. (Signature)... (Name) (Signature)... (Name)... JAN PHILOSOPHY Seat No. (In figures as in Admit Card) Seat No.... (In words) OMR Sheet No. (To be filled by the Candidate) Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150 Number of Pages in this Booklet : 40 Number of Questions in this Booklet : 75 Instructions for the Candidates 1. Write your Seat No. and OMR Sheet No. in the space provided on the top of this page. 2. This paper consists of 75 objective type questions. Each question will carry two marks. All questions of Paper-III will be compulsory, covering entire syllabus (including all electives, without options). 3. At the commencement of examination, the question booklet will be given to the student. In the first 5 minutes, you are requested to open the booklet and compulsorily examine it as follows : (i) To have access to the Question Booklet, tear off the paper seal on the edge of this cover page. Do not accept a booklet without sticker-seal or open booklet. (ii) Tally the number of pages and number of questions in the booklet with the information printed on the cover page. Faulty booklets due to missing pages/ questions or questions repeated or not in serial order or any other discrepancy should not be accepted and correct booklet should be obtained from the invigilator within the period of 5 minutes. Afterwards, neither the Question Booklet will be replaced nor any extra time will be given. The same may please be noted. (iii) After this verification is over, the OMR Sheet Number should be entered on this Test Booklet. 4. Each question has four alternative responses marked,, and. You have to darken the circle as indicated below on the correct response against each item. Example : where is the correct response (i) (ii) (iii) 4.,, A B D 5. Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the OMR Sheet given inside the Booklet only. If you mark at any place other than in the circle in the OMR Sheet, it will not be evaluated. 6. Read instructions given inside carefully. 7. Rough Work is to be done at the end of this booklet. 8. If you write your Name, Seat Number, Phone Number or put any mark on any part of the OMR Sheet, except for the space allotted for the relevant entries, which may disclose your identity, or use abusive language or employ any other unfair means, you will render yourself liable to disqualification. 9. You have to return original OMR Sheet to the invigilator at the end of the examination compulsorily and must not carry it with you outside the Examination Hall. You are, however, allowed to carry the Test Booklet and duplicate copy of OMR Sheet on conclusion of examination. 10. Use only Blue/Black Ball point pen. 11. Use of any calculator or log table, etc., is prohibited. 12. There is no negative marking for incorrect answers A B D

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3 PHILOSOPHY Paper III Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150 Note : This Question Paper contains Seventy Five (75) multiple choice questions. Each question carries Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions. (75) (2) III 1. Which of the following is true about the Buddhist theory of 1. Anumana? (1) Hetu is Trilaksanatmaka (2) Vyapti is derived from tadatmya and tadutpatti (3) Anupalabdhi anumana is a variety of anumana (4) Asatpratipaksatva is one of the (1) (2) (3) (4) conditions of good hetu Options : (1), (2) and (4) (2), (3) and (4) (1), (2) and (3) (1), (3) and (4) (1), (2) (4) (2), (3) (4) (1), (2) (3) (1), (3) (4) 3 [P.T.O.

4 2. Match List I with List II and select 2. I II the correct answer from the codes given below : List I (a) Pramana Samuccaya (b) Pramana Mimamsa (c) Nyayavatara (d) Nyayabindu List II (1) Dharmak irti (2) Siddhasena (3) Hemacandra (4) Dinnaga (a) (b) (c) (d) (1) (2) (3) (4) I II Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (1) (2) (3) (4) (2) (3) (1) (4) (4) (3) (2) (1) (4) (2) (3) (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (2) (3) (1) (4) (4) (3) (2) (1) (4) (2) (3) (1) 4

5 3. Find out which of the following is 3. not included in the Buddhist classification of anumana? (1) Samanyatodrsta Anumana (2) Svabhavanumana (3) Anyathanupapanna anumana (4) Anupalabdhi anumana (1) (2) (3) (4) Options : (1) and (3) (1), (2) and (3) (2) and (4) (2), (3) and (4) (1) (3) (1), (2) (3) (2) (4) (2), (3) (4) 4. Nirvikalpaka and Savikalpaka are 4. two stages of pratyaksa Jnana. view is held by the : This Naiyayikas Carvakas Buddhists Naiyayikas and Carvakas 5 [P.T.O.

6 5. Right faith, right knowledge and 5. right conduct are known as... Triratna Triguna Tripitak None of the above 6. Which among the following are not 6. the kinds of Pratyaksa according to Nyaya? Samanyalaksna Jnanalaksana and Laukika and Alaukika Nirvikalpa and Savikalpa Vahaya and Antara 6

7 7. Sadharanadharmas are to be 7. practised by... All human beings Hindus Indians All beings 8. The theory of varna is derived 8. from : Nasad iya-sukta Purusa-sukta Bhagavad-g ita Brahma-sutras 7 [P.T.O.

8 9. Rta is identified with : 9. Satya Dharma Both satya and dharma Neither satya nor dharma 10. Which of the following alternatives indicates the correct order? 10. thasrama, Grhasthasrama, Vanapras- Brahmacaryasrama and Sanyasasrama Brahmacaryasrama, hasthasrama, Sanyasasrama and Vanaprasthasrama Brahmacaryasrama, hasthasrama, Vanaprasthas rama and Sanyasasrama Grahasthasrama, Brahmacaryas rama, Vanaprasthas rama and Sanyasasrama 8

9 11. The view that moral obligation is 11. based on sentiments is advocated by : Kant Aristotle Plato Hume 12. Retributive theories of punishment is based on Use Fairness Equality Mercy 13. Moral responsibility is based on : 13. Causal agency Free agency Meritorious agency Social agency 9 [P.T.O.

10 14. The concept of good is primary for 14. the : Libertarian approach Contractarian approach Teleological approach Deontological approach 15. According to Aristotle, virtues are Ideas of reason Skills of habit Traits of personality Dispositions of character 10

11 16. Identify the correct pairs : 16. (i) Nyaya-Paratahpramanyavada (i) (ii) Buddhists- Svatahpramanya- vada (ii) (iii) M imamsa-paratahpraman- (iii) yavada (iv) (iv) Samkhya -Svatahpramanya- vada Options : (i) (ii) (i) and (ii) (i) (iii) (i) and (iii) (i) and (iv) (i) (iv) (ii) and (iii) (ii) (iii) 11 [P.T.O.

12 17. Match List I with List II and select 17. I II the correct answer from the codes given below : List I (a) Social Disparity (b) Human Rights (c) Utilitarianism (d) Deontological moral theory List II (1) Disproportion (2) Universality (3) Maximum hapiness (4) Duty for duty s sake Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (1) (2) (3) (4) I II (a) (b) (c) (d) (1) (2) (3) (4) (1) (4) (3) (2) (4) (2) (3) (1) (4) (3) (2) (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (1) (4) (3) (2) (4) (2) (3) (1) (4) (3) (2) (1) 12

13 18. In a Different Voice was authorised 18. by : Carol Gilligan J.S. Mill Simone De Beauvoir Mary Wollstonecraft Who was an ethical nonnaturalist? Moore J.S. Mill Kant Gandhi 20. What do you mean by moral 20. subjectivism? Individual views on morality Society s views on morality People s attitudes and opinions None of the above 13 [P.T.O.

14 21. Utilitarianism is a... ethical 21. theory. Teleological Deontological Emotivist Naturalist 22. All that glitters is not gold is a type of proposition. E E A A I I O O 14

15 23. Examine given agument and choose 23. the correct name of the fallacy out of codes given below : Argument : No men are perfect. All men are animals. No animals are perfect. Fallacy of Illicit Major Fallacy of Illicit Minor Fallacy of Illicit Middle None of the above 24. The subject term of the conclusion 24. of a syllogism is called... Copula Middle term Minor term Major term 15 [P.T.O.

16 25. The proposition in which both the 25. subject and predicate terms are distributed is a... proposition. O O I I E E A A 26. The relation between A and E 26. A E propositions is called... Contrary Sub-contrary Contradictory Subalternation 16

17 27. Proposition must be True Tautologous Neither true nor false Either true or false 28. If the statement p is false and the 28. p q p q ~ p. q statement q is true, the truthvalue of the statements p q and ~ p. q are : Both the statements p q and ~ p. q are true Both the statements p q and p q ~ p. q p q ~ p. q ~ p. q are false The statement p q is true and p q ~ p. q ~ p. q is false The statement p q is false and ~ p. q is true p q ~ p. q 17 [P.T.O.

18 29. Find out the correct match : 29. Tautology ~ (p. ~ p) ~ (p. ~ p) Contingent p ~ p p ~ p Law of Double ~ (~ p) ~ (~ p) Negation Rule of E.G. ( x) x a ( x) x a 30. The correct symbolization of the 30. following proposition is : Statement : Authors and poets are intelligent and successful. (x)[(ax. Px) (Ix. Sx)] (x)[(ax. Px) (Ix. Sx)] (x)[(ax. Px) (Ix Sx)] (x)[(ax. Px) (Ix Sx)] (x)[(ax. Px). (Ix. Sx)] (x)[(ax. Px). (Ix. Sx)] (x)[(ax Px) (Ix. Sx)] (x)[(ax Px) (Ix. Sx)] 18

19 31. Ahurmazda is the supreme God according to : 31. Hinduism Christianity Zoroastrianism Islam 32. Guru Nanak is the founder of Islam Sikhism avism None of the above 33. Everything in the universe is contingent and there must be something which is non-contingent, and that something is God, which is a necessary being. This is the... argument for the proof of existence of God. Moral Design Ontological Cosmological [P.T.O.

20 34. Tirthankar and Tathagata are 34. terms associated with : Jainism and Hinduism Jainism and Buddhism Sikhism and Hinduism Judaism and Jainism 35. Isvara is only nimitta karana of 35. the world is held of : Nyaya system Vedanta system Jainism Mimamsa system 20

21 36. Name the author of the article On 36. Denoting : Quine Davidson Russell Frege 37. Frege makes a distinction between 37. the following : Sense and truth conditions Truth and truth conditions Sense and nonsense Sense and reference 21 [P.T.O.

22 38. Who maintained that language 38. functions not on sentence-tosentence basis, but as a whole? Frege Russell Quine Early Wittgenstein 39. What is the nature of Strawson s 39. metaphysics? Revisionary Idealistic Descriptive Nihilistic 22

23 40. Name the author of Philosophical 40. Investigations : Early Wittgentein Russell Frege Later Wittgenstein 41. Wilhem Dilthey introduces the 41. concept of : Categories of life Categories of understanding Categories of consciousness Categories of objects 23 [P.T.O.

24 42. A major problem associated with the 42. method of hermeneutics is : Conflict of interpretations Transparency of meaning Interdependence of interpretation and understanding Role of grammar in interpretation 43. Which of the following is not a part 43. of the method of Phenomenology? Dialectics Epoche Intentional analysis Reduction 24

25 44. Match of the following : 44. Group I I (a) Carvaka (b) Bauddha (c) Kumarila (d) Prabhakara (a) (b) (c) (d) Group II II (i) five pramanas (ii) six pramanas (iii) two pramanas (iv) one pramana (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) : (a) (b) (c) (d) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) 25 [P.T.O.

26 45. Husserl wanted philosophy to 45. become : an empirical science a rigorous science a speculative science a normative science 46. Which theory of error is upheld by 46. Samkara? Akhyati Satkhyati Anirvachan iyakhyati Vipar ita-khyati 47. According to Ramanuja individual 47. soul is... non-dual with a God Reflection due to ignorance Real enjoyer and agent The Brahman 26

27 48. In case of conflict between sense 48. experience and testimony Samkara prescribes to go by : Testimony Sense experience Reason Inference 49. Acceptance of Brahman as Supreme Reality points to : 49. Subjective Realism Subjective Idealism Objective Idealism Objective Realism 50. According to Ramanuja Dharmabhutjnana and Nityabhuti 50. are... Jad Dravyas Chetana Dravyas Ajada Dravyas Unreal drvyas 27 [P.T.O.

28 51. All the wealth belongs to God and 51. those who hold it are trustees not possessor was stated by... Tolstoy Vinobha Bhave Gandhi Tagore 52. Which of the following would Gandhi 52. not accept? A good end justifies the means to it End and means are convertible terms Satya is the end, ahimsa is the means End and means are interdependent 28

29 53. The journal Harijan was run by... Ambedkar Sri Aurobindo Gandhi Swami Vivekananda Gandhi criticised industrialisation in one of the following : 54. Education Hind Swaraj Key to Health My Experiments With Truth 55. Gandhian Economics is based on... Spiritual principle Social principle Economic principle All of the above [P.T.O.

30 56. Which of the following principles is 56. not mentioned by Ramanuja in Tattvatraya? Spirit (Cit) Matter (Acit) Time (Kala) God (Isvara) 57. According to S ankaracarya the 57. world is real only as... Paramarthika Satta Vyavaharika Satta Both and Neither nor 30

31 58. According to Jaina Dars ana, 58. Dravya (Substance) has... and... Samanya, Visesa Guna, Paryaya Guna, Samanya Paryaya, Visesa Dravyas (substances) are 59. advocated by Vaisesika [P.T.O.

32 60. If Karana is inseparably connected with the effect, then the Karana is 60. called... Samavayi Karana (inherent cause) Asamavayi Karana (noninherent cause) Pratiyogi Karana (opposite cause) Nimitta Karana (efficient cause) 61. Hobbes is a/an Nominalist Conceptualist Idealist Rationalist 32

33 62. According to..., Being is one 62. and indivisible. Heraclitus Plato Aristotle Parmenides 63. Degrees of truth are maintained 63. by : Plato Aristotle Bradley Kant 64. Brain-mind identity theory is put 64. forth by : Descartes Spinoza Ryle J.J.C. Smart 33 [P.T.O.

34 65. Who speaks of feigning the identity? Locke Berkeley Hume Kant 66. Which of the following is maintained by Abhihitanvayavada? (i) Words have separate meaning. (ii) The meanings of indepednent words get connected to express sentence-meaning (iii) Words function to help convey the meaning of a sentence. (iv) Meaning of a sentence is a function of the meanings of the component words (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Options : (i) and (ii) (i), (ii) and (iii) (i), (ii) and (iv) (i), (iii) and (iv) (i) (i), (ii) (i), (ii) (i), (iii) (ii) (iii) (iv) (iv) 34

35 67. According to Anyathakhyati : 67. Object of error is unreal Object of error is imaginary Object of error is real Object of error is elsewhere and is real 68. Identify the true sentences : 68. (i) According to Buddhists, knowledge is intrinsically (i) invalid. (ii) According to Naiyayikas (ii) invalidity of knowledge is extrinsic. (iii) According to Prabhakara, (iii) invalidity of knowledge is intrinsic. Options : (i), (ii) and (iii) only (i) (i) and (ii) only (ii) (i), (ii) (i) (i) (ii) (ii) (iii) 35 [P.T.O.

36 69. Match List I with List II and select 69. I II the correct answer from the codes given below : List I (a) Pratyaksa and Anumana (b) Anumana and Sabda (c) S abda and Upamana (d) Upamana and Anuplabdh i (1) Sankhya (2) Bauddha List II (3) Purvam imamsa (4) Nyaya Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (1) (2) (3) (4) I II (a) (b) (c) (d) (2) (1) (4) (3) (3) (1) (4) (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (3) (2) (1) (2) (1) (4) (3) (3) (1) (4) (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (3) (2) (1) 36

37 70. Which of the following theories of pramanya (Validity) accepted by Nyaya darsan? Svatah-Pramanya validity) Svatah-Apramanya invalidity) Paratah-Pramanya validity) (Intrinsic (Intrinsic (Extrinsic Svatah-Pramanya and Paratah-Apramanya (Intrinsic Validity and Extrinsic Validity) Knowledge that has no source in 71. experience can be termed as : A priori A posteriori Tentative Synthetic 37 [P.T.O.

38 72. The condition of knowledge that 72. connotes objectivity is : Justification Truth Correspondence Verification 73. Edmund Gettier s famous paper published in 1963 was entitled : Justified true belief is not knowledge Knowledge cannot be defined Is justified true belief knowledge? Why is justified true belief knowledge? 38

39 74. The semantic theory of truth was 74. offered by : Ryle Moore Tarski Russell 75. The truth of the premises of an 75. inductive argument do not : in a priori way lead to the truth of its conclusion prima facie lead to the truth of its conclusion in a posteriori way lead to the truth of its conclusion prospectively lead to the truth of its conclusion 39 [P.T.O.

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