UGC NET Exam December 2014 Philosophy Paper-2 Question Paper With Answer Key

PHILOSOPHY

Paper – II

Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.

1. To Vivekananda Maya is :

(A) A power of Brahman

(B) A form of evil

(C) Description of facts

(D) A state of consciousness

Ans: (C)

2. The process of evolution according to Sri Aurobindo is pre-conditioned by

(A) Transformation

(B) Involution

(C) Ascent

(D) Mind

Ans: (B)

3. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below :

Ans: (A)

4. According to Ramanuja, the individual soul is

(A) Only Jñata

(B) Jñata and Karta

(C) Karta and Bhokta

(D) Jñata, Karta and Bhokta

Ans: (D)

5. Who among the following uphold the anvitabhidhanavada ?

(A) Gautama

(B) Prabhakara

(C) Kumarila

(D) Kanada

Ans: (B)

6. According to whom moksa is not attainable without bhakti ?

(A) Sankara

(B) Prabhakara

(C) Mahavira

(D) Ramanuja

Ans: (D)

7. According to Purvamimamsa Veda is the creation of

(A) God

(B) Lord Kisna

(C) Vyasa

(D) None of the above

Ans: (D)

8. According to Nyaya – Vaisesika samnya abides in

(A) Guna, Samanya and Visesa

(B) Dravya, Guna and Karma

(C) Dravya, Karma and Abhava

(D) Dravya only

Ans: (B)

9. Samkhya accepts liberation is

(A) only jivanmukti

(B) only videhamukti

(C) both jivanmukti and videhamukti

(D) None of the above

Ans: (C)

10. According to the Vaisesikas the cause of the notion of ‘east’ and ‘west’ is

(A) Akasa

(B) Kala

(C) Dik

(D) Teja

Ans: (C)

11. According to the Carvakas water flows downwards because of its

(A) Svabhava

(B) Dravyatva

(C) Heaviness

(D) Liquidity

Ans: (A)

12. Which one among the following does not state the means of saktigraha correctly?

(A) Vyakarana, aptavakya, vivarana

(B) Vivarana, upamana, anumana

(C) Upamana, kosa, vrddhavyavahara

(D) Vivarana, vakyasesa, aptavakya

Ans: (B)

13. Which one of the following considers Maya as a ‘principle of cosmic error’ ?

(A) Vivekananda

‘(B) Radhakrishnan

(C) K.C. Bhattacharya

(D) Tagore

Ans: (D)

14. ‘Aprthaksiddhi,’ according to Ramanuja is the relation of

(A) Brahman with Jiva only

(B) Jiva with Jagata only

(C) Brahman with Jiva and Jagata

(D) Brahman with Jagata only

Ans: (C)

15.  The notion daksina in vedic tradition is associated with

(A) Rta

(B) Rna

(C) Dharma

(D) Yajna

Ans: (D)

16. Which type of absence (abhava) is the absensce of ‘cowhood’ in man ?

(A) Atyantabhava

(B) Anyonyabhava

(C) Pragabhava

(D) Dhvansabhava

Ans: (B)

17. Select the correct sequence :

(A) Garhasthya, Vanprastha, Brahmacarya, Sannyasa

(B) Vanprastha, Brahmacarya, Garhasthya, Sannyasa

(C) Brahmacarya, Vanprastha, Garhasthya, Sannyasa

(D) Brahmacarya, Garhasthya, Vanprastha, Sannyasa

Ans: (D)

18. Which one is not correctly matched ?

(A) Anvaya, Vyatireka, Bhuyodarsana

(B) Anvaya, Vyatireka, Upadhinirasa

(C) Upadhinirsa, Tarka, Samanyalaksana, Pratyaksa

(D) Tarka, Samanyalaksana Pratyaksa, aptavakya

Ans: (D)

19. Rta is identified with

(A) Satya only

(B) Dharma only

(C) Both Satya and Dharma

(D) Neither Satya nor Dharma

Ans: (C)

20. Consider two sets given below. Set I consists of the schools of Philosophy and Set II consists of the doctrines they hold. Which one among the following codes is correctly matched ?

Ans: (C)

21. Which one of the following expresses the correct sequence ?

(A) Trsna, Vedana, Bhava,m Jati

(B) Vedana, Trsna, Upadana, Bhava

(C) Vedana, Trsna, Bhava, Upadana

(D) Trsna, Bhava, Vedana, Jati

Ans: (B)

22. Seeing a piece of sandalwood by what sa nikar a do we perceive fragrance according to Nyaya school ?

(A) Visesanata

(B) Samyukta-samavaya

(C) Yogaja

(D) Jnanalaksana

Ans: (D)

23. Which one of the following is not accepted by Ambedkar ?

(A) Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

(B) Education, Organisation, Agitation

(C) Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha

(D) Caste, Varna, Karma

Ans: (D)

24. Which type of fallacy is committed by the following inference according to Nyaya ?

Mark the correct code.

Inference : The world is eternal because it is made of eternal atoms.

(A) Viruddha

(B) Kalatita

(C) Satpratipaksa

(D) Savyabhicara

Ans: (A)

25. ‘Each and every state of anubhuti is a state of prama- this doctrine is held by

(A) Nyaya

(B) Carvaka

(C) Prabhakara

(D) Kumarila

Ans: (C)

26. Match List – I with List – II and mark the correct option :

Ans: (D)

27. In the context of Nietzsche’s Philosophy consider given Assertion (A) and Reason (R) then mark the correct option as given below :

Assertion (A) : Nietzsche’s 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).

(C) (A) & (R) both are false and (R) provides correct explanation of (A).

(D) (A) is false and (R) is true, but (R) provides correct explanation of (A).

Ans: (B)

28. Match the List – I with List – II and mark the correct option as given below :

Ans: (B)

29. Match Set – I with Set – II and find out the correct answer from codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (a) and (i)

(B) (b) and (iv)

(C) (c) and (i)

(D) (d) and (ii)

Ans: (C)

30. Who wrote the book ‘Phenomenology of Mind’ ?

(A) Husserl

(B) Hegel

(C) Kant

(D) None of these

Ans: (B)

31. Who among the following ascribed soul of lifeless things like magnet ?

(A) Thales

(B) Anaximander

(C) Xenophanes

(D) Empedocles

Ans: (A)

32. Which of the following statements are true with respect to Heraclitus ?

(a) Heraclitus rejected cosmogony.

(b) The world is in a perpetual flux.

(c) Heraclitus did not believe in unity of opposites.

Choose the correct code :

(A) Only (b) is true.

(B) Only (a) and (b) are true.

(C) (a), (b) and (c) are true.

(D) Only (c) and (a) are true.

Ans: (B)

33. In the context of Ryle’s Philosophy consider Assertion (A) and Reason (R) then mark the correct option as given below :

Assertion (A) : The official doctrine of mind is not acceptable.

Reason (R) : Because it distructs the picture theory of meaning.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) does not provide correct explanation of (A).

(B) (A) is true, (R) is false but (R) provides correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, (R) is false and (R) does not provide correct explanation of (A).

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false and (R) does not provide correct explanation of (A).

Ans: (C)

34. Who advocates the ‘Refutation of Idealism’ ?

(A) Russell & Berkley

(B) Moore & Berkley

(C) Russell & Moore

(D) Russell & Hegel

Ans: (C)

35. Which set of the given statements (options) are true in the context of Wittgeinstien ? Mark the correct option :

Statements :

(a) The world is all that is a case.

(b) The world is the totality of facts not of things.

(c) A state of affair is a combination of objects.

(d) If all objects are given then at the same time all possible states of affairs are also given.

Options :

(A) All the statements are true.

(B) All the statements are false.

(C) (a), (b), (c) are true, but (d) is false.

(D) (b), (c) and (d) are true, but (a) is false.

Ans: (A)

36. Who advocates the picture theory of meaning ?

(A) Moore

(B) Russell

(C) Ayer

(D) None of these

Ans: (D)

37. Which of the following statements are true with regard to Plato’s theory of ideas ?

(a) Ideas belong to a realm of abstract entities separate from their concrete exemplification in time and space.

(b) Ideas or forms are real; particulars are mere appearances.

(c) Ideas or forms are temporal, non-special, eternal and immutable.

Choose the correct code from below in the context of statements written above :

(A) Only (a) and (b) are true.

(B) (a), (b) and (c) are true.

(C) Only (a) and (c) are true.

(D) Only (b) and (c) are false.

Ans: (A)

38. Match the List – I with List – II and choose correct answer from the codes given below :

Ans: (C)

39. Which of the following were rejected by Plato with regard to the answer ‘what is knowledge’ ?

(a) Knowledge is sense perception.

(b) Knowledge is opinion.

(c) Knowledge is judgement.

(d) Knowledge is true judgement.

Choose the correct code from below :

(A) Only (c), (d) and (a) are true.

(B) Only (a) and (b) are true.

(C) Only (a), (b) and (c) are true.

(D) Only (a) and (c) are true.

Ans: (C)

40. Which statement is not correct ?

(A) St. Augustine advocates creationism

(B) St. Augustine rejects Emanation theory

(C) St. Augustine is a theist.

(D) St. Augustine advocates scepticism

Ans: (D)

41. Select the correct option :

Who holds the representative theory of knowledge ?

(A) Leibnitz

(B) Descartes

(C) Berkley

(D) Locke

Ans: (D)

42. Match Set – I with Set – II and find out the correct option :

Codes :

(A) (i) and (b)

(B) (ii) and (d)

(C) (iii) and (a)

(D) (iv) and (c)

Ans: (A)

43. Select the correct answer :

Mind-body relation as per Descartes is known as

(A) Rationalism

(B) Interactionism

(C) Empiricism

(D) Parallelism

Ans: (B)

44. Select the correct option :

The basic concept of Modern Rationalism is

(A) Occasionalism

(B) Theory of doubt

(C) Innate ideas

(D) Division of substance

Ans: (C)

45. Select the correct option :

In which argument ‘existence’ is included in its concept ?

(A) Causal argument

(B) Teleological argument

(C) Ontological argument

(D) Cosmological argument

Ans: (C)

46. Select the correct option with reference to Locke :

(A) Mind receives secondary qualities.

(B) Mind receives primary qualities.

(C) Mind receives both primary and secondary qualities.

(D) Mind creates primary qualities.

Ans: (B)

47. Select the correct option :

As per Berkley, ideas are

(A) Concrete

(B) Abstract

(C) Both concrete and abstract

(D) Neither abstract nor concrete

Ans: (A)

48. Select the correct option :

For Kant, the correct form of knowledge is

(A) Analytic apriori judgement

(B) Synthetic apriori judgement

(C) Analytic aposteriori judgement

(D) Synthetic aposteriori judgement

Ans: (B)

49. Select the correct option : 

For Kant, total number of categories of understanding are

(A) 8

(B) 10

(C) 12

(D) 16

Ans: (C)

50. Who propounds the ontological argument for the existence of God ?

(A) Aristotle

(B) St. Augustine

(C) St. Anselm

(D) St. Aquinas

Ans: (C)

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