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MH SET 2019: 23 June, Paper II, Philosophy

  • Date: 23 June 2019
  • Paper code: JUN-12219
  • Series: A
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 32 pages
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                                Philosophy
                                  Paper II


                                                  II
Time Allowed : 120 Minutes]                          [Maximum Marks : 200
Note : This Paper contains Hundred (100) multiple choice questions. Each question
       carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
                              (100)                                           (2)


1.   Choose the correct order of the         1.
     stages of life according to
      pratityasamutpada of Buddhism :
     (A) Bhava, Vedana , Jati and
          Upadana                                  (A)
     (B) Bhava, Jati , Vedana and
                                                   (B)
          Upadana
     (C) Vedana , Upadana , Bhava                  (C)
          and Jati
     (D) Bhava, Vedana , Upadana and               (D)
          Jati
2.   Consider the following statements       2.
     with reference to the schools of
      Vedanta and mark the correct                 (1)
     code :
     (1) Shankara accepted Nirguna
          brahman and rejected Saguna              (2)
          brahman
     (2) Shankara and Ramanuja                     (3)
          accepted Saguna brahman
     (3) Shankara accepted both
          Saguna and Nirguna brahman               (4)
     (4) Shankara and Ramanuja both
          rejected Nirguna brahman
     Codes :
                                                   (A)   (1)
     (A) Only (1) is true
                                                   (B)   (1)    (4)
     (B) Only (1) and (4) are true
     (C) Only (2) and (3) are true                 (C)   (2)    (3)
     (D) Only (3) and (4) are true                 (D)   (3)    (4)
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3.   “Brahman and the Jiva are different         3.
     but they have the potential to be
     identical” is the philosophical
     perspective of :                                 (A)

     (A) Advaita Vedanta                              (B)
     (B) Visishtadvaita Vedanta
                                                      (C)
     (C) Dvaita Vedanta
                                                      (D)
     (D) Jainism
4.   Given below are two statements              4.                   (A)              (R)
     labelled Assertion (A) and Reason
     (R). Examine both with respect to
     the Yoga and select the correct
     code :
                                                                    (A)
     Assertion (A) :
     Yoga is a theistic system.
     Reason (R) :                                             (R)
     God is the creator, preserver and
     destroyer of the world.
     Codes :
     (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
         (R) is the correct explanation               (A) (A)         (R)
         of (A)                                             (R)     (A)
     (B) Both (A) and (R) are true and
                                                      (B) (A)          (R)
         (R)      is   not   the   correct
                                                            (R)     (A)
         explanation of (A)
     (C) (A) is true and (R) is false                 (C) (A)                   (R)

     (D) (A) is false and (R) is true                 (D) (A)                    (R)

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5.   Select the incorrect statement with           5.
     reference to the Vedic sacrifice from
     the following :
     (A) The sacrifice is enjoined by the
           Veda                                         (A)
     (B) The Vedic Gods are invoked in                  (B)
           the sacrifice, but they are only
           instruments for the proper
           completion of the sacrifice
     (C) It is not the case that, the result
           of the sacrifice is produced by              (C)
           an inherent potency—the
           apurva
     (D) Out of the many kinds of                       (D)
           sacrifices enjoined, one among
           them has its aims the fulfilment
           of the desire of the person
           performing the sacrifice
6.   Which one of the following theories           6.
     of validity of knowledge is upheld by
      Samkhya ?
     (A) Svatah pramanyavada,
           Paratah apramanyavada                        (A)
     (B) Svatah pramanyavada,
                                                        (B)
           Svatah apramanyavada
     (C) Paratah pramanyavada,                          (C)
           Paratah apramanyavada
     (D) Paratah pramanyavada,                          (D)
           Svatah apramanyavada
7.   ‘It is not the case that everything           7.
     can be produced by everything
     merely by a change of arrangement
     of constituting atoms. This means to
     say, it is not the case that the effect
     is potentially pre-existent in the                 (A)
     cause.’ This view is upheld by :
     (A) Samkhya-Yoga                                   (B)
     (B) Madhyamika Buddhists                           (C)
     (C) Nyaya-Vaisesika
     (D) Mimamsa                                        (D)
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8.   Pramana-Vyavastha doctrine is not           8.
     upheld by :
     (A) Naiyayikas                                   (A)

     (B) Mimamsakas                                   (B)
     (C)                                              (C)
     (D) Buddhists                                    (D)
9.   Given below are two statements              9.                  (A)                (R)
     labelled Assertion (A) and Reason
     (R). Examine both with reference to
     Mimamsa system and select the
     correct code.
     Assertion (A) :                                                (A)
     Vidhi vakya and Nisedha vakya
     of the Vedas are injunctions that
     give forth the Vedic actions that are
     to be followed and those that are to
     be avoided respectively.
                                                              (R)
     Reason (R) :
     Vidhi and Nisedha are to be
     adhered      to    because the
     Mimamsakas consider the Veda to
     be their final authority.
     Codes :                                          (A) (A)         (R)
     (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and                      (R)     (A)
         (R) is the correct explanation
                                                      (B) (A)         (R)
         of (A)
                                                            (R)     (A)
     (B) Both (A) and (R) are true and
         (R) is not the correct
         explanation of (A)
                                                      (C) (A)                   (R)
     (C) (A) is true and (R) is false
     (D) (A) is false and (R) is true                 (D) (A)                     (R)

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10. Match List I with List II and mark           10.         I             II
    the correct code :
                    List I
                                                                               I
    (a) We may notice manifold
        qualities and characteristics of               (a)
        a thing, but view them as
        unified in the thing. Eg. We say,
        “This is a book”, we do not look
        at characteristics being different
        from it.
                                                       (b)
    (b) We may notice qualities
        separately and regard the
        unified thing as non-existent.
        Eg. Perceiving different
        qualities of the book and alone
        regarding those as real, apart
        from the unified object, i.e. the
        book.                                          (c)
    (c) Liberation is not a negative                   (d)
        state of cessation of misery.
    (d) Liberation is for and by the                                           II
        individual.
                List II                                (1)

    (1) Paryaya-naya                                   (2)
    (2) Dravya-naya                                    (3)
    (3) Mahayana
                                                       (4)
    (4) Hinayana
    Codes :
                                                             (a)   (b)   (c)        (d)
        (a)   (b)     (c)    (d)
    (A) (4)   (2)     (3)    (1)                       (A) (4)     (2)   (3)        (1)
    (B) (3)   (2)     (1)    (4)                       (B) (3)     (2)   (1)        (4)
    (C) (3)   (1)     (2)    (4)                       (C) (3)     (1)   (2)        (4)
    (D) (2)   (1)     (3)    (4)                       (D) (2)     (1)   (3)        (4)

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11. Thales,        Anaximander            and       11.
    Anaximenes are known as :

    (A) physikoi          (B) mystics                     (A)    (B)

    (C) myth-makers (D) politicians                       (C)    (D)

12. The view that human beings were                 12.
    playthings at the hands of powerful
    but morally weak deities was held
    by :
                                                          (A)    (B)
    (A) Heraclitus        (B) Aristotle
                                                          (C)    (D)
    (C) Homer             (D) Thales

13. For Plato Mathematics provides :                13.

    (A) a bridge from the sensible would                  (A)
           to the intelligible
                                                          (B)
    (B) a discontinuity from the sensible
           world to the intelligible
                                                          (C)
    (C) an illusory means from the
           sensible world to the intelligible
                                                          (D)
    (D) an obstacle in the sensible world
           to the intelligible

14. According to Aristotle, form is not :           14.

    (A) for the sake of matter                            (A)

    (B) immanent in matter                                (B)

    (C) functional in matter                              (C)

    (D) differential in matter                            (D)

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15. Assertion (A) :                            15.              (A)
    According to Locke, the real essence
    of any physical object is not known
    to us.
    Reason (R) :                                             (R)
    The internal constitution of the
    object is in reach our experience.
    (A) Both (A) and          (R)    are
        individually true                            (A) (A)          (R)

    (B) (A) is true but (R) is false                 (B) (A)                (R)
    (C) (A) is false but (R) is true                 (C) (A)                 (R)
    (D) Both (A) and          (R)    are
                                                     (D) (A)          (R)
        individually false
16. Who claimed that the exclusive             16.
    concern of mathematics is with
    questions of order or measure ?
                                                     (A)                     (B)
    (A) Leibniz       (B) Kant
                                                     (C)                     (D)
    (C) Descartes     (D) Russell
17. For Kant, necessity and contingency        17.
    are categories of :
    (A) Relation      (B) Quality                    (A)                     (B)
    (C) Modality      (D) Quantity                   (C)                     (D)
18. Which of the following is incorrect        18.
    match ?                                          (A)                (Epoche)
    (A) Husserl—epoche                               (B)                                 (Cogito
    (B) Descartes—cogito ergo sum                          ergo sum)
                                                     (C)                           (Tabula rasa)
    (C) Spinoza—tabula rasa
                                                     (D)                               (Esse est
    (D) Berkeley—esse est percipi                          percipi)
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19. The causal relation, according to             19.
      Hume, is an :
                                                        (A)
      (A) Innate idea
                                                        (B)
      (B) Causal idea
                                                        (C)
      (C) Dissociative idea
      (D) Associative idea                              (D)

20. According to whom the proposition             20.
      ‘God exists’ is a quasi-ontological
      proposition :
                                                        (A)    (B)
      (A) Kant           (B) Anselm
                                                        (C)    (D)
      (C) Descartes      (D) Ryle
21. The distinction between Shreyas and           21.
      Preyas is maintained in the :
                                                        (A)
      (A) Taittir iya Upanisad
                                                        (B)
      (B) Brhadaranyaka Upanisad
                                                        (C)
      (C) Katha Upanisad
                                                        (D)
      (D)
22.   Adrsta , as agency, is conceived            22.
      by :                                              (A)
      (A) Naiyyayikas only
                                                        (B)
      (B)               only
      (C) Naiyyayikas     as     well   as              (C)

            Mimamsakas                                  (D)
      (D) Mimamsakas only
                                                  23.
23. ‘Death as Moksa ’ is uphold by :
      (A) Samkhyas       (B) Jainas                     (A)    (B)
      (C) Bauddhas       (D) Carvakas                   (C)    (D)
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24. ‘Svadharma’ means :                          24.
    (A) One’s own duties                               (A)
    (B) Prakrti                                        (B)
    (C) Self-knowledge                                 (C)
    (D) Self-realization                               (D)
25. Which of the following is not given          25.
    in Vedic tradition ?
    (A) Pitr-rna       (B) Deva-rna                    (A)    (B)
    (C) Manava-rna (D) Rs i-rna                        (C)    (D)
26. Which of the following is not covered        26.
    in yamas ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Don’t drink intoxicants
                                                       (B)
    (B) Don’t steal
                                                       (C)
    (C) Don’t harm
    (D) Don’t hoard                                    (D)

27. Carvaka views on Purushartha                 27.
    may be labelled as :
    (A) Psychological Hedonism                         (A)
    (B) Ethical Hedonism                               (B)
    (C) Paradox of Hedonism                            (C)
    (D) Universal Hedonism                             (D)
28. Which of the following is not a task         28.
    of phenomenological reduction ?
    (A) To enable the naturalistic point               (A)
        of view
    (B) To enable holistic knowledge                   (B)
        claims
                                                       (C)
    (C) To enable presuppositionless
        claims
                                                       (D)
    (D) To enable grounding of entities

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29. Match List I with List II and select          29.         I         II
    t h e correct answer from the codes
    given below :                                                                  I
                  List I
                                                        (a)
    (a) Maitri
                                                        (b)
    (b) Karuna
                                                        (c)
    (c) Mudita
                                                        (d)
    (d) Upeksa
                  List II                                                      II
    (1) Punya                                           (1)
    (2) Sukha                                           (2)
    (3) Apunya                                          (3)
    (4) Duhkha                                          (4)
    Codes :
          (a) (b) (c) (d)                                   (a)   (b)        (c)       (d)
    (A) (2) (4) (3) (1)                                 (A) (2)   (4)        (3)       (1)
    (B) (2) (4) (1) (3)                                 (B) (2)   (4)        (1)       (3)
    (C) (2) (1) (3) (4)                                 (C) (2)   (1)        (3)       (4)
    (D) (3) (4) (1) (2)                                 (D) (3)   (4)        (1)       (2)
30. Which of the following is the socially        30.
    binding principle ?
    (A) Dharma           (B) Artha                      (A)                            (B)
    (C) Kama             (D) Moksa                      (C)                            (D)
31. According to Ryle a category                  31.
    mistake is committed when :
    (A) A fact belonging to one category                (A)
          is presented in the idiom
          appropriate to another
    (B) A fact belonging to one category                (B)
          is reduced to the idiom
          appropriate to another
    (C) A fact belonging to one category                (C)
          is totally denied
    (D) The relation between the two                    (D)
          categories is wrongly presented
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32. Who among the following Utilitarian             32.
    philosophers advocated Qualitative
    distinctions in Pleasure and Pain ?
                                                          (A)    (B)
    (A) J. S. Mill       (B) Bentham
    (C) Sidgwick         (D) Kant                         (C)    (D)
33. “Eye for an eye” is advocated by                33.
    which one of the following theories
    of punishment ?
                                                          (A)
    (A) Deterrent theory
                                                          (B)
    (B) Retributive theory
    (C) Preventive theory                                 (C)
    (D) Reformative theory                                (D)
34. ‘Ethical sentences are about the                34.
    attitudes of the people’—is the stand
    point of which one of the following
    ethical theories.
                                                          (A)
    (A) Moral Subjectivism
                                                          (B)
    (B) Moral Realism
    (C) Universal Prescriptivism                          (C)
    (D) Emotivism                                         (D)
35. Which one of the following                      35.
    statements is not true of Altruism ?
    (A) In case of “pure” altruism self-
         interested motives are entirely                  (A)
         absent
    (B) An altruistic and has to be                       (B)
         necessarily self-sacrificing
    (C) An act is altruistic in the weak
         sense if it is motivated by the                  (C)
         tort that it benefits at least does
         not injure anyone
    (D) An act is altruistic in the strong                (D)
         sense if one undertakes it
         inspite of the perception that it
         involves some loss of one’s well-
         being
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36. Which of the following is maintained        36.
    in traditional ethics ?
    (A) All good actions are right but
                                                      (A)
        all right actions are not
        necessarily good
    (B) All good actions are duties but               (B)
        all duties are not necessarily
        good
    (C) All right actions are not duties              (C)
        and all duties are not right
        actions
                                                      (D)
    (D) Right actions and duties are
        incompatible
37. Teleology and Deontology get                37.
    synthesized in :
    (A) Rule-ethics                                   (A)
    (B) Principle-ethics                              (B)
    (C) Virtue-ethics                                 (C)
    (D) Meta-ethics                                   (D)
38. According to Plato, the existence of        38.
    which virtues ensure justice ?
    (A) Truth, Knowledge, Beauty                      (A)
    (B) Truth, Goodness, Beauty                       (B)
    (C) Wisdom, Courage, Temperance                   (C)
    (D) Wisdom, Fortitude, Love                       (D)
39. Deontological performance of duties         39.
    is prescribed by :
    (A) Bentham         (B) Mill                      (A)    (B)
    (C) Kant            (D) Hume                      (C)    (D)
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40. Aristotle speaks of Eudaimonism              40.
    as :
                                                       (A)
    (A) Benevolence
                                                       (B)
    (B) Magnificience
    (C) Excellence                                     (C)

    (D) Patience                                       (D)
41. Select the four sanctions of morality
                                                 41.
    given by Bentham :
    (A) Physical, Mental, Linguistic,
        Social
                                                       (A)
    (B) Physical, Social, Political,
        Religious                                      (B)
    (C) Physical, Mental, Linguistic,
        Political                                      (C)
    (D) Physical, Social, Linguistic,
                                                       (D)
        Religious
42. The problem of means and ends and            42.
    the insistence on the purity of means
    are the highlights of whose
    philosophy ?                                       (A)
    (A) K. C. Bhattacharya                             (B)
    (B) J. Krishnamurti
                                                       (C)
    (C) M. N. Roy
    (D) Mahatma Gandhi                                 (D)

43. Satkhyati is maintained by :                 43.
    (A) Ramanuja and Prabhakara                        (A)
    (B) Ramanuja                                       (B)
    (C) Prabhakara                                     (C)
    (D) Ramanuja and Kumar ila                         (D)
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44. According to Iqbal, other minds are         44.
    known through :                                   (A)
    (A) Postulation
                                                      (B)
    (B) Intuition
                                                      (C)
    (C) Testimony
    (D) Sense-perception                              (D)
45. Which aspect of Dharma is                   45.
    emphasized by Phule ?
                                                      (A)    (B)
    (A) Devotion       (B) Truth
    (C) Goodness       (D) Beauty                     (C)    (D)
46. The Absolute, as conceived by               46.
    Radhakrishnan is pure consciousness,
    pure freedom and :
                                                      (A)
    (A) Infinite
                                                      (B)
    (B) Infinite descriptions
    (C) Infinite possibility                          (C)
    (D) End of possibles                              (D)
47. Who among the following asserts             47.
    “Religion without philosophy runs
    into superstition; and philosophy
    without religion becomes a dry
    atheism”.                                         (A)
    (A) Radhakrishnan                                 (B)
    (B) Swami Vivekananda
                                                      (C)
    (C) Sri Aurobindo
    (D) Tagore                                        (D)
48. The statement—“Intuition brings to          48.
    man those brilliant messages from
    the unknown which is the beginning
    of his higher knowledge” can be
    attributed to :
                                                      (A)
    (A) Radhakrishnan
    (B) Sri Aurobindo                                 (B)
    (C) Swami Vivekananda                             (C)
    (D) Tagore                                        (D)
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49. Who among the following asserts—          49.
    “politics have their roots in the
    spiritual life of man” ?
    (A) Mohammad Iqbal                              (A)
    (B) Mahatma Gandhi                              (B)
    (C) Sri Aurobindo                               (C)
    (D) Swami Vivekananda                           (D)
50. Absolute for Radhakrishnan has to         50.
    be :
                                                    (A)
    (A) Materially real
    (B) Of the nature of spirit alone               (B)
    (C) Of the nature of void                       (C)
    (D) Of the nature of both material
                                                    (D)
        and spirit
51. According to Jiddu Krishnamurti           51.
    freedom is :
                                                    (A)
    (A) Free response to nature
    (B) Exercising choice without any               (B)
        preconceptions                              (C)
    (C) Pure observation
                                                    (D)
    (D) Knowing self in isolation from
        relation
52. Sartre’s humanism orients itself          52.
    towards :
    (A) an open future of collective
        responsibility                              (A)
    (B) an open future of solitary
                                                    (B)
        responsibility
    (C) an open future of ecological                (C)
        responsibility
    (D) an open future of scientific
        responsibility                              (D)

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53. According to Heidegger, the proper            53.
    response to technology is to :
    (A) understand it within Being                      (A)
        (Sein)
    (B) abandon it within Being (Sein)
                                                        (B)
    (C) accelerate it within Being (Sein)
                                                        (C)
    (D) manipulate it within Being
        (Sein)                                          (D)
54. According to Nietzsche, the                   54.
    assumption of identity underlying
    logic is :
                                                        (A)
    (A) culturally fulfilled
                                                        (B)
    (B) rationally fulfilled
                                                        (C)
    (C) spiritually fulfilled
    (D) fictitiously fulfilled                          (D)

55. For Levinas, the face of the other
                                                  55.
    is :
    (A) a    moral     summon          for              (A)
        responsibility
    (B) an epistemological summon for                   (B)
        science
    (C) an aesthetic summon for                         (C)
        pleasure
    (D) an intellectual summon for                      (D)
        reason
56. James attempted to replace ‘the               56.
    truth’ with a diversified plurality
    of :
                                                        (A)    (B)
    (A) appearances (B) truths
    (C) percepts        (D) concepts                    (C)    (D)

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57. According to Ryle, Cartesian theory         57.
    of mind is based on a confusion
    between :
    (A) Mental      description    and                (A)
        disposition
                                                      (B)
    (B) Mind and brain
    (C) Mental and physical properties                (C)
    (D) Logical and psychological
                                                      (D)
        properties
58. According to C.S. Pierce, truth is :        58.
    (A) the ideal limit of knowledge
    (B) the ultimate goal of knowledge                (A)
    (C) the expedient in the way of                   (B)
        thinking
                                                      (C)
    (D) the logical requirement of
        enquiry                                       (D)

59. The distinction between actual and          59.
    probable verification was upheld
    by :
                                                      (A)    (B)
    (A) Schlick        (B) Ayer
    (C) Carnap         (D) Wittgenstein               (C)    (D)

60. ‘Incomplete symbols’ of Russell are         60.
    those which fulfil the following :
    (A) their contribution to meaning                 (A)
        did not consist in denotation
    (B) their contribution to meaning
                                                      (B)
        consists in denotation
    (C) they are used as names
                                                      (C)
    (D) they are not susceptible of
        analysis                                      (D)

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61. Which of the following is not what            61.
    Quine criticizes as “two dogmas of
    Empiricism” ?
     (A) The distinction between
         analytic     and synthetic                     (A)
         propositions
                                                        (B)
     (B) Phenomenalism
     (C) The reducibility of each                       (C)
         meaningful statements to the
         set of immediate experiences
                                                        (D)
     (D) Totality of our so called beliefs
         is man-made
62. The objective of total revolution is :        62.
     (A) to change government, but not                  (A)
         society and the individual
                                                        (B)
     (B) not only to change government,
         but also society and the
         individual                                     (C)
     (C) not to change government, but
         society and the individual
     (D) to change government and                       (D)
         society, but not the individual
63. Swadeshi was :                                63.
     (A) not just an economic doctrine,
         but covered all aspects of                     (A)
         human life
     (B) just an economic doctrine and
                                                        (B)
         did not cover all aspects of
         human life
     (C) not an economic doctrine, but                  (C)
         covered all aspects of human life
     (D) neither an economic doctrine
         and nor did it cover all aspects               (D)
         of human life

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64. Constitutional morality :                    64.
    (A) cannot be reduced to pure                      (A)
        normativity or pure legal form
    (B) cannot be reduced to pure
                                                       (B)
        normativity and pure legal form
    (C) can be reduced to pure
                                                       (C)
        normativity but not to pure
        legal form
    (D) cannot be reduced to pure                      (D)
        normativity but to pure legal
        form
65. Freedom to practice religion is              65.
    ..................... right in India.
    (A) a fundamental right                            (A)
    (B) a cultural right                               (B)
    (C) a political right                              (C)
    (D) an informal right                              (D)
66. In the Indian Constitution, the right        66.
    to property is not :
    (A) a fundamental right                            (A)
    (B) a legal right                                  (B)

    (C) a moral right                                  (C)

    (D) an individual right                            (D)

67. Affirmative action aims at :                 67.
    (A) social justice                                 (A)
    (B) political justice                              (B)
    (C) individual justice                             (C)
    (D) global justice                                 (D)
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68. According to Kautilya, in the process        68.
    of selecting a new king :
    (A) A state must have a king even
                                                       (A)
        if deserving candidate is not
        available
    (B) A person from the relations of                 (B)
        the previous king must be
        selected
    (C) It is better to keep a state                   (C)
        without a king instead of
        selecting an undeserving
        person
                                                       (D)
    (D) The eldest prince of the previous
        king must be selected
69. According to Kautilya, what brings           69.
    glory to king and the citizens ?
    (A) Beauty of the land                             (A)
    (B) Magnitude of the army                          (B)
    (C) Good governance                                (C)
    (D) Enormous wealth                                (D)
70. In the context of foreign policy,            70.
    according to Kautilya, the following
    principle should be followed by a
    king :
                                                       (A)
    (A) King must always remain
        aggressive
                                                       (B)
    (B) King can enter into war with
        any enemy                                      (C)
    (C) King should not enter into war
        with more powerful enemy
    (D) King must always think of                      (D)
        treaty to avoid any war
        situation
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71. What is the golden rule about                 71.
    foreign policy according to
    Kautilya ?
                                                        (A)
     (A) Enemy of enemy is one’s friend
                                                        (B)
     (B) Enemy of friend is one’s enemy
                                                        (C)
     (C) Friend of enemy is one’s enemy
     (D) Friend of friend is one’s friend               (D)
72. Which one of the following                    72.
    statements is not true of patriarchy ?
     (A) Patriarchy is caused by the
         biological inequalities between                (A)
         women and men
     (B) Male control over women’s
                                                        (B)
         sexuality and reproductive
         functions is a fundamental
         cause and result of patriarchy
     (C) Patriarchy causes oppression as
                                                        (C)
         a result of alienating women
         from their bodies
     (D) Patriarchy is essential condition              (D)
         for women to demand their
         rights as equal citizens
73. Who among the following political             73.
    thinkers defends the Aristotelian
    ideal of intimate, reciprocating focal
    community bound by shared ends,
    where people simply assume and
    fulfill socially given roles ?
                                                        (A)
     (A) Alasdair Macintyre
     (B) Charles Taylor                                 (B)
     (C) John Rawls                                     (C)
     (D) Isaiah Berlin                                  (D)
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74. According to Marx the origin of              74.
    alienation is commodity fetishism.
    Which of the following is not a part
    of Marx’s explanation of alienation ?
    (A) Inanimate things (commodities)
        have human powers (i.e. value)                 (A)
    (B) Inanimate things (commodities)
        are able to govern the activity
                                                       (B)
        of human beings
    (C) Social relationships involved in
        production are not relationships               (C)
        among people, but only
        economic relationships
    (D) Inanimate things (commodities)
                                                       (D)
        are incapable of governing the
        activity of human beings
75. Which one of the following is not            75.
    true of normative claims that are
    entailed in the theoretical
    framework proposed by Amartya
    Sen’s capability approach ?
    (A) The freedom to achieve well-                   (A)
        being is of primary moral
        importance
                                                       (B)
    (B) Freedom to achieve well-being
        is to be understood in terms of
        people’s capabilities
    (C) People’s capabilities mean their               (C)
        real opportunities to do and be
        what they have reason to value
    (D) The freedom to sell one’s
                                                       (D)
        produce at a desired price in the
        free market
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76. The process by which things of the              76.
    world, not belonging to anyone,
    become appropriate objects, pertains
    to which of the following principles
    of justice according to Robert
    Nozick ?
     (A) A principle of justice in
                                                          (A)
         Acquisition
     (B) A principle of justice in Transfer               (B)
     (C) A principle of justice in
         rectification                                    (C)

     (D) A principle of justice in decision-
                                                          (D)
         making
77. One of the dominant reasons for                 77.
    people to enter into social contract
    according to Hobbes is :
                                                          (A)
     (A) Self-preservation
                                                          (B)
     (B) Inner sense of justice
     (C) Universal love                                   (C)

     (D) Love of wisdom                                   (D)

78. According to socialist feminism                 78.
    which of the following is the foremost
    reason for the subjugation of
    women ?                                               (A)
     (A) Their financial dependence
         upon men                                         (B)

     (B) Their biological difference from
         men
                                                          (C)
     (C) Lack of political representation
     (D) Lack of education                                (D)

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79. Which of the political thinkers             79.
    distinguishes between equality of
    opportunity and equality of respect
    on two elements in the idea of
    equality ?                                        (A)
    (A) John Rawls                                    (B)
    (B) Karl Marx
                                                      (C)
    (C) Bernard Williams
                                                      (D)
    (D) Charles Taylor
80. The statement “Female subordination         80.
    is rooted in a set of customary and
    legal constraints that blocks
    women’s entrance to and success in
    the so-called public world” belongs
    to which of the following feminist
    theories ?                                        (A)
    (A) Radical feminism
                                                      (B)
    (B) Eco-feminism
                                                      (C)
    (C) Liberal feminism
    (D) Socialist feminism                            (D)

81. In Plato’s Republic which one of            81.
    the following is a reason why
    philosophers should rule a city ?
    (A) They hate poetry
                                                      (A)
    (B) They are mindful of both body
                                                      (B)
        and spirit
    (C) They are easily able to convince
        others                                        (C)
    (D) They love what is rather than                 (D)
        what becomes

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82. A deductive argument is invalid it                 82.
    and only if .................. .
    (A) all its premises are true and the                    (A)
           conclusion is false
    (B) all its premises are false and                       (B)
           conclusion is also false
    (C) some of its premises are false                       (C)
           and conclusion also false
    (D) all its premises false and                           (D)
           conclusion true
83. According to quality, propositions                 83.
    are divided into :
                                                             (A)
    (A) Universal and Particular
                                                             (B)
    (B) Simple and Compound
                                                             (C)
    (C) Affirmative and Negative
    (D) Necessary and Probable                               (D)
84. Which one of the following is not a                84.
    valid mood of first figure of a
    syllogism ?
                                                             (A)        (B)
    (A) Barbara              (B) Celarent
    (C) Darii                (D) Boroco                      (C)        (D)
85. The law that states—‘A is either B                 85.         B           B
    or not B’ is :
    (A) Law of Excluded Middle                               (A)
    (B) Law of Contradiction                                 (B)
    (C) Law of Identity                                      (C)
    (D) Law of Nature                                        (D)
86. ................ opposition is the relation        86.
    between two particular propositions,
    which have the same subject and the
    same predicate but which differ in
    quality.
                                                             (A)
    (A) Contrary
                                                             (B)
    (B) Sub-contrary
    (C) Contradictory                                        (C)
    (D) Subalternation                                       (D)
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87. “ ~ [( p q) . ( q r )] ( p r ) ”     this         87.
    propositional form is a ................ .
    (A) Tautology                                           (A)
    (B) Contradiction                                       (B)
    (C) Contingent                                          (C)
    (D) Complete                                            (D)
88. Identify the correct formulation of               88.                               (UI)
    the Rule Universal Generalization
    (UI) :
                                                            (A)    Y
     (A)    Y
                                                                       (X) ( X)
              (X) ( X)
           (where Y denotes “any                                  (Y
           arbitrarily selected individual)                                        )
     (B)    X                                               (B)    X
              (X) X                                                    (X) X
           (where X denotes individual
                                                                  (X                              )
           variable)
     (C)                                                    (C)    X
            X
              ( Y)                                                     ( Y)
           (where Y denotes “any                                  (Y
           arbitrarily selected individual)                             )
     (D)    X                                               (D)    X
            (X) X
                                                                       (X) X
         (where X is any individual
         variable)                                                (X                                  )
89. Select the correct symbolization of               89.
    the following statement :
    “Only policeman and fireman are
    indispensable and underpaid.” (Px,                                 (Px, Fx, Ix, Ux)
    Fx, Ix, Ux)
                                                            (A) (X) [(Px . Fx)           (Ix . Ux)]
     (A) (X) [(Px . Fx) (Ix . Ux)]
     (B) (X) [(Px Fx) (Ix . Ux)]                            (B) (X) [(Px          Fx)     (Ix . Ux)]
     (C) ( X) [(Px . Fx) . (Ix . Ux)]                       (C) ( X) [(Px . Fx) . (Ix . Ux)]
     (D) (X) [(Ix . Ux)     (Px    Fx)]                     (D) (X) [(Ix . Ux)           (Px   Fx)]
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90. Identify the fallacy committed in the         90.
    following syllogism :
         No men are perfect
         All men are animals
            No animals are perfect.
                                                        (A)
    (A) Fallacy of Illicit Major
                                                        (B)
    (B) Fallacy of Illicit Minor
                                                        (C)
    (C) Fallacy of Negative Premises
    (D) Fallacy of Undistributed Middle                 (D)
91. Find out the incorrect option :               91.
    (A) If an Axiomatic system is                       (A)
        constistent it can’t be complete
    (B) If an Axiomatic system is                       (B)
        consistent it does not contain ‘p’                    ’          ’
        and ‘~p’ as its axioms or theorems
    (C) An axiomatic system is                          (C)
        consistent iff not every wff is a
        theorem of that system
    (D) An axiomatic system is                          (D)
        consistent iff every wff is a
        theorem of that system
92. Who is propounder of the view that            92.
    animals do have intrinsic value ?
    (A) Peter Singer                                    (A)
    (B) Tom Regen                                       (B)
    (C) Aldo Leopold                                    (C)
    (D) Arne Naess                                      (D)
93. Community includes both biotic and            93.
    abiotic factors. This assertion is
    made by :
    (A) Land Ethics                                     (A)
    (B) Deep Ecology                                    (B)
    (C) Shallow Ecology                                 (C)
    (D) Medical Ethics                                  (D)
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94. According to Jodal Radinov :                 94.
    (A) Life begins with birth
                                                       (A)
    (B) Birth is morally insignificant
        phenomenon                                     (B)
    (C) Life begins with conception                    (C)
    (D) Conception        is    morally                (D)
        insignificant phenomenon
95. A slippery slope argument about              95.
    Abortion states :
    (A) Abortion is justified but killing
        the child is not                               (A)
    (B) If abortion is justified, killing              (B)
        the child is also justified
    (C) Both abortion and killing the
        child are justified                            (C)
    (D) There is no link between the                   (D)
        justifiability of abortion and
        that of killing the child
96. Match the pairs :                            96.
                Group I                                                  I
    (a) Peter Singer                                   (a)
    (b) Tom Regen                                      (b)
    (c) Aldo Leopold                                   (c)
    (d) Arne Naess                                     (d)
               Group       II                                            II
    (1) Land Ethics                                    (1)
    (2) Deep Ecology                                   (2)
    (3) Practical Ethics                               (3)
    (4) Animal Rights                                  (4)
    Codes :
         (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)                             (a)   (b)   (c)    (d)
    (A) (1)    (2)   (3)   (4)                         (A) (1)   (2)   (3)    (4)
    (B) (4)    (3)   (2)   (1)                         (B) (4)   (3)   (2)    (1)
    (C) (3)    (4)   (1)   (2)                         (C) (3)   (4)   (1)    (2)
    (D) (2)    (3)   (4)   (1)                         (D) (2)   (3)   (4)    (1)
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97. Supreme Court India judgment                  97.
     related to the Adhaar in 24                         24    2017
     September 2017 is related to :

     (A) Right to Privacy                                (A)

     (B) Right to Technology                             (B)

     (C) Right to Travel                                 (C)

     (D) Right to Property                               (D)

98. Who is the author of Silent Spring ?          98.

     (A) Rachel Carson                                   (A)

     (B) Arne Naess                                      (B)

     (C) Aldo Leopold                                    (C)

     (D) Peter Singer                                    (D)

99. Which of the following isn’t principle        99.
     of media ethics ?

     (A) Ensuring the authenticity of the
                                                         (A)
           news
                                                         (B)
     (B) Unbiased attitude

     (C) Maintaining privacy                             (C)

     (D) Propaganda                                      (D)

100. Justice is ............ concept.             100.
     (A) Legal                                           (A)
     (B) Moral                                           (B)
     (C) Psychological                                   (C)
     (D) Scientific                                      (D)

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