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MH SET 2024: 7 April, Paper II, Philosophy

  • Date: 7 April 2024
  • Paper code: APR-12224
  • Series: A
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 36 pages
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                                      Philosophy


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


1.   Match the pairs :                        1.

           Name of the system
     (i)     ˆ
           Sankhya                                  (i)
     (ii) Vedanta
                                                    (ii)
     (iii) Nyaya
                                                    (iii)
     (iv) Purvmimamsa
                                                    (iv)
            Name of the founder/
                       Sutrakara
                                                    (a)
     (a) Jaimini
     (b) Kapila                                     (b)

     (c)   Badarayana                               (c)
     (d) Aksapada                                   (d)
     Choose the correct option :

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

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

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

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

                                                    (D) (b)       (a)    (d) (c)
     (D) (b)     (a)     (d) (c)
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2.   According to Katha-           Yama         2.
     granted three boons to Naciketas.
     Naciketas did not ask the following
     boon :                                          (A)
     (A) Let Gautama be pleased in
         mind and forget his anger
         against Naciketas                           (B)
     (B) The fire by which heaven is
         gained should be known to
                                                     (C)
         Naciketas
     (C) Naciketas should live as many
         years as he chooses and attain
                                                     (D)
         heaven after death
     (D) Some say the soul exists after
         death of a man; others say it
         does not exist. Naciketas should
         like to know this as instructed
         by Yama
3.   According to the revised view of           3.
     Carvakas soul is identical with :
     (A) four gross elements                         (A)
     (B) body                                        (B)
     (C) body qualified by consciousness             (C)
     (D) sense organs                                (D)
4.   Following systems do not accept            4.
     Verbal    Testimony    as    an
     independent        :
                                                     (A)
     (A) Carvaka , Buddhism, Jainism
     (B) Carvaka , Buddhism,                         (B)

     (C) Carvaka ,          , Nyaya                  (C)
     (D) Carvaka , Buddhism,                         (D)
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5.   What can be the examples of five-            5.
     sensed mobile J ivas according to
     Jainism ?                                         (A)
     (A) Microorganisms
                                                       (B)
     (B) Ants
                                                       (C)
     (C) Worms
     (D) Human beings                                  (D)

6.   Match the pairs :                            6.
       Four causal categories
     (1) Only creator, not created
                                                       (1)
     (2) Creator as well as created
                                                       (2)
     (3) Only created
                                                       (3)
     (4) Neither creator nor created
       Sankhya principles which                        (4)
                 come under it
     (a)
                                                       (a)
     (b) Class of 16 : Five gross elements,
                                                       (b)
           five senses, five motor organs
           and manas
     (c) Class of 7 : Buddhi, Ahamkara                 (c)

           and five Tanmatras                          (d)
     (d) Mulaprakrti
     Choose from the following options :
                                                             (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)
           (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)
                                                       (A) (b)     (c)   (d) (a)
     (A) (b)     (c)   (d) (a)
                                                       (B) (a)     (c)   (b)   (d)
     (B) (a)     (c)   (b)   (d)
     (C) (c)     (d)   (b)   (a)                       (C) (c)     (d)   (b)   (a)
     (D) (d) (c)       (b)   (a)                       (D) (d) (c)       (b)   (a)

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7.   In the five-fold classification of          7.
     Cittavrttis the following is not
     included by Patanjali :                          (A)
     (A)                                              (B)
     (B) Svapna
                                                      (C)
     (C) Smrti
                                                      (D)
     (D) Nidra
8.   According to Nyaya , Tarka is :             8.
     (A) An independent                               (A)
     (B) Reducible to inference                       (B)
     (C) Hypothetical reasoning used for              (C)
           confirming
     (D) Method of refutation                         (D)
9.   Consider the following statements           9.
     about the            theory of atom
     (           ) :
                                                      (i)
     (i)   An atom has circular shape
                                                      (ii)
     (ii) Atoms of all Mahabhutas have
           the same qualities
     (iii) There are three atoms in one               (iii)

                                                      (iv)
     (iv) Atoms and              cannot be
           seen by ordinary perception
     Choose      among   the     following
     options :                                        (A) (i)    (iv)
     (A) (i) and (iv) are true
                                                      (B) (i)    (ii)
     (B) (i) and (ii) are true
                                                      (C) (ii)   (iii)
     (C) (ii) and (iii) are true
     (D) All the statements are true                  (D)

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10.   Prabhakara’s      view   about   the       10.

      relation between word-meaning and

      sentence-meaning is known as :

      (A) Anvitabhidhanavada                           (A)

      (B)                                              (B)

      (C) Apohavada                                    (C)

      (D) Abhihitanvayavada                            (D)

11. The opposite that is not included in         11.

      the list of 10 opposites stated by

      Pythogoras is :
                                                       (A)
      (A) Limited and Unlimited
                                                       (B)
      (B) Odd and Even
                                                       (C)
      (C) Right and Left
                                                       (D)
      (D) Right and Wrong

12. According to Socrates knowledge is           12.

      acquired through :

      (A) Perception                                   (A)

      (B) Faith                                        (B)

      (C) Both perception and concepts                 (C)

      (D) Concepts                                     (D)

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13. Plato’s ............. illustrates the path       13.
     from ignorance to enlightenment.

     (A) Parable of the Good                               (A)

     (B) Simile of the sun                                 (B)

     (C) Allegory of the cave                              (C)

     (D) Apology                                           (D)

14. ‘‘Universals are not independent                 14.
     entities. They exist in particular
     objects rather than in a separate
     realm’’, is the view of :

     (A) Plato                                             (A)

     (B) Aristotle                                         (B)

     (C) Hegel                                             (C)

     (D) Heraclitus                                        (D)

15. ‘‘I know that I am, I also know that             15.
     I know. And when I love both to be
     and to know, then I add to things
     I know a third and equally important
     knowledge. The fact that I love.’’ This
     is stated in ‘‘City of God’’ by ........

     (A) St. Augustine                                     (A)
     (B) Descartes                                         (B)
     (C) St. Anselm                                        (C)

     (D) Thales                                            (D)
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16. Which of the following is applicable       16.

    to Descartes ?
                                                     (A)
    (A) ‘‘It doubt’’ cannot be doubted
                                                     (B)
    (B) ‘‘I doubt’’ can be doubted

    (C) ‘‘I doubt’’ can be doubted                   (C)
           sometimes
                                                     (D)
    (D) ‘‘I exist therefore God exists’’

17. According to Leibnitz, the necessary       17.

    and eternal truths are known

    by :                                             (A)

    (A) Sensation                                    (B)

    (B) Intuition                                    (C)
    (C) Mystic experience                            (D)
    (D) Reason                                 18.

18. Berkeley said his house continued
    to exist even when he wasn’t
    perceiving it, because :

    (A) The substance does not depend                (A)
           on the properties
                                                     (B)
    (B) He was thinking of it
                                                     (C)
    (C) God perceived it
                                                     (D)
    (D) The house was invisible

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19. According to David Hume, the                    19.
     fundamental difference between
     impressions and ideas is :
                                                          (A)
     (A) Impressions are innate, ideas
          are not                                         (B)

     (B) Impressions are real and ideas
          are imagination                                 (C)
     (C) Ideas are more vivid and
          forceful than impressions
                                                          (D)
     (D) Impressions are more vivid and
          forceful than ideas

20. According to Kant ............ is not an        20.
     empirical concept from sense
     experience.
                                                          (A)
     (A) Space
                                                          (B)
     (B) Colour
                                                          (C)
     (C) Taste

     (D) Material objects                                 (D)

21. The concept of Svadharma is like :              21.

     (A) Mill’s utlitarianism                             (A)

     (B) Kant’s deontological ethics                      (B)
     (C) Bradley’s idea of ‘‘My station                   (C)
          and its duties’’

     (D) Bentham’s Hedonism                               (D)
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22. In Indian ethics purity of means is         22.
    insisted by :
    (A) K. C. Bhattacharya                            (A)
    (B) M. N. Roy                                     (B)
    (C) J. Krishnamurti                               (C)
    (D) Mahatma Gandhi                                (D)

23. In       the         Bhagavadg ita ,        23.
    Sthitaprajna is said to be like :
    (A) Tortoise and ocean                            (A)

    (B) Tortoise and cow                              (B)

    (C) Ocean and stream                              (C)

    (D) Tortoise, cow and ocean                       (D)

24. The concept of ‘ Rta ’ is closely           24.
    related to the concept of :
    (A) Dhyana                                        (A)

    (B) Samadhi                                       (B)

    (C) Satya                                         (C)

    (D) Asteya                                        (D)

25. The concept of Brahmaviharas as             25.
    Maitri, etc. is stated in :
    (A) Yoga as well as Buddhism                      (A)
    (B) Yoga as well as Carvaka
                                                      (B)
         philosophy
                                                      (C)
    (C) Carvaka philosophy
                                                      (D)
    (D) Bhagavadg ita

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26. Kaivalya is Sadhya , in Patanjala -        26.

      Yoga and Sadhana is :

      (A) eightfold                                  (A)

      (B) as we wish                                 (B)

      (C) God’s wish                                 (C)

      (D) accidental                                 (D)

27. Jainism maintains that the goal of         27.

      life is :
                                                     (A)

      (A) Dharma
                                                     (B)
      (B) Artha
                                                     (C)
      (C) Kama

                                                     (D)
      (D) Moksa

28.   Kama is the fruit of :                   28.

      (A) Artha and Dharma                           (A)

      (B) Artha and Moksa                            (B)


      (C) Dharma and Moksa                           (C)


      (D) Dharma, Artha and Moksa                    (D)

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29. Match the pairs :                          29.

                        List I                                                 I

    (a)     Yajnavalkya                              (a)

    (b) Lord Krsna                                   (b)
    (c) Yama                                         (c)
    (d) Uddalaka                                     (d)
                    List II                                                    II
    (i)     Nachiketa                                (i)
    (ii) Garg i
                                                     (ii)
    (iii)
                                                     (iii)
    (iv) Arjuna
                                                     (iv)
            (a)   (b)     (c)    (d)
                                                             (a)   (b)   (c)        (d)
    (A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
                                                     (A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
    (B) (ii) (iv) (i)            (iii)               (B) (ii) (iv) (i)              (iii)
    (C) (ii) (i)          (iv) (iii)                 (C) (ii) (i)        (iv) (iii)

    (D) (i)       (iv) (iii) (ii)                    (D) (i)       (iv) (iii) (ii)

30. Which hedonistic dimension gets            30.
    highlighted by a dictum ‘‘Pigeon of
    today is better than a peacock of
    tomorrow’’ ?
                                                     (A)
    (A) Fecundity
                                                     (B)
    (B) Propinquity
                                                     (C)
    (C) Certainty
                                                     (D)
    (D) Purity

                                          13                                                [P.T.O.
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31. The term ‘Right’ is derived from .......           31.

     (A) ‘Rare’
                                                             (A)
     (B) ‘Retina’
                                                             (B)
     (C) ‘Rain’
                                                             (C)
     (D) ‘Rectus’                                            (D)
32. Reformative theory of punishment                   32.
     is also known as ................. theory.
     (A) Preventive                                          (A)
     (B) Logical                                             (B)
     (C) Educative                                           (C)
     (D) Philosophical                                       (D)
33. Which,      among       the   following            33.
     philosophers, is not moral definist
     philosopher ?
                                                             (A)
     (A) Mill
                                                             (B)
     (B) Bentham
                                                             (C)
     (C) Moore
     (D) Spencer                                             (D)

34. Which of the following are types of                34.
     Deontological theories ?
     (A) Moral and non-moral
                                                             (A)
     (B) Philosophical          and      non-
          philosophical                                      (B)
     (C) Act-deontological and rule-
                                                             (C)
          deontological
     (D) Traditional and modern                              (D)

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35. Whom according to the following                35.
     thinkers, ‘‘the study of what is right
     or good in conduct is Ethics’’ ?
     (A) Mackenzie                                       (A)

     (B) Muirhead                                        (B)

     (C) William James                                   (C)

     (D) Sidgwick                                        (D)

36. The principle of ‘‘Tit for Tat’’ is            36.
     included in ..............
     (A) The Deterrent theory                            (A)

     (B) The Reformative theory                          (B)
     (C) The Retributive theory                          (C)
     (D) The Naturalist theory                           (D)
37. ‘‘It is worse for a man to do wrong            37.
     than to suffer wrong’’ is a statement
     by .......................
     (A) Socrates                                        (A)
     (B) Plato                                           (B)
     (C) Aristotle                                       (C)
     (D) Anselm                                          (D)
38. Bentham’s Hedonism is ............. .          38.
     (A) Quantitative                                    (A)
     (B) Qualitative                                     (B)
     (C) Cognitive                                       (C)
     (D) Rational
                                                         (D)
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39. Match the List-I of authors with the         39.                              I
    List-II of philosophical work done by                      II

    them and mark the correct code :
                                                                                  I
                       List I
                                                       (i)
    (i)   G. E. Moore
    (ii) A. J. Ayer                                    (ii)

    (iii) C. L. Stevenson                              (iii)

    (iv) R. M. Hare                                    (iv)

                   List II                                                        II

    (a) Language of Morals                             (a)
    (b) Principia Ethica                               (b)
    (c) Ethics and Language                            (c)
    (d) Language, Truth and Logic                      (d)
    Codes :

          (i)   (ii)     (iii) (iv)                            (i)   (ii)   (iii) (iv)
    (A) (d) (c)          (b)    (a)                    (A) (d) (c)          (b)        (a)
    (B) (d) (b)          (a)    (c)                    (B) (d) (b)          (a)        (c)

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

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

40. Prescriptivism as a metaethical              40.
    theory is propounded by :
    (A) Moore                                          (A)

    (B) Ayer                                           (B)

    (C) Stevenson                                      (C)
                                                       (D)
    (D) Hare
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41. J. Krishnamurti highlights human :          41.
    (A) Sensitivity, Novelty, Creativity              (A)
    (B) Subjectivity     as   well    as
                                                      (B)
        objectivity
                                                      (C)
    (C) Rationality

    (D) Rationality and objectivity                   (D)

42. According to Vivekananda, Maya is           42.
    a convenient name for the fact of :

    (A) Negation                                      (A)

    (B) Contradiction                                 (B)

    (C) Conjunction                                   (C)

    (D) Separation                                    (D)
43. Both Iqbal and Radhakrishnan                43.
    attempted to reform :

    (A) Religions                                     (A)

    (B) Regions                                       (B)

    (C) Sciences                                      (C)

    (D) Languages                                     (D)

44. According to K. C. Bhattacharya,            44.

    philosophical judgements are :

    (A) Literal                                       (A)

    (B) Symbolic                                      (B)

    (C) Partial                                       (C)

    (D) Uncertain                                     (D)
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45. Match the columns :                         45.

                      List I
    (a) Mahatma Gandhi                                (a)

    (b) K. C. Bhattacharya                            (b)
    (c) Iqbal                                         (c)
    (d) J. Krishnamurti                               (d)

                   List II
    (i)   I am the creative truth                     (i)
    (ii) Truth is God
                                                      (ii)
    (iii) Truth is a pathless land
                                                      (iii)
    (iv) Truth is absolute as known
                                                      (iv)
          (a)   (b)     (c)    (d)
                                                              (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)
    (A) (iv) (i)        (ii) (iii)                    (A) (iv) (i)        (ii) (iii)
    (B) (ii) (i)        (iv) (iii)                    (B) (ii) (i)        (iv) (iii)

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

    (D) (ii) (iv) (i)          (iii)                  (D) (ii) (iv) (i)         (iii)

46. In his book ‘‘Brahmananche Kasab’’          46.

    Jyotiba Phule exposed the issue of :

    (A) Exploitation by the Priest class
                                                      (A)
    (B) Exploitation by Rulers
                                                      (B)
    (C) Exploitation by the British
                                                      (C)
    (D) Exploitation by the traders                   (D)
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47. S.     Radhakrishnan    and    Iqbal         47.
    highlight the significance of :
    (A) Theism and Atheism                             (A)

    (B) Intellect and Intuition                        (B)

    (C) Scepticism and Agnosticism                     (C)

    (D) Gnosticism and Agnosticism                     (D)

48. What, according to Sree Narayan              48.
    Guru, does Spirituality mean ?
    (A) Service to Nation                              (A)
    (B) Service to Weaker Section                      (B)
    (C) Service to farmers                             (C)
    (D) Service to mankind                             (D)
49. According to Gandhi, the ultimate            49.
    aim of Satyagraha is :
                                                       (A)
    (A) Eradication of Bad Government
                                                       (B)
    (B) Eradication of Evil tendencies
    (C) Eradication of Bad person                      (C)

    (D) Eradication of enemies                         (D)

50. Jyotiba     Phule      was    greatly        50.
    influenced by Thomas Paine’s idea
    of :
                                                       (A)
    (A) Rights of women
                                                       (B)
    (B) Rights of farmers
                                                       (C)
    (C) Rights of untouchables
    (D) Rights of man                                  (D)

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51. According to Frege, the sense of a        51.
    sentence is the :
    (A) Object it denotes                           (A)
    (B) Truth-value it bears                        (B)
    (C) Thought it expresses                        (C)
    (D) True object                                 (D)

52. In Moore’s view, which among the          52.
    following statements is the most
    basic proposition ?
                                                    (A)
    (A) Material substance exists
                                                    (B)
    (B) Mental substance exists
                                                    (C)
    (C) God exists
    (D) Body exists                                 (D)

53. Wittgenstein in his Philosophical         53.
    Investigation shows the apparent
    uniformity of words with the
    example of :
                                                    (A)
    (A) Tool box
                                                    (B)
    (B) Locomotive engine
                                                    (C)
    (C) Five red apples
    (D) Pictorial model                             (D)

54. According to Ayer, the nature of          54.
    knowledge is :
                                                    (A)
    (A) A unique mental state
                                                    (B)
    (B) Dispositional
                                                    (C)
    (C) Verbal
    (D) Intuitional                                 (D)

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55. Which of the following specific views              55.
    is problematic according to Quine ?

    (A) Each       statement        can     be
                                                             (A)
           confirmed or disconfirmed in
           isolation

    (B) Each statement cannot be                             (B)
           confirmed or disconfirmed in
           isolation
                                                             (C)
    (C) Truth value of empirical
           statements can be redistributed

    (D) Empiricism is not a consistent                       (D)

           view with the theory of meaning.

56. Husserl’s aim was to discover the                  56.
    foundations of .................... through
    Phenomenology.
                                                             (A)
    (A) Mathematics
                                                             (B)
    (B) Logic
                                                             (C)
    (C) Knowledge and Experience

    (D) Metaphysics                                          (D)

57. According to Heidegger, the Dasein                 57.
    is :                                                     (A)
    (A) Philosophical subject
                                                             (B)
    (B) Existing Being
                                                             (C)
    (C) Phenomenological self
                                                             (D)
    (D) Subjective being
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58. Sartre’s bad faith is a/an :                  58.
    (A) Unconscious lie                                 (A)
    (B) Conscious lie                                   (B)
    (C) Spoken lie                                      (C)
    (D) Censored lie                                    (D)
59. William James’ theory of truth                59.
    suggests that a proposition is true
    if it can be :
                                                        (A)
    (A) Verified
                                                        (B)
    (B) Assimilated and validated
    (C) Corroborated and verified                       (C)

    (D) Assimilated,         validated,                 (D)
         Corroborated and verified
60. Nietzsche’s approach to modern                60.
    western philosophy provokes him to
    claim that :
    (A) World is nothing but appearance
                                                        (A)
    (B) The real world is ‘the only truth’
                                                        (B)
    (C) The ‘real’ world is a lie
                                                        (C)
    (D) World is both appearance and
         reality                                        (D)
61. The two administrative pillars in the         61.
    constituents of state according to
    Kautilya are :
                                                        (A)
    (A) Swami and Purohita
                                                        (B)
    (B) Swami and Amatya
                                                        (C)
    (C) Amatya and Adhikari
    (D) Swami and Adhikari                              (D)

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62. The state policy articulated by
                                                62.
    Kautilya is based on :
    (A) Acquisition of new dominion
         only
                                                      (A)
    (B) Preservation of own dominion
         only                                         (B)
    (C) Acquisition and preservation of
         dominion                                     (C)

    (D) Warfare for increasing the
                                                      (D)
         treasury
63. The theoretical roots of Sarvodaya          63.
    can be traced back to :
    (A) the Vedic and Vedantic thought                (A)
    (B) the Puranas                                   (B)
    (C) the Manusmriti                                (C)

    (D) the Arthashastra                              (D)

64. According to Kautilya, the four-fold        64.
    source of the State law contains :
    (A) Dharma, Vyavahara, Samstha
         and Nyaya
    (B) Swami, Vyavahara, Samstha                     (A)
         and Nyaya
                                                      (B)
    (C) Ishwara, Vyavahara, Samstha
         and Nyaya                                    (C)
    (D) Paurajana, Vyavahara, Samstha
                                                      (D)
         and Nyaya
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65. Swadeshi, according to Gandhi’s              65.
    conception of it, is opposed to which
    one of the following ?
    (A) Mill-made cloth                                (A)

    (B) Traditional techniques                         (B)
    (C) Manufacturing machines in the
                                                       (C)
        country
    (D) Labor saving machines                          (D)
66. According to both Arthashastra and           66.
    Mahabharata, the activity of the
    state is related to human life with
    respect to :
    (A) Social, economic and religious                 (A)
        aspects                                        (B)
    (B) Social and economic aspects
                                                       (C)
    (C) Social and religious aspects
    (D) Only legal aspect                              (D)
67. According to Gandhi, which of the            67.
    following is not an assumption
    underlying     the    doctrine     of
    satyagraha ?                                       (A)
    (A) It begins and ends with civil
        disobedience
    (B) It requires rendering heart                    (B)
        discipline to the commander
    (C) It requires being prepared to
        lose everything that one may                   (C)
        possess, including life
    (D) Tapascharya is the essence of
        satyagraha                                     (D)

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68. Bhishma declares a king to be a                    68.
    maker of his epoch through :
    (A) His descend from Divine origin
                                                             (A)
    (B) His supreme social hierarchy
    (C) Degree of fulfillment of his                         (B)
         functions
                                                             (C)
    (D) Degree of his application of
         dandaniti                                           (D)

69. In the state policy of Bhishma, there              69.
    is focus on :                                            (A)
    (A) Rajadharma and Dandaniti
                                                             (B)
    (B) Rajadharma and Nitidharma
                                                             (C)
    (C) Dandaniti and Nitidharma
    (D) Rajadharma and Yuddhashastra                         (D)
70. According to Kautilya, the essence                 70.
    of governance is :
                                                             (A)
    (A) Kosha
                                                             (B)
    (B) Danda
                                                             (C)
    (C) Swami
    (D) Mitra                                                (D)

71. In The Republic, Socrates, tells                   71.

    .................. that justice is the same
    for both individual and state.
                                                             (A)
    (A) Glaucon
                                                             (B)
    (B) Cephalus
                                                             (C)
    (C) Adeimantus
                                                             (D)
    (D) Polemarchus
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72. Which among the following is a                     72.
    reason for war in the Hobbesian
    state of nature ?
                                                             (A)
    (A) Competition for same goods
                                                             (B)
    (B) Calamities

    (C) Fear of God                                          (C)

    (D) Lack of Natural law                                  (D)

73. Dialectical      movement         is   the         73.
    coexistence of two ................. sides.

    (A) Parallel                                             (A)

    (B) Classes                                              (B)

    (C) Complimentary                                        (C)

    (D) Contradictory                                        (D)

74. In the essay, ‘‘What is Equality                   74.
    Part-II : Equality of Resources’’,
    Ronald Dworkin considers :

    (A) The claims of equality and
                                                             (A)
         welfare

    (B) The claims of treating people as                     (B)
         equaly

    (C) The competing claims and
                                                             (C)
         equality of resources

    (D) The claim of equality and
         resources                                           (D)

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75. According to Amartya Sen, a theory          75.

    of justice has to accommodate :

    (A) Homogenous virtues                            (A)

    (B) Social unity                                  (B)

    (C) Plurality of reasons                          (C)

    (D) Ambiguity of morality                         (D)

76. According to Marx, in capitalist            76.
    societies, labor is expropriated and

    transmuted into :

    (A) Exchange value                                (A)

    (B) Value                                         (B)

    (C) Work                                          (C)

    (D) Industrialization                             (D)

77. The charge of misogyny against              77.

    Aristotle is based on his view that

    women lack :

    (A) Authority                                     (A)

    (B) Emotion                                       (B)

    (C) Sincerity                                     (C)

    (D) Reason                                        (D)

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78. In feminist discourse, the term                 78.
    ‘‘gender’’ has the following two

    cannotations :
                                                          (A)
    (A) Physiological and biological
                                                          (B)
    (B) Male and female

    (C) Sexual and asexual                                (C)

    (D) Cultural and psychological                        (D)

79. According to Charles Taylor, we                 79.
    have a continuing politics of equal

    recognition on the ................... .

    (A) Private plane                                     (A)

    (B) Social plane                                      (B)

    (C) Political plane                                   (C)

    (D) Cultural plane                                    (D)

80. Which of the following is considered            80.

    as Isaiah Berlin’s influential essay

    of twentieth century political

    philosophy ?
                                                          (A)
    (A) Two Concepts of Liberty
                                                          (B)
    (B) Equality, Value and Merit
                                                          (C)
    (C) Justice and the Good

    (D) Theories of Justice                               (D)

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81. An argument in which a universal                   81.
    conclusion is derived from particular
    premises is called :
                                                             (A)
    (A) Valid deductive argument
                                                             (B)
    (B) Good inductive argument
                                                             (C)
    (C) Deductive argument
    (D) Inductive argument                                   (D)

82. Which among the following is not                   82.
    a law of thought ?
                                                             (A)
    (A) Law of Identity
                                                             (B)
    (B) Law of Non-contradiction
                                                             (C)
    (C) Law of Excluded middle
    (D) Law of Uniformity of Nature                          (D)

83. ‘Many fruits are sweet’ is an example              83.
    of :
                                                             (A)
    (A) Universal affirmative proposition
                                                             (B)
    (B) Universal negative proposition
    (C) Particular affirmative proposition                   (C)

    (D) Particular negative proposition                      (D)
84. Two categorical propositions having                84.
    the same subject and the same
    predicate are ............., if they cannot
    both be true and cannot both be false
    are called .................
    (A) Contradictory                                        (A)

    (B) Contrary                                             (B)
    (C) Sub-contrary                                         (C)
    (D) Subalternation                                       (D)

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85. In a valid categorical syllogism, the         85.

     term that must be distributed at

     least once is the premises is :

     (A) Major term                                     (A)

     (B) Minor term                                     (B)

     (C) Middle term                                    (C)

     (D) Quantifier                                     (D)

86. Recognized the rule expressed by
                                                  86.
     the following statement-form :
                                                              p   q    q   p
           p   q        q      p
                                                        (A)
     (A) Exportation
                                                        (B)
     (B) Association

     (C) Transposition                                  (C)

     (D) Distribution                                   (D)

87. If a contradictory is denied resulting        87.
     propositional form is :

     (A) Contradictory                                  (A)

     (B) Tautology                                      (B)

     (C) Contingent                                     (C)

     (D) Probable                                       (D)

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88. Match List I and List II and select           88.          I                II
    the correct answer from the codes
    given below :
                                                                                    I
                         List I
    (a) Rule of Universal Instantiation                 (a)
           (UI)
                                                        (b)
    (b) Rule of Universal Generalization
           (UG)                                         (c)

    (c) Rule of Existential Instantiation
                                                        (d)
           (EI)
                                                                                    II
    (d) Rule of Existential Generalization
           (EG)                                         (i)    (x) ( x)        v
                                                        (ii) ( x) ( x)               a
                     List II
                                                        (iii) v        ( x) ( x)
    (i)    (x) ( x)         v
    (ii) ( x) ( x)                                      (iv)       y   (x) ( x)
                                 a
    (iii) v       ( x) ( x)
    (iv)    y     (x) ( x)
    Codes :                                                    (a)     (b)    (c)        (d)

           (a)    (b)      (c)       (d)                (A) (i)        (iii) (iv) (ii)

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

    (D) (i)       (iv) (ii) (iii)                       (D) (i)        (iv) (ii) (iii)

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89. From the set of axioms and proved               89.
    theorems, if it is impossible to derive
    both a statement and its negation
    then that axiomatic system is said
    to be :                                               (A)
    (A) Independent
                                                          (B)
    (B) Consistent
                                                          (C)
    (C) Complete
    (D) Complex                                           (D)
90. The fallacy committed in the                    90.
    following argument is .......... ‘‘water
    extinguishes fire. Oxygen is a part
    of water. Therefore oxygen will
    extinguish fire.’’
                                                          (A)
    (A) Fallacy of Division
    (B) Fallacy of Composition                            (B)
    (C) Argument ad Ignorantiam                           (C)
    (D) Arguing in circle                                 (D)
91. Which of the following statements               91.
    best describes the nature of Applied
    Ethics ?
    (A) It attempts to answer how                         (A)
         people should act in specific
         situations                                       (B)
    (B) It is the direct application of
         ethical theories regardless of
         real-life circumstances                          (C)
    (C) It raises fundamental questions
         about the very nature of ethics
         and ethical theories
    (D) It attempts to understand and                     (D)
         resolve moral problems that
         arise in some domains of
         practical life
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92. Which of the following cannot be an          92.
    illustration of ‘technology’ ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Using sticks to consume foods
    (B) Making and using of tools                      (B)
    (C) Designing a spear for fishing                  (C)
    (D) Processing of plastic recycling                (D)
93. Democratization of technology refers         93.
    to :
                                                       (A)
    (A) Making technology free
    (B) Making technology accessible                   (B)
    (C) Making technological knowledge
           free and accessible                         (C)

    (D) Making technological knowledge
                                                       (D)
           easy and accessible
94. Bioethics does not deal with issues          94.
    in the domain of :
    (A) Nursing                                        (A)
    (B) Healthcare                                     (B)
    (C) Veterinary                                     (C)
    (D) Personal hygiene                               (D)

95. The Hippocratic Oath of the classical        95.
    Greece represents which of the
    following approaches to bioethics ?
    (A) Scientific                                     (A)

    (B) Clinical                                       (B)

    (C) Economic                                       (C)

    (D) Legal                                          (D)

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96. What is the difference between the          96.
    conservative and liberal arguments
    in the context of abortion ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) They differ on the stages in
        which abortion is permissible

    (B) Their views on viability of the
                                                      (B)
        fetus are different

    (C) The former is based on the
                                                      (C)
        humanness of the fetus and the
        latter on capacities or lack of
        capacities of the fetus

    (D) The former is based on the
        capacities or lack of capacities              (D)

        of the fetus and the latter is
        based on the humanness of the
        fetus

97. The ethical theory that moral               97.

    obligations extends to all living
    things is :
                                                      (A)
    (A) Biocentrism
                                                      (B)
    (B) Ecocentrism
                                                      (C)
    (C) Anthropocentrism

    (D) Psychocentrism                                (D)

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98. Withholding artificial life support          98.
    such as a ventilator or feeding tube
    at the patient’s request is an
    illustration of :

    (A) Active voluntary euthanasia                     (A)

    (B) Passive voluntary euthanasia                    (B)

    (C) Active involuntary euthanasia                   (C)

    (D) Passive involuntary euthanasia                  (D)

99. In the ethical sequence propounded           99.

    by Aldo Leopold, land ethics falls
    under the :

    (A) First element                                   (A)

    (B) Second element                                  (B)

    (C) Third element                                   (C)

    (D) Primary element                                 (D)

100. What is the primary goal of                 100.

    philosophical counseling ?
                                                        (A)
    (A) Diagnosing mental illnesses
                                                        (B)
    (B) Providing emotional support

    (C) Applying         philosophical                  (C)

        principles to address life issues

    (D) Administering therapeutic
                                                        (D)
        drugs

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