UGC NET Second Paper (Philosophy) June 2009

1. Which one of the following; correctly matched ?

(A) Akās'a, Kala, Dik

(B) Dravya, Atma, Rasa

(D) Prthivi Apa Abhāva

Correct Answer is C

2. According to Plato the soul is composed of:

(A) reason, faith and appetite

(B) spirit, faith and appetite

(D) reason, spirit and appetite

Correct Answer is D

3. Russell's atomic facts are:

(A) facts of atomic physics

(B) sense-date

(D) elements of atomic prepositions

Correct Answer is B

4. Match according to the Nyaya-Vais'esika view List-I (Substances) with List-II (Qualities) and choose the correct answer from the code given below:

List-I	List-II
(a) Atman	(i) Rasa
(b) Prithvi	(ii) Śabda
(c) Jala	(iii) Gandha
(d) Ākas'a	(iv) Jñana

Code:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer is D

5. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A) Leibniz - Pragmatic Theory of truth

(B) Descarts - Correspondence theory of truth

(D) Spinoza - The self evident theory of truth

Correct Answer is C

6. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A) Jeon Paul Sortre - Existence precuds essence

(B) Edmand Husserl - The Vienna circle

(D) A.J. Ayer - Eidetic reduction

Correct Answer is D

7. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the code given below:

List-I	List-II
(a) Gilbert Ryle	(i) Utilitarianism
(b) J. Kant	(ii) Category mistake
(c) Jormy Bentham	(iii) Picture theory of meaning
(d) Ludving Wittgenstion	(iv) Categorical Imperative

Code:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer is D

8. Match List-I (Nature of substance and its quality) with List-II (Names of Philosophers/ school) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

List-1	List-II
(a) Belief in one absolute substance and two relative substances	(i) Buddhism
(b) Denial of substance that has no parimāna	(ii) Locke
(c) Ides of substances are obtained through either sensation or reflaction	(iii) Descarts
(d) Denial of substance	(iv) Nyaya Vais'esika

Code:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer is D

9. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?

(A) S. Radhakrishnan - (i) "Classical Indian Philosophy"

(B) Ludning Wittgenstein - (ii) "Philosophical Investigations"

(D) Bertrand Russell - (iv) "An Enquiry into Meaning and Truth"

Correct Answer is - all the matches are correct.

10. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?

(A) Śabara - Yogabhāşya

(B) Vatsyayana - Nyayabhāsya

(D) Śańkara – Brahmasutrabhāsya

Correct Answer is - all the matches are correct.

11. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

List-I	List-II
(A) Prabhakara	(i) Satkhyati
(B) Naiyayika	(ii) Anyathakhyāti
(C) Samkhya	(iii) Atmakhyāti
(D) Yogacara	(iv) Akhyāti

Correct Answer is B

12. According to St. Aquinsas as the view that the world has 20 begining in time:

(A) is contradicted by revelation

(B) would imply that God is not the creator of the world

(D) is a philosophical absurdity

Correct Answer is B

13. The theory which holds that the word is not a product of sentence analysis lent an autonomous unit of meaning is known as:

(A) Abhihitānvayavāda

(B) Anvitābhidhānavāda

(D) Neither of them

Correct Answer is C

14. According to Pontheism God is:

(A) material cause of the world

(B) efficient cause of the world

(D) neither material nor efficient cause of the world

Correct Answer is D

15. Descartes' method of Doubt is centrally aimed at:

(A) methodological scepticism

(B) self knowledge

(D) rejection of empiricism

Correct Answer is A

16. Husserl's "phenomenological reduction" is concerned with:

(A) reduction of material objects to sense-data

(B) reduction of noumeno to phenomena

(D) reducing the ending self to discrete mental states

Correct Answer is C

17. By the expression "the face of entire universe" spinoza means:

(A) the infinite collection of particular extended object in nature

(B) the universe conceived as a single indivisible nature

(D) the way the universe appears to us

Correct Answer is B

18. In Hegel the antithesis of being and Non-being is overcome by:

(A) Absolute spirit

(B) Pure consciousness

(D) Self realisation of spirit

Correct Answer is C

19. Which of the following is not a primary quality according to Locke ?

(A) extension

(B) hardness

(D) solidity

Correct Answer is B

20. What leibniz means by "windowless monads" is that monads are:

(A) inherently unconscious

(B) confusedly conscious

(D) closed to interaction with one another

Correct Answer is C

21. Which of the following is not a synthetic apriori judgement according to Kant?

(A) 9+7=16

(B) All bodies have weight

(D) Every change has a cause

Correct Answer is B

22. According to Hume, the contrary of every matter of fact is possible because:

(A) it can never imply a contradiction

(B) the contrary is never a contradictory

(D) We do imagine contrary to fact situations

Correct Answer is A

23. Who propounds that asecnt without descent is unthinkable ?

(A) Tagore

(B) Iqbal

(D) Sri Aurobindo

Correct Answer is D

24. The correct sequence of evolutionary journey from Higher mind to supermind of Sri Aurobindo is:

(A) Highermind, Overmind, Supermind, Illuminedmind, Intuitivemind

(B) Intuitivemind, Overmind, Highermind, Supermind, Illuminedmind

(D) Highermind, Illuminedmind, Intuitivemind, Overmind, Supermind

Correct Answer is D

25. The correct sequence of three jewels of Jainism is:

(A) Samyaka darshan, Samyaka Jñāna and Samyaka Charitra

(B) Samyaka, Jñāna, Samyaka darshan and Samyaka Charitra

(D) Samyaka darshan, Samyaka Charitra and Samyaka Jñāna

Correct Answer is D

26. Syādvāda is:

(A) Sceptical

(B) Rationalistic

(D) Relativistic

Correct Answer is D

27. The correct sequence of external aids to yoga of Patanjali is:

(A) Pratyāhāra, Prānāyāma, Āsana, Niyama and Yama

(B) Prānāyāma, Pratyāhāra, Āsana, Niyama and Yama

(D) Yama, Niyama, Āsana, Prānāyāma and Pratyāhāra

Correct Answer is D

28. Who among the following does hold that even the liberated souls differ in degrees:

(A) Sankara

(B) Ramanuja

(D) Gaudpada

Correct Answer is C

29. Parimana of manas according to Vais'esika school is:

(A) Bibhu Parimana

(B) Mahat Parimana

(D) Misra Parimana

Correct Answer is C

30. Which system among the following holds that liberated souls lack even consciousness:

(A) Nyaya

(B) Jaina

(D) Yoga

Correct Answer is C

31. What is the correct sequence of the following? Choose the correct answer from the given code:

(i) Bradley

(ii) Leibnitz

(iii) Russell

(iv) Hegel

Code:

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

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

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

Correct Answer is C

32. Which one of the following is not the correct sequence?

(A) Sainhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka

(B) Brahmana, Aranyaka, Upaniṣada

(D) Sanihita, Aranyaka, upanişada

Correct Answer is C

33. Which one is the correct sequence of the following choose from the code below:

(i) Udaharana

(ii) Pratijna

(iii) Hetu

(iv) Upanaya

Code:

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

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

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

Correct Answer is C

34. The correct sequence of the following in Buddhist Bhavachakra is:

(A) Sparsa, Vedana, Truşnā

(B) Truşna, Vedana, Spars'a

(D) Vedana, Sparsa, Truşnā

Correct Answer is D

35. Which one of the following is a correctly matched ?

(A) Whatever is sat is momentary - Jaina

(B) The self of an elephant is bigger than that of an ant - Cāvāka

(D) Inference is not a dependable source of knowledge - Vais'eşika

Correct Answer is A

36. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct one from the code given below:

List-I		List-II
(a) Cārvāka	(i) Validity of none of the pramāņas
(b) Madhyamika	(ii) Validity of pratyaksa only
(c) Vais'eşika	(iii) Validity of pratyaksa and anumana
(d) Sānikhya	(iv) Validity of pratyaksa, anumāna and Sabda

Code:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer is C

37. The correct sequence of triple process in evolutionary theory of Sri Aurobindo is:

(A) Widening, Heightening and Integration

(B) Heightening, Widening and Integration

(D) Heightening, Integration and Widening

Correct Answer is C

The following question (Question No. 38 to 47) consist of two statements one labelled the "Assertion A" and the other labelled as "Reason R". Please examine these two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion A and the Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the Reason R is a correct explanation of the Assertion A. Choose your answers using the code below and mark your answer sheet accordingly.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

38. Assertion (A): Gandhiji identifies God with truth.

Reason (R): Truth is universal and all pervasive.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

Correct Answer is B

39. Assertion (A): Locke made a distinction between primary and secondary qualities.

Reason (R): Locke sought to distinguish between appeornce and reality.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

Correct Answer is B

40. Assertion (A): 'All human beings have a right to freedom' is a moral judgement.

Reason (R): It assets what ought to be.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

Correct Answer is A

41. Assertion (A): According to Sartsre, we are responsible for every choice that make.

Reason (R): We feel that we could have done otherwise.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

Correct Answer is B

42. Assertion (A): According to Ramaniya Saptabhanginaya is a false theory.

Reason (R): The coexistence of contradicting attributes in one and the same object at the same time is impossible.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

Correct Answer is B

43. Assertion (A): Cārvākes argue that anumāna is never valid.

Reason (R): They say that the invariable concomittance between the Sadhya and hetu can never be established.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

Correct Answer is B

44. Assertion (A): Descortes conceived of body and mind as entirely different entities interacting with each other.

Reason (R): Descortes was a rationalist who did not have faith in religious doctrines.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

Correct Answer is B

45. Assertion (A): The study of moral philosophy is not worth undertaking.

Reason (R): Moral philosophers disagree with one another on the same moral issues.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

Correct Answer is B

46. Assertion (A): A categorical imperative is an unconditional direction.

Reason (R): A good will is one which acts for the sake of duty alone.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

Correct Answer is B

47. Assertion (A): The word Dharma is derived from the root dir which means to 'support' to hold together'.

Reason (R): Caste duties really constitute dharma because they hold together the community.

Code:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

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

Correct Answer is A

Read the following passage and answer questions numbers from 48 to 50.

The corpus of Vedic literature is not a homogeneous collection. Even the Rgveda alone is a collection of hymns seen or composed in the course of centuries. One can therefore hardly expect uniform value appreciation in all the works of this literature. Attempts have been made to show that in the Vedas and upanisads we find evolution of ideas. There is however remarkable continuity of ideas in the Vedas and the upanisads inspite of some differences in the views of individual teachers.

48. The vedic literature is not homogeneous because:

(A) The literature is voluminous

(B) The hymns of the Vedas are composed in the course of centuries

(D) The literature is very old

Correct Answer is B

49. Which one of the following is correct?

(A) There is uniform value-appreciation in all the works of Vedic literature.

(B) There is no uniform value-appreciation in all the works of Vedic literature

(D) The Vedic literature is the creation of finite beings.

Correct Answer is B

50. The attempts to show the evolution of ideas are found in:

(A) the Vedas but not in the upanishads

(B) both in the Vedas and upanishads

(D) neither in the upanishads nor in the Vedas

Correct Answer is B

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UGC NET Second Paper (Philosophy) June 2009

UGC NET Second Paper (Philosophy) June 2009

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