UGC NET Second Paper (Philosophy) December 2006

UGC NET Second Paper (Philosophy) December 2006

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1. The Vedic conception of Rta is:

(A) Natural order alone

(B) Cosmic order

(C) Uniformity of nature alone

(D) Social order alone

Correct Answer is B

2. The Upaniṣadic mahavakya ‘Tatvamasi’ is stated in:

(A) Chandogya Upanişad

(B) Ken Upaniṣad

(C) Brhadárnya Upanişad

(D) Isopanisad

Correct Answer is A

3. On what grounds does the Indian materialist reject anumana as a pramāna?

(A) The invariable relation of Paksa with Sadhya and Hetu is not perceived.

(B) The invariable relation between Hetu and Sadhya is not perceived.

(C) The invariable relation between Sadhya and Paksa is not perceived.

(D) The invariable relation between Hetu and Paksa is not perceived.

Correct Answer is B

4. According to Carvaka philosophy, the only source of knowledge is:

(A) Sabda

(B) Anumana

(C) Pratyaksa

(D) Upamana

Correct Answer is C

5. Jaina is attributed to:

(A) The Buddha

(B) Lord Mahavir

(C) Guru Nanak

(D) Kabir

Correct Answer is B

6. Astangamārga is closely associated with:

(A) Buddhist thought

(B) Jaina philosophy

(C) Vaisesika philosophy

(D) Yoga philosophy

Correct Answer is A

7. Vyapti is a relation between:

(A) Paksha and Hetu

(B) Paksha and Sadhya

(C) sapakşa and Sadhya

(D) Hetu and Sadhya

Correct Answer is D

8. The Satkaryavāda of Samkhya leads us to accept:

(A) The production of something out of nothing.

(B) The manifestation of cause as an effect.

(C) The appearance of cause as an effect.

(D) The creation of an effect from the cause.

Correct Answer is B

9. According to Sâmkhya-yoga. Kaivalya is a State of:

(A) Sat alone

(B) Sat and cit

(C) Sat, cit ananda

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer is D

10. Mimamsā holds that:

(A) Knowledge is intrinsically invalid

(B) Knowledge is intrinsically validated

(C) Knowledge is at times intrinsically valid and also at times intrinsically invalid

(D) Knowledge is intrinsically valid

Correct Answer is D

11. The doctrine of mäyä in Advaita Vedanta advocates that the world is:

(A) Real

(B) Unreal

(C) Both real and unreal

(D) Neither real nor unreal but inexplicable

Correct Answer is D

12. The concept of nirguna Brahman is rejected by:

(A) Sankara

(B) Madhva

(C) Ramanuja

(D) Nimbarka

Correct Answer is B

13. According to Buddhism rebirth is due to:

(A) Samskarās

(B) Jati

(C) Avidya

(D) Bhava

Correct Answer is C

14. Reality in the Jaina philosophy is characterized by:

(A) Decay

(B) Permance

(C) Origination

(D) All the above

Correct Answer is D

15. Digambars and Svetambaras are the two sects followed by:

(A) Buddhist

(B) Jainas

(C) Muslims

(D) Hindus

Correct Answer is B

16. The doctrine of prapatti is unique in:

(A) Vişistadvaita philosophy

(B) Dvaita philosophy

(C) Advaita philosophy

(D) Yoga philosophy

Correct Answer is A

17. Four noble truths were propounded by:

(A) The Buddha

(B) Lord Mahavir

(C) Sankara

(D) Patanjali

Correct Answer is A

18. The doctrine of Pratitya Samutpāda follows from:

(A) Svabhavaváda

(B) Ksanikväda

(C) Anityavāda

(D) The second noble truth

Correct Answer is D

19. The gunas of prakriti according to samkhya system are:

(A) Evolutes

(B) Accidental attributes

(C) Fundamental attributes

(D) Modes of functioning

Correct Answer is C

20. In the samkhya system, prakriti is regarded as:

(A) a substratum of sattva, rajas and tamas

(B) a synthesis of sattva, rajas and tamas

(C) a conscious principle having sattva, rajas and tamas

(D) an inert substance having sattva, rajas and tamas

Correct Answer is A

21. Vivekananda accepts

(A) Gyan marg, Bhakti marg and Karma marg

(B) Gyan marg, Bhakti marg, Karma marg and Raj yoga

(C) Gyan marg, Bhakti marg and Raj yoga

(D) Karma marg, Raj yoga and Gyan marg

Correct Answer is B

22. The author of 'The Life Divine' is

(A) Ambedkar

(B) Gandhi

(C) J. Krishnamurti

(D) Sri Aurobindo

Correct Answer is D

23. What are the four fold order of knowledge according to Sri Aurobindo?

(A) Knowledge by identity, Knowledge by direct intimate contact, Knowledge by separative direct contact and a wholly separative knowledge by indirect contact

(B) Knowledge, intuition 'Buddhi Grahyam atindriyam', indriya, marnas and Buddhi

(C) Intellect, intuition, shruti and smriti

(D) Experience, shruti, smriti and tark

Correct Answer is A

24. Iqbal believes that self is immortal because:

(A) It takes birth and rebirth

(B) It exists before taking birth in human body

(C) It survives death and is immortal thereafter

(D) It takes birth at a definite place and time

Correct Answer is C

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

(A) Personality, Hind Swaraj - Gandi

(B) The Life Divine, An Idealist view of life - Radhakrishnan

(C) Eastern religion and Western thought, Essays on the Gita - Sri Aurobindo

(D) Sadhana, Personality - Tagore

Correct Answer is C

26. Tagore's philosophy emphasises on both:

(A) Ramanuja's Vedanta and Vaishnavism

(B) Shankara's Vedanta and Vaishnavism

(C) Bhakti marg and Vaishnavism

(D) Madhvacharya and Vaishnavism

Correct Answer is not found

27. The concept of subject as Freedom was put forward by:

(A) M.N. Roy

(B) K.C. Bhattacharya

(C) Coomarswami

(D) Radhakrishnan

Correct Answer is B

28. What are the four grades of theoretic consciousness according to K.C. Bhattacharya ?

(A) Empirical, intuitive, transcendental and spiritual.

(B) Empirical, objective, subjective and transcendental

(C) Empirical, subjective, logical and objective

(D) Empirical, intuitive, logical and symbolic

Correct Answer is B

29. The Spaulding Chair of the Oxford University was given to :

(A) Tagore

(B) Radhakrishnan

(C) J. Krishnamurti

(D) K.C. Bhattacharya

Correct Answer is B

30. "All the wealth belongs to God and those who hold it are its trustees not possessors" was stated by:

(A) Gandhi

(B) Tolstoy

(C) Sri Aurobindo

(D) None of these

Correct Answer is C

31. According to Plato knowledge is:

(A) more real than ideas

(B) equally real with ideas

(C) less real than ideas

(D) none of the above

Correct Answer is C

32. Who among the following believes in form and matter?

(A) Pythagoras

(B) Democritus

(C) Aristotle

(D) Heraclitus

Correct Answer is C

33. Who among the following philosophers accepts the 'problem of evil'?

(A) William James

(B) Husserll

(C) Hegel

(D) St. Augustine

Correct Answer is A

34. Soul according to Descartes:

(A) Contradicts reason

(B) Is unrelated to reason

(C) Cannot contradict reason

(D) Is identical with reason

Correct Answer is C

35. Spinoza suggests that substance does not affect us by its mere existence, but through its:

(A) Qualities

(B) Modes

(C) Attributes

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer is B

36. Leibnitz defines substance or 'monad' as:

(A) active force

(B) physical objects

(C) mental objects

(D) none of the above

Correct Answer is D

37. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A) Plato - Being

(B) Aristotle - Theory of causation

(C) Heraclitus - Theory of ideas

(D) Berkeley – Becoming

Correct Answer is B

38. According to Berkeley all things of the world are the ideas of the:

(A) mind

(B) body

(C) soul

(D) divine mind

Correct Answer is A

39. "World is ultimately meaningless and it is unnecessary to struggle with it" is suggested by:

(A) Kant

(B) Hume

(C) St. Thomas Aquinas

(D) Nietzsche

Correct Answer is D

40. The meaning of the proposition lies in the method of its verification is advocated by:

(A) Existentialism

(B) Pragmatism

(C) Logical Positivism

(D) Logical Atomism

Correct Answer is C

41. Who is the author of the book The Refutation of Idealism'?

(A) Russell

(B) Moore

(C) Wittgenstein

(D) Pierce

Correct Answer is A

42. Which among the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A) Hegel-Meaning and use

(B) Kant - Dialectical method

(C) Wittgenstein - Critical philosophy

(D) Husserl – Intentionality

Correct Answer is D

43. Who has introduced the concept of logical syntax?

(A) Moore

(B) G. Ryle

(C) Wittgenstein

(D) Rudolf Carnap

Correct Answer is D

44. According to Husserl, the mind is nothing but an:

(A) Collection of ideas

(B) Spiritual substance

(C) Epi Phenomenon of the body

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer is D

45. The logic is the essence of philosophy'. This statement was given by:

(A) Aristotle

(B) Democratus

(C) Wittgenstein

(D) Russell

Correct Answer is D

46. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A) Locke - Systematically misleading expression

(B) Leibnitz - Problem of freedom and philosophy

(C) Pierce - Will to power

(D) Ryle - Rejection of metaphysics

Correct Answer is D

47. The classification of the science is related to:

(A) Ionian school

(B) Pythagoras

(C) Kant

(D) Aristotle

Correct Answer is D

48. Who says that 'man as acting in the image of God to the extent that he exercises and seeks to fulfil his intelligent nature'?

(A) St. Augustine

(B) Thomas Aquinas

(C) Hegel

(D) Spinoza

Correct Answer is D

49. Meinog's views bear a striking resemblance to early views of:

(A) Russell

(B) Moore

(C) Wittgenstein

(D) Heidegger

Correct Answer is A

50. 'The highest and most satisfying form of human existence is that in which man exercises his rational faculties to the fullest extent?

(A) Pythagoras

(B) Socrates

(C) Aristotle

(D) Heidegger

Correct Answer is C