UGC NET Second Paper (Philosophy) June 2008
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1. Who has propounded water as fundamental stuff of the universe ?
(A) Anaximenes
(B) Anaximander
(C) Thales
(D) Hegel
Correct
Answer is C
2. The concept of Rta as cosmic order is found in:
(A) Brahmasūtra
(B) Rgveda
(C) Yajurveda
(D) Bhagavadgītā
Correct
Answer is B
3. The distinction of Sreyas and Preyas is found in:
(A) Praśnopaniṣad
(B) Mändükyopaniṣad
(C) Tattiriyopaniṣad
(D) Kathopaniṣad
Correct
Answer is D
4. There is a direct relationship between Cetanā and moral karma.
This is maintained by:
(A) Vedas
(B) Upaniṣads
(C) Jainism
(D) Buddhism
Correct
Answer is D
5. What among the following is not a Klem according to Patañjali ?
(A) Avidyā
(B) Asmita
(C) Viparyaya
(D) Dvesa
Correct
Answer is C
6. The philosopher who stated that the mind at birth, is a Tabula
rasa:
(A) Descartes
(B) Locke
(C) Berkeley
(D) Hume
Correct
Answer is B
7. Find the correct pair, belonging to the same school.
(A) Śamkara and Gautama
(B) Uddyotakara and Udayana
(C) Vasubandhu and Umäsväti
(D) Iśvarakışņa and
Dharmakirti
Correct
Answer is C
8. For Plato, the ultimate reality is:
(A) Particulars
(B) Universals
(C) Matter
(D) Both Universals and Particulars
Correct
Answer is B
9. 'Matter' and 'Form' are the two fundamental concepts in:
(A) Plato
(B) Socrates
(C) Sophists
(D) Aristotle
Correct
Answer is D
10. Prabhakara propounds:
(A) abhihitäñvayavāda
(B) akhandavākyavāda
(C) anvitābhidhānavāda
(D) none
Correct
Answer is C
11. Who accepts anupalabdhi as a linga?
(A) Buddhism
(B) Nyaya
(C) Advaita
(D) Samkhya
Correct
Answer is C
12. Who brought Copernican Revolution in epistemology?
(A) Kant
(B) Hegel
(C) Descartes
(D) Leibnitz
Correct
Answer is A
13. Yogācāra propounds the doctrine of:
(A) bāhyärthaśūnyata
(B) sarvadharmaśūnyata
(C) bähyärthänumeyavāda
(D) sarvadrştišünyatā
Correct
Answer is D
14. There is no trenchant opposition between knowledge and ignorance
according to:
(A) Śańkara
(B) Gandhi
(C) Sri Aurobindo
(D) Ambedkar
Correct
Answer is C
15. The process of evolution according to Sri Aurobindo pre-supposes:
(A) Transformation
(B) Involution
(C) Ascent
(D) Mind
Correct
Answer is B
16. Who defined perception as "Pratyaksam Kalpanapodham"?
(A) Gautam
(B) Dignāga
(C) Nagarjuna
(D) Dharmakirti
Correct
Answer is B
17. The author of 'Secrets of Self':
(A) Tagore
(B) Iqbal
(C) Gandhi
(D) K. C. Bhattacarya
Correct
Answer is B
18. Who has defined cognitive error as "smrtirūpaḥ
paratrapūrvadrstāvabhasa h adhyasah"?
(A) Gautama
(B) Dharmakirti
(C) Ramanuja
(D) Śamkara
Correct
Answer is B
19. "The Principles of Truth and Non-violence are as old as
hills" is advocated by:
(A) Radhakrishnan
(B) Tagore
(C) Gandhi
(D) Sri Aurobindo
Correct
Answer is C
20. The theory of becoming is propounded by:
(A) Parmenides
(B) Heraclitus
(C) Zeno
(D) Anaximander
Correct
Answer is B
21. Who is the father of dialectical method?
(A) Zeno
(B) Socrates.
(C) Heraclitus
(D) Pythagoras
Correct
Answer is B
22. 'Man is the measure of all things' whose statement is this:
(A) Zeno
(B) Socrates
(C) Plato
(D) Protagoras
Correct
Answer is D
23. 'Knowledge is virtue' is propounded by:
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) Kant
(D) Socrates
Correct
Answer is D
24. Who has propounded clarity and distinctness as the criterion of
truth?
(A) Plato
(B) Socrates
(C) Bradley
(D) Descartes
Correct
Answer is D
25. The view that 'All knowledge is knowledge through concepts' is
propounded by:
(A) Kant
(B) Hegel
(C) Berkeley
(D) Socrates
Correct
Answer is D
26. 'Though all our knowledge begins in experience but it does not
end in experience' is the view of:
(A) Hegel
(B) Locke
(C) Kant
(D) Berkeley
Correct
Answer is C
27. The idealist who accepted the reality of objects:
(A) Berkeley
(B) Hegel
(C) Fichte
(D) Schelling
Correct
Answer is A
28. Sabda is an independent pramāņa according to :
(A) Bauddha, Nyaya and Mimämsä
(B) Nyaya, Vaiśeşika and Jaina
(C) Jaina, Samkhya and Nyaya
(D) Sämkhya, Vaišeşika and Advaita
Vedänta
Correct
Answer is B
29. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from
the code given below:
|
List I (Author) |
List II (Works) |
|
(a) Iśvarakışna |
(i) Yogasūtra |
|
(b) Vatsyayana |
(ii) Samkhyakarika |
|
(c) Patañjali |
(iii) Padarthadharma Samgraha |
|
(d) Praśastapāda |
(iv) Nyayabhāsya |
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Correct
Answer is A
30. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from
the code given below:
|
List I (Books) |
List II (Authors) |
|
(a) Nichomachean Ethics |
(i) Plato |
|
(b) Crito |
(ii) Descartes |
|
(c) Meditations |
(iii) Kant |
|
(d) Critic of Judgement |
(iv) Aristotle |
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Correct
Answer is C
31. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from
the code given below:
|
List I (Theory) |
(Thinkers)
List II |
|
(a) Critical method |
(i)
Hegel |
|
(b) The method of doubt |
(ii)
Kant |
|
(c) The verification method |
(iii) A. J. Ayer |
|
(d) The dialectical method |
(iv) Descartes |
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
Correct
Answer is A
32. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from
the code given below:
|
List I (Authors) |
List II (Texts) |
|
(a) Gandhi |
(i) Life Divine |
|
(b) Sri Aurobindo |
(ii) Hind Swaraj |
|
(c) Tagore |
(iii) Eastern Religions and
Western Thought |
|
(d)
Radhakrishnan |
(iv) Creative unity |
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Correct
Answer is A
33. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from
the code given below:
|
List I (Thinkers) |
List II (Theories) |
|
(a)
Sartre |
(i) Picture theory |
|
(b)
Nietzsche |
(ii) Pragmatic theory of Truth |
|
(c)
Wittgenstein |
(iii) "God is dead" |
|
(d) William James |
(iv) "Being and
Nothingness" |
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
Correct
Answer is A
34. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from
the code given below:
|
List I (Texts) |
List II (Authors) |
|
(a) Ślokavärthika |
(i) Väcaspati
Mišra |
|
(b) Tattvakaumudi |
(ii) Viśvanātha |
|
(c) Bhāsāpariccheda |
(iii) Umäsväti |
|
(d) Tattvärthasūtra |
(iv) Kumārila |
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Correct
Answer is A
35. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from
the code given below:
|
List I (Authors) |
List II (Works) |
|
|
(a) Sri Aurobindo |
(i) Secrets of the self |
|
|
(b) Tagore |
(ii) Absolute and its
Alternative forms |
|
|
(c) K. C. Bhattacharya |
(iii) Sadhana |
|
|
(d) Iqbal |
(iv) Integral Yoga |
|
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Correct
Answer is D
Instructions: The following items 36 to 41
consist of two statements one labelled the Assertion (A) and the other labelled
the Reason (R). You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if
the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are individually true and if so whether the
Reason is a correct explanation of Assertion. Select your answers to these
items using the codes given below and mark your answer sheet accordingly.
Codes:
(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).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
36. Assertion (A): According to Śamkara, the Ultimate Reality is
nirguņa Brahman.
Reason (R): There is no God.
Codes:
(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).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Correct
Answer is C
37. Assertion (A): Hegel toned down Kant.
Reason (R): "The Real is the rational".
Codes:
(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).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Correct
Answer is C
38. Assertion (A): Moore refuted Idealism.
Reason (R): Moore defended common sense.
Codes:
(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).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Correct
Answer is B
39. Assertion (A): According to Spinoza "all determination is
negation".
Reason (R): Modes are entirely dependent on substance.
Codes:
(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).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Correct
Answer is A
40. Assertion (A): Leibnitz says that 'the monads are windowless'.
Reason (R): The law of sufficient reason is there.
Codes:
(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).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Correct
Answer is A
41. Assertion (A): "I think, therefore I am".
Reason (R): God is a demonstrable certainty.
Codes:
(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).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Correct
Answer is B
42. What is the correct sequence of the following in evolutionary
process, according to Sri Aurobindo:
(A) Over mind, Higher mind, Illumined mind, Intuitive mind, Super
mind
(B) Higher mind, Illumined mind, Intuitive mind, Over mind, Super
mind
(C) Illumined mind, Higher mind, Intuitive mind, Over mind, Super
mind
(D) Intuitive mind, Higher mind, Illumined mind, Over mind, Super
mind
Correct
Answer is C
43. Identify the correct sequence.
(A) Thales, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
(B) Anaximander, Thales, Ryle, Pierce
(C) Hume, Locke, Berkeley, Spencer
(D) Leibnitz, Descartes, Hegel, Kant
Correct
Answer is A
44. Find the correct combination.
(A) pratityasamutpāda - madhyamapratipad - samanya
(B) dravya - guna - paryaya
(C) mayā - aprthaksiddhi - Brahman
(D) puruşa - praksti – adhyāsa
Correct
Answer is C
45. The correct sequence of triple transformation in evolutionary
theory of Sri Aurobindo is:
(A) Psychic Transformation, Supramental Transformation, Spiritual
Transformation
(B) Psychic Transformation, Spiritual Transformation, Supramental
Transformation
(C) Spiritual Transformation, Psychic Transformation, Supramental
Transformation
(D) Supramental Transformation, Spiritual Transformation and Psychic
Transformation
Correct
Answer is C
Read the following passage and answer
the questions 46 to 50: According to Śaņkara, 'reality'
is that which does not deviate from its ascertained nature, while unreality is
change (vikara). As the Upaniṣads have explained, being without change is
reality. But Being may be conceived as 'matter'; so to negate materiality,
after defining Brahman as 'reality', immediately it is said that 'Knowledge is
Brahman'. As the word 'knowledge' is used as an adjective along with the words
'reality' and 'infinity', it is not used in the sense of 'producer of
knowledge' (jäämakarta = knower), for what
undergoes changes in the form of a 'knower' cannot be real. Moreover, 'knower'
implies the distinctions of known, knowledge and knower, which would contradict
the adjective 'infinity' and other Upaniṣadic texts like 'That is Bhama (the
vast, i.e. Brahman), where no other is known'. Sankara says that it is
unjustifiable to say that though there is nothing else to be known by Brahman,
it can know itself, and as such it can be called a 'knower', because if Brahman
becomes the known, there remains no 'knower', as there is no internal
difference in Brahman. The one Brahman cannot be both knower and known, because
it has no parts or members. Further, if Atman (the self) is also put under the
category of known things, such as pots, there is no meaning in scriptural
teaching about it, for all objective things can be perceived in some way or
other at sometime or other. Brahman, which is pure being (sanmatra), can never
be known. To conclude, in the definition'knowledge is Brahman', the word
'knowledge' negates activity etc., and materiality. To remove the supposition
that as knowledge is limited in the world, Brahman, which is knowledge, is also
limited, it is immediately added that Brahman is infinity.
46. In Śamkara the ultimate reality is:
(A) Being-cum-becoming
(B) Knowledge-generating
(C) Both consciousness and matter
(D) Becomingless
Correct
Answer is D
47. Knowledge presupposes knowable; therefore :
(A) Brahman is both subject and object
(B) Brahman is knowable
(C) Brahman is not knowledge
(D) Brahman is knowledge
Correct
Answer is C
48. A word denotes or connotes a thing; therefore:
(A) The word "Brahman" denotes the object
"Brahman"
(B) "Not This, Not This" connotes Brahman
(C) Words cannot describe Brahman
(D) Word itself is Brahman
Correct
Answer is D
49. Brahman is infinite, therefore:
(A) It cannot be known by humans
(B) Infinite Brahman can be inferred
(C) Brahman can only be indicated
(D) Brahman is the world itself
Correct
Answer is C
50. Since Brahman lacks activity and materiality:
(A) It is non-existent
(B) It is pure and absolute being
(C) It is illusion
(D) It is an significant reality
Correct
Answer is B
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