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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

UGC NET Second Paper (Philosophy) December 2008

1. The havya of a yajña brings benefit to:

(A) Devata

(B) Rtvik

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer is C

2. Mind-body interactionism is a doctrine propounded by:

(A) Locke

(B) Spinoza

(D) Berkeley

Correct Answer is C

3. The concept of 'Unmoved mover' is propounded by:

(A) Plato

(B) Socrates

(D) Aristotle

Correct Answer is D

4. Pratityasamut pada states that :

(A) Whatever is, is momentary

(B) There is no permanent self

(D) Whatever originates, originates depending on some conditions

Correct Answer is D

5. The father of western logic is:

(A) Plato

(B) Pythagoras

(D) Xenophanes

Correct Answer is C

6. Sattātraividhyavāda is upheld by:

(A) Sańkara

(B) Ramanuja

(D) Nimbarka

Correct Answer is A

7. Paratahprāmānyavāda claims that:

(A) Pramanya cannot be ascertained at all by any pramaņa.

(B) Prāmānya is self-ascertained.

(D) The causal conditions that produce pramā do not produce its prāmānya.

Correct Answer is B

8. Pantheism is a theory which advocates that:

(A) God is different from the world.

(B) God is same as world

(D) God is indifferent to the world

Correct Answer is B

9. The statement 'vahnina siñcati' lacks the condition of:

(A) Akainkşa

(B) Yogyata

(D) Tatparya

Correct Answer is B

10. According to the Naiyayikas what type of knowledge is atindriya ?

(A) Savikalpaka pratyakşa

(B) Nirvikalpaka pratyakşa

(D) Anumiti

Correct Answer is B

11. Perceiving muddy water in the over-flowing river the inference of previous rain is an instance of:

(A) S'eşavat anumana

(B) Purvavat anumana

(D) Upamana

Correct Answer is A

12. Who does not accept nirguna Brahman ?

(A) Sankara

(B) Madhva

(D) Sures'vara

Correct Answer is B

13. According to the vais'eşikas ghatābhāva resides on the ground by the relation of:

(A) Samavāya

(B) Samyoga

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer is A

14. Which of the following theory does Kumārila favour ?

(A) Akrtis'aktivāda

(B) Vyaktis'aktivāda

(D) Jātis'aktivāda

Correct Answer is C

15. Who has propounded for the first time the law of sufficient reason?

(A) Aristotle

(B) Mill

(D) Descartes

Correct Answer is C

16. Which pair among the following possesses atomic magnitude according to the Vais'eşikas?

(A) Mind and body

(B) Mind and soul

(D) Mind and akshara

Correct Answer is C

17. The view that God is only the efficient cause of the world is propounded by:

(A) Ramanuja

(B) Sańkara

(D) Vallabha

Correct Answer is C

18. Samavāya relating a ghața with ghatatva relates itself with the ghata by the relation of:

(A) Samyoga

(B) Svarupa

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer is C

19. A bundle of threads is qualitatively different from a piece of cloth is claimed by:

(A) Satkāryavāda

(B) Asatkāryavāda

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer is B

20. The so-called inferential knowledge that 'fire is cold' is vitiated by the fallacy of:

(A) Savyabhicara

(B) Badhita

(D) Asiddha

Correct Answer is C

21. The founder of Neo-Buddhism:

(A) Gandhi

(B) Tagore

(D) Ambedkar

Correct Answer is D

22. Brahman is self-luminous; so māyā cannot conceal Brahman is proved by:

(A) Tirodhānānupapatti

(B) As'rayānupapatti

(D) Nivartyānupapatti

Correct Answer is A

23. The author of the 'City of God' is:

(A) Democritus

(B) Pythagoras

(D) Parmenides

Correct Answer is C

24. Apeiron is the fundamental source of the universe according to:

(A) Plato

(B) Anaximenes

(D) Aristotle

Correct Answer is C

25. According to Kant:

(A) Only phenomenon can be known

(B) Only Noumenon can be known

(D) None can be known

Correct Answer is A

26. The Naiyayikas upheld the theory of error known as:

(A) Asatkhyātivāda

(B) Satkhyātivada

(D) Akhyātivāda

Correct Answer is C

27. 'Beyond Violence' is written by:

(A) Radhakrishnan

(B) Gandhi

(D) Sri Aurobindo

Correct Answer is C

28. Intuition and Intellect are complementary to each other according to:

(A) Bergson

(B) Kant

(D) Ambedkar

Correct Answer is C

29. 'Percepts without concepts are blind, concepts without percepts are empty' according to:

(A) Plato

(B) Descartes

(D) Kant

Correct Answer is D

30. The discussion of the four states of atman is found in:

(A) Śvetās'vataropanisad

(B) Mundakopanisad

(D) Taittiriyopanisad

Correct Answer is C

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

List-1	List-II
(a) Nyayasutra	(i) Bādarayana
(b) Nyayabindu	(ii) Nagarjuna
(c) Madhyamaka kärika	(iii) Gautama
(d) Brahmasutra	(iv) Dharmakirti

Code:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer is C

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

List-1 (Thinkers)	List-II (Theories)
(a) Spinoza	(i) Intellectual love of God
(b) Leibnitz	(ii) Unmoved mover
(c) Aristotle	(iii) Transcendental unity of apperception
(d) Kant	(iv) Pre-established Harmony

Code:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

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

List-1 (Works)	List-II (Theories)
(a) Nyaya	(i) Anirvacaniyakhyāti
(b) Prabhakara	(ii) Akhyāti
(c) Samkara	(iii) Viparitakhyāti
(d) Kumārila	(iv) Anyathākhyāti

Code:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

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

List-1 (Theories)	List-II (Thinkers)
(a) Idealism	(i) G.E. Moore
(b) Realism	(ii) William James
(c) Pragmatism	(iii) Berkeley
(d) Subjective Idealism	(iv) Hegel

Code:

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

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

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

(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (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 (Thinkers)	List-II (Theories)
(a) Sri Aurobindo	(i) The Human Cycle
(b) Radhakrishnan	(ii) My Experiments with Truth
(c) Gandhi	(iii) Tarkasangraha
(d) Annambhatta	(iv) The Hindu View of Life

Code:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

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

List-1 (Theories)	List-II (Thinkers)
(a) The identity of indiscernibles	(i) Russell
(b) Category mistake	(ii) Leibnitz
(c) Logical atomism	(iii) Husserl
(d) The phenomenological method	(iv) Gilbert Ryle

Code:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

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

List-I (Thinker)	List-II (Theories)
(a) Vivekananda	(i) Spiritual evolution
(b) Sri Aurobindo	(ii) Practical Vedanta
(c) Tagore	(iii) Sarvodaya
(d) Gandhi	(iv) Aesthetic Mysticism

Code:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

Instructions:

The following items 38-42 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 and (R) is not a correct explanation of (A).

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

38. Assertion (A) : Prama is defined as "experience of the object as it is".

Reason (R) : There is structural correspondence between object and knowledge.

Codes:

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

39. Assertion (A) : A thing is momentary.

Reason (R) : A thing is causally efficient.

Codes:

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

40. Assertion (A) : According to the logical positivist, anything is true if its meaning could be verified.

Reason (R) : Metaphysics is meaningful.

Codes:

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

41. Assertion (A) : A thing is suabhāva-s'ünya.

Reason (R) : A thing is pratityasamutpanna.

Codes:

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

42. Assertion (A) : Plato advocates that 'The Good' is the highest reality.

Reason (R) : Plato says that the soul is tripartite.

Codes:

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

43. Choose the correct sequence of triple process of evolution according to Sri Aurobindo:

(A) Widening, Heightening, Integration

(B) Heightening, Widening, Integration

(D) Heightening, Integration, Widening

Correct Answer is A

44. Choose the correct sequence:

(A) Trsna, upadana, bhava, jāti

(B) Avidyā, vijñāna, nāmarūpa, sadāyatan

(D) Bhava, vedanā, jāti, jarāmarana

Correct Answer is A

45. Arrange the correct sequence of the books using the code given below:

(i) Ethics

(ii) Varieties of Religious experience

(iii) The Republic

(iv) A treatise on human nature

Code:

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

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

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

Correct Answer is A

Read the following passage and answer the questions 46 to 50:

Just as 'beautiful' points the way for aesthetics and 'good' for ethics, so do words like 'true' for logic. All sciences have truth as their goal; but logic is also concerned with it in a quite different way: logic has much the same relation to truth as physics has to weight or heat. To discover truths is the task of all sciences; it falls to logic to discern the laws of truth. The word 'law' is used in two senses. When we speak of moral or civil laws we mean prescriptions, which ought to be obeyed but with which actual occurrences are not always in conformity. Laws of nature are general features of what happens in nature, and occurrences in nature are always in accordance with them. It is rather in this sense that I speak of laws of truth. Here of course it is not a matter of what happens but of what is. From the laws of truth there follow prescriptions about asserting, thinking, judging, inferring. And we may very well speak of laws of thought in this way too. But there is at once a danger here of confusing different things. People may very well interpret the expression 'law of thought, by analogy with 'law of nature'

and then have in mind general features of thinking as a mental occurrence. A law of thought in this sense would be a psychological law. And so they might come to believe that logic deals with the mental process of thinking and with the psychological laws in accordance with which this takes place. That would be misunderstanding the task of logic, for truth has not here been given its proper place.

- Wittgenstein.

46. The word 'law' is used as prescription when we use it in the sense of:

(A) Moral law only

(B) Civic law only

(D) Law of Nature

Correct Answer is C

47. According to the author, truth is the goal of:

(A) Major sciences

(B) All sciences

(D) The Supreme Court of a Country

Correct Answer is B

48. The distinction between laws of truth and laws of nature lies in:

(A) Their goal

(B) Their means

(D) Neither (A) nor (B)

Correct Answer is A

49. The law dealing with the mental process of thinking is known as:

(A) Psychological law

(B) Law of thought

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer is B

50. The task of Logic according to the author is:

(A) Discernment of laws of truth

(B) Explanation of inferencial process

(D) Framing of arguments

Correct Answer is A

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