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(1) Observation of brahmacarya is a means of meeting :
1 Pitr-rna only
2 Rsi-rna only
3 Deva-rna only
4 Pitr-rna and Deva-rna only
Answer: Rsi-rna only
(2) According to Ayer, when you say ‘This is good’ you are :
1 Communicating your feelings
2 Expressing your feelings
3 Describing a particular things
4 Influencing others feelings
Answer: Expressing your feelings

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(3) Who among the following has said that ‘Punishment brings wisdom. It is the healing art of Wickedness’ ?
1 Socrates
2 Plato
3 Aristotle
4 Nietzsche
Answer: Plato
(4) Who among the following has said that þTrue law is the rightÿ reason in agreement with nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlastingÿ ?
1 Kant
2 Cicero
3 Hegel
4 Darwin
Answer: Cicero
(5) Definition of ‘good’ in terms of self realisation according to Moore would be :
1 Naturalistic fallacy
2 Metaphysical fallacy
3 Both Naturalistic and Metaphysical fallacy
4 Neither Naturalistic nor Metaphysical
Answer: Naturalistic fallacy
(6) Which philosopher among the following has classified ‘Adjectives’ in three categories (A - words, D - words, G - words) as per their functions ?
1 Ayer
2 Hare
3 Nowell Smith
4 Stevenson

Answer: Nowell Smith
(7) Which one of the following is consistent regarding moral Judgement ?
1 It is an ‘Is’ Judgement
2 It is a Logical Judgement
3 It is a Natural Judgement
4 It is a Normative Judgement

Answer: It is a Normative Judgement
(8) According to which one of the following views value-judgements are essentially imperative ?
1 Descriptivism
2 Emotivism
3 Prescriptivism
4 Intuitionism

Answer: Prescriptivism
(9) Find out the fallacy committed in the syllogistic form : AAI-1
1 Undistributed middle term
2 Illicit Major
3 Illicit Minor
4 Existential Fallacy

Answer: Existential Fallacy
(10) Given below are an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R), consider them and select the correct answer from code given here under :
  1. Assertion (A) : A Categorical syllogism commits a fallacy of four terms if more than three terms are used.
  2. Reason (R) : In a standard form of categorical syllogism, there are three and only three terms occurring twice each in the same meaning.

Code :

1 (A) and (R) both are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
2 (A) and (R) both are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
3 (A) is true and (R) is false.
4 (A) and (R) both are false.

Answer: (A) and (R) both are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(11) The difference between Aristotlean and Boolean interpretation of categorical propositions is as follows
1 Aristotlean accepts contrary, sub - contrary, sub-alternation and contradictory relations whereas Boolean accepts only contradictory relations.
2 Aristotlean accepts contrary, sub - contrary and Boolean accepts only contradictory relations
3 Aristotlean and Boolean both accepts all the above relations
4 Aristotlean and Boolean both accept none of the above relations

Answer: Aristotlean accepts contrary, sub - contrary, sub-alternation and contradictory relations whereas Boolean accepts only contradictory relations.
(12) If ‘A’ proposition is converted to ‘A’ and ‘E’ proposition is contraposited to E, what kind of fallacy is commited according to Boole ?
1 The truth or falsity of an argument’s conclusion does by itself determine the validity or invalidity of that argument.
2 The validity of an argument does guarantee the truth of its conclusion
3 Truth and falsity are attributed to the arguments while validity and invalidity are attributed to the propositions.
4 The truth or falsity of an argument’s conclusion does not by itself determine the validity or invalidity of that argument and the fact that an argument is valid does not guarantee the truth of its conclusion.

Answer: The truth or falsity of an argument’s conclusion does not by itself determine the validity or invalidity of that argument and the fact that an argument is valid does not guarantee the truth of its conclusion.
(13) Which one of the following is not the correct formulation of De morgan theorems ?
1 ~ (p∨q) ≡ (~ p . ~ q)
2 ~ (p . q) ≡ (~ p∨~ q)
3 ~ (p . q) ≡ ~ (p∨q)
4 (~ p∨~ q) ≡ ~ (p . q)

Answer: ~ (p . q) ≡ ~ (p∨q)
(14) A statement form is said to be tautologous :
1 If all of its substitution instances are false.
2 If its substitution instances are admixture of true and false.
3 If all of its substitution instances are true.
4 If its substitution instances are neither true nor false

Answer: If all of its substitution instances are true.
(15) Two statements are said to materially equivalent if :
1 Both are true and both are false.
2 One is true and another is false.
3 One is false and another is true
4 There is no question of truth and falsity is involved.

Answer: Both are true and both are false.

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