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(1) The pragmatic test of meaning as “a method of settling metaphysical disputes that otherwise might be interminable” – is proposed by which one of the following philosophers ?
1 C.S. Pierce
2 William James
3 John Dewey
4 Irving Lewis
Answer: William James
(2) Consider given Assertion (A) and Reason (R) in Locke’s philosophy and then mark the correct option as given below :
  1. Assertion (A) : Infants in the womb, according to Locke, have no complicated thought.
  2. Reason (R) : Mind is an empty tablet.

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1 (A) is false and (R) is true and (R) provides correct explanation of (A).
2 (A) and (R) are both true and (R) provides correct explanation of (A).
3 (A) and (R) are both true and (R) does not provides correct explanation of (A).
4 (A) is true and (R) is false and (R) does not provide correct explanation of (A).
Answer: (A) and (R) are both true and (R) provides correct explanation of (A).

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(3) Which one among the following is not a mahāvākya ?
1 Tattvamasi
2 Aha Brahmāsmi
3 Sarva khalvida Brahma
4 Ayamātmā Brahma
Answer: Sarva khalvida Brahma
(4) Which one of the following has said ‘Immortality is the consumation of the life process within the ego’ ?
1 T K.C. Bhattacharya
2 Radhakrishnan
3 Vivekananda
4 Iqbal
Answer: Iqbal
(5) Which one of the following maintains that ‘Religion is not a creed or a code but an insight into reality’?
1 Gandhi
2 Vivekananda
3 Radhakrishnan
4 Tagore
Answer: Radhakrishnan
(6) Which one of the following holds the view that Māyā is neither good nor bad but it is neutral from both ?
1 Gandhi
2 Tagore
3 Vivekananda
4 Sri Aurobindo

Answer: Vivekananda
(7) Who holds that ‘When you deprive truth of its appearance, it loses the best part of reality’ ?
1 Sri Aurobindo
2 Iqbal
3 Gandhi
4 Tagore

Answer: Tagore
(8) ‘A good clockmaker can construct two clocks which will keep such perfect time that they for ever strike the hours at the same moment.’ This position is acceptable to :
1 Spinoza
2 Leibnitz
3 Descartes
4 Locke

Answer: Leibnitz
(9) The concept of categories was advocated by : (i) Kant (ii) Kant and Aristotle (iii) Kant and Locke (iv) Kant and Berkeley Select the correct code in the light of above :
1 (ii) only
2 (i) only
3 (iv) only
4 (iii) only

Answer: (ii) only
(10) The ideas imprinted on the senses by God are called real things according to :
1 Locke
2 Berkeley
3 Hume
4 Leibnitz

Answer: Berkeley
(11) The correct sequence of triple transformation in evolutionary theory of Sri Aurobindo is :
1 Psychic, spiritual and supramental
2 Spiritual, supramental and psychic
3 Psychic, supramental and spiritual
4 Spiritual, psychic and supramental

Answer: Psychic, spiritual and supramental
(12) Which one of the following maintains that ‘What is spoken must be in the first instance believed’ ?
1 Radhakrishnan
2 J. Krishnamurti
3 K.C. Bhattacharya
4 Iqbal

Answer: K.C. Bhattacharya
(13) Select the correct sequence of the four stages of ‘Theoretic consciousness’ according to K.C. Bhattacharya
1 Objective, Empirical, Spiritual, Transcendental
2 Empirical, Spiritual, Objective, Transcendental
3 Empirical, Objective, Spiritual, Transcendental
4 Spiritual, Transcendental, Objective, Empirical,

Answer: Empirical, Objective, Spiritual, Transcendental
(14) According to Prabhakara Dharma is :
1 Extrinsic value
2 Intrinsic value
3 Both intrinsic and extrinsic value
4 Pseudo value

Answer: Intrinsic value
(15) “If we see a snake, when infact there is only a rope, although it is an illusion, we should still accept that some kind of snake was there. Otherwise how could we have ever perceived a snake’ ? This explanation of illusion is offered by the :
1 Vijnānavāda Buddhists
2 Dvaitins
3 Advaitins
4 M mā sakas

Answer: Dvaitins

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