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(1) Madhva’s interpretation of the maha#va#kya : ‘ahaØbrahma#smi’ means :
1 Ta#da#tmya of JÍva and Brahman
2 Sa#dçsya of JÍva and Brahman
3 JÍva as Viïeîaàa of Brahman
4 Praka#ra - Praka#ri of JÍva and Brahman
Answer: Sa#dçsya of JÍva and Brahman
(2) Which one of the following is not accepted by Ambedkar ?
1 Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
2 Education, Organisation, Agitation
3 Caste, Varàa, Karma
4 Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha
Answer: Caste, Varàa, Karma

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(3) Which one of the following is admitted by Tagore to be the essential aspect of human being ?
1 Physical and Mental
2 Vital and Mental
3 Physical and Spiritual
4 Mental and Spiritual
Answer: Physical and Spiritual
(4) What is the correct sequence of the following in the evolutionary process, according to Sri Aurobindo ?
1 Overmind, Higher mind, Illumined mind, Intuitive mind
2 Higher mind, Illumined mind, Intuitive mind, Overmind
3 Illumined mind, Higher mind, Intuitive mind, Overmind
4 Intuitive mind, Higher mind, Illumined mind, Overmind
Answer: Higher mind, Illumined mind, Intuitive mind, Overmind
(5) The creation according to the Vaiïeîikas starts with the conjunction of atoms by :
1 The svabha#va of the atoms
2 The will of God
3 Productive mechanism
4 Accident
Answer: The will of God
(6) Pratityasamutpa#da in Buddhist Philosophy means :
1 The effect pre - exists in its cause
2 The existence of everything is momentary
3 The existence of everything is conditional
4 Whatever is, is eternal

Answer: The existence of everything is conditional
(7) Which one among the following according to the Sa#Økhya cannot be the reason for the existence of Prakçti ?
1 Bheda#na#m parima#àa#t
2 Samanvaya#t
3 Bhoktçbha#va#t
4 Ka#raàa-ka#rya vibha#ga#t

Answer: Bhoktçbha#va#t
(8) Which one of the following philosophers of Medieval period stated : ‘‘Understand in order that you may believe, believe in order that you may understand. Some-things we do not believe unless we understand them; others we do not understand unless we believe.’’
1 St. Anselm
2 St. Aquinas
3 St. Augustine
4 William Occam

Answer: St. Augustine
(9) Choose the correct order from lowest to the highest with reference to Plato’s theory of knowledge.
1 Knowledge derived from senses, conjectural knowledge, discursive intellect, rational insight
2 Conjectural knowledge, knowledge derived from senses, discursive intellect, rational insight.
3 Knowledge derived from senses, conjectural knowledge, rational insight, discursive intellect.
4 Discursive intellect, conjectural knowledge, knowledge derived from senses, rational insight.

Answer: Conjectural knowledge, knowledge derived from senses, discursive intellect, rational insight.
(10) The Doctrine of ‘innate ideas’ is acceptable to :
1 Descartes and Spinoza
2 Descartes and Berkeley
3 Descartes and Hume
4 Locke and Fitche

Answer: Descartes and Spinoza
(11) ‘Ontological Argument’ in favour of the existence of God was popularized by :
1 Descartes
2 Descartes and St. Anselm
3 Hume
4 Berkeley

Answer: Descartes and St. Anselm
(12) Which one of the following correctly depicts Locke’s conception of ‘Idea’ ?
1 Whatsoever the mind indirectly apprehends; which is the immediate object of perception, thought or understanding.
2 Whatsoever the mind directly apprehends; which is the immediate object of perception, thought or understanding.
3 Whatsoever the mind indirectly apprehends; which is the mediate object of perception, thought or understanding.
4 Whatsoever the mind directly apprehends; which is the mediate object of perception, thought or understanding.

Answer: Whatsoever the mind directly apprehends; which is the immediate object of perception, thought or understanding.
(13) Which one of the following modern philosophers conceptualised - ‘‘philosophy as a whole is like a tree whose roots are metaphysics, whose trunk is physics and whose branches, which issue from this trunk, are all the other sciences’’ ?
1 Spinoza
2 Berkeley
3 Descartes
4 Leibnitz

Answer: Descartes
(14) Which one of the following statements is true with reference to the doctrine of Force of Leibnitz ?
1 Force persists when motion ceases, as it is the ground of motion.
2 Extension is the essential attribute of body.
3 There is no substance that is an expression of force.
4 What is active is Unreal

Answer: Force persists when motion ceases, as it is the ground of motion.
(15) Which one of the following statements is true with reference to Berkeley ?
1 Berkeley makes use of the basal empiricism of Locke to establish idealism and thereby endorses materialism and atheism.
2 Berkeley makes use of the basal empiricism of Locke to establish idealism and thereby refutes materialism and atheism.
3 Mind has the capacity to frame abstract ideas.
4 Existence of an object does not depend on being perceived or known by the mind.

Answer: Berkeley makes use of the basal empiricism of Locke to establish idealism and thereby refutes materialism and atheism.

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