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(1) The so called relation between cause and effect according to Hume is :
1 inferred prior to experience
2 based on observation and experience
3 effect is immanent in the cause
4 both are necessarily connected
Answer: based on observation and experience
(2) Antinomy of Pure Reason is dealt with by Kant in his doctrine of :
1 Transcendental Theology
2 Transcendental Cosmology
3 Transcendental Psychology
4 All the above
Answer: Transcendental Cosmology

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(3) ‘Elementary propositions depict the picture of Reality’ is formulated by
1 Moore
2 Russell
3 Wittgenstein
4 Husserl
Answer: Wittgenstein
(4) Which of the following book is authored by Heidegger ?
1 Lebenswelt
2 Being and Time
3 Pragmatism
4 Phenomenology
Answer: Being and Time
(5) Logical positivism rejects the metaphysics on the following grounds :
1 Metaphysical questions are beyond the limit of the categories of Human understanding.
2 Metaphysical questions are doubtful
3 Metaphysical questions are non-sensical as they are non-verifiable.
4 Metaphysical questions are beyond space and time.
Answer: Metaphysical questions are non-sensical as they are non-verifiable.
(6) According to G. Ryle which one of the following is correct ?
1 All the physical events are reducible to the mental events.
2 All the mental events are reducible to the physical events.
3 Both kinds of events are inter reducible to each other.
4 None of the above

Answer: All the mental events are reducible to the physical events.
(7) Moore’s atomistic analysis is supposed to be the reaction against :
1 Kantian dichotomy between Epistemology and Ontology.
2 Hegelian identity between thought and being.
3 Bradleian Absolutism.
4 All the above.

Answer: Bradleian Absolutism.
(8) Consider the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and mark the correct option in the light of Kant’s view of knowledge.
  1. Assertion (A) : Universality, Necessity and Novelty are the criteria of knowledge.
  2. Reason (R) : Synthetic a priori judgement fulfils all the required criteria of knowledge.

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

Answer: (A) and (R) both are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(9) Which one of the following is a correct sequence of the existential structures according to Heidegger ?
1 Existenz, Fallenness, Facticity
2 Existenz, Facticity, Fallenness
3 Facticity, Fallenness, Existenz
4 Fallenness, Facticity, Existenz

Answer: Existenz, Facticity, Fallenness
(10) Husserl has borrowed the concept of intentionality from the following philosophers :
1 Kant
2 Hegel
3 Brentano
4 Descartes

Answer: Brentano
(11) Consider the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and mark the correct option in the light of Wittgenstein’s views :
  1. Assertion (A) : Every proposition has a clear and definite sense.
  2. Reason (R) : Propositions of everyday life contain complex expressions which are logically proper names.

Code :

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

Answer: (A) is true and (R) is false and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(12) Recognise the HetvÂbhÂsa in, All smoky objects are fiery. The hill is smoky. Therefore, the hill is fiery. Codes :
1 Viruddha
2 Prakaraàasama
3 Asiddha
4 SavyabhicÂra

Answer: SavyabhicÂra
(13) Who among the following denies that perceptual experiences can be expressed in words :
1 Jayra#ïibhaòòa alone
2 DharmakÍrti alone
3 Maha#vÍra alone
4 DharmakÍrti and Viïvana#tha

Answer: DharmakÍrti and Viïvana#tha
(14) According to which of the following schools Abha#va is perceived through Viïeîaàata# Sannikarîa ?
1 Sa#Økhya
2 Bauddha
3 Nya#ya
4 Jaina

Answer: Nya#ya
(15) If two propositions with the same subject and predicate can both be true but cannot both be false then the relation between them is
1 Contradiction
2 Contrary
3 Sub-contrary
4 Sub-Altern

Answer: Sub-contrary

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