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Applied Philosophy 57

• Which statement is false regarding Euthanasia?
• Which one of the following is false in the context of Environmental Ethics?
• Which of the following is not true of the 'Land Ethic' as propounded by Aldo Leopold?
• Which one of the following comes under the purview of Business Ethics?
• Which of the following ethical principles forms the underlying assumption of Peter Singer's views in Applied Ethics?
• Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion A and the other Reason R. In light of them,…
• Match List I (position) with List II (ethical belief) and choose the correct answer from the options given…
• According to Naess, ecosophy is:
• According to Naess, the Deep Ecology movement involves:
• What does Arne Naess intend to convey in this paragraph?
• In the name of ecologism, the deep movement has various deviations which are one-sided and lay emphasis on:
• The Deep Ecology movement is fortified by one of the following:
• Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason…
• Match List I with List II
• Which one of the following is not correct with reference to Affirmative action?
• According to Naess, ecosophy is:
• According to Naess, Deep Ecology movement involves:
• Deep Ecology movement is fortified by one of the following:
• What does Arne Naess intend to convey in this paragraph?
• In the name of ecologism, deep movement has various deviations which are one sided and laid emphasis on:
• Naess's philosophical world view of ecological consciousness consists of:
• What is the outcome of the debate between Bookchin and Foreman?
• Naess in his philosophical world view, argued for one of the following:
• How does Naess define well being?
• What does the author want to convey in this paragraph?
• Bio-Centrism maintains that:
• In the ethics of Technology, the notion that technology is only an instrument, the good or bad use…
• The question regarding what might constitute criteria necessary for personhood is most central with reference to:
• The ethical claim in business ethics that deceptive advertising is wrong because deceiving others is disrespectful to them…
• The field of Applied Ethics concerning the conflict between the interest of stakeholders and the interests of stockholder…
• Which one of the following issues do not directly pertain to the domain of Medical ethics?
• Match List - I with List - II.
• “Women are not born, but made,” The above mentioned statement has been asserted by:
• The term ‘Infosphere’ is an idea associated with:
• A physician is treating a terminally ill patient who expressed a desire to discontinue life-supporting system. Which ethical…
• Which Ethical theory is most closely associated with the idea that humans have a moral responsibility to respect…
• Which among the following will not support the distinction made between law and morality?
• Which among the following philosophers gives a critique of technology as a mode of enframing that reduces the…
• What do dystopian perspectives on technology warn about?
• What does the concept of technological mediation refer to?
• What ethical issues are raised by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning?
• Which view considers technology as a neutral tool used to achieve human goals?
• What is the central theme in the philosophy of technology?
• The most important distinction in the environmental movement is that of 'Shallow Ecology' and 'Deep Ecology', introduced by:
• According to Peter Raabe, what is the key benefit of Philosophical Counseling?
• Match List - I with List - II.
• Which among the followings are true in regard to the relationship between law and morality?
• While consent is not obtained from a patient either because he is not asked for or has not…

Classical Indian: Epistemology and Metaphysics 414

• Which one of the following is not acceptable to Jain philosophy?
• Anupalabdhi is an independent pramana according to:
• Match List I (Vedantins) with List II (concepts) and choose the correct code:
• Mark the proposition incompatible with the view of Visistadvaita Vedanta:
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them and select the correct code:
• All the following propositions except one are compatible with the Prabhakara school of Purva-mimamsa. Mark the incompatible one:
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them in the context of Buddhism and select the…
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them in the context of Buddhism and select the…
• Match List I (stages of samadhi) with List II (descriptions) and choose the correct answer from the code…
• Which one among the following is not a nityadravya (eternal substance) according to the Vaisesikas?
• Which type of hetvabhasa is committed by the following anumana? 'This animal must be a cow because it…
• Which one of the following is not a means of vyaptigraha (apprehension of invariable concomitance)?
• Consider the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and select the correct code from the Vaisesika standpoint:
• By which pramana does the Nyaya school prove the existence of Isvara (God)?
• What is the cause of the knowledge of nearness and farness (in space) according to the Vaisesikas?
• What type of abhava of specific qualities is admitted by the Vaisesikas in the liberated self?
• Which one of the following statements is not acceptable to the Carvaka?
• By what sannikarsa do we perceive the relation between a flower and its red colour, according to the…
• Select the correct sequence of the states of the Upanisadic self:
• Rta in the Vedic tradition was identified with:
• Match List I (schools) with List II (theories of validity) and choose the correct answer:
• Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer regarding khyativada (theories of error):
• Which hetvabhasa is committed by the following anumana? 'Sabdah anityah caksusatvat' (sound is non-eternal because it is visible).…
• The direct knowledge of the thoughts of others, according to Jaina Philosophy, is:
• Among the following, what is acceptable to Samkara?
• Anvitabhidhanavada is supported by the following pair of philosophers:
• Mark the incompatible of the following with reference to Kumarila's epistemology:
• Write the correct sequence according to the Upanisads:
• Which one of the following is incompatible with Dvaita Vedanta?
• Which one of the following propositions is not compatible with the Prabhakara school of Purva-mimamsa?
• Match List I (School) with List II (Doctrine) and choose the correct code:
• Which type of hetvabhasa is committed by the following anumana? 'Vahni anusna, dravyatvat' (fire is not-hot, because it…
• What type of karana is the colour of the threads in respect of the colour of the cloth,…
• Atma, according to the Naiyayikas, can be:
• The liberated state, according to the Nyaya school, is devoid of:
• Akasa, according to the Vaisesikas, is:
• Match Set I (Definition of Pratyaksa) with Set II (Thinker) and select the correct code:
• Given below an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R). Consider them and select the correct code:
• When the laksana of a word excludes the sakyartha completely, then in Nyaya-epistemology that laksana is called:
• The view that the Atma (self) is vibhu (all-pervading) is upheld by:
• Given below are one Assertion (A) and a Reason (R). Consider them in the context of Carvaka philosophy…
• Which among the following is not compatible with the Vaisesikas?
• Which type of karana is Isvara (God) with respect to the world in philosophy?
• By what type of sannikarsa do we perceive patabhava (absence of a cloth) in a ghata (pot), according…
• Which type of hetvabhasa is committed by the following anumana? 'Mrnmayah parvatah vahniman' (the clay mountain has fire).…
• According to Nyaya, the objects of the visual sense-organ are also the objects of the tactual sense-organ except:
• Vrtti, according to Nyaya, is a relation between:
• Who among the following holds that the definition of Pratyaksa is 'Indriyarthasannikarsotpannam jnanam avyapadesyam avyabhicari vyavasayatmakam'?

Classical Western: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern 305

• Select the correct option. The standard of scientific knowledge for Kant is:
• Match List I (doctrines) with List II (philosophers) and choose the correct answer with the help of the…
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them and select the correct code with reference to…
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them and select the correct code:
• Given below are an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R). Consider them and select the correct code with…
• Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer with the help of the code given…
• Consider (a), (b), (c) and (d), and then select the correct answer with reference to Descartes:
• Match List I with List II and choose the correct code:
• Mark the proposition incompatible with Hume's philosophy:
• Descartes's advocacy of interactionism and Spinoza's parallelism undermine:
• All the following propositions except one are compatible with Leibniz's philosophy. Mark the incompatible one:
• 'Matter is the permanent possibility of sensation.' This famous statement is from:
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them and select the correct code:
• Match List I (thinkers) with List II (works) and choose the correct code:
• The theory of metempsychosis, or the transmigration of the soul, is ascribed to which one of the following…
• Which one of the following statements represents the philosophical position of Anaximander correctly?
• 'Reality which is Absolute is a coherent thought system with logical connectivity' is the view that can be…
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them in the light of Plato's Theory of Forms…
• Which one of the following opined that 'Philosophy is based on precepts of reason, theology on truths of…
• Consider the following statements in the light of Plato's metaphysics and select the correct code:
• Who among the following derives perception from matter in motion?
• “Your mind is a unit of substance conceived as thought and your body is a unit of substance…
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them and choose the correct code:
• Match List I (Statement) with List II (Philosopher) and choose the correct answer:
• “Without being aware of an object, I can be aware of myself.” Which pair holds this view?
• Who among the following is regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy?
• Match List I (Philosopher) with List II (Work) and choose the correct answer:
• 'All life and all happiness are governed by the will to power' is the view held by:
• Who among the following philosophers equates 'Will to truth with will to power'?
• Thales' philosophy is consistent with all the following except one. Select it:
• 'Causality', according to Kant, is:
• According to Locke, ideas of extension and duration are:
• The view that 'All things were created good by God and evil is a corruption of that good'…
• Which one of the following medieval philosophers argued that existence is the most important actuality, without which even…
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Consider them in the light of Parmenides and select the…
• Consider the following statements with reference to Heraclitus and mark the correct code:
• For Rationalists, Innate ideas are:
• Match List I with List II with reference to Locke and choose the correct code:
• Match List I (Description) with List II (Philosopher) with reference to modern western philosophy and choose the correct…
• Match List I (Work) with List II (Philosopher) and choose the correct answer:
• Choose the correct implication of the following statement from the codes given below: “One cannot step twice into…
• The metaphor of Zeno, 'Achilles and the Tortoise', is intended to assert that:
• Which of the following is incompatible with the views of Socrates?
• “The later development of Western Philosophy after Plato is just a footnote to Plato.” Who among the following…
• Which one of the following correctly represents the metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas?
• Which of the following statements is false with reference to St. Augustine?
• Which one of the following statements justifies that genuine knowledge is possible without relying on experience?
• Which one of the following statements is false in the context of St. Augustine?

Contemporary Indian Philosophy 103

• Which one of the following thinker-work pairs is correctly matched?
• The Gandhian view of trusteeship was not designed to:
• Given below are the four principles of existence: (a) The Super-Cosmic theory, (b) The Cosmic or the Terrestrial,…
• Which of the following is true regarding K.C. Bhattacharya's two branches of the Philosophy of the object?
• Ambedkar's theory of relation is essentially:
• Match List I (Writing) with List II (Writer) and choose the correct answer:
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Considering them in the light of Gandhi, select the correct…
• Who among the following is of the view that 'Bhagavadgita is only karma oriented'?
• Who among the following has said that 'The Gita's teaching stands not for renunciation of action but for…
• Which of the following is considered as 'Temple of the Divine' according to Tagore?
• Select the correct code representing the different poises of mind in the process of evolution in the philosophy…
• Match List I (Thinker) with List II (Description) and choose the correct answer:
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the light of Tagore's concept of Maya, select the…
• In K. C. Bhattacharya's philosophy all the following propositions are true except:
• Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Considering them in the light of Gandhi, select the correct…
• Whose view is it that the Absolute is pure consciousness, pure freedom and infinite possibility?
• Match List I (Thinker) with List II (Thought) and choose the correct option from those given below:
• Which one of the following statements is compatible with the views of Tagore?
• Which one of the following statements is NOT accepted by Mahatma Gandhi?
• According to Swami Vivekananda, Maya is:
• Who among the following has said that "My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which cannot…
• According to K.C. Bhattacharya, which one of the following pairs constitutes alternative objects of philosophical study?
• Given Assertion (A) and Reason (R), select the correct option. Assertion (A): If one takes care of the…
• Who among the following upholds the concept of 'Gnostic Being'?
• Write the correct sequence regarding Sri Aurobindo's concept of triple transformation.
• Match List I (thinker) with List II (view) and choose the correct answer.
• Match List I (writing) with List II (author) and choose the correct answer.
• Who among the following has said that "the infinite and the finite are one as song and singing…
• Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion A and the other Reason R. Consider them in the…
• According to K. C. Bhattacharya, philosophy is concerned with:
• Who said, "I don't care for God, if he is anything but truth"?
• Consider the following statements with reference to Iqbal's intuition. In light of them, choose the correct answer from…
• Which of the following texts are composed by Maulana Azad?
• Given below are two statements. In light of them, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Which of the following contemporary Indian thinkers expresses the view that self-knowledge is equivalent to knowing oneself in…
• Which of the following philosophers conceptualized God as a "personal being" or "supreme person"?
• Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason…
• According to K C Bhattacharya Philosophy is concerned with:
• Which of the following represents the correct ordering of ascent from mind to supermind as per Aurobindo?
• Which one of the following is the view of Vivekananda with regard to the origin of religion?
• Consider the following statements with reference to Iqbal's intuition.
• Given below are two statements:
• Which of the following text is composed by Maulana Azad?
• Who among the following Contemporary Indian Thinkers expresses the view that self knowledge is equivalent to knowing oneself…
• Which of the following philosophers conceptualized God as "personal being" or "supreme person".
• Who said that "I don't care of God, if he is anything but truth"?
• Given below are two statements: Consider the following with reference to Radhakrishnan.
• Given below are two statements: Consider the following with reference to Iqbal on intuition.

Indian Ethics 60

• The basis of division of the four varnas according to the Gita is:
• Given below are statements about a Karmayogin. Select the correct code given below:
• The meaning of the Doctrine of Karma is:
• Select the alternative that states the correct sequence (of the four attitudes in the Yoga-sutra):
• Which one among the following is not included within the triratna of the Jainas?
• What is expedited through prayascit karmas according to Jainism?
• What indicates the perfection of Dhyana according to the Yoga-sutra?
• What is NOT ensured by Rta?
• Which one of the following is NOT an implication of the law of Karma?
• Which of the following is true about Lokasangraha?
• Consider the following statements about apurva and choose the right option from the codes given below:
• In the Vedic tradition, the Rtvika of the Samaveda is called:
• Read the following statements with reference to the ethics of Vaisesika philosophy. In light of them, choose the…
• In the Vedic tradition, fire burns because:
• Consider the following in the context of Vedic philosophy and select the code indicating the correct assertions.
• Which of the following statements are true of the Karma theory as advocated in classical Indian notions of…
• Select the code that states the correct sequence of the five great vows (mahavratas) of Jainism.
• Given below are two statements. In light of them, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given…
• Match List I (school) with List II (ethical ideal) and choose the correct answer from the options given…
• Consider the following and select the correct sequence of the purusarthas from the codes given below.
• Lokasamgraha stands for which of the following?
• By begetting offspring one can repay:
• Read the following sentences with reference to ethics of Vaisesika philosophy:
• Which of the following statements is true of Karma theory as advocated in Classical Indian notions of ethics…
• Given below are two statements
• Consider the following and select the correct sequence from the codes given below:
• Match List I with List II
• Lokasamgraha stands for:
• Match List I with List II.
• Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason…
• Which one of the following codes states the virtues which are NOT consistent with Brahmana Varna?
• Gandhiji strongly recommends that “As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be …….”
• In Gandhian ethics, the influence of disinterested action (Niskama Karma) is clearly visible in:
• In the Gandhian philosophy, the attainment of ‘Truth-as-end’ depends on:
• The given paragraph seems to advocate which particular model of ethics?
• The above mentioned paragraph is stated by Mahatma Gandhi in the following book:
• According to the Gandhi, which of the following is the supreme end?
• Which of the following are included in Ekadash-vrata (Eleven vratas) of Mahatma Gandhi-
• Which of the following purusharthas are included in Tri-Varg
• According to Jainism Aprigrah means?
• Which one of the following is not a causal condition of karma or action, according to the Gita?
• “It is better to get perished while performing svadharma; since paradharma is a cause of fear” - this…
• ‘Dharma’ according to Sabara:
• “Just as the water collected in the boat is thrown out with the hands. Similarly the soul throws…
• The idea of clearing debts (rnas) such as deva rna, ptr rna, bhuta rna etc, which are correspondingly…
• Match List - I with List - II.
• According to the Bhagavadgita, due to what can no one stay without action even for a moment?
• In which of the following senses is Apurva not considered?

Logic 152

• Which one of the following forms represents 'Modus Tollens'?
• Which one of the following rules of inference is employed in the argument: [N ⊃ (O · P)]…
• If two propositions can both be true, but cannot both be false together, their relation is:
• Consider the following propositions and choose the correct answer: 'Some judges are lawyers' and 'Some judges are not…
• In which one of the following cases can an argument be invalid?
• Match List I (Figures) with List II (Moods) and choose the correct answer. List I: (i) First figure…
• In the traditional square of opposition, if 'O' is true, then:
• To obvert a proposition in an immediate inference:
• Which combination of fallacies occurs if the rule 'Any term distributed in the conclusion must be distributed in…
• Consider the syllogism below and identify the fallacy involved in it. 'All pets are domestic animals. No lions…
• Which one of the following is a Conditional?
• Consider the following argument-form and identify the rule of inference involved: (p ⊃ q) · (r ⊃ s);…
• Which one of the following symbolic forms represents the principle of Identity correctly?
• Truth is an attribute of a/an:
• Match List I (Mood) with List II (Figure) and choose the correct answer:
• Match List I with List II and choose the correct option. List I (Name): (A) Commutation, (B) Distribution,…
• An argument form is invalid if and only if:
• If the proposition 'all men are mortal' is true, what is the truth-value of the proposition 'some men…
• “From any true substitution instance of a propositional function, we may validly infer the existential quantification of that…
• If E, F and G are true statements and M and N are false statements, which one of…
• Which one among the following is a tautology?
• If in a square of opposition 'I' is given as 'True', which one of the following can be…
• Use truth tables to decide if the following is a logical equivalence. Which one of the following is…
• Identify the correct option from the following:
• Consider the following argument and choose the correct answer from the options given below: All trouts are mammals;…
• Which one of the following is NOT a propositional function?
• Which of the following correctly represents the proposition given below? “Any horse is gentle that has been well…
• Match List I with List II and choose the correct option from those given below:
• Match List I with List II and choose the correct option. List I: (A) Individual variable, (B) Individual…
• Identify the correct option from the following:
• A partial inverse of a proposition is one in which:
• A method of proof in which one assumes the negation of the conclusion and derives a contradiction is…
• Proofs in propositional logic using rules of inference are called:
• The law of thought that asserts 'If any statement is true, then it is true' is the:
• According to the traditional square of opposition, if E is given as false, then:
• Choose the correct symbolisation of the following argument: All women are brave; Some humans are women; therefore, some…
• The type of immediate inference in which the subject and predicate terms are simply interchanged is called:
• (x)(φx) ⊃ φv, where v is any individual symbol, is the form of:
• The characteristic of a deductive argument whose premises, if true, provide conclusive grounds for the truth of its…
• Which type of argument makes the claim that its conclusion is supported by its premises conclusively?
• When a conclusion is drawn from only one premise it is called:
• "P ⊃ q, q ⊃ r, therefore p ⊃ r" is of the form of:
• The statement ~(P ⊃ Q) is equivalent to:
• Consider the following statements with reference to the distribution of terms of categorical propositions and choose the correct…
• Which one of the following represents the relation between the propositions "All students are young" and "Some students…
• As per the axioms of quality of a categorical syllogism:
• Consider the following syllogism and mark the correct code: Some snakes are friendly; No friendly beings bite; therefore…
• Given below are four statements. Two among them are related in such a manner that they can both…

Recent Western Philosophy 138

• The purpose of Husserl's phenomenological reduction is to:
• Which one of the following Logical positivists replaced 'Verification' with 'Confirmation' on the basis that although universal laws…
• Idealism is refuted by which of the following philosophers? Select the correct code:
• Match List I (works) with List II (thinkers) and mark the correct code:
• Which one of the following statements appropriately represents the position of Nietzsche?
• Who among the following believes in the falsification theory and holds that there is no reliable rational method…
• Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to the correspondence theory of truth?
• Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer:
• Match List I (Idea) with List II (Thinker) and choose the correct answer:
• Consider Assertion (A) and Reason (R) in the light of the pragmatism of William James and mark the…
• With reference to logical positivism, which one of the following statements is correct?
• Which one of the following is correct with reference to the concept of 'Dasein' of Heidegger?
• The statement 'I assert that Krishna is innocent', in the context of Speech Act theory, is a:
• What does 'family resemblance' refer to?
• Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). In the light of…
• For whom, among the following, is the way to study philosophy to study consciousness?
• What is meant by intentionality?
• The main objective of Husserl's philosophy as a rigorous science is:
• Match List I (thinker) with List II (work) and choose the correct answer.
• The idea of the 'Superman' (Ubermensch) is propounded by:
• For Sartre, treating oneself as a part of facticity alone amounts to:
• The 'Beetle in the box' analogy/example presented by Wittgenstein in his Investigations pertains to:
• Consider the following statements with reference to Heidegger and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• "Our responsibility for the other is not a derivative feature of our subjectivity; rather it founds our subjective…
• Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion A and the other Reason R. Consider them with reference…
• To live authentically, for Sartre, means:
• According to the given passage, Geometry is concerned with:
• "That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition and implies no more contradiction…
• Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion A and the other Reason R. In light of them,…
• As per the perspective of the passage, knowledge in the empirical sciences would fall under which of the…
• As per the perspective of the passage, the nature of reasoning concerning matters of fact is based on:
• The statement "There is a physical cause for the sense-data" is compatible with which of the following philosophical…
• The view that "the world consists of myself and my thoughts and feelings and sensations and that everything…
• From the last sentence of the paragraph, what could possibly be inferred about the overall philosophical position of…
• Which of the following philosophers could possibly be attributed with the view: "In one sense it must be…
• According to Foucault, social morality implies one of the following:
• According to Michel Foucault:
• What do you understand as the import of this paragraph?
• The secular tradition supports which of the following as the basis for morality?
• "Know yourself" has obscured "Take care of yourself" because:
• What is the concern of the ethics of Levinas?
• According to P. F. Strawson, the concept of a person as an embodied mind is a primitive concept;…
• Who propounded the ethics of ambiguity?
• Wittgenstein is convinced that the particular employment of words is deemed to be one of the following:
• Who holds the following view: "Only the propositions of mathematics and empirical sciences have sense, and all other…
• "Our responsibility for the other is not a derivative feature of our subjectivity, rather it founds our subjective…
• Who among the following advocated the view that "If you withhold your assent to religious beliefs, then you…
• Consider the following statements with reference to Heidegger.

Social and Political Philosophy: Indian 34

• What are the trinity principles espoused by Dr. Ambedkar?
• According to Kautilya, a 'Janapada' should be free from:
• Which of the following is NOT a means of polity and an axiom of interstate diplomacy for Kautilya?
• To create doubt in the mind of the enemy amounts to which of the following upayas mentioned in…
• Which of the following is not enumerated by Kautilya as an essential organ (anga) of the state?
• According to Kautilya's Arthasastra, the authority vested in the king to make law is derived from which of…
• According to the Kamandakiya Nitisara, the term 'trayi' refers to:
• Consider the following statements with reference to Kautilya and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Who among the following are votaries of the caturvarnya system?
• Given below are two statements. In light of them, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Upeksha, according to Kamandaka is;
• Consider the following statements with reference to Kautilya.
• Which of the following forms of satyagraha are advocated by Gandhi?
• Given below are two statements:
• Who among the following are votaries of caturvarnya system?
• Which one of the following with reference to Satyagraha was maintained by Gandhi?
• Which of the following combinations are the trinity principles espoused by Dr. Ambedkar?
• As per Chanakya's view of seven organs of the State arrange the following starting with the one lowermost…
• Which one of the following is not true according to Kamandaka?
• The verse from the Isavasyopanisad “tena-tyaktena-bhunjithah” has inspired M.K. Gandhi in the formulation of which one of the…
• Which of the following belong to the seven elements of sovereignty according to Kautilya?
• The term ‘trayi’ in Kamandakiya Nitisara stands for:
• According to the Mahabharata, which of the following four are included in the means to achieve the end…
• The correct sequence in Gandhian scheme of social change in the order of succession is
• Which one among the following is not included as a part (limb) of the State, according to Kautilya?
• Match List - I with List - II.
• Match List - I with List - II.
• Which among the following are the four purposes of Dandaniti?
• Which of the following combinations constitute the principle of Nitisara of Kamandaki?
• Match List - I with List - II.
• Which among the following are part of the 7 pillars of statescraft, according to Kautilya?
• Arrange the following Parvas in Mahabharata in order:
• Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason…
• How many kinds of evils does Narada ask Yudhisthira to banish?

Social and Political Philosophy: Western 80

• Match List I (statements) with List II (schools of feminism) and choose the correct answer:
• 'Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen' can be attributed to:
• Who among the following has identified three types of Justice: Distributive, Retributive and Commutative?
• Who among the following has said that 'Personality and property go together'?
• 'Treating equals equally and unequals unequally' is the view of:
• Who among the following philosophers holds that 'there could be no single unchanging set of perennial and ultimate…
• Who among the following holds the view that 'Morality consists in obedience to the law of the State'?
• Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). Considering them in the…
• According to Rousseau, 'Return to Nature' cannot be accomplished:
• “The conception of the 'City-State' in which only those are citizens whose education and position in life qualify…
• Isaiah Berlin associated the idea of negative liberty chiefly with which of the following?
• Who among the following can be said to have discovered a method of making procedural justice an instrument…
• Which of the feminist thinkers argued that women have been given the status of the 'Other' (the Second…
• Which of the following is not true of Will Kymlicka's views regarding multiculturalism?
• The view that "the law is made for the sake of man and not man for the sake…
• Which one of the following holds the view that "the Civil law alone is the Supreme Appeal in…
• "The state withers away in the end." Who among the following advocates this?
• Which one of the following is not correct with reference to affirmative action?
• Which one of the following feminist theories argues for working within the structure of mainstream society to integrate…
• As per the politics of recognition of Charles Taylor, which one of the following is true?
• Dworkin proposed that rights should be thought of as:
• Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• As per the politics of recognition of Charles Taylor, which one of the following is true.
• Which one of the following feminist theories argue for working within the structure of mainstream society to integrate…
• Match List I with List II
• Dworkin proposed that rights should be thought of as:
• What is multiculturalism?
• How does one assess development?
• What are the 'constitutive components' of development?
• The detractors of democracy think one of the following:
• What is the relation between development and democracy?
• What is the general intent of this paragraph?
• "Natural right is the right of the stronger, the laws are made by the few the strong and…
• Nozick advocates the theory of justice as:
• Match List - I with List - II.
• Charles Taylor makes a distinction between which of the following?
• Who holds the view that ‘Man without society is either a beast or a god’?
• Traditional natural law clearly rejects relativism in favor of the idea that-
• What is the relation between morality and justice in Law?
• Which one of the following is a supporter of traditional natural law theory?
• According to Aquinas, the purpose of law is-
• What is the subject matter discussed in the passage?
• Match List - I with List - II.
• Match List - I with List - II.
• Which of the following statements is not true according to Plato's Philosophy?
• Who among the following has supported social contract Theory?
• Which of the following are included among the central tenets of John Rawl's Theory of justice?
• ‘Individual cannot attain the good in isolation, but only in society, the mission of the state is to…

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• According to Kant, moral laws are:
• 'The goodness of an action is determined by its consequence' is the theory attributed to:
• It has been pointed out that Mill's argument for the desirability of happiness suffers from the fallacy of:
• Which of the following is the distinctive feature of ethical judgements, according to Stevenson?
• 'Either freedom of will is a fact or moral judgement is a delusion' is a statement of:
• According to whom is 'good' an indefinable, non-natural quality?
• Match List I (Thinker) with List II (Source of moral obligation) and choose the correct answer:
• Which one of the following is true regarding the objective of the Deterrent theory of punishment?
• Who among the following upholds this view that 'Autonomy is the basis of the dignity of human and…
• Match List I (Writer) with List II (Writing) and choose the correct answer:
• Which ethical theory regards a moral judgment as the expression of the subject's approval and disapproval?
• Consider the following statements in the light of Kant's maxims of morality and mark the correct code:
• Which one of the following statements is false about Prescriptivism?
• Which one of the following is incompatible with Emotivism?
• Which one of the following is NOT compatible with J. S. Mill's ethical theory?
• Which statement is NOT true with reference to Jeremy Bentham's ethical theory?
• Which one of the following is false in the context of Kant's moral theory?
• Consider the following statements related to Kant's moral theory and choose the right option from the codes given…
• Which one of the following statements supports Ethical Realism?
• The ethical theory that holds that the aim of right action is personal well-being and happiness is called:
• Identify the categorical imperative of Kant from the options given below:
• Given Assertion (A) and Reason (R), select the correct option in the context of Kantian ethics. Assertion (A):…
• Match List I (writing) with List II (author) and choose the correct option.
• Which of the following statements match with the emotive theory of ethics?
• Which one of the following theories maintains the principle that the severity of punishment should be directly proportional…
• The doctrine of prima facie duties in ethics is associated with:
• Which one of the following has maintained that moral language is prescriptive?
• Which of the following theories of morality advocates the view that basic moral propositions are self-evident and that…
• "To know good is to do good; there is no place for pleasure in ethical life." Who holds…
• Given below are two statements. In light of them, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given…
• Which of the following ethicists argues that the hedonist definition implies that the question "is anything which is…
• "Moral words like 'good' and 'wrong' resemble ordinary descriptive words like 'red' and 'rectangular', in that their meaning…
• Which of the following are Kant's postulates of morality?
• Which of the following is true regarding R. M. Hare's views on moral judgements?
• Consider the following and select the code consistent with Kant's Categorical Imperative.
• Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion A and the other Reason R, with reference to Mill's…
• "Self-realization is the highest good." This view is maintained by which of the following?
• Which of the following theory of morality advocates the view that basic moral propositions are self-evident, and that…
• Who among the following ethicists argues that the hedonist definition implies that the question "is anything which is…
• Which of the following are Kant's postulates of morality?
• "Moral words like "good" and "wrong" resemble ordinary descriptive words like "red" and "rectangular" in that their meaning…
• Which of the following is true regarding R. M. Hare's views on moral judgments?
• Given below are two statements
• According to Foucault, social morality implies one of the following:
• According to Michel Foucault:
• Secular tradition advocates one of the following:
• "Know yourself" has obscured "Take care of yourself" because:
• What do you understand as the import of this paragraph?

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