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UGC NET August 2024 Philosophy — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET August 2024 Philosophy (UGC NET) — each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Use it as an answer key, or practise the full paper below.

1. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
2. Which among the following can be correctly claimed · Ans: B
3. What among the following can be correctly claimed · Ans: B
4. Madhva Vedanta distinguishes into four orders of Mukti, the correct sequence is:- · Ans: A
5. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
6. Arrange the underneath philosophers in chronological sequence in an ascending order:- · Ans: A
7. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
8. In the Vedanta-Paribhasa, the knowledge of the non-dual relation between Brahman and Jiva through the Mahavakyas is obtained through which pramana? · Ans: C
9. In the context of Purva-Mimarhsa, what among the following can be claimed · Ans: D
10. Which among the following do not affirm the existence of Prakriti. · Ans: D
11. Consider the following about texts of Indian-Philosophy and identify the correct items:- · Ans: D
12. Which of the following is incorrect? · Ans: D
13. Identify the items consistent with the Vedantic view of perception: · Ans: D
14. You explain the meaning of the term hyena to your friend by giving its description, since you are quite familiar with hyenas. The two of you go to a jungle and see a creature; your friend recalls your… · Ans: A
15. Which among the following are incorrect · Ans: D
16. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
17. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
18. The crux of Kant's Transcendental Method lies in the argument that it leads: · Ans: B
19. The following assertions are attributed to Rene Descartes: (A) I know that I perceive the truth clearly and distinctly, because God exists and is not a deceiver. (B) I know that God exists and is not a deceiver,… · Ans: C
20. According to John Locke, sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas by direct inspection, without the intervention of any other ideas. Such knowledge is called: · Ans: C
21. Rene Descartes defends the external world by posing following arguments: · Ans: B
22. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
23. The philosophic knowledge that stands as the preserve of 'philosopher- rulers' is expressed in: · Ans: B
24. Modern 'Brain in a Vat' arguments are direct descendants of: · Ans: B
25. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
26. Which of the following is not in line with the philosophical thought of St. Thomas Aquinas? · Ans: B
27. 'Crede ut Intelligas' (Believe in order that you may understand) is a dictum of: · Ans: A
28. What among the following can not be attributed to Leibniz · Ans: B
29. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
30. Which among the following Asramas is also known as 'Vaikhanasa'? · Ans: D
31. Which combination among the following constitutes the meaning of 'Karma"? · Ans: C
32. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
33. What are the factors of Cikirsa, according to Nyaya philosophy, among the following? · Ans: B
34. In which of the following senses is Apurva not considered? · Ans: A
35. Arrange the following elements of Pratityasamutpada in correct cause- effect order: · Ans: B
36. According to the Bhagavadgita, due to what can no one stay without action even for a moment? · Ans: A
37. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
38. What is the 'naturalistic fallacy'? · Ans: C
39. What is not true of Utilitarianism? · Ans: B
40. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
41. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
42. Which of the following statements are correct? · Ans: C
43. Which theory among the following is not compatible with capital punishment? · Ans: B
44. Which one among the following is not a Metaethical question? · Ans: C
45. Which among the following is not a true statement with reference to Metaethics? · Ans: C
46. Which among the following are true to Intuitionism? · Ans: A
47. Which among the following is an inconsistent thought in the light of Swami Vivekananda? · Ans: B
48. Which among the following is incorrect in the light of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan? · Ans: B
49. To whom is Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste a detailed response? · Ans: A
50. The following from the Upanisads encapsulates the entire message of Hindu religion, as per Gandhi: · Ans: D
51. The following is not a feature of the Gnostic Being in Sri Aurobindo: · Ans: D
52. The following is not true about the Radical Humanism of M.N. Roy: · Ans: A
53. Which among the following can be claimed in the context of Neitzche's moral thought · Ans: D
54. Which of the following is incorrectly matched? · Ans: C
55. The idea through which Husserl dispels solipsism is: · Ans: A
56. In the context of 'Phenomenological Reduction' what can not be claimed · Ans: D
57. Which among the following cannot be claimed in the light of Heidegger's thought · Ans: A
58. Which is not correct about Sartre? · Ans: B
59. The central conception in Kierkegaard's 'The Sickness unto Death' is: · Ans: D
60. Which of the following is incorrect about Wittgenstein's philosophy? · Ans: C
61. A.J. Ayer's approach regarding the 'non-sensical nature of certain observations' was shaped by Wittgenstein's famous remark at the end of: · Ans: A
62. Doing anything with language, whether making statements or promising, commanding, asking and so forth, are all: · Ans: B
63. .Which of the following statements can be credited to Ayer's Emotivism? · Ans: A
64. Put the following analytical philosophers in the correct chronological order: · Ans: C
65. Which among the following is incorrect in the context of Tagore's philosophy? · Ans: C
66. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
67. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
68. Which one among the following is not included as a part (limb) of the State, according to Kautilya? · Ans: D
69. The correct sequence in Gandhian scheme of social change in the order of succession is · Ans: B
70. According to the Mahabharata, which of the following four are included in the means to achieve the end of the State · Ans: C
71. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
72. Consider the following statements about Judith Butler · Ans: D
73. Consider the following statements and identify the correct ones: · Ans: D
74. Consider the following statements about Miranda Fricker's conception of Epistemic Injustice · Ans: D
75. The correct sequence of imperfect societies, as per Plato, in the progression of imperfection is:- · Ans: C
76. What is not true of a valid argument among the following? · Ans: C
77. Name the fallacy committed in the following argument: No poets are accountants; Some artists are poets; Therefore, some artists are accountants. · Ans: C
78. What can be correctly said of the argument: 'some reformers are fanatics, so some idealists are fanatics, because all reformers are idealists'? · Ans: C
79. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
80. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
81. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
82. (P ∨ Q) ⊃ (R · S), ~P ⊃ (T ⊃ ~T), ~R. Given that the above three are consistent, what is entailed by these: · Ans: C
83. If a valid argument form is converted into a Statement form, then:- · Ans: B
84. Consider the following statements about Deductive systems · Ans: D
85. The following is incorrect about Quantification Theory: · Ans: D
86. Which of the following is correct regarding the methods of proving validity in Propositional Logic · Ans: B
87. Which among the following is not an implication of the statement ~[(P ⊃ Q) ⊃ P]? · Ans: B
88. According to Kate Millett's Sexual Politics, 'Patriarchy' has the following markers: · Ans: D
89. According to Peter Raabe, what is the key benefit of Philosophical Counseling? · Ans: C
90. The most important distinction in the environmental movement is that of 'Shallow Ecology' and 'Deep Ecology', introduced by: · Ans: B
91. The passage seems to suggest that Newtonian anthropology is not: · Ans: D
92. The author seems not to be in opposition to: · Ans: C
93. The operativity criterion cannot be applied to: · Ans: A
94. Consensus is deplorable because it: · Ans: B
95. The passage seems to suggest that: · Ans: B
96. What is the central theme in the philosophy of technology? · Ans: B
97. Which view considers technology as a neutral tool used to achieve human goals? · Ans: B
98. What ethical issues are raised by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning? · Ans: C
99. What does the concept of technological mediation refer to? · Ans: B
100. What do dystopian perspectives on technology warn about? · Ans: B

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