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UGC NET December 2023 Philosophy — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET December 2023 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. Which one among the following is accepted by Immanuel Kant as moral imperative? · Ans: B
  2. Kant claims that the moral law is given to each person by: · Ans: C
  3. In Kant's epistemology, the concept of the thing-in-itself is something not knowable by the senses, but at least thinkable, is a: · Ans: A
  4. The objects of mathematical knowledge for Plato are: · Ans: C
  5. Which one of the following statements is not true according to the Philosophy of Vivekananda? · Ans: C
  6. Which one of the following statements regarding Shankara's concept of Maya is not true? · Ans: B
  7. “Being is what it is not and is not what it is”- this statement is associated with the philosophy of · Ans: C
  8. The claim that philosophy is a rigorous a science from its earliest beginnings is a position that is denied by · Ans: B
  9. Humans for Sartre are free because their being is based on: · Ans: B
  10. Which one of the following schools of Indian philosophy does not support Parinam vada? · Ans: D
  11. Which one of the following statements is not true according to Samkhya philosophy? · Ans: D
  12. Which one of the following views is acceptable to Charvaka regarding Vyapti? · Ans: B
  13. Which one of the following views regarding ‘Samavaya’ has been propounded by Vaisesika? · Ans: C
  14. According to whom ‘Truth’ is Human truth. · Ans: D
  15. Moral evils cannot mar the beauty of universal creation, since it springs from the will of man or of fallen angels; it merely represents a privation of good (Privation boni). Who says so? · Ans: B
  16. The term ‘Infosphere’ is an idea associated with: · Ans: C
  17. “Women are not born, but made,” The above mentioned statement has been asserted by: · Ans: B
  18. Which method of causal analysis is NOT eliminative in nature? · Ans: D
  19. Which one of the following statements is not correct according to Iqbal: · Ans: D
  20. Some German Shepherds are not good hunters. All German Shepherds are gentle dogs. Therefore, no gentle dogs are good hunters. Identify the fallacy that is committed in the above invalid syllogism: · Ans: C
  21. In traditional square of opposition, the superaltern of the proposition, “Some scientists are Mathematicians” are as follows- · Ans: B
  22. Which one of the following is a believer in ‘Law as command’ · Ans: C
  23. Which one of the following is not true according to Kamandaka? · Ans: D
  24. The political ideology known as liberalism is Characterised by: · Ans: A
  25. Who has asserted that reason dictates that there should be a state of peace and that every man should seek after peace? · Ans: C
  26. Who maintains that the nature of social contract indicates that absolute monarchy is inconsistent with civil society? · Ans: C
  27. ‘Individual cannot attain the good in isolation, but only in society, the mission of the state is to promote virtue and happiness’ is the statement of: · Ans: B
  28. From any true substitution instance of a propositional function, we may validly infer the existential quantification of that propositional function. This effect comes from which quantification Rule: · Ans: D
  29. “The architype of extension and colour can exist only in some other mind, and the objects of senses are nothing but sensations combined, blended together in a concrete nexus.” This view is adhered to: · Ans: B
  30. Which of the following is the correct conversion of the proposition, “No politicians are Idealists” · Ans: B
  31. Which one of the following statements is NOT true according to S. Radhakrishnan? · Ans: D
  32. According to Kant which of the following is accompanied by an appropriate degree of happiness for perfectly good universe? · Ans: C
  33. Who said that Maya is ‘Principle of Cosmic Error’? · Ans: A
  34. Ludwig Wittgenstein terms philosophy as “a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language” in his book. · Ans: B
  35. “That the world history is in the process of working out the knowledge of that which it is potentially” is a view held by · Ans: C
  36. According to Jainism Aprigrah means? · Ans: C
  37. Who among the following propounds accidentalism (yadrcchavada)? · Ans: C
  38. “All the waters of all the seas are not to be compared with the flood of tears which has flowed since the universe first was”, this is related to the idea of: · Ans: B
  39. David Hume agrees that genuine knowledge must be self-evident, but he finds no such knowledge anywhere except in …… which merely analyses its own concepts. · Ans: B
  40. St. Anselm offers his ontological proof for the existence of God in his work: · Ans: B
  41. Who among the following philosophers are proponents of Sunyvada? · Ans: B
  42. Who among the following thinkers are considered rationalists? · Ans: C
  43. Which of the following arguments is correct according to Samkhya philosophy given for exsistence of pursuit · Ans: D
  44. Which of the following are included as the central tenets of Budhisism · Ans: C
  45. Substance Dualism, also referred to as Cartesian/Classical dualism, asserts that there are two kinds of ‘things’. Descartes’ main arguments in favour of dualism are. · Ans: A
  46. Which of the following purusharthas are included in Tri-Varg · Ans: B
  47. Which of the following are included in Ekadash-vrata (Eleven vratas) of Mahatma Gandhi- · Ans: D
  48. Arrange the following in chronological order in accordance with Jain Philosophy · Ans: A
  49. Which of the following statements are true with reference to Samkhya Philosophy? · Ans: A
  50. According to the Gandhi, which of the following is the supreme end? · Ans: B
  51. If A, B and C are true statements and X, Y and Z are false statements, which of the following is true? · Ans: B
  52. Which of the following are included among the central tenets of John Rawl's Theory of justice? · Ans: D
  53. The opponents of verificationism place these objections to refute this principle. · Ans: C
  54. For Spinoza everything is substance or requires substance as its basis because it has attributes of · Ans: D
  55. Who among the following has supported social contract Theory? · Ans: C
  56. Which of the following statements is not true according to Plato's Philosophy? · Ans: D
  57. According to Hume, the association of ideas is a: · Ans: B
  58. Identify the fallacy in the given statement that is-“You must agree that Times of India is best daily newspaper in the city because seventy percent people read it.” · Ans: B
  59. The categorical syllogism having major terms distributed in the conclusion but undistributed in the major premises is invalid and having the fallacy known as: · Ans: A
  60. In Kant's transcendental procedure, the unity of self-consciousness is presupposed by the categories, as the categories are presupposed by: · Ans: B
  61. A pattern of inductive inference in which it is concluded that, when one phenomenon varies consistently with some other phenomenon in some manner, there is some causal relation between the two phenomena, is called · Ans: B
  62. Who among the following classical Indian thinkers belong to Nyaya School? · Ans: B
  63. Which of the following means of knowledge are accepted by Nyaya school? · Ans: D
  64. Which of the following schools of thought maintain that absence (abhava) is known through anuplabdhi? · Ans: C
  65. Which of the following classical Indian texts belong is Nyaya school? · Ans: B
  66. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
  67. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
  68. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  69. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
  70. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
  71. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  72. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
  73. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
  74. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  75. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  76. As per Samkhya view of evolution, arrange the following in sequential order. · Ans: A
  77. Arrange the following in accordance with Plato's affirmation of hierarchy of knowledge starting from the lowest level to the highest level. · Ans: C
  78. Arrange the names of following medieval thinkers in chronological order starting with the latest. · Ans: B
  79. As per Locke's philosophy, arrange the following operations of mind in sequential order beginning from the last up to the first. · Ans: C
  80. As per Chanakya's view of seven organs of the State arrange the following starting with the one lowermost in hierarchy up to the supreme. · Ans: B
  81. Arrange the following in sequential order in accordance with Buddhist notion of twelve links of the causal wheel of dependent origination. · Ans: C
  82. Arrange the following statements in sequential order in accordance with Buddhist notion of noble truths. · Ans: C
  83. As per Nyaya's philosophy, arrange the following steps of inference in sequential order. · Ans: C
  84. Arrange the following in sequential order in accordance with eight-fold Yoga. · Ans: B
  85. As per Nyaya definition of perception, arrange the following in sequential order. · Ans: B
  86. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below. · Ans: A
  87. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below. · Ans: A
  88. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. According to Radhakrishnan. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given… · Ans: A
  89. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below. · Ans: A
  90. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below. · Ans: B
  91. The above mentioned paragraph is stated by Mahatma Gandhi in the following book: · Ans: A
  92. The given paragraph seems to advocate which particular model of ethics? · Ans: C
  93. In the Gandhian philosophy, the attainment of ‘Truth-as-end’ depends on: · Ans: C
  94. In Gandhian ethics, the influence of disinterested action (Niskama Karma) is clearly visible in: · Ans: B
  95. Gandhiji strongly recommends that “As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be …….” · Ans: B
  96. What is the subject matter discussed in the passage? · Ans: A
  97. According to Aquinas, the purpose of law is- · Ans: A
  98. Which one of the following is a supporter of traditional natural law theory? · Ans: D
  99. What is the relation between morality and justice in Law? · Ans: A
  100. Traditional natural law clearly rejects relativism in favor of the idea that- · Ans: B

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