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UGC NET January 2026 Philosophy — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET January 2026 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. According to Buddhism: · Ans: A
  2. According to Manameyodaya, valid knowledge is: · Ans: A
  3. The Nasadiya Sukta states that the absolute reality which is at the back of the whole world is: · Ans: D
  4. In Sautrantika Buddhism, the knowledge of the subject and knowledge of the object are known as: · Ans: A
  5. 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 options given below: · Ans: B
  6. 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 options given below: · Ans: A
  7. "Pancavayava" in Nyaya consists of the following: · Ans: D
  8. According to Prabhakara-Mimamsa, Pramanas are: · Ans: A
  9. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
  10. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
  11. Hegel asserts that: · Ans: A
  12. The author of the book City of God is: · Ans: B
  13. 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 options given below: · Ans: B
  14. 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 options given below: · Ans: A
  15. 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 options given below: · Ans: A
  16. According to Kant's epistemology, which among the following are true statements: · Ans: A
  17. Knowledge is defined in Theaetetus by Plato by critiquing these inter-connected theses extensively: · Ans: A
  18. According to Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, the notion of the "universe" would be an instance of: · Ans: A
  19. Which among the following are true about Descartes' "method of doubt" in the first Meditation: · Ans: A
  20. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
  21. Conceptually the term "Varna-Vyavastha" stands for: · Ans: A
  22. Preyas in the Upanisad means: · Ans: B
  23. Which of the following characterizes "Trivarga"? · Ans: D
  24. 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 options given below: · Ans: A
  25. 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 options given below: · Ans: B
  26. The order of five vows in Jainism are: · Ans: C
  27. According to Nyaya, what kind of karana of Jnana, the self is? · Ans: A
  28. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
  29. Which ethical theory subscribes to the view that the concept of Good is a simple, non-natural property? · Ans: A
  30. Which one of the following statements is endorsed by virtue ethics? · Ans: D
  31. 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 options given below: · Ans: C
  32. 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 options given below: · Ans: C
  33. 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 options given below: · Ans: C
  34. Arrange the following classics in chronological order: · Ans: A
  35. According to J.S. Mill which of the following statements are ethically acceptable? · Ans: B
  36. Reformist theory of punishment suggests that we must try to reform people into law abiding citizens because: · Ans: C
  37. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
  38. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  39. Which of the following statements most appropriately characterise the philosophy of Integral Yoga in Sri Aurobindo? · Ans: C
  40. On what ground does B.R. Ambedkar's Navayana Buddhism reject Karma Theory? · Ans: B
  41. 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 options given below: · Ans: B
  42. 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 options given below: · Ans: B
  43. Arrange the following work of K.C. Bhattacharyya in chronological order of publication: · Ans: C
  44. Arrange the following philosophers in the chronology of their life and work: · Ans: A
  45. Which statements are true of S. Radhakrishnan? · Ans: D
  46. Which of the following statements are true of Iqbal? · Ans: B
  47. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
  48. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
  49. Where Edmund Husserl explains Phenomenology as a presupposition-less philosophy, what does the term "presupposition-less" imply? · Ans: C
  50. A philosopher famously raised a left hand and said-"Here is my left hand" and then raised his right hand and said -"Here is my right hand". With these he subsequently claimed that these two show as the world… · Ans: D
  51. 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 options given below: · Ans: A
  52. 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 options given below: · Ans: A
  53. Arrange the Pragmatist philosophers in order of sequence of their life and works: · Ans: B
  54. Which of the following statements are true of Pragmatism? · Ans: B
  55. The true task of Philosophy according to Logical Positivism are: · Ans: C
  56. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
  57. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
  58. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  59. How many kinds of evils does Narada ask Yudhisthira to banish? · Ans: C
  60. 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 options given below: · Ans: B
  61. Arrange the following Parvas in Mahabharata in order: · Ans: C
  62. Which among the following are part of the 7 pillars of statescraft, according to Kautilya? · Ans: C
  63. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
  64. Which pair of the following values is endorsed by Communitarianism and Multiculturalism? · Ans: C
  65. How does Plato explain justice? · Ans: D
  66. 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 options given below: · Ans: A
  67. 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 options given below: · Ans: C
  68. Arrange the following Marxist categories in order of historical progression: · Ans: B
  69. Arrange the following philosophers chronologically who believed or subscribed to the social contract theory: · Ans: A
  70. Which statements are compatible with the concept of self in liberalism? · Ans: C
  71. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
  72. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
  73. "In quantification theory, a rule of inference that permits the valid inference of a generalized, or universally quantified expression from an expression that is given as true of any arbitrary selected individual" is called: · Ans: A
  74. "Any negative proposition (E or O) denies class inclusion; it asserts that some or all of one class is excluded from the whole of the other class. Two premises asserting such exclusion cannot yield the linkage that the… · Ans: D
  75. 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 options given below: · Ans: A
  76. 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 options given below: · Ans: A
  77. Arrange the following valid forms of the categorical propositions in sequential order: · Ans: C
  78. Choose the correct order of the following valid figures of the categorical syllogism: · Ans: D
  79. Which of the following are correct? · Ans: B
  80. Which of the following are correct? · Ans: D
  81. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
  82. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
  83. Which one of the following is correct according to conceptual analysis of the difference between law and morality? · Ans: A
  84. The principle of informed consent protects which one of the following ethical values? · Ans: B
  85. Right to have bodily integrity is related to which one of the following? · Ans: A
  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 options given below: · Ans: D
  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 options given below: · Ans: C
  88. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
  89. Which one of the following pair of statements is most acceptable to the pro-life position of abortion? · Ans: C
  90. Which pair of the following values is protected by the doctrine of informed consent? · Ans: B
  91. "According to Nyaya, all error is subjective." Which among the following offers the best explanation for this statement? · Ans: A
  92. "For Nyaya, the object is error-free." Which among the following offers the best explanation for this statement? · Ans: C
  93. "All error lies in cognition." Pick out the correct option from below with reference to the above: · Ans: A
  94. Examine the problem of Nyaya realism in its explanation of cognitive illusion and choose the correct option from below: · Ans: A
  95. What is anyathakhyati? · Ans: A
  96. According to Hume, the foundation of our reasoning about cause and effect is founded on: · Ans: C
  97. What among the following can be implied correctly from the passage? · Ans: B
  98. In talking about the influence of custom, what among the following can be implied correctly? · Ans: A
  99. In this passage Hume primarily contrasts: · Ans: C
  100. Why does Hume argue that cause-effect reasoning cannot be justified by reason alone? · Ans: C

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