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UGC NET June 2025 Philosophy — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET June 2025 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. The Carvaka Darsana defines Atman as: · Ans: A
2. According to Dharmakirti, Pratyaksa means: · Ans: A
3. "Prakriti parinamavada" is the theory of causation propounded by: · Ans: C
4. "Athato Brahma Jijnasa" is taken from the primary text called: · Ans: D
5. The notion of "saptabhangi-naya" is propounded by: · Ans: D
6. "Ekam Sat vipra bahudha vadanti" is an extract from: · Ans: A
7. "Citta-vritti nirodhasca yogah" is the definition of Yoga given in: · Ans: D
8. "Ananta dharmakam vastu" means: · Ans: A
9. Who among the following philosophers rejected the Platonist view about the existence of an evil as substance and endorsed the Neo-Platonist view that evil is unsubstantial? · Ans: A
10. Who among these philosophers believed that self is nothing but a bundle of impressions? · Ans: B
11. Which among the following statements shall not align with Kant's thought? · Ans: A
12. Which among the following is a correct explanation of monads according to Leibnitz? · Ans: C
13. According to Democritus' Atomism, what are the fundamental substances? · Ans: B
14. What problem does Aristotle's "Third Man argument" raise concerning Plato's theory of form? · Ans: C
15. According to Parmenides, which of the following does not follow from his claim that "what is, is and what is not, is not"? · Ans: D
16. The prayojana of all acts according to the Nyaya school is: · Ans: B
17. According to the Nyaya school of philosophy, the two ideals open to human beings are: · Ans: A
18. Among the four Purusarthas, which one is context free? · Ans: D
19. Deontological theory of moral goodness is associated with: · Ans: C
20. Which among the following most appropriately defines the idea of eudemonia? · Ans: B
21. "we must tolerate the view point of the other even if those view points go strongly against our view points; because, in the past, we have made wrong judgements about things/action/events, and there is possibility that the view… · Ans: C
22. Which proofs for the existence of God did Swami Vivekananda rely upon? · Ans: D
23. What is the ultimate objective of Integral Humanism in the philosophy of Deendayal Upadhyaya? · Ans: B
24. Who among the following philosophers emphasized the primacy of ethics? · Ans: C
25. Which among the following philosophers preaches theistic existentialism? · Ans: A
26. Things seen in theoretical mode bracketed from their connections and engagements with Dasein's interest are called · Ans: B
27. Which among the followings is true regarding 'Epoché'? · Ans: C
28. In Russell's view, definite descriptions are: · Ans: C
29. W.V.O. Quine's concept of radical translation most notably implies: · Ans: B
30. Why did Moore defend commonsense beliefs in his philosophical writings? · Ans: B
31. According to Gottlob Frege, what is the primary distinction between sense and reference of a term? · Ans: C
32. Which of the followings is the most appropriate definition of 'satyagraha'? · Ans: D
33. Which of the followings is the most appropriate explanation of the concept 'sarvodaya'? · Ans: B
34. In the second priority rule devised by John Rawls, fair opportunity is lexically prior to ----- · Ans: B
35. Who among the following philosophers considers justice as only a 'remedial' virtue? · Ans: D
36. Which among the statements best explains *politics of recognition'? · Ans: C
37. Which among the following list of the moods in the first figure is valid in Aristotelian Syllogism? · Ans: B
38. Which among the following is a proposition in predicate logic? · Ans: A
39. Which among the followings is true regarding the relation between theory and practice according to Peter Singer? · Ans: C
40. While consent is not obtained from a patient either because he is not asked for or has not decided yet, the type of euthanasia executed is called · Ans: D
41. Identify the correct sequencing that makes up 'sadhana catustaya': · Ans: D
42. Identify the correct sequencing of the following tattvas in Samkhya philosophy. · Ans: A
43. Based on Plato's metaphor of the Divided Line, arrange the stages of knowledge from lower to higher · Ans: C
44. Sequence the following ideas in order of their emergence in the western thought. · Ans: A
45. Arrange the following statements in terms of thoughts and arguments: · Ans: D
46. Identify the correct chronological order of the works cited below: · Ans: A
47. Arrange the following ideas based on chronology of their emergence · Ans: D
48. Arrange the following in terms of hierarchy of aesthetic joy from lower to the higher according to K. C. Bhattacharya · Ans: C
49. Arrange the following steps as ways to the realization of Saccidananda in the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo: · Ans: D
50. Find out proper progression in Husserl's phenomenological engagement: · Ans: B
51. Arrange the following books in terms of their year of publication: · Ans: B
52. Sequence the order of the following stages for achieving an ideal society in Marxist Philosophy · Ans: C
53. Arrange the following steps of proving the valid argument: ~(A ⊃ B) / ∴ A in sequence: · Ans: B
54. What is the correct sequence of proving validity of an argument through truth table method? · Ans: C
55. Find the correct order in the development of anthropocentric approach in the history of western philosophy: · Ans: A
56. Identify the appropriate combination from the lists given below: · Ans: A
57. Prabhakara Mimarhsa accepts only the following categories: · Ans: A
58. Which among the following statements follow from the fact that extension constitutes the essence of body? · Ans: D
59. Read the following statements about St. Thomas Aquinas and choose the correct statements: · Ans: C
60. Identify the correct combination of ontological positioning of sreyas and preyas with reference to Kathopanisad: · Ans: D
61. According to Adi Sankara, if all that exists is Braman and the world of plurality is mithya, then there cannot be any real distinction between good and evil. Based on this, choose the correct combination from below : · Ans: C
62. Which of the following statements are true of Kant? · Ans: B
63. Which of the following statements are true of Rabindranath Tagore? · Ans: C
64. Read the following statements carefully: · Ans: B
65. Which among the following statements are true of J.S. Mill? · Ans: C
66. Which among the followings are true about existentialism? · Ans: A
67. Who among the following have refuted idealism? · Ans: D
68. Which of the following combinations constitute the principle of Nitisara of Kamandaki? · Ans: A
69. Which among the following are the four purposes of Dandaniti? · Ans: A
70. Which among the following statements are true about social contract theory? · Ans: B
71. Which among the following activities best characterizes the 'ethics of care' according to Carol Gilligan? · Ans: C
72. Which among the following propositions are tautologies? · Ans: C
73. Which are the restrictions of the rule of Universal Generalisation(UG)? · Ans: C
74. Which among the followings are true in regard to the relationship between law and morality? · Ans: B
75. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
76. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
77. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
78. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
79. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
80. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
81. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
82. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
83. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
84. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
85. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
86. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
87. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
88. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
89. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
90. The concepts 'You' and 'We': · Ans: C
91. The 'Object' and 'Subject' are referable to: · Ans: A
92. The superimposition of the 'Object' on to the 'Subject' and vice versa is: · Ans: D
93. Superimposition means: · Ans: A
94. 'Superimposition' renders both the subject and the object: · Ans: D
95. What does the journey to Larissa signify? · Ans: C
96. What does Socrates say about true opinion and knowledge? · Ans: B
97. Why is true opinion considered less valuable than knowledge? · Ans: A
98. What process turns true opinion into knowledge, according to Socrates? · Ans: D
99. What is the main difference between knowledge and true opinion? · Ans: B
100. Choose the correct combination of the statements from those given below: · Ans: B

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