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UGC NET October 2022 Philosophy — Solved Previous Year Questions

72 previous-year questions from UGC NET October 2022 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 and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  2. "The so-called cause is nothing but one event immediately succeeded by another event; the succeeded event may be called effect. That is all." Who among the following holds this view? · Ans: C
  3. Which one among the following is NOT a characteristic of sat hetu? · Ans: B
  4. "Men may come and men may go, but the man-type, the human race, goes on forever." Whose view is this? · Ans: B
  5. Consider the following explanation of the fallacies and choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  6. Select the correct sequence of the stages of mati-jnana (sensory cognition) in Jaina epistemology. · Ans: A
  7. Which type of cause is Kapalasamyoga in the production of a ghata (pot)? · Ans: B
  8. Which of the following philosophers conceptualized God as a "personal being" or "supreme person"? · Ans: D
  9. Dworkin proposed that rights should be thought of as: · Ans: A
  10. Who holds the following view: "Only the propositions of mathematics and empirical sciences have sense, and all other propositions are without sense"? · Ans: C
  11. Who among the following admits both Jivanmukti and Videhamukti? · Ans: C
  12. By which relation is the relation between a pot and its colour related with the pot, according to the Vaisesikas? · Ans: D
  13. If A and B are true statements and X, Y and Z are false statements, determine which one of the following is true. · Ans: A
  14. By begetting offspring one can repay: · Ans: A
  15. Consider the following statements with reference to conjunction and choose the correct combination. · Ans: C
  16. Given below are two statements. In light of them, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  17. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  18. Wittgenstein is convinced that the particular employment of words is deemed to be one of the following: · Ans: B
  19. Which of the following is not acceptable to Kant? · Ans: D
  20. Which of the following statements is incompatible with Descartes? · Ans: C
  21. Match List I (thinkers) with List II (works) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  22. Which of the following contemporary Indian thinkers expresses the view that self-knowledge is equivalent to knowing oneself in relation? · Ans: C
  23. "Self-realization is the highest good." This view is maintained by which of the following? · Ans: B
  24. Who propounded the ethics of ambiguity? · Ans: C
  25. According to Nyaya, we can perceive external substances by which of the following? · Ans: B
  26. Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion A and the other Reason R. In light of them, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  27. What is the place of God in Plato's philosophy? · Ans: C
  28. Which one of the following represents the relation between the propositions "Some pens are red" and "Some pens are not red"? · Ans: D
  29. Match List I (school) with List II (concept) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  30. Which of the following aims is NOT conducive to Immanuel Kant? · Ans: C
  31. Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion A and the other Reason R. In light of them, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  32. Given below are two statements. In light of them, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  33. Lokasamgraha stands for which of the following? · Ans: D
  34. According to P. F. Strawson, the concept of a person as an embodied mind is a primitive concept; through this argument Strawson rejected which of the following? · Ans: A
  35. Which school is of the opinion that there is no contradiction in holding the judgment that a ghata (pot) is and is not at the same time? · Ans: C
  36. Which of the following is the correct view of Anaxagoras? · Ans: D
  37. Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion A and the other Reason R, with reference to Mill's Utilitarianism. In light of them, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  38. What is the nature of jiva (the individual self) according to Ramanuja? · Ans: D
  39. Which type of hetvabhasa is committed by the anumana: "Sabdah nityah sabdatvat" (Sound is eternal because it is soundness)? · Ans: B
  40. Which of the following philosophers advocate a distinction between Anumana and Arthapatti pramana? · Ans: B
  41. Who is the chief architect of the reconciliation between Rationalism and Empiricism? · Ans: D
  42. Which of the following texts are composed by Maulana Azad? · Ans: B
  43. Consider the following and select the code consistent with Kant's Categorical Imperative. · Ans: C
  44. What is the concern of the ethics of Levinas? · Ans: A
  45. Match List I (mind-body theory) with List II (philosopher) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  46. The figures of a categorical syllogism are determined on the basis of: · Ans: C
  47. Who among the following are votaries of the caturvarnya system? · Ans: C
  48. Which of the following statements is incompatible with Hegel's view? · Ans: D
  49. Consider the following statements with reference to Iqbal's intuition. In light of them, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  50. Match List I (view of causation) with List II (school) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  51. Which one of the following does not fall under the category of Relevance? · Ans: D
  52. Match List I (view of the self) with List II (school) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  53. Consider the following and select the code stating the Bahiranga (external) limbs of Astanga yoga. · Ans: B
  54. Match List I (rule of inference) with List II (symbolic form) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  55. Consider the following and select the correct sequence of the purusarthas from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  56. Match List I (school) with List II (ethical ideal) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  57. Which of the following positions is incompatible with the view of Berkeley? · Ans: C
  58. Consider the following with reference to the distribution of terms in categorical propositions and choose the correct combination. · Ans: D
  59. Who said, "I don't care for God, if he is anything but truth"? · Ans: D
  60. According to the Carvakas, fire burns because: · Ans: C
  61. Who among the following is the ancient Greek pluralist? · Ans: C
  62. Berkeley is called an Idealist because: · Ans: B
  63. "Know yourself" has obscured "Take care of yourself" because: · Ans: B
  64. The secular tradition supports which of the following as the basis for morality? · Ans: D
  65. What do you understand as the import of this paragraph? · Ans: C
  66. According to Michel Foucault: · Ans: C
  67. According to Foucault, social morality implies one of the following: · Ans: C
  68. The Deep Ecology movement is fortified by one of the following: · Ans: C
  69. In the name of ecologism, the deep movement has various deviations which are one-sided and lay emphasis on: · Ans: B
  70. What does Arne Naess intend to convey in this paragraph? · Ans: D
  71. According to Naess, the Deep Ecology movement involves: · Ans: A
  72. According to Naess, ecosophy is: · Ans: B

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