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UGC NET September 2020 Philosophy — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET September 2020 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. In Vedic tradition, the controlling power of the cosmos is: · Ans: C
  2. Which one among the following is NOT a mark of a sat hetu in Nyaya epistemology? · Ans: C
  3. In Nyaya epistemology, we perceive by samanyalaksana sannikarsa: · Ans: D
  4. Select the code correctly matched in terms of magnitude (Parimana) of dravyas in Vaisesika metaphysics: · Ans: A
  5. In Vedic tradition, yajna is performed for the benefit of: · Ans: D
  6. Which one in Jaina metaphysics is NOT an ajiva dravya? · Ans: B
  7. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below · Ans: A
  8. Who holds that, a shade of blue colour and the knowledge of it is one and the same thing? · Ans: A
  9. Dialogue regarding ‘Sreyas and Preyas’ was held between · Ans: C
  10. Which one of the following is false regarding ‘Apurva’? · Ans: A
  11. Fire is cold because it is a substance. Which type of fallacy is committed by the above inference? · Ans: D
  12. Who among the following upheld the view that a smaller present-good is not to be preferred to a greater future good? · Ans: A
  13. The view that the law is made for the sake of man not for the sake of law, is upheld by: · Ans: C
  14. Who among the following holds the view that Science is literal thought, but Philosophy is symbolic thinking? · Ans: C
  15. Which one of the following codes states the virtues which are NOT consistent with Brahmana Varna? · Ans: D
  16. Which one of the following assertions is false? · Ans: C
  17. Which one of the following assertions is false? · Ans: A
  18. Which one of the following is the correct symbolic representation of the sentence below: We shall swim even if it rains [where W = We shall swim and R = it rains] · Ans: C
  19. Which one of the following issues do not directly pertain to the domain of Medical ethics? · Ans: B
  20. Which one of the following statements is true according to Hume? · Ans: D
  21. Who holds the view that ‘All knowledge is, knowledge through concepts’? · Ans: D
  22. ‘Matter is something, I know not what’. This view is attributed to which one of the following? · Ans: C
  23. What is Aristotle's correct description of God? · Ans: C
  24. Which one of the following is acceptable to David Hume? · Ans: D
  25. Which one of the followings is compatible with Spinoza's philosophy? · Ans: C
  26. Those philosophers who subscribe to the view that the silver that appears in a shell is neither real nor unreal? · Ans: D
  27. Who are the philosophers who hold that cloth is something new, created out of threads? · Ans: C
  28. The philosophical phrase: ‘Identity of indiscernibles’ is associated with · Ans: B
  29. According to which system, the right way to Kaivalya is Purusa-prakrti viveka jnana? · Ans: C
  30. In Jaina epistemology, the knowledge of past, subtle and distant object is called: · Ans: D
  31. Which one of the following is incompatible with the views of Sartre? · Ans: A
  32. Which one of the following is incorrect with reference to Wittgenstein? · Ans: D
  33. Which one of the following is incompatible with the views of Quine? · Ans: C
  34. Which one of the following involves Category mistake according to G.Ryle? · Ans: D
  35. Identify which one of the following goes against Frege? · Ans: D
  36. The Bhatta Mimamsakas advocate which one of the following theories? · Ans: B
  37. Which one of the following statements refers to the coherence theory of truth? · Ans: C
  38. Who holds the view that ‘Man without society is either a beast or a god’? · Ans: D
  39. Which one of the following is acceptable to David Hume? · Ans: A
  40. Which one of the following doctrines is incompatible with Spinoza? · Ans: B
  41. According to Nyaya epistemology, we perceive by tactual sense-organ all the objects which we perceive by the visual sense-organ, except; · Ans: D
  42. According to the Nyaya epistemology, we can perceive external substances by: · Ans: C
  43. Given below are some conditions of anumiti in accordance with the Nyaya epistemology. Select the code which states the conditions where anumiti (inference) is NOT possible? · Ans: A
  44. Sakti according to Nyaya is: · Ans: C
  45. Who among the following admits both jivanmukti and videhamukti? · Ans: B
  46. Which of the following combinations are the trinity principles espoused by Dr. Ambedkar? · Ans: D
  47. Which of the following propositions are compatible with Thales? · Ans: D
  48. Which of the following propositions are acceptable to Berkeley? · Ans: D
  49. Which of the following propositions are NOT acceptable to Heraclitus? · Ans: D
  50. Which of the following are the stages of Subjectivity according to K. C. Bhattacharya? · Ans: C
  51. Which one of the following is correct? · Ans: C
  52. Anupalabdhi is an independent Pramana that is advocated by which philosopher? · Ans: D
  53. ‘Reason grows into revelation and the two are not opposed to each other’. Who among the following totally rejects this view? · Ans: D
  54. A real proper name is singular, placed only in the subject position of a subject-predicate proposition and it stands for an object. Who holds this view? · Ans: C
  55. According to whom since ordinary language is ambiguous, ideal, or artificial, language needs to be formulated for showing the relationship between language and reality? · Ans: D
  56. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Aristotle? · Ans: C
  57. Which one of the following is compatible with Plato's views? · Ans: B
  58. According to Mohammad Iqbal, which of the following are true of humans? · Ans: C
  59. Which one of the following thinkers maintains that freedom lies in pure observation? · Ans: A
  60. J L Austin makes a distinction between which of the following speech acts? · Ans: B
  61. The field of Applied Ethics concerning the conflict between the interest of stakeholders and the interests of stockholder most appropriately pertains to: · Ans: A
  62. Charles Taylor makes a distinction between which of the following? · Ans: B
  63. The ethical claim in business ethics that deceptive advertising is wrong because deceiving others is disrespectful to them and uses them as mere means, pertains to: · Ans: A
  64. The question regarding what might constitute criteria necessary for personhood is most central with reference to: · Ans: A
  65. In the ethics of Technology, the notion that technology is only an instrument, the good or bad use of which depends on its users and technology is not good or bad in itself, is known as: · Ans: C
  66. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  67. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
  68. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
  69. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  70. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  71. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: A
  72. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  73. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: B
  74. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: D
  75. Match List - I with List - II. · Ans: C
  76. Arrange the following in the correct sequence for yoga Samadhi · Ans: C
  77. Arrange the following in the correct sequence with reference to Buddhism · Ans: B
  78. Select the correct sequence with reference to yoga system. · Ans: C
  79. Select the correct sequence according to Jainism. · Ans: C
  80. Arrange the following processes in sequence as per Sri Aurobindo's Theory of Evolution · Ans: D
  81. Which of the following expresses a correct sequence with reference to Buddhism? · Ans: D
  82. Arrange the following stages of acquiring Moksha as per Dvaita Vedanta in the correct sequence · Ans: B
  83. In the practical teaching of the Upanisads, what is the correct sequence of the three orders of knowing? · Ans: B
  84. Arrange the following types of ignorances, as per Sri Aurobindo, in the correct sequence · Ans: A
  85. The problem of Universals was first introduced into Philosophy by · Ans: C
  86. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of Bhagvadgita, choose the correct answer from the options 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 light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  88. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  89. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options 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 light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  91. The second paragraph of the above passage draws upon: · Ans: A
  92. First paragraph of the above passage makes a case for which of the following? · Ans: B
  93. Which of the following is/are included in the reasons offered to prove the existence of the external world in the given passage? A. Testimony of other people. B. The similarity in sense data in similar conditions. C. The… · Ans: B
  94. According to the above passage: 'I should have no reason to believe that other people exist, except as part of my dream' because: A. I have no way to ascertain that the other person could be lying. B.… · Ans: B
  95. The philosophical position which is contrary to the position that 'there are other people in the world apart from ourselves' is termed as: · Ans: A
  96. Which of the following schools of Indian Philosophy believe that 'the pramanas establish themselves'? A. Nyaya B. Buddhism C. Prabhakara D. Samkara's Advaita Choose the correct answer from the option given below: · Ans: C
  97. Which fallacy would occur if one believes that through the establishment of pramanas are the established prameyas and that through the establishment of prameyas are established the pramanas? · Ans: C
  98. The kind of reasoning used in the given passage is: · Ans: A
  99. If one believes that instruments of true cognition are themselves established without any instruments of true cognition, then which philosophical position is abandoned? · Ans: A
  100. The statement that 'pramanas established themselves as well as other things' represents the doctrine of: · Ans: B

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