List of top Questions asked in GATE XH- C4

Which one of the following statements is advocated by Jean-Paul Sartre?
Consider the statement: “This is a dragon”. How could this, mentioned in the statement, be instantiated as a description of Aristotle’s notion of substance?

What does the is signify in Parmenides’ response to the ontological question, ‘What is?’

In Sānkhya system of Indian thought, _________ is constituted by (or a unity of) three guṇas - sattva, rajas and tamas.
In Jain ethical discipline, Mahāvratas (great vows) are given prominence. Which one of the following options contains the Mahāvratas of Jainism?
Cārvāka school of thought admits the existence of four elements: earth, water, fire and air. Why is the fifth element, ether (ākāśa), rejected?
How many Pramāṇas are accepted in the Advaita theory of knowledge?
In Kāṣmīra Śaivism, Śiva is the only reality which assumes forms in cosmic manifestations. How many principles (tattvas) of cosmic manifestations does Kāṣmīra Śaivism admit?
The Chāndogya Upaniṣad gives the mahāvākya – Tat tvam asi (Ch. Upa. 6:8:7), ‘That you are.’ In this ‘great statement’ what does “tat” (“that”) stand for?
Which one of the following options is challenged by G. E. Moore’s ‘Open Question Argument’ concerning meta-ethical positions?
In the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke proposes an empiricist conception of knowledge that would agree with which of the following statement(s)?
Which among the following is/are in accordance with the ‘problem of induction’ that David Hume raises in his An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding?
Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about the formulation of the “will to power” as conceived by Friedrich Nietzsche?
The Vaiśeṣika, like the Nyāya, adopts the realistic test of correspondence and the pragmatic test of practical workability. What is the Vaiśeṣika doctrine of validity of knowledge called?
Which one among the following is the theory of error advocated by Nyāya school of Indian philosophy?
If ‘—’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [simmer — seethe — smolder] is analogous to [break — raze — ]. Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

The chart compares the Installed Capacity (MW) of four power generation technologies, T1, T2, T3, and T4, and their Electricity Generation (MWh) in 1000 hours. The Capacity Factor of a technology is defined as:

Which of the following combinations of the idea and thinker is/are CORRECT?
Which among the following statements is/are TRUE of Rene Descartes' conception of 'innate ideas'?
Which among the following statements is/are in accordance with David Hume's description of ‘ideas’ and ‘impressions’?
Immanuel Kant makes an epistemological and a logical distinction between different kinds of propositions. In the light of this distinction, which among the following is/are CORRECT?
Which among the following is/are G.W.F. Hegel's argument(s) in claiming that Cosmic history consists in the life story of Spirit (Geist)?
Identify the CORRECT combinations of the Buddhist philosophical schools in Group I with their respective thinkers in Group II. % Table \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline Group I & Group II
\hline (a) Mādhayamika & (i) Vasubandhu
\hline (b) Yogācāra & (ii) Nāgārjuna
\hline (c) Sarvāstivāda & (iii) Sariputta (Śāriputra)
\hline (d) Sautrāntika & (iv) Ānanda
\hline \end{tabular} \end{center} The CORRECT match is:
According to S. Radhakrishnan, in his discourse on “Intellect and Intuition,” intuitive knowledge results in which of the following?
According to Sāṅkhya philosophy, which of the following is/are the external organs/instruments (bāhyakaraṇa)?