List of practice Questions

Match the ethical frameworks in Group I with their corresponding ethical theories in Group II. % Table \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline Group I & Group II
\hline (a) Ethical Cognitivism & (i) Emotivism
\hline (b) Ethical Non-cognitivism & (ii) Prescriptivism
\hline & (iii) Descriptivism
\hline \end{tabular} \end{center} The CORRECT match is:
In the schema of Aristotelian categories, the assertion of a proposition in the form of 'X is a Y' shows that the statement is about:
The following is a logical explanation of a weather condition: it{For the last 10 years, the farmers of Vidarbha have noticed that whenever there is good rainfall in the Konkan region in the month of July, they receive some rain in the month of September. This year Konkan received very little rain. Hence, it may hardly rain in Vidarbha.} Which method of J.S. Mill is used here?
In Indian theories of knowledge, some schools of thought uphold that there is no self-validity of knowledge (svatah-prāmāṇya), and others accept extrinsic validity of knowledge (paratah-prāmāṇya). Which of the following schools of Indian thought accept paratah-prāmāṇya?
Patañjali in his Yogasūtra (1:7) gives his theory of valid means of knowledge (pramāṇa). Among the following, which are NOT pramāṇa(s) according to the Yogasūtra?
Which among the following is NOT an epistemological tenet of Logical Positivism?
Which one of the following is INCORRECT about Jiddu Krishnamurti's notion of education?
Which among the following are chief entities in the Śaiva-siddhānta?
Rabindranath Tagore, in his essay “Man’s Nature,” conceptualizes that a ‘man’ can have a vision of the ‘Supreme Man’ or the ‘Spirit’ if s/he:
According to Ludwig Wittgenstein, which among the following does a proposition involve in order to be a representation of the reality?
According to Simone de Beauvoir's The Ethics of Ambiguity, which among the following will NOT hold regarding the notion of ‘subjectivity’?
Which among the following propositions will be the ‘sub-contrary’ of ‘Some celestial bodies are not shining entities’?
Rāmānuja was a staunch critic of the notion of Māyā in Advaita Vedānta. In one of his seven charges against Māyāvāda, Rāmānuja questions as to where/what is the locus of Māyā/Avidyā — it cannot reside on Brahman, for Brahman is pure consciousness and knowledge, and Avidyā means ignorance. It cannot be on Jīva, because it is the creation of Avidyā. This charge against Advaita by Rāmānuja on the locus of Māyā/Avidyā is called:
According to which of the following theories of punishment, can capital punishment be justified? (i) Deterrent theory of Punishment
(ii) Reformative theory of Punishment
(iii) Retributive theory of Punishment
“The true', to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as 'the right' is only the expedient in the way of our behaving. Expedient in almost any fashion; and expedient in the long run and on the whole, of course.” Which one of the following philosophers claims this?
Aristotle uses phronesis (practical wisdom) as a special function of reason for which one of the following?
How does Pythagoras theorize ‘numbers’ in order to be treated as substance?
Which one of the following terms does Plato use to define the conceptual relation between ‘Forms’ and ‘Particulars’?
Following is an argument from Aristotelian syllogism: it{All moneylenders are misers.
Some capitalists are misers.
Therefore, some capitalists are moneylenders.}
Which one of the following fallacies does the argument commit?
How does the 'natural attitude' towards the experience of the world get modified to the 'phenomenological attitude' in Edmund Husserl's Phenomenology?
On the theories of causation, there is disagreement among the schools of Indian thought whether the effect pre-exists in its material cause. Which one of the following theorists (vādins) answer this question in the affirmative?
According to Advaita Vedānta of Sankara, the Absolute (parabrahman) is unconditioned (nirupādhi), indeterminate (nirviśeṣa) and without any attribute (nirguna). The Vedāntic texts also speak of empirical and phenomenal Brahman (aparabrahman) that is conditioned (sopādhi), determinate (saviśeṣa) and with attributes (saguna). This determinate Brahman is:
The concept of Pradeśa in Jaina philosophy stands for:
Which one of the following philosophers is associated with Navya Nyāya (new school of Indian logic)?
According to the Bhagavadgītā (2:54–72), a “person of steady wisdom” is called: