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Kerala Board
Question Paper
2024
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Reg. No. : ......................................
FY-441 Name : ...........................................
FIRST YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH 2024
Part – III Time : 2½ Hours
PHILOSOPHY Cool-off time : 15 Minutes
Maximum : 80 Scores
General Instructions to Candidates :
There is a ‘Cool-off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time.
Use the ‘Cool-off time’ to get familiar with questions and to plan your answers.
Read questions carefully before answering.
Read the instructions carefully.
Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
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Answer any 8 questions from 1 to 9. Each carries 1 score. (8 1 = 8)
1. The term philosophy means _________.
2. Write the contrary of the given proposition.
No flowers are beautiful
3. A syllogism containing four-terms commits the fallacy of ________.
(a) Equivocation (b) Fallacy of four-terms
(c) Illicit major (d) Illicit minor
4. Modus Ponendo Tollens is a kind of _______ syllogism.
(a) Pure (b) Mixed
(c) Dilemma (d) None of these
5. The increase in sunlight shows a corresponding increase in the growth of the plant is
an example of the Method of ________.
(a) Agreement (b) Difference
(c) Residue (d) Concomitant Variation
6. The meaning of the Latin word experimentum is _________.
(a) to watch (b) to see
(c) to test (d) to have a sight
7. A verified hypothesis is called a ________.
8. The word science originated from the Latin word scientia which means ________.
(a) Knowledge (b) Observation
(c) Experiment (d) Explanation
9. Preparation of a research paper is based on _____ data.
(a) Primary (b) Secondary
(c) Both primary and secondary (d) None of these
Answer any 5 questions from 10 to 15. Each carries 2 scores. (5 2 = 10)
10. Write the converse of the given proposition.
(a) All nurses are angels.
(b) No nurses are angels
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1 9 8 . 1 . (8 1 = 8)
1. _________ .
2. ()
.
No flowers are beautiful
3. () ________
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(a) (b) -
(c) (d)
4. _______ () .
(a) () (b) ()
(c) () (d)
5. ‘
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(a) ()
(b) ()
(c) ()
(d) ( )
6. _________ .
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
7. ________ .
8. ________
.
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
9. _____ ()
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(a) (b)
(c) (d)
10 15 5 . 2 .
(5 2 = 10)
10. () .
(a) All nurses are angels.
(b) No nurses are angels
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11. Differentiate mediate inference and immediate inference.
12. Define deduction and induction with example
13. Construct the truth table of disjunction.
14. Change the given proposition into symbolic form :
(a) A smoker kills himself and he kills others.
(b) If you smoke, then you kill yourself.
15. Name the two types of unscientific induction.
Answer any 4 questions from 16 to 20. Each carries 3 scores. (4 3 = 12)
16. Write the rules of obversion. Construct the obverse of the given proposition.
Some vehicles are cars
17. How does observation differ from mere perception ?
18. Examine Mill’s definition of cause and find out the characteristics of a scientific
cause.
19. Find out the truth value of the given proposition, if p is true(T), q is false(F) and r is
true(T) :
~p (q . r)
20. ‘Selection of the problem is the first step of research’. What are the other steps
involved in research ?
Answer any 5 questions from 21 to 26. Each carries 4 scores. (5 4 = 20)
21. Identify the major term, minor term, figure, and mood of the given syllogism.
All scientists are graduates.
Some teachers are graduates.
Some teachers are scientists.
22. Prepare a chart showing the different kinds of categorical propositions.
23. Draw the diagram of Square of Opposition and identify the relations between the four
categorical propositions (A, E, I, O).
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11. ( )
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12. (), ()
.
13. () .
14. :
(a) A smoker kills himself and he kills others.
(b) If you smoke, then you kill yourself.
15. ( )
.
16 20 4 . 3
. (4 3 = 12)
16. ( ) .
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Some vehicles are cars
17. () ()
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18.
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19. p (T), q (F), r (T) ,
( ) :
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. (5 4 = 20)
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), ( ), (), ()
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All scientists are graduates.
Some teachers are graduates.
Some teachers are scientists.
22. (
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23. ( )
A, E, I, O
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24. ‘Scientific induction is an Inductive-deductive approach’. What are the steps involved
in the process of scientific induction ?
25. Analyse the given picture in terms of Aristotle’s view of cause.
26. Point out the qualities of good research.
Answer all questions from 27 to 28. Each carries 5 scores. (2 5 = 10)
27. Prepare a list of points to be included in a discussion on ‘The Branches of
Philosophy’.
28. What is the problem of induction ? How is this problem solved ?
(Hint: Postulates of Induction)
Answer any 2 questions from 29 to 31. Each carries 6 scores. (2 6 = 12)
29. Write down the definition of Logic given by Creighton. Explain it.
30. Briefly describe the fallacies of observation.
31. Write the meaning and definition of Hypothesis. What are the different kinds of
hypothesis ?
Answer any 1 question from 32 to 33. Carries 8 scores. (1 8 = 8)
32. Illustrate the distribution of terms in a categorical proposition using Euler’s circle and
explain.
33. Explain the rules of a valid Categorical Syllogism.
______________
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24. ‘ ( ) -
(-) ’.
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25.
.
26. .
27 28 . 5 .
(2 5 = 10)
27. ‘ ’ .
28. () ?
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29 31 2 . 6
. (2 6 = 12)
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30. ( ) .
31. () .
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32 33 1 . 8 .
(1 8 = 8)
32.
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33. (
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______________
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