Kerala SET 2019 Feb Question Paper Philosophy

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1. The Mahavākya Ayam Atman Brahma is seen in ------Upanisad.
A) Chandogya B) Mundaka C) Aitereya D) Isa

2. Which one of the following does not belong to Avastha Traya?
A) Jagrat B) Swapna C) Susupti D) Turya

3. The term Brahman is derived from the root Brh which means ----
A) to grow B) to hide C) to know D) to realise

4. The Song Celestial is the title of the English Translation of the -------- by Sir Edwin
Arnold.
A) Ramayana B) Upanisads C) Brahma sutras D) Bhagavad Gita

5. The term Vairagya refers to cultivation of -------.
A) Attachment B) Personality C) Happiness D) Detachment

6. Gaurapāda Kārika is concise explanation of the doctrines of ------Upanisad.
A) Māndukya B) Mundaka C) Chandogya D) Katha

7. According to Advaita Vedānta empirical level of existence is referred as-------satta
A) Pratibhāsika B) Vyavahārika C) Visesa D) Paramārtika

8. Avarana and -----are considered as two functions of Māya.
A) Visesa B) Vislesana C) Vyāpti D) Viksepa

9. Which one of the following does not belong to Tattva Traya of Ramanuja?
A) Jñāna B) Cit C) Acit D) Isvara

10. Who is the author of Tattvovaplavasimha?
A) Krsnapati Misra B) Brahspati
C) Jayarasi Bhatta D) Ajitakeshakamablin

11. According to Jainism Pudgala refers to-------
A) Spirit B) Matter
C) Consciousness D) Space

12. According to Nyāya invariable concomitance or -----is the nerve of inference.
A) Vyāpti B) Hetu C) Sādhya D) Paksa

13. The doctrine of non-preexistent effect is called---------
A) Satkārya vada B) Asatkārya vada
C) Satkarana vada D) Asatkarana vada

14. According to Vaisesika system antecedent non-existence is referred as--------
A) Prāgabhava B) Pradhvamsābhava
C) Anyonyābhava D) Atyantābhāva

15. Match the following.
1. Prakrtiparināmavāda a) Visistādvaita
2. Brahma Vivartavāda b) Dvaita
3. Aprathaksiddhi c) Advaita
4. Pancabhedas d) Sāmkhya

A) 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a B) 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b
C) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a D) 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b

16. Bhāsya of Pūrvamīmāmsa sutras were written by--------- and it was commented by
Prabhakara and Kumarila Bhatta.
A) Sālikanātha B) Sabaraswāmin
C) Patanjali D) Bhavanātha

17. The assumption of an unperceived fact in order to reconcile two apparently
inconsistent perceived facts is called---------by Pūrvamīmāmsa as an independent
means of valid knowledge.
A) Arthāpatti B) Anupalabdhi C) Upamana D) Anumana

18. Sattvika Abhinya refers to action by means of -------.
A) Voice B) Signs C) Costumes D) Emotions

19. Aesthetics in Indian context is popularly referred as---------
A) Sabda sastra B) Soundarya sastra
C) Rasa sastra D) Alankara sastra

20. According to the theory of Dhvani, word has one of the functions of Abhida which
refers to ------
A) Denotation B) Expression C) Suggestion D) Concealment

21. In 1893 Swami Vivekananda made historic speech at Chicago Convention of -----------
A) Summit of monks B) Parliament of Religions
C) Religious Toleration D) Universal Brotherhood.

22. Swami Vivekananda’s interpretation of Yoga sūtra of Patanjali is known as-------
A) Karma yoga B) Jñāna yoga C) Bhakti yoga D) Raja yoga

23. Choose the correct order of evolution of Sri Aurobindo from Mind to Super Mind.
A) Higher mind, Intuitive mind, Over mind, Illumined mind.
B) Higher mind, Illumined mind, Intuitive mind, Over mind.
C) Illumined mind, Higher mind, Intuitive mind, Over mind.
D) Illumined mind, Over mind, Higher mind, Intuitive mind.

24. Ramana Maharshi was a native of -------
A) Tamilnadu B) Kerala
C) Andhrapradesh D) Karnataka

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25. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for his work-------
A) Penance B) My Reminiscences
C) The Post Office D) Gitanjali

26. An Idealist View of Life was written by-------------.
A) Rabindranath Tagore B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Dr.S.Radhakrishnan D) Ramana Maharshi

27. Mahatma Gandhi used the title of -------for his translation of Ruskin’s Unto This Last.
A) Ahimsa B) Sarvodaya C) Trusteeship D) Satya
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28. Who is the author of Freedom FromThe Known?
A) J.Krishnamurti B) Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
C) Swami Vivekananda D) Sri Aurobindo

29. According to ------, the central idea of the Twenty-Two Theses is that political
philosophy must start from the basic idea that the individual is prior to society, and
freedom can be enjoyed only by individuals.
A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
C) M.N.Roy D) Rabindranath Tagore

30. Which one of the following is not related to Dr.B.R.Ambedkar?
A) Ambedkar was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna.
B) Ambedkar was the principal architect of the Constitution of India.
C) Ambedkar was the author of Buddha and His Dhamma.
D) Ambedkar was converted to Sikhism.

31. The idol of Siva was consecrated by Sri Narayana Guru at ----------
A) Varkala B) Mannamthala
C) Vaikkom D) Aruvippuram

32. Vedadikara Nirupanam is one of the famous works of ----------
A) Chattambi Swamikal B) Sree Narayana Guru
C) Ramana Maharshi D) Dr.S. Radhakrishnan

33. Which one of the following thinkers does not belong to Milesian school?
A) Heraclitus B) Anaximander
C) Anaximenes D) Thales

34. ---------is a technique used by Socrates where he pretends ignorance.
A) Maieutic method B) Midwifery method
C) Elenchus D) Socratic Irony

35. One of the cardinal virtues of Plato, Temperance refers to-------
A) Truth B) Self control C) Happiness D) Honesty

36. Goldsmith makes ornaments. According to Aristotle’s theory of causation, Goldsmith
is the------cause.
A) Material B) Formal C) Efficient D) Final

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37. The Monologion is a famous work of ----------.
A) St.Augustine B) St.Thomas
C) William of Ockham D) St.Anselm

38. Angelic doctor is the title attributed to ---------.
A) St.Thomas Aquinas B) St.Augustine
C) William of Ockham D) St.Anselm.

39. Francis Bacon classified ----------- of his time under four heading which he called
Idols.
A) Perceptions B) Complex issues
C) Intellectual fallacies D) Stray thoughts

40. The idols of -------are those which are due to Sophistry and false learning.
A) The Tribe B) The Theatre
C) The Market Place D) The Cave

41. Every determination is negation is the maxim presented by ---------.
A) Spinoza B) Descartes C) Leibniz D) Locke

42. Tractatus Thelogico Politicus is written by ---------
A) Wittgenstein B) Spinoza C) Plato D) Locke

43. Find out the wrong pair
A) Leibniz- Pre-established harmony
B) Descartes-Interactionism
C) Spinoza-Pantheism
D) Locke-Esse est percipi

44. Which one of the following is not a primary quality according to Locke?
A) Solidity B) Extension C) Colour D) Motion

45. An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision was written by----------.
A) Berkeley B) Locke C) Hume D) Bacon

46. The distinction between relations of ideas and matters of fact are called---------
A) Hume’s head B) Hume’s mask
C) Hume’s fork D) Hume’s screen.

47. Read the following sentences and state whether they are true or false.
1. Kant reconciled rationalism and empiricism.
2. Critique of Pure Reason deals with aesthetics.
3. According to Kant there are four antinomies based on quantity, quality, relation
and modality.
4. Kant says that phenomena are things in themselves which constitute reality.

A) All statements are true.
B) Statements 1 &2 are true and 3&4 are false.
C) All statements are false.
D) Statements 1&3 are true and 2&4 are false.

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48. The real is rational, and the rational is real .Who said this?
A) Hume B) Kant C) Hegel D) Berkeley

49. Which one of the following is not related to the dialectical method of Hegel?
A) Thesis B) Antithesis
C) Synthesis D) Antisynthesis

50. According to Marxist terminology--------represent the working class.
A) Bourgeois B) Proletariat C) Aristocrat D) Capitalist

51. According to Marx, the process by which the worker is made to feel foreign to the
product of his own labour is termed as--------.
A) Commodification B) Exploitation
C) Alienation D) Surplus value

52. Which one of the following is directly related to intentionality of consciousness of
Husserl?
A) Consciousness is pure
B) Consciousness is always directed to something.
C) Consciousness is bracketed
D) Consciousness leads to intuition.

53. Who is the author of Cartesian Meditations?
A) Husserl B) Hegel C) Descartes D) Kant

54. Read the following sentences and state whether they are true or false.
1. Existentialists hold that essence precedes existence.
2. According to Sartre man is condemned to be free.
3. Nausea is a work of Gabriel Marcel.
4. Kierkegaard speaks of three stages of existence.

A) Statements 1 &2are true and 3&4 are false.
B) Statements 1, 2, &3 are true and 4 is false.
C) All the four statements are true.
D) Statements 1&3 are false and 2&4 are true.

55. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms.
Who said this?
A) Sartre B) Kierkegaard C) Nietzsche D) Marcel

56. --------uses the expression Dasein to refer to the experience of being that is peculiar to
human beings.
A) Marcel B) Sartre C) Kierkegaard D) Heidegger

57. Frege claims that the expressions morning star and evening star have the same
reference, but different------.
A) Senses B) Objects C) Denotations D) Dimensions

58. Who is the author of The Philosophy of Logical Atomism?
A) Wittgenstein B) Russell C) Frege D) Ryle

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59. The linguistic and philosophical study of meaning is called--------.
A) Semiotics B) Pragmatics C) Semantics D) Syntax

60. Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of
language. Who said this?
A) Russell B) Wittgenstein C) Frege D) Ryle

61. Language game is a philosophical concept developed by -----which refers to simple
examples of language use and their actions into which the language is woven.
A) Russell B) Ryle C) Frege D) Wittgenstein

62. --------is a philosophical movement that originated in Vienna in 1920s which held that
only scientific knowledge is factual and all traditional metaphysical doctrines are to be
rejected as meaningless.
A) Logical positivism B) Existentialism
C) Phenomenology D) Postmodernism

63. Popper’s methodology holds that scientific theories are characterised by entailing
predictions that future observations must reveal to be false. This will help the scientists
to respond by revising the theory. What is the name of this method?
A) Verification B) Elimination
C) Falsification D) Contradiction

64. According to the theory of ---------Feyerabend holds that there are no useful and
exception-free methodological rules governing the progress of science or the growth of
knowledge.
A) Psychological Anarchism B) Epistemological Anarchism
C) Ethical Anarchism D) Metaphysical Anarchism

65. The expression The Ghost in the Machine appears in which book of Gilbert Ryle?
A) The concept of Mind B) Plato’s Progress
C) On Thinking D) Critical Essays.

66. In -------theory of Austin, a locutionary act is the act of making a meaningful utterance.
A) Sign-act B) Mind-act C) Speech-act D) Signifier-act

67. The term Parole used by Saussure refers to--------.
A) Acting B) Changing C) Leading D) Speaking

68. ------- is the view that speech, and not writing, is central to language.
A) Logocentrism B) Egocentrism
C) Ecocentrism D) Psychocentrism

69. Which one of ten following is not an immediate inference?
A) Conversion B) Obversion
C) Contraposition D) Syllogism

70. Which is the obverse of All artists are creative?
A) No artists are creative B) No artists are non-creative
C) Some artists are creative D) Some artists are not creative

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71. The predicate of the conclusion of a Categorical syllogism is called ------
A) Major term B) Minor term
C) Middle term D) Abstract term

72. Examine the following propositions.
All people are energetic. Some people are not energetic.
The relation between these two propositions are called -------

A) Contrary B) Sub contrary
C) Contradictory D) Subaltern

73. Find out the fallacy of following syllogism.
All thinkers are honest.
No scientists are thinkers.
No scientists are honest.

A) Illicit minor B) Illicit major
C) Undistributed middle D) Exclusive premises.

74. The fever is caused by the influence of evil spirits. This belongs to which type of
hypothesis?
A) Adhoc hypothesis B) False hypothesis
C) Barren hypothesis D) Rival hypothesis

75. According to J.S. Mill cause is an invariable, unconditional, ----- of the effect.
A) Antecedent B) Consequent C) Conjecture D) Variable

76. When a theory is tested by experiment, it becomes ---------.
A) Observation B) Hypothesis C) Conjecture D) Law

77. Match the following.
1. Simple Constructive Dilemma a. Conclusion is disjunctive and minor
denies the consequents.
2. Simple Destructive Dilemma b. Conclusion is categorical and minor
denies the consequents
3. Complex Constructive Dilemma c. Conclusion is categorical and minor
affirms the antecedents
4. Complex Destructive Dilemma d. Conclusion is disjunctive and minor
affirms the antecedents.

A) 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c B) 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a
C) 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b D) 1-a, 2-d, 3-b, 4-c

78. Analogy is an unscientific reasoning based on ----------.
A) Observation B) Assumptions C) Resemblances D) Proof

79. The notion of tautology in the propositional calculus was first developed in the early
20th century by --------.
A) Frege B) Russell C) Wittgenstein D) Pierce

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80. The symbol ⊃ is used for -------in symbolic logic.
A) Implication B) Conjunction C) Equivalence D) Disjunction

81. p∨q
~p - Identify the rule of inference
∴q

A) Modus Tollens B) Hypothetical Syllogism
C) Disjunctive Syllogism D) Modus Ponens

82. Whatever phenomenon varies in any manner whenever another phenomenon varies in
some particular manner, is either a cause or an effect of that phenomenon, or is
connected with it through some fact of causation. This refers to the canon of Mill’s
method of --------
A) Agreement B) Difference
C) Concomitant variations D) Residues

83. Which one of the following is not related to Analogy?
A) Analogy is based on resemblances.
B) The points of resemblances need not be essential or relevant to the conclusion.
C) There should not be fundamental differences between things compared.
D) It must be based on the extensive knowledge of the things compared.

84. ------ is the philosophical study of values.
A) Axiology B) Teleology C) Ontology D) Deontology

85. Which one of the following refers to the meaning of Arete?
A) Happiness B) Conduct C) Honest D) Virtue

86. Categorical Imperative is a-------theory of Immanuel Kant.
A) Hedonistic B) Teleological
C) Deontological D) Consequentialist

87. Which one of the following statement is not true?
A) Eudaemonia is translated as happiness or welfare.
B) According to psychological hedonism man has a natural tendency to seek
pleasure.
C) Hedonistic calculus was developed by Bentham.
D) Utilitarianism was propounded by Kant.

88. -------- is a view that claims scientific theories are merely useful tools for predicting
phenomena instead of true or approximately true descriptions of the physical world.
A) Verificationism B) Instrumentalism
C) Functionalism D) Reductionism

89. -------is a claim that moral statements are the expressions of our feeling towards a
particular issue.
A) Emotivism B) Prescriptivism
C) Intuitionism D) Descriptivism

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90. Who is the author of Ethics and Language?
A) Ayer B) Hare C) Stevenson D) Moore

91. Which one of the following is not related to Emotivism?
A) Ethical statements prescribe actions.
B) Ethical statements are expressions of emotions.
C) Ethical statements are not factual.
D) Ethical statements are expressions of attitudes and beliefs.

92. The concept of Naturalistic fallacy in ethics has been introduced by --------
A) Russell B) Moore C) Ayer D) Hare

93. Which one of the following is not a work of Hare?
A) The Language of Morals B) Freedom and Reason
C) Ethical Intuitionism D) Moral Thinking

94. -------- is the meta-ethical view which claims that, rather than expressing propositions,
ethical sentences function similarly to imperatives which are universalizable.
A) Intuitionism B) Emotivism
C) Naturalism D) Prescriptivism

95. Euthanasia etymologically means -----------.
A) Painless killing B) Your death
C) Peaceful death D) Unnatural death

96. --------- also known as assisted suicide is when a patient who is capable of making their
own decisions makes a deliberate request to end their own life.
A) Active euthanasia B) Passive euthanasia
C) Voluntary euthanasia D) Involuntary euthanasia

97. In------- surrogacy, the surrogate’s egg is used to create the embryo of the child she is
going to carry.
A) Gestational B) Traditional C) Altruistic D) Domestic

98. When deliberate steps are taken to end a pregnancy, it is called -------- .
A) Spontaneous abortion B) Miscarriage
C) Inevitable D) Induced abortion.

99. ------- development is development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
A) Sustainable B) Technical C) Scientific D) Natural

100. Ecosophy T was the personal philosophy of -------and T referred to Tvergastein where
he wrote many of his books
A) Warwick Fox B) Arnae Naess
C) Murray Bookchin D) Peter Singer

101. Sunderlal Bahuguna initiated ------ movement to protect the trees of forests from
felling.
A) Narmada B) Navodanya C) Chipko D) Silent valley

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102. Which one of the following is related to Narmada Bachao Andolan?
A) Sunderlal Bahuguna B) Vandana Shiva
C) Shivaram Karanth D) Medha Patkar

103. A hacker who uses their skills for social good, or helps organisations by exposing
vulnerabilities in their IT systems are referred as-----------.
A) Black hat B) White hat C) Grey hat D) Spider

104. The concept of the Repressive State Apparatus has been developed by --------
A) Hegel B) Derrida C) Althusser D) Gramsci

105. The Mahavākya Aham Brahmāsmi is seen in which Upanisad?
A) Tattireya B) Chandogya
C) Katha D) Brahadaranayaka

106. Right knowledge, Right faith and Right conduct of Jainism are referred as-------
A) Ratnatraya B) Gunatraya C) Avasthatraya D) Sattarya

107. Who is the author of Savitri?
A) Vivekananda B) Aurobindo
C) Tagore D) Ramana Maharshi

108. The concept of Psychophysical parallelism has been developed by ---------
A) Spinoza B) Leibniz C) Descartes D) Kant

109. What was the formal name of Sri Chattambi Swamikal?
A) Gopalan B) Nanu C) Kesavan D) Ayyappan

110. Who is the author of Samkhya-pravacana-bhāsya?
A) Isvara Krisna B) Kapila
C) Vijñāna Bhiksu D) Vācaspati

111. State whether following statements are true or false.
1. Karl Popper was a philosopher of Science.
2. Logical positivists held that metaphysics can be verified.
3. Derrida said that there is nothing outside the text.
4. Gramsci is best known for his theory of cultural hegemony.

A) All statements are true
B) Statements 1,3 &4are true and 2 is false
C) Statements 1 &4 are true and 2&3 are false
D) All statements are false

112. A.J.Ayer was a ----- philosopher known for his promotion of Logical Positivism.
A) British B) French C) Indian D) German

113. --------is the view that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable.
A) Scepticism B) Agnosticism C) Atheism D) Dogmatism

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114. The worship of one God at a particular time without denying the existence of other
gods is referred as-----.
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Henotheism D) Pantheism

115. Which one of the following does not belong to Chitta Vrtti?
A) Pramāna B) Ekagra C) Viparya D) Vikalpa

116. ------ is the the philosophical doctrine that all matter has life..
A) Materialism B) Panpsychism
C) Hylozoism D) Epiphenomenalism

117. Which one of the following is not included in the structure of Yoga sutras?
A) Samadhi pāda B) Sadhana pāda
C) Moksa pāda D) Vibhūti pāda

118. Cogito ergo sum is a ---------philosophical proposition by Descartes.
A) French B) Greek C) German D) Latin

119. The Open Society and Its Enemies is authored by---------
A) Wittgenstein B) Russell
C) Ryle D) Popper

120. Brahma Sutras contain-----verses.
A) 500 B) 525 C) 555 D) 600

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