Kerala Plus One Question Paper 2023 Philosophy

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FY-441
FIRST YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH 2023

Part – III Time : 2½ Hours
PHILOSOPHY Cool-off time : 15 Minutes
Maximum : 80 Scores

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 

    15  ‘  ’ .
 ‘  ’    
 .

      .
    .
  , , ,   
.

   .

FY-441 1 P.T.O.

I. Answer all the questions from 1 to 8. Each carries 1 score. (8  1 = 8)
1. Name the Philosopher who coined the term philosophy.
(a) Karl Marx (b) Plato
(c) Pythagoras (d) Aristotle

2. _________ is a process of inference in which general conclusion is derided from
particular facts.
(a) Deduction (b) Induction
(c) Inductive leap (d) Analogy

3. Living with an ethnic group and observing their life is an example of ______
observation.
(a) Structured observation (b) Unstructured observation
(c) Indirect observation (d) Participatory observation

4. From the following choose the option which contain only logical operators ?
(a) p, , r,  (b) ~, s, q, r
(c) p, q, r, s (d) , , ~, 

5. Write contradictory opposition of the following :
All football players are athletes.

6. Write the Latin word from which the term observation comes.

7. Find the odd one out :
Formal cause
Material cause
Efficient cause
Necessary cause

8. The tendative explanation of the observed facts is called ________.

FY-441 2

I. 1  8    . 1  . (8  1 = 8)
1.      .
(a)   (b) 
(c)  (d) 

2.     
   _________.
(a)  (b) 
(c)   (d) 

3.        
______  .
(a)    (b)  
(c)   (d)  

4.       
.?
(a) p, , r,  (b) ~, s, q, r
(c) p, q, r, s (d) , , ~, 

5.     ()
  :
All football players are athletes.

6.       ?

7.    :
  
  
  
 

8.      ________
.
FY-441 3 P.T.O.

II. Answer all questions from 9 to 13. Each carries 2 scores. (5  2 = 10)
9. Write the difference between grammatical sentences and logical propositions.

10. Write the difference between immediate and mediate inference.

11. Write two characteristics of scientific observation.

12. What is meant by Barren Hypothesis ?

13. What is Primary Data ? Give example.

III. Answer all questions from 14 to 18. Each carries 3 scores. (5  3 = 15)
14. List out the three branches of Philosophy.

15. What is an hypothetical syllogism ? Give example.

16. Write 3 merits of experiment over observation.

17. List out the limitations of the method of tenacity.

18. If p is True, q is false and r is True, find the truth value of the following :
(p  q)  r

IV. Answer any 3 questions from 19 to 22. Each carries 4 scores. (3  4 = 12)
19. Complete the following chart using the data given below :

[Compound, Hypothetical, Subject Predicate, Affirmative, Relational, General,
Negative Class Membership, Universal, Conjunctive, Implicative, Disjunctive]
FY-441 4

II. 9  13    . 2  . (5  2 = 10)
9.      .

10.  ()  () 
 .

11.     .

12.     ?

13.     ?  .

III. 14  18    . 3  . (5  3 = 15)
14.      ?

15.   ()     ?
 .

16.     .

17.     .

18. p , q , r       :
(p  q)  r

IV. 19  22   3  . 4  .
(3  4 = 12)
19.       :

[Compound, Hypothetical, Subject Predicate, Affirmative, Relational, General,
Negative Class Membership, Universal, Conjunctive, Implicative, Disjunctive]

FY-441 5 P.T.O.

20. Draw the square of opposition.

21. What are the four figures of syllogism ?

22. Construct truth table of conjunction and disjunction.

V. Answer any 3 questions from 23 to 26. Each carries 5 scores. (3  5 = 15)
23. (a) Write the rules of Conversion.
(b) Find the converse of the following :
(i) All fishermen are brave (SAP)
(ii) No elephants are carnivores (SEP)

24. Write 5 rules of categorical syllogism.

25. Explain the fallacies of observation.

26. List out 5 characteristics of good hypothesis.

VI. Answer any 2 questions from 27 to 29. Each carries 6 scores. (2  6 = 12)
27. List out and explain the postulates of Induction.

28. Briefly explain steps involved in research.

29. Write example of 4 categorical proposition and represent the relation between subject
and predicate of them through Euler Circle.

VII. Answer any 1 question from 30 to 31. Each carries 8 scores. (1  8 = 8)
30. Analyse the three constituents of the definition of Logic given by Creighton.

31. Explain J.S. Mills Experimental methods.
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FY-441 6

20.     .

21.       ?

22.  ()  () 
  .

V. 23  26   3  . 5  .
(3  5 = 15)
23. (a)  ()  .
(b)    ()   :
(i) All fishermen are brave (SAP)
(ii) No elephants are Carnivores (SEP)

24.     5  .

25.   .

26.    5  .

VI. 27  29   2  . 6  .
(2  6 = 12)
27.     .

28.     .

29. 4     
      
.

VII. 30  31     . 8 . (1  8 = 8)
30.       
 .

31. ..    .
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FY-441 7 P.T.O.

FY-441 8