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| 501. |
Which among the following means of knowledge is produced by the knowledge of resemblance or similarity |
| A. | pratyaksa |
| B. | anumana |
| C. | upamana |
| D. | sabda |
| Answer» D. sabda | |
| 502. |
Drstarth and adrstarth are the two kinds of |
| A. | perception |
| B. | verbal testimony |
| C. | comparison |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. comparison | |
| 503. |
Which among the following anumanas are based on causation? |
| A. | purvavat and sesavat |
| B. | samayatodrsta |
| C. | comparison |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. samayatodrsta | |
| 504. |
According to Nyaya the contact of the object with the sense organs are of ------------ kinds |
| A. | five kinds |
| B. | six kinds |
| C. | four kinds |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. six kinds | |
| 505. |
Samanya laksana comes under |
| A. | extra ordinary perception |
| B. | ordinary perception |
| C. | inference |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. ordinary perception | |
| 506. |
Which one of the pramana the Carvaka Buddha and Vaisenka do not recognize? |
| A. | perception |
| B. | inference |
| C. | subda |
| D. | comparison |
| Answer» D. comparison | |
| 507. |
In Perception the object is conveyed to sense through an unusual medium |
| A. | laukila |
| B. | alukika |
| C. | external |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. external | |
| 508. |
Which among the following means of knowledge is prama? |
| A. | samsaya |
| B. | pratyksa |
| C. | error |
| D. | tarka |
| Answer» C. error | |
| 509. |
The number of pramanas accepted by Carvaka |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» B. two | |
| 510. |
The pramana in Indian philosophy implies |
| A. | means of knowledge |
| B. | means of valid knowledge |
| C. | means of invalid knowledge |
| D. | the theory to be known |
| Answer» C. means of invalid knowledge | |
| 511. |
Aparma means- |
| A. | valid knowledge |
| B. | invallid knowledge |
| C. | truth |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. truth | |
| 512. |
Yatharthajnana is known as |
| A. | false cognition |
| B. | doubtful cognition |
| C. | true cognition |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 513. |
Indian epistemology is seriously concerned with the |
| A. | problem of error |
| B. | investigation of the sources of cognition |
| C. | enquiry into the nature and the criterion of knowledge |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 514. |
The system of Indian logic is |
| A. | nyaya |
| B. | sankhya |
| C. | yoga |
| D. | vedanta |
| Answer» B. sankhya | |
| 515. |
The philosophy is termed in Indian literature as |
| A. | darsana |
| B. | purana |
| C. | veda |
| D. | guna |
| Answer» B. purana | |
| 516. |
In a categorical syllogism each term appears |
| A. | thrice |
| B. | twice |
| C. | once |
| D. | four times |
| Answer» C. once | |
| 517. |
A categorical syllogism consists of ------------ propositions |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» D. four | |
| 518. |
The subject term of the conclusion is the |
| A. | minor term |
| B. | major term |
| C. | middle term |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. major term | |
| 519. |
The major term is the ------------term of the conclusion |
| A. | subject |
| B. | predicate |
| C. | copula |
| D. | middle |
| Answer» C. copula | |
| 520. |
That term which appears in the premises and not in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism is |
| A. | major term |
| B. | minor term |
| C. | copula |
| D. | middle term |
| Answer» E. | |
| 521. |
There are ----------- terms in a categorical syllogism |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» D. four | |
| 522. |
Deductive arguments are typically |
| A. | analytic |
| B. | synthetic |
| C. | conditional |
| D. | a priori |
| Answer» B. synthetic | |
| 523. |
Inductive arguments are characterized as |
| A. | right or wrong |
| B. | good or bad |
| C. | proper or improper |
| D. | strong or weak |
| Answer» E. | |
| 524. |
The defining characteristic of a valid deduction is its |
| A. | uncertainty |
| B. | truth |
| C. | certainty |
| D. | goodness |
| Answer» D. goodness | |
| 525. |
The process of drawing conclusion from specific evidence is |
| A. | induction |
| B. | deduction |
| C. | definition |
| D. | classification |
| Answer» B. deduction | |
| 526. |
Propositions which form the basis of the conclusion of an argument are called |
| A. | reasoning |
| B. | premises |
| C. | terms |
| D. | judgment. |
| Answer» C. terms | |
| 527. |
The inferred proposition of an argument is called. |
| A. | term |
| B. | statement |
| C. | premise |
| D. | conclusion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 528. |
The statement of relation between terms is a |
| A. | argument |
| B. | proposition |
| C. | condition |
| D. | fallacy |
| Answer» C. condition | |
| 529. |
The argument is the verbal expression of a |
| A. | reasoning |
| B. | thinking |
| C. | feeling |
| D. | knowing |
| Answer» B. thinking | |
| 530. |
The verbal expression of a judgment is called a |
| A. | term |
| B. | proposition |
| C. | argument |
| D. | mood. |
| Answer» C. argument | |
| 531. |
The process of passing from certain known judgment to a new judgment is called |
| A. | induction |
| B. | apprehension |
| C. | reasoning |
| D. | thinking |
| Answer» D. thinking | |
| 532. |
The verbal expression of a concept is called a |
| A. | phrase |
| B. | clause |
| C. | term |
| D. | argument. |
| Answer» D. argument. | |
| 533. |
The proposition “If there is a rain then the ground is wet”, is an example for------------- proposition. |
| A. | categorical |
| B. | conditional |
| C. | hypothetical |
| D. | conjunctive |
| Answer» C. hypothetical | |
| 534. |
The proposition “All men are mortal”, is an example for-------------- proposition. |
| A. | conditional |
| B. | hypothetical |
| C. | disjunctive |
| D. | categorical |
| Answer» E. | |
| 535. |
The process of comparing concepts or ideas is called |
| A. | reasoning |
| B. | concluding |
| C. | evaluating |
| D. | judgment. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 536. |
The three process of thinking are |
| A. | dreaming, waking, and deep sleep |
| B. | walking, running, and talking |
| C. | conception, judgment, and reasoning |
| D. | intuition, apprehension, and revelation. |
| Answer» D. intuition, apprehension, and revelation. | |
| 537. |
Who is the author of the book “A Study in Moral Theory.” |
| A. | j.s. mill |
| B. | bentham |
| C. | hume |
| D. | laird |
| Answer» E. | |
| 538. |
The word virtue is used for ----------- of any kind. |
| A. | excellence |
| B. | duty |
| C. | good |
| D. | character. |
| Answer» B. duty | |
| 539. |
A ----------action is in some way fitting to the circumstance. |
| A. | wrong |
| B. | right |
| C. | bad |
| D. | immoral |
| Answer» C. bad | |
| 540. |
The Latin word rectus means |
| A. | according to decision |
| B. | according to conscience |
| C. | according to law |
| D. | according to tradition. |
| Answer» D. according to tradition. | |
| 541. |
Moral good is that which satisfies |
| A. | friends |
| B. | relatives |
| C. | desire |
| D. | moral will. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 542. |
The concepts of reward and punishment presuppose the |
| A. | cause of action |
| B. | freedom of will |
| C. | freedom of agreement |
| D. | wrongness of action |
| Answer» C. freedom of agreement | |
| 543. |
Conduct is a collective name for |
| A. | voluntary actions |
| B. | non-voluntary actions |
| C. | reflex actions |
| D. | wrong actions. |
| Answer» B. non-voluntary actions | |
| 544. |
Ethics is a ---------- science. |
| A. | normative |
| B. | positive |
| C. | descriptive |
| D. | mental. |
| Answer» B. positive | |
| 545. |
The Latin word ethos means |
| A. | soul |
| B. | world |
| C. | god |
| D. | character. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 546. |
Those who insist that what cannot be traced to specific sense experiences is not true knowledge are called |
| A. | rationalists |
| B. | radical empiricists |
| C. | pragmatists |
| D. | intuitionists. |
| Answer» C. pragmatists | |
| 547. |
----------- is a leading figure of modern empiricism. |
| A. | john locke |
| B. | immanuel kant |
| C. | spinoza |
| D. | leibnitz |
| Answer» B. immanuel kant | |
| 548. |
Empiricism holds that ------------ is the only source of knowledge. |
| A. | reason |
| B. | intuition |
| C. | experience |
| D. | revelation. |
| Answer» D. revelation. | |
| 549. |
The first principles of the world which are recognized as true by reason have their source in |
| A. | world |
| B. | heaven |
| C. | sleep |
| D. | reason. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 550. |
According to rationalism the universal attributes of true knowledge can be deduced only from |
| A. | matter |
| B. | world itself |
| C. | dream |
| D. | mind itself. |
| Answer» E. | |