Introduction to Philosophy Past Papers
[OBJECTIVE]
Subject: Introduction to Philosophy (REV)
Time Allowed: 10 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 10
NOTE: Attempt this Paper on this Question Sheet only. Please encircle the correct option. Division of marks is given in front of each question. This Paper will be collected back after expiry of time limit mentioned above.
Part-I Encircle the right answer, cutting and overwriting is not allowed. (10)
1. In ancient Greece, ‘The Academy’ was the 1st education institution of:
a. Zeno c. Plato
b. Socrates d. Aristotle
2. Who does not belong to existentialism:
a. Soren Kierkegaard c. Martin Heidegger
b. Jean Paul Sartre d. Ludwig Wittgenstein
3. For Kant, a moral action must be performed with:
a. deep feelings c. sense of duty
b. desiring popularity d. reward from Almighty
4. “Anarchy, State and Utopia” is the treatise of:
a. Lohn Staurt Mill c. Isaiah Berlin
b. Jeremy Bentham d. Robert Nozick
5. Which one is a meta-ethical theory?
a. Kantian Ethics c. Moral relativism
b. Utilitarianism d. None of any
6. “All people are equal and deserve equal rights.” This Egalitarians doctrine is:
a. moral doctrine c. political doctrine
b. religious doctrine d. economical doctrine
7. Isaiah Berlin wrote:
a. Art c. Two Concepts of Liberty
b. Principles of Art d. On Liberty
[SUBJECTIVE]
Subject: Introduction to Philosophy (REV)
Time Allowed: 2 Hours 45 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 50
NOTE: ATTEMPT THIS (SUBJECTIVE) ON THE SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED.
Part-II Give short answers, Each answer carries equal marks. (20)
Q#1: Write any two implausible aspects of Kantian’s ethics?
Q#2: Write an example showing the notion of positive freedom?
Q#3: What is the difference between categorical duty and hypothetical duty?
Q#4: What is artifact?
Q#5: What is meant by representative Democracy.
Q#6: Name the famous article of Isaiah Berlin.
Q#7: What 1s meant by intentional fallacy.
Q#8: Which theory of art distinguishes art from craft.
Q#9: Why some theorists influenced by Karl Marx regard democracy as an illusion?
Q#10: What is meant by ‘Hedonism’?
Part-III Give detailed answers, Each answer carries equal marks. (30)
Q#1: Elaborate the proofs about the existence of God.
Q#2: Critically explain the theories of punishment.
Q#3: Critically explicate the Representative realism. .
[OBJECTIVE]
Subject: Introduction to Philosophy
Time Allowed: 10 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 10
NOTE: Attempt this Paper on this Question Sheet only. Please encircle the correct option. Division of marks is given in front of each question. This Paper will be collected back after expiry of time limit mentioned above.
Part-I Encircle the right answer, cutting and overwriting is not allowed. (10)
1. The gambler’s argument is propounded by”:
a. William Paley b. St. Anslem
c. Aristotle d. Blaise Pascal
2. Who introduced ‘Felicific Calculus’ for calculating the degree of pleasure:
a. Jeremy Bentham b. John Staurt Mill
c. Immanuel Kant d. G.E.Moore
3. Which theory states that physical events cause mental events but mental events never cause physical ones:
a. Interaction b. Parallelism
c. Ocassionalism d. Epiphenomenalism
4. Which theory states that link between mind and body is provided by the intervention of God:
a. Interaction b. Parallelism
c. Ocassionalism d. Epiphenomenalism
5. Which one is not a meta-ethical theory:
a. Hedonism b. Emotivism
c. Naturalism d. Moral relativism
6. The ‘Chinese room experiment’ is a thought experiment peculiar to:
a. Thomas Kuhn b. N.R. Hanson
c. John Searle d. Bertrand Russell
7. Who used the metaphorical term, “death of the author” to explain that once a literally work is made public, its author has no privilege to interpret it.
a. William Wimsatt b. Monroe Beardsley
c. Ludwig Wittgenstein d. Roland Barthes
8. Egalitarian doctrine that holds, “all people are equal and deserve equal rights” is a:
a. Moral doctrine b. Religious doctrine
c. Economical doctrine d. Political doctrine
9. Who introduced the concept of ‘Grue’in order to highlight the problem of induction:
a. Thomas Kuhn b. John Searle
c. N.R. Hanson d. Nelson Goodman
10. Which theory of art holds that the genuine work of art is non-physical:
a. Significant-form theory b. Idealist theory
c. Institutional theory d. None of any theory
[SUBJECTIVE]
Subject: Introduction to Philosophy
Time Allowed: 2 Hours 45 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 50
NOTE: ATTEMPT THIS (SUBJECTIVE) ON THE SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED.
Part-II Give short answers, Each answer carries equal marks. (20)
Q#1: What is the etymology of word ‘Philosophy’?
Q#2: What is meant by embedded beliefs?
Q#3: Define metaphysics.
Q#4: What is meant by a priori knowledge?
Q#5: What is the Ockham’s razor?
Q#6: Define inductive reasoning.
Q#7: Differentiate between hypothetical and categorical moral duties”
Q#8: What is the notion of moral relativism?
Q#9: Why some Marxists have regarded ‘Democracy’, an illusion?
Q#10: What is the concept of artifact?
Part-III Give detailed answers, Each answer carries equal marks. (30)
Q#1: Describe the epistemological school of Empiricism.
Q#2: Write down the moral theme of utilitarianism.
Q#3: Write concise note on:
- Negative Freedom.
- Criticism on the Ideal theory of art.
