Organisation : Teachers’ Recruitment Board, Tripura
Exam : STPGT – Selection Test for Post Graduate Teachers
Document Type : Previous Year Question Paper
Subject : Philosophy
Code No : AF17—XVIII
Year : 2017
Website : https://trb.tripura.gov.in/
TRB Tripura STPGT Philosophy Previous Question Paper
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Model Questions
Direction : Answer the following questions by selecting the correct option.
1. One of the allegations raised against Indian philosophy is that, it is
(A) hedonistic
(B) pessimistic
(C) pluralist
(D) None of the above
2. The original scriptures of Indian orthodox philosophical schools are primarily explained through
(A) Bh¢¾ya
(B) S¦tra
(C) T¤k¢
(D) None of the above
3. The C¢rv¢ka philosophy believes that
(A) the Soul is eternal
(B) the Soul is not eternal
(C) the Soul takes rebirth
(D) None of the above
4. The number of the element(s) which constituted the world, for the C¢rv¢kas, is/are
(A) one
(B) four
(C) six
(D) None of the above
5. The term “Tripi°aka’ literally means
(A) three pots
(B) three books
(C) three boxes
(D) None of the above
6. According to Buddhism, the indivisible tiniest part of “Time’ is called
(A) Pal
(B) K¾a´
(C) Muh¦rta
(D) None of the above
7. Among the following, which is not included in the Pa®camah¢vrata of Jainism is
(A) Ahi¼s¢
(B) Asteya
(C) Asatya
(D) None of the above
8. The Anek¢ntav¢da of Jainism is a/an
(A) metaphysical theory
(B) epistemological theory
(C) logical theory
(D) None of the above
9. The number of Alaukika Pratyak¾a admitted in Ny¢ya philosophy is/are
(A) one
(B) two
(C) three
(D) None of the above
10. The fourth “Avayava’ of the Pa®c¢vayav¤ Ny¢ya admitted in Ny¢ya philosophy is
(A) Upanayana
(B) Upanaya
(C) Ud¢hara´a
(D) None of the above
11. The School of Indian philosophy, which also known as “¡nwik¾ik¤’ is
(A) The Ny¢ya
(B) The Vaiºe¾ika
(C) The Ved¢nta
(D) None of the above
12. Vy¢pti is an invariable relation between
(A) S¢dhya and Pak¾a
(B) Hetu and S¢dhya
(C) Hetu and Pak¾a
(D) None of the above
13. The original scripture of Vaiºe¾ika philosophy was written by
(A) Mahar¾i Gautama
(B) Mahar¾i Ka´¢da
(C) Mahar¾i Kapila
(D) None of them
14. According to the Vaiºe¾ika Philosophy, “Sa¬kara’ is a
(A) J¢ti
(B) J¢tiv¢dhaka
(C) S¢m¢nya
(D) None of the above
15. It is admitted in Vaiºe¾ika philosophy that the Param¢´us (atoms) are different from one another in respect of
(A) quality
(B) quantity
(C) Both quality and quantity
(D) None of the above
16. In S¢¼khya philosophy, Mok¾a is also meant as
(A) Kaivalya
(B) Apavarga
(C) Nirv¢´a
(D) None of the above
17. According to Yoga philosophy, sense of ego is called
(A) Avidy¢
(B) Asmit¢
(C) R¢ga
(D) None of the above
18. The Bh¢°°a M¤m¢¼sakas held that, through Anupalabdhi one can perceive
(A) Dravya
(B) Abh¢va
(C) Soul
(D) None of the above
19. According to ¹a¬kar¢c¢rya, by nature, the Brahman is
(A) Sagu´a
(B) Nirgu´a
(C) God
(D) None of the above
20. To explain M¢y¢, ¹a¬kar¢c¢rya admitted that M¢y¢ is
(A) Sat
(B) Asat
(C) Sadasat
(D) None of the above
21. R¢m¢nuja held that a liberated soul
(A) becomes the Brahman
(B) becomes equal to Brahman
(C) becomes a Sanny¢sin
(D) None of the above
22. Plato maintained that knowledge must have two characteristics; it must be “of the real’ and
(A) interchangeable
(B) infallible
(C) intelligible
(D) None of the above
23. Plato explained his Theory of Idea in the dialogue namely
(A) Apology
(B) Theaetetus
(C) Republic
(D) None of the above
24. According to Aristotle, the essence of an effect or an object is the
(A) formal cause
(B) material cause
(C) efficient cause
(D) None of the above
25. Aristotle raised the “third man argument’ against
(A) Socrates’ theory of knowledge
(B) Plato’s theory of ideas
(C) Descarte’s method of doubt
(D) None of the above
26. For attaining certainty in knowledge, Descartes followed
(A) method of elimination
(B) method of perception
(C) method of doubt
(D) None of the above
27. The arguments Descartes placed in favour of the existence of God are of two kinds—one is causal and the other is
(A) logical
(B) ontological
(C) teleological
(D) None of the above
28. Spinoza maintained that the highest form of knowledge is
(A) intuitive knowledge
(B) rational knowledge
(C) empirical knowledge
(D) None of the above
29. It is told that the nature of God as described by Spinoza is similar to
(A) theism
(B) deism
(C) pantheism
(D) None of the above
30. The harmony, which Leibniz considered as “pre-established’, exists among the
(A) monads
(B) physical bodies
(C) souls
(D) None of the above
36. Hume identified his scepticism as
(A) antecedent scepticism
(B) mitigated scepticism
(C) pyrrhonism
(D) None of the above
37. Hume admitted a relation between simple impression and simple idea which may be mentioned as
(A) relation of correspondence
(B) relation of coherence
(C) relation of identity
(D) None of the above
38. Kant maintained that his critical theory of knowledge is
(A) revolutionary
(B) evolutionary
(C) contemporary
(D) None of the above
39. Kant considered Space and Time as a priori
(A) experience
(B) intuition
(C) Both experience and intuition
(D) None of the above
40. According to Kant, the number of categories of understanding is
(A) six
(B) twelve
(C) eighteen
(D) None of the above
46. The proposition “All men are mortal’ is equivalent to
(A) some men are mortal
(B) no men are non-mortal
(C) no non-men are mortal
(D) None of the above
47. “Knowledge is virtue : ignorance is vice’ is an example of
(A) conversion
(B) obversion
(C) material obversion
(D) None of the above
48. (I) Some birds are black.
(A) All cows are black.(I) \ Some cows are birds. The syllogism com mits the fal lacy of
(A) undistributed middle
(B) illicit minor
(C) illicit major
(D) None of the above
49. Among the following that which is not a valid mood in figure III is
(A) DARAPTI
(B) DISAMIS
(C) FESAPO
(D) None of the above
50. AAA cannot be a valid mood in the second figure of syllogism because it would involve the fallacy of
(A) illicit minor
(B) illicit major
(C) undistributed middle
(D) None of the above