CS (Main) Exam,2024 faatea DETACHABLE eat gta (wsa-75 1) PHILOSOPHY (Paper 1) Prater aor : ft wee afr 3 : 250 Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 250 yeaa arene fade aaeet ae 33 & ad frees feet at gre erauriigts I | ai are wer EST A vet H fanfira & oar Ferd ate Set wT EE I vahcan # ga ote weit S ga BF wer Hor 1 att 5 aftard & war art weit AB wets ave & aaa TH eT Gra ah weit & oer cific | wate wea air & fea faa sis Gee ar few Te EI ett sere set ware Frere H fa oy afte, freer seer aT waa H fear Taz, afte sa FIT ar HE TG WeH-ae-SeR (FLA...) yer gage oe fafke eae eK fear sar arf, | aftr area & saftcce army Pratt are H fre aq sae HK aE sia et AeA | wet A areq-atten, wet frefea 2, at are oT arte | get & seat A aT sarge A ore | stirs er & fe ay weet B see A A ArT gt ‘areatt af SB aera Ae BT | weT-E-se Gera F arch BH ae HE YE aa Ye FT a pia: are atic | QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting questions. ‘There are EIGHT questions divided in TWO SECTIONS and printed both in HINDI and in ENGLISH. Candidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all. Question Nos. 1 and 5 are compulsory and out of the remaining, THREE are to be attempted choosing at least ONE question from each Section. The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it. Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the Admission Certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this Question-cum-Answer (QCA) Booklet in the space provided. No marks will be given for answers written in a medium other than the authorized one. 5 Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to. ‘Attempts of questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a question shall be counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Question-cum-Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off. 1 HXS-U-PHLY1 1.@ 1.(0) 1.(c) 1@ 1.(e) 2.() 2.(b) 2.(0) 3.@) TS ‘A’ SECTION ‘A’ Frafefad 4 & wees ar oer 150 weet HF afer ee CAA: Write short answers to the following in about 150 words each : 10x5=50 “ae Um ara gett @ 1” wal at sre-fegra at watt at Ee ge area A fea wa aren att 7 ade aif | “There is a red chair.” How would Plato explain this statement with the use of his theory of forms ? Examine. 10 oF aga “wage aafere 2” | oatkn aire wa & ae H aad Aaa ar Saree WaT A BU aT ar areca & Hea ware A are Afra | “Potentiality is indefinable” according to Aristotle. Explain the relationship between potentiality and actuality with reference to the above philosophical position by taking the example of a “wooden table”, 10 “daa aed faa 3 ett & fre sorafea aan aude | 8 feat get were feat on we 1” oaths are & at a ada A arcfinian A aren Fife | “Sensible things are those only which are immediately perceived by sense.” Explain Berkeley’s theory of knowledge with reference to the above statement. 10 ata At aafins arate ft sae ar otter Fife | Examine the concept of personal identity by Locke. 10 “creo gar ard weg fea aaa ar area Bh 81” sees ae oes FE A arora At sireirara aa err if | “The relation between cause and effect is one of constant conjunction”. Examine Hume’s criticism of causation in the light of the above statement. 10 era At acres fate At fae Aifie | sat wares fife fre wan Se feta wee A ak & ort 2, eet aren Afar | Discuss Hegel’s Dialectical method. Explain how his dialectical method leads him to the Absolute Idealism. 20 afte saad & aqee “swan” (areca) wr ea @? “oaarat” A Fear fra var A on wad @ ? sarewit afc aretarrers feast Fife | What according to Logical Positivists are “pscudostatements” ? How does one identify “pseudostatements” ? Critically discuss with examples. 15 are fia wan tard a gag sare af A ote wage ae @, eet arent Fifarg | Explain how Cartesian formulation of ontological argument is criticised by Kant. 15 FR ae wes “efter otis wins ea” Hae fig at & fre ae afte mega aa E ee Wan & fae 4 teh wftenftat ana € fe fsa & arr wer aT wT aa & 2 aT TT asd @ fe R ae 4 ag afrat dead gra we A dren & fata HF weqa anettt ar wate weane at @ 2 aaa oer & ver H gfenat mega Fhe | ‘What are the main arguments put forward by Moore in his paper “A Defence of Common ‘Sense” to prove that there are possible propositions about the world that are known to be true with certainty ? Do you think Moore's arguments provide a sufficient response to objections presented by the sceptic against the possibility of knowledge ? Give reasons in support of your answer. 20 HXS-U-PHLY 23.00) 3.0) 4.(a) 4.(0) 5.(a) 5.(b) 5.(0) 5.) egies & agen sreyg fate an at ~ er a ert BR ap eS fe ‘verlag ade’ ae ‘safer’ sere fatty eta B 2 aera fra mega Fife | What according to Strawson are basic particulars ? What reasons does Strawson offer to believe that ‘material bodies’ and ‘persons’ are basic particulars ? Critically discuss. 15 “2 giore ate wetter” & aed Haart At aoe cea aquaare At deer aT aretrarrerss we Afr | Critically examine Quine’s postulate of empiricism without the dogmas with reference to his ‘Two Dogmas of Empiricism’. 15 we ‘aefie aftefe’ A aria at eaters fran wea Af | rafts afigh & qa arenst ar att dgftrerefia val & fart wae fra at? Present a critical exposition of Husserl’s criticism of ‘natural attitude’. How does Huser! propose to address the problems involved in natural attitude through his phenomenological method ? 20 “8 cen ges ooh A oe hf, Fg BH we ars STA a A ae eT, SS Pe eee te Cea TTS “I can always choose, but I ought to pate that if 1 do not choose, I am still choosing”. Critically discuss Sartre’s conception of choice and responsibility in the light of above statement. 15 “Pra tial H ge ser Et oT AeRAT, Gee fea H Ate Ch ce safe |” — factereret & eA we a ee eardtarrens faa vega Athi | What does Wittgenstein mean by the statement — “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent ?” Critically discuss. 15 GS ‘B’ SECTION ‘B’ freafatrd #8 wet ar aT 150 weet H afr See Sifa : Write short answers to the following in about 150 words each : 10*5=50 aan ais H ger staffs tien @ 2 aa-Aaiftes cela & eight H fate Sifre | Does the seed contain the tree ? Discuss with reference to Nydya-Vaisesika Philosophy. 10 ware aaa & acl Ht ae gem gre feu, ve weet ea A ee] ares At ae Afar | Explain with reference to Nyaya Philosophy, the nature of Sabda as the advice of apta (a reliable person). 10 amare & wer es H orga frat ow fiat safe & raat vate sae 2 Aas wala at 4 aren Fifi | Is ‘inseparability’ (ayuta-siddhatva) a necessary condition or a sufficient condition for defining characteristics (Jaksana) of samavaya (inherence) ? Explain with reference to Vaigesika Philosophy. 10 ata aft & areal @ yga-Acreaang ae ei-Acerarg & ata sea ere Sf | Distinguish between pudgala-nairatmyavada and dharma-nairétmyavada with reference to Buddhist Philosophy. 10 3 HXS-U-PHLY5.(€) 6.(a) 6.(b) 6.() 7.@) 1.0) 1.© 8.(a) 8.(b) 8.() sarees at at Sah re eRe melt eg 8 ear fer Rot wea Fifay | Comment on the bearing of Carvaka epistemology on the rejection of transcendental entities by them. 10 ahr ait & saan Fail & aed A saver Ahm | sas Perse a fe va aes SIT ame? Explain with reference to Yoga Philosophy, the nature of klesas. How does the removal of these lead to kaivalya ? 20 dis am (qa-aa) ea ote So & fawa F aiea-aala B aa At are Fifer 1 Explain the Saikhya view on three guyas (guya-traya) and their modifications. 15 datas & sqar stra ar anes eres Far @ cea feet cafes St see we fea WHE Bat @ 2 aren war ae aifere | What, according to Mimarhsakas, is the ontological status of abhiva (absence) and how does one know it? Explain and examine. 15 fade & ape 4 afidario-eatt & ards ate aa At eae Be waa wa aT fee wee wer we & ? wheres fata Fife | How do the advocates of anirvacaniya-khyati refute the position of the Naiyayikas and establish the position of Advaitins regarding the problem of error ? Critically discuss. 20 afe wht seat afte @ at ate eft een aafins oraea At aren A fea va eT eet? eretarere fara Fifi | If everything is momentary then how do the Buddhists explain the problem of memory and personal identity ? Critically discuss. 15 Set ft eect aa ft steer ft area Afra | Explain the Jain view of seven-fold (sapta-bharigi) ‘Naya’. 15 aft aera & aA “Aa ae Br APT Te aT aT ATT a TAA sabre we FATT & Soa wafer HF vet sen B | aren sar eter Fry | According to Sti Aurobindo, ‘the awakening of the psychic being and its gradual prominence over all other parts of the being is the first step in the conscious evolution of man’. Explain and examine. 20 Wan & eer & fava H siak gor Ta & act A gaa aa ae Sif | Compare and contrast the views of Saitkara and Ramanuja regarding the status of the world. 15 reared & aft # ofa car ara eared A caren aifary | Explain the status of jiva and jagat in the philosophy of Madhvacarya. 15 HXS-U-PHLY 4