TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART - I (MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES

PART - I (MCQS): MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART - II: MAXIMUM MARKS = 80

NOTE: (i) Part - II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART - II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.


Q. 2. Generate any four standard form categorical syllogism with universal conclusion.

Q.3. What is the difference between formal and informal logic. Also explain six rules for the validity of standard form categorical syllogism.

Q.4. What is ambiguity? Explain in detail with accurate example.

Q.5. Check the validity or invalidity of the following by applying nineteen rules of replacement.



Q.6. What is the difference between scientific and unscientific explanation?

Q.7. Give a resume of Ibn-e-Tamiya Criticism of Aristotelian logic.

Q.8. Briefly explain the following fallacies of ambiguity with two examples to explain each.
(a) Amphiboly
(b) Hypostatization
(c) Division
(d) Composition

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART - I (MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES

PART - I (MCQS): MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART - II: MAXIMUM MARKS = 80

NOTE: (i) Part - II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART - II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.


Q. 2. What do you understand by Pragmatism? Bring out, in this connection, William James’ Pragmatic Method.

Q.3. Can Plato be regarded as an idealist? Discuss in detail.

Q.4. What does Existentialism stand for?

Q.5. How do the Logical Positivists Endeavour to show the impossibility of Metaphysics?

Q.6. Discuss in detail Iqbal’s theory of the immortality of the human ago.

Q.7. Bring out the salient features of Ibn Sina’s metaphysics.

Q.8. State and critically examine Ibn Khaldun’s philosophy of history.

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Experience was good. I was expecting just 2 or 3 candidates of philosophy. But we were 9 at my center (RWP).

Don't remember much mcqs. But they were not much difficult in both the papers. One could easily do at least 15 mcqs in the first try.

At present I can recall just 3 mcqs from philosophy about which I was confused.

First, Descartes was: Idealist, Empiricist, Agnostic, None of These. I selected Agnostic.
Second, Who reconciled religion and philosophy? Al farabi Al Kindi Ibn Arabi, None of these. I selected None of these because I think its Ibn Rushd who reconciled religion and philosophy.
Third was about some statement as in who said this? I selected Pythagorus option. But I can't recall the statement now at all.

On the whole both papers were easy and manageable. Thanx to Allah that Philosophy's examiner didn't try to play some sort of bluff by giving one paper easy and one entirely unmanageable like the Psychology's examiner did.

Descartes was: Rationalist, Empiricist, Agnostic, none of these. I selected none of these (I think he's an idealist - I think therefore I am); who reconciled philosophy and religion: I think it was Ibn Sina and that was in the options.

Pythagoras said universe was made up of numbers something... I chose Numbers.

@knowledgefundy Thanx for bringing the real options back to my memory. You can be correct with respect to Descartes and Ibn Sina. But the logic behind my answers was a bit different.

For the first one: Descartes is famous for skepticism. I thought that Skepticism and Agnosticism are same. Even the "I think" part in 'I think therefore I am' also connotes Doubt and Skepticism.

For the second one: I thought that early Muslim Rationalists (Mutazilites, Al Farabi, Ibn Sina) held philosophy superior to religion. That is why they had to face the ire of Al Ghazali. It was Ibn Rushd who made a formal attempt to reconcile religion and philosophy in his book "A Decisive Discourse on the Relation between Religion and Philosophy" (Fasl-al-Maqal wa Taqrir ma bayn al-Shariah wa-l-Hikmah min al-Ittisal)

Lets see what happens in the result. Good Luck.

descartes was a rarionalist,hujja ullah al baligha,bergson creative evolution,sir syed quran word of god.idol of cave,pytaghoras,other i dont remember ,but were easy.paper 1 mcqs were tough subjective portion of both papers were halwa

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Yup you are right. Descartes was a Rationalist.
I got it confirmed from my Philosophy teacher.

Both papers were quite interesting and far from traditional approach, Though objective portion was a bit difficult but it would be easy to score better this time especially in II because of more focus on Western philosophy. 150 at hand

thori lambi nahi ho gaye ...
150 means paper was a tough one

Philosophy papers were untraditional no doubt about that repetition of pervious questions came as surprise, fingered crossed let see what happen.