GATE 2022 General Aptitude (GA)

GATE 2022 General Aptitude (GA)
Q.1 – Q.5 Carry ONE mark each.
Q.1 Inhaling the smoke from a burning _________ could _________ you quickly.
(A) tire / tier
(B) tire / tyre
(C) tyre / tire
(D) tyre / tier
Q.2 A sphere of radius 𝑟 cm is packed in a box of cubical shape.
What should be the minimum volume (in cm3 ) of the box that can enclose the
sphere?
(A) 𝑟
8
(B) 𝑟
(C) 2𝑟
(D) 8𝑟
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Q.3 Pipes P and Q can fill a storage tank in full with water in 10 and 6 minutes,
respectively. Pipe R draws the water out from the storage tank at a rate of 34
litres per minute. P, Q and R operate at a constant rate.
If it takes one hour to completely empty a full storage tank with all the pipes
operating simultaneously, what is the capacity of the storage tank (in litres)?
(A) 26.8
(B) 60.0
(C) 120.0
(D) 127.5
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Q.4 Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting around a circular table facing the
center not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following statements:
 P sits next to S and T.

 Q sits diametrically opposite to P.
 The shortest distance between S and R is equal to the shortest distance
between T and U.
Based on the above statements, Q is a neighbor of
(A) U and S
(B) R and T
(C) R and U
(D) P and S
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Q.5 A building has several rooms and doors as shown in the top view of the building
given below. The doors are closed initially.
What is the minimum number of doors that need to be opened in order to go

from the point P to the point Q?
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 1
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Q. 6 – Q. 10 Carry TWO marks each.
Q.6 Rice, a versatile and inexpensive source of carbohydrate, is a critical component

of diet worldwide. Climate change, causing extreme weather, poses a threat to
sustained availability of rice. Scientists are working on developing Green Super
Rice (GSR), which is resilient under extreme weather conditions yet gives higher
yields sustainably.
Which one of the following is the CORRECT logical inference based on the
information given in the above passage?
(A) GSR is an alternative to regular rice, but it grows only in an extreme weather
(B) GSR may be used in future in response to adverse effects of climate change
(C) GSR grows in an extreme weather, but the quantity of produce is lesser than
regular rice
(D) Regular rice will continue to provide good yields even in extreme weather
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A game consists of spinning an arrow around a stationary disk as shown below.
Q.7
When the arrow comes to rest, there are eight equally likely outcomes. It could
come to rest in any one of the sectors numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 as shown.
Two such disks are used in a game where their arrows are independently spun.
What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the resulting sectors upon
spinning the two disks is equal to 8 after the arrows come to rest?
(A) 1
16
(B) 5
64
(C) 3
32
(D) 7
64
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Q.8 Consider the following inequalities.
(i) 3𝑝 − 𝑞 < 4
(ii) 3𝑞 − 𝑝 < 12
Which one of the following expressions below satisfies the above two
inequalities?
(A) 𝑝 + 𝑞 < 8
(B) 𝑝 + 𝑞 = 8
(C) 8 ≤ 𝑝 + 𝑞 < 16
(D) 𝑝 + 𝑞 ≥ 16
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Q.9 Given below are three statements and four conclusions drawn based on the
statements.
Statement 1: Some engineers are writers.
Statement 2: No writer is an actor.
Statement 3: All actors are engineers.
Conclusion I: Some writers are engineers.
Conclusion II: All engineers are actors.
Conclusion III: No actor is a writer.
Conclusion IV: Some actors are writers.
Which one of the following options can be logically inferred?
(A) Only conclusion I is correct
(B) Only conclusion II and conclusion III are correct
(C) Only conclusion I and conclusion III are correct
(D) Either conclusion III or conclusion IV is correct
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Q.10 Which one of the following sets of pieces can be assembled to form a square
with a single round hole near the center? Pieces cannot overlap.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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GATE 2022 PHILOSOPHY (XH C4)
XH-B1: Q.1 – Q.17 Carry ONE mark Each
Q.11 A relationship is expressed as Iodine : Goitre.
The pair(s) of words showing SIMILAR relationship is/are
Space for Figure/Equation, if any:
(A) Mango : Anaemia
(B) Insulin : Diabetes
(C) Fat : Obesity
(D) Hormones : Heredity
Q.12 Three individuals are named P, Q, and R. Together they have a total of fifteen
children of which nine are boys. P has three girls and Q has same number of boys.
Q has one more child than P, who has four children. R has four more boys than the
number of girls. The number of girls of R is equal to the number of boys of P.
How many boys do R and P have?
(A) R = 3, P = 3
(B) R = 4, P = 2
(C) R = 5, P = 1
(D) R = 2, P = 4
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Q.13 A sentence has been given below.
The train will leave at 8:30 PM, we have been ready by 7:30 PM, so that we can
reach the station on time.
To make the above sentence grammatically correct, the phrase marked in bold is to
be replaced by
(A) were
(B) are
(C) must be
(D) should have
Q.14 Complete the sentence correctly using the options given below.
Hastings____(p)_____ developed as a holiday resort after ___(q)____ .
(A) (p) = a seaside town, (q) = the first world war
(B) (p) = , a seaside town, (q) = the First World War
(C) (p) = , a Seaside Town, (q) = World War I
(D) (p) = A seaside town (q) = World War I
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Q.15 The Arecibo telescope does not resemble what most of us think of when we hear
the word telescope. Its reflective surface covers an area of 20 acres, which is quite
remarkable. Dangling above it are towers and cables, sub-reflectors and antennas,
all of which can be positioned using 26 motors to transmit radio waves and receive
echoes with astonishing precision.
From the passage, it can be inferred that most telescopes
(A) are not as large as Arecibo
(B) do not have reflective surface
(C) cannot be re-positioned
(D) strictly have 26 motors
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Q.16 Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe and illegal. Many rear-end collisions are caused
by drivers following too close to the vehicle in front of them. The rules state that a
driver must keep significant distance from the vehicle in front in order to stop safely
and avoid a collision. Drivers should allow a minimum two seconds gap between
their vehicle and the one ahead. At 60 km per hour, this equates to a gap of
33 meters; at 100 km per hour, it equates to a gap of 55 meters. More distance is
needed to safely stop in rain or poor visibility, as during rain slippery roads reduce
the effectiveness of braking.
Which of the following statement(s) can be inferred from the above passage?
(A) People drive faster in rain and under poor visibility.
(B) Braking may not be as effective during rain as in the dry conditions.
(C) Tailgating is against the road rules.
(D) Collision has no relationship with tailgating.
Q.17 There are three separate, but equal-sized boxes. Inside each box, there are two
separate small boxes. Inside each of the small boxes, there are four even smaller
boxes. The total number of boxes will be _______ .
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Q.18 – Q.26 Carry TWO marks Each
Q.18 In a specific language, xer dan means “big horse”, liro cas means “red tomato” and
dum cas dan means “big red barn”.
The equivalent word for barn in this language is
(A) dum
(B) liro
(C) dan
(D) cas
Q.19 Park street is parallel to Rock street. Garden street is perpendicular (90o) to Lake
street. Lake street is parallel to Rock street.
For the situation described above, the TRUE statement is
(A) Park street is perpendicular to Lake street
(B) Rock street is parallel to Garden street
(C) Park street is parallel to Garden street
(D) Garden street is perpendicular to Park street
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Q.20 Six examinations are required to be conducted in a week starting from Sunday to
Saturday. Hindi is not scheduled on the first day and English is not scheduled before
Hindi. Mathematics is scheduled one day after Physics. Biology is scheduled two
days after Hindi. One day prior to Chemistry, there is no examination. Only one
examination can be scheduled on a single day and Sunday is not an off day. What
are the subjects scheduled on first and the last days?
(A) First day Physics, Last day Biology
(B) First day Physics, Last day Chemistry
(C) First day Physics, Last day English
(D) First day English, Last day Biology
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Q.21 A passage consists of 6 sentences. The first and sixth sentences of the passage are
at their correct positions, while the middle four sentences (represented by P, Q, R,
and S) are jumbled up.
First sentence: Smoke oozed up between the planks.
P: Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship.
Q: The rising gale fanned the smouldering fire.
R: Everyone now knew there was fire onboard.
S: Flames broke out here and there.
Sixth sentence: Most people bore the shock bravely.
The most logically CORRECT order for the given jumbled up sentences is
(A) QSRP
(B) QPSR
(C) RSPQ
(D) PQRS
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Q.22 For a painting to succeed, it is essential that the painter and his public agree about
what is significant. The subject of the painting may have a personal meaning for the
painter or a common person; but there can also be the possibility of their agreement
on its general meaning. It is at this point that the culture of the society and the period
in question precedes the artists and her/his art. Renaissance art would have meant
nothing to the Aztecs, and vice versa. If, to some extent, a few intellectuals can
appreciate them both today, it is because their culture is a historical one. Its
inspiration is history and all known developments to date.
According to the passage, which of the following is/are NOT necessarily among
the attributes needed for a painter to succeed?
(A) The subject must have a personal meaning for the painter.
(B) The painter is able to communicate and justify the significance of its subject
selection.
(C) The painter and the public agree on what is significant.
(D) The painting of the subjects is driven by public demand.
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Q.23 Vinod has a pre-determined route. Each morning he delivers 37 newspapers to

customers in his neighborhood. It takes Vinod 50 minutes to deliver all the papers.
When Vinod was sick or had other engagements, his friend Tarun, who lives on the
same street delivered the papers on his behalf.
Find the statement(s) that must be TRUE according to the given information.
(A) Vinod and Tarun lived in the same locality.
(B) It was dark outside when Vinod began his delivery.
(C) It took Tarun more than 50 minutes to deliver the papers.
(D) Tarun delivered 37 newspapers to customers.
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Q.24 Cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and tuberculosis cause huge number of deaths.
Poor quality drinking water has always been the world’s greatest single carrier of
sickness. Disease is transmitted when sewage and drinking water come into contact.
Children are particularly vulnerable. In some of the poorest countries the infant
mortality rate is high. The separation of sewage and the supply of clean drinking
water are the domain of civil engineers, and their work makes a significant
contribution to public health. That contribution was recognized when public
sanitation was voted the greatest medical breakthrough, beating the discoveries
including antibiotics and vaccines in a poll organized by the British Medical
Journal.
Identify the statement(s), which is/are NOT TRUE according to the passage.
(A) Children are less prone to water borne diseases.
(B) The infant mortality rate was high in economically weaker countries.
(C) The provision of sewage and drinking water should be adequately separated from
each other.
(D) The literature states that the public health and sanitation was never given its due
importance.
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Q.25 Shark’s teeth have evolved to correspond to the diet of each particular species of
shark. Consequently, the teeth of the great white shark bear little resemblance to
those of the bull shark or nurse shark. There were essentially four different shark
diets and thus four varieties of shark teeth. Sharks that feed on fish have needle like
teeth, perfect for spearing and ripping. Sharks that eat mammals such as seals and
sea lions have heavy, serrated teeth, typically triangular on the upper jaw and
pointed on the lower jaw. Shark that feed in the benthic zone of the ocean have
flattened teeth for crushing the shell of the creatures they find scuttling in the sand
or clinging to rocks. Sharks that bask have teeth that are largely non-functional;
these sharks filter food from the water by passing it through their gills.
Which of the following is/are the CORRECT inference(s) as per the passage?
(A) Shark’s teeth are not specially designed for slaughter.
(B) The shape of the shark’s teeth relates to its prey.
(C) Some species of sharks filter food through their gills.
(D) Shark’s teeth relate to its diet.
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Q.26 A particular school management wants to contact all parents, all businessmen and
all engineers. The following statistics are available with the school.
Businessmen = 50
Engineers = 25
Parents = 2500
Businessmen who are engineers = 0
Businessmen who are parents = 25
Engineers who are parents = 15
The number of people needs to be contacted are _______ .
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XH-C4 (Q.27 – Q.44 Carry ONE mark Each)
Q.27 Let us consider the cases of Shweta and Rani. While Shweta has access to, and can
afford to buy good quality dairy products, she and her spouse decide to pursue a
vegan lifestyle. Therefore, she no longer buys milk or dairy-based products for her
family. Rani’s family on the other hand, has a meagre income. Although Rani’s
children like milk and kheer, Rani refrains from buying milk and instead spends on
rice.
In light of the concepts of functioning and capability as defined by Martha

Nussbaum, which one of the following options holds for the above cases?
(A) They differ on the basis of capability
(B) They differ on the basis of functioning
(C) They differ on the basis of both functioning and capability
(D) They do not differ since the end-result is the same in both
Q.28
In the opposition of propositions, which one among the following is the
contradictory of A proposition?
(A) Only O
(B) Only E
(C) Only I
(D) E and O
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Q.29 A study in Europe concluded that whenever there is an increase in the circulation
of fake news in social media, the ruling party gains political mileage. Conversely, a
proportionate decrease in the circulation of fake news, corresponds to the decline in
its popularity.
Which one of Mill’s methods is entailed in the above reasoning?
(A) Method of Concomitant Variation
(B) Joint Method of Agreement and Difference
(C) Method of Residues
(D) Method of Difference
Q.30 Which one among the following Greek philosophers upholds the ontology of things
by stating that ‘all things are flowing’ and ‘nothing ever is, everything is
becoming?’
(A) Heraclitus
(B) Pythagoras
(C) Thales
(D) Anaxagoras
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Q.31 Which one among the following will be in agreement with Rene Descartes’
confirmation of the cogito, in his Discourse on Method?
(A) Self exists as an imperfect thing
(B) Self exists as a perfect thing
(C) Only the world exists
(D) Only the self exists
Q.32 According to Immanuel Kant, duty as rationally conceived is determined by:
(A) The will as an a priori principle
(B) The self-interest of the will
(C) The divine will
(D) The desire as the will
Q.33 Which one among the following is NOT a pramāṇa in Sānkhya epistemology?
(A) Comparison (upamāna)
(B) Perception (dṛṣta/pratyakṣa)
(C) Inference (anumāna)
(D) Valid testimony (āptavacana)
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Q.34 ‘Hare’s horn (śaśa-viṣāṇa)’, according to the Philosophy of Yoga, is a valid example
of which kind of citta-vṛtti?
(A) Constructive Imagination (vikalpa)
(B) Wrong cognition or false knowledge (viparyaya)
(C) Absence of cognition or sleep (nidra)
(D) Memory (smṛti)
Q.35 According to Jaimini, in Mīmāmsā, which one among the following is a command
or injunction that impels humans to perform action?
(A) Dharma
(B) Apūrva
(C) Adṛṣṭa
(D) Niṣkāmakarma
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Q.36 According to Vaiśeṣika theory of atomism, which one of the following is NOT
atomic?
(A) Ether (ākāśa)
(B) Earth (pṛthvi)
(C) Fire (tejas)
(D) Air (vāyu)
Q.37 The Cārvāka system rejects inference (anumāna) as a pramāṇa because it does not
accept:
(A) Invariable concomitance (vyāpti)
(B) Comparison (upamāna) as a pramāṇa
(C) The theory of pramāṇa altogether
(D) Śabda as a pramāṇa
Q.38 The Muṇḍakopaniṣad distinguishes between ‘higher knowledge’ (parā vidyā) and
‘lower knowledge’ (aparā vidyā). What does the higher knowledge (parā vidyā)
imply?
(A) Knowledge of the Ātman
(B) Knowledge of the World
(C) Knowledge of Karma
(D) Knowledge of God
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Q.39 In the Bhagavadgītā, the conception of ‘lokasamgraha’ denotes that the perfect
person:
(A) Purely acts for the wellbeing and welfare of humanity.
(B) Purely concentrates on the Absolute by negating the world.
(C) Fully detaches herself/himself from worldly affairs.
(D) Fully devotes herself/himself to speak about God to people.
Q.40 S. Radhakrishnan, in his An Idealistic View of Life, delineates the nature of ultimate
reality as “pure consciousness, pure freedom and infinite possibility.” Which school
of Indian Philosophy influenced him most?
(A) Advaita Vedānta
(B) Sānkhya
(C) Cārvāka
(D) Mīmāmsā
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Q.41 Karl Marx in his Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts discusses various forms
of alienation within capitalist society. Which of the following appear(s) in Marx’s
list of alienation?
(A) From the product of one’s labour
(B) From one’s species-being
(C) From one another
(D) From one’s natural rights
Q.42 Which among the following option(s) define(s) the nature of Forms according to
Plato?
(A) Non-mental
(B) Independent of particulars
(C) Temporal
(D) Residing in God
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Q.43 Jīva and Ajīva are the Categories (padārtha) in Jainism. Which of the following are
included in Ajīva?
(A) Matter (pudgala)
(B) Space (ākāśa)
(C) Motion (dharma)
(D) Cause (hetu)
Q.44 In the Śaivasiddhānta, the Supreme Reality is called Pati, the individual self/soul is
called Paśu, and the fetters which bind the souls are called Pāśa. Which of the
following are included in Pāśa?
(A) Karma
(B) Māyā
(C) Kāma
(D) Moha
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Q.45 – Q.65 Carry TWO marks Each
Q.45 Read the passage carefully and answer the question:
“Only, unlike Kant, we do not see man as being essentially a positive will. On the
contrary, he is first defined as a negativity. He is first at a distance from himself. He
can coincide with himself only by agreeing never to rejoin himself. There is within
him a perpetual playing with the negative, and he thereby escapes himself, he
escapes his freedom. And it is precisely because an evil will is here possible that
the words “to will oneself free” have a meaning. Therefore, not only do we assert
that the existentialist doctrine permits the elaboration of an ethics, but it even
appears to us as the only philosophy in which an ethics has its place. For, in a
metaphysics of transcendence, in the classical sense of the term, evil is reduced to
error; and in humanistic philosophies it is impossible to account for it, man being
defined as complete in a complete world. Existentialism alone gives - like religions
- a real role to evil, and it is this, perhaps, which make its judgments so gloomy.
Men do not like to feel themselves in danger.”
- Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity
Which one of the following claim is made in the passage regarding Existentialism?
(A) Its emphasis on negativity means that it can account for evil.
(B) It cannot give rise to an ethic since it rejects the idea of evil.
(C) It believes that evil is a kind of error.
(D) It must withhold judgments about evil.
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Q.46 Keeping in mind the central commitments of John Dewey’s Pragmatism, which one
of the following applies to his concept of experience?
(A) It involves transaction between the individual and her environment.
(B) It is an inferior source of knowledge.
(C) It is shaped by the environment but cannot modify the environment.
(D) It is overridden by reason in validating knowledge.
Q.47 All Covid-19 patients are fighters
No Covid-19 patients are children
Therefore, no children are fighters
Which one among the following options determines the mood, figure, and fallacy
of the above argument?
(A) AEE, III Figure, Illicit Major
(B) AEE, II Figure, Undistributed Middle
(C) AEE, III Figure, Illicit Minor
(D) AEE, II Figure, Existential Fallacy
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Q.48 In the theory of causation, the effect (kārya) is non-existent (asat) before its creation;
it is a new beginning (ārambha). Which one of the following schools of thought in
Indian philosophy upholds this theory?
(A) Nyāya
(B) Vedānta
(C) Yoga
(D) Sānkhya
“Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the

reverse of resistance by arms. When I refuse to do a thing that is repugnant to my
conscience, I use soul-force. For instance, the Government of the day has passed a
law which is applicable to me. I do not like it. If by using violence I force the
Government to repeal the law, I am employing what may be termed body-force. If
I do not obey the law and accept the penalty for its breach, I use soul-force. It
involves sacrifice of self.”
– M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
Which one among the following is NOT in conformity with the above passage?
(A) Soul-force is brute force
(B) Passive resistance involves sacrifice
(C) Conscience is the soul-force
(D) Active resistance is body-force
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Q.50 In light of Merleau-Ponty’s concepts of the body and perception in his

Phenomenology of Perception, which of the following claim(s) is/are true about my
body?
(A) It is the vantage-point of my perception.
(B) It is the subject of perception.
(C) It can appear in my perception just like other objects.
(D) It is not embedded in my field of perception.
Q.51 Plato's theory of recollection sheds light on the origins of knowledge. Which among
the following option(s) does it intend to explain?
(A) Philosophical and mathematical discoveries
(B) Our linguistic capacities
(C) Innateness of knowledge
(D) Only higher learning but not the ordinary learning
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Q.52 Which among the following is/are correct statement(s) about Aristotle’s approach
to the study of logic and its contribution to science (episteme)?
(A) Logic is a mere tool and not an end in itself.
(B) Logic makes an important but incomplete contribution to science.
(C) The mind-independent nature of things is not accessible only through Logic.
(D) Science employs only Deductive Logic.
Q.53 Which among the following statement(s) is/are in accordance with John Locke’s
epistemological concern in his An essay concerning human understanding?
(A) All our knowledge ultimately derives from experience.
(B) Experience immediately provides us with ideas, not knowledge as such.
(C) Reason has no role to play in our acquisition of knowledge.
(D) Our knowledge has no limits.
Q.54 Which among the following fundamental rationalist beliefs concerning the cause
and effect relation does David Hume reject?
(A) Causes contain their effects.
(B) Causes entail their effects.
(C) There is necessary connection between cause and effect.
(D) Causal reasoning is not like demonstrative reasoning.
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Q.55 If Immanuel Kant is said to have brought about a Copernican revolution in

philosophy, it is because of the following reasons:
(A) For bringing foundational change in metaphysics.
(B) For showing that objects conform to perception and not perception to objects.
(C) For placing mind at the center of epistemology.
(D) For bringing foundational change in the theory of morality.
Q.56 What differentiates Logical Positivism of the Vienna Circle from the earlier forms
of Empiricism and Positivism of Hume, Mach, Comte and Mill?
(A) In holding that the ultimate basis of knowledge rests upon public experimental
verification rather than personal experience.
(B) In holding that metaphysical doctrines are not false but meaningless.
(C) In holding that all genuine knowledge about nature can be expressed in a single
language common to all the sciences.
(D) In confirming the possibility of synthetic a priori.
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Q.57 Bertrand Russell’s philosophy of Logical Atomism intends to establish his

methodological and metaphysical standpoints. Which among the following is/are in
accordance with his doctrine?
(A) Everything we experience can be analyzed into logical atoms.
(B) Logical atoms are particulars, qualities, and relations.
(C) Logical atoms are universals, and not about qualities and relations.
(D) We can apprehend the reality as it is in itself, unaffected by the medium of thought.
Q.58 Using the theories of punishment to argue for or against capital punishment, which
among the following is/are true?
(A) A combination of Utilitarian and Deterrent theories will argue for capital
punishment.
(B) A combination of Utilitarian and Retributive theories will argue for capital
punishment.
(C) A combination of Utilitarian and Reformative theories will argue against capital
punishment.
(D) A combination of Reformative and Retributive theories will argue against capital
punishment.
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Q.59 Gilbert Ryle believed that Descartes’ mind-body dualism commits a category
mistake. Which of the following motive(s) of Descartes lead(s) to this category
mistake?
(A) Endorsement of the claims of mechanics but not the Hobbesian kind
(B) Belief in religion and morality
(C) The mental cannot be a variety of the mechanical
(D) Complete endorsement of Hobbesian mechanics
Q.60 Ludwig Wittgenstein, in his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, writes, “A picture can

depict any reality whose form it has.” Which of the following proposition(s) will be
in line with this?
(A) A picture can always display a pictorial form.
(B) A picture has logical form.
(C) A logical picture can depict the world.
(D) A picture can depict its pictorial form.
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Q.61 Select the CORRECT combinations of the Vedanta schools (Group-I) and their
propounders (Group-II) from the table.
Group - I Group - II
(a) Dvaita (i) Śankara
(b) Śuddhādvaita (ii) Rāmānuja
(c) Advaita (iii) Madhva
(d) Viśiṣṭādvaita (iv) Nimbārka
(A) (a) and (iii)
(B) (d) and (ii)
(C) (b) and (i)
(D) (c) and (iv)
Q.62 Which of the following is/are part of the six pāramitās (ṣaḍpāramitā) in Buddhism?
(A) Charity or giving (dāna)
(B) Virtuous conduct (śīla)
(C) Forbearance or patience (kṣānti)
(D) Non-violence (ahimsā)
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“Habits of the constitutional morality may be essential for the maintenance of a

constitutional form of government. But the maintenance of a constitutional form of
Government is not the same thing as a self-government by the people. Similarly, it
may be granted that adult suffrage can produce government of the people in the
logical sense of the phrase, i.e., in contrast to the government of a king. But it cannot
by itself be said to bring about a democratic government, in the sense of the
government by the people and for the people.”
- B. R. Ambedkar, “Democracy”, The Essential Writings of B. R. Ambedkar
Which of the following statements is/are NOT in conformity with the above
passage?
(A) The maintenance of self-governance is always maintenance of constitutional

government.
(B) Constitutional morality may not be essential for preservation of constitutional form
of government.
(C) Adult suffrage itself is sufficient to bring about a democratic government.
(D) Elected government is logically in contrast to the government of a king.
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“What do I mean by the ideal of universal religion? I do not mean any one universal
philosophy, or any one universal mythology, or any one universal ritual held by all;
for I know that this world must go on working, wheel within wheel, this intricate
mass of machinery, most complex, most wonderful. What can we do then? We can
make it run smoothly, we can lessen the friction; we can grease the wheels, as it
were. How? By recognizing natural necessity of variation. Just as we have
recognized unity by our very nature, so we must also recognize variation. We must
learn that truth may be expressed in a hundred thousand ways, and that each of these
ways is true as far as it goes. We must learn that same thing can be viewed from a
hundred different standpoints, and yet be the same thing.”
– Swami Vivekananda, “The Ideal of a Universal Religion”, The Complete Works

of Swami Vivekananda, Vol.II
Which of the following is/are characteristics of Vivekananda’s ideal of universal

religion?
(A) No adherence to any particular religion
(B) Celebration of differences
(C) Recognition of multiple truths
(D) Reduction of all religions into a single religion
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Q.65 Read the song carefully and answer the question:
Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of

freedom in a thousand bonds of delight.
Thou ever pourest for me the fresh draught of thy wine of various
colours and fragrance, filling this earthern vessel to the brim.
My world will light its hundred different lamps with thy flame and
place them before the altar of thy temple.
No, I will never shut the doors of my senses. The delights of sight
and hearing and touch will bear thy delight.
Yes, all my illusions will burn into illumination of joy, and all my
desires ripen into fruits of love.
- Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali, Song 73
The above song voices Tagore’s philosophy of life. Which among the following
is/are in conformity with the message of the song?
(A) Denial of asceticism.
(B) Worldliness and divinity are not at odds with each other.
(C) Appreciation and enjoyment of the world.
(D) Denial of sensuous indulgence in the world.
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Q. No. Session Question Subject Key/Range Mark
Type Name
1 4 MCQ GA C 1
2 4 MCQ GA D 1
3 4 MCQ GA C 1
4 4 MCQ GA C 1
5 4 MCQ GA C 1
6 4 MCQ GA B 2
7 4 MCQ GA D 2
8 4 MCQ GA A 2
9 4 MCQ GA C 2
10 4 MCQ GA C 2
11 4 MCQ XH-B1 B 1
12 4 MCQ XH-B1 C 1
13 4 MCQ XH-B1 C 1
14 4 MCQ XH-B1 B 1
15 4 MCQ XH-B1 A 1
16 4 MSQ XH-B1 B, C 1
17 4 NAT XH-B1 33 to 33 1
18 4 MCQ XH-B1 A 2
19 4 MCQ XH-B1 D 2
20 4 MCQ XH-B1 B 2
21 4 MCQ XH-B1 A 2
22 4 MCQ XH-B1 A OR D 2
23 4 MSQ XH-B1 A, D 2
24 4 MSQ XH-B1 A, D OR A, B, D 2
25 4 MSQ XH-B1 B, C, D 2
26 4 NAT XH-B1 2535 to 2535 2
27 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
28 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
29 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
30 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
31 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
32 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
33 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
34 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
35 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
36 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
37 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
38 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
39 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
40 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 1
41 4 MSQ XH-C4 A,B,C 1
42 4 MSQ XH-C4 A,B 1
45 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 2
46 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 2
47 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 2
48 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 2
49 4 MCQ XH-C4 A 2
58 4 MSQ XH-C4 A,B OR A, B, C 2

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(A) tire / tier

(B) tire / tyre

(C) tyre / tire

(D) tyre / tier

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 P sits next to S and T.

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Statement 1: Some engineers are writers.

Statement 2: No writer is an actor.

Statement 3: All actors are engineers.

Conclusion I: Some writers are engineers.

Conclusion II: All engineers are actors.

Conclusion III: No actor is a writer.

Conclusion IV: Some actors are writers.

Which one of the following options can be logically inferred?

(A) Only conclusion I is correct

(B) Only conclusion II and conclusion III are correct

(C) Only conclusion I and conclusion III are correct

(D) Either conclusion III or conclusion IV is correct

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The pair(s) of words showing SIMILAR relationship is/are

Space for Figure/Equation, if any:

(A) Mango : Anaemia

(B) Insulin : Diabetes

(C) Fat : Obesity

(D) Hormones : Heredity

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Space for Figure/Equation, if any:

(D) should have

Hastings____(p)_____ developed as a holiday resort after ___(q)____ .

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(A) (p) = a seaside town, (q) = the first world war

(B) (p) = , a seaside town, (q) = the First World War

(C) (p) = , a Seaside Town, (q) = World War I

(D) (p) = A seaside town (q) = World War I

From the passage, it can be inferred that most telescopes

Space for Figure/Equation, if any:

(A) are not as large as Arecibo

(B) do not have reflective surface

(C) cannot be re-positioned

(D) strictly have 26 motors

Space for Figure/Equation, if any:

(A) People drive faster in rain and under poor visibility.

(C) Tailgating is against the road rules.

(D) Collision has no relationship with tailgating.

Space for Figure/Equation, if any:

The equivalent word for barn in this language is

Space for Figure/Equation, if any:

For the situation described above, the TRUE statement is

Space for Figure/Equation, if any:

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(C) Park street is parallel to Garden street

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