CSS Philosophy Past Paper 2004
Note: Before 2016 Philosophy had Two Papers.
Paper-I
PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks
PART-II
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
Q.2 Define logic. What are its two kinds with reference to truth and validity?
Q.3 Discuss syllogism and its formative and general rules.
OR
What is inference? Discuss the kinds of immediate inference.
Q.4 Discuss al-Farabi’s contribution to logic.
Q.5 Write short notes on hypothesis and simple enumeration.
OR
Discuss analogy as a form of inductive method.
Q.6 Discuss the emotive or declarative use of language.
Q.7 What are variables and non-variables in symbolic logic?
OR
Define propositional calculus and its elements.
Q.8 Critically discuss the fallacy of relevance.
Paper-II
PART-II (Subjective) 100 Marks
PART-I
Part- A : NAME THE AUTHORS OF THE FOLLOWING GREAT PHILOSOPHICAL WORK:
- Al-Nijat
- Tahafatul-Falasafah
- Fusus-ul-Hikm
- Muqadimma
- Khilafat-wa-Mulukiyat
Part-B : FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH ANY OF THE WORDS/NAMES.
(6) ___________ was a great Existentialist thinker.
(a) Sartre
(b) John Dewy
(c) J. S. Mill
(d) Some other
(7) Pragmatism is a form of Twentieth Century philosophy popularized in ______________.
(a) England
(b) United States of America
(c) France
(d) Some other
(8) ___________ is a school of Thought emphasize on the importance of Language.
(a) Vitalism
(b) Rationalism
(c) Logical Positivism
(d) Some other
(9) Creative evolution is the name of book; written by:
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Kant
(c) Bergson
(d) Some other
(10) _________ is a very popular way of thought from Plato to the present day.
(a) Pragmatism
(b) Idealism
(c) Realism
(d) Some other
PART-C : DEFINE ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING IN ONE OR TWO LINES.
(a) Sufism
(b) Vitalism
(c) Emanationism
(d) Being and Nothingness
PART-D : NAME THE PHILOSOPHERS WHO SAID THE FOLLOWING:
1. Cogito Urgo Som
2. Life is a constant flow
3. Human thought continuous without break from birth to death
4. The human mind is capable of transgressing its own limits
5. Asabiya is important for all social and political matters
PART-II
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
Q.2 Critically discuss dialectical materialism and its concept of history, social change, and class struggle.
Q.3 Discuss Ibn-i-Sina’s views on cosmology, ontology, and psychology.
OR
Write short notes on Ibn-e-Rushd’s views on bodily resurrection, immortality of the soul, and life after death.
Q.4 Briefly define the five basic concepts of Mutazilaism.
OR
Compare the views of Mutazilites and Ash’arites about freedom of the will and the relation of God’s essence and attributes.
Q.5 Discuss Ghazali’s three main points of dispute with the rationalist philosophers.
Q.6 Briefly discuss Iqbal’s theory of knowledge.
Q.7 Discuss Sir Sayyid’s view of the interpretation of prophetic traditions.
Q.8 Briefly discuss the Irtifaqat of Shah Wali Ullah.
OR
Briefly discuss Abul al Maududi’s views on the Islamic state.