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                        <description><![CDATA[COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FORRECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2011
PHILOSOPHY, PAPER-I
 
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2011</span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">PHILOSOPHY, PAPER-I</span></strong></div>
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<div style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">(PART-I MCQs) (COMPULSORY)</span></strong></div>
<div><br />Q.1. Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet. (1 x 20=20)</div>
<div><br />(i) How many kinds of Traditional Logic are there?<br />(a) Two (b) Four (c) Three (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(ii) How many Propositions are there in a syllogism?<br />(a) Four (b) Three (c) Two (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(iii) A Proposition is the part of an argument, what is the nature of proposition?<br />(a) Stressing a point (b) Opinion (c) Information (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(iv) Logic is what kind of Science?<br />(a) Natural (b) Social (c) Normative (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(v) Aristotelian Logic is refuted by Imam Ibn Taimiya in one of his works, what is the name of that book?<br />(a) Al Isharat (b) Rad-ul-Mantaqeen (c) Tahajat ul Falasafah (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(vi) There are sentences which are not Propositions, only some sentences are Propositions, which are not?<br />(a) Questions and derogatory/ exclamatory sentences<br />(b) Informative (c) Explanatory (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(vii) Al-Farabi is called Al-Shaikh-ul-Thani or the Second Master because of his contribution to Logic. Who<br />is The Shaikh or The Master?<br />(a) Plato (b) Aristotle (c) Inb-i-Sina (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(viii) Logos is a Greek word meaning?<br />(a) Culture (b) Grammar (c) To talk about (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(ix) Inductive Logic is based on the law of:<br />(a) Causation (b) Identity (c) Uniformity of Nature (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(x) Logic is very important to?<br />(a) Thought and Reasoning (b) Praising (c) Inquiring (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xi) How many symbols are there in Logic?<br />(a) Two (b) Four (c) Five (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xii) Muslim Thinkers stress on the Scientific Method, which is based on:<br />(a) Deductive Logic (b) Formal Logic (c) Inductive Logic (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xiii) Al Ghazali wrote the:<br />(a) Rad-ul-Mantaqeen (b) Madina-tul-Fazilata (c) Tahafat-ul-Falasafah (d) None of these</div>
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<div>(xiv) Syllogism is a form of _____ Logic.<br />(a) Inductive (b) Symbolic (c) Deductive (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xv) How many terms are there in Syllogistic Argument?<br />(a) Two (b) Four (c) Three (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xvi) In _____ Logic we argue from the whole to the part.<br />(a) Deductive (b) Inductive (c) Formal (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xvii) Aristotelian Logic is based on the law of:<br />(a) Ecluded Middle (b) Uniformity of nature (c) Causatiion (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xviii) ~ is a symbol of:<br />(a) Conjunction (b) Negation (c) Disjunction (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xix) Logic studies thought:<br />(a) As it is (b) As it should be (c) As it appear (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xx) The conclusions of all arguments are:<br />(a) Final (b) Probable (c) Relative (d) None of these</div>
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<div style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">PART-II</span></strong></div>
<div>Q.2. Define Logic and briefly discuss its various kinds. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.3. What is the role of definition and division in Logic? Discuss with special reference to Aristotle. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.4. What is a fallacy? Enumerate and define its various kinds in brief. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.5. How far has Imam-Inb-i-Taimiya succeeded in proving the non-compulsion of causation? (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.6. Discuss the nature and scope of probability in Logic. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.7. Discuss Al-Farabi’s contribution in Logic. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.8. Discuss the importance of symbols in logic with reference to the five symbols. (20)</div>
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<div style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2011</span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">PHILOSOPHY, PAPER-II</span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">(PART-I MCQs) (COMPULSORY)</span></strong></div>
<div><br />Q.1. Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet. (1 x 20=20)</div>
<div><br /><br />(i) “Creative Evolution” is written by:<br />(a) Kant (b) Bergson (c) Hegel (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(ii) “Critique of Pure Reason” is the work of:<br />(a) Bergson (b) Hume (c) Kant (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(iii) _____ is the founder of Modern Philosophy.<br />(a) Descartes (b) Spinoza (c) Leibniez (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(iv) “The Republic” is authored by:<br />(a) Aristotle (b) Plato (c) Socrates (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(v) Al Rad-ul-Mantaqeen is written by:<br />(a) Al-ghazali (b) Ibn-i-Taimiya (c) Ibn Rushd (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(vi) Karl Marx is famous for his work:<br />(a) Das Capital (b) Creative Evolution (c) Critique of Pure Reason (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(vii) Al-Nijat and Al-Isharat are the works of:<br />(a) Ibn-i-Sina (b) Al-Ghazali (c) Al-Farabi (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(viii) Ibn Rushd wrote a book as an answer to al-Ghazali’s Tahafat, name it.<br />(a) Hujjatullah al Baligha (b) Tahafat-ul-Tahafat (c) The Muqaddama (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(ix) Wahdat-ul-Wajud is the doctrine of:<br />(a) Ibn-ul-Fareed (b) Ibn-ul-Arabi (c) Maulana Rumi (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(x) Who is famous for his ‘Illuminative’ or ‘Isharqi Sufism’?<br />(a) Ibn-ul-Arabi (b) Ibn-ul-Fareed<br />(c) Shahabuddin Suharawardy Maqtool (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xi) Who is the founder of Philosophy of History?<br />(a) Ibn-i-Sina (b) Al-Kindi (c) Ibn-i-Khaldun (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xii) Who was the first to translate the Quran in Persian in the Sub-Continent?<br />(a) Shah Abdul Qadir (b) Syed Ahmed Shaheed (c) Shahwaliullah (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xiii) The word “Mutazilites” is derived from the Arabic word.<br />(a) Ihtisal (b) Itizal (c) Istidlal (d) None of these</div>
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<div>(xiv) Abu Musa was the founder of the Kalamist thought of the:<br />(a) Mutazilites (b) Qadarites (c) Asharites (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xv) Amr Ibn Ubaid and Wasil Ibn Ata were the pupils of:<br />(a) Al-Ghazali (b) Imam Hasan Basri (c) Imam Ibn-i-Taimiya (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xvi) Kant is famous for his critiques. Which one is the most important?<br />(a) Critique of Pure Reason (b) Critique of Pure Practical Reason<br />(c) Critique of Practical Reason (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xvii) Empiricism is a Philosophical school of thought originated in:<br />(a) America (b) Britain (c) Germany (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xviii) The founder of Modern Philosophy was:<br />(a) Spinaza (b) Hume (c) Descartes (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xix) Who said, “Knowledge is virtue”?<br />(a) Plato (b) Democitus (c) Socrates (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />(xx) Ibn ul Arabi is famous for his Sufism based on the idea of:<br />(a) Wahdat-ul-Wajood (b) Wahdat-ul-Shahood (c) Amr bil Maroof (d) None of these</div>
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<div style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">PART-II</span></strong></div>
<div>Q.2. Critically examine the Rationalist Idealism of Hegel. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.3. Discuss Ibn-i-Sina’s theory of Being and his views of Psychology. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.4. Discuss the four postulates of Ethics formulated by Immanual Kant. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.5. Discuss the three main points of Al-Ghazali’s criticism of the Rationalist in the Tahafatul Falasafah. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.6. Compare the views of the Mutazilites and Asharites about the following:<br />(a) Existence of God, and the relations of His Essence and Attributes. (7)<br />(b) Origin of the Quran (7)<br />(c) Freedom of the Will. (6)</div>
<div><br />Q.7. Discuss Iqbal’s Theory of knowledge as expounded in the Reconstruction of Religious Thought in slam. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.8. Write short notes on ANY FOUR of the following: (5 x 4 = 20)<br />(i) Elan Vitale (ii) Irtifaqat (iii) Pragmatism<br />(iv) Sufism (v) Karl Marx (vi) Logical Positivism</div>
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