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                        <description><![CDATA[COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FORRECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2013
PHILOSOPHY, PAPER-I
PART-I ((MCQs) (COMPULSORY)
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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, 2013</span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">PHILOSOPHY, PAPER-I</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. (i) Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate Circle on the OMR Answer Sheet. (20x1=20)</div>
<div><br />(ii) Answers given anywhere, other than OMR Answer Sheet, shall not be considered.</div>
<div><br />1. Which of the following is the best definition of validity?<br />(a) An argument is valid if its premises are true (b) An argument is valid if its conclusion is true<br />(c) An argument is valid if its premises are true and its conclusion is true<br />(d) An argument is true if and only if the truth of the premises guarantee the truth of the conclusion<br />(e) None of these</div>
<div><br />2. Which of the following preposition is a tautology?<br />(a) (p v q) q (b) pv (q p) (c) p v (p q) (d) p (p q)<br />(e) None of these</div>
<div><br />3. Which of the following is true of subcontrary claims?<br />(a) They can both be false but they cannot both be true<br />(b) They can both be true and false (c) They can always have opposite truth values<br />(d) They can both be true but they cannot both be false (e) None of these</div>
<div><br />4. Which of the following conclusions can logically be influenced from the following premises? No shoes<br />but joggers are sold in this store. The shoes sold here can be expensive.<br />(a) Only expensive shoes are sold in this store (b) All expensive shoes are joggers<br />(c) All joggers are sold in this store (d) Some joggers are expensive (e) None of these</div>
<div><br />5. An argument comprises of:<br />(a) At least a premise (b) At least a conclusion (c) At least two premises and a conclusion<br />(d) At least one premise and one conclusion (e) None of these</div>
<div><br />6. A deductive argument whose true premises do not necessarily prove its conclusion is considered to be:<br />(a) Weak (b) Lead (c) Invalid (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />7. Which fallacy is involved in the argument “Either join a political party or resign yourself to a lonely<br />life”.<br />(a) False Dilemma (b) Begging the question (c) Genetic fallacy (d) Ad hominem<br />(e) None of these</div>
<div><br />8. Which of the following claims are called negative?<br />(a) I and E (b) E and O (c) O and A (d) A and I (e) None of these</div>
<div><br />9. What does the symbol V stands for?<br />(a) Conjunction (b) Disjunction (c) Implication (d) Equivalence (e) None of these</div>
<div><br />10. Which Muslim logicians held Greek logic responsible for heretical metaphysical conclusions?<br />(a) Al-Ghazali (b) Al-Farabi (c) Ibn Sina (d) Ibn Taimya (e) None of these</div>
<div><br />11. Al-Ghazali is the author of:<br />(a) Tahafat al-Falasafah (b) Radd al-Mantaqeen (c) Tahaft Al-Tahafat (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />12. In logic of what kind do we argue from the whole to the part?<br />(a) Induction (b) Deduction (c) Formal (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />13. Symbolic logic was introduced by:<br />(a) Aristotle (b) Francis Bacon (c) Geoge Boole (d) None of these</div>
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<div>14. Give the conclusion from the following:<br />Some doctors are fools.<br />Some fools are sick.<br />(a) Some doctors are sick (b) Some sick are doctors (c) Both (a) and (b) follows<br />(d) Neither (a) nor (b) follows</div>
<div><br />15. What conclusion follows from the statements:<br />All fish are tortoise. No tortoise is a crocodile.<br />(a) No crocodile is a fish (b) No fish is a crocodile (c) Both (a) and (b) follows<br />(d) Neither of these follow</div>
<div><br />16. Identify the status of the conclusion in the following argument?<br />Tanya is older than Eric<br />Cliff is older than Tanya<br />Eric is older than Cliff<br />(a) True (b) False (c) Uncertain (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />17. In symbolic logic the symbol stands for:<br />(a) Implications (b) Equivalence (c) Negation (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />18. What is the name of the coupling device that binds the subject and predicate of a preposition in<br />traditional logic?<br />(a) Copula (b) Conjunction (c) Relation (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />19. A syllogism can be tested through diagram technique.<br />(a) Bool (b) Venn (c) Traditional (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />20. argument has probable conclusion.<br />(a) Deductive (b) Inductive (c) Fallacious (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.No.2. Distinguish between inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning. Why induction is considered crucial for scientific inquiry? (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.No.3. How emotive use of language impedes clear thinking? Illustrate with examples. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.No.4. What are logical fallacies? Distinguish between formal and material fallacies. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.No.5. Briefly explain the rules of replacement. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.No.6. How does probability relate to inductive logic? Are they identical? Discuss and substantiate your views. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.No.7. Muslim logicians both criticized and developed Aristotellian logic. Briefly discuss with reference to Al-Farabi, Ibe-Sina and Al-Ghazali. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.No.8. Write notes on any TWO of the following:<br />(a) Relativity of definitions<br />(b) Value of special symbols<br />(c) Scientific explanations</div>
<div style="text-align: center"><hr /><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, 2013</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. (i) Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate Circle on the OMR Answer Sheet. (20x1=20)</div>
<div><br />(ii) Answers given anywhere, other than OMR Answer Sheet, shall not be considered.</div>
<div><br />1. Plato was a:<br />(a) Pragmatist (b) Materialist (c) Idealist Rationalist (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />2. “Laws” is written by:<br />(a) John Rawls (b) Jeremy Bentham (c) Plato (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />3. “Being and Nothingness” is written by:<br />(a) Kant (b) Karl Popper (c) Jean Paul Sartre (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />4. “Tahafatul Philopha” is written to refute:<br />(a) The Politicians (b) The Lawyers (c) The Philosophers (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />5. _________is the turning point in philosophy at the dawn of the 20th century.<br />(a) Logical positivism (b) Science (c) Naturalism (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />6. Who is the author of the “Muqaddama”?<br />(a) Al-Ghazali (b) Ibn-e-Khaldun (c) Al-Kindi (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />7. The father of Modern Philosophy is:<br />(a) Descartes (b) Thales (c) Al-Kindi (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />8. Epistemology is a branch of Philosophy which deals with:<br />(a) Morality (b) Law (c) Knowledge (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />9. Theory of monads is presented by:<br />(a) Kant (b) Leibniz (c) Plato (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />10. Dialectic method is of:<br />(a) Plato (b) Socrates (c) Kant (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />11. Who is the author of the “Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam”?<br />(a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (b) Allama Iqbal (c) Al-Farabi (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />12. Shah Waliullah’s famous work is:<br />(a) Hujjatul Balagha (b) Tafseer (c) Tahafatul Tahafha (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />13. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan looked upon God as the Author of:<br />(a) Harmony (b) Nature (c) Nature &amp; first cause (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />14. This statement ‘God is Nature and Nature is God’ is referred to:<br />(a) Hegel (b) Spinoza (c) Aristotle (d) None of these</div>
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<div>15. Who named human mind Tabula Rasa?<br />(a) Spinoza (b) Locke (c) Descartes (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />16. Whose statement is this ‘know they self’?<br />(a) Plato (b) Socrates (c) Kant (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />17. ____________believed in the concept of Whadatul Wajud.<br />(a) Ibn-e-Taimya (b) Ibn-e-Sina (c) Ibn-e-Arabi (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />18. Dialectical Materialism is referred to:<br />(a) Karl Marx (b) Hegel (c) Descartes (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />19. Who said that substances are three?<br />(a) Spinoza (b) Descartes (c) Berkely (d) None of these</div>
<div><br />20. Renowed Book “A History of Muslim Philosophy” was edited by:<br />(a) Shah Waliullah (b) Abul Ala Maududi (c) M.M. Sharif (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>
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<div>Q.2. Critically evaluate Logical Positivist’s thesis on the rejection of metaphysics. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.3. What is Iqbal’s concept of Ijithad? (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.4. Compare and contrast the views of Mutazillites and Asharites on “Reason and Revelation”. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.5. (a) Write a comprehensive note on Freedom of will.<br />(b) Write a note on Asharites Atomism.</div>
<div><br />Q.6. Discuss Al-Ghazali’s position he takes against Philosophy and Philosophers. (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.7. State and examine the main features of Dialectical Materialism as enunciated by Hegel. (20)</div>
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<div>Q.8. What are ‘Forms’ in Plato’s Philosophy? Why he needed ‘Forms’? (20)</div>
<div><br />Q.9. Discuss in detail Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s doctrine of nature. (20)</div>
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