UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

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U6 – Logical Reasoning and Indian Logic
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Concepts: asamavayi cause indian metaphysics nimitta cause nyaya causation samavayi cause ugc net philosophy

Q: Which of the following statements about Nyaya classification of causes are correct?

(A) Nyaya distinguishes between samavāyi (inherent), asamavāyi (non-inherent) and nimitta (efficient) causes;
(B) A samavāyi cause inheres in its effect, like threads in a cloth;
(C) A nimitta cause is an efficient or instrumental cause, like the weaver of the cloth;
(D) Nyaya holds that a single event can never have more than one type of cause simultaneously;
(E) UGC NET questions on Indian logic may ask for identification of these cause types through examples;
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U6 – Logical Reasoning and Indian Logic
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Concepts: a priori vs a posteriori analytic vs synthetic epistemic classification types of statements ugc net philosophy

Q: Which of the following statements about analytic/synthetic and a priori/a posteriori distinctions are correct?

(A) An analytic statement is true or false in virtue of meanings alone, such as “All bachelors are unmarried”;
(B) A synthetic statement’s truth depends at least partly on how the world is, such as “The table is brown”;
(C) An a priori truth can, in principle, be known independently of particular experiences;
(D) An a posteriori truth is known only on the basis of experience or observation;
(E) UGC NET reasoning occasionally refers to these distinctions in questions about types of statements or knowledge;
(F) All analytic statements are a posteriori and all synthetic statements are a priori, without exception;
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