Lecture 39 Self evaluation :

1)  Each question carries 1 mark.

2) There are five alternatives - (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) given against each question out of which only one is the most appropriate answer. If (A) is correct, round on the correct alternative like (A) .

3) If a question is answered wrongly or more than one answers are marked, 0.20 marks will be deducted for each such question.

Q.1 Evaluating any new philosophy promising a betterment of man and society is always fraught with risks because all surviving philosophies have internally consistent sets of ….

(A)   Normative concepts

(B)   Analytical concepts

(C)   Theoretical concepts

(D)   Propositions

Q.2 Reactions to Jeevan Vidya Shivirs include:

(A)   “I can more clearly recognize that the causes of problems of relations in family or friends were within me only. I am changed and I will have better relations in the future.”

(B)   “I have attended several Shivirs. Initially I found it to be just another exercise in moral codes. Gradually I started understanding more and more of it and I have benefited in the sense that I have much better relationship with family members and friends.

(C)   “I go to Shivirs only because the boys keep on calling me to attend it. I do not find anything new in it and it is always the same. “I” and “Me”, janna aur manna (knowing and assuming), janchna aur parakhna (testing and verifying).

(D)   All the above

Q.3 Buddha showed a simple way to live peacefully and happily but he often compromised with:

(A)   Social evils

(B)   Vedas

(C)   Puranas

(D)   Shastras

Q.4 Andre Beteille, referring to the identity of caste and community, said: “…, which brings different communities into confrontation with each other, may have made people more conspicuous of their rights, but it has also made social prejudice more difficult to control.”

(A)   Modernization

(B)   Lack of education

(C)   System

(D)   All of the above

Q.5 JV encompasses all major issues of life and presents an:

(A)   Indian way of thinking

(B)   Abstract philosophy of life

(C)   Integrated philosophy

(D)   None of the above