CHANDRAPUR COLLEGE
MODEL QUESTIONS
SUB.- PHILOSOPHY(Gen.)
PAPER- IV
Marks : 02
Half- I (Philosophy of Religion)
1. What is Philosophy of Religion?
2. What according to Hick, is proper meaning of ‘Philosophy of religion’?
3. What is the aim of Philosophy of Religion?
4. How is philosophy of religion different from religion?
5. How is philosophy of Religion different from theology?
6. What is mana?
7. Mention after Cardington three characteristics of mana?
8. What is the etymological meaning of the term ‘animism’?
9. What is meant by divine revelation?
10. What is magic?
11. What is ‘animism’?
12. Who is the propounder of animism?
13. What is totemism?
14. What is primitive religion?
15. What is Tribal Religion?
16. What is Universal Religion?
17. Distinguish between Magic and Religion.
18. Distinguish between animism and totemism.
19. Who is the author of ‘Primitive Culture’?
20. What is Fetishism?
21 What is Polydaemonism?
22. What is meant by a tribe?
23. What is tribal religion?
24. What is spritism?
25. What are the merits of tribal religion?
26. What is national religion?
27. What are the defects of national religion?
28. Show the difference between gods of national religion from gods of tribal
religion?
29. What is sacrifice?
30. What is prayer?
31. What is universal religion?
32. What are chief forms of universal religion?
33. What is ideal of universal religion?
34. Which one of the universal religions is prior?
35. Which one is the youngest of universal religion?
36. What is the meant by religions state?
37. What is religion?
38. What is Dharma?
39. What is the difference between Dharma and Religion?
40. What is dhamma?
41. What are the two aspects of Religion?
42. What is etymological meaning of the Dharma?
43. “Religion is morality touched with emotion” – who says this?
44. “The true history of man is the history of religion” – who says?
45. What is the definition of religion given by Durkheim?
46. ‘Religion is the opium of the people’ – who says this?
47. Define hinduism.
48. How does the term hindu originate?
49. Are the words ‘Religion’ and ‘Dharma’ identical in meaning?
50. Why hinduism is called sanatan dharma?
52. What is Veda?
53. Does hinduism support casteism?
54. What is moksa according to Vivekananda?
55. What is soul according to Vivekananda?
56. What is religion according to Vivekananda?
57. What is Gita?
58. What is vedanta?
59. What is Purana?
60. What is the meaning of rebirth in Hindu Religion?
61. What is the bondage in Hindu Religion?
62. What is liberation in Hindu Religion?
63. Mention the different paths of realization of the supreme end.
64. What is the literal meaning of ‘Upanisad’?
65. Who is the founder of Christian Philosophy?
66. What is the ideal of Christianity?
67. What is trinity in Christianity?
68. What is the role of Christ in Christianity?
69. What is New Testament?
70. What is Old Testament?
71. Who are the Roman Catholics?
72. Who are Protestants?
73. Mention the major schools of Christianity.
74. What is the meaning of the word ‘Islam’?
75. What is are the five billars of Islam?
76. What is ‘Namaz’?
77. What is ‘Kalimx’?
78. What Is ‘Zakat’?
79. What is ‘Haz’?
80. What is ‘Roza”?
81. Who are the Shia Sects?
82. Who are the Sunni Sects?
83. What is Maharam?
84. What is Iman?
85. What is Sufism?
86. Who are Mutazilas?
87. What is ‘Deen’?
88. What is ‘Sariat’?
89. Who are the infidels from the point of Islam?
90. Is Islam Monotheistic?
91. What is the Meaning of Koran?
92. Why Islamism is called Universal Religion?
93. What are the four Nobel Truth preached by Buddha?
94. What are the paths to liberation or what is Astangika-Marga?
95. What is Nirvana?
96. What is pitak?
97. What is tripitak is Buddhism?
98. What the two main divisions of Buddhism?
99. Does Buddhism accept God?
100. What is Bodhisattva?
101. Why Buddhism called universal religion?
102. Is Buddhism a religion perfect?
103. Is Buddha a pessimist?
104. State the moral argument for the existence of God.
105. What are according to Aquinas the vive ways of proving “god” existence?
106. State the main contention of the ontological argument for the existence
of God.
107. What is the teleological proof for divine existence?
108. What is the logical assumption upon which ‘Descartes’ ontological
argument is bared?
109. In whose writing the classic critique of the design argument for God’s
existence occurs?
110. Name the thinker who first developed the ontological argument for the
existence of God.
111. Name the modern proponent of the teleological argument for the
existence of God.
112. How does the first from of ontological argument different from the
second, which is formulated by Anselom?
114. What is the scholastic concept of “aseity”?
115. What is the main contention of the first cause argument as formulated by
Aquinas?
116. What is religion according to the Freud?
117. What is the basic contestation of the Freud’s theory of religion?
118. Mention any two objections raised against the Durkheim’s sociological
theory.
119. What are the arguments generally add used against the existence of God?
120. What is the naturalistic interpretation of religion?
121. Which theory advocates that human being has created God to preserve
their own existence?
122. Name the thinker who interpreted religious believes as fulfilments of the
oldest strongest and most insistent wishes of manking.
123. How is the problem of evil formulated?
125. What is the ‘wrath of God’?
126. State clearly the problem of evil.
127. What is Monotheism?
128. What is Polytheism?
129. Distinguish between Monotheism and Polytheism.
130. What is Henotheism?
131. Is God wholly immanent in the World?
132. What is Theism?
133. What is theistic conception of god?
134. What is Pantheism?
135. What is Desim?
Marks : 04
1) What is Philosophy of Religion?
2) Discus the nature of Philosophy of religion.
3) Discus the relation to Philosophy of Religion.
4) Can Philosophy of religion be regulated as a branch of theology? Discuss
briefly.
5) How would you distinguish between Magic and religion?
6) Distinguish between animism and totemism.
7) Does religion grow out of fear?
8) Discuss the role mana in the origion of religion.
9) What are the chief characteristics of Totems?
10) What is the new form of totemisn that has given by Durkheim?
11) ‘Religion is prior to magic and religion origins from magic’ Do you accept
this view?
12) What is the concept of tribal religion?
13) Briefly discuss the chief characteristics of tribal religion.
14) What is fetishism?
15) What is Poly demonism?
16) What are the important characteristics of national religion?
17) Show the difference between tribal religion and national religion.
18) Briefly discuss Buddhism as a universal religion.
19) Briefly discuss Christianity as universal religion.
20) What are the main views of Islamism?
21) What is the difference between dharma and religion?
22) What is the relation between dharma and dharmma?
23) Is subject matter of dharma and dhamma same?
24) Is Hinduism is a Universal Religion? Discuss briefly.
25) Briefly explain the conception of self in Hindu Religion.
26) Give an account of sanatana dharma after Vivekananda.
27) Discus the Hindu conception of liberation.
28) Discuss the Hindu conception of Bondage.
29) Discuss the characteristic of Christianity.
30) What is negative aspect of the Christian salvation?
31) Briefly discuss the main views of Christianity as universal religion.
32) Explain Christian conception of Trinity.
33) What is the ideal of Christianity?
34) What are the main views of Islamism?
35) Why Islamism called Universal religion?
36) Where are the draw backs of Islamism?
36) What is ‘kalema’? Discuss.
37) What are the five pillars of Islam?
38) Briefly discuss Islamic conception of Allah.
39) What is the cause of suffering according to Buddha?
40) Discuss in brief the concept of ‘Nirvana’ of Buddhism.
41) Give a description of four nobel truths.
42) Explain the reason for the bondage according to Buddhism.
43. Briefly explain after Aquinas the third way of proving God’s existence.
44. How does Aquinas explain the first-cause argument?
45. Explain the second form of ontological argument as formulated by St.
Anselom.
46. Explain the first form ontological argument as formulated by Anselom.
47. What is the Teleological argument for the existence of God?
48. Discuss critically Aquinas’s cosmological argument for the existence of God.
49. Discuss after Hick, the two forms of the moral argument.
50. Explain the ontological argument for the existence of God.
51. State that three main criticism made by Hume against the teleological
argument.
52. Analyse the Freudian theory of religion.
53. What are Hick’s observations on Freud’s account of religion?
54. Explain the Durkheim’s theory of religion.
55. Explain the criticisms levelled against the sociological theory of religion.
56. What is the naturalistic interpretation of religion?
57. Give a brief account of process theodicy.
58. Explain briefly how the existence of evil creates problem for a believer in
God.
59. Distinguish between monotheism and polytheism.
60. Discuss the view of Henotheism.
61. Distinguish between transcendence and immanence of God.
62. How is God related to the world?
63. What are the merits of pantheism?
64. What are the defects of pantheism?
65. What is the theistic concept of God?
66. Explain the Pantheistic conception of God.
67. What is the main view of Deism? Discuss.
Marks : 10
1) Discuss the nature of philosophy of religion.
2) Discuss the nature and scope of philosophy of religion.
3) Can philosophy of religion be regarded as branch of theory?
4) What is the subject matter of philosophy?
5) How philosophy of religion related to religion?
6) What are the psychical factors that determine the origin and development
of religion? Discuss.
7) Distinguish between animism and totemism.
8) Explain and examine any two modern anthropological theories of the origin
of religion.
9) How does modern religion differ from primitive religion? Discuss fully.
10) Critically discuss Animism as a theory regarding the origin of religion.
11) Explain and examine the ghost theory about the origin of religion.
12) Discuss totemism as most primitive from of religion.
13) Discuss the role Manna in origin of Religion.
14) Discuss the anthropological view about the relation between religion and
magic.
15) ‘Magic is a briar of religion and Magic is the origin of religion.’ Discuss the
view.
16) Does Religion grow out of fear? Discuss fully.
17) Explain the concept of Tribal Religion.
18) Discuss the drawbacks of Tribal Religion.
19) What are the chief characteristics of tribal religion?
20) Discuss the nature of national religion.
21) Discuss the characteristics of universal religion.
22) Discuss Buddhism as a universal religion.
23) Discuss Christianity as universal religion.
24) Discuss Islamism as a universal religion.
25) Discuss the nature of national religion.
26) Mention the various definitions or religion and discuss characteristics.
27) What is the relation among religion, dharma and dhamma? Discuss.
28) Mention the chief characteristics of hindu.
29) Discuss Vivekananda’s view of hinduism.
30) Explain the hindu conception of incarnation.
31) Explain the conception of self in hindu religion.
32) Is hindu religion polytheistic or monotheistic? Discuss.
33) Discuss the doctrine of bondage and liberation in Hindu religion.
34) What, according to Hinduism, are the different paths of relations of the
supreme end?
35) Discuss Christianity as a form of humanism.
36) Discuss the main characteristics Christianity.
37) Discuss the concept of salutation of Christianity.
38) Discuss the Christian conception about incarnation.
39) Discuss the main views of Islam.
40) Explain Islamic conception of Allah.
41) Explain Islamic conception about liberation.
42) Explain the concept of incarnation in Islamism.
43) Describe in brief Buddhism as a Universal religion.
44) Discuss the concept of ‘nirvana’ of Buddhism.
45) Discuss the astangikmarga as a path of nirvana.
46. Discuss the critically the first cause and cosmological arguments by which
Aquinas proves the existence of God.
47. Explain and examine the Cartesian version of the ontological argument.
48. Consider the objections raised against the ontological argument for the
existence of God.
49. Give following William Paley, an exposition of the teleological proof.
50. Critically explain the moral arguments for the existence of God.
51. Explain the teleological argument for the existence of God.
52. Explain the Freud’s theory of religion.
53. Explain the Durkheim’s sociological theory of religion.
54. Give a short account of the Irenean theodicy.
55. How does Whitehead’s process theodicy help to solve the problem of evil?
56. Discuss critically how the problem of evil acts as aground for disbelief in
God.
57. Give a critical account of the Augustinian theodicy.
58. Distinguish among the Monotheism, Polytheism and Henotheism.
59. Discuss about immanence and transcendence of God in Indian Philosophy.
60. Explain the pantheistic conception of God.
61. Does pantheism destroy religion? Discuss.
62. What is the theistic concept of God? Discuss.
63. Make a critical estimate of Deism.
64. How is God related to the World? Discuss the deistic, pantheistic and
theistic views.
65. What are the merits and defects of pantheism?
Half : II (Socio-Political Philosophy)
Marks : 02
1. What is social philosophy?
2. What is political philosophy?
3. What is society?
4. What is community?
5. What is an association?
6. What is institution?
7. What is custom?
8. What do you mean by folkway?
9. What is mores?
10. Is hospital an association or community?
11. Is political organisation an association?
12. What is domestic institution?
13. What is the difference between community and association?
14. What is the difference between association and community?
15. What is social group?
16. What is the primary group?
17. What is secondary group?
18. What is social class?
19. What do you mean by class attitude?
20. What is class?
21. What is Marxist conception of class?
22. What is caste?
23. What is class consciousness?
24. Difference between class and caste.
25. What is dalit movement?
26. What is democracy?
27. What is equality?
28. What is economic equality?
29. What is direct democracy?
30. What is indirect democracy?
31. What is liberal democracy?
32. What is socialist democracy?
33. What is socialism?
34. What is utopian socialism?
35. What is scientific socialism?
36. What is state socialism?
37. What is communism?
38. State the difference between utopian and scientific socialism.
39. What is meant by religious state?
40. What is the meaning of non-violence?
41. What is truth according to Gandhi?
42. What is the true meaning of swaraj?
43. How ahimsa related to swaraj?
44. How did we achieve swaraj in the true sense of the term?
45. What is satyagrah?
46. What is sarvodaya?
47. What is the etymological meaning of the word sarvodaya?
Marks : 04
1. What is social philosophy?
2. Discuss, in brief, the subject matter of social philosophy.
3. Define political philosophy.
4. Distinguish between scientific theory and philosophical theory.
5. Briefly discuss the relation between social philosophy and political
philosophy.
6. What are the bases of community?
7. Where in lies in difference between community and association?
8. Define family.
9. Analyse the nature of family.
10. State the function of a modern family.
11. What is meant by community?
12. What is community sentiment?
13. How does association differ from community?
14. Discuss the difference between society and community.
15. Explain the different kinds of community.
16. Is hospital an association or community?
17. Are religious institutions association or community? Discuss.
18. Discuss the nature of social group.
19. Distinguish between primary and secondary group.
20. Discuss the distinction between social custom and Institution.
21. What is class consciousness? Discuss
22. State the characteristics of caste system.
23. Discuss the chief characteristics of democracy.
24. Discuss the nature of democracy.
25. How can we overcome the demerits of democracy?
26. Discuss the merits of democracy.
27. Discuss the demerits of democracy.
28. What do you mean by direct democracy?
29. What do you mean by indirect democracy?
30. What is scientific socialism? Discuss.
31. Briefly discuss the main features of scientific socialism.
32. What is utopian socialism? Discuss briefly.
33. What is meant by religious tolerance?
34. How did Gandiji intend use the method of non-violence to attain swaraj?
35. What is the role of non-violence in sarvodaya movement? Discuss.
36. Give a short note about Gandhiji’s trusteeship.
37. Discuss, in brief, the subject matter of political philosophy.
Marks : 10
1. What is the subject matter of social philosophy?
2. Discuss the relation between social philosophy and political philosophy.
3. Discuss the nature of social philosophy.
4. Distinguish between political science and political philosophy.
5. Discuss the subject matter of political philosophy.
6. Distinguish between scientific theory and philosophical theory.
7. “Society is the wed of social relationship.” (MacIver and Page) Explain the
nature of society in the light of the statement.
8. Critically explain the idealistic theory regarding the relation between
individual and society.
9. Discuss the different types of family.
10. Explain the organic theory regarding the relation between individual in
society.
11. Can the member of a national political party constitute a community?
12. Discuss the relation between society and community.
13. Discuss the features or characteristics of association.
14. Is state an association or community?
15. Is family an association or community?
16. Explain the characterirtics of an institution.
17. Discuss the forms of social institution.
18. Distinguish between institution and association.
19. Discuss the role as forces of social control of flokways and mores.
20. Discuss the various types of social group.
21. Discuss the social role of custom.
22. Discuss the characteristics of class.
23. Explain the Marxist conception of class.
24. Discuss the characteristics of caste system.
25. What is difference between class and caste? Discuss.
26. Discuss the different forms of class sentiment with special reference to
Marx’s interpretation of class sentiment.
27. Explain the basic principles of democracy.
28. What are the principal forms of democratic government? Discuss.
29. Discuss the merits and demerits of democratic government.
30. Explain the liberal democracy.
31. Discuss in details the main features of scientific socialism.
32. Give a critical exposition of scientific socialism.
33. Distinguish between scientific socialism and utopian socialism.
34. Explain Gandhiji’s concept of non-violence.
35. Give an account of Gandhiji’s concept of ‘sarvodaya’
36. Elucidate the basic tenets of sarvodaya.