SCERT Kerala Class XI Philosophy Sample Question Paper 2014

Organisation : State Council of Educational Research & Training
Exam : Higher Secondary Education Exam
Subject : Philosophy
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year : 2014
Class : XI STD

Website : http://www.scert.kerala.gov.in
Download Sample Question Paper : https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/8502philosophyXI.pdf

Philosophy Class XI Sample Question Paper :

Maximum : 80 Scores
Time: 2 ½ hrs
Cool off time : 15 Minutes

Related : SCERT Kerala Class XII Statistics Sample Question Paper 2015 : www.pdfquestion.in/8499.html

General Instructions to candidates:
** There is a ‘Cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs.
** You are neither allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.

** Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with questions and to plan your answers.
** Read the questions carefully before answering
** All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.

** When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
** Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
** Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.
** Give equations wherever necessary
** Only Non-programmable calculators are allowed in the Examination Hall.

Answer the question :
1. Find the odd one out (1)
a. Conception
b. Feeling
c. Judgement
d. Reasoning

2. In a certain code PAPER is written QCSIW. How is MOTHER written in that code? (1)
a. QNWLJX
b. NQWLJX
c. NWLJQX
d. NQXLJW

3. If ‘Paragraph’ is related to ‘sentence’ then ‘sentence’ is related to……………….
a. Paragraph
b. Type
c. Word
d. Letter

4. The following are two simple propositions. Create an Alternative proposition out of it. (1)
a) Black berry is a mobile phone
b) Black berry is a fruit

5. ‘Hamsavum Damayanthiyum’ is the painting by Raja Ravivarma. In the Aristotelian view of cause’ the painting ‘Hamsavum Damayanthiyam’ is ……………… (1)
a) Formal cause
b) Material cause
c) Efficient Cause
d) Final cause.

7. A. Find the incorrect symbolic form from the above table. (1)
B. Write the correct symbolic form (1)
8. The term ‘Research’ comes from a French word ‘RESEARCHE’. What does it mean?

9. Find out the one which is not a primary data for research. (1)
a. Report about census in a news paper
b. Questionnaire for an interview
c. Survey in a field visit
d. Diaries.
10. Read the following sentence and answer A and B.
“All that glitters is not gold”.
A, Reduce the above sentence into logical form (1)
B. Detect the terms that are distributed in the reduced proposition (2)

11. The following is an observation of a student during a seminar. Read it and answer A and B.
“Price rate of commodities increases when price of fuel increases; and decreases when it decreases”
A. Suggest the Mill’s method supporting the above observation (1)
B. Briefly explain the method you suggested (2)

12. Look at the following image and answer A and B.
A. Form a hypothesis for the catastrophy in the image (1)
B. How will you refute, if one says that ‘it is due to the curse of gods? (2)

13. Read the following syllogism and answer A and B.
‘If the rainfall is adequate, then the harvest will be good. The Harvest is good \The rainfall is adequate.
A. Detect the fallacy in the above syllogism (1)
B. Avoid the fallacy and make it a sound argument. (2)

14. Differentiate logical constants and variable (3)
15. List out the rules of conversion (3)
16. During a debate a student argued that ‘experiment is more accurate than observation ‘Do you agree? (3)

17. If p is True and q is False check the Truth value of (p n q) n q using Truth Table. (3)
18. If proposition ‘All cell phones are wireless devices’ is stated as 1 to 5 propositions, what are the answers of A and B?
1. Some wireless devises are cell phones
2. Some cell phones are wireless devices
3. All non wireless devices are non cell phones.
4. No wireless devices are non cell phones
5. Some cell phones are not wireless devices.
A. choose the best response (1)
a. 1, 2 and 4 are True
b. 1, 3 and 4 all True
c. 3, 4 and 5 are True
d. 1, 3 and 5 are True.
B. Prove the validity of your response . (4)
19. Explain the Rules and Fallacies related to the structure of syllogism. (4)
20. Compare direct observation and indirect observation. (4)
[embeddoc url=”https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/8502philosophyXI.pdf”]