List of top Questions asked in GATE XH- C4- 2025

Which one of the following statements is advocated by Jean-Paul Sartre?
Consider the statement: “This is a dragon”. How could this, mentioned in the statement, be instantiated as a description of Aristotle’s notion of substance?

What does the is signify in Parmenides’ response to the ontological question, ‘What is?’

In Sānkhya system of Indian thought, _________ is constituted by (or a unity of) three guṇas - sattva, rajas and tamas.
In Jain ethical discipline, Mahāvratas (great vows) are given prominence. Which one of the following options contains the Mahāvratas of Jainism?
Cārvāka school of thought admits the existence of four elements: earth, water, fire and air. Why is the fifth element, ether (ākāśa), rejected?
How many Pramāṇas are accepted in the Advaita theory of knowledge?
In Kāṣmīra Śaivism, Śiva is the only reality which assumes forms in cosmic manifestations. How many principles (tattvas) of cosmic manifestations does Kāṣmīra Śaivism admit?
The Chāndogya Upaniṣad gives the mahāvākya – Tat tvam asi (Ch. Upa. 6:8:7), ‘That you are.’ In this ‘great statement’ what does “tat” (“that”) stand for?
Which one of the following options is challenged by G. E. Moore’s ‘Open Question Argument’ concerning meta-ethical positions?
In the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke proposes an empiricist conception of knowledge that would agree with which of the following statement(s)?
Which among the following is/are in accordance with the ‘problem of induction’ that David Hume raises in his An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding?
Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about the formulation of the “will to power” as conceived by Friedrich Nietzsche?
The Vaiśeṣika, like the Nyāya, adopts the realistic test of correspondence and the pragmatic test of practical workability. What is the Vaiśeṣika doctrine of validity of knowledge called?
Which one among the following is the theory of error advocated by Nyāya school of Indian philosophy?