Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Philosophy is a well-coordinated and systematised attempt at evaluating life and the universe as a whole, with reference to first principles that underlie all things as their causes and are implicit in all experience. It is an impartial approach to all problems and aspects of life and existence, and its studies are not devoted merely to the empirical world, as in the case of the physical and biological sciences; not restricted to the provinces of faith and authority or to the questions of the other world, as is the case with theological disquisitions; not confined to investigation of the mind and its behaviour, as in psychology; not given over merely to casuistry and ethology, as in the normative sciences of morality and ethics; not taken up with the consideration of civic duties and problems of administration and constitution, as in the case of politics; not concerned with the solution of problems and techniques of adjusting and ordering and discovering the origin and organisation and development of human society, like economics and sociology.
Question 1
Which of the following is implied in the passage about philosophy?
1. It attempts to evaluate life and the universe.
2. It is an impartial approach to all problems
3. It is confined to investigation of the mind
4. It talks about the consideration of civic duties
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 1, 3 and 4 only
(D) 2, 3 and 4 only
Question 2
With reference to the passage, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Psychology does not involve investigation of mind and behavior
2. Casuistry and ethology are the main focus of the normative sciences of morality and ethics.
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Question 3
Which of the following is the meaning of ‘implicit’ as used in the passage?
(A) Inherent
(B) Implied
(C) Deliberate
(D) Subtle
Question 4
With reference to the passage, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The physical and biological sciences entails empirical analysis
2. The questions of the other world are usually asked in theology.
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Question 5
Which of the following is the meaning of ’empirical’ as used in the passage?
(A) Factual
(B) Theoretical
(C) Unproven
(D) Conjectural
SOLUTIONS TO DAILY CSAT MISSION # 56
1.(B) 2.(B) 3.(A) 4.(A) 5.(D)
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