CBSE Question Paper 2017 Class 12 Philosophy

General Instructions:

1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Questions numbers 1 – 14 are of 2 marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 40 words each.
3. Questions numbers 15 – 28 are of 3 marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 60 words each.
4. Question numbers 29 – 33 are of 6 marks each. The answers to these questions should not exceed 150 words each.

1. What is meant by ‘virtue’?
2. What, according to Divine Command Theory, makes an action valuable?
3. Define
4. Describe as a
5. Define ‘Rule Utilitarianism’.
6. Describe Jaina of  Asteya.
7. Describe the doctrine of Loksamgraha.
8. Define Rta as karma.
9. What is meant by the Buddhist doctrine of Brahmavihara?
10. What does Buddha mean by ‘Panchshila’?
11. Define ‘Tolerance’
12. What according to Descartes is the defining feature of ‘body’?
13. Define ‘Problem of Evil’.
14. What is meant by ‘Gender Equality’?
15. Explain the cosmological argument for the existence of God.
16. Explain the Cartesian theory of the relationship between mind and body.
17. Explain the conditions in which the can be abandoned.
18. Explain the distinction between sex and gender.
19. Explain right to property as a basic human right.
20. Differentiate between deontological and consequentialist ethics.
21. Explain the Jaina doctrine of
22. Explain Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s critique of caste.
23. Explain Buddha’s fourth noble truth.
24. Bring out the relationship between concepts of and
25. Explain the steps to be taken for the improvement of our environment.
26. What are the main issues in feminist ethics?
27. Explain Aristotle’s doctrine of the golden mean.
28. Bring out the relationship between and
29. Explain causal argument to prove the existence of God.
30. Examine Mahatma Gandhi’s critique of Vivekananda’s views on religious tolerance.
31. Examine the significance of rebirth in the central teaching of Bhagavadgita.
32. Can the existence of evil be reconciled with the omnipotence of God? Explain.
33. Bring out the relationship between the doctrine of and the doctrine of

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