Philosophical comprehension

Philosophical comprehension is a Marathi Language concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 4 past MPSC questions across 4 exam years between 2015 and 2024. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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Reading comprehensionBasic Gandhian philosophyAdvanced Marathi reading

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inducement for the individual to ripen, to become something in himself, to become world, to become world in himself for the sake of another person; it is a great, demanding claim on him, something that chooses him and calls him to vast distances. Only in this sense, as the task of working on themselves (“to hearken and to hammer day and night”), may young people use the love that is given to them. Merging and surrendering and every kind of communion is not for them (who must still, for a long, long time, save and gather themselves); it is the ultimate, is perhaps that for which human lives are as yet barely large enough.

लेखकाच्या विचारानुसार दुसऱ्या व्यक्तीवर प्रेम करणे कठीण काम आहे कारण, / According to writers' thinking to love another person is a difficult task because वरीलपैकी कोणती कारण/णे योग्य आहे/त ? / Which of the above statements is/are correct reason/s ?

(a)कोणत्याही हेतूशिवाय वा ध्येयाशिवाय कोणीही दुसऱ्या व्यक्तीवर प्रेम करू शकत नाही. / one cannot love another person without any purpose or aim.

(b)ते प्रेमाची अंतिम परीक्षा आहे ज्याच्यासाठी प्रत्येक व्यक्तीला इतर सर्व कामे करून स्वतःला तयार करावे लागते. / it is the final examination for which human being prepares oneself after doing all other tasks.

(c)ते शिकायला खूप वेळ लागतो आणि धीर धरून चिकाटीने काम करत राहणे कठीण असते. / it takes a long time to learn it and it is difficult to work with courage and perseverance.

(d)त्यासाठी व्यक्तीला स्वतःच्या सर्व शक्ती एकवटाव्या लागतात व इतर कामे करण्याचे कष्ट करावे लागतात. / it requires a person to gather all his/her energies and strive for completing all other tasks.

1)फक्त ब / b only

2)ब आणि क / b and c

3)अ वगळता सर्व / All but a✓ Correct

4)क आणि ड / c and d

Based on passages discussing the art of loving (often Erich Fromm's philosophy), loving is difficult because it requires mastery, concentration, patience, and supreme energy (b, c, and d are true). Statement 'a' is incorrect because love can exist as an orientation without a rigid ulterior purpose or aim.

लेखकाच्या मते 'खरा पुरुषार्थ' कोणता ?

1)जी परिस्थिती आहे तिच्याशी जुळवून घेतल्यानंतर मिळाणारी शांती.

2)आपल्या ध्येय पूर्तीसाठी वाटेला आलेली परिस्थिती प्रयत्नांनी अनुकूल करून घेणे.✓ Correct

3)आपण परिस्थितीशरण होऊन गोगलगायीप्रमाणे कठीण कवच अंगावर घेऊन जगणे.

4)विविधतेने नटलेल्या बहुरूपी जगत कर्मोत्सुक होऊन उत्साही तारुण्याचा आश्रय घेणे.

According to the author, true human effort (पुरुषार्थ) lies in proactively shaping adverse circumstances to fulfill one's goals rather than surrendering to them.

several schools for girls of the lower castes. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, who belonged to one of the Scheduled Castes, devoted his entire life to fighting against caste tyranny. He organised the All India Scheduled Castes Federation for the purpose. Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde and his colleagues founded the All India Depressed Classes Mission Society. In Kerala, Sri Narayan Guru organised a lifelong struggle against the caste system. He coined the famous slogan: “One religion, one caste and one God for mankind." In South India, the non-brahmins organised during the 1920s the Self-Respect Movement to fight the disabilities which Brahmins had imposed upon them. Numerous satyagraha movements were organised all over India jointly by the upper and depressed castes against the ban on the latter's entry into temples and other such restrictions.

'पुस्तकाच्या आवरणालत सत्य हे बंदिस्त करता येत नाही.' या विधानातून गांधीजींना काय अभिप्रेत असेल ? / What would Gandhiji mean when he said that 'Truth cannot be confined within the covers of a book' ?

1)सत्याचाच विजय होतो. / Truth always prevails.

2)पुस्तकात सत्य नसते. / There is no truth in a book.

3)सत्याचे स्वरूप पुस्तकाच्या बाहेरच दिसते. / Truth can be seen only outside a book.

4)कोणतेही सत्य एखाद्या पुस्तकापुरते मर्यादित नसते. / No truth is limited to the confines of a book.✓ Correct

Mahatma Gandhi meant that absolute truth is vast, universal, and dynamic, and it cannot be confined or limited within the pages of any single book.

या परिच्छेदाच्या लेखकाचे सौंदर्य हे मनाच्या स्थितीवर अवलंबून असून ते तिला प्रसन्नतेचा भास देणाऱ्या त्या गोष्टीच्या बाह्यलक्षणोंवर अवलंबून नसते अशी धारणा आहे या भाष्याला बळकटी देणाऱ्या विधानाची/नांची निवड करा.

(a)सर्वव्यापी असलेल्या सुसंगतीच्या शाश्वत नियमाच्या विरोधात जाऊन आपण कुरूपतेला जन्म देतो.

(b)बोधाचे संकुचितत्व व्यक्तीच्या सौंदर्यभानाला कुरूपता व सौंदर्य यात तीव्रतेने विभागत.

(c)व्यक्तीची वस्तूला स्वतःच्या स्वार्थापासून आणि संवेदनांच्या लालसेच्या अट्टाग्रही दाव्यापासून वेगळ्या स्वरूपात पाहण्याची ताकद, तिला सर्वत्र असलेले सौंदर्य पाहणे शक्य करते.

1)सर्व✓ Correct

2)फक्त अ

3)फक्त ब

4)फक्त क

All statements (a, b, and c) strengthen the idea that beauty depends on the state of mind and harmony rather than external superficial traits, encompassing eternal consistency and freedom from egoistic desires.

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