CET 2025 Slot 3 · Verbal – Page 5
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Rationalism has been defined as the mental attitude which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason and aims at establishing a system of philosophy and ethics verifiable by experience and independent of all arbitrary assumptions or authority. This definition of Rationalism was framed at the inauguration of the Rationalist Press Association (RPA) in London in the year 1899.
This paragraph best supports the statement that.
- Ethics does not constitute a part of philosophy
- one has to accept certain beliefs to find the final truth
- rationalism is not a set of beliefs which is devoid of verification
- mental attitude is independent of all assumptions.
- only RPA can establish philosophy or rationalism
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Answer: C. rationalism is not a set of beliefs which is devoid of verification
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Which of the following words is most nearly the same in meaning as the word ‘unreservedly’ as used in the paragraph?
- unilaterally
- collectively
- partially
- fully
- conditionally
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Answer: D. fully