McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) , Cost Accounting .
| 51. |
Example for Positive science |
| A. | Ethics |
| B. | Logic |
| C. | Aesthetics |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 52. |
______ may be defined as a systematic and more or less complete body of knowledge about a particular set of related events or objects. |
| A. | Science |
| B. | Art |
| C. | Ethics |
| D. | Epistemology |
| Answer» A. Science | |
| 53. |
Positive science 3 |
| A. | Describes the objects or phenomena |
| B. | Judging the objects or phenomena |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | Neither a nor b |
| Answer» A. Describes the objects or phenomena | |
| 54. |
Which among the following is the wrong statement |
| A. | Normative sciences seek to determine Norms, Ideals, or Standards |
| B. | Normative sciences are concerned with actual facts or their laws |
| C. | Normative sciences are concerned with norms which regulate human life |
| D. | Normative sciences are not systematic explanation of the causes and effects of |
| Answer» B. Normative sciences are concerned with actual facts or their laws | |
| 55. |
Which among the following action is objects of moral judgment |
| A. | Voluntary and habitual actions of rational persons |
| B. | The actions of animals and phenomena of nature |
| C. | Actions of children, insane persons and idiots |
| D. | Actions done under coercion |
| Answer» A. Voluntary and habitual actions of rational persons | |
| 56. |
Ethics is deals with: |
| A. | Voluntary Actions |
| B. | Involuntary Actions |
| C. | Non-Habitual Actions |
| D. | Instinct Actions |
| Answer» A. Voluntary Actions | |
| 57. |
Find out an Ethical question: |
| A. | What type of diet allows for the best athletic performance? |
| B. | What is the most appropriate way to worship? |
| C. | Is killing a murderer justified? |
| D. | Are same-sex marriages constitutional? |
| Answer» C. Is killing a murderer justified? | |
| 58. |
Ethics deals with: |
| A. | What is |
| B. | what ought to be |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | neither a nor b |
| Answer» B. what ought to be | |
| 59. |
______ tells us how we actually will. |
| A. | Philosophy |
| B. | Ethics |
| C. | Psychology |
| D. | Logic |
| Answer» C. Psychology | |
| 60. |
_________ teaches us how we ought to will |
| A. | Ethics |
| B. | Psychology |
| C. | Logic |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» A. Ethics | |
| 61. |
Psychology is a _____________ science |
| A. | Normative |
| B. | Positive |
| C. | Ideal |
| D. | Metaphysical |
| Answer» B. Positive | |
| 62. |
___________ is a science of actual |
| A. | Psychology |
| B. | Ethics |
| C. | Logic |
| D. | Aesthetics |
| Answer» A. Psychology | |
| 63. |
Which among the following mental process deals with psychology |
| A. | Knowing |
| B. | Feeling |
| C. | Willing |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 64. |
The outstanding form of moral action 4 |
| A. | Ideo-motor action |
| B. | Desire |
| C. | Unconscious mental tendencies |
| D. | Sense of duty |
| Answer» D. Sense of duty | |
| 65. |
A craving of an agent for the attainment of an object to relieve some want is: |
| A. | Will |
| B. | Desire |
| C. | Motive |
| D. | Intension |
| Answer» B. Desire | |
| 66. |
It is a state of tension between the actual state of the self and the idea of a future state not yet realized: |
| A. | Desire |
| B. | Motive |
| C. | Wish |
| D. | Will |
| Answer» A. Desire | |
| 67. |
A dominant desire is called |
| A. | Wish |
| B. | Will |
| C. | Motive |
| D. | Habit |
| Answer» A. Wish | |
| 68. |
-------- is an effective desire |
| A. | Will |
| B. | wish |
| C. | Motive |
| D. | Conduct |
| Answer» B. wish | |
| 69. |
_________ induces us to act in a certain way. |
| A. | Wish |
| B. | Motive |
| C. | Will |
| D. | Desire |
| Answer» B. Motive | |
| 70. |
The process of making a choice when there are different desires is called: |
| A. | Desire |
| B. | Willing |
| C. | Deliberation |
| D. | Wish |
| Answer» B. Willing | |
| 71. |
The essential mark of _______ is that the whole character or personality is involved in the act |
| A. | Willing |
| B. | Desire |
| C. | Deliberation |
| D. | Wish |
| Answer» A. Willing | |
| 72. |
A philosophical term of art for a particular sort of capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action from among various alternatives: |
| A. | Free will |
| B. | Moral responsibility |
| C. | Character |
| D. | Conduct |
| Answer» A. Free will | |
| 73. |
If human actions are completely determined by _________, it is not free will. |
| A. | reason |
| B. | moral imperative |
| C. | circumstances |
| D. | All these |
| Answer» C. circumstances | |
| 74. |
The force of will leads to _________. |
| A. | Action |
| B. | inaction |
| C. | result |
| D. | wish |
| Answer» A. Action | |
| 75. |
Who is the advocator of ‘freedom of will’ |
| A. | David Hume |
| B. | J.S.Mill |
| C. | Kant |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Kant | |
| 76. |
‘Character’ refers to the complete system constituted by the acts of ____ of a particular kind. |
| A. | wish |
| B. | desire |
| C. | intention |
| D. | will |
| Answer» D. will | |
| 77. |
Collective name for voluntary actions |
| A. | Conduct |
| B. | Desire |
| C. | Wish |
| D. | Good |
| Answer» A. Conduct | |
| 78. |
What constitute conduct |
| A. | Purpose |
| B. | Choice |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | Neither a and b |
| Answer» C. Both a and b | |
| 79. |
---------- is outer expression of character |
| A. | Will |
| B. | Wish |
| C. | Desire |
| D. | Conduct |
| Answer» D. Conduct | |
| 80. |
The permanent bent of the mind, constituted by the ‘settled habits of will’ is: |
| A. | Conduct |
| B. | Desire |
| C. | Character |
| D. | Wish |
| Answer» C. Character | |
| 81. |
___________ is a formed habit. |
| A. | Custom |
| B. | Desire |
| C. | Wish |
| D. | Character |
| Answer» D. Character | |
| 82. |
Character is built up by a person out of his natural tendencies and dispositions by controlling and regulating them by ___ |
| A. | Passion |
| B. | emotions |
| C. | reason |
| D. | Desire |
| Answer» C. reason | |
| 83. |
_______ is the acquired habit of controlling the natural instincts and impulses in order to realize definitely conceived ends. |
| A. | Character |
| B. | Conduct |
| C. | Wish |
| D. | Desire |
| Answer» A. Character | |
| 84. |
Pleasure/pain is the norm of moral evaluation in __________. |
| A. | Intuitionism |
| B. | Virtue ethics |
| C. | Hedonism |
| D. | All these |
| Answer» C. Hedonism | |
| 85. |
“Men always do seek pleasure”. This position is called __________ hedonism. |
| A. | Psychological |
| B. | ethical |
| C. | egoistic |
| D. | universalistic |
| Answer» A. Psychological | |
| 86. |
Universalistic hedonism is also called ___________ . |
| A. | ethical hedonism |
| B. | psychological hedonism |
| C. | utilitarianism |
| D. | egoistic hedonism |
| Answer» C. utilitarianism | |
| 87. |
Ethical hedonism is the view that human beings ___________ seek pleasure. |
| A. | always do |
| B. | ought to |
| C. | shall not |
| D. | ought not |
| Answer» B. ought to | |
| 88. |
___________ hedonism refers to the pleasure of each individual. |
| A. | Egoistic |
| B. | Psychological |
| C. | Universalistic |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Egoistic | |
| 89. |
___________ hedonism refers to the pleasure of all human beings. |
| A. | psychological |
| B. | egoistic |
| C. | ethical |
| D. | universalistic |
| Answer» D. universalistic | |
| 90. |
The ethics of __________ is precisely termed utilitarianism. |
| A. | Kant |
| B. | Spencer |
| C. | J. S. Mill |
| D. | T. H. Green |
| Answer» C. J. S. Mill | |
| 91. |
Both Bentham and Mill share the __________ principle of morality. |
| A. | pleasure |
| B. | evolutionist |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» A. pleasure | |
| 92. |
According to hedonists, pleasure is the only thing that is ____________. |
| A. | possible |
| B. | avoidable |
| C. | visible |
| D. | desirable |
| Answer» D. desirable | |
| 93. |
According to Hedonism, hedoneor ------ is the ultimate standard of morality |
| A. | Pleasure |
| B. | Will |
| C. | Good will |
| D. | reason |
| Answer» A. Pleasure | |
| 94. |
__________ hedonism holds that pleasure is the natural and normal object of desire, that we always seek pleasure and avoid pain |
| A. | Ethical |
| B. | Egoistic |
| C. | Psychological |
| D. | Altruistic |
| Answer» C. Psychological | |
| 95. |
________hedonism holds that pleasure is the proper object of desire; that we do not always seek pleasure but ought to seek pleasure. |
| A. | Ethical |
| B. | Egoistic |
| C. | Psychological |
| D. | Altruistic |
| Answer» A. Ethical | |
| 96. |
According to _____ hedonism the pleasure of the individual is the moral standard |
| A. | Ethical |
| B. | Psychological |
| C. | Egoistic |
| D. | Altruistic |
| Answer» C. Egoistic | |
| 97. |
According to __________ hedonism the greatest happiness of the greatest number or general happiness is the moral standard. |
| A. | Ethical |
| B. | Psychological |
| C. | Egoistic |
| D. | Altruistic |
| Answer» D. Altruistic | |
| 98. |
According to_________ hedonism, all pleasures are alike in kind they differ only in intensity or degree; there is no qualitative difference among them. |
| A. | Altruistic |
| B. | Egoistic |
| C. | Gross Egoistic |
| D. | Refined Egoistic |
| Answer» C. Gross Egoistic | |
| 99. |
The theory that what we ought to aim at is the greatest possible amount of pleasure of all human beings, or of all sentient creatures. |
| A. | Utilitarianism |
| B. | Perfectionism |
| C. | Egoistic Hedonism |
| D. | Humanitarianism |
| Answer» A. Utilitarianism | |
| 100. |
Who is the advocate of quantitative utilitarianism |
| A. | J.S.Mill |
| B. | Jermey Bentham |
| C. | Immanual Kant |
| D. | F. H. Bradley |
| Answer» B. Jermey Bentham | |
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