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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) , Indian Administrative Service (IAS) .
| 51. |
Who said that everything is a mixture of earth, air, fire, and water |
| A. | anaximander |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | anaxagoras |
| Answer» D. anaxagoras | |
| 52. |
------- philosopher is the main source of Anaxagoras |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | pythagoras |
| C. | plato |
| D. | herodotus |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 53. |
-----gave a power and grandeur to Athenian Democracy |
| A. | pericles |
| B. | thales |
| C. | protagoras |
| D. | anaximander |
| Answer» A. pericles | |
| 54. |
-- --is an important element introduced by Anaxagoras into his philosophy and it is the cause of motion. |
| A. | change |
| B. | god |
| C. | matter |
| D. | mind/ nous |
| Answer» D. mind/ nous | |
| 55. |
The atomists are the last pre-Socratics and they follow------ |
| A. | physis |
| B. | religion |
| C. | theism |
| D. | idealism |
| Answer» A. physis | |
| 56. |
The word atom means ---- |
| A. | cuttable |
| B. | thesis |
| C. | antithesis |
| D. | uncuttable |
| Answer» D. uncuttable | |
| 57. |
------is believed to be a disciple of Leucippus |
| A. | protagoras |
| B. | democritus |
| C. | anaximander |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» B. democritus | |
| 58. |
------ say that all things consist of a single kind of matter broken into tiny particles. |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | atomists |
| D. | protagoras |
| Answer» C. atomists | |
| 59. |
Who claimed that there are two fundamental types of elements: atoms and void. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | atomists |
| C. | plato |
| D. | idealist |
| Answer» B. atomists | |
| 60. |
Who held that the atoms were so small as to be invisible? |
| A. | democritus |
| B. | pythagoras |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» A. democritus | |
| 61. |
Sophia which means ----- |
| A. | wisdom |
| B. | speech |
| C. | action |
| D. | concept |
| Answer» A. wisdom | |
| 62. |
Protagoras a native of --------in northeast Greece |
| A. | clazomen |
| B. | samos |
| C. | stagira |
| D. | abdera |
| Answer» D. abdera | |
| 63. |
Who was the first of the professional Sophists? |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | democritus |
| C. | protagoras |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» C. protagoras | |
| 64. |
Who said that instead of speaking well think well? |
| A. | thales |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» D. socrates | |
| 65. |
Truth and On the Gods are the woks of ------- |
| A. | plato |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | protagoras |
| D. | anaximander |
| Answer» C. protagoras | |
| 66. |
------ were more concerned with public speaking, rather than thinking well. |
| A. | materialists |
| B. | rationalists |
| C. | idealists |
| D. | sophists |
| Answer» D. sophists | |
| 67. |
Man is the measure of all things, says ----- |
| A. | leucippus |
| B. | protagoras |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. protagoras | |
| 68. |
Maieutic means ----- |
| A. | midwifery |
| B. | dialectical |
| C. | perceptual |
| D. | universal |
| Answer» A. midwifery | |
| 69. |
--- ?says that knowledge is an adjustment between the knower and the object known |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | protagoras |
| D. | st.anselm |
| Answer» C. protagoras | |
| 70. |
-----was known as a self- taught philosopher |
| A. | anaximander |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | st. augustine |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 71. |
Who was known as the street genius philosopher? |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | pythagoras |
| Answer» A. socrates | |
| 72. |
Who was the author of philosophic tendency and of a Philosophic method of irony? |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aquinas |
| C. | plato |
| D. | protagoras |
| Answer» A. socrates | |
| 73. |
Who said that the first step is to be wise is to admit that one is not wise. |
| A. | plato |
| B. | anselm |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | thales |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 74. |
According to ------, knowledge is virtue and ignorance is vice |
| A. | thales |
| B. | plato |
| C. | pythagoras |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» D. socrates | |
| 75. |
Who said that as virtue is knowledge, so virtue can be thought? |
| A. | leucippus |
| B. | protagoras |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 76. |
The highest ideal according to Socrates is ----- |
| A. | matter |
| B. | dialectical |
| C. | statement |
| D. | virtue |
| Answer» D. virtue | |
| 77. |
Concept means ------ |
| A. | judgment |
| B. | idea |
| C. | virtue |
| D. | particular |
| Answer» B. idea | |
| 78. |
The mentor of Aristotle is --- |
| A. | plato |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | academy |
| D. | lyceum |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 79. |
Who was the founder of Academy? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | protagoras |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 80. |
Apology is the famous work of --------- |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | thales |
| C. | plato |
| D. | sartre |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 81. |
The concepts lies in the transcendental world is the philosophy of -------- |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | pythagoras |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» D. plato | |
| 82. |
Who distinguished knowledge and doxa? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 83. |
The theory of forms/ideas/concepts/essences is the Philosophy of ------- |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | thales |
| D. | pythagoras |
| Answer» B. plato | |
| 84. |
Plato wrote ------ dialogues |
| A. | 37 |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 34 |
| D. | 35 |
| Answer» C. 34 | |
| 85. |
Who wrote Theaetetus? |
| A. | thales |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | anaxagoras |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 86. |
Who said that true knowledge lies in conceptual level? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | protagoras |
| D. | anaximander |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 87. |
------stated that the best possible political system (state) will be ruled by philosophers. |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | sophists |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» D. plato | |
| 88. |
Whose philosophy is that one who knows the difference between knowledge, ignorance, and opinion |
| A. | leucippus |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. plato | |
| 89. |
The perceptible world (i.e., the world we perceive through our senses) is a reflection or copy of that higher intelligible world is the philosophy of ------ |
| A. | plato |
| B. | anaxagoras |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 90. |
The Greek word for ?forms? in Plato is --------- |
| A. | hyle |
| B. | logos |
| C. | eidos |
| D. | philos |
| Answer» C. eidos | |
| 91. |
Plato divided human soul into -------parts |
| A. | three |
| B. | two |
| C. | four |
| D. | all are false |
| Answer» A. three | |
| 92. |
Plato?s Theory of Ideas was severely criticized by ------- |
| A. | protogoras |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | all is true |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 93. |
Plato admit the immortality of soul in his ---- dialogue |
| A. | apology |
| B. | republic |
| C. | theaetetus |
| D. | phaedo |
| Answer» D. phaedo | |
| 94. |
----------is a philosopher who was born at Stagira |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | thles |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 95. |
Which of the following philosopher who taught Alexander, the Great |
| A. | leucippus |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» D. aristotle | |
| 96. |
Which thinker who went to Athens and joined Plato?s Academy. |
| A. | anaxagoras |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 97. |
The works of------ are divided into two types-exoteric and esoteric. |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | st.augustine |
| D. | st.anselm |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 98. |
Who wrote the famous work the Metaphysics? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | st. augustine |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 99. |
Who defined substance is something that we can point out as ?this? |
| A. | st. augustine |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | pythagoras |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 100. |
Who made the statement that Universals are extremely real but are not separable from their particulars. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aquinas |
| C. | plato |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» D. aristotle | |
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