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| 1. |
intellectual midwifery is the theory of knowledge put forward by: |
| A. | plato |
| B. | thales |
| C. | comte |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» D. socrates | |
| 2. |
——— is a Skeptic. |
| A. | david hume |
| B. | emmanuel kant |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. david hume | |
| 3. |
The metaphysical view that there are many realities is known as |
| A. | dualism |
| B. | pluralism |
| C. | monism |
| D. | non-dualism |
| Answer» B. pluralism | |
| 4. |
The theory that holds reason as the source of knowledge is |
| A. | idealism |
| B. | rationalism |
| C. | empiricism |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. rationalism | |
| 5. |
Inborn ideas are known as: |
| A. | adventitious ideas |
| B. | factitious ideas |
| C. | innate ideas |
| D. | a b&c |
| Answer» C. innate ideas | |
| 6. |
The Philosophy of Hegel is known as |
| A. | phenomenal idealism |
| B. | personal idealism |
| C. | objective idealism |
| D. | absolute idealism |
| Answer» D. absolute idealism | |
| 7. |
The founder of Positivism is |
| A. | saint simon |
| B. | c. s pierce |
| C. | august comte |
| D. | francis bacon |
| Answer» C. august comte | |
| 8. |
The author of Novum Organum is |
| A. | rene descartes |
| B. | lemnitzer |
| C. | john dewey |
| D. | francis bacon |
| Answer» D. francis bacon | |
| 9. |
Metaphysics is the work of |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | thales |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 10. |
Early Skepticism is also known as |
| A. | pyrrhonism |
| B. | positivism |
| C. | materialism |
| D. | idealism |
| Answer» A. pyrrhonism | |
| 11. |
The Greek word Pragma means |
| A. | truth |
| B. | act or deed |
| C. | utility |
| D. | beauty |
| Answer» B. act or deed | |
| 12. |
The author of Republic |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | plato |
| D. | hume |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 13. |
The metaphysical view that there is one ultimate reality is called |
| A. | dualism |
| B. | pluralism |
| C. | monism |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. monism | |
| 14. |
According to the modern scientists matter is |
| A. | light |
| B. | energy |
| C. | illusion |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. energy | |
| 15. |
——— is a Greek atomist |
| A. | democritus |
| B. | xenophanes |
| C. | xenophon |
| D. | zeno |
| Answer» A. democritus | |
| 16. |
epistemology studies |
| A. | origin and nature of knowledge |
| B. | validity of knowledge |
| C. | extend of knowledge |
| D. | a, b &c |
| Answer» D. a, b &c | |
| 17. |
The two branches of Metaphysics are |
| A. | religion and theology |
| B. | rationalism and empiricism |
| C. | ontology and cosmology |
| D. | materialism and spiritualism |
| Answer» C. ontology and cosmology | |
| 18. |
The three distempers of learning according to. Francis Bacon are: |
| A. | mind, body and god |
| B. | ideas, experience and thought. |
| C. | fantastical, contentious and delicate |
| D. | tribe, cave and theatre |
| Answer» C. fantastical, contentious and delicate | |
| 19. |
Philosophy is concerned with |
| A. | the irrational |
| B. | beauty |
| C. | the ideal |
| D. | experimentation |
| Answer» C. the ideal | |
| 20. |
Ethics is a ——- |
| A. | positive science |
| B. | normative science |
| C. | descriptive science |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. normative science | |
| 21. |
———- seeks to clarify and refine the process of knowing |
| A. | epistemology |
| B. | axiology |
| C. | metaphysics |
| D. | ethics |
| Answer» A. epistemology | |
| 22. |
The Latin word ——— is the root of rationalism |
| A. | sophia |
| B. | reason |
| C. | ratio |
| D. | experiential |
| Answer» C. ratio | |
| 23. |
———— insists on a a priori knowledge. |
| A. | positivism |
| B. | empiricism |
| C. | rationalism |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. rationalism | |
| 24. |
———— was written by Kant |
| A. | novum organum |
| B. | republic |
| C. | critique of pure reason. |
| D. | politics |
| Answer» C. critique of pure reason. | |
| 25. |
Ontology deals with |
| A. | matter |
| B. | knowledge |
| C. | being |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. being | |
| 26. |
The method of Kant was |
| A. | dialectic |
| B. | critical |
| C. | speculative |
| D. | conversational |
| Answer» B. critical | |
| 27. |
True knowledge is |
| A. | prama |
| B. | aprama |
| C. | pramana |
| D. | prameya |
| Answer» A. prama | |
| 28. |
Berkeley argues that all knowledge is derived from |
| A. | impression |
| B. | ideas |
| C. | axioms |
| D. | postulates |
| Answer» B. ideas | |
| 29. |
———— helps in getting correct knowledge through anumana |
| A. | vyapti |
| B. | paksha |
| C. | sadhya |
| D. | badha |
| Answer» A. vyapti | |
| 30. |
The words of a trustworthy person is known as |
| A. | satya |
| B. | dharma |
| C. | aptavakya |
| D. | linga |
| Answer» C. aptavakya | |
| 31. |
In Philosophy, what is an argument? |
| A. | debate |
| B. | verbal persuasion |
| C. | rational justification |
| D. | opposition |
| Answer» C. rational justification | |
| 32. |
The method of philosophy is |
| A. | rational reflection |
| B. | dogmatism |
| C. | emperical study |
| D. | revelation |
| Answer» A. rational reflection | |
| 33. |
———— is a materialist |
| A. | gautama |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | marx |
| D. | spinoza |
| Answer» C. marx | |
| 34. |
The author of Advancement of Learning |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | thomas hobbes |
| C. | francis bacon |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» C. francis bacon | |
| 35. |
A theory is a conclusion, where as a method is a |
| A. | style |
| B. | manner |
| C. | inference |
| D. | procedure |
| Answer» D. procedure | |
| 36. |
Philosophy is the root and science is the |
| A. | fruit |
| B. | branch |
| C. | nourishment |
| D. | stem |
| Answer» A. fruit | |
| 37. |
Who said ? Philosophy is the Science of sciences |
| A. | plato |
| B. | voltaire |
| C. | august’s comte |
| D. | russell |
| Answer» C. august’s comte | |
| 38. |
Bacon recommended ———— method to attain correct knowledge |
| A. | inductive |
| B. | intuitive |
| C. | mathematical |
| D. | doubt |
| Answer» A. inductive | |
| 39. |
Questions of philosophy are———— ones |
| A. | causal |
| B. | systematic |
| C. | inconsistent |
| D. | dogmatic |
| Answer» B. systematic | |
| 40. |
———— said “whatever is. Clearly and distinctly perceived is true” |
| A. | locke |
| B. | berkeley |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. descartes | |
| 41. |
According to Skepticism knowledge is ———- |
| A. | certain |
| B. | possible |
| C. | uncertain |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. uncertain | |
| 42. |
Cosmology was the characteristic of——— Philosophers. |
| A. | ionian |
| B. | cartesian |
| C. | scholastic |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. ionian | |
| 43. |
For Idealism ——— is primary |
| A. | mind |
| B. | body |
| C. | perception |
| D. | sense experience |
| Answer» A. mind | |
| 44. |
The problem of Universals was first introduced into philosophy by: |
| A. | aquinas |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | berkeley |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 45. |
“Tabula rasa” is the term coined by: |
| A. | john locke |
| B. | kant |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | spinoza |
| Answer» A. john locke | |
| 46. |
The author of Meditations is |
| A. | leibniz |
| B. | patanjali |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | kannada |
| Answer» C. descartes | |
| 47. |
The only pramana accepted by Carvakas: |
| A. | inference |
| B. | comparison |
| C. | verbal testimony |
| D. | perception |
| Answer» D. perception | |
| 48. |
Nyaya syllogism has ——— statements |
| A. | one |
| B. | five |
| C. | three |
| D. | two |
| Answer» B. five | |
| 49. |
The two Heterodox schools in Indian Philosophy are: |
| A. | nyaya and vaisesika |
| B. | buddhism and jainism |
| C. | sankhya and yoga |
| D. | purva and uttaramimamsa |
| Answer» B. buddhism and jainism | |
| 50. |
The father of philosophy : |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | thales |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | francis bacon |
| Answer» B. thales | |
| 51. |
Who said “ Two things fill me with awe and wonder the starry heavens above and the Moral law within”. |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | bertrand russell |
| C. | kant |
| D. | david hume |
| Answer» C. kant | |
| 52. |
A Treatise of Human Nature is the work of: |
| A. | karl popper |
| B. | david hume |
| C. | john dewey |
| D. | john locke |
| Answer» B. david hume | |
| 53. |
The most original contribution of Americans thought at the end of nineteenth century: |
| A. | pragmatism |
| B. | positivism |
| C. | empiricism |
| D. | rationalism |
| Answer» A. pragmatism | |
| 54. |
According to Kant genuine knowledge appears in the form of——— judgements. |
| A. | analytic |
| B. | synthetic |
| C. | synthetic a posteriori |
| D. | synthetic a priori |
| Answer» D. synthetic a priori | |
| 55. |
Who is known as Cartesian dualist? |
| A. | august comte |
| B. | rene descartes |
| C. | st. thomas aquinas |
| D. | derrida |
| Answer» B. rene descartes | |
| 56. |
Who is the father of modern philosophy? |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | spinoza |
| C. | hobbes |
| D. | leibniz |
| Answer» A. descartes | |
| 57. |
————is a Subjective idealist |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | kant |
| C. | plato |
| D. | berkeley |
| Answer» D. berkeley | |
| 58. |
The three main divisions of Philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, and ——— |
| A. | axiology |
| B. | sociology |
| C. | anthropology |
| D. | cosmology |
| Answer» A. axiology | |
| 59. |
A logical sentence is called ——— |
| A. | proposition |
| B. | syllogism |
| C. | preposition |
| D. | clause |
| Answer» A. proposition | |
| 60. |
The study of philosophy stimulates |
| A. | dogmatism |
| B. | critical thinking |
| C. | blind faith |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. critical thinking | |
| 61. |
Descartes was a ———thinker |
| A. | emperical |
| B. | rational |
| C. | materialistic |
| D. | idealistic |
| Answer» B. rational | |
| 62. |
Which American mathematician philosopher laid the foundation of Pragmatism |
| A. | william james |
| B. | j. dewey |
| C. | c.s pierce |
| D. | spinoza |
| Answer» C. c.s pierce | |
| 63. |
The Problem of Knowledge was written by ——— |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | a.j ayer |
| D. | collingwood |
| Answer» C. a.j ayer | |
| 64. |
Spinoza’s method is known as——— |
| A. | axiomatic |
| B. | theoretical |
| C. | geometrical |
| D. | doubt |
| Answer» A. axiomatic | |
| 65. |
The study of the origin and development of the universe is known as——— |
| A. | ontology |
| B. | cosmology |
| C. | zoology |
| D. | sociology |
| Answer» B. cosmology | |
| 66. |
Who said ? “God is dead” |
| A. | schopenhauer. |
| B. | sartre |
| C. | popper |
| D. | nietzsche |
| Answer» D. nietzsche | |
| 67. |
Who is the father of existentialism? |
| A. | soren kierkegaard. |
| B. | camus |
| C. | sartre |
| D. | heidegger |
| Answer» A. soren kierkegaard. | |
| 68. |
——— Introduced the term Aesthetics |
| A. | kant |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | baumgarten |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» D. aristotle | |
| 69. |
Socratic method is |
| A. | skeptical |
| B. | conceptual |
| C. | conversational |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 70. |
The theory of understanding is explained in transcendental ——— |
| A. | analytic. |
| B. | synthetic |
| C. | aesthetic |
| D. | pragmatic |
| Answer» A. analytic. | |
| 71. |
Know thyself is the maxim of ——— |
| A. | plato |
| B. | zeno |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 72. |
Phaedros is the Work of ———— |
| A. | heraclitus |
| B. | aristophanes |
| C. | plato |
| D. | anaxagoras |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 73. |
Corgito ergo sum means: |
| A. | i doubt therefore i am |
| B. | i think therefore i am |
| C. | i see therefore i am |
| D. | i question therefore i am . |
| Answer» B. i think therefore i am | |
| 74. |
Leibniz was a ——— thinker |
| A. | english |
| B. | french |
| C. | german |
| D. | american |
| Answer» C. german | |
| 75. |
Plato was the teacher of ——— |
| A. | georgias |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | protogoras |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 76. |
———— is an Empiricist |
| A. | locke |
| B. | berkeley |
| C. | hume |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 77. |
The doubt of Descartes should not be confused with ——— |
| A. | skepticism |
| B. | solipsism |
| C. | idealism |
| D. | intuitionism |
| Answer» A. skepticism | |
| 78. |
Locke is a ——— |
| A. | idealist |
| B. | phenomenologist |
| C. | critical realist |
| D. | representative realist |
| Answer» D. representative realist | |
| 79. |
The Skepticism of Descartes is known as ——— |
| A. | pure skepticism |
| B. | phenomenal skepticism |
| C. | methodological skepticism |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. methodological skepticism | |
| 80. |
Who said “ Accept nothing as true which we do not perceive clearly and distinctly |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | spinoza |
| C. | leibniz |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» A. descartes | |
| 81. |
——— explained the world with the theory of Monads |
| A. | democritus |
| B. | st. anselm |
| C. | leibniz |
| D. | william james |
| Answer» C. leibniz | |
| 82. |
——— is said to be the origin of Philosophy |
| A. | greed |
| B. | wonder |
| C. | fear |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. wonder | |
| 83. |
The mind body relationship theory of Descartes is known as——— |
| A. | psycho physical parallelism |
| B. | interactionism |
| C. | pre established harmony |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. interactionism | |
| 84. |
———— rejected Metaphysics as meaningless |
| A. | logical positivists |
| B. | rationalists |
| C. | idealists |
| D. | spiritualists |
| Answer» A. logical positivists | |
| 85. |
——— means knowledge that follows some other knowledge |
| A. | pratyaksa |
| B. | upamana |
| C. | sabda |
| D. | anumana |
| Answer» D. anumana | |
| 86. |
The invariable concomitance between hetu and sadhya is known as |
| A. | vyapati |
| B. | paksa |
| C. | linga |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. vyapati | |
| 87. |
The Pramana for knowing the nonexistence of a thing is |
| A. | anumana |
| B. | upamana |
| C. | arthapathi |
| D. | anupalabdhi |
| Answer» D. anupalabdhi | |
| 88. |
Agama comes under ——— |
| A. | sabha |
| B. | pratyaksa |
| C. | anumana |
| D. | upasana |
| Answer» A. sabha | |
| 89. |
According to Indian epistemology the person who knows is ——— |
| A. | premeya |
| B. | pramatha |
| C. | prama |
| D. | aprama |
| Answer» B. pramatha | |
| 90. |
In Nyaya syllogism the statement to be proved is known as ——— |
| A. | pratinja |
| B. | major premise |
| C. | udaharana |
| D. | nigamana |
| Answer» A. pratinja | |
| 91. |
——— is known as queen Science |
| A. | mathematics |
| B. | physics |
| C. | philosophy |
| D. | psychology |
| Answer» C. philosophy | |
| 92. |
The author of Discourse of the method is ——— |
| A. | sartre |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | malebranche |
| D. | hobbes |
| Answer» B. descartes | |
| 93. |
The author of Prince is ——— |
| A. | machiavelli |
| B. | plato |
| C. | bruno |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» A. machiavelli | |
| 94. |
In India Philosophy is known as ——— |
| A. | brahma vidya |
| B. | atmabodha |
| C. | darshana |
| D. | yogavidya |
| Answer» C. darshana | |
| 95. |
The philosophy of God is called——— |
| A. | theology |
| B. | religion |
| C. | philology |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» A. theology | |
| 96. |
The proponent of Advaitha Vedanta is——— |
| A. | ramanuja |
| B. | madhvacharya |
| C. | jaimini |
| D. | sankara |
| Answer» D. sankara | |
| 97. |
The philosopher seeks to harmonise the ideals of Truth, Good and ——— |
| A. | love. |
| B. | god |
| C. | beauty. |
| D. | knowledge |
| Answer» C. beauty. | |
| 98. |
Henri Bergson advocated——— |
| A. | intuitionism |
| B. | empiricism |
| C. | apriorism |
| D. | sensationalism |
| Answer» A. intuitionism | |
| 99. |
——— says “Understanding makes Nature “. |
| A. | bergson |
| B. | herbert spencer |
| C. | kant. |
| D. | lamarck |
| Answer» C. kant. | |
| 100. |
Dialectical materialism is the theory of——— |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | marx |
| C. | nietzsche |
| D. | schopenhauer |
| Answer» B. marx | |
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