McqMate
| 1. |
Humanities today represent ________ disciplines. |
| A. | no |
| B. | non-science |
| C. | mathematical |
| D. | scientific |
| Answer» B. non-science | |
| 2. |
The term ‘Humanities’ first appeared during the _________ |
| A. | italian renaissance |
| B. | roman war |
| C. | modern period |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. italian renaissance | |
| 3. |
_______ is included in Humanities. |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | classics |
| C. | history |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 4. |
Sciences are classified into _________ |
| A. | natural and physical |
| B. | natural and spiritual |
| C. | natural and social |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. natural and social | |
| 5. |
Empirical proof is essential to ________study. |
| A. | scientific |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | philosophical |
| D. | historical |
| Answer» A. scientific | |
| 6. |
________ is not a natural science. |
| A. | astronomy |
| B. | history |
| C. | biology |
| D. | physics |
| Answer» B. history | |
| 7. |
Find out the odd one. |
| A. | physics |
| B. | chemistry |
| C. | theology |
| D. | biology |
| Answer» C. theology | |
| 8. |
Find out the odd one. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | philosophy |
| C. | fine arts |
| D. | science |
| Answer» D. science | |
| 9. |
Find out the mismatched pair. |
| A. | humanities/philosophy |
| B. | humanities/history |
| C. | humanities/astronomy |
| D. | science/biology |
| Answer» C. humanities/astronomy | |
| 10. |
Find out the mismatched pair. |
| A. | natural science/chemistry |
| B. | natural science/physics |
| C. | natural science/biology |
| D. | natural science/ sociology |
| Answer» D. natural science/ sociology | |
| 11. |
Geology is a ________ discipline. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | natural science |
| C. | social science |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. natural science | |
| 12. |
Scientific study of human social behaviour is the concern of _______ |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | religion |
| C. | natural sciences |
| D. | social sciences |
| Answer» D. social sciences | |
| 13. |
________ is an interpretive discipline. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | natural sciences |
| C. | social sciences |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. humanities | |
| 14. |
Narrative imagination is employed in __________ |
| A. | cultural studies |
| B. | fine arts |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 15. |
Humanities are characteristically _______ disciplines. |
| A. | analytic |
| B. | interpretive |
| C. | scientific |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. interpretive | |
| 16. |
In psychology and philosophy, social sciences and _______ overlap. |
| A. | fine arts |
| B. | natural sciences |
| C. | humanities |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. humanities | |
| 17. |
The role of ‘values’ is important for _________ |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | physical sciences |
| C. | natural sciences |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. humanities | |
| 18. |
The word ‘fact’ is derived from a _______ word. |
| A. | latin |
| B. | greek |
| C. | english |
| D. | french |
| Answer» A. latin | |
| 19. |
Historian’s concern for _______ is problematic. |
| A. | wars |
| B. | objective facts |
| C. | political system |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. objective facts | |
| 20. |
‘What it means to be human’ is the central concern in _________ |
| A. | natural science |
| B. | social sciences |
| C. | humanities |
| D. | literature |
| Answer» C. humanities | |
| 21. |
________ are essentially self-reflexive in character. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | natural sciences |
| C. | social sciences |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. humanities | |
| 22. |
_________ is a sociologist. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | max weber |
| D. | e. h. carr |
| Answer» C. max weber | |
| 23. |
________ is/are shared by the members of a group. |
| A. | behavior |
| B. | personality |
| C. | choices |
| D. | values |
| Answer» D. values | |
| 24. |
Gender equality is a cherished ________ |
| A. | taste |
| B. | value |
| C. | choice |
| D. | character |
| Answer» B. value | |
| 25. |
Language determines ________ |
| A. | identity |
| B. | behavior |
| C. | method |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. identity | |
| 26. |
The relationship between a word and the thing it denotes is _______ |
| A. | fixed |
| B. | permanent |
| C. | static |
| D. | arbitrary |
| Answer» D. arbitrary | |
| 27. |
__________ refers to personal perception. |
| A. | gender |
| B. | objectivity |
| C. | subjectivity |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. subjectivity | |
| 28. |
Langue/Parle distinction was introduced by _________ |
| A. | max weber |
| B. | e. h. carr |
| C. | russell |
| D. | saussure |
| Answer» D. saussure | |
| 29. |
The terms like ‘mother’, ‘student’ etc indicate _________ |
| A. | value |
| B. | taste |
| C. | gender |
| D. | identity |
| Answer» D. identity | |
| 30. |
__________ is an effect of culture. |
| A. | gender |
| B. | subjectivity |
| C. | objectivity |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. subjectivity | |
| 31. |
Subject-position is determined by _________ |
| A. | context |
| B. | rules |
| C. | values |
| D. | taste |
| Answer» A. context | |
| 32. |
Patriarchal cultures _________ women. |
| A. | degrade |
| B. | respect |
| C. | glorify |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. degrade | |
| 33. |
_________ is the context in which writing/speech takes place. |
| A. | meaning |
| B. | discourse |
| C. | interpretation |
| D. | language |
| Answer» B. discourse | |
| 34. |
___________ approve all forms of knowledge. |
| A. | social constructionists |
| B. | scientists |
| C. | philosophers |
| D. | logicians |
| Answer» A. social constructionists | |
| 35. |
_________ introduced the term ‘Social construction’. |
| A. | max weber |
| B. | e. h. carr |
| C. | lincoln |
| D. | peter berger |
| Answer» D. peter berger | |
| 36. |
By _________, knowledge becomes part of social system. |
| A. | learning |
| B. | institutionalization |
| C. | habitualization |
| D. | construction |
| Answer» B. institutionalization | |
| 37. |
In _________, a set of knowledge is shared by all in a group. |
| A. | sciences |
| B. | institutions |
| C. | symbolic universes |
| D. | symbolic logic |
| Answer» C. symbolic universes | |
| 38. |
Social construction of reality refers to concepts and beliefs not scientifically proved but socially ___________ knowledge. |
| A. | shared |
| B. | true |
| C. | false |
| D. | rejected |
| Answer» A. shared | |
| 39. |
‘Denigrate’ is a term of _________ abuse. |
| A. | religious |
| B. | gender |
| C. | racial |
| D. | national |
| Answer» C. racial | |
| 40. |
The term ‘fair’ refers to justice, but it originated in the context of ________ discrimination. |
| A. | religious |
| B. | racial |
| C. | gender |
| D. | national |
| Answer» B. racial | |
| 41. |
Caste names very often carry a sense of _________ |
| A. | humiliation |
| B. | discrimination |
| C. | both (a) and (b |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b | |
| 42. |
‘Mankind’ is a common term, but it carries a __________ bias. |
| A. | racial |
| B. | religious |
| C. | political |
| D. | gender |
| Answer» D. gender | |
| 43. |
The traditional way of addressing God as ‘He’ can be placed in a _______ context. |
| A. | matriarchal |
| B. | patriarchal |
| C. | national |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. patriarchal | |
| 44. |
Narrative is the act of _________ |
| A. | truth expression |
| B. | representation |
| C. | scientific investigation |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. representation | |
| 45. |
Acceptance of ________ is a social convention. |
| A. | scientific truth |
| B. | objective fact |
| C. | narrative |
| D. | political creed |
| Answer» C. narrative | |
| 46. |
Mimesis means _________ |
| A. | indirect representation |
| B. | imitation |
| C. | representation |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. imitation | |
| 47. |
Plato advocated the theory of __________ |
| A. | indirect representation |
| B. | diegesis |
| C. | mimesis |
| D. | empiricism |
| Answer» C. mimesis | |
| 48. |
Aristotle introduced the concept of _________ |
| A. | catharsis |
| B. | social construction |
| C. | diegesis |
| D. | interpretation |
| Answer» A. catharsis | |
| 49. |
In representation, meaning is _________ |
| A. | discovered |
| B. | rejected |
| C. | objective |
| D. | attributed |
| Answer» D. attributed | |
| 50. |
Representation bestows _________. |
| A. | morality |
| B. | identity |
| C. | objectivity |
| D. | subjectivity |
| Answer» B. identity | |
| 51. |
Contradictions are tolerated in _______ mode of thinking. |
| A. | logico-scientific |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» B. narrative | |
| 52. |
Contradictions are not tolerated in _______ mode of thinking. |
| A. | logico-scientific |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» A. logico-scientific | |
| 53. |
_________ thinking does not presuppose universal truths. |
| A. | narrative |
| B. | religious |
| C. | scientific |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. narrative | |
| 54. |
Narration is a common mode of thinking in _________. |
| A. | literature |
| B. | philosophy |
| C. | history |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 55. |
Hobbes’ use of the image of organism to demonstrate monarchy-country relationship is a philosophical ________. |
| A. | system |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | problem |
| D. | truth |
| Answer» B. narrative | |
| 56. |
Historical _______ uses reconstruction of past events. |
| A. | truth |
| B. | reality |
| C. | narrative |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. narrative | |
| 57. |
History is not merely the recital of dates and events but also their ________. |
| A. | interpretation |
| B. | construction |
| C. | twisting |
| D. | misinterpretation |
| Answer» A. interpretation | |
| 58. |
Reader has to _______ narrations. |
| A. | construct |
| B. | forget |
| C. | misuse |
| D. | interpret |
| Answer» D. interpret | |
| 59. |
Narration assumes the _______. |
| A. | author |
| B. | text |
| C. | reader |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 60. |
A ________ is the physical printed book. |
| A. | text |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | work |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. work | |
| 61. |
A/an _______ is the narrative in a work. |
| A. | book |
| B. | reader |
| C. | author |
| D. | text |
| Answer» D. text | |
| 62. |
A text is ________ |
| A. | open |
| B. | alive |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 63. |
A work is _______ |
| A. | alive |
| B. | open |
| C. | closed |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. closed | |
| 64. |
According to new critics, a text is ________ to many various interpretations. |
| A. | open |
| B. | not exposed |
| C. | not open |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. open | |
| 65. |
_______ is the relationship of a text to other texts. |
| A. | textuality |
| B. | intertextuality |
| C. | authority |
| D. | reading |
| Answer» B. intertextuality | |
| 66. |
The ______ reader is the person who reads a text. |
| A. | implied |
| B. | historical |
| C. | imaginary |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. historical | |
| 67. |
Digital literature forms ________ text. |
| A. | permanent |
| B. | fixed |
| C. | fluid |
| D. | stable |
| Answer» C. fluid | |
| 68. |
________ is “the way in which fruitful starting-points and procedures are determined”. |
| A. | text |
| B. | philosophy |
| C. | method |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. method | |
| 69. |
Rene Descartes is a ________ philosopher. |
| A. | english |
| B. | american |
| C. | greek |
| D. | french |
| Answer» D. french | |
| 70. |
Rene Descartes is a/an _________ |
| A. | empiricist |
| B. | skeptic |
| C. | rationalist |
| D. | materialist |
| Answer» C. rationalist | |
| 71. |
_______ introduced logico-mathematical method. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | leibnitz |
| C. | plato |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» D. descartes | |
| 72. |
Cartesian method is not _________ |
| A. | axiological |
| B. | empirical |
| C. | logico-mathematical |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» B. empirical | |
| 73. |
The author of The Discourse on Method is _________ |
| A. | plato |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 74. |
‘I am thinking, therefore I exist’ is proved by ________ method. |
| A. | cartesian |
| B. | socratic |
| C. | phenomenological |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. cartesian | |
| 75. |
Descartes criticized ________ method. |
| A. | mathematical |
| B. | logico-mathematical |
| C. | scholastic |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» C. scholastic | |
| 76. |
Cartesian method begins with _______ |
| A. | methodic doubt |
| B. | empirical facts |
| C. | existence |
| D. | dialogue |
| Answer» A. methodic doubt | |
| 77. |
Cartesian doubt is not ________ |
| A. | methodic |
| B. | positive |
| C. | skeptical |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» C. skeptical | |
| 78. |
According to Descartes, genuine knowledge is ________ |
| A. | doubtful |
| B. | clear and distinct |
| C. | not possible |
| D. | not certain |
| Answer» B. clear and distinct | |
| 79. |
_________ is self-evident truth. |
| A. | doubt |
| B. | empirical fact |
| C. | imagination |
| D. | axiom |
| Answer» D. axiom | |
| 80. |
Descartes rejected the reliability of _______ as a sure source of truth. |
| A. | sense perception |
| B. | authority |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 81. |
Doubt leading to ‘indubitable certainty’ is a characteristic feature of _________. |
| A. | cartesian method |
| B. | skepticism |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» A. cartesian method | |
| 82. |
According to Descartes, __________ is the first and most certain knowledge. |
| A. | doubt |
| B. | cogito ergo sum |
| C. | skepticism |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. cogito ergo sum | |
| 83. |
The axiom of ___________ is the basis of Descartes’ argument for the existence of God. |
| A. | doubt |
| B. | method |
| C. | knowledge |
| D. | causality |
| Answer» D. causality | |
| 84. |
________ had developed a distinct philosophical method. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 85. |
_________ refers to a philosophical method. |
| A. | phenomenological |
| B. | socratic |
| C. | cartesian |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 86. |
Cartesian method aims at _______ knowledge. |
| A. | skeptical |
| B. | empirical |
| C. | clear and distinct |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. clear and distinct | |
| 87. |
Descartes’ passion for ________ had influenced his philosophical method. |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | doubt |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | mathematics |
| Answer» D. mathematics | |
| 88. |
Cogito ergo sum is a/an _________ truth like 2+2=4. |
| A. | axiomatic |
| B. | uncertain |
| C. | indistinct |
| D. | doubtful |
| Answer» A. axiomatic | |
| 89. |
________ was the inventor of dialectic method. |
| A. | marx |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | husserl |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 90. |
Socratic Method is not __________. |
| A. | conceptual |
| B. | definitional |
| C. | mathematical |
| D. | conversational |
| Answer» C. mathematical | |
| 91. |
‘Irony’ is a characteristic of _________ Method. |
| A. | cartesian |
| B. | phenomenological |
| C. | socratic |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. socratic | |
| 92. |
Socratic dialectic is _________. |
| A. | inductive |
| B. | deductive |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 93. |
Brentano and Husserl are founders of ________ method. |
| A. | phenomenological |
| B. | scientific |
| C. | inductive |
| D. | dialectical |
| Answer» A. phenomenological | |
| 94. |
Phenomenologists attack __________. |
| A. | reductionism |
| B. | psychologism |
| C. | scientism |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 95. |
Reduction or exclusion is a procedure in _________ method. |
| A. | phenomenological |
| B. | socratic |
| C. | cartesian |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. phenomenological | |
| 96. |
Bracketing existence is a procedure in _________ method. |
| A. | socratic |
| B. | cartesian |
| C. | phenomenological |
| D. | dialectical |
| Answer» C. phenomenological | |
| 97. |
According to ________, presuppositionless inquiry is the acid test of a truly critical philosophy. |
| A. | husserl |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | marx |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» A. husserl | |
| 98. |
Epistemological epoche is a component of ________ method. |
| A. | socratic |
| B. | cartesian |
| C. | mathematical |
| D. | phenomenological |
| Answer» D. phenomenological | |
| 99. |
Nothing is assumed in phenomenological method means it is ________ inquiry. |
| A. | dialectical |
| B. | scientific |
| C. | presuppositionless |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. presuppositionless | |
| 100. |
_________ regarded philosophy as a ‘rigorous science’. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | marx |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» B. husserl | |
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