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1. |
Religion is not mere conviction but: |
A. | conduct |
B. | customs |
C. | behaviour |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. conduct |
2. |
The term Religio means: |
A. | to found |
B. | to revel |
C. | to bind |
D. | to worship |
Answer» C. to bind |
3. |
The term religion comes from the Latin word: |
A. | religoen |
B. | religeor |
C. | religio |
D. | religious |
Answer» C. religio |
4. |
“The feeling, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine.” Who defined religion in this way? |
A. | alexander |
B. | patric |
C. | william james |
D. | w.t stace |
Answer» C. william james |
5. |
----------------- defines religion as, “the conservation of values.” |
A. | alexander |
B. | patric |
C. | william james |
D. | hoffoding |
Answer» D. hoffoding |
6. |
To----------------------, religion is not in doctrines, in dogmas nor in intellectual argumentation; it is being and becoming, it is realization. |
A. | swami vivekananda |
B. | hoffoding |
C. | william james |
D. | w.t stace |
Answer» A. swami vivekananda |
7. |
According to Alexander “Religion is--------------” |
A. | faith in god |
B. | faith in deity |
C. | faith in nature |
D. | faith in super power |
Answer» B. faith in deity |
8. |
According to ------------------“Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things.” |
A. | alexander |
B. | patric |
C. | whitehead |
D. | w.t stace |
Answer» C. whitehead |
9. |
To --------- “Religion is the consciousness of our practical relation to an invisible spiritual order.” |
A. | alexander |
B. | patric |
C. | william james |
D. | w.t stace |
Answer» B. patric |
10. |
W.T Stace defined “religion as the ------------------ for the impossible, the unattainable, the inconceivable.” |
A. | hunger of the soul |
B. | thirst of the mind |
C. | quest of the intellect |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. hunger of the soul |
11. |
According to Whitehead, “Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind, and within, the ------------ of immediate things.” |
A. | relations |
B. | continues waves |
C. | stream |
D. | passing flux |
Answer» D. passing flux |
12. |
Talcott Parsons defines, religion, “-------------------------------------which men have evolved in various societies” |
A. | values, morals and practices |
B. | a set of myths and imaginations |
C. | a set of beliefs, practices, and institutions |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. a set of beliefs, practices, and institutions |
13. |
According to Kant “Religion is a matter of the: |
A. | mind |
B. | soul |
C. | will |
D. | intellect |
Answer» C. will |
14. |
Concise Oxford Dictionary defines; religion is “human recognition of a ----------- controlling power and especially of a personal God or gods entitled to obedience and worship” |
A. | cosmic |
B. | super natural |
C. | divine |
D. | superhuman |
Answer» D. superhuman |
15. |
Arnold says religion as, “ethics heightened, enkindled, lit up by-----------------” |
A. | willing |
B. | feeling |
C. | imagination |
D. | practicing |
Answer» B. feeling |
16. |
------------------- defines, religion, “a body of scruples which impede the free exercise of our faculties” |
A. | salomon reinach |
B. | hoffoding |
C. | william james |
D. | w.t stace |
Answer» A. salomon reinach |
17. |
Who defines religion as, “ethics heightened, enkindled, lit up by feeling”? |
A. | swami vivekananda |
B. | hoffoding |
C. | mathew arnold |
D. | w.t stace |
Answer» C. mathew arnold |
18. |
---------------explains, “Religion is the recognition that all things are manifestations of a Power which transcends our knowledge”. |
A. | kant |
B. | hoffoding |
C. | william james |
D. | herbert spencer |
Answer» D. herbert spencer |
19. |
Not only the theist, but -----------------------can philosophize about religion. |
A. | the spiritualist and the pragmatic |
B. | the spiritualist and the pragmatic |
C. | the atheist and the agnostic |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. the atheist and the agnostic |
20. |
Herbert Spencer explains, “Religion is the humanity’s response to the --------------------.” |
A. | divine |
B. | personal god |
C. | superhuman |
D. | super power |
Answer» A. divine |
21. |
The relation between religion and philosophy is ------------- |
A. | most contradictory |
B. | most controversial |
C. | most intimate |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. most intimate |
22. |
Both ----------------------raise the life of man and society to a higher and nobler level |
A. | science and art |
B. | science and wealth |
C. | philosophy and religion |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. philosophy and religion |
23. |
Religious experience cannot be explained by ----------- |
A. | intellect |
B. | figures |
C. | symbols |
D. | analogy |
Answer» A. intellect |
24. |
--------------------------- is an intellectual and logical interpretation of religious experience. |
A. | theology |
B. | religion |
C. | philosophy of religion |
D. | religious experience |
Answer» C. philosophy of religion |
25. |
Philosophy of religion studies the concepts, propositions and arguments of : |
A. | theologians |
B. | priests |
C. | religious practitioners |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. theologians |
26. |
Hegel identified religion with the --------------------------of philosophy |
A. | pure teleological notions |
B. | pure ontological notions |
C. | pure instrumental notions |
D. | pure intellectual notions |
Answer» D. pure intellectual notions |
27. |
The philosophy of religion is not an organ of -----------------. |
A. | religious teaching |
B. | religious theories |
C. | religious analysis |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. religious teaching |
28. |
Philosophy of religion generally committed on: |
A. | reason |
B. | intellect |
C. | will |
D. | emotion |
Answer» A. reason |
29. |
The philosophy of religion is based on ------------- as the fundamental principle of knowledge. |
A. | realism |
B. | pluralism |
C. | idealism |
D. | monism |
Answer» C. idealism |
30. |
--------------------------can be stated and verified through symbols, figures and visions. |
A. | religious theories |
B. | religious experiences |
C. | religious explanations |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. religious experiences |
31. |
----------- can very well help us to reject superstitions and blind belief from the religion. |
A. | reason |
B. | intellect |
C. | will |
D. | experience |
Answer» A. reason |
32. |
---------------is the core of philosophy of religion. |
A. | rituals |
B. | religious practice |
C. | religious theories |
D. | spirituality |
Answer» D. spirituality |
33. |
The -----------------------is the aim of philosophy of religion. |
A. | spiritual realization |
B. | god realisation |
C. | liberation |
D. | freedom |
Answer» A. spiritual realization |
34. |
------- seeks to raise religious doctrine to a philosophical form by exercising a free criticism upon them. |
A. | theology |
B. | speculative theology |
C. | neo-theology |
D. | propositional theology |
Answer» B. speculative theology |
35. |
Theologians seeks to unfold a world-view, based on: |
A. | religious experience |
B. | religious beliefs |
C. | religious dogmas |
D. | religious postulates |
Answer» D. religious postulates |
36. |
Science and religion generally pursue knowledge of the ---------- using different methodologies |
A. | mind |
B. | sprit |
C. | soul |
D. | universe |
Answer» D. universe |
37. |
Which theory states that God is existing apart from the world? |
A. | pantheism |
B. | deism |
C. | monotheism |
D. | theism |
Answer» B. deism |
38. |
Deists believed that God is the: |
A. | cause uie |
B. | cause |
C. | cause sui |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. cause uie |
39. |
According to Deism, God exists beyond -------------- |
A. | matter |
B. | heaven |
C. | human |
D. | time and space. |
Answer» D. time and space. |
40. |
Pantheism comes from Greek terms : |
A. | ‘pan’ and ‘theo’ |
B. | ‘ pon’ and ‘teo’ |
C. | ‘paan’ and ‘theeo’ |
D. | ‘pen’ and ‘teeo’ |
Answer» A. ‘pan’ and ‘theo’ |
41. |
Pantheism literally means that: |
A. | all is spirit |
B. | god is great |
C. | all is god |
D. | all is world |
Answer» C. all is god |
42. |
‘The world is God, and God is the world’- this view is called: |
A. | pantheism |
B. | deism |
C. | monotheism |
D. | theism |
Answer» A. pantheism |
43. |
According to -------------- , God is Substance and Substance is God |
A. | descartes |
B. | aquinas |
C. | spinoza |
D. | kant |
Answer» C. spinoza |
44. |
-----------------form of Idealism is Pantheistic in character. |
A. | cartesian |
B. | hegelian |
C. | kantian |
D. | all of these |
Answer» B. hegelian |
45. |
Nothing falls outside the Absolute and everything is the Absolute. Who holds this view? |
A. | spinoza |
B. | kant |
C. | william james |
D. | hegel |
Answer» D. hegel |
46. |
The Upanishadic saying “aham Brahmasmi” and “sarvam khalavidam Brahma” having a similarity with: |
A. | pantheism |
B. | deism |
C. | monotheism |
D. | theism |
Answer» A. pantheism |
47. |
----------------------is the belief that there is but one supreme Being, |
A. | pantheism |
B. | deism |
C. | monotheism |
D. | theism |
Answer» C. monotheism |
48. |
God is personal and moral and who seeks a total and unqualified response from human creatures- This view is related with: |
A. | pantheism |
B. | deism |
C. | monotheism |
D. | theism |
Answer» C. monotheism |
49. |
--------------was not only the God of the Hebrews but the Maker of heaven and earth. |
A. | jahweh |
B. | ahura masda |
C. | chemosh |
D. | dagon |
Answer» A. jahweh |
50. |
------------------ believes that God is the highest personality, the creator, supporter and defender of the world. |
A. | pantheism |
B. | deism |
C. | monotheism |
D. | theism |
Answer» D. theism |
51. |
Among these Western philosophers who is the advocate of theism? |
A. | descartes |
B. | kant |
C. | bentham |
D. | spinoza |
Answer» A. descartes |
52. |
Karl Marx treated religion as a tool of--------------------------. |
A. | exploitation |
B. | emotional exploitation |
C. | economic exploitation |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. economic exploitation |
53. |
Atheism means : |
A. | there is god |
B. | there is one god |
C. | there are many god |
D. | there is no god |
Answer» D. there is no god |
54. |
“Religion is the opium of the people.”- Who said? |
A. | karl marx |
B. | arnold toynbee |
C. | russell |
D. | walter kaufman |
Answer» A. karl marx |
55. |
------------------do not believe in the existence of God because God’s existence cannot be perceived. |
A. | charvakans |
B. | buddhists |
C. | jains |
D. | vedadins |
Answer» A. charvakans |
56. |
Who calls foundational beliefs as “M-beliefs”? |
A. | william alston |
B. | patrick |
C. | william james |
D. | w.t stace |
Answer» A. william alston |
57. |
In the term “M-beliefs”, M stands for: |
A. | master |
B. | manifestation |
C. | metaphysics |
D. | morality |
Answer» B. manifestation |
58. |
-------------- argues that religious beliefs are properly basic. |
A. | william alston |
B. | alvin plantinga |
C. | william james |
D. | w.t stace |
Answer» B. alvin plantinga |
59. |
Alvin Plantinga made an influence upon Reformers of the sixteenth century, particularly: |
A. | william alston |
B. | patrick |
C. | william james |
D. | john calvin |
Answer» D. john calvin |
60. |
“Belief” can be defined as an: |
A. | act or state of believing |
B. | practice of believing. |
C. | experience of believing. |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. act or state of believing |
61. |
The idea that our belief-structures are and must be built upon basic beliefs, which are grounded in and justified by clear circumstances is called: |
A. | foundationalism |
B. | fundamentalism |
C. | experimentalism |
D. | justificationalism |
Answer» A. foundationalism |
62. |
‘The material world exists only in consciousnesses, our own and God’s’- this position is known as: |
A. | idealism |
B. | solipsism |
C. | spiritualism |
D. | intuitionism |
Answer» B. solipsism |
63. |
--------------is an act of divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence. |
A. | belief |
B. | reason |
C. | revelation |
D. | faith |
Answer» C. revelation |
64. |
------------- is confidence or trust in a person to thing, deity, in the doctrines or teachings of a religion, or view even without empirical evidence. |
A. | belief |
B. | reason |
C. | revelation |
D. | faith |
Answer» D. faith |
65. |
Christian thought treats Bible as a ------------------of revelation. |
A. | source |
B. | medium |
C. | truth |
D. | copy |
Answer» B. medium |
66. |
Critique of Religion and Philosophy is written by: |
A. | salomon reinach |
B. | walter kaufmann, |
C. | william james |
D. | w.t stace |
Answer» B. walter kaufmann, |
67. |
The term mysticism comes from the Greek word --------------- |
A. | mystikos |
B. | mytikos, |
C. | mithios |
D. | mystipos |
Answer» A. mystikos |
68. |
Non-propositional view of revelation and faith has become widespread within -------------- during the present century. |
A. | protestant christianity |
B. | christianity, |
C. | catholics |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. protestant christianity |
69. |
The teleological argument has its earliest roots in the thought of ------------------ |
A. | thales |
B. | heraclitus |
C. | plato |
D. | aristotle |
Answer» C. plato |
70. |
Teleological argument states that God is an intelligent--------------------. |
A. | designer |
B. | creator |
C. | protector |
D. | master |
Answer» A. designer |
71. |
Paley’s ------------------conveys the essence of the teleological argument. |
A. | analogy of desert |
B. | analogy of stone |
C. | analogy of watch |
D. | analogy of table |
Answer» C. analogy of watch |
72. |
“Dialogues on Natural Religion”, is written by: |
A. | david hume |
B. | st. anselm |
C. | paley |
D. | descartes |
Answer» A. david hume |
73. |
The cosmological argument considered God as the: |
A. | protector |
B. | creator |
C. | first cause |
D. | destroyer |
Answer» C. first cause |
74. |
To -----------first cause argument is known as cosmological. |
A. | david hume |
B. | st. anselm |
C. | paley |
D. | aristotle |
Answer» D. aristotle |
75. |
According to Aristotle God is the: |
A. | prime mover |
B. | absolute |
C. | omnipotent |
D. | protector |
Answer» A. prime mover |
76. |
Ontological argument was first put forth by: |
A. | david hume |
B. | st. anselm |
C. | paley |
D. | aristotle |
Answer» B. st. anselm |
77. |
By the term ‘greater’ Anselm means: |
A. | more higher |
B. | more real |
C. | more perfect |
D. | more conceivable |
Answer» C. more perfect |
78. |
Descartes’ concept of innate idea has a base in: |
A. | cosmological argument |
B. | teleological argument |
C. | ontological argument |
D. | design |
Answer» C. ontological argument |
79. |
Matter was the source of all evil- Who made this assertion? |
A. | david hume |
B. | st. anselm |
C. | philo |
D. | descartes |
Answer» C. philo |
80. |
Good and evil are: |
A. | correlative myths |
B. | contradictory facts |
C. | correlative facts |
D. | contradictory myths |
Answer» C. correlative facts |
81. |
Each man could frame his own code of good and evil. Who holds this position? |
A. | idealists |
B. | realists |
C. | rationalists |
D. | sophists |
Answer» D. sophists |
82. |
Both Spinoza and Hegel practically denied the-------------------. |
A. | reality of evil |
B. | reality of sprit |
C. | reality of soul |
D. | reality of god |
Answer» A. reality of evil |
83. |
The metaphysical evil is called the ---------------- |
A. | moral evil |
B. | physical evil |
C. | mental evil |
D. | natural evil |
Answer» D. natural evil |
84. |
Who considered evil to be due to the imperfections that are inherent in the construction of the finite elements of the universe? |
A. | david hume |
B. | st. anselm |
C. | leibniz |
D. | descartes |
Answer» C. leibniz |
85. |
All the forces of evil and sin came to be personified in Satan. This view is holds by: |
A. | judaism |
B. | christianity |
C. | islam |
D. | hinduism |
Answer» B. christianity |
86. |
According to pessimism this world is a : |
A. | best possible world |
B. | worst possible world |
C. | good world |
D. | best world |
Answer» B. worst possible world |
87. |
Moral evil is a direct consequence of man’s --- |
A. | free will |
B. | mind |
C. | freedom |
D. | emotion |
Answer» A. free will |
88. |
Mental anxiety, sorrow, excitement, tension, uproar, etc. create : |
A. | moral evil |
B. | metaphysical evil |
C. | mental evil |
D. | natural evil |
Answer» C. mental evil |
89. |
Who shows strong views in favour of pessimism? |
A. | spinoza |
B. | arthur schopenhauer |
C. | philo |
D. | bosanquet |
Answer» B. arthur schopenhauer |
90. |
Who considered that the world of ours is the best possible world? |
A. | david hume |
B. | kant |
C. | paley |
D. | leibniz |
Answer» D. leibniz |
91. |
---------------------- is a positive approach to life and existence. |
A. | optimism |
B. | nihilism |
C. | antagonism |
D. | pessimism |
Answer» A. optimism |
92. |
According to Spinoza, soul is immortal which gets the --------------------- of God. |
A. | love |
B. | intellectual love |
C. | unlimited love |
D. | unconditional love |
Answer» B. intellectual love |
93. |
Atman is neither born nor does it die- This view holds by: |
A. | samkhya |
B. | jainism |
C. | gita |
D. | buddhism |
Answer» C. gita |
94. |
According to Buddhism the soul is nothing but the------------------. |
A. | mind-body complex |
B. | illusion |
C. | mind-body reaction |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. mind-body complex |
95. |
According to Kant’s metaphysical and moral doctrine: |
A. | the soul is mortal. |
B. | the soul is indefinite |
C. | the soul is obscure |
D. | the soul is immortal |
Answer» D. the soul is immortal |
96. |
-------- begins with the notion, God, the force of all good, and the Devil, the source of all evil. |
A. | traditional judaism |
B. | traditional christianity, |
C. | traditional islam |
D. | traditional hinduism |
Answer» B. traditional christianity, |
97. |
‘God or the Supreme Being is unaffected by evil and stands above relative good which is the correlative of evil’. Which tradition holds this position? |
A. | buddhist |
B. | samkhya |
C. | mimamsa |
D. | vedanta |
Answer» D. vedanta |
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