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370+ Fundamentals of Ethics Solved MCQs

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201.

The three Jewels of Jainism:

A. Right Faith, Right Knowledge, Right Conduct
B. Right Faith, Right Knowledge, Right Devotion
C. Right Faith, Right Knowledge, Right Spirituality
D. Right Faith, Right Knowledge, Right Advice
Answer» A. Right Faith, Right Knowledge, Right Conduct
202.

_____ is the keynote of the ethics of Buddhism.

A. Satya
B. Brahmacharya
C. Ahimsa
D. Aparigraha
Answer» C. Ahimsa
203.

Buddha’s ethics is:

A. ascetic
B. hedonism
C. midway between hedonism and asceticism
D. inactivism
Answer» C. midway between hedonism and asceticism
204.

___ consists in abstention from killing, stealing, illegal sex indulgence, lying and drinking liquor for laymen.

A. Right belief
B. Right Resolve
C. Right Conduct
D. Right Speech
Answer» C. Right Conduct
205.

The primary right:

A. Right to live
B. Right to freedom
C. Right to property
D. Right to education
Answer» A. Right to live
206.

The article guarantees equality before law.

A. Article 14
B. Article 15
C. Article 19
D. Article 21 A
Answer» A. Article 14
207.

Pick up the wrong statement. The fundamental rights are:

A. Absolute
B. Not absolute
C. It can be enhanced
D. It can be removed
Answer» A. Absolute
208.

Which is NOT a fundamental right as per Constitution of India

A. Right to Equality
B. Right to Freedom
C. Right to Property
D. Right to Freedom of Religion
Answer» C. Right to Property
209.

The fundamental duties of the citizens were added to the Constitution by :

A. The 44th Amendment in 1978
B. The 42nd Amendment in 1976
C. The 86th Amendment in 2002
D. None of these
Answer» B. The 42nd Amendment in 1976
210.

Which among the following is the duty of a citizen of India

A. To abide by the constitution and respect its ideal and institutions
B. To value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture
C. To develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform
D. All of these
Answer» D. All of these
211.

Fundamental duties are:

A. Enforceable by the Courts
B. Not enforceable by the Courts
C. Against patriotism
D. Based on individual liberty
Answer» B. Not enforceable by the Courts
212.

The word was added by the 42nd Constitution Amendment

A. Sovereign
B. Socialist
C. Secular
D. Democratic
Answer» C. Secular
213.

Which of the following word have not been written in the preamble of the Indian Constitution

A. Sovereign
B. Socialist
C. Democratic
D. Indians
Answer» D. Indians
214.

What thing does make ones’ life happy?

A. Bad thing
B. Better thing
C. Good thing
D. Best thing
Answer» C. Good thing
215.

From which does the term ‘ethics’ origin?

A. Aletheia
B. Ethis
C. Mores
D. Ethos
Answer» D. Ethos
216.

What is the material object of ethics?

A. Human conduct
B. Human intellect
C. Human senses
D. Human mind
Answer» A. Human conduct
217.

What is the formal object of ethics?

A. To determine what type of conduct is better
B. To determine what type of conduct is right or wrong
C. To determine what type of conduct is bad
D. To determine what type of conduct is the best
Answer» B. To determine what type of conduct is right or wrong
218.

) What is a moral action?

A. An action is done deliberately for the good/bad of others
B. An action is done intentionally to destroy others
C. An action is done deliberately and freely to attain ultimate happiness
D. An action is done freely to destroy others
Answer» C. An action is done deliberately and freely to attain ultimate happiness
219.

) What does immoral mean?

A. Not observing a universal known moral rule
B. Not observing a universal known immoral rule
C. Not observing a particular known moral rule
D. Not observing a universal known immoral rule
Answer» C. Not observing a particular known moral rule
220.

) What do you mean by Amoral?

A. Relevant to
B. Not relevant to
C. Concerned with
D. None of these
Answer» B. Not relevant to
221.

) Which of the following is not an example of Amoral action ?

A. Famine
B. Flood
C. Breathing
D. Killing
Answer» D. Killing
222.

) In which branch of science do ethics come under?

A. Positive
B. Normative
C. Descriptive
D. None of these
Answer» B. Normative
223.

) Identify the major branches of ethics?

A. Meta, normative, applied
B. Ontological, logical, Meta
C. Philosophical, normative, Meta
D. Ecological, applied, relative
Answer» A. Meta, normative, applied
224.

Applied ethics deals with __________

A. Universal truths
B. Philosophical sciences
C. Controversial issues
D. Truths
Answer» C. Controversial issues
225.

) Applied ethics is also known as __________

A. Normative
B. Ethical theory
C. Positive
D. Casuistry
Answer» D. Casuistry
226.

) Which of the following sciences does give data for science of ethics?

A. Sociology
B. Psychology
C. Anthropology
D. all of these
Answer» D. all of these
227.

) Ethics is not the art of right conduct but act of __________

A. Moral life
B. Judgement
C. Observation
D. Intuition
Answer» A. Moral life
228.

) Which among them does make an action voluntary?

A. Freedom
B. Knowledge
C. Will
D. all of these
Answer» D. all of these
229.

) _________ is proper only to humans.

A. Act of human
B. Human act
C. Act of women
D. None of these
Answer» B. Human act
230.

) Who proposed the three postulates of ethics ?

A. Kant
B. Rashdall
C. Aurobindo
D. Descartes
Answer» A. Kant
231.

) Which one is considered as the postulate of ethics ?

A. Proof for evil
B. Proof for God
C. Existence of God
D. Mortality
Answer» C. Existence of God
232.

) Postulates are ___________.

A. Self-evident truths
B. Evident truths
C. Not self-evident truths
D. Evident norms
Answer» A. Self-evident truths
233.

) “Reason of God is the criterion of judgement”. Who said these words ?

A. St. Augustine
B. St. Anselm
C. St. Aquinas
D. Boethius
Answer» C. St. Aquinas
234.

) When was the breaking up of the Greek city state ?

A. 4th c
B. 8th c
C. 12th c
D. 16th c
Answer» A. 4th c
235.

) who named ‘hermic’ and ‘mnemic’ tendencies ?

A. Plato
B. J.S. Mill
C. W.S. Gilbert
D. Aristotle
Answer» C. W.S. Gilbert
236.

) Who distinguished the two aspects of conscience?

A. Broad
B. Butler
C. Plato
D. Aristotle
Answer» B. Butler
237.

) What do you mean by the Greek term ‘hedone’ ?

A. Pleasure
B. Difference
C. Ethics
D. Perfection
Answer» A. Pleasure
238.

) Universalistic hedonism is also known as _________.

A. Egoism
B. Utilitarianism
C. Ethics
D. Pleasure
Answer» B. Utilitarianism
239.

) Who is the founder of the science of political economy?

A. Adam Smith
B. Butler
C. J.S. Mill
D. Bentham
Answer» A. Adam Smith
240.

) Conscience belongs to which faculty?

A. Social
B. Political
C. Individual
D. Pleasure
Answer» C. Individual
241.

) What is the view of Epicures?

A. Ethical universalism
B. Ethical egoism
C. Ethical hedonism
D. Deism
Answer» B. Ethical egoism
242.

) Who among these philosophers is considered as a champion of happiness ?

A. Bentham
B. Kant
C. Plato
D. J.S. Mill
Answer» D. J.S. Mill
243.

) J.S. Mill gave importance to __________ base.

A. Pleasure
B. Quantitative
C. Qualitative
D. Hedonism
Answer» C. Qualitative
244.

) Who hold that moral progress is characterized by the deepening of the moral insight?

A. T. H. Grew
B. T.H. Green
C. Eric Ericson
D. Anne Roe
Answer» B. T.H. Green
245.

) Whose opinion that moral life of an individual exists in a moral universe of moral ideals which is generally recognized by the society?

A. Aristotle
B. Socrates
C. Mackenzie
D. Plato
Answer» C. Mackenzie
246.

) Who says that moral progress is morality in progress ?

A. James
B. James William
C. James Peter
D. James Seth
Answer» D. James Seth
247.

) Which is the philosophical virtue of Plato and Aristotle ?

A. Justice
B. Love
C. Law
D. Value
Answer» A. Justice
248.

) Which are the theological virtues?

A. Faith, Love, Justice
B. Love, Goodness, Truth
C. Faith, Hope, Charity
D. Faith, Love Charity
Answer» C. Faith, Hope, Charity
249.

) According to Aquinas, ________ is the form of all virtues ?

A. Hope
B. Faith
C. Charity
D. Love
Answer» C. Charity
250.

) According to Aristotle, virtues are a kind of ________ nature.

A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
Answer» B. Second

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