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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) .
| 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 | |
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