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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) .
| 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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