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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. |
The total number of Vedas is . |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» D. four | |
| 2. |
Philosophy is originally a word. |
| A. | english |
| B. | latin |
| C. | greek |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» C. greek | |
| 3. |
Philosophy deals with of reality. |
| A. | a part |
| B. | the whole |
| C. | the illusion |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. the whole | |
| 4. |
‘Esthetikos’ is a word. |
| A. | greek |
| B. | latin |
| C. | french |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» A. greek | |
| 5. |
Taoism belongs to the tradition. |
| A. | japanese |
| B. | oriental |
| C. | occidental |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. oriental | |
| 6. |
does not belong to Oriental tradition. |
| A. | india |
| B. | china |
| C. | japan |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 7. |
is not a heterodox system. |
| A. | samkhya |
| B. | buddhism |
| C. | lokayata |
| D. | jainism |
| Answer» A. samkhya | |
| 8. |
implies ‘accepting the authority of the Vedas’. |
| A. | heterodox |
| B. | orthodox |
| C. | oriental |
| D. | occidental |
| Answer» B. orthodox | |
| 9. |
According to the law of karma, every karma leads to . |
| A. | moksha |
| B. | phala |
| C. | dharma |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. phala | |
| 10. |
The portion of Vedas that deals with rituals is known as . |
| A. | mantras |
| B. | brahmanas |
| C. | aranyakas |
| D. | upanishads |
| Answer» A. mantras | |
| 11. |
Polytheism implies as Monism refers to one. |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | many |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. many | |
| 12. |
Belief in one God is referred as . |
| A. | henotheism |
| B. | monotheism |
| C. | monism |
| D. | polytheism |
| Answer» B. monotheism | |
| 13. |
Samkhya propounded . |
| A. | dualism |
| B. | monism |
| C. | monotheism |
| D. | polytheism |
| Answer» A. dualism | |
| 14. |
is an Oriental system. |
| A. | buddhism |
| B. | absolute idealism |
| C. | scholasticism |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. buddhism | |
| 15. |
‘Scire’ is the root word of . |
| A. | system |
| B. | epistemology |
| C. | sophia |
| D. | science |
| Answer» D. science | |
| 16. |
Metaphysics is a branch of . |
| A. | physics |
| B. | metaethics |
| C. | philosophy |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. philosophy | |
| 17. |
Science is not based on . |
| A. | experiment |
| B. | faith |
| C. | observation |
| D. | hypotheses |
| Answer» B. faith | |
| 18. |
is the inquiry into ‘being in general’. |
| A. | ontology |
| B. | physics |
| C. | epistemology |
| D. | ethics |
| Answer» A. ontology | |
| 19. |
is a representative of pluralism. |
| A. | spinoza |
| B. | fitche |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | leibnitz |
| Answer» D. leibnitz | |
| 20. |
is not a positive science. |
| A. | biology |
| B. | sociology |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | anthropology |
| Answer» C. ethics | |
| 21. |
Etymological meaning of the term ‘metaphysics’ is . |
| A. | after physics |
| B. | before physics |
| C. | of physics |
| D. | other than physics |
| Answer» A. after physics | |
| 22. |
Aristotle’s‘Metaphysics’ contains number of books. |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 13 |
| D. | 14 |
| Answer» D. 14 | |
| 23. |
Ontology is related to as Ethics is to Axiology. |
| A. | aesthetics |
| B. | cosmology |
| C. | idealism |
| D. | metaphysics |
| Answer» D. metaphysics | |
| 24. |
The philosophical area which deals with the problem of Being is called |
| A. | axiology |
| B. | epistemology |
| C. | materialism |
| D. | ontology |
| Answer» D. ontology | |
| 25. |
is the ontological position that recognizes the one ultimate reality as matter. |
| A. | materialism |
| B. | spiritualism |
| C. | m o n i s m |
| D. | idealism |
| Answer» A. materialism | |
| 26. |
Marx is a whereas Hegel is an idealist. |
| A. | materialist |
| B. | dualist |
| C. | pluralist |
| D. | skeptic |
| Answer» A. materialist | |
| 27. |
Spinoza’s metaphysical position is known as . |
| A. | materialism |
| B. | dualism |
| C. | pluralism |
| D. | monism |
| Answer» D. monism | |
| 28. |
is regarded as the father of modern Empiricism. |
| A. | john locke |
| B. | david hume |
| C. | rene descartes |
| D. | immanuel kant |
| Answer» A. john locke | |
| 29. |
rejected innate ideas. |
| A. | rene descartes |
| B. | john locke |
| C. | spinoza |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. john locke | |
| 30. |
is a monist. |
| A. | spinoza |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | leibnitz |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. spinoza | |
| 31. |
The theory of innate ideas was first propounded by_ . |
| A. | john locke |
| B. | spinoza |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | david hume |
| Answer» C. descartes | |
| 32. |
argue that objects do not exist independent of mind. |
| A. | materialists |
| B. | realists |
| C. | objectivists |
| D. | idealists |
| Answer» D. idealists | |
| 33. |
Hegel developed Idealism. |
| A. | subjective |
| B. | absolute |
| C. | naïve |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. absolute | |
| 34. |
Esse est Percipi is the dictum of Idealism. |
| A. | objective |
| B. | subjective |
| C. | absolute |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. subjective | |
| 35. |
is the earliest representative o f Greek Cosmology. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | thales |
| D. | protagoras |
| Answer» C. thales | |
| 36. |
According to dualism, Reality is _. |
| A. | twofold |
| B. | many |
| C. | one |
| D. | indivisible |
| Answer» A. twofold | |
| 37. |
Ultimate reality is the concern of . |
| A. | metaphysics |
| B. | skepticism |
| C. | aesthetics |
| D. | pragmatism |
| Answer» A. metaphysics | |
| 38. |
Each science deals with of reality. |
| A. | a part |
| B. | the whole |
| C. | all parts |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. a part | |
| 39. |
is a representative of idealism. |
| A. | carvakas |
| B. | marx |
| C. | engels |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 40. |
Epistemology is concerned with of knowledge. |
| A. | origin |
| B. | validity |
| C. | limitation |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 41. |
Skeptics consider truth as . Introduction to Philosophy Page 4 |
| A. | certain |
| B. | necessary |
| C. | probable |
| D. | practical |
| Answer» C. probable | |
| 42. |
hold coherence theory. |
| A. | realists |
| B. | idealists |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» B. idealists | |
| 43. |
John Dewey is a/an . |
| A. | rationalist |
| B. | absolutist |
| C. | idealist |
| D. | pragmatist |
| Answer» D. pragmatist | |
| 44. |
Mind-body dualism is the position of . |
| A. | charles pierce |
| B. | john dewey |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. descartes | |
| 45. |
coined of the term ‘Aesthetics’. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | alexander baumgarten |
| Answer» D. alexander baumgarten | |
| 46. |
Summum bonum is the concern of . |
| A. | aesthetics |
| B. | metaphysics |
| C. | epistemology |
| D. | ethics |
| Answer» D. ethics | |
| 47. |
is a normative discipline. |
| A. | ethics |
| B. | aesthetics |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 48. |
Positive sciences are basically . |
| A. | descriptive |
| B. | prescriptive |
| C. | normative |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. descriptive | |
| 49. |
Mores literally means . |
| A. | norm |
| B. | ethics |
| C. | knowledge |
| D. | custom |
| Answer» D. custom | |
| 50. |
‘First Philosophy’ refers to . |
| A. | aesthetics |
| B. | metaphysics |
| C. | epistemology |
| D. | ethics |
| Answer» B. metaphysics | |
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