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| 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 | |
| 51. |
is the founder of Idealism. |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | spinoza |
| C. | plato |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 52. |
Naturalism is the position of _. |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | plato |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 53. |
Ancient Greek atomism is . |
| A. | monism |
| B. | pluralism |
| C. | dualism |
| D. | idealism |
| Answer» B. pluralism | |
| 54. |
‘Real is rational and rational is real’. This is the dictum of . |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | spinoza |
| C. | marx |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» A. hegel | |
| 55. |
Neutral Monism is the metaphysical position of . |
| A. | marx |
| B. | spinoza |
| C. | berkeley |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. spinoza | |
| 56. |
The pragmatist criterion of truth is . |
| A. | god |
| B. | perception |
| C. | workability |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. workability | |
| 57. |
Transcendentalism refers to the philosophy of . |
| A. | marx |
| B. | kant |
| C. | locke |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. kant | |
| 58. |
Cartesian epistemology emphasizes as the source of true knowledge. |
| A. | perception |
| B. | faith |
| C. | revelation |
| D. | reason |
| Answer» D. reason | |
| 59. |
‘True knowledge is a priori’. This is the view of _ . |
| A. | empiricists |
| B. | materialists |
| C. | rationalists |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. rationalists | |
| 60. |
Identify the odd one. |
| A. | thales |
| B. | anaximander |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | anaximenes |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 61. |
The term ‘right’ implies - according to . |
| A. | rule |
| B. | reason |
| C. | desire |
| D. | interest |
| Answer» A. rule | |
| 62. |
The child’s right to education necessarily implies the of parents to give it. |
| A. | will |
| B. | desire |
| C. | refusal |
| D. | duty |
| Answer» D. duty | |
| 63. |
Modern philosophers tried to reject the authority of . |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | scholasticism |
| C. | reason |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. scholasticism | |
| 64. |
Rationalism and Empiricism represent the philosophy of era. |
| A. | ionian |
| B. | medieval |
| C. | contemporary |
| D. | modern |
| Answer» D. modern | |
| 65. |
The study of philosophy stimulates . |
| A. | dogmatism |
| B. | critical thinking |
| C. | blind faith |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. critical thinking | |
| 66. |
Empiricists regard ________ as the only source of knowledge. |
| A. | reason |
| B. | experience |
| C. | intuition |
| D. | analysis |
| Answer» B. experience | |
| 67. |
According to Descartes_________ is the source of real knowledge. |
| A. | sense experience |
| B. | reason |
| C. | authority |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. reason | |
| 68. |
_________ is the position holding that there is no genuine knowledge. |
| A. | skepticism |
| B. | empiricism |
| C. | realism |
| D. | rationalism |
| Answer» A. skepticism | |
| 69. |
According to_______ theory of truth, a proposition is true when it agrees with reality or fact. |
| A. | correspondence |
| B. | coherence |
| C. | pragmatic |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. correspondence | |
| 70. |
___________ is the theory of truth that emphasizes the norm of utility/practical value. |
| A. | correspondence theory |
| B. | pragmatic theory |
| C. | coherence theory |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. pragmatic theory | |
| 71. |
According to_______ theory of truth, the truthfulness of a proposition is implicit in its harmony with other propositions. |
| A. | correspondence |
| B. | coherence |
| C. | pragmatic |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. coherence | |
| 72. |
_______ divides perception into impressions and ideas. |
| A. | john locke |
| B. | immanuel kant |
| C. | benedict spinoza |
| D. | david hume |
| Answer» D. david hume | |
| 73. |
Subjective Idealism was propounded by___________. |
| A. | george berkeley |
| B. | david hume |
| C. | john locke |
| D. | rene descartes |
| Answer» A. george berkeley | |
| 74. |
________ reconciled rationalism and empiricism. |
| A. | immanuel kant |
| B. | george berkeley |
| C. | david hume |
| D. | john locke |
| Answer» A. immanuel kant | |
| 75. |
_________ put forward the theory of monads. |
| A. | rene descartes |
| B. | leibnitz |
| C. | john locke |
| D. | george berkeley |
| Answer» B. leibnitz | |
| 76. |
The theory of mind-body dualism forms an important aspect in the philosophy of _________. |
| A. | rene descartes |
| B. | john locke |
| C. | karl marx |
| D. | leibnitz |
| Answer» A. rene descartes | |
| 77. |
___________ is the branch of philosophy that deals with the problems concerning knowledge. |
| A. | metaphysics |
| B. | ethics |
| C. | aesthetics |
| D. | epistemology |
| Answer» D. epistemology | |
| 78. |
The branch of Philosophy that deals with values is known as __________. |
| A. | metaphysics |
| B. | ontology |
| C. | axiology |
| D. | epistemology |
| Answer» C. axiology | |
| 79. |
__________ is a normative science. |
| A. | logic |
| B. | ethics |
| C. | aesthetics |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 80. |
The root word of ‘Ethics’ means _________. |
| A. | thought |
| B. | customs |
| C. | activity |
| D. | good |
| Answer» B. customs | |
| 81. |
___________ is not applicable to Science. |
| A. | systematic body of knowledge |
| B. | tentative knowledge |
| C. | based on observation |
| D. | hypothesis is significant |
| Answer» B. tentative knowledge | |
| 82. |
___________ belongs to Applied Ethics. |
| A. | environmental ethics |
| B. | medical ethics |
| C. | legal ethics |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 83. |
The Philosophical study of art and beauty is termed _________. |
| A. | ethics |
| B. | aesthetics |
| C. | logic |
| D. | drama |
| Answer» B. aesthetics | |
| 84. |
__________ is a mixed form of art. |
| A. | dance |
| B. | music |
| C. | sculpture |
| D. | painting |
| Answer» A. dance | |
| 85. |
The habitual performance of duties leads to ________. |
| A. | rights |
| B. | duties |
| C. | virtues |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. virtues | |
| 86. |
The experience produced by a work of art is referred to as _________. |
| A. | aesthetic experience |
| B. | intuitive experience |
| C. | direct experience |
| D. | mystic experience |
| Answer» A. aesthetic experience | |
| 87. |
The Indian term for Aesthetics is ________. |
| A. | soundarya sastra |
| B. | asvadana sastra |
| C. | sahradaya sastra |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. soundarya sastra | |
| 88. |
Identify the odd one. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | aquinas |
| C. | augustine |
| D. | anselm |
| Answer» A. socrates | |
| 89. |
Protagoras belongs to the ________ School. |
| A. | ionian |
| B. | sophist |
| C. | theistic |
| D. | mystic |
| Answer» B. sophist | |
| 90. |
Identify the odd one. |
| A. | metaphysics |
| B. | axiology |
| C. | epistemology |
| D. | psychology |
| Answer» D. psychology | |
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