McqMate
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. |
Humanities today represent ________ disciplines. |
| A. | no |
| B. | non-science |
| C. | mathematical |
| D. | scientific |
| Answer» B. non-science | |
| 2. |
The term ‘Humanities’ first appeared during the _________ |
| A. | italian renaissance |
| B. | roman war |
| C. | modern period |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. italian renaissance | |
| 3. |
_______ is included in Humanities. |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | classics |
| C. | history |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 4. |
Sciences are classified into _________ |
| A. | natural and physical |
| B. | natural and spiritual |
| C. | natural and social |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. natural and social | |
| 5. |
Empirical proof is essential to ________study. |
| A. | scientific |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | philosophical |
| D. | historical |
| Answer» A. scientific | |
| 6. |
________ is not a natural science. |
| A. | astronomy |
| B. | history |
| C. | biology |
| D. | physics |
| Answer» B. history | |
| 7. |
Find out the odd one. |
| A. | physics |
| B. | chemistry |
| C. | theology |
| D. | biology |
| Answer» C. theology | |
| 8. |
Find out the odd one. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | philosophy |
| C. | fine arts |
| D. | science |
| Answer» D. science | |
| 9. |
Find out the mismatched pair. |
| A. | humanities/philosophy |
| B. | humanities/history |
| C. | humanities/astronomy |
| D. | science/biology |
| Answer» C. humanities/astronomy | |
| 10. |
Find out the mismatched pair. |
| A. | natural science/chemistry |
| B. | natural science/physics |
| C. | natural science/biology |
| D. | natural science/ sociology |
| Answer» D. natural science/ sociology | |
| 11. |
Geology is a ________ discipline. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | natural science |
| C. | social science |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. natural science | |
| 12. |
Scientific study of human social behaviour is the concern of _______ |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | religion |
| C. | natural sciences |
| D. | social sciences |
| Answer» D. social sciences | |
| 13. |
________ is an interpretive discipline. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | natural sciences |
| C. | social sciences |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. humanities | |
| 14. |
Narrative imagination is employed in __________ |
| A. | cultural studies |
| B. | fine arts |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 15. |
Humanities are characteristically _______ disciplines. |
| A. | analytic |
| B. | interpretive |
| C. | scientific |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. interpretive | |
| 16. |
In psychology and philosophy, social sciences and _______ overlap. |
| A. | fine arts |
| B. | natural sciences |
| C. | humanities |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. humanities | |
| 17. |
The role of ‘values’ is important for _________ |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | physical sciences |
| C. | natural sciences |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. humanities | |
| 18. |
The word ‘fact’ is derived from a _______ word. |
| A. | latin |
| B. | greek |
| C. | english |
| D. | french |
| Answer» A. latin | |
| 19. |
Historian’s concern for _______ is problematic. |
| A. | wars |
| B. | objective facts |
| C. | political system |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. objective facts | |
| 20. |
‘What it means to be human’ is the central concern in _________ |
| A. | natural science |
| B. | social sciences |
| C. | humanities |
| D. | literature |
| Answer» C. humanities | |
| 21. |
________ are essentially self-reflexive in character. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | natural sciences |
| C. | social sciences |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. humanities | |
| 22. |
_________ is a sociologist. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | max weber |
| D. | e. h. carr |
| Answer» C. max weber | |
| 23. |
________ is/are shared by the members of a group. |
| A. | behavior |
| B. | personality |
| C. | choices |
| D. | values |
| Answer» D. values | |
| 24. |
Gender equality is a cherished ________ |
| A. | taste |
| B. | value |
| C. | choice |
| D. | character |
| Answer» B. value | |
| 25. |
Language determines ________ |
| A. | identity |
| B. | behavior |
| C. | method |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. identity | |
| 26. |
The relationship between a word and the thing it denotes is _______ |
| A. | fixed |
| B. | permanent |
| C. | static |
| D. | arbitrary |
| Answer» D. arbitrary | |
| 27. |
__________ refers to personal perception. |
| A. | gender |
| B. | objectivity |
| C. | subjectivity |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. subjectivity | |
| 28. |
Langue/Parle distinction was introduced by _________ |
| A. | max weber |
| B. | e. h. carr |
| C. | russell |
| D. | saussure |
| Answer» D. saussure | |
| 29. |
The terms like ‘mother’, ‘student’ etc indicate _________ |
| A. | value |
| B. | taste |
| C. | gender |
| D. | identity |
| Answer» D. identity | |
| 30. |
__________ is an effect of culture. |
| A. | gender |
| B. | subjectivity |
| C. | objectivity |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. subjectivity | |
| 31. |
Subject-position is determined by _________ |
| A. | context |
| B. | rules |
| C. | values |
| D. | taste |
| Answer» A. context | |
| 32. |
Patriarchal cultures _________ women. |
| A. | degrade |
| B. | respect |
| C. | glorify |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. degrade | |
| 33. |
_________ is the context in which writing/speech takes place. |
| A. | meaning |
| B. | discourse |
| C. | interpretation |
| D. | language |
| Answer» B. discourse | |
| 34. |
___________ approve all forms of knowledge. |
| A. | social constructionists |
| B. | scientists |
| C. | philosophers |
| D. | logicians |
| Answer» A. social constructionists | |
| 35. |
_________ introduced the term ‘Social construction’. |
| A. | max weber |
| B. | e. h. carr |
| C. | lincoln |
| D. | peter berger |
| Answer» D. peter berger | |
| 36. |
By _________, knowledge becomes part of social system. |
| A. | learning |
| B. | institutionalization |
| C. | habitualization |
| D. | construction |
| Answer» B. institutionalization | |
| 37. |
In _________, a set of knowledge is shared by all in a group. |
| A. | sciences |
| B. | institutions |
| C. | symbolic universes |
| D. | symbolic logic |
| Answer» C. symbolic universes | |
| 38. |
Social construction of reality refers to concepts and beliefs not scientifically proved but socially ___________ knowledge. |
| A. | shared |
| B. | true |
| C. | false |
| D. | rejected |
| Answer» A. shared | |
| 39. |
‘Denigrate’ is a term of _________ abuse. |
| A. | religious |
| B. | gender |
| C. | racial |
| D. | national |
| Answer» C. racial | |
| 40. |
The term ‘fair’ refers to justice, but it originated in the context of ________ discrimination. |
| A. | religious |
| B. | racial |
| C. | gender |
| D. | national |
| Answer» B. racial | |
| 41. |
Caste names very often carry a sense of _________ |
| A. | humiliation |
| B. | discrimination |
| C. | both (a) and (b |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b | |
| 42. |
‘Mankind’ is a common term, but it carries a __________ bias. |
| A. | racial |
| B. | religious |
| C. | political |
| D. | gender |
| Answer» D. gender | |
| 43. |
The traditional way of addressing God as ‘He’ can be placed in a _______ context. |
| A. | matriarchal |
| B. | patriarchal |
| C. | national |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. patriarchal | |
| 44. |
Narrative is the act of _________ |
| A. | truth expression |
| B. | representation |
| C. | scientific investigation |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. representation | |
| 45. |
Acceptance of ________ is a social convention. |
| A. | scientific truth |
| B. | objective fact |
| C. | narrative |
| D. | political creed |
| Answer» C. narrative | |
| 46. |
Mimesis means _________ |
| A. | indirect representation |
| B. | imitation |
| C. | representation |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. imitation | |
| 47. |
Plato advocated the theory of __________ |
| A. | indirect representation |
| B. | diegesis |
| C. | mimesis |
| D. | empiricism |
| Answer» C. mimesis | |
| 48. |
Aristotle introduced the concept of _________ |
| A. | catharsis |
| B. | social construction |
| C. | diegesis |
| D. | interpretation |
| Answer» A. catharsis | |
| 49. |
In representation, meaning is _________ |
| A. | discovered |
| B. | rejected |
| C. | objective |
| D. | attributed |
| Answer» D. attributed | |
| 50. |
Representation bestows _________. |
| A. | morality |
| B. | identity |
| C. | objectivity |
| D. | subjectivity |
| Answer» B. identity | |
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