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) .
| 51. |
Contradictions are tolerated in _______ mode of thinking. |
| A. | logico-scientific |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» B. narrative | |
| 52. |
Contradictions are not tolerated in _______ mode of thinking. |
| A. | logico-scientific |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» A. logico-scientific | |
| 53. |
_________ thinking does not presuppose universal truths. |
| A. | narrative |
| B. | religious |
| C. | scientific |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. narrative | |
| 54. |
Narration is a common mode of thinking in _________. |
| A. | literature |
| B. | philosophy |
| C. | history |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 55. |
Hobbes’ use of the image of organism to demonstrate monarchy-country relationship is a philosophical ________. |
| A. | system |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | problem |
| D. | truth |
| Answer» B. narrative | |
| 56. |
Historical _______ uses reconstruction of past events. |
| A. | truth |
| B. | reality |
| C. | narrative |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. narrative | |
| 57. |
History is not merely the recital of dates and events but also their ________. |
| A. | interpretation |
| B. | construction |
| C. | twisting |
| D. | misinterpretation |
| Answer» A. interpretation | |
| 58. |
Reader has to _______ narrations. |
| A. | construct |
| B. | forget |
| C. | misuse |
| D. | interpret |
| Answer» D. interpret | |
| 59. |
Narration assumes the _______. |
| A. | author |
| B. | text |
| C. | reader |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 60. |
A ________ is the physical printed book. |
| A. | text |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | work |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. work | |
| 61. |
A/an _______ is the narrative in a work. |
| A. | book |
| B. | reader |
| C. | author |
| D. | text |
| Answer» D. text | |
| 62. |
A text is ________ |
| A. | open |
| B. | alive |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 63. |
A work is _______ |
| A. | alive |
| B. | open |
| C. | closed |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. closed | |
| 64. |
According to new critics, a text is ________ to many various interpretations. |
| A. | open |
| B. | not exposed |
| C. | not open |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» A. open | |
| 65. |
_______ is the relationship of a text to other texts. |
| A. | textuality |
| B. | intertextuality |
| C. | authority |
| D. | reading |
| Answer» B. intertextuality | |
| 66. |
The ______ reader is the person who reads a text. |
| A. | implied |
| B. | historical |
| C. | imaginary |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. historical | |
| 67. |
Digital literature forms ________ text. |
| A. | permanent |
| B. | fixed |
| C. | fluid |
| D. | stable |
| Answer» C. fluid | |
| 68. |
________ is “the way in which fruitful starting-points and procedures are determined”. |
| A. | text |
| B. | philosophy |
| C. | method |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. method | |
| 69. |
Rene Descartes is a ________ philosopher. |
| A. | english |
| B. | american |
| C. | greek |
| D. | french |
| Answer» D. french | |
| 70. |
Rene Descartes is a/an _________ |
| A. | empiricist |
| B. | skeptic |
| C. | rationalist |
| D. | materialist |
| Answer» C. rationalist | |
| 71. |
_______ introduced logico-mathematical method. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | leibnitz |
| C. | plato |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» D. descartes | |
| 72. |
Cartesian method is not _________ |
| A. | axiological |
| B. | empirical |
| C. | logico-mathematical |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» B. empirical | |
| 73. |
The author of The Discourse on Method is _________ |
| A. | plato |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 74. |
‘I am thinking, therefore I exist’ is proved by ________ method. |
| A. | cartesian |
| B. | socratic |
| C. | phenomenological |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. cartesian | |
| 75. |
Descartes criticized ________ method. |
| A. | mathematical |
| B. | logico-mathematical |
| C. | scholastic |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» C. scholastic | |
| 76. |
Cartesian method begins with _______ |
| A. | methodic doubt |
| B. | empirical facts |
| C. | existence |
| D. | dialogue |
| Answer» A. methodic doubt | |
| 77. |
Cartesian doubt is not ________ |
| A. | methodic |
| B. | positive |
| C. | skeptical |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» C. skeptical | |
| 78. |
According to Descartes, genuine knowledge is ________ |
| A. | doubtful |
| B. | clear and distinct |
| C. | not possible |
| D. | not certain |
| Answer» B. clear and distinct | |
| 79. |
_________ is self-evident truth. |
| A. | doubt |
| B. | empirical fact |
| C. | imagination |
| D. | axiom |
| Answer» D. axiom | |
| 80. |
Descartes rejected the reliability of _______ as a sure source of truth. |
| A. | sense perception |
| B. | authority |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 81. |
Doubt leading to ‘indubitable certainty’ is a characteristic feature of _________. |
| A. | cartesian method |
| B. | skepticism |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» A. cartesian method | |
| 82. |
According to Descartes, __________ is the first and most certain knowledge. |
| A. | doubt |
| B. | cogito ergo sum |
| C. | skepticism |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. cogito ergo sum | |
| 83. |
The axiom of ___________ is the basis of Descartes’ argument for the existence of God. |
| A. | doubt |
| B. | method |
| C. | knowledge |
| D. | causality |
| Answer» D. causality | |
| 84. |
________ had developed a distinct philosophical method. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 85. |
_________ refers to a philosophical method. |
| A. | phenomenological |
| B. | socratic |
| C. | cartesian |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 86. |
Cartesian method aims at _______ knowledge. |
| A. | skeptical |
| B. | empirical |
| C. | clear and distinct |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. clear and distinct | |
| 87. |
Descartes’ passion for ________ had influenced his philosophical method. |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | doubt |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | mathematics |
| Answer» D. mathematics | |
| 88. |
Cogito ergo sum is a/an _________ truth like 2+2=4. |
| A. | axiomatic |
| B. | uncertain |
| C. | indistinct |
| D. | doubtful |
| Answer» A. axiomatic | |
| 89. |
________ was the inventor of dialectic method. |
| A. | marx |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | husserl |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 90. |
Socratic Method is not __________. |
| A. | conceptual |
| B. | definitional |
| C. | mathematical |
| D. | conversational |
| Answer» C. mathematical | |
| 91. |
‘Irony’ is a characteristic of _________ Method. |
| A. | cartesian |
| B. | phenomenological |
| C. | socratic |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. socratic | |
| 92. |
Socratic dialectic is _________. |
| A. | inductive |
| B. | deductive |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 93. |
Brentano and Husserl are founders of ________ method. |
| A. | phenomenological |
| B. | scientific |
| C. | inductive |
| D. | dialectical |
| Answer» A. phenomenological | |
| 94. |
Phenomenologists attack __________. |
| A. | reductionism |
| B. | psychologism |
| C. | scientism |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 95. |
Reduction or exclusion is a procedure in _________ method. |
| A. | phenomenological |
| B. | socratic |
| C. | cartesian |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. phenomenological | |
| 96. |
Bracketing existence is a procedure in _________ method. |
| A. | socratic |
| B. | cartesian |
| C. | phenomenological |
| D. | dialectical |
| Answer» C. phenomenological | |
| 97. |
According to ________, presuppositionless inquiry is the acid test of a truly critical philosophy. |
| A. | husserl |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | marx |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» A. husserl | |
| 98. |
Epistemological epoche is a component of ________ method. |
| A. | socratic |
| B. | cartesian |
| C. | mathematical |
| D. | phenomenological |
| Answer» D. phenomenological | |
| 99. |
Nothing is assumed in phenomenological method means it is ________ inquiry. |
| A. | dialectical |
| B. | scientific |
| C. | presuppositionless |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. presuppositionless | |
| 100. |
_________ regarded philosophy as a ‘rigorous science’. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | marx |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» B. husserl | |
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