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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) .
| 301. |
The view that knowledge is attained through sense experience is called: |
| A. | Idealism |
| B. | Positivism |
| C. | Rationalism |
| D. | Empiricism |
| Answer» D. Empiricism | |
| 302. |
Which among the following is the characteristic of Modern Philosophy |
| A. | A revolt against authority and tradition |
| B. | Demand for freedom in thought, feeling, and action |
| C. | Scientific |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 303. |
Who authored ‘Essay on Human Understanding’ |
| A. | Rene Descartes |
| B. | John Locke |
| C. | Immanuel Kant |
| D. | David Hume |
| Answer» B. John Locke | |
| 304. |
Modern philosophy began in |
| A. | Renaissance |
| B. | The Enlightenment |
| C. | The idealistic period |
| D. | Natural Science Period |
| Answer» A. Renaissance | |
| 305. |
The father of modern western philosophy |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Socrates |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | Spinoza |
| Answer» C. Descartes | |
| 306. |
Descartes advocated the philosophy of: |
| A. | Pluralism |
| B. | Empiricism |
| C. | Dualism |
| D. | Idealism |
| Answer» C. Dualism | |
| 307. |
Descartes is a |
| A. | skeptic |
| B. | empiricist |
| C. | rationalist |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. rationalist | |
| 308. |
The concept of innate ideas is put forward by: |
| A. | Spinoza |
| B. | Leibniz |
| C. | Kant |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» D. Descartes | |
| 309. |
…………. Is advocated theory of interactionism |
| A. | Descartes |
| B. | Pre-established harmony |
| C. | Berkeley |
| D. | Kant |
| Answer» A. Descartes | |
| 310. |
According to Descartes, the Absolute substance refers to: |
| A. | God |
| B. | Mind |
| C. | Matter |
| D. | Mind and Matter |
| Answer» A. God | |
| 311. |
According to Descartes, the idea of God is : |
| A. | Adventitious |
| B. | fictitious |
| C. | Demonstrative |
| D. | Innate |
| Answer» D. Innate | |
| 312. |
Which one of the following views is held by Descartes? |
| A. | Mind and body are the two substances which exist independently of each other |
| B. | Mind is the only substance and matter is only a fiction |
| C. | Mind is the only substance and matter is only a fiction |
| D. | Matter is the only substance and mind is one of its modes of existence |
| Answer» A. Mind and body are the two substances which exist independently of each other | |
| 313. |
Which one of the following statements adequately sums up Descartes’ philosophy? |
| A. | Mind and matter are two aspects of the same reality |
| B. | The world is made of two radically different kinds of substance, mind and matter. |
| C. | Matter alone is real and mind is only an illusion. |
| D. | Mind creates matter |
| Answer» B. The world is made of two radically different kinds of substance, mind and matter. | |
| 314. |
Which one of the following types of substances is NOT admitted by Descartes? |
| A. | Infinite and uncreated |
| B. | Perpetually changing |
| C. | Finite and spiritual |
| D. | Finite and material |
| Answer» B. Perpetually changing | |
| 315. |
In order to escape …………………, Descartes has introduced the idea of God |
| A. | Spiritualism |
| B. | Solipsism |
| C. | Empiricism |
| D. | Dualism |
| Answer» B. Solipsism | |
| 316. |
The rationalist philosopher …………. wants to give philosophy a stable character like mathematics. |
| A. | Descartes |
| B. | Kant |
| C. | Spinoza |
| D. | Leibnitz |
| Answer» A. Descartes | |
| 317. |
.......... defines substance as “ an existent thing which requires nothing but itself in order to exist”. |
| A. | Spinoza |
| B. | Locke |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | Hume |
| Answer» C. Descartes | |
| 318. |
Descartes claims God as the …………..substance, and mind and matter as ……… substance. |
| A. | absolute , created |
| B. | absolute, finite |
| C. | Only, created |
| D. | created, absolute |
| Answer» A. absolute , created | |
| 319. |
Descartes suggests ……………… as absolute substance |
| A. | God |
| B. | Mind |
| C. | Soul |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» A. God | |
| 320. |
Which one of the following statements is NOT supported by Descartes? |
| A. | Mind and matter are independent substance |
| B. | Mind and matter are two separate substances alongside God. |
| C. | Mind and matter are inter-related to one another |
| D. | Mind and matter are both identical |
| Answer» D. Mind and matter are both identical | |
| 321. |
The doctrine of Occassionalism advocated by |
| A. | Descartes |
| B. | Malebranche |
| C. | Spinoza |
| D. | Leibnitz |
| Answer» B. Malebranche | |
| 322. |
Which one of the following statements is entitled by Descartes’ cogito ergo sum? |
| A. | Only I exist |
| B. | Only God exists |
| C. | I exist while I think |
| D. | Only matter exists |
| Answer» C. I exist while I think | |
| 323. |
Descartes recognizes mind and matter as ……. substances which are created by God. |
| A. | Absolute |
| B. | Relative |
| C. | Neutral |
| D. | Real |
| Answer» B. Relative | |
| 324. |
Descartes suggests mind and matter are ……….. |
| A. | Opposed on each other |
| B. | Dependent on each other |
| C. | Independent of each other |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Opposed on each other | |
| 325. |
Descartes advocates …………..by admitting mind and matter as two substances |
| A. | Dualism |
| B. | Individualism |
| C. | Rationalism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Dualism | |
| 326. |
To solve mind and body problem, Descartes has introduced ………. |
| A. | Mind Body Dualism |
| B. | Psycho-physical Interactionism |
| C. | Occassionalism |
| D. | Psycho-physical parallelism |
| Answer» B. Psycho-physical Interactionism | |
| 327. |
Which among is NOT included Descartes three kinds of ideas |
| A. | Innate Ideas |
| B. | Complex Ideas |
| C. | Factitious Ideas |
| D. | Adventitious Ideas |
| Answer» B. Complex Ideas | |
| 328. |
Descartes argues against trusting the senses on the grounds that ……… |
| A. | They never directly deceive him |
| B. | They sometimes deceive him |
| C. | God allows sensory deception |
| D. | Sense perception is indubitable |
| Answer» B. They sometimes deceive him | |
| 329. |
Descartes declares that he is ………… |
| A. | A body |
| B. | a dream |
| C. | a thing that thinks |
| D. | a thing that cannot exist |
| Answer» C. a thing that thinks | |
| 330. |
Descartes reasons that the very fact that he is thinking shows that …… |
| A. | He does not exist |
| B. | He is not being deceived |
| C. | He exists |
| D. | He is dreaming |
| Answer» C. He exists | |
| 331. |
The view that we consist of two distinct substances (body and mind) and that these two interact is known as ……… |
| A. | Functionalism |
| B. | Identity theory |
| C. | Substance dualism |
| D. | Materialism |
| Answer» B. Identity theory | |
| 332. |
Descartes believed that interaction between body and mind took place in …… |
| A. | Ectoplasm |
| B. | the brain stem |
| C. | the pineal gland |
| D. | the nervous system |
| Answer» C. the pineal gland | |
| 333. |
Descartes says that the chief characteristic of physical things is that ….. |
| A. | They cannot be measured |
| B. | Science can study them |
| C. | They do not have extension |
| D. | They have extension |
| Answer» D. They have extension | |
| 334. |
Which of the following do Cartesian dualists reject? |
| A. | That minds and bodies exist |
| B. | That mind and bodies can exist independently of each other |
| C. | That minds exist in time |
| D. | That mind exist in space |
| Answer» D. That mind exist in space | |
| 335. |
According to Descartes, knowledge is |
| A. | Power |
| B. | Unattainable |
| C. | Certain |
| D. | Fleeting |
| Answer» C. Certain | |
| 336. |
For Descartes, cogito ergo sum is |
| A. | A proof for the existence of God |
| B. | An indubitable truth |
| C. | An obvious falsehood |
| D. | A way to make money |
| Answer» B. An indubitable truth | |
| 337. |
Which claim did Descartes use to establish the certainty of his own existence? |
| A. | To be is to be perceived |
| B. | I think, therefore I am |
| C. | Nothing exists except bodies in motion |
| D. | Every created thing has both mental and physical properties. |
| Answer» B. I think, therefore I am | |
| 338. |
What was clarity and distinctness a mark of, for Rene Descartes? |
| A. | God |
| B. | Goodness |
| C. | Truth |
| D. | Rationality |
| Answer» C. Truth | |
| 339. |
Who authored the book Discourse on Method ?. |
| A. | Descartes |
| B. | Spinoza |
| C. | Immanuel Kant |
| D. | Hegel |
| Answer» A. Descartes | |
| 340. |
Which book authored Rene Descartes |
| A. | Critique of Pure Reason |
| B. | Ethics |
| C. | Meditations on First Philosophy |
| D. | The Principles of Human Knowledge |
| Answer» C. Meditations on First Philosophy | |
| 341. |
Descartes uses the method of doubt to cast doubt on |
| A. | The existence of the external world |
| B. | The existence of God |
| C. | The existence of dream |
| D. | The existence of demons |
| Answer» A. The existence of the external world | |
| 342. |
Spinoza equates substance with ------- and -------- |
| A. | Qualities, God |
| B. | Nature, God |
| C. | Nature, Soul |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Nature, God | |
| 343. |
By admitting only God, Spinoza fails to explain plurality, diversity, motion and change of the ….. |
| A. | Individual souls |
| B. | Objects of the world |
| C. | Empirical world |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Objects of the world | |
| 344. |
Which one of the following statements is associated with Spinoza? |
| A. | Mind and body are two independent entities in perfect harmony with each other. |
| B. | Mind and body interact and there is a causal relation between the two. |
| C. | Mind and body are not two independent substances but are two parallel manifestations of the same reality. |
| D. | Mind is an epiphenomenon of the body |
| Answer» C. Mind and body are not two independent substances but are two parallel manifestations of the same reality. | |
| 345. |
Which one of the following statements is true, according to Spinoza? |
| A. | Substance can exist outside of God |
| B. | Substance and God are independent realities |
| C. | There can be no substance outside of God |
| D. | Substance and God are imaginary. |
| Answer» C. There can be no substance outside of God | |
| 346. |
By ‘mode’ Spinoza means that which |
| A. | Is in itself and is conceived through itself |
| B. | Exists in itself |
| C. | Is a being that is absolutely infinite |
| D. | Exists through something other than itself |
| Answer» D. Exists through something other than itself | |
| 347. |
What is true of Spinoza’s parallelism? |
| A. | It explains the mental by the physical |
| B. | It explains the physical by the mental |
| C. | It is double aspect theory accepting both the mental and physical realms as manifestations of the same substance. |
| D. | It accepts the mental and the physical as two stages of evolution. |
| Answer» C. It is double aspect theory accepting both the mental and physical realms as manifestations of the same substance. | |
| 348. |
Spinoza claims substance is …………. and ……………… |
| A. | Many, finite |
| B. | One, infinite |
| C. | Many, limited |
| D. | One, limited |
| Answer» B. One, infinite | |
| 349. |
By ………….. Spinoza understands that which is in itself and which is conceived by means of itself. |
| A. | Matter |
| B. | Body |
| C. | Substance |
| D. | Attribute |
| Answer» C. Substance | |
| 350. |
............ points out that if Descartes, definition of substance is to be strictly adhered to, there can be only one substance, i.e., God. |
| A. | Spinoza |
| B. | Hume |
| C. | Locke |
| D. | Berkeley |
| Answer» A. Spinoza | |
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