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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) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) , Indian Administrative Service (IAS) .
| 1. |
The original principle of this universe is------- according to Thales |
| A. | water |
| B. | fire |
| C. | air |
| D. | ether |
| Answer» A. water | |
| 2. |
Thales is a------ philosopher |
| A. | milesian |
| B. | hebrew |
| C. | arab |
| D. | german |
| Answer» A. milesian | |
| 3. |
-------- was counted among the Seven Wise Men |
| A. | plato |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | thales |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. thales | |
| 4. |
The arche of things is apeiron, according to ------ |
| A. | plato |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | tales |
| D. | anaximander |
| Answer» D. anaximander | |
| 5. |
According to Anaximenes--- is the first principle |
| A. | fire |
| B. | water |
| C. | infinite |
| D. | air |
| Answer» D. air | |
| 6. |
Who said number is the essence and basis of all things? |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | pythagoras |
| C. | anaxagoras |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» B. pythagoras | |
| 7. |
Who is known as the Father of Western Philosophy? |
| A. | thales |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» A. thales | |
| 8. |
Who advocated theory of atoms? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | democritus |
| C. | thales |
| D. | leibnitz |
| Answer» B. democritus | |
| 9. |
Who is the main atomist? |
| A. | leibnitz |
| B. | leucippus |
| C. | pythagoras |
| D. | kepler |
| Answer» B. leucippus | |
| 10. |
Protagoras is a ------Philosopher |
| A. | sophist |
| B. | spiritualist |
| C. | religious |
| D. | idealist |
| Answer» A. sophist | |
| 11. |
Man is the measure of all things, according to ------ |
| A. | thales |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | protagoras |
| Answer» D. protagoras | |
| 12. |
Democritus and Leucippus are belonging to------ school |
| A. | ionian |
| B. | atomist |
| C. | idealist |
| D. | eleatic |
| Answer» B. atomist | |
| 13. |
----- was the first Athenian born Philosopher |
| A. | thales |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» D. socrates | |
| 14. |
Knowledge is relative associated with |
| A. | protagoras |
| B. | pythagoras |
| C. | anaximander |
| D. | thales |
| Answer» A. protagoras | |
| 15. |
Maieutic method is by ------Philosopher |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | democritus |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 16. |
Who said that the unexamined life is not worth living? |
| A. | anximander |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 17. |
Socrates is a prominent ------ philosopher |
| A. | greek |
| B. | pragmatist |
| C. | german |
| D. | french |
| Answer» A. greek | |
| 18. |
Whose doctrine is ?Know Thyself?? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | thales |
| C. | protagoras |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» D. socrates | |
| 19. |
Socrates is a mentor of -------- |
| A. | democritus |
| B. | sophists |
| C. | plato |
| D. | pythagoras |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 20. |
---- invented the dialectic method of finding truth through conversation |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | all are true |
| Answer» A. socrates | |
| 21. |
Athens where Plato established ------, the first university in the Western world |
| A. | lyceum |
| B. | dialectics |
| C. | academy |
| D. | all are true |
| Answer» C. academy | |
| 22. |
In his famous ?Allegory of the Cave,? ----- relates a story illustrating the journey of the soul from ignorance to knowledge. |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | protagoras |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 23. |
The Republic is the famous work of --------- |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | thales |
| C. | plato |
| D. | sartre |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 24. |
Theory of truth lies in the theory of Ideas is the philosophy of |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | pythagoras |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» D. plato | |
| 25. |
Who distinguished world of ideas and physical world? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 26. |
Aristotle mentioned theory of truth in his work------ |
| A. | analytic |
| B. | ethics |
| C. | epistemology |
| D. | metaphysics |
| Answer» D. metaphysics | |
| 27. |
For Plato, ---- are eternal ideas beyond the physical world. |
| A. | forms |
| B. | dialectics |
| C. | phenomenon |
| D. | episteme |
| Answer» A. forms | |
| 28. |
Who wrote Symposium? |
| A. | thales |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | anaxagoras |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 29. |
Aristotle was a student of --- |
| A. | plato |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | protagoras |
| D. | anaximander |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 30. |
Who founded a school in Athens called Lyceum. |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | sophists |
| Answer» A. aristotle | |
| 31. |
?There is no form without matter and no matter without form.? |
| A. | leucippus |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» D. aristotle | |
| 32. |
Matter is the substance out of which everything in the world is made is the statement of ----- |
| A. | anaxagoras |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» C. aristotle | |
| 33. |
Who discovered four causes that govern change in everything? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | st.augustine |
| D. | st.anselm |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 34. |
Who believed that God created the world out of nothing and before God created the world nothing existed? |
| A. | anaximander |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | st. augustine |
| Answer» D. st. augustine | |
| 35. |
The City of God is the work of ---- |
| A. | st. augustine |
| B. | plato |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | pythagoras |
| Answer» A. st. augustine | |
| 36. |
------- predicted an eclipse of the sun |
| A. | thales |
| B. | pythagoras |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» A. thales | |
| 37. |
Who was the first Milesian materialist philosopher? |
| A. | heraclitus |
| B. | anaximander |
| C. | pythagoras |
| D. | thales |
| Answer» D. thales | |
| 38. |
The major source of Thales?s philosophy is by |
| A. | plato |
| B. | pythagoras |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» D. aristotle | |
| 39. |
Who said that living things are always moist? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | tales |
| D. | anaximander |
| Answer» C. tales | |
| 40. |
Anaximander belongs to -------- |
| A. | stagira |
| B. | miletus |
| C. | samos |
| D. | all are false |
| Answer» B. miletus | |
| 41. |
Anaximander, a philosopher came after ------ |
| A. | anaximenes |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | thales |
| Answer» D. thales | |
| 42. |
apeiron in Anaximander means ----- |
| A. | formal logic |
| B. | infinite |
| C. | eidos |
| D. | hyle |
| Answer» B. infinite | |
| 43. |
Anaximander's cosmogony gives rise to a |
| A. | heliocentric |
| B. | teleological |
| C. | geocentric |
| D. | god |
| Answer» C. geocentric | |
| 44. |
Who said that in the beginning man was similar to a different animal, namely, a fish. |
| A. | anaximander |
| B. | leucippus |
| C. | pythagoras |
| D. | thales |
| Answer» A. anaximander | |
| 45. |
The thinkers of Milesian school were the thinkers of ------ |
| A. | metaphysics |
| B. | nature |
| C. | religion |
| D. | idealism |
| Answer» B. nature | |
| 46. |
Pythagoras was born on------- |
| A. | samos |
| B. | iona |
| C. | athens |
| D. | all are false |
| Answer» A. samos | |
| 47. |
Who believed in the immortality, transmigration, and reincarnation of souls? |
| A. | ionians |
| B. | atomists |
| C. | pythagoras |
| D. | eleatic |
| Answer» C. pythagoras | |
| 48. |
Who included various dietary restrictions against meat and beans. |
| A. | thales |
| B. | pythagoras |
| C. | anaximander |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» B. pythagoras | |
| 49. |
Central to Pythagoreanism is the idea that --------- accounts take precedence over material things. |
| A. | numbers |
| B. | zeros |
| C. | music |
| D. | god |
| Answer» A. numbers | |
| 50. |
------is a Philosopher who made a distinction between mind and matter |
| A. | anaxagoras |
| B. | thales |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | democritus |
| Answer» A. anaxagoras | |
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