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Multiple choice questions for 1 Semester BA Philosophy ( Private)

Core- Introduction to philosophical Methods

1. intellectual midwifery is the theory of knowledge put forward by:


( a ) Plato ( b )Thales
( c ) Comte ( d )Socrates
2. ——— is a Skeptic.
( a ) David Hume( b )Emmanuel Kant
( c ) Hegel( d) None of these
3EsseestPercipi is the concept of
( a ) Rene Descartes ( b ) Benedict Spinoza
( c ) George Berkeley( d ) Francis Bacon
4. The metaphysical view that there are many realities is known as
( a )Dualism ( b ) pluralism
( c ) Monism ( d ) Non-dualism
5. The theory that holds reason as the source of knowledge is
( a ) Idealism( b )Rationalism
( c ) Empiricism( d ) None of the above
6. Inborn ideas are known as:
( a ) Adventitious ideas(b ) Factitious ideas
( c ) Innate ideas( d ) a b&c
7. The Philosophy of Hegel is known as
( a ) Phenomenal idealism( b ) Personal idealism
( c ) Objective idealism( d )Absolute idealism
8. The founder of Positivism is
( a ) Saint Simon( b ) C. S Pierce
( c ) August Comte( d )Francis Bacon
9. The author of Novum Organum is
( a ) Rene Descartes(b ) Lemnitzer
( c ) John Dewey(d ) Francis Bacon
10. The science of values is known as
( a ) Axiology(b ) Sociology
( b )Ontology( d ) Cosmology
11. Metaphysics is the work of
( a ) Socrates( b ) Plato
( c ) Aristotle( d ) Thales
12. Early Skepticism is also known as
( a ) pyrrhonism( b ) Positivism
( c ) Materialism( d ) Idealism
13. The Greek word Pragma means
( a) Truth( b )Act or deed
( c ) Utility( d ) Beauty
14. The author of Republic
( a ) Socrates( b )Descartes
(c ) Plato( d ) Hume
15. The metaphysical view that there is one ultimate reality is called
( a ) Dualism( b )Pluralism
( c ) Monism( d ) None of these
16. According to the modern scientists matter is
( a ) Light( b ) Energy
( c ) Illusion( d ) All of these
17.——— is a Greek atomist
( a ) Democritus( b) Xenophanes
( c ) Xenophon( d ) Zeno
18.epistemology studies
( a ) Origin and Nature of knowledge( b ) Validity of knowledge
( c ) Extend of knowledge ( d ) a, b &c
19. The two branches of Metaphysics are
( a ) Religion and Theology( b ) Rationalism and Empiricism
( c ) Ontology and Cosmology( d ) Materialism and Spiritualism
20. The three distempers of learning according to. Francis Bacon are:
(a)Mind, body and God(b)Ideas, experience and thought.
(c)Fantastical, contentious and delicate (d)Tribe, cave and theatre
21.Philosophy is concerned with
(a ) The irrational (b) Beauty
( c ) The ideal(d) experimentation
22. Ethics is a ——-
(a) Positive science (b) Normative science
(c) Descriptive science(d) None of these
23. ———- seeks to clarify and refine the process of knowing
(a) Epistemology (b) Axiology
(c) Metaphysics (d) Ethics
24. The Latin word ——— is the root of rationalism
( a ) Sophia (b) Reason
(c ) Ratio (d) Experiential
25. ———— insists on a a priori knowledge.
(a) Positivism (b ) Empiricism
( c) Rationalism ( d ) None of these
26. ———— was written by Kant
( a ) Novum Organum ( b ) Republic
( c ) Critique of Pure Reason. ( d ) politics
27. Ontology deals with
( a ) Matter ( b ) Knowledge
( c ) Being ( d ) None of these
28. The method of Kant was
( a ) Dialectic ( b ) Critical
( c ) Speculative ( d ) Conversational
29. True knowledge is
( a ) Prama( b ) Aprama
( c ) Pramana( d ) Prameya
30. Berkeley argues that all knowledge is derived from
( a ) Impression ( b ) Ideas
( c ) Axioms ( d ) Postulates
31. ———— helps in getting correct knowledge through anumana
( a) Vyapti( b ) Paksha
( c ) Sadhya( d ) Badha
32.The words of a trustworthy person is known as
( a) Satya( b ) Dharma
( c ) Aptavakya( d ) Linga
33.In Philosophy, what is an argument?
( a ) Debate( b ) Verbal persuasion
( c ) Rational justification ( d ) opposition
34.The method of philosophy is
( a ) Rational reflection ( b ) Dogmatism
( c ) Emperical study ( d) Revelation
35. ———— is a materialist
( a ) Gautama ( b ) Hegel
( c ) Marx ( d ) Spinoza
36. The author of Advancement of Learning
( a ) Karl Marx ( b ) Thomas Hobbes
( c ) Francis Bacon ( d ) Kant
37. A theory is a conclusion, where as a method is a
( a ) Style ( b )Manner
( c ) Inference ( d ) Procedure
38. Philosophy is the root and science is the
( a ) Fruit ( b ) Branch
( c ) Nourishment ( d ) Stem
39.Who said ? Philosophy is the Science of sciences
( a ) Plato ( b ) Voltaire
( c ) August’s Comte ( d ) Russell
40.Bacon recommended ———— method to attain correct knowledge
( a ) Inductive ( b ) Intuitive
( c ) Mathematical ( d ) Doubt
41.Questions of philosophy are———— ones
( a ) Causal ( b ) Systematic
( c ) Inconsistent ( d )Dogmatic
42. ———— said “whatever is. Clearly and distinctly perceived is true”
( a ) Locke ( b ) Berkeley
( c ) Descartes ( d ) None of these
43.According to Skepticism knowledge is ———-
( a ) Certain ( b ) Possible
( c ) Uncertain ( d ) None of these
44.Cosmology was the characteristic of——— Philosophers.
( a ) Ionian ( b ) Cartesian
( c ) Scholastic ( d ) All these
45.For Idealism ——— is primary
( a ) Mind ( b ) Body
( c ) Perception ( d ) Sense experience
46.The problem of Universals was first introduced into philosophy by:
( a ) Aquinas ( b ) Aristotle
( c ) Plato ( d ) Berkeley
47.“Tabula rasa” is the term coined by:
( a ) John Locke ( b ) Kant
( c ) Socrates ( d ) Spinoza
48.The author of Meditations is
( a ) Leibniz ( b ) Patanjali
( c ) Descartes ( d ) Kannada
49.The only pramana accepted by Carvakas:
( a ) Inference ( b ) Comparison
( c ) Verbal testimony ( d ) Perception
50.Nyaya syllogism has ——— statements
( a ) One ( b )Five
( c ) Three ( d ) Two
51.The two Heterodox schools in Indian Philosophy are:
( a ) Nyaya and Vaisesika ( b ) Buddhism and Jainism
( c ) Sankhya and Yoga( d ) Purva and Uttaramimamsa
52.The father of philosophy :
( a ) Descartes ( b ) Thales
( c ) Aristotle ( d ) Francis Bacon
53.Who said “ Two things fill me with awe and wonder the starry heavens above and the
Moral law within”.
( a ) Karl Marx ( b ) Bertrand Russell
( c ) Kant ( d ) David Hume
54.A Treatise of Human Nature is the work of:
( a ) Karl Popper ( b) David Hume
( c )John Dewey ( d ) John Locke
55.The most original contribution of Americans thought at the end of nineteenth century:
( a ) Pragmatism ( b ) Positivism
( c ) Empiricism ( d ) Rationalism
56.According to Kant genuine knowledge appears in the form of——— judgements.
( a ) Analytic ( b ) Synthetic
( c ) Synthetic a posteriori ( d ) Synthetic a priori
57.Leibniz was a———
( a ) Monist ( b ) Pluralist
( d ) Dualist ( d ) Non-dualist
58.Who is known as Cartesian dualist?
( a ) August Comte ( b ) Rene Descartes
( c ) St. Thomas Aquinas ( d ) Derrida
59.Who is the father of modern philosophy?
( a ) Descartes ( b ) Spinoza
( c ) Hobbes ( d ) Leibniz
60. ————is a Subjective idealist
( a ) Hegel ( b) Kant
( c ) Plato ( d ) Berkeley
61. Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the word?
( a ) A person primarily interested in the truth about moral matters.
( b ) Someone who studies the stars and planets.
( c ) A clever and tricky argues.
( d ) A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.
62.The three main divisions of Philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, and ———
( a ) Axiology ( b ) Sociology
( c ) Anthropology ( d ) Cosmology
63.A logical sentence is called ———
( a ) Proposition ( b ) Syllogism
( c ) Preposition ( d ) Clause
64.The first Philosophy refers to———
( a. ) Aesthetics ( b ) Metaphysics
( c ) Epistemology ( d ) Ethics
65. The study of philosophy stimulates Comment [Office1]:
( a ) Dogmatism ( b ) Critical thinking
( c ) Blind faith ( d ) All these
66.Mathematics is a study of certain and ——— truths
( a ) Self- evident. ( b ) Numerical
( c ) geometrical ( d ) Theoretical
67.Descartes was a ———thinker
( a ) Emperical( b) Rational
( C ) Materialistic ( d ) Idealistic
68.Which American mathematician philosopher laid the foundation of Pragmatism
( a ) William James ( b ) J. Dewey
( c ) C.S Pierce ( d ) Spinoza

69.The Problem of Knowledge was written by ———


( a ) Aristotle ( b ) Plato
( c ) A.J Ayer ( d ) Collingwood
70.Spinoza’s method is known as———
( a ) Axiomatic ( b ) Theoretical
( c ) Geometrical ( d) Doubt
71.The study of the origin and development of the universe is known as———
( a ) Ontology ( b ) Cosmology
( c ) Zoology ( d ) Sociology
72. Who said ? “God is dead”
( a ) Schopenhauer. ( b ) Sartre
( c ) Popper ( d ) Nietzsche
73. Who is the father of existentialism?
( a ) Soren Kierkegaard. ( b ) Camus
( c ) Sartre ( d ) Heidegger
74.——— Introduced the term Aesthetics
( a ) Kant ( b ) Hegel
( c ) Baumgarten( d ) Aristotle
75.Socratic method is
( a ) Skeptical ( b ) Conceptual
( c ) Conversational( d )All of these
76.The theory of understanding is explained in transcendental ———
( a ) Analytic. ( b ) Synthetic
( c ) Aesthetic ( d ) Pragmatic
77.Know thyself is the maxim of ———
( a ) Plato ( b ) Zeno
( c ) Socrates ( d ) Aristotle
78.Phaedros is the Work of ————
( a ) Heraclitus ( b ) Aristophanes
( c ) Plato ( d ) Anaxagoras
79. Corgito ergo sum means:
( a ) I doubt therefore I am ( b ) I think therefore I am
( c ) I see therefore I am ( d ) I question therefore I am .
80.Leibniz was a ——— thinker
( a ) English ( b )French
( c ) German ( d ) American
81.Plato was the teacher of ———
( a ) Georgias ( b ) Socrates
( c ) Aristotle ( d ) Protogoras
82. ———— is an Empiricist
( a ) Locke ( b ) Berkeley
( c ) Hume (d ) all of these
83. The doubt of Descartes should not be confused with ———
( a ) Skepticism ( b ) Solipsism
( c ) Idealism ( d) Intuitionism
84. Locke is a ———
( a ) Idealist ( b ) phenomenologist
( c ) Critical realist ( d ) Representative realist
85. The Skepticism of Descartes is known as ———
( a ) Pure Skepticism ( b ) phenomenal Skepticism
( c ) Methodological Skepticism ( d ) None of these
86.Who said “ Accept nothing as true which we do not perceive clearly and distinctly
( a ) Descartes ( b ) Spinoza
( c ) Leibniz ( d) Kant
87. ——— explained the world with the theory of Monads
( a ) Democritus ( b ) St. Anselm
( c ) Leibniz ( d ) William James
88.——— is said to be the origin of Philosophy
( a) Greed( b ) Wonder
( c) Fear( d ) None of these
89. The mind body relationship theory of Descartes is known as———
( a ) Psycho physical parallelism ( b ) Interactionism
( c ) Pre established harmony ( d ) None of these
90 .Wittgenstein says that language is a
( a ) Statement ( b ) Picture of reality
( c ) Judgement ( d ) Concept
91.———— rejected Metaphysics as meaningless
( a) Logical positivists ( b) Rationalists
( c ) Idealists( d ) Spiritualists
92.——— means knowledge that follows some other knowledge
( a ) pratyaksa( b ) Upamana
( c ) Sabda( d ) Anumana
93.The invariable concomitance between hetu and sadhya is known as
( a ) Vyapati( b ) Paksa
( c ) linga ( d ) None of these
94.The Pramana for knowing the nonexistence of a thing is
( a ) Anumana( b ) Upamana
( c ) Arthapathi( d) Anupalabdhi
95.Agama comes under ———
( a ) Sabha ( b) Pratyaksa
( c ) Anumana( d ) Upasana
96.According to Indian epistemology the person who knows is ———
( a ) premeya( b ) Pramatha
( c ) Prama( d) Aprama
97.In Nyaya syllogism the statement to be proved is known as ———
( a ) Pratinja( b ) Major premise
( c ) Udaharana( d ) Nigamana
98.——— is known as queen Science
( a ) Mathematics ( b ) Physics
( c ) Philosophy ( d ) Psychology
99.The author of Discourse of the method is ———
( a) Sartre ( b ) Descartes
( c ) Malebranche( d ) Hobbes
100.The author of Prince is ———
( a ) Machiavelli ( b) Plato
( c ) Bruno ( d ) Aristotle
101.In India Philosophy is known as ———
( a ) Brahma Vidya ( b ) Atmabodha
( c ) Darshana ( d ) Yogavidya
102.The philosophy of God is called———
( a ) Theology ( b ) Religion
( c ) philology ( d) All of these
103.The proponent of Advaitha Vedanta is———
( a ) Ramanuja ( b ) Madhvacharya
( c ) Jaimini( d ) Sankara
104. NyayaVaisesika accepts ——— pramanas.
( a ) Two ( b ) Three
( b ) Five. (d ) Four
105. The philosopher seeks to harmonise the ideals of Truth, Good and ———
( a ) Love. ( b ) God
( c) beauty. ( d ) knowledge
106.Henri Bergson advocated———
( a ) Intuitionism ( b ) Empiricism
( c ) Apriorism ( d) Sensationalism
107.——— says “Understanding makes Nature “.
( a) Bergson ( b ) Herbert Spencer
( c ) Kant. ( d ) Lamarck
108.The highest Value in the Purusharthas:
( a ) Artha. ( b) Kama
( c ) Dharma. ( c) Moksa
109. Dialectical materialism is the theory of———
( a ) Hegel ( b) Marx
( c ) Nietzsche ( d ) Schopenhauer
110.——— is the father of Spiritualistic pluralism
( a ) Locke( b ) Dewey
( c )Leibniz ( d ) W. James
111. ——— accepted four kinds of cause
( a ) Aristotle. ( b ) David Hume
( c ) J. S Mill. ( d ) Plato
112.The author of Passions of the Soul is
( a ) Spinoza ( b ) A.J Ayer
(c ) Aristotle. ( d ) Descartes
113.——— said “ Philosophy is the science of knowledge “.
( a ) Schelling ( b ) Fitche
( c ) Marx ( d ) Bruno
114.——— believes in the transcendence of God
( a ) Deism. ( b ) Theism
( c ) Agnosticism. ( d ) Atheism
115.According to ——— All is God and God is all.
( a ) Monotheism. ( b )Monism
( c ) Henotheism. ( d ) Pantheism
116. According to Kant knowledge appears in the form of ———
( a ) Statement ( b ) Reasoning
( c ) Judgement. ( d) Proposition
117. Space, time and categories of understanding are ———- forms of knowledge
( a ) apriori. ( b ) aposteriori
( c ) intuitive. ( d ) All of these
118.——— is the work of Kant.
( a) Leviathan ( b ) Critique of Judgement
( c ) Ethics ( d )Republic
119.Transcendental aesthetic deals with the theory of
( a ) Understanding. ( b ) Sensations
( c ) Aesthetic Judgement. ( d ) Moral Judgement
120. Ethics is also known as ———
( a) Axiology ( b ) Moral Philosophy
( c ) Utilitarianism. (d)All of these
121.Philosophy of art comes under———
( a ) Aesthetics. ( b ) Ethics
( c ) Anthropology. ( d ) None of these
122.——— are the supreme norms of life.
( a ) Men. ( b) Gods
( c )Values. ( d ) All of these
123.Ex NihiloNihilfit means———-
( a ) I think therefore I am. ( b ) Out of nothing comes nothing
( c ) To be or not to be ( d) None of these
124.The philosophy of the Upanishad is Known as ———
( a ) Non- Dualism. ( b ) Monistic Spiritualism
( c ) Dualism. ( d ) Pluralism
125.——— awoke Kant from his dogmatic slumber
( a) Locke ‘s empiricism. ( b ) Hume’sEssays
( c ) Leibniz’s talks. ( d ) Berkeley’s Dialogues
126.Denial of the ultimate knowledge of the existence of God is known as———
( a ) Atheism. ( b ) Agnosticism
( c ) Theism. ( d ) None of these
127. ———— believes reason as the source of knowledge
( a ) Rationalism. ( b ) Empericism
(c ) Idealism. ( d ) None of these
128.The author of Poetics is ———
( a ) Plato. ( b ) Aristotle
( c ) Homer. ( d ) None of these
129.Buddhism is a philosophy of ———
( a ) pluralism ( b ) Monism
( b ) Dualism. (c ) None of these
130.——— is an Absolute idealist
( a ) Kant. ( b ) Hegel
( b) Hume. ( c) Descartes
131.Descartes was born at ———-
( a ) Touraine( b) Amsterdam
( c ) Vienna. ( d) Marseille
132.The Advancement of Learning was written by ———
( a ) EdmundHusserl ( b) Francis Bacon
( c ) Henry Bergson. ( d ) None of these
133.——— is a mild empericist
( a ) David Hume. ( b ) Berkeley
( c ) John Locke. ( d ) None of these
134.Spinoza was despised as an ———- by the Jews
( a ) pantheist ( b ) Atheist
( c ) Theist. ( d ) all of these
135.Res extensa means ———
( a ) Extended thing ( b ) God
( c ) Thinking substance. ( d ) None of these
136. It is the art of ——— which brings other men’s ideas to birth
( a ) Deception ( b ) Oratory
(c )intellectual midwifery ( d )All of these.
137.——— Greek philosopher is known for his probing questions
( a ) Socrates. ( b ) Plato
( d ) Aristotle. ( d) Zeno
138.The etymological meaning of Philosophy is ———
( a ) Love of God. ( b ) Love of Wisdom
( c ) Love of Truth. ( d) Love of Knowledge
139.The idol that stands for a persons individual inhibitions is known as———
( a ) Cave ( b ) Theatre
( c ) Market Place. ( d) Tribe
140.The author of Introduction to Positive Philosophy
( a ) Francis Bacon. ( b ) Henry Bergson
( c ) August Comte. ( d ) None of these
141.——— is also known as First Philosophy
( a ) Epistemology. ( b ) Axiology
( c ) Metaphysics. ( d) All of these
142.The word aesthetics is derived from the Greek word———
( a ) Aestia( b ) Aesthonomics
( c ) Aisthetikos ( d ) None of these
143.The 18th century German thinker who initiated dramatic changes in the field of
Aesthetics is ———
( a ) Leibniz. ( b ) Kant
( c ) Nietzsche ( d ) Schelling
144.In the word Epistemology epistem means———
( a ) Knowledge. ( b ) Theory
( c ) Science. ( d ) None of these
145.Francis Bacon was an advocate and practitioner of ——— method
( a ) Positive. ( b ) Logical
( c ) Scientific. ( d ) Mathematical
146.There are ——— Systems or Schools in Indian Philosophy .
( a ) Two. ( b ) Seven
( c )six ( d ) Four
147.——— is a heterodox school
( a ) NyayaVaisesika( b ) Sankhya Yoga
( c ) Carvaka( d ) Advaita
148.——— is an idealist
( a ) Berkeley ( b ) John Dewey
( c ) Locke. ( d ) All of these
149.——— is a realist
( a ) Kant. ( b ) Locke
( c ) Hegel ( d ) None of these
150.———- is a Methodological Skeptic
( a ) Pyrrho. ( b ) Hume
( d ) Descartes. ( d ) All of these
151.The tendency of human nature to have certain incorrect conclusions is known as ———.
( a ) idol of the cave ( b ) Idol of the tribe
( c ) Idol of the theatre. ( d ) None of these
152.According to Comte ———is the stage of the society dominated by religion
( a ) Metaphysical stage. ( b ) Scientific stage
( c ) Theological stage. ( d ) None of these
153.Bacon took up ——— ideas to build an inductive approach.
( a ) Aristotelian. ( b ) Socratic
( c ) Platonic. ( d ) All the three
154. The a priori factors in sensation are ———and ———
( a) Mind and Body. ( b ) Thought and extension
( c) Space and Time. ( d ) All of these
155. A particular procedure for accomplishing or approaching something is called a ———
( a ) Routine. ( b ) Method
( c) Experience. ( d ) All the three
156. A person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual is a
———
( a ) Skeptic. ( b ) Critic
( c ) Optimist. ( d ) Pessimist
157. According to to Kant there are ———— categories
( a ) Two. ( b ) Three
( c ) Four. (d ) Five
158.In the first stage of his philosophical Career Kant was a ———
( a ) Rationalist. ( b ) Empiricist
( c ) Idealist. ( d) Critical
159.Philosopher King was the concept of ———
( a ) Aristotle. ( b ) Socrates
( c ). Plato. ( d ) Thales
160.——— involves direct sense object contact Comment [Office2]:
( a ) Verbal testimony. ( b ) Perception
( c ) Inference. ( d ) Comparison
161.Sense Object contact is technically called ———
( a ) Vyapti( b ) Anumati
( c ) Sannikarsha ( d) Hetu
162.Ordinary perception is known as ———
( a) laukika perception. ( b) Yogic Perception
( c ) Alaukika Perception. ( d ) None of these
163. The higher Values in life is named as———
( a) Aryasatya ( b) Purusarthas
( c ) Lokasayta. ( d ) None of these
164. The perception in which the qualities of an object is determined is known as———
( a ) Nirvikalpaka Perception.( b) Savikalpaka perception
( c ) Yogic Perception. ( d ) None of these
165. The ground on which the inference is made
( a ) Hetu ( b ) Sadhya
( d ) Paksa ( d ) All of these
166.The Sanskrit word Upamana means———
( a ) Implication. ( b ) Comparison
( c ) Inference ( d ) Perception
167. Philosophy aims at finding the :
( a) Fundamental principles of the world. ( b) Absolute
( c ) Soul. ( d ) All of these
168. The science of morals is known as ——— Comment [Office3]:
( a ) Ethics. ( b ) Logic
( c ) Aesthetics. ( d ) Religion
169. ———- is known as the father of Logic
( a) J.S Mill ( b ) Aristotle
( c ) Socrates. ( d ) Creighton
170.The three faculties of the mind are thinking, feeling and ———
( a ) Willing. ( b) Believing
( c) Doubting. ( d ) None of these
171.Logic is the science of correct ———
( a ) Behaving. ( b ) Thinking
( c) appreciation ( c ) None of these
172.——— is a positive philosophy
( a ) Psychology. ( b ) Logic
( b) Ethics. ( d) Aesthetics
173.Jermey Bentham is a ———-philosopher
( a ) Religious ( b ) Moral
( c ) Environment. ( d) Structural
174.In ————the faculty of thinking is put to study
( a ) Ethics. ( b ) Logic
( c ) Aesthetics. ( d) All of these
175.The pramana which relies on implication is ———
( a ) Arthapathi ( b ) Anupalabdhi
( c ) Perception. ( d ) None of these
176.——— inspired Comte to Philosophy
( a ) J.S Mill. ( b ) Saint Simon
( c ) Herbert Spencer. ( d ) None of these
177.The author of Iliad is
( a ) Homer. ( b ) Dante
( c ) Hesiod ( d ) Aristotle
178.Spinoza’s Monism is known as ———
( a ) Abstract Monism. ( b ) Concrete monism
( c ) Phenomenal monism. ( d ) All of these
179.Marx ‘s theory on the evolution of matter is known as ————
( a ) Emergent evolution ( b )Material Evolution
( c ) Dialectical Materialism. ( d ) None of these
180. Subjective idealism reduces matter to ————
( a ) Mind. ( b ) God
( c ) Sensations. ( d) All of these
181. The idol which stands for words men use in the commercial of daily life is known as————
( a ) Idol of the cave. ( b ) Idol of the theatre
( c ) Idol of the market place ( d) Idol of the
182.Descartes mathematical method consists in intuition and ———
( a) Induction. ( b ) Deduction
( c ) Observation. ( d ) None of these
183.The author of Essay concerning Human Understanding is ———
( a ) Berkeley. ( b ) Descartes
( c ) Locke. ( d ) Hume
184.The author of Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
( a ) Berkeley. ( b ) Locke
( c ) Socrates. ( d) Plato
185. In Indian philosophy ———— is a materialist school
( a ) Advaitha. ( b ) Mimamasa
( c ) Yoga. ( d ) Carvaka
186.Locke rejected ————
( a ) Soul ( b) God
( c ) Matter. ( d) Innate ideas
187.Hume rejected ———
( a ) Soul. ( b ) God
( c ) Matter ( d) All of these
188.According to Descartes in Mathematics we begin with ———
( a ) axioms. ( b ) Calculations
( c ) assumptions. ( d ) None of these
189.The method of Descartes is also known as———
( a) Cartesian Method. ( b ) Discursive Method
( c ) Dialectic Method. ( d ) Critical Method
190.The end portion of the Vedas are Known as ———
( a ) Brahmanas. ( b ) Mantras
( c ) Upanishads. ( d) Aranyakas
191.Monadology is the work of ———-
(a) Leibniz. (b) Descartes
( c) Hume. ( d) Comte
192.The oldest literature in the world is ————
( a ) Mahabharata. ( b ) Ramayana
( c ) Vedas. ( d ) Puranas
193.Atheism is affiliated to ———
( a ) Spiritualism. ( b ) Materialism
( c ) Agnosticism. ( d ) All of these
194.Philosophy ———- the highest conclusions of different sciences
( a ) Harmonises. ( b) Contradicts
( c ) proves. ( d ) differentiates
195. The Theory of being is known as ———
( a ) Cosmology. ( b) Ontology
( c) Epistemology ( d ) Biology
196.——— believed in One ultimate reality
( a ) Buddhism. ( b) Jainism
( c ) Upanishads. ( d) All the three
197.Advaita Vedanta accepted ———- pramanas
( a ) Four ( b) Five
( c ) Six. ( d ) One
198.The abhava of a thing is known through ———
( a) Anupalabdhi( b ) Arthapathi
( c ) Sabda( d) None of these
199.Normative Science studies a thing ———
( a ) As it is ( b) As it ought to be
( c ) Both a and b ( d) Neither a and b
200.Thales is the father of ———
( a ) Modern Philosophy ( b )Philosophy
(c ) Indian Philosophy ( d ) Medieval Philosophy

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ANSWER KEY

B A Philosophy Private MCQ Question Bank- 2018


Core- Introduction to Philosophical Methods.

1. d 44.a 95.a 146.b


2. a 45.a 96.b 147.c
3. c 46.c 97.a 148.a
149.b
4.b 47.a 98.c
150.d
5.b 48.c 99. b
151.b
6.c 49.d 100.a 152.c
7.d 50.b 101.c 153.a
51.b 102.a 154.c
8.c
52.b 103.d 155.b
9.d
53.c 104.d 156.a
10.a 54.b 105.c 157.c
11.c 55.a 106.a 158.a
12.a 56.d 107.c 159.c
160.b
13.b 57.b 108.c
161.c
14.c 58.b 109.b 162.a
15.c 59.a 110.c 163.b
16.b 60.d 111.a 164.b
17.a 61.d 112.d 165.a
62.a 113.b 166.b
18.d 167.d
63.a 114.a
19.c 168.a
64.b 115.d
20.c 65.b 116.c 169.b
21.c 66.a 117.a
170.a
22.b 171.b
67.b 118.b 172.a
23.a 68.c 119.b 173.b
24.c 69.c 120.b 174.b
25.c 70.a 121.a 175.a
26.c 71.b 122.c 176.b
72.d 123.b 177.a
27.c 178.a
73.a 124.b
28.b 179.c
74.d 125.b
29.a 180.a
75.d 126.b
30.b 76.a 127.a
181.c
31.a 182.b
77.c 128.b 183.c
32.c 78.c 129.a 184.a
33.c 79.b 130.b 185.d
34.a 80.c 131.a 186.d
35.c 81.c 132.b 187.d
82.d 133.c 188.a
36.c 189.a
37.d 83.a 134.b
190.c
84.d 135.a Dr. Kartika T.S
38.a 191.a
85.c 136.c
39.c 192.c Associate Professor of philosophy
86.a 137.a 193.b
40.a N S S Hindu College
87.c 138.b 194.a
41.b 88.b 139.a Changanacherry
195.b
42.c 89.b 140.a 196.c
43.c 90.b 141.c 197.c
91.a 142.c 198.a
92.d 143.b 199.b
93.a 144.a 200.b
94.d 145.c
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