Philosophy

1. The word” philosophy” is derived from which language?
1. English
2. Latin
3. Greek
4. Italian
2. How many types of Philosophy are there?
1. three
2. four
3. five
4. six
3. The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology and _____.
1. bioethics
2. logic
3. aesthetics
4. categorical logic
4. The study of reality in the broadest sense, an inquiry into the elemental nature of the universe and the things in it, is known as _____.
1. metaphysics
2. epistemology
3. quantum physics
4. axiology
5. Questions like “What is knowledge?” and “What is truth?” are mainstays in the branch of philosophy known as _____.
1. logic
2. metaphysics
3. epistemology
4. aesthetics
6. Who is the father of philosophy?
1. Thales
2. Plato
3. Socrates
4. Aristotle
7. man is the measure of all things, according to______?
1. Thales
2. Plato
3. Protagoras
4. Aristotle
8. Idealism is a systematic philosophy that teaches the supremacy of__?
1. spirit over matter
2. noumena
3. god
4. materialism
9. Who said that “an unexamined life is not worth living”?
1. Plato
2. Socrates
3. Anximander
4. Aristotle
10. The republic is the famous work of__?
1. Plato
2. Socrates
3. Anximander
4. Aristotle
11. The city of god is the work of__?
1. Plato
2. Socrates
3. St.Augustine
4. Aristotle
12. Anaximander’s Cosmology gives rise to a __?
1. heliocentric
2. teleological
3. geocentric
4. god
13. Who believed in the immorality, transmigration and reincarnation of souls?
1. Pythagoras
2. Lionians
3. Atomists
4. Eleatic
14. Who was concerned about public speaking, rather than thinking well?
1. Materialists
2. Idealists
3. Rationalists
4. Sophists
15. Who said a man is the measure of all things?
1. Protagoras
2. Socrates
3. St.Augustine
4. Aristotle
16. An uncaused cause according to Aristotle is called?
1. potentiality
2. the prime mover
3. actuality
4. atom
17. The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, and _____.
1. bioethics
2. logic
3. aesthetics
4. categorical logic
18. The study of reality in the broadest sense, an inquiry into the elemental nature of the universe and the things in it, is known as _____.
1. metaphysics
2. epistemology
3. quantum physics
4. axiology
19. Questions like “What is knowledge?” and “What is truth?” are mainstays in the branch of philosophy known as _____.
1. logic
2. metaphysics
3. epistemology
4. aesthetics
20. For Socrates, an unexamined life is a tragedy because it results in grievous harm to _____.
1. the state
2. the justice system
3. the body
4. the soul
21. For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of _____.
1. knowledge
2. wealth
3. community
4. courage
22. A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as _____.
1. an argument
2. the Socratic method
3. the Socratic jest
4. a debate
23. According to Socrates, a clear sign that a person has _____ is her exclusive pursuit of social status, wealth, power, and pleasure.
1. philosophical ambition
2. worldly wisdom
3. exceptional desires
4. an unhealthy soul
24. The famous statement “An unexamined life is not worth living” is attributed to _____.
1. Aristotle
2. John Locke
3. Socrates
4. Plato
25. The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, and _____.
1. bioethics
2. logic
3. aesthetics
4. categorical logic
26. The study of reality in the broadest sense, an inquiry into the elemental nature of the universe
and the things in it, is known as _____.
1. metaphysics
2. epistemology
3. quantum physics
4. axiology
27. For Socrates, an unexamined life is a tragedy because it results in grievous harm to _____.
1. the state
2. the justice system
3. the body
4. the soul
28. A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to uncover
the truth is known as _____.
1. an argument
2. the Socratic method
3. the Socratic jest
4. a debate
29. According to Socrates, a clear sign that a person has _____ is her exclusive pursuit of social
status, wealth, power, and pleasure.
1. philosophical ambition
2. philosophical ambition
3. exceptional desires
4. an unhealthy soul
30. The famous statement “An unexamined life is not worth living” is attributed to _____.
1. Aristotle
2. John Locke
3. Socrates
4. Plato
31. intellectual midwifery is the theory of knowledge put forward by:
1. Plato
2. Comte
3. Thales
4. Socrates
32. ——— is a Skeptic
1. David Hume
2. Hegel
3. Emmanuel Kant
4. None of these
33. EsseestPercipi is the concept of
1. Rene Descartes
2. Benedict Spinoza
3. George Berkeley
4. Francis Bacon
34. The metaphysical view that there are many realities is known as
1. Dualism
2. pluralism
3. Monism
4. Non-dualism
35. The theory that holds reason as the source of knowledge is
1. Idealism
2. Rationalism
3. Empiricism
4. None of the above
36. . Inborn ideas are known as:
1. Adventitious ideas
2. Factitious ideas
3. Innate ideas
4. All of these
37. The Philosophy of Hegel is known as
1. Phenomenal idealism
2. Personal idealism
3. Objective idealism
4. Absolute idealism
38. The founder of Positivism is
1. August Comte
2. Saint Simon
3. C. S Pierce
4. Francis Bacon
39. The author of Novum Organum is
1. Rene Descartes
2. Lemnitzer
3. John Dewey
4. Francis Bacon
40. The science of values is known as
1. Axiology
2. Sociology
3. Ontology
4. Cosmology
41. Metaphysics is the work of
1. Socrates
2. Plato
3. Aristotle
4. Thales
42. Early Skepticism is also known as
1. pyrrhonism
2. Positivism
3. Materialism
4. Idealism
43. The Greek word Pragma means
1. Truth, fact
2. Act or deed
3. Utility
4. Beauty
44. . The author of Republic
1. Socrates
2. Descartes
3. Plato
4. Hume
45. The metaphysical view that there is one ultimate reality is called
1. Dualism
2. Pluralism
3. Monism
4. None of these
46. According to the modern scientists matter is
1. Light
2. Energy
3. Illusion
4. All of these
47. ——— is a Greek atomist
1. Democritus
2. Xenophanes
3. Xenophon
4. Zeno
48. .epistemology studies
1. Origin and Nature of knowledge
2. Validity of knowledge
3. Extendofknowledge
4. All of these
49. The two branches of Metaphysics are
1. Religion and Theology
2. Rationalism and Empiricism
3. Ontology and Cosmology
4. Materialism and Spiritualism
50. The three distempers of learning according to. Francis Bacon are:
1. Mind, body and God
2. Ideas, experience and thought
3. Fantastical, contentious and delicate
4. Tribe, cave and theatre
51. .Philosophy is concerned with
1. The irrational
2. Beauty
3. The ideal
4. experimentation
52. Ethics is a ——-
1. Positive science
2. Normative science
3. Descriptive science
4. None of these
53. ———- seeks to clarify and refine the process of knowing
1. Epistemology
2. Axiology
3. Metaphysics
4. Ethics
54. The Latin word ——— is the root of rationalism
1. Sophia
2. Reason
3. Ratio
4. Experiential
55. ———— insists on a a priori knowledge.
1. Positivism
2. Empiricism
3. Rationalism
4. None of these
56. ———— was written by Kant
1. Novum Organum
2. Republic
3. Critique of Pure Reason
57. Ontology deals with
1. Matter
2. Being
3. Ideas
4. Knowledge
58. The method of Kant was
1. Dialectic
2. Speculative
59. True knowledge is
1. Prama
2. Aprama
3. pramana
4. prameya
60. Berkeley argues that all knowledge is derived from
1. Impression
2. Ideas
3. Axioms
4. Postulates
61. ———— helps in getting correct knowledge through anumana
1. Vyapti
2. Paksha
3. Sadhya
4. Badha
62. The words of a trustworthy person is known as
1. Satya
2. Dharma
3. Aptavakya
4. Linga
63. In Philosophy, what is an argument?
1. Debate
2. Verbal persuasion
3. Rational justification
4. None of these
64. The method of philosophy is
1. Rational reflection
2. Emperical study
3. All of these
4. None of these
65. A theory is a conclusion, where as a method is a
1. Style
2. Manner
3. Inference
4. Procedure
66. Philosophy is the root and science is the
1. Fruit
2. Branch
3. Nourishment
4. Stem
67. Who said ? Philosophy is the Science of sciences
1. Plato (
2. Voltaire
3. August’s Comte
4. Russell
68. ———— said “whatever is. Clearly and distinctly perceived is true”
1. Locke
2. Berkeley
3. Descartes
4. None of these
69. According to Skepticism knowledge is ———-
1. Certain
2. Possible
3. Uncertain
4. None of these
70. Cosmology was the characteristic of——— Philosophers.
1. Ionian
2. Scholastic
3. All of these
4. None of these
71. .For Idealism ——— is primary
1. Mind
2. Perception
3. Ideas
4. Goal
72. .The problem of Universals was first introduced into philosophy by:
1. Aquinas
2. Plato
3. August Comte
4. Hume
73. “Tabula rasa” is the term coined by:
1. John Locke
2. Socrates
74. The author of Meditations is
1. Leibniz
2. Descartes
3. August Comte
4. Hume
75. Nyaya syllogism has ——— statements
1. Patanjali
2. Kannada
76. The two Heterodox schools in Indian Philosophy are:
1. Nyaya and Vaisesika
2. Buddhism and Jainism
3. Sankhya and Yoga
4. Purva and Uttaramimamsa
77. The father of philosophy :
1. Descartes
2. Thales
3. Aristotle
4. Francis Bacon
78. A Treatise of Human Nature is the work of:
1. Karl Popper
2. John Dewey
3. Bertrand Russell
4. David Hume
79. .The most original contribution of Americans thought at the end of nineteenth century:
1. Pragmatism
2. Positivism
3. Empiricism
4. Rationalism
80. Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the word?
1. A person primarily interested in the truth about moral matter
2. Someone who studies the stars and planets.
3. A clever and tricky argues
4. A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter
81. The three main divisions of Philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, and ———
1. Axiology
2. Sociolog
3. Anthropology
4. Cosmology
82. .A logical sentence is called ———
1. Proposition
2. Preposition
3. All of these
4. None of these
83. .Descartes was a ———thinker
1. Emperical
2. Rational
3. Materialistic
4. Idealistic
84. Which American mathematician philosopher laid the foundation of Pragmatism
1. William James
2. J. Dewey
3. C.S Pierce
4. Spinoza
85. The Problem of Knowledge was written by ———
1. Aristotle
2. Plato
3. A.J Ayer
4. Collingwood
86. Spinoza’s method is known as———
1. Axiomatic
2. Theoretical
3. Geometrical
4. Doubt
87. The study of the origin and development of the universe is known as———
1. Ontology
2. Cosmology
3. Zoology
88. Who said ? “God is dead”
1. Schopenhauer.
2. Popper
3. Sartre
4. Nietzsche
89. Who is the father of existentialism?
1. Soren Kierkegaard.
2. Camus
3. Sartre
4. Heidegger
90. ——— Introduced the term Aesthetics
1. Kant
2. Hegel
3. Baumgarten
4. Aristotle
91. .Socratic method is
1. Skeptical
2. Conceptual
3. Conversational
4. All of these
92. The theory of understanding is explained in transcendental ———
1. Analytic.
2. Synthetic
3. Aesthetic
93. The Skepticism of Descartes is known as ———
1. Pure Skepticism
2. phenomenal Skepticism
3. Methodological Skepticism
4. None of these
94. Who said “ Accept nothing as true which we do not perceive clearly and distinctly
1. Descartes
2. Spinoza
3. Leibniz
4. Kant
95. ——— explained the world with the theory of Monads
1. Democritus
2. St. Anselm
3. Leibniz
4. William James
96. .——— is said to be the origin of Philosophy
1. Greed(
2. Wonder
3. Fear
4. None of thes
97. The mind body relationship theory of Descartes is known as———
1. Psycho physical parallelism
2. Interactionism
3. Pre established harmony
4. None of these
98. Wittgenstein says that language is a
1. Statement
2. Picture of reality
3. Judgement
4. Concep
99. ———— rejected Metaphysics as meaningless
1. Logical positivists
2. Rationalists
3. Idealists
4. Spiritualists
100. .——— means knowledge that follows some other knowledge
1. pratyaksa
2. Upamana
3. Sabda
4. Anumana
101. The invariable concomitance between hetu and sadhya is known as
1. Vyapati
2. Paksa
3. linga
4. None of these
102. The Pramana for knowing the nonexistence of a thing is
1. Anumana
2. Upamana
3. Arthapathi
4. Anupalabdh
103. Agama comes under ———
1. Sabha
2. Pratyaksa
3. Anumana
4. Upasana
104. According to Indian epistemology the person who knows is ———
1. premeya
2. Pramatha
3. Prama
4. Aprama
105. In Nyaya syllogism the statement to be proved is known as ———
1. Pratinja
2. Major premise
3. Udaharana
4. Nigamana
106. ——— is known as queen Science
1. Mathematics
2. Physics
3. Philosophy
4. Psychology
107. The proponent of Advaitha Vedanta is———
1. Ramanuja
2. Madhvacharya
3. Jaimini
4. Sankara
108. NyayaVaisesika accepts ——— pramanas.
1. Two
2. Three
3. Five.
4. Four
109. Dialectical materialism is the theory of———
1. Hegel
2. Marx
3. Nietzsche
4. Schopenhauer
110. ——— is the father of Spiritualistic pluralism
1. Locke
2. Dewey
3. Leibniz
4. W. James
111. ——— accepted four kinds of cause
1. Aristotle.
2. David Hume
3. J. S Mil
112. The author of Passions of the Soul is
1. Spinoza
2. Aristotle.
3. Plato
4. A.J Ayer
113. ——— said “ Philosophy is the science of knowledge “.
1. Schelling
2. Fitche
3. Marx
4. Bruno
114. ——— believes in the transcendence of God
1. Deism.
2. Theism
3. Agnosticism.
115. According to Kant knowledge appears in the form of ———
1. Statement
2. Reasoning
3. Judgement.
116. Transcendental aesthetic deals with the theory of
1. Understanding.
2. Sensations
3. Moral Judgement
4. Aesthetic Judgement.
117. .Descartes was born at ———
1. Touraine
2. Amsterdam
3. Vienna
118. It is the art of ——— which brings other men’s ideas to birth
1. Deception
2. Oratory
3. intellectual midwifery
4. All of these.
119. ——— Greek philosopher is known for his probing questions
1. Socrates.
2. Aristotle
3. Plato
4. Hume
120. The 18th century German thinker who initiated dramatic changes in the field of Aesthetics is
———
1. Leibniz.
2. Kant
3. Nietzsche
4. Schelling
121. In the word Epistemology epistem means———
1. Knowledge.
2. Science.
3. Ideal
4. None of these
122. Francis Bacon was an advocate and practitioner of ——— method
1. Positive.
2. Scientific.
123. William James studied which aspect of religion?
1. religious experience
2. religious symbolism
3. religious myths
4. religious rituals
124. Which of these best describes the noetic quality?
1. love
2. time
3. knowledge
4. emotion
125. Which of these is a way to study and write about religion that is considered a religious
endeavour?
1. theology
2. moral philosophy
3. Religious studies
4. biblical criticism
126. Which of these is not one of these seven dimensions of religion?
1. the practical dimensions
2. the emotional dimensions
3. the divine dimensions
4. the mythic dimensions
127. Which of these religious traditions teaches the supreme importance of harmony in the
family, community and state ?
1. Confucianism
2. Judaism
3. Hinduism
4. Christianity
128. Which is not attributed of god ?
1. omnipotent
2. Omnicent
3. Omnipresent
4. Natural
129. ---------- is considered as the father of modern philosophy
1. Descartes
2. Kant
3. Hegel
4. Plato
130. According to, -------- experience is the only source of knowledge
1. Rationalism
2. Empiricism
3. Idealism
4. None of these
131. Who has said that mind has innate ideas
1. Spinoza
2. Kant
3. Descartes
4. Hume
132. ‘Meditations’ is the work of------
1. Kant
2. Descartes
3. Spinoza
4. All these
133. Who among the following is a representative of Rationalism?
1. Hegel
2. Kant
3. Leibniz
4. All these
134. Interactionism is the Mind body theory of --------
1. Hume
2. Berkeley
3. Descartes
4. None of these
135. Which among the following is the work of Descartes?
1. Critique of practical reason
2. Monadology
3. Meditations
4. None of these
136. Who among the following is not a German Philosopher?
1. Kant
2. Berkeley
3. Hegel
4. None of these
137. ------ is not a representative of Rationalism
1. Kant
2. Descartes
3. Spinoza
4. All of these
138. John Locke is -----Philosopher
1. Rationalist
2. Empiricist
3. Idealist
4. None of these
139. Generally the rise of modern Philosophy had been marked by----------
1. Critical thinking
2. Reflective spirit
3. Revolt against authority
4. All these
140. . Leibniz defines substance or monads as
1. Physical object
2. Active force
3. Geometrical figure
4. None of these
141. . According to --------- the ideas of imaginations are produced by us and real perceptions are produced by God
1. Berkeley
2. Locke
3. Hume
4. None of these
142. Which one of the following is not implied by Kant’s, Copernican revolution?
1. Rejection of Naive realism
2. Blindness of sensible intuition without concepts
3. Rejection of transcendental idealism
4. Emptiness of thought or concepts without sensible intuition.
143. As an empiricist, Locke claims that all our knowledge is derived either through sensation or
1. Perception
2. Reflection
3. Thinking
4. None of the above
144. Who among the following is a French Philosopher
1. Kant
2. Descartes
3. Plato
4. Aristotle
145. Who introduced the concept ‘Cogito ergosum’
1. Spinoza
2. Leibniz
3. Kant
4. Descartes
146. ‘Monadology’ is the work of-------
1. Kant
2. Descartes
3. Leibniz
4. Hegel
147. Who among the following is a German philosopher
1. Plato
2. Spinoza
3. Kant
4. None of these
148. ------------ is an Idealist philosopher
1. Spinoza
2. Locke
3. Kant
4. None of these
149. Whose ideal is ‘Real is Rational, Rational isReal’
1. Descartes
2. Kant
3. Locke
4. Hegel
150. Who among the following propounded the theory of Psycho physicalparallelism
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. None of these
151. Mind body theory of Descartes is known as----
1. Psycho physical parallelism
2. Interactionism
3. Pre-established harmony
4. All of these
152. ------ developed his philosophy on the foundation laid byFichte
1. Descartes
2. Hegel
3. Aristotle
4. None of these
153. Who is considered as the founder of Rationalism
1. Hume
2. Berkeley
3. Descartes
4. None of these
154. Which one of the following is not a work of Kant?
1. Critique of practical reason
2. Critique of pure reason
3. Meditations
4. None of these
155. Who among the following is the author of ‘Monadology’
1. Spinoza
2. Descartes
3. Hume
4. None of these
156. According to Descartes-----------as an absolute substance
1. Mind
2. Soul
3. God
4. None of these
157. . The rationalism of--------is heightened by Spinoza
1. Hume
2. Berkeley
3. Descartes
4. None of these
158. --- recognizes mind and matter as relative substances which are created by God
1. Kant
2. Descartes
3. Leibniz
4. Hegel
159. ----- believes that there are no innate ideas in the mind
1. Plato
2. Spinoza
3. Kant
4. Locke
160. Who among the following is obsessed with the intellectual love of God?
1. Spinoza
2. Leibniz
3. Kant
4. Descartes
161. According to Locke which one of the following is a primary quality
1. Figure
2. Extension
3. Colour
4. None of these
162. Who said ‘substance is a product of human imagination’
1. Spinoza
2. Descartes
3. Locke
4. Hume
163. -------suggests that the idea of substance is a complexidea
1. Spinoza
2. Berkeley
3. Hume
4. Locke
164. According to ---------- , only mind and their ideas exist
1. Hume
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Berkeley
165. According to ----- God is an absolute substance
1. Kant
2. Descartes
3. Plato
4. None of these
166. ’Ethics’ is the work of ---------
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Hegel
167. Berkeley rejects Locke’s distinction between primary and secondary qualities because:
1. All qualities are subjective
2. Only secondary qualities are subjective
3. Qualities are created by God
4. Qualities in here in substance
168. For Descartes, the idea of soul
1. Is not related to reason
2. is identical with reason
3. Contradicts reason
4. Does not contradict reason
169. According to Kant belief in God is:
1. Accidental to ethics
2. Totally irrelevant to ethics
3. Contingent to ethics
4. A presupposition of ethics
170. For Descartes the proposition ‘I think’ is self-verifying because
1. It is a necessary truth.
2. It is a logical truth.
3. Doubting it confirms it.
4. Thinking is my essence.
171. The primary aim of Descartes is
1. To explain the relation between body and mind.
2. To prove the existence of God.
3. To refute the reality of the external world.
4. To reach clear and certain knowledge.
172. Who called God as Natura Naturata?
1. Locke
2. Kant
3. Spinoza
4. Hume
173. Who said that ‘Reason must approach nature not as a pupil, but as a judge’?
1. Kant
2. Locke
3. Hegel
4. Spinoza
174. . According to Kant _________ the proper objects of faith
1. Phenomena
2. Noumena
3. Both Phenomena and Noumena
4. Neither Phenomena nor Noumena
175. Which one of the following is not the work of Immanuel Kant?
1. Critique of Pure Reason
2. Foundations of Metaphysics of Morals
3. Critique of Practical Reason
4. The Phenomenology of Spirit
176. Who highlighted the problem of personal identity first in modern western philosophy?
1. Berkeley
2. Locke
3. Spinoza
4. Descartes
177. The concept of categories was advocated by :
1. Kant
2. Kant and Aristotle
3. Kant and Locke
4. Kant and Berkeley
178. . “The mind is a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed one another with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement” is the view held by
1. Hume
2. Hobbes
3. Leibnitz
4. Berkeley
179. According to ------- the ideas of imaginations are produced by us and real perceptions are
produced by God
1. Berkeley
2. Locke
3. Hume
4. None of these
180. Who among the following held that space and time are apriori percepts ?
1. Pythagoras
2. Spinoza
3. Kant
4. Hegel
181. According to Descartes, the idea of God is -------
1. Finite
2. Fictitious
3. Innate
4. None of these
182. According to Descartes, the infinite substance stands related to finite substance
as ----- to -----
1. Universal, Particular
2. Many, One
3. One, Particular
4. None of these
183. Who has said that the mind has innate ideas
1. Hume
2. Berkeley
3. Leibniz
4. None of these
184. The secondary properties of substance are known as
1. Attributes
2. Modes
3. Relative property
4. None of these
185. Spinoza claims that the things which make up the world related to God as the properties of ------ to its concept
1. Quality
2. Theorem
3. Geometrical figure
4. None of these
186. Who introduced the term ‘natura naturata’
1. Spinoza
2. Leibniz
3. Kant
4. Descartes
187. ------ is not an Idealis
1. Hegel
2. Kant
3. Leibniz
4. All these
188. Who advocated the theory of Pre-established Harmony?
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Hegel
189. Berkeley belongs to ------------school
1. Rationalism
2. Empiricism
3. Idealism
4. None of these
190. Who among the following is not an empiricist
1. Leibniz
2. Hume
3. Locke
4. Berkeley
191. Tabula rasa refers to--------
1. Empty cabinet
2. Subtle emotion
3. Knowledge
4. None of these
192. According to Locke, which one of the following is a secondary quality
1. Solidity
2. Colour
3. Extension
4. None of these
193. The subject matter of Kant’s Rational Psychology is
1. The idea of world
2. The idea of God
3. Unity of self
4. None of these
194. Who among the following is an empiricist philosopher
1. Leibniz
2. Spinoza
3. Hume
4. None of these
195. ------ admits innumerable monads or spiritual atoms
1. Hegel
2. Kant
3. Leibniz
4. All these
196. In Transcendental aesthetic, Kant discusses the theory of----
1. Morality
2. existence of God
3. space and time
4. None of these
197. ----------- viewed the universe pantheistically as a single infinite substance God
1. Leibniz
2. Hume
3. Spinoza
4. None of these
198. . ------- thinks that substance is to be defined by active force
1. Berkeley
2. Leibniz
3. Hume
4. None of these
199. According to Locke, Colour is a ----
1. Primary quality
2. secondary quality
3. both
4. None of these
200. Absolute Idealism is conceived as the philosophy of ------
1. Kant
2. Berkeley
3. Hegel
4. None of these
201. Psycho physical parallelism is propounded by -------
1. Hume
2. Kant
3. Hegel
4. None of these
202. ----- is not an Idealist philosopher
1. Kant
2. Berkeley
3. Hegel
4. None of these
203. ‘Geist’ is the key notion of -----
1. Hume
2. Berkeley
3. Hegel
4. None of these
204. Hegel developed his philosophy on the foundation laid by ------
1. Hume
2. Kant
3. Fichte
4. None of these
205. Kant and Hegel belong to ------- school
1. Empiricism
2. Rationalism
3. Idealism
4. None of these
206. Who defines an idea as ‘whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking'.
1. Hume
2. Locke
3. Kant
4. Hegel
207. Which among the following is not the group of categories of understanding fewer than four heads according to Kant?
1. (a) Quality, spirit, modality and matter
2. Quantity, quality, relation and modality
3. Substance, matter, spirit and quality
4. Relation, spirit, substance and quantity
208. Descartes’ assertion, ‘I have an idea of a most perfect being’, is a premise in his
1. Cosmological argument
2. Ontological argument
3. Argument from design
4. Cosmological and ontological argument both
209. Descartes is considered as the founder of----------
1. Empiricism
2. Rationalism
3. Idealism
4. None of these
210. Descartes is a----------------Philosopher
1. Greek
2. French
3. German
4. American
211. Cogito ergo sum is a key concept in the philosophy of----------
1. Leibniz
2. Spinoza
3. Descartes
4. None of these
212. .------- are the affections or modifications of substance
1. Modes
2. God
3. Attributes
4. None of these
213. The term ‘naturanaturans’ is introduced by-------
1. Leibniz
2. Spinoza
3. Descartes
4. Kant
214. Whose philosophy is conceived as Absolute Idealism
1. Kant
2. Hegel
3. Descartes
4. Spinoza
215. Who wrote ‘An Essay concerning human Understanding’
1. Spinoza
2. Descartes
3. Locke
4. None of these
216. Descartes and Spinoza belong to ------------school
1. Empiricism
2. Rationalism
3. Idealism
4. None of these
217. Which among the following is the work of Spinoza?
1. Meditations
2. Ethics
3. Critique of pure reason
4. None of these
218. Who among the following is a Rationalist Philosopher?
1. Berkeley
2. Leibniz
3. Hume
4. None of these
219. Hegel’s philosophy is generally conceived as-------
1. Idealistic
2. Absolute Idealism
3. Rationalism
4. None of these
220. According to -------, matter is an Abstract idea
1. Hume
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Berkeley
221. ---------- is a rationalist
1. Spinoza
2. Berkeley
3. Hume
4. Kant
222. Immanuel Kant belongs to________
1. Empiricism
2. Rationalism
3. Idealism
4. None of these
223. -------- is considered as the Subjective Idealist
1. Locke
2. Kant
3. Spinoza
4. Berkeley
224. Transcendental method is adopted by -----
1. Hume
2. Kant
3. Hegel
4. Berkeley
225. --------------is a solution to mind- body problem
1. Categories
2. Interactionism
3. Dualism
4. Abstraction
226. The subject matter of Kant’s Rational theology is-----
1. The idea of God
2. Unity of self
3. The idea of world
4. None of these
227. According to ---------- , Colour is a secondary quality
1. Kant
2. Locke
3. Descartes
4. None of these
228. According to Kant -----------judgments are always aposteriori
1. Analytica
2. Synthetic
3. Ethical
4. None of these
229. ----- took mathematics as the model of his philosophical method
1. Socrates
2. Aristotle
3. Descartes
4. Locke
230. The subject matter of Kant’s Rational cosmology is----------
1. Unity of self
2. The idea of God
3. The idea of one world
4. All these
231. Spinoza treats the soul as
1. A sum of ideas
2. God
3. Infinite attributes
4. None of these
232. -------- claims that substance is the aggregate of qualities
1. Hume
2. Locke
3. Kant
4. Hegel
233. Who among the following rejected matter as an abstract idea
1. Hume
2. Berkeley
3. Descartes
4. None of these
234. According to Kant, the ideas of ‘reason’ are ----
1. Regulative and constitutive
2. Affirmative and negative
3. Negative and probable
4. Constitutive and regulative
235. According to Kant, moral duty is -----
1. A command of God
2. Given by one’s intuition
3. The imperative of pure reason
4. Determined by morality
236. According to Kant knowledge consists of -----
1. Synthetic a priori judgements
2. Synthetic a posteriori judgements
3. Analytic Judgements
4. None of the above
237. According to whom ‘to start with, mind is a clean state’?
1. Plato
2. Descartes
3. Spinoza
4. Locke
238. Kant has explained moral theories in -----
1. The critique of pure reason
2. The critique of practical reason
3. Religion within the Limits of reason
4. None of these
239. According to Berkeley
1. Ideas but not the minds exist
2. Minds but not the ideas exist
3. Both ideas and the
  minds exist
4. Neither ideas nor the minds exist
240. Which one of the following correctly represents Locke’s view of substance?
1. The totality of attributes
2. The substratum or the ground of attributes
3. The totality of ideas
4. The logical construction of sense-data
241. ‘Reality which is Absolute is a coherent thought system with logical connectivity’ is the view that can be ascribed to :
1. Hegel
2. Berkeley
3. Moore
4. Spinoza
243. The distinction between impression and idea was made by
1. Kant
2. Locke
3. Hume
4. Berkeley
243. “Ideas are of two kinds; ideas imprinted on the senses and ideas formed by memory and imagination.” ____ is the view advocated by;
1. Locke
2. Berkeley
3. Hume
4. Leibnitz
244. Everything has a cause. How does Kant interpret it ?
1. It is the habit of the mind.
2. We have seen events being preceded by causes.
3. It is a case of pre stablished harmony.
4. It is because of the application of the
  category of causality.
245. Pineal gland is the ------------ of the soul according to Descartes
1. Subject
2. Controller
3. Seat
4. None of these
246. . According to Spinoza body and mind
1. Interact with each other
2. Are causally related
3. Are parallel to each other
4. None of these
247. According to Spinoza the most important modifications of extension are ----- and --
1. Shape and rest
2. Attributes and motion
3. Rest and motion
4. None of these
248. There are infinite number of substances which are called as monads according to --------
1. Leibniz
2. Spinoza
3. Hume
4. None of these
249. Berkeley thinks that the objective ideas are impressed upon finite sprits by the ------ from without
1. Mind
2. Physical objects
3. Infinite spirit
4. None of these
250. ------- claims that mind and their ideas exist.
1. Berkeley
2. Locke
3. Hume
4. None of these
251. The doctrine of force relates to---------
1. Monads
2. Interactionism
3. Scholasticism
4. All these
252. According to Berkeley matter is an----------
1. Immanent idea
2. Abstract idea
3. Pure idea
4. None of these
253. Hume is ------------- philosopher
1. Empiricist
2. Rationalist
3. Idealistic
4. None of these
254. According to Kant , knowledge of things – in –itself is called-------
1. Phenomena
2. Substance
3. Noumena
4. None of these
255. Which one of the following is a work of Kant
1. Ethics
2. Monadology
3. Critique of purereason
4. All ofthese
256. Kant’s Rational Psychology deals with------
1. The idea of world
2. The idea of God
3. Unity of self
4. None of these
257. ----- is the method adopted by Kant
1. Inductive
2. Deductive
3. Empirical
4. Transcendental
258. To whom the term ‘tabula rasa’ relates
1. Berkeley
2. Locke
3. Hume
4. None of these
259. ------ developed his philosophy on the foundation laid by Fichte
1. Descartes
2. Hegel
3. Aristotle
4. None ofthese
260. Descartes took---------- as the model of his philosophical method
1. Religion
2. Mathematics
3. Sociology
4. Arts
261. Kant’s Rational cosmology deals with----------
1. Unity of self
2. The idea of God
3. The idea of one world
4. All these
262. ‘An Essay concerning human Understanding’ is the work of----------
1. Spinoza
2. Descartes
3. Hume
4. None of these
263. Leibniz belongs to ---------school
1. Rationalism
2. Empiricism
3. Idealism
4. None of these
264. ‘To be is to be perceived’ is a theory of--------
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Berkeley
265. In the philosophy of nature ------- prefers the teleological to mechanical view
1. Berkeley
2. Locke
3. Hume
4. None of these
266. ------- suggests that the ideas are of two types, simple and complex
1. Locke
2. Spinoza
3. Hume
4. None of these
267. To solve the mind body problem, Descartes has introduced -------
1. Psycho-physiological theory
2. Psycho-physical interactionism
3. Dualism
4. None of these
268. Who among the following was obsessed with the intellectual love of God
1. Hume
2. Spinoza
3. Descartes
4. None of these
269. ‘A good clockmaker can construct two clocks which will keep such perfect time that they for ever strike the hours at the same moment.’ This position is acceptable to :
1. Spinoza
2. Leibnitz
3. Descartes
4. Locke
270. For Leibnitz, monads are :
1. Indivisible and Spiritual only
2. Indivisible and Self - active only
3. Self-active and material only
4. Indivisible, Self - active and Spiritual
271. Who says that space and time are empirically real but transcendentally ideal?
1. Pythagoras
2. Spinoza
3. Kant
4. Hegel
272. The Philosopher who is associated with the Law of Sufficient Reason:
1. Locke
2. Berkeley
3. Leibnitz
4. Plato
273. Who said that the relation between cause and effect is not logical, but only psychological?
1. Hume
2. Kant
3. Russell
4. Heidegger
274. Who among the following rejected matter as an abstract idea
1. Hume
2. Locke
3. Descartes
4. None of these
275. Locke and Berkeley belong to ------- school
1. Empiricism
2. Rationalism
3. Idealism
4. None of these
276. The key notion of Hegel is-----
1. Sensation
2. World
3. Idea
4. None of these
277. ------------ claims substance as ‘one and infinite’
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Hegel
278. The rationalist philosopher ----- wants to give philosophy a stable character like mathematics
1. Kant
2. Descartes
3. Plato
4. Aristotle
279. According to Kant ----------judgments are always aposteriori
1. Analytical
2. Synthetic
3. Ethical
4. None of these
280. The rationalist philosopherDescartes whowants to give philosophy stable characters like-----
1. Science
2. Mathematics
3. Ethics
4. None of these
281. The view that ‘God as both naturanaturansandnatura naturata is maintained by
1. Spinoza
2. Leibniz
3. Kant
4. Descartes
282. Descartes suggests---- as absolute substance
1. Mind
2. Matter
3. God
4. None of these
283. According to Kant, a person becomes aware of the freedom of his will because
1. It is an apriori condition of the experience of obligation
2. He has empirical experience of it.
3. It is an apriori condition of experience of senses.
4. It can be demonstrated by science.
284. The philosopher that distinguishes between ‘matters of fact’ and ‘association of ideas’ is:
1. Descartes
2. Hume
3. Leibnitz
4. Spinoza
285. According to Hegel, reason is
1. The substance of the universe but not its infinite energy
2. The infinite energy of the
  universe but not its substance
3. The infinite energy of the universe alone.
4. The substance and infinite energy of the universe
286. Locke suggests that the idea of substance is
1. Simple idea
2. Complex idea
3. Particular idea
4. None of the above
287. Mark the incompatible with Hume’s philosophy :
1. There is no such thing as causal relation.
2. The so called self is only an aggregate of mental states
3. The world and its changes are because of God’s supremacy
4. All that can be known could be divided into ‘matters of fact’ and ‘relations of ideas
288. What is the criterion of truth according to Descartes
1. Clearness and uniformity
2. Clearness and distinctness
3. clearness and completeness
4. Clearness and directness
289. The ideas imprinted on the senses by God are called real things according to :
1. Locke
2. Berkeley
3. Hume
4. Leibnitz
290. The entire universe is mirrored in each unit of the substance except for the difference that it is mirrored only slightly differently from unit to unit.’ This position is acceptable to
1. Spinoza
2. Leibnitz
3. Descartes
4. St. Thomas Aquinas
291. According to ------- God is regarded as the only cause and bearer of all qualities
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Hegel
292. ------ thinks that substance is to be defined by active force
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Hegel
293. ------ admits innumerable monads or spiritual atoms
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Hegel
294. As an empiricist, Locke claims that all our knowledge is derived either through sensation or --------
1. Reflection
2. Perception
3. Thinking
4. None of these
295. The Critique of Pure Reason is really a treatise on ----- with special reference to science
1. Epistemology
2. Metaphysics
3. Axiology
4. None of these
296. According to the Absolute Idealism of Hegel, there ----
1. Are many realities
2. Is One reality
3. Reality is relative
4. None of these
297. Kant has called his epistemological enquiry as -----
1. Empirical
2. Transcendental
3. Rational
4. None of these
298. ----- is not a Rationalist
1. Kant
2. Descartes
3. Leibniz
4. Allthese
299. Locke and Berkeley belong to -------- school
1. Empiricism
2. Rationalism
3. Idealism
4. None of these
300. Who among the following is considered as the Subjective Idealist?
1. Spinoza
2. Leibniz
3. Berkeley
4. None of these
301. Psycho physical parallelism is a theory of-----
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. None ofthese
302. ---- is a mind body theory of Descartes
1. Psycho physical parallelism
2. Interactionism
3. Pre-established harmony
4. All these
303. According to Kant --------- judgments are always apriori
1. Synthetic
2. Ethical
3. Analytical
4. None of these
304. ‘Real is Rational, Rational is Real’ is the concept of----------
1. Locke
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Hegel
305. ------ is not a secondary quality according to Locke
1. Taste
2. Colour
3. Extension
4. None of these
306. ‘All our reasoning about causality is derived from nothing but custom’. This relates to-----
1. Kant
2. Hegel
3. Leibniz
4. Hume
307. ----------- is the view that God is the immanent principle of universe
1. Pluralism
2. Dualism
3. Pantheism
4. Atheism
308. Theory of Pre-established harmony is postulated by
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Hegel
309. According to Kant , knowledge begins with sense, proceeds thence to ----- and ends in ----------
1. Reason, Understanding
2. Understanding, Reason
3. Phenomena, Noumena
4. None of these
310. The key notion of Hegel is
1. God
2. Mind
3. World
4. None of these
311. For Hegel, Idea means -----
1. ConcreteUniversal
2. Concrete Particular
3. Abstract particular
4. None of these
312. Which among the following is not included under the Berkeley’s classification of sprit?
1. God
2. Myself
3. Animal spirit
4. None of these
313. --------- defines monads as Centres of force or energy
1. Kant
2. Hegel
3. Leibniz
4. Hume
314. According to -----, monads are windowless
1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Spinoza
4. Hegel
315. Locke believes that there ----- innate ideas in the mind
1. Are no
2. Are
3. Must be
4. None of these
316. According to ----- the idea of substance is a complex idea
1. Locke
2. Spinoza
3. Hume
4. None of these
317. Berkeley is --------
1. Pragmatist
2. Rationalist
3. Empiricist
4. None of these
318. According to Leibniz the monads are ------ and everything is potential or implicit in it
1. Modifications
2. windowless
3. strong
4. None of these
319. Locke suggests that the idea of substance is a ---idea
1. Complex
2. Particular
3. Simple
4. None of these
320. Berkeley claims that, all things of the world are the ideas of the -----
1. Mind
2. Physical objects
3. Divine mind
4. None of these
321. Locke suggests that the ideas are of two types, simple and -----
1. Complex
2. Particular
3. Simple
4. None of these
322. ’Reason must approach the nature not as a pupil but as a judge’ is the view of -----
1. Berkeley
2. Kant
3. Hume
4. None of these
323. Locke has divided the qualities of things into ----- and -----
1. Empirical, intuitive
2. A priori, a posteriori
3. Primary, secondary
4. None of these
324. . In Transcendental Aesthetic, Kant discusses the theory of -----
1. Space and time
2. Morality
3. God
4. None of these
325. Who is the principal exponent of representative realism
1. Berkeley
2. Locke
3. Hume
4. None of these
326. Berkeley suggests, as all beings are particular , so all ideas are ----
1. Empirical
2. Universal
3. Particular
4. None of these
327. Who among the following western philosophers attempted to refute matter
1. Hume
2. Berkeley
3. Descartes
4. None of these
328. ------ claims a material world which exists apart from perceiving mind, is unnecessary
and false
1. Hume
2. Berkeley
3. Descartes
4. None of these
329. What is Philosophy?
1. "love of wisdom."
2. "love of Learning."
3. "love of Creating."
4. "love of God."
330. What is Metaphysics/
1. metaphysics is the study of the nature of reality, of what exists in the world, what it is like, and how it is ordered.
2. metaphysics is the study of the world of reality, of what does not exist in the world, what it is like, and how it is ordered.
3. metaphysics is the study of the nature god, of what exists in the world, what it is like, and how it is ordered.
4. None of these
331. What is Epistemology?
1. Epistemology is the study of knowledge. It is primarily concerned with what we can know about the world and how we can know it.
2. Epistemology is the study of Nature. It is primarily concerned with what we can not know about the world and how we can know it.
3. Epistemology is the study of God. It is primarily concerned with what we can know about God and how we can know it.
4. None of these
332. What is Ethics?
1. The study of ethics often concerns what we ought to do and what it would be best to do. In struggling with this issue, larger questions about what is good and right arise.
2. The study of ethics often concerns about God and what it would be best to do. In struggling with this issue, larger questions about what is good and right arise.
3. The study of ethics often concerns nothing of this world and what it would be best to do. In struggling with this issue, larger questions about what is good and right arise.
4. All of these
333. What is Logic/
1. Another important aspect of the study of philosophy is the arguments or reasons given for people answers to these questions. To this end philosophers employ logic to study the nature and structure of arguments.
2. Another important aspect of the study of philosophy is the not arguments or no reasons given for people do not answers to these questions. To this end philosophers employ logic to study the nature and structure of arguments.
3. Study of God and His Nature
4. All of these
334. What is Philosophy?
1. in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions.
2. in Ancient India) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions.
3. in Ancient China ) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions.
4. All of these
335. Major branches of philosophy are epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics.
1. Yes
2. No
3. Partially Correct
336. Epistemology studies what knowledge is and how to acquire it.
1. Yes
2. No
337. Ethics investigates moral principles and what constitutes right conduct.
1. True
2. False
3. Paritially True
338. Logic is the study of correct reasoning and explores how good arguments can be distinguished from bad ones.
1. True
2. False
3. Partially False
339. Metaphysics examines the most general features of reality, existence, objects, and properties.
1. True
2. False
3. Parially True
340. Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste; and functions as the philosophy of art. Aesthetics examines the philosophy of aesthetic value, which is determined by critical judgements of artistic taste;
1. True
2. False
3. Parially True

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