Philosophy Questions and Answers - Quiz Set 23 | Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) & Answers

1 All the following statements are consistent with the Rationalism of Descartes : Except :

1 There exists ontological dualism of mind and body.

2 Ontological argument is there in favour of existence of God.

3 Knowledge is constituted of clear and distinct ideas.

4 The test of truth is correspondence.

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Answer:The test of truth is correspondence.

2 According to Madhva – Vedanta, all the following propositions are false except :

1 The j i va is a falsification of Brahman

2 The j i va is distinct from Brahman but is entirely dependent on Brahman for everything.

3 The j i va is one with Brahman.

4 The j i va along with jagat is māyā.

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Answer:The j i va is distinct from Brahman but is entirely dependent on Brahman for everything.

3 The word Sansara in Vedanta means

1 A state of the world which is anādi but sānta.

2 The private life of individuals

3 Married life and living with children

4 Beginningless cycle of birth and death

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Answer: Beginningless cycle of birth and death

4 Consider given Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and then mark the correct option as given below considering Sā khya metaphysics.

Assertion (A) : All material effects are the modification (Pari āma) of Prak ti.
Reason (R) : The effects pre-exist in the eternal Prak ti and come out of it at the time of ______ creation.

Code :

1 (A) is false and (R) is true and (R) provides correct explanation of (A).

2 (A) and (R) are both true, and (R) provides correct explanation of (A).

3 (A) and (R) are both true, and (R) does not provides correct explanation of (A).

4 (A) is false and (R) is true and (R) does not provide correct explanation of (A).

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Answer:(A) and (R) are both true, and (R) provides correct explanation of (A).

5 Cosider given Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and then mark the correct option as given below :

Assertion (A) : Vyāpti is known through Mānasapratyak a.
Reason (R) : Vyapti is not a quality.

Code :

1 (A) is false and (R) is true and (R) is not a correct explanation of (A).

2 Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is a correct explanation of (A).

3 Both (A) and (R) are false.

4 Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is an incorrect explanation of (A).

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Answer:Both (A) and (R) are false.

6 Distinction between grammatical interpretation and psychyological interpretation is advocated by :

1 Heidegger

2 Dilthey

3 Schleiermacher

4 Gadamer

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Answer: Schleiermacher

7 The sattā of a king’s palace according to Śa kara is :

1 Pāramārthika

2 Prātibhāsika

3 Vyāvahārika

4 Both Pāramārthika and Vyāvahārika

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Answer:Vyāvahārika

8 Duh.khābhāva resides in mukta ātmā according to nyāya by the relation of :

1 Samavāya

2 Leibnitz

3 Viśesanatā

4 Svarūpa

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Answer:Svarūpa

9 The kāran.atā of the conjunction of threads in case of a cloth according to the vaiśesikas is :

1 Samavāyikāran.atā

2 Asamavāyikāran.atā

3 Nimitta kāran.atā

4 Sahakāri kāran.atā

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Answer:Asamavāyikāran.atā

10 Which mūrtadravyas are nitya according to the vaiśesikas ?

1 The paramanus of Ks.iti, Apa, Teja and Maruta only

2 Manas only

3 Manas and Maruta only

4 Manas and four types of paramān.u

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Answer:Manas and four types of paramān.u

11 Which code of the following represents nityādravyas of the same parimān.a according to the vaiśesi.kas ?

1 Paramānu, manas and ātman

2 Ākāśa, Kāla, and manas

3 Ākāśa, Kala and dik

4 Ākāśa, ātman and manas

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Answer: Ākāśa, Kala and dik

12 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 preestablished harmony.

4 It is because of the application of the category of causality.

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Answer:It is because of the application of the category of causality.

13 According to early Buddhism, the so called self is only an aggregate of mental states like ideas, feelings, volitions etc. A similar view was held by :

1 Berkeley

2 David Hume

3 Locke

4 Heraclitus

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Answer:David Hume

14 “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

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Answer:Hume

15 “Though appearance is inconsistent with itself, and cannot, therefore, be truly real, yet it cannot be entirely divorced from reality” is the view advocated by :

1 F.H. Bradley

2 Spencer

3 Kant

4 Leibnitz

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