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I SEMESTER B.A. PHILOSOPHY


CORE COURSE : INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
(2014 Admn. Onwards)

QUESTION BANK & ANSWER KEY

1. The Sanskrit word for philosophy is _______.


a) Karma b) Darsana c) Avidya d) Adhyasa
2. In Indian Philosophy liberation from wheel of karma is termed ______.
a) Kama b) Artha c) Dharma d) Moksha
3. The religious belief in which one God is hailed as supreme among a set of Gods.
a) Henotheism b) Pantheism c) Polytheism d) Monism
4.In Advaita Vedanta,________ is chief cause of suffering.
a) Avidya b) Jnana c) Bhakti d) Dharma
5. Internal harmony of ideas is the criterion of truth held by________ like Hegel and Bradley.

a) Realists b) Idealists c) Empiricists d) Atheists


6. In science ______ method is used to supplement observation.
a) Interpretative b) Introspective c) Experimental d) none of these
7.__________ stressed the importance of reality of ideas over objects.
a) Anaximander c) Pythagoras c) Socrates d) Plato
8. According to _____________ the body and mind are opposing substances.
a) Spinoza c) Locke c) Hume d) Descartes

9. _______ is the view that reality is made up of one materialistic stuff.


a) Spiritual humanism b) Idealism c) Materialistic monism d) Neutral monism
10. Natura Naturans means_______.
a) Transcendence b) Moral order c) Ultimate substance d) None of these
11.In Hegel's philosophy finite world is a reflection of the infinite_______.
a) Will to power b) Good will c) World idea d) None of these
12. The simplest and indivisible immaterial entities according to Leibniz is called______.
a) Matter b) Monads c) Soul d) Sensations
13. John Locke rejected the theory of ________ to establish the priority of experience.
a) Grammar b) Innate ideas c) Verification d) Sensations
14. The epistemological position of John Locke is termed_______.

a) Rationalism b) Absolute idealism c) Subjective idealism d) Representative realism

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15. In Hume's philosophy combination of simple impressions form _______.


a) Colours b) Probability c) Complex impressions d) None of these
16. Hume divides idea in to relations of idea and _______.
a) Matters of fact b) Dialectics c) Discourse d) Transcendental
17. In Pragmatism validity and value of an idea depends upon________.
a) Coherence b) Theoretical validity c) Practical success d) None of these
18. The Greek term Episteme means _________.
a) Knowledge b) Belief c) Dogma d) Faith
19. Scholastic thinkers understood the importance of _______ in search for truth.
a) Reason b) Mathematics c) Faith d) Verification.
20. Philosophy is more ________ and general than sciences.
a) Absolute b) Exclusive c) Inclusive d) Relative
21. Rta denotes _______ and moral order.
a) Downward movement b) Chaos c) Upward movement d) Cosmic order
22. _______ philosophy emphasizes the dualism of Purusha and Prakriti.
a) Advaita b) Sankhya c) Nyaya d) Vaishesika
23. Which of the following school is Nastika darsana?
a) Nyaya b) Mimamsa c) Jainism d) Vaishesika
24. In yoga philosophy the term for spiritual liberation is called _______.
a) Moksha b) Nirvana c) Kaivalya d) None of these
25. Pluralists like ________ and Democritus believed that world cannot be reduced to one or two
denominators.
a) Empedocles b) Thales c) Heraclitus d) Anaximenes

ANSWER KEY:

1. b 2. d 3. a 4. a 5. b

6. c 7. d 8. d 9. c 10. c

11. c 12. b 13. b 14. d 15. c

16. a 17. c 18. a 19. c 20. c

21. d 22. b 23. c 24. c 25. a

Prepared by:
Smt. Aneesa Akbar K V
Assistant Professor on Contract,
School of Distance Education, University of Calicut.
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