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This section includes 5672 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UPSC IAS Exam knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 801. |
.Lucretius belongs to .............. ' |
| A. | rome |
| B. | greek |
| C. | china |
| D. | india. |
| Answer» B. greek | |
| 802. |
Ethics focus on .... |
| A. | political theory |
| B. | intellectual virtue |
| C. | cultural synthesis |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. cultural synthesis | |
| 803. |
the Academy was founded by |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | xenophen |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 804. |
Aristotle who set up a school |
| A. | lyceum |
| B. | academy |
| C. | politics |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. academy | |
| 805. |
Ethics was a treatise of .... |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | xenophen |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. xenophen | |
| 806. |
the early Greek philosophers were called |
| A. | physikoi |
| B. | elites |
| C. | physiocrats |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. elites | |
| 807. |
the Republic is work of .... |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | xenophen |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 808. |
The concept of Niyati is related to.... |
| A. | ajivika |
| B. | budhism |
| C. | jainism |
| D. | lokayata. |
| Answer» B. budhism | |
| 809. |
Upanishad means ...... |
| A. | by the side of |
| B. | away |
| C. | close |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. away | |
| 810. |
Lokayats were also known as ..... |
| A. | ajivika |
| B. | charvaka |
| C. | jain |
| D. | budha. |
| Answer» C. jain | |
| 811. |
The first Budhist council held at.... |
| A. | vaisali |
| B. | pataliputra |
| C. | rajagriha |
| D. | kashmir. |
| Answer» D. kashmir. | |
| 812. |
Ashtangamarga is related to..... |
| A. | ajivika |
| B. | budhism |
| C. | jainism |
| D. | lokayata. |
| Answer» C. jainism | |
| 813. |
the founder of Lokayata was ...... |
| A. | ajita kesakambalin |
| B. | jayarasi |
| C. | mahavira |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. jayarasi | |
| 814. |
charvaka preached ..............philosophy. |
| A. | ajivika |
| B. | materialism |
| C. | jain |
| D. | budha. |
| Answer» C. jain | |
| 815. |
who wrote the book On What is History. |
| A. | jenkins |
| B. | lyotard |
| C. | evans |
| D. | elton . |
| Answer» B. lyotard | |
| 816. |
who was the critique of post modern theory.. |
| A. | lyotard |
| B. | evans |
| C. | elton |
| D. | carr. |
| Answer» C. elton | |
| 817. |
post modernism is ..... |
| A. | a maze of ideas and subjects |
| B. | base and super structure |
| C. | cultural revolution |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. base and super structure | |
| 818. |
The term Affluent Society was coined by..... |
| A. | j.galbraith |
| B. | |
| C. | w.mills c)daniel bell |
| Answer» B. | |
| 819. |
Michel Foucault was a............ |
| A. | post structuralist |
| B. | post modernist |
| C. | modernist |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. post modernist | |
| 820. |
Post modernism was started in .... |
| A. | europe |
| B. | africa |
| C. | asia |
| D. | australia. |
| Answer» B. africa | |
| 821. |
Humanism was a feature of ....... |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | reformation |
| C. | enlightenment |
| D. | scientific revolution. |
| Answer» B. reformation | |
| 822. |
Intellectual Decolonization is related to..... |
| A. | r.stavenhagen |
| B. | kossambi |
| C. | febvre |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. kossambi | |
| 823. |
the term Discourse was used by.... |
| A. | post structuralists |
| B. | post modernists |
| C. | modernists |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. post modernists | |
| 824. |
Jacques Derrida was a spoke person of |
| A. | post structuralism |
| B. | post modernism |
| C. | modernism |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. modernism | |
| 825. |
the historical materialism was a concept of ...... |
| A. | marx |
| B. | oven |
| C. | ranke |
| D. | voltaire |
| Answer» B. oven | |
| 826. |
The fouder of scientific socialism... |
| A. | marx |
| B. | oven |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | thucydides. |
| Answer» B. oven | |
| 827. |
Who propounded the concept of Organic Totality in the study of History. |
| A. | marx |
| B. | oven |
| C. | ranke |
| D. | voltaire |
| Answer» B. oven | |
| 828. |
1867 ..........book was published. |
| A. | communist manifesto |
| B. | das capital |
| C. | grundrisse |
| D. | socialism. |
| Answer» C. grundrisse | |
| 829. |
Das Capital was a work of .... |
| A. | marx |
| B. | oven |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | thucydides. |
| Answer» B. oven | |
| 830. |
Communist Manifesto was published in the year. |
| A. | 1848 |
| B. | 1866 |
| C. | 1884 |
| D. | 1883. |
| Answer» B. 1866 | |
| 831. |
Thesis,Anti thesis and Synthesis was a principle popularised by ..... |
| A. | voltaire |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | montesquieu |
| D. | hegel. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 832. |
Philosophy of history was coined by. |
| A. | voltaire |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | montesquieu |
| D. | hegel. |
| Answer» B. rousseau | |
| 833. |
Who was the exponent of the Dialectical Process. |
| A. | voltaire |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | montesquieu |
| D. | hegel. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 834. |
Who was the great exponent of Romanticism. |
| A. | voltaire |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | montesquieu |
| D. | herder. |
| Answer» C. montesquieu | |
| 835. |
James Mill developed the theory of ...... |
| A. | liberalism |
| B. | romanticism |
| C. | idealism |
| D. | utilitarianism. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 836. |
the theory of utilitarianism was introduced by..... |
| A. | jermy bentham |
| B. | j.s.mill |
| C. | adam smith |
| D. | james mill. |
| Answer» B. j.s.mill | |
| 837. |
utilitarianism was an extension of .......... |
| A. | liberalism |
| B. | romanticism |
| C. | idealism |
| D. | structuralism |
| Answer» B. romanticism | |
| 838. |
the early exponent of GAerman idealism was... |
| A. | herder |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | marx |
| D. | ranke. |
| Answer» B. hegel | |
| 839. |
the literal meaning of nirvana ........... |
| A. | moksha |
| B. | karma |
| C. | asteya |
| D. | aparityaga. |
| Answer» B. karma | |
| 840. |
Each system of Indian philosophy is called a........ |
| A. | darshana |
| B. | veekshana |
| C. | njana |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. veekshana | |
| 841. |
The six system of Indian knowledge system is known as....... |
| A. | shad-darsana |
| B. | shad-padartha |
| C. | shad-mantra |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. shad-padartha | |
| 842. |
the seven padarthas belongs to...... |
| A. | nyaya |
| B. | vedanta |
| C. | vaiseshika |
| D. | yoga |
| Answer» D. yoga | |
| 843. |
Vaiseshika is also called.... |
| A. | aulukya darsana |
| B. | astika darsanas |
| C. | uttara mimamasa |
| D. | samkhyam. |
| Answer» B. astika darsanas | |
| 844. |
kanada was the founder of......a)Nyaya b) Vaisheshika c) Vedanta d) Chandas. 23.Kanada was also called.... |
| A. | uluka |
| B. | jaimini |
| C. | pramanas |
| D. | mimamsa. |
| Answer» B. jaimini | |
| 845. |
Nyaya philosophy also called..... |
| A. | nyaya sastra |
| B. | samkhya saastra |
| C. | yoga sastra. |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. samkhya saastra | |
| 846. |
Goutama is also called..... |
| A. | akshapada |
| B. | narada |
| C. | kanada |
| D. | chidambara. |
| Answer» B. narada | |
| 847. |
Astika Darsanas was a philosophy of |
| A. | nyaya |
| B. | vedanta |
| C. | vaiseshika |
| D. | yoga. |
| Answer» B. vedanta | |
| 848. |
Flavio Biondo ………. |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | reformation |
| C. | enlightenment |
| D. | marxism. |
| Answer» B. reformation | |
| 849. |
The founder Nyaya system of philosophy. |
| A. | goutama |
| B. | patanjali |
| C. | kapila |
| D. | vyasa. |
| Answer» B. patanjali | |
| 850. |
Francis Bacon was related to ….. |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | reformation |
| C. | enlightenment |
| D. | marxism. |
| Answer» D. marxism. | |