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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The pragmatic movement in philosophy originated as a protest aganist |
| A. | germ theory |
| B. | fermentation |
| C. | pasteurization |
| D. | absolute idealism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
The Coherence theory of truth is developed by --- |
| A. | buddha |
| B. | patanjali |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | kanada |
| Answer» D. kanada | |
| 3. |
Bradley is a prominent Western |
| A. | idealist |
| B. | pragmatist |
| C. | moralist |
| D. | naturalist |
| Answer» B. pragmatist | |
| 4. |
Critique of Pure Reason is a work of |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | kant |
| C. | hume |
| D. | husserl |
| Answer» C. hume | |
| 5. |
Relativity theory is associated with |
| A. | galileo |
| B. | karl popper |
| C. | albert einstein |
| D. | newton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Spinoza expressed theory of truth in his-------------work |
| A. | logic |
| B. | axiology |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | treatise |
| Answer» D. treatise | |
| 7. |
G.E.Moore is an advocate of ----------------- |
| A. | coherence theory |
| B. | semantic theory |
| C. | pragmatic theory |
| D. | correspondence theory |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Correspondence theory of truth is opposed to------------------ |
| A. | realism |
| B. | idealism |
| C. | pragmatism |
| D. | naturalism |
| Answer» C. pragmatism | |
| 9. |
The author of Monadology is--------- |
| A. | leibnitz |
| B. | copernicus |
| C. | galileo |
| D. | kepler |
| Answer» B. copernicus | |
| 10. |
Who advocated Coherence theory of truth? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | copernicus |
| C. | ptolemy |
| D. | leibnitz |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
The dictum that subjectivity is truth is by |
| A. | kierkegaard |
| B. | jasper |
| C. | alhazen |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. jasper | |
| 12. |
Pragmatic theory of truth is developed by ------ |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | james |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» D. kant | |
| 13. |
Pragmatic theory of truth is associated with -------- |
| A. | germany |
| B. | america |
| C. | france |
| D. | england |
| Answer» C. france | |
| 14. |
William James is ------------- |
| A. | american psychologist |
| B. | german scientist |
| C. | french thinker |
| D. | british poet |
| Answer» B. german scientist | |
| 15. |
Which is not among the theories of truth -------------? |
| A. | pragmatic |
| B. | coherence |
| C. | semantic |
| D. | amphiboly |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Pragma is a ----- word |
| A. | latin |
| B. | hebrew |
| C. | arab |
| D. | greek |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Peirce and James advocate ------theory of truth |
| A. | redundancy |
| B. | pragmatic |
| C. | coherence |
| D. | correspondence |
| Answer» C. coherence | |
| 18. |
The Upanisads can be said as monists because they believe in ------------------- |
| A. | one god |
| B. | many god |
| C. | one cretor |
| D. | one reality (brhman) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
The core of Upanisads is --------------------------- |
| A. | polytheism |
| B. | henotheism |
| C. | monotheism |
| D. | monism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Which of the following have developed jnanakanda |
| A. | aranyaka and the upanisads |
| B. | mantras and brahmans |
| C. | brahmanas and arayakas |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. mantras and brahmans | |
| 21. |
Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva are |
| A. | different samhitas |
| B. | different upanisads |
| C. | different brahmans |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. different upanisads | |
| 22. |
Asthika means |
| A. | orthodex |
| B. | heterodox |
| C. | non-vedic |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. heterodox | |
| 23. |
------------------- introduced the concept of henotheism |
| A. | dr.s.radhakrishnan |
| B. | hiriyanna |
| C. | maxmuller |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 24. |
---------------- Veda is not included in the trayi |
| A. | samaveda |
| B. | atharvaveda |
| C. | rigveda |
| D. | yaju veda |
| Answer» C. rigveda | |
| 25. |
Mantras and Brahmans are called |
| A. | karma kanda |
| B. | jnana kanda |
| C. | mimamsa |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. jnana kanda | |
| 26. |
The Upanisads are known as |
| A. | vedanta |
| B. | mimamsa |
| C. | knowledge |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. mimamsa | |
| 27. |
The Brahmans are written in ------- |
| A. | poem |
| B. | prose |
| C. | songs |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. songs | |
| 28. |
There are ------------------ Samhitas |
| A. | four |
| B. | three |
| C. | two |
| D. | one |
| Answer» B. three | |
| 29. |
The word Veda means |
| A. | knowledge |
| B. | mantras |
| C. | brahmanas |
| D. | aranyakas |
| Answer» B. mantras | |
| 30. |
Sanskrit term for philosophy is |
| A. | darsana |
| B. | knowledge |
| C. | learning |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. knowledge | |
| 31. |
The etymological meaning of the word philosophy is |
| A. | love of learning |
| B. | love of truth |
| C. | love of veda |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. love of truth | |
| 32. |
There are mainly ---------------- theories of false cognition based on the nature of the contact of error |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» D. four | |
| 33. |
Prameya means |
| A. | means of knowledge |
| B. | the knowable |
| C. | the knower |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. the knower | |
| 34. |
Savikalpa pratyaksa means |
| A. | determinate |
| B. | indeterminate |
| C. | samanyalaksana |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. indeterminate | |
| 35. |
Nirvikalpa pratyaksa means |
| A. | indeterminate |
| B. | determinate |
| C. | jnana laksana |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. determinate | |
| 36. |
Nyaya divides ordinary perception into |
| A. | indeterminate and determinate |
| B. | manasa and bhahya |
| C. | samanya |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. manasa and bhahya | |
| 37. |
Paratah literally means |
| A. | from with in |
| B. | from without |
| C. | aprama |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. aprama | |
| 38. |
Prmata means |
| A. | means of knowledge |
| B. | the knowable |
| C. | the knower |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 39. |
Atmakhyat has been advocated by |
| A. | yogacara buddhism |
| B. | nyaya |
| C. | ramanuja |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. nyaya | |
| 40. |
Non-contradictedness is advocated by |
| A. | buddhism |
| B. | nyaya |
| C. | advaita |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 41. |
Perception is a cognition which is fee free from any concept |
| A. | visadam pratyaksam |
| B. | aparsksa |
| C. | kalpanapodham |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 42. |
Asatkhyati veda has been advocated by |
| A. | prabhakara |
| B. | madhyamika |
| C. | kumarila |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. kumarila | |
| 43. |
Tatvatitat prakaraka advocates |
| A. | nyaya |
| B. | buddhism |
| C. | advaita |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. buddhism | |
| 44. |
The knowledge through the past memories is called |
| A. | anubhava |
| B. | smriti |
| C. | truth |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. truth | |
| 45. |
Svatah literally means |
| A. | from with in |
| B. | from without |
| C. | prama |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. from without | |
| 46. |
Mimamsaka accept |
| A. | paratah pramanyaveda |
| B. | svatah pramanya veda |
| C. | truth |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. truth | |
| 47. |
In the ‘rope-snake’ illusion according to Advaita Vedanta |
| A. | the snake is conceal |
| B. | the snake is real |
| C. | the snake isneither real or un real |
| D. | the snake is dreamt |
| Answer» D. the snake is dreamt | |
| 48. |
Akhyativada has been advocated by |
| A. | prabhakara |
| B. | kumarila |
| C. | sankara |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. kumarila | |
| 49. |
The theory of error accepted by Nyaya is known as ---- |
| A. | akhyati |
| B. | anyathakhyati |
| C. | viparitaklyati |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. viparitaklyati | |
| 50. |
The admission of ---------------- is a necessity when there arises a conflict between two well known facts followed by a demand for the resolution |
| A. | anumana |
| B. | upamana |
| C. | presumption |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |