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1.

Method of reduction is related with:

A. phenomenology
B. existentialism
C. analytical philosophy
Answer» B. existentialism
2.

Which one among the following is not a character of Existentialism?

A. pessimism
B. dignity of man
C. essence is supreme
D. subjectivity
Answer» D. subjectivity
3.

Who coined the term Existentialism?

A. heidegger
B. jaspers
C. marcel
D. kierkegaard
Answer» C. marcel
4.

The psychological acts like perceiving, believing, evaluating, remembering, etc. arecalled as------------------ by Husserl.

A. intentional content
B. intentional act
C. intentional object
D. intentional
Answer» C. intentional object
5.

“Morning star is Evening star”. This statement is related with Frege’ notion of:

A. concept and object
B. identity
C. sense and reference
D. description
Answer» D. description
6.

The concept ‘intentionality’ is introduced by:

A. husserl
B. brentano
C. frege
D. heidegger
Answer» C. frege
7.

Who is treated as the founder of Analytical philosophy?

A. frege
B. russell
C. wittgenstein
D. moore
Answer» B. russell
8.

Fregean theory of meaning is called:

A. theory of description
B. theory of sense and reference
C. theory of atomis
D. picture theory
Answer» C. theory of atomis
9.

In Wittgenstein’s view, elementary proposition corresponds to the:

A. fact
B. name
C. atomic fact
D. molecular fact
Answer» D. molecular fact
10.

Who wrote Begriffsschrift?

A. russell
B. frege
C. ryle
D. moore
Answer» C. ryle
11.

According to Wittgenstein, proposition --------------------- the reality.

A. describes
B. explains
C. pictures
D. analyse
Answer» D. analyse
12.

Wittgenstein describes, philosophy is not a doctrine but:

A. an activity
B. a fact
C. a state
D. a theory
Answer» B. a fact
13.

. ‘Philosophical problems arises where language goes n a holiday’. Who made thisstatement?

A. russel
B. wittgenstein
C. ryle
D. austin
Answer» C. ryle
14.

To Wittgenstein, the philosophical problems are not problems but they are:

A. metaphysical issues
B. epistemological issues
C. language puzzles
D. logical puzzles
Answer» D. logical puzzles
15.

Which one is considered as the most popular work of Wittgenstein?

A. logical atomism
B. philosophy of logical syntax
C. language truth and logic
D. tractatus logico-philosophicus
Answer» E.
16.

According to Russell the method of philosophy must be:

A. descriptive
B. analytical
C. critical
D. deductive
Answer» C. critical
17.

Rudolf Carnap wrote that metaphysical propositions are:

A. neither true nor false
B. true or false
C. true
D. either true or false
Answer» B. true or false
18.

According to Logical Positivists metaphysical propositions are:

A. temporal
B. meaningful
C. sensible.
D. meaningless
Answer» E.
19.

Logical Positivists formulated the--------------------- principle the basic criterion formeaning-fullness of a proposition.

A. correspondenc
B. verification
C. coherence
D. internality
Answer» C. coherence
20.

A. J. Ayer’s popular book------------------------ popularised the tenets of Logical Positivism.

A. logical atomism
B. philosophy of logical syntax
C. language truth and logic
D. principia mathematica
Answer» D. principia mathematica
21.

A.J. Ayer’s version of Logical positivism is known as:

A. logical empiricism
B. logical atomism
C. logical monism
D. radical positivism
Answer» B. logical atomism
22.

The Greek word Pragmatikos means:

A. purpose
B. prior
C. practical
D. partial
Answer» D. partial
23.

The word pragmatism is derived from the Greek term:

A. pragmatikos
B. pramaticus
C. pragma
D. practicous
Answer» B. pramaticus
24.

Which among the list is considered as a characteristic feature of Existentialism?

A. spiritualism
B. fatalism
C. fundamentalism
D. freedom
Answer» D. freedom
25.

Sartre describes two types of Being. Which are they?

A. en-soi and poar-soi
B. sein and zeit
C. being and time
D. yin and yang
Answer» B. sein and zeit
26.

Who coined the phrase “Existentialism Precedes the Essence”?

A. heidegger
B. jaspers
C. sartre
D. kierkegaard
Answer» D. kierkegaard
27.

Sartre’s classification of Being is discussed in:

A. being and nothingness
B. existentialism is a humanism
C. nausea
Answer» B. existentialism is a humanism
28.

Who among the following is treated as theistic philosopher?

A. kierkegaard
B. sartre
C. heidegger
D. camus
Answer» B. sartre
29.

“Man is condemned to be free”- is related with :

A. kierkegaard
B. sartre
C. heidegger
D. camus
Answer» C. heidegger
30.

------------------ called as the Magnum Opus of Heidegger.

A. being and nothingness
B. the rebel
C. philosophy
D. being and time
Answer» E.
31.

Being and Nothingness is written by:

A. heidegger
B. jaspers
C. sartre
D. kierkegaard
Answer» D. kierkegaard
32.

Who among the following wrote “The Quest for Certainty”?

A. john dewey
B.
C. s. peirce c. william james
Answer» B.
33.

Which among the following is treated as the last stage of philosophising by Comte?

A. positive stage
B. metaphysical stage
C. theological stage
D. religious stage
Answer» B. metaphysical stage
34.

------------------- is a characteristic feature of C. S. Pierce’s theory of cognition.

A. agnosticism
B. falllibilism
C. scepticism
D. none of these
Answer» C. scepticism
35.

Comte describes that ------------------ is the elementary stage of thinking.

A. metaphysical stage
B. positive stage
C. theological stage
D. religious stage
Answer» D. religious stage
36.

According to Comte, the human mind successively passes through -------stages ofthinking.

A. three
B. fou
C. five
D. six
Answer» B. fou
37.

Auguste Comte’s version of positivism is called as:

A. sociological positivism
B. empirical positivism
C. radical positivism
D. scientific positivism
Answer» C. radical positivism
38.

Along with pragmatism William James introduced philosophy of:

A. empiricism
B. instrumentalism
C. phenomenism
D. radical empiricism
Answer» E.
39.

John Dewey’s philosophy is commonly referred as:

A. instrumentalism
B. utilitarianism
C. hedonism
D. intuitionism
Answer» B. utilitarianism
40.

Who wrote the book Pragmatism?

A. john dewey
B.
C. s. peirce c. william james
Answer» D.
41.

‘God or the Supreme Being is unaffected by evil and stands above relative good whichis the correlative of evil’. Which tradition holds this position?

A. buddhist
B. samkhya
C. mimamsa
D. vedanta
Answer» E.
42.

-------- begins with the notion, God, the force of all good, and the Devil, the source of allevil.

A. traditional judaism
B. traditional christianity,
C. traditional islam
D. traditional hinduism
Answer» C. traditional islam
43.

According to Kant’s metaphysical and moral doctrine:

A. the soul is mortal.
B. the soul is indefinite
C. the soul is obscure
D. the soul is immortal
Answer» E.
44.

According to Buddhism the soul is nothing but the------------------.

A. mind-body complex
B. illusion
C. mind-body reaction
D. none of these
Answer» B. illusion
45.

Atman is neither born nor does it die- This view holds by:

A. samkhya
B. jainism
C. gita
D. buddhism
Answer» D. buddhism
46.

According to Spinoza, soul is immortal which gets the --------------------- of God.

A. love
B. intellectual love
C. unlimited love
D. unconditional love
Answer» C. unlimited love
47.

---------------------- is a positive approach to life and existence.

A. optimism
B. nihilism
C. antagonism
D. pessimism
Answer» B. nihilism
48.

Who considered that the world of ours is the best possible world?

A. david hume
B. kant
C. paley
D. leibniz
Answer» E.
49.

Who shows strong views in favour of pessimism?

A. spinoza
B. arthur schopenhauer
C. philo
D. bosanquet
Answer» C. philo
50.

Mental anxiety, sorrow, excitement, tension, uproar, etc. create :

A. moral evil
B. metaphysical evil
C. mental evil
D. natural evil
Answer» D. natural evil