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51.

Moral evil is a direct consequence of man’s ---

A. free will
B. mind
C. freedom
D. emotion
Answer» B. mind
52.

All the forces of evil and sin came to be personified in Satan. This view is holds by:

A. judaism
B. christianity
C. islam
D. hinduism
Answer» C. islam
53.

According to pessimism this world is a :

A. best possible world
B. worst possible world
C. good world
D. best world
Answer» C. good world
54.

Who considered evil to be due to the imperfections that are inherent in the construction ofthe finite elements of the universe?

A. david hume
B. st. anselm
C. leibniz
D. descartes
Answer» D. descartes
55.

The metaphysical evil is called the ----------------

A. moral evil
B. physical evil
C. mental evil
D. natural evil
Answer» E.
56.

Both Spinoza and Hegel practically denied the-------------------.

A. reality of evil
B. reality of sprit
C. reality of soul
D. reality of god
Answer» B. reality of sprit
57.

Good and evil are:

A. correlative myths
B. contradictory facts
C. correlative facts
D. contradictory myths
Answer» D. contradictory myths
58.

Each man could frame his own code of good and evil. Who holds this position?

A. idealists
B. realists
C. rationalists
D. sophists
Answer» E.
59.

Matter was the source of all evil- Who made this assertion?

A. david hume
B. st. anselm
C. philo
D. descartes
Answer» D. descartes
60.

Descartes’ concept of innate idea has a base in:

A. cosmological argument
B. teleological argument
C. ontological argument
D. design
Answer» D. design
61.

By the term ‘greater’ Anselm means:

A. more higher
B. more real
C. more perfect
D. more conceivable
Answer» D. more conceivable
62.

To -----------first cause argument is known as cosmological.

A. david hume
B. st. anselm
C. paley
D. aristotle
Answer» E.
63.

Ontological argument was first put forth by:

A. david hume
B. st. anselm
C. paley
D. aristotle
Answer» C. paley
64.

According to Aristotle God is the:

A. prime mover
B. absolute
C. omnipotent
D. protector
Answer» B. absolute
65.

The cosmological argument considered God as the:

A. protector
B. creator
C. first cause
D. destroyer
Answer» D. destroyer
66.

“Dialogues on Natural Religion”, is written by:

A. david hume
B. st. anselm
C. paley
D. descartes
Answer» B. st. anselm
67.

Paley’s ------------------conveys the essence of the teleological argument.

A. analogy of desert
B. analogy of stone
C. analogy of watch
D. analogy of table
Answer» D. analogy of table
68.

Teleological argument states that God is an intelligent--------------------.

A. designer
B. creator
C. protector
D. master
Answer» B. creator
69.

The teleological argument has its earliest roots in the thought of ------------------

A. thales
B. heraclitus
C. plato
D. aristotle
Answer» D. aristotle
70.

Non-propositional view of revelation and faith has become widespread within --------------during the present century.

A. protestant christianity
B. christianity,
C. catholics
D. none of these
Answer» B. christianity,
71.

The term mysticism comes from the Greek word ---------------

A. mystikos
B. mytikos,
C. mithios
D. mystipos
Answer» B. mytikos,
72.

Critique of Religion and Philosophy is written by:

A. salomon reinach
B. walter kaufmann,
C. william james
D. w.t stace
Answer» C. william james
73.

Christian thought treats Bible as a ------------------of revelation.

A. source
B. medium
C. truth
D. copy
Answer» C. truth
74.

------------- is confidence or trust in a person to thing, deity, in the doctrines or teachingsof a religion, or view even without empirical evidence.

A. belief
B. reason
C. revelation
D. faith
Answer» E.
75.

--------------is an act of divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relatingto human existence.

A. belief
B. reason
C. revelation
D. faith
Answer» D. faith
76.

The idea that our belief-structures are and must be built upon basic beliefs, which aregrounded in and justified by clear circumstances is called:

A. foundationalism
B. fundamentalism
C. experimentalism
D. justificationalism
Answer» B. fundamentalism
77.

‘The material world exists only in consciousnesses, our own and God’s’- this position isknown as:

A. idealism
B. solipsism
C. spiritualism
D. intuitionism
Answer» C. spiritualism
78.

“Belief” can be defined as an:

A. act or state of believing
B. practice of believing.
C. experience of believing.
D. none of these
Answer» B. practice of believing.
79.

Who calls foundational beliefs as “M-beliefs”?

A. william alston
B. patrick
C. william james
D. w.t stace
Answer» B. patrick
80.

Alvin Plantinga made an influence upon Reformers of the sixteenth century, particularly:

A. william alston
B. patrick
C. william james
D. john calvin
Answer» E.
81.

-------------- argues that religious beliefs are properly basic.

A. william alston
B. alvin plantinga
C. william james
D. w.t stace
Answer» C. william james
82.

In the term “M-beliefs”, M stands for:

A. master
B. manifestation
C. metaphysics
D. morality
Answer» C. metaphysics
83.

------------------do not believe in the existence of God because God’s existence cannot beperceived.

A. charvakans
B. buddhists
C. jains
D. vedadins
Answer» B. buddhists
84.

“Religion is the opium of the people.”- Who said?

A. karl marx
B. arnold toynbee
C. russell
D. walter kaufman
Answer» B. arnold toynbee
85.

Atheism means :

A. there is god
B. there is one god
C. there are many god
D. there is no god
Answer» E.
86.

Karl Marx treated religion as a tool of--------------------------.

A. exploitation
B. emotional exploitation
C. economic exploitation
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
87.

Among these Western philosophers who is the advocate of theism?

A. descartes
B. kant
C. bentham
D. spinoza
Answer» B. kant
88.

------------------ believes that God is the highest personality, the creator, supporter anddefender of the world.

A. pantheism
B. deism
C. monotheism
D. theism
Answer» E.
89.

God is personal and moral and who seeks a total and unqualified response from humancreatures- This view is related with:

A. pantheism
B. deism
C. monotheism
D. theism
Answer» D. theism
90.

--------------was not only the God of the Hebrews but the Maker of heaven and earth.

A. jahweh
B. ahura masda
C. chemosh
D. dagon
Answer» B. ahura masda
91.

----------------------is the belief that there is but one supreme Being,

A. pantheism
B. deism
C. monotheism
D. theism
Answer» D. theism
92.

The Upanishadic saying “aham Brahmasmi” and “sarvam khalavidam Brahma” having asimilarity with:

A. pantheism
B. deism
C. monotheism
D. theism
Answer» B. deism
93.

Nothing falls outside the Absolute and everything is the Absolute. Who holds this view?

A. spinoza
B. kant
C. william james
D. hegel
Answer» E.
94.

-----------------form of Idealism is Pantheistic in character.

A. cartesian
B. hegelian
C. kantian
D. all of these
Answer» C. kantian
95.

According to -------------- , God is Substance and Substance is God

A. descartes
B. aquinas
C. spinoza
D. kant
Answer» D. kant
96.

‘The world is God, and God is the world’- this view is called:

A. pantheism
B. deism
C. monotheism
D. theism
Answer» B. deism
97.

Pantheism literally means that:

A. all is spirit
B. god is great
C. all is god
D. all is world
Answer» D. all is world
98.

Pantheism comes from Greek terms :

A. ‘pan’ and ‘theo’
B. ‘ pon’ and ‘teo’
C. ‘paan’ and ‘theeo’
D. ‘pen’ and ‘teeo’
Answer» B. ‘ pon’ and ‘teo’
99.

According to Deism, God exists beyond --------------

A. matter
B. heaven
C. human
D. time and space.
Answer» E.
100.

Deists believed that God is the:

A. cause uie
B. cause
C. cause sui
D. none of these
Answer» B. cause