Calicut University 2020 Important Questions (Question Bank) || (University of Calicut)
CORE COURSE - (2019-Admn.)
PHL1 B01-INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
26 d 27 a 28 a 29 d 30 a
31 b 32 b 33 a 34 c 35 d
36 b 37 b 38 c 39 c 40 a
41 a 42 a 43 d 44 a 45 c
51 b 52 d 53 c 54 c 55 a
56 d 57 c 58 b 59 c 60 a
61 b 62 a 63 b 64 c 65 b
66 d 67 c 68 c 69 a 70 d
76 b 77 b 78 a 79 a 80 b
81 b 82 d 83 a 84 a 85 b
86 a 87 d 88 c 89 d 90 b
91 b 92 d 93 b 94 a 95 c
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B.A. PHILOSOPHYCORE COURSE - (2019-Admn.)
PHL1 B01-INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
- The total number of Vedas is ___.
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four - Philosophy is originally a word.
a) English b) Latin c) Greek d) Spanish - Philosophy deals with of reality.
a) apart b) the whole c) the illusion d) none of these - ‘Esthetikos’ is a word.
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a) Greek b) Latin c) French d) Spanish - Taoism belongs to the tradition.
a) Japanese b) Oriental c) Occidental d) None of these - does not belong to Oriental tradition.
a) India b) China c) Japan d) None of these - Vedic philosophy evolved in the order.
a) Polytheism, Monism, Monotheism b) Monotheism, Polytheism, monism
c) Polytheism, Monotheism, Monism d) Polytheism, Monism, Monotheism - is not a heterodox system.
a) Samkhya b) Buddhism c) Lokayata d) Jainism - implies ‘accepting the authority of the Vedas’.
a) Heterodox b) Orthodox c) Oriental d) Occidental - According to the law of karma, every karma leads to
a) Moksha b) Phala c) Dharma d) all these - The portion of Vedas that deals with rituals is known as
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a) Mantras b) Brahmanas c) Aranyakas d) Upanishads - Polytheism implies as Monism refers to one.
a) Two b) three c) many d) all these - Belief in one God is referred as
a) Henotheism b) Monotheism c) Monism d) Polytheism - Samkhya propounded
a) Dualism b) Monism c) Monotheism d) Polytheism - is an Oriental system.
a) Buddhism b) Absolute Idealism c) Scholasticism d) All these - ‘Scire’ is the root word of .
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a) System b) epistemology c) Sophia d) science - Metaphysics is a branch of .
a) Physics b) Metaethics c) Philosophy d) none of these - Science is not based on
a) Experiment b) faith c) observation d) hypotheses - is the inquiry into ‘being in general’.
a) Ontology b) Physics c) Epistemology d) Ethics - Coherence theory recognizes the relationship between
a) truth and validity b) judgments within a system c) fact and judgment d) all these - is a representative of pluralism.
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a) Spinoza b) Fitche c) Descartes d) Leibnitz - is not a positive science.
a) Biology b) Sociology c) Ethics d) Anthropology - Etymological meaning of the term ‘metaphysics’ is
a) after Physics b) ‘before Physics c) of Physics d) other than physics - Aristotle’s ‘Metaphysics’ contains number of books.
a) 12 b) 16 c) 13 d) 14 - Ontology is related to as Ethics is to Axiology.
a) Aesthetics b) Cosmology c) Idealism d) Metaphysics - The philosophical area which deals with the problem of Being is called
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a) Axiology b) epistemology c) Materialism d) ontology - ___is the ontological position that recognizes the one ultimate reality as matter.
a) Materialism b) Spiritualism c) Monism d) Idealism - Marx is a whereas Hegel is an idealist.
a) Materialist b) dualist c) pluralist d) skeptic - Spinoza’s metaphysical position is known as
a) Materialism b) Dualism c) Pluralism d) Monism - is regarded as the father of modern Empiricism.
a) John Locke b) David Hume c) Rene Descartes d) Immanuel Kant - rejected innate ideas.
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a) Rene Descartes b) John Locke c) Spinoza d) None of these - Esse est percipi and Tabula rasa indicate the position of respectively.
a) Locke and Hume b) Berkeley and Locke c) Berkeley and Hume d) Descartes and Locke - is a monist.
a) Spinoza b) Descartes c) Leibnitz d) All these - The theory of innate ideas was first propounded by
a) John Locke b) Spinoza c) Descartes d) David Hume - argue that objects do not exist independent of mind.
a) Materialists b) Realists c) Objectivists d) Idealists - Hegel developed Idealism.
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a) Subjective b) Absolute c) Naive d) None of these - Esse est Percipi is the dictum of Idealism:
a) Objective b) Subjective c) Absolute d) All these - Tabula rasa is the concept of
a) Idealism b) Cosmology c) Empiricism d) Pluralism - is the earliest representative of Greek Cosmology.
a) Socrates b) Plato c) Thales d) Protagoras - According to dualism, Reality is_____ .
a) Twofold b) Many c) One d) Indivisible - Ultimate reality is the concern of
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a) Metaphysics b) Skepticism c) Aesthetics d) Pragmatism - Each science deals with______ of reality.
a) a part b) the whole c) all parts d) none of these - is a representative of idealism.
a) Carvakas b) Marx c) Engels d) None of these - Epistemology is concerned with___ of knowledge.
a) Origin b) validity c) limitation d) All these - Skeptics consider truth as
a) Certain b) necessary c) probable d) practical - Charles Pierce, William James and John Dewy are prominent advocates of the theory of truth.
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a) Coherence theory b) Pragmatic theory c) Correspondence theory d) None of these - hold coherence theory.
a) Realists b) Idealists c) Both (a) and (b) d) Neither (a) nor (b) - John Dewey is a/an .
a) Rationalist b) absolutist c) idealist d) pragmatist - Mind-body dualism is the position of
a) Charles Pierce b) John Dewey c) Descartes d) none of these - coined of the term ‘Aesthetics’.
a) Socrates b) Plato c) Aristotle d) Alexander Baumgarten - Carvakas deny
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a) materialism b) spiritualism c) perception d) all these - Summum bonum is the concern of
a) Aesthetics b) Metaphysics c) Epistemology d) Ethics - Synthesis of is a characteristic of classical Indian philosophy.
a) Materialism and Epistemology b) Materialism and Ethics c) Religion and Philosophy d) None of these - is a normative discipline.
a) Ethics b) Aesthetics c) Both (a) and (b) d) Neither (a) nor (b) - Positive sciences are basically
a) Descriptive b) prescriptive c) normative d) All these - Mores literally means
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a) Norm b) ethics c) knowledge d) custom - ‘I think therefore I am’ is the meaning of’
a) Summum bonum b) Esse est percipi c) Cogito ergo sum d) Tabula rasa - ‘First Philosophy’ refers to
a) Aesthetics b) Metaphysics c) Epistemology d) Ethics - is the founder of Idealism.
a) Hegel b) Spinoza c) Plato d) Aristotle - Naturalism is the position of
a) Aristotle b) Hegel c) Plato d) None of these - Ancient Greek atomism is
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a) Monism b) Pluralism c) Dualism d) Idealism - ‘Real is rational and rational is real’. This is the dictum of
a) Hegel b) Spinoza c) Marx d) Aristotle - Neutral Monism is the metaphysical position of.
a) Marx b) Spinoza c) Berkeley d) Aristotle - The pragmatist criterion of truth is
a) God b) perception c) workability d) None of these - Transcendentalism refers to the philosophy of
a) Marx b) Kant c) Locke d) Aristotle - Cartesian epistemology emphasizes as the source of true knowledge.
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a) Perception b) faith c) revelation d) reason - ‘True knowledge is a priori’. This is the view of
a) Empiricists b) Materialists c) Rationalists d) All these - Identify the odd one.
a) Thales b) Anaximander c) Socrates d) Anaximenes - The term ‘right” implies - according to
a) Rule b) reason c) desire d) interest - The child’s right to education necessarily implies the of parents to give it.
a) Will b) desire c) refusal d) duty - Aesthetic experience-is
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a) immediate and intuitive b) not spontaneous c) dictated by others d) not pure - is an area of applied ethics.
a) Metaethics b) Descriptive ethics c) Cyber-ethics d) None of these - Modern philosophers tried to reject the authority of
a) Renaissance b) Scholasticism c) Reason d) All these - Rationalism and Empiricism represent the philosophy of era.
a) Ionian b) Medieval c) contemporary d) modern - The study of philosophy stimulates
a) dogmatism b) critical thinking c) blind faith d) All these - Empiricists regard as the only source of knowledge.
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a) Reason b) experience c) Intuition d) Analysis - According to Descartes is the source of real knowledge.
a) Sense experience b) Reason c) Authority d) None of these - is the position holding that there is no genuine knowledge.
a) Skepticism b) Empiricism c) Realism d) Rationalism - According to theory of truth, a proposition is true when it agrees with reality or fact.
a) Correspondence b) Coherence c) Pragmatic d) None of these - is the theory of truth that emphasizes the norm of utility/practical value.
a) Correspondence theory b) Pragmatic theory c) Coherence theory d) none of these - According to theory of truth, the truthfulness of a proposition is implicit in its harmony with other propositions.
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a) Correspondence b) Coherence c) Pragmatic d) None of the above - divides perception into impressions and ideas.
a) John Locke b) Immanuel Kant c) Benedict Spinoza d) David Hume - Subjective Idealism was propounded by
a) George Berkeley b) David Hume c) John Locke d) Rene Descartes - reconciled rationalism and empiricism.
a) Immanuel Kant b) George Berkeley c) David Hume d) John Locke - put forward the theory of monads.
a) Rene Descartes b) Leibnitz c) John Locke d) George Berkeley - The theory of mind-body dualism forms an important aspect in the philosophy of
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a) Rene Descartes b) John Locke c) Karl Marx d) Leibnitz - is the branch of philosophy that deals with the problems concerning knowledge.
a) Metaphysics b) Ethics c) Aesthetics d) Epistemology - The branch of Philosophy that deals with values is known as
a) Metaphysics b) Ontology c) Axiology d) Epistemology - is a normative science.
a) Logic b) Ethics c) Aesthetics d) All these - The root word of ‘Ethics’ means
a) Thought b) Customs c) Activity d) Good - is not applicable to Science.
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a) Systematic body of knowledge b) Tentative knowledge c) Based on observation d) Hypothesis is significant - belongs to Applied Ethics.
a) Environmental Ethics b) Medical Ethics c) Legal Ethics d) All these - The Philosophical study of art and beauty is termed
a) Ethics b) Aesthetics c) Logic d) Drama - is a mixed form of art.
a) Dance b) Music c) Sculpture d) Painting - The habitual performance of duties leads to .
a) Rights b) Duties c) Virtues d) None of these - The experience produced by a work of art is referred to as
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a) Aesthetic experience b) Intuitive experience c) Direct experience d) Mystic experience - The Indian term for Aesthetics is
a) Soundarya Sastra b) Asvadana Sastra c) Sahradaya Sastra d) None of these - Identity the odd one.
a) Socrates b) Aquinas c) Augustine d) Anselm - Protagoras belongs to the School.
a) Ionian b) Sophist c) Theistic d) Mystic - Identify the odd one.
a) Metaphysics b) Axiology c) Epistemology d) Psychology
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ANSWER KEY
1 d 2 c 3 b 4 a 5 b
6 d 7 c 8 a 9 b 10 b
11 b 12 c 13 b 14 a 15 a
16 d 17 c 18 b 19 a 20 b
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21 d 22 c 23 a 24 a 25 d26 d 27 a 28 a 29 d 30 a
31 b 32 b 33 a 34 c 35 d
36 b 37 b 38 c 39 c 40 a
41 a 42 a 43 d 44 a 45 c
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46 b 47 b 48 d 49 c 50 d51 b 52 d 53 c 54 c 55 a
56 d 57 c 58 b 59 c 60 a
61 b 62 a 63 b 64 c 65 b
66 d 67 c 68 c 69 a 70 d
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71 a 72 c 73 b 74 d 75 b76 b 77 b 78 a 79 a 80 b
81 b 82 d 83 a 84 a 85 b
86 a 87 d 88 c 89 d 90 b
91 b 92 d 93 b 94 a 95 c
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