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Question 1
The classical Greek notion of humanities was
A. to improve our social world
B. to provide a basis of a broad education to greek citizens
C. to demarcate the natural world and social wor
Question 2
The term humanities during the Italian Renaissance appeared
A. in relation to the education of liberal arts
B. in relation to the education of social science.
C. in relation to the education of christians for their moral and spiritual development.
D. none of the above.
Question 3
Today the term humanities refer to those disciplines of knowledge which are concerned with
A. human thoughts, creative expressions and culture.
B. psychological and physiological aspects of man
C. study of the natural world
D. study of the social world.
Question 4
The concern of humanities is
A. to give a knowledge of the natural world.
B. to give a knowledge of the biological properties of man
C. to create an intellectual and spiritual sense of the lived –wor
Question 5
Scientific knowledge can be defined as
A. a set of methods that are creative and speculative in nature.
B. a set of verified and verifiable statements about all phenomena.
C. stories, ideas and words that help us to make sense of our lives and our wor
Question 6
The scientific method involves
A. generating testable hypotheses in order to make predictions.
B. methods that are speculative in nature
C. analysis and exchange of ideas rather than the causal and quantitative explanations.
D. answering questions such as what is right or wrong.
Question 7
Empirical proof is
A. objective truth which is verifiable through sense experience.
B. subjective truth which is verifiable through speculation.
C. creative and speculative in nature.
D. analysis and exchange of ideas.
Question 8
The scientific study of the external, natural world is termed
A. social science
B. mathematical science
C. natural science
D. political science
Question 9
Phenomena that exist as a result of human interaction is called
A. natural phenomena
B. scientific phenomena
C. social phenomena
D. none of the above
Question 10
Study of human conditions in it’s entirety is called
A. social science
B. natural science
C. political science
D. humanities
Question 11
Humanities employ methods that are
A. empirical in nature
B. creative and speculative in nature
C. objective and accurate in nature
D. generating testable hypothesis
Question 12
The role of meaning, purpose and goals of human condition is emphasized by
A. anthropology
B. psychology
C. humanities
D. natural science
Question 13
Narrative imagination is an important tool employed by
A. social science
B. natural science
C. humanities
D. none of the above
Question 14
Scientific method aim at arriving at
A. absolute certainty
B. probable certainty
C. absolute truth
D. none of the above
Question 15
Fact means
A. something that can be shown to be true, to exist.
B. supposition or belief about something
C. something having subjective or infinite existence
D. none of the above
Question 16
The author of the book What is History is
A. hayden white
B. e.h. carr
C. h.g.gadamer
D. auguste compte
Question 17
“History is a continuous process of interaction between the historian and facts” The statement is by
A. h.g.gadamer
B. wilhelm dilthey
C. e.h.carr
D. none of the above
Question 18
The fundamental question what it means to be human, is answered by
A. natural sciences
B. social sciences
C. humanities
D. none of the above
Question 19
Positivism gave importance to
A. spiritual metaphysics
B. use of natural science methods in studting social sciences
C. theology
D. none of the above
Question 20
“Social sciences ought to study and explain values without being judgmental about them”. The view is expressed by
A. auguste compte
B. emile durkheim
C. max weber
D. h.g.gadamer
Question 21
The term ideology is coined by
A. louis althusser
B. karl marx
C. engels
D. destutt de tracy
Question 22
The author of the book German Ideology
A. louis althusser
B. max weber
C. karl marx and angels
D. terry eagleton
Question 23
“The ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class” refers to
A. the term ideology used by the marxist ideology.
B. the term ideology used by the rationalists
C. the term ideology used by the empiricists
D. none of the above
Question 24
Ideology as a sort of false- consciousness refers to
A. the idealistic notion of reality
B. the kantian notion of a-priori
C. the hegelian idea of the absolute
D. the term ideology used by the marxist theory.
Question 25
Ideology as a sort of false-consciousness used by the Marxist theory, means
A. ideas are independent of objects
B. consciousness is primary and objects are secondary
C. something that mystifies and hides the reality of the actual material conditions of society
D. none of the above
Question 26
Ideology is more than just a ruling belief system To whom this statement is related to
A. e.h.carr
B. terry eagleton
C. max weber
D. auguste compte
Question 27
Empirically provable/proven ideas is the characteristic of
A. science
B. humanities
C. mathematics
D. ethics
Question 28
The subject matter can all be studied and examined from outside. This characteristic applies to
A. humanities
B. natural science
C. aesthetics
D. none of the above
Question 29
Humanities explore the process of
A. generating testable hypothesis
B. arriving at absolute truth unshakable by criticism
C. how human beings construct a world of meanings and interpretation around their lives
D. acquiring knowledge through direct observation of phenomena
Question 30
As a continuous and cumulative activity, science engages in
A. formulation of causal explanations
B. analysis and exchange of ideas
C. answering questions such as what is right or what is wrong.
D. emphasizing the role of meaning, purpose and goals of human condition.
Question 31
The data can be quantified, selected and classified in the most objective manner. This is a characteristic of
A. mathematical science
B. natural science
C. humanities
D. aesthetics
Question 32
When social behavior of human beings is explained and predicted with the help ofscientific methods, the body of knowledge thus created is called
A. natural science
B. humanities
C. social science
D. philosophy
Question 33
A synthesis of all forms of exact and inexact knowledge, and historically the source of all the sciences as well as social sciences is called
A. history
B. psychology
C. economics
D. philosophy
Question 34
‘Facts cannot be conceived without an inherent framework of interpretation and value-judgment’. The view is expressed by
A. auguste compte
B. max weber
C. louis althusser
D. e.h.carr
Question 35
Aggregate or set of beliefs about things, objects, ideas, or actions that are considered preferable to others, are called
A. tastes
B. values
C. ideologies
D. facts
Question 36
Destutte de Tracy coined the term ideology as
A. the science of ideals
B. the science of idols
C. the science of ideas
D. the science of reason
Question 37
’Ideology is not simply a distorted representation of reality by which a ruling class exploits a subjected class, but plays an active constitutive role in social formation by affecting the material conditions themselves.’ The view is expressed by
A. max weber
B. louis althusser
C. feminists
D. karl marx and angels
Question 38
‘All ruling ideas are nothing but a super structural expression of the dominant material condition in society.’ This view of ideology was expressed by
A. karl marx and angels
B. max weber
C. radicals
D. feminists
Question 39
The etymological meaning of the term Philosophy is
A. love of wisdom
B. love of thought
C. love of life
D. love of prosperity
Question 40
Who was the first philosopher used the term philosophy?
A. socrates
B. plato
C. pythagoras
D. descartes
Question 41
“A philosopher is one whose attention is fixed on reality rather than appearance”, this was the opinion of
A. john locke
B. plato
C. aristotle
D. spinoza
Question 42
The term ‘Metaphysics’ literally means
A. before physics
B. beyond nature
C. beyond physics
D. beyond perception.
Question 43
Conduct is a collective name for
A. voluntary actions
B. non-voluntary actions
C. reflex actions
D. wrong actions.
Question 44
The term metaphysics was first used by
A. thales
B. andronicus
C. russell
D. berkeley.
Question 45
Metaphysical method can be considered as
A. a priori
B. a posteriori
C. scientific
D. mathematical.
Question 46
The concepts of reward and punishment presuppose the
A. cause of action
B. freedom of will
C. freedom of agreement
D. wrongness of action
Question 47
Moral good is that which satisfies
A. friends
B. relatives
C. desire
D. moral will.
Question 48
Realism is a philosophical position which considers that the external world is
A. unreal
B. neither real nor unreal
C. real
D. both real and unreal.
Question 49
The Latin word rectus means
A. according to decision
B. according to conscience
C. according to law
D. according to tradition.
Question 50
Epistemology can also be termed as
A. theory of knowledge
B. theory of truth
C. theory of error
D. theory of causation.
Question 51
Knowledge is a relation between
A. object and object
B. subject and object
C. subject and subject
D. soul and matter.
Question 52
According to rationalism the universal attributes of true knowledge can be deduced only from
A. matter
B. world itself
C. dream
D. mind itself.
Question 53
The word virtue is used for ___________ of any kind.
A. excellence
B. duty
C. good
D. character.
Question 54
The first principles of the world which are recognized as true by reason have their source in
A. world
B. heaven
C. sleep
D. reason.
Question 55
Who is the author of the book “A Study in Moral Theory.”
A. j.s. mill
B. bentham
C. hume
D. laird
Question 56
___________ is a leading figure of modern empiricism.
A. john locke
B. immanuel kant
C. spinoza
D. leibnitz
Question 57
Those who insist that what cannot be traced to specific sense experiences is not true knowledge are called
A. rationalists
B. radical empiricists
C. pragmatists
D. intuitionists.
Question 58
The three process of thinking are
A. dreaming, waking, and deep sleep
B. walking, running, and talking
C. conception, judgment, and reasoning
D. intuition, apprehension, and revelation.
Question 59
The Latin word ethos means
A. soul
B. world
C. god
D. character.
Question 60
The process of comparing concepts or ideas is called
A. reasoning
B. concluding
C. evaluating
D. judgment.
Question 61
The process of passing from certain known judgment to a new judgment is called
A. induction
B. apprehension
C. reasoning
D. thinking
Question 62
The verbal expression of a concept is called a
A. phrase
B. clause
C. term
D. argument.
Question 63
Who wrote Tractatus ?
A. russell
B. wittgenstein
C. hegel
D. descartes
Question 64
The verbal expression of a judgment is called a
A. term
B. proposition
C. argument
D. mood.
Question 65
The argument is the verbal expression of a
A. reasoning
B. thinking
C. feeling
D. knowing
Question 66
The statement of relation between terms is a
A. argument
B. proposition
C. condition
D. fallacy
Question 67
The inferred proposition of an argument is called.
A. term
B. statement
C. premise
D. conclusion
Question 68
Who is related to Rationalist philosophy?
A. kant
B. locke
C. descartes
D. hume
Question 69
Propositions which form the basis of the conclusion of an argument are called
A. reasoning
B. premises
C. terms
D. judgment.
Question 70
Coherence theory of truth is developed by
A. hegel
B. pragmatist
C. moralist
D. atomist
Question 71
Who advocated picture theory of meaning?
A. russell
B. husserl
C. kant
D. wittgenstein
Question 72
The process of drawing conclusion from specific evidence is
A. induction
B. deduction
C. definition
D. classification
Question 73
Inductive arguments are characterized as
A. right or wrong
B. good or bad
C. proper or improper
D. strong or weak
Question 74
The defining characteristic of a valid deduction is its
A. uncertainty
B. truth
C. certainty
D. goodness
Question 75
Deductive arguments are typically
A. analytic
B. synthetic
C. conditional
D. a priori
Question 76
There are ___________ terms in a categorical syllogism
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Question 77
That term which appears in the premises and not in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism is
A. major term
B. minor term
C. copula
D. middle term
Question 78
The subject term of the conclusion is the
A. minor term
B. major term
C. middle term
D. none of these
Question 79
In a categorical syllogism each term appears
A. thrice
B. twice
C. once
D. four times
Question 80
The philosophy is termed in Indian literature as
A. darsana
B. purana
C. veda
D. guna
Question 81
The system of Indian logic is
A. nyaya
B. sankhya
C. yoga
D. vedanta
Question 82
Indian epistemology is seriously concerned with the
A. problem of error
B. investigation of the sources of cognition
C. enquiry into the nature and the criterion of knowledge
D. all the above
Question 83
Yatharthajnana is known as
A. false cognition
B. doubtful cognition
C. true cognition
D. none of these
Question 84
The pramana in Indian philosophy implies
A. means of knowledge
B. means of valid knowledge
C. means of invalid knowledge
D. the theory to be known
Question 85
Which among the following means of knowledge is prama?
A. samsaya
B. pratyksa
C. error
D. tarka
Question 86
The number of pramanas accepted by Carvaka
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Question 87
Which one of the pramana the Carvaka Buddha and Vaisenka do not recognize?
A. perception
B. inference
C. subda
D. comparison
Question 88
In Perception the object is conveyed to sense through an unusual medium
A. laukila
B. alukika
C. external
D. none of these
Question 89
Samanya laksana comes under
A. extra ordinary perception
B. ordinary perception
C. inference
D. none of these
Question 90
Which among the following anumanas are based on causation?
A. purvavat and sesavat
B. samayatodrsta
C. comparison
D. none of these
Question 91
Drstarth and adrstarth are the two kinds of
A. perception
B. verbal testimony
C. comparison
D. none of these
Question 92
Which among the following means of knowledge is produced by the knowledge of resemblance or similarity
A. pratyaksa
B. anumana
C. upamana
D. sabda
Question 93
The theory of error accepted by Nyaya is known as ____
A. akhyati
B. anyathakhyati
C. viparitaklyati
D. none of these
Question 94
Akhyativada has been advocated by
A. prabhakara
B. kumarila
C. sankara
D. none of these
Question 95
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
Question 96
Mimamsaka accept
A. paratah pramanyaveda
B. svatah pramanya veda
C. truth
D. none of these
Question 97
Svatah literally means
A. from with in
B. from without
C. prama
D. none of these
Question 98
The knowledge through the past memories is called
A. anubhava
B. smriti
C. truth
D. none of these
Question 99
Tatvatitat prakaraka advocates
A. nyaya
B. buddhism
C. advaita
D. none of these
Question 100
Non-contradictedness is advocated by
A. buddhism
B. nyaya
C. advaita
D. none of these
Question 101
Perception is a cognition which is fee free from any concept
A. visadam pratyaksam
B. aparsksa
C. kalpanapodham
D. none of these
Question 102
Asatkhyati veda has been advocated by
A. prabhakara
B. madhyamika
C. kumarila
D. none of these
Question 103
Atmakhyat has been advocated by
A. yogacara buddhism
B. nyaya
C. ramanuja
D. none of these
Question 104
Prmata means
A. means of knowledge
B. the knowable
C. the knower
D. none of these
Question 105
Paratah literally means
A. from with in
B. from without
C. aprama
D. none of these
Question 106
Nyaya divides ordinary perception into
A. indeterminate and determinate
B. manasa and bhahya
C. samanya
D. none of these
Question 107
Nirvikalpa pratyaksa means
A. indeterminate
B. determinate
C. jnana laksana
D. none of these
Question 108
Savikalpa pratyaksa means
A. determinate
B. indeterminate
C. samanyalaksana
D. none of these
Question 109
Prameya means
A. means of knowledge
B. the knowable
C. the knower
D. none of these
Question 110
The etymological meaning of the word philosophy is
A. love of learning
B. love of truth
C. love of veda
D. none of these
Question 111
Sanskrit term for philosophy is
A. darsana
B. knowledge
C. learning
D. none of these
Question 112
The word Veda means
A. knowledge
B. mantras
C. brahmanas
D. aranyakas
Question 113
Mantras and Brahmans are called
A. karma kanda
B. jnana kanda
C. mimamsa
D. none of these
Question 114
The Upanisads are known as
A. vedanta
B. mimamsa
C. knowledge
D. none of these
Question 115
Henotheism means
A. belief in one only god
B. belief in many god
C. belief in religion
D. none of these
Question 116
Rta literally means
A. the course of things
B. season
C. temperal change
D. none of these
Question 117
Asthika means
A. orthodex
B. heterodox
C. non-vedic
D. none of these
Question 118
Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva are
A. different samhitas
B. different upanisads
C. different brahmans
D. none of these
Question 119
Which of the following have developed jnanakanda
A. aranyaka and the upanisads
B. mantras and brahmans
C. brahmanas and arayakas
D. none of these
Question 120
Rta denotes
A. primacy of the world
B. the order of the world
C. morality of living beings
D. none of these
Question 121
The dictum that subjectivity is truth is by
A. kierkegaard
B. jasper
C. alhazen
D. aristotle
Question 122
Who advocated Coherence theory of truth?
A. plato
B. copernicus
C. ptolemy
D. leibnitz
Question 123
Relativity theory is associated with
A. galileo
B. karl popper
C. albert einstein
D. newton
Question 124
Critique of Pure Reason is a work of
A. hegel
B. kant
C. hume
D. husserl
Question 125
The Coherence theory of truth is developed by ___
A. buddha
B. patanjali
C. hegel
D. kanada
Question 126
Bradley is a prominent Western
A. idealist
B. pragmatist
C. moralist
D. naturalist
Question 127
The pragmatic movement in philosophy originated as a protest aganist
A. germ theory
B. fermentation
C. pasteurization
D. absolute idealism
Question 128
The word correspondence used to denote the relation between
A. redundancy
B. thought and reality
C. coherence
D. belief and opinion
Question 129
Correspondence theory of truth is developed by
A. socretes
B. thales
C. wittgenstein
D. sartre
Question 130
Who are the first to propose correspondence theory of truth?
A. james and peirce
B. socretes and plato
C. plato and aristotle
D. kant
Question 131
___________ means that there are a priori categories of the understanding which determine the objectivity of empirical statements and that by their means alone such statements can ever beobtained.
A. Transcendental Analytic
B. Transcendental Aesthetic
C. Schema
D. Transcendental Deduction
Question 132
___________ is a form of social stratification.
A. gende
B. wealth
C. caste
D. government
Question 133
Caste system has ___________ significance in India.
A. economic
B. spiritual
C. natural
D. none of these
Question 134
Modern India Caste system based on _____________ called Jati and Varna.
A. political grouping
B. social grouping
C. economic grouping
D. language grouping
Question 135
Jati is a___________ division.
A. theoretical
B. practical
C. natural
D. none of these
Question 136
Varna is a___________ division.
A. theoretical
B. practical
C. natural
D. none of these
Question 137
___________ is a conceptual classification based on occupation.
A. jati
B. religion
C. varna
D. varga
Question 138
In Vedic society ___________ excluded from Varna system.
A. shudras
B. vaisyas
C. untouchables
D. warriors
Question 139
_____________of Rigveda refers Varna system.
A. bhumi sukta
B. kaivalya sukta
C. adhi sukta
D. purusa sukta
Question 140
According to Sosan Bayly, ___________ helped to elevate Brahmins in the socialhierarchy.
A. rigveda
B. manusmriti
C. gita
D. ramayana
Question 141
According to some historians _________________ never mentioned the concept ofuntouchablity.
A. vedic texts
B. manusriti
C. gita
D. post vedic texts
Question 142
Post Vedic texts, particularly ___________ mentions out casts.
A. manusmriti
B. purusa sukta
C. bhumi sukta
D. gita
Question 143
_____________is the testimony to prevalence caste system in Rigvedic system.
A. manusmriti
B. gita
C. bhumi sukta
D. purusa sukta
Question 144
______________is the last installation by the Guru.
A. shiva lingam
B. the lamp
C. pranava prathishta
D. sharada prathista
Question 145
Through the__________, the Guru revealed to the masses, his message “God is notsomewhere up above, he is the innermost Being of one’s own self”.
A. sharada prathista
B. mirror installation
C. lamp
D. idol installation
Question 146
According to the Guru “Knowledge is_________”.
A. power
B. light
C. god
D. wealth
Question 147
Guru argues that, ‘Freedom through_____________‘.
A. organisation
B. education
C. industrialisation
D. agitation
Question 148
Guru says that, ‘Strength through___________ ‘.
A. organisation
B. education
C. industrialisation
D. agitation
Question 149
___________ of the Indian Constitution abolished untouchability in every form.
A. article 13
B. article 11
C. article 12
D. article 15
Question 150
___________ is considered as the most influential work of Ambedkar on his attack oncasteism.
A. buddha dharma
B. revolt against caste system
C. critique on caste system
D. the annihilation of caste
Question 151
Ambedkar observed, “The religion that compels the ignorant to be ignorant and the poorto be poor is not a religion but a ________"
A. visitation
B. prison
C. hell
D. demon
Question 152
Our beliefs may be substantiated by some objective standards and they should not beguided solely by subjective considerations. This shows the necessity of _____________
A. subjectivism
B. skepticism
C. methods
D. dogmatism
Question 153
The thing which will resist the doubt will constitute an _____________________certainty.
A. self-evident
B. indubitable
C. theoretical
D. geometrical
Question 154
With the help of his Transcendental method Kant distinguished between the‘matter’ and the ___________________forms of knowledge.
A. empirical
B. rational
C. a priori
D. inductive
Question 155
Definite descriptions begin with the definite articles as ____
A. tree
B. a table
C. an orange
D. the table
Question 156
Russell is a_____Philosopher
A. german
B. greek
C. french
D. british
Question 157
Complex propositions can be resolved into their simple components by Russell is called _______
A. statements
B. arguments
C. logical language
D. concept
Question 158
The Theory of Descriptions is the philosophy of ____
A. kant
B. hegel
C. husserl
D. russell
Question 159
Wittgenstein was born in April 26, 1889 in _____
A. france
B. germany
C. england
D. vienna
Question 160
Wittgenstein’s logical construction of philosophical system has a purpose to find out the limits of world, thought and ___________.
A. proposition
B. statement
C. sense data
D. language
Question 161
_____ who inspired the so-called Cambridge School of Analysis
A. russell
B. descartes
C. sartre
D. berkeley
Question 162
_________________________is recognized as part of the humanities.
A. physics
B. geography
C. economics
D. philosophy
Question 163
_________________________is the hallmark of scientific exercise.
A. imaginatively interpreting and expressing the meanings of lived in experiences.
B. empirical proof.
C. narrative imagination.
D. none of the above.
Question 164
Scientific method focuses on _______________________.
A. creative expressions and culture.
B. the process of creative intervention and culture.
C. imaginative interpretation.
D. accuracy and objectivity.
Question 165
_____________________is a natural science.
A. philosophy
B. physics
C. sociology
D. history
Question 166
_____________________is a social science.
A. biology
B. chemistry
C. sociology
D. mathematics
Question 167
_____________________is considered to be the central humanities discipline.
A. economics
B. history
C. biology
D. philosophy
Question 168
_____________________are essentially self-reflective in character
A. social sciences
B. natural sciences
C. humanities
D. none of the above
Question 169
________________is an advocate of positivism
A. e.h.carr
B. h.g.gadamer
C. wilhelm dilthey
D. auguste compte.
Question 170
__________________is the founding father of sociology
A. e.h.carr
B. wilhelm dilthey
C. auguste compte
D. h.g.gadamer
Question 171
____________is a set of ideas, which provide a theoretical and operational framework for thought or action.
A. taste
B. value
C. ideology
D. fact
Question 172
Philosophy undertakes a_________ of the grounds on which beliefs are held.
A. criticism
B. appraisal
C. evaluation
D. critical examination.
Question 173
Materialism attributes ________ a primary position.
A. mind
B. god
C. spirit
D. matter.
Question 174
According to materialism all events are due to the interaction of ________and _________.
A. god and soul
B. soul and body
C. matter and motion
D. god and motion.
Question 175
Empiricism holds that ____________ is the only source of knowledge.
A. reason
B. intuition
C. experience
D. revelation.
Question 176
Ethics is a __________ science.
A. normative
B. positive
C. descriptive
D. mental.
Question 177
A __________action is in some way fitting to the circumstance.
A. wrong
B. right
C. bad
D. immoral
Question 178
The proposition “All men are mortal”, is an example for______________ proposition.
A. conditional
B. hypothetical
C. disjunctive
D. categorical
Question 179
The proposition “If there is a rain then the ground is wet”, is an example for_____________ proposition.
A. categorical
B. conditional
C. hypothetical
D. conjunctive
Question 180
The major term is the ____________term of the conclusion
A. subject
B. predicate
C. copula
D. middle
Question 181
A categorical syllogism consists of ____________ propositions
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Question 182
Aparma means
A. valid knowledge
B. invallid knowledge
C. truth
D. none of these
Question 183
According to Nyaya the contact of the object with the sense organs are of ____________ kinds
A. five kinds
B. six kinds
C. four kinds
D. none of these
Question 184
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
Question 185
There are mainly ________________ theories of false cognition based on the nature of the contact of error
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Question 186
There are __________________ Samhitas
A. four
B. three
C. two
D. one
Question 187
The Brahmans are written in _______
A. poem
B. prose
C. songs
D. none of these
Question 188
________________ Veda is not included in the trayi
A. samaveda
B. atharvaveda
C. rigveda
D. yaju veda
Question 189
___________________ introduced the concept of henotheism
A. dr.s.radhakrishnan
B. hiriyanna
C. maxmuller
D. none of these
Question 190
The core of Upanisads is ___________________________
A. polytheism
B. henotheism
C. monotheism
D. monism
Question 191
The Upanisads can be said as monists because they believe in ___________________
A. one god
B. many god
C. one cretor
D. one reality (brhman)
Question 192
Peirce and James advocate ______theory of truth
A. redundancy
B. pragmatic
C. coherence
D. correspondence
Question 193
Pragma is a _____ word
A. latin
B. hebrew
C. arab
D. greek
Question 194
Which is not among the theories of truth _____________?
A. pragmatic
B. coherence
C. semantic
D. amphiboly
Question 195
William James is _____________
A. american psychologist
B. german scientist
C. french thinker
D. british poet
Question 196
Pragmatic theory of truth is associated with ________
A. germany
B. america
C. france
D. england
Question 197
Pragmatic theory of truth is developed by ______
A. descartes
B. hegel
C. james
D. kant
Question 198
Aristotle is credited with _________
A. formal logic
B. symbolic logic
C. inductive logic
D. none of the above
Question 199
The author of Monadology is_________
A. leibnitz
B. copernicus
C. galileo
D. kepler
Question 200
Correspondence theory of truth is opposed to__________________
A. realism
B. idealism
C. pragmatism
D. naturalism
Question 201
G.E.Moore is an advocate of _________________
A. coherence theory
B. semantic theory
C. pragmatic theory
D. correspondence theory
Question 202
Spinoza expressed theory of truth in his_____________work
A. logic
B. axiology
C. ethics
D. treatise
Question 203
Idealists say that truth consist in ______
A. semantic theory
B. deflationary
C. coherence
D. correspondence
Question 204
G. E Moore is associated with__________ theory
A. pragmatic
B. coherence
C. semantic
D. correspondence
Question 205
Tarsky developed ____________ theory of truth
A. semantic
B. syntactical
C. prosentential
D. coherence
Question 206
Coherence theory is the feature of the ____________ system
A. empirical
B. rationalistic
C. naturalistic
D. existentialistic
Question 207
Frege;s theory of truth is known as ____________
A. deflationary
B. semantic
C. pragmatic
D. coherence
Question 208
Logical Atomism is a work of ______
A. leibnitz
B. copernicus
C. russell
D. kepler
Question 209
Wittgenstein advocated____________________
A. correspondence theory
B. coherence theory
C. pragmatic theory
D. semantic theory
Question 210
Davidson criticized ________theory of truth
A. semantic
B. performative
C. semantic
D. correspondence
Question 211
Tarski’s theory of truth is close to _________
A. correspondence
B. axiology
C. semantic
D. pragmatic
Question 212
G E Moore and Russell are associated with ______ theory of truth
A. practical
B. ethical
C. correspondence
D. coherence
Question 213
The semantic theory of truth is the successor to _______
A. coherence
B. correspondence
C. pragmatic
D. materialism
Question 214
Correspondence theory of truth is otherwise called ________
A. common sense theory
B. redundancy
C. semantic
D. deflationary