Classical Western Epistemology And Metaphysics MCQ

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• Which one of the following is not asserted by Descartes?
  ক

  The animals are devoid of soul

  খ

  There is purpose in the world

  গ

  Matter has two kinds of qualities primary and secondary

  ঘ

  Matter has two states one of the motion and another of rest
• For Locke, knowledge means<br>1. agreement<br>2. disagreement<br>3. similarity<br>4. dissimilarity<br>Select the correct answer:
  ক

  1 and 2

  খ

  2 and 3

  গ

  2 and 4

  ঘ

  1 and 4
• Which among the following are said to be spiritual substance?
  ক

  Soul

  খ

  God

  গ

  Both A and B

  ঘ

  Only B
• Berkeley regarded as<br>1. immaterialism<br>2. subjective idealist<br>3. rationalist<br>4. materialist<br>Select the correct answer:
  ক

  1 and 2

  খ

  2 and 3

  গ

  2 and 4

  ঘ

  1 and 4
• Which among these are not the book of Leibniz?
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  Monadolog

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  Theodicy

  গ

  Discourse on Metaphysics

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  Meditation
• Consider given Assertion (A) and Reason (R) in the light of Hume and mark the correct option.<br>Assertion (A) Personal identity is the work of imagination.<br>Reason (R) The succession of pleasure and pain, sensations and images are connected together by resemblance, contiguity and causation.
  ক

  Both A and R are true, but R is the correct explanation of A

  খ

  Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

  গ

  A is true, but R is the false

  ঘ

  A is false, but R is true
• Which among the following is the kind of reflection?
  ক

  Emotion

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  Belief

  গ

  Violation

  ঘ

  All of these
• Reality, according to Leibniz is,
  ক

  cannot be one but many and each is eternal and real

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  cannot be one but many and each is temporal and unreal

  গ

  cannot be many but one and is eternal and real

  ঘ

  cannot be many but one and is temporal and unreal
• Who propounds organic relation between man and society?
  ক

  Hegel

  খ

  Aristotle

  গ

  Mill

  ঘ

  Bentham
• Hume believes in what?
  ক

  Philosophical definition

  খ

  Psychological definition

  গ

  Necessity

  ঘ

  Essentiality
• . . . . . . . . agrues that the demand of the conscience for justice and equality points to the existence of a future life.
  ক

  Kant

  খ

  Martineau

  গ

  Hegel

  ঘ

  None of these
• "Matter is the permanent posstbility of sensation." This famous statement is from
  ক

  James Mill

  খ

  John Stuart Mill

  গ

  Locke

  ঘ

  Hume
• Spinoza explained the relation between mind and body by the help of
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  intar-actionism

  খ

  parallelism

  গ

  pre-established harmony

  ঘ

  identity-in-difference
• Knowledge proceeds to
  ক

  understanding

  খ

  non-understanding

  গ

  rationalism

  ঘ

  analytic
• What is substance in Spinoza's philosophy?
  ক

  Absolute

  খ

  Duality

  গ

  Both A and B

  ঘ

  None of these
• As per Berkeley, ideas are
  ক

  concrete

  খ

  abstract

  গ

  both concrete and abstract

  ঘ

  neither abstract nor concrete
• What is the status of our knowledge in phenomenal world?
  ক

  Unlimited

  খ

  Limited

  গ

  Real

  ঘ

  Unreal
• Who is marked as the founder of critical philosophy?
  ক

  Kant

  খ

  Hegel

  গ

  Descartes

  ঘ

  Husserl
• Spinoza was regarded as<br>1. rationalist<br>2. empiricist<br>3. monotheist<br>4. dualist<br>Select the correct answer:
  ক

  1 and 2

  খ

  2 and 3

  গ

  3 and 4

  ঘ

  1 and 3
• which among the following is correct with respect to Descartes four broad rules for his self-guidance?
  ক

  Never divide any difficulty

  খ

  Never Commerce with single object

  গ

  Never accept anything as true unless you clearly know it

  ঘ

  Never ommit anything
• . . . . . . . . believed in sensationalism because it at once gave him a weapon of attack against the Science which supported the reality of matter and motion.
  ক

  Spinoza

  খ

  Berkeley

  গ

  Descartes

  ঘ

  None of these
• According to Spinoza, body and mind
  ক

  are causal independent

  খ

  are parallel to each other

  গ

  are providentially synchronised by God

  ঘ

  interact with each other
• According to Berkeley, which of the following statements are correct?<br>1. The abstract general ideas are rejected.<br>2. It is not possible to frame an idea of a triangle which includes all the characteristics of different types.<br>3. The general ideas, too, have no function to perform.
  ক

  1 and 2

  খ

  2 and 3

  গ

  1 and 3

  ঘ

  1, 2 and 3
• Assertion (A) According to Berkeley there is no difference in primary and secondary qualities.<br>Reason (R) Reason holds that general propositions are never existential.
  ক

  Both A and R are true, but R is the correct explanation of A

  খ

  Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

  গ

  Both A and R are false, but R is the correct explanation of A

  ঘ

  A is true and R is false, but R is the Correct explanation of A
• What is the stand of sense-experience in Descartes philosophy?
  ক

  Psychological

  খ

  Rational

  গ

  Empirical

  ঘ

  Physical existence
• According to Kant the ideas of reason are not . . . . . . . . but . . . . . . . . principles of knowledge.
  ক

  Regulative, Constitutive

  খ

  Affirmative, Negative

  গ

  Negative, Affirmative

  ঘ

  Constitutive, Regulative
• For Rationalist, innate ideas are
  ক

  universal and a posteriori

  খ

  particular and a priori

  গ

  universal and a priori

  ঘ

  particular and a posteriori
• What aid is taken by Berkeley to prove the existence of soul?
  ক

  Law of causation

  খ

  Law of contradiction

  গ

  Law of thoughts

  ঘ

  Law of ideas
• What is created by reason as an idea of reason?
  ক

  Reason

  খ

  Experience

  গ

  Ideas

  ঘ

  Soul
• What is the idea of Descartes conception of God?
  ক

  Omnipotent

  খ

  Omniscient

  গ

  Transparent

  ঘ

  Transcient