Deck 7: Philosophy and Literature

Question 1

The perception in which the qualities of an object is determined is known as---

A)nirvikalpaka perception.
B)savikalpaka perception
C)yogic perception.
D)none of these

Answer 1

savikalpaka perception

Question 2

The Sanskrit word Upamana means---

A)implication.
B)comparison
C)inference
D)perception

Answer 2

comparison

Question 3

Philosophy aims at finding the :

A)fundamental principles of the world.
B)absolute
C)soul.
D)all of these

Answer 3

all of these

Question 4

The science of morals is known as ---

A)ethics.
B)logic
C)aesthetics.
D)religion

Question 5

---- is known as the father of Logic

A)j.s mill
B)aristotle
C)socrates.
D)creighton

Question 6

The three faculties of the mind are thinking, feeling and ---

A)willing.
B)believing
C)doubting.
D)none of these

Question 7

Jermey Bentham is a ----philosopher

A)religious
B)moral
C)environment.
D)structural

Question 8

In ----the faculty of thinking is put to study

A)ethics.
B)logic
C)aesthetics.
D)all of these

Question 9

The pramana which relies on implication is ---

A)arthapathi
B)anupalabdhi
C)perception.
D)none of these

Question 10

--- inspired Comte to Philosophy

A)j.s mill.
B)saint simon
C)herbert spencer.
D)none of these

Question 11

The author of Iliad is

A)homer.
B)dante
C)hesiod
D)aristotle

Question 12

Spinoza's Monism is known as ---

A)abstract monism.
B)concrete monism
C)phenomenal monism.
D)all of these

Question 13

Subjective idealism reduces matter to ----

A)mind.
B)god
C)sensations.
D)all of these

Question 14

The idol which stands for words men use in the commercial of daily life is known as----

A)idol of the cave.
B)idol of the theatre
C)idol of the market place
D)idol of the

Question 15

Descartes mathematical method consists in intuition and ---

A)induction.
B)deduction
C)observation.
D)none of these

Question 16

The author of Essay concerning Human Understanding is ---

A)berkeley.
B)descartes
C)locke.
D)hume

Question 17

The author of Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous

A)berkeley.
B)locke
C)socrates.
D)plato

Question 18

In Indian philosophy ---- is a materialist school

A)advaitha.
B)mimamasa
C)yoga.
D)carvaka

Question 19

Locke rejected ----

A)soul
B)god
C)matter.
D)innate ideas

Question 20

Hume rejected ---

A)soul.
B)god
C)matter
D)all of these

Question 21

According to Descartes in Mathematics we begin with ---

A)axioms.
B)calculations
C)assumptions.
D)none of these

Question 22

The method of Descartes is also known as---

A)cartesian method.
B)discursive method
C)dialectic method.
D)critical method

Question 23

Monadology is the work of ----

A)leibniz.
B)descartes
C)hume.
D)comte

Question 24

The oldest literature in the world is ----

A)mahabharata.
B)ramayana
C)vedas.
D)puranas