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This section includes 1300 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UGC-NET knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Method of reduction is related with: |
| A. | phenomenology |
| B. | existentialism |
| C. | analytical philosophy |
| Answer» B. existentialism | |
| 2. |
Which one among the following is not a character of Existentialism? |
| A. | pessimism |
| B. | dignity of man |
| C. | essence is supreme |
| D. | subjectivity |
| Answer» D. subjectivity | |
| 3. |
Who coined the term Existentialism? |
| A. | heidegger |
| B. | jaspers |
| C. | marcel |
| D. | kierkegaard |
| Answer» C. marcel | |
| 4. |
The psychological acts like perceiving, believing, evaluating, remembering, etc. arecalled as------------------ by Husserl. |
| A. | intentional content |
| B. | intentional act |
| C. | intentional object |
| D. | intentional |
| Answer» C. intentional object | |
| 5. |
“Morning star is Evening star”. This statement is related with Frege’ notion of: |
| A. | concept and object |
| B. | identity |
| C. | sense and reference |
| D. | description |
| Answer» D. description | |
| 6. |
The concept ‘intentionality’ is introduced by: |
| A. | husserl |
| B. | brentano |
| C. | frege |
| D. | heidegger |
| Answer» C. frege | |
| 7. |
Who is treated as the founder of Analytical philosophy? |
| A. | frege |
| B. | russell |
| C. | wittgenstein |
| D. | moore |
| Answer» B. russell | |
| 8. |
Fregean theory of meaning is called: |
| A. | theory of description |
| B. | theory of sense and reference |
| C. | theory of atomis |
| D. | picture theory |
| Answer» C. theory of atomis | |
| 9. |
In Wittgenstein’s view, elementary proposition corresponds to the: |
| A. | fact |
| B. | name |
| C. | atomic fact |
| D. | molecular fact |
| Answer» D. molecular fact | |
| 10. |
Who wrote Begriffsschrift? |
| A. | russell |
| B. | frege |
| C. | ryle |
| D. | moore |
| Answer» C. ryle | |
| 11. |
According to Wittgenstein, proposition --------------------- the reality. |
| A. | describes |
| B. | explains |
| C. | pictures |
| D. | analyse |
| Answer» D. analyse | |
| 12. |
Wittgenstein describes, philosophy is not a doctrine but: |
| A. | an activity |
| B. | a fact |
| C. | a state |
| D. | a theory |
| Answer» B. a fact | |
| 13. |
. ‘Philosophical problems arises where language goes n a holiday’. Who made thisstatement? |
| A. | russel |
| B. | wittgenstein |
| C. | ryle |
| D. | austin |
| Answer» C. ryle | |
| 14. |
To Wittgenstein, the philosophical problems are not problems but they are: |
| A. | metaphysical issues |
| B. | epistemological issues |
| C. | language puzzles |
| D. | logical puzzles |
| Answer» D. logical puzzles | |
| 15. |
Which one is considered as the most popular work of Wittgenstein? |
| A. | logical atomism |
| B. | philosophy of logical syntax |
| C. | language truth and logic |
| D. | tractatus logico-philosophicus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
According to Russell the method of philosophy must be: |
| A. | descriptive |
| B. | analytical |
| C. | critical |
| D. | deductive |
| Answer» C. critical | |
| 17. |
Rudolf Carnap wrote that metaphysical propositions are: |
| A. | neither true nor false |
| B. | true or false |
| C. | true |
| D. | either true or false |
| Answer» B. true or false | |
| 18. |
According to Logical Positivists metaphysical propositions are: |
| A. | temporal |
| B. | meaningful |
| C. | sensible. |
| D. | meaningless |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Logical Positivists formulated the--------------------- principle the basic criterion formeaning-fullness of a proposition. |
| A. | correspondenc |
| B. | verification |
| C. | coherence |
| D. | internality |
| Answer» C. coherence | |
| 20. |
A. J. Ayer’s popular book------------------------ popularised the tenets of Logical Positivism. |
| A. | logical atomism |
| B. | philosophy of logical syntax |
| C. | language truth and logic |
| D. | principia mathematica |
| Answer» D. principia mathematica | |
| 21. |
A.J. Ayer’s version of Logical positivism is known as: |
| A. | logical empiricism |
| B. | logical atomism |
| C. | logical monism |
| D. | radical positivism |
| Answer» B. logical atomism | |
| 22. |
The Greek word Pragmatikos means: |
| A. | purpose |
| B. | prior |
| C. | practical |
| D. | partial |
| Answer» D. partial | |
| 23. |
The word pragmatism is derived from the Greek term: |
| A. | pragmatikos |
| B. | pramaticus |
| C. | pragma |
| D. | practicous |
| Answer» B. pramaticus | |
| 24. |
Which among the list is considered as a characteristic feature of Existentialism? |
| A. | spiritualism |
| B. | fatalism |
| C. | fundamentalism |
| D. | freedom |
| Answer» D. freedom | |
| 25. |
Sartre describes two types of Being. Which are they? |
| A. | en-soi and poar-soi |
| B. | sein and zeit |
| C. | being and time |
| D. | yin and yang |
| Answer» B. sein and zeit | |
| 26. |
Who coined the phrase “Existentialism Precedes the Essence”? |
| A. | heidegger |
| B. | jaspers |
| C. | sartre |
| D. | kierkegaard |
| Answer» D. kierkegaard | |
| 27. |
Sartre’s classification of Being is discussed in: |
| A. | being and nothingness |
| B. | existentialism is a humanism |
| C. | nausea |
| Answer» B. existentialism is a humanism | |
| 28. |
Who among the following is treated as theistic philosopher? |
| A. | kierkegaard |
| B. | sartre |
| C. | heidegger |
| D. | camus |
| Answer» B. sartre | |
| 29. |
“Man is condemned to be free”- is related with : |
| A. | kierkegaard |
| B. | sartre |
| C. | heidegger |
| D. | camus |
| Answer» C. heidegger | |
| 30. |
------------------ called as the Magnum Opus of Heidegger. |
| A. | being and nothingness |
| B. | the rebel |
| C. | philosophy |
| D. | being and time |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Being and Nothingness is written by: |
| A. | heidegger |
| B. | jaspers |
| C. | sartre |
| D. | kierkegaard |
| Answer» D. kierkegaard | |
| 32. |
Who among the following wrote “The Quest for Certainty”? |
| A. | john dewey |
| B. | |
| C. | s. peirce c. william james |
| Answer» B. | |
| 33. |
Which among the following is treated as the last stage of philosophising by Comte? |
| A. | positive stage |
| B. | metaphysical stage |
| C. | theological stage |
| D. | religious stage |
| Answer» B. metaphysical stage | |
| 34. |
------------------- is a characteristic feature of C. S. Pierce’s theory of cognition. |
| A. | agnosticism |
| B. | falllibilism |
| C. | scepticism |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. scepticism | |
| 35. |
Comte describes that ------------------ is the elementary stage of thinking. |
| A. | metaphysical stage |
| B. | positive stage |
| C. | theological stage |
| D. | religious stage |
| Answer» D. religious stage | |
| 36. |
According to Comte, the human mind successively passes through -------stages ofthinking. |
| A. | three |
| B. | fou |
| C. | five |
| D. | six |
| Answer» B. fou | |
| 37. |
Auguste Comte’s version of positivism is called as: |
| A. | sociological positivism |
| B. | empirical positivism |
| C. | radical positivism |
| D. | scientific positivism |
| Answer» C. radical positivism | |
| 38. |
Along with pragmatism William James introduced philosophy of: |
| A. | empiricism |
| B. | instrumentalism |
| C. | phenomenism |
| D. | radical empiricism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
John Dewey’s philosophy is commonly referred as: |
| A. | instrumentalism |
| B. | utilitarianism |
| C. | hedonism |
| D. | intuitionism |
| Answer» B. utilitarianism | |
| 40. |
Who wrote the book Pragmatism? |
| A. | john dewey |
| B. | |
| C. | s. peirce c. william james |
| Answer» D. | |
| 41. |
‘God or the Supreme Being is unaffected by evil and stands above relative good whichis the correlative of evil’. Which tradition holds this position? |
| A. | buddhist |
| B. | samkhya |
| C. | mimamsa |
| D. | vedanta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
-------- begins with the notion, God, the force of all good, and the Devil, the source of allevil. |
| A. | traditional judaism |
| B. | traditional christianity, |
| C. | traditional islam |
| D. | traditional hinduism |
| Answer» C. traditional islam | |
| 43. |
According to Kant’s metaphysical and moral doctrine: |
| A. | the soul is mortal. |
| B. | the soul is indefinite |
| C. | the soul is obscure |
| D. | the soul is immortal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
According to Buddhism the soul is nothing but the------------------. |
| A. | mind-body complex |
| B. | illusion |
| C. | mind-body reaction |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. illusion | |
| 45. |
Atman is neither born nor does it die- This view holds by: |
| A. | samkhya |
| B. | jainism |
| C. | gita |
| D. | buddhism |
| Answer» D. buddhism | |
| 46. |
According to Spinoza, soul is immortal which gets the --------------------- of God. |
| A. | love |
| B. | intellectual love |
| C. | unlimited love |
| D. | unconditional love |
| Answer» C. unlimited love | |
| 47. |
---------------------- is a positive approach to life and existence. |
| A. | optimism |
| B. | nihilism |
| C. | antagonism |
| D. | pessimism |
| Answer» B. nihilism | |
| 48. |
Who considered that the world of ours is the best possible world? |
| A. | david hume |
| B. | kant |
| C. | paley |
| D. | leibniz |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Who shows strong views in favour of pessimism? |
| A. | spinoza |
| B. | arthur schopenhauer |
| C. | philo |
| D. | bosanquet |
| Answer» C. philo | |
| 50. |
Mental anxiety, sorrow, excitement, tension, uproar, etc. create : |
| A. | moral evil |
| B. | metaphysical evil |
| C. | mental evil |
| D. | natural evil |
| Answer» D. natural evil | |