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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.
| 51. |
Moral evil is a direct consequence of man’s --- |
| A. | free will |
| B. | mind |
| C. | freedom |
| D. | emotion |
| Answer» B. mind | |
| 52. |
All the forces of evil and sin came to be personified in Satan. This view is holds by: |
| A. | judaism |
| B. | christianity |
| C. | islam |
| D. | hinduism |
| Answer» C. islam | |
| 53. |
According to pessimism this world is a : |
| A. | best possible world |
| B. | worst possible world |
| C. | good world |
| D. | best world |
| Answer» C. good world | |
| 54. |
Who considered evil to be due to the imperfections that are inherent in the construction ofthe finite elements of the universe? |
| A. | david hume |
| B. | st. anselm |
| C. | leibniz |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» D. descartes | |
| 55. |
The metaphysical evil is called the ---------------- |
| A. | moral evil |
| B. | physical evil |
| C. | mental evil |
| D. | natural evil |
| Answer» E. | |
| 56. |
Both Spinoza and Hegel practically denied the-------------------. |
| A. | reality of evil |
| B. | reality of sprit |
| C. | reality of soul |
| D. | reality of god |
| Answer» B. reality of sprit | |
| 57. |
Good and evil are: |
| A. | correlative myths |
| B. | contradictory facts |
| C. | correlative facts |
| D. | contradictory myths |
| Answer» D. contradictory myths | |
| 58. |
Each man could frame his own code of good and evil. Who holds this position? |
| A. | idealists |
| B. | realists |
| C. | rationalists |
| D. | sophists |
| Answer» E. | |
| 59. |
Matter was the source of all evil- Who made this assertion? |
| A. | david hume |
| B. | st. anselm |
| C. | philo |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» D. descartes | |
| 60. |
Descartes’ concept of innate idea has a base in: |
| A. | cosmological argument |
| B. | teleological argument |
| C. | ontological argument |
| D. | design |
| Answer» D. design | |
| 61. |
By the term ‘greater’ Anselm means: |
| A. | more higher |
| B. | more real |
| C. | more perfect |
| D. | more conceivable |
| Answer» D. more conceivable | |
| 62. |
To -----------first cause argument is known as cosmological. |
| A. | david hume |
| B. | st. anselm |
| C. | paley |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 63. |
Ontological argument was first put forth by: |
| A. | david hume |
| B. | st. anselm |
| C. | paley |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» C. paley | |
| 64. |
According to Aristotle God is the: |
| A. | prime mover |
| B. | absolute |
| C. | omnipotent |
| D. | protector |
| Answer» B. absolute | |
| 65. |
The cosmological argument considered God as the: |
| A. | protector |
| B. | creator |
| C. | first cause |
| D. | destroyer |
| Answer» D. destroyer | |
| 66. |
“Dialogues on Natural Religion”, is written by: |
| A. | david hume |
| B. | st. anselm |
| C. | paley |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» B. st. anselm | |
| 67. |
Paley’s ------------------conveys the essence of the teleological argument. |
| A. | analogy of desert |
| B. | analogy of stone |
| C. | analogy of watch |
| D. | analogy of table |
| Answer» D. analogy of table | |
| 68. |
Teleological argument states that God is an intelligent--------------------. |
| A. | designer |
| B. | creator |
| C. | protector |
| D. | master |
| Answer» B. creator | |
| 69. |
The teleological argument has its earliest roots in the thought of ------------------ |
| A. | thales |
| B. | heraclitus |
| C. | plato |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» D. aristotle | |
| 70. |
Non-propositional view of revelation and faith has become widespread within --------------during the present century. |
| A. | protestant christianity |
| B. | christianity, |
| C. | catholics |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. christianity, | |
| 71. |
The term mysticism comes from the Greek word --------------- |
| A. | mystikos |
| B. | mytikos, |
| C. | mithios |
| D. | mystipos |
| Answer» B. mytikos, | |
| 72. |
Critique of Religion and Philosophy is written by: |
| A. | salomon reinach |
| B. | walter kaufmann, |
| C. | william james |
| D. | w.t stace |
| Answer» C. william james | |
| 73. |
Christian thought treats Bible as a ------------------of revelation. |
| A. | source |
| B. | medium |
| C. | truth |
| D. | copy |
| Answer» C. truth | |
| 74. |
------------- is confidence or trust in a person to thing, deity, in the doctrines or teachingsof a religion, or view even without empirical evidence. |
| A. | belief |
| B. | reason |
| C. | revelation |
| D. | faith |
| Answer» E. | |
| 75. |
--------------is an act of divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relatingto human existence. |
| A. | belief |
| B. | reason |
| C. | revelation |
| D. | faith |
| Answer» D. faith | |
| 76. |
The idea that our belief-structures are and must be built upon basic beliefs, which aregrounded in and justified by clear circumstances is called: |
| A. | foundationalism |
| B. | fundamentalism |
| C. | experimentalism |
| D. | justificationalism |
| Answer» B. fundamentalism | |
| 77. |
‘The material world exists only in consciousnesses, our own and God’s’- this position isknown as: |
| A. | idealism |
| B. | solipsism |
| C. | spiritualism |
| D. | intuitionism |
| Answer» C. spiritualism | |
| 78. |
“Belief” can be defined as an: |
| A. | act or state of believing |
| B. | practice of believing. |
| C. | experience of believing. |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. practice of believing. | |
| 79. |
Who calls foundational beliefs as “M-beliefs”? |
| A. | william alston |
| B. | patrick |
| C. | william james |
| D. | w.t stace |
| Answer» B. patrick | |
| 80. |
Alvin Plantinga made an influence upon Reformers of the sixteenth century, particularly: |
| A. | william alston |
| B. | patrick |
| C. | william james |
| D. | john calvin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 81. |
-------------- argues that religious beliefs are properly basic. |
| A. | william alston |
| B. | alvin plantinga |
| C. | william james |
| D. | w.t stace |
| Answer» C. william james | |
| 82. |
In the term “M-beliefs”, M stands for: |
| A. | master |
| B. | manifestation |
| C. | metaphysics |
| D. | morality |
| Answer» C. metaphysics | |
| 83. |
------------------do not believe in the existence of God because God’s existence cannot beperceived. |
| A. | charvakans |
| B. | buddhists |
| C. | jains |
| D. | vedadins |
| Answer» B. buddhists | |
| 84. |
“Religion is the opium of the people.”- Who said? |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | arnold toynbee |
| C. | russell |
| D. | walter kaufman |
| Answer» B. arnold toynbee | |
| 85. |
Atheism means : |
| A. | there is god |
| B. | there is one god |
| C. | there are many god |
| D. | there is no god |
| Answer» E. | |
| 86. |
Karl Marx treated religion as a tool of--------------------------. |
| A. | exploitation |
| B. | emotional exploitation |
| C. | economic exploitation |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 87. |
Among these Western philosophers who is the advocate of theism? |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | kant |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | spinoza |
| Answer» B. kant | |
| 88. |
------------------ believes that God is the highest personality, the creator, supporter anddefender of the world. |
| A. | pantheism |
| B. | deism |
| C. | monotheism |
| D. | theism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 89. |
God is personal and moral and who seeks a total and unqualified response from humancreatures- This view is related with: |
| A. | pantheism |
| B. | deism |
| C. | monotheism |
| D. | theism |
| Answer» D. theism | |
| 90. |
--------------was not only the God of the Hebrews but the Maker of heaven and earth. |
| A. | jahweh |
| B. | ahura masda |
| C. | chemosh |
| D. | dagon |
| Answer» B. ahura masda | |
| 91. |
----------------------is the belief that there is but one supreme Being, |
| A. | pantheism |
| B. | deism |
| C. | monotheism |
| D. | theism |
| Answer» D. theism | |
| 92. |
The Upanishadic saying “aham Brahmasmi” and “sarvam khalavidam Brahma” having asimilarity with: |
| A. | pantheism |
| B. | deism |
| C. | monotheism |
| D. | theism |
| Answer» B. deism | |
| 93. |
Nothing falls outside the Absolute and everything is the Absolute. Who holds this view? |
| A. | spinoza |
| B. | kant |
| C. | william james |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 94. |
-----------------form of Idealism is Pantheistic in character. |
| A. | cartesian |
| B. | hegelian |
| C. | kantian |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» C. kantian | |
| 95. |
According to -------------- , God is Substance and Substance is God |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | aquinas |
| C. | spinoza |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» D. kant | |
| 96. |
‘The world is God, and God is the world’- this view is called: |
| A. | pantheism |
| B. | deism |
| C. | monotheism |
| D. | theism |
| Answer» B. deism | |
| 97. |
Pantheism literally means that: |
| A. | all is spirit |
| B. | god is great |
| C. | all is god |
| D. | all is world |
| Answer» D. all is world | |
| 98. |
Pantheism comes from Greek terms : |
| A. | ‘pan’ and ‘theo’ |
| B. | ‘ pon’ and ‘teo’ |
| C. | ‘paan’ and ‘theeo’ |
| D. | ‘pen’ and ‘teeo’ |
| Answer» B. ‘ pon’ and ‘teo’ | |
| 99. |
According to Deism, God exists beyond -------------- |
| A. | matter |
| B. | heaven |
| C. | human |
| D. | time and space. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 100. |
Deists believed that God is the: |
| A. | cause uie |
| B. | cause |
| C. | cause sui |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. cause | |