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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.
| 351. |
________ had developed a distinct philosophical method. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | descartes |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
| 352. |
The axiom of ___________ is the basis of Descartes’ argument for the existence of God. |
| A. | doubt |
| B. | method |
| C. | knowledge |
| D. | causality |
| Answer» E. | |
| 353. |
According to Descartes, __________ is the first and most certain knowledge. |
| A. | doubt |
| B. | cogito ergo sum |
| C. | skepticism |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. skepticism | |
| 354. |
Doubt leading to ‘indubitable certainty’ is a characteristic feature of _________. |
| A. | cartesian method |
| B. | skepticism |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» B. skepticism | |
| 355. |
Descartes rejected the reliability of _______ as a sure source of truth. |
| A. | sense perception |
| B. | authority |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
| 356. |
_________ is self-evident truth. |
| A. | doubt |
| B. | empirical fact |
| C. | imagination |
| D. | axiom |
| Answer» E. | |
| 357. |
According to Descartes, genuine knowledge is ________ |
| A. | doubtful |
| B. | clear and distinct |
| C. | not possible |
| D. | not certain |
| Answer» C. not possible | |
| 358. |
Cartesian doubt is not ________ |
| A. | methodic |
| B. | positive |
| C. | skeptical |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» D. intuitive | |
| 359. |
Cartesian method begins with _______ |
| A. | methodic doubt |
| B. | empirical facts |
| C. | existence |
| D. | dialogue |
| Answer» B. empirical facts | |
| 360. |
Descartes criticized ________ method. |
| A. | mathematical |
| B. | logico-mathematical |
| C. | scholastic |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» D. intuitive | |
| 361. |
‘I am thinking, therefore I exist’ is proved by ________ method. |
| A. | cartesian |
| B. | socratic |
| C. | phenomenological |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. socratic | |
| 362. |
The author of The Discourse on Method is _________ |
| A. | plato |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 363. |
Cartesian method is not _________ |
| A. | axiological |
| B. | empirical |
| C. | logico-mathematical |
| D. | intuitive |
| Answer» C. logico-mathematical | |
| 364. |
_______ introduced logico-mathematical method. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | leibnitz |
| C. | plato |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 365. |
________ is “the way in which fruitful starting-points and procedures are determined”. |
| A. | text |
| B. | philosophy |
| C. | method |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 366. |
Rene Descartes is a/an _________ |
| A. | empiricist |
| B. | skeptic |
| C. | rationalist |
| D. | materialist |
| Answer» D. materialist | |
| 367. |
Rene Descartes is a ________ philosopher. |
| A. | english |
| B. | american |
| C. | greek |
| D. | french |
| Answer» E. | |
| 368. |
Digital literature forms ________ text. |
| A. | permanent |
| B. | fixed |
| C. | fluid |
| D. | stable |
| Answer» D. stable | |
| 369. |
The ______ reader is the person who reads a text. |
| A. | implied |
| B. | historical |
| C. | imaginary |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. imaginary | |
| 370. |
_______ is the relationship of a text to other texts. |
| A. | textuality |
| B. | intertextuality |
| C. | authority |
| D. | reading |
| Answer» C. authority | |
| 371. |
A work is _______ |
| A. | alive |
| B. | open |
| C. | closed |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 372. |
According to new critics, a text is ________ to many various interpretations. |
| A. | open |
| B. | not exposed |
| C. | not open |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. not exposed | |
| 373. |
A text is ________ |
| A. | open |
| B. | alive |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
| 374. |
A/an _______ is the narrative in a work. |
| A. | book |
| B. | reader |
| C. | author |
| D. | text |
| Answer» E. | |
| 375. |
A ________ is the physical printed book. |
| A. | text |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | work |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 376. |
Narration assumes the _______. |
| A. | author |
| B. | text |
| C. | reader |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 377. |
Reader has to _______ narrations. |
| A. | construct |
| B. | forget |
| C. | misuse |
| D. | interpret |
| Answer» E. | |
| 378. |
History is not merely the recital of dates and events but also their ________. |
| A. | interpretation |
| B. | construction |
| C. | twisting |
| D. | misinterpretation |
| Answer» B. construction | |
| 379. |
Narration is a common mode of thinking in _________. |
| A. | literature |
| B. | philosophy |
| C. | history |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 380. |
Historical _______ uses reconstruction of past events. |
| A. | truth |
| B. | reality |
| C. | narrative |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 381. |
Hobbes’ use of the image of organism to demonstrate monarchy-country relationship is aphilosophical ________. |
| A. | system |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | problem |
| D. | truth |
| Answer» C. problem | |
| 382. |
_________ thinking does not presuppose universal truths. |
| A. | narrative |
| B. | religious |
| C. | scientific |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. religious | |
| 383. |
Contradictions are not tolerated in _______ mode of thinking. |
| A. | logico-scientific |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» B. narrative | |
| 384. |
Contradictions are tolerated in _______ mode of thinking. |
| A. | logico-scientific |
| B. | narrative |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 385. |
Representation bestows _________. |
| A. | morality |
| B. | identity |
| C. | objectivity |
| D. | subjectivity |
| Answer» C. objectivity | |
| 386. |
In representation, meaning is _________ |
| A. | discovered |
| B. | rejected |
| C. | objective |
| D. | attributed |
| Answer» E. | |
| 387. |
Aristotle introduced the concept of _________ |
| A. | catharsis |
| B. | social construction |
| C. | diegesis |
| D. | interpretation |
| Answer» B. social construction | |
| 388. |
Plato advocated the theory of __________ |
| A. | indirect representation |
| B. | diegesis |
| C. | mimesis |
| D. | empiricism |
| Answer» D. empiricism | |
| 389. |
Mimesis means _________ |
| A. | indirect representation |
| B. | imitation |
| C. | representation |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. representation | |
| 390. |
Acceptance of ________ is a social convention. |
| A. | scientific truth |
| B. | objective fact |
| C. | narrative |
| D. | political creed |
| Answer» D. political creed | |
| 391. |
Narrative is the act of _________ |
| A. | truth expression |
| B. | representation |
| C. | scientific investigation |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. scientific investigation | |
| 392. |
The traditional way of addressing God as ‘He’ can be placed in a _______ context. |
| A. | matriarchal |
| B. | patriarchal |
| C. | national |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. national | |
| 393. |
‘Mankind’ is a common term, but it carries a __________ bias. |
| A. | racial |
| B. | religious |
| C. | political |
| D. | gender |
| Answer» E. | |
| 394. |
Caste names very often carry a sense of _________ |
| A. | humiliation |
| B. | discrimination |
| C. | both (a) and (b |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
| 395. |
The term ‘fair’ refers to justice, but it originated in the context of ________ discrimination. |
| A. | religious |
| B. | racial |
| C. | gender |
| D. | national |
| Answer» C. gender | |
| 396. |
‘Denigrate’ is a term of _________ abuse. |
| A. | religious |
| B. | gender |
| C. | racial |
| D. | national |
| Answer» D. national | |
| 397. |
Social construction of reality refers to concepts and beliefs not scientifically proved butsocially ___________ knowledge. |
| A. | shared |
| B. | true |
| C. | false |
| D. | rejected |
| Answer» B. true | |
| 398. |
In _________, a set of knowledge is shared by all in a group. |
| A. | sciences |
| B. | institutions |
| C. | symbolic universes |
| D. | symbolic logic |
| Answer» D. symbolic logic | |
| 399. |
By _________, knowledge becomes part of social system. |
| A. | learning |
| B. | institutionalization |
| C. | habitualization |
| D. | construction |
| Answer» C. habitualization | |
| 400. |
_________ introduced the term ‘Social construction’. |
| A. | max weber |
| B. | e. h. carr |
| C. | lincoln |
| D. | peter berger |
| Answer» E. | |