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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.
| 401. |
_________ is the context in which writing/speech takes place. |
| A. | meaning |
| B. | discourse |
| C. | interpretation |
| D. | language |
| Answer» C. interpretation | |
| 402. |
___________ approve all forms of knowledge. |
| A. | social constructionists |
| B. | scientists |
| C. | philosophers |
| D. | logicians |
| Answer» B. scientists | |
| 403. |
Patriarchal cultures _________ women. |
| A. | degrade |
| B. | respect |
| C. | glorify |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. respect | |
| 404. |
Subject-position is determined by _________ |
| A. | context |
| B. | rules |
| C. | values |
| D. | taste |
| Answer» B. rules | |
| 405. |
The terms like ‘mother’, ‘student’ etc indicate _________ |
| A. | value |
| B. | taste |
| C. | gender |
| D. | identity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 406. |
__________ is an effect of culture. |
| A. | gender |
| B. | subjectivity |
| C. | objectivity |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. objectivity | |
| 407. |
Langue/Parle distinction was introduced by _________ |
| A. | max weber |
| B. | e. h. carr |
| C. | russell |
| D. | saussure |
| Answer» E. | |
| 408. |
__________ refers to personal perception. |
| A. | gender |
| B. | objectivity |
| C. | subjectivity |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 409. |
The relationship between a word and the thing it denotes is _______ |
| A. | fixed |
| B. | permanent |
| C. | static |
| D. | arbitrary |
| Answer» E. | |
| 410. |
Language determines ________ |
| A. | identity |
| B. | behavior |
| C. | method |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. behavior | |
| 411. |
Gender equality is a cherished ________ |
| A. | taste |
| B. | value |
| C. | choice |
| D. | character |
| Answer» C. choice | |
| 412. |
________ is/are shared by the members of a group. |
| A. | behavior |
| B. | personality |
| C. | choices |
| D. | values |
| Answer» E. | |
| 413. |
_________ is a sociologist. |
| A. | socrates |
| B. | plato |
| C. | max weber |
| D. | e. h. carr |
| Answer» D. e. h. carr | |
| 414. |
________ are essentially self-reflexive in character. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | natural sciences |
| C. | social sciences |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. natural sciences | |
| 415. |
‘What it means to be human’ is the central concern in _________ |
| A. | natural science |
| B. | social sciences |
| C. | humanities |
| D. | literature |
| Answer» D. literature | |
| 416. |
Historian’s concern for _______ is problematic. |
| A. | wars |
| B. | objective facts |
| C. | political system |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. political system | |
| 417. |
The word ‘fact’ is derived from a _______ word. |
| A. | latin |
| B. | greek |
| C. | english |
| D. | french |
| Answer» B. greek | |
| 418. |
The role of ‘values’ is important for _________ |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | physical sciences |
| C. | natural sciences |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. physical sciences | |
| 419. |
In psychology and philosophy, social sciences and _______ overlap. |
| A. | fine arts |
| B. | natural sciences |
| C. | humanities |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 420. |
Humanities are characteristically _______ disciplines. |
| A. | analytic |
| B. | interpretive |
| C. | scientific |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» C. scientific | |
| 421. |
Narrative imagination is employed in __________ |
| A. | cultural studies |
| B. | fine arts |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
| 422. |
________ is an interpretive discipline. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | natural sciences |
| C. | social sciences |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» B. natural sciences | |
| 423. |
Scientific study of human social behaviour is the concern of _______ |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | religion |
| C. | natural sciences |
| D. | social sciences |
| Answer» E. | |
| 424. |
Geology is a ________ discipline. |
| A. | humanities |
| B. | natural science |
| C. | social science |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. social science | |
| 425. |
Find out the mismatched pair. |
| A. | humanities/philosophy |
| B. | humanities/history |
| C. | humanities/astronomy |
| D. | science/biology |
| Answer» D. science/biology | |
| 426. |
________ is not a natural science. |
| A. | astronomy |
| B. | history |
| C. | biology |
| D. | physics |
| Answer» C. biology | |
| 427. |
Empirical proof is essential to ________study. |
| A. | scientific |
| B. | mathematical |
| C. | philosophical |
| D. | historical |
| Answer» B. mathematical | |
| 428. |
Sciences are classified into _________ |
| A. | natural and physical |
| B. | natural and spiritual |
| C. | natural and social |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» D. all these | |
| 429. |
_______ is included in Humanities. |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | classics |
| C. | history |
| D. | all these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 430. |
The term ‘Humanities’ first appeared during the _________ |
| A. | italian renaissance |
| B. | roman war |
| C. | modern period |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. roman war | |
| 431. |
Humanities today represent ________ disciplines. |
| A. | no |
| B. | non-science |
| C. | mathematical |
| D. | scientific |
| Answer» C. mathematical | |
| 432. |
Who advocated picture theory of meaning? |
| A. | russell |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | kant |
| D. | wittgenstein |
| Answer» E. | |
| 433. |
Coherence theory of truth is developed by |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | pragmatist |
| C. | moralist |
| D. | atomist |
| Answer» B. pragmatist | |
| 434. |
Who is related to Rationalist philosophy? |
| A. | kant |
| B. | locke |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | hume |
| Answer» D. hume | |
| 435. |
Correspondence theory of truth is otherwise called -------- |
| A. | common sense theory |
| B. | redundancy |
| C. | semantic |
| D. | deflationary |
| Answer» B. redundancy | |
| 436. |
The semantic theory of truth is the successor to ------- |
| A. | coherence |
| B. | correspondence |
| C. | pragmatic |
| D. | materialism |
| Answer» C. pragmatic | |
| 437. |
G E Moore and Russell are associated with ------ theory of truth |
| A. | practical |
| B. | ethical |
| C. | correspondence |
| D. | coherence |
| Answer» D. coherence | |
| 438. |
Davidson criticized --------theory of truth |
| A. | semantic |
| B. | performative |
| C. | semantic |
| D. | correspondence |
| Answer» D. correspondence | |
| 439. |
Tarski’s theory of truth is close to --------- |
| A. | correspondence |
| B. | axiology |
| C. | semantic |
| D. | pragmatic |
| Answer» B. axiology | |
| 440. |
Wittgenstein advocated-------------------- |
| A. | correspondence theory |
| B. | coherence theory |
| C. | pragmatic theory |
| D. | semantic theory |
| Answer» B. coherence theory | |
| 441. |
Who wrote Tractatus ? |
| A. | russell |
| B. | wittgenstein |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» C. hegel | |
| 442. |
Logical Atomism is a work of ------ |
| A. | leibnitz |
| B. | copernicus |
| C. | russell |
| D. | kepler |
| Answer» D. kepler | |
| 443. |
Who are the first to propose correspondence theory of truth? |
| A. | james and peirce |
| B. | socretes and plato |
| C. | plato and aristotle |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» D. kant | |
| 444. |
Frege;s theory of truth is known as ------------ |
| A. | deflationary |
| B. | semantic |
| C. | pragmatic |
| D. | coherence |
| Answer» B. semantic | |
| 445. |
Correspondence theory of truth is developed by |
| A. | socretes |
| B. | thales |
| C. | wittgenstein |
| D. | sartre |
| Answer» D. sartre | |
| 446. |
Coherence theory is the feature of the ------------ system |
| A. | empirical |
| B. | rationalistic |
| C. | naturalistic |
| D. | existentialistic |
| Answer» C. naturalistic | |
| 447. |
Tarsky developed ------------ theory of truth |
| A. | semantic |
| B. | syntactical |
| C. | prosentential |
| D. | coherence |
| Answer» B. syntactical | |
| 448. |
G. E Moore is associated with---------- theory |
| A. | pragmatic |
| B. | coherence |
| C. | semantic |
| D. | correspondence |
| Answer» E. | |
| 449. |
Idealists say that truth consist in ------ |
| A. | semantic theory |
| B. | deflationary |
| C. | coherence |
| D. | correspondence |
| Answer» D. correspondence | |
| 450. |
The word correspondence used to denote the relation between |
| A. | redundancy |
| B. | thought and reality |
| C. | coherence |
| D. | belief and opinion |
| Answer» C. coherence | |