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Fundamentals of Ethics | Set 1

1. Mc Dougall defines ‘instinct’ as an ----------- psycho physical disposition

Correct : B. inherited

2. Axiology is the science of --------

Correct : A. values

3. In ordinary language desire and --------- are synonymous

Correct : D. wish

4. ----------- is not a positive science

Correct : C. ethics

5. --------- is a representative of emotivism

Correct : C. a j ayer

6. ------- is a postulate of morality

Correct : B. immortality of the soul

7. According to psychological hedonism ----------- is the only object at which we aim

Correct : A. pleasure

8. --------- is the criterion of good according to pragmatists

Correct : C. workability

9. Killing is a wrong action for ever ‘ This assertion is based on -----

Correct : A. deontological theory

10. The permanent bent of mind constituted by the settled habits of will is termed as

Correct : B. character

11. The view that all our actions are determined by some unseen forces or super natural powers is ----

Correct : A. fatalism

12. Utilitarianism is also called ------ hedonism.

Correct : B. universalistic

13. The etymological meaning of the term Dharma is

Correct : A. what sustains

14. Who among the following is an advocate of Utilitarianism

Correct : D. bentham

15. ------ is not a pragmatist

Correct : A. f.h.bradley

16. ----- is the Governing Purushartha

Correct : A. dharma

17. ----- is the proponent of qualitative utilitarianism

Correct : C. j.s.mill

18. Aparigraha means

Correct : B. non possession

19. Identifying ethical properties with natural properties is --------- fallacy

Correct : C. naturalistic

20. Kama literally means

Correct : A. desire

21. Transmigration of the soul is associated with

Correct : B. karma doctrine

22. Anuvratas are the ----- vows

Correct : B. lesser

23. ‘My station and its duties’ is the concept of ---------

Correct : B. f h bradley

24. Purushartha of ------ is directly related to material life

Correct : C. kama

25. According to Hindu ethics wealth satisfies our ------

Correct : C. biological needs

26. Gita teaches --------

Correct : D. all of these

27. ------- believe in the law of Karma

Correct : D. all of these

28. The process of making a choice when there are different desires

Correct : A. wish

29. According to Buddhism --------- is the means to the cessation of suffering

Correct : A. astanga marga

30. When the wish is actually carried out , it becomes ----------

Correct : A. will

31. Rights and Duties define the ethical duties of the ---------

Correct : B. citizen

32. Ethical skepticism is the position of ---------

Correct : D. carnap

33. --------- is the normative description of human conduct

Correct : B. ethics

34. The subject matter of ethics is ________.

Correct : A. Human conduct

35. The Greek term from which _________ is derived means ‘custom or ‘habit’.

Correct : D. Ethics

36. The word ‘Ethics’ is derived from the Greek adjective …………

Correct : A. ethica

37. Ethics deals with the “____________ of human beings living in societies.”

Correct : A. Conduct

38. The term ‘Right’ is derived from the Latin word rectus, meaning:

Correct : A. ‘Straight’ or ‘according to rule’

39. ‘First Philosophy’ refers to:

Correct : D. Ethics

40. Which among the following is wrong definition of Ethics?

Correct : B. Ethics is the science of character and conduct of animals

41. Which Ideal is concerned with Ethics?

Correct : C. Good

42. Which aspect of our conscious life dealt with Ethics

Correct : C. Willing

43. Ethics as a normative science deals with the __________ of human conduct.

Correct : B. standards

44. Which among the following is the correctstatement

Correct : D. Ethics is a Normative Science

45. Which among the following is the wrongstatement

Correct : B. Ethics is not Normative Science

46. A _________ teaches us to know how to do.

Correct : C. Practical Science

47. Which among is the following is the correct statement

Correct : A. Ethics is a theoretical science

48. Ethics is:

Correct : B. a part of Philosophy

49. Normative science deals with:

Correct : B. Values

50. Positive science deals with:

Correct : A. Facts

51. Example for Positive science

Correct : D. None of these

52. ______ may be defined as a systematic and more or less complete body of knowledge about a particular set of related events or objects.

Correct : A. Science

53. Positive science 3

Correct : A. Describes the objects or phenomena

54. Which among the following is the wrong statement

Correct : B. Normative sciences are concerned with actual facts or their laws

55. Which among the following action is objects of moral judgment

Correct : A. Voluntary and habitual actions of rational persons

56. Ethics is deals with:

Correct : A. Voluntary Actions

57. Find out an Ethical question:

Correct : C. Is killing a murderer justified?

58. Ethics deals with:

Correct : B. what ought to be

59. ______ tells us how we actually will.

Correct : C. Psychology

60. _________ teaches us how we ought to will

Correct : A. Ethics

61. Psychology is a _____________ science

Correct : B. Positive

62. ___________ is a science of actual

Correct : A. Psychology

63. Which among the following mental process deals with psychology

Correct : D. All of these

64. The outstanding form of moral action 4

Correct : D. Sense of duty

65. A craving of an agent for the attainment of an object to relieve some want is:

Correct : B. Desire

66. It is a state of tension between the actual state of the self and the idea of a future state not yet realized:

Correct : A. Desire

67. A dominant desire is called

Correct : A. Wish

68. -------- is an effective desire

Correct : B. wish

69. _________ induces us to act in a certain way.

Correct : B. Motive

70. The process of making a choice when there are different desires is called:

Correct : B. Willing

71. The essential mark of _______ is that the whole character or personality is involved in the act

Correct : A. Willing

72. A philosophical term of art for a particular sort of capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action from among various alternatives:

Correct : A. Free will

73. If human actions are completely determined by _________, it is not free will.

Correct : C. circumstances

74. The force of will leads to _________.

Correct : A. Action

75. Who is the advocator of ‘freedom of will’

Correct : C. Kant

76. ‘Character’ refers to the complete system constituted by the acts of ____ of a particular kind.

Correct : D. will

77. Collective name for voluntary actions

Correct : A. Conduct

78. What constitute conduct

Correct : C. Both a and b

79. ---------- is outer expression of character

Correct : D. Conduct

80. The permanent bent of the mind, constituted by the ‘settled habits of will’ is:

Correct : C. Character

81. ___________ is a formed habit.

Correct : D. Character

82. Character is built up by a person out of his natural tendencies and dispositions by controlling and regulating them by ___

Correct : C. reason

83. _______ is the acquired habit of controlling the natural instincts and impulses in order to realize definitely conceived ends.

Correct : A. Character

84. Pleasure/pain is the norm of moral evaluation in __________.

Correct : C. Hedonism

85. “Men always do seek pleasure”. This position is called __________ hedonism.

Correct : A. Psychological

86. Universalistic hedonism is also called ___________ .

Correct : C. utilitarianism

87. Ethical hedonism is the view that human beings ___________ seek pleasure.

Correct : B. ought to

88. ___________ hedonism refers to the pleasure of each individual.

Correct : A. Egoistic

89. ___________ hedonism refers to the pleasure of all human beings.

Correct : D. universalistic

90. The ethics of __________ is precisely termed utilitarianism.

Correct : C. J. S. Mill

91. Both Bentham and Mill share the __________ principle of morality.

Correct : A. pleasure

92. According to hedonists, pleasure is the only thing that is ____________.

Correct : D. desirable

93. According to Hedonism, hedoneor ------ is the ultimate standard of morality

Correct : A. Pleasure

94. __________ hedonism holds that pleasure is the natural and normal object of desire, that we always seek pleasure and avoid pain

Correct : C. Psychological

95. ________hedonism holds that pleasure is the proper object of desire; that we do not always seek pleasure but ought to seek pleasure.

Correct : A. Ethical

96. According to _____ hedonism the pleasure of the individual is the moral standard

Correct : C. Egoistic

97. According to __________ hedonism the greatest happiness of the greatest number or general happiness is the moral standard.

Correct : D. Altruistic

98. According to_________ hedonism, all pleasures are alike in kind they differ only in intensity or degree; there is no qualitative difference among them.

Correct : C. Gross Egoistic

99. The theory that what we ought to aim at is the greatest possible amount of pleasure of all human beings, or of all sentient creatures.

Correct : A. Utilitarianism

100. Who is the advocate of quantitative utilitarianism

Correct : B. Jermey Bentham