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Fundamentals of Ethics | Set 2
1. Who is the advocate of qualitative utilitarianism
A. J.S.Mill
B. Jermey Bentham
C. Immanual Kant
D. F. H. Bradley
Correct : A. J.S.Mill
2. Who is the advocate of Utilitarianism:
A. Jermey Bentham
B. J.S. Mill
C. Immanual Kant
D. both a and b
Correct : D. both a and b
3. Bentham holds that the only standard of valuation of pleasures in:
A. Quanlitative
B. Quantitative
C. both a and b
D. neither a nor b
Correct : B. Quantitative
4. Who wrote Utilitarianism
A. Immanuel Kant
B. Jeremy Bentham
C. J.S.Mill
D. F. H. Bradley
Correct : C. J.S.Mill
5. According to Mill pleasures differ from one another in ____
A. Quantity
B. Quality
C. Utility
D. time
Correct : B. Quality
6. According to Bentham a pleasure is pure when:
A. It is free from pain
B. It is mixed with pain
C. It gives rise to a number of other pleasures
D. It is preferable to barren pleasure
Correct : A. It is free from pain
7. Bentham by introducing ----- as a dimension of pleasure introduced altruism into his doctrine.
A. Intensity
B. proximity
C. Extent
D. Fecundity
Correct : C. Extent
8. The higher quality pleasure according to Mill
A. Bodily pleasure
B. Intellectual pleasure
C. Sensual pleasure
D. Animal pleasure
Correct : B. Intellectual pleasure
9. Mill’s utilitarianism is known as:
A. Gross Utilitarianism
B. Quantitative Utilitarianism
C. Refined Utilitarianism
D. Psychological Hedonism
Correct : C. Refined Utilitarianism
10. Mill’s Internal sanction of consciousness is
A. Sympathy
B. Fellow-feeling
C. Social feeling of mankind
D. All of these
Correct : D. All of these
11. Bentham recognizes moral obligation to pursue general happiness by
A. The external sanctions only
B. The internal sanction only
C. Both the external sanctions and internal sanctions of consciousness
D. Neither external nor internal sanctions
Correct : A. The external sanctions only
12. The only thing that is good without qualification or restriction is a _________
A. Good will
B. Imperative
C. Categorical Imperative
D. Hypothetical Imperative
Correct : A. Good will
13. Who’s work is Critique of Practical Reason:
A. Immanuel Kant
B. Jeremy Bentham
C. J.S. Mill
D. F. H. Bradley
Correct : A. Immanuel Kant
14. Kant’s ethical theory is:
A. Ontological
B. Deontological
C. Utilitarian
D. Hedonic
Correct : B. Deontological
15. Which among the following is NOT Kant’s work
A. Critique of Pure Reason
B. Critique of Practical Reason
C. Ground work of the Metaphysics of Morals
D. OnLiberty
Correct : D. OnLiberty
16. It is wrong to break a promise because as a moral law it cannot be universalized. This illustrates the ethical position of _____________.
A. Kant
B. J. S. Mill
C. Bentham
D. Spencer
Correct : A. Kant
17. According to Kant, moral imperative is ___________.
A. evolutionary
B. hypothetical
C. categorical
D. all these
Correct : C. categorical
18. Kant accepted ________ as the final authority in moral life.
A. pleasure
B. reason
C. freedom
D. pain
Correct : B. reason
19. In which book Kant established the dignity of the moral law and makes the ethical life fundamental in Philosophy
A. Critique of Pure Reason
B. Critique of Practical Reason
C. Critique of Judgment
D. Both a and c
Correct : B. Critique of Practical Reason
20. Kant says “The only thing that is good in itself without qualification or restriction is a:
A. Good will
B. Categorical Imperative
C. Hypothetical Imperative
D. Moral law
Correct : A. Good will
21. A ------ imperative is always unconditional
A. Categorical
B. Hypothetical
C. both a and b
D. Neither A nor B
Correct : A. Categorical
22. Kant is an advocate of
A. Teleological ethics
B. ontological ethics
C. Jural ethics
D. Utilitarian Ethics
Correct : C. Jural ethics
23. The moral law is:
A. Categorical Imperative
B. Hypothetical Imperative
C. Disjunctive
D. All of these
Correct : A. Categorical Imperative
24. The laws which are means to other ends are of the nature of ______ imperative
A. Moral
B. Categorical
C. Hypothetical
D. Good
Correct : C. Hypothetical
25. Which among the following is NOT a Hypothetical Imperative:
A. Laws of Hygiene
B. Economic Laws
C. Moral Laws
D. Legal Laws
Correct : C. Moral Laws
26. Kant says: “ There is nothing in the world, or even out of it, that can be called good without qualification, except a -------
A. GoodWill
B. Categorical Imperative
C. Hypothetical Imperative
D. Law
Correct : A. GoodWill
27. Pick up the wrong answer. The Good will is:
A. the only good
B. Unconditional good
C. Good in itself
D. actuated by inclination
Correct : D. actuated by inclination
28. According to Kant, the will is ------------ when it acts solely from a sense of duty.
A. Autonomous
B. Heteronomous
C. Actuated by inclination
D. Teleological
Correct : A. Autonomous
29. According to Kant, it is wrong to break a promise, because
A. This act cannot be universalized
B. Because you will go to jail
C. Cheating is not acceptable
D. It adverselyaffects on trust
Correct : A. This act cannot be universalized
30. Kant’s which maxim shows that ‘None should enslave himself or others’
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
Correct : B. Second
31. Kant’s second maxim shows:
A. Treat personality as of absolute worth
B. A person is an end in himself, and not a means
C. The rational nature which constitutes humanity should be respected.
D. All of these
Correct : D. All of these
32. According to Kant to commit suicide is wrong, because:
A. It will lead to the annihilation of human life if it is universalized.
B. The person treating himself as a means to the removal of the disgust of life
C. He is not regarding himself as an end
D. All of these.
Correct : D. All of these.
33. Kant’s third maxim says:
A. Act as a member of a kingdom of ends
B. Respect for the dignity of persons
C. What is right is universal
D. Treat personality as of absolute worth
Correct : A. Act as a member of a kingdom of ends
34. Which among the following is NOT a Postulates of Morality
A. Freedom of the Will
B. Immortality of the Soul
C. Mortality of the Soul
D. Existence of God
Correct : C. Mortality of the Soul
35. Kant says, we are autonomous when we act according to
A. Duty
B. Feeling
C. Pleasure
D. inclination
Correct : A. Duty
36. In the opinion of Kant, a right action should satisfy
A. It should conform to the moral law revealed by reason
B. The agent should perform it out of pure respect for the moral law.
C. The moral law has reference to any external ends.
D. Both a and b
Correct : D. Both a and b
37. According to perfectionism the highest good is:
A. Self-realization
B. Self –control
C. Self –knowledge
D. Self-sacrifice
Correct : A. Self-realization
38. Who holds that each person has a place and function in the human society in accordance with his talents?
A. F. H. Bradley
B. Immanual Kant
C. J.S. Mill
D. Bentham
Correct : A. F. H. Bradley
39. Self –realization means:
A. Realization of the relational self
B. Realization of the sentient self
C. Realization of good self as well as realization of bad self
D. Both a and b
Correct : A. Realization of the relational self
40. Self –realization means:
A. The development of personality
B. Actualization of immense potentialities of the self
C. Both a and b
D. Self-gratification
Correct : C. Both a and b
41. Who’s concept is “ My Station and its Duties”
A. Aristolte
B. Bradley
C. Immanual Kant
D. Buddha
Correct : B. Bradley
42. The duty to the self includes
A. Intellectualduty
B. Duties to the Family
C. Duty to pray to God
D. Duty to take care of domestic animals
Correct : A. Intellectualduty
43. According to Bradley the Supreme Duty is:
A. Duties to Self
B. Duties to Others
C. Duties to God
D. Self- realization
Correct : D. Self- realization
44. Who wrote EthicalStudies:
A. Aristotle
B. Immanuel Kant
C. F.H. Bradley
D. J.S. Mill
Correct : C. F.H. Bradley
45. Who authored Appearance and Reality
A. Bradley
B. Kant
C. Buddha
D. Mill
Correct : A. Bradley
46. F.H. Bradley is a ---------- philosopher
A. Materialist
B. Idealist
C. Spiritualist
D. Naturalist
Correct : B. Idealist
47. Who authored Republic
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Kant
D. Mill
Correct : A. Plato
48. “Virtue is Knowledge” related with:
A. Kant
B. Socrates
C. Plato
D. Aristotle
Correct : B. Socrates
49. The Greeks used the term Eudaemonia in the sense of
A. Pleasure
B. Happiness
C. Prosperity
D. None of these
Correct : B. Happiness
50. --------- is the special virtue of the ruling class.
A. Justice
B. Courage
C. Wisdom
D. Temperance
Correct : C. Wisdom
51. Temperance is the special virtue of the --------
A. Ruling Class
B. Traders
C. Kings
D. Soldiers
Correct : B. Traders
52. ______ is the power of resisting the fear of pain and temptation of pleasure.
A. Wisdom
B. Justice
C. Courage
D. Temperance
Correct : C. Courage
53. ________is the harmonious functioning of intellect, emotion and desire under the guidance of reason.
A. Justice
B. Wisdom
C. Courage
D. Temperance
Correct : A. Justice
54. Wisdom is the virtue of the ________ part of the soul
A. Rational
B. Emotional
C. Obedience
D. Hereditary
Correct : A. Rational
55. Courage is the virtue of the ------- part of the soul
A. Rational
B. Emotional
C. Obedience
D. hereditary
Correct : B. Emotional
56. Cardinal virtue of Plato
A. Love
B. Friendliness
C. Temperance
D. Truthfulness
Correct : C. Temperance
57. Which is not a cardinal virtue:
A. Wisdom
B. Courage
C. Temperance
D. Goodness
Correct : D. Goodness
58. __________ comprehends all cardinal virtues:
A. Wisdom
B. Courage
C. Temperance
D. Justice
Correct : D. Justice
59. The ethical theory of Aristotle is popularly known as:
A. NicomacheanEthics
B. Deontological Ethics
C. Hedonism
D. Utilitarianism
Correct : A. NicomacheanEthics
60. Central concept of Aristotelian ethics and moral philosophy
A. Eudaimonia
B. Hedonism
C. Deontology
D. Utility
Correct : A. Eudaimonia
61. ‘Virtue is a permanent state of mind’ who holds this this view?
A. Kant
B. Mill
C. Aristotle
D. Socrates
Correct : C. Aristotle
62. For Aristotle what was the formal cause of the moral life?
A. Happiness
B. Virtue
C. Good will
D. All of these
Correct : B. Virtue
63. For Aristotle what was the final cause of the moral life?
A. Happiness
B. Virtue
C. Good will
D. None of these
Correct : A. Happiness
64. “Virtue is the habit of choosing the relative mean” Who holds this view?
A. Kant
B. Mill
C. Aristotle
D. Socrates
Correct : C. Aristotle
65. Who made the distinction between intellectual virtue and moral virtue?
A. Kant
B. Mill
C. Aristotle
D. Socrates
Correct : C. Aristotle
66. The aim of the punishment as per Deterrent theory:
A. To prevent or deter the offender from committing similar offence
B. To prevent or deter others from committing similar offence
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b
Correct : B. To prevent or deter others from committing similar offence
67. Which theory of punishment, the offender is treated merely as a means to the good of others.
A. Deterrent theory
B. Retributive theory
C. Reformative theory
D. Deontological theory
Correct : A. Deterrent theory
68. Which theory is against Capital Punishment
A. Deterrent
B. Retributive
C. Reformative
D. All of these
Correct : C. Reformative
69. The aim of punishment as per Reformative theory
A. To prevent others from committing similar offence
B. To educate or reform the offender himself
C. To allow man’s deeds to return on his own head
D. To punish people who resist reformation
Correct : B. To educate or reform the offender himself
70. The aim of punishment as per Retributive theory:
A. To prevent others from committing similar offences
B. To educate the offender himself
C. To allow man’s deeds to return on his own head
D. All of these
Correct : C. To allow man’s deeds to return on his own head
71. --------- theory of punishment is more humanitarian
A. Retributive
B. Reformative
C. Deterrent
D. a and b
Correct : B. Reformative
72. Which theory of punishment appears to justify the law of ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’
A. Retributive theory
B. Reformative theory
C. Preventive theory
D. Both b and c
Correct : A. Retributive theory
73. Deterrent theory of punishment is:
A. Preventive
B. Reformative
C. Educative
D. all of these
Correct : A. Preventive
74. Retributive theory of punishment involves:
A. Education
B. Reformation
C. Revenge
D. Conversion
Correct : C. Revenge
75. Education is a practical means that corresponds to the ----- theory of punishment
A. Deterrent
B. Retributive
C. Reformative
D. None of these
Correct : C. Reformative
76. Karma literally means
A. Joining
B. Duty
C. A deed
D. None of these
Correct : C. A deed
77. The term Svadharma means
A. Duty
B. One’s own nature
C. Duties of one’s own
D. A Deed
Correct : C. Duties of one’s own
78. The society was divided into four classes (varnas). They are:
A. Brahmacarya, Grahastya, Vanaprasta and Samnyasa
B. Brahmana, Ksatriya, Vaisya and Sudra
C. Wisdom, Courage ,Temperance and Justice
D. Elders, Children , Men and Women
Correct : B. Brahmana, Ksatriya, Vaisya and Sudra
79. Sva‐bhava stands for
A. One’s own duty
B. Satva,rajas&Tamas
C. One’s own nature
D. None of these
Correct : C. One’s own nature
80. The central teaching of the Gita is:
A. Niskamakarma
B. Jnana Yoga
C. Bhakti Yoga
D. Karma
Correct : A. Niskamakarma
81. The author of the Gita is:
A. Valmiki
B. Manu
C. Vyasa
D. Bharathan
Correct : C. Vyasa
82. There are three fundamental qualities or gunas which is present in every individual. They are:
A. Sattva, Rajas and Tamas
B. Rupa, Rasa and Gandha
C. Earth, Water and Air
D. Love, Friendship and Goodness
Correct : A. Sattva, Rajas and Tamas
83. Whose doctrine is anticipated by the Gita conception of svadharma appropriate to svabhaba.
A. Buddha
B. Bradley
C. Mill
D. Kant
Correct : B. Bradley
84. The duties of the individuals of the each varna is determined in accordance with:
A. Their birth
B. Guna
C. Their nature
D. strength
Correct : B. Guna
85. Which is Purushartha:
A. Wealth
B. Truth
C. Beauty
D. God
Correct : A. Wealth
86. Which Purusharthahas moral value:
A. Artha
B. Kama
C. Dharma
D. Moksha
Correct : C. Dharma
87. Which purushartha has Psychological value
A. Artha
B. Kama
C. Dharma
D. Moksha
Correct : B. Kama
88. _________ satisfies mental and emotional needs
A. Artha
B. Kama
C. Dharma
D. Mosha
Correct : B. Kama
89. --------- satisfies rational, social and moral needs.
A. Artha
B. Kama
C. Dharma
D. Mosha
Correct : C. Dharma
90. ---------- are protecting people from external aggressions and internal disturbances, chasing the wicked etc.
A. Brahmana
B. Kshatriya
C. Vaisya
D. Sudra
Correct : B. Kshatriya
91. Who should tend cattle, and carry on trade, agriculture, and commerce.
A. Brahmana
B. Kshatriya
C. Vaisya
D. Sudra
Correct : C. Vaisya
92. Brahmana should cultivate the virtue:
A. Spiritedness
B. tranquility
C. service
D. crafting
Correct : B. tranquility
93. The ________ is different vocational groups in accordance with their qualities.
A. Guna
B. caste
C. asrama
D. satva
Correct : B. caste
94. The duties obligatory on ________ are teaching, performance of ceremonial sacrifice etc.
A. Brahmana
B. Kshatriya
C. Vaisya
D. Sudra
Correct : A. Brahmana
95. The five vows of the clergy in Jainism are called: 16
A. Maha-vrata
B. anu-vrata
C. vrata
D. Asteya
Correct : A. Maha-vrata
96. Not a Jainavrata:
A. Non-injury
B. Non-truthfulness
C. Non-stealing
D. Sex-restraint
Correct : B. Non-truthfulness
97. The clergy and the laity are organically related and the difference is only of degree and not of kind in:
A. Buddhism
B. Jainism
C. Sikhism
D. Hinduism
Correct : B. Jainism
98. The five-fold vows (panchasila)
A. Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha
B. Himsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha
C. Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Yoga, Aparigraha
D. Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Grahasta
Correct : A. Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha
99. Who ought to observe the great vows?
A. Clergy
B. Monks
C. laity
D. Children
Correct : B. Monks
100. Jainavratas corresponding the five restraints (yama) of the ----- system.
A. Charvaka
B. Nyaya
C. Yoga
D. Advaita
Correct : C. Yoga