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Methodology of Humanities and Philosophy | Set 1
1. Humanities today represent ________ disciplines.
A. no
B. non-science
C. mathematical
D. scientific
Correct : B. non-science
2. The term ‘Humanities’ first appeared during the _________
A. italian renaissance
B. roman war
C. modern period
D. none of these
Correct : A. italian renaissance
3. _______ is included in Humanities.
A. philosophy
B. classics
C. history
D. all these
Correct : D. all these
4. Sciences are classified into _________
A. natural and physical
B. natural and spiritual
C. natural and social
D. all these
Correct : C. natural and social
5. Empirical proof is essential to ________study.
A. scientific
B. mathematical
C. philosophical
D. historical
Correct : A. scientific
6. ________ is not a natural science.
A. astronomy
B. history
C. biology
D. physics
Correct : B. history
7. Find out the odd one.
A. physics
B. chemistry
C. theology
D. biology
Correct : C. theology
8. Find out the odd one.
A. humanities
B. philosophy
C. fine arts
D. science
Correct : D. science
9. Find out the mismatched pair.
A. humanities/philosophy
B. humanities/history
C. humanities/astronomy
D. science/biology
Correct : C. humanities/astronomy
10. Find out the mismatched pair.
A. natural science/chemistry
B. natural science/physics
C. natural science/biology
D. natural science/ sociology
Correct : D. natural science/ sociology
11. Geology is a ________ discipline.
A. humanities
B. natural science
C. social science
D. none of these
Correct : B. natural science
12. Scientific study of human social behaviour is the concern of _______
A. philosophy
B. religion
C. natural sciences
D. social sciences
Correct : D. social sciences
13. ________ is an interpretive discipline.
A. humanities
B. natural sciences
C. social sciences
D. all these
Correct : A. humanities
14. Narrative imagination is employed in __________
A. cultural studies
B. fine arts
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
Correct : C. both (a) and (b)
15. Humanities are characteristically _______ disciplines.
A. analytic
B. interpretive
C. scientific
D. all these
Correct : B. interpretive
16. In psychology and philosophy, social sciences and _______ overlap.
A. fine arts
B. natural sciences
C. humanities
D. none of these
Correct : C. humanities
17. The role of ‘values’ is important for _________
A. humanities
B. physical sciences
C. natural sciences
D. all these
Correct : A. humanities
18. The word ‘fact’ is derived from a _______ word.
A. latin
B. greek
C. english
D. french
Correct : A. latin
19. Historian’s concern for _______ is problematic.
A. wars
B. objective facts
C. political system
D. all these
Correct : B. objective facts
20. ‘What it means to be human’ is the central concern in _________
A. natural science
B. social sciences
C. humanities
D. literature
Correct : C. humanities
21. ________ are essentially self-reflexive in character.
A. humanities
B. natural sciences
C. social sciences
D. all these
Correct : A. humanities
22. _________ is a sociologist.
A. socrates
B. plato
C. max weber
D. e. h. carr
Correct : C. max weber
23. ________ is/are shared by the members of a group.
A. behavior
B. personality
C. choices
D. values
Correct : D. values
24. Gender equality is a cherished ________
A. taste
B. value
C. choice
D. character
Correct : B. value
25. Language determines ________
A. identity
B. behavior
C. method
D. none of these
Correct : A. identity
26. The relationship between a word and the thing it denotes is _______
A. fixed
B. permanent
C. static
D. arbitrary
Correct : D. arbitrary
27. __________ refers to personal perception.
A. gender
B. objectivity
C. subjectivity
D. all these
Correct : C. subjectivity
28. Langue/Parle distinction was introduced by _________
A. max weber
B. e. h. carr
C. russell
D. saussure
Correct : D. saussure
29. The terms like ‘mother’, ‘student’ etc indicate _________
A. value
B. taste
C. gender
D. identity
Correct : D. identity
30. __________ is an effect of culture.
A. gender
B. subjectivity
C. objectivity
D. all these
Correct : B. subjectivity
31. Subject-position is determined by _________
A. context
B. rules
C. values
D. taste
Correct : A. context
32. Patriarchal cultures _________ women.
A. degrade
B. respect
C. glorify
D. all these
Correct : A. degrade
33. _________ is the context in which writing/speech takes place.
A. meaning
B. discourse
C. interpretation
D. language
Correct : B. discourse
34. ___________ approve all forms of knowledge.
A. social constructionists
B. scientists
C. philosophers
D. logicians
Correct : A. social constructionists
35. _________ introduced the term ‘Social construction’.
A. max weber
B. e. h. carr
C. lincoln
D. peter berger
Correct : D. peter berger
36. By _________, knowledge becomes part of social system.
A. learning
B. institutionalization
C. habitualization
D. construction
Correct : B. institutionalization
37. In _________, a set of knowledge is shared by all in a group.
A. sciences
B. institutions
C. symbolic universes
D. symbolic logic
Correct : C. symbolic universes
38. Social construction of reality refers to concepts and beliefs not scientifically proved but socially ___________ knowledge.
A. shared
B. true
C. false
D. rejected
Correct : A. shared
39. ‘Denigrate’ is a term of _________ abuse.
A. religious
B. gender
C. racial
D. national
Correct : C. racial
40. The term ‘fair’ refers to justice, but it originated in the context of ________ discrimination.
A. religious
B. racial
C. gender
D. national
Correct : B. racial
41. Caste names very often carry a sense of _________
A. humiliation
B. discrimination
C. both (a) and (b
D. neither (a) nor (b)
Correct : C. both (a) and (b
42. ‘Mankind’ is a common term, but it carries a __________ bias.
A. racial
B. religious
C. political
D. gender
Correct : D. gender
43. The traditional way of addressing God as ‘He’ can be placed in a _______ context.
A. matriarchal
B. patriarchal
C. national
D. none of these
Correct : B. patriarchal
44. Narrative is the act of _________
A. truth expression
B. representation
C. scientific investigation
D. all these
Correct : B. representation
45. Acceptance of ________ is a social convention.
A. scientific truth
B. objective fact
C. narrative
D. political creed
Correct : C. narrative
46. Mimesis means _________
A. indirect representation
B. imitation
C. representation
D. none of these
Correct : B. imitation
47. Plato advocated the theory of __________
A. indirect representation
B. diegesis
C. mimesis
D. empiricism
Correct : C. mimesis
48. Aristotle introduced the concept of _________
A. catharsis
B. social construction
C. diegesis
D. interpretation
Correct : A. catharsis
49. In representation, meaning is _________
A. discovered
B. rejected
C. objective
D. attributed
Correct : D. attributed
50. Representation bestows _________.
A. morality
B. identity
C. objectivity
D. subjectivity
Correct : B. identity
51. Contradictions are tolerated in _______ mode of thinking.
A. logico-scientific
B. narrative
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
Correct : B. narrative
52. Contradictions are not tolerated in _______ mode of thinking.
A. logico-scientific
B. narrative
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
Correct : A. logico-scientific
53. _________ thinking does not presuppose universal truths.
A. narrative
B. religious
C. scientific
D. all these
Correct : A. narrative
54. Narration is a common mode of thinking in _________.
A. literature
B. philosophy
C. history
D. all these
Correct : D. all these
55. Hobbes’ use of the image of organism to demonstrate monarchy-country relationship is a philosophical ________.
A. system
B. narrative
C. problem
D. truth
Correct : B. narrative
56. Historical _______ uses reconstruction of past events.
A. truth
B. reality
C. narrative
D. none of these
Correct : C. narrative
57. History is not merely the recital of dates and events but also their ________.
A. interpretation
B. construction
C. twisting
D. misinterpretation
Correct : A. interpretation
58. Reader has to _______ narrations.
A. construct
B. forget
C. misuse
D. interpret
Correct : D. interpret
59. Narration assumes the _______.
A. author
B. text
C. reader
D. all these
Correct : D. all these
60. A ________ is the physical printed book.
A. text
B. narrative
C. work
D. all these
Correct : C. work
61. A/an _______ is the narrative in a work.
A. book
B. reader
C. author
D. text
Correct : D. text
62. A text is ________
A. open
B. alive
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
Correct : C. both (a) and (b)
63. A work is _______
A. alive
B. open
C. closed
D. none of these
Correct : C. closed
64. According to new critics, a text is ________ to many various interpretations.
A. open
B. not exposed
C. not open
D. all these
Correct : A. open
65. _______ is the relationship of a text to other texts.
A. textuality
B. intertextuality
C. authority
D. reading
Correct : B. intertextuality
66. The ______ reader is the person who reads a text.
A. implied
B. historical
C. imaginary
D. none of these
Correct : B. historical
67. Digital literature forms ________ text.
A. permanent
B. fixed
C. fluid
D. stable
Correct : C. fluid
68. ________ is “the way in which fruitful starting-points and procedures are determined”.
A. text
B. philosophy
C. method
D. none of these
Correct : C. method
69. Rene Descartes is a ________ philosopher.
A. english
B. american
C. greek
D. french
Correct : D. french
70. Rene Descartes is a/an _________
A. empiricist
B. skeptic
C. rationalist
D. materialist
Correct : C. rationalist
71. _______ introduced logico-mathematical method.
A. socrates
B. leibnitz
C. plato
D. descartes
Correct : D. descartes
72. Cartesian method is not _________
A. axiological
B. empirical
C. logico-mathematical
D. intuitive
Correct : B. empirical
73. The author of The Discourse on Method is _________
A. plato
B. husserl
C. socrates
D. none of these
Correct : D. none of these
74. ‘I am thinking, therefore I exist’ is proved by ________ method.
A. cartesian
B. socratic
C. phenomenological
D. none of these
Correct : A. cartesian
75. Descartes criticized ________ method.
A. mathematical
B. logico-mathematical
C. scholastic
D. intuitive
Correct : C. scholastic
76. Cartesian method begins with _______
A. methodic doubt
B. empirical facts
C. existence
D. dialogue
Correct : A. methodic doubt
77. Cartesian doubt is not ________
A. methodic
B. positive
C. skeptical
D. intuitive
Correct : C. skeptical
78. According to Descartes, genuine knowledge is ________
A. doubtful
B. clear and distinct
C. not possible
D. not certain
Correct : B. clear and distinct
79. _________ is self-evident truth.
A. doubt
B. empirical fact
C. imagination
D. axiom
Correct : D. axiom
80. 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)
Correct : C. both (a) and (b)
81. 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)
Correct : A. cartesian method
82. According to Descartes, __________ is the first and most certain knowledge.
A. doubt
B. cogito ergo sum
C. skepticism
D. all these
Correct : B. cogito ergo sum
83. The axiom of ___________ is the basis of Descartes’ argument for the existence of God.
A. doubt
B. method
C. knowledge
D. causality
Correct : D. causality
84. ________ had developed a distinct philosophical method.
A. socrates
B. descartes
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
Correct : C. both (a) and (b)
85. _________ refers to a philosophical method.
A. phenomenological
B. socratic
C. cartesian
D. all these
Correct : D. all these
86. Cartesian method aims at _______ knowledge.
A. skeptical
B. empirical
C. clear and distinct
D. none of these
Correct : C. clear and distinct
87. Descartes’ passion for ________ had influenced his philosophical method.
A. philosophy
B. doubt
C. ethics
D. mathematics
Correct : D. mathematics
88. Cogito ergo sum is a/an _________ truth like 2+2=4.
A. axiomatic
B. uncertain
C. indistinct
D. doubtful
Correct : A. axiomatic
89. ________ was the inventor of dialectic method.
A. marx
B. descartes
C. socrates
D. husserl
Correct : C. socrates
90. Socratic Method is not __________.
A. conceptual
B. definitional
C. mathematical
D. conversational
Correct : C. mathematical
91. ‘Irony’ is a characteristic of _________ Method.
A. cartesian
B. phenomenological
C. socratic
D. all these
Correct : C. socratic
92. Socratic dialectic is _________.
A. inductive
B. deductive
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
Correct : C. both (a) and (b)
93. Brentano and Husserl are founders of ________ method.
A. phenomenological
B. scientific
C. inductive
D. dialectical
Correct : A. phenomenological
94. Phenomenologists attack __________.
A. reductionism
B. psychologism
C. scientism
D. all these
Correct : D. all these
95. Reduction or exclusion is a procedure in _________ method.
A. phenomenological
B. socratic
C. cartesian
D. none of these
Correct : A. phenomenological
96. Bracketing existence is a procedure in _________ method.
A. socratic
B. cartesian
C. phenomenological
D. dialectical
Correct : C. phenomenological
97. According to ________, presuppositionless inquiry is the acid test of a truly critical philosophy.
A. husserl
B. socrates
C. marx
D. hegel
Correct : A. husserl
98. Epistemological epoche is a component of ________ method.
A. socratic
B. cartesian
C. mathematical
D. phenomenological
Correct : D. phenomenological
99. Nothing is assumed in phenomenological method means it is ________ inquiry.
A. dialectical
B. scientific
C. presuppositionless
D. none of these
Correct : C. presuppositionless
100. _________ regarded philosophy as a ‘rigorous science’.
A. socrates
B. husserl
C. marx
D. hegel
Correct : B. husserl