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Methodology of Humanities and Philosophy | Set 1

1. Humanities today represent ________ disciplines.

Correct : B. non-science

2. The term ‘Humanities’ first appeared during the _________

Correct : A. italian renaissance

3. _______ is included in Humanities.

Correct : D. all these

4. Sciences are classified into _________

Correct : C. natural and social

5. Empirical proof is essential to ________study.

Correct : A. scientific

6. ________ is not a natural science.

Correct : B. history

7. Find out the odd one.

Correct : C. theology

8. Find out the odd one.

Correct : D. science

9. Find out the mismatched pair.

Correct : C. humanities/astronomy

10. Find out the mismatched pair.

Correct : D. natural science/ sociology

11. Geology is a ________ discipline.

Correct : B. natural science

12. Scientific study of human social behaviour is the concern of _______

Correct : D. social sciences

13. ________ is an interpretive discipline.

Correct : A. humanities

14. Narrative imagination is employed in __________

Correct : C. both (a) and (b)

15. Humanities are characteristically _______ disciplines.

Correct : B. interpretive

16. In psychology and philosophy, social sciences and _______ overlap.

Correct : C. humanities

17. The role of ‘values’ is important for _________

Correct : A. humanities

18. The word ‘fact’ is derived from a _______ word.

Correct : A. latin

19. Historian’s concern for _______ is problematic.

Correct : B. objective facts

20. ‘What it means to be human’ is the central concern in _________

Correct : C. humanities

21. ________ are essentially self-reflexive in character.

Correct : A. humanities

22. _________ is a sociologist.

Correct : C. max weber

23. ________ is/are shared by the members of a group.

Correct : D. values

24. Gender equality is a cherished ________

Correct : B. value

25. Language determines ________

Correct : A. identity

26. The relationship between a word and the thing it denotes is _______

Correct : D. arbitrary

27. __________ refers to personal perception.

Correct : C. subjectivity

28. Langue/Parle distinction was introduced by _________

Correct : D. saussure

29. The terms like ‘mother’, ‘student’ etc indicate _________

Correct : D. identity

30. __________ is an effect of culture.

Correct : B. subjectivity

31. Subject-position is determined by _________

Correct : A. context

32. Patriarchal cultures _________ women.

Correct : A. degrade

33. _________ is the context in which writing/speech takes place.

Correct : B. discourse

34. ___________ approve all forms of knowledge.

Correct : A. social constructionists

35. _________ introduced the term ‘Social construction’.

Correct : D. peter berger

36. By _________, knowledge becomes part of social system.

Correct : B. institutionalization

37. In _________, a set of knowledge is shared by all in a group.

Correct : C. symbolic universes

38. Social construction of reality refers to concepts and beliefs not scientifically proved but socially ___________ knowledge.

Correct : A. shared

39. ‘Denigrate’ is a term of _________ abuse.

Correct : C. racial

40. The term ‘fair’ refers to justice, but it originated in the context of ________ discrimination.

Correct : B. racial

41. Caste names very often carry a sense of _________

Correct : C. both (a) and (b

42. ‘Mankind’ is a common term, but it carries a __________ bias.

Correct : D. gender

43. The traditional way of addressing God as ‘He’ can be placed in a _______ context.

Correct : B. patriarchal

44. Narrative is the act of _________

Correct : B. representation

45. Acceptance of ________ is a social convention.

Correct : C. narrative

46. Mimesis means _________

Correct : B. imitation

47. Plato advocated the theory of __________

Correct : C. mimesis

48. Aristotle introduced the concept of _________

Correct : A. catharsis

49. In representation, meaning is _________

Correct : D. attributed

50. Representation bestows _________.

Correct : B. identity

51. Contradictions are tolerated in _______ mode of thinking.

Correct : B. narrative

52. Contradictions are not tolerated in _______ mode of thinking.

Correct : A. logico-scientific

53. _________ thinking does not presuppose universal truths.

Correct : A. narrative

54. Narration is a common mode of thinking in _________.

Correct : D. all these

55. Hobbes’ use of the image of organism to demonstrate monarchy-country relationship is a philosophical ________.

Correct : B. narrative

56. Historical _______ uses reconstruction of past events.

Correct : C. narrative

57. History is not merely the recital of dates and events but also their ________.

Correct : A. interpretation

58. Reader has to _______ narrations.

Correct : D. interpret

59. Narration assumes the _______.

Correct : D. all these

60. A ________ is the physical printed book.

Correct : C. work

61. A/an _______ is the narrative in a work.

Correct : D. text

62. A text is ________

Correct : C. both (a) and (b)

63. A work is _______

Correct : C. closed

64. According to new critics, a text is ________ to many various interpretations.

Correct : A. open

65. _______ is the relationship of a text to other texts.

Correct : B. intertextuality

66. The ______ reader is the person who reads a text.

Correct : B. historical

67. Digital literature forms ________ text.

Correct : C. fluid

68. ________ is “the way in which fruitful starting-points and procedures are determined”.

Correct : C. method

69. Rene Descartes is a ________ philosopher.

Correct : D. french

70. Rene Descartes is a/an _________

Correct : C. rationalist

71. _______ introduced logico-mathematical method.

Correct : D. descartes

72. Cartesian method is not _________

Correct : B. empirical

73. The author of The Discourse on Method is _________

Correct : D. none of these

74. ‘I am thinking, therefore I exist’ is proved by ________ method.

Correct : A. cartesian

75. Descartes criticized ________ method.

Correct : C. scholastic

76. Cartesian method begins with _______

Correct : A. methodic doubt

77. Cartesian doubt is not ________

Correct : C. skeptical

78. According to Descartes, genuine knowledge is ________

Correct : B. clear and distinct

79. _________ is self-evident truth.

Correct : D. axiom

80. Descartes rejected the reliability of _______ as a sure source of truth.

Correct : C. both (a) and (b)

81. Doubt leading to ‘indubitable certainty’ is a characteristic feature of _________.

Correct : A. cartesian method

82. According to Descartes, __________ is the first and most certain knowledge.

Correct : B. cogito ergo sum

83. The axiom of ___________ is the basis of Descartes’ argument for the existence of God.

Correct : D. causality

84. ________ had developed a distinct philosophical method.

Correct : C. both (a) and (b)

85. _________ refers to a philosophical method.

Correct : D. all these

86. Cartesian method aims at _______ knowledge.

Correct : C. clear and distinct

87. Descartes’ passion for ________ had influenced his philosophical method.

Correct : D. mathematics

88. Cogito ergo sum is a/an _________ truth like 2+2=4.

Correct : A. axiomatic

89. ________ was the inventor of dialectic method.

Correct : C. socrates

90. Socratic Method is not __________.

Correct : C. mathematical

91. ‘Irony’ is a characteristic of _________ Method.

Correct : C. socratic

92. Socratic dialectic is _________.

Correct : C. both (a) and (b)

93. Brentano and Husserl are founders of ________ method.

Correct : A. phenomenological

94. Phenomenologists attack __________.

Correct : D. all these

95. Reduction or exclusion is a procedure in _________ method.

Correct : A. phenomenological

96. Bracketing existence is a procedure in _________ method.

Correct : C. phenomenological

97. According to ________, presuppositionless inquiry is the acid test of a truly critical philosophy.

Correct : A. husserl

98. Epistemological epoche is a component of ________ method.

Correct : D. phenomenological

99. Nothing is assumed in phenomenological method means it is ________ inquiry.

Correct : C. presuppositionless

100. _________ regarded philosophy as a ‘rigorous science’.

Correct : B. husserl