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Ethics | Set 1
1. Ethics is the science of :
A. beauty
B. truth
C. conduct
D. mind
Correct : C. conduct
2. The word "ethics" is derived from the Greek word :
A. ethos
B. ethies
C. ethees
D. ethise
Correct : A. ethos
3. Ethos means:
A. conduct
B. customs
C. character
D. good
Correct : C. character
4. The word mores means:
A. conduct
B. customs
C. character
D. good
Correct : B. customs
5. The term Right is derived from the Latin
A. ritus
B. ritchus
C. rectus
D. rightss
Correct : C. rectus
6. Rectus means:
A. straight
B. direct
C. correct
D. good
Correct : A. straight
7. The term Good is connected with the German term:
A. goto
B. gutte
C. gud
D. gut
Correct : D. gut
8. Ethics is a------------------------science.
A. positive
B. applied
C. normative
D. systematic
Correct : C. normative
9. Normative science deals with:
A. standards
B. facts
C. judgements
D. none of these
Correct : A. standards
10. Aesthetics deals with the standard of:
A. beauty
B. truth
C. goodness
D. conduct
Correct : A. beauty
11. Ethics deals with the standard of:
A. beauty
B. truth
C. goodness
D. fact
Correct : C. goodness
12. Logic deals with the norm of:
A. beauty
B. truth
C. goodness
D. conduct
Correct : B. truth
13. Positive science concerned with:
A. facts
B. norms
C. standards
D. rules
Correct : A. facts
14. ‘Ethics is neither a practical science nor an art’, This assertion is:
A. wrong
B. correct
C. neither right nor wrong
D. none of these
Correct : B. correct
15. Truth, Beauty, and -------------are considered as the principles of philosophy.
A. fact
B. goodness
C. conduct
D. none of these
Correct : B. goodness
16. The applied dimension of Ethics is known as:
A. applied ethics
B. normative ethics
C. meta ethics
D. none of these
Correct : A. applied ethics
17. ---------------- deals with logical and semantic questions like ‘What do we mean by “freedom” and “determinism”
A. applied ethics
B. normative ethics
C. practical ethics
D. meta ethics
Correct : D. meta ethics
18. Ethics determines rightness or wrongness of-------------------
A. human actions
B. human thought
C. human judgements
D. none of these
Correct : A. human actions
19. When we a say that conduct is right, we mean primarily that;
A. it is according to truth
B. it is according to rule
C. it is according to law
D. none of these
Correct : B. it is according to rule
20. A thing is generally said to be good when it is valuable for
A. some end.
B. some practice
C. some action
D. some facts
Correct : A. some end.
21. Positive science deals with judgments of facts while ethics is concerned with judgments of:
A. beauty
B. truth
C. thought
D. value
Correct : D. value
22. Logic deals with the correctness of
A. thought
B. conduct
C. perception
D. intuition
Correct : A. thought
23. Ethics deals with the correctness of
A. conduct
B. thought
C. perception
D. intuition
Correct : A. conduct
24. ------------------ is not a normative discipline.
A. ethics
B. logic
C. metaphysics
D. aesthetics
Correct : C. metaphysics
25. Ethics deals with the standards to describe------------------------
A. good and evil
B. true and false
C. right and good
D. all of these
Correct : C. right and good
26. Ethics is concerned the ------------------- to judge human conduct
A. standards
B. facts
C. objects
D. all of these
Correct : A. standards
27. Logic, Ethic and Aesthetics- these three sciences are essentially -------------------
A. positive
B. intuitive
C. cognate
D. none of these
Correct : C. cognate
28. Ethics investigates the nature of its fundamental notions like right, duty and ---------
A. beauty
B. good
C. thought
D. none of these
Correct : B. good
29. Ethics considers the ------------ of goodness.
A. standard
B. fact
C. object
D. all of these
Correct : A. standard
30. Morality consists of goodness, which is really an ------------- end
A. effective
B. intrinsic
C. instrumental
D. teleogical
Correct : B. intrinsic
31. ---------------is a collective name for voluntary actions:
A. virtue
B. conduct
C. desire
D. will
Correct : B. conduct
32. --------------------is a sense of longing for a person or object or hoping for an outcome.
A. wish
B. instinct
C. tendency
D. desire
Correct : D. desire
33. ‘Human desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action’. Whose view is this?
A. hobbes
B. mathew arnold
C. mcdougall
D. mackenzie
Correct : A. hobbes
34. Consciousness of ----------is called an appetite.
A. a wish
B. a desire
C. a motive
D. an organic need
Correct : D. an organic need
35. Who defines an instinct as an inherited psycho physical disposition?
A. hobbes
B. mathew arnold
C. mcdougall
D. mackenzie
Correct : C. mcdougall
36. The desires that predominate or continue to be effective is called:
A. wish
B. will
C. instinct
D. none of these
Correct : A. wish
37. ------------- a conscious mental process which moves a man to act in a particular way.
A. wish
B. will
C. instinct
D. motive
Correct : D. motive
38. The term intention corresponds the term:
A. desire
B. purpose
C. instinct
D. none of these
Correct : B. purpose
39. The whole willed scheme of action, which is anticipated by the doer is called:
A. desire
B. purpose
C. instinct
D. intention.
Correct : D. intention.
40. According to Mackenzie the formal intention means the -------------------embodied in fact
A. principle
B. purpose
C. instinct
D. action
Correct : A. principle
41. The particular result as a realised fact is:
A. remote intention
B. formal intention
C. immediate intention
D. material intention
Correct : D. material intention
42. The remote intention of an act is sometimes called:
A. motive
B. purpose
C. instinct
D. action
Correct : A. motive
43. “The motive means, of course, what moves us or causes us to act in a particular way”. Who asserted this?
A. mcdougall
B. hobbes
C. mackenzie
D. mathew arnold
Correct : C. mackenzie
44. A person’s conduct corresponding to his ---------------------
A. motive
B. habit
C. character
D. action
Correct : C. character
45. Desire is a sense of longing of a person for ----------------
A. an end
B. a action
C. an outcome
D. none of these
Correct : C. an outcome
46. Hobbes asserted that human desire is the ----------------------- of all human action.
A. fundamental intention
B. fundamental nature
C. fundamental character
D. fundamental motivation
Correct : D. fundamental motivation
47. An intention which the agent does not definitely avows to himself is called:
A. remote intention
B. formal intention
C. unconscious intention
D. conscious intention
Correct : C. unconscious intention
48. When a man acts blindly without considering the end or result of his action. Such actions is called:
A. impulsive action
B. voluntary action
C. organic actions
D. none of these
Correct : A. impulsive action
49. A motive is -------------------- mental process
A. an intuitive
B. a conscious
C. an unconscious
D. an immediate
Correct : B. a conscious
50. Sucking of the thump by a child is a:
A. impulsive action
B. involuntary action
C. habitual action
D. none of these
Correct : C. habitual action
51. McDougall defines an instinct as ---------------------- psycho physical disposition
A. an inherited
B. an intentional
C. an immediate
D. an effective
Correct : A. an inherited
52. Human beings share some kinds of needs with the lower animals and even with plants are called:
A. natural needs
B. organic needs
C. immediate needs
D. none of these
Correct : B. organic needs
53. ----------------is the general term for the theories that regards happiness
A. intuitionism
B. hedonism
C. emotivism
D. eudemonism
Correct : B. hedonism
54. Hedonism the term derives from the Greek word :
A. hedone
B. hedine
C. hedon
D. hedoine
Correct : A. hedone
55. Hedone means:
A. happy
B. good
C. delight
D. pleasure
Correct : C. delight
56. Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that ------------- is the only intrinsic good.
A. pleasure
B. virtue
C. justice
D. freedom
Correct : A. pleasure
57. According to the nature of seeking pleasure hedonism can be divided broadly in to Psychological hedonism and ----------------------
A. physiological hedonism
B. natural hedonism
C. ethical hedonism
D. none of the above
Correct : C. ethical hedonism
58. Men always seeks pleasure-this position is known as:
A. psychological hedonism
B. natural hedonism
C. ethical hedonism
D. none of the above
Correct : A. psychological hedonism
59. Man ought to seeks pleasure, the position is known as:
A. ethical hedonism
B. psychological hedonism
C. . natural hedonism
D. none of the above
Correct : A. ethical hedonism
60. Each man seeks, or ought to seek, is his own pleasure, this type of ethical hedonism is called:
A. universal ethical hedonism
B. utilitarianism
C. egoistic ethical hedonism
D. none of these
Correct : C. egoistic ethical hedonism
61. The theory which holds that the right action is the one that produces the greatest happiness for all is:
A. universal ethical hedonism
B. psychological hedonism
C. egoistic ethical hedonism
D. none of these
Correct : A. universal ethical hedonism
62. The most influential contributor to Universal ethical hedonism is:
A. kant
B. sidgwick
C. butler
D. john stuart mill
Correct : D. john stuart mill
63. Universalistic Ethical Hedonism is also known as:
A. hedonism
B. universalism
C. utilitarianism
D. none of these
Correct : C. utilitarianism
64. Utilitarian school having the slogan:
A. the greatest happiness of the individual
B. the greatest happiness of greatest number
C. the happiness of all
D. the happiness of greatest number
Correct : B. the greatest happiness of greatest number
65. The --------------------- is a method of counting the amount of pleasure and pain that would likely be caused by different actions.
A. utility calculus
B. universal calculus
C. idealistic calculus
D. hedonistic calculus
Correct : D. hedonistic calculus
66. The Hedonic Calculus is a method of counting the amount of ------------------- that would likely be caused by different actions.
A. pleasure and pain
B. result
C. virtue
D. none of these
Correct : A. pleasure and pain
67. Who introduced the method of hedonic calculus?
A. kant
B. sidgwick
C. bentham
D. john stuart mill
Correct : C. bentham
68. ---------------- refers to the likelihood that the pleasure or pain will occur
A. certainty
B. purity
C. propinquity
D. intensity
Correct : A. certainty
69. --------------------- refers to how long away the pleasure or pain is.
A. certainty
B. purity
C. propinquity
D. intensity
Correct : C. propinquity
70. ----------------------- refers to the likelihood of the pleasure or pain leading to more of the same sensation.
A. certainty
B. fecundity
C. propinquity
D. intensity
Correct : B. fecundity
71. ------------- refers to the likelihood of the pleasure or pain leading to some of the opposite sensation.
A. certainty
B. purity
C. propinquity
D. intensity
Correct : B. purity
72. -------------- refers to the number of people the pleasure or pain is likely to affect.
A. certainty
B. purity
C. propinquity
D. extent
Correct : D. extent
73. ----------------- refers to the felt strength of the pleasure or pain.
A. certainty
B. purity
C. propinquity
D. intensity
Correct : D. intensity
74. -------------- refers to how long the pleasure or pain are felt for.
A. certainty
B. duration
C. propinquity
D. intensity
Correct : B. duration
75. Hedonic Calculus of Bentham is a ----------------------- calculus.
A. five point
B. eight point
C. nine point
D. seven point
Correct : D. seven point
76. The hedonism which, focuses the quantity of the pleasure, rather than the quality is called:
A. quantitative hedonism.
B. qualitative hedonism
C. universal hedonism
D. none of these
Correct : A. quantitative hedonism.
77. Bentham’s version of hedonism is known as:
A. quantitative hedonism.
B. qualitative hedonism
C. universal hedonism
D. none of these
Correct : A. quantitative hedonism.
78. J. S. Mill’s version of hedonism is known as:
A. quantitative hedonism.
B. qualitative hedonism
C. universal hedonism
D. none of these
Correct : B. qualitative hedonism
79. Mill argues that -------------------- are superior to physical forms of pleasure.
A. moral pleasures
B. emotional pleasure
C. material pleasure
D. none of these
Correct : A. moral pleasures
80. Mill made ---------------- separation of pleasures.
A. quantitative
B. qualitative
C. psychological
D. none of these
Correct : B. qualitative
81. Mill argued that pleasures could vary in:
A. duration
B. quantity
C. intensity
D. quality
Correct : D. quality
82. According to J.S. Mill Lower pleasures are those associated with the:
A. body
B. mind
C. soul
D. intellect
Correct : A. body
83. According to J.S. Mill higher pleasures are those associated with the:
A. body
B. mind
C. soul
D. intellect
Correct : B. mind
84. According to J.S. Mill --------------pleasures are those associated with the mind
A. higher
B. lower
C. quantitative
D. none of these
Correct : A. higher
85. According to J.S. Mill ---------------- pleasures are those associated with the body.
A. higher
B. lower
C. quantitative
D. none of these
Correct : B. lower
86. Mill justified ----------------------- pleasures are more valuable than bodily pleasures.
A. emotional
B. instinctive
C. intellectual
D. none of these
Correct : C. intellectual
87. Mill’s theory of Hedonism focuses on the quality of the pleasure, rather than the quantity, so it is called:
A. egoistic hedonism
B. ethical hedonism
C. qualitative hedonism.
D. quantitative hedonism
Correct : C. qualitative hedonism.
88. Laws of ------------ can be violated but cannot be changed
A. nature
B. constitution
C. ethics
D. none of these
Correct : C. ethics
89. The laws of ethics can be violated but cannot be ----------------
A. changed
B. obliged
C. explained
D. described
Correct : A. changed
90. According to Immanuel Kant the moral law is known ---------------.
A. empirically
B. practically
C. intuitively
D. intellectually
Correct : C. intuitively
91. According to Immanuel Kant moral law is:
A. a priori
B. a posteriori
C. empirical
D. none of these
Correct : A. a priori
92. According to Immanuel Kant moral law is:
A. empirical
B. self evident
C. intellectual
D. none of these
Correct : B. self evident
93. According to Kant the moral law is a:
A. assertorial imperative
B. conditional imperative
C. categorical imperative
D. none of these
Correct : C. categorical imperative
94. According to Kant a natural law is:
A. unconditional
B. categorical
C. assertorial
D. none of these
Correct : C. assertorial
95. Kant argues that Categorical Imperative is the ------------------- it applies to all persons.
A. universal moral law
B. universal natural law
C. conditional moral law
D. none of these
Correct : A. universal moral law
96. According to Kant ----------------- is the fundamental postulate of morality.
A. freedom of the will
B. freedom of the judgment
C. freedom of the intellect
D. none of these
Correct : A. freedom of the will
97. ‘Freewill is implied by morality’ Who argues this?
A. sidgwick
B. john stuart mill
C. bentham
D. kant
Correct : D. kant
98. Kant’s ethical doctrine is called:
A. hedonism
B. utilitarianism
C. intuitionalism
D. formalism
Correct : D. formalism
99. Kant’s ethical theory is called:
A. teleology
B. deontology
C. axiology
D. none of these
Correct : B. deontology
100. Kant assumes that --------------------- are the only two motives of actions.
A. freedom and duty
B. duty and self-interest
C. duty and good will
D. none of these
Correct : B. duty and self-interest