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If You Are Able To Get 120 Questions Here Right, Then You Can Be Sure of Grade A in This Course. Chapter 1: Introducing Philosophy
If You Are Able To Get 120 Questions Here Right, Then You Can Be Sure of Grade A in This Course. Chapter 1: Introducing Philosophy
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Chapter 1: Introducing Philosophy
3. Who defines philosophy as the " irresistible desire to search for the foundational
or universal nature of things.
(A) Plato (B) Aristotle (C) Christian (D) Udoidem
17. The primary aim of education for the existentialist is to enable ........?
(A) man exist happily. (B) man live an authentic life. (C) preserve humanity (D) a
moral free society.
7. ..................... Such as Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz were of the opinion that reason
or intellect is the primary source for the acquisition of ideas.
(A) idealists (B)rationalists. (C) naturalists. (D) scientists
(9) One of the following philosophers opined that both the intellect and senses were
necessary for the acquisition of knowledge?
(A) Immanuel Kant. (B) David Hume (C) George Berkeley. (D) John Locke
11. One of the following scholars reject the notions of justification but rather see
science or knowledge generally in terms of context of discovery?
(A) Gettier. (B) Radford. (C) Popper. (D) Spinoza
12. One of the following scholars belief that truth should be seen as an ideal on
which only approximations can be made,
(A) Edmund Gettier. (B) Colin Radford (C) Karl Popper. (D) Spinoza
13. ............,,, means that we should suspend our judgement rather than affirm or deny
any knowledge claim?
(A) skepticism (B) rationalism. (C) realism. (D) idealism
15. Any society that fails to identify the problem of knowledge will find itself
at..............?
(A) abyss of frustration. (B) at the mercy of vagaries of nature. (C) a road of no
return (D) a kingdom of no ruler
18. According to Mautner , people can know different things but cannot know
...................?
(A) similar things. (B) variable things. (C) incompatible things. (D) synonymous
things
19. Modern philosophers believe that.................... and .................... are both necessary in
the acquisition of knowledge.
(A) inductive and deductive reasoning. (B) positive and negative reasoning. (C)
optimistic and pessimistic reasoning. (D) legal and illegal reasoning
20. Bertrand Russell believed that definite knowledge belongs to ...................... and not
philosophy?
(A) religion. (B) Angels. (C) science. (D) metaphysics
Chapter 3: Logic
1. Logic is derived from a Greek word "logos" which may mean any of the following
except?
(A) argument. (B) reason. (C) word. (D) speech
2. The study of................ is the effort to determine the conditions under which one is
justified in moving from propositions or statements called premises to a conclusion
that is claimed to follow from them.
(A) fallacy. (B) argument. (C) logic. (D) human existence
4. Logic deals with .................. and .................. arguments and aims to distinguish good
reasoning from bad reasoning .
(A) inductive and deductive argument (B) positive and negative argument (C)
optimistic and pessimistic argument (D) legal and illegal argument
(6) A logical calculus in its symbol and method of expression can be ................?
(A) an argument. (B) a command (c) a language. (D) a drawing
7. ................... is a statement which can be appraised as either true or false?
(A) argument (B) premise. (C) conclusion. (D) proposition
17. ................. Logic attempts to analyze arguments that occur in natural language?
(A) informal logic. (B) metaphysical logic. (C) formal logic. (D) argumentative
logic
3. " I deserve to be the SuG president because everyone knows I would win you in a
boxing ring if we fight now " is ?
(A) fallacy of affirming a disjunction. (B) fallacy of affirming the consequent (C)
fallacy of denying the antecedent. (D) argumentum ad Baculum
6. " since all dogs are animals and all goats are animals , it follows, that all goats are
dogs" commits the fallacy of ?
(A) illicit negative. (B) undistributed middle term. (C) four terms (D)
argumentum ad popullum
7. " Buy an Airtel sim because beautiful people use Airtel" commits the fallacy of ?
(A) illicit negative. (B) undistributed middle term. (C) four terms (D)
argumentum ad popullum
8. " I admit I fought in school and that is wrong but if you rusticate me from school,
my poor parents in the village will be sad and sorrowful" commits the fallacy of ?
(A) argumentum ad popullum. (B) argumentum ad hominem. (C) argumentum ad
misericodiam (D) straw man fallacy
9. Fela advocated for legalization of prostitution but is arguments are nothing but
trash because Fela was a marijuana smoking patron of prostitutes" commits the
fallacy of ?
(A) argumentum ad popullum. (B) argumentum ad hominem. (C) argumentum ad
misericodiam (D) straw man fallacy
11. " Uniuyo does not produce sound students because my sister graduated unsound
" is a fallacy of?
(A) argumentum ad verecundiam. (B) argumentum ad ignoratiam. (C) false
cause (D) converse accident
12. ....because the prosecutor has not proven its case to establish the guilt of my
client, my client is not proven guilty" is a fallacy of ?
(A) argumentum ad verecundiam. (B) argumentum ad ignoratiam. (C) false
cause (D) converse accident
13. "Drinking Pepsi makes one a balon d'or winner because Lionel Messi drank
Pepsi and won balon D'or" is a fallacy of?
(A) argumentum ad verecundiam. (B) argumentum ad ignoratiam. (C) false
cause (D) converse accident
14. When the premise of an argument supports one particular conclusion which is a
different conclusion and is vaguely related to the correct conclusion , which fallacy
is committed?
(A) ignoratio elenchi. (B) petitio pricipii. (C) false dichotomy. (D) amphiboly
16. Another name for the fallacy of begging the question is?
(A) ignoratio elenchi. (B) petitio pricipii. (C) false dichotomy. (D) amphiboly
17. Which fallacy presumes that an " either ... Or ..." statement presents a jointly
exhaustive alternative when in actual fact , it does not do so?
(A) ignoratio elenchi. (B) petitio pricipii. (C) false dichotomy. (D) amphiboly
18. The fallacy ............. occurs when the conclusion of an argument depends on the
fact that a word or phrase , is used in two different senses in the argument ?
(A) equivocation (B) division. (C) composition. (D) suppressed evidence
19. The statement "salt is a non poisonous compound. So, sodium and chlorine, its
components, are non poisonous " commits the fallacy of?
(A) equivocation (B) division. (C) composition. (D) suppressed evidence
7. According to ................, the good life for man is the life of happiness?
(A) Aristotle. (B) Socrates. (C)Plato. (D) Stoics
9. One of the following groups held that the goal of life is pleasure ?
(A) Cyrenaics. (B) Cynics. (C) sophists. (D) stoics
12. Epicurus believed that ............... is the beginning and end of a blessed life?
(A) wisdom. (B) knowledge. (C) generosity. (D). Pleasure
13. Which of these philosophers saw natural law as the eternal of God which is the "
reason and will of God"?
(A) St. Augustine. (B) St. Anselm. (C) St. Thomas Aquinas. (D) St. Patrick
14. Which of the following ethical theories advocate for selfless service?
(A) egoism. (B) situationism. (C) altruism. (D) utilitarianism
17. One of the following defines art as "an imitator of an imitation "?
(A) Aristotle. (B) Socrates. (C)Plato. (D) Stoics
19. Which of these theories of Art state that the aesthetic value of a work is relative?
(A) objective theory. (B) instrumentalist theory. (C) subjective theory. (D) for
ism
4. According to Plato, the soul has rational, spirited and .................... Parts?
(A) emotional. (B) lovable. (C) appetitive. (D) comprehensive
10. .................. taught that uniform law uniformly administered was the mark of a
good state .
(A) Aristotle. (B) Plato. (C) Socrates (D) Thomas Hobbes
19. Who defined state as " a numerous society united by a common sense of right
and a mutual participation in advantages "?
(A) Burges. (B) Phillimore. (C) Cicero (D) Bodin
20. ................. defines the state as "an association of families and their common
possession governed by supreme power and reason".
(A) Burges. (B) Phillimore. (C) Cicero (D) Bodin
(2) Technology is derived from two Greek words ................. and ................?
(A) Techne and logos. (B)tecnos and logos. (C) Teknos and Logos. (D) teckni and
logos
3. The following are products of science except ?
(A) hospitals (B) airplanes. (C) perfumes. (D) religion
(4). The invention of................ Saw the beginning of the use of fire arms in war?
(A) arrow (B) gun powder. (C) canon bolt. (D) fire spear
(6) The industrial revolution that increased the spread of science and technology
took place when?
(A) 13th century. (B) 15th century. (C) 18th century. (D) 21st century
(8) Which of the following scientific inventions have helped barren women to bear
children ?
(A) miracles. (B) chemotherapy. (C) psychotherapy. (D) in vitro fertilization
(9) Genetic technology has helped man in one of the following fields ?
(A) agriculture. (B) space travel. (C) automobile manufacturing. (D) aviation
(10) world powers still dominate the economy of African nations through ?
(A) apathy. (B) pan Africanism. (C) annexation. (D) neo colonialism
(11). Which of the Ancient Greek philosophers is credited for saying " man know
thyself "?
(A) Plato (B) Aristotle. (C) Socrates. (D) Descartes
(12) First World War began in ........... and the Second World War ended in ...........?
(A) 1914, 1930. (B)1915, 1944 (C) 1914, 1945. (D)1916, 1947
(13) Which of the following rulers executed six million Jews in a gas chamber?
(A) Adolf Hitler. (B) Benito Mussolini. (C) Stalin (D) Donald Trump
(14) Karl Marx sees modern techno-production system in its present persuasion as
essentially being reduced to.................?
(A) proletariat. (B) bourgeois. (C) automation. (D) socialism
(16). Who described the work of medical professionals as " treating humans as a
means to an end"?
(A) Kant. (B) Marx. (C) Engels. (D) Aquinas
(2) Claims that the things we see round us are not beings because they are
"transient" and " temporal" ?
(A) Socrates. (B) Anthenthos. (C) Thenos. (D) Parmenides
(3). Who claimed that the ultimate source of all forms is the form of good?
(A) Plato. (B) Aristotle. (C) Socrates. (D) Descartes
(4) ............... identified pure being as the foundation and unity of all things?
(A) Plato. (B) Aristotle. (C) Socrates. (D) Descartes
(9) ................. Is the view that man is composed of one ultimate dominant constituent
or substance which is either the mind or body?
(A) dualism. (B) monism (C) monotheism. (D) polytheism
11. Who first raised the question whether universals were realities outside the
mind or simply ideas in the mind?
(A) Boethius. (B) Erigena. (C) William of Ockham. (D) Abelard
12. One of the following philosophers belong to the ultra realist school of thought?
(A) Boethius. (B) Erigena. (C) William of Ockham. (D) Abelard
Answers
Chapter 1:
1. A. 2. C. 3.D. 4. D. 5. C. 6. D. 7. C. 8. A. 9. A. 10. B. 11. C 12. B. 13. A. 14. B. 15.
B. 16. A. 17. B. 18. A. 19. A. 20. C.
Chapter 2:
1. B. 2. C. 3. C 4. D. 5. C 6. C. 7. B 8. A. 9. A. 10. A. 11. C. 12. C 13. A. 14. B 15.
B 16. D. 17. D. 18. C. 19. A. 20. C
Chapter 3:
1. A. 2. C. 3. B. 4. A. 5. C. 6. C. 7. D. 8. C. 9. A. 10. D. 11. A. 12. B. 13.
A. 14. A
15. A. 16. B. 17. A. 18. A 19. D. 20. D
Chapter 4:
1. A. 2. D 3. D. 4. B. 5. A. 6. B. 7. D. 8. C. 9. B. 10. D. 11. D. 12. B 13. A. 14.
A. 15. D. 16. B. 17. C 18. A. 19. B. 20. D
Chapter 5:
1. C. 2. D. 3. A. 4. B. 5. B. 6. C. 7. A. 8. B. 9. A. 10. A. 11. D 12. D. 13.
A. 14. C. 15. D. 16. B. 17. C. 18. C. 19. C. 20. D
Chapter 7:
1. C. 2. C. 3. D. 4. B. 5. B. 6.C. 7. C. 8. D. 9. A. 10. D. 11. C. 12. C. 13. A.
14. C. 15. D. 16. A. 17. D. 18. A. 19. C. 20. D
Chapter 8&9
1. D. 2. D. 3. A. 4. B. 5. C. 6. C. 7. B. 8. D. 9. B. 10. C. 11. A. 12. B 13. B.
14. C. 15. B. 16. C. 17. B. 18. C. 19. B. 20. D
Chapter 6:
1. B. 2. D. 3. A. 4. C. 5. B. 6. A. 7. A. 8. B. 9. C. 10. A. 11. C. 12. D. 13.
B. 14. A 15. C. 16. D. 17. B. 18. A. 19. C 20. D