Top 150+ Solved Methodology and Perspectives of Humanities and Philosophy MCQ Questions Answer
Q. When social behavior of human beings is explained and predicted with the help ofscientific methods, the body of knowledge thus created is called
a. natural science
b. humanities
c. social science
d. philosophy
Q. A synthesis of all forms of exact and inexact knowledge, and historically the source of all the sciences as well as social sciences is called
a. history
b. psychology
c. economics
d. philosophy
Q. ‘Facts cannot be conceived without an inherent framework of interpretation and value-judgment’. The view is expressed by
a. auguste compte
b. max weber
c. louis althusser
d. e.h.carr
Q. Aggregate or set of beliefs about things, objects, ideas, or actions that are considered preferable to others, are called
a. tastes
b. values
c. ideologies
d. facts
Q. ------------is a set of ideas, which provide a theoretical and operational framework for thought or action.
a. taste
b. value
c. ideology
d. fact
Q. Destutte de Tracy coined the term ideology as
a. the science of ideals
b. the science of idols
c. the science of ideas
d. the science of reason
Q. ’Ideology is not simply a distorted representation of reality by which a ruling class exploits a subjected class, but plays an active constitutive role in social formation by affecting the material conditions themselves.’ The view is expressed by
a. max weber
b. louis althusser
c. feminists
d. karl marx and angels
Q. ‘All ruling ideas are nothing but a super structural expression of the dominant material condition in society.’ This view of ideology was expressed by
a. karl marx and angels
b. max weber
c. radicals
d. feminists
Q. The etymological meaning of the term Philosophy is
a. love of wisdom
b. love of thought
c. love of life
d. love of prosperity
Q. Who was the first philosopher used the term philosophy?
a. socrates
b. plato
c. pythagoras
d. descartes
Q. “A philosopher is one whose attention is fixed on reality rather than appearance”, this was the opinion of
a. john locke
b. plato
c. aristotle
d. spinoza
Q. Philosophy undertakes a--------- of the grounds on which beliefs are held.
a. criticism
b. appraisal
c. evaluation
d. critical examination.
Q. The term ‘Metaphysics’ literally means
a. before physics
b. beyond nature
c. beyond physics
d. beyond perception.
Q. Metaphysical method can be considered as
a. a priori
b. a posteriori
c. scientific
d. mathematical.