Top 350+ Solved Modern Western Philosophy MCQ Questions Answer
Q. .............. thinks that substance is to be defined by active force
a. Spinoza
b. Hume
c. Descartes
d. Leibnitz
Q. The monads are …… and everything is potential or implicit in it
a. Very strong
b. active
c. Windowless
d. None of these
Q. Which among is NOT correct regarding monads
a. Windowless
b. Spiritual
c. Perceive each other
d. Active force
Q. Leibnitz defines substance or ‘monad’ as
a. Active force
b. physical object
c. mental object
d. none of these
Q. Every monad is a …… of the universe which generates the images of things by its own activity
a. Clear aspect
b. definite explanation
c. Living mirror
d. none of these
Q. Which among the following is NOT applicable to Leibnitz
a. God is the creator of harmony
b. Extension is real
c. The monads are eternal and can be destroyed only by miracle on the part of God.
d. No monad has any part and therefore is truly indivisible.
Q. Leibnitz claims that there is only a …….. between soul and body, instituted by God
a. Complete substance
b. Complete correspondence
c. Complete interactionism
d. All of these
Q. John Locke rejected the concept of:
a. Substance
b. Innate Ideas
c. Experience
d. Primary Qualities
Q. There must be an unknown and unknowable substratum which supports the existence of ………..qualities
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Basic
d. Both primary and secondary
Q. The secondary properties of substance are known as ………….
a. Modes
b. Attribute
c. Relative property
d. Substance
Q. Which one of the following according to Locke is correct description of substance?
a. Substance is spiritual in nature
b. Substance has both real and nominal essences.
c. Substance is a known locus of qualities.
d. Substance is the cause of the world
Q. Locke suggests that mind knows directly the ……. and not the objects themselves.
a. Sensations
b. Ideas of the object
c. Qualities
d. none of the above