Ancient And Medieval Western Philosophy Set 1

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy)

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This set of Ancient and Medieval Western Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Ancient And Medieval Western Philosophy Set 1

Q1 | Orphism greatly influenced --------------------
  • aristotle
  • plato
  • socrates
  • thales
Answer: socrates
Q2 | ------------- subscribed to the doctrine of the transmigration of the souls.
  • orphism
  • fideism
  • occultism
  • narcissm
Answer: orphism
Q3 | According to Thales universe is fundamentally ------------
  • water
  • air
  • fire
  • none of these
Answer: water
Q4 | For ------------------ primary matter was boundless something.
  • anaximander
  • thales
  • anaximenes
  • heraclitus
Answer: anaximander
Q5 | Greek philosophy begins as an enquiry into the --------- world.
  • subjective
  • objective
  • social
  • none of these
Answer: objective
Q6 | According to ----------- the world arises from water and return to water.
  • anaximander
  • thales
  • anaximenes
  • protagoras
Answer: thales
Q7 | ------------ held the view that the ultimate stuff of the universe is boundlesssomething.
  • anaximander
  • thales
  • anaximenes
  • protagoras
Answer: anaximander
Q8 | -------- is the fundamental thing underlying the universe according to Anaximenes.
  • air
  • fire
  • water
  • number
Answer: air
Q9 | ---------- stated that all things are full of gods .
  • anaximander
  • thales
  • anaximenes
  • protagoras
Answer: thales
Q10 | ------------- held that earth is cylindrical in shape and moves freely in space.
  • anaximander
  • thales
  • anaximenes
  • protagoras
Answer: anaximander
Q11 | ------------ calls his infinite boundless matter God.
  • anaximander
  • thales
  • anaximenes
  • protagoras
Answer: anaximander
Q12 | According to ------------ the primary air is regulated by the opposed principles ofcondensation and rarefaction.
  • anaximander
  • thales
  • anaximenes
  • protagoras
Answer: anaximenes
Q13 | ----------- declared that whatever exists,exists in number.
  • protogoras
  • pythagoras
  • plato
  • aristotle
Answer: pythagoras
Q14 | -------------tried to show that things are numbers in some arbitrary manner.
  • eleatics
  • milesians
  • samoans
  • pythagoreans
Answer: pythagoreans
Q15 | According to ------------- change alone is real , and manyness and changes areunreal.
  • heraclitus
  • parmenides
  • plato
  • aristotle
Answer: parmenides
Q16 | --------- holds the identity of thought and being.
  • heraclitus
  • parmenides
  • plato
  • aristotle
Answer: parmenides
Q17 | -----------belongs to the Eleatic school.
  • heraclitus
  • parmenides
  • plato
  • aristotle
Answer: parmenides
Q18 | ------- is the sole reality according to Parmenides.
  • being
  • not-being
  • becoming
  • none of these
Answer: being
Q19 | According to Parmenides the world that presented to us through senses is -----.
  • being
  • not-being
  • real
  • none of these
Answer: not-being
Q20 | ------------ makes the distinction between sense and reason.
  • parmenides
  • heraclitus
  • protagoras
  • aristotle
Answer: parmenides
Q21 | ----------- is the doctrine that the sense world is an appearence
  • idealism
  • realism
  • materialism
  • monism
Answer: idealism
Q22 | According to ----------- only being is , becoming is not at all.
  • heraclitus
  • pythagoreans
  • eleatics
  • parmenides
Answer: eleatics
Q23 | According to ------------- being and not being are in everything at one and the sametime.
  • heraclitus
  • pythagoreans
  • eleatics
  • parmenides
Answer: heraclitus
Q24 | For ----------- both being and not being are equally real .
  • heraclitus
  • pythagoreans
  • eleatics
  • parmenides
Answer: heraclitus
Q25 | According to ------------- being has not being in it.
  • heraclitus
  • pythagoreans
  • eleatics
  • parmenides
Answer: heraclitus
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