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This set of Asian Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Asian Philosophy Set 2

Q1 | Which book helped Mao Zedong to make the idea that, change is the onlyconstant phenomenon in this universe?
  • ‘on practice’
  • ‘book of changes’
  • on theory’
  • ‘thus capital’
Q2 | Koan means:
  • puzzles
  • analogies
  • parables
  • similes
Q3 | In Zen Buddhisn which sect advocated the use of koan in referring a suddenenlightenment?
  • sot
  • b. tendai
  • rinzai
  • shingon
Q4 | According to Confucius, li is a combination of-----------------.
  • power and knowledge
  • justice and wisdom
  • morality and etiquette
  • right and courage
Q5 | According to Confucius, li means:.
  • excellent
  • wisdom
  • justice
  • propriety
Q6 | Laozi or Lao Tzu is also known as :
  • divine master
  • divine kong
  • master kong
  • old master
Q7 | ‘Do not do unto others what you would not want others to do you’ – thisslogan is also known as :
  • the golden rule of confucianism
  • the golden rule of taoism
  • the golden rule of zen
  • the golden rule of zoroastrianism
Q8 | ‘In order to establish myself, I establish others: in order to enlarge myself,I enlarge others’- this principle is propounded by:
  • confucius
  • kukai
  • laozi
  • hakuin ekaku
Q9 | Rejection of the notion of gentleman by high birth is considered as themost revolutionary aspects of :
  • confucius.
  • laozi
  • mao
  • kukai
Q10 | Hadith means:
  • saying of the prophet
  • saying of the master
  • saying of the leader
  • saying of the god
Q11 | Which school of Japan preached the doctrine of Three Truths?
  • tendai
  • jodo
  • shingon
  • zen
Q12 | Which are the three truths emphasised in Tendai tradition?
  • the emptiness, the temporary and the middle
  • the emptiness, the action and the permanent
  • the emptiness, the temporary and the permanent
  • none of these
Q13 | Ikhwan al-Safa can be translates as:
  • brethren of divine
  • brethren of soul
  • brethren of purity
  • brethren of god
Q14 | In Islamic tradition kalam means;
  • philosophy
  • ethics
  • ontology
  • theology
Q15 | Pure Land movement is related with:
  • chinese philosophy
  • arabic philosophy
  • japanese philosophy
  • zoroastrian philosophy
Q16 | Rinzai Zen was introduced by :
  • confucius
  • kukai
  • laozi
  • eisai
Q17 | Rinzai Zen advocated the principle of ------------------ enlightenment.
  • sudden
  • gradual
  • slow
  • calm
Q18 | -------------------- is the most important Confucianist emphasisedConfucius’ philosophy of benevolence.
  • xunzi
  • mencius
  • mao
  • dogen
Q19 | --------------- is the central concept of ‘Dao de jing’.
  • li and ren
  • fa and de
  • yin and yang
  • none of these
Q20 | According to Zoroastrian philosophy, death enters the world with :
  • sprit
  • rahiman
  • evil
  • angra mainyu
Q21 | According to Zoroastrian philosophy Angra Mainyu means:
  • perfect god
  • good creator
  • evil spirit
  • good protector
Q22 | Who is considered as the best of earliest logician from Arab world?
  • al- frabi
  • avicenna
  • averroes
  • al-gazel
Q23 | Al- Farabi is also known as :
  • iban rushd
  • abunaser
  • abusalim
  • iban sina
Q24 | Who holds full Arabic translation of world classics and their majorHellenistic commentaries on the traditional time?
  • al kindi
  • averroes
  • al frabi
  • matta lbin
Q25 | Much of the responsibility for the separation between Islamic theologyand philosophy may be attributed to:
  • al kindi
  • averroes
  • matta lbin
  • al frabi