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This set of Introduction to Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Introduction To Philosophy Set 1

Q1 | The total number of Vedas is .
  • one
  • two
  • three
  • four
Q2 | Philosophy is originally a word.
  • english
  • latin
  • greek
  • spanish
Q3 | Philosophy deals with of reality.
  • a part
  • the whole
  • the illusion
  • none of these
Q4 | ‘Esthetikos’ is a word.
  • greek
  • latin
  • french
  • spanish
Q5 | Taoism belongs to the tradition.
  • japanese
  • oriental
  • occidental
  • none of these
Q6 | does not belong to Oriental tradition.
  • india
  • china
  • japan
  • none of these
Q7 | is not a heterodox system.
  • samkhya
  • buddhism
  • lokayata
  • jainism
Q8 | implies ‘accepting the authority of the Vedas’.
  • heterodox
  • orthodox
  • oriental
  • occidental
Q9 | According to the law of karma, every karma leads to .
  • moksha
  • phala
  • dharma
  • all these
Q10 | The portion of Vedas that deals with rituals is known as .
  • mantras
  • brahmanas
  • aranyakas
  • upanishads
Q11 | Polytheism implies as Monism refers to one.
  • two
  • three
  • many
  • all these
Q12 | Belief in one God is referred as .
  • henotheism
  • monotheism
  • monism
  • polytheism
Q13 | Samkhya propounded .
  • dualism
  • monism
  • monotheism
  • polytheism
Q14 | is an Oriental system.
  • buddhism
  • absolute idealism
  • scholasticism
  • all these
Q15 | ‘Scire’ is the root word of .
  • system
  • epistemology
  • sophia
  • science
Q16 | Metaphysics is a branch of .
  • physics
  • metaethics
  • philosophy
  • none of these
Q17 | Science is not based on .
  • experiment
  • faith
  • observation
  • hypotheses
Q18 | is the inquiry into ‘being in general’.
  • ontology
  • physics
  • epistemology
  • ethics
Q19 | is a representative of pluralism.
  • spinoza
  • fitche
  • descartes
  • leibnitz
Q20 | is not a positive science.
  • biology
  • sociology
  • ethics
  • anthropology
Q21 | Etymological meaning of the term ‘metaphysics’ is .
  • after physics
  • before physics
  • of physics
  • other than physics
Q22 | Aristotle’s‘Metaphysics’ contains number of books.
  • 12
  • 16
  • 13
  • 14
Q23 | Ontology is related to as Ethics is to Axiology.
  • aesthetics
  • cosmology
  • idealism
  • metaphysics
Q24 | The philosophical area which deals with the problem of Being is called
  • axiology
  • epistemology
  • materialism
  • ontology
Q25 | is the ontological position that recognizes the one ultimate reality as matter.
  • materialism
  • spiritualism
  • m o n i s m
  • idealism