Methodology And Perspectives Of Humanities And Philosophy Set 1

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy)

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Q1 | The classical Greek notion of humanities was
  • to improve our social world
  • to provide a basis of a broad education to greek citizens
  • to demarcate the natural world and social wor
Answer: to provide a basis of a broad education to greek citizens
Q2 | The term humanities during the Italian Renaissance appeared
  • in relation to the education of liberal arts
  • in relation to the education of social science.
  • in relation to the education of christians for their moral and spiritual development.
  • none of the above.
Answer: in relation to the education of christians for their moral and spiritual development.
Q3 | Today the term humanities refer to those disciplines of knowledge which are concerned with
  • human thoughts, creative expressions and culture.
  • psychological and physiological aspects of man
  • study of the natural world
  • study of the social world.
Answer: human thoughts, creative expressions and culture.
Q4 | -------------------------is recognized as part of the humanities.
  • physics
  • geography
  • economics
  • philosophy
Answer: philosophy
Q5 | The concern of humanities is
  • to give a knowledge of the natural world.
  • to give a knowledge of the biological properties of man
  • to create an intellectual and spiritual sense of the lived –wor
Answer: to create an intellectual and spiritual sense of the lived –wor
Q6 | Scientific knowledge can be defined as
  • a set of methods that are creative and speculative in nature.
  • a set of verified and verifiable statements about all phenomena.
  • stories, ideas and words that help us to make sense of our lives and our wor
Answer: a set of verified and verifiable statements about all phenomena.
Q7 | The scientific method involves
  • generating testable hypotheses in order to make predictions.
  • methods that are speculative in nature
  • analysis and exchange of ideas rather than the causal and quantitative explanations.
  • answering questions such as what is right or wrong.
Answer: generating testable hypotheses in order to make predictions.
Q8 | -------------------------is the hallmark of scientific exercise.
  • imaginatively interpreting and expressing the meanings of lived in experiences.
  • empirical proof.
  • narrative imagination.
  • none of the above.
Answer: narrative imagination.
Q9 | Empirical proof is
  • objective truth which is verifiable through sense experience.
  • subjective truth which is verifiable through speculation.
  • creative and speculative in nature.
  • analysis and exchange of ideas.
Answer: objective truth which is verifiable through sense experience.
Q10 | Scientific method focuses on -----------------------.
  • creative expressions and culture.
  • the process of creative intervention and culture.
  • imaginative interpretation.
  • accuracy and objectivity.
Answer: accuracy and objectivity.
Q11 | The scientific study of the external, natural world is termed
  • social science
  • mathematical science
  • natural science
  • political science
Answer: natural science
Q12 | ---------------------is a natural science.
  • philosophy
  • physics
  • sociology
  • history
Answer: physics
Q13 | Phenomena that exist as a result of human interaction is called
  • natural phenomena
  • scientific phenomena
  • social phenomena
  • none of the above
Answer: social phenomena
Q14 | ---------------------is a social science.
  • biology
  • chemistry
  • sociology
  • mathematics
Answer: sociology
Q15 | Study of human conditions in it’s entirety is called
  • social science
  • natural science
  • political science
  • humanities
Answer: humanities
Q16 | ---------------------is considered to be the central humanities discipline.
  • economics
  • history
  • biology
  • philosophy
Answer: philosophy
Q17 | Humanities employ methods that are
  • empirical in nature
  • creative and speculative in nature
  • objective and accurate in nature
  • generating testable hypothesis
Answer: creative and speculative in nature
Q18 | The role of meaning, purpose and goals of human condition is emphasized by
  • anthropology
  • psychology
  • humanities
  • natural science
Answer: humanities
Q19 | Narrative imagination is an important tool employed by
  • social science
  • natural science
  • humanities
  • none of the above
Answer: humanities
Q20 | Scientific method aim at arriving at
  • absolute certainty
  • probable certainty
  • absolute truth
  • none of the above
Answer: probable certainty
Q21 | Fact means
  • something that can be shown to be true, to exist.
  • supposition or belief about something
  • something having subjective or infinite existence
  • none of the above
Answer: something that can be shown to be true, to exist.
Q22 | The author of the book What is History is
  • hayden white
  • e.h. carr
  • h.g.gadamer
  • auguste compte
Answer: e.h. carr
Q23 | “History is a continuous process of interaction between the historian and facts” The statement is by
  • h.g.gadamer
  • wilhelm dilthey
  • e.h.carr
  • none of the above
Answer: e.h.carr
Q24 | ---------------------are essentially self-reflective in character
  • social sciences
  • natural sciences
  • humanities
  • none of the above
Answer: humanities
Q25 | The fundamental question what it means to be human, is answered by
  • natural sciences
  • social sciences
  • humanities
  • none of the above
Answer: humanities
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