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This set of Philosophy of Religion Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophy Of Religion Set 4

Q1 | Ontological argument was first put forth by:
  • david hume
  • st. anselm
  • paley
  • aristotle
Q2 | By the term ‘greater’ Anselm means:
  • more higher
  • more real
  • more perfect
  • more conceivable
Q3 | Descartes’ concept of innate idea has a base in:
  • cosmological argument
  • teleological argument
  • ontological argument
  • design
Q4 | Matter was the source of all evil- Who made this assertion?
  • david hume
  • st. anselm
  • philo
  • descartes
Q5 | Good and evil are:
  • correlative myths
  • contradictory facts
  • correlative facts
  • contradictory myths
Q6 | Each man could frame his own code of good and evil. Who holds this position?
  • idealists
  • realists
  • rationalists
  • sophists
Q7 | Both Spinoza and Hegel practically denied the-------------------.
  • reality of evil
  • reality of sprit
  • reality of soul
  • reality of god
Q8 | The metaphysical evil is called the ----------------
  • moral evil
  • physical evil
  • mental evil
  • natural evil
Q9 | Who considered evil to be due to the imperfections that are inherent in the construction ofthe finite elements of the universe?
  • david hume
  • st. anselm
  • leibniz
  • descartes
Q10 | All the forces of evil and sin came to be personified in Satan. This view is holds by:
  • judaism
  • christianity
  • islam
  • hinduism
Q11 | According to pessimism this world is a :
  • best possible world
  • worst possible world
  • good world
  • best world
Q12 | Moral evil is a direct consequence of man’s ---
  • free will
  • mind
  • freedom
  • emotion
Q13 | Mental anxiety, sorrow, excitement, tension, uproar, etc. create :
  • moral evil
  • metaphysical evil
  • mental evil
  • natural evil
Q14 | Who shows strong views in favour of pessimism?
  • spinoza
  • arthur schopenhauer
  • philo
  • bosanquet
Q15 | Who considered that the world of ours is the best possible world?
  • david hume
  • kant
  • paley
  • leibniz
Q16 | ---------------------- is a positive approach to life and existence.
  • optimism
  • nihilism
  • antagonism
  • pessimism
Q17 | According to Spinoza, soul is immortal which gets the --------------------- of God.
  • love
  • intellectual love
  • unlimited love
  • unconditional love
Q18 | Atman is neither born nor does it die- This view holds by:
  • samkhya
  • jainism
  • gita
  • buddhism
Q19 | According to Buddhism the soul is nothing but the------------------.
  • mind-body complex
  • illusion
  • mind-body reaction
  • none of these
Q20 | According to Kant’s metaphysical and moral doctrine:
  • the soul is mortal.
  • the soul is indefinite
  • the soul is obscure
  • the soul is immortal
Q21 | -------- begins with the notion, God, the force of all good, and the Devil, the source of allevil.
  • traditional judaism
  • traditional christianity,
  • traditional islam
  • traditional hinduism
Q22 | ‘God or the Supreme Being is unaffected by evil and stands above relative good whichis the correlative of evil’. Which tradition holds this position?
  • buddhist
  • samkhya
  • mimamsa
  • vedanta