This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Philosophy > Class 11 Philosophy Chapter 1 What Is Philosophy – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Philosophy Chapter 1 What Is Philosophy Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He influenced the development of several schools in philosophy including Cynicism and Stoicism A) Epicurus. B) Diogenes of Sinope. C) Plato. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diogenes of Sinope. 2. "The unexamined life is not worth living" A) Rene Descartes. B) Socrates. C) Plato. D) Karl Jaspers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Socrates. 3. True or False:Dogmatism is the refusal to change one's belief despite evidence of the contrary. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What is the historical origin of philosophy? A) Ancient Rome. B) Ancient Greece. C) Ancient Egypt. D) Medieval Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ancient Greece. 5. It is an important component of analytical thinking, as an individual focuses on certain areas or aspects of a problem in order to understand it. A) Partial Thinking. B) Philosophical Thinking. C) Holistic Thinking. D) Analytical Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Partial Thinking. 6. It is the philosophical discipline that studies the way we think and construct arguments A) Philosophy of language. B) Ethics. C) Metaphysics. D) Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logic. 7. Jiddu Krishnamurti emphasized the importance of self-awareness and critical thinking in achieving true freedom and ..... A) Spiritual growth. B) Social status. C) Material success. D) Political power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spiritual growth. 8. Which benefit of reading logic allows you to critically evaluate incoming information? A) Development of critical thinking. B) Improvement of handwriting. C) Enhancement of physical strength. D) Increase in artistic skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Development of critical thinking. 9. ..... seek to question the very frameworks upon which people base their own beliefs and views. A) Limit Situation. B) Internal Question. C) External Question. D) Framework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) External Question. 10. "Should we even use a bomb?" is a ..... A) First-order inquiry. B) Second-order inquiry. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second-order inquiry. 11. TRUE or FALSE. Before philosophy, Ancient Greeks treated mythology as fiction. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Name one of the four main areas of philosophy. A) Geometry. B) Metaphysics. C) Biology. D) Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphysics. 13. Who is the founder of Buddhism who taught that the ultimate goal of life is to achieve enlightenment, or the state of complete liberation from suffering? A) Confucius. B) Gautama Buddha. C) Laozi. D) Mahavira. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gautama Buddha. 14. What did the earliest philosophers mean by "philosophy?" (2:55-3:05) A) The academic study of religion. B) The academic study of science. C) The academic study of anything. D) The academic study of feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The academic study of anything. 15. Which of the following refers to the Ancient Greek's investigation regarding the nature of things in general. A) Natural Science. B) Mythology. C) Physis. D) Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physis. 16. A group of people who proposed a new way of learning, and were known as "lovers of wisdom" in Ancient Greece. A) Philosophos. B) Sophists. C) Rabbi. D) Wisdom Seeker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philosophos. 17. Philosophy or 'philosophia' literally means ..... A) Love of wisdom. B) Love of truth. C) Love of knowledge. D) Love of Bu Sophia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love of wisdom. 18. Which benefit of reading logic helps to evaluate all available options and choose the best variant? A) Memorization. B) Decision making. C) Speed reading. D) Note taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decision making. 19. What is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality?(4:28-4:35) A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) Value Theory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphysics. 20. Name the informal fallacy: "If you don't get an A in Mr. K's class you will fail high school, never graduate, and end up fighting people for nickels under freeway as a career" A) Appeal to Pity. B) Slippery Slope. C) Red Herring. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slippery Slope. 21. What is the main purpose of ethics in philosophy? A) Determining what is right and wrong. B) Investigating the nature of knowledge. C) Exploring the concept of beauty. D) Studying human behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Determining what is right and wrong. 22. What is the branch of philosophy helps frame your thinking around what you actually do-like how you should act and what you should attach meaning to?(5:38-5:46) A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) Value Theory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Value Theory. 23. After an inference is made from the premises, what is drawn? A) A hypothesis. B) A summary. C) A prediction. D) A conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A conclusion. 24. Given the premises:'All insects have exactly six legs' and 'Spiders have eight legs', what is the logical conclusion according to deductive reasoning? A) Spiders are insects. B) Spiders are not insects. C) All insects have eight legs. D) Spiders have six legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spiders are not insects. 25. Logic is the study of ..... , while philosophy studies general problems. A) Correct reasoning. B) Historical events. C) Physical laws. D) Emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct reasoning. 26. What is the study of knowledge called in philosophy? A) Epistemology. B) Value Theory. C) Metaphysics. D) Aesthetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epistemology. 27. Proposed that the material world is composed of atoms A) Epicurus. B) Democritus. C) Diogenes. D) Heraclitus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democritus. 28. Gautama Buddha emphasized the importance of ethical conduct, meditation, and mindfulness in achieving enlightenment. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Who emphasized the importance of self-realization, service to others, and the unity of all religions? A) Swami Vivekananda. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Sri Aurobindo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swami Vivekananda. 30. Who stated: "Philosophy is that which grasps its own era in thought." ? A) Karl Marks. B) Aristotle. C) Hegel. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hegel. 31. What are the two types of schools in Indian philosophy? A) Astika and Nastika. B) Yoga and Buddhism. C) Vedanta and Jainism. D) Sankhya and Charavaka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astika and Nastika. 32. This world has been created by: A) God. B) Nature. C) Humans. D) Aliens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) God. 33. Logic:Judging whether a particular line of argument is sound or flawed involves evaluating which of the following? A) The validity and relevance of its premises. B) The length of the argument. C) The popularity of the argument. D) The emotional appeal of the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The validity and relevance of its premises. 34. The purpose of life is: A) To seek meaning and fulfillment. B) To accumulate wealth. C) To avoid challenges. D) To follow others blindly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To seek meaning and fulfillment. 35. What is the foundation of a logical argument? A) Its assumption. B) Its evidence. C) Its conclusion. D) Its proposition or statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its proposition or statement. 36. What is the branch of Value Theory that studies & evaluates human conduct or how humans should live?(5:04-6:27) A) Ethics. B) Aesthetics. C) Metaethics. D) Value Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics. 37. Manakah yang paling tepat menggambarkan amalan 'berfalsafah' menurut Kamus Pelajar Edisi Kedua? A) Mengelak perbincangan topik yang sukar. B) Berfikir secara mendalam tentang sesuatu. C) Menilai hanya dengan intuisi cepat. D) Menghafal definisi tanpa analisis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Berfikir secara mendalam tentang sesuatu. 38. A philosophy which deals with questions regarding reality and existence A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) Philosophy of the Human Person. D) Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphysics. 39. Yang manakah memadankan genre karya falsafah dengan tokoh yang paling tepat? A) Puisi-Parmenides, Rumi, Hafez, Hamzah Fansuri. B) Monograf-Plato, Plotinus, Augustine, Nietzsche. C) Dialog-Aristotle, Confucius, Ibn Sina, Kant. D) Autobiografi-Sartre, Thomas More, Ibn Tufayl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puisi-Parmenides, Rumi, Hafez, Hamzah Fansuri. 40. What is the study of the nature of knowledge in philosophy called? A) Value Theory. B) Epistemology. C) Metaphysics. D) Aesthetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistemology. 41. Why should I live? A) Because life offers opportunities for growth and happiness. B) Because life is meaningless. C) Because there is no reason to live. D) Because everyone else does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because life offers opportunities for growth and happiness. 42. Who was the first philosopher to use the word 'philosophy'? A) Socrates. B) Plato. C) Pythagoras. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pythagoras. 43. A philosophy which studies governments and deals with questions of justice, power and the rights and obligations of citizens A) Political Science. B) Social Studies. C) Social Science. D) Political Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political Philosophy. 44. The country where philosophy originated from: A) France. B) Rome. C) Greece. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greece. 45. How many heterodox systems are there in Indian philosophy? A) Three. B) Five. C) Four. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 46. Socrates was ..... A) The first pre-Socratic philosopher, believed everything was made out of water. B) Was known as the weeping philosopher, who believed world was made of fire. C) The first moral philosopher, known for his style of questioning called Elenchus. D) Was known as the laughing philosopher, who believed everything is made of atoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first moral philosopher, known for his style of questioning called Elenchus. 47. Informal logic is most often used in which of the following? A) Mathematics. B) College, business, and life. C) Science experiments. D) Formal study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) College, business, and life. 48. He conceptualized a school in philosophy which believes that wisdom and simple living will result in a life free of fear and pain A) Epicurus. B) Aristotle. C) Plato. D) Diogenes of Sinope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epicurus. 49. A philosophy dealing with beauty and what make things "beautiful" A) Epistemology. B) Logic. C) Ethics. D) Aesthetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aesthetic. 50. Historians study figures who fought for justice; philosophers ask ..... A) What justice is or whether their causes were in fact just. B) Who wrote the most about justice. C) Why people ignore justice. D) How to become famous like those figures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What justice is or whether their causes were in fact just. 51. What is the most general definition of philosophy? Fill in the blank:The most general definition of philosophy is that it is the ..... ? A) Pursuit of wisdom, truth, and knowledge. B) Study of physical sciences. C) Collection of myths and legends. D) Practice of religious rituals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pursuit of wisdom, truth, and knowledge. 52. The study of reasoning, thought, and successful arguments are known as A) Chemistry. B) Logic. C) Axiology. D) Sociology. E) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logic. 53. Philosophical discipline that focuses on the numerical entities A) Philosophy of mind. B) Mathematics. C) Metaphysics. D) Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mathematics. 54. Ethics:What justifies certain behaviors? A) Social norms. B) Personal preferences. C) Random chance. D) Ethical principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethical principles. 55. Philosophical discipline that studies the relationship between things and words A) Poietics. B) Philosophy of language. C) Ethics. D) Philosophy of mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philosophy of language. 56. Physicists ask what caused some event; philosophers ask ..... A) How fast the event occurred. B) What the outcome was. C) Who observed the event. D) Whether causation even exists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whether causation even exists. 57. True or False:Deductive Arguments base truths on experiences, knowing that they may be fallible A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. Which of the following is NOT one of the four main areas of philosophy? A) Ethics. B) Biology. C) Epistemology. D) Metaphysics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biology. 59. What is this benefit called? A) Avoiding solutions. B) Creating confusion. C) Overcomplicating matters. D) Ignoring issues. E) Analyzing problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Analyzing problems. 60. How did scholars come to think of science and philosophy differently? (3:15-3:25) A) Science was considered a search for answers, while philosophy was considered a way of thinking about questions. B) Science was considered a search for evidence, while philosophy was considered a search for truth. C) Science was considered a search for accuracy, while philosophy was considered a way of thinking about personal beliefs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science was considered a search for answers, while philosophy was considered a way of thinking about questions. 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