This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Philosophy > Class 12 Philosophy Chapter 2 Epistemology The Theory Of Knowledge – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Philosophy Chapter 2 Epistemology The Theory Of Knowledge Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The problem of evil are human actions free, or are they determined by some forces outside of our control? A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphysics. 2. What are the sources of knowledge? A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistemology. 3. Find the synonym:apprehension A) Understanding. B) Consciousness. C) Perception. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understanding. 4. Which of the following is NOT an anchor point of rationalism? A) Sense experience is an unreliable route to knowledge. B) The only source of genuine knowledge is sense experience. C) Reason is the primary source of our knowledge about reality. D) Fundamental truths about our world can be known a priori:innate or self-evident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The only source of genuine knowledge is sense experience. 5. Analytic propositions are ..... A) Contingently true, based on A Posteriori knowledge. B) Necessarily true, based on A Priori knowledge. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Necessarily true, based on A Priori knowledge. 6. Do absolutes exist, and if so, can we know them? A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistemology. 7. What is the core of Coherence Theory? A) True if it fits with other beliefs. B) They mean the same thing. C) True if it works in practice. D) True if it matches a fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True if it fits with other beliefs. 8. From Plato's Allegory of the Cave, what represents an earthly human existence without philosophical contemplation? A) The sunlight outside the cave. B) The prisoners chained inside the cave. C) The shadows on the wall of the cave. D) The prisoner who escapes the cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The prisoners chained inside the cave. 9. Hume's fork:relations of ideas A) Knowledge established from concepts (established by experience) by pure thought or reason. B) Truths that are known a posteriori, that are analytic and synthetic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowledge established from concepts (established by experience) by pure thought or reason. 10. Which theory adds an additional condition? A) Infallibilism. B) No False Lemmas. C) Reliabilism. D) Epistemic Virtue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No False Lemmas. 11. Is the knowledge gained from perception ..... ? A) A Priori. B) A Posteriori. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Posteriori. 12. Causal princple (part of Descarte's trademark argument) A) Impressions cause ideas. B) The cause of anything must have at least as much reality as its effect / be as perfect as the effect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cause of anything must have at least as much reality as its effect / be as perfect as the effect. 13. A belief can be true or false. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 14. Foucault says that truth exists in a circular relationship with ..... A) Power. B) Knowledge. C) Self. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 15. What is the origin of the the word Epistemology? A) English. B) Roman. C) Greek. D) Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greek. 16. What was Gettier's examples used to argue about "no false lemmas" ? A) Job Interview (Smith and Jones) and Brown in Barcelona. B) The Allegory of the Cave. C) The realm of the forms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Job Interview (Smith and Jones) and Brown in Barcelona. 17. Which subtopic of epistemology emphasizes the role of experience in acquiring knowledge? A) Empiricism. B) Rationalism. C) Skepticism. D) Intuitionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empiricism. 18. Who claimed, "I think, therefore I am" ? A) Plato. B) Kant. C) Hume. D) Descartes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Descartes. 19. According to rationalism, what is the only thing that can produce necessary truth? A) Experience. B) Thought. C) Intuition. D) Your senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thought. 20. Who wrote about about "Infallibilism" ? A) Plato. B) Gettier. C) Descartes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descartes. 21. What was Plato's main argument FOR the "Tripartite theory of knowledge" A) Justification, Truth and Belief could all be achieved through luck-this does not mean it is knowledge. B) A person only has knowledge if it's justifiable (have good reasons), true (no such thing as false knowledge) and they believe in it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person only has knowledge if it's justifiable (have good reasons), true (no such thing as false knowledge) and they believe in it. 22. Find the antonym:vague A) False. B) Relative. C) Clear. D) Inadequate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clear. 23. Who wrote that all knowledge begins with experience, but it does not all come from experience? A) Hume. B) Kant. C) Plato. D) Descartes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kant. 24. A correlational designs seek the relationship or degree of association between two or more variables or concepts. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. What is the world as we experience it? A) The noumenal world. B) The Essential world. C) The world of Forms. D) The phenomenal world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The phenomenal world. 26. What is rationalism? A) Reason is the foundation of knowledge-we create knowledge in our minds. B) A view of the proper structure of one's knowledge or justified beliefs. C) The practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge. D) Sense data is the foundation of knowledge-we create knowledge from the data we gather from our senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason is the foundation of knowledge-we create knowledge in our minds. 27. An argument which first establishes a theory, then tests said theory, before coming to a solid conclusion is called what? A) Deductive. B) Abductive. C) Inductive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deductive. 28. According to empiricism, where does all knowledge come from? A) Intuition and deduction. B) Perceptual experience. C) Innate knowledge. D) Logical contradiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perceptual experience. 29. What is the study of knowledge called? / Apakah kajian tentang ilmu pengetahuan dipanggil? A) Metaphysics / Metafizik. B) Epistemology / Epistemologi. C) Ethics / Etika. D) Aesthetics / Estetika. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistemology / Epistemologi. 30. It seeks to solve everyday problems immediately and improve the action. Its objective is to help make decisions for the implementation of programs, processes, and reforms: A) Grounded designs. B) Exploratory design. C) Actio research design. D) Corrrelational designs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actio research design. 31. Which belief statement represents empiricism? A) Truth is discovered with the mind. B) Truth changes from person to person. C) Truth is unknowable. D) Truth is perceived with the senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Truth is perceived with the senses. 32. What is truth, and how can we know if a statement is true? A) Metaphysics. B) Epistemology. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistemology. 33. Which best describes:Knowing facts such as knowing that Paris is the capital of France A) Acquaintance knowledge. B) Ability Knowledge. C) Propositional Knowledge. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Propositional Knowledge. 34. What is the idea that our primary interaction with the world is in terms of feelings rather than ideas? A) Romantic primitivism. B) The mental dependency of ideas. C) The generic humanity assumption. D) The pragmatic theory of truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romantic primitivism. 35. If you say, "People are fundamentally blank when they're born, and learn as they grow", which philosophy does this reflect? A) Deontological ethics. B) Rationalism. C) Empiricism. D) Consequentialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Empiricism. 36. Which best describes the definition of knowledge? A) Reasoning cannot be based on false premises. B) Agents must use a reliable method of justification. C) Knowledge is a justified true belief. D) Truths that do not need to be believed to be valid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knowledge is a justified true belief. 37. Which best describes "virtue epistemology" ? A) The agent must be a person who is skilled in finding knowledge. B) Beliefs must be sensitive to the truth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The agent must be a person who is skilled in finding knowledge. 38. What does "No False Lemmas" mean? A) A belief is not knowledge if it is based on false premises. B) A belief is knowledge if it is Justified, True and Believed. (JTB). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A belief is not knowledge if it is based on false premises. 39. According to Direct Realism, if a tree falls in a forest with no-one around to hear it, does it make a noise? A) Yes-the properties of the tree exist independently of my mind. B) No. If there is no-one to hear it, there are no ears to perceive the sound. C) No. The tree doesn't exist independent of my idea of it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes-the properties of the tree exist independently of my mind. 40. Which philosophy most closely aligns with deductive reasoning? A) Imperialism. B) Rationalism. C) Logicalism. D) Empiricism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rationalism. 41. What is the world as it really is, independent of our experience? A) The world of Forms. B) The noumenal world. C) The phenomenal world. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The noumenal world. 42. Which of these would be a good definition of justification? A) Giving a personal opinion on why something has happened. B) Comforting someone by saying that we "can't know God's plans". C) Giving an irrefutable (and often factual) reason why something has happened. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving an irrefutable (and often factual) reason why something has happened. 43. 'All grandparents have grandchildren' is ..... A) Synthetic. B) Analytic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analytic. 44. What is "virtue epistemology" ? A) Looking at the person themselves when justifying a belief. E.g. we would give more credit to a scientist when discussing climate change over a politician. B) JTB is not sufficient for knowledge-merely believing in something doesn't make it true. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking at the person themselves when justifying a belief. E.g. we would give more credit to a scientist when discussing climate change over a politician. 45. "You take Philosophy class" -what kind of truth is this? A) My truth. B) Contingent truth. C) Truthy truth. D) Necessary truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contingent truth. 46. A person who doubts everything and questions if true knowledge is possible is called a:/ Seseorang yang meragui segala-galanya dan mempersoalkan sama ada ilmu benar adalah mungkin dipanggil: A) Empiricist / Empiris. B) Theist / Theis. C) Skeptic / Skeptik. D) Rationalist / Rasionalis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeptic / Skeptik. 47. What is subjective idealism? A) An illusion where things appear to be present but are not what they seem. B) Things only exist when they are perceived, the existence of anything is dependent on perception. C) Belief in the life cycle-reincarnation. D) The world we see, is not the real world itself but merely an illusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Things only exist when they are perceived, the existence of anything is dependent on perception. 48. What is fallibilism? A) The idea that all knowledge is tentative and subject to revision. B) The idea that there can only be objective belief. C) The idea that there is always one true answer. D) The idea that humans cannot experience true knowledge because of their fallibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The idea that all knowledge is tentative and subject to revision. 49. Doubting whether knowledge is possible is called ..... A) Skepticism. B) Causality. C) Rationalism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skepticism. 50. Inference to the best explanation A) An argument whose conclusion is logically entailed by its premises, i.e. if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false. i.e. the inference is necessary. B) Practical form of knowledge that involves knowing how to perform certain tasks. C) An abductive or inductive argument where the conclusion presents the 'best explanation' for why the premises are true. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An abductive or inductive argument where the conclusion presents the 'best explanation' for why the premises are true. 51. What is the perfect world that our world is a shadow of? A) The world of Forms. B) The noumenal world. C) The phenomenal world. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The world of Forms. 52. What does metaphysics study?/ Apakah yang dikaji dalam metafizik? A) The structure of governments / Struktur kerajaan. B) The nature of reality and existence / Sifat realiti dan kewujudan. C) The laws of physics / Hukum fizik. D) The history of philosophy / Sejarah falsafah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nature of reality and existence / Sifat realiti dan kewujudan. 53. What is cash value? A) The practical payoff of beliefs. B) A type of philosophy. C) Cash given to those who believe. D) The reasoning behind rationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The practical payoff of beliefs. 54. A Priori knowledge is ..... A) Knowledge from experience. B) Knowledge from reason. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knowledge from reason. 55. What is knowledge based on a subject's perception or experience? A) Objective truth. B) Subjective truth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subjective truth. 56. What is "Empiricism" ? A) We aquire knowledge via experience. B) We are born knowing some things. C) We aquire knowledge via reasoning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We aquire knowledge via experience. 57. The quantitative investigation includes the following except: A) Correlational. B) Exploratory. C) Descriptive. D) Etnography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Etnography. 58. What was Gettier's main argument AGAINST the "Tripartite theory of knowledge" A) Justification, Truth and Belief could all be achieved through luck-this does not mean it is knowledge. B) A person only has knowledge if it's justifiable (have good reasons), true (no such thing as false knowledge) and they believe in it. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Justification, Truth and Belief could all be achieved through luck-this does not mean it is knowledge. 59. Which best describes "reliabilism" ? A) Knowledge is a justified true belief. B) Reasoning cannot be based on false premises. C) Agents must use a reliable method of justification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agents must use a reliable method of justification. 60. What is ontology? / Apakah ontologi? A) The study of time and space / Kajian tentang masa dan ruang. B) The study of what exists and what is real / Kajian tentang kewujudan dan realiti. C) The study of human behavior / Kajian tentang tingkah laku manusia. D) The study of numbers / Kajian tentang nombor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The study of numbers / Kajian tentang nombor. 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