This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Philosophy > Class 12 Philosophy Chapter 3 Metaphysics – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Philosophy Chapter 3 Metaphysics Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Islamic metaphysics, what concept emphasises the oneness of God? A) Iman. B) Ummah. C) Tawhid. D) Shirk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tawhid. 2. A(n) ..... believes that morality is subjective and is determined by the majority or those in power. A) Idealist. B) Monist. C) Materialist. D) Theist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Materialist. 3. Epicurus was around during 341-271 B.C.E A) TRUE. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 4. How does the prisoner respond to seeing the world outside the cave for the first time? A) He is disoriented and has a hard time believing that it is real. B) He is overjoyed and exhilarated by the new possibilities. C) He is disappointed at how dull and repetitive it is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is disoriented and has a hard time believing that it is real. 5. What is the difference between ontology and epistemology? A) Ontology is the study of knowledge, while epistemology is the study of being. B) Ontology is the study of being, while epistemology is the study of knowledge. C) Ontology and epistemology are the same thing. D) Ontology is the study of language, while epistemology is the study of logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ontology is the study of being, while epistemology is the study of knowledge. 6. Which culture believed Tawa formed the world then Spider Woman created all the animals and people? A) Sioux culture. B) Cherokee culture. C) Navajo culture. D) Hopi culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hopi culture. 7. Berkeley and Vasubandhu believe that thoughts, and in fact all things, are basically mental not physical A) Materialism. B) Idealism. C) Pragmatism. D) Deism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idealism. 8. Which of the following is NOT one of the key concepts in metaphysics discussed in the presentation? A) Being and Existence. B) Causality. C) Time and Space. D) Quantum Mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quantum Mechanics. 9. After being led into the light, what do the prisoners believe is real? A) They believe that things inside of the physical realm are real. B) They believe that things outside of the physical realm are illusions. C) They believe that things outside of the physical realm are real. D) They believe that things outside of the physical realm are unreal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They believe that things outside of the physical realm are real. 10. The light represents ..... A) God. B) Hope. C) Reality. D) Goodness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reality. 11. Which of the following is NOT a branch of metaphysics? A) Cosmology. B) Ontology. C) Epistemology. D) Causality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epistemology. 12. What is the belief in the existence of many gods called? A) Agnosticism. B) Polytheism. C) Monotheism. D) Atheism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polytheism. 13. Pi decides to leave the strange floating island because ..... A) He worries nobody will find him there. B) There is nothing there to eat. C) The vegetation is man eating. D) Wild beasts inhabit there. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The vegetation is man eating. 14. Which of these is not an example of a supporter of theism A) Thomas Aquinas. B) William Paley. C) Soren Kierkegaard. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sigmund Freud. 15. A(n) ..... believes that God is everything and everything is God. A) Idealist. B) Materialist. C) Theist. D) Monist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monist. 16. Dualism is the view that ..... A) Everything has two sides. B) Mind and body are two separate substances. C) Only the mind exists. D) Only the body exists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mind and body are two separate substances. 17. What is the material cause A) The stuff from which things are made. B) Law according to which things develop. C) Result or end of the process. D) Starts the procces, the thing that does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stuff from which things are made. 18. "His construction was geometric:he looked like two triangles ..... " The above description refers to Pi's ..... A) Biology teacher, Mr Satish Kumar. B) Father, Mr Santosh Patel. C) Uncle, Mamaji. D) Father Martin, a catholic priest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biology teacher, Mr Satish Kumar. 19. Who are the two philosophers affiliated with metaphysics? A) Aristotle and Epicurus. B) Plato and Socrates. C) Homer and Alexander the great. D) John Locke and Democritus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle and Epicurus. 20. What is the primary focus of metaphysics? A) The study of reality and what exists. B) The formulation of ethical norms. C) Experimental natural science. D) Political systems and governance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of reality and what exists. 21. He devised a series of ingenious arguments to Parmenides's claim that reality is One by debunking the idea that motion is possible. A) Aristotle. B) Meno. C) Pythagoras. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meno. 22. According to George Berkeley, what is the only true reality? A) Thought. B) Mathematical truths. C) Physical objects in the world. D) Emotions and feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 23. What does C.S. Lewis believe each human being is born with? A) A genetic predisposition for creativity. B) A natural belief in God. C) A body and a soul. D) A natural talent for leadership. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A body and a soul. 24. Pascal's Wager is significant to philosophy as it A) Examines the nature of time. B) Examines the nature of religious belief. C) Examines the relationship between mind and body. D) Examines the nature of the soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Examines the nature of religious belief. 25. Which philosophical concept explores the relationship between cause and effect? A) Ontology. B) Dualism. C) Causality. D) Epistemology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Causality. 26. According to the presentation, how can metaphysical insights potentially benefit Malaysian society? A) By encouraging political reforms. B) By increasing technological advancement. C) By fostering social harmony. D) By promoting economic growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By fostering social harmony. 27. This is a loose chronological term applied to the Greek Philosophers who lived before Socrates A) Post-Socratics. B) Ante-Socratics. C) Platonists. D) Pre-Socratics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pre-Socratics. 28. What did Susan Wolf believe about our choices? A) They are determined but some are within our control. B) They are determined by instincts and impulses. C) They are determined by our social environment and peers. D) They are determined by our past experiences and memories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are determined but some are within our control. 29. What did Plato notice was the big difference between our minds and the physical world? A) The mind is always in a state of chaos, while the physical world is orderly. B) The mind perceives only the physical world, while the physical world is purely imaginary. C) We can think of perfect things, while the physical world is imperfect. D) The mind is limited to sensory experiences, while the physical world is infinite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We can think of perfect things, while the physical world is imperfect. 30. A theist trusts that when he/she dies, that he/she obtains individual perfection and exist eternally with God. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. What three things did Neil Degrasse Tyson believe the universe was made of? A) Dark energy, dark matter, ordinary matter. B) Gravity, light, sound. C) Stars, planets, asteroids. D) Hydrogen, helium, oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dark energy, dark matter, ordinary matter. 32. What did Pythagoras believe the universe was made of? A) The universe was made of numbers. B) The universe was made of atoms. C) The universe was made of elements. D) The universe was made of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The universe was made of numbers. 33. Which attribute of God is challenged by the paradox of the stone? A) Omnibenevolence. B) Omniscience. C) Omnipotence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnipotence. 34. The key question in metaphysics is, "What ..... do I use to help me understand the world?" A) Drug. B) News station. C) Book. D) Worldview. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worldview. 35. Kant believed the idea of time originated in the human mind as a mental construct devised to organize our experiences A) Absolute time. B) Objective time. C) Zen buddhist time. D) Subjective relativity of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subjective relativity of time. 36. Which period in the historical evolution of metaphysics saw an integration with theology? A) Contemporary Era. B) Modern Period. C) Ancient Period. D) Medieval Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medieval Period. 37. What did Ayn Rand mean when she claimed the existence of the physical work was an axiom? A) Ayn Rand meant that the existence of the physical world is obvious and didn't need to be proved. B) Ayn Rand believed the physical world is an illusion. C) Ayn Rand claimed that the physical world is a mere suggestion of reality. D) Ayn Rand argued that the physical world is irrelevant to her philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ayn Rand meant that the existence of the physical world is obvious and didn't need to be proved. 38. What did Isaac Newton believe time is? A) Time is an illusion created by human perception. B) Time is cyclical and does not have a uniform flow. C) Time is a subjective experience that varies from person to person. D) Time is absolute and flows uniformly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time is absolute and flows uniformly. 39. Materialism (or physicalism) holds that ..... A) Material possessions are important. B) Everything, including the mind, is physical. C) Mind and body are separate. D) Only mental things exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everything, including the mind, is physical. 40. Metaphysics is the study of ..... A) How the mind works. B) The fundamental nature of reality. C) Moral right and wrong. D) How we gain knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The fundamental nature of reality. 41. In The Matrix, humans experience a simulated world that feels real. This links to metaphysics because it raises the question of: A) How to build advanced artificial intelligence. B) Whether reality is always as it appears to our senses. C) Whether technology improves human life. D) How moral rules apply in virtual spaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether reality is always as it appears to our senses. 42. The best subject in the world is A) Not Philosophy. B) Not Philosophy. C) Philosophy. D) Not Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Philosophy. 43. Why does Norman Kretzmann say the concept of God is incoherent? A) God cannot be both immutable and omniscient. B) God cannot be both omnipotent and omniscient. C) God cannot be both mutable and omniscient. D) God cannot be both immutable and omnipotent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) God cannot be both immutable and omniscient. 44. How do the prisoners get free from the cave? A) The prisoners burnt the cave. B) The prisoners are led out of the cave. C) The prisoners escaped from the cave. D) The prisoners destroyed the cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The prisoners are led out of the cave. 45. Which of these questions relates most to the metaphysics of space and time? A) What causes identity to persist?. B) What is the meaning of justice?. C) Do we have moral obligations to others?. D) Can two objects occupy the same space at the same time?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can two objects occupy the same space at the same time?. 46. What is metaphysics? A) Branch of philosophy that explores the fundamental nature of reality. B) Investigation of criminal activities. C) Branch of mathematics that deals with shapes and numbers. D) Study of weather patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Branch of philosophy that explores the fundamental nature of reality. 47. Theism teaches that ..... A) There is only a physical reality. B) There is only a spiritual reality. C) The materiel and spiritual reality are truly one. D) There is a distinct material reality and spiritual reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is a distinct material reality and spiritual reality. 48. In Aristotle's framework, what is a substance? A) A mathematical abstraction only in the mind. B) A property that depends on other properties. C) A collective name for similar things. D) Anything that exists independently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anything that exists independently. 49. What did Augustine of Hippo believe the future and the past have in common? A) Both the future and the past exist only in the mind. B) The future is predetermined while the past is not. C) Both the future and the past can be physically experienced. D) The future and the past are equally tangible and measurable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both the future and the past exist only in the mind. 50. Metaphysics can be described as the study of: A) How we gain knowledge through the senses. B) Persuasive language and logical arguments. C) The fundamental nature of reality and existence. D) Forces and energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The fundamental nature of reality and existence. 51. During the English Neoclassical Period, all the following genres (types) were popular except ..... A) Romances. B) Satires. C) Essays. D) Letters. E) Diaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romances. 52. A(n) ..... believes that humans create their own meaning, therefore humans should live for their own personal pleasures. A) Monist. B) Theist. C) Materialist. D) Idealist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Materialist. 53. In the context of current ecology, what is often seen as a primary cause of environmental degradation? A) Animism. B) Metaphysics. C) Spirituality. D) Industrialisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrialisation. 54. Plato used the word Logos to describe a worldview that made sense of the world. John used the same word, Logos, to describe ..... as the source of his worldview. A) Love. B) Jesus. C) A cave. D) Worldview. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jesus. 55. A metaphysical conceit is an unusual ..... A) Extended metaphor. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Plot device. D) Poetic meter. E) Word choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extended metaphor. 56. What does God is 'omniscient' mean? A) All knowing. B) Always present. C) All powerful. D) All loving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All knowing. 57. According to Stephen Hawking, when did time come into existence? A) Time started after the creation of Earth. B) Time began with the formation of stars. C) Time came into existence with the Big Bang. D) Time has always existed since the beginning of the universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time came into existence with the Big Bang. 58. In the allegory, the sun represents ..... A) Death. B) The Form of Beauty. C) The philosopher poet. D) The Form of Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Form of Good. 59. I remained faithful to my aquatic guru. Under his watchful eye I lay on the beach and fluttered my legs and scratched away at the sand with my hands, turning my head at every stroke to breathe. I must have looked like a child throwing a peculiar, slow-motion tantrum.Who is the 'aquatic guru' referred to here? A) Mr. Satish Kumar. B) Mr. Santosh Patel. C) Pi Patel. D) Mr. Francis Adirubasamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Francis Adirubasamy. 60. What is the study of the nature of being, existence, and reality called? A) Ontology. B) Epistemology. C) Cosmology. D) Theology. 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