CUET-PG SERIES
Humanities-and-social-sciences-philosophy

Western Philosophers

15 previous year questions.

Volume: 15 Ques
Yield: Medium

High-Yield Trend

15
2023

Chapter Questions
15 MCQs

01
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Who says that "Work plays an important role in human life, thanks to which he can satisfy his needs"?
1
J. S. Mill
2
Immanuel Kant
3
H. Kollataj
4
Aristotle
02
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Who assumed that "Things in themselves are neither good nor bad"?
1
Plato
2
Aristotle
3
Spinoza
4
Socrates
03
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Who says that "Virtue does not depend solely on reason, but is based on the order and harmony of the soul"?
1
Plato
2
Aristotle
3
Socrates
4
Spinoza
04
PYQ 2023
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Who says, "Eudaimonia is the highest good attainable by man"?
1
Plato
2
Aristotle
3
Socrates
4
Immanuel Kant
05
PYQ 2023
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Who says that "Perception of all properties is dependent on the brain"?
1
Plato
2
Aristotle
3
Descartes
4
Schopenhauer
06
PYQ 2023
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'Transcendental Idealism' is the theory of
1
Kant
2
Berkeley
3
Hume
4
Mill
07
PYQ 2023
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Which theory says that "Everything is as it seems or appears to a man, does not amount to that"?
1
Pythagoras
2
Protagoras
3
Evolution
4
Causality
08
PYQ 2023
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Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:
Assertion A: In the concept of mind. Gilbert Ryle maintains that the distinction between the mind and the body is one of category.
Reason R: Gilbert Ryle is a dualistic philosopher.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
2
Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
3
A is correct but R is not correct.
4
A is not correct but R is correct.
09
PYQ 2023
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According to Plato, the idea of justice can be conceived only through the process of
1
Dialectics
2
Historical Construction
3
Blending the deductive and inductive reasoning
4
Hermeneutics
10
PYQ 2023
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Who highlighted that "the main forms assumed by air as a result of condensation and rarefaction"?
1
Anaximenes
2
Hippolytus
3
Theophrastus
4
Thales
11
PYQ 2023
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Who defines 'a subject as that of which other things are predicated but not itself predicted of anything else'?
1
Plato
2
Aristotle
3
Zeno
4
Socrates
12
PYQ 2023
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Who observed but did not predict a solar eclipse in Greek Philosophy?
1
Plato
2
Aristotle
3
Socrates
4
Thales
13
PYQ 2023
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Which of the following statements is true of Aristotle?
1
Justice can be best delivered only when an individual reflects and acts according to an unconditional reasoning.
2
Justice can be best delivered when an individual acts virtuously with prudence according to the situation avoiding extreme positions.
3
Justice can be best delivered only when practical aspects of individual's interest is taken into account.
4
Justice can be delivered only through right intuition.
14
PYQ 2023
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Who deliberated 'Virtue' as the basic ethical concept articulated through justice, courage and self-control?
1
Plato
2
Aristotle
3
Socrates
4
Hobbes
15
PYQ 2023
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Who believed that the measure of the correctness of human behaviour should be the usefulness of its effects?
1
J. S. Mill
2
Immanuel Kant
3
Jacob Hume
4
Aristotle