BRILLIANT MINDZ

GES 102 (PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC) EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS

1........is often refereed to as the mother of all disciplines?(a) anthropology (b)

philosophy (b) sociology (d) metaphysics
2. According to..........wisdom was considered to be the possession of gods alone?
(a) Socrates (b) Pythagoras (c) Heraclitus (d) Aristotle
3. The term philosophy was coined by..........?(a) Aristotle (b) Socrates (c) Plato (d)
Pythagoras
4. The dictum "An unexamined life is not worth living" is credited to..........?(a)

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Democritus (b) Heraclitus (c) Pythagoras (d) Socrates
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5. According to.............philosophy is the science of things by their first causes?(a)
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Aristotle (b) Socrates (c) Rene Descarte (d) Plato
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6. The first cause in philosophy refers to............?(a) proximate causes (b) ultimate
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causes (c) logical causes (d) finite causes

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7. Science is derived from the latin word "Scire" which means...........?(a) To know
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(b) To love (c) To learn (d) To create

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8. Cognitio certa per causas means...........?(a) knowledge of things attained

through causes (b) knowledge of things attained through loving (c) knowledge of
things attained through observing (d) knowledge of things attained through
practice
9. Philosophy is a science because ..........?(a) it investigates the knowledge of
causes (b) it is concerned with rationalism (c) it is speculative (d) it investigates
knowledge of reality
10.........is refereed to as the science of being as being?(a) metaphysics (b)
philosophy (c) logic (d) cosmology
11. The social science discipline Psychology has its origin in.....?(a) epistemology
and moral philosophy (b) logic and epistemology (c) epistemology and
metaphysics (d) anthropology and epistemology..

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12. ......study deals with the beginning and origin of the universe?(a) religion (b)
theology (c) cosmogony (d) ontology
13..........branch of philosophy inquires into the existence and nature of universe
through process of human reasoning?(a) rational theology (b) logical theology (c)
social theology (d) epistemology
14.....branch of philosophy involves the understanding and interpretation of
art..........?(a) metaphysics (b) aesthetics (c) epistemology (d) anthropology
15. The history of Western Philosophy began in ........?(a) Athens (b) Ipolita (c)
Tyre (d) Miletus
16. The first philosophers were refereed to as..........?(a) Cosmologist (b)
Astrologist (c) Ionians (d) Atomicians

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17. Who was the founder of the Milesian school of Philosophy? (a) Thales (b)

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Socrates (c) Miletus (d) Plato
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18. Philosophy started with the Ancient Greece in..........?(a) 5th century B.C (b)
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6th century B.C (c) 8th century B.C (d) 4th century B.C
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19. The student of Thale's was..........?(a) Heraclitus (b) Anaximander (c)

Permanideans (d) Plato
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20. According to Thales, the basic substance of the universe was..........?(a) apeiron
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(b) water (c) fire (d) air

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21. According to Democritus.........constituted all reality?(a) water (b) fire (c)

apeiron (d) atoms
22. Philosophy was centered on the study of man and the development of society
in........period?(a) Classical period (b) Ancient Period (c) Modern period (d)
Contemporary Period
23......brought philosophy down from heaven to the dwellings of men?(a)
Milesians (b) Sophist (c) Aristocrates (d) Platonians
24. The dictum, "Man is a measure of all things" is credited to........?(a) Pythagoras
(b) Protagoras (c) Democritus (d) Thrasymachus
25. According to......... "Law and justice are merely the expression of the will and
interest of the strongest and most powerful men in society" ?(a) Plato (b)
Protagoras (c) Thrasymachus (d) Pythagoras

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26. The first systematic ontology was presented by..........?(a) Aristotle (b) Plato (c)
Rene Descartes (d) Socrates

27. A substance is a combination of..........?(a) universal and particulars (b) matter

and form (c) ideas and forms (d) particles and universals
28. The following are Aristotle's category of being except?(a) Universals and
Particulars (b) Essential and Accidental (c) Potentiality and Actuality (d) Possible
and Impossible
29. The maxim, "Credo ut intelligam " means.......?(a) I think, therefore i am (b) I
believe so that I may understand (c) i understand, so i know (d) i learn, so i believe
30. Who proved the existence of God based on cosmological argument?(a) Saint

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Anslem (b) Saint Thomas Aquinas (c) Saint Bonaventure (d) Duns Scotus

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Eriugena
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31. Who proved the existence of God based on ontological argument?(a) Saint
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Anslem (b) Saint Thomas Aquinas (c) Saint Bonaventure (d) Duns Scotus
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Eriugena
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32. Who is regarded as the father of Modern Philosophy?(a) David Humes (b) John
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Locke (c) Immanuel Kant (d) Rene Descartes

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33. The Axiom "Corgito ergo sum" means.........? (a) I think, therefore i am (b) I
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believe so that I may understand (c) i understand, so i know (d) i learn, so i believe
34. The following philosophers are rationalist except ? (a) John Locke (b) Rene
Descartes (c) Baruch Spinoza (d) Gottfried Leibniz
35. The empirical table of induction was developed by?(a) Francis Bacon (b) John
Locke (c) Rene Descartes (d) David Humes
36. According to............., the mind at birth is a "Tabula Rasa"?(a) David Humes
(b) Bishop Berkeley (c) John Locke (d) Immanuel Kant
37. The following are empiricist philosophers except?(a) David Humes (b) John
Locke (c) Bishop Berkeley (d) Rene Descartes
38. The dictum "Esse est percipi" is credited to.........?(a) Bishop Berkeley (b) John
Locke (c) Rene Descartes (d) Immanuel Kant

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39.The dictum "Esse est percipi" means........?(a) to be is to be perceived (b) i think
therefore i am (c) a completely blank state (d) perception is knowledge
40. Who was regarded as the most consistent British philosopher?(a) David Humes
(b) Immanuel Kant (c) Rene Descartes (d) Bishop Berkeley

41.......philosopher tried to reconcile reason and experience as sources of

knowledge? (a) Immanuel Kant (b) Bishop Berkeley (c) Karl Marx (d) John Locke
42.......philosophical period witnessed a move from idealism to materialism?(a)
contemporary period (b) modern period (c) Classical period (d) Ancient period
43. According to..............., philosophy is the critique of language?(a) Gottlob
Frege (b) Ludgwid Wittgenstein (b) Bertrand Russell (d) Karl Marx

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44........school of thought saw past philosophy as the disease of what it should be

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cured?(a) Viennna Logical positivism (b) Pragmatism (c) Analytic philosophy (d)
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Existentialism
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45. Who is the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle? (a)
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Moritz Schlick (b) Gottlob Frege (c) Victor Kraft (d) Fredrick Waismann
46. Who is regarded as the Father of of Pragmatism?(a) David Hume (b) Charles
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Sanders Peirce (c) John Dewey (d) Williams James

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47. Who is regarded as the Father of existentialism?(a) Soren Kierkegaard (b)

Charles Sanders Peirce (c) Rene Descartes (d) David Humes
48. The classic phrase "Man is condemned to be free" is credited to..........?(a) Jean
Paul Satre (b) Soren Kierkegaard (c) Frederick Nietzsche (d) Albert Camus
49. Who was known as the famous existentialist atheist?(a) Rene Descartes (b)
David Hume (c) John Locke (d) Jean Paul Satre
50. The following are philosophers in the contemporary period except?(a) Jean
Paul Satre (b) Morritz Schlick (c) Charles Sanders Peirce (d) David Hume
51. The following are Milesian philosophers except?(a) Thales (b) Socrates (c)
Anaximander (d) Anaximenes
52. Which of the following is not a main branch of philosophy?(a) Aesthetics (b)
Ethics (c) Epistemology (d) Metaphysics

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53. Who is credited as the originator of metaphysics?(a) Aristotle (b) Socrates (c)
Andronicus of Rhodes (d) Plato
54. According to........... Metaphysics is termed "First philosophy"?(a) Andronicus
of Rhodes (b) Protagoras (c) Plato (d) Aristotle
55. The term metaphysics was coined by..........?(a) Plato (b) Saint Thomas (c)
Andronicus of Rhodes (d) Aristotle
56.........is refereed to as the study of "being qua being"?(a) cosmogony (b)
theology (c) ontology (d) cosmology
57. Which of the following is refereed to as the study of the nature of the
universe?(a) Cosmology (b) Astrology (c) Cosmogony (d) Theodicy
58. Plato used the term dialectics in his works to refer to.......?(a) Metaphysics (b)

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Epistemology (c) Ethics (d) Logic

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59. The term Hylermorphism which conceives reality as a combination of matter
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and form was developed by....?(a) Aristotle (b) Plato (c) Socrates (d) Thales
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60. The Methodic doubt was developed by.......?(a) Rene Descartes (b) David
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Humes (c) Jean Paul Satre (d) John Locke

61. Questions like “What do we know?” and How do we know what we claim to
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know? are mainstays in the branch of philosophy known as.........?(a) Logic (b)
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Epistemology (c) Metaphysics (d) Ethics

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62. Epistemology is derived from the Greek word "Episteme" which means..........?
(a) knowledge (b) customs (c) morals (d) experience
63........branch of philosophy is concerned with the source, nature and certainty of
knowledge?(a) Epistemology (b) Logic (c) Metaphysics (d) Ethics
64.........school of thought holds that knowledge comes entirely through sense
experience?(a) Pragmatism (b) Skepticism (c) Empiricism (d) Existentialism
65. Which of the following is not a form of knowledge?(a) intuitive knowledge (b)
intellectual knowledge (c) demonstrative knowledge (d) sensory knowledge
66.........is defined as the theoretical enunciation of the process of reasoning? (a)
Epistemology (b) Logic (c) Ethics (d) Metaphysics

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67.......is a collection of propositions/statements where one is asserted on the basis
of the other?(a) argument (b) inference (c) logic (d) syllogism
68......is defined as the Normative science of human conduct?(a) Epistemology (b)
Ethics (c) Logic (d) Metaphysics
69........branch of philosophy is refereed to as moral philosophy?(a) Ethics (b)
Epistemology (c) Metaphysics (d) Theology
70. Ethics is derived from the Greek Word "Ethos" which means........?(a) Customs
(b) Convention (c) Behaviour (d) Manners
71. The Baconian empirical inductive method or Galilean mathematical deductive
method of science was used to study the universe in……….period?(a)
Contemporary period (b) Modern period (c) Medieval period (d) Ancient period

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72. Who believed that the universe was in a condition of constant flux?(a)

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Pythagoras (b) Democritus (c) Heraclitus (d) Parmenides
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73. The questions What is life? What is Man? are peculiar to........branch of
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philosophy?(a) Ethics (b) Metaphysics (c) Logic (d) Epistemology
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74. Which of the following forms of knowledge comes as a flash of light?(a)

Immediate (b) Sensory (c) Mediate (d) Intuition
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75. The passage of thoughts from datum to conclusion is known as.....?(a)

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inference (b) observation (c) experiment (d) syllogism

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76. The act of mercifully killing a person is known as.......?(a) induction (b)
abortion (c) euthanasia (d) homicide
77......is defined as a sketch plan for life? (a) logic (b) happiness (c) progress (d)
morality
78. The contract theory was developed by.......?(a) John Rawl (b) Immanuel Kant
(c) David Humes (d) Thomas Hobbes
79. The theory which states that the rightness of an action can be determined from
the quantity of pleasure the action produces is.........?(a) Pragmatist theory (b)
Evolutionist theory (c) Utilitarist theory (d) Approbative theory
80. Which of the following Philosophers is not a Utilitarist?(d) Jeremy Benthan (b)
John Locke (c) John Stuart Mill (d) Henry Sidwick

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81. According to Aristotle, the ultimate goal of morality is......?(a) Happiness (b)
Conflict (c) Law (d) Order
82. A situation which no one is neglected or made to suffer in the midst of plenty
is.......?(a) Natural justice (b) Social justice (c) Kantian ethics (d) Economic justice
83. Ethical naturalism consist of the following ethical theories except?(a)
intuitionism (b) pragmatism (c) evolutionism (d) utilitarianism
84. According to David Humes,.....is the basis of moral sensibility?(a) Happiness
(b) Sympathy (c) Law (d) Freedom
85. The rights attributed to a Man by virtue of his nature as a rational being
is........?(a) Social rights (b) Human rights (c) Animal rights (d) Economic rights
86. Human rights is not subject to political or social change means that Human

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right is.......?(a) Immutable (b) Inalienable (c) Absolute (d) Flexible

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87. Who noted that Human rights is Fundamental and other rights are derived from
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it........?(a) David Ritchie (b) Vittorio Matthew (c) Alan Gerwith (d) Ralph Mason
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Black
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88. Which of the following disciplines are concerned with the study of
Reasoning?(a) Psychology and Theology (b) Psychology and Psychiatry (c)
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Economics and Psychology (d) Psychiatry and Theology

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89. Who is regarded as the Father of Logic and the First Logician?(a) Aristotle (b)
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St Thomas (c) Plato (d) Andronicus

90. According to........a lie is a false statement uttered with the intent to
deceive?(a) St Thomas (b) Aristotle (c) St Augustine (d) Plato
91. Formal fallacies and informal fallacies can be identified by examining
their.......and......?(a) form and content (b) content and form (c) truth and content
(d) content and truth
92. Distorting the argument of an opponent so as to make it easy to debunk is
known as the fallacy of.......?(a) Ad Baculum (b) Strawman (c) Ad populum (d)
Red Herring
93.....type of fallacy is committed when an arguer rejects a claim by attacking the
personality of the person that makes the claim?(a) Composition (b) Ad Baculum
(c) Ad Hominem (d) Ad populum

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94. Which of the following is not a form of Ad Populum fallacy?(a) Appeal to pity
(b) Appeal to snobbery (c) Appeal to vanity (d) Bandwagon
95. The Argument that what is true of the parts must be true of the whole is the
fallacy of.........?(a) Division (b) Composition (c) Appeal to the Person (d) Division
96. The use of a word in two different senses in an argument is the fallacy
of......?(a) Appeal to the Person (b) Equivocation (c) Red Herring (d) Ignoratio
elenchi
97. Which of the following types of fallacy is related to court room procedures?(a)
Strawman (b) Appeal to Ignorance (c) Appeal to Person (d) Appeal to Authority
98. Which type of fallacy occurs when an argument rest on an alleged chain
reaction?(a) Ad Populum (b) Ad Hominem (c) Ad Baculum (d) Slippery Slope

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99. A slippery-slope pattern of argument is fallacious when.......?(a)It is

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hypothetical (b) There is good reason to think that doing one action will inevitably
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lead to another undesirable action (c) There are only two possible results (d) There
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is no good reason to think that doing one action will inevitably lead to another
undesirable action
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100. Which type of fallacy is known as reasoning in a circle?(a) Appeal to

Authority (b) Division (c) Petitio Principi (d) Strawman
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101. The Latin word Petitio Principi means..........?(a) Request for the source (b)
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To live is to act (c) Appeal to the people (d) Appeal to authority

102. The fallacy committed when an arguer introduces a new subject to subtly
divert the attention of the listener is........?(a) Straw man (b) Red Herring (c) Ad
Populum (d) Appeal to Authority
103. The fallacy of accents is also known as........?(a) Reasoning in circles (b)
Parody (c) Red Herring (d) Ad Hominem
104. What fallacy is committed when an arguer leans to the use of force as the
basis for the acceptance of the argument?(a) Ad Hominem (b) Ad Baculum (c) Ad
Populum (d) Ad Verecundiam
105. The fallacy of Irrelevant conclusion is known as......?(a) Ignoratio Elenchi (b)
Ad populum (c) Strawman (d) Accent

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106. The right that a man is entitled to by virtue of being a human or rational
being is known as'.......?(a) social rights (b) public rights (c) human rights (d) basic
rights
107........is the highest moral claim an individual can make?(a) supreme rights (b)
legal rights (c) liberal rights (d) human rights

108. Which of the following is not a characteristic of human rights?(a) dynamic

(b) absolute (c) immutable (d) inalienable
109. The contents of Human rights include the following.........?(a) General content
and Specific content (b) General Content and Liberal content (c) Specific content
and Economic content (d) Universal content and Liberal content

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110. The specific contents of human rights consist of .......and......?(a) Liberal and

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Economic rights (b) Social and Liberal rights (c) Universal and Social rights (d)
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111. The Universal Declaration of Human rights took place in.......year?(a)1984
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(b) 1948 (c) 1975 (d) 1960

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112. The following are general contents of human rights except?(a) Right to
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personal liberty (b) Charter of Organization of American States (c) Universal

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Declaration of Human rights (d) African Charter of Human and Peoples rights
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113. The Marxist school of thoughts argued for which of the following rights?(a)
Liberal rights (b) Economic rights (c) Social rights (d) Religious rights
114. "No individual should be denied the exercise and enjoyment of Human rights"
means, Human right is........?(a) Immutable (b) Inalienable (c) Absolute (d)
Concrete
115. According to………Medieval philosophy was philosophy according to
content, but theology according to form?(a) Fagothey (b) Hegel (c) Iroegbu (d)
Sulivian
116. According to........,Human rights are powerful moral commodities?(a) Richard
Wasserstrom (b) Vittorio Matthew (c) Alan Gewirth (d) Ralph Mason Black

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117. According to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels........is the will of the
dominating class raise to the level of law, as determined by material conditions of
life?(a) Law (b) Human rights (c) Fundamental rights (d) Liberal rights
118. The Statement "An unexamined life is not worth living" is attributed
to.......?(a) Plato (b) Socrates (c) Aristotle (d) Heraclitus
119. According to.......Philosophy is the science of things in their first causes?(a)
Aristotle (b) Plato (c) Socrates (d) Permanedes
120. The Spiritual and Material growth of a Nation is known as.......?(a)
Development (b) Progress (c) National Development (d) National Integration

121. The word development is rooted in the french word 'Volper' which

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means........?(a) To grow (b) To sink (c) To wrap (d) To learn

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122. A group of Men and Women who share a common ancestry is.........?(a)
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Nation (b) Society (c) State (d) County
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123. The ability to live with one another in peace and harmony is.........?(a)
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Civilization (b) Progress (c) Growth (d) Development

124......is refereed to as the science of argument?(a) Epistemology (b) Logic (c)
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Metaphysics (d) Psychology

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125. A collection of propositions where one is asserted on the basis of the other is
known as.......?(a) Statement (b) Sentence (c) Argument (d) Inference
126. An argument whose premise makes a probable claim to assert the conclusion
is .........?(a) deductive argument (b) inductive argument (c) categorical argument
(d) inference
127. An argument is said to be...........if its premise logically implies conclusion?(a)
unsound (b) sound (c) valid (d) invalid
128. An argument whose premise makes a conclusive claim to assert the
conclusion is.......?(a) Inductive (b) Valid (c) Invalid (d) deductive
129. The validity of an argument depends on ........?(a) Argument form (b) Truth
value of statement (c) conclusion (d) none of the above

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130. An argument which affirms the premise but finds one instance to negate the
conclusion is.....'.?(a) Modus Tollens (b) Counter example (c) Inference (d)
Syllogism
131. An argument is said to be........if it is valid and has a true statement?(a)
inductive (b) deductive (c) unsound (d) sound
132. The rule of inference is known as........?(a) Modus operandi (b) Modus
tollendo tollens (c) Modus pollens (d) Modus vivendi
133. All valid arguments are.......?(a) inductive (b) deductive (c) sound (d) unsound

134. The two types of proposition are........and.......?(a) categorical and conditional

(b) categorical and hypothetical (c) inductive and deductive (d) disjunctive and

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categorical

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135. The type of proposition in which the truth can be determined in a straight
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jacketed manner is..........?(a) conditional proposition (b) categorical proposition (c)
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hypothetical proposition (d) disjunctive proposition
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136. The predicate of a categorical proposition is separated from its subject by

a........?(a) copula (b) link (c) bridge (d) phrase
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137. The presentation of categorical proposition in logical structure or form

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is......?(a) reduction (b) induction (c) deduction (d) inference

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138. A proposition where the subject form has a direct one to one relationship
with the predicate form is.........?(a) conditional proposition (b) categorical
proposition (c) hypothetical proposition (d) logical proposition
139. The two main divisions of categorical propositions based on quality is
......and......?(a) affirmations or negations (b) universals and particulars (c)
universals and negation (d) affirmations and particulars
140. The two main divisions of categorical propositions based on quantity is
......and......?(a) affirmations and negations (b) universals and particulars (c)
universals and negation (d) affirmations and particulars
141. The drawing of a conclusion from one or more premises is known as.......?(a)
references (b) inference (c) observation (d) theory

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142. A type of inference in which a conclusion is drawn from a single premise is
known as.......?(a) mediate inference (b) immediate inference (c) inductive
inference (d) deductive inference
143. The following are elements of a categorical proposition except?(a) subject (b)
copula (c) predicate (d) bridge
144. There are......types of categorical proposition?(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
145. The difference between the quality and quantity of a categorical proposition is
known as'.....?(a) induction (b) reduction (c) opposition (d) contingent

146. A type of inference in which a conclusion is drawn from two or more premise
is known as.......?(a) mediate inference (b) immediate inference (c) inductive

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inference (d) deductive inference

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147.The quantity of a proposition is determined by the............of the subject? (a)
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Intension (b) Extension (c) Quality (d) Predicate.
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148. A proposition in which the predicate belongs only to a part of the denotation
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of the subject is called.....? (a)Particular (b) Negative (c) Disjunctive (d) Universal
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149. The proposition: “ All men are mortal.”- is an example for.......proposition?(a)

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Universal affirmative (b) Universal negative (c) Particular affirmative (d)

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Particular negative
150. A proposition in which the truth value of one part is determined by the truth
value of the other is known as…..?(a) conditional proposition (b) categorical
proposition (c) disjunctive proposition (d) conjunctive proposition
151. When a term is used in its entire extent referring to the objects denoted by the
term, that term is said to be.......?(a) Undistributed (b) Excluded (c) Distributed (d)
Verified.
152. Universal affirmative proposition distributes...............?(a)Subject (b)
Predicate (c) Both subject and Predicate (d) Neither Subject nor Predicate.
153. Universal negative proposition distributes......? (a) Subject (b) Predicate (c)
Both Subject and Predicate (d) Neither Subject nor Predicate

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154. The opposition of the A and the E proposition having the same subject and
predicate terms give rise to……..?(a) contradictory (b) contrary (c) conversion (d)
obversion
155. “Some MEDICAL students are brilliant persons” and “some MEDICAL
students are not brilliant persons” taken together give rise to……..?(a) contraries
(b) sub-contraries (c) contradictories (d) sub-alternation
156........is the relation between two propositions having the same subject but
differing in both quality and quantity? (a) Contrary opposition (b) Contradictory
opposition (c) Subalternation (d) Sub- contrary

157...........is the relation between two universal propositions having the same
subject and predicate term but differing in quality only? (a) Contrary opposition (b)

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Contradictory opposition (b) Subaltern (d) Sub- contrary.

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158..........opposition is the relation between two propositions having the same
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subject and predicate but differing in quantity only (a) Contrary (b) Contradictory
(c) Subalternation (d) Sub-contrary
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159. A syllogism is a form of......... inference? (a) mediate (b) immediate (c)
intuitive (d) inductive
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160. Two propositions which both cannot be true and cannot both be false
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is......?(a) contrary (b) contradictory (c) subaltern (d) sub contrary

161. Two propositions which cannot be true, though they might both be false
is.......?(a) contrary (b) contradictory (c) sub contrary (d) sub alternation
162........type of inference results by simply interchanging the subject and
predicate term of a standard form categorical proposition?(a) Conversion (b)
Obversion (c) Contraposition (d) Sub alternation
163. The conversion of an "A" proposition is through a process called.......?(a)
circus (b) per accidents (c) ecristic (d) reforming
164. The following are types of syllogism except?(a) categorical (b) deductive (c)
hypothetical (d) disjunctive
165. A syllogism consists of........ terms?(a)5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

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166. The terms of a syllogism are known as.......?(a) proximate matter (b) remote
matter (c) dilemma (d) complex
167. A dilemma is a form of................?(a) complex syllogism (b) mixed syllogism
(c) simple syllogism (d) hypothetical syllogism
168. A dilemma with a hypothetical or disjunctive conclusion is known as........?(a)
complex (b) contigent (c) remote matter (d) simple dilemma
169. The description of the form of a standard form syllogism can be given by
stating.........its?(a) mood (b) figure (c) mood and figure (d) dilemma

170. Syllogisms with the same mood may differ in their forms based on the
position of......?(a) middle term (b) first term (c) predicate (d) subject

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171. All donkeys are animals.

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All monkeys are animals. IN
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Therefore all monkeys are donkeys”.
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The fallacy committed by the above syllogism is.......?(a) Ambiguous major (b)
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Ambiguous minor (c) Ambiguous middle (d) Undistributed middle.

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172. The fallacy that occurs when the minor term is distributed in the conclusion
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and not in the minor premise is known as.......?(a) equivocation (b) illicit process
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(c) undistributed middle (d) exclusive premise

173. A proposition which is neither necessary true nor necessary false is known
as.......?(a) simple dilemma (b) dilemma (c) contingent (d) complex
174. The three proposition which compose a syllogism are known as......?(a)
ultimate matter (b) remote matter (c) proximate matter (d) complex matter
175.........fallacy occurs when a term is used in two different meanings in the
syllogism?(a) Undistribute middle (b) Two negative premises (c) Equivocation (d)
Illicit major.
176.. The.......argue against innate ideas?(a) Empiricist (b) Existentialist (c) Dualist
(d) Rationalist
177. Who was the first to propound the doctrine of Being………?(a) Heraclitus
(b) Anaximander (c) Parmenides (d) Socrates

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178. Equivocation, Amphiboly and Accent are fallacies of.......(a) Relevance (b)
Weak induction (c) Ambiguity (d) Emphasis
179. Composition and Division are fallacies of..........?(a) Grammatical Analogy (b)
Emphasis (c) Amphiboly (d) Equivocation
180. The term which acts as the predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism is
called......?(a) major term (b) minor term (c) middle term (d) conditional term
181.The term which acts as the subject of the conclusion of a syllogism is
called......?(a) major term (b) minor term (c) middle term (d) conditional term
182. The Critique of Pure Reason is the famous work of.........?(a) Plato (b) Rene
Descartes (c) Immanuel Kant (d) John Locke
183.. The two main theories concerning the origin of ethics

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184. Ethical objectivism considers morality as?(a) derived from society (b)
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concerned with the analysis of objective propositions (c) Sees morality as an

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objective value (d) Sees the universe as created by an objective God

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185. A statement which has a truth value without relying on the truth value of any
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other statement is..........?(a) simple statement (b) complex statement (c) logic
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statement (d) compound statement

186. Which sign is generally used to represent disjunction in Logic?(a) "v" (b) ≡
(c) ∽ (d) &
187. An implication consist of...... and..........?(a) adjunct and disjunct (b) conjoint
and consequent (c) antecedent and consequent (d) altern and sub-altern
188. Which of the following is a disjunction indicator?(a) If (b) Either (c) Or (d) If
and only if
189.Which sign is generally used to represent equivalence in Logic?(a) "v" (b) ≡
(c) ∽ (d) &
190. The mood of a syllogism is denoted as.......?(a) AAA (b) MPS (c) EIO (d)
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191. The terms weak and strong are used to qualify.......type of argument?(a)
deductive argument (b) inductive argument (c) sound argument (d) unsound
argument
192. The axiom, agere sequitur esse means.........?(a) To live is to act (b) To learn
is to know (c) To love is to cherish (d) non of the above
193. The school of thought which holds that knowledge is gotten through the
activity of the brain is.......?(a) empiricism (b) pragmatism (c) utilitarianism (d)
rationalism
194. Which of the following branches of metaphysics deals with the nature of
being?(a) Theogony (b) Theodicy (c) Ontology (d) Cosmology
195. The disagreement between Plato and Aristotle is on.........?(a) nature of reality
(b) existence of reality (d) beginning of reality (d) change of reality

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196........metaphysics is based on the Noumenal and Phenomenal world?(a) Plato
(a) Aristotle (b) Socrates (d) Democritus IN
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197. The philosophical movement which tried to make philosophy scientific in the
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early 20th century was……..(a) Analytic movement (b) Pragmatism (c)

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Existentialism (d) Logical positivism

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198. Which Philosopher declared that God is dead.......?(a) Jean Paul Satre (b)
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Soren Kierkegard (c) Frederick Nietzsche (d) Albert Camus

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199. The Philosophers who stood in complete opposition to the teachings of the
Sophist are........?(a) Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes (b) Socrates, Plato,
Aristotle (c) Rene Descarte, John Lock, David Hume (d) Jean Paul Satre, Soren
Kierkegaard, Frederick Nietzsche
200. The Hometown of Protagoras is........?(a) Miletus (b) Abdera (c) Alexander
(d) Epicuria.

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1. B 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. A 10.A 11. A 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. D 16.
C 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. B 21. D 22. A 23. B 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. A 29. B
30. B 31. A 32. D 33. A 34. A 35. A 36. C 37. D 38. A 39. A 40. A 41. A 42. A 43.
B 44. C 45. A 46. B 47. A 48. A 49. D 50. D 51. B 52. A 53. B 54. D 55. C 56. C
57. A 58. A 59. A 60. A 61. B 62. A 63. A 64. C. 65. C 66. B 67. A 68. B 69. A
70.A. 71. B 72. C 73. B 74. D 75. A 76. C 77. D 78. D 79. C 80. B 81. A 82. A 83.
A 84. B 85. B 86. A 87. A 88. B 89. A 90. C 91. A 92. B 93. C 94. A 95. B 96. B
97. B 98. D 99. D 100. C 101. A 102. B 103. B 104. B 105. A 106. C 107. D 108.
A 109.A 110. A 111. A 112. A 113. B 114. B 115. B 116. A 117. A 118. B 119. A
120. A 121. C 122. A 123. A 124. B 125. C 126. B 127. C 128. D 129. A 130. B
131. D 132. B 133. B 134. A 135. B 136.A 137. A 138. B 139. A 140. B 141. B
142. B 143. D 144. B 145. C 146. A 147. B 148. A 149. A 150.A 151. C 152. A
152. C 153. C 154. B 155. B 156. B 157. A 158. C 159. A 160. B 161. A 162. A
163. B 164. B 165. C 166. B 167. B 168. A 169. C 170. A 171. D 172. B 173. C

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