Q.1: Read the following statements carefully:
i) Human knowledge broadly consists of facts and theories.
ii) Reliable knowledge is based on objective verification of generalisations.
a) i) & ii) are true
b) i) & ii) are false
c) i) is true & ii) is false
d) i) is false & ii) is true
Ans: a) i) & ii) are true
Q.2: Read the following statements carefully:
i) Syllogism is a form of deductive reasoning.
ii) Syllogism is a form of inductive reasoning.
a) i) & ii) are true
b) i) & ii) are false
c) i) is true & ii) is false
d) i) is false & ii) is true
Ans: c) i) is true & ii) is false
Q.3: Who developed the method syllogism?
a) Plato
b) Copernicus
c) Aristotle
d) Leibniz
Ans: c) Aristotle
Q.4: Read the following statements carefully:
i) All humans are mortal
ii) John is human.
iii) Therefore John is mortal.
This is an example of _________?
a) Deductive Reasoning (Syllogism)
b) Inductive Reasoning
c) Authority
d) Reflective thinking
Ans: a) Deductive Reasoning (Syllogism)
Q.5: Who gave the concept of inductive reasoning?
a) Francis Bacon
b) Stoics
c) Abelard
d) Aristotle
Ans) a) Francis Bacon
Q.6: Deductive-Inductive method (scientific method) acquiring knowledge is attributed to ________?
a) Kant
b) Confucius
c) Charles Darwin
d) John Stuart Mill
Ans: c) Charles Darwin
Q.7: Reflective thinking is associated with_______?
a) Authority
b) Tradition
c) Deductive Reasoning
d) Scientific Method
Ans: d) Scientific Method
Q.8: “On The Origin Of Species” is a book written by __________?
a) Charles Darwin
b) Aristotle
c) Francis Bacon
d) Copernicus
Ans: a) Charles Darwin
Q 9: Which among the following is not the work of Aristotle?
a) Organon
b) Metaphysics
c) Commentariolus
d) History of Animals
Ans: c) Commentariolus
Q.10: Which of the following work is not related to Nicolaus Copernicus?
a) De Anima (On the Soul)
b) De Libris Revolutionum (Books on Revolutions)
c) Commentariolus (Little Commentary)
d) De Octava Sphera (On the Eighth Sphere)
Ans: a) De Anima (On the Soul)
(Imp Fact)
De Anima (On the Soul) is a work of Aristotle.
Q.11: Which of the following is not the work of Plato?
a) Georgias
b) Crito
c) Treatise on Miniting Coins
d) Meno
Ans: c) Treatise on Miniting Coins
(Imp Fact)
Monetae Cudendae ratio (Treatise on Miniting Coins) was a work of Copernicus on economics and monetary policy.
Q.12: Who said, “By three methods we can learn wisdom: First, by reflections, which is noblest, second, by imitation, which is easiest, and third, by experience, which is bitterest.”
a) Confucius
b) Mencius
c) Xunzi
d) David Hume
Ans: a) Confucius
(Imp Fact)
(He was a Chinese philosopher, politician and teacher 551-479 BCE)