Philosophy Questions PDF

Philosophical Thinking: Questions and Answers Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ) 1. What does the word 'philosophy' mean? Love of knowledge Love of wisdom Search for answers Wisdom itself **Answer:** b) Love of wisdom 2. When did philosophy begin according to the text? Around 6...

Philosophical Thinking: Questions and Answers Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ) 1. What does the word 'philosophy' mean? Love of knowledge Love of wisdom Search for answers Wisdom itself **Answer:** b) Love of wisdom 2. When did philosophy begin according to the text? Around 600 AD Around 600 BC Around 1000 BC Around 300 BC **Answer:** b) Around 600 BC 3. Which philosopher is NOT listed among the founders of Western philosophy? Socrates Aristotle Descartes Plato **Answer:** c) Descartes 4. What does philosophy primarily focus on? Defining answers Solving technical problems Questioning and exploring concepts Memorizing facts **Answer:** c) Questioning and exploring concepts 5. Which ancient civilization contributed to the emergence of philosophical thinking?  Mesopotamian Mediterranean Chinese Indian **Answer:** b) Mediterranean 6. Which of the following is a building block of philosophy? Mythology Concepts Mystical cognition Technical crafts **Answer:** b) Concepts 7. What are the three main areas of philosophy according to Aristotle? Science, art, and religion Reality, ethics, and politics Reality, ethics, and knowledge Logic, ethics, and metaphysics **Answer:** c) Reality, ethics, and knowledge 8. What does the term 'meta-philosophy' refer to? The love of wisdom The inquiry into the nature of philosophy The philosophical study of metaphysics The relationship between philosophy and science **Answer:** b) The inquiry into the nature of philosophy 9. What differentiates philosophy from art and religion? Its historical beginning is traceable It focuses only on spiritual questions It is more ancient than art and religion It excludes abstract thinking **Answer:** a) Its historical beginning is traceable 10. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of philosophical thinking? Open-ended exploration Focus on definitive answers Creation of new methods of inquiry Questioning of existing concepts **Answer:** b) Focus on definitive answers 11. What did people rely on before the emergence of philosophy to explain the world? Scientific experiments Rational debates Stories about spirits and gods Written laws **Answer:** c) Stories about spirits and gods 12. What does philosophical thinking often aim to address? Concrete physical problems Abstract questions like truth and morality Day-to-day social issues Political structures **Answer:** b) Abstract questions like truth and morality 13. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a shared characteristic of civilizations contributing to philosophy? Surplus trade Agricultural irrigation Philosophical questioning Universal languages **Answer:** d) Universal languages 14. What type of discipline is philosophy described as? A rigid and definitive discipline An open-ended and pioneering discipline A historical and unchanging discipline A strictly religious discipline **Answer:** b) An open-ended and pioneering discipline 15. What is one method of learning philosophy? Practicing mystical rituals Studying the great thinkers Relying on religious texts Following established societal norms **Answer:** b) Studying the great thinkers True/False Questions 1. Philosophy means having wisdom. **Answer:** False 2. Philosophy is a discipline based on questioning rather than answering. **Answer:** True 3. The emergence of philosophy began in the Mediterranean world. **Answer:** True 4. Philosophy relies on mythology for its foundations. **Answer:** False 5. Philosophy as a discipline can lead to the formation of new concepts. **Answer:** True 6. Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that studies the scope and nature of knowledge. **Answer:** True 7. Philosophy focuses only on answering questions, not questioning them. **Answer:** False 8. The Mediterranean world provided favorable conditions for the emergence of philosophy. **Answer:** True 9. All civilizations share philosophical thinking as their primary characteristic. **Answer:** False 10. Philosophy is described as an art of inventing and fabricating concepts. **Answer:** True 11. Philosophy excludes the study of ethics and value. **Answer:** False 12. Before philosophy, myths and stories were used to explain the world. **Answer:** True