Medieval Philosophers — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

The Confessions is the correct answer to “The most popular work of St. Augustine are”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Matter is the correct answer to “According to St. Augustine, what was created by God”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Doctrine of man is the correct answer to “"Man is rational soul which has a body." This is said to be which doctrine”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Adam is the correct answer to “Who was regarded as a first man”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

St. Aquinas is the correct answer to “Who wrote a book 'Summa Theologica'”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Proslogium is the correct answer to “In which work St. Anselm presented ontological argument”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Both A and B is the correct answer to “St. Augustine is infused with which philosophical ideology”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Concept of faith and reason is the correct answer to “St. Aquinas deals with the following, select the correct option.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

1 and 2 is the correct answer to “St. Aquinas believes in 1. Essence and existence 2. Faith and reason 3. Non-existence and essence 4. Non-faith and reason”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Is a philosophical absurdity is the correct answer to “According to St. Aquinas the view that the world has 20 beginning in time”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A is the correct answer to “Consider the following two statements in the light of St. Augustine's philosophy. Assertion (A) Degrees of goodness are identified with degrees of being. Reason (R) If there is no goodness at all in a particular thing, then there is no reality in it either.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

1, 2 and 3 are true is the correct answer to “Consider the following statements with respect to St. Aquinas and select the answer: 1. Philosophy passes from facts to God and theology, from God to facts. 2. He made a distinction between reason and faith. 3. Faith is the matter of will.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

God is necessary conservation ground of the world is the correct answer to “Which of the following is true with respect to the cosmological argument”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Thomas Aquinas is the correct answer to “Which one of the following medieval philosophers argued that existence is the most important actuality without which even the essence cannot be actual”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 is the correct answer to “Match the following: List-I List-II a. Augustine 1. Problem of evil b. Anselm 2. Idea of perfect being c. Aquinas 3. Essences and existence d. Graded excellence 4. God is the ground of all perfections”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Incorrect is the correct answer to “Faith is regarded as the opposite factor of reason”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

St. Thomas Aquinas is the correct answer to “There must be a first mover which moves without being moved by anything else. This view of Aristotle is also accepted by”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Augustine is the correct answer to “Who is regarded as greatest Christian philosopher”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Aquinas is the correct answer to “Which one of the following opined that "Philosophy is based on precepts of reason; theology on truths of revelation held on faith and philosophy serves as a handmaiden for theology."”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Saint Augustine is the correct answer to “The city of Gods was written by”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Epistemology is the correct answer to “Which among the following is valuable for St. Augustine to attain the Knowledge of divine”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

The existence of God is a self-evident truth for man is the correct answer to “Which one of the following is not acceptable to St. Thomas Aquinas”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Being, Volition and Knowledge is the correct answer to “Every creature should consist essentially the following attributes.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Created is the correct answer to “According to St. Thomas Aquinas, the world is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

All of the above is the correct answer to “Consider the followirig statements with reference to Thomas Aquinas. 1. Aquinas rejected doctrines of universal hylomorphism and plurality of forms. 2. Human being has a single rational soul, which acts as the one substantial form. 3. Only in God there is no composition at all, his essence is purely and simply his act of existing. Which of the statements given above are correct”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

St. Augustine is the correct answer to “Which philosopher sets the plan for whole Christian philosophy”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Only one soul is the correct answer to “According to Aquinas, there is/are”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

St. Thomas Aquinas is the correct answer to “Theology has a higher status than philosophy. It is the view of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Faith and reason is the correct answer to “Aquinas engaged in mixed enterprise and this mixed enterprise bears out his two main, principles.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

All 1, 2 and 3 are true is the correct answer to “Consider the following statements with reference to St. Anselm and mark correct answer: 1. The attempted to find necessary reasons for the truths of the faith. 2. "I believe in order to understand". 3. By God we mean "that than which no greater can be thought".”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

God's essence is identified with his existence, as pure actuality is the correct answer to “Which one of the following statements is true with reference to St. Thomas Aquinas”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Theory of Seminal good is the correct answer to “Physical evil is taken as what”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Descartes and St. Anselm is the correct answer to “Ontological Argument' in favour of the existence of God was popularised by”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

God created the world out of nothing is the correct answer to “According to the Ex nihilo Theory of St. Augustine”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

St. Anselm is the correct answer to “Who propounds the ontological argument for the existence of God”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Personal God as the highest reality is the correct answer to “The highest reality of the cosmos for Aristotle was actus purus, but St. Thomas Aquinas regarded”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

Both A and B is the correct answer to “What constitutesthe highest knowledge for St. Augustine”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

From motion is the correct answer to “The first proof for the existence of God, given by St. Aquirias is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

All of these is the correct answer to “What is the best attribute used for a God”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.

St. Anselm is the correct answer to “Who proved the existence of God through arguments based on ontology”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Medieval Philosophers.