Plato And Aristotle — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations
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Question 1 of 40
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As per Aristotle's distinction between various sciences, the pure and abstract knowledge is dealt by
Correct Answer: Option C — theoretical sciences such as mathematics and physics
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Aristotle divided sciences into three types based on their purpose and the kind of knowledge they provide. Theoretical sciences aim to understand the world as it is, seeking pure and abstract knowledge . They focus on discovering truths and principles, without necessarily aiming for practical application. Practical sciences , on the other hand, deal with how we should act and live. They are concerned with achieving good actions and a virtuous life . Productive sciences are focused on creation or making things, like art or crafts. Considering this, mathematics and physics are prime examples of theoretical sciences, seeking abstract truths about numbers, shapes, and the natural world, without immediate practical goals. Therefore, the correct answer is that pure and abstract knowledge is dealt with by theoretical sciences such as mathematics and physics.
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Question 2 of 40
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Who among the following talked about false knowledge?
Correct Answer: Option A — Plato
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Plato is the correct answer to “Who among the following talked about false knowledge”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 3 of 40
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Who among the following is regarded as a disciple of Socrates?
Correct Answer: Option B — Plato
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Plato is the correct answer to “Who among the following is regarded as a disciple of Socrates”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 4 of 40
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Conjectural knowledge is referreds as
Correct Answer: Option A — Illusionary knowledge
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Illusionary knowledge is the correct answer to “Conjectural knowledge is referreds as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 5 of 40
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What limits our knowledge?
Correct Answer: Option A — Mental working
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Mental working is the correct answer to “What limits our knowledge”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 6 of 40
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Who raised objections against his theory of ideas?
Correct Answer: Option A — Plato
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Plato is the correct answer to “Who raised objections against his theory of ideas”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 7 of 40
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Who provides food and the means of enjoyment for man?
Correct Answer: Option A — God
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God is the correct answer to “Who provides food and the means of enjoyment for man”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 8 of 40
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How many types of knowledge, according to Plato?
Correct Answer: Option D — Four
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Four is the correct answer to “How many types of knowledge, according to Plato”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 9 of 40
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What is said about the cause from which any product is supposed to be formed?
Correct Answer: Option A — Material cause
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Material cause is the correct answer to “What is said about the cause from which any product is supposed to be formed”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 10 of 40
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Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R) . Consider them in the light of Plato's Theory of Forms and select the correct answer. Assertion (A) Circularity does not exist in the physical world. Reason (R) Circularity is not an example of form.
Correct Answer: Option C — A is true and R is false
Detailed Academic Explanation:
A is true and R is false is the correct answer to “Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason (R) . Consider them in the light of Plato's Theory of Forms and select the correct answer. Assertion (A) Circularity does not exist in the physical world. Reason (R) Circularity is not an example of form.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 11 of 40
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How is Plato's epistemology is taken into consideration?
Correct Answer: Option C — Both A and B
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Both A and B is the correct answer to “How is Plato's epistemology is taken into consideration”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 12 of 40
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List-I List-II a. Plato 1. 'Metaphysics' b. Aristotle 2. 'Symposium' c. spinoza 3. 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding' d. Hume 4. 'Ethics'
Correct Answer: Option B — a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
Detailed Academic Explanation:
a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3 is the correct answer to “Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List-I List-II a. Plato 1. 'Metaphysics' b. Aristotle 2. 'Symposium' c. spinoza 3. 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding' d. Hume 4. 'Ethics'”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 13 of 40
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What is the name of the process that deals with the learning of ideas?
Correct Answer: Option A — Recollection process
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Recollection process is the correct answer to “What is the name of the process that deals with the learning of ideas”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 14 of 40
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What is the word 'Organon' referred as?
Correct Answer: Option D — Instrument of acquiring knowledge
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Instrument of acquiring knowledge is the correct answer to “What is the word 'Organon' referred as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 15 of 40
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What does Plato means by Scientific causation?
Correct Answer: Option A — Succession of events
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Succession of events is the correct answer to “What does Plato means by Scientific causation”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 16 of 40
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What the theory of knowledge deals with?
Correct Answer: Option A — Epistemology
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Epistemology is the correct answer to “What the theory of knowledge deals with”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 17 of 40
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God is not regarded as what; according to Plato?
Correct Answer: Option A — Creator
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Creator is the correct answer to “God is not regarded as what; according to Plato”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 18 of 40
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God is regarded as
Correct Answer: Option B — In corporeal
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In corporeal is the correct answer to “God is regarded as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 19 of 40
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What is the basic characteristic of Plato's soul?
Correct Answer: Option D — Soul as Immortal
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Soul as Immortal is the correct answer to “What is the basic characteristic of Plato's soul”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 20 of 40
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Aristotle was regarded as 1. logical thinker 2. philosopher of science 3. non-Iogical thinker 4. non-moral Select the correct answer:
Correct Answer: Option A — 1 and 2
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1 and 2 is the correct answer to “Aristotle was regarded as 1. logical thinker 2. philosopher of science 3. non-Iogical thinker 4. non-moral Select the correct answer:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 21 of 40
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Practical sciences means 1. Ethics 2. Commercial 3. Politics 4. Mathematical Select the correct answer:
Correct Answer: Option C — 1 and 3
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1 and 3 is the correct answer to “Practical sciences means 1. Ethics 2. Commercial 3. Politics 4. Mathematical Select the correct answer:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 22 of 40
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Which of the following statements is/are true with reference to Plato? 1. Justice is a quality of the soul. 2. Spirit of collectivism should permeate the individual. 3. The eternal laws of morality are not mere conventions. Select the correct answer:
Correct Answer: Option D — All of these
Detailed Academic Explanation:
All of these is the correct answer to “Which of the following statements is/are true with reference to Plato? 1. Justice is a quality of the soul. 2. Spirit of collectivism should permeate the individual. 3. The eternal laws of morality are not mere conventions. Select the correct answer:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 23 of 40
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Which among the following element is not found in Aristotelian Substance?
Correct Answer: Option D — Particularity
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Particularity is the correct answer to “Which among the following element is not found in Aristotelian Substance”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 24 of 40
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What is the name of the positive aspect of acknowledge, according to Plato?
Correct Answer: Option A — Republic
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Republic is the correct answer to “What is the name of the positive aspect of acknowledge, according to Plato”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 25 of 40
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Which of the following terms also regard to God?
Correct Answer: Option B — Rebirth
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Rebirth is the correct answer to “Which of the following terms also regard to God”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 26 of 40
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What is the basic aim of Plato's Dialectic process?
Correct Answer: Option D — Discard old concepts and forms new concepts
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Discard old concepts and forms new concepts is the correct answer to “What is the basic aim of Plato's Dialectic process”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 27 of 40
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Match the following: List-I List-II a. Aristotle 1. Logical thinker b. Plato 2. Republic c. Formal cause 3. Shape d. Material cause 4. Wood
Correct Answer: Option A — a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 is the correct answer to “Match the following: List-I List-II a. Aristotle 1. Logical thinker b. Plato 2. Republic c. Formal cause 3. Shape d. Material cause 4. Wood”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 28 of 40
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What is the name of the negative aspect of knowledge, according to Plato?
Correct Answer: Option B — Theaetetus
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Theaetetus is the correct answer to “What is the name of the negative aspect of knowledge, according to Plato”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 29 of 40
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Aristotle discusses how many degrees of soul?
Correct Answer: Option C — Three
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Three is the correct answer to “Aristotle discusses how many degrees of soul”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 30 of 40
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Who was the student of Plato?
Correct Answer: Option A — Aristotle
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Aristotle is the correct answer to “Who was the student of Plato”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 31 of 40
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What kind of knowledge is given by the Dialectical method of Plato?
Correct Answer: Option C — Universal
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Universal is the correct answer to “What kind of knowledge is given by the Dialectical method of Plato”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 32 of 40
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Arrange the following theories in order in which they appeared. 1. Theory of Ideas 2. Theory of Innate Ideas 3. Theory of Four Causes 4. Theory of Verification
Correct Answer: Option B — 2, 1, 4, 3
Detailed Academic Explanation:
2, 1, 4, 3 is the correct answer to “Arrange the following theories in order in which they appeared. 1. Theory of Ideas 2. Theory of Innate Ideas 3. Theory of Four Causes 4. Theory of Verification”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 33 of 40
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Which group of the elements mentioned below belongs to substance according to Aristotle? 1. Universal 2. Qualities 3. Relations 4. An unknown substratum called matter by itself.
Correct Answer: Option D — All of these
Detailed Academic Explanation:
All of these is the correct answer to “Which group of the elements mentioned below belongs to substance according to Aristotle? 1. Universal 2. Qualities 3. Relations 4. An unknown substratum called matter by itself.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 34 of 40
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According to Plato, human imagination is based upon what?
Correct Answer: Option B — Opinion
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Opinion is the correct answer to “According to Plato, human imagination is based upon what”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 35 of 40
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Which among the following according to Plato are one and the same thing?
Correct Answer: Option B — Ideas, Concept and Form
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Ideas, Concept and Form is the correct answer to “Which among the following according to Plato are one and the same thing”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 36 of 40
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Aristotle gives how many classification of sciences?
Correct Answer: Option D — Four
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Four is the correct answer to “Aristotle gives how many classification of sciences”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 37 of 40
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What does Plato mean by calling men as 'Good'?
Correct Answer: Option C — Moral concept
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Moral concept is the correct answer to “What does Plato mean by calling men as 'Good'”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 38 of 40
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Who raised objection against the fallacy of the third man argument?
Correct Answer: Option B — Plato
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Plato is the correct answer to “Who raised objection against the fallacy of the third man argument”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 39 of 40
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What is the form of matter?
Correct Answer: Option A — Actual object
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Actual object is the correct answer to “What is the form of matter”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 40 of 40
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Consider with regard to Plato's theory of knowledge and mark option below 1. Conjectural knowledge is a kind of sensuous knowledge 2. Source of belief is sense perception 3. Conjecture and belief are grouped under 'opinion' 4. Dialectical knowledge rests on hypothesis
Correct Answer: Option C — Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Only 1, 2 and 3 are true is the correct answer to “Consider with regard to Plato's theory of knowledge and mark option below 1. Conjectural knowledge is a kind of sensuous knowledge 2. Source of belief is sense perception 3. Conjecture and belief are grouped under 'opinion' 4. Dialectical knowledge rests on hypothesis”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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