Plato And Aristotle — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations
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Question 1 of 40
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Matter and form can be distinguished in what?
Correct Answer: Option A — Thought only
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Thought only is the correct answer to “Matter and form can be distinguished in what”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 2 of 40
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Which of the following were rejected by Plato with regard to the answer 'what is Knowledge'? 1. Knowledge is sense perception. 2. Knowledge is opinion. 3. Knowledge is judgement. 4. Knowledge is true judgement. Select the correct answer:
Correct Answer: Option C — 1, 2 and 3
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1, 2 and 3 is the correct answer to “Which of the following were rejected by Plato with regard to the answer 'what is Knowledge'? 1. Knowledge is sense perception. 2. Knowledge is opinion. 3. Knowledge is judgement. 4. Knowledge is true judgement. Select the correct answer:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 3 of 40
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Which among the following is not the argument from relation, according to Plato?
Correct Answer: Option B — Relation of ideas
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Relation of ideas is the correct answer to “Which among the following is not the argument from relation, according to Plato”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 4 of 40
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Organon was regarded as . . . . . . . . work on logic.
Correct Answer: Option A — Aristotle
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Aristotle is the correct answer to “Organon was regarded as . . . . . . . . work on logic.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 5 of 40
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According to Aristotle, logic comes under which domain?
Correct Answer: Option A — Sciences theory
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Sciences theory is the correct answer to “According to Aristotle, logic comes under which domain”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 6 of 40
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Aristotle wrote 1. Nichomachean ethics 2. Symposium 3. Logic as organon 4. Memo Select the correct answer:
Correct Answer: Option C — 1 and 3
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1 and 3 is the correct answer to “Aristotle wrote 1. Nichomachean ethics 2. Symposium 3. Logic as organon 4. Memo Select the correct answer:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 7 of 40
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"If there are no individual circular things; there would be no such thing as the form called circularity? Can be attributed to
Correct Answer: Option C — Aristotle
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Aristotle is the correct answer to “"If there are no individual circular things; there would be no such thing as the form called circularity? Can be attributed to”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 8 of 40
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Which among the following is not the characteristics of Ideas?
Correct Answer: Option A — Ideas are subjective
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Ideas are subjective is the correct answer to “Which among the following is not the characteristics of Ideas”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 9 of 40
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Plato means soul . . . . . . . . over the world of bodies.
Correct Answer: Option A — Sovereignty
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Sovereignty is the correct answer to “Plato means soul . . . . . . . . over the world of bodies.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 10 of 40
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According to Plato's 'Theory of form', in which among the following the essence of things consist in?
Correct Answer: Option D — Universal Form
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Universal Form is the correct answer to “According to Plato's 'Theory of form', in which among the following the essence of things consist in”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 11 of 40
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Which among the following comes under the domain of practical sciences?
Correct Answer: Option D — Both A and B
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Both A and B is the correct answer to “Which among the following comes under the domain of practical sciences”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 12 of 40
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Practical knowledge is known as
Correct Answer: Option A — Serious knowledge
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Serious knowledge is the correct answer to “Practical knowledge is known as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 13 of 40
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Aristotle's poetics' are said to be the part of which type of science for Aristotle?
Correct Answer: Option C — Productive Science
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Productive Science is the correct answer to “Aristotle's poetics' are said to be the part of which type of science for Aristotle”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 14 of 40
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Which among the followings are not the book of Plato?
Correct Answer: Option B — Meditation
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Meditation is the correct answer to “Which among the followings are not the book of Plato”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 15 of 40
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Match the following: List-I List-II a. Aristotle 1. Biologist b. Plato 2. Theory of ideas c. Descartes 3. Mind and matter d. Leibniz 4. Monadology
Correct Answer: Option A — a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
Detailed Academic Explanation:
a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 is the correct answer to “Match the following: List-I List-II a. Aristotle 1. Biologist b. Plato 2. Theory of ideas c. Descartes 3. Mind and matter d. Leibniz 4. Monadology”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 16 of 40
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Choose the correct order of hierarchy of sciences according to Plato.
Correct Answer: Option A — Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, Harmonics and Dialectics
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Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, Harmonics and Dialectics is the correct answer to “Choose the correct order of hierarchy of sciences according to Plato.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 17 of 40
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Soul is regarded as . . . . . . . . to body.
Correct Answer: Option A — Superior
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Superior is the correct answer to “Soul is regarded as . . . . . . . . to body.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 18 of 40
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What does Aristotle mean by 'Actuality'?
Correct Answer: Option A — End of something which have potency prior to it
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End of something which have potency prior to it is the correct answer to “What does Aristotle mean by 'Actuality'”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 19 of 40
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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) . Considering (A) and (R) in the light of Plato's epistemology. Mark the correct answer. Assertion (A) Conceptual knowledge is the only genuine knowledge. Reason (R) Conceptual knowledge does not presuppose the reality of corresponding ideal or abstract objects.
Correct Answer: Option C — A is true, but R is false
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A is true, but R is false is the correct answer to “Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) . Considering (A) and (R) in the light of Plato's epistemology. Mark the correct answer. Assertion (A) Conceptual knowledge is the only genuine knowledge. Reason (R) Conceptual knowledge does not presuppose the reality of corresponding ideal or abstract objects.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 20 of 40
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Match the following. List-I List-II a. Plato 1. Parmenides b. Aristotle 2. Discourse on Method c. Berkeley 3. Nicomechian Ethics d. Descartes 4. Principles of Human Knowledge
Correct Answer: Option D — a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
Detailed Academic Explanation:
a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2 is the correct answer to “Match the following. List-I List-II a. Plato 1. Parmenides b. Aristotle 2. Discourse on Method c. Berkeley 3. Nicomechian Ethics d. Descartes 4. Principles of Human Knowledge”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 21 of 40
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What is the other views upon the Plato's dialectic method?
Correct Answer: Option A — Self-knowledge
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Self-knowledge is the correct answer to “What is the other views upon the Plato's dialectic method”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 22 of 40
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What do we understand by conjectural knowledge
Correct Answer: Option B — Lowest
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Lowest is the correct answer to “What do we understand by conjectural knowledge”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 23 of 40
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Match the following: List-I List-II a. Aristotle 1. Theory of causation b. Plato 2. Rational knowledge c. Opinion 3. False d. Soul 4. Immortal
Correct Answer: Option A — a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
Detailed Academic Explanation:
a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 is the correct answer to “Match the following: List-I List-II a. Aristotle 1. Theory of causation b. Plato 2. Rational knowledge c. Opinion 3. False d. Soul 4. Immortal”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 24 of 40
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Who gave teleological and cosmological argument for the existence of God?
Correct Answer: Option D — Plato
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Plato is the correct answer to “Who gave teleological and cosmological argument for the existence of God”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 25 of 40
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What kind of relation is established through hypothetical knowledge?
Correct Answer: Option B — Relation between world of things
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Relation between world of things is the correct answer to “What kind of relation is established through hypothetical knowledge”. 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 kind of argument is this "There are several trees but all of them have a common nature"?
Correct Answer: Option C — Argument of one over many
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Argument of one over many is the correct answer to “What is the kind of argument is this "There are several trees but all of them have a common nature"”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 27 of 40
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Consider the following statements in the light of Plato's metaphysics and select the correct answer: 1. What is truly real is objects that we encounter in sensory experience. 2. What is truly real is forms that can only be grasped intellectually. 3. Forms are eternal and changing.
Correct Answer: Option C — Only 2 is true
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Only 2 is true is the correct answer to “Consider the following statements in the light of Plato's metaphysics and select the correct answer: 1. What is truly real is objects that we encounter in sensory experience. 2. What is truly real is forms that can only be grasped intellectually. 3. Forms are eternal and changing.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 28 of 40
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Who should be trusted according to Plato in his theory of forms?
Correct Answer: Option C — Wisest member of the society
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Wisest member of the society is the correct answer to “Who should be trusted according to Plato in his theory of forms”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Plato And Aristotle
Question 29 of 40
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Plato says that the three parts of the embodied soul are 1. reason 2. high spirits 3. appetities 4. non-appetities Select the correct answer:
Correct Answer: Option A — 1, 2 and 3
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1, 2 and 3 is the correct answer to “Plato says that the three parts of the embodied soul are 1. reason 2. high spirits 3. appetities 4. non-appetities Select the correct answer:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 30 of 40
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According to Nichomachean Ethics 'Phronesis' refers to
Correct Answer: Option A — Practical Wisdom
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Practical Wisdom is the correct answer to “According to Nichomachean Ethics 'Phronesis' refers to”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 31 of 40
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Which one of the following philosophers believed that "intuition is the essential element in Induction, the process in which thought rises from sense perception to the knowledge of universals"?
Correct Answer: Option C — Aristotle
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Aristotle is the correct answer to “Which one of the following philosophers believed that "intuition is the essential element in Induction, the process in which thought rises from sense perception to the knowledge of universals"”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Plato And Aristotle
Question 32 of 40
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Which among the following is the highest form of thought for Plato?
Correct Answer: Option C — Dialectic
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Dialectic is the correct answer to “Which among the following is the highest form of thought for Plato”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Plato And Aristotle
Question 33 of 40
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The form is regarded as the principle of
Correct Answer: Option A — Actualisation
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Actualisation is the correct answer to “The form is regarded as the principle of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 34 of 40
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Matter is regarded as
Correct Answer: Option C — Formless and Lawless
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Formless and Lawless is the correct answer to “Matter is regarded as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Plato And Aristotle
Question 35 of 40
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Which among the following cannot be separated?
Correct Answer: Option C — Form and matter
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Form and matter is the correct answer to “Which among the following cannot be separated”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 36 of 40
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Which one of the following can be placed under 'Opinion' according to Plato?
Correct Answer: Option A — Belief of Chair
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Belief of Chair is the correct answer to “Which one of the following can be placed under 'Opinion' according to Plato”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 37 of 40
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In which among the following book, Plato talked about opinion and knowledge?
Correct Answer: Option C — The Republic
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The Republic is the correct answer to “In which among the following book, Plato talked about opinion and knowledge”. 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 among the following has said that "Punishment brings wisdom. It is the healing art of wickedness"
Correct Answer: Option C — Aristotle
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Aristotle is the correct answer to “Who among the following has said that "Punishment brings wisdom. It is the healing art of wickedness"”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 39 of 40
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A formis regarded as
Correct Answer: Option A — Universal
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Universal is the correct answer to “A formis regarded as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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Question 40 of 40
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The soul is regarded as form of . . . . . . . .
Correct Answer: Option B — Living thing
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Living thing is the correct answer to “The soul is regarded as form of . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Plato And Aristotle.
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