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Philosophy Quiz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who used the term “Philosophy” firstly?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Zeno

d)

Plato

e)

Socrates

2.

What is the meaning of the concept of Cosmos?

a)

Love

b)

Order

c)

Chaos

d)

Space

e)

Wisdom

3.

Which branch of Philosophy studies the problems of cognition?

a)

Futurology

b)

Gnoseology

c)

Philosophical Anthropology

d)

Ethics

e)

Social philosophy

4.

What was the mainstream ideology in Ancient China?

a)

Zen-Buddhism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Tao Te Ching

d)

Buddhism

e)

Legalism

5.

What is Axiology?

a)

Study of knowledge

b)

Study of values

c)

Study of being

d)

Study of thinking

e)

Study of beauty

6.

Which branch of Philosophy studies the problems of human evolution?

a)

Gnoseology

b)

Philosophical Anthropology

c)

Futurology

d)

Ethics

e)

Social philosophy

7.

According to the Buddhist philosophy the highest grace is

a)

Akhimsa

b)

Nirvana

c)

Karma

d)

Brahmin

e)

Samsara

8.

Which branch of Philosophy studies a society and social relations?

a)

Gnoseology

b)

Social philosophy

c)

Futurology

d)

Philosophical Anthropology

e)

Ethics

9.

What is Aesthetics?

a)

Study of knowledge

b)

Study of beauty

c)

Study of values

d)

Study of being

e)

Study of thinking

10.

The method of cognition in philosophy and science, when thought moves from general principles to particular conclusions:

a)

Induction

b)

Deduction

c)

Analysis

d)

Synthesis

e)

Experiment

11.

Which branch of Philosophy studies a morality and moral norms?

a)

Gnoseology

b)

Ethics

c)

Futurology

d)

Philosophical Anthropology

e)

Social philosophy

12.

What is Epistemology?

a)

Study of values

b)

Study of knowledge

c)

Study of being

d)

Study of thinking

e)

Study of beauty

13.

What does Renaissance mean?

a)

Strong philosophy

b)

Rebirth or recovery

c)

Dark ages

d)

Light age

e)

Enlightenment

14.

Philosophical doctrine of the essence of man is:

a)

Ontology

b)

Anthropology

c)

Ethics

d)

Gnoseology

e)

Aesthetics

15.

By what principles is «a noble man» of Confucius guided?

a)

The principle of «others owe to me»

b)

Duty

c)

Do not harm anything living

d)

One must work his way in life

e)

To achieve his goals by deception

16.

The method of philosophical thinking explaining the world in its unity, contradictions and dynamics that call:

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Dialectics

c)

Eclecticism

d)

Dogmatism

e)

Sophistry

17.

The author of the concept of "open society":

a)

O. Comte

b)

K. Popper

c)

E. Durkheim

d)

K. Marx

e)

M. Weber

18.

The absolutization of the role and significance of sensory data in philosophy and scientific knowledge is associated with the direction:

a)

Skepticism

b)

Sensualism

c)

Hedonism

d)

Realism

e)

Rationalism

19.

I. Kant`s strict moral law is called:

a)

Antinomy

b)

categorical imperative

c)

transcendental imperative

d)

synthetic judgment

e)

hypothetical principle

20.

Which of these philosophers was a dualist?

a)

Plato

b)

Descartes

c)

I. Kant

d)

Hegel

e)

Voltaire

21.

Which of Ancient Creek philosopher opened the law of unity and struggle of opposites?

a)

Plato

b)

Heraclitus

c)

Aristotle

d)

Parmenides

e)

Pythagoras

22.

Epistemological optimism means:

a)

Unrecognizability of the world

b)

The principal cognizability of the world

c)

Creations of the world by God

d)

Man as a subject and object of knowledge

e)

Assumptions of some innate ideas

23.

Which branch of Philosophy makes the philosophical and social forecasts?

a)

Gnoseology

b)

Futurology

c)

Philosophical Anthropology

d)

Ethics

e)

Social philosophy

24.

Organizations of Western scientists, sociologists, public figures who have formulated the concept of "global problems"

a)

"The movement of green"

b)

Club of Rome

c)

UN

d)

UNESCO

e)

"The mighty bunch"

25.

“Be human” is the main idea of ​​the ethical concept of:

a)

Ch. Valikhanov

b)

Abai

c)

I. Altynsarin

d)

S. Kudaiberdiev

e)

M. Dulatov

26.

What is Logic?

a)

Study of knowledge

b)

Study of thinking

c)

Study of beauty

d)

Study of values

e)

Study of being

27.

One of the most important works of K. Popper on the problem of development of society is:

a)

Utopia

b)

An open society and its enemies

c)

City of the Sun

d)

Sovereign

e)

A treatise on the views of the inhabitants of a virtuous city

28.

The main definition of philosophy is:

a)

a systematic and comprehensive study of man and life

b)

a systematic and comprehensive study of truth about life, about the universe, and everything including events, relationships, and experience

c)

a systematic and comprehensive study of the universe

d)

a systematic and comprehensive study of society

e)

a systematic and comprehensive study of nature and physical world

29.

A principle that affirms God as the root cause of the world, but denies at the same time its interference in the further development of the universe ....

a)

Creationism

b)

Deism

c)

Providentialism

d)

Humanism

e)

Theocentrism

30.

“Anxiety”, “abandonment”, “despair” - the terms of:

a)

Phenomenology

b)

Existentialism

c)

Structuralism

d)

Postpositivism

e)

Analytical philosophy

31.

The view, which is based on the value of a person, the human right to freedom, happiness, prosperity:

a)

Neo-Thomism

b)

Humanism

c)

Anthropomorphism

d)

Anti-Scientism

e)

Thomism

32.

A philosophical category expressing the duration of the existence of material objects, a certain sequence of events of real reality.

a)

The essence

b)

Time

c)

Space

d)

Interaction

e)

Substance

33.

The direction, opposite to the philosophy of materialism:

a)

agnosticism

b)

nationalism

c)

sensationalism

d)

idealism

e)

empiricism

34.

The main philosophical worldview in Medieval Europe:

a)

Scientism

b)

Theocentrism

c)

Europocentrism

d)

Cosmocentrism

e)

Anthropocentrism

35.

The famous Kazakh thinker who was looking for ideal place in the world during his all life:

a)

Shakarim

b)

Asan-Kaigy

c)

Ablay-khan

d)

Korkyt

e)

Bukhar Zhirau

36.

Which function of philosophy demonstrates the ability to give a united picture of the world in general, to combine data of sciences, arts, practices?

a)

Methodological function

b)

Outlook function

c)

Humanistic function

d)

Practical function

e)

Prognostic function

37.

What does it mean the term “Philosophy”?

a)

Love of thinking

b)

Love of wisdom

c)

Love of human

d)

Love of the world

e)

Love of science

38.

A philosophical category characterizing the extent of material objects, their size and location relative to each other:

a)

Time

b)

Space

c)

Matter

d)

System

e)

Structure

39.

What is Ontology?

a)

Study of knowledge

b)

Study of being

c)

Study of thinking

d)

Study of beauty

e)

Study of values

40.

Pantheism is:

a)

a doctrine affirming the knowability of the world

b)

a study that denies the personal God and brings him closer to nature, sometimes identifying them

c)

an essence of human history

d)

the doctrine of the spiritual culture of society

e)

essence of knowledge, on the ways of comprehension of truth

41.

How does Plato regard a thing and an idea?

a)

An idea is a reflection of a thing

b)

The world of things is only a shadow of the world of ideas

c)

An idea and a thing are equal

d)

An idea is the image of the world

e)

Things are temporary, ideas are eternal

42.

In Chinese philosophy “the person possesses initially evil nature” is the main postulates of

a)

Confucianism

b)

Legalism

c)

Taoism

d)

School of Yin and Yang

e)

School of names

43.

Three main areas, which are focused by Philosophy:

a)

Nature, Universe, the World

b)

Nature, Social life. Human

c)

Society, Religion, Culture

d)

Culture, Art, Freedom

e)

Consciousness, Mind, Rationality

44.

Choose paradoxes of Zeno:

a)

Achilles and the lion

b)

Achilles and the tortoise

c)

A flying butterfly

d)

A flying bird

e)

The ocean and lake

45.

Figure out the main peculiarities of Philosophy:

a)

Creativity, imagination

b)

Rationality, generalization, critical thinking

c)

Scientific thinking, detailing

d)

Specification. Description

e)

Formulation, conceptualization

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