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B.A PHILOSOPHY

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VI SEMESTER

ELECTIVE COURSE

PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

QUESTION BANK

UNIT I

1. The term religion comes from the Latin word:

a. Religoen b. Religeor c. Religio d. Religious

An. c. Religio

2. The term Religio means:

a. To found b. To revel c. To bind d. To worship

An. c. To bind

3. Religion is not mere belief but :

a. conduct b. behaviour c. belief in god d.belief in customs

An. b. behaviour

4. Religion is not mere conviction but:

a. conduct b. customs c. behaviour d. None of these

An. a. conduct



5. Religion is not mere faith but :

a. conduct b. customs c.reason d.functioning

An. d. functioning

6. In religion, the whole of a human being’s ---------------- is involved..

a. conduct b. personality c.. behaviour d. None of these

An. b. personality

7. “The feeling, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude so far as they apprehendthemselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine.” Who definedreligion in this way?

a. Alexander b. Patric c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. c. William James

8. ----------------- defines religion as, “the conservation of values.”.

a. Alexander b. Patric c. William James d. Hoffoding

An. d. Hoffoding

9. Hoffoding defines religion as, “the conservation of--------------.”

a. truth b. conduct c. character d. values

An. d. values

10. To----------------------, religion is not in doctrines, in dogmas nor in intellectual argumentation;it is being and becoming, it is realization.

a. Swami Vivekananda b. Hoffoding c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. a . Swami Vivekananda

11. To Swami Vivekananda, religion is not in doctrines, in dogmas nor in intellectualargumentation; it is being and becoming, it is:

a. goodness b. truth c. realization d. virtue

An. c. realization

12. According to ------------ “Religion is faith in deity”

a. Alexander b. Kant c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. a. Alexander

13. According to Alexander “Religion is--------------”

a. faith in God b. faith in deity c. faith in nature d. faith in super power

An. b. faith in deity

14. To --------- “Religion is the consciousness of our practical relation to an invisible spiritualorder.”


An. b. Patric

15. To Patric “Religion is the consciousness of our to an invisible spiritual order.”

a. relation b. theoretical relation c. practical relation d. None of these

An. c. practical relation



16. According to ------------------“Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind,and within, the passing flux of immediate things.”

a. Alexander b. Patric c. Whitehead d. W.T Stace

An. c. Whitehead

17. According to Whitehead, “Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind,and within, the ------------ of immediate things.”a. relations b. continues waves c. stream d. passing flux

An. d. passing flux

18. --------------- defined “religion as the hunger of the soul for the impossible, the unattainable,the inconceivable.”


An. d. W.T Stace

19. W.T Stace defined “religion as the ------------------ for the impossible, the unattainable, theinconceivable.”

a. hunger of the soul b. thirst of the mind c. quest of the intellect d. none of these

An. a. hunger of the soul

20. According to ------------“Religion is a matter of the will, it being understood and identifiedwith practical reason, that is to say certain acts ought to be done or that certain attitudes oughtto be adopted.”

a. Alexander b. Kant c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. b. Kant

21. According to Kant “Religion is a matter of the:

a. mind b. soul c. will d. intellect

An. c. will

22. Concise Oxford Dictionary defines; religion is “human recognition of a ----------- controllingpower and especially of a personal God or gods entitled to obedience and worship”

a. cosmic b. super natural c. divine d. superhuman

An. d. superhuman

23. ---------------- defines, religion, “a set of beliefs, practices, and institutions which men haveevolved in various societies”

a. Swami Vivekananda b. Talcott Parsons c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. b. Talcott Parsons

24. Talcott Parsons defines, religion, “-------------------------------------which men have evolved invarious societies”

a. values, morals and practices b. a set of myths and imaginations

c. a set of beliefs, practices, and institutions d. none of these

An. c. a set of beliefs, practices, and institutions



25. ------------------- defines, religion, “a body of scruples which impede the free exercise of ourfaculties”

a. Salomon Reinach b. Hoffoding c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. a. Salomon Reinach

26. Salomon Reinach defines, religion, “----------------- which impede the free exercise of ourfaculties”a. a set of rules and laws b. a set of beliefs c. a set of imaginations d. a body of scruples

An. d. a body of scruples

27. Who defines religion as, “ethics heightened, enkindled, lit up by feeling” ?

a. Swami Vivekananda b. Hoffoding c. Mathew Arnold d. W.T Stace

An. c. Mathew Arnold

28. Arnold says religion as, “ethics heightened, enkindled, lit up by-----------------”

a. willing b. feeling c. imagination d. practicing

An . b. feeling

29. ---------------explains, “Religion is the recognition that all things are manifestations of a Powerwhich transcends our knowledge”.

a. Kant b. Hoffoding c. William James d. Herbert Spencer

An. d. Herbert Spencer

30. -----------------explains, “Religion is the humanity’s response to the divine.”

a. Talcott Parsons b. Hoffoding c. Herbert Spencer d. W.T Stace

An. c. Herbert Spencer

31. Herbert Spencer explains, “Religion is the humanity’s response to the --------------------.”

a. divine b. personal God c. superhuman d. super power

An. a. divine

32. Both ----------------------raise the life of man and society to a higher and nobler level

a. science and art b. science and wealth c. philosophy and religion d. none of these

An. c. philosophy and religion

33. What is considered as the one and only one purpose of philosophy and religion?

a. seeking unity through diversity b. seeking unity of religions

c. seeking unity of human beings d. none of these

An. a. seeking unity through diversity

34. The relation between religion and philosophy is -------------

a. most contradictory b. most controversial c. most intimate d. none of these

An. c. most intimate

35. --------------------------- is an intellectual and logical interpretation of religious experience.

a. Theology b. Religion c. Philosophy of religion d. Religious experience

An. c. Philosophy of religion



36. Philosophy of religion is ----------------------------interpretation of religious experience.

a. an effective b. a psychological and emotional

c. a rational and instrumental d. an intellectual and logical

An. d. an intellectual and logical

37. Philosophical thought is always rational and very deeply ----------------------

a. sensational b. intellectual c. instrumental d. imaginary

An. b. intellectual

38. Religious experience cannot be explained by -----------

a. intellect b. figures c. symbols d. analogy

An. a. intellect

39. Hegel identified religion with the --------------------------of philosophy

a. pure teleological notions b. pure ontological notions

c. pure instrumental notions d. pure intellectual notions

An. d. pure intellectual notions

40. Who identified religion with the pure intellectual notions of philosophy?

a. Salomon Reinach b. Hegel c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. b. Hegel

41. The philosophy of religion is not an organ of -----------------.

a. religious teaching b. religious theories c. religious analysis d. none of these

An. a. religious teaching

42. The ----------------- is not an organ of religious teaching.

a. theology b. philosophy of religion c. speculative theology d. none of these

An. b. philosophy of religion

43. In philosophy of religion we have to observe the ---------------- of all the organs of religion.

a. religious aspects b. ritualistic aspects c. e aspects d. philosophical aspects

An. d. philosophical aspects

44. Not only the theist, but -----------------------can philosophize about religion.

a. the spiritualist and the pragmatic b. the spiritualist and the pragmatic

c. the atheist and the agnostic d. none of these

An. c. the atheist and the agnostic

45. Philosophy of religion studies the concepts, propositions and arguments of :

a. theologians b. priests c. religious practitioners d. none of these

An. a. theologians

46. Who studies the concepts, propositions and arguments of theologians?

a. philosophers of religion b. theologians c. religious practitioners d. theist

An. a. philosophers of religion



47. The ---------------is not necessarily a branch of theology.

a. religious rituals b. philosophy of religion c. religious ceremonies d. ethical practices

An. b. philosophy of religion

48. Philosophy of religion generally committed on:

a. reason b. intellect c. will d. emotion

An. a. reason

49. ------------------------ is generally committed on reason and rationalism.

a. theology b. religion c. philosophy of religion d. religious rituals

An. c. philosophy of religion

50. Philosophy of religion is more than affair of ------------ than the heart.

a. head b. mind c. hand d. will

An. a. head

51. Philosophy of religion is more than affair of head than the---------------.

a. heart b. mind c. hand d. will

An. a. heart

52. ----------- can very well help us to reject superstitions and blind belief from the religion.

a. Reason b. Intellect c. Will d. Experience

An. a. Reason

53. Reason can very well help us to reject ---------------------from the religion

a. Rituals and ceremonies b. emotions and imaginations

c. superstitions and blind belief d. none of these

An. c. superstitions and blind belief

54. Philosophy of religion must be based on -----------------

a. religious revelations b. religious beliefs c. religious practices d. religious experiences

An. d. religious experiences

55. The mystical part of religion is :

a. ineffable and inexpressible b. describable and definable

c. expressible and distinct d. none of these

An. a. ineffable and inexpressible

56. --------------------------can be stated and verified through symbols, figures and visions.

a. Religious theories b. Religious experiences c. Religious explanations d. none of these

An. b. Religious experiences

57. The philosophy of religion is based on ------------- as the fundamental principle of knowledge.

a. realism b. pluralism c. idealism d. monism

An. c. idealism

58. Philosophy of religion emphasizes on ideas and explains the ---------- aspects of the universe.

a. natural b. spiritual c. material d. ritual

An. b. spiritual



59. Philosophy of religion involves the ------------------------------problems of the world.

a. epistemological and ontological b. ethical and aesthetical

c. logical and aesthetical d. none of these

An. a. epistemological and ontological

60. Philosophy of religion examines the nature of:

a. ultimate reality b. universe c. cosmos d. none of these

An. a. ultimate reality

61. In the philosophy of religion the ---------------- become the object of philosophical inquiry.

a. man b. values of man c. character of man d. prayers of man

An. b. values of man

62. ---------------is the core of philosophy of religion.

a. Rituals b. Religious practice c. Religious theories d. Spirituality

An. d. Spirituality

63. The awakening of ---------------is the very beginning of religion.

a. religious knowledge b. spiritual hunger c. intellectual quest d. emotional thirst

An. b. spiritual hunger

64. The -----------------------is the aim of philosophy of religion.

a. spiritual realization b. God realisation c. liberation d. freedom

An. a. spiritual realization

65. The spiritual realization is the ------------ of philosophy of religion.

a. content b. core c. aim d. subject matter

An. c. aim

66. The philosophy of religion is a matter of:

a. experience b. external experience c. universal experience d. inner experience

An. d. inner experience

67. Philosophy of religion is not a matter of ------------------.

a. religious experience b. belief or dogma c. soul and divine d. spirit and divine

An. b. belief or dogma

68. Theology, used to denote, the theory of religious :

a. experience b. belief c. vision d. none of these

An. b. belief

69. Theology is an articulated system of :

a. religious experience b. religious dogmas c. religious beliefs d. religious consciousness

An. c. religious beliefs

70. ------- seeks to raise religious doctrine to a philosophical form by exercising a free criticismupon them.

a. Theology b. Speculative Theology c. Neo-theology d. Propositional theology

An. b. Speculative Theology



71. Theology, which seeks to raise religious doctrine to a philosophical form by exercising a freecriticism upon them iscalled:

a. Natural theology b. Speculative Theology c. Neo-theology d. Propositional theology

An. b. Speculative Theology

72. Theology always presupposes the existence of a:

a. religion b. divine power c. living religion d. super human

An. c. living religion

73. -------------- seeks to invest religious beliefs with a degree of reasonableness

a. Philosophy of religion b. Theology c. Religious theories d. None of these

An. b. Theology

74. Theologians seeks to unfold a world-view, based on :

a. religious experience b. religious beliefs c. religious dogmas d. religious postulates

An. d. religious postulates

75. Science is not :

a. empirical b. anti- religious c. factual d. rational

An. b. anti-religious

76. Science and religion generally pursue knowledge of the ---------- using different methodologies

a. mind b. sprit c. soul d. universe

An. d. universe

77. Science acknowledges:

a. reason b beliefs c. revelation d. dogmas

An. a. reason

78. Science acknowledges reason, while religions include ---------------

a. reason b beliefs c. revelation d. dogmas

An. c. revelation

79. Science is rational, while religion is purely matter of :

a. faith b reason c. fact d. experience

An. a. faith

80. Philosophy of religion is -------------- religion in a person’s life.

a. an all-time b. a some-time c. an occasional d. an one time

An. a. all-time

UNIT II1. Which theory states that God is existing apart from the world?

a. Pantheism b. Deism c. Monotheism d. Theism

An. b. Deism



2. God is completely external or transcendent of the world. This position is known as:


An. b. Deism

3. The term Deism has originated from the Latin word:

a. “Deus” b. “ Deas” c. character “Dias” d. “Deaas”

An. a. “Deus”4. Deists believed that God is the:

a. cause uie b. cause c. . cause sui d. None of these

An. c. cause sui

5. cause sui means:

a. base of universe b. power of universe c. first cause of universe dd. material cause

An. c. first cause of universe

6. God created the world out of nothing, by His will at a particular time. – Who hold thisposition?

a. Theist b. Atheist c. Deist. d. Nihilist

An. c. Deist

7. According to Deism, after creation the world runs independent of God with the ------------ viz.,wills, forces and energy.

a. first causes b. ultimate causes c. secondary causes d. final causes

An. c. secondary causes

8. According to ---------------- after creation God also performs the functions of a protector of theworld.


An. b. Deism

9. According to Deism, God exists beyond --------------

a. matter b. heven c. human d. time and space.

An. d. time and space.

10. The assures -------------- to man

a. absolute freedom b. enjoyment c. liberation d. knowledge

An. a. absolute freedom

11. The analogy of the watchmaker and the watch he makes is related with:

a. Pantheism b. Theism c. Monotheism d. Deism

An. d. Deism

12. Deism was supported by the Western philosopher:

a. Alexander b. Kant c. William James d. John Toland

An. d. John Toland



13. Deism states that God has created this universe out of nothing, which is ---------------

a. logically consistent b. logically true c. logically inconsistent d. logically proven

An. c. logically inconsistent

14. Pantheism comes from Greek terms :

a. ‘Pan’ and ‘Theo’ b. ‘ Pon’ and ‘Teo’ c. ‘Paan’ and ‘Theeo’ d. ‘Pen’ and ‘Teeo’

An. a. ‘Pan’ and ‘Theo’15. “Pan” means:

a. absolute b. omnipotent c. extending d. all

An. d. all

16. ‘Theo’ means:

a. God b. Omnipotent c. Extending d. Sprit

An. a. God

17. Pantheism literally means that:

a. All is spirit b. God is great c. all is God d. all is world

An. c. all is God

18. ‘The world is God, and God is the world’- this view is called:


An. a. Pantheism

19. Pantheism conceives God as absolutely ------------- the world.

a. transcendent b. beyond c. free from d. immanent in

An. d. immanent in

20. Pantheism holds that, world without God being an -------------

a. absolute perfection b. absolute nullity c. absolute purity d. none of these

An. b. absolute nullity

21. God is the sole reality- According to:


An. a.Pantheism

22. According to -------------- , God is Substance and Substance is God

a. Descartes b. Aquinas c. Spinoza d. Kant

An. c. Spinoza

23. -----------------form of Idealism is Pantheistic in character.

a. Cartesian b. Hegelian c. Kantian d. all of these

An. b. Hegelian

24. Hegel considers Reality as the ----------------------

a. Absolute mind. b. Spiritual will c. Absolute experience d. none of these

An. a. Absolute mind.



25. Nothing falls outside the Absolute and everything is the Absolute. Who holds this view?

a. Spinoza b. Kant c. William James d. Hegel

An. d. Hegel

26. The Upanishadic saying “aham Brahmasmi” and “sarvam khalavidam Brahma” having asimilarity with:


An. a. Pantheism

27. ----------------------is the belief that there is but one supreme Being,


An. c. Monotheism

28. Monotheism literally means:

a. one – God – ism b. many – God – ism c. two – God – ism d. none of these

An . a. one -God- ism

29. God is personal and moral and who seeks a total and unqualified response from humancreatures- This view is related with:


An. c. Monotheism

30. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with allyour heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” This assertion is an example for:


An. c. Monotheism

31. --------------was not only the God of the Hebrews but the Maker of heaven and earth.

a. Jahweh b. Ahura Masda c. Chemosh d. Dagon

An. a. Jahweh

32. ------------------is a reconciliatory theory of both Deism and Pantheism

a. Pantheism b. Deism c. Panentheism d. Monotheism

An. c. Panentheism

33. Panentheism considers God as :

a. transcendent b. immanent c. both transcendent and immanent d. none of these

An. c. both transcendent and immanent

34. ------------------ believes that God is the highest personality, the creator, supporter and defenderof the world.


An. d. Theism

35. Among these Western philosophers who is the advocate of theism?

a. Descartes b. Kant c. Bentham d. Spinoza

An. a. Descartes



36. Atheism means :

a. there is God b. there is one God c. there are many God d. there is no God

An. d. there is no God

37. ‘God cannot in any way affect human existence’.- This view is related with:

a. Pantheism b. Deism c. Atheism d. Theism

An. c. Atheism

38. Epicurus is considered as :

a. pantheist b. theist c. panenteist d. atheist

An. d. atheist

39. “All religions have been losing their hold on the hearts and minds of their former adherents”.Who made this assertion?

a. Karl Marx b. Arnold Toynbee c. Russell d. Walter Kaufman

An. b. Arnold Toynbee

40. Karl Marx treated religion as a tool of--------------------------.

a. exploitation b. emotional exploitation c. economic exploitation d. none of these

An. c. economic exploitation

41. “Man makes religion, religion does not make man” – Who asserted this view?


An. a. Karl Marx

42. “Religion is the opium of the people.”- Who said?


An. a. Karl Marx

43. “Gods and Ideas are potent reminders of man’s dissatisfaction with all that is given in theworld.”- Who made this comment?


An. d. Walter Kaufmann

44. --------------------------------, who spoke of the death of God

a. Karl Marx and Arnold Toynbee b. Walter Kaufmann and Derrida

c. Russell and A.J. Ayer d. Thomas J.J Altizer and William Hamilton

An. d. Thomas J.J Altizer and William Hamilton

45. ------------------do not believe in the existence of God because God’s existence cannot beperceived.

a. Charvakans b. Buddhists c. Jains d. Vedadins

An. a. Charvakans



UNIT III

1. Basic beliefs are directly reflecting in :

a. our emotions b. our imaginations c. our experience d. our will

An. c. our experience

2. ----------------- are directly reflecting in our experience

a. Basic beliefs b. Fundamental beliefs c. Faith d. None of these

An. a. basic beliefs

3. Deeper foundational beliefs based on:

a. presuppositions b. experience c. imaginations d. intellect

An. a. presuppositions

4. ------------------beliefs based on presupposition.

a. Basic b. Foundational c. Empirical d. Physical

An. b. Foundational

5. Foundational belief in the reality of the physical world, can be identified through:

a. sense experience b. intuition c. religious experience d. imagination

An. a. sense experience

6. Foundational belief in the reality of the -----------can be identified through sense experience.

a. intuitive world b. divine c. imaginary world d. physical world

An. d. physical world

7. Foundational belief in the reality of the Divine, can be identified through:

a. sense experience b. intuition c. reason d. religious experience

An. d. religious experience

8. Foundational belief in the reality of ------------can be identified through religious experience

a. intuitive world b. divine c. sprit d. physical world

An. b. divine

9. William Alston calls foundational beliefs as :

a. F-beliefs b. D- beliefs c. R- beliefs d. M-beliefs

An. d. M-beliefs

10. Who calls foundational beliefs as “M-beliefs”?

a. William Alston b. Patrick c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. a. William Alston

11. In the term “M-beliefs”, M stands for:

a. master b. manifestation c. metaphysics d. morality

An. b. manifestation



12. God is speaking to a believer is an examples for:

a. F-beliefs b. D- beliefs c. R- beliefs d. M-beliefs

An.d. M-beliefs

13. Peak experiences means:

a. paradigmatic experience b. outstanding experiences c. regular experience d. none of these

An. b. outstanding experiences

14. The prophets hearing the word of the Lord and the apostles experiencing Jesus as the Christare the examples for:

a. paradigmatic experience b. outstanding experiences c. regular experience d. none of these

An. a. paradigmatic experiences

15. -------------- argues that religious beliefs are properly basic.

a. William Alston b. Alvin Plantinga c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. b. Alvin Plantinga

16. Who made an influence upon the Reformers of the sixteenth century?

a. William Alston b. Alvin Plantinga c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. b. Alvin Plantinga

17. Alvin Plantinga made an influence upon Reformers of the sixteenth century, particularly -----

a. William Alston b. Patrick c. William James d. John Calvin

An. d. John Calvin

18. “I see a tree

I had breakfast this morning, and

That person is in pain” - This argument is related with:

a. Alvin Plantinga b. Patrick c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. a. AlvinPlantinga

19. ‘Who experience particular events in history or in their own lives as manifestations of God’spresence, it is entirely reasonable, rational, and proper to believe wholeheartedly in the realityof God’. This position is called:

a. spiritualism b. religious experimentalism c. religious rationalism d. religious empiricism

An. d. religious empiricism

20. -------------------- has recently been given detailed reformulation in contemporary philosophicalidiom.

a. Spiritualism b. Religious experimentalism c. Religious rationalism d. Religious empiricism

An. d. Religious empiricism

21. Religious empiricism has recently been given detailed reformulation in contemporaryphilosophical idiom, by:

a. William Alston and Patrick b. Patrick and William Alston

c. Alvin Plantinga and William Alston d. John Calvin and J. B. Patrick

An. c. Alvin Plantinga and William Alston



22. “Belief” can be defined as an :

a. act or state of believing b. practice of believing. c. experience of believing. d. none of these

An. a. act or state of believing

23. “it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone to believe anything upon insufficientevidence.”- Who made this assertion?

a. William Alston b. Patrick c. W.K. Clifford d. John Calvin

An. c. W.K. Clifford

24. W.K. Clifford is nineteenth century:

a. realist b. skeptic c. rationalist d. pragmatist

An. b. skeptic

25. The idea of --------------- presupposes a gap between an observed fact, or body of facts, and aninferred conclusion.

a. evidence b. reason c. revelation d. faith

An. a. evidence

26. Ordinary perceptual beliefs arise directly out of our --------------

a. experience b. reason c. revelation d. faith

An. a. experience

27. The idea that our belief-structures are and must be built upon basic beliefs, which are groundedin and justified by clear circumstances is called:

a. foundationalism b. fundamentalism c. experimentalism d. justificationalism

An. a. foundationalism

28. Perceptual and incorrigible beliefs reflect --------------

a. faith b. reason c. experience d. intuition

An. c. experience

29. -------------------is basic, then, in that it is not derived from other beliefs but is directlygrounded in our experience.

a. Perceptual belief b. Foundational belief c. Memory beliefs d. none of these

An. a. Perceptual belief

30. ---------------- are uncontroversial, but also be mistaken.

a. Perceptual belief b. Foundational belief c. Memory beliefs d. none of these

An. c. Memory beliefs

31. ---------------------argued that the material world exists only in consciousnesses, our own andGod’s.a. William Alston b. Patrick c. Alvin Plantinga d. George Berkeley

An. d. George Berkeley

32. ‘The material world exists only in consciousnesses, our own and God’s’- this position isknown as:

a. idealism b. solipsism c. spiritualism d. intuitionism

An. b. solipsism



33. The traditional term used for human awareness of God is called:

a. belief b. reason c. revelation d. faith

An. d. faith

34. ----------- is disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with adeity or other supernatural entity or entities.


An. c. Revelation

35. --------------is an act of divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating tohuman existence.


An. c. Revelation

36. ------------- is confidence or trust in a person to thing, deity, in the doctrines or teachings of areligion, or view even without empirical evidence.


An. d. faith

37. Faith is ---------------- in a person to thing, deity, in the doctrines or teachings of a religion, orview even without empirical evidence.

a. confidence or trust b. knowledge c. opinion and knowledge d. none of these

An. a. confidence or trust

38. Christian thought treats Bible as a ------------------of revelation.

a. source b. medium c. truth d. copy

An. b. medium

39. Christian thought treats theology as -------------based upon revelation).

a. belief b. experience c. discourse d. practice

An. c. discourse

40. The view revelation that dominates the medieval period can be called the ------------- view ofrevelation.

a. non-propositional b. realistic c. propositional d. non-realistic

An. c. propositional

41. According to propositional view, the content of revelation is a --------------expressed instatements or propositions

a. body of truths b. body of beliefs c. body of prayers d. body of theories

An. a. body of truths

42. According to --------------view, the content of revelation is a body of truths expressed instatements or propositions.


An. c. propositional



43. Revelation is the imparting to people of divinely ------------------- .

a. truths b. authenticated truths c. mere truths d. deeper truths

An. b. authenticated truths

44. “Revelation may be defined as the communication of some truth by God to a rational creaturethrough means which are beyond the ordinary course of nature.” –This definition is given by:

a. Catholic Encyclopedia b. Oxford Dictionary

c. Catholic Dictionary d. Cambridge Dictionary of religion

An. a. Catholic Encyclopedia

45. Faith was defined by the ------------------as “a supernatural virtue whereby, inspired andassisted by the grace of God, we believe that the things that He has revealed are true.”

a. Vatican Council of 1970 b. Vatican Council of 1770

c. Vatican Council of 1870 d. Vatican Council of 1872

An. c. Vatican Council of 1870

46. According to Catholic faith is an ----------------- communicated by God.”

a. spiritual message b. intellectual message c. rational message d. intutive message

An. b. intellectual message

47. Faith is the Catholic’s response to an intellectual message communicated by God.”- Who madethis remark?

a. American Jesuit theologian b. German Jesuit theologian

c. American Protestant theologian d. German Protestant theologian

An. a. American Jesuit theologian

48. ‘The Bible is a book written by God through thirty secretaries.” –This view is hold by:

a. Salomon Reinach b. Dr. Billy Graham c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. b. Dr. Billy Graham

49. “With the same devotion and reverence with which it accepts and venerates all the books ofthe Old and New Testament, since one God is the author of both”.- This view is related with:

a. The Council of Trent b. The Council of Parish

c. The Council of Vatican d. The Council of Bishops

An. a. The Council of Trent

50. ----------------was held to consist of all those theological truths that can be worked out by theunaided human intellect.

a. Natural theology b Revealed theology c. Social theology d. all of these

An. a. Natural theology

51. --------------------------was held to consist of those further truths that are not accessible tohuman reason and that can be known to us only if they are specially revealed by God

a. Natural theology b Revealed theology c. Social theology d. all of these

An. b. Revealed theology



52. The doctrine of the ------------ was considered to be an item of revealed theology

a. God b. Immortality of soul c. Trinity d. Father and Son

An. c. Trinity

53. Critique of Religion and Philosophy is written by:

a. Salomon Reinach b. Walter Kaufmann, c. William James d. W.T Stace

An. b. Walter Kaufmann

54. Who treats the question of divine existence as an enigma?

a. Salomon Reinach b. Dr. Billy Graham, c. William James d. Blaise Pascal

An. d. Blaise Pascal

55. Who wrote the famous essay “The Will to Believe” ?

a. Salomon Reinach b. Dr. Billy Graham, c. William James d. Pascal


56. Non-propositional view of revelation and faith has become widespread within ----------------during the present century

a. Protestant Christianity b. Christianity, c. Catholics d. none of these

An. a. Protestant Christianity

57. Proponents of Non-propositional view claim that, the roots of this view is laid by:

a. Salomon Reinach and Pascal b. Dr. Billy Graham and William James

c. Luther and Calvin d. all of these

An. c. Luther and Calvin

58. According to-----------------view of revelation, the content of revelation is not a body of truthsabout God, but God coming within the orbit of human experience by acting in history.


An. a. non-propositional

59. The term mysticism comes from the Greek word ---------------

a. Mystikos b. Mytikos, c. Mithios d. Mystipos

An. a. Mystikos

60. Mystikos means:

a. to revel b. to bind, c. to conceal. D. to declare

An. c. to conceal.

61. ---------------, a doctrine or discipline maintaining that one can gain knowledge of realitythrough conceptual thought.

a. Mysticism b. Spiritualism, c. Rationalism d. none of these

An. a. Mysticism

62. In the Hellenistic world, ‘mystical’ referred to ---------------- religious rituals.

a. “sacred” b. “individualistic” c. “secret” d. none of these

An. c. “secret”



63. Who wrote, ‘ The Varieties of Religious Experience’?

a. Salomon Reinach b. Dr. Billy Graham, c. William James d. Pascal


64. --------------------- varieties of mysticism describe the mystical experience as granted by God.

a. Non-theistic b. Natural -theistic, c. Theistic d. Atheistic

An. c. Theistic

65. Bernard of Clairvaux describing unification of God as:

a. “merging with love” b. “mutuality of love” c. “expression of love” d. none of these

An. b. “mutuality of love”

66. According to --------------- union with God is like a drop of water falling into wine, taking onthe taste and color of the wine.

a. Salomon Reinach b. Henry Suso, c. Bernard of Clairvaux d. Blaise Pascal

An. b. Henry Suso

67. Who describes union with reality as “iron within the fire and the fire within the iron”?

a. Salomon Reinach b. Henry Suso, c. Bernard of Clairvaux d. Jan van Ruysbroeck

An. d. Jan van Ruysbroeck

68. ------------------proclaiming, “I am God”

a. al-Husayn al-Hallaj b. Henry Suso, c. Bernard of Clairvaux d. Blaise Pascal

An. a. al-Husayn al-Hallaj

UNIT IV1. The ------------------- is very ancient one.

a. teleological argument b. cosmological argument

c. ontological argument d. casual argument

An. a. teleological argument

2. The teleological has its earliest roots in the thought of ------------------

a. Thales b. Heraclitus c. Plato d. Aristotle

An. c. Plato

3. Teleological argument attempts to prove the existence of God by :

a. spiritual means b. reason c. imaginations d. empirical means

An. d. empirical means.

4. Teleological argument states that God is an intelligent--------------------.

a. designer b. creator c. protector d. master

An. a. designer

5. That supreme cosmic designer can only be God and nothing else. This statement is related with:

a. cosmological argument b. teleological argument c. ontological argument d. casual argument

An. b. teleological argument



6. Paley’s ------------------conveys the essence of the teleological argument.

a. analogy of desert b. analogy of stone c. analogy of watch d. analogy of table

An. c. analogy of watch

7. Who described the analogy of watch which, conveys the essence of the teleological argument?

a. David Hume b. St. Anselm c. Paley d. Descartes

An. c. Paley

8. One of the classical statements of argument from design appears in David Hume’s:

a. “Dialogues on Natural Religion”. b. “Essay Concerning Human Understanding”

c. “Mind” d. “Meditations”

An. a. “Dialogues on Natural Religion”.

9. “Dialogues on Natural Religion”, is written by:

a. David Hume b. St. Anselm c. Paley d. Descartes

An. a. David Hume

10. The design argument proves the existence of a contriver or architect of the world, not itscreator and this designer is limited by the world. This criticism of Teleological argument ismade by:

a. David Hume b. St. Anselm c. Kant d. Descartes

An. c. Kant

11. The ---------------------proceeds from the idea of the world as effect to God as its first cause.

a. cosmological argument b. teleological argument c. ontological argument d. design argument

An. a. cosmological argument

12. The cosmological proceeds from the idea of the world as --------------.

a. effect to universe b. effect to God c. effect to supernatural power d. effect to Maya

An. b. effect to God

13. The cosmological argument considered God as the:

a. protector b. creator c. first cause d. destroyer

An. c. first cause

14. To -----------first cause argument is known as cosmological.

a. David Hume b. St. Anselm c. Paley d. Aristotle

An. d. Aristotle

15. According to Aristotle God is the:

a. Prime Mover b. Absolute c. Omnipotent d. Protector

An. a. Prime Mover

16. ‘God must be the Infinite First Cause of the Cosmos’. This view regards the:


An. a. cosmological argument



17. “Being a category of the phenomena, cannot take us beyond the phenomena. And within thephenomena, the concept of God remains. So it implies the infinite regress”. Who made thiscriticism against Cosmological argument?

a. David Hume b. St. Anselm c. Kant d. Descartes

An. c. Kant

18. Ontological argument was first put forth by:


An. b. St. Anselm

19. ‘We have an idea of perfect being, and that this is what we mean by God’ –Who proposed thisview?

a. David Hume b. St. Anselm c. Kant d. Aristotle

An. b. St. Anselm

20. By the term ‘greater’ Anselm means:

a. more higher b. more real c. more perfect d. more conceivable

An. c. more perfect

21. -------- describes God as the being who is so perfect that no more perfect can even beconceived.


An.b. St. Anselm

22. Who said that God must be the cause of this idea of an all perfect Being?

a. David Hume b. St. Anselm c. Descartes d. Aristotle

An. c. Descartes

23. Descartes’ concept of innate idea has a base in:


An. b. ontological argument

24. “One hundred dollars in my mind I cannot prove their existence in my pocket. In the sameway, we have the idea of God in our mind, it does not follow that, therefore, God reallyexists”. Who made this criticism against ontological argument?

a. David Hume b. Kant c. Paley d. Aristotle

An. b. Kant

25. --------------, claimed that Anselm’s reasoning would lead to absurd conclusions if it is appliedin other fields.

a. Aristotle b. David Hume c. Kant d. Gaunilon

An. d. Gaunilon

UNIT V1. Man’s life is a mixture of :

a. good and virtue b. virtue and value c. evil and bad d. good and evil.

An. d. good and evil



2. Good and evil are:

a. correlative myths b. contradictory facts c. correlative facts d. contradictory myths

An. c. correlative facts

3. According to-------------, the world of pure, unchanging ideas is the world of good. The worldof sense, the world of change is evil.

a. Plato b. St. Anselm c. Paley d. Descartes

An. a. Plato

4. According to Plato, the world of pure ideas is the world of good. The --------------is evil.

a. world of emotions b. world of sense c. world of imagination d. none of these

An. b. world of sense

5. Each man could frame his own code of good and evil. Who holds this position?

a. Idealists b. Realists c. Rationalists d. Sophists

An. d. Sophists

6 To Philo God was perfect purity and the

a. source of all good b. source of all good and evil

c. source of all power d. source of all attributes

An. a. source of all good

7 Matter was the source of all evil- Who made this assertion?

a. David Hume b. St. Anselm c. Philo d. Descartes

An. c. Philo

8. Who says that evils are due to our narrow outlook on things?

a. David Hume b. Spinozac. Philo d. Descartes

An. b. Spinoza

9. According to -----------evils are only irrational elements tending to become good or rational.

a. David Hume b. St. Anselm c. Paley d. Hegel

An. d. Hegel

10. Both Spinoza and Hegel practically denied the-------------------.

a. reality of evil b. reality of sprit c. reality of soul d. reality of God

An. a. reality of evil

11. Who considered evil to be due to the imperfections that are inherent in the construction of thefinite elements of the universe?

a. David Hume b. St. Anselm c. Leibniz d. Descartes

An. c. Leibniz

12. Who says, “There is nothing in evil which cannot be absorbed in good and contributory to it, itsprings from the same source as good and value.”?

a. Spinoza b. St. Anselm c. Philo d. Bosanquet

An. d. Bosanquet



13. ‘God or the Supreme Being is unaffected by evil and stands above relative good which is thecorrelative of evil’. Which tradition holds this position?

a. Buddhist b. Samkhya c. Mimamsa d. Vedanta

An. d. Vedanta

14. ‘The first man’s original sin was transmitted to all men – his descendants’ – This statement isrelated with:

a. Judaism b. Christianity c. Islam d. Hinduism

An. b. Christianity

15. All the forces of evil and sin came to be personified in Satan. This view is holds by:

a. Judaism b. Christianity c. Islam d. Hinduism

An. b. Christianity

16. -------- begins with the notion, God, the force of all good, and the Devil, the source of all evil.

a. Traditional Judaism b. Traditional Christianity, c. Traditional Islam d. Traditional Hinduism

An. b. Traditional Christianity

17. The metaphysical evil is called the ----------------

a. moral evil b. physical evil c. mental evil d. natural evil

An. d. natural evil

18. --------------- depends upon the operation of the laws of nature.

a. Moral evil b. Physical evil c. Mental evil d. Metaphysical Evil

An. d. Metaphysical Evil

19. Mental anxiety, sorrow, excitement, tension, uproar, etc. create :

a. moral evil b. metaphysical evil c. mental evil d. natural evil

An. c. mental evil

20. Moral evil is a direct consequence of man’s ---

a. free will b. mind c. freedom d. emotion

An. a. free will

21. ------------------- is a philosophical doctrine where life is essentially evil and pain.

a. Optimism b. Nihilism c. Antagonism d. Pessimism

An. d. Pessimism

22. According to pessimism this world is a :

a. best possible world b. worst possible world c. good world d. best world

An. b. worst possible world

23. Who shows strong views in favour of pessimism?

a. Spinoza b. Arthur Schopenhauer c. Philo d. Bosanquet

An. b. Arthur Schopenhauer

24. Who considered that the world of ours is the best possible world?

a. David Hume b. Kant c. Paley d. Leibniz

An. d. Leibniz



25. Who said that there is no pessimism or word impossible in our life?

a. Gandhiji b. Swami Vivekananda c. Tagore d. Arobindo

An. b. Swami Vivekananda

26. ---------------------- is a positive approach to life and existence.

a. Optimism b. Nihilism c. Antagonism d. Pessimism

An. a. Optimism

27. -------------------says that Atman is eternal, divine, changeless and everlasting one.

a. Samkhya b. Jainism c. Gita d. Buddhism

An. c. Gita

28. Plato conceived the soul as a:

a. substantial reality b. chaining entity c. changing entity d. illusory entity

An. a. substantial reality

29. According to Spinoza, soul is immortal which gets the --------------------- of God.

a. love b. intellectual love c. unlimited love d. unconditional love

An. b. intellectual love

30. According to Buddhism the soul is nothing but the------------------.

a. mind-body complex b. illusion c. mind-body reaction d. none of these

An. a. mind-body complex

31. According to Kant’s metaphysical and moral doctrine:

a. The soul is mortal. b. The soul is indefinite c. The soul is obscure d. The soul is immortal

An. d. The soul is immortal.

32 Atman is neither born nor does it die- This view holds by:

a. Samkhya b. Jainism c. Gita d. Buddhism

An. c. Gita

33. Nairatmya-vada means:

a. Non-soul theory. b. Theory of Immortality c. Soul theory d. Non-life theory

An. a. Non-soul theory

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