History of Greek Philosophy MCQ Questions and Answers

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Anaximander's theory of evolution describes Earth as what?

A) Fluid B) Water C) Rock D) Air

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Answer: Option A

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The materialist's who believed in matter are called as

A) Temporalist B) Egoistic C) Hyclists D) Agnositc

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Answer: Option C

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Which one of the, following early Greek philosephers held that : "You can not know what is not, nor can you express it. What can be thought of and what can be-they are the same".

A) Parmenides B) Heraclitus C) Empedocles D) Democritus

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Answer: Option A

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In the given question two statements are given one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other Reason (R). Find the correct statement:
Assertion (A) Parmenides was a monist.
Reason (R) According to Parmenides, Being is one, eternal and indivisible.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A C) A is true, but R is false D) A is false, but R is true

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Answer: Option A

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Which one of the following statements represents the position of Anaximander?

A) The Limitless is the principle of things that exit B) "Limitless Number" is the principle of things that exist C) It is from the 'Limitless Air' principle, everything exists D) "Limitless Numbers" is the basic principle of everything that exist

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Answer: Option A

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The Ionian philosophers took the aid of rational explanation to prove the origin of . . . . . . . .

A) Water B) Life C) Human beings D) World

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Answer: Option D

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Every atoms is different, depending upon some characteristic. These are for Democritus as
1. Size
2. Colour
3. Shape
4. Name

A) 1 and 4 B) 2 and 3 C) 1 and 3 D) 3 and 4

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Answer: Option C

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"No one can step down in the same river twice" This is said by whom?

A) Pythagoras B) Heraclitus C) Thales D) All of these

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Answer: Option B

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Who among the following are the part of Eleatic school?
1. Zeno
2. Parmenides
3. Xenophanes
4. Anaxagoras

A) 1, 2 and 3 B) 2 and 3 C) 1 and 3 D) Only 4

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Answer: Option A

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Which one the following philosophers believed in the Transmigration of Soul?

A) Thales B) Anaximenes C) Amaximander D) None of these

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Answer: Option D

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