Philosophical Movements MCQs with Answers

Plato was of Aristotle

• A.Brother
• B.Student
• C.Teacher
• D.Father

Which philosopher is associated with the idea that 'Virtue is knowledge'?

• A.Plato
• B.Aristotle
• C.Socrates
• D.Epicurus

The Hedonic Calculus is a method used to evaluate the potential outcomes of different actions in terms of what aspects?

• A.Virtue and vice
• B.Profit and loss
• C.Rights and duties
• D.Pleasure and pain

According to Sidgwick, what are knowledge, beauty, and virtue considered as?

• A.Intrinsic goods
• B.Moral duties
• C.Means to pleasure
• D.Divine attributes

Who proposed that pleasure-giving acts are essential for life, while pain-giving acts are detrimental?

• A.John Stuart Mill
• B.Jeremy Bentham
• C.Herbert Spencer
• D.Immanuel Kant

According to J.S. Mill, which type of pleasures are associated with the mind?

• A.Sensual
• B.Lower
• C.Bodily
• D.Higher

Past Paper MCQ

Who was the teacher of Aristotle?

• A.Socrates
• B.Plato
• C.Pythagoras
• D.Herodotus

Who among the following philosophers proposed that the highest personal good is aligned with the highest social good?

• A.John Stuart Mill
• B.Immanuel Kant
• C.F.H. Bradley
• D.Jeremy Bentham

According to Plato, which class is associated with the virtue of courage?

• A.Ruling class
• B.Fighting class
• C.Producing class
• D.Slave class

Hedonism, a philosophy that seeks pleasure as the highest good, can be divided into Psychological Hedonism and which other type?

• A.Ethical Hedonism
• B.Rational Hedonism
• C.Aesthetic Hedonism
• D.Existential Hedonism