GST 102 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION / QUIZ (2019 QUESTIONS)

1. ...is true of science

Select one:
a. Deals with the physical
b. Deals with the meta
c. Originates from philo and Sophia
d. Originates from meta and physical
e. Originates from logos and techne

2. How is argument related to inference?

Select one:
a. None of the above.
b. Argument and inference are one and the same
c. Argument has nothing to do with inference
d. None of the above is correct
e. Whereas inference determines the process of argument, argument is in itself
the very structure of the inferential process, and by this virtue, the structure of
thought

3. Political philosophers employ the following tools except

Select one:
a. Logic
b. Ethics
c. Epistemology
d. Religion

4. Which of these is not a branch of Ethics?

Select one:
a. Normative ethics
b. Applied Ethics
c. Prescriptive Ethics
d. Meta-Ethics

5. Philosophy begins with

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a. Crisis
b. Wonder
c. War
d. Certainty
e. Peace

6. According to ....the highest attainment of the true nature of things is the good
Select one:
a. Heraclitus
b. Aristotle
c. Plato
d. Thales
e. Empedocles

7. Which of these is not a school of thought in metaphysics as discussed?

Select one:
a. Idealism
b. Dualism
c. Materialism
d. Deism

8. Which of the following has great influence on African philosophy?

Select one:
a. Teaching
b. Parable
c. Education
d. Magic
e. Culture

9. What is the subject matter of epistemology?

Select one:
a. None of the above
b. Reality

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d. Knowledge

10. What produces scientific activities is, primarily and mainly.....

Select one:
a. None of the above
b. Experiments
c. Research
d. A hunch

11. Biology, physics and Chemistry can be classified under....

Select one:
a. Narrow and General
b. None of the above
c. All of the above
d. General
e. Narrow

12. ....is a tentative solution to a research problem.

Select one:
a. Data analysis
b. Measurement
c. Inter-subjectivity
d. None of the above
e. Theory

13. The word 'political' is derived from the Greek

Select one:
a. Polaris
b. Polis
c. Pontus
d. Politik

14. ....applied Epicureanism and Stoicism to scientific matters.

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a. The Chinese
b. The Romans
c. The Arabs
d. The Greeks
e. The Japanese

15. .......are declarative statements or sentences capable of being verified such that
their truth or falsity can be established.
Select one:
a. Preposition
b. Premise
c. Proposition
d. Inference

16. Which of the following is not a Pre-Socratic philosopher?

Select one:
a. Protagoras
b. Zeno
c. Prometheus
d. Thales

17. African philosophy is highly....

Select one:
a. Sceptical
b. Magical
c. Phenomenological
d. Metaphysical
e. Marxist

18. What is the place of argument in logic?

Select one:
a. All of the above
b. By formal structure, argument consists of premises and conclusion

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d. It is the subject matter of logic
e. It provides the formal structure in logic, while logic provides the criteria for
evaluating argument

19. Any proposition that implies itself is a....

Select one:
a. Contradiction
b. Tautology
c. Fallacy
d. Double proposition
e. Law of excluded middle

20. Which of the following is a way knowledge can be conceived?

Select one:
a. Knowledge as awareness
b. Knowledge as involvement
c. All of the above
d. Knowledge as acquaintance

21 ….that takes the human condition as the primarily philosophical focus.

Select one:
a. All of the above
b. Logical positivism
c. Ethical intuitionism
d. Pragmatism
e. None of the above

22. Simply put, ethics can be seen as the study of.....

Select one:
a. Religion
b. Morality
c. Politics
d. Reality

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 23. A philosopher is .....
Select one:
a. A quick witted person
b. None of the above
c. A child of his culture
d. A messenger of other practitioners

24. Facts or data are collected for the purpose of.....

Select one:
a. meditation
b. verification
c. A and B
d. laboratory analysis

25. Philosophers in the medieval period include the following except?

Select one:
a. Aristotle
b. Aquinas
c. John Scotus
d. Augustine

26. According to Aristotelian logic, inductive arguments move from

Select one:
a. Particular conclusion to particular premise
b. General premises to particular conclusion
c. General premises to invalid conclusion
d. Particular premises to general conclusion

27. A metaphysician is one who furnishes the ground for all other
Select one:
a. Sciences
b. Ontologies
c. Metaphysicians

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28. What is the etymological definition of philosophy?

Select one:
a. The study of reality
b. The truth of reality
c. The science of knowledge
d. The love of wisdom

29. Which of the following is a law of thought?

Select one:
a. Ignorantiam Elenchi
b. Constructive Dilemma
c. Excluded Middle
d. Legalism
e. Justice

30. Ontology is a special branch of metaphysics called

Select one:
a. Metaphysica Specialis
b. Metaphysica Generalis
c. General Ontology
d. Phenomenology

31. Which of the following is a rationalist?

Select one:
a. Leibniz
b. Descartes
c. Spinoza
d. All of the

32. ....French philosopher examines philosophy from the point of view of the
meaning of life.

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 Select one:
a. Rene Descartes
b. Martin Heidegger
c. Morley Pointe
d. Albert Camus
e. Jean-Jacque Rousseau

33. British philosophy is anchored on - philosophical tradition.

Select one:
a. Empiricism
b. Spiritualism
c. Holism
d. Rationalism
e. Pragmatism

34. Fields under the philosophy of other disciplines include.......

Select one:
a. Philosophy of law
b. All of the above
c. Philosophy of science
d. Philosophy of religion

35 .....focused his study on Bantu philosophy.

Select one:
a. None of the above
b. Obafemi Awolowo
c. C.S. Momoh
d. Godwin Azenabor
e. Placide Tempels

36. Which of the following is not a type of knowledge?

Select one:
a. A and B above
b. A posteriori

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d. A priori

37. The etymological definition of metaphysics is

Select one:
a. None of the above
b. Meta-ta-physika
c. Meta-to-psysika
d. Meta-physika

38. ......provides the framework for scientific method

Select one:
a. Analysis
b. Atomism
c. Immediate inference
d. Induction

39. Which of these can stand as a definition of philosophy?

Select one:
a. None of the above
b. It is the science of reasoning
c. It is the science of the laws of thought
d. It is the study of the nature of reality, the nature of knowledge and human
actions

40. Which of the following is a Socratic philosopher

Select one:
a. Anaximander
b. Plato
c. Plotinus
d. Pythagoras

41. The word Ethics is derived from the Greek word.....

Select one:
a. Ethos

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c. Mores
d. Etiks

42. The problem of philosophy itself states that

Select one:
a. Philosophy has no problem
b. Philosophy has a single definition
c. Philosophy cannot be defined
d. Philosophy has no univocal definition

43. The following are examples of medieval socio-political philosophers except

Select one:
a. Thomas Aquinas
b. Jesus
c. St Augustin
d. A and B

44. Which of the following is a law of thought?

Select one:
a. Justice
b. Excluded Middle
c. Constructive Dilemma
d. Ignorantiam Elenchi
e. Legalism

45. The distinguishable methods of presenting science includes the following

except
Select one:
a. The original philosophical method
b. The pedestrian method
c. All of the above
d. The critical method

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 46. When philosophy investigates other discipline or areas of study.It is usually
concerned with
Select one:
a. A and B
b. The ground of the disciplines
c. The area of study in question
d. B alone

47. How is argument related to inference?

Select one:
a. None of the above is correct
b. None of the above.
c. Argument and inference are one and the same
d. Whereas inference determines the process of argument, argument is in itself
the very structure of the inferential process, and by this virtue, the structure of
thought
e. Argument has nothing to do with inference

48. The falsificationist model of scientific research is ascribed to....

Select one:
a. Charles Darwin
b. Ibn Avicenna
c. Jabir ibn Hayyan
d. Karl Popper
e. Isaac Newton

49. Science can be narrow or....

Select one:
a. Restricted
b. Metaphysical
c. General
d. Universal
e. None of the above

50. The fallacy involving the use of force is ......

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a. Argumentum ad Hominem
b. Hasty generalization
c. Accident
d. Argumentum ad baculum
e. Ignarantio Elenchi

51. .....contends that the major task of philosophy is analysis of scientific terms or
concepts.
Select one:
a. Logical positivism
b. Pragmatism
c. Scientific positivism
d. Existentialism
e. Metaphysical positivism

52. Philosophy of religion can make the theologian ..... in religious issues.
Select one:
a. Religious
b. Superstitious
c. Wiser
d. Spiritual
e. Magical

53. How then do we define a premise in argument?

Select one:
a. It is the building block of a conclusion, the prop, the leg on which the
conclusion stands
b. It is the antecedent condition for the conclusion
c. Only (a) to (c) above

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e. Premise is the very process of inference in an argument and in logic in
general

54. Technology does not involve...

Select one:
a. Art
b. Craft
c. Logos
d. Techne
e. Sophia

55. The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, ethics,
and _____.
a. bioethics
b. logic
c. aesthetics
d. categorical logic
56. The study of reality in the broadest sense, an inquiry into the elemental nature
of the universe and the things in it, is known as _____.
a. metaphysics
b. epistemology
c. quantum physics
d. axiology
57. Questions like “What is knowledge?” and “What is truth?” are mainstays in
the branch of philosophy known as _____.
a. logic
b. metaphysics
c. epistemology
d. aesthetics
58. For Socrates, an unexamined life is a tragedy because it results in grievous
harm to _____.
a. the state
b. the justice system

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d. the soul
59. For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of _____.
a. knowledge
b. wealth
c. community
d. courage

60. A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically

scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as _____.
a. an argument
b. the Socratic method
c. the Socratic jest
d. a debate
61. According to Socrates, a clear sign that a person has _____ is her exclusive
pursuit of social status, wealth, power, and pleasure.
a. philosophical ambition
b. worldly wisdom
c. exceptional desires
d. an unhealthy soul
62. The famous statement “An unexamined life is not worth living” is attributed
to _____.
a. Aristotle
b. John Locke
c. Socrates
d. Plato

63. Which of the following is not an objective condition for the existence of
society?
Select one:
a. Sharing a common culture
b. Sharing common military defence
c. None of the above
d. Occupying a common territorial space

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64. Which of the following is a type of knowledge?

Select one:
a. A and B above
b. A posteriori
c. Synthetic
d. A priori

65. … ......provides the framework for scientific method

Select one:
a. Atomism
b. Induction
c. Immediate inference
d. Analysis

66. Socio-political philosophy is a branch of.....

Select one:
a. Religion
b. Philosophy
c. Reality
d. ethics

67. Ujamaa literally translates to

Select one:
a. Sisterhood
b. Socialism
c. Familyhood
d. Relations

68. Metaphysics can be defined as

Select one:
a. The study of reality
b. A and B

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d. The study of nature

69. Conclusion indicators include:

Select one:
a. For the reason that, may be inferred from, may be deduced from, in view of
the fact that, can be induced from
b. Therefore, hence, thus, so, accordingly, consequently, in consequence, given
that, proven that, as a result, it follows that
c. So let it be, so be it, probably, certainly
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

70. The primary axiom of African philosophy is

Select one:
a. None of the above
b. Super Force
c. Vital Force
d. Pragmatism
e. Electric Force

71. "Buhari is honest and not honest" is...proposition

Select one:
a. Evasive
b. Tautologuous
c. False
d. Simple
e. Defensive

72. According to...revolution, the sun is the centre of the universe.

Select one:
a. All of the above
b. Greek
c. Ptolemaic
d. Marxist

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73. Which of these philosophers lived in the medieval period

Select one:
a. All of the above
b. Augustine
c. Don Scotus
d. Al-Farabi

74. Philosophy of infrastructure of disciplines is .....

Select one:
a. Legal inquiry
b. Mathematical inquiry
c. Literary inquiry
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

75. .....French philosopher examines philosophy from the point of view of the
meaning of life.
Select one:
a. Morley Pointe
b. Jean-Jacque Rousseau
c. Martin Heidegger
d. Rene Descartes
e. Albert Camus

76. Which of these is not one of the major branches of philosophy?

Select one:
a. Scientology
b. Ethics
c. Metaphysics
d. Epistemology

77. What is a proposition in logic?

Select one:

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b. None of the above
c. It is the building block of an argument
d. It constitutes the basis for premises and conclusion in logic
e. It is a declarative statement or sentence

78. The model of interpreting reality by logical positivist is.....

Select one:
a. Inductivist principle
b. Falsification principle
c. Verification principle
d. None of the above
e. Clarification principle

79. Which of the following is not a life Force?

Select one:
a. Ancestors
b. None of the above.
c. Humans
d. God
e. Plants

80. Aesthetics is derived from the Greek work....

Select one:
a. None of the above
b. Aestemors
c. Aesthetikos
d. Hestikos

81. Any proposition that implies itself is a....

Select one:
a. Contradiction
b. Double proposition
c. Law of excluded middle

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e. Tautology

82. The problem of philosophy itself states that

Select one:
a. Philosophy has a single definition
b. Philosophy cannot be defined
c. Philosophy has no problem
d. Philosophy has no univocal definition

83. Philosophers who discussed African Socialism include the following except
Select one:
a. Julius Nyerere
b. Leopold Senghor
c. Obafemi Awolowo
d. Olusegun Obasanjo

84. Philosophy of other disciplines is a .....

Select one:
a. No activity enterprise
b. Third order activity
c. Fourth order activity
d. Second order activity
e. First order activity

85. According to Thales, the primordial substance is

Select one:
a. Aperion
b. Fire
c. Water
d. Earth

86. The sufficient conditions for the existence of society can be classified into....
Select one:
a. The objective and the existential conditions

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c. None of the above
d. The objective and the material conditions
e. The objective and the subjective conditions

87. Which of the following is a rationalist?

Select one:
a. All of the
b. Spinoza
c. Descartes
d. Leibniz

88. ........ can influence the historian's idea of history.

Select one:
a. Objectivity
b. Events
c. Methodology
d. Historicism
e. Historical characters

89. "Negritude" was coined by

Select one:
a. Leopold Senghor
b. Aimie Cesaire
c. Obafemi Awolowo
d. None of the above
e. All of the above

90. Facts or data are collected for the purpose of.....

Select one:
a. verification
b. A and B
c. laboratory analysis

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91. The philosopher who first introduced the term Aesthetics is known as
Select one:
a. Friedrich Nietzcshe
b. Alexander Baumgarten
c. Gottlieb Nietzsche
d. Alexis Gumbarten

92. Which Epicurean philosopher authored the work "On the Nature of Things"?
Select one:
a. Democritus
b. None of the above
c. Aristotle
d. Lucretius
e. Thales

93. In logic, what is identified as a proposition?

Select one:
a. It is a declarative statement or sentence
b. A and B above
c. It is the building blocks of an argument
d. None of the above

94. Which of these is a sceptic school of thought?

Select one:
a. Analytic
b. Pyrrohian
c. Rationalism
d. Empiricism

95. How many periods mark out the history of philosophy?

Select one:
a. 2
b. 7

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d. 5

96. Epistemology is the study of _________

Select one:
a. The nature of human knowledge
b. None of the above
c. The knowledge of good and evil
d. The reality

97. The two types of argument/inference we have in logic include:

Select one:
a. Truth and falsity
b. Validity and probability
c. Deduction and induction
d. Correctness and soundness
e. None of the abov

98. Which of these is a source of knowledge

Select one:
a. Rationalism
b. A and B above
c. A priori
d. Empiricism

99. ..... deals with the general theories and presuppositions of education as a
discipline
Select one:
a. None of the above
b. Methodology of education
c. Science of education
d. Philology of education
e. Phonology of education

100. Which of these philosophers lived in the medieval period

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a. Don Scotus
b. All of the above
c. Al-Farabi
d. Augustine

101. Conclusion indicators include:

Select one:
a. None of the above
b. All of the above
c. So let it be, so be it, probably, certainly
d. For the reason that, may be inferred from, may be deduced from, in view of
the fact that, can be induced from
e. Therefore, hence, thus, so, accordingly, consequently, in consequence, given
that, proven that, as a result, it follows that

102. When the proposition of an inductive and deductive argument follows

coherently, we say the former is ________ and the latter is _______
Select one:
a. Coherent, invalid
b. Valid, Correct
c. Correct, Valid
d. Incoherent, Vali

103. Which of the following is not a subject area of philosophy?

Select one:
a. Logic
b. Metaphysics
c. Epistemology
d. Epiphenomenology
e. Ethics

104. For the materialist school, reality is reduced only to

Select one:
a. Ideologies

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c. Matter
d. None of the above

105. The humble beginnings of Western science have traditionally been located
among the....
Select one:
a. Logical positivists
b. Italian philosophers
c. Romans
d. Philosophers of Greek city-states
e. American pragmatists

106. Aesthetics can be seen as the study of.....

Select one:
a. A and C above
b. Ugliness
c. Beauty
d. Fashion

107. ….......is a guide of human thinking process

Select one:
a. Positive law
b. None of the above
c. Law of thought
d. Natural law
e. All of the above

108. Separation of powers, federalism, checks and balances, representative

government, civil rights and popular sovereignty emerged from....
Select one:
a. Scientific principle
b. Material principle
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

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109. "Buhari is honest and not honest" is...proposition

Select one:
a. False
b. Evasive
c. Defensive
d. Simple
e. Tautologuous

110. Which of these philosophers lived in the medieval period

Select one:
a. Al-Farabi
b. All of the above
c. Don Scotus
d. Augustine

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1. By pointing out inadequacies in definition of logic on in invariable

a. celebrating the obituary of logic
b. making the point that an apt and precise definition of logic is a hair
splitting exercise
c. insisting that effort should not be made to define logic
d. all of the above

2. The law of contradiction which in actual fact is the principle of non-

contradiction
a. asserts that no statement can be true and false
b. asserts that every preposition of the form p~p is false
c. a and b above are correct
d. none of the above is correct

3. When what is asserted by a preposition agrees with facts out there in the world
we say that the truth is that of
a. correspondence
b. pragmatic
c. coherence
d. congruence

4. What is the importance of introducing symbol in logic

a. it clears out thought of intellectual baggage and fuzziness and so enables us to
focus on essentials
b. it reduces the problems of ambiguity, vagueness and idiomatic expression with
afflict ordinary language
c. it reduces labour, saves thought and ensures clarity and exact thinking
d all of the above

5. The following form of invalid argument is typical of which fallacy?

I have taken your car
I am bigger and stronger than you are
Therefore, you cannot get our car back.
a. Arguementum ad Hominem
b. Arguementum ad Misericoniam
c. Arguementum ad Baculum (appeal to force)
d. Ignoiatioelenchl

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 6. Some other forms of fallacies neither arouse emotions nor apply threats and
intimidation, but
a. assist us to overcome problems of language
b. protect us against the devious machinations of orators
c. deceive us into thinking that all is well with disastrous consequences.
d. all of the above.

7. A striking feature of contemporary philosophy

a. is the emergence of revolts and movements against the basic teachings of
traditional philosophy
b. is the protest against systems constructed solely on human reason.
c. all of the above
d. none of the above.

8. The adoption of the principle of verification as the criterion of meaningfulness is

credited to
a. pragmatists
b. logical positivists
c. existentialist
d. inductivists

9. How do we describe rules of inference in logic

a. valid argument forms that are used to construct proofs of validity
b. invalid argument forms that are employed by non-logicians
c. complicated argument forms for logicians
d. none of the above

10. What are the objectives of the three laws of thought

a. that the law of identity does not recognize the fact of change
b. that the law of non-contradiction is actually contradiction
c. that the law of ecluded middle leads to a two-valued orientation
d. a and b are correct
e. there are no criticism against the three laws whatsoever.

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 TMA 2

Question 1 : Aristotle holds that understanding philosophy entails mastering

___
A. God
B. atheism
C. theology
D. other sciences

Question 2 : The Greek word for wisdom is ___

A. philo
B. alethia
C. sophia
D. philosophy

Question 3 : The natural sciences broke away from philosophy in ___

A. 17th century
B. 20th century
C. 19th century
D. 18th century

Question 4 : Thales identified ___ as the primary substance of the universe

A. sand
B. cold
C. ashes
D. water

Question 5 : ___ regrded fire as the primary substance of all reality

A. Anaximenes
B. Heraclitus
C. Anaximander
D. Locke

Question 6 : Anaximenes was the first to explain ___

A. eclipse of the sun
B. the regenerative power of music
C. cause of rainbow
D. that man evolved from fishes

Question 7 : The first standard comment about the nature and definition of
philosophy was made by ___
A. Plato

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C. Isaac Newton
D. Pythagoras

Question 8 : Logos, the Greek word from which Logic derived does not mean
___
A. study
B. discourse
C. life
D. word

Question 9 : Which of these was not among the pre-colonial regional capitals
A. Lagos
B. Kaduna
C. Ibadan
D. Enugu

Question 10 : Every philosopher define philosophy in his or her own way

because philosophy is ___
A. old discipline
B. hard
C. everyday wisdom
D. complex

Question 11 : The hotel manager with a degree in food and nutrition is heard
refering to herself as a philosopher. Her doing so is regarded as ___
A. false identification
B. impersonation
C. double assumption of identity
D. layman use of the term

Question 12 : Philosophy is the only discipline that is ___ in nature

A. scientific
B. universal
C. old
D. atheistic

Question 13 : ___ writings were regarded as Encyclopedia of philosophy by

the medieval men
A. Pythagoras
B. Augustine

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 C. Plato
D. Aristotle

Question 14 : ___ had his philosophical training in Africa

A. Pythagoras
B. Plato
C. Confucius
D. Augustine

Question 15 : “Honesty is my best policy” is an expression of ____

A. Manifestation of one’s righteousness
B. One’s philosophy of life
C. One’s religious belief
D. Declaration of one’s honesty 

Question 16 : __ is regarded as a group of propositions whose function is to

make a claim about something
A. dissertation
B. law
C. philosophy
D. argument

Question 17 : In dividing Nigeria into Eastern and Western regions __ was

used as the boundary
A. Ikom River
B. Ndiukwuenu Forest
C. River Niger
D. River Benue 

Question 18 : Western Philosophy originated in___

A. Athens
B. Rome
C. Miletus
D. Sicily

Question 19 : ___ is not among the sources of philosophy

A. desire for knowledge for its sake
B. sense of wonder
C. idleness and poverty
D. curiousity

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A. Global famine
B. death of King Herod
C. Coming of Jesus
D. Eclipse

Question 21 : ___ type of definition has truth value

A. extensional definition
B. theoretical definition
C. Heuristic definition
D. Lexical definition

Question 22 : “We are going to deal with anyone who fails to vote Mr Ajayi in
the upcoming election.” This is an example of ___fallacy
A. ad bacculum
B. argument against the man
C. straw man
D. tu Quogue

Question 23 : “Let’s eat grandma,” is an example of ___fallacy

A. fallacy of pity
B. fallacy of amphiboly
C. fallacy of composition
D. fallacy of equivocation

Question 24 : Categorical syllogism asserts or deny ___ between classes

A. premises
B. logic
C. relationship
D. propositions

Question 25 : ___ is not an example of fallacy of ambiguity

A. fallacy of pity
B. fallacy of amphiboly
C. fallacy of equivocation
D. fallacy of composition 

Question 26 : Every categorical syllogism contains ___

A. one term
B. three terms

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D. four terms

Question 27 : “All students are good” is an example of __

A. univeral positive proposition
B. universal negative proposition
C. particular negative proposition
D. particular positive proposition

Question 28 : ___ is the branch of ethics concerned with logic of ethical

arguments
A. meta ethics
B. normative ethics
C. applied ethics
D. prescriptive ethics

Question 29 : “I am having my girlfriend for dinner,” is a fallacy of ambiguity

because
A. It is an euphemism for saying I will have sex with my girlfriend this evening
B. I want to eat dinner with a girl who is not married to me
C. it conveys more than one meaning
D. I want to practice cannibalism on my girlfriend

Question 30 : The letter “P” in categorical syllogism represents ___

A. Minor term
B. Major term
C. Middle term
D. Inclusive term

Question 31 : ___ is not a characteristics of a syllogism

A. Has independent conclusion
B. Has at least three propositions
C. Has at least two propositions
D. Has one conclusion

Question 32 : ___ is not a type of definition

A. Lexical definition
B. Heuristic definition
C. theoretical definition
D. extensional definition 

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heavy. This is an example of ___ fallacy
A. fallacy of division
B. fallacy of composition
C. ad cumbum fallacy
D. dubiousity fallacy

Question 34 : “A is A” expresses __ law of thought

A. law of excluded middle
B. law of contradiction
C. identity
D. inclusivity

Question 35 : Teachers are good. Adamu is a teacher. Therefore, Adamu is

good. ___ is the major term of this categorical syllogism
A. Teachers
B. Good
C. Adamu
D. None of the above

Question 36 : The art of attributing qualities of part of a whole to the whole is

refered to as ____
A. fallacy of division
B. ad cumbum fallacy
C. fallacy of composition
D. dubiousity fallacy

Question 37 : The Greek word for knowledge is __

A. euthyphro
B. episteme
C. apologia
D. alithia

Question 38 : The terms of a categorical syllogism does not include ___

A. middle term
B. major term
C. minor term
D. inclusive term

Question 39 : “Pastor, you are advising me against armed robbery, were you
not the one caught with Ogbuefi’s wife?” This is an example of ____
A. situational ad hominem

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 B. abusive ad hominem
C. circumstantial ad hominem
D. tu quoque ad hominem

Question 40 : ___ and __ are two types of affirmo

A. universal and essential
B. univeral and particular
C. Paricular and incubative
D. particular and essential

Question 41 : ___ type of definition has truth value

A. extensional definition
B. theoretical definition
C. Heuristic definition
D. Lexical definition

Question 42 : “We are going to deal with anyone who fails to vote Mr Ajayi in
the upcoming election.” This is an example of ___fallacy
A. ad bacculum
B. argument against the man
C. straw man
D. tu Quogue

Question 43 : “Let’s eat grandma,” is an example of ___fallacy

A. fallacy of pity
B. fallacy of amphiboly
C. fallacy of composition
D. fallacy of equivocation

Question 44 : Categorical syllogism asserts or deny ___ between classes

A. premises
B. logic
C. relationship
D. propositions

Question 45 : ___ is not an example of fallacy of ambiguity

A. fallacy of pity
B. fallacy of amphiboly
C. fallacy of equivocation
D. fallacy of composition 

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 Question 46 : Every categorical syllogism contains ___
A. one term
B. three terms
C. two terms
D. four terms

Question 47 : “All students are good” is an example of __

A. univeral positive proposition
B. universal negative proposition
C. particular negative proposition
D. particular positive proposition

Question 48 : ___ is the branch of ethics concerned with logic of ethical

arguments
A. meta ethics
B. normative ethics
C. applied ethics
D. prescriptive ethics

Question 49 : “I am having my girlfriend for dinner,” is a fallacy of ambiguity

because
A. It is an euphemism for saying I will have sex with my girlfriend this evening
B. I want to eat dinner with a girl who is not married to me
C. it conveys more than one meaning
D. I want to practice cannibalism on my girlfriend

Question 50 : The letter “P” in categorical syllogism represents ___

A. Minor term
B. Major term
C. Middle term
D. Inclusive term

Question 51 : ___ is not a characteristics of a syllogism

A. Has independent conclusion
B. Has at least three propositions
C. Has at least two propositions
D. Has one conclusion

Question 52 : ___ is not a type of definition

A. Lexical definition
B. Heuristic definition

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 C. theoretical definition
D. extensional definition 

Question 53 : My car is heavy. Therefore, the side mirrors to my car are

heavy. This is an example of ___ fallacy
A. fallacy of division
B. fallacy of composition
C. ad cumbum fallacy
D. dubiousity fallacy

Question 54 : “A is A” expresses __ law of thought

A. law of excluded middle
B. law of contradiction
C. identity
D. inclusivity

Question 55 : Teachers are good. Adamu is a teacher. Therefore, Adamu is

good. ___ is the major term of this categorical syllogism
A. Teachers
B. Good
C. Adamu
D. None of the above

Question 56 : The art of attributing qualities of part of a whole to the whole is

refered to as ____
A. fallacy of division
B. ad cumbum fallacy
C. fallacy of composition
D. dubiousity fallacy

Question 57 : The Greek word for knowledge is __

A. euthyphro
B. episteme
C. apologia
D. alithia

Question 58 : The terms of a categorical syllogism does not include ___

A. middle term
B. major term
C. minor term
D. inclusive term

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 Question 59 : “Pastor, you are advising me against armed robbery, were you
not the one caught with Ogbuefi’s wife?” This is an example of ____
A. situational ad hominem
B. abusive ad hominem
C. circumstantial ad hominem
D. tu quoque ad hominem

Question 60 : ___ and __ are two types of affirmo

A. universal and essential
B. univeral and particular
C. Paricular and incubative
D. particular and essential

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