GST203: TMA1 question and answer

Question 1 : Aristotle holds that understanding philosophy entails mastering ___
A. God
B. atheism
C. theology
D. other sciences

Answer to question 1 is D. other sciences

Question 2 : The Greek word for wisdom is ___
A. philo
B. alethia
C. sophia
D. philosophy

Answer to question2  is C. sophia
Question 3 : The natural sciences broke away from philosophy in ___
A. 17th century
B. 20th century
C. 19th century
D. 18th century

Answer to question   is D. 18th century

Question 4 : Thales identified ___ as the primary substance of the universe
A. sand
B. cold
C. ashes
D. water

Answer to question 4 is D. water

Question 5 : ___ regrded fire as the primary substance of all reality
A. Anaximenes
B. Heraclitus
C. Anaximander
D. Locke

Answer to question 5 is B. Heraclitus

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

Answer to question 6 is C. cause of rainbow

Question 7 : The first standard comment about the nature and definition of philosophy was made by ___
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Isaac Newton
D. Pythagoras

Answer to question 7 is B. Aristotle

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

Answer to question 8 is D. word

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

Answer to question 9 is C. Ibadan

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

Answer to question 10 is 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

Answer to question 11 is 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

Answer to question 12 is B. Universal

Question 13 : ___ writings were regarded as Encyclopedia of philosophy by the medieval men
A. Pythagoras
B. Augustine
C. Plato
D. Aristotle

Answer to question 13 is D. Aristotle

Question 14 : ___ had his philosophical training in Africa
A. Pythagoras
B. Plato
C. Confucius
D. Augustine

Answer to question 14 is A. Pythagoras

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

Answer to question 15 is A. Manifestation of one’s righteousness

 

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

Answer to question 16 is 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

Answer to question 17 is C. River Niger

 

Question 18 : Western Philosophy originated in___
A. Athens
B. Rome
C. Miletus
D. Sicily

Answer to question 20 is B. Rome

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

Answer to question 19 is C. idleness and poverty

Question 20 : Thales predicted ___ in 585 B.C
A. Global famine
B. death of King Herod
C. Coming of Jesus
D. Eclipse

Answer to question 20 is D. Eclipse