R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Political Science-[FPSC-U.S A. CSS] (USA) Political Science Western Political Thoughts Set-1

Socrates says that all that the soul endures if directed by _______ ends happiness.

1. Virtue
2. Wisdom
3. Prophets
4. Truth

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Socrates reacts to Anytusdisapproval of the Sophists with:

1. Amazement
2. Anger
3. rebuke
4. theory

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Protagoras is used as an example of:

1. A rich Sophist
2. A corrupt politician
3. A gifted priest
4. A man of true knowledge

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Anytus suggests that Meno talk to whom to learn about virtue?

1. The Sophists
2. Any Athenian on the street
3. An oracle
4. Gorgias

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Gorgias refuses to say:

1. That virtue is truth
2. That Socrates is a bad influence
3. That he can teach virtue
4. That he can t teach virute

✅ Correct Answer: 3

How does true opinion relate to knowledge?

1. It s always inferior
2. It s sometimes superior
3. They are equally good
4. It s inferior in the long ru

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Socrates was awarded punishment:

1. Death
2. Fine
3. Banishment from Athens
4. Imprisonment for 3 years

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Socrates was a Greek ______ :

1. Philosopher
2. Singer
3. Composer
4. Poet

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Socrates believed that knowledge is the same thing as ______ or excellence and is always good:

1. Virtue
2. Knowledge
3. Faith
4. Belief

✅ Correct Answer: 1

With what question does the Meno begin?

1. What is virute?
2. Can virtue be taught?
3. Is virtue a kind of knowledge?
4. Are there many virtues or one?

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Where it Meno from?

1. Sparta
2. Athens
3. Eos
4. Thessaly

✅ Correct Answer: 4

According to Socrates conclusion at the end of the Meno beneficent statesmen are like:

1. Soothsayers and prophets
2. Oracles and deities
3. Gorgias and Anytus
4. Blindfolded children

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who is the student of Socrates?

1. Aristotle
2. Plato
3. Aristophanes
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who is a Xenophon?

1. Son of Socrates
2. Father of Socrates
3. Student of Socrates
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Socrates was born in Greece in:

1. 344 B.C.
2. 269 B.C.
3. 369 B.C.
4. 469/470 B.C

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Socrates died in:

1. 339 B.C.
2. 329 B.C.
3. 319 B.C.
4. 399 B.C.

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Socrates reminds Meno that no virtue is truly beneficial without:

1. Justice
2. Moderation
3. Wisdom
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Socrates uses which examples to demonstrate the idea of a definition?

1. Shape and color
2. Shape and ordor
3. Color and sound
4. Tables and chairs

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What else is being miserable asks Socrates ........

1. than not to know the truth?
2. than to seek virtue and fail to find it?
3. than to desire bad things and secure them?
4. than to be a sophist?

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What mistake does Socrates eventually reveal in Meno s definition of virtue as the desire for beautiful things and power to attain them?

1. This is a list not a definition
2. The definition implicitly contains the term it is to define
3. The definition does not correspond to an eidos
4. The definition does not cover all cases of virtue

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Why does Meno call Socrates a torpedo fish?

1. Socrates is quick
2. Socrates is numbing
3. Socrates is cold-hearted
4. Socrates is suspicious

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What paradox does Meno raise?

1. How can one look for what one does not know?
2. How can those without virtue be elected if democracy is virtuous?
3. Xeno s paradox
4. How can virtue be wisdom but not knowledge?

✅ Correct Answer: 1

According to Socrates the soul is:

1. Infinitely large
2. Inherently virtuous
3. Corruptible
4. Immortal

✅ Correct Answer: 4

According to Socrates learning is a kind of:

1. Recollection
2. Virtue
3. Political skill
4. Gift of the gods

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Socrates questions Meno s slave about:

1. The radius of a circle
2. The height of the Parthenon
3. The double of a square s area
4. The golden ration of a given square

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The Death of Socrates book was written by:

1. Jacques-Louis David
2. Aristotle
3. Xenophon
4. Plato

✅ Correct Answer: 1

I know that I know nothing is a well-known saying which is attributed to the Greek philosopher:

1. Socrates
2. Jacques-Louis David
3. Aristotle
4. Xenophon

✅ Correct Answer: 1

How does true opinion relate to knowledge?

1. It s always inferior
2. It s sometimes superior
3. They are equally good
4. It s inferior in the long run

✅ Correct Answer: 4

According to Socratesconslusion at the end of the Meno beneficent statesmen are like:

1. Soothsayers and prophets
2. Oracles and deities
3. Gorgias and Anytus
4. Blindfolded children

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What paradox does Meno raise?

1. How can one look for what one does not know?
2. How can those without virtue be elected if democracy is virtuous?
3. Xeno s paradox
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who believed the best way for people to live was to focus on selfdevelopment rather than the pursuit of material wealth?

1. Plato
2. Aristotle
3. Socrates
4. Xenophon

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The idea that human s possessed certain virtues formed a common thread in:

1. Plato teachings
2. Aristotle teachings
3. Socrates teachings
4. Xenophon teachings

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who stressed that virtue was the most valuable of all possessions the ideal life was spent in search of the Good. Truth lies beneath the shadows of existence and it is the job of the philosopher to show the rest how little they really know?

1. Plato
2. Aristotle
3. Socrates
4. Xenophon

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Specially for Plato s writings referring to Socrates it is not always clear which ideas brought forward by Socrates (or his friends) actually belonged to Socrates and which of these may have been new additions or elaborations by Plato- this is known as the:

1. Socratic Problem
2. Platoic Problem
3. Platoic Problem
4. Aristocratic Problem

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The early works of Plato are considered to be close to the spirit of:

1. Socrates
2. Jacques Louis David
3. Aristotle
4. Xenophon

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Plato found the Academy in:

1. 385 B.C.
2. 381 B.C.
3. 387 B.C.
4. 315 B.C.

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Aristotle found his own school in:

1. 225 B.C.
2. 415 B.C.
3. 335 B.C.
4. 315 B.C.

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Aristotle found his own school which was known as:

1. The Lyceum
2. Acedemy
3. Institution
4. Leader

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Students of Socrates is/are:

1. Alcibiades
2. Critias
3. Plato
4. All of these

✅ Correct Answer: 4

________ is one of the big three in ancient Greek philosopher along with Plato and Aristotle:

1. Aristophanes
2. Socrates
3. Xemophon
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who was the founder of Western philosophy?

1. Socrates
2. Aristotle
3. Plato
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who is the contemporary of Socrates?

1. Aristophanes
2. Aristotle
3. Homer
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Through his portrayal in Plato s dialogues Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of:

1. Ethics
2. Economics
3. Chemistry
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

According to Plato Socratesfather was:

1. Sophroniscus
2. Aristophanes
3. Lamprocles
4. Zenexenus

✅ Correct Answer: 1

According to Plato Socratesmother was:

1. Phaenarete
2. Zenexenus
3. Lamprocles
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who said No one errs or does wrong willingly or knowingly?

1. Plato
2. Socrates
3. Xenophon
4. Aristotle

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who said Virtue - all virute - is knowledge?

1. Socrates
2. Xenophon
3. Plato
4. Aristotle

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who said Virtue is sefficient for happiness?

1. Aristotle
2. Socrates
3. Plato
4. Xenophon

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who said I know that I know nothing?

1. Plato
2. Aristotle
3. Socrates
4. Xenophon

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following has Meletus not accused Socrates of?

1. Charging a fee for his teaching
2. Inventing new deities
3. Corrupting the youth
4. Not recognizing the established gods

✅ Correct Answer: 1