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1) The Constitution of U.S.A. is: a. Rigid b. Flexible c. Partly rigid and partly flexible
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2) What is not true of Senate of U.S.A.? a. It is the weakest upper chamber b. It is the strongest upper chamber c. It has very many powers d. It is not useless appendage of U.S. Congress
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3) Pocket veto is the system by which: a. Senate does not pass a bill passed by the lower House b. House of Representatives does not pass a bill passed by the Senate c. President does not give assent to a bill passed by the Congress at the fag end of the session
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4) In U.S.A. Residuary powers: a. Have been left with the centre b. Have been given to the states c. Have not been mentioned d. Do not exist
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5) In U.S. Federal system the President: a. Can change the boundaries of states at will b. Can change the boundaries of states when representation is made c. Can change state boundaries during emergencies d. Cannot change state boundaries
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6) In U.S.A. The Governors of the states are: a. Nominated by the President b. Nominated by the Senate c. Nominated by the House of Representatives d. Elected by the people
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7) Which one of the following is not true about U.S. Federal system? a. It has a written constitution b. It has partly rigid and partly flexible constitution c. It has supremacy of judiciary d. It has clear division of powers
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8) Which of the following is true about U.S. Federal system? a. States are demanding more autonomy b. States have a desire to leave the federation c. States want a strong centre d. States want autonomy in international trade
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9) In U.S. Federal system upper House: a. Is more powerful than the lower House b. Is less powerful than the lower House c. Has co-equal powers with the Lower House d. None of the above
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10) Which of the following states has the strongest second Chamber in the world? a. India b. Japan c. England d. U.S.A. e. Canada
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11) Which of the following is incorrect about Indian constitution? a. It is written b. It is flexible c. It is federal d. It is presidential e. None of the above
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12) Which of the following is correct about Indian President? a. He is elected by the Senate b. He is elected by the House of representatives c. He is elected by both the Houses of Congress d. He is elected by an electoral college e. None of the above
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13) Which of the following is not correct about U.S. federal system about strength of the centre? a. There is danger of spread of communism b. There is rapid technological advancement c. There is danger of breaking away of states from the centre d. There is increasing international trade e. There is danger of nuclear war
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14) In which capacity did Callisthenes serve under Alexander? a. Physician b. Historian c. General d. Regent
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15) Which Academy colleague left with Aristotle after Plato's death and accompanied him in some of his travels? a. Xenocrates b. Antipater c. Pixodarus d. Hermeias
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16) Which of the following was not excluded from citizenship in the Politics? a. Slaves b. Children c. Resident aliens d. The clergy
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17) Who assumed leadership of the Academy after Plato's death? a. Hermeias b. Xenocrates c. Eudemus d. Speusippus
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18) In what Macedonian village was Aristotle born? a. Sparta b. Stagira c. Athens d. None of these
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19) What was the name of the school that Aristotle established in a grove sacred to Apollo? a. Lyceum b. Gymnasium c. Academy d. Alcemium
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20) What was the name of Aristotle's father, which he used to name one of his works? a. Eudemeus b. Nicomachus c. Eudoxus d. Phillipius
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21) What famous individual was taught by Aristotle? a. Ptolemy b. Julius Caesar c. Socrates d. Alexander the Great
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22) What famous individual who taught Aristotle? a. Socrates b. Plato c. Euclid d. St. Augustine
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23) Aristotle is considered the founder of what? a. Modern Biology b. Modern Physics c. Modern Chemistry d. Modern Anatomy
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24) Which is not one of the categories of Aristotle's ponderance? a. Logic b. An Immortal Soul c. Women d. Ethics
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25) What did Aristotle see as the sentral tension in ethical decisions? a. Continence b. Desire c. Ignorance d. Complacence
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26) What are the two imperishable entities? a. Motion and space b. Space and time c. Mtion and time d. Fire and water
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27) Which nephew of Aristotle was executed by Alexander? a. Hermeias b. Callisthenes c. Xenocrates d. Speusippus
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28) In which year Aristotle died? a. 322 B.C. b. 321 B.C. c. 320 B.C. d. 318 B.C.
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29) Which is not a reason that Aristotle thought that women were 'unfinished men'? a. Women are passive and receptive b. Women only contribute 'substance' c. Children receive only male characteristics d. Women have little appreciation for the arts and sciences
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30) Whose niece did Aristotle marry? a. Callisthenes' b. Hermeias's c. Alexander's d. Plato's
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31) What is the final cause of rainfall according to Aristotle? a. It rains so plants and creatures can survive b. It rains because it is water's nature to fall c. It rains because there is moisture in the air d. It rains because moisture cools
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32) The Poetics deals primarily with what genre? a. Epic b. Comedy c. Tragedy d. Lyric Poetry
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33) What two works are considered preliminary to Aristotle's logical treatises? a. Categories and Philosophy b. Protrepticus and Philosophy c. Categories and On interpretation d. Protrepticus and On interpretation
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34) Which book is not one of the four main treatises on natural science? a. Protrepticus b. Physics c. On the Heavens d. Meteorology
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35) Which of the following is one of the two central distinctions Aristotle draws between animals? a. Viviparous and oviparous b. Herbivorous and carnivorous c. Sexual and asexual d. Aerobic and anaerobic
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36) Which of the following is concerned with existence itself? a. Epistemology b. Psychology c. Natural science d. Metaphysics
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37) In Book XII of the Metaphysics, how many kinds of substances are there? a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four
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38) What is the term for the consideration of natural ends in explaining phenomena? a. Tautology b. Ontology c. Teleology d. Epistemology
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39) The work we call physics is more properly described as what? a. Natural science b. Chemistry c. Biology d. Metaphysics
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40) What is the term for an argument used in rhetoric that could be reduced logically to a syllogism? a. Metonymy b. Syneedoche c. Enthymeme d. Heuristic
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41) What was the favorite example that Aristotle returned to repeatedly in the Poetics? a. Oedipus b. Antigone c. Odyssey d. Gorgias
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42) Which of Aristotle's early works, was inspired by the death of a friend? a. Physics b. Philosophy c. Eudemus d. Protrepticus
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43) The earliest writings of Aristotle cover what subject? a. Astronomy b. Philosophy c. Physics d. Biology
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44) Which of the following was not a form of soul in Aristotle's work "On the Soul"? a. Rational b. Subconscious c. Animal d. Vegetative
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45) Which of the following biological topics did Aristotle not examine in detail? a. Distinction between monocotyledons and dicotyledons b. Anatomy of the stomachs of ruminants c. Habits and development of octopuses and squids d. Chick embryology
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46) Which of the following is not an important Aristotelian work? a. Physics b. Poetics c. Rhetoric d. Psychology
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47) Where was Aristotle born? a. Thebes b. Athens c. Stagira d. Corinth
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48) Which is not one of the Four Causes? a. Origin b. Motivation c. Pattern d. End
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49) For which subject is Aristotle least known? a. Biology b. Logic c. Mathematics d. Psychology
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50) Psychology as Aristotle understood it means the study of what element? a. The soul b. The brain c. The heart d. The body
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