PDU3701
SUPPEXAM
DATE:31 JANUARY
2026
,PDU3701
EXAM DATE: 31January 2026
SECTION A: MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The philosophy that concentrates on trying to find the exact meaning of
words is known as…
ANSWER: a. linguistic analysis
2. Why, according to linguistic analysis, do we fail to solve a problem no
matter how hard we try?
a) Because we are dealing with a false problem
b) Because we can’t see properly.
c) Because we speak a different language.
d) Because we don’t know the cause of the problem.
ANSWER: a. because we are dealing with a false problem.
3. Linguistic analysis, logical symbolism and empiricism together form the
philosophy that is known as…
ANSWER: d. logical empiricism
4.According to critical rationalists, the term ‘education’ would refer mainly to
helping learners to…
a) Think clearly and solve problems accurately.
b) Understand our physical world and its laws.
c) Critically evaluate everything they read and hear.
d) Discover personal views on life for themselves.
ANSWER: c. critically evaluate everything they read and hear.
5. Critical Rationalism encourages….
ANSWER: d. democracy
6. In its search for the truth, critical rationalism tends to focus on…
a) Clarifying the purpose of life within social groups.
b) Identifying the influence of power structures.
c) Identifying error and falsity in human endeavours.
d) Questioning the meaning and significance of grammar.
7. Which one of the following is the essential problem of black existentialism?
a) What is the purpose of the individual and collective African existence?
b) What are the significant lessons we can learn from the African
experience?
c) Why is there such a universal sense of inferiority of the black races?
d) What is the most appropriate form of government for African states?
ANSWER: c. Why is there such a universal sense of inferiority of the
black races?
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,8. According to existentialists, the term “education” would refer mainly to
helping learners to…
a) Think clearly and solve problems efficiently.
b) Understand the physical laws of our world.
c) Critically evaluate all forms of communication
d) Discover their own life’s meaning for themselves.
ANSWER: d. discover their own life’s meaning for themselves.
9. Existentialism asks one of the following questions:
a) What is the logical structure of an argument?
b) What certainty can science provide for us?
c) What is the meaning of life?
d) What role does logic play in arriving at the truth?
ANSWER: c. what is the meaning of life?
10. Julius Nyerere’s idea of “ujamaa” is a clear example of…
a) Masculine domination of the feminine.
b) Attempts to dismantle polygamy.
c) African social and political communalism.
ANSWER: c. African social and political communalism.
11. The method of enquiry adopted by African communalism includes the use
of…
a) Sage, ethnic and political methods of enquiry.
b) Critical theory together with African philosophy.
c) African philosophy from the Taoist teachings.
d) Ideological teachings on “ujamaa” from Egypt.
ANSWER: a. sage, ethnic and political methods of enquiry.
12. African philosophy has its roots in…
a) A written tradition.
b) An aural tradition.
c) An oral tradition.
d) A gustatory tradition.
ANSWER: c. an oral tradition.
13. Which method of enquiry in African philosophy identifies the “triple layer
of oppression”?
a) Critical theory
b) African feminism
c) African philosophy
d) Second-wave feminism
ANSWER: b. African feminism
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, 14. The “triple layer of oppression” refers to the combined oppression by…
a) Colonial, African and western cultures.
b) British colonial, African patriarchal and western calvinistic cultures
c) Colonial, African patriarchal and western patriarchal cultures
d) Colonial, African matriarchal and western puntanical cultures.
ANSWER: c. Colonial, African patriarchal and western patriarchal
Cultures.
15. The essential problem addressed by feminism relates to…
a) Clarity of thought when addressing family problems.
b) The identification of falsity and error in argumentation.
c) Confronting our human ambiguity and complexity.
d) How to place the women’s world in perspective.
ANSWER: d. how to place the women’s world in perspective.
16. Which of the following characteristics applies to systems theory?
a) It sees things as a whole.
b) It sees things as parts.
c) It sees things as objects.
d) It sees things as subjects.
ANSWER: a. it sees things as a whole.
17. Critical theory claims that truth is…
a) Available to the senses.
b) Established via experience.
c) Achieved through reasoning.
d) Made and unmade by people.
ANSWER: c. achieved through reasoning.
18. Critical theory claims that…
a) All forms of power are oppressive.
b) All forms of power are impressive.
c) All forms of power are repressive.
d) All forms of power are desirable.
ANSWER: a. all forms of power are oppressive.
19. Which method of enquiry in philosophy concerns itself with the interaction
between human beings and the world in which they live?
a) Postmodernism
b) Modernism
c) Hermeneutics
d) Phenomenology
ANSWER: d. phenomenology
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SUPPEXAM
DATE:31 JANUARY
2026
,PDU3701
EXAM DATE: 31January 2026
SECTION A: MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The philosophy that concentrates on trying to find the exact meaning of
words is known as…
ANSWER: a. linguistic analysis
2. Why, according to linguistic analysis, do we fail to solve a problem no
matter how hard we try?
a) Because we are dealing with a false problem
b) Because we can’t see properly.
c) Because we speak a different language.
d) Because we don’t know the cause of the problem.
ANSWER: a. because we are dealing with a false problem.
3. Linguistic analysis, logical symbolism and empiricism together form the
philosophy that is known as…
ANSWER: d. logical empiricism
4.According to critical rationalists, the term ‘education’ would refer mainly to
helping learners to…
a) Think clearly and solve problems accurately.
b) Understand our physical world and its laws.
c) Critically evaluate everything they read and hear.
d) Discover personal views on life for themselves.
ANSWER: c. critically evaluate everything they read and hear.
5. Critical Rationalism encourages….
ANSWER: d. democracy
6. In its search for the truth, critical rationalism tends to focus on…
a) Clarifying the purpose of life within social groups.
b) Identifying the influence of power structures.
c) Identifying error and falsity in human endeavours.
d) Questioning the meaning and significance of grammar.
7. Which one of the following is the essential problem of black existentialism?
a) What is the purpose of the individual and collective African existence?
b) What are the significant lessons we can learn from the African
experience?
c) Why is there such a universal sense of inferiority of the black races?
d) What is the most appropriate form of government for African states?
ANSWER: c. Why is there such a universal sense of inferiority of the
black races?
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,8. According to existentialists, the term “education” would refer mainly to
helping learners to…
a) Think clearly and solve problems efficiently.
b) Understand the physical laws of our world.
c) Critically evaluate all forms of communication
d) Discover their own life’s meaning for themselves.
ANSWER: d. discover their own life’s meaning for themselves.
9. Existentialism asks one of the following questions:
a) What is the logical structure of an argument?
b) What certainty can science provide for us?
c) What is the meaning of life?
d) What role does logic play in arriving at the truth?
ANSWER: c. what is the meaning of life?
10. Julius Nyerere’s idea of “ujamaa” is a clear example of…
a) Masculine domination of the feminine.
b) Attempts to dismantle polygamy.
c) African social and political communalism.
ANSWER: c. African social and political communalism.
11. The method of enquiry adopted by African communalism includes the use
of…
a) Sage, ethnic and political methods of enquiry.
b) Critical theory together with African philosophy.
c) African philosophy from the Taoist teachings.
d) Ideological teachings on “ujamaa” from Egypt.
ANSWER: a. sage, ethnic and political methods of enquiry.
12. African philosophy has its roots in…
a) A written tradition.
b) An aural tradition.
c) An oral tradition.
d) A gustatory tradition.
ANSWER: c. an oral tradition.
13. Which method of enquiry in African philosophy identifies the “triple layer
of oppression”?
a) Critical theory
b) African feminism
c) African philosophy
d) Second-wave feminism
ANSWER: b. African feminism
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, 14. The “triple layer of oppression” refers to the combined oppression by…
a) Colonial, African and western cultures.
b) British colonial, African patriarchal and western calvinistic cultures
c) Colonial, African patriarchal and western patriarchal cultures
d) Colonial, African matriarchal and western puntanical cultures.
ANSWER: c. Colonial, African patriarchal and western patriarchal
Cultures.
15. The essential problem addressed by feminism relates to…
a) Clarity of thought when addressing family problems.
b) The identification of falsity and error in argumentation.
c) Confronting our human ambiguity and complexity.
d) How to place the women’s world in perspective.
ANSWER: d. how to place the women’s world in perspective.
16. Which of the following characteristics applies to systems theory?
a) It sees things as a whole.
b) It sees things as parts.
c) It sees things as objects.
d) It sees things as subjects.
ANSWER: a. it sees things as a whole.
17. Critical theory claims that truth is…
a) Available to the senses.
b) Established via experience.
c) Achieved through reasoning.
d) Made and unmade by people.
ANSWER: c. achieved through reasoning.
18. Critical theory claims that…
a) All forms of power are oppressive.
b) All forms of power are impressive.
c) All forms of power are repressive.
d) All forms of power are desirable.
ANSWER: a. all forms of power are oppressive.
19. Which method of enquiry in philosophy concerns itself with the interaction
between human beings and the world in which they live?
a) Postmodernism
b) Modernism
c) Hermeneutics
d) Phenomenology
ANSWER: d. phenomenology
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