Q. When was Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Born?
A) 1888
B) 1890
C) 1892
D) 1895
Answer: A) 1888
Q. In which Indian state was Dr. Radhakrishnan Born?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Karnataka
D) Kerala
Answer: A) Tamil Nadu
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan was born in which Town?
A) Tiruttani
B) Madurai
C) Chennai
D) Coimbatore
Answer: A) Tiruttani
Q. What was the profession of Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Father?
A) Teacher
B) Priest
C) Lawyer
D) Farmer
Answer: B) Priest
Q. Where did Dr. Radhakrishnan complete his primary Education?
A) Tiruttani
B) Tirupati
C) Madras
D) Kumbakonam
Answer: D) Kumbakonam
Q. Which subject did Dr. Radhakrishnan specialize in during his higher Education?
A) Physics
B) History
C) Philosophy
D) Literature
Answer: C) Philosophy
Q. From which university did Dr. Radhakrishnan earn his Master’s Degree?
A) Madras University
B) Calcutta University
C) Delhi University
D) Bombay University
Answer: A) Madras University
Q. What was the topic of Dr. Radhakrishnan’s thesis for his Master’s Degree?
A) Indian Philosophy
B) Western Philosophy
C) The Ethics of the Vedanta
D) The Bhagavad Gita
Answer: C) The Ethics of the Vedanta
Q. Which college did Dr. Radhakrishnan first join as a faculty Member?
A) Presidency College, Madras
B) Madras Christian College
C) Oxford University
D) Banaras Hindu University
Answer: A) Presidency College, Madras
Q. In which year did Dr. Radhakrishnan become a professor of philosophy at the University of Mysore?
A) 1914
B) 1918
C) 1921
D) 1923
Answer: B) 1918
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan is known for his work on which aspect of Indian Philosophy?
A) Advaita Vedanta
B) Nyaya
C) Samkhya
D) Vaisheshika
Answer: A) Advaita Vedanta
Q. Which book by Dr. Radhakrishnan is considered a seminal work in Indian Philosophy?
A) The Hindu View of Life
B) Indian Philosophy
C) The Bhagavad Gita
D) Eastern Religions and Western Thought
Answer: B) Indian Philosophy
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s philosophy aimed at creating a bridge between which two Philosophical Traditions?
A) Eastern and Western
B) Classical and Modern
C) Hinduism and Buddhism
D) Spirituality and Materialism
Answer: A) Eastern and Western
Q. Which of the following concepts was central to Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Thought?
A) Secularism
B) Humanism
C) Idealism
D) Mysticism
Answer: C) Idealism
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan Served as a Vice-Chancellor at which University?
A) Banaras Hindu University
B) University of Calcutta
C) Delhi University
D) Jawaharlal Nehru University
Answer: A) Banaras Hindu University
Q. In which year did Dr. Radhakrishnan become the Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University?
A) 1929
B) 1931
C) 1935
D) 1939
Answer: C) 1935
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan represented India at the League of Nations in which Year?
A) 1931
B) 1933
C) 1936
D) 1939
Answer: B) 1933
Q. Which university appointed Dr. Radhakrishnan as its Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics?
A) Harvard University
B) Oxford University
C) Cambridge University
D) Yale University
Answer: B) Oxford University
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s inaugural lecture at Oxford University was Titled what?
A) The Hindu View of Life
B) The Ethics of the Vedanta
C) Religion and Society
D) East and West in Religion
Answer: A) The Hindu View of Life
Q. In which year did Dr. Radhakrishnan deliver the Hibbert Lecture at Manchester College, Oxford?
A) 1926
B) 1930
C) 1936
D) 1940
Answer: C) 1936
Q. When did Dr. Radhakrishnan serve as the Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union?
A) 1949-1952
B) 1947-1949
C) 1950-1952
D) 1948-1951
Answer: A) 1949-1952
Q. In which year did Dr. Radhakrishnan become the Vice President of India?
A) 1950
B) 1952
C) 1954
D) 1956
Answer: B) 1952
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan served as the Vice President of India under which President?
A) Rajendra Prasad
B) Zakir Husain
C) V.V. Giri
D) Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Answer: A) Rajendra Prasad
Q. For how many terms did Dr. Radhakrishnan serve as the Vice President of India?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Answer: B) Two
Q. In which year did Dr. Radhakrishnan become the President of India?
A) 1960
B) 1962
C) 1964
D) 1966
Answer: B) 1962
Q. Who succeeded Dr. Radhakrishnan as the President of India?
A) Zakir Husain
B) V.V. Giri
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Shankar Dayal Sharma
Answer: A) Zakir Husain
Q. Which of the following was a significant contribution of Dr. Radhakrishnan as President of India?
A) Strengthening of democratic institutions
B) Expansion of higher education
C) Promoting secularism
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday is celebrated as which special day in India?
A) Teachers’ Day
B) National Education Day
C) Philosophy Day
D) Human Rights Day
Answer: A) Teachers’ Day
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s tenure as the President of India ended in which Year?
A) 1964
B) 1965
C) 1967
D) 1969
Answer: C) 1967
Q. Which of the following best describes Dr. Radhakrishnan’s view on Secularism?
A) Equal respect for all religions
B) Complete separation of religion and state
C) Promotion of atheism
D) Restriction of religious practices
Answer: A) Equal respect for all religions
Q. In which year was Dr. Radhakrishnan knighted by the British Government?
A) 1931
B) 1936
C) 1941
D) 1947
Answer: A) 1931
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan received the Bharat Ratna in which Year?
A) 1952
B) 1954
C) 1956
D) 1958
Answer: B) 1954
Q. Which international award was Dr. Radhakrishnan honored with by the Soviet Union?
A) Order of Lenin
B) Stalin Peace Prize
C) Order of the Red Banner
D) Hero of the Soviet Union
Answer: B) Stalin Peace Prize
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan was a fellow of which prestigious British Academy?
A) The British Academy
B) The Royal Society
C) The Royal Academy
D) The Royal Institute of Philosophy
Answer: A) The British Academy
Q. Which university awarded Dr. Radhakrishnan an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters?
A) Oxford University
B) Harvard University
C) University of Edinburgh
D) University of Cambridge
Answer: A) Oxford University
Q. In which year did Dr. Radhakrishnan receive the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade?
A) 1954
B) 1956
C) 1958
D) 1961
Answer: D) 1961
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan was awarded the Templeton Prize in which Year?
A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1972
D) 1975
Answer: B) 1971
Q. Which of the following institutions was founded in honor of Dr. Radhakrishnan?
A) Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced Study in Philosophy
B) Radhakrishnan Teachers’ Training College
C) Radhakrishnan Memorial Library
D) All of the above
Answer: A) Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced Study in Philosophy
Q. Which organization declared Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday as International Teachers’ Day?
A) UNESCO
B) United Nations
C) World Bank
D) International Labour Organization
Answer: A) UNESCO
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan was awarded an honorary membership by which academic society in the United States?
A) American Philosophical Society
B) American Academy of Arts and Sciences
C) American Association for the Advancement of Science
D) American Historical Association
Answer: B) American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s interpretation of Hinduism was greatly influenced by which Philosophical School?
A) Advaita Vedanta
B) Vishishtadvaita
C) Dvaita
D) Charvaka
Answer: A) Advaita Vedanta
Q. Which of the following best describes Dr. Radhakrishnan’s approach to Religion?
A) Rational and universalist
B) Dogmatic and exclusive
C) Ritualistic and orthodox
D) Mystical and esoteric
Answer: A) Rational and universalist
Q. According to Dr. Radhakrishnan, which is the Ultimate Reality?
A) Brahman
B) Atman
C) Maya
D) Prakriti
Answer: A) Brahman
Q. Which of the following books by Dr. Radhakrishnan explores the relationship between Religion and Society?
A) Eastern Religions and Western Thought
B) Religion and Society
C) An Idealist View of Life
D) The Principal Upanishads
Answer: B) Religion and Society
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s philosophy often emphasized the unity of What?
A) Science and Religion
B) East and West
C) Matter and Spirit
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Q. Which of the following was a central theme in Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Philosophical Work?
A) The harmony between different religions
B) The critique of materialism
C) The promotion of spirituality in education
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s work on the Upanishads emphasized what aspect of the Texts?
A) Their philosophical depth
B) Their ritualistic significance
C) Their historical context
D) Their poetic beauty
Answer: A) Their philosophical depth
Q. In which book did Dr. Radhakrishnan discuss the ethics and Metaphysics of the Bhagavad Gita?
A) The Bhagavad Gita
B) The Hindu View of Life
C) An Idealist View of Life
D) Indian Philosophy
Answer: A) The Bhagavad Gita
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s concept of religion includes which of the following Elements?
A) A combination of faith, reason, and intuition
B) Strict adherence to rituals
C) Rejection of all other faiths
D) Exclusive focus on one scripture
Answer: A) A combination of faith, reason, and intuition
Q. Which of Dr. Radhakrishnan’s works compares Eastern and Western Philosophical Traditions?
A) Eastern Religions and Western Thought
B) The Hindu View of Life
C) An Idealist View of Life
D) Indian Philosophy
Answer: A) Eastern Religions and Western Thought
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s philosophy has been most influential in which Field?
A) Education
B) Politics
C) Law
D) Medicine
Answer: A) Education
Q. Which of the following best describes Dr. Radhakrishnan’s impact on Indian Education?
A) Integration of spirituality into education
B) Emphasis on scientific temper
C) Development of vocational education
D) All of the above
Answer: A) Integration of spirituality into education
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s interpretation of Hinduism has been described as which of the Following?
A) Neo-Hinduism
B) Orthodox Hinduism
C) Reformist Hinduism
D) Revivalist Hinduism
Answer: A) Neo-Hinduism
Q. Which of the following leaders was significantly influenced by Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Philosophy?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) B.R. Ambedkar
D) Sardar Patel
Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s ideas contributed to the formation of which policy in India?
A) Secularism
B) Non-alignment
C) Socialism
D) Federalism
Answer: A) Secularism
Q. Which global philosophy did Dr. Radhakrishnan advocate for during his Life?
A) Universalism
B) Existentialism
C) Positivism
D) Pragmatism
Answer: A) Universalism
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s views on ethics were influenced by which Tradition?
A) Vedantic tradition
B) Buddhist tradition
C) Jain tradition
D) Islamic tradition
Answer: A) Vedantic tradition
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan was a proponent of which Educational Approach?
A) Moral and spiritual education
B) Purely technical education
C) Vocational training
D) Conventional rote learning
Answer: A) Moral and spiritual education
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s advocacy for interfaith dialogue is reflected in which of his Works?
A) Eastern Religions and Western Thought
B) Indian Philosophy
C) The Principal Upanishads
D) The Bhagavad Gita
Answer: A) Eastern Religions and Western Thought
Q. Which Indian leader described Dr. Radhakrishnan as “a great Teacher and Philosopher”?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Sardar Patel
Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan was Married to Whom?
A) Sivakamu
B) Lakshmi
C) Radha
D) Meera
Answer: A) Sivakamu
Q. How many children did Dr. Radhakrishnan Have?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven
Answer: B) Five
Q. Which of Dr. Radhakrishnan’s children became a Prominent Historian?
A) Sarvepalli Gopal
B) Sarvepalli Ramachandran
C) Sarvepalli Radhakrishna
D) Sarvepalli Rajendra
Answer: A) Sarvepalli Gopal
Q. What was Dr. Radhakrishnan’s stance on Material Wealth?
A) He believed in simple living and high thinking
B) He was a proponent of accumulating wealth
C) He advocated for materialism
D) He had no opinion on it
Answer: A) He believed in simple living and high thinking
Q. Dr. Radhakrishnan’s personal philosophy was most influenced by Which Thinker?
A) Adi Shankaracharya
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
D) Sri Aurobindo
Answer: A) Adi Shankaracharya
Q. Which of the following was a core value in Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Life?
A) Truth
B) Power
C) Wealth
D) Fame
Answer: A) Truth
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