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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .
| 51. |
According to _________ thesecondry function of language does not imply poetry . |
| A. | anandhavardhana |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | bhattanayaka |
| D. | bhattalollata |
| Answer» A. anandhavardhana | |
| 52. |
_______________ held the view that poetic meaning is not understood by mere learning of grammar and poetry . |
| A. | anandhavardhana |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | bhattanayaka |
| D. | bhattalollata |
| Answer» C. bhattanayaka | |
| 53. |
In _____ kavya conventional meaning are subordinate. |
| A. | abhitha |
| B. | lakshana |
| C. | dhvani |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. dhvani | |
| 54. |
The ninthrasa according to Abhinavagupta is _______________ |
| A. | soka |
| B. | hasya |
| C. | sringara |
| D. | santa |
| Answer» D. santa | |
| 55. |
Aesthetic experience is ___________ ordinary experience and religious experience |
| A. | same as |
| B. | different from |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. different from | |
| 56. |
Abhinavagupta takes the idea of sadharanikarana from _______ . |
| A. | bhattanayaka |
| B. | bhattalollata |
| C. | anandhavardhana |
| D. | sankuka |
| Answer» A. bhattanayaka | |
| 57. |
According to ______________ rasa is not limited by any difference of space , time and knowing subject. |
| A. | bhattanayaka |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | bhattalollata |
| D. | sankuka |
| Answer» B. abhinavagupta | |
| 58. |
Unlike ______ Abhinavagupta separates the boundaries between aesthetic and mystical experience. |
| A. | bhattanayaka |
| B. | bharatha |
| C. | lollata |
| D. | sankuka |
| Answer» A. bhattanayaka | |
| 59. |
Sattvikabhavas are __________ in number |
| A. | four |
| B. | six |
| C. | eight |
| D. | two |
| Answer» C. eight | |
| 60. |
_____________ are 33 in number. |
| A. | sattvikabhava |
| B. | sthayibhava |
| C. | vyabhicharibhava |
| D. | anubhava |
| Answer» C. vyabhicharibhava | |
| 61. |
_______________ is the author of Kavyaprakasadarsa. |
| A. | maheshvara |
| B. | bharata |
| C. | vidyabhusana |
| D. | abhinavagupta |
| Answer» A. maheshvara | |
| 62. |
Abhinavagupta belongs to ______________ school of Indian philosophy |
| A. | nyaya |
| B. | vaisesika |
| C. | pratyabhinja |
| D. | sankhya |
| Answer» C. pratyabhinja | |
| 63. |
Theories of literature and drama are discussed in ______________. |
| A. | vishnudharmottarapurana |
| B. | skandapurana |
| C. | vayupurana |
| D. | none of |
| Answer» A. vishnudharmottarapurana | |
| 64. |
____________ is the author of Kavyadarsa. |
| A. | sankuka |
| B. | bhamaha |
| C. | bharatha |
| D. | dandin |
| Answer» D. dandin | |
| 65. |
According to Bharathasthayibhavas are ________ in number. |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» D. 8 | |
| 66. |
Vibhavas are of ___ types |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | eight |
| Answer» A. two | |
| 67. |
Actors in the drama are _____________ vibhavas. |
| A. | alambhana |
| B. | uddipana |
| C. | alamkara |
| D. | chamatkara |
| Answer» A. alambhana | |
| 68. |
___________ is bodily reaction by which vibhavas and bhavas are understood. |
| A. | anubhava |
| B. | sthayibhava |
| C. | sancharibhava |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. anubhava | |
| 69. |
Bharatha defines _______ as the condition for the expression of rasa in poetry. |
| A. | bhava |
| B. | vibhava |
| C. | anubhava |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. bhava | |
| 70. |
Bharata enumerates bhavas as _________ in number and classifies them as sthayibhavas ,vyabhicharibhavas and sattvikabhavas. |
| A. | 49 |
| B. | 47 |
| C. | 41 |
| D. | 43 |
| Answer» A. 49 | |
| 71. |
__________describes natya as anukriti. |
| A. | patanjali |
| B. | jaimini |
| C. | kapila |
| D. | bharatha |
| Answer» D. bharatha | |
| 72. |
According to Bharathabhavas or rasas has _______ stages of transformations. |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» B. three | |
| 73. |
Bharatha recognizes ________ types of acting . |
| A. | seven |
| B. | four |
| C. | three |
| D. | nine |
| Answer» B. four | |
| 74. |
Angika, vachika, sattvika and ___________ are the types of acting recognized by Bharata . |
| A. | kaisiki |
| B. | aharya |
| C. | arabhati |
| D. | bharathi |
| Answer» B. aharya | |
| 75. |
The four types of actions recognized by Bharatha are Sattvati, arabhati ,_______ and bharathi . |
| A. | kaisiki |
| B. | sattvika |
| C. | vachika |
| D. | aharya |
| Answer» A. kaisiki | |
| 76. |
Srngara rasa is based on the sthayibhava __________ |
| A. | soka |
| B. | hasa |
| C. | rati |
| D. | adbudha |
| Answer» C. rati | |
| 77. |
_______ rasa based on the sthayibhavautsaha. |
| A. | vira |
| B. | soka |
| C. | hasya |
| D. | ) vismaya |
| Answer» A. vira | |
| 78. |
Ugrata is _______________ bhava. |
| A. | vyabhichari |
| B. | satvika |
| C. | sthayi |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. vyabhichari | |
| 79. |
Sthamba is _______________ . |
| A. | vyabhichari |
| B. | satvika |
| C. | sthayi |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. satvika | |
| 80. |
Nirveda and glani are ______________ bhava. |
| A. | vyabhichari |
| B. | satvika |
| C. | sthayi |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. vyabhichari | |
| 81. |
Presiding diety of the srngara rasa is ______ . |
| A. | visnu |
| B. | pramatha |
| C. | siva |
| D. | brahma |
| Answer» A. visnu | |
| 82. |
The colour associated with hasyarasa is __________. |
| A. | white |
| B. | black |
| C. | red |
| D. | yellow |
| Answer» A. white | |
| 83. |
The diety associated withadbhuta rasa is ___________ . |
| A. | brahma |
| B. | kala |
| C. | mahakal |
| D. | indra |
| Answer» A. brahma | |
| 84. |
The colour associated with raudrarasa is |
| A. | black |
| B. | blue |
| C. | yellow |
| D. | red |
| Answer» D. red | |
| 85. |
________ is the sthayibhava associated with raudrarasa . |
| A. | krodha |
| B. | hasa |
| C. | soka |
| D. | utsaha |
| Answer» A. krodha | |
| 86. |
Intoxication, despair, Epilepsy, sickness, madness, death are the vyabhicharibhavas associatedwith __________ rasa . |
| A. | bhibatsa |
| B. | vira |
| C. | adbhuta |
| D. | bhayanaka |
| Answer» A. bhibatsa | |
| 87. |
The colour associated with karuna rasa in _____ |
| A. | black |
| B. | blue |
| C. | yellow |
| D. | grey |
| Answer» D. grey | |
| 88. |
The deity associated with vira rasa is ____________ . |
| A. | brahma |
| B. | kala |
| C. | mahakal |
| D. | indra |
| Answer» D. indra | |
| 89. |
________ is the sthayibhavaassociated with adbhutharasa . |
| A. | juguspa |
| B. | bhaya |
| C. | vismaya |
| D. | utsaha |
| Answer» A. juguspa | |
| 90. |
All vyabhicaris except indolence and cruelty are associatedwith ____ rasa . |
| A. | srngara |
| B. | vira |
| C. | adbhuta |
| D. | bhayanaka |
| Answer» A. srngara | |
| 91. |
In the ancient past theoretical performance was called ----------- . |
| A. | nataka |
| B. | rupaka |
| C. | natya |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. rupaka | |
| 92. |
Most evolved form of rupaka is called ________ . |
| A. | bhava , |
| B. | kala |
| C. | anka |
| D. | nataka |
| Answer» D. nataka | |
| 93. |
Which among the following is not a rupaka ? |
| A. | thithi |
| B. | prakarana |
| C. | nataka |
| D. | alamkara |
| Answer» D. alamkara | |
| 94. |
Bharatha talks about __ varieties of poetic embellishments. |
| A. | 33 |
| B. | 36 |
| C. | 43 |
| D. | 46 |
| Answer» B. 36 | |
| 95. |
According to ______ alamkara is the most essential element of poetry. |
| A. | bhamaha |
| B. | kundaka |
| C. | battalollata |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. bhamaha | |
| 96. |
According to ___________ vakrokti is the soul of poetry . |
| A. | bhamaha |
| B. | kundaka |
| C. | rudrata |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. kundaka | |
| 97. |
_________in Kavyaalankaara divides kavya into three based on the language as Samskrita, Prakrita and Apabhramsha |
| A. | bhamaha |
| B. | kundaka |
| C. | rudrata |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. bhamaha | |
| 98. |
Dandin, in his ____________divides Kavya as gadya, padya and mishra. |
| A. | kavyadarsha |
| B. | alamkara-sara-sangraha |
| C. | kavyaalankaara |
| Answer» A. kavyadarsha | |
| 99. |
__________ the author of Alamkara-sara-sangraha, |
| A. | bhamaha |
| B. | kundaka |
| C. | rudrata |
| D. | udhbhata |
| Answer» D. udhbhata | |
| 100. |
____________in his work Kavyaalamkara-sutra, declares riti as the soul of poetry. |
| A. | bhamaha |
| B. | kundaka |
| C. | vamana |
| D. | udhbhata |
| Answer» C. vamana | |
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