McqMate
1. |
Brahma in originating the Natyaveda has borrowed the art of effective speech from __________ . |
A. | rgveda |
B. | sama veda |
C. | yajurveda |
D. | atharvaveda |
Answer» A. rgveda |
2. |
According to____________ there were three preceding books of natyasastra attributed to brahma bharatha , SadasivaBharatha and AdiBharatha. |
A. | abhinava bharati |
B. | locana |
C. | kavyasastra |
D. | dhvany aloka |
Answer» A. abhinava bharati |
3. |
________ is the founder of samkhya system. |
A. | bharatha |
B. | panini |
C. | patanjali |
D. | kapila |
Answer» B. panini |
4. |
According to pessimistic _____ nature is not wholly beautiful. |
A. | nyaya |
B. | yoga |
C. | samkhya |
D. | vedanta |
Answer» A. nyaya |
5. |
Purusharthas are ____ in number. |
A. | 4 |
B. | 3 |
C. | 5 |
D. | 6 |
Answer» A. 4 |
6. |
Brahma in originating Natyaveda has borrowed acting from ______ veda. |
A. | rgveda |
B. | samaveda |
C. | yajurveda |
D. | atharvaveda |
Answer» C. yajurveda |
7. |
_________ is the author of kavyaalamkarasutravritti . |
A. | bhamaha |
B. | kundaka |
C. | rudrata |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these |
8. |
According to Vamana __________ riti has all the ten gunas. |
A. | gaudi |
B. | panchali |
C. | vaidarbhi |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. panchali |
9. |
_______ coined the term aesthetics. |
A. | baumgarten |
B. | immanuel kant |
C. | aristotle |
D. | plato |
Answer» A. baumgarten |
10. |
According to __________ aesthetics is a science of sense cognition. |
A. | plato |
B. | immanuel kant |
C. | aristotle |
D. | baumgarten |
Answer» D. baumgarten |
11. |
The word Soundarya stands for the concept ______of in Indian aesthetics. |
A. | experience |
B. | enjoyment |
C. | art |
D. | beauty |
Answer» D. beauty |
12. |
The earliest attempt to define art is found in _____brahmana. |
A. | aitareya |
B. | mundaka |
C. | mandukya |
D. | brhadaranyaka |
Answer» A. aitareya |
13. |
_________ is the author of aesthetica . |
A. | kant |
B. | hegel |
C. | baumgarten |
D. | plato |
Answer» C. baumgarten |
14. |
_________ is Aristotle’s work on Tragedy |
A. | republic |
B. | poetics |
C. | critique of judgment |
D. | lectures on aeshetics |
Answer» B. poetics |
15. |
Immanuel Kant discusses his aesthetic theory in _________ . |
A. | republic |
B. | poetics |
C. | critique of judgment |
D. | lectures on aesthetics |
Answer» C. critique of judgment |
16. |
On sublime by _____ is one of the important work of Greeko roman literature. |
A. | longinus |
B. | plato |
C. | aristotle |
D. | kant |
Answer» A. longinus |
17. |
_____ is the first known and extant work on dramaturgy in Indian tradition. |
A. | natyasastra |
B. | kavyasastra |
C. | alamkarasastra |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. natyasastra |
18. |
_________ is the first known author of poetics. |
A. | bharatha |
B. | bhamaha |
C. | bhattalollata |
D. | sankuka |
Answer» A. bharatha |
19. |
According to _______ a performance of drama is concerned with achieving certain siddhis. |
A. | bhamaha |
B. | bharatha |
C. | bhattalollata |
D. | sankuka |
Answer» B. bharatha |
20. |
__________ is the author of Malavikagnimitram. |
A. | bana |
B. | kalidasa |
C. | bharatha |
D. | bhamaha |
Answer» B. kalidasa |
21. |
_________ is the author of Rasagangadhara. |
A. | bharatha |
B. | jagannatha |
C. | bhamaha |
D. | bhattanayaka |
Answer» B. jagannatha |
22. |
In _______ purana there are two chapters dealing with architecture. |
A. | matsya |
B. | vayu |
C. | skanda |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» A. matsya |
23. |
Upanishads, ___________, and the Bhagavad-Gita, are collectively called the prasthanathrayi. |
A. | brahmasutras |
B. | yajurveda |
C. | samaveda |
D. | yoga sutra |
Answer» A. brahmasutras |
24. |
The founder of Nyaya school is___________ . |
A. | kapila |
B. | gautama |
C. | patanjali |
D. | sankara |
Answer» B. gautama |
25. |
According to ________Art is mimesis. |
A. | plato |
B. | kant |
C. | hegel |
D. | bharatha |
Answer» A. plato |
26. |
Both Bharatha and Aristotle were primarily concerned with __________. |
A. | dance |
B. | architecture |
C. | drama |
D. | music |
Answer» C. drama |
27. |
According to ___________ right knowledge is the knowledge of the separation of purusa from prakriti. |
A. | samkhya |
B. | yoga |
C. | nyaya |
D. | vaisesika |
Answer» A. samkhya |
28. |
Brahmasutra is the basic text of _______ school of Indian philosophy. |
A. | nyaya |
B. | vaisesika |
C. | sankhya |
D. | vedanta |
Answer» D. vedanta |
29. |
According to _________ nature is not wholly beautiful. |
A. | vedanta |
B. | sankhya |
C. | yoga |
D. | nyaya |
Answer» B. sankhya |
30. |
Purusa according to samkhya conception is absolutely _________ . |
A. | active |
B. | inert |
C. | passive |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. passive |
31. |
According _______ nature is wholly beautiful. |
A. | vedanta |
B. | sankhya |
C. | yoga |
D. | nyaya |
Answer» A. vedanta |
32. |
_______ is the author of sankhyakarika. |
A. | dhanamjaya |
B. | abhinava |
C. | kapila |
D. | isvarakrsna |
Answer» D. isvarakrsna |
33. |
Vacaspatimisra wrote a commentary on ____________ . |
A. | sankhya sutra |
B. | sankhyakarika |
C. | kavyasastra |
D. | kavyalamkara |
Answer» B. sankhyakarika |
34. |
According to samkhya philosophy everything is made up of _______ gunas. |
A. | 3 |
B. | 4 |
C. | 5 |
D. | 6 |
Answer» A. 3 |
35. |
Sankhya aesthetics is ________ . |
A. | pessimistic |
B. | optimistic |
C. | both a and b |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. pessimistic |
36. |
According to _______________artistic attitude is characterized by a temporary forgetting of our individuality. |
A. | vedanta |
B. | sankhya |
C. | yoga |
D. | nyaya |
Answer» A. vedanta |
37. |
The aim art according to samkhya and Vedanta is to induce _______. |
A. | detachment |
B. | attachment |
C. | both a and b |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. detachment |
38. |
According to ___________ artistic attitude offers an escape from the natural world. |
A. | nyaya |
B. | yoga |
C. | advaida |
D. | sankhya |
Answer» D. sankhya |
39. |
Vedanta aesthetics is ___________. |
A. | pessimistic |
B. | optimistic |
C. | both a and b |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. optimistic |
40. |
Prakrti and purusa are the two realities according to ______ system. |
A. | advaida |
B. | samkhya |
C. | nyaya |
D. | yoga |
Answer» B. samkhya |
41. |
“Vibhavanubhavavyabhicharisamyogadrasanispattih” is the _______ . |
A. | yoga sutra |
B. | rasa sutra |
C. | bhagyasukta |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. rasa sutra |
42. |
According to the rasa sutra of Bharata the birth rasa takes place out of the combination of _________, anubhava and vyabhicharibhava . |
A. | vibhava |
B. | sthayibhava |
C. | satvikabhava |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. sthayibhava |
43. |
According to ____________ rasa is a permanent mental state intensified by determinants, consequents and transitory emotions. |
A. | bhattanayaka |
B. | bhattalollata |
C. | sankuka |
D. | bhattatauttta |
Answer» B. bhattalollata |
44. |
According to Bharatha _________ is the expression of mental states. |
A. | bhava |
B. | rasa |
C. | vibhava |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. bhava |
45. |
BhattaLollata was not concerned about __________ view of rasa. |
A. | character |
B. | actor |
C. | spectator |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» C. spectator |
46. |
According to ______Rasa is not an intensified state but an imitated mental state |
A. | sankuka |
B. | bhattalollata |
C. | bharatha |
D. | bhattanayaka |
Answer» A. sankuka |
47. |
_______________ is the author of kavyakautuka . |
A. | bharatha |
B. | bhattanayaka |
C. | bhattalollata |
D. | bhattatauta |
Answer» D. bhattatauta |
48. |
_________ is the special power words in poetry and drama assume according bhattanayaka |
A. | abhitha |
B. | bhavana |
C. | vyanjana |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. bhavana |
49. |
The concept of _______ is Bhattanayaka’s main contribution to Indian aesthetics. |
A. | dhvani |
B. | alamkara |
C. | sadharanikarana |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. sadharanikarana |
50. |
Acording to bhattanayaka aesthetic experience is not noetic in character ,but it is a kind of ____________ . |
A. | bhava |
B. | anubhava |
C. | bhoga |
D. | vyabhicharibhava |
Answer» C. bhoga |
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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