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| 101. |
_____________ is the author of Kavya-meemaamsa. |
| A. | rajashekhara |
| B. | kundaka |
| C. | vamana |
| D. | udhbhata |
| Answer» A. rajashekhara | |
| 102. |
Madhurya, ojas and prasada are thethree qualities according to ________ . |
| A. | bhamaha |
| B. | kundaka |
| C. | udhbhata |
| D. | vamana |
| Answer» A. bhamaha | |
| 103. |
According to Bhamaha, Dandin and Udbhata the essential element of Kavyawas ___________ . |
| A. | alamkara |
| B. | vakrokti |
| C. | guna |
| D. | riti |
| Answer» A. alamkara | |
| 104. |
According to Kshemendra __________is the very life of Kavya. |
| A. | alamkara |
| B. | vakrokti |
| C. | guna |
| D. | aucitya |
| Answer» D. aucitya | |
| 105. |
__________ treats Rasa as an aspect of Alamkara. |
| A. | bhamaha |
| B. | kundaka |
| C. | udhbhata |
| D. | vamana |
| Answer» A. bhamaha | |
| 106. |
Bharata'sNatyasastra mentions ________ alamkaras . |
| A. | five |
| B. | six |
| C. | seven |
| D. | four |
| Answer» D. four | |
| 107. |
Bharata'sNatyasastra mentions ________ gunasof Poetic composition. |
| A. | ten |
| B. | five |
| C. | four |
| D. | six |
| Answer» A. ten | |
| 108. |
Vaman defines ___________ as particular arrangement of words. |
| A. | riti |
| B. | alamkara |
| C. | vakrokti |
| D. | guna |
| Answer» A. riti | |
| 109. |
Vamanadiscusses _____________types of riti . |
| A. | three |
| B. | four |
| C. | five |
| D. | six |
| Answer» A. three | |
| 110. |
According to Vamanathe ________ riti abounds in thegunasojas and kanti. |
| A. | gandhara |
| B. | panchali |
| C. | vaidarbhi |
| D. | gaudi |
| Answer» D. gaudi | |
| 111. |
________ritiis endowed with the gunasmadhurya and saukumarya |
| A. | gaudi |
| B. | panchali |
| C. | vaidarbhi |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. panchali | |
| 112. |
According ___________ 'Vakroktihkavyajivitam' |
| A. | bharatha |
| B. | bhoja |
| C. | kuntaka |
| D. | bhamaha |
| Answer» C. kuntaka | |
| 113. |
_________divided poetry into three classes (a) vakrokti, (b) svabhlivokti (c) rasokti. |
| A. | bharatha |
| B. | bhoja |
| C. | kuntaka |
| D. | bhamaha |
| Answer» B. bhoja | |
| 114. |
MahimaBhatta who wrote ___________ tried to comprehend all ideas of dhvani in the process of anumana . |
| A. | dhvanyaloka |
| B. | locana |
| C. | abhinavabharathi |
| D. | \vyakti-viveka\ |
| Answer» D. \vyakti-viveka\ | |
| 115. |
____________ considers aucitya as the essence of rasa. |
| A. | ksemendra |
| B. | bhoja |
| C. | kuntaka |
| D. | bhamaha |
| Answer» A. ksemendra | |
| 116. |
Upama ,Dipaka , Rupaka and yamaka are the four ___________ mentioned in Natyasastra . |
| A. | alamkaras |
| B. | riti |
| C. | guna |
| D. | vakrokti |
| Answer» A. alamkaras | |
| 117. |
Bhamaka Divides alamkaras into _____ groups. |
| A. | three |
| B. | four |
| C. | two |
| D. | five |
| Answer» B. four | |
| 118. |
____________ treats rasa as rasavatalamkara . |
| A. | mahimabhatta |
| B. | khemendra |
| C. | bhoja |
| D. | bhahama |
| Answer» D. bhahama | |
| 119. |
Vamana equates beauty with _________. |
| A. | alamkara |
| B. | riti |
| C. | guna |
| D. | vakrokti |
| Answer» A. alamkara | |
| 120. |
Upamaand rupaka are __________ . |
| A. | arthalamkaras |
| B. | sabdalamkaras |
| C. | guna |
| D. | dosha |
| Answer» A. arthalamkaras | |
| 121. |
Anuprasa and yamaka are ___________ . |
| A. | arthalamkaras |
| B. | sabdalamkaras |
| C. | guna |
| D. | dosha |
| Answer» B. sabdalamkaras | |
| 122. |
________ defines poetry as a word promoting delight. |
| A. | jagannath |
| B. | vamana |
| C. | bharatha |
| D. | abhinavagupta |
| Answer» A. jagannath | |
| 123. |
_______ defines poetry as that union of sound and sense which is devoid of poetic flaws and is embodied with gunas. |
| A. | bharatha |
| B. | vamana |
| C. | sankuka |
| D. | lollata |
| Answer» B. vamana | |
| 124. |
_________ defines poetry as the union of sound and sense which express alamkaras. |
| A. | bharatha |
| B. | vamana |
| C. | sankuka |
| D. | lollata |
| Answer» B. vamana | |
| 125. |
According to Vamanriti is the soul of poetry and all the beautifying elements of it can be included in the ____ guans accepted by him |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» B. 20 | |
| 126. |
Alamkaravadins regard the _____ as the sovereign virtue of poetry. |
| A. | rasa |
| B. | alamkara |
| C. | dhwani |
| D. | guna |
| Answer» B. alamkara | |
| 127. |
The three architectural traditions in India are ____________ |
| A. | riti, guna ,dosa |
| B. | saiva , brahma , maya |
| C. | rupaka , yamaka ,upama |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. saiva , brahma , maya | |
| 128. |
Samaranganasutradhara is attributed to __________ |
| A. | yaska |
| B. | panini |
| C. | bhoja |
| D. | bhamaha |
| Answer» C. bhoja | |
| 129. |
Visnudharmottarapurana presents the _____________ architectural tradition. |
| A. | saiva |
| B. | maya |
| C. | brahma |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. brahma | |
| 130. |
According to chitra sutra there are _________ types of painting |
| A. | three |
| B. | four |
| C. | five |
| D. | six |
| Answer» B. four | |
| 131. |
Satya and nagara are the types ________ |
| A. | human figures |
| B. | paintings |
| C. | architecture |
| D. | poems |
| Answer» B. paintings | |
| 132. |
Hamsaand Ruchakaare the types of ____________ . |
| A. | human figures |
| B. | paintings |
| C. | architecture |
| D. | poems |
| Answer» A. human figures | |
| 133. |
Patra and binduja are styles of _____________. |
| A. | human figures |
| B. | paintings |
| C. | architecture |
| D. | poems |
| Answer» B. paintings | |
| 134. |
__________ is the heavenly architect . |
| A. | visvakarma |
| B. | brahma |
| C. | vishnu |
| D. | shiva |
| Answer» A. visvakarma | |
| 135. |
___________ was the architect of demons. |
| A. | visvakarma |
| B. | maya |
| C. | yaska |
| D. | panini |
| Answer» B. maya | |
| 136. |
Nagara, Dravida and Vesura are styles of __________. |
| A. | human figures |
| B. | paintings |
| C. | architecture |
| D. | poems |
| Answer» C. architecture | |
| 137. |
Manasara is a book on _________. |
| A. | sculpture |
| B. | paintings |
| C. | architecture |
| D. | poems |
| Answer» A. sculpture | |
| 138. |
The idea of vastubhramavada is found in ________ Upanishad. |
| A. | aitareya |
| B. | taitariya |
| C. | mundaka |
| D. | mandukya |
| Answer» B. taitariya | |
| 139. |
__________ is the upaveda od samaveda . |
| A. | ayurveda |
| B. | dhanurveda |
| C. | gandharvaveda |
| D. | sastrasastra |
| Answer» C. gandharvaveda | |
| 140. |
_____________ is the author of Vakyapadiya. |
| A. | bhartrahari |
| B. | anadnavardhana |
| C. | abhinavagupta |
| D. | bharatha |
| Answer» A. bhartrahari | |
| 141. |
According to _______ Speech is an outward form of consciousness. |
| A. | natyasastra |
| B. | vakyapadiya |
| C. | kavyaprakasa |
| D. | abhinavabharati |
| Answer» B. vakyapadiya | |
| 142. |
Vakyapadiya, asserts the identity of the Sabdatattva (the Word principle) with the _______________ . |
| A. | absolute reality |
| B. | god |
| C. | language |
| D. | world |
| Answer» A. absolute reality | |
| 143. |
According to Bharatrahari _________ is the finest means to highest truth. |
| A. | logic |
| B. | music |
| C. | grammar |
| D. | ethics |
| Answer» C. grammar | |
| 144. |
The four fold division of vak has its origin in __________ . |
| A. | natyasastra |
| B. | abhinavabharati |
| C. | rigveda |
| D. | vakyapadiya |
| Answer» C. rigveda | |
| 145. |
According to _____________ sabdatattva is the root cause of everything. |
| A. | bharatha |
| B. | bhamaha |
| C. | sankuka |
| D. | bhartrahari |
| Answer» D. bhartrahari | |
| 146. |
According to ____________Sabdatattvamanifestsinto three stages :Pashyanti, Madhyamā and Vaikhari. |
| A. | bharatha |
| B. | bhattalollata |
| C. | sankuka |
| D. | bhartrahari |
| Answer» D. bhartrahari | |
| 147. |
_____ is the unspoken thought that instinctively springs up and which is visualised, within one’s self. |
| A. | vak |
| B. | pashyanti |
| C. | madhyama |
| D. | vaikhari |
| Answer» B. pashyanti | |
| 148. |
When silently reading we are at the level of ___________ . |
| A. | vak |
| B. | pashyanti |
| C. | madhyama |
| D. | vaikhari |
| Answer» C. madhyama | |
| 149. |
The manifest level of speech is ________ . |
| A. | vak |
| B. | pashyanti |
| C. | madhyama |
| D. | vaikhari |
| Answer» D. vaikhari | |
| 150. |
Sabarabhasya is the commentary of ____________ . |
| A. | purvamimamsa sutra |
| B. | yoga sutra |
| C. | rasa sutra |
| D. | samkhyakarika |
| Answer» A. purvamimamsa sutra | |
| 151. |
Abhihitanvaya theory is advocatedby ____________ . |
| A. | prabhakara |
| B. | kumarila |
| C. | bhamaha |
| D. | bharatha |
| Answer» B. kumarila | |
| 152. |
Anvitabhidanatheory is advocated by _______________ . |
| A. | prabhakara |
| B. | kumarila |
| C. | bhamaha |
| D. | bharatha |
| Answer» A. prabhakara | |
| 153. |
According to Patanjalisabda is _____ . |
| A. | nitya |
| B. | anitya |
| C. | both |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. nitya | |
| 154. |
the relation between word and meaning is eternal according to _________. |
| A. | panini |
| B. | katyayana |
| C. | patanjali |
| D. | all three |
| Answer» D. all three | |
| 155. |
________is the causeof utterance and the cause of understanding |
| A. | sphota |
| B. | abhitha |
| C. | lakshana |
| D. | vyanjana |
| Answer» A. sphota | |
| 156. |
__________ is the author of ashtadhyayi |
| A. | yaska |
| B. | patanjali |
| C. | panini |
| D. | bharatha |
| Answer» C. panini | |
| 157. |
_________ is the author of Mahabhasya . |
| A. | patanjali |
| B. | yaska |
| C. | panini |
| D. | bharatha |
| Answer» A. patanjali | |
| 158. |
Katyayana’s __________ is an elaboration of Panini’s ashtdhyayi. |
| A. | varttika |
| B. | karika |
| C. | vritti |
| D. | bhasya |
| Answer» A. varttika | |
| 159. |
The first kanda of vakyapadiya is ________ |
| A. | vakyakanda |
| B. | brahma kanda |
| C. | jnanakanda |
| D. | bhakti kanda |
| Answer» B. brahma kanda | |
| 160. |
__________ kanda of vakyapdiya contains different conceptions of sentence. |
| A. | vakyakanda |
| B. | brahma kanda |
| C. | padakanda |
| D. | bhakti kanda |
| Answer» A. vakyakanda | |
| 161. |
Vakypadiya represents a kind of _________ in which language principle stands ultimately as the source of entire material existence. |
| A. | linguistic monism |
| B. | metaphysical dualism |
| C. | epistemological dualism |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. linguistic monism | |
| 162. |
The doctrine of _____________ asserts that the ultimate reality, brahman , is the imperishable principle of language. |
| A. | atman |
| B. | sabdabrahman |
| C. | jiva |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. sabdabrahman | |
| 163. |
_________ stands for real word and _________ stands for physical sound |
| A. | sphota , dhwani |
| B. | dhwani , sphota |
| C. | madhyama , vaikhari |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. sphota , dhwani | |
| 164. |
According to bartrahari as a linguistic reality the sentence is a __________ unit. |
| A. | indivisible , |
| B. | divisible |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. indivisible , | |
| 165. |
A linguistic expression conceived as a single unit is referred as _________. |
| A. | pada |
| B. | vakya |
| C. | sphota |
| D. | varna |
| Answer» C. sphota | |
| 166. |
____________ consider a sentence to be primary unit and believe that words are analytically derived from sentences. |
| A. | vakyavadins |
| B. | padavadins |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. vakyavadins | |
| 167. |
According to padavadin sentence meaning is understood only when all the ____ come together. |
| A. | sentences |
| B. | words |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. words | |
| 168. |
__________ is the author of dhvanyaloka. |
| A. | abhinavagupta |
| B. | anandhavardhana |
| C. | mahimabhatta |
| D. | mukulabhatta |
| Answer» B. anandhavardhana | |
| 169. |
__________ is a commentary on Dhvanyaloka by Abhinavagupta . |
| A. | locana |
| B. | bharathi |
| C. | kavyaprakasa |
| D. | vakyapadiya |
| Answer» A. locana | |
| 170. |
Hrdayadarpana of __________ is critical of the theory of suggestion. |
| A. | bhattanayaka |
| B. | bhattalollata |
| C. | abhinavagupta |
| D. | anandhavardhana |
| Answer» A. bhattanayaka | |
| 171. |
__________ a reputed logician of Kashmir was of the opinion that dhvani does not deserve any serious attenssion at all. |
| A. | mahimabhatta |
| B. | mukulabhatta |
| C. | jayanyhabhatta |
| D. | bhattalollata |
| Answer» C. jayanyhabhatta | |
| 172. |
According to bhattanayaka poetic language has the three fold power of Abhitha ,bhavakatva and ______________ |
| A. | rasa dhvani |
| B. | bhojakatva |
| C. | alamkara |
| D. | vakrokti |
| Answer» B. bhojakatva | |
| 173. |
Mahimabhatta is the author of ------------. |
| A. | kavyaprakasa |
| B. | vyaktivivieka |
| C. | alamkarasastra |
| D. | kavyasastra |
| Answer» B. vyaktivivieka | |
| 174. |
Nyaya admits two kinds of meaning ___________ and __________’ |
| A. | abhita and vyanjana |
| B. | abhita and laksana |
| C. | lakshana and vyanjana |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. abhita and laksana | |
| 175. |
According to ________________ dhvani is a type of inference |
| A. | mahimabhatta |
| B. | mukulabhatta |
| C. | bhattanayaka |
| D. | bhattalollata |
| Answer» A. mahimabhatta | |
| 176. |
According to mukulabhattadhvani can be explained by ______ |
| A. | inference |
| B. | abhitha |
| C. | lakshan |
| D. | vyanjana |
| Answer» C. lakshan | |
| 177. |
When suggested sense arise naturally in a poem it is called |
| A. | chitrakavya |
| B. | gunibhutavyangyakavya |
| C. | dhvanikavya |
| D. | none of these . |
| Answer» C. dhvanikavya | |
| 178. |
When suggested sense is subordinate to explicit sense then the poem is called ________ . |
| A. | chitrakavya |
| B. | gunibhutavyangyakavya |
| C. | dhvanikavya |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. gunibhutavyangyakavya | |
| 179. |
DhvaniKavya has ___ principal varities. |
| A. | five |
| B. | four |
| C. | three |
| D. | two |
| Answer» A. five | |
| 180. |
In the seventh century _____ school divided in to two sub schools under the aegis of kumarillabhatta and prabhakara. |
| A. | mimamsa |
| B. | vedanta |
| C. | nyaya |
| D. | samkhya |
| Answer» A. mimamsa | |
| 181. |
The element of suggestion is not present at all in _____ . |
| A. | chitrakavya |
| B. | gunibhutavyangyakavya |
| C. | dhvanikavya |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. chitrakavya | |
| 182. |
Sangitaratnakara is an encyclopedic work on indian _______ . |
| A. | architecture |
| B. | dance |
| C. | paintings |
| D. | music |
| Answer» D. music | |
| 183. |
__________ is the author of sangitaratnakara. |
| A. | bharatha |
| B. | manu |
| C. | patanjali |
| D. | sarangadeva |
| Answer» D. sarangadeva | |
| 184. |
________ wrote a commentary on Sangitaratnakara |
| A. | panini |
| B. | simhabhupala |
| C. | sarangadeva |
| D. | bharatha |
| Answer» B. simhabhupala | |
| 185. |
____________ is not a commentary on sangitaratnakara |
| A. | sudhakara |
| B. | kalanidhi |
| C. | kaustubha |
| D. | locana |
| Answer» D. locana | |
| 186. |
The spiritual value of music was recognized in ______ upanisad. |
| A. | chandogya |
| B. | aitareya |
| C. | mundaka |
| D. | mandukya |
| Answer» A. chandogya | |
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