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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) .
| 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 | |
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