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180+ Indian aesthetics Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .

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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