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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in Philosophy (MA Philosophy) .
| 51. |
According to Naiyayikas, all perception we have is |
| A. | determinate |
| B. | indeterminate |
| C. | ordinary |
| D. | extra-ordinary |
| Answer» A. determinate | |
| 52. |
Bare sensation or simple apprehension is |
| A. | savikalpaka perception |
| B. | nirvikalpaka perception |
| C. | laukika perception |
| D. | alaukika perception |
| Answer» B. nirvikalpaka perception | |
| 53. |
Perceptual judgment or relational apprehension is |
| A. | savikalpaka perception |
| B. | nirvikalpaka perception |
| C. | laukika perception |
| D. | alaukika perception |
| Answer» A. savikalpaka perception | |
| 54. |
………… perception is the direct sense-experience which is undifferentiated and non-relational and is free from assimilation, discrimination, analysis and synthesis. |
| A. | savikalpaka perception |
| B. | nirvikalpaka perception |
| C. | laukika perception |
| D. | alaukika perception |
| Answer» B. nirvikalpaka perception | |
| 55. |
The clear perception of a thing together with its attributes is…………. |
| A. | determinate |
| B. | indeterminate |
| C. | ordinary |
| D. | extra-ordinary. |
| Answer» A. determinate | |
| 56. |
According to Nyäya, the universals are a distinct class of reals. This is known as……… perception. |
| A. | jnanalaksana |
| B. | samanyalaksana |
| C. | yogaja |
| D. | manasa |
| Answer» B. samanyalaksana | |
| 57. |
The theory of illusion accepted by Nyaya is based on………… kind of perception. |
| A. | jnanalaksana |
| B. | samanyalaksana |
| C. | yogaja |
| D. | manasa |
| Answer» A. jnanalaksana | |
| 58. |
The presence of the middle term in the minor term is called ………….. |
| A. | paramarsa |
| B. | hetvabhasa |
| C. | vyapti |
| D. | paksadharmata. |
| Answer» D. paksadharmata. | |
| 59. |
The invariable association of the middle term with the major term is called ………. |
| A. | paramarsa |
| B. | hetvabhasa |
| C. | vyapti |
| D. | paksadharmata |
| Answer» C. vyapti | |
| 60. |
In the ………inference we do not require the formal statement of the different members of inference. |
| A. | sadharana |
| B. | asadharana |
| C. | svartha |
| D. | parartha |
| Answer» C. svartha | |
| 61. |
There are ………….. Members in the Nyäya syllogism. |
| A. | three |
| B. | five |
| C. | seven |
| D. | nine |
| Answer» B. five | |
| 62. |
The methods of induction by which universal causal relationship is established may be……… |
| A. | anvaya |
| B. | vyatireka |
| C. | anvaya and vyatireka |
| D. | anvaya, vyatireka or both. |
| Answer» D. anvaya, vyatireka or both. | |
| 63. |
We have ………… inference when the middle term is both positively and negatively related to the major term. |
| A. | kevalavyatireki |
| B. | anvayavyatireki |
| C. | kevalanvayi |
| D. | samanyadodrshta |
| Answer» B. anvayavyatireki | |
| 64. |
In ……….the minor term is not unreal, but the middle term cannot by its very nature be present in the minor term. |
| A. | asrayasiddha |
| B. | svarupasidhha |
| C. | vyapyatvasiddha |
| D. | asiddha |
| Answer» B. svarupasidhha | |
| 65. |
‘The middle term, instead of being pervaded by the presence of the major term, is pervaded by the absence of the major term’. This is known as………… |
| A. | asiddha |
| B. | satpratipaksa |
| C. | badhita |
| D. | viruddha |
| Answer» D. viruddha | |
| 66. |
…………… is defined as the knowledge of the relation between a word and its denotation. |
| A. | perception |
| B. | inference |
| C. | comparison |
| D. | verbal testimony |
| Answer» C. comparison | |
| 67. |
According to …………. a sentence is defined as a collection of words and a word is defined as that which is potent to convey its meaning. |
| A. | perception |
| B. | inference |
| C. | comparison |
| D. | verbal testimony |
| Answer» D. verbal testimony | |
| 68. |
The …………. testimony is perfect and infallible because the Vedas are spoken by God. |
| A. | daivika |
| B. | vaidika |
| C. | vakyartha |
| D. | laukika |
| Answer» B. vaidika | |
| 69. |
In order to be intelligible a sentence must conform to the conditions such as,……….. |
| A. | akanksa, yogaja, sannidhi and tatparya |
| B. | akanksa, yogyata, sannidhi and tatparya. |
| C. | akanksa, yogaja, samadhi and tatparya |
| D. | akanksa, yogyata, samadhi and tatparya |
| Answer» B. akanksa, yogyata, sannidhi and tatparya. | |
| 70. |
Purva Mïmamsâ regards the …………… as eternal and authorless and of infallible authority. |
| A. | aptavakya |
| B. | god |
| C. | smriti |
| D. | veda |
| Answer» D. veda | |
| 71. |
Both Prabhakara and Kumarila recognize two kinds of knowledge, namely, ……………. and …………… |
| A. | ordinary and extra-ordinary |
| B. | immediate and mediate. |
| C. | absolute and transcendental |
| D. | real and ideal |
| Answer» B. immediate and mediate. | |
| 72. |
The method of inference is explained as consisting of three parts: pratijna, hetu, and……….. |
| A. | udaharana |
| B. | upanaya |
| C. | drshtanta |
| D. | dodrshta |
| Answer» C. drshtanta | |
| 73. |
The knowledge of ………….. is distinguished from inference because the vyäpti or the invariable concomitance is not needed here. |
| A. | similarity |
| B. | implication |
| C. | perception |
| D. | abhava |
| Answer» A. similarity | |
| 74. |
Kumarila admits the distinction between existential and injunctive propositions and limits the scope of the Veda to the…………. |
| A. | vaidika vakya |
| B. | aptavakya |
| C. | siddhartha vâkya |
| D. | vidhayaka vakya |
| Answer» D. vidhayaka vakya | |
| 75. |
The so-called assertive propositions in the Veda are authoritative only when they help persons to perform their duties is known as…………. |
| A. | abhihitanvayavada |
| B. | anvitabhidhanavada |
| C. | apohavada |
| D. | nayavada |
| Answer» B. anvitabhidhanavada | |
| 76. |
A…………… is regarded as an articulated sound. |
| A. | varna |
| B. | shabda |
| C. | dhvani |
| D. | pada |
| Answer» A. varna | |
| 77. |
When a varna is pronounced or written in ten different ways, there are not ten different varnas, but only ten different manifestations of the same …………. |
| A. | varna. |
| B. | shabda |
| C. | dhvani |
| D. | pada |
| Answer» A. varna. | |
| 78. |
The conventional element in language is……….. and helps the manifestation of the eternal words and their meanings. |
| A. | absolute |
| B. | transcendental |
| C. | primary |
| D. | secondary |
| Answer» D. secondary | |
| 79. |
According to Sankara, cognitions are regarded as modifications of the ………in which the pure spirit is reflected. |
| A. | maya |
| B. | inner sense |
| C. | superimposition |
| D. | brahman |
| Answer» B. inner sense | |
| 80. |
………….. alone is considered to be a pramana which gives rise to Brahman-knowledge and all other pramana deal with the material world. |
| A. | upamana |
| B. | shabda |
| C. | arthapatti |
| D. | anupalabdhi |
| Answer» B. shabda | |
| 81. |
The pervasion of ………….removes the veil of ignorance and the pervasion of reflected consciousness illumines the object. |
| A. | chitta |
| B. | klesa |
| C. | chittabhumi |
| D. | vritti |
| Answer» D. vritti | |
| 82. |
The identity statements, according to Advaita, reveals the identity meaning by the application of ………………..implication. |
| A. | exclusive |
| B. | inclusive |
| C. | exclusive-inclusive |
| D. | abstract |
| Answer» C. exclusive-inclusive | |
| 83. |
…………….. means that the middle term appears to be a reason but is not a valid reason. |
| A. | a. Nayabhas |
| B. | hetvabhasa |
| C. | visayabhasa |
| D. | avayavas |
| Answer» B. hetvabhasa | |
| 84. |
Upamana is knowledge derived from comparison and roughly corresponds to …………. |
| A. | implication |
| B. | non-perception |
| C. | analogy |
| D. | assumption |
| Answer» C. analogy | |
| 85. |
The Nyaya tradition reduced the……………… to inference. |
| A. | implication |
| B. | non-perception |
| C. | analogy |
| D. | assumption |
| Answer» A. implication | |
| 86. |
The word……………. literally means 'revered thought' and was originally applied to the Interpretation of the Vedic rituals which commanded highest reverence. |
| A. | darsana |
| B. | nyaya |
| C. | yoga |
| D. | mimamsa |
| Answer» D. mimamsa | |
| 87. |
Jaimini admits three pramanas, such as, perception, inference and………….. |
| A. | comparison |
| B. | testimony |
| C. | implication |
| D. | non- apprehension |
| Answer» B. testimony | |
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