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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) .
| 1. |
Indian philosophy takes an introspective approach to reality, concerning itself with knowledge of the inner life and the…………… |
| A. | reality |
| B. | paravidya |
| C. | darsana |
| D. | atmavidya |
| Answer» D. atmavidya | |
| 2. |
………is often accepted as the only method for knowing the ultimate truth. |
| A. | realty |
| B. | pramanas |
| C. | intuition |
| D. | god |
| Answer» C. intuition | |
| 3. |
The muktikopanisad gives the number of the Upanisads as………… |
| A. | 180 |
| B. | 170 |
| C. | 108 |
| D. | 107 |
| Answer» D. 107 | |
| 4. |
The …………..was described in the hymns of Vedas as being One that realized itself in multiple things. |
| A. | ultimate reality |
| B. | truth |
| C. | self |
| D. | absolute |
| Answer» A. ultimate reality | |
| 5. |
The two concepts that are of paramount importance in the Upanishads are ……………… and ……………. |
| A. | sat and asat |
| B. | being and non- being |
| C. | truth and reality |
| D. | brahman and atman. |
| Answer» D. brahman and atman. | |
| 6. |
…………….is the material, efficient, formal and final cause of all that exist |
| A. | god |
| B. | atman |
| C. | brahman |
| D. | iswara |
| Answer» C. brahman | |
| 7. |
The ………… means the inner self, the soul, the immortal spirit in an individual, and all living beings including animals and trees. |
| A. | god |
| B. | atman |
| C. | brahman |
| D. | iswara |
| Answer» B. atman | |
| 8. |
According to Upanisad, “He, who is this …………. in man, and who is that the sun, those are one”. |
| A. | god |
| B. | atman |
| C. | brahman |
| D. | iswara |
| Answer» C. brahman | |
| 9. |
In the Chandogya Upanishad, it is criptically described as ………… |
| A. | satjjalan |
| B. | tajjalan. |
| C. | ajjalan |
| D. | absolute |
| Answer» B. tajjalan. | |
| 10. |
In the …………... Upanishad, Brahman is described as that from which all beings are born, by which they live, and into which they are reabsorbed. |
| A. | taittiriya |
| B. | aitereya |
| C. | chaddogya |
| D. | mandukya |
| Answer» A. taittiriya | |
| 11. |
The real theory of evolution is given in the doctrine of five sheaths (koshas) the …………… Upanisad. |
| A. | taittiriya |
| B. | aitereya |
| C. | chaddogya |
| D. | mandukya |
| Answer» A. taittiriya | |
| 12. |
The third state of evolution is……………… |
| A. | pranamaya |
| B. | manomya |
| C. | annamaya |
| D. | anandamaya |
| Answer» B. manomya | |
| 13. |
In the ………… stage the empirical trinity of knower, known and knowledge has been fused into a transcendental unity. |
| A. | pranamaya |
| B. | manomya |
| C. | annamaya |
| D. | anandamaya |
| Answer» D. anandamaya | |
| 14. |
According to Upanishads Brahman is to be understood as being of two kinds, namely, ……….. and …………. |
| A. | nitya and anitya |
| B. | satya and nitya |
| C. | para and apara |
| D. | true and real |
| Answer» C. para and apara | |
| 15. |
The words Brahman and ………… are two aspects of the same entity, that is, impersonal and personal God. |
| A. | ishvara |
| B. | atman |
| C. | maya |
| D. | adyasa |
| Answer» A. ishvara | |
| 16. |
…………. refers to ultimate reality that has qualities and impersonal God is the one that is devoid of attributes. |
| A. | ishvara |
| B. | atman |
| C. | maya |
| D. | adyasa |
| Answer» A. ishvara | |
| 17. |
The ………..Brahman is the transcendental absolute, the Turiya or the fourth. |
| A. | cosmic |
| B. | acosmic |
| C. | real |
| D. | true |
| Answer» B. acosmic | |
| 18. |
Upanishads rejected the ……………… theories of evolution. |
| A. | psychological |
| B. | cosmological |
| C. | deontological |
| D. | materialistic |
| Answer» D. materialistic | |
| 19. |
……… is the level of experience in which the mind constructs its own reality. |
| A. | prathibhasika |
| B. | vyavaharika |
| C. | paramarthika |
| D. | turiya |
| Answer» A. prathibhasika | |
| 20. |
……….is the level in which both jiva and Iswara are true. |
| A. | prathibhasika |
| B. | vyavaharika |
| C. | paramarthika |
| D. | turiya. |
| Answer» B. vyavaharika | |
| 21. |
…………. is the state of experiencing that "which is absolutely real and into which both other reality levels can be resolved" |
| A. | prathibhasika |
| B. | vyavaharika |
| C. | paramarthik |
| D. | turiya. |
| Answer» C. paramarthik | |
| 22. |
The word Jainism is derived from the word ‘Jina’ which means………….. |
| A. | warrior |
| B. | compassionate |
| C. | thirthankara |
| D. | conqueror |
| Answer» D. conqueror | |
| 23. |
According to Jaina ………….. the universe is an uncreated entity that has always been in existence and shall always be there. |
| A. | theory |
| B. | metaphiysics |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | epistemology |
| Answer» B. metaphiysics | |
| 24. |
The ……… metaphysics is a realistic and relativistic pluralism. |
| A. | jaina |
| B. | samkhya |
| C. | nyaya |
| D. | vaisesika |
| Answer» A. jaina | |
| 25. |
The theory of ……………states that the ultimate truth and reality is complex and has multiple aspects. |
| A. | syadvada |
| B. | anekantavada |
| C. | apohavada |
| D. | nayavada |
| Answer» B. anekantavada | |
| 26. |
According to the Jainas, ……………. and……………are regarded as separate and independent realities |
| A. | soul and matter |
| B. | body and mind |
| C. | space and time |
| D. | matter and |
| Answer» D. matter and | |
| 27. |
……………. is defined as that which possesses qualities and modes. |
| A. | matter |
| B. | space |
| C. | substance |
| D. | mind |
| Answer» C. substance | |
| 28. |
Substance and …………… are inseparable because the latter are the permanent essence of the substance and cannot remain without it. |
| A. | matter |
| B. | attributes |
| C. | space |
| D. | mind |
| Answer» B. attributes | |
| 29. |
…………includes not only matter, but also space, motion, rest and time. Spirit, matter, motion, rest and space. |
| A. | ajiva |
| B. | jiva |
| C. | substance |
| D. | quality |
| Answer» A. ajiva | |
| 30. |
……….is generally the same as the Atman and is identified with life of which consciousness is said to be the essence. |
| A. | ajiva |
| B. | jiva |
| C. | substance |
| D. | quality |
| Answer» B. jiva | |
| 31. |
In Jainism, the four categories of Dharma, Akasha and Pudgala are described as the …………………dravyas. |
| A. | asthikaya |
| B. | anasthikaya |
| C. | dharmastikaya |
| D. | adharmastikaya |
| Answer» A. asthikaya | |
| 32. |
The ………….. souls are divided into two namely, mobile and immobile. |
| A. | liberated |
| B. | absolute |
| C. | bound |
| D. | infinite |
| Answer» C. bound | |
| 33. |
The ……….souls are live in the atoms of earth, water, fire and air and in the vegetable kingdom and have only one sense, of touch. |
| A. | mobile |
| B. | immobile |
| C. | absolute |
| D. | infinite |
| Answer» B. immobile | |
| 34. |
To the Jainas ……………..is regarded as the essence of the soul. |
| A. | life |
| B. | being |
| C. | conscious |
| D. | consciousness |
| Answer» D. consciousness | |
| 35. |
The Purest consciousness is found in the emancipated souls where there is no shred of ………….. |
| A. | dharma |
| B. | karma |
| C. | artha |
| D. | adharma |
| Answer» B. karma | |
| 36. |
Every soul can directly and immediately know everything if it is not obstructed by………... |
| A. | reality |
| B. | duty |
| C. | matter |
| D. | truth |
| Answer» C. matter | |
| 37. |
The…………….. time makes continuity or duration possible and is infinite, one and indivisible. |
| A. | paramarthika |
| B. | vyavaharika |
| C. | paramarthika |
| D. | infinite |
| Answer» A. paramarthika | |
| 38. |
The lokakasa contains all the worlds where life and movement are and at the summit of Lokäkäsha is …………. |
| A. | sadakatama |
| B. | dharana |
| C. | dharma |
| D. | siddhashila |
| Answer» D. siddhashila | |
| 39. |
Dharma and Adharma are used in the technical sense of the conditions of ……………. and rest. |
| A. | movement |
| B. | peace |
| C. | merit |
| D. | wisdom |
| Answer» C. merit | |
| 40. |
An ………… is supposed to be the smallest part of matter which cannot be further divided. |
| A. | substance |
| B. | atom |
| C. | infinite substance |
| D. | idea |
| Answer» B. atom | |
| 41. |
According to Jainism …………. is regarded as a modification of matter. |
| A. | taste |
| B. | touch |
| C. | smell |
| D. | sound |
| Answer» D. sound | |
| 42. |
……………..is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of reality. |
| A. | jainism |
| B. | buddhism |
| C. | nyaya |
| D. | samkhya |
| Answer» B. buddhism | |
| 43. |
Buddhist practices like …………… are means of changing oneself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. |
| A. | meditations |
| B. | concentrations |
| C. | right thought |
| D. | nirvana |
| Answer» A. meditations | |
| 44. |
After attaining enlightenment, Buddha phrased his belief on the nature of life in his ………….. |
| A. | meditations |
| B. | teachings |
| C. | four noble truths |
| D. | nirvana |
| Answer» C. four noble truths | |
| 45. |
The Four Noble Truths are a contingency plan for dealing with the ………. of a physical kind, or of a mental nature. |
| A. | inelligece |
| B. | suffering |
| C. | absoluteness |
| D. | infinitness |
| Answer» B. suffering | |
| 46. |
According to ………………, Everything in this world is conditional, relative, and, limited. |
| A. | jainism |
| B. | buddhism |
| C. | nyaya |
| D. | samkhya |
| Answer» B. buddhism | |
| 47. |
When one has achieved ……………our worldly cycle of birth and rebirth, spiritual enlightenment has been reached. |
| A. | suffering |
| B. | ignorence |
| C. | buddha |
| D. | nirvana |
| Answer» D. nirvana | |
| 48. |
The …………Noble Truth charts the method for attaining the end of suffering, known to Buddhists as the Noble Eightfold Path. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» D. fourth | |
| 49. |
The Noble Eight-Fold path is contained in the ………………Noble Truth. |
| A. | first |
| B. | fourth |
| C. | second |
| D. | third |
| Answer» B. fourth | |
| 50. |
…………. turns from extremes, and encourages us to seek the simple approach. |
| A. | meditation |
| B. | samadhi |
| C. | eight fold path |
| D. | four noble truth |
| Answer» C. eight fold path | |
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