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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. |
The purpose of ………....... is to clear one's path from confusion, misunderstanding, and deluded thinking. |
| A. | eight fold path |
| B. | right speech |
| C. | right action |
| D. | right view |
| Answer» D. right view | |
| 52. |
……………… means persistence and a passion for the journey. |
| A. | right speech |
| B. | right intent |
| C. | right action |
| D. | right thought |
| Answer» B. right intent | |
| 53. |
……………..involves recognition of the truth, an awareness of the impact of idle gossip and of repeating rumors. |
| A. | right speech |
| B. | right intent |
| C. | right action |
| D. | right thought |
| Answer» A. right speech | |
| 54. |
…………recognizes the need to take the ethical approach in life, to consider others and the world we live in. |
| A. | right speech |
| B. | right intent |
| C. | right action |
| D. | right thought |
| Answer» C. right action | |
| 55. |
…………….. encompasses the five precepts of not to kill, steal, lie, to avoid sexual misconduct, and not to take drugs or other intoxicants. |
| A. | right speech |
| B. | right intent |
| C. | right thought |
| D. | right action |
| Answer» D. right action | |
| 56. |
…………… means cultivating an enthusiasm, a positive attitude in a balanced way. |
| A. | right effort |
| B. | right intent |
| C. | right thought |
| D. | right speech |
| Answer» A. right effort | |
| 57. |
The doctrine of …………….is contained in the Second Noble Truth. |
| A. | suffering |
| B. | dependent origination |
| C. | nirvana |
| D. | sunyatha |
| Answer» B. dependent origination | |
| 58. |
Pratityasamutpada, viewed from the point of view of relativity is………….. |
| A. | nirvana |
| B. | suffering |
| C. | samsara |
| D. | samadhi |
| Answer» C. samsara | |
| 59. |
Pratityasamutpada, viewed from the point of view of reality is…………….. |
| A. | nirvana |
| B. | suffering |
| C. | samsara |
| D. | samadhi |
| Answer» A. nirvana | |
| 60. |
The doctrine the Middle Path or Madhyama pratipat avoids both ………………and nihilism. |
| A. | infinite |
| B. | etemalism |
| C. | externalism |
| D. | experimentalism |
| Answer» B. etemalism | |
| 61. |
According to Buddha, “He who sees the Pratityasamutpada sees the Dharma, and he who sees the Dharma sees the ……………..”. |
| A. | truth |
| B. | sat |
| C. | buddha |
| D. | pratityasamutpada |
| Answer» D. pratityasamutpada | |
| 62. |
According to Buddha ………………. is the root-cause of all suffering. |
| A. | desire |
| B. | ignorance |
| C. | delusion |
| D. | maya |
| Answer» B. ignorance | |
| 63. |
An analysis of the twelve links shows their ………………… significance. |
| A. | philosophical |
| B. | biological |
| C. | ethical |
| D. | psychological |
| Answer» D. psychological | |
| 64. |
Kapila is regarded as the Father of ..………….. in the history of mankind. |
| A. | cosmology |
| B. | teleology |
| C. | ontology |
| D. | deontology |
| Answer» A. cosmology | |
| 65. |
Samkhya is ………...... as it considers both matter and spirit are equally real. |
| A. | spiritual |
| B. | realism |
| C. | idealism |
| D. | materialism |
| Answer» C. idealism | |
| 66. |
According to Samkhya, the efficient cause of the world is ……………….. |
| A. | prakrti |
| B. | god |
| C. | sat |
| D. | purusha |
| Answer» D. purusha | |
| 67. |
Samkhya holds that…………. evolves for the sake of the Purusha. |
| A. | mahat |
| B. | ahankara |
| C. | mind |
| D. | prakrti |
| Answer» D. prakrti | |
| 68. |
The evolution of Prakrti is subservient to the ends of the ………., experience and liberation. |
| A. | ahankara |
| B. | mahat |
| C. | purusa |
| D. | ignorence |
| Answer» C. purusa | |
| 69. |
According to Samkhya, …………… is the root-cause of the world of objects. |
| A. | ahankara |
| B. | prakrti |
| C. | mahat |
| D. | purusa |
| Answer» B. prakrti | |
| 70. |
Since the first principle of the universe, Prakrti is called the…………… |
| A. | pradhāna |
| B. | jada. |
| C. | nirukta |
| D. | savicara |
| Answer» A. pradhāna | |
| 71. |
As the unconscious and unintelligent principle, Prakrti is called the…………. |
| A. | pradhāna |
| B. | jada. |
| C. | nirukta |
| D. | savicara |
| Answer» B. jada. | |
| 72. |
…………….. is composed of three essential characteristics. |
| A. | ahankara |
| B. | prakrti |
| C. | mahat |
| D. | purusa |
| Answer» B. prakrti | |
| 73. |
Sattva is concerned with ………………. |
| A. | anger |
| B. | pain |
| C. | happiness |
| D. | good |
| Answer» C. happiness | |
| 74. |
………………… is associated with ego, mind and intelligence. |
| A. | satva |
| B. | rajas |
| C. | tamas |
| D. | mind |
| Answer» A. satva | |
| 75. |
………………. is concerned with the actions of objects. |
| A. | satva |
| B. | rajas |
| C. | tamas |
| D. | mind |
| Answer» B. rajas | |
| 76. |
……………… is neither produced nor does it produce. |
| A. | ahankara |
| B. | prakrti |
| C. | purusa |
| D. | mahat |
| Answer» C. purusa | |
| 77. |
Samkhya believes that the ……………..cannot be regarded as the source of inanimate world. |
| A. | prakrti |
| B. | purusa |
| C. | mahat |
| D. | god |
| Answer» B. purusa | |
| 78. |
According to Samkhya…………… is not a substance which possesses the quality of Consciousness. |
| A. | purusa |
| B. | prakrti |
| C. | god |
| D. | isvara |
| Answer» A. purusa | |
| 79. |
The self is the foundation, the fundamental postulate of all empirical knowledge. This is………………… proof of Purusa. |
| A. | logical |
| B. | ontological |
| C. | ethical |
| D. | teleological |
| Answer» B. ontological | |
| 80. |
All objects of the world have the characteristics of producing pleasure, pain and bewilderment. |
| A. | logical |
| B. | ontological |
| C. | ethical |
| D. | teleological |
| Answer» C. ethical | |
| 81. |
The dynamism of Prakrti is attributed to its constituent ……………... |
| A. | dravyas |
| B. | gunas |
| C. | karmas |
| D. | essences |
| Answer» B. gunas | |
| 82. |
During the state of dissolution of the world, the gunas change ……………. |
| A. | parallel |
| B. | ontologically |
| C. | heterogeneously |
| D. | homogeneously |
| Answer» D. homogeneously | |
| 83. |
………………. changes do not affect the state of equilibrium in the Prakriti. |
| A. | parallel |
| B. | ontological |
| C. | heterogeneous |
| D. | homogeneous |
| Answer» D. homogeneous | |
| 84. |
……………….. changes involve radical interaction among the three gunas. |
| A. | parallel |
| B. | ontological |
| C. | heterogeneous |
| D. | homogeneous |
| Answer» C. heterogeneous | |
| 85. |
The evolutionary process is initiated by the……………… guna of Prakrti. |
| A. | satva |
| B. | rajas |
| C. | tamas |
| D. | mahat |
| Answer» B. rajas | |
| 86. |
Prakriti is first transformed into …………… |
| A. | satva |
| B. | rajas |
| C. | ahankara |
| D. | mahat |
| Answer» D. mahat | |
| 87. |
The sankhya recognizes …………principles of reality including the Purusa. |
| A. | twenty five |
| B. | twenty four |
| C. | twenty six |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. twenty five | |
| 88. |
Literally the word …………… means ‘end of the Vedas’. |
| A. | advaita |
| B. | daita |
| C. | vedanta |
| D. | visistadvaita |
| Answer» C. vedanta | |
| 89. |
……………..relies on three textual sources called the Prasthanatraya. |
| A. | advaita |
| B. | daita |
| C. | vedanta |
| D. | visistadvaita |
| Answer» C. vedanta | |
| 90. |
The Prasthanatrayas are Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the……………. |
| A. | brhadaranyaka |
| B. | brahma sutras |
| C. | gita-bhasya |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. brahma sutras | |
| 91. |
An illusionary power of Brahman called…………… causes the world to arise. |
| A. | adhyasa |
| B. | khyati |
| C. | mithya |
| D. | maya |
| Answer» D. maya | |
| 92. |
According to …………. Brahman is asserted to have attributes, including individual conscious souls and matter. |
| A. | advaita |
| B. | daita |
| C. | vedanta |
| D. | visistadvaita |
| Answer» D. visistadvaita | |
| 93. |
Dvaita School was propounded by ………….. |
| A. | madhva |
| B. | ramanuja. |
| C. | vallabha |
| D. | nimbarka |
| Answer» A. madhva | |
| 94. |
Dvata school advocates …………….as the route to liberation. |
| A. | karma |
| B. | jnana |
| C. | bhakti |
| D. | yoga |
| Answer» C. bhakti | |
| 95. |
Dvaitādvaita School was propounded by…………….. |
| A. | madhva |
| B. | ramanuja. |
| C. | vallabha |
| D. | nimbarka |
| Answer» D. nimbarka | |
| 96. |
Who defines a body as that which is controlled, supported and utilized for its purposes by a sou? |
| A. | sankara |
| B. | ramanuja. |
| C. | vallabha |
| D. | nimbarka |
| Answer» A. sankara | |
| 97. |
According to ………………differences have separate existence and constitute the unique nature of things. |
| A. | madhva |
| B. | ramanuja. |
| C. | vallabha |
| D. | nimbarka |
| Answer» A. madhva | |
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