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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 English (BA English) .
| 51. |
The earliest work of Indian aesthetics is ------ |
| A. | natyasastra |
| B. | kavyakautuka |
| C. | vakroktijivita |
| D. | alankarasastra |
| Answer» A. natyasastra | |
| 52. |
Who is the originator of Rasa theory |
| A. | bharata |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | bhatatauta |
| D. | samkuka |
| Answer» A. bharata | |
| 53. |
In which work is the theory of rasa, originally expounded? |
| A. | kavyakautuka |
| B. | vakroktijivita |
| C. | abhinavabharati |
| D. | natyasastra |
| Answer» D. natyasastra | |
| 54. |
Which among the following is the maxim concerning rasa? |
| A. | vibhavanubhavasamyogadrasanispatti |
| B. | kavyasyatamadvani |
| C. | sadbaranikaran |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. vibhavanubhavasamyogadrasanispatti | |
| 55. |
According to Bharata -------are the objective conditons producing an emotion |
| A. | vibhava |
| B. | anubhava |
| C. | vyabhicaribhava |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. vibhava | |
| 56. |
According to Bharata, Vibhavas are of -----kinds |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | six |
| Answer» A. two | |
| 57. |
According to Bharata -------are the various temporary emotions |
| A. | vibhava |
| B. | anubhava |
| C. | vyabhicaribhava |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. vyabhicaribhava | |
| 58. |
According to Bharata -------are the objective conditions that inspire an emotion |
| A. | vibhava |
| B. | anubhava |
| C. | vyabhicaribhava |
| D. | uddipanavibhava |
| Answer» D. uddipanavibhava | |
| 59. |
According to Bharata -------are the characters with respect to whom an emotion arouses |
| A. | vibhava |
| B. | anubhava |
| C. | vyabhicaribhava |
| D. | alambanavibhava |
| Answer» D. alambanavibhava | |
| 60. |
--------are the psycho-physical manifestation which a particular emotion makes upon characters |
| A. | vibhava |
| B. | anubhava |
| C. | vyabhicaribhava |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. anubhava | |
| 61. |
The emotion of anger being accompanied by biting of the teeth is an instance of ------ |
| A. | vibhava |
| B. | anubhava |
| C. | vyabhicaribhava |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. anubhava | |
| 62. |
A woman waiting for her lover, experiencing emotions like jealousy, despair anxiety and over-fondness is an instance for------ |
| A. | vibhava |
| B. | anubhava |
| C. | vyabhicaribhava |
| D. | alambanavibhava |
| Answer» C. vyabhicaribhava | |
| 63. |
In “Sakumtalam”, Sakumtala is --------to excite Sringara in Dushyanta |
| A. | vibhava |
| B. | anubhava |
| C. | vyabhicaribhava |
| D. | alambanavibhava |
| Answer» D. alambanavibhava | |
| 64. |
In “Sakumtalam”, Dushyanta is --------to excite Sringara in Sakuntla. |
| A. | vibhava |
| B. | anubhava |
| C. | vyabhicaribhava |
| D. | alambanavibhava |
| Answer» D. alambanavibhava | |
| 65. |
In “Sakumtalam”, the blooming flowers ,the fragrant air and the furling River Malini are instances of --------- |
| A. | uddipanavibhava |
| B. | anubhava |
| C. | vyabhicaribhava |
| D. | alambanavibhava |
| Answer» A. uddipanavibhava | |
| 66. |
Who is the author of the work “Abhinava Bharti” |
| A. | abhinava gupta |
| B. | abhinavabharati |
| C. | bhattatauta |
| D. | lollota |
| Answer» A. abhinava gupta | |
| 67. |
Which among the following is not the primary emotion? |
| A. | the amorous |
| B. | the pathetic |
| C. | the heroic |
| D. | the jealous |
| Answer» D. the jealous | |
| 68. |
Which among the following is the primary emotion? |
| A. | the fearful |
| B. | the jealous |
| C. | the anxious |
| D. | the despair |
| Answer» A. the fearful | |
| 69. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the amorous’ |
| A. | srinkara |
| B. | hasa |
| C. | soka |
| D. | vira |
| Answer» A. srinkara | |
| 70. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the ludicrous’ |
| A. | srinkara |
| B. | hasa |
| C. | soka |
| D. | vira |
| Answer» B. hasa | |
| 71. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the pathetic’ |
| A. | srinkara |
| B. | hasa |
| C. | soka. |
| D. | vira |
| Answer» C. soka. | |
| 72. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the herioc’ |
| A. | srinkara |
| B. | hasa |
| C. | soka |
| D. | vira |
| Answer» D. vira | |
| 73. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the passionate’ |
| A. | karuna |
| B. | hasa |
| C. | soka |
| D. | vira |
| Answer» A. karuna | |
| 74. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the fearful’ |
| A. | srinkara |
| B. | bhayanaka |
| C. | soka |
| D. | vira |
| Answer» B. bhayanaka | |
| 75. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the nauseatng’ |
| A. | bhibatsa |
| B. | srinkara |
| C. | hasa |
| D. | soka |
| Answer» A. bhibatsa | |
| 76. |
The Sanskrit term for the ‘the wondrous’ |
| A. | atbhuta |
| B. | srinkara |
| C. | hasa |
| D. | soka |
| Answer» A. atbhuta | |
| 77. |
The dominant emotions are called------- |
| A. | anubhavas |
| B. | vibhavas |
| C. | stayibhavas |
| D. | sancharibhavas |
| Answer» C. stayibhavas | |
| 78. |
Whose name is associated with the concept of Bhavakatva and Bhojakatva? |
| A. | abhinavagupta |
| B. | bharata |
| C. | sankuka |
| D. | bhattatauta |
| Answer» C. sankuka | |
| 79. |
Who is the author of “KavyaKautuka” |
| A. | bhattatauta |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | bharata |
| D. | sankuka |
| Answer» A. bhattatauta | |
| 80. |
Who is the author of “VakroktiJivita” |
| A. | bhattatauta |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | bharata |
| D. | kuntaka |
| Answer» D. kuntaka | |
| 81. |
------means indirect expression |
| A. | vakrokti |
| B. | dhvani |
| C. | riti |
| D. | rasa |
| Answer» A. vakrokti | |
| 82. |
Whose maxim is “KVYASYATADVANI” |
| A. | bhattatauta |
| B. | abhinavagupta |
| C. | bharata |
| D. | anandavardhana. |
| Answer» D. anandavardhana. | |
| 83. |
Who is theauthor of the essay “The Use and Abuse of Alankara”? |
| A. | v.raghavan |
| B. | s. kuppuswamisastri |
| C. | bharata |
| D. | anandavardhana |
| Answer» A. v.raghavan | |
| 84. |
Who is the author of the essay “The Highways of Literary Criticism in Sanskrit”? |
| A. | v.raghavan |
| B. | s. kuppuswamisastri |
| C. | bharata |
| D. | anandavardhana |
| Answer» B. s. kuppuswamisastri | |
| 85. |
The word Camatkara is used in -------sense |
| A. | the special aesthetic attitude of the mind |
| B. | the aesthetic pleasure |
| C. | the bodily manifestation of such pleasure |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» D. all the above. | |
| 86. |
The phrase“lokottaravritti” implies |
| A. | extraordinary |
| B. | inique |
| C. | nonpareil |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 87. |
Which among the following term is a substitute for “LokottaraVritti”? |
| A. | laukika |
| B. | alaukika |
| C. | udatta |
| D. | aucitya |
| Answer» B. alaukika | |
| 88. |
Who is the author of “Preface to the Lyrical Ballads” |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 89. |
“the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads” was published in the year---- |
| A. | 1978 |
| B. | 1798 |
| C. | 1789 |
| D. | 1879 |
| Answer» B. 1798 | |
| 90. |
Wordsworth published the “Lyrical Ballads” in collaboration with ------- |
| A. | samuel taylor coleridge |
| B. | john keats |
| C. | p.b. shelley |
| D. | byron |
| Answer» A. samuel taylor coleridge | |
| 91. |
Who is the author of “The Prelude”? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 92. |
Who defined poetry as spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings which takes its origin from emotions recollected in tranquility? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 93. |
Who is the author of “BiographiaLiteraria”? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» A. coleridge | |
| 94. |
Who is the author of “Tradition and Individual Talent”? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth coleridge |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | t. s. eliot |
| Answer» D. t. s. eliot | |
| 95. |
Wordsworth’s special object of “Lyrical Ballads” was to: |
| A. | choose incidents and situations from common life |
| B. | to relate and describe them in a selection of language really used by men |
| C. | treat the subject imaginatively so that ordinary things would appear unusual |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 96. |
Who said: “Poetry shed no tears such as angels weep” |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 97. |
Who said: “A poet is a man speaking to men” |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 98. |
Who said: “Poetry is the breath and the finer spirit that is in the countenance of all science”? |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | t. s. eliot |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 99. |
Wordsworth affixes an appendix to his Preface to the Lyrical Ballads to express his view on----- |
| A. | poetic diction |
| B. | poetic process |
| C. | impersonal theory of poetry |
| D. | poet |
| Answer» A. poetic diction | |
| 100. |
Which among the following is the manifesto of Romantic Criticism? |
| A. | preface to the lyrical ballads |
| B. | preface to the fables |
| C. | preface to shakespeare |
| D. | tradition and individual talent |
| Answer» A. preface to the lyrical ballads | |
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