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| 101. |
The pramana in Indian philosophy implies |
| A. | means of knowledge |
| B. | means of valid knowledge |
| C. | means of invalid knowledge |
| D. | the theory to be known |
| Answer» B. means of valid knowledge | |
| 102. |
Which among the following means of knowledge is prama? |
| A. | samsaya |
| B. | pratyksa |
| C. | error |
| D. | tarka |
| Answer» B. pratyksa | |
| 103. |
The number of pramanas accepted by Carvaka |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» A. one | |
| 104. |
Which one of the pramana the Carvaka Buddha and Vaisenka do not recognize? |
| A. | perception |
| B. | inference |
| C. | subda |
| D. | comparison |
| Answer» C. subda | |
| 105. |
In Perception the object is conveyed to sense through an unusual medium |
| A. | laukila |
| B. | alukika |
| C. | external |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. alukika | |
| 106. |
Samanya laksana comes under |
| A. | extra ordinary perception |
| B. | ordinary perception |
| C. | inference |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. extra ordinary perception | |
| 107. |
According to Nyaya the contact of the object with the sense organs are of ------------ kinds |
| A. | five kinds |
| B. | six kinds |
| C. | four kinds |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. five kinds | |
| 108. |
Which among the following anumanas are based on causation? |
| A. | purvavat and sesavat |
| B. | samayatodrsta |
| C. | comparison |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. purvavat and sesavat | |
| 109. |
Drstarth and adrstarth are the two kinds of |
| A. | perception |
| B. | verbal testimony |
| C. | comparison |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. verbal testimony | |
| 110. |
Which among the following means of knowledge is produced by the knowledge of resemblance or similarity |
| A. | pratyaksa |
| B. | anumana |
| C. | upamana |
| D. | sabda |
| Answer» C. upamana | |
| 111. |
The admission of ---------------- is a necessity when there arises a conflict between two well known facts followed by a demand for the resolution |
| A. | anumana |
| B. | upamana |
| C. | presumption |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. presumption | |
| 112. |
The theory of error accepted by Nyaya is known as ---- |
| A. | akhyati |
| B. | anyathakhyati |
| C. | viparitaklyati |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. anyathakhyati | |
| 113. |
Akhyativada has been advocated by |
| A. | prabhakara |
| B. | kumarila |
| C. | sankara |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. prabhakara | |
| 114. |
In the ‘rope-snake’ illusion according to Advaita Vedanta |
| A. | the snake is conceal |
| B. | the snake is real |
| C. | the snake isneither real or un real |
| D. | the snake is dreamt |
| Answer» C. the snake isneither real or un real | |
| 115. |
Mimamsaka accept |
| A. | paratah pramanyaveda |
| B. | svatah pramanya veda |
| C. | truth |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. svatah pramanya veda | |
| 116. |
Svatah literally means |
| A. | from with in |
| B. | from without |
| C. | prama |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. from with in | |
| 117. |
The knowledge through the past memories is called |
| A. | anubhava |
| B. | smriti |
| C. | truth |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. smriti | |
| 118. |
Tatvatitat prakaraka advocates |
| A. | nyaya |
| B. | buddhism |
| C. | advaita |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. nyaya | |
| 119. |
Non-contradictedness is advocated by |
| A. | buddhism |
| B. | nyaya |
| C. | advaita |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. advaita | |
| 120. |
Perception is a cognition which is fee free from any concept |
| A. | visadam pratyaksam |
| B. | aparsksa |
| C. | kalpanapodham |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. kalpanapodham | |
| 121. |
Asatkhyati veda has been advocated by |
| A. | prabhakara |
| B. | madhyamika |
| C. | kumarila |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. madhyamika | |
| 122. |
Atmakhyat has been advocated by |
| A. | yogacara buddhism |
| B. | nyaya |
| C. | ramanuja |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. yogacara buddhism | |
| 123. |
Prmata means |
| A. | means of knowledge |
| B. | the knowable |
| C. | the knower |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. the knower | |
| 124. |
Paratah literally means |
| A. | from with in |
| B. | from without |
| C. | aprama |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. from without | |
| 125. |
Nyaya divides ordinary perception into |
| A. | indeterminate and determinate |
| B. | manasa and bhahya |
| C. | samanya |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. indeterminate and determinate | |
| 126. |
Nirvikalpa pratyaksa means |
| A. | indeterminate |
| B. | determinate |
| C. | jnana laksana |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. indeterminate | |
| 127. |
Savikalpa pratyaksa means |
| A. | determinate |
| B. | indeterminate |
| C. | samanyalaksana |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. determinate | |
| 128. |
Prameya means |
| A. | means of knowledge |
| B. | the knowable |
| C. | the knower |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. the knowable | |
| 129. |
There are mainly ---------------- theories of false cognition based on the nature of the contact of error |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» C. three | |
| 130. |
The etymological meaning of the word philosophy is |
| A. | love of learning |
| B. | love of truth |
| C. | love of veda |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. love of learning | |
| 131. |
Sanskrit term for philosophy is |
| A. | darsana |
| B. | knowledge |
| C. | learning |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. darsana | |
| 132. |
The word Veda means |
| A. | knowledge |
| B. | mantras |
| C. | brahmanas |
| D. | aranyakas |
| Answer» A. knowledge | |
| 133. |
There are ------------------ Samhitas |
| A. | four |
| B. | three |
| C. | two |
| D. | one |
| Answer» A. four | |
| 134. |
The Brahmans are written in ------- |
| A. | poem |
| B. | prose |
| C. | songs |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. prose | |
| 135. |
Mantras and Brahmans are called |
| A. | karma kanda |
| B. | jnana kanda |
| C. | mimamsa |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. karma kanda | |
| 136. |
The Upanisads are known as |
| A. | vedanta |
| B. | mimamsa |
| C. | knowledge |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. vedanta | |
| 137. |
---------------- Veda is not included in the trayi |
| A. | samaveda |
| B. | atharvaveda |
| C. | rigveda |
| D. | yaju veda |
| Answer» B. atharvaveda | |
| 138. |
------------------- introduced the concept of henotheism |
| A. | dr.s.radhakrishnan |
| B. | hiriyanna |
| C. | maxmuller |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. maxmuller | |
| 139. |
Henotheism means |
| A. | belief in one only god |
| B. | belief in many god |
| C. | belief in religion |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. belief in one only god | |
| 140. |
Rta literally means |
| A. | the course of things |
| B. | season |
| C. | temperal change |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. the course of things | |
| 141. |
Asthika means |
| A. | orthodex |
| B. | heterodox |
| C. | non-vedic |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. orthodex | |
| 142. |
Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva are |
| A. | different samhitas |
| B. | different upanisads |
| C. | different brahmans |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. different samhitas | |
| 143. |
Which of the following have developed jnanakanda |
| A. | aranyaka and the upanisads |
| B. | mantras and brahmans |
| C. | brahmanas and arayakas |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. aranyaka and the upanisads | |
| 144. |
Rta denotes |
| A. | primacy of the world |
| B. | the order of the world |
| C. | morality of living beings |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. the order of the world | |
| 145. |
The core of Upanisads is --------------------------- |
| A. | polytheism |
| B. | henotheism |
| C. | monotheism |
| D. | monism |
| Answer» D. monism | |
| 146. |
The Upanisads can be said as monists because they believe in ------------------- |
| A. | one god |
| B. | many god |
| C. | one cretor |
| D. | one reality (brhman) |
| Answer» D. one reality (brhman) | |
| 147. |
Peirce and James advocate ------theory of truth |
| A. | redundancy |
| B. | pragmatic |
| C. | coherence |
| D. | correspondence |
| Answer» B. pragmatic | |
| 148. |
Pragma is a ----- word |
| A. | latin |
| B. | hebrew |
| C. | arab |
| D. | greek |
| Answer» D. greek | |
| 149. |
Which is not among the theories of truth -------------? |
| A. | pragmatic |
| B. | coherence |
| C. | semantic |
| D. | amphiboly |
| Answer» D. amphiboly | |
| 150. |
William James is ------------- |
| A. | american psychologist |
| B. | german scientist |
| C. | french thinker |
| D. | british poet |
| Answer» A. american psychologist | |
| 151. |
Pragmatic theory of truth is associated with -------- |
| A. | germany |
| B. | america |
| C. | france |
| D. | england |
| Answer» B. america | |
| 152. |
Pragmatic theory of truth is developed by ------ |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | hegel |
| C. | james |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» C. james | |
| 153. |
The dictum that subjectivity is truth is by |
| A. | kierkegaard |
| B. | jasper |
| C. | alhazen |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» A. kierkegaard | |
| 154. |
Aristotle is credited with --------- |
| A. | formal logic |
| B. | symbolic logic |
| C. | inductive logic |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. inductive logic | |
| 155. |
Who advocated Coherence theory of truth? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | copernicus |
| C. | ptolemy |
| D. | leibnitz |
| Answer» D. leibnitz | |
| 156. |
The author of Monadology is--------- |
| A. | leibnitz |
| B. | copernicus |
| C. | galileo |
| D. | kepler |
| Answer» A. leibnitz | |
| 157. |
Correspondence theory of truth is opposed to------------------ |
| A. | realism |
| B. | idealism |
| C. | pragmatism |
| D. | naturalism |
| Answer» B. idealism | |
| 158. |
G.E.Moore is an advocate of ----------------- |
| A. | coherence theory |
| B. | semantic theory |
| C. | pragmatic theory |
| D. | correspondence theory |
| Answer» D. correspondence theory | |
| 159. |
Spinoza expressed theory of truth in his-------------work |
| A. | logic |
| B. | axiology |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | treatise |
| Answer» C. ethics | |
| 160. |
Relativity theory is associated with |
| A. | galileo |
| B. | karl popper |
| C. | albert einstein |
| D. | newton |
| Answer» D. newton | |
| 161. |
Idealism is a systematic philosophy which teaches the supremacy of |
| A. | spirit over matter |
| B. | god |
| C. | noumena |
| D. | materialism |
| Answer» A. spirit over matter | |
| 162. |
Critique of Pure Reason is a work of |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | kant |
| C. | hume |
| D. | husserl |
| Answer» B. kant | |
| 163. |
The Coherence theory of truth is developed by --- |
| A. | buddha |
| B. | patanjali |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | kanada |
| Answer» C. hegel | |
| 164. |
Bradley is a prominent Western |
| A. | idealist |
| B. | pragmatist |
| C. | moralist |
| D. | naturalist |
| Answer» A. idealist | |
| 165. |
The pragmatic movement in philosophy originated as a protest aganist |
| A. | germ theory |
| B. | fermentation |
| C. | pasteurization |
| D. | absolute idealism |
| Answer» D. absolute idealism | |
| 166. |
The word correspondence used to denote the relation between |
| A. | redundancy |
| B. | thought and reality |
| C. | coherence |
| D. | belief and opinion |
| Answer» B. thought and reality | |
| 167. |
Idealists say that truth consist in ------ |
| A. | semantic theory |
| B. | deflationary |
| C. | coherence |
| D. | correspondence |
| Answer» C. coherence | |
| 168. |
G. E Moore is associated with---------- theory |
| A. | pragmatic |
| B. | coherence |
| C. | semantic |
| D. | correspondence |
| Answer» D. correspondence | |
| 169. |
Tarsky developed ------------ theory of truth |
| A. | semantic |
| B. | syntactical |
| C. | prosentential |
| D. | coherence |
| Answer» A. semantic | |
| 170. |
Coherence theory is the feature of the ------------ system |
| A. | empirical |
| B. | rationalistic |
| C. | naturalistic |
| D. | existentialistic |
| Answer» B. rationalistic | |
| 171. |
Correspondence theory of truth is developed by |
| A. | socretes |
| B. | thales |
| C. | wittgenstein |
| D. | sartre |
| Answer» C. wittgenstein | |
| 172. |
Frege;s theory of truth is known as ------------ |
| A. | deflationary |
| B. | semantic |
| C. | pragmatic |
| D. | coherence |
| Answer» A. deflationary | |
| 173. |
Who are the first to propose correspondence theory of truth? |
| A. | james and peirce |
| B. | socretes and plato |
| C. | plato and aristotle |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» C. plato and aristotle | |
| 174. |
Aristotle mentioned theory of truth in his work------ |
| A. | analytic |
| B. | ethics |
| C. | epistemology |
| D. | metaphysics |
| Answer» D. metaphysics | |
| 175. |
Logical Atomism is a work of ------ |
| A. | leibnitz |
| B. | copernicus |
| C. | russell |
| D. | kepler |
| Answer» C. russell | |
| 176. |
Who wrote Tractatus ? |
| A. | russell |
| B. | wittgenstein |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | descartes |
| Answer» B. wittgenstein | |
| 177. |
Wittgenstein advocated-------------------- |
| A. | correspondence theory |
| B. | coherence theory |
| C. | pragmatic theory |
| D. | semantic theory |
| Answer» A. correspondence theory | |
| 178. |
Davidson criticized --------theory of truth |
| A. | semantic |
| B. | performative |
| C. | semantic |
| D. | correspondence |
| Answer» C. semantic | |
| 179. |
Tarski’s theory of truth is close to --------- |
| A. | correspondence |
| B. | axiology |
| C. | semantic |
| D. | pragmatic |
| Answer» A. correspondence | |
| 180. |
G E Moore and Russell are associated with ------ theory of truth |
| A. | practical |
| B. | ethical |
| C. | correspondence |
| D. | coherence |
| Answer» C. correspondence | |
| 181. |
The semantic theory of truth is the successor to ------- |
| A. | coherence |
| B. | correspondence |
| C. | pragmatic |
| D. | materialism |
| Answer» B. correspondence | |
| 182. |
Correspondence theory of truth is otherwise called -------- |
| A. | common sense theory |
| B. | redundancy |
| C. | semantic |
| D. | deflationary |
| Answer» A. common sense theory | |
| 183. |
Who is related to Rationalist philosophy? |
| A. | kant |
| B. | locke |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | hume |
| Answer» C. descartes | |
| 184. |
Coherence theory of truth is developed by |
| A. | hegel |
| B. | pragmatist |
| C. | moralist |
| D. | atomist |
| Answer» A. hegel | |
| 185. |
Who advocated picture theory of meaning? |
| A. | russell |
| B. | husserl |
| C. | kant |
| D. | wittgenstein |
| Answer» D. wittgenstein | |
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