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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 Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .
| 51. |
According to Aurobindo ‘creation’ is nothing but the expression of |
| A. | Sorrow |
| B. | Nothingness |
| C. | Joy |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Joy | |
| 52. |
The delight of world-process in relation to the saccidananda is called |
| A. | Maya |
| B. | Adhyasa |
| C. | Lila |
| D. | Prakrti |
| Answer» C. Lila | |
| 53. |
According to Aurobindo, evolution is possible only because---has already taken place |
| A. | Destruction |
| B. | God |
| C. | Involution |
| D. | None |
| Answer» C. Involution | |
| 54. |
According to Aurobindo, the realm of reality has been divided into two hemispheres, ---and --- |
| A. | Higher and lower |
| B. | North and South |
| C. | Positive and negative |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Higher and lower | |
| 55. |
According to Aurobindo, evolutionary growth is a |
| A. | Four fold process |
| B. | Triple process |
| C. | Two fold process |
| D. | Fivefold process |
| Answer» B. Triple process | |
| 56. |
Integration in the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo means |
| A. | Enlargement |
| B. | Ascent through descent |
| C. | Expansion |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Ascent through descent | |
| 57. |
According to Sri Aurobindo, yoga means union with the divine. This union is |
| A. | Transcendental |
| B. | cosmic |
| C. | Individual |
| D. | All three together |
| Answer» D. All three together | |
| 58. |
Gandhi favors |
| A. | Dictatorship |
| B. | Decentralization |
| C. | Supremacy |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Decentralization | |
| 59. |
According to Gandhi, --- is supreme kindness and supreme self sacrifice |
| A. | Ahimsa |
| B. | Democracy |
| C. | Decentralization |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Ahimsa | |
| 60. |
‘I believe in absolute oneness of God and therefore humanity’- who said this? |
| A. | Krishna Murthi |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | Tagore |
| D. | Ramana Maharshi |
| Answer» B. Gandhi | |
| 61. |
Gandhi took a vow of celibacy in the year |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1905 |
| C. | 1907 |
| D. | 1910 |
| Answer» A. 1906 | |
| 62. |
Where did Gandhi set up his first Indian ashram? |
| A. | Wardha |
| B. | Sevagram |
| C. | Ahmedabad |
| D. | Porbander |
| Answer» C. Ahmedabad | |
| 63. |
Where did Gandhi experiment with Satyagraha first? |
| A. | South Africa |
| B. | Champaran |
| C. | Kheda |
| D. | Vaikom |
| Answer» A. South Africa | |
| 64. |
Radhakrishnan says, mysticism is a defect of thought only when it is |
| A. | Negative |
| B. | Positive |
| C. | Neutral |
| D. | None of these. |
| Answer» A. Negative | |
| 65. |
Bread Labour means |
| A. | To earn one’s livelihood by engaging in manual labour |
| B. | Labour for making bread |
| C. | Hard physical labour |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. To earn one’s livelihood by engaging in manual labour | |
| 66. |
Aparigraha means |
| A. | Non-possession |
| B. | Poverty |
| C. | Welfare of all |
| D. | Holding fast to truth |
| Answer» A. Non-possession | |
| 67. |
The triple transformation ofpsychicisation, spiritualization, and supramentalizationbelonged to |
| A. | Jnana yoga |
| B. | Hatha Yoga |
| C. | Laya yoga |
| D. | Purna yoga |
| Answer» D. Purna yoga | |
| 68. |
Who is known as the prophet of Kerala? |
| A. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| B. | Swami Vivekanda |
| C. | ChattampiSwamikal |
| Answer» A. Sree Narayana Guru | |
| 69. |
According to Aurobindo, Supramental man of knowledge is called |
| A. | Gnostic being |
| B. | Agnostic being |
| C. | Illumined being |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Gnostic being | |
| 70. |
Choose the famous work of Sree Narayana Guru? |
| A. | Adi Basha |
| B. | VedadikaraNirupanam |
| C. | Veda Sasthra |
| D. | Darasana Mala |
| Answer» D. Darasana Mala | |
| 71. |
Which social evil was in the zenith of Sree Narayana Guru’s period? |
| A. | Alcholism |
| B. | Caste Discrimination |
| C. | Polygamy |
| D. | Uneducation |
| Answer» B. Caste Discrimination | |
| 72. |
Which is the birth place of Sree Narayana Guru? |
| A. | Kummapilli |
| B. | Chempazhathy |
| C. | Karunakapally |
| D. | Sivagiri |
| Answer» B. Chempazhathy | |
| 73. |
According to Aurobindo, mind belongs to |
| A. | Higher Hemisphere |
| B. | Lower Hemisphere |
| C. | Intermediary stage |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Higher Hemisphere | |
| 74. |
Which is the work authored by Sree Narayana Guru against caste discrimination? |
| A. | Darasana mala |
| B. | Jati-nirnayam |
| C. | Vedavicharam |
| D. | Adi Basha |
| Answer» B. Jati-nirnayam | |
| 75. |
Birth year of Sree Narayana Guru? |
| A. | 1953 |
| B. | 1954 |
| C. | 1856 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» C. 1856 | |
| 76. |
What is the cause of the world in name and form according to Sree Narayana Guru? |
| A. | Atman |
| B. | Maya |
| C. | Karma |
| D. | Moksha |
| Answer» B. Maya | |
| 77. |
ChattampiSwamikal was born on |
| A. | 1855 |
| B. | 1963 |
| C. | 1853 |
| D. | 1849 |
| Answer» C. 1853 | |
| 78. |
Sree Narayana Guru was a follower of ---principle? |
| A. | Vedanta |
| B. | Advita |
| C. | Dvaita |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Advita | |
| 79. |
Who wrote the famous book “Pracheena Malayalam”? |
| A. | Sree Narayana Guru |
| B. | Swami Vivekanda |
| C. | ChattampiSwamikal |
| D. | Ayyankalai |
| Answer» C. ChattampiSwamikal | |
| 80. |
What is the theme of “Pracheena Malayalam”? |
| A. | Orgin of Kerala |
| B. | Growth of Kerala |
| C. | Famous Events of Kerala |
| D. | Early Rules |
| Answer» A. Orgin of Kerala | |
| 81. |
Trusteeship according to Gandhi is |
| A. | Labour |
| B. | Honest duty |
| C. | Ownership |
| D. | None of these. |
| Answer» B. Honest duty | |
| 82. |
Swami Vivekananda participated in the ‘world parliament of religions’ held in |
| A. | Culcutta |
| B. | Chicago |
| C. | Moscow |
| D. | Rome |
| Answer» B. Chicago | |
| 83. |
Who is the author of ‘Unto this Last’? |
| A. | Tolstoy |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | Locke |
| D. | Ruskin |
| Answer» D. Ruskin | |
| 84. |
Gandhi interpreted Satyagraha as |
| A. | Violence |
| B. | Peace |
| C. | Truth |
| D. | Non-violent direct action |
| Answer» D. Non-violent direct action | |
| 85. |
Gandhi’s religion is called |
| A. | Altruism |
| B. | Zorastrianism |
| C. | Ethical religion |
| D. | Universal religion |
| Answer» B. Zorastrianism | |
| 86. |
Name the satyagraha that Gandhi directed to open the road leading to a temple for harijans |
| A. | Champaran satyagraha |
| B. | Vaikom Satyagraha |
| C. | Kheda satyagraha |
| D. | Ahmedabad Labour strike |
| Answer» D. Ahmedabad Labour strike | |
| 87. |
Mahatma Gandhi preferred the aphorism: |
| A. | God is love |
| B. | God is truth |
| C. | God is absolute |
| D. | Truth is God |
| Answer» D. Truth is God | |
| 88. |
“Truth is a Pathless Land” whose words are this? |
| A. | M. K. Gandhi b. |
| B. | R. Ambedkar |
| C. | J. Krishnamurti |
| D. | Osho |
| Answer» C. J. Krishnamurti | |
| 89. |
According to Radhakrishnan, “when anything is not accessible to us in the ways of reason or intellect, then it is called |
| A. | Religious |
| B. | Mystical |
| C. | Irrational |
| D. | Illogical |
| Answer» B. Mystical | |
| 90. |
Gandhian view of anarchism was inspired by |
| A. | Henry David Thoreau |
| B. | M.N. Roy |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Gokhale |
| Answer» A. Henry David Thoreau | |
| 91. |
According to Aurobindo ,Self seeks peace, knowledge and bliss at the stage of |
| A. | Spiritualisation |
| B. | Psychisation |
| C. | Supramentalisation |
| D. | None of these. |
| Answer» A. Spiritualisation | |
| 92. |
The intellectual awaking of the India during the 19th century is known as the |
| A. | Renaissance |
| B. | Revolt |
| C. | Revolution |
| D. | Redemption. |
| Answer» A. Renaissance | |
| 93. |
According to Aurobindo, Consciousness is divinized at the stage of |
| A. | Spiritualisation |
| B. | Psychisation |
| C. | Supramentalization |
| D. | Higher mind |
| Answer» C. Supramentalization | |
| 94. |
Who is the father of Indian Nationalism? |
| A. | Rajiv Gandhi |
| B. | Bal gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Dayanadha Saraswathi |
| D. | Motilal Nehru |
| Answer» B. Bal gangadhar Tilak | |
| 95. |
Does Aurobindo favour evolutionary theory? |
| A. | Yes |
| B. | No. |
| C. | Partly |
| D. | Not certain |
| Answer» A. Yes | |
| 96. |
“I heard the voice of Vivekananda” who said this? |
| A. | Aurobindo |
| B. | Ambedkar |
| C. | Osho |
| D. | Tagore. |
| Answer» A. Aurobindo | |
| 97. |
According to Swami Vivekananda, ---, mythology and ritual are the triple aspects of religion |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Vedas |
| C. | Advaitha |
| D. | Philosophy |
| Answer» D. Philosophy | |
| 98. |
What is the aim of yoga according to the swami Vivekananda? |
| A. | Truth seeking |
| B. | Liberation |
| C. | Concentration |
| D. | Self realization |
| Answer» D. Self realization | |
| 99. |
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was born in |
| A. | Tamil Nadu |
| B. | Kerala |
| C. | Karnataka |
| D. | Andra Pradesh. |
| Answer» A. Tamil Nadu | |
| 100. |
Which method was introduced by swami Vivekananda to attain self realization? |
| A. | Yoga |
| B. | Bhakthi |
| C. | Satyagraha |
| D. | Ahimsa |
| Answer» A. Yoga | |
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