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This section includes 26 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in Philosophy (MA Philosophy) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The epistemological doctrine of the school is that perception (pratyaksa) is the only means of valid knowledge. |
| A. | carvaka |
| B. | budhism |
| C. | jainism |
| D. | nyaya |
| Answer» B. budhism | |
| 2. |
Vyapti is the nerve of all inference. But the .. School challenges this universal and invariable relationship of concomitance. |
| A. | carvaka |
| B. | budhism |
| C. | jainism |
| D. | nyaya |
| Answer» B. budhism | |
| 3. |
Avadhi-jn na, Manah- paryaya-jn na and Kevala-jnana, are the three kinds of immediate knowledge which may be called as .. |
| A. | extra-ordinary perception |
| B. | sensory perceptions |
| C. | immidiate perception |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. sensory perceptions | |
| 4. |
When a varna is pronounced or written in ten different ways, there are not ten different varnas, but only ten different manifestations of the same . |
| A. | varna. |
| B. | shabda |
| C. | dhvani |
| D. | pada |
| Answer» B. shabda | |
| 5. |
The conventional element in language is .. and helps the manifestation of the eternal words and their meanings. |
| A. | absolute |
| B. | transcendental |
| C. | primary |
| D. | secondary |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
The pervasion of .removes the veil of ignorance and the pervasion of reflected consciousness illumines the object. |
| A. | chitta |
| B. | klesa |
| C. | chittabhumi |
| D. | vritti |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
According to Sankara, cognitions are regarded as modifications of the in which the pure spirit is reflected. |
| A. | maya |
| B. | inner sense |
| C. | superimposition |
| D. | brahman |
| Answer» C. superimposition | |
| 8. |
.. alone is considered to be a pramana which gives rise to Brahman-knowledge and all other pramana deal with the material world. |
| A. | upamana |
| B. | shabda |
| C. | arthapatti |
| D. | anupalabdhi |
| Answer» C. arthapatti | |
| 9. |
The identity statements, according to Advaita, reveals the identity meaning by the application of ..implication. |
| A. | exclusive |
| B. | inclusive |
| C. | exclusive-inclusive |
| D. | abstract |
| Answer» D. abstract | |
| 10. |
The word . literally means 'revered thought' and was originally applied to the Interpretation of the Vedic rituals which commanded highest reverence. |
| A. | darsana |
| B. | nyaya |
| C. | yoga |
| D. | mimamsa |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
perception is the direct sense-experience which is undifferentiated and non-relational and is free from assimilation, discrimination, analysis and synthesis. |
| A. | savikalpaka perception |
| B. | nirvikalpaka perception |
| C. | laukika perception |
| D. | alaukika perception |
| Answer» C. laukika perception | |
| 12. |
According to Ny ya, the universals are a distinct class of reals. This is known as perception. |
| A. | jnanalaksana |
| B. | samanyalaksana |
| C. | yogaja |
| D. | manasa |
| Answer» C. yogaja | |
| 13. |
In the inference we do not require the formal statement of the different members of inference. |
| A. | sadharana |
| B. | asadharana |
| C. | svartha |
| D. | parartha |
| Answer» D. parartha | |
| 14. |
The methods of induction by which universal causal relationship is established may be |
| A. | anvaya |
| B. | vyatireka |
| C. | anvaya and vyatireka |
| D. | anvaya, vyatireka or both. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
We have inference when the middle term is both positively and negatively related to the major term. |
| A. | kevalavyatireki |
| B. | anvayavyatireki |
| C. | kevalanvayi |
| D. | samanyadodrshta |
| Answer» C. kevalanvayi | |
| 16. |
In .the minor term is not unreal, but the middle term cannot by its very nature be present in the minor term. |
| A. | asrayasiddha |
| B. | svarupasidhha |
| C. | vyapyatvasiddha |
| D. | asiddha |
| Answer» C. vyapyatvasiddha | |
| 17. |
The middle term, instead of being pervaded by the presence of the major term, is pervaded by the absence of the major term . This is known as |
| A. | asiddha |
| B. | satpratipaksa |
| C. | badhita |
| D. | viruddha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
According to . a sentence is defined as a collection of words and a word is defined as that which is potent to convey its meaning. |
| A. | perception |
| B. | inference |
| C. | comparison |
| D. | verbal testimony |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Both Prabhakara and Kumarila recognize two kinds of knowledge, namely, . and |
| A. | ordinary and extra-ordinary |
| B. | immediate and mediate. |
| C. | absolute and transcendental |
| D. | real and ideal |
| Answer» C. absolute and transcendental | |
| 20. |
The knowledge of .. is distinguished from inference because the vy pti or the invariable concomitance is not needed here. |
| A. | similarity |
| B. | implication |
| C. | perception |
| D. | abhava |
| Answer» B. implication | |
| 21. |
Kumarila admits the distinction between existential and injunctive propositions and limits the scope of the Veda to the . |
| A. | vaidika vakya |
| B. | aptavakya |
| C. | siddhartha v kya |
| D. | vidhayaka vakya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
The standpoint we look at a thing as having both universal and particular qualities and we do not distinguish between them is known as .. |
| A. | artha-naya |
| B. | shabda-naya |
| C. | sangrhanaya |
| D. | naigama-naya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
According to . naya, a name should be applied to an object only when its meaning is fulfilled. |
| A. | vyavah ra-naya |
| B. | shabda-naya |
| C. | samabhiruda-naya |
| D. | evambhuta-naya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
According to Jainism mistaking a partial truth for the whole and the absolute truth is called |
| A. | abhava |
| B. | error |
| C. | durniti |
| D. | syad |
| Answer» D. syad | |
| 25. |
According to Jainism we can know an object in three ways such as , naya and pramana. |
| A. | vyavrty |
| B. | durniti |
| C. | nayabhasa |
| D. | hetvabhasa |
| Answer» C. nayabhasa | |
| 26. |
The so-called assertive propositions in the Veda are authoritative only when they help persons to perform their duties is known as . |
| A. | abhihitanvayavada |
| B. | anvitabhidhanavada |
| C. | apohavada |
| D. | nayavada |
| Answer» C. apohavada | |