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Indian aesthetics | Set 1
1. Brahma in originating the Natyaveda has borrowed the art of effective speech from __________ .
A. rgveda
B. sama veda
C. yajurveda
D. atharvaveda
Correct : A. rgveda
2. According to____________ there were three preceding books of natyasastra attributed to brahma bharatha , SadasivaBharatha and AdiBharatha.
A. abhinava bharati
B. locana
C. kavyasastra
D. dhvany aloka
Correct : A. abhinava bharati
3. ________ is the founder of samkhya system.
A. bharatha
B. panini
C. patanjali
D. kapila
Correct : B. panini
4. According to pessimistic _____ nature is not wholly beautiful.
A. nyaya
B. yoga
C. samkhya
D. vedanta
Correct : A. nyaya
5. Purusharthas are ____ in number.
A. 4
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6
Correct : A. 4
6. Brahma in originating Natyaveda has borrowed acting from ______ veda.
A. rgveda
B. samaveda
C. yajurveda
D. atharvaveda
Correct : C. yajurveda
7. _________ is the author of kavyaalamkarasutravritti .
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. rudrata
D. none of these
Correct : D. none of these
8. According to Vamana __________ riti has all the ten gunas.
A. gaudi
B. panchali
C. vaidarbhi
D. none of these
Correct : B. panchali
9. _______ coined the term aesthetics.
A. baumgarten
B. immanuel kant
C. aristotle
D. plato
Correct : A. baumgarten
10. According to __________ aesthetics is a science of sense cognition.
A. plato
B. immanuel kant
C. aristotle
D. baumgarten
Correct : D. baumgarten
11. The word Soundarya stands for the concept ______of in Indian aesthetics.
A. experience
B. enjoyment
C. art
D. beauty
Correct : D. beauty
12. The earliest attempt to define art is found in _____brahmana.
A. aitareya
B. mundaka
C. mandukya
D. brhadaranyaka
Correct : A. aitareya
13. _________ is the author of aesthetica .
A. kant
B. hegel
C. baumgarten
D. plato
Correct : C. baumgarten
14. _________ is Aristotle’s work on Tragedy
A. republic
B. poetics
C. critique of judgment
D. lectures on aeshetics
Correct : B. poetics
15. Immanuel Kant discusses his aesthetic theory in _________ .
A. republic
B. poetics
C. critique of judgment
D. lectures on aesthetics
Correct : C. critique of judgment
16. On sublime by _____ is one of the important work of Greeko roman literature.
A. longinus
B. plato
C. aristotle
D. kant
Correct : A. longinus
17. _____ is the first known and extant work on dramaturgy in Indian tradition.
A. natyasastra
B. kavyasastra
C. alamkarasastra
D. none of these
Correct : A. natyasastra
18. _________ is the first known author of poetics.
A. bharatha
B. bhamaha
C. bhattalollata
D. sankuka
Correct : A. bharatha
19. According to _______ a performance of drama is concerned with achieving certain siddhis.
A. bhamaha
B. bharatha
C. bhattalollata
D. sankuka
Correct : B. bharatha
20. __________ is the author of Malavikagnimitram.
A. bana
B. kalidasa
C. bharatha
D. bhamaha
Correct : B. kalidasa
21. _________ is the author of Rasagangadhara.
A. bharatha
B. jagannatha
C. bhamaha
D. bhattanayaka
Correct : B. jagannatha
22. In _______ purana there are two chapters dealing with architecture.
A. matsya
B. vayu
C. skanda
D. none of these.
Correct : A. matsya
23. Upanishads, ___________, and the Bhagavad-Gita, are collectively called the prasthanathrayi.
A. brahmasutras
B. yajurveda
C. samaveda
D. yoga sutra
Correct : A. brahmasutras
24. The founder of Nyaya school is___________ .
A. kapila
B. gautama
C. patanjali
D. sankara
Correct : B. gautama
25. According to ________Art is mimesis.
A. plato
B. kant
C. hegel
D. bharatha
Correct : A. plato
26. Both Bharatha and Aristotle were primarily concerned with __________.
A. dance
B. architecture
C. drama
D. music
Correct : C. drama
27. According to ___________ right knowledge is the knowledge of the separation of purusa from prakriti.
A. samkhya
B. yoga
C. nyaya
D. vaisesika
Correct : A. samkhya
28. Brahmasutra is the basic text of _______ school of Indian philosophy.
A. nyaya
B. vaisesika
C. sankhya
D. vedanta
Correct : D. vedanta
29. According to _________ nature is not wholly beautiful.
A. vedanta
B. sankhya
C. yoga
D. nyaya
Correct : B. sankhya
30. Purusa according to samkhya conception is absolutely _________ .
A. active
B. inert
C. passive
D. none of these
Correct : C. passive
31. According _______ nature is wholly beautiful.
A. vedanta
B. sankhya
C. yoga
D. nyaya
Correct : A. vedanta
32. _______ is the author of sankhyakarika.
A. dhanamjaya
B. abhinava
C. kapila
D. isvarakrsna
Correct : D. isvarakrsna
33. Vacaspatimisra wrote a commentary on ____________ .
A. sankhya sutra
B. sankhyakarika
C. kavyasastra
D. kavyalamkara
Correct : B. sankhyakarika
34. According to samkhya philosophy everything is made up of _______ gunas.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Correct : A. 3
35. Sankhya aesthetics is ________ .
A. pessimistic
B. optimistic
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Correct : A. pessimistic
36. According to _______________artistic attitude is characterized by a temporary forgetting of our individuality.
A. vedanta
B. sankhya
C. yoga
D. nyaya
Correct : A. vedanta
37. The aim art according to samkhya and Vedanta is to induce _______.
A. detachment
B. attachment
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Correct : A. detachment
38. According to ___________ artistic attitude offers an escape from the natural world.
A. nyaya
B. yoga
C. advaida
D. sankhya
Correct : D. sankhya
39. Vedanta aesthetics is ___________.
A. pessimistic
B. optimistic
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Correct : B. optimistic
40. Prakrti and purusa are the two realities according to ______ system.
A. advaida
B. samkhya
C. nyaya
D. yoga
Correct : B. samkhya
41. “Vibhavanubhavavyabhicharisamyogadrasanispattih” is the _______ .
A. yoga sutra
B. rasa sutra
C. bhagyasukta
D. none of these
Correct : B. rasa sutra
42. According to the rasa sutra of Bharata the birth rasa takes place out of the combination of _________, anubhava and vyabhicharibhava .
A. vibhava
B. sthayibhava
C. satvikabhava
D. none of these
Correct : B. sthayibhava
43. According to ____________ rasa is a permanent mental state intensified by determinants, consequents and transitory emotions.
A. bhattanayaka
B. bhattalollata
C. sankuka
D. bhattatauttta
Correct : B. bhattalollata
44. According to Bharatha _________ is the expression of mental states.
A. bhava
B. rasa
C. vibhava
D. none of these
Correct : A. bhava
45. BhattaLollata was not concerned about __________ view of rasa.
A. character
B. actor
C. spectator
D. none of these.
Correct : C. spectator
46. According to ______Rasa is not an intensified state but an imitated mental state
A. sankuka
B. bhattalollata
C. bharatha
D. bhattanayaka
Correct : A. sankuka
47. _______________ is the author of kavyakautuka .
A. bharatha
B. bhattanayaka
C. bhattalollata
D. bhattatauta
Correct : D. bhattatauta
48. _________ is the special power words in poetry and drama assume according bhattanayaka
A. abhitha
B. bhavana
C. vyanjana
D. none of these
Correct : B. bhavana
49. The concept of _______ is Bhattanayaka’s main contribution to Indian aesthetics.
A. dhvani
B. alamkara
C. sadharanikarana
D. none of these
Correct : C. sadharanikarana
50. Acording to bhattanayaka aesthetic experience is not noetic in character ,but it is a kind of ____________ .
A. bhava
B. anubhava
C. bhoga
D. vyabhicharibhava
Correct : C. bhoga
51. According to _________ thesecondry function of language does not imply poetry .
A. anandhavardhana
B. abhinavagupta
C. bhattanayaka
D. bhattalollata
Correct : A. anandhavardhana
52. _______________ held the view that poetic meaning is not understood by mere learning of grammar and poetry .
A. anandhavardhana
B. abhinavagupta
C. bhattanayaka
D. bhattalollata
Correct : C. bhattanayaka
53. In _____ kavya conventional meaning are subordinate.
A. abhitha
B. lakshana
C. dhvani
D. none of these
Correct : C. dhvani
54. The ninthrasa according to Abhinavagupta is _______________
A. soka
B. hasya
C. sringara
D. santa
Correct : D. santa
55. Aesthetic experience is ___________ ordinary experience and religious experience
A. same as
B. different from
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Correct : B. different from
56. Abhinavagupta takes the idea of sadharanikarana from _______ .
A. bhattanayaka
B. bhattalollata
C. anandhavardhana
D. sankuka
Correct : A. bhattanayaka
57. According to ______________ rasa is not limited by any difference of space , time and knowing subject.
A. bhattanayaka
B. abhinavagupta
C. bhattalollata
D. sankuka
Correct : B. abhinavagupta
58. Unlike ______ Abhinavagupta separates the boundaries between aesthetic and mystical experience.
A. bhattanayaka
B. bharatha
C. lollata
D. sankuka
Correct : A. bhattanayaka
59. Sattvikabhavas are __________ in number
A. four
B. six
C. eight
D. two
Correct : C. eight
60. _____________ are 33 in number.
A. sattvikabhava
B. sthayibhava
C. vyabhicharibhava
D. anubhava
Correct : C. vyabhicharibhava
61. _______________ is the author of Kavyaprakasadarsa.
A. maheshvara
B. bharata
C. vidyabhusana
D. abhinavagupta
Correct : A. maheshvara
62. Abhinavagupta belongs to ______________ school of Indian philosophy
A. nyaya
B. vaisesika
C. pratyabhinja
D. sankhya
Correct : C. pratyabhinja
63. Theories of literature and drama are discussed in ______________.
A. vishnudharmottarapurana
B. skandapurana
C. vayupurana
D. none of
Correct : A. vishnudharmottarapurana
64. ____________ is the author of Kavyadarsa.
A. sankuka
B. bhamaha
C. bharatha
D. dandin
Correct : D. dandin
65. According to Bharathasthayibhavas are ________ in number.
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
Correct : D. 8
66. Vibhavas are of ___ types
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. eight
Correct : A. two
67. Actors in the drama are _____________ vibhavas.
A. alambhana
B. uddipana
C. alamkara
D. chamatkara
Correct : A. alambhana
68. ___________ is bodily reaction by which vibhavas and bhavas are understood.
A. anubhava
B. sthayibhava
C. sancharibhava
D. none of these
Correct : A. anubhava
69. Bharatha defines _______ as the condition for the expression of rasa in poetry.
A. bhava
B. vibhava
C. anubhava
D. none of these
Correct : A. bhava
70. Bharata enumerates bhavas as _________ in number and classifies them as sthayibhavas ,vyabhicharibhavas and sattvikabhavas.
A. 49
B. 47
C. 41
D. 43
Correct : A. 49
71. __________describes natya as anukriti.
A. patanjali
B. jaimini
C. kapila
D. bharatha
Correct : D. bharatha
72. According to Bharathabhavas or rasas has _______ stages of transformations.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Correct : B. three
73. Bharatha recognizes ________ types of acting .
A. seven
B. four
C. three
D. nine
Correct : B. four
74. Angika, vachika, sattvika and ___________ are the types of acting recognized by Bharata .
A. kaisiki
B. aharya
C. arabhati
D. bharathi
Correct : B. aharya
75. The four types of actions recognized by Bharatha are Sattvati, arabhati ,_______ and bharathi .
A. kaisiki
B. sattvika
C. vachika
D. aharya
Correct : A. kaisiki
76. Srngara rasa is based on the sthayibhava __________
A. soka
B. hasa
C. rati
D. adbudha
Correct : C. rati
77. _______ rasa based on the sthayibhavautsaha.
A. vira
B. soka
C. hasya
D. ) vismaya
Correct : A. vira
78. Ugrata is _______________ bhava.
A. vyabhichari
B. satvika
C. sthayi
D. none of these
Correct : A. vyabhichari
79. Sthamba is _______________ .
A. vyabhichari
B. satvika
C. sthayi
D. none of these
Correct : B. satvika
80. Nirveda and glani are ______________ bhava.
A. vyabhichari
B. satvika
C. sthayi
D. none of these
Correct : A. vyabhichari
81. Presiding diety of the srngara rasa is ______ .
A. visnu
B. pramatha
C. siva
D. brahma
Correct : A. visnu
82. The colour associated with hasyarasa is __________.
A. white
B. black
C. red
D. yellow
Correct : A. white
83. The diety associated withadbhuta rasa is ___________ .
A. brahma
B. kala
C. mahakal
D. indra
Correct : A. brahma
84. The colour associated with raudrarasa is
A. black
B. blue
C. yellow
D. red
Correct : A. black
85. ________ is the sthayibhava associated with raudrarasa .
A. krodha
B. hasa
C. soka
D. utsaha
Correct : A. krodha
86. Intoxication, despair, Epilepsy, sickness, madness, death are the vyabhicharibhavas associatedwith __________ rasa .
A. bhibatsa
B. vira
C. adbhuta
D. bhayanaka
Correct : A. bhibatsa
87. The colour associated with karuna rasa in _____
A. black
B. blue
C. yellow
D. grey
Correct : D. grey
88. The deity associated with vira rasa is ____________ .
A. brahma
B. kala
C. mahakal
D. indra
Correct : D. indra
89. ________ is the sthayibhavaassociated with adbhutharasa .
A. juguspa
B. bhaya
C. vismaya
D. utsaha
Correct : A. juguspa
90. All vyabhicaris except indolence and cruelty are associatedwith ____ rasa .
A. srngara
B. vira
C. adbhuta
D. bhayanaka
Correct : A. srngara
91. In the ancient past theoretical performance was called ----------- .
A. nataka
B. rupaka
C. natya
D. none of these
Correct : B. rupaka
92. Most evolved form of rupaka is called ________ .
A. bhava ,
B. kala
C. anka
D. nataka
Correct : D. nataka
93. Which among the following is not a rupaka ?
A. thithi
B. prakarana
C. nataka
D. alamkara
Correct : D. alamkara
94. Bharatha talks about __ varieties of poetic embellishments.
A. 33
B. 36
C. 43
D. 46
Correct : B. 36
95. According to ______ alamkara is the most essential element of poetry.
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. battalollata
D. none of these
Correct : A. bhamaha
96. According to ___________ vakrokti is the soul of poetry .
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. rudrata
D. none of these
Correct : B. kundaka
97. _________in Kavyaalankaara divides kavya into three based on the language as Samskrita, Prakrita and Apabhramsha
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. rudrata
D. none of these
Correct : A. bhamaha
98. Dandin, in his ____________divides Kavya as gadya, padya and mishra.
A. kavyadarsha
B. alamkara-sara-sangraha
C. kavyaalankaara
Correct : A. kavyadarsha
99. __________ the author of Alamkara-sara-sangraha,
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. rudrata
D. udhbhata
Correct : D. udhbhata
100. ____________in his work Kavyaalamkara-sutra, declares riti as the soul of poetry.
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. vamana
D. udhbhata
Correct : C. vamana