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Indian aesthetics | Set 2
1. _____________ is the author of Kavya-meemaamsa.
A. rajashekhara
B. kundaka
C. vamana
D. udhbhata
Correct : A. rajashekhara
2. Madhurya, ojas and prasada are thethree qualities according to ________ .
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. udhbhata
D. vamana
Correct : A. bhamaha
3. According to Bhamaha, Dandin and Udbhata the essential element of Kavyawas ___________ .
A. alamkara
B. vakrokti
C. guna
D. riti
Correct : A. alamkara
4. According to Kshemendra __________is the very life of Kavya.
A. alamkara
B. vakrokti
C. guna
D. aucitya
Correct : D. aucitya
5. __________ treats Rasa as an aspect of Alamkara.
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. udhbhata
D. vamana
Correct : A. bhamaha
6. Bharata'sNatyasastra mentions ________ alamkaras .
A. five
B. six
C. seven
D. four
Correct : D. four
7. Bharata'sNatyasastra mentions ________ gunasof Poetic composition.
A. ten
B. five
C. four
D. six
Correct : A. ten
8. Vaman defines ___________ as particular arrangement of words.
A. riti
B. alamkara
C. vakrokti
D. guna
Correct : A. riti
9. Vamanadiscusses _____________types of riti .
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
Correct : A. three
10. According to Vamanathe ________ riti abounds in thegunasojas and kanti.
A. gandhara
B. panchali
C. vaidarbhi
D. gaudi
Correct : D. gaudi
11. ________ritiis endowed with the gunasmadhurya and saukumarya
A. gaudi
B. panchali
C. vaidarbhi
D. none of these
Correct : B. panchali
12. According ___________ 'Vakroktihkavyajivitam'
A. bharatha
B. bhoja
C. kuntaka
D. bhamaha
Correct : C. kuntaka
13. _________divided poetry into three classes (a) vakrokti, (b) svabhlivokti (c) rasokti.
A. bharatha
B. bhoja
C. kuntaka
D. bhamaha
Correct : B. bhoja
14. MahimaBhatta who wrote ___________ tried to comprehend all ideas of dhvani in the process of anumana .
A. dhvanyaloka
B. locana
C. abhinavabharathi
D. \vyakti-viveka\
Correct : D. \vyakti-viveka\
15. ____________ considers aucitya as the essence of rasa.
A. ksemendra
B. bhoja
C. kuntaka
D. bhamaha
Correct : A. ksemendra
16. Upama ,Dipaka , Rupaka and yamaka are the four ___________ mentioned in Natyasastra .
A. alamkaras
B. riti
C. guna
D. vakrokti
Correct : A. alamkaras
17. Bhamaka Divides alamkaras into _____ groups.
A. three
B. four
C. two
D. five
Correct : B. four
18. ____________ treats rasa as rasavatalamkara .
A. mahimabhatta
B. khemendra
C. bhoja
D. bhahama
Correct : D. bhahama
19. Vamana equates beauty with _________.
A. alamkara
B. riti
C. guna
D. vakrokti
Correct : A. alamkara
20. Upamaand rupaka are __________ .
A. arthalamkaras
B. sabdalamkaras
C. guna
D. dosha
Correct : A. arthalamkaras
21. Anuprasa and yamaka are ___________ .
A. arthalamkaras
B. sabdalamkaras
C. guna
D. dosha
Correct : B. sabdalamkaras
22. ________ defines poetry as a word promoting delight.
A. jagannath
B. vamana
C. bharatha
D. abhinavagupta
Correct : A. jagannath
23. _______ defines poetry as that union of sound and sense which is devoid of poetic flaws and is embodied with gunas.
A. bharatha
B. vamana
C. sankuka
D. lollata
Correct : B. vamana
24. _________ defines poetry as the union of sound and sense which express alamkaras.
A. bharatha
B. vamana
C. sankuka
D. lollata
Correct : B. vamana
25. According to Vamanriti is the soul of poetry and all the beautifying elements of it can be included in the ____ guans accepted by him
A. 10
B. 20
C. 9
D. 5
Correct : B. 20
26. Alamkaravadins regard the _____ as the sovereign virtue of poetry.
A. rasa
B. alamkara
C. dhwani
D. guna
Correct : B. alamkara
27. The three architectural traditions in India are ____________
A. riti, guna ,dosa
B. saiva , brahma , maya
C. rupaka , yamaka ,upama
D. none of these
Correct : B. saiva , brahma , maya
28. Samaranganasutradhara is attributed to __________
A. yaska
B. panini
C. bhoja
D. bhamaha
Correct : C. bhoja
29. Visnudharmottarapurana presents the _____________ architectural tradition.
A. saiva
B. maya
C. brahma
D. none of these
Correct : C. brahma
30. According to chitra sutra there are _________ types of painting
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
Correct : B. four
31. Satya and nagara are the types ________
A. human figures
B. paintings
C. architecture
D. poems
Correct : B. paintings
32. Hamsaand Ruchakaare the types of ____________ .
A. human figures
B. paintings
C. architecture
D. poems
Correct : A. human figures
33. Patra and binduja are styles of _____________.
A. human figures
B. paintings
C. architecture
D. poems
Correct : B. paintings
34. __________ is the heavenly architect .
A. visvakarma
B. brahma
C. vishnu
D. shiva
Correct : A. visvakarma
35. ___________ was the architect of demons.
A. visvakarma
B. maya
C. yaska
D. panini
Correct : B. maya
36. Nagara, Dravida and Vesura are styles of __________.
A. human figures
B. paintings
C. architecture
D. poems
Correct : C. architecture
37. Manasara is a book on _________.
A. sculpture
B. paintings
C. architecture
D. poems
Correct : A. sculpture
38. The idea of vastubhramavada is found in ________ Upanishad.
A. aitareya
B. taitariya
C. mundaka
D. mandukya
Correct : B. taitariya
39. __________ is the upaveda od samaveda .
A. ayurveda
B. dhanurveda
C. gandharvaveda
D. sastrasastra
Correct : C. gandharvaveda
40. _____________ is the author of Vakyapadiya.
A. bhartrahari
B. anadnavardhana
C. abhinavagupta
D. bharatha
Correct : A. bhartrahari
41. According to _______ Speech is an outward form of consciousness.
A. natyasastra
B. vakyapadiya
C. kavyaprakasa
D. abhinavabharati
Correct : B. vakyapadiya
42. Vakyapadiya, asserts the identity of the Sabdatattva (the Word principle) with the _______________ .
A. absolute reality
B. god
C. language
D. world
Correct : A. absolute reality
43. According to Bharatrahari _________ is the finest means to highest truth.
A. logic
B. music
C. grammar
D. ethics
Correct : C. grammar
44. The four fold division of vak has its origin in __________ .
A. natyasastra
B. abhinavabharati
C. rigveda
D. vakyapadiya
Correct : C. rigveda
45. According to _____________ sabdatattva is the root cause of everything.
A. bharatha
B. bhamaha
C. sankuka
D. bhartrahari
Correct : D. bhartrahari
46. According to ____________Sabdatattvamanifestsinto three stages :Pashyanti, Madhyamā and Vaikhari.
A. bharatha
B. bhattalollata
C. sankuka
D. bhartrahari
Correct : D. bhartrahari
47. _____ is the unspoken thought that instinctively springs up and which is visualised, within one’s self.
A. vak
B. pashyanti
C. madhyama
D. vaikhari
Correct : B. pashyanti
48. When silently reading we are at the level of ___________ .
A. vak
B. pashyanti
C. madhyama
D. vaikhari
Correct : C. madhyama
49. The manifest level of speech is ________ .
A. vak
B. pashyanti
C. madhyama
D. vaikhari
Correct : D. vaikhari
50. Sabarabhasya is the commentary of ____________ .
A. purvamimamsa sutra
B. yoga sutra
C. rasa sutra
D. samkhyakarika
Correct : A. purvamimamsa sutra
51. Abhihitanvaya theory is advocatedby ____________ .
A. prabhakara
B. kumarila
C. bhamaha
D. bharatha
Correct : B. kumarila
52. Anvitabhidanatheory is advocated by _______________ .
A. prabhakara
B. kumarila
C. bhamaha
D. bharatha
Correct : A. prabhakara
53. According to Patanjalisabda is _____ .
A. nitya
B. anitya
C. both
D. none
Correct : A. nitya
54. the relation between word and meaning is eternal according to _________.
A. panini
B. katyayana
C. patanjali
D. all three
Correct : D. all three
55. ________is the causeof utterance and the cause of understanding
A. sphota
B. abhitha
C. lakshana
D. vyanjana
Correct : A. sphota
56. __________ is the author of ashtadhyayi
A. yaska
B. patanjali
C. panini
D. bharatha
Correct : C. panini
57. _________ is the author of Mahabhasya .
A. patanjali
B. yaska
C. panini
D. bharatha
Correct : A. patanjali
58. Katyayana’s __________ is an elaboration of Panini’s ashtdhyayi.
A. varttika
B. karika
C. vritti
D. bhasya
Correct : A. varttika
59. The first kanda of vakyapadiya is ________
A. vakyakanda
B. brahma kanda
C. jnanakanda
D. bhakti kanda
Correct : B. brahma kanda
60. __________ kanda of vakyapdiya contains different conceptions of sentence.
A. vakyakanda
B. brahma kanda
C. padakanda
D. bhakti kanda
Correct : A. vakyakanda
61. Vakypadiya represents a kind of _________ in which language principle stands ultimately as the source of entire material existence.
A. linguistic monism
B. metaphysical dualism
C. epistemological dualism
D. none
Correct : A. linguistic monism
62. The doctrine of _____________ asserts that the ultimate reality, brahman , is the imperishable principle of language.
A. atman
B. sabdabrahman
C. jiva
D. none of these
Correct : B. sabdabrahman
63. _________ stands for real word and _________ stands for physical sound
A. sphota , dhwani
B. dhwani , sphota
C. madhyama , vaikhari
D. none of these
Correct : A. sphota , dhwani
64. According to bartrahari as a linguistic reality the sentence is a __________ unit.
A. indivisible ,
B. divisible
C. both
D. none of these
Correct : A. indivisible ,
65. A linguistic expression conceived as a single unit is referred as _________.
A. pada
B. vakya
C. sphota
D. varna
Correct : C. sphota
66. ____________ consider a sentence to be primary unit and believe that words are analytically derived from sentences.
A. vakyavadins
B. padavadins
C. both
D. none of these
Correct : A. vakyavadins
67. According to padavadin sentence meaning is understood only when all the ____ come together.
A. sentences
B. words
C. both
D. none of these
Correct : B. words
68. __________ is the author of dhvanyaloka.
A. abhinavagupta
B. anandhavardhana
C. mahimabhatta
D. mukulabhatta
Correct : B. anandhavardhana
69. __________ is a commentary on Dhvanyaloka by Abhinavagupta .
A. locana
B. bharathi
C. kavyaprakasa
D. vakyapadiya
Correct : A. locana
70. Hrdayadarpana of __________ is critical of the theory of suggestion.
A. bhattanayaka
B. bhattalollata
C. abhinavagupta
D. anandhavardhana
Correct : A. bhattanayaka
71. __________ a reputed logician of Kashmir was of the opinion that dhvani does not deserve any serious attenssion at all.
A. mahimabhatta
B. mukulabhatta
C. jayanyhabhatta
D. bhattalollata
Correct : C. jayanyhabhatta
72. According to bhattanayaka poetic language has the three fold power of Abhitha ,bhavakatva and ______________
A. rasa dhvani
B. bhojakatva
C. alamkara
D. vakrokti
Correct : B. bhojakatva
73. Mahimabhatta is the author of ------------.
A. kavyaprakasa
B. vyaktivivieka
C. alamkarasastra
D. kavyasastra
Correct : B. vyaktivivieka
74. Nyaya admits two kinds of meaning ___________ and __________’
A. abhita and vyanjana
B. abhita and laksana
C. lakshana and vyanjana
D. none
Correct : B. abhita and laksana
75. According to ________________ dhvani is a type of inference
A. mahimabhatta
B. mukulabhatta
C. bhattanayaka
D. bhattalollata
Correct : A. mahimabhatta
76. According to mukulabhattadhvani can be explained by ______
A. inference
B. abhitha
C. lakshan
D. vyanjana
Correct : C. lakshan
77. When suggested sense arise naturally in a poem it is called
A. chitrakavya
B. gunibhutavyangyakavya
C. dhvanikavya
D. none of these .
Correct : C. dhvanikavya
78. When suggested sense is subordinate to explicit sense then the poem is called ________ .
A. chitrakavya
B. gunibhutavyangyakavya
C. dhvanikavya
D. none of these
Correct : B. gunibhutavyangyakavya
79. DhvaniKavya has ___ principal varities.
A. five
B. four
C. three
D. two
Correct : A. five
80. In the seventh century _____ school divided in to two sub schools under the aegis of kumarillabhatta and prabhakara.
A. mimamsa
B. vedanta
C. nyaya
D. samkhya
Correct : A. mimamsa
81. The element of suggestion is not present at all in _____ .
A. chitrakavya
B. gunibhutavyangyakavya
C. dhvanikavya
D. none of these
Correct : A. chitrakavya
82. Sangitaratnakara is an encyclopedic work on indian _______ .
A. architecture
B. dance
C. paintings
D. music
Correct : D. music
83. __________ is the author of sangitaratnakara.
A. bharatha
B. manu
C. patanjali
D. sarangadeva
Correct : D. sarangadeva
84. ________ wrote a commentary on Sangitaratnakara
A. panini
B. simhabhupala
C. sarangadeva
D. bharatha
Correct : B. simhabhupala
85. ____________ is not a commentary on sangitaratnakara
A. sudhakara
B. kalanidhi
C. kaustubha
D. locana
Correct : D. locana
86. The spiritual value of music was recognized in ______ upanisad.
A. chandogya
B. aitareya
C. mundaka
D. mandukya
Correct : A. chandogya