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Methodology and Perspectives of Humanities and Philosophy | Set 2

1. The pramana in Indian philosophy implies

Correct : B. means of valid knowledge

2. Which among the following means of knowledge is prama?

Correct : B. pratyksa

3. The number of pramanas accepted by Carvaka

Correct : A. one

4. Which one of the pramana the Carvaka Buddha and Vaisenka do not recognize?

Correct : C. subda

5. In Perception the object is conveyed to sense through an unusual medium

Correct : B. alukika

6. Samanya laksana comes under

Correct : A. extra ordinary perception

7. According to Nyaya the contact of the object with the sense organs are of ------------ kinds

Correct : A. five kinds

8. Which among the following anumanas are based on causation?

Correct : A. purvavat and sesavat

9. Drstarth and adrstarth are the two kinds of

Correct : B. verbal testimony

10. Which among the following means of knowledge is produced by the knowledge of resemblance or similarity

Correct : C. upamana

11. The admission of ---------------- is a necessity when there arises a conflict between two well known facts followed by a demand for the resolution

Correct : C. presumption

12. The theory of error accepted by Nyaya is known as ----

Correct : B. anyathakhyati

13. Akhyativada has been advocated by

Correct : A. prabhakara

14. In the ‘rope-snake’ illusion according to Advaita Vedanta

Correct : C. the snake isneither real or un real

15. Mimamsaka accept

Correct : B. svatah pramanya veda

16. Svatah literally means

Correct : A. from with in

17. The knowledge through the past memories is called

Correct : B. smriti

18. Tatvatitat prakaraka advocates

Correct : A. nyaya

19. Non-contradictedness is advocated by

Correct : C. advaita

20. Perception is a cognition which is fee free from any concept

Correct : C. kalpanapodham

21. Asatkhyati veda has been advocated by

Correct : B. madhyamika

22. Atmakhyat has been advocated by

Correct : A. yogacara buddhism

23. Prmata means

Correct : C. the knower

24. Paratah literally means

Correct : B. from without

25. Nyaya divides ordinary perception into

Correct : A. indeterminate and determinate

26. Nirvikalpa pratyaksa means

Correct : A. indeterminate

27. Savikalpa pratyaksa means

Correct : A. determinate

28. Prameya means

Correct : B. the knowable

29. There are mainly ---------------- theories of false cognition based on the nature of the contact of error

Correct : C. three

30. The etymological meaning of the word philosophy is

Correct : A. love of learning

31. Sanskrit term for philosophy is

Correct : A. darsana

32. The word Veda means

Correct : A. knowledge

33. There are ------------------ Samhitas

Correct : A. four

34. The Brahmans are written in -------

Correct : B. prose

35. Mantras and Brahmans are called

Correct : A. karma kanda

36. The Upanisads are known as

Correct : A. vedanta

37. ---------------- Veda is not included in the trayi

Correct : B. atharvaveda

38. ------------------- introduced the concept of henotheism

Correct : C. maxmuller

39. Henotheism means

Correct : A. belief in one only god

40. Rta literally means

Correct : A. the course of things

41. Asthika means

Correct : A. orthodex

42. Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva are

Correct : A. different samhitas

43. Which of the following have developed jnanakanda

Correct : A. aranyaka and the upanisads

44. Rta denotes

Correct : B. the order of the world

45. The core of Upanisads is ---------------------------

Correct : D. monism

46. The Upanisads can be said as monists because they believe in -------------------

Correct : D. one reality (brhman)

47. Peirce and James advocate ------theory of truth

Correct : B. pragmatic

48. Pragma is a ----- word

Correct : D. greek

49. Which is not among the theories of truth -------------?

Correct : D. amphiboly

50. William James is -------------

Correct : A. american psychologist

51. Pragmatic theory of truth is associated with --------

Correct : B. america

52. Pragmatic theory of truth is developed by ------

Correct : C. james

53. The dictum that subjectivity is truth is by

Correct : A. kierkegaard

54. Aristotle is credited with ---------

Correct : C. inductive logic

55. Who advocated Coherence theory of truth?

Correct : D. leibnitz

56. The author of Monadology is---------

Correct : A. leibnitz

57. Correspondence theory of truth is opposed to------------------

Correct : B. idealism

58. G.E.Moore is an advocate of -----------------

Correct : D. correspondence theory

59. Spinoza expressed theory of truth in his-------------work

Correct : C. ethics

60. Relativity theory is associated with

Correct : D. newton

61. Idealism is a systematic philosophy which teaches the supremacy of

Correct : A. spirit over matter

62. Critique of Pure Reason is a work of

Correct : B. kant

63. The Coherence theory of truth is developed by ---

Correct : C. hegel

64. Bradley is a prominent Western

Correct : A. idealist

65. The pragmatic movement in philosophy originated as a protest aganist

Correct : D. absolute idealism

66. The word correspondence used to denote the relation between

Correct : B. thought and reality

67. Idealists say that truth consist in ------

Correct : C. coherence

68. G. E Moore is associated with---------- theory

Correct : D. correspondence

69. Tarsky developed ------------ theory of truth

Correct : A. semantic

70. Coherence theory is the feature of the ------------ system

Correct : B. rationalistic

71. Correspondence theory of truth is developed by

Correct : C. wittgenstein

72. Frege;s theory of truth is known as ------------

Correct : A. deflationary

73. Who are the first to propose correspondence theory of truth?

Correct : C. plato and aristotle

74. Aristotle mentioned theory of truth in his work------

Correct : D. metaphysics

75. Logical Atomism is a work of ------

Correct : C. russell

76. Who wrote Tractatus ?

Correct : B. wittgenstein

77. Wittgenstein advocated--------------------

Correct : A. correspondence theory

78. Davidson criticized --------theory of truth

Correct : C. semantic

79. Tarski’s theory of truth is close to ---------

Correct : A. correspondence

80. G E Moore and Russell are associated with ------ theory of truth

Correct : C. correspondence

81. The semantic theory of truth is the successor to -------

Correct : B. correspondence

82. Correspondence theory of truth is otherwise called --------

Correct : A. common sense theory

83. Who is related to Rationalist philosophy?

Correct : C. descartes

84. Coherence theory of truth is developed by

Correct : A. hegel

85. Who advocated picture theory of meaning?

Correct : D. wittgenstein