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Methodology and Perspectives of Humanities and Philosophy | Set 2
1. The pramana in Indian philosophy implies
A. means of knowledge
B. means of valid knowledge
C. means of invalid knowledge
D. the theory to be known
Correct : B. means of valid knowledge
2. Which among the following means of knowledge is prama?
A. samsaya
B. pratyksa
C. error
D. tarka
Correct : B. pratyksa
3. The number of pramanas accepted by Carvaka
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Correct : A. one
4. Which one of the pramana the Carvaka Buddha and Vaisenka do not recognize?
A. perception
B. inference
C. subda
D. comparison
Correct : C. subda
5. In Perception the object is conveyed to sense through an unusual medium
A. laukila
B. alukika
C. external
D. none of these
Correct : B. alukika
6. Samanya laksana comes under
A. extra ordinary perception
B. ordinary perception
C. inference
D. none of these
Correct : A. extra ordinary perception
7. According to Nyaya the contact of the object with the sense organs are of ------------ kinds
A. five kinds
B. six kinds
C. four kinds
D. none of these
Correct : A. five kinds
8. Which among the following anumanas are based on causation?
A. purvavat and sesavat
B. samayatodrsta
C. comparison
D. none of these
Correct : A. purvavat and sesavat
9. Drstarth and adrstarth are the two kinds of
A. perception
B. verbal testimony
C. comparison
D. none of these
Correct : B. verbal testimony
10. Which among the following means of knowledge is produced by the knowledge of resemblance or similarity
A. pratyaksa
B. anumana
C. upamana
D. sabda
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
A. anumana
B. upamana
C. presumption
D. none of these
Correct : C. presumption
12. The theory of error accepted by Nyaya is known as ----
A. akhyati
B. anyathakhyati
C. viparitaklyati
D. none of these
Correct : B. anyathakhyati
13. Akhyativada has been advocated by
A. prabhakara
B. kumarila
C. sankara
D. none of these
Correct : A. prabhakara
14. In the ‘rope-snake’ illusion according to Advaita Vedanta
A. the snake is conceal
B. the snake is real
C. the snake isneither real or un real
D. the snake is dreamt
Correct : C. the snake isneither real or un real
15. Mimamsaka accept
A. paratah pramanyaveda
B. svatah pramanya veda
C. truth
D. none of these
Correct : B. svatah pramanya veda
16. Svatah literally means
A. from with in
B. from without
C. prama
D. none of these
Correct : A. from with in
17. The knowledge through the past memories is called
A. anubhava
B. smriti
C. truth
D. none of these
Correct : B. smriti
18. Tatvatitat prakaraka advocates
A. nyaya
B. buddhism
C. advaita
D. none of these
Correct : A. nyaya
19. Non-contradictedness is advocated by
A. buddhism
B. nyaya
C. advaita
D. none of these
Correct : C. advaita
20. Perception is a cognition which is fee free from any concept
A. visadam pratyaksam
B. aparsksa
C. kalpanapodham
D. none of these
Correct : C. kalpanapodham
21. Asatkhyati veda has been advocated by
A. prabhakara
B. madhyamika
C. kumarila
D. none of these
Correct : B. madhyamika
22. Atmakhyat has been advocated by
A. yogacara buddhism
B. nyaya
C. ramanuja
D. none of these
Correct : A. yogacara buddhism
23. Prmata means
A. means of knowledge
B. the knowable
C. the knower
D. none of these
Correct : C. the knower
24. Paratah literally means
A. from with in
B. from without
C. aprama
D. none of these
Correct : B. from without
25. Nyaya divides ordinary perception into
A. indeterminate and determinate
B. manasa and bhahya
C. samanya
D. none of these
Correct : A. indeterminate and determinate
26. Nirvikalpa pratyaksa means
A. indeterminate
B. determinate
C. jnana laksana
D. none of these
Correct : A. indeterminate
27. Savikalpa pratyaksa means
A. determinate
B. indeterminate
C. samanyalaksana
D. none of these
Correct : A. determinate
28. Prameya means
A. means of knowledge
B. the knowable
C. the knower
D. none of these
Correct : B. the knowable
29. There are mainly ---------------- theories of false cognition based on the nature of the contact of error
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Correct : C. three
30. The etymological meaning of the word philosophy is
A. love of learning
B. love of truth
C. love of veda
D. none of these
Correct : A. love of learning
31. Sanskrit term for philosophy is
A. darsana
B. knowledge
C. learning
D. none of these
Correct : A. darsana
32. The word Veda means
A. knowledge
B. mantras
C. brahmanas
D. aranyakas
Correct : A. knowledge
33. There are ------------------ Samhitas
A. four
B. three
C. two
D. one
Correct : A. four
34. The Brahmans are written in -------
A. poem
B. prose
C. songs
D. none of these
Correct : B. prose
35. Mantras and Brahmans are called
A. karma kanda
B. jnana kanda
C. mimamsa
D. none of these
Correct : A. karma kanda
36. The Upanisads are known as
A. vedanta
B. mimamsa
C. knowledge
D. none of these
Correct : A. vedanta
37. ---------------- Veda is not included in the trayi
A. samaveda
B. atharvaveda
C. rigveda
D. yaju veda
Correct : B. atharvaveda
38. ------------------- introduced the concept of henotheism
A. dr.s.radhakrishnan
B. hiriyanna
C. maxmuller
D. none of these
Correct : C. maxmuller
39. Henotheism means
A. belief in one only god
B. belief in many god
C. belief in religion
D. none of these
Correct : A. belief in one only god
40. Rta literally means
A. the course of things
B. season
C. temperal change
D. none of these
Correct : A. the course of things
41. Asthika means
A. orthodex
B. heterodox
C. non-vedic
D. none of these
Correct : A. orthodex
42. Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva are
A. different samhitas
B. different upanisads
C. different brahmans
D. none of these
Correct : A. different samhitas
43. Which of the following have developed jnanakanda
A. aranyaka and the upanisads
B. mantras and brahmans
C. brahmanas and arayakas
D. none of these
Correct : A. aranyaka and the upanisads
44. Rta denotes
A. primacy of the world
B. the order of the world
C. morality of living beings
D. none of these
Correct : B. the order of the world
45. The core of Upanisads is ---------------------------
A. polytheism
B. henotheism
C. monotheism
D. monism
Correct : D. monism
46. The Upanisads can be said as monists because they believe in -------------------
A. one god
B. many god
C. one cretor
D. one reality (brhman)
Correct : D. one reality (brhman)
47. Peirce and James advocate ------theory of truth
A. redundancy
B. pragmatic
C. coherence
D. correspondence
Correct : B. pragmatic
48. Pragma is a ----- word
A. latin
B. hebrew
C. arab
D. greek
Correct : D. greek
49. Which is not among the theories of truth -------------?
A. pragmatic
B. coherence
C. semantic
D. amphiboly
Correct : D. amphiboly
50. William James is -------------
A. american psychologist
B. german scientist
C. french thinker
D. british poet
Correct : A. american psychologist
51. Pragmatic theory of truth is associated with --------
A. germany
B. america
C. france
D. england
Correct : B. america
52. Pragmatic theory of truth is developed by ------
A. descartes
B. hegel
C. james
D. kant
Correct : C. james
53. The dictum that subjectivity is truth is by
A. kierkegaard
B. jasper
C. alhazen
D. aristotle
Correct : A. kierkegaard
54. Aristotle is credited with ---------
A. formal logic
B. symbolic logic
C. inductive logic
D. none of the above
Correct : C. inductive logic
55. Who advocated Coherence theory of truth?
A. plato
B. copernicus
C. ptolemy
D. leibnitz
Correct : D. leibnitz
56. The author of Monadology is---------
A. leibnitz
B. copernicus
C. galileo
D. kepler
Correct : A. leibnitz
57. Correspondence theory of truth is opposed to------------------
A. realism
B. idealism
C. pragmatism
D. naturalism
Correct : B. idealism
58. G.E.Moore is an advocate of -----------------
A. coherence theory
B. semantic theory
C. pragmatic theory
D. correspondence theory
Correct : D. correspondence theory
59. Spinoza expressed theory of truth in his-------------work
A. logic
B. axiology
C. ethics
D. treatise
Correct : C. ethics
60. Relativity theory is associated with
A. galileo
B. karl popper
C. albert einstein
D. newton
Correct : D. newton
61. Idealism is a systematic philosophy which teaches the supremacy of
A. spirit over matter
B. god
C. noumena
D. materialism
Correct : A. spirit over matter
62. Critique of Pure Reason is a work of
A. hegel
B. kant
C. hume
D. husserl
Correct : B. kant
63. The Coherence theory of truth is developed by ---
A. buddha
B. patanjali
C. hegel
D. kanada
Correct : C. hegel
64. Bradley is a prominent Western
A. idealist
B. pragmatist
C. moralist
D. naturalist
Correct : A. idealist
65. The pragmatic movement in philosophy originated as a protest aganist
A. germ theory
B. fermentation
C. pasteurization
D. absolute idealism
Correct : D. absolute idealism
66. The word correspondence used to denote the relation between
A. redundancy
B. thought and reality
C. coherence
D. belief and opinion
Correct : B. thought and reality
67. Idealists say that truth consist in ------
A. semantic theory
B. deflationary
C. coherence
D. correspondence
Correct : C. coherence
68. G. E Moore is associated with---------- theory
A. pragmatic
B. coherence
C. semantic
D. correspondence
Correct : D. correspondence
69. Tarsky developed ------------ theory of truth
A. semantic
B. syntactical
C. prosentential
D. coherence
Correct : A. semantic
70. Coherence theory is the feature of the ------------ system
A. empirical
B. rationalistic
C. naturalistic
D. existentialistic
Correct : B. rationalistic
71. Correspondence theory of truth is developed by
A. socretes
B. thales
C. wittgenstein
D. sartre
Correct : C. wittgenstein
72. Frege;s theory of truth is known as ------------
A. deflationary
B. semantic
C. pragmatic
D. coherence
Correct : A. deflationary
73. Who are the first to propose correspondence theory of truth?
A. james and peirce
B. socretes and plato
C. plato and aristotle
D. kant
Correct : C. plato and aristotle
74. Aristotle mentioned theory of truth in his work------
A. analytic
B. ethics
C. epistemology
D. metaphysics
Correct : D. metaphysics
75. Logical Atomism is a work of ------
A. leibnitz
B. copernicus
C. russell
D. kepler
Correct : C. russell
76. Who wrote Tractatus ?
A. russell
B. wittgenstein
C. hegel
D. descartes
Correct : B. wittgenstein
77. Wittgenstein advocated--------------------
A. correspondence theory
B. coherence theory
C. pragmatic theory
D. semantic theory
Correct : A. correspondence theory
78. Davidson criticized --------theory of truth
A. semantic
B. performative
C. semantic
D. correspondence
Correct : C. semantic
79. Tarski’s theory of truth is close to ---------
A. correspondence
B. axiology
C. semantic
D. pragmatic
Correct : A. correspondence
80. G E Moore and Russell are associated with ------ theory of truth
A. practical
B. ethical
C. correspondence
D. coherence
Correct : C. correspondence
81. The semantic theory of truth is the successor to -------
A. coherence
B. correspondence
C. pragmatic
D. materialism
Correct : B. correspondence
82. Correspondence theory of truth is otherwise called --------
A. common sense theory
B. redundancy
C. semantic
D. deflationary
Correct : A. common sense theory
83. Who is related to Rationalist philosophy?
A. kant
B. locke
C. descartes
D. hume
Correct : C. descartes
84. Coherence theory of truth is developed by
A. hegel
B. pragmatist
C. moralist
D. atomist
Correct : A. hegel
85. Who advocated picture theory of meaning?
A. russell
B. husserl
C. kant
D. wittgenstein
Correct : D. wittgenstein