1. Philosophical knowledge does not aim to satisfying our theoretical interest, but also to
Correct : C. realizing the highest truth in life.
2. The Jaina theory of epistemology is known as _________Vada.
Correct : A. syad
3. According to Mimamsa, ________ is the most important Pramana.
Correct : D. sabda
4. The only pramana accepted by the Carvakas is _________.
Correct : D. perception
5. Anupalabdi as a valid source of knowledge is accepted by __________.
Correct : A. kumarila
6. Mimamsa literally means………
Correct : A. revered thought
7. According to Jainism, _________ is considered as the unlimited and absolute
knowledge.
Correct : B. kevelajnana
8. Nyaya theory of error is known as _________.
Correct : B. anyata- khyati
9. The Nyaya recognizes only _________ members of a syllogism.
Correct : A. five
10. Nyaya accepts ________number of pramanas or the valid source of knowledge.
Correct : D. four
11. The knowledge based on the reliable statement of scripture is known as __________.
Correct : C. testimony
12. _________ means non-cognition.
Correct : C. anupalabdhi
13. Arthapatti refers to ________.
Correct : D. presumption
14. Nyaya maintains the theory of ____________.
Correct : A. paratahpramanyavada
15. The Nyaya category of Hetvbhasa refers to __________.
Correct : B. fallacious reasons
16. The epistemological doctrine of the…………… school is that perception (pratyaksa) is the
only means of valid knowledge.
Correct : A. carvaka
17. The validity even of inference is rejected by…….
Correct : A. chärväka
18. Vyapti is the nerve of all inference. But the ………….. School challenges this universal and
invariable relationship of concomitance.
Correct : A. carvaka
19. The Jainas classify knowledge into……………. and ……………
Correct : B. mediate and immediate
20. In Jainism mediate knowledge again divided into
Correct : A. mathi and shrutha
21. In jainism, immediate knowledge is divided into
Correct : A. avadhi, manahparyäya and kevala
22. Shruta means knowledge derived from……………
Correct : A. authority
23. Avadhi-jnäna, Manah- paryaya-jnäna and Kevala-jnana, are the three kinds of immediate
knowledge which may be called as…………..
Correct : A. extra-ordinary perception
24. Jainism explains…….. Kinds of wrong knowledge
Correct : B. three
25. ………….means a standpoint of thought from which we make a statement about a thing.
Correct : A. naya
26. Partial knowledge of one of the innumerable aspects of a thing is called.
Correct : A. naya
27. Judgment based on the partial knowledge is also known as.
Correct : A. naya
28. There are …………. kinds of Nayas.
Correct : B. seven
29. Among the Nayavada, first four are called……………..
Correct : A. artha-naya
30. Among the seven nayas the last three are called…………….
Correct : B. shabda-naya
31. …………. Nayas are relate to words.
Correct : B. shabda-naya
32. ………… nayas are relate to objects or meanings.
Correct : A. artha-naya
33. When taken as absolute, a ‘naya’ becomes a……………
Correct : C. nayabhasa
34. The standpoint we look at a thing as having both universal and particular qualities and we do
not distinguish between them is known as………………..
Correct : D. naigama-naya
35. The standpoint in which we emphasize the universal qualities and ignore the particulars
where they are manifested is known as
Correct : A. sangraha-naya
36. The standpoint in which the real is identified with the momentary is…………..
Correct : D. rjusütra-naya
37. According to ……………. naya, a name should be applied to an object only when its
meaning is fulfilled.
Correct : D. evambhuta-naya
38. In ‘Rjusütra-naya the real is identified with the…………….
Correct : B. momentary
39. …………is the theory of Relativity of knowledge.
Correct : C. syadvada
40. According to Jainism we can know an object in three ways such as ………, naya and
pramana.
Correct : B. durniti
41. According to Jainism mistaking a partial truth for the whole and the absolute truth is called
…………
Correct : C. ‘durniti’
42. According to Jainism, Syät is said to be the symbol of…………..
Correct : D. truth
43. Who is the author of Padarthadharmasahgraha?
Correct : C. prasasthapada
44. ………..system is predominantly intellectual, analytic, logical and epistemological.
Correct : B. nyaya
45. Nyaya system accepts …………. types of valid means of knowledge.
Correct : D. four
46. Vaishesika recognizes only two Pramänas, namely, perception and……….
Correct : B. inference
47. Nyaya tradtion defines………… as the right apprehension of an object
Correct : A. valid knowledge
48. According to Nyaya……….is not valid because it is not presentative cognition
Correct : B. smriti
49. Nyaya system says that, Perception is ‘unassociated with a name’ which means…………
Correct : C. indeterminate
50. According to Naiyayikas, the perception which is ‘well-defined’ is known as………..
Correct : A. determinate
51. According to Naiyayikas, all perception we have is
Correct : A. determinate
52. Bare sensation or simple apprehension is
Correct : B. nirvikalpaka perception
53. Perceptual judgment or relational apprehension is
Correct : A. savikalpaka perception
54. ………… perception is the direct sense-experience which is undifferentiated and non-relational
and is free from assimilation, discrimination, analysis and synthesis.
Correct : B. nirvikalpaka perception
55. The clear perception of a thing together with its attributes is………….
Correct : A. determinate
56. According to Nyäya, the universals are a distinct class of reals. This is known as………
perception.
Correct : B. samanyalaksana
57. The theory of illusion accepted by Nyaya is based on………… kind of perception.
Correct : A. jnanalaksana
58. The presence of the middle term in the minor term is called …………..
Correct : D. paksadharmata.
59. The invariable association of the middle term with the major term is called ……….
Correct : C. vyapti
60. In the ………inference we do not require the formal statement of the different members of
inference.
Correct : C. svartha
61. There are ………….. Members in the Nyäya syllogism.
Correct : B. five
62. The methods of induction by which universal causal relationship is established may
be………
Correct : D. anvaya, vyatireka or both.
63. We have ………… inference when the middle term is both positively and negatively related
to the major term.
Correct : B. anvayavyatireki
64. In ……….the minor term is not unreal, but the middle term cannot by its very nature be
present in the minor term.
Correct : B. svarupasidhha
65. ‘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…………
Correct : D. viruddha
66. …………… is defined as the knowledge of the relation between a word and its denotation.
Correct : C. comparison
67. 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.
Correct : D. verbal testimony
68. The …………. testimony is perfect and infallible because the Vedas are spoken by God.
Correct : B. vaidika
69. In order to be intelligible a sentence must conform to the conditions such as,………..
Correct : B. akanksa, yogyata, sannidhi and tatparya.
70. Purva Mïmamsâ regards the …………… as eternal and authorless and of infallible authority.
Correct : D. veda
71. Both Prabhakara and Kumarila recognize two kinds of knowledge, namely, …………….
and ……………
Correct : B. immediate and mediate.
72. The method of inference is explained as consisting of three parts: pratijna, hetu, and………..
Correct : C. drshtanta
73. The knowledge of ………….. is distinguished from inference because the vyäpti or the
invariable concomitance is not needed here.
Correct : A. similarity
74. Kumarila admits the distinction between existential and injunctive propositions and limits the
scope of the Veda to the………….
Correct : D. vidhayaka vakya
75. The so-called assertive propositions in the Veda are authoritative only when they help
persons to perform their duties is known as………….
Correct : B. anvitabhidhanavada
76. A…………… is regarded as an articulated sound.
Correct : A. varna
77. 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 ………….
Correct : A. varna.
78. The conventional element in language is……….. and helps the manifestation of the eternal
words and their meanings.
Correct : D. secondary
79. According to Sankara, cognitions are regarded as modifications of the ………in which the
pure spirit is reflected.
Correct : B. inner sense
80. ………….. alone is considered to be a pramana which gives rise to Brahman-knowledge and
all other pramana deal with the material world.
Correct : B. shabda
81. The pervasion of ………….removes the veil of ignorance and the pervasion of reflected
consciousness illumines the object.
Correct : D. vritti
82. The identity statements, according to Advaita, reveals the identity meaning by the application
of ………………..implication.
Correct : C. exclusive-inclusive
83. …………….. means that the middle term appears to be a reason but is not a valid reason.
Correct : B. hetvabhasa
84. Upamana is knowledge derived from comparison and roughly corresponds to ………….
Correct : C. analogy
85. The Nyaya tradition reduced the……………… to inference.
Correct : A. implication
86. The word……………. literally means 'revered thought' and was originally applied to the
Interpretation of the Vedic rituals which commanded highest reverence.
Correct : D. mimamsa
87. Jaimini admits three pramanas, such as, perception, inference and…………..