Indian Aesthetics Set 1

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This set of Indian aesthetics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian Aesthetics Set 1

Q1 | Brahma in originating the Natyaveda has borrowed the art of effective speechfrom __________ .
  • rgveda
  • sama veda
  • yajurveda
  • atharvaveda
Answer: rgveda
Q2 | According to____________ there were three preceding books of natyasastraattributed to brahma bharatha , SadasivaBharatha and AdiBharatha.
  • abhinavabharati
  • locana
  • kavyasastra
  • dhvanyaloka
Answer: abhinavabharati
Q3 | 31. ________ is the founder of samkhya system.
  • bharatha
  • panini
  • patanjali
  • kapila
Answer: panini
Q4 | 46. According to pessimistic _____ nature is not wholly beautiful.
  • nyaya
  • yoga
  • samkhya
  • vedanta
Answer: nyaya
Q5 | Purusharthas are ____ in number.
  • 4
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6
Answer: 4
Q6 | Brahma in originating Natyaveda has borrowed acting from ______ veda.
  • rgveda
  • samaveda
  • yajurveda
  • atharvaveda
Answer: yajurveda
Q7 | 104. _________ is the author of kavyaalamkarasutravritti .
  • bhamaha
  • kundaka
  • rudrata
  • none of these
Answer: none of these
Q8 | 119. According to Vamana __________ riti has all the ten gunas.
  • gaudi
  • panchali
  • vaidarbhi
  • none of these
Answer: panchali
Q9 | _______ coined the term aesthetics.
  • baumgarten
  • immanuel kant
  • aristotle
  • plato
Answer: baumgarten
Q10 | According to __________ aesthetics is a science of sense cognition.
  • plato
  • immanuel kant
  • aristotle
  • baumgarten
Answer: baumgarten
Q11 | The word Soundaryastands for the concept ______of in Indian aesthetics.
  • experience
  • enjoyment
  • art
  • beauty
Answer: beauty
Q12 | The earliest attempt to define art is found in _____brahmana.
  • aitareya
  • mundaka
  • mandukya
  • brhadaranyaka
Answer: aitareya
Q13 | _________ is the author of aesthetica .
  • kant
  • hegel
  • baumgarten
  • plato
Answer: baumgarten
Q14 | _________ is Aristotle’s work on Tragedy.2
  • republic
  • poetics
  • critique of judgment
  • lectures on aeshetics
Answer: poetics
Q15 | Immanuel Kant discusses his aesthetic theory in _________ .
  • republic
  • poetics
  • critique of judgment
  • lectures on aesthetics
Answer: critique of judgment
Q16 | On sublime by _____ is one of the important work of Greeko roman literature.
  • longinus
  • plato
  • aristotle
  • kant
Answer: longinus
Q17 | _____ is the first known and extant work on dramaturgy in Indian tradition.
  • natyasastra
  • kavyasastra
  • alamkarasastra
  • none of these
Answer: natyasastra
Q18 | _________ is the first known author of poetics.
  • bharatha
  • bhamaha
  • bhattalollata
  • sankuka
Answer: bharatha
Q19 | According to _______ a performance of drama is concerned with achievingcertain siddhis.
  • bhamaha
  • bharatha
  • bhattalollata
  • sankuka
Answer: bharatha
Q20 | __________ is the author of Malavikagnimitram.
  • bana
  • kalidasa
  • bharatha
  • bhamaha
Answer: kalidasa
Q21 | _________ is the author of Rasagangadhara.
  • bharatha
  • jagannatha
  • bhamaha
  • bhattanayaka
Answer: jagannatha
Q22 | In _______ purana there are two chapters dealing with architecture.
  • matsya
  • vayu
  • skanda
  • none of these.
Answer: matsya
Q23 | Upanishads, ___________, and the Bhagavad-Gita, are collectively called theprasthanathrayi.
  • brahmasutras
  • yajurveda
  • samaveda
  • yoga sutra
Answer: brahmasutras
Q24 | The founder of Nyaya school is___________ .
  • kapila
  • gautama
  • patanjali
  • sankara
Answer: gautama
Q25 | According to ________Art is mimesis.
  • plato
  • kant
  • hegel
  • bharatha
Answer: plato
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