Indian Aesthetics Set 2

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This set of Indian aesthetics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian Aesthetics Set 2

Q1 | Both Bharatha and Aristotle were primarily concerned with __________.
  • dance
  • architecture
  • drama
  • music
Answer: drama
Q2 | According to ___________ right knowledge is the knowledge of theseparation of purusa from prakriti.
  • samkhya
  • yoga
  • nyaya
  • vaisesika
Answer: samkhya
Q3 | Brahmasutra is the basic text of _______ school of Indian philosophy.
  • nyaya
  • vaisesika
  • sankhya
  • vedanta
Answer: vedanta
Q4 | According to _________ nature is not wholly beautiful.
  • vedanta
  • sankhya
  • yoga
  • nyaya
Answer: sankhya
Q5 | Purusa according to samkhya conception is absolutely _________ .
  • active
  • inert
  • passive
  • none of these
Answer: passive
Q6 | According _______ nature is wholly beautiful.
  • vedanta
  • sankhya
  • yoga
  • nyaya
Answer: vedanta
Q7 | _______ is the author of sankhyakarika.
  • dhanamjaya
  • abhinava
  • kapila
  • isvarakrsna
Answer: isvarakrsna
Q8 | Vacaspatimisra wrote a commentary on ____________ .
  • sankhya sutra
  • sankhyakarika
  • kavyasastra
  • kavyalamkara
Answer: sankhyakarika
Q9 | According to samkhya philosophy everything is made up of _______ gunas.
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
Answer: 3
Q10 | Sankhya aesthetics is ________ .
  • pessimistic
  • optimistic
  • both a and b
  • none of these
Answer: pessimistic
Q11 | According to _______________artistic attitude is characterized by atemporary forgetting of our individuality.
  • vedanta
  • sankhya
  • yoga
  • nyaya
Answer: vedanta
Q12 | The aim art according to samkhya and Vedanta is to induce _______.
  • detachment
  • attachment
  • both a and b
  • none of these
Answer: detachment
Q13 | According to ___________ artistic attitude offers an escape from the naturalworld.
  • nyaya
  • yoga
  • advaida
  • sankhya
Answer: sankhya
Q14 | Vedanta aesthetics is ___________.
  • pessimistic
  • optimistic
  • both a and b
  • none of these
Answer: optimistic
Q15 | Prakrti and purusa are the two realities according to ______ system.
  • advaida
  • samkhya
  • nyaya
  • yoga
Answer: samkhya
Q16 | “Vibhavanubhavavyabhicharisamyogadrasanispattih” is the _______ .
  • yoga sutra
  • rasa sutra
  • bhagyasukta
  • none of these
Answer: rasa sutra
Q17 | According to the rasa sutra of Bharata the birth rasa takes place out of thecombination of _________, anubhava and vyabhicharibhava .
  • vibhava
  • sthayibhava
  • satvikabhava
  • none of these
Answer: sthayibhava
Q18 | According to ____________ rasa is a permanent mental state intensified bydeterminants, consequents and transitory emotions.
  • bhattanayaka
  • bhattalollata
  • sankuka
  • bhattatauttta
Answer: bhattalollata
Q19 | According to Bharatha _________ is the expression of mental states.
  • bhava
  • rasa
  • vibhava
  • none of these
Answer: bhava
Q20 | BhattaLollata was not concerned about __________ view of rasa.
  • character
  • actor
  • spectator
  • none of these.
Answer: spectator
Q21 | According to ______Rasa is not an intensified state but an imitated mentalstate
  • sankuka
  • bhattalollata
  • bharatha
  • bhattanayaka
Answer: sankuka
Q22 | _______________ is the author of kavyakautuka .
  • bharatha
  • bhattanayaka
  • bhattalollata
  • bhattatauta
Answer: bhattatauta
Q23 | _________ is the special power words in poetry and drama assumeaccording bhattanayaka
  • abhitha
  • bhavana
  • vyanjana
  • none of these
Answer: bhavana
Q24 | The concept of _______ is Bhattanayaka’s main contribution to Indianaesthetics.
  • dhvani
  • alamkara
  • sadharanikarana
  • none of these
Answer: sadharanikarana
Q25 | Acording to bhattanayaka aesthetic experience is not noetic in character ,but itis a kind of ____________ .
  • bhava
  • anubhava
  • bhoga
  • vyabhicharibhava
Answer: bhoga
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