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This set of Indian aesthetics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian Aesthetics Set 7
Q1 | Abhihitanvaya theory is advocatedby ____________ .
- prabhakara
- kumarila
- bhamaha
- bharatha
Q2 | Anvitabhidanatheory is advocated by _______________ .
- prabhakara
- kumarila
- bhamaha
- bharatha
Q3 | According to Patanjalisabda is _____ .
- nitya
- anitya
- both
- none
Q4 | the relation between word and meaning is eternal according to _________.
- panini
- katyayana
- patanjali
- all three
Q5 | ________is the causeof utterance and the cause of understanding
- sphota
- abhitha
- lakshana
- vyanjana
Q6 | __________ is the author of ashtadhyayi
- yaska
- patanjali
- panini
- bharatha
Q7 | _________ is the author of Mahabhasya .
- patanjali
- yaska
- panini
- bharatha
Q8 | Katyayana’s __________ is an elaboration of Panini’s ashtdhyayi.
- varttika
- karika
- vritti
- bhasya
Q9 | The first kanda of vakyapadiya is ________
- vakyakanda
- brahma kanda
- jnanakanda
- bhakti kanda
Q10 | __________ kanda of vakyapdiya contains different conceptions of sentence.
- vakyakanda
- brahma kanda
- padakanda
- bhakti kanda
Q11 | Vakypadiya represents a kind of _________ in which language principlestands ultimately as the source of entire material existence.
- linguistic monism
- metaphysical dualism
- epistemological dualism
- none
Q12 | The doctrine of _____________ asserts that the ultimate reality, brahman , is theimperishable principle of language.
- atman
- sabdabrahman
- jiva
- none of these
Q13 | _________ stands for real word and _________ stands for physical sound
- sphota , dhwani
- dhwani , sphota
- madhyama , vaikhari
- none of these
Q14 | According to bartrahari as a linguistic reality the sentence is a __________ unit.
- indivisible ,
- divisible
- both
- none of these
Q15 | A linguistic expression conceived as a single unit is referred as _________.
- pada
- vakya
- sphota
- varna
Q16 | ____________ consider a sentence to be primary unit and believe that words areanalytically derived from sentences.
- vakyavadins
- padavadins
- both
- none of these
Q17 | According to padavadin sentence meaning is understood only when all the ____come together.
- sentences
- words
- both
- none of these
Q18 | __________ is the author of dhvanyaloka.
- abhinavagupta
- anandhavardhana
- mahimabhatta
- mukulabhatta
Q19 | __________ is a commentary on Dhvanyaloka by Abhinavagupta .
- locana
- bharathi
- kavyaprakasa
- vakyapadiya
Q20 | Hrdayadarpana of __________ is critical of the theory of suggestion.
- bhattanayaka
- bhattalollata
- abhinavagupta
- anandhavardhana
Q21 | __________ a reputed logician of Kashmir was of the opinion that dhvani doesnot deserve any serious attenssion at all.
- mahimabhatta
- mukulabhatta
- jayanyhabhatta
- bhattalollata
Q22 | According to bhattanayaka poetic language has the three fold power of Abhitha ,bhavakatva and ______________
- rasa dhvani
- bhojakatva
- alamkara
- vakrokti
Q23 | Mahimabhatta is the author of ------------.
- kavyaprakasa
- vyaktivivieka
- alamkarasastra
- kavyasastra
Q24 | Nyaya admits two kinds of meaning ___________ and __________’
- abhita and vyanjana
- abhita and laksana
- lakshana and vyanjana
- none
Q25 | According to ________________ dhvani is a type of inference
- mahimabhatta
- mukulabhatta
- bhattanayaka
- bhattalollata