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

Q1 | Partial knowledge of one of the innumerable aspects of a thing is called.
  • naya
  • shruta
  • kevala
  • none of the above
Q2 | Judgment based on the partial knowledge is also known as.
  • naya
  • shruta
  • kevala
  • none of the above
Q3 | There are …………. kinds of Nayas.
  • five
  • seven
  • eight
  • three
Q4 | Among the Nayavada, first four are called……………..
  • artha-naya
  • shabda-naya
  • nayabhasa
  • evambhutanaya
Q5 | Among the seven nayas the last three are called…………….
  • artha-naya
  • shabda-naya
  • nayabhasa
  • evambhutanaya
Q6 | …………. Nayas are relate to words.
  • artha-naya
  • shabda-naya
  • nayabhasa
  • evambhutanaya
Q7 | ………… nayas are relate to objects or meanings.
  • artha-naya
  • shabda-naya
  • evambhuta
  • none of the above
Q8 | When taken as absolute, a ‘naya’ becomes a……………
  • artha-naya
  • shabda-naya
  • nayabhasa
  • none of the above
Q9 | The standpoint we look at a thing as having both universal and particular qualities and we do not distinguish between them is known as………………..
  • artha-naya
  • shabda-naya
  • sangrhanaya
  • naigama-naya
Q10 | The standpoint in which we emphasize the universal qualities and ignore the particulars where they are manifested is known as
  • sangraha-naya
  • shabda-naya
  • nayäbhäsa
  • naigama-naya
Q11 | The standpoint in which the real is identified with the momentary is…………..
  • vyavahära-naya
  • shabda-naya
  • nayäbhäsa
  • rjusütra-naya
Q12 | According to ……………. naya, a name should be applied to an object only when its meaning is fulfilled.
  • vyavahära-naya
  • shabda-naya
  • samabhiruda-naya
  • evambhuta-naya
Q13 | In ‘Rjusütra-naya the real is identified with the…………….
  • consistency
  • momentary
  • absolute
  • none of these
Q14 | …………is the theory of Relativity of knowledge.
  • nayabhasa
  • anekanta
  • syadvada
  • nayavada
Q15 | According to Jainism we can know an object in three ways such as ………, naya and pramana.
  • vyavrty
  • durniti
  • nayabhasa
  • hetvabhasa
Q16 | According to Jainism mistaking a partial truth for the whole and the absolute truth is called …………
  • abhava
  • error
  • ‘durniti’
  • syad
Q17 | According to Jainism, Syät is said to be the symbol of…………..
  • validity
  • argument
  • logic
  • truth
Q18 | Who is the author of Padarthadharmasahgraha?
  • vallabha
  • parswanatha
  • prasasthapada
  • gangesa
Q19 | ………..system is predominantly intellectual, analytic, logical and epistemological.
  • jainism
  • nyaya
  • advaita
  • sankhya
Q20 | Nyaya system accepts …………. types of valid means of knowledge.
  • one
  • two
  • three
  • four
Q21 | Vaishesika recognizes only two Pramänas, namely, perception and……….
  • comparison
  • inference
  • verbal testimony
  • implication
Q22 | Nyaya tradtion defines………… as the right apprehension of an object
  • valid knowledge
  • invalid knowledge
  • cognition
  • none of these
Q23 | According to Nyaya……….is not valid because it is not presentative cognition
  • sruti
  • smriti
  • anubhava
  • prama
Q24 | Nyaya system says that, Perception is ‘unassociated with a name’ which means…………
  • determinate
  • ordinary
  • indeterminate
  • extra-ordinary
Q25 | According to Naiyayikas, the perception which is ‘well-defined’ is known as………..
  • determinate
  • indeterminate
  • ordinary
  • extra-ordinary.