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This set of Indian Metaphysics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian Metaphysics Set 1
Q1 | Indian philosophy takes an introspective approach to reality, concerningitself with knowledge of the inner life and the……………
- reality
- paravidya
- darsana
- atmavidya
Q2 | ………is often accepted as the only method for knowing the ultimatetruth.
- realty
- pramanas
- intuition
- god
Q3 | The muktikopanisad gives the number of the Upanisads as…………
- 180
- 170
- 108
- 107
Q4 | The …………..was described in the hymns of Vedas as being One thatrealized itself in multiple things.
- ultimate reality
- truth
- self
- absolute
Q5 | The two concepts that are of paramount importance in the Upanishads are……………… and …………….
- sat and asat
- being and non- being
- truth and reality
- brahman and atman.
Q6 | …………….is the material, efficient, formal and final cause of all thatexist
- god
- atman
- brahman
- iswara
Q7 | The ………… means the inner self, the soul, the immortal spirit in an individual, and all living beings including animals and trees.
- god
- atman
- brahman
- iswara
Q8 | According to Upanisad, “He, who is this …………. in man, and who is that the sun, those are one”.
- god
- atman
- brahman
- iswara
Q9 | In the Chandogya Upanishad, it is criptically described as …………
- satjjalan
- tajjalan.
- ajjalan
- absolute
Q10 | In the …………... Upanishad, Brahman is described as that from which all beings are born, by which they live, and into which they are reabsorbed.
- taittiriya
- aitereya
- chaddogya
- mandukya
Q11 | The real theory of evolution is given in the doctrine of five sheaths (koshas) the …………… Upanisad.
- taittiriya
- aitereya
- chaddogya
- mandukya
Q12 | The third state of evolution is………………
- pranamaya
- manomya
- annamaya
- anandamaya
Q13 | In the ………… stage the empirical trinity of knower, known andknowledge has been fused into a transcendental unity.
- pranamaya
- manomya
- annamaya
- anandamaya
Q14 | According to Upanishads Brahman is to be understood as being of twokinds, namely, ……….. and ………….
- nitya and anitya
- satya and nitya
- para and apara
- true and real
Q15 | The words Brahman and ………… are two aspects of the same entity, thatis, impersonal and personal God.
- ishvara
- atman
- maya
- adyasa
Q16 | …………. refers to ultimate reality that has qualities and impersonal God isthe one that is devoid of attributes.
- ishvara
- atman
- maya
- adyasa
Q17 | The ………..Brahman is the transcendental absolute, the Turiya or thefourth.
- cosmic
- acosmic
- real
- true
Q18 | Upanishads rejected the ……………… theories of evolution.
- psychological
- cosmological
- deontological
- materialistic
Q19 | ……… is the level of experience in which the mind constructs its ownreality.
- prathibhasika
- vyavaharika
- paramarthika
- turiya
Q20 | ……….is the level in which both jiva and Iswara are true.
- prathibhasika
- vyavaharika
- paramarthika
- turiya.
Q21 | …………. is the state of experiencing that "which is absolutely real andinto which both other reality levels can be resolved
- prathibhasika
- vyavaharika
- paramarthik
- turiya.
Q22 | The word Jainism is derived from the word ‘Jina’ which means…………..
- warrior
- compassionate
- thirthankara
- conqueror
Q23 | According to Jaina ………….. the universe is an uncreated entity that has always been in existence and shall always be there.
- theory
- metaphiysics
- ethics
- epistemology
Q24 | The ……… metaphysics is a realistic and relativistic pluralism.
- jaina
- samkhya
- nyaya
- vaisesika
Q25 | The theory of ……………states that the ultimate truth and reality iscomplex and has multiple aspects.
- syadvada
- anekantavada
- apohavada
- nayavada