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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