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This set of Indian Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian Philosophy Set 5

Q1 | The Upanisadis statement ‘That thou art’ cames in
  • isa
  • katha
  • kene
  • chandogya
Q2 | The Mandukya Upanisads is a part of
  • rig veda
  • yajur
  • sama
  • atharvaveda
Q3 | The Upanisads can be said as monists because they believe in
  • one god
  • many gods
  • one creator
  • one reality
Q4 | In the Chandogya upanisads Brahman is cryptically described as
  • sacrifice
  • prayer
  • tajjalan
  • none of these
Q5 | The word Brahman is derived from the root ‘Brh’ which means
  • to grow or to evolve
  • breath
  • consciousness
  • none of these
Q6 | Taittiriya Upanisads postulates the theory of ‘five kosas’. These kosas are
  • prithvi,aap,tejas,vayu,akasa
  • rupa, rasa, gandha, sparsha and sabda
  • anna, prana, manas,vijnana an
  • ananda
Q7 | Nis prapanca means
  • acosmic
  • cosmic
  • absolutiosm
  • none of these
Q8 | The word sapra panca means
  • acosmic
  • cosmic
  • absolutism
  • none of these
Q9 | Saccidanda means
  • existance consciousness & bliss
  • existan
  • absolute an
  • bliss
Q10 | The Brhadaranyaka describs Brahman as
  • the real of the real
  • tajj alan
  • sacrifice
  • none of these
Q11 | Neti‐ Neti negates
  • all description about the brahman
  • the reality of the world
  • the reality of the jiva
  • none of these
Q12 | The self is
  • immortal
  • self‐luminous
  • self‐proved
  • all the above
Q13 | The first cause of this universe is
  • absolute consciousness
  • beyond time and space
  • beyon
  • age, death & immortality
Q14 | The Individual self is
  • the product of ignorance
  • the nearest approach to the absolute
  • a knot of the existent an
  • the non‐existent
Q15 | In the empirical condition, the jiva has an out fit of three bodies they are
  • sthula,suksma and karana sarira
  • earth, water &fire
  • manas, sense organs & motor organs
  • none of these
Q16 | The Mundaka upanisad analysied three states of existence of the jiva ‐‐‐‐
  • sthula ,suksma and karna
  • waking, dream and deepsleep
  • sravana, manana an
  • nididhyasava
Q17 | The three steps of the vedantic training towards self‐realization are‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
  • yama, niyama and asana
  • sravana,manana and nididhyasana
  • arana, dhyana and samadhi
Q18 | In the practical teaching of the upanisad the course of discipline prescribedcomprises two states
  • dharana and dhyana
  • sravana and manana
  • vairagya & jnana
  • none of these
Q19 | Nididhyasana means
  • meditation
  • study of the upanisads
  • continue
  • reflection
Q20 | Meditative exercises is called
  • upasana
  • brahman realization
  • yoga
  • none of these
Q21 | Vairagya means
  • removal of ahamkara
  • samnyasa
  • attachment
  • none of these
Q22 | Jivan mukti attained when
  • one is alive
  • only after death
  • ath
Q23 | Videha mukti is attained
  • when one is alive
  • life
  • only after
  • ath
Q24 | The nature of eternal life is
  • a condition of ananda
  • a state of joyous expansion of the soul
  • where heaven an
  • earth felt to flow together
Q25 | The date of Gita may be assigned to
  • 6th c b.c c) 4th c b.c
  • 5th
  • b.c
  • none of these