Indian Epistemology Set 3

Master of Arts in Philosophy (MA Philosophy)

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This set of Indian Epistemology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian Epistemology Set 3

Q1 | According to Naiyayikas, all perception we have is
Q2 | Bare sensation or simple apprehension is
Q3 | Perceptual judgment or relational apprehension is
Q4 | ………… perception is the direct sense-experience which is undifferentiated and non-relational and is free from assimilation, discrimination, analysis and synthesis.
Q5 | The clear perception of a thing together with its attributes is………….
Q6 | According to Nyäya, the universals are a distinct class of reals. This is known as……… perception.
Q7 | The theory of illusion accepted by Nyaya is based on………… kind of perception.
Q8 | The presence of the middle term in the minor term is called …………..
Q9 | The invariable association of the middle term with the major term is called ……….
Q10 | In the ………inference we do not require the formal statement of the different members of inference.
Q11 | There are ………….. Members in the Nyäya syllogism.
Q12 | The methods of induction by which universal causal relationship is established may be………
Q13 | We have ………… inference when the middle term is both positively and negatively related to the major term.
Q14 | In ……….the minor term is not unreal, but the middle term cannot by its very nature be present in the minor term.
Q15 | ‘The middle term, instead of being pervaded by the presence of the major term, is pervaded by the absence of the major term’. This is known as…………
Q16 | …………… is defined as the knowledge of the relation between a word and its denotation.
Q17 | According to …………. a sentence is defined as a collection of words and a word is defined as that which is potent to convey its meaning.
Q18 | The …………. testimony is perfect and infallible because the Vedas are spoken by God.
Q19 | In order to be intelligible a sentence must conform to the conditions such as,………..
Q20 | Purva Mïmamsâ regards the …………… as eternal and authorless and of infallible authority.
Q21 | Both Prabhakara and Kumarila recognize two kinds of knowledge, namely, ……………. and ……………
Q22 | The method of inference is explained as consisting of three parts: pratijna, hetu, and………..
Q23 | The knowledge of ………….. is distinguished from inference because the vyäpti or the invariable concomitance is not needed here.
Q24 | Kumarila admits the distinction between existential and injunctive propositions and limits the scope of the Veda to the………….
Q25 | The so-called assertive propositions in the Veda are authoritative only when they help persons to perform their duties is known as………….
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