Indian Epistemology Set 4

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 4

Q1 | A…………… is regarded as an articulated sound.
Q2 | When a varna is pronounced or written in ten different ways, there are not ten different varnas, but only ten different manifestations of the same ………….
Q3 | The conventional element in language is……….. and helps the manifestation of the eternal words and their meanings.
Q4 | According to Sankara, cognitions are regarded as modifications of the ………in which the pure spirit is reflected.
Q5 | ………….. alone is considered to be a pramana which gives rise to Brahman-knowledge and all other pramana deal with the material world.
Q6 | The pervasion of ………….removes the veil of ignorance and the pervasion of reflected consciousness illumines the object.
Q7 | The identity statements, according to Advaita, reveals the identity meaning by the application of ………………..implication.
Q8 | …………….. means that the middle term appears to be a reason but is not a valid reason.
Q9 | Upamana is knowledge derived from comparison and roughly corresponds to ………….
Q10 | The Nyaya tradition reduced the……………… to inference.
Q11 | The word……………. literally means 'revered thought' and was originally applied to the Interpretation of the Vedic rituals which commanded highest reverence.
Q12 | Jaimini admits three pramanas, such as, perception, inference and…………..
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