Top 80+ Solved Indian Epistemology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The epistemological doctrine of the…………… school is that perception (pratyaksa) is the only means of valid knowledge.
a. carvaka
b. budhism
c. jainism
d. nyaya
Q. Vyapti is the nerve of all inference. But the ………….. School challenges this universal and invariable relationship of concomitance.
a. carvaka
b. budhism
c. jainism
d. nyaya
Q. The Jainas classify knowledge into……………. and ……………
a. internal and external
b. mediate and immediate
c. mathi and shrutha
d. none of the
Q. In Jainism mediate knowledge again divided into
a. mathi and shrutha
b. manahparyäya and kevala
c. avadhi and manahparyäya
d. none of the above
Q. In jainism, immediate knowledge is divided into
a. avadhi, manahparyäya and kevala
b. mathi and shrutha
c. manahparyaya and kevala
d. none of the above
Q. Shruta means knowledge derived from……………
a. authority
b. perception
c. inference
d. none of the above
Q. Avadhi-jnäna, Manah- paryaya-jnäna and Kevala-jnana, are the three kinds of immediate knowledge which may be called as…………..
a. extra-ordinary perception
b. sensory perceptions
c. immidiate perception
d. none of the above
Q. ………….means a standpoint of thought from which we make a statement about a thing.
a. naya
b. shruta
c. kevala
d. none of the above
Q. Partial knowledge of one of the innumerable aspects of a thing is called.
a. naya
b. shruta
c. kevala
d. none of the above
Q. Judgment based on the partial knowledge is also known as.
a. naya
b. shruta
c. kevala
d. none of the above
Q. Among the Nayavada, first four are called……………..
a. artha-naya
b. shabda-naya
c. nayabhasa
d. evambhutanaya
Q. Among the seven nayas the last three are called…………….
a. artha-naya
b. shabda-naya
c. nayabhasa
d. evambhutanaya