Top 80+ Solved Indian Epistemology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The methods of induction by which universal causal relationship is established may be………
a. anvaya
b. vyatireka
c. anvaya and vyatireka
d. anvaya, vyatireka or both.
Q. We have ………… inference when the middle term is both positively and negatively related to the major term.
a. kevalavyatireki
b. anvayavyatireki
c. kevalanvayi
d. samanyadodrshta
Q. In ……….the minor term is not unreal, but the middle term cannot by its very nature be present in the minor term.
a. asrayasiddha
b. svarupasidhha
c. vyapyatvasiddha
d. asiddha
Q. ‘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…………
a. asiddha
b. satpratipaksa
c. badhita
d. viruddha
Q. …………… is defined as the knowledge of the relation between a word and its denotation.
a. perception
b. inference
c. comparison
d. verbal testimony
Q. 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.
a. perception
b. inference
c. comparison
d. verbal testimony
Q. The …………. testimony is perfect and infallible because the Vedas are spoken by God.
a. daivika
b. vaidika
c. vakyartha
d. laukika
Q. In order to be intelligible a sentence must conform to the conditions such as,………..
a. akanksa, yogaja, sannidhi and tatparya
b. akanksa, yogyata, sannidhi and tatparya.
c. akanksa, yogaja, samadhi and tatparya
d. akanksa, yogyata, samadhi and tatparya
Q. Purva Mïmamsâ regards the …………… as eternal and authorless and of infallible authority.
a. aptavakya
b. god
c. smriti
d. veda
Q. Both Prabhakara and Kumarila recognize two kinds of knowledge, namely, ……………. and ……………
a. ordinary and extra-ordinary
b. immediate and mediate.
c. absolute and transcendental
d. real and ideal
Q. The method of inference is explained as consisting of three parts: pratijna, hetu, and………..
a. udaharana
b. upanaya
c. drshtanta
d. dodrshta
Q. The knowledge of ………….. is distinguished from inference because the vyäpti or the invariable concomitance is not needed here.
a. similarity
b. implication
c. perception
d. abhava
Q. Kumarila admits the distinction between existential and injunctive propositions and limits the scope of the Veda to the………….
a. vaidika vakya
b. aptavakya
c. siddhartha vâkya
d. vidhayaka vakya
Q. The so-called assertive propositions in the Veda are authoritative only when they help persons to perform their duties is known as………….
a. abhihitanvayavada
b. anvitabhidhanavada
c. apohavada
d. nayavada