Top 250+ Solved Literary Criticism MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Who critiqued the sphota doctrine of the grammarians and the Buddhist linguistic doctrine ofapoha?
a. dandin
b. abhinavagupta
c. udbhata
d. bhamaha
Q. Which critic gave great importance to the gunas and doshas (merits and defects) in poetry?
a. kalidasa
b. anandavardhana
c. dandin
d. rajashekhara
Q. Who is the most authoritative exponent of Pratyabhijna philosophy that is centered on KashmiriShaivism?
a. abhinavagupta
b. anandavardhana
c. kshemendra
d. bhoja
Q. Who is the Kashmiri scholar whose Vakroktijivita is famous for the discussion of vakrata(indirection or obliqueness) in expression in poetry?
a. anandavardhana
b. rajashekhara
c. abhinavagupta
d. kuntaka
Q. Which tailanga scholar who was a prominent poet in the court of the Mughal emperor ShahJahan, was conferred the title Panditaraja?
a. jagannatha
b. mahimabhatta
c. kshemendra
d. bhoja
Q. In which work by Vamana was the word sahrudaya used first in the technical sense of acompetent reader of poetry?
a. agnipurana
b. dwanyaloka
c. kavyaloka
d. kavyalamkara
Q. Which category of prathibha refers to the creative ability of the poet?
a. karayitri
b. bhavayitri
c. abida
d. anumana
Q. Who mentions “vakyam rasatmakam kavyam”, which means any composition which givestasteful pleasure is poetry?
a. kshemendra
b. bhattalolatta
c. mammata
d. jagannatha
Q. Which Indian critical theory concentrates on emotive expression?
a. rasa
b. abida
c. anumana
d. kavya
Q. Which theory in Indian aesthetics theory connotes indirect or suggestive expression?
a. alamkara
b. dhwani
c. kavya
d. aswad
Q. Who was the first dramatist to recognise the importance of rasa in aesthetics?
a. kalidasa
b. jagannatha
c. bharatamuni
d. purandaradasa
Q. Who pointed out the major drawbacks in Bhattalolatta’s theory in relation to vibhava and rasa?
a. mammata
b. shankuka
c. kalidasa
d. bharata
Q. Identify the theory by Bhattanayaka that projects the experiential aspect related to emotions,which is also known as the enjoyment theory?
a. rasa
b. bhuthivada
c. anumitivada
d. pracya nyaya
Q. Which term in Indian aesthetics refers to the process of Generalisation?
a. bhavakatva
b. tamas
c. sattva
d. sadharanikarana