Indian Aesthetics Multiple Choice Questions
1. Brahma in originating the Natyaveda has borrowed the art of effective speech from __________ .
A. rgveda
B. sama veda
C. yajurveda
D. atharvaveda
Answer: A. rgveda
2. According to____________ there were three preceding books of natyasastra attributed to brahma bharatha , SadasivaBharatha and AdiBharatha.
A. abhinavabharati
B. locana
C. kavyasastra
D. dhvanyaloka
Answer: A. abhinavabharati
3. ________ is the founder of samkhya system.
A. bharatha
B. panini
C. patanjali
D. kapila
Answer: B. panini
4. According to pessimistic _____ nature is not wholly beautiful.
A. nyaya
B. yoga
C. samkhya
D. vedanta
Answer: A. nyaya
5. Purusharthas are ____ in number.
A. 4
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6
Answer: A. 4
6. Brahma in originating Natyaveda has borrowed acting from ______ veda.
A. rgveda
B. samaveda
C. yajurveda
D. atharvaveda
Answer: C. yajurveda
7. _________ is the author of kavyaalamkarasutravritti .
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. rudrata
D. none of these
Answer: D. none of these
8. According to Vamana __________ riti has all the ten gunas.
A. gaudi
B. panchali
C. vaidarbhi
D. none of these
Answer: B. panchali
9. _______ coined the term aesthetics.
A. baumgarten
B. immanuel kant
C. aristotle
D. plato
Answer: A. baumgarten
10. According to __________ aesthetics is a science of sense cognition.
A. plato
B. immanuel kant
C. aristotle
D. baumgarten
Answer: D. baumgarten
11. The word Soundaryastands for the concept ______of in Indian aesthetics.
A. experience
B. enjoyment
C. art
D. beauty
Answer: D. beauty
12. The earliest attempt to define art is found in _____brahmana.
A. aitareya
B. mundaka
C. mandukya
D. brhadaranyaka
Answer: A. aitareya
13. _________ is the author of aesthetica .
A. kant
B. hegel
C. baumgarten
D. plato
Answer: C. baumgarten
14. _________ is Aristotle’s work on Tragedy.
A. republic
B. poetics
C. critique of judgment
D. lectures on aeshetics
Answer: B. poetics
15. Immanuel Kant discusses his aesthetic theory in _________ .
A. republic
B. poetics
C. critique of judgment
D. lectures on aesthetics
Answer: C. critique of judgment
16. On sublime by _____ is one of the important work of Greeko roman literature.
A. longinus
B. plato
C. aristotle
D. kant
Answer: A. longinus
17. _____ is the first known and extant work on dramaturgy in Indian tradition.
A. natyasastra
B. kavyasastra
C. alamkarasastra
D. none of these
Answer: A. natyasastra
18. _________ is the first known author of poetics.
A. bharatha
B. bhamaha
C. bhattalollata
D. sankuka
Answer: A. bharatha
19. According to _______ a performance of drama is concerned with achieving certain siddhis.
A. bhamaha
B. bharatha
C. bhattalollata
D. sankuka
Answer: B. bharatha
20. __________ is the author of Malavikagnimitram.
A. bana
B. kalidasa
C. bharatha
D. bhamaha
Answer: B. kalidasa
21. _________ is the author of Rasagangadhara.
A. bharatha
B. jagannatha
C. bhamaha
D. bhattanayaka
Answer: B. jagannatha
22. In _______ purana there are two chapters dealing with architecture.
A. matsya
B. vayu
C. skanda
D. none of these.
Answer: A. matsya
23. Upanishads, ___________, and the Bhagavad-Gita, are collectively called the prasthanathrayi.
A. brahmasutras
B. yajurveda
C. samaveda
D. yoga sutra
Answer: A. brahmasutras
24. The founder of Nyaya school is___________ .
A. kapila
B. gautama
C. patanjali
D. sankara
Answer: B. gautama
25. According to ________Art is mimesis.
A. plato
B. kant
C. hegel
D. bharatha
Answer: A. plato
26. Both Bharatha and Aristotle were primarily concerned with __________.
A. dance
B. architecture
C. drama
D. music
Answer: C. drama
27. According to ___________ right knowledge is the knowledge of the separation of purusa from prakriti.
A. samkhya
B. yoga
C. nyaya
D. vaisesika
Answer: A. samkhya
28. Brahmasutra is the basic text of _______ school of Indian philosophy.
A. nyaya
B. vaisesika
C. sankhya
D. vedanta
Answer: D. vedanta
29. According to _________ nature is not wholly beautiful.
A. vedanta
B. sankhya
C. yoga
D. nyaya
Answer: B. sankhya
30. Purusa according to samkhya conception is absolutely _________ .
A. active
B. inert
C. passive
D. none of these
Answer: C. passive
31. According _______ nature is wholly beautiful.
A. vedanta
B. sankhya
C. yoga
D. nyaya
Answer: A. vedanta
32. _______ is the author of sankhyakarika.
A. dhanamjaya
B. abhinava
C. kapila
D. isvarakrsna
Answer: D. isvarakrsna
33. Vacaspatimisra wrote a commentary on ____________ .
A. sankhya sutra
B. sankhyakarika
C. kavyasastra
D. kavyalamkara
Answer: B. sankhyakarika
34. According to samkhya philosophy everything is made up of _______ gunas.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Answer: A. 3
35. Sankhya aesthetics is ________ .
A. pessimistic
B. optimistic
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Answer: A. pessimistic
36. According to _______________artistic attitude is characterized by a temporary forgetting of our individuality.
A. vedanta
B. sankhya
C. yoga
D. nyaya
Answer: A. vedanta
37. The aim art according to samkhya and Vedanta is to induce _______.
A. detachment
B. attachment
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Answer: A. detachment
38. According to ___________ artistic attitude offers an escape from the natural world.
A. nyaya
B. yoga
C. advaida
D. sankhya
Answer: D. sankhya
39. Vedanta aesthetics is ___________.
A. pessimistic
B. optimistic
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Answer: B. optimistic
40. Prakrti and purusa are the two realities according to ______ system.
A. advaida
B. samkhya
C. nyaya
D. yoga
Answer: B. samkhya
41. “Vibhavanubhavavyabhicharisamyogadrasanispattih” is the _______ .
A. yoga sutra
B. rasa sutra
C. bhagyasukta
D. none of these
Answer: B. rasa sutra
42. According to the rasa sutra of Bharata the birth rasa takes place out of the combination of _________, anubhava and vyabhicharibhava .
A. vibhava
B. sthayibhava
C. satvikabhava
D. none of these
Answer: B. sthayibhava
43. According to ____________ rasa is a permanent mental state intensified by determinants, consequents and transitory emotions.
A. bhattanayaka
B. bhattalollata
C. sankuka
D. bhattatauttta
Answer: B. bhattalollata
44. According to Bharatha _________ is the expression of mental states.
A. bhava
B. rasa
C. vibhava
D. none of these
Answer: A. bhava
45. BhattaLollata was not concerned about __________ view of rasa.
A. character
B. actor
C. spectator
D. none of these.
Answer: C. spectator
46. According to ______Rasa is not an intensified state but an imitated mental state
A. sankuka
B. bhattalollata
C. bharatha
D. bhattanayaka
Answer: A. sankuka
47. _______________ is the author of kavyakautuka .
A. bharatha
B. bhattanayaka
C. bhattalollata
D. bhattatauta
Answer: D. bhattatauta
48. _________ is the special power words in poetry and drama assume according bhattanayaka
A. abhitha
B. bhavana
C. vyanjana
D. none of these
Answer: B. bhavana
49. The concept of _______ is Bhattanayaka’s main contribution to Indian aesthetics.
A. dhvani
B. alamkara
C. sadharanikarana
D. none of these
Answer: C. sadharanikarana
50. Acording to bhattanayaka aesthetic experience is not noetic in character ,but it is a kind of ____________ .
A. bhava
B. anubhava
C. bhoga
D. vyabhicharibhava
Answer: C. bhoga
51. According to _________ thesecondry function of language does not imply poetry .
A. anandhavardhana
B. abhinavagupta
C. bhattanayaka
D. bhattalollata
Answer: A. anandhavardhana
52. _______________ held the view that poetic meaning is not understood by mere learning of grammar and poetry .
A. anandhavardhana
B. abhinavagupta
C. bhattanayaka
D. bhattalollata
Answer: C. bhattanayaka
53. In _____ kavya conventional meaning are subordinate.
A. abhitha
B. lakshana
C. dhvani
D. none of these
Answer: C. dhvani
54. The ninthrasa according to Abhinavagupta is _______________
A. soka
B. hasya
C. sringara
D. santa
Answer: D. santa
55. Aesthetic experience is ___________ ordinary experience and religious
experience
A. same as
B. different from
C. both a and b
D. none of these
Answer: B. different from
56. Abhinavagupta takes the idea of sadharanikarana from _______ .
A. bhattanayaka
B. bhattalollata
C. anandhavardhana
D. sankuka
Answer: A. bhattanayaka
57. According to ______________ rasa is not limited by any difference of space ,
time and knowing subject.
A. bhattanayaka
B. abhinavagupta
C. bhattalollata
D. sankuka
Answer: B. abhinavagupta
58. Unlike ______ Abhinavagupta separates the boundaries between aesthetic
and mystical experience.
A. bhattanayaka
B. bharatha
C. lollata
D. sankuka
Answer: A. bhattanayaka
59. Sattvikabhavas are __________ in number
A. four
B. six
C. eight
D. two
Answer: C. eight
60. _____________ are 33 in number.
A. sattvikabhava
B. sthayibhava
C. vyabhicharibhava
D. anubhava
Answer: C. vyabhicharibhava
61. _______________ is the author of Kavyaprakasadarsa.
A. maheshvara
B. bharata
C. vidyabhusana
D. abhinavagupta
Answer: A. maheshvara
62. Abhinavagupta belongs to ______________ school of Indian philosophy
A. nyaya
B. vaisesika
C. pratyabhinja
D. sankhya
Answer: C. pratyabhinja
63. Theories of literature and drama are discussed in ______________.
A. vishnudharmottarapurana
B. skandapurana
C. vayupurana
D. none of
Answer: A. vishnudharmottarapurana
64. ____________ is the author of Kavyadarsa.
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A. sankuka
B. bhamaha
C. bharatha
D. dandin
Answer: D. dandin
65. According to Bharathasthayibhavas are ________ in number.
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
Answer: D. 8
66. Vibhavas are of ___ types
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. eight
Answer: A. two
67. Actors in the drama are _____________ vibhavas.
A. alambhana
B. uddipana
C. alamkara
D. chamatkara
Answer: A. alambhana
68. ___________ is bodily reaction by which vibhavas and bhavas are understood.
A. anubhava
B. sthayibhava
C. sancharibhava
D. none of these
Answer: A. anubhava
69. Bharatha defines _______ as the condition for the expression of rasa in poetry.
A. bhava
B. vibhava
C. anubhava
D. none of these
Answer: A. bhava
70. Bharata enumerates bhavas as _________ in number and classifies them as
sthayibhavas ,vyabhicharibhavas and sattvikabhavas.
A. 49
B. 47
C. 41
D. 43
Answer: A. 49
71. __________describes natya as anukriti.
A. patanjali
B. jaimini
C. kapila
D. bharatha
Answer: D. bharatha
72. According to Bharathabhavas or rasas has _______ stages of transformations.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer: B. three
73. Bharatha recognizes ________ types of acting .
A. seven
B. four
C. three
D. nine
Answer: B. four
74. Angika, vachika, sattvika and ___________ are the types of acting recognized
by Bharata .
A. kaisiki
B. aharya
C. arabhati
D. bharathi
Answer: B. aharya
75. The four types of actions recognized by Bharatha are Sattvati, arabhati
,_______ and bharathi .
A. kaisiki
B. sattvika
C. vachika
D. aharya
Answer: A. kaisiki
76. Srngara rasa is based on the sthayibhava __________
A. soka
B. hasa
C. rati
D. adbudha
Answer: C. rati
77. _______ rasa based on the sthayibhavautsaha.
A. vira
B. soka
C. hasya
D. ) vismaya
Answer: A. vira
78. Ugrata is _______________ bhava.
A. vyabhichari
B. satvika
C. sthayi
D. none of these
Answer: A. vyabhichari
79. Sthamba is _______________ .
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A. vyabhichari
B. satvika
C. sthayi
D. none of these
Answer: B. satvika
80. Nirveda and glani are ______________ bhava.
A. vyabhichari
B. satvika
C. sthayi
D. none of these
Answer: A. vyabhichari
81. Presiding diety of the srngara rasa is ______ .
A. visnu
B. pramatha
C. siva
D. brahma
Answer: A. visnu
82. The colour associated with hasyarasa is __________.
A. white
B. black
C. red
D. yellow
Answer: A. white
83. The diety associated withadbhuta rasa is ___________ .
A. brahma
B. kala
C. mahakal
D. indra
Answer: A. brahma
84. The colour associated with raudrarasa is
A. black
B. blue
C. yellow
D. red
Answer: A. black
85. ________ is the sthayibhava associated with raudrarasa .
A. krodha
B. hasa
C. soka
D. utsaha
Answer: A. krodha
86. Intoxication, despair, Epilepsy, sickness, madness, death are the
vyabhicharibhavas associatedwith __________ rasa .
A. bhibatsa
B. vira
C. adbhuta
D. bhayanaka
Answer: A. bhibatsa
87. The colour associated with karuna rasa in _____
A. black
B. blue
C. yellow
D. grey
Answer: D. grey
88. The deity associated with vira rasa is ____________ .
A. brahma
B. kala
C. mahakal
D. indra
Answer: D. indra
89. ________ is the sthayibhavaassociated with adbhutharasa .
A. juguspa
B. bhaya
C. vismaya
D. utsaha
Answer: A. juguspa
90. All vyabhicaris except indolence and cruelty are associatedwith ____ rasa .
A. srngara
B. vira
C. adbhuta
D. bhayanaka
Answer: A. srngara
91. In the ancient past theoretical performance was called ———– .
A. nataka
B. rupaka
C. natya
D. none of these
Answer: B. rupaka
92. Most evolved form of rupaka is called ________ .
A. bhava ,
B. kala
C. anka
D. nataka
Answer: D. nataka
93. Which among the following is not a rupaka ?
A. thithi
B. prakarana
C. nataka
D. alamkara
Answer: D. alamkara
94. Bharatha talks about __ varieties of poetic embellishments.
A. 33
B. 36
C. 43
D. 46
Answer: B. 36
95. According to ______ alamkara is the most essential element of poetry.
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. battalollata
D. none of these
Answer: A. bhamaha
96. According to ___________ vakrokti is the soul of poetry .
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. rudrata
D. none of these
Answer: B. kundaka
97. _________in Kavyaalankaara divides kavya into three based on the language
as Samskrita, Prakrita and Apabhramsha
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. rudrata
D. none of these
Answer: A. bhamaha
98. Dandin, in his ____________divides Kavya as gadya, padya and mishra.
A. kavyadarsha
B. alamkara-sara-sangraha
C. kavyaalankaara
Answer: A. kavyadarsha
99. __________ the author of Alamkara-sara-sangraha,
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. rudrata
D. udhbhata
Answer: D. udhbhata
100. ____________in his work Kavyaalamkara-sutra, declares riti as the soul of
poetry.
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. vamana
D. udhbhata
Answer: C. vamana
101. _____________ is the author of Kavya-meemaamsa.
A. rajashekhara
B. kundaka
C. vamana
D. udhbhata
Answer: A. rajashekhara
102. Madhurya, ojas and prasada are thethree qualities according to ________ .
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. udhbhata
D. vamana
Answer: A. bhamaha
103. According to Bhamaha, Dandin and Udbhata the essential element of
Kavyawas ___________ .
A. alamkara
B. vakrokti
C. guna
D. riti
Answer: A. alamkara
104. According to Kshemendra __________is the very life of Kavya.
A. alamkara
B. vakrokti
C. guna
D. aucitya
Answer: D. aucitya
105. __________ treats Rasa as an aspect of Alamkara.
A. bhamaha
B. kundaka
C. udhbhata
D. vamana
Answer: A. bhamaha
106. Bharata’sNatyasastra mentions ________ alamkaras .
A. five
B. six
C. seven
D. four
Answer: D. four
107. Bharata’sNatyasastra mentions ________ gunasof Poetic composition.
A. ten
B. five
C. four
D. six
Answer: A. ten
108. Vaman defines ___________ as particular arrangement of words.
A. riti
B. alamkara
C. vakrokti
D. guna
Answer: A. riti
109. Vamanadiscusses _____________types of riti .
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
Answer: A. three
110. According to Vamanathe ________ riti abounds in thegunasojas and kanti.
A. gandhara
B. panchali
C. vaidarbhi
D. gaudi
Answer: D. gaudi
111. ________ritiis endowed with the gunasmadhurya and saukumarya
A. gaudi
B. panchali
C. vaidarbhi
D. none of these
Answer: B. panchali
112. According ___________ ‘Vakroktihkavyajivitam
A. bharatha
B. bhoja
C. kuntaka
D. bhamaha
Answer: C. kuntaka
113. _________divided poetry into three classes (a) vakrokti, (b) svabhlivokti (c)
rasokti.
A. bharatha
B. bhoja
C. kuntaka
D. bhamaha
Answer: B. bhoja
114. MahimaBhatta who wrote ___________ tried to comprehend all ideas of
dhvani in the process of anumana .
A. dhvanyaloka
B. locana
C. abhinavabharathi
D. \vyakti-viveka\
Answer: D. \vyakti-viveka\
115. ____________ considers aucitya as the essence of rasa.
A. ksemendra
B. bhoja
C. kuntaka
D. bhamaha
Answer: A. ksemendra
116. Upama ,Dipaka , Rupaka and yamaka are the four ___________ mentioned in
Natyasastra .
A. alamkaras
B. riti
C. guna
D. vakrokti
Answer: A. alamkaras
117. Bhamaka Divides alamkaras into _____ groups.
A. three
B. four
C. two
D. five
Answer: B. four
118. ____________ treats rasa as rasavatalamkara .
A. mahimabhatta
B. khemendra
C. bhoja
D. bhahama
Answer: D. bhahama
119. Vamana equates beauty with _________.
A. alamkara
B. riti
C. guna
D. vakrokti
Answer: A. alamkara
120. Upamaand rupaka are __________ .
A. arthalamkaras
B. sabdalamkaras
C. guna
D. dosha
Answer: A. arthalamkaras
121. Anuprasa and yamaka are ___________ .
A. arthalamkaras
B. sabdalamkaras
C. guna
D. dosha
Answer: B. sabdalamkaras
122. ________ defines poetry as a word promoting delight.
A. jagannath
B. vamana
C. bharatha
D. abhinavagupta
Answer: A. jagannath
123. _______ defines poetry as that union of sound and sense which is devoid of
poetic flaws and is embodied with gunas.
A. bharatha
B. vamana
C. sankuka
D. lollata
Answer: B. vamana
124. _________ defines poetry as the union of sound and sense which express
alamkaras.
A. bharatha
B. vamana
C. sankuka
D. lollata
Answer: B. vamana
125. According to Vamanriti is the soul of poetry and all the beautifying elements
of it can be included in the ____ guans accepted by him
A. 10
B. 20
C. 9
D. 5
Answer: B. 20
126. Alamkaravadins regard the _____ as the sovereign virtue of poetry.
A. rasa
B. alamkara
C. dhwani
D. guna
Answer: B. alamkara
127. The three architectural traditions in India are ____________
A. riti, guna ,dosa
B. saiva , brahma , maya
C. rupaka , yamaka ,upama
D. none of these
Answer: B. saiva , brahma , maya
128. Samaranganasutradhara is attributed to __________
A. yaska
B. panini
C. bhoja
D. bhamaha
Answer: C. bhoja
129. Visnudharmottarapurana presents the _____________ architectural tradition.
A. saiva
B. maya
C. brahma
D. none of these
Answer: C. brahma
130. According to chitra sutra there are _________ types of painting
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
Answer: B. four
131. Satya and nagara are the types ________
A. human figures
B. paintings
C. architecture
D. poems
Answer: B. paintings
132. Hamsaand Ruchakaare the types of ____________ .
A. human figures
B. paintings
C. architecture
D. poems
Answer: A. human figures
133. Patra and binduja are styles of _____________.
A. human figures
B. paintings
C. architecture
D. poems
Answer: B. paintings
134. __________ is the heavenly architect .
A. visvakarma
B. brahma
C. vishnu
D. shiva
Answer: A. visvakarma
135. ___________ was the architect of demons.
A. visvakarma
B. maya
C. yaska
D. panini
Answer: B. maya
136. Nagara, Dravida and Vesura are styles of __________.
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A. human figures
B. paintings
C. architecture
D. poems
Answer: C. architecture
137. Manasara is a book on _________.
A. sculpture
B. paintings
C. architecture
D. poems
Answer: A. sculpture
138. The idea of vastubhramavada is found in ________ Upanishad.
A. aitareya
B. taitariya
C. mundaka
D. mandukya
Answer: B. taitariya
139. __________ is the upaveda od samaveda .
A. ayurveda
B. dhanurveda
C. gandharvaveda
D. sastrasastra
Answer: C. gandharvaveda
140. _____________ is the author of Vakyapadiya.
A. bhartrahari
B. anadnavardhana
C. abhinavagupta
D. bharatha
Answer: A. bhartrahari
141. According to _______ Speech is an outward form of consciousness.
A. natyasastra
B. vakyapadiya
C. kavyaprakasa
D. abhinavabharati
Answer: B. vakyapadiya
142. Vakyapadiya, asserts the identity of the Sabdatattva (the Word principle) with the
_______________ .
A. absolute reality
B. god
C. language
D. world
Answer: A. absolute reality
143. According to Bharatrahari _________ is the finest means to highest truth.
A. logic
B. music
C. grammar
D. ethics
Answer: C. grammar
144. The four fold division of vak has its origin in __________ .
A. natyasastra
B. abhinavabharati
C. rigveda
D. vakyapadiya
Answer: C. rigveda
145. According to _____________ sabdatattva is the root cause of everything.
A. bharatha
B. bhamaha
C. sankuka
D. bhartrahari
Answer: D. bhartrahari
146. According to ____________Sabdatattvamanifestsinto three stages :Pashyanti,
Madhyamā and Vaikhari.
A. bharatha
B. bhattalollata
C. sankuka
D. bhartrahari
Answer: D. bhartrahari
147. _____ is the unspoken thought that instinctively springs up and which is
visualised, within one’s self.
A. vak
B. pashyanti
C. madhyama
D. vaikhari
Answer: B. pashyanti
148. When silently reading we are at the level of ___________ .
A. vak
B. pashyanti
C. madhyama
D. vaikhari
Answer: C. madhyama
149. The manifest level of speech is ________ .
A. vak
B. pashyanti
C. madhyama
D. vaikhari
Answer: D. vaikhari
150. Sabarabhasya is the commentary of ____________ .
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A. purvamimamsa sutra
B. yoga sutra
C. rasa sutra
D. samkhyakarika
Answer: A. purvamimamsa sutra
151. Abhihitanvaya theory is advocatedby ____________ .
A. prabhakara
B. kumarila
C. bhamaha
D. bharatha
Answer: B. kumarila
152. Anvitabhidanatheory is advocated by _______________ .
A. prabhakara
B. kumarila
C. bhamaha
D. bharatha
Answer: A. prabhakara
153. According to Patanjalisabda is _____ .
A. nitya
B. anitya
C. both
D. none
Answer: A. nitya
154. the relation between word and meaning is eternal according to _________.
A. panini
B. katyayana
C. patanjali
D. all three
Answer: D. all three
155. ________is the causeof utterance and the cause of understanding
A. sphota
B. abhitha
C. lakshana
D. vyanjana
Answer: A. sphota
156. __________ is the author of ashtadhyayi
A. yaska
B. patanjali
C. panini
D. bharatha
Answer: C. panini
157. _________ is the author of Mahabhasya .
A. patanjali
B. yaska
C. panini
D. bharatha
Answer: A. patanjali
158. Katyayana’s __________ is an elaboration of Panini’s ashtdhyayi.
A. varttika
B. karika
C. vritti
D. bhasya
Answer: A. varttika
159. The first kanda of vakyapadiya is ________
A. vakyakanda
B. brahma kanda
C. jnanakanda
D. bhakti kanda
Answer: B. brahma kanda
160. __________ kanda of vakyapdiya contains different conceptions of sentence.
A. vakyakanda
B. brahma kanda
C. padakanda
D. bhakti kanda
Answer: A. vakyakanda
161. Vakypadiya represents a kind of _________ in which language principle
stands ultimately as the source of entire material existence.
A. linguistic monism
B. metaphysical dualism
C. epistemological dualism
D. none
Answer: A. linguistic monism
162. The doctrine of _____________ asserts that the ultimate reality, brahman , is the
imperishable principle of language.
A. atman
B. sabdabrahman
C. jiva
D. none of these
Answer: B. sabdabrahman
163. _________ stands for real word and _________ stands for physical sound
A. sphota , dhwani
B. dhwani , sphota
C. madhyama , vaikhari
D. none of these
Answer: A. sphota , dhwani
164. According to bartrahari as a linguistic reality the sentence is a __________ unit.
A. indivisible ,
B. divisible
C. both
D. none of these
Answer: A. indivisible ,
165. A linguistic expression conceived as a single unit is referred as _________.
A. pada
B. vakya
C. sphota
D. varna
Answer: C. sphota
166. ____________ consider a sentence to be primary unit and believe that words are
analytically derived from sentences.
A. vakyavadins
B. padavadins
C. both
D. none of these
Answer: A. vakyavadins
167. According to padavadin sentence meaning is understood only when all the ____
come together.
A. sentences
B. words
C. both
D. none of these
Answer: B. words
168. __________ is the author of dhvanyaloka.
A. abhinavagupta
B. anandhavardhana
C. mahimabhatta
D. mukulabhatta
Answer: B. anandhavardhana
169. __________ is a commentary on Dhvanyaloka by Abhinavagupta .
A. locana
B. bharathi
C. kavyaprakasa
D. vakyapadiya
Answer: A. locana
170. Hrdayadarpana of __________ is critical of the theory of suggestion.
A. bhattanayaka
B. bhattalollata
C. abhinavagupta
D. anandhavardhana
Answer: A. bhattanayaka
171. __________ a reputed logician of Kashmir was of the opinion that dhvani does
not deserve any serious attenssion at all.
A. mahimabhatta
B. mukulabhatta
C. jayanyhabhatta
D. bhattalollata
Answer: C. jayanyhabhatta
172. According to bhattanayaka poetic language has the three fold power of
Abhitha ,bhavakatva and ______________
A. rasa dhvani
B. bhojakatva
C. alamkara
D. vakrokti
Answer: B. bhojakatva
173. Mahimabhatta is the author of ————.
A. kavyaprakasa
B. vyaktivivieka
C. alamkarasastra
D. kavyasastra
Answer: B. vyaktivivieka
174. Nyaya admits two kinds of meaning ___________ and __________’
A. abhita and vyanjana
B. abhita and laksana
C. lakshana and vyanjana
D. none
Answer: B. abhita and laksana
175. According to ________________ dhvani is a type of inference
A. mahimabhatta
B. mukulabhatta
C. bhattanayaka
D. bhattalollata
Answer: A. mahimabhatta
176. According to mukulabhattadhvani can be explained by ______
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A. inference
B. abhitha
C. lakshan
D. vyanjana
Answer: C. lakshan
177. When suggested sense arise naturally in a poem it is called
A. chitrakavya
B. gunibhutavyangyakavya
C. dhvanikavya
D. none of these .
Answer: C. dhvanikavya
178. When suggested sense is subordinate to explicit sense then the poem is called
________ .
A. chitrakavya
B. gunibhutavyangyakavya
C. dhvanikavya
D. none of these
Answer: B. gunibhutavyangyakavya
179. DhvaniKavya has ___ principal varities.
A. five
B. four
C. three
D. two
Answer: A. five
180. In the seventh century _____ school divided in to two sub schools under the aegis
of kumarillabhatta and prabhakara.
A. mimamsa
B. vedanta
C. nyaya
D. samkhya
Answer: A. mimamsa
181. The element of suggestion is not present at all in _____ .
A. chitrakavya
B. gunibhutavyangyakavya
C. dhvanikavya
D. none of these
Answer: A. chitrakavya
182. Sangitaratnakara is an encyclopedic work on indian _______ .
A. architecture
B. dance
C. paintings
D. music
Answer: D. music
183. __________ is the author of sangitaratnakara.
A. bharatha
B. manu
C. patanjali
D. sarangadeva
Answer: D. sarangadeva
184. ________ wrote a commentary on Sangitaratnakara
A. panini
B. simhabhupala
C. sarangadeva
D. bharatha
Answer: B. simhabhupala
185. ____________ is not a commentary on sangitaratnakara
A. sudhakara
B. kalanidhi
C. kaustubha
D. locana
Answer: D. locana
186. The spiritual value of music was recognized in ______ upanisad.
A. chandogya
B. aitareya
C. mundaka
D. mandukya
Answer: A. chandogya