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School of Distance Education UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION BA Philosophy (2011 Admission Onwards) V Semester Core Course The Systems of Indian Philosophy QUESTION BANK 1. The etymological meaning of the world philosophy is a) Love of Soul c) Love of truth b) Love of learing d) None of these 2. The keynote of all schools of Indian philosophy is a) Know the self c) Know the god b) Atman d) None of these 3. The goal of all schools of Indian philosophy is a) Self –realization c) Annihilation of pain b) Wisdom d) None of these 4. The veda is etymologically related to a) Vid c) Love of learning b) Scripture d) None of these 5. The Vedas are held to be apauruseya because they are a) Invented by the risis c) Human origin b) Revealed to the risis d) None of these 6. Each veda consists of -------------------- parts a) Three c) Two b) Four d) One The Systems of Indian Philosophy School of Distance Education 7. Mantras and the Brahmanas constitute a) Jnana kanda c) Knowledge b) Karma Kanda d) None of these 8. RK, Yajur, Sama and Atharva are a) Different Samhitas c) Different Brahman b) Different parts of the Veda d) None of these 9. The ------------------------- are the earliest document of the Aryan mind a) Vedas c) Sruthi b) Sutras d) None of these 10. Vid means to a) Truth c) False knowledge b) Knowledge d) None of these 11. Aranyakas and the Upanisads constitute a) Jnanakanda c) Karma kanda b) Rituals d) None of these 12. The ----------------- were the last literary products of the vedic period a) Upanisads c) Brhmans b) Aranyakas d) None of these 13. The appendages to the Brahmanas are called a) Upanisads c) Mantras b) Aranyakas d) None of these 14. The Sanskrit term for philosophy is a) Darsana c) Love of wisdom b) Love of learning d) None of these 15. Sruti means a) Memory c) That which is heard b) Smriti d) None of these 16. The collection of the mantras is called a) Samhita c) Brahmana b) Upanisads d) Veda 17. The Brahamanas are written in a) Poem c) Hymns b) Prose d) None of these 18. -------------------- Samhita is regarded as the oldest and also the most important a) Sama c) RK b) Yajur d) None of these The Systems of Indian Philosophy School of Distance Education 19. The Upanisads are also known as a) Veda c) Vedanta b) Brahmana d) None of these 20. The mantra portion has been called religion of Nature a) Of the poets c) Of the philosophers b) Of the priest d) None of these 21. The mantras inculcate a form of a) Nature worship c) Worship of rta b) God worship d) None of these 22. Henotheism means a) Belief in God c) Belief in reality b) Belief in one only God d) None of these 23. Belief in many gods is known as a) Polytheism c) monotheism b) Henotheism d) monism 24. The whole of existence is reduced to one fundamental reality is called a) Polytheism c) Monism b) Monotheism d) None of these 25. The first period of Indian philosophy is called a) Vedic c) Sutra b) Epic d) Scholastic 26. Sama Means a a) Verse c) Prose b) Song d) None of these 27. Some times the Vedas are referred to only as a) Trayi c) Two b) Four d) None of these 28. The essence of the vedic hymns is the philosophy of a) Monotheism c) Polytheism b) Spiritualistic monism d) None of these 29. A transitional stage from polytheism to monotheism is a) Henotheism c) Spiritualism b) Monism d) None of these 30. ------------------ is the guardian of the moral law a) Indra c) Agni b) Varuna d) None of these 31. The god who vanguishes evil The Systems of Indian Philosophy School of Distance Education a) Varuna c) Indra b) Agni d) None of these 32. Natural occurrences are attribute to supernatural causes in a) Monotheism c) Polytheism b) Monism d) None of these 33. According to Macdonnel henotheism is a) An appearance c) Reality b) God d) None of these 34. The highest spiritual truth is expressed in ---------- form in vedic hymns a) Two form c) Three form b) One form d) None of these 35. The highest spiritual truth expressed in Vedic hymns are a) Monism & Polytheism c) Polytheism & Monotheism b) Monotheism & Monism d) None of these 36. The Brahmanas are the work of the a) Poets c) Priests b) Philosopher d) None of these 37. The hymns are the creation of the a) Poets c) Priests b) Philosopher d) None of these 38. The Upanisads are the meditation of the a) Poets c) Priests b) Philosopher d) None of these 39. The mantras in its present form dates from a) 500 B.C c) 600 B.C b) 400 B.C d) 300 B.C 40. Brahmanas form the ------------------ part of the Vedas a) First part c) Third part b) Second part d) Fourth part 41. The teachings of the Upanisads represents a) The goal of the veda c) Meditation b) Reality d) None of these 42. Monotheism means a) Many Gods were reduced to one God b) The whole of existence is reduced to one c) Multiplicity of Gods d) None of these The Systems of Indian Philosophy School of Distance Education 43. The fourth period of Indian philosophy is called a) Scholastic period c)Vedic period b) Epic period d) None of these 44. The school of logic is a) Nyaya System c) Sankhya System b) Vaisesika d) None of these 45. Patanjali is the founder of a) Yoga school c) Nyaya b) Sankhya school d) None of these 46. The ---------------- School is known as Indian materialism a) Buddhism c) Jainism b) Carvaka d) None of these 47. Astikas are those which a) Accept vedic authority c) Reject God b) Reject vedic authority d) None of these 48. Nastikan are those which a) Reject vedic authority c) Reject god b) Accept vedic authority d) None of these 49. The first systematic teatise on Vedanta is Badarayana’s a) Nyaya Sutra c) Mimamsa sutra b) Brahma sutra d) None of these 50. Mimamsa sutra is written by a) Gotama c) Jaimini b) Kapila d) None of these 51. The number of Pranamas accepted by Carvaka a) One b) Two c) Six d) None of these 52 According to Carvaka existence of an object is determined by a) Perception b) inference c)authority d) analogy 53 Which among the following schools holds that matter is the only reality a) Jainism b) Carvaka c) Buddhism d) None of these 54 According to Carvaka the Valid Source of knowledge is a) Perception b) Inferences c) Sabda d) None of these 55 Who among the following philosophers said inference is a mere leap in the dark a) Jaina b) Carvaka c) Budha d) None of these 56 Carvaka accepts moksa as The Systems of Indian Philosophy School of Distance Education a) The end of this life c) ananda b) Cessation of suffering d) None of these 57. The carvaka school of philosophy represent a) atheism and materialism c) naturalism b) Spriritualism d) None of these 58. Which among the following schools rejects anumana as a valid source of knowledge a) Buddhism b) Jainism c) Carvaka d) None of these 59. According to carvaka the purusarthas are a) Artha and Kama c) dharma b) Moksa d) Moksa and dharma 60. According to Carvaka, the soul is a) The conscious body c) Life b) matter d) None of these 61. The liberation according to Carvaka means a) Death alone c) Knowledge b) Cessation of suffering d) None of these 62. The traditional founder of the Carvaka school is a) Brhaspati b)Gautama c) Mahavira d) None of these 63. Carvaka gives importance to a) Wealth and enjoyment c)Liberation b) Virtue d) None of these 64. How many Tirthankaras are there in Jainism a)24 b) 25 c) 23 d) None of these 65. Manaparyaya means a) Telepathy c)Omniscient knowledge b) Clairvoyance d) None of these 66. Syad avaktaryam means a) Indescribable b) Real c) Unreal d) None of these 67. In syadvada the word syad means a) May be b) Judgment c) Justice d) None of these 68. Saptabhanginaya or Syadvada is a doctrine related to a) Jainism b) Buddhism c) Carvaka d) None of these 69. Anekantha Vada means a) Manyness of God c) Manyness of things b)Manyness of reality d) Manyness of individuals The Systems of Indian Philosophy School of Distance Education 70. To which Naya the real is momentary a) Vyavaharanaya c) Sangrahanaya b) Naigamanaya d) Rjusutranaya 71. Syad-astika-nastica-avaktavyam a) A thing is real b) A thing is unreal c) A thing is real, unreal and indescribable d) None of these 72. According to Jainism time is a) Asti-kaya, dravlya c) Jiva b) Anasti-kaya dravya d) None of these 73. According to Jainsas, the essential character of the soul is a) Consciousness c) Meditation b) Thinking d) None of these 74. The term ‘jina’ means a) Conqueror b) Teacher c) Shedart d) None of these 75. Kevalajnana means a) Partial knowledge c) Limited knowledge b) Absolute knowledge d) None of these 76. According to Jainism matijnana is a) Mediate knowledge c) Universal knowledge b) Immediate knowledge d) Partial knowledge 77. In Jainism the term Asti-kaya means a) Space occupying c) Property b) Physical body d) None of these 78. The term Dharma in Jaina metaphysics signifies a) Substances b) Movement c) Essence d) None of these 79.