Classical Indian Epistemology And Metaphysics - Study Mode

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[#481] Nyaya method of induction is analysed into how many steps?

(A) four

(B) five

(C) six

(D) three

Correct Answer

(B) five

[#482] According to which of the following schools the meaning of words can be learned only from their use in sentences?

(A) Navya-Nyaya

(B) Nyaya

(C) Mimamsa

(D) Vedanta

Correct Answer

(C) Mimamsa

[#483] Match the following. List-I List-II a. Naigam naya 1. Whereby the universal qualities are treated as absolutely real and particulars are rejected as unreal. b. Sangraha naya 2. Whereby a thing is perceived to be having both universal and particular qualities and we fail to distinguish between them. c. Vyavhara naya 3. Whereby the real is identified with the momentary. d. Rjusutra naya 4. Whereby things are taken as concrete particulars.

(A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4

(B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

(C) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3

(D) a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1

Correct Answer

(C) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3

[#484] According to which of the following schools, Abhava is perceived through Visesanata Sannikarsa?

(A) Samkhya

(B) Buddha

(C) Nyaya

(D) Jaina

Correct Answer

(C) Nyaya

[#485] According to Nyaya, Anumana is referred as which of the following?

(A) First kind of pramana

(B) Third kind of pramana

(C) Second kind of pramana

(D) Fourth kind of pramana

Correct Answer

(C) Second kind of pramana