UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Yogaja pratyaksha is an extraordinary perception said to arise from intense yogic practice, allowing direct awareness of subtle objects or distant events. It does not rely on normal sense-object contact and is considered a special capacity of advanced practitioners. Nyaya acknowledges this possibility as part of its broader theory of perception. Therefore the supernormal awareness described in the stem is yogaja pratyaksha.

Option A:
Option A, samanyalaksana, concerns perception of universals through instances and does not focus on the yogic origin of cognition. It can occur without any special meditative discipline.

Option B:
Option B, jnanalaksana, is mediated by traces of previous cognitions and typically illustrates cross-modal or residual perceptions rather than the supernormal powers attributed to yogis.

Option C:
Option C is correct because yogaja literally means "born of yoga" and designates perceptions that owe their existence to yogic concentration rather than to ordinary processes.

Option D:
Option D, laukika, refers to everyday sense perception and explicitly contrasts with the extraordinary status of yogaja experiences.