UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

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U6 – Logical Reasoning and Indian Logic
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Concepts: anupalabdhi non perception carvaka scepticism mimamsa arthapatti nyaya four pramanas pramana classification ugc net indian logic

Q: Which of the following statements about pramāṇa varieties in different Indian schools are correct?

(A) Nyaya typically accepts four pramāṇas: perception, inference, comparison and verbal testimony;
(B) Mīmāṃsā and some Vedānta schools add arthāpatti (postulation) as an additional pramāṇa;
(C) Some schools, like Prābhākara Mīmāṃsā, also recognise anupalabdhi (non-perception) as an independent pramāṇa;
(D) Cārvāka accepts all four Nyaya pramāṇas and adds scriptural testimony as a fifth;
(E) UGC NET questions often ask which pramāṇas a given school accepts or rejects;
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U6 – Logical Reasoning and Indian Logic
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Concepts: anupalabdhi non perception arthapatti pramana Indian philosophy schools Mimamsa epistemology nyaya vs mimamsa UGC NET syllabus

Q: Which of the following statements about arthāpatti and anupalabdhi as pramāṇas are correct?

(A) Arthāpatti (postulation) is a pramāṇa accepted in Mīmāṃsā and some Vedānta schools;
(B) Arthāpatti is often illustrated by inferring that a person must be eating at night when he remains fat despite not eating during the day;
(C) Anupalabdhi is non-perception, used to know absence of an object under suitable conditions;
(D) Nyaya universally accepts arthāpatti and anupalabdhi as independent pramāṇas;
(E) UGC NET questions may ask which school recognises these additional pramāṇas;
(F) Both arthāpatti and anupalabdhi are unanimously rejected in all Indian philosophical traditions;
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