UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Asambhava refers to a definitional defect in which the specified characteristics cannot be jointly realised by any object. The definition sets up an impossible or contradictory condition, ensuring that the definiendum has an empty extension. Such a definition fails worst of all because it does not even capture the genuine instances it was designed for. Therefore the impossibility described in the stem is called asambhava.

Option A:
Option A, avyapti, concerns definitions that are too narrow but still have some real instances; it does not entail outright impossibility.

Option B:
Option B is correct because asambhava literally means "non-existence" and is used in logical discussion to highlight definitions that cannot possibly be satisfied. It underscores the importance of internal coherence in conceptual analysis.

Option C:
Option C, ativyapti, denotes over-definition where too many objects fall under the definition, which contrasts with the empty extension produced by asambhava.

Option D:
Option D, upadhi, is a limiting condition in the context of vyapti, not a label for defects in the structure of definitions.