UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Tarka is typically treated as a form of hypothetical or reductio style reasoning that helps test rival possibilities and expose contradictions. In vyāpti ascertainment, it is used to rule out alternative explanations and clear doubts, thereby strengthening our conviction in the invariable hetu–sādhya relation. It supports other pramāṇas rather than standing as one by itself.

Option A:
Option A wrongly elevates tarka to the status of an independent pramāṇa on a par with perception and inference; most schools explicitly deny it that status.

Option B:
Option B overstates its power by suggesting that tarka itself creates new objects of knowledge; rather, it refines and tests what other pramāṇas reveal.

Option C:
Option C correctly states that tarka helps remove doubts and inconsistencies while we are trying to establish vyāpti, making it an ancillary but important logical tool.

Option D:
Option D trivialises tarka as mere ornament, ignoring its recognised methodological role in Nyāya and Mīmāṃsā argumentation.