UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Savikalpa pratyaksha is defined as perceptual cognition that presents an object with qualifiers such as universals, relations and properties. It allows us to say “this is a pot” rather than merely having an undifferentiated awareness. Nyaya takes such determinate cognitions as the basis for ordinary judgments and discourse. Hence the perception described in the stem is savikalpa pratyaksha.

Option A:
Option A, nirvikalpa, denotes the earlier indeterminate phase that lacks explicit classification; it cannot account for recognition of name and class.

Option B:
Option B is correct because savikalpa literally means “with differentiation,” emphasising the structured, concept-laden character of this perception. It includes both the object and its qualifying features.

Option C:
Option C, yogaja, refers to yogic perception said to arise in highly disciplined minds and is not defined primarily by determinacy versus indeterminacy.

Option D:
Option D, samanyalaksana, is a kind of extraordinary perception of universals and does not capture the ordinary determinate perception of individual objects with all their features.