Q. What is the term used to refer to pictorial poetry?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
chitrakavya
Literary Criticism MCQs and Notes
Q. Who opposed the theory of dhwani on the ground there was no meaning in inventing a new power for words since dhwani was subordinate to anumana?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
mahimabhatta
Q. Which Indian grammarian discussed the concept of dhwani in a systematic manner?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
patanjali
Q. What is the source of dhwani theory?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
sphota theory
Q. What is the literal meaning of the word dhwani?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
sound
Q. Which term refers to any hindrance to aesthetic relish, the impediment that could be effected by poetry, the actor, or the reader.
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
rasavighna
Q. Which term used by Bharata means a spectator?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
prekshaka
Q. Which word is used to denote not only the special aesthetic pleasure and the outward manifestation of artistic experience but also the mental faculty which makes aesthetic experience possible.
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
chamatkara
Q. Which term is used by Abhinavagupta to denote “relating”, “narrating” or “describing” emotive conditions.
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
bhavanukirtanam
Q. Who among the following validates how the poetic language triggers the aesthetic process through its suggestiveness?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
abhinavagupta