{"id":134788,"date":"2023-05-25T14:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T08:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=134788"},"modified":"2023-05-25T14:35:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T09:05:14","slug":"the-sixth-to-fourth-century-bc-was-a-period-when-intense-philosophical-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/the-sixth-to-fourth-century-bc-was-a-period-when-intense-philosophical-speculation\/","title":{"rendered":"The sixth to Fourth century BC was a period when intense philosophical speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Q. The sixth to Fourth century BC was a period when intense philosophical speculation. It has left an indelible mark on Indian history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the characteristic strands have been cited here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Ucchedvada – Annihilationism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Sashvat Vada – Eternalism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Ajivikas – Fatalism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Charavakas – Materialism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select the code for correct ones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) 1 and 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) 2 and 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) 2, 3 and 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is (d) 1, 2, 3, and 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the given characteristic strands of philosophical speculation during the sixth to fourth century BC in India are correct:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Ucchedvada – Annihilationism: Ucchedvada refers to the philosophical view of annihilationism, which suggests that existence ends with death or that there is no continuity after death.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Sashvat Vada – Eternalism: Sashvat Vada represents the philosophical view of eternalism, which posits that existence is eternal and that there is an unchanging reality beyond the transient world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Ajivikas – Fatalism: Ajivikas were followers of the Ajivika school of thought, founded by Makkhali Gosala. The Ajivikas believed in a doctrine of fatalism, which held that human actions and outcomes are predetermined and controlled by fate or cosmic forces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Charavakas – Materialism: Charavakas, also known as Lokayatas, were proponents of a materialistic philosophy. They rejected metaphysical concepts and focused on sensory perception and material existence as the primary basis of knowledge and understanding.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Therefore, all the given strands are correct, and the answer is (d) 1, 2, 3, and 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Q. The sixth to Fourth century BC was a period when intense philosophical speculation. It has left an indelible mark on Indian history. Some of the characteristic strands have been cited here: 1. Ucchedvada – Annihilationism 2. Sashvat Vada – Eternalism 3. Ajivikas – Fatalism 4. Charavakas – Materialism Select the code for correct ones: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":134792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018],"tags":[5019],"class_list":["post-134788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-quiz","tag-upsc-history-quiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134788"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134812,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134788\/revisions\/134812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}