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MST-104 Yoga Philosophy & Health

MST-104 Yoga Philosophy & Health

What is the significance of calling the physical sheath as Annamaya? * 1 point

a) It indicates that body is made up of food

b) It indicates that body maintains itself with food

c) It indicates that body becomes food

d) All of the above

Compared to jogging exercises, Asanas produce * 1 point

a) Localized stimulation

b) Natural stimulation

c) Prolonged stimulation

d) All of the above

Which of the following is not true with Yogic counseling? * 1 point

a) There should be empathy, not sympathy

b) It is mostly about listening to the participant

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c) We should be straightforward in pointing out their errors

d) We should work on ourselves to become more perceptive

Stress response is a natural reflex. Why has it turned into a problem in 1 point
humans? *

a) It is not evoked frequently, and therefore has become vestigial

b) The mechanism unnecessarily comes into play in mental and intellectual conflicts

c) It belongs mainly to psychological threats, but has been extended to physical

d) It is being evoked only with physical threats, and not with psychological threats

Pratipaksha bhavana refers to * 1 point

a) Empathizing with people who we consider as our opponents

b) Developing opposite tendencies by looking at the end result

c) Using our logic in the opposite way

d) Developing opposite tendencies by repetition

Sara adhi can be attributed to the following kosha * 1 point

a) Manomaya kosha

b) Vijnanamaya kosha

c) Pranayamaya kosha

d) Anandamaya kosha

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Which of the following is not a factor that indicates that happiness does 1 point
not originate from the outside? *

a) Continued exposure of the sense organs to their objects leads to fatigue

b) Diminishing returns on repetition

c) Objectivity of happiness

d) Same sensations provide different experiences to different people

Which of the following is a definition of Yoga in the Yoga Vasishtha? * 1 point

a) yōgaḥ karmasu kauśalam

b) yōgasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi

c) Manahpraśamanōpāyah yōga ityabhidhīyatē

d) duḥkhasaṁyōgaviyōgaṁ yōga sañjñitam

According to Bhagavad gita, which of the following is not a step in the 1 point
downfall of humans *

a) Desire arises out of repeated thinking

b) Discrimination is destroyed due to loss of memory

c) Delusion arises out of anger

d) Anger arises out of desire

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Sara adhi can be attributed to the following kosha * 1 point

a) Manomaya kosha

b) Vijnanamaya kosha

c) Pranayamaya kosha

d) Anandamaya kosha

In Yoga, Stress is seen as * 1 point

a) Controlled speed

b) Uncontrolled speed

c) Speed beyond a certain limit

d) Speed within a certain limit

Which of the following is not an attribute of Dhyana? * 1 point

a) Expansion

b) Slowing down

c) Focusing

d) Effortlessness

Sukshma sharira is comprised of * 1 point

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a) Manas

b) Manas + Buddhi

c) Prana + Manas

d) Prana + Manas + Buddhi

Yoga Vasishtha says that when the mind is agitated, * 1 point

a) Prana flows erratically in the body like a wounded deer scurrying off course

b) Prana becomes turbulent like the water when elephant enters it

c) Flow of Prana is unsettled like the anarchy in the society when the King is inept

d) All the above

According to Vedanta, Citta is * 1 point

a) Manas

b) Ego

c) Memory

d) All the above combined

In Yogic counseling, what advice can be provided to a hypersensitive mind? 1 point

a) It is ok to be insensitive some times

b) Sensitivity need not be susceptibility

c) They have become too saatvik, and should imbibe some rajas and tamas

d) Sensitivity-Insensitivity are both part of life

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Excessive arousal of the sympathetic system can lead to * 1 point

a) Impaired bowel movement

b) Arousal of the immune system

c) Allergies

d) All the above

The word Svastha literally means * 1 point

a) Devoid of diseases

b) Pleasantness of own mind

c) Balance of the three dosha

d) Established in oneself

Shakti Vikasaka practices are exercises of the type of * 1 point

a) Dynamic

b) Static - Active

c) Static - Passive

d) None of the above

In the context of IAYT, effortlessness in asanas ensures that * 1 point

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a) Only the tension naturally induced by the asana prevails

b) Localized tension does not happen

c) The entire body is relaxed

d) None of the above

Which of these statements is false? * 1 point

a) Vijnanamaya kosha is just one aspect of intelligence

b) Plants have energy intelligence but not material intelligence

c) Intellectual intelligence is the recognition that "I know"

d) Animals display emotional intelligence

Spiritual wellbeing is marked by * 1 point

a) All inclusiveness

b) Equanimity

c) Realization of one's true nature

d) All of the above

Allergies pertain specifically to the impairment of * 1 point

a) Endocrine system

b) Immune system

c) Voluntary nervous system

d) Parasympathetic system

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The working of sympathetic-parasympathetic nervous systems can be 1 point

compared to *

a) A pendulum going to and fro

b) Elasticity of a spring

c) Ripples on water

d) Light and prism

Spiritual wellbeing is marked by * 1 point

a) All inclusiveness

b) Equanimity

c) Realization of one's true nature

d) All of the above

In the phenomenon of quantum entanglement * 1 point

a) Two subatomic particles interact instantaneously

b) Two subatomic particles interact within the limit of the speed of light

c) Two subatomic particles do not interact no matter how close they are

d) Two subatomic particles do not interact after they are separated by a certain
distance

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Stabilization of arousal in the mental plane * 1 point

a) May percolate into physical plane and become psychosomatic

b) May lead to anxiety disorders and affect mental health

c) May lead to depression

d) All of the above

Which of the following does not take place within the body as part of 1 point
stress response? *

a) Pupils of eyes dilate

b) Air passages dilate

c) Muscles dilate

d) Blood vessels dilate

Experiments conducted in SVYASA showed that in Cyclic meditation, the 1 point

a) Less than sleep

b) Less than Shavasana

c) More than sleep, but less than Shavasana

d) More than both sleep and Shavasana

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Which of the following is not a feature of resounding pranayama practices? 1 point

a) Balancing effect

b) Group effect

c) Resonance effect

d) Awakening effect

Prayatnashaithilya means * 1 point

a) Subtle effort

b) Withdrawal of effort

c) Clever effort

d) Application of effort

Which of the following statements is false? * 1 point

a) Genetic information is passed on from ancestors

b) We cannot regulate our gene expressions

c) It is possible to turn off disease-promoting genes with lifestyle changes

d) It is possible to turn on disease-preventing genes with lifestyle changes

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Stress produced by playing sports is an example of * 1 point

a) Distress

b) Eustress

c) Amygdala hijack

d) Parasympathetic response

In the Gita, samatvaṁ yōga ucyatē is said in the context of * 1 point

a) Success and failure

b) Praise and insult

c) Friend and foe

d) Stone and gold

In the context of Adhija Vyadhi, Stabilization of arousal means * 1 point

a) Stabilization of active systems in the body as per genetics

b) Activation and subsequent stabilization of inactive systems

c) System remaining excited by itself in the absence of external stimulus

d) Stabilization of sexual energy due to excessive indulgence or no indulgence

The principle of CM is extracted from * 1 point

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a) Mandukya Upanishat

b) Mandukya Karika

c) Mundaka Upanishat

d) Mundaka Karika

What does Yoga Vasishtha say about the relationship between Adhi and 1 point
Vyadhi? *

a) Adhi always arises independent of Vyadhi

b) Vyadhi is always caused by Adhi

c) Sometimes they arise together

d) None of the above

Kriyas primarily produce stimulation-relaxation in the * 1 point

a) Voluntary nervous system

b) Involuntary nervous system

c) Peripheral nervous system

d) Immune system

Which of these statements is false about Anandamaya kosha? * 1 point

a) It is the ultimate reality

b) It is an absence (like darkness), not a presence

c) It is the ignorance "I do not know myself"

d) It is the causal body

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Asana as per PYS? * 1 point

a) Effortlessness

b) Flexibility

c) Steadiness

d) Comfortable

Duḥkhasaṁyōgaviyōgaṁ yōga sañjñitam means * 1 point

a) Separation from the union with sorrow is Yoga

b) Union with the separation from sorrow is Yoga

c) Separation from the separation with sorrow is Yoga

d) Special union with the separation from sorrow is Yoga

Which of the following is not a meaning of Vr̥tti? * 1 point

a) A mode of being

b) A function

c) Whirling

d) Stress

Gastritis is an example of * 1 point

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a) Hyperactivity of Sympathetic NS

b) Hyperactivity of Parasympathetic NS

c) Hyperactivity of Immune system

d) Hyperactivity of voluntary NS

In CM, moving from linear awareness to surface awareness is a feature of * 1 point

a) Dharana

b) Dhyana

c) Samadhi

d) Samyama

As per Yoga Vasistha, Sara adhi is of the form of * 1 point

a) Vasana

b) Moha

c) Klesha

d) Panchatattva

Psychosomatic disease means * 1 point

a) Mental illness born out of physical ailments

b) Mental illness that is independent of physical ailments

c) Physical illness born out of mental unrest

d) Physical illness that is independent of mental unrest

Which of these is not a characteristic of Non-communicable diseases? * 1 point

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a) Generally slow in progression

b) They are of long duration

c) Caused by microorganisms

d) They are not contagious

Stress response stimulates the * 1 point

a) Voluntary nervous system

b) Sympathetic nervous system

c) Parasympathetic nervous system

d) Peripheral nervous system

Autoimmunity is characterized by the following at the cellular level * 1 point

a) Loss of intelligence

b) Loss of power

c) Loss of genetic information

d) Loss of structure

Anadhija vyadhi means * 1 point

a) Physical ailment born out of mental unrest

b) Non-physical ailment born out of mental unrest

c) Physical ailment not born out of mental unrest

d) Non-physical ailment not born out of mental unrest

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