UPSC Prelims · 2013 · GS Paper I · Q58
With reference to the history of philosophical thought in India, consider the following statements regarding Sankhya school: 1 . Sankhya does not accept the theory of rebirth or transmigration of soul. 2. Sankhya holds that it is the self-knowledge that leads to liberation and not any exterior influence or agent. Which of the statements given above is /are correct?
- (A)1only
- (B)2 only
- (C)Both 1 and 2
- (D)Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (B) 2 only
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- Indian Literature, Languages & Philosophy
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