Novels, Society and History Who was the first novelist to portray the darker side of colonial
occupation?
(1) Rudyard Kipling
(2) Daniel Defoe
(3) Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
(4) G.A. Henry
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 3 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Which of the following statements is false about Chandu Menon and
Viresalingam?
(1) Chandu Menon tried to translate an English novel called Henrieta Temple by
Benjamin
Disraeli in Malayalam
(2) Inspite of all obstacles they completed their translations
(3) Viresalingam attempted to translate Oliver Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield
into Telugu
(4) Both the writers gave up their attempts mid-way
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Which of the following statements is not true about the themes of novels
for young boys?
(1) Novels for young boys portrayed rash, foolhardy young men, who
sought aimless adventure
(2) The novels portrayed men who were powerful, assertive, independent and
daring
(3) The novels were full of adventure set in places remote from Europe
(4) The heroic coloniser confronted 'natives', adapted to native life as well
as changed and developed them
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Which of the following novel deals with caste oppression?
(1) Sultana's Dream
(2) Godan
(3) Saraswativijayam
(4) Padmarg
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 3 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History The first novel to be serialised in English was :
(1) Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers in 1836
(2) Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
(3) Walter Scott's Ivanhoe
(4) Samuel
Richardson's Pamela
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Which of the following is not a correct statement about Hindi novels
novelists?
(1) Pariksha Guru, published in 1882, written by Srinivas of Delhi is the first
proper modern novel in Hindi
(2) Chandrakanta, written by Devaki Nandan Khatri, contributed immensely in
popularising Hindi language
(3) Bharatendu Harishchandra had many novels translated and adapted from
English into Hindi
(4) Early Hindi novels were a serious reflection on the lives of ordinary
people and social issues
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Name the earliest novel in Marathi and describe its theme.
(1) Manjughosha by Naro Sadashiv, the theme is full of amazing events
(2) Yamuna Paryatan by Baba Padmanji, the theme is plight of widows
(3) Muktamala by Moreshwar Halbe, the theme is an imaginary 'romance' with a
moral purpose
(4) Mochongadh by R.B. Gunjikar
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Who is the author of Telugu novel Rajasekhara Caritamu written in 1878?
(1) Chandu Menon
(2) Kandukuri
Viresalingam
(3) Nare Sadashive Risbud
(4) Baba Padmanji
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Give the pen-name and real name of the writer of the following lines and
explain their significance.
"Fiction is a department of literature in which women can alter their kind,
fully equal men .... No educational restrictions can shut women from the
materials of fiction, and there is no species of art that is so free from rigid
requirements."
(1) Sarah Chauncey Woolsey - pen-name Susan Coolidge - claimed women could
write as well as men.
(2) George Eliot, real name Mary Ann Evans, believed that novels gave
women special opportunity to express themselves and every woman could write
novels.
(3) George Eliot, real name Mary Ann Evans, believed women were better
novelists than men.
(4) None of the above
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
