Novels, Society and History The special features of Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer's (1908-96) novels in
Malayalam are :
(1) His choice of themes - poverty, insanity and life in prisons
(2) Stories of everyday life of Muslim households written with a sense of humour
(3) based on his own rich personal experience than on books from the past
(4) all the above
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Which among the following novels has contributed immensely in popularising
the Hindi
Lanugage?
(1) Godan
(2) Chandrakanta
(3) Indulekha
(4) Sevasadan
| 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 was written with adolescent girls in mind?
(1) The Jungle Book
(2) Ramona
(3) Treasure Island
(4) Robinson Crusoe
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Which Hindi novel by Premchand tells the story of Indian
peasantry through the characters of Hori and his wife Dhania?
(1) Godan
(2) Gaban
(3) Sevasadan
(4) Rangbhoomi
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History In his novel Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy mourns :
(1) The loss of traditional rural communities, loss of a more personalised
world
(2) The growing influence of the new order, running a business on efficient
managerial lines
(3) The old rural culture with its independent farmers dying out
(4) Both (1) and (3)
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Who was the author of the novel Anandmath?
(1) Rabindranath Tagore
(2) Bhudeb
Mukhopadhyaya
(3) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(4) Chandu Menon
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 3 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Who among the following was not a women novelist?
(1) Jane Austen
(2) George Eliot
(3) Thomas Hardy
(4)
Charlotte Bronte
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 3 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History The earliest example of a story in prose in Indian literature is :
(1) Kadambari in Sanskrit in the 7th century by Banbhatt
(2) The Panchtantra in Sanskrit
(3) Dastan - in Persian and Urdu
(4) Meghdoot
by Kalidasa
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History New readership for the novel in the 18th century consisted of :
(1) The gentlemanly classes in England and France
(2) Lower middle-class people such as shopkeepers and clerks
(3) The traditional aristocratic and gentlemanly classes in England and France
along with new groups of lower middle-class people - clerks and shopkeepers
(4) Women and children
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 3 Solution : -. |
