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 The novel is considered a modern form of literature because :
(1) A mechanical invention, the printing press, gave birth to the novel, the
printed book made it popular
(2) It was popular in cities only which flourished in modern times
(3) It became really popular from the 18th century, though first published in
the 17th century
(4) Improved communications made the novel a new form of literature
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Who was the most popular historical novelist in Tamil in the 20th century?
(1) A.R. Venkata Chalapathy
(2) Viresalingam
(3) R. Krishnamurthy who wrote under the pen-name "Kalki"
(4) B.V. Karanth
| 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 books is not written in Hindi?
(1) Pariksha Guru (published in 1882)
(2) Indirabai (published in
1899)
(3) Chandralekha
(4) Sevasadan
(published in 1916)
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History The central character of Premchand's Rangbhoomi - Surdas - is significant
because :
(1) He is a blind beggar from an untouchable caste which in itself is very
significant
(2) He struggles against forcible takeover of his land for
establishing a tobacco factory
(3) He raises doubts about the impact of industrialisation of society
(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 Who among the following shows the darker side of colonial occupation?
(1) Charles Dickens
(2) Joseph Conrad
(3) Thomas Hardy
(4)
Rudyard Kipling
| 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 : -. |
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 The serialised stories of the 19th century (1836 onwards) are compared to
television soaps. Why?
(1) Like viewers of television soaps, serialisation allowed readers to relish
the suspense
(2) They could discuss the characters of the novel as viewers of TV soaps today
(3) Readers could live for weeks with their stories as viewers do today
(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 Who wrote Sultana's Dream and what is its theme?
(1) Rokeya Hossein wrote a fantasy in English, where in a topsy-turvy world
women took the place of men
(2) Chandu Menon, about a modern, western-educated girl
(3) Hannah Mullens, a Christian missionary, about the plight of women
(4) Sailabala Ghosh Jaya, about her own life
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
