Novels, Society and History People think you a good woman, but you are bad - you are deceitful. I
will never call you aunt as long as I live." From which novel are the above
lines taken and why are they significant?
(1) Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. They depict rebellion, not heard of by
women at this time
(2) George Eliot's Mill on the Floss - important as it dignifies rebellion,
independence and assertiveness
(3) Helen Hunt's Ramona - rebellion of an adolescent girl
(4) Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, shows protest against hypocrisy of elders
with startling bluntness, breaking the established norms of society
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History The reasons for the novel's popularity was/were that :
(1) The worlds created by them seemed real, absorbing and credible
(2) They allowed the pleasure of reading them in private, as well as publicly
discussing them with friends and relatives
(3) They were cheap and easily available
(4) both (1)
and (2)
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 4 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 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 of the following is an epistolatory novel in which much of the story
is told through an exchange of letters?
(1) Pickwick Papers
(2) Pamela
(3) Emma
(4) Jane Eyre
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History Who is the author of the novel Jane Eyre published in 1847?
(1) Jane Austen
(2) Emile Zola
(3) Helen Hunt Jackson
(4) Charlotte Bronte
| A. | Option 1 |
| B. | Option 2 |
| C. | Option 3 |
| D. | Option 4 |
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
Novels, Society and History The hero of which novel finds himself shipwrecked on an island, rescues a
native, makes him a slave and gives him the name Friday?
(1) Treasure Island
(2) Robinson
Crusoe
(3) Mayor of Casterbridge
(4)Pride and
Prejudice
| 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 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 : -. |
